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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1910)
FATHER -GOOSE'S -SAYINGS, COMMON INSECT PESTS OF WISCONSIN FRUITS QlAPMAN PIttm GcHjfer Is Closely Related to Cwrcullo, but IU Wor ; ' Is More Serious to Trees Remedies and Treatment. , ACTS LIKE REAL BUTTERFLY Bottle Filled With Effervescent Liquid , Will Supply Interesting and Odd Amusement. Procure a wlde-mouthcd bottlo, closed by a hollow cork, In which Is . Inserted tbo plpo of a (In or a glass funnel, and, with tho help of scaling wax, make air and water tight all tho crevices that mght leak, both between funnel and cork and bottlo. Half fill tho flask with water, and ihrow1 la tho two well-known powders that aro used to inako seltzer water (tartaric acid and blcarbonnto of Bodti), which can bo bought at drug stores ready for use. A lively ofCervos cenco la produced In tho liquid, in con sequence of tho awlft creation of car bonic acid gas, which tends to escape, fn proportion to tho violence of ,lts lorniatlon, through tho funnel. But If you havo placed within his funnel two ' or three llttlo balls of common cork, . 6 wy CM The Automatic Butterfly, the gas can only cscapo nt Intervals, ono or other of tho balls always re turning, In vlrtuo of tho forco of grav ity, to seal tho orifice of tho funnel, until such tlmo no tho pressure of tho escaping gases suffices onco moro to lift tho ball. At such an instant part of tho gas escapes, tho pressuro in stantly diminishes, and nnother or tho onmo ball falls Into tho aperture. These phenomena continue, and If you havo painted tho balls In different col ors, that aro thus abruptly dancing In tho funnel, you will soo a rather odd effect. " You can glvo a protty effect If you cut colored tissuo paper to represent tho wings of a butterfly, which will now appear to flutter with consldor- . ablo truth to nature, as though, it wore a real butterfly. Magical Ex periments. HIS POSTSCRIPT A STUNNER Disastrous End to Mother's Efforts to Keep Small Boy Engaged , ' ' Whllo Dressing. It was Saturday, and Mrs. Cushman, having arrayed Bobby in his Sunday best, was ondeavoring to keep him oc cupied whilo sho dressed hurriedly, ponding a visit to tho photographer. "Write mother a letter on your cellu loid tablets," she coaxed. Dobby looked out of tho window and across the street for inspiration and found it Ills fingers moved briskly, and In less than three minutes ho was displaying his letter and pressing it upon his mother's attention. " 'Dear mother,' sho read. 'Tho boys across tho streot In tho Lothrop's yard aro playing a now game, I should Ulco to see It May I got "'Your affecshunate son, Bob.' - "That is rather short, Bobby," sho said, still coaxing hln, with a glance at tho clock. 'You gi back to your room and write mothev a llttlo post script" Bobby departed joyously, but when the Inst refractory book had yloldod and hlB mother drawing' on her gloves, hurried to his room, it was empty. On Bobby's desk lay tho letter with the desired addition: "P. 8. I have went. Bob." BROWN "MAKES" HIS ADDRESS Important Personage, at End of Pro gram, Fills His Stunt In Startling Manner. , A man named Brown wqs invited to peak at a town meeting, and when ho seated himself on tho platform and looked over tho program bo discover ed that his name was the last ono. Considering hlmsolf somowhat of an important personago, this fact modo Mr. Brown exceedingly angry, and during tho entlro meeting ho Bat and thought over tho inBult Tho speakers during tho ovenlng were unusually stupid and by the tlmo Mr. Brown's turn camo tho audience was paying scant attention. Tho master of coreraonlos finally stood up to Introduce tho last speaker, saying as he did so, "Ladles and gen tlemen, my estoomed friend, Mr. Brown, will now favor us with his address "Cortalnly," said Mr. Brown, spring ing to his feet, his faco purple with Indignation. "My nddross Is Claro mont street, Seattle, Washington. Now, good night, I'm going homo!" The Onlookers. .,Tcachor Suppose flvo of my boys wont out to Bkato and thoy had only throe pairs of skates, how many, boys would Have to look on? . Tommy Tho two that got tho worst nf (hp flsht. Why old Dr. Foster so to Glouceoter In a shower of rnln? Aml.Btep In a puddlo up "to tlio middle. When ho could havo eono there 'to) train. FEATHERED TRIBE IN PLAK Whole Bird Family May Ba Repre sented. In Game Played by Boysnand Girls. A playground o'r a picnic woods Is an especially good placo for .this gamo. Ono of tho playcra Is chosen aa "mother bird" and two othor play ers aro selected for "hawks." The othor players nro given Iho names bf several fenthored creatures. Pivo or six may bo called sparrowB, two or throo robins, a few might bo known as bluebirds, whllo still anothor group might tako tho namo of another bird, 8uoli as oriole. Ab soon ns tho birds aro named by their mother thoy movo tholr arms Up and down, to Imltato a flying mo tion, as thoy fly to tho "forest," which Is ono corner of tho piny apnea, boI apnrt for tho gamo. Tho "mother" flies to tho "nest, which Is tho corner diagonally oppo slto to tho "forest." Each of thi hawks flics to ono of tho two othoi corners, for each hawk has his own nest. The mother bird calls: "It Is tlmo tho orioles wero tucked In bod." Tho orioles then fly from tho fores! to tho nest, trying to nvold bolng caught by either of tho hawks, which chaso thorn. When a bird Is captured by a hawk it Is taken to tho hawk's nest. The birds, onco reaching tho mother's nosl in Bafcty, cannot bo caught by the hawks unless they accidentally go outsldo tho boundary of their homo. Tho mother bird calls for all of the birds, Just ns Bho did for tho orioles, and tho hawks contlnuo their efforts to capturo thorn. At tho end of th first gamo two of tho enptured play, ors bocomo hawks for tho next game and a now mother bird Is chosen. TURNING RINGS AND SWING Combination Trapeze so Arranged That Both Large , and Small Boys May Have Pleasure. This trapezo with rings for tho largo boys and a swing for tbo smaller ones, can bo mado on tho samo stand ards, says a writer in Popular Mechan ics. Instead of tho usual two short Rings and Swing. ropes, tied and bolted through tho top cross timber, boro two holos .largo onough for tho ropos to pass through oaslly. Pass tho rope along tho cross pleco and down tho post and tio it to cleats nailed at tho height (hat can be oaslly roached. At tho ends of tho crossploco drive two nails, allowing: them to project ono or two inches, This will koep tho rope from slipping off when the rings nnd swing aro raised and lower ed. All sharp edges should be sand papered to prevent tho ropo from be ing cut. A board with notches cut In tho ends will mako a good swing board whlchjCan bo removed Instantly. RATHER HAVE WHOLE HALF Story Illustrating Difference Between Common Sense and Mathe matics More Juice. Tho difference botween common eenso and mathematics was Illustrated In a remark which was mado In a school ono day. It was tho mental arithmetic class. Tho master askod Smith, "Which would you rather havo, half an apple or eight-sixteenths of an applo?" "Wouldn't mako any difforonco," said Smith. "Why not?" "Eight-sixteenths nnd one-half aro tho same. At this reply Jones, who was sit ting near, sniffed scornfully. Tho mas ter heard him. "Well, Jones," Bald ho, "don't you ngreo with Smith?" "No, sir," said Jonos; "I'd much sooner havo ono-half an applo." "And why, please?" "Moro julco. Cut up half an apple Into eight sixteenths, and you'd loso half tho Julco doing It!" What Ho Would Have. Teacher Tommy, if you ato three apples and I gavo you two pears, what would' you havo? Tommy (promptly) A flerco pain. ....! ' ' When-jtha winds' of bleak November Down the chimney moan and sigh, , Stirring into life each ember Till the flames roar fierce and high Then my thoughts revert to boyhood, When Thanksgiving Day drew nigh.' In the flames I see the farmhouse,. And the woodland brown and sere Where the sportsman's rifle echoed As that day of days drew near. Scenes which ever shall be cherished In the burning togs appear. it- in -rj jT can see the deep old cellar Where the apple bins, piled high, Overshadowed heaps of pumpkins Golden as the sunset sky, And the casks of nezv fall cider Stood along the wall close by. As the old-time scenes are fading While the fire slowly dies, Visions of a groaning table Are presented to my eyes, And I almost scent the fragrance Of the mince and pumpkin pies. KEEPING THE FEAST TRUE MEANING OF LESSON OF THANKSGIVING. Should Be Time of Rejoicing for All, Those Who Have Abundance 8harlng With Their Less Fortunate Brethren. Tho sober Joyfulnoss of tho first Now England Thanksgiving did not exhaust Itself In a Blnglo day. Gov ernor Bradford attor tho first scanty harvest mado dcllborato provision for threo days' feasting and rejoicing, during which tho infant colony enter tained moro than Its own number of visiting Indians. It is truo that those guests contributed venison for tho feast, aa thoy had' arllbr contributed rorn for tho iino of tho rnlonv, hut the heart of Uiq feast was In tho hospitality 'which ' mado thorn woK cbni. ' '' ft would bo bard to imaglno a greater contrast than1 that which must haVo existed between tho sober garb and quiot manners of tho Pil grims, schooled in persecution and privation', and tho fanatlo dress and unrostralnod Impulses of Massasolt nnd his people. Tho Indian could be dignified enough upon occasion, but his uncaroful Bolf-lndulgonco even mopo than tho colonists' hospitable unbending was tho sign of an unusual confldonco. That mutual confldonco and good understanding, to tho con tinuance of which these days of thaksglvlng and feasting ovldontly contributed not a llttlo, procured thoso necessary years of peaco and security which enabled tho -weakness of tho Pilgrim colony to harden Into strength. Wo call Thanksgiving day especial ly a homo festival, and Its associations aro most delightful In family reunions and homo pleasures. Yet tho prece dent of Plymouth hospitality has novor been and novor ought to be neglected. It is n tlmo when thoso who aro blessed with homo Joys tako ploasuro in sharing thorn with tho homeless, Fnmllles onlargo them selves to Include not only tho scat tered next of kin, but thoso also who aro far from tholr own homo circle. A touch of tho blessed spirit of homo Joy and mutual holpfulnoss stretches beyond tho limits of tho family to lncludo thoso for whom tho day would othorwiso bo lonelier than others days for privation of homo companionships. This gracious hospitality of tho Thanksgiving season brings homo momorlos to many guests. It ought to havo Its teachings for many othors young mon and women in our towns -who dream of homos yot to bo earned or realized in kooping them In touch with tho truo homo spirit. Tboro is no selfishness in truo homo lovo. It is not merely as a refugo for our u 1 if selves tbnt wo build tho walls and lay tho hearth and' kindlo tho lira nnd spread tho table. To , gain a homo and mako it beautiful Is the dream of many of thoso homeless ones, To mako homo mlnlstrnnt nnd hospitable and so to crown it with a higher beauty ought to bo tho sug gestion of tho hnppy feasting and fel lowship of Thanksgiving. Tho community was tho host in that first Plymouth festival, yet tho community divided into fnmllles. As thoy kept tho feast In tho largo family groups Into which tho necessity of houso building and defonso had up to this tlmo divided them, did any of thom think, wo wondor, of tho law of tho passovcr established for othor oxlloa nnd pilgrims so many centuries boforo: "And If tho household bo too llttlo for tho lnmh, let htm and his neighbor next unto his houso tnke It according to tho number of the souls"? As a community wo aro todny much further from nbaoluto want nnd peril of starvation tban tho Pilgrims wore when thoy began the custom of the yearly feast of thanksgiving. Yot thoro aro many of our pooplo who, If thoy 'keep tho foa'st, must' keep it In tho midst of poverty and peril of want In tho wldst of greater want and peril tbo forefathers Invited strangers to tho feast, providing what they could. Thoy wero wholly free from that falso pride, so common now adays, which thinks most of appoar anccs and Is ashamed to offer hos pitality unless it is possible also, to mako a show of wealth. Out of what thoy had tho fathers gavo God thanks nnd entortalned tbo strangers at their gates. Tbo other spirit of falso pride and shnmo robs both guest and host of tho best Joy of tho Thanksgiving tlmo tho Joy ot common faith In the Giver of all good, and of cordial wel come which has nothing to conceal and nothing to assort. PROOF POSITIVE Chick It looks to no as If I wore an orphan. (By .T. O. MOOrtE, Wisconsin University, Agricultural Exporlment (Nation.) Tho codling moth and the apple cur cullo Injure or destroy three-fourtha or 2CO,000 worth of the apple crop In Wisconsin each year. The plum cur cullo and plum gouger "sling" eee-i half of tho plum crop and la years of only a partial crop, scarcely any fruit escapes their doprcdatlons. The 8aiv Jose, Putnam nnd Europoan fruit scales nro gaining a foothold in thla state, and unlosa given immodlnto at tohtlon will soon bocomo ns dostruc tlvo to Wisconsin fruits aa thoy nro in othor states. Add to theso doprcda tlons tho combined Injury of a multi tude of lessor Insect posts and. tho toll collected from Wisconsin formora an nually by our Insect oncmlos is at tho lowest estimate $1,000,000. This Is a largo sum to pay for nog' loct, yet such Is practically tho caso, for It growers wero able to Identify tho posts and apply Bultablo romo dies tho greater part of this loss could bo avoided, Unfortunately, a majority of thoso who do not follow fruit grow ing as a business aro unfamiliar with tho .vnrlous Insocts, nnd for thnt roa son tho damago Is often dono boforo the presence of tho post is -known.' Tho -plum gouger la closoly related Plum to tho plum curcullo. Its work Is much llko thnt of tho curcullo, but It also Inflicts additional Injury, nnd for this renson Is often considered a moro soriouo peat than the lattor. Tho plum gouger Is also a snout beotle, but differs quite matorlnlly In Its distinguishing characters, It is a lighter brown thau tho curcullo and considerably largor, Tho curcullo has PACK APPLES FOR MARKET Una of Barrel Has Many Advan tuscn Eliminates hoTtass Clulma ab Rocop t'ucjlo la . Practically inaccessible. (Uy L. HESS.) In tho packing and shipping of ap ples, tho uso of tho barrel has many advantages. A very Important thing to consider Is tho fact that shippers In tho far west got moro monoy for their apples, becnuso thoy wrap tho fruit In paper. If shippers in tho cen tral and mlddlo states would tako tho snmo pains with tho packing, thon uso barrels to ship In, tho apples would roach tho market In bettor condition than theso sent from greater distances. Tho cost of handling and tho freight nro also Important factors, and Influ ence tho profits, Somo Bhlppors perforata tholr applo barrels bo that tho ntr will circulate freely through the apples, which thoy KEEP ENGINE .HI. nit' lglll As many water Jackots and pipes havo burst by frcozlng, during tho past few months, possibly tho method adopted, and hcrowlth Illustrated will bo of Intorest, says tho Northwestern Agriculturist Tho method has boon tried by Bcvornl fnrmors, and found entirely satisfactory. As shown, two barrels, or largo sized kegu aro usod; ono Is placed in tho usual manner, near tho ongino, and tho second ono, placed under tho floor below tho frost lino. Tho water from barrol A en ters tho wntor Jacket through plpo D, circulates around tho Jacket, and as soon as It Is warmed, It again enters tho barrol, through plpo K In tho usual manner. When through using tho en gine, tho water Is allowed to drain Into barrol B through plpo P by open ing tho globo valvo C. A fow strokes two pronounced humps on Ha wing covers which are sot to be found on the gouger. Llko the curoullo the gouger trends the winter la the adult stage. Harly In the spring, the adult feeds on the buds and leave. Oaeet the- greatest injuries Is Caused by the adultj beetle during tho flowering period, it cuts a holo through tho calyx of tho flower and then cats tho nvulo which would ultimately bocomo tho fruit, The flower then withers and dies, and In this way tho Insect destroys a great many fruits. Its second Injury as previously Btatod resembles that of tho curcullo though in detail It Is somewhat dif ferent. Tho adult eats a hole through tho skin of tho nowly set plum and de pdslts her eggs. Aa soon aa the larva hatchos, It Immediately begins jto bur row towards tho pit. When theiplt la reached It cats Its way through Into tho Interior and then feeds on the seed until It has fully developed, It noxt cuts a circular holo In the pit through which tho adult Is to emerge and then pupntcs, coming out of tl) fruit later as an adult beotle. A groat many more Incisions aro mado In tho fruit than are required for the vgg. Later or la the season Gouger. theso oxudo a sort ot gum and render tho plumn unsalable, , Unllko the plumB Infested with tho curcullo, those containing gougerB remain on the tree until tho remainder of tho fruits are rlpo, froquontly rlponing a Bhort time boforo tho uninjured ono3, Tho romodlcs and trontment given for tho plum curcullo apply equally aa woll to tho gouger. think adds to their keeping qualities. Other applo growers Bay that If the apples are packed In good, solid bar rols, and shipped In ventilated cars, that the fruit will reach the market In perfect condition. " " Apples shipped In barrels are pro tected from dirt and dust far better than If packed otherwise. From a healthful standpoint also, the hpplei are loss llablp tb become affected by Impurities It packed in barrels than If they are exposod through crate slats. Furtllermoro, in packing apples lln barrels the shipper doos not have to contend with shortago claims, since tho barrol is tho only package that Is practically Inaccessible. Barrels are moro easily handlod, and at the same tlmo will hold moro fruit than any othor packagos used in tho pneking of npplos, Freak Rose Tree. lClslnoro, Hlversldo county, Cal., la said to have a rosobuah flftooit .years old which has always borne white rosea until this year when the color Is of a bright pink. FROM FREEZING 1 Hi. of tho pump will again put tho watet In barrel A when you wish to uso thi englno again. Somo havo a small pump connected to tho ongino, whlcl is used for olovatlng tho wator t barrol A, This mothod Is not oxpeiv slvo, and tho connection can bo mads by almost any handy man. An olbow and a short pleco of plpo 1b placed on tho Inner ond of plpo D, that comot down clo8o to tho bottom ot barrol A, or tho plpo may onter from tho hot torn, Thla drains all tho wator out, and your barrol will not froozo. Value of Cantaloups Lands, Cantaloupo land In tho Arkansas valley, Colorado, Is now worth from ?G2.00 to $53 por aero, and growers find that thoy can mako- good profit oven pn tha hlgh-prlcqd soil,