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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1912)
.- i 7 ail INTERESTING LORE OF HAND "Few Men Can Tell the Truth While Their Hands Remain Open Some Signs and Symbols. When .1 man Is not telling the truth ho is apt to clench hla hands, as few men can Ho with their hands open. A man who holds his thumb tightly wiyifn his hand has weak will power. Strang willed persons hold their thratfs outside when shutting their liTfhjtSr Stinking hands In greeting was orig inally nn evidence that each person was unarmed. Among savage tribes when a man holds up hands it Is a sign of peace, an evidence that he Is unarmed or does not intend to use weapons. An outlaw says, "Hold up your hands!" meaning thereby to make his victim poweiless to resist attack. When a man kisses the hands of n woman ho expresses his submission. This is also the Idea when kissing tho hands of kings. By this act their su periority is acknowledged. When nn oath is taken It is done by raising the right hand, or laying it upon a bible. In tho consecration of bishops, priests and deacons, and also in con tinuation, the laying on of handa Is the essence of tho sacramental rite. A bishop gives his blessing with the thumb and first and second lingers. In this tho thumb represents Clod tho Father, tho first linger stands for God tho Holy Ghost, the three together symbolizing the Holy Trinity. Tho wedding ring is placed upon the third finger of the woman's hand to show that, after the Trinity, man's love, honor and duty Is given to his wife. Besides tho deaf and dumb there are many people,' notably of Latin and Semitic races', who talk with their hands. FISHING POINTERS FOR BOYS Proper Method of Fastening Line to a Hook is Shown Some Quite Use ful Suggestions. The drawing shows the proper way to line a hook. This method holds the hook at right angles with the line, and thus keeps It from getting (tangled. The best place for sunlish js In a shallow, quiet place by the side of a large stream. After you catch tho first one, be very quiet and ,try to keep your line constantly in the water, for they travel In schools und are easily scared. They will not linger about the samo place long un less something to eat is in sight. If Line Tied to Hook. you aro pulling them up rapidly Just bait tho top barb of your hook. Bullheads abound In weedy places and bito best after a rain, when a went wind Is blowing. Quite a Difference. Lilttlo Hess What does vour father do? . Llttlo Nell He's a horse doctor. Little Bess Oh, dear I guess I'd better not play with you then. I'm afraid you don't belong to our sot. Littlo Nell Why, what does your father do? Littlo Bess He's a vet'nary sur geon. IN THE CAMP OF THE - ; m& i' 'i ssssss '" i vL.nm? irr ,!.. -j nvffii - y y-.& vi ' On the Estate of Mrs, Thompson Seton, Greenwich, Conn, A primitive way of making one's toilet A mirror hung on a cross pieco and there you have milady's dressing room, with the dome of the blue tky over head. INTEREST IN SOAP BUBBLES Those Made of Soap Water to Which Glycerine Has Been Added Are Quite Attractive. x Have you ever stopped to think what a really Interesting thing a soap bubble Is? Soap bubbles arc not only Interesting to boys and girls, but they hnvo long been a source of wonder and Interest to men of science. In fact, scientists hnvo employed soap bubbles In trying to perform certain expo: Intents. A sonp bubble Is nothing mote than u film of water molecules (tiny par ticles that cannot be seen with the nuked eye), held together by the sticking power of dissolved soap. As most all of us know, in making bub bles tho bowl of a common clay pipe Is dipped Into soapy water. Tho bub ble maker blows air into tho pipe and the bubble at onco expands. While bubbles mado of plain soap water are Interesting, those made of t$Sw . fcW v JJ& Making Soap Bubbles. soap water to which some glycerine has been added aro even more at tractive, because they have such pret ty colors. There aro many ways of making bubbles. For Instance, smoke may bo blown through the pipe Into the bub bios or one bubble may be blown inside of another. Very largo bub bles can be made by using tho hands instead ol a pipe. Cover tho Hands well with suds And then hold them so as to form a cup, as if di inking with the hands from a spring, but leaving a small hole in the bottom. With the mouth about a foot from the hand, blow a current of air into them. Some of the bubbles will be more han a foot In diameter. Try this periment tho next time you wash your hands. PUZZLES. How can I get the wlno out of a bot tlu if I have no corkscrew and must not break the.glass, or make any hole In it or in the cork? Answer Push the cork into tho bot tle. A per&on tells another that he can put something into his right hand, which the other cannot put into his left. Answer The last person's left el bow. How must 1 draw a circle round . person placed in tho center of a room so that ho will not be able to Jump out of it though his legs should bo irce? Answer draw it round his body. What Made Baby Cry. "Why, Nettle," said a mother to her small daughter, who had been left in charge of tho little brother, "what Is baby crying for?" ' "I don't know," answered Nottio, "unless It's cause ho can't think of anything else to do." vAwful Solemn Smell. It was a church wedding and the church was handsomely decorated with How era, the air being laden with their fragrance. Littlo Lola exclaimed In an audible whisper: "Oh, marnina, doesn't it smell awfully solemn in hero' "CAMP FIRE GIRLS." 7V , w& wm.. . . , - i ? I mmmy -., '"t. ,,- 'i '. Wm&F& YWWm 1 , . " . ' 9 - UTILE RED ROOSTER Brought Delos Brown and Martha Gilmore Together. By GEORGIA SELTEB. Never having hnd any lovo affairs of her own to occupy her time. Mls3 Martha Brown very naturally turned to thoao of others. And so It catuo nbout that scarcely a visit, of Cupid hed occurred In Plalnvlllo for years, that she did not bring about, assist in, or at the very least, predict! "I.uclla," Bho called one morning to the niece whom alio hnd befriend ed In her orphaned youth, "come ami seo who this Is moving Into the old vFlemlng cottage." Luclla obligingly left her dishwash ing and came to peer over her aunt's shoulder. "Why, that," sho said, "must bo Mnrtha Gilmore. I heard yesterday sho had bought tho placo of Delos Brown. I forgot to toll you, Aunt Mnriette," apologetically. "Quito a comedown, seems to me, for old Artcmus Gilmorc's daughter," observed Miss Marletto crisply. "I can remember when ho mother didn't care- to nssoclato with Plalnvlllo. folks." "Oh, but Martha Isn't that way a bit., aunt." said Luclla loyally. "I feel real sorry to think sho haB had to glvo up her old home. And sho has licr old Aunt Martha to care for, too." "Well, I can't imnglno what Deloa Brown la thinking of to sell that cot tage his mother's old home! I sup posed he had moro feeling for her memory. I shouldn't think ho would want to see anyone else living there." Miss Marletto folded her hands as was her custom when sitting In Judg ment. "Why should ho care?" objected Lu-. ella. "Ho never saw his mother liv ing at tho cottage. It has stood empty for years. I suppose it will seem pleasant to have neighbors." "And to such a brazen thing as Mnrtha Gilmore," pursued Miss Brown, not to be interrupted. Luclla returned to her dishes with out a word. "When Aunt Marletto has been crossed nothing seems to plense her," "So You've Sold the Cottage?" she thought. "Everybody knowB Mar tha Is as nlco a girl as ever lived." "They needn't tell me," said Miss Marlette, left alono iu tho sitting room, "that she hasn't set her cap for Delos Brown!" This' bachelor nephew, good look ing, of excellent habits and possessing a comfortable fortune, seemed to his aunt a desirable husband for her niece, Luella Lewis. An hour later, therefore, as tho young mau was busily training his grapo vines over a now trellis, he be held his caustic aunt Hobbling up his garden path. "So you've sold tho cottnge?" sho began without preamble. "Yos. Thought I might as well get It off my handa when I had a good chance. It wns no uso to mo except what garden I worked." "Well," said Aunt Marletto Bhortl, "if you had taken tho trquble to ask my opinion beforo doing it, you would have saved a good many remarks!" Delos Brown started uncomfortabl HIb senaltivo naturo dreaded tin sharpness of vlllago gossip. Perhaps that fact accounted for his remainint; single despite his many virtues. "Of course you must oxpect folks to talk when a girl takes pains, to scttlo under tho very caves of a desir able bachelor's house. She la a lirnreu thing, but I wouldn't expect a man to see it!" Tho old lady glanced sharply at the llttlo gato standing open In the lire fence and sniffed disapprovingly as ihe betook herself homowaid. Martha Gilmore. standing amid the clutter of packing boxea iu the foiloru p.irlor. wna trying desperately to keep her trars lwclc. With a qu1 k tap. Miss Brown entered "So jou've moved down town," bho observed "No. I can't sit down," she observed "No, I can't bit down, thank you I Just camo in to sue how you llko It here I must say It la sort of a dlflicult placo for a lone young woman" Her eyes rested reflectHely upon her unconscious nophow where ho worked In hla garden. Martha'H checks flamed suddenly. "My aunt la alwaya with tnc, Miss Brown," she said, coldly Jo f --i "If thero fa anything I can do for you I hopo you will feel at liberty to ask," said Mlas Marletto. "Everybody hnB to have ono such neighbor!" Miss Marletto's oyes soon told her that her schemo had worked ndml rably. Tho llttlo gate In tho line fence was wired shut, and Martha never sat on tho pleasant little south porch which faced Delos Brown's. Martha Gilmore, with her broad hat tied low over her face, worked every day In the garden. "I've got to ralso something for win tor, or wo will have to hnvo help from the town." sho whispered over nnd over, when her back ached and her bend felt dizzy from her unaccus tomed labor. ' And her garden did grow surpris ingly. Early one morning Martha went out to look at the plants which meant so much to her. Heading bin Industrious Mock among her nely hoed rows was tho strut ting red. rooster sho had watched Iter neighbor place in hla chicken yard a few days beforu. All about lay her tender joung plants, torn and uproot pd." "Oh, go away," cried Martha, help lessly, waving her apron. "Why. Miss Gilmore!" Delos Brown stood aghast at tho havoc ho had un wittingly wrought. "I supposed I had that park chicken-proof." After much excitement they coaxed and drovo the llock bnck Into their own territory. "And now you must lot mo help you repair the damages," ho declared, for getting In her appnrent distress hla fear of prying oyes and busy tongues. To his astonishment, Deloa found tho girl very quiet and attractive. Sho know n lot about gardening, too. and seemed eager to learn moro. "I declare," ho murmured on hla lonely porch of an evening. "I declare I can't sen why sho is a brazen tiling, as Aunt Marletto seems to think. I guess that garden menus a great deal to her more than It ought to if things were comfortable over there.' Ho began thinking anxiously about the long winter. "The cottago needs n pairing to make it livable I could do It ub well aa not without much expense. And I alwaya havo more wood from tho farm than I can use. I hopo she hasn't heard any of Aunt Marietto'B foolish talk," he thought. Through the dim twilight ho could see ' Martha moving nbout the Utile lawn. "Guess I'll go over, anyway." he said aloud, since Aunt Martha's sharp eyes could not penetrate the darkness. "I I came to Inquire about tho gar don." ho said, ill at caso In her pres ence. Thero wns something flno In Martha's manner, oven In that hum bio kitchen garden. "Oh, It Is bettor than it ever was before, thanks to you. Mr. Brown. II I really fortunalo for me.thnt mj neighbor's chickens got into It!" "But I can never qulto roplaco It Miss Gilmore, and that 1b why 1 wnnt to do something elso for you tc oven things up a llttlo. The cottage needs repairing beforo cold weather I can do It as well as not In fact, 1 ought to have dono it beforo I lei you havo It at nil." "Oh no!" cried Martha. "What would Miss Brown say?" "So she Iuib been talking to you? groaned Delos. "I might jhave j known It. Oh, you poor llttlo girl!' Mnrtha clasped her handa In the darkness nt tho tenderness in his voice. "I did not mind," sho whlBperee" with a sob. "Not mind?" Ho took her trem bllng hands in hla own. To his Joy she did not attempt to draw them away "Do you know, Martha," ho sab! very softly, "how a man fecla nbouj tho pjrl ho lovea? Ho wants to pro tect her from everything that Is un pleusant or difficult. That la why 1 cannot endure your living In this pool llttlo Iioubo and working yourself tc death In this garden. I am glad the red rooster destroyed It, alnco he opened tho gato In tho lino fence. Lot ub bo married to-morrow, Martha. It is going to cause a sensation, and wo may aa well havo It all ovor wltr nt once. And I wnnt you so much denr." "It Ib pity," she protested, hosltal Ing. "It Is not pity." ho denied, taking her In hla nrms. "It la love, Mar thn." Tho Bowing clrclo mot In Mlas Brown's parlors next afternoon. "Delos Brown nnd Martha Gilmore aro mnrrlod," cried Luella, rushing In excitedly. "Well," said Aunt Marlotto. compos edly, after ono mental gasp, "I've Bald from tho day she moved Into the Fleming cottago that this la what would coma of It!" (Copyright, 1012. liv Associated Literary I'rosa.) Culture. It haa been said that tho attainment of culture tends to nllny tho Inflamma tlon caused by dally routlno. But true culture, that which la tho result of the act of cultivation, doea more It so re lates n man to hla dally nffalrB that no lnllnmmatlon arises and ho ob serves with no less amazement than Joy that ho gains aa much culture from thn lowliest tnulc us from tho most ex alted of which he Is capable. When ho realizes that mind and spirit aro necpr.sary. ench to tho other, he no longer tegarda his work as a Inborcr regards bin toll. Ho becomea a cre ator; tho world about him is the pot tor'a clay, while the world within la tho fair model which Inspires the hand as It lovingly guides tho wheel. Every object that comes into being from him Is a now and fairer whole and with Its creation he gains a now and fairer power Thomas Tapper 'C?Z CWlGOKffi -WIU3UR P..NESJEHT wicom TO m OTSXB M Ami now Is the day Tim ojstur comvn. AerosH tho bay The toiiKcr hums A lni'iry ong I'ront overhead: "Come. Jump nloiiff, Got out of bed!" And nn ho wields 111k mlKhty rakoH Across tholr Ileitis Kui'li oyster wukes And hiiHtens on ' All glnd nnd bright, To Kieet tho dawn Of appetite. The oyHter may I to cold nnd Kiurn Across tlio bay; ' But lot him come, We'll make him (rt.ln, Heforo our wiles ' He'll open In Tho broadest Bmllc.i. This hi tho day Tho oyster comes, Full-grown nnd gay Our Joy ho sums. We'll gladly scan This oyster plant Hat nil wo can Can what we can't. Another Apology Called For. Dear Sir: I do not approve of tho unseemly levity with which you havu troated tho protest of Mr. Henry B, Smith, because you havo lampooned tho noblo profession of comic opera nnd drnmatlc nuthorshlp. I, too, feel that I havo Just cnuso to protest against your ill-tlmcd nnd mistaken Jokes. Not once, but often, havo you published alleged humorous articles describing tho cffortB of young mnr rlod women to cool;. I would sny thnl If you would quit trying to write jokes nnd learn to cook you would bo of moro benefit to yourself nnd human ity. I obscrvo that Mr. Smith offers to havo a comic opera ptaged for you; I wish to any that If you will express a deslro to cook, I will glvo you n po sition myself. Jnnunry Bride. Hats Off. Tho laurol wreath and tho Carneglo medal must bo awarded to Human LIfo. Othor magazines havo an nounced tho "last novel" by David Graham Phillips, but Human LIfo comes out with a flnrlng Btatcmont that It will not havo a Btory by Mr. Phillips. It supports this statement by a letter from Mr. Phillips saying that' ho hadn't tho tlmo to wrlto a story for that magazine, but might ovontually do one, The Village Cutup. Tho vlllago wit Beats hlniBclf nt tho Enstcr social tnblo. "Ono oyster two soups," ho gurgles to tho wnitrcBS. Now, tho wnitresa has her own opin ion of him and tho Joko. Without go ing to tho kitchen, to glvo tho order, she raises her volco so that it la heard over tho hall, and remarks: "Ono lobster two soups." As They Understood Him. "My friends," said tho doctor, as ho stood beforo tho attentive audience, "I am full of uncertainty." Hero a number of board lug-house people In tho front rows looked at each other significantly, nnd hoarsely whispered: "Ho has boon eating hash!" Brasa-Flnl&Mmj. "I often regret that that 1 did not vttend komo good college," said tho port young man, "and ncquiro n llttlo moro polish." "Woll," suggested tho tired young woman. "Why don't you hlro sorno gas fitter to rub you up a trlflo now?" Orvllle Is Found. Our valiant army of volunteer slouthB Is called off tho trail of Or vlllo Brown. Mr. J. II. Cnvanah of Chicago discovered tho versos In I1I3 scrnpbook and has sent thorn to us. Tho Bovornl who havo requested thnt thoy bo reprinted may look for thorn within a faw days. - si i m i i .,i,,iLii....imii sas CONSTRUCTION OF TRAP NEST Without Use of Device Results From Individuals of Any Flock Must Be Uncertain. lUy J. L. JONKH. .Mechanical Knulnoer. Oklahoma Kxpurlnient. Btntlon.) It Is not ncccscary to dwell on tho advantages of ualng trap nests. Tho primary object Is to develop a heavy laying strain. It has been found by tho uso of trap nests that tho number of eggs laid per hon In nn avorngo llock vnrlea from 40 to 21C. Without ualng trnp nests, tho results from such a llock would bo uncertain and probably unsatisfactory. It is tho ob- Bank of Trap Nesto. (oct of tho poultrymnn to brcod nnd build up tho strain which Inyo the hertvlost, by breeding to tho heavy producers. For fanciers, tho trap neat 1b India ponsablo on account of tho fact that In the ordinary pen thero aro from six; to twelve females to ono malo. IC trap ncst3 aro uaed, and thero aro ia many as there aro fomalcB In tho pen, it In possible to distinguish each tion'a.cggs, while It tho trnp noatB nra aot used, this is impossible Tho uso of trap ncstB goeB far to prevent tho hens forming tho habit oC egg-eating. They are likely to form, this habit If kept In limited quarters. It bo kept, they aro probably not given tho very bent food, and probably not enough of it, especially animal food. Tho accompanying drawings of a bank of trnp nests aro nlmost self ex planatory. Tho ncstB are built with out any top or bottom. Tho hen oiv tors through tho back of tho nest, brushing under tho hanging wire, which releases tho door. Sho thou pasaen on to tho noxt compartment toward tho front end. To lnapcct tho neat nnd to remove tho hen, ascertain hor number, nnd Bccuro tho ogga, tho Trout door is simply unbuttoned and let down. It will bo noticed that 'tho ;wo doors uro fastened togother wtlh i cord, so thnt whon tho front door u .t-3 ,,.,,& S 1 C . taProtrttrtetlJ lX "'""(' ""'mT7mnrn:friniuuj.)j)lliuini Sectional View of Nest. ,s let down, tho trap is automatically tot again. Tho hon will find it dim jult to leavo through tho buck door it this time, as tho hanging wiro por nlta her to go ono way only. Theso ire so slmplo that in making them in ilmost any quantity, tho material ihould not cost over 15 conts, at most, jcr trup nest SOME F&CTS ABOUT TURKEYS Dne Sensible Thing Is to Keep Best Birds for Breeding and Send Others to Market. Turkoya kept for breeding stock ihould bo tho best that thero ia in tho lock. It ia dlflicult for somo peoplo o lceop their beat turkoys nnd v tend tho othora to market, but It's tho inly aonslblo way to do. Tho habit of idling tho best is not characteristic if only tho least intelligent people; it 3 common with tho peoplo who havo alsed turkoys all their lives, and )coplo who would not think of reedlng other stock of tho farm n nuch a careleaa way. Those icoplo havo attained tho success tnd prollts in turkoy raising that are injoyed by tho man who handles them is fairly aa he does hla cows nnd logs, Tho boat caro In tho world can do lttlo with poorly bred poults and ,urkey chicks. You cannot oxpect argo turkoya from small brcedora. 3Izo Is not tho only thing to bo con ddercd In selecting tho stock; thrift ind firmness hnvo as much to do with ho cholco us tho size; big, well-built ,-iodIca and lega to be desired ilso. And on top of nil, do not ruin tho rigor of your strain by too early breeding. Fresh Air Is Needed. Fowla aro obliged to throw off mucn sf tho waato of tho body through tho lungs. They do not sweat in tho sonao that do other animals, but In stead brcatho several times faster :han sweating animals whon heated. To keop in god health a hen requires icarly seven tlmoa tho amount of fresh air in proportion to Ub slzo aa Iocs a horse. Difference in Strains. Thoro 1b almost na much difference iotwoon different fnmllloa or strains f each breed, as between tho differ ent breeds. Thoroforo, rocelvo with toino allowance tho pralso or con demnation of any breotL I tiPilittf&llfg5iS 11 u ' ,