The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, May 17, 1910, Image 6
THE SEMI WE'KLY TRIBUNE IRA I DARO, Publisher. TERMS, $! IN ADVANCE) NORTH PLATTE - NEBRASKA CLUB TO PROMOTE HAPPINE83. All clubs exist to mtiko pcoplo com fortablo and happy thoy can liavo no other rnlson d'otro but London linn a now club which specializes In happiness, bo to speak," says Chica go Record-Herald. Nono but the happy can bolong to It; nono but (hoso who seek happiness will bo permitted to "havo a good cry" In ordor to real Izo happiness. Tho idoa of such a club, It seems, was suggested by tho splendid buccobs of Maeterlinck's charming and beautiful poom play, "Tho Illuo nird." This Is n delicious fantasy for chlldron and adults alike, and It tcachos tho truth that happi ness lies near at hand, In ono's homo and Immodlnto surroundings, rather than In distant unrealizable plans nnd ambitions. Thoso who deliberately and assiduously seok happiness fall to find It, or find It only when, after tunny dis appointments and shattered Illusions, thoy return homo apparently empty handed. It may seam at first that tho moral of Maetorllnck's play bars the seeking of happlnoss In a club as well an In any other external, material thing, but we roust not bo too logical and too pedantic. Thero is no reason why pooplo with tho genius for happl noss should not flock together and af ford an example to thoso of us who worry and frot and take life too tragically or business too gloomily. This being the centennial year of the Indopondenco of various South American republics, tho peoplo of tho Unltod Statos will have ample oppor tunity for demonstrating sympathy and goodwill. Chile has Invited our government to participate In a cele bration to bo hold noxt Soptombor, and tho authorities at Washington havo accepted. A division of tho Pa cific fleet, Including soveral of the finest ships of the navy, will rendezvous ob the Chilean coast and will tako part in tho display on tho occasion, As arrangements havo already boon mado to havo our government ropro aeutod at a similar observance in Argentina' to tako placo earlier, tho United States delegation may go to Chllo to give furthor proof of Interest in tho lator demonstration, All theso exorcises aro full of promise as tend ing to strengthen Uio good rolatlona between tho Unltod States and the Latin-American nations. In splt!e of everything, oomo Ameri cans can manage to savo spntothlng. William Hanhart, secrotary of tho Sav ings Bank Section of tho American nanlcera association, lias mado public a compilation from roports of tho na tional monetary commission, showing that the average deposit In Amorlcan savings banks Is almost four times as great as tho avorago for Kuropo, Asia, Africa, Ocoanica, Canadu, etc., and that tho avorago dopoBlt per capita is almost four times greater in tho Unltod Statos than In tho othor por tions of tho world montlonod. Tho statistics placo tho total savings do posits In tho world at $1G,389,072,014. and of this enormous sum $5,078,735, 579 belongs to prudent and thrifty Amorlcans. Embarrassing situations are bound to grow out of tho common uso of wlrolosB telegraphy, and tho soonor international regulation is established tho better it will bo for all concornod. When the Italian steamer, Duca d' Aosta, was at sea on her recont trip her operator "picked up" a dispatch warning one of hor passengers to be ware of arrest In Sicily. Tula mado tho captain suspicious nnd ho sent an aerogram to the chief of poltco at Naples, who is now trying to dlacovor what it all moans. Thoro may havo tieon sound reasons for this display of lutorest In this particular case, but tho Incident shows how easily a practical joker could bring down serious trouble upon the hoad of an Innocont sea voy ager. That "1500" olork who wroto to Secretary MaoVoagh that ho had saved the government two conta In ink br not dottlnc his t's or crossing his t's anolled all hla economy by wrltlntt an unnecessary and foolish letter, theroby using up ink that might have been saved. t A Long Island surrogate has de cided that a gontlomun may got drunk at loaat three times a your, Dut what Homo of them would llko to know Is how many times may a gontloman got drunk and otlll be a gontloman. 1 A tiro has just boon put out after it had burnod for fifty wears and con aumcd 12,000,000,000 worth of good hard coal. It will tako tho consumers a long tlmo to get It paid far. 1 So tho "sub-conscious self" Is to cn ter Into litigation arising from marital Infelicities? How far-reaching tho pyschologlcal Implications of life to day are, ' Only less ghastly than the horror It self are the excuses that come aftor It Fish Give a Reception in Aquarium WASHINGTON. -- Itobert Timbers, veteran keeper of tho bureau of fisheries has a pot eel an eel that oats out of his hand, squirms about with gleo when Its master is near and otherwise worships tho custodian of Uncle Sam's fish. In the social column of tho Fish Gazette tho following bright nnd broozy chronicle appeared tho other night: "Robert Tlmbors, veteran kecpor, returned to work yesterday. Every body was glad to sco him. The youngor folk swam to tho surface and lashed tho water In a lathor with tholr tails, giving tho most frantic mani festations of friendship and affection. It was a Joyous evont." When Timbers appeared at tho aquarium, after an onforcod absonco of sovornl days, all tho best society at the bureau of fisheries turned out to do him honor. Ho was glvon a rousing reception. Boredom hud relgnod In his nbsonc?, and tho fish had boon lonely desperately lonely. Thoy mlsflod his appreciative touch and kindly regard. Thoy know that he understood thorn Just as they un derstood him. Timbers' vacation was duo to an ambitious and independont seal pup Funny Experiences l'5P0JES mm HUM WAR nAB MY UNCLE SAM has been counting his family during tho last few wooks. Tho consuB taker has beon abroad In tho land and ho has had somo funny oxporloncos. Washington's population Is ono-thlrd black, and tjmong tho nogroeB tho enumerators 'havo had somo odd oxporloncos. I "I b'poso do nox' thing you'll ax mo is what's my d'nomlnatlon an' whar I koops my money." This was tho peppery resnonso ono of tho onumorators rocolved from an old colored womnn In South Washing ton. Tho enumerator was reading off itho list of Interrogations from one of tho consus blanks. "Well, honoy. I moucht ns well toll Tor my d'nomlnatlon Is dat of a Alirn. Sham Lincoln 'Publican an' by faith 1b dat ob a hard-sholl Baptist Yor ftoodn't ask mo 'bout my monoy, cuz I Ain't gwlno tor toll yer how much I'so got or whar I koepa It. Dar, now." 1 1 i f ri ifY u k ilV j jm j uw Suffragettes Outwit LOUIS nrownlow, a newspaper man who was in London In tho last electlous, delivered a locturo before tho National Prosa club In Washing ton rocontly. Ho doscrlbod somo of tho activities of tho militant suffra gists In tho English metropolis. On ono occnslon n hall was guarded for 12 hours to mako sure that no womon should hide themBolves In tho building. Tho speaker was assured thai ho was porfoctly safe from In terruption, Ho began his speech. Down from tho rafters this floated: "How about votos for women?" Somo of tho suffragists had spent hours In tho gnrrot, watting for a chance to nsk this portlnent and pos slbly importlnont question. Another hall was guardod for 24 hours. Tho speakor was about to begin when thoro was a crashing of axes against tho floor. Out tumbled three or four suffragettes, who had hidden In tho Solons Victims of DI8PLACISD confldonco Is a torrlblo thing. Congressmen Ruckor nnd Hamlin of Missouri, havo an Idea that thoy aro truo sons of Walton. Fish aro rising to tho bait In tho Potomac now, and ono day tho two statesmen do cldod to try tholr luck. With elabo rate linos and tackle thoy wont up rlvor, Thoy llshod and fished, but got nothing. Along came a boy, , "You ain't llshln' right," ho an nounced. Tho congressmen nrguod that tholr method of fishing had always boon ilghly uccoisful In tho stroams of which betrayed very crude manners and u primeval temperamont by biting him on the hand. Scnl pups can bite. Timbers know this, bo ho lost no tlmo In treating his lacerated digit and resting at homo for a brief period. Ho soliloquized frequently. "How sharper than a serpont's tooth Is 4 thankless wurd," but whatover sour cynicism ho hud stored up agnlnst tho nqunrlum evaporated yesterday In tho sunny light of that enthusiastic homo coming reception. Tho "King of tho Pen," otherwise tho big eel, took tho lend In tho wel coming festivities. His darting body gnvo strenuous evidonco of his de light, nnd ho bobbed up nnd down nenr tho edgo of tho pen, beseeching candy, or perhaps a kiss. Timbers strokod him on the head, as if ho wore a dog, nnd "King" was so Intensely dollghtcd with tho token of friendship that he lashed tho water Into fonm and scared away all his milder neigh bors. Ho oven seemed to bo Jealous of any sldo glances nnd smiles be stowed on any of his rivals. "I call him 'King of tho Pon' bo cuuso ho would nover permit any oth er eel to live with him," said tho keeper. "Nobody can toll mo that fishes haven't some sort of Instinct and Intelligence. Wo got along splen didly together. Ho was caught down In tho Potomac four yours ago.' Tlmbors says ho will havo tho seal which bit him thoroughly trained and tamed before noxt July, Ho harbors no grudge against tho pup becauso o( tho blto. Tho latter simply registered his protest against captivity In a nat ural fashion, of Census Takers In viow of tho fact that many of tho women of tho country assailed the ruling of E. Dana Durnnd, dlroctor of tho consus, that housewives should be classified ob having no occupation, that official issuod a statement in which ho discussed tho question at somo length. "It was not intended by tho instruc tions," said Mr. Durnnd, "to imply that housewives havo not a high occupa tion and ono which actually contrib utes greatly to tho wealth of tho coun try. Tho point Is, howovcr, that the consus ldoa of an occupation Is neces sarily ono which brings in monoy di roctly which is a moans of support to tho family. Our statistics of fam ilies will show plainly how many wlvos there aro, and wo shall certainly, In discussing our statistics of occupa tions, refer to those wives as In roost cases occupied, although not gainfully occupied. "It 1b particularly Important to got nccurato roturns of theso womon who do work for wngoa or othorwisa direct ly earn monoy, and in ordor to got such rotuniB accurately It Is necessary to diroct that womon who do not oarn monoy, but who aro housewives In the family, should bo reported as having no occupation." Vigilant Guards collar. "How about votes for women r thoy wanted to know. Pn anothor occasion tho greatest precautions woro tnkon. The speakoi had got under a full head of stenm; tho managers of tho mootlnc concrnt ulntod themselves on having outwit ted tho suffragettes at last. Un roee a "man." "How about votos for women?" asked a Bllvery, fcmlnlno voice. Ilrownlow had bought a pair oi gloves In Washington. Ho confesses to being nn nrdent froo trader. He wont into a store in London and ex hibited tho gloves. Ho found ho could duplicate thorn at about a quartor of tho cost In this country. Outside ha found a group of workmon discussing politics as they nro eternally discus sing It. Rrownlow explained hla oxperlenco with the glovo Bollors. "You soo," ho concluded, "1 can buy tho sanio kIovcb over hero fm about a quarter what thoy cost In America." "Ayo." snld ono of tho men n in. borer out of employment "but you've got tno brass to buy them with." "1 had no furthor argument," Bald Rrownlow. Misplaced Trust tholr homo Btnto. Rut the boy Insisted that thoy didn't know tho first thing about tempting tho fish of tho Poto mac. As It wus about tlmo for th houBo to moot, the congressmen en torcd Into a deal with tho boy whoro uy tnoy woro to leavo tholr tnckl with him, Ho would catch n lot ol llah during tho afternoon nnd thnv would roturn lator and get them. The boy agreed Thoy rotumod, having told a num ber of tho members of tho houso that thoy might expect fresh fish for din nor. Rut tho boy had dlsnppcarod with tholr nifty tncklo and lines and with whatovor fish ho bad caught. Tho congressmen, crcstfallon sneaked back homo, but tholr friends demanded nn accounting, "Wo didn't go," thoy said, unblush Ingly. "Wo had a wo had some business to nttotid to." PIE THAT TAFT DUTES ON Mrs. Delia Torrey, the President's Aunt Qlves Recipe for Pastry That "Will" Llkeo. MUlbury, Mass. From Washington to MUlbury is moro than 300 miles a long distance for tho president of the United States to travel for a plcco of pie. Dut William Howard Taft docs mako that trip for tho famous pastry of "Aunt Dolla" Torroy. Mrs. Torroy, aunt of the president and eighty-four years old, finds her greatest delight In making the fa mous plo that "Wllllo" loved, "Will" complimented, tho "Judge" cherished nnd the president Journeys hundreds of miles for. And sho has glvon the recipe for the famous Taft apple plo as follows: Ono pound of sour apples; lemon peel, flnoly chopped; nutmeg; half a teaspoonful of salt. Swceton to suit tasto. Aunt Delia mlxos the crust, aftor getting tho Ingredients handy, by placing tho lard and flour together. Mix well, wetting the flour with water as necessary. These thoroughly mixed spado tho butter In with n knife. The wholo must thou bo well rolled, and, If a flaky crust is desired, should be well pounded with tho rolling pin. Still living In tho old homo -whoro the president when a boy lived and 'swum" the Rlackstono river, Mrs. Torroy is ono of tho chief executive's fondest hosts. Tho feeling Is mutual, the president enjoying his trips to MUlbury as much as Mrs. Torrey does in having him there. Mrs. Torrey always has been fa mous for tho pastries in her pantry. And sho rogrets that tho old-fashioned cooking Is becoming a lost art "The women of today," said Aunt Dolla, "are so carried away with tho theater, and going to town to 'shop,' and all tho rest of tho fol-de-rol of modern life, that thoy aro no longer interested In how to cook. "Yes, 'Willie' always liked my pie. You know what boys arel Don't you know how tho funny men aro always oklng about 'tho kind that mother used to make?' A growing boy loves bost what ho gets at homo. Somo times I think he likes best what ho gets at home when It Isn't known be Is getting It." NEW MINISTER FROM CUBA 8enor Francisco Carrera Justlz to Represent the Island at Wash ington. Washington. Sonor Francisco Car rera Justlz, nowly appointed Cuban mlnlstor to tho Unltod Statos, has just presented his credentials to Pres ident Taft. It Is not expected that any chnngo of policy will mark the coming of Senor Justlz. He will re tain tho legation quarters at 2108 Six- Senor Francisco Carrera Justlz. teonth street nnd expects soon to be joined by his family. Senor Justlz was formerly Cuban minister to Spain. General Veloz, the retiring Cuban minister to tho Unltod States, will leave this city soon for Ruunos Aires, where he will represent tho Cuban government In a diplomatic capacity. Richly Furnished Bedroom. A rich London lndy, a year or two ago, spent ovor $50,000 In furnishing hor bed-chamber. Tho carpot grand, hand-tied purplo Axmlnster cost 7,600. The chairs and othor fur niture are of solid, carvod Ivory, with ebony and gold Inlay. The toilet fit tings nro of oriental alabaster and cost somo hundreds of pounds. In the con tor of the room Is a cochin china tablo Inlaid with mother-ot-poarl and worth $750. Tho bedstead Is of brass, In laid with lino pearls, and at tho head Is un artificial landscape of crystal Ivory, amber, pearls and other stones mm SIN APPEARS IN NEW FORM Ry REV. P. P. WOMER Piutor of Park Control atlonal Church Si. Paul, Minn. mm It Is doubtless truo that the sinful heart of man Is over the same, but sin Itself changes Its aspect ob con ditions change. It seems to mo an Indlaputablo proposition that such a change Is one of the special character istics of our tlmo. It Is still truo that there Is much of tho old-fashioned wrongdoing In tho world, llko hntred and brutality, but It Is not theso old fashioned forms of evil that the world today has to fear. Thoy are gradually dying out. Tho blackening sin of to day grows out of tho tnterdopendenco of life. Under tho present mannor of living wo must rely upon others to look after our drains, Invest our sa vings, nurso our Bick nnd tench our children. Instead of depending upon our own Judgment, wo must, to n very considerable extent, depend upon tho public inspection of food, or gas or tenements or Insurance companies. And this condition has laid new snares for the weak nnd opened now doors for tho wicked. Theso opportunities havo been eugerly seized upon by a multitude of pcoplo becauso tho now forniB of ovll havo not yet como Into Clio snmo disrepute that attaches Itself to tho old. The blackening Bin of today pre sents Itself under a now guise. Thoro Is such a thing as murdering with nn adulterant Instead of n bludgeon, or burglarizing with n rake-off Instead of a Jimmy, or chenting with n prospec tus instead of a deck of cards, or scuttling one's community Instend of n ship. And sinners of this kind gen erally think themselves respectable peoplo and they pass in tho commu nity as such, There Is a kind of de cency that was absent from the old fashioned forms of wrongdoing. Tho slnylngs of the patent medlclno quack, or the adultorer of food, or tho pur veyor of polluted milk aro usually not nearly so vulgar and' offensive in ap pearance as the slnylngs of the high wayman, although there may be as much depravity In the ono as In tho other. And thero Is a respectability about this present-day sin that Is cal culated to lead men astray. The old- tlmo villain wore a slouched hat and breathed forth curses and nn odor of gin. Tho present-day villain often dresses In Immaculate linen, carries a silk hat and n lighted cigar and is sc rono becauso ho is miles or months from the ruin that he causes. A good deal of this modern evil reachcB farther and is far moro dread ful In Its consequences than the oldor forces of wrong. Tho school board grafter, for example, who blackmails an applicant for a teacher's position, s not only Injuring tho teacher but ho Is striking a blow at the free pub lic school. The striking engineer who spitefully deserts his train Is not only njurlng tho public but Is striking a blow at the time-honored right of man to work when he pleases. Tho politi cal boss whoso chief Interest Is to lino his own pocket is not only injuring tho community but he Is striking a blow at free government. It Is these conditions today that con stitute tho greatest challenge to the church. We are told on all sides to preach the slmplo gospel. And what is ordinarily meant by this Is that tho church should keep on fulminating against tho old familiar vices and tell ing peoplo how to got tholr own little bouIs saved, whllo the new evils aro left unchallenged. What Is really needed Is nn application of tho prin ciples of Jesus to the wickedness and wrong which exist today. Walk With Christ. Tho trivial 'round makes up tho lnrger part of every life. If Jesus Christ is not to help us In tho mo notonous stretches, what is his help worth? Unless tho trivial Is his field, his Held Is restricted. Indeed. Tho only way of preventing tho common from becoming commonplace, and tho small from becoming trivial, and tho familiar from becoming contemptible, Is to link nil to Jesus Christ, nnd to do all for him nnd In company with him. Then tho rough places will bo mado plain, tho mountains of difficulty bo brought low, and tho vnlloys of tho commonplace bo exalted. "Ho mnketh my feet llko hinds' feet," Bang I Inhale kuk, the very embodiment of buoyant grnceful, swift movement. If wo will walk with ChrlBt, toward Christ, wo may havo such caso .of light motion, Instead of a weary plodding along tho dull rond of uneventful life, Rev. Aloxnndcr Maclaron. The Fulneis of God. The river of God Is full; but thero la not ono drop nt It that takes Its rlso in earthly springs. God will havo no strength used In his own battles but tho strength which ho himself lm pnrts, and I would not havo you that are now distressed In tho least dls couruged by It. Your emptiness Is but tho preparation for your being tilled, nnd your casting down Is but the tnuklng rtndy for your lifting up. Spurgcon. Tho man who can't find out how to udd a cubit to his stuturo In tho won derful tlmo lu which wo llvo, might as well run his llttlo hoad through tho hole of a grlndstono nnd jump Into tho sou. Obcdlenco to God Is tho surest evi dence of faith tu him. Tho bost preparation for tomorrow Ib to do your boat today. MORE THAN TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE SEE COOPER DAILY During L. T. Coopcr'B recent stay in Boston, it is estimated that slxty-flvo thousand pcoplo talked with him and purchased his medlclno. This Is an averngo of over two thousand a dny. Ills success is so phenomenal as to cause unlvorsal commont both by tho public and tho press. Thero must bo a reason for this. Hero 1b tho reason given in his own words by Mr. Cooper when interviewed on tho subject. Ho said: "Tho Immenso numbers of people who aro calling on mo hero In Boston Is not unusual. I havo had tho snmo oxperlcnpe for tho paBt two years wherever I havo gono. Tho reason Is a slmplo one. It Is becauso my medl clno puts tho stomach In good condi tion. This does not sound unusual, but it is in fact tho koy to health. Tho stomach is tho very' foundation of life. I attribute 90 per cent, of all Blcknoss directly to the stomach. "Neither animals nor men can re main well with a poor digestive ap paratus. Few can bo sick with a diges tion in perfect condition. As a matter of fast, most men and women today aro half-sick. It Is because too much food and too llttlo oxcrclso havo grad ually forced tho stomach Into a half lick condition. My medlclno gots the stomach back where It was, and that Is all that is necessary." Among Boston peoplo who are staunch bollovers In Mr. Cooper's theory, Is Mr. Frank D. Brown, of 57 Bloomlngdalo street, Chelsea, Mass He says: "For five years I havo sought relief for Indigestion, stomach troublo and flyspepsla, spending nearly all my wages with doctors and obtaining no results. I had dull pains across my back, radiating to tho ahouldors. I had splitting headaches, which nothing loemcd to cure. Thero was a gnaw ing and rumbling in my stomach and bowels. I was troubled with vertigo and dizziness, nnd at times almost ivercomo by drowsiness. "J, folt tired nnd worn out all tho tlmo, my sleop was not refreshing, and t would get up in tho morning feeling is weary as when I went to bed. My appetite was variable ravenoUB at times, thon again nauseated at the light off food. Somotimcs my face was pale, at other times flushed. 1 was constipated and bilious, and had catarrhal affection in nose and throat, which caused me to hawk and spit a treat deal, especially In tho morning. I heard so much of tho Coopor reme dies that I decided to try them. After taking one bottle, a tapoworm 60 feet long passed from my system. I folt hotter almost Immediately. All my troubles disappeared as if by magic. and my Improvement was rapid. I now feel entirely well, and can honestly recommend Mr. Cooper's medicine to anyono who suffers as I did." Cooper's New Discovery is sold by all druggists. If your druggist can not supply you, wo will forward you tho name of a druggist in your cit7 who will. Don't accept "somethtng Just as good." The Coopor Medietas Co., Dayton. Ohio. Was Taking No Chances. Once upon a tlmo a fond mother disapproved of hor daughter marrying. This was the more awkward because the young lady had picked the young man out Also ho had wealth. And tho mother, who was widowed, had not the wherewithal to furnish her daughter with tho varloty of frocks and things which hor youthful heart nraved. "I might not objoct to tho man so much," Bald tho mothor one evening, "If you would only lot me tee him. But here is a man whom I have novor sot eyes on, nnd yet ono whom you insist on taking for a hus band. I don't understand such se crecy!" Tho daughtor roplled: "If ( ever Introduced him you'd Insist on marrying him yourself." An Improvement. "Yes," said the mun with the shaggj eyebrows, "wo have a phonograph. We've got sovoral Italian grand opera records, and last week I discovered a way to mako their roproduotlon abso lutely perfect" "Indeed?" asks tho man with the purple nose. '"What is itT" "I rub a llttlo garlic on tho record boforo it is played." A Witty Bishop. "The lato Bishop Foss," sold n Phil adelphia physician, "once visited mo for some trifling ailment " 'Do you, sir,' I said to him, In the tourso of my examination, 'talk in your Bloop?' '"No, sir,' he anBwerod. 'I talk in other pooplo'a. Aron't you aware that I am a dlvlno?'" 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