THE SEMNWEEKLY TRIBUNE
IRA L. DARE, Publisher
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NORTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA
Franco is going to pollco tho air.
With fly cops?
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If the shoo pinches tnko it back. Tho
municipal court saya bo.
Hero la whore tho raosqulto casta
LIb voto for tho open-work ahfrt
waist.
Jules Verno onco more la vindi
cated, but the trip to tho moon la Btlll
to be taken.
A tree appears to bo to nn nrBhlp
what an unchartered rock Is to an
ocean vessel.
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The now Dutch baby Is going to bo
very lmportnrit as long ob sho has
no llttlo brother.
It should bo noted that tho Zoppc
lln airship hardly ever has to bo car
ried homo In n baggage car.
Count Zoppelln would havo better
nuccess If ho could train- his ulrsblp
to stand without being hitched.
The girl whd lost two G0 bills
through n hole In her stocking has
learned that a Btltch In tlirio saves
nine.
Canada retorts airily that her pros
perity has removed much of tho re
cent necessity for moro neighborly
nesa.
Perhaps this will bo tho last sum
mer In which man can enjoy a vlow
of tho deep bluo sky unobstructed by
airships.
They hlsBod ono of D'Annunzlo's
plays in Milan. This means it will be
as great n success In Now York us it
Is n failure In Milan.
One of tho features of tho twen
tieth century life most horribly mis
branded Is that form of gasollno In
toxication known "Joy riding."
Statistics .show Hint thero nro twice
ns many births ns deaths In Grand
Hnplds. Still, this docs not account
altogether for tho growth of tho
place.
A Jailed ullln'lty broker, whoso spe
cialty tynfl. duping widows, credits hla
downfall to hla good looks. Ho should
have remembered that handsomo la ns
handsomo does,
That new-born future Queen of Hol
land will bo qulto in lino In that com
ing day when woman Is to rulo the
world and moro mnn bo tnught to
know his proper place.
A member of the douinn says Russia
Is on tho brink of economic and politi
cal ruin. And only a slight push is
needed to precipitate lior whero sho'll
land with a dull, sickening thud.
Tho roported discovery of a Vien
nese physlcau that every man has hla
bad day Is no now ono. This life Is
for very few, ono whoso succeeding
days make It ono grand, Bwcot song.
Judging by tho number and promi
nence of wealthy 'FrlscanB Involved
In tho silk-smuggling Bcandnls, San
Francisco Is taking kindly to tho now
exclusion law and making tho best
of It.
One hundred Chicago young women,
describing their Ideal far u husband,
united In dcmnndlng that ho must bo
tho "head of tho houso." Thoso artful
mlnxcfl nro cvidontly determined to
catch a mnn nplcco.
In a bankruptcy cauo In .Now York
It developed that ono of tho partners
of tho Arm In quoBtlon rocolvod i biU
nry of $12,000 n year to keep nway
from tho buslnoss and do nothing. It
would not tnko a lazy bug's blto to
mako a largo porcentngo, viewing buch
u Job, fairly dlo with envy.
An English peer mudo an abject
apology to Lady Grannrd, formerly
Miss Boatrlco Mills, of Now York, for
calling lior In a political nddreso a
"dumped American helroso, fortunnto
enough to Bccuro a title." Which lit
tle incident throws qulto an interest
ing light on tho mannors nnd customs
him tq bo foolhardy.
Thore Is not much enthusiasm about
tho proposed balloon Journey ton
miles skyward to ostablloh communi
cation with Mars. And probably If
communication wero established the
first news to bo flashed to tho earth
would bo that there Is a real cstnto
boom on the planet and that now Is
the Umo to Invest in planetary lots.
The movement for beginning nnd
quitting wqrk enrllor to got more tlnto
jor daylight recreation does not ap
pear to bo as popular In somo quar
ters ns had boon supposed, A poll of
tho ontpJoyeB of tho navy department
In Washington Bhowod an overwhelm
ing majority ngalnst tho plan. Tho
idea may bo regarded moro favorably
by other government employes, but
thero Is llttlo testimony to that ef
fect. A Chicago woman wlshos to buy a
husband and has appropriated for that
purpose tho humiliating sum of $200;
but, on tho othor hand, It must bo
borne in mind that sho naturally ex
pects to got nothing, but a Chicago
man.
In tho town of Worcester, Mass,, any
one wishing to whlstlo on tho streets
roust tnko out n license. It Is difficult
to understand tho sonso of such a law
unless it may be that too many men
fell Into tho habit of whistling away
other men's dogs.
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Postal Statistics a
WASHINGTON. If you want to
read an official fairy talo In fig
urea of tho nntlon's commercial prog
ress get n copy of tho latest bunch of
postofllce statistics, Just Issued by A.
L. Lnwshc, tho third assistant post
master gencrnl.
How ho got all the figures on one
page 1b still a mystery, but ho cer
tainly sucecded In piling up enough
millions nnd billions to mako any
one's head swim.
Counting postage- stamps must bo
n lot llko counting tho grnlns of sand
at tho sea. At any rate, theso careful
counters of Undo Sam's postofllce de
partment havo found out that last
year tho department Issued 7,051,400,
405 of the little fltlcky things. An
.ovorhented figurer, who doesn't work
for the postofflco department, figured
out that If theso little squares of
paper wero placed end to end they
would run n couple of thousand feet
over 120.7G0 miles.
A footnote to tho statistics shows
that Undo Sam didn't begin printing
postage stamps until July 1, 1817. Tho
first year ho succeeded In putting
800,360 on tho market. Last year ho
Issued 0,500 tlmos that many n fair
ly decent 'increnso In tho postofllce
business In fifty-two years.
Tho biggest figure on tho page Is tho
ono thntdcslgnntcsthonumborof pieces
Miscellaneous Account of the Senate
THE United Stntes senate pay,
maintenance, odds nud ends
costs about $2,000,000 a year. To bo
exact, tho amount was $1,859,189.77,
according to tho Inst report rendered
Hby CharloB G. Hennott, secretary of
tho sonato. Tho luttor sum figures to
$19,500 each per each of 92 sonntorH.
Tho money goes for a thousand nnd
one things that classify between sal
aries and snuff. Compensation and
mllcngo of senators, notably tho mllo
ago, requires n tidy aunt, Pages, mes
sengers, special police, clerks, private
secretaries, minor nenato officers, tho
senatorial army of retainers uso up
another largo lump. Repairs, now
fuml turo, tho senato library, tho son
ate stablo, stationery and nowspnpors,
the expense accounts of sonato emis
saries, tho cost of tho upkeep und ex
pense of special committees, report
ing senate debates and commlttco
meetings, nil form Just n few of tho
other varieties through which tho
sparo change of tho sonato flows In a
steady stream.
New Successful White House Hostess
PRESIDENT TAFT took his family
to lleverly recently nnd left IiIh
wife nnd children thero whllo ho re
turned to Washington to stay out tho
( tariff bill with congress.
Mrs. Louise Moro of Cincinnati, sis
ter of Mrs. Tnft, occompanlod the
family to Ilevorly and will remain
thero soino tlino, so ns to rellovo Mrs.
Taft, who hns been 111, of as much
enro ns passible. Mrs. Moro Is tho
wife of Prof. Louis Moro of tho Uni
versity of Cincinnati. She acted ns
hostess of tho White house since Mrs,
Tnft suffered a nervous breakdown
I several weeks ago. She camo to Wash
ington with Judge Herron, her father,
for a short visit, but when Mrs. Taft
Belmonts to Dazzle
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MRS. PERRY HHLMONT has not
nbandoued her plan of Invading
Washington society. The now homo
of tho Belmonts, Just comploted, which
stands In a fashionable section of
Now Hiimpahlro nvonuo, will bo dedi
cated to tho objects for which It was
built and will become tho center of
social and political Interests In tho
national capital.
Thero wns u ntory that tho Bel-
monts had docidml to glvo up their
Washington venturo on account of
tho obstacles which Precidont Roose
velt put iu tho way of thoh social
pinna. Tola disposition of President
Roosevelt to regulate everything took
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Mass of Figures
of mall matter that were mailed In tho
United States last year. Tbeso to
taled 13,173,340,329. A large propor
tion of these consisted of newspapers,
for which no stamps are used, Dut
In ndditlon to tho stamps which woro
sold a tiny rlflo of 1,26G,602,650
Btnmpcd envelopes nnd wrnppors waB
sold by tho department. Theso Uncle
Sam began to sell in 1852, when ho
placed, n round 5,000,000 on tho mar
ket. Tho figures for the mall handled
wero bogun In 188G, when Undo Sam
carried 3,474,000,000 'pieces of mall.
The figures have quadrupled In a lit
tle moro than twenty years.
In 1879, when Undo Sam's postofllce
started business with Benjamin Frank
lin ns postmaster general, thero wero
seventy-five postofllccs, and in the
first year of their operation they did
$37,935 worth of business, nt an ex
penso of $32,140. Since thon the
balnnco has moved to the other Bide
of tho ledger, and for tho last year
tho revenues of tho department wero
tho pretty llttlo sum of $191,478,033,
while tho expenditures were $203,351,
880. Tho number of postofflcos Jumped
from 75 to CI, 158; tho extent of tho
post routes from 1,875 td 450,738; the
miles of mall service performed from
a llttlo over 800,000 to 538,438,722, and
tho compensation of tho postmasters
from $88,198 8to $25,599,397. ,
Tho moBt astounding growth was
marked by tho rural free delivery
service. It was begun In 1897, with
83 routes, covering 1,843 miles, at nn
expense, pf $14,840. Last year It had
grown to 39,143 routes, with 891,432
miles, and costing $34,500,000.
Last, but not leust, is that olastlc
account headed as "miscellaneous
Items."
The senate's pin money pays for all
tho telegrams senators send and the
replies. It supplies lco without stint;
ono month's bill, that for December,
having boon $248.58. It provides Ap
pollnnrls, Whlto Rock and other spe
cial waters, Poland Spring being fa
vored because Senator Hnlo of Malno
Introduced it yenrs ago. This water
haa como to possess n traditional
standing ns tho proper thing of its
kind to slack tho senatorial thirst.
Tho miscellany fund buys type
writers and bicycles, horsos, wngons,
and, mnybo, an auto or two, although
nono nro found listed In tho classified
accounts. No sonntor was over seen
upon n bicycle. Thero nro bicycle
messengers, however, nnd tho sonato,
being a big-hearted institution, gives
tho necessary mnchlno.
From January 1 to 31, 1908, Ida
Hamlley received $122.10 for washing
and Ironing 107 dozen towols for tho
senate. In tho same month A. L.
Ford got $79.80 for washing nud iron
ing 2UG dozen towels. During tho
same 31 dnys Edith A. Washington
profited to tho sum of $GG.G0 for wash
lug and Ironing 222 dozen towels.
Problem: How would you llko to
bo tho washerwoman?
beenmo ill sho abandoned her own
social progrummo In Cincinnati and
remained In Washington. This made
It possible for Mrs. Tnft to carry out
tho remainder of tho entertainments
which had already been scheduled,
and Mrs. More took her place ns
hostess at sevoral olllclal dinner par
ties which Mrs. Taft had planned
earlier In tho season. Mrs. Moro won
admiration by tho grace with which
sho fitted Into the position of n White
Houso hostess.
Mrs. Tuft's first social soason as
mistress of tho Whlto Houso wob a
brilliant success In spite of tho ner
vous trouble which necessitated her
withdrawal. Never In tho hlBtory of
generations has thero been so much
Roclul activity at the Whlto House.and
never hns society been more diplo
matically and pleasantly brought to
gether. Persons who had not been In
tho Whlto Houso for mnny months,
nnd somo for several yenrs, were
again welcomed nnd hobnobbed with
each other to nn extent hard to be
lieve. National Capital
a remarkable turn In tho caso of the
IlelmontB, nnd Mr. Roosovolt, It Is snld,
asked his cabinet officers and others
high In tho ofllclal ncalo to stay away
from tho IlelmontB' functions.
Tho Ilrst ontertnlumont was a fail
ure bocauso of this taboo. Tho men
enmo in largo numbers nnd their
wives with few exceptions absented
ttiomsolvos. Hut tho IHmonts had
nlrendy made plans for their now
home. They had brought their archi
tect from Paris nud incurred much ex
penso. Mrs, llelmont wna not daunted. Be
fore long sho was entertaining Col.
Bromwoll, the olllclnl mnjor domo of
the Whlto Houso under tho Roosevelt
regime, nnd his wlfo at theater par
ties, and her field of social conquest
was gradually extonded until now sho
Is perfectly nt homo ns an entortalner.
Next winter on her return from
abroad sho will throw open her new
palace for entertainments that are
likely to make her critics sit up,
- Wi'iwi
Design In Outline In Old Blue on Gray Linen, with Fashionable Darned
Background.
AFTERNOON tea on tho porch is
ono of tho most ploasant features
possible on a summer day, and It
Is essential that tho appointments of
tho tea tablo should be In keeping
with tho shady coolness of tho porch.
For this cloth, simple doslgns and
mnterlals of a rather rustic texture
aro tho most oftectlvo, such as homo
opun linen, linen hucknbuck and crnBh.
Among tho most attractive of tho
tea cloths aro thoso with tho design
outlined and tho background filled In
with dnrnlng stitch. Such n ono Is
shown In tho Bketch. Tho water lily
design is outlined with dark green
floss, and tho background filled In
with a lighter Bhado of green n do
Hghtfully leafy, silvery shade llko
Juno foliage. Tho material Is natural
color crash, nnd tho Cluny laco edgo
la dyed to match tho darker green In
tho embroidery.
Another cqunlly protty color scheme
BLUE SERGE COSTUME.
Bluo serge Is vory useful for cos
tumes of this description. The skirt
Is quite plain, nnd is finished nt the
foot by a singlo row of stitching.
White cloth is used for tho collar nnd
cuffs of tho Bcml-flttlng coat, which
fastens down conter of front by three
largo snioko-pearl buttons,
Hnt of straw, trimmed with a wrenth
of flowera nnd two quills.
Materials required i Six yards sorgo
48 Inches wldo, one-fourth yurd wide
cloth, threo buttons, four yards lln
lug for coat.
Cravat with Double Ends.
If you havo a strip of brown silk,
taffata or messnllne, and n llttlo silk In
protty contrasting color, bucIi nB ecru,
dollcntc green or blue, niuke one of tho
now cravats with double ends. Thoso
nro cut llko a man's string tio, but
with a difference. A perfectly plain
bins fold of the silk Is used to go
round tho neck, but whero It moots
In front each end branches oft Into
two parts, giving four ends In nil.
These ends aro all lined with silk of a
contrasting color. Tho effect when
tied Is very pretty. Tho cravat must
not be less than a yard In length.
. j
Is grayish linen with outllno stitch In
dark old blue, darning in lighter bluo.
and the lace matching ' tho darkei
shade.
Ono motif for the border nnd ono
half of tho corner aro given, to be
traced on the linen by means of car
bon paper and n hard load pencil. A
plain, two-lnph hem Is put in, with o
row of outllno stitch flvo Inches above
It, and another row llvo Inches from
this, which forms tho top of tho bor
der. Then 'the motifs nro placed bo
tween tho two rows, outlined, nnd th6
background filled iu.
Tho cloth when comploted should bu
ono yard square, with a two-inch edga
of lace for a finish. It is advisable tc
use a good grade of floss, so that it
will not fade, nnd In washing It 1b well
to put n good hnndful of table salt Id
the water to set tho color. Tho clotb
Is quickly and easily made, and the
result sure to bo pleasing. '
NOVELTY IN HOME AQUARIUM
One That Is Made with a Plcturt
Frame Front and Intended to
Hang on the Wall.
A novelty in balanced or Bolf-sus-tnlnlng
home nqualrlums is mado to
hang up on tho wall llko a picturo
Tho tank is oblong, narrow at the hot
torn, but wider at the top. Tho Bide to
go against tho wall Is vortical, whllo
tho front Blopes up outward, as a pic
ture hangs, nnd this outer side Is in
fact surrounded with a picturo frame
The back and ends of this nnunrliim
are Inclosed in u metallic holder, with
hooks at tho top by which It may bo
hung, and nt tho back between this
metallic holder and tho back wall of
tho glass tank is inserted a picturo, n
landscape having at tho bottom In the
foreground a brook.
The bottom of tho tank is covered
with gravel, nnd set in tho water Is
Eiiltnblo vegetation sufllclont to please
the eye and to keep tho water aerated,
and then of courso thero aro tho fishes
nnd when you huvo It thus- stocked
you hnng this ttquurlum up on the wall
to hnvo tho effect of a picturo with
fishes swimming around In It.
Water.
Aro you forgetting to drink the
proper amount of water every day?
Do you drink two glasses before
breakfast? '
You should.
But by all that la hygienic do not
tako your water until your mouth has
been rinsed with nn antlsoptlo nnd
your teeth thoroughly cleansed.
People who know tell us that an
acid forms during tho night In the
mouth and around the teeth. This acid
will decay the teeth, thcreforo com
mon sense tells us It Is not good foi
the otomnch; It certainly should not
bo washed down thero deliberately
anyway.
Hut a cold bath for tho avorago
stomach Iu a tonic Just as It Is for tho
body. Try It,
To Improve the Neck.
To fatten tho neck massage with
warm ollvo oil. A good cold cream 1e
excellent, but the best results aro ob
tained with the ollvo oil. To npplj
this first wash tho neck with warm
water and a mild, pure sonp, then
rinse carefully and apply n cloth oi
flannel wrung out of hot water nnd
folded sovornl times. This compress
is kept on until it begins to cool, and
then another is supplied, but do not
prolong tho treatment moro than ten
minutes. This softens tho skin nnd
opens tho pores. The oil, slight);
warmed, should bo rubbed in, giving
especlnl attention to the hollows
which should be massaged with a firm
rotary mot'on.
QuicK Relief
is necessary in cases of
Cramps, Colic, Dysentery,
Cholera Morbus, Cholera,
Infantum and Diarrhea.
Dr. Do Jayne's
Carminative
Balsam
is the quickest acting and
most reliable remedy
known for these affect
ions. It stops pain im
mediately, and in almost
every case brings about
a speedy recovery. Keep
it handy for the children's
sake. ,
Sold by all druggists
per bottle, SSc.
Dr. D. Jayne's Tonic Ver
mifuge is an excellent tonic
to overcome the exhaustion
consequent upon a severe
attack of Dysentery,
WELL DEFINED.
Do Quiz What's your Idea of tho
dlfterenco between optimism nnd pes
simism? Do Whiz O! tho optimist says It is
spring when it isn't nnd tho pessimist
says It isn't when it Is.
Time to Change Subject.
The Courier-Journal tells of thlB
embarrassing statement made by n
well-known Louisville woman who is
Known ns "saying things without
thinking." Her daughter was entor
tnlnlng a young man on tho front
porch and tho mother was standing
at the fenco talking to the neighbors
next door. In tho yard of tho latter
was n baby a llttlo over a year old,
and It was trying to walk. "You
shouldn't let It walk so young," ad
vised tho thoughtless matron. "Wall
until it's n llttlo older. I let my
dnughtcr walk when sho wns about
that age, and It mnde her bow-legged."
Tho young man began to talk ener
getically about tho weather.
Next Best.
A certain young minister in Phila
delphla, recently ordained, Is still very
nervous nnd sometimes his remarks
do not convoy exactly tho meaning ha
Intended. A few Sundays ago ho rose,
fumbled with the papers on his dosk.
blushed, and then said:
"Sly Krlonds: 1 I am sorry to sa
that I have lost tho notes for my ser
mon, nnd I therefore cannot dollvot
It. I will .have to do tho next best
thing, therefore, nnd rend a- few chap
ters from tho Bible!" Illustrated Sun
day Magazine.
ORIGIN
Of a Famous Human Food.
Tho story of tho great discoveries
or inventions Is alwnys of Interest.
An actlvo brain worker who found
himself hampered by lack of bodily
strength and vigor nnd could not carry
out tho plans and enterprises he knew
how to conduct, was led to study va
rious foods and their effects upon tho
human system. In other words, be
foro ho could carry out hla plans ho
had to find n food that would carry
him along and renew his physical and
mental strength.
Ho knew that a food which wa3 n
brain and norvo builder (rather than
a mere fat maker) was universally
needed. Ho know that meat with the
average man docB not nccompll3h tho
desired results. Ho knew that tho
soft gray substance In brain and
norvo centers Is mado from Albumen
and Phosphate of Potash obtained
from food. Then he Btartod to solvo
tho problem.
Careful and extensive experiments
evolved Grape-Nuts, the now famous
food. It contains tho brain and norvo
building food elements in condition
for easy digestion.
Tho result of eating Grape-Nuts
daily is easily seen in n marked aturdl
ness and marked activity of tho brain
and nervous syatom, mnklng It a
pleasure for one to carry on the dally
duties without fntlguo or exhnustlon.
Grape-Nuts food is in no sense a
stimulant but 1b simply food which
renews nnd replaces the dally wasto
of brain and norvos.
Its flavour Ib chnrming nnd boing
fully and thoroughly cooked at tho
factory It Is served inBtantiy with
cream.
Tho signature of tho brain worker
spoken of, C. W. Post,, is to be seen on
each genuine packago of Orape-Nuts
Look In pkga. for tho famous llttli
book, "Tho Road to Wellvlllo."
"There'B a reason."
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