THE CENSUS
OF CANADA
t csoy;th in ten years
PAST.
A oensma or tlio Dominion of Canada
ill bs-mado (hiring 1911. It will
show t&al during the past decndo a
Temarkablu lcvi'Iopnirnt has token
place, kiwi. hcn compared wfth tbe
population, a greater percentage of In
crease to fmhiKtrfcs of all kinds than
bail ever tin nhown by any country.
ComiMrrp, mining, agriculture and
railway baw mode a stoacly march
onward. The population will be con
siderably owr 8,000,000. Thounanda
ot tnllos ot raHway lines have been
construction filiioe the last census waa
takea ten years oro. Thla construc
tion waa dude neccBsary by the open
ing op of fe new agricultural dis
tricts la Western Canada, In which
thnr batt bcon pouring year after
year an Increasing number of settler.
ntll ths rrr-m-nt year will witness
settlement, of over 300,000, or a trifls
less Lhaj one third of the Immigration
to that Unit 4 States during the same
period wULh Its 92,000,000 of popula
tion. Even with these hundreds of
thousands of newcomers, the great
majority of bIiaih go upon the land,
there la fcUA available room for hun
dreds' of limnsajxls additional. Tbe
census flcunes' wfll therefore show a
rat a vu.-rt increase In the num
Iwr of farms under occupation, as well
s In th oiifjmt of the farms. When
tbe figures of the splendid Immigra
tion arsadffd te the natural Increase,
the total will surprise even the most
optimistic. To tlio excellent growth
that tbe we.stvrn portion of Canndn,
will show may largely be attributed
the commercial and industrial growth
of tbe eastern portion of Canada. All
Canada Is brtlng upbullded, and In this
transformation tbere Is taking part
the people) from many countries, but
nly from flioao countries that pro
duce tbe HtronR and vigorous. Aa
tome Tiifrmce of the. growth of the
we tern portion of Canada, In agricul
tural Indira Uty, it Is Instructive to
point out that over 300,000 home
steads of K9 acres each have been
transferred to actual . settlors In the
past two ynars. This means 25,000
square mlk'A if territory, and then,
fhen la added the 40,000 lCO-acre pre
emption blocks, there is an additional
10,000 square milts, or a total of 35,
'800 square nnHos a territory as large
as tbe Stalte of Indiana, and settled
"within two years. Reduced to tlio
.producing capacity imperative on the
"cultivation restriction of 50 acres of
' cultivation on each 160 acre home--stead
within three years, there will
be wKbtn a your and a half from now
tp wards of 5,00,000 additional acres
'from tbla one source added to the cn
tire producing area of the Provinces
of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al-
berta.
In 1901. at the time of the last
census of Canada, successful agricul
ture In the Provinces of Moultoba,
' Saskatchewan and Alberta was an
experiment to many. There were
skeptics who could not. believe that
it was poor.BiIo to grow thirty, forty
unci htbd iniv uiiRiieifl 01 wnPKi to mo
acre, or that as high as one hundred
nd thirty burticls of oats to the acre
-could be irrown. The skeptics are not
to be found today. The evidence of
the hundreds of thousands of farmers
Is too overwhelming. Not only have
the lands of western Canada proven
their worth In the matter of raising
all the smaller field grains, but for
mixed fanning, and for cattle raising
there la no better country anywhere.
The climate is perfectly adapted to all
these purnnits as well as admirable
for health. The Dominion government
-literature, descriptive of the country,
Is what an I bat are interested should
read. Send for a copy to the nearest
Canadian government representative.
An Ace Up Hit Sleeve.
Munich baf. once more become tb
teens of a "painful Incident" through
Ignorance on the pnrt of a young man,
tbs son of a high official, as to how
to bold bU cards when playing, says
tbe Muncbener Post A game waa In
, progress at a club when some one
saw tbs young man draw an ace from
bis sleeve. When the excitement
caused by the operation bad some
what subsided a prominent citizen
prevented criminal proceedings by
bundling tbe card sharp Into an au
tomobile, which took him without stop
across tbe Bavarian frontier.
The Cat Came Home.
Tbs story of a cat's remarkaMt
louraey comes from Wycombe Marsh,
tluckfngbamfc'hlre, England, which
mm to Indicate a marvelous sense
of direction. Some few weeks ago the
fellas went amlsslng. The owner sur
mised that tbo animal had been stolen
or bad strayed away, but the other
day oammnntratlon was received from
some friends to the effect that the
cat bad returned to its old homo at
EL Nootas, Huntingdonshire, a dls
tanes of alout 90 miles.
Cum for Scratches.
Scratches are caused by exposure to
cold and wt, local Irritation or low
-condition, all of which should ba
-avoided If possible In simple cases
apply cloths wet with a weak solution
f sugar of lead and In wlt.ter cover
to keep out cold. When cracks have
appeared, apply a similar lotion with
the addition of a few drops of carbolic
aeld. In eat;o of discharge or pus
tules, make a lotion of chloride of zinc
Instead of the Jead: finely powdered
charcoal may be sprinkled over tin
clolha
opucrui i ning.
Patleace l)o you remember my sis
t who was on tho stage?
r li m a v
raines un, yes.
Patience Well, she's married.
"Oh. got a speaking part at laHt, bat
abe? Tonkx-rs Statesman.
Sell Many of Them.
Thl necklace, madam," said thi
salesman newly promoted to the ct
Tto department, "was originally mad
for the Puke of Buckingham, whe
cars ft to Anne of Austria. We'rci
seUlnc a lot of them." Everybody's
TTT7 TTK
fc MEREDITH NICIlOlBON
C0rr?icnr.
li'
SYNOPSIS.
Tliom.'irt Arilrtlnrc lifireil ttillTlnnn rm
mil IIiihv .M -i t ii.- (irlMwuM, prnlsn.ir
In tin- I'nlx -t sil y of VirKinui. t:iko
truiiiH out of Atlnnt.i (liisvvnl.l tn li
rnlliKc. Anliriiri In imrHiiit if n c-irL
Willi 1 1 : 1 t Willkiil III It! m. Misl:iki-n fur
titty. 0lwirrii' fif Snntli f':it-..lii(i tlrim-
li.. ll llllj, 111. (riii'n r
'Vilnrnliia in iiin iin Kiirtnr nml
i.r..i.ru nr.. I .1,.
111 1 imriinra (l.slirirnp An nmr.
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"iiirlilK l.l'I.V I-- IIIH
(l:iin;lili-r of (iov. I ).i 11 ii rtinlil of North
.11.1111111. in- ioiiowh iwr to llali-lKh
nnd on tlio way Is kivi-ii n drown tuif
at Kililaro. In !f: I..L.-I. 1...
Hint tlii Juif Ilium n tni-.Mna trc thioatin
liiHT Ianxct-tli.( unl'.n Appli-wrlght. a
irlmlnal. Is hHowpiI to ko free. Aid
more bccotniH iiIIIdI Wlh J..-ry l)an-K-rrfli-Id
In runnini,' thi nffalrH of tlin
Ktato In the 11 liHi-nee of the irovernor.
A fir.a1lili.fr I I . i.-i--. n iu ... . . . . ..
cixliorne. (IrlHwoiil lircomen iidvltr to
'""""i I'Hiiiirne, who Ih ntti nil nir in
her father' tiitl..u 1.. U.....1. ..... n
, ......in vniimna.
Orilcrs nro K.nt to the Hhi-rlff to run.
lure Ajijilrweixht. Valuahle ni,er are
mlsHlnif from (iov. OKhorne h otllce.
rirli.wol.1 pin. -on the theft at the door
..... nuui n.-jr Kenerai.
CHAPTER VIII Continued.
He had opened an atlas and wna
poring over It with a magnifying
glass.
"It's positively funny," he mur
mured, laughing a little to himself,
"but I know something about this
country over here. Here's Ardsley, in
tho far coiner of Dilwell county, and
here's Klldare."
"Yes; I understand maps. Dilwell
is green, nnd there's the state lino
and that UKly watery nort of yellow
18 Mingo county, South Carolina, and
Turner Court House Is (he county
sent of It. Those little black murks
nro hills on the bonier, and It's tight
there that these Applewelght people
live, and dance on the state line us
though It were a skipping-rope."
"That's exactly It. Now what we
want to do Is to arrest Applewciuht,
and put him in Jail In South Carolina,
which relieves the governor of North
Carolina, your honored father, of all
einburrasHinent."
She snatched the puper-cutter nnd
took possession of the map for a mo
ment, then pointed, with a happy lit
tle l.iiiKh.
"Why, that will be only too easy.
You see there's Azb county, where
the militia is encamped, Just three
counties away from DIUvell. and If we
needed the Boldlers it wouldn't hurt
the troops to march that far, would
it?"
"Hurt them, nothing!" exclaimed
Ardmore. "It will bo good for them.
You have to give orders to the adju
tant general, and, being engaged to
him, he would be afraid not to obey
your orders, even if you told hi in to
go In balloons."
"Well, of course, I'd send him an
official order; and If he was disobedi
ent I could break our engagement."
It would have Interested Ardmore
to know the total of Miss Danger-
fields engagements, but the tlmo did
not seem propitious for such Inquir
ies; and, moreover, Ills awo of her
as a young person of great determina
tion and force of character Increased.
"Well, there's the map, and there's
that Insulting telegram; what are you
going to do about It?" asked Jerry.
She seemed to be honestly Inviting
suggestions, and tho very thought of
this affected him like wine. He de
liberated for several minutes, while
sho watched him. A delicious country
quiet lay upon the old statehouse; In
tho tranquil park outside the birds
whistled their high disdain of law and
precedent.
"A governor," he began, "Is always
a dignified person who doesn't bother
his head about little things like this
unless everybody elso has gono to
sleep. Now, who's tho chief of police
In a county like Dilwell what do you
call him?"
"Do you mean the sheriff, Mr. Ard
more?" "Certainly. Now, give me those
telegraph blanks, and I'll drop lilm a
Tew lines to let lilm know that the
government at Raleigh still lives."
It Is In the telegram' alone that we
Americans approach style. Our great
commanders did much to form It; our
business strategists took tho key from
them. Telegrams were, however, with
Mr. Thomas Ardmore, something
nioro than a form of communication
or a mere literary exercise. Ixtter
writing seemed to him the most
formidable of human undertakings,
but with a pad of telegraph blanks
undor his hand his spirit soared free.
All untranmieled by the horror of the
day tariff, whose steep slopes have
wrought so much confusion and error
among the economical, he gave to the
wires and the wireless what he never
would have confided to a stamp. Ho
wrote and submitted to Miss Jerry
Dangerfleld the following:
To th Sheriff of Ilhvell County,
Klldaro, N. C :
Whnt In this I lunr ahout your Inabil
ity to ciitrh ApplewclKht and the real of
his hunch? Your Inattention to your du
ties la 11 mutter of common (jciimlal, and
If you don't Bel unxloliH pretty noon I
Khali remevn you from your Job and then
Home. I shall be down hooii to eo wheth
er von are pltehliiK ii.il! nt the black
smith shop or tishlnu for lolmtcm In Hue.
' 'i f k. Inateud of nil. -n, Unit to your
knltiliiK. Your conduct hua annoyed me
until 1 am HomethlnK more than vexed by
your behavior. The eyes of tho great
North Hlate are upon you. Wire me at
leiiKih JiihI what you propose doinK or
ol doini.- In thin maltcr.
wii.i.iam tAN:i:urii:u.
liovrrnor of North Carolina.
"What do you think of that?" he
asked, his pride falling as Hhe
siTintii (1 the puper carefully.
"Isn't It pretty expensive?" Jerry
Inquired, counting the words to ten
and then roughly computing the rest.
"I'll take cure of that, Miss Danger
fleld What I want to know Is wheth
er you think that will make the sher
iff sit up."
"Well, here's what father sent him
only about a week ago. I found It in
Ms private letter book, and it's marked
ntldential In red Ink."
Che read:
Kit raiitlouily In Applowelght oaaa. In
fllctnwut by sravt Ji ry la undoubtedly
AYI7$C&S
faulty and Fouler threatens trouble In
case pnrlles are arrested.
"And there's more like that! Papa
never Intended to do anything, that's
as plain as daylight. Mr. Foster, the
treasurer, comes from that county.
He thought papa was going to have to
do something, so he'H holding back
the payment of the state bonds Just to
frlphten papa. You see, the Htate
owes the Hronx Loan and Trust Com
pany that $2.'.0,0i)0, and If it Isn't
paid June first the state will be ever
lastingly dlrgraced."
"Oh, yes; I'd forgotten about that."
"I don't see how you could forget
about It. That must be almost as
much money as there Is In the world.
"We've got to raise It, anyhow, even
If we go to the pawn-shop. I pawned
my watch once when I was In col
lege and Hillings he was my guard
ian had Fhut me off. drlssy he's
my friend (Irlssy says paunbroklng
Is only a more vulgar form of bank
ing." "I think your telegram to the sher
iff Is all rik'lit." said Jerry, reading it
again. "If you'll go to the door and
whistle for the messenger we'll get it
off."
Ardmore addressed himself once
more to the map. It w:is clear that
the Appleweight gam; was powerful
enough to topple great states upon
their foundations. It. had, to Ard
moro's own knowledge, driven a gov
ernor Into exile, nnd through the
wretched Foster, who was their friend,
the credit of the stale was gravely
menaced.
"I'll wait for the sheriff's answer,
nnd If he shows no Rigns of life I'll
go down there this afternoon."
"Then you will undoubtedly be
shot!" Jerry declared, as though an
nouncing a prospect not wholly de
plorable. "That has Its disagreeable side,
but a great many people have to be
shot every year to keep up the aver
age, and If the statistics need me I
won't duck. I'll call up my man on
He Deliberated for
the telephone this forenoon and tell
him to put my forester at Ardsley to
work. He's a big fellow who served
In the German army, and if he's afraid
of anything I haven't heard of it. If
we can drive the gang into South
Carolina, right along here, you see"
and Miss Dangerfleld bent her pretty
head over the map and saw "if we
can pass tho chief outlaw on to Gov.
Osborne, then so much the better, and
that's what we will try to do."
"Hut you're only the private secre
tary, and you can't assume too much
authority. 1 shall have to go to Kll
daro to visit my aunt, who is a nice
old lady that lives there. The fried
corn mush and syrup at her house Is
tho best I ever tasted, and If papa
should come when he sees that some
thing is being done quite different
from what he intended, then I should
bo there to explain. If you should be
killed, Mr. Ardmore, no one would be
there to Identify you, and 1 have al
ways thought it the saddest thing in
the world for any one to die away
from home "
"It would be sud; but I hope you
would bo sorry."
"I should regret your death, and I'd
make them give you a perfectly beau
tiful military funeral, with Chopin's
funeral march, and your boots tied
to the saddle of your horse."
"Hut I don't let them fuss about pull
ing off the boots, Miss Dangerlleld, If
I tlli with them on. It would be all
right for you to visit your aunt, but I
shouldn't do It If I were you. I once
visited my aunt, Mrs. Covington
Hums, ut Newport for a week. It wns
a deep game to get me to marry my
aunt's husband's niece, whose father
had lost his money, and tbe girl was
beginning to bore my aunt."
"Was she a pretty glii?" asked
Jerry.
"She was a whole basket of peaches,
and I might have married her to let
way from my aunt if It were sot
'hat I have made It a life-long rule
Hever to marry the orphaned nieces
H Us husbandi of my austa. It's
f1,1!).".-. TIT:'"!;";';; nrA" ! j 1 1 1
been a good rule to mr, and has saved
ine no end of trouble. Hut If my s's
ter doesn't change her mind., and li
she really conies through I(Alegh to
day In her car with those friends of
hers, she will bo delighted to have
you Join her for a visit nt Ardsley.
And then you would be near at hand
in case some rpeclal edict from the
governor seemed necessary."
"Hut wouldn't your sister think it
strange "
"Not. In the least. Miss Dangerfleld.
Nothing is strange to my sister. And
besides, you are the daughter of the
governor of a jircat state. She re
fuses to meet senators, because you
can never be sure they are respect
able, but she rathe r prides herself on
knowing governors. Governors are
very different. Since I read the con
stitution I can see very plainly that
governors are much nearer the peo
ple, but I guess thi; senators are near
er the hanks."
"Well. I have some shopping to do,
and It's ten o'clock. It would be hos
pitable to ask you to luncheon, but
mamma cries so much because she
doesn't know where pupa Is that, our
meals at the executive mansion are
riot exactly cheerful functions. And be
sides" and she eyed Ardmore severe
ly as she rose and accepted her para
sol from him "and besides, you know
our relations are purely official. You
have never been introduced to me,
and socially you are not known tons."
CHAPTER IX.
The Land of the Little Brown Jug.
Caboose 018fi, with three box cars
and a locomotive an ached, lay In tho
southeastern yards at Raleigh late in
the evening of the same day. In the
observatory sat Mr. Thomas Ardmore,
chatting with the conductor, while
they waited for the right of way. Mr.
Ardmore's pocket"! were filled with
papers, and he h"Id half a dozen tele
grams in his hand. The freight cars
behind him were locked and sealed,
and a number of men lounging near
appeared to be watching them.
The reply of the sheriff of Dilwell
county had precipitated the crisis.
That oflicial succinctly replied to
Ardmore's message:
Re good .'mil acquire grace.
While this dictum had aroused Miss
Dangerfleld's wrath and indignation,
it calmed her fellow conspirator, and
for hours Arduiore had poured forth
by telegraph and telephone. No such
messages as his had ever before ra
diated from Raleigh. The tolls would
have bankrupted the commonwealth
if Ardmore had not cared for them
out of his private purse. His forester,
Several Minutes.
with an armed posse from A'.'dslcy.
was already following the streams
and heating the brush in search of
Appleweight. One car of Ardmore's
special train contained a machine gun
and a supply of rifles; another abun
dant ammunition and commissary sup
plies, and the third cots and hags.
The men who loafed about the train
were a detail of strike-breakers from
a detective agency, borrowed for tho
occasion. Cooke-, the conductor of tho
train, l.ad formerly been in the gov
ernment secret service, and knew the
Carolina hill country as he knew the
palm of his hand. Ardmore had
warned his manager and the house
keeper on his estate to prepare for
the arrival of Mrs. Atchison, whose
private car had come and gone, car
rying Miss Geraldine Dangerfleld on
to Ardsley. Ardmore had Just re
ceived a message from his sister at
some way station, reporting all well
and containing these sentences: "She
is rather different, and 1 do not quite
make her out. She has our noble
brother-in-law a good deal bewil
dered." Cooke ran forward for a colloquy
with the engineer over their orders;
the guards climbed into one of the
box curs, and the train moved slowly
out of the Raleigh yards to the main
line and rattled away toward Klldare,
with Mr. Ardmore, pipe In mouth,
perched lu the caboose cupola.
Not ('apt. Kidd nor another of the
dark brotherhood sailed forth with
keener est for battle than Mr. Ard
more. Indeed, the trailing smoke of
the locomotive suggested a black flag,
and the thought of it tickled his
fancy. Above bent the bluest sky in
the world; fields of corn and cotton,
the brilliant ciinison of German clo
ver, and long stretches of mixed for
est held him with enchantment. And
when night came, after the long
mystical twilight, the train passed
now and then great cotton factories
that blazed out from their thousand
wlBdtrwi like huge steamships.
CPO BE CONTINCEP.
9
FLYING MACHINE IS UNIQUE
Aeronaut Rigs Himself Up and Then
Walks Through Air as He Would
Through a Street.
Kvery few days somebody Invents ft
new kind of flying machine, and one
:if the most interesting of tho latter
contrivances is that designed by a
Nebraska man and shown herewith
The lllutration tells the story and it
would seem to Indicate that tho aero
naut g"ts tigged up aud then walks off
through the air as he would walk up
the street. A small balloon has a
frame depending from it. This frame
has a broad belt that encompasses
the operator's body under the armpits
and supports him. Flexibly connect
ed with the frame arc auxiliary buoy
ant bodies, like small boats, on which
the feet rest, nnd which afford a re
sistance to thi; nir when the aeronaut
goes through the motion of walking,
and are expected to enublo him to act
jally walk on nir. Finally, the op
rator Is equipped with a light, broad
bladed paddle, like the paddle of a
Paddles Through the Air.
ranoe, for the purpose of paddling
above the housetops after he has walk
ed up there and hung suspended by
i he buoyancy of the balloon above his
head. If everything works as Intend
ed, this will truly be a remarkable In
vention. WHAT LITTLE CHILD THINKS
Interesting Story of Wee Tot Who
Waa Bothering Her Aunt and
- Couldn't See It.
All those In charge of little children
must surely wonder sometimes what
little children think of them. There
are always the two points of view
what we think of the person to whom
we are speaking and what that person
thinks of us. A certain young woman
was busy writing letters the other
day while a small niece played about
the room.
"Mow, Nell, you must be very quiet,
as auntie is very, very busy."
"Em, auntie."
Dead silence for nearly half a min
ute, and then Nellie said: "Can I put
dolly here?" "Yes, pet, but don't
speak." Another momentary silence
followed by a second interruption, and
then another and then another.
"Now, Nellie, darling," said her
aunt sternly, "If you bother me again,
1 shall send you up to the nursery."
"Do you mean It, auntie?" asked
the naughty little miss.
"Yes!" even more sternly "I do
mean it; you have already bothered
me quite enough."
There was the unmistakable, note of
firmness that every child can recog
nize, and Nellie subsided into compar
ative Btlllness.
After about ten minutes auntie
turned round with an approving smile:
"Now, pet, you have been so good you
may come here and I'll tell you a
lovely fairy story."
" 'Es, auntie."
Nellie climbed on to her knee and
then looked critically and only half
approvingly up at the smiling face,
and she added argumentatively : "Hut,
auntie, it was not me that was hover
In' you. but really you that was bov
erln' me, 'cos I wanted to play and
you didn't let me."
His Sacrifice.
He was a good little boy and fcry
thoughtful. He had heard about the
great scarcity of water throughout
the country. He came to his mother
and slipped his hand Into hers.
"Mamma," he said, "Is It true that
in some places the little girls and
hoys have scarcely enough water to
drink?"
"That is what the papers say, my
dear."
' "Mamma," he presently said, "I'd
like to give up somethin' for those
poor little boys nnd girls."
Ills mother gave him a fond look.
"Yes clear. And what would you like
to give up?"
"M'imiua." he said in his earnest
w iv, as Wui". as the water is so very
scarc e I think 1 ought to give up lit ill'
wahsod."
The Canary's Ears.
A canary's ears are back of and a
little below Its eyes. They are not
hard to find when one has learned
where to look. There Is no outer ear,
such as animals have, but simply a
small opening which is covered by
leathers. It is quite, surprising that
birds should possess the very acute
hearing which they do while lacking
the tlt.-.hy Ilap which tnuhles the anl
nals to catch sounds.
Dorothy Visits Grandpa.
Durothy was visiting her grand
parents In the country for the first
time. Seeing a quantity of feathers
scattered about the hen yard, she
shook her head In disapproval.
"Grandpa," she said gravely, "you
really ought to do something to keep
ttiut ehlekans from wearing out as.
All sm su ji n I
Q - -3s
me
Pug Doj And 1
must be
u nOSe '
rnd o)r toutie
a a
lso rna he -
STATELY VERSE.
If Mury rocs far out to sea,
l?y wayward breezes fanned
I'd like to know can you tell niaT-.
Just where would Maryland.
If Tonny v.pnt blsh up In nir
And looked o'er land and lea,
I.ookpd hero nnd there and everywhere
l'ray what would Tennessee?
I looked out of tlio window and
Saw Orry on the lawn;
He's not there now. and who can teE
.lust where has Oregon?
SKATER'S HANDY LIFE-SAVER
Little Spike Hanginrj Around Neck on
Cord Enables One to Escape
When Ice Breaks.
U is often on some trifling thing
that a man's li fo hangs. The little
article here described, for Instance,
can be dropped into a pocket and not
noticed, but there are circumstances
under which It might be the only
thing between a man and death by
drowning. It consists of a wooden
handle, with a sharp metal point pro
jecting and resembles an awl of un
usual strength. It Is meant to be
hung around a skater's neck on a
cord, and Is well named. "The Skat
er's Life-saver." If the ice should
happen to break the skater could
seize this instrument and stick It into
the firm Ice alongside the crack, thus
affording a purchase by which ho
could draw himself to safety. With
out such aid he might flounder to his
Hangs Around Neck on Cord.
death before he could get sufficient
grip on the slippery surface to get
out of the water. If tho skater Is
alone he would find it a difficult task
to save himself In the event of tho
ice breaking unless equipped with one
of these picks.
SCHOOL LESSONS AT HOME
Trick Problems Can Be Made Source
of Much Amusement on Long
Winter Evening.
Write these problems on paper, dis
tribute them among your friends and
see how many can answer them
promptly and correctly:
1 What two numbers multiplied to
gether will produco seven?
2 How may four fives bo placed so
as to make six nnd a half?
3 If five times four are thirty
three, what will the fourth of twenty
be?
4 What Is the difference between
twice twenty-five and twice five and
twenty?
5 Divide tlio number fifty Into two
such parts that If the greater part be
divided by seven and the lesser by
three the quotient in each case will bo
the same.
6 If you have a piece of cloth con
taining fifty yards and wish to cut
into fifty one-yard pieces, how many
days will it take you to do so If you
cut-one yard a day?
Some may answer correctly and
some will be caught, easy as the prob
lenis appear.
Here are tho answers:
1 The two numbers aro 7 and 1.
2 The figure 5, the fraction 6-6 and
the decimal fraction .5.
3 Fight cents and ono-fourth.
4 Twice 25 are 00. Twice 6 and
20 are 30.
5 The two parts are 35 and 15.
C Forty-nine days not 50 days.
Summer Snow.
It Is only exceptional place near
Chicago that can have snow ull tho
year 'round. A sand bill near Michi
gan City. I:nl., within sight of Chica
go's smoke. Is one of these exceptional
places. There Is inow there three feet
deep, or at least there was early in
September. It Is a place where sand
Ih dug and loaded into cars and
brought to Chicago. Last winter the
workmen abumlrned one of the sand
lilts, and the sand blew over it in the
springtime, before the snow la the
hole had time to melt. The pit was
opened In September, and snow three
feet deep was found under the yellow
blanket that had kept It cold ull sum
mer. Mortarfled
"I.ook. John, at my dress. I feol
so mortarfled. I'm ashamed to walk
through the streets."
"What are those white i.pots, Dot?"
"Mortar! I pasied that new bulldJ
lnc and I got all spattered un."
FIGHTING THE WHITE PLAGUE
Number of State Institutions Is
Double During the Past
Two Years.
Sixteen state sanatoria, 28 county
hospitals and 21 instilcipal hospitals
fer tuberculosis hare been erected
and provided for slnre January 1,
19i3, says a rerent bullettn of the
National Association for the Study
and Prevention of Tuberculosis.
Within tho last two years the num
ber ef state institutions for tubercu
losis has doubled, and the number of
county nnd municipal Institutions has
increased from about 30 te 80. The
expenditures of public money for the
treatment of tnberculosls also has
more than doubled. Not less than.
$3,000,000 of slate money was appro
priated for ttibor-culoshi Institutions
in 1009, when 43 legislatures met, and
over JGHO.OOO In 1J0, wlren only 11
legislatures were In session. The ap
propriations of comities and cities for
tuberculosis hospitals ar.d sanltorla
In the last two years will aggregate
fully $2,500,000, bringing the total
of official appropriations for tubercu
losis hospitals up to over $6,000,000
In the past two years.
In spite, however, of this good show
ing, the National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
states that not one-tenth of the pub
lic provision for tuberculosis that Is
needed has been made. More than
250,000 tuberculosis patients are con
stantly without proper Institutional
treatment.
POLICY
rtfrvr la-twit J--
0- . .-, tjL,. I
Calvin The doctor forbids me to
drink champagne,
Ruth Forbids you to drink cham
pagne? Calvin Well, until after his bill Is
paid.
Without Malice.
"What have you done?" exclaimed
Mrs. Cumrox, as she flourished a let
ter at him.
"Has that anything to do with th
correspondence I tried to help you
with?"
"It has. It's an Indignant protesL
I tola you te address that distin
gulshed pianist as 'Herr Professor.'"
"And 1 did so."
"Yes. But you wrote it 'Hair Pro
tesser!'" Doling Out Knowledge.
Mrs. Chug-water Joslah, what is the
origin of the name Milwaukee and
what does it mean?
Mr. Chugwater It comes from the
Latin word mflle, meaning 'a thousand,
and Wau Kee, a Chinaman; Milwau
kee, a thousand Chinamen. Think you
can remember that?
Severe.
"I don't think there is an honest
hair In his head."
"That's rlghL I believe he'd even
cheat at checkers!"
Worth Its Weight In Gold.
PETTirS EYE SALVE strengthens old
eyei, tonic for eyestrain, ivea,k and water)'
eve. DruggUU or Howard Broi., Buffalo.
n. y.
The man whs forgets that he was
once a boy Is almost as scarce as tbe
weraan whs denies that she Is still a
glrL
Dr. rieTcja's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Pygar-coated, tiny, granules, easy to take.
Ito net gripe.
The noblest motive Is the publlo
good. Virgil.
The Farmer's Son's
Great Opportunity
Why wait for tho old farm to becom
your ruiirnuncer uclacowto
prepurt, ior your incur
uEubpnruy acii4 ioapD-
V I. Clcni". a a in t opiwr-
IjirZ1 lll. 5r AllM'ria, wtir you
V fl'i'viuh wiisjiwj JUU
can nt-cun Cb f ITom
rfU iwl ortmr A2idairsV
HjUiabla price.
Now'stheTims
nor a year from now.
lu-n land win be bigb
r. Tr;n DrntiU scoured
from the (abundant crop of
W li rn t , Out and list rle y ,
as wrll s cuttle r;i!r.lng, am
ranking a sUudT mlvuoca In
prlre. (Sovcrnim-nl rriuniH show
(bat ttitt number of net tiara
fn Wuatern I unnda from
the N. whn ttO percent
larfcr In 11UO tban the
lr vloua vfiir.
Mufit fii.rmre hf paid
for tliflr I'.ihi out of the
iirnoMHif on crop.
tree HniiteHfada of 100
Rrrna Atwl t a ri-cftii 1 11 1 tiilsl tt
Aij UtO rra ut ft:i.o6 an ai re.
1 Mn -lima(p. kmh! fu'lioola.
ri4--liit mmwtv rarllltlee,
low frrlgbt ritUa; wood, wa
ter ant! lumber eaMl ob
tained. For pamphlet "I,ant Bent Went,"
pttrtlcu!ttns to tmiutiie location
urd low WMtlrr.' rate, arp'f to
Htipt of fMHM!i;mi.on, Ottawa,
lD.,or toCanuditva Got 't Agent.
tT. KolmfOM Jont..$t. Pl. Im.
J. M. MstlstkUn, Ui-ff 97.trrtni.S.ft.
1'r.rt arttlrrs reu ret udi. 87
li.iks Somebody
Happy V.'ita a
KODAK
Nothing nicer for Christmas.
ZIMMERMAN BROS., Cioux City, la.
RC CUP.ElMn a few days
without nam or a sur-
clral opeiation. No pay unal owrril. Scr.J foi
hteratuie. LKS. WKAT A MAl'llfNEY. 6oJ
faimeia Loon & Trust Bid:., lioux City. Iowa
WrIwi IM'iilitmn.V'iwh
iutfU'ti.l c. It. ok i nt-. it nil
il ruitic acctt. Jfcvi rcauiLa,
Sioux City Directory
RU3SER STAMPS
Man. hun. ll. Mi'.LI 1 rado una
Biol l lu-ai, liuDti'-r Ti. etc.
F. P. HOLLAR A 80N
6lom City, Iowa
SPORTING GOODS
Molof Cjl and Ulcnrloa. Jno JUplrln.
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