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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1914)
THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIDUNE. Ah Shade. "Will you giro me a 16ck of your hair?" "Certainly. What color do you pro for, grcon. purplo or cerise." SPRING FEVER COMMON SENSE AND SPRAYING TOGETHER 0 to- At the Auction. Stranger May I bid? Auctioneer Certainly, sir. Stranger Then I bid you good day. Constipation causes and aggravates many cnous diseases. It is thoroughly cured by Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favorito family laxative. Adv. But many a slip occurs soon after the cup has been to tho lip. Don't Sacrifice Your Health for anything, for once it is lost it is hard to regain. Guard it carefully and at the first sign of distress in the Stomach, Liver or Bowels, resort to Hostefter's Stomach IMMers It keeps entire system normal and promotes health and strength. ..; SPECIAL TO WOMEN The most economical, cleansing and germ'idal of all antiseptics Is a A soluble Antiseptic Powder to he dissolved in water as needed. As a medicinal antlsoptlc for douches in troatlng catarrh, Inflammation or ulceration of nose, throat, and that caused by feminine Ills it has no equal. For ten years tho Lydia B. Plnkham Medicine Co. has recommended Paxtino in their private correspondence with women, which proves its superiority. "Women who havo been cured say it is "worth its weight in gold." At druggists. 50c. large box, or by mail. The Paxton Toilet Co,, Boston, Mass. Western Canada Lands The richest Mixed Farming lands In Western Canada are in the Battleford District. The soil is a deep black loam on clay subsoil and lands an be purchased at from SIO per acre up. En ellent water In abundance, and railroad facllli ties nnd eood markets. Write for list of selected properties to L. II. GOOD, Secretary. Board oiTrade. Battleford. Saskatchewan, Canada Nebraska directory IILIRS WCLMAN live Stock Commission Merchants 85 1-35 G Exchange llullriliir. South Oinuha -All stock consigned to ns Is sold br members of tbs ilrm. and all oruplojeos havo boen selected and trained for tho work which tnor do. w ritenhoiieriiip o$ HOTEL Omaha. Nbratki riinnDCAM di AN (Hooms from 81.00 ur slnirlc. 75 cent un double. CAFE PRICES REASONABLE: ANTI-HOG CHOLERA SERUM Don't lei four hogs dlo with tho Cholera when yon can prurcnt It by initnunlog thorn with our serum. When ordering give ns the num ber and weight and no will know how much to Bend. Wrlto for freo booklet. ISMIIUSKA 8LUIJI KinrlNT 810 S. Strfet Llim.ln, Neb. DEFIANCE STARCH as constantly growing in favor because It Does Not Stick to the Iron and 'it will not injure the finest fabric For laundry purposes it has no equal. 16 ozi 9ackaj;e 10c. 1-3 more starch for same money. DEFIANCE STARCH CO., Omaha, Nebraska (3S1V Clolhlns Store, $11,000. Good Neb. 4own 1,109. Want land In Nob, (303) .40O-nere fnrm nine miles nest of Fullerton, Nanco Co. Highly Improved. I'rlcn. ill. This Is bargain price and bound to move. (301) 480-nrre form N'nnco Co., Neb. 43S.U00. A bargain, for rmlso. (310) Tivo quarter, section farms Pnn X.UU Valley, ColoiaUo. $10,000, for Incom property, J. A. AniJOTT & CO. 438 State flunk Bills. Omaha. Neb. SHIP TO LEADING SELLERS OF LIVE STOCK SINCE 1867. TRY US AT SOUTH OMAHA CHICAGO SIOUX CITY Agents Wanted in by the National Hail Insurance Company Lincoln, Nebraska Incorporated January 4, 1899 The only Company" in Nebraska Doing a Successful Hail Insurance Business for the Past Fifteen Years. 11,095 More Paid for Losses dur ing tho past three years than any other Co'mpany in Nebraska, Losses Paid on Growing Crops Since Organization 328,269.56. Losses Paid in Cash as Soon as Adjusted. Write Tottay for an Agency. nm .yspfypBsw UK world KPiiemtly bIvos Its Itrifnlrntlnn tint (n tlin mnn who doc want tmboii) plm can do, but to tho niui who ilcx-M best what otlirrs do well. McCitnley A FEW GOOD SAUCES. Many times a plain dish, If accom panied by a sauce, aBsumeB a dignity of such hnportanco that It makes it a family creation. Egg Sauce. Make a rich white sauce, using two tablespoonfuls each of butter duel Hour, a halt teaapoonful ot suit and a cupful of milk with a dash of paprika or a teaapoonful of onion Juice. When the butter Is bubbling hot add ,tho flour and mix well, then stir in tho milk, nnn when thick add tho salt and onion juice. To this white sauco add two or threo finely chopped hard cooked eggs and serve with a bit of lemon juice or a chopped sour plcklo added tcj tho sauce. This is a fish sauce, and may bo used with either boiled or baked fish. Curry Sauce. Melt a tablespoonful of browned Hour and a teaspoonful of curry powder. Add a cupful of boil ing water and cook until smooth. Sea son with salt, red popopr and onion juice and servo with mutton. Horseradish Sauce. Put into a saucepan a tablespoonful of buttor and half a tablespoonful of flour, when tho butter is bubbling stir in tho Hour and cook until smooth, then add a cupful of strained soup stock, a half a cup of milk, six peppercorns, a Bpeck of bay loaf and half a teaspoon ful of salt. Cook live minutes, re move tho peppercorns and the bay leaf and add three tablespoonfuls of grated horseradish. Cook two more minutes and serve. Celery Sauce. Take a white sauce of two tablespoonfuls each flour and butter as above, add a pint of warm milk and a dozen stalks of celery minced and cooked tender, in enough water to cover. Add the celery and any of tho liquor left, cook a few mln dtos to be sure that tho flour la cooked, season with salt and pepper and servo hot with boiled fowl. Tartar Sauce. This is a mayon naise dressing, to which has been add ed chopped pickles and a few capers, if so desired. Mayonnaise is made by beating tho yolk of an egg until smooth and then adding olive oil, a few drops ata time alternating with lemon Juice or vinegar, using four ta blespoons of lemon and three-fourths of a cup of oil. Salt and red pepper to taste. BREAD NOTES. Tho favored few who live In tho country or In small towns often find it Impossible to find tho fresh yeast, so that it is necessary to provide home made yeast which is always wholesome when well made. It Is a good plan to have on hand a package of dry yeast cakes, and If they aro kept well protected from tho air, will keep for months. This dry yeast is UBed as a starter for tho homo grown variety. As yeast Is a plant, It should be treated as such. It needs heat, moisture and food ns do all plants. When prepnring potatoes cook enough so that you may havo at least a cup tul of mashed potato for tho yeast. To this mashed potato add a pint of boiling water, a tablespoonful of sugar, and when cool enough stir in a little flour, two or three tablespoonfuls will bo sufficient. Then add the yeast cake, which has been soaked in a cup of warm water. Stir aud let stand until the yeast is full of bubbles, ovor night or a day, then It Is ready for use. Take a half cupful for four loaves of bread and put tho remainder in a mason Jar well sealed. This yeast will keep in cool placo until It is all usod. Jn the summer weather keep It on Ico. In using this yeast when work ing out recipes which call for com pressed yeast, take half a cupful of the liquid yeast for a yeast cake in amount. A pretty little biscuit to servo for occasions Is tho clover leaf. Mako tho biscuit out of tho rich bread dough as usual and make tho biscuit into very small balls, putting th-ee into each well greased pattypan, greasing each biscuit well when putting It In. When they are risen and baked thoy will bo In the form of a threo leaf clover. To carry this Idea farther the butter balls on the plate or butter squares, If you please, may havo a pretty spray with a clover blossom on each butter plate. Uread should feel buoyant in tho hand before putting tho loaves into tho oven. Precious Boric Acid. Horlu acid In considerable quanti ties is generally recognized as au original constituent In tho waters and gases given off with volcanic ema nations. In fact, tlio Tuscan fuma roles, In Italy, havo beon an Important commercial source of boric acid for a long time, and In tho past, possibly ovori to tho present time, almost all tho boric acid brought into the Eu ropean market has been derlvod from this sourco. Thoro Is aboundant evidence of tho presonco of boric "Whcti wo lost lipart. te should tomom brr that thr source of kooc! fortune never llmlnlfllu'!) or illsnpponr. Tlint source for-; ever ivtnultiB within reach of ovpry ono -Profrros, MORE ABOUT FRUITS. As tho pineapple Is next to the clti rus fruits in value when In good con-) dltion wo need to remember Its worthj and use It ns often aB our purses wlllj allow. It Is rich in mineral salts,! which with Us sugar and tho largo1 percentage or water, purify the ays-" torn and sootho tho stomach. Any one, who has eaten a large amount of tho acid plnenpplo knows that It 'will eat Into tho mucous mombrano of the mouth, thus showing its activity. It contains a vegetable counterpart to' the gastric Juice which will digest rawj boof or an egg when mixed with It., This anannsiiio Is also actlvo with either acids or alkaline carbonates. Those who have tried to use it with' gelatin will remember that a much larger quantity of gelatin must bo used to thicken tho material when plncapplff Is used, because of this dlgostlvo prin ciple which acts on tho gelatin and deprives It of Us thickening power. Pineapple julco Is recommended by physicians as a garglo In case of sore throat and oven diphtheria; It is also extremely healing in catarrhal affec tlons. Apple Tea. This Is a most helpful tea for Invalids. Roast very tart ap ples and pour boiling water over them; let stand until cool. This may bo sweetened If desired. ' ' Apple Water. This Is a cooling drink in case of fever. Pare and core three large apples, good flavored and Juicy, slice them Into a crock or pitch-, er with tho grated yellow rind of a lemon. On this pour a pint of boil ing water and cover well, let stand for four hours, strain and sweeten with loaf sugar. The medicinal value of tho raspber ry Is not fully appreciated as It ranks with the strawborry as valuable In liver and gouty troubles. These fruits contain a large per cent of citric acid and salts of lime. People who find, that strawberries disagree with them will find tho addition of a bit of red. popper will prevent tho difficulties of digesting thoin; and thoy may also bo made acceptablo to tho system If taken with a small quantity of blear-, bonato of potash. Citric acid Is found In all kinds of currants nnd tho black currant Is said to be especially valuable for kidney and bladdor troubles. JSe un onk, not a vine. Be ready to k!v support, but do not crave It. Ho not dependent upon It. To develop your own self-reliance you must nee that your life Is 11 battle. You must tlsht for youruelf. You must bo yourfown soldier. Jordan. VALUABLE- NUT DISHES. An agreeable change from the hear ty meats will be the combination of nuts with vegetables, making most ap petizing dishes. When wo got a little bettor acquainted with tho food value of nuts there will bo more use made of them. Lima Beans With Nuts Soak a cup ful of lima beana In cold water ovor night. In tho morning rinse well and slip off the skins, put Into a bean pot with plenty 'of water, salt to season and a half cupful of nuts to a pint of the beans. Let cook until tender In a slow oven, a small piece of onion may be added to glvo flavor and other sea sonings like mustard or a bit of mo lasses If liked may bo added. Tho nuts, If ground, may bo added just bo foro taking up, stir In well and servo. Nut Parsnip Stew Wash, scrape and slice two good sized parsnips, cook until perfectly soft, In two quarts of water. When nearly done add a tea spoon of salt and two tablespoonfuls each of flour and butter mixed togeth er, cook until smooth then add a cup ful of chopped nut meats and serve. Nut Hash Chop fine cold boiled potatoes and other vegetables which aro at hand, put into a hot buttered frying pan and, heat quickly, season well and stir in Just before taking up a half cupful of nut meal or chopped nuts. Vegetable Roast Take cooked beans or peas, pass through a colan der to remove all skins, and mix with an equal quantity of finely chopped nut meats. Season to taste. Put one half the mixture into a buttorcd bak ing dish, spread over It a dressing mado of zwiobach soaked In cream and seasoned with salt and sago. Cov er this with tho remainder of the nut mixture and, over all pour a cupful of cream. Ualto one and a half hours and servo with cranberry sauce. AeZCcl- TTuC. acid In volcanic emanations In many parts of the world. On tho other hand, boron Is so rare a con stituent of rock-forming minorals that It forms an nlmost Inappreciably small perccntago of tho earth's rock mnss as a whole. Forty-Four Chinese Holidays. Thero aro about 31C working days In the Chlnoso year, holidays be ing deducted from tho 3G0 days, which reckoned one year according to tho Lunar calendar. -- , Ig25ggr" TOT Sprayed and Unsprayed Appleo, The cost of spraying la not easy to ascertain or to make n gonoral aver age, because ot the various conditions in the orchards sprayed. An orchard 1st who is supplied with all tho modem machinery nnd who has a largo number ot trees can naturally spray his trees at a smaller cost per treo than tho man who Is handi capped by lack ot equipment In a smaller orchard. An authority on tho subject has stntod that tho average cost of spraying 11 treo is ten cents. When it costs less than ton centH to spray an apple orchard the wonder is that mora are not sprayed, particu larly tho wondor grows when It is a proved fact that the crop Ib increased from fifty to three hundred per cent by Intelligent spraying. Ten cents per tree Is probably a very low figure but tho averago farm orchard should bo sprayed threo times a year the total cost not exceeding 25 cents per tree, and at this cost tho operation will pny big. A Kansas orchardlst says: "I cannot tell exactly what tho spraying coat on our orchard of 30 acres, but I know that tho first year wo sprayed our ten year old orchard wo mado three tlmos as much money as ever boforo. "Last year wo sprayed three times and did a good' Job. From theso sprayed trees thero woro practically no windfalls and no apples woro oven picked or oven sold from tho ground. About half of our fruit from this orchard Bold as 'Fancies packed In boxes. Wo would spray our .orchard If It cost one dollar per tree." Tho effectiveness of spraying Is tho great thing. If it Is well done tho re sults will be certain but if poorly done they will bo uncertain. It will not do to spray half tho budH or threo quarters, or qven nine-tenths nnd leave any portion unsprayed, If per fect success Is to bo attained. Tho codling moth, which probably does more harm to applo orchards than any othor insect, Is hard to reach and the greatest caro must bo taken to apply tho spray at exactly tho fright tlmo to put him out of business. This Insect varies somewhat in Its work, and It may be that for two or threo seasons In succession damages from It will not bo largo, but this period of relief may bo succeeded by ono In which the damage caused by this Insect Is tremendous. Now tho advantage of spraying is that in orchards that havo boen system atically protected tho damago oven In years of tho greatest Infestation, is small and often not noticeable, while In neglected orchards tho damago Is very great. This fact emphasizes tho Importanco of continual and perfect spraying. Thoro Is no sentiment about the codling moth or any othor Insect that Injures fruit trees and thoy are not easily frightened and tho mere point ing of a nozzlo at thorn and the injec tion of a fow drops of bordeaux or any other mixture in their direction has no effect upon them. Tho wholo secret of successful spraying Is fo get tho poison In tho placo where tho worms will naturally go to eat It. If that Is done tho career of tho worm is ended, but If tho poison is applied to other parts of tho treo and tho favorito hiding places of tho worms aro not sprayed thoy will go on eating their way Into tho heart of tho applo and tho work of spraying will bo lost. If wo examine a young applo when It is first forming It will bo seen that thero Is a llttlo hollow called the calyx cup. ThlB Is covered over by the circle of stamens and this In turn will bo covered over soon after tho littlo apples form by the Ilvo littlo green lobes which gradually closo nnd form tho perfect roof over tho cup benoath. Tho codling moth lays its eggs on tho leaves surrounding tho clusters of littlo apples. The worms do not hatch out until several weeks after tho llttlo applo forms, but as soon ns they aro out they hustlo for a hiding place and they find tl.ls In tho blossom end of tho applo. They crawl down betwoon the llttlo lobes through tho otamens to tho very bottom of tho calyx cup and thero so euro from molestation they proceed to oat their way Into tho tender seeds Now It follows that if tho sprayer has done a good Job and Injected tho poison down to tho bottom of tho cup, Mr. (1. Moth will meet his death with his first meal; but If tho poison has not reached tho Inutile of tho llttlo cup tho worm will go on destroying tho applo. If tho sprayer waits until tho llttlo lobos close ovor tho calyx cup nat urally tho poison cannot got Insldo and this Is tho point of tho wholo mat Just as They Came From the Tree, ter. It in necessary to spray boforo tho cup closos. It has beon demonstrated ovor and over ngaln that whoro perfect Bprny-, lng was dono from ninety-two to ninety-flvo per cent of all tho first brood of tho- codling moth were killed. Also, this klud of spraying de stroys oomo of tho remaining ones at-, forward, thus practically preventing a second brood. In order to get tho poison into tho littlo calyx cup it Is necoBsary to In ject It with considerable forco, bo cause tho stamon bars aro thick and tolerably stout and form a solid roof over tho cup. if tho spray is put on aa n mist it lodgos on tho outsido and If thrown up into tho air to como down In falling drops It will Btrlko this llttlo roof and roll off. Hero's where tho spray noz zlo comoa In. This Instrument sondB a driving spray of lino drops, Ilvo or six foot boforo It brenks up Into a mist, and tho nozzlo must bo hold within a foot or two of tho blossom in order that tho spray can penetrate to tho very bottom of tho cup. To do this thoroughly It is neces sary to point tho nozzlo Btralght Into every blossom on tho treo and to do this tho sprayer must stand on a plat form high enough to reach down into tho blossoms and ho must then got down low enough so that ho can rench those blossoms which point down ward. Most of theso blossoms that point downwnrd may bo renchod from tho underside by turning tho nozzlo under them and directing tho spray upward. Tho top of tho spraying towor should bo Just high enough so that a man's head will come just about to tho level of tho tops of tho treca. This tower may bo placed on a wagon and drawn from treo to treo. A barrel pump, operated by a man with n good musclo will do tho busi ness thoroughly and tho two or threo hours necessary to spray n good-sized orchard, oven when repeated three times during tho growing season, is time that will bring Its reward from four to ten-fold. In somo seasons very good results have boon obtained by a single appli cation, but perfect results cannot bo had unloss tho first spraying Is fol lowed up, not only during tho first season, but for every season. For Instance, In spraying for cod ling moth. Tho small applo grows rapidly and unless tho first spraying is followed by another In about ton dayB, tho Inrvao that escaped tho first spraying will turn Into Insects within a short tlmo after tho first apples drop and another spray should bo given to protect tho fruit from tho second brood. This should bo followed by a third or oven a fourth spraying. RAISE BROILERS ON EVERY FARM Ten Weeks Is Average (or Life of Fowl and It Does Not Need Special Forcing. Kvory farmer ought to ralso broil ers, distributing tho production as ovonly an posslblo over tho year. Ten weeks, is tho averago for tho life of' a broiler, and it does not pay to iorce then? specially, though thoy Bhould bo kopt growing right along. , Thu staple diet Is ground oats. When chickens aro housed feed them ground bono and meat sparingly twice a week. In cool weiithor uso small potatoos, boiled aud mashed, mixed with ground oats or corn. Fnrmora often huvo a lot of vege tables and skim milk that 'are worth more for chicken food than for any thing oIbc. Ily following such a courso as this thoro Is sufficient variety for healthful feeding and to keop up tho growth. Stnrt tho llttlo chicks UBimlly with broad crumbs and flno meal. A littlo warm milk is also excellent during the first week or two. It Is easy to seo whether chickens nro getting too much meat or not. It Is unwlso to Itt them out on tho wot ground. For ono thing thoy will eat too much worm meat nnd then again the dampness Is bad for chickens, young or old. A Good Ration Mixture. Fowls, Hko nnlmnlB, thrive besl when given a. varloty of grains, and tho following will bo found n satisfac tory mixture: Equal parts by weight of corn, wheat nnd oats. When com Is difficult to obtain wo havo had splendid results by substituting barloy IS EM It Indicates Fresh Hopes Renewed Buoyancy of Spirit. and How wonderfully tight tho spring wandor-lust for tho couujrysldo grips 0110! Spring fever, with nil of Its health fulness, Is tho hnrblngor of fresh hopes and a buoynncy ot spirit. I noticed a pnsaongor on a Detroit Chicago train tho othor day who had started out on his trip with tho evi dent Intention of becoming deeply taken with ono of tho best sollers, that ho might shorton tho trip botweon tho two cities. You havo dono tho Banio thing yourself. But his book had been cast aside. Ho had road only a fow pagos. Ilia Intorcfit In It had laggod. From tho car windows ho was count mg tho Holds now bnrod of snow. Tho ditches were carrying away tho water and tho Btlll less sluggish crooks, woro now streams bearing tho overflow to tho rivers. Tho farmer, In his ehlrt sloovcs, was repairing tho fences after tho winter drifts; tho cattlo showing proof of a winter's stabling and now heading horo nnd thoro townrd tho mendows, seeking tho now-green patches of grnss; tho farm help, In Hold and etubblo, waB putting into repair this und that necossary fea ture, horo looking nftor his plow nnd thoro his harrow, and on nil sides woro scenes which reminded tho traveler that spring was hero, at lastl As tho train apod onward and gllmpsoB of tho painter ns bo worked on tho wenthor-beaton buildings woro revealed, tho interest of tho tourist wbb aroused nnd, when I nskod him tho reason, ho nnswored: "Spring la hero nnd I feel Its blood flowing!" Tho truth waB, that Hko many others, he waa planning tho work ho was to do tho coming summer. Ho was going out to tho farm his farm In Western Canada. Ho had his wolls to dig, his horses to got Into shape, his grain Implements to ilx up, his Bceil grain to prepare, nnd othor do tails' ror tho land that wbb ready to receive It His wao what might bo termed an "unreBt" to get to tho farm! Thousands In Wcstorn Canada to day aro making tho preparations that this intercBtcd man contemplated. Tholr auminor fnllowa aro ready for tho wheat, their spring plowing 1b being nttondod to, fences aro being rebuilt or being put into repair; in deed, tho entire country 1b ono great hlvo of Industry. Railroads aro In readiness to tako caro of a great rush ot Bottlers, those charged with tho rocoptlon of whom nro prepared to extend ovory cour tesy and thus meet tho rush with Judgment and without tho least fric tion. Thus, tho enjoyment of tho opening of spring is fully mot. At many of tho stations throughout many of tho mlddlo western Btatos, trains of Bottlers' effects are in readi ness to movo to Western Canada. Not only in theeo states aro Hcones ot this kind to bo witnessed, but, nlso, on eithor const and throughout tho east ern states thoro Is tho same activity among thoso going to Western Cnn ada this Hprlng. Tho crops hnvo been , heavy and all reports aro that tha winter was enjoynblo; also, that tho prospects for n satisfactory year were never better. There Is plenty of lnnd yet to bo had by homesteadlng or oth erwise. Adapted, as Western Cana-ia Is, to small grain farming, It Is es.o dally ndaptod to cattlo raising and ninny of tho farmers nro placing em ill and largo herds, as f'.olr individual moans will permit. The Illustrated literature 6ont out by tho Canadian government agents tolls tho truth clearly and tho Inquirer should send for n copy and If you be 0116 of thoso who has an ambitious Interest, you may bo tho gainer by a perusal ot euch Information straight, cold facts In themselves Advertisement. I Bell Never Stops Tolling, A bell in a tomplo In North China hns been kept ringing for a century. A tax Is lovled In tho district for paying relays of rlngera to work In cessantly day nnd night. Be happy. Use Red Crow Bnll Who; much better thnn liquid blue. Delights the l.iundiess. All grocers. Adv. Tho man whoso wife takes In wash ing Is usually long on words and short on action. Pe Whei? MYmxr Drag 5 Mr. Robert II. Norrls, No. 1333 Hen ry St., North Berkeley, Cal., writes: "We hnvo never had nny other medl clno but Peruna In our homo since we havo been married. I suffered with kidney and bladder trouble, but two months treatment with Peruna mado mo a well and stronc man. My wlfo felt weak nnd was easily tired and wag nlso troubled with various pains, but bIiicq alio took Peruna eho is welt and otronc" GOOD FOR SORE EYES REMEMBER 1 ifMr pa ( Xwzjjw
