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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1911)
KEEPING SWINE HEALTHY IS For the HAfirtY AND HI8 AIRSHIP. Harry built nn nlrslilp To sail up In the Uys He told hi little slater Uo meant to snll "on high." lie worked All mornlnK on It; ' Uo worked nit afternoon; I to nald lie wished to flnlah Ilia wondrous airship soon. When done, lie climbed aboard It, And cried to sister, dear: mm OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE WILBUR P. N65B1T There is No Theme Upn Farm Thai Will So Benefit Farmer; as to Keep Quarters and Surroundings in Sanl- , ' t'ary Condition Where Hogs are Kept Guard Against Cholera. untm HOW TO MAKE, A TELEPHONE Detailed DlVectlons Given With Illus tration Showing Construction of Instrument. I wanted to build a telephone set Bomo time ago, and mndo a transmit ter llko tho sketch. I found that if lt.wno placed in any part of a large room tho slightest whispers could he plainly heard, a watch could ho heard ticking, and If a fly walked upon tho box that formB the base every step sounded loud and plain. It Is easy to mako and very cheap, says a writer In tho Chicago Tribune. Get two pieces fly w T-h Home-Made Telephone. f of carbon ono inch long (carbon that the electrician throws aw'ay when ho Axes the corner arc light will bo all right). Scrapo ono end of each down to a point with a file or a knlfo and smooth It oft with a plcco of cloth; It will rub into a nlco polish (o c). Get two pieces of spring brass or c6p per flvo inches long, bend them up straight ono Inch from tho end and punch a nolo In tho short bend, as in tho sketch (a). Mako two llttlo clips to clnsp the carbon as in tho sketch fc; theso aro made of spring brass 2 Inchos long, ono inch of each end being bent up straight, and solder them to tho top of the longest cndB of the springs (s). Get n pleco of brass three inches long and bend up one inch from tho end; this brass should bo one-half Inch wldo and one eighth inch. thick. A holo la drilled In tho bottom big enough to let a C-32 machine screw pass through. In tho long end drill and tap for 6-32 ma chine scrow; tills must be done by a machinist or blacksmith. It will be Uono for tC fow cents. A sounding box ID needed A clgdr box will bo just right for this. Tear tho lid on, nnd on tho bottom drill two holes two inches apart, and screw tho two brass springs to this by passing brass machine screws through tho holos and using a small nut on tho Inside of tho box; theso screws aro 6-32x Inch. One-half inch from ono spring screw tho scrow holder (h) by the short end to tho box in the samo way. AEROPLANE IS VERY-AMUSING Imitation of Flight GlVen as Closely as Possible Without Atten dant Danger. Tho aeroplane has not yet reached a Btago that would warrant its use as a means of thrills for tho general pub lic at amusement parks. Tho next best thing, therefore, is some devlo that will glvo as close as imitation of flight as possible without the attend' ant danger of real flight, and the np paratUB shown in tho illustration has Aeroplane Amusement Device. been evolved to this end. Tho aoro nlnnes used aro Provided with two comfortable double beats, and havo bearing wheels which run on an elc vntnil mnno-rnll. Guldo rails aro lo ruled three or four feet below tho bearing rati to keep the aeroplanes from tipping over. To carry tno uo rr-nUnn of actual flvlnz as far as nos nlhln each mnchlno Is nrovlded with a guiding or elevating plane and a con trolling wheel. A Big Bonfire. Ono of the largest bonfires tho 'World ever saw was kindled about forty years ago on tho Malvern hills In Great Britain. It waB seen at a ' distance of sixty or seventy nHles Tho materials employed made a stack thirty feet high and thirty feet square, Thero woro used in building this pllo 4D0 fagots, twelve poplar trees, two tons of coal, five cords of wood, four loads of hoop poles, two loads of furze, two barrols of tar, twelve empty tar barrels and a barrel of naphtha This mass of lnflammablo material was piled on n hilltop 1,000 feet high Thero have been much larger fires in nearly overy largo city, but this holds the record for "fun flres." riM.it I it A llttlo country boy during a visit to the city was obliged to drink con- denscu mint. "Mamma," ho said, "I'm glad wo . . i . a ai don t navo condensed cuwo hi uumo. "Look out! T think I'm rising, You mustn't como too near." Hut not an Inch budged nlrslilp; In vain young Henry tried: Ho roaxrd, ho pushed, he lifted! Then sprang ho out and cried! "Well, Just stay there, old nlrshlpt I'd not sail, anyway, I'd rather play with slater: And on tho nafo earth stay." EXCELLENT AS A PLAYHOUSE Made of Old Cardboard Boxes and Folds Into Flat Surface Amus ing for Qlrls. A toy to help tho little girls "play house" has been devised by an Illinois mnn, but any bright boy can mako ono for his little sister. Tnko some old cardboard boxes that aro in good con dition tho heavier tho cardboard tho bettor and cut them up till you havo seven pieces a foot or fifteen Inches square In ono of theso cut a large. window, like thoso Been in some par lors; In two of the pieces cut windowB of ordinary stze, nnd in two others cut out flections for doors. Tho remaining two pieces aro to bo UBcd as inside partitions. Cut Btrlpa of cloth an Inch wldo and the longth of tho house walls, and by gluing theso strips along two edges of two walls tho whole sev en can be hinged together with ,the big window In tho center, tho door sections adjoining It, tho other win- Toy for Playing House. dbw pieces on the ends nnd tho parti tions In between. This forms a three room Iioubo, tho Interior of which cun bo decorated with paper, pictures and curtains according to tho tnsto nnd ability of tho decorator. BOYS ORGANIZE UNIQUE CLUB r They Thought They Would Follow Example of Their Elders Methods Entirely Original. Boys aro Imltativo creatures. They llko to do what thoy see their elders doing and sometimes they improve on tho cxamplo set them. A club womnn fells a story of how hor small nophow nnd his friends caught tho organiza tion fever and got up a club of tholr own. Tho methodB of the Junior Ath letic club woro entirely original, Its business seemed to consist principally of electing and expelling members, tho samo member being taken In and put out again Bovcral times a week. "What did you do at your meeting?" (ho aunt Inquired ono day, "Wo 'lected some ofllcers." "Why, you elected officers last week." "Yea, but they didn't act good, bo wo thought wo'd 'lect some new ones. "Tom can't como much," went on the clubman, "so wo made him a premonitory member." "A what? Do you mean honorary?" "Yes, I guess that's It. Ho has to pay dues, but ho doesn't havo to como unless ho can." This implied merely that Tom was exempt from being seized by tho neck nnd brought Into tho meeting without his own volition. "And, you see, ho's got to bo honor ablo," added the small boy, severely. "Wo'vo got a dollar," ho continued, "In the treasurerl Has your club got any more than that?" "A llttlo more," meekly replied the aunt, whoso club Is ono of tho largest In tho country. A Wonderful Cave of Ice. No ono knows how many wonderful caves, more oxtenBlvo, perhaps, than tho vnst mammoth cave of Kentucky, yet remain to be discovered. Not long ago some boys accidentally found tho entrance to a marvelous cavorn of Ice at tho foot of Cow mountain in Colo rado, Threo great chnmbers of It al ready havo been opened, the walls and ceilings of whlch-oro covered with great masses of lo In grotcsquo forms. In tho center of one of tho rooms is a lake nearly fifty feet square with no apparent outlet. What an excellent refrigerator such n cavo would make! It would supply the needs of a whole city. "I love tho fly, the huts fly Which buzzes on tho wall; When It In flight goes zooming by I do not caro at all. I do not lift my hand to. smite Nor sticky paper spread I lovo to hear tho tricksy sprite Go humming round my head. "My head Is buld as any egg, 'lis baro from ear to ear, And when a fly would scratch Us leg' Against It, t,t brings chocr. I am not one who nulls ft frown And gives a raucous whoop when somo poor fly may tumble down Into his plate of soup. "Ah, no. I lift the poor fly out And once more set It free; To see It sailing roundabout Is happiness to me. I havo an auto that can race, I havo ft yacht that's fine, ' I have n town and country place, A bank account Is mine. v "My wlfo wears Jewels big nnd rare, She has two hundred hats, And alio can buy tho finest hair Also the largest rats. My daughter's married to a prince Who hue a ruined' hall; I lovo tho fly, I tell you, slnco The fly has. dono It all. My, son wears an outlandish suit And yolls a college yell: Wo nlwnys cat Iniportcd fruit And live exceeding well. I love tho fly I'll tell you why Prosperity I've got: I mako tho swatters that you buy Tho llttlo fly to swnt." SCIENTIFIC NOTE8. Ico cream containing no moro than 0,000,000 bacteria to tho cubic contl- meter is consiuoreu saie. xnia means about 18,000,000 to the square inch. IJy countjPS them flvo at a tlmo you will not delay your dinner much. Tho force of gravity decreases with tho distance from tho earth. Thus, when you fall downstairs, you do not fall nearly so hard at tho top of the flight as when you aro at the bottom Tho theory that a cold In tho head Is caused by a germ which does not becomo active until tho feet become wet or cold is now placed in conflict with tho fact that legless men havo colds In their heads. Whllo reading It requires ono-mll Month part of a second for tho Idea to bo transmitted from the retina of tho eyo to the brain, This is in somo cases; in others It is impossible to transmit tho idea In a million years. It requires ono hundred years for tho light of somo of tho fixed stars to travel to the earth. By that time it has forgotten what it camo for. Tho Oyster. The oyster is a calm, unemotional Institution. A clam Is alleged to bo happy at limes, but tho oyster never manifests much feeling. If any. The oyster grows its own clothes; and as It spends all of Its time in its bed, Its needs to grow but one sort. If tho oysters were to bo inspired by the modern fever of advancement and social life. It would havo to grow eight or. nine suits or dresses, as tho case might be. Oysters aro prepared for food by removing their shows, which then be come mother-of-pearl. Many peoplo havo become fabulously rlc,h bocauso pearls aro found in oysters. Theso peoplo becomo rich by selling tho oys ters. Tho oyster has nover been success fully trained to do a turn In vaude ville Agreement. "O. I don't know that alio Is so beautiful," says tho ilrst Individual "Not beautiful? Has sho not a mar ble brow, an Ivory skin and ruby lips? Not fieau i "Conceding all that, am I not Justl fled In asserting that she has a hard face?" The Old Rakcl Old Gentleman What a pretty lit tlo lady. Five-year-old Boston Girl Sir, I'll call a policeman if you annoy me fur then Life. COLONY HOUSES FOR POULTRY Less Liability of Spread of Dlceaso Where Flocks Can Be Kept Sep arate and Qlvcn Range. Thero aro many advantages In, keeping fowls In amnll flocks. There Is less liability to tho spread of dtflj ease and they may bo given fret! range. Although tho. colony hous.5 would coot moro than n long building, The Keyes Colony Houso. thero aro no fences to put up and they may bo occasionally moved to cleiyi. uucontnmtnntcd ground, says tho Farm and Homo. jTolony houses can bo built any "bIro desired, but ono largo enough to ac- commodato from 40 to GO fowls will gljo best results. Two types of nouses are snown norowim, mo ah linghast houso Is ono of many In use on, tho largo poultry nnd fruit fnrm of G. G. Tllllughast of Hnrtrord coun ty, Conn. It is built of n single thick ness of boards and Id divided Into tv6 compartments, ono being used for laying nnd Blooplng qunrters and the other for a scratching shed. A better and somewhat moro ex pensive houso 1b tho Iieyos houso, which la 10x20 feet, 4 feet high nt the oaVea and 8 foot at tho ridge. Thrco roosts run across tho short way of tho Iioubo ut tho rear end, which Is mndo tight. Thero Is a door in front nnd a lnrgo window nt the west side, which Is closed with n glass sash In Bovero - weather. Otherwise tho houso Is open both day and night, tho door and window being covered with wlro nottlng. Over 20 of these houses nro Used on a Massachusetts poultry farm. They nro also used largely by Mr. Tllllnghast, who builds A Tllllnghast Colony House. them of Inch matched boards, both sides and roof. Tho ono Illustrated Is covered with a good grado of pro pared roofing. CARE OF POULTRY DROPPINGS Only Way to Save Nitrogen Is to Get Fresh Manure Into Soil Immedi atelyHeats Rapidly. (By II. B. SPECK.) Somo yoirs ago Peruvian and other guanos wero largely used by farmers. When pure theso guanos consisted of tho mnnu.ro of sea birds. In tho rain less regions of the west coast of South Amorlca vnst numbers of sea blrls go to certain Islands to breed and roost. As It seldom or never rains thore, tho manure dries rapidly. Mixed with it are bodies of dead birds and fish, on which tho birds feed. This matorlal Is dug up nnd crushed into a powder and makes a flno fertilizer. Some farmers had an idea that hen manure Is as valuable as this guano because both aro bird manure. This Is not so. Tho valuo of ninnuro de pends on what tho nnlninl ents. Theso eoa birds llvo largely on fish food rich in nltrogon and phosphoric ncld. Naturally tholr manuro Is richer than that of hens fed largely on grain. Every ono knows that ground Hsh or meat would provo a bottor ferti lizer than corn monl. Tho snmo dlf ferenco must bo found In tho manuro mndo from feeding them. Another difference Is found In tho fact that tli)) guano Is promptly dried onu nas no cnanco to neat and fcr ment, thus driving off Its nltrogon. On tho other hnnd,tvcry ono who keeps poultry knows how quickly hen ma tmrc gives off ammonia, for this la plainly evident In the smell. As hen manuro is usually handled, probably half Its nltrogon Is lost In this way. With other farm animals tho solids and liquids nro voided separately and as all know the liquids contain most of tho available plant food and aro most likely to forment and send off nmmonla, In tho hen tho solids and liquids aro voided together. Most of Its nitrogen Is In tho form of uric acid, which decays rapidly nnd forms ammonia quickly. When It Is left ex pouod so It will heat thoro Is groat Iosb. Keep Yards Clean. Kcop tho poultry yards cleaned up and allow nothing that has been loft unenton by the fowls to accumulate and decompose. A Desirable ny anonoB w. nnowN, Ohio.) Thero lo "no' thomo upon tho farm that will so benefit tho farmer as to keep the quarters nnd surroundings of tho fnrm In a sanitary and health ful condltton whero awlno aro kept. Nowhere will nn outbreak of chol era becomo so disastrous nn upon tho farm whero theso nnlmnls nro kept, with dirty, filthy surroundings, and no caro taken in tho disinfection of tho nesting plncos and Blop troughs during tho summer tlmo. Upon our farm wo havo never prac- tlcod tho method -of koeplng n hord of Bwlno in ono plnco very long, and uovcr do wo fatten out moro than ono bunch of animals In tho samo flold in ono year, preferring rather to shift our operations about from plnco to place. Wo havo no permanent quartorn, but rely upon tho service of tho cot, shown In tho illustration. Theso bunks can bo ahlfted about easily upon runners, and many times each year aro changed from ono. field to another, or from ono pen to an other, thus wo always havo the ani mals In fresh Bleeping quarters, nnd upon fresh forage. Whllo tho animals are located upon a now range, wo break up tho old rango, cropping It In sdmo profltablo farm crop, thus get Vlng tho benefit of all excrement from tho animals, profiting In its enrich ment of tho soil, and wo ns well freshening and sweetening tho. soil by cultivation. Then owlno should bo supplied with somo shado asldo from r. board shel ter to ward off the heated rays of tho summer sun. There In nothing for this purposo quite bo nlco as clumps of willows, catalpns or pop lars grown In some convenient loca tion In each field, profcrably nlong tho. fenco row, In such manner that tho animals may havo access to tho cool ing Bhado during tho heat of tho day. USEFUL GUARD FOR A WINDOW Missouri Man Hub Invented Gate TliaJ Will be Found Con venlcnt for Variety of Uses. Tho door find window guard pat ented by a Missouri mnn has a varloty of uses It comprises a guto made of parallel pickets linked together by short cross barB and sliding easily back and forth on rollers. It can bo folded up into small compass against ono sldo of tho opening it guards or Btrotchod all tho way across and made fast. Tho uses to which such a gnto can bo put aro both numerous and obvious. It can be attached to Door and Window Guard, homo or Btoro window to bar thlovos and In that caseis made of Iron and pudlocked In Us open position, or it can bo mado of, wood and erected nt any opening through which a baby could fall, particularly at tho head of stairways In tho house or on the porch, in plnco of. tho gate of sold construction most used for such pur pose. Tho height of tho pickets, of courso, will vury with tho requirements. Hog Cot. In ono of our fields wo have audjia,? clump of qunklngRsp and 'It' Is pleai Ing to note how contented jthctte awl main tiro during the swcltorlng beet, of tho day, aa thoy lie about In the shndo of this rustling clump of' treee.' If thoro la not such Bhado planted nlong tho borders of n flold wo should not bo elow In planting ouch If we wero In tho nwlno growing business., and every wldo awfko farmer should bo, for indeed he should consider; himself too poor to bo without this profitable animal upon his promises. 1 Many-make a mistake In allowing, tholr swine to run to tho creek dur ing tho summer for water. Wo have such n plnco upon our fnrm, and we might bovo much tlmo In Rotting wa ter to our owlno mnny tlmco If we allowed them to go to thin wntor course, but wo aro afraid of It In dcod In this flold wo never allow our Bwlno to roam, for wo do not know what farmer several miles abovo us in another district might havo chol era or plague,, and our nnliu'Mee posed by contamination in tho "water flowing down Btream. Wo rather prefer to keep our aril ranla well away from this stream of water, and glvo them pure water from tho .well In disinfected troughs., thus doing our part toward kueiilng down loss from cholera. , Wo kcop down tho objectionable and nauseating hog wallow upon our farm nnd do not tolornto It In the least. Wo know the swine enjoy It, but wo have learned to detest He nbomlnablo company, and by chang ing tho animals about, and locatlna; now quartors frequently we keep Vlils mlro of mud and filth abandoned. With tho advancement along other lines of farm operations, the ad vancement In this lino of werK.-Jtth , peals to us aB very significant llvkeop Ing thono animals In a sanitary and healthful location at all times. PROPER PLACE FOR CHICKENS Should Not be Allowed toHoostOu Top of Harness or lluarjry , Should Have Good House. '" t Ono of tho most Important thlngu In tho caro of laying bona la the-' house that they are to llvo in, On most farms It uiod to bo that tho hem! roosted any old place, and hof lavbr-J Ito plnco was on top of the harneaay or buggy. And when they could not? reach their favorlto place, they took) to tho trees, but I can say that the: hen's lifo on the farm has cbangedi for now you boo nico houses and yards for thoni, says a writer In the! Successful Farming. ' , A good poultry house may -be 'tfe-' lined as ono thnt la dry, warm and I ventilated, and fitted to accommodate, tho kind of fowls that Ib to bo kept A stationary houso suitable fbr 'anyi kind of fowl may bo built of stono or brick, but tho best houso lo built of lumber mado In a size suitable for' moving onco a year at lenst. Lumber Is cheapor than brick or stone, and when you find that thoro Is some Im provement that you could mako te the advantage of tho hon and coop, It will bo a good deal cheaper remodeling tho woodon building, It la Imposslblo to build a house that will answer for Till tlmen or tho year, You will find alterations to mako In spring and fall, so whon wood Is usod In Its construction it can bo built In sections nnd bolted togolhcr. In warm weathor you can uso wire frames In plnco of tho board sections. QIvo tho hens plenty of room, lots' br clean straw to bo used aa scratching material, fight llco nlno days a week, and soo It tho hons don't pay tholr way. , " Swindlers Prosecuted. The mayor of Now York Is vigor ously prosecuting swindlers wheaetl short wolght potatoes, Tho lawVch quires tho barrol of potatoes to' '.cer tain 100 quarts, and to wolKh 174 pounds, but most of the barrels la uso are short from ib to 60 peoftda