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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. MRS. THOMSON TELLS WOMEN ffS3?N GROWING BLACKBERRIES IS PROFITABLE l " . How She Was Helped During Change of Life by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Philadelphia, Pa. "I am just 52 years of ago and during Change of Life I suf fered for six years terribly. I tried sev ernl doctors butnono seemed to give mo any relief. Every month the painswero intense in both sides, and made mo so weak that I had to go to bed. At last a friend recommen ded Lydia E. Pink- VijTl. . k w!!s V e g o t a b f o Compound to me and I tried it at onco and found much relief. After that I had no pains at all and could do my housowork and shopping tho samo as always. For years I have praised Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound for whqt it has done for mo, and shall always recommend it as a wo man's friend. You are at liberty to uso my letter in any way." Mrs.THOMSON, 649 W. Russell St, Philadelphia, Pa. Change of Life is ono of tho most critical periods of a woman's existence. Women overywhero should remember that there is no other remedy known to carry women bo successfully through this trying period as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, If you want special advico write to Lydia E. Pinkham Med icine Co. (confidential), Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and lielil in strict confidence Tho moro a man makes love to a woman the moro she admires another man to whom she has to make lovo. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny granules. Easy to tako as candy. Adv. Where England Leads. England Is ahead of tho United States In tho development of tho au tomatic telephone service, and con tracts for automatic exchanges of the total value of nearly five hundred thousand dollars have been placed. Befitting Punishment 'Edith Tho wretch! So ho actually proposed to both of us! Oh, I wish we could think of some way to punish him! Madge Wo can; you .marry him, dear. War Hurting Gamblers. A social worker in England was questioned as to unemployment In his district. "Not much unemployment, but a good deal of half time. Still things aren't so bad as thoy might be, for now thero'B llttlo racing, a lot of money gets homo which would never get there ordinarily. Tho bookies' runners aro feeling tho war moro than anybody." First Aid to Matrimony. "Tho English military uniform," said General Holland in Canton, "Is tho best looking and It Is also tho best to fight In. Tako tho photo graphs of tho wounded and dead Eng lish officers Viscount Hawarden, the Hon. W. A. Cecil, Lieut, tho Hon. R. Keppel. Did you over bgo such a handsomo lot of uniforms? "No wonder all tho English soldiers marry well," General Holland conclud ed. "Handsomo is that handsomo does and the English uniform certainly doos havoc amongst tho English heir eBBCS." Tone Up f Not Drugs Food Does It wholesome, appetizing food that puts life and vigor into one, but doesn't clog the system. Such a food is Grape-Nuts The entire nutrition of wheat and barley, in cluding the vital mineral salts phosphate of pot ash, etc. Long baked, easily digested, ready to eat; an ideal food with cream or milk, and fine in many combinations. "There's a Reason" for Grape-Nots sold by Grocers. MiiESSSBhJt.,'.:.:: Jffi IS' JJtiaUffi Thorough Cultivation Throughout the Season Will Help In a Material De gree to Fine Results Like the Pictured Fruit. (Dy W. HANSON') Tho most important tiling in grow ing blackberries successfully Is moist soil, not one in which water will Btand, but ono licli enough in humus to hold sufficient moisture to carry tho plants through tho growing season. I find that tho best results will bo obtained If tho blackberry bushes are planted in tho fall, in October and No vember, setting the smaller growing kinds 4x7 feet apart, and tho larger vnrleties (5x8 feet apart. Thorough cultivation throughout tho season will help in n material degree to hold tho moisture necessary to per fect a good crop. The soil should bo cultivated very shallow, so as not to disturb the roots of tho plants. Breaking the roots starts a largo number of suckers which have to be cut out and de stroyed. Blackberries, like dewberries and GROWING CURRANTS IS NOT DIFFICULT Bush Comes Into Bearing Speed , ily and Requires Less Care Than Most Small Fruits. Some of us remember the long rows of currant bUBhes which always bordered grandmother's garden. Somo of us, too, remember the delicious des serts of scarlot and whito fruit, cooled with a dash of spring water, and Berved with sugar. Rarely Is the fruit offered now and tho following seems the most plausi ble explanation: The appearance of tho currant worm stripped tho bushes of leaves and soon destroyed their vitality. They became an eyesore rather than a source of de light and were destroyed. While it has been known for years that hellebore dusted over the bushes when wet with dew Is a sure remedy, tho next generation havo failed to re new tho currant rows, and as a result the far-famed currant Jelly, one of tho most delicious of relishes, has been almost forgotten. Tho currant Is easily grown, comes into bearing speedily, and requires less caro than most of tho small fruit. Cuttings should bo made in Septem ber and October, and planted in rows. These may havo some slight protec tion during tho winter, though it is not absolutely necessary. In tho spring there will bo as a re sult a flno bed of rooted cuttings which mny bo left for a year undis turbed, or then transplanted to the garden row. Spraying with bordeaux mixture Is a good remedy for tho fungous growth sometimes attacking tho foliage. DEVELOPMENT OF AN APPLE ORCHARD Work Can Be Done During Odds and Ends of Time and Cost Be Almost Nothing. A good applo oroluud can bo de veloped during tho odds and ends of time, and tho cost will bo practically nothing to tho average farmer. Of course, tho specialist will bo a bettor fruit grower, but the chances aro tho general fruit grower will produce a barrel of apples for less money than tho specialist. When trees aro properly set out, and carefully cultivated the first two or three yenrs, tho roots will penetrnto deeply and seek larger feeding grounds. Orchards should bo thoroughly drained, or tho trees will not bo able to send their roots down deop in search of mineral elements, which nro needed to nourish tl" trees and pro duce a lino crop of fruit. Tho physical condition of the soil is tho causo of many poor trees. Pruning Blackberries. It Is best to prune blackberries in tho fall. Usually only flvo or six canes from cacli root should be al lowed to grow, tho others being pulled out while they aro still small. When the canes aro two and one-half to three tret high tho tips should be cut or pinched back two or three inches. This checks upward growth and many laterals push out. Theso laterals bear tho fruit tho following season. ,wJt mrtf iJSMf.visuL'CRCua S3K'. ftf: raspberries, bear but ono crop on the cane. That ha, canes which spring up ono year bear tho next year. From three to bIx canes arc suffi cient to be kept In each hill. The supcrlluous ones must bo thinned out as soon as they start from tho ground Tho old canes should bo cut off soon after fruiting and burned. Tho now shoots must bo pinched back at tho height of two or three feet if tho plants are to support them selves. ' i If they nro to be fastened to wires tho canes may bo allowed to grow through tho season, and bo cut back when tied to tho wires In the winter or early spring. Good, small-growing varieties are Early Harvest and Wilson. The Sny der is rank-growing, and the most popular variety for commercial grow ing, but tho Agawan, Ancient Brltori, and Taylor aro better In quality. IMPORTANT WORK IN HANDLING TOMATOES Satisfactoty Results May Be Ob tained by Careful Picking, Sorting and Packing. Dy AV. II. UNDERWOOD.) The most important part of the handling of a tomato crop Is the pick Ing, sorting and packing. If wiselj and carefully done, th6 results will be very satisfactory. In handling my tomato crop I first go through tho field searching closely for all sound, smooUi tomatoes just in the turning stage;) that is, with a slight shade of rednesB in color, yet green and firm. I nover pick any cracked or dls figured tomatoes to ship to market. I placo only smooth, uniform spec! mens in the crnto baskets on theii sides, with the blossom end up, so as to show to the best advantage. I do not crato anything but No. l's in a No. 1 package and No. 2 quality in a No. 2 package. Anything in ferior to No. 2 will not pay to crate and ship. By observing this rule I am saved the cost of many crates, also the transportation charges on them, as well as tho labor of putting them up. When picking for tho market, I am to pick only No. 1 fruit, then when packing there is not much No. 2 fruit to pack. By not picking tho cracked or dis figured fruit gieen, but letting it re main on the vines to ripen to tho right stage for the canning factory, moro money can usually bo roallzed from It than If packed to chip. FALL WEB WORMS DO MUCH INJURY Pests Will Quickly Destroy a Tree and Should Be Burned as Soon as They Appear. Lato in tho summer tho unsightly weba of this Insect nro seen all over the lnnd. The adult, a llttlo whito moth, lays its eggs on the leaves of fruit and other trees and plants early in the summer. Tho young caterpillars spin tho pro tectivo web. They aro of a palo yel low, with long hnliB, two black roi down tho body, and a black head. Theso worms will quickly destroy a tree and should bo burned us soon u they appear, becauso after they iinv eaten tho leaves they drop to tin ground and spin a llttlo cocoon within which they hldo themselves and then change back to the chrysalis state Thero aro two broods of this insect In tho South every year and ono in tho North. Spraying with pads green when tho worms aio very young will destroy them. Loudon purplo is also used with bucccbh. When thoy aro discov ered In largo numbers tho limbs con taining tho worms should bo cut off and burned. Old and Young Hens, It often bothers young farmers' wives to tell old hens from young onos. Tho young oneB are most apt to havp brlghtor eyos, redder combs and smoother legs. They never havo spurs, while old ones do. And the old hens move about moro slowly. ' MOABS " UNRAVEL ROAD LEGISLATION Joint Committee Working to Bring About Simplicity, Efficiency and Uniformity of Laws. To bring about revision of stnto road laws along linos that will insuro simplicity, efficient managomont, and, whero desirable, uniformity, Is tho task undertaken by a spbclal Joint committeo appointed at tho third American road congress and repre senting tho American Bar nBsoclatlou and tho American Highway associa tion. Tho magnltudo, Intricacy and political and technical difficulties of the undertaking afo dlscussod in an artlclo propared for tho Engineering Itocord by J. E. Ponnybncker, chief of tho division of load economics ot tho United States office of public roads. Botwoon throo and four million words comprlso existing road legisla tion in the sovornl states, according to tho estimate of officials in tho office of publlo roads. This great wilderness of words would mnko up nn edition of 30 fair-sized volumes. In view of tho comparative simplicity ot tho sub loct, this vast accumulation of stat utes, according to Mr. Pennybacker, la a scuthlng commentary on the con structive statesmanship of our legis lators for many generations. Thero is scarcely a doubt that at least 85 per cent of thovlegislatlon Is suporlluous, and that, entirely aside Irom the mat ter of reform, exactly tho samo pur poses contemplated in the existing leg islation could be accomplished with greater effectiveness with one-eighth of tho existing statute laws. The compilers havo found legisla tion still In effect almost identical as to form and substance with the old colonial road laws, which were in turn based upon English precedent, extend ing back to the time of Queen Eliza beth; thoy havo found statutes so hopelessly In conflict as to make effi cient and responsible administration utterly Impossible. As an oxamplo ol the bowildoring confusion of existing legislation, tho compilers enmo across In tho statutes of ono of our most pro gressive states a recent enactinoni amending a road law which was re pealed two years beforo Uio amend ment waB paBsed, and yet apparently none of tho legislators havo Uiub far become acquainted with the situation MAKING ROADS IN THE FALL ' Every Township Should Own Grave' Pits From Which Material Can Be Cheaply Obtained. Thero Is a growing domnnd for mortj and better roadmaking during tho au tumn months. In many localities the roads become filled with deop ruts and tho wheel tracks so depressed during the summer that they collect rains which soon wash them Into gutters and ruin the roads for heavy loads and comfortable travel. Thero Is no reason why a portion ot tho road tax should not bo used for puttiug the highways In a better con dition for travel. The split-log dras and other roadmaking Implements Bhould bo put to work beforo" the ground freezes. Tho outside of tho ronds should, bo brought Into tho cen ter of tho track, which will establish a crust that will shed water, rather than retain rains, which are sure to occur during tho lato fall and early spring months. RoadB having a full high center are quite sure to remain in u. good condi tion during tho rainy season of fall and spring. Steep hills, where water is apt to collect In wheel tracks, should bo piovlded with open suitors on each side Into which rains may bo diverted, with nn occasional crest which wntor cannot pass. Approncliep to brldgo and culverts bhould bo ho filled with earth that vehicles of all kinds may pass over them without acilous Jolts nnd Jars. Roads nro much impioved when coveicd with gravel. This Is n sea son of tho yenr whon such work enn bo accomplished at a minimum ox ponse: Every township should own gravel pits, from which roadnviking material can bo cheaply obtained. Concrete! loads will hooii become popular. Tho samo material should his used in mak ing bridges and culverts A good qtinl Ity of sand and gravel 1 3 necessniy to make sorvlccablo concrete Every farmer should havo an especial inter est In all roads Joining his placo and leading to market. Give Meat to Pullets. GIvo considerable meat food to tho growing pullotB now nnd thoy will lay sarllor on account of It. Commercial propared beef scraps, or cut freah bone, will bo satisfactory for tilth pur poso, and skim milk will bo of great us slstanco. lasy to Improve Tomato. It would not bo easy to (hid a fruit that can bo moro rapidly improved by careful selection or run out more rap Idly by cnreless handling than tho tomato. Self-Loading Shotgun The recoil reloads this trigger for each shot This simple. It has all the good shotguns, and many improvements besides. Among them arc Nickel steel construction and a reloading system that requires no change for different loads. It's tho Fowling Gun. Par Excellence Sraf3JKi Watch Your Coifs l"or Cough. Colds nnd Distemper, and nt tho drat symptoms of any Mich nllmi'tit, giro small doses of that wonderful remedy, no- the tnost mud In oxlitcnco, SPOIIN'S DlBTKMfKU COMPOUND M cenu nnd ft a bottle) ti nnd 110 tho doien of any drncrttt, harness) dealer, or UellTercd ur Nl'OIlN MICDIUAI, CO., ClicinliU und IlautorloloElsta, Uosheu, 1ml., U. 8. A. MODERN WAR IS MERCIFUL Under Existing Conditions the Wound ed Are Given a Fair Chance to Recover to Health. A general impression la that with powerful wonpons of great precision greater Iosb of llfo and greater pain aro caused. That view Is almost cer tainly inaccurate Tho modern bul lot, says tho Scotsman, unless It is of tho soft-nosed typo, Is on tho whole merciful, nnd either kills outright or gives Its victim n fair chanco of re covery. ltvdocs not, as a rule, muti late. Tho ambulance corps waB practical ly unknown GO years ngjo, and not only 1b aid brought moro rapidly to tho wounded, but it 1b far moro ef fective than In tho pro-Llstor days. Rapidity of conveyance has Increased boyond all comparison. In tho pres ent war It is truo to say that in man; cases mon have been lying in a Brit tali hospital within 24 hours of receiving their wounds. If tho risk of being hit Is greater, tho chances of recovery from injury havo been immensely increased. NEARLY CRAZY WITH ECZEMA 354 Plum St., Youngstown, Ohio -"BlotchcB liko ringworms started to come out all over my faco and neck. Later it took tho form of whito flakes and when I would rub thoy cnino off in llttlo whito scales. Tho eczema so disfigured mo that I wae ashamed to go out anywhere Jt itched all the timo and whenever I perspired or got my faco tho least bit wet, It would burn until I very nearly went crazy. Tho moro I rubbed or scratched tho moro it spread and It mado mo so roBtlcss I could not sleep at night. "Ono day a friend provnlled upon mo to get a samplo of Cutlcura Soap and Ointment. Thoy cnused tho Itch ing to stop Instantly and In a very few days my faco and neck began to bIiow n marked improvement. I used threo cakes of Cutlcura Soap and ono box of Cutlcura Ointment and my faco and neck nro pompletely cured." (Signed) Nowton D. W. Chapman, Fob. 27, 1914. Cutlcura Soap and Ointment sold throughout tho world. Sample of each (reo.wlth 32-p. Skin Book. Address post card "Cutlcura, Dopt. L, Boston." Adv. War Snatches. Simeon Ford, the humorlBt of Now York," said tho other day: "Wo aro a nation ot humorlstB. Wo extract humor oven out of war. As I walked down Broadway tho oth er morning I overheard scraps of talk liko theso: " 'Tho missionaries havo boon look ing for heathens in tho wrong coun tries.' '"What's the matter with tho lato Rudyard Kipling resurrecting himself and giving us a now war eong?' " 'Carncglo's peace pnlaco? The kalsor has turned It Into a fort.'" Money for Christmas. Soiling guaranteed wear-proof hosi ery to friends & neighbors. Big Xmas business. Wenr-Proof Mills, 3200 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Adv. Unocslrable Lot. Ho Will you share my lot? Sho No, I don't liko tho crop of wild oats on It'. Many n woman's Imagination makes bor nn invalid. Every llttlo helps especially llttlo Kicks whon you'ro going down hill Are Boils Biliousness Malaria . Constipation Perhaps this case may be similar to years J. WtUv Ttllu of Utos 073,') Stlma, Cat, urltnt Gentlemen: "it elves me much pleasure to bo alls to send you a testimonial. If by it roachlne soma euffurer your medicines w ill do ns much for him oa they have for ne. At tha use of fourteen I waa troubled n irrcat deal with malaria nnd biliousness, accompanied with the worst sort of large bolls. I was persuaded by my parents, who have nlwoys lwcn strong believers in Dr. l'ierco'a remedies, to try tho Golden Medical Discovery. I took one fwttlo and tha boils all dls appeared, but I did not atop at one bottle. I took throo end tha malaria all left ma and I have nod no more boHs to this day, thanki to tho 'Golden Medical Discovery' for my relief. "Followlni u ocerntlon for annmilleltls two vrara am I wm trouble) y.ry much with con.lli.stlon and fliv Uicn trying Dr. 1'iercn'a l'leuaat lurirative I'elttts and they bar tl iu m oi mv iruuoivsonia g-K ami nave biihhj ma in connur nir tha wlio trouble: thanks ajraln tnr th -i'ftllefV anil foe the ndvlre 1 ,uv ibUinU from lha Paopia's Common BenM liadlcal Admar." Saud only 1 cants for IhU 1CM1 page UwL. 12 GAUGE, S SHOTS crun. You simply pull tho new gun is safe, strong and points of other recoil-operated An Emotionalist. "So you'ro hnuglng around brqko again?" said tho pollcoman. "Yes," niiBWored Bill tho Burglar. "I haven't n cent. I broko Into a house night beforo Inst nnd tho pool mark of a taxpayer told mo bucIi q hard luck story that ho had mo shod din' tears an' lendin' him my Inst cent." Important to Mothora Exnmlno carotully every bottlo oj CASTORIA, a safo and suro renlcdy f ol Infants and children, and seo that It Slgnnturo of UcLzMe&i Iu Uso For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Cafltorig Lay Bomothlng by for a rainyday, nnd Just as soon as tho cloudd begin to gather some fellow will como along and borrow It. Now York Times. votm own nmmmsT wir.r. teix yoti Vry Murine llyo llmncdr for Hod, Weak, Water) Idea and tlrnmilaied llyelram No Smarting-. utt nro uoniioru wnio ror jionx ox ma U; j mull Kroo. Murine ISjo Itemed' Co.. Ulilcagc. A wldowor'novcr Invests in a guitar for tho purposo of serenading a spin stor.. Ho boglns right whero he loft off nt tho end of his first courtship. Red Cros Bill Blue, much better, goe farther tlinn liquid blue. Oct from any grocer. Adv. Creditors nnd poor relations always show up at tho wrong tlmo. Ad Neuralgia Thoro is no nepd to suffer tho annoying, excruciating; pain of neuralgia; Sloan's Liniment laid on gently will sootho tho aching head liko magic. Don't delay. Try it at onco. , Hear What Otnera Say "I havo been a euflercr with Npumlsla tor Mvcrftl yean and have tried diffeieut l.lnlmcnti, out Hloan'a Liniment U the ben Liniment for NeurnlRm on earth. I havo tried it aurceutultyi It has never failed." F. II. William; AuguM, Ark. Mr: Ruth O. Clavvoal. InientnSenci. Mo., uritit: "A friend of ouri told uV about your Liniment. Wehavoboenutlns like it. We use it on everything, aoros, euta. burns, bruises, aore thront. headaches and on everything else. Wo can't get along Tmuout it. wo thin K it u tho Dcat Ualmont made. SLOAN'S LINIMENT is tho best remed v for rheumatism. Dacknclic, sore turoat find sprains. At all dealers, 25c. Send four cent in itatnps for a TRIAL EOTTLE Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Inc. Dept. B. Philadelphia, Pa. W. N. U., OMAHA, NO. 44-1914. Yis Troubled? sl Br. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for over forty years has been lending its aid to just such cases as this. In our possession wo havo thou uanda of testimonials of liko character. Perhaps you nro skeptical, but isn't it worth nt least a trial in view of such strong testimony? Isn't it reason nblo to BiippoBQ that if it has dono so much for othora it can do on much for you 7 Your druggist will supply you In liquid or tablet form, cr you can send 60 one-cent B tumps for a trial bos. Address Dr. O. V. Pierce, Itnffclo, N. Y.