The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, March 12, 1920, Image 4
INCORPORATED 1887. Mutual Building and Loan Association, Of North Plalte, Nebraska. RESOURCES -OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS. . The Association lias unlimited funds at its command to assist in the building or purchase of homes for the people of North Platte. If you arc interested, the officers of this Association will render every assistance and show you how easy it is to acquire your own home. T. C. PATTERSON, BESSIE F. SALISBURY, President. Secretary. THE ANSWER Dy FLORENCE DURRILL.' SAGACITY SHOWN BY BEARS Observers Have Seen and Noted In stances of Reaoonlng That Aro Little Short of Human. The Earth's Crust. The most Important scientific Inves tigation of the Inst yenr in nny coun try lins probnbly been the attempt to measure the enrth's crust. We know very little nbout the shell on which wo live. Scientists huvo been studying the The grizzly bear, snyH Mr. Knos A. Mills, Is superior In mcntnl power to tho horse, tho dog nnd even the gray wnlf nnil In Mo linnlr "Tim Clrtfr.V." "VIM .1. WUWIi, u.....'.,,. . j . . 1 Wnnli ilnln iinm in Dnlnnnn lina tiif.n no oners convincing oviuence or nis . " "" Bi,mv. j,H Cnrt, (. 1910, by McCliire Newnpnper Syndicate.) Nell Mackenzie was the blggost, broadest lad In Wlnsbury, with the crlspeat dark hair nnd tho clearest blue eyes. He had that combination of strength nnd boyishness which wom en love, and could easily have been very much of a ladles' mnn had ho not been as bashful as he was hand some. Girls adored his lithe virility, and he received an early Invitation to all of tho Wlnsbury merry-makings. Hut tho presence of tho other sex In variably turnel Nell from a living, laughing Hermes to n frozen statue. And to mnke things worse, he wns very much 4n love with Cecily. Cecily wns a wee bit of a lassie, honey-colored as to hair, vlolot-hued as to eyes, npplo-blos.somy ns to cheeks. A pretty air of dignity tried to con tradict her llttle-glrl figure, and she was, according to an enthusiastic friend, "Just swee't!" And If she hnd the appearance of a tinted marble Venus she must have had some of thr attributes also, for none of tho tnnny suitors Wlnsbury and other towns of flared had made, the slightest Impres sion on the cool little heart under her dainty laces. She accepted their de votion graciously, was th.e merriest and most fun-loving of the younger set, but always with a fastidious reserve that problem In Hawaii, Tuscany nnd In Salvador, where the opportunities for ,ot fnrth(,p Umn c f-gt investigation nre especinny invorouie. statement A grlzzty cub In Yellow stono park, he says, once found a ham Bkln n prized dollcaey4 Just as tho little fellow was lifting it to bis mouth n big bear appeared. Tho cub Instant ly dropped the ham skin, sat down on it nnd pretended to bo greatly inter ested in watching something In the edge of tho woods. Another young grizzly In tho Yellow stono ono doy fpund a tin can that was open nt one end and partly filled with fish. Lie raised It In IiIb forepaws and peeped in, then deliberately turned the can upside down and shook It. Noth ing enmo out. He shook again, but still nothing came out. no then placed the can on tho ground, open end down, nnd hammered tho bottom of it with a stono until tho fish dropped out. In a zoo ono day a piece of hard-tack ; tlint a grizzly bear wanted fell Into tho hnnds of n black benr. The black bear dipped tho hard-tack In wnter and stnrted to take n blto. Evidently it was too hard, ITe put It In the water again, and while It soaked gave his attention to something else. When tho black bear was not looking, the grizzly, stnndlng on tho fnrthcr edgo of tho pool, stirred the water with a forepaw and stnrted the hard-tack toward him on tho waves. Tho Instant tho first wa,vo touched the black bear he looked round, grabbed tho precious hard-tnek, which was rapidly floating away, and, pushing it to the bottom of the pool, put ono hind foot upon It. How very ffko tho mental processes of human beings! 1VIM. I.I... elm .,,... collected concerning the shell, Its" com- """" ,"" " ,., ,,, mn, , coquetted, his Invltnt ons she never re- pos tlon and probable ago. Still other , , , . ' . . . . . . ! . . . 1 . , 7 vt.., fused, toward him she showed a sweet tests have been mnde In New South , .. ..,,. , .. , , Wales where a creat reservoir conccn-,n,1(1 s"",,, ,lldnK: nnd 800,1 t,,c ,,,B' waies, wiicro a great rcseroir conccn lfl k , d , Howerllko girl trntes nn Immense weight of water on . ... . , , . , . , were seen together very often Indeed a limited area, nnd instruments have ,,. : , ,.:.,,. .. nvimi (fin 1.111 ii V'llllllJ UII 1(1 tfORE PEOPLE READ BOOKS of the enrth's crust under this weight. New light has thus been thrown on tho action of volcnnoes. Boys' Life. Ground Hogs. drifting through the rhythm of n wqltz. Hut this very friendship puzzled Nell. It was so different from her treatment of other lovers; nnd It never occurred to him that her feeling for In the American Hoy bnos A. Mills j i,n, ,Ki,t ,(. different also. To Jiis says: "Two summers while I wns nilnd her laugh was the most Joyous guiding on Long's peak, a ground hog . filing 0n earth, and herself the dear summered on tho summit. A few Cst. Hut he feared to tell her lest It minutes after I arrived on top with end their friendship; so they were pals a party of climbers he showed him- through the spnrkllng January days self and waited for lunch scraps. J nnd the wistful April ones, with no After he was better acquainted he did . hint of anything deeper, not wait but expected to have help- when June came he could stand It ings trom ino urst innie. uis winter , no lonirer. He decided to take the ble den was 2,000 feet below the top. (iround hogs, especially In spring, wander In search of the first green plants; usually, from their tracks, they know Just where these are most likely to be found." Rare, However. "Are they hnppljy married?" "How can they be? Why, his wife won't let him smoko In the house." "That isn't always fatal to domestic bliss. There aro cases on record where n mnn was so taken up with a woman that ho actually put her ahead of pipe, cigar or cigarette." Birmingham Ago-Herald. Churches Observe Candlemas Day. Candlemas dny, celebrated as tho day of Christ's presentation at the temple, Is observed In the Anglican, Roman nnd Greek churches, Kebru ary 2, this day being tho fortieth after tho birth of Christ, on which the puri fication of tho mother nnd the presen tation of the son should occur accord ing to Levltlcal rules. The Institution of tho festival Is attributed to Pope Golaslus, In tho latter part of the fifth century, in many dctnlls showing Itself to bo n Chris Unitization of the pngan Februalln, celebrated In nnclent Uomo nt about tiio snmo period. The special services of the day among Uoinan Catholics consist of a blessing of candles by Uie priests, I FEED OFl I i 1 1 Its xcliisive j I features maise 1 I M "trouble-pro!" I Western Electric I chance, tell her, then If she couldn't marry him, go where his profession of engineer promised success. How should he ask Cecily? He never could bnrtj his heart with those purple eyes cn him; a letter was so Impersonal and cold; there should be no third party's blundering, and those were the only orthodox methods of proposing, un less Nell rushed to the nearest music store, purchased a blank record nnd had It on the vlctrola at home before the glow of the wonderful Inspiration hnd time to dull. Into the little disk he spoke his love straightforward, yearning, tender, as he could never have expressed It to her In person. Vlslonlng a star-eyed girl In the shad ows, ho told how he cared for her with the simple, honest love of a efenn heart, how eager he would work to make her happy; but If she didn't, couldn't love him, she was not to feel the least bit grieved nor blame herself at all, for how could a girl like her love n great, clumsy thing like him? "Only please let me know as soon ns you can, dear; and If It Is 'no' there Is a position watting out West, where work will keep me a man. When your answer comes I shall either telegraph that I ennnot accept or start at once. Oh, Cecily, Cecily, shall 1 stay?" The tiny pnrcol which meant so much In life nnd hopes of Nell Mac kenzie was dispatched by special mes senger, and nn anxious boy faced the hours that must pass before an an swer came. He could see Cecily re ceive the record and run merrily to try It through at once, as she nlways did a new one; ho could see her look of amazement but tlajre his vision failed. Did her face grow tender or sad or frightened? Scarcely two hours had gone before n ring nt the doorbell revenled an other messenger boy with a parcel. Mackenzie tore It open nnd found Just his record. He slipped the record Into place nnd started the machine. How strange to hear his own tones! He smiled, half sadly and hnlf-whlmslcnlly, at the pas sion of the words. The plea came to nn end: "Oh, Cecily, Cecily, shall I stny?" The needle whirled noisily sev eral times. Then clear and vlbrnnt in the voice of his sweetheart can the answer she had spoken Into it: "Yes." '7 POWER & LIGHT THIS direct-connected type of Western Electric Power nnd Light is practically automatic in its operation a child can operate it. Dependable electric service night and day for your farm r See thi.. plant in operation. lorlh Platte Plumbing & Heating Co. 106 E.fGth, ST. According to English Authority, This Is One of the Results of the War. There nre five times as many peo ple In Knglnnd rending books as there J were before the war, according to Sir KrucMt WllllaniM. one of the foremost publishers of Londoti. He says war has aught the people there the value of books, and shown them the Joy of , reading. When air inlds wor nuiiier-1 otis and all soclnl actlvltlen stopped, there still remained the Inner room, Hie light and books. There was a milek demand developed for light reading, but It has changed and gro .n , so that now tho best books arc most In demand. When air raids were ended and lights nnd social activities were used again, the habit of reading was continued and has grown rapidly the past year. There Is an Insistent demand, this publisher says, for books that deal with real life. It is Ids belief that out of the experiences of war has been born a deeper appreciation of life and understanding of how tremendous ly worth living It is. On this new con sciousness ho bases the demand for books that deal sincerely with prob lems of life. Ohio State Journal. ISLAND SAVED BY WOMEN Hew the Female Population of Helgo land Upset Calculations of Danish Admiral. Helgoland, the naval wall flower during the World war, had Its fate decided, upon one memorable occasion, by the women of the Island, according to a bulletin of the National Geograph ic society. About the time William I'enn wns settling Pennsylvania a Danish admiral captured the Island's fishermen one night while they were placing their nets. He threatened to hold them as hostages until the Island surrendered to Denmark. Wives, mothers and sisters arose and forced the Danish garrison to re llmpilsh any claim upon Helgoland. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries Helgoland was a center of the North sea herring fisheries. Then herring veered back to Scotland's coast and the Islanders handed down a tale of the Impiety by which they forfeited the boon. Until a few years ago horses were unknown to the Is land. One story has It that when. an old woman saw an Englishman ride up the hills she dropped dead from the shock of what she believed was a supernatural creature. Use for Persimmon Juice. Persimmon Juice Improves the pnlnt used on the bottom of a ship, or the roof of a house. In Japan It solved the problem presented by the failure of western house paints to last satisfac torily In the Japan climate. It was only quite lately, however, that west ern countries hud shown any inter est In this Japanese product. Now that a boglnnlng has been mad In us lng It to mix enamel and white lead, n foreign demand has begun which Is expected to increase to lame prnpor ttons.. Llnksd Oceans Long Ago. Tho Paiuimu cunal Is one of the modprn wonders of tho world, but the ltojal Mail company organized transit by imilan'Hiul cftuues ttcrntts the Isih mini as fur back its 1840 and par tially fliiMucfyi th Panama Hallway company In ISM). Humidity. Humidity is the moisture or aqueous vapor In the atmosphere. The vapor Is really an Invisible gas. When this ynpor becomes visible It Is called dew, fog, mist, haze, clouds, rain, snow, hall, etc., according to the size of the drops of water or the method by which the vapor condenses. A given space nt n given temperature can contain only n definite nmount of moisture. When a given space contains all of the mois ture it Is callable of holding If is said to be saturated. Tho percentage of moisture In the air to what It would hold If saturated Is called the relative humidity. When the air is saturated with moisture the humidity would he 100 per cent, nnd If half saturated fiO per cent, three-quarter saturated 75 per cent. The Increased humidity has much to do with the effect of the tem perature on the Individual, which Is the reason the subject Is so commonlv discussed during hot periods. Responsibilities. Thinking of others does not excuse folks from respecting their own re sponsibilities. The world wouldn't get along very fast If all our time nnd thoughts were given to others. To get along and have the means to be help- nil to others we must do considerable for ourselves. Our Job must bring enough returns to tho boss to pny hlra for the trouble of bothering with us. Our home life touches others and wo must see to It that our contact loaves them happier for tho touch. Life Is more than mere routine however much It may seem to be cast In n one piece mold. It's our thoughts for others that lift us out of the humdrum and make life worth living. There's no limit to the enthuslnstns of life when concern for another's welfnre gets hold of you. Don't Beat the Life out of Your Rugs. Beat the Life into Them. I'M "ilMHHH WIlWIIIIIM II --TMjrrfl! KM I It Beats, as it Sweeps, as it Cleans and is guar anteed to prolong the life of your rugs. ASK US WHY. North Platte Light & Power Co. HAY We . Bny and Sell in our Prices. THE HARRINGTON MER CO. OLD MYSTIC RITE TEMPLE WJB1!S! y-MMiuZJXmPVm Vestibule Uncovered at Rome Scene of Historic Event That Was De- i scribed by Tacitus. j A religious, discovery, but of a pagan kind, was made some time ago under the railway embankment a few hundred yards outside the Porta Mag glore, Homo. Italy. It consists of a vestibule elaborately decorated with mythological svbjecty, such as Jason tnklng the Golden Fleece, the punish ment of Marsyas by Apollo, the story of the Daualds, the liberation of Aeson and a troop of Moenads riding on pan thers. It is conjectured Uiat tills ves tibule wns a place where, In Uie early decades of the first century of our era, mystic rites were celebrated. In deed, It Is supposed that this was the exact locality of an historical event, described by Tacitus In the twelfth book of his "Annals" as having hap pened In fill A. D during the reign of Clnudlus. The historian relates how Agrlpplnn. mother of tho future Emperor Nero, coveted the gardens of T. Statlllus Taurus, who had been consul a few years enrller and gov ernor of Africa, and how she im provised nn accusation against him through a certain Tnrqultlus Prlscus of practicing illegal mystic rites. Statlllus Taurus anticipated his trial and now, nearly 19 centuries later an accidental landslip on the rallwnj has led to the elucidation of this for gotten eplsodo of Roman hlstor;- if? "Smooth as silk, eh? Same here" Chesterfield CHESTERFIELDS arc "hitting on all four" smoothness, taste, quality and value. What's the good word, everywhere you go ? They5as Saves Its Cost In a Year In thousands of cases, Lalley Light has saved its cost in the first year. It has done so by saving tame and labor and money on the farm. Istil such a plant worth investigal- LallevLittU it a complete unit engine and tentraiorvilh Id-cell tlorago battery. It luppiui ample, tlntricily or light t, tcaler pimp, vatHing machine, eveiptr, cream teparaior.fiinnin mil, iron, etc. The Porter ElectriaCo. Lighting Fixtures. We do nothing but Electric Work. Why not gel a Specialist. 510 Locust St. General Hospital Bid. North Platte, Neb. XOTIOH OF FINAL IIKI'OIU'. l.statc No. 1C95 of Henry P. Coatcx, deceased, In the County Court of Lin coln County, Nebraska. Tlio State of Nebraska, to all persons interested In said estate take notice that the executor has filed a final nc count nnd report of his administration and a petition for final settlement and discharge as such, which have been set for hearing before said court on April 1920, at 9 o'clock n. in., when you riy appear and contest the same. fated March 6, 1920. WM. H. C. WO0DHUn8T, m9-3 County Judgo