TIIT3 NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TKIBUNB
DRESSMAKER
MADE WELL
Followed a Neighbor's Advice
and Took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Vernon, Tox. "For three yearn I
nutlercd untold agony each month with
pains in my siacs. i
found only tempo
raryrollcf in doctor's
modiclnoor anything
elm I took until my
iy
husband saw an ad-
vortiBomont o'
Lydia E. Pinkham'n
Vegetable Com
pound. I mentioned
it to a neighbor and
WT Z'mr Bho told mo she had
I taken it wiUi good
1 1 i I result? and advised
mo to try it. I wan then in bed part of
the time and my doctor sa d I would
have to bo operated on, but 'vc decided
to try the Vegetable Comp'nnd nnd I
dlao used Lydia E. Pinkham' Sanativo
Wash. I am a dressmaker and am now
able to go. about my vork and do my
housework besides. You arc wolcomo
to uno this letter as a testimonial as I am
always glad to speak a word for your
medicine." Mrs. W. M.Stephens, 1103
N. Commerce St., Vernon, Toxas.
Dressmakers when overworked aro
prono to such ailmenta and should profit
by Mrs. Stephen's oxperlenco.
Write to Lydia E. Pinkham Mcdiclno
.h. (confidential), Lynn, Mass., about
your health. Your totter will bo opened,
mad and answered by a woman and
hold in strict confidence
t'lio pain of parting Is experienced
liy the Kinall hoy when his mother
iiltctnpts to comb his hall
is Nervous v
St. Louis, Mo. "I havo talten
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
for general weakness and when run
down and suffering: with nervous
ness, and can truthfully say it haa
done me more good than ny medi
cine I have ever taken, and I find
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets very
wood to regulate the system. They
ud very much in keeping, u person
in a good healthy etatc." Mrs.
AMelu TlloitN, 4204 JohA Avenue.
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CORK: MOST IRISH CITY
IN IRELAND
Cork, third city of lrelund, n con
sldornhle part of whlcli wns recently
di'Htroycd by fire, bears n very super
ficial resemblance to our own New
York In tlfat Its nucleus Is situated
on an Island enfolded by two arms
of a river where lis waters meet u
bay. Tht! comparison soon becomes
a contrast, however, for Cork Is n city
of'less than 80,000 souls, lias few pub
lic buildings or thoroUKhfaros of Im
portance, and was built on a low,
swampy site Instead of on the rocky
ribs of Mother Karth.
The stream that enfolded Cork be
fore It grew across Its watery bar
riers Is the Klver I.ce which rises In
a Utile lake to the north. From a
liny Island In the lake came the pious
hermit, St. Fin Harre, who established
u monastery on the Island ut the
mouth of the river In the seventh cen
tury, and from this start the present
city has grown. lioth the Catholic
and Protestant cnthcdrals of Cork aro
ledlcatcd to this early Irish saint.
At the head of one of the finest
harbors In Ireland a land-locked covo
whose waters are as placid as those
of u lake Cork has been subject since
Its establishment to attacks by sea
marauders. Invading Danes burned
the city In 821 nnd again In 1012.
and after the second destruction
founded on the site a Danish trading
post. The Irish, again In control of
the city, submitted to tho English In
1172, who for many years maintained
a precarious foothold.
The Irish eventually regained Cork
not by force of arms but by "Infiltra
tion," for bcfoYc a great while the
one-flmo English post was tho most
Irish city In Ireland, Its government
ntlrely In the hands df the people
of Erin.
A tragedy overtook Cork the year
Columbus discovered America, and
was visited most heavily on Its lord
mayor. During that year the city re
ceived and assisted I'erkln Warbcck,
pretender to tho English throne. The
mayor lost his head nnd the city Its
charter.
Cork's wonderful harbor has given
It a maritime Importance since early
days. Hecognltlon of this fact Is seen
In the title of admiral of the port
bestowed on the lord mayor of CorW
by Edward IV and held by the lords
mayor to tho present day.
Quecnstown, nt the head of tho outer
harbor, and practically a part of Cork,
Is tho port of call and departure for
trans-Atlantic liners. This fact has
made Cork u city of sadness to many,
for perhaps a million or more men
mid women, In largest nart mere boys
und girls forced by economic pressure
to emigrate, havo there bidden good
by Willi set faces and streaming eyes
to the laud they love so well.
While there are practically no points
of great Interest In Cork, closo by Is
one of tho best known nnd most fro'
fluently visited spots In all Ireland
It Is the ruined tower of lllarney can-
tie, stronghold of Corinac McCarthy,
who, legend has It, Instructed by an
old hag ho had rescued to kiss one
of tho stones of the tower the fain
oils "blarney stone" became irreslst
lbly eloquent.
SYRIA: UNDER FRENCH
AND ZIONIST RULE
Syria, for the control of the northern
part of which the Turkish National
Ists are threatening to light the French
lunndato-holdcrx, and the southern part
of which Is settling ipiletly under .Ion
1st and llrltlsh control, Is another name
for "the Holy Land;" for under Tup
key It comprised the region oxtondlnji
from the Taurus mountains to Egypt,
and from the desert to "tho Great
Sea."
Its population numbers about three
and n half millions, of Semitic origin,
speaking the Arabic language, and yet
with so many races Intermingled
through the centuries of the various
conquests nnd occupations that the
people cannot claim any ona race as'
their own.
t J reek, Itoman and European cnisad
er have all blended with the ancient
Semitic stock to produce thu Syrians
of today, whom Lord Cromer, In his
memoirs, termed "tho cream of the
East."
In Syria was the ono green spot of
Turkey the Lebanon mountains. In
undent times tho mountains wore ev
erywhero covered with forests. Tho
cedars of Lebanon not only furnished
timber for the building of Solomon's
temple In Jerusalem, but tho kings of
Egypt annually lloated large rafts of
logs from the Syrian coast to supply
the demands of tho cjtles of the Nile
This tonstaut demand from foreign
hinds, together with tho lack of any
vysieui of reforestation, has practl
cally denuded the inountnlns of the
whole land.
Once more to cover the mountains
and hills with plno and cedar nnd
oak woull be u simple task If carried
on systematically, and under the new
rontrol this work Is now being under
taken. The chief enemies. In tho last
few years, of reforestation by nature
wuro the herds of goats, which every
spring roamed over the whole country
and devoured every gretjn thing. Tho
little seedling frees suffered especially.
In M), becniiiN of innsancre. thu
European powers Insisted that the
mountain be tnnde iitltonotnou. And
following that date thin little dlNtrlci
became a living demonstration of what
good government will produce and of
what the people of tho land nro cap
able of becoming.
The steep mountain sides were ter
raced to a height of -1,000 feet and
planted to (dives, figs and vines.
Taxes were low, safety to persons ami
property secured, good roads built nnd
kept lu repair. The people constructed
more coinfortuble homes mil sent their
sons to schools and college.
RESOURCES OF ALBANIA
Now that the Knpallo agreement be
tween Italy anil Jugo-Slavln law
cleared up the stntus of the northern
part of the eastern coast of the Adri
atic, Albania Is the oniy country bor
dering on those historic waters about
whoyo boundaries there Is stilt sonic
doubt. As one of the countries whoso
t confines will probably be fixed In the
near future Albania takes on an added
Interest. The resources of this portion
of the Ilalkan peninsula are dealt with
tn the following communication to the
National Geographic society from
Hrig. Gen. George I. Scrlven. V. S. A.,
who made a tour of the country short
ly after tho Austrlans had been driven
out In 1018.
"The Albanians are probably neither
so good no so had as they have been
painted, but certainly they are worth
tho effort necessary to manage their
own affairs and to work their little
farms In the fertile valleys, to herd
their sheep and weave their garments
of wool, if only they are let alone.
They do not submit easily to govern
ment; havo no lovo'for chance strang
ers, and ure slow to accept change
In the manner of living or of cultivat
ing the fields.
"The inountnlns of Albania are prac
tically unexplored. Mineral pitch, or
UHphuItum, has been known since tho
time of the Honmns, and near tuona
I have seen specimens, clean, black
and hnrd, which promise well. Traces
of petroleum, too, hnve been found by
the Italians, und I am told burlng Is,
or la about to be, undertaken. Copper
and Iron are believed to exist In (h"
hills about the Malik valley, and coaT,
silver and lead are said to be present
elsewhere In the mountains. Gold
mines were worked In ancient times
and Albanian silver was known to
the Venetians, but the whole mountain
country has lain neglected for ages.
"The climate of Albania is consid
ered healthful in the uplands, though
subject to violent changes, which are
trying to tho stranger, at certain sea
sons, even if he is confined to ono lo
collty. Hut when a traveler, moving
rapidly nbout the country lu u motor
tho only practicable, way of travel
ing In theso dnys rushes several thou
sand feet from a mountain height,
cold and windy und probably snow-cov
ered, Into a warm, sunshiny valley nnd
back again In the fraction of an hour,
It Is well to have n enro.
"May Is tho pleasantest month of
tho year nnd tho valleys then look
their best. Snow, of course, lies In the
mountains until well Into the spring,
but seldom lwts throughout the sum
mer, us tho tallest peaks do not ntMjtHi
an elevation of more than 8,000 few!
"Tho fover of the Halkans Is per
sistent, but Is not especially fatal.
Still It Is to bo dreaded for Its linger
ing effects and tho great debility It
causes. The usual specific Is quinine,
a supply of which Is placed on tho
mess tublo or carried about In the
pocket."
TURKESTAN RUGS AND
WOMAN PROBLEMS
Turkestan has been figuring In the
world's news lately because of the
activities of the Holshevlkl In the
central Asian borderland of tho old
Russian empire, but It Is known best
to Americans by Us wonderful rugs.
How the rug Industry has affected tho
people of Turkestan Is told In the fol-
In the Dazaar at Merv.
lowing communication to tho National
Geographic society:
"If some one asserted that tho
American love for Oriental rugs had
changed tho nnrrlago customs of u
nomadic people, had brought forth on
this gjobo a comparatively homely
race of human beings, and had built
up u complex system of morals In the
heart of Asia, It would seem like a
sensational story. Yet that statement
seems well founded, and lovo for beau
ty lu America has reacted on the fa
cial features of a princely race in
Turkestan with deplorable result.
Truly It Is a small world when an ar
tistic recluse In a New York studio
fathers n homely son. In a distant des
ert. Yet the rising generation of Turko
mans are distinctively homelier than
their princely lres. And the conquest
of fhrlr domain by Ilussln deea not
entirely explain it.
"The Tekklntzl cute, more commonl
known by the leas illmlnctlve name of
Ilokhara. Is the loveliest product of tht.
iluflcrt loom, lib charm lies not In In
Irlcacy of design, innnlfobl detail, or
symbolic meaning. It,ts not a picture
In wool. Ilrllllnacy of coloring It doe
not have. Hut In richness of tone the
TokklntKl wins its rightful place a
queen of rugs.
"Years of care In selecting the long
flbered, spotless wool, In dyeing It In
reds from Hokharu, bluoa from Af
ghanistan, or blacks from Merv, with
n touch of orange or yellow now and
then, and lu weaving it beneath the
hot sun of the dry desert, give the
Tekklntzl u character which more hur
ried methods cannot glte. It reveals
no trace of foreign accent, for Its
language of lasting beauty Id bred In
the Mood.
"For centuries, possibly extending
buck to the Iranian peoples whom Al
exander found here on Ids Way to In
dia, the Tekke mnlileii had been taught
to dye and weave. When she was
married tn her Mohammedan husband,
the young bride took with her to her
master's hut the rugs her patient toll
had formed, and he Ih turn paid a cor
responding price to her parents. Her
dowry was her skill and Its product.
She was a menial, hut with tho soul
of an artist. Her toll was long, but
It wos not drudgery. She was not a
slave, for her work demanded the In
spiration' of a soul, and she had an
enviable position compared with that
of many of her Oriental sisters lu
polygamy.
"Gradually these masterpieces In
mahogany, deep chocolate, terrn-cotta,
old rose, burnt orange nnd black found
their way to Amerlcn, where their ap
peal was Irresistible. Huyers raced
one another across Europe Into tho
TranscaSplan home of history to se
cure the priceless treasures of a con--quered
race. The 'skill of the Tekke
woman began to win Its reward. Her
genius hnd caused the art world to
wear a path to her hut and her open
air loom, IJut there was tho unhappy
side.
"Only tho rich young Turkomans
could afford to buy a wife at the ex
orbitant price her skill made' possible.
Parents raised tho price of their
daughters, consoling themselves with
the fact that If they could not pro
duce offspring they could nt least pro
duce valuable rugs. The age of mar
riage became higher. Caught in n trap
which skillful women had woven, the
young men revolted from the exagger
ated demands of tho avaricious and
unromuntle parents and sought cheap
er wives elsewhere, while Tekke wom
en, robbed of love and enmeshed In
their own skeins of fine wool, drngged
out busy lives of hated splnsterhood."
WHY SALTONSEA IS SALT
Reports that plans nro under way
to develop water power from tho Col
orado river which gives ample proof
of tho power It can exert in the carv
ing of tho Grand Canyon are said
to havo aroused apprehension In the
minds of the operators of irrigated
farms In tho Imperlnl valley of Cali
fornia, nenr tho shores of the Sulton
sea. Tho Imperial valley depends on
tho Colorado for Its Irrigation waters.
Tho Salton sea Is really u part of
the Gulf of California with u great
ryko of silt separating It from the
greater body of water.
"Many centuries ago the Gulf of
California extended to a point about
1P0 miles northwestward from Its
present head," says a communication
to tho Nutlonul Geographic society
from Arthur I. Davis.
"It also extended up the present
valley of the Colorado river at least
to Yuma and probably somewhat
above. The Colorado river, rising lu
the Wind River mountains of Wyo
ming nnd tho Rocky mountains of Col
orado, carved the rocks along lt3
course and brought the resulting sands
and mud down In Its swift current,
discharging them into the arm of the
gulf near Yumn.
"As this -process went on, without
cessation century after century, the
valley was gradually filled, a dolta
built up, over which the river flowed
far out Into thp gulf. It encroached
progressively up tho shores of tho gulf
'until It built up a deltn entirely across,
Joining tho foothills of the Cocopah
mountains on thtTwestern shore. This
cut off tho bend of the gulf, and the
arid climate rapidly evaporated the
waters thus separated and left an In
land depression, which at Its lowest
I point was nearl.v !!00 feet below sea-
levci. it is esuinaieu mat me amount
of silt carried by the Ixwer Colorado
river Is sullldent to cover rc square
miles one foot deep with dry alluvial
soil each year.
"The river continued to bring down
Its load of sediment nnd to build Its
delta higher and force It forther Into
tho gulf. Llko nil such deltaic streams,
tho channel on the top of the delta
Is constantly shifting, cutting one
bank, building up tho other, overflow
ing both banks, and during high water
sometimes entirely abandoning tin old
channel for a new one. In this way
tho river has from.tlme to time flowed
into tho Salton sea for some years
or centuries, nnd anon has shifted to
tho eastward iind discharged again
into tho gulf. This Is the general
course tho river nns roiiowed ever
since Its discovery by the Spaniards
In tho Sixteenth century.
"At high wafer tho river normally
overflows Its banks In the valley re
clous all the way from the Grand
Canyon to tho Gulf of California. In
unusually high water, such as oe
eurred In "1801, the overflow running
Into the Salton sink bus been srtll
dent to materially raise the level of
tho lake and overflow the tracks of
the Southern Pacific railway, which
are built along Its shores."
WRKLEYS
'After Every Meal"
Everywhere
All over the world people
use this goody
for its
benefits, as
well as its
pleasure.
Keeps teeth
clean, breath
sweet, throat
soothed.
Sealed Tight
FURTHER USES FOR RADIUM
Its Employment in Pottery Is Said to
Be Productive of Results of
Great Benefit.
Water containing radioactive com
pounds Is used as a curutlvo agent for
certain Illnesses. Mere contact with
such compounds for a sufficient length
of time will make water slightly radio
active. Pottery is now manufactured which
lias In It a small percentage of radio
active muterlal. This Is mixed with
the clay and baked in the kiln. Water
left In pottery of this nature for a
short time' will become radioactive by
"Induction," and a health-giving drink
Is made.
Such water may also be employed In
the watering of plants with good re
Milts, slnco the presence of a radioac
tive compound near the roots of n
plant is very helpful to Its growth.
Popular Science Mdnthly.
Diverging Views.
She He Is n man of letters and fho
stamp of man I like.
He AVell, your man of letters is th
the stamp 1 like to lick.
His Feelings.
FIgg What do you do wncn your
wife tells you about her first husband?
Fogg Envy hhn !
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The longer you boil
Postum Cereal
the better it is
ur reward will be such
richness of flavor 'as would
please most coffee or tea
drinkers.
pure, wholesome cereal
drink contains nothing harm
ful. Its regular use proves
a comfort and an economy.
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MONEY IN BREEDING MUSSELS
United States Fisheries Bureau Re
ports That a Profit May Confi
dently Be Looked For.
The business of breeding pearly
mussels artificially has been carried
so far by the United Stntes fisheries
bureau that n money profit is confi
dently promised.
To produce In this way 1,000 bnby
mussels costs nbout 20 cents. When
they are full grown 13,000 of them
will weigh n ton. Thus the cost of
producing a ton of pearly mussels of.
market -size (If all survived) would
be. us exactly reckoned, $2.G&. Assum
ing n loss of GO per cent, the cost
would bo fi.30.
Penrly mussels occasionally yield
valuable pearls, but commercially It Is
the shells, utlllzable for mother-of-pearl,
that are Importantly to be con
sidered. The fisheries burenu has devoted Its
attention wholly to the propagation of
superior varieties of mussels, the
shells of which hnve at present time
a. market value of $35 n'ton.
Now, Children
Teacher (after lesson on snow) An
we walk out on n cold winter day and
look around, what do we see on every
hfind?
Pupil Gloves ! From Life.
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