THE SEMI WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA,
wasmngton Has a squirrel a hat Is a nledriver
UJ AS11LN6tON. There' Is n little fuzzy-tnlled squirrel down in Judiciary
" park thnt will be n plledrlver If It ever grows up. Its Industry in burying
nuts for winter consumption gives rise to this prognostication. There nre
numerous squirrels In the park, that
court. While able to excavate sum
cleutly with his claws to afford a shallow hole for the nut, tho tender snout
of tho animal seems unavailing In driving the. shell below frost level.
Mr. Lewis has solved the difficulty by placing a piece of n broom handle
near the warehouse of Master Squlrtel.
The result Is that tho unlmnl wields the hickory lnsteajl of Its nose, and
In tills fashion has it acquired the title of plledrlvor squirrel of Judiciary
square.
Development of Flag Shown in Museum Collection
THE fact that some GO-odd slr.es and shapes of Amorlcan Hags were found in
use in the various government departments has actuated an executive ordei
standardizing the form and size of all our national flags. The flags, and union
jafcks of all departments, with certnln
exceptions In the army and navy, must
now conform Co spcclllcatlons.
The American flag, collection of
tho United States National museum
shows the development of our flag In
several historical periods, its many
changes and gradual standardization.
It is Interesting to note' that dur
ing tho llevolution the flag had 13
stars; In the war of 1S12, 15; In the
Mexican war, 29; In the Civil war, 35;
In the Spanish-American war, 45, and
today, 48. The American flag Is among the oldest of national lings, being
older than the present union jack, the French tricolor and the flag of Spain,
and ninny years older than the flags of Germany and Italy, some of which,
like those of other 'countries, nre personal flags, or those of reigning families.
- There are no early colonial flags, such as were used, by tho individual
colonies and militia regiments before the flag of the United States wan estab
lished by congress on Juno 4, 1777, now celebrated as Flag dny. This act
required "That the flag of the United Stntes be 13 stripes, alternate red and
white; that the Union be 13 stars, white In blue field, representing a new
constellation," but did not define how many points the stars should hnve,
liow" they should be arranged, nor mnko provision for nddltlonnl ones.
The navy Immedlatelyadonted this flag, but the army was much .slowei
to act. Representative of the early stars-and-sirlpe type, there Is a 12-stai
flag said to hnve been used by John Paul Jones during the war of the Revolu
tion. It mcnsur'os lOMt by G feet, and wno. presented to Lieut James Bayard
Stafford, U. S. N on December 13, 1784, by the mnrlne committee of th
Continental congress as a reward for meritorious services during tho Revolu
tion, coming Inter to the Smithsonian Institution as a gift from Mrs. Harriet
It. Perry Stafford.
He Found Another Irene When the First Decamped
ttfj ILL you change these four letters on this marriage license? Where it
" It says c-a-r-t' make It 'w-a-l-k.' " With that remark, Roy Gordon
negro, twenty-two years old, spread out on the counter In the clerk's office nl
city hall, a mnrrlage license Issued tc
DIS AM A
GIRL PIS
Tine-,
other set of tho same kind of papers. I simply got to have them."
""That cannot bo done," Colonel Belew explnlned. "You will have to have
the first one canceled and then get a new set. Thnt will cost a dollar more.'
"Oh, that's all right. I don't care for the dollar. I was-just trying to savt
you some paper. Go ahead."
"Did your first girl change her mind, or did you get mnd at her, or wha'
was ""the matter?"
"I don't know what is tho matter. I have not seen her since. I hear slit
bpft Washington. I nm not going to wait any longer. I waited thirty days
that Is enough. But this one will not get uwny. I brought her along and slu
Is waiting outside now. And buh-lleve me, we are going to the preacher's
house right away."
The license wns issued and he paid another dollnr.
Uncle Sam Always Looking for Highbrow Helpers
UNCLE SAM is continually handing out desirable positions to the worker?
of the United States or, to put it differently, the demnnd of the United
Stntes government for specialists Is Insatiate, Judging by tho announcements
of tho civil service commission. In a
recent announcement seven positions
paying a minimum of 57,140 in annual
salaries and a maximum of $10,000
wore .offered to men and women de
sirous of entering tho government serv
ice through the avenue of the civil
service examination. These positions
rangfe from the lovest paid, at $300 n
year for an apprentice draftsman, to
u technical place paying a maximum of
S3.000 a year.
The steauy development of tho
great technical bureaus of tho government, like the bureau of standards
bureau of mines, the bureaus of forestry and fisheries, the reclamation service
and the geological survey, continually enlarges tho field of government wort
and draws more and more upon the country for Us experts. For exumplo,
the civil service cunmlsslon announces an open competitive, examination, foi
men only, for petroleum technologist, to go Into the field and supervise oi
assist in tho work the government Is doing in the oil fieldH. Salaries for this
position rnnjjo from $2,500 to S8.000 a year. The government required that
tho applicant must have graduated In geology from a college or university.
It looks a little odd to see the government advertising for a female lace
worker whoso specialty Is Italian cutwork and bobbin lnce, but UnWc Salt
will pay from $000 to $720 a year to any competent woman not over forty
years old who will pnss his examination and Is willing to tench tho art of
making these lnces to tho Indians at tho Cherpkeo school In North Carolina.
. Men are wanted by Iho burenu of stnndnrds as laboratory assistants in
ceramics. They must understand tho technology of structural clay products,
refractories and pottery, and have "had practical experience In the work.
Theso places will pay from $000 to $1,200 a year. A knowledge, of French
and German appears desirable. ' '
surrounus the city hall, court or ap
peals building, and continues north to
the pension ofllec building, but none of
the fur-coated quadrupeds seem to be
as thrifty as the one that Wllllnm
Lewis, mechanician at the court of ap
peals, Is aid to.
This little nut-mastlcator frequent
ly picks out as storage places for his
winter food some hard ground Imme
diately to the east bf tho appellate
him n llttlo while before.
"What Is the matter? Did you hnvt
tho girl's name spelled wrong?" nskef
Col. R. P. Belew, the officlnl In charge
"No, indeed 1 This Is a dlfferen"
girl. This one's name Is Irene Walkei
and the other one was Irene" Carter
If you can just change those four let
ters, this license will do."
He was told the law did not perml'
the mutilation of such papers.
"Well, then, exchange them "Tor ati
ffj.nPir
9
3 i
WINTER LOSS OF BEESFEED ST0CK ,N TH gr
Queenless Colony Will Certainly
Dlo in Few Mont(is.
Among Kiown Causes of Damage Are
Lack of Numbers, Insufficient
Food, Dampness., Lack of Air
and Low Temperature.
(By FRANCIS JAQBU, Unlvorslty Farm,
St. Paul.)
The winter losses of bees nre great
every year. Beekeepers can reduce
these losses by preparing their bees
for winter and glvlug them good win
tor quarters.
The chief known causes for whiter
losses are queenlessness, lack of num
bers In colonies, Insufficient food, poor
food, dampness, lack of air, the break
ing of clusters, anil low tempera
tures.
A queenless colony will certainly die
In a few months.
If the number of bees in a colony Is
small, tho cluster cannot generate
enough heat or keep tho heat It gen
crates and tho bees freeze. In the
fall small colonics should be united
lulo one big colony.
Bees must eat In the winter In order
lo generate heat They must havo
about 40 pounds of honey when
they go Into winter quarters. If they
are short, they should bo supplied
early with finished frames or fed
sugar sirup. Dark (not amber) honey
is poor food for bees to winter on. All
black honey should be removed and
combs of white honey should bo in
serted.
Dampness in u cellar causes the
combs und frames and tho hlvo walls
and cover to get wet and moldy, and
the bees perish from wet cold. Bees
need fresh nir. Foul air will cause
excitement, and the bees will scatter
and die. Excitement among bees In
winter is fatal.
The present stylo of Hoffman frame
divides the beo cluster In winter Into
11 spaces, and tho bees, are unable
to pass from one spneo to tho other.
When tho bee cluster.contracts during
the winter, those left on tho outside
frames die. Some beekeepers per
forate their frames for the easy pass
age of bees from ouo compartment to
another. If kept In n warm placo they
can pass over or around the frames. In
long-continued und severo cold the
bees may not bo able to movo along
the frame and they will sometimes die
of hunger within an inch of the honey
supply.
Bees should be kept In a cellar nt
a temperature of about 45 degrees.
Very strong coloules, however, will
survive almost any degree of cold.
CLEAN MATERIAL FOR NESTS
Hay, Straw, Leaves, Excelsior, Etc.,
Should Be Changed Occasionally
Burn All Rubbish.
Tho nest materials, such ns hay.
straw, excelsior, leaves, etc., should
be changed occnslonnlly, as foul ma'
terlal Is a good breeding place for
germs of diseases. Insects are also
likely to harbor in the old nests If tho
materials are not changed from time
'.o time.
At this season of the year nttentlon
should bo given to clennllness. All
rubbish such ns old nest materials
should bo burned or cnrefully fuml
gated and thrown In tho manure heap.
. The nest should be renewed with
?lcan, sanitary materials. Those who
do not think It mnkes much differences
to hens arc badly mistaken. Hens
are not likely to lay in foul, unsnnl
tnry nests nnd often "steal their nest"
off where It Is.hard to find.
EXCELLENT AS POST PULLER
Device Constructed of Two Wheels
Taken From Old Machinery '
Axlo Made of Heavy Bar.
Ilere Is a good post puller, should
you have any posts to pull this win
ter, says n writer In The Farmer. The-
wheels are about 20 Inches high and
were taken from a piece df old ma
chinery. The nxle Is n heavy bar, to
WHEEL
WHEEL
Post Puller.
which Is bolted a ten-foot post, for
a tongue and lever. A narrow Iron
plntc, tnrned up nt end and notched
as shown, Is bolted to upper side of
the short end of tongue. Twist u wire,
or loon a chain around post to no
pulled, get n bol., hold under it with
tho prow on the end of tongue, und
bear down on other end.
EXERCISE REQUIRED BY COW
Considerations of Good Health Forbid
That Animal Be Kept Closely
Confined to Barn.
While it Is doubtless true thnt a
cow kept at perfect ease will, other
things being equal, give the greatest
quantity of milk, yet considerations of
health forbid forcing nnd require that
the cow be given, moderate exercise In
the open nir.
Never Safe to Trust to Open Grazing
unexpected Storms Often Cause
Loss of Animals.
Tho essentials for n succcsnful
campaign in feeding are an abun
dance of feed to draw from as nerded
nnd the stable and shed protection
In times of storm nnd Inclement
weather. It Is never safe to trust
to open grazing In tho winter, since
the most disastrous losses hnve fol
lowed a season of mild weather that
encouraged the turning of stock out
to graze, und the unexpected storm
cut them off from tho winter protec
tlon and prepared feeds.
When the stock oro located in thelt
winter quarters it does not pay to
change them In nn effort to stilt the
spring weather that often makes Its
appearance In the months of January,
February and March. Tho hay-fed
stock reach the early grass season
In the best condition for profit.
BIG COST OF CARELESSNESS
Loss of $45,000,000 Every Year to
Farmers and Poultrymen on
Account Poor Handling.
Farmers nnd poultrymen of the
United Stntes lose $15,000,000 everj
year through bad eggs, and nearly ev
ery bit of this loss is due to careless
ness. Eggs are left on the nest toe
long beforo being gathered, are kept
In the house too long beforo being scuit
to market, nnd kept In n warm or In
a mold cellar, nre carelessly packet
and Inadequately protected.
Worst of all, because most easll
prevented, fertile eggs nro producec
when every egg ought to bo Infertile
If the egg contains n germ, it is bound
to develop when exposed to heat, and
the result Is n blood ring. Doctoi
Rommel of the bureau of animal In
dustry stntes thnt at least one-third ol
the annual loss In the egg industry
Is due to blood rings.
TRACK PROTECTS BARN DOOR
Two Steel Stampings So Formed anc
Riveted Together That Sturdy
Track Is Produced.
A now track, designed to protect at
well as support a sliding door on bnrr
or garage, Is being marketed. It con
slsts of two sheet-steel stampings st
formed and riveted together that t
track of sturdy construction Is pro
Track for Sliding Doors.
duccd. Between tho stampings, or
ridges made In tho metnl, tho trolleys
supporting tho door ride. Since th
various sections of tho track are fit
ted together with lap Joints, tho entire
runway where the trolleys travel Is
protected from the weather nt nl
times. This Is In contrast to tho wa
Ice and sleet sometimes make a dooi
Inoperative in winter weather, wh?n
ordlnnry track is used. No bracket!
or Joint pllces are necessary In eregt
lug this runway, slnco tho stampings
nro milled or screwed directly to the
surfaco of the building. Tho outci
part of the track Is especially shapec'
to keep water fr6m running down ontt
the upper edge of tho door nnd rot
ting tho wood. Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
FRESH WATER IS IMPORTANT
Add Enough Permanganate of Potash
to Make It Wine Red, Says
Llpplncott of Kansas.
Chickens need a constant' supply of
fresh water, according to W. A. Llp
plncott, professor of poultry husband
ry In tho Kansas State Agricultural
college.
"Running water Is best," says Pro
fessor Llpplncott, "but If this Is not
available keep the water fresh. Add
enough permnngnnnto of potash to
make It a wino red. This amount will
act as an antiseptic in preventing tln
transmission of dlsense through tho
wntcr and will aid ulso In keeping
dotfn Intestinal parasites."
NARRAGANSETT IS LARGE BIRD
Second Only to Mammoth Bronze In
Some Parts of Country WelQht
for Tom Is 29 Pounds.
The Nnrragansett Is n breed of tur
keys second only to the Mammoth
Bronzo In some parts of the country.
Tho Nnrragansett is also n largo
bird. Tho standard weight for the torn
Is 80 pounds, for the hen 18 pounds.
The breed took Its name from tho
Nnrragansett Bny, where it originated.
It is n very popular domestic bird In
Hint locality. Tho color Is gray mixed
with black.
SYSTEM OF TILE-DRAINAGE
I
Good Plan to Make Little Map of
Fields Drained Stakes Driven
Down Are Good Thing.
After putting down n system of tile
drains on a farm, It Is a good plan to
mnko a llttlo map of the fields drained,
showing Just where eweh lino Is.
Then, too, stakes driven down nre a
good thing. You may west to extend
some lines by and by.
ROAD
BUILDING
EFFICIENT FORCE IS NEEDED
Roads Should be Looked After at All
Seasons of Year and Kept In
Constant Repair.
Under our present system of county
plko maintenance, roads havo been
receiving n quantity of crushed Btouo
on their most-traveled nnd worn-out
sections. This Is usually applied
uftcr n grading nnd scraping of tho
surfaco to fill tho ruts. This grad
Ingls n semiannual affair. Tho first
grading Is done In tho early spring
Just ns tho roads are thoroughly
thawed nnd beginning to dry nfter tho
heaviest of tho winter freezes nro
safely over. Previous to this grading
they often become long lines of slushy
mud almost lmpnssable to the heavier
loaded wagons. In such a condition
they nro easily rutted and hard to
tnend. It Is tho sort of Impermanent
roads that hnve given rlso to tho ap
peal for n permanent hard surfaced
road not so easily affected by tho
freczo and thaws. Wo find crushed
stono superior to tho older typo of
gravel roads In many respects slnco
It holds Its shape and body longer,
Bnys Indiana Farmer. let crushed
stono roads and oven surfaced macad
ams and concrcto or nsphnlt surfaced
roads need attention nfter tho first
Sheep Cleaning Up Weeds.
few years under tho wear of present
day tralllc. What wo need Is an ef
ficient forco to look nfter the rends
nt all Bcasons of tho yenr and keep
them In constant rcpnlr. Thcro is np
road material but what becomes worn
In spots In tlmo and if theso spots
were kept mended constantly tho cost
of tho upkeep would not bo nearly so
great. After tho spring grading and
shaping up tho roads are allowed to
run as best they can till fall. "A
stitch In tlmo" can havo no better ap
plication than on our county roads
and their mending.
MEASUREMENT OF ROAD WEAR
4ngenlou8 Machine Perfected to Show
Effects of Different Loads at
Various Speeds.
A complciTnnd highly Ingenious inn
chlno has been perfected which runs
over a samplo of road surfaco at tho
National Physical laboratory, shows
tho wear caused by different
loads at different speeds nnd In vari
ous climatic conditions. In other
words, given n specimen of n new
surface, the machine will tell pretty
accurately what, say tho Manchester-to-Wllmslow
road, would bo llko In
n year If that surfaco were laid on It.
tit seems n pity that so valuable n
wcar-and-tenr recording device can
not bo applied to more than roads.
Manchester (England) Guardian.
BENEFIT OF CONCRETE ROAD
Make Travel In Community Quick,
Safe, Clean, Easy, and Comfortable
Other Advintages. .
" 1 " "
Concrcto roads country boule
vards. They beacflt n community In
making travel quick, safe, easy, clean
and comfortable. Tlaoy extend neigh
borhood limits, bring more pcoplo
Into personnl touch with each other,
Increase social opportunities nnd
thereby removo tho monotony of Iso
lation; bring grejipr ociitcnt to tho
youth on tho faroi, mnko city nnd
country near neiyjibors nnd Increaso
school attendance, thus cultivating n
dcslro for a brouuer knowledge und
higher standard or living.
Hlgh-Prodi'clng Cows.
Cows producing over half a ton of
butter per yenr nro so common that
they aro no longer a subject for spo
clul comment, but thcro still remain
sovcrul millions or lha other kind.
Weeds Injure Roads.
Good roads will never bo good roaat.
whllo they aro bordered with rag
weeds. Time to Drag Roads.
When "tlmo drags" Is a -good tuna
bo drag the roads
Ml1I& A w-vli
wm
ST
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Peruna cases
the burden of tho
housekeeper by keep
lnrt away tho danger
of Illness resulting
from colds, coughs.
and Indigestion due
to catarrhal condl-
! tloiu It speedily re
1 lieves and overcomes
these.
Its tonlo properties build up
the strength of the physically
weak and run down, and Its use
In ronvJeKnt. especially tiler grid,
it rtraitkably beneOdtl.
KEEP IT ON HAND
The wij hooMkecper hat Fernm
on hand for Uutant u even It catarrhal
trouble do sot caU for Ita regular ad
mlalmatloa. A dote or two ia Uma
often prevent! a Ions Utaea.
Liquid or tablet tons.
Uanalln Tablets era a tplendld
laxative for home use.
Aak the drustfit
THE PERUNA COMPANY
Uhnkot, Ohio
The Wretchedness
of Constipation
Can quickly bo overcome by
CARTER'S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS.
Purely vegetable
act surely ana
gently on tho
liver, euro
Biliousness,
Head
ache. Dlzzi-
ncos, nnd Indigestion. They do their duty.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE,
Genuine must bear Signature
Get Rid of Them
before they start to build tholr homes
in your newly gathered crops. It costs
you about 82.00 yearly to feed one rat
RID - OF- RATS .
kills them for less than 1 cent per rat
No mixing. Nomnlnir. Alwararoadrtonifl. Per
fectly hrmlM to tlnniottto animal. UDAnANTBKn
to kill Hata and Mlco. We rotund money for anr
gooai raiarnoa m
unsausiacuirT. -jk
Your tln&iiir
for IUd-of -Hall.
It bb
cant tnpplr
Sou, orrtnr
Iroct.ElTlnir
bit name.
BnmilorrlccitroxlOoino.Ilorc,81.1t
a uoi. Jioioa) wii.uu. rrepaia ui oror u. a.
BERG & BEARD MANUFACTURING CO.
1M1 Steuben St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
JUST MATTER OF PERCENTAGE
Legislator Had Figured Cut Method
by Which He Voted Right In Majority-
of Cases.
During tho last session of a western
legislature ono member, n tall, angu
lar man with a whlto mustncho of tho
walrus pattern nnd Uio faculty of be
ing nblo to throw both his thumbs out
of joint nt will, mndo himself conspic
uous by voting "No" on every bill, res
olution, or other form of business that
enmc up. Uowover Innocent n meas
ure might be, this mun voted ngalnst It
stentorlouflly.
Flnnlly n legislator weakened under
tho Btrnln nnd nppronched tho gentle
man with tho wnlrus whiskers.
"Why is it?" asked tho man, "that
you vote 'No' on everything?"
"I'll tell you," said ho of tho walruB
mustache, with u confidential air. "Sov-enty-flvo
of those bills and resolutions
nro bad and ought never to bo passed.
And I llgger that any rann who votes
right 75 per cent of the tlmo l's a pretty
durncd good legislator."
The Main Object.
"Pa, whnt's meant by party adula
tion?' "
"Thnt's a term used by diplomatic
persons to conceal tho real motive
whjch prompts men to hnng together
In thn hope of sharing tho spoils of of
fice." Ho ho sings drives nwny sorrow.
The cheerful feeling you
possess sifter a drink of
something hot and flavory
should be only the beginning
of your satisfaction.
For this very reason mora
and more people are 'turning
from coffee to
Instant Postum
A lessened tendency to such
annoyances as nervousness
and sleeplessness repays
them
A ten-day trial of this de
lightful, flavory hot drink has
Assisted so many to health
and comfort that your friend,
the Postum-drinker, will teU
you its well worth while.
"There's & Reason
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