r Costs less UQIXlSa i) ''1 oeiter CALUMET COST OF ARTIFICIAL LIMBS BAKING POWDER lwKp MIIImLK Til r iMZtMJtM 13X JLr llJ JS ln " if - -"-! 7 W W s kr B &U&&CO Jwy$pJwi7yzm- URDEN bearing la one of the charac teristic features of all eastorn life. Tho sole purpose of everything and ovorybody seems to bo the bearing of burdens. The east would not bo tho east without the great army of burden bearers tho long caravans of heavily laden camols in tho desert, the Turk ish "haraals" staggering under tower ing loada of baggage and merchandise in the steep streets of Constantinople, tho noisy water men with their bloat ed and dripping goat skins in Egypt and India, tho tireless rickshaw mon of Japan and Bingapore and tho faithful sedan chair coolies of Hongkong and Canton. NIL f -.. 1.. .. 1.4- nnn n n!1 xiiuru m uue vury uunuu iuuu mut vnu uui imt n to impress ltsolf upon the mind of every obsorvant traveler wno spenus mucn umu iu iuo uubi u iuui, that will very often determine the sex of an oriental, j3 I lPaMilii tm&IAM'-kiKmn mmtkwMWaamM mw&m$FZmwXw$ Mfitii(r,L-zJI -f -y W f f ijfti jssiaMsaHts"1: f "fggfiitw - Pf! V, i ,vv4 ,! .l-vM kw ) r m - 3: i " i ii cinnvvBPaivH'.tiHHniW.. voM2kTta C mar or Wr rrt BfiVJBSU fffl a even though the costume might leave one in doubt; for in Burma, Slam and Java tho men and women dress so much alike that practically the only distinguishing feature is tho turban usually worn by tho men. When it comes to burden bearing, however, there can never be any doubt is to sex, regardless of cublumo, for tho oriental woman almost invariably carries everything upon her head, while the man, just as invariably, bears every kind of a burden swung across his shoul ders from tho ends of a bamboo pole. So much has this become second naturo to them that I havo seen Curmans and Javaneso tie a stono or other useless weight to one end of their shoulder pole in order to balance some Indivisible load at the other end, thus doubling the weight of their load in order to carry it in the customary manner. And the oriental woman exhibits tho same reluctance with reference to carrying any kind of a burden, whether large or small, In any manner oxcept upon her head, tho sole and solitary excoptlon being her baby, which Is usually tied upon her back. Wo are sometimes amazed by the slzo and weight of the loads borne upon the heads of these women of the fast, but at the same time it Is not at all unusual to see these same women carrying upon their heads empty dishes, fragile glassware, things easily broken and of practically no weight; but habit Is so strong with them that every object, no mat tor what its character, must bo borne upon the head. It is thlB habit of carrying heavy loads upon their heads that gives such a superbly erect and queenly carriage to practically all tho women of the far east. The drawing of water seems to bo their peculiar task, and Palestine Is not alone with her Rebeccas at tho woll. While the veiled women of Egypt and Syria fill their great kullehs of Nile clay and tho little brown girl wives of India dip their shining brass water pots in tho temple tanks or In the sacred Ganges; tho merry, graceful little girls and womrfl of happy Burma, favored above all tho women of tho east, gather in a social sort of a way nt the village fountains and spend long hours In tho gossip sa. dear to feminine hearts before they fill their fat brown "chatties" with the water for their household needs. And there is here no suggestion of do mestic slavery or unhappy household bondage, as these slender, brightly clad little daughters of Burma balance tho dripping chatties upon their great coils of beautiful hair and bear them happily back to the llttlo baBket homes under the shadowy groves of plantains and areca palms, which are so generally the abode of sweet con tent. When an oriental man bears water It Is usually in a black, slimy, grewsome-looklng pigskin or goatskin, slung across his shoulders and looking for all tho world like the corpse of some drowned thing. These are tho "sakkas" or water men of Egypt and Turkey, who carry water for sprin kling tho roads to lay tho dust In the vicinity of the bazars and to supply also the ordinary wants of tho oriental household. To the same class belong tho "bhlstls" of India, who form a sepa rate religious caste by themselves and who carry the water In their slimy goatskins ovcry morn ing to fill the huge tin dlshpnn, which In India serves you as a bathtub, There aro also other Mater bearers among tho men of tho orient, but these have nothing to do with household duties and form a bUBlnesB class by themselves. They aro tho "sherbutll" and "kheinali" of Kgypt, Turkey and Syria who sell shorbets, cooled with the snow3 of Lebanon and sweetened drink3 flavored with lico rice nnd attar of roses. The musical clink of tho two brass bowls whldh these men carry and strike constantly together as they walk, Is one of thoso characteristic sounds which to one who has traveled In tho orient Is Inseparable from every memory of an eastern city. One strange feature will Invariably Impress it self upon tho observant visitor to Rangoon and Hongkong, two of the largest and most splendid cities of the far east, and that is tho fact that they are practically horseless cities, especially Hongkong, where horses are seldom or never seen. In Rangood horseB are used for carriage purposes, but are never used for the hauling of freight and merchandise, and in both Rangoon nnd Hongkong practically all freight is hauled about the streetB on curious freight carts drawn by numbers of coolies pulling on ropes. In Ran goon the carts have two largo wheels and the coolies are always Hindus, for no Burman would so demean himself or so insult his pride as to become a beast of burdon. In Hongkong the freight vans are low, four-wheeled arrangements and are drawn by half-naked Chinese coolies. It is a pitiful thing to see how cheap a thing Is human life in this great city of Hongkong, where naturo has done so much to create an earthly 'paradise. Tho Btreets are so steep as to make the use of horses quite impossible, and as the greater part of tho European population llvs on the "Peak," or on the steep streets leading up its sides, it seems to bo necessary that many thousands of Chinese coolies should sacrifice their lives In this heart-breaking work of burden bearing on theso steep mountain roads. Thcro aro hundreds of great mansions and beautiful European villas on the slopes of the "Peak," and In building these homes every brick and stone, every timber nnd pound of mortar had to be carried up from tho city on tho backs of Chinese coolies, laboring for a few pitiful pennies a day. Every ounco of household supplies is brought up in the same manner on tho heads and backs of Chlneso cool ies climbing these steep and slippery roadB. Coal is transported in racks of 150 or 200 pounds, suspended from a polo on the shoulders of two coolies, who very often are women. Most of tho drinking water is brought up in tho samo man ner, and the dwellers in these mountain homes are "carried down to business In the city In tho morning and back again to the heights after tho day's work Is done In sedan chairs, borne on tho shoulders of those samo faithful coolies. The work of tho "bearers" In the steep streets of Hongkong is so trying that It Is said a coolie seldom lives more than flvo or six years after taking up this work. Tho real comfort and easo of traveling by sedan chnir Is a most surprising thing to one unfamiliar with this modo of travel. A very de lightful surprise it Is after the soul-racking ex periences of camel back and elephant riding In Africa and India. The reason for this Is that tho bearers Invariably keep step, and as they always 5322 cg&gzzte jTrjeGfrpf & go at a gentle trot the motion Is easy and In no way tlrcsomo. It is a strange experience tc rldo hour after hour through tho narrow, bewildering, crowded streets of this most amazing city on earth, with half-naked chair men streaming with perspiration and constantly yelling at the top of their voices for tho populace to clear tho way, for It is a most remarkable thing to sou the le spect Bhown to tho burden bearer in Cli'.ua. Tho man with a lond always has tho rlglu of way, and the man with tho henviest load invnrlably Is given precedence. In this wonderful land of China, which wo have so long been taught to despise, tho burdon bearer 13 honored as In no other land, and labor is exalted In a manner un known to our western world. At Shanghai wo come upon another strange and peculiarly "Chinese modo of conveyance nnd burden bearing tho , passengor wheelbarrow, upon which it is necessary to carry two passen gers in order to balance the barrow, Theso bar rows are very generally used In tho Shanghai district, both ns freight carriers nnd for trans porting passengers, and It Is a decidedly amusing sight to see some rich Chinese fnrmer or coun try merchant, wonderfully nrrnyod In silks and balanced by his wife or a huge crate of poultry, as ho rides into tho walled city of Shanghai on one of these lumbering wheelbarrows. In Ceylon, Burma, SInm and tho Mnlay states, and In many parts of China, and throughout all the Islands of Japnn, tho rickshaw is tho common and almost universal moans of trnvel, yet, curiously enough, the jinrickshaw was tho Inven tion of nn American missionary to Japan and was unknown to tho oriental world less than seventy years ago. Thene rlcknhaw men of Japan aro a most ad mlrablo class patient, honest, faithful and often exceedingly well Informed. It Ib a most amaz ing thing to see the politeness nnd consideration of the sturdy rickshaw men of Dal Nippon. It is, moreover, a politeness born In tholr souls; never lacking under tho most trying circum stances. Under tho rules of their business eti quette, ono rickshaw man may not run past an othor without begging his pardon, and tho truth or thlri was borno upon me vory forcibly during a hurried rickshaw ride across Yokohama ono day when I had only 16 minutes by the wntch In which to catch a train for Gotemba. Tho speed with which wo made that two-mllo jurney around Yokohama's famous Bund and through the Benten-dorl to the Tokyo railroad station necessitated no less than 27 severnl and separate apologies; at least, I lost count at tho twenty seventh, Two rickshaws passing rapidly In op posite directions collided, mixing up tho two ve hicles and throwing ono of tho rickshaw men to tho ground. Again tho native Japanese po liteness asserted Itself. Instead of abusing ono another and possibly resorting to blows, tho two little rickshaw men righted thomsolves, politely took off their huge mushroom hats, bowed most courteously and begged ono another's pardon! Imagine two American cabbies apologizing to one another after such a collision) FLIES ARE NOT OBSERVING Will Walk Into a Trap With Their Xycs Open Many Hum.an Beings Haven't Any More Hense. It is a mighty good thing for the Mople of the country," snys Abo Pe n, "that the fly hasn't any sense. A jr will walk deliberately Into any sort f a trap with his eyes wide open. Put down a piece of stlnkv (1; paper and pretty soon a do7'ii flies m fast on It That Isn't to remnrkabl i but every one of them kicks and struggles as long as it lasts, telling every other fly that it Is In trouble. "Naturally, ono would suppose that the other flics, seeing what the first dozen had got Into, would koop away, but they don't. Tho more flies get stuck on tho paper, tho more the oth ers want to get on. It Is so with any rort of trap. You can's fix up anything in tho nature of trap that a fool fly won't fall for. If it wasn't for the fact that a fly can raise a family of 16,000 or 20,000 children inside of a week, and that a baby fly on Monday morn ing may be the great-grandmother of a million flies before Saturday night, the tribe would havo beon extinguished long ago. "And yet, come to think it over, I don't know but that files show about as much senile as a lot of humans Tho fool humans keep walking Into traps with tholr eyes wido open year after year, and ifam't saem to learn i much of anything from cither obser vation or experience. Every time I see a young fellow just throwing him self away and ruining all his chances forever of amounting to' anything and doing it with his eyos wide open, I Bay to myself, 'Well, I guess there are a good many of us humans who haven't any moro senso thnn so many fool flies!'" It is the fidelity In tho dally drill which turim tho raw recruit Into the accomplished FoldlprV, M. Punshon. United States Government Pays Out $300,000 Annually to Fit Veter ans of Our War. Tho government has been expending on tho average about $300,000 every rear in providing artificial limbs to soldiers of tho Civil and other wars, but although 300,000 was appropriat ed nnd spent In that way in tho past yenr, tho appropriation naked for next years was only $116,000, and it has boon granted. The reason will appear, romarks tho Boston Advertiser's Washington correspondent It has to, for bucIi Is tho law. Tho amount of tho appropriation has beon, in fact, dropping year by year. In 1903, the first yenr of tho trionnlal period, tho appropriation was 1514,000. In 190G, tho appropriation was $425,000; In 1907, $106,000, and In 190S, $120,000. In 1911 It was $105,000. Evory third year tho appropriation Is always very large bocauso tho old sol diers may renew tholr artificial limbs ovcry throo years, and they always take good caro to do so. Tho total number of old soldiers provided with artificial limbs, logs or arms or both, is now 9,382. If tho old soldier does not want m arm, or n leg, or both, that ho may need, ho can take money In llou of tho artificial limb. This Is called "commu tation." Mauy of them do so, whether thoy really can uso n limb or not. And thoy ore certain to mako n requisition every three years as tho law permits, and that is what makes tho appropria tion Jump no high every thrco years. Tho value of tho "commutation" is $75 for a log, and from $35 to $75 for an arm. How long such a limb ought to last varies, It has been found. Some times thoy last only a year, and Bomo timoB ten yonrs. Tho beneflclarloB make tho artificial legs last about soven years and an arm much longer, but nevertheless thoy bbIc for "commu tation," taking tho monoy and going on with tho old limb. Tho commutn tlonorB number obout 1,000. In 1909 tho commutntloncrs numbered 5,718; In 1910, 2,117, and 1911, 1,530. Tho war dopartmont says that tho disabilities of most of the beneficia ries are of Buch a character that arti ficial limbs or apparatus render no re llof. Th commutation alone Is of value to them, and that is tholr extra compensation for having rendered Borvlco to their country. Tho government also appropriates ovcry year $2,000 to furnish artificial eyes and ear .drums to not only old soldiers, but to any soldier disnbled In tho mllltax-y service of tho country. A great many such cases arlso In tho artillery and naval branch of tho mil itary service becauso of tho firing of large guns. Tho sum of $5,000 a year Is also spent In providing trusses for disabled soldlors. ECONOMY that's ono thin yoa ars luvuiiiK iur m iucso a ays rf tiitrh livinrr rnst PnliimRt inenra n mnnJu. fill cniiinif in imtfi- Vb'ni T,, U J. It Inture wholesome food, tasty food uniformly raised food. Calumet Is made righj-to sell rtght-to bake right. Ask oaa of tho millions of women who uso It or ask your grocer. RECEIVED HIGHEST AWARDS WorltTi Fur Food Exposttlsa, CMcaco, fit Park Exposition, Fnaca, Mwtfc, 1012. Vou don I tree monty when you bay cheap or tig-can baWrigpoudtr, Don't &d mislead. Dim Caiumi. It't mom economical mom aholtiamt glee but 'mull. Calumet I fat Htpcrtor to todt mtlit and toda. TOLD HER LIFE'S AMBITION Commendable Exactness. Colonel Itichardson would nllow no ofllccr to be saluted on gtwd If out of his uniform. Ono day tho colonel saw n young lieutenant In plain clothes, nnd though ho knew the young officer Intimately ho called to tho sen tinel to turn him out. A short time afterward tho colonel went visiting, nnd returnod Into at night In tho rain, without tho countersign nnd with a borrowed raincoat. The ncntlnol called the oflloer of the guard, who hap pened to be tho young lieutenant. "Who are you 7" ho asked, knowing full woll who ho was. "Colonel Rlchnrdson." "What! Without a uniform 7 Oh. no. You'ro not tho colonel. You're an Impostor, and If the colonel knew this ho would break every bono in your body." There was nothing for him to do but to return In the drenching rain, but tho next morning ho called the young lieutenant to him, and told him he had "dono hlH duly with com mendable exactness." Making Exceptions. A story is told of Col. Sol MqrediUi of tho Nlnetconth Indiana. At the Ivowlsvlllo skirmish tho colonel was at tho head of his men as they formed in lino of battlo under fire. The shells wore exploding over them, and the boys would Involuntarily duck their heads. Tho colonel saw It, and ex horted thorn as ho rodo nlong tho line to hold up their heads and act llko men. He turned to speak to one of his ofllccrs, and at that moment a largo 18-pound shell burst within a fow yards of him, scattering frag ments In all directions. Instinctively ho Jerked his head almost to tho saddle-bow, while his horso squatted With fear "Boys," said ho, as he raised up and reined his steed, "you mny dodge tho largo ones." Small Girl Somewhat Crudely Ex pressed Her Desire to Be a Teacher When She Grew Up. At ono time or anothor during tho ward school life of a llttlo girl thoro prevails tho ambition to becomo a tonchcr. Porhaps it is tho indisputable authority possessed by tho hand that wields the rales or tho nonchnllant dis play of wisdom on topics surrounded by tho indst Inaccessible difficulties to tho small boy and girl, Thoy will nearly always toll their ambitions to a well liked teacher, nnd ono rather aurprising declaration was given by n llttlo maid In ono of Miss Clara Town end's room boforo she becamo princi pal of tho James school. Among tho special favors covoted by tho youngsters Is the permission to stay behind aftor school and clean tho blackboards. Ono evening a llttlo girl was gtvon tho desired privilege, and whllo engaged in the task eho truck up n shy sort of conversation with Miss Townsond. Finally tho usual confession was mado. "When I grow up, I am going to bo a teacher," sho announced. "That so?" pleasantly asked Mlsp Townsend. '"And why do you want to bo n teacher?" ' "Woll," was tho rather surprising answer, "I'll hnvo to bo either a tcachur or a lady, and I would rather bo n tenchor." -Indianapolis News. Keeping Her Word. Josephine Do you know to whoa Stella Is ongaged? Margarot Yes, but I promised 1 would not toll. Howovor, I don't think there'll bo any harm In my writ ing his namo on a pleco of paper for you. Satlro. Both Vows Broken. Apropos of tho nntl-vlvisoctlonlsts' fight against tho Nobel prize nward to Dr. Alexis Carrol of tho Rockefel ler Institute, Prof. Herbert Sattorley aid tho other day in Jacksonville: "Thoso nntis contradict thomsolves terribly when they try to prove that animal research is useless and futile. Thoy Just put themselves in tho posi tion of ono of tholr number whom I met at my hotel tho othor day. "As this nntl was dining I bent for ward and said to him: " 'Pardon mo, but you nro, I bollevo, both nn autl-vlvisectlonisl and u Vege tarlan?" "Yes, sir, that 1b correct,' ho an swered. "'Thon,' said I, 'ybu will probably bo shocked to lenrn that you havo Just eaten a live cuterpillur with your lettuce salad.' " Our Discontent, Brand Whitlock, tho mayor of To ledo, was talking about discontent. "It is our discontent, our divlno dis content," he said, "that will make a great nation of us. "I believe In discontent. I can sympathize oven with the discontent ed old farmer, who said: "'Contented? When'll I bo con tontcd? Wall, I'll bo contented when I own all tho land adjolnin mine nnd not befur, by gum!" Its Class. "That was n raw deal." "What was?" "Tho plot they cooked up." Don't becomo so busy giving advice that you havo no tlmo to mind your own business. Women who marry for a homo pay big ront. THE BE8T TEACHER. Old Experience Still Hold the Palm Counts for Nothing. An Irishman camo onto the powder wharf at City Point, seated hlmsolf, tookout his plpo and put It In his mouth. "You enn't Bmoke hero," said the guard, Ills hair on end nvlth excite mont. f "I know, sorr; I'm not shmoklng," said tho Irishman. "But you've got your plpo In your mouth," continued tho guard. "Yes," retorted tho Irishman; "an' I've got me feet in me boots, but I'm not klckin," Saving the Privates. Sergeant Maloney was charged with being found drinking In tho company of two privates. "Captain," said ho, "01 did It to prevent thorn two pri vates getting drunk." "What do you mean?" thundered tho captain, "Sure now, Captain," replied the sergeant. "They each bad a point ar whusky, which was too much for them, so I helped them to dispose For real prnctlcal reliability nnd something to swear by, exporlonco 1 rlaln old exporlonco Is ablo to carry a big load yot without getting nway I backed. a ao. uaK. woman found soino things about food from Old Experl once a good, rolluble teacher. 8ho writes: 'I think I havo used almost overy breakfast food manufactured, but nono equal Grnpo-Nuts In my estimation. "I wan greatly bothored with weak Etomach nnd Indigestion, with forma tion of gas after eating, and triad ninny remedies "for it but did not find relief. "Thon I decided I must diet nnd see If I could ovorcomo tho difficulty that way. My choice of food was Qrapo- Nutfl bocauso tho doctor told mo I could not digest starchy food. "Grnpo-Nuts food has been a great benefit to mo for I feol llko a different person slnco I begun to eat it It is wonderful to mo how strong my nerves have becomo. I advlso every one to try it, for experience is tho best teacher. "If you have any stomach trouble can't digest your food, uso drape Nuts food for breakfast at least, and you won't bo ablo to pralso it enough when you boo how dlfferont you feol." Kumo glvon by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read tho llttlo book, "Tho Road to Wellvlllo," in pkgs. "Thoro'B a Reason," Ktrr rrml (lie nhntr lettert A nrvr one iipiicuru from time to time. They nr i- rrrnulnr. Inn-, and full of Uumau Inlormt. Ad, Their Cinch, "duns havo an easy job, haven't they 7" "How do you mean?" "They're employed only to fired." b Constipation causes many serious diseases. It is thoroughly cured by Doctor 1'lercet l'leasant relicts. One a laxative, three for cathartlo. Adv. 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