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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 4, 1919)
A" "0 4. X .UN THEAT November 4, 5, RE 6th. "Look out for the ' cops 9 . - V , The romance of a spoiled heiress who dropped through1 a coal chute to the joy of living! r - The Mary Pickford Company presents MARY PICKFORD In positively the greatest character role of her career "The HOODLUM" The second Picture from her own studio, successor to "DADDY LONG LEGS" The Picture of 1000 LAUGHS You'll " say so and more MAY RECOVER WORKS OF ART THRILL IN SWOOP OF HAWK Possibility That Water? of the Rhona Will Give Up Sarcophagi Long In Thoir Keeping. An nnclcnt story of the greed of kings 1ms been resurrected by tin erudite member of the Institute de IPrnnee, Mr. Adrlcn Illnnehot. The fact Is there Is sonic prospective work on liiinil for the utilization of the Ithone water power. Thus do undent history nncl modern enteiprid.' come to hobnob In the revuo des etudes nncloniios. The story (ells how the king of France, C'le'.rljs IX, coming one lity to Aries, huw the Itoman sar cophagi and wlshe l them his. He did not covet long, for the next act In this kingly episode was the shipping of the most perfect of Home's monuments en route for the capital city. This may I hnve furnished a later king of France, namely, Louis XIV, with the precedent for the removal of the statue of Mes- sallua from Bordeaux; not that that monnrch ever needed either precedent or encouragement for his actions. The sarcophagi started on their journey. It was In the year 1CG5. They had unfor tunately not gone beyond the famous I'ont-Salnt-Ksprlt, before the boats sank beneath so unusual and weighty n load. Now, the congress for the de velopment of water power, which sat In February this year, discussed among other schemes the transformation of the Pont-Snlnt-Esprlt. The question Is and It will be admitted to be nn ab sorbing one during the excavations In the bed of the Ithone will those sarco phagi, lost nearly four centules ago, be recovered? MORE THAN WILLING TO GO Senator's Suggestion, Meant as Sar casm, Probably Was Wish Closest to Adventurer's Heart Maj. Cushmnn A. Rice of Minne sota, the original "Soldier of Fortune," dropped In to see Senator Knuto Nel son the other day, on his way back from war. This last war made about the fortieth Illce has been in, so tho veteran Minnesota senator thought Rice had had enough. "Cushman," the senator said, "why don't you qu.lt roaming around, go home and run for ofilco? Your male relatives have been governors, sena tors, etc., and there Is no reason why you should not servo your state." Rice did not seem greatly Impressed, so Nelson became somewhat wnrmer in his remarks. "If you're bound to light, why not get over Into Russia, among- the reds, and get somo real action?" Nelson said, sarcastically. Whereupon Rice leaped Into the air. "Say, senator," he shouted, "If you'll fix It up so I can get over there, there Isn't anything I wouldn't do for you." That's the curse of the wandering foot, as the poets would remark. Washington Star. Pity for the Victim Cannot Altogether Overcome Admiration for Bird of Prey. Although the hawk undoubtedly has a right to his dinner, there Is frequent ly little sympathy shown jfor the bird of prey, but much for the victim that furnishes forth the feast. It Is a thrilling sight to see a fish hawk, sailing a hundred feet or more nbove n rapidly (lowing stream, sud denly bring his wings nearly together above his back and fall like a plummet to the water below. The action Is rapid, the wings nre In motion by the time the water Is reached, and out of the spray emerges the hawk with a line fish In his tnlons, to be borne away to the accompaniment of flashing drops thrown from the struggling fish. One day on a suburban lawn a mother oriole had coaxed a youngster out of the pendent nest, hung on the extreme end of n branch where no enemy could find entrance. Just ns the little one was making the acquaintance of all outdoors, a sharp-eyed hawk saw the newcomer, and In an Instant the oriole was taking his first and last flight In the possession of the hawk, while the mother flew alongside pouring out her heart In rage and pain. Thus they passed out of sight. The strength of the hawk's foot Is remarkable. Some years ago a hunter shot a ben hawk of large size, breaking a wing. Down came the hawk and the hunter advanced to secure tho chicken thief. The wounded bird made no at tempt to run, but faced his foe. When a few feet only separated them he jumped and attempted to fasten his talons In the hunter's foot. A pair of heavy hunting boots were nearly cut through as the sharp claws slipped off the Instep. Had the hawk got a fair hold the foot would have been pierced. Exchange. HAD ITS ORIGIN IN PERSIA. Primitive Ferries. There nre rivers in India which are subject to sudden and heavy Hoods, and over these It Is necessary to main tain a ferryboat service. In some cases tho method of conveying a per-, son across the river has remained the same for several centuries, as In the following case. A cord having been fastened to a lnrge, elongated gourd, and a smaller gourd being also tied to It, the native gets astride, and, laying his breast upon the larger gourd, pad dles himself across with his hands and feet. Women, too, avail them selves of this singular contrivance, un der the escort of a ferryman, who similarly mounted, takes his charge In tow, carries her basket, with per haps a child in It, on his head, and conveys them safely across. Word "Check" Can Be Traced to Term Employed In tho Ancient Game of Chess. The historical adventures of the wnnl "rliPi-k" civ nn Interesting ex ample of how a common term ha gained Its present meaning. It comes originally from Persia, and Is associated with the game of chess. A shah Is n Persian king, and centu ries ago the word shah, or somethfng like It, was used to designate an at tack upon the king .In chess. Under the Influence of the medieval Latlnlst the word underwent a curious change to "senccus" and later passed Into old French ns "eschec" or "eschac." From the French It was but a step through the Norman tongue Into English as "check" or "cheque." After Its form was established the meaning of the word began to extend from ti formidable move In. a game of chess to any stoppage or rebuff of something In progress, and gradually It came to designate anything whj. controlled or restrained anything else, and so came to mean a token or ticket. In the early days of "drawn notes," or drafts, the counterfoil or stub In the book was called a "check." About tho beginning of the nineteenth century the word became synonymous with draft, and some forty years ago was established as the statutory definition for "a bill of exchange, drawn on a banker, payable on demand." Didn't Know Ty. Illram Johnson, Republican senator from California, Is one of the hottest baseball fans In the country, Jim Phe lan, Democratic senator, knows noth ing nbout the game. Here Is proof of the latter statement. Tho other day Walter- Johnson, pre mier pitcher of the American league, nml Tv finhh. the crentest ball nlayer In nil history, perhaps, paid the sen nte a visit. After they had been Intro duced all around and been the subject of a great deal of hero worship, Phe- lan went over to uuuie naisey 01 uiu senate stnfT, and asked: "Who Is this Ty Cobb,, anyhow?" Halsey almost passed away, but he managed to tell Phelan that "Cobb Is a fellow who plays ball for a living." Meantime Johnson was enjoying hugely the visit of the two bnll players. T. S. BLANKENBURG, Bonded Abstracter. Public Stenographer. ' Office with B. M. Reynolds, Architect, s. Apt. 1 Reynolds Terrace. Phone Black 1105. The Way It Looked to Benham. Mrs. Benham The paper tells of s man who went crazy on his wedding day. Benham He must have been crazj before that; otherwise .he wouldn't have Utfd any wedding day. ::o::- Soe 'Clinton & Son' about your Eye troubles satisfaction every time Sign qf the Big Ring. Next Morning. My brother told me this, Marie 1b his lady friend, Mrs. Hemming, tho mother of his chum. He said: "You know Marie has one of these bright-red sweaters. I took her to a dance In the park one night and she wore It. Some of the fuzz from the sweater rubbed off on my coat sleeve. Next morning I was In a rush to catch my train and forgot to brush It off. Mrs. Hemming and Dud were on the train and we all sat together. While I was talking Mrs. Hemming leaned over and began to pick this lint off my sleeve. Well, that was an em barrassing moment. Chicago Tribune Playing No Favorites. The Caller Is Miss Penchblow In? The Maid No, sir; she's Just gone out. But she left word If any gentle man should call for me to say she wanted him especially to call again. WAS ALWAYS POPULAR GAME PRETTY MYTHS OF BUSHMEN Those Who Think There Is Anything I New In Profiteering Have An other Guess Coming. Tho high cost of living was Just ns much a problem In Elizabethan times as It Is today. The Uev. William Har rison, as quaint a gossip as Pepys, and equally gifted as a chronicler, com plained that magistrates In his day 'wlhked at merchants who charged more for commodltl,es than they wero permitted by law to charge. In that day, as In this, "bodgcrH" this delight fully descriptive word Is of tho domi nie's own coining were allowed "to burn up corn and raise the prlre of It; to carry It home unsold, or fo a dls- , tant nlarkct, If they want more money than the buyer likes to pay; nay, they'vo leave to export It for tho ben efit of enemies abroad, so as to make more profit. During tho world war there was r. much talk of certain Americans who deliberately destroyed carloads of po tatoes, cabbages and other vegetables and foodstuffs In order to raise the prices of these commodities. Satno old story. There's nothing new, remarks c J. N. II., In Rochester Post-Express. Again, to hark back to good Canon Ilarrlson, "pesterlferous purveyors buy up eggs, chickens, bacon, etc.; butter men travel about aed buy up butter at farmers' houses, and hovo raised Its prlco from lfid to -I0d a gallon. These things are 111 for the buyer and the poor man, and should not be allowed," After all about the only thing that Is true Is that there Is no new thing under tho sun, Like the poor, the profiteer is always with us. TRUST TOO MUCH TO LUCK Real Poetry In -Legends Handed Down Among the Aborigines of Australia. Fish were not always fish, and did not always stay under water, accord lng to tho story of the blacks of the Australian bush. They say that fishes once lived on land and went hunting juH as other people do. u. e duy the fishes were gathered together In a camp near a river, the story goes. It was very cold, and tho fishes were huddled around a Are try ing to get warm. Suddenly a great wind came up and blew both tho llshes and tho fire Into the water. The fishes Just crowded around the tire under the waves and kept warm. That Is how the fish first came to stay In rivers and streams, tho bushmcn say. They add that tho fire Is still under tho wa ter, nnd that Is why It Is always warm er under water on a cold day than It Is on laud. They also say that the crow once owned all the fire thero was on earth, and that ho kept It In a bag. One day It dropped from his bill and a sparrow hawk saw It fall. He dove after It and grabbed tho bag. When ho flow away the crow gave chase ami overtook him. The two birds fought, and In the mlxup tho fire fell out of tho bag and set tho grass and leaves ablaze. Tho crow tried In vain to provont the spread of the flames by stamping on them and rolling In them, but tho tho spread over tho earth and everybody got some. To this day tho crow Is black from rolling1 on the burned grass, they say. ::o:: Call 212 for frosh groceries. Stcgomann. For Snlo A nice now residence pro perty last houso on North Maple. For Dick11"00 800 Mcj'ariauu, zuuo oast 77tf 4th street, Phono Red 732. 83tf Few Have Proper Preparation for Work Which They Undertake to Do in Life. Many persons go through life for a long time with a veil, as it were, ob scuring their clear vision. They do not understand life as It Is; they prefer to try to make of It what they think It should be In order to satisfy their am bitions; they do not like the obstacles that bar their paths; they want the right of wuy and cannot understand why they may not always have It. It is a difficult thing to make headway in any undertaking when wo are com pelled to grope in the darkness and feel our steps. We do our best, per haps, but even so we make mistakes aud set ourselves fur buck In our en deavors simply because we are not pre pared for the work In hand. No one may even hope to accomplish really worth while results unless ho under stands the needs of the task lu hand and is prepared to meet them. Good preparation Is tho foundation for our llfowork, and unless our foundations uro solid It Is impossible to build strongly upon them for the future. That Is why so many of us make such sorry failures of life. Wo havo had nothing on which to build. Tho flimsy little baso upon which we seek to sot our llfowork Is not large enough to bear tho hard strain of earnest ef fort. It gives way under the first heavy pressure and wo find ourselves In tho dork. Again we begin to feel our way and ngaln wo trust to luck to got results that will bo worth having. Charlestown News and Courier. ! :o: ; Dependably Uniform The dependable uniformity of Red Crown Gasoline makes frequent car buretor adjustments unnecessary. Slight climatic variations won't disturb your mixture adjustments, because -feed Crwn Gasoline has a complete chain of vaporizing points that assure quick engine starting and dependable power. It carefully refined and clean no impurities to clog your needle valve. It burns up com pletely provides economical power. Red Crown Gasoline is tonic-food for motors makes them lively. 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