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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1911)
TME SEW-WEEKLY TBIIOME LRA L. DARES, Publisher. TERMS, UB IN ADVANCE, WORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA i ' 1 NOT IN GOOD TASTE. Should a man go about with a suit caso bearing printed notices that he had been as far nway from homo at California, and had been to New York moro than onco and slopped at n hotel charging "threo dollars a day and up ward" or "patronized by wealth and fOBhlon"--or should ho employ somo' one to announce such facts at rnljroad stations, or at country houses whor ho arrives with his luggago to spend tho week-end, ha would be considered "Impossible." Yet this Is tho spirit In which label-adorned luggago Is cur rind about by moro than half of those who carry It, says tho Louisville Courier-Journal. And that 1b why they nro not only willing, but anxious, to glvo foreign hotels advertising space upon their trunks, boxes and bags, Bragging in red, whlto and green let1 tors of having crossed tho Atlantic or tho Pacific and having been qunr (cred at bigh-prlccd hotels while abroad Is not very good taste. II may be aatd truly enough that many travelers preferred n rusty and well worn portmanteau or "kip bag" bo fore tho Institution of tho label adver tisement, but thoy could at lenst plead modesty and assert tbnt they did not llko old luggngo for Its traveled np pcaranco, but disliked now bags bo causa of tho attention they attracted Tho only cscnpo for tho bearer of la bcl-plastorcd baggno Is to assort thai ho objects to tho custom. Awakening China has taken anothoi leaf from tho cxperlcnco book of the progressive west. Sbn la going to cs tabllsh playgrounds In her cities. II was during tho recent ravages of tlx plaguo in tho crowded cmplra that some of tho moro enlightened of hci rulers made the observation that west crn civilization was freo from such wide-spread destruction of llfo ai China had witnessed, onys tho Clovo land Plain Dealer. When they-Bought an explanation of tho freedom ol western peoples from dcudly epl demlcs, they did not look far until they found it In tho attention gives to producing healthful living condl lions. First of all tho recent Im provements they decided to seize wai that of tho scattering of brcathlnn spots In tho cities. Now Antung Is tc have a playground oporatcd on tlx most modern of American plans. Pub lie subscription provided for tho pur chase of a large tract of land, which Is being fitted In such a way Is to moot tho demands of every class of the city's population. A brightly polished Iron golf clut Attracted n bolt of lightning which killed a golfer while he was playing on a Washington course. Better lot the Irons get a Uttlo rusty. It thono steamship companies con tinue to Increase tho elzq of thcli liners, wo shall soon be ablo to wdlli from ono end of tho boat to tho other and bo half way across. A man has succeeded lit crossing from Providonco, It. I., to Gibraltar In a twenty-foot yawl. Goodness, how h must havo wanted to get away from Providonco. Dcsperadoos who tried to rob a wan In Soattlo recently ran away when their Intended victim began to recite poetry. It may pay you to read poetry. Chicago has an Enoch Arden who camo homo after an nbsonco of twelve years, tried to smash tho furnlturo, nnd was fined $75, Tho original Enoch was by all oddB the luckier of the two. A movement has sprung up to havo the clocks roll off 24 hours straight, and a man may yet try to use hla latch key at 22 o'clock which would be by no means unduly late. A St. Louts judge says he finds newspaper reporters ns honest and reliable as lawyers. Somo of tho re porters will consider It a left-banded compliment. A woman In Connecticut ordered tho ravings of her lifetime to bo spent on her funeral. An the sagacious man In "The Mlkado".remarkcd, thoro was plouty of fun, but she didn't see It St. Paul's business men who plan to move tho bed of tho Mississippi river will perhaps put It on castors, Facts ehow that It is hotter to be ehakcu around In a steel car that leuves the rails than squeezed' and cremated In a wooden car that col lapses and burns. Uurdly upproprlate to cull an noro plane a "roadster." Wouldn't "cloud Btcr" bo better? If potatoes aro to become legal ion dci cash rcglstors will havo to bo re built, . ' V ATknr rvTSHnrrt Cities ."Eccentric Millionaire's Will is Void NEW YORK. A Jury in tho supremo court found that a man who dances around with a cut-glass bowl on hln head for a helmet, oven though he Id worth a million dollars and mndo it by means of his own In genuity, Is not in any mental condi tion to maka a will. Tho eccentric testator wan Alexun dor Mlllor of Brooklyn, owner of tho Vulcan Iron Works, and ho made a will In which ho cut off his widow, Mrs. Mary Ella Mlllor, with $12,G00. leaving tho great bulk of hio estato to his brother and sister. Mrs. Mil ler, by her own testimony nnd through tho testimony of other wit nesses, proved that her husband was eccentric beyond tho highest known Brooklyn records for eccentricity. Beforo his death two years ago Mr. Miller manifested his scorn for tho conventions by giving barefoot din Lure of the City Reaches Out to Farms ST. LOUIS, MO. -Sixty per cent of tho young, men who wear bluo uni forms on tho trolley cars nro farmoro' sonB. MoBt of them havo pulled and tugged ut plow-lines over tho bncks of rofrnctory mulcB long boforo they ovor pulled a bell cord In this city. Half tho clarks (In tho big railway offices lu St. Louis nro boys from the smaller cities nnd tho llttlo railway stations whero tho fnst trains novor stop. Fifty out of every hundred of tho young men who aro putting kinks in tholr Bplnen and ruining their eye sight over long columns of freight earnings nnd "ton miles," know when to plant potatoes and bow to plow corn. Every other wnitrcss In tho uulek lunch places down town was onc6 n country laesie. That is, thoy were born und raised up in ono of those llt tlo towns that dot and spccklo tho Btnto mapn. Thirty out of 40 of tho men who run trains, hammor tel egraph keys nnd mnko out bills of lading for tho railway systems were recruited from tho farms. Many of the llttlo stenographers who scurry in and out of tho ofllco buildings nt lunch hour were once upon a timo little pig tailed lassies, who played about (ho big yards of somo llttlo half forgotten town with olm shaded streets. When a middle aged man or woman goes into tho city to maka his or Home-Made Bread 'JYOUTAKEYOui? lUFEINTOUH HANDS every TIME VOU EAT Homemade n!3tL BREAD I KANSAS CITY, MO. Tho National Association of Master Bakers de voted a part of tholr annual convention to tho housewife who bakes hor own broad. Sho waa pictured in ovory po sition. Tho bakers showed tholr sor row for hor by upplaudlug ovory refer onco to tho hot kitchen lu which sho has to work to turn out tho homemade product for hor fnmlly, They do clnrod sho should bo rescued from hor Blavory and tho only way to effect a roscuo was through bakcrB' broad. That tho modern housowlfo produces a soggy article or ureaa ana is com mlttlng murdor In allowing It to bo oaton. was the statement mndo by Paul Schulzo of Chicago, president of tho association. "Thlc country Is full of housewives who nro proud of tholr cooking and who think thoy nro doing Notorious Firebug CHICAGO. Six men aro In custody hero and thu arrest of another hns been ordored by tho pollco In connection with tho operations of an alleged nrBon ring which caused a property loss of $1,000,000 during tho last twclvo months. Threo other men, including a former policeman, aro bo lug sought by tho pollco In connec tion with tho alleged conspiracy. Tho arrests wore mado after David Kor shnk, the alleged leader of tho (Ire bug gung, hud mado a statement Im plicating several business men In tho alleged arson conspiracy. Korshak In a statement mndo to the pollco declared that 75 per cent, of all fires In Chicago lu tho lust llvo ycarc wero of Incendiary origin, and wcro cllhor tho work of tho proprie tors of tho building or of professional flrebugfl. Ho sayu thoro aro mora than a hundred men In Chicago who maka a good living by setting lira to buildings, to cnablo tho owners to collect largo suma of Insurance; that tho firebug Is usually paid a lump sum In advanco, but that sometimes ho works on commission, receiving a percentage of tho Insurance money. ner parties In tho homo and presiding nt the festive board in his under-, shirt. If tho gucstB appeared to Mr. Miller In any way bored ho got ui( and performed for them. His favor ite stunt wao to put tho cut glass salad bowl on his head nnd then danco n sprightly sarnband aroundj tho tablo. Tho mlUlonniro Iron manufacturer, also possessed original Ideas on serv ing oystors. Ho had a basket otj .bivalves taken into tho library, whera ho oponcd them on a mahogany table As ho opened each oyster ho- liuiicd thosshclls nt tho portraits of his an cestors which decorated tho wall. Whenever ho scored a hit upon tho countenance of nn ancestor In oil, Mr Miller would, pauso In his bombard ment to carve tho initials of said ancestor on the mahogany table, call ing upon his guests to follow his ex ample. Ho decorated much of his costly furnlturo In this manner. Mrs. Milter declared that her tato, husband wns vory fond of plnylng mumblypcg on tho mahogany chairs. It also gavo him unbounded amuse ment to drive hln wife out Into the street, then rush out after her andj bog her to como back. THE CITY SURE LOOKS COOD TO .12 E I - her homo thoro, It Is nlno chances to ton that thoy havo failed nt ovory thing they hhvo ovor tried In tho llt tlo cities, and havo como to tho big town to start n boarding or a room ing house, And nine out of every ten of thorn Is cor tain that tho city, any city. Is tho very wickedest of wicked places. Back In the country, whero thoy como from, tho big town wna- hold up to them ns a symbol of sin. Tho older folks talked In low tones of Its snares and pitfalls, of tho Bin and degrada tion that woro ovorywhero In tho big town. Why do thoy como? Many of them fall to drag themselvos back to tnko up llfo Whero they left it out on tho farms. Tho groat majority manage to live on tho salaries thoy receive or tho wages they nro able to earn, A few of them bocomo wealthy and successful, and nro ablo to go back and buy up n wholo township nround tho old home stead, If thoy dcslro. Declared Murderous tholr duty by baking at homo," Mr. Schulzo said. "Tho long-suffering Btora achs of thjolr fnmlllos continue to pay tho penalty of this mistakon sense of duty. "Tho American housowlfo tho American mother of today Is "an earn est and senslblo Individual, but very sot In hor wnyB.' Sho Is still influenced by tho working methods adopted In her girlhood. "Ono thing which wo bakcra In tho largor cities boo most plainly today- is tno absolute necessity of educating tho housowlfo to quit baking at homo. Lot us como forward. Lot us show these woraon that homo baking is wrong. Let us show them tho over whelming bcnefltB of buying bread baked In a sanitary bakery," Mr. Schulzo told of n Chicago worn nn who had built up a business sell ing "health broad," n homo product Sho brought him a loaf nnd wanted to soil the formula. "I cut Into tho loaf," said Mr. Schulzo, "and saw that the center wan unbaked dough. 1 hn'vo boon wondering since whnt effect that woman's 'honlth bread' hns had on the death rate in Chicago. Sho was un questionably committing murdor." Gang is Revealed Korshak said that In all his Arcs ho UBed jugs llllcd with Knsollne. to which ho set tiro, with tho result tbnt flames rapidly Bprcad to all parts of the structure Ho fled from Chicago after ho was chargod with havinc set flro to tho stora of. Leopold DroyfuB st Co., wholesale, cldthlors, Juno 3 this year. Both Lcanold nml I.nrnr1 nrvr,,0 . ' u ', , members of tho firm, woro arrested on suspicion immediately after tho nro. Threo days later Leopold Droy fus mado n statement implicating uorsnaK anu men committed sul duo. hazard Dreyfus was charcod with conspiracy, and tho caao against him Is ppndlng. Threo barrels of gasoline aro sold to havo been used In firing tho plant of tho Northwest ern can company. TO ELECTRIFY WATER Benefits Which Are Said to Be Secured Are Two-Fold. System It Expoctod to Materially In crease Crops and to Combat Effec tually Drought, Insects and' Other Troubles. (FltOM THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.) Wo havo had occasion In the'so col umns to refer repeatedly to experi ments cnrrlcd on by Sir Oliver Lodga and others on tho Influence of electric ity on tho growth of plants. Mr. Emlllo Olsson of Buenos Aires, Argon, tlno Republic, at present In tho Unit ed States, has of late yeara been giv ing his attention to the practical de velopment of a process in which It Is proposed to mako use of electrified water for Bprlnkllng fields. Tho In ventor clalmB that hla experiments demonstrato tho practlcnl utility of such a procedure. Tho bcnefltB which nro said to be secured nro two-fold. First, thoro Is a direct advantago to the plants, and secondly, Mr. Olsson states that according to his observa tions various harmful InsectB and other organisms aro destroyed be causo of hla process. Tho need or artificial Irrigation la severely felt In mnny places whero, owing to tho naturo of the climate, long terms of drought havo to bo con tended with. It is particularly In such districts as theso that Mr. Olsson proposes to Introduca his system, by tho aid of which ha expects to In crease tho crop and to combat effec- tually drought, Insects nnd other troubloB. Tho coat of tho Olsson sys tem Is estimated at a figure which Is quite modcrato as compared with tho bcnefltB to bo derived. Tho cost of installation for tho sprinkling appa ratus is figured at (50 to (100 per acre, according to local conditions. Tho system Is very simple. Tho RRIGATI0N OF AN ORCHARD Not Necessary1 to Use Water tn Such Quantities as to Transform High way Into Mudpuddle. It is not necessary In tho irriga tion of an orchard to use water In such quantities or In such mannor as to transform tho adjacent highway In to a continuous mudpuddle for tho length of tho farm, or If tho road Is on n grado wash deep gullleB in It and thus mako travel either disagree ablo or dangerous, as is bo often Ille gally dono In our Irrigated districts, writes S. O. Jayno in tho Denver Field and Farm. Again, at the oppo site extreme nro Instances In which only a small head of -water Is used and nono Is permitted to run off tho field, yet tho loss Is as groat In pro portion to tho amount applied, as when it runs into a road. This may occur through a dcslro on the part of tho Irrigator to bo economical. Tho water Is applied In homeopathic quan tities, at frequent Intervals, not enough at ono tlmo to thoroughly moisten tho ground, nnd as n result of tho subse quent baking of tho top soil In the Bhnllow furrows, practically all tho wa ter applied quickly eBcapos by evap oration and accomplishes no good. Vory often much water Is wasted, or at least excessive amounts arc needed for orchards because of undue hasto In planting nnd lack of care In first properly grading nnd preparing tho land bo that the trees may bo econom ically Irrigated. This is a matter that should always bo given careful atten tion, for patience tn getting the or chard established haB sometimes mado It necessary to replant and la Invarla by a sourco of aggravation, oxponse and waste for years. We know by ex perience that depth of furrows used In irrigating bears a marked Influence upon tho rate at which evaporation takes place and Is thcroforo a factor to bo taken Into account In checking losses by this causo. When they nro mado only threo Inches deep, the losses aro three times as great as In cases whero tho water Is applied In furrows twelve Inchos in depth. Tho uso of furrows shorter than those com monly mndo would llkowlso maka a considerable saving possiblo In most Instances, Coal Ashes on' Stiff Clay, Coal ashes havo no particular fer tilizes value, yet they aro good for stiff elay guidon soil, making It tlghtor and easier to work. Wood nshos aro nn excellent gonornl fertil izer tor both tho vcgetnblo and ftowor garden, as Is also soot from stovos and pipes. watcr Is raised to a suitable height by a motor or traction engine. Tho supply mny bo drawn from a river, stream, artesian well, or nny other suitable source. ,Two high towers may bo Installed, from which pipes aro sus pended by means of suitable support ing cables. Tho pipes apply circular spray nozzles which rovolvo automat ically, and flvo to ten acres of land can readily bo thus supplied with an evenly distributer shower of water. When It Is desired to uso electrified water, a reservoir is used, Into which tho water Is pumped, to bo subse quently distributed In tho manner In dicated above. Tho reservoir consists of un Iron tank placed on nn Insulated support nnd charged from a dynamo supplying 0.6 nmpero at 110 volts, The Iron wall of tho tank serves as posl tlvo pole; tho ncgatlvo polo consists of a copper wirb Insulated nil except tho tip. It Is claimed that certain chemical reactions tnko placo in tho vater, with production of oxygen, ozone, and hydrogen peroxldo at tho nnodc, and that certain of tho prod ucts formed nro beneficial to tho plants. Mr. Olsson further suggests that this electrification of the wnter would' tend to purify It and -ender It bettor for drinking purposo3. Mr. Olsson has installed hlB appara tus In a plantation near Buenos Aires nnd states that by tho use of etx Bprlnkllng nozzle's nt a height of flvo motors abovo ground somo GOO acres of ground under cultivation wcro treat ed with beneficial results. Tho appa ratus has also been adopted by tho municipality of Buenos Aires and Is giving satisfaction In tho public parks nnd gardens In that city. Mr. Olsson also states that- during the long drought from which tho republic suf fered for over six months In 1910, ho (FHOM THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.) Irrigation by Means of Artificial Rain. was ablo to produco a very flno crop of alfalfa and vegetables and to supply tho owners of raco horses with fresh rodder. By Installing1 a system of arti ficial Irrigation over somo part of their crop, farmers should bo able to lnsuro themselves against drought, falling back upon artificial Bprlnkllng In caso natural rain falls. POULTRY NOTES. A ?10 rooster Is generally cheapot than a $2 one. Tho good blood will toll tho second year. Oystor shell Is absolutely tho best sholl making food for tho hons. Keep it beforo thorn constnntly. Tho market gardon furnishes a large amount of wasto products which may be utilized for poultry food. Tho Mlirrh nnllntn urn tha nnou ihnl will begin to lay In Novembor If thoy nnvo beon given tho proper care. It you buy a homor that has large warts on his beak you may bo auro that It Is moro than two years old. The best place In tho world for tho poultry yard Is tho orchard any kind of nn orchard whero Insects abound. A woman who makes a success of poultry raising hna tho laugh on the man who makes a failure at farming. A hen Is a good doal llko a cow; sho likes to bo lot alono to wander at hor own sweet will wherever sho pleases. Keeping many breeds Is a poor way to Buccoed. Got down to ono or two varieties and glvo them tho best of care. Duck eggs do not hatch as well If thoy r.svA to bo washed. Therefore koop tho duck pen bedded with clean littor. If the hens wero compelled to work n uttlo Harder tuese days for whnt grain they get It would bo a good thing for them. It Ib almoBt,a wasto of time on your part as well as that of tho hen to sot her In n nest and In a house in fested with vermin. The poultry raiser who is too lazy to keop his poultry houso absolutely freo from vermin does not deservo success nor will he havo It. Eggs in March and early In April mny not provo as fertile as those laid In "nature's" own tlmo, but onco hatched, you can hardly kill an early chick. Now Is the tlmo to begin to think. of tho molting season and prepare for It Study tho subject carefully as It has nn Important bearing on winter egg production. Winter eggs aro eggs of gold nowadays. Twp Forms of Power, 1 For pumping water I prefer a wind mill, aa It Is tho chonpost power, but tor grinding feed a guBollno engine 1b best I Jmvo used n windmill for ton years, says a writer In nn exchange It cost mo $U0 completo, and the ox ponse for repairs has not exceeded flvo dollars. Wo always havo plenty of water and supply about1 sixty head of horses and cattlo and fifty head of hogs tho year round. Tho well Is 2-JO feet deep and tho supply tank holds 40 barrols, WOMAN ESCAPES OPERATION WasCuredbyLydinE.Pink ham'sVegetable Compound Etvrood, Ind. "Your remedies hava cured mo nnd I havo only taken sir bottlos of Lydla JJ. -finicnam's vegota- was sick throo months and could not walk. I suf fered all tho tlmo. Tho doctors said I could not get well without an opera tion, for I could htirdly stand tho pains in my sides, especially my right ono, nnd down my richt leer. I bctran to fcol bottor when I had taken only ono bottlo of Compound, but kept on ns I was afraid to stop too soon." Mrs. Sadie Mullen, 2728 N. U. St., El wood, Ind. Why will womon tako chances with nn operation or drag out a sickly, half-hearted existence missing1 three fourths of tho joy of livlnff, when thoy can find health in Lydla E. Plnkham's Yogotablo Compound? v Por thirty years It has been tho standard remedy for fomalo ills, and has cured thousands of women who havo been troubled with such all monts as displacements, inflammation,' ulceration, fibroid tumors, irregulari ties, poriodio pains, backache, indiges tion, nnd nervous prostration. If you lmvo tho slightest doubt that Lydla E. Pinlcham's Vegetable- Compound will help you, write to Mrs. Plnkham at Lynn, Mass., for ndvico. Your lottcr will bo absolutely confidential and tho ndvico free ADDED 'EM UP. ana- Hlx You said your gun would shoot 000 yards. Dix I know I did. Hix It's marked to shoot oply 450 yards, Dix I know, but there are two barrels. One Cure for Sarcasm. Bunsen always was sarcastic. One evening Inst week when he got 'home his wife hod a new hnt to show him. It was somo hat. Anybody could have seen that It was tho final phraso In female headgear. But Bunsen started to mako re marks. He said It looked as If It had been trimmed by a cross-eyed milliner on nn empty stomach. An ho mado a lot of other disparaging remarks. Mrs. Bunsen was almost in tears. Bunsen had to go Into tho other room to have a quiet laugh at her expense Tho next day ho had forgotten nil about tho hat. Tho day after that ho was reminded of jt. Mrs. Bcnscn handed him a bill for retrlmmlng that, hat $18.34 1$ camo to. Bunson paid It without a murmur and said the revised edition of tho hat was just exactly right. He is not criticizing hats any more. , Wifely Sarcasm. "I hear thoy aro wearing nothing but old clothes at Plunkvillo-undor-the-Peak. That's tho placo for you to go, wife." "Yes. I can tako soven trunks of old clothes. If old clothes nro tho racket, I can make a splurge." How About It? It may also bo true that tho roll ing moss gathers no rocks. r The Flavour of Post Toasties Is so distinctly pleasing that it has won the liking of both young and old who never before cared much for cereal food of any kind. Served direct from the package-crisp and fresh, and "The Memory Lingers" Pootum Cereal Company, Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich.