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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMNWEEKLY TRIBUNE.
VIEW OF THE HARBOR OF VERA CRUZ
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MEN WHO MAY BE LANDED IN MEXICO
Vera Cruz Is the chief port of Mexico and tho duties collected there havo been rolled upon by Iluerta to pay
much of his expenses of war and government. Araorlcan and other foreign warships have been Btatloned there for
many months.
STREET SCENE IN TAMPICO, MEXICO.
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This is one of the principal streets in Tampico, and a crowd of tho inhabitants Is gathered discussing the perils
of bombardment threatening tho city.
PALACE AND HARBOR, VERA CRUZ
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In case of tho seizure of Mexican ports it will bo tho marines who will bo Bent ashoro first Somo of tho mon of
this most ofllctent arm arc hero shown, being Inspected on shipboard, fighting with landing guns and nctlng aa
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MAIN PLAZA OF TAMPICO, MEXICO
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This Is tho chief plaza of tho city of Tampico, tho gathering placo of tho people, and it may bo subjected to
bombardment by tho American warships.
ADMIRAL FLETCHER AND HIS FLAGSHIP
This photograph gives an excellent Idea of the part of tho city of Vera Crut closo to tho harbor, and shows the
old palace, in the center.
UNCLE SAM'S SOLDIERS PATROLLING THE BORDER
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Hear Admiral Frank V netchcr. coninuindlng tho first division of tho
Atlantic njct, has boon stationed at Vera Cruz. Tlio battleship Florida Is his
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American troops patrolling tho American Mexican border In tho neighborhood of Juarez. Tho soldiers are scat
tcrcd thinly along a vciy long lino, from tho Gulf to tho western edgo of New Mexico.
Somo Ages of Trees.
Observations and records as to tho
gonoral ago of trees havo shown that
tho plno treo attains 700 years as a
maximum length of life; 425 years
is rogarded as tho allotted span of
tho silver fir; tho larch lives, as a
rulo, nbout 27G years; tho red beech,
245; tho aspen, 210; tho birch, 200;
tho ash, 170; tho older, 140; the elm,
130. Tho heart of tho oalt begins to
rot at about tho age of IS00 years. Of
tho holly it is said that thoro is a
ipccimon 410 years old near Aschaf
fonburg, Gormany. A count of tho
nnnular ringB in a gigantic California
redwood troo showed that It began to
grow In A. D. D50. It vas 350 foot
high, with n baso clrcumforenco of
90 foot.
General Iluerta has refused to ordol
tho American flag saluted at Tnmplcd
and faces an Invasion of tho country
which has been trying to govorn.
Nonsensical Question.
Jakey, tho lazy and overgrown son
of a resident of tho Bronx, was re
cently haled before tho mqgistrato in
tho Morrlsanln police court by his
fathor, who charged him with being
incorrlglblo, a deadly enemy of work
in all its branches, staying out lata at
nights, smoking cigarettes and a fow
other habits unbecoming a boy on the
threshold of manhood. Tho parent
was mad clear through, and told tha
court In no soft lnnguago just what
ho thought his boy was coming to.
"Does ho strike you?" asked tho
Judgo of tho young man's father whon
the latter had cooled off Eomowlmt.
"Striko?" camo back tho father.
"Why, Mr. Judgo, your honor, how
can' dot boy striko von ho doesn't oven
wolk?" Now York Tribune.