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NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. READY FOR ATTACK ON SUEZ CANAL THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. MAKING IB IPS WAHNORPN CITY Get the Habit of Drinking Hot Water Before Breakfast Says we can't look or feel right with the system full of poisons. Only Officers of Special Training Assigned to Work. Turkish artillery at JcruBalom ready for tho contomplated advance of tlio Turks and Teutons on tho Suez cnnal and Egypt. A great army Una been mobilized at Jerusalem and other points In tho Holy Land, and a railway han been coiiHtructed from DnmascuB toward EgypL Tho Hritish aro preparing to defend tho Suez canal, and a great battlo Is expected. 15 NOULAP PET Scientist Constructs a Model of the Stegosaurus. Interesting Creature Weighed About 15,000 Pounds and Roamed the Earth and Scared Folks 8omo Millions of Years Ago. Washington. How happy must havo been the lot of tho pruhiutorlc man. How fateful tbo moment when ho herded his wifo and children in thoir cavo, "barred tho door," and Bharpcnod hia stono ux to resist tho attack of that pretty creature weighing soma 15,000 pounds, tho stcgOBUiirus, or plated liz ard, which, luckily, exists now only In fragments In deep-burled fOBHlls. Tho Smithsonian Institution, which takes tho deepest delight in fossils, has been studying tho stegosaurus and rostortng it to Its prletino stato of Boveral hundred millions of years ago, bo that ono returning homo with nn imagination too vivid may see it walk ing down Pennoylvania uvenuo. "Investigations conducted by tho section of fossil reptiles of tho Na tional museum concerning the giant fossil roptilo known as tho stegosnu rus, or plated lizard, reveal many in teresting facta hitherto uncstablished definitely," according to a statement Issued by tho Smithsonian institution. "It is now known that two rows of groat dermal armor platoB along the monster's back alternated llko cross cut saw teeth and wcro not paired; that tho largest ono wua abovo tho baso of tho tall and not over tho hips, as previously supposed; that thore woro only 18 of theso plates; that thoro woro but four sharp spines near tho end of its tall, and many other Important dutallB rolatlng to tho gen eral appcaranco of this groat roptllo which lived nbout eight million years ago and wolghed nearly fifteen thou sand pounds." In a recent publication by Dr. Charles V. Gilmoro, assistant curator, It Is stated that thoro woro reproduced ton pictures of restorations of tho Btogosaurus nB doplctod by various au thorities between tho years 18D1 and 1912. Thoy Bhow a varloty and aro of lntorost as exhibiting tho diverse opinions hold regarding Its probable appoarauco In tho flush, and especially as to tho arrangement of tho skin or dermal armor, which forms such a conspicuous featuro of tho externa! an atomy of this curious roptllo. In view of this, Mr. Qllmoro proparod a model of tho atcgoBauruB ouo-twolfth of tho linear dimensions of tho typospoci mon now on exhibition In tho musoum and Issued nnothor pamphlet describ ing it. In gcnoral appoaranco this rather early roptllo was a motiBtor standing noarly nlno foot high at his hips, and about fifteen feet long. Ho probably was covered with a tough, hornlike hldo, ro-enforccd on tho top and sldoa of itH head and nock with bony knobs which woro In effect not unlike armor plato, or, at least, rlvot heads. Ex tending from Its small, llznrdllko head along its back nnd woll toward 'its long, tnporlng tall wero great sharp edged plates arranged alternately In a double row. Its lcgB nnd foot woro similar to those of tho alligators and crocodiles of our age, but tho forelegs woro much smaller and weaker than tho hind ones, duo to Its horltngo from Bomo ancestor who walked on its hind legs. It Booms to havo possessed very little brain, and it may havo been for this reason that It was so woll protect ed by nrmor. Mr. Gilmoro's ideas concerning this BJilxattl's uppcaranco, opsclaIly In re gard to tho altomnto nrrangemont of ltB back plates, havo been found to agroo with thOBo expressed by Dr. P. A. Lucas of tho American Museum of Natural history. Each arrived at his conclusions Independently or tho othor, Tho now model shows tho head of tho stogosaurus lowered considerably, ns If ho woro in tho net of foedlng on tho ground, where ha is known to havo secured his food, being a plant eater, to Judgo from his teeth, nnd incapable of reaching lofty and elevated herb age. In this position ho presents a eu rlous appoaranco, not unlike a rough Rectlon from n circular saw, for his back from head to tall curves down ward in each direction from his hips. At this timo tho character of tho skin covering of this animal Is wholly conjectural, but fr?m what Is known of tho skin of Bonti of the members of tho horned and duck-bllletl n.,r.. saurs It Is not unrotsonablo to bcllovo turn tlio Btcgosaurus' hido wob scale IIKp, with numerous bony knobs or buttons scattered ovor the niilnn nf iih body. However, In tho light of remit discovorles, wo may yet hopo for doll nlto knowledge as to Its true nature Thoro Is every reason to believe that tho stogosaurus Is descended from blpodal ancestry. Increasing bulk and dovelopmont of tho nrmor caused them to loso quickness of movement, nnd thoy became sluggish, slow-moving creatures of low mental- Ity, sufficient only, perhaps, to direct tho moro mechanical functions of lifo. "STIFF FINGERS" INHERITED Boston Doctor Finds Family Where Malformation Has Run for Many Years. Iloflton. In tho recent proceedings of tho National Academy of Sciences Doctor Cushlng of tho Harvard Medi cal Bchool and tho Peter Bent Brlgham hospital, DoBton, announced to tho academy somo rcaults ho has found In studying tho heredity of "stiff fin gers," a typo of malformation of tho hands or foot. Ho has studied tho history of a family which migrated from Scotland to Virginia in 1700, and has found that "Btlff fingers" aro hereditary with tho regularity which la expected in cer tain traits. Of tlio mora than thrco hundred de scendants of tho Scotch immlerant about 25 por cent had "stiff ilngors." In families In which -neither paront was affected tho children woro not affected. In families In which ono par ent, either mother or fnther, was af fected, about half of tho chlldron wero affected with tho malformation. NELSON RELIC LONG IN PAWN $5,000 Miniature Found on Taxi Driver Possession a Mystery to the Police. London, Tho London pollco aro trying 16 traco tho ownership of a suporbly executed mlulnturo of Lord Nelson, with plaitlngs of Lady Ham ilton's hair, valuod at more than ?5,000, found on a taxi chauffeur charged with being In unlawful pos session of property Biippoacd to havo boon stolen. Tho Nelson rollc had been In pawn for $5 slnco Soptombor, 1912, and tho taxi man wont to redeem It. It was thon discovered that It was worth a largo sum nnd that tho hair In It was that of Lady Hamilton. Tho taxi man said It was given to his wlfo on her mnrriago, hut tho pollco wero not satlsiled with tho Htory and arrested him. How tho mlnlaturo enmo Into tho possession of tho chauffeur is a mys tory. It Is gold mounted, as is also tho dark green caso In which It was oncloBod. Tho plaited hair of Lady Hamilton is rich brown In color and BurroundB an omblcmatlc anchor in ponrls, set In bluo enamol. BEAUTY FROM PAN-AMERICA Tho second Pan-Amorlcan Scientific congress brought to Washington many of tho notod beauties of tho South Amorlcan republics. Tho ono in tho picturo is Mmo. Victor do Maurtun, wifo of tho delegato from Peru. Every Object In Territory Covered Muot Be Shown With Accuracy Maps of Vast Importance In Modern Warfare. IJorlln. In modern warfare, nnd especially In tho present world con flict, nccurato maps aro the greatest auxiliary of tho nrmlos and thoy play a far more Important part In tho opera tions 4than tho general public knows. without them success Is impossible. These mans aro worked out with inlinite enro by special departments of tho general staffs of tho armies of tho different countries. Only officers pos sessing special training and knowledge aro assigned to the work. Tho first military topographical bu reau was established by tho general staff of tho Bavarian army nearly a century ago under tho direction of Genera! von Naus, who alao became fa mous as a mathematician and daring mountain climber. Other countries, however, wero slow to follow tho ex ample of Bavaria. In PniBsia an exact topographical survoy of the country was not undertaken by tho Kenernl staff until 1862. About tho samo time tho leadors of tho Austro-IIuncarlan army became convinced that tho map then In existence were not sufllcient for war. Tho Austrian topographical Durcau was organized In 18G3 under the direction of Cant. Julius von Payor, who later bocamo famous aa an Arctic explorer. Franco waited still longer, nnd as a result was badly handicapped in tho war of 1870-71 bv tho lack of accurate maps. In that war it 1b said tho French officers wero sup plied with maps of Germany but none of France. During tho last forty years all coun tries aro using tho samo system in the production of tho general staff mans. Tho method scorns complicated, but la slmplo enough. First tho country is divided into triangles, tho corners ol which are marked by church stcoplos high poles, treeB and other landmarks. Every ono of theso triangles thon Is surveyed separately and again divided up Into smaller triangles. Tho cor ners of theso subdivisions aro marked by small square granlto blocks, which aro mink Into tho ground so that only their tops aro visible. After tho subdivisions havo been laid out and marked tho officers In trusted with tho work draw large maps of every ono of them. Theso maps show tho minutest dotalls of tho land scape and aro thon joined togothcr and reproduced on a smaller scalo by ox pert draftsmen. In this mannor nn exnet topographical picturo of tho larger triangles, and finally or the wholo country, is obtained. Tho general staff maps apeak a lan guage of thoir own. This languago is very slmplo, but must, of course, bo understood. Every object In tho terri tory covered by tho mnps is bIiowii by certain signs. Pino woods aro marked by little oharp cones, othor woods and trees by groups of small circles and dots, elevations by curves which show tho heights of the hills, ronda by doublo and footpaths by slnglo lines. Thoro aro also certain signs for church stooplos, mills, ponds, brooks and isolated farm houses. Nothing is missing nnd n man looking at ono of theso maps and understanding it has tho impression of Hying over tho ter ritory and looking down upon It from a height. All mnps of tho general staff havo to bo absolutely corroct. Thoy not only form tho basis for movements of troops, but nlso havo to bo used by tho artillery in ascertaining tho dis tance and finding tho range of tho po sitions of tho enemy. In this respect tho Gorman maps havo becomo world famous, ns thoy aro drawn with tho proverbial Gorman thoroughness. SINGLE CIGAR COST $450 Ccgelka Receives It From a Strange Man, and lo Robbed After Smoking It. Munclo, hid. Tho most oxpcnslvo cigar that Josoph Cegclka, a Munclo Roumanian, over Biuoked, cost htm ox actly ? 150, according to his story aa rotated to tho pollco. A mar. giving his namo as John Adams wns tho cause. Tho two met at tho hoarding houso of Mrs. Mar tha Join's. According to Mrs. Jones tho men woro In tho snmo room in hor houso for nn hour or mora. Finally Adams loft tlio houso aloin. Eventually Cegolka roported to tho pollco that ho had been robbed of f -150 nftor having smoked a cigar given him by this Adams. Tho po lice bollovo tho cigar was "doped." DEER IS GIVEN AUTO RIDE After Sojourn With Cattle Deputy Game Wardens Decide to Give Animal a Change. Altoonn, Pa. Shoppers in tho busl ness section stopped and stared at a llvo doer out on an automobllo rldo through tlio city. It was tho buck that had been living with tho cnttlo of Frank Woyandt'a farm In Frnnkstown township for somo timo. Doputy gamo wardons captured it. hound Its logs nnd, placing It In tlio car, hauled It to another section ol! tlio county to bo turned looso. Home Part of White House Barred to the Curious W ASHINGTON. While tho main floor of tho White House Is open to visitors at certain hours every weekday, the second, or residential story Is carefully Guarded against Intrusion Tho Whlto Houso now has ten bedrooms, tba removal of the presidential business offlcea from the mansion to an annex having made space available for five additional gueBt chambers. The government furnishes everything required for housekeeping pur poses, and it Is not desired that presidential property shall got mixed up with that of Uncle Sam. Even soap and towels are supplied, and, oh, the linen bucIi quantities of it, hemstitched and embroidered! The linen press of tho White House is really quite a big room, its shelves weighted down under a wealth of whiteness. Tho mistress of the executive mansion has no "wash list." Uncle Sam attends to that, as well as to the housecleanlng. Wonderful Machine That Computes Tide Tables A GOVERNMENT book, "written" in a3 peculiar a way, perhaps, aa any other modern publication, is the constant object of ference of hundreds of navlgatorH, engineers, hydrographers and other scientists, not only in the United States, but in all parts of tho world. It Is tho annual volume of tido tables Issued by tho coast and geo detic survey, that is literally ground out of a machine. Tho book consists of tables of closely printed llgures. more or less unintelligible to tho layman, but show ing, to thoso who understand them, for tho entire calendar year, the exact hour and minuto of each day when tho tido will rise to its crest and sink to ita lowest depth in all tho important ports that aro bathed by the seven seas. The creation of theso wonderfully nccurato tables ia not in the hands of a corps of seasoned computers, for the good reason that even the best of them would have to devote six months 01 more to tho labor of computing tido tables for a year for a slnglo port. In stead, tho work la done by a great 2,500-pound machine of iron and brass which stands, like tho vitals of a giant clock, in one of the rooms of the coast and geodetic survey tn Washington. The mechanical tido computer is 11 feet long, but only 2 feet wide, and stands as high as a man. It is a seem ing Jumble of shafts, cams, sliding plates, pulleys and chalno, but each of tho elements stands careiully in pkico ns a very tangible representative of a far away force of tho sun or moon, and registers figures that indicate the pull which, months In the future, will reBiilt In tho raise of millions of tons of water perhaps thousands of miles away. When the tide tables for any locality are desired the numerous cranks on the side of tho machine are set In accordance with "harmonic constants" for the place, already known from observation, and the figures for tho tables aro then secured by turning tho principal crank of tho apparatus. Whenever tho Indicator reaches a maximum or a minimum tho machine is automatically stopped by an electro-magnet, and the operator mercjy Jots down tho hour Indicated by ono dial and tho feet and inches by another. At the same time a moving fountain pen draws on a turning roll of paper a curve of the tido. In theso wuys tho machine turns out in from ten to fifteen hours the work that would keep a mere human calculator busy for six months.. Ontonagon Bowlder Now in the National Museum EMPLOYEES of the Smithsonian institution have finished a heavy Job in moving tho Ontonagon bowlder from the institution to tho new National museum. This large mass of copper has been tn the possession of the Smith sonian institution since 1860. Tho HOW MUCH ? English adventurer nnd trader, visited this remarkable specimen. During tho next 75 years many explorers and Bciontists followed Henry's footsteps until tho bowlder came to bo well known as a mtneralogical curiosity. It was undoubtedly worth soveral thou sand dollars, but Its weight prevented anyone from taking It away. In 1811 Julius Eldred, a hardware merchant of Detroit, bought this cop per rock from tho Chippewa Indians, on whose lands It was located, and, two years later, after many difficulties, succeeded in transporting it down the Ontonagon river through Lake Superior to Sault Sto. Marie, and thence to Detroit, where it was placed on exhibition for a short time. Soon after its arrival the government claimed it, and in 1813 it was shipped to Washington nnd deposited in the yard of tho quartermnstcr'a bureau of tho war depart ment, where it remained till 1SG0, when it was transferred to the Smith sonian institution. Somo years later tho government repaid Mr. Eldred for hts timo and work in securing this bowlder, congress having appropriated I5.GIG.90 for this purpose. Uncle Sam Has the Biggest of Printing Plants frF all tho governments in the world, tho government of the United States V tries tho hardest to keep its pcoplo informed of what is doiug. That is why this government printing office hero in Washington is the biggest print ing olllco in existence. The fact that tho office uses more than 32,000,000 pounds of paper and moro than 05,000 pounds of Ink lu a year In printing matter for distribution among tho peoplo is merely an Index to tho Quantity of work turnod out." Cornelius Ford, public printer, head of tho army of 4,000 employees in tho great plant, was discussing his Job and what It means. uvory activity of this government gets mto the printing olllco sooner or later." he went on, "and tho number of those activities Is almost past count ing. Every one of them has a direct bearing on tho lives and tho Interests or somo considerable portion of tho public. That Ib why Uncle Sam puts tho record In print, so all may read. "Of course, there ,Js somo waste. Sometimes an expensive publication will bo put out for which there is only alight call, a.id thousands of copies will remain In storage for years, ultimately to be destroyed, but theso instances are becoming rarer and rarer. Moro discrimination In ordering printing is being manifested by tho legislative and exoentlve departments, and th vigorous ateps wo aro taking, through tho office of the superintendent of documents, to inform the public of what we havo on hand aro .csultlng in a rcductiou of 'dead' stock." by the public, which, all the moro for this reason, is intensely curious to know what goes on upstairs how the rooms aro orrnnged, what the furni ture is like, and how tho presidential folkB spend their time when at homo. Fifteen years or moro ago the Whlto House was half office building. Today, however, the Whlto House thanks to Its reconstruction by Mr Roosevelt, at a cost of $500,000 la tho most admirably equipped and most comfortable palace In tho world. bowlder is 3 feet long, 3 feet wide and 1 feet in ita thickest part, and, owing to the great density of copper, weighs nearly three tons. For ngea this mass of copper lay on tho bank of Ontonagon river in tho upper peninsula of Michigan, where it was known for many years by the Chippewa Indians of that re gion. It was not until 177C that the first whlto man, Alexander Henry, an S5 (YS,IKEEP -Cl PRETTY yjJJpw-J lKgTBtfBa l. m Millions of folks batho internally now instead of loading thoir system with drugs. "What's nn insldo bath?" you aay. Well, it ia guaranteed to per form miracles if you could believe theso hot water onthuslasta. Thcro aro vast numbers of men and women who, immediately upon arising in tho morning, drink a glass of real hot water with a toaspoonful of lime stone phosphato in it. This Is a very oxcollent health measure. It is In tended to fluBh tho stomach, llvor, kid neys and tho thirty foot of intestines of tho previous day's waste, sour bilo and lndigcBtiblo material left over lu the body which, if not eliminated every day, becomo food for tho milllona of bacteria which infest tho bowols, tho quick result la poisons and toxinB which aro then absorbed into tho blood causing headache, bilious at tacks, foul broath, bad taste, colds, stomach troublo, kldnoy misery, sleep lessness, impure blood and all sorts af ailments. Peoplo who feel good ono day and badly the next, but who Blmply can not got feeling right aro urged to ob tain a quarter pound of llmestono phosphato from any druggist or store keeper. This will cost very Httlo but Ib sufficient to mako anyone a real crank on tho subject of internal sani tation. Just as Boap and hot water act on tho skin, cleansing, sweetening and freshening, so llmestono phosphate and hot water act on tho stomach, liver, kldnoys and bowels. It Is vast ly moro Important to batho on tho In side than on tho outside, because the skin pores do not absorb impurities in to tho blood, while tho bowol pores do. Adv. Just So. "Are we living too fast?" "Maybo bo. But there doesn't seem to be any way to apply a speed limit." For sick headache, bad breath, Sour Stomach and constipation. Get a 10-cent box now. No odds how bad your liver, stomach or bowols; how much your head aches, how mlserablo and uncomfort able you aro from constipation, Indiges tion, biliousness and sluggish bowels you always get tho desired results with Cascarets. Don't let your stomach, liver and bowels mako you miserable. Take Cascarets tonight; put an end to the headache, biliousness, dizziness, nerv ousness, sick, sour, gassy stomach, backache and all other distress; cleanso your insido organs of all the bile, gases and constipated matter which is producing tho mispry. A 10-cent box means health, happi ness and a clear head for months. No moro days of gloom and distress If you will tako a Cascaret now and thon. All stores sell Cascarots. Don't forget tho children their little in sides need a cleansing, too. Adv. Tho mnn who is too poor to lend money to his friends will never have many enemies. BIG EATERS HAVE BAD KIDNEYS AND BACKACHE Take a Glass of Salts at Once If Your Back Is Hurting or Kidneys and Bladder Trouble You. The American men and women must guard constantly against Kidney trou blo, because wo cat too much and all our food is rich. Our blood Is filled with uric acid which tho kidneys strive to filter out, they weaken from overwork, become sluggish; tho ollml nativo tissues clog and tho result is kldnoy troublo, bladder weakness nnd a general decline in health. When your kidneys feel llko lumps of lead; your back hurts or tho urine is cloudy, full of sediment or you aro obliged to seek relief two or three times during tho night; if you suffer with sick headache or dizzy, nervous spells, acid stomach, or you have rheu matism when tho weather is bad, get from your pharmacist about four ounces of Jad Salts; tako a tablo spoonful in a glass of wator before breakfast for a few days and your kid neys will then net fine. This famous Baits la made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with Hthla, and lias been used for generations to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys; to neutralize the acids in tho urine bo It no longer is a sourco of irritation, thus ending bladder dlsordors. Jad Salts is Inexpensive; cannot in Jure, makes a delightful efforvescont lithla-water boverago, and belongs in every homo, because nobody can make a mistake by having a good kidney flushing any timo. Adv. A lawyer doesn't know everything, but he thinks a client thinks he does. CASCAREI5" FOR LIVER, BOWELS