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    THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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At nltfht will return.
Behold It nforetlmo
No eye ever did;
So soon It forever
Krom nil ycn In Mil.
Bo hero liiith been dawning
Another blue day!
Think, wilt thou lot It
Slip useless nwny?
Thomas Carlyle.
GOOD THING8 FOR THE TABLE.
A delicious lining for cakes which
will ;ilwny8 be asked for again is
Lemon Honey. Grato tho rinds of
thrco well-scrubbed lomonB, press out
and strain tho julco; put all together
In a double bollor, add n quarter of a
cup of butter and a half pound of
BUgar. "When very hot mix two spoon
fuls with tho well-beaten yolks of six
'ggB. Then add tho cggB to tho mix
luro and stir until smooth and thick.
This filling will keep In a cool pluco
for aomo time,
Sea Foam Popcorn. Discard all un
popped kernols from four quarts of
corn and place In tho oven to warm.
As soon as a cup of granulated sugar
and a quarter of a cup of water bolls
take from tho flro and add a few drops
of pistachio coloring, then pour over
tho corn In a fine stream. Stir brisk
ly and Bprlnklo with powdered sugar
to separate tho grains, then turn out
on waxed paper.
Steamed Fruit Roll. Roll good rich
biscuit dough half an Inch thick,
spread with butter and a layer of
good Jam or marmalade. Roll tight
and plnco In a steamer on a plato and
steam for half an hour. Servo with
any desired sauce.
Burnt Almond Fudge. Drown
blanched almonds In tho oven and
chop onough to fill a cup. In a gran
ite pan brown a cupful of granulated
sugar well molted; add two-thirds of
a cup of milk, and when tho sugar la
all dissolved, add a'tablcspoonful of
buttor and another cup of sugar. Boll
for flvo minutes, then test In cold wa
ter; If creamy when sdrrcd, tho candy
Is dono. Flavor with a few drops of
almond extract, and turn out to cool In
n buttered dish.
Gelatine Filling for Cake. Dissolve
two tablespoonfuls of granulated gel
atlno in a tablcspoonful or two of
cold water. Doll two cups of granu
lated sugar and eight tablespoonfuls
of water until it threads; pour over
tho golatine, flavor, then beat till thick
and whito. Add a littlo chopped chys
tallzcd fruit. ,
Oh. what In life wjthout a friend
To dissipate tho Ktoom?
A path whoro naught but briars prow,
Whcro flow era never bloom.
"TIb frlondu who make this desert world
To blosBOtn as tho rose; '
Btrew flowers o'er our rugRCil path,
Pour sunalilno o'er our woea.
SOME GELATINE DESSERTS.
Golatlno la tho foundation for count
less Jollies and desserts, which may bo
varied indefinitely.
Prune Jelly. Wash half a pound of
prunes, put thorn into a small basin,
add half a cup of water; put on tho
cover and steam until thoy nro soft.
Romovo tho stones and placo tho
prunos in wet molds. Put ono heaping
tablcspoonful of powdered golatlno
Into a saucepan, add ono cup of boil
ing water, ono cupful of fruit Juico, tho
strained Julco of two oranges and ono
tablcspoonful of lemon Julco. Stir
ovor the flro until thq BUgar 1b dis
solved, after which it should bo
strained over tho prunes. Sorvo with
a spoonful of whipped cream on tho
top of each.
Few realize tho valuo of dainty sorv
lng of food. A doBsort may bo nice
ly prepared, bo delicious to tho tasto,
but in sorvlng it may bo put upon tho
tablo In auch a massy, untidy, care
less wny that tho valuo of it Id half
lost. Tho eyo Is tho first orcan of
digestion, lot us constantly keep this
in mind and havo our food tempting
to tho sight.
Fruit Trifles. Cut somo pieces of
cako into small pieces or bits and di
vide It in Bherbot glasses, with two ta
hlespooufula of pineapple Julco to each
glass. Droak two oggs into a sauce
pan, add two tablespoonfulB of sugar,
two tableepoonfuls of golatlno, two
tablospoonfuls of powdered sugar, a
tcaspoontul of vanilla. Stir ovor tho
(lro until tho egg Is thick; strain ovor
tho cako. When cool, put a fow bits
of fresh fruit ovor tho top, und servo.
Grape Fruit Jelly. Tako throo cup
fuls of grapo Julco and pulp, two ta
blespoonfulB of lumon Julco, half a cup
of augar, ono and a half cups of wa
ter, four tablospoonfuls of gelatine.
Put tho golatlno Into tho wntor for a
fow minutes to soften, thon add tho
Papa'o Busy Day.
"Papa, to which ono of thorn shall 1
tay yes?"
"Good heavens! Aren't you old
enough to look a mnn up In DradBtcots
without bothering mo about It?"
'Sizing Up the Situation.
"So alio was untruo to tho man alio
was engaged to?"
"Yea, you seo ho drinks, smokes and
gambles."
"Oh, 1 see. Sho was too good to bo
true."
othor Ingrcdlnnts and heat slowly over
a slow flro until well dissolved, then
strain Into well chilled grapo fruit
skins. Sprinkle with preserved gin
ger, and cover with whipped cream
when sorvlng,
HemembranccH to Mom,
So many littlo faultn we find;
Wo Nee them, for not blind
1h love; wo sec them, but If you nnd I
1'crhaps remember them Homo by and
by
They will not ba
Faults then grace fault to you nnd me,
Hut Just odd way, mistaken, or evin
lem,
Hcmembrnnces to bless.
THE GIRL
AND THE
DISH.
CHAFING
For pure enjoyment, glvo us a chaf
lng dish with n fow good materials to
prepare, and n good timo will suroly
bo tho answer. From soups to lob
stor Bnladj there is nothing tho mind
of a woman will not duro. Tho nccom
pnnlments of sandwiches nnd rellBhcB
aro, of course, esBontlnl.
For tho young woman who enter
tulns her girl friends at collogo or
away from homo, canned things are
tho best and caslost to prepare Many
delicious dishes may bo prepared from
canned chicken, lobBter, salmon und
peuB.
Chicken Wiggle. Melt a tablespoon
ful of butter, add two tablespoonfuls
of flour, nnd when smooth add a pint
of milk very slowly, and boll. Then
add a can of chicken, a can of peas,
salt, pepper, and Just before serving,
a beaten egg. Shrimp Wlgglo 1b pre
pared tho samo way, using Bhrlmps In
stead of chicken.
Salmon Hollandalse. Molt a tnblo
spoonful of butter, add a tablcspoon
ful of flour, and whon smooth add n
can of Balmon and a can of peas. Stir
until hot. Sorvo with lemon or put
lomon Julco Into tho dish before serv
ing. Servo on crackers.
A spread without candy Is not to be
thought of. One nlco candy which la
mado without cooking Is tho follow
ing: Tnko a half pint cup, drop Into
it a white of egg, thon pour in cold
water to half fill tho cup. Stir until
It is foamy, then mix as much pow
dered sugar Into It as it will hold, un
til it can bo handled. Then add flavor,
color. Add fruit to mako a variety of
kinds.
Delicious Salad. To go with any
spread this will honor tho occasion:
A can of shredded plneapplo drained
from Its Juico, two cups pecans and
half n pound of mnrshmallowB. May
onnaise with whipped cream to soften
It. This should really bo called Am
brosia, a dlBh for tho gods.
A friendly look Is a belter book
For precept than you'll And
Montr tho sufjes wise, or tho llbrnrles
With their priceless wealth of mind.
Alexander II. Japp.
TRY THIS ONE.
If you haven't looked for this recipe
you will bo glad to havo It after you
havo tried It. Mix togothor a. cup of
buttor, a fourth of a pound of pow
dered sugar and a pound of flour. Roll
out a quartor of an Inch thick, prick
with 'a fork and bake n golden brown.
This 1b Scotch short bread. Rico
flour la best for this If It can bo ob
tained. -
Peanuts and Rice. Two cupfula of
rlco (cooked), cupful of poanut butter,
a cupful of cracker crujnbB, ono-hnlt
cupful of milk and two eggs. When
tho rlco 1b well cooked and salted, atlr
In tho peanut butter, stirring until well
blended; then add tho milk, tho eggs
well beaten, and lastly all tho crack
er crumbB, leaving some for tho top.
Shape Into a rounding loaf, placo in
a buttered pan and bnko until a gold
en brown nil ovor. Servo garnished
with parsley.
Nut Mince Pie. Chop two cupfuls
of apples, add a cup of nutmeats, cut
flno, n half cup oj vinegar, cldor, or
any fruit Julco, ono-half cup of sugar,
ono cupful of raisins, cloves, cinnamon
nnd nllsplco, with salt to taste. This
will mako two plos.
Bran Bread. Sift two pupfuU ot
flour Into u basin, ndd two cupfuls ot
bran, two cupfulB of sour milk, a cup
of brown sugar, n cup of chopped rais
ins, n toaspoouful of soda dissolved In
tho milk, and half n tcaspoontul ot
alt. Turn Into a buttered pan and
bake ono hour In a moderately hot
ovrn.
Onion and Pepper Salad. Chop six
green peppors and ono largo Dormuda
onion vory flno; ndd salt, pepper and a
bit of mustard, a cup of ollvo oil and
tho Julco ot a lemon, wall mixed. Add
an Inch of prosorved glngor cut vory
lino. Servo on a bed of lottuco, very
cold,
Main "Tilng.
"I told the wovii I would mako
any sacrlflco for Kr If alio would only
mako hor homo with mo."
"Did you lovo her bo?" ,
"Lovo her? Of course, I didn't. Sho
was tho good cook wo wanted."
Luck,
"llrown secma to havo all tho luck."
"Whnt'B tho matter now?"
"Ho's been ordered to tnko a trip
woot for his health. Nothing like
that over happened to me."
Santos Dumont Is one of tho fow men to witness the unveiling of a
monument to himself. This monument was erected In Paris by the
Aero Club of Franco to commemorate the achievements of the Intrepid roas
ter of tho air, who is seon In tho center foreground shaking hands.
SPIES INSIDE PRISON
--
How Plots Among Prisoners Are
Discovered by Agents.
Sleuth In Convict's Garb "Green
Hand" Is Appointed by English
Prison Commissioners, and
Does Effective Work.
Now York. Moro roEUery koob on
behind tho walla of a convict prison
than most persons imagine.
Instead of blunting a man's mental
faculties and deadening his wita, in
carceration in ono of tho frowning
fortresses with tho gray, grim exte
rior often haB tho reverse effect. Soll
tudo makes a man moro cunning than
over. Plota aro hatched, future crimes
planned, and tho whereabouts of
stolen property divulged to a convict
about to return to tho world, and
cases aro riot Infrequent whero ward
ers who aro In league with their
charges supply them with food, to
bacco, snuff, communications from the
outsido worid and other littlo com
forts for handsomo money considera
tions. On tho govornor in English prisons,
of courso, devolves tho duty of rul
ing, Buya a writer in tho New Y6rk
Telegraph. Tho discipline to tho un
tralnod oyo may appear perfect, the
codo ot rules seemingly all that can
bo desired, and tho staff beyond re
proach. Iiut appearances aro decep
tive, and tho governor is sometimes
brought face to faco with cases which
battle all his powers ot discernment.
It la on theao occasions that tho
services of tho secret staff, of which I
was for some years a member, aro en
listed. It is an 'organization ot which
littlo is heard. Composed of a num
ber of ottlcera holding tho rank and
receiving tho pay of principal ward
ors, tho duty of theso men is to as
sume for tho time being tho xolo of
convict in any prison whoro tho au
thorities are bullied by somo mys
tery. ThlB is how I Joined tho secret serv
ico Btaff: After leaving tho army with
a good character, 1 applied for a post
as assistant prison warder, filled up
a form answering a lot ot questions
and inclosed copies ot my testimoni
als. As I only received a formal ac
knowledgment I called at the olllco of
tho prison commissioners, and, being
told that 1 would "bo written to when
my services wero required, I waa re
tiring very unhappily. Just then, how
over, u keen faced man, with a bundle
ot pupers in his bands, recalled me
iuto a private room, and asked mo If
I would underlako tho duties ot one
of tho sccrot sorvlco staff for a time.
Having beon Idle for mouths, 1
agreod gladly. And thon tho olllclul
told' me something of tho arduous,
dangerous und dllllcult work which
waa to fall to my lot.
In accordance with his first Instruc
tions, 1 reported myself on tho follow
ing day at 6 n. m. ut a curtain con
vict prison, prepared for a three
weeks' slay. 1 waH ushered into a prl
vuto room, my clothes wero taken
uway, my hair cropped, and a con
vict's suit was glvou to me. A fow
momentB later 1 stood lu the prescuco
of the governor, and only the- was
tho exact uaturo ot my mlsslou de
tailed to mo.
The story was that tho olllclals had
been butllod by un extensive secret
correspondence which had been car
ried on. Tho Bocret service staff had
been Bent down twico, and on each
occasion tuolr efforts had failed to de
tect tho offeuderB. It was, accordingly
rcBolved to employ n perfectly greon
hand Hence my selection.
Tho govornor gavo me an address
In Stepney where my supposed friends
wero residing, ray number which
would at any time disclose my iden
tity, and somo good advice. Then,
touching a bell, ho summoned a
warder, who conducted me through a
long passage, opened a cell door and
motioned mo to enter. 1 tried to
speak, but ho angrily forbade mo to
do so'.
Tho next dav I commnnrful mv rum.
palgn by sounding the warder who
had charge of me to seo if ho were
"amenable to reason." A stern re
proof was my only reward. A day or
two afterward, while on tho work out
side, I got reported for attempting
to enter Into "familiar conversation"
and received a caution from tho dep
uty governor. Later on, when a prin
cipal warder remarked on tho blister
ed state of my hands, I replied that I
had plenty of money outsido to keep
mo from working, If I could get at it
Ho did not swallow tho bait. Instead
ho "ran me in," and I lost my sup
per. '
For over a week I discovered noth
ing, but by dint of patience and perse
vorence, and not a little deduction I
found tho warder who was willing for
$25 to carry a message to my friends
In Stepney. AH tho details wero ar
ranged, and, securing leavo, the man
departed. Dut when he arrived at his
destination ho found the governor and
other officials awaiting him, and, con
fessing that he was tho man who bad
acted as intermediary In the case
which had beon puzzling the author
ities, ho waa dismissed from tho serv
ice LEWIS' BAGGAGE GOES WRONG
Illinois Senator's Luggage Placed
Woman's Auto Through Mistake
of Footman.
In
Washington. Sonntor J. Hamilton
Lewis arrived unhernlded from Chi
cago. A porter took his baggage, pro
ceeded him from the train and vanish
ed. "A footman took them, sir," said
tho porter, when the angry senator de
scended on him. "Ho put them in that
automobile There's n Indv In It. Blr"
Senator J. H. Lewis.
Mrs, Lewis is lu Europe Tho sena
tor wns In a quandary.
"Hero you," ho said to tho porter,
"get mo thoso bags, do something
only get thom "
Tho porter got thom, and tho sena
tor Hud tho station in n taxlcab.
Find Four-Foot Lizard,
Cumberland, Md. A four-foot lizard,
still alive and known only In tho
tropics, was unearthed by a blast at
tho Cement Mill kilns hero. It died
from the effects ot tho blast
Birds and Inserts That Occa
sionally Make Blunders.
Feathered Creatures Accused of "Un
wisdom" In the P-lectlon of Sites
for Notts Ant Is Not Always
Wise.
London. Tho wisdom of tho "little
pooplo" Is 'a subject of never falling
charm to thoso who love them, and It
la with a cortaln degree of hesitation
that I draw your attention to one or
two curious Instances of what may be
rraed "unwisdom," says a writer in
tho London Weekly Telegraph. Thoy
aro worth atudylng, because thoy
throw some light on tho voxod ques
tion of instinct versus reason. No
subject Is hotter worth attention, none
moro frcquontly misunderstood, for
many an actlon.whlch wo carelessly
assign to Intelligence is really tho re
sult of Instinct.
A bird docs not learn to build a nest
nor does It reaEon out the bc3t way ot
aettlng to work. It simply follows its
instinct nnd acta as countless genera
tions of Its kind have dono in tho past.
Romomber such a busy worker cannot
bo said to be following the oxamplo of
Us parents slnco It never saw them at
work. Even better Instances of this
may bo found among tho teeming
momborB of tho insect world, for they
nro usually orphaned at tho time ol
thoir birth, yet thoy contrive to carry
out tho most complicated work with
no ono to guldo them, and no pattern
beforo thom.
Wisdom, then, Is clearly a word
which must not bo too lightly used,
and, perhaps, I ought not to accuse tho
little workers or lack of it, but rather
of occasional blunders. Exact terms
aro always dangerous things to deal
with, for they tempt ono to wander
Into the maze of definition, and onco
there it is difficult to got away again.
Tho man who knows moro of tho
wayB of spldcrB than, perhaps, any one
else In the world of c&urse, I mean
M. Faber for a long time studied the
habits of that maternal spider which
carries a sort of ogg basket about with
her, instead of depositing her egga in
a suitable spot and leaving thom alone
Tho spider In question has como In
for much praise, tho tender solicitude
she betrmyw for her future brood be
ing beautiful. Alas, when sho is mado
tho victim of a sort of practical Joke,
and has a littlo round of cork given
her instead of her prpclous treasure,
she carries It Just as carefully, and
never finds out the difference.
Ants, in splto of their vaunted "wis
dom." may bo tricked in much tho
samo way, being mado to carry such
lumber as beadB under tho impres
.sion that they aro harvesting. Their
mistake, however, Is not ob sad in its
results as that of tho fly. which lays
Its eggs on tho evil smelling carrion
plant under the impression that it has
found a particularly putrid, and there
fore desirable, pleco of meat.
Dlrds occasionally, though only occa
sionally, make sad blunders in their
choico of a nesting Bite, somo of tho
water fowl laying In a spot which is
pretty sure to bo under water beforo
tho eggs are hatched. Again, In some
instances, two cuckoo eggs have been
discovered in the same nest, nnd the
bird has been blamed for making such
n mistake as to Imagine that two chil
dren of hers could possibly occupy
such cramped quarters. I am not sat
isfied that this criticism is fair, be
causo it is possible that tho eggs are
those of two rivals, though even then
It might bo argued that the second
bird ought to know bettor than to
choose a nest already engaged. That
sho should fall to do so is, perhaps,
yet another example of this most un
motherly bird's brutal Indifference to
her offspring's future. She really Is
shocking.
Dut, perhaps, tho strangest blunder
of all la that made by tho lemming,
which marches In Its thousands down
to tho sea. and, to all Intents and pur
poses, commits tho crime of felo-de-se.
If he really means to end his days
then wo cannot fairly describe the ac
tion as n blunder. Tho general opin
ion Is. however, that the deed Is the
result of a mistake surely tho most
gigantic over made. Tho lemming,
however, Ib too Interesting a creature
to bo dismissed lightly. Ho must havo
a paragraph to himself somo day. Ho
Is tho strangest and most persistent
suicido tlyit ever died.
Carpenters Interrupt Sermon.
Passaic, N. J. Just as tho Rev. John
Nlomlnga of tho Christian Reformed
church, had announced tho text of his
sermon, eight carpenters began ham
mering and thumping in an adjoining
house. The minister gavo it up, dis
missed the congregation and called the
police Tho carpenters wero fined
$2 80 each for violating tho Sunday
law.
Lures Birds to Death.
Gary, Ind. Tho ' great staudplpe,
which dissipates wasto gas uf tho
coke ovens nt tho Gary steol works by
a constant flamo, Is prpvlng to bo tho
undoing of hundreds of birds. North
ern birds now on thoir wny south for
the winter nro attracted by tho flamo,
and nB they near It the gas fumes kill
them.
Beans Get Man Into Jail.
Boston, Mass. "I'll throw a rock
through a window every timo I go
into a restaurant and got charged 15
cents for a plato with only 42 benna
on it," declared Joseph Mack, who
was arrested for hurling a stone
through tho window of a bcanery
hero. Mack said he counted the
beauB. Ho was aontenced to two
months in Jail.
Be Thankful
If you aro ablo to cat without dis
tress and your liver and bowels
aro daily active, but to those not
"in this class" wo urge a trial of
HOSTETTER'S
fomach Bitters
It is compounded especially
for relieving such ills as Poor
Appetite, Weak Digestion, Con
stipation, Biliousness, Colds and
Grippe. Try a bottle today.
Lb 1
iO NOW TO
Tho opportunity of securing free
homostc uus ol 100 acres each ,
aud tho low priced
lands of Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and
Alborta, will soon
haVe passed.
Canada offora a
hearty welcome to tho
Bottler, to tho man
with a family looking
for a homo, to tho
farmer's son, to tho
Heritor, to all who wish to
live under better conditions.
Canada's QiuinYielti in
1918 is tho talk ot tho world.
Luxuriant Grasses glvo
cheap fodder for large herds ;
cost of raising and tattenlug
for market Is a trifle.
The sum realized for Bcof,
Butter, Milk and Cheese will
iay f.fty per cent on the
nvestmont.
Write for llternturo and
particulars ns to reduced
railway rates to Superintend
ent Immigration, Ottawa,
Canada, or to
W. V. BENNETT,
Beo BulldlnBrOmaha, Nob.
CREDIT GIVEN TO THE WIFE
Good and Sufficient Reasons Why Mar
ried Man Lives Longer Than
the Bachelor.
It Is a good thing for a man to havo
a wife to look after his Ingoings and
putcomlnga to enforco regularity in
his mode of living to seo that ho is
clothed according to tho requirements
of tho temperature, and takes his um
brella when thoro Is -likelihood ,of
showers, and gets good meals at stated
hours.
Jacques Bcrtillon, tho French expert
on occupational mortality, has found
that low death rates occur particularly
in occupations in which tho workman
is under more or less supervlBlon as
regards not only health but also,hablts
of life, and in which ho 1b surrounded
by influences tending to prevent dis
sipation, and conducive to regular
hours and regular habits. Dank clerka
and fiduciary omplbyes who feel their
responsibilities are typeB of this. Der
tlllon attributes much tho samo influ
ence to marrlago and family life. Tho
married man Is supervised for his own
good, and, having added incentives to
self-restraint nnd to the care of his
health, he haa a lower mortality than
the bachelor. Journal of tho Ameri
can Medical Association.
In Merrle England.
Ho And ah when did you como
out?
Debutante Oh! But I was never
In. I'm. not a militant, you know.
Punch.
What
are
Post
Toasties?
Thin wafery bits of choice
Indian Corn perfectly
cooked; delicately flavoured;
then toasted to an appetizing
golden brown, and packed in
tightly sealed packages with
out being touched by hand.
"Toasties" are for break
fast or any other meal served
direct from package with
cream or milk, and a sprink
ling of sugar.
Post Toasties are conven
ient, save a lot of time and
please the palate immensely!
But after
best answer.
all, a trial is the
Grocers everywhere sell
Post Toasties
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