The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, August 29, 1922, Image 6
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. Ullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliu 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.