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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1911)
A 1 111 1 jgpl OMAHA, "e I've been hero In Clilcnro on a vtelt fer a while: Most everywhere I'vo went they've hail , , Bme muiilc In somo style: 1 wevo tuk In shown whero people suns, on' et In swell caffaya hero all th'- time a feller cats a bunch o" fiddlers plays-" But there's one soiik that eecina to mo sounds better 'In th rest. Its: 'Train fer Clinton. O-ma-lmw. an' Denver on' lit wcstl" I heard one Ions-haired fiddler play-I never knowed that strings ZouIU ever give out sounds that mad you fee like you saw things! "eerd planner pounders claw their wayi nlong th' keys An' mako you think o' shoolln' scrapes. on orchard blooms nn' bees; Nout ther's a pieco o' music that I'd Jest, ... 1.l.k.0 "Kffst: "All n-bonrd fer Clinton, an' fer Dcn-vcr, an' th west!" . I sot a ear fer music, I would have you understand; I pat my foot right smart to Alexander's Ragtlmo Band; t holler, too. fer Dixie: an' I've sune somo In my days Jest sort o ofttiand alnfiln'. but I cot, - through, anyways. But when you size It up. ther's ono that sounds about th' best; ' It's: "Train fer Clinton, Oma huw. an', Denver an' th' westl" I've been down to th 'dec-po very dny, 'most, hero o' late If I don't mako a raise right oon. I'Jl have to go by freight. But there's a sort o' comfort, when that feller opens out An' makes th' whole blame' dee-po echo back his drawed-out shout. I feel heaps like npplaudin' when he Bits It off his chest That: 'Tra-n-aln fer Clln-lon, 0-my- haw, an' Denver, an' th weitV WE THE PEOPLE. We aro the smartest people on earth. We givo tips to hat boys. Wo give tlpa to bellboys. We give tips to porters and door men. We buy theater tickets of scalpers. We buy. baseball tlcketB of scalpers. . .Wehang to. straps In strcot cars.. We 'cringe beforo hotel clerks. " Wo tiro snubbed by ticket sellers. We are bossed by our servants. We wear unbecoming things be :ause some one says tbe stylo has changed. Wo listen to bores at banquets. Wo allow politicians to say for ft'horn wo shall vote. We aro tbe smartest pcoplo on sarth. SAY THAT AGAIN, AND SAY IT BLOWLY. A Diplomatic Statesman. "Mr. Blgbug," soys tho biographer, "I And this unidentified statement of yours among somo of your notes: 'The matter Is one which deserves the thoughtful consideration of every pub. Ilo-Bpiritcd citizen, and which cannot be specifically decided without tho prayerful contemplation which char notorized tbe deliberations or tbe fathers of tho country.' Will you tell me what tho question was, so that I may insert the quotation In its proper place?" "Ob, that?" smiles the eminent mnti. "That was just a nice little speech I wrote out and (earned by heart so I could repeat It whenever 1 was asked for my opinion on the lnltlatlvo and referendum or tho recall, or any other public question. It sounded good, and read Just as well, and If I were inter- riini un in n aiinnnii u rnniv iiirn rnnr would convince tho audience that I whs mighty conscientious." Insistent Debtors. The folk who barrow trouble No good Intentions luck: They wait till It grows double Then try to pay It back. Vague Suspicion. , "Jouadab," says bis wife, "1 nm be ginning to havo doubts of your sin cerity." -You arel" "Yes. 1 have observed that when' ever I find it necessary to speak to you In on admonitory way, you very soon thereafter bump Into a choir oi a door and mutter under your breath I am growing to believe that you bump Into things Just as an excuse foi swearing about what I eay to you." REQUISITES FOR NEATAND RAPID WORK AT KILLING TIME frfethod of Farmer Wfco Thoroujgkly UmltrsHsuwt tk &tt tMM It Is Necessary to Have Good Scraptr, Stick ing Knife, Hog Hook and Coaveaiwtt Place to Labor In. (By W. HANSON, Illinois.) In order to do neat and rapid work tt kog-kllling tlmo, it Is necessary to havo R good scraper, sticking knife, a hog hook and a place that is conven ient for working. For scalding, a. barrel Is commonly used, and It Is all that Is needed un less the hogs are Very large. If very iargo hogs are killed, a scalding tub will answer the purpose, for scalding aiuch better than a barrol. 1 have one which Is made of twe inch planks for tho sides and ends, Jnd shoot Jron for tho bottom. It Is ilx feet long opd thrco mid ono-half feet wldo, wjth n depth of two and pne-hnlf feet. Two hooks aro fastened near the lop on ono side, with n pnlr of tract? chains to run under tho hog, to facll Itate the turning and withdrawing from the tub. It Is placed over a furnace, which Is made by digging n trench In tho ground, and when In ubo 1 place pieces of wood across tho bottom, In order to keep tho hog from coming In con tact with tho Iron bottom and gottlng loo hot. I find that tho proper temperature for good scalding is from 180 to 100 degrees, and If a barrel is to bo used, the water Bhould bo boiling when dipped out of tho kettle, as tho barrel will cool It some. If a scalding tub Is used, tho water should be cooled by adding a bucket of cold water, before tho hog Is put In. To Insuro a correct heat of tho wa ter, uso a thermomoter. Small quan tities of lye, ashes or lime will hnve no effect In removing tho hair, but will cause tho scurf to come looso more readily. A hog hook is almost Indispensable, and If ono Is to be made it should bo made In the form of a hay or bale hook. In fact, I find that a hay hook answers tho purposo very well. In handling tho hog, stick tho hook In tho flesh of the lower jaw, just be hind tho fork of the Jaw bone. How ever, tho hook, may be stuck under tho tendons of the hind legs. - Keep the hog In constant motion whllo being scalded, and draw it out' to air occasionally. When tho hair and scurf Blip easily from the body tho scalding Is completed. In scraping and cleaning the hog, I clean tho feet and head first, then tho legs, and last but not least, the body. I hang the hog with a rope and pulley, as It Is more easily hung in this way than any other. , Hut It may bo hung with tho ordinary gambrel, a stick which Is sharpened at each end and inserted under the tendon strings of tbe hind legs. A short singlctrco will bo found io answer for a gambrel-stlck. If thoro Is sufficient help at hand, tho hog may CISTERN THAT CLEANS ITSELF Method In Shown in Illustration -That Carries) Oil. Refuse Settling at the Bottom. Cisterns are usually mado of brick and cement mortar In the form of a Jug. Tho watoY In let In at tho top by conductors from tho ovo troughs of the roof of tho liouso or barn. The soot, dust, leaves and other forolgn matter on tho roof and in tho trough are washed Into tho cistern, writes Dr. J. A. Klrkland In the Wallace'B Farmer. This settles to the bottom, making a heavy deposit of slhno 'and filth, and tho water, which is always drawn from tho bottom by the pump, comes up dirty and foul smolllng. If tho' cistern Is built as tho Illustration represents. It will bo automatic In cleaning, as It will overflow from tho bottom, thus carrying out the atalo Self-Cleaning Cistern, water and sediment that have accumu lated below. The cistern should be built in the ordinary way and cemented fully to tho top. Tho conductor pipes should enter through tho cover, a drain pipe leave the cistern just beneath the neck, or about three feet below the surface. Into this Is cemented a gal vanized gas pipe which extends down ward to within about two and a half Inches of a depression In thebottom of tho cistern. i win readily be seen that as soon 1 - -z be hung on a polo put tip for the pur pose. After the hog is hung up, rinse It down with scalding water, remove the entrails by running a sharp knife lightly down, marking the Ml) straight, cutting to Ike bone between the thighs and In front of the rib, which bonea I split with an ax, feeing-' careful not to cut beyond them. Open the abdomen, and after k little use of the knife one will seldom cut tho entrails In removing them. However, I hav a row short strings nt hand to uso In case any of the en trails aro cut. After removing tho entrails, liver and heart, spread tho carcass apart HoQ-8ca!dlng Tank. with a stick and rlnso It down with cold water. When cooled sufficiently, removo tho loaf fnt and kidneys and cut It up. I usually salt down on a bench or In' a box as soon as It 1ms cooled enough to' trim, but I never put any salt on the ribs nnd backbones It the weather Is cool. Tho amount of salt I iifco Is ten pounds to every oca hundred pounds of meat. In addition to tho salt, I also ubo two pounds of granulated sugar und two ounces of saltpetre mixed. Rub tho meat once every thrco days with ono-ihird of tho mixture. Whllo It is curing pack It, In n box In a cool room, whero It will neither becomo warm, nor freeze. Two barrels may bo used, changing tho moat from ouo to tho other each time It is rubbedi After tho Inst rub bing let tho meat He In. a box for a week or ten dnyB, then tako It out to smoke. When taken otit of the box dip each piece iu a kettle of boiling water and lot It remain halt a minute, after which sprlnkto a ltttlo powdered borax on tho meat side, and hang. Smolrn It four nr flvn ilnvn wllh hickory chips or corn cobs, then dip! and spiinklo It with borax ngnln, nnd put It down In clean hay. Tho hot water destroys any fly eggs that may havo boon deposited, and tho borax prevents files from depositing fresh ones, Meat treated in this manner may bo loft hanging nil summer and will re main In the best condition. ns the water rises above tho drain, It will begin by forco of gravity to flow from the bottom up through tho gal vanized tube and loavo tho cistern from tho bottom, thus sucking, out the foul wator and scdimont from below and leaving the clean, fresh -water nt the top. I Invonted this devico and have had one of these cistern In op eration for seventeen years. The wa ter has always remained pure and sweet, nnd without any attention what ever to olonnlng. Thero Is no patent and tho additional cost of this simplo and sanilnry device Is about two and n"nnlf to three dollars. GUARD AGAINST WASTE IN FEED Farmer Must Systematize" Feed ing So That Good Roughage la Not Refused by Cuttle, Feed has grown to bo bo high priced thnt wasting. It soemM like squandering gold; yet the careless fcoder wastes on enormous amount of feed ovcry winter when a little watchfulness and sound Judgment would savo It When stock aro fed a tempting grain feed beforo or at tho same tlmo thoy aro given their roughage ration they Invariably becomo somewhat, dainty as to what thoy eat, picking' out but tho very best of tho roughngo and rejecting all the rest. When this habit Is onco formed stock will often go hungry rather than cat what has boon picked over nnd .which really Is very good feed. There fore, one must systematize his feed ing In such manner as to guard against the habit being formod. This Bhould In no wise bo construct ed as meaning the feeding of foul or musty roughago, but at the same tlmo we do advise one to feed so ns to de rive tho greatest posslblo profltB, con sistent with tho good, health of tho herd, For this reason wo should feed tho roughage before tho grain or at a lime whon, we know tho stock to be hungry enough to cat all tho rough age containing a certain amount of nourishment and wo consider that the system saves us n great quantity of food supplies every season. Best Draught Horse, An experiment station says that the closer a draught horse Is to Iho ground the better both for service and endurance. SOME MISTAKES IN POULTRY Too Many tlnners Start en Ten Large Scale Meet Common Er ror Is "Learning Tee Fast." It Is welt (or the beginner to adopt the advice or men who are veterans In tho sorvlec, In order that they may avoid many of the stumbling blocks, says tho Poultry Journal. Toe many novices ,start oft too large a. scale. They aro not content to begin at the bottom round of the ladder and gradually climb to the top. That tc too slow for them. It blessed with sufficient capital they ore pretty sure to start on a largo scale. Without experience, Is It any wonder Ihnt they do not suiccod?" Hut this Is not tho only cause of falluro with, tho beginner. Tho oth ers might brief! bo stated as haw lug too much land: buildings too scat tered, entailing too much unnecessary Inbor: tho breed or breeds selected not being suitable Tor tho purposo intended; house not built upon tho sanitary plan; too much chang ing of tho bill of fnrci unralmirul ol small details; harboring too much un profitable stock; carelessness lit car ing for ailing birds; relying too much on hired help, nnd learning too fast. tt Is a waste of money to buy too much land. From C to 10 acres Is suf ficient ror tho largest kind of plant. A gcnoral mlstako is tho continual changing of tho bill of fare. There should bo ono system of feeding and that regularly followed. Tho bill of faro should contain tho greatest va ilcty possible, but tho system should not bo changed. Now articles of food should not be given to tho exclusion or others until the fowls have had a chancT to become acquainted with them. All additions or changes should bo gradually made. If the fowls are doing well on what they arc getting, no chango should bo mode at nil. Probably tho moat common error Is 'learning too faBt." It is n note worthy rnct thnt, as a rule, by the close of tho first yoar tho beginner forms tho opinion that ho knows tt alt. Thirty years spent In tho poul-' try yard has taUght tho writer thit ho ban much yet to learn. There Is always something new turning up. The wiso mnn reads, studies, prac tices and Investigates, thus dally add ing to his storo of knowledge. SUCCESS IN TURKEY RAISING jf, Inadvisable for One to Attempt to Rear Large Fowls Unless Abund ance of Space Available. It Is Inadvlsnblo for any ono to at tempt turkey rearing unless they havo abundance of Bpnce, ror these birds, Gobbler and Hen. more perhaps than any other deni zens of tho poultry yard, aro unnble to bear confinement. Sundry attempts have been mndo to rear them in llm Ited runs, but-as yet tho effort has not met with success. Those who are favored with spaco will flnd turkey rearing profitable, provided that they can 'secure 'attention being given to the birds. COMBATING LICE IN CHICKS Small Quantity of Olive Oil Rubbed on Fowl's Head Will Prove Quite Effectual. If fowls uro healthy, the premises kept clean, nnd a dust bath or ashes provided, Hco rarely get the upper hand. It being through tho brood hens, transmitting them to the chick ens, that most harm ensues. A hen with many or few llco on her when sitting transmits them to tho chick ens Immediately they are hatched. They aro to bo found stationary on tho chicken's head, nbovo tho beak and eyes, nnd In n few days when they get more plentiful, are to bo round behind nnd on top of head and throat. A simple nnd effcctlvo treatment adopted by tho government station In New South WalcB Is to plnco a small quantity of ollvo oil In a saucer, nnd the day after hatching dip tho linger in tho oil and thoroughly rub It Into the fluff of tbe chicken's head and un der tho throat. This will kill the llco ir present and If repeated tbe second nr third day thero will bo llttlo rear of any escaping. WJion a week or ten dnys old the chlckcna should bo ex amined again nnd if any of the vormlu are found ut this ege a llttlo kerosene can be ndded to the olive oil. It Is best to nnnolnt all chickens with tbe oil Immediately after they aro hatched, such being a sure preventive of he scourge. Care of poultry Rune. Plowing and liming the poultry runs purifies (he foil sji jss ii TV - C His Double House -X By VIKGIMA BLAIR Mrs. Brlnkley catna over with a batch of breed for Stephen 8treaK. "I HRould think you'd got married," she said, daringly. Stephen smiled nt her. "Hew many time have yeu Mhl that to me. Mrs. Brlnkleyr "I seell eay it until you give mo an answer." "AH that Is over for me," bitterly, Mrs. tlrlnkley turned and faced him, "Vou'vo never forgotten Mary Dean7" Nobody had spoken to Stephen of Mary Dean since, ton years ago, sho had Jilted him. His head went up, but ho smiled radly, ns Mrs. Urlnkloy laid her wrinkled hand over his big brown one. "I want to sea you happy," she raid softly. ! "Oh, I am happy, and I'm getting to be a very good houBokcoper." ( Ho carried tlu situation oft so lightly that sho had nothing elsa to say, but when sho reached tho door ho turned and asked sharply, "It Mary should come bank, what then?" Stephen stared at her. Ho had never thought of that. He had planned his future with rcforence only to bis bachelor needs. He walked to the gate with Mrs. nrlnkley, and when he came back the loneliness of his big double house struck htm with a chill. Stephen's mother had been with him until her death, and she and her son had lived in the newer part. Tho older wing, fitrnished quaintly In. the style ot early Victorian days, was open only once a year whon Mrs. Urlnkley supervised the cleaning and airing. It was Mrs. Drlnkley's nelghborll uess which had made It possible tor Stephen to live alone. He loved her not only for herself, but because she had always been a friend of Mary Dean. Yet oho had never dared speak to him as sho had spoken today. He went about his tasks furiously, try ing to put out of his head the thought of his humiliation and consequent suf fering Outside, It was a night of wind and of Ltorm, Within, a fire burned on tho hearth, and a cat purred In the warmth and glow, Step'hon made a cup ot coffee for himself and gave the cat somo moat and a dish of milk. In youngci manhood Stephen had uot cared tot cats, but now there was something of comfort In the presence of this gentlr, white creature. He sat long over the fire that night dreaming, The door was shut be tween his portion ot tho house and the empty rooms. Suddenly he sat up startled. It seemed to htm that somewhere, faintly, ho heard, the rustic of a woman's drees. He rubbed his hands across his eyos. Ho must have fallen asleep, and tbe swish ot the rain on tho win dows had caused the illusion. Ho rose, lighted a lamp and went to bed. He left the cat on a cushion on tho hearth, He thought ho hoard the click ot a latch, '"It Is. thejvlnd." he said to himself, and fell asleep. In (he morning when 'he went down the cat was still on the cushion on tho hearth rug, but thero was something olto on tho rug a little flno square of whlto linen. Stephen picked up tho handker chief and stared at It; then he looked at the cat. If only sho could speak what would sho tell? It was while ho was still standing there that Mrs. Drlnkley came run ning over. "Were you In the other part of your house lust night?" she demanded breathlessly, . "No" lustlnctlvcly Stephen hid the llttlo handkerchief In his big bands "There was n faint flickering light," Mrs. Urlnkley said. "In ono ot the upper rooms." "You must hnve been droamlng." "I couldn't havo been." Mrs. lirink- ley Inslstod, "tor 1 called Mr. Urlnkloy up to look at It" "Dear Mrs. nrlnkley," Stephen asked, "who would como Into that tmheated place on such a night?" "Well," Mrs. nrlnkley nld, de cidedly, "If I believed In ghost I should say that It was a ghost, and, anyhow, It gave me an awful fright." Stophen switched her from the sub ject by Inquiring tactfully about a certain chocolate cake which she had promised to bake for htm, nnd pres ently she flew homowurd to beat up and bake. When sho bad gone Stephen stood still In tbe middle of the floor "Wfl've got to look Into this, pussy tat,' ho said, to tho llttlo rat. Ho wont to a drawer and took out a big key and Inserted It softly In the lock of the dividing door. A blast ot chill, damp air struck him He shivered and went on, It was u ghostly place, with the gray wJntor light sifting through closed blinds In the parlor there was no sign ot any living presence, so Stephen as cended the carpeted stairway and came to tbe landing without having made a sound. . And It was there he stopped, listening, Somewhere on that upper floor someono was cough ing! He made his way to the end rooiii. As he approached tbe open door be saw a little figure swathed In blankets sitting In a big chair by tbe window, He spoke softly "Mary." She gave a llttlo cry and stood up The heavy covering fell at her feet and showed hre In a street suit A coat, r.lilverlng and shaking, her cheeka hushed, her eyes bright, "Oh. Stephen," she said, "what will you think or me?" He went up te her and took her ttnnd "1 think this," he said kindly "that yoH are very cold and that yen must come uwn and sit by myiflre." "t sat there lest night," she mid eager'?, "it was to hitter up here that when 1 heard yen go to bed t crept In and shared the warmth wltk tho puar.y cat." The tears came In her oyes as she said It, and ho saw how weak she waa. "You must como right down," he said with authority "Yon'll freeie here, Mary." She broke down and sobbed. "Oh. nobody has taken care or me ror years." she said. "When my hue baud dlod I tried to gel work, hhA then 1 was ID, and at last 1 came back In the storm, end whon I peseea hero 1 saw the light shining out, and 1 wanted to stop and ask year mother to take mo In; but 1 watched and saw she wasn't here, and so f crept Into the other pert of the houee.. I remembered the way we Used to get In when we were children. Ste phen." "And It was yetir handkerchief I found on the hearth," he said. "Seme how I felt that it was yours, Mary." He helped her down the stairway and put her Into hie own big chair. Then he went for Mrs. Brlnkley. "Mary Dean has come back. She's s4ck with a cold nnd she needs Im mediate attention," he stated. "You'll como, won't you?" Mrs, Urlnkley'a chocolate cake burned to a crisp while she went on. her errand of mercy, but she did net care. She sent Stephen for the doctor. Then she kissed Mary and cried ever her and lectured her, and ended by saying, "Stephen Is the very best man In the whole wide world." "Oh, don't I know It?" Mary asked. "It seemed to me. Mrs. Brlnkley, that If I could only get back here and. see Stephen once more I wouldn't care If I died." "But you are not going to die," said Mrs. Brlnkley briskly. "You're nth Ing to get well and marry Stephen." "Oh, no!" Mary's face flamed. "He'll never forgive mo, Mrs, Brink ley." , "You get well." said Mrs. Brlnkley, "nud see bow quickly, he'll forgive you. Stophen needs you. He's a lonoly man lonely because of his love for you." In the days that followed Stephen and .Mrs, Brlnkley and the doctor rouijlit ro? Mary'a life. One morning Stephen brought her out and put her, Into the big chair on the hearth, "You'll be perrectly well In a row days," he said, heartily, Mary looked at him listlessly. "And then," she said, "1 must go away." "You are going to marry me," he said, quietly, - ,l4 She would net, she " pr'oteeted. not after thejvay she; had-treated him. He lii-Red "and argued until at last he, brought Mrs. Brlnkley In to convince her. "Toll her how I need her," he Bald. "Mary Donn," said Mrs Brlnkley. pevorely, "are you going to condemn Stophen Stronp to keep bouse with, n pussy cnt ror the rest or his dayB?" And then Mary gave In, and Mrs. Brlnkley baked the chocolate cake ror their wedding reast. i That Awful Change. Connie Mack, manager of the Ath letics, wan' discussing. In Philadelphia, a pitcher who had Rous back, "You'd neVer believe he was the same man," ho said. "It's like the losMKCtnory case. "'Ain't It Btrango?' said a Consho hocken woman to her husband, as alio looked up from tho Bulletin. 'Here't n gent who, after n fltjQf Illness, can't remember his wife, and refuses to be lieve she's the woman he married. "The Coushohucken man gruunted. '"Well, he nin't the first man,' he aid, 'that can't realize his wife in the same woman ho once went crazy over.' ' Truly Master of the Parish. As a Inmo country schoolmaster was hobbling ouo day to his Bchool room, he was met by a certain noble man, who asked him h.ls .namuand vocutlon. Having declared hln name ho said, "And I am master or thin parish," v " .Muster or this parish!" observed the peer; "how can that bo?" "I am master o( tho children or the parish," said tho wui "the children aro masters of their mothers, thn mothers aro tho rulers or tho fathers, and consequently I anfinuatei- of the pnrlflh," The Quiet Way. He met bin fellow-workmun rushing down thr street at express speed. "Hullo. John," bo said, "what's wrong?" "Wrong," said John, "111 Just, tell you. When 1 went home the night I caught my wife sitting on anjtlier man's knee." "An' did ye bust him, John?" "Nn, nn, man; I J 1 fit tumml on my heel, an' cam awn' oot again, but ( dldnu forget to bang tbe door tae let them see I wfsua at all pleated "