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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1915)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. ITALY'S TROOPS KEEP ON THE ALERT FOR TROUBLE For months tlio entrance of Italy into tho war baa bcon expected. Her troops are all mobilized and large bodies of men lmVo been Honl to tbo Austrian frontier. A detachment Is hero seen marching through tho streets of Genoa. E FIFIJ TEARS AGO Anniversary of Final Scene Struggle Between North and South.' in WHEN LEE AND GRANT MET Historic Event nt Appomattox Court House as Described by Gen. Hor ace Porter Contrast Between the Two Great Soldiers. Washington. Fifty years ago, in tho quiet and peaceful llttlo village of Appomattox Court; Houso, Va., waB enacted ono of tho most memorablo scones in the history of that civil strlfo waged for over four long years between tho North and South, tho sur render of tho Army of Northern Vir ginia undor Gen. Robert E. Leo to Gen. U. S. Grant, commander in chief of tho Union forces. A half century of time has served to blot out tho memory of tho causes that led up to tho conflict, but Uiobo still living who bore arms during tho innio, anu cspec any mo veterans un- ucr tno immeuinto commanus or ucn- oru.B l,iq mm uraiu, can uaruiy uo expected to forgot tho day upon which mo icauer or mo uonrouerato forces In tho Held decided to submit to what ho Bincorely bolloved was tho inovlta blo. Follow Leo's Example. Although tho surrender of Leo marked tho official ending of tho war, thoro woro Bomo of tho Confederate commandera who refused to bellovo that their cause was a loBt ono and mado strong offortB to contlnuo tho fighting. Whon tho nows of tho sur- ronder waB brought to General Echols, ln command of tho department of Gen. U. S. Grant. Southwest Virginia, a council of his Tjrlgado commandcrB waB hold to do cldo whether or not thoy should glvo up. Several of tho cavalry leaders strongly oxpreBsod tho determination that they shou d nut off Burmtwinr n long as tho Confederacy had an armed torco in tho field, and doclared that 1 nn effort should, bo mado to Join Gon- Aftor brlofty discussing tho condl oral Johnston. Genornl Echols was tlons. Gonornl Loo suggested that tho jamong thoso. and for soveral days, witu a largo part of IiIb cavalry, ho rnarcneu to tno south. With each buc- cecdlng day, however, thoy becamo more convinced of tho frultlosBnoBS of their efforts, and Anally decided to iohow mo exampio or Lee. April 9, 1805, waB tho dato on which tho surrender of Loo took placo Al- though termB bad bcon virtually agreed upon between Grant and tho confederate commander as tho result of the exchange of a series of not ithe formal drafting of tho terms bo- ,tween the leaders of tho opposing forces took piaco on this dato In the Home of winner McLean, ono of tho most pretentious in tno llttlo villago of Appomattox. ; The mooting which resulted In the enolng of tho war is interestingly de scribed by Horaco Porter, brevet brig adier goneral, as follows: "It was then about half-pant one of Sunday, Mio 9th of April. Wo entered, and found Goneral Grant- sitting at a marble-topped table in tho center of tho room, and Leo sitting beside a smaH oval tablo noar tho front win dow, in tho corner opposite to tho door by which wo entered, and facing Gen eral Grant. Colonel Marshall, his military secretary, was standing at his loft. , Wo walked in softly and4 rungcu ourselves quietly auout ma sides of thn room, verv mnrli nn tho peoplo enter a sick-chamber when thoy expect to find tho patient dan gorously ill. Somo found seats on tho sofa nnd tho few chairs which con- stltutcd tho furniture, but most of the party stood. 'The contrast between tho two commandorR wan striking, and could not fail to attract marked attention as they sat ten feet apart, facing each other. General Grant, then nearly forty-three years of ago, was flvo feet eight inches In height, with shoulders slightly stooped. Ills hair and full beard woro nut-brown, without a traco of gray in them, lie had on a slngle- breustcd blouse, made of dark-bluo flannel, unbuttoned In front, and show ing a waistcoat underneath. Ho woro an ordinary pair of top boots, with his trousers lnsldo, and was without spurs. Tho boots and portions of his ci0HneB woro Bptlttorcd with mud. Ho ,md ,m(1 on a pa,r of thrend gloveS( of tl dark yoj,ow color wn,ch ho hnd ttvU on oK ou ont0ring tho room. His folt BUgar oar stiff-brimmed hat was thrown on tho table tesldo him. Ho had no sword, and a pair of shouldor straps was all thcro waa about him to dcslgnato his rank. In fact, aside from thoso, IiIb uniform waB that of a prlvato soldlor. Lee's Fine Presence. "Leo, on tho other hand, was fully six feet in height and quite erect for ono of his ago, for ho was Grant's sonlor by sixteen years. Ills hair and lull board were a silver-gray and qulto thick, oxcopt that tho hair had bo- como a llttlo thin in front. Ho woro a now uniform of Confedorat,o gray, buttoned up at tho throat, and at his Bldo ho carried a long sword of ox cccdlngly flno workmanship, tho hilt studded with jewels. It wnB snld to bo tho sword that had been presented to him by tho stato of Virginia. His top boots woro comparatively now, ami seemed to have on them somo or namental stitching of red silk-. Liko hlt uniform, thoy wero singularly clean and but llttlo travel-stained. On tho boots wero handsomo spurs with largo rowels. A felt hat, which in color matched pretty closely that of his uniform, and a pair of long buck skin gauntlotB lay bosldo him on tho tablo. Wo asked Colonel Marshall afterward how It was that both ho and his chief woro such flno toggery and looked so much as If they hud turned out to go to church, whllo with us our garb scarcely roso to tho dignity oven of tho 'shabby-gonteol. Ho straightened ub put regarding tho con trast by explaining that whon their headquarters wagons had been pressed so closely by our cavalry a fow doy8 beforo, and It was found thoy would havo to destroy all their baggago, oxcopt tho clothes thoy car- r,cd on tuo,r bacUB- oach ono- atmal- uu,uuluu 'u "" " " nnd B0UBIU A0 vrovmuo mo gou oi uesirucuon uy u huctwco oi m buu- ontl-DOSt" Grant Writes the Terms. terms bo nut In writing. Grant called for hla ordor book, opened It on tho tablo and proceeded to do bo. Whlln wrltlnc. ho noticed the hand nnmn sword that Loo moBsossed. and ho aftorwards said that this sot him to thinking that it would bo an un- nocoBBary humiliation to require tho officers to surrender tholr swords and a great hardship to doprlvo thom of tholr personal baggago and horses, which causod him to add this sen tnnen: ' "This will not ombraco tho stdo arms of tho officers nor tholr prlvato horses nor baggage." Tho torms as submitted by Qonoral Grant wero: "Gen. R. K. Lee. Commanding C. S. A. I "General: In accordance with tho flubstanco of my letter to you of tho 8th instant, I proposo to receive the surrender of tho Army of Northern Virginia .on tho following terms, to- wlt: Rolls of all tho offlccrs and men to bo mado In duplicate, ono copy to bo given to an ofllcer to bo designated by me, tho other to bo rotalned by such officers as you may designate. Tho officers to give their Individual paroles not to tako up arms against tho government of the United States until properly 'exchanged,' and each company or reglmontal commander to sign a like parole for all tho men of their commands. Tho arms, artillery and public property to bo parked and stacked, nnd turned over to tho offi cers appointed by mo to receive them. This will not ombraco the sldearms of tho officers, nor their prlvnto horses or baggage. This done, each ofllcer and man will bo allowed to ro turn to his homo, not to bo disturbed by the United States authorities so long as they observo their paroles and tho laws In forco where they may ro sldo. Very respectfully, 1 "U. S. GRANT, "Lieutenant General." News Quickly Spreads. They woro evidently agreeable to tho Confederate commander, arid Gen eral Leo directed that a letter of ac ceptance of tho terms of surrender bo drawn up. This was signed, and after a few Impersonal remarks tho loaders of tho , Gen. Robert E. Lee. two opposing forces shook hands and departed. It did not tako long for tho nows to spread among tho soldiers, nnd big bonfires that evening ovldcnced tho ploasuro of tho troops that hostilities wero at an end. FARMER'S WIFE EARNS AUTO Helps Husband With Carpen .r Work; He sens His Wheat at $1.50. Culver, Kan. Last summer before D. II. Knott threshed his wheat ho de elded to hold tho crop for a higher price, ilo built granaries and rona!rd others on his farm, but tho work of harvesting and threshing mndo labor scarco nnd ho finally secured hie wlfo's sorvlcos In assisting In tho car pontor work nnd sho mnko n vcinA "hand. When tho work was comnlotort and tho threshing machine was ready ror eis stacKs, Airs. Knott said: "Now, nustmnu, wnat am I to got for my services?" "Woll, whon whont roaches a dollar and a half I will sell and wo will have a motor car," was tho nnswor. Tho wheat Is sold and Mr. Knott's bank account shows that ho received a dollar and a half a bushel, Mrs, Knott IB waiting tor tho auto. Some Demonstration. LawrencoDurg, ina. Renon N. Probst, ago Blxty-two, a farmer living in Minor lownsnip, nought territory In Doarboni county ns solo ngont for a patent food cutter, guaranteed to assure safety to tho operator. Probst was demonstrating tho feed cutter to a number of farmers and was mnklnir "safety first" a strong point, when his right hand was drawn into the ma chine. Tho ends of threo of his fingers woro amputated uy the knives. I won.ltr If tlio nap Is stirring yet. If wintry birds uro droamlng of a mate If frozen snowdrops feci ns yet tlio sun. And crocus llres nra kindling ono by ono? C. ltossottl. SOME COMPANY DISHES. The following recipes may bo sug gestive to tho young hostess when she Is planning to enter tain her . friends and wants something good which can bo prepared without requiring too much work. A most delici ous dinner salad Is this: Mako a grapefruit Jelly. using one-third of a cup ful of sugar and a third of a cupful of water, boiled together threo minutes, and then add ono and a half tablespoon fuls of gelatin which has been soaked in two tablospoonfuls of cold water; add a half cupful of grapefruit julco ono tablespoonful of lemon juice and a pinch of salt; strain Into a round bowl or mold. When stiff, unmold and serve, garnished with a cream cheese which haB been well seasoned and mixed with cream to mako soft enough to pipe around tho mold of Jelly. Servo with French dressing, using lemon julco Instead of vinegar or a combination of the two. Spring Soup Peel and thinly slice one onion and cook it in a tablespoon ful of butter flvo minutes, stirring con stantly; then add four cupfuls of chicken stock, with ono cupful of stale bread crumbs. Bring to the boiling point and let simmer 45 minutes, then rub through a sieve and add ono cup ful of milk. Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter; add two tablespoonfuls of flour and stir until well blondod, then pour on gradually while stirring, tho hot liquid when boiling hot; add ono cupful of thin cream and season with salt and pepper. Melba Sandwiches. Chop lino a half dozen olives; add a tablespoonful of mayonnaise dressing and a tea- spoonful of chopped pecan meats. Spread on buttered graham bread. Creamed Sardines. Melt four table spoonfuls of butter; add one-fourth of a cupful of soft, stale bread crumbs and ono cupful of cream; bring to the boiling point; add ono box of sardines, two cooked eggs, finely chopped, ono halt teaspoonful of salt and ono-clghth of a teaspoonful of pepper and pa prika. Doll up again and serve on nar row strips of buttered toast. Tho ceaseless rain Is falling fast, And yonder glided vane, Immovable for threo days past. Points to tho misty main. Longfellow. SAVORY DISHES. When serving largo sized baked po tatoes use an apple corer and scoop out a piece, fllllng the v ypf?- cavity wun a smaii sau VMk), sage, put In tho Bmall ity and fasten it with a toothjjlck; put Into the oven and bake. When cooked "tho sausage will have seasoned tho pota to. Rice With Sausage. Put three- fourths of a cupful of rice In a quart of boiling water to cook, stir with a fork and boll flvo minutes, drain and rlnso with cold water, drain again. Molt two tablespoonfuls of butter in a double boiler to which has been added one chopped onion, stir and cook until yellow, then add' tho rlco and cook un til tho rlco has absorbed all tho butter. then add two cupfuls of hot broth, half a teaspoonful of salt, a dush of pa prika and cook until tho rice Is tender. Moro broth Is added as needed. When cooked, Btlr In a half cupful of grated cheese, lightly, with forks, two table spoonfuls of butter and two canned pimentos, finely chopped. Turn on n sorvlng dish, heap In a mound and ar range cooked pork sausage around tho rice. Sausago fat may bo used to sea son tho rlco In pjaco of butter and green poppers Instead of tho red. Beef Scrapple. Boll two pounds of flank steak until tender, put it through a meat grinder. To tho liquor of tho beef add a pint of oatmeal, boll for a half hour, then mix with tho meat, season with popper and salt and put Into a bread pan or flnt dish to cool. Fry In slices until a deep brown. This will kcop for Bomo time nnd makes a most wholesome' breukfast dish. Potato Pancakes. Peel and grato six largo potatoes aftor soaking In cold water. With the potato add ono largo onion, grnted; half a toaspoonful of salt, two eggs, a teaspoonful of baking powder and enough flour to mako a thin batter. Fry until brown on a hot well greased grlddjo. Loads of Hell. Pat and Mike, Just landed In Amor- ica, wero spending tho first night In a hotel. Mlko was unablo to sleep About midnight a fire broke out In the neighborhood and a fire englno came down tho street clanging Its boll and belching flro and smoko. Mlko rushed to tho window, looked out, nnd rushed back to awaken Pat, but Pat refused Another engine came clanging down tht street. Mlko was beBlde himself with fright. "Getup! Pat, get up!" he yelled; "they're moving hell, and two loads havo gone by already." IB Tho thoughts of worldly men are forevor regulated by a moral law of gravitation, which, IIKo tho physical ono, holds them down to earth, Dickens. FISH, FRESH OR CANNED. Our fish canneries have arrived at such a stage of efficiency that tho out . put of varieties of fish IHHSkS which may bo bought in W&pmMm almost any market are kWJK n. crrpfit. nddlMnn tn flip menu. Doliclous sal mon, tunny flsh, crab meat, and in fact, .any variety may bo had of tho canned fish nt near ly all places or times ot year. Fish is less ox- pensive than meat in most places and as it stands second to it in nutritive value is a welcome dish for the table. Creole Halibut. Cook together a pint of tomatoes and a cupful of water with two slices of onlQn; threo cloves; one-half tablespoonful ot sugar, 20 minutes; then put through a strainer; cook together three tablespoonfuls each of flour and butter; add tho tomato and cook two minutes. Wipe a two pound pieco of halibut with a cloth wrung out of cold water; put into a baking pan, stick with a dozen cloves, pour around half of tho sauce, and bako In a hot oven 40 minutes, basting with tho sauce. Garnish with parsley when serving. Herring Salad. Cook salt herring 15 minutes in boiling water to cover; drain, cool and separate the flakes. There should bo a cupful. Add an equal measure of one-third inch cubes of cold, boiled potatoes and a fourth of tho amount of hard-cooked eggB, whites finely chopped. Mix and mois ten with French dressing and let stand in a cool place for an hour. Serve on a bed of lettuce and garnish with rings of tho whites of eggs and tho yolks put through a ricer. Serve with a good boiled dressing which has been enriched by tho addition of whipped cream. Crab Ramekins. Melt threo table spoonfuls of butter; add three of flour, and when well blended, add three fourths of a cupful of chicken stock. When hot, add a cupful of crab meat, a fourth of a cupful of chopped mush rooms, tho yolks of two eggs slightly beaten, and salt and pepper to taste. Re-heat and cook three minutes; add a teaspoonful of finely chopped parsley; fill buttered ramekins, sprinkle with buttered crumb3 and bake in a mod erate oven. Garnish with a sprig of parsley on each. OUT OF THE COOKY JAR. The small cakes and cookies arc so popular with the children that a vari ety Is always welcome In any home. Pecan Cookies. Boal the yolks of two eggs un til thick and lemon-colored, add ono cupful ol brown sugar gradually then ono cupful ol chopped pecan meats, sprinkle with salt, the whites of two eggs beaten stiff and six tablespoon fuls of flour. Drop from tho tip of a teaspoon on a buttered sheet one and a half inches apart, spread and bake in a moderate oven. Tea Cakes. Cream a fourth of a cupful of shortening, add gradually a cupful of brown sugar. Dissolve an eighth of a teaspoonful of soda In a tablespoonful of cold water and add to tho first mixture, add a teaspoonful of vanilla and a cupful of flour. Mako into balls and place on a buttered tin and bako in a hot oven. This makes forty cakes. Oatmeal Drop Cookies. Cream a cupful of shortening, add a cupful of sugar, two eggs, beaten light, one- third of a cupful of milk, ono and a half cupfuls of rolled oats, which have been put through tho meat grinder and parched In the oven. Mix and sift together ono and a half cupfuls of flour, ono fourth of -a teaspoonful ot salt, or moro if lard Is used for short ening, ono half teaspoonful ench of cinnamon, clove, allspice and soda, ono cupful of chopped raisins and a half cupful of walnut meats. Mix and drop from a spoon on a buttered bak ing sheet. Ginger Snaps. Heat to the boiling point n cupful of molassos, pour over a half cupful of shortening, half but ter and lard, and n cupful of sugar. Mix and sift three and i) quarter cup fuls ot flour, a tablespoonful ot ginger, one toaspoonful of salt and a half tea spoonful of soda. ROjll, cut and bake In a moderate oven. Few Perfect Men. Tho perfect man's measure U 38 inches around tho chest, 34 Inches at tho waist, and 40 at tho Beat, according to tho verdict of tho International Cus tom Cutters, who met recentlv In Mil. waukeo to fix American stylos for laiu. 'iiio tailors called attention to tho fact that whereas a woman may maintain a form from year to year a man's waist line in tho absence of corsets 1b likely to ahow great variant- 1, .. m. .- hum ud uu uyyiuutucB tuny. mere fore tho perfect man is generally) a youngster. BENEFITS FROM GOOD ROADS Increaso Valuo of Every Acre of Land Adjoining Correct Principles Being Followed. Slowly but surely farmers are everywhere coming to the realization that good roads Increaso tlio value of every aero adjoining or In proximity to them, and that tho best of land will bo hard to sell if it can be reached only through heavy, muddy roads tho greater portion of tho year. In so far as our section (northern Indiana) is concerned, tho progress in making good roads has been quito marked during tho last five years, sayB n writer In Farmers' Review. As soon as it was announced that tho Lincoln highway would havo its courso through .our Bectlon, the value of farms lying along and near thlB course increased to quite a degree, in somo Instances as much as 25 per cent. It is really astonishing how foolishly the methods of road making wero for merly carried on. Farmers had fallen into a habit of working on tho roada in a very different way from what they worked on their own farms. It often looked as if somo feared they might do more work than their neighbors hence they were determined to do less. Sometimes, in fact nearly always, tho most incompetent man in the district was chosen supervisor, and he often had great difficulty in prevailing upon tho farmers to do enough work to en able him to make proper returns to the commissioners. Another matter quite noticeable in thoso days was that In making roads, all principles of good road making wero as a rule violated. No effort was mndo to drain the roadway. It was simply thrown up a little higher than tho roadsides so that when the heavy rains came tho water, instead of run ning off, would settlo into the depres sions mado by tho wagon wheels and remain there until slowly evaporated,, the ruts in the meantime growing deeper and deeper. Tho farmers them selves despised the roads heartily. As to materials for road making, It was the almost universal rule to tako that most convenient. If it happened to be good gravel, well and good, but If, as in a largo majority of cases, it happened to bo sand, it was used just tho same. But in these days such roads will no longer be tolerated. We have in northern Indiana any number of good gravel beds and from these gravel is drawn and Bpread upon tho roadbed to a good depth. In the course of a short time it is possible with such good ma- terlal, and a knowledge of how to make roads, to have n hard, smooth highway that is a credit to the district and a delight to the traveler. Even in sections whoro gravel cannot bo found naturally, It has been found a paying, proposition In many ways to get it ehlppcd In by rail. California Improving Roads. Tho seven counties comprising: southern California will spend $7,000, 000 this yenr In road construction Tho schedule Includes 324 miles of concrete boulevard, 160 miles of de composed granlto boulevard and 290 mllcs of desert highway. Los Angeles county, which already claims tho finest highway system In tho country, will spend nearly half of the total named. It Mready haB 404 miles of asphalt boulevarda. Encouraging Thrifty Growth. Transplanting of cabbage, tomato and other plants encourages a thrifty growth of root and stem. Neglect transplanting and whon ready to put. In tho garden the plants will bo Bpln dllng and weak and may not survive. Growing Radishes. Radishes should bo grown quickly and pulled at the proper tlmo. They soon become hard and woody. The best plan with radishes is to sow a. short row every week until It Is too lato in the season to sow them. In Ute Pass, Near Manitou, Colo.