THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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Disabled Men Arc Given Every
Chance by Vocational
Board.
HOW ONE FOUND HIS JOB
Unskilled Man, Wounded at Belleau
Wood, Who Thought Engraving
Fun Soon Proves Himself
Expert Workman.
Washington. A stoop shouldered
man leaning on crutches cinne Into the
offices of the federal board for voea
tlotial education one morning and, look
ing around the room, asked K this wnH
the place whore the soldiers who hnil
been hurt In the war could find some
thing to do. The nJSont of the board
nsked lilin to sit down, and told lilni
the pin t) that the government had for
helping the handicapped men of the
army, navy and marine who hnd been
disabled In the service so that thoy
might keep on with an active life.
Maimed at Belleau Wood.
"I reckon I was In the service, all
right." the stoop shouldered one said,
laying his crutches by tlve chair. "At
Rcllcnu Wood! Lord, what n day!"
lie let his hands drop listlessly be
tween his knees and turning bis eyes
to the ndvlser, he said: "Well, bow
you goln' to help me? I have lost my
left leg and I have nbout two dollars
In my pocket and nowhere to get
more. I never had n decent job In my
life. I don't know how to do anything
special and I don't care what It Is you'
give me to do, Just so It's something."
The adviser talked to him for a bit
and tried to discover just what this
man could do, He had held odd Jobs
here and there , but none led to any
thing definite lie wasn't any more
Interested Ir. auto mechanics than in
street sweeping, or In gardening than
In clerking. He sat there listlessly
looking at his hands and left It to the
adviser to decide. Every now and then
he slowly turned n strange ring be bad
on his linger.
The adviser felt rather discouraged.
:;a
Cat Scared by Tin
Can Raises Rumpus
Stamford, Conn. A stray cat
snarUd things here badly early
this morning. The feline boho
was desperately hungry, and In
Its baste and eagerness to sat
isfy the hunger, thrust Its head
into a salmon can that ap
peared to shrink. The cat was
finable to get Its head out and
rushed about blindly, knocking
down babies In Its efforts to free
Itself. People In the neighbor
hood culled the police and the
tire departments to kill the cat.
Tabby was very tame after the
can was pried off by a cop.
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FOOD FOR TURKS ARRIVING ON CAMELS-!
If jam I i
Under the direction or a French otliccr this camel transport, carrying load
after lead of wheat and grain. Is being brought Into Constantinople, where
the food riots aro reported to have taken on a serious aspect.
'HARD TO SAVE IN BOLIVIA
'South American Salaries Are "Higher,
But Also Living Cost, Writes
Youth.
Santn Fe, N. M. Saving money Is n
iniuch harder task In South America
ithnn In the United States, despite tbo
jhlghcr salaries paid there, says Hu
igeno Lujan of Snnta Fe, who recently
resigned his position as clerk of the
American legation at La Paz, Bolivia.
In n letter to bis father young Lu
fjun points out that, though one can
enrn moro In South America than In
I'North Amoricn, the cost of living Is
ihiglier. Shoes which sell for $0 In the
United Stntes cost $12 In Bolivia.
Board and room amount to $80 a
month, laundry nt lenst $12, nnd ev
erything else In proportion,
"Although Spanish Is the ofllclal lan
guage," Lujan writes, "there are many
dialects, for the population Is consid
erably mixed. Wo have Aynmaras,
whn nrn tin re Indians; the Chnlns. nr
i. i i.- 1.. . t... n..it..i...... .1... i.-.. I
' iiuu-urcuuB , uic Auut num. mi- r.,iijj'
Huh, the French und the GormaiiH,"
He couldn't get a leail from this man's
silence, ami to get his confidence he
asked to see the ring. The man took It
off and banded It to tit m. His face
became suddenly animated. "I made
that," he fciild. "Hammered It out of
silver myself nnd engraved those fig
ures on the outside. Nothing but some .
playln' of mine," ho added deprecat-
Ingly. The adviser looked at the ring
cnrefully. It was well done, with a
certain look about the engraving that
gave lilin an Idea.
"That's Just Play."
"How would you like to learn en
graving and get a good position nt It?"
"Doln' this? Say, this ain't work
It's Just play, and nobody pays you for '
bavin' a good time, do they?" ,
"Let's have a try at It." suggested
the adviser, "and see what happens."
The federal hoard sent the man to
learn engraving, and In a few months
ho was the best of all the workers In
the Jewelry store where he was em
ployed. That ring was the key that opened
the door of success to him. Ho bns
waked up and Is enthusiastic about his
work ; only, lie says, "It's not work.
This Is fun."
Work always Is fun when you have
found the right vocation, and the fed
eral hoard Is trying to find what the
disabled soldiers like to do best.
Powerful 14-Inch Batteries For
midable Feature of West
ern Squadron.
DID GREAT SERVICE IN WAR
Big Naval Guns Mounted on Railway
Carriages Were Strong Factor In
Reducing the St. Mlhlel
Sector.
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San Francisco, Cal. Not the least
Interesting feature of the new Pacific !
fleet Is the 1-I-incb guns, 12 of which I
are mounted on Admiral Hugh Hod-'
man's flagship, the New Mexico, nnd
several other ships of tbo fleet.
Design and construction of the 14
inch naval gun on' railway mountings
on the western front was one of the
great accomplishments of the Ameri
can nnvy during the war. The guns
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hurled 1,400-pound projectiles fan be-, nn(1 Poncn,tP foundations. Their pro
hind tbo German lines, nnd were a ,ectIle wn smil) ,, SI,P0iv )mm
strong fnctor In reducing the St. ! fm. ,,, ,ilL.,lt. Th. r(MlllP,i ti.oir of.
Mlhlel salient.
Built In Record Time.
The gun was designed, built and de
livered In loss tl in ti four months. On
December 20, 1017, according to Sec
retary Daniels' ofllclal report, not u
UE CURIOUS STAMPS
Philatelists Are Enthusiastic Over
Latest Curios.
Small Nations of Europe Resort to
Odd Experiments to Provide
Postage Stamps.
London. Stamp collectors, of which
London has Its full share, nre enthu
siastic ovur the curious postage stamps
which are beginning to reach them
from the smaller Kuropean states.
Ono example from Lithuania Is of
the first permanent Issue of that coun
try. It has been lithographed on
heavy Silurian gray paper formerly
used for the printing of bread tickets.
Lettlaud. Lithuania's neighbor, print
ed Its first stamps on the hacks of Ger
man ordnance maps, but these proved
n little unwieldy nnd now Its stamps
are printed on the flimsiest of cigar
ette papers.
('apt. l-j. J. Uiekinlmiker. Un
united States army's greatest act.
sit?s he is in aviation to stay, lie I'
endeavoring to perfect arrangement-
to lly across the I'aeillc. hopping first
to Hawaii and then to .fnpun. The
photograph was taken at Banff
Springs, Alta.. where C'aitaln RIcken
backer was enjoying a short vacation
drawing had been started. On April
2.", 1018, a completed gun was rolled
oi: Its own wheels to Snndy Hook prov
Ing grounds for long-range tests.
The guns. Secretary Daniels said
originally were Intended for the new
battle cruisers, lint a chancre In design
j of the vessels made the guns nvalt
I able for land service.
The guns were mounted on enr
' rlages which could be moved' freely
! over the French railroads. With them
went their naval crews. Twelve cars
were required for each gun mnchlne
snop cars, armored ammunition cars,
kitchen, berthing, crane and wireless
cars. The batteries were sufllclently
mobile that If an order came to move
while In action, they could be on their
way In an hour.
Greatest Range of Mobile Guns.
The 14-lnehers had greater range
than any gun ever before placed on
mobile mountings. The German guns
which fired on Pails were "freaks."
i Thev wore built on nerinnnent steel
flclcncy and while they had moral ef
fect, their military value was small.
Because of their permanent position
their location was dlscoverd by allied
aviators and the guns silenced.
The German IH-lnch gun In Flun-
tiers also hecatne famous for Its long-
.IlSTSbm SIJcoliTd
I be shifted from linse to base without
delay of weeks. The American 14
Inch gun could move from one end
of France to nnother and hnd a range
, of HO miles. At range of 22.000 yards
It pierces armor successfully.
PROBE CLAIM TO AGE OF 130
National Geographic Society Will In
vestigate Case of Kentucky
Patriarch.
Louisville, Ky. The National Geo
graphic society has been asked to In
vestigate the claim of John Shell, a
mountaineer of Leslie county, Ken
tucky, that he Is one hundred and thir
ty yenrs old. Shell's neighbors cor
roborate the statement concerning his
1 age. Shell has nine children. He says
, the oldest Is ninety yenrs old. lie Is
, said to have 200 descendants In his
home section, several being great-
great-grandchildren. The mountaineer,
who claims excellent eyesight, steady
nerves, and general good health, at
tributes his long life to outdoor liv
ing and temperate habits.
C.echo-SIovakla stamp'! recentl re
ceived here -nre simply the niilted
arms of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia
with the Inscription "Coska-Sloveiiska
Statnl" printed on the Magyar stumps.
They were Issued when the Czecho
slovak troops Invaded Hungary.
The disputed port of Flume has hcCn
provided with a striking sorlc ,f pic
torlal stamps, apparently lu anti, iIm.
tlon of an Italian mandate, for th(.v
all bear the words "Flume proHuim'a
r annessione all Italia." and the ditto
HO-10-1018. The four designs Include
the statue of nnmulusund ltemus fm
by the she-wolf, the piazza of St. .Murk
and ancient Venetian galleon and the'
portrait of Dr. Crosslch.
The New York Industrial commis
sion report shows that from 0 to
Is the wage of the maximum number
of women employed lu ttMr low -waue
FLEET
BIG GUNS;
j industries in New Vork state.
MEET DEMANDS OF TRAFFIC
Construction of Freak Highway
Should Be Stopped Permanency
Should Be Sought.
.T. J. IUII, In n speech in Minne
apolis, January 2.1, 1010, said : "If the
problem of the railroad terminals bo
neglected for the next five yenrs ns
t bus for the last ten, It will blight
every form of activity by purnlyzitig
be whole trade."
W. C. Brown, president of the New
Vork Central lines, said November 5,
1012: "If enrs are kept In motion at
the average speed of freight trains at
at present time, they would make on
Hie average four times the lnllcngo
ibey do now. The trouble Is tbo cars,
as a rule, arc held longer to load and
unload than the time Involved In the
lctunl movement of the cars" that Is,
tbo tcrmlnnl had the railroad by the
'hroat nnd was choking three-quarters
of Its eflicloncy out of It. The predlc- i
Hon of IIU! was absolutely correct, i
A period of acute congestion In rnll
oad transportation bad already sot In
Motor
Truck Adapted to
Farm Produce.
Carrying
nnd would have gone to the bitter end
of pnralyzlng every form of activity
hnd not the motor truck, which had
no termlnnli', gone to the rescue. Now
at this time, May 1, 1010, another thing
has got the motor truck by the tbroal
and Is choking three-quarters of Its
efllclency out of It.
This time It is the dime museum
freak construction of our so-called ,
good roads, not by tying up the motot !
truck ns the locomotive wns tied up
In the tcrmlnnl, but by knock- I
Ing It and Its trailers 'to pieces, thus
cutting short the life of the rolling
slock, ns well as mnklng It move I
slower and with not over one-qunr- 1
tor of u load over the Imperfect stir- ,
faces, Increasing the cost of motor
truck transportation way beyond whnt
It ought to be for what the motoi '
truck does, as well as limiting the i
amount It can do way down below the j
normal, writes Frederic J. Nash, In
New York World. Had these roads
been properly constructed they would
hnvo gone to the stock exchanges and
been bought and sold there, like every
other kind of transportation securi
ties. As it is, they have gone to pieces
and left the bondholders, the stntes,
counties nnd townships, their bonds on
their hands and only a scrap heap of
bad roads to show for them. These
freak roads, had they been offered on
the stock exchanges with only them
selves as security would not have sold
for one cent on the dollar. They are
built on the credit of the stutes, coun
ties and townships through which
they pnsscd. This nt the rate of two
hundred millions of dollnrs per year,
A speed of lfiO miles an hour on the
bench at Daytona, Fin., was mnde last
Lincoln's birthday, a rate of speed
which the locomotive has never been
nble to reach. Anything beyond a
three-ton truck load Is more thnn u
freak highway can safely carry, while
the ordinary normal load of the freight
car on Its railroad Is 50 tons. If these
few things could be combined In the
highway nbseneo.of terminals, a rate
of speed beyond that of the railroad,
a freluht-ciirrylng tonnage equnl to
UiaV oMhe rnllroV'a 3 of the up-
keep less than that of the railroad,
tills would multiply our present means
of transportation seven or eight times I
and give this country n prosperity dur-
Ing the next dozen years such as wo j
have never even dreamed of. We ,
want to change our form of hlghwny
construction over night nnd put our j
hlghwny securities on the stock ex- i
changes and not our highways on tbo j
dump heap. Highway stocks nnd I
bonds based on the value of this prop- ,
erly-cojistructed highway will pay a j
highernite of Interest than the rail
ways ever have, for It will do mucn
more work.
Good Roads In Arizona.
Assisted by national and forest
service appropriations, the stnte of
Arizona and Its 14 counties have start
ed upon a road Improvement program (
expected to consume nt least $10,- ,
000,000.
Bond Issue Is Answer.
Few communities, except, those liny
Ing lnrge cities In them with n result
ing high valuation, can afford a mod
ern system of highways und pay ns
thoy go. The only other alternative
is to Issue bonds.
To take a cheerful, hopeful, opti
mistic, never down-ln-the-mouth, but
couniBe-nhvays-up attitude of mind. Is
to eot tn, and keep In continual opera
clo.i, Bubtlo, silent forces Hint are
rt-ofklnp along the lines we are co
ins and that open the way for us to
arrive. Trine.
A SYMPOSIUM OF SALADS,
A snlad will often use up leftovers
n wonderfully
attractive ways, but
the I n g r e d I cuts
should be put to
gether carefully.
Dressed lettuce Is
one of the simplest
of snlnds and now
Is the time when
we should bo sup
plying our tables
with salnd greens
from our own gardens. By sowing let
tuce seed several times during the
summer one may have tender, crisp
ettuce until fall.
Lettuce, spinach, chard, peppergrass
and beet greens supply mineral salts
needed to keep up ths bodily health as
j well as supplying 'he valuable fat
, solubles that arc so essential to the
. growing child.
i The first Important consideration In
Milnd making Is a good foundation.
Whatever is used let It be crisp and
fresh and neatly arranged nnd the
next Important step Is the dressing.
The most delightful combinations mny
he ruined by a poor.Jbadly seasoned
t lresslng. Salads containing fish, meat,
nuts, eggs or cheese will make a dish
snlllclently sustaining for a-mnln dish.
The simplest of all dressings Is the
French dressing and one which Is
most commonly used. With a good
1 brand of olive oil, using three parts of
oil to one of vinegar, a little salt and
sugar with a dash of paprika and
cayenne, all beaten with a Dover egg
beater until thick, and nil the Ingredi
ents cold, this dressing Is ready to
serve.
'Mid the rich store of nature's gifts to
man
Kncli has his loves, close wedded to his
soul
By lino association's golden Units.
-Elliot
ODD MEATS APPETIZINGLY
PREPARED.
Perishable meats like sweetbreads,
brains, liver and kidneys are so
wholesome, deli
cate and appetiz
ing when careful
ly cooked a n d
served thnt the
demand for cuts
of meat would
decrease If more
of our people
' used thes-e sundries; then there would
i b.i plenty of all kinds for all. at all
! thncs. Sweetbreads are considered a
i great delicacy, but brains nre spurned
t by the ninjorlty, for no reason thnn
I that they are not In the habit of cook
( Ing 'hem. The same Is true of liver
I and kidneys, the latter If carefully
' cleaned, parboiled and cooked make a
most tasty dish.
Liver from whatever animal Is ten
der nnd requires little cooking to make
It palatable, while kidney should have
either a long, slow cooking or a very
short stage ; there Is no middle ground.
A heart Is better If cooked slowly n
long time, or It may be sliced nnd
cooked In n hot frying pan. If a ten
der young heart, this makes most de
licious eating cooked as one does
steak, either broiled or pnn broiled.
Tripe being what It Is. the stomach
lining. Is very easy of digestion nnd
needs but little cooking. It Is, usually
served with a highly seasoned sauce
of -some kind, tomato being the fn-
vorlte.
A piece of spnrerlb, though covered
with little nient, which, by the way,
grows less and lose, makes a good sea
soning for a dish of cabbage, even If
there Is no nient to serve; the flavor
is there which makes n tasty dish.
Greens, beets, spinach, dandelions mny
be cooked with spnreribs.
Sweetbreads are too expensive in
the city for the average family, but in
the country where there is less d.
mand they nre sold at a reasonable
price. To cook, simmer In water to
cover, to which has been addetl a' half
tnblespoonful of vinegar. Remove
after twenty minutes of simmering
nnd plunge Into cold water to make
them firm. After removing nil the un
edible portions they are ready to be
creamed, linked or fried.
A SUMMER DINNER.
A pleasing beginning for n dinner Is
soino sort of fruit cocktail, served
well chilled in dainty
stemmed glasses, gar
nished with a sprig of
mint or a maraschino
cherry on the edge of the
glnss. There Is such
wltle range In fruits that
one mny have at any
season something worth
while.
A very pretty and tbv
llclous fruit
cocktail la made of the
heart of u ripe watermelon. Cut balls
with a good-sized French potato cutter,
mnrinnte with n sugar sirup flavored
delicately with orange rind. The Julco
of the orange may be added to the
sirup, cutting down some of the wn
IB
ter, If preferred. Garnish with a sprig
of mint and serve Ice cold. Peaches,
pears, grapes of various kinds as well
as berries make splendid possibilities
for cocktails.
Mutton With Peas. Take a piece of
lamb or mutton for stewing, simmer In
boiling water with one small onion
nnd three cloves, a pepper corn and an
eighth of a bay leaf, for llavor; when
tender and ready to serve remove the
meat to u hot platter, prepare the
gravy by thickening with flour and but
ter worked to a paste and stirred Into
the liquor from the meat. Cook until
smooth, strain and add two to three
cupfuls of fresh green peas, cooked'
and poured around the nicnt. The sea
soning of salt and pepper must bo add
ed before the meat or gravy Is well
cooked, In order to be well seasoned.
Salad Chlffonade. Arrange lettuce,
pepper grass, tender green mustard
and strips bf pimento In a salad bowl;
cover with French dressing and serve
well chilled.
Radish Sandwiches. Wash a dozen
crisp, fresh radishes and chop finely;
add four nut ments minced and four
tnblospoonfuls of mayonnaise dress
ing. Spread on slices of buttered ont
bread.
Quick Oat Bread. Take two and
one-qunrter cupfuls of rolled oats; put
through the meat grinder; add four
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, half a
teaspoonful of salt, one cupful of milk,
cue egg well-beaten and "two table
spoonfuls of corn sirup. Bake In a
greased breatlpan 40 minutes.
Pimento1, Egg and Tuna Salad.
Mash the yolks of four hard-cooked
eggs with three-fourths cupful of tuna
fish, well llaked, and n teaspoonful of
lemon juice and half n teaspoonful of
salt. To one-third cupful of mayon
nalse dressing add an eighth of a tea
spoonful of mustard, a few grains of
cftjvnne and a tnblespoonful ot
chopped pickles. Add a teaspoonful ot
(Unsolved gelntln to the mnyonnnls
and use to stuff the plmentoes which
linve been drained and carefully wiped.
Set each In a gem pan until filled and'
set; then chill before serving. Slice
and serve on lettuce.
"HAVE A HEART."
The hearts of young animals are all
easily cooked and make a dcllclous-
meal. Cut in slices nnd
saute In a little butter,
cooking not too long,
then serve piping hot.
Boiled Heart With
Rice and Raisins.
Wash the heart, remover
the tubes and gristle,
cover with boiling wa
ter antl cook ten minutes, then sim
mer very slowly on the back of the
stove or In a flreless cooker until ten
der. Atld washed rice, salt and pep
per, using three-fourths of a cupful of
rice, a teaspoonful of salt, and one-
fourth of n teaspoonful of pepper; cook
until the rice is tender. Drnin the
liquor from tbo rice, add three-fourths
of a cupful of raisins, half a cupful of
walnuts cut In bits, ono and one-half
tablespoonftils of lemon juice, salt and
pepper to taste and bring to tbo boil
ing point. Place the heart in the cen
ter of n platter, surround with cooked
rice, pour nuts and raisins over tbe
lieart and garnish with parsley.
Kidney a la Pon. Wash one kidney,
remove the tough portions nnd tubes,
parboil changing the water two or
three times. Drain, roil In seasoned
Hour and cook In three tablespoonfuls
of drippings. Remove to a hot platter
and keep warm. Slice four large on
ions, nnd cook In this fnt, remove
them when yellow to the serving dish.
Add two cupfuls of boiling wnter to'
the fat In the pnn and add six cooked
potatoes cut in thick slices. Bring to
the boiling point, add four tablespoon
fuls of Hour mixed with a third of a.
cupful of cold water. Stir antl cook,
add n teaspoonful of kitchen bouquet,
with snlt nnd pepper to taste. 'When
the potatoes are thoroughly heated, re
move them to the platter, reheat the
kldney sauce nnd pour over the pota
toes. Surround with the onions and
serve at once.
Puree of Peas. Cook a pint of ten
der green pens and put through a
sieve; atld a tnblespoonful of butter
mixed with two of flour, snlt and pep
per to taste. Cook until the Hour Is
well cooked, add a cup of milk, heat
nnd whip with n dnver egg beater
then serve nt once. If thero nre moro
to servo, the amount of milk may bo
Increased without Injuring the llavor.
Ox T?" Soup. Cut one ox tall in'
pieces, wr.sli nnd sprinkle with half
a cupful of rolled oats, two and ti half
tablespoonfuls of fat until brown. Cover
tnblcsponfuls of fat, until brown. Cover
with four cupfuls of water und two
cupfuls of canned tomato, a bit of bay
leaf, half a green pepper minced, and
one onion cut in thin slices. Boil 15
minutes and cook over night In a flre
less cooker. Remove the ment from
the bones antl rub the soup nnd vege
tables through a sieve. Cook together
in wnter to cover half a green pepper,
half a cupful of diced carrot, n fourth,
of a cupful each of turnip and onion;
when soft add to the soup with meat,
season with celery snuce, Worcester
shire sauce and a teaspoonfurof beef
extract. Reheat and, serve.