HIE SEMI'WEEKIY TRIBUNE
IRA L. BARE, Publisher
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NORTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA
INCREASE AS THEY" TRAVEL
Circumstance That 8howo How8torlcs
Are Magnified In Their
Repetition.
Englnnd'n recent fright over nn lm
nglncd airship from Germany 1a paral
leled by tho nmnzlng tiger scare which
put central and south WoIcb In corn-
motion about .seven years ago. It
was rdpbrtcd thai a tiger had es
caped from n traveling mcnngurle at
Brocan. Mangled sheep were nnld to
mnrk. Us., course across country to
Llandrlpdod Wells, some farmers lost
their dogs and on market days at
Uullth, Ilrocon, I'onybout nndLlnnmnr-
rach tho' wild beast was tho center
of rumor. Country schools were closed
becauso parents feared to let their
children go along tho roads, and bands
of armed men sought to hunt tho tiger
down.
This stato of terror lasted n wcelc,
though no person was found who had
actually seen tho tiger, but only peo
plo who "had heard that somo ono
else," and so forth. Then tho truth
was hunted down, and tho origin of
tho wholo affair discovered at tho re
mote hamlet of Ebcredw, Ono night
tho schoolmaqter there, in dlamissing
tho children, playfully had wnrned
them not to loiter In going homo lest
a tiger should got them.
Tho scared children accepted tho
warning art real, and hastened homo
with stories of a savago beaut lurking
behind hedges or growling in ravines.
And so tho story grow, ns stories do
under tho culturo of imagination.
Trumpeting Ancient German Chorals.
Tho most noted ornninont of tho
town la tho RathhnuH, which no nrtlBf
who visits Itothcnburg falls to sketch.
It Is of a most linnoslnir benntv. con
sisting of an older Gothic building, dat
ing back to tho middle of tho thir
teenth century, with nn elaborate
ronnissanco faendo. It was from its
darkling dungeons that mnny of the
instruments of torture In the museum
at Nuremburg camo, for Itothcnburg
was not tender in its treatmont of
prisoners, Tho enrller building has
a high Bqunro tower crowned with a
bill cupola, whoro thrlco a wcok tho
eholr of St. Jakob's, a reverend
church lying within its shadow, pain-
tsU; climbs, nrmod with trumpets nnd
wthor musical Instruments. Tho
wot Lthcran choralo is roponted
four times, as tho musicians respec
tively fnco tho four points of tho com
pass, and tho ceremony, so In keop-
ing with do nuatut, old-tirno ltfo of
tho town, is ono of tho visitor's un
forgettable memories of Ilothonburg.
From n Rothenburg (Bavaria) Lot-
lor to voguo.
Stockvards to Bo Beautified.
Unoccimlcd nlncos In tho Chlcnco
stockyards aro to bo mado to bloom.
Instead of unattravtlvo lanes nnd
pons and roadways nnd grcnt bnro
bulldiogs, tho yards aro to prosont
Btrotchcs of flower beds, witli hero
nnd thoro buildings surrounded with
Bhrubbory. Tho schomo originated
with J. Oadon Armour, and tho llrat
fruits of his plan may bo seen at tho
gonernl olllcos of Armour & Co.,
where bright flowers nrp in bloom all
around tho buildings. Tho packers
wTVr
flhrubborV Ilftnr thnv hnvn llatnnnil tn
the thousand and oho grating noises
Which fl tho a r nt all hours of thn
dnv.
He Dyed It.
"Wlmt'B bocoino of tho charming
nctor with tho beautiful white hair
that hung on Ills shoulders?" thoy
nBkcd nt tho summer garden. "Ho
used to bo horo so much. Now wo
nevor sco him.
"Ho thought ho'd look handsomer
with auburn hair," his friend ox
plained, "so bo dyed it. It's Boventeen
different colors of auburn, all tho way
from dark brown to bright rod. He's
remaining in seclusion until it grows
out whito again."
French Officer Rival of Maxim.
Col. Humbort, a rotlrod officer of the
French nrtlllory, has invonted a gun
slloncor llko that of Hiram Maxim,
flR It ntlinlnVAO tfm mtnnllln t .....P.
fllnir thn Bn.m.i i,v nn,,nnin m
-.... .. 0
oi tno oxpiosion and n ov nt thorn to
escape gradually. Col. Humbort, how-
nvnr. np.in n mn n tmrlnnl n
whereas tho colls In Maxlm'a device'
nro nrrangod on the principle of tho
gVroscopo. Col. Humbert'H silencer Is
much hoavior than Maxim's.
Tho Great Trek of 1009.
A prominent Vnncouvorito who hnB
Just rotunlod from a three-months
visit to tho northwest, says that there
nro hordos of peoplo, piles of furni-
uiro ana urovca or cattle and horses
taking every trail to tho great farming
innuB ot mo prairies. They nro all
coming from tho Btntes, nnd ho says
that in after years the exodus will bo
known ns "tho groat trek of 1009."
Victoria (11. C.) Post.
Not Honorod In Old Ago,
Warships, uiillko war horsos, Btnnd
small chance ot bolng turned out to
grass when their work 1b ovor. The
old Ilritlsh battleship Edinburgh,
which is on the snlo list, Is to bo usod
as a target. If tho vessel survives the
gun flro it is probable that sho wilt be
subjected to an attack of torpedoes,
to discover wlint would bo tho effect
of a well-placed shot with a White
head on tho bottom of n ship of tho
Dreadnought type, which n section of
the Edinburgh's bottom can bo mndc
approximately to represent.
FRANK H. HITCHCOCK
ii " ' ,
Corjrlglit, 19W, lij UolTett Htudla.Clilnco.
Postmaster-General of the United States
(From an Official Photograph.)
PAINTED OLD HOUSE
Maine Man Lost Thirty Thousand
Dollars by Job.
Pasture He Swappedfor $50 Worth
or Paint Afterwards increased
Rapidly in Value; 8ays Style
Is Costly.
Bangor, Mo. Tho costliest Job of
bouse painting on record hereabouts
is reported by a Northeast Harbor
man, who lost a fortune through his
anxiety to make improvomntB upon
ills rostdenco and his poor opinion of
Northeast Harbor's prospects. This
man concluded somo years ago that
his house, then white, would look n
groat deal better If painted a sort of
canary color, with pea green trim-
tilings
Ho hadn't tho money to pay
tor tno Pn,nt or work' but
ho hud
plenty of land, bolilg in fact land poor.
To a friend from Ellsworth tho North
east Harbor man said:
"Horo, Jim, I need $!(Mho worst
way. Now, you glvo mo tno ?50 and
Blvo y n duci1 t0 tlmt Pasture lot
down thoro to tho siioro."
And Jim said, after somo thought-
ul Inspection of Iho land: "Well,
J"'1". oom'a It'8 you nM' yu wnnt tho
BY TAKING MICROBES.
Patient Gets 125,000,000 Staphylococ-
cu ana ulnBr uerrns,
Then .Walts.
London. Tho beauty pnrlors of Lon-
don havo a Berlous and sclentlllc rival
in tho Inoculating department nt St.
Mary's hosultal. Horo comploxlons
aro being renovated and revived by
tho lntost sclentlllc treatment,
Tho Injoctlon of a few millions of
dlBeaso geruiB Into tho tissues of tho
shoulder or Hank can transform n
sluggish, blotchy complexion to n nor-
mnl healthy skin, according to a doc-
tor at tho 'hoBUltnl. Tho best results
nro obtained In tho cases ot muddy,
sallow comploxloiiB due to sluggish nc
tlol of tho skin glnuds.
Tho disease hero Is caused by a re
cently discovered germ mimed tho
ncno bacillus. In other cases where
tho Bktn lu tender and painful on-
other germ, tho staphylococcus, is
., ff..,,,,, ,.,i 4mni.
V . 7.
,n"!nt C"? t8 f lnJocUre ,undor 11,0
I ""'"i"""'
,botA' f tU.80 tw bnc,U1' cording
lu u u -' """"
"o ordinary patient Booking trent
ment tor a una complexion win re
celvo in hlB llrst dose about 125.000,
000 of stunhvlococcl. with nerhnns
B.OOO.OflO of tho ucne bacilli. Tho vne-
clnes aro manufactured In laboratory
and nro Bupplled In glass bulbs, each
holding about a toaBpoonful. Ono of
these bulbs is sulllclont for threo or
four doses nnd contains ovor 500.000
000 ot tho bacilli.
Where tno now treatment has a
great advuntngo over tho bonuty par
lor complexion euro 1b Ir. tho tlmo' re
quired to accomplish results, A tiny
patch of skin on the shoulder or llunlc
Is washed and sterilized and tho vne
clno injected with a hypodermic syr
Ingo. Tho wholo treatmont tnkos only
n mlnuto or two and tho putlont has
only to go homo nnd tnvnlt results.
Happy Snake Hunters,
York, Pn. Tho snake crop about
Now Salom, this county Is In n Hour
ishlng condition. Warren E. Mum
mort, having read with what oaso
a rnttlosnnko can be captured by pin
nlng it to tho ground with a forked
stick, tried tho stunt upon n G3-inch
blackBnnko, which ho found closo to
mm
m?m
money, an' It's a consid'ablo bit o'
pastur' well, hero's your money, an'
got tho deed." '
So tho pasture lot changed hands.
Tho whito hotiflo was painted what
tho neighbors described as "light yal
ler." Summer visitors subsequently
camo and Northeast Harbor began to
hump itself and got rich. Tho man
who got tho pasture lot sold a half In
terest in It to another Ellsworth man
for $1,250, nnd then, not long after
ward, tho two got $2,500 to hind nn
option on tho lnnd at tho' prlco of
$10,000, tho deposit to bo forfeited In
case of no snlo. There was no salo
nnd tho owners of tho land pocketed
the $2,500. Lnst summer they sold a
quarter of tho land for $7,500 to a
Now York mnn, who built n lino cot
tngo thoro, nnd to-dny thoy nro nuk
ing $25,000 for tho remaining three
quarters. Tho man who painted his house at
this grcnt cost says that tho sea
waves aro positively gay compared
with him. "More than $30,000 for
pnintln' that rumshncklo ot a house!"
ho exclnimcd. "Now, If I'd had moro
sense and less stylo I might havo n
yof and a team o' speckled bosses an'
be a swelling 'round with them big
.bugsyes, Kirrco."
tho town. Ho wns bitten In tho thumb
but managed to tako tho reptilo allvo
and ts exhibiting It.
A four-foot copporhcad wnB Bhot by
Theodoro Decker a short dlstanco
from tho borough, and as' she stood
looking at It n toad which had evi
dently been partly swnllowed by tho
reptilo a short time before, scram
bled from Its mouth and hopped se
rcnoly away.
Census of Western Canada.
Winnipeg, Manitoba. Tho consus of
Wostern Canada, estimated by tho
government ot Canada shows a popu
lation of 1,100,000. Of this number
B00.000 llvo In Manltobjj, 350.000 In
Saskatchewan nnd 275,000 In Alberta.
This Is an Increase of 300,000 In threo
years.
WALLS OF OLD DELHI
Little Is knovtfn of tho history of Delhi before the Mohammedan conquest
In 1193, but the Immense area two miles to the south of the city which ti
covered with the olcturesnue ruins of what Is called "Old Delhi," Is sain tc
mark the site of the ancient Aryan
walls are still almost intact In places,
drivers, noathcrds and acKais.
OH "EASY STREET"
Anybody So Desiring Can Live on
That Thoroughfare.
Government Directory Shows Odd
Names of Public Highways to
Fit Almost Any Taste; Three
"Rubber" 8treets.
Washington. Any man can llvo on
"Easy street" If he wants to. Two
cities In this , country, Boston nnd
Johnstown, Pa., have "Easy streets."
A directory of nil tho streets, ave
nues, courts, alleys nnd laneB, upon
which mail is delivered in 1,279 prin
cipal cities in tho United States has
Just been Issued by tho dead letter
olllco of tho post ofllco department,
and it discloses somo interesting in
formation. Thcro seems to bo a street for
nearly every necessity of life, ovcry
profession, ovcry mood nnd condition
of man. Thero'B a Rich plnco In West
Seneca, Buffalo. And thcro nro two
Poor streets, ono Poormnn jrond, ono
Poor Farm road, and ono Poor House
lane.
Threo towns boast Rubber streets
and ono a Rubber alley. There is a
Champagne street, seven Wino streets,
two Whisky hills, several Brewery
streets, ono of which Is located In Cin
cinnati, and to offset these, seven Cof
fee streets nnd ono Coffee alley.
There's a Llraborger street, a
Swcltzcr street, a Plcklo street, a
Ham street, a Ham alley, n Beo Hlvo
street, a Honey street, an Onion
sttcot, n Bread street, an Oyster
street, n Butter street, n Fork street,
Eovornl OHvo streets and Bean Btrcets,
n Pea alley, n Salad place, a Turkey
street and flnnlly several Cranberry
streets ns well as a Cranberry nve
iiuo and a Cranberry alley, a Pumpkin
hill and a great number of streets
named after vurlous fruits.
Spring, summer, fall and winter aro
all represented. There are sovoral
Ice streets, somo Snow streets, Flood
streets, as well as 20 Sunnysido
streets, a number of Sunnysldq nve
nues, drives nnd places, with several
Sunset streets nnd places. Thcro
aro also a Sunday street, a Monday
street and n Friday street.
Four Coffin streets, two Coffin ave
nues, and ono Collin nlley may bo
found In tho list; also a Doctor street,
LnwycrB row, Merchant street, Tailor
street, and Baker street, and oven
some Parson streets and n Deacon
street, as well as a Butcher alley and
Butcher Inno. '
Paradise alley Is represented in
eight towns nnd thcro is ono Paradise
street, one Parndlso place, and four
Pnradlso avenues. And there's nlso
an Eden avenue and an Eden nlley,
Hogan's alloy Is represented In ono
city nnd thcro aro two Hell's Half
Acres.
There's a Lovo road and nlno Lov-
ers' lanes, besides a Sweet street and
a Bitter street. There's ono Brovlty
street. elcht Long streets, and 200
Short streets, as well as a Rapid
6trect, a Swift street, a Quick street,
and a Sly street. There Is no Sorrow
street, but a great number of Joy
streets, nnd one Joy alley. Faith,
Hopo and Charity aro all represented
Of all tho streets In tho country,
Main Btrect nppenrs most frequently.
It is found in ovor 1,000 cities. Wash
ington street follows a closo second.
Of tho numbered streets Ninth and
Tenth streets nro moro numerous
thnn any others. New York has tho
only Ono Hundred nnd Sixty-second
street in tho world.
Thoro aro 163 Wall streets and 340
Broadways and 15 Bowrles. Dewey is
honored in nearly 200 cities. Many
cities nnmo streets after presidents,
There nro 37 Roosevelt streets, 31
Roosevelt avenues, ono Roosevelt
court, ono Roosovelt lnno, four Itooso
volt places, ono Roosevelt terrace, and
ono Roosovelt way. Oswego, N. Y
has followed simplified spelling nnd
has a "Rosevolt street." TUero aro
also 20 Bryan streets. Besides, Taft
street, Cincinnati, Which Is nnmcd
nfter tho Taft family, thcro aro seven
Taft streets and two Taft avenues
IN ANCIENT INDIA.
city, Indraprastha. Though Its crumb)ln&
the spot Is now only the haunt of came
THE WRONG OBJECTIVE POINT
Mule's Lack of Consideration Respon
sible for Ike's Being Late
at His Duty.
An Atlanta mcrchnnt ha8 frequent
occasion to robuko Ike, his darky por
ter, for his tardiness in reporting for
duty in tho morning. Iko Is always
ready with a moro or less ingenious
excuse.
"You'ro two hours Into, rkol" ex
claimed tho employer ono morning.
This sort of thing must stop! Other
wise, I'm going 'to flro you; under
stand."
" 'Deed, MIstah Edward," replied Ike,
it wn'n't mah fault, dls timol Hon
est! I wns kicked by a mulol"
"Kicked by a mule? Well, oven If
that were so, It wouldn't delay you for
moro than nn hour. You'll havo tb
think of a better excuse than that."
Iko looked aggrieved. "MIstah Ed
ward," ho continued solemnly, "It
might havo been all right ef dnt mulo
kicked mo In dls direction; but ho
didn't ho kicked me do odder wayl"
Llpplncott's.
HANDS RAW AND SCALY.
Itched and Burned Terribly Could
Not Move Thumbs Without Flech
Cracking Sleep Impossible.
Cuticura Soon Cured His Eczema.
'An itching humor covered both my
hands and got up over my wrists and
even up to tho elbows. Tho Itching
and burning wero terrible My hands
got all scaly and when I scratched, tho
eurfaco would bo covored with blis
ters and then get raw. Tho eczema
got so bad that I could not movo my
thumbs without deep cracks appearing.
V went to my doctor, but his mcdlclno
could only stop tho itching. At night
I suffered so fearfully that I could not
sleep. I could not bear to touch my
hands with water. Thi3 went on for
throo montha and 'I was fairly worn
out At last I got tho Cuticura Reme
dies and in a month I was cured. Wal
tor H. Cox, 1G Sotnorset St., tiooton,
Mass., Sept. 25, 1908."
Potter Drag A Cbom. Com. Solo Prop Boston.
A HOPEFUL rROSPECT.
He Darling, I don't know what to
say to your father.
She Just say: "Mr. Munn, I wish to
marry your daughter" then dodgo.
Cheering Him Up.
"Bill," said tho invalid's friend, "I've
como to cheor you up n bit llko. 1'vo
brought yer n few flahrs, Bill. I
fought if I was too lato they'd como in
'andy for a wreaf, yer know. Don't
got down- carted, Bill. Lummy, don t
you look gashlyl But thero, keep up
yer spirts, ole sport; l'vo como to
seo yer an' cheer yer up a ,blt. Nice
little room you 'avo 'ere, but as I sez
to mcself when I was .a-comin' up:
'Wot orkard staircaso to get a coffin
dahnl' "-London Globe. ,
Leave It to Him.
A Wichita man was fussing becauso
of his aching teeth. "Why don't you
go to a dentist?" asked ono of his
friends.
"Oh, I haven't got tho nerve," wns
the roply.
"Never mind that," replied tho
friend, "tho dontlst will find tho nervo
all right" Kansas City Jorunal.
Painful Insomnia.
"What sort of a hat is a wide
awake ?"
"Why, a hat without a nap, of
course."
Charms Children
' Delights Old Folks
Post Toasties
uaim tercal cn ,Z . 1 .
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Food.
Products
Ubhy's
Viannm Smwsmgo
I distinctly different from any
other sauiage you ever tasted.
Jutt try one can and it is sure to
become a meal-time necessity, to
be served at frequent intervals.
Ubby's Vienna Saw
SOffO just suits, for breakfast, is
fine for luncheon and satisfies at
dinner or supper. Like all of
Libby's Food Products it is care
fully cooked and prepared, ready
to-serve, in Ubby's Groat
Whito Kltohon- the
cleanest, most scientific kitchen in
the world.
Other popular, ready-to-serve
Libby Pure Foods are:
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Poorloss DrloU Boot
VoalLoaf
Evaporated Klltk
Baked Beans
GIiow Ohow
Mixed Pickles
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Ubby, MoMeill & UkSsy
Gldcago
A doctor of divinity should believe
in tho faith cure.
Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar is
made to satisfy the smoker.
Why Actors Wear Long Hair.
Why do actors so often wear long
hair? Perhaps this is the reason:
There onco was a statute in England
under which actors found wandering
wero liable to be branded through the
right ear. Tho long hair concealed
tho decoration' and thus tho custom
was started.
Alcohol and Tuberculosis.
Tho most . prominent tuberculosis
specialists in the country agree that
alcohol will not euro consumption. Dr
S. A. Knopf Bays: "Alcohol has never
cured and never will euro tuberculosis
It will either prevent or retard recov
ery." Dr. Frank Billings of Chicago
nnd Dr. Vincent Y. Bowdltch, ex-presl-dents
of tho National Association for
tho Study and Provontion of Tubercu
losis; Dr. Lawrence F. Flick of Phila
delphia and Dr. Edward L. Trudeau oi
Saranac Lako, the founder of the nntl
tuborculosls movement in this country)
are all of tho s'amo opinion.
Objection to Women Golfers.
"Farmers don't mind renting their
fields to golfers, but they are strongly
opposed to women."
"Why?"
"Becauso woman golfers aro always
losing hairpins nnd hatpins and stick
pins in tho grnss. Follow tho trnll ol
a woman's foursomo with a pincushion
and I'll guarantee you a cushlonful ol
pins at the end of tho ninth hole."
"But why does tho farmer mind
tu.it?"
"Becauso afterward when his sheep
and cattlo graze In those fields thoy
Bwnllow pins. Pins, I needn't tell you,
aro Injurious tf l.ho health."
The crisp delicious,
golden-brown food,
made of Indian Corn.
A tempting, teasing
taste distinctly differ
ent all its own.
"The Taste Lingers"
Sold by Groccra.
Popular pkg;., ioc.
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