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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1910)
nda: AMoorish Stiff HE rnnnrt Mint Mr Tlni-ln nt Ualllmoro has discovered dur H I Ing cxcnvntlons under his re JH I cent purchase, tho Cnsa del Hey Moro nt Hondn, what may provo to bo a valuable con tribution to tho history ot tho Moorish occupation of Spain, in tho shape of treasure, mosaic and tombs will no doubt direct fresh at tcntlon to tho town of Itonda Itself. Honda In tho days when tho Moors woro all-powerful In Andalusia, a provlnco which was tl'io first and tho last to own their sovereignty, wns ,n place of 8uprorrip importance from tho fact of Its situation on an almost impregnablo rock, and though it does notVank with Granada, which holds that Jowol in Spain's crown, tho Al hambra, It yot preserves sufficient trace of its former greatness to en- cv,RW5NEDDON Csy PHOTOS COPYRIGHT BY ty UHDIR HOOP UNPtRWOOO m &5 a3& WSJ a' dozen. You cannot find un Alaskan who will find fault with AlaBka and so ovory ono is satlsiled, tho mining camps nt Dawson. Fairbanks and Nome, or tho cabins out along tho creeks, miles nnd miles from what wo call civilization hold only happy housekeepers, women who know moro about canned goods and what can bo done with n tin of beans than any body on cither contlnont, says tho Housekeeper. Everything thnt comes to their doors is canned, milk, eggs and pota toes, ns well as tho vegetables thnt wo nil uso. In tuo larger camps fresh vegetables aro brought in by Btcamcr In tho summer and until tho shops blocm with a wealth of succulent green things', but only tho nnecdotes of theso dollcacfo reach "tho creeks." Tho gardens nt Dawson are famous, for almost any vcgcinblo will grow If tho housewife will bother to plant It Although the season is so short the nun Bhlncs night nnd day tho cabbage keeps tho same hours. Condensed milk Ib the arctic house keeper's standby nnd you would not bellove how much was used unless you snw the pllo osf empty tins. Ev ery woman hns to learn to mnko muf tins nnd cake all over agnln until bIio knows just tho proportions of milk nnd water that will produce tho light nnd feathery rosuit Canned eggs of fer a similar course of Btudy nnd so do tinned potatoes to the woman who muBt servo tlireo palatable meals n day from canned or dried foods. It is a wild, frco life theso arctic women live. They know how to shoot nnd can keep tho lnrder replenished when tho men nro busy. They can Hi THE OLD CITY or RONDA, SET WITHIN WALLS AND XDRTJ 0 THE HILL Mi XfSi r0& PUU1TA DB SAN MIGUEL, RON DA ablo it to rank favorably with its sister cities of tho province. Sovillo and Cor dova. Honda has always been a town of horso tamers nnd smugglers, traits ho doubt derived from tho Moor; for tho Andnluslan hns in his blood something of tho oriental, which is reflected In his J speech, his manners and customs. Almost nil tho terms of farming and husbandry ho employs are Arabic, while tho danco and music 'ho revels In has a distinctly east ern character. He Invariably has, too, Jn his head somo idea of treasure finding, and, as many know to their cost, ho has succeeded in interesting with his "Spanish Pris oner's Treasure" talo many who own to havo been bit ten. Now, however, it seems as If thero was somo ground for tho treasure seekers' hallucination. Treas uro has been stated to havo been found, nnd in n apot whoro it might reasonably havo been expected to bo. Tho castlo of the Moorish king, in tho Callo San Pedro, Rondn, built in 1042 by n worthy fellow, Al Motabhcd, who nnd tho pleasing habit of converting tho skulls of his captured enemies Into Jeweled drinking cups, from which lio could drink his wine, and who must often havo gono forth to cool his heated head on the platform which to this day hangs over tho vast chasm of the Tajo, seeniB ready to reveal Its secret. Thero is already ono subterranean passage known, tho MIna do Ronda, which leads by a stair of 3G5 Btops, ono for every day in the year, to a grotto below which was excavated by Christian slaves at their Arab master's bidding, so as to Kovldo tho city with water In case of n slego, which gavo ?$o to tho proverb. "DIos me gunrde del zaquo le Rondh, slnco in such event the poor slaves would bo sot to tho ondless task of raising water from tho depths below. Whether it is a branch of this passage which has been found to lead to tho sub terranean galleries which report had always lo cated ns being under tho castle, wo havo not full information, but it seems reasonable to sup poso so. Ronda Itself is two towns In ono. There Is tho old Moorish town, whoso winding lanes play strange freaks of ups and downs, full of quaint small houses with heavy walnut doors and heav ily grated windows, sheltered by tho old Arab towors nnd walls, perched on a spur of the hills, circled by tho Guadelevln, which girdles It ns tho Tngus docs tho city of Toledo. Thero Is tho now town, which is more or less a typical Spanish town of badly paved streets and low white washed houses, but which Is the most Interesting to tho neighbors of Ronda, slnco It contains tho Plaza do Toros, whero tho Andaluslan bull pro vides bravo sport during tho annual Ferla, one of tho most intorcsting fairs in Spain, nnd which possesses this striking advantage that tho car casses of tho tired old hacks bestridden by tho picadores can bo cast over tho precipices which fringe it and left to tho scavenging offices oNthe vultures, which it pleases tho inhabitant to point out to tho unwary stranger as being tho moro kingly eagle. If you can concelvo a great rock cut In twain by a vast chasm having on its north part tho now town and on tho south tho old. you havo Ronda. Detwcon tho two halves at n dopth of nearly 400 feet bollB and swirls 'tho turbulent river, which still serves to turn tho Moorish mills, whero corn Is .ground In tho samo way ns it was dono flvo sovon nlno hundred years ngo. Looking down on them from tho now bridge or Porto Uuevo, which straddles with ono Blnglo Bpan tho narrowest part of tho black gulf, the mills look like toyB and tho mlllorB like ants. Tho brldgo Itself Is a marvel, 230 feet across and of Immense height. It cost its nrchttect his life, for, falling from tho parapets, ho was dashed to pieces in tho depths below. Ono mny pass oy i THE GREAT i BRIDGE WHICH SPANS THE GORGE OF THE GUAMLE0N AT RONDA is if I 1 it1" n i A QlAliT PART Iff TH OLD TOWN QF RONDA ria la Major, which in Moorish tlmo was a mosque and still retains somo of tho familiar cupolas, and going to Its right descend to tho two lower bridges, tho Puento do San Nlguol and n specimen of Moorish brldgo building, tho Pu ento VIego, finally descending to tho lowest Moorish mill, past which tho river dashes In seething rapids and from whlcITtho view to tho. great brldgo abovev which seems suspended in" the clouds, 1b a sight to bo remombored. When you ascend to tho now town and stand upon tho .public promenado with Its walled plat forms nnd look down upon tho clustering roofs of tho old town, tho fertile tilled land spread out below, tho river COO feet under you and the purplo mountains standing out clear and bold against tho blue sky, feeling tho fresh, exhilarat ing air blow upon your fuce, you can well Imag ine that the dwellers In Ronda cannot help be ing what thoy call themselves In their proverbs, "En Ronda los hombres n Ochenta son Polloncs" "In Ronda tho men at 80 are chickens," for they havo ovory Inducement to prosorvco tholr vitality and vivacity, though tAey tako good caro not to ovorwork themselves lu their flour milling, fruit growing and vino cultivation, tho wlno from which, nn excellent brand, may havo something to do with tho Andaluslan galoty of spirit, so unlike tho reservednoss of many of tholr countrymen. also tako a big pan of pay gravel and wash it until tho speekB of gold are freo from dirt. In their fur park! and buckluks they can trot besldo tho dog Bled on tho winter trnll and when tho Journey of soveral hundred miles Is over thoy can play Mendelssohn or Chopin on tho piano that takes up half tho room In tho Uttlo cabin. "Wo never sleep," declared a happy nrctlo houBokoopor. "In tho summer It Is light for 24 hours nnd It Is not worth whllo to go to bed and in tho winter, when it is dark for 24 hours, we havo to bo doing things to forgot tho darkness, so thero Is no chance to sleep," But wether thoy sleop or not thoy look fresh and untagged like tho days they go forth to bo Joyfully meet. WOMEN OF THE ARCTIC MOTOR CAR CIVILIZATION. Lot our wild people rush up ngalnst Mr. Auto nnd they will not want for n lesBon. Tho nuto, like wnr, Is bounding up nnd quieting nnd sooth ing our wild ComanchcB and Mohicans. Around our greatest cross streets ono no longer sees ancient Jackass stunts, no hollering or shrloklng and running; ovorybody la nil attontlon nnd, as fear of tho Lord is tho beginning of all wisdom, so a military attention in an nrmy of wild Wltlles Is the beginning of that blessed discipline which wo need. Now York Press. t the quaintly Interesting old church of Santa Ma- Every spring hundreds of ,brldes Journey to Alaska and fully ns many young women go north, with moro or less trepidation, to bo married, bo that tho number of homes in tho neighborhood of tho arctic clrclo grows larger each year. Tho trepidation only lasts whllo tho brides aro "cheo chalkos," or tenderfoot. After they havo watched tho Ico go out nnd nro real "sour doughs" thoy want no sympathy beennso fato sent them to a country whoro coal is ?30 a ton nnd lemons 1 DEGENERATED THROUGH TIME. Though "Snooks" as a name is hnrdly beaut! ful, its origin Is rcspectablo enough. Kindly pcoplo picked up a Httlo foundling boy nt Soven oaks afld started him In life nftor baptizing him "William Sovenoaks." Ho becamo lord mayor of London In tho reign of Henry V., wns knighted nnd died in 1432. Ho left benefactions to his natlvo placo thnt wero doubtless misused, ns wus his name, which degenerated to Snooks. FARM NOTE8. Good caro of tho cwo mny snvo tho (nmb. Docs tho barn Bmoll stuffy tlidso mornings? Fix that ventilator. Every moment that Is not vised to tho beat possible .advantage Ib wasted. Tho man Who turned his hog's in tho clover Hold now finds hjmsclf in finan cial clover. The man who plows with n purpose will always beat tho man who spurtn without planning. Thero Is no better tlmo than this to mnko thoso movable nests and roosts you havo been talking nbout. Sheep not only pay their own way but inako up for losses caused by scrub cows and other derelicts on tho farm. Do not be afraid to pralso tho chil dren for unuHual acts of ability. It gives them courngo nnd stimulates ambition. While you nro backed up to tho big Btovo In tho grocery store dbn't leave your team shivering in tho cold un blanketed. i In selling breeding stock, malo ori fcmnlo, never let big prices tempt you to let the top notchbrs go. If you do you will In tlmo bo ablo to produce anything but second rnto nnlmnls. Everything keeping nicely m tho cellar? An Iron kottlo filled with tho hot coals from tho kitchen Btovo nnd 'eot'bn tho ioor of tho qcllar ovory night will koep It dry nnd plcnsaut, but not too warm. On your way to town whllo wondor- Ing why you didn't havo moro eggs to tako In, try nnd rccnll how mnny dayB lately you havo lot tho hens' drinking water frcczcN up. Eggs nro lnrgoly composed of wnter; you muBt rcmombor that. RUNNERS FdR A PLANK SLED Easy Matter to Construct them If Di rections Are Carefully Fol lowed. A plonk alod Is n very useful fnrm Implement for uso in tho winter. They Aro not at all cxpcnslvo nnd nro easy of construction. A good method for making them follows: WAY TO VENTILATE CELLAR Good Method Sometlmeo Used Is to Dig Out Space In Front of Win dow, Making a Little Area. A collar thnt meets modern require--tnonts must bo "dug jln ground that is. VOll drained, cither naturally or by. artificial means. It must bo reraont-j boj-cd that a cellar is not, first of all, a $tororoom; It Is nn cGscntfa.) paH f, n well-planned bollfie, cspfifllally JlflCOi' 8ary in tho northern statjci njlielplng' to ; keep an equalilo ?enipornlure, and; if J(b walls nnd floor are what thcyj should bo it prevents dampness nnd' ground nir from rising Into tho house. 1 Good Cellar Ventilation. If tho houso Is set close to tha ground tho cellar windows must bo Wldo enough to compensate for their lack In height and must bo sot oppo site each other In order to Insuro good draft. A method that is sometimes used in to dig out a apaco' in front ot a window, making n Httlo nren which, lnld In cither brick or stone, mny bo whitewashed jmd reflect light into tho cellar as shown; 11 also nllows of sink Ing tho collar window doopor and ob taining bettor ventilation. BENEFITS OF STABLE MANURE Runners for Plank Sled. A nnd n nro tho runners of tho plank sled shown In tho accompany ing Illustration and aro mado of two Inch plank 10 Inches wldo nnd 8 fcqt long. Tho cross pieces nro mndo ot 2x4 material, tlireo fcot four Inches long, nnd nro mortised Into tho sldo planks as shown, nnd Bplkcd together. One of Its Valuable Features Is Its Salutary Effect Upon Physical . Condition of Soil. ; (Dy N. N. Peterson.) Tho vnluo of manuro is not to bo wholly mcnBurcd by its chemical con tent. Ono of tho most vnlunblo font uros of barnynrd manuro, a valuo. which . no commercial fertilizer con tains to any nppreclnblo degrco, is Ita salutnry offect upon tho physical con dition of tho soil. Tho fact thnt this mny not bo expressed in dollars nnd' cents in no degrco detracts from ita importance Every tlllor of tho Bolt knows decaying vcgetablo matter In; tho soil gives to it n qunllty, n power; of production, n capacity to retain! molsturo, and adds to its friability ns does nothing else. Organic mattor in barnyard ma-t nuro performs another Important func-i tlon -it sots Tret! some ot tho lockod-J up plant food that nlrcady resides In, tho soil. All soils contain great quan tities of fertility thnt is in such forms ns to bo useless to plants. Tho disso lution nnd decay of tho organlo mat ter tends to froo nnd mnko nvallablo' these stores of plant food. And tho decay of tho vcgetablo mattor also gonorntes mntorlulB which decom pose tho soil pnrtlclos nnd promoto: various soil nctlvltlcs which result In Increased productivity. In short, barnyard manuro from. nny source Is tho most valuable nnd, beneficial by-product of tho fnrm, and' its Intelligent preservation from loss and uso upon tho laud by tho farm er would provo of greater vnluo to tho world than all tho gold mines of tho continent can evor bo mado to yield. SAWBUCK MADE ADJUSTABLE One 8hown in Illustration That Will Commend Itself to Every Farmer In Sawing Logs. An adjustable aawbuck which Is shown herewith will commend itself Horse for Holding Logs. to every farmer who has to saw largo or long logs, says Farm and Homo It Is mado by boring n two-inch holo In two crotched logs nnd Inserting a stout cross stick in theso holes. This forms n pair of tripods which nay bo set In any position and for any slzo of logs. Vitality of 8eeds. Tho porlod for which tho seeds of different plants maintain tholr vital lty varies a good deal. Tho seeds of Bomo vegetables aro worthless aftor they aro two yeara old, whllo tho soeds of other plants lmprovo with ago until n certain porlod. For instance, tho Boods of artichokes Aro good until they uro threo years old; asparagus, four years; beans two years; kidney boans, ono year; beets, ton years; broccoli, four yenra; cabbage four years; carrot, ono year; cauliflower, four years; celery, ten years; corn tlireo years; cucumuor, ton years; eggplant, tlireo years; endive, four years; kalo, four yenra; look, two years; lettuce, threo yeara; ' molon ten years; pea, two yenra; pumpkin ton years; radish, four yoars; salsify, two years; Bpinacn, four years; squnsh, four yeara; tomato, two yoara and turnlpa, four yeara. How to Save Corn. Somo farmers neglect tho 25 to 60 cents that tho battonlng of cracks in the coop would cost, and each month food a dollar's worth of extra corn In order to supply tho animal heat needed. KEEPING PLANTS IN WINTER Great Danger of Too Much Heat and Care Must Be Taken Not to Over water When Growth Is Slow. Thero is groat danger to houso plantB in tho wlntor months by too much rather than too Httlo heat. A. cool sldo room off tho living room is a very dcslrablo placo for thorn, nnd thon bo careful nbout oyerwatorlne wjien plant growth Is bIqw, Tho Chlnoso nrlraroso Is ono" of tho best ot wlntor blooming plants, but It is much neglected for tho reason that somo little, skill nnd n good deal of, patlcnco nro required to raiso good. plantB from tha seed. For wlntor blooming nothing Is moro beautiful than tho oxalls, which comes In pink nnd whlto nnd laven ders. Threo or four bulbs of tho dif ferent colors plnnted in ono pot pro duce n flno offect. Chlneso lilies should bloom In flvo or six weeks nftor, planting. Put tho, bulbs in n glnss dish nnd fill tho boU torn of tho dish with pebbles nnd. odd shnped small stones. World's Wheat Crop, nroomhnll'a final osttmnto of tho 1909 wheat crop of tho world, places tho totnl wheat production ot tho whent ncrongo of tho world nt 3,347 million bushels, nn incronso of 285 million bushels over tho production la 1908, n 427 million bushel Incrcaso over the crop of 1907. Tho produc tion In Europo aggregated 1,872 bil lion bushels, being 1G0 million bushels over tho 1908 crop. Tho crops of North and South America roaches 1,040 million bushols, or 80 million bushols over lnat year. It Is llkoly that this great production will not bo moro thnn enough to supply tho demands of tho world's population. Beware of Fire. Glvo tho man who Is Inclined to Bmoko In tho barn n kindly invitation to do his smoking Bomowhoro olso. In half an hour ono spark of flro cau un do tho work of years. Chemical Fertilizers. Chemical fortlllzorB used haphazard aro often n poor Investment. Used with enro und calculation, thoy payi well.