THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIIUME
LSA I BARB, Publisher.
TERMS, 1.25 IN ADVANCES.
NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA
ENCOUilAQINQ BRIGHT PUPILS.
Parents and educators everywhere
will bo Interested In tho experiment
now being tried in tho Cincinnati
public schools of establishing a class
room for especially bright pupils,
which would appear to be the logical
accompaniment of tho classroom for
backward pupils, Tho proposition
that It 1b as unfair to hold back tho,
apt or clover child In tho ranks of
the mcdlocro as It Is to speed tho dull
pupil to a paco ho cannot maintain
appeals as rcasonabla and common
sense. It will bo argued with much
forco that the system which makes
provision for caring for tho backward
pupil cannot bo Justified without pro
vision .Is mado for accompanying tho
needs of thoso who can advance moro
rapidly than tho avorage, says tho St.
Paul Pioneer Press. Tho proposition
simply provides for tho application
to schooling of the plan, that Is gen
erally adopted and followed In tho
business world, whero wage scales,
chances of promotion and all the ad
vantage are based on the ability of
those employed to advance rapidly in
ono line or another. This has not
boon tho rulo in tho school whoro tho
system has boen adjustid to meet tho
requirements of tho averago pupil,
with special provision mado for thoso
below tho average. Tho net result of
this' system has been retardation, for
which the pupils aru not to blame.
The Cincinnati educators have decid
ed that the old system of trying to
make all children fit the tamo edu
cational pattern is unsatisfactory in
general, and particularly unfair to tho
bright pupils, who aro to bo given spe
cial attention under a mora sensible
and equitable method.
In putting its ban on the "common
drinking cup," tho New York Board
of Health Is doing n good thing. Tho
public drinking cup la a carrier of in
foctlon and tho habit of using an in
dividual drinking "vessel under all cir
cumstances might be good to acquire.
There aro folding cups of motal, rub
ber and oven of paper, which ono con
keep about the person without dis
comfort And can get at grilling ex
pense!. Scarlet fover, diphtheria, influ
enza and even tuberculosis are trans:
tnlssable, and are frequently trans
mitted, through promiscuously used
water glasses and teacups. '
Tho famous auto expert who broke
' His neck in an effort to establish now
apeed records might have given his
life In a better cause. A man, It is
true, can easily And out it human
manufacture can stand the terrific
strain put upon it by these speed ex
periments, but if he finds to the con
trary the knowledge Is seldom of any
use to him, nor does its acquisition
servo even the minor purpose of being
a warning to others, The need of the
age is to, learn more how t'o enjoy Ufo,
rather than faster ways of rushing
through It
England la worried over tho C7E.O0O,
000 annual destruction inflicted by
rats, Most thinking people, aro, -and
what worries most is that the meas
ures for wiping out tho posts aro re
ceived by the rodents with cheerful In
difference A New" Yorker named Jones has
asked permission, of the courts to
change his namo. It behooves the
1,000,000,000 bearers of that honored
monicker to arise lnj protest.
A Texas man' sold 187000 snakes
ast year for prices ranging from 25
cents to J2.E0 each, Nobody can Justly
complain that the price of snakes id
high.
A French physician lnjocted radium
Into a worn out old horso and made It
frisky rb a colt. Thoro la hopo fbr
our ancient racehorses and basoball
players. y
A scientist says that a normal man
has largo foetlond a normal woman
small foot. This scorns to sottlo tho
question outsldo of Chicago.
An Iowa professor claims that cold
weather in spring is good for tho fruit
crop. Evidently tho wolf cry from
Georgia was a false alarm.
A Harvard professor has- solved the
riddle of the sphinx, but It is safe to
assert that he doesn't know why the
harem skirt Is.
Wealthy men cannot always do as
they please, A Judge wouldn't alloV
Cornelius Vanderbut to cross bis legs
1b court
Let us not abolish the cat Just yet
Doctor Young tells us that the rat Is
the original and busy conveyor of
germs.
New York reports the theft of $15,
600 worth of hair. That's what comes
at leaving it arotisd on the dresser,
WESTERN CANADA
BEYOND THE
PIONEER STAGE
Liberty-Loving People Have All the
Liberty the Heart Can Desire
Under Canadian Laws.
, Tho Now York Commercial of April
19th contained nn Interesting article
on conditions In Western Canada. Tho
following extracts will provo instnrc
tlvo roadlng to thoso who contem
plato moving to Canada. Tho writer
speaks of land at $8 to $18 an acre.
As a matter of fact, thoro is very
llttlo land that can bo had now at
less than $18 por acre, but when ono
considers tho productlvo qualities of
this land it is safe to say that In two
years' tlmo thero will bo llttlo avail
able land to l)e had at less than $30
an aero. Already tho frco grant
lands in tho open pralrlo districts
aro becoming exhausted and tho
homesteader has to go farther back
to tho partially wooded areas. This
is no drawback, however. Bomo pre
fer this land to tho open prairie, A
recent publication, issued by the De
partment of the Interior, Ottawa,
Canada, and which is forwarded frco
to applicants by mall by any ol
the Canadian government agents
throughout tho United States, says
of tho uowly-opened districts:
Water is always abundant, wood and
fuol are plentiful and tho soil that
can grow tho poplar and tho willow
as well as the rich grasses that are
to bo found tbcro can bo rolled upon
to produco all tho small varieties of
grain with equal success. Tho Now
York Commercial article referred to
deals more particularly with condi
tions albng tho lino of the Grand
Trunk Pacific, but what is said of
one lino of railway may with truth,
bo said o( tho land and tho conditions
along both the Canadian Northern
and the Canadian Pacific. The article
says:
"It would ba no exaggeration to
say that practically all tho land along
tho entire distance traversed by the
Grand Trunk Pacific system is capa
ble of furnishing homes to those who
engago in farming. Tho lands aro of
throo classes. They may bo desig
nated, first, as having special adap
tation to the production of grain;
second, as having such adaptation to
mlxod farming, of which live stock
will form an important featuro, and
third, as being mainly adapted to the
production of livo stock only. On
the third class of lands the area is
not very large, 'if tho second it is
much larger ana of tho first it Is
by far tho largest.
"As soon as mixed farming shall
be generally adopted, land that may
now bo obtained for from $8 to $18
per aero, and even lands open now
to free homesteads, will soil for $50
to $100 per aero, This is not an ex
travagant statemont. In natural fer
tility these lands fully equal thoso
of tho American corn belt. In vari
ety of production they excel them,
and yet the latter Rell for $100 to
$200 per acre. In addition to the
grain crops now grown of wheat, oats,
barley and rye, much of tho land will
grow winter wheat when properly
prepared. Eighty per cent, of tho
land will grow clover and alfalfa. A
still larger percentage will grow Hold
peas, and the entire tillablo area will
grow good cr$ps of tho cultivated
grasses, timothy, brome grass and
western ryo grass. With theso ele
ments what can prevent this region
from becoming tho main source of
food supply of the Empire and Im
perial dominions?"
Special stress Is laid upon tho edu
cational conditions. Tho wrltor says:
"The foundation of the social fabrlo
of tho agricultural country mny bo
said to rest on tho efficiency of Its
school system, Liberty-loving peo
ple havo all tho liberty the heart can
dcalro under Canadian laws. In this
regard Western Canada has a system
of education bused upon the best that
can bo obtained from tho United
States or Eastern Canada. Its school
system and regulations are second to
none. Every boy or girl has a school
house brought to his or her doorway.
Tho government Is moat liberal in' its
Bupport of higher oducatlon, In Win
nipeg, Saskatoon and Edmonton aro
to bo found excellent colleges and uni
versities, bo that the problem of
higher education is solved. The pro
vincial agricultural schools, located
at Winnipeg and Saskatoon, glvo
practical courses in scientific farm
ing, proparlng graduates to tako up
tho responsibilities of farm life.
"Tho newcomer Bottling in this
favored section will find tho Boclal
conditions far beyond a plonoor stago.
Ho will find helps on every hand. In
stead of his going to the 'Jumplng-oft
placo,' 08 is often supposed when
thinking of Western Canada, ho will
find himself surrounded by wondorful
opportunities for social advancement
In a now country fraught with prom
ise."
To save a man, give him good
friends or bitter enemies: these bV
lovo and those by their hato to keep
him from evil doing. Autlsthenea.
Ere Salve tm Aarnlln Tuta
Prevent Infection Murine Bye Bslve
Irt Tubes for all Kye 111. No Morphine.
ask uruKliixi" lor now one zaa. VU
uablo Eye Hook in Each I'ackan.
Your wlte as well as your sins will
find you out.
Smokers like Lewis' Single Binder cigar
iot lis rton meuow quality.
Isn't It about time to bury the dtaa
languages?
H4PPEPSI!
TNTTfiTI
Ours
City of Winnipeg
t OELIEVE
IN OYVNMC
PUDLIC
UTILITIES
IT SAVES
TROUBLE
WINNIPEG, Man. Before tho closo
of tho present year this city will
bo looked upon ins tho greatest ex
ponent of public ownership on the
American continent. Its investment
In public utilities in now moro than
$30,000,000.
It Is nearly a quarter of a century
slnco tho city council laid the founda
tion of municipal ownership by buy
ing out tho Winnipeg Water Works
company and establishing a municipal
plant. So successful did tho venturo
prove that when the city decided to
lay asphalt pavements some, years
later it was decided to Install a mu
nicipal asphalt plant and the many
miles of pavement in this city have
been laid by it.
Trouble with tho Winnipeg Electrlo
company, which controls tho streot
railway franchise, gas, elaotrlc light
and power franchise, resulted in the
city voting $3,000,000 for a municipal
power plant. Out on the Winnipeg
river, 05 miles from the city, n plant
Seeking Wives fbr
NEW YORK. American heiresses
who may be pining for nlliances
with Austria's titled youth need pine
no longer. Tho way is open to them,
and tho method of acquiring a prince
or n count of either tho Bohemian or
Tyrolean variety Is so slmplo that It
is within reach of all. Thoro Is no
mystery about it. Miss Yrma Bleyor
of Vienna has arrived hero to arrange
it all. i
"Wo In Vienna know," says the pret
ty matchmaker, "that in the United
States thoro aro many daughters of
millionaires who hnvo had every pos
sible luxury showered upon them since
their birth, but who long for what has
always scomod to them unattainable,
namely, prido of family and social po
sition, I can glvo them both.
"I havo on my list two princes,
brothers, ono twenty-threo and ' tho
other twenty-five years. Both are offi
cers In tho Austrian nrmy, and their
roglmont is stationed at Vienna. Their
family is of unciont lineage and they
own two castles in Bohemia. Each
has a fortune of $3,000,000. A condi
tion which must bo met in tho cases
of both my princes, should I find wives
for them, Is that tho American girls
must bring them fortunes equal to
their own.
Whistle Takes Place of Curfew Bell
, . tit ,
KANSAS CITY, Kan. Curfow muBt
ring In Kansas, and Its sounding
must bo heeded. Tho W. C. T. U. has
determined that too llttlo attention Is
paid to tho curfew law, particularly
in Kansas City, Knn and naked tho
city commissioners to boo that it Is
enforced. In this city, where tho.
Bounding of a steam whlstlo on tho
packing plant takos tho placo of tho
old-time boll, It Is alleged that It is
no longer "the curfow whistle," but Is
genorally spoken, of as "tho nlno
o'clock whlstlo," from tho fact that It
sounds at that hour in tho evening.
Ton years ago the W. C, T. U. took
up tho matter of tho boys' remaining
out lato at night and determined to
put a stop to it. They secured the
adoption by most of tho city councils
of tho Sunflower state of ordinances
similar to tho Now England curfow
laws. In this clty which waB far too
largo for any bell to bo hoard In every
State Is to Have
MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo. An egg
laying contoBt to begin Septem
ber 1 and last ono year is being ar
ranged by the Missouri Agricultural
collogo and will bo hold at tho state
poultry experiment station hero. It
will be tho first contest of its, kind
hold In America and will no doubt at
tract much attuntlon among brooders
of flno poultry.
Australia and Now Zealand have
similar contests and plans for some
thing of this sort aro under way both
in Philadelphia and in San Francisco,
but the first In tho Hold with a dofl
nlte arrangement is Missouri.
Entries will bo limited to fifty, and
tho first 60 breeders to mako ontrles
will furnish tho hens. Each owner Is
limited to six hens, with the priv
ilege of substituting a' hen for ono
that becomes sick or injured. Fifty
pens will bo built, exactly allko, and
each pen of hens will have the same
food and treatment
Managers of tho contest have made
a rule so that each pen with Its en-
(Mr.
Owns Its Utilities
Is now ncarlng completion. The near
completion of this plant and tho pros
pects that tho city would build its
own street railway system, led tho
Winnipeg Electric company to noil out
to tho city. -Tho purchaso price is
$18,000,000.
Winnipeg's tolephono system Is also
conducted under publlo ownership, far
It Is a portion of the system extend
ing all over tho province and owned
by tho Manitoba government. In this
city thero aro over 17,000 telephones,
tho rates being $24 a year for resi
dences and $48 for office phones.
Winnipeg owns its stone quarries
in the vicinity of the city, and there,
under a Btaff of civic omploycs, mines
tho products for paving tho macadam
streets and tho crushed stono for
many purpooes.
A forco of city omployeB nlso col
lects the garbage and refuse and takes
It to tho civic Incinerators for destruc
tion, and when a Winnipegcr dies ho
can bo burled, if ho so wills, in tho
municipal cemotery, for the city owns
a largo plot of land on tho western
outskirts of tho city, in which Its dead
havo boon buried for many years.
Thirty years ago Winnipeg was a
fur post. Now It is ono of tho most
rapidly growing cities on tho conti
nent and Is the largest wheat market
in the world.
Titled Noblemen
"There is ono of my clients of whom
I can speak freely because ho has re
turned to Austria aftor a visit to this
country, during which ho made Jour
neys to several American cities, In
cluding St. Louis, Chicago and Clove
land. I refer to Count Hugo Chris
talnlgg. His family cstato ls at
Ystereln, Austria, and he has a flno
castle there.
, "Count Christalnlgg, who Is about
thirty, visited America on a furlough
of two months and roturned to Aus
tria about six weeks ago aftor mooting
several heiresses. Two of them ho
found to bo Impossible. Ono was very
protty of. face, but bo fat that her for
tune of many millions possessed no
attraction for tho count Another par
took of fried potatoes with her fingers,
which may or may not bo good form
here, but which is abhorrent to a well
bred Austrian. But ho has hopes of
finding ono that will bo possible."'
Bcctlon, a gravo question arose as to
how tho boys were to know when to
"mako it, home." Aftor some discus
sion tho packing houses solved tho
problem by agreeing to blow tho whls
tlo at nlno o'clock.
All wnB well, and when tho toud
blsBt of tho big steam slron, which
can be heard forty miles on a clear
dny, sounded nt nlno o'clock tho boys
scampered homo. If they did not tho
poltcornan took them to tho station
and they were warned "nover again to
be out nftcr curfew." Tho womon wero
satlsflodand all wont well.
But tho boys grow up and -neglected
to Impress on their youngor brothers
a droad of tho curfew. Tho brothers
did not scamper homo at tho sound,
and tho peoplo began to think llttlo
of It
Meantime tho housewives had be
como accustomed to regulate their
clocks by tho sound, and at nlno
o'clock they went to see If tho timo
pleco lost or gained. Tho habit spread,
and ono by .one tho men grew uccus
tomed to regulato their watohes by
tho whistle. Now every night tho
watch of each man. who works In tho
city comes out of his pocket almost
by force of habit at tno first Bound of
the whistle,
Egg - Laying Contest
trieB will bo designated by number
Tho owner and tho management wiP
know who awns tho heaB, but no one
else will have this information, unless
tho owner enres to glvo it out. ThlB
is done to protect an owner in csbo
his hens make an indifferent showing.
Thero will be a number of prlzeB
offered for the best Bhowing at the
end of each month, also special prizes
for the best showing made by repre
sentatives of different breeds. For
tho result of the year's contest there
will be other valuablo prlzeB and own
ers who capturo one of these will find
It worth much to their business, for
reports of the contest will be pub
lished in newspapers, magazines and
poultry Journals all over the country.
5
Higginson Was Historian, Auth
or, Ciergymarf and Soldier.
Famous American Who.Was Active In
Many Lines Leaves Enduring Works
to Perpetuate His
Name.
Cambridge, Mass. In tho death oi
Col, Thomas Wentworth Higginson,
Which took place hero -in his 87th
year, thero passes ono of tho cou
try's most noted men. Historian
author, clergymnn, soldier and aboli
tlonlst ho was ntetlve in many linci
nnd leaves enduring works to per
petuatp his namo.
Col. Higginson was a student un
der Longfellow, a neighbor of Olivet
Wendell Holmes, a collego mato ol
Edward Everett Halo and friend ol
Emerson, Whlttlor and Longfellow
As essayist, historian, biographer and
writer for tho young, he mado foi
himself an unusual placo In Americar
literature. Though the author of 8
volumo of verso, ho novor claimed
place as a poet, modestly entltlinp
this work "Such as They Are."
Col. Higginson was born in Cam
bridge, Mass., In 1823 and graduated
from Harvard in 1841. In 1847 he
graduated rom tho Divinity school
in Cambrldgo and tho samo year was
ordained pastor of tho' First Congro
gatlonnl Church at Nowburyport
Mass. Ho left this church in 1850 be
cause of tho unpopularity of his anti
slavery teachings, and in the same
year stood unsuccessfully as the Frcfl
Soil candidate for congress. Ha
then became pastor of a church In
Worcester, Mass., from 1862 to 1858.
Leaving his charge in tho latter year
ho devoted himself to literature and
to anti-Blavery agitation. For his
part in tho attempted rescue of An
thony Burns, a famous Incident in tho
anti-slavery days, he wa3 Indicted for
murder, togethor with Theodoro Park
er, Wendell Phillips nnd others, but
Col. Higginson.
was released on account of a flaw
in tho legal papers. He also took
part in organizing parties of freo
Btate emigrants to Kansas in 1850
and served as brigadier general In
James H. Lane's forces In that stato
organized to drive out the Missouri
Invaders.
Mr. Higginson was mado captain In
tho Forty-first Massachusetts regi
ment in 1862; In tho same year ho
was made colonel of a regiment of
colored troops, the First South Caro
lina Volunteers, aftorward known as
tho Thlrty-thlrd United States Col
ored Troops, the first regiment t of
freed slaves mustered into service.
Col. Higginson saw considerable ac
tive service n the war. He took and
hold Jacksonville, Flu.; at Wilton
Bluff he was wounded, in August,
1803, nnd in October of the next year
resigned on account of disability. He
then went to. Newport, R. 1., to Jive,
enagagtng in literature, t and after
wards to Cambrldgo. He was a mom-
ber of tho Massachusetts legislature
In 1880 and 1SS1, nerving as chief of
staff to tho governor at tho came
time. In 1881-84 ho was a member of
tho Stoto Board of Education.
Ho was a fellow of tho Americar
Academy of Political Social Science
and a member of tho American His
torlcal Socloty, tho American Anti
quartan Socioty, tho New England
Historic-Genealogical society, the Mil
itary Hlfltorical Soclty, tho Loyal Lo
glon and tho Grand Army of Uio Re
public. Ho bad been president of the
Harvard Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
Some years agq ho received the de
gree of doctor of lawB from Western
Reserve unlvorslty and in 1898 re
ceived tho samo degroo from Har
vard.
, Bees Tie Up Railroads.
Omaha, Nob. All railroad traffic
was stopped for an hour at Union
depot hero, when two stands of honey
bees fell and broko open, tho bees
swarming all over the depot and put
ting everybody to rout. Ton cases
wero being carried on a truck, when
Just without tho waitingroom dpor two
BtandB fell off. An hour passed be
fore traffic could bo resumed.
Pretty Girls Shine Shoes,.
St. LouIb, Mo, Two comely young
women are employed in a shoe shin
Inn narlor here, and are wieldlne tho
brush with a great deal of ardor, They
qo not connno ineir endeavors to
women customers, either.
010
MAN
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Wouldn't It ba nice within a week or ro
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and the back-of-the-hend ache.; tho
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eye.; yellow ekln; sluggish bowels; swoll
en eyelids or ankles: leir cramp.; unnat
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despondency?
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SOMETHING ELSE.
Tho Professor An ordinary brick
will absorb a quart of water.
Tho Pugilist Then my brother's no
brick!
Tho Professor What do you mean?
The Pugilist Ho never absorbed
that much water in his life.
THREE CURED OF EpZEMA
"Whon a child, I suffered eight
years with eczema. I could not sleep
at night, and had sores all over my
chest Wo had doctors and none
could do any good, until my mothor
saw the advertisement of tho Cut!
cura Remedies In tho paper. Wo used
the Cutlcura Soap, Ointment and
Resolvenf, and they cured me of
eczema. I also used them on my five
children. Two of them had eczema
very badly. When my children had
eczema, I was not worried at all, as
I knew the Cutlcura Remedies would
do their work. They had sores all
over their heads, their hair would fall
out, and they would scratch all night
and day. Thoy had It on thoir heads,
face, and In back of tho cars so that I
thought tnelr oars would drop off. I
washed their beads nnd bodies with
Cutlcura Soap and . thoy aro as clean
as tho driven snow. Cutlcura Soap
and Ointment also cured my children
of ringworm. I would not bo without
the Cutlcura Romedles. They aro
wonderful." (Signed) Mrs. Violet
Cole, 26 S. Redfleld St, Philadelphia,
Pa., Oct 2D, 1910.
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment are
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ment Australia Rich In Libraries.
Victoria's (Australia) five hundredth
free library was opened, lately. One
and all of the older libraries are well
patronized. Tho gross revenue re
ceived bx. them in tho aggregate from
halls, members's subscriptions, and
grants is about J340.00Q. There are
about a million books in these libra
ries, and it was claimed that some
thing like 3,500,000 visits are paid to
them in the year. Whllo works of ac
tion aro read to tho greatest extent,
general literature and history recelvo
a good deal of attention.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and euro remedy for
Infants and children; and seo that It
Bears tho
Signature
In Ubo For Over 30 Yearn.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Getting On.
"Well, little boy, did you go to the
circus the other day?"
"YeB'm. Pa wanted to go, bo I had
to go with him."
HHAKK INTO YOCIt SHOES
Allen's Foot-Base, lbs AntUeptle powder for Tired
acblnf, swollen, nerrous feet. Gives reat and
eoiafort. WakeswaUJngadeUgbU Bold everywhere,
Ke. Uont accept any subaUtute. For KUEB
ample, address AUea B. O lulled, I Hoy, tf. y, ,
A halting speech muy be tho result
of a lame excuse.
Wrath and wlno unveil tho heart ot
friend to friend. Plutarch.
Garfield Tea regulate, a l.gy liver.
Flattery Is praise we hear of others.