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? rf m THE SEMI-WEEKLY TMBUHE 1HA L. BAIU3, Publisher. TEIIMS, fLtS IN ADVANCE. &ORTH PLATTE, . . NEBRA8KA MORE AND BETTER FARMERS. Tho wny to chonpen food Is point ed out by tho head of tho bureau of Bolla In tho departmont of ngriculture. but it is not a rond by which wo shall arrivo at our destination noxt year or tho year after, and ton years nonce there will bo nioro of ub, tho demand for food will bo groator, and ovon with Increasod supplies thoro may ho no real decroaso In prices, says tho Philadelphia Rocord. Th'o crops of tho present year have had some llttlo of foct upon prices. Tho abundant sup plies of corn, oats and hay should re duce prices of all sorts of meats until another harvest season, but thoso mit igations of prlcos nro tomporary. Tho persisting fact is that tha Increase in tho number of farmors, tho Increaso In tho area of tilled land and tho in creaso In production nro not kooplng paco with tho growth of tho popula tion. With all tho Infinite varloty of farm implements and tho hundreds of agricultural collogos and experiment stations, tho quality of ngrlculturo is not Improving at anything approach ing tho paco of mechanical Improve ments. Tho country nocda more farm ers, and It needs more scientific meth ods of cultivation. Farming is im proving, but practical ngrlculturo falls very far short of posslblo agriculture. Wo need not oxpect to see tho the oretically posslblo over attended over a wldo area, but tho prosperity of farming for tho last 15 years ought to keep in tho country tho young men who aro rtlli crowding Into cit ies looking for wages of two dollars a day, and with all tho scientific agri cultural knowlcdgo that wo possess tho yield per ncro ought to bo much fcrentor than it is. "Why," asks tho clever painter of hutdoor life. Adam Albright, denounc ing tho billboards of Chicago, "why does tho law permit n man to rent tho landscapo?" That Is a new turn to tho old thought, says tho Hoston Post. ho owner of a Hold believes Hint ho has a porfoct right to authorlzo an ad vertising company to dlsflguro its beauty with a hideous row of bill boards, and so ho has, legally. Yet ho Is maintaining a nulsnnco aa truly ns tho man who permits an evil smell or foul water on his promises. Sotno day God's out-of-doors will bo frocd from tho curso of theao nuisances to tho oyo. Wo havo begun to froo our parks already, Tho world is com ing to regard tho value of beauty as noxt to that of vlrtuo and orderli ness. Tho crop reporting board of tho bu reau of statistics of tho United States department of agrculturo estimates, from tho reports of tho correspond ents and agents of tho bureau, that tho total production of cotton in tho United States for tho season 1912-13 will amount to 0,012,335,000 pounds (not including llntors), equivalent to 13,820,000 bales of COO pounds, gross weight Last year's crop, according to tho consus bureau report, waB 16, C92.701 bnlos. Tho averago annual crop tor tho flvo years 1000-10 was 11,874,270 bales. Chicago waltorB bnvo a clubhouse in wnip.n ihnrn in n ihrnKv nf nnn ..i i , " ""J u i.uuw yur urnos of the boBt authors, all bought with (champagne corks, which the mombors pick up and sell for J3.G0 a thousand. As tho clubls nlno years old, it Is poBBlblo to flguro out, in a way, tho oxtont of Chicago's indul gence in champagne Since tho Instructive exhibit on tuberculosis which drew largo crowds, eager to obtain information about the whlto plnguo, this modo of Impressing lossono on prevention of dlseaso has bocomo popular. Not only doos it en list tho Interest of inquiring minds, but a moro fundamentally Important result is that tho graphic demonstra tion by diagrams, flguros and epigram matic stntcMinto of facta nrouBos in tho avornpa visitor a doslrt to learn nnd to participate In tho movement, says thi Now York Sun. Tho people who havo thronged tho halls of tho City eollogo which has been generous ly peered by Dr. FInloy to tho n.itionnl committee for montnl hygiene, attest to tho deep Interest In tho exhibit of this committee. Tho 14-inch cannon which bursts at Iho test 'scorns a concrete example of tho old couplot: "If so soon I am dono for, 1 wondor whnt I was begun for," Rut It Is moro Judicious for It to burst on tho testing ground thnn In action If it was over to get into action. Wealthy and fnnhlonablo women In Doston havo formod an association to dlecourago crueUy to animals In the causa of fashion. Thoy havo renounc ed moat as a dlot, and given up the wearing of furs and feathers, which ere procured at tho cost of suffering to tho fur-bearing nntmnls nnd to birds. Thoy may not establish a largo following, but that thoy aro In earnest Is provod by tho sacrifices made, whioh aro particularly bard for well-dressed women to initiate. E Huge Profits Made in Broad way's Glittering Restaurants. Revelation of a New York Steward Asserto .Patrons Don't Believe They Aro Getting the Best Un less They Are Overcharged, New York. Wnlklng up Ilroadway tho other day, my companion pointed to ono of tho, big gaudy restaurants on l.ong Acre square, wagged his head and said: "I don't soo how thoso restaurant follows mako any monoy. Tnko that placo," pointing again "tho rent must be enormous, and think of what ho must havo to pay for tho service waiters, coat boys und that sort of thing. Peoplo say his prices aro high, i but you can bet thoy'ro not high' enough to keep htm out of deep wa ter " Foolish friend! His Is tho popular view of tho restaurant business. As a matter of fact, tho prices chargod by tho restaurant ho designated aro high enough to permit thn proprietor to keep two motor care, which trans lated into dollars menns that his In come must be about $G0,000 n year, hays a writer. And it is to show how such Incomes aro possible, how tho restnurantours manlpulnto their scales In prices and servlco that I am writ lug this article. Were I to tell you my namo It would mean nothing to you. Wero I to tell you tho restau rant whoso steward I havo been for years you would recognize It Instant ly. Broadly, the first of tho facts I have to prosont Is that on every dish tho successful restauranteur sells ho makes u profit of from 75 to 300 por cent. Tho second Is that tho Item of serv ice, tho common oxcubo for his high prices, does not cost him ono cent, instead It Is a source of rovonuo. Rut before I tnko up theso two broad divisions let us boo why It Is that such restaurants nro posslblo. As you know, thero aro moro gaudy res taurants in Now York than in any city of tho world except Paris Tho New York restaurant is decidedly an institution. Its reputation has spread throughout tho country, which I bo llovo to bo ono of tho strongest rea sons for its success financially. "In nearly every village, town nnd city," they declared, "aro mon nnd women, especially womon, who hopo some day to go to Now York nnd among other things to dine In tho lob ster palncos, whoro they may watch tho crowd, its dress, Its actions und mnnnors. Suppose that tho dinner hour is at hand and you go to ono of tho lobster palaces. Imagine I am bosldo you dtB Bocting tho menu card item by item. Beginning at tho top, wo boo tho words hors d'oouvres, and wo learn that for 69 cents wo may get a special individual portion. As stownrd I know that tho dish does not cost 20 cents. My employ er sells It for 00, making 300 por cont profit And now lot mo show you how tho oloment of sorvlco instead of being an expense that cats up tho profits on food Is a source of rovonuo that swcllB them. Lot us begin with the head enrriago starter. Ho opens tho door of your cab. At our restaurant ho pays tho proprietor Bovoral hun dred dollars a year for tho prlvllogo of doing this. This is an Incident that occurred two years attor wo had opened. Ono day tho roprosentntlvo of n taxlcab company camo to us and qffored to pay n liberal yearly rental If wo would glvo over that section of tho street Just outsldo of tho restaurant to his tnxlcabs oxcliiBlvcly. An ngroement was reached, bo you soo wo received un Income from the stroot that 1b sup posed to belong to tho city and the taxpayer. Tho hat and coat and wnsh rooms aro another sourco of tncomo. About tho snmo tlmo that tho doal was made with the taxlcab company a mnn came along with a proposition to pay ub $3,000 a yoar for our coatroom and washroom privileges. Two yonrs lator wo found that the trust was collecting about $40,000 a yenr from tips received by Ub boys. Tho waiters, contrary to goneraal opinion, do not coat ub a penny. And thoro it is tho crowd Listen to what my employer onco told mo, "Cortalnly our prlcos aro robbery," ho grinned, when 1 wondered how ho dared chargo so, "If I didn't chnrgo heavily I wouldn't get tho crowd. They'd think I was falling and cut ting pricoo to Bavo myself. They'd quit this place ub rats loave n sinking sh!p MIRACLE CURE IS REPORTED Kerchief Which Touched the Virgin's Statue Said to Have Healed Par alytic Qlrl. Rozlera, Franco. Great excitement haB boon caused In the Rezlors region by tho report of 'a mlrnolo. a few days ago a womnn wont to tho old cemotory of Uezlcrs to decornto her relatives' graves. Sho noticed that tho Btono stntuo of tho virgin on tho mausoleum of tho Arhaud Palvag nao family was covorod with moss, which sho cleared nway with her handkerchief. On returning home, ac cording to tho report, Bho touched her llttlo paralytlo daughter with tho hand kerchief, and tho girl was completely cured. Largo numbers of pilgrims now go every day to tho tomb. ii III MY GRAFT DAUGHTERS OF SECRETARY OF THE NAVY m&mzMmmzm&M tei v. tewBuswEEE&r E2Mm Tho Misses Alys nnd Julia von Meyer, daughters of the secretary of tho navy and Mrs. Meyer. Tho Misses Meyer are thought to bo twins bo caiiBo they look bo much alike and dress allko, although there is several years difference In their ages. They aro very American in nearly every thing but dresB, and they aro European In this, as Europeans think sisters must dresB alike. ""must know brands Inspector at Kansas City Is Kept Busy Watching Cattle. Animals Sent to Market Not Bearing Copyright Mark of the Shipper Arp Picked Out and Pay ment Stopped. ' KansaB City. "Talk about hiero glyphics of tho anclont Egyptians, you ought to sco tho different brands on cnttlo that como to tho Kansas City market," W. L. Calohan, brand In spector for tho Cnttlo Raisers' asso ciation of Texas, said. "All I havo to do la to bo on tho lookout for about 9,000 dlfforont brands nnd know whoso brands they aro, and when thero aro as many as 35,000 head of cattlo unloaded at tho stock yards In a single day things aro going somo In my department. Of courso In tho busy season I have as sistance. Sometimes thero aro four Inspectors working hero for tho Texas asBoclatlon." Tho Texas Cattlo Raisers associa tion has about 3,000 members, and each of these memberB has on an av erago of throo dlfforont brands. Tho membership of tho association in cludes cattlo raisers of Old Mexico, Now Moxlco, Oklahoma, Kansas and Arizona. It has about 40 Inspectors of brands In all tho markets to which cattle from this territory nro shipped as well as on tho rango. W. L. Calohan Is In chargo of whnt Is known as tho nntlvo division, with headquar ters hero. In Kansas City, Kan., thoro Is another Inspector, who Is In chargo of tho quarantine division. "Our work Is to look over nil tho cattlo brought to tho Kansas City mar ket," Mr. Calohan snid. "When wo llnd cattlo branded differently from tho brand of tho shlppor, nnd ho can not glvo a satisfactory explanation, paymont on thoso cattlo Is stopped. All wo havo to do is to leave a filled out form with the commission house handling tho cattlo and describe tho brands of tho cattlo not belonging to tho Bhlpper. "Tho commission concorn holds out tho monoy for the cattle and sends It to tho secretary of th nssoclatlon, E. D. Splllor of Fort Worth. Tex. Tho association takes out 10 per cent, of tho not proceeds of tho cnttlo recov ered by tho Inspectors and sends tho balanco to tho rightful ownors. This helps to keup up tho association." Tho extent to which, cnttlo shippers from tho southwest mako mistakes In brands Is shown In Mr. Cnlohan's books for tho Inst throo years. In 1910 ho recovered 375 stoors for mem bers of his association. In 1911 ho found 309 that had strayed from one rango to another nnd were Bhlpped to Kansas City by men vho did not own them. Last year he took chargo of moro than 300. Tho total valuo of ivA&v&fr'rt Aaj5&s&v&ifrft-ft& ihf$$&&& - tho cattle ho has recovered In less than three years of tho four ho baa been tho association's inspector hero Is 749,200. "No effort is made hero to prose cute the men who ship cattle here with brands not tholr own," Mr. Cal ohan snld. "That Is done In tho state from whero tho cattle nro shipped. "Ono of tho greatest troubles wa have Is with cattlo that aro shipped out of Texas In tho spring to bo pas tured In Oklahoma and Kansas. At that tlmo they havo shaggy coats that often hldo the brands, and, no matter how careful buyers aro, they often got a steer with tho wrong brand. By tho tlmo tho animal has been fed for tho market ho has shod his long coat and often thoro 1b the wrong brand to stnro the buyer In tho face, Ho is the losor. Mr. Calohan, who Jb in charge ol tho natlvo division here, waB born and reared on a Texns ranch. Ho haa boon a cowboy from Infancy, ho de clares. Ho has been an Inspector ol brands for tho Texas association for 21 yonrs, and knowB tho 9,000 brands of the members of tho association Just about as well as ho knows his A B C's. "SAVE THE BIRDS," IS PLEA John Burroughs and Ernest Thomp- son-Seton Unite In Appeal to Pupils In U. S. New York. John Burroughs nnd Ernest Thompson-Seton Issued a Joint nppcnl to tho school children of Amer lea in which thoy say: "An urgent appeal wo mako to you in behalf of our natlvo birds, many species of which aro la danger of ex termination. To you is now given the opportunity to render subbtnntlal help toward their preservation. A measura 1b now boforo congross, tho purpose of which Ib to placo all migratory birds under tho protection of tho fed eral government "Such a law 1b groatly needed. If 11 Is not passed our birds will contlnuo to decrease to tho great and everlast ing disadvantage) and shamo of the Amorlcnn peoplo. The destruction of bird Ilfo Is costing American farmers millions of dollars annually through the constantly Increasing dovnstatlons of harmful Insects upon which the birds feed. But a greater loss their slaughter is bringing to nil who lovo God's great out-of-doors. "We therefore appeal to tho school children of America to help In this vi tally Important matter, We ask you to got your parents, teachers and friends to write or telogragh to tho congressman of your district nnd tho two senators of your stato. now In Washington, urging Immediate action upon, tho pending bird protection bill that they may understand how deep 1b tho Interest in it aud bow great la tho need for It" J . CUTTHISUT Recipe that Breaks a Cold In a Day and Cures Any Curable Cough. 'Trom your druKRlut set half nunc of Q lob IMne Compound (Concvntnited IMne) nnd two ounces of Glycerine. Tnk theso two Incrpfllentn home and put them Into a half pint of good whis key; shake well nnd use In doses of ono to two teaspoonfutn nftor each meal and at bedtime." Smaller dosea to chil dren nccordlnc to njre. Hut o euro to Bet only the Renulne Globo I'llio Com pound (Concentrated Pine). Each hnlf ounce bottle comes In a Benlcd tin screw top case. If your driiKSlst does not have It he will quickly jfrt It. Mnny mix tures nro of torso quantity and cheaper, hut It Is risky to experiment. This formula conies from a reliable doctor nnd Is certain. This was nrst pub lished here six yeurs aKO nnd Inonl drtiRKlsts say It has been In constnnt demand ever since. Published by tho fJlnba Pharmaceutical laboratories of Chicago. Watered Stock. Two old cronlos had been sitting in a cafo on Cortlandt street ono Satur day nftornon for sovoral hours and wero pretty much tho worso for tholr lengthy tote-a-toto. "What is your nationality, anyway, Jim?" asked one. "Well, I'll toll you, Bob. My father camo from Glasgow, so you see I'm half Scotch " "And tho other hnlf seltzer, 1 guess," put In his companion. Satur day Evening Post. Acid Kills Waterfowl. That sulphuric acid, discharged into tho wator of Great Salt Lake, Utah, is responsible for tho death of two million water fowl last year has been ascertained by Dr. Buckley bf the pathological division of tho bureau of animal Industry. Tho American Game Protective association sent Dr. Buck ley to Salt Lako City, thinking that somo contagious dlsoaso caused the death of so many birds. No. "Mrs. Plodgltt gets all her gowns from Paris." "She doesn't got her French accont from thoro." Accounted For. "Why Is it so few women look well In a steamer cap?" "I guess because It is a handy cap." Constipation causes and aggravates many eerlous (llseuses. It is thoroughly cured by Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Tho favorite lamily laxative. Adv. There isn't much use in turning over n new leaf unless you put a trelght on it. No thoughtful person uses liquid blue. It's a pinch of bluo In a large bottlo ot water. Ask for lied Cross Ball Bluo.tho blue that's all blue. Ally Query: Is a bride self-possessed ifter her father gives her away? Women Are Constantly Being Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "Worth mountains of gold," says one woman. Another says, "I would not give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for all the other medicines for women in the world." Still another writes, " I should like to have the merits of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound thrown on the sky with a searchlight so that all suffering women could read and be convinced that there is a remedy for their ills." 1 Wo qould fill a newspaper ten times tho size of this with such quo tations'taken from tho letters we have received from grateful women whose health has been restored and suffering banished by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vesetablo Compound. Why has Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound accomplished such a universal success ? Why has it lived and thrived and kept on doing its glorious work among the sick women of tho world for mora than 80 years ? Simply and surely because of its sterling worth. Tho reason no other medicino has ever approached its success is plainly and sim ply because thoro is no other medicine so good for women's ill3. Here aro two lottcrs that just camo to tha writer's desk only two of thousands, bub both tell a comforting story to every suffering wo man who will read them and bo guided by them. from MRS. i. n. BROWN. Iola, Kansas. "During the Chan fro of Llf o I was sick for two years. Ue foro I took your medicino I could not bear tho weight of my clothes nnd waa bloated very badly. I doc tored with threo doctors Jut they did mo no good. They said nature must have Its way. My ulster ad vised me to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and I purchased a bottle. Before it was gone tho bloating loft me and 1 was not ca sore. I continued taking it until I had taken 12 bottles. Now I am etrongcr than I havo been for years nnd can do all my work, even tho washing. Your medicine is worth its weight in gold. I cannot praise it enough. If more women would take your medicine thero would be moro healthy women. You may use this letter for tho good of othors." Mrs. D. n. Ilnowtf, 800 North Walnut Streett Iola, Kan. PtpEWrlto to LYMA'E.riNKIIAM MEMCINE CO. IW (CONFII)EN I'lAL) LYNN, MASS., forad vice. Your letter will bo opened, road nnd answered by a woman nnd held in strict confidence. 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