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THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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It's ODD to see one
woman rub awayfo
dear life working
hard wasting time
while another takes it
easy makes dirt fall
away more rapidly
and " worklessly" with
RUB-NO-MORE.
RUD-NO-MORE
WASHING POWDER
is a sudless dirt re
mover for clothes.
TO It clean your dishes,
l sinks, toilets and
cleans and sweetens
your milk crocks. It
kills germs. It does
not need hot water.
RUB-NO-MORE
Carbo Naptha Soap
-All Grocers
RUB-NO-MORE
Washing Powder
Five Cents-
The Rub-No-More Co., Ft.Wayne, Ind.
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srailw aaata la 111 m Mil.
TM U the reason we tire you ti
aama values for t3.oo.tt.so, .oo
and IIU ooiwIUu'tndiDC Use
enormoua incrcaae us me con i
mux our staDatras cave
not been lowered uta lbs prtoa
to rou remains I be use.
Aak vour dealer tn fthMT vm
the kind of W. L. Douglas sboes bo
Isaelllni lor S3 00. SlT&u. S4.03ud
.6a You will then be convinced
imi w..uou(ias anocs are rv
lutoly aa f ooduothu oaken told at
msner prices. TDeomya lerccoe
la toe price.
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE.
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stamped oa tb boltea. If W. UdoubIu
ho.. r not for Hit In jour Tlelnll. enlr
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ts ordtr bjr mill. W. t. DOUOLAS,
110 spark ItrwV Bmkten. Uiu.
OWN A DIAMOND
fiend us 412.50 and we will mall you a OEM
UINE BEAUTIFULLY CUT DIAMOND,
mounted in a solid gold UK ring. State
whether tor lady or gentleman. Your local
dealer cannot equal this ring tor $20. AHSO
LUTELY GUARANTEED. Money back it not
eatlsfled. AFB1CAH DIAMOND CO.,379 23d StDetrolt.Mlch.
Wntaon K.Colrmnn,WU
Ington.D.C llooktlrte. Hluta.
eat reierenoea. Beat results.
Sun for a Blotter.
It Is only within recent years that
We have been able to obtain any reli
able Information regarding tho social,
political and religious conditions that
surrounded the great founder of thq
Hebrew race while he dwelt in Ur
Here ho married Sarah and hero h
was surrounded by his friends and
relatives, Including Lot, his nephew,
-who was bis companion in his later
journeyings. Hero he was surround
ed by a heathen population worship
ing Bel (Daal) and Boltis, his consort,
and other gods. Here he must fre
quently have seen tho splendor of
Babylonian royalty and the idolatrous
worship of heathen gods. Hero also
he must have been conversant with
Babylonian literature and familiar
with the wedge-shaped cuneiform writ
ing in which all business and official
correspondence was then conducted.
These writings were done with a sty
lus of hard wood or metal with a
square end. This was pressed on
the soft clay, which was then hard
ened either by sun-drying or baking.
Theso tablets were tho standard writ
ing materials the stationery of that
far-off age. Christian Herald.
Gas Channels.
Bacon Those old-fashioned gas
pipes seem to be going out of use.
Egbert What do you mean by old
fashioned gas pipes?
"Why, speaking tubes."
Rich relatives are used by poor men
as objects at which they can point
with pride and expectancy.
Eery man's credit Is good when it
comes to borrowing trouble.
CAUSE AND EFFECT
Good Digestion Follows Right Food.
Indigestion and the attendant dis
comforts of mind and body are cer
tain to follow continued uso of im
proper food.
Thoso who are still young and ro
bust are likely to overlook the fact
that, as dropping water will wear a
atone away at Inst, so will tho uso of
heavy, greasy, rich food, finally causo
loss of appetite and indigestion.
Fortunately many' are thoughtful
enough to study themselves and note
the principle -of causo and effect in
their dally food. A N. Y. young wom
an writes her experience thus:
"Sometime ago I had a lot of trou
ble from indigestion, caused by too
rich food. I got so I was unable to
digest scarcely anything, and medi
cines seemed useless.
"A friend advised mo to try Grape
Nuts food, praising it highly and as
last resort, I tried it. I am thankful
to say that Grape-Nuts not only re
lieved mo of my trouble but built mo
up and strengthened my digestive or
gans so that I can now eat anything I
desire. But I stick to Grape-Nuts."
Name given by Postum Co., Battla
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellvllle," In pkgs. "There'3 a Rea
son." ,
ISver rentl Hip nltove Ictterf A new
one nppenrs from time In lime, Tliry
tire trenulne, true, and full of human
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TEXT "Two men went up Into tho
templo to pray, the ono a Pharisee, and
tho other n publican." Luke 18:10.
Tho PhariBoe
thanked God he
was not as the
rest of men ho
thought ho was
tho best man in
tho world. Tho
publican cried,
literally, "God bo
merciful to mo a
sinner" he
thought ho was
the worst man in
tho world So wo
may commend
this story to all,
tho best man in
tho world and tho
worst "The Pharlseo stood and
prayed thus with himself, God, I thank
theo, that I am not ae othor men are,
extortioners, unjust, adultorors, or
oven as this publican. I fast twice in
the week, I give tithes of all that I
possess." Note that he stood, he
prayed with himself rather than to
God, and ho used "I" five times. All
tho points he enumerates may have
been valid, yet he might have voiced
tho samo facts on this wise: "I thank
thee, O God, 1 am not unjust, but
thou knowest how unmerciful I am;
I am not an adultorer, but a look of
lust Is adultery and I am unclean; I
am not as this publican, but with his
opportunities I might have been
worse; I fast twico in tho week, yet
I chooeo tho market days that I may
bo seen of man, and my fasting needs
to bo forgiven ; I glvo tithes of all, be
yond the requirements of the law, yet
the weightier matters of the law I
omit."
Thoso who trust in themselves that
they are righteous forget
The Possibility of Evil Within.
The English martyr, John Bradford,
cried out as a murderer was led to the
gallows, "There I go but for tho grace
of God." "That which is born of the
flesh is flesh." Every soul has the
tinder of sin within it, and needs only
tho spark of temptation to sot it
aflame. No man, apart from tho grace
of, God, knows to what depths he may
descend.
The self-righteous forget
Tho Humility of the Salnta.
Holy men never boast of their good
ness. Paul, after suffering many things
for Christ's sake, wrote himself down
"tho chief of sinners." John Bunyan
spent twelve years in Bedford Jail for
Christ, yet ho calls hia autobiography
"Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sin
ners." When John Wesley thought
ho was- dying, he reviewed his sixty
years of Christian service, yet said his
hope of salvation was expressed In
the words of tho hymn,
I tho chief of sinners am.
But Jesus died for me.
When Charles Spurgeon was ill, he
Bald he would havo many things to
preach should ho recover, but that Just
then four words were enough,
Jesus died for me.
This Is the way the saints speak of
themselves.
Those who trust in themselves that
they are righteous forget
The Necessity of Calvary.
Why did Jesus dlo? In order that
God might be Just and yet Justify the
ungodly. A solution of this problem
was found only by the wisdom and
lovo of God in sending his Son to die
as the substitute for Blnners. It
meant tho strong crying and bloody
Bweat of Gethsomane and we believe
Christ really sweat blood. It meant
the scourging, which waB the punish
ment of slaves and criminals, often de
stroying the eyes or exposing the en
trails. Christ was so faint they car
ried him to the cross, and tho coming
forth of blood and water from his side
.Bhowcd ho died, literally, of a broken
heart But one element In his suffer
ings wo can never understand tho
cry, "My God, my God, why hast thou
forsake'n me?" la loneliness and dark
ness ho bore the sins of men and this
cry was like one breaker on tho shore,
tolling of a soa of sorrow unimagin
able. Thus a holy God shows his esti
mate of sin, and this is the price at
which ho provides redemption. What
folly for a man to trust himself that
he Is righteous I
The solf-rlghteous forget
The Great White Throne.
John wrltoB, "I saw a great white
throne, and him that Bat on it from
whose face tho earth and heaven flew
away; and thero was found no place
for them. And I saw tho dead, small
and great, stand before God; and the
books wore opened: and another book
was opened, which Is the book of life:
and the dead were Judged out of those
things which wero written in tho
books, according to tbolr works. And
whosoevor was not found written in
tho book of life was cast into tho lake
of fire" (Rev. 20:11, 12, IB). No .nan
could faco that adeal hopefully, un
less he had put his trust in tho Savior
and was written in the book of Hfo,
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HOME FRUIT GARDEN
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Japanese Plum
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture )
Ono of tho most Important fcaturos
of a suburban homo, from the stand
point of health. Is a fruit gardon main
tained for tho purpose of supplying
tho family with fruits. It Is amazing
that oven thoso who havo Bultablo
situations nnd facilities for raising
fruits, and who cannot purchase them
because of remoteness from mnrkets,
have not established homo fruit gar
dens. Tho inhabitants of this country aro
notably a frult-lovlng nnd fruit-eating
people. Notwithstanding this, how
ever, fruit culture has grown to be
classed among specialties, and few
persons who consume fruit are actual
growers. Tho possibilities in fruit
culture upon restricted areas have
been very generally overlooked with
the result that many persons who own
a suburban homo, or even a farm,
now look upon fruit as a luxury. A
great 'deal of the land which Is now
practically wasted and entirely un
remunerative can be mndo to pro
duce fruits in sufficient quantity to
give them a regular place upon tho
family bill of fare, and at the samo
time, add greatly to tho attractiveness
of tho table and healthfulness of tho
diet
With tho growth of commercial fruit
Interests of tho United States tho
homo fruit garden has been over
shadowed by the orchard. While both
the home garden and the orchard are
essential to tho good of the commu
nity, they bear different relations to
the country as a whole. The hbmo
garden is always a forerunner of com
mercial development, nnd oven In
thoso localities where climatic and
poll conditions nro adverse to con
ducting such industries on an exten
slvo scale, tho 'home fruit garden of
the enthusiastic amateur is certain to
bo found.
The .homo production of fruit stimu
lates nn interest and lovo for natural
objects, "which can only be acquired
by that familiarity with them which
comes through their culture. The
cultivation of fruits teaches discrimi
nation. If every purchaser was a good
Judge of tho different kinds of fruits,
the demand for fruits of high quality,
to produco which is tho ambition of
every amateur an well as every pro
fessional fruit grower, would become
a reality. Tho encouragement of tho
cultivation of flno fruits In the homo
gardon will do much toward teaching
buyers to discriminate botwoen tho
good and tho inferior varieties of
fruit
The maintenance of a fruit gardon
brings pleasure nnd healthful employ
ment, and as one's interest In grow
ing plants Increases, this employment
instead of proving a 'hardship, will bo
corae a great source of pleasure. The
posBosBlon of a tree which one has
planted and reared to frutt production
carries an added Interest in its prod
uct as well as in tho operation by
which It was secured.
Most persons engaged in the culti
vation of homo fruit gardens will havo
as their chief aim tho production of
fruit for tho family table, 'and tho
pleasuro It affords. Fruit growing
should claim tho attention of tho pro
ducer from early spring to lato aut
umn. In ordor to securo satisfactory re
sults in a limited area devoted to
fruit culture ono must know tho meth
ods of pruning, training, and culture
best suited to the spaco at command.
In proportion to size, dwarf trees aro
mom fruitful than standards; they
como Into bearing sooner and nro
th6roforo of special value for uso In
fruit gardens.
At planting tlmo all broken or de
cayed roots should bo cut away,
lpaving only smooth-cut surfaces and
healthy wood to come In contact with
the soil. If a largo part of tho root
area of tho plant has been lost in
transplanting, tho top should be cut
back in proportion to tho roots re
maining. By so doing tho domand
made by tho top when tho plant starts
into growth can bo met by tho root.
Tho holes In which troes, vines, or
shrubs aro to bo set should be ample,
so that tho roots of tho plants may
havo full spread without bending
them out of their natural course. The
enith nt thu bottom of tho holes
should bo looBoned a spado dopth be
low tho lino of excavation. Tho soil
placed Immediately In contact with
the roots of the newly set plant should
bo rich top soil, freo from sod or
partially decayed organic matter.
Firm t'ho soil over tho roots by tramp
ling, as this brings the soil particles
fS MOST IMPORTANT
Tree In Bloom.
togothor nnd at tho snmo time in close
contact with tho surfaco of tho roots.
A movemont of soil water is thus sot
up and tho food supply of tho soil
brought immediately to tho use of tho
plant When tho operation of trans
planting is complote, tho plant should
stand 1 or 2 Inches deeper than it
stood in tho nursery.
The Interost in a fruit gardon may
be greatly enhanced by growing in
It plants not adapted naturally to
tho climatic region in which thd gar
den Is located, as, for Instance, tho
growing of figs us far north as tho
latltudo of Philadelphia. Tho sum
mers of tho region aro sufficiently
long and warm to induco a strong
growth in the fig, but as tho fruits
normally require n long period in
which to mature, tho plant becomes
useless ns n fruit producer uhIcbb suf
ficient protection is afforded to carry
over winter tho immature fruits set
the previous fall. This can bo suc
cessfully accomplished in several
ways. Tho most hardy sort should
bo selected, in addition to which tho
fruiting shoots may bo wrapped in
matting, covered with straw, and tho
fruits thus successfully protected; or,
if it seems desirable, temporary sheds
may bo built over tho plants, and
theso thatched with straw or fodder
sufficiently to protect them from
frost.
A cozy summer veranda may bo
covered by grapevines, thus securing
the double advantage of a cool, shady
nook during summer and a supply of
fruit in autumn. Tho vinos may be
utilized as a covor for walks and
drives or as a canopy over small
outbuildings.
POULTRY DROPPINGS
ARE 0FBIG VALUE
According to Maine Station, Col
lection Should Be Made Daily
to Conserve Strength.
A recent bulletin of tho Maino ag
ricultural experiment station shows
that the poultryman or farmer can ma
terially add to the profits of his busi
ness by properly caring for tho drop
pings of his fowls. For example, it
la shown that tho droppings from
1,000 fowls If presorvod without need
less loss aro worth at least 1300 per
annum, and this estimate is based
on the assumption that less than half
of the droppings, or only 30 pounds
per hen per year, can bo collected'.
According to tho Maine station, the
droppings should bo collected dally
and mixed with substances which will
(1) prevent loss of nitrogen; (2) add
sufficient potash and phosphoric acid
to make a better balanced fertilizer,
and (3) improve tho mechanical con
dition of tho manure so that it -can
bo applied to tho land with a manure
spreader.
This can be dono ns follows: To
each 30 pounds of tho manure add ton
pounds of sawdust, good dried loam,
or peat, 1C pounds of acid phosphato
and eight poundB of kainlt Such a
mixture will contain about 1.20 por
cent of nitrogen, 4.6 per cent of phos
phoric acid and 2 per cent of potash,
which, used at tho rata of two tons
per aero would furnish 50 poundB of
nitrogen, 185 pounds of phosphoric
acid and 80 pounds of potash, and at
the present price of fertilizing Ingre
dients It would bo worth about $10
por ton.
Tho mixture would furnish a well
balanced stable fertilizer, which, al
though not fine enough to work well
in drills, can bo successfully applied
with a manuro spreador. Tho treated
inanuro should bo well sheltered un
til tlmo to npply to tho land that is,
shortly beforo plowing.
Green Manure Crops.
Green manuro crops may bo In
jurious tho first season in exhnust
lng the soil moisturo it they aro per
mitted to grow too lato in tho spring
beforo bolng turned under. It too
much green manuring is practised, it
may bo detrimental to the ground,
slnco it will causo acid conditions.
Haphazard Method.
Thero are many men In tho corn
belt who consider themselves good
farmers and who nro today shoveling
hundreds of bushols of corn Into tholr
feed lots every month without know
ing whether they aro feeding It at a
profit or a loss.
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III
Motorists Who Drove Haynes
Cars in the Early Days
Still Drive the Haynes
Twontj'-ouo years ogo, Elwood Haynes buill the
"horseless enrringe" tho little machine, that gave birth
to tho American automobilo industry. Ever aincot then,
Hnyncs cars havo beqn built, year in, year out, without
interruption.
And during theso twonty-ono years, Haynes owners havo
been demonstrating in "rond races," "reliability runs," in
"hill climbs" of every description, under all conditions, in
thlB country nnd abroad with themsolves tho only "com
petitors," that tho
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America's
is a good car, nnd that given ordinary caro and attention,
tho Haynes remans a good car, a mighty good car in
definitely. That's why theso owners, aftor yenra of service, again
purchaso a Hnyncs. That's why such a large percentage
of the Haynes annual production Is sold every season to
owners of old Haynes cars. That's why you should inves
tigate the Haynes before you buy any, car.
Elwood Haynes wns ahead of tho tlmoB when ho built
the first Haynes, back in '93. Ho is ahead of tho times
now In adopting tho greatest automobilo refinement in
recent years tho Vulcan Electrio Gear Shift This device
eliminates tho hand-shift lever entirely, and so simplifies
tho control f tho Haynes that anyono may roadily drivo
It, With it the Haynes is electrically controlled through
out, Inasmuch as gear-shifting, starting, lighting and igni
tion are accomplished by electricity.
Tka HarsM Taar" 41 JratiwaMtar lompwtr, US lacs wbtalaata. ..flTSS aai $K
Tb Hiyan "Six" S daimom.l.r aarttpawar, 131 loch wKmIUm lliOO aaa $2700
Taa IUraa"Slx" S diaamom.Lr aontpowar, 1J lack wltalbaM SUM aad $2T(S
"The Complete Motorist" by Elwood Haynes, Father of
tho American Automobilo Industry, fully describing tho
Vuloan Electrio Gear Shift, will bo mailed upon receipt
o ten cents in stamps. Writ to
THE HAYNES AUTOMOBILE COMPANY
36 Main Street, Kokorao, Indiana
Baildera of America's First Car
The llaynca car la handled by the Hoynrs Motor Sale Co.,
M2 litriiiim ht., Omnlm, Neb., The Mlaaoiirt Hajrnea Motor Car Co.,
1108 drum! Ae Kanaua City. Mo., and by dealers throughout Nv
braaka, Mlasourl, Kanaas and Iown.
n.ntA... The Haynes sells readily becanse of Its mechanical
lcmcis. features. Vou may be In open territory send for cat
aloe and four pases of detailed specifications, Rlvltip orer COO
Items which cotnprlao the Haynes. Writs us right nowf
THE HAYNES AUTOMOBILE CO., 36 Main St., Kokomo, Ind.
Enclosed find 10 cents In atamps. Please send ms Elwood Haynes' Book ,
"Tho Complete Motorist."
Name.
Address.
1 expect to buy a car about.
Her Kind Offer.
James IC. Hackott, tho actor, tells
tho story of a inorchant who had beon
traveling somo months, and upon his
return was informed of tho death of
a 'valued friend.
A fow days later ho called on tho
bereaved widow to offer his expres
sions of sympathy. During tho visit
ho remarked:
"I'was a good friend of your lato
husband. Is thoro not something of
his which I could have ob a me
mento of him?"
Sho raised hor velvety brown eyes
to his, which a fow moments before
wero moist with tears, and said:
"How would I do?"
Speech and Thought.
"The gift of words" is sometimes
spoken of disparagingly by "practical"
men. But words aro merely the sym
bols of IdeaB; and nobody really has
tho gift of words who has not also tho
gift of thought. -Beforo one can talk
with power ho first must bo ablo to
think. Thero never was a great speak
er who was not also a real thinker.
Worse to Come.
Tho regular trombono playor of a
Scottish orchestra was laid up with a
cold, nnd tho conductor reluctantly ac
cepted tho services of a brass band
amateur. Ho was a llttlo doubtful,
howover, os to tho suitability of his
substitute.
After tho first performance tho now
playor nskod tho conductor how ho
bad dono.
Tho conductor replied that he had
done pretty fairly, but that perhaps
ho would do better next night.
Tho newcomer, eyeing him grate
fully, answered:
"Man, yo seo, tho music Is a' strango
tao me tho nlcht, and I'm no' Jlst shnir
o't yot, but you wait tae tho morn's
nlcht, an' yo'll no hear ano o' thno
fiddles at a'." London Telegraph.
Strange, Indeed!
"For tho making of bllllard-bnlls
flvo hundred elephants aro needed
every year,' said tho famous blg-gnmo
hunter in his lecture on India. "How
strange," whispered Mrs. Winsome to
tho lady who sat next, "that people
can teach such great beasts to do
such delicate work!"
Age of Talent.
According to 'some recently com
piled statistics, tho most chemical und
(nodical dlscoverloB have been made
by men of forty years ,of ago. Forty
four is tho ago at which a poet may
expect to do his best work; soldlors
and explorers tend to distinguish thorn
solves moBt nt tho ago of forty-seven;
at forty-eight years of ago- tho com
posers and actors aro at tho summit
of their powers; politicians excel at
fifty-two years, philosophers at fifty
four and humorists nt fifty-six. Theso
figures preach patlenco to tho young.
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First Car
The Conference,
Charles F. Murphy was talking to a
reporter about homo rulo.
"Tho Llboral party," he said, "sat
tight whllo Ulster bragged and blus
tored. But at tho psychological mo-1
ment tho Liberal govemmont made a
Bhow of force. And whero was Ulster
thou? .
"It romlnds mo of the conference of
tho physical forco and anti-physical
forco parties In Dublin. They con
forred a long time, tho anti-physical
force party was vory patient, tho phyBl
cal forco party was unreasonable, ob
streperous and violent, but nothing
camo of It till the anti-physical forco
party throw tho physical forco part
downstairs.
"Tho Liberal government seems to
bo tho anti-physical forco party."
No Lamp.
A three-year-old lad was out walking
with his grandfather when he noticed
tho moon. Seeing that it did not look
as it does at night, ho remarked, very
solemnly, "Well, thoro's tho moon, but
it ain't got any lamp in it now."
First False Teeth,
Most peoplo probably regard false
teeth as a vory modern invention. As
a matter of fact they havo been in
exlBtcnco for moro than a contury.
Tho first successful maker was a cer
tain Italian dentist, Giussepangelo
Fouzl. Ho began practising in Paris
in tho year 1708, and thanks to his
skilful treatment of Luclon Bonoparte,
soon made his way, ultimately receiv
ing a gold medal from tho French
Academy of Sclonco. t
Among tho distinguished persons
whom Fonzl fitted with fnlso teeth was
tho empress of Russia. Aftor tho bat
tle of Waterloo ho migrated to Lon
don. Thenco ho went to Mndrid,
whoro ho provided King Ferdinand VII
with so excellent a set of teeth that
tho -grateful monarch rowardod him
with a handBomo annual pension.
8o Thoy Can.
Patience I seo nlno hundred young
Fronch women havo petitioned tho war
minister to allow them to join' tho
army in 'tho auxiliary services.
Patrice That's funny. I should
think thoy could uso powder and arms
without Joining tho army.
Survival of Superstition,.
Madagascar natives havo a strange
Idol. It is a ploco of wood covered
with silk and attached to a wiro which
tho priests pull in a certain way. Tho
god performs movements in all direc
tions, to the great torror of tho faith
ful, who believo it Is really alive. Tho
priests dwelLJn houses of wood, as tho
god will havo nolthor stone nor brick.
To distinguish themselves from tho
other natives, tho faithful wear tholr
hair rolled In curl-papors llko women,
'and keep it in tho shape of a horn by
means of pins.