THE NORTH PLATTE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIDUNE.
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LOCKING UP LONDON TOWER
Ancient Custom Still Observed In Big
English Metropolis Makeup of
Procession.
t Strango to say, very few people aro
.nwaro of flic ancient cuBtom which Is
still kept up at the Tower of London,
sayB Loudon Tlt-Blts. Just before
midnight a beefeater and tho chief
yeoman porter securgjho keys from
tho governor's houso to "lock up."
Having received tho keys, they pro
ceed to tho guardroom.
"Escort for the koys," calls out tho
porter and a sorgcant and six privates
(turn out.
Tho procession then marches off,
'and the sentries they pass Issuo the
usual challengo of "Who goes thoro?"
;to which tho .answer Is "Keys."
Arriving at the entranco of tho
Tower grounds, -tho LlonB' gate, tho
(porter locks tho gates, and tho .party
returns to tho guardroom, tho sentry
ichallenglng as before and receiving
,tho same answer. However, on ar
irlval at tho guardroom again tho sentry
.stationed there stamps his foot, at tho
samo tlmo giving tho UBual challengo.
"Keys," replies tho porter.
"Whoso keys?" tho sentry asks.
"King George's keys.""
"Advance King George's koys, and
all's well."
Tho porter then says, "God bless
King George," and all present respond
with "Amen." Tho koys aro then
saluted nnd returned to tho jovernor's
houso, whero they remain until tho
next night's ceremony.
HOUSES FOR LITTLE BIRDS
Not Necessary to Make Nesting Places
Elaborate Roughest Shelters
"Generally Sought.
The boy or girl who puts up boxeB
for tho birds to nest In and supplies
tho birds with drinking water and
bathing places, is certain of an unfail
ing source of pleasure. Much of this
will come from watching tho birds, at
times, and studying their habits. Bird
houses needn't bo new or elaborto. Tho
Suggestion for Bird Houses.
roughest shelters, and weather-stained
boxes, are more likely to find a tenant
early, than those made of new lumber.
Any boy can mako one of the houses
shown in the illustration, says the
Farmers' Mall and Breeze. When tho
birds movo In they will pay rent by
eating hundreds of Insects which
would otherwlso do damage.
RIDDLES.
What Is the right kind of tlrabor
for castles In tho air?
A sunbeam,
What Is that which nover asks any
questions and yet requires many answers?-
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Tho doorbell.
What Is It which If you namov It
even you break It?
Silence.
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What sort of men aro always above
board In their movements?
Chessmen.
What word of ID lettors Is there
from which you -can subtract 12 and
leave ten? s
..Pretentiousness.
How- many weeks belong to tho
.year? -
Forty-six; tho ether six aro only
lent (Lent).
What 1b tho difference between a
goose and an author?
' A goose has many quills, hut an au
thor can make a gooso of himself
with one quill.
When may a man bo said to as
hard up as a man can bo.
When ho cannot get credit for good
lntontlons.
So Will the Reader.
"Pop, Is an abysB anything eleepy?"
,"Of courso not, child, What put that
Into your head?"
"Well, It's always yawning."
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NOVEL FEAT OF GROCERYMAN
Develops Into Expert Calculator In Or
der to Dispose of Goods In Short
Space of Time.
Tho butcher, tho baker, aud tho
candlestick maker havo to becomo ox
pert calculators In order to dispense
their goods to tho waiting customers
In tho minimum amount of tlmo nnd to
bo sure they do not recolvo tho worst
of It In multiplying pounds by pennies.
Then, too, nil sort of perplexing lit
tle problems In weighing and packing
havo to bo disposed of. For example,
tho caso of tho grocer who had a big
bag containing 20 pounds of granulated
sugar, which ho wished to put up Into
packages of two pounds each. Tho
perplexing feature of tho Incident was
that ho had only two weights, fivo nnd
nlno pounds, respectively. There ho
-was with his 20 pounds of sugar, his
Neat Trick of Groceryman.
scales, his scoop, and thoso two
weights, and without loss of tlmo ho
had to fill his ten two pound bags.
Could you tell him how to accomplish
tho feat In tho fewest posslblo num
ber of operations?
Tho groceryman performed the feat
as follows In ten operations, which Is
tho shortest method posslblo: Ho
placed tho nine-pound weight on one
sldo of tho scales 'and the five-pound
on tho other. Tke"h ho was enabled to
weigh tho difference between them,
four pounds In sugar, which left 1G
pounds In tho largo bag. Then he
placed the nlno pounds and five pounds
together on ono sldo of the scales and
tho 1G pounds of sugar on the othor
eldo Out of the bag he was then ablo
to weigh two pounds, leaving two
pounds In tho four pound bag. In eight
more operations ho put tho 16 pounds
of sugar Into two pound bags by using
two pounds of sugar as a two pound
weight.
PALMISTRY IN THE FAR EAST
Thumb Is Called "the Great Finger"
In Japan and China Servants
Use Finger Points.
Tho Chlncso and Japanese call the
thumb "the great finger," and connect
It with ono's ancestors. Our Index fin
gcr Is with them tho "head or man
pointing finger," nnd has to dti with
tho father.
Tho mlddlo or longest finger belongs
to tho mother, while tho next, oi
nameless finger, Is the property of
sweethearts and wives (tho westerns
havo chosen this finger, too, for tho
wearing of the wedding ring). The
little finger concerns our descendants
and posterity.
The ball of tho thumb, tho celebraU
ed "mount of Venus," according to
palmists tho world over, retains Its
qualities appertaining to sensuous,
sensual, and mundano matters with
tho-Japaneso hand readers, too.'
Both Japanese and Chinese servants,
In signing and sealing agreements
with their masters, frequently moisten
their finger points with Ink and press
It on tho paper. As a means of ldon
tlty or personal sign manual, these
finger prints appear to havo been long
known In the east. It Is, therefore nc
surprise to find that Japanese palm
lsts, In addition to examining the
"lines" of the open palm, extend their
Inquiries to tho pore patterns on the
tips of the fingers andjthumbs.
HINT FOR THE CAMPERS-OUT
Good Circulation of Air Is Assure!
In Tent by Placing Sort Stick
Between Flaps.
When wishing to get up a circula
tion of air, try this simple plan: After
closing the flaps put a stick 15 or 18
Inches long horizontally, as soon in
the picture, between tho flaps. This
Hint for a Tent.
will spread them apart and give an
opening, and good ventilation Is as
sured. Tboy may be mado large or
small, and as many as desired.
Needed a Respite.
Old Gent Well, sonny, did you take
your dog to tho "vet" next, door to
your house, as I suggested?
Boy Yes, sir.
Old Gent And what did ho say?
Boy 'B said Towser was suffering
from nerves, so sis had better give up
playing tho planner. TIt-BIts.
Practical Application.
Small Boy Say, mother, what is a
desert?
Mother It Is a place whero nothing
grows.
Next day in school tho small boy
was asked what was a desert.
"Papa'H head!" camo tho Immedlato
reply. TIt-BIts.
WAS JUST FILUG IN
But the Substitute Guest Finds
Old Lover Is the Lion of
the Hour.
By KATHERINE HOPSON.
When ho finished reading his wife's,
letter, Herman Ingram looked up with
a puzzled expression on his genial,
middle-aged faco. "I don't boo how
I can scaro up an extra girl that Mlna
wants at a moment's notice," ho re
flected, j
Tho letter had told of the5tcctod
return of his wlfo nnd dauljhtSgfrom
Atlantic City lato that afternoon,
bringing with them as a guest a fa'
mous engineer In whoso honor they
wanted to glvo a dinner. Mrs. In
gram had Invited threo othor, guests
but was short ono girl to comploto tho
desired number.
"Telophono to Allco McNulty, or
any othor of Belle's friends who enn
coino. I havo sent orders to tho cook
nbout dinner, nnd hopo things will
go all right. Howovor, wp can't ox
poet to havo a porfectly appointed
party on such short notlco," tho letter
concluded.
Ingram scratched his head thought
fully. Ho happened to know tho Me
Nulty's had started to Michigan tho
day before.
"Mlna said to ask one of Bolle's
friends but everybody I can think of Is
out of town hero In midsummer. I
wish Bhq'd got homo enrllor in tlmo
to bco about this Invitation business
horsolf. Still, ono girl ought not to
bo hard to find"
Ho looked absent-mindedly around
tho oftlce, and thon his glance fell on
Miss Barow, his secretary, working
at her desk. Her tact and good senso
had helped him out of dilemmas be
fore "Maybo sho would know of someono
" thon a second thought struck him.
Why not nsk Mlsa Barew horsolf?
For a moment Miss Barow looked
surprised. Thou sho quickly recov
ered herself and graciously agreed to
come.
"Its good of you to Tielp us out I
think you'll onjoy meeting tho people
they're an agreeablo lot. I dou't
know tho man who Is tho guest of
honor. Mlna didn't mention his namo.
But I guess he'll bo an Interesting
chap." Ho smiled romlnlscently at
somo of tho results of Mlna's Hon
hunting proclivities.
The matter of tho Invitation dis
posed of, they turned again to busi
ness. But while her slim l.guro flew
over tho .typewriter koys, Miss
Barew's .thoughts, woman fashion,
wero on tho subject of clothes, and
sho wondered what she should wear.
"If I could go and fcol well-dressed,
it would seem llko a bit of tho old
life como back."
Mr. Ingram had glvon her pormls
Blon to leavo tho ofllco early, and
when she reached her room at tho
boarding houso, the problem of clothes
returned with double force.
"There Is only ono thing left from
tho wreck of the old days that would
bo suitable at all." She drew a box
from under tho bed nnd took out from
Its tissue wrappings an evening gown
of mauve crepe do chine. Though
slightly crushed It was hi good condi
tion, and the odor of violets lingered
about its soft folds.
"I've had It two yoars," sho sighed,
"and of courso It's antiquated. Still
It Isn't so bad. At any rate, It's tho
only thing that will do."
When dressed In tho soft clinging
evening -gown, her baro arrns and
shoulders gleaming from tho creamy
lace, sho studied her reflection anxi
ously, and was reassured by tho 11s
somo grace which tho mirror showed.
"Tho women will all know this is
an old dress, but what doos that mat
ter If tho effect 1b all right?"
Tho memory of tho last tlmo sho
had worn that dress camo back to
her. It had been at a dinner-dance
to which Horton Campbell had taken
hor. At that tlmo they wero on tho
perilous bordor-llno between friend
ship and acknowledged love, and life
Jiad seemed all brlght-hued. A few
days later, Campbell was sent west
by "his firm on business. Beforo start
ing ho had telephoned her that It
would bo only for a short tlmo, but
tho weoks slipped on Into months.
During that tlmo her father's busi
ness failure and death had occurred,
and tho map of her life was changed.
Two years had passed since then,
and sho had left tho old homo town
and obtained a position In Now York.
But In all that tlmo she had heard
nothing from Campboll.
"Oh, Horton, why did you treat mo
so? 'Suroly there was a mistake
somowhero!" Tears filled her oyes,
and sho burled her faco In her arms
beside the dressing-table.
"This will nover do," she resolutoly
told herself. Sho put on her wraps.
She was Just in tlmo, for at that
moment came the sound of tho motor
which tho Ingrams had promised to
send for her.
The car had been delayed by an
accident on tho way, and sho was the
last guest to arrive Mr. and Mrs.
Ingram greeted hor cordially. Tho
former swept her an appraising, satis
fied glance, this was the first time ho
had oyer seen her In evening clothes.
Miss Barew was amused by tho sur
prlso and relief, which, with a wo
man's intuition, sho read in her hos
tess' face.
"I suppose she thought I would be
Bomo Imposslblojiomcbody," she con
cluded. The onco familiar atmosphero
of culture nnd luxury stimulated tho
girl llko wlno.
Sho was Introduced to the Ingram's
daughter, Belle, and then tho othor
guests, Miss GleaBon, Mlsa Bard, Dick
Walters, nnd tho two Simon brothers.
Thon from tho other end of the long
room Miss Ingram brought forward
tho guest of honor a tall, distin
guished looking man whom sho Intro
duced aB Mr. Campboll, tho noted en
gineer. For tho first tlmo Blncothnt fate
ful dtnner-dnnco two years ago
Ellzaboth Barow found herself looking
Into tho eyes of Horton Campbell
For a moment everything seemed to
whirl round nnd sho saw hlra grow
white.
"It Is n great ploasuro to moot you
again Mlsa. Barow," shu heard him
say.
Then dtnnor was announced. Miss
Barew went In with Billy Simon, and
sat across tho tablo from Campbell.
Covertly alio glanced at his face. Ho
looked older, and morb serious thnn
In tho old days, yet about him was tho
lndoflnnblo air of one who has sue
ceeded. Whllo chatting with young
Simon, hor ears wero strained for tho
sound of Campbell's volco, though sho
could catch only a word now nnd thon.
At last tho conversation which had
boon between dinner partnors became
goueral. ,
"Mr. Campboll and I havo been hav
ing n dlBcusslon," announced Sndto
Gleason. "Ho maintains that ohnnco
or accident playB n Btrortgpart In
our llveB, nnd I claim that wo mako
life what It 1b by our own nets."
"I nover held with thnt vlctlm-of-clrcumstnnccs
ldpa, cither, Sadlo," re
plied practical Mr. Ingram.
"Still, wo muBt admit that In tho
llveB of all of us, luck, good or had,
has at somo time played n largo part,"
put In Billy Simon.
"Especially In tho matter ot happi
ness," agreed Bollo.
"That Is tho point I was trying to
make," answered Campbell. "I agree
that In business wo can, by our bwn
offorts, work out our own salvation
to a largo oxtenL But as you say, tho
matter of happiness Is different I
know a chap onco " his deep volco
contained a magnetic quality that held
tho unwavering attontlon of his hear
ers. "A chap to whom at ono tlmo
overythlug seemed coming right
business happiness all things deslr
ablo opening out beforo him. Thon,
just as tho last-named seemed coming
to a climax, ho was obliged to go
to Denver on business and leavo tho
girl ho loved boforo ho had a chanco
to toll her so.
"For a long tlmo ho know ho hnd
been running down, so whllo thoro
consulted a lung specialist who told
him that an Indefinite stay In Colo
rado was tho only thing that would
euro him. It didn't seem fair to tell
tho girl and drag hor Into his wretch
edness for awhllo It seemed as It ho
wore down and out. Thoro wnB an
othor man In tho gamo who was hotter
off financially than ho. So ho gavo
hor up "
"Didn't ho write or anything?"' inter
rupted Sadfo with wide-eyed Inter
est. "No, that was whoro ho mado his
mistake. No doubt ho thought It best
to drop out of her lift ontirely that
for him thoro could bo no halfway
measures."
"Of course It was noblo and all
that," obsorved Belie, "but if I had
boon tho girl I'd rather ho had told
mo everything and given mo a chanco
to wait If I wanted to,"
During tho recital Elizabeth had sat
with downcast oyes, hor cold fingers
toying with tho fruit on her plato. It
soomed ns If old landmarks wero be
ing Bwopt away.
"How did It all como out?" Inquired
Sadie.
"Oh I believe ho got woll and won
out financially."
"But tho girl?"
For a moment ho hositated. "I don't
know tho sequel to that part," ho an
swerod qulotly. For one second his
oyes mot Elizabeth's.
Mr. Ingram thou brought tho con
versation back to practicalities by
! asking Campboll about tho brldgo his
company was building near Denver,
And Boon Mrs. Ingram gavo tho signal
for tho ladlCB to rlso.
As tho night was hot, thoy drifted
out to tho largo veranda, and Ellza
both Barow was thankful fpr tho
darkness that hid her burning oyes.
Whllo to all lntont sho seemed listen
ing to Bollo Ingram's long drawn
out account of a houso-party sho had
recently attended In renllty hor
thoughtB wero with Horton Campbell
In IiIb lonely Btrugglo for health, "And
wo never know ubout each other wo
nqver know," her thoughts repeated
over and over. After what seemed
aeons of tlmo, they wero Joined by
tho men.
Campbell, tho Hon of tho evening,
was surrounded. But ho who had
spanned rivers nnd tunneled moun
tains was equal to tho feat of evading
half a dozen people, and skillfully
managed to gain a few minutes alone
with Miss Barow beforo tho party
broke up. The tlmo was short, but
great events aro not measured by
length of tlmo. When they entorod
tho houso there was a now radlanco
on their faces that was not lost on
tho others. -
Later when Mr. nnd Mrs. Ingram
wore alono togothor, tho latter shrewd
ly remarked: "HermanI think that
story Horton Campbell told was his
own. I'vo heard ho was in poor
health whon ho took up that work In
Colorado. And do you know, I half
bellovo that Miss Barew was tho girl.
Thoy said they'd mot boforo. Of
course," sho ended with a laugh, "I'm
glad for her, but I had hoped ho would
becomo Interested In Sadlo Qlcasou.
But that's another air castlo gone."
"I'm not concerned about thut; but
I do know It means a rattling good
secretary gono," growled Ingram as he
locked tho front door,
(Copyrluht. 1913, by tho McC'lure Newspa
per Syndicate.)
PlIOWMJ
ROCKEFELLER'S "PLAY" COMES HIGH
Ilockofellor plays golf In tho morning, nnd in tho afternoon ho plays with hlrt"
eBtnto. It is his plcasuro to walk over It, soloct vlows, mark out drives or to
chnngo tho sconory. If ho stands on a hill nnd a eortnln clump of troos ob
struct n particular view of tho river that Is pleasing to his oyo, ho orders tho
trees transplanted.
On his ostnto ho omployB 700 men and sixty teams. Ills pay roll amounts
to $30,000 n month. His men work ton hours a day from March to Ooto
bed, and nlno hours n day for tho rest ot tho year. Formerly Mr. Rockofollor
omployod mostly foreigners, but whon tho "Black Hand" society mado bo
much troublo for his workmen last fall ho gavo orders to gradually weed thom
out, and today fowor than twenty aro omployod, nnd thcBo aro tho old and
faithful ones. In their placoa ho Is omploylng young mon from tho villages.
SAYRE HEADS
FranclB B. Sayro, whoso ongago
mont to MIbs Josslo Wilson, daughter
of Prosldont Wilson, was nnnouncod
Bomo tlmo ngo, was appointed bond
of tho abandonment bureau In Dis
trict Attorney Whitman's ofllco in
Now York city tho othor day. Ho
formerly was In tho complaint bureau.
"You'll hoar somo harrowing sto
ries," said. Josoph O. Skinner, former
head of tho bureau, as ho turned over
tho ofllco to his successor. "I hopo It
won't discourage you regarding mar
riago nor mako a misogynist ojit ot
you."
"Nothing could do thnt now," was
tho response
Mr. Sayro is groatly Interested in
tho Btudy of sociology and ontored tho
district nttornoy'B ofllco with tho ldoa
of getting first hand information ot
othor pooplo's troubles under moro
favorable conditions thnn in n sottlo
ment. It also dGVOlonod thnt Mrn. Pnlinrf
H. Sayro, Mr. Sayro's mother, 1b planning to build n homo whoro oxpoctant
mothors will rocelvo caro. Sho has signed a lcaso for property nt Oak Boach,
I I., and tho homo will bo built in tho fall.
Mr. Sayro, aftor his honoymoon trip In Novombor, will assurao tho du-
nun ui uoDiuiuui prosiuom o: Williams college
ROBERT BACON MADE SPECIAL ENVOY
In Latin-American cnpltalB and othor largo cities during his trip.
Mr, Bacon Is now on a tour around tho world, going cast. Ho -will sail
from ISuropo next fall for Rio do Janeiro, thoro to bogln his tour ot South
America.
STEPS INTO
Reprosontntlvo John A. Key of
Marion, Ohio, Is not tho first private
secretary to a congressman to Btep
Into his boss' Job In tho house, but it
is a rare enough thing whon it- does
happen. John Koy was secretary of
tho lato Representative Carl Ander
son for four years, and learned
enough 6f tho practical sldo of politics
to get twlco as many votes as his
Republican opponent last fall.
Koy takes his placo now with a
flno nnd distinguished lino of formor
secretaries, For Instance Senator
Morrlfl Shoppard of Toxas, who wont
to tho upper houso March 4, was onco
secretary to his father In tho houso of
representatives. Governor Cox of
Ohio, onco a ropresontatlvo, started
in to do big things when ho was sec
rotary to P. J. Sorg, tho tobacco man.
Representative A. T. Smith ol' Idaho
walked out of tho late Senator Hoy
burn's ofllco right Into his seat in tho
houso. Ho had boon secretary to tho
senator for years. Ropresontntlvo Lovor of South Carolina was socrotary
to Dr, Stokes of that stato. Wyntt Aiken of South Carolina wob socrotary to
his fathor, who was In congress beforo him. Reprosontatlvo Crisp of Georgia
was secretary of his famous father, onco spoaker of tho bouse, and Ropre
aentatlvo Robertson of Louisiana succeeded his fathor after acting as aocre-,
tary to him.
U uosle John D. Rockefeller $1,000.
000 avuiy year to "play" with hli
6,000-acro eatnto at Pocantlco Hills,
nnd ho thoroughly enjoys tho gamo in
spite of tho high cost of living. Ilia
land Is to him what a plloof sand is
to a child. In fact, ho has changed
old Mothor Earth's faco bo much ev
ery year that tho Inhabitants have- to
como around to got acquainted. Mr.
Rockofollor removes hills or fills vnl
leys Just ns it plaasos his whim.
Mr. Ilockofellor also "playB" with
'his houses. Ho has just finished
spending $1,000,000 on his own homo
to add ton bedrooms, nnd was looking
around for something now to play
with when his stahlo waa burned. Now
It Is said ho won not satisfied with It,
aud whon It Is rebuilt It will havo an
extra story. It Is also hinted that his
son's homo docs not qulto null, him,
and ho Intends this fall to add another
story to it
Whon at Pocnnlico Hills Mr.
WELFARE BUREAU
i
Announcement hna boon mado by
tho Carueglo Foundation for Interna
tional Pcaco, a $10,000,000 organize
tlon, .thnt Robert Bacon, former Bcro
tary of stato and ambassador to Paris,
will tour South Amorlca as tho rep.
resontativo of tho Carncglo Founda
tion.
I
Pnrt of tho work which tho Car
ncglo Foundation has talcon to itnolf
Is tho promotion of bottor relation
ships botwocn tho United States nnd
othor countries by moanB of unofficial
omlssarlcB nnd exchanges of uni
versity profosBora. Mr. Bacon was se
lected iiD being ono ot tho most dis
tinguished mon of tho United States
nnd his task will ho to further tho
mutual understandings between tho
Latins and tho North Americans. Ho
will tour all of South America, visit
lng ovory country oxcept Colombia,
and will meet most of tho public men
of each country, It la oxpoctcd that
ho probably will deliver many lectures
HIS BOSS' JOB
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