. - ' ' ' '"I THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IltA L. BARB, Publlshor. TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA VALUE OF COLD STORAGE. A St. LouIh dealer declared to a con mention of egg and poultry men that "It Is the cold-storngo men who In euro chenp eggs Instead of high-priced ones, as some legislators would have Tis believe. Wero It not for cold Btorago, eggs would go to one dollar a dozen In winter, and In somo places would bo absolutely unobtainable, BayB tho Omaha Deo. Of courso, cold storage boosts tho price occasionally In tho summer; but If It did not, fnrmi ers In that season could not get more than two or three cents a dozen for their eggs." No doubt much of this Is strikingly truo. Tho cold-storago plant Is, Indeed, a lovelcr of condi tions, not only for cggB, but many other articles of produce, nnd, when properly conducted, with tho purpose of serving natural needs nud condi tions, tho cold storngo becomes a most valuoblo economic factor. Tho troublo Is that It Is not always so con ducted. Its potontlal harm equals Its potential good, and, unfortunately, FclflBh men havo exploited this fact to their own advantngo and tho con eumcrB' detriment. It Is this misman agement of tho cold-storago system dtBclf against which remedial legisla tion Is directed. A poor working man told his wife on awakening ono morning of a curi ous dream ho had during tho night, ro tates tho Marquctto Tribune. Ho dreamed ho saw coming toward him, In order, four rats. Tho first ono was very fat, nnd was followed by two very lean rats, tho rear rat being blind. Tho dreamer was greatly per plexed as to what evil might follow; ns It had been understood that to dream of rats denotes calamity. Ho appealed to his wlfo concerning this, but jsho could not help him. His son, who hoard tho father toll tho story, Volunteered to bo tho Interpreter. "Tho fat rat," ho said, "Ib tho mall or der firm which sells boozo. Tho two lean rats aro my mother and mo, and tho blind rat is yourself." Vlennn can boast a curious eccen tric, who turns II fo upsldo down, a1 rich young Polo, who lives In sumptui ous stylo, but always summons his Borvanto by buglo call. His favorlto pastlmo Is driving an omnibus, atj tired like nn ordinary busman, andj though bo 1b said to spend a fortune each year In clothes, ho wears no gap ment until It has been worn by his, valet Ho has nstonlshed tho guests, at n ball by appearing In a costumo, of puro -white, savo for tho Bhlrt andj tlo, which wcro black. To complete' his oddities, when dining, which hq Invariably does nlono at a tablo d'hoto. ho reverses tho usual ordor, bcglni nlng his meal with tho sweets andj ending with tbo soup. A wcBtcrn woman lecturer on per fect lovo Is Bulng for dlvorco. Hep husband was mean enough to tell hor sho had better stay at homo with her, own family than to go abroad lecturi lng other peoplo about tho perfection of tholrs, which, of courso, constituted! enough oxtromo cruelty to Justify hen plea. Women In Washington got togethor and organized a successful war on tho high cor atop. Now York Is tho next city to capitulate to femlnlno do mands. Two such signal victories will encourngo femlnlno opposition to tho high stop everywhere. A. Maurice Low In a lecturo at Yalq said that -nowspapor reporters aro "men of trivial minds without pen Bpectlvo and without education." We Infer that Mr. Low Is not exactly pleased with tho reports of his speeches that havo appeared In tbo newspapers. A passenger on a Now York Btreot car has discovered tho way to deal with tho hatpin porll. When tho points of two came perilously noar his eyes be snipped them off with a pair of pincers. A pair of pincers will now bo the equipment of every man who la bo fond of his eyesight that ho is blind to conBequences. Thirteen per cent of college girls In a Wisconsin university havo been found to bo flat-footed. Thoro Is no doubt whatover that this is nn un lucky percentage and sclonco is to bo asked whnt it Is going to do about It Tho higher education is not worth such apparently dlro effects, A Hungarian doctor baa succoeded In transplanting living hair to bald heads. Hro is a real benefactor to tho human raco who makes a wholo wig grow whero no hairs grew be fore. Concerning a red-hot meteor that fell through the roof of a bouso, a correspondent explains that it was cooled off with water. Evidently ha wishes to make it clear that It didn't take place in Milwaukee. CLEARING SAGE BRUSH Cheapest and Best Way Is to Use Gang Plow. Leveling Land for Irrigation Is Next Important Step Preliminary Sur vey Should Be Made to Deter mine the Slope. Land covered with scattering aago brush can bo cleared In several ways. If tho soil Is soft nnd not too stony, tho cheapest and best way is to plow tho sagebrush out. Take a lG-inch riding plow a gang plow Is better remove tho mold boards and uso only tho share and landsldo f tho plow. Keep the shnro sharp nnd In sharpen ing It draw the point down n llttlo so that It will hold well In tho soil. This plow will cut off most of tho brush without turning It under, because tho mold boards hnvo been removed. After tho soil baa been plowed, tho next stop Is to rako up tho sngebrush. In this case tho rake need not bo so sub stantially made ns fgr use on land which has been railed or dragged. Oft en u aliong bulky horso rako will suf fice. If the land la level and n hay crop Is to be seeded, no further plowing Is necessary, although It generally pays In tho long run to plow after clear ing, If economics of time or money do not Interfere. In any event wo would glvo n disking and n cross-dragging to lino tho surface. Land covered with short, 6crubby sagebrush is cleared most cheaply by grubbing out with a mattock or grub boo. A mattock drawn out thin and wldo on Its hoc Bldo is preferable Sagebrush has only ono main or tap root and tho blow should bo so directed ns to strike It about an Inch under tho surface whoro it will cut off easily. It is a slmplo matter to rake up tho brush cleared by hand and nn ordinary hay rako will do tho work satisfactorily. Land cleared by hand will bo difficult to plow becauso all the roots havo been left In tho ground. The plow Will havo to cut them off and tho roots will later Inconvenience the rancher by clogging up tho harrow. Thoro aro other methods of clear ing sagebrush and many machines havo been Invented for tho purpose A number of theso nro successful, but tho ordinary man who has a limited acreago to clear finds It Inexpedient to tlo up too much of his capital in machinery of thiB kind. It costs $G or $8 an ncro to clear and plow bagebrush land. Leveling now land after tho sagebrush Is cleared off Is a hard process to reduce to adequate de scription, as tho leveling depends up on tho nature of tho tract and to glvo tho general rules about tho work would bo only touching tho Wgh places. However, there aro a few sal ient features that can be laid down as general axioms. Tho first of theso 1b that water will not run up hill and tho second 1b that It will run down hill. This seems simple but is not as slmplo as it seems. Water turned Into n ditch that has too much fall will cut tho soil away and will pas3 through so rapidly that it will not scrape out well on tho sides. Tho wholo proposition in level ing Is to strike tho happy medium be tween theso two extremes. Smnll lumps should bo taken off with a drag or float This instrument is genorally made of two 2xC's or 2x88, thirty feet long for sldo pieces, pfciccd on edge i ton or twelve feet apart, to which Is attached throo cross boards, one near each end of tho sldo pieces, and the third near tho middle. Tho boards noar tho ends should not extend below tho edges of tho sldo pieces, whllo tho middle board should extend an Inch or so below tho side pieces. Tho po sition of those cross boards will do pond ugion tho soil ns they must bo ar ranged bo ns not to clog nor dig In so deop as to make It Impossible to pull. Four to six horBeB will bo required to haul this drag. Tho small knolls and bumps having been smoothed down, tho next atop fs to decide which wny across tho land tho water Is to bo run. It Is not possible to detormlno thlB with tho naked eye, nnd n preliminary Burvey should bo mado to determine tho gen eral slopo. In leveling with tho drag thoro will not bo excessive hauling of dirt If tho tract Is to bo leveled to tho draw, which moans that tho natural contour of tho land will be adhered to rb closely as possible. Tho laterals will not run straight with tho compass, but tho water will bo tnkon out of tho head dltchoB along tho crest of tho rldgo and turned Into tho small dltchea which, running nt tho proper fall, will tako tho water over tho land and dlBchnrgo It Into tho wnste dltchea after tho soil has been watered. Selecting Sheep. Tho tlmo to determine what sheep to koop Is during shearing; then the ownor, by directing and overseeing operations, can causo to bo marked ouch au aro light shearers, aged sheop, In poor condition, without lambs, etc., and in tho ordinary flocks, allowing that one-third bo sold, It is more than probablo that tho val ue of tho two-thirds remaining, tho flock to bo kept, will bring as good an incomo nnd bo, In reality, worth us much as If tho Inferior sheep re mained to lower tho standard of the lot Soli Fertility. Besides keeping more nnd better nnlmals, moro attention should bo paid to such crops as restore tho fer tility of tbo soil. Tho chief among tbcao aro clover and alfalfa. GETTING READY FOR ORCHARD Much More Needed for Ultimate Suc-j cess Than Mer Planting Selec tion of Ground Important. Tho nursery stock Is beginning to, arrlvo for tho now orchard plantations' and It would scorn that tho usual nuin-j bcr of fruit trees arc to bo sot out thiol spring. In growing a commercial orch ard, tho expcrlenco is much andj vnrled. There arc so many condltlonsi prevailing that close and diligent, study Is quite essential. To grow a, good orchard, much more Is needed) that tho planting, says tho Denver) Field and Farm.. Wo must first famll larlzo ourselves with tho character andj naturo of soil and trees, tho prevailing winds ns we call them, tho different al-l tltudes and laot but not least, tho per-i plexlng problem of causo and effect, tho last of which embodies natural' laws In their simplest form. The first step Is tho selection of the, ground. Tho first choice Is a northern, oxposure, tho second, a western, and' tho third nn eastern, and last n south ern. To preparo tho ground, clean,, plow nnd level It thoroughly In such mnnner that there will never bo high and low spots In tho direction of tho. Irrigating furnnvs. All plowing and, preparing ought to bo done In summer, nnd fall previous to planting. A broad deep furrow Is mado with n largo lis-, tor or two slnglo plows, n left hand! and right hand bolted together. At-1 tach four horses nnd go sovoral tlmesj through tho same row In opposlto di rections, but not nil tho same day. Just) beforo planting go onco ngaln In tbei furrows to pulverize tho soil. All this' enn bo dono very rapidly. Tho treeB should bo so planted that In after' years they will bo accessible nnd con- venlent for nil purposes. This means, that no trees should ever bo planted! on a square. I)y having the trees wide apart thej way tho Irrigation furrows aro to run, always gives ample room to cultivate, Irrigate, pick, spray, haul out, etc. Ifi tho land Is bo that the Irrigating fur-j rowB run north and south, tho wldo rows should bo from east to west and close in tho row north and south. This, occurs most frequently In Colorado.i Dy this means tho sun gets full action' on the ground and trees on tho east, side In tho morning and on the west, sldo In tho nfternoon. While tho dls-. tances may bo varied, tho most con-( venlent for apples aro 1G by 27 feet,; 1G by 32 or 1G by 28; peaches, plums' and cherries, 14 by 20 or 1G by 20 feet;, pears, 1G by 24 foot. When the rows aro furrowed out the wldo way, rig ui something with a team to crosB the1 furrows, nnd by driving straight to stakes, make tho markB for two rowBj at ono time nnd the work Is quickly; done. Then It Is a very simple matton to dig out tho tree holes at tbo inter-t sectlonB, nnd If thlB Is dono In tho fall, or early winter so as to catch later1 frosts so much the bettor. Where the Hog Originated. Tho hog existed In a wild stato on tho continents of Europe, Asia and. Africa, but nono In Australia or, North and South America. Tho pec-, enry 1b a hogllko animal existing In n wild Btato In tho two AmorlcaB, but tho truo hog was Imported to this country. All known breeds of hogs, aro doscended from tho wild forms nnd aro tho result of the skill of tho breeder. Kansas Farmor. LivtSroc; INOTES Chango tho hog nesting frequently. It 1b not wIbo to lot tho lambs shift for themselves with older sheep. Use n scrub slro and your herd wlllj soon run all to noso and bristles. Sheep delight In eating sweet clor er, nnd It keeps them In a thrifty cou-i ditlon. A runty pig Is moro. tho result of neglect by its owner than of breed: or birth. Havo a enro how you feed corn to hogs on full feed that Is considerably wormy. Do not bo In too much of a hurry to forco a horso's coat to shed in tho Bprlng. If tho horses do not shed their heavy coats beforo lmrd work begins, better clip them. Regular, systematic feeding should' be practiced with hogs, Just tho samo as with any other stock. Brood bows rcqulro a mixed diet nnd ono containing plenty of protein, nnd not too fattening quality. Though hogs aro proverbially dirty animals, they enjoy clean drinking; water as much as tho other stock. A big, hot bran mash, with n pint of flax seed Jolly, onco a week will help tho horses to shed their winter coats. A chilly hog takes on fat very; .slowly, hlB rations going townrd main taining bodily heat Instead of produc ing flesh. It you want to know tho dollar- nnd centa difference betweon pure-bred nnd scrub hogs, try Bhaplng up one of each kind nnd selling them. Hogs In tho fattening pen should bo supplied with largo quantities of clean, puro water. It 1b required to properly dlgcBt and nsslmllato dry feed like corn. You cannot reasonably expect a hog to do his best on a slnglo grain ration, nny moro than you would expect n, horso to keep In good flesh and do the, maximum amount of work If fed on hay alone. Whllo clean, dry boddlng Is essen tial In tho hog houso, tho matter can bo overdono. If thoro Is sufficient; nesting material for tho hoga to crnwj Into It and cover up complotely, they will chill when thoy como out WO wmsmsmm Cat Warns Man of WASHINGTON. A remarkable torn ( cat belonging to Joseph Drown, proprietor of a small merchnndiso store, routed n burglar from tho place early ono .morning recently after a nov el performance which proves tho cat to bo possessed of moro than ordi nary feline intelligence. The robber carried away nbout $15 worth of goods, but tho proprietor considers himself fortunate, at that, and gives all the credit to "Tom." ', Mr. Drown, his wife and several chil dren llvo In tho ndjolnlng dwelling. They retired before midnight, and about half-past three tho next morning, when all tho occupants wero asleep, some body cut several slats out of a shutter at the rear of tho house and climbed through the window. The, cat was downstairs nnd heard the noise. It mado several trips upstairs, mewing and scratching nt Its master's bed spread until It awakened him. Mr. Drown hesitated for a while, but finally descended tbo stairs with a loaded revolver, but tho robber had flod through a Eldo door opening on V Btreot. How Governor Hogg was Once Tricked lit T was very seldom that any po- 1 litlcal opponent of the late Qov. 'Jim Hogg, the far-famed Texas states man, ever took a trick from that wily gentleman, and yet I remember an oc casion whoro a slick Republican best od him," said Capt. George D. Canby of Galveston the other day. "They wero having a Joint debate, and Hogg was denouncing the Re publicans for their policy of absorbing tlfo Philippines. Ho poured in the hot snot, and the long-haired Texans gave vent to their approval by shrieks and vociferous yells. He said he knew his honorable opponent would attempt to defend his party when it came his turn to speak. The audience was then and there warned that his op ponent was entirely ignorant of the subject so ignorant that he could not name ten out of tho thousand or moro Islands constituting tho Philippine archipelago. Hogg repeated the as sertion and'challenged his opponent to give tho names of any ten of tho wholo group. ' "All this time tho Republican had been doing somo quick thinking. He did not, 'n.8 a matter of fact, know tho namo of a slnglo Island in the Philip pines, except, perhaps, Luzon, but ho was also satisfied that Jim Hogg was no whit better Informed. At that tlmo tho conquest of the Philippines was now and hardly anybody was enllght- Starving Natives of FOUR men dead of starvntlon in 55 homes visited, only ono family In eight with any rlco or grain, tho rest living on sweet potato leaves, carrot tops and elm bark, and four months yet to harvest such 1b the report of Earl 11. Creasy, who was Bent by the Central China relief committee to as certain present conditions in a portion of tho famine area. His report In part Is as follows: "It was thought beat to investigate as closely as possible a limited area which might bo taken as typical, and for this purpose tho township of Lupl was selected. It is 55 11 north by east from Eslngklangpu In tho north ern part of the provlnco of Kiangsu. "Tho township of Lupl extends 1G II from north to south, Is 17 It from east to west, and thus contains rough ly 25 English square miles. In it dwell .JHifeiVwi8 M "'rijJ"t WVWVMVSWi Society Girls in FTER a rest during Lent, nnd par ticipation In tho Easter season fol lowing, many of Washington's society young women havo taken up "first aid" work. Miss Helen Taft, who Is practical nbovo all things else, has Joined a class of "first aid" recently organized aa n sort of branch of the Nations'. Red CrosB, tho purposo of which Is to teach theso young persons emergency tactics. In fact, there aro two clasaea, ono of which meets on Tuesdays In the Armory dispensary and onothor on Wednesdays In tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. Gaff. MaJ. Matthew A, Dulaney, U. S. A. medical corps, Mrs. Tnft'B physician, 1b instructing tho Tuesdny class, nnd Dr. Jung has tho Wednesday meetings in hand. Many of tho glrU have become deep ly Interested In Red Cross work, par ticularly tho emergoncy field, nnd Bomo havo gono so far as to pledge their services as nurses should they bo Burglars Presence "Tho cat Jumped up on my bed and awoko mo," said Mr. Brown. "It mewed and scratched, but at first I paid little attention to it and dozed off again. The cat had gone downstnirs, but soon camo back and sprang on tho bed again and went on terribly. Still I did not realize what hud occurred. Tom mado another trip downstairs, and camo running right back, mak ing moro 'fuss' than before, and I then 'tumbled. "I told my wife there must bo some body In the house. I sat up nnd listen ed. I thought 1 heard a footstep down stairs, nnd got out of bed. Tho housn was dark throughout, and I hesitated to go downstairs under tho circum stances. In a few minutes, however, I got out my pistol and mado a light In my room. Then I went downstairs and struck a light In the store. There was nobody there. . From there I went back to tho dining room, and found a window nnddoor open. But nobody was In sight. 'Tom nccom paned me through the place." A lot of aprons, handkerchiefs and stockings wero missed by Mrs. Brown. Whllo ho was searching downstairs, Mrs. Clara Brown, his wife, blow a shrill whistle at an upper window to attract a policeman, and aroused the neighborhood. An officer came along about 3:45 o'clock, according to Mr. Brown. Tho police havo no clew to tho Identity of tho robber. ened regarding them. Thinking this over, our Republican orator had an In spiration. He didn't know the names, but neither did his challenger, and therefore, a bluff might go. The names of the islands were unquestionably Spanish. What was to hinder him from enumerating tho names of cer tain brands of Imported cigars that came ready to memory?; ThuB It was that when his turn camo to speak ho met the deft of his foe with absolute serenity. Governor Hogg was the most astonished man In the big audience, while he listened to tho other man rattle off, not ten, but twenty, fine-sounding Spanish words which were given as names of islands, but were in reality only brands of clears. Belnc a fair and honest nitl. zen, when the speaker finished, tho j governor- arose, and, making a courtly bow, npologlzed for his mistake. 'I am sorry to havo misrepresented my friend,' Bald Hogg. 'Ho has far more knowledge of the Philippines than I supposed, and I ask his pardon.'" Kiangsu Eat Bark 2,700 families, aggregating 14,000 Indi viduals, bo that the population is over GOO to the square mile. This sam ple famine district contains about one half of ono per cent, of tho total area and population now famine Btricken in China. "The method followed was to as semble the family and count and ques tion them, and then thoroughly to ex amine every part of tho house, look ing into tho cooking vessels on the stove to see what was in preparation, and then using an electric flashlight to go through all baskets, Jars and boxes whoro food was likely to bo kept. Theso wero all country people, who seldom have money on hand, so the supply of food actually on the prem ises 1b a good indication of their con dition. "A straw stack indicates that there has been a crop. I found straw in four yards one in thirteen. Grain was found in only seven houses out of flfty-flve, and in no place over a peck of it. About one out of every three were eating elm bark, which they preparo by reducing It to a fine sawdust and then making It Into cakes. "First Aid" Work CthYre IS CHE 'or THOSt ED CK055 EMERGENCY ClRLS -I M koirt'TOFUi I I AHD BREAK IMYARN-J seeded. Miss Laura Merriam has told bor friends that If a war In which tho United States Is Involved breaks out anywhere Bhe will give up all tho pleas urea of social llfo and go to the front. Miss Merriam Is among the most en thusiastic members of tho "first aid" classes. Others who aro learning how to mako bandages and adjust them ac cording to rules of medical science in cludo Miss Dorothy Williams, Miss Jeanette Allen, Miss Julia Hey, Miss Marlon Oliver, Miss Sallle Garlington, MIsb JMary McCauley and a number of others who do not confine their entire activities to tho ballroom and after noon teas. FLORO EL " o (7i Pltio Wk EL TOROA Ai I' N PUHKERINO CnJjBR V- fc? rlS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. Spokane, Wash., Woman Endures Ten rlblo Suffering. Mrs. J. A. Schoonmakor, 127 S. Plna St, Spokane, Wash,, Bays: "I grow bo weak I could Bcarcoly do my houso work and was ofton confined to bed. There was a bearing down pain through my hips and my head ached ns it it would split I know by tho kidney secretions that my kidneys wero In a crrlblo condition but though I doctored, I gradually grow worse. until in critical condition. It was then I began using Doan's Kidney Pills and was entirely cured. I havo not had a elgn of kidney troublo slnco." "When Your Back Is Lame, Remem bor tho Name DOAN'S." 50c nil stores Foster-Mllbum Co., Buffalo, N. Y. The Ruling Passion. Llttlo Willlo was an embryo elec trician. Anything relating to hia favorite study possessed absorbing In terest for him. Ono day his mother appeared In a new gray gown, tho Jacket of which was trimmed In flat black buttons showing an outer clrclo of the light dress material. Willlo Etudled tho gown critically for a mo ment, then tho light of strong ap proval dawned Jn his eyes. "Oh, mamma." ho cried, "what a pretty new dress! It's all trimmed In push buttons." Judge. Very Different. "Is it truo that your daughter In tends to study for tho stage?" "No, she hasn't any such Ideas. What she intends to do Is become an actress." In the Chase. Gink Your son is pursuing his studies at college, Isn't he? ' Dink I guess so. He's always be hind. Judge. Not Telling All of It. "Does your fiance know your age,. Lottie?" "Well, partly." ' The BjFtem takes kindly to nature's laxn tlvo, Garfield Tea, which la mild In action and always effective. Tho more promises a man makes the moro ho doesn't keep. ARE YOU POORLY Poor health and a gen eral run-down condi tion is the outcome of a spell oi stom ach trouble; but listen HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS is just the medicine you need. It aids digestion, keeps the bowels open and induces per L fect health. Try a bottle today. Don't Persecute Your Bowels Cut out cathartics and purgatives. They art brutal, harih, unnecessary. 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