THE NORTH PLATTE SEMIAVEEKLY TRIBUNE.
BR!TOiP!0 RISE
CAIRO TO GET GREAT STATUE OF RAMESES
"WHY I EMIGRATED"
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Sir Rufus Isaacs' Failure as
Broker Made Him Lawyer
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Spectacular Career of Man Who la
Now Lord Chief Justice of Eng
land Able Advocate but Not
Much on Debate.
London Sir Ilufus Isaacs, the new
lord chief justice, Ib n surprising niun,
sayB a London writer.' To start one'a
career by: making n sad hash of things
on the stock exchange and to finish
aa lord chief Justice of Kngland -every
generation a few pcoplo achlovo
careers as lemarkahlo anil there Is
nothing out of the way In a man's be
coming a lord chief Justice If his in
clinations nro of that kind Hut of
(lioau who rise to eminence fow have '
pursued bo Incalculable a path. Less
than a year ago there was a quite con-
alderablo demand for his expulsion I
from public life; today he sits bu- I
promo over Hrltaln Judges. '
Sir Itufus early experiences on tuu
stock exchange beforo ho embraced i
tho more lucratlvo profession of poll-1
ties and the baiy were entirely to his ,
iivuil iia u mini, ji iiiuiuiit:! iiik iu mo
abilities as a stock broker. He might
liavo taken that first essay us proof
that ho was never meant for success
us a financier and so avoided his re
cent misfortunes. His original Inclina
tion was to becomo a sailor, aud onco,
I bollevo, ho was on tho point of run
ning away to sea In quite tho grand
manner of romance. Hut wiser coun
sels provallcd and ho went by way of
tho stock exchange to tho bar. I wcll.
romombor him ub a practicing barris
ter. There was bomothlng blrdllko
about his aspect in wig and gown,
nn agllo alortncss, a swift, clean keen
ness that mado him stand out from
tho row of barristers In court llko a
bold pen drawing against a background
of gray wash. Commerco was his spo
clajly. Vanity Fair onco cartooned
him in tho typical attitude of a
draper's assistant, with a pile of black
bundles on tho counter In front of
him.
Unmoved patience astonishing grasp
of dotall and groat ingenuity in cross
examination woro his assets at tho
bar. HIb formidable rival. Sir Ed
ward Carson, succoedB by crushing
, tho opposition witnesses and by tho
vigor of tho cpecchos to tho Jury. Tho
method of Sir ilufus was inoro suave.
His appeal was always to the intelli
gence of the Jury rather than to its
emotions. Ho accumulated a great
Sir Rufu,s Isaacs.
number of vory small polnta and com
bined them in a tolling total.
His parliamentary record la known.
Ho got iu for Heading In lOOI.achlevod
in lapld succession tho positions of
solicitor gouoral aud attorney general,
aud In 1H12 was promoted to tho cab
inet an honor very rarely bestowed
on an nttornoy gonornl. It may aocm
paradoxical to call a man with such a
tally of political successes a parlia
mentary failure, yet that Is what Sir
Itufus moBt distinctly is or was.
GREAT MANY
Taking of Narcotic Spreading
Among Drug Fiends.
Laws Against Sale of Morphine and
Cocaine Leading Those With Habit
to Take Up Even More Dan-
geroui Substances.
Washington. According to, Informa
tion gathcrod by the United States de
partment of agriculture, there has
boon a sudden and very significant
incrcaso In tho use by persona with
a drug habit of tho little-known but
very dangerous drug called "heroin."
Tho Hales of thla drug have recently
Increased greatly, particularly lu those
Htatea which havu rigid laws pruvoul
lug tho Indiscriminate sale of mor
phine and cocaine. Investigation o.'
(ho subject establishes the fart that
many drug victims who foimurly used
morphine and cocaine aud who under
the new laws ilnd It dllflcult to obtain
these substances have begun using
heroin, tho sale of which Is uut us
yet as carefully restricted under Htatu
laws. Tho drug Is said to bu fully aa
dangerous nti morphine and by man)
Ib held to bo much worso, for the ma
ton that It occasionally kills the lc
tlm outright aud lta habit is far
harder to overcome than tho use of
the other drugs. Tho department,
pending furthor action, specially
warns all peoplo who aro unfamiliar
with tho drug to avoid all prepara
tions containing the substance and to
Tho great Htatue of Hemcses II., now lying on Its back in a jialm grove
near Bodrnshln, a fow miles south of Cairo, Is at last to be moved and set up
In tho center of tho now square outsldo tho Cairo railway station. Tho statuo
welghB over 100 tons and cannot be transported over any brldgo in or rt,enr
Cairo. Tho placo where It lays is about two miles from Ilcdrashln station and
special rails will bo laid to tho main lino of tho railway. It will then bo con
veyed over tho railway lino on tho loft bnnk of tho Nilo to Tcl-el-Uaroud, and
from there over tho main Aloxandrln-Cairo lino to Cairo, passing over the
now railway bridges at Kafr-cl-Zayal and Beuha.
Everybody Is weary of tho affair
Marconi, but it Is Impossible, In a ro
vlow of the life of the man who is
now lord chief Justice, to ignore it
altogether. Sir Itufus Isaac's speech
a year ago, when ho donied tho Btorlea
of his dealings In tho shares of tho
company that waB contracting with
tho government, undoubtedly mado a
very deep impression on tho house.
After hearing It I personally went
away proparcd to swear that he had
never had any sort of dealings in any
sort of Marconi shares.
Of course, ho did not say that.
Looking tho speech up in Hansard,
aftor the roat of tho story camo out,
it was posalblo to seo with what care
ful lawyor-llko precision ho had not
said It. JJut tho unfortunate fact was
that whllo saying nothing that was
not entirely trilo, lie had left his hear
ers with the orroneous Impression
that ho had bought no Marconi shares.
And tho wrath of tho members when
tho wholo facts beenmo public caused
tho cabinet of which ho was a member
a great deal of anxiety.
It blow over. IIo and his colleague,
tho chancellor, had acted carelessly,
heedlessly, mistakenly," as Mr. Lloyd
Gcorgo put it, but not criminally, and
by passing no voto .of conauro the
houso nccepted their explanation.
Whllo tho transaction was innocent
enough, whether it oxhlbltcd In Sir
Ilufus that clear Blghtod, well bal
anced Judgment expected of a lord
chlof JiiBtlco la a matter for porflonal
opinion.
Though unlmposlng In stylo, Sir
Ilufus la distinguished in appearance.
IIIh line, ascetic face has an almost
classical beauty. Photographs do him
no justice. It la tho faco of a lighter,
a man not to bo daunted, a man who
would extract some sporting zest from
the light ngalriBt oven tho bitterest ad
versary. Ho docs not waBto this ad
vantage of nppearanco. Ho la well sot
up, a good athlete, who knows how to
enrry hlmsolf, and ho was alwaya ono
of tho neatest dressed men in tho
houso. Ills bodily constitution ia as
strong as hlB head. He knows how to
keep himself In good hard condition.
Golf, tonnlB, cycling, riding and row
ing uro recreations.
USE HEROIN
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take It only on tho prescription of
reputable physlclnus.
Heroin, tho consumption of which
by drug tnkera has recently Increased
so markedly, Is a dorlvatlvo of mor
phine, tho opium ulkalold. It Is known
In chemlcul parlanco aa dlacotyl mor
phlno, nnd its frequently found aa a
constituent of a number of proprietary
drugs. Its use seems to bo especially
notable In parts of Pennsylvania.
ThlB year the coioner'a office lu Phila
delphia county has held Inquests on
llvo sudden deaths from heroin poison
ing. In each caso the victim was a
heroin (lend aud was on a heroin do
dauch nnd took an overdose. Tho sub
stance apparently is far more danger
ous for drug users than morphlno or
cocaine. Drug Mends apparently aro
ablo to consumo relatively largo quan
tities of tlo other two drugs, but any
suddon and mateilal lnereaao In the
amount of huioln taken Is very liable
to prove fatal. Ah Indicating the wide
Balo of ilim substance, It la known that
ono druggist In Pennsylvania whoso
Btore was located In un undosltnblo
section of Ills city has been buying
heroin tablots lu '-'5.000 lotB.
Tho labels of proprietary aud othor
modlclneB purchased by laymen ahould
bo caiofully scrutinized for a state
ment which Is required by tho nation
nl food and druga act of tho qunn
tity or proportion of heroin, or any
dorlvatlvo or preparation thereof.
Tho word "heroin" on anv label
should be regarded as a danger sig
nal
GOVERNOR FINDS WILD MAN
Fur Clothe3 and Wooden Leg of Hit
Own Make and He Carries Bees
With Him.
Mobcrly, Mo. In the famous annual
Missouri coon hunt hero, attended by
Gov. Elliott W. Major, National Com
mitteeman Edwnrd Goltra of St. Loula
and tho majority of tho state ofllclals,
a wild man was captured who had
lived In tho woods since 1890. IIo had
a woodon leg which he had carved
from a treo limb and Id a hole In tho
log ho carried bees which ho had cap
tured. He also had bees In a curious
old faahioned stovo plpo hat which ho
woro.
Goltra captured tho coon, which Ib
tho prlzo of tho hunt, ita teeth having
Gov. Elliott W. Major.
been filled with gold by a dentist. The
hunter capturing tho coon la conceded
the best hunter.
Nonrlv Bnvoif hunili-nri unrnniiM nnr.
tlclpnted la tho events at tho can(p of
the llandolph County Coon club. Flvo
squudB of huntera with more thnn one
hundred hounds left camp at 10 o'clock
at night and plunged Into the Bycnmore
forest on Elk Fork Creek.
Goltra had tho distinction of bring
ing down the first coon IIo, with
Judge dairies Clark aud Judgo Thorn
aa J. Seehorn, also hud tho unenviable
distinction of remaining In the denso
woods all night, losing their way uud
forcing tho party to walk to Evans-
lllo.
A party headed by Mayor Holla
Hothwoll of Mobetly drove a wild man
from the brush. Ho finally was sur
lounded and captured by the party and
brought to camp. After ho had beeu
fed aud glvou liquid refreshments he
told the hunters his unme was Thomas
Slebler.
Ho hud lived In tho woods on the
hunting preserves alnco 1S90, following
a dlsnppolntmout In lovo. HIb clothes
aie of fur from rabbits, foxes, coons
ami possums. Ho had made but ono
trip to a largo city In his life, that be
ing In 189, when ho wont to St. Louis
u buy n wooden leg.
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Tells About Recent Wedding at the White House
WASHINGTON. A story of how the "Cousins club," as tho many relatives
of tho President and Mrs. Wilson arc boglnnlng to call themaelves, or
ganized Into a llttlo reception committee and did their beat to make tho diplo
mats "feel at homo" at tho wedding at tho White
JCOU3IIJ5 CLUB
V ji&SjlrS HoiIbo tho other day, waa told by Mrs. Gcorgo
Zf -iTs Howe of New York, ono of tho cousins.
music for us to dance with in the east room, but they did, and Lieutenant
Santelmann and his mualclnns aeemed to enjoy It aa much ub we did. They
laughed and played on and on.
"You know, 'Nell,' as wo call Eleanor Wilson, Is just crazy ubout dancing,
aud alio Ib a vory flno dnncer, too, ono of the best I ever saw. When the music
had been stopped for good she waved her hand nppeallngly to Lieutenant
Santelmann, nnd ho laughed and led tho band ngnin for ua.
"Wo all danced, including tho bridesmaids, who were showing every ono
the dull gold-chased bracelets they had been given by tho bride. A great
many of tho diplomats danced with Margaret Wilson, several of them ambassa
dors, and alio was greatly teased by aW of us when she was lucky enough to
catch tho bride's bouquet. You know, It la n auperatltlon thnt the girl who
catches tho bride's bouquet at a wedding will be the next one to bo married
among those present.
"There waa a lot of simple fun llko that and mlchlef, in which all tho
young folks joined, tho older people sitting around and chatting, just as would
be done at a party at home. Tho president didn't dance, b.it he stood lu due
of tho doorways of tho east room for a long whllo, watching the fun and
laughing and joking with every ono.
"Moat of us had supper and dinner and lunch combined at tho wedding
breakfaat. That kept up a long time. Thero wasn't wine, but we had fruit
punch instead.
Visitors Are Attracted by Squirrels in Parks
CJ0ME day," said a visitor In tho capltol grounds the other day, "the" famous
tJ pigeons of Venice which ilock In so great numbers around the Cathedral
of St. Mark will have to look to their laurela. These widely known blrda may
divide tho honors of tho admiration of tourlsta
with, iho llttlo gray squirrels which aro fast be
coming an interesting and pictureaquo feature of
V'aahlngton'a many fine green apaces."
As far as tourists are concerned, hero In Wash
iigton, many of them aro beginning to tnko pho
tographa of tho llttlo animala. 'Just aa nearly
every man and woman who viaits Venice brings
away snapshots showing soma member of the
party tossing bread crumbs or something else to
the great flocks of birds, so aro the tourists who
btroll through the capltol grounds, the Smithson
ian grounda aud other parka taking photographs
of somo one stooping over and holding out a pea
nuo to the snappy little gray animala which are
fast losing their extremo timldty.
In his native lair the gray 8qulrrel is about..as
wild aa any animal alive. Hunters who depend upon a gray squirrel or two
for breakfaat know very well that they will run to cover at tho alight sound
of a snapping twig; and for that reason a wet day is much better for hunting
them than a dry day, as tho crackling leaves scare a squirrel into his hole in
tho treo. However, Washington's squirrels aro becoming as friendly as
house pets, and the sight of one of them eating from the hand of a tourist la
a revelation to tho Virginia or Maryland mountaineer, who has to stay aa
quiet as a stone statuo In order to got within shooting dlstanco of one.
. Tho gray squirrels aro looked upon by the park authorities here aa wnrds
of tho nation, and a comfortable sum of money la spent every winter in order
to obtain food to keep tho llttlo pots from dying In the snows. Old weather
sharps look upon tho squirrels as indicating the coming of a hard winter the
way they hide nuts. Just at this timo tho squirrels aro showing unusual
activity In making caches of peanuts, which is looked upon b the woodwlse
ub a sure sign that theie will be long-continued snows.
Club Formed for the Interior Department Employes
FOR somo months Secretary of thd Interior Land has been working on the
organization of a club for tho lntorior department employes. Ho believes
that a closer association one with another of tho workers of the great Interior
department would redound to the benefit of all
Np VER.-NEVtK WILi. I
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DS uislily Informed him that she would not; that alio
was In tho Interior department for tho purposo of earning money, and that
aho was socially superior to most of tho employes. The secretary met up with
a good many setbacks of this kind, but in his genial way has boon ablo to
smooth out tho difference botween those social acts and has rounded thorn
Into a homogeneous body, and tho Home club la now an assured fact.
Nearly 1,000 mon and womon aro already part of the membership, and
It is thought thnt It will bo fully .y)00 when tho club 1b finally established.
Felines Are Vain? Prize
RI.E-WINN1NG cats on exhibition at the show of thu Washington Cat
club object to having their pictures taken The appearance of a news
paper photographer with his llttlo black
for a goneral exouus oi uio uign-priceu luunea,
who aro now roaming tho streets of tho capltul.
Tho next day nearly tho entlro pollco fcrco was
out searching for the anlmnla, whllo phyalclana
woro busy treating blteB and scratches on hands
and arms aa a result or tho Bcramblo that was
made for tho cats aa they gained their freedom
Several porsons were soverply bitten
Champion Iuly Sonla, a high-priced Persian
cat owned by Mrs. V Y. Mnthls of Greenwich,
Conn., Is ono of tho missing animals. She was
valued at $500 and around her bushy neck was a
$1,000 collar of torquolao, aoll and gold. Four
felines woro lined up In front of tho camera, and
as Uio photographer said "Hold still, now," tho
cata jumped. Tho Inst seen of them was when
they disappeared through tho door.
SI his G. Taylor of Syracuse, N. Y waa the most seriously hurt In the ut
tompt to hold tho cats. Sho was bitten) and bcratchod about the bands aud
arms and bad to be troatod at a hospital. v
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Mra. IIowo Is the wlfo of Gcorgo Howe, who
lived for a long while with the- president before
ho went Into tho White House, aud whoso educa
tion was (superintended by tho president.
"I waa principally Impressed at tho wedding
by the caso at which every one Beemcd to feel,
notwlthBtandlng tho 'grandnesB of tho occasion.
Thero was nothing solemn about It, oxcept tho
wedding procession and tho forming of tho lino
for tho reception In tho bluo room.
"Wo kept tho fun up until 9 o'clock at night.
It waa Juat llko a great, big family party In tho
south. I waa somewhat surprised that the dig
nified Marino band should piny turkey trotting
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concerned. Secretary Lano met with a good deal
of opposition at first, because there uro so many
kinds of people drawing so many kinds of salaries
department, nnd the social lines aro
closoly about ceitain salary grades In
all departments in Washington. You could hardly
expect a $900 clerk to associate on terms of in
timacy In social life with a $1,200 clerk, and so
on. Secretnry Lano asked ono little old lady, who
belongs to tho Cliff Dweller class of Washington
or, In other words, a "befo' tho war" society
woman w;ho now works in government employ nnd
takes in boarde'rs for company If aho would as
sist in organizing this social club of the interior
rlnnnrtmnTit. Thn nrlslnnrntlp nlil lrwlv vr- ennn.
Winners Flee Publicity
camera waa tho algnnl tho other da
THE NOTES OF A PROMINENT
JOURNALIST WHO MADE A
TRIP THROUGH WE3TERN
CANADA.
A prominent Journalist from Chi
cago, somo tlmo ago, mado a journoyi
through Canada obtaining a thorough!
knowlcdgo of tho land and people and
of tho "boundless possibilities" that
Canada, tho vfrgln land, affords. In
an American Sunday nowspapcr ho
published after his return tho lnterc3t
lng account which wo print aa fol
Iowb. Ho wrltea:
"Why did you emlgrato from tho
United Stntca?" I asked a farmer In
Western Canada.
"I boliovo that for a poor man Weat
orn Canada la tho most favorable
land," was tho reply, "and I have now
found that It la tho Paradlso of tho
Poor."
Tho farmer,. a pioneer of tho west,
had flvo years earlier left Iowa for
Canada to oecuro a now home there.
After traveralng tho country for somo
tlmo, ho started his homo on tho open
pralrlo and with steady industry de
voted himself to tho working of tho
virgin soil. Now ho Is tho well-to-do
owner of that endless Bca of waving
wheat ears that goo3 on for miles be
foro my eyea. Ilia strong, sunburned
figure finds tho best background In his
farm Itself, which is tho outcomo of
his ceaseless activity a pretty two
storlod dwelling houso, a largo clean
stable, In tho midst of a hamlet of
barns, sheds and outbuildings, a use
ful garden overflowing with products;
horses, cattle, sheep and swine on the
rich pastures, and around to the hori
zon wheat, golden wheat
"In Iowa?" the farmer continued, "I
farmed on rented land, for nt the prlco
of $100 per acre I did not posse33
money enough to buy. I might farm,
I flight farm aa I could, more than the
living for myBelf and family, I could
not attain. Sometimes tho harvest
turned out good, sometimes bad, but
the grand total was a bitter combat to
keep want from tho door. It was im
posfllblo to lay by for bad times and
in spito of all trouble and work an old
ago freo of caro was not to bo
thought of. My death would have
brought bitter poverty to my wife and
children.
"I decided to break-up and go to
Canada, where at least I could fight
out tho struggle for exlstenco on my
own land. I started out with a mule
team, all my earthly possessions wore
in the prairie-schooner with my wlfo
and children. Then I took up a home
stead of 100 acres to which I added
by purchase gradually; now a3 a
wholo I count about 3,000 acres as my
own. Tho wholo property is freo of
debt. I do not owe a cent to anyone.
I bought my land for $2-$10 per acre,
now I would not give It up for $50."
"Do you mean to say that you paid
for tho whole land In tho flvo years?"
I Interrupted.
"In a much shorter time," replied
tho farmer. "Tho land paid for Itself,
somo already by tho first harvest, and
at longest in 3 years each field had
brought in Its purchase price. If you
doubt that land In Western Canada
pays for Itself within 3 years you can
easily convince yourself of the truth
of my assertion.. Let us asaumo that
a farmer buys a farm of 1C0 A. at $15
per A. for $2,400. Farm machines,
seed, ploughs, mowing and threshing
might bring up tho outlay to about
$10 per aero. If tho farmer sows tho
1G0 A. for 3 years in succession with
wheat and harvests 20 bus. per acre,
then tho product of an A. at the avcr
ago price of 75c per bu. Is exactly $15
per acre. If you deduct the $10 out
lay, you will retain a clear return of
$5.00. For 1C0 A. tho annual excess
amounts to $800, consequently the
farm has after tho third harvest
brought in tho purchaso price of
$2,400.
"Sometimes and not rarely tho
land pays for Itself by the first harvest
of 35 bua. of wheat bring In more than
tho purchase prlco or $15 per acre.
As in some years I harvested moro
than 35 bus., you can reckon for your
self how quickly I paid for my farm."
"Would you not prefer your own
farm in Iowa?" I asked.
"No," replied tho farmer, "never
will I go back, In general very fow
American settlers return to tho old
homo. In Iowa a 1C0 A. farm costs
$100 per A., $1C,000; In Western Can
ada $15, only $2,400. For tho same
money that you require to buy a 1C0
A. farm In Iowa, you can buy hero In
Western Canada a' farm of 1,000 acres.
I have money enough to buy a farm In
Iowa, If I wished, nut thero my year
ly lncouio would bo a small one,
whoroas hero I work for a great gain.
Thero I would only be a small farmer,
hero I am a largo landed proprietor."
In a corner of tho farmyard I had
during our conversation noticed a
mound of earth overgrown with
grasso3 and wild flowera. To my In
quiry aa to what it waa, I received the
reply: "That la tho ruin of tho wooden
Bhack covered with sods, which I call
ed my homo when I sottled here five
years ago."
I gathered a wild aster Vrom the
ruin and flung It Into tho air. In a pur-pHsb-glittcring
lino tho wind drovo the
(lower towarda tho flno, raodorn-oquip-ped
farmhouse. What a contrast be
tween tho lowly earthy hut of yester
day and charming palaco of today!
This contraat Baya enough to tho un
bounded possibilities, which this now
land offers to tho willing worker. Hew
tho poor emigrant on tho open prairie,
through energy and activity, within 5
years worked his way up to being a
woll-to-do fanner and cateemed citi
zen! Moro, the farmer did not re
quire to say. Why did ho emigrate?
W II Y ? Why I saw tho answer with
my own eyes." Advertisement.
