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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1909)
TOMB Of CHINESE EMPEROR Among the most picturesque spectacles In China arc the tombs of tne 13 emperors of the Ming dynasty, who He burled In a peaceful valley In the shad ow of the western hills, Gome 20 miles north of Peking The central masolcum shown here Is that of Yung Loh, the greatest of these rulers. CASK COST BARREL TIMBER NOW SOURCE OF GREAT WEALTH. Handy Commodity Plays Important Part In Expense Accounts of America's Great Merchant Kings. Washington. Tho farmer with hl3 potatoes and his apples, tho miller with his flour and menl, the hardwaro man with his nails, tho cement manu facturer and the many other usors of tho faithful slack harrcl that comhl nation of staves, hoops and heading which Is not lntondecf to hold water or something stronger In fluid form, used forest products last year having tho enormous value of $15,800,253. Tho avcrago man would Httlo sus pect that the humblo barrel plays so Important a part in the expense ac counts of tho American fnrmcr and manufacturer. Statistics taken di rectly from roports from 950 cooper age mills In all parts of tho United States show an Increase of $1,5G9,GSS, or 11 per cent. In tho value of last year's product over that of tho previ ous year. In distinct contrast to tight cooper age stock, which in tho main requires oak timber for Its raw material, slack cooporago stock, particularly staves and heading, utilized in greater or less degree most of tho commercially im portant trees in tho country, and for this reason its manufacture was far more widely distributed than Is the caso with that of tight cooperage stock. Twcnty-ono species of wood contributed to tho total stavo produc CITY HIRES "OFFICIAL MICROBE SLAYER" HOLDS SWAY IN DETROIT. Expert Chases Bacilli and Other Germ Distributers to Provent Disease In the Michigan Me tropolis. Detroit, Mich. -"This new funilgator will kill anything except bedbugs," said Fred G. Iloyd, ofllclal microbe slayer of Detroit, holding up a sort of embryo chafing dish. "Light ono of these and let It hum in a room for a few hours, and ovory form of animal lira will have sucezed itsolf to death, but tho bedbug will still bo well and happy. Chances aro ho will bo tho Urst to greet mo as I open tho door of tho fumigated room. "Good afternoon, old man," ho seems to say; "conSo right In. It's a trifle closo In hero and mnybo you'll want tho window up. Just as you liko about that; J shall be comfortable anyway." Tloyd's work Is an Important adjunct of tho health department. Ueforo tho quarantine Is removed from any house in which there has hcon a contagious disease, Hoyrt is required to call and aaturato tho placo with noxious fumes. Ho carries a wholo satchel full of bottled disinfectants, gas generators and squirt guus, and no gorm of din ease can withstand his onslaught. ""Wo won't fumigate now as they used to. Thoso recent Inventions have revolutionized the business. Formor ly they burned a few pounds of mil phur In an 'old iron kettle. Tho fumes normeated ovory part of tho room and stnyed there. No amount of airing over got them out nftcrward. Now these now fumlgators soon hum themselves out, and utter tho wind has blown through tho room a Httlo while MILLIONS tion last year. Nearly two-thirds of tho output, howovcr, was manufactured from tho four specie?, red gum, pine, elm and beech, in tho order named. Tho figures disclose an interesting movoment In tho Industry In tho sub stitution of less expensive woods for thoso which for many years wore drawn upon mdst heavily for. Black stavo material, but which, owing to growing scarcity and advancing cost, aro rapidly being displaced. In 190G elm staves wore manufactured In larger quantities than thoso from any other wood, and constituted nearly one-fourth of tho total production for that year, with pino and rod gum oc cupying second and third places, re spectively. Last year gum jumped to first place, pino to second, while elm, with a falling off of 30 per cent. In pro duction, dropped to third place. I3eech, maple, spruce, chestnut and ash fol lowed In the order named. While slack stavc3 and heading pro duction was reported last year from practically all the states engaged in tho manufacture of lumber, a consider able pcrccntago of tho stock, in fnct, la being turned out as a by-product of lumber, tho Industry was to an extent localized, tho five states of Pennsyl vania, Missouri, Michigan, Arkansas and Vlrclnin, in tho order named, con tributed 5G.8 por cent, of the total pro duction. Tho distribution of tho Indus try of hoop manufacture Is much moro limited than that of staves and head ing, and Is duo primarily to tho fact that this commodity Is made chiefly from elm timber. Ohio led in tho quantity of hoops manufactured, closo ly followed by Indiana, tho output of theso two states forming 67.3 per cent, of tho total production. BUG AIDE there remains only a faint flavor Borne thing Uko tho tasto In ono's mouth after a colouration. "Tho first thing to do in boginnlng to fumlgntc a room is to sco that overythlng Is out that you don't want to kill. Wo always take a last look around for cannry birds, cats, dogs and houso plants. Onco I went down to a placo on Laurel street to fumlgato a room where a woman had died of tuberculosis. I took n look around the placo and then touched off a fumlgator nnd shut up tho house. "I hndn't moro thnn got out of tho door when n Httlo girl came running to mo excitedly. 'My dogglo, oh, my dogglo, whero is he? sho cried. I told her I thought It would bo a good thing ZULU CHIEF OFF SI If. flHfte'.;. . jmw. w w r i 9-wxw h 1 iuuba.'h e ' ' r f vr1" Dlnuzulu, the great Zulu chief, about to enter the covered wagon In which he was driven under guard from tho jail at Pletermarltzburg, Transvaal, South Africa, to the station where he was taken to Greytown to face 23 charges of high treason against Great Britain. to find out before long, and we took n turn nround tho hack yard, whistling and yelling 'llouh,' but tho dogglo didn't respond. Ho was husy nt some thing else," ns I afterward luarnod. "It was ns much as my llfo was worth, but to ploaso tho child I un locU' d tho door of the houso and made' n dar.h through tho gas-flllcd rooms. In the back of tho house I found the dog. Hr couldn't lmvo made tracks faster iround that room If ho had had a can tlM to his tall. The funny part of It wna that It va3 all in sllonce. Ho couldn't 'kl yl In that ntmosphoio any more than ho could lick tho back of his neck with his touguo, 1 got htm by tho collar and dragged him out, nnd ho spent tho next half-hour trying to wipe nwny his tears on tho grass." REMAINS ARE TURNED TO STONE. Burled Ten Years, Man's Body and Cof. fin Show Odd Change. St. Louis. Whon the body of Wil liam KtolBlor, buried ten yearn ago, was dlslntorrod tho othor day the body, tho clothing on tho hoily nnd tho casket woro found to hnvo turnod to Btono. Tho Collin and Ha contents looked no though they might havo boon carvcd out of marble. Tho original Interment was In St. Mntthow'a cemetery. Tho now resid ing plnco cf tho body is SS. l'otor and Pn ul's oomotcry. Tho reason for tho rtMiioval was tho deslro of tho widow Mrs. Aunlo Kiolsler of 1804 Elliot avenue, to havo her husband burlod i In a now lot she has purchased whoro hla mother and sovcVal of his children arc burled. Tho family can offer no explanation of tho petrification of tho body nnd coffin, hut thoso familiar with tho sec tion of tho comotory in which it hao lain for ton years say that tho sur roundings aro rocky and that porlfl cation prohably was duo to seopago of water, causing chemlcnl reaction In the rocky subsoil. Tho process of petrification must havo been exceedingly rapid for thero was no signs of docay. Tho features wcro perfect nnd tho clothing was In tact, oven to tho collar and tlo, all of which were as perfectly formed ns though hewn with a chlsol by a sculp tor. Tho same was truo of tho coffin, which did not havo oven a motal In terior, it wan of wood throughout and tho panol work was preserved in the turnlng-lo-stono process. LONG-LOST SPOUSE IS FOUND. Woman Locates Husband Who De serted Her Nineteen YcarG Ago. Now Brltnln, Conn. After a 19 year chaso, ending In a midwinter voyago across tho Atlantic, Mrs. Will iam Townscnd of Shellleld, England, hns found In this city hor long-sought husband, who had lost his chanco at n great fortuno hy marrying her. Tho couple, owing to tho lapso of timo , slnco their Bopnration, could hardly recognize each other when Lrought fnco to faco at tho pollco sta tion in tho presonco of Chief Raw lings. Two detectives had arrested Townoond nt his homo on Washing. ton stroat, whofo ho nnd a woman ho call3 his wlfo and their child havo been living. The second wlfo Is also a native of Sheflleld, It Is said. Nlnctoon years ago, according to wife No. 1, he deserted Lor after hav ing boon disowned by his wealthy father, for whom ho worked. Ho camo to America and has boon settled In New nrltaln four years, as nn cm ployo In it cutlery factory. All his as sociates looked on him bb a model married man. Tho English woman made only ti charge of nonsupport ngalnst Town sond, though tho latter according to Chler Rawllngs, admitted ho was mar ried to his Now Britain compnnlon. Wife No. 1 announces sho would llko to tnko tho next steamer back, but will camp horo six months, If nocos sary iu order to mako Townsend sup port her. Dentist Worse Than Death. Tronton, N. .T. Declnrlng thnt ho Is moro afraid of a dentist than of nn olectrocut loner, Sebano Mollllo, a Hud son county murderer under scntoneo to bo olectrocuted, has arranged with a local dontlst to extract two tooth after his death and send them to rela tives In Italy. Mollllo Insisted that ho would rathor go to tho electric chair than to a den tist's chair, and that tho tooth must not bo extracted until nftor his elec trocution. Tho man sots great value by tho teeth and wishes them oent to his relatives In ordor that thoy may soli them. TO FACE TRIAL Mr- vXr si for n ,w EXTRAORDINARY INCREASE IN FARM LANDS. "SOUTHERN ALBERTA 13 A MIGHTY GOOD COUNTRY." No strongor or hotter ovldonco can bo given of tho morlts of a country thnn that which comos from tho testi mony of tho settler who hns deter mined to succeed. This Is why wo reproduco tho following letter, which Bpcaks for Itself. These people woro In duced to go to Wostorn Cnnnda through tho solicitation of a Canadian Government agent, who secured for them tho low railway ratos. "Carmangay, Alta., Canada, lS-lG-'OS. "Mr. C. J. Broughton, Canadian Gov ernment Agency, 135 Adam's Street, Chicago: Wo had audacity onongh to tacklo tho proposition of buying four sections of land in Southern Albortn, thirty miles enst of Clulrsholm nnd heading up on tho Llttlo How, and our two boys each got n homestead ad joining. Wo fenced thrco sections nnd tho two homostends, and built a houso, bam, corrals and granary, nnd havo slnco enlarged some of thoso build vings. Wo hnvo broken 200 ncro3 of land, which has been sowed to onts nnd whont. During tho sevoro winter of two years ago tho winter whoat killed out somewhat, and our crop yielded only ten btiBhols to tho aero, but tho spring wheat went 21 hushols to tho acre. In this country we must bo prepared for storms nnd cold, at times 20 to 30 below zero, yet on tho wholo tho winters aro mild; and whllo thoro nro exceptional crops, It Is fair to say that tho avorago farmer enn depend on having n yield in avorago years of from 20 to 25 bushels to tho aero for spring wheat; and winter wheat in our immodlnto neighborhood yields from 25 to 30 bushels to tho aero on tho avorago. Wo havo now qulto a hunch of horses, over 50 In all, about 350 sheep, aftor having sold 110 for mutton this fall. Wo havo 20 hoad of puro bred registered Shropshire, which nro worth $20 each. Tho avorago prlco received for mutton sheep was $5.00 nnd a llttlo ovor. Pork brings G nnd G cents a pound. Wo hnvo about 30 hoad of cattlo on our ranch now, nnd Inst winter thoy plckod their on- tiro living from our pasture, running to tho Btraw atneks for sholtor at night. "Tho Incrcaso of land values has boon extraordinary. Our land four years ago cost us a llttlo less than $6.00 un aero. Wo havo sold ono sec tion for $15.00, but wo would not soil any moro for loss than $25.00 per aero, as wo expect tho ralrroad within four mllc3 of our ranch within tho next IS months. Southern Albortn of Wost orn Cannda Is a mighty good country for any manorwomnnwholovcsoutdoor llfo, and who wants to got good ro turns for their labor and Investment. "Wo hnvo boon' ploased with our troatmcnt from tho Canadian Govom mont, and can heartily commend South ern Alberta ns a splendid country In which to locale "Yours very truly, (Signed) "JAMES S. A1NSLIE AND SONS. Woman to Conduct Large Estate. Mrs. Jonnlo L. Doanc of Drockton, Mass., has been appointed to adminis ter tho half million dollar cstato of tho lato It. N Packard and also to hnvo cnmploto control of his largo shoo fac tory. Mr. Packard died suddenly without making a will. His heirs wcro a brother and two sisters, nono of j whom know anything about his busi ness. Mrs. Doano had been In tho employ of Mr. Packard for a number of years and ho had often spoken of her ability to his relatives, declaring thnt sho had moro brains than any two men of his acquaintance For thnt reason his heirs asked to have her appointed and put In full chargo of his business. WHY suffer with cvo troubles, quick re lief by usinK PKTTIT'S KYE BALVI5. 25o. All druggists or Howard Uros., Buffalo, N. Y. Take timo by tho forelock. Swift. I3o wlso to dny; 'tis madnosB to de fer. Young. rir.KB CUKKIl IN O TO VI DAYS. PA7.0 OlNTMKNT Is ((iiarantet'il to euro nnr cao nf ltrhltiK. llltncl, IIUiC'dlnK or 1'roirudlnit l'llc In 8 to It ilan or roonny refunded. Ko. Tho words coined In tho mint do not Increase our vocabulary. Smokers npprecinto the qunlity vnluo of Lewis' Single Hinder cigar. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, l'corla, 111. You might Bay of a legal wedding, "Certainly knot." I Ulill ma IRccclotcrctl U. sA'at. Offlco The genuine sold everywhere "Do you know of any woman who ever received any benefit from taking Lycha E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound ? " If any woman who is suffering with any ailment peculiar to her sex will ask her neighbors this question, she will be surprised at the result. There is hardly a community in this country where women cannot be found who have been restored to health by this famous old remedy, made exclusively from a simple formula cf roots and herbs. During the past 30 years we have published thousands of letters from thc:;e grateful women who have Jjccn cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and never in all that time have we published a testimonial without the writer's special permission. Never have we knowingly published a testimonial that was not truthful and genuine. Here is one just received a few days ago. ' If anyone doubts that this is a true and honest statement of a woman's experi ence with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound write and ask her. Houston, Tcxns. ""When T ilrst bepfrtn falclnp: T,ydla 12. PlnTc lmm'H Vcj?ctublo Compound I waa a total AvreeJc. I had licca Hick for thrco years with J'enmlo troubles, chronic dj'KrKinsIa, nnd a liver trouble. I had tried several doctor's medicines, but nothing; did mo any Rood. "For thrco years I lived on medicines nnd thoup;h. I would never prot well, whon I read an advertisment of iLydia, IS. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, and was advised to try it. "My husband got mo ono bottle of the Compound, nnd it did mo so much good I continued its use. 1 am now a well woman nnd enjoy tho best of health. "I adviso all womon suffering from such troubles to ?ivo Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. Thoy won't reprrct it, for it will surely euro you." Mrs. Bcssio I. Hicks, 810 Clovclaud St., Houston. Any woman who is sick and suffering is foolish surely not to give such a medicine as this a trial. Why should it not do her as much good as it did Mrs. Hicks. Tho greatest cnus Ot tho century. Samo crows overywhero and yields from 12 to 10 tons of hay, andlotsofpctturo besides per aero. Clovers Largest erowera ofClovcrs.Al.'altn, Timothy & Onus Seed In America. Caber's Catilog It'fltliotnMtorlit ml eccd Look put llcbort.andlii gladly laallrdtolnttndlns tcrrhanrrgf root or remit lOomd eet InU of rrmnrkftijlo farm rwd iwmyloi, Including DllUnnt arau.worth llttlo farm to sot a (Urt HUH. m 1 Mnfl.galzcrSced On L0CR093C, WU. WISCONSIN MONARCH Visible A typewriter without an equal. Best ma terials, best work manship, case of op eration and absolute visibility combine to make it the Best Typewriter THE MONARCH TYPEWRITER COMPANY 411 South 15th Street, Omahn, Nob. 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