NORTn PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE,
Metered
Next
New Electric Device Will Permit
Business Concerns to Can
cel Their Ovn Output.
VALUABLE TO LARGE MAILERS
Will Save Several Hours In the Han
dlrig of Mall and Will 'Protect
Firms From Loss of Stamps
Through Thefts.
Wellington. "Metered mull" la to
he tlic,rftjct novelty In llio rapidly do
vcloplnft postal system of the country,
remarks (he Washington Herald. It
has received Hie Indorsement of con
Kicks timl the postolllce department and
In scheduled to make Its appearance
within the next two months.
Metered mall will he maled, staniied
mid canceled hy the Individual owner
of, ii meter. The mall then will he
fnl; en to the postolllce and placed Im
mediately upon an outgoing train with
out necessity of remaining In the post
olllce until handled In routine fashion.
Metered mall Is provided for in a
rider on an agricultural hill passed at
the last session of congress. This
rider grunts to (Irst clas mall matter
the registered permit privileges now
enjoyed hy second class malt. Instead
of being required to stamp each letter
n firm now will have the privilege of
obtaining a mailing permit, thus ex
pediting Its mall.
Under the postolllce plan, which soon
will he In effect, llrnis will he ahle to
lease postal meters that have heeu
authorized for use hy the postal
authorities. The local postolllcu
authoultles will register the meter and
will Issue u permit number to the
11 cm.
Meter Operated by Electricity.
The meter will he a rather heavy
metallic box, about the size of a lunch
box. It will hnve two small doors
which will he locked hy the postal
authorities and securely sealed. A
firm will take the meter to the post
olllce and buy a desired amount of
postage. The postal authorities will
adjust the meter so that It will stamp
and cancel Just so many letters and
no more. . The number of letters for
which advance postage has been paid
will ho automatically registered on the
lower of the two doors and the postal
authorities will keep a record of tho
amount of postage sold to each meter
owner, so that an absolute check may
bo kept.
The firm will keep the meter at Its
ofllces except when It Is necessary to
buy more postage. The meter will be
operated hy a small electric motor. The
letters will' he fed Into the meter Ir
hatches and will bo seulcd, stamper
and canceled at the rate of i!f0 n min
ute. As the letters are handled the
uieter will automatically record the
number of canceled letters on tho up
per door. The usor will adjust tho
Scotch Herring
Scotch herring girls at Seal-borough, England, rolling the herring barrels
f$pni the declt to n stenmer. Tho herring girls, who understand the curing
and packing of tho fish, follow tho herrings when they migrate south.
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Woman With Rolling Pin
Knocks Out a Burglar
New Yortc When Mrs. So
phlo I'etrowsky returned to her
home at 108 Bedford avenue af
ter shopping, "she discovered a
man runsacklng her homo. See
ing her he rushed out with a
bag of loot and she followed,
first arming herself with a roll
ing pin. In tho street In front
of the house she caught up with
him and knbeked htm senseless
with the rolling pin.
At tho Bedford avenue station
tho man said he wns Jnmes
Duane, 22, of 108 Bedford ave
nue, Hrooklyn. Tho police say
ho luiH been out of Sing Sing on
ly two months after serving a
four-year term for burglary.
The "baby tanks" of the Krene
inrmy hnve been generally adapted
fin t"rleultural purposes.
Mail Is
Novelty
mechanism of the meter so that the
time stamped on the letters will ho
one hour In advance of the time of de
livery of the letters at the postolllce.
Help Large Mailers.
The meter, It Is expected, will prove
of great value to large mailers. In ad
dition to saving time and labor the
meter will enable large linns to ex
pedite their mall hy at least several
hours. The meters will protect tlrms
from loss of stamps through thefts or
carelessness and will also give a mark
of distinction to the linn's mall, all of
w'hlch will hear a private permit num
ber, a marl; of big business. The
metering of the mall also will lighten
the work of postofllces and will lessen
the number of postage stuu.ps needed,
thereby making It possible to reduce
government forces anil expenses con
siderably. Metered mall will nothear regular
postage stamps, hut merely a penult
number.
TO SEIZE DUKE'S IDLE LANDS
Spanish Peasants Say Luna's Ances
tors Stole 25,000 Acres of
Fertile Soil.
Hnesca. Spain. The provincial gov
ernor has been Informed by a delega
tion representing local peasants that
they Intend to sel.e the lands now
held hy the duke of I.nun, contending
Lot of
Poor
it-
Peasants Work From Dawn to
Dark and Have Little to Eat
Except Corn Bread.
HALF OF CHILDREN SURVIVE
Homes Are Made Attractive on the
Outside, Although They Are Bare
of Comforts Peasants Are
Simple and Honest.
Ilelgrade, Serbia. To tho American
visitor accustomed to tho ordinary
comforts of life It Is n constant source
of wonder how the peasants and poor
of the Halknns can live on tho meager
food they have. Poor cornhread, sup
plemented hy gonL's cheese or ordinary
leek or onions, forms the diet of a
large part of the village population.
This slender regime produces robust
bodies, strong muscles undTosy cheeks.
The adage that bread Is the staff of
life tlnds Its best proof here.
On tho whole, tho poor of the Hal-
Girls at Work
Jap Governor
South Sea Group to Have Executive
and Thorough System of Admin
istration. Toltyp. Tho 700 Islands of vnrylng
size In tho South Sea group for which
Japan obtained mandatory rights at
tho peace conference will have a .Tap
otiose governor and a thorough system
of administration,
Tho governor tit present -will remain
under tho direction of tho nnvy, which
tins heeu In control of the Islands since
their acquisition live years ago. It Is
possible that later all connections be
tween tho navy and the Islands will
bo severed.
The League of Nations council hi
November Is expected to work out a
detailed scheme for the application of
the principle of trusteeship by which
Japan retains her control.
Tho Idea Involved In enlarging the
scope of civil administration Is to es
tablish three distinct administrative
that he is wrongfully in possession of
them.
Tho delegates argued that the duke's
ancestors stole the lands, which he
now refuses them permission to cul
tivate. They declared that the duke's
estate In the neighborhood constituted
115,000 acres of fertile soil, tho culti
vation of which would furnish u liveli
hood to several thousand psrsons, who.
not being allowed to cultivate the
land, were compelled to emigrate.
The governor, while recommending
prudence on the part of the peasants,
promised to remain neutral In the dispute.
Triplets Lived.
Wellsboro, I'a. Tioga county has
produced at least one set of triplets
that have lived to he more than ten
years old. On .January 12, 1004, two
daughters and a son wore horn here
to the wife of Dennis V. iVnvle. They
were named Dorrls, Dorothy and Den
nls, and always lived In this commun
ity until a few weeks ago. when tliey
became residents of Townnda.
DoiiiiIm is tin athlete and his sisters
are strong, robust, normal girls.
Where Are the Cutters of Yesterday?
(Jroeiisburg. Intl. Although com
cutters tun average between $0 and
.$10 a day, farmers say they are un
able to get labor and tho oldtlme "cut
ters" can't lie tempted out of retire
ment. Twins Marry at Corydon.
Corydon, Iml. A double wedding In
which sisters became brides of twins
took place here. Klmer O. Schweln
hart mid Josephine Hall and Uinery
L. Schwelnhnit and Elizabeth C. Hall
were married.
alkan
Unhappy
kun countries have an unusually hard
lot In life. Their poverty Is practically
permanent. Their plight seems to ex
cite little sympathy from thosu who
are well off; There is n cr.Uoued In
difference to the sufferings of the poor
which strikes an American ns almost
heartless, in few If any of tho Bal
kan states does tho government make
any provision for care of the poor.
This work In tho past Ims been left
largely to foreign relief agencies end
private charitable organizations.
Eight-Hour Day Unknown.
The eight-hour working day so com
mon In the United Stntes Is unknown
in the Halkiiu rural districts. The
peasant works from sunrise until after
dark. He is so bent and weather
beaten that he looks twice his nge aft
or thirty. In sonio cases he belongs
to one of the noiniullc tribes nml leads
an existence unknown In the country
districts of America. At night one
often passes whole wagon loads of
them on the road going from town to
town, livery man Is asleep on nls
lead, and Is not disturbed, by thoughts
of burglars or highwaymen.
The peasant removes his hat to
everyone better dressed than himself
and gets his ox-cart off the road for
every automobile. He Is a simple,
honest, homo-loving person with
much homely virtue. Tho peasant
women have enormous families of
children, only nhout half of whom
survive the rigors of chlld-llfo in tho
extreme conditions that prevail In tho
Iinlknns.
Cottages Are Crude,
Tho peasants' cottages are crude
structures with thatched roofs and
mud walls. lint they contrive to
adorn them with attractive exteriors
and take great pains to produce the
utmost decorative effect. This em
bellishment frequently tnkes the form
(tf a porcli with a small background
bearing a border design whoso con
trasting colors and composition sue-
I gest Mio patterns used hy the Nnva-
jos or the American Southwest In
blankets and carpets.
Hut whe tho exterior of the home
Ir. r.ttrnctive, a peep into the inte
rior shows, tho economic stress un
dor which these people live. There
Is seldom nny kind of food except
coarse cornmenl. The cooking uten
sils are limited to a few homemade
pewter pots. The furniture consists
of a table and n few rudely con
structed benches. The beds usually
are upon tho floor or upon rough
Mown boards.
for 700 Isles
sections of domestic nffnlrs. colonlnl
affairs and police affairs.
DUTCH STUDY YANK METHODS
Send Officer Observers to Watch Work
of United States Army on
the Rhine,
'PI... 11 M.I . .
""?. i mo uutcii war de
partment bus decided to study Ameri
can army methods, anil with tho per
mission of the United States govern
ment has sent a commission of ollleer
mwvni-m u me AlllcnOU) tirillV
the Rhine.
on
Chimes Play a Hymn of Death.
Tort Wayno. Intl. Pew understood
why the program was changed when
Kdwnrd P. Ynrnello gave a recital
on the new chimes erected In tho Pres
byterian church tower, hut n telephone
message from the bedside of a dying
woman asked for "I'm (iolng Home to
Die No More."
ms
United States Has Eye
WASHINGTON. Tho Fourth Inter
nationale, In the affairs of which
the Uussiuu Bolshevist leaders have
assumed a commanding position, will
meet In Mexico City next January.
This statement Is printed In a re
cent Issue of HI Universal of Mexico
City, which points out that already the
"Bed" element Is at work to exclude
from the Internationale nt Its coming
meeting the leaders of the Liberal, or
"yellow" element, as the Mexican calls
the moderate radical.
Furthermore, Kl Universal asserts
that the piesent Mexican government
will take no steps to oppose the meet
ing of the extreme radical groups
of the world from assembling In Mex
ico City.
That Bolshevism Is making headway
In Mexico Is reported In advices being
lecelved here from numerous sources
In Mexico.
There was a demonstration n few
weeks ago hi front of the national
Country Runs Up
IT COST the women In the United
States approximately $7r0,000,00(l
'tist year to rouge their cheeks, dab
ihelr noses with powder and make
hemselves fragrant with perfume, ac
cording to n compilation of the lux
ury tnx returns which have been made
by Uncle Sam.
The cost of cosmetics and perfume
wns more than twice that of women's
furs In a year when the fur prices
were the highest In history. The
amount spent on furs was approxi
mately &100.000.000.
The year 1010 was luxurious, ac
cording to the tnx figures, which show
that th? amount spent on luxuries was
$22,700,000,000. Tho ladles did their
part In spending money on luxuries,
but the expenditures were not confined
to them. Hlght hundred million dol
lars went up In smokc-clgnrette
smoke, while .f." 10.000,000 were burned
up In the form of cigars.
Jewelry cost $.r00.000,000 an im
pressive sum, hut only two per cent
of luxurious' expenditures. IMnnos, or
gans and phonographs entertained tho
people to the tune of S2,r0J(M)()1(K)0,
while automobiles cost $2,000,000,000.
When It comes to deciding wlint Is
and what Is not a luxury your Undo
Fix Strength of National Guard Units
NA7I0HAL'
GUARD
MINIMUM
STRENGTH
ss Men
to co roVvflC
TWO decisions of Importance to Na
tional Guard organizations through
out the United States are an
nounced by the War department.
The tlrst prescribes to active en
listed men as the minimum strength
ut which National Guard Infantry com
panies uiny be maintained, while the
second permits tho enlistment of re
cruits up jo the day upon which or
ganizations leave home stations for an
nual Held training.
Tho announcement states that after
July 1, 1021, the minimum pence
strength of National Gunrd units shall
bo the sumo as those proscribed for
the regular army. When the pence
t length Is greater than 03, National
0h
Optimist Finds Amusement on Street Cars
jS THIilti: no br.lm In Gltcnd? Are
1 there no amusements abourd Wash
ngton street cars?
One would think riding on local
treet cars Is totally divested of hap
piness of any sort, to listen to some
waitings on the. subject. As u mut
ter of fact, this Is much as In other
matters In life you curry your hap
piness with you, even on a street car.
Watching the motorman Is Interest
ng. If you become bored with your
self on a car, try to figure out what
von would do with the motortnnn's
'overs und brakes If he should sudden
i have a lit and tho running of the
ar should devolve on tho passengers.
Hanging o a strap uiny bo inado n
splendid exercise by alternate suspen
sion by the light and left arms. Bal
ancing without manual support devel
ops the powers of equilibrium ns well
nn the muscles of the legs. If you
ars) thrown up ngalnst n testy pnsscn-
QEDN
1 1 I (III
gig,
on Mexican "Reds"
palaco In Mexico City, and only a few
days ago a similar demonstration wns
held In the stute of Nynrlt, for
merly known ns the state of Topic,
Additional evidence that very little
Is being done to check the spread of
Bolshevist doctrines south of the Itlo
Grande Is tho fact that the present
Mexican government has failed to
keep Its word, given n few weeks ago,
to deport from the country the vari
ous alien agitators, who, It Is admit
ted, are the leaders'iind the brains of
the Mexican radical movement.
In announcing that the Fourth In
teruntlonnle will ho held in Mexico
City, Kl Universal says In part:
"In woiklnginen's centers n great
animation Is noted because by resolu
tion taken In the Third Interuntlon
ale, held In Moscow last June, tho
Fourth Internntlonnle will be held In
Mexico City next January.
"The First Internntlonnle wns held
In London, the second In Pctrogrnd,
the third In Moscow and the fourth
will be held In Mexico.
"In the Third Internationale, as we
were told by various leaders of the
worklngmen, It was agreed that as
the lirst three Internationales had been
held In Furnpe, It was proper to hold
thefourth on the American continent."
It Is asserted that the United States
government Is being kept advised
fully of the radical movement south of
tho Ulo Grande.
Big Bill for Luxuries
Sam proves he's some tax collector.
For Instance: The gum the stenog
rapher chews Is a luxury; the dia
mond engagement ring Is a luxury;
the automobile that brings you to
your work Is a luxury, and toilet soup,
cigars and soda water are placed In
the same category.
Here follows some of the high spots
In the nation's luxury hill : Soft
drinks. $150,000,000; toilet soaps,
$400,000,000; chewing tobacco and
snuff. $800.000,000 ; Ice cream, $"0.
000.000: chewing gum, SHO.OOO.OOO ;
cake und confections. SIWMHKMMK) ;
"luxurious services" (whatever that
means), $:j.000,000.000 ; luxurious food
(and you can write your own' nnswer
to that), $.r),000,000,000; joy riding,
pleasure resorts and races (If this Is
clear to you). $:i.000,000.000.
Guard organizations may he main
tained .it 05 active enlisted men. and
such number or rsntuvral Guard re
serves as will eiiuiil or exceed the min
imuin peace strength for similar units
of tho regular army. While the policy
establishes the active peace strength
for companies and corresponding units
of the National Guard, It Is desired
that every effort lie made to encour
age the maintenance of such units at
tho peace, strength prescribed for the
regular army, which will bo npproxl
mntely KM) enlisted men.
In order to facilitate the reorgan
ization of the National Gunrd until
July 1, 1021, companies and corre
spending units nre to ho recognized
with n minimum strength of 50 ac
tive enlisted men.
Tho second decision chunges reguln
tlons which required members of Na
tlonul Guard organizations to bo en
listed nt lenst 00 days prior to attend
ance nt camps of instruction In order
to receive pny for such service. Un
dor this change recruits may be enlist
ed nt any time and paid for attend
ance at camp.
Zr
ger your capacity for good humor also
Is tested.
Those with statistical leanings nro
In a puradl.se while riding on n Wash
ington street car. How many men get
seats next windows? What per cent
of tho male population arises to give
what per cent of tho female populn
tlon seut8? How mnny girls get up to
give their scats to older women, and
what per cent get rebuffed?
And one may always read.
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CflQG(S
aim Skin
Because of her rosy cheeks and'
satin skin a woman attracts the
admiration of all men. When the-
young woman,
peers in her
glass, she may
see p i m p 1 e
and blotches,
and she im
mediately goe'
to the drug store for paint, pow
ders and beauty creams, when she-
should go there for a blood medi
cine and stomach alterative known,
as "Golden Medical Discovery."
This vegetable tonic and -bloocD
alterative clears the skin, beauti
fies it, increases the blood supply
and the circulation, while pimples,,
boils and eruptions vanish quickly..
Ask your nearest druggist for Dr..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discov
ery in tablet or liquid form or send!
10c. for trial package of tablets to
Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in
Buffalo, N. Y.
E-Z Duttleit-Ebony Stove Poliih
E-Z Iuon Enamel ron tub Viva
E-Z Metal Por.isn ron tub Nickel
TRY
E-Z SUOB POLIBU 8AVE3 SHOES
AU Dealers-Money Back Gnarnuteo
Short Term.
"She says she has an Ideal hus
band."
"How long hnve they been mnr-
rled?"
Three weeks."
"Shucks; all husbands are Ideal foir
the first threo weeks." Life.
USE "DIAMOND DYES"
Dye right I Don't risk:
your material In a poor dye..
Each package of "Diamond"
Dyes" contains directions
so simple that any womaru
can diamond-dye a new
rich, fadeless color Into old
garments, draperies, cover
ings, everything, whether
wool, silk, linen, cotton or:
mixed goods.
Buy "Diamond Dyes'
no other kind then perfect
results are guaranteed.
Druggist has "Diamond
Dyes Color Card" 16 rich colors. Adv..
Visit Not Entirely Wasted.
One Sunday afternoon I culled at a,
friend's house, rang the hell, and after
walling a few minutes for an answer
n little girl stepped out of the adjoin
ing hull nud said:
'The lady Is out; she went away-lib
an automobile."
"Oh." I said, "Is that so? Are the
rest of them out, too?"
She replied: "Well, the man he went
out with the boys, but the dog's home.""
Chicago Tribune.
WOMEN NEED SWAMP-ROOT
Thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never euspect it.
Womens complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the'
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition, tbey may cause, the other or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of am
bition, nervousness, are often times symp
toms of kidney trouble. !
Don't delay starting treatment. Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a physician's pre
scription, obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome'
uch conditions.
Get a medium or large size bottle im
mediately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
prcat preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer 4. Co., Ilingliamton, N. Y., for a
sample. bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paner. Adr.
Excavated.
The children in the upper grades
nre required to use the words of their
spelling lesson In sentences to show
they know the mennlng of ,thee
words. "Kxcnvated" was one of tho
new words for tho next lesson. Hen
ry's dictionary said "excavated"
meant "hollowed out," so' Henry
wrote this sentence:
"This morning Oeorge hit Itohert
In the stomach and ho excavated."
Catarrh
Catarrh Is a local disease greatly Influ
enced by constitutional conditions.
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE Is a
Tonic and Blood Purifier. By cleansing
the blood and bulldln? up the System.
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE restores
normal conditions and allows Nature to
do Its work.
All Druggists. Circulars free.
V, J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The New Models.
Flora Have you ever met the ideal
rami?
Dora Tho Ideal man doesn't exist.
Heal ones nro scarce enough! Cnr
toons Magazine.
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