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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. Uncle Sam Opens FcrtBerthoId (North Dakota) Reservation Lands!. Register i! Mlnol, October ISlh to JOIh Send now (or Fort Berthold Cicutir 110,000 acres of desirable homestead land situated in a well-settled and prosper ous agricultural section of North Dakota, arc to be dis posed of to settlers. Plan to register at Minor, gateway to the Fort Berthold coun try; go there via the Great Northern; choice of three fast trains. Mail the coupon below and secure free circular containing complete information about the Fort Berthold Reservation Open int. E. a LF.EDY Cca. Immigration Agent Great Northern Railway St. Paul, Minn. liiiim.m.wmim.nimMHiimiimmtmmminim.iiiMi. E. C. Leedy, General Immigration Agent, Great Northern Kailway, St. i'aul, .Minn. Send Fort llertliold circular. Name- Address- i FORD rll A. real pilot lor Ford cars. Delivered anywhere by parcel post $3.00. Holds the car straight ind steady, but offers no resistance In turning. Ml steel; freleht under two pounds. Adjusted In ten minutes with only a wrench. Fully guaranteed. Money baok it not pleased, write for full description. Agents wanted. HEX MFG. CO., NEWTON, IA. Tho more talk It tnkes to run things the slower thoy move. Most particular women use Red Cross Hall lilue. American made, cure to .please. At all good grocery. Adv. Tho trouble Is that victory too of ten appears at lirst in the guise of failure. Literal Speeders. "How did you get awny from that country constable?" t "By throwing dust In IiIb eyes." Conditional. "How can 1 make tho girl I adoro tako-ntock in me?" "I guess you'll have to go to par." Coming and Going. "Do you have any trouble getting servants out whore you live?" "Not a bit. We've had eight In tho last three months." Delay Explained. "What are you doing there, Ellen?" "Excuso mo, miss, but my apron caught in tho door." "But you left the room ten minutes ago." "Yes, miss, but I only just found it out." Tho Passing Show. Mrs. Tlmpklus was fond of moving Onb day a friend met Timpklns walking quietly after a vanlond of his goods and chattels. "Hallo, old chap!" ho hailed hirx "Movlnc again? Where are you off to this time?" Timpkins returned his greeting nnd then replied: "I'm suro I don't know. I'm Just following the furniture to And out." HARD ON CHILDREN When Teacher Has Coffee Habit. "Best is best, and best will ever Jlvo." Wlien a person feels this way about Postum they aro glad to give testimony for tho bonoilt of others, A BChool teacher down in Miss, says: "I had been a coffee drinker since my childhood, and the last few years it had Injured me seriously. "One cup of coffee taken at break fast would causo mo to becomo bo nervous that I could scarcely go through with tho day's duties, aud tills nervousness was often accompanied by deep depression of spirits and heart palpitation. "I am a teacher by nrofesBlon, and when under tho Inlluence of coffee bad to strugglo against crossness when in tho Bchool room. "When talking this over with my physician, ho suggested that I try Postum, so I purchased a package und made it carefully according to dlrec tlons: found It excollent of ilavour, and nourishing. "In a short time I noticed very gratl fylng effects. My nervousness dlsap pcared, I was not irritated by my pu pils, life seemed full of sunshine, and my heart troubled mo no longer. "I attribute my change In health and spirits to Postum alono." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Po3tum comes In two forms: Postum Cereal tho original form- must ho well boiled, lbc and li5c pack ages. Instant Pootum a soluble powder- dissolves quickly In a cup of not wa tor, and. with cream and sugar, mnkos a delicious beveraco Instantly. 30c aud 50c (Ins. Both itlnds aro equally delicious and cost about tho same per cup. "Thore'B a Reason" ror Postum. 111 I A Patriot's I I Prayer . I f Br REV. JAMES M. CRAY X Deo el Mocdr BiUt loMitut X X of Chicago v TEXT-I prayed. Nchemlan 1:4. Nehcmlah was a great man, a groat statesman, a great administrator, a great loader of men. But bo was great in tho spir itual realm as well, bo had great power with God. Although a Jew, yet ho dwolt In Porsla and occu pied u position of peculiar Influonco at court; ho was tho king's cup bearer. It was Bomo tlmo after tho ro turn of his coun trymen from thnt land of their cap tlvity to their beloved Palestine, but thov wore not nrosiierlng very well since their return. Somo of tnom on a visit to Persia had been telling him about it. They wero In great afflic tion they said, nnd In great reproach from their enemies round about, Tho walls of Jerusalem had never been re paired sinco they had been burned down by Nebuchadnezzar 150 years before, and tho result was they had no protection against assault Man Deeply Affected. This deeply affected Nehomiah, so that ho sat down and actually wept When patriotism moves us to weep for our country it looks like tho real thing, especially when it Is followed by something else as It was here Tho weeping was accompanied by fasting also, bo different from the modern way of showing patriotism, which not Infrequently takes tho form of a banquet with Bpeeche3. This fast ing lasted for days, ho must have ljecn alono In it; but at length it came to a head in prayer. Oh, if our statesmen, and politicians and reformers only know tho secret! How much moro thoy could accomplish at tho Throne of Grnco than by legislation, and con ferences, and harangues, and newspa per articles. A Wonderful Prayer. It was a wonderful prayer this. First, it waB so unBelflsh. Ho was not praying for himself but for people, who, for tho most part, he did not know and had never seen. Thoy woro his countrymen, that was all, and thoy were in sore need. How much do wo over pray for our southern negroes, or tho mountain whites, or tho dejected Indians on our western plains, or our dependents in tho Philippines? What real interest have wo in either their material or spiritual condition? Second, it was such a humblo prayer. Somehow or other ho ioit a sense of personal responsibility for tho condition of his countrymen afar off though they wero. Ho confessed to sin in the premises, and included his "father's house" in his confession. If ho and hla ancestors had acted dif ferently things would not have beon as they wero. What do we know of that? Third, tho prayer was helpful nov orthclcss. Hopeful, bocausc ho had a strong promise of God to rest upon. "Hemembor thy word," ho said, and then ho quoted that word. Can you do that? You must know tho prom Ises to bo able to do It, and you know tho promisor alsq. How much do you search God's word to discover Its treasures for yourself or others, and how much do you exercise" yourself to bring thom down from heaven for llfo on earth? Nehomiah Just agrocd with God about this matter., Ah! that is power. Read tho chapter for yourself and Bee how he did It. Fourth, Uio prayor was very defl nlte. He didn't go round Robin Hood's barn as the saying js. Ho didn't mouth out a lot of lino phrnses or pious notn ings. Ho told God just what ho want ed and whon ho wanted It, if It would plenso him to glvo It. Ho was going to Btund before the king on a certain day in his capacity as cup-bearer, and that would bo a good time to ask a favor of tho king. He was going to ask him that he might bo commls sloned as governor of, Jerusalem to go up there- and build the walls and de liver his people out of their affliction. Tho king must be disposed to grant tho request, and ho asked God bo to dispose him. Why do not tho rest of us cultivate that simplicity aud di redness? How Interesting it would mako both our private nnd public do votlons, and how It would enhance God'H glory as wo thUG came to look for answers to what wo asked. Fifth, tho prayer was successful, of course "It pleased tho king to send me," says he, "and I set liim a tlmo.' Tho God of Nehcmlah still lives and nothing Is too hard for hlra. Tho prom lso m I'luilpplans reads: "Bo nnx loua for nothing; but in everything by prayor and supplication, with thanks giving, let your requests bo mado known unto God." Our national Thanksgiving day will soon bo hero again, and If sincoroly wo count our national blessings during tho past year, It will do tho best preparation for that earnest prayer wo bo much need. Afflictions aro upon us in cer tain quarters and perl's are ahead and greatly do wo as a nation need God Plans for New Public Buildings Are Deferred WASHINGTON. Tho long-pending plans for construction of now buildings for tho state, justlco and commerco departments, south of Pennsylvania avenuo, botween Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets northwest, will not bo taken up, at tho earliest, beforo tho departments now occupy leased buildings. Tho two former have complained about their Inadequate quarters. Tho commerco dopartmont arranged with prlvnto capitalists to orect Its present homo on a llvo-ycnr lease at an annual rental of $05,000. Tho tract south of Pennsylvania avenue, between Fourteenth and Fif teenth streets, was bought by congress a few yenrs ago with tho announced Intontlqn of putting up buildings for thrco departments. Stops to npproprlato lor them fell through, however, and slnco then somo of the properties on tho tract havo beon leased by tho government by tho year. Lock and Key of Peking Interested These Two TWO young Chinese men stood boforc a glass caso over at tho museum. That tho exhibit on Its lower shelf had caught tho Interest of tho two was evident from their suppressed excitement of speech and tho caro with which one of thom copied tho informa- Uon on tho accompanying curd. Curiosity Is contagious. As soon as tho Chlneso had passed on anothor person who had been watching from tho fish pond went over to the caso. At first sight the exhibit looked liko a cistern pump of old and rusty iron, and lying by it anothor pleco of tho name ancient metal that might bo a sort of lover, say, about thrco feet long. Its dramatic interest for tho Orientals lay in the printing on tho card: "Lock and koy to tho city gate of rectly opposite the emperor's palaco. This gato was takon by tho United States marines, August 14, 1000. In tho spring of 1900 tho perilous situation of the members of tho American legation at Peking, and tholr completo isola tion in tho midst of a murderous population demanded piompt action for their reliof. Tho commandant, division of tho Philippines, was instructed by cnblo, Juno G, 1UU0, to send at once a regiment of infantry to Taku, and Maj. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, U. S. V., was selected "Please move1 so's wo can see." Tho person who had been reading shouldered, double-chinned, big-walstod young woman In Bllvor-grny crum pled from travel, and freak whlto shoes that bulged over at tho sides llko raised dough. And she was clinging to an undersized and obvious bridegroom. When she saw what there wns to her undersized one with an artless havo ears: "Lordy, Jim;,-'! thought it mustorben that woman was stnrln' conierlong." To them the lock and koy of tho rusty, time-gnawed Iron. So, naturally, Anil whnn tln rasn wna p.lpnv tlin New Air Fighting Gun NEW air-lighting gun is undergoing corps of tho United States navy Commander Clclnnd Davis, U. S. N., tho mlddlo, whero tho big cartrldgo la Introduced. In tho rear part of tho cartrldgo aro packe'd 15 roundB of buckshot, between which and tho projoctllo is tho firing chargo of smokeless gunpowder. When tho shell is discharged at tho muzzle the buckshot Is simultane ously thrown out at tho butt end of tho tubo, which Is of tho snmo diameter throughout its length. The buckshot, needless to suy, is not meant to do tho adversary any damage its dlschargo merely serves to take up, tho recoil of tho weapon. This, up to tho present tlmo, has been tho principal difficulty encountered In efforts to boIvo the problem oh the aeroplano gun. To flro largo oxplosivo projectiles from a Hying machine has seemed impracticable because tho recoil of tho gun would upset tho dolieato balance of tho warplano, im periling Us safety and that of Its navigator. It in for this reason that nowadays no moro formldnhlo weapons than light mnchino guns, weighing nbout 20 pounds and firing ordinary rlllo bul lets, aro installed on the armored aeros. Why They Cheered Transfer of George E. Downey CHEERS on tho transfer of Georgo E. Downey from tho post of comptroller of tho treasury to a placo on the court of claims arose from nt least ono department In which Downey had curtullod expenso accounts that woro do- icrlbod as verging upon graft. In sonic instances, it is admitted in the comptroller's office, tho apparent 'graft" was perfectly regular under tho law, but oven In those Downoy told it to bo llIc;itImato and declined ;o approve vouchers which technlcal y seemed to be correct. For example, an array officer stu .ioned in tho tropics put in a claim .'or his "fuel allowance" of $76 for 'boating his homo," and threatened .ho comptroller's office with dlro con sequences when it declined to honor tho bill. Under tho law of the United thin otllcer was entitled to this rtllowunco; under tho law of common sense Downoy put bis foot down. "This Is onlyyono of almost a thousand Instnncos demonstrating tho negligence, carlossness and rccklesyness with which confesses puss laws, especially under tho army, navy omciai or tno comptroller s office. aibo li is saiu 10 no -vory customary" ror an army officer to rent a houso tor, say, )40 and charge tho government tho maximum ot ?(J0, allowed him for nlB qunrtors, tvhllo somG from tho real owners and In turn lease rato tor their own families' occupancy. ooen exposed under tho Downoy regime. ' so now the alleged benellclurlca encored the t)uarturo ot Downey, lapse of two moro years. Word has Bono out to tho heads of theso de partments that congress will not bo asked to npproprlato for federal con otruction boforo 1917. Tho reason for thiB postponement In economy at a tlmo when tho treas ury Is in a depleted condition, to gether with tho prospect that con gress will ho asked to appropriate for the nntionnl defense. Tho labor, Justice and commerco Peking, known as tho front gate, di to command " tho card mado way for a heavy- boo tho young lady elephant said to disregard of tho fact that other peoplo somethln' worth lookln' at the way " city gato of Peking was only so much they turned to me(al morp attractive. Pliltinnn mon rntnrnnd " That Shoots Both Ways experimental trial by tho aviation department. It Is tho invention of and Urea a 15-pound sholl carrying about ono pound of high explosive enough to blow a flying machlno to smlthor eons or to Inflict dnngerous damage upon a Zoppolln or other dirigible. Commnndor Davis 1b tho navy's foremost Inventor. It was ho who not long ago originated a now kind of torpedo gun which Is under considera tion by tho department. One remarkable feature of his "aero gun" Is that it shoots both ways. For loading, It Is "broken" in nnd othorjipproprlatlon bills, ' Bald un officers' wives aro said to rent houses thom to tho government at a higher Many other irregulnritles also hnvo of tho reported Irregularities havo Sad Days. Big sister was rending In her book of poems: "Tho molnncholy days havo come tho snddost of tho year." "Sis, bIb." hroko In her schoolboy brothor, "don't pull any of that 'sad dest of tho year' stuff. With nlno ex amples nnd a page of grnmmor to do I know whnt tlmo of year it 1st" TOUCHES OF ECZEMA At Onco Relieved by Cutlcura Quite Easily. Trial Free. Tho Soap to clcanso and purify, tho Olntmont to sootho and hcnl. Nothing I bottor than thceo fragrant supor creamy emollients for all troubles af-1 footing tho skin, scalp, hair and hands. . Thoy mean a clear skin, clean scalp, 1 good hair and soft, whlto hands. Samplo each frco by mall with Book. Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere Adv. When you meet n man with scheme, proccod to get In a hurry. How many men do you know who do Just as thoy ploaBo? Children Cry Tho Kind You Havo Always in nso for over SO yenrs. ana una con znauo nnaor ms per Bonal supervision slnco its infancy V4CUJi Allow no ono to deceive you in this. All Conntorfcits. Imitations Exporlmcnta that trlllo with and endanger tho health ot Infants and Children Experience against Experiment What is CASTORIA Castorla is a harmless suhstltuto for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops nnd Soothlnp Syrups. It is pleasant. 10 contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic? txnbstnnco. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worm and allays Fovorlshncss. For moro than thirty years it s has heen in constant uso for tho relief of Constipation. Flatulency, "Wind Colic, all Teething? Troubles and. Diarrhoea. It regulates tho Stomach and Bowels, assimilates tho Food, giving healthy nnd natural Bleep, Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend GENUINE C ASTORIA ALWAYS 9 'Bears the In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought THCCCNTAUR COMPANY, IICW VOIIX CITT. Called His Bluff. Thoro aro a lot of four-flushers who go through llfo without learning that four-fluBhora Is a flno art. Such aro beneath contempt. Rut ono has groat admiration for those few who havo mastered tho game. "If a man callod mo a liar," assort ed ono of such, "I'd sail In nnd lick him If ho wolghed 300 pounds." "Well, you big bluff," answorcd ono who was tired of listening, "I call you, right horo and now. You're a liar." "Dluff yourself," came back tho ar tist, without a minute's hesitation. "You don't wolght moro thnn 150, and you know what I said." Hartford Courant. For a really lino coffee at at mod erate price, drink Dcnlson's Seminole Brand, 35c tho lb., In sealed cans. Only one merchant In each town sells Semlnolo. If your grocer Isn't tho one, writo tho Dcnlson Coffee Co., Chicago, for a souvenir and tho namo of your Semlnolo dcalcr.N Buy tho 3 lb. Canister Can for $1.00. -Adv. Of Course Not. "My boy, If 1 hadn't worked and slaved, you could never carry on this way. Why don't you settlo down and go to work?" "Why, you don't want your grand son to carry on this way, do you?" Described. "I'a, what's a diplomat?" "In times of peace he's a social or nament; In times of war a trouble maker." Always use Red Cross Ball Blue. Delights the laundress. At all good grocers. Adv. And many a olnglo man Ih guilty of doublo denllng. 10c Worth of (gUPDNr Will Clear $1.00 Worth of Land Get rid of big crops is the time A Bad Stomach Is a Foe to Be Feared Nearly all illness has its origin in a weak Stom ach and clogged bow els. Your food remains undigested and you aro deprived of its health sustaining properties. 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