THE SEMIAVEEKLY TRIBUNE NORTH PI ATTF. NEDRASKA.
RUINS OF CANADA'S BEAUTIFUL PARLIAMENT BUILDiNG
Tho orange trco Is the only ono
which boars fruit and blossoms at tho
samo time.
WATCH
YOUR
STEP
Dr. Pierce's Plcamnt Pellets nrc Oie
originnl little liver titlls put up 40 years
ngo. They u-gulate liver nnd bowels. Adr.
Seaweed Is mado Into a composi
tion to take tho placo of bono for nan
dies of cutlery.
Tho atlll sinoklni; ruins here shown la nil thai remains of tho beuutlful
of Canada at Ottiiwn, Ont. Tho building was destroyed by Hro said to havo
SWEPT B? BANDITS
Rural Districts in South Mexico
Are Ravaged.
Robberies and Murders of Daily Oc
currence, Some of Them Just Out
side Vera Crui City Sus
pects Executed on Spot.
Vera Cruz, Mexico. It Ib dnngoroua
for unprotected travolera to vonturo
Into tho region that lies botween Vora
Cruz and the City of Mexico. Dnndita
aro In complete possession of tho rural
districts. Reports of robberies und
murdors by brigands aro recoivod hero
dally. Soma of these crimes are com
mitted almost within tho ircclnts of
tho city. Railroad travel Is so haz
ardous that few peoplo caro to under
take tho Journoy between hero and tho
capital. Almost ovory passenger train
Is hold up and Us paasongors robbed.
Tho old-tlmo method of freighting by
ox team wjib recently put Into prac
tlco on tho routo hetweon Jalapa and
Vora Cruz on account of tho uncer
tainty of transportation on tho rail
road. All of those freighting wagons
aro accompanied by guards of sol
dlors. Never, oven in tho porlod Immedi
ately following Diaz's ascending to
tho presidency, has there boon wit
nessed ouch vldcspread brlgandago as
Is now going on all ovor southorn
Mexico. Tho bandits aro numbered by
tho thousands. They oporato boldly,
without any attompt being mado, to
moloot thorn except In tho largor
towns. Tho villages und rural com
munltloB aro at tholr comploto mercy.
Very fow of tho wagon trains that
lonvo Vora Cruz lor Intorlor towns
arrlvo with tholr loads; almost In
variably thoy aro hold up und looted
of tho morchaudlso.
In tho mountains around tho boau
tlful city of Jalapa, capital of tho
Btnto of Vora Cruz, brlgandago is so
rife that many of tho coffoo planters
and other rural residonts havo beou
forced to seek rcfugo In tho town.
In tho stato of Oaxaca, whoro an In
dependent govornmont has boon In
oxtstonco for two years, an effort Is
being rando to put an ond to brigand,
ago by executing on tho spot all por
sons who cannot give a good account
of thomsolvoB. Tho moro romnto mln
ing districts of Oaxaca aro said to bo
LEADER IN NAVAL CIRCLES
Mrs, Reginald Nicholson, wlta of Ad'
mlral Nicholson, U. S. N. Sho Is con
eldered ono of tho most prominent
uostossos In naval circles In tho na
tlonal capital. Admiral Nicholson Is
on the retired list
WOMAN LOOPS THE LOOP
MIbb Luclllo Taft has boon porfect
Ing herself In tho art of flying under
tho direction of Aviator llecchc. Ro
contly Miss Taft sneaked tho mnchlno
out whon nobody was looking and
mado throo npectnchlur loops at a
hoight of 2,000 foot.
badly Infested. Tho moro thickly set
tled portions, howovor, aro now al
most froo from depredations.
Slnco tho American troops ovncu
atcd Vora Cruz sanitary nnd health
conditions hore havo grown gradually
worso and thoy havo resulted In much
slcknoss yellow fovor, typhus and
Biiinllpox. Tho Amorlcan soldiers loft
Vera Cruz tho moBt sanitary city In
Mexico. Somo pretense of keoplng
tho city clean Is still inado, but It Is
confined to tho business districts. Tho
outlying ooctlons, whoro tho poor poo
plo live, aro neglected, and It is In
those placos tlmt epidemics havo oc
curred. MAY BAR "PROXY" BRIDES
New Immigration Bill Would Abolish
Japanese Marriages on "Pic
ture" Plan.
Washington. Tho "proxy" or "pic-
turo" brldo system, by which Jap
nncso In this country select a wife
from picturos, havo a frlond at homo
marry hor by proxy, and then bring
hor into tho United States, Is going to
bo abolished if tho now Immigration
bill becomes a law.
Between 2,000 and 3,000 Jnpaucso
womon woro brought Into tho Unltod
Stutes and Hawaii last year by this
method, Chairman Burnett of tho lin-
mlgratron commlttoo said. "Too ofton
theso proxy brides becomo slnvos nnd
tholr husbands procood to obtnln oth
er wives from Japan In tho samo
way."
WANT STREET NAME CHANGED
Paris Peoplo Would Have "Avenue do
Sofia" Made Something More
Pro-A'l.
Paris. ParlB has long bIiico re
named such streots as tho Ruo do
Ilorlln, tlto Ruo d'Allomagno and oth
ers of equally olTondlng nomenclature
Why, then, asks thf Figaro, Is tho
namo of tho Avonuo do Sofia allowed
to remain?
"Truo, It Ib only bO meters long, but
its two namo plates aro constant re
minders of tho capital of n nation that
Is our onomy and a rubjr for whom
wo havo contempt. Wo havo received
many letters inquiring whon this thor
oughfnro Is to bo ronaraod. Tho mu
nicipal council nnelit to take action."
houso of parliament of tlio Dominion
been of Incendiary origin.
FORCEDJjfTOM PETS
Aged Woman Gives Up Twenty
Years' Struggle. -
Since Passing Scriptural Age Limit
Her Life Has Borne Out Bib
lical Promise of Labor
and Sorrow.
St. Paul. Aftor a twenty years
strugglo to remain Independent, Mrs.
Delia Maxwoll, oighty-olght years old.
was taken to tho City hospital to Uvo
out tho remainder of hor life. Officials
of tho Wilder charities found hor 111
In a desolate basement at Stato and
Eaton streets and took her away In
an ambulance
Thrco Angora cats, which, with their
progenitors, havo been Mrs. Maxwell's
lifelong companions, wero loft with
neighbors, and sho was told that sho
might havo them near her In her now
homo.
For four years charity workers havo
tried to got Mrs. Maxwell to go to
somo institution where sho might llvo
comfortably, but sho persistently re
fused to llston to such proposals for
fear sho would bo separated from hor
pets.
At Intervals sho would bo lost sight
of, to bo discovered later In somo so
eluded basement or tenement, hiding
horsolf and hor fellno companions.
With each rediscovery of tho aged
woman a now effort would bo mado
to Induce hdr to enter a charltablo
homo. When sho refused, fuol and
food would bo brought. But, once dis
covered, hor placo of abodo was soon
changed.
Slnco passing tho throo-score-and-ton
scriptural ago limit, Mrs. Maxwell's
llfo ha'd borno out tho biblical promise
of being filled with labor and sorrow.
About twonty years ago her husband,
who was a bookkeeper In ono of tho
city offices, died. Tholr llfo was com
fortnhlo, hut tho husband's salary had
given llttlo opportunity to save and he
left but a small estate
Mrs. Maxwoll Invested her llttlo In
heritance In a horso and tiny farm In
ono of tho suburbs. Sho planned to
live by marketing and keeping blooded
cats and chickens. But shortly aftct
this ono of hor legs was broken. It
was badly set and loft her a permanent
crlpplo. Sho stayed on tho farm fif
teen years, gradually getting Into debt.
Thou her horso died. Sho had become
bo feoblo sho had to give up hor farm
.Sho sold It for llttlo moro than enough
to pay her debts and enmo to town,
planning to earn as much as possible
with her chickens and cats. Tho Lov
Ing Kindness branch of tho Sunshine.
Bocloty discovered her soon after sho
relumed to town. Sho was In need,
Tho hrnnch provided for hor since that
tlmo, whon sho could bo found. The
Wlldor and Associated charities holped,
Tho board of control saw that sho was
supplied with coal.
On Christmas day charity workers
found Mrs. Maxwoll ono of tho hap
piest of tholr chargos. With plenty ol
coal and frequent baskets of provisions
and with her pots sho was moro choor
ful than many who had all that "mono j
could buy, she told them. A day or
two ago, howovor, tho aged woman
became so ill sho had to take to hor
bed. Then It was decided that hor
wlshoh at last must bo overruled and
the ambulance took hor v,ray from her
pets to tho hospital.
COUGHS UP CARPET TACK
Kentucky Youth Is at Last Relieved oi
Irritating Throat Troublo
by Coughing Fit.
Hickman, Ky. In tho midst of a fit
of coughing, Enrl, Bon of Mr. and Mrs
12. Bottorsworth, expelled n carpel
tack- which ho accidentally swallowed
In September.
Whllo making a klto tho youth swal
lowed tho tack, which waB among fov
oral ho was holding In IiIb mouth.
Slnco then ho has had frequent cough
ing spells, somo of which woro "ac
companied by homorrhago, but' thoro
was no suspicion that tho tack was In
his throat.
ill "S3 -
$300,000,000 LOSS IS SEEN
Two Million Miles of Unimproved
Highways In United States Farm
ers Blamed for Condition.
"There aro 0,500,000 farmers In the
United States, tho most of whom raise
something for tho market," says tho
American Highway association.
"Thoy have been described by Dr. T.
N. Carver, tho Harvard university ox
pert In economics who was engaged
last year by tho department of ngrl
culturo draw piano for tho organi
zation of a rural community, as tem
peramentally on Independent, head
strong, individualistic class, and,
thcrofore, difficult to organize. That
they are 'difficult to organize' Is evi
denced by tho fact that there are
2,000,000 miles of unimproved public
roads In tho United States over which
thoy must haul their products to mar
ket at a Idas of approximately $300,
000,000 every year, or about the total
assessed valuo of proporty, real and
personal, In South Carolina. That thoy
aro 'Independent' of good roads to
tholr own great loss Is evidenced by
tho enormous wasto of both money
and rausclo in trying to do business
without good roads and their appar
ent lack of interest in compelling their
representatives in legislatures and
congress to provide highways for their
service.
"Good roads aro equally necessary
to 'both tho production and distribu
tion of -farm products.' 'They aro pre
requisite,' says Mr. Houston, secre
tary of agriculture, In his last annual
report, 'not only to economical produc
tion and distribution, but to tho pro
motion of tho broader llfo of commu
nities. Tho great need, obviously, Is
for roads which will get products from
tho farm to tho nearest railway sta
tion, enabling tho farmer to haul when
ho cannot sow or reap, and to haul at
a lower rate, to transport his children
to consolidated schools and to enjoy
comfortably his social enterprises."
There can be, Indeed, no such thing as
community llfo without good roads. To
assuro such llfo there must be ease or
communication and transportation,
and, ns Doctor Carver expressed it,
'as tho characteristic ovils of urban
llfo grow out of congestion, so do tho
characteristic ovils of rural llfo grow
out of Isolation. Except for a fow raro
souls, isolation means stagnation.'
"As a rule, town schools aro better
than country schools because the
meanB of transportation, or tho streets
and roads, aro better In tho towns
than in tho country. On the so-called
great highway between Washington
and Richmond thoro Is a strotch of
about fifteen miles on which in the
fall and winter farm wagons and auto
mobiles sink to tho hubs and traffic is
practically impossible, and tills high
way between tho two capltnls must be
Judged by the soft and not tho hard
Subgrade Prepared for Concrete Pave
ment. spots. In regions where tho roads
havo been Improved tho farmers nrc
tho most prosperous and community
llfo has been devoloped. In regions
whoro tho roads havo not boon im
proved tho Bchools, tho churches and
all other civilizing agonclos have run
down.
"Within tho last fow years thore
havo been formed 12,000 or 15,000 as
sociations of ono sort and another
among tho farmers, fruit growers and
others looking to tho economic han
dling of their business. But thero can
be no adequate co-operation among
farmers without the first essential of
tho best fnrmlnc succoss good public
roads. Improved highways mean im
proved farming, Increased values of
farming lands, Improved standards of
farming products, Improved banking
moan: nnd facilities, Improved country
schools, churchos and homes. Without
Improved public highways thoro will
continuo tho fearful economic waste
which haB operated against tho pros
perity of tho farmers and mado thom
tho proy of tho combinations which
havo fattened on their spoil."
Calf Must Have Roughage.
Being a ruminant, tho calf will not
thrlVd unless supplied with somo
roughago, for tho stomach needs
bulky feeds to devolop tho capacity
and to start tho secretion of tho diges
tive julcos.
A Roup Preventive.
Wo havo no euro for roup, but here
Is a reclpo for prevention:
Cloan quartors, which means free
dom from insect pests, clean floor,
now earth if tho floor Is of dirt, regu
lar clHnlpg, not noccssarllv dally
'..Si-v.' . . .' . .....
Escaped Unshorn.
"I hear that you'vo been playing tho
stock mnrkot. Havo any hick?"
"Great! Camo out exactly even."
lfn Marine nfler Exposure In Cold,
Cuttinrr Winds nnd D.ust. It rteatorcs,
Refreshes nnd Promotes Eye Health.
Good for all Eyes thut Need Care.
Murine Eyo Remedy Co., Chicago,
Sends Eyo Book on request.
Claims Greatest Oil Land Control.
E. J, Doheny, president of tho Mex
ican Petroleum company, has an
nounced "int tho new $150,000,000
Pan-American Petroleum nnd Trans
port company will control tho largest
olt territory In tho worjd under a sin
glo ownership.
Important to Mothcro
Examine carefully every hottlo of
CASTOIUA, a safo and sure remedy for
infants and children, and seo that it
Signature of
In Use lor' Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Affected by "War Business."'
Tho population of Bridgeport, Conn.,
is estimated to have Increased during
tho pressnt year by about 35,000
growing from 115,000 to 150,000. Twen
ty thousand persons aro said to bo em
ployed In Bridgeport by one concern,
In three shifts of eight hours each.
This phenomenal activity Is the result
of "war business,"
Claims Lye la Not Injurious.
Prof. M. E. Jaffa of tho California
stato board of health denies that, as Is
generally believed, lyo-peoled peaches
aro moro Injurious to health than
hand-pooled fruits. Tho food value,
quality and flavor aro unchanged, and
it is impossible to distinguish ono from
tho other except by tho knife marks
of tho hand-peeled product, hu says.
Analyses show that tho acidity of tho
fruit Is not affected by tho uso of lyo
in tho peeling process.
On the Watch.
Thoro Is a species of son try groups
employed near tho trenches. They aro
called "listening patrols" and tholr du
ties aro to bo always on tho alert and
glvo tlmoly warning of any attempted
attack. Ono night an officer on his
rounds inspecting a listening patrol
stationed on an empty farm asked:
"Who aro you1?"
Tho reply was: "Llsteuln' patrol,
sir."
"What aro your, duties?"
"Wo llston for tho hen cacklln', and
then wo pinches tho egg, sir."
"
A Highway
you would build for efficient service now and for gen
erations to come.
The "Road to Wellville" is built that way. And the
password to that road is "right living," in which food
and drink play such a big part.
More and more people are waking up to the need
of banishing from the dietary heavy, indigestible foods,
and food deficient in the vitalizing mineral salts. Food
scientists now hold that the lack of these elements is
one of the chief causes of a long list of ills, including
anemia, constipation, nervous prostration, kidney
trouble, and so on.
Long ago a food now famous was devised to
make up for this lack, and it does it admirably.
That food is "
Br ape -Nuts
Made of whole wheat and barley, it contains all the
nutrition of the grain, including those vital elements
phosphate of potash, etc. which are indispensable for
perfect balance of body, brain and nerves, and for
warding off disease-
This food comes ready to eat, is economical, and
delicious. Digests quickly generally in about one
hour and ia full of health-making goodness.
A ration of Grape-Nuts along with other food has
started thousands on the "Road to Wellville."
There's
Especially if you have, any
symptoms of Stomach, Liver
or Bowel weakness, such as-
P00R APPETITE
SICK HEADACHE
INDIGESTION
CONSTIPATION
BILIOUSNESS
Always be on the safe side
by resorting to the famous
HOSTETTER'S
Stomach Bitters
promptly. It helps Nature.
WOMAN'S WORK IN THE WORLD'
Activities of the "Weaker Sex" Promi
nent Along Practically All Lines
of Endeavor.
'
Moro womon nro employed in ths
manufacturo of clothing than any oth
er Industry in Pennsylvania.
Tho Duchess of Norfolk has a col
lection of parasols of all countriesr
said to bo worth $2,500.
Two thousand women will serve as3
Judges and clorkB of election In Chi
cago this year, for which they will ro
celvo 1 por day.
Thousands of women havo been
thrown out of work in Massachusetts'
since tho operation of tho minimum;
wngo law went into effect.
Tho first savings bank was insti
tuted by a woman, Priscllla Wakoflold,
who inaugurated a bank scheme for
tho encouragement of thrift among:
children of Tottenham toward tho end
of tho eighteenth century.
A remarkable translation of Nich
olas Statham's "Abridgement of Law,""
nn old English book, which has baf
fled translators for years, has Just
been completed by Mrs. Margaret C.
Kllngensmtth, a member of tho Penn
sylvania bar. It took Mrs. Kllngen
smith fifteen years to comrleto tho
translation, which will bo published
in tho near future.
Seek to Solve Big Problem.
Two English scientists, who ai-o ex
perimenting, expect to solve tho prob
lem of producing electricity directly
from coal without using a steam en
gine and dynamo.
Concreto post bases to glvo longet
life to worn-out fence posts havo been
patented by a Now York Inventor.
a Reason"
