Nebraska Newspapers

    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.
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iBUSfi”
PERFECTJE1LTH
What Came From Reading
Ft a Pinkham Adver
I tisemcnt.
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have made me well
and healthy. Some
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did not feel like eat
ing and had short
breath. I read your
advertisement in
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who is troubled with any of the afore
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Mrs. Elsie J. Van der Sande, 36 No.'
, York St, Paterson, N. J.
k Write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
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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
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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<t June — Fro®.
AikJsIoti/tcje^iS Ziciastfjr C«.a Cltf=ag0 4
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i M DR. R. SCHIFFMANN’S ft
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announcement to your druggist. You will be the
sole judge as to whether you are benefltted and the
druggist will give you back your money If you Are
not. We do not know of any fairer proiosltlon
which we eould make. (A)
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; university ot Notre Dame
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EYES OF GOVERNMENT
ON AMERICAN WOMEN
Government takes whole output of many can*
nlng factories for the army. Asks women to
can peas, beans, corn, tomatoes, etc. Everkeep
the new harmless casing compound Insures
| success. A large package sent Free on receipt
of 5c postage for mailing. 10c, 85c, 50c, 91 pkgs.
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