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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1912)
c fbrtfie YOUNG PEOPLE HOME-MADE YANKEE BOBSLED Excellent Coasting Sled May Be Put Togethor by Handy Youngster Easy to Guide. 1 A good coasting sled, which 1 call a Yankee bob, can bo mado from two hardwood barrel staves, two pieces or 2 by 0-inch pine, a pleco of hardwood for tbo rudder and a few pieces of boards, writos William Alglo, Jr., of Little Falls, N. Y., In Popular Median tcs. The 2 by 6-inch pieces should be n llttlo longer than ono-thlrd tbo longth of the stavos, and each piece cut tnporlng from tho widest part, 0 inches, down to 2 lnchos, and then fastened to the staves with largo wood screws as shown In Fig. 1. Hoards 1 Inch thick aro hailed on top or tho pieces for a Boat to hold tho runners together. Tho boards should bo of such a longth as to mako tho runners about eighteen inches apart. A 2-lnch shaft of wood, Fig. 2, Is turned down to 1 inch on tho ends and put throuii holes that must bo bored In tho front ends or the 2 by Oinch pieces. A small pin is put through each end of the shaft to keep it in placo. The rudder is a ls-lnch hard wood pleco which should bo tapered to one-half inch at tho bottom und ttafisMfi! MME1 ESli .. . r, i fcfrTa Runners Made of Barrel Staves. shod with a thin piece of Iron. A halMnch nolo is bored through tho center of tho shaft and a lag screw put through and turned in the rudder pleco, making it so tho rudder will turn right and left and, also, up and down. Two cleats aro nailed to tho upper sides of tho runners and in the mlddio lengthways for the person's 'heels to rest against. Any child can guide this bob, as all ho has to do is to guldo tho rudder right and left to go in tho direction named. If ho wants to stop, ho pulls up on tho hnudle and the heel of the rudder will dig into tho snow, causing too much friction for tho sled to go any furthor. NEW DOLL IS QUITE USEFUL Little Girls Can Use It as Muff to Keep Their Hands Warm In vented by New Yorker. A doll that Is also a muff, or a muff that is a doll, whichever way you Ilk, haB been Invented by a New York man. Tho doll has tho outward Use Doll for Muff. Eemblanco of others of its kind, but inside tho skirt is a soft body with hand-openings on each side. This dolllo, of course, is a winter child and wears a long coat llko her owner, tho coat having wldo sido pockets, so that tho llttlo girl carrying it can slip her hands through Into tho soft muff in Bide. To enhance the effect the doll also carries a muff. But It is not only children who may be looked for to carry this doll muff. Injheso faddish days when young women carry teddy bears, stuffed dogs and oven dolls on tho street, thero Is no reason why they should not carry ono of these child's toys as a hand-warmer and achieve tho double success of attracting atten tion at tho samo tlmo. An Unexpected Find. You aro always likely to find things when you least expect For instance thero' Is the story now going tho rounds of tho uewspapers about tho woman in Connecticut who was pro paring a leg of lamb for dinner when out dropped a diamond worth $300. The woman had not tho least expecta tion of finding a diamond in iiio roast On the other hand, If you havo roast lamb ovory day for dinner for a year and examine each roast with a micro scopo and an X-ray machlno It Is 17,000,000 to ono that you will not even find a $200 diamond. NEWS OKV'tft &ii3BBaK If SMMJSS F., 3 NEW LANGUAGE IN A LLSSON Little Girl Is Taught to Converse In Boston Latin In Remarkably Short Time. "How long. Pop," Ethol nskod, "doos It take to learn a Btrango language?" "Tut hash n tut dud o pup e nun dud bus," pop replied. "Stop your Joking and toll mo" Ethel pleaded "Dud o yuv tut hash I nun kuk I mum JuJ o kuk I nun gug?" pop asked. "Why will you mnko fun of rno." asked Ethel, pouting. "I'll go and ask mama." "Walt a minute, daughter," said pop. "Did you understand what I was saying to yon?" "Of course not" "Well, I can teach you in an hour to understand everything I say to you in that tonguo nnd to answer mo In tho samo Inngtiago." "Now you'ro Joking again." "No. I'm not. I was only speaking 'Boston Latin,' which every youngster boy' or girl, within 50 miles of tho Hub Bpoko fluently along In tho early '70s. "Now, pay attention: Every word, barring a few abbreviations, is spell ed out in English in a disguised alpha bet That mokes It rather slow speaking, but It Is blind enough to everybody who doesn't know tbo trick. "In this alphabet nil tho vowels aro pronounced and written naturally Most of the consonants arc sounded and written with the Initial letter, a 'u' and tho initial letter repeated. TIiub a is 'n,' bo Is 'bub' and so on "But thero are some consonants thnt do not work well that way. For ex ample, c Is 'cause." Another such let ter Is h. 'Huh' would not bo euphoni ous, so wo call h 'hash.' Tho other letters of similar dlfllculty nro q, w, x, y. They are mado 'quuv,' 'wuv.' 'xuv' (pronounced zuv) nnd 'yuv.' "Now, do you understand my cause hash 1 lul dud?" Pop asked. "Surely; 'my child,'" Ethol replied Ethel had her lesson In mind nil day and maybe sho lay awako until Into in tho evening studying it over. In the morning sho surprised her mother by saying to her father at tho break fast table: "Pup o pup, a lul I tut tut lul o mum o rur o hash a bus hash pup lul o a sus e." And Pop replied as he gave her sec ond helping: "Yux o bus, mum yuv dud o a rur." f SUNDAY MANNERS OF CROWS Sets That Day Apart for General Pil lage and Marauding and Gloats Over Helpless Victims. Did you ever hear how tho Scotch crow observes the Sabbath? It Is no uncommon thing to hear elderly peo ple born In Scotland say "he 1b as wise as a Scotch crow." To tho uninitiated this would not imply a very great de gree of wisdom, for tho crow Is not generally given credit for being a Sol omon In his day and generatlon. That is, an American crow Is not, but bis Scotch brother mny havo a superior Intellect. At any rate, old Scotch peoplo think so, for to them this ob servance of Sunday Is an evidence of great sagacity. Unfortunately, how ever, n crow's Idea of tho sanctity of tho day does not agree with that of his humnn foe. He remorselessly seta that day apart as a season for plllago and general marauding, and boldly gloats over his helpless victims. Du ring tho week ho discreetly keeps within tho shelter of the woods, but on Sunday morning when ho hears the church bells ringing and observes tho deserted condition of tho fields, , ho knoWB that his tlmo has como and ho unceremoniously pre-empts these fields for himself, and wantonly feasts and forages in the few hours that aro his, for ho well understands that an other week of fasting is at hand. Such being tho Scotch crow's reputation ho Is hardly a safo model, notwithstand ing his wisdom. BOX FOR PRINTING PICTURES Handy Device for Amateur or Pro fessional Photographer Who Wants Home Made Apparatus. A very handy device for tho ama teur or professional photographer who wants a home-made and simple apparatus for printing pictures can bo mado In a fow minutes' tlmo. Tho drawing shows tho scheme, which consists of a small Btoro box about 12 Inches square and an elec tric light of any candlepower desired attached to a drop cord running through tho end of tho box, says the Popular Electricity. The hole should bo mado In tho top of tho box a llttlo larger than tho plate or 111 in which is to be used. GLASS PtAlC MAP MITCH STOA BOX Box for Printing Photographs. This hole should bo covered with a pleco of glass. The negative can then bo laid on tho glass faco upward, and the printing carried on In tho usual way. A flat weight should bo pjaccd on the print and plato to hold them securely la place while printing. V t0" tun vwa FILM NOTED BREED OF CHICKENS Fowl Imported From Europe Few Yoars Ago, Has Gained Much Pros 1 tlge Among American Fanciers. After studying all tho good breeds I finally decided on tho Anconns nB com ing nearer to Sheppard's standnrd ot perfection than any other. This noted breed of chickens, Im ported from Europe but a fow yearB ago, has gained great prcstlgo among fanciers In America, and yet moro has It found a placo In tho estlma- Ancona Cockerel. Hon of thoso who look upon the utili tarian sido alone of this beautiful, nc tlvo and over ale'rt bird, says a writer In nn exchange. Its attractclve color, beautiful form and graceful carrlago at once glvo it a place among tho prime favorites of tho coop, in the .competitive buow, as well as on tho table of tho preacher, and tho crateB of tho egg producer. I have known pullets to lay an aver ago amount of 259 eggs each per year for the entire flock, and this In tho cold cllmato of the northern states. They aro active and hardy and with out doubt flourish best in close con finement of any known breed. Their eggs hatch tho largest per cent, of all breeds, becauso of their superior har diness. Tho chicks run forth from In cubator or brooding hens aa alert as matured songbirds. Young cockerels often crow at tho early ago of six weeks. Pullets will frequently lay when 4V months old Ancona Hen. when properly cared for. It is my firm belief that on account of their phe nomenal growth they will produce moro meat by tho end of ten weeks after hatching than any other breed, of this class, and even some of the larger breeds. WINTER CARE OF THE DUCKS Feed Any Green Stuff That Happens to Bo Handy Not Much of ,Any Ono Plant Given at Tlmo. During winter I feed my ducks any green stuff that I happen to have handy. Turnip, parsnip and carrot tops, cabbage leaves, beet leaves, on ion tops, purslane, pigweed, tender crab graBs, lettuce, radish, mustard, cut fine, nil make good bulky feed. Theso aro dried in tho shudo during tho summer nnd stored like hay. When 1 want to feed them a quantity is boiled for 12 hours and mixed with finely cut roots, such as potato, turnip, parsnip, carrot, onion and beets. Ap ples aro also used, says a writer In the Orange Judd Farmer. These aro all cooked. Not much of ono kind of plant Is given at a tlmo. Four meas ures of any one with four of corn chop, to each of wheat bran, red wheat shorts and boiled fresh meat aro fed as a mash all the ducks will eat up clean In few minutes. If any of tho mash 1b left, it is at onco re moved to avoid its getting sour. This feed Is given twice dally during tho winter nnd threo times In spring. It has always proved satisfactory. GREEN FEEDS YEAR AROUND Nothing Better Than Well Cured Clo ver Rowen or Second Growth Clo ver Hay Bran Is Substitute. (By J. F. BCHUREMAX, TJ. S. Depart ment of Agriculture,) ' There is nothing better thnn well cured clover rowen or second growth clover hay. This Bhould bo cut up flno and steamed. Clover is not only highly nitrogenous, but rich In lime, a substanco required by tho hens for providing shells for tho eggs. Aside from alfalfa thero Is no other food that can take tho placo of clover. By allowing a ration of scalded clover to henn they will keep In better laying condition and tho production of eggs will be Increased. Where clover hay cannot bo Becured, bran Is a very good substitute, though not bo rich in mineral matter. Vegetablo food should bo supplied ,the year around, such as cabbage, po tatoes, beets and turnips, 7&2&. 4vWlLBUR P. NESB1T So thoy lnbored, stroko on stroko; Stroko on stroko the nxes rang Until through tho mighty oak Swept a tremor, ns u pang; Swept a tremor, thoilK'li It still Held ItH kingly liciul full high, Dominating yet tho hill Where It Boemcd to touch tho sky. . And tho wind camo Blghlng on, Touching ono by ono Its leaves. Touched them nil nnd then wns gono As n gcntlo fi lend that grloves; And tho birds ciimn Hying In, Silently, on frightened wings. And sped out, as they had been Warned from out tho heart of tilings. And tho onlc tree seemed to sigh An ti patient old man does "When his tlmo Is como to die Sighing for each day that was. Then the oak treo seemed to say Words that quivered through tho wood, And tlio grent trees far away Answered that they understood: "Brothers of tho centuries, Listen: listen to my call. I that dared tho gale to selzo Mo in hate I nm to fall. I that shook tho wind In wrath When it battled with my form, I that gavo no Inch of path To tho army of the storm "I r.ust die not n3 of old Trees met death, when conturiea Into misty ages rolled And took tribute of thp trees I that woko with leaves of green For well-nigh a thousand Bprlngs; 1 that flamed with wondrous shcon In the colors autumn flings "I must die, ns kings must dlo Stricken by n. traitor's hand; Brothers of tho sod nnd sky, Tell mo that you understand!" Then the grent trees fnr nwny Murmured In a swift icply That swept through tho heart of day To tho great oak that should dlo. And tho men who slew tho onk Laughed tho while; they laughed and sang So they labored, stroke on stroke; Stroko on Btroko tho axes rang And tho oak treo groaned, nnd foil, Shall tho trees return tho blows? Who can say, nnd who can tell? Ho that made them all Ho knows. 'A Reform Fable. Behold, n Certain man wns a Ilo former. Ho was always Tolling peoplo how Nice It would bo for Them If thoj Were llko him. And ho told n Young man who wai Smoking a lnrgo and Vigorous pipe: "If it were not for your Habit ol smoking you could havo Owned thai largo building Across tho street." "Hu! Ha!" said the young man Witt the Pipe. Then bo said it Again. Then ho pointed to the Largo slgt on the Building, which rood: SMOKING TOBACCO FACTORY. "I inherited that Factory last week My father Owned It until ho Died." That wns All tho young man said. Moral Reform 1b a Good Thing, lr. Spots. But nlwnys Pick tho Right Spot. A Popular Drive. . "Ah, me, I have been driven to drink, Men say, but, sakes allvo! They generally act ns If They had enjoyed the drive. Determined to Sleep. "For two nights," said Miss An teok, "I havo dreamed that a man wns about to propose to mo. But Just as he began to pop tho question I woko up " 'They sny that when you dream that same thing twice you nro sure to dream It tbo third time," observed Miss Gabby. Ten minutes Inter Miss Antcek wow explaining to a drug clerk thnt Bho suffered from Insomnia, nnd wanted just enough chlorpform to prevent her waking beforo morning. Appalling Thought. "I believe," BnyB tho occasional philosopher, "thnt In heaven wo Bhal! not lead existences of beatific idle ness, but that each shall bo permit ted to carry on In a greater degree tho work for which ho Is host fitted.' "My goodness!" exclaims the listen er. "You don't nupposo thore'll bo anybody thero trying to sell sots of Dickens and Shakeupearo on tho In etallment plan, do you?" - - - - - - i nn ii i i "rWfn S3iSffi3iS?SSSSSSSi"Sffii An Expensive Lady By JOANNA SINGLE MnHHMHHBMiHiaWMmHHHM (Coiijrlalit, igti, by Tho Folwells' French car purred expensively at tho door, and tho French chnuffour, Gustavo, aristo cratically bored, looked Immovably ahead and awaited his young mis tress, rolloctlng that ho would havo to break tho speed limit If sho mado nor train. Her trunks had gone to tho station tho day beforo. Tho dachshund on tho back scat of tbo tonnoau yawned In tho faco of tho beautiful morning In early Soptom ber. Flnnlly Miss Katherlno Folwell ap peared, perfect In black broadcloth. Sho was palpably not Intended for life's grim realities. Sho would havo been out of placo In any setting loss thnn luxurious. Sho knew thla. Just a year ago sho had told David Rob ertson so, and ns ho had novor been suro ho even wanted to bo rich, ho dropped out of her llfo so effectually that it hurt. Sho had not thought ho would tnko hor nt her word. So life bored hor, which was why sho had promised to go abroad with tho Cheneys sho hadn't seen Mny slnco their collogo dnys, though thoy lived far out in somo suburb and had only lately inhorlted enough money to Jub tlfy trips and leaving their two chil dren. Gtutavo straightened and gasped politely as his mistress took hor scat and gavo hor ordor. "To tho country nnywhoro! 1'vo given up my trip," sho snld. Ho touched hl3 cap, and thoy wero oT. 'I couldn't havo endured It," sho Bald half aloud" tho old round of got tlng away from yourself In dirty for eign places. I'vo got to llvo with my self anywhere I go, and I llko It horo as well as nuy placo. Tho country Is at Wst poacoful." Tho car slipped up tho nvonuo, past tho clangor of downtown, through tho residence district, from woodsy suburbs toward tho river road. Tho sun was hot, but tho fresh wind cooled her cheek. Finally they wero gliding slowly past pretty llttlo cottages, wldo apart, flower surrounded, almost real country. Then, without warning, tho car stopped with a Jar, and Gustavo, all apology, wns out trying tho ma chinery. Ho ended by crawling be neath tho motor, nnd after much tinkering, enmo out hot nnd explana tory. Sho was deaf to explanations. Sho didn't care. "Pardon, but tho sun is hot. It may tako an hour to mend. Will Ma'amsollo Book a cool spot? That garden, perhaps?" Ho waved with Gallic graco at a cottago thoy had passed whero children played in a garden. Sho soothed Gustnvo's excitement with a smile and wandered up to tho placo. This was tho sort of thing David Robertson hnd droamed sho might shnro with him, a bunga low guarded by a prlvato hedgo and a sentinel row of flaming holly hocks. Sho', too, had been among dream possessions thon sho saw tho children, blondo, rosy llttlo. peo ple, and brought hersolf up with a start, Sho would not lot herself In cludo children In hor rovorio of David. H1b lncomo could nover havo brought tho dream of his lovo Into reality. Katharine spoko to tho lit tle ones hanging over tho gato. "Good mornln'," answered tho six-year-old immovably. " 'Lo," placidly returned tho four-year-old boy. "Doss you lovo holly hocks?" Katharino Bald that she adored them. Then sho explalnod about tho broken-down motor and asked If sho could como in their garden a whllo. Would their mother caro? Thoy woro suddenly solemn. "Mother's gono to tho end of tho world," sho said quaintly, "nnd Mra. Scott 1b drofful sick and Auntie Bess is to her houso and wo'ro to stay right hero bo's sho can bco us till nurso comes home." It camo In a breathless sentence, as tho child clung to her llttlo brother. "I'm sorry 'bout tho car, an you can como In an' play with us if you'll bo good." Sho sank down on tho green grass, removed her hat and tried to woo tho shy boy to glvo hor a kiss. Ho would not, but broko a handful of hollyhocks without stems and put thorn gravoly In her lap. Tho girl, Janoy, was hanging over n bed of mlgnonetto llko a whlto butterfly. When Gustavo's hour nnd moro had passed, Katharino looked up from her clumsy telling of tho atory of tho "threo boars," to hear moro ex cuses, Ho could not ropair tho ma chlno. It would hnvo to bo towed in. Would ma'amoello tako a train, or wnlt sovoral hours until ho enmo with tho other car? Ho Btood wait ing, and a sudden whim possessed her. "I will como on tho train. Don't como back for mo. I may stop to mako a visit. Toll Mario not to ox pect mo." Sho would not bo robbed of this now nmusoment sho seldom bad been with children, and tho Bwoet llttlo experience was bringing her a queer happiness. With much prompting Bho told somo of tho familiar child-stories, and then, won dering at horself, mado up fairy stories with an easo that brought tho llttlo ones snuggling closo to hor, They told about themselves. Associated Literary Preis.) "Father had to tako mother to tho end of tho world," snld David, tho boy. "And now you'ro horo, wo can go to Undo Dee's and boo tho ducks." Tho chlldron wero on their feet In a moment, pulling hor up by tho hnnds, drawing hor after them through a gap In tho hedge into a sunken garden, oxqulsltoly Japanese with a pool whero floated mandarins with clipped wings. Everything waa delicately perfoct oven tho brown bungalow off to tho loft was a do light Tho chlldron throw themselves upon hor, hugging her. "What's your name?" they asked, and sho nnswerod, "Klttlo, bocnuso 1 lovo soft IncoB," and sho throw off hor big plumod hat. David roso and began to "stick tho pink hollyhocks Into hor crown of sunny hair, and tlmo passed. Poaco enmo Into Katharine's mind. Pres ently tho boy announced, with mas cullno force, that ho was hungry. Sho saw that tho noon hour had passed, and roso. Thoy pullod hor back through tho hedgo toward tholr own cottago. Sho would havo gono any Whero. "Undo Deo has only boor In his ico-box, and ho borrows lemons from us." Bald tho girl quaintly. "Ho don't koop houso and ho hasn't a wlfo at all. It's loucsomo for him. "It's too bad," replied Katharino. "Ho might got ono." "Ho wns going to, but sho wna too '8penslvo," slghod tho girl. Kit thought of David Robertson, and tho humor died out of hor oyos. Hnd sho condemned him to a llfo of lonollncss? Tho' boy rambled on ox plaining. "'Spenslvo means what you can't afford to buy, llko a wlfo, or a pony," ho slghod ecstatically. At tho door of tho cottago thoy mot Aunt Boss. Sho stared, and thon Bho and Katharino flow Into each other's arms. "Elizabeth Norton I Whoro did you spring from?" "Mny and Tom Imported mo to guard tho kiddles whllo thoy go round, tho globo thought you woro going, too? Haven't Been you in yoaral, Heaven must havo sont you today. Tho nurso was callod away, and Mrs. Scott, next door, Is ill. I must go back: and holp. Will you go In nnd feed yourself ami tho babies and prom ise to stay all night with mo?" Kath arino promised. "Go In nnd got Into ono of Mny's houso dresses and keop houso though I'll wagor you novor lifted a cup! I must go." Katharino entered hor old frlcnd'a room, nnd presently camo out radiant In a palo bluo wash-dross to play with hor frlond'a chlldron. Sho re membored wistfully thnt Bho might havo married tholr uncle nnd been their real aunt. Whero was David now? Sho did not ovon know prob ably gono "to tho end ot tho world" also. Thon sho lost .herself In stmplo ser vice, a luxury Bho had novor known, tho sweetness of feeding llttlo chll dron. Hor' past socloty llfo seemed suddenly futile, empty. And whllo tho babos slopt away tho lato after noon she camo to her real, sweet, truo self. Sho know whero happiness was to bo found, and If David Robertson had been in hor world sho would havo swallowed her prldo and Bent for him. Presently It was after 6, and she was eating broad and milk with the kiddles whon Bho heard a whistle. Tho chlldron ran llko wild things, and camo back dragging In a big, doop-volced, handsome man with young eyea and dark hair gray at tho temples. "Hero's Undo Deo, KitUo!" thoy shrlokcd. "Horo ho is!" Sho stood whlto and overcome boforo David ftabortson. Her oyea burnod like bluo flame, and then fell beforo his de vouring glanco. "O David," she faltered, "O David! 1 am so Borry " In thnt socond sho had seen all his hurt and lonollness; and something molted tho hardness of her heart She flung hor arm up around hor eyes with a chlldllko movoment. Thon sho began to cry In bis arms whllo ho kissed hor. Tho chlldron, ovorawed, held tightly to ono another. It was long boforo tboy oven remombered tho children. Thon Uncle Deo stooped and gathered them Into his arms. "Now I'm going to havo a wlfo," ho explained grandly, waving a hand at Katherlno. Llttlo David looked hor over doubt fully. "Ain't you, too 'flpenslvo?" ho quorled. "Not any moro!" she declared Joyously. "It costs mo too much to llvo without tho only mlngs I really want" A Success. Husband How waa tho woman's session? Wlfo Boat tlmo I ever had. I was tho host dressed woman present Life, Tho Old 8tory. Young Wlfo (angrily) And to finish up with, sir, you'ro a bruto. Young Husband (Borrowfully) This Is nearly as good aa tho scrapping mother uaod to mako I !