Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1914)
"ifrrav ;;w. -:9E: xNMff- wwww&oWM ' J, Vntf . il. """ -If. THE 8EMI.WEEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. H3s IT' l M in! r, fr w Continent Is Rising in Spots and Sinking Elsewhere WASHINGTON. Moat people know fa a general wny that largo portions of tho United States liavo In tho past beon covered by tho ocean, but It Is perhnpB not so generally known that tho continent Is now rising In somo !, 1,1. . -j ... yiu mu 1U11U, 1111 UIU U1U IIVUI ciiannol, and In places wholly submerge It. Tho submcrgenco of tho land was greater at ono tlmo than It Is now. In excavations for somo of tho now York skyscrapers remains of oysters and other salt-wator animals havo been found. As a rulo tho only avallablo knowledge In regard to tho former rubmprgenco of an area la derived from tho marlno shells and other animals found In doposlts laid down by tho sea. By tho nature of tho fossils gool ogiats aro ablo to tell approximately when tho ocean Invaded tho land. They havo found ovldonco of a submergence of much grcator magnitude and much older than that which now Hoods the Hudson valloy. Gothamltea and others need not, howovor, feel alarmed at this statement ol tho ups and downs of tho continent, for while geologically this submcrg enco Is not so very old, tho geologist thinks and speaks In terms of thou sands If not millions of years. Along tho Atlantic coast, from Now Jersey southward, It Is not unusual to And quantities of sharks' teeth and other marlno fossils In tho green sand's that aro now located far Inland und aro used for fertilizers. In certain sec tions of tho southern Mississippi valley, whoro limestone Is not readily acces Mlile, a farmer will go out and gather a wagon load of fossil oyster sholls to burn for Jlmo. m Jn. o. courso. of ItB investigations of tho geology of tho country tho United States geological survey has been making a study of tho cretaceous deposits of tho oaotorn Btatos and has found that tho ocean of that tlmo cov ered much of what is now tho Atlantlo coastal plain, whllo tho Gulf of Mexico spread widely over tho central southern Btates, probably reaching as far north as Cairo, 111. Mysterious Stone Dog Over Gate on 18th Street MEN and women, as well as children, who pass along Eighteenth Btreot south of F, nro often attracted by a stono dog above a gato which plorceo an old brick wall Inclosing half a city squaro of ground at tho rear of a rrrnnrl toil .Atni'Mrl .i.. ..t..i t.i.i. D.-uu, " uiiwjuui uuii'vuiuruu uriun houso that lu four stories and base ment high. Tho writer has made a number of inquiries concerning tho history of thin houso, but tho Informa tion obtained has boon contradictory nnd otherwise unsatisfactory. There. 1b no doubt as to Us great age, as" great ago Is raoasurod in Washington, tho capital of a now countryt and thcro Is also no doubt that at somo Urno within a century this houso was ono of tho great and Imnosiuc homnS houu win Si i? bif "Ration 'which the writer obtained about this Xe i,nS ! f PJe8ldcnt J5knon. The writer-was not told that WJrt was S? 2 ? J10?.80' and lt nppears t0 nftvo been butl' bf tho tlmo of Jackson a administration, ft(ri0r!! 1J,B Umi tL hous hRS boon occupied by tho bureau of Insular S!a i i m PnrtoMhat bureau, and the last tlmo tho reporter passed there a neighbor said that tho houso was to bo torn down and a largo and ! yJTr!!r?mont.bu,,d,nB co8tructod on Its stto nnd over the ground at tho roar, which bears traces of once having beon n flno garden. Tho dog statue is that of a hunter. Ho is a setter, and ho appears to bo look ng from his p ace on tho wall above tho gato at ono of tho windows at ft?J ? old house. It may bo tho ofllgy of a pot hunting dog which ' tura? fancy " tenant8 f- hUB0' r ,l may bo an rch,t Uncle Sam Solves the Fuzzy Hair Mystery ry HE department of agrlculturo has mado a dlBcovory. Somo of tho falao i .K.,2B?rfl(Wear,l,nB n,ro ,,imdo of goat lmlr- An brnvl8 e wrath of tho fair sex, Secretary Houston's experts give the whole thing away in a , steady market." Mohnlr, it may bo explained, Is tho trado namo Tor tho floece of tho Angora goat. Tho Angora, department oxports declare, is tho best animal to mine, bo causo ho "works and pays for his board at tho same time." Ho does this by helping to clear away tho brush from land, will eat weeds and nny other refuse about tho placo; and is lnvaluablo !n "cloanlng-up" week about tho farm or ranch. "In 1881," tho department bullotlu adds, "tho sultan of Turkey ondoavorcd to preserve for hla dominions tho monopoly of tho mohair trade by prohibit ing thdHxportatlon of tho Uvo animals. But it was too lato. Somo of tho beat blood was already In America, and today other countries nro buying of us " Has No Fond Recollection of Plum Puddings REPRESENTATIVE PHIL CAMPBELL of KanBas evidently has no fond recollection of tho plum puddings or his boyish dayB on tho old farm back In the Grtsshopper state. When tho tariff on raisins was lowered tho mom bers from California predicted overy cleaner tV human race could know from measles to earthquakes. Tho raisin was a sacred Institution, tho temple of liberty, tho flro upon the family altar. In fact, no ono of tho raisin breed could havo recognized himself in tho glowing picture painted by tho orators from tho Golden stato. Tho raUIn, like the flag and-tho mint Julep, fol lowed tho Constitution, and only tho lowest of poltroons would daro cast a shadow on its tlmo-honored namo. Campbell rose In his Boat in tho.houEo and unbosomed himsolf. "Gentlomon," he said with tears In his trombllng volco, "If tho raisins of today aro like those I used to eat in plum pudding In my bare-legged youth .liack la my,atate,.J vote raisins ba excluded altogether)" I'luvL-B uuu uiutuug in outers. J nero Is every reason to boliovo thnt minor movements of the land aro constantly taking placo. Not bo very long ago, In a geologic Bonso, tho Hudson river flowed through a deep canyon or gorge at Now York city. Soundings show that this gorge extends through tho harbor and far out to sea. It Is evident that tho land ourfaco has beon lowered In this region, allowing tho ocean to prnnti In in 41i lnn.1 mi ,1. .u .!. ouiieun issued tho other day on tho Angora goat "Formerly," tho department bulle tin says, ''tho use of mohair dftpondod bo largoly upon tho prevailing fashion that its prlco varied widely from year to year, This condition Is rapidly changing, as new uses for mohair are continually found, from nutomoblle tops and tnblo covers to dross goods and curled false hair, and today tho grower Is assured of a reasonably S tiWJiJ EXCLUDED IF LJST25 YEARS Mexican Struggle May Continue Quarter of Century. . Rebels Will Flock to Huerta's Aid, Is Opinion of Man From Mexico Dlfflcultlea to Be Encountered In Present Invasion. New York. "Now that tho United, States forces havo been landed In i Moxlco It will, In my opinion, bo 25 J ears boforo thoy will bo ablo to' leave," Bald James Harold Warner, president of the Mexican Abstract and Charter company, tho other day In dis cussing tteo American invasion of tho southern republic, according to tho Now York Herald. Mr. Warner Is a lawyer, who fori moro man ten years was In Mexico. He left there about a year ngo to glvo personal attention to tho affairs of hla compuny in this city. "Tho task confronting tho United! oiaies in Mexico is very much grentor than It Is conernllv hnllnvnil tn Un" Mr. Warner continued. "For oxamnle. I do not bollevo lt will bo possible to fight Huorta and nt tho samo tlmo keep on friendly terms with tho Car-ranza-VllItt forces. From tho mnmnni tho first engagement Is fought tho reb els will melt away from thnlr london. it tho latter endpnvnr tn rnmnln friendly to Americans and will Inln tliti Huerta army to fight what thoy ro- gara as tno common foe. "You might Just as well attempt to soparato -water In a pall by placing your hand in it as to try to keep tho robels nnd tho Huortlstas apart now that tho Americans havo landed. "In addition to that, Huerta'a forces will bo augmented and strengthened by a class of men who never beforo havo fought In his army. I refer to tho bettor and to tho middle classes of Mexicans, such as tho mechanics, rail road employes and others vt that typo. "Villa himself Is likely to turn against tho Americans, for no one In Mexico harbors a greater animosity to Amoricans than does that treacherous, vicious, Ignorant and bloodthirsty ban dit. No ono who knows him ever has bolloved In his protestations of friend ship for tho United States, and lt Is only reasonable to suppose he will embrace the first chance to throw off tho cloak of pretense In fact ho will bo compelled to do so If he wants to keep his men around him. "Thoso statements will convey Borne Idea of tho magnitude of tho tnsk tho United States has undertaken. And ,yet It had to undortako It and must now complete lt. That tho United ROAD IS Highway to Mexico City Made Famous by Scott. Route From Vera Cruz to Capital Ove; Which Invading Armies Have to . March Maxmlllan's Gaudy Pageant of 1864. Chicago. Tho road from Vera Cnu west to tho City of Moxico, some two hundred and forty mllos In length, which tho American army havo. to travel in ono of tho world's historic highways. It has been tho sceno of throo famous marches tho march of tho Spanish conquorors In 1619, the invasion of Qon. Wlnflold Scott's American army iu 1847, and the taw dry pageant of tho so-called Emperor Maximilian and his wife, Carlotta, on their entranco in 1864. It was also tho routo, three years ago, on tho Uigbt of Oen. Porflrlo Diaz, after his downfall as President. Vera Cruz (Truo Cross) received Kb namo from Hernando Cortes, who Jandod there with 700 mon, In March, 1510. Cortes burned, In the harbor or Vera Cruz, the ships In which ho has brought, his men from Cuba, to show thom that thoy must conquer or per ish. The Spaniards, In their march west, conauored tho indenendont na tion of Tlnxcala, which was at enmity with tho Emplro of Montezuma In central Mexico, and tho Tlaxcalas wore made the allies of tho invaders. At tho ancient city of Cholula, near tho presont city of Puobla, tho Span iards won a terrific encounter with tho natlvos. Their march into" tho Val loy of Moxico, and their conquest of tho capital city, which was then sur rounded by a lako, form ono of tho most thrilling chaptora in tho world's history. Substantially tho samo routo was taken by Scott and his men when, after the invasion of northern Moxico had not brought tho expected surren der, thoy wore sent via tho gulf to tho capital city, Tho principal Inci dent of this campaign was a long de lay at Puobla, bo thnt although Vera Cruz waa takon In April, Scott did not reach tho City of Mexico until Sop tcmbor. Tho advance of Maximilian and Car lottn, from Vera Cruz to Mexico City, which was mado In a gaudy jtago coach, took from May 2S to June 12, 1864, There was no opposition, for a French army had gono ahead of thom. Tinsel decorations and festivities, iu which an 6mlnotisly small part of tho people Joined, horalded tho passage ot tho Austrian pair to tho scat of their "emplro," They returned over tho samo road separately Carlotta on a fruitless mission to Napoleon III and REAR ADMIRAL v. i i ! iin ': :ifrmmrnmimmummtum'jmK-:7ts " aAri (ma iV.t.rtWr-, r, rr Vt nXv.lruuM.Au.A ljjj. . . . ..... The bnttleshlp liginla, llagahlp of Rear Admiral Ho.itty, commander of tho Third division or tho Atlantic fleet, Is now In Mexican waters. This photograph was taken aB the Virginia was leaving Boston harbor, cheered by a multitude of spectators. " States would havo to go into Mexico sooner or later was Inovitable. The Mexican peoplo, ns a whole, aro unfit for self-government, Of tho 16,000,000 Inhabitants only about fivo hundred thousand aro of Latin extraction. About flvB hundred thousand are of mixed blood and the remainder aro practically pure blooded Indians. Prob ably not moro than one million can read or write. Of tho entire 16.000,000 inhabitants probably 12,000,000 Bleep and eat on tho ground tho bare ground in mud or thatched huts. They are a peoplo ab solutely Incompetent of understanding a civil government and havo no con ception of any rights to govern them selves. "In my opinion the best solution to tho problem is the establishment over tho country of a military protectorate which shall support a civil govern ment composed of tho best element of the-educated Mexicans. " At tho samo tlmo Immigration should bo encour aged from tho white races of Europo to the end that a new race of MexL cans, through assimilation, may be built un capable of real self-govern ment Then and not until then lt seems to mo can we retiro or with draw our protectorate. "Tho idea of remaining on tho coast and merely holding tho ports is im practical. Tho United States forces must push on at least to Mexico City. That city now Is isolated with Its thousands of foreigners. Tho civilized HISTORIC tho poppj and Maximilian in his coffin, shot to death by a republican flrlna squad nt Quorctaro, Soon after tho downfall of Maxi milian, railroad building between Vera Cruz and tho capital began in earnest, and two lines now span tho distance, tho Mexican railway, an independent standard-gaugo line, and tho Inter oceanic, a narrow-gauge lno which Is part of the National railways sys tem. Tho ascent from Vera Cruz to Mex ico City is moro than seven thousand four hundred feet, or which tho great er part Is east of tho City of Puebln. Tho coast and tho district to the west beyond Orizaba, aro included in tho dreaded tlerra callente (hot country, whllo tho district trom Puobla to Mex ico City is In tho tlerra iria, or cold country, which Is cold only by com parison. Throo volcanlo and snow-clad moun tain peaks rise along tho wny. Orizaba Is the farthest cast, and west of Puebla aro the other two, Popocatepel and Ixteacclhuatl (Is-tasewattlo), which are visible from tho palace of Chaupultopec in Mexico City. From tho towers of tho cathedral In Puebla, nil three peaks can be seen. Jalao. Tlaxcala, tho seat of tho an clcnt "government of that name, San Lorenzo nnd Texcoco are towns of Importance along tho routo. Puebla In Jlin third nltv nt Xf .!.. . tlon, and Is a stronghold of church inuuenco. us cathedral rivals tho famous one In tho City of Moxico, being nearly as largo and having a' much moro Imposing interior design. Puobla has also a largo army station, near tho hill whero in 1802 Porflrlo Diaz beat tho French In tho battlo ot tho Ctnco do Mayo (fifth of May) which mado that date a national holi day. Jalapa, which Is tho capital of the stato of Vera Cruz, is noted for Its flno cigars. In this town tho soldiers of tho Fourth Illinois regiment, in 1847, ployed baseball, using as n bat tho wooden Jeg of tho Moxlcan dicta tor, Santa Anna, which they had cap tured. The pyramid of Cholula, near Pueb la, Is a mammoth memorial of the an cient Aztec civilization. It Is over grown with shrubbery, so as to look a natural hill. At San Juan Teotlhua can, near Mexico City, aro two pyra mids, thoso of tho sun and tho moon. Tho former is 216 fcot high, and is said by antiquarians to bo larger than any of tho Egyptlnn pyramids except Cheops. Students Must De Proficient. Mlddletown. Conn. Students nf WosJeyan university must not only bo proncient in tneir studies, but must attain a certain degree in baseball, track athletics or other form ot sport. BEATTY'S FLAGSHIP p VM,,WMA,vAVAWtfAVMr'My.t.V,.w(VVAAVWi'.AH.i world will not permit that condition or aualrs to exist "Beforo the American forces can en ter tho city, howover, there la a long and arduous march ahead of them In tho courso or. this perhaps two or threo severe battles will have to be fought In which tho Mexicans will be able to. chooso their positions. To undertako tho march to Mexico Cty except with a strong force and on scientific military lines would bo a great mistake. "Ono of tho things that may not havo been rorescen Is the terrible con dition of affairs likely to ensuo in Mexico City ir Huorta moves out to nifint tlm ntinrnnrhlntr Amorlonno . tn rotiro boforo them. In tho city thero are approximately four hundred thou sand ignorant peons who have no higher ambition than to loot and de stroy. Tho moment restraint is re moved thoy will probably set about the work of murder and rapine. The ono hundred thousand Mexicans of the better class and tho ten thousand or bo foreigners In tho city will be absolutely at their mercy except for wnatover aeronso they may bo ablo to organize among themselves." TUTORED ON AMERICAN UNES Hereditary Grand Duke Frledrich- Franr of Mecklenburg-Schwerln Taught From U. 8. Viewpoint. Berlin. A good deal ot Irritation has been expressed by writers in the German press at tho remarkable par tiality shown by tho reigning grand duko and grand duchess or Mecklenburg-Schwerln ror everything that Is American. Thoy aro said to buy their boots and much or their clothing In Now York, whllo (owing to tho num ber or their transatlantic friends) both Hereditary Grand Duke Frledrich Franz. speak English with a pronounced ac cent. Thoir onlv son. tho hprnrtitnrv Grand Duke Fried rich-Franz, who celo- Drated his third birthday on April 22, has two nurses T)oth American nnd the grand duko has expressed his In tention or later on engaging an Ameri can tutor ror hts sou and heir. Tho picturo, which Is excluslvo and was taken recently, shows tho hereditary grand duke with an enormous ball, also stated to bo American. Was Awake a Long Time. Rlverhead, N. Y. John F. Fournler whoso will Is being contested, told witnesses ho had not "slept for' 20 years. ' S?'" v -Sw wt' ?fcaf i f'Z-.&-Js?? vr -i.r- Em ;"Tik$i . r $s m And even a very tall' matrinayilbt" bo above criticism. Don't be mlplod. Ak for Red Cross Hall liluo. Makes beautiful whito clothei. At all good grocczs. Adv. Insulted. Salesman 1 think you will find this cook book very Buggostivo. Bride-Elect Sir! Princeton Tiger. Constipation cati!c many eerlotn dis eases. It is thoroughly cured by Doctor Pierce's Plcaxant Pellets, One axntive, three for cathartic. " Adv. Depends on Colors. Church Do you bellove "tho parol oft proclaims tho man? ap- Gotham Why, yes, it It's loud enough. FACE ITCHED AND BURNED w 383 No. Union St, Aurora, Ill.-s-"M ailment Btarted with a llttlo plmplo and It always itched and burned ter ribly. I scratched It and in a few dayB my faco was all covered with soreB. It ran up to my eyea and the day after I could not ceo out of my right eye. I was unablo to get any rest. I couldn't go to bed, being afraid of getting the clothing all coiled, although I had my faco all bandaged. "I was given two Jars of Balvo but it kept getting worse It was some thing like a running Bore because every tlmo I used somo of tho salve had to wrap bandages around my neck to hoop tho water and pus from running down ray body. I wrote for a sample of Cuticura Soap and Oint ment and in a few days I received theso and wnshed my faco with the Cuticura Soap and put on Bomo Cuti cura Ointment and tho next morning my face felt cool and somewhat re lieved. After using the samplo I bought eome Cuticura Soap and Oint ment at tho drug store. .1 folfowed this treatment Ju3t twenty-six. days and after using one cako of Cuticura Soap and two boxes of Cuticura Olnt ment I was cured." (Signed) George Miller, Jan. 1, 1913. Cuticura Soap -and Ointment sold throughout the world. Samplo of each, free.wlth 32-p. Skin Book. Address post card "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston." Adr. Fatal Defect. The Rev. Bascom Anthony, a presid ing elder of the Methodist church la southern Georgia, tells a story of a negro pastor down his way who failed to give satisfaction to his flock. A comltteo from tho congregation wait ed on him to request his resignation. VLook here I" demanded tho preach er. "Whut's do trouble wld mab preachln? Don't I argufy?" . "You sho' does, eldah," agreed tho-" spokesman. "Don't I 'sputify concernln' de Scrip tures?" "You suttlnly does," admitted tht -other. "Den what's wrong?" - , "Well, eldah," Btated the Lead ot the committee, "hlt'B dis way: You ar gufies and you 'sputlfles, bu' you don't show wherein!" Saturday Evening Post Thoughtful. Little Delia was slowly turnlfig the. leaves of her nursery book -when sud denly sho looked up and Inquired; "Mother, what day was I born on?'1 "Wednesday, dear." "Wasn't that fortunate! It's your day 'at home,' " replied tho llttlo miss. Harper's Magazine. Far More. "Papa, how big is a croquet ball?" "About tho'slze of a grapefruit, but aioro nutritious." LIVING ADVERTISEMENT Glow of Health Speaks for Pootum. It requires no scientific trnlnini? tn discover whether coffee disagrees or not. Simply stop It for a tlmo and us Postum In placo of it, then note the beneficial effects. The truth will ap pear. "Six years ago I was In a very bad condition," writes a Tenn. lady. "I suffered from Indigestion, nervous ness and Insomnia. "I was then an Inveterate coffee drinker, but it waB long before I could be persuaded that it was coffeo that hurt me. Finally I decided to leavo it off a few days and find out tho truth, "The first morning I left off coffeo I had a raging headacho, bo I decided I must havo something to take the placo of coffee." (Tho headacho was caused by tho reaction of tho coffee drug caffeine.) "Having hoard of Postum through a friend who used it, I bought a package and tried it I did not like it at first but after I learned how to make it right, according to directions on pkg., I would not change back to coffeo ror anything. "When I began to ujo Postum I weighed only 117 lbs. Now I weigh 170 and as I havo not takon any tonlo In that tlmo I can only attribute my present good health to the use or Pos tum in placo or coffeo. "My husband says I am a living ad vertlsemcnt ror Postum." Name given by tho Postum Co., Bat tlo Creek, Mich. Postum now comes in two rorms: Regular Postum must bo well boiled.. 15c and 23c packages. Instant Postum is a nolublo pow der. A teaspoonrul dissolves qulokly In a cup or hot water and, with cream and sugar, makes a delicious bever age Instantly 30c and 50c tins. Tho coBt per 'cup or both kinds is about tho same. "There's a Reason" ror Poatum. sold by Grocers. v" 3 vET S.Sr - 4 -v, 1 3- ." t. y. ;-! 1. "J ' - M jf ii'l - i4 ' "4V r iv . ."Hrt;Mj tmn wi, ,tw)Mw.wiiw,"'ii