THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
TOWER OF BISCUITS FOR BRITISH
Tho biscuit of tho llrltlsli corresponds to iho "hard tuck" of the United
States. Immonso quantities of this "staff of life" nro shipped regularly to
nil tho war fronts. Tho plcturo shows some Tommies piling up boxes ot
biscuits at Salonlkl.
TO STOP LOTTERIES
Foreign Agents Give Post Office
Officials Much Trouble.
Vigilance and Drastic Methods of the
One Almost Matched by the In
genuity of tho Other
Fraud Orders Help.
Washington. Tho post olllco depart
ment is determined to Btop tho opera
tion ot European lottery agents In the
United States, and so stringent havo
becomo tho department's rulings in
this matter that a newspaper was
warned by tho department rccontly
that It must not print again tho re
sult of lottory winnings abroad. The
same dispatch was published In many
other papors, but tho postmaster ot
tho city in which tho newspaper re
ferred to Is published camo near con
fiscating tho cntiro mall edition of tho
paper in his town.
Either through Ignoranco. of Ameri
can laws or through hopo of evad
ing thoso samo statutes, foreign lot
tory concerns annually Hood tho
United States with thousands or cir
culars advertising foreign lotteries.
Thoro Is no chock on tho mailing ot
theso advertisements abroad, as tho
foreign postal laws do not prevent tho
uso of tho malls for such purposes.
Usually tho foreign lottery men will
mail a big batch of circulars to tho
United Stutos, addressed to promi
nent business mon In various cities.
Tho usual appeal of tho advertise
ments is based on tho statement that
many ot tho wealthy families of for
eign countries aro participating nnd
that tho winnings aro so considerable
that a well-to-do business man can
afford to tako a small chance.
Tho very volurao of thoso circulars
Is what usually results In tholr do
taction. When a quantity Is received
at Now York or somo other port of
mnll outry tho post olllco officials usu
ally suspect their real nature, and
acrosB tlio face of each lottor thoy
stamp n notice to tho postmaster at
tho lottor's destination that It Is sup
posed to contain uumailabla matter.
This moanB that when tho postmastor
at Chicago, for instance or ono of his
employeos comes across tho lottor it
is held and tho addressees required
to como to tho olllco and open tho let
ter in tlio prcsonco of a post olllco odl
clal. In this way tho department of
ficials loam tho contents, and in caso
tho lottor was mallod by a lottory con
corn abroad tho department issues a
fraud order against It.
It Is Impossible, ot course, to stop
all mall matter coming into tho Unl
tod States from theso firms. In fact
a great deul may slip In attar the
passing ot tho fraud ordor, because
tho lottory concorn is usually wlso
enough to keep Us nnmo off tho out-
sldo of tho nevolopo. Hut no matter
how It may Hood tho country with
lttcraturo It is altogether another mat
tor for tho rcclplont on this sldu to
answer.
Nottco of tho fraud ordor tins boon
lsBUodmcanwhIlo to tho postmastor
at Now York and to all othor points
of forolgu mall entry and ogress. Tho
department will not permit tho dis
patching of letters or mall of any
kind to tho concern or Individuals
who havo boon "posted." A prosecu
tion, however, cannot follow on evi
dence contained in tho lottor ad
dressed to tho lottory concorn. Tho
Amorlcan may bo mailing money for
a lottory ticket and thornby violating
the law, but tho department cannot
open tho letter. It Is proporly stamped
and returned to tho sender, with a
nottco that no mall is carried by the
government for tho Individual or cor
poration to which It Is addressed, And
that usually ends tho efforts of tho
American to got a ticket, unless hu
bullions to havo a friend abroud, or
unless ho cares to uso tho cables,
which is a vory expensive proposition.
In this country tho law is so gen
erally known that fow pprsons try to
put across an actual lottory. Thoy
usually try to rig up a virtual lottory
so disguised as to oscapo the detec
tion ot tho department. It speaks
well for American Ingenuity, how
over, to say thut tho variety and
numbor of theso "homo mado"
schomos dofy enumeration.
Many of them masquerade as con
tests of skill, and somo pro so skill
fully rigged up from a legal point
of view that It requires tho closest
analysis and study to arrlvo at their
real nature. These includo so-called
Investment schemos, homo-buying
propositions, endless-chain Ideas and
tho llko. Newspapers aro frequent
offenders In their efforts to increuso
circulation. A warning, however,
from tlio post ofllco officials is usually
sufficient to cause an abandonment of
tho scheme.
Ono nowspapor, howovor, appealed
to tho courts from tho decision ot
tho post olllco department not to per
mit copies of tho paper to go through
tho mnllB so long as It published a
schotno, which tho department said
wus a lottery. Tho court rofusod to
hold for the publisher.
BOY TRAPS WHITE WEASEL
Pennsylvania Lad Catches Animal In
Rock Pile While Hunting
Rabbits.
Waynesboro, Pa. Lloyd Carr, four-toon-;
ir-old son of Sherman Carr, Is
entitled to wear tho belt ns tho cham
pion weasel hunter. Whllo hunting
rabbits along tho Roadsldu road ho
chased a weasel under a rock pile on
tho side of tho hill. Uoliovlng that
thoro was a weasel den under these
rocks tho boy camo to town and, so
curing a stool trap, sot It In front nt
tho holo. His efforts woro rewarded
when ho went to his trap and found
tho next morning n pure white weasel
dead In tho trap. The animal was
beautifully marked, tho body bolng a
creamy whlto, tho foot and tip of tho
tail light brown, and a light brown
spot on tho head between tho ears. It
measured 17 Inches. ,
IT'S LEAP YEAR, RED HAIRED
Chicago Eugenlst Gives Warning to
Those Who Are Under Matri
monial Handicap.
Denver. "If you havo red hair you'd
hotter grab tho ilrst matrimonial
chanco which coraos your way, bo
causo opportunity to marry aro fow
and far botweon for thoso with tltlan
locks," doclarod Dr. Edward T. La
zolle, tho ougonlc export.
"Hod hair is ono of tho most pro
nounced matrimonial dlsquallllca-
tlons," Dr. Lazollo added. "Girls with
red hair soo brown and black and yoi.
low trosBed ones bolng grubbod up
on all sides whllo thoy plno away.
It Is tho samo with red-headed
men. Red-haired poplo aro tho weak
lings of tho raco. too, provided they
havo tho folr skin which generally
goes with red hair."
Forty Miles for a Bath.
Oatman, Ariz. Uow would you llko
to walk forty miles every tlmo you
tooK a DathT That'B what tho cltl
eons or this piaco havo to do. Tho
mining boom Is making tho town grow
at tho rato ot about 100 persons a day.
Tho local water supply has to bo
teamed from Noodles, Cal forty miles
away.
Has Eight Grandparents.
Eastford, Conn. What other Infant
cun mako tho claim of Doatrlco. tho
now daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
H. lluoll of this town? Tho baby has
two grandmothers, two grandfathers
. i . .
irnsu eruui-Bruiiuujouicrs anu ono
great-grandfather.
E
H 0 U LI LI Q
Fated Steamer Goes Up
Flames at San Juan.
Forest City Never Made a Voyage
Without a Mishap Meets Accidents
of Every Variety Known to
Seagoing Vessels.
San Juan, P. II. Tho burning of tho
four-masted American schooner For
est City in San Juan harbor a few
nights ugo marked the closo of tho ca
reer of a vessol long known along tho
Atlantic const as u "hoodoo Blilp."
The Forest City camo In hero In
distress from Calabnr, on the west
coast of Africa, with a cargo of palm
oil for Now York. At 10 p. m.. soon
after sho was tied up at a bulkhead,
smoke was seen Issuing from her for
ward hatch. Tho San Juan flro de
partment hurried to the pier, and tho
coast guard cutter Itasca and steamer
John E. Hcrwlnd pumped water Into
tho (lames In tho schooner's hold.
Tho burning oil, however, spread
rapidly, and after a three-hour fight
tho Herwind nnd ftascu towed tho
blazing hulk out Into tho harbor near
tho Interned Gormun ships, where, a
hugo torch, sho lighted tho heavens,
whllo 20,000 pcoplo on shore watched
the spectacle. Spur.ts of flamo leaped
a hundred feet In air as the masts
went by tho board. Finally tho Itasca
fired threo six-pound, shells into tho
schooner, below tho water lino, prac
tically completing her destruction, al
though part of tho hulk burned until
next day.
Tho cntiro cargo was lost with tho
ship. It was valued at $125,000, and
was built at Millbrldgo, Mo., In 1904.
Slio was owned by Frankol & Co. Her
captain, II. B. Allen, was making his
first trip as her master.
It Is said that tho Forest City never
mado a voyago without mishap. On
her last trip she was blown far out
of her course, and when sho put Into
San Juan sho was leaking badly, with
several spars gone. Threo of her crow
had contracted borlbori during her 71
days' run from Africa.
Sovoral yearB ago, then being known
ns tho Myrtlo Tunnel, sho wont fact
on Frying Pan shoals, off North Caro
lina, and it was several months beforo
sho w,as pulled off and towed Into Sa
vannah, bottom up. SIig was then ro
built nnd renamed Forest City, but It
did not change hor run ot luck. In
taking her away from tho bulkhead
whllo she was allro sho carried away
tho bowsprit and part of tho rigging
of tho schoonor Warren Adams,
moored near her stern, and nearly set
i n.-i i . ,
mm vcbbui auiazu.
Sho has been twico waterlogged,
and In tho winter of 1912 sho was so
badly battored in a galo on tho New
England coast that sho put Into 'Nan
tucket with spars broken off, her sails
torn away and her captain sick In his
cabin. To add to her misfortunes tho
Sound frozo and sho was Icebound for
a long tlmo.
SUES BRITISH AVIATOR
Mrs. Claudo Qraham-Wblto. who
was, provlous to hor marrlago In Juno,
1912, to tho Hrlttsh flight commander,
Miss Dorothy Caldwell Taylor ot Now
York, has started suit In London for
a divorce
White Muskrat With Pink Eyes.
Curtlco, O, John St. John, Jr., a
boy of ton yours, living on tho Cedar
Point road, north of Curtlco, caught
purn whlto muskrat with pink oyer
while hunting
President's Attempt to Put World Into Two Camps
WASHINGTON. When It camo tlmo for tho president to arrange for tho
customnry dinners to tho diplomatic corps this winter, Mr. Wilson and
his social, military and diplomatic assistants found thcmsolvos up against a
hard proposition, duo to tho European
TIISOHE
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timent of tho noutral countries, Mr.
Wilson took tho llttlo blue-covered diplomatic book Issued by tho state
department and placed In camp No. 1 tho first neutral representative on the
list. Tho next ho put in the second camp, and alternating thus, ho had tho
world divided Into camps, with tho United States standing between.
It was an ingenious though simple plan, and seemed to give assurance
of peaco nt tho festive board. But on second thought tho chief executive
gavo it up nnd adopted another. Tho belligerent leaders of each camp woro
left as thoy woro, but along with each of theso groups tho representatives
of all tho neutral countries wcro invited. So peaco reigned anyhow, and
tho lucky neutrals had two dinners instead of ono. -
Little Incident in a Street Car in Washington
A PAT, wabbly woman, overburdened -with what you might literally call a
gamo bag filled with trophies of tho day's bargain hunt, entered a
crowded car. No man showed symptoms of chivalry, and as a fat, wabbly
woman dangling at a strap makes a
aomowhat distressing show of herself,
a young woman aroso and gavo up her
seat.
This act of courtesy aroused no
belated gallantry in tho man 'passen
gers, each of whom read his paper or
looked bluntly satisfied and. uncaring,
as, of courso, ho had a right to do if
ho wished.
After a bit a man boarded tho car,
saw tho girl, cordially shook her free
hand and said to her in tho voice of.
ono who owns tho world nnd all thero Is in It:
"If you want to hear mo speak hero's your chanco. Como up to tho
capltol with mo now for luncheon. Mary will bo there."
"Thank -you, not this time, senator. Wo havo a tea on hand for the,
nftornoon. Try to look in on us "
Our homo men aro not toadies, but thoro aro always exceptions. And
thoy happened to bo in tho car. Every newspaper lost Its lure for tho
reader masked behind its pages. Every Btolld passenger who had ignored
the mero everyday woman who had given them an object lesson in unselfish
ness becamo simultaneously solicitous to place his share of tho car at the
disposal ot tho boomlng-toncd senator and his friend.
Neither paid any attention, thanks be; and that was all thero was to
It joxcopt that
It was anly another proof ot a now generally accepted fact that young
women who go out in tho world to battle for right of way aro acquiring a
protective tenderness for all who aro old and helpless a protectlvo tender
ness which men aro throwing aside, and which selfish, homo-pampered
womon and girlB never did have, and never will. ,
9
Foreign Lotteries Worrying Postal Authorities
INCREASE In tho number of government lotteries abroad, as the war drags
Itself out, is forcing United States postal authorities to bo especially
watchful to provent their advertisement in this country. Tho lotteries aro
given publicity In the United States
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WIN IT-J
aro diverted and opened. With news
It bo easy to deal. Tho solicitor's ofTico of tho department holds that any
' nowa Btory advertising a lottory must bo barred from tho mails. Under the
dopnrtmont's ruling this means any story giving publicity to a lottery. It
uoos not havo to bo a paid advertisement.
Many news stories of European lotteries havo been printed recently, the
department says, which approach closoly a violation of tho law. A story
that mentions tho namo of a winner or winners of a lottery Is held to bo
a distinct violation. A story, too, that might bo expected to attract such
attention to a lottory that readers would Investigate is hold to bo a violation.
Most of. tho lotteries bolng carried on In Europa now aro for war bene
fits. Hospitals, tlio wounded, soldiers' dependents and other war victim
uro aided.
Uncle Sam Looks After the Health of the Oyster
DESIROUS that moro of tho hundred million Inhabitants of this country
should rcallzo tholr good fortune In living near tho waters In which oys
ters grow better than anywhoro also in tho world, tho federal government la
doing all that it can to increase tho
consumption of this cheapest of ani
mal foods.
For a feneration the bureau of
fisheries of the department ot com
murco hao mado a study of tho oyster,
and has revealed details ot Us llfo
history that havo mado possible Its
propagation with Increasing success,
and to such an extent that its prlco
has remained practically tho same for
25 years. Moro recently the bureau
of chemistry ot tho department of
ngrlculturo and tho public health servlco of tho treasury department havo
boon co-operating In a sanitary survey of tho oystor beds of tho Atlantic
coast, which haa resulted In tho closing of thoso found to bo in any way
polluted. Tho work of Its various agencies has been so thorough that thu
government announces that oysters aro moro sanitary and bettor than ovei
boforo.
in tho enforcement of sanitary regulations concerning oyster beds tho
federal government has, of courso, been restricted to oysters entering inter
stnto commerce, but by co-operation with various states tho good cffoctB ot
the federal crk havo tjoon extended practically all over tho country.
war. From tho first it was evident
that two dinners must bo given, and
so tho president undertook to dlvldo
tho diplomatic world of Washington
into two camps, each ci which would
bo harmonious.
First, ho put In camp No. 1 tho
entente powers, and In camp No. 2 tho
central powers. So far, so good. Then,
closing his cars to tho whisperings of
thoso who professed to know the sen
in two ways, It 1b said at tho post of
flco department. Individual letters
nro written to American citizens in an
effort to Induce them to purchase tick
ets and news stories aro circulated ot
fabulous sums won.
Letters soliciting clients; if they
fall Into tho department's hands, never
reach their destinations. Somo get
through tho department if on the out-
sldo thoy do not present suspicious
appearance. All tho suspected letters
stories tho department does not find
TBffiETS" ACT
I LB; BOILS
No sick headache, biliousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Got a 10-cent box.
Are you koeplng your bowels, liver,
and stomaeh clean, puro and frcsb
with Cascnrots, or merely forcing a
passageway every fow davs wltb
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgatlvo Waters?
Stop having a bowol wash-day. Lot
Cascarcts thoroughly cleanso and reg
ulato tho stomach, remove tho sour
nnd fermenting food and foul gases,
tako tho excess btlo from tho llvet
and carry out of tho system all tho
constipated wasto matter and poisons.
In tho bowels.
A Cascarot to-night will mako you
feel great by morning. They work
whllo you sleep never grlpo, sickon
or causo any inconvenience, nnd cost
anly 10 cents a box from your store.
Millions of men and womon tako a
Cascarot now and thon and never
havo Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tonguo, Indigestion, -Sour Stomach or
Constipation Adv.
In a Different Light.
"Tho boys aro throwing stones at o
poor peddler."
"Outrageous."
"That's what I think'."
"WIiobo boys nro they?'
"Yours."
"Oh, well, boys will bo boys. Lei
tho children play."
For a really fine coffee at a mod
crato prlco, drink Dcnison's Semlnolo
Brand, 35c tho lb., in scaled cans.
Only ono merchant In each town
sells Seminole. It your grocer isn't
tho one, writo tho Denlson Coffee Co.,
Chicago, for a souvenir and the namo
of your Semlnolo dealer.
Buy tho 3 lb. Canister Can for $1.00,
Adv.
Extreme Pacifism.
"Soldiers In Europe are fighting
with gas bombs and liquid fire."
"What aro wo coming to?"
"I don't know, but so long as thoro
aro places in tho world where a mar
may hldo himself, I know I'm not com
ing to that."
RELIABLE REMEDY
RESTORES KIDNEYS
For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the -emarkable record1
maintained by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder rem
edy. It Is a physician's prescription.
Swamp-Root is a strengthening medi
cine. Dr. Kilmer used it for years in his
private practice. It helps the kidneys,
liver and bladder do the work nature in
tended they should do.
Swamp-Root has stood the test of years.
It is sold by all druggists on its merit and
it will help you. No other remedy can
successfully take its place.
Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start
treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a
nample bottle. When writing bo sure and
mention this paper. Adv.
A Stranger.
"Tomorrow will bo tho first Sunday
of tho year, and I propose to com
mence the new year by going to
church," announced Mr. Gibbs, rever
ently. "You'd better tako me . with you,"
calmly rejoined Mrs. Glbbs.
"What for?"
"You may need somebody to identify
you." Judgo.
GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY IT,
BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR
Make It Thick, Glossy, Wavy, Luxur
iant and Remove Dandruff Real
Surprise for You.
Your hair becomes light, wavy, fluf.
fy, abundant and appears as soft, lus
trous and beautiful as a young girl's
after a "Danderlno hair cleanse." Just
try this moisten a cloth with a llttlo
Danderlno and carefully draw It
through your hair, taking ono small
strand at a tlmo. This will cleanse
the hair of dust, dirt and excessive oil
and In Just a few moments you havo
doubled tho beauty of your hair.
Besides benutlfylng the hair nt once,
Danderlno dissolves every particle of
dandruff; cleanses, purifies and Invig
orates the scalp, forever stopping itch
ing and falling hair.
But what will please you most will
be after a fow weeks' use when you
will actually see now hair flno and
downy at first yes but really now
hair growing all over tho scalp. If
you care for pretty, soft hair and lotB
of it, surely get a 25 cent bottle of
Knowlton's Danderlno from any Btore
and Just try It. Adv.
Nebraska's 803 state banks contain
1114,487,652.98, belonging to 380,222 de
positors. s
Let's bo kind to tho beggars. We
may want to borrow money of them
some day.
An ounce of criticism Is worth mor
than a pound of flattery.