LIMBS MADE OF CARDBOARD Artificial Leg, Invented by Danish Do© tor, Enables Wearer to Walk Soon J After Amputation. A Danish doctor at a hospital in Purls has invented a cardboard leg which enables the wearer to go about without crutches two days after his limb lias been amputated. The materials used are two sheets of cardboard about three-sixteenth of an inch thick, and bandages soaked in a starch solution. After careful meas urements have been taken the card board is cut into what looks like two peg-tops,, which after being soaked in the hath fold round each other and are secured with bandages. The principle is that of an egg in a cup. and tin* patient can wear the leg long before the wound is completely i healed. He can thus get air and exer j else, which it is usually impossible to obtain at this phase of his convales cence ; also he has to suffer none of the inconveniences of crutches, a stick sufficing for his needs. The leg. prop erly treated, lasts from six months to a year, by which time a permanent artificial limb is ready to be fitted. Good Policy. “1 never interfere with other peo ple’s affairs.” “No?” “No, I stopped that years ago. when I checked up and found that all the money I had ever made came from minding my own business.” When the cats play the mice get away. HOW INSANITY HAS GAINED Increase in United States Revealed by Census Taken by National Com mittee for Mental Hygiene. Insanity in the United States is de cidedly on the Increase. This fact is revealed by reason of a census taken of the insane, feeble-minded, epileptics, inebriates and drug addicts by the (National Committee for Mental Hy giene. Analysis of this census is found in i he Mental Hygiene. It was com piled by Horatio M. Pollack, statistici an of the New York State Hospital commission, and Edith M. Furbush, i ! statistician of the National Committee for Mental Hygiene. The federal census bureau estimates that the increase of population from April 15, 1910, to January 1, 1917, was k 11.80 per cent. The same government 1 agency found in 1910 that the number of insane in institutions was 187,791. The census taken in the present year revealed 234,055 insane persons In in stitutions. Thus the increase in the Insane in institutions during the corre sponding period was 24.04 per cent, a growth more than double that of the -general population.' Moreover, the rate of increase of the 'Insane In Institutions was relatively greater than that of the general popu lation in every state except Arizona, Kansas, Mississippi, Nevada and South Carolina. Illinois Is one of the states In which tlie disparity between growth of population and increase in insanity has been greatest. In this state the population increase was 9.84 per cent, as compared with a percentage of increase of insane in institutions of 27.38. The neighboring state of Indi ana shows an even greater disparity, with percentages of 4.64 and 27.44 re flectively. Something for Jones. Prill Sergeant (sarcastically to little Jones, who Is continually out of step) —Company, all except Private Jones, change step! I really ’aven’t the 'cart to trouble 'lm again!—Passing Show. Men censure women for painting, yet t they never saw an angel thal was not painted. A New Place for Orderlies. There is evidence that life in lh< army has its humorous side even in war time. In a story that recently went the rounds of the English press, a nev.iy appointed officer who was making his first visit to the mess, with the usual inquiry of “any complaints?” arrived at one mess somewhat earlier than he was expected, and the order ly of tlie day. being taken by surprise, and in his shirt sleevds, dived under the table to save a reprimand. “Any complaints?” asked the offi cer. The corporal, grasping the situation at once, answered for the absent or derly. “None, sir.” “Who is this?" asked the officer, sud denly catching sight of the orderly un der the table. The corporal again rose to tlie silua tlon. “Orderly of the day, sir,” lie an swered. “Oil!” said the officer, and passed on. The next mess were quite prepared, with tlie orderly, spick and span, standing at attention at the head of the table. “Any complaints?" “None, sir," answered the orderly. Tlie officer looked him well over. “And who are you?” lie asked. | “Orderly of tlie day, sir.” “Then why the dickens aren’t you under tlie table?” was tlie unexpected retort. CUTICURA IS SO SOOTHING To Itching, Burning Skins—It Not Only Soothes, but Heals—Trial Free. * Treatment: Bathe the affected sur face with Cutlcura Soap and hot wa ter, dry gently and apply Cuticnra Ointment. Repeat morning and night. I This method affords immediate relief, and points to speedy heulment. They are ideal for every-day toilet uses. Free sample each by mall with Book Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. Not What He Said. A recently commissioned second lieu tenant was drilling his command in an Indianapolis street. Something went wrong and the sol diers found themselves trying to march over a six-foot fence. The lieutenant halted the company and said: “Men, why don't you do vvliat I want you to do Instead of vvliat I.tell you to do?’'—Indianapolis News. Don’t laugh at people who admit they are afraid to die. Some of u« are even afraid to go to the dentist. Jamaica in 1915 Imported $71.’,oil! worth of confectionery. CUT KAISER OUT OF CHICAGO SPELLER 154 CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL Gr.de. Ei^bt SPELLING—Eighth Grade December 19, 1910 Note; Dictate to the pupils the following text and the list of, words below. The pupils will be marked on. the tfords *in italic* and the words in the list. TllE KAISER- IN THE MAKING In the gymnasium at Casscl the German Kaiser spent three years of his boyhood, a diligent but not a brilliant. pupil, ranking tenth among seventeen candidates for the university. Many tales are told of this period of his life, and one of them, at least, is illuminating. A professor, it is said, wishing to curry favor with his royal pupil, informed him overnight of the chapter in Greek that was to be made the subject of the next day’s lesson. The young prince did what many boys would not In ve done. As soon as the class room was opened on the follow ing morning, he entered and wrote conspicuously on the blackboard the information that had been given him. One may say unhesitatingly that a boy capable of such ! an action has the root of a fine character in him, possesses that chivalrous sense of fair play which is the nearest thing to a religion that may be looked for at that age, hates meanness and favoritism, and will wherever possible■, expose them. There is in him a fundamental bent toward what is clean, manly and aboveboard. 1 census 2 bequeath 3 foreign 4 which 5 Delaware 6 disguised 7 vehicle 8 peninsula 9 guarantee 10 separate 11 traitor 12 sorcery 13 peaceably 14 European 15 antique 16 artillery 17 orchestra 18 scientific 19 victuals 20 resource 21 besiege 22 commerce 23 compromise 24 necessary I I The offcnsivesjjage in the Chicago speller. Tlie Chicago school board has decided to eliminate forty pages from 90 ,000 spellers now in the hands of the board and have the books rebound, j Among the pages is one eulogizing the German emperor entitled ‘Kaiser 1 ! in the Making.” He is compared with the greatest of modern men There I arc 130,000 of the same spellers in the hands of the school children. Th* | board refused to issue an order to teachers or children to tear the kaiser out. KAISER AND CROWN PRINCE REVIEW 1 i PARADING TROOPS ON AISNE FRONT ! . ' ... The most recent picture of the Kaiser and his oldest son to come from abroad shows them marching between the lines of parading Ger man troops in a recent inspection on the Aisne front, the scene of Ger many’s latest offensive. THIS ATTRACTIVE SHAPE WILL BE _WORN QUITE A BIT IN THE FALL A new model for fall bonnets. Pretty hats for fall will interest you now if you wear ladies’ head gear and one of the most interesting shapes is the wide one in the photo graph. The hat shown is made of black velvet and has a feathered brim. It is worn with a large gold pin, the only decorative touch the hat requires. With this model in mind a clever girl might trim a wide hat to please herself. The Kaiser*s Rhetoric. From the New York World. Tlie kaiser’s flow of rhetoric never fails lirn in any emergency. But In the twin iroolamations of August 1, his love of Himbastic utterance played him a bad rick when he boasted of Germany’s achievement* iri defending its colonies. Of ts whole colonial empire only one small orner of German East Africa remains in .Herman possession, and there a lew Ger man officers with a small force of natives tre chiefly engaged in retreativg from one place of refuge to another in the jungle. New Contingents Appear. From the Omaha World Herald. With autumn not eo far distant but thatj the recent series of cool ana snappy days have made us hanker for the crisp, color ful Indian summer, there has come a subtle change in bird land. The spring songs are gone and in their place are heard the first vocal attempts of the new generation and the more serious observa tions of the parents, doubtless somewhat worn with the task of raising their chil dren. The most noticeable change is the j'e turn of the bluebirds into public life, re* Inf arced by new contingents of young* stern. In the spring these glorious creat ures, largely by reason of their brilliant raiment, are the most prominent of all-our songsters, Excepting, perhaps, the robins, but after their homes have been estab lished and their egg.i hatch**], little more ll* seen of them for weeks, even months. Crops on Wheel*. Bumper crops in New Jersey are being put on v, heels and rolled right into the city markets, fresher and faster this year than ever before, and for the tlrst time sluee the grow ing of perishable products beetime an extensive industry in the slate the farmers feel themselves to some de gree independent of railroad solidities and freight rates. Motto; trucks have solved the prob lem of fast delivery for Jersey fann ers, Hundreds of big curs, some of them with a carrying Capacity' of sev eral tons, have been put on the roods between the farms and markets this season. Many of these unto trucks are owned by the fanners themselves, having been purchased to replace horses and market wagons. The Reason. “l.et Unit man down easy." '•Why should I?" “Because lie's so hard up." Ohinn’s one mutual life insurance company hist year paid SHOO,000 In claims. The Great Need, , The Prince of Cdine, head of tb*j Italian commission, said at a lunch* eon In New York: ! “The Germans need, above all things, a spiritual bath or cleansing. When I contemplate them I feel llk*^ the restuurateur. “A restaurateur in the Galleria In Mi lan was waited on by a tramp who wanted work. The restaurateur, be ing short-handed, agreed to take the: tramp on. But, heavens, he was dirty.; “ ‘I’ll put you ut the dish washing,’> said the restaurateur, and then he tookt out iv two-lira note. ‘But. here, taka, tills first, and go and get a bath.' "As the tramp, bowing and scraping^ started off, the restaurateur called him, back and said: “ ‘There may be some change. Inf that event, take another bath.’” A new hat for women has a wide brim which can be removed, leaving only a narrow one. A man caters to n woman's vanity when lie thinks it will further his own Interests. ---——--H iBUSfi” PERFECTJE1LTH What Came From Reading Ft a Pinkham Adver I tisemcnt. | Paterson, N/J. — “I thank you for vhe Lvdia K. Pinkham rpmpdip« thov have made me well and healthy. Some time ago I felt so run down, had pains in my back and side, was very irregular, tired, nervous, had such bad- dreams, did not feel like eat ing and had short breath. I read your advertisement in the newspapers and ueciueu w wy a uuiuo ui uyuia ju.je urn ham’s Vegetable Compound- It worked from the first bottle, so I took a second and a third, also a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Blood Purifier, and now I am just as well as any other woman. I ad vise every woman, single or married, who is troubled with any of the afore said ailments, to try your wonderful Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier and I am sure they will help her to get rid of her troubles as they did me.” — Mrs. Elsie J. Van der Sande, 36 No.' , York St, Paterson, N. J. k Write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine " Co., (confidential) Lynn, Mass, if you seed special advice. SIOUX CITY PTG. CO,. NO. 35-1917. Feed the Fighters! Win the War!! Harvest the Crops — Save the Yields rOn the battle fields of France and Flanders, the United States boys and the , Canadian boys are fighting side by side to win for the World the freedom that Prus sianism would destroy. While doing this they must be fed and every ounce of I muscle that can be requisitioned must go into use to save this year’s crop. A short ' harvest period requires the combined forces of the two countries in team work, such as the soldier boys in France and Flanders are demonstrating. The Combined Fighters in France and Flanders and the Combined Harvesters in America WILL Bring the Allied Victory Nearer. A reciprocal arrangement for the use of farm workers has been perfected between the Depart ment of the Interior of Canada and the Departments of Labor and Agriculture of the United States, under which it is proposed to permit the harvesters that are now engaged in the wheat fields of Okla homa, Kansas, Iowa. North Dakota, South Dakota. Nebraska. Minnesota and Wisconsin to move over into Canada, with the privilege of later returning to the United States, when the crcps in the United States have been conserved, and help to save the enormous crops in Canada which by that time will be ready for harvesting. HELP YOUR CANADIAN NEIGHBOURS WHEN YOUR OWN CROP IS HARVESTED !!! Canada Wants 40,000 Harvest Hands to Take Care of Its 13,000,000 ACRE WHEAT FIELD. One cent a mile railway fare from the international boundary line to destination and the same rate returning to the International Boundary. i High Wages, Good Board, Comfortable Lodgings. An Identification Card issued at the boundary by a Canadian Immigration Officer will guaran tee no trouble in returning to the United States. AS SOON AS YOUR OWN HARVEST IS SAVED, move northward and assist your Canadian neighbour in harvesting his; in this way do your bit in helping "Win the War”. For particulars as to routes, identification cards and place where employment may be had. apply to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa. Canada, or to H. J. JOHNSTONE.' Drawer 197. Watertown. S. D.; IV. V. BENNETT. Room 4. Baa .BUM.. Omaha. Neb., and R. A. OARRETT. 31 I Jackson St.. St. Paul. Minn. Canadian Government Agents. "No bowl is too bid when it holds Post „ Toasties - I A Message to Mothers YOU know the real human doctors right around in your neighborhood t the doctors made of flesh and blood just like you: the doctors with souls and hearts: those men who are responding to your call in the dead of night as readily as in the broad daylight; they are ready to tell you the good that Fletcher’s Castoria nas done, is doing and will do, from their experience and their love for children. Fletcher’s Castoria is nothing new. We are not asking you to try an experiment. We just want to impress upon you the importance of buying Fletcher’s. Your physician will tell you this, as he knows there are a num ber of imitations on the market, and he ia particularly interested in the welfare of your baby. Genuine Castoria always hears the signature of Canada’s Liberal Offer of Wheat Land to Settlers —-lo every' larmer or iarmer s son m w ho is anxious to establish for pi himself a happy home and S prosperity. Canada's hearty fc invitation this year is more attractive Sj than ever. Wheat is much higher but U her fertile farm land just as cheap, and £ in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskat 0 chewan and Alberta if 169 An HsniKiiadi An Actnilly Frw ts Settlers tad Other Land Sold at from $15 te $20 per Acre The great demand for Canadian Wheat will § keep up the price. Where a farmer can get near $2 for wheat and raise 20 to 45 bushels to the acre he it bound to maka money — that's what you can expect in Western Canada. Won derful yields also of Oats, Barley end Fla*. Mixed Farming in Western Canada is fully as profitable an industry as grain raising. The excellent grasses, full of nutrition, are the only t,io(l required either for hoof or dairy purposes t.eod schools, eburehes, markets convenient, climate excellent. There Is an unusual demand for farm latter to replace the tnauy young men who have volunteered for the war. Write for literature and pi'ttlculars us to reduced railway rates to 8upt.oi Immigration. Ottawa, Can., or to K. J. Jilotlw, Drawer 197, Watertown, S. D.| W. V. Bcsr.ctt. Room 4, Doe Building., Omaha, Neb., a ad R. A. Garrett, 311 JscUeoa Street, St. Paul, Mina. The Potato Blessing. Riding outside the city, one wilt not full to see the wide expanse of potato plants growing luxuriously, and forth with he Indulges in anticipations of j the golden plenty that is soon to he the good fortune of our people. But cloud ing these anticipations is a dark fear that the speculator will invade these premises and get nearly all thesfc pota toes into Ids own hands and by some sort of restriction or limitations so work tlie prospects that he will he able to keep up the price and gather in the profits, says the Ohio State Jour nal. It would lie a decided advantage to tlie public welfare if it could lie so decreed that no producer should sell to a mere speculator. There is no op pression in that. Of course, it might Stave oil a little inconvenience, but it will pay in tlie end. Let us hope that tlie beautiful potato prospect will turn out a public blessing. i YES! MAGICALLY! I 1. CORNS LIFT OUT ! ; WITH FINGERS i t ? Yon say to the drug store man, “Give me a small bottle of freezone.” This will cost very little but will positively remove every hard or soft corn or callus from one’s feet. A few drops of this new ether com pound applied directly upon a tender, aching corn relieves the soreness in stantly, and soon the entire corn or cnllus, root and all. dries up and can he lifted off with the fingers. , This new way to rid one’s feet of corns was introduced by a Cincinnati man, who says that freezone dries in a moment, and simply shrivels up the corn or callus without irritating the surrounding skin. If your druggist hasn’t any freezone tell him to order u small bottle from his wholesale drug house for you.—ndv. Nature Is So Natural. “Oh, don't you love nature?” “Yes, indeed; It adds so much”— Christian Uegister. Every woman has some aim in life, hut v.luit she hits Is different. A Wise Provision. Tl»e wity journalist was conversing villi a friend about raising carp In ponds for food. The friend remarked that Midi a food supply would not be much in demand here, but that the Germans liked carp. “Germans will eat anything,” re marked the witty journalist, but Im mediately qualified his remark. “That is, when they can get anything td tat.” . .. Natural Feeling. “How Is that stitch in your side?” “Oh, it is only sew-sow.”—Balti more American. 1 i/TJIffftflVE Granulated Eyelids #/Sore Eyes. Eye* Inflamed by In Ou»t&k\d Wind quic kly , i< .fSr** relieved by Marine. Try it in fyjv*. C your Byesand in Baby’s Eyes. *5 v * J H £lY t J No Snartlof, Jn*t f.yc Comfort MuriueCyoKamei&^T^/Hi-rw^ Ev* is*lv«f i’i Ttit*»* P -r Boob of th