THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
EVERY
ill WOMAN
AMERICAN HORSES FOR THE FRENCH ARMY
wishes to iook her
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Thousands of horses gathered from all parts of the United States brought together In largo herds at Yonkers.
N. Y., and shipped to Franco for the cavalry and artillery service Tho photograph shows somo of the horses on the
dock.
USE BODIES OE
AS BREASTWORKS
British Captain, Whose Diary
Was Found on His Body,
Describes Fighting.
TRENCH LIFE SIMPLY HADES
Finds' War Not What It Was Pic
tured, but Superhuman Trial of
Superhuman Power, Intellect
and Nerves.
Cologne. Tho diary of a British sol
dier, which presents tho grisly side
of war more brutally than has any
trained writer, waB found In a trench
captured by tho Germans near Yprcs.
Tho hand that ponnod tho entry was
forever still, but it had left a rec
ord picturing vividly tho scenoa In tho
British trenches, inadequately built,
whoso horrors woro so great that tho
men could not sloop within tholr shel
ters, whoso earthen walls woro mor
tared with tho bodies of dead French
men. Even moro terrible was tho
rovolation of tho ghastly fear of thoso
men, who lay exporting death within
& charnol houso. Tho somlofflclal
Cologno Oazotto publishes tho follow
ing oxcerptB from this Journal and
thus comments on it:
Ono of tho leading press organs of
leutrnl countries haB recently declared,
In a roviow of Kitchonor's army of
a million that it is comparatively easy
to enlist a multltudo of soldlors, but
hard to provldo for tho necessary
ounntttlcs of equipment and munitions.
That is true. But tho groatest diffi
culty of all undoubtedly lies iu im
buing tho newly recruited troons with
tho doBlred Boldlerly spirit In othor
words, to accomplish extemporaneous
ly what has been dovolopcd in Ger
many through tho labor of a hundred
years and what haB boon bostowed
upon tho present German generation
ib tholr inheritance and training.
Captain Jordaln's Journal.
Boforo us lies tho war Journal of
tho English Captain Jourdaln of tho
First Suffolk, who on Jnnuary 17
landed with tho Kltchenor ro-onforce-monto
at Havro and in timo arrived
with his company in tho tronchos in
x"prcs. Parts of thlB Journal aro re
produced hero literally:
"February B. Thoy say that tho Gor
man guns, on account of tho immedi
ate neighborhood of tho sovoral
tronches, cannot put us under flro.
Let ub hopo It remains so, for tho
grenades aro something terrible. Ev
erywhere doad Frenchmen aro used for
tho strengthening of tho breastworks,
nd my first work in tho trenches was
lo bury n doad chasBour.
"February C Tho trench t fn
French ammunition nnd all aorta of
things, oven fleldclasBes. Thoy aro
& uisoracny lot.
Trench Work Veritable Hades.
"February 8. Only half rostod, wo
una 10 go hub evening at nlno o'clock
gain into tho tronchos. No mnn nn
lay that this mothod of warfaro ploasoB
aim. 11 is a veritable holl. Thank
God wo havo not yet boon
although this timo thoy will mako it
not. as uaues ror ub In tho brigado
trench.
"Februnry 0. In tho courao of tho
tftornoon on both sides a hoaw nrtti.
lery flro. This la not war such as
wo had even nlcturod or lmmrinmi
It 1b a superhuman trial of superhuman
puwur, inioueci ana norvos. General
ly wo cannot sleon. and Dm ahn
continues with moro or Icbb vohc-
monco. uur trenches aro very poor.
Hardly bulletproof.
r - VltVIVlUlU
very dangerous. It is a real wondor
mai ono remains spared, for a shot
In tho cap or tunic la tho order of
the day. Tho oanltarv conditinna ..
bad, and on tho terrain beforo ua
llo many dead Frenchmen and Ger
mans. Tho breastwork is bordered
SOLDERS
with corpses covored over with earth,
and overywhero arms and legs stick
out.
"February 10. Ono of tho peoplo
was shot by a territorial guard who
was frightened to death. These peo
ple aro not to bo relied upon and havo
no Idea of n Boldlerly Hfo.
Ypres Devastated.
"Fobruary 12. Tho destruction In
tho vicinity of Ypres is terrible, hard
ly one stono on another In tho vil
lages, and Ypres itself, with all its
beautiful buildings, Is almost de
stroyed. Yot tho city Is so largo that
wo can nlwayB still find protection for
advancing a division nearer. Dally wo
await an attack, and tho roport is that
tho Germans nro going to assomblo
a million soldiers' in order to brenk
through to Calais. My cough still
causes mo a great deal of trouble, and
It is bittorly cold In tho trenches.
Not ono of ub yot has seeu thoso
'comfortablo' quartors mentioned In
tho nowspapora, and our troops aro
by no means In good cheer orliappy.
Prays for Protection.
"Fobruary 14. This war Is terri
ble, nnd It woro timo that it camo to
an ond. On both sides so many worthy
peoplo fall! My guardian angel must
reach out his protecting hand to mo
during tho noxt 48 hours, and I pray
that ho will bestow upon mo strength
and courago to fulfill my duty, so that
In caso of need I can glvo my Hfo for
my country and tho honor of my fam
ily." With that tho Journal breaks off.
Tho guardian angel camo, but ho
brought tho last wreath. Thero Is
much In thoso pages to stir human
sympathy.
Tho widely accepted ljea in England
that this war la a sort of dangerous
sport immediately collapses in faco of
tho storn and inoxorablo truth. Whllo
Gorman recruits long to havo their
baptism of flro over with so that thoy
may become seasoned votorans, this
English captain writes:
"Thank God wo havo not yot boon
under flro."
FRANCIS B SAYRE, JR.
Mrs. Francis n. Sayro, noo Eleanor
wiison, daughter of tho president, and
Francis, Jr.
Shocks for Prowling Dons.
Roosovolt, N. J. Town Clerk
Qulnn's latest Invention proventB
prowling dogs and catB frpm gathering
around rofuso canB. An nlnntrin hnt.
tory Ib connected with tho covor of
tho can. Tho first dog that tried to
pry tho covor off was sent Bprawllng
twenty root.
Find Fortune In Cans.
Blnghamton, N. Y. After a long
soarch tho heirs of Jacoli Oswnld dl
covered Ills fortune of $25,000 In old
tin cans In tho collnr of his homo.
SUGAR SUPPLY HI!
War Affects Geography- of the
World's Production.
Flfty-Three Per Cent of Sugar lo
Grown In Countries Now at War
and Their Colonies United
States Affectcu.
Washington, D. C The effect of
tho present war In Europe on the go
ography of tho world's sugar produc
tion is strikingly shown in n state
ment just issued by tho National Ge
ographic society. This statement is
as follows:
Fifty-three out of every hundred
pounds of sugar produced in tho world
Is grown in tho countries now at war
and their colonies. Tho total pro
duction of tho world is estimated at
approximately 18,000,000 tons This
production Is made up of cane sugar
and beet sugar, the total yield of cane
sugar having been 9,545,000 tons, and
of beet sugar, 8,438,000 tons in 1913.
"Ono of tho peculiar facts connect
ed with tho sugar map of tho world Is
that whllo Europe produces moro than
93 out of every hundred pounds of
beet sugar grown, It yields only ono
pound out of every six hundred of
cano sugnr. Of Europe's total produc
tion of beet sugnr, amounting to 7,808,
000 tons, 5.GGG.000 tons grow in bellig
erent territory In 1913. Nearly all
of this product Is now entirely Iso
lated from the outside world, being
grown majnly In Germany. Austria
Hungary and Russia. What this means
to tho world Is rovcaled by tho fact
that moro than two-thirdg of tho
world's sugar la not consumed In the
country of Its origin, this condition
nrlslng from tho fact that tho great
sugar-using nations aro principally
outside of tho belts of sugar produc
tion. "Any scarcity of sugar, growing out
of tho war, will affect tho United
States moro seriously than any other
country, for tho reason that American
peoplo nro per capita tho heaviest
users of sugar in tho world. With
one-sixteenth of tho world's popula
tion, tho United States consumes
moro than ono-flfth of Its sugar. How
rapidly this country Ib hecomlng a na
tion i of sugar-eaters is revealed by a
reference to tho tables of sugar con
sumption of tho past half century.
Fifty years ago tho people of tho
United States ato 18 pounds of sugar
per capita. Five years later, In 1870,
thoy wore using 33 pounds per cnplta.
In 1880, tho per cnplta consumption
had gono up to 10 pounds. Twenty-five
years ago It had risen to 51 pounds.
In 1900 It had climbed still higher to
59 pounds. By 1910 tho morcury In
tho sugar consuminlon thermometer
reached 80. Today tho per capita con
sumption is upwards of 85 pounds.
"It appears that tho cano sugar in
dustry will suffer very llttlo In tho
matter of tho total crop ylold as a re
sult of tho war. On tho othor hand
tho beet sugar business will suffer
very heavily. Tho presont Russian
crop has been almost entirely tied
up by inability to get exports out of
tho country, whllo next year's crop is
threatened with a shortage resulting
from tho destruction of tho industry
in Poland, whoro so much of Russia's
sugar Is produced. Tho roports from
Franco Indicate that tho rich sugar
beot lands of tho northern section
were harvested last season under the
direction of tho Gormnns, and that
most of tho sugar factories in this ter
ritory havo been dismantled to secure
tholr copper for the manufacture of
war munitions.
"Information from Germany indi
cates that tho empire will plnnt only
throo-fourtlis of Its normal area In
BUgar beets this year. This would re
sult In cutting down Germany's BUgar
yield by moro than 650,000 tona.
"Of course tho prospective short
ago in beot sugar production will bo
somowhat offsot by tho falling off In
sugar consumption incident to tho
llnanctal stringency of tho world,
caused by tho war. Great Britain, an
nually buying nearly 4,000,000 tons of
BUgar, will probably cut down her con
sumption as much as Germany will
A great man or woman Is ho or bIio
who works cheerfully nnd merrily,
reuts cheerfully and merrily and docs
not (dumber In tlio tents of "tho Rood
old times." 1
SANDWICHES AND SALADS FOR
EVENING PARTIES.
A most nttrnctlve cabbage salad is
mado as follows: Mix together finely
shredded cabbage
and green peppers
and olives. Chop
the olives and re
move tho seeds
and tough white
portion from tho
peppers. Moisten
with a rich mayon-
nalso dressing nnd fill lemon cups
with thts mixture. Place each on a
Bmall pinto, covered with a dolly.
A most delicious salad and ono easy
to preparo Is crisp fresh lettuce
dressed with a French dressing to
which has been added a teaspoonful
of tomato catchup, a tablespoonful of
chopped green pepper, a teaspoonful
of minced parsley and a tablespoonful
of chopped onion. Shako or beat well
with a Dover eggbenter, and servo
very cold. THo dressing Is best passed
as tho oil and vinegar wilts tho lettuce
very soon.
Mock Crab Sandwiches. Take a
quarter of a cupful of grated cheese,
a pinch of mUBtard and pepper, a quar
ter of a teaspoonful of salt, a teaspoon
ful of anchovy paste, a tablespoonful
of chopped olives, a teaspoonful of
lemon Juice and two tablespoonfuls of
creamed butter. Spread on buttered
bread after blending well.
Fig Paste for Sandwiches. Cut
three-quarters of a pound of figs Into
small pieces, add tho same amount of
brown sugar, a quarter of a pound of
seeded raisins, a cupful of water nnd
the juice of half a lemon. Stew on tho
back of the stove until very soft, re
move, and add a tablespoonful of va
nilla. Put all through tho meat grind
er and to clean the grinder finish with
threo or four crackers which may be
added to the paste. This will Keep If
packed In jars Indefinitely and Is dell
clous as a sandwich filling for any
kind of bread or crackers. Used with
two kinds of bread, tho slices pressed
together and then cut like cake makes
a most attractive sandwich. '
Cocoanut Sandwiches. Take a cup
ful of freshly grated cocoanut, a half
cupful of chopped almonds, a tea
spoonful of lemon Juice, two teaspoon
fuls of powdered sugar and three ta
blespoonfuls of thick crearrj Spread
this on wafers or buttered bread.
Thero Is never a thins remembered so
As tho word with klndnef-i fraught:
And never a sky with as bright a glow
As.you make with a loving thought.
A REVIEW OF SOME HOMELY
DISHES.
Wo often forgot the old and satisfy
ing dishes of which wo used to bo
so fond iu the multi
plicity of newer dishes
appearing every day. It
Is well to look over tho
Recipes that havo been
L I fl marked by much using
ft wJj and boo if we cannot sur-
M prise our families with
BL H an old favorite. '
HL- m Apple Dowdy. Lino a
baking dish with slices
of brown bread, buttered; fill tho
epacea with applea which havo been
pared, cored and chopped; mix a tea
spoonful of cinnamon with a half cup
ful of brown sugar, sprinkled over tho
apples; add a half cupful of water,
lay on another layer of bread but
tered side up. Bako slowly for ono
hour and servo with clear sauce. Uso
a cupful of cider thickened with two
tablespoonfuls each of flour and but
ter, cooked together.
Prune Souffle. Romovo the stones
from half a pound of stowed prunes;
press tho prunes through a sieve; add
to them tho yolks of three eggs, Bllght
ly beaten, nnd four tablespoonfuls of
powdered sugar. Fold In tho well
beaten whites of six eggs; turn Into
a baking dish; dust the top with pow
dered BUgar, bako In a quick oven for
15 minutes or until tho egg is set.
Send Immediately to tho table' and
servo with cream and sugar.
Favorite Dessert (Mr3. Rorer's).
Mix orango pulp, whlto grapes, cut In
halves with seeds removed, candled
chorrles, chopped and grated pineapple
with powdered sugar. Fill sherbet
cups with two tablospoonfuls of this;
add n tablesponful of lemon Ice and
four tablespoonfuls of whipped cream.
Sorvo at once.
Fruit Gelatin. Stono and chop a
quarter of a pound of dates; mix with
tho Butno amount of figs; a sliced
banann, tho pulp of an orango nnd a
Prize for Hygiene Essay.
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sociation has been offered a prize of
1.000 by tho Metropolitan Life Insur
ance company, to bo awarded to tho
author of tho best original pamphlet
on social hyglono for adoloBconts be
tween tho ages of twolvo and sixteen
years, approved by a committee of
judges to bo selected by the associa
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up to midnight July 31. Manuscripts
should not exceed 3,500 words and
should boar only tho pen nurao or
few shredded almonds; cover a box of
gelatin with a half pint of cold -water
nnd let soak for half an hour.
Add to It a cupful of sugar and a quart
of boiling water; stir until dissolved;
add Juice of two lemons and ono, or
ange and two teaspoonfuls of caramel.
Strain Into a mold ovor the fruit and
set awny to harden. Servo with
whipped cream garnished with candled
pineapple.
Teach mo to dlluto my work with
play, to brighten my seriousness with
Jest nnd never to take myself so seri
ously that I crowd out of my life the
Joys nnd pleasures that by heritage aro
mine.
MEATLESS SOUPS.
Tho oyster plant Is now In season
and makes a most delicious soup. Cut
the salsify Into thin
slices after scraping
well. Caver with a quart
of water, to 12 good
sized roots. Cook gently
for an hour until tho
plant is tender; add a'
quart of milk, two table
spoonfuls of butter and
salt and pepper. Serve
wiiu oyster cracKers.
The roots are so discoloring to the
hands that the fingers should be well
wrapped while preparing. Rubber
gloves aro best, but a cloth wrapped
around the fingers exposed will do
very well.
Clear Tomato Soup. Add a pint of
water to a quart of stewed toma
toes. Add a slice of onion, a half n
bay leaf, a dash of celery salt an'd v.
few celery tops, a tenspoonful of salt,
a chopped green pepper. Cook to
gether for 15 minutes, put through i
sieve, add two tablespoonfuls each of
Hour. and butter rubbed together, or
cornstarch will make a clearer soup.
Cook until the starch is well cooked.
Servo with squares of toasted bread.
Cream of Potato Soup. This is a
soup that should be better known, is
an economical and wholly satisfying
one. Pare three medium-sized pota
toeB; cover them with boiling water;
boll five minutes, drain nnd throw
away the water. Cover with a pint of
boiling water; add a slice of onion, a
bit of celery and a bay leaf. Cover
and cook slowly until the potatoes aro
tender. Put through a sieve, add a
quart of milk, two teaspoonfuls each
of butter and flour, rubbed together;
salt and pepper to season. Reheat
and serve piping hot.
Who hopes the best goes forth with
forehead bnre
And to the open blue he lifts his face
And cries "All good of earth or sea
or air
Is mlno by boundless largeness of
God's grnec."
FRUITS FOR CHILDREN'S PARTIES
As fruit Is one of tho safe things to
give children In right quantities and
good condition,
thoy, lend them
selves to many de
lightful variations.
If. one wishes to
s'ervc a Jelly for a
child's party It
may be molded In
an orange cup or a
pretty red apple, the cover kept on so
that tho contents will bo a surprise.
Children from four to forty, and even
older, enjoy an element of mystery
about things and a surprise is a most
delightful way of entertaining little
people. A tiny doll dressed in fluffy
robes may be hidden in a rosy upple
as a favor or as a gift.
A banana with a half dozen little
"nigger" dolls or chocolate babies em
bedded in the banana and tho skin put
back la another delight that tho chil
dren will rejolco ovor. Cut off a slice
of tho banann to make the surface
level and give the dolls room to lie in
a nice row In their dainty bed.
A stick of good candy wrapped in
oiled paper or fringed paper candy
stick may bo slipped Into an empty
banana skin.
A pretty ball may be concealed In an
orange that has been carefully hol
lowed out and tho quarters or halves
put back closely.
An orango mny hold almost anything
from cholco candy with candy hearts
and mottoes to a cosy nest for another
tiny doll.
A jack-in-the-box is great fun to
make, using fruit to hold the Jack.
For boys, whistles and marbles, tope
and different toys can bo used.
Penny toys with a bit of something
to eat (for llttlo people think of a
party as only begun when the food Is
served) may bo easily furnished by
any mother at small expense.
other Identifying mark of tho writer
the real name to bo Inclosed In a
senlcd envelope accompanying the
manuscript. The winning manuscrlpl
becomes tho property of tho donor ol
tho prize, nnd tho right is reserved to
purchaso any manuscript submitted at
tho rato of five cents a word.
Communion of the Spirit.
Just tho being with someono whom
you love, and know loves you, gives a
feeling of rest nnd comfort. "Time
o' Day," by Doris. Egertou Jones.
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"COUNT" TOO ABSENT MINDED
Principal Reason Why One Interna
tional Marriage Was Permanently
Called Off.
Henry P. Davison of tho Morgan
banking firm wits talking about inter
national marriages:
"Well," ho said, "I know of one in
ternational marriage that failed,
thank goodness, to come off. Tho girl
was tho daughter of a Paint Rock
millionaire. The man was a count,
a Spanish count.
"The count waa absent minded.
That was his undoing.' Tho girl's
father gave a dinner for him in the
Paint Rock castlo overlooking Paint
Rock, and at tho dinner's end tho
count got up to light a cigarette, and
then, by jove, started to remove the
plates.
"Tho guests watched him In an
open-mouthed silence. His napkin
slung over his arm, ho had got nearly
all tho plates removed when his mil
lionaire host said to him gently:
"'Wake up, George. You're not
waiting in tho beanory now, yon
know. You'ro pretending you'ro a
count in Paint Rock. Wako up, man,,
for gracious sake!'"
The Mourner.
"Does your wife grlevo much over
her first husband's death?"
"Not so much as I do." Baltimore
Sun.
It is all right to keep smiling It
you havo anything to smile about.
A FOOD DRINK "
Which Brings Dally Enjoyment.
A lady doctor writes:
"Though busy hourly with my own
affairs, I will not deny myself tho
pleasuro of taking a fow minutes to
tell of tho enjoyment obtained dally
from my morning cup of Postum. It
is a food beverage, not a stimulant
liko coffee.
"I began to uso Postum 8 years ago;
not becauso I wanted to, but because
coffee, which I dearly loved, mado my
nights long, woary periods to be dread
ed and unfitting me for business dur
ing tho day.
"On advico of a friend, I first tried
Postum, making it carefully as sug
gested on the package. As I had al
ways used 'cream and no sugar,' I
mixed my PoBtum so. It looked good
waB clear and fragrant, and It was a
pleasuro to Bee the cream color It as
my Kentucky friend always wanted
her coffee to look, 'liko a now saddle.'
"Then I tasted it critically, for I btfd
tried many 'substitutes' for coffee. I
was pleased, yes, satisfied with my
Postum In tosto and effect, and am yet,
being a constant user of it all these
years.
"I continually aBsuro my friends and
acquaintances that thoy will like Pos
tum In place of coffeo, and receive
benefit from Its uso. I havo gained'
weight, can Bleep nnd am not nerv-
OUB."
Name given by Postum Co., 'Umtto.
Creek, Mich. Read "Tho Road to Well
vllle," In pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum must be weh
boiled. 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves qulcnly
ln a cup of hot water, and with cream
nnd sugar makes a delicious beverage
Instantly. 30c and 50c tins.
Both kinds arc equally delicious aud
cost per cup about tho same.
"There's a Reason" for Postum.
cold by Grocers..
AXTON
cut aown her production-'
