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-t : - 4i v I! i a. I THE SEMI-WEEKLY TtilBUNE 1IIA D. BARB, Publisher. TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA EDUCATE AGAINST 8ELFISHNE88. Recently addressing a body of New England students, Richard Olncy, sec retary of stato under Prosldent Clove land, urged them to tho duty of sub ordinating interests of their respective future crafts to tho highest claims of citizenship. Which la only another way of saying, that In educating our young people wo should teoch them first the art of living, and second, what; ever art by which thoy aro to llvo; that Is, that living comes beforo getting a livelihood. Tho claims of citizenship are above those of any trade or profes sion. Our Bchools that go In for th vocational training, eminently good In Itself, need to look out lest they lay tho chief stress upon tho matter oi getting hold of technical knowledge ai tho means of making a living. The Bchools, none of them, aro teaching too much about how to becomo good and worthy citizens, how to mako dyna mic men and women out of ordlnnry boys and girls. There Is tho placo fot tho stress. That, wo think, Is -what Mr. Olney had In mind when ho urged thoso students to sink selfish plana for immediate aggrandizement In the larger purpose of doing good and be ing good for their country, Bays the Omaha Beo. For as suro as they do they will have no dlfilculty In picking up a livelihood Bomewhero. So If our currlculuma could bo mado to teach nnd throw their weight against selfish ncBS in educntion our educational sys tem would bo Improved right hero. From Copenhagen comes Informs tlon which will bo received with Inter est by all who aro alert to electric progress. Professor Hannover, prosl dent of tho Polytcchnlo academy ol that capital, is asserted to havo invent ed an electrical accumulator lhat baa fivo tltncB tho capacity of tho accumu lator now In existence without any Increase over them In alzo nnd weight, lie uses porous lead alloy sheets, tho capacity of which Is Increased by per forating them with millions qt mi croscopic holes. Professor Hannover's accumulator, whllo It Is likely to be moro cxponslvo than thoso now In use, will bo most valuablo for aeroplanes and cubmarlno boats and In lighting railroad tralnB. In moro hardy days than thoso anuff was used as an oyo liniment. "Tho Comploto Housowlfo, or Accomplished 1 Gentlewoman's Companion," which had run into 1C editions by 1768, extols Its virtues, sayB tho London Chron icle. Accomplished gentlewomen who find their sight falling with advancing years aro advised to rub "tho right sort of Portugal snuff Into tho oyoa night and morning, and tako It also through tho noeo." This treatment, it is assorted, "cured Sir Edward Soy. mour, Sir John Houblon, nnd Judge Ayrea, bo that thoy could road without spectacles after they had used them many years." Somo pooplo would pre fer spectacles. A Chcago boy carried away a model aeroplane prize with a machine which had curved wings llko a letter U. Thoy gave his model a stability which car ried It beyond all rivals, and n profes Blonnl aviator who witnessed tho ex hibition declared that tho lad had dis covered a principle which would un doubtedly bo adopted by tho bulldora of aciplanes. After tho boys havo been experimenting a few moro years it Is possible thnt wo shall havo'a really safe flying machine. "Tho worda of harmless banter," ac cording to tho Now York Herald, ad dressed by a man to two young wom en, led to his being knocked down by the women's cBcort, tho fill fractur ing his skull. As tho two -words were "Hello, kldsl" tho New York Idea ot harmless banter Is thua exemplified. H " Is unfortunnto tho follow died because ho deserved to bo knocked down. Somo men havo such j trust In fnto that tho things thoy do, trusting to Im munity, make this trust really pathetic. Such a man In a New York town late ly tried to Btnrt a balky mulo by giv ing tho animal ammonia to smell. It may bo difficult to mako him realize how exceptionally lucky ho was In, morely being carted off to a hospital Instead of to an undertaker's. - One of our historians arises to re ma.rk that tho temple of Solomon cost $5,000,000,000. As It was n govern ment Job, wo nro tempted to wonder what politicians, or set of politicians, got awny with tho $4,999,000,000. A man in Chicago complains that . ho is continually being identified by tho pollco on nccount of his gold teoth. Ho must belong to tho numorouB class who aro alwayB getting into trouble because they cannot keep their mouths' hut . 'Meat caters, according to 'r college professor, are moro active than vege tarians. Possibly It is because the prices makes tho meat caters hopping mad. PROFIT IN SOY BEAN Apply Water Before Seeding to - Prevent Crust Forming. Plant Is Legume and Is Therefore Ni trogen Gatherer for 80II Rabbits and Gophers Particularly Fond of the Plant. (Hy nEX E. WILLARD.) Somo dlfilculty has been encoun tered in some localities In the produc tion of soy benns. The first Important fcaturo In tho production of this crop Is good seed, and considerable dlfil culty 1b encountered in securing it The seed, therefore, should bo tested by placing In a pan of damp soil in a warm place to detcrmino how much will germinate. If less than SO per cent good seed Is found, either better seed should be secured or a larger amount In proportion to tho quality should bo planted. Tho seed bed should be in the best condition, for the sprouts of soy beans aro very tender and any obstacles such nB lumps, stones or crust on the surface of the ground will materially impede the growth. Seed should bo planted from one inch to one and one half Inches deep In the heavier soils, and two or two nnd one-half inches deop in sandy eoIIb. Water should be applied beforo planting, so that a crust will not form after tho seed haB been planted. This is Important. Soy beans may be planted in rows two and one-half to three feet npnrt, or may ho drilled or broadcasted Planting In towb and cultivating will Soy Bean Plant. glvo the best result in seed, but for 'feeding purposes, the entlro ground may bo covered. When planting in rows, about sixty pounds per aero will glvo good results. If planted broad cast, considerable, more, about 150 pounds, should bo sown. Tho roots of soy beans arc not deep, usually not. moro than thirty inches, so thnt fre quent shallow irrigations aro pre ferred to heavy Irrigations and at long er Intervals. This is usually true If tho crop is planted on the satfdler soils. It will bo found exceedingly bene ficial to cultivate the soy benns when they nro planted In rows. This Bhould bo dono two or three times during tho early part of tho growing season, both to brca.t any crust that may form and to keep out weeds. It will bo found most beneficial to cultivate as soon as tho eoII is dry enough after irrigation. Tho soy toean plant Is a legume, and b therefore a nUrogon gatherer for tho soil. If properly handled it should lenvo tho eoII In better condition than before. This Is particularly truo of sandy soil, which is generally some what deficient In nitrogen, Tho crop usually dooB well on tho lighter soils as compared with tho heavier soils. Soy beaiiB mature In from 90 to 115 days. They may bo planted any time after tho danger ot tho last killing frost is passed. Slightly more than thirty bushels of seed to tho acre were produced on soil where tho seeding was nbout sixty pounds to tho aero in rows thrco feet apart. Rabbits and gophers an- particular ly fond of tho young beans, and If there Is danger from these, pests, It will bo well to plant enough for your self and tho pests also. Uniformity In the Flock. Tho progressive farmer will not think It very profltablo to keep a mongrel flock of birds when ho real izes that with tho same enro thoy will vary greatly In productiveness, Some will bo overfed nnd some underfed. Somo will get the lion's shnro, and somo go without. Thus many .will not lay during tho winter and ho will bo keeping n lot of birds to no profit. A uniform lot of birds of somo particular variety will do bettor nnd be moro productive than tho mixed lot. Tho duy has passed for mixed breeds of cattlo or poultry. Introducing New Blood, Replenish your stock occasionally with good nourelatcd birds. Keep your best birds yourself; soil only tho culls. To cl08o, don't lot tho poul try department run Itself, but watch tho flock and you will stnud an excel lent chance of getting eggs when thoy nro GO cents a dozen, Instead- of when they nro selling for 20 cents. Extra Food for Egg Material. Tho first purpose to which food is devoted 1b to supply wasting tissues and support ot tho body. All over that amount goes to tho manufacture of eggs, providing tho feed 1b of such a nature as to cause fat DAMAGE DONE BY CUTWORMS Pest May Be Eradicated Where It Is Possible to Overflow Fields Where Irrigation Practiced. Tomatoes, cabbage, sweet potatoes and other vegetables and garden plants, nnd cscpecially thoso which nro started under glass and transplant ed, nro subject to serious Injury by cutworms. They appear sometimes In great numbers In spring nnd early suminor and frequently do severe lu Jury before the ravages arc noticed. Tho method of attack is to cut oft tho young plants at about the surface ot the ground, and as these insects aro of largo slzo and voracious feeders they are capnblo of destroying many plants In a slnglo night, frequently moro than they enn devour. During the past two years these Insects, working gen erally through the United StatoB, de stroyed hundreds of thousands of dol lars' worth of crops. By tho timely application of remedies, however, It was demonstrated by tho department of agriculture through field agents and others of tho bureau of entomology engaged In tho Investigation of Insects Injurious to truck crops nnd sugar beets in somo of the principal truck ing rcglonB, notably In tldownter Vlr! glnln, In Fouthorn Texas. In tho vi cinity of Rocky Ford, Colo., In south ern California, in tho vicinity of Sac ramento, Cal., In Stark county, Indiana, and In Borne other regions, that these Insects can bo readily controlled, largo areas being successfully treated. Tho usual method of control Is by tho use of poisoned baits. Take a buBhol of dry bran, add one pound of arsenic or Paris green, and mix It thoroughly Into a mash with eight gallons of water, in which has been stirred half a gallon of sorghum, or other cheap molasses. After tho mash has stood several hours, scatter It In lumps of about the slzo of a mar ble over tho fields whoro Injury la be ginning to appear and about tho bases of tho plants set out. Apply late In tho day bo as to place the poison about tho plants over night, which Is tho tlmo when tho cutworms are active. Apply n second tlmo if necessary. When cutwormB occur in unusual abundance, which hnppens locally, and. Fometlmcs gonornlly, In somo seasons, they exhaust their food supply and are driven to migrate to other fields. This they do, literally In armies, assuming what is called tho army-worm habit. At such times it is necessary to treat them as wo do army worms. Whllo tho methods which havo been ndvlsed nro valuable In such casos, theso rem edies may bo too slow to destroy all the cutworms and wo, thoroforo, havo to employ other methods. Thoso In clude trenching, ditching, tho plowing of deop furrows In advance of the trav eling cutwormB to trap them, and tho dragging of logs or brush through tho furrows. If tho trenches can bo filled with water, the addition ot a small quantity of kcrosono, bo as to form a thin scum on tho surface, will provo fatal. In oxtremo casos barriorB of fence bonrds aro erected and tho tops smeared with tar or other sticky sub stanceB to stop tho cutworms ns they attempt to crawl over. Clean cultural methods and rotation of crops nro advlsablo, as also fall plowing and disking. Many cutwormB can bo destroyed where it Is posslblo to ovcrilow tho flolds. This is par ticularly applicable where Irrigation Is practiced. Cleanliness and ventilation nro high ly Important factors in raising brooder chicks. Don't mark your poultry with paint when a too punch is better and mark can't cotno off. A small amount of animal food Is required by all jioultry, especially dur ing the tlmo of egg production. Try to Beo that tho chicks are not fed until at least 48 hours old; thon give water first, feed afterwards. Running tho incubator is llko most other things, wo get results largely In proportion to tho work wo do our selves. You may feed all tho food your hens can possibly use, but if you are short of grit, tho results will not bo satis factory. Incubators lmprovo morals, elimi nating tho heated tempor too often produced by the sitting 'hen's pecul iarities. laybe tho hen thinks ns much as somebody else thinks that you think. Trent tho hens right, nnd they will treat you right. . Goslings will thrive If fed on grass alone, but will not make such rapid growth, of rour8o, as when thoy. aro given a llttlo grain. Do not put moro than fifty chicks In ono brooder, or one compartment, and better results will be secured with a smaller number. It Is much easier to start with stock that 1b a proven success than It Is to breed up. Tho latter Is a costly as woll na tlresomo experiment. Sifted coal ashes will do well for tho floor of tho hen coop, If they aro raked over every few days to keep them loosened and cleaned. Turkeys more than any other poul try seem to require fresh air. Thoy will roost in trees during a snowstorm and not seem to mind it a bit. Tho turkoy crop hatched previous to June 1st should attain good, growth by tho last of Novcmbor, tho cock birds reaching 10 or 12 poundB. Before setting a hen It 'la woll to thoroughly clenn the neat nnd then lay a pleco ot cardboard, soaked in kcro sono in tho bottom of the neBt, anpg c?Q0TMM9 Vkjjsyssncfrn MVsJiiBnTTrrSSajrTXi its" MMBjfeSarciSMSBHBBSaBBBNBSHHaKd Millionaires Held NEW YORK. For nearly an hour the other day J. P. Morgan Jr. nnd Robert Bacon, former ambassador to France, were held prisoners on tho thirty-first floor of tho Bankers Trust building. It wns nearly luncheon tlmo when Mr. Morgan and Mr. Bacon fumed and fussed in the elaborate suite on tho thirty-first floor of tho Bankers' Trust building which has been set aside for J. P. Morgan Sr. for holding secret conferences. Mr. Morgan went up to tho thirty first floor for a conference with Mr. Bacon. FlrBt they took an expresB elevator to the twenty-ninth floor. An auxiliary runB up to tho private suite, but it was broken, so the two men wnlked up. They then turned tho knob of the door which leads to the suite, slammod it and proceeded to get down to busi ness. The' conference did not last long and at Its conclusion Mr. Mor gan went to tho door. MAAAMMAMWW Rebel and Federal KANSAS CITY. A messngo telling how Tracy Richardson, a Kansas City boy, met tho Mexican federal Boldler -who fired tho bullet that wounded him at tho battle of Villa Lopez, waB received tho other day from Addison Hughes, a correspon dent with the rebel army of General Orozco, The dispatch, -which is dated from Jiminez, Chihuahua, Mexico, reads as follows: This morning a wounded federal was laid on an adjoining cot. The federnl prisoner was moaning. Rich ardson awoke, peered through tho dim candle light and said In Spanish: "Hello, are you badly hurt?" "Pretty badly," answered the man. "Federal or rebel?" queried Rich ardson. "Federal," replied the other. "And you?" "Rebel," Bald Richardson. "I've a bullet through my body from a fed eral gun. I wIbIi I had tho man hero who topped me over." "What were you doing when you tell?" "Working a machine gun." "By the adobe house to tho right of the church?" queried tho, federal. "That was the position. How did you know?" Richardson aBked. "How did I know," the federal ask ed. "Well, I guess I'm the hombro who got you. After I located you, WVWWtfVVWVtfVWVWWVWlMVVSMWWWMk Two Utah Girls Hold Up a Stag Car SALT LAKE CITY. Two unmarried young women, masked and heavily armed, robbed the stag car on tho Shrlnora' special train at 2 o'clock the other morning a few minutes aft er the train pulled out at Salt Lake City. Several shots from revolvers were fired at each entrance to the car and fifteen badly frightened men on the Inside began a mad scramble to find their revolvers and to conceal their purses. Their revolvers, how ever, had been taken from tho car whllo thoy were uptown celebrating. As tho men mado a dash, to get out of the car they were met at tho doorB with threats and a liberal display of revolvers. "Wo arc not looking for money. Wo are looking for bachelors," tho two women explained. wwwwwam Cyclone a "Scenic ST. LOUIS. As the shock, caused by tho appalling loss of life from the recent cyclone In southern Illinois dis appears, people aro beginning to re member the strange things It did. As tho twister swept on Its courso about n half a mile from Dale it play fully picked up a dwelling belonging to Isanc Harwood and set, It down be 8ldo the foundation, performing tho feat so neatly that It did not atop tho family clock or Jar vases off of sholves. A horBo belonging to n farmer named Erby, living near Dale, waB tracked for some dlstanco by the places where Its feet oecaclonnlly hit the ground. It finally was found flat tened against a treo and partly wrap ped around It. Tho cyclone In and around Willls vllle was moro destructive than at Dale aud equally freakish. Approach ing tho town it bounced over tho ground liko a ball, tearing holes In tho earth where It Btruck, In tho sec tion of the town where the Uvea of &Mer fim Prisoners an Hour Thero was no knob on tho insido. A steel bar ran in from the outsldo knob, but It was bo short that It couldn't bo turned. When Mr. Morgan saw the bar he gazed blankly at Mr. Bacon and Mr. Bacon gazed blankly at Mr. Morgan, "Jailed I" exclaimed Mr. Bacon. Mb Morgan fished a penknlfo from his pocket and tried to loosen thq screw which hold tho steel bar. He broke tho blado of tho knife. "Thero ought to bo somo way out of this," the financier said, after ho. had worked at tho bar until thtf perspiration stood on his brow. Then ho looked about and discovered an automatic fire alarm. Tho breaking of n, glass cover on tho alarm ought to have brought fire men, but tho alarm was not In work ing order, nnd the glass was broken to no purpose. After they had waited and waited, with no BlgnB of firemen, they set to work at tho door again. Mr. Bacon used his pocket knife this time and, after much laborious effort, managed to loosen the screw and shove tho Bteel bar out of Ub groove. Then tho handle of tho knlfo was inserted Into the groove and it open ed tho door. Mr. Morgan will prob ably take a fire axe with him whan he again holds a conference In the I prlvato suite. Meet After Battle somo one of the rebols got me twice, once through the head and onco through tho Btomachr- It's all off with me." "I'm practically well," Bald Richard son. "I'm sorry, old man, I'm Borry." Ho reached over and grasped tho fed eral's hand. "Braco up and get well." Then ho lay back and went to sleep. When Richardson awakened tho sun was up. Ho turned toward tho, federal and greeted him: "Buenos dias." Thero waB no reply. Tho federal was dead. Richardson, who, with a machlno gun, hnd held a dangerous position, single-handed, against the federals at Villa Rose, was found after the battle, crawling toward the town, a bullet hole In his chest. He has been called the hero of Jlmfnez. Richardson Is 23 years old. His father, tho late A. R. Richardson, was a well-known contractor In Kansas City. His mother now Is living In Lamar, Mo. Dr. L. A. Corwln of Goffs, Kan., and A. L. Swearlngen of Kansas City, Kan., tho only two bachelors on tho car, pleaded. "Save us, men. It's leap year and we are in Utah, too." "Como with us," tho two train rob bers demanded. Tho two bachelors were led to tho observation car, where several pf tho unmarried young women were assembled. Dr. J. F. Hereford, the official auctioneer, mounted a box. Ho placed his hands on Doctor Corwln's shoulder, "This Is to be a bargain day in bachelors, young women," Doctor Hereford explained. "This handsome noble haB a kiss as sweet as tho per fume of any orange blossom. I guar antee ho can weather tho storm of the roughest marital sea as he cross ed Buccessfuly the hot sandB of tho desert to tho mystic shrine. It's true he never pnid grocery bills and prob ably never will. How much am I bid?" To the disappointment of tho two bachelors, thero was not a bid. Tho two bachelors, heart-broken and dejected, were placed In seclu sion on tho train. mAMWWW Railway" for Horse David Thompson, JameB Thompson nnd Mrs. Rhoda llasklns wcro lost it ripped up nbout n dozen houses nnd then rose nnd passed over several blocks before it touched again. Tho escapo of ten families from death in their demolished houses was marvelous. They were carried along with tho flying timbers and rolled over and over in tho wreckage. Some were found clasped in each other's arms several hundred feet from where their homes hnd stood. The path of tho cyclone was about 300 yardB wldo. Thoso who saw the annrnnplt nt ihn fiinnni.a.nnA.i nin..ri In time were ablo to save themselves by running to one side or tho other ; of the path. STORMS TO PREDICT SELVES Wireless Stations to Bo Used to Mako Tempests Send Their Own Warning Ahead. Storm centers move usually in an easterly or northeasterly direction. Honco tho prediction of storms on tho Atlantic coast Is posaible, since most of them como from tho Mississippi valley, .gome come up tho coast from the Caribbean sea, but oven in this case we have no warning. 'But western Europo is less fortu nate. Its tempests como from the At lantic, and with llttlo warning. Euro pean weather mon havo made as much as possible a study of tho paths of American storms across the Atlantic and are sometimes nccurato In pre dicting tho timo of their arrival; tho same has been done with storms com ing up from tho South Atlantic. But It of ten happens that storms vary either their route or tho rato of move ment, so that predicting cyclones on tho coast of western Europo is more or less guesswork. As a possible help In this respect Director Andro of tho Lyons observa tory is making a deep Btudy of tho galvanometer records of various wlro Icbs telegraph stations. Ho has found that the antennae are sensltiv to any stray electric currents as, well as to messages, and ho hopes to discover a way to mako tho storms telegraph their own warnings ahead of their arrival. Every storm Is accompanied by elec trical disturbances, and already M. Andre has accumulated a mass ot evi dence to show that each storm In this way gives warning. Just how to read this evidence Is the problem to which ho 1b devoting himself. Best Business Creator. Ab a business creator, what Is thero better than advertising? Havo you ever asked that question of yourself? Tho-'mllllons that advertising haa made for merchants are uncountablo, yet thero are business men who even now don't believe In advertising, Just nB there are people who still think It Is safer and more convenient to travel in a prairie schooner behind a pair of slow oxen than In a Pullman palaco car. Yet this type of business man Is seldom rated In commercial rating books. Exchange. Judged by tho Wires. 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