TITE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBTTNE.
ONE NEIGHBOR
TELLS ANOTHER
Points the Way to Comfor
-and Heal tli. Other Women
Please Read
Moundsville, W. Va. "I had taken
doctor's medicino for nearly two years
I because my period
were irregular, cama
ovcry two weeks,
and i would suitor
with bearing-dot
pains. A lady told
I me of Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vcgctablo
Compound and how
much good it had
dono her daughter,
so I took it and now
I am regular every
month and havo no
pain at all. I recommend your medi
cine to everyone and you may publish
my testimonial, hoping that tno Vege
table Compound docs some other girl
tho good it has dono mo. " Mrs.GEOROE
Teqauden. 016 Third Street, Mounds
ville, W. Va.
How many young girls suffer as Mrs.
Tegarden did and do not know where to
turn for advice or help. They often aro
obliged to earn their living by toiling
day In and day out no matter how hard
tho pain they havo to bear. Every girl
who puffers In this way should try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
If sho docs not get prompt relief writo
to tho Lydia E. Pinkham Medicino Co.,
Lynn, Massachusetts, about her health.
Such letters aro held in strict confi
dence. Flavor!
No cigarette has
the same delicious
flavor as Luoky
Strike. Because
Its
toasted
LUCKY
STRIKE
CIGARETTE
OuyFairy Sodas packed inii'n
i FAIRY SODAl
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As Tasty and Fresh As the
Day Thoy Were Baked
That'e tho way you not fairy Soda Crack
ri when you buy them In returnnblo cans.
Packod whllo etlll worm from the ovene,
three cracker retain their flavor and crlep
neie until uied.
Iteturnablo cane am moleture proof, duet
proof, Inaect proof, odor proof.
Buying In full cans le economical and
aatlefactory alwaya.
Ask Your Orocnr lor MEN'S MIRY SODAS
and be euro you set the senulne.
Many More
Would Testify
Onawa, Iowa. "I know that Dr.
rlerco'a Favorite Prescription has
lielpod mo a great
havo bad no
return ot
forainlne
trouble" at
all and It
is over a
year since
I stopped
taking tho
'Proflcrlp-
iion. i
shall rec
ommend it whenovor I havo a
chance." MRS. II. 0. VETTEH.
Favorito Proscription contains no
alcohol. Get It at tho drug store or
sond 10c to Dr. Piorco'a Invalids'
Hotel, Buffalo. N. Y for a trial pkg.
Cuticura Soap
The Velvet Touch
For the Skin
Seep 25c, Ointment 25 tad 50c, Talcum 25c.
If You Can Knit and Crochet
Wrt will tlACfl TOO In a tiffiiMahlA tmslriM.
Sample lino cvneletltiir ot a crucliut nredlu.a
IW-rardapoolof Ueellk and Initructton boo
of II.GUInelanipeiir inonrr oriler. M.nirr ro-
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luuuru it uur prupukiuun i noi ui'ctpmuia.
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LOWER CALIFORNIA
Coimminlcntlon innkes for civiliza
tion. Tlio airplane promises to make
uceesslblo mnny hitherto obscure re
gions, not along main lines of steamer
or railway travel.
For example, the avcrngo American
had little reason heretofore to go to
Lower Cullfornla. Bccently, however,
this peninsula has been tho resting
place for nlrplancs In flights from the
Pacific coast of the United States to
tho Panama Canal.
Frederick HImplch writes to tho Na
tional Geographic society as follows:
"The long, boot-shaped peninsula
that swings down off the left-hand cor
ner of the United States belongs to
Mexico and Is known on Mexican maps'
as HaJa,' or Lower California. Early
Spanish maps of America showed Cal
ifornia as an lslnnd, due, no doubt,
to limited explorations of this penin
sula. "Scantily known as It is to the av
crago American, this 800-mllo-long
strip of rocks, peaks, brush-grown
mesas, and rare, fertile little valleys
1 a favorite haunt for many Yankee
naturalists, fishermen, and blg-gamo
hunters; and hero and there, in the
mere-favored, well-watered, grassy
spots of tho higher runges, hardy
American cattlemen have built their
adobe homes, whero thoy enjoy the
limitless freedom of vast unfenccd
areas. The Circle Bar company of
OJos Nogros Itanch runs cnttlo over a
leased territory of two und.a half mil
lion' acres, and a British corporation
holds title to something like fifteen
million acres.
"Away down nt peaceful, picturesque
La Paz, where Cortex repaired his
schooners and where, centuries later,
Walker, tho Yankee flllbuster.ralsed
his flag, another Yankco today runs
n busy little tannery, turning qut COO
sides of good leather every day, for
an American shoo factory. Ilere and
there, In hill and valley, Americans
are delving for metals or growing the
stnplo frJJole.
"But the country as a whole, owing
to Its many desert, waterless areas,
Is but sparsely settled, and, as one
writer says, 'In nil its turbulent, ro
mantle history, shico tho halcyon days
when Sir Francis Drako dropped his
pirate anchor In Magdalena Bay, no
wheeled vehicle has traversed Us rough
and tortuous length.
"Itlch ns aro Us mines and fnt as
nre Its herds of cattle, Its chief
sourco of wealth lies In the cotton
growing regions around Mexlcnll.
"At tho Colorado delta, at tho head
of tho CJulf of California, which sep
arates, tho Lower California penlnsuln
from Sonorn, moro than at any other
point on tho whole border, tho Interests
of tho United States and of Mexico
are closely Joined. This Is duo to the
blngultii' topography of that region
(part of It Is below sea-level) and
to the diversion of water from tho
Colorado river. In tho opinion of many
Irrigation engineers and political stu
dents, this peculiarly delicate problem
of irrigation and water rights, as be
tween planters on the American nnd
Mexican sides of the lino, respective
ly, can bo solved satisfactorily only
by somo Joint trenty between the two
republics, Involving either the tlxlng
of a neutral zone or tho sale of n
small strip of territory."
WILL ELEPHANTS GO THE
WAY OF BUFFALOES?
Will the African elephants soon havo
to bo protected, as are buffaloes In tho
United States, lest thoy become ex
tinct? Tho peaceful progress of farming
la the menace which tho elephant
faces. Already tho South African Capo
council has decided to exterminate tho
elephants becnuso they despoil crops,
and sometimes kill agricultural la
borers. Sir Jlnrry Johnston, famous African
authority, tells of his experience with
African elephants In a communication
to the National Geographic society:
"If, nfter many yeats of trials, tho
African elephant Is pronounced to be
hopeless as a domestic animal (and
It should bo remembered that most
male African elephants In captivity
havo shownMhemselves to bo hoplcss
ly savage), then nt least for Its mag
nificent Ivory the creaturo Is worth
preserving as an asset to tho state.
If the Indian elephant shows himself
to be more docile than tho African
elephant, It must bo remembered, on
(ho other hand, that he Is of very lit
tle value for his Ivory.
"Ono day a baby elephant was pre
sented to mo by an Uganda chief. It
Is u sad thing to relate, but three men
were killed In attempting to rapture
tho first elephant. I hod expressed
n wish one day for some elephants
to experiment with In domestication,
and the natives, with their usual do-
sire to please me, were so ardent In
their determination to gratify my wish
and so determined In their pursuit of
tho ymmg elephant that tho mother
elephant knocked over and killed three
of them. But finally they succceeded
in their object, euftttirlng the culf, and
to my great surprlso It trotted Into
Miiim -behind one of the num.
"This little creature was at the time
only four feet I1I3I1. In two days it
had become perfectly fame, and woiild
follow n human being as reudlly ns his
own mother. It was easy enough to
feed him with milk, because nil that
was required was a bottlo with n long
neck. This bottle wns filled with cow's
milk diluted with wnter, nnd poured
down tho elcphnnt's throat. Soon nil
that one had to do was to place tho
neck of tho bottle In tho elephant's
mouth, and th'e Intelligent creature
wound Its trunk around the neck of
tho bottle, tilted it up, and absorbed
the contents. For several weeks the
elephant throve nnd became n most
delightful pet. It would allow any
one to ride on Its back, and seemed
to take plcusuro and amusement in
this exercise. It would find its wny
through diverse passages Into my sit
ting room, not upsetting or Injuring
anything, hut deftly smelling nnd ex
amining objects of curiosity with its
trunk.
"At the snmo time we had in cap
tivity a young zebru, which was also
to ho tho pioneer of a domesticated
striped horse. These two orphans, the
elephant nnd tho zebrn, became great
ly attached to each other, though 'per
haps there was more enthusiastic af
fection on the part of tho elephant,
the zebra, at limes, getting a little
bored with constant embraces. Alas
and nluckl both elephant and zebra
died eventually from the unwhole-
Bomencss, to them, of cow's milk."
MALMEDY: WALLOON ISLE
RELINQUISHED BY
PRUSSIA
In patching together tho picture puz-
zlo of European nations to fit moro
nearly racial and historical units the
pence conferenco commission on Bel
gian claims approved Belgium's de
mand for Malmedy.
Malmcdy long formed one of those
alien racial clusters that seem to cling
like barnacles to many u European
boundary line.
In tho case of Malmcdy and the
region about that town a group or
Walloons was left In Ilhcnlsh Prus
sia when the historic Benedictine Ab
bey of Stavelot-Malmedy was cut "in
two In 1815. Mulmcdy fell to Prus
sia, while six miles to the west, across
tho pre-war Belgian border, Is Stuve
lot Tho latter town was tho seat of the
abbey which was Independent until
the Lunevlllo peace of 1801. Tho ab
bey fell to Franco until its partition
14 years Inter. Tho abbey was found
ed In tho Seventh century and Inter
its abbots ranked as princes. Thoy
ruled many small villages along tho
Ambleve, on which Stavelot is situ
ated, and along tho Wnrcho, which
Hows through Malmedy.
Charles Martcl, grandfather of Char
lemagne, who ruled tho Franks while
ho let their kings reign on, won n dc
clslvo victory over- Neustria at Stave-
lot 1200 years ngo.
Malmedy lies In n pretty valley of
tho , nfore-mentloncd river, 20 miles
south of Alx-ln-Chnpello. The town
hnd less than C.000 population before
tho war. Dyeing, paper-mnklng nnd
tanning were Its Industries.
The term Walloon is used to desig
nate those Bclglan who speak cither
French or n French dialect. Tho Wal
loons of Belgium desired Mnlmcdy's
restoration for Ungual as well ns for
sentimental "reasons. In Llego nnd Nn-
mur n movement for tho rovlvnl of Wal
loon as a literary language for It had
been so used until about tho fifteenth
century wns well under way when tho
war began. In tho midst of German
speaking neighbors Malmedy nnd Its
environs preserved the old Walloon
dialect, whorens among many Bolglnn
Walloons It has been supplnnted by
pure French.
THE STRAITS OF MESSINA
Between tho rocky masses of Sicily
and tho "too" of tho Itnllan penin
sula, thero Is but a narrow lane of
sea, known ns the Straits of Messlnn.
Yet this ribbon of witter might bo
ocean-wide, Judged by tho dlverso civ
ilizations of Italy and Us island neigh
bor. The Sicilian nnd Itnllan banks, which
border tho Straits of Messlnn for nenr
ly 25 miles to tho cast and west, aro
ainong the most luxuriant to be found
In a cruise of the Mediterranean. Mag
nificent golden groves of lemon and
orange, nnd orchards of pomegranate,
with their brilliant red fruit, contrast
wonderfully with the flowers of the
.almond trees which perfume tho whole
region.
The Rtrnlts aro entered from the
Tyrrhenian sen, on tho north, nt the
nurrowest point, tho dlstnnco between
Puntn del Faro on the Sicilian shore
and the mainland lighthouse on Puntn
Pezzo being not more than-two miles.
Tho whole of the Calaurlan coast Is
thickly sown with villages, somo cling
ing to the bench, whllo others clamber
up tho sides of the well-wooded hills
which culminate In tho towering Mont
alto, rising to nn elovntion Of moro
than n mite above tho sea. Beyond
the straits to tho southwest, looms
ever-threatening Etnn, tho highest vol
cano in Europe.
The most importnnt city situated
011 tho straits Is tho once magnificent
seaport of Messina, which boasted a
population of 150,000 Inhabitants be
fore "the world's most cruel earth
quake" of December, 28, 1008, tossed
nearly a hundred thousnnd lives away.
The harbor of Messlnn Is tho larg
est and safest In the kingdom of I
aly, with n depth of moro than JH)
fathoms. Before tho great calamity It
wns visited annually by moro than
0.000 vcsselu which brought cargoes
of wheat, cotton, wool nnd hardwnru.
and took- nwny In exchange lemon,
oranges, almonds, wines, olive oil nnd
silks.
Homer did not nccord n definite hab
itation for his terrible sea-crentiires.
Scylla and Charybdls, but mariners
familiar with the perils of tho rocks
on the Itnllan side of the straits and
with tho strong eddies near the har
bor of Messlnn, saw In the mythlcnl
monsters nn explanation of such dan
gers. Scylla was supposed to bo n
horrible creature with six heads and;
n dozen feet, who burked Ilko n dog.
She dwelt in a lofty cave from which
sho rushed whenever a ship tried to
pass beneath, nnd she would snatch
the unlucky senmen from the rigging
or ns they stood nt the helm endeav
oring to guide their vessels through
tho perilous passage. Charybdls dwelt
under n rock only n bowshot away,
on tho opposite shore. The second
creature sucked in nnd blew out sea
water thrco times a day, and woe to
the ship caught In the maelstrom of
Its mouth!
NEW REBELLION IN
GARDEN OF EDEN
"Mesopotamia, Upper nnd Lower,
vies with Egypt In clulmlng the honor
of being the home of ancient civiliza
tion," says a bulletin of the National
Geographic society, quoting from sev
ernl communications concerning the
Innd of Adam and Eve where the
British recently sent more troops be
cause of native uprisings.
"Mesopotamia comprises the valleys
of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Here flourished the Cluildenn, Baby
lonian, nnd Assyrlnn empires. The
city of Bngdad, with all Its glamor
of mystery nnd magic, Is In the heart
of Mesopotamia.
"This Wns the richest land In the
world, tho granary of the ancients;
yet, in spite of nil that It has beep,
It todny lies largely waste, the desert
snnds havo encroached upon the fer
tile Holds, whllo tho clogged canals
havo turned other portions Into
swamps and marshes.
"What population there Is not more
than one million Is of Arab origin
nnd the Arabic language is spoken
throughout Thero Is, In fact, a very
distinct dividing line between the Arab
ic and tho Turkish-speaking portions
of the former Ottoman empire. ThL
boundary corresponds with the line of
the Bngdad railway from the Medi
terranean to the Persian Gulf. It Is
for the exploitation of this rich land
of Mesopotamia that the famous Bag
dad line was built.
"Syria closes the enst end of the
Mediterranean nnd is bounded on the
north by tho Taurus mountains. The
Syrian and Arabian deserts limit fur
ther settlement to the east and south.
But In connection with world com-
yy T r. , -eW .1? I', jv I
In the Date Gardens of Bagdad.
morce It (Syria) has always been
closely related to tho fertile valleys
of tho Nllo nnd the twin Mesopotamlan
rivers, and Its commercial life of to
morrow cannot bo divorced from thut
of Mesopotamia.
"Mesopotamia is as fertile today
ns when It wns the birthplace of
human history and when the civiliza
tion that developed thero had only
tho Nllo valley as a competitive Held.
"Various factors delayed the inevit
able reopening of the historic trude
route across Syria nnd Mesopotamia
In modern times.
"Nowhere, however, did trade fol
low tho railway to' a greater extent
thnn along tho Bngdnd line, nnd In the
spring of 1014 Aleppo was a thriving
commercial center of German trade.
At the hotels engineers and merchants
crowded the dining rooms and talked
of n mighty future In Mesopotamia.
That summer, wnr came, and the burn
ing question of styles was rapidly
succeeded by one of food enough to
keep body nnd soul together.
"Fifty miles west of Bagdad, along
tho Euphrates, lies the region now
commonly regnrded as tho Garden of
Eden. To lrrlgnte this Eden and to
reclaim millions of fertile acres around
Bngdad was tho stupendous tusk to
which tho Turkish government ad
dressed Itself.
"At Mussaych, on the Euphrates, a
pro-wnr traveler saw 4,000 Arabs
dlgglug llko moles In the Babylonian
plain, making u new channel for the
river. In the dry bed of this artificial
channel an enormous dam way built.
"Nebuchadnezznr's vast lrrlgutlon
system, which once watered all Baby
lonia, can still be easily traced for
miles nbout Bagdad. Ono glunt canal,
tho Narawn. runs parallel with the
Tigris for nearly 300 miles; It Is 350
feet wide, and all about It tho take
olT and laterals may still bo Identified.
Herodotus said he found a 'forest of
vordure from end to end' when he vis
ited "Mesopotamia."
4 Skin Sufferers
Want MereTemnnrn
V
-F w. wwiit,witl lV
navo onlv temporary rolicf from
tho torrifyintr itching and burning
of fiery, flaming' skin diseases, thon
you aro satisfied to remain a slavo
to ointments, lotiona and other lo
cal remedies applied to tho aurfaco
of tho skin.
Real genuine relief from eczema,
tetter, scaly eruptions or any other
form of skin irritations cannot bo
expected until you free your blood
of tho germs which cause theso
disorders. And for this purpose
Appropriate.
"Why do you call flying machines
'hobos of tho air? Becntise they
have no visible means of support.
HEAD STUFFED FROM
CATARRH OR A COLD
8ayi Cream Applied in Nostril Opens,
Air Passages Right Up.
Instant relief no waiting. Jfour
clogged nostrils open right up; the air
passages of your head clear and you
cati breathe freely. No more hawking,
snuffling, blowing, headache, dryness.
No struggling for breath nt night;
your cold or catarrh dlsnppcars.
Get n smnll bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
u little of this fragrant, antiseptic,
healing cream In your nostrils. It pen
etrates through every passago of tho
head, soothes the Inflamed or swollen
mucous meiiibrnuo-iind relief comes in
stantly. It's Just line. Don't stny stuffed-up
with a cold or nusty catarrh. Adv.
Economy.
Perclvnl I've got money to burn.
Nnylor Well, go nhend, It's cheap
er thnn coal!
Red Cross Ball Blue should be used
in every home. It makes clothes white
ns enow nnd never Injures tho fabric.
All good grocers, Gc.
Evidence to the Contrary.
"The argument you aro using, sir,
does not lenvo you n leg to stntul on."
"It certainly must, for It Is made up
entirely of foot notes."
For Constipation use a natural remedy.
Garfield Tea is composed of carefully se
lected herbs only. At all drug stores. Adv.
SIMPLE ROAD TO HAPPINESS
As Benevolent Old Gentleman Pointed
Out, Desired Result Might Easily
Be Attained.
The bcnutlful young woman, dressed
In fashion's most pronounced style,
entered the street car nnd sat beside
a rather benevolent-looking old man.
As the car started she happened to
glance out the window nt n bunch of
little girls playing on tho sidewalk.
"Don't they look happy," sho
gushed. "But no wonder. Why, I
remember my happiest days were when
I used to wear short, little giughum
dresses."
Now, the mini had seen her enter tho
car, and he was well Informed about
the length of the dress she wns wear
ing, so thero was no mistaking his
hint. "You might try gingham Instend
of the silk you're now wearing," he
suggested.
Leading Industries.
According to tho lntest available sta
tistics the -leading Industries of tho
United States nre ns follows: 1, food;
2, textiles; 8, Iron nnd steel; 4, lum
ber; C, leather; 0, paper nnd printing.
Good for a Starter Orily.
"At luncheon I hnd something excel
lent but not satisfying."
"What wns It?"
"An excellent nppetltc."
Better
Health
in your meal-time bev
erage when you. use
INSTANT
Its pleasing flator re?
sembles that of coffee, but
it contains none of coF
fee's Harmful elements)
Made in the cup "ouick
as a winkT by the addition1
of hot water, strong or mild
to suit indiTihial taste,
JbustazicPoscum is the Ideal Drink
for all the family..
Made "by Postum Cereal Gampany.Ina,
Battle Creek, Michigan.
Do Not
T wa J avv a
there is no remedy that gives more
satisfactory results than S.3.8., tho
fino old blood remedy that goes
down to tho sourco of every blood
disorder find rnnfo nnf iin rrnrma
which causo the trouble.
a.b.a. is sold by all druggists.
Begin taking it today, and if you
will wrlto n. earn
your case, our medical director will
glvo you expert advice without
charge. Address Chief Medical Ad
viser. 155 Swift Lnhnratnrw A1n
ta, Ga.
True Vegetarian.
"Walter, I ordered vegetable soup."
"Well, sir?"
"This has a fly in It."
RUB RHEUMATIC PAIN
FROM ACHING JOINTS
Rub Pain right out with small trial
bottle of old "St Jacobs Oil."
Stop "dosing" Rheumatism.
It's pain only; not one case In fifty
requires Internnl treatment Huh
soothing, penetrating "St Jacobs OH"
right on the "tender spot," nnd by thai'
time you say Jack Iloblnsonut
comes the rheumatic pain and distress.
"St Jacob's Oil" is a harmless rheu
matism liniment which never disap
points nnd doesn't burn the skin. It
takes pain, soreness and stiffness from
aching joints, muscles nnd bones;
stops sciatica, lumbago, backache and
neuralgia.
Limber up I Get n smnll trial bottle
of old-time, honest "St Jacobs Oil"
from any drug store, nnd In a moment,
you'll be free from pains, aches and
stiffness. Don't suffer! Hub rheuma
tism away. Adv.
Where the Ancients Excelled. '
Elijah was fed by the ravens.
"This beats carrier pigeons," ha
boasted. New York Herald.
Cuticura Soothes Baby Rashes
That Itch and burn with hot baths
of Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anointings of Cuticura Ointment
Nothing better, purer, sweeter, espe
cially if a little of the fragrant Cuti
cura Talcum is dusted on at the fin
ish. 25c each everywhere. Adv.
NOT A TERM OF OPPROBRIUM
But Really It Seemed as Though
Mother Had Some Strong Grounds
for Complaint
1 j
Tho following story Is told of a cer
tain school In central New York. Dr.
1 , the health ofllccr, had Just
made tho customary physical examlna-'
tfon nnd filled out the ve'rlous bentth
certificates.
Ono afternoon he received a visit
from an lrnto mother.
"I should like to know," sho said bel
ligerently, "what you mean by calling
my boy 'u poor nut'?"
"Madam," said the astonished physi
cian, "I haven't un Idea what you uro
talking nbout. To tho best of my
knowledge I have never applied the
epithet you mention to any person."
"It's down In black nnd white," con
tinued his visitor unappeased. "My
Jim has Just been transferred to
D school, nnd It's on his health
card as plain as can be, 'Poor Nut' "
The light of comprehension dawned
on tho bewildered doctor. He smiled.
"Ah I seel 'Poor Nut,' my deai
madam, Is merely nn abbreviated way
of saying 'poor nutrition.'" Youth's
Companion.
You Tell Em.
Bess They also servo who only
stand nnd wait.
Bob True. In fact, that kind nra
always serving: never bossing.
.Marriage opens eyes nnd purses.
Instant m
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