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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1915)
THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. PICTURESQUE CANAL COMMISSARY IN EGYPT OOD 3 Tlic camel Is used extensively by tlio Hrltlnh forces in I3gvp. The, photograph shows tho camel commissary of tho New Zealand troops at their camp In tho land of tho Pharaohs. SCENES IN Contrast Between Germany and Austria Is Marked. Little War Talk Is Heard City Is Flooded With Jewish Refugees From Bukowlna and Gallcla No Fear of Famine. Vienna. Thcro Is consldcrablo se crecy about tho military preparations all around Vienna. Excursions arc en tirely suspended to tho forests and to the populnr Kahle'nbcrg and Lcopolds berg, two hills rising about 1,600 feet and sloping down precipitously to tho Dantbe. Tho guns mounted in and around tho old monastery on tho sum mit of tho Leopoldsbcrg could hurl down death into tho broad valley of tho Danubo and tho approaches of Vienna. So far they merely frown. Tho tono hero is very unliko tho Berlin note. From optimistic Germany tho transition to an almost phlegmat ic Austria is most marked. In Ger many somo war conversation was al ways going on loud enough to bo heard by everybody in tho compartment, but in Austria I traveled at least four consecutivo 'hours without hearing a slnglo serious referenco to tho war. In Pnssau, at tho frontier, wo nil bought Austrian papers. Tho "Nouo Preio Prcsse," Austria's leading Jour nal, mado Itself tho echo of littlo com plaints about oxcesslvo exports of foodstuffs to Germany. My vls-a-vls, a lad, assured mo that flour was at 86 hellers, about 15 conts, Instead of 40 hollors In poaco tlmo. Tho other day I was chatting with a surgeon in tho landstunn. lie had been stationed In Moravia in a littlo town of 12,000 Inhabitants. Many hundreds of wounded and sick at tended at his hospital, and most piti able being tho cases of frozon limbs. "Most of our soldiers," said ho, "onjoy hard frozen snow. Even our Vlenncso boys speak well of It. Tholr horror is the blush of tho Gnllcian roads. Austrian prisoners sent to Siberia wcro insufllclently equipped to meet tho cold. Tho mortality among thqm is enormous." With him I strolled down tho Maria hllferstrnsse, which tho Vlennoso claim to bo tho finest shopping street in tho world. It was sunny, and ovorythlng seemed smiling. Thoro wero hardly any men about, but tho Vionnoso ladles camo out In groat numbors: Many society people have dismissed tholr servants, und tho housowivea shop themselves. A court ouulpago passed, and I USING HAND GRENADES The British troops in tho trenchos have recently been using a sort of bomb that resembles an Indian club, It consists of n stick about two feet In length, with a black ball tilled with a deadly explosive at tho cud. If ban' djed correctly tho bomb will explodo upon hitting tho trenches and will scatter small shot in every direction VIENNA noticed the men taking off their hats and somo ladlos waving their hand kerchlefo to tho occupant. It was Archduko Eugene, perhaps tho most popular prlnco of tho imperial house, coming from Schoenbrunn, tho emper or's residenco. Tho best hotels horo aro filled with rich Gallclan landowners and Jewish manufacturers from Bukowlna and Gallcla. The minor hotels aro crowd ed with middle-class refugees, but theso latter aro being drafted into smaller towns In tho other crown Innds. v When I lokcd down from my win dow on that boautlful Ilingstrnsse, tho Vienna grand boulevard, I could hardly beliovo my oyos. Where In usual times tho smnrt corso of cen tral Europo moves, one long and sad procession of Polish, Jowish, and other 10 USE WOOD-WASTE Latest Business Aid Service In stituted by Government. Enables Wood-Using Industries to Utilize Each Other's Waste to Mutual Advantage Exchange McetS'WIth Success. Washington. Tho latest business- aid service instituted by tho govern ment is a wood-waste exchange It enables lumbermen and manufactur ers in tho various wood-using indus tries to utlllzo each othcr'B wasto to mutual advantage, aiming to effect a largo saving in forest material as well as in money. Tho wood-wasto exchange is being conducted by tho forest Bcrvlco of tho department of agriculture. More than forty manufacturers of wooden arti cles already have asked to be listed nu having certain kinds of waste wood for sale, or as- desiring to obtain their raw material in tho rough or in semi- finished form from mill or factory wasto. Twice a month tho exchange scuds out a circular headed, "Opportunities to Buy Wnste," containing tho names nnd addresses of factories having waBto wood for salo, with exact In formation as to species, sizes, forms and quantities. Similarly, another cir cular headed, "Opportunities to Sell Waste," gives tho specific require ments of wood-using plants which do- Biro to buy wasto material. Ono of tho first wasto problems solved has been that of a furnlturo maker who wrote to tho forest servico asking how to dispose of sugar maplo blocks and sticks which wero cut oft in tho process of furniture making nnd which ho had to sell merely ns fuel. Samples wcro obtained from him nnd tho forcBt service then lo cated a scrubbing-brush manufacturer who used small maplo blocks for brush backs. Tho result was that tho furnl turo maker wus ennbled to soil his wasto at a much higher prlco than it had brought as firewood, whllo tho brush maker was enabled to buy brush back material In suitable sizes nt a much lower figure than It had been costing him to buy maplo lumber nnd cut It up. KlrniB which havo been put Into touch with each othor through tho ex change are expected to notify tho for est service, when tholr requirements havo been mot; then their names nro removed from tho lists. In this way several concerns which early took ad vuntngo of tho plan havo dropped off tho lists; but as moro and moro manu facturera loam of tho wood-wasto ox chango tho llsta aro steadily growing. Bread Cheap In Berlin. Berlin. Tho Dorlln authorities havo llxed tho maximum prlco of bread at approximately four and threo-qunrtor cents a pound, nnd bakeries in tho poorer quarters p.ro selling nt still less. Tho Now York prlco Is about six conts a pound. A Spartan Mother. Paris. Whon two French returned to Paris and couldn't give a good reason for it, tho niothor of ono locked tb.om In a room nnd called tho police. They wero arrested us do terters. refugcos passed Incessantly. Just un der our window were tho most ox penslvo shops of Vienna nnd It waB a strango sight to seo Polish Jews with their long coats nnd fildo curls gazing Into tho most extravagant art and florist shops Vienna possesses. "Famine? I do not believe thoro will bo such a thing. You havo read of riots in tho foreign press! Well, they wcro scrambles of housewives in front of two or three bakers' shopB. Tho pinch is undoubtedly felt in tho lower mlddlo class, tho professional class. Wo Viennese aro not a saving people, nnd love our amusements and our fine pastry. When tho latter camo to bo scarce terrible stories wero circulated by tho Vicnneso con cierge and our housewives got a bit nervous. They nro calming down now and recovering their humor." -As to feeling In general, 1 find there Is no great Ill-will towards England, aud nono towards France. "Our war is with Russia, not with Franco or England," they say. PLAN GEOLOGIC EXPEDITION Harvard Men, Headed by Professor Atwood, to Visit Ouray, Colorado. Cambridge, Mass. A party of Har vard students who havo been study ing geology In Cambridge will trans fer their studies to tho mountains of Colorado in August. Having had tho theory expounded by classroom lec ture and textbook, and by bucu speci mens as tho geological laboratory af fords, thoy will spend several weeks of tho summer In field work. Colorado seemed to offer tho best opportunity for such explorations. Tho class has arranged to meet nt Ouray. Wallaco W. Atwood will bo in charge of tho exposition. Three weeks will bo spent In a systematic study of tho geological aspects of the San Juan re gion. At tho end of this timo tho younu geologists will go on a long trip through the higher mountains of Colo rudo und will make somo flrst-hnnd investigations into tho structure nnd layout of tho backbone of tho con tlnent. CURE FOR DIVORCE EVIL Mrs. Walter Pulitzer of Now York, wife of tho well-known author and journnllst, has received an Invitation from tho Pnclflc coast to como to San Francisco to head n movement to establish a mammoth dance palace for socloty folk during tho exposition. If it proves na successful ns Mrs. Pulitz er's Now York dances, which wero held ut tho Hotel Hlltmoro, It may be come a permanent feature. MrB. Pulitzer was ono of tho first to seo the possibilities .of tho dance voguo nnd hor dances, on account of, their distinctiveness and original fea tures, havo been tho talk of t,ho smart people In tho East. She says that the present dnnco crazo will ultimately provo a cure for tho divorce evil, as, with greater frcodom In tho partici pation of harmless paBtlmo (such as ballroom dancing) fewer Husbands and wives will go wrong It In when our budding hopes nro nipped beyond recovery. Unit wo nro tho most deposed to plcturo wlmt flowers they Jnlttht huvo borno If they hud Nourished. It Is n melancholy (ruth thnt oven Krcat men havo their poor relations. HOT BISCUITS. Those who nro able to make good baking powder biscuits havo any num ber of kinda of hot cakes to offer with littlo extra work. A most delicious pudding of fresh or canned fruit may bo mndo by cover ing the fruit with a thin crust of bak ing powder biscuit. Then when served turn upside down, season with nut meg, add bits of butter nnd BUgar, if needed, and n bird's-nest pudding is ready. A most delicious hot bread 1b made by rolling out the dough, spreading with butter and sprinkling with maplo BUgar grated, roll up and cut in pin wheels, sprinkle with cinnamon and bake. These will delight the littlo people. Nuts and brown sugar may be substituted for the maple if so de sired. Cheeso sticks aro made in the same way only tho dough rolled thin, spread with cheeso and cut in nurrow strips and baked. Biscuit mixture mixed, rich and soft, and dropped into greased muffin pans to bake, giving them n nice brown crust with very little Inner crumb, are delicious sorved with honey or iwjth orange marmalade. They may bo bro ken open, buttered and a littlo mar malade added and then serve with tea. Nuts added to baking powder mix ture, or botii nuts and raisins, and baked in a loaf, make most appetizing sandwiches when cut a day old. Turnover pies of various kinds, using nny small bits of left-over fruit, is another uso to bo made of this samo mixture. Tarts cut in the old-fnsh-lined way that our grandmothers mndo them, and filled with a jewel of Jelly will delight nny palate. Prunes, flgs, dntcs and raisins added to a loaf of the mixture makes a good fruit bread that is a pleasant change from tho everyday kind. Rolled thin like ccokies and cut with a cookie cutter, two put together with a filling of cooked dates and baked is another delicious cake. Cinnamon bars, sugar and butter spread, over a thinly rolled bnking powder crust, cut in narrow strips and baked makes n nice little cako to serve with a Balad or a cup of tea or chocolato. APPETIZING DISHES. A hot muflln or gem at breakfast Is always a welcome addition to the menu. Egoless Corn Muffins. Mix nnd sift ono cup ful of granulated corn meal, one half cupful of flour, one-fourth of a cupful of sugar, two tea spoonfuls of baking pow der, one teaspoonful of salt; then add gradually, whllo stirring constant ly, ono cupful of milk. Heat ono min- uto nnd add two tablcspoonfuls of melted butter. Hako in a hot oven twenty minutes. Cucumbers en Surprise Wipe nnd pare long cucumbers cut in halves longthwiso and remove the seeds and somo of tho pulp. Mix salmon with equal parts of celery and tho chopped centers of tho cucumbers, season with any desired snlnd dressing and 1111 tho boats with tho mixture. Arrange tho cucumbers on a bed of lettuce nnd Bervo with the salad dressing. Raised Crullers. Mix threo nnd one-half tnblcspoonfuls of sugar and ono teaspoonful of salt, pour on it one cupful of scalded milk, add two table Bpoonfuls of Inrd. When tho mlxturo Ib lukewarm add one-half a yeast cake which has been softened In two tablespoontulB of water, add ono cup ful of flour. Cover and let rise until light, knead and let rlso again. Roll out tad cut in strips four Inches wide and eight Inphes long. Cover nmriet rlso. Twist four times, pinch ends together, drop in deop fat and when brown, drain and roll In powdered BUgar. Pepper Rell.ah. Vnnh nnd remove tho seods from six red nnd six green poppers. Add six onions nnd put all through a meat chopper. Put Into a saucepan nnd cover with boiling wa ter, let stand five minutes; drain nnd add one cupful -of sugar, two table spoonfuls of salt, and ono ami a half cupfuls of vinegar. 1111 over tho heat und boll twenty mlnutos. This will If You Want to Stop a Yawn. Press your thumb (Irmly into tho soft part undornenth your chin. There Ib tho jawbone nt each side, but you must not proas this. You must take tho soft mlddlo part, und press up ward Into the root of your tongue. You can rta this without being no ticed at all, This is a very useful trick to know when you have to sit through long, dull lectureB, or llBten to conversation In which you aro not Interested, but by which you aro really bored to tears. keep and makes n fine relish to servt with meats or fish. SPRING DISHES. As the first spring greens appear, they should bo served dally In some form; The first tender shoots of dandelion make a most appetiz ing salad. Wash and pick them over careful ly and cut ilno. As many of tho little whlto buds as you can find should be added. Mince a Binall green onion and servo nil well mixed with a good French dressing. Chives, chervil, borago, sorrel, cress, pepper grass and mustard aro nil such good salad greeiiB and may bo used in combination with lettuce oe salads. ' A shredded green pepper adds much to the flavor of any salad ap well as its appearance. Make nests of curly endive and ar range balls of cream cheeso rolled In chopped nuts. Add any preferred salad dressing. Baked Bananas. Remove the peel ing from a half dozen bananas. Scrape to remove all of tho coqrso threads and lay in ,a well-buttered baking dish. Grato the rind of an orange nnd a half a lemon, mix together the Juice of half'a lemon and tho Juice of the orange nnd half tho lemon and three-fourths of a cupful of sugar. Pour over the bananas, dot with two tablpspoonfuls of butter and bake un til the banana is tender. Potato Salad. To a quart of cold cooked potatoes cut in cubes; chop fine half a green pepper, two tablo spoonfuls of chives, five olives, , two tablespoonfuls of capers, all finely chopped. Add to the potato wUh half a cupful of shredded almonds or the same of fresh grated cocoanut, six tablespoonfuls of oil, a small green onion, chopped, and half a cupful ol minced parsley, a teaspoonful of salt three tablespoonfuls of vinegar and a few dashes of' cayenne pepper. Mix and heap in a mound, Servo on let tuce leaves. It Is not work, but friction, that wears out the machine, nnd thnt. Is even moro true of tho human machine than of nny other. MEATLESS DISHES. Vegetarian dishes, if the combina tions aro nutritious, are desirable not only as meatless dlshds but add va riety to the'menu. Macaroni, and Peanut Butter. Cook macaroni in fcr.'ilpg salted wa ter, drain and -pour over a quart of cold water which keeps the macaroni from sticking together, put into a but tered baking dish and cover with a white sauce mado of three and a half tablespoonfuls of peanut but,ter, two of flour, blended together, and two cupfuls of milk, season with salt and pepper and pour over the macaroni. Cover and bake half an hour, then cov er with buttered crumbs and brown. A littlo grated cheese may be added jist before the coating of crumbs is added If so desired. Beets With Spinach. Pick over and, wash half a peck of spinach. Cook uncovered with boiling salted water in which a third of a teaspoonful of soda and a teaspoonful of sugar has been added, When tender drain and chop, and ndd threo tablespoonfuls ol butter, ono tnblcspqonful of flour and one-half cupful of cream. Reheat and pack Into a border mold and let stand In a pan of hot water to keep warm. Servo with well-buttered beets in the center; gnrnish the platter with hard cooked eggs, cut In eighths lengthwise. The color Is especially pleasing and tho combination Is also good. Rice Croquettesj Pick over a half cupful of rice, cover with cold water nnd stand over night. Drain, pom over a half cupful of boiling watei and cook in a double boiler until the rice has absorbed all tho water; then add one nnd n quarter .cupfuls of milk, threo tablcspoonfuls of cream, two tablespoonfuls of rnnn'ed red peppers salt and popper to tnste. Turn on a shallow plate to cool. Shape, dip In egg crumbs and fry In deep fnt. Serve with cheeso tauce. Cheese Sauce. Melt three tablo spoonfuls of butter, ndd four of flour aud ono nnd n half cupfuls of milk cook until smooth, senson with salt nnd cayenno and ndd half a cupful ol soft cheeso cut In small pieces. Stir until tho cheese melts. Unlucky Number. Wlfo (angrily) I'm sorry I ever met you. Jlusbnnd (calmly) Tho sorrow If mutual, my dear. Hut what could one expect under the circumstances? Wife What circumstances? Husband Why, tho circumstances of our meeting. Don't you remember them? Wife No, 1 don't Husband Well, I do. It was at a dinner party and there were thirteen at tho table 1. i ' EXPENSE OF BUILDING ROADS Over $200,000,000 Spent on Highways, Up to January 1, 191531,000 Mllco Constructed. Moro than $200,000,000 of stato ap propriations havo been expended to January 1, 1915, and an approximate total of 31,000 miles of Burfnco high way constructed under 6tato supervi sion since the Inauguration of the pol icy" known as "stato nld,'" according to tho Good Roads Year Book for 1915, issued by tho American Highway as sociation from Its Washington office. Only seven states, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennesseo and Texas, havo no form, of stato highway department what ever, although Georgia grants aid to tho counties for road improvement by lending tho services of tho entiro male stato convict force. Legislatures aro devoting much at tention to road legislation and unques tionably several new highway depart- Convicts Building a Good Road. ments will result. North Carolina wilt probably establish nn Independent highyvay department In lieu of "the work. now dono by tho stato geological survey relating to highways. New Jersey in 1891 was the pioneer state In providing stato aid for public highways. Massachusetts and Con necticut adopted tho policy shortly aft er, but only during the last ten years has tho state-aid policy been In ef fect on a consldcrablo scale, i About 5,000 miles of stato highways were completed in 1913 and about 6,000 miles in 1914, so that tho last two years havo been responsible for more than one-third of tho entire stato highway mileage. Tho state highways in America now exceed by G.000 miles the national road system of France. To havo stato highway departments placed under non-partisant efficient control; skilled supervision required in all construction work; a proper classification of highway to insure In telligent distribution of improve ments; an ndequato provision for maintenance of highways from the day of their completion theso are among tho objects for which the American Highway association Is wag ing a vigorous campaign. PRACTICAL GOOD ROADS TEXT. Probably Three-Fourths of Difficulties Experienced in Season Could Bo Eliminated. How much better to drag the roads In early spring than to let tho roads, themselves becomo a "drag" next sum mer, when heavy teams, loaded with produce must be hauled to market. Probably three-fourths of the dirt road difficulties experienced during, tho season could bo eliminated by n littlo industry right now. Tho p'leasuro later on of hauling over roads free from ruts and gigan tic mud puddles after tho summer shower, will make up for any extra, work this spring. Here is a practical good roads text that will bo carried out by many pro gressive communities this year. Making Hard Roadbed. To make a hard roadbed tho soil must contain a fair amount of mois ture. Tho control of tho molsturo re quires that tho roadbed bo higher In tho mlddlo and smooth so that water cannot stand on It but will run oft. If water can stand on tho road, ruts will' result, and when these aro ground down, dust forms and finally a loose roadbed results. The Road Drag. Tho road drag Is tho simplest and least expensive contrivance yet de vised for maintaining earth roads. Roadbed Above Water. Whero there Is standing water tho roadbed should bo kept at least n foot abovo tho water ourfaco and 18 Inches Is better. Tho nature of tho soil and the length of tlmo that tho water atomic ninni, th rnnd -will to a decree determine how high the roadbed must bo abovo the water. Keeping Roadbed Crowned. Keeping tho roadbed well crowned and smooth will hold tho moisture In it so that it will pack hard.
