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THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIRUNF NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. FLIGHT IS POSSIBLE Possibility of Over-Sea Voyage Pointed Out. Dr. Dell In Communication to National Geographic Society Says Trip In Heavler-Than-AIr Machine In 13 Hours Is Feasible. Washington. Tho possibility of a trans-Atlantic ocean flight In a hcavlcr-than-alr machlno In 13 hours Is pointed out in u communication to tho National Geographic society at Washington from Dr. Alexander Qruham Dell, Inventor of tho tele phone and former president of tho eoclcty. "Tho dlstanco from Newfoundland to Ireland Is less than two thousand miles," sayn Doctor Dell. "This means that If you go at 100 miles an hour you will croBB tho Atlantic In 20 hours loss than a day. Wo have fly ing machines that go at a greato speod than thnt. Wo nlrendy havo machlncsthat could cross the ocean, if their engines can keep going for 20 hours. Of course, theso are excep tional machines, but oven tho ordinary machines of today mako CO miles an hour with ease. "Now, a flying machlno flics faster as you go higher up, becauso tho rarer air offers less resistance to tho mo tion, whllo tho propeller gives tho same push with the samo power, what ever tho elevation. As you got Into tho rarer air tho propeller spins around faster. A GO-mllc-an-hour ma chine flying two miles high in tho air and wo havo machlnos that have gono twlco ns high as that will fly much faster than GO miles an hour. Then at an elevation of two miles high in tho air there Is ,a constant wind blowing in tho gonoral direction of Europe having a velocity anywhere from twenty-flvo to fifty miles an hour. "As a not result of all these things, there can bo llttlo doubt that any or dinary machine that is ablo to sup port Itsolf In tho air at an elevation .Dr. Alexander Graham Bell. of two miles high will attain a speed of at least ono hundred miles an hour In tho direction of Europo, and that means going from America to Europo in a single day. Calculation shows that, taking all these circumstances into consideration, our best machines should bo ablo to cross tho Atlantic In 13 hours. I hardly daro say It aloud for publication. It is sufficient ly startling to know that It is not only possible, but lrobablo. that tho pas sago may bo mndo In a alnglo day. But if, as I imagine, it can bo dono in 13 hours, you may tnko an enrly breakfast in Newfoundland and a lato dinner in Ireland tho samo night." PLEDGES IN PARIS PAWNSHOP Municipal Uncle Secured by False Teeth, Dog Collars and Official Scarf. Paris. Tho Mont do Ploto, or pawn broker's shop, Is In Franco un official Institution, instead of being operated for prlvato gain. Every month tho Parts municipal council publishes n do tailed report dealing with tho work ings of tho establishments under itB control, and ns theso documents aro compiled with much exactness, they often mako amusing reading. The latest report Indicates tho ex traordinary variety of articles pledged with tho munlclpnl "undo." During tho month three peoplo doposlted com plete sets of fnlHO teeth, nnd nlno parted temporarily with what aro offi cially registered as "partial denturoB." Tho Mont do Ploto received twonty noven Jesultes, from which It must not bo Imagined that ecclesiastics can bo left in pawn, since tho term Is slang for a dog's collar. Similarly tho marl, which figures on tho ofllclnl Hot, waB not n husband, but n tool used by en gravers Another artlclo pledged was tho offi cial Ecnrf worn by n deputy. But tho most extraordinary Item Is undoubted ly "two operating tables." It would bo of Borne Interest to know tho reasous for their presence PLANNING NEW ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION Sir Ernest Shackleton haB appointed Frank Wild as second In command of the now Imperial trnnsnntarctlc expedition which starts from Buenos Aires early In October Tho photograph shows Sir Ernest (right), with Mr. Wild, busy on some plans nt tho ofllco of the expedition. U. S. Forest Service's Unique Plan Against Forest Fires. Takes Up With Manufacturers of Firearms and Ammunition Scheme by Which Purchasero Will Bo Reminded of Fire Danger. (From the Forest Service. U. 8. Depart ment of Agriculture.) Washington. Decnuso of tho fact that many forest flres nro set through tho carelessness of hunters, campers and othors who go Into tho woods for recreation, tho forest sorvlco hns taken up with manufacturers of fire arms and ammunition tho question or a co-operatlvo nrrnngement through which purchasers and users of guns and cartridges Bhall bo reminded of tho flro danger. It has been pointed out that In the lumber roglons of tho Northwest, for exnmplo, manufacturers and 'other business men havo been having printed or stamped on their station cry and pay chcckB various crisp, cntchy statements about tho Iosb which tho public suffors through the decreased domand for labor and do creased inonoy In circulation If tim ber, which is tho source of many of tho Northwest's industries, Is burned up. It has also been pointed out that In tho EnBt particularly many forest flres nro started by tho carelessness of hunters, who drop burning mntches, cigar or clgarotto stumps, or pipe coals In tho woods, or porhapB build a flro which Is loft burning when tho huntor goes on. Forest flres of course greatly lnjuro tho Interests of sportrf mon by robbing tho birds of their proper covor. Thoy also impair mo food supply of both birds and big gamo, through tho destruction of tho undergrowth which furnishes browse, berries nnd other food. Tho enstorn woodB are exposed to tho danger from flres principally In tho spring and fall, when most of tho treos nro bare and tho leaves on tho ground nro dry. Tho spring fires, many of which are duo to trout flan ormen, may destroy tho eggs of gnmo birds and oven tho young birds them selves. Since trout fishermen nro likely to hunt In tho fall, tho samo Individuals, if careloss, may bo a sourco of danger nt both seasons. It is suggested that tho manufac turers of arms and ammunition ought to bo sufficiently Interested in tho mnttor of perpetuation of gamo to bo willing to help In tho campaign against foreBt flres. This help may como through tho printing or some brlof flro warning on cartridge boxes or somo slip to go with any hunting or camping supplies which nro fur nlshod. Several manufacturers havo Already expressed their Interest In tho matter and their wllllngnoHS to help. VACATION FOR HIS HORSE Kansas City Real Estate Man Work His Steed Only Eight Months a Year. Kalians City. Four months out of every year aro piny months for Gypay, a twenty-year-old mnro owned by Frank D. Pnrsons, a Kansna City real estate dealor, according to tho Kansas City Star Mr. Parsons has owned Gypsy llfteon years und ho says her faithfulness merits tho best treatment ho enn glvo hor. Gypsy stands without hitching. Sho novor complains, and Is always ready for work, and, dospito her twenty years, Is In ruggod honlth. December 1 every year Mr. Parsons has Gypsy's bIiocb removed, nnd bIio Is allowed to rest four months. Sho bus n diet of rolled oatH and alfalfa. A box stall la her alooplng place and sho has a big lot to romp In It she Is so disposed. "I am often asked how I keep her looking so well whon bIio la bo old," Mr. Parsons Bald tho othor day. "It's becaiiBO of tho humane treatment alio receives. Gypsy hna pulled my buggy ninny years and alio earns a yearly va cation. She rests nil winter, and in tho hot summer days b1i has leisure bealdoB. If tho day Ib hot I'd rather take a street car than hitch her up Last week I had her in harness only ono day and she loafed In tho shade the rest of tho time. "Tho flies never bother Gypsy In tho summer becuuso I spray her twice a day with a preparation that keeps off tho pests and alio will stand all day without tossing her head or stamping. "Tho hard pavement never hurts her feet, either, because sho has a piece of solo leather next to her hoofs nnd tho shoes nre nailed on tho leath er. Sho hasn't had a sick day In years nnd sho novor fails mo. "Some day she Is going to bo too old to pull mo nround and then sho Is not going to get a. bullet or bo sent to tho dinky market. I am going to glvo hor freedom somo day nnd let her close her days In somo pleasant pasture. A horse will work without food until It drops. It never complains and it puts all Its trust In Its mnBter. A man who wouldn't treat hla horBO right wouldn't treat his family right." FRESH BEEF KEPT 18 YEARS Oldest Joint of Meat In World on View at a Leadenhall Market In London. London. In Leadenhall Market the oldest Joint of meat In tho world was on view recently. It is eighteen yenrs since it ceased to bo bullock and be came) beef, and Its preservation Is re garded by exports as a record in cold storage. A hlndquarter of frozen beef was shipped from Brlabano in February, 1S90, and sold to Willis & Co., Ltd., mllltnry contractors, of Malta. Tho latter, as an experiment, kept It In cold Btorago till a fow months ago, whon It was brought to London. For eighteen years It has been in a tern pornturo of 10 or 15 degrees Fahren heit. Before tho Joint left Malta a portion was cooked and eaten without disas trous effects. Now, ns a French scien tist hnsvdeclnred that meat moro than a year old la full of poison, it is to bo carefully analyzed. Tho average ago of frozen meat sold In London Is two or three monthB, nnd tho oldest frozen meat hitherto known to tho trade 1b said to bo two years. It waB suggested in tho trado that If meat can bo kept eighteen yenrs or longer it might bo possible to keop hugo stores In this country as a food supply In tlmo of wnr. But tho Idea seems to havo wider and yet moro interesting possibilities. If meat can bo stored Indefinitely, it mny bo possible to preserve tho prod ucts of exceptionally good years for the uso of connoisseurs. "Vintage yenrB" will have their moaning In tho meat trado as they have in tho wino trado. You will call for meat of a particular year, as the wine lover now calls for his 1904 champagne, nnd tho wealthy man. desiring to glvo his friends a treat, will bog them to try "this priceless old beef." DIES AS SHE INHALES SMOKE Colored Woman of Wilmington, Del., Pitches Forward In Chair, Stran gled by Cigarette. Wilmington, Del. Sitting In hor homo at 24 Klund street, smoking a clgaretto and talking to Special Offi cers Green and Harris, who had stopped to get somo ovldenco In a caao from hor, Delia Rich, colored, aged 33, took a long puff, nnd, by In haling tho anioko, Btrangled In trying to exhale It. Adjourn Court to Laugh. Chicago. J. D. Kaiser, n witness, told such a droll story regarding a now business trick in Judge Lnndls' court that tho Judgo was compelled to adjourn for soveral minutes to let tho bench, bar, Jurors nnd spectatora havo their laugh out. Didn't Think Much of Envoy. Champaign, 111. "Who's Itornstnrff ?" nsked Michael Murphy, tho merchnnt pollcoman, who shot at an nutomobllo occupied by Count von Bernstorft, German, nmbnasudor, when called be foro Mayor Dobbins to explain his act. pn ggsse i President Wilson Orders Lower Speed for Autos WASHINGTON. Thero is sorrow in tho White Houbo garage. Two mighty touring cars and a landatilet havo been brought to a state of watchful waiting. Thore 1b an embargo on speed which will not be lifted. Four chauffeurs any ono of whom can pass c5ft vk? fs7ow &gk X v -J been passed by about everything on tho road. Recently one of those run abouts (tho typo that sounds llko a lawn mower and travels with a limp) actually went ahead of tho big seven-passenger car which President Wilson affects. " Tho cause of tho sorrow Is manifest. The engines In tho White House cars are of the latest type, and can, without an effort, run the machine up to E0 miles an hour. And on tho road It Is extremely difficult to gauge speed unless one's eye la constantly on tho speedometer. President Wilson has always insisted that tho cars in which ho rides be run slowly. But occasionally when his friends are faken out for a llttlo Bpln the chauffeur has been inclined to open tho throttle and let things whoop. Besides the nutomobllo washer, there are othors in the White House who feel a certain relief. Thoy are the secret service men. When President Taft was In ofllce his fnvorlte recreation was a high powered automobile. Coming to a quiet little stretch of road, tho former president was not averse to having tho high speed touched up a little. Colo nel Itooaevelt was olso fond of speod. Sleigh's Bells Give Shivers to the Gauzily Clad IT WAS at noon on G street when tho Jingling bells of a sleigh Were heard. A large, perspiring, spluttering fat man suspended his palm leaf fan in mld-alr. "Tho doctor told me to cut it down to two theso hot days. I didn't; now I am hearing things," he mut tered. Another Jingle, In frosty accents. A willowy maid, exceedingly sum merlsh and diaphanous as to her gown, pulled her gauzy skirts closo about her and was seen to shiver. And still they Jingled. Tempera ture, 98 In tho shade. A puffing lady, of generous girth, plumped down her market basket on the pliant asphalt nnd felt her pulse. Traffic was suspended, passing horses sniffed the air, and Doctor Cook's press agent came running up from a nearby hotel to see whether some other Intrepid explorer had put another cno across on his employer. "Going, going, gone. At twenty And It's a bargain at that." The raucous voice of tho auctioneer explained the greatest natural phe nomenon Washington hns witnessed for many moons. Tho fat man dashed back through tho swinging doors for another bracer. And the crowd, with sheepish expressions, melted away as only a crowd and a penny vanilla "snowball" can melt on a sweltoring Juno day. "That's the hottest Job I've had this week," plaintively walled the auc tioneer, as ho wiped a seeping sleeve across his briny brow. 'II f any more uptown folk want to raiso cash for a trip to Newport by telling their last year's double-runner, two-seated, low-set, stoel-shod, single or tandem "Gee, I'll be doing that in my sleep tonight. Say, did you ever try to Bell a sleigh with tho thermometer at 98 in tho shade?" Oscar Baun bought it. Ho says ho wants it for an investment. Birds Use Bubble Fountain as a Bathing Place THE English sparrow is tho quickest of nil tho feathered trlbo to adapt Itself to the ndvancea of science and civilization. This is frequently proved to the consternation of biologists and many loverB of tho beautiful. $H 1m of an open fountain. Somo lovers of bird and animal life wondered what these sparrows did for a drink and a bath after tho fountain was torn up. Apparently there was no water In Bight. Somo tlmo ago a drinking fountain of tho bubbling typo was installed. For weeks and ovon months tho sparrows paid but llttlo attention. One oi two audnclous followB eyed tho bubbling stream at closo range, but could find no standing water. in tho heat of noontime the other day, ono of tho boldeat and noisiest of a twittering group, solved the problem. He lit on the outer edge of th fountain, cocked his dark brown head and eyed tho stream. One or two pedestrians stopped to watch. Others gathered. Finally Mr. Sparrow thrust his bill into tho stream with a quick darting motion. Nothing happened, and ho tried it again. Finally ho let it rest in tho stream, and withdrawing It only to throw back his head, drank his fill. Contented he eyed his sur roundings wh'ilo an admiring throng npplauded his perspicacity. Suddenly seized of a new notion ho fluttered through tho stream to the other aide. He repeated thla feat several times, and many sparrows, qulcb to learn, were soon using tho drinking fountain in approved style. He Got His Money's rO YOU awoar," said tho marriage 1 statements herein given aro tho tho truth so help you God one dollar Tho young man with tho large, exprosalvo hands, tho trembling knees and tho hugo, awkward feet, dug feebly Into hla pocket and produced tho sum of money roqulred. There was something so red-faced and apolo getically rabbitliko In tho way ho did it that on nhiiost expected to see him flap his Kara. But ho didn't. "Wish yon all tho luck in tho world." aald the marriage licenao clork, evidently desirous of ranking tho agitated young man feol at peaco. Tho tall awkward young man scratched himself violently. "Whero's a preacher?" he demanded abruptly. Tho mnrrlngo lleense clerk waved a hand toward the city directory. "Tnko your pick," ho urged "Thero are all kinds in tho city. Also clonty of Justices of tho pence If you want them." "I want a Baptist," said the tall young mun stifbbornly. "I como from Powhucket, W. Va. And I kinder eloped here for tho fun of sooln' tho city whllo I was gottln' married. And" "I found one!" ho announced triumphantly. And then he continued the brief sketch of his life. Ho wns a young man with a wide rango of interests. And having paid a wholo dollar for a bit of paper, be made up his mind that bo would it his money's worth of conversation. mwm m ssup within an Inch of a given object whllo running at 50 miles an hour aro con stantly on wntch lost tho speedometers start to climb on them. About tho only person In tho garage who is happy 1b tho automo bile waBhor, who has figured it out that the slowor automobiles run the less dirt they accumulate. Ever since rt presidential automo bile was hold up outside of Hyatts vlllo tho White Houbo machines havo Sx Tho most striking instanco of this ndaptivity was recently proved to a group of laymon who gathered by the little triangular park In front of tha Munsey building, v that has recently been landscape-gardened into archl tectural eminence. The Bycamores along the avenus side of tho park, and Its cool shrub bory are favorite gathering places foi tho sparrow. Before the Pulaski Btatue was erected, tho sparrows dis ported themselves in the cool watet Worth of Conversation license clerk light-heartedly, "that the truth, the whole truth and nothing bul ploase?" ,xt J-K 99i w&k J?mJ .KIN DPI Mrh WEACHER f SICK? TIRED? WEAK? If this describes your present con dition you should immediately get a bottle of HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS It will help Nature ovorcomo all Stomach, Liver and Bowel His, ro storo the appetite, pro mote health and vigor. HOW HE TURNED THE TRICK After This, Mr. Mordecal Hammerfest Must Be Credited With Knowing a Thing or Two. Mrs. Mordecal Hammerfest turned palo as her husband entered the din ing room for breakfast. "Mordy!" sho gasped. "Do you don't you feel well?" "Perfectly," he replied In seeming; burprlse. "But but, you aro in your your underduds!" "Tell me something I don't know. Pass the butter, please," said Mr. Ham merfest. She paBsed the. butter, remarking, nervously, "But, Mordy, dear, ns you came in I saw you didn't havo any shoes on." "Well, what of It. Your hair Is In curl papers, Isn't It?" "Why y-yes." "And you havo on a wrapper, haven't you?" , "Yes." "Very well, then." And he went on eating his break fast in sllenco except when he asked her to pass the butter. Then ho went upstairs and finished dressing, and the next morning and on succeeding morn ings she reported for breakfast In reg ular clothes. Ingenious Smuggling Device. A museum of criminology has been founde in Paris by M. Charles Perch ard, formerly chief of the pollco An archist brigade. Among Its curious contents aro a hollow wax baby which was used to amugglo brandy into Paris. A woman carried a baby Into the city every day, but ns It never grew any bigger the authorities ex amined it and discovered the fraud. Going Him One Better. An English bishop, offering an or ango to a little child, remarked, sweet ly: "Now, my little man, I shall glvo you this orango if you tell mo whero God is." "My lord," answered tne child, aon of a clergyman, "I'll glvo you two oranges If you'll tell me whero he is not." Rotation of Tools. "Your garden will bo late." "I'm afraid so; but you see the Bradleys are still using Folsom's spado and hoc." Boston Transcript. The nmateur poet is going aomo when ho earns enough money with his pen to pay for tho Ink. And many gems of thought turn out to bo paste. Keep Cool and Comfortable Don't spend so much of your time cooking during hot weather; and your family will be healthier without the heavy cooked foods. Give them Toasties They're light and easily digested and yet nourishing and satisfying. No bother in preparation just pour from the package and add cream and sugar or they're mighty good with fresh berries fruit. or "The Memory Lingers" Po