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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 10, 1913)
WILSON President Wilson ha3 tnndo hlmsolf qulto popular with the newspaper correspondents In Washington Tlio other day this photograph of the president and his "newspaper cabinot" was taken on tho south lawn of tho White House grounds MAD CROESUS DYING Eccentric New York Yachtsman Was Generous Giver. Hermet of Magnificent Vessel Kept His Woll Paid Crew in Contin ual Turmoil Ready to Sail But Never Started. New York, N. Y. The weird careor ef McEvers Bayard Drown Is drawing to a close. Ho is nn eccentric million aire Now Yorker, who for twenty-four years has led a grotesque existence aboard his magnificent yacht, tho Val freya, anchored In Brightllngsea har bor. The doctors say ho is critically ill and likely to die, Bays on London correspondent of tho Now York Eve ning World. The squirt gun, with which ho glee fully shot icy water Into the ears of sleeping sailors, tho thick sticks with which ho belabored long suffering members of the crow and the iron po ker with which ho has long delighted to thump tho second engineer have all been laid asldo. Tho beggars who for years have gone out In boats to tho Vnlfreyn end wheedled money from her strange owner with tales of Imaginary Urea in their homes, tho death of children that never existed and the untimely demise of cows and horses that had no existence save in fnncy, are now forbidden to board the yacht. Brightllngsea In despoudent over tho prospect of losing tho odd char acter who has been free with his money, after a wildly caprlcous fash ion, for more than two decades. Twenty-four years ago the Valfreya. then spick and span and new, an , chored in tho mouth of tho Colno, a little river emptying into tho sea at tho Essex coast. A now maator from Brightllngsea was hired with the un derstanding that he must be forover ready to set sail at once, though, ho was told, it was hardly likely that the anchor ever would bo lifted again. At first a crew of forty-threo men was kept aboard the yacht Now only half a dozen aro there. The yacht is crusted inches thick with barnacles today. Tho master has prospered. He owns thrco tugboats and bouses in the town. But those who know Mr. Brown's peculiarities say ho has earned tho monoy. Word long ago reached Brightllng sea that tho yacht owner's father was the late Alexander Speers Brown, a very wealthy Now Yorker, and that he was a grandson ot tho late Robert Bayard. It -was said his cousins, W. Bayard Cutting and U. Tulton Cutting of New York, managed his estato in America, sending him tho Income, which he spont or gave away on the Valfreya. He paid his sailors unheard of prices, with the stipulation that they should never complnln of treatment received. He got great fun out of catch ing men alone and unawares and beat ing thom with sticks. At other times ho would invite tho whole crew to drink alo with him and, after the draught had been disposed of, would fall to right and left, with hie cudgel, beating the men until, weary and laughing, he would sink Into a sent. Ho particularly dollghtcd to beat Becpnd engineers with iron pokers These strange propensities on his pait made It difficult to keep men aboard tho yacht despite the ridiculously high wages paid. He also loved to empty buckotB of water on sailors as they slept and ho had a two-quart syrlngo of tin with which he squirted water into the ears of men slumbering soundly in their bunks. Sometimes all night long he would prance about the decks on all fours mewing llko a cat. For a period he Imagined ho and tho ship had been surcharged with electricity and at uu other time had the hallucination that "blue dovlls" had stolon hlo lungs. On some occasions ho would admit beggars who carao In boats, but as often as otherwise would stand at tho rail and pelt those In tho boats with potatoes and cabbages, berating them with his tongue meanwhile Ho gavo parks to several towns on tho Essex coast and also has long maintained several libraries. AND HIS "NEWSPAPER - Mr. Brown is a powerfully built man with a Jot black beard and tierce countenance. Ho Is known to tho Brighton folks as a woman hater. HERRING DIE IN FROZEN DAY Over Two Trillion of Their: Are Cought By a Sudden Freeze-Up In Alaskan Waters, Klawack Bay, Alaska. Probably the greatest fish killing ever known took placo hero on Prince of Wales island a short time ago, when at ono stroke It is estimated that 2,000,000,000,000 good sized herring lost their lives. Captv Simon Brounn and the of ficers of the steamship Northland had tho remarkable experience of navigat ing their vessel through miles of tho dead fish. For three days tho bay had been full of schools of horrlng oo denso that fish wero often thrown out of tho water. A day before tho Northland arrived a sudden freezo caught tho herring In tho nnrrow necked harbor beforo they could escape. Tho freezo came with groat sudden ness, and about six inches of lco form ed on the harbor. Millions of tho her hlng could be seen fighting for a last desperate chance of getting out ot tho Inclosed water before frozen. When Captain Brunn arrived with tho Northland tho tide had receded, nnd for 20 to 50 feet on tho beach, and for several hundred feet out into tho water for threo miles around tho har bor lay tho frozen flsh. Measurements wero mado, and It was found that tho herring lay tightly packer for in aver ago of thrco foot. Tho greatest chance in tho world for obtaining fresh fish without a bit of work was lost. Tho cannery pooplo took all they could, but the Northland was not equipped to carry them. Tho fear now is that an epi demic of diseaso may break out follow ing the decay of the dead fish. WOMAN BRAVE New York's Only Example Has Re pulsed Burglar Believes "We're Good as Men." Now York. Now York's only wom an "night watchman" Is distinctly pret ty. Her fair hair curls softly under her gold lettered cap and her blue eyes are so dark as to bo almost black. Her clear color and tall figure aro n heritage from her Swedish ancestors, and there is Viking quality, too, In her courage. "I'm not nfraid," she says simply. "Any woman would mako as good a watchman as a man if she had his nerve. I took it up after ray husband died, so I could havo a homo for my UUlo girl. If I went out to work she would be alone, but now when sho comes homo from school I am here." Tho little girl is rather a big littlo girl, for although Mrs. Astrld Wolfe is not thirty, her daughter Lillian Is ten. "Whon I Hr3t took chargo of this studio building I didn't know quite what my work would be, but the own er wanted a woman on duty at night, because tboro nre several ladles liv ing alone in tho studios. I am hero in case they should bo taken ill, but I havo never had to do nnythlng for any of them excopt to crawl down the tire cscnpo and get tho cat that ono of them locked In her studio and for got when oho went away for a week. "Tho two or three encounters that I havo had with men havo not boon serious. When tho house was being remodeled tho fence next door at the back was torn down, and three young men came in ono night and sat on the steps. I went over and told thom they wo.uld have to move, because I know I would be held responsible for anything that happened while tho fonco was down and tho people wore away. " 'What right havo you got to ask us to move?' ono of them asked. 'Wc'ro going to etay right hero.' "'No you are not,' I said, and I took hold of his collar and Jerked him up to. his foot. Ho started to strike back at me, but I pulled'out tho police man's whlstlo that I wear around my nock, and thby ran off in a hurry. A burglar that I caught trying to get CABINET" FIRST SOUTH POLE PAPER OUT Editor of the Blizzard Sends Wireless Greetings Throughout the World, but Complains of Circulation. Melbourne. Tho editor of tho Ade Ho Blizzard sonds wireless greeting to his newspnpor contemporaries the world over. Tho Blizzard, which Is printed in Adellelnnd, tho hendquartcra of Dr. Mawson, tho Antarctic explorer, has Just mado Its bow to tho public. Horo after It will bo printed at tho head quartern of tho explorer. It will be printed onco a month, and will give all tho news of tho Antarctic conti nent. Tho editor says that the first num bor, which was ot 20 pages, was a. great success, exce'pt for tho fact that tho circulation was limited, aa every body except tho seals and penguins had gone Into winter quarters. Tho memhers of tho Mawson pnrty, the editor of tho Blizzard sayo, aro al most snowed up in their huts, but aro all healthy and able to attend to .the scientific Instruments, which aro work ing in nn olliclcnt manner. PSYCHE KNOT IS LIFE SAVER Woman's Hair Stops Bullet Fired by Her Husband and She Will Recover. Boston. William Mahoney shot his wife twice in their homo at 24 Spring street, Cambridge, and then ended his own life. Returning homo at 7:00 a. m., Ma honey found tho door locked, and when his spouse did not open it promptly ho broke it down. Then ho' entered and fired at his wife. Tho bullot struck Mrs, Mahoney in tho back of tho head, but was Impeded by her hair, which nad boon dono up In n tight knot behind. The 'shot pen etrated her scalp, hut her Psycho knot Is believed to havo saved her life. At the hospital It was said she would probably recover. NIGHT WATCH Into tho houso whero I was care taker uptown did striko mo, and dis located my shoulder. It pnlns mo still sometlmos. but It hasn't made mo afraid. "Women would make good watch men In almost any building, aB far as I can see. 1 should be quite willing to take chargo of nn olllco building. The scrubwomen aro there nearly all night, and even when they are not there is no danger if you are not afraid. Women caretakers am verv mnnii needed now In tho Bubwny and elevated i women's dressing rooms. Men never I get anything clean. They slop a lit- i tlo dirty water about nmt nov.r inni.- i . to seo if tho dirt Is gone. Women i srrn- !.,,.,... ...... I -.--. nirel.iuu mm policewomen would not be a bad thing, either." ELECTRIC SHOCK NOT FATAL1 John Bancroft, Before Coroner's Jury, Allows 110 Volts to Pass Through Body. Wilmington, Dol. To demonstrate to a coroner's Jury that U0 volts of electricity aro not sufficient to kill a man, John Bnncroft, wealthy vice president of the Joseph Bancroft A; Sons company, permitted that qunn tlty of electricity to paha through his body in full view of the Jury and did not so much as wink. The case in progress wn3 thnt of William Stewart, a youth, who was electrocuted In tho Bancroft com pany's plant a week ago. He was holding an electric light globe on an oxtouslon corn whon he was killed. The same light nnd cord wero produced and attached to a socket and Mr. Bancroft, after tho fix ture had been tu'en apart, formed a circuit and let tho no volts pats through his body. Exports testi fied It Is an everyday occurrence for electrical workers to receive 550 volts without III effect. Two physicians testified that Stewart died from eloctrlc shock, Respite tho testimony of tho exports and Mr. Bancroft's exhi bition, and the Jury returned a vordlct I iu mo uiiuti umi aiowart h death wu causeu oy an electrical shock. SOME EXCELLENT SUGGESTIONS ON GRAFTING FRUIT AND NUT TREES Farmer Who Does Not Thoroughly Understand the Operation Is Badly Handicapped in His Farm Management Affords Some Keen Enjoyments of Agricultural Life. By ISAAC MOTKSl Tho man who doesn't . understand how to graft successfully Is badly handicapped in his farm operations, especially If bo has nn orchurd ot fruit trees nnd a grove of nut treo3, nnd ho Is missing somo of tho keenest enjoyments of agricultural life. The farmer who can do grafting and make his trocs llvo can build up n lino orchard with very littlo oxponso for trees, nfter onco gottlng a few speci mens ot ench variety of nursery bought treea to live, for most troes uro benefited by liberal pruning, and some will be better If cut back to a point near the graft for tho first three or four years. Somo trees aro qulto o.ponsle, and It takos n lot of money to build up a lnrge orchard of them. And I ho moro varied tho assortment of trees In your orchard tho moro neces sary Is It thnt you know how to graft In nn expert manner, for somo of tho troes, such ns pear, Japanese persim mon nnd pecan, will be found more difficult to graft than others, and It takes nn expert to get results with some of them. It means much for tho Improvement of our native nnd exotic fruit and nut trees thnt overy f armor should be nn expert at grafting, for by this means ho exporlmonts by grafting dif ferent 8pcclus upon ench other, there by creating many now nnd vnlunblo hybrids. It is by export grnftlng that all the delicious peaches, apples, pears, .pecans nnd other valuable fruits havo boon originated and improved. It Is becauso Mr. Burbunk Is nn oxport "grafter" that ho has been enabled to nccompllsh such wonderful things In tho croution of now fruits nnd vege tables. Ono reason tho pnper sholl pecan Industry In tho south doesn't grow any faster thnn It does, considering the wonderful possibilities for success In this branch of horticulture, is that so few farmers understand grnftlng, but must dopend on nurseries for these trees, some of which 30II for moro than a dollar each,' nnd then nftor they aro planted n good many die, nnd tho buyer becomes somowhnt dis couraged, whon If ho wero expert nt grafting ho could soon 1111 vacant places In his orchnrd with his own grafts taken from such of his trees ns wero living, to bo placed upon hick ory or nntlvo seedling paean stocks. It Is In trying to got a start with some sensitive tree llko tho pecan, whero grafting is dlfllcult, nnd whero many grafted trees from nursorlos fall to live when planted by tho purchasers, that wo soo tho necessity for ovory fnrmor's understanding how to do his own grafting. Most of tho early horticulturists did their grafting In tho Into winter, Just beforo tho buds began to swell, nnd as a result very many of tho grafts novor "took" and mndu trees, bocause, on account of tho unfavorable condi tions tho continuance of cool weath er theso grafts might remain there anywhere from a week to two or threo weeks boforo tho weather got warm enough to forco tho bud3 out, with evaporation going on nil tho time; but now tho Intelligent nurseryman nnd fruit growers graft thoso most sensi tive treea in summer, whon tho sap Is (lowing up freely In tho stocks. Tho grafting wood Is cut In tho win tor nnd kept dormant until Juno or July, then ns tho sap In lowing stead ily up In the stocks to food tho green foliage and tender, growing twigs, It Immediately forces tho buds on tho graft to open, whon Joined to thoso Btpcks, and starts tho now twig to growing. Tho winter cuttings are kept dor mant by storing thom In,nn lco houso, In sawdust, whero tho temperature Is low enough to koop tho buds from swelling, and whero there Is n, little moisture to keep them from gottlng too dry. In tho north whore so many farmers havo lco houses on tholr farms where they store lco In winter for uso during tho heated season, It Is very easy to keep theso cuttings dormant. In tho south somo nursery ment who do a great deal ot summer grnftlng bury these winter cuttings In tho ground In Jnnuaiy or February, thus keeping thom allvo nnd yet with out giving the buds a chanco to swell. There are many ways of budding nnd grafting trees, but Intelligent hor ticulturists hellevo thnt root grafting gives a larger porcoutago of living trees, especially with Uioko rather difficult to mako live. Any good meth od of Joining may bo followed, for root grafting means only that tho stock is cut below tbo nurfaco of tho ground. Whllo early spring graft ing Is not recommended as strongly nn summer grnftlng, yet if iho early spring grafting Ih dona you will get a huge.- percentage of fifing trees by grafting onto tho roots or upon stocks boneath tho surface of tho ground. Somo orchnrdlstH dig the stock entire ly out of tho ground, nnd by having It up in their hands thoy can mnko n moro accurate Joining of tho graft with tho slock, getting the cambium lnyors exactly opposlto each other. liesidos It Is more convenient to wrap tho graft after tho Joining has boon ef fected. Also in this way thoy can cut off large lateral toots, If desired, nnd get llvo, six or perhaps a dozon roots largo onough to graft upon, thus gottlng a numbor of trees from ono large stock and Its toot system. This Ib possible only in early spring graft ing, for in midsummer tho stock must of courso not bo dug up, but should bo cut oft nn Inch or so bolow tho sur face of tho ground. , Tho nctunl joining of stock nnd scion may bo by tho tongue grafting mothod, groove grafting, cloft graft ing, split grafting, slip grafting, crown grafting or splice grafting. Tho best kind to uso will dopend upon, whethor your stocks nro larger thnn tho scions, or of equal sleo. If tho stock Is larger than tho scion It would bo bettor to uso tho cloft or split graft, but It tho scion nnd stock nro about tho same slzo perhaps tho best method would bo by tho splleo graft. In this tho stock nnd scion nro cut with n long obliquo nnd equally slanting fnco, so that when tho faces nro brought to gether tho treo will point directly up ward. It will bo best to have a littlo shoul der nt tho upper end of tho slant on tho Btock; that Is, cut about n half inch of tho upper slanting side of tho stock squarely off, tlion cut a square offset on tho side or tho scion nt tho upper end of tho obliquo, slanting cut. Let tho offsot ho ns doep ns tho shoul der on the upper part of tho stock, so the two will fit snugly togethor, with the two cambium layers exactly oppo site hero, as well aa down tho slanting fnens pressed against each other. Whon tho grafting 1b dono on n stock below tho surface of tho ground vory little wrapping with wnxod cloth or otherwise Is necesunry, but a littlo cotton twine may bo wrapped around tho graft where tho Joining was mado. or two very small rubbers may bo placed around this spliced Joining ta koop It well pressed together. 1'usli tho rubbers down ovor tho stock, muku tho cuts :uid tho Joining ami then work tho two rubbers up around tho spliced placo. The scion should bu not moro than four Inches long A Fine Shade Tree With it Decayed Trunk Which Has Been "Filled" In Order to Preserve It. A Good Way to Save Shade Trees. and with not over two buds upon It, with tho upper bud within an Inch ol tho upper end of tho scion. Tho cut pluce at the top ot tho scion should bo painted or contod with tar to koop moisture out until tho placo heals over. After the grafting Is ciono and the, spliced plnco Is wrapped with cord or fastened togethor with rubbers the dirt should be pneked around tho trees to a lovel with tho lower pnrt of tho splice, and around the splice up almost to tho last bud on tho scion should bo gently pressed a littlo ball of soft, adhoslvo clay. Then tho dirt mny bo drawn still further up around this ball of clay, making a littlo hill. Tho clay should bo kopt moistened woll for a wcolc or moro, If tho grnftlng hne boon dono In tho summer, until you nro sure tho graft Is going to llvo. Usq an ordlnnry hand sprinkler, molston Ing tho grafts six or seven times o day for the first threo or four days then If tho buds open quickly nnd look greon and frosh gradunlly diminish the amount of water glvon thom and the frequency of tho application, but If tho woather keeps warm nnd dry thoy would hotter bo sprinkled onco a day, preferably In tho early morning, fot four or llvo weeks nfter tho Joining was mado. It Is said that the secret of success Is tho taking ot Infinite pains, and surely In no other kind of work is this so true as of grafting tender, ex otic fruit nnd nut troes upon hardy seedling stocks. Hut If tho proper process Is thoroughly mnstored it may become no mechnnlcal, so much n mat ter of routine, than It can bo dono thus carefully almost ns easily ns If dono carelessly, with hut littlo thought to small but Important details. (CopyrlRht. 1913) Sell Eggs by Weight. Rggs flhauld never ho sold by tho dozon; this Is fair nclthor to the buy er nor tho seller. Thoy vary too much In slo to bo correctly estimated hy tho dozen. Sell your eggs by wolght If you wish to have satisfied cunloniBrs and get tho value of tho eggs. For Better Cantaloupes. When cantuloupo vinos uro about two feet long pick off tho ends of tho vinos. This will Induce freo branch ing and lioavlor and better fruitlug. Infant Hygiene at School. Out In Clovolaud 17 trained nursoi aro now giving lessons In infant hy glono to tbo girl pupils attending 15 publta schools. It Is reported that tho girls havo shown an Intonso and do llghtcd Interest In tho lessons, absorb ing ongorly all thnt relates to tho proper caro ot bablos. This kind ot Instruction In tho public schools repre sents something moro nnd bettor than tho activity ot taddlstn. America, like othor countries, has a very largo In fant donth rate. Thousands ot Infanta die annually bocauao they havo not re ceived proper caro. It Is easily con ceivable thnt Uio proper training ot girls might savo tho lives of many bablcB. Remains of Old Civilization. Scattorcd throughout tho Caroltno Islands, notably at Ponnpu and Lolo.nro mnsslvo ruins, ono of a sort ot Venice, whoso origin Is wrappod In mystery. Hundreds of ncres In somo localities aro covered by tho remains of walls, canals and earthwork ot a stupendous character. Thoro are old roads paved with stono blocks, nnclent stone plat forms, nnd. on tho lagoons ruins ot what wore onco fish wolrs. Tho Is lands offer u rich Hold tor tho nrohuo loglst The Right Dope. "Oh, aoorgel" wailod Mrs. Do Fluff. "Fldo has Just been run ovor by a taxi! What on earth shall I do?" "Humph!" replied her unsympa thetic hubby, "you'd bettor sontl for a taxl-dormtst." LEWIS' Single Hinder ciaar.i nmokrd by mow men who havo boon smoking loo cipnrH thnn any other Co cii;ar on tha market. Adv. A Common Crop. "Aro you raising auything In your suburban garden this spring?" "Oh, yes; a lot ot criticism." Water in bluing N adulteration. OI.iiwi nnd water innkci liquid blue coatly. liuy Hod Oo Hall lllue, ninkes clothes whiter thnn now. Adv. A Distinction. Stella No man Is roaly IndlspenBB bio, you know. Uclla llut somo man Is. Mrm WlnatoTrs flootttlnir Byrnp for ChtMnw teethlug, f trni tho gum, reduco liiflnmun.-' tlon,llo;u paln.ourea wlu J eolloio n botlleJU Whatsoever n man reaps somo other follow probably planted. Shortly nftor mnrrlngo mnny a man discovers what real happiness was . j FOUND HEALTH Would not give Lydia E.Pink horn's Vegetable Compound for All Rest of Medicine in tho World. UUca, Ohio. "I suffered o'-rythlnsj from n female weakness after baby camo. l had numb spells and waa dizzy. :'; had b)ack spots be foro my eyc3. mv back ached and 1 was so weak I could hardly stand up. My faco was yellowy ovon my fingernails woro colorless and I had'displacement I took Lydia E. Pink ham's Vocrotnblo Compound nnd now I nm stout, woll and healthy. I can do all my own work and can walk to town and bach and not got tired. I would not glvo your Vegetable Compound for nil tho rest of tho medl clncs In tho world. I trlod doctor's med icines and thoy did mo no good." Mrs. Maky Eaklewihe, R.P.D. No.3, UUca, Ohio. Another Case Nobo, III. "I was bothered for tea years with fomalo troubles and tho doc tors did not holp mo. I was so weak and XierVOUS tlmt I COUld not ln mv mnrlr I and ovory month I had to spend a fow .mj.b iii ucu, a icuuou uiuuy luuurs auout Lydia E. Plnkhnm'a Vegetable Com pound curing femnlo troubles that I got n bottle of It It did mo moro good than any thing clso I ovor took and now it has cured me. I feel better than I havo for years and tell ovcrylnxly what' Uin Compound has dono for me. I believe I would not bo living to-day but for that." Mrs. IlETTfa Gkeenstueet, Nobo, Illinois. The Wretchedness of Constipation Can quickly bo overcome by CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. 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