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    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
LltA L. DAUB, I'ubliBhor.
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NORTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA
DEFENSELESS MICROBES,
Ilumano soclctlos aro supposed to
protect dumb animate, with no humans
Interfering, which sldo Is such a so
ciety to tako7 When a humano so
ciety takes the part of a dumb beast
against mankind, It puts Itself on rec
ord as defending a lower form of llfo
against a higher. Bo much Is simple,
but complications may sometimes
arlec. For lnstanco, tako the problem
of tho gulls upon tlio Massachusetts
coast. Fishermen Insist that sea gulls
nro a nuisance, slnco they take a lot of
fish which human fishermen should
catch. Tho gulls are so diabolically
expert, In fact, that a bill was Intro
duced In tho Massachusetts legisla
ture for the benefit of tho fishermen.
It was to allow fishermen to shoot
gulls. And tho bill was dofcatcd by
tho Audubon society. Tho Audubon
eocloty properly concerns Itself with
tho Interests of tho birds. Unfortu
nately, thoro Is no "Society for tho
"Wclfaio of tho Finny Tribe. Scien
tists tell ono that tho fish came Just
before tho bird, In tho process of evo
lution, with maybe a ropttlo or so bo
tween. Mammals enmd noxL If ono
protects tho domestic bruto against
tho domesticated bruto, tho wild boast
against tho tamo, tho amphibian
ngalnst tho land dweller and so on
down tho scalo, surely tho fish should
bo protected agalnEt Its descendant,
tho bird.
"Tho destruction of tho poor Is their
poverty," wroto tho sago of old. Ho
was referring, doubtless, to poverty In
character. Mary Antln has elaborated
on that thought In her book, Tho
Promised Land. "Tho poor nro poor
In spirit," she says. "Thoso who aro
rich In spiritual endowment will never
bo found bankrupt." And whnt Is
fplrltunl endowment but character?
What is It But tho onlarglng and en
riching of what wo know ns tho spir
itual sldo of human nnturo7 Thoso
vho have been rightly Instructed when
young and havo hoedod and profltod
by that Instruction havo n strength of
Bpirlt sometimes Buporflclally domi
nated "will power" which enables
thorn to conquor obstacles, or at loast
to resist their tendency to pull them
down. Thoso who lack that power
may faro fortunately or 111, but tho
point Is that no mere IncrcaBO of tho
money paid will savo thorn from their
obvious destruction.
A pin broko tho other when a high
officer In a big corporation was try
ing to put sovornl papora togothcr. Ho
picked tho Httlo sticker up, found that
It served' his purpose Just as well,
although nn eighth of an Inch of It
was gone. A Uttlo rapid figuring, a
call to tho pin manufacturers, and
soon It was found that sovoral hun
dred dollnrs a year would bo saved If
that concern used plus n Httlo bit
shorter than thoso It had been using.
Tho following week tho shortor plus
bogan to nrrlvo, nnd tho economical
ofllcer felt ho was doing a great favor
to tho share holders by kooplng down
expenses.
Experts from tho United States to
Latin-America will approxlmato ono
million dollars for each business day
of tho current fiscal year or practical
ly threo tlmoB cb much ns a docado
ago. Undo Sam has boon doing some
running preparatory to tho Jump ho
expoots to mako In connoctlou with
tho oponlug of tho canal.
Somo pcoplo nro born lucky. Noto
tho family In Omaha whoso hired girl'
wbl blown out of tho window and was
scared so badly sho kept on going,!
only to havo her placo taken by nn
othor girl who blow Into tho samo,
houso through another window and
wna Induced to stay aftor tho storm,
was over.
A widow of ninety In Now York Is,
suing for back? alimony dating baokj
to 1807. In conscquenco of hor taking;
duo time to think about assorting her
rights, sho will, It hor suit Is success
ful, get qulto a, tidy Httlo fortuno,
which la another Illustration of tho
benefits of not acting too hastily In
affairs.
Down-trodden man will glvo a smllo
more In sorrow than in anger at tho
assertion of a prominent profession
al woman that women can no longor
bo treated as a slave. Ho will won
der with a sickly focllng of utter help
lessness, where hU chnuco of escap
ing slavery will come in.
A Paris doctor contends that ho can
read character by tho hair. Still, oft
en tho oecupnnt of tho bald-hoadod
row may bo a Judgo or a collcgo pro
fessor. Heforo tho end of tho season, possi
bly, somebody will gain woll-oarnod
fame by finding something now to call
tho umpire.
Although many a tightwad Is contin
ually In hot water, ho seldom softens
up In tho vicinity of tho pocketbook.
METHODS OF TREE PLANTING
Many People Make 8erlous Mistake
of Simply Sticking Roots In Bun
dle In Deep Hole.
my w. it. oiuu:rt)
To my mind thoro Is not hnlf enough
attention paid to tho way trees aro
put into tho holo when planting. Somo
peoplo think that becauso trees havo
roots they should grow nearly on top
of every ditch In tho country.
For ten years I planted trees yearly.
Half tho trees I planted tho first year
failed because. I didn't know how to
plant properly. I said to myself there
was something wrong somewhere,
either In tho trees or In my want of
knowing how to plant.
I experimented a couplo of years
and found out tho 'secret of my fail
ure. Hulf of tho young trees are
nearly useless for planting on nccount
of tho ways they are pulled at tho
nurseries, .
Somo men, when they go pulMng
trees In tho nurseries pull nway Just
as though they wore pulling turnips
In a hurry, slapping tho roots togothor
nnd throwing them nway as If they
wore no more than rotten limbs.
Young trees, to my mind, should bo
handled as carefully as eggs. Thej
Fine Example of Good Roads and Beau
tiful Trees.
should bo dug out of the ground and
not pulled.
When tho roots nro strained in tho
pulling thoy grow tho first yoar bndly
and thon dlo away. I examined tho
roots of a dozen young trees; there
wore two strained nnd I cut tho roots
short In two more, for experiment's
Bnko. Tho ones that wero not strained
grew healthy from tho start and aro
growing well. Tho ones that wero
strained grow Hourly right tho first
yoar and died tho second year, and tho
ouco that I cut a Httlo of tho roots
off lived In "decllno."
Tho roots, when planting, should bo
spread out ovonly In a broad holo, not
doop, tho rootB Just barely covered.
Where Bomo, or most pcoplo, porhaps,
mnko tho mistake Is In sticking tho
roots in a bundlo In a deep holo.
Trees plnnted In this fashion nro
bound to fall. At loaBt It has been ray
oxporlonco.
Somo peoplo glvo tho trees a pull
up after planting. With this method
I don't ngroo. There Is no need of
any more handling.
It Is Important to nreBB tho roots.
secondly, say after a month, because
of tho air gets down alongside the
stem tho troo is llablo to fall.
I havo found always that the fall
wbb tho best tlmo for planting. When
thoy wore put in lato I had more fail
ures. Anothor thing 1 notlco in planting
Is, If tho young trees aro any length
of timo pulled thoy aro pretty sure to
"go undor."
$1,000,000 FOR GOOD ROADS
8pokane County, Washington, Will
Have Million for Building and Im
provement of Highways.
As a result of an energetic good
ronds campaign waged by Spoknno
cltlnonB tho last two years. Spokane
county will havo $919,000 for road
building and Improvement In 1913 and
1914. With an additional $1(53,000
appropriated by tho legislature for
fltato roads immediately tributary to
Spokano, tho total Is brought to $1
082,405. Tho distribution calls for 90
per cout. of tho amount being concern
tratod on continuous stretches o(
Btandard highway built from trade
contora along main traveled roads
which are a part of the state primary
trunk highway system. In the compre
hensive road program a law has been
enacted providing for tho development
of ronds In counties whoso assessed
valuations do not permit of extensive
road work. Thus a portion of Spo
kane's road money will bo used In
building highways In other counties,
thus connecting all pnrts of tho state
Seattle nnd Tncoma are to tako care
of tho wostorn Washington and moun
tain counties In tho samo way. All
Btato road expenditures aro made by
the stnto, undor direct supervision of
tho stato highway commissioner.
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GROWING TREES FOR POSTS
Moot Endurable Are Black and Honey
Locust and Hardy Catalpa
Set Close Together.
Almost every irrigated farm has
somo Btnall piece of land which can
not readily bo used for growing field
crops, but which might bo sultablo for
growing enough fonco posts to supply
tho farm In tho future, .says' a Colo
rado Bulletin. Tho most oudurablo
timbers, naturally, among trees
adapted to this region aro the black
and honey locust nnd the hardy cat
alpa. Tho hardy catalpa, however, Is
grown at Its northernmost limit In
most parts of this stato north of Den
ver and is llablo to suffer from vlnter
Injury, at least during tho first fow
years.
Tho most rapid growing trees for
fenco posts nre tho willows and tho
Carolina popular. Of tho two thd wll
low is considered somewhat more dur
able Tho Curollna popular, howovor,
Is capable of making such r. rapid
growth that It will produco, under
favorablo conditions, threo or four
poBts in flvo years after planting. Its
straight, single stem, moreover, is
especially favorablo for this purposo.
The timber, however, Is so lacking in
durability that it is hardly worth
while to set It for posts without giv
ing somo prosorvatlvo treatment
Two coats of gas tar creoBoto can
readily bo applied with a brush, after
seasoning tho posts for six or eight
weeks, nnd thus make thorn of consid
erable greater durability. An Inex
pensive tank arrangement, or even a
barrel, may bo used for dipping tho
butt ends or tho posts, by which
means their durability may bo greatly
Increased.
All trees for posts should bo sot
rather close together, about four by
six feet, In rows. Frequent cultiva
tion during tho growing season will, to
somo extent, tako tho place of Irri
gation. Somo pruning may bo neces
sary during tbo first fow yoars In
order to secure Blnglo stoms without
forks or bad branches.
TO RESTORE PEAR ORCHARDS
Application of Some Kind of Fertilizer
Necessary to Renew Vitality
.Manure Is Best.
Aftor a pear orchard has bomo two
or threo good crops of fruit, tho trees
bhould havo an application of somo
sort of fertilizer to restore vltnUty.
fJood manure especially from tho
sheep pens Is tho cheapest and Is hot
ter for tho soli than commercial ferti
lizers. Many growers overlook the
matter of fertilizing their bear
ing trees until thoy actually
starve to death for tho want
of necessary food to proservo llfo and
vigor to enable thera to bear market
able fruit. That a tree is stravlng is
eaBily determined by the slzo of the
leaves und tho fruit. In this respect,
tho dwarf pear Is much more exacting
than the standard. Tho dwarf re
quires high manuring. Fertilizers
must bo applied closer to tho base and
roots, as tho qulncu roots do not
spread out llko Uiobo of the standard
pear. Of course, tho standard will
rcfapond to good fertilization ns the root
system Is widespread and deep how
over, tho treeB do not feel the neces
sity of plant food ns tho dwarfB do.
Tho fear of pear blight has caused a
fow growers to abandon fertilization
and henco their orchards havo been
in halt starved condition. There Is
not nearly tho danger from fertiliza
tion that there Is from plowing and
digging around tho trees or from over
irrlgntlon which forcos wood growth
find It Is theso tendor shoots that
catch tho germs of disease overy
tlmo.
Handy Around Dairy.
A wooden bucket 1b a handy thing
to havo about tho dairy, OBpcplally
when calves havo to be fed milk that
must bo warmed and carried somo
distnnco. Milk onco heated to tho
right temperature and put in n wood
on buckot will remain warm for a much
longer tlmu than if a metal pall Is
used. Doth should bo kept clean and
free from bacteria.
PouLTRYNams
Lot tho chicks fast for 48 hours uftei
leaving tho shell. -
A dend chick Is valueless, but a sick
ono is worse than thnt.
Many poultry houses aro merolj
poor roosting rooms.
Tho young turkoy, to do well, must
havo plenty of exorcise.
To thrive best, fowls nood plonty ol
bulky food as well aB grain.
Corn makes fat and heat. Oata
wheat, bran and middlings mnko eggs
Tho reason for unprofltnblo hens la
often not so far away as tho hen
llOUHU.
Haled oats mako flno straw fot
scratch pons. Food all grain In a
deep litter. -
It's a wlso poultrymnn that can tell
from tho cackle of a hen whother she
has laid or lied.
No man would try to run u corn
shelter with ns Httlo attention as some
peoplo glvo tholr Incubator.
Cold Btorngc mon claim that brown
eggs, being hcavlor and thicker, pre
serve bettor than whlto shollod ones
Fresh air and clean drinking water
aro easy to Bupply nnd there Is plonty
of both In tho well regulated poultry
plant.
You cannot mako money raising
Httlo chlckons unless you aro willing
to glvo them careful and pnlnBtaklng
uttontlon.
DELIGHTFUL SETTING
&r M
Beautiful Effect
(By r:. M BIJNN1NGTON.)
Wo would suggest that you keep tho
formal flower beds out of the lawn, No
flower can add to tho beauty of a well,
kopt grcoiiBwnrd.
Mass the flowers and plants around
tho houso and along the edges of the
lawns and walks. They make a most
delightful setting for the rich green
lawn.
Simplicity In tho laying out of homo
grounds should always be kept In
mind, and any tendency to fancy
shuped flower beds and grotesque
wood or metal flower stands should bo
firmly suppressed.
The woman who loves her flowers
always has somewhere haiidy a
heap of compost from which Bhe can
draw as needed and she always
needs it.
Kerosene emulsion will kill plant
Hco more effectively than hellebore.
Koroseno emulsion Is easy to make.
Cut up a half pound of soap and boll
In a gallon of water. Axld two gallons
of koroseno while the water Is hot
(but remove the kettle from the fire
before doing so or you may not live
to uso the mixture). Churn briskly
for flvo minutes. For spraying, dilute
this with seven or eight parts of wa
ter. When you seo tho Httlo ghostlike
winged creatures rising like tiny
clouds from your rose bushes bo sure
It is tho aphis. Got after them with
tho spray.
Hose mildow is almost as trouble
somo as Hco. It covers the leaves
with a sort of whlto powder. It may
THIN OUT FRUIT
ON APPLE TREES
Deserving of as Much Attention
as Keeping Away Injurious
Insect Pests
cny w. it. an.Bnniv)
The proper care and looking after
fruit trees constitute ono of tho best
methods of ensuring success.
It might bo supposed that this was
stating a truism and, Indeed, it Is do
ing so; but unfortunately all too
'many orchards arc neglected, henco
tho necessity for on all suitable oc
casions recurring to tho subject.
Now, tho thinning of tho fruit on ap
plo treos is a matter which deserves
quite as much attention as tho keep
ing thorn free of Insect pests, and
yet It Is very mUch neglected. It Is
beyond a doubt that the Intrinsic
value of apples Is often increased by
thinning, tho fruit bolng superior in
slzo, color and general quality.
Tho thinning generally Improves
tho color, nnd I prefer doing tho
work when tho fruit hnB grown to
about Vi Inches In diameter. When
ever tho trees" bear well, thinning has
thoteffqet of Increasing tho size of the
fruit, more especially in the case of
tho Halwln.
'No exact rulo for thinning apples
can bo laid down aB the requirements
vnry with tho different trees and oven
with tho samo tree In different sea
sons. Tho amount of thinning, how
ovor, should bo suited to tho condi
tion as shown by tlio ages and states
of tho tree, and of courso by the dis
tribution of tho fruit on the treo. All
wormy and inferior npples should first
bo removed. Thinning should be
done by hand, as tho thinning pro
cess produces a better apple it de
ponds upon tho grower himself to
market such better quality to tho
best advantngo.
Truck Farming Profits,
Somo remarkably large profits from
truck farming on a small scalo In tho
uppor part of Michigan are shown by
figures compiled by n refining pre
serving company which buyB nnd cnnB
much of tho truck farm products.
Ono man raised six acros of toma
toes nnd recolved for his crop $1,090,
which is an nverngo of $181.75 an
ncro. Another $343.S3 for cucumbers
3-ncro crop. For half nn ncro of
wax beans, $119.50; for a crop of
strlnchoans grown on one acre, $214.
FOR GREEN LAWN
of Window Boxes.
bo kept down by Bpraylng with a so
lution of three ounces of potassium
Bijlphido In six gallons of water.
Tho reason that so many of our
beautiful plants ajid vines aro destroy
ed by bugs is becauso wo are too lazy
or unable to fight them all "the tlmo.
Wo must remember that tho bugs
mildew and blight work whllo wo
sleep; but if we keep after them
whllo wo aro awako they cannot last
long,
A garden pond is sometimes n thing
of beauty and It is certainly a Joy to
tho birds all summer long, but It
brings mosquitoes.
A dozen goldfish placed In tho water
will take caro of most of tho mos-i
qultoes and will also add to tho at
tractiveness of tho pond.
A border of well-selected stones
next to tho water nnd Inside of them
a few aquatic plants will' also help.
Very often frogs are attracted to
these little ponds and will help the
fish to tako care of the mosquitoes.)
Sometimes thoy become quite tame'
and mako their winter bed In the mud
and aro ready to greet us In the
spring with their songs if you like tot
call them that.
Keep the flowering plants from ma
turing seeds, both tho perennials and
tho annuals, If you want them to
bloom late.
When you water your plants do not
merely sprinkle a little with tho wa
tering' pot. It Is better to tako off
tho spout once a week, perhaps oft
oner and glvo the ground a thorough
soaking.
SPRAYING MACHINE
IS BIG NECESSITY
Common Water Sprinkler for Ap
plying Mixtures Does Very
Little Good.
A spraying machine Is as necessary
for the garden as the orchard. Some
folks use a common, water sprinkler
for applying spraying-mixtures; but
this docs little good, because It ls not
only a great waste of material," but
the plants aro not fully covered in
this way,
Tho liquid should be put on In a
flno mist not ns a heavy rain. To
apply Paris green in water various
cheap hand sprayers are on tho mar
ket now.
Thoy need not bo of copper for this
purpose, as Paris green will not cor
rode Iron any more than does water;
but when Dordeaux mixture is used
as a carrier for tho arsenical poison
(and wo would strongly urgo that this
bo 'dono In every caso, as It must bo
done If wo put our potato growing op
erations on a snfo basis), then tho
sprayer must bo mado of copper and
brass iron would bo eaten up in a
short time.
Tho modern knapsack Bprayer,
which Is possibly the best Implement
by far for spraying smaller patches
of potatoes up to threo or four
acres cucumbers or other vlues, and
for general use as a spray-machlno
In the garden and small vlnoyard, will
Involve a first expense of from $12 to
$15, but it will pay In anv large sized
garden.
New Agricultural School.
Tho now agricultural school of tho
Columbia university will bo located
on tho Hudson rlvor Flshklll-on-the-Hudeou.
It Is announced that
William niodgett Iiob turned over to
tho university In memory of his
mother, a farm of nbout 750 acres for
this purpose. It ls-plunned to put up
an engineering nnd mining station In
connection with tho agricultural
equipment. '
Damage by Ground Squirrel.
Report says that tho ground squirrel
In Cnllfornla Is destroying every year
ovor $10,000,000 worth of fruits, nuts
and cereals and worso still Is a menuco
to public health. The' ground squirrel
has become infected with the bubonic
plague through tho rats of San Fran-sico.
Womanliness.
Perhaps it would not bo so easy to
loso "womanliness" nB somo peoplo
seem afraid it would bo. Perhaps all
tho powwow about becoming desoxod
Is superfluous. Welnlnger calls atten
tion to tho fact that whllo there are
peoplo who arc anatomically men and
psychically women, thoro Is no such
thing as a person who Is anatomically
woman nn psychically man. How
ever mascullno her appearance, n
woman's psychic qualities remain ls
tlncttvely feminine. At least, Mn
Welnlnger says eo.
Just as Effective.
Wlgg Oh, I'm tired of life. Have
you a pistol you can lend me?
Wngg No, but I can let you havo a
chafing dish. Philadelphia Record.
What Then7
"I want you to go with mo nnd look
at a futurist canvas."
"Supposo wo are both overcome?"
No thoughtful person uses liquid blue. It's a
pinch of blue In a large Ixjt tlo of witter. Ask for
lied Cross Ball ltlue.tbo bluo that's all blue. Adv
Now York Is now planning popular
opern. It will probably be ragtimo in
three reels.
Mrs. Winston's Soothing Byrup for Cblldrei.
teething, Hoflens tho gums, reduces Itiflatnma
Uon.allajm palo,curea wind college e bottleJU.
A man without an aim in llfo is llko.
a dog that has no wag in his tall.
It's
"Good night"
W to all such ailments as
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POOR APPETITE
SOUR STOMACH
SICK HEADACHE
INDIGESTION
CONSTIPATION
if you will only begin
your meals with
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
It tones the stomach
and assists digestion in
everyway. Try it today
SPECIAL TO WOMEN
Doyou realize tho fact that thousands
of women aro now using
A Soluble Antiseptic Powder
as a remedy for mucous, membrano af
fections, such as sore throat, nasal on
pelvic catarrh, inflammation or ulcera
tion, caused by female ills? Women
who havo been cured say "it is worth""
its weight in gold." Dlssolvo in wnter
and apply locally. For ten years tho
Lydia B. Pinkhnm Medicine Co. baa
recommended Paxtine in their private1
correspondence with women.
For all hygienic and-toiletusesithao
no equal. Only EOc a largo box at Drug
gists or sent postpaid on receipt of
price. The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston.
Mass.
ian
In Western Canada's
Free Homestead Area
THE
PROVINCE
OF
bus scToral New Home
steading District that
afford rare opportunity
lutccuro lOOacres of ex
cellent agricultural
landFItKE.
For Grain Growing
and Cattle Raising
this province baa no superior and
In prufluble agriculture sbowa nn
unbroken period of OTer a quarter
ol a Century.
Perfect climate! cood markets;
rallwajt conveulentiBoll thBTory
but, and social conditions most
desirable.
Vacant lands adjacent to Frfe
Ilomesteads may be purchased
and also In the older districts
lands can be bought at reason
able prices.
For further particulars wrlto to
W. V. BENNETT,
Bee Building, Omaha, Neb.
Canadian Government.Agenta, or
addrets Huporlntvnileiit of
Immigration, Otluir.,Cui..
Manufactured and guaranteed under
the U S Food A Drug Act of Juno 80.
1003. Wrlto for descriptive matter and
f reo booklet "Sowethlui; About Hogs."
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