THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
FLYING BOAT WHICH GOES A MILE A MINUTE
SPENDING A FORTUNE TO TELL
OTHERS HOW TO GAIN WEALTH
IRA L. BARE, PubliAhor.
TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE.
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STRIVING FOR EFFECT.
It Is pitiful to watch tho struggles
of thono who It their worldly Uvea try
to bo what they tiro not. To gradually
pass from a poor condition of llfo Into
a bettor ono 1b vastly different from
rushing from ono extrcmo to tho other,
and tho spectaclo of striving to keep
up too high a paco Is ono of tho most
uncdlfying It Is posslblo to observe,
says tho Charleston Nowb and Courier.
Wo gain nothing by such conduct un
less perhaps It Is tho npplauno of
thoso whoso favor wo may try to cul
tivate but oven then It often happens
that thoso who pralso aro also our
severest critics. It would scorn that
wo strllto tho kcynoto of a happy llfo
when wo play our partn naturally, not
ns gaily attired puppets who danco
and twirl for tho amusement of others,
but as sobcr-henrted, truc-soulcd men
and women who uro content to bo
what they aro and who only move
ncross tho stago of llfo for somo good
purpoBo. Tho only effects that arc
worth striving for aro thoso that como
to us naturally or by vlrtuo of our
best efforte In a worthy cause. They
outlast all thoso other effects upon
which wo cxpond so much tlmo and
labor and which aro at best merely
artificial. Thoy may not bo so won
derful In their color schemes; thoy
may not rush across our vision like
birds of brilliant hues that flit across
tho blue, but thoy gathor radiance
with tho passing ycarB. Their colors
novor fado, tholr results last forovor
and they linger long In tho memory
of thoso who aro so fortunato as to
havo beheld their beautiful vision.
Thero can bo no two opinions on tho
proposition that China sorely needs a
tow languago to roplaco tho many and
widely varying dialects that now sorvo
to divide, rathor than to unlto hor
people. English, tho languago of
trado and diplomacy In tho cast.'ls tho
most available Educated ChlneBO,
natural linguists that thoy aro, havo
found llt'tlo difficulty in mastering it
But how nbout tho mass of tho popu
lation? Will thoy find it Just bb easy?
Tho day may como when English will
bo spokon qulto generally In China,
but that day is Btlll far away. Presi
dential decrees may hasten Its coming
a little, if thoy aro backed up by edu
cational provisions. Dut in aplto of
all that can bo dono t6 proraoto it tho'
chango must necessarily bo of very
slow growth. Tho men who aro tak-'
Ing this occasion to put forth tho plan
might moro properly bo called dream
ers than progressives.
It Is a curious fact that in tho mild
est winter on record tho prico of fresh
eggs' in Now York should havo mount
ed to an unprecedented height But
thoro's a reason nt least thoro lo sold
to bo. Tho cold storago men, it Is
stated, havo In stock no fewer than
throo hundred million dozen eggs,
somo of which they havo hold for n
long tlmo. Thoy aro afraid or carry
ing this stock indefinitely in tho pres
ent attitude of legislators toward cold
storago. Therefore thoy aro holding
rrcsh eggs out of tho market practi
cally by putting a prohibitory prico
upon them, and thus crcntlng a condi
tion In which many peoplo will buy
"eocondH" at figures that thoy would
regard ns cxtortlonato at any other
tlino. It's a great game from tho,
ttandpolnt of shrowd business, not
from tho standpoint of fair dealing.
If buckwheat coal, which until a
comparatively fow ycarB ago was
thrown upon tho culm banks ot tho
nnthrnclto mlncB as worthless, is to
bo boosted in prico, as reported, it
means Just that much moro cloar
profit to tho producing companies and
operators. From on economic stand
point tho utilization of what was onco
a wasto product is a good thing for
both tho publlo nnd tho producers, as
It tondB to prolong tho llfo of tho nn
thrnclto regions, but it 1b hard to boo
what Justification thero can bo In ex
isting conditions for nn ndvunco in
price. Doubtless tho big companies,
whoso dividends rnngo from 20 per
cent down to C, need tho money, nnd
what moro need bo said?
Emotional women seldom bring hot
houso flowers to tho commonplace
criminal who Is in prison for stcnllng
U cow or picking n pockot Theso
cholco gifts aro rcsorvud for tho high
er clnss offender who commits u re
volting murder.
Tho Chlncso havo boon doing moro
fighting than Btraw braiding, nnd straw
lints next summer may bo high priced.
No ono, however, Jn mldwlntor cares
about what Is to happen In midsum
mer. "Tips aro not seriously objection
ablo until thoy tako on tho proportions
of enforced bribes," says tho Washing
ton Star Porhnp's sof; but tho troublo
Is thoy do ..tako on that aspect boforo
thoy so very far.
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THIS Is tho first photograph of a now amphibious craft built by Glenn II. Curtlss and just successfully tested
nt San Diego, Cal. It will swim over water at 50 miles an hour, or lly through air at 00 miles an hour, chang
ing from ono element to tho other at tho will of tho operator. Tho "flying boat" Is llko tho hydro-aeroplano only
that it has two planes In Us equipment. It Is bellovcd that it can easily bo handled on board a battleship.
GUN MAN
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Bob Dean, Terror of Criminals,
to Be Evangelist.
Arkanoas Sheriff Is Determined to
Supervise Execution of Man Who
Killed Marshal Before He
, Takes Up New Work.
St. Louis. Hob Doan, known for
years as a "bad man" and a dead shot,
who haB killed ten men in his tlmo
and has hlmuolf boon shot thirteen
times, who is acting now as deputy
sheriff of Mississippi county, Arkansas,
will soon lay aside his guns, glvo up
his duties uh olllccr of tho law and go
forth into Mississippi, his natlvo
countyi and preach tho gospel of
pcaco and good will to tho rough men
who havo known him hitherto only as
a man 111 to trlllo with.
This chnngo of llfo and front Hob
Dean doclded on Sunday night, Decern
bor 17, at tho, closo of n thrco wcoks'
rovlvnl sorvlco conducted by llov.
Chnmbors Mnnnering, who converted
Dean early in tho moetings. It was
during tho closing of tho services that
tho doputy sheriff arose and said that
ho Intended to lay down his pistols
aud tako up tho Blblo.
Thoro is ony ono reason for tho
dolay. Ho is not ready to assumo his
rolo ns prencher until ho has closed
his career ns an officer of tho law by
olllclatlug at tho hanging of Henry
J Coatos, now in jail, at Osceola, Ark.,
UWUUlIlg GXOGUUUM. ljllHL ipril VvOUIGH
shot and killed Marshal R. L. Fergus
on of this town, and so seriously
wounded Hob Dean hlniBolf that ho
la In a Memphis, Tenn., hospital for
throo wcoks, his llfo hanging by a
thread, Hy a spoclal dispensation of
tho govarnor, ot tho roquest of Sheriff
C. B. Hall, tho latter official will re
linquish his duty ns shorlff on that oc
casion and 'allow Hob Dean to do tho
hanging of tho man who wounded
him. i
So soon ns his "anclont enemy" Is
hanged Dean will tnko up his ministra
tions. Coatos was discovered a fow miles
from Osceola in tho act of tying up
his boat and taking on a cargo of
whisky. Upon tho officer's demand to
givo himself up Coatos had tho boat
push off and replied with a volloy of
buckshot from his shotgun, Hoth offi
cers returned tho llro, their shots
LOVE BESTS U. S. RED TAPE
Cupid Triumphs Over the Immigration
Officials of Uncle Sam After
Long Delay,
BoIbo, Idaho. That true lovo novor
runs Binoothly and Dnn Cupid nlwnys
has n way was proved In a doportntlon
hero Involving directly Miss Emma
Nlolson of Copenhagen, Denmark, and
Indirectly horflanco, II. Peterson of Rig
by, Idnho. Tho cbbo put In oporntlon
tho machinery of tho United States Im
migration department, Idaho's congres
sional dolcgatos nt Washington nnd
Gov. J. II. Hawloy, with tho rosult
that MIbb Nlelson was ndmlttod to tho
Vnltod Stntos and hor marrlago Is soon
to bo celebrated with hor llnnco at
Hlgby, Idaho.
l'lorson mot his flanceo at Copenha
gen two years ago. Tholr friendship
ripened into lovo. Ho Is n prosporous
buslnoss man and rancher at Rlgby.
On his return to tho United Stntos ho
mado nrrangomonts for Miss Nlolson
to como to Amorlca. Sho wb not al
lowed to laud, as tho immigration of
llcors believed sho was to Join a polyg
nmUt. Sho could not explain her com
ing satisfactorily and was doported.
Mr. Potorson took tho matter up
and tried to got Miss Nlolson in tho
United Stntos by way of Halifax. N.
S Sho was stopped, but aftor long
dolny and further Investigation, sho
was ndmlttod and has gone to Hlgby
to mnrry Potorson.
Find Dullet In Appendix.
Lnwroncoburg. Ind. Stricken with
appendicitis whllo on n hunting trip,
Bonjnmln Kramer died boforo help
could reach him. Surgeons found a
loaded cnrtrldgo In his appendix.
TO RETIRE
going wild. Tho second volloy by
Coatos, however, felled Dean, and an
other instantly killed Ferguson, whoso
body pitched headlong into tho rlvor.
Flvo days later tho dead body of
Ferguson was found 25 miles down
tho river, and on tho following day
camo tho news from tho Tennessee
sldo that Contca had been capturod.
Tho declaration of Dean that ho will
ronounco his former llfo after spring
ing tho gallows on which Coates will
hang has awakened much local curi
osity, nnd thnt thero. will bo an Im
monso crowd present in Osceola when
the hanging comes off Is a certainty.
DISOWNS CHILDREN TO WED
Eastern Widow Ships Four Little
Girls to Idaho Foundling In
et!tutlon. Holso, Idaho. Rather than miss a
chanco to remarry, a widow some
whoro in tho cast put n shipping tag
on her four llttlo girls and consigned
them to tho Children's homo foundling
Institution in UiIb city.
Tho namo of tho mother Is with
hold by Superintendent Christian of
tho homo, but ho learned nftor an In
vestigation Uiat sho had spont $1,800
llfo Insurance and $1,G00 left to tho
children by tholr father, and wished
to bo rolioved of their enro, that sho
might get nnothor husband.
"To tho Children's home Pleaso
caro for theso children," sho wrote,
nnd pinned tho noto on tho dress of
tho oldest girl, aged 11, as sho bundled
them onto tho train. Tho youngest
was four years old.
With tho llttlo onos In charge, Su
perintendent Chrlstlnn left for Minne
apolis, whoro an aunt had promlsod
to glvo them a homo.
FROZE HIS TONGUE TO POLE
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Missouri Boy Offered All Kinds of Aid
by Crowd Is Freed and Goes
to Doctor.
lndopondonco, Mo. Albert Antolno
Bundscliu, nlno yenrs old, youngest
bon of A. J. Bundschu, nn Indopen
donco merchant, has a soro tonguo.
It camo nbout as a rosult of trying to
tost tho ndhcslvo power of cold Iron In
zero weather.
With somo schoolmatos, young
CITY IS BOOK CENTER
Chicago Is Greatest Distributing
Station in America.
Competition Not Only In Selling But
Buying School Publications Has
Caused Many Scandals In
This Business.
Chicago. Chicago's supremacy
among cIUcb In most branches of com
mercial utilitarian production it under
takes 1b so well known ns to over
shadow whatover excellence it may
have in puro Intellect. Tho municipal
ity has had to strugglo to extend Its
reputntlon of being artistically in
clined, but oven with tho comparative
success It has attained in thnt direc
tion few persons know that Chicago
has erudition to scattor nbout jtho
country. Yet this city Is known, In
fact, ns tho greatest distributing con
tor of educational books In America.
Publication of school bookB Is a mys
terious process, ns far as tho general
public 1b concerned. In this business
thora is competition, and fierce compe
tition, too, not only In selling, but in
buying ns well. Competition In sell
ing has moro than onco occasioned
scandal and formal Investigation; in
buying It is another thing entirely,
Tho Threo R's company, for In
stance, persuades tho authorities in
JoncBvillo that tho Alphabet company's
school renders in ubo thoro aro in
ferior to n Nnow publication of tho
"Threo R's." Thereforo tho latter gets
tho opportunity of selling Its own
readers in Joncsvlllo, taking old and
Bundschu was passing a enndy Btoro
on West Maple avenue. While somo
went In and bought candy, Bundschu
stood on tho sidewalk near nn Iron
trolloy polo. A sudden impulso seized
tho boy to apply his tongue to it
Ho tried it His tongue remained
frozen to tho Iron, nnd all of his ef
forts to get it loose wero fruitless. A
crowd gathorod. There wero many
suggestions. One man camo running
with n bucket of cold water, which
ho said wob Just tho thing; "warm wa
ter would never do." Another from
ncross tho stroet snatched a teakettle
full of boiling water from his stovo
and enmo to the rescue
Flnnlly F. A. Schwecrs, proprietor
of tho enndy store, arrived with somo
lukewarm water which was poured on
gradually, at tho junction of the trol
ley polo and tho boy's tongue. Gradu
ally tho tongue camo loose. Then tho
boy went to tho family physician for
treatment.
MAN REGAINS HIS SENSES
Chandler Rogers, Who Puzzled Seat-
tie Doctors, Tells Who
He Is.
New Bedford, Mass. Awakening to
his real identity for the second time In
fourteen years, Chandler Rogers of Se
attle, Wash., "tho man who forgot,"
found himself at tho Emergency hos
pital hero surrounded by a group of
physicians, who are studying hlB
strange caso.
Fourteen years ago a man giving his
nnmo as Earl Koller drifted Into Se
attlo, secured a position, courted many
women, ono of whom he subsequently
married. Several months ago ho was
found Buffering from pressure of tho
brain. Physicians trepanned his skull.
Tho patient announced nftor tho effect
of tho anesthetic had worn off, that
his nnmo was Chandler Rogers and It
was found that tho previous fourteen
years of his llfo was a blank. Ho
could not even remember that ho had
over beon known ns Keller.
On December 2G ho wont to Boston
to visit his sister, Mrs. Florence W.
Walling, whom he had not seen for
fifteen years. A fow days ago ho
mado arrangements to enter tho Seldls
lnstltuto at Portsmouth, N. H. Later
ho was picked up in the streets horo
and tnken to tho hospital whoro ho
was treated for 30 hours boforo ho
awoko to his real Identity for tho sec
ond tlmo. Ills watch and money wero
missing and he believes ho was robbed
whllo ho was suffering from his
Btrango mental lapse.
dog oared Alphabet company renders
In exchange making thereforo a dis
count of perhnps 20 per cent, on the
prico of tho now books. At the same
tlmo tho Alphabet company has oust
ed Threo R's compnny's histories from
tho Smithflcld schools, receiving the
students' old textbooks In partial pay
ment. Theeo two deadly rivals hero find a
common bnsla in protection against
their enemy, tho second hand dealer.
Rathor than havo theso books, ac
quired by exchange sent through tho
dealer's hands to undersell, new books
In other cities, each company Is will
ing to exchange with tho other nnd to
buy at n good prico any- copies that
may bo left ovor after tho exchange.
This prico mny he much larcor thnn
the discount given for tho books la
the first plnco.
But tho second hand dealer Is not to
bo put out of buslnoss In this way.
Hundtcds of thousands of new nnd
used school books are brought yoarly
Into Chicago by tho flvo firms on
gaged horo in thnt form of trado. They
aro acquired from retail doajors whoso
market has failed through a now de
cision of u local school board and
from tho smaller publishers who havo
taken books on a discount basis nnd
havo no exchango agreement with tho
original publishers.
30 Below, Man Wears Straw Hat.v
Minneapolis. Whllo tho thermome
ter hovered between 25 and 30 below,
R. W. Rlcketson won a wager of 25
cents by wearing a straw hat Rick
otson was born in Alaska.
This Is a story of how a comfortable
llttlo fortune was spont in thrco weeks:
It wasn't squandered, and In its way
that fortuno put potential wealth into
tho hands of moro than 155,000 per
sons in Chicago.
To begin at tho beginning: When
tho third. Chicago Land Show was be
ing planned tho Union and Southern
Pacific railroad companies began to
plan also how they could attract their
share of tho hundreds of thousands
that would visit tho show, to their ter
ritory. Many things were discussed
tho first being tho idea of booths in
which to display tho products grown
along tho lines of tho railoads.
"That won't do," said Gerrltt Fort
and Charles S. Feo, passenger traffic
managers of tho Union and Southorn
Pacific railroads. "Wo'vo got to havo
something different this year. Last
year wo Bhowed what our farmers
can do. This year wo want to show
what all of us can do."
Plan to Spend a Fortune. '
And right thero began tho plana
for spending this fortune. After a doz
en different suggestions hnd been
thrashed out thero was evolved tho
ono used, that of having two moving
plcturo palaces built Into tho Coliseum
at Chicago and there Bhowlng stereop
tlcon and moving pictures not only xl
farm life but of town and city llfo
nlong tho Union and Southorn Pacific
lines.
Twenty thousand dollars was tho
sum decided upon as necessary to
mako tho display. Tho space at tho
Coliseum that was allotted to tho rail
roads was put In tho hands of a mov-
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Ing plcturo architect a specialist In
tho designing and building of motion
picture houses and ho was told to go
ahead and build two of tho best ones
he ever planned.
Tho result moro than repaid the plan
ners. When the theaters wore, turned
over to tho railroads they wero fully
up to expectations. Tho entrances to
foyor of tho two was from tho main
body of tho Coliseum and tho two wide
doorways wero brilliantly lighted with
electric signs. Tho foyor ran tho full
length of tho Coliseum Annex and was
wide. Under foot was a soft carpet,
and on the walls wero scenes of farm
and homo life in tho west ,-.
Theaters Aro Resting Place.
Tho thoators themselves nlso wero
reached by two broad doorways each.
Insldo they wero carpeted and fitted
with comfortablo wldo armed opera
chairs that furnished the grateful rest
ing placo to the thousands that had
been "looking around" In tho big Coli
seum and standing about on tho con
creto floors until their feet ached. Tho
walls of tho theaters also wero cov
ered with paintings of western Bcenes.
In addition to tho farm sconoB were
vlowa of several of tho immense irri
gation projects, and a numbor of tho
scenic wonders of tho world.
Tho "cagos" for tho moving plcturo
operators wero fireproof, so that in
caso of accident no flamo could reach
out Into tho body of tho houso. Tho
ceilings of tho two halls were beamed
and panelod and tho Interior decora
tions wero equal to thoso of any thea
ter in Chicago. In tho front of each
room waB tho platform on which tho
lecturers stood, and to the left of this
was tho screen on which tho pictures
wero thrown. This was ono hugo shoot
without soam to mark or mar it, and
tho reflections cast woro as clear as it
was posslblo to mako them. ""
t Flvo Hundred Lectures Given.
Five hundred and six lectures wero
Sun a Lamplighter.
In tho acetylene burning lighthouses
along the Panama canal will bo In
stalled copper cylinders exposed to
tho sun. When tho sun rises In tho
morning nnd tho rays fall upon theso
cylinders thoy will expand and closo
valves that admit gas to tho burners.
As night approaches and tho sun's
raj-B diminish In power tho cylinders
will contract and again turn on tho
gns, which will bo ignited by small
pilot Jets. Scientific American.
Signs of a Winner.
"Does your wife win at bridge?"
"I don't know for euro," replied Mr.
Meekton, "but I think so. Tho women
all look as If they dtollked her very
much, but they keep on Inviting her
to play."
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glvcn In tho two theators in tho 23
days tho Land Show was opon or an
averago of 23 lectures a day. Thirty
dlfforont men and women from differ
ent parts of tho country sent out tho
call for tholr particular sections; each,
presenting In his or hor own way tho
advantages to bo derived from resid
ing thero. vj
Governor's day at tho Land Show
was November 28, and on that day
tho Union-Southern Pp.clflo companies
throw open their theaters to tho gov
ernors of ten wostorn states, welcom
ed them thoro, and it wns thero that
tho messages of these states were told
to Chicago. Other distinguished visit
ors wero invited, and they alBO talk
ed to thousands. On tho special days
of tho states represented nt tho expo
nition tho programs wero given, as a
usual thing, in ono of theso thoators.
Men stood at each door of tho two
theaters all day long with, counters
In their hands, and every person that
entered waB ticked off on the llttlo
watch-like machines thoy hold. At tho
end of each day tho total was taken
from each and they wero sot back to
zero again ready for tho next day.
In this way nccurato count, was kopt
of tho 155,000 men, women and chil
dren who wero told tho message of
tho west
Message Straight to Heart.
"Wo found that we sent our mes
sage straight Into the hearts of the
land hungry," said an official of tho
railroads who was present during the
land show. "Thoy came Into our llt
tlo theaters with their oyes and feet
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tired from the sights thoy bad sees
and the hard floor they had tramped.
They sank down into our comfortable
seats, rested their feet on our padded
floor, and Just listened. Then when the
lights wero lowered and the beautiful
ly colored stereoptlcon pictures wera
thrown on tho screen, their eyes were
rested by tho soft colors of tho flow,
ers, the waving grain and tho hand
somo homes shown them. In tho mo
tion pictures they wero shown th
methods of farming, tho scenic won
ders of our lines, and tho many clfc
les which wo reach. Altogether, 1 be
llevo that wo reached tho peoplo It
this way better than wo could in any
other." q
Thousands Get Literature.
As the throngs passed from tho tho
o-torB after each lecture thoy wero sent
out through tho front of tho rooms,
into n wldo hallway between tho audi
toriums. On ono sldo of this hall. vay
win a long counter where literature
lescrlptlvo of tho Union-Southern Pa
(vlflc territory was handed them and
tens of thousands nlso registered their
rsames and nddressos. Theso will be
turned over to tho communities In the
railroads' territory for their benefit in
wder that they may get into direct
touch with persona seeking new
homes.
Tho cost of space, fitting up and op
ortlng tho two theaters was a heavy
on-, and nt the end of tho 22 days o
th exposition tho men behind tho ex
hibit discovered that tholr llttlo for
tune of $20,000 had been spent
With tho closo of tho land show
worVmen toro out all tho handsome
paintings, and tho chairs and other
ccmfwtnblo fittings, and within a few
hour nothing was left except that
which ho railroad men wanted tho
memory, planted deep In the minds of
tens of thousands of persona, of tholr
part of tho West and its opportuni
ties. Qidte tho Contrary.
Being nnxtaus as to his prospects In
ono of tho eavly attempts to enter par
liament, Herbert Samuel consulted his
ngent. who said tho chances wero not
rosy, because he was a "carpetbagger."
Mr. Samuel thereupon promised to
Uvo In tho division if ho wero success
ful, nnd bills wero immediately poat.'d
that "If Herbert Samuel is returned
next Tuetflay ho win como to llvo
here." '
Somo of tho other side, howercr,
posted ono of these bills on a pigsty.
Mr. Samuel did not win tho election.
London Telegraph.
Tho true man Is onevho will nelth
or seek, an Indirect advantage by a spe
cious word, nor tako an evil path to
scu.re a good purpose. Scott.