NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
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HARE FEARTff W
Harmless Little Animal Figured
Largely In the Superstitions Which
Are Considered of the Past.
Among old superstitions none, wns
more prevalent than thnt relating to
the hare's foot, which was carried for
luck.
Pcpys. notes In his diary that his
hare's foot lacked a Joint, and thnt ho
would obtain u proper one. It was
usual for fishwives on the eust coast
of Kngland to carry a hare's foot In
their creel, but they were very angry
when the children shouted : "Ye vo
a hare's tirln ycr creel."
"To ids the hare's foot" meuns to
go without dinner. If n hare ran along
a village street, the people said there
would be a lire. If a hare crossed a
fisherman's path when going to sea,
he turned back. Seeing a bare was
said to.be the cause of that unhappy
deformity, harelip. It was thought
that n witch could turn herself into
n hare, and thnt a hare could only be
6hot with a silver bulle't.
The upper dog Is willing to take the
bone and let the under dog have the
eympatby.
Some people prune their genealog
ical t by cutting their poor relative.-.
First Impression.
A friend wearing a long "goatee"
had come in and had been greeted
by the man of the house who. with
the pride of u father, lifted his little
son In his arms and smilingly said:
"Willie, this' Is Mr. Blank. Mr.
BInnk, Isn't 'Willie a fine boy?"
Mr. Blank smiled, but his goatee
shook forbiddingly In the boy's face,
which was clouded with suspicion, In
spite of his father's reassuring words.
Willie only stared for a moment nnd
then exclaimed, thinking hard of the
wisp of hair on the caller's chin :
"Don't you bite my fader!" Colum
bus Dispatch.
W.ell Remembered.
Hawkins Vus t greedy, self-seeking
fellow, who expected to benefit by Ms
rich uncle's death. The latter had not
failed to observe the nephew's charac
ter, however, and when on his death
bed he sent for Hawkins.
"I haven't forgotten you, George,"
he said; "got you down In my will."
At the funeral Hawkins invested In
nn expensive wreath and attended to
hear the will read.
"To my dear nephew Oeorge." ran
the document, "1 leave an lllustrnted
edition of Dickens' 'Great Iixpectn
tlons.' " Houston Post.
You can Judge n woman pretty well
by the pictures she hangs on her par
lor wall.
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With
No After Regrets
You are sure of satis
faction when you make
your table beverage
Instant Postdm
. Coffee drinkers delight
in the change because
of greater comfort, and
the price is attractive
because so moderate.
All the family will like
the flavor of Postum
At Grocers Everywhere
Made by Postum Cereal Co., Inc.
Battle Creek.Mich,
GROWING TIMBER
WILL PAY WELL
Farmers Owning SmaH Tracts
Will Find It Advantageous to
Market Crops Together.
CASE IN NORTHWEST CITED
When Care li Exercised In Selecting
and Cutting a Woodlot May Be
Made Source of Income for an
Indefinite Period.
With tho help of tlio Forest Service
and tlii! county agent, n number of
farmers who live In lltingnmn Valley,
Wash., Just north of the I'uluuso Di
vision of the St. .loe Forest, are eo
operating this year in the sale of about
V.OO.IM 10,000 feet of timber.
Last fall the Forest Service was
requested to aid these farmers In dis
posing of a considerable amount of
timber on their claims. It developed
that there were approximately '-'00
settlers who owned about HOO.OOO.OOO
feet of timber which they desired to
dispose of as a unit In order to attract
some company capable of handling the
entire proposition. They were, how
ever, unable to agree upon a satis
factory price. The project had been
worked up by the local county ngent,
ii former Forest Service man. from
whom the request for help came.
Not Needed for Crops.
The Forest Service agreed to make
an appraisal of the timber and to as
sist lu, drawing up a contract and sale
conditions. The appraisal was made
last spring and a price llxed of about
$.'!.f0 per thousand feet. Although
the land Js well adapted to agricul
ture, It will not be possible for tr
owners to put all of It Into cultivation
for a number of years. Conseipientl.t
It Is to their advantage to devote it
to growing timber until such time ns
It Is needed for raising crops. The
stand consists of yellow pine of a
good quality and contains a large
number of trees just below merchant
able size which will mnke rapid
growth when the old timber Is re
moved. It Is distinctly a case where
It will pay the farmers to grow trees.
These facts were explained to tho
members of the association and thej
quickly saw the advantage of handling
the forest In the manner recommend-
WAR ON MOLES NETS
PROFIT FOR FARMER
Fur of Animal Found to Bo of
Considerable Value.
Annual Damage by Rodent to Crcpo
and Grain In the United States la
Roughly Estimated to Amount
to $300,000,000.
Moleskins obtained from un.niul
killed In the crusade fostered by the
biological survey', United States De
partment of Agriculture, against crop
destroying animals have netted $.r0,
000 to SCO.OOO a year to farmers of
Oregon and Washington. Moles and
the many kinds of rodents do serious
damage to grass and grain, and li cam
paign of extermination was started
against them through co-operation of
the biological survey nnd the states
relations service. As a by-product of
extermination the fur of the mole was
found to he of value. The pelt of
the northwestern mole Is superior to
that of the Scotch mole, which Is gen-
' n '
Some American Moles Are Larger and
Have Finer Pelts Than the European
' Animals Which Now Furnish the
Bulk of the World's Supply of Mole
skins. orally used for fur garments. The
northwestern moleskins have recently
sold at from CO to 00 cents apiece and
have been In great demand.
The total annual damage by rodents
to crops and grains In the United
Stntes Is estimated roughly at $:HX,
000,000. This Is .being cut down by
systematic poisoning campaigns In
vnrlous sections. The territory cov
ered In these campaign In the last
year amounted to about 154,000,000
acres. The saving to crops In the
lit struct ion of moles and of such ro
rti ots as prairie, dogs, ground squirrels,
Itocket gophers, unci Jack rabbits Is
estimated to bo $10,000,000 n year."
RATS CAUSE ENORMOUS LOSS
Farm Woodland After Thinning.
ed. In order to save the young growth
they agreed to sacrifice .() cents per
thousand on the stumpage price.
Co-operation Is Favored.
Farmers in general who own small
bodies of timber will llnd It profitable
to co-operate with their neighbors In
marketing their grown timber. Jn
many cases the Individual amounts are
too small, as In the above Instance, to
make It profitable for their owners to
advertise for bids or for sawmills to
come in. When care Is taken In select
ing ami cutting timber a woodlot may
be made a source of income to Its nwiir
er for an Indefinite period of years.
PREVENT SPREAD OF DISEASE
Of Greatest Importance That Car
casses of Dead Animals Be
Buried or Burned.
When It Is considered that the
spores of anthrax may bo distributed
to live stock through the feces of cats,
dogs, hogs, chickens and llles It Is
more readily appnrent that carcasses
of animals dead of disease should bo
burned as speedily as possible. Most
of these disease carriers come In close
contact with the Inrger domestic ani
mals and thus the direct transmission
of germs from their bndv surfaces Is
possible and also It is known that they
are more than likely to contaminate
water courses. It Is possible that
many cases of anthrax may be at
tributed to the common house flv.
QUITE EXPENSIVE OATS
The, actual cost of producing
a bushel of oats In Missouri this
year wns 7.1 cents, wnlch does
not Include 7 cents a bushel for
hauling to the elevator. The
rent was figured at ?fl.8:i, cost of
planting at $0.08 and the cost of
harvesting at $7.71 per acre, or
n total cost of $20.08, which
yields 1!7 bushels.
Damage In Minnesota Estimated at
$12,000,000 Annually Rodents
Also Spread Disease.
Kntoinologlsts of the department of
agriculture of the University of Min
nesota say thnt Minnesota's fTiinnclal
loss from the depredations of rnts Is
from $10,000,000 to $12,000,000 annual
ly. Stnle directors of agricultural ex
tension work have estimated the losses
In Montana nt from $15,000,000 to $20,
000.000; In North Dakota nt $0,000,000
or. more; lu Kansas $12,000,000; In
Cnllfomln $20,000,000 nnd in Wyoming
and Nevada at from 10 to 15 per cent
of the vnlue of nil crops.
"In addition to this monumental
loss of food products," says F. L.
Washburn of tlio division of economic
zoology, University Farm, "rats spread
disease, and efforts are being made
by our state and city boards of health
to reduce the number of these dan
gerous and destructive nnlmals,
"Kvery citizen of Minnesota should
feel the responsibility of doing bis or
her pnrt by making new buildings rat
proof ami by eliminating rubbish
which harbors rats, as well as by an
active campaign leading to their de
struction both by trapping and poisoning."
SUPERIOR GRIT FOR POULTRY
Where Hard Material Is Supplied the
Gizzard Is Made to Function
More Accurately.
When grit for the poultry Is pur
chased only grit of known hardness
should be employed ; always the
greater the quantity of grit found In
the droppings the greater the evidence
of Its softness. Hard grit Is slowly
voided, therefore the gizzard Is made
to function more accurately, anil every
organ of the hen, In consequence,
functions more thoroughly. Less un
asslmllnted feed Is thrown off nnd
more eggs result from perfectly
ground nnd therefore assimilated feed.
Naturally there Is less feed required
where all the feed Is digested nearly
all farm fowls, except where hard grit
Is provided, are wasteful In this respect.
WEED SEEDS HARM W00DL0TS
Just as Importmt to Eradicate Nox
ious Plants There as It Is In
Any Family Garden.
It Is Just ns profitable to remove
weed seeds from the woodlot, ns It Is
to weed the garden ; besides you ran
burn the wood from the crooked, de
fective trees, and from those thnt are
not good timber species.
FARMER NEEDS LETTER-HEAD
One of Neat and Attractive Appear
ance as Important as It Is for
Progressive Merchant.
The progressive farmer needR a neat,
attractive letter-head for his business
correspondence Just us badly as the
progressive merchant or other busi
ness uinn needs one. It In also one of
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If you aro afflicted with any
form of skin disorder, you arc well
acquainted with the flaming, burn
ing itching that these discuses pro
duce. Skin diseases nro caused by an
impurity or disorder in tho blood,
and there is no real nnd genuino
relief within your reach until such
impurities are removed.
S.S.S. has given great satisfac
tion in tho treatment of these dis
orders, becnuso it is such a thor
oughly satisfactory blood purifier.
It cleanses tho blood of all impuri
ties, and thus counteracts the ef
fects of tho germs that attack tho
skin.
Begin taking S.S.S. today and if
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of your case, our medical adviser
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ALL DR U GGIS TSSELL IT
Some men prefer war rather than
old bachelorship.
Great barkers are noe biters.
If you are looking for u swell job
stir up a hornet's nest.
It's tho little things thnt count.
Another Royal Suggestion
Griddle Cakes and Waffles
From the New Royal Cook Book
THERE is an art in
making flapjack pan
cakes, griddle cakes or
wheats, call them wiiat
you will. But it is an
art very easily and
quickly acquired if you
follow the right recipes.
The secret, of course,
is Royal Baking Pow
der. Griddle Cakes
1 cups flour
Vj teaspoon malt
S teaspoons Royal
Baklntf Powder
2KKS
m cupn milk
1 tablespoon ehortenlnsr
Mlx and sift dry Ingredi
ents j add beaten orbs,
milk and molted shorten
ing; mix well. Dnko Im
mediately en hot griddle.
Waffles
2 cups flour
4 teaspoons Jloyal
Baking Powder
teaspoon salt
IK cups milk
2 eggs
1 tablespoon melted
shortening
rilft flour, baking pow
der und salt together; add
milk to yolks of eggs; mix
thoroughly and add to dry
Ingredients; add melted
shortening and mix In
beaten whites of eggs.
Hake In well-greased hot
waffle Iron until brown.
Servo hot with maple sy
rup, It should take about
1 minutes to bake each
waffle.
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BAKING
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Absolutely Pure
Mods from Cream of Tartar,
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tilnlng these and icoru of
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Ill Fulton Street, New York Cltj.