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THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. c New Absorbent In Surgery. Ono medical outcomo of tho war is tha discovery that sphagnum moss and lino sawdust aro oxcollont substitutoa for absorbent cotton as dressings for wounds. Tho moes is the long-flberod kind commonly found in swampy placca in this country that florists and nureerymon uso for protecting tho roots of plants during shipment It takes up molsturo better than absorb ent cotton and does not grow sodden so quickly. Of course both tho moss nnd tho sawdust aro storillzcd hoforo they aro usod for dressings. Youth's Companion. Analogous Cases. "Ono of tho most pcrsunslvo men I navo ever mot," remarkod Mr. Jagsby. "Yes," ropliod his friend. "I hadn't been with him two min utes boforo ho persuaded mo to tako a drink." "Umphl" "Why tho cynicism?" "I was Just thinking that It doesn't roqulro much coaxing to make a hun gry wolf pounco on a ptoco of raw moat." Between Two Fires. Tho young doctor and his friend, tho drag clerk, woro sitting at tho club window, when, a richly dressed woman passed. "There goes tho only woman I over Joved," sighed the young M. D. "So?" quoried tho othor. "Then why don't you marry hor?" "Can't afford it," roplled tho pill dis tributer, "she's my best patient." IF YOU OR ANY FRIEND Suffer irltb IltieumnttBm or Neuritis, acute or chronic, write for ray FU1CE BOOK on Kbeumn tlsm Its Cause and Cure. Most wonderful book ever written. It's absolutely FRKK. Jcsm A. Cfise.'Dept. O. W., Brockton, Masti. Adr. Except along tho Caspian coast, Per sian ngriculturo is dependent almost entirely on irrigation. A REMARKABLE STATEMENT Mrs. Sheldon Spent $1900 for Treatment Without Bene fit. Finally Made Well by LydiaE. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound. Englewood, 111. "Whilo going through the Change of Lifo I Buffered nWttn neadacnes.ner- vousness. Hashes of heat, and I suffered so much I did not know .what I was doing at times. I spent; $1300 on doc tors and not ono did mo any good. Ono uuy a lauy cauca ac my house nnd said she had been as sick as I was atone time, and "Lydia E. Pink hnm's Vflcntnhlo Compound made her wclKsoItookitnnd now I am just 03 well as I over was. I cannot understand why women don't see how much pain and suffering they would escape by taking your medicine. 1 cannot praise it enough for it saved my lifo and kept mo from tho Insano Hospital.' Mrs. E. Sheldon, 5C57 S. Halsted St, Englewood, 111. Physicians undoubtedly did their best, battled with this case steadily and could do no more,but often tho most scientific treatment is surpassed by the medicinal properties of tho good old fashioned roots and herbs contained in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. If any complication exists it pays to write tho Lydia E. Pink liain Medicine Co., Lynn, Muss.,' for special f rco advice. Make the Liver Do its Duty Nine times in ten when the liver is right the stomach and bowels are right. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS gentlybutfirmly pel a lazy liver do its duty. lures Con. atipation, In' digestion, Sick Headache, nd Distress After Eating. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature BI 1 CV WSSES SURELY CREVEHTEB IB I, 1 1 j Si CutUfl Blaekl.l Pllll. U 2jfaJtjlX prtMd. (nit, rellaUal 5referrJ by WiiUm itaetomn, kxetiiM tnty LEG prt,et whir. athar vaoeMet tall. Writs for booalut and taiUmonlala. la-SatrpiH. Blieklej HI 111 $1.00 tO-dou pit: Blutlas Pllll 4.(1 ITh any lnlactor. but Cuttar'a bait. Tha auperiorlty of Cutter product! la dua to ortr II atari ot ipaclaUilnt In vanliw and larumt aoly, I ml it an Cuttar'a. It unobtainable, erdar dlracL Tka Cutttr Laboratory, Birkitiy, Cal., er Caluji. III. DEFIANCE STARCH is constantly growing in favor because it Does Not Stick to the iron and it will not Injure the finest fabric. For laundry purposes it has no equal. 16 oz. package 10c lA more starch for same money. DEFIANCE STARCH CO., Omaha, Nebraska PAftKfelV . HAIR BALSAM., A toilet preparation of merit Hal pa to eradicate dandruff. FrRor)nt-Color and Beau ty to Gray er Fad ad Hair, aoo and SLOP at Drnnrlita. PATENTS Wttion R. Oolemao. Patent Lawyer, Waahlonbn, 1. O. Adrlea lnd boakl iria Rateutuonable. Highest reference!. Jieitierrloaa. flPinTf1 AlfU W. Sweet Cloyer ti. Karma rr I IX for aale and rent on crop pajmanu. OLllutfO J. MULUAI.L, Hoo Oltjr, Iowtt is: nbrmtlona. I'oiIUto remedr TTr IT" IT VoMl-KiulUsur Write for our I' r r. f. bli-Hook of Trutu and Facts To-Daj CaUteioRmJjCa.J)i.C-fellSJ)taraeniSt,CaIca(( ji 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 mm toJHIUIlLKo iflaWiM bbmtti r .afaW I In'i I c FILLS HENHOUSE NEED t Clean Trough, Attached to Wall, for Dry Feeding. Plan Will Be Liked by Poultryman Who Feeds Grain and Favors Idea of Keeping Hopper Before Fowls at All Times. Ono of tho greatest needs In a poul try houso Is a dry, clean trough for food Ins shell, grit, bran or a dry ra tion. Hero is tho description of nn easily made nnd stmplo trough for this purpose. Tho man who has a celled houso can try my method nnd I'll guaranteo ho will llko it, says a Michigan cor rospondont of tho American Agricul turist. Cut through the coiling bonrd between tho studding nnd tako out tho board. Put two small hinges on it, roplaco and fix n button to hold it In place. Next cut a slit about two inches wldo and nenrly to tho stud ding on both Bides, about a foot nbovo tho floor. Insert a trough running back and slanting to tho outside clap boards. Allow tho front edgo of tho trough to come a Uttlo above tho open ing In the wall so tho feed will not overrun. With a coal scuttle tho trough may bo easily filled, nnd tho hens cannot waoto or get on top of the trough and foul It. I havo three in my house for grit, Bholl and bran during the winter. Where ono feeds grains and thinks it best to'koop a hopper before the fowls (til tho timo this plan will bo liked, as it takes up no room whatever. If ono's Convenient Feed Trough. houso is not celled the boxos may be put on tho outside of the houso with troughs running through. The tops of tho boxes should slant so tho rain will run off. Thcso, of course, will havo to bo filled from the outside. With this plan tho feed drops down as fast as the hens remove it from the troughs. Feeding troughs and boards can bo kept much cleaner when they can havo the benefit of the fresh air and sunshine. When badly Boiled, they should bo scrubbed and scalded. Water vessels should also bo treated in the samo manner. We uso carbolic ncld as a disinfec tant. However, it cannot ho recom mended for general uso, becauso It Is very dangerous. All through tho day, tho hen should scratch for her living, but at night, sho should go to bed with a full crop. HELPFUL SCRAPS FOR DAIRY Don't Hit Cow With Milking Stool Be cause Her Tall Gets In Your Eye Get a Tester. Don't let your pall get too full when you nro milking a young cow. Don't crack tho scat of your stool on tho cow's back if hor tall goes in your oyo. Don't strap a heifer if you can help it. She Is generally restive becauso tho milking hurts her. Don't fodder the cows until tho milking is finished, or you will havo a lot of dust In the milk. Get your neighbor to share with you In owning a Babcock milk tester, and test tho product of each cow. Discard tho animals at the end of tho year which have failed to pay for their keep. SHEEP DEVOUR MANY WEEDS But Few Kinds of Noxious Plants That Animals Will Not Eat and Turn Into Mutton. As tlmo passes and our soils are changing, and seed pests multiply, now reasons aro round why sheep should bo kept on tho farm wherever It Is possible. Prof. Thomas Shaw, an experienced flockman, refers, to these things when writing: "Whon weeds aro young and sappy tho Bhoep are, In a sense, Insatlnhlo dorourers of the samo. There nro but fow kinds of weeds that thoy will not trim down and consume Into good mutton if thoy havo access to tho fiamo at a comparatively early Btago in tho growth of the weeds." ANNUAL LOSS OF FERTILITY , European Farmei fcves Carefully and Utilizes Every tound of Manure Available. The annual loss of fertilizing ma terials is enormouc in this country through careless handling of manure. This loss can bo enslly prevented in v large measure by proper methods of handling. While many farmers are getting tho most from tho manuro produced on their farms, yet many :ould well exemplify the European farmer In this matter, who saves care fully and utilizes every pound, of ma aura available. saving first alfalfa croi- Considerable Difficulty Experienced In Some Localities on Account of Heavy Rains. During recent years consldornblo difficulty has been had in certain lo calities ot tho Southwost in saving tho first crop of alfalfa. Often honvy rains como about tho time tho first cutting should bo mndu or soon after tho al falfa Is cut, thus making troublo for tho haymaker. One solution to this difficulty prob lem Is to havo & silo ready nnd In caso tho woathor Is not favorable for curing hay put tho first cutting Into tho silo. Evon after a heavy rnln al falfa may bo cnsllod because consldor nblo moisture is requlrod to pack tho silage so it will not mold. Experiments wore mado on alfalfa sllago In California with good results. Even alfalfa badly contaminated with woods was found to bo worth saving in tho silo. Stock nto such alfalfa when mado Into sllago when tho weeds would render it almost worth less when cured as hay. Tho alfalfa grower cannot afford to wait when his crop Is ready to cut. Regardless ot tho weather, he Is often forced to cut tho first crop and tako chances on tha wcathor rather lhau run the risk of injuring tho second crop. If ho hnB a silo ready ho has reduced tho risk in saving tho first or even tho second crop. MILK PASTEURIZED AT HOME To Avoid Danger of Breakage Set Bot tle or Mason Jar on Inverted Per forated Pie Pan. Milk can bo pastourlzed at homo In bottles or In mason Jars. The bottlo or mason jar is set on an Inverted per forated plo pan placod in tho bottom of kettle or pall. This holds the milk container away from diroct contact with tho bottom of, the kettlo and avoids danger ot breakage. A dairy thormomotor Is essential to success. Tho vessel Is filled with water up to tho neck of tho bottlo or nearly to tho top of tho jar or other milk receptacle and tho water boated to 150 degrees. The heat Is then discontinued. Cover tho kettlo with a cloth to retain tho heat as much as posslblo and let it stand for half an hour. At ordinary kitchon temperatures tho water will not lose more than five degrees heat in half an hour. At the end of this time cool tho milk rapidly, seal tho receptacles If the product la to bo kept very long and you may feel reasonably suroof a safo food. MACHINE TO DESTROY WEEDS Weeders, Made of Broom Corn, Aro Attached to Cultivator Frame by Colled Springs. The wocdors shown hero aro two brooms or brushes mado of broom corn and attached to the cultivator framo by colled springs. Theso sweep tho weeds from each sldo of tho growing plant and throw them side wise so that they nro covered by the Brooms Destroy Weeds. earth thrown up by tho cultivator Bhovols. Thus the brooms destroy weeds which could not bo removed by the cultivator teeth. Wisconsin Agriculturist. BARREL-SPRAY PUMPS HANDY Outfit May Be Lined In Several Ways, to Improve Appearances of Build ings and Fences. Uso your spray autflt to Improve the looks of things around the farm. A fow barrels of whitewash put on with a spray pump will work won ders in the nppcaranco of old build ings, foncos, otc., which you would novcr consider painting at all. When put on with a spray it reaches so many crevices that It does not wash off nearly so Boon as when tho work Is done with a brush, nnd It Is done so quickly and easily, too. Even old log buildings look woll when Bprnyed with whitewash. RID BUILDINGS OF INSECTS Mixture of Crude Carbolic Acid and Kerosene Will Effectually Pene trate Into Cracks. If you Want to Inako a thorough Job of ridding tho poultry buildings of llco and mites, use a mixture of ono part crudo carbolic acid to ten of kerosene nnd spray tho whole Inside of build ings. ThlB mtxturo will penetrato Into nil tho cracks and kill the In sects there. After this treatment whitewnsh should be applied. FEED GROUND WHEAT TO HOGS Seven Cents More Per Bushel Made by Recent Experiments In Com bination With Tankage. Ilecent experiments show that seven cents a bushel moro profit Is possible by feeding ground wheat Instead of wholo wheat to hogs, after allowing I cents n bushel for grinding. This greater profit was mado by feeding tankage In comblnntiou with the wheat when feeding it ground and uu ground. IXIMIIII- ROAD BUILDING MATERIALS FOR A CULVERT If Good Building Stone Abounds In Lo cality It Would Be Advisable to Uso This Substance. (By PAUL W 8AKC1KNT, Unltt-tl State Department of Public ItoiUln.) Avallablo material in tho locality whoro tho work Ib being carried on will generally determine tha matorlal of which culverts will bo constructed. For example, If wo nro in a country where good building Btono abounds, it would generally bo advlsablo to uso this material for culvorts. If no stono is handy, but good gravel may bo secured, plain concroto, or ro enforced concroto, may bo found to bo tho most economical material. In soma localities wo shall havo to resort to tho uso of pipes. My cxporionco hns boon that whtlo a good culvert may bo constructed by tho uso ot vit rified tllo, its uso In most cases hns been a failure. This is duo to lack of proper caro in laying tho plpo. All culvorts, of whatever, mutorlnl, Bhould bo carried to a good foundation, toenorally speaking, I would rocom mond that tho waterways of stono culverts bo paved, nnd thnt concroto culvorts bo built with a concroto lloor, although this is not always necessary. In any event tho sldo wnlls Bhould bo carried to a good, firm foundation, nnd each end of tho culvert should bo pro vided with a cut-off wall carried below tho frost to provont undermining by tho water. Plpo culverts should bo laid on a good, firm foundation, If tho natural soil doos not provldo this, a founda tion should bo oxcavatcd from twelve to flfteon Inches bolow tho bottom of the plpo and crushed stono or gravel should be plated In tho excavation and tho culvert well bedded on this foundation. A head wall should bo provided at each end of tho plpo cul vert tho samo as for concroto or Btono culverts, to proventt tho wnter from getting under tho culvert, or along tho sldo ot it, and washing it out. Cast iron water pipe and corrugated metal. If of good, pure iron, will bo found to make satisfactory culverts where a small opening Is necessary. All culverts should bo laid on a grndo and, above nil things, thoy Bhould ho provided with a good out let to tako tho water away from them. Sometimes this will nccessltato tho Concrete Road and Bridge In Conncc tlcut Park, digging of a ditch from two to Blx or seven hundred, feet long, but tho ditch must be dug if necessary; tho drain Is a failure unless wo provldo the outlet. All culverts should, be covorcd with a cushion of earth (o prevent trulllc from coming directly on them. In tho caso of stono or concroto culverts, six or eight inches untlor tho mnendnm or gravel surfacing will bo sufficient. With plpo culverts there should not bo less than twolvo ot eighteen Inches, and two feet ot cover under Biirfaclng material will he more mtlsfiictory. ROAD BUILDERS ISSUE A MAP Tentative Routes of 100,000 Miles of Articulated Highways In United States Are Shown. Tho National Highways ussocintUm that body of enthusiastic lookers Into tho future, has prepared a map show lug tho tentative routes dt 100,000 miles of nrUculoted highways which 11 thinks should network tho United States In nn orderly munnor. This map Is tho expression ot one of tho muin Ideas of tho association, namely, that trunk-lino roads aro tlx first requisite through routes leading from Bomowhero to Homowhero, and thnt tho feeder roads must natural! follow tho development nnd Improve ment of those main lines. Tho tlieorj is llko that on which tho great rnllrond Bystems of tho country woro built. Highway Bond Issue. About half tho counties in . the United States havo Issued highway bonds. Tho total amount of highway bonds issued by the countlcB aggm gates nbout JHOO.OOOjOOQ, and tho total ot all highway bonds, Including tho bonds voted by tho stntes us well as tho counties, amounted on tho first of tho present yonr to not far from half a billion dollars. Dampness Causes Roup, Roup often accompanies tho damp nd dark poultry houso. ASSOCIATIONS ARE A HABIT Wo Even Form Clubs Over Question of Teething Rings Vo. Thumb. Our passion for gottlng hp associa tions Is a bad symptom of Intolloctunl foobloncss. Every trado and profes sion among us, overy intorcst nnd projudlco, ovory aspiration, hypothe sis or quostton about a question hns a gang ot club mombora at Its back. Tho fnshionnblo mothors get up so cieties to dotormlno what plays their children shall seo during tho holt days. I know ot ono woman who was not ablo to decido whothor sho should glvo a rubber ring or n coral to hor toothing child or should loavo him to naturo and tho thumb. Bho according ly formed n society. It la callod tho Ring and Coral association and moots twico a month. It has rocontly split Into two organizations through tho fec cosslon of tho antlrlng nnd cornlltcs. By means ot thcso two societies any mothor may today escape tho mental anguish ot making a decision for hor Bolf upon this toothing matter. John J. Chapman, in Atlantic Monthly, Civic Rivalry. "I henr you had a cyclone out this way loct week." "It was nothing to speak of," an nworod tho KnnsnB man. "Just blow away n fow hencoops." "But I hoard that tho county court- houso at Qalosburg'was blown away." "Well, sir, wo citizens ot tho enter prising city ot Gndsvlllo, tho logical placo In tho country for that court- houso, always rotor to Gadsvillo's mnkoshlft affair as a hencoop." Similar Brand. Tho fair maid was toying with tho now engagement ring. "Did I understand you to say that your first wife's nanm was Kntharlno Bnmo nB mine?" Bho quortod. "Yes, darllug," roplled tho widower. '"And," continued tho fair ono, "I Bupposo you lovod her very dearly?" "Indeed 1 did," nnsworcd tho party of tho beroaved part. "That Is why I am anxious to secure a dupll-Kntu." Efficiency. Mrs. Knlckor Wo can't keep a cook. Mrs. Bockor Advertise for a food dictator. Lifo Isn't always a Joko for tho chop who lives by his wits. Two lovors can mako a street car full of people awfully Bcnslck. The Delight of Children Tlie self-developed, inner-flavour of New Post Toasties bear a unique attraction fox the kiddies they even like them dry from the package for their lunches. A box of Toasties provides "eats" that will delight the children. New Post Toasties are usually served with cream and sugar, in which form the flavour is more pro nounced and the flakes more delicious. These New Toasties do not "chaff" or crumble in the package and they don't mush down in cream both common defects of old-fashioned "corn flakes." Then, too, notice the tiny bubbles on the flakes, produced by the quick, intense heat of a new patented process of making which imparts delightful crispness and a substantial body to the flakes. New Post Toasties are a vast improvement over any old-style "corn flakes." ' For tomorrow's breakfast New Post Toasties Sold by Grocers everywhere. THOUSANDS RECOMMEND THIS RELIABLE KIDNEY MEDICINE I wish to state that in the ecven years that I hsrc lold Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Boot I have never known of a 3lngle cus tomcr who did not feel tatltftcd with the results obtained from it use and speak very favorably rcgnrdlnir Swamp Hoot, They always come back and aak for it and that inj itself is a sufficient guarantee of the value of tho preparation In the trou bles for which it is intended. It is a splen did kidney medicine nnd I take happiness In handling and selling same. Very truly yom, LIENHABT PHARMACY, O. J. Hcnhart, Prop. Dec. 24th, 1015. Norman, Neb. Prove What Swamp-hoot WiU Do For Yoa Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghimton. N. Y., for a sample size bot tle. It will convince anyone. You will also receive a booklet of valuable infor mation, telling; about the kidneys and blad der. When writing, be sure and mention this paper. Regular fifty-cent and. one dollar siio battles for sale at all drug storea Adv. Not Available This Year. Tho Rov. W. II. Book, pastor ot tho Tabernacle Christian church ot Columbus, is telling a story told him by a schooltoacher In a county not far from Bartholomew. Tho teach er and tho township trtiBteo wore talking ovor plans for tho annual school commencement. Tho ques tion ot a Bpenkor for commencement nroso. "Lot's got this hero Rip Van Win klo to mako tho spooch," suggested tho township trustee "Who?" asked tho surprised teacher. "Why, this hero Rip Van Wlnklo," tho trusteo replied. "I'vo hoard a good deal about him and I thought maybo ho might mako a right smart speech." Tho teacher had to toll tho trusteo that Rip waB not.nvntlnblo for com mencement addresses this year. Carnation Size. A society dehutnuto Is bemoaning tho loss of n perfectly ollclblo boau. Sho can't think why. A certain florist to whom sho turned back $20 worth of orchids a couplo ot wooks ago on a refund of $10 might bo nblo to throw a little light on tho Bubjoct. You seo, lio thought sho looked llko orchids, but sho nnd hor mamma know sho was only carnations. Ho knows it now, too. Do Soto saw tho Mississippi river first, but ho didn't mako a cent out ot It. Kor tho benefit of designers London hns established a fumlturo museum. ...
