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THE SEMUWEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA. L. BARB. Publlshor. TERMS, J1.25 IN ADVANCE. AiORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA SYNDICATING KINDLINESS. Congress has declined to Incorpo rate the hundred million dollar Rocke feller philanthropic trust, and porliane It Is just as well; not bo much because tho trust might In tho dim future somehow monaco tho liberties of the people, as becauao tho rofusal is In directly a blow at tho tendency of the tlmo to syndicate and organlzo all altruistic endeavor. Individualism It what wo should encourago In this field, says tho Columbia (S. C.) State Tho syndication method excels, per haps, In "efficiency," If ono appralsci philanthropy by tho rate and degree In which It translates good will on tho ono hand Into rellof and uplift oc tho other. But wo have norcr under stood thnt tho good of tho recipient waB tho wholo of a gift's blessings Well-doing at second hand Is not com parablo with well-doing that rcqulroi Individual thought, anxiety and nclf denial. One's senso of humanity and his powers of compassion atrophy un dcr tho syndication system, but when ono performs himself tho maximum o! kindly nets, philanthropic vlrtuo Ii constantly being elicited, cxerclsci! and matured. It Is good to seo a ten dency checked which In Its logical ex tension would causa pcoplo to rcpos n smug content In tho doing of gool on tho Instnllraont plan, as they mlyhf pay for a ploco of furniture. Philosophy Is. ns somebody hat snld, merely a more than usually do tcrmincd effort to think clearly. Hu man naturo seems to liavo Tieen en (lowed with a restless curiosity about the great problems of existence. Most of VI do moro or less desultory think lng about them, and to thnt extent nre philosophers. The ancient Orecki .were tho first to consider tho prob Jems serlouB and they brought to beai jon thorn tho keenest sort of lntolll Ecncc. Slnco their tlmo other kece 'hinds in all agoo havo boon concerned with them. When wo get a nqw Idea for instnncc, wo often feel as If w had known It all tho tlmo, only It had never coino to tho surface befon in our minds and been recognized bo fore. Docs this moan that somehow nil fragments of It como to conscious ' loss? Wo dcscrlbo a cortnln tablo ni smooth. Hut looked at through c jnicroscopo It scemB rough. A stll' moro powerful glnss might rndlcall chango Its appearance Which Is th real tablo? What Is behind tho tints' thnt our senses glvo us? Wo wondei whoro wo como from and what th real meaning of llfo Is. Thoso and elmilar problems como up at times 1: tho minds of most persons, whethoi students of philosophy or not, suyi tho Knnsns City Star. A consldora tlon of such questions certainly tcndi to widen tho horizon, and to glvo possible background to existence Tho Now York Tolophono Compauj has given twenty of ltn offlco met outside work as solicitors, and hat Buppllcd tho vacancies created In tholi former positions by engaging women, who will bo known as cashiers. Thcli business is to hnndlo tho largo sumi In nickels, dimes and quarters which, reach tho ofllcos of tho company frorr pay Btntlons in different parts of the city. It Is stated by officials of the company that they hnvo found womoc moro rollnblo and less inclined tc yield to tomptntton than nion In nan dllng cash. And yet there nre men who assort that women havo no sens; of business honor. A New York judgo has decided that tho car company must sottlo if a sleeping passenger's trousers nre stol en froui his borth nt a station through a window. Tho company ought to be required, also, to carry nn extra pnii of trousers for tho relief of tho pa& Bonger In caso of such an embarras sing occurrence. Denver boaBts that In Kb public schools girls over twelvo years ol ago aro taught cooking, sowing, lnun dry work, tho care of children, rcspoct for husbands, the wlso management of Incomes and soma art by which they can earn a living. But Donvot omits to mention how many aro grad uated each year. Tho management of ono of Now York's largest vaudeville houses hus decided to bnr molher-ln-lnw jokes and to prohibit "humor" which la basod upon a man's ability to bo un truo to his wlfo without permitting her to know it. This Is tho kind of nn uplift that may really uplift. Tho sultan of Morocco has decided thnt since Franco has taken every thing olso ho might ns well move over to Paris and let Franco keep him, too. That roport of King Qcorgolnvont log a coal-saving cook stovo was sprung just at tho moment whon It would malto him most popular. One Chicago woman has had hor husband arrested b'ecnuso he did not kiss her, Almost any husband should feel proud of the compliment. WORK OF PRAIRIE ANT Interesting Description of Indus trious Insect. Cannot Tolerate Presence of Vegeta tion Near Their Mounds and Work ers Cut It Away by Use of Woll-Adapted Mandibles. ny anonais a. dean.) In crossing tho prairies of a largo part of tho western states, tho travel er's attention Is frequently drawn to tho gravel-covered mounds that skirt tho railways and wagon roadB. Locat ed In tho center of cleared circular areas, they stand out prominently, breaking tho grassy surface. Thcso mounds dot tho slopes of ravines, tho banks of streams, und nookB and Hats between cliffs and rldgqs. They occur along traveled roads and sldowalkn , In corrals, and In door yards. They nro present In fields of wheat and nlfalfa, In splto of tho plow ing nnd disking. They possessed tho pralrlo beforo tho farmer came, and they remain In splto of his operations. Tho ant whoso Industry has made thoso mounds, with their clean-swept dooryards, clings tenaciously to the houso which It has built, and, so often as tho roof la destroyed, laboriously rebuilds It. Tho nests are of various sizes and heights, ranging from nlno to twenty four inches. Tho clearing surrounding tho mound is level, absolutely devoid of vegetation, and usually has tho mound exactly In tho center. Tho size of tho clenrlng ranges from nlno to twenty feet and In ono Instnnco ex tended for forty-flvo feet. Tho ants cannot tolerato tho pres ence of vegetation near their mounds and tho workers clear it away by uso of their well-adapted mandibles. They doubtlesB find that vegetation Is an obstacle to their going and coming; that it affords concealment to their onomloB; retains moisture nfter a rain, Uiub favoring the growth of injurious fungi; that Its roots penctrato the chambers of their nests nnd, decaying, form passageways for the entranco of water. In irany of tho mounds tho ants go and como through ono opening; in others they havo two or threo Biich passngoways, nnd In ono exception ally largo mound tho occupants had eight openings. Thn Intnrlnr nt Mm mntitnl In hnnov. 4t 1ft A jl 4t t t 1 nltntrttinHrt n ft . 1 nri 1 1 j-ft ftf AR 7 uuiuuuu wiui uiiiiiiiuui a tiiiu ijuiiunua. Tho chambors vary from one to threo Inches In diameter and from one-half to ono inch in height. Tho connect ing galleries hnvo a uniform dlnmcter of nbout three-eights of an Inch. Sealed and unsealed stororooniB filled with seeds occur throughout tho nest. Lar vae, pupae, and young ants occupy many of tho chamberB. Seeds of various kinds nro carried by tho workers into tho nest Tho hulls nro torn off, cnrrled out and dumped nt ono sldo of tho clearing, nnd tho plump, sound seeds stored away In tho storerooms. Tho mound-building pralrlo nnt shows threo distinct classes of Individ- Tho two upper Insects are workers; left lower Is a fertile female or queen and right lower Is a male. uals tho queens (fertile females), males and workers (sterile females). Queens and males form a compara tively small portion of tho colony, whllo tho workers In a nest havo been known to number 10,000. Although these antu aro largor than most Bpccles and have two of tho most formidable wenpons known among Insects large, pointed mandi bles and most clllciont stings they nro not qunrrolsomo, nnd fight only In solf-dofonBO. So peaceably Inclined nro they that other species of nnts aro allowed to como Into their clearings nnd throw up tholr tiny crescent shaped mounds of earth, and cvon to nttack and chuso such thoughtless "mound builders" ns happen to pass too near thorn. Indeed, thoy carry this pcacotul disposition t& a point whoro thoy permit tho common tor mlto and some species of nnts to llvo With thom in tho chambors of tholr nests and to partako of their stored food. Thcso ants havo como to bo consid ered Injurious Insects, not through In creases in numbers, but rather through tholr close contact with man resulting from his conversion of tho prairlos Into cultivated fields. The ant colonies aro too scattering to materially decrease tho yield of any crop; they nro chiefly troublesome as nn obstnelo to harvesting. To attempt to mow through or over them would choke tho machinery and ruin tho cutting edgo of tho slrkle. Should n driver hnvo such trouble In pasting over n mound It would bo most unwlso for him to stop and try to ad just hU machinery, for such a disturb ance would bring tho ants forth In angry Bwarms, each individual eagor to do her utmost to repel tho Invader. Every one that succeeded In getting man or beast would selzo clothing, hair or skin between her mandibles, ourvo hor abdomen downward nnd do liver a thrust qulta as painful In re sult as tho sting of bumblebee or yellow-jacket. i . . . . . NEEDED SUPPLY OF MOISTURE Never Does Season Pass But That 8hort Droughty Period Is Experi enced Value of Stirring. (Hy C. P. HUM Mlniieoota nporlment (station ) The season for cultivation of the soil, to remedy tho mechnnlcal condi tion, to control tho molsturo supply and to kill weeds, is now on. It would scorn nB though little would need to he said about cultivation for tho con trol of tho molBturo supply In the soil, but there Is nocr a season pasnes, but that a short droughty period Is experi enced, experiments at University fnrm show conclusively tho value of ntlrrlng the surfaco soil during dry times. Strange as It may seem, tho stirring of the soil is nlso n good thing when tho soil Is too moist. In tho former cbbo, cultivation breaks the cnpllarlty and provents. the escape of tho mols turo through evaporation. In tho latter case, it opens up tho soil that Is stirred, and permits a freer circulation of tho air, and in this way dries out tho surface area, thus controlling, to a ccrtnln extent, tho molsturo supply. Cultivation for conserving molsturo should bo relatively shallow; the depth being moro or legs in accord ance with the severity of the drought. A deeper "dust blanket" should bo maintained during a severe drought than during tho short and . mild droughty periods. In tho "dry-land farming" sections, thnt Is, in regions of fifteen Inches or less rainfall, dust mulch of three to four inches is ad vised. Under the average Minnesota conditions, a one-inch dust mulch will generally suffice. During the earlier period of growth, plants need much better soll-culturo than during tho latter periods of growth, for tho roots aro not numer ous and do not draw from a very Inrgo area. For this reason, it Is very Important thnt the conditions bo as near perfect ns possible, that the plants may develop normally nnd rap idly In their earlier periods of growth. Frequent cultivations, as well as tho proper kind of cultivations aro very importunt. In droughty periods a cul tivation of tho cornfield or potato field should bo mndo nt least onco a week. Tho tillage question is not a difficult ono to answer, If duo consid eration is given to tho scientific prin ciples underlying tho conditions, which make it necessary to do ono thing or tho other. A study of tho soli, tho amount of moisture, tho amount of rainfall and tho kind of crop, will generally Indicate tho .method to bo followed. FOUNDATION OF DRY FARMING In Deep Soil Farmer Has Immense Reservoir Where Precipitation May Be Stored. Plants cannot grow without mols turo nnd upon Its conservation tho theory and practlco of dry farming must rest In normnl years tho rain and snow fnll upon tho plowed slice, which is meroly a temporary resorvolr, and Blnk rapidly out of tho reach of tho wind and sun, and other agencies of ovnporntlon. Succeeding precipita tion follows tho same courso, each tlmo moistening tho mlnuto soil parti cles to grcnter depths, until at length tho soil is wet ns far down as six or eight feet, or oven more. This fnct is very significant, for It means that in a deep soil tho dry-farmer has an lmmcnso reservoir, whoro by proper mothods of cultivation tho precipita tion of normal and wot years may bo carefully stored away for futuro uso In tlmo of drought Tho damming up of tho high waters in the tops of tho mountains during tho spring time, and tho holding them back for tho uso of tho Inhabitants of a distant city dur ing tho rainless summer Is certainly no moro realistic. DAIRY NOTES. Tho cowb' salt box should never bo empty, sunimor or winter. Each season a grass lot should be hold In reserve for tho dairy cows. Moro milk per aero as well as per cow Is tho successful cow farmer's slogan. Aftor all has been snld and done, thcro is no butter like good farm mado butter. How did you build and arrange that milk houso you 'think is tho best in tho township? When a cow Iibb been dry for some tlmo bo gentlo with her when sho freshens ugaln. Plantings of sweet com are now In order to help piece out short pas tures in August In keeping cowb never be without clover. It 1b ono of tho foods essontlal to good dairying. Tho greatest nld In tho prevention of Bcourlug and enro of all dairy prod ucts is temperature. A herd of good dairy cows is the best insurance against hnrd times or a slump In prosperity. Tho Btrong cow Is tho ono that will rniso a calf every year and produce a largo quantity of milk. ,lf tho cream in tho churn fonms up and runs over, tho churn Is too full or tho cream Is Improperly ripened. Turn separator with a steady and uniform speed, nnd flush down with skim milk or water at end of separa tion. It has been found that tho milking qualities of a cow depend almost as much on hor sire's mother ns on her own mother. Keop your calves in clenn, soparato pons for about four wcoks, and then If tho weather permits, turn thom out with tho herd, and they will not suck tho COWB. T3sh oiftTlWM and Budding Bandit is aiJS; A NEW YORK. "Nlrped in tho Bud, or Nothing Doing for Dickey Boy," is the next novel to which will bo drawn tho attention of Richard Boy, a would bo bandit. Dicklo Boy, who is flvo feot three and fifteen yeara old, armed himself with two big guns, a slung shot, seventeen dlmo novels, a Bible nnd a map of Arizona nnd started for the wild nnd woolly west to shoot down Indians and shoot up Baloons. He did not even get a good start, for he was grabbed by just an ordinary copper and "trun into the cooler." Ho did not even havo tho satisfaction of being stuck up by a cowboy sheriff nnd getting a run for his money and a squnro show. Tho budding frontiersman started tho ball rolling the other afternoon by running amuck In his homo at 59'West Ninety-third street. Ho did not shoot out any lights, but ho scared the llfo out of his mother and two younger brothers and Bisters. Tho terror of the West sldo declared he'd shoot 'em nil up, nnd they got into closets and under beds while ho strutted In in truly western splendor, rattling with artillery as ho walked. "Terrjblo Tim vh rrt - ,mi. nroi c- lu rr v, rvj&'b.. nur Qo$3r ill. AWSAMAAVWWMMVWMWIOA'WIiAAMOrfVWVSAS Militant Cow Fiats CHICAGO. A spotted cow which answered with enthusiasm to tho name of "Violet" came into East Chi cago tho other evening, approached the outer fringe fo the political battle field, and went mad. At midnight Policeman John Lazar was walking his penceful beat In the neighborhood of Chicago and Ken nedy avenues when he met Violet and was seized with a sense of pastoral poetry and moonlight. "I will tnke her to tho pound and lmaglno myself onco moro in the old lane that leads from the pasturo to my father's barn," Lazar told himself and smiled with pleasure at tho pros pect. Ho approached Violet sympathetic ally and with a delicate motion of his arms sought to waft her in the direc tion sho should go. Violet refused to be wafted. Sho was In playful mood and showed a desiro to place both her front feet nt once on tho policeman's shoulders. He retreated warily. Ho got inside a pntrol box and from its security argued with the bovine. Violet hurled herself against tho policeman's shelter Ho drew his club and shook it stern ly in her face. Sho recognized no au thority, i Texas Will Fight SAN ANTONIO, Tex. There Is a man In Texas who has found out a now way to flght the moBquIto. His name Is Dr. Charles R. Campbell. He is ofllcinl bacteriologist of tho city of San Antonio. His Idea is to employ bats as mos quito fighters. Tho neighborhood of San Antonio is especially plagued by mosquitoes malaria Is moro or less rife In that vicinity and for a long time past the Inhabitants of the mu nicipality and Its suburbs havo eager ly sought to find a solution of the problem. Much benefit has been ob tained by keeping minnows in cisterns and pondB these email fishes being jjreody dovourers of mobqulto larvae but such measures havo not altogeth er met requirements. WWVSVVAAAAAAAAAA Crate of Stolen Chickens on Kis Bed PHILADELPHIA. When Nathaniel Jones, colored, of Naudaln street, near Tenth, discovered a number of llvo chickens on his bed ho wub bo In dignant that tho publicity ho gave to tho matter resulted in the arrest of Edward Watklns, also colored, of Lombard street, near Fifteenth, who, It 1b charged, stole tho poultry from a store at Eleventh and Rodman streets for a chicken dinner which ho intend ed to glvo to two of his friends, Rich nrd Green and Albert Emerson of Lombnrd street, near Tenth. Tho threo men wero brought before Mag istrate EUenbrown nt the Central po llco station. After a hcnrlng Green nnd Emerson were discharged, but Watklns was held in $C0O ball for court. At tho hearing, Jones snld that when ho roturned from a theater ho was astonished to find crate of llvo chickens on his bed. Upon Investiga tion, he said, he learned that tho poultry had been brought thoro by Watklns. About the same tlmo B. Wagner, a poultry dealer, reported to dmcrCWXK Nipped in the Bud of Tonopah," or tho "Twining Twins of Tucson" had nothing on him. Policeman Filed was on fixed post when a man camo along and told him nbout tho minlnturo arsenal. It did not scare tho policeman a bit. He sauntered over to tho hallway and boro down on the embryonic western terror. Without pulling n gun on him and telling him to throw up his handB ho grabbed him by tho scruff of tho neck, gave him an old-fashioned clout and said: "Sonny, whafebave you got in youi pockets?" With an awful scowl tho boy bandit faced his captor. Tho ofllcer took him upstairs where tho family was found In a condition of terror. Fried then took the pocket edition of Jesso James to the West sldo police station. The two guns wore fully loaded. The slungskot was ono of tho toughest looking weapons tho police hnd ever seen. It was made up of nails and blls of steel and covered with leather, with a leathern thong nttached to it for tho wrist. 'Hio dlmo novels wero wonders of literary art. They ran all the way from "Diamond Dick's Last Dlvo" to "Whanged Into tho Wil lies" and "Scarlet Sam's Sacrifice." Tho youthful desperado was held by Magistrate Cornell in the West Bido police court without bail under the Sullivan law. His mother was in court, but did not make any charges. It wasn't necessary tho court as sured her. Little Dicklo Boy will be mado an example of. Policemen to Rosat Tho policeman tried for two hours to pacify tho cow. It was a vain at tempt. He telephoned for help. Chief of Police Leo McCormaclc of East Chicago got out of bed and head ed a relief squad. Armed to tho teeth tho bluecoats descended upon tho in trenchments of tho cow. They were repulsed, and Violet went away. At noon tho next day Violet strolled down the Pennsylvania tracks near Baring avenue. Policeman Esantrager said ho could conquer any cow. Ho was rolled over in the street threo times before ho escaped. Tho driver of a garbago wagon who said ho would tell his name if ho defeated tho cow went forth to battle. He, too, was de feated. Violet began to demolish freight trains on the tracks, when Policeman Harry Nanglo stole upon her from behind with a rifle. There will bo no inquest Mosquito With Bat Bats, as Is well known, nro insect eaters, and aro particularly fond of mosquitoes. In tho twilight, when thoy rove abroad, thoy devour im mense numbers of tho pestiferous in sects, the manner being to dash back and forth thiough a swarm and gob ble tho victims up by tho wholesale. In view of which fact It occurred to Dr. Campbell that it might be a good idea to establish in and nbout San Antonio a number of "bat roosts," as ho calls them that is to say, ntruc tures bo contrived as to invite bats for sleeping purposes. He has already set up two of them, and proposes to orect others, thoso nlready in opera tion having proved highly successful. There aro no windows, but opportu nity of entrance is afforded to the bats by a series of horizontal openings so arranged as to resemble the slnts of an ordinary window shutter. The wholo building la thirty feet high, the upper twenty feet being the in closed portion, and tho slatted ar rangement runs up each of the two sides for a distanco of sixteen feet. fpilR J ivf- i an' LC fc.ni! SAKES tho Nineteenth district police that bo had been robbed of a crato of chick ens When tho police hoard of Jones' Indignation at finding a crato of chick ens on his bed they put two and two together and started an Investigation, which ended In tho arrest of Watklns and his two friends. Green and Em erson Bhowed that they had known nothing of tho theft of tho poultry, and woro theroforo released. After holding Watklns In ball, Mag istrate EUenbrown ' asked Wagner to recall the line, "Lead t not Into temptation" In the Lord's Prayer. "Don't you know better," ho asked, "that to tempt these colored peoplo by putting chickens out In front of your Btore?" rA-z. ijSiiL yQ&WTS&fittM K&iSr&-?r$mm Hardly tho Sunday School Brand. The young hopeful had secreted some bright buttons In his pocket, which camo from tho motor car Bhow. When Sunday school was well under fvay, ho took ono out and pinned It on hlB coat, feeling it an ornament. Un fortunately, when tho minister came round to speak to the dear children, his near sighted eyes wero caught by the color. "Well, Richard, I seo you aro wear ing some motto, my lad. What does it say?" "You read it, sir," replied Richard, hanging his head. "But I cannot seo. I haven't my glasses, eon. Read it so wo can all hear you." Richard blushed. "It says, sir, 'Ain't it to the poor?' " 'Metropolitan Magazine. Noted Author. "Seo that man over thoro with tho black moustache?" said Tompy. "Yes," said tho visitor. "Well," said Tompy, "he is tho au thor of ono of tho most popular seri als In n hundred years." "Really?" said the visitor. "Why, ho doesn't look llko a literary man." "No," said Tompy. "He isn't Ho's the inventor of popped grits, the best selling cereal on the market." Har per's Weekly. With the Lid Off. "Mother," asked Bob, with a hope ful eye on the peppermint jar, "hava I been n good boy this afternoon?" "M-m-yes," answered mother, dubl ously, recalling a certain littlo rift within tho lute. Tho four-yenr-old dip lomat looked anxious. "Please," he begged, "say a wide open yes!" Harper's Bazar. Standard of Sanity. Shakespeare was asked if Hamlet was sane. "As Bane as the Fourth of July," ha replied. Some men find it cheaper to stay married than to pny alimony. Red Cros Ball Dluo -will wash doublo at many clothes as any other blue. Don't put our money Into any other. The woman pugilist kuows Just how o assert her "rights." Your working power depenctB upon yotn health. Garfield Teu helps- toward keeping it He who hesitates la lost especially tvhen he is found out. m ye How Mrs. Bethune was Re. stored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound. Sikeston, Mo. "For seven years 1 juffered everything. I was in bed for four or five days at a time every month, and so weak I could hardly walk. I had cramps, backache and headache, and was so nervous and weak that I dreaded to seo anyone or have anyone move in tho room. The doc tors gave mo medi cino to caso me at those times, and said that I ought to have an operation. I would not listen to that, and when a fiicnd of my husband's told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound and what it had dono for hia wife, I was willing to take it Now I look the picture of health and feel like it, too. I can do all my own house work, work in tho garden and entertain company and enjoy them, nnd can walk as far as any ordinary woman, any day in tho week. I wish I could talk to every Buffering woman and girl, and tell them what Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound has dono for me." Mrs. Dema Bethune, Sikeston, Mo. Remember, tho remedy which did this tvas Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It haa helped thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulceration, tumors, irreg ularities, periodic pains, backache, that bearing down feeling, indigestion, and nervous prostration, after all other means have failed. Why don't you try it? The Army of Constipation If Growing Smaller Everv D. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS are responsible they not oniygive relief tney perma nently cure Con-. itipahon. Mily lions use. them for Bilionineii. r . t r indigestion, Sick Headache, Sallow Skin. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature DAISY FLY KILLER g ;?!-.?; ft fll. prat, elean or namental, con ranlent. cfaeap. Ltiti ll l.aioo. Hade at metal, can't tplll or tip onri will not aotl of Injurs anything-. Ouarantetd cffectWa. Sold by danlaraor 0 .cut tir.natd for tl. IAB0LB S0JIIS1, UO DtXalb At , Brooklyn, X. T. ISEBY Y' ,-lLi-L' ' 2 iHmPArvrrrfc Hi Wil ' Lt Mnmr ivbK JWVIll PILLS. tiff J&" " ' I yTz W. N. U., OMAHA, NO. 28-1912.