THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE LIIA L. BAItB, Publisher. TERMS, 11.25 IN ADVANCE NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA LIARS' LITERATURE. Thoro must bo a contest on for story telling, for the rending publlo aro being handed some "lemons" un awares, or, If tliero Isn't, the strangest things ever aro happening. The lamp post that wabbled was just plain slmplo drunk, wo know about that, but we won't say any more, says the Now Orleans Picayune. Then tho Plymouth Rock hen and tho cold storage affair, too, mado us sit up and tako notice, but now comes into court a North Yakima farmer and ho tells this without even blushing. Ho says ho fired Into a flock of gecso and brought down two. Ho had also cast oft tho Yakima river bank a fishing lino with sovoral hookB on it, so ho could hunt and fish at tho samo tlmo. You know theso Yakima farmers aro deucedly clover. Ho wan surprised to seo another gooso rise In tho air again and again, only to faU to tho ground. Upon Investigation ho dis covered that tho gooso was caught on a set lino nearly 600 feet long with CO hooks sot at intervals. A section of the lino waB on tho land and tho goose had swallowed ono of tho baits. Following up tho lino ho found It down a holo under a stump. Pulling on tho lino, he dragged out a snarling, snapping otter and an 18-pound Gor man carp. It's nearly tlmo for somt one to tell how a diamond necklaco was got out of a "lobster," and then school can quit A French paper la conducting a vot ing contest for tho purposo of decid ing what in tho opinion of a mojority of Ha readers aro tho virtues most to be desired in women. Each rcador is requested to name ten virtues. So far sixty virtues have been tiamed. Tho first seven have always been at the top of tho poll slnco tho beginning of tho ballot, In tho following ordor: Goodness, orderliness, devotion, thrift, gentleness, Intelligence and amiabil ity. It Is noted that will power comes twenty-fourth In tho list, which la a long way down, considering that devo tion is third, and which Indicates that not a fow of tho voters aro men. However, tho vlrtuo of mooknsss Is the sixtieth and last In the list, and has received only 0C votes, while tho votes for tho first throo In tho list ranged between 17,000 and 19,000, Atlantic City Is getting very moral. Not content with regulating bathing suits, the solons have now decreed that no oyster may go through tho streets without having all Its shell on. It seems, however, that waiters have been carrying the luclous bivalve in the open exposed to various germs; and the provision of the health author ities is to be regarded as a sanitary precaution and not another act of" prudery. Ohio has more colleges than any otbor state. It requires special en deavor to raise one Institution Into fame above its rivals, when so many exist The boys of West Lafayette college achieved this distinction by putting oil into tho milk, of tho girls' dormitory. Twenty girls were mado violently 111. Some day civilization will be so general that It will exist even among college students. One man asserts that blondes are going out of fashion and that big feel for women are coming In. The critics of the sex will .Immediately sclxq upon these facts, especially the latter; to Tirovo that womnn arn wnllrlmr inr much over tradition and conservatism In their campaign for more rights, thus sacrificing fair complexion and email feet. Dr. jWlley, the government authority on pure room, makes a doleful Indict jnent of the American people. He sayi we eat too much, drink too much work too much, sleep too much, loai too much and tako medicine too much Would tho doctor admit that some ol us talk too much? If so, could he dd It without a self-conscious blush? Strange, Isn't It, how the tired bust nets man will Derk un and tnWn a brighter view ot llfo In tho afternoon as the hands ot tho clock approach th,e hour of three that Is, when It li not raining and tho basoball team li in town. It is announced by an English scl entlst that our winters will gradually get warmer during tho next 400 years, but he warns us that after the year 2294 there will bo a change for the worso. Let us by all means enjoy tho sunshine while wo may, A Philadelphia preacher announces that summer resorts are the starting places ot disagreements leading to dl vorce. It Is not likely that his deda ration will have a serious effect upon the summer resort business. The automobile mile record Is now 25,40 seconds, and the loeemotlvo Is distanced. The aeroplane may, how ever, become a competitor. CONCRETE FOR WEIRS Can Be Constructed at Moder ate Cost and Will Last. Wooden Affairs Must Be Replaced In From Three to 8lx Years and An nual Maintenance Is More or Less Expensive. (Dy II. I rAnSHALL. Colorado AbiIcuI- turnl college.) Permanency In construction la al ways ono of tho basic principles of economy. Wo find that weirs con structed of wood last from thrco to six yoars, with nn annual maintenance of moro or less expense. A weir that will last Indefinitely can bo construct ed ot concrote, at modcrato first cost, and no malntenanco charge First, dotcrmlno tho position of your weir and the. maximum amount of wator you expect to discharge through it. This having boon done, excavato tho ditch to a level surface, to a depth ot four or flvo inches be low tho original bottom. Tho length of tho baso will bo, In our case, say, olght feat At each end of tho foun dation pit make a small trench, reaching across tho bottom from side to sldo. Tho width ot tho foundation will dopend upon tho size of tho weir needed. Assuming a two-foot wolr, wo would mako tho baso five and one half feet. Now mix your concrote, ono part Portland comont, threo parts nand, and six parts gravel or broken stone, and place this In tho pit as provided. Tho small tronchea at tho enda will servo as a curtain wal and prevent mo water rrom nowing do- noath tho baso. Whllo tho concrete Is bolng placed thero should be sot a scantling two Inches squaro aud full longth ot baso, directly underneath tho conter of tho Bltlo walla of tho weir. Now place four ono-balMnch Iron rods In tho banc, to extend verti cally on tho oufsido fit tho Bcantllng, and to extend sotno six or olght Inches above tho finished surfaco of the base. It Is advlsablo to bond the ends of theso rods at right angles, tho lower ond extending out Into the baso nt right angles to tho axis of tho ditch. Theso rods should bo equally spaced, with first and last one a foot from each end ot tho wall. The two scantlings will bo parnllol with each othor, and after tho concreto has all been placed and tamped Into position, and floated with a straight edgo, thnso strips should bo flush with tho sur faco. Thero should bo n margin of concrote on the outsldo of them nt least four Inchos wide. Tho finished surface Bhould bo approximately lovel. No forms will bo necessary for the construction of the baso ot tho weir. Tho forms for tho stdcB ot tho weir are ot a collapsible uaturo and can be used for different widths and for an indefinite number of structures. Twolve piece ot 2x8, nlno feet long, constitute tho four sldo ploces, two sldo ploces being required to form each side wall. At tho ends of tho out sldo pieces aro two long eye bolts reaching to tho opposite Bide. Theso bolts are threaded for somo dlfltanco, permitting of varying widths, To form tho ends of tho wall Is .placed verti cally a board, five Inches wldo, two feet long, held In placo by cleats. Two ploces ot 2x4 at each end, cut tho proper length', servo as struts or oproadera, Attor tho end boards forming tho ends ot tho walls, and tho struts aro In placo, tho turn nuts on tho oyo bolta are tightened, thus cnus Ing tho wholo form to bo rigidly con nected and properly Bpacod. Tho oyo bolts aro hlngod at tho diagonal cor ners and (ho end ploces aro slotted to permit ot oasy 'assembling. At about throo foot from tho lower end of wnll must, be placed tho weir board. To provldo a recess for It In tho concreto side wall a 24xZ-lnch cleat Is nailed vertically on tho Insldo of the Inside forms. A slight draft should bo given to the cleat so that thero will bo loss danger of crumbling tho corners when tbo side pieces aro taken off. To In sure an oven surfaco for tho weir board to rest agaliiBt when In place, and to prevent cxcoxslvo leakage, a small angle Iron, placod on tho lower Bide of.the cleat, and imbedded in tho coucrete, will glvo excollont results When the wolr board la wedgod Into place. Milk Bottles In Denmark. Milk cans In Denmark nro atirnvml with cold water then thoroughly sprinkled Inside and out with hot water. Thoy nro then fastened to a revolving wheel which turtiR thnm through a solution of ltmo water, and iney are nnnlly sprayed with steam. Tho milk bottlos aro usually wnnlmd with soda and water and tho Inndln cleansed by means of n mechanically worKoa revolving bruBh npd nro then washed out with cold water. Tho bottlos aro then filled and corked by a mechanical process, Boated aud tied down with thread, Tho bottles are then put into racks and packed in ice ready tor distribution tho fol lowing morning. Give Tress Plenty Room. Might ob well glvo tho trees plonty ot room at tho Btart, because It you don't thoy will havo to bo cut out later. Thirty feet apart Ib tho right distance for applo trees, r Ithough forty would not do any harm. . v "Loafer" In Dairy Herd. The actual loss In the handling ot one "loafer" In tho dairy herd in the course of as year will often more than pay for a Babcock milk tester, which can ue bought at between (our and five dollars, ANCIENT ART OF IRRIGATION Projects In Intermountaln States Not Discovery of Our Age, But Old as Man Himself. Wearo talking a great deal about Irrigation theso days, now that tho government has taken hold of tho Job of storing the Waters and using them for power, for transportation and for Irrigation. We aro disposed to think that this Is a now discovery of man, ono ot tho bright and shining suc cesses of tho nlnctcnth century. Wo aro prono to forget that tho Indian In tho southwest practiced Irrigation hundreds of years ago, nbundant proof of which Is found In tho remains of lr- Igatlng ditches. Wo aro prono to forget, even If wo read our Bibles, that Irrigation was practiced In Egypt In the days of Moses. It may be a surprlso to somo to know that civili zation has always bogun In rainless countries; that the ancient civilization of Media and Persia was sustained by Irrigation. It may surprlso our rend ers when wo say that this land Is desert now simply becauso tho Inhab itants havo forgotten tho art ot Irri gation. That country is full ot tho remains of ancient Irrigation ditches; and It Is likely to be ono of tho great food supplying coun tries of tho world. Tho water Is stored In n way quite similar to that In which we aro storing water In the nocklcs, nnd applied to tho land. It may bo still moro surprising to know that as a matter of fact the English onglneors aro grinding up tho actual bricks In tho old Tower of nabol, mentioned In tbo eleventh chapter ot Qoncsls, for tho making of concreto dams, in order to store tho flood waters of the mountains of that coun try. So It will bo seen that our Irriga tion projects in tho Intonnountaln states nro not a discovery of our ago, but that tho plan Is almost as old as man himself. Solomon onco Incidental ly remarked that thero wob "nothing now under tho sun," nnd overy year wo aro finding verification ot tho wisdom of this remark. Utilize 8pace Under Trees. A good way to utilize tho space under a nhodo troo on tho, home grounds whoro grass will not grow and whore the soil looks baro and ugly Is to utilize the space for patted houso plantB. In arranging for this, a clrclo of bricks or natural stone may bo made nbout equal in diameter to the top of tho treo. Within this rocky clrclo tho potted plantB may bo placed, with tho shade-loving plants nearest the trunk of tho treo In dens est shade, and tho sun-loving plants toward tho circumference of tho clr clo, whoro tho light Ib strongcat. Tho clrclo of potted plants, too, may be arranged according to size, tho larger and tailor ones being to the center and tho smaller ones on tho outor boundary. In this position tho potted houso plants may be easily and safely car ried through tho rummer, and they will add materially to tho outdoor decoratlou. Tho shado will provont them from drying out, and drainage water will holp the urroundlng lawn. Starting Alfalfa. In starting alfalfa bettor start on a small patch and learn how to do It before experimenting on. a largo Hold. Ubo plonty ot manure. Plant ou corn, potato, or summer fallow ground. Introduco the germs. Sow without n nurse crop. In tho moro northern states bow tjio last ot May or first ot June. Do not uso too much scod. Re member that tho alfalfa Is delicate till It gets Its partner on Its roots- look tor tho nodules. Movable Fences . Handy. Thero Is' nothing moro usetul on the farm In the pasturing ot sheep than movablo fences. Thoy do not cost much ami any part ot tho pasturo can bo enclosed by tho uso ot them In a fow minutes. LIVE STOCK NOTES. A mulo seldom gets sick moro than once, and generally dies then. Tho collar Ib the harness; seo to It that tho collar fits. Collar bolls ano caused by Ill-fitting collars. The lovclncsB with which n horse walks la ono of tho best evidences that his legs work In harmony. It tho spring pigs aro doing well hold them steady until fall and thon push them hard to tho markot. Moro small hogs have probablj been marketed In the past two years than over before during the samo time. When tho green corn comes along s llttlo later, do not stuff young pigs nil they wilt cat, or thumps will be tho result All beef and mutton will horcaftci bo rnlsod on tho small farmB, and farmers must learn how to meet tho now conditions. Bhcop don't do woll without wator, and thoy nre dainty about drinking, Clonn running water Ib Just as essen tial as good grass. Tho good flat knee, the muscu'lai arms, tho full muscular shoulders tho good bock, are all Important points In tho horse. So far as can bo done the borers that aro expected to do tho r.prlng work should have the greater part ot their grain ration ot good sound oats. A lousy pig Ib a sure sign of a poor farmer. Onco thoroughly Infested the only way to get rid of the vermin Is to dope the pig with some good dla lnfectnnt. It your barn and teed yards havo a proper system ot drainage, there will be little danger of rheumatism among your pigs. If you have not worked out such a. system, do so now. TMTHT Real Maud Mullers THIS BPATS WORKING IN AH OLD FAC TORY, ALL THE SAM , --!- NEW YORK. Maud Muller, who "on a summer's day raked tho meadow sweet with hayj" hasn't anything on the band ot 16 clear-eyed, smiling, militant suffragettes ranging from sev enteen to twenty-four years of age, who aro working In tho fields of tho farm of Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont on her Brookholt cstato at HcmpBtcad, LI. Tho "farmers" aro fortner shopgirls, factory hands and stenographers who havo abandoned tho conventional shirtwaist and black skirt for tho moro comfortable sweater nnd over alls. Some prefer to wear tho bloom er skirt, but all nre at. tired In a way that gives perfect freedom of move ment and full play to arm and limb. Many of tho llttlo band were pala of face and slight ot muscle when they began their farm life, but even now they havo becomo ruddy of cheek and their Hps aro as red as a cherry. After n two months' trial of theso femlnlno farm hands Mrs. Belmont Gift Snake Ousts CHICAGO. O. A. Hartwcll, manager of tho Hampden -apartments at Thirty-ninth street and Langloy ave nue, found out tho othor day why ho has been having so much trouble keep ing tenants In tho building. Hartwell had tho notion from his experiences of tho last two months that all tho per. sons who moved into his placo were "seeing things." What they really had been seeing was a large, phosphores cent eyed, pleasant looking snake n "king" snako from Louisiana, which has been using the Hampden apart ments as a happy hunting ground. Hartwell had Just filled up his build ing with tho choicest assortment ot tenants ho had seen for a long tlmo. But ono day ono ot tho tenants dropped into his office. "Mr. Hartwell." ho Said, "I guess I'll move." Less than a week later nnother gilt edged tenant dropped In on Mr. Hart well. Ho also looked pale. And he moved. For two months this kept up. Hart well's hair was growing gray. Half tho tenants had moved out and tho other half wero going about tho build ing like persons in the early stages of insanity, screaming out suddenly In tho night and dodging perfectly Inno Kansas Boys Studying Home Problems HOW CAN I ) KEEP A WIFE AND TEN KIOS'OM TEH DOLLARS LAWRENCE, KAN. The growing Importance of dealing adequately with problems ot tho homo, and espe cially with tho "man In tho homo," has led to the introduction ot a new course ot Btudy Tho Family at tho University ot Kansas. Such momentous questions as how to deal with the spoiled child, do mestic hygleue, education In tho home, the "hired girl" problem and how to keep tho weekly household expendi tures In n fair ratio to the family In come, usually aro left to tho wlfo to solve. The head of tho house seldom bothers his head about theso "potty" affairs. Indeed, it may bo said that It haB been beneath his traditional dig nity to concern himself In these mat ters. This precedent haB broken at IC, U., however, and this semester nine boys out ot a class of 23 are getting Los Angeles to Have Hindoo Temple LOS ANGELES, CAL. Swaml Baba Premannnder Bharatl, a eelobrated Hindoo ascetic philosopher, whoso teachings created groat Interest when he was In America three years ago, has arrived hare to superintend tho work of construction of n great Hin doo templo to bo built, tbo Swaml declares, entirely from contributions made by devout Hindoos In India, Before he forsook tho world for an ascetic llfo tho Swaml waB editor of the Lahore Tribune, at tho same tlmo Rudyard Kipling was an associate edi tor ot tho Civil and Military Gazette. "I know Rudyard woll," said the Hindoo. "And whllo I have greatly en Joyed his books, he has never been able to write ot the actual lite of dla,-for he never knew It His de scription of the country the color are beautiful, but he Is lacking In the spiritual understanding the Inner lite of India." Concerning the templo here where the real spiritual and religion ot In dia will be taught, the Swaml says he has procured the grounds and that en thusiasm In India among the five mil lion -tscettcs Is so great that the pro- Now Raking Hay firmly bellovcs that the work Ib suit ed to women and women suited to tho work, and that thoro Is no reason in tho world why normal girls Bhould con tinue to slave In sweatshops and fac tories nnd grow pale and wan when thoy can blossom Into splendid wom anhood by taking up a pleasant out door llfo which Is educational, health ful and rcmnucrntlvo. Tho novel suftrngo colony Is ttio only ono of Its kind and has been carefully guarded from tho Inquisitive oyes of tho Intruder slnco Its head farmor, a Pennsylvania Quakeress, was placed In chargo. "You cnn.'t dig In tho ground, do men's work and wear skirts," Mrs, Belmont explained, calling attention to tho novel costurao her colonists wear. Each was dressed In a flno checked gingham blouso nnd bloom ers. When tho wind is chilly or tho morning air damp thoy don thick gray sweaters. It Ib Mrs. Belmont's plan and hopo to get ns many of those factory girls as sho can to leavo their city work rooms for tho open country, whero they will have a chance to expand and grow. Already the girls on tho farm havo begun to show marked Improve ment in their appearance Some1 havo gained flvo or six pounds In weight. City Flat Dwellers cent looking things in tho daytime. Hartwell couldn't find out what was tho matter. WelJ, thlB was what was really hap pening: When .Hartwell had filled tho Hampden with good tenants, Alfred T. Knight, who runs tho djnig store In the ground floor of tho building, got ns a present from n friend In Louisiana a four-foot "king" constrictor. Knight put tho "king" snako Into a box with a half-dozen live mice. Ono of tbo mice gnawed a hole In the box. Tho snako found the hole. Knight missed hlfl snake tho next day, but he didn't daro to say anything como back. In tho meantime Mr. 1 Snake was having the tlmo ot his llfo In the Hampden corridors, hunting mice and driving, tho Hampdenltes Into long periods of sobriety. Then, tho snako came back. But It camo back Just In time to lmpllcato Knight. A boy saw it and the story comes out. a little of tho theory, It .not ot the actual practice. In tho conduct ot "Tho Family." Of course tho boys were a llttlo backward about taking this study when tho opportunity waB first pre sented. Perhaps the natural reti cence to talk of theso dellcato topics might have kept any ot them from en tering tho class had it not been, for threo young men who wero lately married and who enrolled along with their wives. This served to "break tho Ice," and others soon followed their example. Each member of tho class Is given a certain subject for reference work. Tho roportB aro read before all mem' hers of tho class. Some of the toplcr. assigned wore: 'Household Econo my," "DomeBtlo Hygiene," "CauBcs ol Race Suicide," "Family Expenditures," "The Caro of tho Child," and "Hlghei Education for Women." Lectures and discussions on such phases of home llfo as Conduct and Character, Happi ness and the Social Ends, Place and Duty In the Moral Life and Virtues and the Right Ideals for Father and Mother also are coneldercd. posed edifice will be one of tho most beautiful In tho world. Nearly $100,- 000 already baa been raised. In personal appearance the Swaml Is most Impressive. He Ib a very big man an'd his great head Is covered with long black hair, slightly tinged with gray. He has deep black eyes and a massive face. Ho wears a long khaki covered; robe and American made shoes. His turban Ib ot gold and red silk. "At homo, when I wander from province to "Srovlnce, I go without shoes and wear a cloth about my body, while my arms and shoulders are bare," he said. "I am an ascetic, and we take no money In India. Here, It 1 would get people Interested in my philosophy, I must live as they live. I cannot wander and beg. I would be misunderstood." BUFFERED FOURTEEN YEARS. A Terrible Case of Dropsy and How It Was Cured. Mrs. W. II. Cody, 003 Tenth SL, Lewlston, Idaho, flays: "Fourteen yoart I suffered from kid ney trouble I waa so lamo and sore I could hardly move. Headaches wero fre quent 4nd my -whole, body bloated. I had chills and hot flashes and my ankles were bo swollen I could scarcely wear my shoes. The kidney secretions bothered mo and my nerves wero unstrung. I began taking Doan'e Kldnoy Pills and soon tho swelling diminished. Tho backache and other troubles quickly disappeared and L was completely cured." Remember tho name Doan's. For sale by druggists and general storekeepers everywhere. Price COc. Fostor-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. T. IN ART CIRCLES. First Artist How Ib ho ob a sculp tor? Second Artist Oh! ho cuts quite a. figure. 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This eicellent bun In cause prices la sdrsnc. Land vslnss ihonld doublelntwo rears' time. Urmln crowlur.iuUctl farm ni;, rittUe ra,Uliiraiiil is- ore nil prorilaule It tiniest uda of 1 60 un ui t lolry urrasnre in tin tinil In t li Y.r IijibI OUtrlcUt iBO aero pro-amp-lions at 83.00 perorru with in certain arras. Hrhoolsaixl churches In eery settle, merit, climate unexcelled, soli the richest I vrnoil, water and hoi Idinr; tuaterlal plentiful. H . or particulars as to location, low Miners' railway rales sod descriptive Illustrated rsmphlst. 'Last Best West," and other la- rnnnauon, write to npi of Imttil- S ration, Ottawa, Csnsds. or to ansdlan tioTernmtnt Agent. W. V. BENNETT ka lu Wit- GaU,M PIsam wrl .e to tbssfent nearest you nainaakw m!iflU il eaBaSkaaw mm jsmm