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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1909)
Some of the Latest and Most Extraordinary Ways of Per forming Strange Feats WHEN Hennnn Llndemnn, tho forcmnn of ft Chicago printing cstnbllshinont, and MIbb Ella Zlstcr, to whom ho was engaged to ho mar ried, quietly slipped nwny from Chlcngo a fow dnys ago they ap parently hnd all their plans laid to crcato n sensation. Thoy hnd con fided to a fow of their closest friends before loavlng that thoy woro going to Elkhart, Ind., to ho married. Thoy flldn't want a church wedding, thoy had snld. Thoy preferred something moro romantic, n quiet wedding, hut nlth nil tho trimmings of an elopo mcnt. So they oloped; but Instead of go ing to Elkhart thoy went to St. Jo toph, Mich., whero nu obliging justice of tho penco made them mnn nnd wlfo. Early tho next morning thoy nllghtcd from tho train at South Bend, Ind., tvent direct to tho hotel whoro thoy had engaged a room ahead by tele graph, took breakfast, walked down to Iho St. Josoph rlvor and apparently committed sulcldo In n most deliberate nnd novel mnnner. First they engaged n Binnll rowbont it a whnrf on tho rlvor bank whero Dlensuro boats aro kenl for lilro. Lin leinnn stopped In, gallantly helped his tvlfo aboard, took tho oars and headed tor tho dam nonr Island park, n plcns uro resort a nillo or so bolow tho town. Ab tho small boat uenred tho dam men nnd women on tho Island and on tho rlvor banks woro nlarmed to seo Llndemnn cast asldo tho oars nnd Itand up, allowing tho current to tweep tho bont onward to destruction, Ills wlfo stood up, too, nnd Llndcmnn put his arm around her to support hor. Doth seemed hocdlcss of tho warnings that woro being shouted at Ihem to row for their lives. InBtend pf -making any effort to savo himself or his wlfo, Llndomnn coolly lighted u Clgnretto and waved It nt tho panto itrlckon pooplo on thp rlvor hank. Ab for his wlfo, sho rested hor bond on his shoulder and waited for tho end. Went to Their Death Laughing. A fow moments Intor tho rowbont reached tho brink of tho dam. The young coupla laughing and talking, Then tho bont went down over tho edge nnd was found somo tlmo nfter- Ward overturned nnd slowly floating to Penzance and not far from tho spot whero John Davidson, tho poet, ro ccntly disappeared uudor most mys torlous clrcumstnnccQ. Douglns I'anton was .lii years of ago end n grandson of W. P. Frith, tho fa inoiis nrtlst. On tho dny provlous to tho finding of his body I'anton arrived nt Ponznnco by train from London, nnd rcglstorcd nt tho Queen's hotel as "D. Plntton, London." Ills luggngo consisted of a brown leather suit case, which ho guarded cnrefully nnd In sisted on carrying to his room. That evening he went out for n wnlk, taking a big pnpor bundlo with him. Later ho was seen walking along tho cliff near Mousohole, a picturesque fishing hamlet about thrco miles from Pcnzunco. Ho still had IiIb paper bundlo with him. This wns tho last tlmo ho was seen alive, llo did not return to his hotel that night. On tho following ovonlng a boy wan dering nlong tho cliff Bplod what np poared to bo a woman's body, fully dressed, lying among the rocks close to tho wntor. When tho pollco and tho const guard reached tho place they mado an extraordinary dlscov ory. Thoro woro handcuffs fastened to tho wrists nnd ankles of tho wom an. To add to their nmnzoment tho woman hnd close cropped hair nnd n benrd. Tho body wns later Identified by Philip N. Pnnton of London as that of his brother Douglas. Went to Death Dressed as Woman. Scattered nlong tho top of tho 'cliff near whoro tho body was found tho pollco picked up n pair of trousers, ono shoo, a walking stick, a bracelet set with paste diamonds, a wnlstcoat n linen shirt, a pair of cuff links nnd n collnr and tlo. Thcso had evidently been discarded by Pnnton In favor of tho other clothes in which his body was found. Those comprised n brown Jacket with black brnld, n brown skirt with black braid round tho bottom, u cropo do chlno petticoat edged with luce, n blue motor veil, n enshmcro blouse, black stockings, corsets, un dorllnon and a pair of lady's high heeled shoes. . It In supposed by tho police who In vestlgntcd this romnrkablo enso that Panton changed his clothing nt tho top of tho cliff, adjusted tho handcuffs to his ankles nnd wrists and thon cither Jumped or foil to hla death. Tho 12 spoonfuls of sand, partly because ho likes sand nnd partly to win n wager of flvo dollars, J. M. Hubbard, an architect, of St. Joseph, Mo., has a theory that ordinary building sand, eaten in smnll doseB, hna a vory bene ficial effect on the human system. At least, he says he has found it so :n Ills own case, Mr. Hubbard was In Minneapolis on business last month and whllo chatting with somo travel ing men in tho hotel ho ventured to express his opinion of the medicinal value of building sand. Nobody seemed to bclfovo that tho architect ever nto any of It. Mr. Hubbard offered to cat a dozen spoonfuls of snnd Just to prove that ho knew whnt ho wa talking about. Then William Brand, tho hotel clerk, bet him five dollars that he couldn't do any such thing. Tho traveling men seemed to think that such a dose of building nnnd would kill tho architect, So ho sent for tho snnd nnd thoy nil stood around him whllo ho gulped down 1"3- heaping teaspoonfuls. Ho seemed to relish it nnd he collected the flvo dollars and did not suffer any ill effects. . "Sand In considerably smaller doses than tho ono I took lu ono of tho best thlngn In tho world for the stomach," ho explained nfter tho performance. unl. will culminate within tho next'i fow dnys In tho wedding of Joseph Lnw, of Sioux City, In., to Miss Mary Klngslcy, of Tllllngsloy, Conn. About n year ago, In a spirit of fun, she wroto u noto on a coffin In the factory whero sho Is omployed, wrapped It around tho handle of tho coffin and thon waited to seo what happened. Tho casket in duo course reached tho Westcott undertaking establishment nt Sioux City, whero Mr. Law Is em ployed. Ho fouud tho noto Inclosed In tho tissue paper wrapper covering one of the handles. Ho answered Iti Miss Klngsley replied nnd tho corres pondence soon grow so serious thnt after au exchango of photographs the pair announced their engagement. Mr Law loft Sioux City last week for Mis Klngslcy'a home, whero tho wedding will tako place. New York world. NAMING THE BABY By G. VERE TYLER (Copyright, by J. I). Llpplncott Co.) SIGN OF SOMETHING WRONG. -Drowsiness During Normal Waking Hours Is Something That Should Be Looked Into. Sleepiness is n normal and healthy condition when it occurs nt tho usual bedtlmo, nnd when not extremo nnd overpowering, but It la not nlways as sociated with sleep. Somo persons In 11 k.w J5& mmmh Characters Mrs. Westmoreland, young mother; Mr. Westmorland, soung father; Edith Chamberlain, young sister; Robert Chamberlin, young brother; "Baby herself; nurso. Scone Parlor In Mr. Westmoreland's house; tlmo, evening. Mr. West moreland, Edith nnd Robert seated around a table reading. (Enter Mrs. WostmorolnYid.) Mrs. W. Upon my word, Frank, I can't stand this an hour longer! Hero you all sit perfectly calm and com posed and the bnby no nenrer being named than sho wns thrco months ago, whon she came Into tho world! Our horses and dogs and evon our cat has a name, and my poor llttlo baby Mr. W. (seriously) Now, see horo, Carrie, I think we'vo had about enough i this I For three months thoro has not boon a single subject discussed lu this house but naming tho bnby. For my part, l'vo mado up my mind to lot It go nt "Baby" and end tho whole business. Mrs. W. And let It go at "Bnby" when she Is twonty, thirty, oven fifty years of age, I suppose. How absurdl Mr. W. Woll. it's your fault, my dear. Mrs. W. My fault! Of course, I know you woro going to say that! Pos itively you will drlvo mo crazy! I don! sleep at night! I Just llo there In tho dark, whllo you snoro away, and call over every namo on earth, In tho family and nut of tho family, and it Is not that nothing suits me, hut nothing suits her. You seo sho Is such a different baby, sb entirely different COOLLY LlftHTi P CtUMRL TTc MID WAVED IT ftT THE PANIC STRICKEN PEOPLE I don't plneo any faith In tho theory J perfect health and excollent sleepers lowu stream. Tho bodies of Undo man and his wlfo wore not recovered Until Into that night. If Mr. nnd Mrs. Llmlomnn went to Kouth Bond with tho delbernto Inten tion of. committing sulcldo together, ind thoro Is every ovldencp that they lid, thoy certuinly selected u novel and moBt tragic wny lu which to take ihelr own lives. But moro remarkable still was tho yay in which Douglns Shorrln Frith Panton, a London lawyer, ended his llfo at a lonely spot on tho rocky :oaat of Cornwall n fow weoku earlier. Ills dead body,' manacled hnud nnd toot nnd dressed lu woman's attire, wns found on tho rocks nt the foot of the cliffs nt Mousoliolb, a vitiligo close fall killed him. Doath wns not duo to drowning, nlthough tho body had boon submerged at high tldo In the night. Tho body hud boon prevented from bolng washed out to son by u protect ing rook bohlnd which It hnd lodged. Panton was n rising young barrls- ior, singiu ami rainy well-to-do. Ho nan not noon considered eccentric and no reason why ho should want to tako IiIh llfo baa yet boon discovered. But thnt ho did tnko It thoro appears to ho no doubt, and wlion ho committed sul cldo ho sought, llko Mr. nnd Mrs. Liu doinnn, n now wny In which to do It. Thinks Sand Dust Beneficial, But tho crnzo to do something now Ib not confined to those of n morbid turn of mind, Imagine a man eating of thoBo traveling men that sand la polBon or that It hurts the membranes. 1 am going to go on eating aand all my llfo, becauHo It Is- bottor thnu any other mcdlclno I know of." Married In a Balloon. Married In n balloon and by wire less telophono Ib tho latest word in unusual marriages. Carey A. Ueebo of Soattlo and Miss Murgnrot A. Hall of Lowlston, Mont., both taken with tho crnzo to do something now and original, woro married that way nt Sonttlo n couplo of weeks ago. In tho basket when tho balloon sailed skyward woro only tho engaged cou plo. Tho balloon wns equipped with n double telophono system of the wire less variety. Tho wireless operator was on tho ground bolow, surrounded by brldesmnlds, tho best mnn, other nttendants and tho relntlvcs of tho young mnn. An Episcopal minister, Dr. Sundstrum, waB nlso present to ofllclnto nt this very odd wedding cere money. While tho balloon was sailing away tho wedding proceeded. Tho minister read tho marriage servlco nnd uskod Mr. Bccbo nnd Miss Hnll tho usual questions by wlreloss tolophone, nnd tholr replies woro promptly received. After tho coromony was ended nnd tho nowly wedded pair had received con gratulations and kisses by wireless telophono, Mr. Beobo opened tho big vnlvo In tho top of tho balloon and thoy descended In safoty to bo over whelmed with moro congratulations nnd kisses. At Los Angeles, Cul., Mrs. Lillian M. I long has brokon nil records by fasting for 19 days. Tho hlghost known provlous record wns that of Etta Prlscllla drove, n Chicago school teacher, who fasted nt Long Bench II dnys a year ngo. Her Long Fast Beneficial. Mrs. Hong's last wns broken a fow days ago when alio "dined" with hor brother. Hor first "menl" consisted of a Hiunll cnntnloupo. This long peri od of abstinence wub duo to Illness that tho woman hopod to overcome by retraining from food of any kind. Tho result wns oven more wonderful than sho horsolf hoped for Throughout this long fnst Mrs. Hong did hor own housework nnd wnBh lug, cooked tho homo meals nnd per formed nil tho tusks of housckoopor. Hlslng overy morning nt-l;30 o'clock sho was active until between nlno und ton o'clock nt night, when sho re tired to sound slcop. Itomnntlc ongagomonts and oven happy marriages lmvo resulted-from notes written on eggs, boxes, wrap pers or hidden in goods consigned lo fnr otf cities. .Tho latest vomnnco of this kind, and possibly tlio most unus- hardly know tho mennlng of drowsl ness; thoy aro actlvo mentally and physically until thoy aro In bed; then sleep comes nt onco, nnd whon It loaveshem In tho morning they aro again In full mental nwnkeiicss. Thero aro less fortunate persons, who nover hnvo a complete and Batls fnctory night's rest, who aro yet al most constantly drowsy; thoy nro nl ways nodding, but when tho head touches the pillow sleep recedes, and tho night Is a succession of drowsy lapses to sleep with tho Instnnt return of scmi-consctousnoss. In gonernl, with the excoptlon noted at tho beginning of this nrticlo, draws iness Is abnormal, and Indicates some thing wrong, olther In tho body of the sufferer or in his habits. Those who habitually cut off tholr hours of aleop. tho "night owls" nnd tho burners of tho midnight oil, pny for tholr bad hnblt by attacks of sleepiness In the nftornoon and early evening; Inter, unfortunntely, nfter tho Influence of digestion wears off, tho drowsiness nppears, nnd then, relieved of hla bur den, tho person "sits up to nil hours" agnln, thinking In thnt way to make up for tho hours lost by drowsiness. If ho would abandon his owlish habit, go to bed betimes and get his seyon or oight hours of continuous sleop thnt he needs, hla dnytlmo and eve ning drowsiness would disappear, he could do moro and bettor work, nnd find. life much moro enjoynblo, A sllgnt drowsiness la often noticed nftor a hearty meal, because actlvo di gestion drawn n grentor volume of blood to tho stomach, so thnt tho brain is rolatlvoly poorly supplied. In somo southern countries this tendon oy Is favored, and tho siesta after tho noon meal Is u national custom. With us, tho nfter dinner cup of black cor foo oftou drives nway tho Impulse to sloop whether for good or 111 may bo loft to tho physlologlsta to dotermlno. Sometimes wo henr of attacks of slooplnoss occurring suddenly nt cor tnln porjods of tho day or nt Irregulnr Intervals. Theso nro nltogothor ab normal, and In such cases there. Is al most always Bomo poison nt work In the nervous confers tisunlly n solf mnnufncturc.d poison, which, bocauso It is made in too grcnt quantity or bo cnuse constipation or kidney dlscnso provonts Its rapid diminution, nccu ululates in tho system. An essential in tbe treatfent of such cnaes Is dieting. Meat should bo glvon up, for rt tlmo at loast. nnd the only bovorngo nllownblo Is water, or milk. Youth a Companion ji "Let's Think of Some Fancy Ones." Of Counso They Are, "Shud la n lino thing." "So Ib marriage. Somotlmea I wen der If olther Is worth the trouble." from any child I over saw, and sho must have a name that fits her. The othor day I positively decided upon Helen on account of grandma's mother I thought It would plcnso the old Irfdy so but when I called her by it sho burst Into tears, and so I Just knew tho poor llttlo thing didn't llko It nt all. Edith Well, 1 certainly would do cldo upon a family name; It looks ns If you didn't have a partlclo of blood, to go hunting mound outsido. Mrs. W. Fnmlly nnmes! Did you over hear ono In your llfo that was not hideous? Elizabeth Nancy Margar et Caroline! How you can persist In thBt "family namo" Idea I can't see. As for blood, wo know sho has It, nnd why should wo enro what others think? BeBldes, you know the bnby Is to be an nrtlBt, or writer, or singer, or something, and wo must think how tho namo will look In print! Robert How do you know sho will be nny of thoso things, sis? Mrs. W. Why, of courso, she has got to be! You don't think my baby an Idiot, do you? Robert Certainly not, but I don't think you can tell much about babies' careers at three months old cither. Mrs. W. Now, thero you go as usual, changing tho Biibject! Robert, you don't evon try. You huvo nover oven suggested a namo! Robert (doggedly) Yes I have. I aald In tho beginning, namo tho baby "Eliza," after mothor; that's whnt you ought to namo her! Mrs. W. Eliza I Oh, my godonens, I simply couldn't! Think of dellber ately attnchlng something hideous ropulslvo (I can t holp It mamma says horBelf It's horrible) to my child for life. Mr. W. (rising nnd putting Ills arm about his wife's shoulder) Roally, my dear, keeping yourself lu such a con stant stnto of oxcltement will end by making you 111. Surely, out of nil tho names In tho world wo can And ono to suit. Slnco you don't llko family names, let's think of somo fnncy ones. Flora Lncctte Camlllc Mrs. W Cnmllio! Ami send my child out into tho world In tho vory start without a character, and perhnpB to die of consumption! Why, Frank, I'm ashamed of you! Mr. W. (shrugging hla Bhouldero and taking bin seat) Well, I'm sure I don't know what wo aro going to do. Mrs. W, I'll toll you what let's do; Lot us not go to bod until wo have do cldod upon somothlng! Robert Good gracious, sis, I've got to go to work In tho morning 1 Mrs. W. Of course, Mr. Selfish! Edith (rising) Suppose you let mo make a suggestion? Let me go and bring the baby here Mrs. W. (Indignantly) Wnko her up? Edith Yes, certainly, anything! Sho nover cries when sho wakes up, and she can go to sleep again. Listen, now! Suppose I bring her here and wo all sit and staro at her until tho nnmo comes. Robert But supposo It nover comes? Mrs. W. Oh RobcrtI aro you bound to bo pessimistic? Mr. W. (doggedly) Yes, do go, Edith, and let's try It, anyway. (Exit' Edith, running.) Robert 1 will nlways say tho llrst baby In the family ought to bo named for mother. Mrs. W. Robert, do you want to kill me? Mr. W. Don't Bay anything, Robort. Cnn't you soo that your slstor Is al most III? (Enter Edith, followed by nurso with tho baby.) Mrs. W. (taking tho baby) Oh, my precious darling, did they wnko you up mother's llttlo otn? How could thoy bo so cruel? Let muddor fcpl Its Itlo hands Js It told? Thero now! (Scats herself and arranges baby In her lap.) Now, Frank, draw your chnlrup there 1 Edith, you sit here, nnd Robert (I know you aro going to brenk tho spoil), you sit over theri, not too close, nnd Just shut Eliza out of your mind! (Seat themselves nnd stare In sll enco nt tho bnby.) Mrs. W. (springing to her feet In groat excitement and placing bnby In tho nuraoa nrma) I have It 1 havo It! It has all como llko n flash of lightning, Just ns I thought' It would. (Jerks tho baby from the nurso nnd klses It.) My poor llttlo ono, you nro no longer n wretched llttlo waif on tho face of tho earth, you aro now somebody with n namo! (Returns baby and Jumps up nnd down, clap ping her hands, and then embraces Edith.) You dear girl, I shall nover cease to adoro you, your plan acted like a cliarm! Chorus For heaven's sake, toll tin what la tho name? Mrs. W. (blankly) Why whnt what Is It? I ChoruB Y8u haven't forgotton Itl Mrs. W. (tearfully) I hnvo, I have! You oil excited mo so! Oh! this Is too cruel! It wns Bob; ho simply leaped Into tho air! (Bursts Into tears, Excitedly): Oh! but I hnvo It, I havo It, after all I It's Eliza, Eliza backwards! Chorus Eliza Backwards! Robert Backwards! QrcatheavonBl where did you get that? It's aw ful! Mr. W. (emphatically) It 1st .Edith Why Mrs. W. Do stop, all of you. Can't you see thoro 13 n point. Spell It!- Chorus (thoy spell E-l-l-z-a- (B-a-c-k-w-o-o-d-s.) N Mrs. W. Not woods wards! Oh! aro you all Insane? I said spell Eliza Backwards. Edith But, Carrie Mr. W. (tenderly) My dear, you must composo yourself; Thin thing has preyed upon you until your mind Is unstrung. Mrs. W. Oh, but you don't under stand or you won't! Spoil Eliza back kards, and It Ib Azllo! Tho greatest writer lu tho world would not bo uglinmod of ouch a name! (Chorus of laughter.) Bob By Jovo, that Is good! Sis, you'vo got a great head. Eliza Back wards, It la. Como, hero, you rascal! (Takes baby and Jumps It.) Eliza Backwards! Mrs. W. (aghast) But you won't call her that? Bob Certainly! Mrs.'W. But her namo Is Azlle! Bob Well, Isn't that Eliza Back wards? (Mrs. W. nearly fnlnts; Ib homo from tins room by hor husband, nnd Edith and Bob drop exhausted in chairs.) Why a Cat Lights on Its Feet. Why cats when dropped from a height light on tholr feet nlno times out of ten Is ono of tho smaller prob lems thnt from tlmo to tlmo attract tho attention of a cortaln type of sci entists. Somo years ago learned men In Paris gravely studied (.ho phenom ena, even liau a lot of films taken of a cat falling from n great height. Theso showod that ns soon as puss begnn to fnll n curious turning movement of tho hind-quarters began, nnd Just be foro sho touched ground bIio wns right sldo up. A German profossor went his fellow BcIcntlstB ono bottor nnd proved n cat In falling changed Its center of gravi ty by rotary twists of tho tall. Tho professor furthor observed that thoso twists woro tho rcvorso pf thoso of tho root of tho body. So convinced was he of this fact that ho fixed n movable tall to operate by clockwork on a dum my cat nnd lo, behold, tho dummy cnt when wound up and sot In motion fell on Its feet every tlmo like n suro' enough cat. Aeroplaulst, consider tho cat's tail and perhaps savo your life.