THE 8EMI-WEFKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTF. NPRRAQKA.
WASMNQIpN CITY
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'High Cost of Tangoing Threatens Washington
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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.
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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.'
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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."
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