NORTII PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
Something to Think About
By F. A. TDALKER
OETTING RESULTS
PY LEARNING things rnther than
words, observing closely how
things nro done to produce results,
keeping In Intimate touch with Im
proved methods, making careful men
tal analysis of the failure or the sue
X6B of others, nnd applying the prac
tical Information thus gained, ought
to be the dominating purpose of every
man or woman who earnestly desires
to get out of and awuy from the packed
stud beaten roads.
To think along, the same, groove
day after day and possibly using the
aame unproductive form of reason
ing, grown threadbare by frequent
handling, contractu the mind and
weakens It.
If you do riot go afield among new
thoughts, you can never hope to create
new things.
Jf you fall to lay hold of the forces
within you, and thus become n part
Uncommon
Sense
By
JOHN DLAKE
INSPIRATION
URGENT Sunday newspaper
printed a picture of the head of
no of New York's biggest bunks. II
as In a baseball uniform, and but for
mustache an ornament now dis
carded by bull players looked like n
professional.
The picture was taken at an out
ing of tho Bond club. The banker
served us pitcher for tho Now York
team, The typo below recited the
fact that he got his ilrst Job In an
Albany bank because he was a crack
ball player, applied himself to bank
ing as eagerly as he had applied him
self to baseball, and In a few years
was well on his wuy to his present
position. '
It Is needless to Bay that this par
ticular baseball player didn't put all
ho hud Into the game, lie wus un
usually gifted us a pitcher, and might
easily have got Into one of tho big
teugues, too.
But ho had the good sense to know
hat baseball was not a Bteady busi
ness, and that banking was. And In
stead of seizing an opportunity to
tmake fairly big money early In youth,
lio was content to try tho banking
liuslness on a small salary.
Ot course there are a good many
wen who started In the banking busi
ness when ho did, nnd who are still
about where they were when they
jwtnrtcd. But at least thoy still have
ptoudy Jobs. If they had taken to
jbaseball they would not bo doing as
(well.
Our object In referring to this par
ticular case Is to cull attention to
kho fact that If you want Inspiration
an your work you cuh get It In the
juewspapers plenty of It.
Brief bits of biography such as the
oue wo have cited appear almost
cvory day.
Seldom Is, a prominent man's name
mentioned In connection with an Im
portant ulTalr that you do not learn
something about how ho started and
why ho succeeded.
If you want to read about tho full
tires ami the horrible examples, you
can read about them, too.
While this man was rising from a
Hiank clerk to a bank president, an
other man who started as an Impor
"Alt aorvlco ranks tho lamo with (Jod,
(With Cod, whouo puppeta, boat and worst
iAre wo: Tliore Is no lust anil Ilrst."
, EVERYDAY FISH DISHES
VN15 umy usuully llnd good suit or
smoked tlsh in tho murkets when
the fresh tlsh aro unobtulnublo. Flunuii
liuddlo Is haddock which Is dried and
wilted, then smoked, which gives It
tho lluvor so well liked. It should
be freshened very curefully not to loso
that lluvor. Twenty to thirty minutes'
ttouklug la warm water Is sulllclent to
remove tho excess of salt. Ticked up,
added to cream und served with huked
potatoes It Is very good.
JFinnan Haddle With Tomatoes.
Take ono and one-hulf pounds ot
flnnun huddle, two tublespooufuls of
flour, threw tublespooufuls of butter,
E" "dash of pepper, three tablcspoonfuls
minced onion, two cupfuls of tomn
to Juice and two tublespooufuls of
jgrecn peppers minced. Freshen the
jtluh and cook It gently In water for
(twenty minutes. Flake It Into small
Jblta with two forks, curefully remov
ing all bones. Licit the butter lu a
saucepan, fry tho onion and pepper
until softened, udd the Hour und
'gradually tho tomato Juice. Let tho
pnlxturo boll, add tho fish, and when
jCt becomes very hot servo at oncu
With boiled mu cn ron 1.
Casserole of Smoked Halibut.
Take ono and one-half pounds of
smoked luillbut, three small onlous,
ulomers Cook Book
of Iho ovor-cxpnndlng universe, you
may set It down that you are
marked for n mere Imitating plod
der, of which the world at present
has a tremendous over-supply.
No harm can come to you In ex
ploiting nqw fields.
It Is better to fall In untried ef
fort than pnlnstaklrigly to avoid If,
for by exerting yourself you may
quite unexpectedly arouse some dor
mant capability of whose existence
you i:ad not the slightest suspicion.
Life Is n search for substance on
which life depends.
It Is through this search that we
discover things and get from them
useful results.
To fake no part In this ever-ex
panding search U to admit defeat.
You cannot long continue In the
chase of honor and fame without
soon feeling tho exhilarating thrill of
the ennobling adventure.
And when your blood runs hot your
brain tingles with clearing vision, nnd
your whole being becomes attuned to
novel surroundings, you stretch out
eager arms and cry In Joyous voice
for more, morel
And the beautiful part of such ex
perience Is that what In your dnys
of slackness you considered drudgery
barren of results, resolves Itself Into a
thing, of Inspiration, bearing you on
strong, swift wings to the top of your
dreamland hill.
(Copyrlsht.i
tnnt official of a lmni ehlcny be
cause his father owned most of It
was preparing to travel in the other
direction. Ilo made tho Journey, nnd
has Just nrrlved at tho point ho start
ed for.
All human history Is epitomized In
tho dully news.
Head tho papers. Think nbout
what you read. After that If you don't
succeed, It will not bo because nobody
told you how.
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one-halt cupful of carrots cut in strips,
six potntoes quartered, ono-fourth ten
spoonful of pepper, ono and oue-hulf
cupfuls of tomato Juice, four table
spoonfuls of butter, boiling water nnd
bread crumbs. Brown tho carrots and
onions In the fat nnd parboil tho po
tutoes for live minutes, then drain nnd
rinse them. Scald the fish nnd cut In
pieces sultublo for serving. But n layer
In the casserole, then somo crumbs
nnd vegetables, more fish, until all Is
used. Barely cover with boiling wnter
and tomato juice. Put the cover on
the dish mid bake for ono hour.
Codfish Salad.
If tho naked llsh Is purchased, n
thorough scalding will bo all thnt Is
necessary to remove the suit, while the
wholo llsh will need to bo sonked over
night.
Tnko one pound of suit fish, one-hnlf
cupful of stuffed olives, ono cupful of
finely diced celery, ono teaspoonful
of minced parsley' one-fourth of n
teaspoonful of Worcestershire snuee,
three tublespooufuls of ollvo oil, one
tublespoonful of vinegar and a dash of
red pepper. Fresheu tho codfish over
night, then llnke nnd cook gently for
thirty minutes. Cool, ndd tho olives
celery, parsley, seasonings, pli nn,J
vinegar und let stnnd an hour, Then
toss together with boiled dressing and
garnish with sliced olives nnd parsley.
Copyrisht. 1JS. Western Newpper Union.
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C w &z& j COPYIST ( Wild Woman
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
"ELECTRICITY"
TN SEEKING the derivation of
this word, one might bo par
doned for supposing that It had
something to do with tho ancient
word for lightning or even for
steel or Iron, because these sub
stances have become connected
In our minds with the substance
itself. But "electricity" Is one
of those words which might be
termed "natural errors," for it
has Its origin In tho Greek word
for amber elektron. In fact, a
literal translation of It would be
"the quality of being llko am
ber." Tho connection Is far from
apparent until we dig back Into
Greek history and find that the
scientists of ancient Athens dis
covered that by nibbing a piece
of nmber vigorously they wero
able to attract light objects with
If. We now know thnt the force
which we cnll "electricity" was
generated by the rubbing of the
nmlmr, by tho friction applied to
Its surface, but tho Greeks wero
of the opinion thnt this was a
quality Inherent In the nmber it
self. While the existence of this
force has been npparcnt In the
form of lightning, magnets and
the like, for countless centuries.
It was only In very recent times
thnt It was recognized as a dis
tinct power, to be studied nnd
cntnlogucd nnd used for the
benefit of mnnklnd. The name
applied to It, however, was the
name given by tho Greeks to the
substance which manifested It.
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LV, Will M. Maupin
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THE REASON
T OFTEN get n pleco of pie,
A Or bread, or even cake,
That's equal to tho very best
That mother used to bake.
And mother was a famous cook
Known all tho country through
For putting up tho best of meals
That hungry children knew.
I used to think that modern cooks
Had lost tho noble art,
But after long reflection I
Espouse their cause nnd part.
So when some grouchy man complains
And cnlls their art In question;
I know Just what tho matter Is
It's simply Indigestion.
(Copyrlclit.)
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Systematic Accumulation.
"How did prices get to be so high
In the first plncc?" Inquired the plain
citizen.
"Well," replied Mr. Dnstln Stnx.
"tho more profit you made the more
surtax you had to pay nnd the moro
surtax you had to pay tho mors profit
you hud to make."
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THE CHEERFUL CHERUB
I like, to wJk or
.SLHYtvr iMdrvfe.,
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peoples
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DAIRY
FACTS
FEEDING COWS ON ROUGHAGE
Interesting Test Made With Mature
Holsteln Cow on Government'
Farm In Montana.
(rrprl by th United Statee Departmsnt
ot Agriculture.)
What will a dairy cow do in the way
of milk and butterfnt production when
fed on roughage exclusively? Per
haps tho consensus of opinion Is that
she will not do very well, but tho
United States Department of Agricul
ture has some figures that show what
n lew cows did that wero fed on al
falfa hay and corn silage, without
grain.
A mature Holsteln cow was pas
tured on irrigated, tnta'e grass nt. the
department farm nt Huntley, Mont,
During the winter months she received
nothing but corn stlnge nnd nlfalfa
liny. Sho was under test nnd was
milked three times a day. For 140.5
duys nnd OS nights she was on pas
turc. During the rest of the year sho
consumed 0,014 pounds of nlfalfa hay
nnd 8,085 pounds of corn silage, a
rather large amount of bulky feed.
While this ration was fed the cow
maintained her weight at practically
what it was nt tho beginning of tho
test, and produced 14,210.1 pounds of
milk and 470.24 pounds of butterfat.
For the 12 months following the
next freshening this same cow was
milked three times a dny and given,
In addition to roughage, all tho grain
she would eat. The surprising fact
Is that she nto 7,056 pounds ef grain
nnd practically the same nmonnt of
roughnge as before. The actual quan
tities of roughage were 10,093 pounds
of alfalfa hay, 8,325 pounds of sllago
and 4,230 pounds of beets. She was
on pasture 130 days nnd no nights.
Tho milk production for the year was
25,409.4 pounds, and butterfat 823.11
pounds, nnd tho gain In weight 200
pounds.
But notice the difference In the nu
trients required to produce tho prod
uct the first yenr and tho second year,
when 75 per cent more butterfat wns
produced. The first year, over nnd
above maintenance and In ndditlon to
pnsture, the cow consumed for each
100 pounds of butterfat 150.37 pounds
of digestible protein nnd 558.G0 pounds
of total. digestible nutrients, nnd for
each 1,000 pounds of milk yielded she
used 51.7 pounds of digestible protein
and 184.8 pounds of total digestible
nutrients.
The second year, when she received
all the grain she would eat, she re
ceived above maintenance nnd In ad
dition to pasture. In the production of
100 pounds of butterfat, 218.7 pounds
oi iliiroMliilo protein and 1074.4 pounds
A Record-Breaking Holstein Cow.
of total digestible nutrients; and in
the production of 1,000 pounds of milk
sho used 70.43 pounds of digestible
protein and 345.0 pounds of total di
gestible nutrients.
From a nutrition stundpolnl the
cow made u moro economical use of
the roughage ration than of the rough
ugo plus henvy grain ration. No at
tempt wns mado to compare the rel
ative economy of the two systems of
feeding on n dollars-and-cents bnsls,
as the relation between prices of
roughage, grain, milk, und butterfnt.
which vary by localities und seusons,
would be a lnrge factor In determining
this question.
There uro now several cows ou this
fnrm thnt" have records made on rough
nge alone. One made 477 pounds of
butterfat In 350 days, and promises to
hnvo u record of 400 pounds at the
end of her year, -which will be within
45 pounds of the record mnde tho year
before wheu grain was fed. Another
cow In the herd made 345 pounds of
butterfat In 245 days without grain,
and still another 105 pounds In 120
days. It Is now planned to try some
of them on moderate grain rations to
make comparisons of the amounts of
nutrients required to muke butterfat
nnd milk under all conditions.
l,nter nnd more complete figures on
nddltlonul cows will show the effect
on production of three plnns of nutrition-
no grain ration, light grain
ration, nnd heavy grain ration. The
relutlve prices of milk, butterfat, nnd
feed will then determine tho method
of feeding most profitable for a given
section.
Benefits of Limestone.
Place a shallow box, of ground lime
stone where the cows will have to
walk through It when entering the
burn. This will cleun their feet, keep
them irotn slipping, nnd add to tho
value of the manure
Increasing Milk Production.
In working for nn Increased milk
production the cow has to be taken
Into consideration as well us the feed.
Somo cows aro not capable of good
production no matter how well thejr
sro fed.
KILLS MOTHER OF
WIFE AS ROBBER
Man Hears Scuffle In Hall, Opens
Door and Fires at Figure
in Dark.
IS INSTANTLY KILLED
Son-in-Law Paints When He Finds
Dead Body of His Mother-ln-Law
Daughter Tells Story of At
tack by Strange Man.
New Tork. Midnight wns pnssed
wnea a lumiiy council on the second
nr or 'juo Morris uvonue, Newark,
was terminated.
They had discussed ways and means
f tnulntulnlng the four-room flat Into
wnicn tney Had moved three days be
fore. It hud been decided, with hln
ready acquiescence, that the burden of
support must full upon Charles Mon
frl, twenty-five.
Pw ene thing, three of her eight
cuuuren wh lived with his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Antonln Cnscclla, a widow
f thirty-woven, were too small to
wrk. Fr another, he find man-fort
her daughter, Lena, Rlxteen, only a
Month aj!. and he was rtiishori with
the enthusiasm f the bridegroom and
eager t nuertuke tho task f sun-
prt.
Aa tiey Mvd toward their ntms
Mrs. unseeila made her customary
expression of worrr as t the whero-
abuts f another daughter, Kate, who
r lute ka4 beea keeping uncurtain
rs.
Finds Man In Hall.
Am hour later Manfrlo and his brldi
awakened at the noise of a stiffli nut.
side their door at the end of the hall.
There was a heavy lurch against thtt
door.
Manfrlo. grabbing a revolver, thrust
open tho door. He snw a man scurry
through the dark hall and leap down
the stairs. He started nfter him. hut
stumbled against an object at his feet
nnd fell. The object wns the huddled
form of Knte. She was In a swoon.
Mnnfrio scrambled to his feet nnd
rnn toward the stair landlnir. He
brought up sharnlv nnd in nlnrm for
he was confronted by another hulking
lorm in tlie dark.
Without nnuse he raised fhi enn
and fired. He heard the thud of a
body and congratulated himself h
had gotten tho bunrlur beforn tin
burglar got him.
Kills Wife's Mother.
He called to Lena to strike n mntrh.
She cast the light and fell to the tlnor
scran mlng:
Raised the Gun and Fired.
"You've killed mother!"
Mnnfrio fainted, ne had shot his
niother-ln-Iaw through the heart, kill
ing her Instantly.
The police ascribed the shooting to
nn accident, but held Manfrlo for the
grand Jury. They also held Knte as a
material witness. Obstinately, she pro-
lulmcd:
"I don't know nnythlng about It."
She said she had been to a theater
and a man hnd followed her home and
euped nt her In the lmllwny. When
the police leurned she hnd really been
to a dunce hall with her cousin, Bose
d'Antonlo. eighteen, Bose snld she
thought "It would sound better" to
Bay she hnd been to the theater. She
and Bose had met two young men nt
the dunce hull, she snld, but left them
there. The girls started home sepa
rately. As she let herself Into the vestibule
of the two-story frame house, Kate
suld a man slipped Into the vestibule
behind her. She scrambled In panic
up the stairs. But the mun caught up.
He seized "her by the thront nnd
choked her Into insensibility. The
police found finger mirks on her
throat.
Rat Acrobat Escapes Trap,
Wnxnhnchle, Tex. The champion
rat acrobat of the world Is making his
residence at least part of the time at
a local furniture store.
Kd South ami Boy Borders, employ
ees of tho furniture firm, decided they
would use a novel schemo to capture
the rat. One night they stretched taut
a small wire from handle to bundle of
water-filled tub. Midway, they at
tached throe pieces of cheese.
The next morning they discovered
that the rut had walked out on tho
wire and escaped with one pleco of
cheese.
HAD TO STAY IN 1
BED FOR WEEKS
Omaha Citizen Says Ho la Now Rid
of Troubles That Had Kept Hlrrt
Miserable for Years.
"I wns almost out of commission
when I begnn taking Tnnlac, but It
has made me feel like a new man In
a short time," snld W. S. Meadville,
7004 North Twenty-ninth St., Omaha,
Neb.
"My liver and kidneys were out of
order and I had terrible pains In my
back and sides and was so bad off I
often had to stay in bed for two weeks
at a time.
"Tho results I got from Tanlac were
a very glad surprise to me. It bene
fited mo in every way and I belleva
the improvement I received wlU prove
lasting and I feel stronger'aad , better
'than la many a day."
Tanlac is sold by all .good druggists.
Not Active.
"Ia Bho married?" asked tho In
quisitive man.
"Oh, yes," replied the naMve.
"What sort of man la hor hnn.
band?"
"Well, he took to Eolf SOMA VAflni
ago and now I think be Is merely a
tradition."
"ON EASY STREET"
Women "Farmerettes" Make
Meney In Western Canada.
Many Are Taking Advantage of tht
Opportunity Offered by, the Fer
tile Land and Fine CHmate.
In many parts of Western Canada
are to be found women owning and
running farms for themselves, and
what is more, making them pay. May
Hazlett, nn English girl, who lived on
a farm In the Touchwood hills, In Sas
katchewan, for tho nnst foar years.
looKing after her stock and cultivating
her land, Is one of these. The farm
was originally her brother's homestead.
at which time Miss Hazlett was a
stenographer. Her brother was killed
while fighting with the Canadian forces
at VImy Ridge. Neighbors advised
Miss Hnzlett to sell the farm, but she
decided that she was tired of the
"eternal pounding" and became a farm
erette.
Mrs. Mary J. Blackburn, a p!6neer
woman farmer of Alberta, has Just
added 160 aqres to her farm near
Hardlsty. Coming from Eastern Can
ada, Mrs. Blackburn homestcaded a
quarter section In 1002. She had two
Holsteln heifers, a bull, and 17 In
cash. She lived In a tent the first
summer and In a sod shack In the
winter. Her first crop put her, as
ihe tells the story, "on Easy street."
In ten years she had a herd of 60
pure-bred Holstein cattle and was op
erating n prosperous dairy. A fine
residence has supplanted the sod hut
"I milked my cows, raised my cattle,
cut hay and stacked It all by myself,"
ald Mrs. Blackburn. "I started on
bare prairie with no money, and made
good. I worked hnrd, but the experi
ence was wonderful."
It has generally been conceded that
farming Is a man's Job. It has long
been considered thnt a woman's place
on the farm was In the house, with a
few attendant duties, looking nfter the
chickens nnd the gnrden. But times
are changing.
Demonstrative of the present femi
nine Initiative, there are two young
ladles farming extensively nnd with
good profit too, in Western Cnnada.
Some years ago a family located a 160-
acre farm In the Onk Lake district,
Manitoba. Later the father died, leav
ing his two daughters and aged wife a
mortgaged quarter section. Instead of
selling the effects nnd moving to town
to tnko employment, the girls decided
to work tho plnce.
While the mother looked nfter the
household duties the daughters did the
farm work. They did the plowing, har
rowing, seeding, haying, harvesting,
stocking, feeding and other farm oper
ations. Except nt threshing time, the
getting out of wood, the help of man
was never sought. Instead of a 1C0
acre place, with seven horses and ten
cattle, which they stnrted with, they
have a 1,120-acre farm, twenty-five
head of heavy horses and nearly a hun
dred head of cattle, mostly pure-breda.
Their farm buildings, equipment and
well-kept fields would be objects of
pride to the owners In any country.
Their accomplishment has not only
been profitable but pleasant, and they
have enjoyed every home advantage.
They are two entertnlning and bright
girls, and have nil the feminine charm
of womanhood. Their manlike occupa- .
tlon has not given them a masculine
character or appearance, as somo of
the older generations might Imagine.
Their gallant struggle for success sig
nifies the truth In the oft-ropeated
maxim of Western Canada, "A little
assistance and the soil, with Its natur
al richness and God's sunshine will
goon pay for the land Itself."
If you wish to learn more of what
Western Canuda can do, write for a
copy of "Canada West" which will be
mailed to you free by your nearest
Canadian government agent. Adver
tisement.
The Rrlrina nt ftlnhs
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Wlfn t nu'nl'unnillWliv an
Tom? .Didn't your host have a con
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Tom (sighing) Yeah ; there wero
several men present with rnther win
ning personalities. Judge.
Trust n woman to tell you whptha-
her friend's hair Is dyed.
