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THE SEMIAVEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. BELGIAN MARKSMEN IN AMBUcH ALONG THE NETHE fy$&&i&l&$&'&&&l$P&$&fr$ SCAB DEVELOPS ON FRUIT IN STORAGE Let Us M,nn I a iaj tlr PXV. J. H. KALSTON Stctcltry of Cotiond(tic Dtputmtat Mocdr Bible Inililule, Giiesao X ' i $$3$s$ T1IXT I will th reforu that men pray LM lywll'Tr. a r - - r - rtr "- ' f"' $ ? .fP4 '-",; 7Lrifttw&4WAjy"iwrs!,vttm9. '' .Li.2rrr-- ,.... -ry Sf2T. &;A7r.m v . BP'W' r i rut 1 1 ' ' ' ' V iiiira RESPONSIBLE FOR Rear Admiral Schlieper Says That in Evolving-Type of Submarine Kaiser Waited Until Many Technical DetaS Had Been Per fected by Other Nations and Then BuiltCauds the Work of the U-9 Says It Will Live Immortally. By REAR ADMIRAL D. SCHLIEPER. (J'rom Uio lllntrlrlo Zcltiini? ) Leipzig, Gormany.-MVIthout .exag geration wo can safely any that never In tlio history of naval wurfuro bus Hiich a tiny er.tlty or U-9 achieved hucIi remarkable huccpsh. It Ih not at all tho Intention or the navy to make much of tho affair; but in all sober ncHB It imiBt bo conceded that Cnpt. Lieut, Otto Wfddlngon and hlo bravo companions accomplished a doughty act on September 22. Wo seo three EngllBh mighty urmored cruisers crumplo up and sink to tho bottom of tho ocoun In u short time, In a few brief minutes, carrying lo death hun dreds of splendid lives. It was done In loss time than It lakcB to tell by a "boat" which had not oven thirty per sons aboard. How is such a thing possible7 How can a catastropho tako place In such mi lnllnlteslmal period of timo? Well, whoever knows anything at all about tho slzo and strength of our torpedo heads can got a fair Idea of tho tnngnl ludo of the explosion which took place under the hulls of our enemy's cruis ers. When a magazlno Is struck o when Hovoral watertight compartments! are shattered tho wator pours lpto tho ves sel like a mountain. Then, If thero Is time, mighty demands aro made upon tho doors of tho other compartments, upon tho ontlro equipment, upon care ful handling, of tho entire apparatus. Tho fuluro will show whether care lessness or lnck of training and drlllB husteiied tho sinking of thoso threo Inrgo cruisers. Worth of Submarine. All this has nothing to do with the courageous, plucky deed of U-9. Tho result 1b there; It could not bo moro complete. Hero wo, seo exemplified tho full lighting capacity of a subma rine It Is able in broad daylight to iipproach closely, within rango of tho vessels, and to sink ono lovlathan af ter the other. And all this without being Injured itself. As 1b known, all that la visible of a submarine is Its periscope, attached to whjch Is a tiny mirror in which tho comniandnnt observes tho enemy and through which ho Is enabled to direct tho torpedo. Tho body of tho vossol Is not visible, and If necessary tho boat can travel to a lower dopth so that the periscope also Is submerged. Tho submnrlno remains unharmed, while, as In tho caso of IT-!), tho vos vIb which have received their death blow seek In wild chaos to koep nfloat, and their men In this caso tlftcon hundred aro doomed to death. Tho Invisibility of tho tiuhnmrlno, and tho romparatlvo "safety with which it per forms Its deadly work woro the fac tors which woro brilliantly demon- ' utrated on the morning of HcptiMnboi , 22 It Is-selfovldonttliat such-results s ill not ho obtahwd In ovory Instance with submarine!), as desirable us this would bo for our vessels. Hut tins tremendous success proves that our material, personnel ami manner of at lnck uro on tho right track. For what was desired of this weapon a seago ing boat, with a large Viulltin of notion, which can travel Independently of oth r vessels or harbors has been splen didly effected Let Others Experiment. It was not easy to evolve such a hunt Wo did not pa any munition to he Jubilant cries of our western ih Ighhors to tho effect that they had In commlshlon a flotilla of porfect sub nmriiiPB, nor did the larger num,bor jwned by tho English navy trouble us. e worked to produce a highly spo lalized, wholly Independent type, and v e succeeded In producing It without any spootnculnr advertising, but with 'Irnnnn thurnuKhnesB and patience. Technically It loqulrod much experi menting. And we woro polite; wo nl owed our neighbors to oxpurlmont, iwnlted their reunite, ami then, after rt.Un little technical points had been tiled, we resumed building Our UNDERSEA SUCCESS neighbors had "paid the piper." Tho brilliant result achieved by U-9 showed tho correctness of our cnlmer proceeding, for while other nations can operate with their smaller, less seaworthy vessels, we have to reckon with other conditions. And proud uh wo aro of this suc cess, wo must guard against erroneous conclusions. Kven If w should suc ceed In repeating tho exploit, and If other English cruisers should bo sent to tho bottom by other German sub marines, wo must not blind ourselveB to tho necessity of maintaining a fleet of mentof-wnr and cruisers. It Is not wiso to gonernlizo from ono particular, as wo have found to our sorrow when In tho caso of now Inventions wo havo been too hasty In casting asldo tho old, proved mothods. That was partly tho caso when tho first submnrlno was built. Thero wero thoso who bolloved thnt tho day of tho largo cruisers was pasti Wo cannot do without represen tatives of tho various types of battle ships. Will Live Immortally. Theso rolloctlons In no way detract from the glory of tho work done by U-9, which will llvo Immortally In Ger man history, and will bo mentioned in ono breath with tho litis. Its actunl succoss will paralyzo English pride and Imagination, but, knowing tho tomporamont of our English coubIiis, wo do not bellovo thoy , will allow thomsolves to bo swept Into any ox- cobb of foolhardy risk. Their placid inannor of thinking will provont any thing of the sort. Hut John Hull has been given food for thought by tho fact that ono llttlo Germnn boat waB ahlo to Injuro so materially tho In vincible English Armada. At tho mo ment England seeks to give tho im pression thnt sho deplores tho loss of life chlofly; tho purely human sldo of the catastropho is pushed to the fore. Who Is to blame, who Is responsi ble for tho many victims, for tho streams of tears yea, and of blood, too? Not U-9. It only did Its duty. Not Germany, for Germany never wanted war, and who could havo been mure seriously Insulted than sho wnB? In this blow to Englnnd a different voice might bo construed us bolng henrd; but wo wilt not become sentl mentnl. Wo will try to think as tho English think, and hope that other German U boats, Incited by such an oxnmplo, will oinulnto It and destroy many hostllo erulsors MOST BEAUTIFUL QUEEN Tho little kingdom of ltouinanla boasts the only beautiful queen In Europe. Sho U Queen Marie, wifo of the new king. Ruuon Mario Is the daughter of tho duko of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria of Groat Hrltnln. Her niothor was the Grand Duchess Mnrie, favorite daughter of C'znr Alexander II. Startled Bluecoats In "Barn- 75k. storming" for a Bed. ' tfjMfesnlLW San Diego, Cal.A Mexican boy, . nbout two yeurs old, the othor night essayed to kIvo a playlet called "Adam," in which ho took the title role, with Ofllcers George Wilson and Pat Koano as spectators. Wilson and Keano wero walking down II street when they heard ap palling cries. Hushing to tho corner of Union, they behold tho llttlo Mex ican, In tho costume of tho ilrBt man, hnminerlng frantically on a barn door and screaming' In a manner that would lmve' done credit to a melo drama heroine. "It's September Morn," hoarsely muttered Keane. "Soptember Morn nothing," retorted Wilson. "It's only a Mexican Adam. Lot's Investigate." Tho ofllcers opened tho bam door and llttlo Adam dashed in, threaded his way between tho legs of several horses and cows, and at last, with a llttlo cry of content, found a dish pan filled with straw, Jumped Into it and went to sleep. Wilson and Keano stood gazing in ustonlshment and then, picking tho baby up In their arms, carried him Into a house near by. Thero thoy found two of tho baby's sisters, who enlightened them as to tho reason for tho child's actions. Their father and mother, they said, worked nights and put tho children (soven of them) Into ono bed to sleep. Tho rest of tho family had loft and tho llttlo fellow, becoming I dlssatisfleU with his bed, had run out to sloop In tho barn with his friends, tho horses and cows, but could not open tho barn door and io had cried for assistance. "Geo whizz," grinned Keano, as ho and Wilson walked away. "I never henrd of Adam bolng a bnrnstorincr before." SAY BELGIANS ARE BITTER Germans Give Out Alleged Charges Against English in Regard to Antwerp. Herlin. A statement given out by tho German Information service charges that the Belgian soldiers now Interned in Holland aro bitter ngaliiBt the English, who they think should havo sour 120,000 men Instead of tho 25,000 who wero actually sent to help In saving Antwerp. "The only thing the English did,' sas the statement, "was to syBtemati cally destroy all fond supplies at Ant werp so that oven tho mayor of the city and tho Belgian commander pro testod, without being able, howover, to stop the Englishmen in their work of destruction, who bothered nelthei about tho orders of tho Belgian com mnnder nor any Holglan instructions whatsoovor. Tho big canning factories woro burnt down by tho English with out tho authorization of tho Holglans Tho ostlmatod vnluo of tho foodstuffs dostroyed by tho English in Antwerp amounts to almost 200,000,000 francs "A high Holglan oflleer showed a letter to a correspondent of tho Hot terdamscho Courant written by an English colonel In which tho writer states that '.1,000 Englishmen, escorted by Belgian guides, had started from ttiworeh in a westerly direction during the night from Thursday to Friday, the night boforo tho fall of Antwerp. The Belgian oflleer desired to correct the prcwilout opinion that tho dofoiibo of Antwerp had In tho end been In trusted exclusively to English troops He maintained, on the contrary, that they had entirely failed to help to tho last tho city, tho doom of which they had brought about." KAISER'S HEALTH IS GOOD Austrian Visitor Declares German Emperor Enjoys Admirable Elastic Energy. Vienna.--Baron von Skoda de scribes In n Vienna newspaper a visit ho pold to Emporor William at his headquarters. I la says: "1 found tho emperor in tho boot of health anil looking very wall. All rumors that tho omperor has boen much nffectod by tho war and that his hair has turned grny aro sheer inventions Tho emperor has had to hour sovoro oxer tlons every day. Ho takoa long rides for hours and enjoys ndmlrnbla elnaUo energy-" Very few respond to the doslro of tho writer of the text. Tho inildol ridicules prayer; the man absorbed In b'uMness affairs snoerB nt it; the formalist trouts It nii-elianieally; the ordinary church' member neglects It tho averago t'hristian only oc- asionally prac tlroj It It is left to tho ono In a thousand to real ize it fully. To define prayer 1b difficult ltev- orence, submission to the will of God, sincerity, tho spirit of forgiveness, defi- nlteness of supplication, whole-heart-ednesa and recognition of Jesus Christ must go into It. Prayer does not re quiro definition, and tho best prayers rarely ever fit any mold of defini tion. Some seem to think that the chief bleBsing of prayer la subjective, that it does any ono good to get into tho attitude of prayer and to talk to God. Granting that there is much benefit In this, wo would mako the point that prayer is petitloV it is the asking of God for things desired. Men do not get many blessings that they wish simply becauso they do not ask God for them "Ye have not because yo ask not." ' Prayer does not depend on location, attitude, or other circumstances. If tho cathedral is not at hand, tho open air will do, even a street corner; men pray lying down, standing up, kneeling or sitting; garb, social stand ing, favor or opposition of men has nothing to do with essential prayer. It Is tho real purpose of tho heart that certifies Its genuineness. What WIN Prayer Do? It will move the arm that moves tho world. The philosophy of prayer is as reasonable as that of any pioblem of cause and effect. If man prays as lie should, just what he prays for will bo granted. He stretches hia hand 0Ver the sea and prays and the wa- tors part; another man calls for fire from heaven and It fulls; another prays for tho sick and immediately health returns; another prays for the redemption of tho drunkard or the prostitute, and behold the former be comes an upright, honest, trustworthy citizen, and the latter becomes worthy to stand In any place in refined soci ety or in tho homo circle "Moro things are dono by prayer thnn man dreams of." There Is only ono prayer that tho man who is not right with God la justllled in offering, and that is. "God bo merciful to mo a sinner." That prayer Is really the surrender of tho heart and lifo to God. Tho man who prays must havo acquaintance ship with God, must have the right to call God Father, aud no ono can do this who doc3 not believe In Jesus Christ. Men living in sin aro tho children of the devil and have no right to pray, that is, to havo communion with God, except as the publican had. The desire of the writer of tho text was tho desire tht men might get right with God. Comparatively anything within tho will of God is a proper subject of .prayer, and that will is readily found In tho Bible To Pray nlllj -willy or without regard to the groat moral and spiritual Issues that may bo at stake ma possibly be very sinful. How to Get to Praying. After the Clivl war closed tho ques tion arose as to bow to resumo speclo payments, and a wiso statesman an swered by baying "Tho way to re sume Is to resume." So wo bay, tho way to pray is to pray. If n man has reason to believe ho is a child of God, ho has n tight to pray, and tho obligation slighted brings guilt on him God is tho only ono w ho can supply his need, and tho thing to do is simply to ask God to suppiy it. Men could havo the dearest objects of life met If thoj; would nsk God for them, even tho salvation of their dear ost friends, ovon their own children. When tlm efl wild .slilj. tho ilmlt a monk would be Whrn the duvll wtm wil tt-e iltUl n monk wus li . So truthfully wrote an old English satirist. Thnt princlplo applies all through history. When mou aro pros porous everywhere- they do not pray. When they fall Into trouble they pray and do It with an earnestness that ig nores propriety and circumstance Was thero over a time In this genera tion whenjtho world as a wholo was in greater distress than now? Men's honrts are falling them for fear. As over, God is a present help In time of troublo mid tho call of the day la to pray. Man 1ms failed, civilization has failed, half-skeptical and half, hearted Christianity Is threatened with follure. Goil Is tho only reruge and In God alone Is tho t-trength of man ncl ntull he not n-1 i r It? i Scab Develop 3 (By w. J. Monsi-:.) Scab on apples Is too familiar to need much description. It first aiv pears as small, circular, olive-colored spots on tho skin of the apple. These later enlarge, many of them becoming one-fourth of an inch or moro in dia meter, rounded, roughish and dark olive-colored, usually surrounded by a light gray border. Several spots may coalesco and form irregular patches, sometimes covering a large portion of the applo In severe at tacks, especially those resulting from early Infections when tho fruit is small, the applcs often become cracked and badly distorted in shape, due to tho unequal growth of tho healthy and diseased portions While scab on the fruit Is largely a superficial growth, the injury it does directly and indirectly la by no means confined to simple damaging of the appearance of the fruit. Epidemics of pink rot and somo of tho blue molds decay come from secondary infections of tho fungi through scab spots. Scabby apples in addition to being moro likely to decay, wither moro rapidly in storage than tho perfect ap pies Apple scab fungus may attack tho flowers, twigs, leaf-stalks, .loaves and fruit, but It is upon the last two that its appearance is most prominent. v. FALL PRUNING OF RASPBERRY BOSHES Do Not Leave Fields to Them selves to Battle With Weeds and Insect Pests. As a general thing the oorry fields ufter tho fruiting season is over aro left to themselves (o battle with tho Insects and the weeds. Do not allow this. Prune, cultivate and keep off tho Insects. If you failed to pinch out tho tips of tho young canes of the raspberry when nbout two and one-half to threo feet high, do not delay; cut them off at once. Tho growth of the laterals will not be so heavy or so regular as when topped while thoy are young and very tender; nor will tho bushes bo so well formed. Cut out all tho canes that boro fruit tho past season and thin tho now canes to stand three in a hill. Keep down all grass and weeds ns thoy harbor many Insects which prey on tho bushes and fruit and draw from tho soil moisture and fertility that should bo stored up in tho plants for next season's growth. If cultivated longer than August 15 thero will be danger of somo of tno tips not ripening and tho loss by winter killing will bo greater than if cultivation is stopped early; which causes a check to tho growth of the plant and allows a moro thorouch ripening of tho tips of tho canes. Just after tho last cultivation, or about the tlmo of tho first freezing wcathor, a light mulch should bo put around tho hills. Then In tho spring ns soon ns a thorough cultivation has been given them, put on a heavy mulch; if tho rows are about flvo feet apart and tho hills four feet in tho row, mulch tho ontlro spaco botween tho rows and tho hills. Tho mulch may bo rotten straw, for ost leaves, pine needles or corn fodder, but whont, rye- or oat straw that has been used as bedding in tho horso or cow stalls, when about one-half rotted makes tho Ideal mulch. Tho manage ment of tho red and blackcap raspber ries aro about tho samo. Tho red vari eties rcptoduco themselves by sucker lug or spring from tho root of the par ent plant and tho blackcaps from tho tips of tho vines taking root when lay ered in tho soil. Fruit Growing. Tho fruit-growing possibilities ofl this country are so great and uh et so slightly tested and the successes that have been nchloved oven on tho largoBt scale huvo been so largely matters of accident or surprise that tho limits of the fruit-growing dis tricts, and oven oflho principal fields of production, cannot yet be regarded ?,s finally dinrniinod ed In Storage. Whllo severe attacks on tho leaves do much to weaken tho trees, the direct monetary loss to the orchardtst In greatest from the effects of fruit in jury. It is a matter of common experi ence that tho lower leaves on the tree aro the first to show attacks of scab. Hence raking and burning the leaves would do much to lessen the danger of infection. Tho formation of winter sporea takes place moro readily when tho leaves fall on sod or are partly covered by grass or other leaves Or chard cultivation produces conditions unfavorable to tho propagation of scab spores and early plowing buries many of them where thoy will decay and do no damage. From information by men who havo made a study of this disease, it would seem that the appearance, growth and spread of applo scab In storage is by no means uncommon. Scab in storage may develop on fruit which, when placed in tho cellar, appeared entirely free from the disease. Fruit from trees that aro well sprayed will bo less likely to develop the disease in storage. Scabby apples should be care fully sorted from tho sound beforo storing. The temperature ot storago should bo as low as consistent with safety and not subject to abrupt changes. SOUND CURES FOR FARM DISCONTENT In No Other Occupation More Nearly Idealized Than on the Good Old Farm. Figure up to-day's dinner and seo how much it would cost if you bought it at tho hotel. Then figure up and seo what it would cost if bought at the storo in the raw state and pro pared at home as tho laboring man does. Comparo the number and length of your holidays on the farm with those the city laboring man takes in a year, not forgetting to make allowance for the advantage you have of picking your own. Count tho cost of his house and garden, and compare its sizo with your own, trees and breathing room being included In tho reckoning. Does your wife over havo to buy soil In which to grow as many flowers as sho wishes? Thero are somo who make more money, and seemingly easier. Yet they havo an Immense amount of brain worry, and It is worry that kills, after all. There aro many more who, while they handle more money than tho aver ago farmer does, do not havo nearly so much. Tho golden mean, of which tho poet sang, is still the cholco of tho wiso; and in no other occupation is it moro nearly idealized than on the farm. THINGS LEARNED BY GOOD, HARD KNOCKS Do Not Wholly Abandon Staple Crop Because It Is Tempo rarily Unprofitable. To wholly abandon a staple crop of produco because it Is temporarily unprofitable is to lose one's hold on tho market when it becomes profitable again. Linseed oil Is especially useful to pregnant and suckling sows. It keeps tho system in good condition, anil aids very materially In the milk flow. In-and-in breeding Is to bo avoided, ns It tends to Impair tho health and vigor of tho stock, ns well as their feeding and dairy qualities All waste places turned to soma profitable use will not only Incroaso the farm profits, but add greatly to riio looks and" value of tho land. Tho dirt and sweat which accumu late on tho horses during the day should novor be allowed to remain on ovornight. It will affect tho skin aud produce disease.