pXm 111 -I' THE SEMI-WEEKLY TR1IUNE LIU. I BARB, Publisher. TEXUtS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE. WORTH PLATTE, . NEBRASKA ! us GROWTH OF COMMERCE. Tho great manufacturing nations, ,tho great producing nntlqns, such aa Orcat Ilritnln, Germany, Franco and the United States dombined, have not mora than one-sixth tho population of tho globe, and It can be said with np proxlmato accuracy that tho other five sixths oro to a very great decree their customers, says tho Cincinnati Enquirer. Fully one-half of the world's population aro as yet only fractionally supplied with articles necessary for civilized existence. Tho 70,000,000 of pcoplo to tho south of us on tho Amcr lean continent when fully employed, as Bomo day they will be, In produc ing from their lands, their forests nnd their mines, will mako our manufac turers wenlthy through their demands for what our own Industrial districts can output. Commerco Is pushing Its way up ovcry groat nnd small river ot South America, It Is crossing the Andes dVcr a thousand trails, nnd where but ono railway across South America from ocean to ocean now runs, within a score of years there will bo sovcral other lines from the Pacific to tho navlgablo waters of tho great rivers of tho north and tho ccn ter. Tho world's commerco of today, hugo as It seems, Is small compared with 'that of tho futuro either In ton nago or In valuo. Discussion of women's manners In public will not down. Sometimes It Is womon who complain of being Jolt cd In crowds or of being compelled to tand In street earn whllo men occupy tho scats, says tho Boston Olobe BomctlmcH it Is men who murmur bo causo Bomo women In public often scon to ignoro tho fundamental rule of good breeding. It Is noticeable that most of tho criticisms of women's pub lie manners aro ovoked by tho con duct & well-dressed or stylish and np parently well-to-do woman, seldom by the bearing of working women or girls. Tho womnn who puts down a 120 or a $10 bill at tho tlckot offlce window, holds up a lengthening lint whllo sho counts hor changa nnd glares furiously If a man puts down his nlckol beforo she has picked ur the last bit of change; the woman who never moves along in a car to make room for another woman; the woman who deliberately takes up as much time aa posslblo at the ator counter while other customers art waiting-these women commonly loos like persons of refinement No doubl they are kind-hearted and gentle-man-nered In their own homes and In theli town circled. A New York woman who has had Ave divorcee still favors matrimony. She probably finds that if one does not take It too seriously there is a lot ol lua and excitement to be had from it A Baltimore preacher claims thai Atlas, who held up tho world, wan a woman. If he succeeds In proving it wo shall havo to chango tho name to Atla'sotta or Atlaslno. A Chlcagoan 6lghty-thrco ycara 'ol age has taken out a llcenso to marry a lady seventy years old from whom he was divorced 35 years ago. Thoy repented at leisure. A school of music has been in op eratlon for some time In Bangkok, 81am. Now wo know where some of the vaudeville songs come from. One of our clergymen proposes tc Rbollsa the old method of dancing He wants girls to dance with girls, and boys to dance with boys. Piffle as Aristotle once said, A Philadelphia woman wants a dl, vorce because her hucband threw a clock at her. Gallant men everywhere will agree that that is no way to bring ft lady to time. A New York mother failed to rco ogalxe her boy with a clean face. With all due allowance for the water fara ine in the metropolis we had hardly thought it was aa scarce aa that. Treasure seekers have found ?16, 000.000 in Honduras, according to re port If this treasure Is no Impostoi it Is made up of Spanish doubloons and pieces of eight A German doctor reports his discov ery of a hay fovor sorum. Ho should hurry and got It on the market for the coming season. Gunners are facing a posslblo closed season ot two years all over tho coun try. This ought1 to help materially In lowering mortality statistics. A Connecticut schoolma'am is In trouble with her constituency because she "wears too smart clothes." (Hob ble or harem 7 A good many men are strong enough te resist the temptatleV to steal att Mabrella that In, on a suny day. POINTS ON ALFALFA Presence of Moisturd Is Key to Success in Securing Stand. Water Cften and Do Not Fall to Irrl gate In Late Summer and Fall If Best Results Are Wanted Preparation of Soil Needed. my I'HILO K. DUNN. Alfalfa Kpectfll- iii. oiornio jiRTicuiiurni t,ouesc.; 1. Moisture In tho subsoil Is ns essential as the moisture for germi nation, to insuro a stand of nifatfa. It the subsoil Is dry, there must bo irrigation soon after seeding. 2, Sow only on a well prepared, settled seed bed; looso, newly plowed soil Is a hazardous risk, unless the soil la Immediately sottled by heavy rams or irrigation. 3. Sow nlfalfn. sow! onrlv If mats ture Is avallnblo; If not, sow at tho season nncn thcro Is tho greatest prospect for molsturo frotn, rains or Irrigation. 4. Sow alfalfa seed shallow, not moro than ono Inch deep. Broadcast and then harrowlnc Is usually n utic CCBful method, if tnofstltrn In nron. cnt: but a Dress-shoo-drlll seedlnc. nuout an inch In depth, would bo an Ideal method of sccdlnir broadcast flelda for hay production. C. Sow northern, acclimated strntns of alfalfa. The Arabian and nny of tho tropical strains of nlfnlfn nro nut unray in southern Colorado. 0. Ton to twolvo nounds of first. grado seed Is nlentv to sow nr nem that will ho nt least fifty seeds per square root, which will bo nmplo If conditions aro right Thorough prep aration is choapor than 20 to 30 pounds 'sown where tho conditions aro uncortnln. 7. Sow with n, mi run rrnn nnlv when thero Is plenty of water for Ir rigation. Oats, barley, and wheat are good nurse crons. but should ho town At lorist tWO-thirds of n timinl an,1. Ing for grain. 8. Spring seeded niirsn frnnn should bo cut for - 4 x l l IW left to rlpon for grain, as tho young Biiaira win usually suffer for water beforo tho Brain la rlnn nn,1 ttin floft cleared nnd irrigated. 0. On land inclined (n hln alfalfa In grain or enno stubblo with- OUt PlOWlnK. Thn Rlllhhln Min1 fho wind nnd docs not rob tho plant for moisture 10. Irrlentn nftrn. nml nn nni foil to irrlgato In lato summnr nml fnll If you want tho best results from your Btnnd of young nlfalfn. 11. KCOP down the wiwwln n. tor seed alfalfa on clean land, but cut on wun a mower If the woods got started. Do not clip alfalfa until tho CrOWtj buds have ilnvnlnnn1 n. hoppers often Injure a stand of al- iana uy eating off tho leaves nnd top before 'tho buds lmvn ninrii .i surface of the ground. Early sc'cdlng is preferred on this account GROUND FEED IS GREAT AID Part of Work of Digestion Has Been rtcgompmnea oy Artificial Grind Ing and Energy Saved. (By A. O. PHILLIPB.) Many fioultrymen now trrlnd nnvf nf their chicken feed Into a meal so that It can bo fed cither wet or dry in tho form of mush. It has lipnn fnnnrt that- in forcing chickens for quick growth or cgg.prouucing, fading a portion of ground food is a great help. Part of tho work of illii.tin Ko oeen accomplished by tho artificial grinding and tho hen so fed can uso tho cnorgy thus saved for something cue. inai is tno roal advantngo of (ceding ground grain. The general concensus or nnininn it tho present time. Is that thn ilrv mash, is more desirablo than wot. Many practical poultrymen, however, still prefer the wet mash. Labor Is one of tho greatest problems that the poultryman has to consider, conse quently if ho can find u method which will be labor-saving and yet give re sults, It Is worth consideration. Dry mash ted In honncrs Is nnsinr tn handle than any kind or wet mash. Hoppers are now made which nm rat-proof, sanitary and convenient. These can be filled onco a week and aro found to be satisfactory, Experiments havo provod that eggs produced by hens fed a dry mash wero moro fertllo than thoso laid by hons tea a wet mash. Wet mash Is slightly nore forcing, Id inconvonlcnt to food and requires care In kconlnc thn fnad. Ing vessel clean. Asparagus Culture. Asparagus Is not nil difficult tn tnw when proper conditions nre provided. It Is surprising how fust tho young Plants grow woon atrong roots nro planted In raolBt soil nnd covered with not moro than two Inches of soil. Tho turrows aro filled tn gradually until tho crowns nro six Inches or moro be low tho surface. Tho asparagus experiment station at Concord, Mass., has developed a rust-rcslstant varioty. This will prob ably bo worth millions of dollars to growors in tho United States. U will also reuder unnecessary tho moving and burning of tho topa in tho fall of tho year, but tho tops may bo left In the fields, thus adding to tho supply of the soil humus, Care for Brood Sow. It is not only necessary to proporly foed and care for tho brood sow bo fore and after breeding, but It Is equally necessary to feod her Judl ciously throughout the entire timoshe In carrying her' Utter," SECURE APPLES OF QUALITV Best Growers Keep Water Away From Thirty to Fifty Days Before' Ripening. The smaller varieties of apples ntdd tho most .thinning of courso. Such things as Gcnctons, Missouri Pippins, Winter Pcarmalns need the most; then como tho Winesnp, Jona than, Gano, Bon Davis and tho larger varieties. Tho Arkansas Black ncods ovory little thinning if properly pruned nnd tho frost did all tho necessary thinning this year ns it dfd also with tho Wlnesap. It (a of coursd absurd to thin a ten-box' troo down to ono box expecting thereby to get nn enormous nlzo of apples for that ono box, although this might be done for show purposes If ono hns plenty of fruit A good normal growth and yiold of fruit In better than n flash crop better for tho treo and fruit. A p-ower may cultivate and wator and k op tho pests off tho trees, force the growth nnd ye. not got good col ored fruits nor havo them matured right, no matter how much or how llttlo lie thins. Unless good nttontlon la given to maturing tho fruit and tho 1 1 ds, If watering Is kept up lato tho result will be very few apples hut a big lenfgrowtb, a superabundance or tender, green wood nnd somo big, green apples. Tho best growers hava learned to ripen autl color theso np ri by keeping tho water off from thirty to fifty days beforo picking. Different soils however need different treatment. It Is at this period tho ap ples get their flavoi and keeping qual ities. POTATO SHOULD BE DITCHLJ When Practiced Roots and'' Food Soil Will Be Dampened Flat Land Must Be Well Graded. Potatoes should bo ditched for Irri gation bo that tho roots and their food eoll will bo dampened, but so tho wa ter will not puddlo nor pack tho sur face or body of tho boll abovo or ,aroun-J tho tubers. This means that on flat land tho ditches must be largo and deep to allow tho water to run along, tho row and nowhero to go too high, Flat lands must bo well graded, moreover, so there will bo no hum mocks to back up tho water nor hoi' lows to causo flooding. On flat lands tho two way plow should bo used so that tboro may be neither back fur rows, nor dead furrows, nnd It Is 4, Tayo very essential to have a good open tall raco to lcavo no chuck-up In tho backwater but this wator can be usod over again further down. POULTRY NOTES. Coarse sand makes an excellent grit for very young chickens. Exposure to cold rains Is injurious to tho health of tho fowls. Select chicks aa soon as hatched; cut off heads ot weaklings. It la important that tho birds bo kept in dry, sanitary houses. Granulated rolled oats mako an ex cellent food for young chickens. Iri most breeds cockorols will crow at or boforo five months or age. HnlMnch mesh wlro nottlng tacked on floor Joists will keep out rats. Gccso are grazers and need a pas ture. They do not thrive confined. In foodlng poultry average a hand ful to each fowl, and scattor well. An ounce of common senso caro is worth pounds ot curative modlclnos. Look out for tho small unsuspected drafts they causo colds nnd roup. Turkey hens nro profltablo uutll th fifth year. Chango males annunlly. Poultry houses should havo doublo west and north walls, If prnctlcablo. A liberal supply ot whitewash Is the beat dlslnfectunt for poultry houses. Chicks should havo (rco access to somo kind or grit nftor tho first day. Tho hen that molts early is tho ono that will mako tho best winter layer. Water is not Imperative In duck rais ing, but aids brcoders In keeping down fut. Build droppings boards IS Inches abovo ground and ten Inches beneath roosts. If well fattened, Toulouse geeso at thrco years of nge will weigh GO pounds per pair. Keep tho dust box supplied with nice clean dust, and seo that the grit, box Is never empty, Keeping many breeds Is n poor way to succeed. Get down to ono or two varlotlos and givo them tho best ot care. If tho hens were compellod to work a llttlo harder these days for what grain they get it would be a good thing for them. A Stump Remover. An easy way to remove stumps, where time Is not an object, Is to dig a trench besldo tho stump and then to boro a diagonal holo through (ho stump bo that tho lower end ot the hole will bo near the top of tho trench and tho upor ond some dis tance abovo tho ground. Build a flro In tho trench and partially coyer it so that the flame will draw through tho nugur holo Ilka it would through a fluo. As soon as the flro 'is started a draft Is crcatod through tho augur holo and this helps to flro tho stump much moro rapidly. This mothod re quires no grunt equlpmont and will ho found effoctlvo, though It takes time, True Value of Sheep. Thcro nro 27,110,000 sheep In Great Brltnin with its 88,000 squaro miles. Now York stato has 1,131,000 snoop with Its 40,000 equnro miles. These figures show how tremendously short American farmers aro In their under standing ot tho true valuo of sheep. Washington Has a WASHINGTON. Every crank In tho country that doesn't know what fool thing, to do with himself gets on tho, train and tells tho con ductor to put him oft at Washington thinks ho must seo tho president. If tho wheels in tho head of somo lunatlo In Bangor, Me., or Tombstone, Ariz., get to working ovcrtlmo ho heads for Washington to show tho president tho mochnnlsm. If somo long-halrod lunatlo in Oshkosh bulIdB a wheelbarrow out of a soap box and a sifter rim ho won't bo happy till ho's trundled It 'cross country to Washington arfd has tho president como out on tho front porch and look nt It. Every summer, beforo tho presi dent leaves, there's h perfect delugo of cranks that havo ridden horseback from Dawson City or driven nn ox team from somo town out beyond the Kockles, sayB a White house attache Itecently wo had two of these Idiots' in ono day three, to. bo exact Ono Inspectors Are Busy Watching Frauds THE efforts of tho government and tho various states to provide pure food for tho peoplo of the country has brought. about a higher quality ot foodstuffs, but it has not deterred tho JnventlVo genius of tho country from trying to work out schemes for sub stitutes and adulterations. Stato food and drug Inspectors re ceive scores ot letters and circulars from ullcged chemists and get-rlch-quick men who would mako grocers and butchcrB their tools. Probably tho worst adulteration that has como to tho attention of tho department is a butter emulsion which will causo the butter to absorb Its exact weight in water and Btlll prevent tho butter caters knowing It. Take a pound of butter and a pound of water nnd a spoonful of this emul sion, work tho three together for about ten minutes, and thcro is two poupdB of butter and no water. The average housewife could not tell tho dlfforenco betweon this watered but ter and the real article. A man in .Tennessee has developed a schemo by which he can mako a purd apple cldor vinegar at an actual cost of four cents a gallon, and using ono applo for each gallon. The frniid could not bo detected except by an nctual chemical toBt. Tho same chap also baa. a schemo for making npplo Scurrying Little VISITORS In the galleries of tho sen ate chamber aro always interest ed In tho bright llttlo messengers who scurry about bent on errands for the senators. Theso pages llvo officially In un age limit. They must be no less than twelve nor moro than sixteen years old. Ills seventeenth birthday Is usually a sorry day for tho page boy for it may bo long before ho can hnvo bo good an incomo;' cortalnly many years before ho can earn so much with so little physical and mental effort. Tho boys are employed during tho sessions ot the senate a 2.60 a day; and that meanB SO or 31 days a month, whether tho scnato Ib In ses sion every day or not. Thero aro now fourteen pages on the floor of tho senate, and four riding pages. Tho latter receive $950 a year, their pay going on whether the senato 1b in r 1 7 YtAtfi 1 -rJ MANY HAPPY I "RfB r1 New Senators Laugh at Silence Rule ALL the new members of the senate ooom to havo "lit a tnlkin'," as the southern mountaineers say of a gar rulous stranger with a ready flow of conversation. In other days it was considered the proper thing for a new senator to sit In sllonco through his flrst term ot six years. It lu only a tow years since a lot ot -precedent-bound senatorial digni taries expressed their Indignation at tho intrusion ot new members by walking out of tho senato chamber when Beverldgo began to talk a few days after taking his scat The oamo treatment was given La Follotte, who remarked as tho coat tails of bis colleagues vanished through tho door that thoy would como back and lis ten, and that ho probably would bo in tho senato when most ot them had been retired. . Of the recently elected members of the aenate, many are young men, caring llttlo for antiquated traditions. Luke Lea of Tennessee, tblrty-two Plague of Cranks was n man riding a burro from San Diego to Boston on a bet, and tho other two wcro n man and his wlfo from Bonio Insnno place out west Thoy had sworn on tho bones of tho saints or something that they would walk Into ovory Btnte In tho Union within a twelvemonth; thoy had al ready been in seventeen, nnd, having thus acquired tamo, came to Washing ton to show themselves to tho presi dent Then thero'a tho lunatic who tramps across cpuntry on n wager that ho can go from ocean to ocean on a dollar nnd thirty-seven cents. Thero must bo n hundred of him every year, nnd ho generally brings a letter to tho prcsldont from tho mayor of tho little town ho comes from. -And theso aro Just a few of them; if I'd put down tho names of all this breed of cranks that turn up hero to nco tho president In six months it would bo longer than the list of applicants for a vacant consulship. Tho trouble Is, tho president, in many instances, can't get out of seeing tho crank. With the cunning of ono of his kind, ho generally goes straight to ono of tho local paper's. Tho paper takes him up, prints his photograph and publishes his vain-glorious interview about his eccentricities. butter with one npplo to the gallon of butter and at a cost of one-fourth tho real article. A man in Rochester, N. Y devel oped a plan of treating sawdust with molasses to uso In ndultcrntlng spices. Ono part of tho real sploo atd three parts of sawdust mado the product, which could not be detected by tho eye or tongue. Frauds In flavoring extracts and maplo syrup havo been common. A Vermont man has offered a reclpo to grocers so that they enn mako tho maplo syrup they purchase into an adulterated product, threo gallons ot fraudulent syrup to one-half gallon of tho real syrup. Thero aro numerous other schemes for Increasing tho weight of parched coffee, preserving oggs, useless bak ing powders, making mincemeat and tomato catsup at reduced cost by using llttlo meat or tomatoes. The grocer, to get the recipes, must pay for thom. The prlco la usually $10 and a pledge to. secrecy. Senate Messengers session or not Tho pages aro never romoved on account ot politics. Tho boys of tho scnato wear knea breeches, neat llttlo round-abouts, silk stockings and well-polished shoes. Their faces and hands aro clean, their hair carefully brushed and each ono of them looks as If ho had Just como out of a bandbox. The duties of a page today are substantially the ,samo as were required at tho begin ning of the government ' Sometimes tho boys aro not dis missed when they reach tho nge limit Exceptionally bright pages have been retained as riding nages, whoso duty it is to carry messages for senators to executive departments and to all points in the national capi tal. Others have been promoted to tho position of deputy sergcant-at-nrniB ot the senate, or aB superin tendent ot pages on tho Democratic or Republican side of the senate. Tho boys attend night school and by listening to debates and by reading the congressional record are receiving educations on national affairs and on economics such nn no university in tho world could afford to provide for its students. nWHf N TBADIT10N5 lOF Trtl atnurr AND TRADITIONS WILL Dn .IGNORED years old, and tho youngest man over seated In tho senate, began talking very soon after taking tho oath of ofllco and has on several occasions notified his colleagues that when 'tra ditions of tho senate and business methods conflict tho traditions will bo ignored. 8enator Kenyon of Jowa la not much older and is a ready and aggressive talker, with no disposition whatever to play a thinking part through bIx years. Senator Pomerene of Ohio relieved himself of a speech within a few weeks after taking his seat, and Sena tors Williams, Works and Hitchcock are ail talkative new members. JUST A CASt- -ft&c OP WATERING 1 fcsfiX JTOCK Obi A. I n4-"tft,lo J&tA -Hit: A vwwn NOTHING BUT AN AMATEUR Fair Damsel's Questions That vealed Callow Lover In His True Light. Re- "Do you really and truly tblnk I am beautiful?" sho nsked, "You aro simply divine," he re plied. "But there nro other girls whom you think moro beautiful than I." '"No, I don't think thoro Is a moro beautiful girl in tho world than you." "Thero nro other girls you think aro Just as beautiful, though." "You nro moro beautiful than any other girl -1 over saw." "I suppose thero aro plenty ot girls whom you consider almost as beautiful ns I am." "I think you aro far more beauti ful than any other girl that ever breathed." "Well, why dldn't you Bay that in tho first placo?" "That was what I meant, if I didn't exactly say so." "O, well, go dn. My goodness t Must I suggest everything rilco that you say to mo?" , "What more can I say?" "Heavens! I'm not going to' sit hero giving you lessons. I thought tho way you started out that you had mado love boforo." HOW IT HAPPENED. "Poor man! How did you become a tramp?" "I wua a war correspondent In Man thurla, mum. I got so used ter doing nuthin' dat I hain't been no good Blnce." Sufficient Evidence. Having vouched for the honesty of the woman who wished a situation aB scrub-woman tho good-natured man waB subjected to a severe examina tion by tho superintendent of tho building. "Thero nro degrees of honesty." laid tho superintendent "How hon est is she?" The good-natured man reflected. "Well," said he, "I'll tell you. Sho Is so honest that if you throw any thing that looks to bo worth a cop per into tho wnsto basket you havo to tag it 'Destroy thB,' or she will flsh it out and put it back on your desk night after night, no matter how badly you want to got rid of it. I don't know that I can say anything more." "No moro is necessary," said the superintendent, and he proceeded to biro tho woman. An Intangible Legacy. "I dun heah, Lira, dot yo' Aunt Je- rusha dun meek yo' hor heir by de law. What yo' dun get?" "Des 'zactly what I dun et up an' wore out" Success Magazlno. Consolation. Knlcker My wife is always Dralslni tho men sho rejected for me. Docker Never mind: sho will nralse rou to her second husband. Immortality. "Speaking of lmmortnlliy, what's the matter with tho hen?" "Go on." "Her eon novcr sots." Hannlne&s. at least. Is not solitary it Joys to communicate; It love others, ior it ae-penus on tnom lor-its exist ence. Stevenson. STRONGER THAN MEAT A Judge's Opinion of Grape-Nuts. A gentleman who has 'acnulrnd n in. dlclal turn of mind from experience on the bench out in tho Sunflower Stato writes a carefully considered opinion as to tho valuo of Grape-Nuta as food. Ho says: "For the Dast G years OrnTK.Nnti has been a prominent feature in our bill of faro. "The crlsn food with the rfnUHmiq nutty flavor has becomo an indln. pensablo necessity in my family's everyday life. "It has DrOVCd to ho mont hnnlthfnl and beneficial, and han cnahiert nn tn practically abolish pastry and plea. irom our taoie, ior tno cniidrcn prefer Grape-Nuts, and do not cravo rich nnd unwholcsomo food. 'Grape-Nuts keens us all in nrfpt unyslcal condition as a nrvrntlvn nt disease It Is beyond valuo. I have been particularly impressed by the benefi cial effects ot Grane-Nutn xvhnn hspiI by ladlc3 who aro troublod with face L t uiemisues, a Kin eruptions, etc. It tlcars up tho complexion wonderfully. "As to Its nutrltlvo qualities, my ex perience is that ono small dish of Grape-Nuts is suporlor to a pound of meni ior oreaicrast, wnlch Is an Irapor tant consideration for anyone It sat isfies tho appetite and strengthens the power of resisting fatigue, whllo its uso Involves none of tho disagreeable consequences that sometimes follow meat breakfast." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Read the llttlo book, "Tho Road to Wcllvlllo," in pkgs. "There's a reason." Brer rend ho above letter? A un ne, appear trom time to time. Tber re genuine, true, ana full of bamtui latere t.