THE SEMNWEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRA8KA.
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UNITED STATES REPORTS ARE UTILIZED
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Sewing Mnclilne Hints.
When your sowing nmchlnc belt be
comes loorfo, do not stop to tnko it off
p order to tighten It. Just drop n lit
tle machine oil upon It nnd you will
jflnd the belt tight ufter a few turns
of the wheel. One sometimes hns trou
ble because the needle cuts heavy
icotton or linen Roods when stitching.
If the seam to be stitched Is rubbed
.with hard white soap you will have no
Snore difficulty.
A Tonic for Sewing Machines.
After some years' usage every sew
jlng'. machine Is likely to clog up with
Jlne dust which the machine oil col
lects on the bearings. As soon as the
imachluo begins to work heavily, take
jout the shuttle and then give each
movable part a generous bath of gas
'oline. Work the foot lever briskly, so
.that the gasoline may penetrate every
,part. The old oil and caked dust will
loosen and fall off In quantities that
will amaze you. Then open the win
dows of the sewing room nnd let the
;fumes of the gasoline escape. Of
course, during this cleaning process,
the machinist will tuko good care that
ithere Is no lighted gas, lamp or fire
;in" the room. It Is a good plan then
;to let the machine stand without the
'usual lubricating oil until you are
ready to use it aga(n. A piece of
jchamois should always bo kept on
hand to 'wlpo off the suporlluous oil
Ibeforo beginning to stitch.
Economy In Machine Needles,
i Keep a piece of white soap In the
niachlno drawer, and when stitching
Life holds enticing prospects for tho
voungcr generation just now. The
long vacation Is nlmost here, with dnys
to be filled with play and quite likely
a Journey nnd a visit to add to Its al
lurements. And thero Is always tho
certainty of new clothes when one Is
to go visiting. A frock to trnvel In,
others for play, and one or two for
grand occasions when everyone dresses
"up, nil help In making life ono contin
uous round of pleasure in vacation
1 Since the designing of children's
clothes has been given into tho hands
of specialists who devote all their time
nnd thought to It, all the needs of lit
tle folks are well taken care of, and
"mothers need only concern themselves
with making selections from the styles
Submitted to them. At tho left of
tho two frocks shown nbovo there Is a
model which is suited to cotton mate
rials, for evcrday wear, and will look
Kvell developed In dark-colored tnffeta,
ror traveling and street wear. It is
inndo with knickerbockers nnd Is alto
tether practical.
; As shown in the picture tho dress
Is plain chnmbrny. A single box plnlt
lit ench side of tho front and n front
niece gathered to a band nt the neck
felvo It good lines. The three-quarter
length sleeves nnd the pockets find
band finish, like that of tho neck, all
that ono could wish, Rut two large
jfearl buttons aro allowed for adorn
Stagnt at tho ends of the band nt tho
Sieck. The wide collar of white ba
Rlpte or organdie Is n separate affair,
Wnh Its hem Is finished with n narrow
feathcr-stltchlng pf colored silk.
(Plaln chambray and plnld glnghnm
nnythlng with much dressing In U
goods, rub the seams with tho soai.
and you will find you can stitch with
ease and with no danger of breaking
the needle.
Always keep on hand In tho machine,
drnwer n small whetstone, nnd If your
needle becomes dull sharpen it on tho,
whetstone. You can make It as good
as new.
An Excellent Spool Rack.
To keep mnchino drawers In perfect;
order saw a thin board to fit tho bot
tom of the drawer, mark It with rings,
using a spool, nnd put a peg or nail
in tho center of each ring. Now enclJ
spool Is in its own place on a nail and
the thread does not become tangled.
With a short hatpin one enn gulda
and place tho work. Keep tho hatpin
In tho sewing mnchine drnwer.
Tea for Tinting.
Ten Is better than coffee for tint
ing the vnrlous shades of cream lnce,
because thero is less chance of streaky
lng. Use n strong solution of black:
tea, and add this to the rinsing wa
ter, dipping it onco or twice. This
gives a better color than using tea
strong enough to give it the right color
the lirst time it is dipped. After lace
hns been washed and tinted It should
bo brought back to Its original shnpe
by pinning on a clean Ironing board,
or several folds of a towel. Keep In
mind the shnpe of tho luco as you pin,
nnd pin. It so thnt nil the scallops arej
the same size. These pins should bo'
put in very close nnd tho work re.
quires a great deal of patience.
make a little dress that will prove us'
ful almost any hour of tho day, and
this combination of materials wo have
always with us. In the dress nt the'
left of tho group It js shown In p frock
having n waist of cluimbniy and 'skirt'
of gingham, with the addition of whito
orgnndle in n little vestee and collar.
Bnnds and tabs with penrl butons'nnd
button holes make this frock Interest-1
lng. The skirt hns Inverted plaits nt
tho front, back and on the sides nnd,
tho pockets, Hko so many others, nro
cut on the bins of tho goods and fin-'
Ished with pojnted bnnds.
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Morning Frocks for Summer.
Simplicity should guide you In or
dering your morning frocks of glng-.
hnm. Remember smart severity
marks these tub dresses. An Interest
ing cxnmple of these ujnghnm gowns!
which will be popular this summer, Is.
made of bluo nnd white checked glng
hnm with trimmings of butcher's linen.
A square yoke of butcher's linen is,
worked In bluo eyelets, through which;
a blue silk lncer runs. The samo trenti
ment is used on cuffs with right angle'
"cutouts." A border of white linen
hems tho skirt. Tho belt of white,
suede Is punched with bluo eyelets nnd
fastens with a blue enamel buckle.
Novelties In Crepe.
Crinkly crepe Is one of tho inteiv
estlng fabric novelties of Paris, nnd
frocks are nindo of It both in dark una
light colors.
Senntor Boles Penroso of Pcnn
sylvnnln seems Just now to bo tho
spokosmnn for tho budget system of
appropriations and expenditures thnt
Is promised on behalf of tho Sixty
sixth congress. Tho reform ' seems
likely to go through. The Republican
majorities In both houses nro com
mitted to Its establishment. President
Wilson has recommeuded it from time
to time. Tho business men1 of the
country, Irrespective of pnrty, have
urged It.
"What wo must havo Is n budget
system that Is administrative nnd legis
lative," Senator Penroso says. "There
is nn almost complete nbsence of n
budget system, either ndinlnlstratlvo
or legislative, lu tho government of the
United States, nnd this fact, with the
habit of extravngance and wasteful
expenditures developed by tho war,
will produce a chaotic condition In the
Income nnd expenditure accounts of
the government unless n budget system Is promptly provided for. Tho subject
already has Hie attention of some of tho most prominent business men of tho
United States ns well ns executive nnd legislative departments. To my mind
it Is the most Important question before congress, ns all others nro ultimately
related to It."
LENINE'S PROPAGANDA PORTRAIT j
whom he Interprets In his own way, Lenlno hns written much on economic
subjects. His great propaganda pamphlet for budding bolsheviks is entitled
"Tho State and Revolution."
One of the few genuine Russians In tho bolshevik movement, ho may bo
called without exaggeration tho virtual dictator of Russia.
OFFICIAL PORTRAIT OF TROTZKY
This Is an officlnl picture of Trot
zky. It Is a propagnndn portrait nnd
on sale with the. nuthorlty of Trotzky
himself.
Lev Davldovltch Trotzky or, to
give him his real name, Lelba Bron
stein Is a Jew of versatile talents
nnd considerable powers of organiza
tion. In his evolution as a soclnllst
ho has passed through menshcvlk In
ternationalism and Trotzklst lrratlon
nllsm to tho more strenuous doctrine
of bolshevik Imperialism.
President of the Petrogrnd Coun
cil of Workmen during the revolution
of 1005, Trozky has been twice exiled
to Siberia, and hns twice escaped be
fore the completion of his sentence.
A man of violent moods nnd pas
sions, Trotzky hns frequently been
guilty of tho greatest cruelty and ex
cesses.
He has, however, written several
clever historical sketches of tho revo
lution, and ns a Journalist possesses n certain facility of argument which
wakes n strong appeal to his followers.
Today his boundless ambition hns been temporarily satisfied by tho great
power which ho wields as commissary for war a post In which, nt any rate,
he has not shown any lnck of courage Ho has been sarcastically described by
Viii!E01Il2-tsJl,s er?'Sst Jcwlsh funeral since Joshua."
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IS PANCHO VILLA
enth nnd Tenth cavalry, surprised
Villa's band, but foiled to take him drad or nllvo. Then thero wub n story that
gnngreno'set in nnd Villn had died in somo recess of tho Sierra Tarahuraare.
Since Washington wns Impressed tho other day with General Villa's trans
lation to high command und refurbished greatness, Carranza's advices have
protested that Jimenez nnd Bustlllo havo not been taken, but they hnvo not
relegated Pancho Villa to tho shades.
Since flio fight at Guerrero there has been no Villa before the camera, no
Villa Interviewed, no pronunclnmenton by Villn, no Villa seen by a responsible
American or Mcxlcon.
Tho brilliant, masterful, restless leader has lived only in rumor and propa
ganda. Is Pancho Villa alive or dead?
This Is an official picture of Le
nine, otherwlso Vladimir Ilytch U1I
anoff. It Is from n propaganda por
trait on salo during the present Lenlno
Trotzky rule. It doubtless presents
tho soviet leader at his best.
Of tho leaders of bolshevik Rus
sia, Lenlno Is by far tho most Im
portant. Born on April 10, 1870, ho is
a "hereditary noblo" and the son of
a stnto councilor of tho Simbirsk gov
ernment. Brought up In tho orthodox
fnlth, ho was educated nt tho Simbirsk
gymnasium and nt tho University of
Kazan, from which town, hbwever, ho
was speedily bnnlshcd on account of
his socialist proclivities. Revolution
seems to run In his family, and his
brother Alexander was executed ns a
terrorist In 1887. Lenlno Is married to
Nndejda Krupsckala, a former political
exile, to whom he Is said to be most
devoted.
A stanch supporter of Knrl Mnrx,
ALIVE OR DEAD?
Is "Gen." Frnnclsco
Villa nllvo or dead?
(Poncho)
Francisco Villa still campaigns In
Mexico, "uccordlng to Information
that has reached tho state depart
ment," snys a Wnvshlngton dispatch,
which restores tho former bandit nnd
rival of Carrnnza to tho "bud em
inence" ho onco enjoyed. Thus ho Is
lending n now revolutionary movement,
hns captuocd Parral, Jimenez, and
Bustlllo nnd Is planning a descent
upon Chihuahua and Torreon. Further
more, Villa Is prepurlng a statement
to tho Amerlcnn press denying that ho
was involved in tho Columbus raid
nnd that he had a hand In the Santa
Ysabel atrocity.
Pancho Villa was reported dead
of n leg wound received In his attack
on Guerrero on March 20, 1010. Three
days later Colonel Dodd of tho United
States army, with some men tho Sev
Government Market Reports
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
. Thnt every one interested In mont
from the stock raiser to tho consumer
may havo tho benefit of knowing
mnrket conditions in tho meat Indus
try, tho bureau of markets, United
Stntes department of ngriculturo, is
sues dally nnd other reports to facili
tate distribution, Improve transporta
tion, stnblllzo values nnd to help the
producers In placing their stock whore
it will sell to tho best advantage.
On the assumption that tho dlsscml
nntlon of market information will tend
to lmprovo conditions, tho bureau of
markets has developed n system of
mnrket reporting that has already had
somo effect lu restoring confidence In
tho markets. While tho Information
made available by tho bureau Is being
used most extensively by those active
ly engaged In somo branch of tho live
stock or meat Industries, it Is believed
thnt sooner or Inter tho public gener
ally will utilise this knowledge nnd
with it bring into lino any retailers
who reduco consumption by nn unwar
ranted margin of profit.
Present Market-Reporting System.
The present market-reporting sys
tem, which wns begun in tho fall of
1010, has developed rapidly, nnd at
present thero are 17 service centers,
each of which distributes dally, week
ly and monthly reports on the various
branches of tho Industry. These In
clude dally reports on meat-trade con
ditions In Boston, Now York, Philadel
phia, Washington, Pittsburgh, San
Francisco nnd Los Angeles; dally re
ports on live-stock loadings; dally re
ports on tho estimated receipts nnd
prices of Hvo stock at Chicago and
Kansas City; reports of live-stock
movements In grnzlng nnd feeding sec
tions; monthly reports on stocks of
frozen nnd cured meats, eggs and
poultry; monthly reports on live-stock
receipts nnd shipments nt nil public
stock yards, and monthly estimates on
tho supply of marketable live slock.
Tho report on meat-trade conditions
nt tho lenjllng markets brings to tho
smnll denlers, as well as to producers,
Information thnt was formerly pos
sessed only by tho larger meat-packing
Institutions. Specialists obtain full In
formation dally on tho fresh-meat sup
ply, Including vnrlous grades of beef,
veal, pork, lamb and mutton nt the
markets, and this Information is tab
ulated and distributed widely by tele
graph, through n leased-wlro system,
to meat-market centers. In n similar
manner dnlly price quotations are fur
nished on different grndes of live
fitock. As applied to fresh ments, this
service results in giving to the public
full Information as to tho supply and
nccurnte data on values of nil com
mercial grades. Secrecy Is ejlmlnnted,
so thnt when prices on ments are high,
as compared with values on foot, it Is
possible to locnto tho profiteer.
Shipments Reported Each Day.
Dally reports prepared by tho bureau
furnish the Industry with Information
on live-stock shipments. Tills informa
tion Is obtained from transportation
compnnlcs who report by wire each
night to tho Chicago office of the
bureau. Tho wldo distribution of this
information tends to stabilize values.
It furnishes to tho producer Informa
tion, which will enable hlni to ship Jils
stock to market where there Is tho
greatest demand. A knowledge of tho
demnnd by smaller plnnts, which theso
reports furnish, hns u tendency to
stimulate competition nmong buyers
with tho subsequent effect of raising
values. Also, when tho amount of llv
fitock moving from production areas Is
known, it is possible to regulate tho
supply of cars needed and to deter
mine whether enr shortages for any
particular district aro apparent or
real. Improving tho system of dis
tribution makes fewerenrs necessary,
nnd they can bo moved with greater
dispatch.
Tho bettor distribution of live-stock
receipts resulting from information
obtained from tho loading reports en
nbles commission men and buyers to
render better service In handling Hvo
stock nfter It arrives at tho stock
yards, neavy receipts arriving unex
pectedly crento congestion nnd confu
sion, which in turn Invnrlably result In
unnecessary shrinkage and costly de
lays, working In renllly nn Injury to
tho producer nnd thereby discouraging
production.
Bureau Issues Variety of Reports.
An Important branch of tho live
stock reporting system of tho bureau
of markets consists of the telegraphic
bulletins prepared by representatives
of tho Chicago nnd Knnsns City of
fices, nnd Issues frsm time to tlmo
during the market hours of each day.
They report tho actual live-stock ar
rivals and the exact conditions of tho
mnrliet, and aro transmitted over the
Fojllow These Porkers to Market.
buronu's leased wires to oilier markers
whero local offices nro established.
Markets all over tho country rely on
these dally reports, and theso prices
nro used ns n basis in determining
vnlues.
Steady progress line been made by
the bureau In collecting nnd distribut
ing Information obtained frbm grazing
nnd feeding sections, which Is of uso
In lessening market congestion nnd
preventing violent fluctuations In vnl
ues. Reports on meats In storage nro
Issued monthly. Tho bureau also
issues monthly reports on receipts and
shipments of live stock in 81 of the
leading stock yards In the country. In
addition the bureau furnishes n week
ly bulletin, tho Hvo Stock and Ment
Trade News, which supplies miscel
laneous trade Information coming from
outside sources. All of the reports
Issued by tho bureau are given wldo
publicity and are nvnllablo to any per
son who has uso for them.
MAKE EQUIPMENT TO
CLEAN DAIRY PAILS
Heating Apparatus Is One o!
Greatest Conveniences.
Low-Pressure Upright Boiler Is Deslm
able Where a Large Number of
Coa Aro Kept Cream Sepa
, rator Saves Labor.
(Prepared by tho United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
One of tho greatest conveniences on)
tho form where cows nro kept Is somtj
menns of heating nn nbundnnce or
water for washing tho milk vessels
Whero a consldcrnblo number of cowa
aro kept, heating water by means o
steam from a small, low-prcssuro upj
right boiler is desirable, but on tint
small farm n stove with a bnsln fitted
Into the top (or it may be separate!
from the top) enn bo purchased
cheaply, and will servo tho purposoj
provided tho water Is properly heatcdj
Water can bo pumped from the welj
directly Into tho bnsln. In order td
avoid heating tho milk room nnd tq
do nwny with smoko und nshqa, tho
water heater should be placed Immedi
ately outside the milk room nnd, if del
voted, tho water from It can bo run)
Into tho washing vat.
Somo equipment Is necessary Id
which to wash utensils used In han
dling milk. A vat Is very convenient.
Ono end of tho vat can bo used for
washing and the other for rinsing and
scalding.
Fiber brushes for washing mllk
utensils should replace the commoii
dlshrng, as they do better work and
aro more easily kept clean.
On, every farm whero ns many art;
fmir or five cows are kept a cream sop
arator Is advisable, as It will reduce
the labor required In handling tho
milk from cows more than any other
one thing.
A refrigerator or Ice box is dcslrablo
upon every farm where cither a few
or many cows nro kept If It Is prac
ticable to secure Ice for uso in sum
mer. LlVtSTOCJ
NOTESJ
Every fnrm should havo a small
flock of sheep.
Turnips mako a good nnd cheap falj
forage for hogs.
Ranglncss In tho young stock Is a
highly desirable quality.
Rapo Is ono of tho common nnnunl
pnsturo crops, for hogs and sheep.
'For feeding calves, no ration has
been found which will do ns well na
ndlk.
Sows running through filth nnd then
being suckled will often cause pigs to
scour.
Calves nro always greedy, and for
this reason over-feeding should bo
avoided.
Owners of beef-breeding cows should
uso ovcry possible means to Insure n.
maximum number of calves.
Tho high prlco of wool nnd the de
mnnd for mutton hove caused farmers t
to look with more favor on sheep.