:i l THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE LdlA L. BARB, Publisher. THItMS, $1.25 IN ADVANCE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA KEEPINC ONE'S CHARACTER. Into every life thoro nmy come ex amples of the old adago nbout happen lng of the unoxpectod. Thoro Is an In creasing tendency to Bprlng nil manner of Eurprlscs, until ono la Rorely puz zled how to forecast what a day may bring forth. Not seldom great ex pectations dwindle Into lrrldcsccnt dreams, and the reputed trco laden with golden fruit 1b bearing only leaves. Then again many a Wllklns MIcawbor has been reproduced in renl llfo slnco DIckeii3 mndo bo famous the orlglnnl for his rapid alterations of despondency nnd hopefulness, re lieved by the roltcratod conviction "something will turn up." On the con trary, Hunyan's pilgrim Is described as finding himself in n certain section of road bo miry It could not bo mend ed; and It was therefore callod "Slough of DeBpond." Fortunately tho pll grim, Christian by name, was by a di vine helper drawn out of tho mlro and sent on his way rejoicing heaven ward. Later on, his wlro ChrlBtlann, with her two boys, had less troublo with tho slough, and happily Joined their loved ones gono before In n blest beyond tho river. Sometimes ono is said to make a fool of hluiBolf. Now horo Is n chanco personally to unmake that folly. Or ono gets individually so vexed ns to sllpjnto some sequcRted nook and kick himself. Rather tako to searching the ccrlpturo till you find this good practical advice In two simi lar verses of tho forty-socond Pslam: "Why arc thou cnat down, O my soul, nnd why disquieted within mo? Hope lliou in God!" Tho decrease) In tho meat supply Is Indicated by tho February export fig ures Just compiled by tho statistical division of tho bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. They show tho number of cattle exported In tho eight months ended with February, 1913, nut 12.6GC head, nfealnst 270,219 head in tlio corresponding months of 1907, nnd tho quantity of fresh beef exported, but 4,709,047 pounds, ngnlnst 175,806, 049 pounds in tho corresponding months of 1907. That this shortage in tho asportations Is duo in part nt least to tin actual reduction In tho number of cattle in tho United States Is evi denced by the fact that tho total num ber of cattle on farms, according to figures of tho department of agricul ture, was on January 1, 1913, GG.527, 000, against 72,534,000 on January 1, 1907. A Cleveland man who makes a prac tice of choosing his words with care, a practice which ho hns ondoavored to instill into tho family circle, made n memorandum of tho misused words uttered by his son nnd daughter dur ing a recent breakfast. Hero is the result: Elegant, 19 times; awful, 11 times; dandy, G times; florce, 4 times; great, 2 times. When tho meal was over tho head of tho housohold callod tho family around hlra in tho librnry and gravely rend tho totals to them. "Qoo, that's florce!" said tho son. "Isn't it awful!" said tho daughter. Tho cost of tho nickel 1b nn Index oi (ho government's profit on the colnaga of minor coins. Out of ono pound of a compound of nickel and copper, cnat lng nbout 23 cents, tho government coins ?4.DD worth of 5 cent pieces. Tho selgnlorago on subsidiary silver coins during tho year wns $4,508,000, while on pennies and nlcklca was $1,849,000. If tho findings of thesa marriage and dlvorco commissions do not suit you, organize ono of your own nnd have it bring in JUBt what you prefer. Thoy (ire most of them self-appointed, and, this being a free country, thoro is no reason why ovory ono should not have such n recommendation as plenties him. Rut ns to tho laws that aro pnBsod, you will havo to .look to tho loglBlnture for them, anyhow. The man who gavo tho first contri bution of n cent toward tho old-ngo pension fund evidently wns nn advo cnto of the nntl-Oslerlnn theory that peoplo who get old in these days of continual youth won't doservo to bo helped. An editor in tho couth issued a spo clnl edition of his paper In which woro published all the original poetry which bad been accumulating for years. This proceduro may havo been kind to the poets, but it vaB certnlnly hard on tho public. People woro scandalized towards tho closo of tho old regtino In Franco bo causo tho flying carriages of tho no bles crushed a man almost every day in tho streets cf Paris. Yet wo ac copt tho dally slaughter occasioned by reckless automobllo drivers with scarcely a murmur. If tho turtles do nil that is claim ed for thorn in tho Frlodmann scrum, they will redeem their reputation of being (too. slow for this rapid ago, IY lfW Vl ' V EUROPE'S GOOD ROADS Regarded as Economic Factor of Life and Not a Fad. , Legacy Left by Romano Has Been Husbanded and Has Added to Prosperity of France Aus tria Is Close Second. Tho wldo Interest that the rond question has for all clasnos in Europe Is remarkable, and it Is this unity of purposo that buIldB on tho network logacy left by tho Romans, Frances Milton writes In tho Scientific Amer ican. Slnco thut time, and that of tho Henrln nnd tho LoulBea, to whom were duo much of tho elements of beauty thnt compose the French road syBtom today, particularly with re sped to trco planting alongside, nnd slnco the later day of tho military road making genius of Nnpoleon much has boon undertaken In the way of ro llnoment which has produced, if not an nctual monoy return, at lenst a prosperity which would otherwise huvo been unknown, To bo Just thoro aro as good roads In tho United States today a3 In Franco. In top dressing, in comport with tho needs of tho new locomotion, according to nny ono of the four or (lvo methods commonly made ubo of In America, rosultn are superior even to nnything yet achieved In Europe. Hrlck lu found on soma roads ol Holland, but It dates from before tho motor car era, boforo oven thnt fa mous pavement of Terro Haute, Ind., owning nlrcady to somo twenty years nnd still good. Great claims of dura blllty aro mado for brick, and If these two examples havo nny weight, the thing would Beem to bo worth somo thing. In Franco thoro Is a fnmoue stretch of Routo Nntlonalo In the south, near Marseilles. Strnlght na an nrrow, flat as n billiard tablo nnd smooth as marblo, with a row ol windbreak cypresses on tho north, which In tho writer's opinion is the nearly Ideal roadway. French na tional, departmental and communal roads, as n clnBB, aro tho best in th world. In tho French Alps aro tho finest mountain roads In Europe, far nnd nway ahead of thoso of Switzerland on all counts. Many of them were duo to tho genluB of Napoleon and hln military road builders, and If their main purpose in times past was stra tegic, today thoy nro essentially prac tical. Tho mountain roads of Austria nro n cloflo second, particularly when it comes to considering thorn from the point of view of tho motor car. Itajy has n nationalized roads ays torjj; so has Hclglum, Austria nnd most of tho German confederation. Tho first throo moot tho situation but partially, organization nnd control be. lng decidedly inferior to that in Franco. MAINTENANCE OF GOOD ROADS People In Many States Are Filled With Enthusiasm for Improve-i mont of Public Highways. Tho present year promises to bo tho greatest in tho hlBtory of the move ment for tho improvement of tho pub lic roads of tho United States, accord lng to tho reports received from all parts of tho country by tho United States department of agriculture A Joint commlttco of conercss is nn- gaged in an Investigation of tho feasi bility of foderal aid In tho construe tlon, improvement nnd maintenance of public highways, nnd n number of tho stnto legislatures nro considering good road legislation. In connection with tho general impetus that tho good road movement has recently had in all parts of tho country, tho director of tho ofiico of public highways Bays: "Too much stress cannot bo laid upon tho Importance of maintenance in connection with tho work of Im proving tho roadB. Tho people In nearly all tho states aro nilod with enthusiasm for road improvement and aro spending enormous sums of monoy In tho CnnHtrilCttnll nt Clllinrl. rnn.l,. and yet almost without! oxcoptlon thoy aro making llttU provision to care for the rondB after they aro built. This 1b true not only la tho various coun ties, but undor many of our stnto high way departments, "To maintain tho roadB In good con dition year after year requires a con siderable annual outlay, but this out lay is infinitely less than tho lost which must fall upon tho people event ually if they ullow their roads to go to utter ruin. Tho thing for nil ndvo. cntoB of good roads to do Is to urge continuous, systematic maintenance, nnd tho sotting asldo every yonr of an amount per mllo estimated by tho en gineer In charge to bo suBlclont for tho proper maintenance of tho road h course which must make for ocouomy and efficiency." SUITABLE SOIL FOR ONIONS Crop Does Best on Rich Loam and Irrigation Must Be Evenly Plenti ful Throughout Seacon. Tho bost all around soil for onions Is a rich loam. Very Bandy, as well as heavy adobe, is not a good soil for this crop. Slnco the onion is a gross feeder, there is no dangor of getting the boII too rich and tho Irri gation must bo evenly plentiful throughout the Benson so that there is no check back In the growth. Even if tho boII is considered fertile, It 1b advisable to enrich It by means of manure or other fertilizers. On tho whole, mnnure Is tho best, nnd when used In nil probability It would glvo better results lf.lt wero simply disked In, Instead of being plowed undor. Manure can he used at tho rato of twenty to thirty loads to tho aero. Somo folks llko to get their onion Y seeding done In February and tho plan Is all right if the ground Is ready to bo worked, as It is in somo places. If tho tompernture remains low it may require somo timo for tho seel to ger minate, but It will come on with tho first warm days and thus get an early start. In drilling tho seo great care should be tnken not to get It too doep. Three-fourths to ono Inch Is probably tho best depth to get n good stand. Hy this method of starting tho seed, U will be necessary to thin In the row as soon as the little sets arc largo enough. Thin as early ns possible. The seedlings can be thinned when thoy nro twice tho size of a match. As a rule, under our Irrigation condi tions the thinning 1b rather expensive but It has to bo dono bo as to leave tho permnnent plants four Inches apart in tho flftcen-lnch rows. It Is quite necessary to do tho thinning early to destroy tho weed growth which is bound to come in to inter fere with the growth. The onion plants need all the ground nnd mois ture. TIMOTHY ON IRRIGATED LAND Flooding From Field Ditches Is Most Popular Method Soil Should ' Determine Distances. Probably more irrigated land on which timothy is grown is Irrigated by flooding from field ditches than In any other way. When this system Is used, ditches arc plowed from tho lateral ditch to different parts of the field and are distributed In such a way as to carry tho water along the slopes or ridges, from which It can bo diverted to flow over tho surface of tho soil. Theso ditches nro mado with a plow, preferably ono having a double moldboard. Tho distance apart that the ditches should bo and their location nro deter mined chiefly by tho charactor of the soil, the slope of the land ,and tho volumo of wnter available for Irri gating. According to Prof. Samuel Fortler the average distance apart that tho lateral ditches aro placed lu about 80 feet; the dlBtnnce may vary, however, from 30 to 40 feot to 200 feot or more. When tho water is to bo turned on the land, it is diverted from the main d'tch into the field ditches. Dams aro placed at tho proper places In these dltchcB, bo as to cause the water to flow over the surface of the land ad J'nlng tho ditch. When tho soil to bo Irrigated from this point hns become Bufflclontiymolst, tho dnm Is removed nnd another Is placed farther down tho ditch, from which more land is watered. This method of proceduro Is followed until the wholo field has been Irrigated. Cover for Separator. A cloth cover for tho separator will add to tho clennllncBs and the life of the machine, also Improve the qual ity of tho cream. Keep tho separator covered when it is not In ubc. DAIRY NOTE'S Hrnlns In the milk pnll Insure qual Ity, qunntlty nnd cleanliness. More sunshine for tho big producers, more fresh nlr, foe tho whole herd. No man can succeed by being slm ply a machine cnpablo of performing bo much labor. Start for town when tho milk can gets rusty. A now ono may savo you ten times the cost of a good one. A fllBmy fenco will not restrain a bull and will cause no end of annoy ance, especially In a busy senson. Tho Becret of n big, steady summer milk flow Is a gonorovm nnd uninter rupted supply of good succulcnco. Roforo you nbuse tho mnn who does tho testing seo If everything is all right with tho cow which gives tho milk. Letting tho cow go without salt for two or three weeks in stormy weather Is many times repponslblo for churn lng troubles. Dairying need not Imply nbandonlnR vhont, but moro wheat on less ncres. Uoth bread nnd buttor should bo pro duced on the fnrm. Grading of creum Is receiving more attention by tho dairy press nnd dairy men than It possibly hna in tho history of the dairy business. Keep dniry cnttle in a room or building by themselves. It Is pre fornble to havo no collar below and no Btornge loft above. Evor notice how tho dairy business booms when tho ownor Is Interested In this work 7 Thoro le too much lack of Interest nmong dnlrymon Tho farmer who remembers the l"Bt winter, nnd how ho longed mr Bllago to help out the high priced feed, will be u Bile builder this year. SPRAYING OUTFIT NECESSARY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PROFITABLE FRUIT CROP Common Mistake to Try to Economize in Purchase of Equipment for Eradication of Orchard Pests Easy Matter for Farmer to Have Liberal Supply of Small Fruits. ill Showing the Good It Is well for the farmer to realize nt outsot that tho conditions are very different from what they were thirty or forty years ago, nnd that without a good spraying outfit good fruit can not reasonably bo expected. It Is well to emphasize tho word "good" In this sentence, writes E. E. Miller In the Country Gentleman, for It la a very common mistake to try to economize In tho purchaso of n spraying outfit, and so to get one which will make good work impossible, or nt least mnke the cost of doing it twice as much ns it should be. The manufacturers of spraying outfits who lead men to be llevo "that an apple tree" can be sprayed with a bucket pump are do ing nn Injustice to their own ma chines, as woll as to the mon to whom thoy sell. All this said, not to discourage the growing of tho farm orchard, but merely to point out some things nec essary to make It a success; and to show by contrast how easy It Is for tho farmer to have a liberal supply of the small fruits. It is poor economy for fnrmers to try to get on without a home orchard, but It Is much worse for them to try to get on without berries nnd other bush fruits nnd grapes. All berries nro enslly grown. The strawberry can bo planted ono year und be in full bearing thoncxt. Most of the others need only two years In which to bear nbundantly. Except In certain locali ties none of them nre seriously at tacked by other Insect foe or disease. The currant worm, gooseberry blight, blackberry anthracnose and straw berry weevil will do considerable damago In tho nggregate, but all of them nro moro or less localized, and most of them nre easily con trolled. A man with a ?G knapsack Bprayor need spend only a few hours in a season to protect enough bushes nnd vines to produce all tho small fruits tho average farm family will need. Tho following aro tho standard formulae: Ilordeaux Mixture: This is a fun glcldo and Ased during the summer on plants that havo resistant leaves; It is mndo as follows: Copper sulphate or blue stone, 3 to 4 pounds; quick lime, 5 to C pounds; water, IB gallons. Dissolve tho blue stone In 25 gallons of water; slack the llnio In as much CRUSADE AGAINST POISON IVY PEST While Not Fatal in Its Effects It Causes Much Unnecessary Suffering, Wngo war upon the polFon ivy nnd keop nt lenst tho homo plnco freo from It. Only the most dniBtlc measures havo any effect upon it. Teach the children to avoid any sort of climber that has a three-lobed leaf. Wlille poison ivy Is not fatal In Its effects and many people are Immune from Its attacks, It causes much un necessary Buffering and it often af fects and impairs the health. Start a crusade against the pest nmong your neighbors and work ngalnBt tho common enemy. Try to pass laws to authorize rond supervi sors and commlsslooors to boo that tholr districts are kept clear of It. Dig or plow it up to the smallest root and branch, lor It Is so tenacious to llfo thnt n twig allowed to lie upon tho ground hns been known to take root. If every root cannot be dug touch tho broken end with crude oil or corue strong acid. A load of fresh manure dumped upon n clump of poison Ivy in Auguat will finish It, Hired Man on Dairy Farm. Tho hired mnu on the dairy farm iB aoldom out of work and contrary to tho popular opinion this snrne hired man is not so dissatisfied as 'many would Uavu you bollnve. Effects of Spraying. more nnd pour the two together at tho same time, Into a third barrel; pour them through a sieve so all the rocks, trash, etc., will be kept out of tho final mixture. While applying this mixture keep it well stirred. Paris Green: A dcndl poison for biting Insects, made ns follows: Paris green, 1 pound; quick mile, 1 to 2 pounds; water, 150 to 200 ga)lons. Mix tho paris green into a paste with water; slack the lime and add tho whole required amount of water. Par is green muy alo bo used'Mn connec tion with bordeaux mixture instead of water; tho bordeaux taking tho place of the water. Taris green 13 not used with self-boiled lime sulphur. Arsenate of Lead:. A- biting insecti cide as parls green, but more effective, as It Is not so apt to hurt the follago of tho tree; It is, .however, moro ex pensive than the parls green: Arsen ate of lead, 2 to 3 pounds; quick lima, 2 to 3 pounds; water, 50 gallons. Slack the lime In the water and mix in the arsenato of lend. Either bordeaux mixture or self-boiled lime-sulphur can be used with the material instead of water. Kerosene Emulsion: This Is a con; tnct Insecticide, used Inthe summer time for soft-boiled insects, like plant lice; It Is made ns follows: Soft water, 1 gallon (add borax' to soften if water is hard), a good hard soap, 3 to 2 pounds; kerosene, 1 quart. Shave the soap into the water and warm until thproughly dissolved; then add tho kerosene nnd churn or pump it back and forth into itself for nt lenst 15 min utes or a half hour; when thoroughly emulsified, ndd 21 to 22 gallons of wa ter to make a 7 per cent, solution; 2 gallons gives an 8 per cent, and 11 to 12 gallons gives a 9 per cent., the orig inal solution is 15 per cent. Never ap ply the 15 per cent, first; always start with the 7 per cent, solution and work up to the stronger ones; it is hardly evor necessary to use more than a 7 per cent, for ordinary plant lice. 13e careful In making this mixture, for If tho oil separates upon- the plnnt tho leaves aro sure to be injured nnd likely killed. Soap Solution: Where foliage is too tendor to stand the kerosene, soap, at the -rate of 1 pound to C to S gnllons of water may bo used instead; it is not as good an the emulsion, but a great deal snfer. DUCKS REQUIRE VERY LITTLE CARE Fowls Consume Vast Quantities of Food and Rapidly Convert it Into Money. It will pay to add ducks to the poul try depnrtmont of every fnrm, says The Poultry Journal. Nothing wns ever known to grow so fnst and cause so little worry and work as ducks. Everything is "grist" that comes their way. They consume vast quantities of coarse foods, and convert It rapidly into flesh and money. The growth' they make is wonder tul. They nro independent of the enretaker, oxcept bo far as food Is concorned. When they havo grown to be two or threo weeks old they even provldo tho grentor part of their own food by hunting for It. They are the happiest, brightest and most independent things on the farm. They require a house or houses of their own, plenty of water to drink nnd puddle their bills In, nnd grit In some form. Profit In Young Cattle. Tho Central experiment station farm at Ottawa, Canada, found that by comparing 1.000 pounds llvo weight In the case of calves, year lings, two and three-year-olds, that the profit for each 1.000 pounds was: "Calves, 31 ; yearlings, $27; two-yoar-olds, $19.10; three-year-olds. $12.80. PUT END TO SLEEP WALKING Sure . Cure Offered Without Fee Just Sprinkle a Few Tacks on tho 1 Floor Beforo Retiring. Somohow tho conversation drifted round to tho subject of dreams, from dreams to nlghtmaros, from night mares to somnambulism. "A rotten hnblt, walking in one's sloop!" romarked Mr. Brown, tho vil lage humorist. "Do nny of you fellows suffer from It 7" Young Smlthson, who had always had a horrid but unfounded fear that ho was delicate, roso to tho occasion Immediately. "Yes, I do," ho remarked, "and havo dono so for years. D'you kow any remedy?" "Do I know any remedy? I should Jolly woll think 1 do!" replied tho hu morist. "Why, I'll givo you tho pro scription now, and you can tako it round to an Ironmonger." "An ironmonger?" Young Smlthson thought that his cars must bo playing tricks with hlrn. "Yes, nn Ironmonger," said Rtown. Then ho wroto out the following prescription: "Ono box of tintacks. Dose: Two tablespoonfuls to bo scat tered about tho room at bedtime." THE RIGHT SOAP FOR BABY'S SKIN In tho caro pf baby's skin and hair, Cutlcura Soap Is the mother's fa vorite. Not only is it unrivaled In purity and refreshing fragrance, but Its gentle emollient properties aro usually sufficient to hilar minor irri tations, remove redness, roughness and chafing, soothe sensitive condi tions, and promote skin and hair health generally. Assisted by Cutl cura Ointment, it is most valuable in tho 'treatment of eczemas, rashes and other Itching, burning infantile erup tions. Cutlcura Soap wears to a wafer, often outlasting several cakes of ordi nary soap and making its use most economical. Cutlcura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of each' free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address poet-card "Cutlcura, Dept L, Boston." Adv. He May Be a Great Doctor Some Day. William, aged five, had watched with much curiosity tho family physi cian each day count his grandmother's pulse. When tho doctor's visits ceas ed, William felt tho rpspons'.bility of counting hiB grandmother's pulse daily. Ono morning William's father came into tho room and found hla young Bon looking thoughtfully at his liny watch, his fingers on grandmoth er's wrist. "Well, son, what is, it today?" in quired tho father. William looked grave, but without hesitation replied: "Ten dollars, sir." Real Difference. "I begin to perceive," said the tired business man, as the commcdlac exe cuted a funny fall; "the difference be tween tho classic drama and musical comedy." "There aro many diffcrencus." "Yes. But tho chief ono is that while tho classic drama urea cymbals, musical comedy uses tha bass drum." 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