NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
AN OPEN LETTER
TO WOMEN
Mrs. Little Tells How She
Suffered and How Finally
Cured
Philadelphia, Pa. "I waanot ablo to
do my housework and had to lio down
I most oftho timo and
felt bad in my left
IBidc. my monthly
periods wero irreg
ular, sometimes five
(or Beven months
apart and when they
did appear would ast
for two weeks and
vco very painful. I
waa sick for about a
year and a half and
doctored but without
anv imnrnvemcnt.
A neighbor recommended Lydia E.
Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound to mo,
and the second day after I started tak
ing it I began to feel better and I kept
on taking it for seven months. Now I
keep houso and perform all my house
hold duties. You can uso these facts as
you please and I will recommend Vege
table Compound to everyone who suffers
3 I did.'' Mrs. J. S. Little, 8455
Livingston St., Philadelphia. Pa.
How much harder the daily tasks of
a woman become when she suffers from
mich distressing Bymptomsand weakness
as did Mrs. Little. No woman should
allow herself to get into such a condition
because such troubles may bo speedily
overcome by Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vege
table Compound, which for more than
forty years has been restoring American
women to health.
"Buy Fairy Soda paehtd In tin
to Aj thm dainty ffthnttt in. "
KEEP A CAN HANDY
IN YOUR PANTRY
The economical war to bur soda crackers is in
the returnable can cost lets per pound and there
is no waste. The can keeps the crackets freeh.
fine and crisp until consumed.
Fairy Sodas are preferred for every cracker use
-wheaty flavor, wholesome, nourishing, satisfy.
Ins always and all ways.
Ask Your Grocer for MEN'S Fairy Sodas
and be sure you set the genuine.
PATENT
and Trade-Marks ob
tained. Send for Frco
Booklet. 8TUKGE8
& 8TURQE8. Pntout
Attorneys, 482 Peters Trust Bldg., OMAHA
Nature Lesson.
"Do nuts grow on trees, father?"
"They do, my son."
"Then what tree docs the doughnut
crow on?"
"The pantry, my sen." Harper's
Magazine.
Sure
Relief
6 Bell-ans
Hot water
Sure Relief
E LL-ANS
FOR INDIGESTION
A private In the United States uruiy,
with specialized knowledge, can earn
$00 a month.
Chronic Constipation is as dangerous as
disagreeable. Garfield Tea cures it. Adv.
He hath not lost all who hath one
throw to cast.
HELP THAT ACHING BACK !
Is your back giving out? Are you
tortured with backache and stabbing
pains? Does any exertion leave you
''all played out?'' Feel you just can t
keep going? Likely your kidneys are
to blame. Overwork, colds, hurry and
worry tend to weaken the kidneys.
Backache is often the first warning,
Headache and dizziness may come, too,
and annoying kidney irregularities.
Help the kidneys with Doan's Kidney
rills the remedy recommended by
thousands. Ask your neighbor:
A Nebraska Case
A. E. bnyaer,
farmer, Arapa
hoe, Nebr., says:
"I had sore, lame
muscles in my
back and hips.
When I stooped I
hnA in Vinlri mv
hands on my hips
to straighten up.
A change in the
weather and the
ArlnUinfr wntfiP.
no doubt, brought
used Doan's Kidney Pills nnd they
sirenginenea my myueyu. xna mute
ness left, too."
Got Doan's at Any Store, 60c a Bos
DOAN'S "pIV
FOSTER MILDURN CO.. BUFFALO, N. Y.
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A Bad Cough
: If tts Ice ted, often leada to lerlout trouble.
(Safeguard your health, relieve your dUtreej
and toothe your irritated throat by taking
P ISO'S
DA TRY
TACTS
HIGH COST OF PRODUCTION
Illinois Experiment Station Secured
Callable Figures From C80
Dairy Farms.
There are various estimates on milk
production costs and they nro likely
to ho different under different circum
stances. Moreover there Is consider
nhlo variation In milk quality, nlso, as
It ranges from barely three per cent
butterfat test to nearly Ave per cent.
However, none of the figures available
show that the producer of milk Is
"profiteering."
In Illinois the state experiment sta
tlon secured accurate figures on milk
production costs from GSO dnlry farms
with a total of 18,002 cows. Those fig
ures showed the cost of nil Items en
tering into the production of 100
pounds of mlllc ns follows :
Grain, 44 pounds at $55 per ton.. 51.21
Silage, 1S8 pounds nt $0 per ton. . .50
liny, 50 pounds at $30 per ton 75
Other roughage, 30 pounds, nt $10
per ton 10
Labor, 2 hours at 30 cents net
hours 7fi
Totnl cost per 100 pounds $3.40
The cost is 3.40 cents per pound, or,
taking 2.15 pounds per quart, 7.44
cents per quart.
EYE TEST FOR TUBERCULOSIS
Used as Check Upon Older Methods,
as It Happens Occasionally Re
actors Escape.
The cyo test for detecting tubercu
losis' In cattle has the approval of the
scientists of the bureau of animal In
dustry, United States Department of
Agriculture. The ophthalmic or eye
test Is used as. a check upon the older
methods, as It happens occasionally
that an animal that will not react to
the subcutaneous Injection or Intra
dermal test will react to the eye test.
Two tuberculin tablets are placed In
the conjunctival sac beneath the lower
lid of the left eye and observations are
taken at approximately Uie third hour
Eye Teat for Tuberculosis Mas Its
Best Use on Dairy Farm, Where
Conditions Are Best Suited.
following and at frequent Intervals up
to 24 hours. Reaction to the test Is In
dicated by discharge nnd swelling.
The bureau of animal Industry Is not
prepared to accept the evidence of the
eye test alone where cattle are Intend
ed for Interstate shipment. The test,
however, furnishes an additional safe
guard when used with the older
method.
The eye test Is not well adapted for
use upon range cnttle or cattle In
transit, because of the possibility for
dust setting up an irrltntlon not rehit
ed to tuberculosis. It has Its best use
on the dairy farm, where conditions
are such ns to give sure results.
The experts have observed that In
herds which are frequently tested by
the subcutaneous method It Is advis
able to apply the Intradermal and the
eye test. The combined test sometimes
detect reactors which have escaped
detection by other means.
CRUSHED GRAIN IS FAVORED
Any Aid Given Cow In Digestion of
Food Will Show In Increased
Flow of Milk.
There Is no animal harder worked
than the dairy cow giving a large How
of milk, and any aid given her In di
gestion will show decided increase In
mill; and In her condition. Some
grains nro ensy of mastication nnd dl
gestlon, but the usual rntion of the
corn belt Is comprised mainly of wheat.
corn. oats, rye and barley. All of
these grnlns will show up In the feces
If fed whole and unless the cattle are
followed by hogs It Is entirely lost.
Crushing grain Is better tbnn grind
ing It line, for the digestibility may be
decreased duo to failure to mix prop
eiiy with tho saliva. IJownro of dairy
feeds too finely ground, for they mny
contnln filler and cannot be properly
digested.
BEETS ARE EXCELLENT FEED
Because of Labor in Harvesting and
Cost of Handling Are Not as
Cheap as Silage.
Sugar beets are an excellent feed
for dairy cows, but because of the
labor In harvesting and the expense of
handling, are not as economical as corn
silage. They have a larger nmount of
nutriment than inangels or rutabagas,
but It Is generally held that the latter
will yield somewhat more per acre
and are less dllllcult to handle. Sugar
beets are not hard on the kidneys, but
If fed In too largo quantities there Is
a tendency to scorr the animals. This
Is due to tho high sugar content of
tho beet.
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Improved Roads
MMENSE SUM FOR HIGHWAYS
During Year 1919 Over $400,000,000
Was Expended for Rural High
ways and Bridges.
During tho cnlendar year 1010, 40
states of the Union expended over
$400,000,000 on their rural roads and
bridges, the bureau of public roads of
the United States Department of Agri
culture recently announced. This to
tal Is made up of tho actual cash ex
penditures for such Items as labor.
materials, supervision and administra
tion, amounting to $3S0,455,031, and
convict labor and statute labor, tho
value of which, not definitely knotvo,
Is estimated at about $132,000,000. So
far as possible, all expenditures 'on
city streets within Incorporated towns
Building an Up-to-Date Highway.
nnd cities and nil Items of sinking-fund
payments or the redemption nnd Inter
est payments on road and bridge
bonus have been excluded.
The road and brldgo expenditures
for 1010 show an Incmise of approxi
mately 33 1-3 per cent over those of
1018 nnd 70 per cent over those of
1014. More striking, however, Is the
Increase In the proportion of the total
funds supervised by the severnl state
highway departments. In 1018 the ex
penditures by or under the supervision
of the state highway departments
amounted to $117,285,203, while the
local road funds, over which they exer
cised no control whatever, amounted to
$108,812,025. In 1010, however, the
stnte highway departments supervised
the expenditure of $200,202,004 as
against the total of $180,103,237 ex
pended by tho local road and bridge
authorities.
REMOVING SNOW FROM ROADS
Becoming Increasingly Important Be
cause of Large Amount of Travel
During Winter.
Snow ramovrii from hlghwnys Is be
coming Increasingly Important bo
cause of the lnrge amount of travel by
motortrucks and automobiles. Sev
eral states, have made appropriations
for removal of snow from the main
highways but In other states thoro hits
been no appropriation of funds for
this purpose. Vnst quantities of com
modities must be hauled over the high
ways next winter because of the lack
of sulllclent railway cars to move them,
nnd stnte money, rather than local
funds' ought to be used to keep truck
highways open.
IMPROVED ROADS WOULD AID
Many Counties Rich In Agricultural
Possibilities Are Burdened
With Poor Roads.
Fluctuations In market prices mny
have severnl explanations. They fre
quently take place In regions where
the locnl production does not equal
the nnnual consumption. There are
counties rich in agricultural possibil
ities, burdened with bad roads, where
the animal Incoming shipments of
foodstuffs exceed the outgoing ship
ments In the ratio of four to one.
Many such counties with Improved
roads could not only become self-supporting,
but could ship products to
other markets.
TREES DO NOT INJURE ROADS
Instead of Taking All Out It Would
Be Better to Thin Out to
50 or 75 Feet.
Why cut down nil trees nlong tho
highway being graded? We recently
saw two or three dozen lnrge maples
along a road taken out entirely. It
would look much better and be ns
usable If the row had been thinned
to 50 or even 75 feet. If the rond
wero well made the trees would not
Injure It nt all. Lot's have some shalo
on our new ronds. LeRoy Cady, as
sociate horticulturist, University Farm,
St. Paul.
Plant Some Trees.
If you live on the south side of tho
rond, plant somo shade trees to shel
ter the hot traveler. In a few years
people will say: "He lives on the
farm where those big elms shade tho
road."
Determine Profits.
FnnnerB' profits arc determined by
the difference between production nnd
transportation costs nnd the selling
prices. Production must cense when
the transportation costs wipe out the
difference,
MITES CAUSE OF SCALY LEG
Application of Crude Petroleum to
Legs With Brush or Dipping Is
Best Treatment.
Two species of Itcji mites attack
fowls, one of which is tho cnuso of
scaly leg. While this mite commonly
remains ou tho feet, burrowing
through the scales nnd cnuslng their
enlargement, it also attacks tho comb
and the neck. A crust of looso tissue
Is formed nbovo tho burrows, and In
teuso Itching results from this mining
habit. When scnly leg Is left untreat
ed the feet of tho birds often becomo
badly distorted, and in sotno cases
the fowl can scarcely walk or get to
the perch. Sometimes terminal JoInVu
of the toea are lost.
As tho mites nro transferred from
ono bird to another, scaly-leg fowls
should bo trented promptly nnd should
not ho Introduced among clean birds.
Investigations made under tho super
vision of tho United 'States Depart
ment of Agriculture show that car
bollneum or crude petroleum used on
the roosts doubtless will aid In pre
venting the spread of the scaly-leg
mite from one fowl to another. Ap
plying crude petroleum to tho legs
with a brush or dipping tho legs into
this oil Is very effective. One appli
cation usually Is sulllclent, but If tho
scales nre not lnrgely shed off after
n lntisi nf 30 davs the treatment should
bo repeated. Kerosene oil Is applied
by some fnrmers In the same way, out
effective than crude oil. In
using either, enre should be taken not
to get tho oil on the upper part oi
the leg or on tho fenthcrs. A less so
von. lint morn laborious treatment con
sists of soaking the feet In wnrm soap-
puds until tho scnles nre loosened ana
timn fronslntr the feet nnd legs with
sulphur nnd lard, or lard containing
n nor cent crude carbolic acid.
The other Itch mite, commonly called
the deplunilng mite. Is n very small
nrnnturn which UllrrOWS into 1110 BKHl
nnnr tho bnse of the feathers. The
Intense Itching sometimes enures the
fowls to pull their feathers until mey
nro nlmost naked. Dipping of all
fowls of an Infested flock in a tub of
wntfir containing about two ounces
of flowers of sulphur nnd one-half
ounce of laundry sonp to each gallon
Continuous Selection for Health and
Vigor Will Insure Flock That Will
Produce Fertile Eggs and Strong
Chicks Capable of Making Quick
Growth.
of water will give comploto control.
The fowls should ho completely sun-
mergeu nnii me reamers ruiuuu w mi
nnrta of the body will be reached by
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tho liquid. Care should bo taken to
keen the din stirred during treatment
so ns to keen the sulphur In suspen
sion. In case a flock has lice as well
is th( ilenlumlng mite, three-fourths
ounce or one heaping taniespoontui ojj
sodium lluorld should no mined to
each gallon of water In the foregoing
mixture.
GIVE CHICKENS EARLY FEED
Excellent Plan to Have Some Grain
Scattered In Litter Ready for
Their Breakfast.
If there Is a reasonable amount of
litter on the floor und the house Is rat-
proof, It Is a practical plan to feed so
that there will be some grain left In
the Utter overnight. This will he an
Inducement to the hens to get to work
ns soon as It Is daylight. That's one
practical and Inexpensive method ot
prolonging the day. As a rule, hens
like to go to tho perches rather early
In the evening on cold days, but they
will be down at dawn If they know
that they will find something to ent.
See to It that some grain Is thero In
tho litter ready for them. This Is an
easier and plensanter method than
getting around to do the feeding bo-
lore daylight. If the hens loaf on tho
perches until broad daylight one of
two things Is wrong: Either tho
house Is too dark or tho hens are over
fed. Either condition Is readily cor
rected and It will ho dollars In your
pocket to do so.
SORT OF PULLET 10" RETAIN
Fowl, That Is Well Matured, Has
Strong Constitution and Lays
Early Is Valuable.
No mntter what tho breed, II tho
pullet Is well tnntured, tins a strong
constitution, begins to lay early nnd
Is of good size nnd shnpe, she Is valu
able as 11 future Inhabitant nf the poul
WARNING
Unless you see the name "Bayer" on tablets, you art(
not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for
31 years, and proved safe by millions. Say "Bayer"!
.SAFETY FIRST I Accept only an "unbroken package" of
genuine "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin," which contains proper direc
tions for Headache, Earache, Toothache, Neuralgia, Colds, Rheu
matism, Neuritis, Lumbago, and pain generally. Strictly American I
Handy tin boxes of 1!5 tablets cost but a few cents Larger packages.
JplrlB la the trudq mark ot Brr MnuUetur of Monoacettcaelilitr of SallcrlloaeM
"MCCC" MO I OMfiCD IM I ICC
nui J uu UUIIUUII 1 1 Uvjl
Once Popular Piece of Plate Has Al
together Disappeared From the
Tables of Royalty.
So rnre Is tho nef thnt to most peo
ple the very name Is unknown ; not
more than six specimens exist any
where In the world. The other day
u silver nef, not more than 22 Inches
high, was sold by private treaty In
London, Kng., for the huge sum of
$23,500. At Christie's last year u
slightly smaller one fetched $10,500 nt
public miction. The reason for these
very high prices Is that the nef Is the
rarest piece of antique plate In exist
ence. Shaped like a ship, and beau
tifully modeled, nefs wero nearly al
ways made by tho Seventeenth cen
tury silversmiths who specialized In
them, to tho order of crowned heads.
Their ostensible uso wns to hold wine
or other beverages In tho hull of the
vessel, the liquid being delivered
through a spout In the bows. Kings
made presents of them to other kings.
Most nefs wore so constructed that the
wine, being once Inclosed, could not be
tampered with ; no slight advantage In
the days when poison wns n recognised
agent for the removal of obnoxious
monarchs by their disaffected sub
jects.
On His Dignity.
Ho had been telling of his engage
ment to the beauty of the town, hut
no ono took his announcement seri
ously. One day he gave out that he
had broken his engagement.
"So you really broke tho engage
ment, Henry?" he wns asked.
"That's exactly what I did." he
boasted.
"Denr 1110! Tell us why you were
so cruel," one of his hearers begged.
"Well, It's llko this," explained Hen-
ry. "Dolly told inu she wouldn't marry
me, and I don't Intend to be engaged
to any girl who won't marry ine."
Eagle in Dagger of Extinction.
The white-headed eaglo, United
States national emblem nnd symbol of
power, Is threatened with extinction.
Far from being tho "bird of freedom,"
ho Is the victim of persecution and
In the html of his exaltation I For
Alaska fixed a bounty of HO cents upon
his head, and In two years 5,000 eagles
were brought low. The charge against
him Is eating fish and game, principal
ly dead llsh, and such prey us he ob
tains by right of might.
A Friendly Offer.
"I always take a sleeper when I
travel."
"Do you? Then you enn take tho
ono you -will find In my front ofllce.
Ho Is no good to me."
Tho German
nrmy now numbors
ir.0.000 men.
your Cofee-Pot
has boiled too often
If too many cups of coffee
have set your stomach
and nerves on edge, put
the pot on to boil again-
But this time use
POSTUM
C3lG 115
in place of coffee
Boil it a full fifteen min
' utes after boiling starts
and you will bring out its
rich, satisfying flavor.
The benefit to health will
soon be apparent.
'Therms a Reason
Made by
Postum Cereal Companjr.Inc
Battle Geek, Michigan
A door must bu cither open or shut.
-French proverb.
Garfield Tea, by purifying tho blood,
eradicates rheumatism, dyspepsia and'manj
chronic ailments. Adv.
Anywny, u pessimist doesn't bore us
half io death with his ulleged Jokes.
Dont Forget Cutlcura Talcum
Vhen adding to your toilet requisites.
n exquisitely scented face, skin, baby
ind dusting powder nnd perfume, ren
lerlng other perfumes superfluous.
Vou tuny reiy on It because one of tho
'utlcnrn Trio (Soap. Ointment and'
Talcum). 2.r)e each everywhere. Adv.
lie who divides gets tho worst share.
-Spanish proverb.,
important tr Mothors
Exttmlno carefull. every bottlo of
CASTOWA, that famous old remedy
for Infants and chlldreu, an. ' see that It
Signature rt&s$M&lfa
In Uso for Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
No Wonder.
"How do you do, sir?" saluted tho
suave agent nt tho door. "I nm offering
to the few persons In each community
who are of sulllclent culture, to nppro
clate it thla yaluablo literary work,
which undoubtedly purdon me. but
what is the matter with the lady nt
the telephone there? Is she having a
lit or"
"That's my wife," replied honest
Farmer Funiblcgato. "She Is listening
In m tho party lino while n lady who
stutters Is relating In confidence to an
other lady who Is deaf the details of
a right revolting scandal." Kansna
City Stur.
The Soviet's Transformation.
"We have been organized Into some
thing that looks like hard-boiled
discipline," rotnarkod the Bolshevist.
"We hnve," answered tho Red.
"Wo can't trnnsnct any business un
til wo hear from the big boss just
whero we get onto a subject and
where, we get off."
"Quito so."
"Well, let's kill time somehow. I
move that the meeting take up for
discussion tho question', 'When Is a
Soviet Not n Soviet?'" "
Widespread Ucc of Electric Power.
,lf all electrical energy In tho United
States was suddenly withdrawn, tho
loss to Industry would run Into tho
billions. Practically all of the. 270,701
manufacturing plants of tho nntlon,
representing $22,700,980,000 In Invest
ed capital, uso electric power In ono
way or another.
Every animal but mnn keeps to ono
dish, Spectator,
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, .-nasi-..-, sp
try yard. Cull out the poor birds.