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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1912)
j CANADA IK IN CANADIAN EXHIBITS AT LIVE 8T0CK AND LAND SHOWS CEN TER OF ATTRACTION. Tho hats wero doffed to Canada during tho. two weeks of tho Land Bhow and tho week of tho Live Stock Bhow at Chicago. Willing to display Its goods, anxious to let tho people of the central states know what could be produced on Canadian farm lands, and tho quality of tho article, Hon. Dr. Roche, minister of tho interior of Canada, directed that sufficient space be secured at tho "United States tand Show, recently hold, to give somo ndequato idea of tho field resources of westorn Canada. Thoso in chargo had splendid location, and Installed ono of tho most attractive grain and graBs exhibits ever seen anywhere. Thousands, anxious to get "back to tho land," saw tho exhibit, saw what that wolghod C8 pounds to tl.o meusurcd bushel, oats that went 48 and barley that tipped tho scales at 55 pounds. Tho clover, tho alfalfa, tho wild pea vino and vetch, tho ryo grass, tho rod-top and many other suc culent and nutritious varieties of wild grasses demanded and deserved from tholr promlnenco and quality tho at tention they received. The gruln in tho straw, bright in color, and carry ing heads that gavo evidence of the truth of tho statements of Mr. W. J. Whito of Ottawa, and his attendants, that tho wheat would average 28 to 85 bushels and over per acre, tho oats 65 to 105 bushels, tho flax 12 to 28 bushels, wero strongly In evidence, and arranged with artistic tasto on tho walls. Tho vegetablo exhibit was a surprlso to the visitors. Potatoes, turnips, cabbage in fact, all of it proved that not only In grains was western. Canada prominent, but in .vegetables It could successfully com pete with the world. Ono of the uniquo and successful -features of tho exhibit was tho suc cessful and systematic daily distribu tion of broad mado from Canadian pour. It was a treat to those who got ,t Canadian butter, Canadian cheese and Canndlan honey helped to com plete an exhibit that revealed in a splendid way the great resources of a country in which so many Amer icans have made their home. A feature of tho exhibit was the placards, announcing the several re cent successes of Canadian farm produce and live stock In strong com petition with exhibits from other countries. There was posted the Leagor Wheeler championship prize for Marquis wheat grown at Rosthern in 1911, beating the world. Then I. Holmes ofCardston entered the com petitive field at Lethbrldgo Dry Farm ing Congress, and won tho wheat shamplonshlp of 1912, beating Mr. Wheeler with the same variety of wheat. Hill & Sons of Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, In 1911, won the Colo rado silver trophy for best oats grown, competod for in a big competition at Columbus, Ohio, in 1911. Tho produce Df British Columbia at tho Now York Land Show In 1911 carried off tho world's championship for potatoes, nd Incidentally won a $1,000 silver Irophy, and then, but a few dayo ago, the same province carried off the world's prlzo for apples at the Horti cultural Show in London, England. But that was not all. These Cana dians, who had the termerlty to state that corn was not the only feed for finishing hlgh-grado beef cattle, en tered for tho fat steor championship it tho Live Stock Show In Chicago a polled Angus "Glencarnock Victor." Nearly 800 entries wero In tho field. Gloncarnock Victor" didn't know a kernel of corn from a Brazilian wal nut. Thero wore Iowa, Illinois, Ne braska, Kansas, Minnesota, Wiscon sin and their corn-fed article, deter mined to win, bound to beat this black animal from the north, and his "noth ing but prairie grass, oats and barley feed." as his owner proudly stated, but thejrdldn't Canada and McGregor & Sons, with their "Glencarnock Victor," won, andtoday tho swelldom of Amer ica is eating of his steaks and roasts tho champion steer of the world. But once more tho herd of cattle that won the Sweepstakes at tho samo show was bred and owned by the owners of "Glencarnock Victor," fed only on pralrio grass, oats and harlov. near Brandon. Manitoba. Tho royal reception given to Mr. Mc Gregor on his return to his home town was well deserved. Omission must not be mado of the wonderful and beautiful display of apples made by British Columbia, oc cupying a full halt section of tho great Land Show. This wbb In per sonal charge of Mr. W. E. Scott, dep uty minister of agriculture for that province, who was not only a host to thoBe who visited the exhibit, but was also an encyclopedia of Informa tion regarding tho resources of that country. With 200,000 Americans go ing to western Canada this year, It Is pleasing to know that so many from this side of tho lino can participate in the honors. coming to that new couu try. Advertisement, He Was Calling. Friend What was tho tltlo of your poem?" Poet "Oh, Give Mo Back My Dreams I" Friend And what did tho editor write to youT root "Tako 'em!" McCall's Maga zine. All women are born free and equal t-but thoy don't look It at the bathing beach. C GO Merely an Amateur. -A man who lives much at hotels had sorao odd oxpeiloncos during the strikes of tho waiters In Now York and Boston. On tho morning after tho strike was called in New York ho ordered boiled eggB In a Now York hotol. Tho man ngors had hired all applicants for Jobs at waiting, and tho ono who took this boiled egg order was a tough person Ho brought tho eggs, came over and leaned ou tho back of tho patron't chair and Bald: "Say, cul, kin I Bhuck them eggs fo; yoz?" In Boston tho waiter at bronkfast was a big, burly person who seomod unfamiliar with tho work. Tho man at breakfast ventured a mild protest "Aw, fergit it!" said tho waiter. 1 ain't no waiter. I camo up hero tc bo a striko-breakor in tho truckman' strike." Saturday Evening Post. Misunderstanding. Elihu Root, nt tho chamber of com merco dinner in New York, said: "Thoro aro hundreds of thousands of peoplo outside tho great industrial communities who think tho chamber of commerco a don of thieves, whe think that tho manufacturers of tho country aro no hotter than a sot of confldenco men." Discussing this regrcttnblo misun derstanding afterward, Mr. Root smiled and said: "It Is a misunderstanding that will come right In tho end; but Just now, If a rich man vontured to say to a poor man, 'I bollovo In putting by something for a rainy day," tho pooi man would sneer bitterly and roply: '"Yes, that's why mo and my friends Iobo eo many ummrellaB.' " Never Liked Oats. Frenchmen havo nover liked oats; doctors havo urged thorn to try the national dish of tho Scotch, but they have politely refused. But ono group of Frenchmen could not escape; this waB a company of tho Ono Hundred and Twenty-eighth in fantry, whoso captain Insisted that his men should eat oatmeal porrldgo for a month. Ho had tho oatmeal toasted to Improve the tasto. To tholr surprlso, his men found that after a month of maneuvers thoy did not havo a singlo man on tho sick list, while other companies had as many aB a dozen. They havo mado up their minds that oats are not bo bad after all. Frenzied Arithmetic. Three-year-old Amy, who has a very lively little brother, was being put through a lesson in arithmetic by hor undo. She had successfully added one and one, but stuck at two and ono. "Your mamma," said her uncle, "has two children. If she bad ono more, what would that .make?" ""O," cried Amy, "that would make my mamma cwazyl" Woman's Homo companion. Neither Acceptable. Protty Daughter So you don't like Jim? Her Father No; he appears to be capablo of nothing. Protty Daughter But what objec tion havo you to George? Her Father" Oh, he's worse than Jim. Ho strikes me as being capablo of anything. Stray Stories. Important to Mothora . Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safo and sure remedy for Infants and children, and see that it Danra i Ti Signature of QSiYA&bi In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Her Dancing Nights. "Is your wifo fond of dancing?" "Yes, especially the nights I pre fer to stay at home." Detroit Free Press. Liberal. 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"vwiw?v"y TxfviiEte.il Ui S ca The agricultural departnunt mala tains at Washington u bacteriological laboratory whoro all sorts of "bugs are discovered in all sorts of food, At this time of tho year, whon tho oyster scasou is nt its height, little Is done in this place except to test oysters and tho water In which they live to determino whether or not they contain typhoid germs. Tho photograph shows Dr. Gcorgo Stiles. Chief of the laboratory, and his two assist ants, Miss Ruth C. Greatbouso and Miss Maude L. Mason. STORIES OF HEROISM Character of the Bulgarian Sol dier Is Revealed. One Man Tells of Victory Over Turks Won by Privates Disobeying an Order to Retreat Soldiers Devoted to Tholr Officers. Sofia, Bulgaria. In order to explain the phenomenal exploits of tho Bulga rian armies In tholr battles against the Turk In Adrlanople and Macedo nia ono must become familiar with tho character of tho Bulgarian soldier, says a correspondent. It Is but a short tlmo since tho Balkan' war began, yol many are tho Incidents that havo come to light which enablo ono to Judgo as to tho callbor of "tho man behind tho gun." Ab I was passing the postofUce one day I met some twonty men in worn out uniforms. Several had their arms in slings, ono had IiIb head bandaged and a couple of them limped a little. I Joined them tho moment I had as sured myself that they were wounded soldiers apparently cured and Just dis charged from tho hospital. Tho men wero very cheerful, but thlB is astrik lng characteristic of nearly nil thoso who havo received Injuries In tho ro cent great battles. I asked If they were all wounded. "Yes, all of us, of course," answered threo of them at tho samo time. "Would wo havo left tho battlefield othorwlso?" I found out upon Inquiry that several had received severe bul let wounds. Two showed mo tho very bullets that had been taken from tholr bodies. "Thoy ordered us to go home," ono of them said, "but wo nro good enough for another trial with tho Turk It the king wants ub!" t In ono of tho hospitals I have a friend who belonged to one of tho first regiments that took part In tho en gagements south ot Lozengrad (Kirk ICIllsseh). Hero is n littlo story which he told me that-is typical ot the Bul garian warrior: "Our regiment went too far Into tho enemy's Intrenchments when sud denly wo saw ourselves nearly sur rounded. Our commander gavo the order to retreat. For tho first tlmo sinco I have been a soldier I heard an order from a superior that was not obeyed. Tho ordr wnB repeated by other officers, but tho men showed no Inclination to oboy it. Suddenly a deafening cry of "Ooraahl' wus raised and thon a platoon of reserves led by a lieutenant dashed ahead and shout ed: 'Forward, boys! A Bulgarian sol dier knows no retreat. Nn voje chargo bayonets. Ooraah!' "In a moment the bludes on the Mannllcher guns shono In tho llplit as tho men rushed at their opponents, who for an instant wero stupefied at tho unexpectedness of the attack. Wo wero pretty sure wo wero going to bu killed, for wo wero too few In number But God was good to ub. Tho Turks, though bloodthirsty and fierce with tho knife, .are exceedingly afraid of It; at any rate, they wero afraid of our 'Na voje' charge. Their right flanks gave way before our attack and after leaving a third of our men dead In tho field, mostly killed by ttie Turk ish rapid firers, thus remaining In trenched themselves In an evacuated Turkish fortification. "I never believed I could be so bru . tal with the knife. One does not think of It when engaged in battle. A man never thinks ot death under these cir cumstances. Our dlsobcdlenco to the orders was a very grave one, Indeed, but thero Is always an exception to tho rulo. Had we obeyed tho com mand to retreat our comrudes back ot us would havo thought wo were cow ards and we would havo caused de moralization nmong our own men." The other day I met a wounded offi cer. Greatly interested In tho war, l requested him to tell mo something about his experience "Tho only thing I can tell ycu Is this; That Wo officers fall far below our soldiers In point ot AGAINST THE POLLUTED courago and bravery. The men would often stand in front of us or would pile tholr knnpsacks in order to pro tect us from tho bullets. Our hearts melted at this touching tenderness on the part of our subordinates." EARL ASKS AN INTRODUCTION Reporters Induce Him, However, to Tell Whether He Wished to - Catch Heiress. "Oh, I say now, you haven't boon presented to mo. Really, old top, you cawn't expect me to talk to you with out an introduction," declared tho earl of Levan and Mclvlllo when ho waB dlscovorod hiding behind n ventilator on the steamship Cnrmanla as It was about to sail. "Why, your elegunco," said a ro porter, "wo den't need an Introduction. We're willing to tnko you for what you're worth. We'll Introduce our selves." "But that's all bally rot, you know," declared tho frightened earl. "Why, In Englnnd tho press men wouldn't daro to do such a thing, don't, you know. Tho press men hero nro uniquo; absolutely, don't you know. Vou know too much, l'vo read all about you follows, don't you know. You nro unique; you aro Inventive." His graco la a Scot. Ho stands six feet threo nnd Is twonty-thrco years old. Ho had been shooting In this country threo months, ho Bald, and was going homo. "Shooting what, rattlesnakes?" In quired ono reporter. "Oh, no," replied the earl. "I shot the bull mooso, don't you know. Haw. haw, hawl I say, pretty good, what?" The nobleman has sandy hair that growB all over his fnce. Ills trousers wero baggy and "his overcoat looked as If he had slept In It. Asked If ho had selocted an American heiress ho becamo indignant and refusod to talk. Ho didn't Hko this "bally country." anyway. TO STOP SOCIETY "GRAFT" Devise Plan to Prevent Women From Wearing Gowns and Then Returning Them. Now York. Tho latest development of tho graft-exposing fraud that Ib now swooping through New York llfo Is tho revelation that women of wealth and good standing in Now York so ciety havo Joined the ranks of tho grafters. Not only do theso women tnko graft, but they go out nnd get It, and tho situation has now reached a point whoro the department stores, which havo been tho worst sufferers, havo organized to protect themselves. Tho women have, of course, been cruelly shocked to hear the right nnnie given to their practice, which was ono of tho oldest nnd simplest of gentle grnfts, The woman who fecla that none ot evening gowns uould do for a particu larly brilliant occasion would saunter Into a store during tho early after noon, look over nnd try on gowns, till sho found the handsomest ono that sho could wear, nnd order it sent homo Immediately "on npproval." Next day sho would return the gown, saying that her husband did iiut llko it, or thut the color was all chwged when sho got It In the gas light. Tho store peoplo, though thoy know from tho feel of the fabric that tho gown had been worn for an evening, could not protest, for a cuBtomor, eveu a bad one, is always in tho right, and tho store- Is always in tho wrong when it comes to a dtlfcrenco ot opinion. Tho department Btores' cure for tho trouble is simplo and effective. They now paBte a labol ot flimsy paper on the Bleovo or back ot each gown In a contrasting color, big enough to bo seen threo blocks away A tag or an ordinary sowed cloth label could bo OYSTER KING PUNISHES A DRIVER Monarch of Spain Boxes Man's Ears for Beating Exhausted Horse. Paris. An Interesting nnocdoto of tho king of Spain is now going tho rounds of Paris. Tho other day, It Is said, a man was driving up n steep hill Just outsido ot Madrid a heavily ladon cart drawn by two mlsorablo horses, both ot which looked to bo at tho end of tho totlior. Ono ot thorn, dead beat, fell ex hausted, and was unablo to arlso, In splto ot tho blows showered on tho unfortunate boast by tho driver, with tho butt end ot his whip. At this point a largo automobile camo Into vlow over tho brow ot tho hill, driven by a young man, with a lady at his side. Tho motorist took In tho situation at a glance and at onco stopped. Getting down, ho skilfully raised tho wretched horso to Its legs, and thon proceeded to box tho ears of tho driver soundly. "Now," ho said, starting his auto mobile, "you can, It you like, go and complain to tho king of Spain." Tho chlvalroUB motorist was Alfon so himself, with Quoon Victoria. HUNTER LASSOES A GRIZZLY Bruin Escapes Bullets of Party of Huntoro, but Falls Under the Lariat. Downlevlllo, Cal. Oeorgo Bynom, who was out with a. party of huntora two days ago, roped n young grizzly bear. Tho party sighted tho boar near tha Yuba rlvor, and fired sovoral shots without brfoct Seeing that tho quarry was about to escapo, Bynom, an experienced cow boy, unfurled his lasso and chased tho animal with his trained rango horso. Overtaking tho bear after n mllo chaso through Bcrub brush, Bynum placed his lino upon it nnd held It un til his companions arrived. Tho griz zly was then securely tied and brought to Downlevlllo. - romoved, but tho light paper, stuck on with a preparation that cannot harm tho cloth, has to bo torn off In scraps. If tho labol Is not In placo tho gown Is regarded as sold and thoro's an end to It. TRIPLETS BORN AFTER DEATH Posthumous Babes Aro Hearty and Physicians Are of the Opinion That They Will Live. Altooua, Pa. Posthumous triplets were bom to Mrs, Mary Gordon of Tntesvlllp, Bedford county, at tho hos pital at Roaring Springs, and tho doc tor believes thoy will Hvo, although tho mother dled-an hour beforo their birth. They aro lusty babeB, two girls and a boy. Tho boy weighs 6 pounds, ono girl 4 pounds, tho othor 6& pounds, or 14 pounds all told. Somo months ago the father dlod and last week Mrs. Gordon's son, Ar lington, a brakoman, was killed In tho Pennsylvania yards hero. Deeply de pressed by tho doublo bereavement, her llfo hung In tho balance Ten children wero previously horn to her. WILL COMBINE SOCIETIES Philanthropic Bodies of New York to Work Together to Avoid Duplication. Now York. Practically all tho phil anthropic agencies and societies In New York city nearly 6,000 in num ber aro to be linked togethor by a bureau known as tho "Social Service Exchange." Tho aim Is to prevent du plication of effort nnd to mako tho vorfc of each organization more com plete and effective. Baking Made Almost Automatlo Science has done many wonderful things In tho way of Hfchtnnlng kitchen-work, but possibly the most welcome of Its many achievements Is the prenartlon of a baking powder that makes baking almost automatic. This wondertut baking powder la known as Calumet Unking- Powder. As you perlmps know from your own experience baklns Is largoly a matttr of "luck." If your baking powder happens to be Just right, your bolting: will be good. Dut If It varies In quality or In strength ns so many baking' powders do, your bak ings are more than likely to be ruined. Calumet linking Powder puts n stop to tho depondence on "luck." With It. all aulckly-ralsed foods can be made without the lightest trouble made pure and wholesome and tasty. For Calumet Itself Is pure In the can nnd In the baking and do uniform In quality, so carefully pre pared, that failures nre Impossible. Tou can Judge ot Its purity, too, when you know that It has been given the highest awards nt two World's Pure Food Expo sitions one at Chicago In 1907 and th other at Paris, France, last March. Adv JU8T THAT. l&r0 Cook A follow Bpends n lot ot mon ey for Christmas presents, and whvJ has ho to Bhow for It? Hook Pawn tickets, usually. RINGWORM ON CHILD'S FACE Stratford, Iowa. "Threo years ago this winter my sovon-year-old son ha! ringworm on tho faco. First It was In small red spots which had a rough frust on tho top. Whon thoy Btartod hoy looked llko littlo red dots aud then they got bigger, about tha slzo of a bird's egg. Tiler had a whlto rough ring around them, nnd grow continually worse and soon spread over his faco -and legs. Tho child suf fered terrlblo Itching and burning, so that ho could not sleep nights. Ho scratched them and thoy looked fear ful. He waB cross when ho had them. Wo used sevoral bottles of liniment, but nothing helped. "I saw whero a child had a rash on tho faco nnd was cured by Cutlcura Soap and Ointment nnd I decided to use tbem. I used Cutlcura Soap and Ointment about ono month, and they cured my child completely." (Signed) Mrs. Barbara Prim, Jan. 30, 1912. Cutlcura Soap and Olntinont sold throughout tho world. Samplo of each froo, with 82-p. Skin Book. Address poBt-card "Cutlcura, DopL U Boston." Adv. Locating tha Fool. A stout old gentleman waa having troublo with tho telephone. Ho could hear nothing but a contused Jumble ot soundB, and finally ho became so exasperated that ho shouted Into tho transmitter: "Who's tho blithering fool at tho end ot this lino?" . "Ho's not at this end," answered a cool, feminine volco. Oho WasAntlclpatlng. "When ho proposed to her sho knocked him down." "Gracious! What did ho say to that?" "Ho yelled: 'Hold on! HoldonlWo ain't married yotl'" Houston Post Looked Like a Strike. Crlmsoubcak Are you against strikes? Yeast I certainly am. But how much wero you going to strlko mo for? Marriageable. Patience Is ho a marriageable man? Patrice 1 think not Thoy say he waa nover good at making oxcuses. Heredity. Knlckor Very tolkativo Isn't she? Bocker Yes; her father was a bar ber and her mother was a woman. Bachelors aro "women's rights," and widowers aro womon'a lofts. ll ll. A GOLD WAVE causes anxiety among thoso who aro sickly and run down, whose blood is Knpoverished, and vitality low; but 'Jon t remain in that condition HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS will build you up, strengthen the entire system and prevent Stomach Ills, Golds and Grippe. Try a bottlo and be convinced. Start today. 2i UmI Cooh Bjiap. Titi Clood. 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