THE SEH1-WEEKLV TRIBUNE
IRA L. BA11E, Publlshor.
TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE.
JORTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA
THE SAVING HADIT.
Ono of the most difficult und at tlm
iamo tlmo moot ossontlal of hnbtlH to
form Ib that of Having. Of course
Ihoro tiro many persons In nil walks
Df Hfo who, although they uro In com
fortable clrcumfltaucos, aro bo ponurl
dub an to bo absolutely opposed to
parting ovon with Uiolr pennies Tholr
very llvus aro controlled by tho Idea
of getting nlong with an little as w
Hlblo oven at tho risk of earning for
theinsolves a reputation for stingi
ness. 8uch porsous, howovor. make
up a clasp all to thomsolvos, and gen
crally deserve the contompt In which
they aro held by their fellow-beings
On tho other hand, tho spendthrift do
norvcB as much, If not moro, condem
nation, perhaps, for tho facility with
which lie allows his often hard-earned
money to slip through his hands
There is a golden mean netweon thono
two extrerrcs of character and It Is
found In tho ability of a man to savo
from his earnings midlclent for tho
lirovorblal raluy day Tho advantages
of Bavlng may bo demonstrated to uo
i In many ways and on many occasions,
but It romalnB for necessity to Mm
press Its Importance upon our minds.
It mny bo that tho mannor of living
may account In largo mcasuro for tho
uulvorsal habit of spending all that
wo make the opportunities for doing
bo nro very great and at tho sumo
tlmo seem very real and imperative,
nnd It Is only after tho pockot Is emp
ty and wo faco stern necessity that
wo aro able to discriminate botween
opportunity and temptation.
Palestine is fast becoming one of
tho groat orango-growlng countries of
Iho world. Much fruit of excellent
Quality is bolus shipped ovory year to
)-ondon and othor markets in north
ern Europe, and this year tho crop of
tho district near Jaffa, tho port of
ilorunalem, Is estimated at 1,500,000
boxes. Farther up tho Syrian coast
Tyro and Sldon aro cxpoctod to reach
a Jotnl of 400,000 cases of oranges ex
ported and 200,000 cases of lemons.
For a small country Palcstlno has
many Interesting and valuable prod
ucts. Its olive groves aro as produc
tive as they aro ancient, and Its vino
yards yield grapes of flue quality in
Kreat abundance-. Notwithstanding thq
drawback of a sometimes very defici
ent and usually scanty water supply,
Byrla produces a largo quantity of ex
cellent food. Hut It Is not easy to
think of Palestine's exports of oranges
without thinking of tho Immeasurably
moro important exports and ideal
itnd Idoals from that little country
Py comparison with tho moral and
spiritual forces which havo gono out
from Syria to enrich tho world, all thq
products of tho soil which can 1q
shipped from tho ports as long as tin
earth shall endure will bo of llttla
stgnllicanco.
Thcro has boon a groat doal of gos
Pip to tho effect that tho little Dor,
Jalmo, younger son of King Alfonso
of Spain, Is physically and mentally
dofectlvo A recent dispatch froir
Madrid announces that nlno phys
icians recently hold a consultation
on his caso and pronounce him pen
foctly uormul, though ho Ib afflicted,
with an nrfoctlou of tho oars which,
has porslstod Binco his birth. When
Ihoro 1b any shadow of basis for sou
Batlonal statements concerning mom'
bera of royalty, correspondents whe
thrive on gossip aro Buro to mako tho
most of it
North Paclflo whnlorB are not unan
Imous In accepting tho theory that
wlmlo flnhorloB aro playing out on ac
count of tho oxtlnctlon of tho whalos.
One captain who notes that his ship
nnd nuothor mado a kill of 167 laBt
joar and only 54 this year, thinks the
recent volcanic disturbances have
mado changes In ocean currents that
havo diverted tho small fish on which
tho whales depend for food. Ho thinks
that In tlmo tho whales will bo back
In their old-tlmo haunts, or discovered
In tholr now onus.
Tho United States consul at Prague
ays there aro practically no files In
Uohcrola. Uo attributes tho phenome
non to tho fact Uiat "everything 1b
mado of brick, stono or concreto, and
tho Btreots aru cleaned sovoral tlraoa
a day" Tho reason why tho fly lo
feared is thut his habits are so dirty.
Yot whoro ho is numerous, his num
bers Indlcato tho prosouco of dirt. Un
doubtedly tho best way to get rid ol
flics Ib not to "swat" them, but to
clean up.
A Scnmtou pedagogue Buys tho
teacher's first aim should bo to In
toroBt tho child, therefore ho urgos
tho uso of slang Tho teacher's stand
Ing on ono foot might also lnterost
tho pupil und bo about as useful, but
It Is not advocated.
A groom of twenty-nlno who eloped
with a brldo of eighty may not havo
picked n budding beauty; but ho has
the consolation of knowing ho hasn't
annexed himself to a mother-in-law
FAMOUS
vv 0 Px Wr XyWr
VISITORS to the great fleet that baa been anchored in the Hudson had a chance to see the wortd'3 gtcatcst col
lection of mascots, tho pets of the sailor boys being most numerous and varied.
STOP SOUVENIR FAD
Hotels Employ Detectives to Re
cover Stolen Goods.
Mania of Collecting Mementos Not
Practiced by Actors Any More
Than by Others Proves
an Expensive Fad.
New York. Tho concerted action of
tho Iiouhu detectives nf nil tho largo
hotels in America has removed the
points from two formerly excellent
stories, tho first ascribed to an uc
treB, who, whon asked onco if Bho
hnd over been In Kansas City, roplled,
"I can't Just romoinbcr, but I will
look among my towels and Bee;" and
tho second, tho narratlvo of the oung
man who was obliged to break off his
engagement because as ho left tho
dining room of a largo hotel with Ills
flancoo a number of forkB and spoons
fell from tho sleaves of hor gown.
Tho houso detectives havo dovlsed n
plan whereby tho man or woman who
wants to take a souvenir from u big
hotel finds his path blocked with
many obstacles.
First, tho detective Is proldcd with
n comploto list of everything which
lu owned by tho hotel. Thon ho dele
gates tho responsibility for tho caro
of thom to various head waiters, wait
ers, housekeepers and chambormalds.
Thon ho gets a list each day or now
arrivals and of those who are pre
raring to leave. From these llBts of
occupied rooms tho detective picks
out tho places where troublo might
arloo and Into thoso ho goes with his
subdivided lists and a chccklng-up
book.
Tho chambermaid Is required to
give an exact accounting of every piece
of llnon sho has supplied to tho man
or woman who la about to leave. This
Is in turn taken to the laundries
whoro a balance is mado. If there Is
a prcclso balanco tho matter ends
thoro, but woo to the woman who
believes that the towels sho placed
carefully in her locked trunk will not
bo "missed."
Hor trunks and bags, on their way
downstairs, aro carried to tho base
ment floor nnd thcro tho houso detec
tive, with tho aid of a skeleton key,
goes through thom In search of lost
hotel linen.
It Is very Gently removed and
checked up on tho housemaid's list,
and tho trunk Is carefully repacked
and rolockcd. Nothing Is left, to give
warning that tho search has been
mado. And nothing Is said to tho do
parting guest.
Sho goes on hor way, nnd Is usually
perploxcd lo account for tho fact that
tho towels and pillow cases that she
knows well she put Into her trunk
havo disappeared.
And In tho caso of ullverwaro the
matter Is almost ub Himple, though
remedying thcBo thefts requlros tak
ing Into your confidence at least tho
man who pays tho bill. Every waiter
linB his nyo trained to count up the
sltvorwnrc whllo ho ts placing tho
finger bowls, and if so much ns ono
Small spoon Is not where It should be,
It is placed upon tho bill.
It used to be a fad to have a collec
tion of spoons from tho hotels and
cafes. Tho women scorned bent on
carrying off Bomothlng to provo thnt
they had been there or perhupa to
icmlnd thomselvos of a party they
didn't want to forget.
Ono of tho houso detectives of a
big llroadway hotel took occasion to
vindicate theatrical people from their
tlmo-honorod roputatlon of taking
my thing out of a hotel that wasn't
nailed down.
"You know that old story of the
roller towels In all tho theatrical
hotels and boarding housos. do that
uotora couldn't steal them." ho said
"Well, that does for tho comic sup
plement, but it's not fair Tho trunks
we havo to rlflo to rescue tho houso
COLLECTION OF NAVAL
linen belong to women that in nine
cases out of ton could buy up our
whole supply with ono day'B pin
money. They don't tako things be
cuuso they need them."
40 WOOING IN A CHURCH
English Pastor Hits Twenty Couples
With Chance Shot at
One.
Londpii. Tho Rov. P. B. Meyer of
LeedB admits tho following incident In
Midland chapel: Tho preacher was an
noyed by tho sound of whispering com
ing from tho ccml-darkncss under ono
of tho galleries. At last he paused In
his sermon nnd declared, "If the
young couplo making lovo under the
gallery do not como to mo In tho
vestry beforo servlco next Sunday
morning I will name them to tho
church." It wno n chance shot, but
noxt Sunday ho found 20 couples
awaiting him In tho vestry. The Rev
Mr. Meyer told tho young couples
that ho docs not seriously object to n
"little courting In chapel. Ho urged
them, however, "not to rarry courting
to tho point of actual lovo-maklng."
HEIR TO $25,000,000 AT WORK
Colorado Man Continues Leather Carv
ing Despite Big Share In Cali
fornia Estate.
Pueblo, Colo, Although ho has In
herited one-eighth of an cstato esti
mated at between $25,000,000 and $30.
000.000, Alfred Burrows, thirty-five
years old, a leather carver, 13 at work
on his bench in n local saddlery shop
as usual, and ho intends to stay at his
Rtnploymeut until he learns moro dell
nlto uowa of tho legacy.
Burrows has Just returned from Los
Angeles, where ho attended a meeting
CARRY FLAG NORTH
Survey Parties Travel Far
Fixing Boundary.
in
Americans and Canadians Set Up
Monuments From Sea to Yukon
Find Mosquitoes Almost Unen
durable Take Plunne in Sea.
Skagway, Alaska. Thomas KIggs,
chief of tho United Stntes boundary
survey party, which comploted this
year tho marklug of tho lino dividing
Alaska nnd Canada, left hero with
hia party Tor Scattlo.
"We left Soaltlo April 29 with 20
men and 35 horses," Bald Mr. Rlggs.
"At Coftce creek on tho Yukon river
we picked up 42 moro horscB, which
had ulutered at tho head of the White
river, nnd May 25 wo landed at Ham
part houso ou tho Porcuplno river.
05 miles north of tho arctic circle,
whero W. I Heaburu,,ono of our sur
veyors, had wintered with five men
and had laid out a lino of caoheB as
far as tho boundary crossing of Old
Crow river, uo tho party could tako
tho field without delay.
"J. D. Craig, chief of the Canadian
party, with a clmilar outfit, had Joined
us at White Ilorso, I, T and travelod
with ub to flnmpart houso, whero sub
parties wore nent out. Tho American
and Canadian parties did not work
from tho came camps, but divided the
work. Tho only exception was a party
of six, bonded by Mr. Craig and my
self, who Jointly projected tho line. Uy
using Old Crow river ns a baso sup
plies were carried by water within 25
mlloo of tho Arctic ocean.
"Tho first party, of which Mr. Craig
and I woro in charge, reached the Arc
tic ocean about tho middle of July
mud tbo final monument was placed
MASCOTS
of tho heirs of tho large estate of Mrs.
Arcadia I). do Daker, who died In
Santa Monica, Cal., September 15.
Ilurrowa expects to mako his home In
California when tho affairs of tho es
tate aro finally settled
At present Burrows resdles with his
wlfo at 018 South Union avenue. The
cstato consists principally of valuable
ranches near Los Angeles. Don Juan,
tho great-grandfather of Burrows, was
Uho friend of a Spanish admiral and
Inherited tho enormous estate uy ir
tuo of a grant from the king of Spain,
RELIC OF NAPOLEON FOUND
Goethe's "Werther." Which General
Carried at All Times, Diecovered
In Samll Town In Russia.
Paris. It la reported here that, at
tho town of Dorpala. in Russia, thcro
has Just been dlsclver,ed a remakablo
relic of Napoleon's Russian campaign
In tho form of a copy of Goetho's
"Werther," which was Napoleon's per
sonal property and accompanied him
wherever ho went.
Tho volumo, which Is bound In leath
er and Is in nn excellent Btate of
preservation, contains, as well as Na
poleon's signature, a curious inscrip
tion on the lly leaf by an unknown
hand, stating that tho hook was stolen
by a CoBsack from the cmporor'B
sledge ouo night during tho retreat
from Moscow.
Besides tho dato of tho theft and
tho name of tho thief, details are
given of tho method by which the Cos
sack managed to possess himself of
tho volume.
Captures Eight-Foot Snake.
Washington Court House, O. Two
children saw tho head of a huge snakot
protruding from a holo lu tho ground.
Former Chief of Police McClcllan
grabbed tho snalco and dragged It
from Its holo. It was eight foot long,
and escaped from a carnival company.
The snako Is now on exhibition at the
mayor's office.
t
with tho ceremony of breaking out
flags of thtf two countries. Mac Popo
of Dultlmoro, n big gamo hunter, took
a moving picture of the scono. Aftor
ward all of us took a plungo in the
Arctic, hut wo did not remain In long.
"Tho Arctic coast Is entirely barren.
Twelvo mllea back of tho foot IiIHb
tho mountains rlso to un elevation of
from 5,0(U) to 7,000 feet, butNthcro is a
pass six miles east of tho liuo. The
only fuel north of tho summit of tho
Arctic rango Is found in a few scat
tered clumps of willows and on tho
beach driftwood from tho Mackenzto
river. There Ib grass in plonty for
horses along tho streams and in
patches on tho tundra. I bellevo our
horses wcro the first to travel to tho
Arctic coast. Tho Indians nnd Fa
klmos called them 'big dogs.'
"Storms, especially in winter, aro
scvero. In tho summer, when tho wind
la not blowing or is off shore, tho
mosquitoes and files are almost unen
durable. They attacked our horaoB,
which dared not go out to graze.
Game thoro wns In plenty. Tho largest
herd seen consisted of about 5.000
caribou. Herds of from 100 to 250
were frequently mot. Wo also found
sheep In tho mountains. A. G. Mad
dron, representing the United Stntes
geological survey, mado a rpconnols
Banco north from Rampart houso, and
reports fow indications of gold north
of tho Porcuplno
"Beginning with tho monumont on
tho Arctic const as the Initial ono,
the monuments wero numborcd and
Inspected from tho Arctic to tho Yu
kon, 115 being In this stretch. Next
year tho monuments will bo numborcd
and inspected from the Yukon to tho
Mount St. Ellas Alps, and tho survey
of the 14l8t meridian will have been
completed."
IRRIGATION AND DRY FARMS
Public Entitled to Some Sound In
formation Along Definite Linos
Farmer's Experience.
Tho large amount of space in nowsi
papers and, periodicals being devoted
to farming shows that many of our
strongest farm enthusiasts ate not
farmers. Now thnt public opinion has
been focusad on tho subject, tho pub
lic should get some sound Information
along dcllnlto lines, because thlrf
Iloweiy tonupyrot about farming that
come editors nro handing out will do
hut little good and tends to disgust,
thoso who do know something on tho
subject, writes Ivan Mattsou In tho
Farm nnd Fireside.
Last year theiojwcto bonie 1 1,000,
000 acres under hrlgntlon In our conn
tiy, and there was water enough for
C.000,000 ncrea more. Tho govern
ment und private companies have al
ready projects under wny that will
bring: our Irrigated acreage over tho
30,00CM)00-acro maik within ten yenip.
Already the projects are being opened
up faster than the land can be taken
caro of. Our Irrigated area will fan
exceed even tho above figures, be
cause many minor projects, that nro
not ct planned, will ho planned and,
executed within the ten yenrs.
Opening up lrrlguted land Is even a
moio difficult problem than opening
up a dry farm. The land must bo
cleared, broken and leveled, nnd It in
u hard task Tor a regular farmer lo
accomplish, to say nothing of a city
man. I had personal experience nloug
that line last summer. The land on
the farm where I worked lay In about
as fine a condition as a pleco of raw
land ever did, yet to got this laud
broken and get the ground ready for
a ciop nnd for Irrigation cost about
seven dollars per acre. The first sea
sou's crop Is not a full crop, because
the water cannot be evenly dlstilb
uted; tho cost of Irrigating the first
season Is heavy, becniibc the water
must bo 'watched constantly, dikes
must ho shoveled up here and there
and ,a raise shoveled thiough In other
places.
The first settlers In Irrigated com
munities undergo many hardships, and
tho weeding out of the discouraged,
the Incompetent and poor is even se
verer than In any dry-farming com
munity. Tho first few years on a new
Irrigated farm is tho .time that taxes
a man's patience, endurance, Ingenuity
and bank-account.
Considering that the area of Inl
gated farms, per farm, Is deci easing
(which means that more farmers are
needed on tho land already under Irri
gation and that tho opening up of now
irrigated land will demand a half
million more farmers), it becomes at
onco apparent that It is no small mat
tor to got tho man to the land after
tho water gets there.
Tho "land shows" and real estate
companies do much toward getting
people to tho land, but their methods
result In Innumerable failures.
It seems to me to bo an insult to
modern science to say that tho pres
ent methods of securing settlers for
irrigated land Is good enough.
Considering the fact that irrigation
In Its modern aspect is n iscenco and
that tho opening up of new Irrigated
farms is In itself an engineering feat,
It seemB wiso (to me at least) to draw
tho attention of young men to tho
subject, especially students In agri
cultural colleges. Tho Increase of
population In the Irrigated dlstilcts
cannot swing the job, because there
are not enough of them. It takes all
the best men to fill positions at tho
Intermountnln agilcultural colleges,
and not a few of tho irrigation en
gineers go away to engineer vast pro
Ject,H in Mexico, South America, India
and eisownerc.
Catch Crop of Rye In Corn.
A catch crop of ryo In corn helps to
eradicate weeds, utilizes available
plaut food left in tho soil in tho fall
which otherwise might ho washed out
or drained away, provides a protect
tlon to tho soil through the fall and
winter, thus preventing the soil from
blowing, catching the rain, and stop
ping the drifting snow.
When corn follows ryo In thlB way
It Is necessary to plow or double list,
and this should be douo rather early
lu the spring, unless it Is preferablo
to plow lato In tho fall. If rye is
plowed under lato in the spring tho
eed bed Is apt to bo left lose nnd
dry, and ir corn is listed In the ryo tho
rye becomes u troublesome weed,
which Is difficult to destroy, und which
mny Injure the growth of tho corn.
A Good Pruning Suggestion.
To make large wounds heal quickly,
first see that tho trees nro In a vigor
ous growing condition. When a large
cut muBt be made, paint tho wood
with white load, thon cover most of It
with a pleco of zinc. Tho healing tis
sue, called tho "callus," will start
from tho edges of tho wound. In the
courso of tlmo thlB callus will fold
over Bufllciently to cover the wound
Its spread may bo hasterfed by slit
ting tho callus with tho point of a
Bhnrp knifo onco each year. Early In
tho summer Is thcboBt time to do
this, ns tho callus tissue Is most active
t that time.
Making Most of Cows.
Tho man with n few acres of good
alfalfa, and a fow moro of sugar beets
and mangels Is In position to get tho
most milk out of cows, tho most flesh
onto steers nnd tho greatest growth
onto young stuff, These two things
grow almost wild In Montana and the
valloys of Wyoming, where onco well
started and understood, and farther
east lu tho DukotnB, ensllago and clo
vor combined with corn and alfalfa
will turn the same trick when tho
trick Is onco learned.
WOMAN SICK
TWELVE YEARS
Wanto Other Women to Know
How Sho Was Finally
Restored to Health.
Louisiana, Mo.: "I think a woman
naturally dislikes to mako her troubles
known to tho public,
but complcto restor
ation tohcalth menns
bo much to mo that
I cannot keep from
tellinp mino for the
flako of other Buffer
ing women.
'I had boon sick
about twelvo years,
and had eleven doc
tors. I had drajc
cine: down pains,
pains at monthly periods, bilious spells,
and was getting worso all tho time. I
would hardly get over ono spell when I
would bo sick again. No tonguo can tell
what I BUfTered from cramp3, and at
times I could hardly walk. Tho doctors
said I might die at ono of thoso times,
but I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta
ble Compound and got better rightaway.
Your valuable medicino is worth moro
than mountains of gold to suffering wo
men." Mrs. BniiTHAMUFP, C03N. 4th
Street, Louisiana, Mo.
Lydia E. Pinklinm's Vegetable Com
pound, mado from nativoroots and herbs,
contains no narcotic or harmful drugs,
and to-day holds the record of being tho
most successful remedy for female ills wo
know of, and thousands of voluntary
testimonials on filo in tho Pinkham
laboratory at Lynn, Mass., oeem to provo
this fact.
If you Trnut special advico writo to
Lydia E. Plukham Medicino Co. (confi
dential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
bo opened, rood and answered by a
woman and held la strict confidence.
Stiff Joints
praises
are relieved at once by an applica
tion of Sloan's Liniment. Don't
rub, just lay on lightly,
" Sloan's LInlmnnt has dono moro
good than anything I have evir ti'od
for atlff JoIjiUs. 1 got my band Unit bo
badly that I bad to stop work right In
tbo buslcxt ttmo ot the year. 1 thought
at first that 1 would Iihth to have IDT
hand taken off, but 1 go' a bottle of
Sloan'i Liniment and curod my band."
WH.TO.-i WllEKLKK, Horns, Ala,
Good for Broken Sindws
G. Q. Jone3, Baldwin, L.L, wrr-a :
"I used Sloan's Unlment for broken
tlnews above the knee cap caused by a
fall and to my great eatiafaetlon was
able to resume work In less than tlireo
weeks after the accident."
SLOANS
LIMIMEMT
Fine for Sprain
Mr. Unsnv A. Vokiil, M Somerset
Bt., I'laliiHeld, J., writes : " A
friend sprained bis ankle so badly
that It went black. Me laughed when
I told him that I would havo hlni out
in a week. I applied Sloan's Liniment
and In four days be was working and
said Sloan's was a right good Lini
ment." Price 25c..
50c, and $1.00
Sloan's Book
on horses, cattle,
sheep and
poultry sent free.
Address
Dr.
Earl S.
Sloan
s
TO THE SETTLER
THE AMERICAN RUSH TO
WESTERN CANADA
IS INCREASING
Free Uomestends
In the new PIMrlcts of
Manitoba, Sutkalchti
nan and Alberta there
are thousands ot tree
Homesteads left, which
to the man maklngenlrr
In S years tlmo Trill be
worth f mm Ru to (3 per
acre. These lands are
pll adanled to sTala
growing ana cauio raisiug.
KXC1LLE.1T nilLITil riCILlTIU
In many cases tho railways In
Canada have hern bnlli lu ad
vance ot settlement, and In a
abort time there will not be a
HAttlerwho need be mole than
tenortnelve miles from a line
of railway, ltullway Hutes are
regulated by Government Com
mission. Social Conditions
The American Feulcrlnnthorntt
In Western Canuda. Hats not a
stranger Id a strange land, hav
ing nearly a million of his own
people already settled thi-re. If
you desire to know wli) the con
dition of the Canadian biltler Is
BrosiHirous write and send for
lerature, rates, etc., to
W. V. BENNETT
Boo Building, Omaha, Neb,
Canadian Government Apent, or
uarrss nnperimeiicrni ot
Immigration, Otluwii, (.
THEPAXTON!
OTEL
Omaha. Nebraska
EUROPEAN PI AN
Rooms from 1 1 .00 up single, 75 ccuta up double.
CAFE PRICES KEASONABLS
UKT ItlCII ON A 8MI.I, INVI'sMICNT
We have the moat promising (iOI.I) MINK In
this district No txpvrlinrnt Invistlgat
and we will prove what we claim. Addresa
nox SS8, (Irnsa Vallrj, Calif.
Dotton, Muk, CT JfKKf't m
U.S.A P&gPj 1
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