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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1909)
Tilt SEMI-WEI KtY TR1BUHE IUA 1 HAltB, Publisher. THKMfl, $1.2C IN ADVANCE! NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA MATTER OF CLOTHES. Dross lias a grant deal to do with tho Bplrll and iionllmcnt of a porson, and ho wants hla tlrcsa to ctiltlvnto tho right niilrll. Ho can raise or lower hlniBolf according to tho character of tho clothes ho wears. Ono fccln tho effect of hla clothes. If ho attends Homo function in clothen not fitted to I ho occasion ho docs not onjoy It. Clothes Boom to ho n very aunorflclal mnttor, hut they enter very much Into chnractcr-maklng. Put n hut on n boy that is bnngod, niiturncd, rnlilHh and rowdy-looking, and by Homo Hort of na osmosis theso qualities pass Into tho nntnro of Uio boy and control hln ten dencies, imyn tho Ohio Htnto Journnl. Thoro la no hotter oxnmplo of tho In fluenco of environment, than Is scon In tho offoct of clothes. Tho cost hnB nothing to do with It. It Is In tho neatness, tho tasto, tho wny it sotH and feels that holn mnko up tho In cllnntlon and disposition of u person., Tho dignity, tho enso, tho Intelligence of u man enn ho promoted by bis dross, and tho opposite qualities just bjb well. Clothes nro really character formers, and ono should see that they arc directed to whatever contributes to tho grace, order, dignity and beauty' of character. According to an announcement given out about thin, timo last year thoro wcro at tho beginning of September of 1008, upon various sldotracks, 170, r.r.2 Idlo earn. This was a great do crooso from tho numbor that were out of conimlwilon at tho boglnnlng of last year. A rocontly published nuthorlta tivo statement declaros that only 08, C02 care nro now Idlo. It Is surprising that oven this number are out of uso, considering tho fact that practically nil of tho big railway systems, and many, or tho smallor ones, havo boon placing big rolling utock equipment ordorB during tho pnst fow months. Tho umntstaknblo Inference to bo drawn Is that tho railroads aro al ready In pressing noed of moro freight cars of all descriptions. Tho huronu of zoology of tho stato department of agriculture has recent ly issued an admlrablo and novol bul letin on tho subject of plant pest treat ment. Iii u fow pngoB comparatively aro condensed a very comprehensive list of tho commoner Ills plants nro heir to. Then nnothor list gives tho appropriate treatment, while a third tells tho most orfoctlvo timo to do tho work. These throe schedules are connected by cross references so that thoy nro mado orally nvnllablo to any one. In most cases tho growor knowB only too well -what la tho matter with his crop. If ho does not tho bureau Invites him to send specimens of af fected growth securely packed so no danger of spreading Infection or risk of damaging by mall mny bo Incurred. Moro even than sailors, hoioro the days ot 'otoamshlps, who lintl to do pond upon tho wind for tho succoss of their voyages and had to watch tho weather foi tholr kllvos, thd men who manipulate flying machines must be Btudonts of tho air currents, tho skloa, tho eigna of Blorms. Tho moro this young century lntorosts itself with tho navigation or tho air tho moro it will loam,, perforce, about tho great lnvlslblo onoloplng llud,' which sur rounds tho globe. Tho ntrahlpa and tho ncronhuios nro golug to nmko this generation tho flret in wunther loro ot ull that liavo folt tho power of tho winds-rind tho perils of-tho fury of tho icleniimtn. I Tho 'banana la to have 'rV'much wider mnrkot than tho United St'atoa affords, If Uicigrowors or tho fruit In Central America oooporato with tho carrlora who nro willing to take tho rrult to England. Fifteen uteamora aro ready to enter tho trado If tho growora will '.Pledge fruit enough to koop t,hom .busy. It la estimated that those 'BtonmorB will requiro deliveries of bo twocH 4,000 nnd D.000 tons of fruit per month at tho shipping docka in Cen tral America. According to consular roporls from 'Constantinople tho New Turks havo beon Bclzed by tho world's fair Idea. They bcllovo that a great exposition rcveallm or ntiFtrnnHiiL' liui'immonon w vji. --r ..ii.Mv.iow possibilities of tholr land would give' a market Impetus to development in tho manufacturing lbdustrles and to com merco. In both thoso llnoa Turkoy lags sadly now, being almost puroly an agriqultural and pastoral country. Orvlllo Wright says that llylug la not aa daugoroua as automobile racing, but that air travod la not llkoly to bu perscdo tho present established modos of locomotion. Tho vast majority of men will havo to contlnuo confining tholr aerial ambitions to flights of fancy. Spain has come upon unhappy dnyH and its troubloa scorn to hnvo no end. In almost ovcry prominent copter of population you Will boaurp to find tho "worst tercet car line on Qnrth.V He Doesn't Like TWUIiVH years ngo, when Sonntor elect Wllllnm O'Conncll Hrndley of Kentucky, was govomor of that state, a youth who at IB was carrying the editorial burden of n weekly newspa per In n country town In Illinois drift ed Into Frankfort on a bicycle trip. Thoro wasn't much to sco in Frank fort except tho state capital, ho bo went up thoro. It was tho young editor's first In spection of a state capllol, and his oyoB woro open for everything. Naturally tho sign "Governor's Of flco" Interested him, and ho quickly decided to call on tho govornor. Ho sent In hla card nnd presently tho doorkoper rnturncd and said; "Tho govornor will soo you." Then did tho visitor rcnlly wish thnt his curiosity nbout tho governor's ofllco hadn't got tho bettor of him, It would bo manifestly Improper to In trude on tho governor's time with out Homo motive, and still tho young editor couldn't think of any motive. On tho wny to the Inner ofllco ho do elded to tako tho governor into his confldonco and confosa that thcro wasn't any cmiho for tho visit, except a small matter of editorial courtesy. Prompted, no doubt, by that spirit that has mado him tho head of his party In tho stnto and that enabled Pages in the Senate Mimic Big Men IT IS tho custom for tho scnato pages to hold two or three mock sonata sessions ovory winter, Thoso Bosslons nro hold on aftornoons when tho acn- ato is not sitting, and nro conducted with all tho solemnity and noise of a regular hicotlng. Ono day tho younKsters were con- ducting rt mock trlnl of tho 8wayno Im peachment case. "Hilly" Annln was presiding. Another youngster was pos ing na Anthony Illcclns. countm! for Judge Swnyno, nnd was Interrogating a witness. Senator Snooner nf wis. cousin, camo Into tho somite chamber unexpectedly, and. soclnpr whnt was going on, took a seat near tho cntrnnco to tap cloakroom. Presently nn Intricate parliamentary question arose, and half n dofcen pages woro on tholr feet asking for recogni tion. Mr. Spoonor thought ho might Hobo in the President's Private Car A Tit A MP got Into President Tnft's prlvato car recently, nnd a very surprised tramp ho must havo beon, for ho waa pounced upon by two ot tho moat muscular Pullman portera ho hud over scon nnd thon nrreatcd by Secret Service OHlcer Slonn. K wns on tho Federal express, run ning from Iloaton to Washington, on tho renr end. of which tho president's private car Mayllowor wub coupled at Now Haven. Tho tramp got on somowhero nlong tho lino. Thoro wero two day coaehos ahead of tho presidential car, and they This Kind of Servant at a Premium WASHINGTON housekeepers aro in clined to think thntT.l). Wither spoon of St. Louis wus romancing re cently when ho told of a negro serv ant who hasten In hla employ for 15 years, It nppyara thnt tho negro wbb glvon tdn days' leavo and money to Bjiond for a trip down to, Now Or leuna, hut In throo daya turned up ugaln, and hero Is tho way Mr. Wlthor spoon explalna tho negro's .return, quoting tho sorvnnt: "'You boo, sub, It dono got mighty miserably cold night aftor I Jef fou, and I knows dat Miss Kato (my wlfo) ain't got no' business tryln' to work dat furnace, and I know you .tln't gwlno to bother with It, Nnry ono of you got onny business with a dirty )ld furnace, least of all MlRa'Knte. who n't got no right to null bar little tutu's. I couldn't, sloop good thinkln' ibout It, nn' dat'u why 1 glta, baok vulcker'u t '."opatod.' to Be Written Up him to win his fight for tho senate against apparently overwhelming odds, Gov. Hrndley talked to tho boy Jour nalist for an hour, speaking most in terestingly on subjects thnt could not fall to Interest even a youth that didn't havo n news instinct. Tho govornor described his early ex periences as a Kepuhllcan In a Demo cratic hotbed, when to go to tho polls nnd vote the Republican ticket wns only one form of committing suicide. Ho told how at ono period of hla po litical activity It beenmo necessary for nil the Republicans or tho town In which ho lived to fortify themselves In a house nnd defend thomsolvea against Democratic raiders who wcro thirsting for blood. Thoro wcro so many or these stories that tho hour bad passed bcroro either tho governor or his visitor know It, and when tho boy editor finally ex cused himself ho carried away a pic turo bearing tho governor's auto graph. When Gov. Urndley won his success ful light beforo tho Kentucky legisla ture a few weeks ngo tho editor, who had been reduced by lapHo of timo to Just plnln reporter, rememborcd thoso Btorlcs of tho early days, nnd wroto tho senator-elect asking tho prlvllcgo of tolling them to tho wholo couulry. Gov. Hradloy's reply stamps him na a man who is going to make himself disliked In Washington If ho doesn't chnngo hla mind: "Thoro is nothing thnt Is moro dis tasteful to mo than to talk about my self, and you must excuse mo from en tering into nn nccount ot my pact ex perlcnco ns a pollticinn. I havo never written It up, and never expect to." bo ablo to clarify tho question. Ac cordingly no approached hla seat and called out: "Mr. President!" Tho lrreprosslblo "Hilly" was not taken back. "Tho chair will recognize tho senntor from Wisconsin," ho said, as ho brought down tho gavel and nod ded to Mr. Spoonor. Tho easo nnd poIbo of tho youngster startlod Senator Spoonor, nnd It wns nearly u mlnuto beforo ho could con trol his twinkling eyes. "Is It not out of order," h6 naked, "to permit so many senators to ad dress tho chair at tho samo timo?" "It Is decidedly out of order," Bald tho piping voico in tho vlcq-prcsldenfa chair. "Tho point made by tho sonntor from Wisconsin Is well tnkon. Tho Bcnato will como to order." In tho houso of representatives thoro aro 23 pngos, and in tho sennto 1C. According to tho regulations, no pngo can bo under 12 years or over 1C years of ago. Tho position of sonato page pays a salary of $75 a month when con gresB Is In session, and, like all other employos of congress, theso young stors recolvo nn extra month's salary ovory year. wero so crowded thnt they couldn't hnvo lookod healthy to tho most op timistic of tramps. Hut thcro was a Pullman, and it looked nlco nnd dnrk. and so tho wanderer strolled In uud hid himself. It was Letchor, pne of tho porters, who found tho visitor crouched in n dark corner of tho tiny kitchen. Ho mada a dlvo for tho man nnd got him In a clinch. Then ho called his fob low porter, Anderson. Tho two of them hnd tho tramp so scared that ho could hardly sco by tho timo tho socrot service men enmo in and put him undor arrest. At Hrldgoport tho tramp waa turned over to tho police. Ho tried to say that ho was a brakomun on tho Now York, Now Haven & Hartford road, but tho trainmen know better. Mr Taft Hlept right through It, nnd never know a thing about It until tho next morning, "Thoro Is n snnrlmnn tint rf .,n .i.i ...... ui 1411 uui- time, trtie-hcnrted dnrky, whoso tlrat thought Is of tho comfort of hla em P oyer." ir Wlthorspoon could flnd about a thousand llko that servant, tho St. Louis man could mnko a good commission by shipping them to Wash ington. The Harriers Down. John Ford, who, as tho English bus band of Miss Cavendlsh-Hentlnck, la related to tho Ogden Mlllses, tho Mn turln Livingstons and many othor not ed New York families, talked, at a pilot dinner at Tho Phun, about Kng llsh society. "Now York society," said Mr. Ford. "Is roally moro oxcluslvo now than that of London. InV London last sen son nn oplsodo wns narrated that Illus trated well tho breaking down or tho old barriers. '"Society la going to tho bow wows," grumbled a young marquis at a Piccadilly club. "vyimt's tho mattor noil?' a friend Inqulrad. " 'Moneyleader's wlfo at a tqcaptlon In Uolgruve 8iutro this aftornoon,' Haiti tho marquis, 'wearing nil my wife's Qinorulda.' " '. , IfAPP to nrr Ones Rats Under Ban in NEW YORK. The Interest In vnri our Important features or tho day's news recently wns completely over shadowed In certain sections of tho city by a rumor thnt a grcnt public up rising against tho wcnrlng of "rats" In women's hnlr has been started, and that tho hirsute rodents were doomed to extinction. "Down with tho rati" It wns as serted wns to bo tho battle cry. The rumor caused consternation, not only la several co-educatlonal In stitutions, where the matter camo up for swift and decisive adjustment, but in department stores and other places, where mero man had put his foot down hard on the familiar feminine head adornment, nnd there wero unmlstnk ablo rumblings, of n.rcvolutlon to bo heard wherovor tho question was dis cussed. Tho troublo started at tho Erasmus Hall high school, where tho assistant principal, Miss Kato E. Turner, laid down tho law forbidding "rats" or "switches," and the following day en forcing tho law against violators by Torcably removing the offending adorn ments. While theso momentous events woro transpiring in tho borough across tho bridge, indignation was nt art' oven higher boiling point in the department storo district in Mnnhnttan. In sev eral ot tho big stores notices wero posted in prominent place? that "rats" 4 May Go to Penitentiary in Barrel ST.'LOUIS-The law of the State Is responsible for Albert Kapp, Bon of a poor widow being a Jail prisoner. Tho rule or tho penitentiary Is re sponsible for his being almost without clothing in too bastilc. Prisoners who rench tho penlton tlury under sentence, aro divested of tholr clothes and tho garments nro burned. "Stir" clothes aro provided and In these tho unfortunates must llvo till their sentence expires and thon In garb furnished by tho big prison they faro forth Into tho world, a proy for tho keen eyes of the sleuths. Every man who la Bontonced lenrnB this from tho old-timers and there Is a rulo In tho city Jail that men going up sell nil their belongings before they stnrt becnuso thd Inscription of Danto is paraphrased into, "AH property nhandon ye who enter hero" over tho gntes of tho prison. Kapp Is a youth. Ho bad some troublo with a man, ' nnd the man Cat Aids Auctioneer in Realty Sale CHICAGO. A big otlico cat, tho pet of tho real estate board, was, "as sistant nuctkmeer" nt a recent sale In tho exchange rooms, and to tabby Is given the credit for many raises In prices. Georgo L. Warner of tho firm of Hnlrd & Warner was tho "emergency auctioneer," but beforo ho had become Initiated In his now task tho cat ap peared on tho scene nnd perched her BoU upon tho desk In front of tho "realty salesman." Mr. Warner Btar.ted In aa if he had been In tho miction business all his life) Tho bids camo in fast and in lnrgo Bums. All tho tlmotho cat poor ed down at the mon struggling to get a chanco at a certain desirable pleco ot property. Hotel for Chinese CHICAGO. If Ah Slug, hero of Hrot Harte'n world-famous poom, woro to pay a visit to Chicago within tho next mo'-th or so. he would find ljlmself ab'.o to outer a Chlnoso hotel, hand hla grip to a Chinese but. boy, afllx bis signature to a Chinese regis ter, cat u Chinese nioal aitd ulcop In a Chlnoso bed. Also, ho would bo xhlo to read a 'hla ecu uawpnpr, to Ijo awakened In ho raornlng Uy n Ghlno9 servant, to CMENG .ft New York Schools In tho hair of employes would not be tolerated, the penalty for Ignoring the order to be dismissal. During tho luncheon hour nothing hut tho new order and plans for com bating it were discussed. In one storo' It wns decided thnt a committee should wait upon tho manager and ask him to rescind the order or face a gen eral strike. "This Is the most outrageotw pro ceeding I ever heard of," said ono young woman, "and 1 think wo would bo fools to submit to It. The very Idea of a man tolling ns how to wenr our hair! It was bad enough when the manager said wo must wear black gowns and white collars, but It la go ing too fnr when they tamper with our pompadours. 'Why, they wouldn't dare to do such things In Siberia or China or wherever It Is they have a czar. I for ono nm going to wear just as big a 'rat' as I like, and I don't care If tlio floorwalk er does report me." That the hist crusade against false hnlr ndornment Is not being confined to high schoola nnd department stores wns further evidenced when tho wom en employes of tho telegrnph com panion In the city held unlimited dis cussion over tho report rrom Kansas City that A. H. Richardson, district superintendent of the Postal Tele graph Company there, had Issued this order: "On and after November 1 all wom en clorks nnd employes must discon tinue the uso of 'rats' in their hnlr. Pleaso govorn yourselves accordingly." Tho womcn omployea hero were ex tremely gloomy over tho situation, for it was prophesied, that tho order would reabh. Npw York next and thnt tho much-abused "rat"- would have to go. said It wns an attempted robbery. Tho police, because Albert had been In troublo berore, Insisted on a two-years' sentence. So, following tho custom of tho Jail, ho sold to other Inmates of the cells his possessions save a torn and frayed pair of trousers, n tattered shirt,. and a worn pair ol nhoea. His mother .brought him some dnlntlcs and loft him. She could not bear to como back and boo the lnd, mnneled nnd leg Ironed to tho loug chain. Neither did tho hoy wish her to como to sco him go. He dreaded tho Bcenc. Tholr nppre henslon was not nccessnry. Then tho Stato decided there wcro extenuating clrcumBtances in tho caso and In order to look tho facts over again, and with a view perhaps to pa roling the boy, the sheriff was asked not to take Albert with the thirty eight other convicted persons to tho pcnltentlnry. "Hut what am I going to do?" ho asked Jailer Wolf, surveying his gar meats. They wero Just sufllclent to preveiu him nppearing a la Adam. Tho Jailer laughed good naturcdly and told the story of how Albert had divested himself In order that tho Stato Bhould not get nny tho better of him nnd how he would hnvo to attend services Sunday In a blanket. Suddenly there was a lull In the proceedlnga. Hlds were slow and the "raises" came dribbling nlong In small amounts. Auctioneer Warner couldn't understand It. Ho began to think that' his success aa a forceful auctioneer was to bo abort lived. True, It was his first experience, but ho hnd started out with such u rush of business that he was con gratulatlng himself. Ho looked at the desk where tabby had been. Sho had deserted her post. That seemed to explain tho sltuntlon. A hurry call wns sent for tho cat. Scarcely had sho resumod her plnce on tho auction desk than tho bidding llvoued up. Prices went soaring and tho former enthusiasm wns revive,! "And the cnt. camo back," some one remarked. After the sale was over It was agreed by all, Including Mr. Warner, that tabby wub responsible for mnk Ing tho day's salo successful. Sovcral raises of from S25 to $D0 wore admitted by tho "omergea"y auctioneer" to bo duo to tho prcHonef of tho cnt. She will havo a prominent plnco In the future sales of the bohrd. Planned in Chicago call for a cup of real Chinese ton ami eat a dish of breakfast food balling not from Hnttle Creek but Canton. And bo could hear a Chlnoso orchestra playing Chinese popular songs. For Chicago Is to have n Chinese hotel, tho Jlrst In tho city operntod on tho "Orlentnl Plan." It Is to bo as complete nnd as modern as tho best American hostelry. Everything In It Is going to bo Chlnoso. from tho gueste to tho chop-sticks In the dining-room Everything will bo 'dcslgnod to make Ah Slug or any other oiioatal guest feel perfertly at home. The now hotel will bo located In the hoart of tliu Chinese Industrial contar, at 112 Federal Btreot. Tho leaso for tho bulliilnjff has beon appllad for by the Chiuamon bohlnd the movo to establish their own hotql. The Exceptional Equipment of tho California Fig Syrup Co. and tho scientific attainmcnta of its chemists havo rendered jKvssiblo tho production of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, in all of its excellence, by obtaining tlu pure medic inal principles of plnnls known to act most beneficially and combining litem most skillfully, in the right proportions, with its wholesome and refreshing Syrup of California Figs. As thcro is only ono genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna anil oa tho gen uino is manufactured by an original method known to tho California l'ig Syrup Co. only, it is always necessary to buy the genuine to get its beneficial effects. A Icnowlcdgp of the abovo facts enables ono to decline imitations or to return them if, upon viewing tho packago, tho full name of thoCulifornia FigSyrupCo.Ia not found printed on the front thereof. BUT SHE HAD ENOUGH. Johnny Mother, lot's go In here and buy a baby; they're cheap to-day. ' Purchasing Power. A young gentleman of our ac quaintance, who had JUBt reached the ngo of alx, waa recently waiting with his mother for a train nt a railway station, when ho noticed a ponny-ln-thc-slot weighing machine Ho asked his mother a great many questions about it, and ut last received permis sion to drop in hla penny and bo weighed. Having obtained that Im portant information, ho sn!d: "How much would I hnvo weighed, mamma, If 1 had dropped In a dollar?" Christmas Post Cards Free. Send 2c stamp for flvo snmplas of our very best Gold and Silk Finish' Christmas, Flower and Motto l'ost Cnrds, beautiful colors and loveliest designs. Art Post Card Club, 792 Jackson St., Topckn, Kan. The Hint; That Failed.. . WlfoA tree, you know, gots now clothes ovcry spring hat, parasol, everything! , Husband Yes, darling, nnd mnkos them all Itself. Fllcgondo Dlaotter. Lewis' Single Hinder made of extra qual ity tobacco, costs more than other 5c cigars. Tell the dealer you want them. In tho opinion of tho beauty lo-tor many n homely woman has a flno face for business. Mr. 'Wlnslow's Soothing fljrrnp. !'or children tcctlilui;, aoficna tho grin, rcclure. In flammation, allnya pain, cures wind collo. 25oa botllo. The less a man knows about wom en tho moro ho thinks ho knows. SICK HEADACHE Positively cured by tucso LItllo I'lll.v. Tlicy aIbo rcllovo Til trctuif rom DyHVCimIn, In (llsCHtloiuinU Too Hourly Kntlni. A perfect rem edy or DlzztnttHH, Knu fien, DruwttlnoHH, Hnd Tiwto In the Month, Cont cd Toiiriic, IJnln In the Hliln. 'rniipm rrvirif Tlicy rcgulata tlio llowels. Turely Vegetable. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. Genuine Must Bear Fac-Similo Signature REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. BROWN'S EKONceiiiL Troches IntUntly rt!itv Sere ThroJt, Hoinciitu aiJ Cotivht. Unexcelled tor clearing the voice. AW lutefy free from opUtcs or anythlnK harmfuf. 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