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    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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A Valentine
ARTHUK GUITERMAN
with Jrawlnst tf
JOHN WOLCOTT ADAMS
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If &1I be true that wise men lay
Of good St Valentine his day,
Oh, then above the melting snow
The Snowdrops bashful kisses blow;
The silver Trout of lake and linn
Do swim together fin-to-fin;
The furry Hares of heath and thaw
Do make their gambols, paw-tc-pAw;
The Birds their mating carols sing
And fly together, wing-andwing.
And all about the wakening land
Go Youths and Maidens, hand-ln-hand.
Then, Ever-Dearest, hear my plea
And wander hand-in-hand with me,
From Good Houstketping.
CUPID STILL RULE
Cynics Who Decry Power of St.
Valentine Are Unable to
Prove Their Case.
AOTNIO onco remarked that the
two most Irritating days on
the calendar wero those con
secrated to Saints Swlthln
Und Valentino, because, salri ho, the
first often brought with It a stretch of
train and the second a v7.etch of a
Strain ; for, of all strains lr. tho world,
lie argued, the worst was that Imposed
Iby having to read a silly A of foot
less and useless valentines.
Tho cynic probably does not stand
Hlono In his opinion of Saint Yalen
stine's day. There are thousands of
men llko him who bcllevo that the day
las degenerated ; that, where onco Cu
ipld conquered hearts through loving
missives sent on February 14, ho now
merely yawns and falls to heed.
But does ho? Have tho old vnlen
,tlncs, as lovo messages, really lost
,thelr power? Or hnvo new kinds of
valentines succeeded the flimsy lace
kind of other years? And aro they at
all effective?
Tho printed chronicles of Uie last
several years reveal numerous cases
fthnt go to dlsprpvo tho statement of
ithe cynic and his followers.
On Saint Valentine's day, 1008, Ar
thur Trumbull of Oswego, N. Y sent
young woman named Alice Cayvan,
"whom ho had been courting with In
different success for several years, a
largo heart fashioned out of crimson
fCardboard. Through the heart he had
stuck a papier macho arrow. On it
lo had written the single interrogatory
.word "Hopeless?" Tho next day the
heart was returned to him by mull;
but tho arrow had been removed and
the hole in the center had been patched
up with a bit of white paper on which
Miss Cayvan had written a clearly
legible "Yes." They were married soon
after.
Not less productive of result wus the
effort of Albert Hildrummel of Topeka,
Kan., who, according to an article
printed in Western newspapers, sent
the young woman ho loved, Clara
Sedgwick, a blank niarrlugo certificate
on last Valentine's day with these
verses on the back:
This Is my Idea of a valentine,
Practical, Indeed, but true.
If you'll write your name In It,
It will bo a valentine for two.
It is Interesting to note that tho re
cipient did as directed.
An odd vulentlne was that sent two
years ifgo by Francis Everlln of Chi
cago to Sarah Collins of Toledo, O.
Everlln had asked tho latter to marry
him on numerous occasions; but tho
young wotunn had always usked him to
refrain from regarding her otherwise
than "a sister." Everlln had no such
Intention, however, ami, biding his
time till Valentine's day, sent her a
valentine mado up to resemble n bal
lot such cs Is used in municipal elec
tions. At the top of tho ballot was a
pen and Ink picture of a house, and
beneath appeared Everlln's name op
posite all tho offices to bo voted for,
viz., rentpayer, bundle carrier, loving
husband, and so on. A slip was ap
pended asking the voter to vote the'
straight ticket Whether it was tho
humor of It or something else is un
known ; but the fact remains that Miss
Collins put tho matrimonial X under
the house.
Tho "missing-lino" puzzlo cnizo
gave Herbert Randall of San Fran
Cisco his valentine cuo in 1007. To
his sweetheart. Vera Sallson of tho
samo city, ho sent this Incomplete
stanza, asking her to fill out tho last
line. The verso ran:
"It might have been" are saddest words
In world of woo and love and strife;
For thee, theso are the gladdest words:
The stanza was returned the lollowi
lng day with this lino: "Yes, dear, I
now will bo your wife." t
Ono of the most peculiar valentines
on record wn8 the ono sent a year ago
by Allen Straw of Pittsburgh to Louiso
Itovnyer of Erie. It was nothing moro
or less than a largo roll of white silk,
bearing tho words: "'This Is for a.
wedding dress. Please valentine mo
with a 'yes.'" Tho silken valentlno
was effective.
On Valentine's day three years ago
two men sent their sweethearts rail
road timetables to Niagara Falls, and
another man sent his lady lovo a trunk
tied with white ribbons and strewn1
Inside with rico.
John Thomas Ray ot Omaha won n
wlfo through a valentlno sent to a'
young woman living in St Louis.
Ray's Valentino took tho form of n,
big red apple, to the stem of which ho'
had attached a card reading: "Lovo
me and a world of happiness shall be
yours. L.ovo mo not, ana ail mat you
will have will be tills apple. It is big
and red and pretty, but it will not
last any moro than will the semihappl-'
ness you bcllovo you aro enjoying
wlille Bingle."
Tho popular jigsaw puzzles wero
used as valentines by several wooers
last year. Ono man, named Shaw, of
Atlanta, sent ono to his sweetheart
In the same city and with it the lines:
"Pvo puzzled my brain to guess your
answer. Won't you put me in shape
again with a Yes?" The girl sent the
valentlno puzzle back with a note that
read : "I do not want this puzzlo. I'll
glvo you myself. I have been n puz
zle, I admit; but I'm going to solvo
myself for you."
Another man, Stanley Lemoyno ol
Denver, sent one of the puzzles as q
valentine to Rhea Knowles of th?
snmo town, with tho note: "This will
help pass away the dull hours for you
in case you rofuso to marry me." The
girl married him.
Odd valentines, theso, Indeed; but
odder still tho valentlno sent In 1000
by Reynolds Touhey of New York td
May LIndstrom of Brooklyn, n volen
tlno that succeeded In lending tho lat
ter to tho altar. Touhey's valcntlm
was a Dresden doll baby, and nttachej
to It was a card reading: "Imaging
having nothing more real than this all
your life I" Tho Sunday Magazine.
Lincoln's Fine Tribute
to Bereaved Mother
AT this time, above all iimcs, when our thoughts revert tp the man
by many considered the greatest president that our country has
had, wo arc proud to publish a letter written by him to a bereaved
ynothcr. It went from the heart to the heart, and its message still stirs
tho soul of motherhood.
Tho letter was this: v
& ?w tf&Jj, GtvU. fihM4,
SJJJt, UfU&C ja OjfctiUj' ' -&9MJiL jrvi X
Is it any wonder that this famous letter is still hanging on the walls
ef Brasenose college, Oxford university, England, as a model of pure and
exquisite English and as a compelling expression of a great heart and
mind?
WOMEN LOVED BY LINCOLN
EBP
pose of One of Them In Early Youth
Cast a Lifelong Shadow Across
His Heart.
Thero was a wild rose slip of a girl
In a bluo sunbonnet, with whom ho
walked tho lanes of his homcsDun
days. There was a clever, cultured
woman, whoso brilliant intellect
lighted his nscendlng way In the Illi
nois legislature And thero was tho
bello of the gay social set at Spring
field, who fluttered across his pathway
as it led to Washington. Ono ho
loved, and ono ho tried to, and ono
ho married. These were tho women
that ho courted. They loved Lincoln.
To them tho greatest American was
far nearer than a lofty figure on a
high pedestal. They heard his heart
bcatl
These were tho women that loved
Lincoln. Ono of them today lies near
tho banks of tho Sangamon where he
loved her. To the last thero was with
him tho long, long sorrow of her loss
that cast its shadow across his heart
In youth. As late as 1804 ho pushed
aside state papers in tho executivo
mansion at Washington to talk of her
lato in the night to a friend who had
como from back home. Ono rests
peacefully in n little cemetery at
Pleasant Ridge, Rl. Tho mother of
five children, her tombstone reads :
"Mary Owens Vineyard." Ono lies
at his sldo in the great mausoleum In
Springfield, where the state keeps her
bier and his heaped with fresh, fra
grant flowers. When an assassin's bul
let took his life, the American peo
ple mourned a great president. Sho
mourned a great husband. Delineator.
HASTENED TO INFORM WIFE
"Mary, Wo Ara Elected," Was Lin
coin's Form of Telling Helpmeet
the Good News.
Perhaps one of tho most character
istic of tho Lincoln anecdotes may bo
revived with timeliness. On tho night
of his first election the little "frnrao"
homo of tho LIncolns in Springfield,
III., wbb thronged with eager neigh
bors and friends. Reports for a whllo
cumc In early and favorably. Then
they wero less promising. Tho crowd
dwindled. Then camo the news that
Lincoln had carried tho country. Tho
rest of tho story will better bo told
by that great man himself. "When
there was no longer any doubt or
reason for doubt," he related after
ward, "I went up to my bedroom and
found my wlfo asleep. I gently touch
ed her shoulder and said, 'Mary I' Shd
mado no answer. 'I spoko again a lit
tle louder, saying, 'Mary I Mary I wo
aro elected 1"
The way for a young man
to rise is to improve himself
every way he can, never sus
pecting that anybody wishes
to hinder him. Lincoln.
Election Incident.
Lincoln was a clever politician and
never hesitated when president to play
trumps in n crisis.
Colonel A. K. McCIuro said that ho
told Lincoln he couldn't carry Pennsyl
vania in 1804 on the homo vote unless
ho furloughed 10,000 Pennsylvania sol
diers and sent them back hero to vote.
Lincoln hesitated only a moment nnd
then requested both Meade and Sher
idan to send 0,000 troops Into Pennsyl
vania for the election, which was done.
McClure'a prediction was evidently
correct ns Lincoln, even with tho
10,000 troops voting here, carried
Pennsylvania by only 5,712. To this
plurality was added some 14,000 as tho
result of Pennsylvania soldiers voting
in the field. Philadelphia Ledger.
Lincoln's 8torles.
- It seems probable that somo of Lin
coln's stories, genuine though wo may
,belIevo them to be, were current before
his time; for Instance, tho ono with
tho Kentucky flavor referring to the
brand of whisky which General
Grant's enemies protested ho used
with too much freedom. Lincoln dis
claimed this story in my hearing,
stating that King Georgo III. of Eng
land was said to havo remarked,
when ho was told that General Wolfe,
then In command of tho English army
In Canada, wob mnd, that ho wished
Wolfe would blto some of his other
generals. From "Lincoln in tho Tele
graph Office."
Stand with anybody that
stands right. Stand with him
while he is right and part
with him when he goes wrong.
Lincoln.
PERFECT
SERVICE
At
rir-Njl
When Abraham Lincoln, us a boy, 11 rat
came In contact with the Institution of
slavory, he remarked: "If I ever cet a
chance I am Rolne to knock that thing:,
and knock It hard.'
To one of station lowly
And far removed from famt
In early youth a holy
Prophetic vision came.
He cherished well Vie vision
That nursed the germ of truth
In spite of men's derision;
In spite of waning youth.
When sacrifice was needed
He gave, nor grudged the gift;
And as the years receded
He saw the darkness lift.
The fogs that clouded reason
Were scattered by the light
And what before was treason
Orew sacred in men's sight.
His memory, without equal,
Lies in our hearts enshrined;
For he, so runs the sequel,
Serves best, who serves mankind.
Helping the Meat and Milk Supply
(Bpcclal Information Son-Ice, U. S. Department of ARrleulturo.)
MAKE CITY DAIRY REGULATIONS'rEGULATE
Legislation Properly Drafted and Enforced Will Promote Milk Production
Under Sanitary Conditions. '
jENFORClBUE MILK
LAWS FOR TOWNS
First See That They Meet Local
Conditions, Say Specialists.
RECOMMEND THREE GRADES
Impossible to Frame One Ordinance
That Will Be Suitable for All Com
munltles Form Prepared
Which Will Assist.
Milk laws should meet local condt-
Slons. Ordinances governing tho dairy
ndustry must bo prepared with caro
nnd be enforced. Officials of tho
XJnlrcd Stntes department of agri
culture say that It would not bo wlso
to attempt to draft n milk ordlnnnco.
kvlth its standards, grades, and rc-
nulrcmcnts, without a special study of
local dairy conditions as well as tho
purposes of such an ordinance. Ono
pf tho most important considerations
must no mo rensonamcness or tno
Inw. A law which works au unneces
sary hnrdshlp on a legitimate Industry
Is not reasonable, nnd a law so strin
gent that it cannot readily bo en
forced will defeat Its own ends.
Form Prepared to Assist.
' In strict senso It is Impossible to
frame ono milk ordlnnnco thnt will bo
OUIIIILSIU xiri till VUlllllllflllllbili
bureau of animal Industry nnd the
burcnu of chemistry of tho depart-,
ment, however, responding to a con
stant demand by municipal authori
ties ior somo rorm oi miiK ordinance
hat will best meet tho requirements
and which enn bo used ns n guldo, havo
prepared n form which It is believed
fvould assist in bettering the milk sup
ply. Threo Grades Considered.
A speclnl feature .of the ordlnnnco Is
Iho grading of milk and cream, which
s believed to bo of paramount Impor
tance. A great sanitary nnd economic
question will bo solved, it Is as
licrtcd, If practical grading of milk,
with tho consequent grading or selling
'price, enn bo enforced. Three grades
NFFD HELP ON MILK S
'-.
LAW? EXPERT8'
.ADVICE AVAILABLE,
A study of tho milk ordinances
of many cities, lnrgo nnd small,
shows n groat diversity of opin
ion among lawmakers and their
advisors aH to what constitutes
a proper milk ordinance. A
grent lack of uniformity among
laws, somo of which aro entire
ly out of date, has been noted.
Many of them seem to bo tran
scripts of ordinances In force In
other cities, placed In tho mu-
nlclpal series of laws without
regard to local conditions, nnd
some contain provisions which ',
aro unnecessary and unreason-
nblo nnd cannot bo enforced. 1
Bulletin f85 of tho department ;
of agriculture suggests a form
of ordinance which, it is be
lieved, will prove to be a satis- '
factory framework upon which
tho average town or city can
build a finished, prnctlcnblo law ;
that, properly enforced, will Im
prove tho averago milk supply ;
and work toward a desired uni
formity of food luwe.
are considered "Certlflcd," Grade A,
nnd Grado B. Pasteurization Is com
pulsory for Grndo B but optional for
tho others. Community health depart
ments must determine from their own
flxpcrleuco tho scoro and bacteria
count permitted for Grades A and B,
which represent tho largest quantities
of milk sold. Grudo A must hu of such
quality that there will be no question
ps to Its purity and safety. . Grade B
can bo of lower grndo than A becnuso
pnutourlzatlon Is obligatory. No grade
below that of B is recognized.
Meat Supply Is Inspected.
Every pound of ment or moat prod-,
ucts which reaches the mess tables of.
Undo Sam's lighting forces Is In
spected nt least twice by experts of
the United States department of .agri
culture first nt tho establishment
whero It Is packed or prepared, and
finally at tho camps. This extra" pre-
cautton Is taken to prevent food inndc'
unwholesome by adulteration or
through tampering by enemies from
reaching American soldiers und sail
ors. Laboratory analyses of samples
taken from supplies at tho enmps show
If tho foods hnvo been mado injurious
by tampering.
Twenty-six hundred experts of tho
meat-Inspection servlco of tho depart
ment of ngrlculturo aro stationed
throughout the country nt establish
ments which prepare meat nnd mean
products for Interstate nnd foreign'
commerce. Theso Inspectors person
ally cxnmlno tho llvo nnlmnls, tho car-
casscs, nnd nil parts thereof at the
time of slaughter. They continue td
inspect nnd to rclnspcct tho ment and
meat products throughout tho differ
ent stages of preparation. All meat
which Is unsold, unhealthy, unwholc-j
some, nnd otherwise unfit for food la
condemned nnd destroyed In tho pros-
enco of tho inspectors. Somo 70 in
spectors of this servlco hnvo been de
tailed to tho various military nnd
naval camps. All meat and meat prod'
ucts for tho army and navy nro ob
tained only from inspected establish
ments, nnd every consignment must!
bear tho government stnmp "Inspected
nnd Passed."
Store Ico to 8ave Ammonia.
Every ton of natural ico gathered
and stored this winter will help In
war-time conservation of nmtr.unln,
which Is vitally Important in tho mnv
facttiro of fertilizers and oxpluflvcs.
Ammonia Is a necessity in tho manu
facture of Ice, nnd tho saKs if am
monia aro regarded as essential In
making certain fertilizers. The man
who harvests Ico now and stores it In
pits or Ice houses may havo the satis
faction next summer of helping out
his neighbor who depended on an Ico(
plant. In nddltlon to tho saving of;
ammonia, conservation of coal is to bo
effected through the harvesting of nat
ural Ice. Amcrlcnn ice factories and
refrigerator plants, according to fig
ures of tho United Stntes fuel admin
istration, uso annually 15,000,000 tons
of coal.
President Wilson, by a proclamation
signed .Tanunry 4, has required all per
sons, firms, corporations itfiid associa
tions, except those specifically ex
empted by the food control net, en
gaged in tho business of Importing,
manufacturing, storing, or dlstrlbuti
lng ammonia, ammonlnciil liquor or
ammonium sulphate, from whatever
sourco produced, to secure license on
or before Jnnunry 21, 1018,
Cheap Source of Protaln.
Milk ut 15 cents a quart Is us cheap
a sourco of protein ns sirloin steak nt
84.8 .cents u pound or eggs at 41.0
cents a dozen. Milk at the same price
Is as cheap a sourco of energy as sir
loin steak at 21.2 cents n pound or
eggs nt 20 cents a dozen. Protein nud
energy are two Important necessities
for which wo eat food. Milk contains
tho body-bullding materials protein
and mineral substans, such ns limn
und phosphorus needed to renew body
wastes and promote growth by form
ing new tissues and fluids; and it also
supplies tho energy for carrying on
body functions.
Tho average perssn in this country
uses only a little more than a half
pint of milk dnlly. This quantity can
bo Increased very profitably when safo
mllk Is available. Many persons, think
of milk only ns a bovcrage, but If thoy'
understood that it Is really a nour
ishing food thoy would Increase the al
lowance. Economy in tho diet does
not always depend on limiting tho use
of certain foods', 1ut it is sometimes
a question of actually increasing tho
use of foods which furnish nutritive
materlnl at relntlvely low cost. Milk
hi longs to tho latter class and tho
housewife would do well to study Its
food value and decldo whether her
family Is using us much as It should.
Man's Part In Dairy,
Tho dairy cow cau be depended upou
for production, but preservation of the
milk Is man's part.