THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. NEWS OF THE WEEK! I CONDENSATIONS LESSER IM OF GREATER OR PORTANCE. A OF EVENTS National, Political, Personal and Other Matters In Brief Form for All Clacsco of Readers. WAR NEWS. Newspapers of Berlin urc quoted as flaying that the alllos already have landed 300,000 men at Salonllcl. According to Athens reports Bul garia and Grcoco have reached un agreement which will keep Greece out of the war. It Is olltclally announced In Vienna that subscriptions to the third Aus trian, loan to dato exceed 300,000,000 crowns ($75,000,000). A dispatch from Athens says a de cree has been Issued dissolving the Greek Chamber of Deputies and that the new elections have been fixed for December 19. It is reported In Berlin that more thnn $5,500,000 of the Immense war profits of the Krupp Gun works will ho distributed for relief of Boldlers' (amines. The Krupp family will take Us usual 12 per cent. Throo hundred of the Italian liner Anconis' crow and passengers, mostly women and children, were drowned when a submarine Hying an Austrian Hag, torpedoed nnd sank the vessel In the Mediterranean sea. London reports that the 2,C72-tun German protected cruiser Udlue has-, been torpedoed south of Sweden and the British 0,322-toh armed steamship Tara has been sunk by a submarine In the eastern Mediterranean. It is reported that virtually the en tire food supply of Germany is ex pected soon to pass under govern mental control, to secure an equltablo Attribution of supplies at fair prices among the entire population, rich and poor. Tho war on September 12 was cost ing Great Britain $21,750,000 a day, and the cost Is constantly Increasing, Premier Asqulth has told the house of commons. Tho government now has $5f.7,500,000. or enough to last until December 1, he said. The French steamship Yser, for merly known as the Dacia, which was seized by a French cruiser last Feb ruary, while carrying n cargo of cot ton from tho United States to Ger many, has been torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. It is the belief in diplomatic quar ters in Rome that a secret agreement exists between Bulgaria and Greece concerning Serbia, Macedonia and Al bania. According to this reported Rgreement, tho southern part of Al bania would go to Greece and the northern part to Bulgaria. A Pctrosrad dispatch says an ex planatory memorandum issued by tho government regarding tho budget which Is now ready to be framed, points out tho loss to the exchequer entailed by the fact that Russia's en emies have seized her richest indus trial provinces, comprising nn area exceeding 133,000 squaro miles with n population of 25,000,000 and with 5,333 miles of railroad. GENERAL. As part of a plan to equip police men for warfare, all members of tho Now York police force were notified that they will bo offered Instructions in tho handling of rifles. To meet, tho requirements of its business tho United States Steel cor poration at New York announced pro posed Improvements at Its plants In Indiana, Pennsylvania and Ohio in volving an outlay approximating $10,000,000. The Upper Mississippi Dralnago as sociation, at Its annual meeting at East St. Louis, decided to ask con gress to appropriate $1,000,000 a year during the next four year3 for tho work of completing levees on the Mis sissippi river between Cairo and Rick Island, III. The Du Pont Powder company of "Wilmington, Del., according to trust worthy Information, has received an additional $05,000,000 powder order from the Entente allies. The progress of tho dredging oper ations in tho new channel of tho Pan ama canal at Galllard cut has been so satisfactory that it Is now virtually assured that there will bo a channel 100 feet wido by thirty foot deep through tho side urea by tho midd'o of December. Twelve parsons were killed and moro than 100 Injured, many of them floriouslv. In a tornado which swopt through tho residence section of Great Ilend, Knns. Tho damago is estlmat ,iW cd at $500,000. John D. Rockefeller paid the ex pense? of 25,000 children who attend ed the Cleveland flower show, re cently. It Is estimated that the tick ets cost Mr. Rockefellor $5,000. Advertising as the means tolncrenso church membership received the strong endorsement of Rev. Edwin A, Rumball of Boston at the tblrty-ilrst nnnual meeting of the Unitarian con ference of the middle states and Can nd.i at Pittsburgh, Pn. Kaiser Wllhelm decorated Mrs James W. Gerard, wife of tho Amerl can ambassndor, with Red Cross gold medals of the first and second class. This is the llrst time the kaiser has ever giv;n a decoration of the llrst class (o n woman not of royal blood. Socialists of Texas, In session at Waco, adopted a platform which con tains the recommendation that tho manufacture or sale of liquor In Tex ub bo mado a folony. The fe'deral gov ernment was urged to manufacture liquor to be sold to the consumor at cost. Had tho section foreman and bridge inspector used due diligence, tho Un ion Pacific wreck nt Randolph, Kan., October 17, In which eleven persons lost their lives, would not have oc curred, according to a decision which the State Utilities commission hand ed down at Topeka. The Seattle city school department, having found hundreds of pupils suf fering from malnutrition, has decided to open twenty milk distributing sta tions in as many schools. Pasteurized milk will be served free to children'' unable to pay for it and at 1 cent a glass to those able to pay. Mrs, Scott Durand of Chicago lost the long battle she has waged In the courts for weeks to save the lives of her herd of sixty valuable GuernFey cattle, which have been afflicted with the foot and mouth disease. The ani mals were shot by Illinois state veter inarians under the protection of the sheriff. Governor John B. Kendrlck of Wyo ming appointed a committee to rep resent Wyoming In a conference with n similar committee representing Ne braska to determine whether It will be or will not be feasible to construct a (JOn-mile pipe line from Casper to Omaha to transport Wyoming oil to the Nebraska metropolis. SPORTING. Johnny Dundee, Now York light weight boxer, outpointed Joe Rivers of California by a slight shade in a ten round, no-decision boxing contest at Milwaukee. A world's record for yearling trot ting filly was made at Lexington, Ky., at a meeting of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' association when a yearling bay filly by Prince Ansel-Ilia Moke trotted a mile in 2:17. Sho is owned by the Woodland Stock farm of Woodland, Cal. t Johnny Ertle of St. Paul, who re cently won on a foul from the bantam weight title holder, "Kid" Williams, made a good impression in his first bout in Now York, outpointing Abe Friedmnn of New York, who held the New York state amateur bantam weight title last winter. WASHINGTON. President Wilson has appointed Former President William Howard Taft chairman of the central commit teo of the American Red Cross, to succeed Major General George W. Davis, retired. Considerable territory in northern Illinois is freed from the live stock foot and mouth dlseaso quarantine by an order Issued by tho Department of Agriculture to become effective im mediately. Comptroller of Currency Williams nounced that tho Merchants and Far mers National bank of Cisco, Tex., had closed its- doors upon the disap pearance of the cashier, whoso loans with the institution were excessive. President Wilson has practically decided to attend tho army-navy foot hall game at New York November 27. Ho attended tho game two yeara ago, but was unablo to bo present last year because of Mrs. Wilson's death. Tariffs of transcontinental rail roads proposing an Increase In car load rates on lumber and forest prod ucts from Enston and other points west of Spokane in tho state of Wash ington to destinations n North and South Dakota, Nebraska, and othor states, were suspended by the inter stato commerce commission until March 10. Information is wanted by Secretary Redfleld as to the whereabouts of six teen members of tho former crew of tho American steamer Kroonland of the Red Star-lino, to whom medals awarded by congress for tholr horolsm In rescuing eighty-nine persons from tho bargo steamer Voltuno, in the North Atlantic ocean, In October, 1913, remain to bo presented. Work of drafting the army appro priation bill In accordance with tho administration's national defonso program will bo undertaken soon by Senator Chamberlain and Represen tative Hay, chairmen of the congres sional committees. c PIGEON FACTS FOR Runt (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of ABrleulture.) A list of questions on profltablo pigeon raising was sent by tho poultry specialists of tho United States de partment of agrlculturo to pigeon breeders throughout tho United States, and, among others, replies woro re ceived from 22 largo breeders who kept from 300 to 2,200 pigeons nnd produced squabs for market. Tho rec ords from tltcso breeders aro consid ered moro applicable to tho commer cial production of squabs than tho re plies which wero received from breed ers keeping only a few pigeons for homo uso or pleasure. These 1 large breeders reported keeping tho Homer and Cnrhcaux varieties almost exclu sively for squab raising, with a com paratively small number of tho Dra goon, Maltese hen, and Whlto King mentioned. All except one brooder kept their pigeons confined. Tho birds were mated at from flvo to seven months old, tho avorago mating ago being 5.7 months. Wheat, corn, knflr corn, Canada peas, millet, and hemp wero tho grains most commonly fed, whilo a number of other grains including peanuts, grass seed, oats, buckwheat, sunflower seed, rice, Egyptian corn, cowpcas, and mllo maizo wero also used. About one-half of tho brecdors reported the uso of somo kind of green feed, in cluding a wido range of such mate rial. Tho uso of rock salt was re ported by one-half of tho breeders, looso table salt by ono-fourth, and ta blo salt baked into a hard lump by tho rest. About 16 per cent used somo ox tra feed, such as millet or hemp seed, during tho molting poriod, whilo sev eral who did not uso any special feed for assisting tho molt supplied theso grains in tholr regular rations. One third used hoppers In feeding tho pigeons. About ono-half supplied ' tobacco stems as tho entire or for part of tho nesting material, and hay and straw wero commonly used, whilo others used plno noedles, cut pea vines, and alfalfa stems. One-half reported free- Homer Pigeon. dom from all diseases and about ono- fourth gave cankor as a common cauBO of sickness. Tho averago annual profit per pair of breeders varied from 32 cents to $3.00, and averaged $1.52; tho feed cost from 95 cents to $2.00, with an averago of $1.32. All sold squabB for market, whilo about ono-half sold both as breeders and for market. Tho av orago prlco for tho year rccoived por dozen Bquabs varied from $2.00 to $4.(32 and averaged $3.43. Tho number of squabs marketed from each pair of pigeons varied from 10 to 20, and averaged 13.1; tho weight per dozen squabs varied from 6 to 11 pounds, and averaged 9 pounds. Squabs wero marketed at four weeks oxcopt from two farms whero tho av orago ago of marketing was given as four and ono-half weeks. ' Data Secured From Small Breeders. A largo number of ropllcs woro ro colvod from breeders who kept less than 300 pigeons Their answers in general agreed with thoso from tho largo pigeon breeders, although they woro moro varied. Many farmers ob jected to pigeons, claiming that they carried dlsoaeos and all kinds of ver min among stock and fowls, dlrted cis terns used for holding rain wator, and ato grain from tho Holds and barns. A very tow larmoro stated that tho pigeons woro beneficial to tho farms and ato many weed seeds. Tho num ber of pigeons in farm soctlons not kept confined was roportcd to bo di minishing greatly as tho country bo camo moro thickly settled. Other varieties of pigeon men tioned, in addition to thoso roportcd from tho largo pigeon farms, woro tho TliM mt, T S-. QB am Tfni iF PRACTICAL BREEDER Cross. Runt and tho common pigeon. A fow breeders separated tho soxos during the molting period; that is, during lato summer and early fall. Slightly more than ono-half allowed their pigeons freo rango. Barloy, ryo, sorghum seed, and prepared mixed pigeon feeds woro additional foods mentioned. Most farmers who did not keep their pi geons conllnod fed only graiiiB which they raised, such as corn, whea't, and oats. Twolvo per cent mixed lino salt with grit and oyster sholl, nnd 5 per cont fed tho salt dissolved in tho drinking wator. Oyster shell and grit wero supplied by most brecdors. A fow used special tonics during tho molting poriod. Only 33 ncr cont 'reported tho uso of tobacco Btoms or leaves, as against 50 per cont among tho larger breeders. Tho diseases most frequently men tioned woro canker, going light, and roup. Tho principal method of treat ment was prevention; by keeping everything clean, using disinfectants freely, und killing sick or diseased pigeons. Remedies mentioned for pro venting sickness wero tho uso of kcro scno oil, pcrmnnganato of potash, llmo, copper sulphate, carbolic acid, BUlpho-napthol, quassia ' chips, opsoni salts, Venetian red, tlncturo of gentian, or a tonic in tho drinking wator. Dry sulphur and diluted pcroxldo of hydro gen wero used In treating canker, and keroseno oil for roup. A fow nllowcd diseased pigeons tholr freedom when they had been kept confined. About one-fourth reported somo loss from rats, but most of tho larger breeders mado tholr pens rat proof. Losses from hawks and cats wero roportcd In somo caBes whero tho pigeons wero allowed their freedom. Tho averago yearly profit from each pair of breeders varied from 20 cents to $7.50, and averaged $2.29. Tho profit from breeders who sold stock largely for breoding purposes varied from $10 to $20 per pair. Tho avorago yearly feed cost por pair varied from 10 cents to $4, and averaged $1.32. Fifty-fivo per cont Bold squabs for market only, 33 por cent both for mar ket and as breeders, and 12 por cent for breeders only. Tho number of squabs mnrkoted from each pair of breeders varied from 5 to 22, and av orugod 13.8; tho wolght por dozen squabs varied from 4 to 18 poundB, and avoraged 10.1 pounds. Squabs wero marketed at from 3 to 6 weeks; tho cverago being 4.2 weoks. Tho av orago prlco for tho year rocolvod por dozen squabs varied from CO contB to $6 nnd avoraged $3.01. STERILE EGGS ALWAYS BEST There Are Other Requisites Than Freshness to Real Good Egg Three Prime Essentials. It comes as a surprlso to a great many consumers of eggs to learn that an absolutely fresh egg 1b not neces sarily a good egg and that on tho contrary it may bo a very bad egg, not fit to graco tho table as food. For time out of memory tho prlmo requisite of an egg has been that it bo frosh. This has been emphasized by dealers for years who got a premium for eggs "direct from tho farm." But whilo poultry culturo has been mak ing progress in tho last fow years it has been established that an egg ie not necessarily good Just becauso it happens tp bo fresh. Poultrymen who havo mado a scientific study of their business now nro endeavoring to im press upon tho public that thero are othor requisites than freshness to a real good egg. There nro three prlmo requisites to an ogg that can go to tho tnblo un questioned and unchallenged. It must bo Btcrilo, sanitary and' fresh. Provide a Deep Litter. As soon as it becomes necessary to conflno tho flock to tho houso most oi tho tlmo, provldo a deep litter of strnw or leaves. Ryo straw Is host as it 1b tough and lasts a long timo If nothing elso Is avallablo cut corn stalks can bo used. Profit In Fattening, Tho only way you over will bo thor oughly convinced of tho profit thero is In fattening tho poultry crop, tho same as any farm stock, Is to try it this sea son. Hasten Laying Pullets. Working in a clean, dry ilttor now will haBton tho laying of your early pullets. LOCAL COLOR By BARRY TIBBETTS. "Well, it's Buroly good to bo back on Broadway again!" exclaimed Jimmy Lawlor, as ho nwnkenod In bis apart mcnt tho morning after his return from tho two weeks vncatlon which ho had nllcwod himself. Tho room wns filled with tho golden sunlight ot September. Lawlor glnnccd around his room. It was plainly fur nished, but thoro woro no evidences of poverty hore. Lawlor nB becom ing Known ns nn lllustrntor; ho bnd worked his way up from tho depths, until ho now secured a modest Incomo, with tho hopo of Increasing It mate rially within a fow months. Miss Mary Dewey, tho famous short story writer had half promised to lot him Ulustrato all her stories. Tho arrangomeut nnd been suggested by tho editor of tho magazlno which had bought tho oxcluslvo right to her work. Ho wns to meet hor Boon. Ho would havo mot hor boforo, but sho had been away. Presently, as ho drossod, sobor thoughts began to steal through Jimmy's mind. Ho had been guilty of very Imprudent behavior during his short vacation. In fact, ho had gono to tho Catskllls expecting to And ru ral quiet thoro, and ho had found tho placo full of young store dorks and salesladies on their vacation. Among tho lnttor had been Miss Liz zlo Mooro. Miss Mooro wns n typo of tho storo-glrl one of thoso types that Miss Dowey know so well how to de pict. And they hnd fallen in lovo with each othor. At first It had been only n flirtation on Lawlor's part, but soon tho trans parent Ingenuousness and simplicity of tho girl had stolen into his heart. Was This Miss Moore7 Ignorant as sho was, half educated, with tho littlo slangy manners of speech of her clasB, Lawlor bad real ized that hlB lovo for her could toler ate all theso things. And sho had looked up to him so naively as a great painter. "Do you know, Mr. Lawlor, It is a wonderful exporienco in my llfo to havo mot you!" Bho confided ono day. "I never knew anybody liko you bo foro. I'vo alwayB wanted a fellow who could think beautiful things, llko you can, instead of just bolng interested in making monoy." Lawlor smllod rather grimly nt that, but his Infatuation had reached tho point whero ho did not wince at tho words sho used. Instead, acting on tho impulso, ho bont down and took Miss Mooro in his arms and klssod her. Tho girl lay thero silent for Just a momont. Then sho drew hersolf away and looked at him with an expression that Lawlor had never seen on hor faco before. Thero was In It some thing of wounded dignity and some thing of helplessness. "I buppobo you're just flirting with mo to pasB away tho tlmo," sho said. And Lawlor was stricken into si lonco. Bocauso, in his heart, ho know that tho girl's words woro truo. "I supposo I won't boo nothing ot you after you got back to tho city," pursued Miss Mooro rather unmerci fully. "Yes," stammered Jimmy. "I moan what 1 say, Lizzlo." "Wo'll boo." answered tho girl mood ily, and that was all. And Jimmy nev er kissed her again, oven when ho said good-by. Yes, Jimmy felt that ho had mado a fool of himself. Ho had tho girl's address. But ho did not mean to call on hor. Ho realized tho dlfforenco In their station; ho know that such an alilanco could work nothing but harm to both of thorn. And ho tried to put tho girl's plcturo out of hiB mind. That fall waB not a favorablo ono for him. Ho Boomed to havo struck ono, of thoso slack porlodB that oven tho most accomplished artist occasion ally moots. Assignments were fow and far botwoen. And, worst of all, Miss Dowoy held off tho arrangement. "I think sho wants to make tho agreement, Jimmy," aald tho editor ot tho Wayfarer. "But she's a peculiar young woman. Impulsive erratic ono moment sho will and tho next sho won't. I'll glvo you n tip, Jimmy. Don't press tho matter and she'll prob ably como around of her own accord. VVo'ro not losing sight ot tho matter, l nssuro you. ' A noto which tho young man had written to Miss Dowey remaluoa un answered. Lawlor gradually gave up hopes of making tho ngroement Ho became moody and dissatisfied His bank balance was being slowly depleted. Ho was not In fear of pov erty, but ho began to realize which was an excellent thing for him that ho was not yet such a great man as 3o thought himself to bo. And, as tho weeks went by, Law lor began to rcnllzo that ho had by no menus forgotten Miss Lizzie Mooro. In fact, with tho Increase of timo, ho begnn to plcturo hor clearly. Her gen tlo nature, hor flawless character, hoi" mind, only awaiting cultivation to re movo its Hurfaco blemlshcB. And ono night ho camo to a momentous deci sion. Ho dug up tho nddrcss nnd wroto her a letter, reminding her of his prom ise and apologetically referring to tho buslncsa which had provontod him from redeeming it before Bnck camo a littlo letter. Sho had novor forgotten him, but thought ho had forgotten hor. Sho would bo glad to sco him on tho evening ho hnd sug gested, at nine o'clock, and "Mother 1b looking forward to mooting tho line gentleman friond I told her about." Jimmy winced at tho wording but ho called. When ho stopped at tho door ol tho apartment houso his first thought wns that Miss Lizzlo must bo a serv ant. Surely no saleslady could afford to livo in such a placo. But, seeing MIsb Moore's card in tho box, ho pressed tho button. And, ns tho door clicked open, ho know that ho waa moving to his fate. But on tho top story ho stood still in amazement. Wns thlB Miss Mooro, this beautiful woman in tho black evo nlng gown, who stood smiling boforo him, and, still smiling at his discom fiture Invited him to enter? Tho npnrtmont was furnished with elegant taste, from tho shaded lamp to tho oriental rugB on tho floor. And, standing In tho conter ot tho room, Lawlor still looked hard at the 'girl and did not know what to say. "Forglvo mo, Mr. Lawlor," sho whis pered, placing n hand on his arm. "Don't you know who I am?" "Miss Mary Dowoy!" stammered Lawlor, suddenly recognizing tho por trait which ho had soon In somo mag azlno or other. "I havo dono very wrong, ' said tho girl contrltoly. "Bt I didn't know you would bo in tho CatsklllB when I went thero. I wanted to draw tho lo cal types, and tho storo girls who went thero for tholr vacations, and I haven't any mother, and I had to got that card printed for tho box won't you forglvo mo, Mr. Lawlor?" "On ono condition,'' answered Law lor, breathing hard. "That I sign that agreement?" "No. That you let mo keep my mem ories only Bubstltuto your namo for Miss Moore's," ho answorod. But long beforo ho wont ho had bo gun to think In earnest of a second substitution. (Copyright, 1914, by W. a. Cliupman.) PEPYS COULD NOT SEE IT Famous Diarist by No Means In Ac cord With University's Expressed Opinion About Book. Sir William Cavondish, known iu English history as tho first duko ot Nowcastlo, was commandor of King Charloa tho First's royal army in his contest with Cromwoll. Sir Wllllam'o second wlfo, tho Duchosa Mnrgarot, wroto a llfo ot her husband, in which sho doplctc-d him as a "Most Illus trious Prlnco" and in ovory rcspoct tho pink of porfoctlon. Tho work was supposed to bo ontlroly authentic and truthful, for Sir William himsolf as sisted in its preparation. It was pub lished oarly In 1G67, and many com plimentary copies woro sont out, in cluding ono to tho officials of St. John'B collogo, Cambridge university. In acknowledging its receipt they wroto; "Your excellency's book will not only aurvlvo our university, but hold dato ovon with tlmo itself; and incontinently this ago, by reading your book, will lose its barbarity and rude ness, bolng mado tamo by tho oleganco of your stylo and manner." But old Samuol PopyB waB not qulto so favor ably impressed. In hia celebrated "Diary," under dato of March 18, 1G07, ho mado this ontry; "Staid at home rending tho ridiculous history of my Lord Nowcastlo, wroto by his wife; which shows hor to ho a mad, con ceited, ridiculous woman, and ho an nss to suffer hor to write what Bho writes to him and ot him." Cultivate Neatness. Tidiness is ono of tho most attrac tive of feminine qualities. It is also ono of tho rarest. Early and porslstont must bo tho training which carries tho girl into -womanhood with hor "bump of neatness" well dovolopod. Unless Inherently fastidious during school days, sho is llablo to drift Into careless habits which she novor out grows. Ono girl may havo a trick of leaving shoes about hor room. As a child sho waB permitted to do this, and as sho grow older tho untidy custom was novor abandoned, for tho slmplo roa son that alio herself did not notlco anything unusual about it, and prob ably nobody olso took tho troublo to correct hor. Another slovenly habit is loavlng a bunch of combings In tho comb or on tho dressing table. Con stant vlgllnnco on tho woman's part Is nocoBsary In thoso small matters If sho would bo thought really tidy. How to Attract Them. Editor I wish I could think ot somo plan of making tho womou read our "LadloB Pago." Assistant Why not havo It sot up aB an ndvortlfloraont? Puck.