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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1913)
r or then unam CARD SERVES AS DIAPHRAGM interesting and Instructive Experi ment May Be Tried With Any Talking Machine. Horo Is an amusing and Instructive xperiment that may bo tried with jany talking machine. Heretofore It has been supposed that the needlo nnd sound box were necessary to (transmit tho words or music etched In the disks or rolls used as records ion these machines. You may bo Bur- prised to know that an ordinary visit- ting card, or any similar card, will bo qulto effective as a diaphragm. As 'the disk revolves push aside the .needle and apply tho corner of tho Card as Diaphragm. card to the surface. It will receive and transmit the sounds perfectly, clearly. Of course, such a primitive transmitter has nelthor tho volume nor the expression of tho regular ap- j paratus, but it Is most interesting as a scientific experiment and will af ford a, great deal of amusement as well as furnish food for thought REAL MEANING OF "POTLUCK" Inhabitants of Limoges Make One Plunge With Ladle and Take Whatever They Can Get. The real origin of tho word "pot luck" Is unknown to most of tho peo ple who use it. In Limoges, Franco, however one runs Into potluck Itself, remarks the Now York Sun. In a cer tain corner of that quaint city of Jost ling roofB there is still segregated, much as if In a ghetto, a Saracen pop ulation, probably a remnant of tho' wavo of Saracens that swept over Europe hundreds of years ago. Hero they live in their crooked, narrow streets, following old customs handed down from generation to generation. There are many butcher shops in tho quarter and outside of each steams a great pot of soup over a glowing brazier.- In each pot stands a ladle as ancient as the pot When a customer comes with a pen ny in goes the ladle and comes up full of savory broth and chunks of meat, odds and ends that the butcher has had left over. And what comes up tho customer has to take. Ono can Imag ine how anxiously the hungry urchin ,or the mother of seven must eye tho inexorable ladle and how a pretty girl might get another draw from tho .butcher's boy. At any rato "to take potluck" means to take what you get and say nothing whether the pot is in Limoge.s or in tho flat of tho man who eagerly in vites a friend of his. youth to dinner. ; RIDDLES. . Which Is the largest room In tho world? Tho room for improvement When can you drink out of a flag staff? When It holds a flagon. How high ought a lady to wear her dress? A llttlo higher than two feet Why do agree? Decnuso men) llttlo birds in their nests they aro high men (Hy- Which Is tho most dangorous bat that llles In tho air? A brickbat Why Is a flirtation llko plate pow der? Because It brightens up spoons. How long did Cain hato his brother? As long as he was Abel. Why Is a bad cold a great humilia tion? Because It bring.? tho proudest man to his sneeze (his knees). Why Is a tumbler like a pugilist? Because ho can't got his living with out somo assaults (somersaults). Why is ivy climbing a troa llko a watch? . Because It's a stem winder When aro roads llko corpses? When thoy aro mon-ded Why Is cold cream llko a good chap eron? Because It keeps off tho chaps. Whon Is a blow from a lady wel come? When Bho strikes you agreeably. What snufftaker Is that whoso box ets fuller the moro snuff ho takes? A nalr of snuffors. 5 .i.rt..u ml-t- PLAY FOR WINTER EVENINGS Much Amusement May Be Obtained by Use of Ordinary Dinner Plate Covered With Lamp-Black. Prepare a plato by covering tho bottom with thick lamp-black. Then when your frionds arrive, toll them you aro ablo to perform a great trick. Your are an expert tnagnotlzer. You may say: "I do not often perform In public, but among friends I do not object to giving a proof of my skill. Tho only point upon which I must insist is per fect gravity and qulot among tho au dlonco. I will now soo If 1 can select a subject who is susceptible to the magnetic Influences." You now pass from ono to another, making pisses, and looking steadily into cyeB of sevoral of tho company, feeling tho pulso of ono and anothor, till finally you select ono individual whom you declaro to bo tho man for the experiment. You now clear ono end of tho room and place two chairs, faco to face, somo threo feet apart. In ono of these you seat your Intended victim and nsk for two glasses of water, standing in two platos. This produces tho black ened plato, and a clean ono, upon each of them a glass of clear water. Handing tho blackened plato to the subject who Is to bo magnetized, you take the clean plate and Bay, seating yourself In tho vacant chair: "Fix your oyes steadily upon mine, and mako exactly tho motions that I do." You now proceed to make several motions with your open hand, keeping your eyes fixed upon your victim, till you havo his undivided attention. You then dip your finger In tho water and drawing it across tho bottom of tho plato make n cross upon your fore head; the subject does tho Bamo; a second pass over tho bottom of tho plato and tho faco draws a long black streak down the victim's noso; a third smears one cheek; n fourth tho other. When tho victim resembles a black amoor the operator gravely rises and sayB tho subject has proved that his will is too strong to yield to that of another man, and ho must try a now ono. Then lead him to a mirror. TEST WITH MAGNETIC MOTOR Experiment Illustrates the Principle on Which All Electric Mo tors Are Based. This experiment Illustrates tho princlplo on which all electric motors are based. All that Is needed Is five needles, a cork, a bar magnet and a small piece of wire. t, Magnetlzo four of tho needles and stick them Into tho cork so that every other ono will have a north polo pro- zszmzizmm N. Mfl&NET A Magnetic Motor. trudlng. Then push tho remaining needle through tho cork for an axle, making a support from tho wire as shown. To operate, bring one end of a bar magnet between needles A and D, then A will bo repelled and D at tracted by tho bar magnet and tho wheel turn, quickly lower the magnet Motor In Operation. and ralso It again when tho needles C and D corao around. Tho direction of tho motor can bo changed by uslug tho other end of tho magnet. Bobble Knew. Bobble and Llttlo Willie had been given orders by mother not to go swimming alone. Once in a while, however, thoy Indulged In their se cret pleasure without telling their fond mother. , Ono day thoy were returning from a swim and both had ontlroly forgot ten about tho necessary excuse. Lit tle Willie bravely entered tho houso, but Bobblo prudently turned tho cor ner and waited outHlde on tho collar door. Tho first question mother put to little Wllllo took tho llttlo ono un aware. "Where havo you boon, Wll llo?" asked mother sternly. Wllllo hesitated, looked at tho door longingly and finally replied. "Walt till I go and ask Hob." National Monthly. The Compliment. Ho had handed the child a banana and tho lattor, in his dollght, forgot his customary "Thank you." "But what do you say, Harry?" For a moment tho child was puz zled, thon with a smllo ho handed it back. "Peel It!" Harper's Bazar. Not to Be Caught. Teacher What 1b tho stuff heroes are mado of, Tommlo? Tommlo You'll havo to oxcuso mo, teacher, but I'm not booming nny par ticular breakfast food! 5 W X, ' 1 .r J Jr Jr NONDESCRIPT JYPE How Polly Irving Heard of tho Last Twig on tho Family Tree. BY IZOLA FORRESTER. "For mo?," repeated Polly. Sho had opened tho door of room four barely enough to see the mito that stood waiting there. "Aro "you suro you'vo got the right room, Dan?" Dan was posltlvo ho had. Ho had been sent up to tho principal's ofllco for misbehaving, and had been usod n& a handy messenger In any emer gency caso. There was a gentleman up thero who wanted to seo Miss Irv ing. Now, tho Btrangest part was that to Polly's knowledgo no gentleman so far had ovlnccd rny yearning to seo Miss Irving In all Miss Irvlng's llfo, and en- peclally since Bho had becomo a kin- dcrgnrtcn teacher. So she hosltatod. wondering what sort of an agent had located her there. "Well, you may bring him down here, Danny," sho said finally, and Dan sped away. Polly wont back to hor desk with fluttering pulses. It was hard to face oven tho forty pair of Inquisitive child ish eyes watching "teacher" Thero was a tiny round mirror lying In her desk drawor. long unused, but now, Just for an Instant sho lifted It cau tiously out, and looked at hcraclf. She saw gray eyes, rather serious and a very decided chin. Polly loved to tell herself that sho had a decided chin in spite of tho dlmplo thero. And thero wnB a kink In tho fair wavo of hair, too, but still, sho was a rather nondescript typo of girl. Sho had heard over slnco sho had been knee high to tho tablo, that sho had no charm and no magnetism. Ono grows to believe a thing after It has been drummed Into ono steadily. Tho color rose In her faco at the knock on the door. It was not a timid ono. "Come," she called. "I'm looking for Miss Irving," said a rather boyish voice, and a head was intruded into tho sacred precinct of room four. "Can you spare teacher Just a mlnuto, children?'" "Yezzir," roso a buzzing chorus. Miss Irving went to tho door, and stepped out into the hall, puzzled and rather on the defensive. "You're Miss Maullne Mary Irv ing?" ho nskod, smiling down at her. "Yes, but I don't care to buy any thing at all," began Polly firmly. "Don't you?" Ho was really laugh ing now. "You will lntyor, Miss Irv ing. I bring you very good news. My name Is Maynnrd Talbot. I havo hunted all the way from London to Chicago for you." "From London?" repeated Polly, wonderlngly. "Why?" "You aro chief legateo under your granduncle's will. I can't explain so hurriedly, but it's a matter of twenty thousand pounds, about ono hundred thousand dollars. Sir Robert's solici tors sent mo over to find you. ,May I wait until school is over?" "If if you llko." Polly faltered. Sho gavo him a chair near tho desk, and tried to conduct that last half hour of kindergarten as sho had done for thirteen years, ever slnco sho had been n girl of eighteen. When it was over, and tho last lit tle lass had thrown her a kiss at the do6r, sho Blghed, and turned to the young man from Londontown. "Now tell mo all about It," sho said "I knew father had relatives abroad, hut ho died so long ago, and mother was from New England, so wo rather forgot tho British branch." "Tho onlv twle left on that branch was old Sir Robert," said her caller, cheerfully. "I've seen him several times, whenever I hnd to run down to Tiverton Manor. Ho died about seven months ago. There aro several very good country places, but thoso go to tho next of kin. The money was hlB private fortune, and ho willed It your father or his heirs." "Will I have to go over tht.r to A person never regrets having dono live?" asked Polly, lor snld tho kind thing; It Is tho cruel "Dear, dear. no. You may live where I or unkind words nnd actions which you llko. I'm going to. 1'vo Just put 1 bring Borrow nnd regret, all my money Into land up In Albertn, There is no God given wiadom in British Columbia, you know. All of ono human being which Bhould war us younger sons havo a hankering for j rant him In thinking himself qunlllled vour west nnd our west. Thero Isn't ' or able to dictate to anothor. It Ib much for us nowadays over homo, and the now genoration doesn't care to hang around on bonos and leavings. sc to speak. And when a chap's not talented, ho might as well take to tho open, and hit a now trail, don't you think so?" "LlBton." said Polly, eagerly, loan ing forward, her hands clasped over her knees, hor eyes shining. "Why couldn't I do that too? Why couldn't I hit a new trail, as you say, and put my money Into something way out thero whero It Is all new and free" I'd love to." "But It's no place for a girl you know," Talbot told her seriously "I'm not Jtst a girl," protested Polly. "If I wera twenty and pretty It might bo different, but I'm not. I'm thirty-one. and very ordinary " "Oh, but you'ro not, you know," he declared. "Yes, I am." Polly Insisted. "1 never expect to marry, but I want a great big placo of my own that I can rldo over and run ns I llko. I shall go west with you, Mr. Talbot." Until tho clock up on tho wall point ed to flvo Talbot tried to argue her out of it Then every day for n week ho spent sovernl hours trying to per suade her as to the proper courso for nn heiress to follow. Still Polly wil fully Bet her faco westward. Rapidly sho cleaned up matters at home. Tho i kindergarten was dropped at tho end , of tho quarter Thon whon hor first I Installment arrived from London, sho began buying her outfit, and after her through tho stores trailed Maynnrd Talbot, admiring but fearful. Thoy grow to bo pals during thoso days They pored over section maps togeth er, and visited all manner of rnllroad onicos and outfitting plnces. They read up on grazing and wheat culture, they discussed now styles In silos mi well as riding boots. Polly wanted to start In on a heavy basis, but Talbot advised caution until thriy hnd bo como accustomed to tho country and Its needs. "It's too bad you'ro going to tnko n placo of your own," she said, ono day. "I'd llku you to manngo initio for mo, jou know." "I'll do It nnywny," Maynnrd prom ised, as ho lounged on tho sand nt her feet They had strolled far out along tho lako Bhoro until tho big sand (Iuiicb lured them to rest. "I'll got a place next to yours." "Will you, Mr. Tnlbot? Truly?" Polly looked at him earnestly. "I think you'vo beon so nlco to me over bIiico you came, and I must hnvo seemed a terrible nulsanco to you." "A very precious responsibility," said Maynnrd, smiling up nt her. "I told you the firm back homo I'd look after your Interests." "Had you ever seen my picture?" "Never. I wish I hnd ono of you this minute as you look now." Polly looked at him roflcrtlvoly. oven suspiciously. No ono had over paid her compliments bofore. "Do you llko tho way I look, Mr. Talbot?" curiously. Mnuard was silent a full mlnuto. Ho looked at her until sho turned hor eyes away from him, and thon his hand closed tightly over hcra as It rested bosldo him on tho sand. And Polly laughed, a rippling nervous lit tlo laugh. "Oh, Bay It quick," Bho whispered. "1'vo always wondored whnt men And to say. They seem such big over grown, awkward, helpless boyB, you know " "Do thoy?" said Maynard grimly. He sat up and took her In his arms. "Well, I'm not going to say anything." Sho closed her eyes aB ho bent his head and kissed her. It was almost worth being a girl without charm to find your first kiss given to tho ono man you loved, sho thought. "Now listen. Wo will bo married hero, go on to Alberta and choose our placo, thon crosB ovor to England in tlmo for tho Christmas holidays. Wo owo somo sort of decent acknowledgment to Undo Robert." Polly sat up very erect. "To whom?" Ho looked thoroughly amused. "Undo Robert, I said. Do you mind, dear? I'm tho next of kin. I was on my way west anyway, and decided to tnko a look for myself nt tho llttlo seventeenth degree Ameri can cousin. I didn't know I was to find my Lady Polly. And I feared if you knew tho whole truth at once, you'd bo on your dignity with mo, and wo wouldn't bo good friends at nil. Don't you know?" Polly covered her faco with both her hands. "Oh, It takes away all tho fun of our starting out weBt together," sho cried, "and and being pals." Talbot held her close In his arma. "It doesn't do anything of tho sort, you Billy child." ho laughed. "Wo'll bo married at onco. Say yes, Polly. Polly? Hear mo?" Polly nodded her head. (Copyright. 1913. by tho McCluro News paper Syndicate ) Fostering Spirit of Criticism. Many persons aro too Inclined to say unkind things simply bocnuso they happen to bo near acquaintances or relatives to ono nnother. Remem ber tho words of Oliver Wendell j Holmes: i "Do n not flatter yourself that rcla- tlonshlp entitles you to say unkind ' things to your lntlmntes. Ho goes on to show that wo get enough unkind criticism from outside, and should rccelvo only help and sup- to port from thoso In Immediate touch ' with us. . all conceit, really tho common know better" fallacy. Glass-Making an Old Trade. Each country has Us distinctive types of glass, hut It requires special and well-trainod perception to toll tho difference between somo of tfye Eng lish nnd Irish specimens of tho last century, and tho careful copies which aro now being mado of them In European factories. Tho lattor. how ovor. can gerornlly bo known by their greater wliltonofls nnd lightness of weglht Waterford glass Is now tho most sought after by collectors, but equally beautiful pieces wero mado in tho Cork and Dublin glnfis housos. Glass-making can bo traced back for about 2,300 years to tho people who lived on the eastern shores of tho Mediterranean, but Its origin has nover really boon fixed Its lngro dlonts aro Btlll tho namo, and tholr proportions soom to havo vurlcd very little. Silica and an alkali, that 1b quartz, or flint, nnd potash, or soda, aro still used. Possible Explanation. "I nover could understand why peo ple dock their horsos' tails," said Dubblolgh. "High cost of living," said Jorrocks. "Got to dock something, theso times." Harper's Weekly. MR. WILSON'S PRIVATE SECRETARY to bo controlled, bo far nB tholr votos tho members of tho machine. Governor Wilson was attracted to reached him regarding his ability ns GOV. DUNNE'S TIP Somo ono, qulto Innocently ana well-intentioned, endoavorcd to apply a whisk broom to Govornor Dunuo of Illinois tho other day whon ho wasn't expecting It It wns a Bight to boo him loap away nnd glowor do Hanco at tho lntrudor. And that "reminded him" nnd ho told It him- Belt. "I hayo como to dlsapprovo of un invited nttontlons from brush wield ots," ho snld, "ospoclaly slnco a llttlo eplsodo In a Chicago restaurant a fow wooks ngo. "Wo had dlnod well nnd paid woll, though our coffee did not cost us 35 cents a cup, and woro leaving tho placo. I Was talking to n frlond, 1 think It was Ed Rocho, when suddenly somcono confronted mo, stopped mo, and laid violent hands on mo. In ono of tho hnnds was n whisk broom. Tho broom waB swung agnlnBt my back and over my shoulders, and somo of tho whacks hurt a little. VI turned to tho husky gontlomnn and ordered a halt "'If you touch rao ngaln with that broom I told him, 'I will havo yo arrested for assault and battery.' "Tho man gazod at mo In wonder. " 'Yob, I will,' I rcpentod. 'Don't you know that tho laying on of hnnds Is enough to prefer tho chargo of assault and battery?' "Wo went along, nnd I expect tho broom boy thought I was n llttlo strong with my law. But that Is true. So If any citizen of tho Btato Is attacked by persons with brooms, sooklng 'tips' for services which aro not wautod, thoy may fall back on assault and battery if thoy llko." SENATOR NELSON ROUNDS OUT 70 YEARS 1 1 . life ,-V of much moro than ordinary interest, nnd in Bovoral respects unlquo. Tho story of his llfo has many of tho Ballont features of a romanco, Including tho plcturetquo and unusual. Born on a llttlo farm near tho City of Borgen. in tho southwestern part of Norway, ho accompanied his widowed mothor to America when six yenrs old. Tho family was practically penniless. SENATOR VARDAMAN OF MISSISSIPPI James K. Vardaman, ox-govornor of MlHBlsippl. and now Bonator-oloct frum that state to succeed Lo Roy Percy, Is opposed to taking anything out of politics. In tho courso of nn interview n few days ago, tho tariff question camo up Senr.tor Vardaman Bald ho believed that tho question would bo taken up at tho beginning of tho ses sion of tho Incoming congross and slight changes mado In tho prosont schedule To what extent tho revision of tho tariff would go tho sonator was not propnrcd to Btnto. Ho Htatcd, however, that ho bellovod tliat tho tariff Bhould bo rovised schodulo by schedulo, and that whatever :hangc3 nru necussnry Bhould bo mndo as hooii after tho convening of congross as possible. "Senator, do you favor a tariff comnilB8lo(n in order, if possiblo, to take tho 'tariff question out of poli tics?" asked tho roportor. "No air, I do not bollovo In tho I do not bcllovo !u taking anything J. P. Tumulty, President-elect Wil son's private sccrotary, wao born In Jersey City on May B, 1879. Ho cornea from a family which lived In Jorsey City ovor half a century, tho greater part of which tlmo thoy havo hcon promlnont politically. His father. Philip Tumulty, was a member, of tho assembly In 1SS7 and 1888. Mr. Tumulty, tho younger, ro eolved his political training In tho old Bob Davis Bchool In Jorsey City, whoro ho lonrned tho machine Bldo of tho political gamo, tho knowledgd of which has mndo him so valuahlo an aslstant to Mr. Wilson, who has mado wnrraro on this kind of politics slnco his election to tho governor ship of New JerBoy. Mr. Tumulty was olected to tho lower houso or tho Now Jeraoy legis lature In 1007, and Borvod four terms. Ho was n inombor of that trio of In dependent .Democrats in the legisla ture who would not allow themselves on bills woro concerned, by Davis or Mr. Tumulty by tho reports which nn orator and dobator. AGAINST "TIPS" Sonntor Knuto Nolson of Minne sota, ono of tho most picturesque fig ures In tho United Stntes sonato, and likewise ono of tho most lnfluontlal of tho Republican mombers of that body, colobrnted his seventieth birth day February 2. Senator Nolson. whoso present term will expire, March 4, has Just boon ro-oloctod by tho Minnesota logtslaturo for another tonn of six years. In tho noxt con gress ho will rank among tho vet erans of tho sonato In point of serv ice ns well as ago. Of. tho ontlro membership of tho senate as It will bo constituted nfto" March 4 only two mombers Lodgo of Massachusetts and Porklns of Cali fornia will havo soon longer sorvlco in tho upper houso t,han tho senior senator from Minnesota. Both Sen ators Lodgo and Perkins camo to tho sonato In 1893, two years beforo Sen ator Nelson mado his appearance. Tho careor of Senator Nolson Is tariff commission," Bald tho senator, "for out of politics than can bo Uopt in." I sJBItN Sfts Akb Hh& ilKv &mF 1iikILv v u ssNB--v .. axjJJ jmMBBW h H 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 BMi 1 B mDBBt " Ki8m-M i "5- B9Rr i Su&n' Jb? i$aSBBlBr