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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1913)
'C J -- - . ,1. "' -- i i t w -1 j. ' SouethinG irnuONEs iDEFINITION OF TRUE FRIEND 'Trlpls Alliance of the Three Great Powers, Love, Sympathy and Help Other Versions. Tho first person who comes In whon the wholo world has gone out, A bank, of credit on which wo can 'draw suppllos of confidence, counsel, 'sympathy, help and lovo. Ono who combines for you alike tho plaasures and benetlta of society and solitude. ' A Jewel whoso luster tho strong melds of poverty and mlsfortuno can not dim. Ono who multiplies Joys, divine j&Hefs, and whoso honey in lnvlo 'lable. Ono who loves tho truth and you and will tell tho truth in splto of 'you. Tho triple alllanco of tho three great I powers, Lovo, Sympathy and Help. A watch which beats truo for all 'tlmo and never runs down., " A permanent .fortification whon vcno'a. affairs arc in a state of siege. One who to himself la truo, and therefore must be so to you. A balnnclng polo to him who walks across tho tight rope of life. Tho link in llfo'a long chain that bears the greatest strain. A harbor of refuge from the stormy waves of adversity. Ono who cbnsldera my need before my doservlngs. The Jewel that shlne3 brightest in tho darkness. " A stimulant to the nobler side of our nature A volume of sympathy bound in cloth. A diamond In tho ring of acquaint ance, - " ""A star of hopo In the cloud of-adver-city. " INDOOR GAME FOR CHILDREN Rhyming Lights Is Easily Understood and Affords Opportunity for Think ing Faculties. Rhyming lights Is an excellent game, besides being so slmplo that it can " l)o understood by even the sniallest children, It exercises tho thinking fac ulties of all. Ono of the players thinks of a word f which must bo guessed by tho others; and In order to help them discover tho word she tells them tho name of the word that rhymes with It. For In stance, wo will suppose that "book" ,. Is tho word thought of; tho leader or player who thinks of the word tells ' the others that it rhymes with "look." Each player Is then allowed to ask a question, tho question and aiYswers being something like the following: "Is it running water?" "No, it's riot a brock." "Is It something belonging to a shep herdess?" "No, It's not a crook." "Is It the name of something upon which wo hang our clothes?" "No, it's not n hook. "Is It a cozy corner?" "No, it's not a nook." "Is it used in school?" -. "Yes, it is a book." PUZZLE OF SANDWICH MEN One Must Devote Time to Study What Is Supposed to Be Adver tised In tho Signs. ;- These sandwich men are all mixed up. Can you put their -signs In the Sandwich Men Puzzle. .right order so as to show what they are supposed to advertise? When properly arranged tho signs of tho sandwich men read as follows: "Big Show Tonight." About Finger Nails. A white mark on the nail bespeaks misfortune. Pule or lead colored nails Indicate molnnchoty people. People with narrow nails aro.ambl tlous and quarrelsome. Broad nails Indlcato a gentle, timid, and bashful nature. Lovers of knowledgo and liberal sen. tlment have round nails. Small nulls Indicate littleness of mind, obstinacy, and conceit. - Choleric, martial men, delighting In war, have red and spotted nails. 1 Peoplo with very pale nails are sub ject to much infirmity of tho flesh, and pcrbecutlon by neighbors and friends. , An Explanation. SchoQlma'nm Now, I want all the . jchlldron to look at Tommy's hands and observe how clean they are and see If ;all of. you cannot come to school with cleaner hands. Tommy, perhaps, will tell us how he keeps them so nice. . Tommy Yes'm. Ma makes mo wash the breakfast dishes every morning. ;Puck. TWO CLOCKS START IN RACE Puzzle la to Find Out Whether Time piece of Grandfather Started Ahead of the Alarm. Yestordny morning two clocks started a race. Tho alarm clock went so fast that it Rained ono mlnuto an hour, while grandfather's clock ran so slow that It lost two minutes nn hour. Tho picture shows tho alarm clock to bo ono hour ahead nt the fin ish. But who can toll tho hour when tho raco started? Qrandfathor'B clock lost Iwo min utes every hour and tho alarm clock gained ono mlnuto every hour, bo It Is evident that tho alarm clock in every hour's time gained three minutes upon tho other. Thoroforo," In twenty hours It gain ed sixty minutes and from tho picture Clock Race-Puzzle. wo saw that tho race must have been on for twenty hours. During tho twenty hours tho alarm clock gained twenty minutes upon correct time. Twenty hours previous to twenty minutes of 8 is eleven hours and forty minutes, or twenty minutes of 12 In tho morning of the day boforo-Hho time whon the race started, HIGHEST AND LOWEST POINTS Mount Whitney Is 14,501 Feet Above Level of Sea Point In Death Val ley la 276 Below. The maximum dlfforonco in oleva tlon of land in the Unltcdstates Is 14, 777 feet, according to the United States geological survey. Mounl Whitney, the highest point, 14,501 feel abovo sea level, and a point in Death valley Is 27C feet below sea level These two points, which are both in California, are less than 90 miles apart This difference is small, how ever, as compared with tho figures foi Asia. Mount Everett rises 29,002 feel abovo oca level, whereas tho shores of the Dead sea are 1,290 feet below sea level, a total difference In land heights of 30,292 feet. Mount Everett has never been climbed. Tho greatest ocean dopth yot found Is 32,088 fee at a point about 40 miles north of tho island of Mindanao, in the Philippine Island.. Tho ocean bottom at this1 point Is therefore more than 114 miles below tho summit of Mount Everest. Tho difference In tho land heights in Europe Is about 15.8G8 feet OLD SPELLING SCHOOL TRICK One of theMost Interesting and Puz zling of Deceptions Which Can Be Done With Cards. Tho "old spelling school" trick is one of the most interesting and baffling oi tho many which can bo dono with cards. All the cards in any suit are required for tho trick, which consists In "stacking" tho thirteen cards In such a manner that"wuen held in the hand, face down, and changing a card from top to bottom, with each letteT spelling the number or name of the card, tho one desired will come out in regular order. One comes first, then two, and so on to Jack, queen, king. In placing tho cards In position the fourth from tho top of tho pack ub hold In tho hand, face down, must bo the ace, o-n-e; the eighth, tho two spot Who can tell how to arrange tho re maining oleven cards so that, placing a card at bottom for each letter three, four, five, up to tho king, como out? It will bo noted fifty-two letters nra required to spell the numbers and names of all the cards In a suit. RIDDLES. Why are real friends Hko ghosts? They are often-heard of, but seldom seen. ' ' When Is a sick man a contradic tion? When he is an impatient patient When Is coffee like tho earth? When it is ground. When Is a baby like a breakfast cup? , , When it is a tea thing (teething). What roof covers tho most noisy tenant7 , The roof-of tho mouth. When Is a sermon llko a round shot? When It oomer from a cannon's mouth. - When does a leopard, chango his spots? , When ho moves from ono spot to another. Why Is a cigar loving man like a tallow candle? Hccauso he will smoko when ho is going out Why Ib a watchdog blggor by night than by day? s Oecauso ho la lot out 'at night and taken in in the morning. OF Professional Adjuster and Regu lator of Things That Rattle Human Beings. By CORA A. DOt.SEN. (Copyright. 1913, by tho McCluro New paper Syndicate) "Whnt's her name?" Mnrcolla de manded. She oven turned from the mirror to staro after tho now acquisi tion to hor stepmother's household with curiosity. 'Anno Raleigh, professional adjuster and regulator of shattored nerves, households going to tho little bow wows, or any earthly thing that rattles and disturbs tho human system. Real ly, dear, I should have died last season If It hadn't been for Anno. She gave mo poise and a pcaco that oven your fathor'a llttlo" ways couldu't upset." "Wherjo did you got hor?" 'Mnrclc, you don't 'get' porsons llko Anno. You fall heir to them. Sho was giving Rosa Ashton mental punches one day nftor Roso had simply gono all to pieces over Rolly's departuro for Nevada." "He didn't got a divorce. Ho novor intended to. He only went for a few weeks' fun hunting on tho Ronault'n ranch thero." "Just exactly when Anno told her, and she proved it, and put Rose on her feet In two dayB. I hoard hor explain ing tho whole affair to Rose that day, when my own heart was noarly brokon 1 why do you laugh, Mnrcolla?" "Because, mumslo, you'ro delicious-. ly funny. Your heart Is mado of nlco soft malleable rubber. It Jimt couldn't break. The reason I asked about Miss Raleigh is this: I saw hor on tho Dlm mick yacbt, and sho was emphatically not a professional adjuster then." "Don't you dare upset my nerves .Just nftor Anno has tuned them." Mrs. Bertrand drow her pink silk klraonqcloser around her ample shoul ders and shivered. Sho oyed Marcolla expectant, but Mnrcella went calmly on rejuvenating hersolf. Four wooks on tho Dlmmlck yacht to the canal and back had not helped matters, either in regard to matrimonial possibilities, or complexion. It vaguely irritated Mrs. Bertrand-to have Marcella take both contlgencles so sorenoly. "Sho has been In town in two weeks, though." "Sho left the yacht at Charleston fin the way south." "I can't Imagine Anne being In any trouble with persons llko Tony Dim mlck and his crowd. Sho is nbovo them." 'She may bo at times" assentod Marcella. 'But I saw hor myBolf with Tony ono night out on deck after the rest of us had gono down to play brldgo,' and Tony told hor ho Blmply couldn't stand It any longer, and she would have to leave tho yacht at Charleston." Mnrcella paused. In tho mirror sho caught sight of a figure standing In tho doorway- It was Anno, qulto unper turbed by what sho had heard, and smiling. She was tall, with gray eyes, a lot of reddish gold hair, and tho cor ners of her HpB turned upward with provoking optimism. "I think I dropped my handkerchief under the table," Bhe said lightly. "And it's a pot ono. If you don't mind " Sho recovered tho lace edge bit of linen, and smiled down at Mnrcolla.. "I think wo met on tho yacht threo weeks ago, Miss Bertrand," sho said. "Did you all have a pleasant trip?" A perfectly natural flush Blowly crept over Marcella's smooth face. "Very pleasant," she answered. "Mum sle, I must leave you " "Juat a mlnuto, Miss Bertrand," said Anno.- "Did you find your diamond pendant?" "Marcella has no diamond pendant, Anno," protested Mrs. Bertrand in dis tress. "I do hope this isn't anything unpleasant." "While wo wore on tho yacht, Miss Bertrand said sho had lost a valuable diamond pendant, and Mr. Dlmmlck asked mo to fry and' recover It. I may say now that I who in tho party In n sort of professional capacity, although apparently a guest. While tho yacht lay in New York harbor Mr. Dlmmlck lost several pieces of Jewelry from his Btatcroom. His mother mlssod two rings, ono a vory unlqup Florontlno an tique Thcro were only three mem "ber3 of his party on board then. You woro ono, Miss Bertram." "Iromombcr Tony'B mentioning It," said Marcolla, her faco a trifle palo as sho mot tho other girl's eyes. "Wo located tho Florentine ring It had been Eold to a well known antique shop for about half Its value JubI be fore the boat sailed. A colored rnald was tho go-betweon." 'How perfectly dreadful!" exclaimed Mrs, Bertrand. "Did Tony suspect any one?" "Not uptll I went on tho yacht. Havo you told your mother of your engage ment, Miss Bortrnnd?" Anne nsltcd tho question coolly, mildly. Mnrcolla Blmply shook hor head, and their glances wero llko crossed swords. "Then perhaps I am Intruding. At any rato Mr. Dlmmlck told mo that you had promised to be hiB wlfo. That was tho night I agreed to leavo the yacht ftt Charleston. I liad found his mcta er'B gold chatelaine bag and n diamond ring secreted" In a pillow In one of tho berths, the lower borth, Miss Bertrand. When I told him whoso Btatcroom they woro found .In, he told me to drop tho case, and I suggested returning to Now York to avoid embarrassment, ns ho wns badly cut up over tho diEcov- "But, Anno dear, why disturb us fearfully over this affair of tho Dim mlcks?" asked Mrs. Bertrand, plain- II NERVES tivoly. "Marcolfg, why didn't you toil mo you wore engaged to Tony ?" ' I am not now," returned Marcella, Blowly. "I broko tho ongngemont tha morning nftor Miss Hnlolgh left ub. Tho stateroom was "Jio. and tho Jow Plry wn8 found in my v'How, mumslo. You may as well know Iho truth. Tony told mo himself. Th diamond pendant was mine. Tony gnj It to mo Instead of a ring tho night ho asked mo to bo Ills wlfo. It belonged to his mothor, and sho was qulto willing I should havo It Can you Imnglno what it meant to mo- to bo suddenly confront ed with this horrlblo ovldonco In my own Btntoroom? Tho rlugs nnd dla nionds wero sown Into tho pillow Itself among tho feathers In a chamlos skin pouch." "I havo tho pouch," Bald Anno. 'There wns a piece out off tho outer flap thnt folded over twlco, and fast ened with n Bnnp like a glovo. Tho Florentine ring wna wrapped In tho other ploco and I hnd It saved from tho antlquo shop in Now York. It fit ted exactly. I've enjoyed tho wholo ex perience Immensely, becnuso It was tho first caso I had over tried, don't you know"? Mr. Dlmmlck did not wnnt any professional holp. Ho felt it was a ctso oUt of tho ordinary. Tho other two mombors on board tho yacht while It lay in tho harbor hero woro Roso and Roily Ashton. Mr. Ashton loft for Novnda at almost an .hour's notlco, and lot his wlfo tako tho trip nlono be cnuso ho wna very Jealous of Tony Dlmmlck. And tho chamois pouch was ono ho used to carry a silver mounted automatic revolver in." 'Bjit you said, Anno, tho things wero sold nt tho antlquo shop by a colored maid," put In Mrs. Bertrand. "You can't think that Roso would do such a thing?" Anno raised hor oyobrows musingly nnd leaned on tho little mahogany ta ble boforo her. "A half sick, neurotic woman will do mnpy foolish things that sho docs not realize tho significance nor danger of," sho answered. "Roso was despernto and Roily shut oft hor credit whon ho loft. Sho needed plain every day cash, and she brlbodhor colored mnld to take tho ring and tbo pendant! and sell them for her. Wo hnvo tho girl, nnd Roso horsolf confessed to mo yester day. I wired for her hUBband, and sho Is going west to Join him on ft trip around tho world. Mr. Dlmmlck re fuses to presB tho caso against them. Thoy nro young nnd went tho pace too fast without money to fioat" them, but Roso 1b good at heart, and I know ovorything will como right." Sho hesitated, and watched Manil la's face.. "Tony Dlmmlck is down in tho re ception room. Will you boo him?" "Why woro thoso things put In my stateroom to lncrlminato mo, and why did ho half bollovo that I was guuty?" demanded Marcolla, hotly. "It spoiled my trip, and almoBt my life." "Won't you Just go downstairs now, and scold Tony?" Anno suggested, smilingly. "Ho would lovo to hnvo you say anything you llko. I can say, though, that the pouch waa hidden In your ,room as the safest placo from discovery. Tho mnld told that Sho was very friendly with your own maid, Delia, and rather enjoyed putting- any posslblo suspicion on you after It was known that Tony cared for you." "Do you know what I thought?" asked' Marcolla, with a suddon smile. At tho door Bho hesitated on her way down to tony. "I usod to boo you talk ing to Tony every now and then awny from tho rest, and so earnestly nnd confidentially. And then I saw you both that night boforo you loft tho yncht, and I was cortaln you woro an. old sweetheart that still held him In leash. I'm bo sorry, Anno. May I call you Anno, too?" Anno laughed, and stretched out both hor slim whlto cnpablo hands "You may call mo anything youllko, professional adjuster of anything from nerves to household accounts, and I'm doing very well at it, too, thank you." "Anne," saliPMrs. Bertrand, with a sigh of relief, when thoy woro nlono, "you are a wondor. Did you get back tho diamond pendant, tod?" "Tony has it for her now, with a nice now ring, Mrs. Bertrand," smiled Anne. 'Ithlnk I ndjusted tho affair rather neatly. Poor little Mrs. Ashton wont know sho Iuib such things ns nerves by tho time Bho has roughod all over tho world with that tall, stub born youngstor of a husband. Thoy don't btlong down horo In New York, Mrs. Bertrand. You've got to havo a good grip on yourself boforo you try tho long Btroko hero. There's too strong an undertow." Mrs. Bertrand barely heard her. Sho was' at her writing desk, turning over tho calendar leaves. 'Thoy carTbo married In Soptomber, and Tony has not leas than forty thou, sand a year from his grandfather, be sides tho tin mines, or something thoy got out of mines, up In Canada, And Marcella's twenty-seven. I think she's very fortunate, don't you, Anno, hon estly now?" Just for an Instant the flicker of a shadow passed over Anno's bright faco atf sho drew on her long'sucdo gloves, ff things had been different, If pop haps, sho had been Mnrcella Bertrand, thoso gorgeous moonlit nlghtH on the llttlo yncht bearing to southern seas, she knew what Bho would havo told Tony Dlmmlck when ho came a'court lng. But lt,had been quite dlfferont. Pro fessional adjusters havo no rights in tho courts of lovo. They belong In tho Judges' box. Anno nodded hor head. 'Very fortunato," Bho Bald, Force. of Habit. "Ib your wlfo In?" asked tho friend of the drugglBt "No," replied tho druggist nbsent mlndedly, "but I can Bhow you eoino thing Just as good." Puck. W35WD MTOFOBj MINISTER SAYS CUBA IS PROSPEROUS of ndministrntlon among tho loaders of tho liberal party is to bo oxpoctod. No political party In ny country rotlros from powor without regrot Cuba Ib no dlfforontv But that thoro will bo rovolutlon or ovon bltt'or partisan feel ing becnuso of tho election of General Monocnl, I do not bollovo. Certainly thero will bo no rovolutlon. Wo shall havo political fights, of courao, but noi bloodshed. "I'rosldont Monocal nssumeB office with tho feeling of tho utmost cor diality for tho United States. PRINCESS MARY Queen Mary has given anothor ox amplo of tho strictness of her views of proprloty. At tho snmo tlmo Bho JinB shown thnt sho is not prejudiced and Is porfoctly opon to conviction If hor views nro satisfactorily proved to bo erroneous. Tho queen Is an oxcollont and en thusiastic dancor and sho has had both tho Prlnco of Wales and Prln ccfls Mary carefully taught In this art. Hearing recontly or nn oxcollont teacher of dancing, n Mrs. Marshall, who lives In Konslngton, tho queen, after making inquiries, determined to Bond hor daughter to hor to tuko les sons. Mrs. Marshall teaches qulto young girls In tho best society. Quoon Mary gavo tho strictest in structions that hor daughter, Princess Mary, should not bo tnught or oven allowed to boo danced any of thoso modern dances which may bo grouped under two headings, tho tango and ragtlmo, any approach to which is rigidly barred from Buckingham pulnco, or any dnnco which la attended by tho quoon on account of her pnrticulnr disapproval, A fow dayB ago, however, tho dancing mistress carncttlj bogged Quoon Alary to bco somo of theso dances, assuring her of their grnco and perfect propriety. Tho quoon saw half a dozen of Mrs. Marshall's pupils dancing tho tango nnd some varieties of ragtlmo Btepa. Tho result wbb that tho qoeen freely admitted that thoro wnB nothing objectionable in what she saw nnd tho prlncoss hao bcon allowed to lenm theso dances. PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER TO WED Borvlco and is -noted for hor intenso interest n Battlement work. Mr. Saro wns born In 1885 in South Betltfohom, Pa. Ho ontorod Will lams college InlOOG nnd was manager of tho football team, Ho organized and was president of tho Good Government club and is a Y. M, C. A, worker. STEFANSSON POLAR Official ceremonies having been hold and Dr. Vllhjalmar Stofansson and pnrty sailed from Victoria, B. C, tho other day, on an exploring nnd ethnological expedition in tho Arctic on tho steamer Karluk. Tho official photographs of tho members of tho scientific staff worn taken for tho government nrchlvns nnd a luncheon was glvon to Mr. Stofansson by tho mombors of the government of British Columbia. At tho end of tho luncheon Sir Rlchurd Mclirldo, on bchnlf of tho people of British Columbia, prcsonted - to Mr 8tefan8Hon a sliver plato en graved with a suitable legend nnd containing also tho names of all tho monitors of the utuff. Doctor Anderson, who commands tho Victoria Island division, and Cap tain Bartlett pf tho Karluk also ro piled on bohalf of tho expedition, Tho Stefaiisson expedition differs from most of tho other Polar under takings In that its objects aro practical and commercial. Its pui poses nro to learn whethor n Polar contlnont exists; to map tho Islands already dlscovorod oast of tho mouth of tho Mackenzlo river; to make a collection of tho Arctic flora ond fauna; to survey tho channels among tho islands In tho hope br established trade routes. Pablo Dtsvernlno GaldoB, tho now Cuban minister, ronched "Washington' n few days ngo nnd wab officially re ceived by President "Wilson. "Cuba Is on tho highway to pcacoi nnd prosperity," Bald Mr. Qaldos. "Tho chnngu of administration wna, accomplished without tho slightest, friction, and for tho first jtlmo in tho, history of tho republic an outgoing! president handod over tha govern-, ment to n Cuban. You must rcmomi bor that when Cuba was declared In, dependent General Wood relinquished tho government to tho provisional president, Mr. Palmn, who later was elected prosldent, nnd rotlrod upon tho second intervention of tho Amor leans. Then Governor Mngoon as sumed control, to retlro whon General Gomez wns elected. "Tho Inauguration ofGenoral Men ocnl, thoroforo, mnrka a date, of his torical Importance to Cuba. That thcro should bo reurota nt a chango TO DANCE TANGO 3L . A' XT"1" President and Mru. Wilson tho other day announced through n Whlto Ilouso statement tho engagement of their daughter, Miss Jesslo Woodrow Wilson, to Francis Bowea Snyro of Lnncnstor, Pn., and Now York city. Mr. Sayro is an attorney nttachod to tho offleo of District Attorney Whit man. Tho wedding Is oxpoctod to tnko placo noxt Novombor in tho Whlto House. Whllo oIosq friends of both faml-, lies hnvo known of tho cngngomont for somo tlmo, announcement was, withheld until tho first anniversary of Mr, "Wilson's nomination ut tho Bnltl-' mora convention. Miss Wilson Ib twenty-four years old. Sho was born Jn Princeton, N. J., nnd Ib ft-graduato of Gouchor college, Bnltlmoro, Md. Slid wns an honor girl at tho Bal- tlmoro Collego for Women. Sho has always been devoted lnrcoly to social EXPEDITION SAILS . (r (-.- -r