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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 11, 1914)
THE SEMtAVEEKLV TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. SIMPLE METHOD OF PRUNING GRAPEVINE K : Loud Is the summer's busy song "The smallest hreezo can llnd a tonguo, "Wlillo Insects of each tiny slzo Grow tilislnff with thler melodies, Till noon burns with Us blistering breath Around, and day lies' still as death. HOT WEATHER DISHES. Dlot should rccolvo much considera tion, as it contributes largely to our comfort during tho hot season. We chango from furs to light clothing, but wo are prone to neglect tho In ternal furnishings of our bodies. If we overeat, Uie excess must bo stored In tho body as fat, or eliminated as extra waste. In either caso we are overworking tho system. Heavy roaBts and rich desserts can only bo counterbalanced by actlvo ex erclso In tho open air. Tho idle, indolent person who par takes of rich foods, does so at a great jrlsk, and the heat and energy pro 'ducod by those foods If not followed "by exercise, must Increase the fat. "which degenerates tho muscles, de Tangos the liver and other organs, and o long list of Ills aro suro to follow. The following Is a good hot weather diet: On rising, a cold drink of water, at ileast a glassful. A half hour lator follow with a sim ple breakfast like this: Some fresh tfrult, a cup of coffeo, which Is strong, poured Into a cup a third filled with Tiot milk; an egg and a small portion of buttered toast. For luncheon, If the dinner Is at night, serve a big dish of lettuce sprinkled with nuts and served with n well-seasoned French dressing; whole wheat or brown bread, with a pear, peach, apple or a few plums. One great reason that so many people -dislike olive oil Is becauso thoy have "been served with an Inferior ollvo oil. First, start with good oil, using about three times or often four times as much oil as vinegar, add salt, a dash of sugar, onion Juice, popper and a teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce, well beaten to blend it and you will tave tho salad dressing par excel lence. For dinner, a simple soup, which may bo of fruit served cold or hot, either lamb, chicken or fish, or a dish of equal meat value; some rice, a green vegetable and always a refresh ing salad with a bit of cheoso with a cracker. i And I will trust that He who heeds Tho life that hides In mead and wold. Who hangs yon alder's crimson beads. And stains those mosses green and gold, Will still as He hath done, incllno His gracious care to mo and mine. -Whlttler. DISHES FOR THE DAY. , When meat seems to pall on the iappetlte try the following: Melt threo tablespoon fuls of butter in a hot saucepan, add a chopped onion and half a sour ap ple cut fine, add three tablespoonfuls of flour and cook until brown. Add a pint of milk and a cupful of hot wator which has been used to rlnso the baking pan In "which the nut loaf below was baked. "Garnish the loaf with orange slices and servo this sauce In a separate dish. Nut Loaf. Crumblo the inside of a loaf of bread, then dry slowly In a warm oven without browning. To threo pints of crumbs measured be fore drying add a teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful oach of minced parsley and dried sage, half a tea spoonful of pepper, a dash of cayenne, a sprinkling of summer savory and two cupfuls of finely cut celery with one sour apple cut In bits. Melt a third of a pound of butter and fry In it for five minutes one onion chopped fine. Pour this over tho other Ingre dients and mix thoroughly. Heat three eggs, add a pint of milk and pour over the mixture. Add one cupful each of pecans, filberts and brazil nuts ground fine. Reserve ono tablespoonful of tho nuts to put Into tho sauco given above. Shapo In a loaf, place In a ibuttered pan and bako ono hour and a half in a slow oven, baetlng often "With buttqr and hot water. Lemon Soup. Make a strong, rich, 3iot lemonado, thicken with arrow root to a rich consistency and servo cold In cups with a bit of candied oraflgo peel for a garnish. Fill cream puff shells with Ice cream and serve for dessert. It does away with serving cake and Is quite a pleasing chango. Before and After. Funny that the very fellow who begs a girl for a lock of her hair in tho courtship days when ho kisses It so fondly will swoar liko a trooper if ho finds one of them In tho butter after 210 Is married. Florida Times-Union. Had the Gall, All Right. Mr. Needmoro "If you rofuso mo ray life will bo filled with bitteniesa nd gall." Widow Bullion "I don't j Itnow about tho bitterness, but you ro thero with the gall, ull right." cr -'. The heights by grout men reached nnd kept Woro not attained by sudden flight. Hut they, while their companions slept, Were lolling upward in tho night. Longfellow. A MEATLESS DIET. As tho meat bills aro often tho heaviest expense for tho table sup plies, it is wisdom, especially during tho heated term, to use nuts and vn r i o u s vegetable comb luatlons which take tho place of tho mcro expensive food. Oatmeal, wheat, rice, cornmeal, eggs, butter, cream and milk aro foods which with proper caro In prepara tion will keep tho system In good bal ance. That the best results may bo obtained It is necessary that one meal does not contain too much of nuy ono food principle, although that may bo overcome somewhat at tho next meal. Do not have too much protein and fat and too little starch or sugar. If wo remember that peas, beans and lentils, cheese, eggs and milk, con tain a large percentage of protein and are muscle building materials, while starchy foods llko rice, potatoes and macaroni, supply tho system with tho needed energy and heat, we may keop tho family dietary well balanced. All such foods as dried peas, beans and lentils need long, slow cooking to soften the woody fiber. The addition of soda when they are cooking will help this process. Wheat that Is un-. cracked needs to be soaked over night and then cooked in the fire less cooker or at a slow heat for sev eral hours. Bean Chops. Soak a pint of dried beans over night, parboil and drain, and cook In boiling water to cover un til tender enough to put through a sieve. To the pulp add two cupfuls of strained tomatoes to which a pinch of soda has been added, two table Bpoonfuls of melted butter or olive oil, ono cupful of finely crushed wal nut meats, a pinch of powdored sage, ono teaspoonful each of parsley and onion, finely mlieed, ono teaspoonful of salt, a dash of pepper, a half cupful of bread crumbs and a well beaten egg. Turn Into a shallow dish and when cold mold Into chops. Brush with oil or butter and brown in a quick oven. Hominy with cream and sugar makes a most wholesome dish and ono which is good to the taste, aB well as wholesome for tho body. The world was sad! tho garden wild! . The man the hermit slgh'd till woman smiled. For smiles from reason flow To bruto denied, and are of love the food. FOR DINNER. A most appetizing dish cnlled a gipsy stow Is the following: Cook new potatoes, small onions and green peas together, putting them in to cook so that they will all bo done at the same time; drain off tho water, and add a half cupful of finely diced and well browned pork with the fat which tried out from It, add milk. Bait. and popper, and when hot servo at once. This Is a good meal In itself, and Ib suro to bo asked for again. Cottage pudding steamed in a melon mold and served with whipped cream which is flavored with ginger sirup and a little of the chopped presorved Canton ginger Is a well-liked dessert. Pineapple Pudding. Butter a baking dish and line it with cake cut, In strips, add a cup of canned plneapplo In layers with the cake, pour over a cup of tho pineapple juice from the can, cover' with a plato and bake slowly two hours. Servo with a pud ding eauco or with sweetened whipped cream. Spiced Prunes. These aro delicious served with chicken or gooso. Splco them as for any spiced fruit and put away for tho time of need. Green Pea and Tomato Soup. Doll a pint of green peas with throe good sized tomatoes In a quart of wator with ono email onion. When tho vege tables are soft add a teaspoon of su gar, peppor and salt to taste, rub through a sieve and return to the Are. To two tablespoonfuls of bubbling hot butter add two tablespoonfuls of flour, stir In the boiling soup and cook until well blended. Servo very hot. Pot pie of any kind of meat solves the question of ono meal and may be mude for any sized family. Sun Causeo Brilliant Effect. Tho brilliant colors of the clouds, often long after the sun has sot, aro, of course, duo to tho fact that tho sun Is still shining on them and they are reflecting a certain part of his light through tho darkening air to tho earth. Rains the Next Day. Tho Barmaid "You wouldn't bo al ways broke If you saved up for a rainy day " The Other "I often do, miss but It always ralno the next day." tefffrWfaj Concord Grapes In Southern Illinois Which, Through Careful Pruning. Show a Bountiful Yield. (By C. M. BHULTZ.) So much has been written on this subject, and so many complicated methods sot forth, that tho essential points have been lost Bight of, and those who cannot follow these moth ods to tho letter just let tho vineyard go without care. Proper pruning Is the most Impor tant item in grape-culturo, and there la no tree or vino which may bo handled so systematically as tho grapo. With fruit trees a great deal haB to bo left to the Judgment of tho operator and the condition of tho trees; not so with the grape, for thero aro certain rules which must be adhered to, leaving nothing to guess. It Is not enough to cut away half or two-thirds of the groxth, for unloss you havo a proper knowledge of tho frult-boarlng canes you may cut away tho very ones that you ought to let alone. In tho first place lot us understand that some of tho canes will produce fruit buds next year, while othors will only make more wood. It is not at all difficult to determine between tho two. The fruit canes have tho buds closo together and theso buds aro short nnd plump. Such canes usually como from wood of tho pre vious season's growth, while the long Jointed nnd unfruitful canes como from the older wood. WHITE HELLEBORE DESTROYS INSECTS Currant-Worm Always Works It self Upward Two or Three Broods in Season. (By BESSIE L. PUTNAM.) The currant-worm, working with equal relish upon either currant or gooseberry bush, always workB up ward. As soon as the first lower leaves aro attacked, sprinklo tho bushes with white hellebore when they aro wet with dew and tho pest will soon bo routed. Whllo the antidote Is poison, there Is no danger, as tho fruit Is small at this time and it will bo washed by many rains before tho fruit is ripe. You con give it an additional rinsing when pre paring for use to destroy all prejudice against tho drug. Thero aro two or three bropds dur ing tho summer. De suro that you aro ready to receive each colony in tho proper maimer. vVhen cats or dogs aro kept, tho flea is a sourco of annoyance. Unlike many insects they thrive In cleanliness rather than filth; and tho moro tho pot Is washed the moro tho Hoa will annoy. An entomologist of India states that tho best method found in that country, notorious as a hothouso for fleas, Is an emulsion of crudo petroleum, using It In tho proportion of 80 per cent petroleum with 20 per cent whale oil soup. Dilute with water for general use to about threo per cent. A ten per cont solution Is warranted to do stroy fleas effectually. Tho Inroads of tho gipsy moth can bo kept In check by a paraslto upon the larvae of the Insect. It Is n sort of Ichneumon fly discovered by a mis sionary In Japan, who first noticed that whllo tho gipsy moth Is a resi dent of that kingdom It seems to do comparatively little harm. It Is eaid that If the birds wero wiped out of cxlstonco, in ten yeara time tho Insects would master the earth, converting It Into a'leafloss tract. The birds will, If wo permit, main, tain the balauco in our favor. Hut many of them thrive In splto of rather than with our cooperation. Tho vast majority of our summer residents nro Insect destroyers, some even picking our potato bugs it wo but allow. If the tent caterpillar pltchos his homo In your orchard, remember that Its flock Is gathered together in the home at night, tho members going forth by day to look for food. A torch Lot us remember, howover, that theso long-Jointed canos In their turn produce frult-bearlng canes next year, and ono or two bud spurs should bo loft on them, for the vlnoyardlst must look a year ahead. Tho tlmo for pruning grapovinos is any tlmo from the falling of tho leaves in tho fall till tho sap rises in tho spring, and no matter whnt kind of trellis you use, canopy, wire, or oven a slnglo post for each vino, tho essen tials are tho samo; and these are, that two fruitful canes be left on each vino, throo or four feet long, or containing ten or fifteen buds each. Also select two of tho long-jointed canes which grew from tho old vino, as near the ground as possible, and cut them back to two buds each. Theso buds will produce fruitful vines for next year's pruning, as it is a well established fact that canes grow ing out of these spurs nro moro apt to bo vigorous and fruitful than those from canes that boro fruit this year. If this has been looked after this year, all you will havo to do noxt year Is to pick out tho canes from theso two spurs, cut them to tho desired length, removing all other wood ex cept two spurs of tho long-Jointed wood for tho forthcoming year. This selection will not only simplify your work for tho noxt year, but will Insura bettor fruiting wood. applied to tho homo evenings or early mornings catches tho worm In quanti ties. If In midsummer you find a bunch of brown worms with rod markings clus tered on tho trunk of a walnut or apple tree, do not bo alarmed, but got busy. Llko tho swarm of bees thoy will not' hang there many hours, for thoy aro. only molting. By tho next day tho old skins alono will bo left to toll tho story, while tho larvae, each In a bright now coat, will bo scatterod over tho tree, rapidly denuding it of Its leaves. This Is tho hand-mnld moth, easily .'tept In check by taking ndvantago of its peculiar habits. Thero are various ways of routing that universal pest, tho cabbage worm. Road dust, wood ashes or flour aprlnkled lightly over tho cabbage heads when wet with dew will Inter fere with tho workings of tho lnsoct. Soap-suds sprinkled over tho plants has also tho desired effect. EXERCISE GREATEST CARE WITH PUMPKIN Much Difference in Culture of Vegetable in Franco and in This Country. Pumpkins aro grown In tho States in a very rough and ready way. In most cases tho seed Is put In tho hill nnd left to grow, or rot. In Franco thoy aro produced In tho greatest per fection, but there great cp.ro Is taken of thorn. In tho first placo, seeds are placed In tho hotbed, tho plantn uro put In a cold framo. from whence tho strongest plants aro put out into well manured hills, tho boII having first boen thor oughly preparod. Carta must be taken to provide them with shade. They should bo placed eight foet apart. As soon as tho fruit Is forwod tho extremity of the branch bearing It la cut off Just abovo tho noxt knot, nnd It Is taken off altogether -If it is in tho least misshapen. Only ono fruit Is al lowed to grow on ono stalk. Around Paris tho largo yollow Dutch pumpkins aro cultivated exclusively. Tho flesh of this kind forms from ono to threo Inches thick, It Is slightly sweot and of a beautiful orango color, B. V. B. Time to Plant Trees. Tho fall Is a good time to plant trees, becauso at that tlmo tho grow ing season Is over and thoy will bo llttlo affected by tho chango from tho nursery to tho orchard. Not Safe to Miss an Appointment With President ASIIINOTON. If you havo an Whlto Houso nnd fall to keop It. you may bo considered guilty of leso rp$. vtiB SK& .k ;..,, ' isr&mX I 1 1 k ""sHur VlfiPs O&fyMWE MY ed Statos Judge. Thoy woro cordially received and tho president llstenod attentively to tholr argument In favor ol their candldato. But ho frankly told thorn that this particular Judgeship mat. tor was closed, that ho already had mndo a selection, although ho spoko vary highly of tho man rocommondod by Townsond nnd Tuttlo. "But, gontlomon," romnrkod tho prosldent, good naturcdly, "aro you not a llttlo lato In kooping your appointment? According to my ongagomont book you woro to bo horo on Tuesday, and I am not awnro that you called than. It was up to Mossrs. Townsond nnd Tuttlo to explain, .and they laid tha cards upon tho tablo. Thoro was no uso trying to fib out of It, bo thoy con fosBod. Townsond saldMio wont to tho station to tnko a lato train for Wash lngton from his homo In Newark Monday night, and foil nsloop, ouly to bo awakened by tho station agent JuBt as tho tall lights oj his train wore dis appearing in tho west. Ho had to wait for a day train next morning. Tuttlo ndmlttod that ho had no oxcubo, oxcopt that tho ongagomont had slipped his mind, due to tho fact that tho Fourth of July had intervened and mixed him up on his dates. Tho president listened to tholr excuses with In terest and showod no nnnoyanco over them. Ho Jokod them about tholr forgotfulnoss and told thom a story about a dolegntlon which kept an ap pointment by arriving a year too soon, remarking that ho didn't know whoth er it was bottor to arrive a year too soon or a day too lato. Ho sent his visitors away In a good humor, but MosBra. Townsond and Tuttlo can't help wondering whether thoy would havo found that Judgeship matter closed up had they kept tholr appolntmont. Wanted to Know About George Washington Glick ANEW statuo has Just beon placed In Statuary hall at tho capltol, It being a likeness in stono of Goorgo Washington .Glide of KansaB. When tha other occupants of the Hall of Fnmo had been Jockeyod around to mako room for Mr. Glick nnd tho latest ad dition had been rolled Into position, tho question asked by those who had noticed tho newcomer wnB, "Who was Glide?" A Kansan could havo answered tho quory off-hand, but so fleeting Is famo that the averago citi zen fallod to idontify Georgo Wash ington Glick. Howevor, Senator Thompson of Kansas threw tho de sired light upon tho situation when ho Introduced in tho sonato n resolution providing for fitting oxorclses appro priate Jo the recoption nnd acceptance of tho otatuo. Ho said: "Mr. President, thero Is being placed in Statuary hall today tho statue ol Goorgo Washington Glide. Under tho law each stato 1b ontitled to placo two statues of Its distinguished mon or women in that famous hall. About ten years ago Kansas solectod from her cltlzqns as ono of tho recipients of thin honor John James Ingalls, who was formerly a colobratod mombor of this body. About ono year ago Kansas choso another of hor cltizons, Goorgo Washington Glide, tho only Democratic governor Uie stato ovor had until tho prosont administration, to rocoive tho samo high honor. "As overyono knows, Senator Ingnlls was an uncompromising Republican. As is oqually woll known, Governor Glick was an uncompromising Domocrat. Those men lived and died In the oamo town, Atchison, Kansas, and nro burled In tho samo cometory. It is, therefore very fitting that tho statues of theso emlnont sons of Knnsns, representing, respectively, two branches of political thought and tho two groat political partios of tho country, should i stand side by sido in tho Hall of Fame." Check Signing Device Is a Great Labor Saver TWENTY miles of signature hnlf of tho dlstanco from horo to Baltimore, la saved by J. S. Jones and William Adrcon, two pension ofllco clerkB, overy year becauso they sign checks by machinery. ' About 820,000 chocks, disbursing n ffO NEVER CT $g& THESE SltTflED jL WITHOUT TKS CfcQffi S Tho signatures of William Adreon when measured straight from tho tip of tho first "W" to tho tall of tho final "n," varies from two and a quarter to two and three-quarters Inchos In length. If ho signs half of tho 820,200 checks, or 410,10p checks, ho repents lila two-and-one-half-lnch slgnaturo -110,100 times, which makos a total of 1,025, 200 Inches of slgnaturo without tho machine. Thoro aro 73.3G0 Inches In ono mllo. By a slmplo process of division, wo find that, wore It not for tho machine, Mr. "Adreon would havo to write within a tiny fraction of 11 miles of Blgnaturo each year. That would bo impossible- and, besides, dire dlsoasea llko writers' cramp would kill him or paralyzo his arm in a month. By tho samo rnothod of figuring. J. S. Jonos, whoso slgnaturo averages ono nnd a half Inchos, would havo to sign his name eight and one-half miles. Writers cramp would claim him, according to calculation, tho second Wednes day aftor Adreon went down nnd out. But by iho nid of tho Blgnagraph, tho nnmo Is written with a wooden stick and by the movomont of his nrm ten fountain pons sign ten chock simultaneously. Some of the Cabinet Members Are Speed Fiends SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY M'ADOO Is an automobile enthusiast, nnd ho Is something of a spoed fiend at that, though probably ho would not admit It. Ho drives a gray roadster and when ho gets out on the good country roads ho lets It out and wreckB all tho speed regulations mndo and provldod by tho Btato of Maryland. Frequently his brldo, who was Miss Eleanor Wilson, tho president's daugh ter, accompanies him on theso spins, and she apparently Is not alarmed when Secretary McAdoo opens up tho gas throttle. So far as known nono of tho law ofllcors havo yet captured tho Bocrotary of tho treasury whon ho Is "burning up tho road," but then getting "pinched" for speeding Is not a serious mnttor for a cabinet olllccr. Generally tho Incident closes by tht motorcycle cop apologizing for Interrupting thoburst of apeod and telllnj tho cabinet mombor to go ahead. Secretary of Labor Wilson (ho 'used tr bo a coal minor and a labor loador in tho old days) rocontly drove out Intc Maryland to mako a speech and on his return trip his chauffour sprinted and was arrested by a minion of tho law. When the secretary's identity was learned, howover, '.La officer tdd him to go along unmolested. appointment with tho prosldcnt at tha you must havo a mighty good oxcuso or mnjesto, or, what would bo moro serious in this country, you may loso a good ploco of federal patronage Do thera on tho day, dato and hour, la tha rulo, oven though you may bo kopl waiting In tho nntoroom for a tlmo. On a certain Wednesday Itopro scntattvo Edward W. Townsond ol Now Jorsoy (Chlmmle Faddon) and his collcnguo, Iloprosontatlvo William E. Tuttlo, Jr., called at tho Whitu Houso by appointment to rocommend to tho president a candidate for Unit total amount of J180.000.000, pass un der the pens of theso men during each year of ponslon ofllco business. Tha ' money Is, to all practical purposes, checked out over tho slgnaturo of Guy O. Taylor, disbursing clork of tho bu roau. Without the aid of machinery it would tako top years to finish tho work. Every pension chock thai loaves tho ofllco bears tho written slg naturo of one of these clerks. VT3 X $y TIM Miml, 7 vl oe I H
