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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TMBUHE
IRA L. BARD, Publlahor.
TERMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE.
AlORTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA
THE RATS SHOULD GO.
A single rat that Is "auspicious look
ing" among many examined for signs
of plaguo Is nothing alarming. It ap
pears, howovor, sufllclent reason for
taking precautions ngalnst Imported
rats. Tho bubonic plague has appear
ed at several points In tho tropics and
vessels which came here from thoso
points may bring Infected rats.
Where tho disease Is known such ves
nets will bo quarantined and presum
ably tho rats will bo killed, says tho
Philadelphia Press. Nevertheless, tho
danger of plaguo gaining a foothtrid
will always exist so long as there are
casos of plaguo in countries with
which wo liavo commercial relations
and rats find toleranco within tho city
limit. Now Orleans has discovered
a plague-infected rat and wo presume
it will take precautions suggested by
that fact. It suppressed yellow fever
by exterminating tho yellow fover
mosquito and we have no doubt it will
rid Itself of rats If convinced that It
is the only way to bar tho bubonlo
plague from that very suscoptiblo city.
San Francisco warred upon Its rats
with thoroughness and success and
practically suppressed tho plague
which Is always threatening It through
Its trado with Asia. We do not sup
pose tho plaguo would nppcar hero in
any caso in its severo form, but never
theless we should tako no chances.
Tho rats should go.
Every etudont of economic condi
tions in tho United States knows thnt
moro farmers arc needed to make ag
rlculturo keep pace with other indus
tries. Tho project to divert to tho
farms immigrants coming to Chicago,
by establishing on tho lake front near
Vwenty-socond stroot nn agricultural
and Industrial exposition building with
fpeclal foaturcs for tho Instruction o(
ho noweqmers in tho possibilities of
bountry life, Is ono that should Inter
est tho public greatly. Too many of
our Immigrants, oven thoso bred in tho
country and capablo of becoming Im
mediately useful on farms, settle In
our largo cities. The country districts
need them, tho cities do not, Bays tho
Chicago Record-Herald. In tho citlos
thoro ore now few chances for them
compared with thoso that existed a
few years ago. Tho newcomers can
hotter themselves and tho nation by
becoming producers Instead of consum,
crs of farm products. Immigrants who
are soun J physically, mentally and mor
ally, will bo valuable to the United
States for a long tlmo to come, if they
can bo turned to supplying tho real
needs of tho country. Tho problem of
thus placing workors whoro they aro
needed Is rightly receiving much at
tention. A Chicago Judgo who is entitled to
rank with Solomon has doclded that
the idea about beauty unadorned is out
of dnte, and that a man who marries
n beautiful woman is obliged to supply
Ub adornments to tho boat of his abll
Ity, This decision ought to add to tho
market valuo of tho plain girl as a
moro economical matrimonial invest
ment. Again it 1b announced that tho days
of the hobblo skirt aro numberod.
Tho announcomont is mado bo often,
and tho hobblo skirt is so apparently
unconcerned, that tho public, who hall
any hint of tho abolition of this abom
ination, aro boginnlng to fcol a trifle
uneasy.
Eighty-one womon In Seattle want to
bo pollcowomon, for that number took
tho examination which Is to add four
of tho fairer box to tho local forco.
This number may bo explained by tho
answer of ono na to her occupation:
"To support myself and my husband."
This Is a cynical, mercenary ago.
Tho same nowa Item t,hat told us how
a young man proponed to his sweet
heart in Detroit by telephoning from
Chicago ndded that it cost $4.85, Just
as if tho expenditure might not have
been Justified.
Whero tho hydro-acroplnne has an
advantngo over tho plain aeroplane
Is that It may hit the water instead
of hard ground when it cornea down
too soon. On tho other hand, It has tc
carry Us name.
"Convention of women in Boston
adjourned becauso 'It waB too hot to
talk.'" This Ib tho flrst notification
that Boston has broken tho world'i
heat record.
Prof. Smith of tho University ol
Minneapolis says there ought to be a
law to prevent feeble-minded women
from marrying Why women? Will
tho feoblo-mlnded men bo retained to
pass on tho question whether tho fem
inine aspirants ave feeble-minded or
not?
Pennsylvania man locked up his
daughter and prevented hor wedding.
Love does not always laugh at locksmiths.
EVENING
IMiotn, Copyright, by t'nitrrwood & l nilenrom, N. Y.
An odd hat of black tullo trimmed with rows of black pearlB and cov
ered with a huge drooping bunch of bird of paradise feathers, as tho latest
creation of the Paris milliner. Tho feathers are placed in such a manner
ns to fall gracefully about tho side of tho wearer's face.
TWO NEAT COTTON DRESSES
Costumes Easy to Wash, and May Be
Made Up in Almost Any Kind
of Thin Material.
Either of these simple dfesscB would
o found easy to wash, and might bo
nado in any cotton material.
Tho one on tho left is In palo pink
:otton voile with a ring spot of a
larker shade. The skirt is mado with
i front pnnel and bnnd at foot cut in
nc, and set on with n piping of pink
nercerlzed lawn: scallops aro cut in
tides of pnnel, In which buttons aro
town. Tho bodice also hns n panel
'ront, trimmed to match; a laco col
or nnd black Batln bow add a amart-
1CBB.
Materials required: 4 yards voile
10 inches wide, 1 dozen buttons,
fard lawn 40 inches wide for piping.
Gray and whjto Btrlprd gingham Ib
jsed for tho other design. It is
undo with a deep band at foot of
iklrt, set on with a piping of material
:ut on tho cross, and bended at sides
and back with material cut bo that
iho strlpcB run horizontally.
Tho bodice Ib Magyar, and has a
yoke of laco with a strip of Insertion
oencath; material in tho cross out
lines tho yoke. Lnco Is used for the
luffs.
Materials required: 5 yards ging
ham 32 Inches wide. V yard Insertion,
9 yard lace, 1 dozen buttons.
i "pto Trimmings.
Veiy llltlo trimming Is requited for
the school frock This little may
be applied In the shapo of a llttlo
handwork, ornamenting tho yoke,
tho collar and the cuffs, or perhaps
tho little strap which marks the side
closing It should be sparingly used,
howovor, and tho design should be of
tho simplest Next to tho touch of
handwork comes braid, and very llt
tlo, again, of this is used It adds. a
trig, tailored finish to many a collar,
and loops of It aro certainly easier to
mako than buttonholes. Tho largo
bound buttonholes aro used ns deco
ration features In connection with but
tons. A fow well-chosen buttons will
often ndd all tho trimming that may
bo desired.
More Black and White.
Tho black chnrmouso or fine cloth
skirt with tho short cutaway "Dlrec
tolro" coat In whlto charmeuse, is pe
culiarly smart, especially when it has
large black buttons and Ib worn with
a folded Jabot of corresponding period.
ThU has certainly been the best class
of modol this season, and rumor tells
us that "Dlrectolro" modes are in no
sense moribund.
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HAT
FOR EARLY FALL OUTINGS
White Felt Hat It One of tho Necessi
ties In Wardrobe of the
Smart Woman. ,
Havo a white felt hat for early au
tumn outings If you wish to prove to
tho hoi pollol that you know what's
what in tho great world of fashion.
One of tho smartest shapes is the high
and square-crowned sailor with a flat
brim of nearly nn Inch on tho upper
side. Thero is another sailor so
called although It has a sombrero
crown which must bo carelessly dent
ed. This has tho familiar rolling
brim that la crushed against tho crown
at front, back or ono Bide, and never
la set quite squarely upon tho head.
Truth to say, it's a bit rowdylsh un
less trimmed, ns It should bo, with a
broad band of silk or velvet ribbon
ending under a doublo pump bow.
Lastly, there 1b the hat of softest felt
with brim very narrow all around,
save along the left side, where It rolls
boldly against a high rounding crown
that is banded with an inch-wide
length of corded ribbon going twlco
around nnd ending with a true lovers'
knot. This ribbon 1b dull green, red,
gray, mauve anything savo white,
ajid its huo is repeated in the tlo
which fastens tho whlto cotton, or flan
nel outing shirt, and tho border on
tho handkerchief which peeps from
tho breast pocket of this shirt.
To Revive Flowers.
Tho fashion for wearing tho small,
compact nosegays, with their hold
era of lace paper, la a pretty ono
Many women despair of tho fact that
flowers quickly fado when worn by
thorn.
An nmnteur gnrdener confldod tliq
secret which kopt her bunch of vio
lets fresh during an entire evening
Tho simple method was this:
About tho stem of tho bouquet had
been wrapped a piece of waxod sand j
wich paper and tied with Btring
Over this was placed tho tinfoil
used for flowers.
They kopt beautifully fresh, and
this fact Is well worth knowing. Dc
this immediately when taking the
noacgay from tho water.
Valuo of Percale.
Not ovory woman appreciates the
qualities of puro white percale foi
summer gowns. This fabric Is much
used by trained nurses for lightweight
uniforms which may be laundered to
epic and spanuess with much lest
labor than linen requires. Pcrcajo is
also cooler than linen nnd Is much
lighter In weight. It may bo trimmed,
with stitching and buttons In very
smnrt style. A young woman who ai
ways looks na though sho had stepped
out of a bandbox always wears white
pcrcalo frocks In summer time. A
looso blouso with nn open collar is
trimly belted above a short, straight
skirt, and buttoned boots of whlto
complcto the costume.
Collars and Cuffs.
Detachable collar and cuffs are nl
ways a good Idea. These may be
made from linen, plquo, or any of tho
llngorlo mnterlnls. Sometimes a plold
or striped fabric Is corralled for this
purpose A llttlo of tho plaid or
striped ellk can bo used most effec
tively to glvo the desired touch of
color to an otherwise sombre blue
sorgo dress. It may be added as a
hem, with tho yoko and sleeves of the
plaid In true kimono style, or It may
only appear as a binding to tho dress,
with perhaps a perky llttlo tie of It to
hold together tho collar. It will provo
a useful adjunct in either direction.
TMxiEmmm
espial
" - "
KH nlr had a meaning.
movi?mfintn ft crnrn:
leu turned front the fairest to Raze on
her face,
And when you had once seen her fore
head nnd mouth,
Tou suw as distinctly her soul nnd her
truth-My Kato.
E. B. Browninff.
HELPFUL HINTS.
Coro apples without peeling, slice in
rather thick slices and fry in hot fat,
turning carefully to keep the shape un
broken. Season with a Bprinkllng of
calt and sugar and place around the
platter of pork chops.
Another protty and appetizing ac
companiment to pork chops or roasts
are potato nests, buttered and browned
in tho oven and filled with' Bmall
creamed onions.
Servo beefsteak, for a change, well
buttered and sprinkled generously
with parsley.
Try a peanut stuffing In your roast
duck. Tako three-fourths of a cup of
cracker crumbs, half a cup of pea-
nutB and half a cup of thick cream,
two tablospoonfula of melted butter,
salt, cayenne and onion Juice to taste.
Pear Honey. Grato four medium
sized pears, add a pint of water and
two pounds of BUgar. Doll until the
ihlxturo drops from the spoon like
honoy. Pcuff Into glasses and seal.
This is delicious on griddle cakes or
makes a fine filling to ndd to bolted
frosting and uso on cake.
Lemon and salt makes a fine cleaner
for brass and copper.
A mixture of chloride of lime and
baking soda rubbed into the stains
mado by hard water on the enamel in
tho bathroom will remove obstinato
stains.
A stick with a 'swab should
bo used as it is too strong a substanco
to put tho hands in.
Uso brass tacks to fasten tho sheet
on the Ironing board, as thoy are
more easily removed.
A pretty and rather unusual salad la
this: Sliced oranges with a spoon
ful of sour cream, sweetened with a
little sugar on each slice. A half cup
of sour cream to two tablespoonfuls
of sugar.
HEAP things aro not good.
good things aro not cheap.
Chinese Proverb.
SOUR CREAM DISHES.
An unusual, but very delicious, way
of serving codfish gravy is to use sour
cream for the white sauco. Tho flavor
Ib most appetizing if tho cream is not
too sour.
A half cup of sour cream and a cup
of brown sugar cooked together until
thick Is a dainty filling for a cake.
,Nuts mako it still finer.
Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies. One
cup of sour cream, a cup of butter,
two cups of sugar, a teaspoonful of
soda, nutmeg, threo eggs well beaten
and flour to roll.
Horseradish Sauce. To a half cup
of sour cream add a half cup of grated
horseradish. Add salt and sugar to
taste.
Seed onloiiB, when too small to eat,
aro a dainty morsel cut up fine, tops
and all, and served with sour cream,
n little vinegar, salt and pepper.
Sour Cream Pie. For tho filling uso
tho yolks of four woll-beaten eggs, a
cup of sour cream, a cup of sugar and
half a cup of raisins. Flavor with a
dusting of cloves. Use tho whites for
a meringue, adding a few tablespoon
fuls of powdered sugar.
Kidney Beans With Sour Cream.
Soak the beans over night and cook ns
usual. Then ndd tho cream to mois
ten thoroughly, nnd simmer for an
hour.
' Buttermilk and thick sour milk is
recommended for stomach trouble, and
If the cure Is persistently followed
health will be restored, as haB been
proved In many cases.
Brown Nut Bread. Two cups of
buttermilk, two cups of graham flour,
on cup of whlto flour, a half cup of
molasses, n tablespoonful of vinegar, a
teaspoonful of soda, half a teaspoonful
of salt, ono cup of raisins and n hand
ful of walnut meats.
HELPFUL HINTS AND SEASONA
BLE RECIPES.
When straining fruit for Jelly, if it
Is flrst put through tho colander, then
only tho Juice need bo put In tho bag.
Often tho pulp maybe used for mar
malade. A chilled banana, with ono side of
Inventions by Women.
It Is believed that silk weaving
was Invented by tho wife of the fourth
Chinese emperor; bronzo work by a
Japaneso lady; cashmere shawls by
the women of an East Indian hnrem,
and Venetian point laco by some
Italian ladles.
Editor's Idea of Heaven.
Tho editor's Idea of heaven Is n
place whero tho Incoming subscrip
tions outnumber tho contributions.
Satire.
mmr
the akin removed and eaten with a
teaspoon, Is a good beginning for
breakfast.
Veal Chops With Soubloe Sauce.
Wipe bIx loin chops nnd put In a stew
pan with one-half an onion, eight slices
of carrot, two stalks of celery, a half
tcaspoonful of pepper corns, four
cloves, two tablespoonfuls of butter;
cover with boiling water and cook un
til tender. Drain, dip In egg, Bprlnklo
with salt and pepper, dip In flour and
fry in deep fat. Surround with boiled
macaroni to which has been added tho
following sauce: Cook two cupfuls of
onions until tender, put through a
sieve and ndd to a white sauco mado.
of chicken stock thickened with two",
tablespoonfuls each of butter andi
flour, then add a half cup of cream.
Heidelberg Cabbage. Try out two
slices of bacon cut In dice, add a head
of shredded cabbage, half a cup of
vinegar, a toaspoonful of minced onion
and peppor; slmmor under cover for
two hours. Add aB little water as pos
sible to keep from burning.
A pear salad covered with a cream
dressing and garnished with strips of
red pepper is a very attractlvo salad.
Apple and pineapple preserve la very
good and can hardly be told from all
pineapple. Use three pounds of ap
ple to one of plneapplo, and equal
weight of sugar.
, Pears as a salad may be garnished
with a few preserved or spiced cher
ries. Tho color and combination of
flavor are both acceptable
Rice Cakes. Cook a cupful of rice.
When cold, add two cups of milk, the
beaten yolks of four eggs and flour to
make a stiff batter. Add a tablespoon
ful of melted butter, a teaspoonful of
soda, two teaspoonfuls of cream of
tartar and a pinch of salt. Beat tho
whites of the eggs very stiff and fold
In last. Bako on a hot griddle.
EZD
4 JGSJSEL
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HAT If the bread Is bitter In
thine Inn. and thou unshod
To meet tho flints? At least ll may be
said,
Because tho way Is short, I thank thee,
God. K. B. Browning.
COMPANY DISHES.
A nlco luncheon dish, which provides
a vegetable with the moro substantial
egg, Is tho following: Cover a plat
ter with finely-chopped, hot, seasoned
spinach, well cooked. Cook a cup and
a half of tomatoes with two teaspoon
fuls of sugar. Boll five minutes, add
six eggs beaten slightly, salt and pep
per to taste and pour Into an omelet
pan and cook until creamy. Pour over
tho spinach and garnish with toasted
bread points browned in butter.
Cream cheeso softened with cream,
add a few tablespoonfuls of chopped
green pepper, makes a change in serv
ing cheeso, or may bo used as sand
wich filling.
Salmon Souffle. Tako ono can of
salmon, flake and season with salt
and lemon Juice. Cook a half cup of
bread crumbs In one-half cup of milk
ten minutes, add to tho salmon with
tho yolkB of three eggs beaten until
thick; cut and fold In tho whites of
threo eggs beaten stiff. Bako in but
tered molds set In water. .Serve with
Pimento Sauce. Melt three table
spoonfuls of butter, add threo of flour
and stir ufftll well blended, then pour
on gradually one cup of milk, a halt
cup of cream and half a cup of canned
plmentoea that havo been forced
through a sieve. Season with salt and
popper.
Placo a thin slice of cream cheeso
on saltlnes, leaving room for tho
cheese to spread when heated. Press
into the cheese several pecan meats
and placo In tho oven. As soon aa
the cheeso begins to run romovo from
tho oven.
A delicious way of serving cabbage
Is to parboil It, then place In layers
with white sauce in an Edam cheeso
shell nnd bake.
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VERY needless expense Is nn
unJuHtlflnblo extravagance.
Live well within your Income, nnd save
something no matter how little It Is. Oth
ct wise no Ufa can be n successful one, a
hnppy one, or nn honest one.
The Main Desideratum.
"I hear you havo a most interesting
family."
'Yes; a wife and two grown daugh
ters." "Fine, fine. Just the right number
for bridge."
Truly Good Man.
A good man is happy within him
self, and Independent upon fortune;
kind to his friend, temperate to his en
emy, religiously Just, indofatigably la
borious, and ho discharges all duties
with a constancy and congrutty of ac
tions. Much Required of Farmer Boy.
A farmor boy Isn't considered ol
much account unless ho can do tin
work of four ordinary men. Exchange.
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MADE fHE WflONG QUOTATION
Nervous Swain Meant Well, but
Wat Not Likely He Won Love
of Fair Maiden.
It
Ho was dimdont and unversed In so
clety's Aays, but he was badly smitten
with a reigning bello, nnd had nerved
himself to woo and win.- So ho so
cured an introduction, and in duo
course went to pay his flrst call.
Ho thought It would holp him out a
bit If he took her soino flowers, so
ho bought a superb bouquet for her. As
he readied tho houso, howover, ho re
membered that she had a splendid con
servatory, and ho tried to think of a
way out of tho difficulty. Suddenly ho
recollected tho saying ancnt "taking
coals to Newcastle," and determined
to mako uso of it. But he was dread
fully nervous. Ho broko Into a cold
sweat as ho rang the bell, and when
tho divinity nppenred in tho recep
tion room he didn't know whether he
stood on his head or on his heels.
"I I thought," ho stammered,
"that I would b bring you a bouquet
L bub it's like casting p p pearls
before swlnol"
HOW TO TREAT PIMPLES AND
BLACKHEADS
For pimples and blackheads tho fol
lowing Is a most effective nnd eco
nomical treatment: Gently smear tho
affected parts with Cutlcura Oint
ment, on tho end of tho flngor, but
do not rub. Wash off tho Cutlcura
Ointment In five minutes with Cutl
cura Soap nnd hot water and continue
bathing for some minutes. This treat
ment 13 best on rising and retiring.
At other times use Cutlcura Soap
freely for tho toilet and bath, to as
sist In preventing Inflammation, irri
tation and clogging of tho pores, tho ,
common cause of pimples, blackheads,
redness and roughness, yellow, oily,
mothy and other unwholesorao condi
tions of the skin.
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
post-card "Cutlcura, Dept. L, Boston."
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment Bold
throughout tho world. Samplo of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
post-card "Cutlcura, DepL L, Boston.'
Adv.
i
Not What Sho Feared.
"Gcorgo has told mo all tho secrets
of his past."
"Mercy! What did you think of
thorn?"
"I was awfully disappointed."
LEWIS' Single Binder ciftnr is omoked
by more men who have been smoking 10a
cu.ir :hnn nny other 5c cigar on th
market. Adv.
Heredity never fails to works out in
tho matter of red hair, but it fre
quently falls down when it comos to
brain.
Sim. Wlmlow's Sootbtnrf Bjrtip fur Children
tectbiug, softens the gums, reduce InHiimma
tlou, allas pain, cures wind colic, 23c a buttle.
&dr.
Where lgnoranco Is blVss It la folly
to cultivate tho acquaintkuco of a chap
that knows it all.
.VERYTH1N
For Fourteen Years. Restored
To Health by Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable
Compound.
Elgin, 111. "After fourteen years of
Buffering everything from female com
plaints, I am at last
restored to health.
"I employed th
best doctors and
even went to tho
hospital for treat
ment and was told
thero was no help for
mo. But while tak
ing Lydia E. Pink,
ham's Vegetable
Compound I began
to improve and I
continued its U3o until I was mado well."
Mrs. Henry LEiSEBrRG,743 Adams St
Kearneysvillo, W. Va. "I feel it my
duty to write and say what Lydia E.
Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound baa
done for me. I suffered from female
weakness nnd at times felt bo miserable
I could hardly enduro being on my feet
"After taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and following your
special directions, my trouble is gone.
Words fail to express my thankfulness.
I recommend your medicine to all my
friends." Mrs. G. B. Wihttington.
Tho above are only two of tho thou
sands of grateful letters which are con
stantly being roceived by tho Pinkham
Medicine Company of Lynn,Mass.,whicb
show clearly what great things Lydia E.
Pinkham'B Vegetablo Compound docs
for thoso who suffer from woman's ilia.
If you want special advlco wrlto to
Lydia 12. Plnkham Sicdlclno Co. (confi
dential) Lynn, Mass. Tour letter will
bo opened, read and answered by a
woman and held In strict confidence.
DADICUIU
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