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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1915)
rMF SFMI.WFFKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. ER Bethlehem's plain That guided wise To -see the child in Immanuel Jesus is his name; The Prince of Peace has Hosanna! Shout! ImmanueL kHE long expected, While to the world God doth proclaim Ts He comes, and Counselor is his name, The mighty God on earth to dwelL Rejoice! Rejoice! ImmanueL fE comes to man by lowly birth, To spread salvation through the From everlasting, he's the same. Our God and Wonderful his name, King David's seed in man to dwell. Rejoice! Rejoice! ImmanueL :ACE on Sing of free 'With angels join Jesus, God with Hallelujah, peace foice! Retoice! REJOICE jifriVr nosanna ' T 17 M3 V m. lgelic hosts f Our Father's Rejoice! Rejoice! the Savior's birth. Santa's Secret VI I'VE Bot out of bed, Just a minute, To toll you I'll whisper It low I The stocking I've hung by the nro Are for me not mamma, you know. Kor mine aro so awfully little, Dear Santa Claus, don't you see? And I want, oh. so many playthings, They won't hold enough for me. So I want you to remember And fill these na full us you can, t. Cause I haven't been very naughty. And you've been such a nice, kind man. I'd llko a llvo doll, It you please, sir. That can talk and call me "mamma." Not one that Is full of old sawdust, As all mj other dolls are. Short But Useful. Tho Christmas troo does not llvo long, but Its short life Is a useful and beautiful ono. sR FREDERICK R. AAERE3 I there shone a star men from afar, v manger lain, . come to dwell promised Lord earth. earth, good wiiTtaman; salvation's plan; in the refrain, us,' is his name. on earthy the Savior's birth 3$ SltyH'V and louciTiQannas sing. 1 M 1 10 uie new-oc to man proclaim love, our Savior's name Hallelujah! Peace on earth, $$U I Holly Scratches I By HARVEY PEAKE NEVER look a gift In tho cost mark. All that glitters is not diamonds. Mistletoe makes tho heart grow fonder. The gift deferred maketh the heart sick. Belief in Santa Claus Is the best policy. It is a wise merchant who knows his own goods when they are brought back for exchange. To give hideous gifts is human, to forgive impossible. Gifts make the man, the want of them the fellow. One Christmas bargain makes the whole of womankind spin. Christmas bills are stubborn things. Santa Claus is not as red as ho is painted. Buy gifts in haste and repent at leisure. Uneasy lies the head that's trying to make twenty dollars buy forty gifts. And thereby hangs a stocking. Every Christmas tree must stand on its own bottom. Gifts are seldom what they eeem. The Christmas Card. About a hundred years ago tho first Christmas cards wero used. Thoso wcro printed in London and consisted of a visiting card with tho words, ''A Merry Christmas,' printed on it. Later tho cards wero made with a lit tlo scenery on thom and a picture of tho robin. This bird was used be cause ho is called tho English Christ mas bird, and also "Tho Savior's Bird" on account of tho old legend regard ing its red breast. From this time on tho cards became more numerous and of moro varied kinds. A little knowledgo is a danger ous thing, especially on Christ mas eve, when a kid discovora his fathor acting tho part of Santa Claus. i SUPERIOR RURAL ROAD WORK Suggestions to Communities for the Construction and Maintenance of Country Highways. That full valuo may bo rocoived for tho money appropriated for road pup noses and that tho best results ob tainable may bo secured It is essential thnt the right man shall bo placed in chargo of road work. Ho should bo selected not only becaUBO ho actunlly knowB moro about good roads than any other person in tho community, but also becauso ho can get tho best results from tho money furnished. It is not sufficient, howovcr, to lot the matter rest with tho appointment ot a road overseer. Ho rhould receive tho wholo-hearted support of tho com munity in tho work. It should bo scon to that under the conditions and with tho monoy furnished tho community is getting what it hnB a right to ex pect in tho way of 'road improvement It Is well to remember that if for any reason an Incompetent man is placed in chargo of tho work tho responsi bility for failure rests upon tho com munity. There should bo no othot consideration, thcroforo, in selecting a road overseer than thnt of securing a man with tho ability to perform tho duties required. It should bo realized that good roads have much to do with tho prosperity of a community and that united action In tho right direc tion is tho surest and quickest way to sccuro them. Where tho road overseer has had but little expcrloiico in road work, 01 where soma now and difficult problem is presented to tho experienced man, tho office of public roads and rural engineering of tho U. S. department of agriculture when requested, will of for ndvlco and suggestions for carry ing on tho work and how best to over como tho difficulties. To secure a satisfying road of anj type, it is absolutely necessary to re member: First, drainage; Becond, drainage: and third, drainage. The earth road, properly cared for, will answer satisfactorily for tho traffic of many rural sections that cannot af ford the better type3 of roads; but tho earth road must bo well drained After this fact is well understood, two other requirements may bo taken up tho location of tho road and the reduction of grades to a general aver ago of 5 per cent. With' tho exception of Bandy roads, which aro easiest for traveling when damp, all roads must have proper side ditches to carry away the surface wa ter. In order to lead this surfaco wa ter to tho ditch, tho road surface must havo a crown, or rounded roof, high est in tho center and sloping toward tho side ditches. A very easy and sat isfactory way to keep enrth, clay, and gravel roads crowned, by the uso of J'-'S . . '''".,v.i-"W .?'..' An Improved Road in Pennsylvania. tho split-log drag, is explained in Farmers' Bulletin 597, copies of which may bo obtained upon application to tho department. After tho road has been crowned and tho crown is kopt in condition by tho wise uso of tho road drag, It should bo seen to thut ditches are kept free from weeds, etc., and that thoy aro deep enough to carry off tho wa ter which runs Into them. In most cases a wide, shallow ditch Is best. Deep ditches aro dangerous to tralllc. At spaces of every few hundred feet nlong tho roadway a culvert of soma kind should bo placed to carry away tho wator which has guthered in tho ditches. A road properly built generally will not havo an averago grade of moro than 5 per cent. By "per cent of grade" is meant the number of feet tho road rises or "climbs" for every 100 feet of its length. Every Farmer Concerned. Tho improvements of good roads and ditches Is a matter which con corns every farmer who desires to in crease tho valuo of his land or tho farm property of tho community in which ho resides as a wholo. Crown Roads Before Dragging. Before dragging a road it ought to bo crowned properly anil tho dralnago attended to In other words, put Into good condition and then tho work of taking caro of It will ulve tho best re sults' WAITS DEATH TOLL Comparative Figures of Famous Battles. Some Heaviest Loss During the Eighteenth Century Is Conceded to Have Deen nt Kunersdorf Slaughter of Waterloo and Gettysburg. The heaviest loss In tho battles of the eighteenth century wna at Kunors dorf, fought August 12, 1759, where 13,000 Prussians mot 71,000 Russians and Austrlans, and tho total casualty list numbered .15,370 killed and wound ed; 43.4 per cent for tho Prussians nnd 22.1 per cent for tho allies. At Zorndorf, fought a year earlier, Au gust 25, 175S, tho forces engaged wero smaller and tho total casualties fewer, but fho percentage of casualties groat or, numbering 42.9 per cent for tho 42,000 Prussians. Tho principal battle of tho nine teenth century wns Leipzig, Octobor 10. 1813. tho "Battle of tho Nations." where Napoleon with 171.000 men met tho nlllcd nrmy numbering 331,500. Na poleon's cnsunltles numbered 45,000 and those of the allies 4S.O00, but In percentages tho losses told heavily against him, 26.3 per cent to 1C.2 per per cent for the Rufsians. Prussians and Austrlans. At Aspern, Ma, 21. 1S09. 90,000 French lost 42,080, or 40.8 per cent, nnd 75,000 Austrlans 22.500, or 30 per rent. At Borodino, Soptomber 7, 1812. tho French lost 24.500, or 18.4 per cent of their I30.000, nnd tho Rus sians 37.500. or 31 per cent of 121.000 men. These aro tho flgurcB of Otto Ilcrndt in "Die Zahl lin Kriego." Wlon, 1S97. Fox In his "Reglmcntnl Losses of tho Civil War," gives figures for Waterloo which do not ngrco with thoso of Hermit, but thoy are suffi ciently near not to disturb tho Inter esting comparison Fox makes between Waterloo and Gettysburg. At Waterloo tho French numbered 80,000 men and 252 guns: tho nllles numbored 72,000 men nnd 18C guns, at Gettysburg the Union nrmy num bered 82,000 men nnd 300 guns; tho Confederate, 70,000 men and 250 guns. At Waterloo Wellington's nrmy lost 23.185; nt Gettysburg Meade's army lost 23.003. The loss of tho French ct Waterloo has never been ofllclally announced, but has been estimated at 20,300; tho Confederate loss at Gettysburg, as officially reported by tho Confederate surgeon general, was 20,448, to which must bo added 7,077 wounded and un wounded' prisoners whose names aro omitted from his lists, but appear on the records at Washington. In short, tho battles of Wntorloo and Gettysburg wero fought with from 70,000 and 82,000 men on each sido, and the combatants lost about 23,000 men each. In tho Franco-Prussian war tho greatest loss occurred at the battlo of Grnvclotte, where tho Germans lost 4,449 killed (including tho mortal ly wounded), 15,189 wounded nnd 939 missing; total, 20,577. out ot 14G.000 troops engaged, exclusive of 05,000 re serves. At Gettysburg Meade's army sustained a greater loss with tho half tho number engaged. It may bo suggested that tho Franco-Prussian war was, compara tively, of brlof duration, and henco a Experts The leading Hotel This splendid food is made of wheat and barley and contains the entire nutri ment of these grains, including the priceless mineral elements so necessary for build ing and maintaining vigor of body and mind, but which are so often lacking in the usual dietary. A Suggestion In stuffing your chicken, turkey, duck or goose for the Christmas dinner, try using one quarter Grape-Nuts and three quarters bread crumbs, instead of all bread crumbs. You will be delighted with the crisp, nutty flavour imparted by this wholesome ingredient. Grape-Nuts food comes ready to eat direct from the package; and is nourishing, easily digestible, economical, delicious. "There's a Reason" Sold by Grocers everywhere. comparison of tho aggregate casualties cannot properly bo mndo. But In tho American Civil war during tho six months following May 4, 1SG4, tho various Union nrmlcs sustained great er loss than tho German nrmloa did during tho wholo Franco-Prusslnn war. Tho total loss of tho Gorman army In that war wns 28,277 killed or mortally wounded, 85,182 wounded and 14,138 missing; total, 127.897. Tho casualties at Borodino, ono of tho bloodiest battles sluco tho use of gunpowder, have been variously stated. Tito Encyclopedia Brltnnntca puts the Itusstnn loss nt 30,000 killed, wounded and prisoners, nnd tho French loss nt "considerably nbovo 20,000." Allison gives tho losses nt Borodino In round numbers only, placing tho French loss at 50.000 nnd tho Russian nt 45,000. Tho most credible statement Is found In tho Journal of tho London Statistical so ciety, which places tho numbor of killed nnd wounded In the French nrmy nt Borodino at 2S.085, out of 133, 000 troops present on tho field. Tho Russian nrmy numbered 132.000 nt thnt battle, and there Is nothing to show that Its loss was grcntor than thnt of Its antagonist. Although tho number ot killed nnd wounded at Borodino wns greater, numerically than nt Waterloo nnd Gettysburg, tho pcrcentngo of loss wns very much less. Array and Navy Journal. Slightly Misunderstood. At a certain mllltnry hospital a doar old lady had spent much time visiting tho wounded. Tho Tommies objected to her fussing round, and none of tho staff had tho heart to enlighten her. "I did not know you took Russian soldiers as well as British," slio ex claimed to tho secretary ono day. "Russian," replied tho official. "Wo don't; surely you havo mado a mis take" "Oh, no," she exclaimed. "There's at least ono Russian here, for when I was going round, asking thom thoir names and about their wounds, this ono replied: 'Obuzzoff.' " Special Delivery. Young James had been outdoors playing all tho afternoon. "What havo you been playing nil tho afternoon, James?" asked James' mother. "Postman," said James enthusias tically. "It wob great, too." "How do you play poBtman?" nskod his mother dutifully. "Oh, 1 took nil thoso plies of old letters you had done up with bluo ribbons in your lowest bureau drawer and gavo 'em out to peoplo all down tho street. Thoy thought It wns groat, too." Surface Delicacy. "Mawnin', colonel," saluted tho Sen ogamblan gnrcon. "What's do state oh yuh longln' dls mawnin'?" "Havo you any preserved pineap ple?" "No, sub, not dls mawnin'. Do las' wo had wuz frayed nnd In soch a stato of dccomposln' dnt do shoot sed we'd servo It In do future in do raw. When n man gnaw a plneapplo hull a little whllo ho don't notlco what's do matter wld do Insldo." "Liver and bacon." "Yes, sub, mighty flno substitute." Richmond Times-Dispatch. When It comes to stepping Into a fortune no man objects to putting his foot In It. 1 Who Know Stewards and Chefs of the. World U3e and recommend Grape-Nuts This product contains the finest ingredients known to the art of Culinary Science, and we recommend it to the public with our guarantee over the seal of our association. The International Mutual Cooks and Pastry Cooks Association. THEODORE M. U MANNA Preiident E. S. HODGSKIN, M. D. Food Expert SUPPER THE PRINCIPAL MEAL In Former Times Noonday "Dinner" Was Only Luncheon,- According to English Ideas. Tho chango ln mealtimes is cvl donccd by tho old rhyme: To rlso nt flvo nnd dlno at nine, To sup nt flvo nnd bed at nine, Will mnko a mnn live to ninety-nine. But ono suspected that tho chango Is In tho names ot tho meals rather than in tho hours. Our ancestors would havo termed our luncheon din nor, nnd our dinner supper. It is a curious fact that in somo ot tho Ox ford colleges, where tho foundora mado allowances for tho meals ot tho students, a much larger sum is al lotted for Buppor than for dlnnor, Im plying that tho formor was tho moro BUbstantlnl meal. Taken at flvo or six o'clock, It was renlly "early dlnnor." Somo particulars ot tho mealtimes of our ancestors may bo found in Wit Ham Harrison's "Description ot Eng land," published 1587. "With us tho nobility, gentry and students do ordinarily go to dlnnor at eleven beforo noon, nnd to supor at llvo or between flvo nnd six nt after noon. Tho morchnnts dlno and sup soldom beforo twolvo nt noon, and six at night, especially in London. Tho husbandmen dlno also at high noon, as thoy call it, and sup at soven or eight, but put of tho torm in our uni versities tho scholars dlno at ten. As for tho poorest sort thoy gonorally dlno and sup when thoy may, so that to talk of thoir order of repast It wcro but a needless, matter." London Chronicle. COW'S MOO KILLS CHILD Baby Frightened Into Convulsions When Wandering Bovine Puts Head In Window. Investigation by Dr. H. Albert Mo Murray, coronor of Westmoreland county, into tho death of Jnmea Hen ry Pershing, three-year-old son of Law ronco Pershing of Grnpovlllo roYoalod that tho child was literally frightened to death. Soveral days ago tho boy waa play ing when a cow at pasture in a lot adjoining tho houso looked In at an open window of tho room whoro tho child was. As tho ltttlo ono glanced toward tho window tho cow mooed ioudly. With a scream tho child collapsed and wont Into convulsions. A physi cian was unnblo to glvo tho boy any relict, and death ensued twelvo hours later. Greonsburg (Pa.) Dispatch Philadelphia Record, Not Needed. "I hear you're getting up bttzaar for tho bonoilt of tho unomploycd. I shall bo glad to glvo my tlmo to help mako It a success." "Thank you over so mucn, bat tho peoplo whom wo are trying to help havo moro tlmo than thoy know what to do with." Tho End. "Thoy say tho consumption of dog meat is spreading in Germany." "Ah, this ia tho Wienerwurst!" Sometimes It is a woman'a fondness or chango that keeps her husband's pocket ompty. But a man's friends soldom work overtime on tho friendship Job. ADOLPHE MEYER Secretary
