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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1911)
HIE SEMI-WEEKLY TR1BLHE IRA U BAPJB,PuU!tl.r TtRMS, S5 IN ADVANCE NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA Tho rnco for wealth ends at tits cemetery, A clenn fluo may sava tho house from burning down. Tho earth remains safer than cllhor tho sea or tho sky. Tho consumer hopes tho Ico crop, too, will bo n bumper. Nearly every gift that In mado has some sort of astrlng tied to It. Dovcloplng tho nc?oplnno Is ono thing and reckless tomfoolery Is an. other. Just think! Anils' food cako Is mrulo In Now York of "rots" and "spots." Tho acroplano Is becoming a danger ous rival of tho automobllo In tho toll of deaths. Things go by contraries, When a man Is ,on his "uppora" ho la really down In tho depths. When sold merely by weight, dia monds aro stilt a llttlo moro valuable than breakfast bacon. An airship that will break down without falling la ono of tho crying necessities of tho ago. i Tho Now York mltilnor who built an acroplano doubtless Utilized nurao of tho models in tho shotf, Tho hobble skirt has gono (frtit of fashion oven in Paris, nnd'lt wilt soon be markod off tho list everywhere. Mlladl says a man's clothes ntways ccm to fit him real looso after his vlfe's relatives huvo lookod him over. An Iowa man paid J10G tho other day for ten cars of corn. Yet thoro are peoplo who risk their lives hunt ing for gold. Tho leaBt that can bo Bald of that rotton egg Industry doclardd to exist In New York Is that It will bo In bad edor with the public, They are building liners so big tho globe trotters will expect to find on them golf courses, porte cocheres and outdoor sleeping porches'. A prominent Now York college has teen Invaded by Infant paralysis. Tho Jolngs of the averago student make (bis Invasion entlroly credible. Fifty-six Indiana countlos have lost tn population since tho 100.0 census, As torn as peoplo make a fortune In lit erature, they move out of Indiana. Hereupon tho enthusiastic lover ot ftorscB climbs Into his nutomohllo, or ders tho chauffeur to "hit 'or up," uud is whisked away to tho horsa show. A Now York woma;i la enraged bo auso her son wants to marry an actress. Sho might as woll chcor up. He'll bo back homo again. In a llttlo while. Marrlago muy bo a lottery, but the proposal Of a woman In tho west to mile nerscir air for a dollar a chanco la emphasIrlDK tho fact a llttlo too strongly. A woman In Washington wnBhcs all the paper monoy that oho receives In order that It may bo clean, All of us are not so particular. A llttlo dirty money looks good to a hungry man. Statistics fillOW Hint Anrll ntul Run, tember aro the fuvorlte months In which, to go crazy. That may account for the hunchcB that lnduca somo men to become candidates for public olllco. Ten orphan baby seals havo been ferought.dpwn from JQerlng sea to pass the winter in this country as nn ox jwlnaent. If they do well wo may yot raise our own sealskin coats In inland waters. ' American brides entering Germany are to bo compelled to pay duty on inoir wcaumg ouiuts. tiio counts and barons thoy tako over should not coBt much If tho duty on them Is lovled ad valorem. Also It la reported that th6 slzo of woman's hats Is being roducod. nut the uiascullno payors of the bills havo sot yot mado tho happy discovery that tho prlco haa beon reduced in proportion. "Wo nro assured that men aro drinking less nowadays,"1 observes tho Philadelphia Inuulrer. "hut how is It inat tho Internal revonuo increases bo fast?" Tho census figures of 1010 may help you, brothor, That returning tourist who disobey ed father and was fined $800 for fall Ine to declare dutlablo articles now Tcallges that her Undo Samuel is one rcmuvo tiiai win not sianu any non tehKo. "Hangar," tho French word which lu ma In. connection with flying ma chides, means raoroly shed a place h which an aeroplane may- bo kept whe U Is not In uso. Shel Is ahort, but. it will not be as hard to loam to say hangar an U was to got chauffeur to, roil correctly from the tongue. WRECK OF THE LONDON Tho people at Fan's Day, naar Dover, aro still gathering wreck Proussen, largest Balling vessel In tho world, which was stranded thoro steamer. Tho Proussen became unmanagablo In a galo and wont ashore. numerous tugs rescued tho crew. KILLING OFF SEALS Report From Revcnuo , Cutter of Wanton Slaughter. Prlbyloff Islands May Be Declared Government Reservations, Acces sible to Federal Olficlala Only Water 8upply Involved. Seattle Wash. riccauso of tho recklcBB slaughter of seals In tho Prlbylof islands by Japanese, theso Islands may bo declared govcrnmont reservations, nccosBlblo only to fed eral oniclals, aa tho only method of preventing tho Japancso from secur ing supplies for their scaling fleets, which this season got nway with 5,000 sealskins, valued at $40 each, This plan Is the outcomo ot investigation by tho cuttor seal patrol service maintained the last season, In which 40 Japaneso woro arrested on tho chargo of poaching. Officers ot tho cuttor Manning, which reached this port from tho seal ing grounds, declared that tho slaugh ter of tho Bonl herds goos on un abated, and that the diminution, which oven among hundreds of animals Ms becomo perceptible spells positive ex termination within a fow years, The hand of tho alien fisherman strikes at tho root of tho Industry, for it kllh tho helpless fomalo while sho swims far beyond tho threo-mllo HmltB for food for tho family. That tho mother 1b tho breadwinner of tho seal family has been established to tho'catlsfaetlon ot oil who understand tho industry, nccordlng to Cnpt. God trey L. Cardcn, commander ot tho Manning. Flrod upon when sho comes up for nlr, tho Jomalo acnl makos toward tho deadly missive out ot curiosity, and receives hor death wound. Hor pup on ohoro starvos to death, for no other seal mother will nurturo It. Thus two animals pprlsh when ono Is killed. No Amerlcnu vcbbcI undor tho proB ont treaty can fish within Bxty miles ot tho IslandB, whllo tho Japaneso aro allowed to go up to tho threo-mllo ".mlt. Tho United States government ihls year killed 12,000 seals, but thoy wero males and caused no permanent damage to tho herds. Thero woro 25 Japanese vessels, with 816 mon, engaged in tho traffic last season. Officers from the rev enue cutter patrol boarded the aliens at will, and kopt a careful watch upon them. Tho mombcrn ot tho crews llvo Money is. Not , German Pastor tn New Book Says That Americans Care More for Religion Than for Wealth. Rodin. Pastor Illuth's now book on America, which Is just from tho press and Is rocolvlng much attention from rovlowors, contrasts favorably with tho common run of books by foreign ers on tho samo subject. It bIiowb moro Intelligent acquaintances with American lite than tho majority ot ISuropean writers havo taken time to cultivate. Mr. Hlutn- learned of the things of which ho writes by living for several years In America, "Tho notion that tho American Is a cold calculator, with no sontlment higher than lust for monoy, Is utterly baseless," ho writes. "At bottom the real Yankee is not n materialist, hut an Idealist with religious and oven ec clesiastical tendencies much stronger than appear on tho surface Comploto Boparatlon ot church and stato In America and tho establishment ot coromuual relations havo not sprung from lndlfferonce toward tho church, but from respect for it as tho center of religious and social lire." In anothor part of tho book hesnys: "Ono may got on In America by a choice ot sovorul wuys. Advertising tn tho newspapers Is ono method, join ing a club Is another, or ono may be WORLD'S LARGEST on seal meat when they are unable to get fish, and fishing by tho strangors In any of tho harbors Is forblddon. Moro and moro tho law has boen tightening on tho Japanese fishermen by cutting off tholr food supply, and with nnothor stop or two tho govern ment wilt bo ablo to compel them to provision tholr vessels In Jnpan for tho fishing season. As yet tho water supply has been uninterrupted, but, If tho government nets on tho recom mendations of tho seal patrol, this will bo cut off, and very seal Island will be a government resorvo, and not to bo visited by nny person save offi cials, undor heavy ponaltles. Such a motive would not Injure American companies, for there aro nono In tho Islands, said Captain Cardcn. "Tho natives in somo ot tho Islands at Dutch Harbor and wostwnrd," said Captain Cnrden, "woro In a deplorable state Thoy had llttlo food, and tholr clothing wan In rags. Dlseaso had broken out among, them. Tholr prin cipal Industry Is basket weaving and fishing, but thoy do not ronllzo enough from cither to sustain them selves, and aro often In n starving condition, "With tho simplicity of children, tholr plastic minds quickly respond to Man is the Oldest Student Unusual Spectacle of Pupil 03, and Teacher Over 80 Years of Age Very Bright. Los Angeles, Cat. Without doubt, tho oldest student In any university of tho United States Is Rev. David Jor dan Hlgglns, a nonagenarian preacher and ono tlmo colonol In tho Unltod Stato3 army, who Is attondlng tho classes In philosophy conducted by Prof. J. H. Hooso, of tho collego of lib eral arts, Unlvorslty of Southorn Call fornln. Itov. Mr, Hlgglns hnB had a bril liant caroorind a life flllod with ac tive ovonts, "and now, when within seven yearH ot tho century mark, ho has returned to tho Ideals of his youth and Is pursuing tho study of philoso phy, according to the latost teachings. An octogenarian teaching a nonage narian is tho spoctaclo presented at tho university, ft sight which probably finds no parallel In tho world. That the former still preserves his mental Our Only God come a Free Mason. Hut tho surest way la through tho church, without which a young doctor or solicitor am hardly hopo for prominence." 'I ho book indulges In no flattery, la kindly critical throughout and np pours to havo been written with In tent to bo fair, Wealthiest Girl In West. St. LouIb, Mo. Through tho death of hor brothor Wlllard, Miss LoIb Campbell, a St, Louis girl ot seventeen ycarB, Is now solo heiress to tho entire Campboll fortune, reputed to bp about $30,000,000. This will make hor tho wealthiest woman went of tho Mlsslss Ippl river. James Campboll, hor fa- thcr, Ib president ot tho North Amer ican company and uno of St. Louis' wealthiest citizens. Will Be Finest Club. London. Tho most magnlllcont club In tho world. Thlu la tho claim which tho members ot tho Royal Automobllo club make for tholr now headquarters In Pall Mall, which aro noartng com pletion. Tho building la to cost well over $1,500,000. Tho French stylo of decoration will be employed for tho Interior, and ono hundred French plas terers havu been Imported to do tho work. SAILING VESSEL ago from tho Gorman five-master, recently after colliding with a mall Tho life-boat man from Dover and civilization. Our government could do a master stroko by gathering up tha scattered tribes and placing thorn In one or two groups, undor education by tho whlto man. "Wo planted vegetables on tho mainland at Unalaska when wo "ar rived on Juno 1. Before wo smarted south, wo had plenty of lettuce, turnips and radishes for our own tablo. Tho natives know nothing about this, and, with tho means at hand for abundance, thoy starve. "A herd of 800 reindeer, brought over from Plbcrla nlno years ago by tho govonmont, has Increased to 30,000. Thoro Is plenty of good moss for theso animals, and tho natives could, with a llttlo encouragement and training, raise them and lift them selves boyond tho chanco of a famine forovor." Captain Cardcn mado a numbor- of chartlngs of land projections and rocks In tho Shcllkof strait, which had boforo neaped observation. Ho haa reduced thorn to Ink drawings and photographs for distribution among tho yossols in tho revonuo service. Emerging from ICuprlanof strait Into Albatross bank, tho Manning struck 4 heavy sea, and oil was poured over tho bow. As tho boat moved rapidly through tho water sho left a wako of oil, and tho crow watched tho rough sea roll toward tho oil pant and un der it, leaving tho wako of tho vessel as smooth as a mill pond. activity sufficiently to encase actively In tho teaching of this difficult subject, requiring tho deepest study and tho most clear-headed reasoning, Is uearly as marvelous as tho fact that Rev. Mr. Hlgglns at ninety-three Is still suf ficiently active montally and ambitious phyBlcully to grapplo with a Hubjoct that Is almost entirely new to him, such has boen tho chango In tho sys tems and textbooks slnco ho first on gaged in its mysteries nearly throo quartors of a century ngo. Rov, Mr. Hlgglns was born In Molno in 1817. His early education was re-t celved In that stato, but Wesleyan eol lego was his alma mnter. Prof. Wilbur Flak was then presi dent of Wesleyan, and Rov. Mr. Hlg glns roculls many Incidents connected with that noted teacher and scholar. Tho aged student attends- tho class of Professor Hooso every Monday, and is busy noarly all tho week with tho pages of Rudolph Eucken, tho solon of Jona university. Uoth teacher and student aro excep tionally bright and vigorous for their years, and tho only defect that Rov. Mr Hlgglns suffers, from Is a slight deafness. Ho is too busy to speculate on his probablo span of life, and Is anxious to 1111 tho remaining years with tho bright light and consolation that tho study of puro reason and phlloBophy only can give. GIRL REFUSES TO TELL AGE Loses $90 Month Job Rather Than Tell How Old She Is Claims Personal Rights. Kansas City. Just , because she would not tell her ago to tho civil service commission, Miss Vluplo Dods worth, a stenographer, who has been employed at tho city hall for n num oor of years, was disqualified by tho commission from taking tho competi tive examination for stenographers. Tho rulo of tho commission makes It obligatory upon applicants to glvo their ages, but this particular woman felt that that was an nttack upon hor constitutional and personnl rights. So sho let a $90 a month Job go by do- tnuu to a woman who does not caro who knows her ngo. What About This? Chicago. A chicken having human features and tho cry of a, baby has at tt acted crowds ot curious persons to tho moat shop of A. Elklns, mm LOVE TO RULE HUMAN BROTHERHOOD By REV. W. H. MEDLAR PlftlAr of f .Inditn I tills fnn sra . ttnn ! Church. MlnnoaDoli fal TEXT A new commandment jdve I un to you. that you lovo one nnotlier. John XIII, 3t. This was a now Idea tW Jesus pro claimed to men. It waa a. fruit that ripened In the gonial atmosphere which ho himself brought into tho world. This social consciousness or lovo tor others was n plant of Blow growth. Tho world had already arrived at n good ago when It began to recognlzo this great prlnctplo. Think for a moment of tho genesis or evolution ot lovo: When wo note tho difference bctweon tho ancient time, when tho trlho or clan wns tho only bond between men, all outside bolng considered enemies, and theso modern times when a peace confer ence at Tho Hague unites the leading nations ot the earth, wo can see that a great change has taken place in tho thoughts of men "and nations toward each other. This Is a creation far reater than tho physical worlds. Something of tho geologist's senso of time must bo appreciated. Ages and eons rather than years or oven oonturlos must bo considered. The Impassioned reformer needs to bo trained to patience in his anticipation ot Uicbq best things. It took nearly 100 y&ars for this country to Insort tho nntl-slavory clauso, which Thomas Jofferson re jected, Into tho Declaration of Inde pendence. This star, not yot risen in, Washington s tlmo, camo to the horli zon ou Lincoln's day. Tho encroachment of tho sea upon tho continent Is not moro steady and. resistless than tho climbing of ' tho masses ot humanity Into tho preroi gatlvcs aud favorable conditions oncq monopolized by tho few. Welt fur nlshed homes, with musical lnstrui monts, higher education, amusements, luxuries that onco woro limited to .ho rich nnd noblo, are todny becoming tho widespread heritage ot tho com- Imon people. One characteristic of President Mc- 'Klnley's administration waa maklnn nenrly a hundred appointments from, tho ranks ot tho laboring man. Tho classes ot Intelligence, wealth Hind leisure aro no longer looking with. stoical Indifference upon tho multi tude In their pitiful Ignorance, but with sympathetic attention to tho icauses which produce and tho forces twhlch muy change theso unhappy con idltlons. When all grades of society Jwlll begin to co-operato In raising mankind to tho highest possible lovel, (then It will bo recognized that tho llfo Is moro than meat nnd tho body Ithan raiment, and man will havo gono far in entering upon his universal kingdom. ; Christian socialism teaches that the Individual cannot llvo unto himself, land that the social Individual Is the necesary unit of feeling. A maximum pf relationship with every kind ol peoples Is tho substance of tho true Individual, What, then, do wo moan by the jnwnkentng of social consciousness i this lovo for our fellows? It means (that we are clearly awakening to tho lug of common lift the beat of Its heart, tho thunder of Its tread, Does !tho mother recognlzo tho tug of hor child, perhaps at tho skirts of hor jdrcss, or ns tho llttlo hand wlgglea Hnto hers by her aldo. The tug ol JlOO.OOO coal minors, In tholr oppres sion and wronged conditions! When this common life of humanity, with Its toll and sweat, became organized, the kug could no longer bo resisted. Self- i!sh nnd materialistic capital, with Its ;greed. had to glvo wuy. So must tho social consciousness in tuo rignt oi others bo compelled to como to stand Sards of justice and mutual rights. There is tho tug ot 10,000 children ifrom dusty, grimy, poorly ventilated factories. Tholr cry is for freedom. Tho cry Is for bettor prenatal con Idltlons. Formation is moro Import ant than reformation. Marrlago laws nood reconstruction to prevent lrro jsponslblo births ot children. Children entering llfo with such low. vitality, Ibocauso of tho vlco or overworked Icondltlon ot tho parents that they jennnot compote In the struggle of !Hfc, and hence nro thrown upon so :cloty as paupers or criminals. Tho tug ot patriotism, how It pene trates and burrows Into tho soul. Great llfo purposes nro laid aside. Glad delights aro exchanged for on duranco of pain. This Ib tho tug ot tho nation for its safety. So also .should the soul awaken to tho univer sal cry ot tho race for freedom nnd surety. It Is to the Interests of all sides that tho readjustment of tho social classes should como as a steady evo lutionary process rather than ns a so cial catastrophe. It Is unchristian to regard human llfo ns n moro Instru ment or chattel for tho production ot wcnlth. Fraternal redemption can only come when tho brotherly Idea Is fully rec ognized, Wo havo pass'od tho age of heroes and Institutions and havo como to tho em of tho peoplo. Woll has JesuB said, "A now com mandment give I unto you, that ye lovo ono another," Jesus Christ, a now clrclo, a now center, a now at mosphere Is necessary. Now for a leavening. Let this now life sift Into every nook and crcvlco nnd corner of human llfo and human eocloty. "Ho thai salth I love God and loveth not his brother Is a liar." mm THE CENSUS OF CANADA ITS GROWTH IN TEN YEARS PAST. A census of tho Dominion of Canada will bo made during 1911. It will show that during tho paBt decado a romarkablo development has token plncO. nnd. when compared with tho population, a greater pcrcentago o'f In crease in industries of all klnda than has ovor been shown by any couutry. Commerce, mining, ugrlculturo nnd rallwnys havo mado a steady march, onward. Tho population will bo con siderably ovor 8,000,000. Thousands of miles ot railway lines have been, construction slnco tho last census waa taken ten years ago. This construc tion was mado necessary by the open ing up ot tho new agricultural dis tricts in Western Canada, in which, thero havo been pouring year after year nn increasing numbor of settlers, until tho present year wilt witness settlement of over 300,000, or a trlflo less than one-third of tho immigration to tho United States during tho samo period with Its 92,000,000 ot popula tion. Even with theso hundreds of thousands of newcomers, tho great majority of whom go upon tho land, thero Is still available room lor hun dreds of thousands additional. Tho census figures will theroforo Bhow a great a vast lncrcaso tn tho num ber ot fitrms under occupation, as well as In the output of the farms. When, tho figures of tho splendid Immigra tion aro added to tho natural Increase, tho total will surprise cvon tho most optimistic. To tho excellent growth that the western portion ot Canada will show may largely bo attributed tho commercial and industrial growth of tho eastern portion of Canada. All Canada Is being upbuilded, and In this transformation thero Is taking part tho peoplo from many countries, but only from thoso countries that pro duce the strong and vigorous. As somo evldcnco Of the growth of the western portion of Canada, In agricul tural Industry, it is instructive to point out that over 100,000 home steads of 1G0 acres each have been transferred to actual settlers tn tho past two years. This means 25,000 squaro miles of territory, and then, when Is added tho 40,000 ICO-acro pre emption blocks, there Is an additional 10,000 squaro mites, or a total of 35, 000 square miles a territory as largo as tho Stato of Indiana, and settled within two years. Reduced to tho producing capacity lmpcratlvo on tho cultivation restriction of 50 acres of cultivation on each ICO-acro home stead within throo years, thero will bo within a year and a half from now upwards of 6,000,000 additional acres from this ono sourco added to tho en tire producing area of tho Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al berta. In 1901, at tho tlmo of tho lest, census of Canada, successful agricul ture In tho Provinces of Monitoha, Saskatchewan and Alberta was an experiment to many. Thoro wero skeptics who could not bellevo that It was posslblo to grow thirty, forty and even fifty bushels ot wheat to tho acre, or that as high as ono hundred and thirty bushels of oats to tho acre could bo grown. Tho skeptics aro not to bo found today. Tho ovidenco ot tho hundreds of thousands of farmers Is too overwhelming. Not only havo tho lands ot western Canada proven their worth in the mntter of raising all tho smaller field grains, but for mixed forming, nnd for catllo raising thero is no better country anywhere. Tho cllmnto Is perfectly adapted to nil theso pursuits ns well as admirable for health. Tho Dominion government literature, descriptive of tho country, is what nil that aro interested should read. Send for a copy to tho nearest Canadian government representative. Ill-Mannered Chicken. Little Robert, 3 years of ago, went with his grandmother to tho chicken park to seo her feed tho chickens. When tho llttlo ones Jumped upon the water dish and dipped their bills Into tho water, ho cried: "Oh, grand- inothor. thpv nrn nnttlnc ..l- tho tablo." Importnnt to Nlothcro Examlno carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a Bate and suro remedy for Infants nnd children, and seo that It Bears tho st7 " "",r0t Signature otC In Uso For Over 30 Yoars. 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