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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1911)
Another "Raffles" iWlLDUR J?. NS5B1T ' ' 1 1 11 iiliMiaissisl stmr i. 1 iftsi'tdsj'siisi. iJiTi. ' TIP FOR THE KITE FLYERS Balancing Strings Made of Rubber, Placed In Sectloni, Will Prevent t Wind from Snapping Cord. Hero, boys, 1b n tip on klto flying, Every boy who haa flown a klto and what small boy has not knows how It will sometimes break loose when caught in a gust of wind that snaps the cord. This Is the way to stop that Instead of having your balan cing strings all string, have them In three Ecctlona, with rubborbands In the middle sections. It 'Is advlsablo to put only two bands In tho lower strings, as this will help giro tho right "pull". Tho ndvantago of such an ar rangement Is this: Whon tho wind 1 Rubber Bands Prevent Breaks. takeB a sharp tug at tho kite tho rub bcr bands give and tho string Is not so likely to snap, ns It might otherwise do. Of course, this resiliency at tho klto end prevents an accident at any point along tho cord, Just as much as If thoro were a lot of rubbor bands all nlong it SWIMMING SUIT IS UNIQUE Equipped With Life Protector and Fins Attached to Ankles Excel lent for Beginners. A swimming suit that has tho dou bio advantage of aiding tho swimmer's movements and protecting his life has been designed by a Washington man. It 1b Intended primarily for tho use of beginners, but will bo found conve- Novel Swimming Suit. nlent for experts, who wish to take long-distance swims that either would tiro them greatly or be Impossible without some help. The suit has a life preserver lastonod under tho arm pits of the shirt, and from this strong olastlc bands roach down and are fastened just about the knees of the trousers. Just outside tho ankles are fastened a pair1 of fins, which glvo re sistance 10 mo water on mo uacKwara stroke and fold in as the legs are drawn forward. Tho elastto bands help draw tho legs forward and save tho swlmmor all hts strength for the kick back. Equipped with such an apparatus a beginner may feol per fectly safe In tho water, and an expe rienced swlmmor will flna himself ablo to swim miles farther than he co.uld otherwlso do. The suit Is made of light rubbor so that It does not got heavy by becoming water-soaked. A FUNNY BOY. I know a funny little boy The happiest ever born! Ills face Is like a beam of joy, Although his clothes are torn. I saw him tumble on his nose. And waited for a groan; But how he laughed! Do you suppose lie struck his funny boneT There's sunshine In each word he speaks, His lnugn is eomeimng .grana; Its ripples overrun his cheeks, Like waves on snowy sand. lie laughs the moment he awakes, And till tho day Is dono. The schoolroom as a Joke he takes; Ills lessons are but fun. No matter how the day may go, You cannot make him cry; lie's worth a dozen boys I know, Who pout and mope nnd sigh. Trains of Cantaloupes. A cantaloupe train believed to be tho longest the world haa ever soen passed through Tucson, Ariz., rocently from tho Imperial valley. Tho train consisted of 130 cars, was one and one half miles in length, and contained moro than 1,000,000 pounds of ennta loupes. I. .J A - n fU kn. tiw To tvi,, I wJtS . .. ii LEAHN WHEN NOf TO SWIM Every Bit at Important as Knowledge or Swimming Itself No Perfect Safety In Water. A single nowspapor column report ed tho other day thirty cases of drowning In places many miles apart and under conditions as diverse aB possible, Tuoy were not suicides, strictly speaking, although tho moral responsibility Is not greatly different In somo of the cases. It Is a mild statos ment that In moro than ono Instance tho fatallyy was not necessary, Bays, tho fatality was not necessary, says cases wcro pathetic, somo surprising ly so. Young women died clasped In each other's anus, playmates died try ing to rescue each other, and there were one or two cases of real accl-. dent through falling unexpectedly Into water under conditions preventing rescue or escapo. With tho thermometer where it is, it la ldlo to ndvlso oven nonswlmmers not to'go into tho wntcr. Slnco they will do It, It Is doubtful advice to learn to swim, nlnco It is tho swimmers who most frequently drown. Having ta ken tho responsibility of advising evorybody to learn to swim, It Is nec essary to suplcment It by advising tho8o who havo lenrnod to learn also when not to swim nnd dive, and to cn: forco thlB axlvlco by morals drawn from recent awful examples. One young man broko his neck and drowned becauso ho plunged headfirst Into water which ho was told wai shallow. How Is It possible to be truly sympathetic with such reckless noss? And tho Indignation with such dls regard of human IJfo is similar even when, as frequently happens, divert! persists trying tho depths of strange waters with thoir heads Instead ol their foot. It Is not so grand to try unknown depths with a leap instead of a dlvo. Tho difference between a sprained anklo and a broken neck measures the degrees of vanity whlcb are behind theso two methods ol plunging. Doys who try to float on o board In deop water beforo they can swim aro just boys, and can be rea soned with suitably only by their pa rents.. This la only a word of ndvlco tc those who know how to swim, and ap pear to thluk that thereby they have a llcenso to be foolish. There aro times and conditions when even swim mers should not swim, and there never is n tlmo when swimming is safo under unsafo conditions. So long aB water will stfanglo thoro Is no per fect safety in tho water. Sa long as this is true, no precautions aro exces sive, whatever tho skill of tho swim mer. Except for show and vanity, all swimming exercises can bo taken In shallow water as well as In deep, and only under conditions where help Is suro and near. Evorybody should learn bfilh how to swim and when and whero not to Bwim. FLYING MACHINE IS SIMPLE; Toy Embodying All the Principles of tho Real Aeroplane Has Just Been Placed on the Market. Tho simplest flying mnchlno whlct has over been devised Is shown In the accompanying illustration, a toy whlct haa been recently put on tho market Simplest Flying Machine. Tho motive power Is a stput gum band which may bb easily replaced when It wears out. It has double propellers, ono at each end, and Is supplied with a Bmall depending weight, which may be adjusted as desired to mako the toy fly higher or lower. Looking Ahead. A llttlo girl, who thought alio had grown up past tho ago of dolls was asking her mother to put them all away for her. "What do you want thom kept foi If you have finished .with them?" ask ed her mother. "Oh," said tho child, "they will do for my children." "Dut," replied the mother, "suppose you never had any?" "Very well, then," waa the reply, "they will do for my grandchildren.'' Canadian Century, By CASPER GREEN "PoOh! Pooh! It's all nonsense!" . They had been talking at the club about a new "Raffles" who waa doing' somo daring things in the way of entering houses In tho city and sub urbs. Ills exptotts numbered 30, rind tho police lfad not even caught sight of him as yet. Some of his victims had seen a dark figure and fired at it, but there had been no bloody trails to follow to success, Ho had robbed householders at dinner tlmo and he had robbed others as they slept tho Bleep of the just. In the Instnnco most talked about, ho had visited soven different bedrooms in a country houso and robbed each one, and had then sat down In tho dining room for a lunch and n smoko beforo depart ing. Half a dozen' of, tho club mem bers ngr.eed that ho must have nerves of steel, but thq seventh wns the ex ception. It was Howard Durt, a young broker, who hnd sat quietly listening for tho last half hour. "Yes, It's all nonsenso," ho repeat ed aB tho others turned to him in BurprlBe. "Thero is no 'nerve' in robbing a sleeping house, or In porch climbing when you know that there Is not ono chanco In fifty of meeting anyone upstairs." Thereupon arose n discussion In which thoro wbb considerable acri mony, and In which tho seventh man held Ills own against tho six bo well that ono of them finally resorted' to bluff and said! "Thero is a way to provo your contention. Turn 'Raffles' nnd glvo us tho honest rcsultB of tho experi ment." "Thoro aro six of you," slowly re plied tho young man. "I'll lay you ono hundred each that I enter somo houso within n week as a 'Raffles' and bring to this club somo artlclo that you will all recognize" "Done! Dono! Dono!" was shouted at him from all sides, and with a laugh ho rose and left tho club to keep nn engagement. Tho family of Gcnoral Dlrney, oc cupying a manor houso ten miles out of tho city, consisted of the general and his wifo, both of whom woro well along In years, their son, Fred, who was In an insurance ofllco in the city, and Edith, who had finished hor educa tion at Vassar and had returned home to wait tho great ovent of tho lifo of every young woman, matrimony. Raf fles had visited tho houses to tho cast and west, but had deferred his call on the gonoral. Thero was plunder there, but It was taken by tho general to signify that the robber was afraid to tackle an old Veteran of the wars, who had turned tho family bedroom into an nrmory and had had the honso rigged out with all sorts of burglar alarms and electric bells nnd traps for the unwary. 8omo young ladles, whilo waiting for .prince charming turn to poetry. Othors writ a play. Miss Edith had had tho pint of a comedy-drama In her head ever slnco aho was ton years old. Tho ilioo had now arrived to develop It. For a month sho hod been resting nnd thinking all day nnd working with hor pen until 12 or 1 o'clock at night. Thero enmo a par ticular night when she was bothered more than usual, Sho had brought her hero under such a cloud of sus picion that It seemed ns If enrcor must end In his being clubbed by policeman nnd dragged to Jail, an tho girl was thinking deeply when n slight noise behind her made her turn. She turned to see "Raffles." Sho was In tho library on tho first floor, and father, mother, brother and servants wero nil on tho second nnd third, sound asleep. Raffles was masked, but thero was no trouble In figuring out that he was not tho hired man who had como In to toll her that ono or the horscB in tho stablo had tho colic or that he was tho gardener with tno announcement that a cow hnd broken into tho grounds and eaten up hor favorite rose bush. It was well for MIbb Edith that she had been writing a play In which her heroine swam rivers, jumped qver cliffs and pursued tho James brothers to their1 lair. She represented the heroine. It would not do for her to faint away in tho prcsenco of ono rob ber, who did not even display a pistol. Tho two looked at each other for half n minute, and then Raffles quietly sat down In a chair a few feet away. At tho same moment tho young lady ro membered that there was a revolver In a drawer of the desk at which sho was writing. Sho had used It when posing In the place of her heroine. 'You are up late," observed Raffles, after he was comfortably seated. "Who aro you, and why aro you hero?" fhe asked In reply. "Just Raffles, If you please. The first question will answer tb"e sec ond." Ho had a pleasant voice. Ho had an aristocratic foot and hand. Whllo he lounged carelessly, his attitude was that of a gentleman. As her first chill of fear passed away, tho girl noticed theso things. They counted in his favor, but only to an extent. Tho newspapers nnd the police had said thut Raffles was a gentleman, If you must bo robbed, it Is hotter to be robbed by a gentleman than by a tramp, but It is still better not to bo robbed at all. Miss Edith figured that tho lntrduor must havo been in tho house for somo tlmo, and that ho had made up his bundle of plunder and was ready to lave when ho had discovered her light. A sudden re solve to capture Raffles came to her, Th$rt was exactly what tho heroine of her play would have dono. When the he'rolno followed tho James brothers, sho hnd only a club In her hand. Hero wna ft firearm ready at hand, and though It was not loaded, how was Raffles to know? "A play, Is It?" queried tho masked man as ho bent forwnrd to look. "Yes." "A useless wasto of tlmo. I havo been told that thoro nro COO plnya written for every ono accepted. What is tho plot? PerhapB I can glvo you a pointer or two." "It is this!" said MIbb Edith aB sho pulled tho drnwor open and celzcd bo rovolvcr and pointed It straight at him. "Thoro Is a closet over there. If you do not enter It I will shoot you dead!" "Don't trouble yourself. In tho first place, I am not armed, and It I wero thero would bo no shooting on my aide. In tho second, I wish to Identify myself nnd explnln my presence hero. If you will kindly call your brother Fred, whom I prcsumo Is In tho houso, nnd whom I havo known personally for tho last five years " , "I shall do nothing of tho kind, sir. Into that cloEet or I fire!" "I am not tho rascal Raffles. Wo wero discussing him at tho club a few nights ngo and" Tho rovolver that .did not know it was loaded seemed about to go off and send a bullet Into his brain, and the Intruder' roso nnd walked over to tho closet indlcntcd nnd opened tho door nnd entered. Tho girl followed at hie heels and turned tho ko'y and then sat down nit of a tromblo nnd began to cry. Sho hnd not mndo up her mind what further to do whon the father camo downstairs with a shotgun In his hand. Ho hnd heard ,somo nolso that aroused him. In tho front hall ho stumbled over a silver trophy that Fred had won in his athletic days. "What tho devil is happening hero?" ho demanded In official lan gungo ns ho looked frpm tho tearful daughter to tho trophy and back. "Oh, Daddy, I havo cap captured Raffles! Ho is In that closet!" "Then I'll havo him out and blow tho top of his head off! What In blazcB aro you doing capturing rob bers without saying anything to your superior ofllcor nbout it? Things havo camo to a pretty pass in tho service, now, men, stand oacK wniio I nnvo tho scoundrel out. Say, you In there if you mako tho least r6slstanco I'll 'blow you into dogs' montl" Tho door was flung wido open nnd RafflcB walked out. Ho had removed his mask and was trying to smile, but It was a sickly effort Ho began to apologize and explain, but the general cut him short until ho had been bound with a cord torn from a por tiere. Thon tho gonoral contlnuod to mcnaco him with tho shotgun whllo tho daughter ran upstairs to wako up Fred. Fred camo down with a couplo of "guns," tho mother do scondod with a bottlo of witch hazel clutched by tho neck, and tho two wbmen servants woro ready to tako position on tho right or the left flank, aB ordered by tho gcnoral. Apologies and explanations woro ronowed, and after a tlmo thoy prevailed. MIbs Edith was glad sho hnd-not shot any body with nn unloaded rovolver, Tho general was sorry that ho had had all his troublo for nothing, and Fred said that ho would be at dlnnor whero tho ?000 woro laid out. Tho next tlmo Raffles appeared at tho manor houso It was under his own name nnd he wns on. his beat behavior. Somo few remarks wero made to call for blushes on his part, and tho gon oral still Insisted thaMio had not been treated according to tho rules of war faro, but things passed off so well that Howard Burt was asked to call again. After that ho did not appear to need any special invitation, nnd it may bo that by tho timo tho play Is finished tho hero and hcrolno will decido that tho hand of Provldenco throw thom together to prevent Edith's becoming an old maid. Knew His Constituents. Ashor C. Hinds, famous as a par llampntnrian, is serving his first term as representative, although ho went to Washington many years ago as secretary for "Tom" Reed, and Ib full of Btorlea of Washington life. When he waB in Now York aa a member of tho committee Investigating tho sugar industry he told this story; "Tho house of representatives was holding nn animated debato on whether It should discontinue tho practice of eulogizing dead representa tives and having tho remarks printed in the Congressional Rocord and dis tributed through tho country. Some Were against the practice as a waste of timo with no benefit derived. "'I make u most solemn protest against tho dlscontlnuanco of this sacred custom,' said ono of tho Wis consin representatives. 'It has como down to us, hallowed by tlmo, and whllo I can speuk for no other dis trict, I do know that nothing so pleases my constituents as to read about a dead representative.' " From Art's Viewpoint. "What do you think of thoso Camor rists?" - "Well," replied tho Impresario, "their technique isn't much, but they certainly havo temperament" ACTIVE INDIAN RUNNER DUCK Small Breed, Noted for Its Egg Pro duction and Termed the Leghorn of the Duck Family. my OEOnaB TJ. HOWARD.) Theso ducks camo originally from India; hence tho nnmo Indian. The term "Runner" cornea from tho fact that thoy literally run Instead of waddling llko most ducks. Tho Indian Runner Is a breed of small, utility duck noted for Its egg production, and is often termed tho Leghorn of tho duck family. Theso ducks havo boon credited with records of moro than 200 eggs each in flocks of ten, nnd 102 egga each in flocks of ono hundred. Tho "Runnora" aro nc tlvo In their habits, nro good foragers, and on an extensive run or, ablo to Pair of Indian Runner Duoks. find a largo proportion of thoir food. They nro non-cotters, aro hardy and easily reared, hut do not stand con finement woll, Thoir flesh is of a deop yellow color and la of lino qual ity, but their small slzo Is rather against them for. market purposes, except for broilers. Tho Btnndnrd-brod Indian Runner has a long, flat, flnoly formed head of a light fawn or gray and white color, tho former being preferred. Tho hoad should bo ndornod with cap and check markings of light fawn or gray, the cap being divided from the cheok markings by a narrow' lino of white about one-eighth of nn inch wide. Tho bill is of unusual length, fairly broad nnd strong at tho bnso. In tho duck lings tho bill Ib of n yellow color, spotted with groon. Whon rully ma tured, tho bill should bo groon in color With a blnck bean. Tho oyes uro of a hazel color and sot light in tho head. Tho neck is lunusunlly long and slondor nnd whlto In color from hoad to tho beginning of tho breast markings, Tho back is long and narrow and of a light fawn or gray color. The breast is round and or a light fawn or gray color, ovenly divided nbout halfway botween the point of the breast bone and the legs. The bbdy Is long, narrow and carried erect, with no Indication of keel, somowhnt resembling that of a Pen quln In shnpo, nnd is of a light fawn or gray color. Tho wings nro of mo- dlum length nnd carried close to tho body, tho shoulders and top part ot tho wings being or tho snmo color no tho breaBt Tho tall la composed of hard, stiff fenthors, tho six feathers ot tho drnko being woll curled. Tho col or of tho tail is light fawn or gray. Tho logs should bo ot medium length and set woll apart; tho toos straight and connected by web. Tho shanks nnd toes Should bo ot a doop, bright yellow. The stnndard weight of the drnko Ib 4 pounds and of tho duck 4 poundB. D0DLMN01T1 Do not forgot tho shady nooks. Tho fowls need thom. nouses must bo kept sanitary nnd tho fowls froo from vermin. It Ib tho oven, Bteady thrift of our stock that makes thom pay a profit. Tho comb not only denotes egg lay ing, but tho gcnoral condition of tho hen. Llco aro working havoc, and too severe measures cannot be adopted to destroy them. Already tho fowls aro assuming a rusty appearance. It is getting near thoir molting season. It should bo romumborod that chicks do not need any food for tho first 12 to 30 hours nftor hatching. It is pruferablo to keep a box ot dry chaff constantly beforo tho fowls, allowing thom to cat all thoy wish, To Insuro fortilo eggs it Ib moat essential that tho brooding stock should bo as well fed as timely mated. The growing cockerels should now bo separated from tho pullets, and tho former given nn extra allowance of feed. Three-fourths of the diseases could bo traced to lmpuro air, dampness, Improper food, closo brooding nnd 111 choson conditions. A hen that goes around with ' her mouth open Is not a comfortable hen; sho is too warm. Olvo her a placo to sit down and cool off. Throw open tho windows ovory night, but tack somo wldo-mcshod cloth of somo kind over l iom to keep out things that havo no business In tho houso. If farmers would uso tho snrao judgment In feeding thoir poultry that thoy uho In feeding their dairy cows they would soon find tho results qulto satisfactory. As much poultry feed as possible should bo grown on tho farm, but ad ditional feeds may bo bought as neces sary, such as bran middlings, gluten meal or beef scraps. 'The fault of our modern popular Mings Is their utter lnck of literary flavor, ns well ns their violation ot ICngllsli con struction. The sentiment now so crudo ly and even vulgarly expressed In popu lar songs might very woll bo roflnml to such nn extent that they would not offend tho senslbllltlcs."-Emlncnt Critic. "CABBY JONKH." Come, my Jolly good fellows, If you -will bo kind enough to listen To a narrative concerning nn hcroto engineer. Ills name wns Cnsey Jones nnd ho be nnmo famous upon the Boutliorn Pa cific. At 4:30 In the morning ho wns summoned to duty, He undo his wlfo n fond farewell nnit mounted his locomotive And subsequent developments proved that ho rode Into' tho hereafter, "KEI.tY." May I Inquire If any person here has itcen Mr. Kelly? Ills name Is spelled ns It In pronounced. Once moro I Inquire If nny person has ,scon him? You would rocognUe him promptly by his smiling countenance. Ills hirsute ndormont Is n vivid rarniln While his optics nro of n cerulean tint. I bop you to Inform mo If you havo neen Mr. Kelly Who Is a natlvo of Iroland. "iunqb on my rmanns." Patrick Bhca was shipwrecked upon n desert Islo; Tho donleons of which grow to admire him In a while Uocnuse his disposition wan most friendly to them all; And noon ho won the center of- tho cosat- untlon ball. Uln nostalRln noon ceased nnT he took his pen In hand And sont a Joyful missive to thoso In Ids native land; "My Angora are Jeweled, and my royal feet Dear nnklets of bells which their tinkles repeat. Pleaso como for a visit-though 'tie quits a way. Yours truly, King M. M. JlJIboo J. Shea." "who Ann you with tonight?" Kindly Inform me who nucompanlcii you , this cvonlhg. Who Is tho extremely nttrnetlvo person who kIvob you such delight? Am I correct In presuming It Is your sin ter? Tomorrow morning will you dlvulgo the Identity of tho person with whem you nro this evening Rooitnrnlnni A good ninny pooplo aro asking how to keep n roostor from crowing, Tt seems that thoy resent being awak ened at tho flrBt blush of dawn by the gay chanticleer. Thoy open their oyea and grab a pad of pnpor and a foun tain pen nnd wrlto to tho editor. Sa many peoplo think editors havo noth ing to do but right their wrongB. Tho avorago person concolvos of nro editor aa a man who hnB no other function In llfo than to go to a' rail road official and threaten him with condign punishment for smashing m trunk on his lino, or to stop boldly into publlo ofllco and smlto alleged offenders. Now thoy nro demanding: that editors go nbout making roostcra quit crowing at tho dawn. Tho ordinary editor has other things to do. For a penny n dny yqtu cannot oxpect a hlgh-browed intellect uo giant to linger near a chicken roost until tho palo stronks in tho Bky; " proclaim tho coming day and then to atand valiantly beside a buff cochin or n Plymouth rock bass singing rooster and dlBsundo It from singing Its matin wolcomo, so to speak. To our recollection nnd holier noltfe er Horace Greeley nor Charlen A, Dana, in all tho years of tbojr publlo service, stood ''sentlpol in a chicken coop. Thoy wero ovor ready and anxious to right wrongs and to uplirt tho downtroddon nnd to lighten tho londs of tho weary, but our lmpresntot'i Is thoy would hnvo assorted that thoy would bo eternally dodgnsted If thoy believed molding publlo thought In cluded muffling roosters. It Is too much to ask of a man whe haB beon nil day or all night adjusting tho fate of nations nnd aiding or dis arranging tho futures of statesmen that ho como ahead of tho mllkmnn nnd say harsh things nnd uso Urn measures with n shanghai rooster with two-inch spurs and a siren crow Tho way to keep" a roostor from crowing la to secure nn old oak stump, nbout a foot In diameter. Upon this plnco tho rooster's nock. Thon apply a sharp axe at tho third cervical vertabra.