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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1913)
IHMMHMMHaPWB ,'. 7? '.grpvBW' ? i I ' y Zf-o.' . ' Yi rTOMB one 1 I I I I I Mggiffm TELL A MAN'8 NATIONALITY Dy Ihe Way an Egg Is Eaten One May Discover Country From Which Consumer Comes From. Sherlock Holmes might have figured this out, but ho did not. Tho averago Englishman will al ways demand his egg boiled JUBt three minutes, then ho places It In an egg cup Just largo enough to comfortably havo tho egg fit In, taps Iho top of tho shell nnd removes the broken shell -with his fingers. Tho egg is eaten a spoonful at a tlmo. A Frenchman, much llko tho Eng lishman, likes his eggs of three mln utesj exactly. Ho then "peels" them, places them In a glaBS, stirs and mixes well together with salt, pepper and butter. Ho makes a practice of dip ping bread Into tho mixture and eating it along with tho eggs. A Spaniard wouldn't think of lotting il9 eggs boll moro than ono minute. He then brcaka It and lets tho chntonts run Into the glass, and consumes It as though ho wero draughting down, a glass of win,e. An egg Is only fit In an Italian's es timation when It has been placed In cold water and removed Just as tho water boglns to boll. Ho then breaks it, pours It on a plato and proceeds to op It up with bread. , The Gorman, llko tho Italian, de mands his eggs as near tho liquid stato ns possible. He breaks his eggs In nn unsightly cup and scoupc tho liquid out as though it wero soup, The American Is about the only ono that prefers his eggs boiled hard. "When they are served up to him, Tie knifes them in half, removes the con tents Into a glass, after which ho adds a plentiful supply of pepper, butter and salt. Ho then minces tho eggs flno, mixing them woll with tho spices, and nts them with his toast-- SHEEP AND DOG IN HARNESS Somewhat Difficult Task Undertaken and Successfully Carried Out by Wisconsin Boy. t Teaching a sheep arid dog to do teamwork In drawing a-cart was tho somewhat difficult taBk undertaken and successfully carried out by tho boy shown In tho cart. Ho likewise planned and made the harness, Bays the Popular Mechanics. Tho queer team was not trained for show but Boy Drives Sheep and Dog Together. for use, and when the boy owner, Louis Held, of Lyons, Wis., was asked to lend himself nnd team as ono of tho attractions at a county fair ho refused on the grounds that It wfiuld worry the sheep and dls'turb tho even temper of tho dog. RIDDLES. " Why ought a greedy man to wear a plaid waistcoat? j To keep a check upon hU stom- acb. -- " & - When does a son not take nftor. his - ' father? "IV1 ; When his father leaves him nothing " 'to take. i ' ' , . why do knapsack? resemble band- -r cuffs? Because both ara made for tourists x, - (two wrists). What animal would you llko to bo on a cold day? A llttlo 'otter. ' Why are strawberries "like tho let ter "n?" , Because they make ico nice. --"' When Is a wall like a fish? When It Is scaled. ,. Wo travel much, yefprls'ners.are, And closo confined to boot, " We with tho swiftest horse keep pace, Yet always go on foot? A pair of spura. What Is that which you cannot hold ten minutes, nlthough It is as light as a feathdr? Your breath. What man do wo most admire? Wo-man. ' When has a man brown hands? .When bo's tann'd 'em (tandem) driving. Her Soft Answer. "Mary," said a mother to the quick tempered little girl, "you must not get mad and say naughty things. You should always glvo a eoft answer." When her llttlo brother provoked her an hour afterward, Mary clinched her llttlo fist and saldp'MuBhl" Watch-word. FAVORITE SHADOW PICTURES Illustration Shows How Swan and Ele phant's Head May Be Produced. Practice Required, Tho swan Is always a favorite ohndow picture. It Is mado by crook ing the first (laser and thumb, 'and keeping the other fingers lu a lino In ordor to produce tho head. Place tho thumb of. the socdnd hand against tho Swan Shadowgraph. upper part of tho arm, and open tho fingers elowly, moving tho outsretched fingers of tho first hand until they touch tho tip of tho second. Tho effect of tho plucking nnd preening tho feath ers of tho wing will, If woll nnd nat urally done,, bo most realistic. This shadowgraph requires soma little prac tice. I An elephant's head requires ono hand on the top of the other, nnd a email handkerchief thrown over the - Elephant's Head. wrist so as to full down In front; tho first finger of tho lower hand must act for the trunk, which may ba swayed to and fro. LARGE HEfiD OF THINKERS They Keep Right on Growing as Long as Brains Are Active Opinion of Expert Given. After 25 humans beings are not sup posed to grow except to put on weight, Increase their waist measuro or grow stout all over, but tho claim has been mado by J. Mlllot Severn, an English phrenologist, that there aro many Instances where t.he human head continues to grow and that men's heads have been known to In crease In size after thoy were 40 years old. Mr. Severn's claim is of much interest, regardless of the matter of phrenology, but thonro actually now claims, for Dr. J. B. Moge, of Paris, says tho brain does not become fully doveloped until a man Ib from forty five to fifty years of ago. Mr. Severn says he has measured the heads of many prominent peoplo from time to time and he has discov ered by means of these .measurements that tho head continues to grow nt a considerably greater ago than Is generally believed. By taking careful cranial measurements at various times of the same heads he Is able to glvo figures. Ho han, ho says, taken measure ments nnd examined measurements of more than a hundred thousand heads during the last 25 years, and ho has como to tho conclusion that Just So long as tho human brain Is active and kept vigorously at work, It develops and tho head Increase?, in very many instances, In stzo. TO ELECTRIFY RUBBER COMB By Rubbing It With Dry Flannel and Suspending by Thread It Will Fol low One's Finger. Electrify a rubber comb by rubbing It briskly with dry flannel. Suspend it as shown by a silk thread previous ly attached to it. When a finger Is Controlling Finger, held under It tho comb will follow the linger, turning round and round as tho hand moves. Popular Electricity. Good-by Kiss' Now Two Cents. "" "Good-by tickets," price two cents each, are now on sale at tho Waterloo railroad station In London. Tho Lon don and Southwestern Railway com pany decldod to levy a tax on the lovers, friends and relatives who como to kl&s tho company's passengers and shout "Don't forget to wrlto" through tho windows of departing traliiH. Tho cardboard Blip gives entry to the plat form. Using William. "Papa," said William, "I think Mr, Jones is tho nicest man lu this neigh borhood." "Jones seomB to be all right," tho father agreed. "Yes, sir," continued William, "when I was over there last evening ho let mo use his new lawn mower for half an hour" ' jm I w ( -" -!ij I ffOBB) 'LJggg mmmmmmmm GLEAMOFSUNSHINE Story Concerning an Automobile Accident, Kidnapeu Man and Stolen Heart. By MILDRED CAROLINE GOOD RIDGE. "A pretty girl," mused Arthur Per ry, nnd his heart warmed at tho ra diant 8inllo bostowed upon him for such n mero trifle as. restoring to tho superior being In question a shopping list sho had dropped. It was on tho main strcot of tho bustling llttlo city of Wollston. Tho young lady had a companion who seemed to be an elder married Bister. The latter led a llttlo child of (our by tho hand. As they paused to glanco Into a show window tho younger lady gave tho child a pretty toy of a, ball to engross Its" attention. In doing so tho scrap of paper In her hand flut tered nwny In the breeze. Arthur re covered It. Honce tho grateful smllo and his present reflective mood. "But," soliloquized Arthur, "I had bettor get my mlntl on something moro practical than pretty girls, al though that ono wns a gleam of purest sunshlno. I wondor whero I am go lug to get a chance to bat my dinner?" In his neat, though woll-worn buU, and with that classic, Intelligent face of his, ho did not rcsemblo a tramp, and yet hero ho found himself In a strnngo town without so much as a single cent in his pockets. Two years previous, an expert lin guist, Arthur had graduated from col lege. For a year ho lectured In two institutions of.lcarnlng. Then ho had temporary charge of tho foreign cor respondence of a largo Importing firm. Thoy failed, and with all hla splendid education Arthur had been unable to secure a now position. J Ho hnd learn ed that a largo manufacturing con cern In the city ho was now In need ed a man of his capabilities. Ho htyl spent his last dollar for railroad faro to And himself stranded, the prospect ive position having been filled. Ho sighed ns he gavo a last thought to tho pretty girl. Ho Bmlled as ho glanced at tho llttlo cherub-faced child playing at tho curb. Tho com bination suggested home, lovo and happiness what strangers to him dur ing two lost, lonoly years I "Look out. therol" Of a Biidden tho warning cry rang out shrilly. The driver of a cab stand- "Man Your Automobile Ran Down." lng at tho curb uttered it. And then Arthur Perry awoke Into action with all tho agility and skill of his splendid athletic training at the call of courago amid peril. What had happened had como so quickly that only a practiced eye llko that of Arthur could tako It In at a glanco. Tho little child had dropped the ball and It had bounded over the curb nnd rolled to the middlo of tho stone-paved street Naturally the child had followed It. As tho warning of tho driver rang- out tho little ono was stooping over to regain tho pret ty toy, all unconsclouB of hovering danger. Just at that moment an au tomobile whisked around-the corner headed direct for tho helpless being directly In Its course. Tho turn of a second might havo seen the little ono crushed to a shape less mass, for tho chauffeur of tho auto had not tlmo to check tho ma chine. It was not threo feet distant when on a slide, rather than a run, Ar thur Perry reached tho child. There was Just ono thing to do, and ho ac complished It. With a rough heavy push that caused tho llttlo ono to cry out with fright and pain, ho drovo the Imperiled Infant almost to tho oppo site curb and then a shriek from tho pavement, a sickening blow and the intrepid rescuer knew no more It was perhaps two hourn later when Lillian "Trovor reappeared at tho scene of tho accident. She-had turned from the show window In tlmo to boo the stricken man seized quickly by tho chauffeur of tho auto, lifted into it and flashed away beforo any ono could In terfere. Then thero was tho haste and excitement of getting tho rescued child and her hysterical sister home. And now of her own volition, her mind full of that white, silent fact, Bho had glimpsed for a passing moment, Lil lian was urged on to find this noblo rescuer of her llttlo nlecoand thank him. Sho spoko to tho policeman nt tho cornor, to proprietors of several street standB, but it was only when sho ad- S? dressed nn old cabman Oiat she glean ed tho information sho desired. "Yes, ma'nm," said this individual, "I saw tho accident. It wob a flnsh, a pick-up nnd nwnyj they went. Kid naped, ma'am." "Why, what do you mean?" falter ed tho lnoxporloucod- Lillian. "It wna a rich man's machlno that hit tho bravo young follow, for I saw its number You sec, thero'B so much of thla knocking down nnd hurting peoplo nowadays that thoro's a rcgif lar system Qf spiriting tho Injured per son away, mending him up nnd giving Itlju a llttlo money so as to got out of a big dutnago suit. Seo?" Lillian did sec, nnd her tender heart beat moro pitifully than over for tho handsomo young follow mado prac tically a prisoner, shut away from lov ing friends. Then her eyes brightened and a bravo resolution camo Into her fair face aB sho learned from tho cab man tho name of tho owner of tho automobile that had so nearly killed her llttlo niece. It wns about ten o'clock tho follow ing morning when Lillian rang tho door bell of tho palatial homo of Rob ert Barr, a retired city merchant. Ho looked puzzled ns qho was shown Into his presence "Mr. Barr," Bho said plainly, ns ho courteously aBkcd tho object of her call, "I havo como concerning a young mnn whom your nutomobllo rnu down and spirited away yesterday after noon." Tho man of wealth flushed con sclously. Ho seemed embarrassed, partly frightened, Lillian fancied. "I I hope," ho finally Bpoko in a guarded way, "that you havo not como to mako any trouble I will bo frank with you. I am having tho Injured young man" given tho very best of caro In my own homo, to avoid pub licity and some preposterous damage suit, for my doctor Bays that hols not BerlouBly Injured." . "I nm so glad to hear that," said Lillian, with a great breath of rellof. "I Imaglno you must bo tho young lady ho was constantly referring to In his first delirium," insinuated Mr. Barr. "Tho great burden of his thoughts seemoil to bo a beautiful miss with a llttlo child." "It It could not havo boon mysolf," demurred Lillian, but sho flushed faintly. "May I call each day, nurao him If I may, at least bring him flow ers, fruits, books, co ho may knqw grateful friends are thinking of him? Oh, sir, ho risked his Ufa to save our dear little one!" "You must be somo mystic fairy, Miss Trevor," Bald Mr. Barr a few days later to his now welcomo callor. "How Is that?" inquired Nellie. "It wnB through you that young Por ry camo to mo and now I find him an Indispensable treasure. For yearo I havo been Becking somo export In tho languages to classify my large foreign library, and hero ho Is at my hand, well nnd happy." "Even though ho was kidnaped?" submitted Lillian, with a smile. "01i, that was a double dcod that eventful day," declared Miss Trevor." "You mean?" "That you had already kidnaped Ifls heart." And pretty Lillian flushed, and knew It wns so within tho ensuing wcok, and was glad of It. (CopyrlBht, 1913, by W. O. Chapman.) ARE NOT OF MOORISH BLOOD Moroe, Fanatical Fighters of the Philippines, Though Mohammedans, Belong to Malayan Race. It Is rather curious about those "Mpros" that wo nro fighting In tho Philippines. "Moro" mpniiB Moor, and the name was applied to these peoplo by the Spanish for tho rcaaon that, llko tho real Moors of North Africn, they aro Mohammedans. To tho mind of the Spanish settlers In tho Philippines, any peoplo who wero nlso warllko were necessarily Moors. Aa a matter of fact, tlieso Moros aro pure MalayB. Thoy camo orlg Innlly from tho Malayan Islands, fur ther to the south and west, nnd their ancestors were converted to Mohnm edanlsm by missionaries of that faith Who wandered to Malaysia from In dia. They possess all tho fierceness of their brethren, tho Mnlnyan head hunters of Borneo; nnd It Is well known that tho Mohammedan reli gion has never hndTho effect to ro duco or tame the natlvo florcenoss of any people. Thcso Sulu Moros aro among tho most fanatical Mussul mans in tho world. Centuries of forco on. the part of tho Spaniards has had no effect whatever upon jthem, Tlio same rulo which tho Spaniards followed In calling tlieso Malaya Moors, they nlso applied In tho name thoy gave to tho pagan Inhabitants of the Philippines, whom they called "Indiana," after tho natives not of India, but of Peru nnd Mexico, from which countries the Spanish invaded thcso distant Islands, The Peruvians, Mexicans and natlvos of tho West Indies wero called Indians. They wero brown, wild and pagan. Conse quently, In tho opinion of theso con quIstnJoreH of limited ethnological knowlodgo, theso peoplo wero In dians. And "IndlOB" tho pagan and Christianized native of tho Philip pines havo remained to this day to tho Spaniards. Wo call them Fili pinos, and In our spelling of this word, though not in that of the name of tho Islands themselves, wo pay a tribute to the simplified Spanish orthography. What They Read. "May 1 borrow a volume of Emer son from tho library?" uBkod tho houunmald. "I havo no objection," answered hor mistress. "Whllo you are about It, bring me 'Lady "Jezebel's Divorce' " WtiolMWW POLAR BEAR OF lsSSSaBiBBiV SlilfcW. man young; You know a man Is only as young aB his arterloa, and If ho lota his blood grow slow then ho himself will bogln to slow down." Honutor Nelson affects a snappy, biting manner of spooch. Ho in always known in dobato by his Bwlft, biting retorts; certainly not tho rotorta of a man who has passed tho allotted spnn of llfo aB tho senator has. "Wuon I wns n boy In Norway," said ho, "wo novcr thought of old men. A mhn, n ho grow older, acquired wisdom and was not Impaired In energy. It wbb the good, cold climate. No man can become sluggish If ho onco goto etlrrod up by n snowstorm." Senator Nelson has followed this hobby of health for years. Today ho Is recognized nsnmong tho most vlrllo of tho mon lu tho upper chnmbor, and bo will undoubtodlyomaln so for somo tlmo to como. DUCHESS OF Diplomatic and nodal circles In London nro discussing with avidity tho official announcement of tho bo trothal of Prince Arthur of Con naught, son of tho Duko of Con naught, brother of tho late King Ed wur4, and tho Duchess of Flfo, cldor daughter of the Prlncoss Royal and Duke of Flfo, nnd oldest grandchild of tho late King Edward. The duchess, who Is a favorlto In royat circles, mado hor dobut In May, 1909, when sho wna eighteen years of arte. Sho Ib tall, good-looking nnd rcseroblos her royal grandmother, who was also hor godmother, Queen Vlctccrln. Bho waB chnporoned at tho tlmo of hor dobut, owing to tho ill health of hor mother, by Queen Alex andria. Prlnco Arthur Is ono of tho most prominent members of tho youngor royal set. Ho was born In 1883 and wns fiducntod nt Eton nnd Sandhurst, nnd (luring hla youngor days at tho former unlvorslty was "fag for tho son of William Waldorf Astor. The prlnco has boon In tho public oyo boforo as a victim of Dan Cupid. As long ago aa 190G ho was roportod infatuated with Lady Marjorlo Mannors, daughter of tho Duko of Rutland. It was said tholr ongogomont would bo announced at tho end of that season. This waa lator followed by n denial from the Duko of Rutland. CHIEF. JUSTICE WHITE A PEDESTRIAN exerclso after n day of mental labor ovor tho problems of tho great court. Even In the hottest Washington days and nothing outsldo tho punish ment of tho unjust can equal tho capital at Its hottest tho chief Justice makes his pllgrlmugo to and from tho Capitol. BURLESON LIKES THE OPEN j. Tho Mexican-revolution spoiled for Postmaster General Burleson the ono thing that above all others ho was fond of doing. Previous to tho out broakof tho madorlBtas ho had been In tho habit of spending six weeks In each year In tho Moxlcan Sierras With a party ot friends shooting big gams. Mr. Burleson always returned from thcBO trips a new man. Tho wild camping llfo, the pure mountain air, tho Bolltudo and freedom from caro combined to fairly rojuvennto him. In publlq llfo of such sustained activity as his has been, tho strain of constantly seeing peoplo nnd talking with them la very telling, nnd ho galncrl avresplto from all such tur moil on tjjiese bunting trips to Mex ico, fr ill was his habit to spend whole days In the mountain fastnesses hearing no sounds but thosa of nnturo or tho occasional crack of hla rlflo. But the revolution took all that away, and r,ow ho must turn to other methods of amusing himself and resting his overworked norvouB system. Under theso circumstances ho has takon up walking to obtain needed oxerclse from day to day. Ho walks wherever ho goes if tlmo and tho con--ventions permit. Mr. Burleson Is very partial also to swimming. He llkea to play around In tho water, doing all sorts of wonderful aquatic stunts. 3 THE SENATE "Tho Polar Boar of tho Senate" Is tho tltlo which "Undo Knuto" Nelson, sonntor from Minnesota, Justly benrs. It la not without cnuso that ho has boon so named, for In tho coldest weather tho windows of Senator Nol son's offices 'nro tfpon and many nnd many n committee has shuddered as It thought of entering, his committee room on a snowy Docombor morning. "Visit tho north," Senator Nelson snld, ''and got out in tho cold once In a whllo. That la what koops a man young. Hot wenthor naps tho vital onorglcB. You know It Ib a well es tablished fact that tho southern races mnturo boforc tho northern people. It Is no fallacy. It Is a fact.'1 "What do you mean by gottlng out In tho cold?" was naked. "Good freezing polar weather, lota of snow. Briskness ovorywhoro. No opportunity to loaf and lot tho blood grow sluggish. "Those aro tho things that keep a FIFE TO WED About tho hour vhen General Miles Is riding his hardost, If you happen to bo strolling along Pennsyl vania avonuo, In Washington, you will boo n heavy-sot, squaro-Jawod, English-looking man swinging up tho ntroot with his coat thrown wlda open tho hotter to catch tho breozo. Ho stops out solidly with tho tread of a mnn who Ib walking fon tho oxorclso. Following him, you will find that ho keeps up tho paco, without flagging, over tho two mllos or moro to his homo. This earnest pedestrian is Chief JUBtfco Whlto of tho Supremo court of tho United States, a votoran pedestrian, who claims that ho has continually kopt himself fit by this ox orclso. Every morning, oxcopt in tho most Inclement weather, tho chief Justice walks from his home to hla office, and each evening, as the shadows gather, ho strolls back again, apparently Invigorated by tho physical 1 V ' JjJsv JA.t? ; . ; trf, ,j;f ' & kfeWiU4 J" .;. .afi(&w ,v ", , .j. & . ." ' X vt u i ' ' M ,1. V - ,uJW7H-t vrviiS-M - Wi VrMMiiiWtf flM!SJiareteMIHiMMBMMi