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I THE NORTH PLATTE 8FMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. 1 I"- f Sr NEWS firtk YOUNG JPEOM MAKE GOOD CROQUET GROUND 'Really Ideal Foundation Can Be Made by Use of Concrete Necessi tates Much Hard Work. ny rcnEN n. uexfoud,) Most croquet groundB aro anything but satisfactory to tho person who takes delight In tho gamo that admits of skillful play. Whore tho ground Js rough as to surface, Indollnlto hb to boundary, and with arches that Up In all directions there Is ilttlo chance for lino playing. Hut on a ground with perfectly level surfaco, boundary so clearly defined that thcro can bo no chance for dis pute In "bringing In tho ball" and arches that sot so firmly that they cannot be displaced by tho Impact of a ball and can bo depended on as to tho amount of resistance they will glvo to a ball driven against them, tho gamo takes on a new fascination And becomes one of skill. A really ideal croquet ground can be mado by tho uso of cement It will ncce8sitato considerable hard work, but tho boys who Ilka to play croquet will not let that prevent thorn from providing 'themselves with a flue ground If they set about it in earnest. Tho first thing to do is to excavate the soil to tho depth of about eight inches. Stake out tho ground, and go at it as though you meant business. Wheel away tho soil as fast as it Is lug up. When tho excavation Is com plete mix your concrete for the bottom course. This should bo made of coarse sand or gravel and cement in tho propor tion of six parts sand to ono part uoment. Mix tho two while dry, ant unen add water enough to make I 01 tho consistency of soft mud) Only a small quantity should bo mixed at a time, as the mixture "sets' or hardens very rapidly. Applj to tho depth ot six inches, pounding it down well as you go along. When you got to the places whero the arches aro to stand, set iron sockets to receive them in tho con crete, letting about an inch and a half extend above it to bring tho tops of them even with tho finishing coat. Do not allow the concrete to dry rapidly. Sprinkle frequently, or shade if the sun 1b hot. The finishing coat should be made of clear, sharp sand throe parts, anf one part cement. Mix as for con crete, and uso enough water to make it soft enough to run when poured over tho first coat. Smooth it with a trowel and level It with a "straight edge," to mako sure that there are no inequalities of surface. ' Theso directions, carefully followed, will give you a ground upon which you can "calculato" your play almost as well as tho bllllardist does his on tho billiard table. Of course you will have no cushion to reckon with, but there will bo ample chanco for very skillful playing in a great many ways, and you will find that the games becomes far more attractive than it Is possible for it to bo when played on the ordinary playground. In selecting the location for tho croquot ground, I would ndvlsb having it at ono sido of tho homo grounds and somewhat screened from the road or street, as It detracts from the pleas ure of It to have it so exposed to the view of tho passer-by that it becomes almost public property. , Most croquot grounds and tennis grounds aro lacking in ono important feature so far as the lookers-on at these games aro concerned, and that is cdmfortablo seats provided with shade. The boys of tho family can mako seats at very small expense, and not only gel much pleasure ut of the making of them, but a good deal ot good experienco in tho handling of tools, which will bo beneficial in other undertakings. Theso seats can bo mado by setting four postB preferably cedar, un peeled a sufficient depth in tho ground to mako them firm. I would suggest two feet for tho width and six feet for tho length. Let tho front post stand about six feet above tho ground, and tho rear ones about five and a half. This will glvo a little slope to the roof. At a convenient height from tho groundj, nail stout strips of wood around tho frame-work formed by tho poles, on which to make tho seat, which can be ot boards or slats or canvas. For the root of tho seats faBten Htrips of wood to the posts, both lengthwise and crosswise, letting thorn project at least about a foot or more in all directions bo that ample shade may be secured. Then tack on lath or strips of thin wood in such a manner as to form a support for tho vines that will be trained over thorn. Tho best vine to train over theso seats is tho wild cucumber nnd tho morning glory. Both of theso nro of very rapid growth and eaay culture. By midsummer tho plants will have reached tho roof and covered It. I Boys Will Be Lifters. Mrs. Church I seo by this paper a household novelty Is a lifter for re moving Jare from high shelves. Mrs. Gotham Yes, we'vo got two of 'em. Tommle's aged seven nnd Sam jnle's Just nine. HANDY OUTFIT FOR CAMPERS Materials Needed Ara Piece of Can vas, Blanket and Seventy-Five Feet of Strong Sash Cord. A plcco of canvas, unbleached mus lin, n blanket, or any other plcco of goods, and 75 foot ot strong sash cord aro all tho materials necessary. No sewing Is required and tho outfit can bo erected In a few minutes. It is light and can bo carried anywhere, writes V. W. Killlck of Los Angeles. Cnl., in Popular Mechanics. Select two trees, or two polos, and tio tho ond of tho ropo to ono ot theso; then run the rope around tho other three tlmos, draw It taut and run tho ond back to tho first supporf and fasten It. Thus two parallel cordil at any desired height will bo formed botween tho two supports. Spread out the cloth on tho ground under the two ropes so that tho sldo of tho matorlal to form tho Inner part of the hammock Is uppermost. Ll)t ono sldo of tho goods nnd place the edgo over ono of tho cords far enough to overlap about one-third thn ontlro length of tho matorlal. Lift tho oppo slto sldo and turn Its odgo over In a A Quickly Constructed Stretcher, the Only Articles Necessary Being Two Sticks and a Sheet, or Blanket. like manner and both odgos will over lap in tho center, as shown in tho sketch, which nlso Illustrates tho way to make up a stretcher quickly. Tho weight of tho body on tho edges causes friction enough to provont tho cloth from slipping. Two sticks of wood aro placed be tween tho parallel ropes at tho ends of tho cloth to hold them apart as In a hnmmock. Place n pillow at one ond and enter, being careful not to disturb tho overlapped edges of 'tho cloth. After hanging tho hammock bed Btretch another ropo between tho sup- A Hammock Bed Placed Between Two Supports, and a Covering, Shaped Like a Tent. ports, about two feet above tho par allel lines. A sheet of canvas or waterproof material Is thrown ovor this ropo and tho hanging edges aro weighted or staked to tho ground, lines of cord first being attached to the corners. One ot tho illustrations shows tho finished bed and cover. TWO NEAT TONGUE TWISTERS Typewriter Is Ono Who Typewrites on Typewriter Second Refers to -v Miss Betty Botter. A reader submits thiB tongue twis ter: "Dear Sir: A typewriter is ono who typewrites on tho typewriter, and tho typewriter is a machine on ' which the typewriter who typewrites on tho typewriter typewrites. Now, the typewriter who typewrites on the typewriter typewrites on -the typo writer until tper'o is no more type writing to bo typewritten by tho type writer on tho typewriter on which the typewriter who typewrites on tho typewriter typewrites." His second, which refers to a young woman called Betty, is as follows: "Betty Botter bought somo buttor, but she said this butter's bitter. If 1 put It In my battor it will mako my butter bitter, but a bit o' better butter would mako my batter better; so sho bought a bit o' butter better than tho bitter buttor, and it made her bittor batter botter, so 'twas better Betty Botter bought a bit o better but ter." TOY IS QUITE FASCINATING Makes Showers of Harmless Sparks for the Especial Amusement of the Young Folks. Among the lateBt devices for amuse Ing the young folks Is a toy that Fascinating Toy. throws showers of harmless sparks which aro especially effective in Illuminating a room In tho evening. The Rewarc- of Virtue. Tho Teacher Ycu seo, had tho lamb been obedient and stayed in tho fold it would not havo been oaten bj the wolf, would It? Boy (promptly)--No. ma'am; It would havo been eaten by us." Tho Tatlor. Tinkle! Tinkle! Wilbur Do they always keep that big bell on tho cow 7 Papa Yes, Wilbur. Wilbur I suppose It Is to keep her from falling asleep in this quiet place, Harper's Yo;mg Peoplo. SSHiSSSSSSSKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS HELPING THE DOCTOR By JOHN PHILIP ORTH. "Fathor and mother nro going for two weoks, and If you can only como down wo will lmvo an awful time." So wrote Miss Clara Joslyu to hor city friend, Mis Irono Morton, and tho promlso of tho "awful time" cnused nn nppoarnnce nt tho country sent. Tho program us outlined by Miss Clara in her mind for tho entertain ment of her friend wub: Driving out with tho pony and cart nnd having ndvontures. Going in swim ming in the creek. Killing crabs along tho snme dreek. Climbing up tho hill back of the houso nnd rolling down. Setting tho dog on book agents nnd peddlers. Killing snakes down by tho willows. Putting n frog In tho gardon er's bed. Thoro were n few othor things bn tho program, but tho abovo are suffi cient to Bhow that there wcro to bo no dull hours. "Now, girls, bo as steady nB old maids while wo are gone," cautioned Mrs. Joslyn. "Wo will." "Aunt Jane Is to havo chargo ot the house." i "Wo will mind her like children." "Don't get tho telephone out of or der, and don't sot tho house nflre." "Wo surely won't." "If anything should happon " be gan Mr. Joslyn as ho turned back at tho gate. "But nothing can happen!" Tho first thing on tho program was a drlvo in the pony cart, and that drive was the beginning of heaps of things. Thoy were not a milo from the hou8o whon they espied a lono man and horso and buggy coming towards thorn from tho vlllago. "I am qulto sure that is tho new doc tor," said MIbs Clara. "Take a good look at him as wo pass." "What for?" "Thoy say that while bo's a smart young man ho Isn't getting enough practlco in tho vlllago to keep a cnt alive." "That's too bad., It may drlvo him to suicide." "He doesn't know me, and I wonder if ho will raise his hat?" Dr. Phil Armour had put up his sign in the vlllago of Greenbrlar many weeks ago, but thoro had not been a single call for his. services. Tho ailing ones said It was risky to trust them selves to a young practitioner. Dr.' Armour 'was far from starving and ho was feeding his horse oats three times a day, but ho was ambitious and impa tient. Ho know the momlJers of tho Joslyn family by sight only, but when abdut to pass tho pony cart ho took the risk of raising his hat to tho occu pants nnd recolved two bows In re turn. "Why, he's qulto good-looking!" ox clalmed Miss Irono when thoy passed. "Yes!" "But he had a mournful look." "It struck mo so." "As If tho world was agninst him?" "Yes." "I say that It's a shame that old doc tors won't let young doctors cntch on!" "I think bo, too." There waB sllonce for tho next five minutes, nnd then It was Miss Irono who spoko. "Look here, Clara, I'll tell you how we can havo lots of fun, and help tho doctor nt tho same time." "Go ahead." "When we got out of the cart at home we twist our ankles." "We do!" "You will twist your right one and 1 my left." "I see." "We hobble Into tho house-. We groan. We telephone for Dr. Armour. Ho comes. It will bo known nil over tho villngo that ho has called hero professionally." "But what about tho twisted an kles?" was asked. "Oh, we'll tell him that It wasn't such a bad twist after all, and that we nre using bandages of arnica or witch hazel. "It'll bo fun to see Mm como rushing in." "But you nro such a hand to giggle! I wouldn't have him think wo wore making gamo of him for nny monoy." "Oh, I'll keep my giggles betwoon my teeth 'till ho 1b gone." Tho twistB took place according to schedule. Aunt Jane was so com pletely hoodwinked that she got band ages and arnica and did tho telephon ing. When Dr. Armour arrived each young lady sat with her foot on u stool nnd thoro was a strong smell of arnica In the air. , "Is It n bad sprain?" was asked. "Not so very," was answored In chorus. 'Bandaged up?" "Yes." "But I had best overhaul thorn. Tho bandage must glvo Bupport to certain tendons or you may bo lamo for life " "But Aunt Juno put tho bandages on, nnd she's an old nurso." "And yet may not know how to bandage proporly." Tho doctor sank down on ono knee and began to unwind tho bandage from Miss Clara's ankle. If bIio protested further sho must admit tho Joke! When tho IIchIi camo Into view the doctor looked wiso and said: "Bad sprain very bad! You can't do any walking for a weok! Good thing I removed the bandage." Miss Irono suppressed a giggle and winked nt Miss Clara. "I find that tho auricula was pmss Ing against tho calclferous. and that tho bandage was wound too tightly ncroBB tho offluont muscles. It Is woll that you didn't wait 'till morning." Neither of tho girls was up on ana tomical tcrmB, but thoy both had tho somo Idea thnt tho doctor was hav ing all tho fun to himself, and It so bored thorn. Whon ho hall finished with the nnklo ot ono ho turned to thnt of the othor. No Bwolllng. No Blgn of n twlsL Ho wnB cither n fool-doctor or elso he wub mooting their fun tnoro than hnlf-wny. "Did you ovor!" exclaimed Mlsa Irono whon ho had dopartod. "You Bald It would bo such a Joko!" nccuscd Miss Clarn. "I ought to havo giggled." "If you hud I'd havo pushed you out of tho window! And ho's coming again In the morning! And ho Bays wo must hop around Instead of walking! Aren't you a daisy of a marplot!" "Old you understand his big words?" "Not a ono of them, nor ho didn't, himself! I'll wager ho has ub going on" crutches aftor tomorrow!" But Providence camo along to hulp tho girls out. Sho did It by first bring ing about almost n tragedy. As tho victims woro going up to their rooms for tho night, hopping from stnlr to stnlr and giggling nt every hop, Miss Clara lost her bnlanco nnd foil back wards, and as sho wont sho dragged her guest with hor. When thoy brought up nt tho foot ot tho stairs ono hnd her knee-cap out of placo and tho other n broken collnrbono. "Now you'vo dono It!" Bhoutcd Aunt Jnno as bIio rushed around In excite ment. "I don't bellovo olthor ono of you sprnlncd your nnklo! You woro just making n fool of tho doctor. I can't mako out tho girls of today." "Well, horo nro two girls of today thnt want a doctor," replied Clara. "Tho samo ono?" "Oh, yes. Ho made such a quick euro ot our ankles that wo must glvo him this job!" "What has happened?" asked the doctor, as ho arrived an hour lntor. "Wo havo got ovor bolng funny! Say, doctor, wo feel " "Never mind." "Wo felt that" "There there! If you talk it will bring on n fover." Tho doctor had h practlco within a month, but it wna moro than n year be fore ho had Mlsa Clara Joslyn. Sho didn't exactly know whothor sho wanted to marry a doctor or not, but when convinced that sho was llablo to fall down stairs any day, sho gavo her hand. And when sho wroto to Miss Irono about It tho latter replied: "You aro nil right, but where docs my giggle como in?" (CopyrlBlit, 1913. by tho McCluro News paper Syndicate.) ENGLAND HAS A NEW VICE Drinking of Wood Alcohol Declared to Be a Growing Practice in That Country. . Every ono knows tho torture through which opium victims pass. Happily wo aro comparatively free from tho scourgo of this drug, yot we have on a considerable Bcalo a vice which Is as disastrous in Its, conse quences, tho Manchester Guardian as serts. It is tho drinking of monthylated spirits (wood alcohol), which makes maniacs of Its worshipers, bringing boforo tho tortured and fovored vis ions of its victims horrible specters which send men and women into fits of frenzied desperation. Tho vice 1b rampant among tho berry pickers of Scotland, nnd a police inspector staged that a third ot the pickers woro addicted to the practlco. Out ot 200 cases, It was stated every third person had become drunk on monthylated spirits. Tho vic tims were men, women and girls in their 'teens. A writer tells of tho awful suffering of theso peoplo, having soon them rolling in agony and seized with tor riblo convulsions, mingling prayers with their shrieking curses. Tho dev ilish pictures In their mind force de spairing yells und groans from those peoplo, whoso suffering cannot bo told. Like tho fruit pickers who every year take tho tragedy of their sordid lives from tho worst parts of London Into tho gardens of England, tho berry pickers aro drawn from tho most bat tered dorollcts of humanity. Mnny of thorn havo always been Btrangors to fortune nnd each night when they nre paid, ns la customary with this class of worker, there Ib an orgy somo whero. Monthylated spirit drinking among tho berry pickers 1b not now, and thcro is ovldcnco that It Is growing. Ono woman, crawling to hor work after a vllo debauch said tho spirit mado hor forgot what sho was. Porhaps tho vlco grown becniiso tho spirit's much cheaper than whisky. For a few coppers a plckor can obtain enough spirit, with tho nddltlon of a Ilttlo water, to half fill an ordinary whisky bottlo, and tho torrlblo stuff Ib mnny times stronger than the most newly run whisky. Whilo tho sot, tho hopolesB drunk ard and tho fallen woman can satis fy tho craving' which torturos thorn so easily and chenply thoro will ho no hope of stamping out the curat! of this slow but certain poison. Question of Beauty. "Don't you think a woman's appre ciation of beauty Is grrntcr thun a man's?" "No," roplled Mr. Growcher; "not If you judge by tho dogs they make pots of." Ruling' Passion, "Women ccrtulnly do make thorn solvos ridiculous going crnzy ovor bat torod up football players." "Hut then women nlways did havo a paBslon for remnants," IsHKfta MAY BECOME M&ilLiyilSfess -5SKI that Ida ambition to sorvo in tho higher national body must wait Politics in these parlous times often docs not follow logic nnd thoro will bo no occasion for surprise If ho overturns precedent nnd contends for tho greator prize. NEW CENSUS DIRECTOR "Who Is that pleasant-faced gentle man?" nsked n woman clerk nt tho census bureau tho other day at tho lunch hour, nB tho man Inquired about pnBsod through n crowd of clerks standing In tho corrldorB. "Tho now director," 'nnBWorod tho veteran doorkoopor who marks tabs on thoso who ontor nnd loavo tho building. Yes, it was tho now director, Will iam Julius HnrrlB of Codartown, On., who, 6n July 1, Biicccdod E. Dana Durond as head of tho cenBUB bureau. Away down In Georgia thoy call him "Bill," and Just nB ho endonrod hlmsolt to tho folk ot his own coun try, so is ho making friends by tho scoro slnco ho has boon nt tho cen sus bureau. Friends, mind you, among tho clorkB, who horotoforo havo boon ruled by directors whoso iron, hand held them In nwo. "Bill" controls them differently. Ho nlways has n smile, irnnrt olinnr nnd nnnsnln. tion for them. And that probably Ib tho reason why ho is called "Bill," Directors havo, In tho days gono by, wnlked by clorkB with but a cold bow. Such recognition camo only to n fow who had been so fortunnto as to know him. But it is difforont with tho now director. Ho has a smllo und a good word for nil. Born nt Codartown, Ga., forty-five years ngo, Harris wub educated first in tho public school of his homo town. Then ho went to tho University ot Gcorgln at Athens. At Codartown ho Is president of tho Fnrmors and Me chanics' bank. For two years ho was vice-president of tho Qoorgla Bankers' association. At ono tlmo ho was n mombor of tho stnto sonnto, representing Polk, Paulding and Haralson countlos. NEW CHIEF OF Bsmm ' 1 ciency and to pay small attention to their political affiliations. This policy has been emphasized In a number of appointments, notably that of Hugh M. Smith, a Republican, to be llnh commissioner, The president and Secretary Houston weut about choosing a weather bureau chief in a very lolsuroly fash ion, but with this policy in mind. ' TO GOVERN Representative Francis Burton Har rison of Now York has boon solected for governor goneral of tho Philip pines. Mr. Hnrrison was selected after months of personal considera tion by President Wilson In which many applicants were eliminated. At least twlco tho appointment was con sidered ns good as made, but neither of tho men selected wnB Mr. Harrison. Tho now govornor general la n Democrat, a nntlvo of Now York city, a lawyer by profession and haB been n representative In flvo congrossoB, his first service being in tho Fifty-eighth He enlisted as a private In the Spanish war in the volunteers and was a candidato for lieutenant governor of Now York In tho campaign of 1904. lie waB educatod at Yalo unlvorslty nnd tho Now York Law school. Representative Harrison was strongly urged for tho post by Oscar W. Underwood, Democratic leader in tho houso; Represontatlvo Pnlmor, Sonntor Hughes of Now Jorsoy and other proralnont Democrats. Socrotary Garrison also concurrod In tho appointment. A reorganization of tho Philippine commission, however, Is to bo effected, and Eotno commissioners will bo named within a fow days. Mr. Harrison was a mombor of the party which accompanied William H. raft as secretary of war on his trip to tho Philippines, nnd ho hna had several conferences on Philippine matters from tlmo to tlmo with President Wil3on, so thnt his vlowpolut Is known to tho administration. - U. S. SENATOR For United States senator from Ohio, to succeed Hon. Theodora Elijah Burton -James M. Cox, how govornor of Ohio? Proporly tho interrogation point follows tho proposal, but this is ono ot tho suggestions that havo been heard with consldornblo persistency in and about tho stnto capital. And, Boomlngly, not discouraged by mnny of tho governor's friends nnd ndmlrora. It sounds well and Govornor (Jox Is nmbltlous nnd Is sufficiently well equipped to glvo most anyono n bat tle It lmB been insisted that to vindi cate bib administration ho must go boforo tho pooplo for renominntlon In a direct stnto primary nnd ro-electlon a year honco. Policies now to Ohio law havo boon placed in tho Buckoya statute books, largoly by his influonco, hnd now nuiBt como tho tlmo when ho can demonstrate that theso things will work good to tho commonwealth. Logically, therefore It would scorn WEATHER BUREAU Evorybody will want to know somo thing about Prof. Chnrlos I Marvin, whom President Wilson has appointed chief of tho wonthor bureau to suc ceed Willis L. Mooro and who will toll tho country daily what kind of wonth or it is going to havo. Professor Marvin has boen In tho wouthor burcnu scrvlco slnco ho was graduated from tho Ohio Stato univer sity at CoIumbuB. Ho has devoted hlmsolf especially to dovlslng and per footing nppnratua for observing weath er conditions with a view to making nccurato predictions. Ho is not a poli tician. On tho fow occasions when ho wont bnck to his Ohio homo to vote ho supported tho Kopubllcnns. Ho did not vote in tho election in which Woodrow Wilson wnB chosen presi dent. Early In tho administration it waa announced that in choosing men for scientific positions President WllBon's policy would bo to cousldor their effi PHILIPPINES IP? w y