THE NORTH PLATTE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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Steered Raft Across Hudson for
Twenty Years.
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6mokeo a Corncob Pipe, but Was a
Musician and Still Loves the
Books She Retains Is the
Daughter of a Preacher.
New York. Times havo changed
lnco Charon had tho monopoly of
ferrying. One of tho plonccra is a
ferry woman of long experience and
superior ability; alio has steered hor
raft from shoro to nhoro of tho Hud
boii rlvor for twenty years or mora.
Tho travolor who comes to tho
river's edge near Mechanlcsvllle, wish
ing to bo ferried over to tho farms
and villages beyond, Is puzzled for a
way to summon tho raft at anchor on
tho other dido. It Is ho quiet and
beautiful a placo In tho noonday still
ncsB that transportation seems a mat
ter foreign to tho business of tho day,
and for a moment tho stranger looks
about him. Ho sees only green fields
of farm lands, misty willows by tho
water, red and bluo flowers In warm,
hectic bunches and a horn hanging
on n nail ou an old elm by the dock.
Tho raft comes slowly zigzagging
across, held to Its courso by a cable;
and Mag appears, shading hor eyes
with a knotty, brown hand for a good
look at tho nowly arrived. Sho Is a
woman between seventy and olghty,
wearing a man's hat, men's boots, and
a cotton dross. Hor dark faco la
wrlnklod, shrewd and humorous.
"Wal, who bo yo, where bo yo from,
and whoro bo yo going?" Is her greet
ing, as sho docks. As they movo
across tho river, Mag puts him
through tho third degree, and gossips
lavishly about his destination and all
tho famllfos for miles around, never
falling to put blamo or pralso whero
It belongs.
"Como down to my cabin tonight
and wo'll talk somo more," sho calls
after him as ho starts up tho hill; "if
you're from Boston I guess wo know
bouio o' tho saiho things, and I'll bo
glad to seo yo." ,
( And ho who Is from Boston, bolng
interested in his follow townspeople,
aa well as his followman, goes walking
far down tho river bank in tho dusk
to tho littlo cabin. Mag is on tho
doorstop, smoking hor odorouB corn
cob plpo. But their conversation is
no, news to him, for ho has hoard tho
history of tho woman through tho day.
Mag, onco Margaret, was tho daugh
tor of a Boston clergyman. Sho was
a musician, and, for a time, was or
ganist of hor fathor'B church. Tho
man looked at Mag as sho sat, smok
ing, on hor doorstop, and thought of
tho rollncd and charming young wom
an of whom ho had been told. Mar
garet had married n farmer, and had
como to llvo In Now York stato. Tho
farmer was not a successful one; ho
was lazy. Ills wifo's llfo was hard.
Sho drlftod with tho tldo, and finally
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SZECHENYIS HOLD BIG MANOR
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Idenl Country Rosldenco Whore Third
Daughter Was Born lo Rented
for Next Summer.
Guildford, Surrey, Eng. Countess
Laszlo Szechonyi, who was Miss
Gladys Vanderbllt of Now York, has
becomo so attached to Tangloy Manor,
tho romarkablo Elizabeth houso whore
hor third daughter was born on Wed
nesday, August 13, that sho has rented
it again for thirteen weeks noxt sum
mor. Sho and tho count havo enjoyed
there ideal quiet and Bomo of tho most
beautiful scenery typical of rural Eng
land, Qroat Tangloy Manor is an old Umber-framed
low, two-story houso built
presumably near tho end of tho six
teenth century; indeed tho dato 1582
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English Residence of Countess Lazlo
Szcchynl.
more than onco appears on tho trusses
undor tho sill of tho window of tho
room over tho porch and again on tho
gablo ou tho left of tho porch. Both
tho oxtorlor and tho Interior have u
wealth of tracery, foliage and orna
mentation dorived from Italian forms.
On examining tho Interior a closo
observer would soon discover tho
skeleton of a much earllor building
within its Elizabethan lnclosure. Tho
building is, in fact, mentioned as a
royal rcsideuco of tho ttmo of King
John. Tho Interior is mostly of oak
panelling, with tho ceilings supported
by massive beams.
It is a quaint old residence and ono
of tho most Interesting structures of
its kind in England. It was restored
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TALLEST CORN EVER
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m iFT Mr
J. P. Edgworth of Downer's drove 111., Is tho proud owner of tho corn
shown In tho Illustration. Tho corn Is 17 foot 2 lnchoB high and Is tho tallest
corn over grown In Illinois. It will avorago 40 ears to tho stalk. Mr. Edg
worth procured tho seed from tho government experiment station nt a cost
of 25 cents a kernel. It Is Indian corn, 1,200 years old, and was found in
Southern Colorado in ono of tho old Indian mounds.
sho forrled tho farmara from shore
to shore, lived alono in tho cabin by
tho rlvor, and was again indopondont.
Tholr evening was interesting; sho
showed him hor house an odd mix
ture of tho unkempt and n former
tasto for tho beau"ful and worth
whllo. A fow good books woro in tho
houso, Its host possession. Thoy
walked down tho bank to tho placo
whoro an opening In tho trees showed
another cabin on tho other sldo of tho
river. "That's where ho lives," sho
said, shortly.
"Who?"
"Old Bon. Ho's my husband."
Hor conversation was mado up of
bits of wisdom, acuto knowledgo of
human nature, doilanco of tho world,
mixed with a cortain wlstfulncss for
somo years ngo with great tasto, mod
ern improvements being effected with
out destroying Its old world appear
ance 1 Tho garden and park are In keep
ing with tho manor.
WINE SHIPPED IN TANK CARS
Twenty Thousand Gallons of the Bev
erage Reached Philadelphia
In This Way.
Philadelphia, Pa. Transcontinental
shipments of wines in glass-lined stool
tank cars was provod to bo fcasiblo
with tho drawing off into barrels of
20,000 gallons of port and sherry,
which arrlvod recently from Cuca
mouga, southern California.
A. S. Strouso, head of tho American
Wluo and Spirit company, to whom
tho wlno was consigned, was so ploas
od with tho tank method of transpor
tation that ho will omploy It exclu
sively horcaftor, and vory shortly flvo
additional tank cars, carrying 50,000
gallons, will arrive
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NO MORE CHIMNEY SWEEPS
Gas and Electricity Doing Away With
' Need for This Kind of
Labor.
London. Apropos of tho llnanclal
dlfllcultlea of n chlmnoy swoop who
appeared at a country court, Mr. Jon
kins, a mombor of tho Jinn which
Bwoopa tho king's chlmnoys, spoke of
this vanishing industry. Ha Bald;
"It 1b gunornlly admitted that tho
trado of tho chlmnoy swoop is doomed,
lika that of tho hansom cab driver.
GaB and electricity nro doing nwny
with tho ncod for swoops. Most of
tho now largo buildings nro Buppllod
with control heating npparatus from
hot-water bollors. In private Iiouscb,
old and now, gas Urea are taking tho
placo of coal fires, especially in bed;
rooms nnd roouiB which are not used
continuously. In somo hotels tho
rooms havo no flroplncus."
Another notlccublo thing is tho of
feet of education. Smart boyo who
havo "received an education" wnnt a
cleanor trade Formerly a father
would put hlB boy to work at twelve
or thirteen, but now tho boys will not
do It, nnd it is hard to got outsiders.
My firm his swept tho chlmnoyB at
Buckingham palaco for 01 yoars, and
wo havo ono man who has boon 25
yoars with us, Fortunatoly tho king
and queen still cling to coal Area in
all their porsonnl apurtmonts, though,
GROWN IN ILLINOIS
Its approval, and an astonishing deslro
to know what was happening in that
world somowhat mixed and un
pruned, but knowledge for all that. Sho
wns greedy for news. Her lovo for
bookB and music was a doop and for
bidden subject. After tho guest had
gone, Mag caught her flsh for break
fast, In tho river.
In Jthe morning sho was on hand to
ferry him over.
"Good by, Mr. Boston," sho said.
"I'm going to shake hands with ye.
So you'ro from Boston and you're go
ing backl Wal, I'm going to stay right
here. I'm Independent, and I'm about
as hap: as any ono is in this world."
Sho gavo a quizzical glance; then
released tho raft and began another
zigzag crossing.
GIRLS MAKE DRESS ON TRAIN
Six Complete a Latest Style Gown In
Twenty Minutes In Paris
Tube Car.
Parla. Tube travelers who were
recently astonished to seo six young
women hurriedly cutting and making a
fashionablo gown whllo riding In a
tuho train havo learned that tho un
usual performance was tho result of a
wager that tho mldlnettes could not
fashion n dross complete during n trip
from tho Porto d'Orleans station to
tho Port do Cllgnaucourt, a 20-mlnuto
Journoy underground.
Each girl hud a particular assign
menc. Om mado a sleeve, another tho
other sleovo, anothor tho bodice, a
fourth tho skirt, whllo tho fifth and
sixth attachod hooks and eyes and
trimmings. As tho train drew up at
tho terminal at Cllgnancourt, tho girls
stoppod from their car and held out
tho finished dross with a shout of tri
umph, having comploted it in 20 min
utes. Tho dresB Is of pink chiffon, designed
in tho latost stylo, with a draped tunic
and lavish ornamontatlon.
of courso, tho largo rooms are central
heated as well, and so aro all tho cor
ridors. But there aro still well ovot
COO chlmnoys to bo swopt, and thore
is scarcely a day throughout tho yea:
when wo havo not got somo ono work
ing nt tho palaco. All tho chimneys
nro mimbored, and tho same men, so
far as posslblo, always do them.
Tlioro aro utlll many Bloping chim
neys, whoro n man has to go up him
solf. In these cases ho is blindfolded,
tho faco 1b complotoly covered up and
ho docs tho work entirely by feeling.
This Is tho sort of thing the "educated
boy" of today does not llko.
Hell Family Taking the Lead.
Purrell, Pa. Tho Da nun family bids
fair to Iobo its famo by tho discovery
or tho Hell family here Conrad Hell,
nn ice cream manufacturer, has used
tho family namo freely In signs scat
tered throughout tho town. Ono In
vites tho public to "go to Hell for pjro
lco cream," whllo anothor reads:
"Havo you boon to IIoll? Its tho
coolest plnco In Farroll." A sign In
front of Holl's OBtabllshmont prcsonts
a young woman saying to hor escort.
"IIoll for mlno; always."
Mule Resents Being Tickled.
Now York, As tho result or tickling
a mulo with a straw. Paul Porcare.
agod flvo, had his faco disfigured for
lifo when tho animal objected.
Electricity in a Bowl Protects a Bunch of Coin
WVSHINGTON. "Conscicnco doth
make cowards of us all," re
marked Mr. Shakespeare which only
shows that Shakespeare, was hep to
humnnlty and wrote a good many
things that other pcoplo merely
thought. TIiIb philosophy on morals
may not havo been written with a par
ticular vlow to Janitors, but thore are
several cases In Washington whoro it
would apply. There is ono widely dis
cussed at tho capitol, whore It is well
known thnt Superintendent Elliot
Woods can lcavo Jewels and precious
stones or anything elso ho happened
to havo lying around with a perfect
looseness, nnd there is not a laborer
on the placo who would not walk
around tho block to avoid going near
them.
Quito a whllo ago tho sonato labora
tory was not tho commodious struc
ture it is now, but merely a private
laboratory and workshop for Mr.
Woods. Ho was an electrical expert
This Model Shop Was
HEN tho model shop of tho Smith
sonian Institution wa3 down by
tho railroad trackB In South Washing
ton, Harry Handloy and the lato Mr.
Palmer, who were in the shop, had tho
surrounding population "buffaloed" to
tho extent that It was never necessary
to lock a door. Tho model shop was
rather an eerie place, nnyhow, with its
atmosphere of plaster of paris, half
dlsmombored bodies and statues and
rugs nnd skins and almost anything
elso queer that haproned to float
through tho museum. There wore a
lot of llfo masks in plaster, and tho
residents of tho shop were believed by
all tho small boys and many of 'tho
adults of tho vicinity to bo body
snatchers and to mako their living by
questionable and occult arts, including
humnn vivisection.
Tho thing that mado tho placo sa
cred, or rather baleful, to illiterate
noighbors was a human skeleton that
lived in tho back of the shop and that
by a simple arrangement of overhead
cords could bo made to got up off u
chair and walk Into tho shop.
There Is ono of tho clorks up In tho
war department who Is an amateur
naturalist of somo attainment Ho is
also a smoker and is In tho habit of
keeping a small resorvo supply of to
baco in a Jar on his desk, bo that ho
can replenish his pouch if he runs
short during tho day.
Hidden Wealth Lost; Stove Is Wwst Offender
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THE United States has made mil
lions of dollars through tho efforts
of thrifty peoplo to placo tholr sur
plus wealth beyond tho reach of
thieves. Goats, calves, dogs and other
animals havo eaten hundreds of rolls
of bills that would havo been far safer
in banks. Parlor stoves also appear
to bo a profitable source of loss,
But for tho work of tho redemption
division of tho treasury department
tho loss in many cases would bo total.
As it is much of the money is re
deemed, but to dato Undo Sam is
$14,000,000 richer than ho would havo
beon had ho never issued paper monoy.
Millions of tho fractional currency
notes havo been offered for redemption
uud together with lator issues, are
Congressman Drove a Mule and Was Proud of It
IT IS not often that a mulo will help
a man to get Into congress, but this
vory thing hnpponed In tho caso of
William N. Baltz, who represents tho
Twonty-second Illinois district He is
tho man who succeeded Representa
tive Rodenberg.
Baltz 1b n farmer, and he is proud
of it. In his youth ho wns offered an
opportunity to obtain a college educa
tion, but no declined, saying that he
preferred to dovoto his timo to hlB
farm. So ho wont to work and farmed
right up to tho minute that.lt became
necessary for him to como to con
gress. Furthermore, ho will farm
somo more, whonovor congress ad
journs. Thoro woro thoso peoplo In his dis
trict who wore politically opposed to
him that thought It would bo n fine
schomo to expose tho fuct that ho
drovo a mulo around homo, nnd they
sprond this "scandal" far and wide
After tho etory had beon going tho
rounds for two or threo wooks Baits
was called on one night down at Bello
vlllo to mako hie first political speech.
then, as ho is now, and was always
fooling with anything from wireless
to high frequency currents. Ho no
ticed at ono timo that a good many
of his small personal possessions dis
appeared ir ho did not lock thom up,
and as ho seldom thought to lock any
thing up, tho lost list Increased to an
annoying extent
' Ono day ho built a largo lyden Jar
out of a big china bowl and a littlo tin
foil. Ho dropped a lot of pennies and
nickels and dimes into it and charged
it with enough "Julco" to kill an ox
maybo, or at least onough to mako tho
ox think ho had boon killed. He loft
It on a sheet of glass and walked off,
leaving tho door of tho laboratory
open.
It was not long before ono of tho
outsido laborers slipped In and took a
look around. That bowl of small
chango was an irresistible temptation,
nnd ho evidently thought a fow would
not bo missed. Ho ran his hand into
tho bowl, but before ho could grasp a
nickel he felt as though somo ono had
hit him on tho funny gone with an ax.
Ho gavo a wild yell and landed In tho
middle of the property yarJ. Since
that timo it has been well and gen
erally known that Mr. Woods "puts
conjures" on anything that belongs
to him and you could not hire anybody
at the capitol to touch a thing of his.
Rather an Eerie Place
Ho found, finally; that it was impos
sible to keop any tobacco on hand and
whenever ho wanted It In a hurry tho
Jar was sure to havo been' omptled.
Tho Inhabitants of Ireland have noth
ing on tho sons of Ham when it comes
to dreading snakes. All snakes look
allko to thom and they are all deadly,
moroly because they are snakes, quite
regardless of tho species. Tho clerk
know this quite well and, carefully
washing out tho tobacco dust from tho
Jar, ho ono day dropped a perfectly
harmless grass snake into it and put
on tho lid.
That afternoon ho stayed late with
a draftsman who waB working over
time in an adjoining room. About
5:30 thoro was an agonized yell from
tho neighborhood of his desk and ono
of tho Janitors passed through the
room In a blinding cloud of dust and
took tho stalrB three at a time without
waiting for the elevator.
either lost or hoarded up by curio
collectors.
Dogs, cats, pigs, goats and calves ap
pear to bo tho chief offenders when
it comes to eating paper bills. Re
cently tho redemption division wa3
compelled to examine tho stomach of
a dog that had Bwallowed a $20 bill
dropped by his owner. The bill was
thought to bo worth more than tho
dog, so tho nnimal was killed. Calves
mutllato paper money worse than any
other animal. Goats appear to give it
a "lick and a promise" and Bwallow
tho whole roll.
Men In the redemption division as
sort that in cases whero aniinalB swal
low bills tho propor course is to get
tl)o bills as soon as poslblo and to
ship the whole mass to Washington to
bo unfolded and tested as to Its
genuineness.
Decidedly tho larger part of money
sent to Washington for redemption Is
said to have been mutilated by lire.
Tho parlor stovo Is a great source of
loss. During tho summer months
ironey Is concealed In the stovo and in
tho fall Is sent up In smoko In the
ilrst fall fire.
'Somo of my political opponents say
that I drlvo a mule," he said. "You bet
I drive a niule! Ho's a good mulo, too,
1 dou't suppose thore's a better mulo
In southern Illinois, I'm not ashamed
of that mule, and I'm not ashamed
that I'm a farmer, either. Somo folks
try to belittle mo by saying, thut I
wear a hickory shirt. You but 1 wear
one! I'm not ashamed of that, either.
I'm a farmer and I'm nn honest ono,
and if you send mo to Washington I'll
bo an honest congressman, too!"
Tho speech mado a hit with tho nu
dlenco and tho nowBpapors said that
It was ono of tho host that had been
delivered during tho campaign.
BlIlS
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Better
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Baked
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You never tasted
daintier, lighter, flufli(
biscuits than those
baked with Calumet
They're always t
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For Calumet in- !
cures perfect
baking.
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Paria Exrjoeltlon.
France, March,
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Thinks Cancer Is Contagious.
Authorities contend that cancer is
not contagious, but Doctor Odior,
head of tho cancer institution at Gene
va, Switzerland, says he has dlscov-'
crcd in ono of tho principal streets of
that city at least a dozen houses in
which tho disease has recurred, a fact
ho can only account for on the theory
that it Ib contagious. He urges that
every houBe In which there has been a
cancer patient be disinfected. .
The First Question.
WIggs Young Sillicus sayB his
heart is lacerated.
Waggs Who's tho lass?
Kllkenney castlo is ono of the old
est inhabited houses in the world,
many of tho rooms being much as
they woro 800 yoars ago.
Hm.Wlnslow's Sootbln? Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflamma
tion, allays paln.cureu wind collc,25c a bottloJU?
It 1b a waste of timo to whitewash
a character that could not bo saved by
thick enamel.
Red Cross Ball Blue will wash double as
m.iny clothes ns any other blue. Don't
put your money into any other. Adv.
Women never really admire each
other. Thoy aro too busy admiring
each other's clothes.
TRJED REMEDY
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