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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1914)
THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRlAUNG. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. Soma fools would rather loso a friend than an argument. Coiffure Fro';" the Days of the EmP're BEST TIME TO SET BLACKBERRY BUSHES Some actors got divorces for tho ad t7ortlBlng nnd others just becauso. & V llfil CrnQB Tlnll TMnn mfllrpa Tift Intinrlraca 'i 'happy, ronkes clothes whiter than snow. .All good grocer. Adv. Don't consider a man absolutely -worthless so long as ho carries life In surance. Troon own nnor.oisT iviz.i. telt. von Trr Murtno K? llrmrdr for llrd. Weak. Wntnrr I Mral mi i .j mmmm mmm wmmmm RQAP5 " ' m m UMM&2 Jr,- :.-TrSw'rrovicir.- Mjm and Granulated Kplldj; No Htuartlnc Jtm Kto Comfort. Wrltn for llook of the Ho far mall free. Murine life lteomlr Co., Chicago. "Men don't understand womon," isays a pessimist; "If they did tho "women would havo to do all tho chns-Ung." :SKIN TROUBLE ON HANDS Cassvlllo, Mo. "My hands and feet woro affected with a troublo similar to .ringworm for a number of years. It ilrst appeared ns tiny clear bllstors sand In places tho bllstors woro so closo together that they almost formed .no largo blister. Tho Bkln was rough and cracked open. At times It was rso bad that it disabled mo; my hands Locarno bo sore that I could scarcely tuso them. "I used every remedy that I could rAnd but nothing scorned to do any igood. Finally I sent for a sample of Guticura Soap and Ointment and I then got a cako of Cutlcura Soap and en. box of Cutlcura Ointment which completely rid mo of tho troublo." (Signed) Ray Bryant, Mar. 14, 1914. Cutlcura Soap nnd Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of each S ree.with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post card "Cutlcura, Dept. L, Boston." Adv. 4 Can Result From MAKING A SPLIT-LOG DRAG While Raising Blackberries Is Not Easy, Fine Profit Careful Management. Acquitted. Ex-Representative Eddy of Minne sota never resented the tltlo of "tho homeliest man in congress." In tho opinions' of his opponents, Mr. Eddy liad "wabbled" on a certain issuo in "the campaign. Some time later, on an occasion when he was billed to speak, 3io found that ono of tho newspapers ilmd announced his coming in a head flino reading: "Two-Faced Eddy Speaks JHere Tonight.' That ovening, when Mr. Eddy istepped before his audience, ho said: "You must know, ladles and gentle anen, that I am not tho man referred to in this paper. It must be someone else, for there 1b no ono here who does not know that, had I two faces, 2 would not wear this one." (By It. D. RUSHING.) To raise a live-acre patch of black berries, first consideration is tho land. Select tho site most suitable. I pre fer a southeastern exposure; however, most any land that will produce forty to fifty bushols of corn to tho aero will grow good, nice, marketable blackbor rloa. Tho best time to set out is In the fall, September or October. I have, huwover, planted In November, with good results. See that the land 1b free from weeds as far as possible, and I have practiced Bummer fallow In order to have it free from weeds, but think it moro prolltable to raise some hoo crop, such as potatoes, and in this way the ground can be kept clean and frco from weeds. Preparing the land means enough plowing, disking and harrowing to put tho soil in good condition down deep. Almost any farmer can cstimato about what this would mean. The next thing Is getting tho plants; and tho best way I havo ever tried 1b, if you have a patch and can got roots from it, you know that they aro suit able for your soil, or else they may usually be procured from some nearby neighbor; and tho greatest cost will Children at Meal Times. Never allow children to cat when tthey are hot and tired; let them cool lown a little first. For this reason an interval should always bo allowed between work or playtime and tho -meal, and tho nurse or governess must be instructed to bring the youngsters home at least twenty min utes before the actual meal time and 3n a leisurely manner. Hurrying on the "late for dinner" cry upsets both temper and digestion,. If a child seom3 lred when It nrrives, sponge its face and hands and let It He down for a few minutes before tho meal. If it Sails asleep don't wako It; rest ia saioro necessary than food at the mo ment and give a light meal later. usually bo tho labor of dlgglngand sot ting them. I havo paid all tho way from ten to twenty-nvo dollars per aero .tor tho preparation of tho land and tho plants and labor of setting. The first year after planting, ths land can bo cultivated to almost any crop that will not shndo tho young plants too much; but they must not b shaded, even if you lost tho use of tho land for tho flrst year, as it would stunt their growth. Thn snnnml venr thero may bo a few borrles, but not many, and tho lam! should be put In something that will shade it, such as cowpeas, which will also add humus and nitrogen to the soil. Tho third year thero will bo a fair crop, which will balance tho exponsa of cultivation and have a llttlo left. Tho fourth year I havo always had a "bumper" crop, which pays all ox penses for caring Tor the young plnnts, and leaves a good, big profit. Of courso the old canes must bo kept cleaned out, and in caso tho rust should strike them I try to cut ovory bit of It out and burn it. Tho amount of profit from tho patch will depend on the management it receives. Every Farmer Should Possets One of These Implements for Use on Roads After a Rainfall. Tho halves of tho drag should bo framed togethor by wooden braces bo that tho split surfaces of tho log shal' bo In front. Tho faco of tho drng should Ho at an angle of -15 dogrooa with tho lines of tho road, thus draw ing tho earth toward tho center. Tho rear log should follow In the track of the first. Drags should be used aftor rains, or continued wot weather to smooth tho earth s surface and pro vent ruts from forming to hold water. Encouraging. "Did you catch any flsh?" asked the woman who Is always encouraging. "Not one," replied her husband. "Wo Got a couple of nibbles and then there was nothing doing all day." "Well, even If you didn't catch any CU bet you gave them an awful scare." After dreaming they were soul-mates an Ohio couple got married. May they never wake up! LEARNING THINGS "We Are All in the Apprentice Class. When a simple change of diet brings (back health and happiness the story is briefly told. A lady of Springfield, 111., says: "After being afTllcted for years with aervousness and heart troublo, I re ceived a shock four years ago that left ime in such a condition that my llfo was despaired of. "I got no relief from doctors nor ifrom tho numberless heart and nerve remedies I tried, because I didn't know .that coffee was dally putting mo back imore than the doctors could put me ahead. "Finally at tho suggestion of a friend .i left off coffee and began tho use of iPostum, and against my 'expectations I (gradually improved in health until for ttho past 6 or 8 months I havo neon entirely free from nervousness and those terrible sinking, weakening spells of heart trouble. "My troubles all came from tho use of coffee which I had drunk from childhood and yet they disappeared when I quit coffee and took up tho uso .of Postum." Namo given by Postum .Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Many people marvel at tho effects of leaving off coffee and drinking Postum, ibut there Is nothing marvelous about 4t only common souse. Coffee is a destroyer Postum Is a cebullder. That's tho reason. Look In pkgs. for the famous iittlo ook, "The Road to Wellvllle." Postum comes In two forms: Regular Postum must be well boll -jd. 16c nnd 25c packages. Instant Postum is a soluble pow ider. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly tin a cup of hot water nnd, with cream .and sugar, makes a delicious beverage Instantly. 30c and COc tins. The cost per cup of both kinds is (ibout tho same. "There's a Reason" for Postum. sold by Grocers. EASTERN INVASION OF THE ARMY WORM Keep Pest From Doing Great Damage by Learning Its Form of Attack. Our Eastern gardens are being In vaded by tho army worm, at the same' time that European armies aro de stroying men and crops. The invasion of tho army worm has affected particularly Jamaica, on Long Island, and may have reached New Jersey. Washington Is lending every effort to aid In any way possible against this terrlblo pest The fortunate people who havo not yet mot this unpleasant Invader can recognize It from the following direc tions: ' It is a smooth Btrlped dark colored caterpillar, about oue and a uarter Inches in length, and similar in sev eral respects to the familiar cutworm. While young and in Bmall numbers It feeds at night and hides during tho day. Later as the growing and In creasing worms make tho food supply loss equal to the demand, they become bolder and feed and travel in the broad light of day. They attack espe cially grass crops, grain and lawnB, which they eat practically down to tho bare ground. To keep this dangerous army from doing too great damage, It is necessary to be able to recognlzo their modo of attack. They come in great numbers and their coming Is really a remark able sight. One way which has proved satisfac tory is, plow furrows around all your land; leave tho smooth sldo of tho furrow toward tho enemy. They can easily get over thlBt and find them selves in the trench on tho other side whoro they can bo routed by dragging a log along the furrow, bmootn stralght-slded holes can also bo dug In tho furrows twenty feet apart; tho insects fall in theso and can bo killed by crushing, kerosene or hot water. When lawns or fields are Invaded, poisoning Is the only thing to do. Poisoned bran mash may bo used. Poisoned bran mash may bo mado of 50 pouuds of bran, ono pound of pariB green and enough sweetened wa ter to mako a atlJt dough. Arsen ate of lead may be used by adding to tho water In proportion of ono pound to twonty-nve gallons of water and generously sprayed on all low vegetation, tho powdered dry form may be mixed with cheap flour pro portion of one to eight (by weight) and shaken over the tfrass, whllo the worms are eating. It is advisable to do this always after rains or oven a heavy dew as thoy appear in all their strength after a rain. Crowding Causes Disease. If tho chlckonB are permitted to crowd Into bunches In a closo house on hot nights they will easily catch cold when a damp, cool day comes. Better move tho roosts out Into the scratching sheds. LAYERS IN DEMAND, NOT THE SHOW BIRD Split-Lag Drag. Tho drag not only smooths tho road, hut crowns it and puddles tho mud bo that It Is hard whon dry. These drags havo been used with great success on clay or water-holding soils. Many stretchos of black gumbo roads in the West aro maintained by tho uso of this implement alone. Evory farmer should own ono, and after a rain ho should spond a few hours on tho road adjacent to his farm. If thero aro many depressions to fill, tho drag should bo used whon the road 1b wet. After it has been used long onough to mnko the road fairly smdoth, tho drag gives tho best results it used when tho earth begins to dry. fjr JvxiflFrBBB V ml bbH '"'TiI9Sbbbbba vt j Yia "ffn fYBBBBBBBBnBBBBBBnBBBr j uiBJl zsi-. abbSbBsBbbbbbbbbbbbbbb 0)1 iwAc v t HBBBBiBBBBBBffi fcffli Spt'HbbbbbIbB i GRAVEL TO SURFACE ROADS HP you nro Remarks of Wisconsin Man Were Aimed at Fanciers Who Neglect Egg Production. Judge a hen by tho meat and egg standard as well as by her slzo and shapo and color. This was the keynote of an address by J. O. Halplu of the collcgu of agri culture, University of Wisconsin, be fore the annual meeting of tho Ameri can Poultry association held at Chi cago. Mr. Halpin'B remarks wore aimed chiefly at the poultry fanclera who have failed to glvo sufficient at tention to egg production and have put undue emphasis on oxteriot "poIntB." "I am positive that many of tho top notchcrs In tho business aro on the wrong track In this matter," said Mr. Halpln. "I have heard some of tho lending fanciers state that thoy did not enro for winter eggs, but if they aro going to ignore egg production they cannot furnish tho typo of fowl demanded by tho great majority of their customers tho farmers. Tho farmer wants results both In eggs and moat, no matter how well tho stot.k may score, and no poultry breeder should be satlsflod until his birds glvo satisfaction in tho hands of less ex pert men." To Get Rid of the Fly. It has always beon a serious ques tion with the amateur gardenor as to how ho was to have a pormanent manuro pile for tho good of his plants and not havo It a breeding placo for the horso fly, sometimes called the typhoid fly. At last the question Is answered satisfactorily Hero Is the Blmplo way out of this 'difficulty. Sprinkle tho fresh horso manuro with common borax at the rate of one ounce to tho bushel. With Good Material and a Little Atten tion Highways Should Last for Several Years. (By E. D. HOUSK, Colorado Eperlmont StatlotO Thero has been much agitation dur ing tho past year concerning tho sur facing of our principal ronds and as in maay parts of tho stato wo find do posits of gravel It seems that this Is tho matorlal which may bo economical ly used. A few words concerning tho construction of theso roads may not be out of placo. First of all tho construction should bo such that tho gravol Ib confined and held in position on tho road. This Is accomplished by so grading the earth foundation that shoulders aro formed at tho sides. The earth formln;j tho shoulders should bo well compact and solid, otherwlBO thoy will fall in the function required of them. Loose earth thrown up from tho ditch at tho sides of tho road will not answer tho pur poso unless molstoned and rolled with a seven or ton-ton roller. The wholo surfaco of the earth foun dation should bo graded to the required form and compact with tho roller and tho gravol then spread in a layer about four Inches thick, in tho center and two and one-half Inches at the side. Enough sand or loam Is then added to mako tho gravel "bind" well, this Is mixed with tho gravel with a harrow and the layer Is then sprinkled and rolled until solid. Another layer of gravol Is then spread over tho first and treated In tho samo way. Tho result Is a gravoled'Bwrface 15 feet wldo and six Inches thick at the center nnd throo and one-half inches thick at tho sides, and if tho gravol Is of a good quality this road with a llttlo attention should last for years. looking for something in a style of hair dressing consider UiIb revival of one of tho fascinating achievements of tho tlmo of tho Em plro. After duo acnsldorntlon ono Is constrained to ponder as to whothor wo havo over had anything better slnco then. A contury and moro has fadod Into tho pnst since thla coiffure played ItB part, along with other Buper oxcellont modes, which helpod tho beauties of Napoleon's tlmo to immor talize their charms. This protty arrangement of tho hair In waves and short curls Is not Intend ed to be worn with workaday clothes in the prosaic business of ovaryday living. It Is an affair of ovening dress, when satins and laces and jowols and flowers bespefck joyous appareling. Mile. Montaguo Is shown in tho pic ture wearing it with n satin nnd laco ovening dress with flowors at her bolt and pearls about her noefc. Her long coat Is of brocaded satin in rose colon bordered with a rucho of plaitod moj lino. Sho wears a molro glrdlo ofj rose color, also. Hor garments arot tho most, tasteful of up-to-date modes.; Tho hair Is waved and partod a llttlo) to ono sldo in a very short part. Thlsi waved portion Is brought to tho back! of tho head and arranged in looso, flati colls pinned flat bolow tho crown. Tho, hair over tho ears Is separated Into strands nnd curled in throo rnthon tight curls. A strand of pearls, fin-, iBhed with throo nettings at tho front, is clasped round tho head. Bolow Hi across the forohoad thoro ia a slightly curled fringe of hair. Almost any fairly youthful faco wllr, find all Its good points enhanced by a tylo of hair dressing soTomarkablyi good that it challenges the classlq models of tho Greeks and divides hon oio with them. 'IU't V Vestees and Collars in Fall Styles Potatoes as a Cow Feed. Potatoes may bo fed to the dairy cows. Generally it docs not pay to raiso them for this purpose. It Is better to ralso roots of some kind. Potatoes aro a succulent feed. They should not bo fed during tho summor tlmo whon cows aro on grasB. They should bo fed during tho winter tlmo when cows do not havo any other form of succulent feed. Cutting the Weeds. It It is desired to make the placo look tidy and neat and keep the weeds from obtaining a moro determined hold, they should bo cut at tho ear liest posslblo opportunity. A mower will undoubtedly cut nearly all of thorn. A scytho will bo found neces sary only to cut the weeds under the fences and In the corners, Enjoyment of Farm Life. Tho flreless cooker, tho voiceless bog, the tireless hlrod man, the creak less windmill, tho lousoless poultry houso and tho rutless road, would add much to tho enjoyment of farm llfo. Why a Country Road Unit. A stretch of road of tho utmost Im portance to a locality may be of llttlo concern to a purtlcular township In volved (tho peoplo using another road), and henco thoro Is no oppor tunity to havo the entire strotch of tho road improved as it should be. And wo coucludo that no system of roads that will answer proeout noods can be built under township units, be causo they are too small to carry on tho work. Moreover, tho cost would fall wholly on tho township, whereas the center toward which the road goes Ib as much benefited, but may bo In a different township. County control of tho main roads would bo hotter; tho law" could let each county vote for or against county control. A. N. A Land of Beauty. Maryland appropriate) f4,000,000 for road Improvements, a part of which must bo spent for planting trees along tho hlghwnys. Maryland Is naturally a land of beauty; with good roads hor rural districts will bo doubly attractive. sL Plf$ f!fy w ffrWfBmMS L I Wi aBnvBHHV f wk Lw HBRflKlLLTCiHttvBHH " :tmJfmWfmwmmKSBmBM t far Jv O mako suro of a bit or whlto next I ombroldory. Narrow plaitod frllla the faco is to bo suro of added bo- mako possible a great variety In docc- comingnoss in coat or gown, vosioos Italian Regulations. Itnly Is drafting nnd will enforce a serleB of regulations covering tho width of wheel rims to bo allowed on blfihwaya. and collars In one, or collars alono, aro tho dominating features In fall neckwear, and thoy aro shown in many fabrics and a still greater number of designs. 2 Nearly all of these smart accessories aro mado of washable fabrics, al though fragile chiffons and silk mus lins and tho finest of silk cropes aro utilized to mako tho short-lived glory of bo mo of thorn. But crisp freshness and Immaculato cleanliness balong to tho vostoo and collar; aro tho essen tia! reasons for their existence, In fact, so that all the finest nnd sheerest of wash fabrics are employed in their making. Theso Includes organdie, swIss, thin lawns, swIss embroidery, batlsto, mulls, nets, voiles and laces. The choice is wldo onough. Collars and vesteos mado tho firm er weaves In wash fabrics aro finished with hemstitching and often decorated with tucks. Insertions and narrow edgings of fine laco or tho finest em broldorles aro used on them. The daintiest of theso neck pieces aro prottlly ornamented with sprays of ration. Hemstitching, ombroldored dots, and small pearl or covered but tons aro additional factors that go to mako up tho ondless varloty one finds In neckwear. Rollover collars aro leaders in pop ularity, combined either with long vestees or short dickies. Severe do signs, Hko that shown In tho picture given here, of shoor organdie, aro charmingly dolicato. A plain roll-over collar to which not tiers aro attached' is docoratod with tiny black pearl but tons nnd makes a stunning finish for a tailored gown. Vestees and roll-over collars of plquo aro compelling attention. Ro cently drous sots showing collar and cuffs to match, or collar, vosteo and cuffs, proclaim tho rovival of an old but fine stylo, well worthy of a new vogue. Thoro is literally no end to tho number of doslgns in neckwoar. With so many fabrics available and a froo field for tho play of fancy In a world of inexpensive materials wo uro likely to find now things every day. JULIA BOTTOMLEY.