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THE 8EMI-WEFKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTF. NPRRAQKA. WASMNQIpN CITY SCENE OF BLOODY HAND-TO-HAND ENCOUNTER What I Sin? mnn By REV. PARLEY L ZARTM ANN. D. D. Secrtlaty t Extension Depillmrnt Moody Bible Inidlule, Chictga 5 S f $m wt'4z ''-' til K Ki R PJrinVCSri AS TW-PP Jl in T.iii ! BJWiitfRwawffX? MMSMK KHingn w (A 'High Cost of Tangoing Threatens Washington -' ' ' i WASHINGTON. Suffering snakes! Tlio high cost of tangoing threatens Washington. Tho poor old maxlxo and tho fox trot and tho hippopota mus wlgglo and all tho rent of those wonderful contortlonB aro going to bo soaked. So satth tho American So tions aro whanged out in public places whoro dovotees of the modern dances most do congregate. "Whaddo you mean; tax7" Inquired a muscular piano player who nightly rips tho Internals out of an unstrung tin-pan in an uptown establishment. "These guys want tho earth. Ain't people got a right to danco without payin a tax for it?" A dear young thing who feels her day has been Incompleto unless she has danced from 8 p. m. until 2 a. m. waB almost In tears. "We'll fix their clock," she asserted. "I know a young man who plays tho piano delightful. I'll got him to mako up somo pieces." Tho brightest thought of tho day camo from a plar.o salesman who nightly assaults a second violin in a danco hall. "Wo should worry," ho said. "Why, if they put over a stunt liko that we'd tako Wugnor and Beethoven and some of thoso guys and liven 'cm up a little and they'd do almost ns well as tho Junk that's boing turned out now." Aunty Watches the Antics of the Trick Aviator AS sho watched the airship hor upturned faco reflected with mapliko faith fulness tho emotions that beset hor. "Dat man better stop his skylarkln' up yandor or do fus' thing ho knows ho's gwino como tumlln' down head fomuB' ain't dat so, lady?" Tho woman who happoned to bo next took up tho romark with a friendliness duo to that rare and lomfortnblo being, an "aunty" of tho nld regime. ' "IIo's all right. You and I will bo sailing around liko that somo day maybe." "Don't count mo In with you, honoy. Ain't nobby gwino trick mo Into flyfn' in do faco of Hob'n, liko dat. Do good Lawd mado do yuth for man, an' do sea' for fish, an' do air for birds. An' wbon man ho start in an' grab moro'n ills sharo fum do fish an' do birds, den dis worl' Is bounter como to an end. Ain't got any washin' for mo, is you, lady? My madam whah I nusses shot up do houso In de sum mer an' ain't como homo yit on accounter do war, annl ben doin' washes all thoo do hot wovvor, but now It's turnin' cool people don't chango ovy day, an I gotta git mo anuthcr wash. Ono gen'man cut so closo last week that bo only gimme thutty cents. Lawser mercy, chile, look at dat fool man Bwoopln' roun' dat capt'l liko a swallow over a barn. "Ain't ho a sight, though? GImmo cricks in my neck watch'n him. But dat alnlt nothln' to do misery In man lof sldo. Do doctor at do spenB'ry gimme black pills, but ho ain't drivv away do pain yit ain't It scanlous do way dat man tompt Province oh, mnli Lawd, he llketcr wont dat time I Look at him summorsettln'. Oh, my Lawd!" How Eddie the Infallible Failed in Diplomacy P DD112 tho JnfAlllblo failed tho other day. Eddlo tho tho courtly colored Li mossengor who guldos diplomats into tho olllco of tho secretary of state It occurred In tho secretary's office, and Baron von Collcnborg. lato of camo exclusively interested in tho flow of Potomac park from tho broad windows of Secretary nryan's office. Tho baron bowed to Secretary Bryan and "exited." Baron von Collonberg bad called on tho secretary to ascertain if tho latter had been ablo to procuro for htm from thoJlrltUh ambassador a safe conduct across tho Atlantic to Holland. Sir Cecil was calling to ussuro tho secretary that ho would grant tho safo conduct. Farm Women's Mistake About Smith-Lever Act MANY letters aro being received by tho United States department of agri culture which lndlcato that farm women In various sections of tho coun try havo como to bollovo that tho government 1h about to assist them with grants of money to individuals. This unfortuuato mlstako which, it is feared, will bo tho causo of consid erable disappointment, uppears to havo arisen through a misunderstand ing of tho Smlth-Lovor act recently passed by congress. Under this net funds contributed both by the federal owl stato governments aro mado available for practical demonstration work In agriculture and homo eco nomics Experts from tho agricul tural collogos and county agents, both men and women, are to show farmers and farm women tho valuo of modem mothods In agrlculturo and housokooplng, and domonstrato tho uso of labor-Bav!ng dovices. Tho purposes of tho act aro thus untiroly educa tional; and thoro aro no provisions whatover for direct financial assistance Tills demonstration work which tho Smlth-Lovor act Is designad to pro mote has already mot with considerable success in tho states whoro it has berti started, but tho additional funds now avullablo will greatly Increaso ,ts officloncy. To avail thomsolves to tho full of Its possibilities tho dopait ment officials rccommond that farm women form local clubs and then com munlcato with tho oomnty agont or tho Btato agricultural collogo. In this . ay it will of ton bo possible to vecuro a visit from tho county agent or from ho homo economics export. WOUNDED GERMANS KISS HANDS OF FOE 1 BRINGING THEM AID France. A young Holdler told mo this: Day and ulght he and his follows had been fighting till tho Germans melted away. Then thoy roturnod ncroBB tho country thoy had fought over, Here and tbcro thoy camo upon a wounded manVand, French or Ger man, did what thoy could for him, but ciety of Music Publlshora, Composers and Authors. ' A wall of anxiety has arlson In Washington. A number of thousand dancers, hotel and rostaurant pro prietors and orchestra loaders aro making nolsos Indicative of deep dla trosn. Tho plan of tho A. S. O. M. P. G. A. A., In brief, Is that royalties shall bo "paid to composers whoso selec &g. tho German consular staff In Mexico, should havo loft tho room boforo Ed dlo ushered In tho British ambassa dor, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. Tho two diplomats mot. In tho languago of diplomacy, It was a contrompB, Tho polished heels of tho German baron clicked sharply us ho gazed sternly over the head of Sir Cecil at tho gallery oi formor secretaries of Btato. Sir Ce cil drew himself up stiffly and bo l in many casus tho stricken burden was so awful they wero glad when It died. Wounded Germans, In tho last stages of suffering, finding a wntar bottle at their parched lips, kissed the hands of tho foo who hold It to their mouths. , Tho young Frenchman told mu sadly of bolng ombraced and kissed by wounded Gormans ho had helped on tho battloflold. Bolglum has four nrtlllclal silk factories. S ,(iTVA ot"efTM cut Sk- &: This photograph was mado on tho Berry road that leads to Etropilly, Just nfter ono of tho fiercest engagements of tho battlo of tho Marno. Here the French Zouaves engaged tho Germans In a hand-to-hand encounter nnd tho road was strown with tho dead of both sides. Tho haystack, which miraculously escaped catching Arc, was an efficient shelter for somo of tho Zouaves, who nro hero seen preparing to bury tho dead Gormans. 01 ARMY Serious Problem When Troops Are in Field. Commissariat Arrangements for Pro tracted Campaign Are Conducted on Large Scale Biscuits More Precious Than Bullets. London. Tho most serious problem with which it general in tho Held can be faced is that of keeping up tho necessary food supply for tho troops under his command. An army, indeed marches on Its stomach. At a pinch it can mako shift to do without tents or transport, while, as Is well known, successful operations havo at times been carried out In a hostile area when not a slnglo cartrldgo has been expended for weoks on end. Yet, though, bullets may bo dispensed with, this is certainly not tho caso with re gard to bread or its equivalent. This at any rate, has always been tho opin ion of tho grent military leader Na poleon, for example, being reported on ono occasion to havo had a soldier shot for throwing away a bag of bis cuits, in order to mako room for some ammunition. The Bcalo on which tho commlssa' rlat arrangments for a protracted campaign aro conducted, Is an exceed ingly largo ono. A fact that contrib utes materially to this Id that not only havo ratlotiB and fodder to bo Issued dally to every man and horse on duty, but also that a considerable reserve supply has to bo maintained nt tho baso of operations. In tho ro cent Boer war, for examplo, the amount of food thus stored was, as far as possible, that equaling a fouf months' consumption. When It is re membered that tho number of troops drawing upon it was well over two hundred thousand nt a time during tho greater portion of tho war, it will readily bo seen that such a supply necossarlly represented a very big Btock indeed. To go into nctual fig ures, It may bo of Interest to learn that at tho head of tho various Items composing a four months' supply for such a body is 24,000,000 pounds of biscuit. This enormous total Is closo ly approached by tho "bully beef" ono, as for every pound of tho former com modity there Is at least three-quarter pounds of tho latter. To render it more palatable than it wnniii in in itself, tho commissariat dopartmpnt is required to keep In storo 1.G00.000 pounds of comprcBsod vegetables and 800,000 pounds of salt. Ab appropriate accompaniments to tho beef' and bis cuit, coffee and tea to tho oxtent of 800,000 pounds, nnd 400,000 pounds re spectively aro also Included In tho ro servo supply. In addition to such niiRninir. ,,...,, sltlcs ns biscuit, beef, and vegetables, the four months' foodfmpply for an avorago .corps In the Hold Includes many items that may almost bo do scribed ns luxuries. For examplo. that for tho British troops In South Africa contained 2,000,000 tins of Jam teach holding ono pound), and 720.000 tlnB of condensed milk. Jam, it is worth noting, was first Introduced as nn ar ticle of diet for soldiers in active serv Ico In tho Egyptian campaign 0f 1884. Ab It was found to havo excellent re sults (chiefly on account of Its anti scorbutic propprties) and also to be extremely appreciated by tho men. It has remained a "field ration" ovor Binco. It is gonorally eutcn with bis cuit. aB broad Is but rarely obtainable In tho actual theater of wur. "Drlnkablos" occupy almost ns largo a placo as do "eatables" In tho resorvo food supply of an army corps whon en nctlvo service. After tho 800,000 pounds of coffeo nnd 400,000 pounds of tea, already referred to, tho princi pal totals maintained nro 40,000 gal ions of mm, 04,000 bottles of port nnd 24,000 bottles of whisky. Thord was also n very largo quantity of llmo-juico kept In resorvo for the benefit of the sick una wounded. Among the "miscellaneous stores" which the commander of an army corps looks to his commlBsarlat de partment to furnish when called upon aro 1G0 tons of alum (for purifying doubtful water), 40 tonB of chloride of lime, 12,000 pounds of carbolic acid powder, 20,000 gallons of oil, and somo S0.000 pounds of candles. Tho food supply for tho horses and mules is also on a geacroua scale, thou sands of tons of hay, oats, and bran being always kept at tho base in read iness for instant dispatch to tho front. ANIMALS CAUGHT BY FIRE Forest Flames on Glenn Ranch In California Overtook Thousands of Them In Flight. Los Angeles, Cal. Thousands of dead rabbits, with here and there a deer caught by tho whirl of flame, nnd trees full of roasted apples, on tho Glenn ranch, were among tho toll of tho big forest fire that swept from Cajon to Lytel Creek, according to re ports brought hero by Supervisor It. II. Charlton, nfter almost a week spent In the big woods fighting the fire. The woods aro as dry as tinder, and tho flames mado rapid headway in spite of tho efforts of nearly two hun dred experienced firefighters, who wore almost worn out by their efforts. The blaze was confined forho most part to leaves, needles and small brush. When it was confined to a cer tain area by tho men, tho Inside of tho fire line was filled with wild game try ing to get away. Tho sweep of tho flro was so quick that In hundreds of in stances thoy could not get out of tho zone of danger. Tho rabbits ran In droves to tho center away from tho fringe of tho -flames, only to be burned up when tho flro ato Its way Into their hiding places. Several deer, ono of them a big six-prong buck, ran right into tho hottest blazo. ' SNAKE STRIKES FROM COVER Copperhead Is Peeved When Student Sits on Its Pet Plank Saves Life by Quick Action. Philadelphia. Applying his own "first aid" whon bltton by a venom ous copperhead, at McCalls Ferry, Paul A. Itolchle, a Stato collogo stu dent, residing In York, probably Raved his life. Uelchlo sat on a board, under which tho Biiako lay hiding, and it crawled out and struck him on tho left hand. Quickly slicing open tho wound, ho sucked out an much of tho poison ns posslblo, then applied a turniquot to stop circulation Of tho blood. Search rovenled tho snako which had bitten him, and another, both of which wero killed. By tho time Helchlo reached a phy sician and had tho wound cauterized his arm waB badly swollen, but now ho is out of danger. CLOCK OVER 112 YEARS OLD Kansas City Man Unable to Find Any One Who Can Re pair It Kansas City. N. W. Orr owns a grandfather clock, which ho bollevos Is ono of tho oldest In America. Mr. Orr doesn't know Just how old tho clock it, but knows positively that It Is more than ono hundred nnd twolvo years old. "My grandfather brought tho clock over from Europe when ho camo," said Mr. Orr. "I don't know whon ho camo ovor, but my father, William Orr, who would bo 112 years old If ho wns Uv lng, was born in Ohio." Mr; Orr Buys tho clock stands soven foot high, and kept good time until Inst full, when tho weight cords broko. He has been unablo to find u clock maker or ropalrer who can repair it. NEAR-PJJPEfl'SlOT Body of Or. James Phillips Claimed by Daughter. Soldier-Physician and Nephew of For. mer Lord Mayor of London Barely Escapes Burial in Pot ter's Field. New York. Almost at the last mln ute tho body of Dr. James Phillips, soldier and physician, nephew of an erstwhile lord mayor of Lfondon, and onco wealthy, wns rescued from a pau per's grave. He died In tho city hos pital at Blackwoll's island. For days tho body had been in tho morgue without inquiry by any one, and arrangements had been mado for Its burial by a charitable society. Tho word that saved tho body from tho potter's field was sent by u daughter, who gave instructions to havo It for warded to Bridgeport, Conn. She had not heard from him before in 33 years. Doctor Phillips was born in London, and was a nephew of Sir Fordeil Phil lips, onco lord mayor of his native city, and a cousin of Sir Edward Law son. When ho was in his twenties tho Crimean war began, and ho was among those who went to the front as a surgeon. When the Civil war start ed, after his arrival here, ho placed his experience at tho service of this country, and once met President Lin coln. After the war ended Doctor Phillips was stationed for a time with naval vessels at Norfolk, Va., and later ho wns transferred to Washington, D. C. In Washington he was married. His wife was the daughter of General Wal bridgo, but tho marriago was followed by a divorce. Subsequently Mrs. Phil lips remarried. This time her husband was George B. Corkhill, the district attorney who obtained the convic tion of Guiteau, tho assassin of Presi dent Garfield. After tho separation from his wife Doctor Phillips got out of touch with his children, though, according to his friends, he mado attempts to commu nicate with them again in recent years. Doctor Phillips was eighty threo years old. HEIRS MUST MARRY IN FAITH Jewish Broker of New York Leaves $1,000,000' Estate Under Conditions. New York. Under tho provisions oi a will left by Pincus Lowonfeld, a real estate broker, Just filed for probate, should any of his six daughtoro and threo sons marry outside tho Jewish faith, thoy nro not to receivo any part of hiB estato of at least ?1,000,000. Ho stated In biff will: "I direct that If nny of my children should intermarry with a person not of the Jewish faith that he or sho shall absolutely be excluded from all partici patlon or sharo In tho Income or prin cipal of my cBtntc." Tho will stipulates that tho sharo so surrendered fehall bo divided among tho other children. SEXTON'S WIFE DIGS GRAVES Reason Made Known When He Takes Abstinence Oath in Wilkes- Barre Court. Wllkcs-Barre, Pa. Appearing in do. mostlc rolatlouB court, Mrs. John Shedlock, wife of tho sexton of Darling Street Jewish cemetery, declared that Bhe was compelled to dig graves to guarantee Bupport of tlvo'childiou and tho preservation of her husband's Job To Judgo Woodward she exhibited a check proving that tho most recent burial at tho cemetery was in a grave dug by horsolt and ono of her sons, not yet out of kneo breeches. Her hus band, tho regular sexton, took the total abstinence pledge in court.' w -5H$s343'S TEXT- - Tho crown Is fallen front our hend. ioo unto us'lliat we have Binned. 1 am. 6 16. Sin is not a pop ular word In tho modern vocabu lary, nor a popu lar thomo in many pulpits, for thoro aro so many sin ners In tho mod ern congregation who object to tho preacher dealing with tlllllBBJO near home. But let us consider four of the 'defini tions which tho Bible gives of sin; in tho light of these may wo see ourselves and seek him who knows tho way out "A God on a cross, that is all my theology." Unrighteousness. 1. All unrighteousness is sin, 1 Joint 5:7. This is tho most comprehensive term, nnd in the Bible is placed in op position to "truth." (Rom. 2:8.) Gcxl is true, and anything which departs ono hair's breadth from that standard Is unrighteousness, or sin. Therefore, In this definition we havo to do with sin as a stato of the soul, tho original purposo of whjch waB to bo 11 visible reflection of the mind of God. Man was to glorify God In his body, soul and Bpirit, but, alas, what a failure there has been; anfl this failure is sin. Man has failed to hit tho aim or object of his being. Ills body is sinful, his mind is diseased, his soul is warped by sin. "AH have sinned and como short of tho glory of God." Even our "righteousness is as filthy rags." In this sense sin Is "any lack of conform ity to tho will of God." Transgression. 2. Sin is tho transgression of tho law. (I John 3:4.) From tho state of the soul we pass to tho overt act. In tho days of tho dispensation of con sclonco and before the giving of tho law, sin was against tho chnracter of God. It was unrighteousness, or un godliness, and not, strictly speaking, transgression; and yet, there was sin, because deatli came, which is the wages of sin, tho result of Adam's sin disobedience to a positive command. But when the law has come, when the commandment has been given, then sin passes from tho unrighteousness to positive transgression. God has put down a line, nnd by deliberate choice man steps over the line transgresses and becomes n sinner by commission or "violation of the will of God." You say you do not sin, you are do ing tho best you can. Yes, but you havo a very low idea of sin. Bring your crooked life, which seems so good to you, sido by side with the straight lino of God's sinless lifo and his holy law, and you must cry out, "God be merciful to mo tho sinner." You may look good to yourself, you may appear good to your neighbors, but In God's sight you belong to tho wicked. Think of your many sins against God lack of perfect love, somo idol in your heart, neglect of his Sabbath, hateful or angry feelings, lack of forgiveness or apology, misrepresentation, false Jiood, deceit, slander, repeated refusal "to obey some clear command of God Bay, do you not need to cry out, "Un clean, unclean?" Omission. 3. To him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, it is sin. (James 4:17.) Many a man defends himself because ho is not an outbreaking sinner, ho does not commit nny flagrant crime, ho is outwardly decent and moral. But what about God's estimate of you? 'Man looketh on the outward appear ance but God looketh on tho heart." Does that man have tho love of God In his heait? Does he lovo the Word and prayer? Does ho Bervo his fel ows unselfishly? If not, and ho knows all these things, lie is a sinner Re fuso to uso medicine when you aro sick, and you will dlo, and that with out tho UBe of the kuifo or poisou. Whon wo Bit alono with our con sciences wo find bins of omission 'to bo a largo Item in tho account against us. Unfaith. 4. Whatsoever Is not of faith Is sin. (Rom. 14:23.) Hero we enter the do main of questions of conscience, tho things which may bo right for others, but which would bo sin in us; for there is a difference between things wrong in themselves nnd things wrong under certain circumstances. This question of consclenco was raised in Paul's day about the eating of meat which had been offered to Idols and aftorwards offered for salo in the mar kets of the city. Paul says that every man Is to give nn account of himself unto God, nnd sets forth tho principle that if anything seems to you to be sinful and wrong, then for you to do such a thing is sin in you. In this category must bo placed questionable amusements, etc., and Paul suyB: "Let not your good bo evil spokon of . . happy is ho that condomnoth not him self in that thing which he allowoth. And ho that doubtoth Is condemned if ho eat, because ho eatoth not of faith; for whatsoever la not of faith, is slu." '.'I I if