THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. BELGRADE'S FORTRESS WALL SHATTERED Tlio elTcct ot heavy artillery tiro on this photograph of part or tlio fortross by tbo Austro-Uerman guns. OF FUTURE WILL BE WAR OF Thomas A. Edison Declares Sol dier Will Not Be Fighter, but Machinist. OFFICERS THE BIG NEED Head of General Science Board Dis cusses American Preparedness Country Can Depend on Vol unteer Army If Trained Officers Are Available. Chicago. "Maintain a potontlal pre paredness for a war In which fighting is dono by machines, not men!" That is Thomas Alva Edison's ad vlco to America. In a remarkable intcrviow, tho chairman of tho gonoral science board Of the United States announced somo unusual and practical ideas on Amer ican proparodness and capacity. To Be War of Machines. Ho said: Tho soldlor of tho futuro will not bo a saber-bearing, bloodthirsty sav age. Ho will bo a machinist. Tho war of tho futuro that is, if tho United States eugagoB in it will bo a war In which machines, not soldiors, light For that reason wo can gamblo safo ly on a volunteer army, provldod wo havo a groat quantity of officers trained and ready for sorvico In forty eight hours to lead and drill tho now men. "Will you give, Mr. Edison, in con cise form your Idea of what should bo dono In America for proparodnoas for or against war?" ho was asked. "Well," ho replied rolloctlvoly, "my Idea of that may not bo Just tho Bamo B tho idea of many peoplo. Lot mo boo: "Consider tho great amount of pow dor being shot off on tho European battlo front ovory day. I would havo built groat factorlos Jn which twlco as much powder as that could bo manufactured. I would locate, and havo stored away enough material to mako up tho powder. "Then I wouldn't mako It I would havo ovorythlng ready bo that within forty-oight hours I could go ahead turning It out. Special Shell Machines. "Then as to shells: I think it is a waHteful thing to mako shells on lathes as thoy mako thorn now. Wo should got up apodal machines for making thorn rapidly and in enormous quantities. "Then I would grcaso tho machlnos and atoro them aw'av with ft prnnt quantity of stool billots ready to bo worked up on short notice "In fact, 1 would mako my prepa rations potontlal rather than kinetic, and 1 would do it right away. Tho proposition should not bo a military ono at all. I don't like this military idoa. I should bo dono aololy on on economical basis, a business basis. Building theso powdor factories und thoao machines and ammunition fac tories wouldn't coat much. "But I would koop thla in mind in preparing to make Btoros and ammu nition: 1 would proparo to turn oujt right along twlco as much as Is being used now on tho wholo European bat tloliold then not mako it Where Machines Excel. "Now as to actual lighting; I would rather uso machlnos than men. A man Is only ono man. after all. A raachlno can bo oaslly as good as twenty mon. Thon ono man, using It, Is as good as twenty mon. Ho should bo at least that good If lie Is Amorlcan. "America is tho greatest moc'lilno country In tho world and Its poonjo aro tho groatoat machinists. Thoy can, moreover, invent machlnory faBt or and havo It moro olllclent thou any other two countries. It Is a mo chine nation; Its battle preparation should be with machinery. "1 am down on military establish- w MACHINES the walls of a fort Is well shown In of ilolgrndo after It bad been shelled raents. A standing army Isn't worth anything unless It Is on a war footing, which Is absurd. Wo do need an enor mous numbor of trained olTlcors and drill sergeants, however. Thoao should bo trained right along, ovon more than apparently would bo needed, then turned back Into industry. "They should bo kept In touch at stated Intervals with tho latest things In warfare so that thoy would bo ready ao Boon as telegraph and railroad could summon them, to go Into actlvo service. "Wo can gamblo on a volunteer army bocauso tho Amorlcan is tho quickest-minded human being in things mechanical. Ho could learn tho ubo of machinery of war with suf llclont dispatch for army use. "In short, tho now soldlor will not bo a soldier, but a machinist; ho will not shed his blood, but will porsplro in tho factory of death at tho battlo lino." Explains Work of Board. "Has tho general Inventions board anything now 'up Its slcovo'?" ho was asked next. "Ploaso don't call it an inventions board," ho replied. "It is a general BCionco board. Its function is not to invent, but to offer Inventions to tho government "When tho navy or army has a tough problem boforo it, or a hard nut to crack, it will turn tho problom ovor to tho board and nsk for an answer. "Have any such questions boon asked?" waB tho next question. "Well, I Bhould say there have," ho chuckled. "You bettor bcllove thoy gavo us Bomo tough questions to an swer, too. Thoy'ro hard nutB to crack, but, ot course, we'll got them straight ened out all right. Wo havo mado plenty of progress now. Our principal work laid out to dato was in sub marine and aerial engines, and In com munlcatlvo apparatus, both for trans ferring intelligence and directive power for machinery." Motor Question Up. "What Is tho principal aviation de ficiency laid boforo you?" "Oh, tho motor question," ho replied. "Tho motor situation is only fair nbroad, although tholr motors aro tho beat now mado. Dut wo ought to bo able to get a much bettor ono, and wo need It." "What do you think of tho ubo of liquid llro and asphyxiating gases?" "Thoy aro perfectly proper for uso In defenso, but not for offenso. A man has a right to claw, scratch, blto or kick In defending himself, but when ho'B on tho offensive, no." "Have any ideao of material valuo boon submitted to tho goncra! science board?" wns tho next question. "Ideas," ho ojaculatod. "Well, blesB your heart, wo aro being engulfed with Ideas. "What Ib moro, Bay for us that wo want them to keep coming, tho moro tho better. You know tho American people ore tho champion Idea-creators in tho world. You would bo surprised to know that In such a heterogenous collection of Ideas that at loast ono In ovory fifty Is good, In Bomo moos uro, and worthy of consideration. Bankers and Messengers. "Hank presidents Bond them and mossengor boys. Ono of tho best Ideas wo havo had sent in to uso touching upon offensive warfaro has como from a young messenger boy, who has not yet cast his first voto. "Often thu ideas strike oorao of ub as valuable asldo from any war Bonso, and tbon tho sender Is given a bit of advlco. This Is only in raro Inatanceo, however." "How can America proparo Itself in tho shortest time; that Is, how can this proparedno8a bo brought about?" "Tho newspapers and congress are nil that can do It." ho Bald. "JuBt keep tho public thoroughly Informed of what actually Is going on abroad and how It como about; Just whut our condition Is and what It wouiJ bo If wo wero not prepared, and keep people advised of how congress stands on the questions. The people and thou congress will do tho rost." Wanted a Kiss. 8t LoulB, Harry D. Alexander, a book salesman, was fined $25 and co"1b by .ludgo Hogan recently upon a cliargo of disturbing tho pcaco ot Marjorlo Humphrey, fourteen years old, No. Shenandoah avenue. The flno was stayed pending good oo nuvlor. Tbo girl testified that Alex ander, In trying to soil her r. maga zine, asked her for a kisB. WILL WAR US Department of Agriculture to Help in Suppressing Pests. 8eek to Prevent Further Damage to Orchards and Forests General Clean-Up Helps Creosote for Egj Masses. Washington. Tho department of agriculture Is making n special offort thlB tall to prevent tho spread of gypsy and brown-tall moths. It Is tho purpoBo ot tho government oxpertB to put Into operation some crtectlvo means of reducing further tlaniugo to orchards and forests by thoso pesta. In tho area Inrested by these pests much effective work cun bo done to reduce tho damago that thcao insects are likely to cause tho following yenr, according to cntomolotristB of tho de partment. The caterpillars of tho brown-tall moth spin a won in the fall which remains on tho tips of twigs und branches during tho winter. Theso webs should bo cut tnd burned bo tuat Injury will bo caused by tho cater plllarB tho following summor. Par ticular attention sinuld bo given to webs of this Insect on trees which grow round dwellings or In or chords. Tho applo, pear, cherry, oak and willow aro among tho trees which are favored ob food by tho brown-tall moth caterpillars. In order to mini mlzo tho damage which Is llkoly to result, ob much time as possible should be dovotcd to cutting and burning worthless or seedling applo trees and wild cherry trees and brush, if this 1b dono along tho roadway and fences tho appearance of tho region will be greatly Improved. Caro should bo taken to protect plno nnd other coniferous .reca, and hick ory and ash should not bo cut Thoy nre not favored for food cither by tho caterpillars of tho gypsy moth or thoso of tho brown-tail moth. A general clean-up, such as has been mentioned, will grerUly assist In controlling this inflect Tho oak is a favored food of tho brown-tall moth and tho gypsy moth, and wherover it Is possible to eliminate oak?, less annoyance from theso i.ests will bo experienced. In cutting wood in tho winter for purpoBOB of fuel, tho farmor would do well to Bolect ahd cut trees which aro favored as food by thoso insects. In this way ho will not only secure tho fuel which ho desires, but will at tho Bamo tlmo dccreaBO tho food Bupply of tho pests mentioned. it is needless to sny that in cutting wood for fuel, all sickly or diseased trees should bo selected, so that tho stand that remains will bo healthy and vigorous. Each owner must mako tho solectlou for hlmselt, but a groat deal con bo accomplished by planning the work a littlo In advanco so that tho necessary amounts of fuel can bo obtained, tho preferred (ood plants of theso Insects reduced In number and tho condition of tho wood lot Improved. Tho gypsy moth occurs In tho egg Btago during tho winter, and much valuablo work enn bo dono In bring ing about Its control by treating tho egg masses with creosote applied with a brush. This destroys the cgus bo that tho next brood of caterpillars Is reduced. For tho Information of residents of the district Infested by tho gypsy moth and tho brown-tail moth It Bhould bo sold that this area has been placed under quarantine by tho fodcral horticultural board. Nursery stock and living plants cannot be shipped outsldo tho t.rca unless tho trees or plant3 havo been oxaminod by an authorized inspector. YOUTH HIKES AROUMH GLOBE Grunwaldt Nears End of His Long Three-Year Jaunt Pays Way by Working. Sacramento. Cal. Alexander Grun waldt, Boventccn years old, wob on tho last leg ot a Sunt around tho world when ho reached horo. Tho boy said ho loft Son Francisco in a vessel bound for Australia, July 20, 1912. and hnB been going over since. All tils land trips wero raat afoot Ho hnB paid his way by doing odd Jobs end selling photos of hlmsolf. His route wob from Australia to Cal cutta by wator, und then by foot to Ilombay, a '"'atanco ot 1,200 miles. Ho Jumped to Africa and "hoofed" tho long way from Alexandria to Capo Town. Ho arrived In Now York March 25 last and started Immediately to walr lho 3.358 miles back to San Francisco. REFUSE TO LEARN ENGLISH Rutkmlans In Manitoba Problom to School Authorities of the Province. Winnipeg. Fearing excommunica tion from their church, lho Ruthuulons aru refusing to send tholr children to schools teaching English This is ono or the most dllllcult conditions with which tho provincial educational au thorities havo to deal In tholr attempt to onforco compulsory uttnndnnco laws Thoro aro several thousand Ruthe nloue In ono section of Manitoba, and tho school Inspectors make little head way thoro. Tho schools maintained aro teaching tho natlvo tongue of tho Bottlers In moat tnatuuecs. If the burden seins heavy, the wuy seems long. Still lift your henrt In o bit of tang. And thot heart will llnhtcr grow. And ono who follows, unitecn by you, May cntrh thu Btrnhi nnd IiIb strength renew In tho courage you bestow. OOD FOR THE YOUNG CHILD. Thoro is great need that mothers study tho feeding of tho baby, as Bta tlstlcs tell us that a largo proportion of little peoplo die with no chanco to light tholr own way before they aro two years old To introduce solid foods Into tho diet chnngo worthy of of a child thoughtful should bo is a consideration. Children fed according to their weight, ago and d ovulnnmnnt Solid foods Bhould bo Introduced gradually uuer ono year of ago In a normal baby A cereal well cooked, an egg cooked and mixed with bread crumbs or milk, or gruel, maklnc ono monl a ilnv Son that tho baby feeds slowly and mrmtl caieB won. Habits of right eating may bo formed now which will en with him through llfo. Fresh bread should never bo given. Cut in squares and OaKCa Until brown, thnn nnrvnH In milk is a good dish and ono children iiko. Add a pinch of salt but no sugar to BUCh dlsheB. Milk nnd rronm should bo used plentifully. An hour before or on hour nftpr feeding a tablespoonful or two of nr. ango Julco, pineapple Juico, strained applo sauco or mashed pulp of prunes may oe given. Vegetables aro now a necessity. Po- tatoca thoroughly baked, and Bervod with butter or cream. Asparagus tips, spinach and carrots crushed flno and well seasoned with salt and butter. Only ono vegetable dally until the ago of two Is reached. Meats should bo given but sparingly; a tablespoon ful of scraped raro beef may bo mixed with tho baby's potato or a bit of beef steak gravy may bo put on It Up to threo years but littlo meat 1b given, and it should always bo finely cut. BrothB of mutton, chicken or beef with rice or stale crumbs, or beef Juice may bo given, five ounces at a meal; beef Julco being moro concen trated, threo ounces Is sufficient Cereals of oatmeal, farina, barloy. hominy, rlco or cracked wheat, four ounces, but it should bo long nnd well cooked. Servo with a pinch of salt and plenty of milk and cream. GOOD THINGS FOR THE TABLE. A moat delightful autumn dainty la baked pears. Wash and peel tho pears ,nB dish, cover with wa IBk tcr, butter and lemon Juico, using tho mixture lBa to bontn tllnm riiirlnnr lho baking. Servo when brown, and tender. As a vegetablo to serve with moats or as a dessert with whipped cream thoro could bo nothtnc more tasty. Stuffed Pears. Take firm pears and remove cores. Steam until tender, then fill tho centers with whipped cream, mixed with chopped dates, can dled cherries or nuts. Pear Salad. Peel nico. rlpo pears cut In halves, removo tho coro, then roll In chopped nuts, lay flnt-sldo down on head lettuce, place a largo spoon ful of mayonnaise nt tho side and servo well chilled with toasted choeso cracker? Stuffed Green Peppers. Cut the atom ends from six green poppers, ro movo white fiber and soeda, scald five minutes nnd drain. Mix ono cupful of bread crumbs with throo tablo spoonfulB of molted butter, ono cup ful of tunn fish, salt, a dash of lemon Julco and stock to moisten slightly Fill tho poppors, ploco In n buttered pan with half a cunfnl nt imt ,... I to bako slowly half an hour. Servo wun a cronm sauco and triangles of buttered toaBt Creamed Oysters Take threo doz on oysters, parboil In thnir nwn it,,n. j until thoy rufilo. thon drain. Place a cupful of cronm and n hnir mnfui milk in a double boiler When the mixture is hot odd a tablespoonful of butter and two of flour, well mixed, aoason with salt and popper; cook tin til thick. Fill ramekins with this, mlxturo and tho oysters; cover with a piece or two of hard cooked egg and a spoonful of buttered crumbs. Rrown In tho oven. Tho ogg may bo used ns a garnish on top of tho browned crumbs Just as It goeB to tho table, with a bit of parsley bb a finish. Criticism of Modern Ways. Today tho tendency Ib, not to en doavor to mako youths strong to ro slat, but to try to removo all stress from them Thoy must not bo given bard tasks at achool; Indeed, tho cry Is that chlldron must feel that school Ib play. Thoy must not bo taught obedlonco and respect, leat they bo Bervllo. They must hnvo much amuse ment All this Is dependent upon tho Idea that life Is meant for pleasure nnd that work Is a curno. Dr. Charles W. Durr. If there no lonser existed womon sulllclently dlfjnined In tholr mnnners to inspire real respect, tho opinion of society would no longer havo any In fluence over tlio actions of men. Mndurno Do Htnel. APPETIZING FISH DISHE8. Canned flfih now Is such a plentiful article on tho market that when fresh fish is not obtainable tho tinned variety will answer fully ae well Tuna or tunny fish Is ono of the most doll clous of canned fish and may bo s o r v o d right from tho can with quar tera of lemon or com bined in various ways to servo as saladi Filled lomaiocB. stuffed with tuna, well Ben soned, celery nnd cabbago makes a moat tasty salad. Herring Salad Cook salt herring 15 minutes in boiling water to cover Droln and cool and soparato Into uaKes. Add an oaual aunntltv of cuocB of cooked notatoes. a hnlf minriit of chopped celery, tho whites of two egga, chopped, and a good boiled dress Ing. Cover with hard-cooked ecn volk put through n ricor. Salmon Loaf With Peas Sfmnnn a can of salmon, add a boat on nue. a tablespoonful of lemon Juice and a cuprui or thick, white Bauco Steam in a loaf and ijrve garnished with cooked peas on a platter. Creamed Finnan Haddle Cook hnlf a tablespoonful of green onion, ono tablespoonful of green pepper (both chopped), with a fourth of a cupful or butter, fivo minutes, stirring constant ly. Add four tablesnaonfuls of flour. mixed with a teaspoonful of salt, a aasn or cayenne and half a teaspoon ful of paprika. Then nour nn crn du ally ono cupful each of milk and cream. uring to tho boiling point and cook two minutes. Reserve half n cunful of this sauco and to tho remainder add 1 cupfuls of flaked finnan haddlo. when hot Ml' tho center of a rlco bor- der with tho finnan haddlo and pour around tho reserved sauce. Garnish with canned pimento. Salmon croquettes molded around a teaspoonful of cooked green pens and served hot with a highly seasoned sauce mako anothor tasty dish. Salt mackorel 1b delicious soaked overnight or until well freshened then nlacod In th O fivnti rnvnroil with a good cupful of' thick cream and al lowed to bake 20 mlnuteo. Add salt if needed, Just as it 1b taken up. DO NOT SLIGHT LEFTOVERS. Take any bits of leftover mpnt nnf through a meat chopper, season and mix with egg, and form into cutlets, placo half an al mond cut longth wise at tho small ond to represent tho cutlet bono. Dip In egg and fry. PIOCO n. C.lllllflnnr. er in tho center of tho dish and pllo tho cutlets around and servo. Servo with a moat sauco. A small piece of chnnHfv If will add flavor to nnv dlsheB. It Is good In escalloped po tato. In escalloped cabbage, addB to tho flavor of milk toast and may bo sprinkled over lettuce whinh h. dressed with French dressing. A lit tlo grated choeso added to an orao lot Is an improvement. A dainty cracker to Hnrvn with n salnd course Ib prepared by heaping grated cheeao on tho crackers, sprinkle with salt and nvon nn n n rl then toasting in the oven. Rmir nrnnm mnlmn . .1 I i .... r t,u. monco u UUIII'IUUS 1111- I lug for cakes; add brown sugar and I cook until It is hard, add nuts and ' ueat until smooth. Sour cream dreaslnir. uainc rrnm salt and a dash of cayenne served on young green onions Is a dish not half woll enough known. A tablespoonful of leftover tinnn with a few cold potatoes will make a most appetizing salad to servo fnr Sunday night supper. Stalo bltB of bread mov bo lmntl nn crumbs for various dishes, as crou tons, as bread puddlnga with fruit or custard, as filling with nutB for poppors, cr bak'.d potatoes; In fact In thousands of ways bits of hrnnrt may bo utilized. Not a crumb should bo wasted, ovon tho crumb tray should bo emptied for tho littlo shreds. Orange pool and lemon peel may bo used to flavor sauces, removing the pooling beforo serving. Eat Plenty of Fruit. For its appetizing values fruit should bo eaten before meala. if takon aa a deaaort at tho end of tho meal trult has Its beat effect from the nutritive standpoint. For its laxativo properties fruit abould be laken on an empty stomach, preferably soou after rising In tho morning. Unfair. The most uninteresting poetry lb that written about a poet. Further moro, it lan't treating blui right, THE CHARM OF MOTHERHOOD Enhanced By Perfect Physi cal Health. Tho experience of Motherhood la a try ing one to most women and marks dis tinctly nn epoch In their Uvea. Not ons woman In a hundred is prepared or un derstands how to properly caro for her Belf. Of course nearly every woman nowadays has medical treatment at such times, but many approach tho experi ence with an organism unfitted for tha trial of strength, and when it is over her system has received a shock from, which it is hard to recover. Following right upon this comes the nervous strain of caring for tho child, and a distinct change in tho mother results. Thero is nothing moro charming thanv a happy and healthy mother of children, and indeed child-birth under tho right conditions need bo no hazard to health or beauty. Tlio unexplainablo thing ia that, with all tho evidence of shattered nerves and broken health rcBultingfrom an unnrenared condition, nnd rith a . "F . . w . U4U- pie time in which to prepare, women will persist in going blindly to tho trial Everv woman at this timn nh rmlrl twit. upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, a most valnablo tonic and. invigorator of tho female organism. In many homes once childless thero are now children be cause of tho fact that Lydia E. Pink- ham's Vegetable Compound make a women normal. healthy and strong. If Ton TTBnf nnnMnl mlvtwk wt. Lydia E. Plnkham Medicine Go. (confi dential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter Trill be opened, read and answered br ft nuuitut iuau uuu m sixict conildence. SCHOOL TOTS TREE A BEAR Barking Llko Dogs, Six Youngster Frighten Buln and Bring About His Death. Six school children, tho oldest of them aged nine, treed a hear at the- uaK Hun schoolhouse. During tho afternoon recess while tho tots wero a play, bruin ambled in- to tho school grounds. The children, barking like dogs, took after tho bear, who. taking fright, climbed a treo to- get out of danger. Miss Vivian Hrauer. the teachox. fainted when Bho saw what tho chil dren had done. Sho called tho chil dren Into the schoolhouse, locked the door and, womanlike, pulled down the blinds. A few minutes lator the hear climbed down tho treo and ran Into Amos Welch's field 50 yards farther up tho croek. Welch shot nnd killed the bear. Thero was a barbecue at tho Oak Ilun schoolhouse Friday afternoon. bear meat bolntr the Imnortnnt ittrn on tho menu. Redding Dispatch to San Francisco Chronicle. Sure. Do you bellovo that there is & higher power?" "My dear sir 1 marrlod her." Credulous. "Very credulous, Is ho?" "Why. you could sell him a mort gage on a castlo in tho air." Judge. MOTHER'S "NOTIONS" Good for Young People to Follow. 'My littlo grandson often comos uj to show mo how largo the muscles of his arms are. 'Ho was a delicate child, but has de veloped Into a strong, healthy boy and PoBtum has boon tho principal factor. "I was inducod to glvo him tho Post- um because of my own oxperlenco with it. "I am sixty years old, and havo been a victim of nervous dyspepsia for many years. Havo tried all sorts of medicines and had treatment from many physicians, but no pormancnt ro ller como. "I used to read tho Postum adver tisements in our paper. At first I gavo but littlo attention to them, but finally something in ono of tho advertise ments mado mo conclude to try Pos tum. "I was very particular to have it prepared strictly according to direc tions, and usod good, rich cream. It was very nico Indeed, and about bed time 1 said to the members ot tho fam ily that I bolloved I felt bettor. Ono of them laughed and said, That's an othor of mothor's notions,' but the no tion has not left mo yet "I continued to improve right alone after leaving off coffee and takine Posrum, and now after three .years' uso I fool so well that I am almost young again. I know Postum was tho cause of tho chango in my health and I cannot say too much In Its favor. I wish I could persuade all nervous peo ple to uso it" Namo given by Postum Co., Battlo Crook, Mich. Postum comos in two forms: Postum Cereal tho original form must bo well bollod. lGc and 25c pack ages. Instant Postum a soluble powder dissolves quickly in a cup of hot water, and, with cream and sugar, makes a dollcious bovorago instantly. SOo and 60c tins. . Doth kinds aro equally delicious and cost about the samo per cup. "Thero'a a Roason" for Postum. sold by Grocers.