NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
Something to Think About
By V. A. WALKER
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THE MASTERFUL MIND
WHEN n perplexing task confronts
yon, the very thought of which
upsets your poise nnd seems to pnr
nlyzo your mentnl nnd physical facul
ties, by all means keep cool.
You cannot by any other manner
master the situation.
By mastering yourself, composing
your tingling nerves nnd going at the
work In un orderly fashion, you will
And that however serious were your
Apprehensions, or your fears of get
ting through on time, thcro was really
nothing to he flustered nt at all.
A moment of quiet, decisive thought
at suyh times Is usually all that Is
really needed, but (he difficulty with
most persons Is, the mustering of the
moment to do their bidding.
The average mind has an Inclination
ito jump and dance In circles and to
become so agitated that anything ap
proaching tranquility nppcars to be
entirely out of tho question.
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Uncommon
Sense
By
JOHN BLAKE
EDISON'S QUESTIONS
A BACKGROUND of general knowl-
x edge Is useful, and, In some meas
ure necessary.
Hut storing up In your mind a mass
.of knowledge which can bo found by
ready reference to books, merely
means overloading.
The young man who could answer
tilt tho questions Mr. Edison recently
Inld down as a tost for applicants for
(positions, woidd be a young man with
u very remarkable memory. But thnt
would be all.
Tho fact that he could answer the
questions would bo no proof whatever
of his ability.
Abraham Lincoln or Glndstono
could not hnve answered a quarter of
them not even of those whose un
Bwers were known In his time. '
Neither could many another man
who has been of conspicuous service
to tho world.
There Is so ;nuch to know In tha
world that no man with nny purpose
In life has time to know much of It.
If he knows, say, 70 per cent of nil
there Is to know about his Immediate
profession, and has n fair amount of
general Information besides, he is a
well-educated man.
But even well-educated men are not
woecssnrlly capable.
It Is not what you put Into your
brain, but what you get out of It that
counts.
A scrub cow cats twlco as much as
a Jersey or Guernsey, but sho docs not
give half as good milk.
Tho processes of your brain do not
depend on masses of Information but
on the quality of tho Information, es
pecially of' that which applies partial
larly to your own business.
Mr. Edison's test Would probably
havo barred from his Institution
. Alexander Graham Bell, tho Wright
brothers, Lloyd Georgo nnd Charles
M. Schwab. But all these men did
fairly well with the knowledge they
lind of their own lines of endeavor.
Your memory will bo serviceable to
you If you do not load It up with
things thnt books can carry Just as
enslly.
lHomers Cook Boo
One of tho chlot cauncti of ntmticlul prefi
miro In tnodorn lire la tho falluro of hoiuo
girls nnd wanton to rcullzo thnt money
does not fall, like tho. dew, i.'ontly from
heaven.
1 GOOD THINGS FOR THE TABLE
TAKE one cupful each of flour and
milk, one-half cupful of corn
meal, one-fourth cupful of sugar, ono
tablcspoonful of butter and two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder. Sift
tho flour, linking powder and corn
meal together. Cream tho butter, add
the sugar, then the flour nnd milk al
ternately. Beat well and hake In hot,
well-buttered gem pans.
Chocolate Wafers.
Take ono cupful each of molasses
nnd brown sugar, one-half cupful each
of butter, lard and grated chocolate,
one teaspoonful of soda, dissolved In
one-fourth of u cupful of boiling wa
ter, one teaspoonful of vanilla and
flour to mako u stilt dough. Form In
balls ubout tho slzo of a hickory nut,
flatten slightly and placo well apart
on a baling sheet. Bake lu a mod
erate oven.
Endive ana Prune Salad.
Wash, and wipe tho leaves of ono
head of eiullve and put them on a salad
dish. Stone one and ono-half cupful&
prunes, which have been simmered
until tender in tho water In which they
were soaked over night. Add tho
prunes to the endive. For tho dress
ing mix four tublespoonfuls of "live
m i li
Matter for the time being over
whelms inlnd, breaks II Into a thousand
atoms with provoking spltefulness nnd
leaves thought In utter dismay.
The housewlfo knows how true this
Is, when at dinner tlmo her happy-go-lucky
spouse walks In nt the front
door with several old college chums,
and calmly nnnounccs that they have
come to dine with him, forgetting un
til he put his key In tho lock that It
was the cook's afternoon out.
In tho flurry that follows everything
goes wrong.
Had the husband In the beginning
given thought of the cooklcss kitchen,
all embarrassment could have been
avoided.
Your desk muy confront you with
hundreds of letters requiring Imme
diate personal uttcntlon.
If you have a masterful inlnd, you
will proceed to make haste slowly, and
dlsposo of the work In half of the
time It would take a man to complete
the worlc whoso self-control had de
serted him.
The masterful mind Is'ono of the
tlgures In the combination thnt opens
tho lock on the world's treasure box,
In which reposo success, honor, fntnt
wealth, and power, ench one more
easily attained by the man or womnn
of composure, than by those persons
who upon tho slightest provocation be
come Ill-tempered, excited and hys
terical. You can never hope to lead, direct
and control others except by the mag
netic power of tho mnsterful inlnd.
acquired only by mastering self, after
long seasons of trial.
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BOB UPHA-ToM Jfe "HI
Head history, study langungcs If
you can, get general Information, but
nt the snme tlmo tench your mind to
work. Tho general Information will
be pleasant to have and useful now
and then. But the special Information
will bo what wins the race for you.
(Copyright.)
oil, two tnblespoonfulo of lemon Juice,
one-half teaspoonful of salt, one-half
teaspoonful of paprika and n dash of
cayenne. Pour this over tho snlud.
Mix and serve.
Cherry Bread.
Take two quarts of sweet cherries,
one and one-half tablespoonfuls of
sugar, a piece of butter tho size of a
walnut (or two tablespoonfuls), one
teaspoonful of salt and cornmonl to
muke a soft dough. Bake lu n well
greased pan and servo cold.
Copyright, 19:2, Western Newspaper Union
WHY
ARE THERE MORE BALD
MEN THAN WOMEN
"Q ALDNESS, or loss of hair,
JJ usually caused by lack of c
Is
care
for the hair or scalp. Although the
majority of people do not realize It.
It Is as necessary for the hair to havo
sulllclcnt air and good circulation of
tho blood as It Is for the-body. Both
must "breathe" and both must be sup
plied with blood to carry off Impurl
ties. In the ense of the hair, the
blood Is, of course, supplied through
tho tiny veins which aro sltunted
around tho roots of tho hair mid any
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I "lHDDIES SIX
1 LJ Will M. Maupin
aiiimimmiiiiimimimiimiimiiiimiffi
THE BRIGHT 8IDE
THINGS n-lookln' rather blue?
All the world n bit askew?
Then, my friend, It's up to you
Just to hustle out nnd do
Something worth tho while.
Wipe tho tears from out your cyo;
Things will get worse If you cry;
Seek the paths where roses Ho;
There Is every reason why
You should wear n smile.
Though the clouds are dark to view,
Still behind the sky Is blue,
And the sun will soon shine through
With his golden gleam on you
If you work away.
Though tho duy be dark and drear,
What's tho uso to quake and fear
Wipe away that Idle tear.
Look to see the dawning clear
Of a brighter day.
Locked within their Icy tomb
Aro the flowers of springtime's bloom)
In good time they'll light tho gloom,
Scent the nlr with sweet perfume
As you trudge along.
Life Is always what It's mnde,
Why should you, then, be dismayed?
Keep on going,, unafraid,
Every doubt can ho allayed
With n cheerful song.
Keep on working with a will;
Tacklo e'en the steepest hill;
Bid each doubt and fear be still
And each day with duty fill
Duty nobly done.
Try agalrt If once you fnll ;
At one Ill-success don't rail;
Bravely face life's fiercest gale;
Don't sit down nnd weep and wall-"
Thus bucccss Is won.
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tight hand around the upper portion
of the head will cut off this circulation
and cause the hair to die and fall out.
The construction of men's lints is
such that they press rather tightly
upon the forehead and the bulging
portion of the head at the rear, thus
Impeding free circulation of tho blood
a condition with which n womnn
docs' not hnvo to contend, on nccount
of tho fact that she wears hats which
lit less snugly. Again, n womnn's lint
Is so constructed that It permits of
tho freo circulation of air between the
liar and the scalp. The connection be
tween a man's hat nnd his bnldncss Is
clear from the fact that there are but
few men who are entirely bald. Most
of them havo a frlngo around the ears
and the lower portion of the back of
the head, parts of which are not eov
ered by their lints.
Another causo which contributes
much to tho difference In baldness bo-
tween tho sexes Is the care which
women take of their hair, when com
pared to the ensual luanncr lu which
men apply a hair-brush once or twlco
n day.
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O
True Virtue.
Glllctt Did you ever kiss a girl
when Bho wasn't looking?
Terry Not when sho wnsn't good
looking. Life.
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THE CHEERFUL CHERUB
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rierrily I Kve, t.lorC?
Conquering rrvy .sorrows,
Present woes csjvt
botker roe.
LiFe. is torrorroU3,
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News of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
Rov. Joseph J. Pnrkcr, 35 years a
minister of the Congregational church
In Nebraska, Is dead at the homo of
a son, Charles Parker, at Orange, Cal.
Rev. Mr. Barker had been lu that
.state since last November and his
death cume after an illness of several
months.
The stnte supreme court has Issued
a writ of mandamus commanding
State Auditor Mursh to register $00,000
worth of refunding bonds Issued by
the town of TekHinuh, which he had
refused because not convinced of their
legality,.
Three young coyotes were enptured
near Snyder after Andy Nielsen, Coun
cil Bluffs aviator, and Dr. F. II. Kin
youn, Omaha pollco surgeon, had spot
ted them while flying about 1,000 feet
above a field.
Domlnlck Manoll, a 10 year old
student of Omaha, attained the high
est scholarship standard during tho
last school yenr, having taken fix
subjects and getting perfect records
In all of them.
Work has begun on the remodeling
of the Grand Island St. Paul's Eng
lish Lutheran church to the extent of
$12,000. Enlargements nnd a new
tower and balcony feature the, remodel
ing. Tho work of soliciting funds to re
build the grandstand on the grounds
of tho Knox County Better Livestock
and Fair association Is now under way
pud $2,000 has been donated.
Farmers In the vicinity of Callaway
are reporting losses of cattle by theft.
It Is reported that about twenty-ilve
head of cattle havo been stolen dur
ing ono week.
W. L. McNutt of Ord will be Judge
of the Poland China nnd Duroc Jersey
classes at tho Taclfle International
live stock show at Portland, Oregon,
In November.
liimest iiumm or Pawneo city, a
graduate of Tarklo college of Tarklo,
Mo., has been elected athletic coach
at Plllsbury Military academy at Own
tonna, Minn.
Leo Stuhr, secretary of agriculture,
announces that Clay county Is the first
county In Nebraska to complete cattle
tuberculosis tests of every animal In
the county. ,
County commissioners of Douglns
county have let contracts for paving
nearly 38 miles of county roads lead
lng out of Omaha. The cost will bo
$1,087,088.
Plckerell will hold a special elect
ion for the purpose of voting on a
$10,000 bond proposition to cover the
cost of constructing an electric light
line.
The Polk county farmers' picnic
held at the Osceola fair grounds prov
ed a very successful affair, from 8,000
to 10,000 people being hi attendance.
Fred Towell of York, while working
on a cement sidewalk, dropped dead
of heart failure. He -was one of the
pioneer settlers of York- county.
Two hundred Royal Neighbors of
Gagn Jefferson, Thayer, Saline, Nuc
kolls and Clay counties attended a
school of Instruction in Bcntrlcc.
Fifty children took pnrt In the
games when Miss Fay Illnks, director,
gave the flrst supervised play ground
program at Falls City.
Walter Bartels and Albert Horst,
young men of Sidney, were drowned
while bathing in Krugcs Lake near
that place.
Tho IiOup Valley hatcher near
Cushlng, ono of the largest in the
state, was completely destroyed by
Are.
Mrs. A. McCann of Falls City re
ceived a fractured hip when she fell
whllo getting out of nn auto.
The Trans-MIsslsslppl Golf Associa
tion will hold its tournament at Omaha
during the week of July 10.
The wheat harvest has begun In
York county, ten days earlier than
over known there before.
Tho York Y. M. C. A. have launch
ed a county drive for funds to help
pay off tho local debt. !
Tho Hessian fly has made Its up-1
pearance In many of tho wheat fields
of Dodge county.
Work has begun on Grand Island's
big sewer system Improvement.
Petitions for a swimming pool are
being circulated at Falrbury.
Omaha's nnnunl Kitten show will
be put on Juno 20. -
The stnte nnd federal employment
ofllco nt Lincoln Is receiving many
calls for harvest hands, according to
manager Clarence C. Becker. Osceola,
Tocunisch, Crete, Friend nnd Sotts
bluff have placed hurry cnlls with the
bureau.
Dr. George A. Condrn, geploglst of
the Nebraska state university, has
completed a personal survey of the
vicinity of Pawnee City In nn attempt
to procuro water for the city, and as
a result water famine In that place
promises to bo of short duration. A
slto for a new well was located, and
digging was begun Immediately.
Forest Bartlctte, 13 years old, was
drowned -while swimming with some
companions In the Bluo river at Fulr
bury. Work of rebuilding the Cooper Flour
mills nt Humboldt, destroyed by Are
a few weeks ago, is well under way.
.The loss was $120,000. The power
plnut, which supplied the city with
power will be rebuilt flrst.
Potato growers In Buffalo county
who have plnnted Irrigated fields, arc
elated at the prospects of an estimated
yield of 500,000 bushels from 4,000
acre. Cabbage, Injured by the harle
QUln bug, will bo below normal.
Nebraska's flrst keep well club wat
recently organized In Aurora under
the leadership of Miss Jennette Brad
ley, county Red Cross nurse, and R.
II. Camp, extension agent of tho state
agricultural college and county farm
bureau. The group was organized ai
a standard club with eight actlva
members, all girls.
Through failure to pay bis bank
order for stato hall Insurance, amount
ing to $10, when It came duo June 1
Frank Lamport, a farmer near Bruns
wick, Antelope county, lost $800 other,
wise due him as" indemnity for th
destruction of eighty ueres of rye Id
a hall storm June S.
W. II. Morton, superintendent ol
schools, E. 10. Stone, principal, and L
C. Moody, of Falrbury, and E. F. Stod
dard and L. It. Gregory, superintend
ent at Beatrice and Tecumseh, hav
started overland by auto to New
York to study at Columbia untversltj
this summer.
According to the records of L. G
Brian, adjuster of the state hall In
surance department, 210 claims havi
been tiled for losses during the season
up to date. The heaviest single daj
of damage was that of the storm ol
June 18, for which 74 claims huvi
been mnde.
Deaths resulting from lightnlni
reached three when the bodies oi
Jnko Reuter nnd Henry Rein won
found In n field near Scottsbluff, i
half mile apnrt. The body of Fred
Sclmefer was found later. Separait
bolts killed all three, it is believed.
To guiCe night travelers four electrjt
beacon lights will be put on Fulrburj
court house. Each will be a 200 can
die power which can be seen for mllei
around. The country pays for tin
labor and material and tho city fura
ishes maintenance and the Juice.
The probabilities arc that Buffalt
county will hnve to undertake tin
erection of a new bridge across the
Platte, south of Elmcreek. The stat
aid fund cannot be used, and the super
visors are now considering n count
bridge project.
Attacked by several brood sowi
which knocked him down, almost
scalped him, tpre his Jaw and mnng
led his fnce, the life of ,T. Franzen, i
farmer near Randolph, was saved b)
his collie dog which came to his res
cue.
County Treasurer M. L. Endress p!
Douglas county hns remitted $357,001
in state taxes to State Treasurer Dai
Cropsoy the largest day's remlttunci
from nny Nebraska county in the his
tory of the stnte, Cropsey snys
John Murtey, former member from
Gass county of the lower house of the
Nebraska legislature and one of tho
state's most prominent grain men, was
killed nt Alvo, when struck by a Roclc
Island passenger train
A strip of country four miles cast
of Kearney about a quarter of a milo
wldo and four miles long suffered con
sldcrnble hail damngc In the storm of
Inst Sunday. It Is believed the aver-
ago loss will be almost CO' per cent.
Fred Sclmefer, employed on the De
Conley farm near Scottsbluff, was In
stantly killed when struck by a bolt
of lightning. He had started from
tho field where lie was working to tho
farm house when the bolt fell
Goldlc Joy Zimmerman, n gradunte
of the Bridgeport hjgh school this
year, Is to be awarded a medal for
perfect attendance during her entire
student career of thirteen years in
the schools at Bridgeport.
Georgo Batt and Max Tledtke, lab
orers on the excavation of the founda
tion for the new capltol nt Lincoln,
were buried to their necks In a cave-
1 ii of earth. They were unharmed
except for bruises.
Orln Kellison, extensive feeder of
Ord, reported an average g-iin of 522
pounds for a seven months feed on the
(10 head of 1,212 pound steers which
he uinrkcted at South Omaha last
week nt $0.00.
A county-wldo holldny July 27, tho
date of the big Madison county farm
bureau picnic which more than 00,000
people are expected to attend, Is be
lng planned by the people at Battlo
Creek.
Fines aggregating approximately
$75,000 have been assessed fur smug
Biers of Sheridan county who pleaded
guilty before County Judge D. R. Dorr
nt Kushvllle during the past three
weeks.
Fire damnged the lunch counter,
dining room and kitchen In the Union
Pacific depot at North Platte. Loss
Is estimated at $0,000, covered by In
surance.
H. T. Hansen hns marketed 1,000
quarts of strawberries from a quarter
acre tract near Fremont
Captain William James Broatch,
former mnyor of Omulia and state leg
lslator, died In Lord Lister hospltnl In
that pluce, his death following un op
eration two weeks ago from which
ho was unable to rally.
The state treasury last Monday con
tallied a total cash balance of $4,545,
000 In nil funds of which $013,000 wns
credited to tho general fund. This Is
enough to run tho stato government
four or Ave months. The amount on
hand Is the largest the state has had
at any one time in recent years, due
to tho fact that stato taxes are higher
this year than ever before.
It Is expected that several thousand
Modern Woodmen of America will at
tend the four dny meeting which Is to
bo held In Fremont, July 31 to August
3, Inclusive. Over 1,500 Woodmen
hnve already mado entry, It is said,
for participation In various competi
tive drills und athletic program.
. Texas fat cattle topped the market
two days in succession when finished
Horoford Bteers fed by Lou Smlthber-
gor, Stanton county feeder, were sold
on the Omaha mnrket at $9.80 per
100. The flrst lot ot two carloads
sold brought the highest price paid
thus far this yen"
VETERAN'S GHOST
SLUGSTRA1NMAN
Resents His Picking Cherries
From Favorite Tree in His
toric Burial Ground.
NEIGHBORS IN PANIC
Cherry Tree Is Now Safe as Far ai
This Particular Train Crew Is
Concerned Bump on Head
Too Real for Disbelief.
Dudley, N. C Tho ghost of Owen
Smith, a Confederate veteran, long
dead, has risen from tho grave in
which the' body wus burled In the:
historic Slocumb burial grounds neat
here. ,
Each night, several hours after dark
it stalks about in the neighborhood ot,
the graveyard, silent and stern as H
seeking some person who may hava
wrohged its earthly form during its
lifetime. Residents, both white and
colored, are terrified. They are afraid
to leave their homes, after dark for
uny causp.
Near the grave of the old soldier Is
n May cherry tree, said to have been
plunted by him. And near this old
cherry tree Is a watering station
where nearly all trains from Wilming
ton, Del., to Goldsboro, S. C, stop to
fill their tanks. It has long been a
custom of members of the train crew
to help themselves to the tree's fruit
while the wuter filled the tank.
Strange Attack.
Several nights ago train No. 31 ar
rived nt the watering station about
10 p. m. as usual. One of the crew
hiked over to the tree In the darkness
to see If tho cherries were ripe. Sud
denly a weird form reared up behind
him, and with some blunt Instrument
knocked him unconscious. He lny there
for several minutes, and staggered
back to the engine just as the crew
was about to set out to find him.
To them he told the story of his
mysterious assault. So real was his
tale, and so obvious the bump .u his
head that none disbelieved him. The
cherries are now almost ripe, but
Knocked Him Unoonscious.
there Is not a man on the night train
who cares to pluck them.
Mary Slocumb Burled There.
It l,s believed that the old veteran
was so devoted to his farm and the
trees he planted that his spirit has at
last come to earth toprotect one of
his favorite trees from the ravages of
tho train crews.
In the same graveyard that has been
In use since Revolutionary days lies
burled Mary Slocumb, made famous In
American history as the young woman
who dreamed that she saw a man
under a tree near Moore's creek
where her husband wns fighting with
the Americans against the British. Be
lieving that the man sho saw In her
dream was her liusbnnd. Mrs. Slo
cumb, leaving her slx-months-old boy at
home, mounted her pony and rode
away to Moore's Creek fifty miles
away. Arriving In the neighborhood,
she found n man badly wounded as
she had seen In her dream. She bound
up his wounds, thereby saving his
life. Her husband nrrlved on the
scene nnd was surprised at her being
there until she told him of her dream.
WIFE IS ALSO HIS SISTER
Family Mixup Takes Placo When Fa
ther Weds Daughter-irwLaw's
Mother.
Dclavan, Wis. If your dad weds
your, wife's mamma, Is wife still wife?
The marriage at Belolt recently of
Lewis Gelst, seventy-eight, and Augus
ta Rottlka, sixty-eight, has made Mrs.
William Gelst a sister of her husband
and hns made her father-ln-lnw her
father, and Mrs. Lewis Gelst, who wus
formerly her mother, has become her
mother-in-law.
Tho family relations are all twisted
up among this quartet because the
father of William Gelst married the
mother of his wife. Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Gelst will live in Belolt. They
aro spending their honeymoon hero
wlth son-son-in-law nnd daughter-
daughter-in-law.