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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1916)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. lV4 2 KHBflfBut Happy Union of Transparent organdie, daintily em broidered, and strlpurl or flower-sprinkled voiles are evidently made for ond another. Aided by hemstitching, de signers have Joined tlioin and no one would ever wish to put them asunder. The result of this happy union Is numerous, whimsical, and altogether adorable little afternoon and party frocks with much captivating charm. One of them makes Its appearance, and every feminine beholder runs straight n-shopplng to acquire such a frock for herself. Designers vie with one another In making alluring models, and have shown how much can be done with these simple materials. One of the prettiest Is made of white voile having a delicate crossbar In linos that are of blue, green, rose and black. But they are so line that the colors are Indis tinct. Little sprigs of blue nnd dull pink roses, no larger than a pea, are Cape-Collar and The new matched sets, of sheer material, made to wear with Jackets, frocks and coats, add more style and life to the toilette than any other ac cessory of i dress. They are unbeliev ably low priced as compared to their effectiveness, and anyone may own at least two or three sets. For the needlewoman who knows how to do hand embroidery they make opportun ity for the addition of real elegance to her wardrobe. But the ready made, machine-embroidered sets look almost ns well and are as crisp and fresh. Those who cannot embroider can make the sets, trimmed with plait ed frills or hemstitched borders in contrasting colors. Transparent organdie Is the dainty 'fabric most favored for making neck wear, but there are several other materials each effective In Its own way. Fine, washable silks, crepe georgette and crept! tie chine, chiffon and net all are used la sets of etpial charm. Uvea silk mull does well for these matched sets. Frills of net or lace on the less sheer materials, and embroidered or gandie borders, help make tip the end less variety of style In which these matched sets are shown. But the embroidered sets with dots or small HiM'er designs and eyelet work are, Voile and Organdie. scattered over It. The skirt Is made of three wide bands of voile set together with bands of transparent organdie with a dainty embroidered edge. The embroidered edge overlaps the voile. and the plain edge Is llnlshcd with narrow val lace. A band of the em broidered organdie finishes the bottom of the skirt. The baby waist Is cut with short klmona sleeves. These are lengthened by puffs of organdie extending to the wrist. This is gathered Into u cuff of the embroidered organdie finished with val lace. The bodice Is made over a net foundation and llnlshcd with a deep collar of the embroidered organ die. The girdle Is of lavender velvet ribbon. The underskirt Is of plain white voile. The dainty frock pictured Is made of white voile striped with pale bands In maize blue and rose. Cuff Sets. above all, the most elegant. Very narrow Cluney lace edgings are liked on them. Three of the most pleasing designs In sets are shown in the pic ture. These accessories look best with plain frocks and coats anil are out of harmony with fussy clothes They catch the eye llrst and should be worth while to look at. Besides sets made of sheer mate rials, others of pique and linen, to be worn with tailored suits of any sort, are having something of a vogue. Oe caslonally they are to be seen stlf fened, but oftener they are worn soft Collars are smaller In these heavier fabrics, and trimming even rows of machine stitching Is conspicuous by Its absence. Evolution of Hat Trimming. A curious change has taken place in the trimming of hats. Formerly a hat was deliberately trimmed with this or that llowers, feathers or some thing else a separate garniture at Inched to the hat. Now the trimming 1s made, as It were, In one with the hat a sort of mural decoration. If the trimming were removed thero would be no hat. The now hat Is ef fective, less cumbersome and more beautiful, but alas! no less expensive. Vogue. His Own i People Br 2 H. M. EGBERT t (Copyright, 1910. by W. O. Chapmnn.) "The sentence of the court Is that Private Albert Kane bo dishonorably dismissed from the Bervlco of the government." Colonel Scott snapped out the words. Private Albert Kane raised hta head and looked nt the olllccrs for the llrst time. Drunkard, wastrel, outcast, he had expected n minimum of two years' imprisonment. And that was all his sentence to be dismissed from the regiment. "You're lucky, Kane. Wbdi I was in your shoes," said one of his compan ions, ns ho gathered his things togeth er. "Going East, I suppose?" "Yes," answered Kane nonchalantly, nnd walked toward the entrance of the camp. Kane was free. Ho had enlisted six mouths before, after a year of dis sipation, In the vain hope of forget ting the past. Once, so long ago that the memory of that time was like a dream to him, ho had been it decent man. lie had had a gootl position In n western city, and ho had loved Dorothy Davis, whom he knew to lie the oile woman In the world whom he must love forever. At Jast he had been In a position to ask her to be come his wife. And she had broken the news to him that she was engaged to be married. It was to Colonel Scott, a man considerably her senior; and Kane had gathered that If he had asked her sooner . . however, thero wns no use speculating about that. Kane gave up his position, nnd he hardly remembered anything of the year that followed. Suffice It that, at the end of It, he found himself pen niless outside an army camp In Texas. He had the sudden thought of redeem ing himself. Here, at least, thero would be a life of action. Kane en listed. Ho found the monotony of army life In the little border post Intolerable. He found that Colonel Scott was his In a Moment He Was Away. commanding olllcer. Ho found that every week he saw Dorothy. Ho lied from the sight of her, and fortunately for him she did not recognize him In his soldier's uniform. Once he was sent on a message to her home, and ho left the message with the servant and fled. He ate Ills heart out. He be came known as the worst soldier In the regiment. Ho wns continually punished. At last he committed a graver offense against discipline than drunkenness and negligence, and was tried by courtmartlal and dishonor ably discharged. In his relief from his fate he re solved to go East and try to make a man of himself. But as he stepped, with his bundle upon his nrm, across the enclosure, he saw Dorothy coming toward him. In vain he turned his eyes nway, She saw him ; she knew him. lie saw the look of recognition In her eyes. She stopped. Kane hurried past her, not daring to look back. He gained the entrance, to the barracks. But ho did not go toward the railroad sta tion, as he had planned. Instead, he turned southward toward the border, lie walked Jauntily par. 4ho custom house, over the britVs. and flung him self upon the grountl. Ho wub In Mex ico, and ho meant never to return. H. Albert Kane looked up Into the sky antt searched the distant hills. The summer sun was declining, and as the mescal went out of him he real lzed his abasement. For fifteen months hj had lived In tho squalid Mexican rlllage twelve miles beyond tho border. At first looked on with suspicion, no had lie come completely Identified with the villagers. Ho sprawled in tho adobe hut, an unclean thing, like tho creep lug lizards t.botit him. Few men have sunk to such depths as Kane had reached. Now, deep In his heart, i.n elusive memory stirred. It was a memory of America, which had once been dear to him, of a clvl llzed land where human faces looked Into his lnsiiatt or mulish pt.u auts' eyes. What was It he was rtfnemberlng? JIo knew now. Somebody had kicked him. It was the rebel leader Santos, riding by with n hundred troopers. And what was It had been snld? "Tho Gringo Is always droak. He Is harmless. Do not kill hint." Santos had kicked him contemptu ously and ridden on his way. But Kane remembered now. He remem bered tho whispered colloquy. No body knew that he undeiwJood much Spanish, for he seldom spoke to any one. But Kane hud gathered that tho troop was to raid the American camp at sunup. Slowly the realization of this crept into his mind. He heard again the laughter of the Mexican leader, his boast of what he would do to tho Gringos, his talk of the American women . . . then sliTwly, like a flower, Dorothy's face unfolded before his eyes against the fading West. Kane staggered to his feet and looketl about him. Tethered to a near by hut was a fine stallion, the prop erty of Santos, which he had left thero till his return on the morrow, not wish ing to risk it In the Impending fight, If fight there was to be. Nobody wati guarding It. Kane crept toward It. lie saw tho saddle and bridle at the door of a near-by hut. In a moment he had placed the saddle on the animal's back and fastened the girth. He fitted the bridle, hearing shouts ns the Mexicans saw him ami divined his purpose. Men ran toward hlin. Kane, cut the halter and leaped on the stallion's back. In jt moment ho was nway, galloping along the road that led toward the border. Behind him he still heard the cries of the stupefied Mexicans. III. Onco out of eight of tho village ho moved slowly, for before him, miles away, outlined against the hori zon, he saw the cavalry of Santos marching. The day died and the stars came out. Kane rode along tho de serted roatl. It was midnight when he saw far off the winding lUo. Looking down, he saw tho camp of the raiders at tho foot of the hill. A high bank on either side of htm, rising Into the mountains, cut off all possibility of a detour. Ho must ride through the camp. Ho gave his horse a rest; then, mounting, he continued, very cautious ly, until, topping the last hill, he saw the pickets under him. Then ho put his horse to the gallop. Faster and faster h8 drovo the stal lion down the hill. He heard the shouts of the guard, he caught a vision of men, risen from sleep, staring at him; and then he was running the gantlet between two lines of Mexi cans. Ho heard their excited shouts. Bullets whizzed past him. He felt as it were the sting of a bean through tho forearm, through the shoulder. Ills right hand, pierced, dropped nerve lessly from the reins. He felt tho blood stream down him. Then he had passed them, and as his snorting horse gathered Itself together beneath him he heard tho troop, with wild yells, tnke up tho pursuit. Tho river glistened before him. The cur rent ran fast and stnyig. Only a mo ment he hesitated; and, as he did so, he felt another sting under the arm. Then he drove the stallion Into tho river. The bullets whipped the water about him. Kane felt his senses leaving him, and an awful faintness. He felt the Icy water wrap him round like a jjhroud. Behind him his pursuers had hnlted. No ordinary horse could swim from the south to the north bank of the Itio in flood time. Tho current was sweeping him away. But before him he saw, whlto ngalnst the night, the tents of his own people. With a last effort Kane spurred the flagging beast beneath the water. The stallion screamed and sud denly began to tread upon the river bottom. Splashing and plunging, It gained the American side and rushed up the bank. Behind him the Mexicans were still firing, but now the bullets went wild. Kane was in no danger. If only he could pull himself together and reach his goal I lie reined in the stnllion with his last reserve strength. He walked It slowly through tho entrance to the camp. Men were already alert, aroused by tho shots, and falling In. Kane heard the colonel's voice. He saw a woman standing at his side. He stopped the horse In front of the com mantling olllcer. "Santos is leading a party to attack the camp, sir," ho faltered. "I came to warn you " And Kanu fell from his horse into tho arms of the colonel's orderly. They carried him Into tho colonel's house. Kane opened his eyes after a long interval, to see faces looking Into his. He saw tho doctor shake his head. A sense of supreme Joy thrilled him. It was good to tile It was gootl that this should bo ended and be end ed thus. And among the faces he saw that of tho colonel's wife. Her tears fell over hlr.i. Knne trk'tl to speak, but there was no need of speech. In that last Interchange of looks all was explained, and the reconciliation effected. Ho had saved others what did it matter If he could not save himself? And, with his eyes still holding Dor othy's look, he fell asleep. Undoubted. "Tho Jaycubs declare they have a petllgrco in the family, but I doubt It." "1 don't. Nobody could who ever suw that dog of theirs." DUCKS RANK HIGH IN Peking Ducks About Seven Peking ducks are hardy and profit able poultry. The ease with which they aro raised must make them rank high in tlte poultry line. They ma ture early ami are prolific layers, rang ing from 300 to 150 eggs each during the season. The eggs arc very large and of fine flavor. They command a higher price a dozen than do those of hens. In one of tho suburbs of Boston Is a small hut steadily growing duck farm, tho head of which Is a woman. At present she has 100 ducks for lay era and breeders. There Is a good market for all tho eggs produced, both for table and hatching. She also raises ducks for market, and has a steady de mand for all she can produce. As tho ducks are nonslttcrs, the eggs are hatched under hens and In Incubators, the period of Incubation being 28 days. When the little duck lings are hatched they are placed In brooders, where they remain until ready for tho growing houses. The young ducklings are very delicate, so care must be taken to keep them warm and free from chills. Tho first three weeks are tho most critical. Onco past that age the ducklings can be safely counted upon for tho market. At six weeks tho ducklings are placed In the growing houses, where they nro pushed for market. The usual time for marketing is when they FATTEN FOWLS FOR MARKET Big Gain Made by Two Weeks' Prepa ration Directions Given by New York College. A difference of 2 and frequently 5 cents per pound may bo made by fat ting broilers ami fowls beforo putting them on the market. A gain of 25 cents or more may bo made by feeding half fat fowls or chickens for two weeks. Tho directions given by the poultry de partment of the New York agricultural college are as follows: Confine the birds In a small and somewhat darkened pen, allowing about two square feet for a mature fowl and one square foot for young chickens. Do not feed for the first 24 hours, then begin feeding rather scan tily, Increasing tho amount gradually until at the end of two or three days they aro getting all they will clean up In about 20 minutes, when fed regu larly three times a day. This should continue- for about two weeks which Is ordinarily as long as the fowl can stand bucIi heavy feeding, and at which time, if tho fowls wcro healthy and In a good rango condition, they should be full and plump along tho keel and have heavy, firm drumsticks natl thighs. Threo good fattening rations follow: First, 100 pounds corn meal, 100 pounds buckwheat middlings, or ground buckwheat with hulls removed, 300 pounds red dog flour, .'10 pounds beef scrap, ono pound charcoal. Second, 100 pounds cornmeal, HO pounds wheat middlings, 50 .pounds ground oats, HO pounds beef scrap, one pound charcoal. Third, 100 pounds oatmeal, 00 pounds whMtt middlings, or red dog flour, 20 pounds beef crap, half pound charcoal. ASH NECESSARY FOR GROWTH Bone Material In Form of Lime and Phosphates Furnished From Ani mal and Mineral Sources. A. rapidly growing chick gains not only In flesh, but makes bone at the same rate and In order to make this necessary bone growth, a large amount of ash 's required in ihe form of lime and phosphates. Stunt )f this Is fur nished from vegetable Juices, but It mui.t also be furnls'ied from animal ana mineral sources. Shell anil grit are the two most common mineral sources. PROVIDE SHADE FOR POULTRY Tent of Burlap or Canvas 's Satisfac tory Fowls Take Advantage of Summer Breezea. Improvised shade can bo math) by fitrelchlng a piece of burlap or canvas several feet square, making a tent for tho birds to get under. Tho canvas Is porous and docs not deflect heat as Is the case from tho roofs of low, board roof sheds. The birds liavo .he ad vantage of the breeze with no deflect id lieu THE POULTRY LINE Weeks Old In Fattening Pen. are ten weeks old, nt which period they weigh four to five pounds apiece. Occasionally ono will tip the scales at 5J,fc pounds. Tho best ducks are se lected for tho next year's breeders and layers. They nro fed differently from those Intended for market. , The llrst feeding Is given when the ducklings are !Ut hours old. It con sists of equal parts of cracker crumbs and cornmeal, 20 per cent of hard boiled eggs and 5 per cent of crackers and meal of sharp sand. This Is mixed with milk ami fed four times u day. From the fifth to the twentieth day they aro given the following prepara tion mixed with water to a dry, crum bly state: Two parts wheat bran, ono part cornmeal, 50 per cent of this bulk of rolled oats, 5 per cent coarse sand. 5 per cent beef scraps und 10 per cent green food. From 20 to 42 days old they nro foil n mixture containing two parts wheat bran, one part cornmeal, 5 per cent beef scraps, C per cent coarse sand, nnd 10 per cent green food, mixed with water to a tlry, crumbly state. From tho forty-second to seventieth day they are given two parts corn meal. ono part wheat bran, 10 per cent of this bulk of beef scraps, r per cent grit and 10 per cent green food, mixed with water to a dry, crumbly state. CARING FOR HATCHING EGGS Should Be Kept In Room More or Less Moist Basement Room Prefer able to Attic. Eggs that aro to be used for hatch' lug should bo kept In a cool room in which the temperature Is more or less moist. A basement that Is not too damp is the best kind of a storage room. A room temperature of 45 to 55 degrees Is preferable. Froth eggs Invariably show a slight' ly higher percentage of fertility and hatch slightly stronger chicks than eggs ten days old or more. Whom ar tificial lncubutlon'ls used In hatching eggs several principles must be strong ly adhered to If success Is to bo at tallied. The Incubator room and Incu bator must bo well veutllated. The atmosphero in both tho Incubator room and Incubator must be kept moist. It Is, of course, possible to go to ex tremes with each of these require ments. .sm A room in which strong draffs pre vail is not a good incubator room be cause of the illlllculty thus encoun tered In maintaining an even tempera ture. A room too moist will causa molding of the eggs ami one too drj will cause excessive evaporation, elth er of wnlch will kill a good many chicks In tho shell and cause tho hatching of many weak chicks whleht will die at an early age. A basement room Is always preferable to an attic room as a location for an Incubator, tuM It Is easier to regulate both tho roortf temperature and atmospheric moisture In a basement than in an attic or up stairs room. ' REAR WILD DUCKS AND GEESE Last Joint of Wing, Carrying Flight Feathers, Should Be Cut Off Does Not Hurt Youngsters. When rearing wild ducks and geeso the last Joint of the wing, the joint carrying the flight feathers, should bo cut off when the little ones are taken from the nest. If one wing Is cut that will be sulllclent and It will not hurt the little ones If done at that time, ami will heal quicker. Care must bo taken, of course, that no dirt or germs are allowed to get Into the wound and infect it. OLD HENS ARE UNPROFITABLE Cause of Low Averages In Egg Pro duction Lay Dozen Eggs and Rest Remainder of Year. Old hens are the cause of low aver ages In egg production. The pullets work regularly, but the" old hens lay about a dozen eggs and rest the re mainder of the year. Unless you are raising a particular breed of chickens of which you huvu only a few hens, you cannot afford to keep the old hens as layers. A hen Is not profitable after her third summer as a luyer.