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THE NORTH PLATTE 8EMI-WEFKLV TRIBUNE. A mm VALUABLE FOOD BEING WASTED Good Suet Thrown Away or Used For Soap Which Could be Rendered and Used In Cooking. HENRY HOWLAND ATTnr TYFTFTYF' Fim Gkcoii Vfl 1L.KLJ UW r 6 W ravl J K-i n3 kvJ USm Zwr"! ?;.; TV-' mjirrj&ttcnzrj!im&m&&? tvjh F ou crnvo tho uiiUBUnl It may bo encountered In South America us In few other lands. Out beforo visiting that part of the, world inako sure you are well supplied with money nnd In a mood to put up with more or loss discomfort and Inconvenience; for the exceptional will he your pottlou In this line ns well as In others," says Frederic S. Isham. author and globe trotter. In the Dotrolt Free Press. "South America is a land of magnificent dis tances, ulso of surprises, some of which are not ox uctly welcome, although on tho whole It la a very Interesting part of tho world," suid Mr. Ishuin, re counting some of tho experiences that befell thorn on tho trip. "You nro constantly running on to the unexpected, so that there Is no danger of be ing wearied by lack of variety. "Wo met one man who has the most trying position of which I know. He's an American u big, broad shouldered, nthlotlc chap, with tho polish of n university man and tho breozy open Jienrted manner of a true westerner. "He is an engineer, and It Is his duty to seo that tho Chilean division of tho Trans-Andean railroad is kept frco from laud and Bnow slides. "That doesn't sound so bad, does It, becauso you can have no conception of what It incauB un less you have soen the country. The Trans-Andean railroad Is a third-rail system In tho strictest sense of the word. That third rail Is located be tween tho narrow gaugo strips of steel on which tho cars travel, and isva cogged affair Into which teeth on the driving wheels of tho locomotive hilp, giving sulllclent grip to pull tho heavy trains up the almost perpendicular course "On tho Chilean side of the Andes It is a caso of climbing almost every foot of tho way, and nt times it seems ns though tho locomotivo must fall backward on tho cars that follow. "This cliap lives In a llttlo stone houso closo by, Inca lake, in tho Andes, 12,000 feet nbovo sea level. He has a gang of natives under him, and at ccrtnln Boabons of tho year thoy are kept on" tho Jump battling with biiow slides, which bury tho trucks so deep that it requires days of the hard est kind of work to clear thorn. "Then tho mountains have a playful habit of casting off a good big slice of rock and dirt, which comes tumbling down across tho tracks and puts an end to travel until It has been removed. "Sometimes these pranks result seriously, and there's ninny u lonely gravo along the right of way to Indlcato the last resting plaeo of somo poor Mfction mnn who wns burled beneath a slide. Last winter n few square acres of snow and rock und Ice camo crashing down on a crow that wore en deavoring to clear the tracks. Part of them es caped untouched and Immediately began digging out their fellow workers. At tho end of 2G hours they camo upon a sorry nguro a battered section mnn who had borne tho full brunt of tho slldo. "And what do you think ho did when they pulled him out, more dead than allvo? Derated them Tor leaving him burled so long. '"You're n fine lot,' ho stcrmed, 'why, jou left mo In there two hours. It wasn't your fault that 1 didn't die.' "And tho hands on tho clock had stnrted on their third round trip since tho slide went over him! "The place this engineer calls homo Is one of mo mosi uourorsniten spots I over saw. Thoy try to. keep tho road opon tho yoar round, but there nro threo of four months overy winter when trains are few nud far between, nnd tho district Is virtually cut off from tho outsido world. "Tho scenery along the routo Is impressive Imt romehow 1 didn't onvy tills particular Amer ican his Job. "Crossing tho crest of tho Andes and gottlng down to the Argentine plains you strike ono of tho widest gauge railroads in tho world. Service on tho lino Is not so bad in some respects. "Thoy hnvo single and double compartment cars for male nnd female passengers. It was my 111 fortuno to draw a sent In n doublo compart ment with three Spaniards. Now, they nro not exnetly thn traveling companions you would se lect for a 21-hour rldo across the plains, a Journey that Is trying under tho most fuvornblo conditions. "They are passionately fond of onions of a par ticularly rank variety. Without exception thoy rnioke cigarettes that mnko burning rubber rem iniscent of attnr of roses. Most of them nro af. fected with bronchial trouble. Thoy dotost fresh air. Also they never hnvo acquired n liking for a cold plungo before breakfast or a bath any other tlmo, for thnt matter. When I was ready to outer tho trnln threo of tho most disreputable repre sentatives of their species wore settled comfoil ubly i the compartment Delightful prospect. "Just about that time I hud tho good fortune to run Into nn American onglncor who was on his way to ntienos Aires. Ho had tho samo luck ns I -three of the unwashed In his compartment. For tunntely ho wan able to talk somo Spanish. " 'Lot's bribe tho guard nnd seo If wo can't got a compartmont to ourfiolves,' I suggested. "No sooner said than tried. Presontly my new fouud friend camo back. Wo hud with our train a virtuous guard Offered ilvo dollars to effect tho doHired change, ho spumod tho tender with a flno display of iudlgnatlon. Ho could not bo hlrod for such u paltry sum. Hut for ton dollars ho would throw tho dirty rnBcnls out, bug nnd bag gage "aiudly I contributed tho othor half of tho brlbo. Soon baggage bogan to fly out on tho platform, followed by n Jabbering trio, who made the Ar gentine nlr blue with picturesque profanity an they protested against this summary ejectment. "They produced tickets to show thoy wore entitled to wonts In this particular compartment. The guard. In his most Imperious mnnnor, inform ed thorn that ho cared not what thoir tickets called for. Did not ho have tho ofllulal chart of IWBKLr! l-jfeti the train? And did it not show that this particular compartment . belonged to tho two distinguished Amer ican travelers? Out with such dogs ns they. And out thoy wont. "I never learned what be came of them. Tho next morning when wo left tho train at Buenos Aires threo ugly looking Spaniards glared at us as they trudged by with their baggago but wo cared not. All tho way across tho plains wo had a compartmont to ourselves, a doublo portion of bedding and every attention that tho guard could bestow up on us. "Even then there wos sufficient discomfort. The rain came down In torrents throughout tho entire trip. Tho roofs to (ho coaches leaked llko a sieve, and somo of tho pnssengers who were fortunato enough to possess sucli un article found it expedient to sit under nn umbrella. Tho dining car had n couplo of inches of water on tho floor and wo found it necessary to wear rubbers when going In to our meals. "Buenos Aires is an interesting seaport, with n wonderful waterfront and dock system. How ever, it Is in somo respects ono of tho deadest places imaginable. "No respectable woman of tho country Is to bo found In tho Innumerable cafes pf an evening, for tho reason that sho would not bo safe from in sult. Tho only placo of amusement where tho young women of tho city can go is tho opera house, nnd this has only a brief season. "As nn oxamplo of up-to-date construction and equipment tho railroad which runs from Santos to Sao Pnulo, In Brazil, commands attention. It Is doubtful If thero Is anything more complete any where on earth. Tho road Is only 25 miles long, but so far as I could discover tho only thing thoy overlooked In their endeavors to outstrip nil oth ers was to gild tho telegraph poles nnd to uso gold wires. "Tho road Impressed mo so that I mado some Inquiries, and discovered tho reason for this lav lsh expenditure, it scorns that ono of tho terms undor which tho concession was granted was that all profits abovo 8 per cent, were to go to tho government. zuczmzLJEfrErai, umj?3 "So far as I could discover there had been no appreciable decrease In the national "debt from the government's share of tho profits. It makes vast sums of money but everythingv abovo tho stipulated 8 per cent, goes back into the enter prise. "Evidently spending these earning so they will not fall into the hands of tho government Is a strenuous job and calls for no little ingenuity. There aro guttors alongside tho tracks to carry off tho water. These aro paved with small sec tions of stone, laid with mosaic precision. This feature alone, wholly unnecessary, must have cost a vast amount. And everything else is on tho samo oxtravngant scalo. "To crowd more thrills Into a given length of tlmo than you would havo thought possible it Is only necessary to hire a taxlcab In Itio Janeiro. Hero dare devllism ilnds its highest oxpre3sion in tho way the drivers of motor cars tear around. "The drivers have a union of their own and they dictate things to suit themselves. When ever ono of them hits a pedestrian ho throws on moro power and races off, never waiting to seo whether or not he killed his victim. And they lilt thorn with frightful frequency. Every day; tho newspapers publish a brief summary of accidents of this nature, and I should say tho average was around 20." IWJlTI'WfWWP5PWPW?ll CO-OPERATION IN BIBLE TIMES In common with many of tho prophets of Bible times, Ahljah, the mnn who placed Joroboam over tho ten tribes of Israel, was a rural man, W. A. Lipplncott writes in the Kansas Industrialist. Elijah, who outwitted tho brilliant and scheming Queen Jezebel,' went about preaching In his shep hord's mantel and carrying tho shopherd's stair, ns though proud of his country origin. Of Ellslia, his successor, wo nro told that at tho tlmo when Elijah offered him a Job as his helper ho was plowing with 12 yoko of oxen. The fact that this Is recorded wo would Interpret to moan that ho was considered a skillful toamstcr. Whon Saul first comes to our nttentlon In tho Old Testament, ho waB out on the range looking for his futhor'B assos that had broken away from tho plckot or escaped tho wrangler. loiter we find him coming aftor the herd out of tho flold. David was a red headed farm boy callod from Ills koup- lng tho shoop to hnvo Judgo Samuel pass compli ments upon him to his father and point out the great possibilities ho saw In the boy. Tho problems which confronted thopooplo of the Old Tostumont nml tho questions Involved In current legislation havo just as modern a ring as has the onilnent and great. Ono of the problems which thoy had solved nnd which wo havo not was that of cooperation among farmers. Anothor was tho question of concentration In tho owner ship of lnnd with Its attendant evil, tho absontoo landlord. You will not find tho tho subject of co-operation discussed ns such In tho Old Tostninent. perhaps, but you will find It putt Into practice. So fur ns enn bo learned, there were no Isolated farm housos where slnglo families lived alone. As n gonoral thing, a. number of more or loss rolnted famlllos united In forming tt rural village. These wore nqt cltloB In any souse, nor eon small towns, but llttlo hamlets set In the midst of tho Holds and hills. The country districts were dotted with those tiny villages, and wo find constant reference to them throughout tho Old and Now Testaments. Evory morning tho mon wont out to tho Holds to work and nt night thoy camo back to tho village for shulter Tho reason for this gathering Into vllhigos wub that tho farraors were under tho necessity oC co operating against tho uttacks of enemies from the desert and tho surrounding countries. They co operated Just as the sturdy pioneers of our own early colonlnl days co-operated In the use of tho Btockade becauso thoy had to. And tho trend of tho times seems to be that the farmers of today aro co-opeiating more and moro for tho samo reason because thoy find thoy havo to. It's a caso of solf-preservatlon now ns much ns It was in Hiblo or early coloninl times. Tho enomy Is not tho snmo, snvo in tho characteristic of be ing a common enemy. Then tho necessity wns military; now It is economic and social, but It is just ns real. And thoro aro those who havo studied this quaa tlon deeply, who foel very certain that tho tlmo will como whon tho American farmers will again bo galhored Into farm villages, as tho farmers of Germany havo already gathered, under the pres sure of economic necessity and ns a part of a broad program of co-operation. HERE'S THE SIMPLE LIFE. Tho south for years was rich hunting ground for tho lover of tho picturesque, but quangos both numerous and rapid have occurred there in recent years. The old nogro types o: tho cotton llelds nro no moro. Tho log cabins, tho pine groves, even tho stately plantation mansions, recalling tho flowery dnys of "bofo" do wall," are passing away. Fortunately for those who onjoy seeing life as it Is lived where thero is a real attaclimont to tho soil, tho French section of Canada Is loft us. Hero along tho lowor St. Lawronco rlvor on may Hud conditions e.nctly as thoy were a century ngo. lloro tho "olio-boss shay," tho prldo of colonial days, Is making its last stand In the Holds wom en may bo neon cutting grain with sickles than which thoro Is no Implomont moro primitive Tho people of tho hnmlets llvo and work as did thoir great grandparents. Picture to yourself n plnco whore spinning Is still an evoryduy task! I havo sat In thoso simple homos, watching doft llngors at tho spinning whools and listening to thoir whirring sound that Is llko the hum or boos. It was In ono of thoso old Interiors that I photo graphed Grand'moro Trudoau. Sho sits looking from her cabin ncross tho rlvor, thinking of a son nt Boa. Christian Herald. Washington, D C. Reports from Bomo of tho food specialists of tho De partment of Agriculture indlcato that In cortain sections thoro Is a sorlous wasto of valuablo food, duo to tho fact that many housewives do not appre ciate tho valuo of suet In cooking and do not know how to uso 1L As a re sult many throw good food suet Into tho garbngo pall, or elso In raro cases use it with moat trimmings for soap making. Many are unaware that suet possesses tho samo food valuo as lard, nnd If properly tried out Is a satis factory subsltuto for frying purposes, for Bhortening, and In making savory fats. Apparently somo of tho cook books havo misled tho American hoiiBowlfo by stating that suet Is good only for" soap making. In Europe, however, V.s food is carefully kept and rendcrci, and In Germany, suet and lard aro used interchangeably for frying and shortening. Suet Is tho hard fat about tho kid neys and loins In beef and mutton which corresponds to the fat of hogs from which loaf lard Is mado Thoso who do not know how to render It object to the hardness of suet and to its special flavor. Fresh suet, how ever, can bo so rendered as to mako a soft, usftblo fat, practically free from any distinctive flavor or odor. The following is the simplest method for trying out suet: "Remove tho skin and lean parts from beef fats, and cut It Into small pieces. Put It into a saucepan and cover It with cold water. Placo It on tho Ftovo uncovered, so that the stoam may carry' off any disagreeable flavor. Whn the water has nearly all evap orated, sot tho kettle back and lot tho fat slowly 'try out.' -When tho fat has ceased bubbling and the scraps of sldn aro shriveled, allow tho scraps to settle at the bottom of tho kettle, strain tho fat through a cloth and sot it away to cool." TlifsT fat is so valuable In cooking that housewives will do well to savo all suet from their meat and try It out. For thoso who want a mixture of suet and leaf lard tho following rocipe will be found useful: "Take two parts of suet and ono of leaf lard, finely ground, and mix to gether. Render this with whole milk In the proportion of one-half pint milk to two pounds of tho mixed suet and lard. (Render means to melt down or to clarify by melting.) Tho suet and lard mixture may bo finely divided by passing it through a meat grinder, and may then be heated In a doublo boiler, when the fat will bo quickly released from the tissues, and when allowed to cool will form a cake on tho surfaco of the liquid which may be easily removed." This fat has a good odor, color and texture, and is softer than (he suet alone. It Is useful for frying and the shortening of foods with high flavors and may bo used with fair results In shortening such things as baking pow dor biscuits. It is useful for cooking vogetables either alone or with tho addition of a little butter. Do Not Let Fat Burn In Cooking. Tho upopularity of fried food In many families Is duo entirely to, tho fact that the fat has been burned In cooking. Fat when heated to too high a temperature splits up and may causo digestive disturbances. Fat in itself is a very valuablo food and if It is not corched should prove a healthful rather than an objectionable article of diet A slightly burned taste and similar objectionable 4Tors oan often bo removed from fat by put ting into it thick slices of raw potato and heating it gradually. Whon the fat ceases to bubble and tho potatoes aro brown, tho fat should bo strained off through a cloth placed in a wiro strainer. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Bulletin. DEEPER LOVE ri Gets Many Important Conventions. Omaha. A number of Important conventions havo been secured by tho bureau of publicity of tho Commcrciai club, Thoso already booked aro: Nebraska Charities and Corrections, January, dato not set. Nobraska Ice Cream Manufacture turors' association, January 19-20. Nebraska Treasurers' association, Fobiuary 10 to 12. Midwest Comont Users convention, Fobruary 2, :, and 4. Midwest Cement UBors' show, Jnn uary 30 to Fobruary 4. Omaha Automobile show, February 23 to 28. Rotall Jewelers' association, first week in March. Nebraska Optical association, first week in March. Nebraska Undertakers in May. Tel Jed Sokol (National), Juno 17 to 21. National Association Society of Deaf in July. Will Begin Work on Rural Credits. Washington, D. C Hearings with a vlow to drafting rural credits legls latlon nt this session of congress will bo resumed bj tho houso banking and currency sub-committee. Representative Waavor of Oklaho ma, member of tho sub-commltteo, said that a largo numbo.- of farmorB, rural bankers, political economists und mon who havo observed tho rural credit system of Europe will testify. Ho said that tho hearings probably would bo concluded by the end of February. When you nnd I wero young, my dear. liru Rilef had marred your brow, lira they lmd brought us hope or fear Whoso sorrows fret us now When you nnd I were freo from care, Wo thought tho world sublimely falr- WJien you nnd I wero young, my dear. nut we nro older now, my dear, And dirges havo been sung For thoso who made our pathways clear. To whoHe fond hands wo clung: I3r wo beheld their dear eyes closo You wero ns rndlnnt ns a roso And all the days wero fair, my dear. How could we bear their loss, my dear. If wo had b6on denied The others who havo brought us cheer And till your breasts with pride? How could we hopo to bo content If they had not been sweetly sent To sootli ounachlng hearts, my dear? When you nnd I were young, my dear. And all tho skies were fair I found a rare, enchanted sphere. And led you blithely thero; Hut. thouilll nur vnnth la i.nf noMu Tho joys we had aro multiplied Since others cling about us, dear. Destroyers of Trade. "Yep, I've decided to move away from this town. There's no business here for an undertaker, any more." "What's the causo? Do tho pcoplo all go away to die?" "The trouble with 'em Is that they've practically quit dyln'. It was all right beforo tho temperance cranks got so blamed fussy that the druggist had to give up runnin' a bind pig." "You don't mean to tell mo that you think folks who don't drink whisky never die? That would mean that all the women and children must have been addicted to the habit, along with tho men." "Oh, no, I don't want to try to set up no argument of that kind. You seo It sort of worked both ways. The men shortened their lives by drinkln' whis ky and the women done tho samo thing for thelrselvee and the children by takln drugs and dosln' tho young ones. So when tho druggist was druv out of town I was tho ono that had to suffer. It beats all the way somo folks keep forover intorferin' with other people's business." "Febyouary." Sho dresses in tho night of stylo, Sho looks on frumps with proud deri sion Whenever sho is moved to smile Sho does so with most gravo precision: Sho dunces-wlth delightful skill. Floats oven as an airy fairy; Sho Ukts to speak of culture still Sho always calls It "Febyouary." Sho cannot cook, she cannot sew, Thereforo she is aristocratic. Ah. sho can mako a rnroblt, though Oct which you would become ecstatic Sho has a proud pntilclan strut And high-born ulrs thnt never vary She scorns the low and vulgar-but Shu always calls it "February." A WISE MAN. "Well, I've just escaped n lot of serious trouble " "I congratulato you. How did you do it?" "By tearing up a letter I had no business writing." Qfir JimM. The Wretch. "Now that our wedding' day Is draw ing near," sho said, nestling a llttlo moro closely In his arms, "I am begin niug to bo awfully frightoncd. Some times I almost feel tempted to run away and never como back." "I didn't intend to toll you about It " ho replied, "but I frequently feol that way myself." "Why, Fred! I don't bollovo you real- ly ?? ,T You-y heartless wretch! I ehall never speak to you again." Her Help. "Hilton says ho is willing to glvo his wlfo credit for having boon a great help to him in business." "I understand sho was his stenog. raphcr for several years." "Yos. He insists that ho has never had anyone In tho office who could equal her In tho delicate business ol persuading creditors to bo patient." tmt