THE NORTH PLATTE 9EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
Militiamen Spurn Department's Plea to Be Cooks
WSIIINGTON. HlBCUitB and pies!
Theso two delightful edibles aro
proving obstacles
I MU5TA OEErt
to tlio United
Stntoa war de
partment, and It
all comes of tlio
efforts of the au
thorities to get
brave and gallant
militiamen inter
ested In the art
of cpoklng.
Recently con
grcBS supplied
funds to be UBcd
in Instructing mi
litia officers in the
art of mixing
dough and pre
paring pie crust
so It could be cut
with an ordinary
BATTY WHiffl
TOOK UP THIi
COOW WESR
knlfo. War department heads expect
ed their action would meet with popu
lar approval, and that tho militiamen
would crowd one another In their
hasto to tulfe.up domestic science.
They woro Badly mistaken. Not a
single officer volunteerod, In fact,
thoro was a marked hesitancy on tho
part of tho men to become cooks.
Schools for bakers and cooks, main
tained by tho war department with
a view to teaching tho men sanitary
United in Wedlock in
RECOLLECTIONS of what blissful ef
fect entranco to tho llttlo sylvan
grotto in tho United States capltol
grounds, with its music of rippling wa
ter and its sweet seclusion, had "when
love was young," camo to tho front in
tho minds of hundreds of married
and slnglo Washlngtonlans tho other
day, with tho announcement that Mr.
and Mrs. Anthony Wilson Scruggs, tho
latter formerly Miss Florcnco Leger,
had been married In tho grotto.
Cupid simply rovorsod his tactics
regarding tho grotto, which is some
times known as "Tho Templo of Uo
inanco" In tho cases of tho Lcgers. Or
dinarily ono might say in all cases
heretofore, In all romances at least
the llttlo lovo god has lured tho pros
pective lovers to tho grotto, and there
sowed tho seed of lovo or driven homo
his darts to tho gurgling sound of
tho llttlo fountains within tho etrcnt
and tho nestling of tho Ivy that covers
tho bower. Instead of boglnnlngthls
last romanco there ho established a
precedont and brought it to a culmina
tion in tho precincts of tho llttlo
plnco.
Out of tho myriad of brldeB and
grooms that annually visit tho capltol J
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Many Undraped Scarecrows in Military Service
CAPT. Harold W. Jones, of tho Army
Medical Corps, has mado an inves
tigation of tho
physical charac
teristics of ro
o r u 1 1 b nccoptod
for tho army since
tho Civil war, as
shown by tho
medical records
nnd according to
theso records it
Bcems that tho
Btandard of ro
cruItB is dotorloat
lng. Tho measure
ments of 600 re
cruits woro ex
amined, and It is
shown that tho
percent ago of
strong men en
listed 1b by far tho lowest at tho
present day, only 33 por cont. as
lagalnst 57 por cont. In 187G. Tho men
considered weak at tho present tlmo
aro 43 por cont. as against 10 pur
cent. In 1875.
Attention Is called to tho fact that
tho percentage of foreign-born recruits
haB fallon from moro than CO per cont.
'to about 9 per cent., and It is suggested
that many of tho recruits obtained
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Real Babies Engaged for
GENUINE cxporlonco In housowork,
housekeeping, cooking, and caro of
bablea Is to bo pnrt of tho do
meBtio science course of tho grade
school girl of Washington. Heal
houses aro to bo loaned for tho course,
and what's moro real babies aro to
bo furnlBhod for demonstration pur
poses. Thoso planB for making tho
school courses In domestic science
moro practical and Instructive are
owing to Impetus given by Mrs. Arch
ibald Hopkins, who Is promlnont In
all social service endeavors In tho cap
ital. Tho jrosout prospect Fs for two of
these houscB, Ono Ir- a modern cot
tage connected with fob Noel house.
Tho other Is an alley b.0UB0, under tho
supervision of Neighborhood house
nettloment.
Girls taking tho domestic sclonco
courses in the schools will hold classes
at these houses n numbor of times
each week, when they will bo givon
tho opportunity to do ull kinds of
housework undor tlio oyos of capablo
instructors. Thoy will koop tho housos
clean, make the curlaluu, tho bcJdlug,
food values havo gono without pupils
as a consequence.
Much speculation as to tho attitude
of tho militia officers has been in
dulged in by tho department head3,
with little satisfaction. Somo havo
vonturcd tho opinion that Hour and
dough might soil their glistening uni
forms, and tho fact that they aro em
ployed In tho kitchen might lessen
their majesty In front of tho fair sex
at social events. Tho government as
an inducement has offered to koop se
cret tho list of men who apply for
kitchen Instruction, and as to tho oth
er objection, nprons would, of course,
bo provided while tho pupil mixes
dough.
Asldo from tho ability to mix flour
and water, tho military requirements
for entranco to tho "Dlscult College"
demand that a budding officer-cook
must bo of sound health and good
moral character. Incidentally In Bet
ting forth tho requirements, tho mi
litia division bars officers above tho
rank of colonel.
Tho appeal for officer-cooks, how
over, Is genuine, nnd if thoro is any
militia meiribor in Clovclahd who la
anxious to excol in tho finest art tho
world has known, confer a favor upon
a perplexed war department and write
at onco.
Capitol Grotto Grounds
xv
and saunter through Its grounds at
'.onat nlno out of ten couples pauso on
entering tho Ideal love-making bower,
reconnolter to seo It nnyono olso is
within dangerouB proximity, and thon
well, overybody who has been thero
knows. '
Mrs. Scruggs, who is tho daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Eugono Leger of this
city, concoived tho idea of being mar
ried in tho popular llttlo grotto. In
,company with Lolaiyl Leger, her
brother, and 'tho rtovDr. Thompson,,
pastor of tho Waugh M. E. church,
tho couple went to tho grotto and
woro quietly married. Following tho
ceremony tho couplo and tho bride's
parents and two brothers wont to
Great Falls on a little picnic. Mr.
and Mrs. Scruggs will make their
homo In Mississippi
years ago wero hardy Gorman and
Irish emigrants of stocky build, which
may account for tho great difference
in tlio percentage of strong men In the
army now.
Many recruits from tho country dis
tricts of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mis
sissippi aro found to bo ill fed and un-
dor weight, and Capt. Jones states
that tho universal custom of waiving
sovoral pounds undor tho minimum
wolght "gotB ninny an undraped scare
Crow Into tho service"
Capt. Jones furthor says: "Wo
must take tho figures cautiously. As
I havo Bald, I think thoro Is no doubt
that wo aro gottlng a dlfforcnt typo of
man In tho sorvlco today from what wo
got years ago. IIu may bo Just as
good and ho may havo moro brains,
but ho does not scorn to havo
aB much brawn Whether tho prosent
day recruit would last as well undor
the old conditions of hard frontier
sorvlco, with sanltnry conditions far
Inferior to thoso of tho prcsont tlmo,
Is linrd to say, but I think It doubtful
If ho would. Tho high porcontngo of
strong mou in 1870 to 1879 may bo
duo to tho fact that recruiting, at loaBt
In this part of tho country, was not
vory actlvo then, and tho army could
pick its men, accepting only tho hard
iest and tho best."
School Girls to Nurse
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PIAYINC
WITH
DOLLS ,
tho towols, and various other arti
cles that enter Into tho composition
of tho regular home.
They will bo taught to cook food
upon tho regulation Btovo, to kcop tho
larder properly supplied, and tho
dishes nnd pots nnd pans in correct
condition and arrangement. And, then,
thu demonstration baby I
This baby, Mrs. John P. S. Noligh
says, will be borrowed for tho occa
sion. For tho Neighborhood house
clussos it will bo borrowed from tho
day nursery connected with the set
tlement Upon this baby nil tho mys
teries of caring for Kb kinJ, and for
making them healthy and happy, will
bo demonstrated.
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LONDON HOME OF
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Dr. Waltor II. Pago, the American ambassador to England, has rented
tho house at 6 Grosvenor squaro In ono of tho fashlonablo quarters of
London.
Young Harriman and, Astor Show
Business Acumen.
Millionaires Give Money for Various
Causes, but They Must Know the
Vhy and Wherefore Neither
an "Easy Mark."
Now York. Broadway Is full of rich
men's sons after dark every night
That Is why Broadway keeps tho
lamps lit That Is also why a minis
ter said tho other day:
"God savo New York from this
plaguo of rich men's sons."
But If nil tho rich men's sons were
liko tho heirs of two of America's
greatest fortunes, Broadwa would be
In the clutch of tho bailiffs in a
month.
Tho Astor money and the Harriman
monoy is never heard on Broadway
nnd thero is nothing noisier than a
young man spending his first million.
Pink lamp shades and a waiter In
black and whlto over tho left shoal
dor and a French chauffeur out in
front do not interest William Vincent
Astor of William Averlll Harriman.
They aro not dustily serious all
tl' tlmo, of course. No youngster of
twenty-two Is. If ho Is, It's a signal
to call on tho family physician. ,And
they not only havo gumption and In
dustry, but a practical interest in tho
great civic probloms of tho day.
"They aro as aliko," said a warm
friend of the pair, "as two hatchets in
somo respects. And In other ways
they aro absolutely dissimilar."
Thoy'ro tho ntmo ago to a day. On
November 15 next each will celebrato
Averlll Harriman.
his twenty-thin? birthday. Astor Is
in possession of tho most solid fortune
In America. Other men havo moro
than tho 7O,O&0,OOO with which ho Is
credited but real estate raiely do
creases materially In value.
Tho $100,000,000 fortune of Edward
II. Harriman was left unreservedly to
his widow. Shu can dispose of every
cent as sho sees 'It But It is undnr
utood tho bulk Is to go to Averlll Har
rimnn. AHtor works several hours each day
In tho ofllces of tho AHtor estate, liar
rimnn Ib a clerk In the Onion Pacific
offices. It l'J his ambition to somo da
head tho great sys.tom his fnthor
built Harriman was graduated from
Yale. Astor was obliged to li-avo Har
vard at tho tlmo of hts father's death
In the Titanic disaster,
Uoth uro Interested in sports, Har-
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rlman was head coach of tho Yale
crow at ono tlmo. Ho likes to drive
and knowB a good horso. Astor could
make a good living as a mechan
ic. Now and thon ho gets into a can
vas suit and takes down a few mo
tors and puts them together again and
is happy for hours. It is his interest
In mechanics that has led him Into
various experiments with flying boats
and sea sleds and fast automdbilea.
AIbo ho likes to ride fast Astor Is
an inch moro than six feet tall,
with dark hair and blue eyes, and is
slender. Harriman Is tall and broad
shouldered and robust. Astor likes
yachting and Harriman boats. They
aro good friends, but not close com
rades. "It's odd, too,' said a friend, "for
thoy think alike on most public mat
ters." Thero's an Honest Ballot association
In this city. When It was formed tho
cash box was empty. An enthusiast
r explained tho situation to Astor. As
tor likes to sit on his shoulder blades
whllo the other man Is explaining tho
situation. Between times ho puffB at
a big black cigar. His eyes never
leavo thoso of his caller. Ho may
end tho Interview courteously but de
cidedly. If ho Ib interested ho asks
questions.
"Ho has a gift of asking qucstious."
said ono man who knew. "All his
life ho has been on tho defensive
against men who want a part of his
money. And ho can get the kernel of
truth out of tho nut of answer."
Astor gave a fat chock. It happen
ed that tho next man tho solicitor call
ed on wnB Averlll Harriman. Ho lis
tened in his own way which Is qulto
unlike that of Astor's. Harriman sits
straight, with chin up nnd shoulders
swung well back. Ho barely asks a
question until tho other man has said
all he can say. Then Harriman goes
to tho weak point of tho story. On this
occasion he gave a check that match
ed that of Astor. The pair of twenty-
two year old youngsters aro tho prin
cipal backers of tho Honest Ballot as-soclatlon.
FOLLOWS MANDATE OF BIBLE
Rlfjht Eye Offends and Pennsylvanlnn
Gouges Out Member With
a Fork.
Greensburg, Pn. Obeying tho nihil
cal injunction, "If thine eyo offend,
then pluck it out," John Linardos of
GroenBburg. Pa., took h tablcork and
gouged out tho offending member.
Llnardo's caso Is ono of tho strangest
on record In tho United States His
family and frlonds doclaro that, until
ho followed tho bent of his belief,
ho had no peace day or night Since
his chastening act they declaro ho is
a much bettor man.
Llnnrdn was In Detroit, Mich., when
ho gouged tho eye out. Ho had been
sont west in the hope that a change
of association might causo him to for
get his hallucination Contrary to
their expectation, however, his change
of residence had tho opposite effect.
As tho snmo sights presonted them
selves to him In Detroit as had In
Groonsburg ho plucked tho eyo out.
While Linardos never was given to
riotous living or Immoral conduct, ho
some time ago confided to his frlonds
In Groonsburg that ho believed him
self to bo a wicked man becauso ho
had not made a moro careful study
of tho scriptures. After a time Li
nardos foil Into brooding over this lack
OF
English Judge an Example of Un
curbed Judicial Power.
Jeffries Was Infamouo Dearly Loved
to Talk and Took Delight In Tor
tures He Inflicted Upon All
the Court
London. Thero Is no better source
of "human interest" stories than an
old law book. Though centuries h&fo
passed since the quaint, stiff phrases
on tho yellow edged pages were warm
breath in the mouthB of living men,
tho great human tragicomedy was as
tragic and as comic then bb now,
Tnko Corbett's Stato Trials," for In
stance, it was printed only n little
over a century ago, but contnlns re
ports of proceedings from tho earliest
period of ho English courts.
The Infamous Judgo Jeffries presid
ed over tho trials reported in volume
10, 1G80 to 1C85, and it Is a sickening
record. Under the bloodthirsty laws
of that tlmo, an unfit judgo could
commit atrocities such as wo can hard
ly bring ourselves to read of nowa
days. Thoro aro pages of dialogue
in the old law books, however, where
tragedy hides for a moment behind
roaring farco, and wo forget our hor
ror whllo wo gasp and stare and laugh
at tho extraordinary antics which a
man, Insane with power, could de
scend to.
Jeffries, evidently liked his Job, for
ono thing. The ancient and dignified
Court of Klngs'a Bench was to him
simply tho place where nobody could
keep him from doing ns ho pleased.
Ho liked to talk, to contradict people,
to bully them, to scare them, to lec
ture them, to get even with thoso
against whom he had a grudge; and
tho bench was hlB chanco.
Entirely characteristic was his re
sponse to poor Joseph Hayes, charged
with high treason on the back of a
letter which he Insisted ho never
wrote, and who asked for counsel, ob
jecting to certain evidence:
"You are under a mistake; Bomo
body has put it into your head and
puffed you up with a vain story;
thero Is no such thing, it is a fiction,
a mero whim, only said by Mr. Sid
ney and no ground in tho world for
it!" exploded the Judge.
Hayes meekly but unwisely ventur
cd to inquire: "Was it not so In tho
case of my Lady Carr? There Is a,
record of that, I supposo?"
"It was not so. Don't talk of it;
thero was no such thing at all!" tho
court snapped.
Hayes' persistence In this matter
was particularly unwise because he
was right as to tho record. Nothing
mado Judgo Jeffries madder than to
be opposed by somebody who was Id
tho right He was evidently still
peeved when, a llttlo later, Hayoa
again raised somo point of evidence
and asked for counsel.
"No!" roars his lordship. "It is ai
idle whim, and I would fain know the
counsel that put that foolish notion
Into your head."
"If you will allow me counsel,'
pleadB Hayes, desporately, "you shah
hear who they aro; I have been told
the law Is so,"
"Wo are of another opinion," ob
serves Judgo Jeffries grandly. "II
any whimsical notions are put Into
you by somo enthusiastic counsel, the
court Is not to take notice of their
crochets."
"I am not a man of that quality,"
protests Haye3, later, "to glvo Sir T.
A. 150 guineas." And then tho court
had its chance:
"Wo all know you have been a very
active man, a busy fellow about tho
city; as forward a spark ns any I
know of a great while. I don't know
what you talk of your quality, but wo
know your qualifications; you have
alwayB been factious and turbulent
against tho king and government"
Ono trouble with Judgo Jeffries was
that he wanted to be tho wholo show
judge, jury attorneys, complainant,
witnesses and everything olso. Ho
evidently would hive liked to bo tho
executioner, too, Judging from tho rel
ish with which he dwelt on tho pun
lshments it was in his power to In
flict -
of nibllcal knowledge. He paid lit
tle attention to his mercantile) business
and dovoted his entire energy to tho
study of tho BIblo.
Tho text, "If thine oyo offend thee,
pluck It out," stuck to him. Ho be
lieved that tho evils ho witnessed
dally In thq form of saloons, drunk
ards, women in immoral and unsight
ly dresses had poisoned his soul.
Therefore he determined that tho eye
must como out and it did.
The plucking of tho eyo caused In
tonso pain to Linardos. For Bovoral
weeks ho was an Inmato In a Detroit
Hospital.
Second Crop of Raspberries.
Passaic, N. J. A second crop of
raspberries has appeared on tho farm
of William Henwood, a farmer of
Athenla, N. J. Henwood visited local
newspaper offices, bringing several
branches from his bushes bearing rlpo
fruit, to provo his statement true.
Finds Fur-Bearing Fish.
Boston. Tho polar trout, tho only
fur-boarlng flab, Is tho latest eontrlbu
tlon of tho frozen north, according to
John Hunker of Northwood Contro, N,
II., who just roturned from an explor
ing trip In Greenland.
I
n
Sound and Sense.
"Wo took tho baby this summer
whero wo did, because we llkdd tho
namo of tho placo as being bo appro
priate." '
"What was It?"
"Rockaway Beach.'
Important to Mothora,
Examlno carefully every bottlo of
CASTOBIA, a Bafo and Buro remedy -for
infants and children, and ueo that it
Hnnra 4 Via
Signature of QzLfflZAi
In Uso For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Matcher's Castoria
An Odd Arrangement.
"Como In with mo and get a pick-me-up,"
said tho Genial One.
"All right," replied tho Sad Joker,
"but whyfore? If I take a pick-me-up,
It will be only to put It down "
III
Get "In
9
with a keen appetite, perfect
digestion, liver and bowel reg
ularity and notice the improve
ment in your general health.
The way to do this is to take
HOSTETTEH'S
STOMACH SETTERS
at mealtime for a few days.
It tones, strengthens and in
vigorates the entire digestive
system. Start today.
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Mon'c $3-oo ?-so sauop
Women's ILol2- 12
Ml8909f Boys. Children
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Btfin tmslSMi In
Ao; now u
lire eit mikfr
and Si ihoca
In tnt world.
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rarlGO tylit
in all leather.
inasanasnaiy
tites and width:
W. I. Douglas shews aro fomonx
iverrwhere. Wliy not give Uicm a
iruu t ine vaiue you wui receive
lor your money ww agionun you.
If you would vtMt our factory.
one roof, and are how carefully
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you would undorataiul why tbey are
Tvaciituicu iu iuu ueiior, ni Doner,
bald tbclr shape and ve&r looser 'h'i
other makes for the prlco.
Your dealer should supply you with
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KCUU1UB wiinoui TV. Lt, uoixsaa
uamu auunpea on Doiiozn. Blioca
Bent evertrwlinrA. ritr.t frnm fnn-
inr. bv Parcel Pemt. nntf a frM Nm
Id the time to becln to a&vo money on
vuurjouiwear. write toaay roriuu.
iraiea catalog enowing bow to order
SIO Spark St., Urockton. Maas.
35 Bushels Per Acr
Was tho yield of wheat on many farms la
wcsiorn. uanaua in lyia, eomo yields
ueing reported as nigh as nicy
uusiiois per aero.
As high as ono hun
dred bushels were re
corded in somo dis
tricts for oats, fifty
buslielsforbarley.and
from ton to twenty
bushels for flax.
J. Keys arrived In
the country flvoyears
ago from Denmark,
very llttlo means. Ho
homesteaded, worked hard, Is
now tho owner of 820 acres of
land, In 1013 had a crop of 200
ncres, which will reallzo him
about four thousand dollars.
Ills wheat weighed 03 pounds
to tho bushel nnd avciaced
over 85 bushels to tho acre.
ThousnrulB of similar In
stances tnlRht be related of the
liomenteaderH In Manitoba,
Saakmcliewnn and Alberta.
The crop of 1013 was an
abundant one everywhere In
Western Canada.
Ask for deserlntlTo literature
and reduced rallwar rales of
Superintendent of Immigration,
Ottawa, Canada, or
W. V. BENNETT,
Boo Bulldlnjj, Omaha, Neb.
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