THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUHE IRA L. DAIIIO, PubllBhor. TERMS, 1.25 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA I ' ? SUSPENDERS. Society has frownud on tho mnscu lino Buspondcrs. So tho suspender niUBt go has gono almost, Bay thoso who Bell wearing apparel (or men. It's the ago of tho belt. Manly shoulders must bo unhampored by straps; only tho patient diaphragm Is to bo subject ed to a harness. So passes anothor useful device, sacrificed to fastidious, ness. Wo used to cnt mashed pota to with a knlfo till Eomcono with su percilious manners camo along and told us tho fork was tho proper uton sll for that Important duty. Formerly pcoplo poured out their hot coffco Into saucors, "blow" It cold and then drank It from saucers, all unconscious of tho terrlblo Impropriety Involved. Nor was It formerly considered an Inden tion of boorish origin for ono to sip tea from a spoon. Oh, thoso changing times I Suspondora gono tho way of tho blcyclo nnd tho crocheted nccktlol Is no ono bold enough to do them rev rrenco? Fashion Is tyrant. It takes no cognlznnco of man's various shapes his embonpoint, his fullness or deficiency of glrth-rlt merely Is Mies a flat nnd expects all to oboy. Tho llrno Is opportuno for a new declara tion of independence. Lot ovory man who prefers suspenders to a belt buy n pair forthwith and wear It In dofl nnco of tho world. Somo peoplo aro dctermlnod not to let Christopher Columbus rest In peace. Not long ago a celebrated Jewish rabbi insisted that tho great explorer was a Jow, and now comes n mombor of tho Royal Geographical society with tho claim that Columbus was a Spaniard and not an Italian. Tho Spanish scientist says that tho veil of mystery that has for four cou ntries enshrouded tho crndlo of Co lumbus has at last been torn aBldo to fcvcal him without doubt or argument ns a Spaniard. Dr. Horta says that tho Italian Uneago of tho discoverer was accepted bocauso there was no "authentic, rospcctablo nnd authorized historic documents" to provo to tho contrary. On tho cthor hand, tho Spanish historian says tho only ac cepted proof of tho Italian birth of Columbus was his wn stntomont that ho was born In Gonua. An Kngllshmau in Shanghai was twitting tho eldest son of Dr. Sun Yatbon ubout his father's cosmopoli tanism. "Nobody knotts for cortnln whoro your fathor was born," ho nald. "Canton claims l'.Ia and so dues Hon olulu. Uoforu tho rovolutlon ho had not been hero in China for many years. Tho English port of Hongkong wna tho nearest ho over approached. I don't boo hew your fathor can call himself a' Chinaman, nnd In fact, I don't know what to call him." "Part of what you say in truo," nnsworod tho son of tho famous patriot. "For fifteen years my father wao n man without n country, hut now," and the boy Bmllod proudly, "a country ha been mado for him." Ireland Is to send a deputation to this country to protest against tho landing at Quocnstown of certain men tally defecttvo porsons allogod to bo Irish and having Irish names, but do rlarod to bo from other countries of origin than Ireland. These objoctlon nbleB nro excluded from tho United States as undenlrahlo immigrants. It Is said they havo' no claim on Iroland. Cortalnly they havo no claim on tho United States, Tho mines department of Canada is preparing an ofllclal announcement that the offecttvo smoltlng of Cana dlun ores is a commorclnl possibility. Tho Iron business has undorgono u rovolutlon overy fow yoara for mora than century. Is another duo? Will It result In tho gcnorul adoption ol electric smelting? Sclontlfia experiments demonstrat ing that cnffelno 1b fatal to rabbits and that nicotlna paralyzoa tho optic nerve, should Impress tho public. Hereafter no truly humane persons will glvo tho rabbits coffoo for their hreakfastB, nor put cigars, smoking or chowlng tobaccos in tholr own or nthors' oyou. In New York thcro is n man who hns boon married 11 times. Nobody except n Now York waltor could pny nllmouy to ten women. London hnB n hotel that has gained fame through Its onlonB. Certainly a smart bid to fntr.o. A naturalist Informs us that the lob ster is becoming extinct, but tho two legged variety wo havo with us al ways.. A oollego professor has solved tho mystery of tho curvo ball, but it takes it horny handed lowbrow to hit 'cm whero they ain't. HoBsy, tho hygienic cow, now looks hungrily upon her owner's straw hat that will eoon bo hers to devour. MOTNTOGpSSIP Visitor of Importance Spends a Day in the' House LdSh &h WASHINGTON. It didn't make a bit of dlffcrcnco to Uunjamln Oswald Johnson, aged six, what was going on around his Httlo head the other afternoon. Ho was busy with his own devices? This young Hen Johnson stumbled around tho floor of tho House of Representatives, whllo tho real Uon JohnBon, from Kentucky, and other legislators and otntcsincn thundered and nrgued over tho legis lative, cxecutlvo and Judicial appro priation bill. Little Hen Is ono of tho five chil dren of Representative Joseph John son of South Carolina. IIo kept tho Ilouso of Representatives umused from noon until 4:3ft o'clock p. m. when tho gavel fell for adjournment. Hon appeared on tho house floor ut noon dressed In a dark bluo Bailor suit. His father had troubles of his own, for he Is In chnrgo of the logls lutlvo bill, and Representative Fow ler, with his loudest voice, was out Strange Sounds Come from Smithsonian Building IF you aro passing ncroas tho front of tho Smithsonian Institution at midnight nnd hear Btrango cries com ing from tho Hyzantlno, Norman or rounded Gothic towers, buttresses, bntllemeuts, groined arches and cornices, keep your nerve. Tho moon may bo floating through tho southern sky. Now It will bo hidden under denso cloud masses, and then It will burst through tho bjnek mist and cast Its Bilvcr sheen over tho heavens and tho earth Against all jhls, tho long red sandstone buildings, dark but for a wntchmnn'a lamp In tho central ves tlbuc, will be submitted. It looks gloomy nnd lonesome. One almost fools tho damp and stagnant vapor that would rlso from tho moat around It, If a moat wcro there You can rcassuro yourself thnt you aro not In tho depths of n haunt ed forest and boforo some dismal medieval castlo by looking northward to catch tho glitter of tho lights In tho post office tower or by listening to tho purr and soft rlpplo of tho fountnln not far removed from the northwest corner of tho building. Tho sounds that havo slopped you. and it mny be, chilled you, como from mwwxwvwvwwvvwwwas Cigarette Smoking Under Ban of Censorship iVweHAVE HAD FNOUCH IcicarettF St SMOKIffC WjjMM-J CIGARETTE Binoklug by women has coma under the ban of con sulship by society women In Wash ington, who nro loading n crusade against smoking nnd drinking In thu social set at tho capital. Mrs. William II. Haywood, who put horsolf on tccord novcrnl yoarB ago, when alio sorved only grapo Julcu at tho dobutanto bnll of her daughter. Miss Doris Haywood, Is ono of the lcndors In tho nntlclgarette move ment, nnd is said to not permit wom en to smoko In her house Mrs. Lovl Z Loiter, who mnuy think la to bo tho social leader In plnco of tho luto Mrs. John 11. Mc Lean, has nlso declared her willing ness to aid tho cruandors against fomlnlno clgnrctto smoking. Ice Skating a Real Fad THAT part of Washington society which dollghts In outdoor winter sports hns started n movement to dis cuss tho wnys and moans of promot ing Ico skntlng To thnt ond Invita tions wore sont out by n committee of lntorostod mon and women for a meeting which was hold In tho ban quet hall of ono of tho largo hotols, It Is hoped tho foeblo offorts of "Jack Frost" In Washington may bo oupplo mooted nnd real Ico skating provided for thoso who wish. Tho tldul basin at tho foot of tho Washington monument Is unsafe nt best, nnd thon thoro nro only u few days' skating on It through tho win tor. 1-nBt year tho tlmo was extended somo what bocauto of tho almost un precedented cold weather In UiIb re gion. There aro many export 6kntorB in Washington, who como from nil parts of tho world. MoBt of them he long to tho diplomatic clrclo, although not a fow aro pcoplo who havo spout tho greater part of tholr lives In the northern part of tho United Statos. Among thoso lntorostod In tho propoct la Mnjor Henry T Allen, whoso wife u'fts Miss JohnBtono of &I3S mi after tho scalps of several of the Items in that bill. Whllo Representative Fowler was being replied to by Rep resentative Johnson, Little Hen was playing tag around his father's legs, going in and out, between them In most marvelous fashion. Young Hen interviewed pretty near ly overy member of tho houso. Ho didn't wait for An Introduction, but clambered right into tho laps of the country's law makers. From the Democratic side he would hop to the Republican end of tho chamber and pull out tho watches of his father's dearest political foes, "Just to hear the wheels tick." Uncle Joo Cannon con tributed to Hen's war chest to the ex tent of a silver coin, and at tho end of tho day Hen's fists wore bulging with nickels, dimes and quarters, which had been pressed upon him by admiring friends. Ho leaned against Representative Mann of Illinois whllo that Htatobinan was shooting sharply pointed parliamentary nrrows at Hen's own fathor. Tho llttlo boy gazed calmly into tho faco of Repre sentative Screno Pnyno as the great tariff cxpcit appeared to be Bleeping peacefully at his desk. IIo rolled upon tho mtddlo aisle and forcod Repre sentative OlIIo James to step over htm, whllo the child himself was un mindful of tho gigantic figure pass ing over him. (1FVER KHEW THAT PLACE WAS HAUNTED r.n.r IJOMlf P wim H not mortals but from bats. Thero aro many of theso aberrant lnscc tlvorno or flying mnmmnls, family gnlloplthecldae, order of chiroptcra, In the shadowy nooks of tho Smith sonian building. Satisfied that r.o hnrm is near, you fall to thinking of James Smlthson's benucst of 1820; of James Ronwlck, tho designer of this building, tho first of Its stylo not ecclesiastic, to bo reared In tho United States; your glanco goes up to tho top of tho tallest towoc 11 C feet nhovo tho asphalt, all strown with dead leavos, and your mind gooB back to tho time when President Polk nnd his cabinet and hundreds of proud men, now dust, at tended tho cornerstono laying in 1847. Mrs, John H. Henderson, who Is tho nrbltor of dancing nnd dancers In Washington, has always been opposed to tho practice It is said sho re quested a fair smoker to go outstdo. Lady Alan "Johnston, daughter ol Mrs. James Plnchot, is ono of tho de fenders of tho weed, and smokes when nnd wherevor It strikes her fancy. Sho ovon puffed hor clgnrottos while riding In nn nutomobilo from ono place to another. Lady Johnston struck the first not3 In tho battlo somo tlmo ago, when sho offered her cigarette cubo to oth or guest3 at a luncheon. Tho hostess was a crusader, nnd is said to havo requestod Lady JoluiBton, who hap pened to bo tho guest of honor, not to smoko. Mm. Franklin MncVeugh, who has recently completed her million-dollar pnlaco on Sixteenth street, has pro vided llttlo balconies from her ball room windows for tho men to smoko between dnnccs. If the lady guests wish to smoko they havo to go out sldn also. Miss Helen Tnft. at n recent lunch con, displayed hor dlspleasurn openly when cigarettes wore passed. v in Society at Capital Chicago Mnjor Allen Is nlso nn ox port horseman, and with his daugh ters, tho Misses Jennnotto and Dosha Alton, takes an ncttvo part In tho Hunt club of this city. Tho secretary of tho envy, Georgo von L. Moyor, Is another of tho promoters of the Bchemo to "build" an Ico pond The Mejoi family Is from Massachusetts, whero nnture, unassisted, keeps win ter sports going for months. Tho daughters of tho secretary nnd Mrs. Meyer aro adepts In skating, which they learned in their nntlvo stnto, nnd In which thoy had a chanco to exor cise when thoy wcro living In St. Petcrsbutg, to which capital their fathor formerly wao accredited by the state department. mm wb ?Kim&sw iUti Ir.BHiilIlwiW w m m i.Myssaseiiv. lull in ;' i mil hcirx.i. L'x'i ji.ui .rycr ;crv,r,n iSI7Ti l i2Sb iHDIA IS DESCRIBED Writer Gives Graphic Descriptior of Country. Many Houses Have Never Been En tered by n European and Never Will Be Women Aro AJways Closely Veiled. Bombay, India. Reviewing J. A. Spender'fl book, "Tho Indian Scene," tho London Spectator Bays: , To thoBO who havo not seen India tho descriptive chapters of "The In dian Scono" will be of very great in terest. Mr. Spender is content to de scribe what ho saw in tho simplest wny, and by this means gives the rend cr n strong sense of tho reality of what ho 1b told. Nowhere 1b this done with moro completeness than in the opening chapter on Bombay. What strikes him Is not tho placo so much ns tho peoplo. Every street swarms with them, and "no half dozen seem alike." Their color varies from white to very nearly black, their costumo "from the frock coat to tho loin cloth." Then thcro Is tho contrast between life nnd denth, between tho rich Par see living In hla pretentious stone built houso on tho seashore, and the Bamo man carried, as Eoon as ho has clospd his eyes, to the towers of si lence, with their "obBceno semicircles of vultures sitting huddled together on the rims of tho two pits waiting for their next menl." And then thero Is tho fact more separating races per haps than any other fcaturo of Indian life thnt into the vast majority of houses which "to nil outward seeming might bo the homea of European nou veaux riches," no European has ever entered or ever will enter. IIo must not boo the women who live In them When a shuttered or curtained car rlage passes him for tho first tlmo In the street, he Ib told that a woman 1b lnsldo, nnd that Is his nearest ap proach to knowledge of one-half of In dian life. When he leaves Bombay Mr. Spen der, does his best to answer tho slm plo question, What docs India look like? Somewhat north of Bnroda he opens tho shutters of his sleeping car riage and nt first sees nothing to tell ret" y&?HHi A Primitive Substitute for the Water Cart. Native Method of Watering a Road. blm that he is not in Europe. Thf country is flat, It has many trees, It la cut up Into small fields and very close ly cultivated. It le tho human element nnd tho animal element that make It unlike Europe tho women "swathed In crimson muslin," the children "clth rr naked or fantastically dressed up, tho thin walnut colored men, with whlto turbans and bare legs, tho big looso limbed donkeys who pass in o kind of ambling gallop," tho hump backed cattle, "mild mlnlaturo beasts," tho straight-backed lead colored buf falocs. Then comes a railway station and a fresh "riot of color and fancy." Opposito tho carrlago stands a vener able gentleman In bright green flower ed silk dressing gown, with a pink tur ban and whlto pajamas; near him thoro Is a woman "In a shapeless mass of orango cotton," ntlny child, "with embroidered coat nnd absurd little buff trousers ending In red shoes," and an old man who crowns a gray frock coat with a crimson turban, and wraps hla legs In "a careless swathe of whlto muslin " Mr. Spender's trair was delayed for ten minutes becauso a party of ladles had to bo got out. An immense sheet was held in front of their carrlago, In which they were somehow enwrapped, nnd tho group wnB left "standing like n great, whitf box In tho mtddlo of tho platform.' 12 RICH WOMEN ON A JUR Court Officer In Kansas Makea Up an Odd Panel for a Case of Dis orderly Conduct. Independence, Knn. Twelve- of the wealthiest and moat prominent womon of this city wo.ro Btunmonod to serve o:i a Jury In tho caao of James Blue, charged with firing a BlTot through tho window of an Intdrburban car near her, endangering tho lives of tho pasBongers. Among tho women sum moned by tho court officers aro tho wIvob of two millionaire- oil operators, two bankers wives and two suffragist loaders. Donkeys Annoyed Neighbors. Now York. Five donkoys were undo the performers at a "night in Arabia" in the pnrty given At ono of :ho fashlonablo cafes nnd their bray ing' annoyed tho neighbors. JSEJMy rM V- 9Kjjj0f I , ,t w m l; iia 'f m 1 A Communion Sermon Dr REV. WILLIAM EVANS. D. D Director of Bile Count ol the Moody fiiUe la b'lulr, Chi:g TEXT What menu ye by this serlcc? -Eiodus 12 28. The chapter In which this text Is found sets forth tho detailed nr rangements of the Passover. It Is as sinned that the children, observ Ing this prepara Hon, would ask their parents what was meant by It. In answer ing the children tho parents were thus afforded a good opportunity of stating to the child tho facts In connection with their redemption from bondage So today, In like manner, tho Lord's sup per Is often tho means of arousing questions In the minds of both chit drcn nnd adults. What Is tho Com munlon service? What does It repre sent? What truth does It teach? In answering theso questions tho Chris tian nfforded an opportunity of stat Ing tho facts of tho Christian faith. First, tho Communion commemo rates a fact of history. Ono can tako boat or train and soon nrrlvo at Cal vary. IIo may climb this hill and reach Its summit whero onco stood tho cross on which Jesus Christ died No Intelligent person will deny tho historicity of tho fact of Christ's denth. Second, tho Communion Is a fact of Christian faith. True, Jesus died, but what did ho die for? Hero Christian faith declares itself by answering, "Ho died for our sins." Tho question of sin must bo dealt with, its debt must bo paid, the dlvlno wrath against It must bo appeased, somo ground must bo found upon which n righteous God may deal In mercy and pardon with binful man Tho Communion table tells us thnt all this has been accom pllshed in tho death of Christ. It ac knowledges tho reality of both sin and death, and rotates these two great facts .In the death of Christ In the words of Jesus wn say, "This cup Is tho New Testament In my blood, shed for the remission itf stns." Preachers may deny tho vicarious atonement of Christ; tho pulpl'. may bo silent touching the substitutionary character of Christ's death, but this table has proclaimed Blnco Christ's death and will proclaim unt'l he comes tho fact thnt ho died for our sins; that "Bonrlni; fihamo ,nd scofflnsra rude. Senled my iMrd&a with Ufa 1j1on1. Rented my pardun with Ills blcvsrt Hallelujah. What a. Savior!" Tho Communlofi Is n fact of proj phecy. "As oft m ye eat this bread and drink this cup yo do show forth' tho Lord's death till ho come." A fnct of history, a fact of Christian faith, a fact of prophecy that the Communion Hnkn itself to tho past, present and futu-o. It reminds us of our Lord, who, whllo present In spirit. Is absent in bodf, nnd nssures us that he will somo day como again person ally and visibly o this earth. Thero aro two pledgen for Christ's second coming: Tho resurrection (Acta 17:31), tho plciso to tho world; the Lord's supper (1 Cor. 11:28), tho pledgo to tho church. Tho Commun Ion tablo Is aplnw with hope and prom ise; It constantly preaches tho sec ond coming of Christ. Every tlmo wo gather around this tablo we should look forward wth Joy to that glorious day when wo nhnll seo not only our blessed Lord, fiut also "Those whom wo havo loved long sinco and lost awhile." When ttoir loved ones wo nro patted. And our eyes are dimmed with tcara- Almost fed wo brokon-hoarti-d, As wo struggle with our fears. Hut, It will not bo forever. We ghnll tricot them nil nt home; Separations will then bo over They nro only ' 'Till Ho como.'" Tho Communion Is a fact of me morial. Jesus snid, "Do this In id membranco of mo." Tho Communion Ib to bo a tangible reminder to us ol our Lord. Sight helps memory. How tho mementoea wo havo of our lovcrt ones romlnd us of them, of what thoy worn tq us, nnd of our love for them Wo so soon fcv;ct what wo do not, joo. Is It not straugo that of nil that Jesus did when ho was hero upon thij earth tho on) thing ho would have ui remember wab not his life wondious as that won, nor hi3 miracles star tllng as they wore, not oven his icsur roctlon convincing nB It was o all RupornaUirnl claims, but )! death. Tho Communion tablo 13 a memorial of that douth, ond every tlmo wq gather around it w plenso tho Master 5y doing that la'U thing ho asked hlt dlcclples to do In re mombrnnco of him. Tho mother gpos to the burenu and from, tho draw or Bho takes two llttlo bhoos They aro Blmplo, and plnln, and worn; they havo no commorclnl value, but. oh. what ji flood of memories they bring to her heart and mind and nou! ns sho thinks of tho one who hns died! Lot ub not forget our Master; ho will not forget us. "Help mc, dear Savior, Tlicc to own And over faithful be, And when Thou lttot on Thy thron Dear Lord, remember me." Tho microbe of love Ib sotcetlmci dovourcd by tho germ of suspicion. 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