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THE SEW-WEEKLY TRIBUNE 1 LItA L. DAUB, Publisher. TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCED flORTH PLATTE, NEDRA8KA t FARMING WITH DYNAMITE. From nn eloquent pnmphlot Issued b7 an enstorn railroad 'wo learn of new and uncuspected uses for dynn- mlto on tho farm. Besides Us familiar tasks of extracting otumps, starting log and Ico lams and breaking up tfbulders, dynnmlto Is Just tho thing, It seems, for digging ditches, felling trees and excavating cellars. Blowing n holo to set an npplo treo Is cheaper than digging ona and It kills bugs and loosens tho ground so that tho treo growB better besides, sayB tho Now York World. Dynamlto charges sot off eight or ten foot apart to. break up subsoil rcsloro fortuity to worn lands. If a swamp has no outlet for ditching you may sometimes drain It by borjng a deep holo and blowing up 'itn, hard pan bottom. Tho dynamlto left over may bo used anywhere. Tho crops doto on It Dynamlto detona tions, tho red flag of warning and oc casional hired men sent skyward In Installments may seem Inconsistent with tho Idyllic calm of rural pursuits, but It Jb too lato to complain. Tho farmer already threshes and saws wood With Uls nutomobllo motor, vac cinates tho aoil for fertility, lures tho cream out of fresh milk by centripe tal forco, educates butter with chem ical gorms, marrlos staid and rospect nblo fruits to produco strango mon grels, fights lnsocts with mastor in- sects, frost with smoko blankets and blh;ht with recondlto acids. Ho Is a chemist, physicist, mechanic, physi cian. ' Football as a fatal amusement falls Into inslgnlflcanco compared with Al pine cllmblnff. Tho Austrian and German Alpino clubs havo just pub lished statistics showing that between 1001 and 1010 Inclusive 880 Alplnelsts lost their lives In tho central Alps 'of Europe, an nverago of nearly 100 a year. In 1000 thoro wcroJ44 cllmbors killed and In 1910, 100, not Including 28 persons who met their death 'whilo picking cdolwelss. Of this total of 128 fatalities, 42 wcro Germans, 24 Aus trian., 19 Swiss and 4 English. Eight wero guides. Tho largest number of ' fatal accidents In tho Alps took placo In tho month of August. It is esti mated that tho army of Alpinists now numbers 100,000. Telephone linemen have discovered a new use for rats, F, II. Lawrence. of tho engineering department of the Chicago Telephone company, Is ro nponslbjo for this description of hoy rate are employed In placing cables: "A rat Is loosed In a plpo through which n cable Is to, bo placed. Then a string Is tied, to a forret, which pur sues the rat, carrying tho string through the pipe. On tho small string A large one Is attached, and on that r still larger, until a big wlro cablo la pulled through." Perhaps when all the rats have been killed off, to pre vent the possible spread of the bu bonic plague, the trick will be turned by the use of white mice. Efforts are being made by a Kansas City snake fancier to have snakes In stalled In houses to catch mice and vermin. He says snakes are much better than cata. We don't know much about the ability of snakes as little helpers around; the collar, but It can at least be said for them that they are not likely to disturb people by walling an,d screeching In back yards at night , Judge Shafer if Pittsburg utters the 1 following words of wisdom tb mere "men: "Never reply to the taunts of an angry woman. Flee from her, and do not begrudge her the last word, for she will have It anyway." We have never made the acquaintance of the judge, but wo are wiling to wagor a few BueKciB that he is married. Those German dirigibles persist in coming to Ignominious ends. There ta at least a dramatlo completeness about the crash ot the falling aero plane which Is utterly lacking In the impalement of an unwieldy balloon In a tree top. At that the passengers oh the dirigibles are more likely to escape with their lives. A New York man who .has ' been drawing a salary of (30,000 a year haB gone Into bankruptcy, explaining that he had to borrow, money with which to buy aa nutomobllo. So, you see, . drawing- a salary of, $30,000 a year In Now York 1b attonded with hardshlpa, A too. Tho managor of tho Philadelphia Athlotlcs explains that his team has been losing gamea because there aro too many bridegrooms In tho organ ization. If it Is to bo shown thnt mat rimony Interferes with baseball It will bo fatal to matrimony. This is a bad time for a man who wears luxuriant whiskers. An Insect called Phytonomoua Murlnua promises to he the boll weevil of the alfalfa belt He la spreading rapidly. WATER IS VALUABLE I LlqUld In a Reservoir Is Money in a Bank. Like Should Be Used Only When and Where It Will Da the Most Good and Made to Go as Far as It Possibly Can. How mony farmers afo thoro In tho country who know what isi monnt by tho term "Duty of Water?" Not many. Yet they havo been living In nn arid Bectlon and irrigating their flolds for years. They havo seen tho vnluo of wntcr lncrcaso year atter year, and they know that water In a reservoir is llko monoy In a bank, und should bo used when and whoro It will do tho most good, and mado to go as far as possible Ono farmer ubcb a certain head of water nnd with It covcrfl five acres ot hlfl farm in a day. Another farmer uses tho samo head and Irrigates only acres with It. Tlitf duty of tho wator in tho hands nnd on tho land of farmer No. 1 Is double tho duty In tho hands and on tho land of farmer No. 2. It behooves ovory farmer, then to know what duty ho Is getting out of his wator, nnd, if ho finds thnt he is not up to tho standard, ho may take the necessary BtopB to, lmprovo tho position of his ditches or may, during tho fall nnd early wlntor, cut off tho high spots nnd flit In tho low spots ot tho field nnd in this way lncrcaso tho duty of his wator two, threo, and oven fourfold. Thero aro two general ways of. speaking of tho duty of wator. Ono Is to Btnto tho number of acres a second foot of wator Will tako caro of, nnd tho other Is to Bpeak of tho num ber of aero feet of wator UBod per aero. Wo used to flguro that land In this section needed ono second fool ot wa tor for ovory 40 acres, nnd in this caso tho duty of water was 40 acrcB per second foot. Later wo raised this duty to CO acres per socond foot; then wo mndp tho duty 80 acres por second foot, nnd for n long tlmo it was tho custom to provldo a socond foot or wator for each 80-ncro tract. Now wo aro figuring tho duty of water to bo 100 or 120 acros per bocond foot. Can wo do bettor than thlB? WQ certainly can, for in southorn Cali fornia, whoro water Isscarco and val uable, thoy maker a second foot of wa ter tnko enro of 300 acres, aud whero sub-irrigation, by mcanB of under ground pipes, is uboq, tho duty In sorno cases haB reached ' 1,000 acres por socond foot. This method, however, of figuring duty is not tho best by any meant, tor it nrcBUDDOBOB a continuous flow of ono socond foot throughout tho,' Irrl gation season. Tho farmer when ho Irrigates usually wants moro than a second-foot head, ntid ho uses It for a fow days or weeks and then ubcb no water at all for a period. Hohco, tho second way of stating It, which 1b In aero fcot por aero, la usually tho best way, A socond foot of wator running for 24 hours dellvora approximately two aero feot. (To bo exact, It dellvora two aero feet In 24 hours, 12 minutes.) Lot us say tho Irrigating porlod Is 120 days, and ono second-foot would de liver In that tlmo approximately 240 aero feet. It this wero applied all at once to 100 acres, It would covor It to a depth ot 2.4 foot, and wo would soy that tho duty of wator in this caso 1b 2.4 aero feot per acre. Tho duty of water, thon, In aero feet per acre, la tho number of acre feot ot wator applied to each ncro of land, during tho entlro senaoiu It varicB tho country over, from ono ncro foot per aero, to 10 or 12 ncro feot por aero. CARE FOR INCUBATOR CHICKS' Should Be Penned In Brooder for Two or Three Days Feed Often but Only What They Eat Cloan. Keep tho chicks penned , in tho brooder for two or- threo days, and sea to It that they know how to got undor tho hover; they will Boon learn whero to go whon thoy get a llttlo cold. Seo that thoy all go under the hover tho first night, and that they are warm enough. Always havo a lit' tlo ventilation, as they must have fresh air, Feed them often, but give thorn only what thoy will eat up clean each tlmo. Atter they aro about threo days old thoy may bo lot out ot tho brooder It the woather Is favorable. Atter thoy nro three weeks old they may be ted larger grains, such as wheat, cracked corn, buckwheat, etc, Always bear In mind to keep them well supplied with cloan, frdsh water at all times, for thlB will save a lot ot disease. If -thoy do not havo free range, Biipply thorn with green and animal food. And grit nhould not bo forgotten, ns it is very essential In rearing chicks successfully, Gladiolus. ainmoiuB is ono 01 tuo most ex qulalto ot summer blooming bulbs Plant 0 succession. Begin early In April nnd plant a fow each week until tho end of May. Keep tho bulbs in a dry placo until neoded for planting. Plant In front of or among shrubbery. Feed for Cows, At tho Herrlck fnrm In Orono they glvo two feedings of hoy, night and morning. Aftor milking In tho morn ing thoy glvo 20 pounds of onsllago. and after tho night milking they glvo sugar boots. economy in use of water Conservation for Irrigation Purposes is Essential In Order to Ex- " pand Available Acres. Tho science of irrigation io as yet Lhordly out of its baby shoes, and It goes without saying that tho next ten I '. ita 1 1 1 ... .1 A w wno wbbiuhu. ob- " L.! " " dcrstood and practiced, tho benefit of them will becomo apparent more and more. As a mnttor of fact irrigation should by no means bo confined to arid or semi-arid countries, but can bo and should bo applied judiciously everywhere, whore farmers aro rols. Ing vegetation. Even countries 'hav ing nn annual rainfall of 40 Inches or moro will experience at times tho of- fect of a drouth which will 901180 a completo or pnrtlal falluro of crops; this could bo relieved or entirely pro vented whero 11 pnrtlal system of Irri gation lu maintained bo thnt In caso of a falluro ot rains to arrtvo at tho right timo tho 'farmer enn turn his water Into his land and supply tho de ficiency, snys tho Irrigation Age, Ab the Irrigated areas nro constant ly increasing tho matter of economic use of wntcr Is receiving attention. This Is a very Important subject and should bo followed up with tho most persistent efforts. If conservation of natural resources means nnythlng It menns thnt tliero should bo no wnsto; it docs not menn that our forests or water-falls should bo fenced In nnd' kept from being used; this would bo utterly foolish and keep tho pcoplo from their herltngo; but It means that our national resources should' bo so handled that thoy will servo the pros cnt generation ns well ns succeeding generations nnd henco economy In their use is an lmpcrattvo necessity. , Economy lh tho use of wntcr for Ir rigation purposes Is necessary In or der to oxpand tho number of acres avallablo for Irrigation. It Is easily understood thnt when tho pioneers in irrigation took hold und developed projects It was dono on lines ot tho lenst resistance and least cost. Thus water was led along rough ditches to tho nearest land and tho tracts thus irrigated produced splendid results No one mndo inquiries as to tho quan tity of water which actually leaked away from tho ditch, and was thtiB wasted. Ab thq value of irrigated land Is constantly rising tho vnlifo ot tho water thus wasted becomes ap parent and moans nro discussed aud adopted to conscrvo this wasted wa ter; how to accomplish thlo result to tho best advantago Is ono ot the prin cipal problems In Irrigation at the present tlmo. CARING FOR LITTLE CHICKS Cooked, Chopped Eggs Are Good for Them at Start Give Free Access ' to Sand or Grit. In, regard to tho feeding of chicks-4- and this, of course, applies to chicks with tho hen as well as thoso In tho broodcr---pormlt ,me to say that tho first day or two, when they aro old enough to eat, cooked' choppod egg aro ubout tho best thing for them. But boforo feeding this to them I suggest thnt you feed tho' old hen well, or olso sho will gobblo It up boforo tho chlckB-got a look at it. Aftor thnt time glvo thorn n gobd chick feed, writes Harry Raven In the Chicago Dally Nows. After the first week glvo thorn ground oats or crack ed oats, cracked wbent nnd Bitted cracked corn and boiled brokon rlco with white bread and grnhnhi bread. Also give them meat scraps which con tain both dry nnd fresh cut bono. A chick can bo perhaps kept alive on cracked born, aa half 'the formers do. BUt that. Is not what should e dono by the man or womnn who wants thorn to weigh fully threo or threo nnd n half pounds at ten weeks or, at loast, 12 weeks old. To accomplish this you must work thorn for all they n wor-. but I do not advise-you to ieea cracKeu corn aiono, ns moy got tired of It tho somo. as wo would oi broad. Let them havo freaacccss to coarse sand or any kind of grit. ' ' Do not lcavo any holes opon at nlghtv In your houso or brooders for rats to crawl through, as thoy aro very dangerous around your chicks. FORMULA FOR GRAFTING WAX Six Pounds of Resn, Two Pounds ol Beeswax and One Pint of Linseed Oil Found Satisfactory. - The old formula for grafting wax was four pounds of resin, two pounds beeswax and one pound of tallow. A hotter formula Is six pounds ot rcBln, two pounds of beeswax and ono pint of Unseed oil. This is less likely to cause tho bark to peel from tho stock around tho graft than that mado with tallow, To make olther molt tho resin and let It simmer a tow mlnutca. Trim oft dark colored surfaco ot the bevHwax, shave tho rest and put Into tho resin, allowing It to work a few minutes. Add tallow or oil nnd stir for a few minutes, then pour It Into cold wntcr. Grcaso tho hands, pull and work It until It Is n light-yellow color. Thon mnko into rolls and wrap In oiled paper, If too cold when grafting is cone souen it in warm Pwator, Tho liquid grafting wax may bo mado from ono pound white resin and- ono ounco ot beet tallow, melt to gcther, nnd tako it far away from fire, then add slowly eight ounces ot al cohol, stirring steadily until It Is smooth. Put In bottles and kcon corked when not & U8- Apply with a brush. Waxed cloth to bind around graftB nro mado by dipping the cloths lu melted or liquid grafting wax. AND OTHD Cities ! Gotham Girl Operates on Her Pet Dog NEW YORK. Gypsy, nn American hull pup belonging to Miss Mabel Barnes, a surgical nurse, la rejoicing over tho- removal of n hatpin 6V4 InchcB long which had been circulat ing in her aystem for moro than a month. Gypsy was a month old when MIbb Barnes first acquired her and reci procity of affection promptly resulted. Llko woBt puppies, Gypsy had a habit of cntlng at random without reading any pure-food labels or caring much whether tho thing was digestible, so long ns It could bo swallowed. Sho began on handkerchiefs, laco Philadelphia "Sucker" Not So Easy PHILADELPHIA. Thirteen gentlo mon from Now York, who thought It would entertain a gentleman frOm Philadelphia if thoy would do a little wlro tapping fdr him nnd show hlra divers wnyB ways of obtaining rich rewards from money ventured on the horso races, wero forced to tho unani mous conclusion that thirteen Is an unlucky number and that Philadelphia men aro nqt bo slow atter all. Tho adventuro began for a well known mnn whoso fictitious name Is Charles McDonald. "I say, old man, havo you got a match?" was tho way it all began. It was asked on ono of' thoso slow-going ferryboats that tako Philadelphia folk over io Camden and back) again. Then thoro wob a general conversa tion about horso racing. "Sny," whis pered tho pipo smoker with an air of great secrecy, "I'm a Western Union manager in a Now York branch ofllce. I run tho racing Information bureau. I can hold up Information about races for eight minutes. Got that7" McDonald that 1b tho mnn whoso pollco alias la McDonald did got it, and exchanged cards with his friend. They mode a doto for tho Hotel Wal ton, In Philadelphia, and then another date for tho Brcsltn, In Now York. Bo- Women Rule Roost TtfBOSSl THIS SHACK YuHtRSTAM I WE'RE IN TEXAS NOW AN ANTONIO, TEX. A Georglu r court may decide, as ono did tho other day, that poor, henpecked man is the head of tho family and stand for that old custom of woman oboying In all things. That may bo true In Georgia, whero tho sweet potato and tho goober pea lead the procession and tho "blind tiger" has a lair In ev ery jungle, but It 1b different In Tcxqb. A Texas court might hold that man 1b tho head of the family, but no court on earth could- clinch bucIi a decision. In Texas women havo dono almost everything in thot catalogue ot com mercial possibilities. In a numbor of, Instances' women own largo ranches and havo operated them successfully Gets Water Supply LOS ANGELES. Six years ago tho people ot "Lob Angeles voted an is sue ot $24,000,000 in bonds to pay for what they consider tho finest supply of water furnished to any city In the world. Tho first lssuo of bonds was mado In 1907 and the last' will be made this year. Tho aqueduct, which 1b 250 miles long, will bring a sufficient amount of water to supply a city of 2,000,000 inhabitants across tho coun try .from Owens lake. The flrst20 miles of tho aqueduct Is open earth canal which follows tho canyon of Owens river. The next 39 miles 1b an open concrete conduit, laid upon tho mountain Bides, which follows their contour llko a mountain road. For 28 mtles tho conduit rests In ditches carved from the rocky walls, aud for an equal dlstanco Is sustained by artificial causeways of rocks, It next pnoBcs 160 miles through tho Mo Javo desert, oti ho odgo of Death vol loy, the most deeolato and forbidding Bpot In tho United States, and passing under the Sierra Madro range of mountains emerges Into Lob Angeles Monarch tyever- Writes Letters. It Is tho accepted elttquotto that tho ruler ot Great Britain never writes a letter. Thoso who need to correspond with his majesty who aro awaro ot tho right proceduro usually write to tho king's secretary or a member of tho household, asking thnt the niattor In question should bo placed boforo tho king, but petitions for tho oxorclso of tho prorogatlvo In any form on mat ters' of state are required to be sub mitted through tho homo office. mi? r.H curtains, gloves, slippers; and once sho ate a cuff link. These did . not seem to lntcrfcro with her enjoyment of life. Next sho tried sovornl pins and needles, nnd these upset her for a few days. Quito awhlla ago, Miss Barnes says, sho noticed one day that Gypsy kept her head projected straight In front of her. Sho seemed to bo unablo to move It, and when It was turned for cibly tho dog whined with tho pain. Then"a swelling started on tho dog'B left stdo. Recontly' whllo examining this swelling, Miss Barnes felt a sharp point. Sho Burmlscd that Gypsy'aJ trouble was duo to foraging In her darning basket. Sho brought homo a hypodermic syringe, somo co caine aud a pair of artery forceps. Gypsy's faith In her mistress was so great that sho did not make a movo whllo the hypodermic waB being In serted. Then Miss Barnes Bolzed tho sharp point with her forceps. i OAT CUf MAY Be HiOH PHILADELPHIA BUI I HAVE W DQUBTS !-?-! 1' 1-7-1 foro going to tho hotel "McDonald tipped off tho police nnd advised that, a couple- of detectives bo put on the Job. Together tho two men went to a modest looking " brownstono 1 houso away from tho central part of tho city and Into a room whero twelve other men wero busy with telephones, telegraph In struments, etc. All told they mado a sizable den. McDonald staked $20 on a bet and won, Then he'was taken to another house whero' he talked gayly of his millions and in a bantering way suggested ho wouldn't mind trying $20,000 on a single horse. This took McCormlck by storm, but tho money was thero and bo wero Now York de tectives and before tho wlro tappers knew what waB up both their resorts bad been raided and tho entire com pany was under arrest in Lone Star State tor yearB. Women in this state lead tho country in dairying. In a numbor of Instances women carry tho mall on rural routes and a halt-dozen or moro of them havo mado tho record of not missing a day In tho year. Women, many of them Who rido as well aa men, assist In tho roundups on largo rnnchos and aro as handy with the whip and tho rope aa tho men. Tho outlaw steer, which has escaped the cowboyB, has a poor chanco to beat It back to the brush when two or moro Texas cowgirls got on his trail. Ono Texas girl has roped, thrown and tied a'stcer in less than ono minute. Her feat becomo the subject for a painter ot national reputation and sho Is done in oil on a canvas ten feet square in tho Monger hotel In this city. Women in Texas operate oil wells and are moving forces in coal mining. Some of the steel skyscrapers In this city wero built and are owned by women, these having taken the lead In" twentieth century steel and concrete construc tion. 250 Miles Distant valley, and thero rests In storage res ervolrs 1,000 feet above 'the city ot Lob Angelea and 20 miles away. Fifteen months wbb necessary foi preparations before the work was be gun. The upper part of the aqueduct passes through very rough and vwhat was then an unknown region, with nc Inhabitants within 50 or 60 miles, In order to convey machinery nnd con ntructlon material it wob necessary tr build 120 miles of railway, 225 mllet of wagon road, 148 miles of watei main, 218 mllea of transmission lino. a cement plant with - a capacity ol 1,200 barrels a day- and more than 300 buildings, such as bunk houseB, mcse halls, warehouses, hospitals, engineers offices and residences. A Good Thing. jjr. v,iuuoen, mo most eminent ot German surgeons, says that tho onlv reason birds and animals and boasts don't talk is becnuso their tongues are' not hung right It's a blessed thing that they are not. ,If thoy wero, man would havo dogs and cats und crows and coons and foxes calling hollo to him every time ho walked out, and If ho didn't stop for a chat, he'd soon got the namo of belnK an old cmnv VMA ABOUT MY J There's talk enough as It la. m Bill mBbhkmbrIHP Best Soup it Made $ Pare fGoodConvenientf ? vine nomcniauo tinivtt y 7v m Litby's Chickca Sop Libby's Vegetable Soap Libby' Tomato Soap M at. your grocers. M Libby, McNeill Ok Libby Some Contrast. "Morntn, 81b Judy,'' called a neigh boria cook to our good old mammy. "I heah dot Skceter Jlra 1b dun got him a now wife. I hopo she lcetl fat ter'n dat splndlln', no-'count strcak-o'-lean!" "Fatter n him?" Mammy replied. rolling her eyes and clasping her own fat hands. "Lawsy, chile, day Jus lak a uecdlo nn' a haystack 1" .Progress of Civilization., Lady And did you mako your con grcgatlon give up cannibalism? Missionary (suppressing a grin) Not qulto; but aftor much troublo I' oerBuadcd them to uso knives nnd- Xorks. Tho Throno. A Book Agent's Order. First Book Agent Did you receive. an order at that houso I Just saw you como out of? Second Book Agont Yea, I wa told to "git." Somo girls nro afraid to go down town by themselves for fear a man may not try to flirt with them. FRE E mSm TRADE MARK A trial package of Muriyon's Paw Paw Pills will be ent free to anyone on re quest. Address Professor Munyon, 53d Si Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. If you are in need of medical advice, do not fail to rrlte Professor Munyon. Your communi cation will be treated in strict confidence, and your caso will be diagnosed as care fully as thc-ugu you had a personal inter view. ' ' Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are unlik all other laxatives or cathartics. They coax the liver into .activity by gentle methods. Thay do not scour, they do not gTlpe, they do not weaken, but ther do start all the secretions of the liver and stomach in a way that soon put these organs in a healthy condition and corrects constipation. In my opinion constipation is responsible for most ail ments. There are 20 feet of humaa bowels, which is really a sewer pipe. When this plpo becomes clogged the whole system becomes poisoned, caus ing biliousness, indigestion and impure blood, which often produce rheumatism and kidney ailments. No woman who suffers with constipation or any liver ailment can expect to have a clear complexion or enjoy good health. ,If I had my way I would prohibit the sal of nine-tenths of the cathartics that are now being sold for the reason that they soon destroy the lining of the stomach, setting up serious forms of indigestion, and so paralyze the bowels that they re fuse to act unless forced by" strong purgatives. Munyoh's Paw Paw Pills are a tonie to the stomach, liver and nerves. They Invigorate instead pt weaken; they en rich ths blood Instead of Impoverish it; they enable the stomach to get all the nourishment from food that is put into it. - These pills contain no calomel, no dope; they are soothing, healing und stimulating. They school the bowels to act without physic. Regular size bottle, containing 45 pills, 25 cents. Munyon's Laboratory, 53d & Jcfltrson Sts.. Philadelphia. Uw4rV.r.,i tru 4 kill, til llli. Ncit. cloa. OfnlintiiUl. cohd. UaUcbfip. Lutatll tipor. will not wil or .&lur tnythiaff. Guunted tSect ly.. Of ll tfttl.nor irat prtiiilil I of aoc IIIKOLU BOXERS Jill Pa K.Ik !?. llroll a, V. KODAK FINISHING attention. All supplies lor thoVI Hall order elveu dccI1 ly fresh. Amateur Htrlct- Bend for c&tiLlnvuM nnn h t . m m pric-m. TUP Dnacnf riBurio-r ! COMPANV. libx 1I0: Omaha.fJ.b! r . i, jf