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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE GREATEST OF WATERP0WER DEVELOPMENTS Mm' l'ir "'km LRA L. DARE, Publishor. TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE, . NEBRASKA HE DIED TOO 800N. They woro a short-sighted raco tlioso old masters of painting and other arts. Thoy died too soon. Stra divnrius pold violins for $15 or $20 that would havo brought hint thou sands had ho waited long onough. Pic tures that yielded but small amounts to the old Italians who painted thoiu can now bo bought only by million aires. Even tho masters of tho early English school, that of Reynolds and Gainsborough and Romnoy, showed tiro snmo lack of economy In not living long enough. In great London auc tion room on Friday a portrait by Iloirtnoy sold for $200,875. in his life time Itomnoy charged from $125 for a portrait 26 by 30 inches to $100 for a full-length portrait 57 by 93 inclios. Probably Friday's prico was a record ono for Itomney, but In recont ycara the market valuo of a good whole- length has ranged from $50,000 to $125,000. Hut If they didn't got out of their work the prices that wo noderns are willing to pay for it, at loast thoy got tho glory out of It. Thoy put something Into their plcturos and vio lins and othor wnros that gavo them lifo for ceneuries. How many product tlons of tho age of Itomney havo Ini rreased 5,000 times In valuo since they were mado7 A young Loulsvllllan who was mar ried in Indiana to a girl flftcon years old Is charged with subordination of perjury and pleads Insanity. Why not? Popo declares lovo "tho solo dlscaso thou canst not cure," and, of course, ho did not mean to call it a physical ailment. Theocritus assorted that there was no remedy for it, "olth er salvo or plaster," says tho Louis vlllo Courier-Journal. Scott spoko of It as a disorder when ho said that even ambition was no euro for It Rosalind told Orlando that a man in lovo might bo readily picked out in a crowd because his hoso would bo un gartered, his bonnet unhanded, bis filcevo unbuttoned, his shoo untied and everything about him awry, and carelessness In the arrangement of clothing Is one of tho well rocognlzcd symptoms of paresis. Lteraturo bris tles with expert opinion tending to es tablish tho Insanity of lovers. And great literature is great Mtcraturo .be cause It Is luminous with truth, Tho lady's maids of Chicago aro about to form n union and strlko against somo grievances, which many sympathizers will regard ns very reaL They aro rebelling against In terminable hooking up of gowns, late hours and dog nursing. A domestic service union, with strikes on ono sldo and indignant but helpless mis tresses on tho othor, will add vastly to tho gayety of nations, that is to tho portion of tho national contin gents who will not bo requisitioned to do the hooking up and wash the dogs. From tho fcmlnlno standpoint c Daniel como to Judgment and an em bodiment of chivalry rolled into ono Is a Missouri Judgo who decided that because woman Is engaged tho fact docs not obllgo her to refuso tho at tentions of othor men, and that sho may lawfully havo as many othor beau as sho pleases. From ho mas culine standpoint this marvel of gal lantry is simply a foolish person who has never known tho pangs ot being engaged to a licensed flirt From a' Washington department store comes tho recital that the presi dent's daughters were thcro looking at gowns recently, and were Informed that a charge ot two dollars was made for alterations; whereupon ono of them responded, "Oh, wo can make any necessary alterations at home; wo know how to sow," Tho accom plishment Is one that should be pos sessed by every woman In tho land, and tho fact that it is taught in tho public schools at tho present tlmo shows that thero is ono respect at least la which public school authori ties respond to tho practical need of tho public. Suppression of opium production cccms to bo progressing very ener getically in China- Soldiers are de stroying poppy fields, and ono report Is that G7 farmers woro burned by tho soldiers, who set fire to the houso In which thoy wcro,ho1dinK a meeting. It this Is called to tho attention ot other opium farmers It seems calculated to Induco them to plant some other crop. High heels and hobblo skirts aro causos of many accidents to women, according to an official report of tho Pennsylvania railroad. If accidents to males, duo to Bamo causes, wcro Included tho total would bo appalling. A Now Yorlc woman modestly de manded $78,000 alimony. Tho judge cut It down to $15,000, saying ho would not provldo hor with monoy for Idleness, highballs and cigarettes. Sho "Will probably biv'o to roll hor own. He Twists Letters Like WASHINGTON. Frank I). Willis, tho rising young statesman from Wool Town, Ohio, who pulled down tho spelling laurels In the recent Press Clubs ladles' night entertainment, had hotter Btudy up that blucbacked spell er, because there's another chap In town who can twist tho letters round his tongue like a Mexican greaser Jug gllng a lariat This same fellow Is Wrisley Drown, special assistant attor ney general of tho department of Jus tice. Somo tlmo ago a correspondent wio purported to bo a college professor wroto n letter to President Tnft com plaining that tho rocurrenco of crlmo waves was duo to malign thought im pulses hurtled about by dotectlves of tho department of Justice Then the dotectlves would Ibhuc furfji and ar rest theso law breakers, according to tho writer, in this way working up a reputation for efficiency. Tho writer also said ho had appeared before the senato "third degroo" committee, and that his views wcro greeted with loud How John Burroughs Found a Place to Sleep In JOHN BURROUGHS, accompanied by two well known naturalists, Ernest Thompson-Seton and Glenn Buck of Chicago, was a recent visitor to tho capltol. At tho capltol Mr. Burroughs gazod with thoughtful eyes dlrcctod toward tho imposing, glistening white, in a r bio senato office building. "Beautiful building, isn't it?" ho wub asked. "Hugh! Yes," was tho Blow re sponse. "But" ho added, "I would a wholo sight rather gazo at a scene I remem ber so distinctly. I had visited a small hamlot' In a state that was "dry." "I looked about, but could find no placo to sleep. It took only a few minutes to travcrso the settlement Thero was only ono placo where a light could bo seen. The naturo of tho business being transacted there was apparent to all who cared to un derstand. It was a so-called "blind tiger." "Seeking rest thero wns out, of tho question, but I was tompted to enter and ask for information. As I was hesitating, a faint light In a building VWMAAAAAAWMMAMMWM Calamitous Cessation (gyVA) C? XL IT la an admitted fact that Mary had n Uttlo lamb, but It may bo news to tho general public that Bobby Blank, who lives out Georgetown way, had another. Lcastwlso, ho had, until tho othor day, when his ownership camo to what ono might briefly cnll a calamitous cessation. Bobby had been week-ending with a Uttlo cousin who lives out in tho coun try two hourB by wagon, on a hill, off tho plka. Littlo couBln owned a pet lamb, and when tho wagon was wait ing for Bobby he, somohow, managed to sneak .pet off and got away with the goods. Tho wlso tnon who mako tho world go round for us assert that character Changes with environment, and it must be so, for, by tho tlmo tho wagon (fSffiSkMl Some Mighty Beautiful Things in the- Constitution SENATOR TOM MARTIN of Vir ginia is radically different from most statesotnon from tho sunny south. Ho Is not an orator. On tho contrary, ho Is usually so silent that ho makes tho Sphinx scorn llko tho star book agent for an installment publishing house. Ah somo ot his con stituents llko to say: "Tom takes hls'n out In thlnkln' nnd nctin'." But whllo Martin says littlo, ho lis tens much. And when ho doos finally break into speech his wordB aro to tho point Somo tlmo ago thero camo up, In tho senato, n bill on which thero was a bitter fight Straightway several ot thoso souators who Jmvo como to bo known as "constitutional sharks" leap ed to their foot ono after another, In high sounding nnd resounding protest. "Shall wo, unwesthy as wo aro, daro to violate olthor tho letter or tho spir it of our beloved constitution?" thoy domnndod. "Never nover not ono lotn NEVER!" Martin llutoned calmly until all had dono. Thou ho roue slowly and drap ed himself gracefully over ouo edgo ot his desk. Mexican Juggling Lariat guffaws. In conclusion he said: "Thoy laughed, Mr. President," ho wrote, "nt tho profundity of their own ineptitude." ,Tbe loiter was referred to tho de partment of Justice, and Wrialey Brown was asked to proparo an in dosoment for it. Thcro was a scream of laughter when Drown turned In a burlesque opinion, couched in words which outranked tho professors' ten to one. They say PrBldont Taft chuckled all day over It. And ns for big words JUBt watch; "After careful reflection," wroto Wrlsloy Brown, "I concur in tho phys ical theorems herein deduced by tho complainant His conclusions regard ing tho auto-suggestion of crlmo are fully borne out by tho history of hu man experience. Its Insidious effect upon tho mind has a pronounced ten dency to bring on aboulomanla or cre tinism of the will powor. comblnod with a choreic condition of tho facul ties. "In somo caBos It has even boon known to Induco katatonla or eomo moro serious dissociation of tho men tal elements ofa luetic character and furlbund developments such as, for in stance, confuslonal oncephalomalacia. "Tho application of tho third degree Annihilates tho Inhibitory powers of tho average victim and plunges him Into a state of volitional hypnosis, thereby breaking down tho fundamen tal doctrlno ot free agency." i Arl BARE TtfAHKtWG Y0UVE MY BftUfr. opposite showed, and In a fow min utes tho form of a man, partly drcsBed, appeared In tho doorway and began an unsteady courso for tho blind tigor. "I did not stop him, but as ho en tered tho place of liquor dispensing, I entered tho placo ho vacated, blow out tho light and cast myself into his bed, which was warm. "It seemed hours later when I was awakened by a reeling Swede. "'Ah bano thanking you'vo my bade ho began. "'Man,' I replied. 'You've been to the blind tiger.' "That was enough. Tho man was too dazed to think. Ho turned about, by degrees, and walked out of the placo. I don't know where ho went, but probably back to the blind tiger." iMWAMWWVWWMAA for Bobby's Little Lamb had wheeled up to tho homo curb the small white thing that had been as docllo as thoBO other dear lambkins that skip on tho forovor-greon grass In tho way-back spelling book, took on a klddlsh butting velocity. Bobby'B mamma was waiting to wol como littlo son as ho hopped out oi tho wagon, dragging the lamb at the end of a string. Tho first thing tho two know tho lamb had butted in and sprawled them, mother and man child) on tho pavement. A crowd developed with a sudden ness that suggested it must have swarmed up from the crevices in tho brlckB. Tho littlo Iamb got busy and butted around at tho human fringo with Bklll ful Impartiality, until a particularly big man gavo It what was Intended to bo a down-nndout kick, put it wasn't Not for tho littlo lnmb. Ab rfor the man but maybo ho wouldn't like It mentioned; somo peoplo are bo deli cately sonsltlvo and, anyhow, maybe ho would havo dono bettor It tho little lamb had glvon him a second try, but it wnsn't that Burt ot a little lamb. It preferred to streak off llko white lightning and maybo It is streaking yot. N v vw THE MdS' BEAUTJfUL. OF ALL THOSE CL0ROU3 vV&RPS, SUH, CWIH'US THE fllCHT TO AMEHD- "Mlstah President," eald ho in lib soft drawl, "1 yield to no man, buIi, In my roapect fob tho Constitution and its framnra. Thoy did well. Thoy did nobly, suh foh tholr tituo. But, Mis- tah President, thoso gentlemen hnvo boon dead mo' than ono hundred years, suh, and times, suh, have chanced. "Wo'vo got to remombor that, suh. "An' rmnomborlng that, Mlstah Pros Idont, what I started to say was this: Thoro aro somo mighty beautiful things In our Constitution. It's a boautlful work, suh. But, Mlstah President, ot nil tho beautiful things In all that boautlful work, to my mind tho mos' boautlful of all aro thoso glorious words, suh, glvln' us tho right I to amend." SI 7X: VS) Z AJ Mc 5Li- K !0. m. 5S S W)MbZfoi5&' II1FT ,rTi.i.iirt.,(flii '' '-Li I'tiliiH a 5 a IBSgf: 3raMMai&ll wmjwmSfiMt's Lato in AuguBt the completion of tho waterpowcr development at Keokuk, la., tho greatest in tho world, will bo celebrated, and President Wilson and many governors aro expected to be present. In tho Illustration is seen, above, tho Immense dam across tho Mississippi river, showing tho water rushing through the doors in tho con croto wall; and below, a goneral view of tho dam from the south end of the power house. The plant will pro duce over 300,000 horso power by Its 30 turbines. CHECK RAISER'S WAY Expert Has Little Difficulty in Stealing Fortune. Operator Finds It Easy to Alter Fine Writing, but Difficult With Cale graphy of Ignorant "Man ual" Used by Crooks. Chicago. A Chicago crook sat In a room Just off La Salle street four years ago studying a check. It was made out for ?27, and was certified by tho state bank on which it was drawn. Tho crook's specialty was check rais ing. Ho was preparing to steal a for tune with tho littlo piece of paper. Tho president of a cement construc tion company had written tho check. He had taken what ho thought proper business precautions. He wroto "twenty-seven," drew a horizontal line through two short vertical lines and added "and 00-100" before tho word "dollars" on tho .check. The long horizontal lino through the two short vertical lines, often termed a "hlckey," Is a frequent device against tho unscrupulous. Tho man in tho back room Just off La Salle stroot made three, movements with his pen and tho "hlckey" becamo "th." Then ho wroto "oub," the word "and" com pleting "thousands." Three ciphers were added to the figures in the line above. The certified check was then deposited in a trust and savings bank, nnd a withdrawal ot $27,000 was im mediately made against it. A veteran thief catcher in Chicago recently, In recounting this Incident, added that there exists among pro fessional check misers what amounts to a manual. "Wrlto mo a check," he urged a vis itor. A check for ?200 was written. It was passed over to tho detective Within two minutes, without an eras ure being made, it called for $500. "By tho 'manual' the figure 'two' Is always potential of 'five,' " ho explain ed. "Tho aim is always to avoid tho interlining or tho extending of words. Check raisers know all tho characters which lend themselves to changes that cannot bo detected. Tho capital 'T,' as moat of us write it, can, for In stance, bo changed to tho capital 'P without tho slightest trouble. "Hero are a few of tho changes that can bo mndo almost as fast as writ ten: - " 'Ono' to 'eight.' "'Two' to 'ilvp.' " 'Ten' to 'fifty.' " 'Four' to 'forty.' . " 'Twenty to 'seventy.' "Now, the figure '1,' for Instance, may bo readily formed Into uny other figure Bavo '2' and '3 "The word 'hundred' may bo formed easily from tho ripping scroll that many write after a sum. Almost any movement of lines that have ttny regu larity ihay bo formed Into words. "Thohardost check to raiso or alter is tho iMio written by a nearly lllltor ato pevson," tho export continues. "The, gracefully flowing hand is tho easiest changed. "Thorn Is, In fact, no comparison between, ralBlng checka with a genu lno slgnnturo and forging tho signa ture Itself--so far as the ease of exe cution is concerned. "Of courso, banks nnd business house, m.iny ot them, nt least, pro tect themselves nowadays with dc vicos that brand a limitation ot tho check indelibly into tho very texturo of tho paper. In this Held, too, many devices at first thought absoluto safe guards woro soon outwitted by tho o rooks. Filling Perforated Checks. "Tako a mnchlno that perforated tho paper with tho exact amount far Which tho chock was drawn. Roally all that wan needed was a common Uttlo punnh nnd a bottlo of invisible 'gluo.- Every crook knows whero to - put his hands on that. Or else thoy use a bit of money mender and thou peel It off. "But what does tho crook do? Ho has a check perforated $300. He takes his little punch and punches from the edge of tho check a few tiny dlsk3 of tho same size. With a needle tip ho plugB up tho holes' In tho last dollar sign. After tho gluo Is dry ho punches a cipher in its place and a dollar mark after it. Whero tho machine perfor ated an ontiro letter, the crook bought a smaller machine and filled up the perforations before making new ones to suit himself." SOCIETY FOLKS AT NEWPORT Fashionables Gather at America's Fa mous Watering Resort for Their Summer Diversion. Newport. Many diversions for tho summer colony nt America's select wa tering place. This photograph, tak en In Newport, July 10, shows some of tho cottagers leaving tho Ca sino en routo to tho tennis courts HHJfjfii'-w'rt lui'-'HttffT'H'iTa Two Fashion Leaders. with luncheons. Bnthlng, yachting, dancing, motoring, and tennis, the young peoplo aro kept In a busy whirl. In tho picturo aro R. de Boardmnn of Boston and Mrs. Elsie French Vanderbllt of New York and Philadel phia, former wifo of Alfred Gwyn Van derbllt. TRAIN TAKES HIS HEART OUT Unusual Fatality Between Swarth more and Morton Station In Pennsylvania. , Morton, Pa. Isaiah Harris, aged forty-five, of Media, na found dead along tho Central division of tho Portn sylvanla railroad between this bor ough and Swnrthmro. It is believed ho was struck by a train. Harris' heart was wrenched from his body and found somo dlstanoo from tho Bceno of tho trugody. His watch and chain and' $7 were found Intact Deputy Coroner Grllllth re moved tho body to the morgue. Family of Six Perishes In Fire. Columbln, S. C. Six persons, mem bers ot ono family, lost tholr lives in a flra that destroyed a houso In Lex ington, S. C. Tho bodies were found In tho ruins, of tho houao. Tho victims woro members of tho family of John Jacobs. It was believed tho houso was struck by lightning In a storm that swopt over the Lexington soc-tion. MTl $QMKk Til m Wt-J INDIGESTION AND SIN TWINS Dr. Oldfield, Vegetarian, Say3 That' Much of Drunkenness la Due to Stomach Trouble. London. "A great deal of tho drunkenness and sin of tho world is duo to indigestion, and, therefore I have yet to meet a fruitarian who is a drunkard," said Dr. Joslah Oldfield, the famous vegetarian, in a lecture on "Diet and Dyspepsia," at tho Hall or the Order ot the Golden Ago, Bromp-ton-road. In tho olden days If tho Judge wero In a bad temper owing to tho state of his digestion the poor prisoner was hanged. Many battles had been lost owing to tho bad digestion of the com mander, ho added, and tho answer to tho question whether llfo is worth, living was "It depends on tho liver." A great many peoplo took to drink continued tho speaker, not because they wanted It, but owing to the con dition of their stomach, which craved for something to drown Its care. In digestion waB largely a nerve disease, and the nerves woro often the causo of tho trouble. Tho pain of indiges tion was not a primary sign, and when that happened the trouble was well advanced and tho patient in the way for gastric trouble. Dr. Oldfield suggested a pint and a halt as the Inclusive amount of liquid to be taken during a day. ROBBER HIDES IN A SPRING Cold Water, However, Forces Man Who Held Up Bank to Yield to Sheriff's Poose. Portland, Ore. A lono robber who entered tho First Stato Bank of Mil waukee, a suburb of Portland, nnd with a revolver induced Cashier A. L. Bolstead to permit him to Bcoop up all tho gold within reach of tho lat ter's wlckot, waB captured in tho woods' some miles dlstunt. Ho gavo tho nnmo of Virgil Perrlno, and said ho was from St. Louis, Ho is twenty years old. , After fleeing from tho bank, with citizens In pursuit, the robber on gain ing the wood, hid himself by standing submerged to tho neck In an Incased spring. Ho remnlned thero for two hours until tho chill of tho water drove him from the hiding placo Into tho hands of a sheriff's 'posse. The robber's loot, about $400 in gold, was found In his pockets, with the ex ception ot $40 he dropped In his flight. GULF STREAM TAKES SPURT Waters Are So Fast That Ship, Slowed Down, Arrives One Day Too Soon. Boston. Carried aong at great speed by an unusually swift current 1 tho gulf stream tho United Fruit company's steamer Sosua, from Port Llmon, Costa Rica, reached hero a day ahead of tlmo. Captain BJoness BayB that the wa ters of tho stream woro Btrangoly ac tlvo and tho steamor began moving oo rapidly that tho engines wero Blowod down to hair speed Even after that tho Sosua logged off tho miles at an amazing rate. Wedded After 22 Years. Isllp, N. Y. After waiting 22 years. Miss Bossio Mann of London, England, received word from her lover, Jns. It. Ross of this town, that ho is ready to wed hor. The couple mot In London In 1890 nnd becamo engaged. Mann camo to America to mako his fortune but shortly nftorward married a wom nn, who died somo tlmo ago. Attacks "Immoral Drees," Jacksonville, Fla. Mayor Van Swearing, newly elected oxccutlve, called upon tho women of UiIb city to Btop wearing tho split skirt and thin, pettlcoatlos attire. Ho asked the newspapers tobogln a crunsde against "Immoral dross." A fa .X- -At.,, :pw&s :- i V-sT- I7t -i e-s ;. -s-, -X