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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1916)
THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. Smart Coat of Ono more cxamplo of the success ful management of lines and adjust ment by means of new departures In tho garment-cutters' art may be stud led In tho coat pictured above. In tho now spring models cutters appear to have thrown tradition to tho winds, but tho coats Justify them In this In dependence. It appears that tho designers are striving to achieve tho required full ness without making coats cumber some, and to glvo to tho flguro tho cor rect silhouette In tho model shown hero tho back of the coat and top of tho sleeves appear to bo cut in one piece. Tho introduction of a pe culiarly shaped underarm piece leads ono, to think that this eccentricity of cut is often made with an oyo to its decorative value as well as to tho "hang" of tho garment. Tho fronts aro extended toward tho back In a curved lino over tho hips, and contrib ute their share of the fullness about tho bottom of tho coat It hangs r Waiting Now that tho lenten season is upon js there is time for putting into execu tion plans for spring outfits, so that each member of the family may blos som out at Easter time in something now. That something will bo beautiful if tho stylos designed for small girls, by great authorities in the realm of apparel, aro faithfully copied. Spring 4 (rocks for the little miss are enticingly pretty and leavo nothing to bo wished for. Spoaking generally of frockB for 'dress-up" wear, skirts aro full and short and much befrilled. In many models there is no waist line and sleeves aro merely puffs or ruffles of thin materials thai cover part of tho top of tho arms. X. wash frocks, lor dally wear, the sjeoves aro elbow or threo-quartor length. Thero aro excep tions, however, with sleeves reaching to tho wrist. Ono of tho simplest of little silk dresses for a girl of live, or more, years is shown here. It is made ot foulurd silk In a dark color with scattered dots of white over Its surface Tho skirt is set on to a very short plain bodlco, squaro at the nock and fasten ing In tho back with a row of tiny but tons set cIobo together. The nock Is outlined with a flat shirred puff of tho silk, and tho frock 1b worn over an underbody of organdie. Checked Material - ml- mi! imm i I iiiiim 111 trimly straight down tho middle of the front, it will bo noticed, which Is a consummation devoutly to bo wished in tho coat for spring. This is one of many models in black and white checks, nioro or lose lnrgo, usually more. Even In suits fow very small checks are shown. In them and in coats tho moderately largo stai chock seems to bo best liked. The wido pointed belt and oddly shaped pockets givo this design individuality Tho collar and cuffs aro gracefully shaped and finished with panels ot black silk. In tho collar ono may see how clearly the designer has taken advantage of the small capo Idea with out copying it outright. In tho buttons used irregular white stripes appear on a black background. They might bo effectively made of molds covered with black silk with greater elegance, but less durability. Speaking of but tons, many of them In coats and suits aro mado of tho snmo fabric as tho gar ment. for Spring The underbody has short, full sleeves llnished with a hemstitched band. This finish is repeated at the nock. For girls from llvo to twolvo yoars thero aro frocks of taffeta In black, or colors, trimmed with narrow, fancy braid. In these narrow braids gold or silver threads are introduced. Ono of tho prettiest designs has a very full spreading skirt gathered Into a looso bolt. Tho bodlco Is made of four straps which aro fastened to tho belt at tho back and front. Two of these straps (ono at each side) extend over the shoulders and all of them, as well as tho bolt, aro llnished with braid A band of ribbon with short ends tied at the front supports tho other bands. There aro skeleton sleeves of the bands also. A blouso of organdie or chiffon Is worn under this frock. It Is full, with round neck and short puffed sleeves. Neck and sleevos are finished with frills. For Early Spring. Tucked taffeta hats facod with hemji aro among tho groat varloty or so called sport hats. 6 THE SUPPLANTER By H. M. EGBERT. Mario Renfrew had thought sho was a boy until sho was nine yours old. Then sho learned the truth about hor father ' obsession. Ten years boforo Andrew Uenfrow, tired of tho strugglo for llfo in tho cities of eastern Canada, linn taken his wife and household goods and moved to tho north of Saskatchewan. Thoro he had becomo a trapper. They lived entirely nlono in tho wilderness. Their llttlo sod cabin hold a good deal of happiness, nono tho less. Both wero sutlslled, tho woman, becauso sho loved hor husband, tho man, becauso soma primitive strain in him enmo out and answered to the call of tho far North. Hesldes, thero wns Mario, thoir only child. Then Mnggio Renfrew closed hor oyes for over upon tho earthly scene, leaving the desolato man alone with tho child. And becauso ho had always longed for a son, ho brought her up as a boy. Her only companions were tho In dians who came, rarely enough, to tho llttlo placo to offer furs for An drew had started a small trading posi now that ho was getting too weak to trap. Onco In n great while, too. somo officer of (ho pollco would off saddle at tho llttlo cabin for a day or so and bring news of tho outside world. "You ought to send that girl South to school," said Robert MacFhrlo.no, tho second time ho canio, looking at Tho Fugitives Saw Him Five Miles Away. Marie, who, now sixteen, still dressed in a boy's furs, and wore her short cropped, flaxen hair about her ears. Old Andrew thumped his list upon tho table. "I've brought her up as a boy," ho Bald. "She's been a son to me. That's enough. I'm not open to argument." MacFarlane thought It a shame. Ho began to pass that way moro often. Each tlmo It was clearer that An drew could not llvo very long. Ho had meant to broach tho subject again, but when ho camo for tho fourth time, Mario being now nearly eighteen, to his surpriso it was tho old trapper who brought up tho matter. "I haven't long to live, Robert," ho Bald. "I'vo been thinking over what you said to me, and I guess you're right, Bob. But sho don't need no schooling. Books she's had a-plenty. I guess sho could hold hor own with any of them so far ns schooling's con corned. But what'U como to hor af ter I'm gone?" "You ought to tako her South," said MacFarlano. "Sho wouldn't want to go South," answered tho old man. "It may bo I made a mistako in bringing her up in tho wilds. But it's become nature now, and it's hor life. Bob, I want to got her married to a good man. You'ro only forty. Bob. You nover married. What would you think of Mario for a wife?" As ho llnished speaking the girl camo. Sho was drcsBed as a woman now, and she blushed shyly when Bob looked at her. Tho olllcor had never thought of her In that way. His heart leaped. "Think It over, Bob," said old An drew when they parted. "Thero s plenty of tlmo. Let mo know when you ccmo back next year. I won't bo dead by then.'' When ho had gono Androw asked Mario: "How wculd you Hko to marry Bob?" Tho girl looked at him drearily. "I nover thought of marrying, father," Bho answered. "But you wen't always have me, child," ho answvvl, as gently as ho could. "And you can't llvo alono hero. ' Sho began to cry, and Androw said no moro. But tho noxt day sho camo to him and consented. Tho following spring Bob camo back. With him was a young man of twon-ty-two, whora hi introduced to tho old trapper. Ho did not think it necessary to Introduce him to Mario. "This Is Mr. Milvalno, an English man," ho said. "Ho takes tho fac tor's place at tho Fort next month. I'm showing him the country." Old Androw grunted and nodded. MacFarlano continued: "I'vo been thinking over that prop osltlon of yours all winter, .Renfrew, nnd It suits me. 1 guess 1 can mako her happy, and forty-ono Isn't too old, neither." Ho did not say that ho had thought over tho proposition until his wholo heart had gono out toivard tho girl. Ho wanted hor moro than anything on earth. But ho did not think It necessary to say that, clthor to An drow or to tho girl. When Mario camo In Androw took hor hand and gavo it to Bob. "You'll suit each othor," ho said. '"I'll get you to bring tho Rovorend Spears along with you when you como for her. I'll bo glad to see hor oft my bauds. I won't last through tho year." Ho did not Inst through tho month. A stroke during tho night left him un conscious, and MacFarlano found him solf tied to tho place, waiting for old Androw to brentho his lust boforo tak ing tho girl South to tho priest at Fort Barry. Days passed, and An drow, sinking dally, still continued nllvo. During that tlmo the girl and Mllvnlno found themselves constantly together. Ho could not tako hiB oyea from hor. It seemed to him that ho had nover saon u woman so beautiful bo foro. And sho, vaguely disturbed, al lowed hersolf tho happlnoss of hlH company without understanding what It portended. They hod been spearing fish togoth or for tho night meal when ho found himself unable to control what was In his heart. "Your father will not llvo long, Mario," ho said. "Next week Bhould see tho end of everything." "Yes," sho said monotonously. "Tho end or all." "Tho end of our companionship." Sho nodded, and two tears stole down her cheeks. "Do you lovo MacFarlane, Mario?" asked tho young man, taking her hand iu his. "No," sho whlsporod. "Then why aro you going to bo hiB wife?" "My father wishes It." Swiftly ho caught her In his arms. "But I lovo you," ho cried. "Do you lovo mo? You do. I can seo It In your face." Their Hps met In their lirst kiss. And the world, which had always been bo drab, becamo suddenly heaven to tho girl. At onco ho pressed his plans upon her. As soon as hor father was dead they .would tako tho two horsoa and ride to Fort Barry, to bo marriod there. Tho sweetness of their secret lllled their lives. They dared not look at each other in tho cabin, they hardly spoke. And Bob suspected nothing. Not oven when Androw breathed his last, nor when ho was laid beneath a pllo of stones to keep off wandering beasts, did ho suspect that Milvalno was planning to steal his sweetheart from him. "Tomorrow we'll start," ho told her that evening, as ho went to his bunk. And for tho first time It occurred to Mario that ho had nover kissed her. Ho did not hear tho horses boing led out at dawn. Trembling, tho girl let Milvalno lift her to tho saddlo, and they rodo away together. Often they reined In thoir horses to ox change embraces. An hour later MacFarlano arose and discovered what had happened. His slow Scotch blood was allro. Ho put on his -nowshoes and folio 2d dog gedly In tho horses' wako. Ho know that, soft as tho ground was with melted snow, a man could travel aB fast as a horso. Tho fugitives saw him llvo miles away, from tho crest of a hill. They hurried their steeds; but tho beasts hoofs, injured by tho plunging through tho half-frozen crust, wore unablo to support them. They let thorn go, watching them trot buck along tho trail, ".nd wont themselves ou biiow shoes. At night MacFarlano was throo miles diBtnnt. Ho went moro slowly, but tirelessly. All tho whllo, by tho light of tho moon, ho watched tho trail. Hero thoy had halted, hero thoy had gono moro slowly. Ho knew they wero tired. It would not bo dawn bo foro ho caught them. Ho had let tho horses go past him. Afoot ho wus their match. And alono, unaided by man or beast, ho meant to wreak rovongo with tho revolver car ried in his right hand. Tho tracks wore frcshor. Ho was nearly upon them. And ho halted, sat isfied to rest for an hour. His prey was almost In his hnnds. When tho dawn camo up In rod and gold ho continued onward. Ho saw tho tracks turn aside. Thoy led to ward a llttlo rocky recess bosldo tho river bank. And thoro ho found thorn. Thoy had fallen asleep from exhaustion. Thoy lay sleeping, sldo by Bide, their hands still clasped. MacFarlano stood looking down on thorn, tho weapon in his hand. Ho had sllppod threo cartridges Into It. He could not kill a Bleeping man, but ho could awaken nlm. Tho girl smiled In hor Bleep and hor lingers tightened upon those of tho young man. Suddenly MacFarlano tolt himself choking. Ho lowered tho revolver. Then, stooping, no laid it softly at tho girl's feet and, turning, began to mako his way nack townrd tho cabin. (Coi-yrlttht. 19IC. by W. CJ. Chapman.) The Real Thlnfj. "I suppose," said tho fulr maid, as tho curtain was let down on tho finish of tho llrBt act, "that you have seen a good many realistic shows?" "That's what," rejoined tho young man who was acting as hor escort. "Why, I once saw Hamlet playod by o real ham." GOOSE RAISING IS Flock of Toulouse Geese Best Tho valuo of theso gecso has dimin ished during tho Inst decado. Not withstanding this fact, gooaa raising remains n prolltnblo pursuit, provided tho conditions aro suitable. Only two breeds aro bred to nny extent In this country, tho Toulouao nnd tho Emden. Slnco theso com blno all tho requisite economic char acteristics It Is unnecessary to go further nllcld. Tho Toulouse Is tho largest of theso two varieties; In fact, it is tho largest breed there Is, but It 1b rather a Blow grower. At a tlmo when tho Emden, tho moro rapidly maturing variety, Is lit for killing, tho Toulouso is tall and lanky nnd qulto unfit for marketing. Tho Emden, thero-1 foro, Is tho breed for tho early trade, whllo tho Toulouso is used almost ex clusively for supplying tho ChrlstmnR markets. Goslings aro tho easiest of nil klndB of poultry to roar nnd tho porcentngo of deaths among tho young stock, provided thoy aro reasonably well looked after, Is extremely low. Thoy nro so hnrdy thoy bsoiu nblo to thrive anywhere, and thoy can withstand treatment which would bo fatal to othor kinds of fowls. At tho snmo MOST EFFECTIVE DUST BATH Finely Screened Coal Ashes Suffocate Vermin In Fowl's Feathers Other Advantages. Flnoly screened coal aBhes mako tho most effectlvo sort of a dust bnth lor tho hens. Tho lino dust penetrates tho fowls' feathers, and, coming In contact with Hco serves to stop tho breathing passages of those parnsltcB, causing them to suffocato and dlo. Wood ashes nro oven better for this purpose becauso tho particles of duat aro finer; but horo again tho Umo Is objectionable slnco It tends to tako the gloBs off tho plumage. Coal ushes Bhould bo used freely on tho floors of pou'try buildings, for thoy will ponetrnto cracks nnd crovlcns, and will assist In destroying mites and othor vormln. In dissipating noxious odors and In Improving conditions gonernlly. Still another advnntngo: Largo quantities of tho cinders will bo eaton by tho birds us grit, and will contribute boiiio of the mineral nutrt onts. Smnll bits of coal vUJ l eaton also, and will bo digested. Dust removed from a rond during Jry weather, which Ib only an nnnoy nnco to trnvolors, will bo found benefi cial In the dust boxes. Every poultry farm should have n supply on hand for winter use; for, unless dirt Aooib nro used, theso artificial means of supply ing tho rowls' toilet requisites must be provided. A dust bath Is qulto an os sontlal to tho woll-bolng of poultry ns Is tho regular Boap and-wntcr variety to the human. KEEP POULTRY HOUSE CLEAN Fatal Disease, Commonly Called "Lungers," Can Be Prevented by Attention to Quarters. Many denths among poultry, par ticularly omong chicks, como from moldy feed and moldy litter In poul try houses. Tho mold when eaton by tho fowls causes a fatal dlseaRo com monly called "lungers." Tho fowl stands In n drowsy mannor and oats but little. Tho wings droop, breathing 1b quickened, and n whito diarrhea is present. Death is caused directly by Boft. yollow growths that clog tho air passages of tho lungB, Thero is no positive euro for tho aliment, but slnco It 1b cnusod by moldy food and llttors, It can bo on tlroly prevented by keeping poultry under sanitary conditions. This is only ono of tho mnny troubles aris ing from uncleun conditions. Iucludo the chlckcnhouBo In he spring denn ing and avoid thorn all. Way to Carry Fowl. Tho old method of carrying fowls by tho foot, heads down, Ih a cruel prac tice, and very seldom seen on n prac tical farm nowadays. Tho propor way Is to allow tho blr.I'B body to rest on tho arm, holding the feet firmly with the hand. Grain Feed at Night. This Is tho season when a good grain feed nt night Is worth whllo, and moro corn can bo ubo1 to advantage now thnn nt any otlwr aoason. H'b wonderful how a tuU crop at night helps to carry th( fowl In comfort, lesplte a freezing temperature. PROFITABLE PURSUIT Breed for Average Farmer. tlmo thoy respond vory readily to good treatment. Tho fact that gos lings nro so hardy 1b often mado an excuse for neglecting them, nnd this results In slow growth, Btunted de velopment and unsound constitution. Very llttlo brooding is necessary and goslings can dlspcnso with tho hen when thoy nro n weok or ten days old. When thoy aro this ago thoy should bo placed In flocks of a dozen or fifteen and accommodated In a Biimll dry shed. It Is oxtromoly Important that thoy should not sleep on a wooden floor, which tends to produce leg weakness. Tho earth itself makes tho boat kind of floor It Is pos8tblo to have. In rearing goslings tho fact should nover bo forgotten that tho youngsters must bo liberally provided with green food. If posslblo thoy should hnvo access to a good meadow, but if tho horbago is lnsulllclont thoy must bo supplied gonor.ously with cnbbago loaves, onions, tho outor leaves of let tuco or othor garden produco, grcon food being essential to their health and vigor. As soon as tho grain 1b harvested allow tho gosllngQ to run ovor tho stubblo. MEANING OF POULTRY TERMS Pullet Is Femnlo Under One Year Old After Attaining Full Mntu rlty She Is Termed a Hen. Thoro Booms to bo a somewhat hazy notion among nmatours as to tho ex act meaning of tho terms used to dcBlgnnto young and old stock. A pullot, strictly spenklng, Is a fomnlo under ono yonr old. Aftor sho has attained her full maturity sho is a lion, but In tho trado wo speak of n fowl as a pullet until sho bus com pleted hor first year's laying. There fore, It is correct to ppeak of hor ns a pullot until sho Is eighteen mty.tiw old, or linn begun her flrst molt, Bays Farmer's Guldo. A cockerel Is a malo bird under ono year old, but ho Is usually spoken ot ns a cockerel until ho has at least en tered well upon his flrst year na a brooding cockerel. CocIcb nro older males, usually hav ing passed through ono Benson'B breed, lng. If you order cockorols for breed ing purposes, you will got birds that hnvo been used for breeding. When ordorlng pulIetB you will got foraaloB that aro under eighteen months old, at tho most. A cockorol should nover bo used to breed from boforo ho Is n year old. A pullot, If sho begins to lay at bIx months, mny bo bred at nlno months of ago. BUTTERMILK GOOD FOR HENS Acts as General Aid to Digestion nnd Develops Vigor and Vitality to a Marked Degree. Perhaps no feeds nro bo general and yet put to bucIi slight actual uso on tho avorago farm aB buttormllk or skim milk. Both aro about tho samo In feeding valuo, particularly aftor tho lattor has becomo sour. Tho full vuluo of buttormllk or skim milk does not Ho bo much in its food valuo uu In its effect on other foods and gen eral aid to digestion. Buttormllk also devolops vigor and vitality to a marked degree as woll as promoting unusual growth nt tho samo tlmo. Milk, added to tho ration, incroasoB tho consumption of othor foods nnd experiments havo shown tho greatest Incroaflo or gain with chickens was mudo When most skim milk was boing fed. Buttermilk Is also vory valuable for laying hons, having a vory high feed ing value, particularly during tho win tor months. Either may bo fed In mash mixtures or in a drinking fountnlii. Dust Bath Is Essential, Remember Unit tho dust bath 1b es sential to the hcalthfulness of fowls, especially of the chicken kind; honco facilities for n dimt bjith should al ways bo provided. A liberal supply of ushes In the bath makes It better, and If lice or mites are fearod, pulverized sulphur may bo mixed In it to great ndvunUgo. Prevent Egg-Eating Habit Tho ogg-eatlng habit Is usually pro vented by tho ubo of trap nosts. Prac tically, tho hon is a machlno tor ma king eggs nnd llosh from raw material.
