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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1914)
THE NORTH PLATTE SEMl-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. I' mwm 1 . I , CHILD'S TOY CART IS NOVEL Bottom Leto Down and Dumps Con tents of Vehicle on Floor Oper ated by Small Springs. I Children's toys nowadays reproduce (almost everything used In real life, and an example of this Is tho toy dump cart designed by a Now Hampshire man Tho toy works on tho same prin ciple as a real dump cart, and by pressing a spring tho bottom lots Toy Dump Cart. down and tho contents roll out on tho floor or ground, according to where the owner Is playing. Tho bottom por tion of this toy cart is fastened to tho axles of tho wheels, and-an upwardly incllnod portion Is pivoted to tho sides. Tho sldoa and back of tho cart are stationary. Tho back end ot tho bot tom portion Is connected with the back of tho cart by means of BprlngB, and can bo released by quick, slight pressure. When this Is dono the wolght of tho contents of tho cart forco tho bottom down from tho rear and roll out, tho upper portion ot tho body of tho cart being raised a little In tho process. This makos no dif ference,' howovor, to tho position of tho horso, which trots nlong on Us slnglo wheel In tho same attltudo as boforo. Any little toamstor will tell you that this dump cart is a big Im provement ovor ono that you have to pick Uio load out of by hand. WHEN THERE WAS NO SHADOW Interesting Occurrence In Mldocean on February 13, 1013 Sun Was Vertically Overhead. Every ono knows that when a por tion stands lu tho full sunshlno his body casts a shadow which will bo elthor short or long, according as tho sun Is high up In tho heavens or near tho horizon at sunrise or Bunsot. A llt tlo thought will bring It homo to the rcador that obviously, if tho sun Is ox- actly vertical over n porson's head thoro can bo no shadow. But tho prob lorn Is to dotermlno when and whore this, shall bo tho stato of things. As rogards tho "whero," that must evi dently bo at some placo on tho earth In tho tropics, and tho "when" must bo tho hour of midday. To got these two things to concur by prearrango imont la a matter ot no small dtfllculty. Hut as a matter of fact thoy did occur n a day In February, 1013 namely, 'tho 13th, when a Bclontlflo friend of mlno, W. 11. Glbbs, was in mld-ocoan In latltudo 15 dogreos south, tho sun's doclhiatlon being nlso about 15 do groes south. A photo, reproduced In (tho Strand, represents Mr. Glbbs and lanother man standing bolt upright on 'the deck facing ono another, and cloarly shows tho abBonco ot any sign of a lateral shadow In other words, it proves that tho ship wkb In such a latltudo that tho suu was vertically overhead, and that tho tlmo was noon, when tho Bun was at Its highest alti tude as botwoon cast and west. Why Ho Likes Them. "How does your Wllllo got nlong With tho now children next door?" "Just nplondld. Ho can lick nil throo of them." 222- "1'in awfully glad you're going to take dinner with us." "It's nlco to hear you Bay so." '''CauBo it you hadn't come thoro would havo been just 13 of ua to alt down to the table, and mamma lu bo superstitious aho'd have mado me wait." A WELCOME QUE8T. s WJW ' J I LINGO OF MANY LOCALITIES Strange and Varied Phrases and Ex pletlves Greet Traveler In Journey ing Around United States. It is probable that only tho drum mers really know how many types of vernacular uro used In this country and which nrc tho favorlto pastimes, for tho average man Is confused by thoso which como to his attention In even a short Journoy, romarks tho New York Sun. If ho leaves tho Grand Central sta tion, for Instance, and rides in tho smoking car, ho may bo asked to take a hand at bridge boforo tho train has pulled out of tho subterranean cavity at Forty-second street. Dut ho need not expect that a similar Invitation will reach him after ho has loft that train nt tho South station, In Boston, walked a few blocks and boarded an other train at tho North station. From thoro on tho suggestion will bo phrased "Play pitch? Play pitch?" and the word bridge won't be heard. And thoso who have experimented af firm that pitch Is the deadlier game ot tho two, at least for tho novice. Should your footgear give out al most anywhoro In tho United States except in one llttlo corner you will tell tho cobbler thnt you want your shoes half soled and heolod. But do not make the mistake of using that phraso In tho New England region dovotcd to tho pursuit of tho frisky mackerel and tho somnolent cod, for the shoemaker won't know what you mean. Tho proper phraso to uso thereabouts Is "heeled and tapped." Why tapped? Why, becauso that Is a relic of tho tlmo when a sowed solo was unknown and tho cobbler tapped, tapped all day long with his llttlo hammer on tho wooden pegs that held the shoe together. Possibly you are not yot so bitten by speed mania but you still enjoy driving across country behind a good horso. If you got up near tho Cana dian lino, you will seek In vain for a livery stablo In caso you wish to put up over night. What you must ask for thereabouts Is a "baiting stablo, for horses nro still "baited and bedded" In thnt part of tho country, Just as they wore n hundred yeara ago. Even tho cxplotlves vary, and that mildest ono of all, tho "by golly" of tho southern negro, has been trans muted Into "by gorry." JOY RIDES FOR YOUNGSTERS Little Car Constructed Especially for Son of Cleveland Engineer Com plete In Every Detail. There Is nothing pleases tho child quite so much as having something "JUBt like father's." In this instance tho Binall car shown wan constructed especially for Master Tom Iloyt, sou of tho woll-known consjjlt'ng engineer of Cloveland. Tho little car Is com plete to tho last dotall, Is driven by a small electric motor with clutch and A Miniature Electric Runabout. two brakes and has a dummy shift lover. Tho driver of the car will never bo molested for oxceedlng tho speed limit of most cities, as tho greatest speed to bo obtained Is but six mllcB per hour. It has been con Bldored tho most practical and com plete llttlo car ever constructed. In the Infant Class. A teacher In a Protostnnt mission school on tho lowor wost sldo was In structing hor class of four and flvo-year-olds to reclto In unison the Twenty-third Psalm. Whon tho llttlo folk came to tho "Buroly goodness and morcy shall follow mo," otc, Bhe noticed that somo ono was In error, but was unnblo for some tlmo to de tect tho ono who was dopartlng from tho text. Tiptoeing softly down tho nUlu with her car Incllnod first ou ono sldo and then on tho other, she enme on n curly-haired, gray-eyed llttlo miss of four, who was cheerfully ropoatlng nB her phonetic version, "Suroly the good Mrs. Murphy will follow mo all tho days ot my life." Ancient Money. In biblical days sllvor and gold coins wore struck ot such wolght that ono ot them represented tho valuo ot a partic ular animal. TIiub tho word Kcsltnh (used In Genesis), translated "pieces of money," moatiB, literally, a lamb. Tho Latin Pccunla, from which comes our word pecuniary, comes from pecuB, a general name for shoop and tho smaller animals. In early times coins boro llguros ot a horse, a bull or a hog, together with tho names of tho ani mals pictured. Afterward, as valuos changed, the figures upon tho coins no longor boro representations of tholr valuo In cattle, but figures represent ing a rose, nu eagle, otc. Damsel. This word originally meant n young porson of elthor box. Historians men tion LoulB-lo-gros, "dumsol Itlchnrd, prince ot Wnlos." It waB aftorward used as tho dlmluutlvo ot "damo," the wife ot a knight; a knight's daughter was culled damsol. Quite a Lively Craft. What la tho naval definition ot klBB? A nlnnsuro Mnar.lr. Ate DEACON AND THE OXEN By M. QUAD. Deacon Shortwoll and tho Widow Harris, whose farms adjoined, were uot exactly engaged to bo married when a certain April morning was ushered In with tho songs of happy robins and the squeals of hungrv pigs, but they had boon "leaning that way" for tho last year. Thoy had been widow and widower for upwards of three years. For a year or more tho deacon had boon in the habit of dropping In two or threo times a week and exhibiting somothlng more than neighborly Interest, nnd it was notlcoablo that tho widow! used a bit moro hair dye than formerly, and was more solicitous about the freckles on her faco. Tho neighbors had It that tho thing was all settled, but they woro a llttlo too provlous. The dea con was a man who never bought a cow, signed a note, traded off a horse or got a now pump for the well with out careful deliberation, and on her part tho widow was willing to wait and study him a nit. Therefore, while there was a tacit and mutual understanding that in duo tlmo tho deacon would boss both farms, and the widow to boot, and that sho would darn his socks nnd mako his bread In a housewifely way, ho hadn't asked hor straight from tho shoulder if sho would be his. On that certain April morning re ferred to as a date to start from, the deacon dropped In to borrow a hoe, and tho widow Incidentally observed that hor garden ought to be plowed. Ho agreed, but as his team of horses was busy, and as the widow's hired man was preparing a field for corn with hor own, ho decided to go over and borrow neighbor Johnson's yoke of oxen to do tho work. Farmer John son was willing to lend his oxen, his plow or anything else around the farm that was portable, but before yoking tho bovlnes up ho rathor cautiously observed: "Deacon, I don't remomber that you over owned a yoke of .oxen yourself." "No. I never have," was tho reply. "And mobbo you never used any body elso's to plow with?" "I can't say that I ever did." "Wall, oxen ain't oxactly like horses, you know not exactly. Thoy Bome tlmes got streaky and , act up, and you'vo got to humor 'cm. Coaxln' will sometimes do the blznoss, and then, again, you'll have to put on tho gad.' If you was only In the habit of usln' a fow cuss words I'd feel pilrty sure you would como out all right, but mehbo you will, anyhow. We'll yoke 'em up and start you off In no tlmo." It was only half a mile from Far mer Johnson's to the Widow Harris', but the deacon was a long tlmo In making tho trip back with tho oxen, and he arrived with tho look of a man who had boon in trouble. The widow noticed his porturbatlon and solicitously Inquired: "Did you stub your too or loso your hat or anything?" "Ot course not. What makes you ask?" "Becauso you look so flustered. Mobbo you are going to break out with tho hives. If I waB you I would take tho plowing kind o' easy." The deacon muttered somo reply under his breath, and after a brief rost tho work of plowing tho garden began. That Is, ho thought It had, but ho was mistaken. Tho plow point had scarcely entered the rich soil of tho old tomato bed when tho oxen turned to tho left with a rush and would have gone clear across tho garden had thoy not been stopped by a plum tree. "By hen, but did anybody ovor see tho likes of that!" exclaimed tho dea con, as ho held on to tho plow han dles and followod along on tho jump. "What's the mattor, doacon?" asked tho widow, from tho opon kitchen win dow. "Nuthln' nuthln' 'tall," was tho ro ply. "Tho oxon Jest coma ovor horo to boo whether thjs was a poach or a plum tree." "Oh, thoy did, oh? 'Pear to bo a protty smart yoke ot oxon." Farmer Johnson had said that coax- i ing would sometimes do tho business, and Doacon Shortwoll proceeded to coax. After he had mado uso of about 5,000 of tho most honeyed words in the English languago he got tho oxen back to the starting point, and then plowod a furrow almost ton foot long boforo making their next rush. This tlmo thoy turned toho right and fled ovor tho spot whero cucumbers used to grow and brought up against tho fenco with a bang. "Now, by gum, but what thoy need Is to havo tholr horns knocked off with a club!" muttered tho deacon. "Hoy, but was that thunder?" asked tho widow, as she thrust hor head out again. "I didn't hear no thunder," tho plow man replied, knowing that sho re ferred to tho crash agalnsttho fence. "Well, this 1h tho month for thun der storms, and I didn't know but one was coming up. What aro tho oxen doing ovor there?" "Looking ovor tho fonco." "Well, lot 'em look. I supposo that oxon want to look around nnd soo what's going on as well bb othor folks I'd take It easy If I was you; your faco Is as red as paint, and you are breathing ns it a elder bairel nnd rollod ovor you." Tho doacon thought of shotguns and bowlo knives and rnwhldea as ho turnod to tho oxon ngatn; but he got a grip on himself and suavely and blandly arguod tho caso until "Buck" and "Bright" concluded to lengthen ot results, but cruel In Intention. -out that furrow. Tholr attitude was Century Magazlna. all humility as they dragged tho plow to tho spot and nothing Indicated a strike for shorter hours as they start ed off Thoy had wandered along for a distance of 15 feet and threo or four Inches, and tho deacon was saying to himself that ho who controlled his own temper was greater than the jaw bone of an ass, when thoro was a third rush. This tlmo It was straight ahead and tho full length of tho gar don, and ns tho plowman sought to keop fast hold ho was flung this way and that, and finally found hlmsolf tangled up with an old strawberry bed. "Now, by tho horn spoon, of tho horned jackass, but this Is too much too much!" ho shouted as he scram bled up and found n club. "Is It thunder nfter all, deacon?" sweetly Inquired tho widow, as sho appeared In the kitchen door. "Yes, It's thunder nnd lightning, too!" ho almost shoutedsas ho moist ened his hands to get a grip on the club. "What Is It what are you going to-do?" Tho deacon didn't answer. Ho wanted all his breath for what was about to happen. Ho gripped tho club and made for tho oxen, nnd for ten minutes there was a circus In town with free admission. Ho pounded and swatted and batted, and as tho club rose and fell ho brought out a reserve stock of tho English language to take tho cake over anything Farmer John son had over thought of. "Deacon Shortwell, I wouldn't a believed It, not If the minister had told mo so himself." "I don't cara a durn whether you would or not!" ho hoarsely replied. "Oh, you don't, eh? Well, you'vo lot tho cat out of the bag at last. Deacon, you aro a cnicl-hearted man, and you swear like a pirate. I can never, never marry such a man." "Nobody has asked you to. Durn their hides, but I'd like to murder 'em!" "Moro cruelty! Moro cussing! I thought there might be something hidden under that soft, sleek way of yours, oxen aln t exactly women, ana wives ain't exactly oxen, but a man who will cuss and pound his oxen will naturally " "Mebbe you'd like to try 'em your self?" interrupted the deacon, as a brilliant thought came to him. "I would. I have never driven oxen lIn my life, but I know I can do bet ter'n you. Glmmo tho gad. Now, then, haw Buck gee Bright. Seo there! As soon as they find out that nobody Is going to break their ribs or cuss them blind they aro as docile as cats. You hold tho plow and I'll drive." Five minutes later the furrow had been extended four feet moro, and the plow point was getting ready to rip up tho soil In tho good old way when the oxen flourished their tails and bolted. The deacon went whirling at the first twist of tho plow, but tho widow was gamo, and she raced along with tho bolters and put tho whip ovor their noses. She might possibly have stopped them bofore they got over the county lino but for nn acci dent. Oxen and woman struck and overturned a bee-hlvo In tholr mad career, and tho 10,000 bees loafing around came up to the scratch In the promptest and most cheerful manner. The deacon witnessed tho beginning of the scrap, and even waited until a stray bee had lifted his heels off tho ground for humanity's sake, but then ho fled, and It was two days later that he know that tho widow had 61 lumps on her body and was doing ns well as could bo expected, and thnt tho oxon had been heard of 40 miles away and still on tho run. "Deacon," began tho widow, ns he mado his appearance In response to her message, "I bellevo you cussed thorn oxon tho other day." "I I guess I did," he rather sheep ishly replied. "But it was for yourself, deacon. I now wish you to cuss 'em for me. You also clubbed 'em until you was tired out. Can't you club 'em somo moro?" "And you ain't ain't mad nt mo?" ho asked, as a lookof rellof came to his faco. "La, no not a mlto." "And I ain't cruel-hearted nor a hypocrlto nnd a pirate?" "No, deacon. On tho contrary, you are one of tho best men on earth, or will bo after you havo bought thorn oxon and peeled their pesky hides off." "And about about ?" stammered the deacon. "About our getting married? Well, Samuel, you can fix tho dato to suit yourself, and I will bo there." (Copyright. 1913. by tho McCluro News paper Syndicate.) Political Opinions Never Change. Not once In the 15 years of political discussion that I havo witnessed In my club havo I seen a political opin ion removed from ono member by an other, yot not a day has passed with out some one'B trying It. In some corner of this building, 1 believe thero has always boon a tall gentleman toworlng over a little ono and oxclnimlng: "What are tho facts?" or two Btout members, llko embattled chickens, revolving boak to beak in si multaneous refutation, or ono of thoso strnngo colloquies going on, which Beom so hopeless to tho bystander whoroln tho two minds movo obviously In parallels never to meot, how far so ovor prolonged. I havo had a man tug for tlvo years at ono of my political opinions, and It never budged. I havo tugged for flvo years at one of his, and Idesplto my barsh laugh of verbal vic tory I knew It wes In him still. As I look back on It, It seems a mad sort ot dentistry, and not only barren OkooKii HENTClT HOWIAND I'm going to Journey far away, Somo day; I'm going to seek a fairer clime, Somo tlmo; I'm colng to do noma splendid thing To causo Tho world to get to noticing And pause. No longer -disinclined to seo. But very glad to tender mo Applause. Some day I'll cause world-wide but. pnse I'll rise To proudly claim success as mine And shine; Somo dny I'll take my placo among Tho few; Some dny my praises shall bo sung To you; I'll do the great thing wait and see When there is naught else left for me To do. Punishment. "Poor Mr. Dlggleham! Isn't It a shame that he has been bo foolish! I can't understand why a man should go wrong as he has. It seems to me that he ought to have known he would get found out. What do you suppose ho did with nil the money?" "Lost It speculating, I suppose." "I'm awfully glad they are not going to send him to jail. It would kill his poor wife. Sho seems to be awfully crushed." "Well, I am inclined to bellevo they are making a mistake in letting him oft so easily. That's the sort of thing that causes people to ignore our laws. When one man is let off others think they may go wrong and also "get their friends to Intercede." "Still, he is to bo turned out of church, you know. That will be pun ishment enough, I should think." "Great heavens! you don't call be ing turned out of church punishment, do you?" O, Noble Judge. SHE. The world again seems fair. My heart once moro is light; Around me everywhere All I behold Is bright: I feel superbly rich; The alimony which In future shall bo mlno Will be enough to tako Away tho foolish ache; Tho Judgo was Just dlvlnel HE. I'm free again! I'm free! How benutlful nnd bright Tho old world seems to be My heart once more Is light. The alimony I Shall have to pay her why 'TIs small beside the price I had to pay bofore She turned mo from tho door: Gee, but the Judge was nice! Why She was Worried. "But, mother, why do you object to to my being pleasant to tho young men? You can't hope to keop me with you always, you know-. Ono of them will tako me away from you somo day." "Tako you away from me? Well, If that happens I shall not complain. It is tho certainty that none of the young men who havo been coming hero so far would take you away that has worried both your father and mo." His Winning Way. "It Booms queer that she evor took a fancy to him. He Isn't at all the kind of man one would expect her to ad mire." "I know; but ho always had a way. ot noticing it when she happened to havo on a new hat or a gown that had just como from tho dressmaker's." Hard for Mother. "I suppose you often And It rather trying to havo six marriageable daugh ters on your hands?" "Oh, I don't mind It so much my self, but my wife has a protty hard tlmo of it, seeing that sho can't pos sibly watch at moro than ono keyholo at a tlmo." Why? "Do you believe tho truth should be spoken at all times?" "No. When your wife comes home with a new hat and wants to know whothor you think it is becoming why tell hor that it Un't, even if It makes her look like a fright?" Waii 3id See p r y DESTROY ALL AILING FOWLS Disease Generally Attacks Most Sun-i ceptlble of Flock and They Should Bo Killed at Once. 03y M. F. GREELEY.) Most ailing or diseased chickens on hens had better bo killed than doc tored. In the first placo it Is by far tho quickest way. Again, It at oncoi does away with any risk from coni taglon. Moreovor a once sick hen; oven If she does seem entirely recov-j ered, seldom develops Into a first) class layer, and second class layers) seldom pay. There Is another point, often over looked. Disease generally attacks tho weakest or most susceptible of tho flock, and no flock was over benefited by keeping in it birds of this kind" when It Is known they aro Buch. It) Is true that now and then somo trivial thing may ail an otherwlso strong bird, and It would be a mistake to, give her no ofportunlty to recover. Wo havo had cases of Hmberneck, humble foot or slight lameness or cold, that yielded promptly to treatment. A few drops of pain killer or other hot drink seems to work on limber neck oven more quickly than on a cold, and opening tho swelling and npplylng somo cleansing healing wash haB been about all wo have ever found necessary for bumblo foot. But, a8 a rule, ailing hens or chicks,' particularly if they persist at all in ailing, we thing had better bo killed, and burned or buried deeply. WHY SOME POULTRYMEN FAIL' Lack of Thorough Investigation Be fore Taking Up Industry Has Been Usual Cause of Failure. While there is a great profit in, raising poultry, failure of special poultry farms is frequently reported. Lack of proper investigation beforq going into tho enterprise has been the usual cause of lack of success. Then, too, perhaps, bad locations, lack of tho necessary amount of capital, careless investment, improper choice of breeds and character of buildings had a great deal to do with tho trou ble. Somo of the essential features in tho successful handling of a poultry farm aro the development of tho young stock, proper feeding, proper marketing, the right kind of labor, etc. Specialization in poultry is Just A Profitable Type. as profitable as specialization In any other branch of agriculture. A care ful account of expenses and recolpta must bo kept, so that :i check can bo mado from time to tlmo on the busi ness. Moreover, poultry in small lots aro very adaptable to people not in tho best of health and particularly to women, who are adapted to tho rais ing of farm fowls. GRAIN NEEDED FOR POULTRY Corn May Be Used as Food to Advan tage, but It Must Be Supplemented With Something Else. Grain Is tho staple food for poultry nnd will bo used for that purpose as long as fowls are kept on farms; but hens cannot give good results on grain alone. It Is beneficial to them, says the Fruit Grower, and will bo at all times relished, but tho demand of the hens is such as will call for vari ety. In tho shells of eggs, aB well as their composition, aro soveral forma of mineral mattor and nitrogen, which can only bo partially obtained from grain. Even grains vary in composition, and when fowls aro fed on ono kind for a long time, they begin to refuse it, as thoy may bo oversuppllcd with the elements in tho food partaken and lack the elements that aro best sup plied from some othor source. For this reason they will accept a change of food, which is of itself nn evidence that tho best resultB from hens can only bo obtained by a variety of food. Corn and wheat may bo used as food with advantago, but It must be given as portion of tho ration only, and not made exclusive articles ot diet. Water for Ducks. Ducks kept cntlroly on land must havo deep drinking vessels, so they can get their heads under water. Whero shallow vessols or troughs are used thoy gum up about tho eyes, bo come listless, sit about, lose their ap petites and eventually die. Meat Food Lacking. Feather-pulling fowls usually lack meat food. w I V to--