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TTTE NORTfT PLATTR SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE ft DAD Dff EVENING JAM Mel mm. CAPE BUFFALOES. , "It Is true," snlcl Mr. Cape Buffalo, "Hint here In the zoo we won't do any thing. Hut still it la glorious to think of the wild days, of the days that our friends and our families have had and ntlll have." "Yes," said Master Cape Huffnlo, "and It Is JoyouH to hear ngnln and again of how we were dreaded and feared In the free Htate that Is, when we were free and wild." "In Africa, fronl where the capo buffaloes come," said Mr. Cape Huf fnlo, "the natives dread ur n great deal more than they dread lions. That Ik an honor, to he dreaded and feared more than the so-called king of the beasts." "That Is a great, great honor," snld Master Capo Huffnlo. "Ah, yes. to ho feared more than a lion Is as great an honor as a creature can have." "And that Is the honor that we all Have," said Mr. Cape Buffalo.' "Wo Jiiivc two curled horns, and some say' that In front where I have a funny looking growth which I admire I re semble u stuffed hag. Mrs. Huffnlo here, your mother, Is u lino creature. Iilsten to her snarling now. She will never have more thnn one bahy huf falo come to her at a time. She says she can't pay proper attention to jnore than one. "Sometimes our fninlly Is known us the Water Buffalo fondly. We travel In droves, or In great numbers. If we were birds we would say that wo traveled In llocks, but as we nren't birds we can't say that. The zoo Is Travel In Droves. Interesting and the opinions of people aire nmuslng. They think all creatures who don't look like they do with two IIly legs and faces and nrms and lints and coats and skirts or trousers are quite odd. "They come here and they stnre at us. There is one creature here, though, who will never look at them and will Jiever even pay any attention to the keeper. He Is the crossest nnlmnl In the' 7.00, I believe. He Is an angora gout, a brown angora goat, and his name Is Tagenblng. He won't let any--ono he friendly with him. The keeper -once tried to be friendly with him and .-aid, Tagenblng, may I pull your whis kers?" And Tagenblng stnrted to go iit the keeper wjth a bang and a biff, jis though to say: " 'You come near me, or you talk to me In any friendly fashion, and I'll give It to you !' ' "Still. It Is true he likes to have the keeper give him his food. "There Is the jnguar, who tried to -strangle his innte, nnd there to Mrs. Tolnr, who has scolded Mr. Polar so and snapped at him so many times that the other dny ho got angry and did his best to get even with her. "There is Mrs. Lioness, a wild crea ture. She sometimes gets so had she -could kill her own Hon cubs! She cats o much meat, that Is the trouble. Creatures who live on vegetables wouldn't do such things, although that doesn't always follow! "Most of the goats around here are friendly; all of the plain goats and the zebus In the next few yards go Into eacli other's yards and have a good time, and there Is one angora gout who Is friendly with nil of them. "The zebus, sacred cattle of India, you know, get on pretty well here. The wolves only get on with eacli other, and the anudads nro nil right together because Mrs. Aoudad lets Mr. Aondad have his own way. And the foxes who like to trnve! In pairs (as the elephants do), get on with each other. "Hut, dear me, I wasn't mennlng to give the history of the other animals in the zoo. For the thing thnt inter ests me most and should Interest oth ers more than nnything else Is the glo rious fact that when we're wild nnd free we're feared more than the Hon, the king of tlio beasts." "Ah, thnt Is most glorious, most glo rious," said Master Cape Huffalo. "It Is something of which Cape Huffaloes will never fnll to be proud." Here to Study Logging. Kor the purpose of studying the most modern methods of logging Mr. Charles Gilbert Kogers. director of forests hi India for the Hrltlsh gov ernment, Ir In the United States with a corps of 17 engineers. These engi neers are nt present at work In log ging camps In the Appalachian' moun tains, nnd will grndually work toward the Northwest, then down tho Pacific coast, nnd will conclude their studies In the southern territory In February, 1921. BEES HOUSED IN "COTTAGES" Lithuanian Raisers of Honey Furnlafi Really Attractive Homes for the Insects. Heehlves In Lithuania nre not the comfortable round 'Igloolike huts thnt ate commonly used In Ainorlcu. They are built very much like the Lltlm. nnlnn home, with slnntlng gable nnd quaint doorway. The cottages which they build nro considerably larger than the round American hives. Double walls nro built so that u protective warmth may be kept In the hives and prevent the bees from freezing during tho ox tremo cold of tho long winters. Pino wood Is nlways used because It Is sup posed to he n greater protection against cold and because It Is the most common tree In the forest lands of tho country. It Is In tlie coloring of the hives Hint the Lithuanian asserts his Individual ity. The life of tho Lithuanian has been starved or liberty and self-assertion during centuries. He has been oppressed by (Jerniuns nnd ho has been oppressed by Russians not only his art and his literature hut even his language has been suppressed. During the years of oppression one of tho chief amusements and art me diums was tho painting of hives. Tho highest degree of artistic beauty, was often realized. Color combinations of originality and richness were strlvetl for. Ami It Is notable that a beo fnrmcr tried ns many different schemes as possible, so as to differentiate tho hives from one another. EGGS WITH QUEER MARKINGS Many Interesting Designs Noticed In Those Laid by Wild and Domestic Birds. Woodpeckers' eggs are of the purest white and so highly polished as to re semble finest porcelain. The egg of tho California partridge Is covered with a delicate pinkish bloom which tho slightest moisture will destroy. The mere touch of a finger will mnr It. Eggs of certain flycatchers hnvo their surface marked with tine lines running lengthwise from end to end nnd looking exactly ns If made with pen and Ink. A South American cuckoo lays an egg that has a chalky coat spread over It in such wise as to form a uniform network, the blue color of .the shell showing In the spaces between the lines. Thus It looks as If covered with a fine white net. Hens often lay malformed eggs, some of which are shaped like crook necked squashes, while others resem ble jugs with hnndles. Now nnd then an egg of farmyard origin contains n smriller egg, the lntter complete, shell and all. Insult to Roynlty.' The Ideus of the world change; what is unwelcome today becomes wel come tomorrow. There Is an Interest ing bit of evidence of thnt in an amus ing Iticldent, long forgotten and now brought to light. - When postage stamps first came into use In Knglnnd, some persons de clared thnt the elllgy. of majesty was too sacred to serve as a label for let ters. "Have you seen the stamps yet?" wrote one ardent loyalist In 1840. "This Is the greatest Insult tho pres ent ministry could have offered tho queen." . King Ferdlnnnd of Sicily took the matter so seriously that he had a spe cial postmark mnde In the shnpe of n frame, so thnt the otliclals could cancel the stamps without striking hla portrait. Discards the Modern Age. Although the British linve occupied that part of Burmn from which some of the best teak Is extracted for nearly n century, Burma tree-fellers still pre fer their own axes to any of the vari ous kinds which hnvo been imported from time to time from Europe ot America. This Implement, called n poksln In Burmese, Is about an Inch broad, and ten or twelve Inches Id length. Fitted with n wooden handl cut from the neighboring Jungle, the Burmnn erects n scaffold of bamboo around tho trunk of tho tree to be felled, which may be 12 or IB feet in circumference, about five feet from tho ground, mnnnge to bring It down by his vigorous nnd repeated strokes within a few hours. Wonderful Passion Flower. There Is one flower thnt contains within Itself so complete a compendium of tho story of tho cross thnt It Is fit tingly called by the name of passion flower. It blossomed about Holy Hood dny. Tho thread-like colored stamens, which surround the flower llkorays, and some other portions o( Its delicately constructed blossom, nt tracted the notice of the Spaniards In their conquest of America. The dif ferent parts of tho blossoms figured to their enthusiastic Imaginations the numbers of the apostles, the rays of glory, the nails, the hammer, the sponge, the cup, and all the sad signs of the Savior's passion, hence they called It tho passion flower. Quite Natural. "Tills clock you sold me Inst, week Is extremely variable and erratic," complained the customer with the package under his arm. "It looks pretty, but It cuts up scandalously, and" "Ah, hut, sir," suavely Interrupted tho Jeweler, "you forget that It (a a French clock." Kansas City Snr. WOOL GROWERS ENABLED TO HOLD THEIR GOODS FOR HIGHER PRICE Wool Sorting, Inspection and Blending. (Copyright, by American Woolen Co., lloHton.) Since the passage of the United States warehouse act In 1010, the bu reau of markets, United States de partment of agriculture, which Is chnrged with the ndmlnstrntlon of this legislation, lias received opproxlmute ly :i(X applications for licenses. Half of these applications were received v, ithln the past year. The ndvnntnges thnt accrue from the federal licensing nnd bonding of ware houses storing ngrleulturn! products such ns cotton, grain, wool, tobacco and flaxseed are Just beginning to bo fully nppreclnted, say specialists of the bureau of markets. A continuous educntlonnl campaign lias been con ducted to accomplish tills result, and tho bureau confidently feels that a steadily Increasing number of applica tions will lie received. Aids In Financing Crops. , The chief purpose of the act, which Is not mandatory, Is to establish a form of warehouse receipt that will he easily and widely negotiable as de livery orders or as collateral for lonns, nnd therefore of definite nsslstnnco In flnnncing crops. Hy licensing and bonding vnrehouses the Integrity of the receipt Is assured ns evidence of the condition, quality, quantity nnd ownership of the products stored. These receipts nre approved as collat eral for loans mnde by the federal farm loan board; and because of the high value of the paper, hankers gen erally are enabled to rediscount their, loans to greater advantage, thereby securing cheaper money, which in turn should mean reduced interest charges for the growers. It Is also a fact that in insuring cotton stored In federally licensed warehouses reductions of from 10 to 25 per cent have been granted by rnte-maklng agencies. Tims the Insurance underwriters give tangible recognition to the creation of a better moral class of risk and to the vnlue of government supervision nnd Inspection. TUBERCULOSIS TESTS ARE MOST RELIABLE Disease Is Introduced Into Herds in Various Ways Animals Should Be 'Purchased Only From Droves Known to be Free From Ailment Community Pastures Are Dangerous. Hero nre a few ways In which tuber culosis may be Introduced Into a healthy herd, according to specialists of the United States department of ag riculture: Hy the addition of nn animal that is affected with the disease; therefore animals should be purchased only from herds known to be free from tu berculosis, or from herds under super vision for the eradication of the dis ease. Hy feeding calves with milk or other dairy products from tubercular cows; this frequently occurs where the own er purchases mixed skim milk from the creamery and feeds It to his calves without first mnklng It safe by boiling or pasteurization. Hy showing cattle at fairs and exhi bitions. Reports have Indicated that numerous hcrdf have become Infected through mingling with Infected cattle nt shows or by occupying Infected premises. Tho shipment of uulmals in cars whli li have recently carried diseased catt'e and which hnvo not been disin fected properly. Ci-inmunlty pastures; pastures In whlih tuberculous cuttle are allowed to graze are a source of danger. In most cases tho outward appear ance of the animal bears no relation to the degree of infection. The dis ense frequently develops so slowly that In some cases It may bo months, or even longer, before any symptoms nro shown; therefore, he on tho safe side nnd hnvo your herd tested. Mach valuable Information on the subject Is contained In Farmers' Bul letin 1009. Tuberculosis In Live Stock. Copies may be had by addressing u re quest to the United States department of agriculture, Washington, D. C. A particular advantage to the pro ducer who stares his product In li censed warehouses is thnt he Is ena bled to hold his goods under the best conditions yet devised, until such time as the market Is ready to receive them. He practically receives his pay Immediately, the low Interest rate upon his loan being more than offset by "top-of-mnrket" prices received when lie finally sells Ills product. Wool Regulations Issued. Regulations for the licensing nnd bonding of wool warehouses recently were promulgated by the bureau. Pro vision Is mnde for the accurate weigh ing nnd grading of wool stored, or to be stored. In such warehouses. The grading tends not only to Increase the vnlue of the wool and make It more readily . marketable, but gives tho grower Information as to tho quality or grade of wool ho Is producing, In dicating how flip wool nnd the flocks or bands niny be improved to produce the most profitable quality. The grower knows thnt his wool Is safe In such a warehouse, nnd that It Is properly handled because of govern ment supervision nnd Inspection. Where tho wool of the growers Is being pooled, the plnce of assembling or storing it niny readily bo licensed bj complying with the regulations. In this connection the plan of some of the associations which have shown n desire to become licensed Is to linve the growers turn their wool over to the association, which deposits it In n II--conseil nnd bonded warehouse, where the lots are graded and like grades are put together In large heaps or piles. The warehouse then Issues re-1 celpts to the association, which enn be used as collateral. From the funds obtained the association enn make ad vances to the Individual grower. A- copy of the regulations anil forms to be used in connection with llcens. Ing wool warehouses can be had upon application to the Bureau of Markets. United States Department of Agricul ture, Washington. farm wnnni AMn im thp NORTH. Fnnn woodlands amount to two-fifths of all forested lands. There are about 1)3,000,000 acres of woodland. , In New England more thnn C5 per cent of all forested land Is on farms, and In Ohio, Indi ana, Illinois, nnd I own from SO to 100 per cent The Income to furins from timber products Is estimated at about $102,000,000 yearly. AGENTS HELP IN MARKETING Various County Representatives Have Done Much to Assist Organiza tion of Associations. Work of exceptional value to farm ers has been done by various county agents In connection with the organi zation of live-stock shipping associa tions and live-stock auction sales. Tho shipping associations have been espe cially successful In Minnesota, Michi gan, Wisconsin find Oregon, ns well ns In several states In the South. The llve-stocU miction sales have been de veloped In California on an Australian model which was introduced by n county agent who had been engaged In agricultural extension work In Now South .Wales. The value of the stock marketed through these auction sales In California amounted to JS1 .710.:t: nnd Increased returns to the farmers by. $100,04(1 over prices which the stock would have brought had tho uuc tlon sales not been held. Keep tho pigs growing every min ute. There should bo purebred live stock on every farm. ("live pigs shndo, water and pasture If you want them to thrive, Worms In swine have no commer cial value. Discontinue raising them. I LIVE - SFOClf JANE'S TEMPTATION By MADGE WEST. (Copyright. 1(10, VtrnNewiiipr I' num.) As Jane looked back over the past It seemed that the eclipse of the Stew arts began with the coming of tho Westovors. .lane's father, years ago, had followed his old father as village doctor. When young Ned Westover had come breezing Into town, winning with l)ls city ways nnd shining new otilce equipment an easy professional victory, James Stewart stubbornly en deavored to hold his footing, iiinnng Ing only the humblest living. So James lived his conscientious nnd real ly capable life, overshadowed by the aggressive personality of the more confident physician. And when he at last died his young daughter, left motherless In her childhood, hud but the labor of her hands to count upon for livelihood. And Jane's stiiull hands knew no other labor save that entailed In the duties of her father's household. Jane was dismayed, nt the possibility of her future, nnd It wus with gratitude akin to devotion thnt she accepted the offer Myra Westover made that for the time being she should make Myrn's homo her own. The daughter of her old father's rival had, It seemed, Inherited his prosper ity and good fortune, and while Jane swept the rooms of her father's home Myra had traveled, perfecting her art studies nnd finding pleasures be stowed all along her wny. When Doc tor Westover's successful career, was forever ended and he had not lived lolig to enjoy the fruits of It Myra returned from abroad, selling the great house mid building beautiful bungalow. It was to this daintily ap pointed home that she Invited Jane, to be, us Myra smilingly suggested, her "companion nnd homokooper. Myra did not exactly say general house keeper, hut that wits exactly Jane's position. But the hotirt of the lonely woman wns more thnn content. Myra. she felt, was her benefnetor Indeed, And Myra. adjusting costly furs over n costly stilt preparatory to starting upon n trip whose duration would de pend upon her own Interest In It. con grntulated herself upon the acquisition of n faithful and tlrelciS honiekeoper. With June Installed In the bungalow. Myra could be completely nt rest re garding her own nffalrs, sure of a satisfying welcome when she returned. Jane was firm In her refusal of a stat ed salary. "Are you not giving me a homo?" she had asked, with tier father's un selfish Inconsistency. And Myra. shrugging her shoulders, smiled shrewdly nt this gratifying loy alty. The gifted Illustrator laughed her way easily through life, unmoved by various suitors to whom her chnrm nnd beauty appealed. Juno had known hut one romance, hidden carefully through the years In tho most secret place of Iter heart. This romance car ried the same pathos as her unselfish life. Bol) Moore had stopped nt the little house of the humble doctor to laugh and chat with the doctor's sweet daughter. Then Boh Moore had gono to the great house and Myra West over hud smiled upon him. That was the end. Thnt was always the end- where Jane was concerned. When Hob went away, Jane expected to hear of his return to claim Myru ns his bride. Hut Bob had not returned ; nnd Jnne still cherished her memo ries. It was when Myrn wns nwny upon one of her trips, that Jane learned of Bob Moore's presence In town. She wns In the kitchen when a neighbor brought the news nnd June looked down with sudden rebellion at her print dress. Bob Moore would call, of course and he would find her thus Myrn's servant. "Why?" Jane asked with now resentment, "should nil gifts of life he bestowed upon ono wnninn?" Then to her enme her ono temptation. For thnt -evening nt lenst she would llvo as Myrn be Myra. Hob Moore should find her, Jane Stewart, hostess ofthe stone bungalow. She hesitated only n moment, before the mirror In Myrn's deserted room, then sorted, hurriedly, the dresses left In Myrn's wardrobe. Jnne chose delib erately a white frock of finest lace, nnd around her waist she knotted a blue ribbon. The whlto sntin slippers were Myrn's, too. In Myrn's charm ing fnshlon, Jnne loosened nnd colled her hair. Then with now graceful as surance, she went out upon the veran da to wait. Boh Moore Robert 0. Moore, man of ntTnlrs cnino present ly, smiling Ids pleasure. Bob, too, was having his memories his first lovo stood before him tonight, the girl ho had never been able to forget. "I nm glad," ho said as they snt and talked, "that Myra and you hnvo mnde your homo together. Though from what Myra told me, when I Went nwny, I supposed thnt you would long since hnvo married. If I had not be lleved what Myra told me concerning your engagement to another mnn, Jaiit " Ills eager eyes' finished tho sentence. Then, rapidly, Incoherently Jane Stewart made confession. "U'nlt," she ended her story, and abruptly left him. When she returned, Juno wore her plain print dress, whlto apron strings whore tho blue sash had been. "You see," she said breathlessly, "it x a vision of Myru, that you re membered. But I am only Juuo tho one who serves." "You hnvo served, long enough, dear," Hob Mooro said quietly. And June's memory romance became real ity. MYSTERIES OF UNREST. "I wonder why the people In thto establishment take so little pains to bo agreable to me," said the old cus tomer. "I linve been trading bore for years." "Maybe Hint's the reason,'' replied tho unrestful one. 'JOtir bosses nren't so very popular around here and yon nre evlduntly regarded as n friend ot theirs." A Sentiment Disapproved. "I noted." said Senator Sorghum. "thnt when mv holltlcul rival stepped on the plntform you struck up 'See tho Conquering Hero Comes.'" "Certainly," replied the leader or the hand. . "Well, mv friend, what I want to say Is that while you may be n fine musician, you're n poor prophet." A Positive Essential. 1 -"Henrietta has decided to give up our flat Immediately," said Mr. Meek ton. "Aren't you comfortable?" "Not any more. Henrietta thinks we ought to make n showing In poll tics nnd our apartment hasn't even n fire-escape landing, much less n front porch." B Scientific Suggestion. ' "There wns only one way the ns tronqjner's wife could get him down from his observatory to look nt tho bruise on their boy's face." Ok "How was that?" w "She told him to come quick nnd take an observation of a spot on tho son." QUALIFIED. Parent Cnn you support my daughter In tho way to which alio lias been accustomed? Suitor Yes, Indeed, 1 llvo In tho biggest and muddiest pond around hnre. A Tip to Market 1 Ips. Advico, tbouali It I Given free, May to Its tnkur CoBtly bo. '? Her Style. "What sort of a car Ih that fly away Miss Flirty going to get?" "I don't know, but the most fitting klml for her would bo a runabout.1. Realistic. "Why did you lay the action In your first net In u dental parlor?" '"Because I wanted the scene to hnvo some drawing power." , Not a Healthy Place. "Better .not try tiny business In this town," snld the first highwayman. "Why not? The plckiq' Is good." suld tho second. "I know; but they've got n Judgo here who's actually passln' out 15-year stretches." The Leader. Willie Mnmmn. who Is that man with long hair who Is waving r. stick In front of nil those fiddlers? Mnmmn Ho Is tho conductor, Wil lie. , Willie Oh, Is he? Well, whero do they keep tho motonnnn? The One Obstacle. "There Is only one good renson thot I can see why n woman should not have n say In everything." "What Is that?" "If she's dumb." His Fate. ' "There Is no heniiony In that mnn's life." "Is bis family quarrelsome?" "No; ho gives singing lessons." His Mind Still at the Office. Mrs. Do I.nSullo (on u pleasure trip with her broker husband) points to the glowing sun slowly setting behind tho mountain rnngu See how lt'3 sinking lower and lower He Yes, soon It will he below pur. Her Secret. Patience Peggy cun't keep u Be cret. Patrice Indeed, she cnn. "Why do. you say she cnn?" "Hecnuse I asked her how old sbor wus and sho wouldn't tell me." ,