THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
""" TEACHING COMMERCIAL . IN ACOLLEGE ;
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Mon lighting a gas vll lire nt Snake Hollow, Just outside McKocsport. Pit., whore vast (piuntltios of natural
m lmvo been discovered recently. The men with the long pipe nro trying to knock the cup olT the well so the
Are can bo extlngulshiHl with steam.
OPENING OF FRENCH CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
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scene In Hourbon puluce, tuken at the opening of the French chamber of deputies for the session of 11)10
Wiit M. IHegfrlod, the oldest French deputy, may be seen rending the openlnK speech, with Paul Deschanel,
tti" presltlent, presiding.
TO BRING BACK OUR DEAD FROM FRANCE
NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
Penny lvnniu Military college, at Chester. Pa., has started a course In commercial aviation. Tho pboto shows
iflets learning to operate a plane.
GAS WELLS AMONG HOUSES IN SNAKE HOLLOW, PA.
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Scene in Snake Hollow, near McKeesport, Pa., the newly discovered natural gas district. The wells are
lrllled In the streets and among the houses.
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nix odlcers ami iviy tivlllan employees have gone to Kurope In ooiineo
tl hi with the bringing In k to the rnlted States of (he bodies of our soldiers
i,lili' l in France This photograph shows from left to right : Lieut. O. S.
'"W ht of Oallfornl't, i apt W. II. Robertson of South Oakola, In charge of
th party, and Lieut F. Mcintosh of California.
AMERICAN TROOPSHIP DEKALB ON FIRE
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Atlantic City has Installed a new tin
alarm system In which a horn placec
above the tire alarm box automatical!,
starts Immediately an alarm Is turnei
In. The alarm boxes have been placet
at every other comer along tho malt,
avenue. When an alarm Is sent In
not only docs the particular alarm box
mi which alarm was sounded release its
horn, but every born along the lino" of
route- to (he (Ire begins blowing, thus
warning pedestrians and vehicles.
SHE ELUDED D'ANNUNZIO
THE TENNESSEE NEARING COMPLETION
Miss Mnzlo K. Clemens, special rep
sentatlve of the National Catholic
var council and noted writer, dls
ilscd herself as an Italian peasant
irl and inannged to enter Flume In
ellnneo of IVAnnunzIn's "blockade or
ler." She carried necessary food and
lathing In the bags and subsisted
uostly on grapes.
" t 11 i the I nlteil st, m tniiiiisiiip HcKiili" inrmerly
tli Gemma raul.'. Priuiv Hltel Frlcdrlih. on lire In the Hudson river near
,hp .(.'it lu;ll AH of the uienibcts or (he skeleton ,-rev of UtM) eseaped
uiii'ijuri-d.
POSTSCRIPTS
( ''inula- A;, nourly it's Jarxo In area
pa 'In; hoK of F.uropu.
1 lodoo ha a tribe of Indians whose
Jm rfiiHRc 1m limited to about : '.00 words
in. t who cannot count more than 10.
Wlwt Is fluid to bo the smallest prae
U nl ttlectrlc motur I'jrms a now doutal
lisi bolder ud vs'eUtis but four ounces.
Mkhi ono-tlilrd of tfio world's gold
ip.h :. fi ii.i h strip "f laud In the
'4. . 1 1' xlr im w Iciiir timl llfty wide,
Of the world's boots and shoes, nioro
than I" per rent are made In Massa
chusetts. The miserable Icnenieiits of the Lon
don slums are being replaced by mod
era buildings.
None of the Spanish railways Is lit
tod with block signals, nor, In fact,
with any signal system. ,
Less oNpenslvo than a bristle brush,
a shaving brush made of a hemispher
ical piece df rubber sponge bus been
Invented.
Ants That Make Biscuits.
According to recent studios of the
oiiun.in Mediterranean ant. tlio seed
which are collected are kept for a tlm
dry and are eventually put out In tic
nun so that they begin to perilunate
I Ins bus the advantage of bursting
the hard seed-coats, anil In some cases
of starting processes of fermentation.
At a certain stage, however, tho ants
kill the embryo-plant by biting off the
radicle or other parts, and tho seed
are dried again In tho sun.
According to Negor tho dried seed"
of some leguminous plants for In
siauce. are then taken back Into tin
nest and chewed Into dough. This l
dried once again In tho sun In the
form of biscuits, which are oventuall.v
put Into the cupboard. New York
Herald.
Simple Test of Cloth.
The department of commerce says
that the best and simplest test of
cloth Is to burn a small piece of It. If
It Is pure wool, It will char and roll
up with very little Hume. If It Is
cotton mixture. It will burn steadily
and leave little or no ashes. Another
test Is to fray a piece of tho goods.
Tho cotton will break smoothly at thr
ends; and the wool will present a
nigged appearance.
How view of tho groat sitpordrondnuuglil I . S. S. Tennessee which Is
Hearing completion at the Brooklyn navy yard. She was launched April HO
1910, and when completed will bo one of the largest and most powerful battle
ships atlout.
ROLLING STOCK DESTROYED BY THE REDS
His Poignant Regret.
Two members of a certain well
itinwii club dined for u number of
years always nt n small table at the
tar end of n dining room, where one
clialr stood with back to the wall, with
i view towards the apartment, while
neither set opposite. The member
vim had the claim of seniority to the
'letter position died and his friend, on
tho day of the funeral, was sitting
thoughtfully and alone In the chair
with the hack to the wall.
"Pray forgive me." said a younger
member earnestly, but I must reull.
lr. venture to offer my profound sym
pathy. Von and ho wore such devoted
'ronios that 1 can well Imagine the
I'cllng which Is yours now that your
onipanlon "
'True, true," quavered the surviving
rlond with considerable emotion.
Tills Is, as you jmgest, an Impressive
moment for mo. OnO of those occa
sions not likely to bo forgotten. The
old scoundrel kept mo, as a matter of
fact, out of this clialr for well over a
(juarter of a century." "Flaneur" in
Indianapolis Star.
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We Have Met Such People.
"Some people's Ideas of heaven and
of politics," said Senator Sorghum,
"are very much the same. They con
sult their own Imaginations as to the
kind that would suit their personal
tastes and then stand out for It till
doomsday."
Hulling stock on the rraiis Sllieru n rallwaj which was destroyed by
hoNiiexlks In mail cases the wrecked -nrs were pushed from the track
and rolled down Into the nenreM ditch " as to facilitate uninterrupted
passage of oilier trains.
CONDENSED INFORMATION
Cuba W the greatest consumer of
ralslus aiming Spanish-American na
tions. To lessen the noise of water falling
Into a bathtub an Inventor has pat
onlod an extension tube for faucets.
In an Kngllsh Inventor's holt-driven
automobile changes of speed are made
by moving the belt from one set of
pulleys to another.
The !! books of the Hlblo woro
written by 10 men during a perjod of
1,000 years.
There are 781: varletliV of arctic
(lowers which have lint two colors,
white and yellow.
What Is said to bo thu smallest elec
tric motor forms n new dental
holder ami weighs but four ounces
Klectrically opcn.ted oilers fm
chinery have been Invented that cm
! controlled from central switchboards.
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