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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. -v GOVERNS GEORGE I. BELGIAN POLICE DOGS FOR SOCIETY FOLK (I I r An Old JVlan Wearing Army Button Shines Shoes WASHINGTON Havo you seen him? And did you havo to swallow a lump? Maybo you have missed him, bo far, (or ho doesn't stay put. Hla business requires circulation. And, tildes, you can't stny still In November when you have no overcoat. You'vo Just naturally got to koop going. Yesterday ho was down by tho soldiers monu ment an army button on his coat and a shoo bruBh in his hand waiting and waiting until Providence camo by In tho shapo of a man with ono of thoso loud, cheery volcos that God gives to many men, but which only Dickens could de scribe "Why, bless my soul! Whore did you got that old kit? Give mo a shine." Ho put a foot on the Hmnll shoo-shlno box. Re member when tho kiddles UBed to shlno 'ora up on the streets? Geo, It's a long time back! And tho other man creaked his joints into a crouch and proceeded to put on a polish. To a woman who had happened along It did not seem probablo that a customer wearing as good clothes as a tailor can mako would really enjoy having his shoes smenrcd over with blacking that you can bet your llfo wnsn't Day & Martin's, or that ho wanted them scratched up with a cheap brush by a wavering hand. Still, you can't always rely on tho sex fiuppo3lngs of a spinster soul whose only knowledgo of man has been of tho mall noto tho spelling, please mall correspondence variety. Anyhow, whatever his reason, the man put one foot and thon tho other on tho box and told the other man about how ho used to bo a bootblack beforo tho shoe shlno kiddies vanished with the coming of tho asphalt. And did It pay? And wouldn't It bo better to got something moro profitable and sheltered from tho weather a watchman's place, for Instance? Any man who had fought for a flag ought to be fit to guard a store. Tho woman had to leavo them there, to that she can never know how tho Job turned out, but If you don't como across an old man with a gonc-by shoo box on his back, waiting around for a chance to shlno 'em up, you may know that ho's got a job as a watchman. iaam BUC LOOSER tho other. Feoplo (hereTv O O YOUR I Queen Mary Rules English Mon arch Is the Report. tjj Congressman Finds His Boyhood's Wish Fulfilled REPRESENTATIVE CLAUDE WEAVER of Oklahoma finds in his coming to congress the fulfillment of a wish expressed ever slnco ho was nlno years old. At that age ho began his dairy with the statement that ho was hours on his hands, decided to go out In tho suburbs and rehearse his oration. Ho selected a secluded spot on the road along which ran a long, high brick wall, with 'a gate at tho end. Weaver did not know it, but this was tho stato lunatic asylum. Up and down tho road ho paced, talking most vehemently, gesticulating wildly to an imaginary determined to bo ono of the nation's representa tives. And ever since thon he has worked with this object in viow. Weaver settled In Oklahomn when thero were few while people living there. But in one of his trips in TexaB, to deliver a political speech,' he had an adventure which seemed at the time much moro serious than it does now. Ho reached tho town to which he was billed and, as ho had a few audience, shaking his head and pounding ono hand upon who passed shook their heads sadly. Presently, as ho neared tho great Iron gate, four uniformed men rushed out, grabbed hlra by tho arms and legs and carried him, kicking and fighting, Inside tho grounds. Weaver, choking with rage, demanded an explanation of such an outrage. "Aw. g'wan!" chortled ono of the brawny guards, sotting Weaver on his feet with a jerk. "What you handing us wo knows you is ono of them bugs outen ward C." "Lunatic!" yelled Weaver, who now saw Into what spot ho had landed. "Lunatic? Why, I am a politician and erpect to go to congress!" "Well," drawled tho guard, with a grin, "I don't know but what you've got to Just the same kind of placo now!" Senator Went to Capitol Only Half Dressed THEY aro telling this story on John R. Thornton, senator from Louisiana: Thornton arose absent-mindedly, dressed himself fully, ho thought, and went Into tho dining room of his hotel for breakfast. Tho head waiter grinned at him a bit, but tho sonator, who was In a hurry, failed to notice It. He just caught a street car bound for tho capl tol and plumped himself between Postmaster Gen eral Burleson and Edward Keating, representativq from Colorado. "Seo you'ro dressed for hot weather," com mented tho postmastor. Senator Thornton, attired in white linen, nodded his head complacently. "Yes," ho said; "wo of tho south learn to do that." And he wondered why his hearers smiled in an embarrassed manner. When ho reached tho senato office building tho elevator man said: t "Good morning, senator. I see you'ro prepared for tho heat." This rather puzzled Senator Thornton, for ho always wears linen In sum mer. Tho explanation of it all camo when his son Gordon, who Is also his secretary, saw him. "Say father." ho yelled as Senator Thornton entered his office, on earth did you do with your collar?" Thornton grabbed at his neck wildly. Ho had on neither collar nor tie. He hustled his son back on the hotel for tho necessary articles of ralmont and then sat down and wroto apologies to both tho postmaster and Mr. Kcat ing telling them that ho hadn't Intentionally Igono downtown In tho street car with them nan uressea; u wu um an. uca.hi-. A ll.a f ilm 1mt-1" lin "I Intend to tauc 10 mai wuhoi " ""!., didn't ho toll mo I was only half dressed?" King's Placo In Royal Household Likened to That of Victoria's Con- cort Queen's Prcsenco Not Wanted at Times. London. An Anglo-American wom an who was a great favorlto of tho late king of England is crodlted with a Joko which is now going tho rounds of Lon don society. "Wo havj tho court of Queen Victoria," sho said, "then tho court of King Edward and now wo havo tho court of Queen Mary." Thoso members of society who fall to seo tho point roport has It thero are some havo It pointed out to them that King Georgo occupies much tho samo position in tho royal monngo as did that poor prlnco consort who could not havo a dish ho liked put iu tho menu without first consulting his queenly spouse. While some allowance must bo mado for exaggeration, It le a fact that King George's rolianco on his wife Is car rled to n dogreo of sclf-offaccment which strikes all tho members of. tho court circle. Promlnont nnd responsible members 'of tho royal establishment aro all now so familiar with tho reply "I think you had better consult tho queen" when thoy seek King George's directions nbout any matter In connection with tho management of tho household that they frequently do so without consult ing him at all. It saves time. For ex ample, when tho details of Prlnco Ar thur's wedding wero being sottled all tho directions wero Issued by Mr. Wnl Ungton, Queen Mary's prlvato secre tary, and In most Instances tho for mula adopted at tho beginning of Mr. Wellington's letter was "It Is tho queen's desire." ' Lists of persons to be asked to court cntortalnments for tho first two years of tho king's reign wero always made out by Lord Stamfordham and sent by him to tho lord charmberlaln'a office, whence Invitations wero sent out. Now tho invitations, and lists are mado out by Lady Bertha Dawklns and Lady Eva Dugdalo at the queen's direction nnd sent to tho lord chamborlaln's of fice without over being shown to the king. Cases havo actually occurred of names being sent to the lord cham berlain by Lord Stamfordham of per sons whom tho king desired to havo asked to court who wero nevertheless not Invited. For example, Lord and Lady Castlorengh wore omitted from the list of invitations Issued for tho ball at Buckingham palace during tho visit of tho French president to Lon don last June. Tho namcB of Lord nnd Lady Castlereagh wero actually given to tho lord chamberlain by Lord Stam fordham among tho list of people "What ho moaned, sadly. "Why Representative Slemp Finds an Agent' of Cupid rYAH'Ll CO TO IfoREICN PARTJ to i - -- - ICfT YM BR10 r EPRESENTATIVE BASCOM SLEMP of Virginia was until recently a bacho K lor A fow years ago, however, when ho was "heart wholo und fancy freo " lio was speaking to a largo assembly at apolitical gathering. Tho audi- onco was full of hanusomo women uuu ihbuj ' who wero, of course, much Interested In tho tariff when It Is explained by a young bachelor who lived in official Washington. Slemp got along famously, carrying with hl.n tho sympathy of tho crowd. But at last a fellow in a back seat rose to make a statement. "I liko Slomp." ho roared. "Slnmp's all right. Tho only thing I have agin him is that ho is not married. Now, I propose to this honorablo gath ering that wo rofuso to voto for him unless ho promises to git married." Slomp was equal to tho occasion. "I acknowledge my desolate state," ho exclaim ed, "yet It la not my fault, but that of tho fair ones who will not havo me. If thero Is any ono among ... i,.nl,r In, Una In thin nnrllnnCH who will lUO mil" IWT,J ,. v ... .- accept my heart and hand, I am only too willing to bo led to tho altar." Tho man Jumped to his foot again excitedly. "No, you don't," ho exclaimed. "You'll havo to go to foreign parts to git your bride all tho girls around hore havo got too much senso to tako youl" fHBMvWK r u mm ' 1 m &gmMiafl 4m i i .: mfUTS ?surHKUimammm A nous LIU For sick headache, batf breath, Sour Stomach and . constipation. Got n 10-cent box now. No odds how bad your liver, Btomach or bowels; how much your head aches, 'how mlsorablo nnd uncomfort tiblo you aro from constipation, indigos tion, biliousness nnd sluggish bowels you always got tho doslrod results with Cascarcts. Don't lot your Btomach, Hvor and bowels mako you miserable. Taka Cnscarots to-night; put an end to tho headache, biliousness, dizziness, nerv ousness, sick, sour, gassy stomach, backacho and all other distress; cleanse your Inside organs of all tho bile, gases and constipated matter which is producing tho misery. A 10-cent box means health, happi ness and n clear head for months. No moro days of gloom nnd distress If you will tako a Cascaret now and then. All stores soil Cascarcts. Don't forgot tho children their llttlo ln sides need a cleansing, too. Adv. Flrat Chinese School Book. Thoro aro also fragments of tho Chi Chlu-Chnng vocnbulary composed by a eunlch of tho palaco in nbout tho year 40, A. D. All tho authontlo texts of this ancient school book, widely used In tho year 2 to teach Chlneso chll dron to read and write, had long slnco disappeared. Tho paper manuscripts aro tho oldest examples of such litem turo in oxistonco. M. Chnvnnnen has succeeded in reconstructing from theso hotorogeneous nnd moro or less fragmentary nnd disconnected mate rials a fairly probablo plcturo of tho dnlly llfo of tho Chlnoso garrisons that held thoso frontier posts agalnBt tho Huna nnd kept open tho trado routes to Farghana and Ynrkand. Tho h; man as well as scientific Interest of such a plcturo Is manifest. Miss Viova M. Fisher, daughter of Mrs. Joel M. Fisher of Now York, guarded by her Belgian pollco dog. Miss Fisher is tho first of tho "younger set" to adopt tho vogue sot by Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. Tho intelli gence of this dog Is llttlo short of uncanny and It Is capable of rondorlng a great deal of service as a bodyguard. Other mombors of tho social set havo placed orders for theso Belgian dogs. Many Lawsuits in Germany Queen Mary of England. whom tho king desired to havo aeked to tho ball, it was probably a matter of indlfforenco to tho king whothor tho Castlereaghs wero Invited or not, but his majesty had piomlsed Sir Charles Cust, a member of tho house hold, that thoy should be Invited and King Georgo cubsequently told Sir Charles ho was sorry tho invitation was not sent. Ho pleaded as an ex cuso that he left tho arrangement of all these matters in tho queen's hands During tho past fow months tho queen was present at official Inter views between King Georgo and somo of the cabinet. Theso Interviews take placo In tho king's writing room In his personal apartment, which Queen Mary has also of lato taken to uso as a writing room, with tho result that sho has sometimes been in tho room on tho arrival of tho oilnlstor and re mained thero dur'.rfg tho Interviow. At last representations wero mado by Mr. Asqulth to Lord Stamfoidham that Botno of his colleagues objected to the presonco of tho queen during their In terview on stato affairs with tho ov crolgn, and Lord Stamfordham, who by no Means approves of tho authority Mary exercises In tho royal house hold, readily enough undertook to con vey tho prime minister's message to both their majesties, with tho result ' .at ministerial audinncos with tho sovereign aro now no longer attended by his coiiBort. More recently still Queen Mnry received a respectful, but plain, reminder from tho lord chnm bcrlaln that Bho waa tnklng upon her self authority that proporly only be longed to tho king. TUIb wiib whon Queen Mary notified tho lord chamber lain through Mr. Walllngton of hnr do siro to lmvo alterations mado in tho houso for dellvory of lottors at Buck ingham palaco. Tho alterations wore mado, but tho Instructions had come direct from the king before they were. Nearly 6,000,000 Cases Fought Out In tho Courts of the Country Every Year, Borlin. Nearly G,000,000 lawsuits aro fought out in the German courts yearly. This number does not include criminal cases, the myriad of proceed ings to recover a ponalty, nor tho quaslcrlmlnnl actions brought for In sult, etc. Tho figures moan, roughly, ono lawsuit for every eleventh per son In tho emplro, counting womon and children, and slnco each suit in volves at least two porsons, tho pro portion Is much greater, oven allow ing for tho fact that many persons aro chronic litigants, conducting a number of lawsuits at tho samo time. Theso facta aro mado tho basis for an artlclo In a current Gorman pub lication by a Dortmund Jurist. Ho re fers to tho situation as a "lawsuit plaguo," and snys It demands moro victims yearly than does tuberculosis. The cost, both In tlmo nnd money la enormous. A caso which goes to tho Imperial supremo court roqulrcs at least three and one-half years for final disposal. Costs In two courts In n suit for an object valued at not more than ?12 amount to ?20; for an ob ject worth up to $120, tho coBt Is $1115. Germans pay to lawyers each year $7,GOO,000 In actions on account, In volving $12,500,000, In cases whoro the debt Is not denied. In tho so-called colleglal courts, that Is, courts presided over by two or moro Judges and corresponding rough ly to American courts of record, par ties to the writ may not roprosont themselves, but aro compollod to en gago attornoyE This Is truo oven in tho caso of litigant attorneys them selves. Tho author of tho artlclo In ques tion cites a caso which Is, ho declares, by no means unusual. Ono farmor suod another U' compel tho return of a saw. Tho trial court decided In favor of tho plaintiff, nnd tho caso was appealed. In the meantime the saw was lost. The putatlvo owner thereupon brought action to recover Its vnluc. Tho parties bolng unable to agroo an export witness was called, who testified that tho saw was worth 12 cents. Tho process lasted threo years and tho costs amounted to more than $25. Tho writer snys It should bo Impossible to sot such ponderous machinery In motion for trlclal casca, and commenting on this tendency In tho Gorman peoplo says: "Tho Ger man Michael will buo tho Bhlrt off h'.a back In order to obtain a docreo In black and white In tho king's name, sotting forth his theoretical rights." THREE GOULDS FIGHT FIRE Reach Blaze In Lakewood Hotel De fore Other Volunteers and Aid In Subduing Flames, Lakewood, N. J. Georgo J. Gould, KIngdon Gould nnd Georgo J. Gould, Jr., all mombors r1 tho Lakowood flro dopartmont, received their baptism of flro In n small blazo at tho Lilian Court hotel recently. Not only wore tho Goulds first on tho econo of tho firo, but their work aided materially In subduing tho flames. Mr. Gould and his sons hurried to tho flro In tholr J' V Jzr AY , iT ' . V- - ', ' W. Ki ECZEMA IN WATER BLISTERS 748 CongrcsB St, Chicago, HI. "My eczema broko out llko llttlo wator blisters. Each ono wns full of wator and would Itch until I would scratch It opon, then tho water woula run out and It would get soro. I first got tho eczema on tho back of tho hand and 1 scratched It bo hard I mado It all'sora, Thon I got It on my legs Just above tho anklo and abovo tho kneo. "I used what thoy call and It Btoppod tho Itch but It got worse Then I used . In all I had tho troublo for about two years. Ono day I saw tho advertisement ot Cutlcura Soap and' Ointment In tho pnpor. I wroto for a Bamplo of Cutlcura Soap and Olntmont and I tried them and thon bought somo more. Cutlcura Soap and Ointment left my sores nlco and smooth. I used thorn for six weoka, and am now cured; tho eczema loft no marks." (Signed) F. W. Horrlach, Oct 19, 1912. Cutlcura Soap and Olntmont Bold throughout tho world. Samploof each froo.with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post card "Cutlcura, Dopt L, Boston." Adv Didn't Suit Small Boy. After spending a fow weeks last year at a watorlng plnco, where ho took his dally swim In tho open all pool of warm Bulphur wator, a llttlo fellow was this year at tho seaside In his tiny bathing suit ho gazed out ovor tho vast ocean In silence. Thon he protested: "I'm not goln In. Dat ain't wator for boys; dat'a for boats." It Is foolish to become chummy with a man who treats his dog bettor than ho docs his wlfo. No, Alonzo, a girl isn't necessarily a modern Venus Just because sho has an offhanded way. Barbers Discriminate. PaBsalc, N. J. Barbers hero chargo resldonta 20 cents for n haircut, out siders 25 conts. Thoy charge that Pnterson safoty rnzor users Impoood on them- George J. Gould. llmouslno. When tho flro companies arrived KIngdon Gould manned tho hoso which tho chemical cnglno rnn In. Mr. Gould and George Gould, Jr., nssistod iu keoplng tho lines clenr and quieting tho alarmed gue3t. Lord Dc clcs, who married Miss Vivien Gould, accompanied tho threo "recruits," but not being a fireman took no part In fighting tho flames, which wero extin guished with small damago. Expensive Wedding Presents. Donvor, Colo. "It was only a trifle," dcclnred D. W Brown, when asked about his brldnl gift to his duughtor, Miss Hazel Bird Drown, who was marrlod to Capt. J. W. Flan agan, U. S. A. Tho "triflo" wero a $10,000 uecklaco and a check for $150,000. Xmas Gift for President Washington. A painting, "The Woodchopper," that has been on viow at tho Corcoran gallery and which wns greatly admired by Prosldont Wilson, was bought by Mrs. Wilson as u Chrlstmaa gift for hor husband. Make the Liver Do its Duty Nino tlmc3 In ten when the liver la light the stomach and bowels are right CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS gently butfirmly com pel a lazy liver to , do its duty. Cures Con-. tipation, In digestion, Sick Headache, and Diitreti After Eating. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. 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