NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
Something to Think About
By V. A. WALKER
FKOM TUE SHADOWS
TMIE ninn or woman who smiles
upon us from tlio lowly cottage
Woor, eve ready to offer a helping
band to the unfortunate and to glvo
cheerful encouragement to tho weary,
has, through tenderness and love,
found tho way to u sunshine that
'grows brighter and brighter until the
end of life.
Tho dismal panorama of dark
clouds has drifted away from tho
eky nnd nothing remains but the crys
tal depths of benevolent blue.
Despair has yielded to confidence,
but not without first marking Its exit
with sorrows and tears, and perhaps
also ragged dishonor, thus fitting the
eoul for tho comforting change.
Erring, thoughtless, ' selfish, tin
true, and living In the valleys of
'darkness while the beauties of Na
ture were striving for mastery, the
Ahndowcd soul found It dlfllcult to
rlso to the glorious heights where
tho atmosphere was sweet and pure.
If, when you are In the shadows,
you expect an angel from heaven to
como to earth and lead you away to
a blissful elyslum, you will find Hint
.you are mill living among shadowy
delusions.
To break nwny from tho somhrous
tehado lurking everywhere about us
HONESTY
A TEN-DOLLAR hill Is elthor good
or bad. A man Is either honest
or dishonest.
If ho Is honest ho will not cheat or
steal, or take uuduo advantage of an
other mnn, under uny circumstances.
If ho Is dishonest, his cheating nnd
stealing will bo limited only by his
opportunity or his timidity.
Tho difference between big thieves
pnd little cionks Is sometimes a dif
ference of opportunity more1 often n
.difference of courngo.
The Httlo thief doesn't steal con
tlnually becnuso ho Is afraid to. The
,blg thief has less timidity or less
imagination, und stenls whenever ho
Jbii a chance.
Hut one Is Just as dishonest as tho
otl er. And often tho Ilttlo fellow Is
,the worse, for ho nddn covvnrdlco to
Ills crookedness.
A full-grown man or woman, trnlncd
In llfo who does n dishonest action,
will do nnothor under thu same cir
cuinstunces. A boy or girl, lacklrvg this training
-will . sometimes become straight with
tho growth of Intelligence.
For tho ancient ndago about hon
esty being tho best policy Is so ap
parent to common senso that even peo
plo who are mentally crooked often
turn honest and remain honest, mere
ly becnuso tr.oro profit can bo had In
thnt manner of life,
It Is well to apply tho honesty test
to yourself, and chnngo your njothod
if you find that under certnln clrcum
stances you would take ndvantatrc of
a fellow crcaturelcgally or Ille
gally. It Is well to drop friends that you
catch cheating nt cards or at golf, or
Jn business. For tho client i pr.
.
Uncommon
Sense JOHN DLAKE II
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cross the creek In twos nnd troops.
Tho hawkllnir awif ta nnd swatlowB wins.
WHAT TO EAT
nr-MSIIISS for luncheon that aro not
r"" too filling will bo found In the
Following :
Ham and Noodles.
Butter an enrthon baking dish, put
Into tho bottom n layer of cooked
noodles, add a layer of cold boiled
ham cut Into smnll bits, then another
layer of noodles. Repent until tho dish
la full. Bent ono 'egg, ndd ono cupful
(of milk nnd pour Into tho dish. Cover
fwlth' crumbs, dot with butter .and
Pako In a. modernto oyen.
Baked Sausages With Rice.
Out pork sausages Into thin Bllces.
Batter a baking dish nud fill with cold
polled rice. Moisten tho rlco with wa
iter In which beef oxtract hnB been dis
solved. Spread tho sliced sausages
fcnrer the rlco nnd bnko In n hot oven
)antll the slices nro crisp.
Graham Gems.
Take ono cupful each of sour milk
aid graham flour, ono-hnlf tcaspoonful
Wf Bodn, n Ilttlo Bnlt, one egg, well
beaten, two tablespoonfuls of sugar
putd threo of shortening. Bake In well
jfrwscd gem pans.
Baked Egg With Chceso.
i Mako toast of rounds of bread
rhlch have beea cut nearly through
a
Is extremely dlfllcult, but with n
heart filled with u struggling radi
ancy of faith, sustained by quulltlcs
which only faith can glvo us, we
can do It, and rcuch the state of
tranquil content which comes quiet
ly to the earnest and sincere, like
tho sunshine of morning ufter u night
of storm.
Wo muy- clap our hands to the
heights but wo cunnot reach them
except by our own unceasing en
deavor. ,
We must expect tired, bruised feet,
we must untlclpato slips and falls and
a sickening sense of our own In
firmities, but we must keep climbing
keep holding fast all the while to the
liiiml of shining-eyed Faith, who, In
spite of our, unworthlness, will lead
us hour by hour to higher ground.
There are many ways In which we
may help ourselves, but not until
our hearts have been properly attuned
to the domlifant key and kept In
tune.
Hard work, high thinking and a
charitable attitude towards others will
he found helpful attendants, for with
out their first aids no man or woman
however accomplished or exalted, can
hope to emerge from the shadows and
write an acceptable record of a well-
spent life.
( by McClur Nnwgpnper Syndicate.)
tlcularly dcsplcablo form of crook,
and desoi-ves no friends whatever.
Never think thnt a mnn or n woman
Is n little dishonest, or dishonest
nbout some things and honest about
others.
They nro 100 per cent' honest qr
not honest at all. They are honest
in everything or honest In nothing.
If they nro honest, as wo bcllcvo
most people nro, thoy are worthy to
bo trusted. If they are dishonest,
knowing what dishonesty means, tho
wider berth you give them tho better
It will be for you.
by John Ulako.)
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with n smaller cutter and the center
thus mndo hollowed out. Mir
chceso with cream and spread over tho
toast. Arrango on n platter, brenk an
egg In each depression, sprinkle with
seasonings nnd cheese, dot with but
ter and set Into tho oven in n dripping
pnn of hot water. Bake until tho eggs
nro 'set.
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SMILE AND HUSTLE
XXTIIEN your plans go all awry,
vv Smile and hustle.
Not a bit of use to cry.
Smile and hustle.
Wnsto of time to fret and scold;
Brace, und get another hold;
Meet tho future bravo and bold
Smile and hustle.
Some big scheme wound up In wrcckl
.Smile and hustle.
Ball luck smite you In tho neck?
Smile nnd hustle.
Be n mnn amorig big men,
Grab a hold and try aguln,
Spit upon your hands, und then
Smile and hustle.
When a brave man hits the bumps
Smile and hustle. ,
Then Is when he up nnd humps,
Kinlle and hustle.
Wotu of time to weep and wall,
Just forget that smnll word "fall."
Don't moon 'round till you so stnle
Smile and hustle.
Everybody- hns bad luck.
Smile nnd hustle.
That's the time to show your pluck.
Smile and hustle.
Say, "Hard luck, good-by to you,"
Start off on n tack that's new,
Keep straight on with purpose true,
Smile and hustle.
D by Will M. Mauptn.)
The Friendly Path
By WALTER I. ROBINSON
SIN AND CITIES
TON'T blamo sin on tho cttles.
No community la ever Jicttei
than the peoplo within It. If the peo
pie aro honest, God-fearing, law-abiding
nnd live up to tho teachings ol
their churches, regardleso of denomi
nation, they'll find Jittlo cause for com
plaint no matter where they live. But
when they know what is right and
don't do It or don't insist on others
following tho best pathway, they are
likely to be disgruntled with condl
tlons which they bring upon them
scIvcb. We know n great deal about most of
tho big cities, but wo know Just as
much of tho small towns nnd open
country, and proportionately, wo be
lieve, thero Is no difference In tho
volume of wrong-doing. And we con
fldently bollcvo that If peoplo hailing
from tho small towns and country
would bo as devout to tho cause of
right as they claim to bo when they
como Into largo communities, the
blotches on cities reputntlons would
be much fewer than they are.
It Is true thnt thero aro many more
amusements and Inducements In big
towns which nre likely to divert new
comers attention from church work
and homo life. But none of these will
lend peoplo from tho proper pathway
unless they aro willing to bo led. Even
commercialized nmusements on tho
Sabbath will have no harmful effects
on those who know thoy aro wrong, If
they wish conscientiously to follow
the snfo pathway.
Removo from overy big city tho sin
ners who rush In from Bmnll places
for hiding and the police and uplift
workers would find Ilttlo work neces
sary In order to preserve tho stand
ards of morality and honesty which
aro so greatly to bo desired.
Able ministers, lino churches, edu
cational opportunities, science, inven
tion nnd commercial nnd industrial
progress of tho cities nro tho kind of
InBjrtrntlonB which should make tho
wond In general more happy, comfort
oblo nnd thankful to God.
(Copyright br th Wheler Byndlcnto, Inc.)
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News of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nobraskav
Two thousand car loads of apples
were marketed from southeastern Ne
braska.
Flro In tho Seldomrldge elevator at
Holdrego destroyed tho building nnd
0,000 bushels of wheat.
Efforts aro being mndo to bring tho
next meeting of tho National Teach
ers' association to Omaha.
K. C. Bishop, superintendent of the
Brndshaw schools, has accepted tho
8Uperlntcndcucy at Fulrbury.
Tho Jefferson county fair Just clos
ed was a record breaker, tho attend
unco being estimated nt 15,000.
Mrs. A. W. Montgomery, an artist
of Stella, was Judge of fine arts ex
hibit at Nemaha county fair in Au
burn.
An auto stolen from Peter Relf,
farmer living nenr West Point, Au
gust 17, was recovered nt Mitchell,
S. D.
A total of 5,5"n autos passed at tho
Junction of tho Meridian and S. Y. A.
highways during a count made In one
day recently.
Six men were arretted In one day
when tho Fulls City pbllce launched
their drive against speeders. All
were given light fines.
Tho homo of John Wright, a Lin
coln city commissioner, wns entered
by burglars and diamonds valued at
more than $3,000 stolen.
Practically all of the corn in north
Nebraska Is reported out of frost
dnn'ger by farmers who have made
a survey of tho conditions.
Burglars, supposed to be homo tal
ent, broke Into tho Garver meat mark
et at Beatrice and secured a handful
of pennies for their trouble.
Tho Seventh Corps nnd officers
meeting, with an attendance of about
COO members, closed an Interesting
session at Omaha Inst week.
The elevator of Dlnsdnlo Brothers
of Palmer was totally destroyed by
flro of unknown origin. More than
18,000 bushels of corn and wheat In
the building were nlso destroyed.
The bonded indebtedness of Ne
braska counties now Is $73,700,187.
according to figures by George W.
Marsh, auditor of public accounts.
Mrs. Andro Vnrn pf Elgin was prob
ably fatally Injured when an aato
moblle In which she was riding turn
ed over, pinning her under the ma
chine. Albert Dunnlng's grain elevator at
Shelby burned with 2,000 bushels of
oats and wheat. The total loss Is
estimated at $10,000, with 7,000 of
Insurance.
Edwnrd Elsnsser; 32-year-old school
ooy, was drowned while bathing In
a sand pit pool near Lincoln. At
tempts to recover the body were un
successful. ,
Tho fourth npnunl convention of
the American Legion.' Department of
Nebraska, with an attendance of
more than GOO delegates, held a three
day session at York.
While leading n team of mules, N.
Blllbo of Callaway, suffered tho am
putation of a linger when the team
Jerked backwards and tho rope sever
ed the finger at a Joint.
Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Harper who
are leaving Wymoro for their new
home nt Auburn, wero tendered a
farewell reception by tl)e Dorcas
society of the Methodist church.
Tho old project of using the flood
waters of the Platte , river in subsoil
storage in Adams, Gosper, Phelps and
Kearney counties, Is' again being re
vived, with a good show for success.
. Tho ashes of tho late Frr.nk Hnrrl
son, who died recently In Kansas, and
whoso body was cremated, were re
ceived at Beatrice by parcel post and
Interred In Evergreen homo cemetery.
Polk county's new quarter million
dollar courthouse will bo dedicated
October 10 and opened to tho public
with n program that will be attractive
and in every manner in keeping with
tho event.
A committee to appear beforo the
Interstate Commerce commission to
ask for lowor express rates in tho
west and higher express rates In the
east has been named by II. G. Tay
lor of the Nebrnsku Railway com
mission. Members of tho committee
nro Commissioners Gllmore of Texas,
Ralsh of South Dnkota. Lewis of
Iowa and Kurtz of Missouri.
An interstate treaty between Colo
rado and Nebraska, to settle a long
standing irrigation water dispute In
volving tho right of western Nebras
ka water users to avail themselves of
tho South Plntto waters as far east
ns North Platteb Is being drawn up
for ratification by the legislatures of
both states.
Fate of two damage suits against
the city of Ilnstlngs aggregating
?150,000 brought by Otto E. Koehn of
Norfolk, hangs on whether tho court
decides tho suits should have been
filed against "tho city of Hastings"
or tho "city of Hastings."
Tho swine herd of John McNnir,
farmer living nenr Pawnee, was In
creased by 101 pigs with the btrth of
ten Utters In one dny lust week.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Prawl, pioneer
residents of Pnwneo City, celebrated
their sixty-first wedding anniversary
last week. Mr. Prawl Is eighty-eight
years old and active. Mrs. Prawl Is
eighty-two.
Fearing that tuberculosis among
live stock can be transferred to their
children, farmers of Antelope county
aro co-operating with the farm bureau
agent In a county-wido movement to
eradicate tho disease.
CO s
ITEMS
Tho highest figure registered on the
fat cattle market at South Omaha In
two years time was reached one day
last week when a full car of 1,100
pound stock sold at $11.05 per hun
dred weight.
Tho fifty-fourth academic year of
tho Stato University began classroom
work Thursday of last week with a
half-thousand Increased registration,
(including 812 more women) over
that of a year ngo.
Citizens of Amherst have organized
a community club und tho following
officers wero elected: J. E. Harris,
president; Jncob Schnoor, vice presl
dent ; George R. Froehlich, secretary ;
and A. T. Reynolds, treasurer.
Fred Gude 8f Nebraska City fell
from his barn loft and broke his neck,
causing his death! He was paralyzed
from his hips down und his physician
held out no hopes for his recovery.
We Is survived by his wife and seven
children.
Propositions to voto bonds for tho
establishment of a munlclpul coal
yard and to build a swimming pool
In Chautauqua park nro being con
sidered nt Beatrice. Both proposi
tions may bo submitted to the voters,
in tho November election.
Drying up of streams nnd rivers
has become a boon to nntives around
Clearwater who are spearing fish by
the thousands. Enormous cutfish
have been cnuirht flounderlne nbout
In. tho shallow holes of the Elkllorn
river, which Is extremely low.
A pnrade of something like 2.000
veterans of the world war, most of
them In their olive drab uniforms, was
one of the features of the first an
nual convention of the .Nebraska Le
gion at York. Half as many mem
bers of the auxiliary wero In line.
A well, dug thirty years nco on tho
farm of Henry Klein at Stamford to
furnish water for the" household, is
now producing a barrel of oil a ,day
which tests 35 per cent uasollno "and
the remainder crude oil nnd kerosene.
Oil first appeared on the surfuco of
tho water In tho well, which is fortv-
five feet deep, three years ago.
L. G. Brian, chief adjuster for tho
state hall department, Is of the opin
ion that the department will bo ablo
to pay. 00 per cent of tho losses caus
ed by hailstorms. He has practically
adjusted all claims and finds that
the total loss Is 5211.217. The lmil
visitation during the summer of 1922
was the worst In several years.
According to tho records of tho
South Omaha stock yards comnanv
covering the past 38 years, which does
not include 1022, the following re
ceipts have been handled at tho
yards: 35.220,790 cattle, 273,002 cal
ves, 70,0o3,G29 hogs, G0.703.700 sheen
and 910.1S9 horses and mules, or a
total of 173,221,310 head of livestock.
Bonus or no bonus, there is 1ov in
the home of one ex-service man. Cecil
Arendell, student at Bellcvuo voca
tional training center. Last week
Cecil received a check for $1,071.55
from Uncle Sam. It was back com.
pensation for disability dating back
to tho Afgone offensive. Two days
later came a check for $210, Mis
souri's bonus for war heroes.
Corn has matured in Nebruska ac.
cording to the weekly crop summnry
issued by G. A. Loveland. meteorolo
gist of tho weather bureau at Lincoln.
The same report states that sucar
beets are ripening and are nearly
ready for harvest, while haying Is
nearly completed. Pastures are very
dry and n general rain will help con
ditions, according to Mr. Loveland.
That the irrigated vallty of tho
North Platte river can be made an
even more famous producer of canta
loupes than tho Rocky Ford district
of Colorado, and that the r'.ch, vege
table producing soil of the region will
support many new canneries, is tho
belief of Scottsbluff men who have
pledged themselves to work to this
end, following a report on soli and
other conditions of the Rocky Ford
country.
Three boys Ardell Cavaness. Clyde
Wallace and Russell Boutty nre tho
pride of Dawson county. They com
pose tho team that won the boys'
stock Judging contest at the state fair
and aro to reproseut Dawson county
in like competitions at the Inter-stato
fair at Sioux City, la., and the live
stock conirrcss at Chicago this full.
To win tho contest tho team scored
3,015 points out of a possible 8,000.
Cnvnness contributed 1,03-1 nolnts.
Wullace 1,003, and Beatty 009. Cav
aness was second high individual win
ner and Wallace third, Wilber Miller
of York, with 1.011 points winulnir
first individual honors.
J. M. Tincnard. vice nresldont nf
tho Hall Hardware comnanv nt Lin.
coin, Is dead from a fractured skull
suffered when ho stepped Into a
freight elevator shaft of tho store
and fell to the basement. Ho wns
not missed until several minutes after
his fall.
J. lid C. Fisher of Beatrice, was
unanimously elected state commnnder
of tho American Legion, department
of Nebraska, at the closing business
session of the state convention of the
organization nt York. Mrs. E. P.
Warner of Norfolk Is the new presl.
dent of tho auxiliary.
To Mrs. A. J. Taylor, of Blair. Lec-
lon men believe the honor to bo
awarded tho war motlier of tho stnto
who had tho largest number of sons
In tho war, will bo due, and her nnmo
Is to bo entered in tho competition.
Five of Mrs. Taylor's sons saw active
service on tho battlefield, and two
wero In training camp.
Byron O. Plcknrd. rescue engineer
of tho United States Bureau of Mines,
who was In chnrge of the attempt to
rescue tho forty-seven miners who
wore entombed in tho Argonaut mine.
Is u Nebraska boy and a graduate or
the Omaha Central high school.
KEEPS GIRL TWO
YEARS IN SHED
Father, Found Guilty of Extreme
Cruelty, Declares She Would
Not Behave.
INSANITY IS RESULT
Long Confinement Nearly Deprives tho
Young Woman of Sight and Speech
Causes Big Sensation
In Community.
Bucyrus, Ohio. Jncob P. Mengcs,
churged with keeping his twenty-slx-year-old
daughter, Irene, in a dingy
smokehouse for two years because sho
"wouldn't behnve," has been found
guilty df excessive cruelty by a Jury
In Judge Rummels court. The girl,
said to hove been driven Insano by tho
long confinement, Is now an Inmate of
the Stato hospital at Toledo.
The case grew out of the fact that
on May 5, Sheriff Edward J. Knnppen
berger went to the Menges home, mid
way between Gallon nnd Crestline, nnd
found the girl, partly nude, In a smoke
house near the barn. Tho shed cont
talned little but a cot and blanket.
Irene was brought to Bucyrus, where
sho was cared for by Mrs. Knnppen
berger, wife of the sheriff. She wns
reported to show signs of long neglect.
May 10 she was sent to the State
hospital and Menges wns arrested
on a state warrant charging cruelty.
Family Fought Raiders.
Chester A. Meek, Crawford county
prosecutor, states that tho qase is
brought under state law, making the
finding of the Justice court final.
The release of Irene attracted wide
spread attention, ns the statements
made by county officials at the time re
vealed that the girl had been n nrls-
oner In the shack for a long time, re
ports as to the duration of her cap
tivity varying from two to six years.
Members of the party raiding the
Menges home met opposition nnd inter
ference from members of the family.
The girl was pnsslve, accepting relief
without a syllable.
When she was brought to the Craw
ford county jail here she remained In
ert, nnd her only words wqre a few
brief acknowledgments of thanks for
the acts of kindness shown to her.
Released From Asylum.
Under the care of the sheriffs wife
she brightened noticeably, but showed
Ilttlo response to uttempts to Induce
her to explain her captivity In the
shed.
State records obtained by authorities
here revealed that Irene had been con
fined In the Toledo institution in 1914,
but released ns being mentally compe
tent June 30, 915.
At the trial of Menges his wife de
nied testimony of Mrs. Knappenberger
as to ,tbp condition of Irene at the
Kept In a Dingy Smokehouse.
time of her afrlval at the Jail. On
tho stand Mrs, Menges declared that
the sheriff's w.'te hnd exaggerated the
facts. Menges was fined $100 and sen
tence of six m nths In Jail suspended.
OPERATE ON MAN IN MIDAIR
Doctors Mount Ladder to Scaffold in
Attempt to Savo the Lite or
Injured Laborer.
London. Tluve doctors had to
mount u ladde- and walk n plunk 40
feet above the ground to perform an
operation In a vulu attempt to snve
tho life of a man entangled In soma
machinery at L7 urton-on-Trent.
Thu man, Tlfumas Phillips, at work
on n. scaffold, had ono of his legs
trapped In a $ rain conveyor and tho
limb was belns mungled by a revolv
ing shaft with projecting blades, it
was Impossible to extrlcuto him from
his position, 40 feet above grouna
The lijg was removed ut tho thigh
and the patient lowered to the ground
and rushed to a hospital.
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