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THE SEMI-WEEKL'Y TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. OKJWfl). The Raiment of the Bride T Y , M Cupid Is Making Very Poor Shots in Washington WASHINGTON. Cupid has neglected Washington. Either his accural with bow and arrow is detorrorating or ho has passed over tho capita' of tho United States to instill the germs of love In the hearts of old and i., I Ci M GET. M' TO Q) Art Austin RnM I SHOT T dCTB' I VV'' "T OW allow them to get married and livo In n. cozy flat; the bureau of the census says more than one-third of the women fifteen years and over In Washington are single. Only three states lead in tho number of unmarried women Massachusetts. Hhode Island and Mln nesota. Unmarried men, young and old, have greater opportunity, for finding n mate in Washington than in any other city. There arc all kinds, all types, all ages. If a man likes 'brunettes, there are many. Blondes aro in pro fusion. Mental qualifications range from the tea dance "chicken" with "no body homo" to the calm, studious, sedate female lawyer, doctor and scientist Ruling on the Rhea Hits the Feather Duster THE United States government spent a long time trying to answer the question: "What is whisky?" It has been spending more time trying to answer tho question: "What is an ostrich?" The question has been an swered by a declaration that "the os trich Is not a rhea." Therefore here after the plumes of the rhea cannot be Imported Into the United States. Tho rhea, which is an inhabitant of the Southern continent, has boon loosely called tho South -American ostrich, and as ostriches breed in cap tivity their plumes are not considered ns the plumes of wild fowl, and there fore under tho law which forbids tho Importation of tho feathers of wild birds, tho rhea plume, under plea that It was an ostrich plume, was held to be exempt and so was allowed to come In. The rhea, however, it has finally been proved, is a wild bird, and as the demand for its plumes threatened its extinction, the bird protectors took hold of the matter and hereafter under a ruling just made by the treasury depart ment, no rhea plumes can bo imported. It Is said that the decision will be felt heavily by the manufacturers of feather dusters, who aro said to bo dependent on theso plumes for a supply of proper material for the goods which they make. In tho controversy over the rhea many scientists gave their evidence. Dr. Frank M. Chapman, who Is the curator of ornithology in tho American Museum of Natural History, New York city, turned the scale so as to save tho rhea from extinction by telling tho treasury officials that "tho rhea Is no moro an ostrich than tho duck is a chicken; and, In fact, tho duck and chicken aro more closely akin." George K. Cherrle and Leo E. Miller, who went to South America with Colonel Roosevelt, visited a warehouse in IHienos Aires, where they found CO tons of rhea feathers, all of which were taken from birds which had been killed. The story that the rhea, like tho ostrich, was domesticated and that Its plumes were plucked from the living bird finally had been exploded. Canes of the World Shown in National Rluseum AN UNUSUALLY fine collection of some forty-fivo foreign countries figures among tho historical exhibits sign, while others, designed for spe cial purposes, include, an emergency cane, containing a whisky flask; a sketching handle; match safe canes; mountain climbing canes, with sharp spiked ferrules; an officers" "swagger stick, and sword and gun caneH of vari ous types. According to the belief of some anthropologists and ethnologists, the cano was an Implement which found its way into tho families of nearly every race before history was recorded, as a defensive weapon, or as a staff or other useful instrument. In somo countries It was used to represent a rod 'or punishment, and measuring. Ono interesting theory is that the Roman cane derived Its namo from tho fact that it was used to beat off tho savage dogs of the street. There its general uso was soon prohibited, however, since tho populace camo to uso it in their personal quarrels, with disastrous results, and because too many dead dogs Uttered tho streets. An Imperial edict, issued to relievo this state of affairs, forbade all except those of patrician rank from carrying canes, thus making it a privilege. The ladies of this time carried them also; their richly and artistically decorated canes serving as a rod for tho punish ment of their slaves. Hardest Working Federal Court in the Country WAShlNOTON has one judicial body which Is said to be tho hardest worked federal court In the United States. It Is the District of Colum bia supremo court. In conversation with one of the justices tho fact camo out that a tabulation had been inado of the docket and an assignment mado of tho work among tho six justices, working up to tho fullest possible, capacity that could bo required of a mnn, and it was found that it would be Impossiblo to clear the docket in the noxt year. Thero Is ono vacancy on the bench, but an additional Judge was taken Into the calculation. This la the only federal court, department of justice officials say, which works continuously nino months of the year without Interruption. , Tho reason for tho overloiHied docket ol this tribunal is that so many actions aro brought hero at tho scat of the national government, and every ono Is of transcendent importance, involving great issues. When an action is brought it is usually directed against tho cabinet officer heading a depart ment and must bo heard nt the earliest possible moment. Theso cases tako up days and weeks and sornotlmos months, thus deducting that much time from tho regular program of tho Judgo or Judges hearing them, and tho routine being thus interrupted, tho court falls behind In Us dockot. This court is presided over by J. Harry Covington of Maryland, svho, as a membor of the Interstate and foreign commerce committee of tho house, had charge of the trade commission bill passed at tho recent session of con gress, and this was his rownrd. Chief Justice Covington Is a young man, and a3 tccogni.ed as ono of tho b.ight lawyers of the Maryland bar before com iii( to concilia He is an affable gentk-iiwn, who wakes frkud-- readily an' .e t-ry popular. young In other cities, leaving tho boys and girls and tho men and women to work out their own methods of heart attraction. There is no doubt that Cupid hns failed us, because the bureau of cen sus has tlie figures to prove It, and figures don't He, except at a tea danco. Although William Kroll, license clerk at the city hall, has been acquiring writer's cramp filling out blanks do sired by heartsick swains which will JL- ( YOU'LL HtVE: TO CEf 'JTSaN-ALOHC vWhOUT PIE vrizr v -. -,1S v.3l" y iry canes or walking sticks, representing and twenty-one states of this country, of tho United States National Museum at Washington. Tho greater portion of this scries comprises a collection oi 152 pieces bequeathed 'to tho United States by the late Homer N. Lock wood of Washington, traveler, geog rapher, engineer and statesman. Forty different kinds of wooden canes aro on exhibition, as well as canes made of Ivory, bone, horn, skin, paper, tin, wire and other substances Many of tho specimens are very artic tic, some are of curious shape and de rSFSS I tV 4 1, i frcifc - Mf $ rf m,Lj,,: WV'r ss amc w "Zflor&mrKy m BLACK RASPBERRY CULTURE Fall Plowing Is Recommended as Good Means of Eradicating Grubs Soft Slyjuld De Fertile. Tho best soil for black raspberries is a mixture -of sand and gravel, rather high. It should not bo too dry; but, on the other hand, wot land will not do at all. While tho ground may bo plowed and fitted as for any other crop, It haB been found that fall plowing Is preferable, writes Nellie 12. Van Vleck In Green's Fruit Grower. If the plow ing Is done In November, or ns Into as It can bo done before freezing, tho grubs aro destroyed: and tho plants will not suffer devastation from them, as they aro likely to do If tho plowing is done In the spring. Tho soil should be fairly fertile, free from sod or roots, such as quack or blueroot grass and nil foul weeds. Plow rather deep, and harrow until tho earth $ perfectly fine and pliable. Too much manure has been known to bring on "the yellows," a disease fatal to berry plants. And let It bo said right here, if any yellow plnnts are ever discovered, they should be pulled up, taken out of tho pntch, and burned. Mark tho ground with a corn marker three feet each way. Set every row one way, nnd every other one the other way making tho rows three feet by six feet. Plants should be set as soon in the spring ns they aro largo enough say from four to six Inches high. Put them In deep; six inches is a good depth. They must have a good, linn rooting to help the heavy plnnts with stand the hard windB the following years. Cultivate and hoq often enough to keep tho field free from weeds. The i A Fine Cluster. more often the soil is stirred, the greater will be the yield. In a dry season, frequent cultivation draws the moisture to tho surface, and helps to tide tho plants over until tho rain comes. Sod will soon "run out" berry bushes. Keep the land level and clean. If no young plants aro wanted fot tho next year, this finishes the first season. If, however, new sets are desired, either for home uso or for sale, this is the way to get them. By tho way, plants In tho spring sell all the way from $3 to $10 a thousand, according to supply and demand. Early in September, bury the ends in tho ground about two Inches. A trowel makes a good tool for this pur pose. In tho spring, sever the young set, whero It Is" four or six inches high, from the mother plant. Trim all the other ends on tho old plant as far back as they aro frozen and dead. Cultivato frequently ns long as It can bo done without Injuring the ripening lruit, perhaps until two or threo weeks before picking time. During tho time that the crop is being gathered, the canes for next yenr's harvest will be getting tall. Tho patch will need to be done over sev eral times during July and August and the ends of the canes snipped olf to about throe feet high, in order that now shoots may come out to mako large, healthier biiHhes After the crop is harvested, tako out the old bushes with a long handled, short-blnded knife, mado for the purpose, being careful not to harm tho young canes. However, If there aro too many young canes In a hill, reduco tho number to four or five. It well cared for, a patch will last six years. Pruning Grapes. In pruning grapes It must bo re membered that the fruit grows on the new wood of the present season's growth which spring trom wood grown tho preceding season, and nev er on last year's wood The fruit Is homo near the huso of tho shoots. Each shoot should bear from two to six clusters, but only a limited num ber of clusters should bo allowed to devolop on a single vine. Slaughter of Birds. Wheat and fruit-growing roglons mo suffering because of the killing off of sapsuckors, rohlnB, bluejays, bluebirds, swifts, taiiageis, orioles, martins, swallows, nighthawks, ogrr-ts, herons, bobolinks, gulls, kingfishers mid oilier birds which men love to lull under the pure lust for slaughter & BETTER ROADS AND SCHOOLS Farmers Beginning to See That Edu cation Furnished In One-Room Building Is Not Adequate, Sooner or later wo shall bo driven to tho centralization of schools In some form, not necessarily to tho township school; but wo are all bo ginning to boo thnt tho education fur nlshed In tho one-room school with ten or twelvo pupils on an average, is not what tho farmer needs, and costs more than it Is worth. Therefore, we take It that wo shall be driven to somo kind of consolidation. When fanners get around to tho point of figuring what their schools actually cost them per pupil per day, nnd reallzo tho In adequacy of this kind of training to fit their children for farm life, they will remedy It by bunching tho schools together. Reforo this can be done effectively there must bo good roads, roads over which the children can bo carried comfortably to a large school whero they will have tho training that fits them for life, and in the larger schools a training that will tako tho placo of that of the town school, at vastly less expense and less danger to the health nnd morals of the pupil. To do this wo must havo good roads, and good dirt roads at that; for nine-tenths of tho roads that lead to tho schoolhouse and to the country church must be dirt roads. Thero aro placcB in somo of tho eastern states whero tho children go to school In automobiles. There are others whero they go on roller skntcs, us, for example, where cement roads havo been established. As wo have often pointed out, It Is possible to havo a dirt road good throughout most of tho year, simply through tho uso of tho road drag after tho road haB been graded and drained and supplied with culverts and bridges. Thero is, therefore, a very close con nection between the road drag and education. No law, however, can com pel tho farmer to uso tho road drag wisely. They must como to it of their own accord. They must get to a point whero It will be a disgrace to any farmer not to drag his road after ev- A Country Road Near Madison, Wis., Where Native Vegetation HaB Been Preserved and More of the Kind Planted. cry rain. Most people don't realize ot what a good road can bo mado in time by tho uso of tho drag, not in ono year, nor In two; but if the road Is dragged after every ruin, it will by and by become so hard and Binooth and elastic that it will require a very con siderable rain to put It out of condi tion. Fow people reallzo what a great Improvement can be mado In tlio road in even a fow months by tho use of tho drag Just as tho road Is drying off after each rain. METHOD OF DRAGGING ROADS Only a Small Amount of Earth la Moved, Just Enough to Fill the Ruts and Depressions. I dragging roads only n small amount of earth is moved, just enough to fill the ruts and depressions with u thin layer of plastic clay or earth which packB very hard so that tho next rain instead of finding ruts, depres sions, and clods In which to collect runs off, leaving the surface but llttlo affected. The drag should ho light and should bo drawn over tho road nt an anglo of about forty-fivo degrees. Tho driver should rldo on tho drag and should not drive faster than a walk. Ono round trip, each trip straddling a wheel track, Is usually sufficient to fill tho ruts and smooth tho ourfneo. Social Advancement. Good roads always contrlbuo to the social advancement of the community. Whllo tho towns and cities aro greatly benefited by good highways leading fiom tho country to the towns and cities, rural people aro the greater beneficiaries, because farmers not only advance on account of the saving in marketing their products, but they improve their social, educational nnd religious standing, because ot good roads. Rally thero is no argument fot poor roads, nor against building and malntuii n'? i.ood roads AN altogether charming bridal gown, following no special dictates of tho present modo iind Independent of somo traditions, Is shown here. It is fnshloned to suit tho brldo along con servative lines which cannot bo said to belong to this or that date, but Is In good stylo This handsome costume Is rather slniplo In design, with trained skirt of heavy whlto satin cut plain and fol lowing vaguely tho contour of tho fig ure. It hangs from tho normal waist lino and glories in an amplo train of tho ricli and shimmering fabric A full undorbodico of chiffon makes tho loveliest of foundations for tho slni plo bodlco of laco draped over it. Tho laco is shirred into slight fullness at tho shoulder boiihib and tho bodlco closes surpllco-fnshlon at tho front. This nrrnngomunt makes a "V'-shuped opening nt tho back as well as at the throat, which Is outlined with soft foldB of tulle. The sleeves aro set In and reach New Ostrich Millinery Trimmings INr AN uuthoritutivo display ot fine hats It Is strongly evident that tho insistent demand for fancy ostrich, in stead of ostrich plumes, doinlnates tho minds of designers. Ostrich in new forms, in fanciful monturcs, and in what is generally classed as "fancy ostrich," is used on nino out of ten oHtiich-feuther-trlmmed hats. And on tho tenth hut, if plumes are used, thoy uro mounted in odd ways. Threo fuBhlonublo turbans aro shown hero In which fancy ostrich ap pears as the trimming. Thoy aro of velvet and nro excellent typos of lints that aro suited to general wear, for tho velvet turban and tho fancy leather llguro in all Borts of hats. An odd shape appears at tho right, covered with black velvet. Tho crown overlaps tho brim, forming a rldgo about the hat A fringe of whlto ostrich, in which tho fluos are only a llttlo curled, falls from underneath tho overlapping crown and covers tho brim to tlio edge. Tho brim curves outward, forming a boniiotllko setting for tho faeo, and is faced with sjlk. A very tall singlo plumo like a long, broad quill, Is mounted nt tho side. Us oxtromo height is characteristic ot the standing trimmings on smart mil linery for this season. Another odd new featuro It. 'his turban Is furnished by tho band ot "narrow groHgrain rib bon which Is drawn about tho hat over the top of tho ostrich fringe The ctem of tho standing plume Is hidden halfway to tho elbow on tho uppoi arm, falling somowhat lower nt the undornnn. Tho laco of tho bodlco Is repeated in an qvordrnpory. Parting at tho wnlst lino In front It slopes to ward tho hack where it falls about half the length of tho figure. There is a long tulle veil, falling from' under a very up-to-dnto cap of point laco. This Is a novol method for placing Jho bridal veil, and gives the bride an opportunity to Indulge In that ancient superstition which at tributes good luck to hor who wears something that has been worn before The llttlo cap may bo mndo of old laco. It Is shaped on a foundation of line silk-covered wire. Tho arms aro almost covered by long kid gloves. A regulation bouquet of brides' roses and lilies of tho vnl ley nnd a strand of pearls about the neck aro concessions to customs thnt cannot bo improved upon In tho rai ment of tho brtdc. under a series of little bows made ol the sumo ribbons. A plain velvet turban with indented crown, at tho center ol tho group, i; trimmed with a pompon of small os trlch feathers, having a cluster of standing feathers springing from It Tho Hues aro not Huffy, us in the natural state, but aro treated to make thorn stringy and hairliko. Narrow ribbon is tied about this model, com pleting n usoful pleco of millinery in a shape that Is especially well liked by young girls At tho left a hat of sapphire bluo velvet Is entirely covered with small ostrich feathers. Thoy aro laid side by sldo fiat on the crown lengthwise and ovorlap about tho side crown nnd narrow-drooping brim until tho hut is a mass ot light Hues that arc sparse enough to glimpse tho velvet under them. A narrow ostrich quill springs from tho front. Tills Is a captivating model suited to both mature nnd youthful wearers. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. Velveteen Rest Gowns. Llborty volvoteen is an ideal mate rial for rf-st gowns of a comparatively Inoxponslvo ordor. In japonlca pink and in all tho fashionable shadca of yellow this stuff Is lovoly. It looks well when combined with plaited chlf ton and bordered with narrow bandu of tikuiiU.