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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1912)
f V Ajr , ti W til 91 StOStres . WIOTIsH I .' iM K. 1 fc" ., IT f P i fr f' BKIffiBf, ',.,4'J T , "PT T S?r. T ' dram "T-iMihi i T""- " W iyj. i ii mhjhi7&wbi. ft - - rr - '"!. -N3 ' - nyjww n i T' "' 'i' iii " bW ' . -.' V ,..sirfMor jfeaprf 0 tlio vast majority of peoplo who r r rBWPllPi52 H ycur ,)y ycar vl8lL Cupr1, tno lsluni1 tf 1 1 k. WSMMRfir WJm7$!!i' MSaKSHMBMilBB SCMa H merely remains associated In their Y-JSvPsmsI Dj thoughts with an excursion to tho xlmOSlliiSS? Bluo Q rot to; but as I watch, from tfWraBffifj "J vHj) tlH) frat Terraco nt San Mlcliclo. . KoIl 5BBMBff5aiffll w, mi the little steamer, tuny a tnousanu 4tti&S?yKj -frtf'1 ''s1lMMt1tiiB?FJ . jjflLji -i foot beneath mo, ladon with tour- WKffillWWSMB '80?' J lsts of nil natfbnallttlcs. nlvlnt: her gSbi yfMPiilfflWii8SMaS5 ' - w V Ab .wi":- .4'VAvlfWI 1,.bbVbb1 .i At'XA4 W " r ' TlWaTmrWl' in l flimr gi " .n. -- jwl---.j. . . .. -t. w i i. f . ,. . X""W'witibw'-j8?a or iitbwtmt rr i irmrp "ctxt m i feirawia-- ill FlratBrrifcifiKi?v3 'WHM " w3VTn'i nniVTMHMPfTllBMI li' "' T ' itiByT)lMMifir"i flfci T"TT "TrillPi1 I'll "TW . ---I,. , i .-. , V Ak) 0 tho vast majority of j)eoplo who year by year visit Cupri, tho Island merely remains associated In their Uioughts with nn excursion to tho Dluo Qrotto; but as I watch, from tho Oreat Terraco nt San Mlcliclo. tho little steamer, fully a thousand foot beneath mo, ladon with tour ists of all natfbnallttlcs, plying her way back to Naples, n sense of t penco onco moro descends upon tho Island. And surely nowhoro can earth present a fnlrer scene. Far uwny on tho western horizon, tho dim outlines of tho Ponzn Inlands are Visible Ischia, floating In tho golden haze of the dying day, seems linked by Procdla and Nlslda to tho mainland, and tho eyo travels slowly eastward over Poslllppo and Naples to where Vesuvius, brooding and Bilont. since the I.Teat catnstropho of flvo years ago, keeps watch bvor tho city It has so often threatened with de struction. Still further east, tho distant peaks of tho great Apennlno Raugo appear almoBt to fringe tho sunlit wators of tho Hay of Sorrento, whoso fcllffs, dotted with pink and whlto walled bouses, nro domlnntod by tho rugged mass of Sant' Angelo and tho hills which guard Uavello and Salerno's gulf. Well-nigh two thousand years havo como and gone slnco Augustus Cacsnr, wearied by tho splendors of Imperial Rorno, first gazed on tho matchless beauty of this scono; small wonder thnt the mnglc spell which Capri throughout tho uges lias cast upon the stranger within her gates nhould loso none of Its potency till men's hearts shall ccaso to enro for boauty. Slnco my garden first cumo Into bolng, I havo often annlyzcd how Imperious is this lovo of boaijty, for, from a purely gardonlng point of vlow, no one would nolcct a spot exposed to nil tho winds of heaven nnd borett of water on n sprlngloss Island. And yet Naturo supplies tho compensation In having provided such a background to tho plcturo that teho must continuo to dominate- It, mnklng amends for tho inovltablo failures which tho gardonor Ir forovor encountering. And If tho "growing" period 1b short In this Biin-bakod land, yet again It Is prodigious In result whtlo It lasts. Gardening In Italy teaches ono of many lessons; namely, to avoid tho temptation arising from tho doslro for quick effect that of planting trees and Bhrubo too largo in size; tho smaller ones establish thomsolvco nnd go ahead In halt tho tlino, making compact nnd Bturdy growth, and also avoiding tho faecesfllty for unsightly staking. Six years ago tuo hjll of San Mtchelo wnB little mora than a barren rock, clothed In parts with vineyards and oIIvob. Approaching Capri from Naples, It Is oob lly dlscerniblo as It rises midway between tho precipitous cliffs at tho caBtern end and Monte Sclaro, tho highest summit of tho Island; thin oxposuro to all points of tho compass Is being utilized to advnntngo, as tho dlfforcnco botween tho north and south aspect amounts to fully a fortnight In tho flowering season, Tho modest llttlo houso originally tho Colono's lies nt tho base of the hill on tho southern side. Tho vineyard which surrounded- It has boon cleared nnd a terraco and partorro substituted; hero lu tho spring montha Darwin nnd Cottage tulips flaunt tboir painted fncos In tho sunshine; froesla, narcissi, ixlas nnd sparaxla (for Capri is n bulb-soil par excollonco) ; rosos nro rapidly cov ering tho columns and wreathing tho olivo trees, all graftod on tho Bankalan rouo, thnt boon to tho gardonor in tho south. Beyond tho pnrterro, In tho lower gardon, a long tank, flankod by cyproBsca on either tilde, holds tho beautiful Not umblum tho Lotus of Old Nile speclosum ro oum, rubruiu, Shlromnn and Osiris a feast for tho eye denied to tho gnrdoiiB of tho north. Will you como with mo on n pllgrlmago up the hill through tho old lemon garden, whore tho trees, onco perishing from neglect, but now woll screened from tholr cruel onomy, tho Routh w)nd, nro bearing thousands of yellow fruit, and tho air is ladon with tho scent of blossom? As wo ns cend, ench buccobbIvo terraco holds Its quota of bulbs and 1Mb, under tho silvery sheen of the olive trooo, until wo reach nt length the rose garden, nnd horo it Is well to rest a while. Tho Southorn Boa stretches below us, with tho pic turooquo ruin of Cnstlgllono In tho mlddlo dis tance. Against n background of tall bnmbooB, at our foet bloom tho roses for which Capri (us Pucstum was of old) Is famed. What would have been tho feollngs of Virgil, could ho hnvo lookod on llio goodly array to which rosarlnns nro now accustomed Mine. A. Chatenay, tho Lyon rose, Richmond, Dotty, Marquise do Oanay, Mmo. Leon Pain. In addition to all tho older favorites, such na Anna Olivier, Mmo. Ituvary, Caroline Tostout, to say nothing of pillars wreathing' tlioniBclvoa with Slnlca Anemone, Tnusondschon, L'ldoal and the Mlchuralanas! From tho roeo garden tho circling of the hill commences; n broad path, planted on either aldo with flowering shruba wlgelns, lilac, syrlnga, deutzlns, pomegrnnatca and gueldsr ro&ou leads to tho vino-clad por gola, nnd as wo leuve It, nt tho farther end, tho Incomparable Day of Naples greets tho eyo. All avullublo ground on the hillside la bolng utilized for shrubs and plants, with wind breaks of Cu pressus macroenrpa nnd Plnus iuiloponBls. which grow at a surprising rato in this sandy soil. Horo aro to ba found tho flowering crabs, thorna and almondH, while 'Japanese maploa and Kobu ru goaa give a feast of color In the foreground, In teraporeod with tenderer shrubs, suoh as Fnblana HELEN GOULD TO THE RESCUE Miss Helen Gould, philanthropist, ono of tho be3t lovod among Amer lean women nnd possessor of millions, has como forwnrd to snvo tho family fortunes from possible wreckage nnd to restoro tho preBtlgo of tho fnmllj nnmo. At tho very moment when the finan cial downfall of tho family Is Impend ing sho has offorcd to cast her per sonal fortune Into tho breach to sta the threatened calamity. In so doing sho has chosen to for get nnd to forglvo all that haB oc curred to alienate ono member of tho family from tho others. She is in spired by her own bounty of heart nnd by the deep reverenco in which sho holds her fathor's memory. Miss Gould left New York tho other dny In her prlvato car for San Fran cisco, for it is there that tho arrange ments will bo made by which the family finances will bo straightened out. Sho is going to look over things for herself, and is accompanied by some prominent financiers. Sho will seo and study for the flr8t,tlme tho grent Gould properties thai havo their center In San Francisco. With her are a number of eastern finan ciers nnd railroad men, with whom she will advise. Until now Miss Gould has remained free of tho financial enterprises ic which her family has been involved. Her chlof concern has been har phllan' thropic work. jSTSS mJmTnmmA'mmu HEAD OF VERY SMARTEST SET Sadness and gloom havo been tho portion of a large section of the American Society (bo careful of tho largo SO, since the publication of that remnrkablo book "Tho 4fi9 Ultra Fashlonablcs of America," compiled by Charles Wilbur do Lyon Nichols, on whoso shoulders has fallen the mantlo of Ward McAllister, inventor of New York's "400." The cream of tho cream of American society havo now been segregated, coralled, re concentrated or otherwise abstracted from the common herd and seated on high in the Bplendor nnd dazzling radiance of Mr. de Lyon Nichols, au gust approval. There appears to be, however a remarkablo lack of Inven tion displayed In tho Now York list of 300 notables. It is confined prac tically to the guests who were Invited to meet tho Connaughts and Princess Patricia on their recent visit. Surely New York is going to tho clogs when it can only muster a beggarly 300. 532a.Ts2E225C -vW' matkijcKmwmcunilmmutmitmii(anmit 3Z&FJZZsSZJ3 jrivm. ??Z& SZ5P.&-2&- lmbrlcata, Modlcago arborea, Loropotalum chin ense and tho rarer varlotles of plttosporumB nnd ncnclas. Dut at length tho long climb Is ended nnd wo emerge on tho torrnco, which is tho glory of San Mlcholo; hewn from tho solid rock, on .whose faco tho chisel-marks aro everywhere vis Iblo, for centuries it haB puzzled tho archaeolo gist. For whnt purpono was this plntoau, fifty foot In breadth, which encircles tho hill, con structed? Can It havo formed part of the Via Sacra lending to tho summit whoro tho founda tions havo boen excavated of what presumably waB tho only tomplo on tho Island, or was It per chance tho playground of tho Caesars for tho chariot races of Uio ErapororB Augustus and Tl borlus that thiB colossal labor wna undertaken? A balustrade, surmounted at Intervals by bronzo vases, clear cut against the vast expanse of azuro sea, forms tho foreground to tho unfin ished Bkotch, while- on oithor sido groups of cyprosBca aro already giving promise of what tho completed plcturo may bo In yearn to como. Were wo to continuo on our way, tho vineyard lies beyond and tho vinos nro nn Important asset, for tho good red wlno of Snn Mlcholo Is famed throughout South Italy; thoso terracod vineyards, moreover, hide tho socrot which haB made gar dening on so largo a scale possible; beneath them nro a series of Immense vaulted chambers, hewn and cemonted by Roman hands, and hero tho precious' rainfall (the solo water supply of Capri) is stored, and gives color to tho supposition that San Mlchelo may in thoso long-ago days havo been tho reservoir of tho Island from which tho twelve imperial villas drew their supply. The hand of Time Is dealing tenderly with my garden, and, in dreaming dreams for its future development, I recognize that here, at least, it is not only for posterity that a garden need bo created. Whoro Naturo has given of her best with such a bounteous hand, the lapso of time is scarcely heeded as it would bo In a less favored spot. Ycar followB year, bringing tho planting more and moro into harmony with the landscape, and emphasizing tho glorious beauty of It: Exegl monumontum aere perennlus Itegallquo situ pyramldum altlus. Quod non lmber edax, non Aqullo impotons Posslt dtruere nut InnumerablllB Annorum series et fuga temporura Non omnia moriar. Grand lines and ambitious ones to seijvo as nn Inspiration In tho planning of this garden scheme, but they aro graven on tho rock of San MIchole. Peradventuro tho dream may bo fulfilled. Chi lo Ba? Even Ward McAllister, In an earlier and less enlightened period, permitted tho metropolis to havo a sacred circle of 400. Tho reason may be that onltf tho superfine ultra-fashionables nro included In Beau Nichols' arbitrary selec tion, and that thoso unfortunates who aro at all tainted with the stigma ol slowness, who do not fully subscribe to tho modern doctrine of "eat, drank and bo merry, for tomorrow wo die," are dropped relentlessly. Possibly the compiler's wisdom did not wholly desert him and he hesitated to embark on tho stormy waters of tho next stratum below, being assured of countenance and support by tho precedent already established. KING PETER IS IN TROUBLE THE OCEAN LINER Imagine a building 11 storlos In height nnd nearly 200 foot longer than the capltol nt Wash ingtonfour times as long as Hunker Hill monu ment is high. Nenrly every metal has gono Into Its construction stool, copper, brass, bronzo, Bllvor and some gold nnd nonrly every wood of atrouglh of beauty toak, oak, mahogany, birch and maplo, tho choicest and rarest growths of northern nud southern forests. It stands on the bnnka of a river. A croBB-Boctlou of It would look llko n gigantic honoycomb allvo with beeH tho size of human bo lugs. Pleco by ploco It haa been put togothor by thousands of workmon and artists stool-workers, electricians, englnoers, enrponters and upholster ers during a period of about two years. Tho walls aro of steol plates, many of them weighing four nnd ono-half tons each, nnd socurcd by moro than 3,000,000 rivets. . . . Ab you llfo your eyoB to It under tho gnuntry the vast framo un der which It Is built it lookB Immovable Only by demolition could It bo shifted, you would say, It you wore not familiar with shipyards uud ship builders. Under tho gauntry It nlopes gently to ward tho wator, and a day comes when nonrly complete, a pnlaco In the fullest sense of tho word, a habitation for botweou 3,000 and 4,000 tonnnta of ovory clnss, poor, modorntoly well-to-do nnd rich, It forsakes Its foundations and floats Into tho stream without a tremor, ns naturally na a duckling Bwlma. . . . What would you any If you saw tho cnpltol or n "akyscrnpor" sliding off Its basd nnd ruBhlng Into space nt tho speed of nn express trnln, not on smooth, shining rails, but over a surface full of hollows deeper thnn nrroyos, rougher than tho hogbacks of tho western plains, dipping Into them, climbing them, buffeting thorn, splitting them, without being Injured or retarded by thorn. That Is what, In tho course of a fow months, this building will be ready to do. It Is an ocean liner of tho very latest and highest class an Olympic and thereafter we must speak of "It as "her." William H. Rldeing, In tho Youth's Companion. Superior Knowledge. A Scottish bo of six years, who attendod a school nt which prizes wore givon on tho slightest sort of provocation, one day proudly cxblbttod a reward of morlt oarned In tho realm of natural history. "Teacher nskod ub how many legs n horse had an' I flnld tlvo!" tho laddie triumphantly de claimed. "Flvol" rang tho surprised adult chorus. Uut of course you were wrong" "Of coiirso," wnB tho proud ndmlBslon. "But all the other boys said six." uaalftfiiiaBBBBaaaiuaBBaaai Is tho bloody drama of 1903 about to be ropoated In Belgrade? That la a question that all Europo, Including Servian peoplo themselves, aro ask ing. For weeks reports have emanat ed from Belgrade that a conspiracy has been formed among tho officers of the nrmy having for its purpose tho dethronement of King Peter, if nec essary, by as violent means as those of tho terrible night nlno years ago, when King Alexnnder nnd Queen Draga were murdered In tho palace. King Peter is paying for whatever guilty knowledgo ho may have had of the regicide plot with uneasy days and sleepless nights. Now In hU sixty-eighth year, ho Is wondering If it was worth while after all, to trado his peace of mind as a prlvato citizen In Switzerland, for tho bloody crbwn of Sorvia. Through tho palace still stalks tho reBtlcs3 ghost of Alexander and tho king's ears must still resound tno ecno oi mo snrieKs or uraga. kyBBw At tho foreign office and In the war ministry all knowledgo of plotB and conspiracies aro denied, of course. "It la a sensational newspaper lie," said ono official, who wob most anxious to leave tho Impression that the best rela tions existed between Peter and the army and Peter nnd his people. But talk in tho cafes, converse with officers to whom you have been vouched for or ask any representative of tho common Servians, the working peoplo, and ono finds llttlo praise for Poter. "Servla wants to becomo a republic," ono nrmy officer said. "Tho army and tho peoplo are tired of tho dynaBty." RULER OF SMALLEST STATE In Donegal. "I Bupposo you have nn old age pension, Mr. Kelly?" "Ould ago pension? Faith nn' Ol wuddn't toucti wan, the bad lack they bring. Luk at the number of ould age pensioners boz dyln' tvery year!" London Opinion. Scientific Management. Employer viugrlly) What aro you throwing those handbills on tho pavement for? Bill Distributor Well, guv'nor, that'a what tho people does ub I gives 'em to; bo It's only sav ing timet" Comic Cuts. By the death of William Alexander, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, which oc curred recently, a demure young woman not yet 18 becomes sovereign of that llttlo principality. She Is the late ruler's eldest daughter, tho Grand DuchesB Mario. Luxemburg is a state of 998 square miles in the angle wliere tlermnny, Franco nnd Belgium meet. It has nbout 2D0.000 people. From timo immemorial It has been an ap panage of the Houso of Nassau. It was therefore virtually part of Hol land, though separated from It until tho death of Queen Wllhclmlna's father In 1E90. Then It followed tho mnlo line to tho father of the grand duke just dead. In 1907 the succes sion In the female line was Instituted by a family statute. At a time, some years ago, when It seemed likely that Queen Wilhelmlna of Holland, would be childless, she designated this young grand duchess as heir to the throne of tho Nether lands nnd was nbout to nsk tho Dutch states general to pass the necessary legislation to this end. Shortly afterward, however, tho hopes of tho Dutch peoplo for a direct heir to tho throne were gratified by the birth of the little Princess Juliana. The grand duchess Is described ns an unusually protty girl, Impatient ot advice, quick tempered and impulsive characteristics which greatly dlspleaso tho royal busy-bodies who aro already occupied In selecting for her a nni. 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