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    THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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TWO NAMES WERE THE LIMIT
In the Sixteenth Century It Was Ille
gal In England to Have More
Than Ono Cognomen. '
It Is nn exception nowadays to come
-across a porson with only ono
Christian name, London Answers ob-
serves. High or low can have a
string of middle namos It they so de
sire, although the majority stick to
"but two Christian namos.
In tho sixteenth century, however,
middle names wcro illogal In England,
And, In accordance with the strictness
of that period, no Infraction of tho law
was admitted.
Royalty were tho only privileged
persons In this rospect. If they really
wished to possess a middle nnmo the
Jaw relaxed its severity and granted
their request; but woe to tho ordinary
-commoner who exercised his own au
thority and gave unto himself more
than two appellations.
The whipping post was his punish
ment for tho first offense. And should
his boastfulncss exceed his temerity
a more lasting punishment corrected
his second lapse tho modlaeval cus
tom of romoval of his thumbs or
eara.
Undoubtedly full nomenclature has
been of great use In the legal world.
"John Jones" ubounds by the hun
dreds) but John "Slegmund" Jones, for
instance, stands a better chance or
cprrect Identification and of establish
ing liia Identity.
MAGNETIC GAME FOR PARLOR
Basketball May Be Played Upon Table
With Two Upright Screens,
a Ball and Bats.
A parlor game of basketball played
upon a table with two upright
screens, a ball and bats, is tho subject
of a patent Issued to Lenora II. Jones,
Sedgwick, Kansas.
The ball in constructed of magnetiz
able material, while the bat, called a
tong, contains a permanent inagnot,
as shown, with a handle
Tho object of the gamo Is to pick
up the playing ball with tho tong
through tho magnetic action and de
liver it with a quick Jerking motion
into tho basket, us shown, at tho left
of the parly In play, bays tho Popular
Electricity. This is done only by the
player standing next to tho basket;
the other player or players on the
Magnetic Basketball.
same side simply pass tho ball along
the tablo with a light tap of the tong.
The opponent attempts to prevent a
player from scoring by guarding the
basket and by knocking tho ball from
hla opponent's tong by lightly strik
ing tho latter on the top with his
own Each playing bull delivered in
the basket may count two points and
the lirst Bido scoring ten points shall
he tho winner In tho gamo and tho
side first winning flvo games shall be
the final winner.
SOMETHING TO THINK OVER
One Who Thinks He Thinks What He
Is Not and Is What He Really
Thinks He Is One Result.
It Is nfflrmed that you aro what you
think you are, says Life.
If you think you are what you think
you aro you will naturally bellovo
nml think that you really think what
you aro.
Hut If you only think what you aro
in truth you aro more thnn likely to
think and believe that you only think
you think what you are.
if you think you aro what you aro
not, then whnt you think is not what
)ou aro, and what you aro Is' not what
ijou think, and what you are Is what
you think you aro not, and what you
are not la not what you think you are
not, but what you think you aro.
When what you think you aro
Is not what you think, you think
you aro what you think you arc, while,
ub a matter of cold and hard fact,
jou aro what ou are and not at all
what you think you think you are.
So. if you truly want to bo what
on think you nro oo euro and think
only that you are Just what you are,
rather than whut you think
And then It inuBt follow that If you
think you aro what you aro, you are
what "you thluk you aro
Think it ovor!
Afraid He Would Bo a Girl.
"Tommy, my dear, what aro you
rrjiiiR for?" Bald a lady to hor llttlo
boy, who hud Just returned from
church
"Hoouiihb tho clorgmau says that
wn nitiHt nil ho horn again, and I am
nfrnUI I Mhull ho horn n girl next tluiu."
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NEW TOY IS QUITE AMUSING
Manikin Makes Lusty 8 wipe at Base
ball When Spring Is Roleased
Bats Like Ty Cobb.
An ingenious and amusing toy has
boor designed by a Massachusetts
man and is shown In tho illustration. A
manikin, with pivoted arms audi a bat
In Its hands, Is fixed on a base-board.
On tho other end of tho hoard a ball
rests in a shallow hollow. A spring
reaches from tho manikin's handB to
his feet and there is a catch in tho
back by means of which his hands can
bo pulled up and tho spring stretched.
A cord with a haudlo on it Is attached
to tho catch and releases it when pull
ed. When tho catch Is released tho
spring pulls tho figure's hands down
Manikin Ball Player.
and tho bat, which has a wing on tho
end, makes a sweeping slam at tho
ball. Usually It hits It, being adjust
ed for an accurate Bhot, but a miss 1b
no more than oven a Ty Cobb might
do. '
WANTS THINGS FOR HIS OWN
Desire to Possess Property Is Inherent
In All Mankind Boy Desires No
Partnership Affair.
The average boy believes firmly In
the principle of tho prlvato ownership
of personal property, writes Thomas
V. Lloyd In the Mother's Magazine.
Ho would rather bo tho solo possessor
of a broken handled knlfo with no
blades thnn a pearl handled, four blad
cd affair in partnership.
In fact, the desire to own something
to possess property is inherent in
all mankind And mothers should en
deavor to foster this desire. It will
not only increase tho boy's happiness,
but will teach him the value of acquisi
tion within proper limits. He should
havo his own playthings, his own tools,
his own books, his own clothes and a
place of his own in which to kocp
them.
A boy who Is permitted to do this
will take bettor care of things than
If, owned in partnership, and ho will
learn eagerly to have a placo for his
things and to keep them In their place.
And this ls valuable lesson. Do not
make a younger hoy wear his older
brother's clothing which tho latter has
outgrown. If It can be avoided. Of
course In sbino famlltest where every
cent counts, this cannot be helped. Ev
ery boy, and wo speak from experi
ence, hates to wear another's clothes.
Ho wants hla own.
Givo him his own bureau drawer and
at least a portion of a closet and teach
him habits of orderliness and system
in tho caro of his possessions. Thcso
habits are easily learned when young
and their value to the man of business
Is incalculable
BICYCLE ON UNO OR WATER
Pair of Inflated Floats of Nearly Cu
bical Shape Arc Used as Supports
Has Propelling Vanes.
A bicycle that la designed to run
either on land of water is shown in
the Uuctratlon. A pair of Inflated
floats of nearly cubical shape sup
port each wheel when tho machine
is used for water travel, aud a rud-
A Hydrocycle.
dor, connected to tho handlebars by a
light cable, Is attached to tho roar.
Tho rear wheel Is equipped with pro
pelling vanos.
Others Beside Johnny.
Johnny, llshing for a nlckol in the
bottom of ono of them, has omptlcd
tho contents of both pockets on tho
dining table.
Papa For heaven's -Bake, son, what
makes you carry all that plunder
around in your pockots. Whcro on
oarth did you got it?
Johnny Huh. this? Sis straighten
ed up iter handbag this mornln' and
glmmo what sho didn't want no moro.
Importantl
llarber Well, my llttlo man, and
how would you llko your hair cut?
Llttlo Fred (ugod six) If you
plcuso, sir, Just llko father's; and don't
forget tho llttlo round hole at thu top
where tho head comes through.
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THAT OTHER WOMAN
By ARTHUR BOLTONWOOD.
Tho frosty October day mado tho
crackling flro on tho hearth vory
cozy and vory cheerful. They ant
boforo it, Iloh Standlsh and Betty Ar
nold, two vory happy, carefroo chil
dren for tho tlmo bolng. StandlBh put
his Angers Into his vest pocket and
drow out a llttlo caso of morocco.
"I got tho ono 1 wnnted, Hetty,"
said he. "I mado 'em tako It out of
that pendant. Thoro wasn't anothor
ono llko It."
Ho snapped open tho cover of tho
caso and tho dnnclng flames burned in
n thousand many colored reductions
in tho heart of a porfect diamond.
Standlsh reached over for a girl's
slim hand, but to his utter amaze
ment she drew it back vory gently,
but with determination. Glancing up
he saw her oycB wero troubled.
"Oh, JtiBt a moment JuBt a moment
beforo you put It on my linger, doar,"
sho breathed quickly. "I I don't
know Just how to Bay it. I'm afraid."
"Afraid?" ho echoed with a boyish
laugh. "Of what, you dear llttlo Miss
Teaso."
"Honestly, Bob," she panted, as ho
would havo snatched her to him. "Oh,
please Just a minute let rao be
sure!"
She drew nway from him. Hor faco
was Just the least bit twisted as with
pain for him.
"Yob, that's Just It," Bhc said with
downcast eyes. "I want to bo cortnln
that I am suro of you."
"Betty!" ho cried reproachfully.
Dut still bIio held him off.
"I've I've heard somothlng," Bhe
said. "I don't bellovo it, but It It
hurts. It will hurt till you let me
know it Isn't bo."
Ho scowled. "Who's been talking
now?1' ho snld almost harshly.
"Mrs. Malvern."
"That that trouhlo-monger 1 "
"Bob!"
"Well, what has sho been saying?"
Tho girl stared long into tho flro.
Bob Standlsh saw sho was biting her
under lip.
"I wouldn't listen to her nor believe
it," Bhe said at Inat. "Still I had to
hear somo of tho things and and
thinking them over tho fow I did
hear I'm afraid; just tho weculoBt
hit afraid, dear. She said you wore
buying a whole lot of flowers every
Thursday at Bondonu'B that you
went nway every Thursday In your
car right after lunch and and that
you didn't get back until dinner tlmo.
Sho said you always wore your heart
on your Bleevo and that Bob!" she
said euddenly sitting' very straight,
"tell me It isn't bo. It's hurt awful
ly; moro than I'd admit."
His own faco became very grave.
Ho kicked back an embor that came
hurtling across tho hearth.
"About wearing my heart on my
sleeve that isn't bo," ho said. "About
tho flowers well, I'll havo to admit
them."
Sho looked up quickly. Ho wasn't
looking at her. Sho felt somo vaguo
senso of something dreadful Impend
ing. ,
"Oh," she said.
"And pcrhnpa I had best explain
abouMhem beforo I put the ring on,"
said he.
Sho waited Bllently for him to go
on. Sho did not know sho was press
ing her hands tightly togethor.
"It's really all right, dearlo," ho
said quietly at last. "She's an old
friend of tho family. Her peoplo havo
mot reverses. She's living on gamely,
plucklly, on what waa loft. Sho lan't
asking odds of anybody I I want
ed to make it Just a little easier for
her. I want to think thnt onco in a
while sho has a few of the things
sho used to have. So every Thurs
day I blow myself for uomo orchids
for her at Rondeaus', and yos, I tako
them to her myself, I might as -well
own up, and I tako hor for a spin In
the car for a few hours out to Mil
vllle, or over the old turnpike to that
cozy llttlo Inn at Brldgton for tea. It
makes her forget. It's so very little
I do and so entirely Innocent. You've
forgiven mo already, haven't you?"
"I I don't know," said sho rather
hoarsely.
film tinHro,t ), BHfronn,i hit ti.
he grinned; sho thought to cover his
embarrassment.
"Sho Is hero In town then all the
tlmo?" Bho askod.
"Oh, yes."
"Is sho pretty?"
He wrinkled hla brow as of do
bating a point In his mind.
"Beautiful is a better word," said
ho.
Again sho looked up. Hla faco was
nil ashino. She turned away that ln
might not boo how badly sho was
hurt.
"I don't know why I hnvo not told
you all this before," said ho. "Tho
very fact I haven't shows how lightly
I thought of It. I havo meant to tell
you at different tlmea, and 1 certainly
should havo told you boforo wo wero
married, becauso I want to buy hor
those flowers every Thursday Just tho
same and tako her for tho spin. You
wouldn't mind, would you?"
Sho flushod beautifully. He caught
tho sound of a llttlo half-frightened
gasp.
"Oh, Bob, I'm afraid I do enro," she
said. "I'm afraid I'm not n bit broad.
I'm Bolllsh Of courso It's very noble
of you and thoro Isn't tho least bit
of harm in It. still"
"She's o plucky nbout It all," ho
said, as If In self-defense.
Sho tried to Btop thorn, but two
big tears slipped out of hor oyea nnd
coursed, ono down oach cheak.
"Supposo you coma and soo hor
with nw-now, this afternoon, this
mlnuto," ho said. "Then you can do
cldo. and I'll abide by it."
"You don't understand," oho said
hotly. "It Un't that."
"Como Just tho Bnmo," said ho.
8ho Bhook hor head.
"Not If I inalstr
"You wouldn't"
"But I do."
Sho nroso vory proudly. "Vory
woll." said Bho.
Sho ran up stairs. In a moment
she was down ngain, smiling now,
but vory coldly, ho noticed.
"I'd best tako furs?" sho asked.
"Yoa," ho said shortly, and opened
tho door.
His car was drawn up at tho curb
outBldo. Ho tucked her In, climbed
in himself and nway thoy spun
through tho criap autumn nlr with its
moro thnn hint of frost.
Ho did not Eponk; nolthor did Bho.
watching tho streets slip past ono
after nnothor. At last thoy shot into
tho Btiburbs, turned in at a wldo gato,
flanked on elthor dido by great atono
posta and drow up beforo n hugo
building.
Ho helped hor out, led hor up tho
stone stops and into a wido hall,
whcro a smiling woman camo for
ward to greet thorn.
"May wo soo Mra. Horton?" Stand
lsh asked. "I know It Isn't my day,
but I thought she'd bo glad to soo
ub Just tho Bnmo."
"Glad? Sho'll ho delighted ne n
child," aald tho woman.
Botty had clutched his arm.
"What plnco Is this?" alio whla
pored. For answer ho led her n fow stops
down tho hall and pointed to a brass
tablet on tho wall.
"For lonely nnd ngod women whoso
slendor moana offer them but scant
comfort in tho nil too forgetful world
thoy havo served, tho "und for thla
homo is given by Helen P. Corlls."
Later tho car whizzed down tho
wide drivo through tho after-glow of
n j'lorici s October sunsot.
"Isn't Bho a dear!" cried Betty,
nestling close to Bob "Beautiful
doesn't half do hor Justice I don't
wonder you hesitated whon I naked
you If sho waa pretty."
"You'll lot mo buy hor tho flowers
and tako hor Joy-rldlng. then. Just
tho uame after wo'ro married?" ho
caked.
"Indeed I won't," said sho with
much omphaais. "Wo'll buy her flow-
ors, and wo'll tako hor motoring, and
we'll hnvo hor to dinner vory, very
often. Now, Bob, doar, stop tho car
right hero, aud put that ring on my
finger."
(Copyright. 1913. by tho McCluro News
paper Syndicate.)
NO MORE LAST FORTY WINKS
Fiend Has Invented an Alarm Clock
That Simply Insists on One's Ris
ing In the Morning.
It haa often scorned, after tho an
nouncement of nn invention to which
tho attention of tho cntlro civilized
world has boon called, that tho human
mind could scarcely lnvont anything
moro and fashion it in material form,
but tho countless dreams of lnvontors
continue to bo realized in astounding
numbers.
Every week, every month, tho trado
Journals advortlso and comment upon
now things in tho lines which they
represent and publish new ideas which
tills material labor saving ago seizes
and makes its own.
An nlarm clock which awakens you
with tho words of a disgusted wife
who has breakfast on tho tnblo, and a
largo vessol which carries submarines
ovor long distances by means of a
"pouch" aro among tho newest offer
ings." As an ever present need, tho alarm
clock will probably bo put into moro
gencrnl household use than tho ship
with' tho "pouch" for enrrying sub
marines. In tho evening beforo retir
ing you set tho clock for G:30; at 0:30
you will probably get up. Hero Is what
will waken you:
"Six: thirty, slx-thlrty, slx-thlrty;
tlmo to get up; get up, can't you? Got
up you mlscrablo, lazy man. Got up,
BOt up, get up!" ,
Tho flr8t c,ock of thls u,nd wns cx'
hlblted in 1900, but it cost J2.C00 to
! mako u- Tho Present offering costs
?25- M yu aro awako in tho mlddlo
tho night and wish to know tho
tlme' preB,B a butttm and tho cick W,H
tell you tho nearest quarter hour as
"Two-fifteen," If It happens too bo 2:13
or 2:18. Tho phonographic record Is
on an endless belt nnd tho grooves In
which tho voice vibrations nro record
ed run lengthwlso of tho bolt. The
belt continues to give out sound until
shut off whon onco started. So far tho
clocks havo been supplied with belts
which talk In thirty-nvo languages.
Wise Compromise In Slang.
"Good slang la permissible anions
Bchool children," nccordlng to Dr. G.
Stanley Hall. Precisely the same thing
Is true of college boys, of college girls
and of tho rest of us. Slang la inevit
able. To thunder against it, to Ignore
it, to burlesque it Is equally idle.
Slnco wo cannot end It and. really,
wo nltould not and would not if wo
could tho part of wisdom is endeavor
to mend It. Let educators direct their
satire and condemnation against vul
gar, vicious, idiotic slang of which
thoro Is abundanco nnd they will ac
complish something. Tho slang that
Is rucy, bpontnneous, humorous, ox
preaslvo deserves kindly toleration it
not encouragemont Somo of it es
tablishes Itself and becomes classical
English.
As to tho question what good slang
Is, It is manifestly foolish. There I
no fixed test, but persons of tasto and
cultivation hao no dltficulty In differ
"inflating between loglllmato slang
and groUtquo, silly aud oSansiv
, slang.
M23aum
EHRLICH'S SEARCH
Ban, his seiiBntlonal discovery of thrco years ago; and, outBldo bactorlologlcal
circles, this Is perhaps hla chief tltlo to fame. It la well to realize, how
ever, that Ehrllch la a man of moat exceptional gonlus, whoso bold Hpccu
latlons and Imnglnatlvo theories havo been tho outstanding fcaturoB of bac
teriological progroBB any tlmo thla lnat 12 or 14 years.
"It will not bo eurprlulng If by tho tlmo of tho noxt International con
gress In London, Ehrllch'a nnmo has boon promoted to tho compnny of tho
immortals LlBtor, Pasteur, and tho rest. Ab a mattor of Interest wo may
noto that tho professor la nearly Bixty; bo that If ho llvoa to boo that con
gress, and if It meets in London nftorn similar interval of tlmo to that
which elapsed between this Just concluded ono and Its prodocessor, ho will
bo well ovor ninety yoara of ago. Wo wish him longth of years to visit us
ngain whon thnt time cornea. Prosit!"
GAMBOA NAMED
Fcdorlco Gnmhoa, minister of for
eign affairs, nominated for tho presi
dency by tho Catholic party conven
tion, and Gen. Eugonlo Itascon, named
for tho vlco'presidoncy, havo accepted
the nominations. Gamboa in accept
ing tho candidacy pointed to IiIb rec
ord aB a diplomat and the absonco of
adulations with any part'.
Ho tendered his resignation ns
minister of foreign nffalrB, but Gonernl
Ihiorta has not yot accepted It. Sonor
Gamboa said ho would not bo sur
prised If Gonoral Huorta should pro
for to continue him in his present
post until tho elections, thoro being
nothing In tho laws, ho said, to pro
vent such a courso. -
Meantime Qen. Felix Diaz has been
recalled by Senor Gamboa to roturn
to Moxico City. Tho military mission
of General Diaz In Franco Is ended
and ho la nt tho disposition of tho
foreign office.
Tho offorta of tho Catholic party,
it Is said, havo been dlroctod at tho selection of men who would bo nccept
ablo to tho United Statos. Tho cholco foil upon Sonor Gamboa, for tho rea
son that ho has not boon prominently Identified with any political party, "
whllo it is bolloved that ho will havo tho confidence of Liberals, as woll
as Catholics.
NEW MINISTER
central committee and for many years was a momber of tho committee. In
tho preliminary campaign for tho Democratic presidential nomination a year
ngo ho waa an active Btipporter of Governor Wilson for tho nomination.
Mr. Schmodomnn's selection for n diplomatic post is regarded by his
friends as a most wise nnd happy ono.
Mr. aud Mrs. Schmedemau havo two children, a daughter of fifteen nnd
a son of twelvo,
WHY O'HAIR
Representative Frank T. O'Hnlr of
Illinois, Democratic successor to "Un
cle Joe" Cannon, Is ono of tho mom
bent of tho houao who did not voto
on tho administration currency hill.
But ho thinks ho hns a good excuse.
O'Halr waa out In his dlatrict look
ing after his political fencos a bit
and rounding up some personal mat
tors. Ho planned to loavo for Wash
ington in ample tlmo to voto for the
currency bill. Tho day boforo ho had
planned to leave, howover, ho decided
to mako some elder. Not having
tasted any real cider freBh from tho
prosB for many moons, ho drank cop
iously thereof The samo day ho
went on a Jnunt into tho country with
n couplo of friends nnd devoured a
lot of Juicy plums About two o'clock
tho following morning ho was awak
ened by a terrific pain In tho region
of his solar plexus tho kind of pain
that tho avorngo small boy knows all
about. Up thought ho was going to
die. Ho did not reach Washington until tho day after th currency bill
passed tho house. Now ho Is wondoring whether he will bo able to Mtlify
hls constituents about that aliment If "Uncle Jens" cutrs tho race &&Ut
him next year.
FOR CURE-ALL
Tho pnnncoa, or drug that will euro
all dlaoascs, waa tho dream of tho
ancient Btudcnt of modlcino. It hnB
not yot been found, nor la It likely to
bo; yot thoro Is at least ono groat
medical authority who expects to dis
cover it for ono particular class of
dlaeaaos nnmely, thoso cauacd by
bacterial lnfoctlon. Thoro la nothing
Illogical in tho idea of n substnnco
that la fatnl to all bactorlnl organ
lams. Indocd, such Bubatnnccs nro al
ready known, but unfortunately thoso
with which moat people aro familiar
will kill tho patlont as woll. In nn
address boforo tho recent Internation
al congress of modlcino In London,
Prof. Taul Ehrllch, famous as tho dla
covoror of Balvarsnn, announced hla
hopo of obtaining what ho calls a
"complete radical euro" of all Infec
tive dIsonBca. A report In tho Hos
pital (Loudon, August 10) says:
"Many peoplo aasoclato Ehrllch
simply with tho much-tnlked-of salvar-
FOR PRESIDENT
NT0 NORWAY
Albort G, Schmodeninn of MndlBon,
Wis., wns recently appolntod United
StatoB mlnlBter to Norway. Tho sal
ary Is ?10,000 a year.
Mr. Schmedemau succeeds Laurltz
Swonson of Minnesota, who uorved us
minister to Denmark and Switzerland
boforo going to Norway. Tho ap
pointment 1b for four years. In vlow
of tho centennial colouration noxt year
of Norwegian Independence and which
will draw thousands of AmoricnnB to
Norway tho post which Mr. Schmedo
man will fill will bo ono of much Im
portance nnd interest to Amorlcans.
Mr. Schmodoman was born and
reared in Madison, whoro tho
Schmcdomnn family has long boon
prominent In bualnoss, civic and so
cial activities. He is tho Bonlor mem
ber of tho clothing firm of Schmedo
man and Balllio. In 1910 ho was tho
Democratic candidnto for congress
from this district. Ho has also served
as treasurer of tho Domocratlc state
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