NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
Something to Think About
By F. A. TPALKER
OHAltAOTEll BUILDERS
YOU may ho tilled with wonder at
the number of disappointments
that come Into your life, frequently,
too, nt a time when you are leaHt able
to bear the shock.
Being afflicted with the common In
feriorities of mankind, you fall to
consider that others nre nH repeatedly
beset by discomfitures as you.
Some, It Is true, run aground nnd
nro wrecked, swallowed up by the sea
of despondency and swept nwuy.
Others, more courageous by reason
of their faith in n higher power, pes
Messing a better Judgment than their
own, summon up new strength and
wall bravely on, refusing to loso heart
or to become discouraged because they
hnvo temporarily lost sight of their
friendly star.
And this Is what wo all ought to do,
julte Irrespective of our many slips
nnd stumbles, else In rebellion we lose
liope.
An artist who Imagines he has at
last found the right color for whnt ho
decides shall bo his masterpiece of
tone and composition, Is unspeakably
disappointed when at the llnal stroke
of the brush he Is confronted with the
palpable mlscarrtagu of his plan.
And so Is the singer with n pleasing
Tolce who, after years of hard work,
fclscovcrs a defect which cannot be
overcome.
A disappointed child dries his tears
and turns his attention to a new
quest. In the novel surroundings he
quickly forgets his old dismay and
irises gayly to sunnier heights.
Wo older children, much harder to
WHY
IS THE SPILLING OF
SALT UNLUCKY
THIS superstition connected with the
bus had the same origin as that con
cerning 13 people at a tablethe Last
iSuppor. Hut, unlike tho latter be
lief, there Is no foundation for It In
history. None of tho accounts of tho
Oinst Supper records nny spilling of
tho salt by Judas and It Is doubtful
whother Leonardo da Vinci, In his
munous fresco of Christ und Ills
iiipastles, Intended to attach nny slg-
Jilllcnneo to tho overturned saltcellar
beyond Indicating nervousness on the
part of Judas. Da Vinci's painting
having been accepted as an historic
replica of tho Supper, It Is only
natural that tho Incident of tho over
turned salt should hnvo been Implant
ed In tho public's mind an an Integral
part of the meal and thnt It Bhould
have been connected with Judas und
bis subsequent 111 fortune. (
Tho custom of throwing salt over
rtho left shoulder In order to dlsslpato
mny evil lnlluenco has an origin which
antedates Da Vinci by many hundreds
of years. The pagan Uomans con
sidered thnl salt was sacred to tho
Penates, tho household gods, and that
to spill It dtrlnK u meal would Incur
tho wrath of theso gods not upon tho
nplUer, but upon, tho person toward
whom It was spilled. Casting a pinch
iof salt over tho loft shoulder tho
tshoutder of evil was therefore an
act of politeness, for It was supposed
to lift the curse from tho person to-
Uncommon
(HERITAGE OF HONESTY
iT KNEW from a child that It was
"wrong to steal?' said a very suc
cessful man who has made u fortune
(without being a crook.
"That Is wliti t saves the world." re
ipllcd an editor to whom he was tall;
ling. "Thank Heaven, all hoys are
honest. Thoy nover become crooks
till thoy nro mon."
That statement Is In n largo mens
uro true. While children, If trained
'by scoundrels, will steal, thoy know
Instinctively that stealing Is wrong.
They would much rather bo straight.
Tho thoft ot apples or watermelona
or peaches committed by youngsters Is
mischief.
Show them thnt It Is really stealing,
'that thoy aro depriving somcono else
NIGHT A.PTUW.
! Jiwd slouUra&blt&t&r1tonm
'', 'Frcyjnrtora uploAho "moon,
't UaVl find" iho olng-prstty ocrdi,
V bat yoa,wt(lty Boon
si . ttsskl
please and decidedly less Inclined to
change our course, do not bear the
chastisement with similar grnco, be
ing disposed to violent rebellion and
shameful outbursts of passion which
In our cooler moments, let It be stat
ed charitably and with due regard to
the various frailties of human nature,
wo occasionally regret.
To turn squarely about when de
feated on the very threshold of suc
cess, though exceedingly dlfllctilt and
humiliating, Is tho noblest thing to
do.
In this one sublime act wo uncon
sciously uncover the true base of
character, and exhibit our unsuspect
ed virtues.
The storms of ages may bent
against kucIi character, but they can
neither move nor destroy It, built as
It was by disappointments for an
eternity of sweet content such as mor
tal tongues cannot describe or Im
aginations picture.
(B by McClura Newspaper Syndlonto.)
A SCHOOL DAIJS A
I 1 1 1
j Frog ToWoppcr- do mo j A
NT co?t i m
VUI tx Ttte ) ZK
voo want m 7k s?V
DohEj mis' noon. fiWw J'
ward whom the salt fell and to fasten
It upon tho splllcr himself. It was
doubtless this ancient Latin belief
which caused Leonardo dn Vlncl to
Include the overturned salt In his
ixilntlng of tho Last Supper.
( by tho Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
Tho Only Place Ho Missed.
Hyutander (to boasting old salt)
You ought to feel at homo In geography
when you've- been about so much.
Old Salt Wall, l'v pin past tho ol
place a couplo tlman, but I never
planted mo foot there.
O
Use Oil In Steam Tractor.
A Btcnm-drlvcn tractor of tho end
less tread typo has been dovclopcd In
which oil Is tho fuel used for Its two
engines mounted on opposite sides.
JOHN
BLAKE
vwimiuinimwiiwmiw
of what Is rightfully his, and there
will bo no more climbing over bad;
fences for them.
One of tho reasons that this Is not
a dllllciilt world In which to live Is
that honesty Is Instinctive, and theft
has to bo cultivated.
The average schoolboy despises a
thief, and will hovo nothing to do
with him.
If he reads In tho newspnpers of
an absconder or a forger or a man
who misappropriates a trust, the lad
Is shocked and disgusted.
It Is only when he becomes hard
ened by contact with the world, and
learns that men often prosper, oven
though thoy nro dishonest, that ho be
comes hardened, and Justifies his own
misdeeds.
Watch a crowd of boys ut games,
and you will find that the client Is al
ways mnrked and barred from tho
gnme If he continues to cheat.
The cheat himself wan not a cheat
always. Ilo has learned cheating
from another boy who Id all likelihood
learned It from a man.
As long as wo start honest, as wo
do, the greater percentage of us nro
likely to remain so.
Only those who nro wonk fall from
their standards, and ovon they, when
the race Is over, heartily regret that
they ovor wcro anything but fnlr and
clean and open-minded In their deal
ings with their follows.
(Copyright by John Ulake.)
0
Ho as you would seem to be.
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I THDDIES SIX
LJ Will M. Maupin f
nuiiiiiiiiimiiimmiiiiiiiitimmmmiiffi
SONQ8 O' CHEER
"XXIIAT'S the use o weepln'?
" " Hotter days are comln' soon.
Don't bo cryln', but be tryln'
Tor t' lilt a merry tune.
What's th' use o' monnln'
If th day Is dark an' drear?
Clouds don't matter they ill scat
ter If you sing a song o' cheer.
What's th' use o' grumblln'
If your plans go all awry?
Keep on smllln' all th' while on
You will git there by an' by.
What's th' use o' klckln
At your tough, untimely fnto?
On tomorrow shove your sorrow
An' keep hustlln' while you wait.
What's' th' use o' cryln'
'Cause all days ain't days o' Juno?
Trick the bubblo you cull trouble
An' strike tip a merry tune.
(Copyright by Will M. Maupin.)
ooRBook
For palates that mum liavo Inventions
to dollglit their taato.
THESE ARE GOOD
OUCH vegetables as tho delicate pea
are best served In tho liquor In
which they wero cooked.
Deviled Herring.
Tnko two cupfuls of smoked boneless
herring, half cupful of diced celery,
one-fourth of a tenspoonful of mustard,
two tnblcspoonfuls of minced green
peppers, one-fourth of n teuspoonful of
curry, one tnblespoonful of minced
onion, a fourth of a tenspoonful of
Worcestershire sauce, two table
spoonfuls of butter, threo tablespoon
fuls of Hour, two cupfuls of tomnto
Julco and ono cupful of buttered
crumbs. Cut the herring Into dice and
let stand in a warm water for forty
Hvo minutes. Melt tho butter; fry th
celery, onion nnd pepper until softened
Add tho llsli, Hour and seasonings
mix well nnd ndd to tho tomatc
gradually. Let boll. Turn Into but
tered ramekins, cover with crumbs an
bake fiutll brown.
Bulgarian Dressing.
Take threo-fourths of a cupful oi
mnyonnnlse dressing, ndd one-hnlf cup
ful of chill sauce, ono tenspoonful oi
walnut catsup, one tenspoonful o.
Worcestershire sauce, ono teaspoonfu!
of vlnegnr, one-hnlf tenspoonful enrt
of suit and paprika nnd ono tnble
spoonful each of chopped red anc"
green pepper. Mix well and chill be
fore serving.
((f), 11)22, by Western Newspaper Union )
U
ONCE fS ENOUGH
JEMS
News ol All Kinds Gathered From i
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
Fire, tho worst In tho history of
i'lerce, burned over a hulf block nnd
caused damage which early estimates
place at ubout$100,000. Cause of the
(Ire hns not been determined. Some
Insurance was carried but the exuet
amount could not bo determined.
While perched on a gas tank ot an
auto chassis, Billy Leonard, 10, sou
of William Leonurd of Climax, was
thrown under the wheels of the vehicle
and suffered a broken leg.
A carnival held by tho happy har
vester class of the Higsprlngs Metho
dist Sunday school netted $200 for
windows of tho new $30,000 church
Hearing completion.
Oliver Hohnholdt, n 13 year old
Hloomllcld lad, was seriously hurt
when ho fell fn,ni the running board
of nn automobile upon which he had
"hopped" for n ride.
A cur confiscated nt York by Chief
of Police Olson nnd Patrolman John
Pollard was found to contain CO quarts
of bottled In bond Canadian whisky
and Gordon gin.
Frank McManus, n prominent farmer
near Palmyra, wns badly Injured when
ho became entangled In the belt of a
gasoline engine wh'ch wns being used
In farm work.
Extension of tho Custer Battlefield
highway from Omaha to St. Louis was
recommended by the Custer Battle
Held Highway association, at Its annual
convention.
The Western Passenger association
has declared a rate of fare and n half
for round trips from all points In Ne
braska for the Ak-Sar-Ben festival at
Omaha.
Traces of oil In n grnvel pit near
Kenrney hnvo nroused the curiosity
of citizens of that place, and talk of
development Is being strongly in
dulgcd In.
The Saline county fnrm bureau hns
decided to discontinue the extension
work of the county agent, In that
county during the remainder of the
year, 1022.
Arvllla Jean, 2-yenr-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hollingshead of Com
stock, drank u quantity of kerosene
from a bottle and died three hours
later.
Twenty firemen wen completely or
partly overcome by smoke fumes in
a blaze which damnged u $200,000
stock in n furniture store at Onmliu.
The election held nt Arapahoe for
tho . urpose of voting bonds for $00,000
with which to build a now high school,
carried by a vote of 300 to 118.
Leo Stuhr, secretary of agriculture,
has made a saving of $7,000 In In
atallatlon of n receiving and sending
radio on top of the state house.
Nearly $50,000 was cut off Gage
county taxes by the board of supervis
ors which adopted n levy one-half mill
below thnt of last year.
York's appropriation bill for this
year has provided for $f00 for adver
tising tho city and $1,000 for music
and cntertnlnments.
The now barns on the Custer county
fair grounds, needed to houso the
grenter stock show this year, are near
ly finished.
Arrangements are being made to
welcome 1 2."0 guests at tho tournament
of the Omaha gun club September
and -1.
Ernest Goehrlng, GO, retired farmer,
died at Ravenna from injuries re
ceived when ho fell from an apple
tree.
Mrs. Ed Pyles of Blair was serious
ly burned when n can of pnrnllln
Ignited nnd set fire to her clothing.
Charles Durland of Norfolk was
elected president of tho Northeast
Nebraska Tennis association.
The stnto convention of tho Ameri
can Legion auxiliary will be held at
York Septembor IS to 20.
A new LnFrance fire truck costing
$12,750 hns been received by the
Kearney fire department.
The state editorial association will
hold Its meetings at Omaha August 31
to September 2.
Charles Mytton of Ansley has ship
ped seven carloads of potatoes so far
this season.
Work bus begun on the new $500,000
high school building at Scottsbluff.
Wild ducks nre reported Hying south
In several portions of the state.
George W. Spiegel, Beatrice business
man and lino horse fancier, announces
tho sale of Uidy Midnight and Sylvia,
two magnificent saddle mares, to Pro
fessor Bedlnl, for six years riding
master to the King of Italy.
Mrs. Helen Liuderman, nominated
on tho republican ticket for stnto
representative from tho Fifty-ninth
district, has announced she will be
nimble to accept the nomination.
Word bus been received at Table
Rock of tho death of. Charles A. Mc
Gee at his homo In Kalnmnzoo, Mich.,
who for sixteen years was n resident
of Pawnee nnd Johnson counties.
Teachers have been secured for
neatly all rural rchools of Gugo coun
ty. The teachers of tho majority of
tlio IBS schools will bo Inexperienced.
Farmers In Knox county aro try
ing to locate two smooth crooks who
sold them a hog "remedy" which
caused their hogs to die. Tho men,
they say, represented themselves to
ho working with tho state department
ot agriculture,
A shotgun accidentally discharged
as ho Biintchcd It from an auto to
shoot u rabbit, caused Frank, 0, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ganger, of Strut
ton to lose his left arm.
Mrs. Mary Skinner, aged 85, living
near Llncolh, Is said to be the oldest
woman In the United Stntcs actively
engaged In farming. She manages a
truck farm and delivers her produce
to market herself, with a horse and
wagon. She Is the mother of twelve
children, over forty grandchildren, and
more than forty great grandchildren,
making more than ninety-one descend
ants within three generations.
Two new reservoir sites for the
Irrigation project In the south table
of Perkins and Keith counties, hnvo
been located and tho survey of the
west end between Ogallaln and Grant
Is complete. The two new reservoirs
are northwest of Grant and have a
capacity of 15,000 acre feet, making
a nntural reservoir capacity of 50,000
ucro feet.
Owing to the cool spring nnd the
unusually moist spring nnd summer
prevailing over the most of Nebraska,
the army-worm, which nourishes dur
ing such seasons because Its parasites
are held back when tho wenther Is not
warm and bright, has put In an appear
ance In many parts of the state.
The State Rural Mall Carriers as
sociation convention In Central City
was ono of the largest ever held by
the body. Over 125 members were
present. The following olllcers wero
elected: President, Carl Mulchlnoro
of Liberty; vice president, W. D. Bey
rer, Bertrand; secretary-treasurer, W.
W. Wilson, Raymond.
Superintendent A. J. Stoddard, head
of the Bei.trice school system for five
years end past president of the Ne
braska Teachers' association, hns re
signed to accept the superlntendency
of tho schools nt Bronxvlllo, N. Y.,
In tho New York city metropolitan
area.
Mrs. W. W. Burroughs, one of the
first residents of Merrick county,
whose husband drove the stage coach
between Omaha and Wood River, and
who was the mother of the first white
child born In the county, is dead nt
her homo in Central City.
Otto Kracmer, Norfolk High school
student, was drowned In n lake ut
Ashton, Idaho, according to word re
ceived by his parents. Kraemer's
boat upset and, after rescuing a com
punlon who could not swim, he wns
taken with cramps.
J. F. Krueger, president of Midland
college ut Fremont, who Is touring
Germany, writes to friends that he
Is astonished at tho low prices pre
vailing there. Good room und board,
he says, may be obtained at 40 cents
a day.
Many farmers in Saline county nro
marketing their 1021 crop of corn so
fast that the buyers aro having dllll
culty In handling It. All the elevu
tors are full and cars are not being
received fast enough to get the corn
out.
The elaborate pageant "Coronndq In
Qulvera" will be presented with a
wealth of costumes and accessories,
at Ak-Sar-Ben field In Omahu, Sep
tember 18 and 10. Six hundred school
children will take part In the program.
A daughter weighing nearly seven
teen pounds was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Gilbert of Stella. The babe has
a wealth of dark hair, and Is normal
in every way. Tho parents aro of
normal size nnd not overly large.
Nenrly 1,000 Nebraska guardsmen
will start on August 15 for a two
week's encampment at Plnttsmouth,
where nmplo accommodations for
target practice, bayonet training and
field maneuvers nre provided.
Janet McPherson of the Suntlower
rural community wns adjudged the
"best" baby of ScottsblufT county nt
the annual picnic at the state experi
ment farm in that county. Fifteen
babies were entered.
The first track and Held meet of the
newly formed midwestern association
of tho amateur athletic union will be
held at Omaha Saturday, September
2, under the auspices ot the nthlctle
club at that place.
J. M. Crnblll of near MInntare,
claims the wheat record for Nebraska.
He has just threshed twonty-tivo
measured acres, the 'otal yield being
1,210 bushels or better than sixty
bushels an acre.
The Nebraska state bund bus been
signed by the stnto fair board as the
olllchtl band for the 1022 fair nt Lin
coln. ior tne Sunday concert tho
band will have between forty and
fifty members.
The 3-year-old son of George Hu-
waldt, a farmer living near Randolph,
was severely bitten by a dog with
which ho was plnying, one of the ca
nine's teeth punching through the lnd's
cheek.
The holler house nt the state Indus
trial school for glrlii ut Geneva burn.
ed, the origin probably being from
spontaneoin combustion of coal.
The proposal to Issue school bonds
to the amount of $75,000 for the pur
poso of-erecting a new building nt
Hooper carried ut u special election
by a vote of 235 to 131.
Charles 1 Ionian, an Omaha news-
boy, found a $20 bill on tho street,
land started out on a hunt for the
owner, lie found him a prominent
merchnnt of that place and wns re
warded witn a uno new hoy scout
outfit and a five dollar bill.
Tho cornor stone of the present
stnto house Is to be removed nnd
placed In the wall of tho new capitol
by tho side of tho new stone. The old
stone wns laid In 1SS1. Tho names
of tho builders of tho old building
nro carved thereon but tho names of
tho capitol commission will appear
only upon a bronze tablet placed
within tho new building.
Leonard Green, of Albion, wns al
most Instantly killed during n baseball
gamo at Bradlsh, when n pitched ball
struck him near the heart. Young
Green crumpled to the ground nnd
died a few moments after being struck.
OYS ROUT BEAR
WITH COW'S HELP.
Animal, Undaunted by Pail of
Milk in Face, Runs From
Bovine Horns.
DOUBT DAD'S WORD
Had Been Told That Black Bean
Were Harmless, but Thla Night's
Experience Makes Them Scepti
cal on the Subject.
Olenn, N. Y. Joe Bucber, who la
four years old, always has been ufrald
of the bind; bears that come out of
the woods of the mountnlns near here,
and nobody eve.r hns been nble to con
vince him that they nre harmless, nis
father hns told him thnt tho blitck
bears come out only to look for things
to eat, or for exercise, nnd that they
never were interested In little boys.
Last night, however, Joe toddled out
Into the barn with his older brother,
Fred, who Is eleven, and for several
years has boasted of not being afrnld
of bears, black or any other color. Joe
wulked behind his brother and when
they got to the barn he snt down on
a pile of hay Just Inside the doorway
while his brother begun milking tho
cow.
"Fred," said Joe, "It Is awful dark
outside. Are you afraid of bears?"
"Don't be silly," said Fred. "There
aren't nny bears around here except
black bears, and they wouldn't hurt
anybody."
"But they might," persisted Joe.
"And you're not nfrnld of them, nro
you? All right, then I won't be afraid
cither."
Black Bruin Appears.
Fred went on milking by the light
of the lnntern, until the pall was about
full. All at once he henrd Joe cry out
with a little stilled, sobbing scream. Ho
turned and saw that a big black bear
nad come through the doorway nnd
wns reaching out n hairy paw for the
ilttle boy.
Frjd Jumped up nnd ran to his
brother nnd the benr, forgetting to put
down the pail of milk ns he ran. But
before be reached him the bear's paw
tind reached Joe's shoulder and the
ilnws had gone into the sweater at
the shoulder. The bear looked nround
Just then and pulled away bis paw,
tearing most of Joe's sweater with It.
Joe began to cry, for the claws had
cut Into his flesh about the shoulder
nnd neck. Fred didn't know what else
to do, so ho threw the pall of milk
into the bear's face. The'bcar put his
paws up to his eyes, trying to brush
awny the milk ns he bncked away.
The bear Inadvertently backed into
the cow, which until this time hnd
been standing still wondering why tho
milking had stopped. But when she
The Bear Looked Around.
saw the bear she bellowed and lowered
her heud. There was n flurry nnd a
filght and while the cow nnd the benr
wero mixed up In the barn the boys
ran bnck to the house.
There aro two boys now who are
afraid of bears, even the hnrmlpss
black bears.
FOLKS ATTACKED BY HAWKS
Man and Wife Pursued for Two Miles
by Pair of Vicious Birds in
Michigan.
Battle Creek, Mich'. A battle with
chicken hawks which lasted for two
hours and finally forced them, after
being slightly wounded, t6 seek safety
In filght, was the thrilling experience
of Mr. nnd Mrs. John Fleming.
Two hawks became so Incensed when
Fleming explored a nest and killed
young hawks, that thoy followed tho
retreating couple for two miles.
Tho fight stnrted when Fleming
climbed the tree to their nest. Tho
parent huwks swooped down upon
him with shrill cries, beating him with
claw and wing.