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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1910)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA t BAIIH. rubllnlur. TKRMB. tlM IN APVANCH NORTH PLATTE NEBF1ASKA Winter Is Btllt on tlio Job with but nfoort intermissions. Undertakers tnlk of mining prices. Speaking of tlio high cost of living Tbo afternoons nro getting' longer although you inny not liavo noticed It Whnt will plnno tuners do whon wo hnvo wlrclcBs InBtrmncnts? The only green thing about the- tip-to-dnto farmer Is his green Holds. And, wo inny add, pianos nro cheap er now thari they voro ten years ngo. A mnn'n consclonco noldom trouhtcs him as much ns tlio corn on his little too. i With slang Indorsed, language "sharks" should hecoino mighty com mon. At this season of tlio year tho aboli tion of tho house fly seomB compara tively easy. Perhaps the Bhlrtwalst maUorn' ntrlko Ib but n lead for tho abused jililrtwnlut buttoners.' New Jorsoy collected last year ?10, 000 hunters' licenses, nntl tliu gamo they got was worth JO 1.80. Pcnnutu cannot bo eaten In St. Louis' trolley cars unless tho peanut tor carrlos awny tho sholls. Ono rcclpo for getting popular Is to to bo able to laugh heartily whon somebody tells an old story. Butter could fall another cent or two without sending tho butttermak era over tho hills to tho pobrhouso. Anothor reason for tho high prlco of food Is thnt farmers nro buying automobiles and they need tho moDcy. It Is said to bo posBlblo to go to tho north polo by noroplano. However, thoro nro a lot of plcnsantcr places to which to go. A Wisconsin professor thinks thnt "ho went up In tho nlr" may bocomo a classic. Already It can bo used In pollto society. If It lakes 30 alarm clocks to waken n motormnn In New York, how many clocks will It tulto to arouso a police man In Chicago? ' Ab a slogan for tho nntl-meai eaters wo suggest; "Ilcnt your skillets Jnto oatmenl boilers and your grldlrona Into egg benters." For tho Bako of sclcnco lot us hope that that busy St. Louis seismograph Is not reporting sumo looso joint lu n street-car track, Texas nnd Florida hnvo boon n lit tlo chilly of Into, but In a short tlnio will bo knocking ut tho door as usual with cnyy garden truck. This row botwoon beiuonto and ncotlo ncld has a tondoncy to dls courage tho poor conBumor from na log catsup of either sort. While nil this cxcltomont prevails about tho coBt of living Mr. Roosovclt continues to dlno frugally on roast monkey nnd baked elephant's heel. Tho Atlantic liners cnrriod Inst yoar 1,730,000 pasBcngora of nil classes, and all clnssos woro seasick, Tho son Is no respecter of persons. Tho woathor burenu gives us oxnet figures on mean tomperaturo; but Its vocabulary la unnblo t oconvoy tho wholo truth ub to mean weather In Its cntlroty. A college psychologist declares that Miyono can hypnotize hlniBolt Into n trnnco. Tho theory Is very likely; It Is tho only way to explain boiuo poo- plo b actions. Tho man who iimya in nubile Is tho mouthpiece for the congregation thnt is emier listening or prnylng with him. Tho cssonco of tho people silent prnyors Is concentrated In his. Ono of tho most remarkable, ns well as 'tho quickest, retributions on record Ib thnt of tho man in Now York who, In trying to tunnel his way from his own place to a Jowolry storo opposite, which ho wished to loot, was burled alivo In tho grnvo of 1i!b own digging, Llfo would moan very much If such energy, originality, determination and rcndlncss to tnko risks woro displayed In a hotter cause, Tho provalonco of high prices for food articles Is worldwide Tho res tatirant kcoporfl In Ilorlln. Qormnny, nro meeting tho exigency In effcctlvo fashion by cutting down tho portions served to customers instead of rals lag tho rates. Hut (hose nnd other facts go to show that complaints of Increased coot of living nro not con flnod to tho United States. To solvo tho problem tho facts lu every civil Izcd country will havo to bo taken Into consideration. Tho wlrotosB oporntor who porne tratcd tho Joke of Bonding out C. Q. D, signals over tho ocean must possess tho same variety of sense of humor aa Is exemplified by smashing straw , hats on tbo stock exchanges, tootln tin horns and Jangling cowbollB. has lug at colleges and perpetrating April fool sells. That aoroplano record-breaker of Worcester, Mass., will bo nblo to create a greater sonsntlon when he makes thoso allcgod 200 to 300-nille flights In broad daylight. I STYLES IN I HAIR "It's funny nbout hair," nnld tho girl who likes to tnlk. "People in former years didn't havo such a lino over tholr topknots! Why, when I was a llttlo girl I can remember my mother taking hor hair In ono hand, combing It upward In tlirco motions, giving It ono twist I think thoy called It a French twist and then It ran up tho bnck of her head to tho top. Then with ono inoro motion nho colled what was left up above on tho roof boiiuv whom, jabbed In thrco hairpins and thnt was all thorn was to It. And my mother was a stylish woman, tool "I bollevo I had an aunt who woro a falso front at that time, though It was considered a sort of disgrace to tho family, and sho was Invariably spoken of as 'poor Aunt Amelia,' much ns though sho wns fccblo minded or afflicted with a cork leg. Hair was hair then and everybody seemed to have It I still remember tho girl named Abblo who walked up tho hill by our homo to school with her hair In two thick symmetrical braids tied with cherry ribbon. From tho Bccond primary grade to tho first high school year Abbte's braids grow fur bolow hor waist and were just as thick at tho ends as at tho top. Every girl had thick braids and tho mothers weren't behind in thnt respect, either. Thoy wouldn't havo known whnt to do with a 'rat' unless they had used It to stuff n soft cushion. "I don't kuow whoro all that hair has gono to, I'm sure. "At tho present time," proceeded tho girl who likes to tnlk, "to own a llttlo hair attached to your scalp In taken as u personal Injury by tho hair dressers. Thoy tell you In sad tones that It's Impossible to dress your hair so that it looks fashlonablo it yon havo nny of your own. 1'vo novor been oxnetly crazy nbout my hair," declared tho girl who likes to talk, "bccaiiBo I was brought up in tho belief thnt it was an entire ly natural thing to hnvo hair grow on ono's head, and grow thick nnd long, ust as much as It was natural to grow teeth or a nose.' When I wns In school I had occasional spasms of trying to arrange my hair after tho prevailing mode, but somehow it novor worked. "Hut I'vo' novor been nctually apolo- gotlc and unhappy till this winter. I've got so now that I slink and cower at tho eight of n halr-dressor'B sign nnd ohuddor with apprehension If I havo to ontor tho shop. Tho first hftlr-drosBor I approached this winter with n request to bo mndo beautiful regarded mo with unconcealed horror na sho startod to take down my locks. "'Why!' Bho gnBpcd, 'you don't wear n braid!' Why should I wear a braid? nskod I, In a superior, comfortnblo wny. ' I havo plenty of my own hair to braid if I want to. "Thoroupon the hair-dresser explod ed. Didn't I know thnt a braid could not bo arranged proporly unless both Its ends wore freo? Tho only thing to bo done, if ono was so unfortunto nB to havo hair, was to wad It up over a cagc-llko cap and pound It down Into as near nothingness na posslblo and then wind around one's bond a braid 30 Inches long at least, made of tho very beat Imported hnlr. Yes, such a braid wns expensive Anywhere from 35 up to $100, and, of combo, tho moro Individual tho shado tho higher tho prlco. My own hnir alwnys had looked n moat ordinary brown to mo. Firmly I refused tho J60 braid and tho hnlr-dressor throw up 1 hor hands. All sho could do for me, It uppoared, was to muko an old-fash loncd pompadour and an old-fash fashioned array of puffs nt tho back- out of my own hnlr, to bo Hiiro, but aa nearly as posslblo Ilka tho falso sots you can now buy at reduced rates, So after paying hor I wont homo nnd took down my hair and did It up my own wny. "A few days later I surged Into an other hair Bhop and fell Into tho hands of a gum-chewing young person cnlled Mabel, to whom I broko tho nows at onco that I did not own. a-braid. Mabel didn't faint. She uaid to leuvo it to her, and as I was in a chair with an npro'.' tied around my nock and help less, i did. "Soma day Mabel is going to be perched on a pillar of fame. I don't know exactly what Bho did or how she did It, but when sho was through with mo 1 was a fashionable dream. Sho tied and divided nnd subdivided and twisted and wreathed my hair till emerged with tho semblance of n per fectly lovely uruld puffed out nil around my face. Oh, It looked slmplo and lovely and most becoming nnd I was entranced. "Do you know, it took mo throe quarters of nn hour to get tho hnlr pins out when I took down my hnlr? Why, I had hairpins stacked up around mo llko cprdwood, all over the dresser and tho floor. I looked llko a cap tlvo tied to the utnlio all ready for tho match to bo applied. I got de lirious. I didn't know thoro wero that many halrplnB In tho world or that ono head 'of hair ivuld bo divided Into millions of strands, ns mine wun. What colffuro was built llko the pyramids to stay. Further, It was like tho catacombs for complexity. If ra let it mono it would hnvo lasted all this year. I don't believe Mabel could over do It again. "I bollevo after all I'll cut off three quarters of my hair and buy a falso Y&ld that I can stick on with tw pins It'll bo quicker!" in ini Lines What Comes in a Governor's Daily Mail MniANM'OLlS.LcttcrB of nil sorts arrlvo dally In tho mails nt tho gov- ernor'fl office, somo of them depress ing, some of thorn mirth-provoking, nnd somo of which for puro norvo qulto tnko away tho breath of the chlof executive, whoso experiences be- foro becoming govornor, ho is wont to explain frequently, woro confined lngoly to tho business of n country law ofllco. Ono of tho "nervy" ones enmo re cently from Monongnhola, Pa. "Dear sir," It ran. "I am a Demo crat nnd hnvo seen hard servico both In tho pnrty and In tho war. Just now 1 nm In protty hnrd linos nnd need somo monoy. Plcnso send mo $100. You enn either let mo havo It as n gift or I will pay It back when 1 get able." "That fellow may bo hard up," said tho govornor, "but ho doesn't know whnt real financial hardship Ib. He ought to try to bo governor of. Indi ana In theso strenuous high price tlmos on tho salary tho stato pays." Tho 100 was not sent. Slnco n Now York syndlcnto a short timo ngo published nil over tho coun try a fenturo story about tho gov- Foiled in a Plan to PITTSBURG. Whon a certain pair of Pittsburg Nowlyweds woro hon ored by tho nrrlval of their first baby thoy dceldcd to give tho llttlo follow a substantial start In llfo by establish ing a savings account for htm right from tho dny of his birth. Accordingly n bank was obtained from ono of tho local savings Insti tutions; ono of tho combination af fairs that can bo opened only by tho bank officials. Each day papa and mamma dropped in their spare pen nies nnd when various doting rela tives of tho llttlo chap cnlled at tho Iioubo their nttontlon waB invariably directed to baby's flnnncinl operations and thoy seldom failed to step up. to tho mantol nnd contribute to tho good cause. Aftor a tlma tho parents began to spcculato on how much baby might bo worth, for It was regarded as qulto certain that grandpn, bolng so woll off, would not think of dropping In less a dollar each time, ami Undo Some Philosophy of NEW YORK. Tho mnnicuro girl hns her opinion of llfo and the people who composo It. Sitting nt her nent tublo, besido n wldo window covorod with Italian lllet, alio sizes up Now York with a cool, dlspasaloiinto oyo. "Oh, yes," sho snld, In nnswor to an Inquiry, "somo of thorn got funny. What do I do? Well, at first 1 don't seo It I act thick, you know and If that doesn't nnBwor I look nt 'em n moment so" with n shriveling oyo nnd, well, thoy wilt. Why, thoy'ro nothing but boys grown up mon, I mean and you Just ubo the same methods. "Tho women always talk. 1 don't know whnt It Ib, but tho very sight, of my outfit nnd my llttlo glnBs bowl of warm wator and me. slttln' horo quietly workln' nnd utterly nt their mercy well thoy talk. Thoy nearly Pastor Is Convinced ST. LOUIS. Tho Rov. Albort H. Jor dan, pastor of tho fashionable First Congregational church and bridegroom son-in-law of William II. Dlxby, has boon studying tho biography of the devil, from Typnon of Egypt and Ah rltnnn of Persia down to tho witches of Salem, and hns come to the conclu sion that his satanlo majesty, undor all of bis ullar.es, la more or less of a myth. Dr, Jordan made this confession at a New Yoar "experience mooting" at tended by nbout a dozen ministers of his denomination. Ench pastor named tho most Interesting book ho hnd read during tbo Inst year or related 11b most important experience. Tho young pastor, who recently re ernor, In the course of which he snld that ho cured a long-drawn-out ail ment (rheumatism) one time with a CO cont boltlo of medicine, tho govern or's mall has contained n largo num ber of Inquiries ns to tho name of tho medicine. Ono from Kentucky runs: "Dear Sir I am a Democrat, llko you arc, and havo been sick n long time. I think my ailment must be llko that you had that you cured with n CO cent bottlo of medicine, nnd I wish you would let mo know tho name of It." Ono from California said that tho writer had no idea whnt tho dlsenso was that was cured, but that If tho governor would Bend him tho nnmo tho writer would try It on whnt ailed him. "I hnvo been a Democrat for CO yearn, nnd hnvo had dyspepsia for al most that long," rnn tho letter. "Tho writers seem to think," said tho governor, "that what will cure ono Democrat will euro nnothcr, nnd that Democrats aro nflllcted with only ono kind of disease, whatever that Is. "What strikes mo au being queer, though, Is that among nil tho things I wns quoted as saying In thnt Inter view, from riding on street cars to tho protective tariff, tho only thing I havo heard from directly is that CO cent bottlo of medicine." After much cajoling, ono of tho governor's friends tho other day flnnl ly got from him tho nnme of tho medi cine nnd took a bottle homo to his wife, who wns suffering with rheuma tism. Bunco the Baby Jeff, who was known ns a great spender, would purely deposit no less than a half dollar, and both had been frequent contributors. Then look at tho numerous qunrters, dimes nnd nickels thnt tho many uncles and aunties of Snookums imiBt hnvo dropped In, for nono of them over failed to rcmombor tho hank when they called. Must bo anywhoro from $20 to ?30 in It, llgurcd tho parents. A fow days ago SnookuniB nttnlned his first annlvcrsnry and It was de cided to deposit tho contents of the llttlo bank in tho big ono downtown. Now just nt this timo mamma chanced to nocd n new hat and, papa being a bit short, it was decided to borrow somo from Snookums till pay day. "I want to doposlt ?10 of It," mnnv ma told tho bank toller, as Bho handed him tho nlckol-plntcd treasuro box. "Tho balance I will tako with mo, pleaso." Tho teller turned tho llttlo knob this wny nnd that, then opening the door, poured out tho hoard o'n tho window shelf. Then ho carefully re pressed a smile, whllo mamma, after tho first gasp, devoted herself to saV' agely biting her lips whllo the con tents wero counted. Thoro were 347 pennies, four nick cIb nnd ono dime. a Manicure Girl always come to mo from tho sham poo room or tho massage room, whero thoy can't talk, you 6eo. nnd I sup pose I get what's been bottled up. "And, say do you know whnt Btumps mo most of all this year? No? Well tho furs! I novcr saw such fura as this winter. Why, you'd think they grow on trees! Some women wenr three kinds nt onco. Aud anothor thing Is tho artificial flowers. Thoy all wear 'em nestling nmong the fura you couldn't over toll thoy weren't real and, say they're scented. Thoy oven smell real. "Tips? Woll, wo don't call them tips. You seo, wo aren't wnlters. Oh yes. Wo tako 'em, of course when wo get 'era. Tho mon always do; tho women nlmost ne-er do. I suppose they think their entertaining tnlk takes tho placo of coin. "It's a big town, this, nln't It nnd It's n hard town. Oh, yes, I suppose thoro nro somo good people hero Oh yes, I'm one to look on tho bright side but, say tho -women get the worst of It, don't they oven In this free country. Why, If I lived In England I'd bo ono of them window smashln' suffringcrs myself." Devil Is a Myth turned from his honeymoon, oxcltcd tho merriment of his brethren whon ho nunounccd with all gravity that the most Instructive book ho had rend during 1909 wns. by odds, "Tho Ills tory of tho D,ovll," by Dr. Paul Carus "This book taught me," persisted Dr. Jordan, sorlously, "that thoro aro not two principles in tho world a good and an evil one. Thcro is ouly ono, which Ib good. "Dr. Cnrus treat of tho dual worship which has obtained in nlmost all of tho religions of the world, from the garden of Eden to the present day. Theology has had two phases, a wor ship of God and rites to deprecato the inallco of tho evil one. "Devil worship is a relic of past ages. Ministers nro no longer preach lug of hell lire and damnation, but of tho blessedness of llfo. Wo do not put stress on evil ns we used to, but emphasize tho good. Our thoology Ib no longor negative, but positive. Wo tako tho view that tho world la get ting better." A LITTLE COLD. He caught a llttlo cold That was all. So tho neighbors sadly said, As they gathered round his bed, When thoy hoard that he was dead. Ho caught n llttlo cold That was all. (Puck.) Neglect of n cough or cold ofton leads to serious trouble. To break up a cold In twenty-four hours nnd euro nny cough that Is curable1 mix two, ounces of Glycerine, n half-ounce of Virgin Oil of Pino compound puro nnd eight ounces of puro Whisky. Tako n toaBpoonful every four hours. You can buy theso at nny good drug storo nnd easily mix thorn In n largo boltlo. He Had No Objection. "Wo wo want you to marry us." said' tho blushing young man, indica ting n young woman with downcast eyes nnd smiling faco who stood a step behind him. "Como In," said the minister, and ho endeavored to oaso their embarrass ment for n moment; but ho soon de cided that It was useless to try. "Will you bo married with a ring?" ho Inquired. Tho young man turned a helpless gnzo on his companion, and then looked nt tho minister. - "If you've got ono to spnro and It enn como out o' tho two dollars, 1 guess sho'd liko It," ho said nt last. National Food Magazine. Marriage. A game of chance In which the chnnccs aro nbout oven. Tho man leads nt first, but after leavlpg tho al tar ho usually follows breathlessly In his wlfo'a trail. Tho rules nro very confusing. If a masked player holds you up some night at tho end of a long gun, it Is called robbery, and entitles you to telcphono tho police, but If your wife holds you up for a much larger amount tho next morning nt tho end of n long hug, It is termed diplomacy, and counts In her favor. In this, as in other games of life, wives are usually allowed moro privileges than other outlaws. Judge. Ineligible. So you wouldn't let Bombazine Dill sit on tho jury thnt tried tho horse thief?" "No," nnswercd Three Fingered Sam. "wo do things fair and square in Crimson Gulch. Dill's a good man, but the fact that ho runs tho only uudertnkln' business lu tho county couldn't help prejudlcln' him somo agin tho defendant." How's This? We offer On Hundred Dollars reward for any tu ot Catarrh that cannot bo cured by IIMI'i Catarrh Cure. F. J. CIIKXEY A CO.. TOIfdo. O. We. th undertime, have known F. J. Cheney for the but 15 years, and believe him perfectly hon orable In all business tranaactlons ami financially able to carry out any otillratlotia made by hla firs. VYALOINU. IxINNAN AC MAKVIFI, Wholmalo Oruicirlsts. Toledo. O. Ilall'i Catarrh Cure la taken Internally, actlnir directly upon tho blood nnd mucoua auriacea of the lyatetn. Teitlmonlala aent. free. Price Jo ctnu per bottle. Sold by all Dmcntitt. iui uaira f amily run lot comtipauon. What It Meant. "Robbie," asked tho school mistress, "whnt does history mean when it says that In the country's pioneer days some of tho settlers didn't have a roof over thoir heads?" "It means that in them days tho woman couldn't .afford nny merry wid ow lints!" CUT THIS OUT And mnll to tho A'. 11. Twla Mcillclno Co., St. Louis, Mo and tlioy will r.enrt you frco i 10 cloy treatment of NATUUE'S IU3ME DY (KR tablets) Ounranttvil, for Uheu inattsm. Constipation, Sick Ilcmlnclic, Liv er. Kidney nnd Illood Dleeanes, Hold by nil Druggists. 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