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ME SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA L. BARE, Publisher TERMS $1.25 IN ADVANCE NOIITII PLATTIS. NEBRASKA Inherited Wealth. I thnnk Iheo for tho saved wcnlth of ancoalors which cntne (o me un earned. Yet this more perilous gift I receive with fear and trembling writes President Hydo ot IJowdoln college. For ns this Inheritance rep resent tho Kiirplug of their sorvlce to tho world above personal consump tion; ho It brings to me the temptation to make my consumption exceed my production; and thus become a bank rupt and a beggar lu my account with tho world of services rendered. For 1)1 that J becoino a spiritual pauper through misuse of wealth by training which my ancestors proved them Helves tho world'a bonofactorH. Teach mo to count as true wealth utirplmi of sorvlco rendered above servlcos and Koods consumed. Save mo from tak ing ndvantugo of tho long lenses of KclflshnofM which inherited wealth putn In tho linndH of evory heir. May 1 hy thrift nlwnys havo more than 1 immcdlntoly need; keep it prrudontly Invosted; and kIvo Konorously to worthy ouuboh nnd periona. . . . Save mo from tho base doslro to Rain monoy by tlio chance or tho certainty of other's lonn. A wrecking Arm In New York thinks it may bo able to ralso tho Btcaninlilp Republic, though tho undertaking will bo a difficult one. It lies 10 fathoms doep, with no rocks or reefs to break tho heavy swoop of tho sea over tho spot and tho usual methods adopted in Htich canon nro not nvallablo. Forty fathoms la 180 feot farther down than n dlvor can work, and without divers wreokCM ara commonly not nblo to nccomplliih much, but engineering mothodn work mlrncles In thoso days and comprosHod air hns been used Jn connection with sunken fishing vessels nnd other mnnll crafts with romr.rku bio effect. Tho firm In qucntlon will oxporlmont with tldfl, and is alBo con templating tho addition of powerful electric magnets (o its appuratun. It it shall succeed in lifting this 15,000 ton vcssol from tho bottom of tho ocean it will indeed nchlovo a triumph. Tho ncoeptnnco of Constitution Is land, In tho Hudson rlvor, oppoalto West Point, prosontod to tho govern ment by Mrs. Margaret Olivia Sago and Mian Anna Uartlott Wnmer, lias boon authorized by congress. Tho res olutlou stipulates that Miss Warnor shall bo permitted to rotaln hor real donco on tho island during hor llfo tlmo nnd that tho lnnd Bhall ho ns slgnod in porpotulty to tho Unltod Statos Mllltnry ncadomy, to become a part or tho military rcBorvatlon. It Is nlso ospeclally provided that no part of It In to bo used as a public picnic or excursion ground. A distinguished protcasor of physi ology onumoratca nnd describes tho different kinds of handshakes. Thoro is tho hearty Hhako, tho sympathetic Bhako, tho formal shako, tho two flngor nhako and tho turtlo-dovo shako nt tho height of tho shouldor. To theso should bo ndded tho kind mentioned by Mrs. Humphry Ward in hor latoat serial novel, in which Is do scribed a presidential reception in Washington whoro Odyasous holds out a hand that grasps and choers. Thoro nro said to bo 1,011 women arohltoctB, 3,a73 clorgymcn, 780 clou tlsts, 401) olectrlclnns, 81 onglneorB, 2,1 Journalists, 1,010 lawyors, 327,018 teachorn, 71,813 bookkeepora, 85.21G clerks, 910 commercial travelers, 1,207 ofllclals in Imnka, 3,133 manufacturers. 10,908 packorB and shippers, 80,118 Btonogrnphors, 22,550 tolograph opora tors, 323 undertakers, 515 carpontors 107 manona, 1,750 pnlntors nnd chut ors, 12G plumbers, 3,300 minors and 133 blackamlths. A natlvo of Laporto county, Imll ana, with his family, who rocontly nil grntod to Montana, has already roapod distinction in tho west, for it is asBert ed that ho and his threo sons nro tho talloat quartet in tho Hocky mountain .roBlon. W. A. Talmago. tho fathor. Is 0 feot m Inches tall. ISImor TalmnKo is 0 foot VA. Karl Talmage, ono year his Junior, 0 foot 8, while Nathnn only 12 years old, Is G foot. An island wob offered for sale by auction at Port lirin.' TIiIb was tho Calf of Man, nonrly 1,000 ncrea in ex tont, altuated to tho south of tho Isle of Man, from which It la separated by n channel half a mllo wldo. Thoro aro a farnihouBO and two dlBiisod light houses on tho islet. Tho property was put up nt 2,000 ($10,000). It was urged by u Now York sulcido that tho, govommont establish n ideas ant park to which dissatisfied persona could go and die. This In u doep thought, but why not liavo Instead nlco park in which thoso unfortunates can chungo their minds nnd fool tho coroner? If Androw Carnegie is still fcarfid of tho dlagraco of dying rioh let him build n "Carnoglo boulovnrd" across tho country from tho Atlantic to Pacific. tho SENSATIONAL FEAT Horsemanship In the army of King darlnn. Cavalrymen teach their animals that such training Is Invaluable when the mounted troopers arc maneuvering or actively engaged against the enemy. But now comes Into competition the feats of riding accomplished by the army of Austro-Hungary. The rugged and sections of the homo country acts as cquestrlanohlp. Ono of the most expert Id Lieut. Oliver von Perczel, a hussar, who at five feet six Inches, THE ALAMO TRAGEDY BLOODY MASSACRE OCCURRED JUST 73 YEAR3 AGO. Story of Slaughter of Americans by Mexicans In Which Three Men Met Death and Fame Bravery of Frontiersmen. Austin, Tex. Seventy-three years ago three of tho moat horolc UgurcH in American history wroto their names on their country's scroll ot famo In lettora that tlmu will novor fade. March 0, 1S3G, waa enacted tho final Bccne In tho tragedy ot Alamo, In which David Crockett, William Travis and Jamos Uowlo, with tholr handful of dovotod nnd fearless followors, yloldod up their llvos. Thoro wore loss than 200 o" these daring Bpirlts within tho walls of tho ancient mission In San Antonio, Tex., and thoy woro op poBcd by an nrmy ot moro than 0,000 Moxlcnns, under commnnd ot Con. Santa Anna. Tho Alamo is now llttlo moro than a uplondld ruin In San Antonio. Evory ono of (ho heroes ot tho Alamo wan an American frontlorsman. On Fobiuary 22 Santa Anna crossed tho Rio Grande nt tho head of an army for tho purposo of putting down tho revolt that threatened to Bover Texas from Moxlco. This Invasion of Toxns stirred up all tho fighting blood lu tho gallant spirit's. Clou. Sam Houston, commnndor-ln-chlef, thought host to retire neroHB tho Colorado rlvor and nwalt relnforcomcnts. Col. William Travis did not agree with him nnd, with tho rogular gnrrlson, took rofugo In the old Spanish mission nnd deter mined to mnko a last Htann against tho Mexicans. Col. James Uowlo, fa mouB aa a duollst and as tho maker of tho Uowlo knifes agreed with his plaiiB. David Crockett Joined thorn al most Immediately. Tho threo Intrepid commnndorH had a moro hnndful of men nnd only 0116 small cannon. Against this company came the great Moxlcan nrmy. Tho doora of tho makeshift fortress woro barrlcadod, nnd when on tho last day of February a mcssongor camo from Santa Anna demanding surrender ho wns sent back with words of dotlanco. Tho Moxlcnn army surrounded tho old Btono building nnd a big gun waa whooled into position and opened llro. Crockott was asleep when a cannon' hall annoiiKced that tho opening of tho Inst light had commenced. Col. Bowlo waB bedfnBt from a wound, hut Travis was In active conmmnd. Crockett sprang from his bunk and taw in a mlnuto that tho gun wns vlthln rlllo range. Crockott was a ;dead shot and ho picked off tlvo Moxl can gunners with rifles londcd and .handed to him as fast as tho Mexicans ,'nttempted to ubo tholr cannon. Finally thoy woro actually driven back by Crockett's uccurnto aim, Thon tho Moxlcaim let thliiKs settle down to n state of Blege. For five days It continued, nnd thon Santa Anna de cided to try to carry tho placo by as sault. Tho storming parties were hold nt bny by tho Texan riflemen on threo Bides, but a column under command of Con. CaBtrlllon attacked the weak north wall and tuado a breach. Then camo tho most dospernto hand-to-hand light of which history makes rocord. Tho Moxlcnns woro boaton back again and again, but each tlmo thoy ronowed tho nttack thoy nmdo hotter hondwny. Tho outer wall waa carried and tho Toxans retired within OF HORSEMANSHIP Victor Emmanuel of Italy Is moot hazardous tasks and cxperto agree men or the Hungarian division of tne nature of the near-by Balkan states an Inducement tor daredevil feats of riders among the Hungarian soldiers recently cleared an "equine hurdle" tho church. It wbb butchery then and no slaughter house was ever moro com pletely blood soaked. Still they fought on with clubbed guns. Crockett was still on his feet nnd with him a band of live or six. Ho had nothing left but the barrel of his rifle and with this ho laid about him. Gen. Castrlllon wanted to spare tho llvos of tho remaining Tcxanu and besought his commanding general to do so. Crockett heard Santa Annn's refusal and, dropping his gun barjcl nnd clutching his knife, ho tried to break through (ho fighting cordon that sur rounded 111 m mid reach tho Mexican general, but foil, riddled with bullets. Meantime Col. Bowie, who lay on his bod In another room without being nblo to take a hand In tho fight, as sumed command of tho wounded In this hospltnl room, und ordered them to sell their lives as dearly hb poa Blblo. Tho doorway to this hospital room waa scarcely more thnn a alnglo per son could get through nt a tlmo. Lying on his bed Uowlo used his pistol nnd sovoral other pistols that wero loaded and handed to him, for ho was as great a shot with tho pistol as Crockett was with tho rlllo. Evory shot killed a Mexican. Santa Anna saw ho was sac rificing nmnn iib fast iib Uowlo could pull a trlggor, and ho resorted to a moHt hoiriblo expedient. Tho ennnon that tho Toxans had used In tholr de fense was led up so that Its muzzlo wns right at the door of tho llttlo hospital room and a load of grapeshot and cannlster turned looso that de stroyed every living thing in that room. Even after this cannon shot was fired llowio leaped from his bod and plunged his knlfo Into a Moxlcan, and both fell dead togothor. History records that four porsons escaped tills massacro, and they were nil lion-combntantB. Ono wns Mrs. Dickinson, wlfo of ono of tho Texan of ficers, and hor daughter, Emily; the other two wero nogro sorvnnts. Miss Emily wiib an Infant at tho time. Aft crwards sho was known as tho child of "Tho Alamo." Jam, Not Burglar's Gore Moore's Dream of a Sanguinary Fight In the Parlor Not Substantiated. lletlford Station, N. Y. Goorgo C. Mooro, who lives with hla nloco in Church street hero, said Bolomnly to her the other morning nt breakfast: "Well, thoy camo last night threo of thorn. It's all very woll to lecturo about air and ono thing and another, but when burglars walk in through tho open windows " "Who camo last night, uncle?" bIio asked. "Threo burglars. 1 hoard tholr foot stops. I wont down. I said: 'Halt.' Thoy wouldn't do It, and bo I shot, and thoy nhot. I think I rocolvod n slight llesh wound, but It's no matter. Ono of tho burglura was wounded. His blood, maybe his life blood, is on the front parlor carpot. As I say, It's all very woll to talk about fresh air and to havo froBh air in tho daytlmo, but when windows aro flung wldo open " "Show mo tho blood, uncle." Mr. Mooro showed his nloco somo dark rod spotB ou tho front parlor car pot. For somo roason, bIio did not seem Impressod. Ho wont down to toll tho pollco about it. Two or throo woro sont up to tho Mooro houso to PEPPERCORN REfIT IS PAID. Woman Gives $675 and Clears Cloud from Title to Land. New York. Falluro on tho pnrt of oMom to pay to Trinity Episcopal church, at Newark, N. J., one pepper corn a year an rental for three Iota at South Eleventh nnd Orange streets cost Anna T. Nevlson of this city $676. She paid tho monoy in order to clear the title of the cloud that overhung It because of tho falluro of others to pay tho popporcorn to tho church. The property originally was leased In the Utter pait of the eighteenth icntury for a lump sum ami one pep percorn a year. Thu leuse was ns good as a transfer of property, ns It ran for nlnoty-nlno years, with tho prlvllego of renewnls. Whon the prop erty was leased tho church was un able, undor tho law, to sell it out right. The lease pasrod Into tho posses sion of Miss Nevlson, and alio sold it to Theophilo Well of llrooklyn. When ho tried to obtain a loan on It tho trust company rofuaed to ad vance money on tho ground that tho lease lias boon forfeited to the church hy tho leseas, who had tailed to pay tho popporcorn. Therom on he threw tho property buck on IIIsh Nevlson's hands. She made an ngreoment with tho church whoroby It nccopted $075 In payment of tho popporcorn It did not get. Ily tho payniont of the money Miss Novison cleared the titlo to her Iobeo, which virtually Is tho title to tho property. In future, It Is believed, the peppercorn will bo paid annually. FISH CARRIES OWN LICENSE. Loulclana Specimen Relieved of Docu ment by Hunter. Morgan City, La. Tho first Louis iana catfish that over considered It necessary to carry a fishing license around with him has been found, and, Incidentally, ho has been relieved of his license becauso it was made out in tho nnmo of nnothor individual. Tho catfish in question was taken from tho wntors of Upper Grand lake, and was so largo that tho fisherman who caught him thought ho had n shark on his lino until ho drew tho big fellow up and saw his flat head and characteristic fins. After a llerco battlo with tho monstor ho was cap tured and Bold to Klclnponter's llsh dock at Morgan City. Thoro tho hugo cat was being prepared for sliipinont, when tho fishing Hconso was discov ered. It was Inclosed in a water-tight tin box, and nlong with it was a huntor's license, properly drawn and signed by tho parish officials. Tho licenses showed Hint thoy had boon issued to pcoplo of this parish, and boro tho signature of tho sheriff. They wero not damaged from bc.lng swal lowed and carried around, and wero roturncd to their owners after being taken from tho fish. Tho tin box containing tho licenses had been accidentally dropped over board ten days boforo It was found, and tho ownors of tho licenses had ob tained duplicates. APPEAL TO ASTRONOMERS. Massachusetts Men Would Supply Vacancy Left by Government. Cambridge, Masa. An appeal to tho astronomers of Aniorlcan to co operate in supplying tho vacancy loft by tho United Stntos government when it recently abandoned tho work of following tho movomont of nowly discovered asteroids or ir'nor plnnots lies been Issued by Prof. Edward C, Pickering of tho Harvard observatory and the Rev. Joel H. Motcalf, tho emi nent Taunton astronomer. Prof. Pickering states that nonrly all tho asteroids discovered In Ameri ca In recent years havo boon found by tho Rev. Mr. Metcnlf. Prof. Pick erlng In his stntomont BayB: "Tho dlscovory of tho astorold Eros of tho group whoso moan dis tance is approximately that of Jupi ter, and of tho variation In light of sovoral asteroids, has given a value to this deportment of astronomical re search which it did not mv previous ly. For two or threo yoara much use ful work was done hy tho nnval cb sorvatory In following tho asteroid found by Mr. Motcalf, and it is hopoi Its abandonment by the naval ob servatory Ib only temporary." look around. Mr. Mooro's nlcco took ono of tho policemen nsldo. "Thoso dark spots aro raspberry Jam," sho whispered. Tho pollco could find no marks of bullets In the houso, nor did Mr. Mooro show any wound. Ono glass of Jam Is thought to bo tho total loss. Too Tall to Get a Wife. Sayro, Pa, Oscar Kraus of Rich ford has boon horo for several days In a final effort, so ho says, to got a wlfo. Ho Ib handicapped by tho fact that ho la only ono hnlf Inch losa than seven feet tall, and ho has found that tho proposnls ho haB mado aro all re fused on account of his height and slondornoB8. Ho Is now advertising for a soul mato and offers a good home on hla woll-conductcd farm. Ho tried advertising somo tlmo ago, but whllo ho corresponded with soveral woman all of thorn balked whon thoy olther learned how tnll ho waB or saw him. If ho doesn't win out this tlmo ho snyB ho will glvo up trying. Uncie Ezra Says: "Never brag uv yowr fish ontlll yew git him, an' then yew must hor wit uesscB." INHERITED KIDNEY TROUBLE. Could Feel it Constantly Gaining Ground as Time Passed. Mrs. Frank Rosoboom, 512 W. Wash ington St., Moscow, Idaho, my. "Kid ney trouble was he reditary, nnd my parents spent hun dreds of dollars try ing to cure me. I was nervous, my oyeslght had fulled noticeably, my cir culation waa bad, sloen fitful, heart. action irrcgulur, nnd my back so weak nnd painful I could hardly stand it. Thoro was nlso an irregularity of tho kldnoy socrotlonn nnd a cold always mado tho whole troubio worse. I could toll many other symptoms, too, but chall only add that Doan's Kldnoy Pills mado mo frco of all of thorn." Sold by all dealers. 00 cents a box. Footcr-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. What Ailed Tommle. Tommlo was eating walnuts. His mother cautioned hi in about eating many, fearing thoy would mako him Dick. Presently ho, camo in. his hand on his stomach and n very distressed look in his fnco. "Thoso ruts have mado you" sick, I boo. I Just knew they would," said tho mother. "They haven't, either," whined Tom rale. "I am not sick; it's Just my pauta aro too tight." Delineator. , Important to Mothers. Exnmlno cnrofully ovory bottlo of CASTORIA a safe and auro remedy for infanta and children, and ceo that it Bears tho Slgnaturo In Ubo For Over JJO Years. Tho Kind You Havo Always Bought Worse and Worse. "I toll you, mamma," cried Freddie, "I don't ltko that doctor's medicine." "But this Is liniment, my dear," coaxed his mother. "Woll," replied Freddie, very doubt fully, "isn't that rubbing It in?" Har per's Weekly. Clutcher. L. and S. Did you over see tho Venus do Mllo? Agrlc. Naw, but I seen tho Mer chant of Venus onct. Wisconsin Sphinx. ONI.Y ONF. "nitOMO QUTNTJfE." That Is LAXAT1V15 1I110.MO OU1NINK. NINK. Look fot tlie signature of 10. V. GIIOVU. Uswl the World ovcrtoUuronUolUlnOnoDar. ttc. Tho dentist is invited to attend many a swell gathering. Tlioso.Tlroil, Aching Foot of Vonri f nroil Aliens Fi ot-Kiiw. lio nt jour .UrvKglsfa. , Tho airship habit will tako an auto mobllo income. MSwi2 Thompson's Eye Water in Horses S Much of the chronic lameness in horses is due to neglect. See that your horse is not allowed to go lame. Keep Sloan's Liniment on hand and apply at the first signs of stiffness. It's wonderfully penetrating goes right to the spot relieves the soreness limbers up the joints and makes the muscles clastic and pliant. will kill a spavin, curb or splint, reduce wind puffs and swol len joints, and is a sure and speedy remedy for fistula, swecney, founder and thrush. Price, 50c. and gr.oo. Dr. Earl S. Sloan, - - Boston, Mass. Slonn'a book on hortos, cattle, eliocp ami poultry gent froo. For DISTEMPER fed bJ) l)dj) SPOIHI MEDICAL CO.. A HEART-BREAKING COUGH i dreadful to suffer oad despairing to hear. Why threaten the health of your lungs and die peace of your famil when you can obtain immediate relief IromPiso'a Cure? Remarkable results follow tho Ent dote. Taken resrularly it soothes and heals the lacerated tissues, loosens the clop ginn phlegm and stops the cocgh. Pleasant to the taste and free from opiates. Childfen enjoy taking it. For throat end lung diseases, no matter how far advanced. PISO'S CURE 11 You Need a Tonic if you feel languid and depressed nil the time. The best thing to help nature build up tho system ia DR.D.JAYNE'S TONIC VERMIFUGE This great tonic la not a false stim ulant as many of the so-called ' 'spring tonics." It Is s natural strength giver. For all run-down conditions of the health it is an invaluable rem edy; imparts new life and vigor and builds up the entire system. Sold lu All Leading Dru$Qtsh In two the tollies, 50c and 35c lm Fares Crop figures for 1908 prove that Montana is an excellent field for profitable farming. Se cure a farm of your own there now. Fertile land at reason able prices. Homestead lands arc still plentiful in Montana close to the new towns on the Chicago Milwaukee & Pugei Sound Railway Low settlers' fares to Montana on March 23 and 30, and April 6, 13, 20 and 27. $19.25 from Omaha to Miles City, Forsyth, Musselshell and Round up; Si 9. 50 to Lavina; $19.95 to Harlowton; $20.40 to Moore; $20.60 to Lcwistown. Low fares from and to other points on these dates. Complete information, with new Montana folder free. ' F. A. MILLER Generol Pntisoiirjor Agont Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. Chloano e dnferonci remember iliSs it may save your life. Cathartics, bird shot and cannon ball pills ten poon doses of cathartic medicines nil depend on irritation of the bowels until they sweatcnough to move. Cas carets strengthen the bowel muscles eo they creep and crawl naturally. This means n cure and only through Cascarets can you get it quickly and naturally. 83! Cascareti lOo box week's treat ment. All druefHuts. II Iccest toller In tho world mullon boxes n month. Epizootic ver Fever DrlolSBlsro GOSHEN, IKD 0. S, A. IS INCOMPARABIJi Tfo gMBCTBii 1 mi wimi iijmujfewiHuumimjw ft II f oithfefwperde- I 9 Readers ttty I H anything odver- 9 1 tised in its columns should iiuift upon h 1 having what they ask (or, rehuicg all H jjj lubflitute or imitation. H (rare enro nn pojmre prerfntlTe, no matter how horn at n ro an, tnf..(rt otx1." LliuM. trlven un the toiwuai action tho Ulooa "mlMam!?. eiSiiStSI ralMuoiuirenna from the Uxlr. Curin I) Uteuinrr In Doir and hhin Si.ii'i ifJL'. ami la it flnoklilner remedy. ami II a bottle, Man.lllOaiinTi-ii piR ti t.Jf... u?!n'r" It. Know toyoiirfruiPt.wlio will got It for you. free i UookJSN nlitJ.i,V.KM'p ndCuroa." 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