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Loup City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA. Brief Telegrams A New York broker lias obtained a U2 ,500 verdict in a suit against Rus sell Sage. Leonard Wood is confirmed as a major general in the Senate by a vote of 45 to 16. W. H. Thompson has declined to be a candidate for the Democratic nomi nation for governor of Nebraska. Senator Gibson introduced a bill to repeal the desert land act and the commutation of the homestead act. The majority of the House subcom mittee recommends the impeachment of Judge Charles Swayne of Florida. House committee on judiciary au- ! thoiized a report on the limitations statute leaving out the restroactive ! feature. The British submarine boat was run ; down by an ocean liner off Ports- , mouth and its crew of eleven men drowned. The lion cub anil two elephant tusks, gifts of King Menelik to President Roosevelt, arrived in New York and animal keepers have been sent to get them. Secretary Taft informs the House committee on interstate and foreign commerce that he favors the Lovering bill for governing the Panama Canal zone. I. N. Ford says mystery still sur rounds the situation in the far East, but it is believed a general Japanese •advance has been commenced in Korea. Andrew Carnegie’s gift of $50,000 to Kenyon college at Gambier. Ohio, is said to be in recognition of Edwin M. Stanton's kindness to Mr. Carnegie years ago. Reports that the Russians have crossed the Value river on a raid of Manchuria are confiremd. The Japan ese await a battle on the south side of the river. The bill making appropriations for the Indian department shows a gross increase, of $2,179,213 over the bill as passed by the house. It now carries a total appropriation of $9,821,405. The Bavarian Courier of Munich printed a dispatch from Rome saying it is asserted in Vatican circles that an agreement has been reached for the establishment of a papal nunciature in Berlin. William E. Curtis writes of the thousands that annually are slain in India by snakes and wild beasts, and tells of the crusade begun by the government against the denizens of the jungles. The commissioner of the general land office has temporarily withdrawn from entry tinder the reclamation act two townships in The Dalles, Ore., land district and three townships in the La Grande, Ore., district. Allen P. Lovejoy of Janesville, Wis.. has just died. He leaves an estate valued at about $H»,000.000 and was the richest man in Wisconsin outside -of Milwaukee. His fortune was chief ly accumulated in lumbering opera tions. Acting Postmaster General Wynne lias received a report from Assistant Superintendents Gould and Sawyer of the salaries and allowance division, recommending the consolidation of the East St. Louis stock yards station with the East St. Louis office. The House committee on elections reports that A. D. Dantzler, a negro of South Carolina, was not elected to Congress, but ignores his plea that the southern election laws are unconsti tutional, on the ground that a ruling would cause wide complication. It is said at the State department that instructions were sent Saturday to Ambassador Motention at St Petersburg to call the attention of the Russian government to the condition of the Japanese in Siberia in the hope that the government will do all in its ppower to enable them io return to Japan. The house committee on industrial arts and expositions adopted a com plete substitute for the senate bill, making an appropriation for the Lewis and Clark exposition to be held at Portland, Ore., beginning May 1, 1905. The bill as reported by the house com mittee reduces the appropriation to 1475,000. The resignation of Major Seely, con servative member of parliament for the Isle of Wight, division of Hamp shire, which he announced in the house of commons during the debate on the liberal motion to cesure the government for its policy regarding the importation of coolie labor into South Africa, is final. Governor Carter of Honolulu has called an extra session of the legisla ture to meet on April 4 to consider the finances of the treasury, which is unable to meet the warrants drawn upon it. For the present fiscal year the appropriations exceed the income by $1,500,000. The reorganization of the territorial government on a less expensive basis is now p.^>osed. A Manila dispatch says that the dat to, Hansen, who wounded Major H. L. Scott during an engagement in Jolo in November last, has been killed by pursuing troops. Everything is peace ful now, with no opposition of any kind to the American rule in the island of Jolo. The Maryland senate has passed the bill appropriating $25,000 to relieve the destitution caused by the Baltimore fire. The consolidation of the Colonial National and Union National banks of Cleveland has been ratified by the stockholders. The senate on the 22d confirmed all the army nominations held up pending action on the nomination of General Leonard Wood. A Hearst club with GOO members has been organized at La Salle, 111., by State Committeeman T. N. Haskins and Editor J. G. Doyle. The Connecticut Republican state central committee has issued a cal) for the state convention to meet in New Haven May 10 and 11. The Paris chamber of deputies adopted the socialist proposition to de vote a week eae'.i month to the con sideration of Vl—•-■ ■-mcn’is legislation THE TIME OF THE WORLD I 'KAJvrarJtar «*rr j*.*r So ^*r ^c^rtLfy I A4&/S *^ow •3i.v*m,iy zompcW j°z/rir& G-oo ■3-Ars.y ^ASfcfy SKXVSSS jVZJrroiur ~y&srso Joo -^,v sLcsttLjjr 'f 2oS ss jY& JY&V/ZA 4-ooW w sranoSy' So deep is the interest in the prog ress of the Russian-Japanese war and yet so universal is the confusion over the difference in the time between cities in the United States and the scene of the conflict in the Orient that few can tell at precisely what hour of the day or night, or even the day of the week, important battles have been fought or are taking place. The schedule of clocks printed above, fur nishes an excellent and accurate basis for computation of time in the vari ous cities of the world. Thus between San Francisco and London there is eight hours difference, while between San Francisco and Port Arthur there is sixteen hours differ ence. In other words, when it is noon on Sunday in San Francisco it is 8 o'clock on Sunday night in London and 4 o'clock Monday morning in Port Arthur. * Similarly the above table shows the • difference in time between San Fran cisco and all ihe principal cities in the world from which news of the war in China is being or may be received. Therefore, by cutting out this sched ule of clock dials and pasting it up for ready reference you may acrur arely compute the difference i:i time at any hour of the day or night be tween San Francisco and any of the cities named above or other points ad jacent thereto. NO NEED FOR DOCTORS. Commanding Officer Proved He Could Handle the Situation. Maj. James E. Macklin, who is in charge of the local United States re cruiting station, is not a firm believer in doctors. He has an idea that he knows what he needs better than a physician, so he usually does his own doctoring. A few years ago the ma jor was stationed with his regiment in Arizona, and ordered to take a large detachment of men on a 2*>0 niile march. The evening before he left on his long march the colonel of the regiment came to him in an apol ogetic way and remarked: ‘ I’m sorry, Macklin, but I haven't got a doctor to send with you.-’ "Oh. don’t let that bother you. eolom 1 " ri marked the major cheerfully. I'm really glad you haven’t got one to spare. He’d be in the way. Give me an ambulance and ‘hat’s all I'll ask." The ambu lance was ready next morning when the troops left. "Wed only been out an hour.” said Macklin, in telling the story, "when a young soldier came to me with the complaint that he had some stomach trouble. I chucked him in the ambulance, prescribed a rem edy of my own and told him to stay there the remainder of the day. That night he was well. 1 had very little sickness on that trip, and what I did have 1 handled without the need of a doctor."—Indianapolis Journal. THE MOTHER WHO LAUGHS. Eastern Writer Decries Too Much Se riousness in the Home. There aro many conscientious fath ers and mothers who make them selves and their children miserable by taking youthful foibles too seri ously. It is an innate propensity of a child possessed of average good health and spirits to make older peo ple laugh with him; not at him, but at the things that seem amusing to his own sense. And the mother who has the blithe and ready humor to enter into his fun becomes his most fascinating companion. He heeds her rebukes and bends to her correction without ill feeling where sternness would arouse his pride and ire. for he is assured that she is ready to share all his innocent pranks, and that her disapproval has no foundation in impatience or injus tice. And when the day arrives that “childish things are put away,” and the grown men and women look back ward to their early home, with what a throb of pleasure they say, when things happen, “Mother would appre ciate this; she had the quickest sense of humor of any woman you ever saw!” And underneath these light words is the thought, “How happy that dear mother made me. and how I love her!”—Philadelphia Ledger. The Lancers. Dr. J. M. Dacosta, a noted Philadel phia physician, was, even in his col lege days, a hard worker and a seri ous minded youth. While he was reading medicine at the Jefferson college, young DaCosta upon one occasion attended a ball. He did not enjoy this ball very much. He would rather have been at home at work. He wandered here and there among the gay crowds, looking lonely and bored. Perceiving his plight, his hostess took him in hand. She complimented him on his success as a student, but she urged him, at the same time, to mingle now and then in the gaieties that are natural tj youth. Then, pointing to the sets that were forming in the ballroom; “Won’t you come and dance the lancers?” ! “Yes, I suppose so. thanks.” said the young mtn. * Really, though,” he -idded ruefully, “I think I am more Cited to lance the dancers.” Bitter medicine, like bitter experi ence, is usually tl-e besr. NICE POINT OF ETIQUETTE. Question of Diplomats’ Behavior Tersely Put. The meetings of Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador, and Mr. Taka hira, the minister from Japan, at the State Department, and their endeav ors to be polite to. each other re minded .an official who was at a for eign court during the war with Spain of his similar experience. He said: “At the outbreak of the war I di rected a note to Spain's representa tive suggesting that we decide what we should do when forced to meet each other. As meetings would be inevitable I urged him to advise me immediately what form of greeting he desired to have pass between us, if we were to greet each other at all. ‘The distinguished representative of Spain thought the question one of great moment, and referred it to the dean of the diplomatic corps. In a few days 1 received a note from the distinguished representative making an appointment to meet me. He was very proud of his English, and always insisted on addressing me in my own tongue. “After making many profound bows and wishing me well he make known his wish as follows: ‘I haf seen dean. Dean, he say we bow ourselves when we meet, but not speak ourselves.’ ” Looked Like It. A Southern Adonis, not particular ! ly celebrated for his personal attrac tions. on completing a somewhat pro tracted toilet one morning, turned to his servant and inquired: "How do I look. Caesar?” “’Plendid. massa—’plendid!” was i Chony’s delightful answer, i "Do you think I'll do, Caesar?" he i asked, surveying himself in a glass, ! and giving Caesar a niece of silver. “Guy! massa. neber see you look so fierce in all my life. You look jis as bold as a lion!" “A lion? Why, what do you know about a lion? You never saw one, Caesar." “Neber see a lion, massa! Guy! I see Massa Peyton’s Jim ride one ober to ile mill ebery day." “Why, you fool, that's a donkey!” "Can't help dat, massa," said Caesar. A Little While. A little while, and then we’ll understand Just why it was that grim Death's icy hand Took from our midst the friend whom we loved: Took from our midst the friend whom we had proved. Robbed of the home the mother love so sweet. Hushed the glad sound of baby's patter ing feet. Turned joy to sorrow; wrang our hearts with pain. And caused the tears of bitterness to fall like rain. Ah, well! Life’s hour-glass shows the fleeting sand. A little while and then—we’ll understand. —Frank J Angel, in Great Thoughts. Polar Bear’s Sad Fate. The Baltimore American says that the body of a polar bear floating m midocean, sighted by the steamship Templemore, now in port, is probably the sequel to the tragic story told re cently by Capt. Jacobs of the North German Lloyd steamship Hanover, who reported having seen at sea a huge iceberg on which six large polar bears were walking about. When the dead bear was first seen it was thought to have been a large piece of ice, but on closer inspection the na ture of the object became apparent. That the dead bear was one of the six which Capt. Jacobs saw there is 1W» doubt. It is probable that the berg on which the animals were slow ly drifting to their doom eventually melted by coming in contact with a warm current of water, and the pas sengers on the floating berg were compelled to swim for it; or. perhaps, the bear found by tho Templeton, suffering from hunger, left his com panions on the remnants of the berg, in an endeavor to find a more hospi table haven of refuge. - - — — — — — — VWWWWWWWWWWW CHOCK FULL CF FUN. Parson Showed He Could Appreciate a Joke. A capital story is told of a univer sity man who was the stroke oar of his. crew and an invincible athlete on the football field. He entered the ministry, went to Amt rica. and Spent years in mission ary labor in the Far West. Walking one day through a frontier town, a cowboy stepped up to him and said: “Parson, you don't have enough fun. Take a drink!” The minister declined. “Well, parson.” he said, “you must have some fun. Here's a card saloon. Take a hand in a game.” The minister declined. ■'Parson," said the cowboy, “you’ll die if you don’t have some fun.” And he knocked the parson’s hat off his head, and hit him on the ear. The old athlete’s spirit rose: the science which had been learned in earlier days and forgotten for a quar ter of a century was aroused, and a blow on the jaw of that cowboy sent him sprawling in the street. The parson walked over him as if he had been a door rug, picked him up and dusted the side of the house with him, and then threw him in the road. As the ambulance was carrying the cowboy oft', he raised his head feebly and said: “Parson, what did you fool me for? You are chock full of fun."—Liverpool (Eng.) Mercury. Senator Hears Joke. Since Mr. Depew’s naive admission in ihe Senate chamber that there are two Chauncey Depews—one who says what he has considered carefully and another who is not so particular—his colleagues have had lots of fun with him. Even Mr. Hoar, who usually frowns down levity, has had a whack at the New Yorker. The two met on Pennsylvania avenue. “Good morn ing, Mr. Hoar,’’ saluted Mr. Depew. Gravely adjusting his glasses and looking around the Massachusetts statesman eyed the New York man sternly and replied: “To which De pew am I speaking—Jekyll or Hyde?' Close to Russian Throne. Grand Duke Vladimir, uncle of the | czar and the man who would mount the Russian throne should death over take Grand Duke Michael, brother of Nicholas, is a magnificent man phya j ically and has held some high com ! mands in the imperial army. His j wife, who was horn Princess Marie of Mecklenburg, is a very clever woman and the two play a conspicuous part in Russian society, where they are known as pro-Germans. It is whis pered that not a few members of the j aristocracy would like to hail Vladi mir as czar. No Need of Clocks. A Washingtonian who traveled in Alsace during the last summer re lates that one day he came by chance to the little village of Kirchberg. As he approached the church he glanced up to see the time of day, but there was no clock to be seen. So he went to the village inn and asked the time, but the landlord had no clock or time piece of any kind. “You see,” he said, “we have no use for clocks. In the morning we go by the smoke rising 1 from the chimney at the parsonage up ; on the hill. The parsonage people j are very regular. We dine when din ner is ready. At 4 p. m. the whistle | of the train coming from Massmun- j ster tells us that the time has come j for another meal, and at night we I know that it is time to go to bed j when it is dark. On Sundays we go ! to church when the hell rings. Our parson is a very easy-going man; he doesn’t mind beginning half aa hour sooner or later.” It isn't what you know that counts; it’s wjhat you can make others think you know. t ' - CkDd jNV^NTI^L Utilizing Coal Dust. There has recently been a number of experiments made to find a fuel which should be not only much clean er than coal, but which should also increase the number of heat units for a given bulk of material, says the Philadelphia Public Ledger. The ele ments of cost of manufacture and shipment must also enter into all these calculations, so that what will meet requirements in one locality is totally unfitted for another. To pre vent the waste of the sawdust from the large mills which are cutting down our forests a sawdust and petroleum briquette has been produced, and other seemingly waste products have been combined with chemicals to fit them for use as fuel. Thus the im mense piles of culm dust to be seen around the mouths of the coal mines have come in for their share of at tention. One of the newest chemical combinations which utilizes this ma terial in large proportion comes from Kentucky and consists in melting res in end oil together until they fuse, adding to this while the mass is heat ed to 150 degrees Fahrenheit diluted sulphuric acid. The resulting com pound is combined with a mixture of coal dust and black oxide of mangan ese. which has been heated for about an hour at a temperature of 200 de grees. This whole mass is then sub jected to pressure to compress it into bricks of any desired shape and size. Filler for Fountain Pens. Lyman Fisk of Woodcliffe, New York, has invented a convenient de vice for filling fountain pens. There are two pipes which lead from the source of supply into the pen, one to carry the ink and the other to feed air into tne bottle to relieve the vacuum caused by the removal of the ink. As the air to supply this vacuum is taken from inside the pen reservoir, il is obvious tli at when the ink has risen to a certain height a return flow of the ink will supplant the movement of air, continuing as long as ink is pumped from one holder to the otiier. A Plan for Keating Trains. Considerable difficulty has been ex perienced in heating long trains of railway cars in Europe owing to the condensation of the steam and to the presence of water in the pipes. By a system devised by M. Lanerenon and about to be installed on the Eastern railway of France this is obviated by employing compressed air. which is mixed with the steam, and carries along any condensed water to suitable traps. The condensed air also en ables smaller pipes to be used, and where ten or twelve cars were for merly the limit, now twenty or more can be heated satisfactorily. The air used amounts to about ten per cent of the steam supply, and when a slight amount is used to raise the pressure at the portion of the train near the engine, the effect is felt through the line of pipes. In one in stance, where steam was admitted to the heating system at a pressure of fifty-seven pounds per square inch, the pressure at the end of the train was but ton pounds. Using sufficient air to make the pressure sixty pounds per square inch, twenty-eight and a half pounds at the end of the train were obtained, which fell to twenty- I one and a third pounds after the ! steam was admitted to the traps. With trains of unusual length the results were equally satisfactory. Fireproof Construction. Many people, carpers, and some times even so-called “experts.” have contended that there is no such thing as fireproof construction. Once for all were they silenced by the Balti more fire. The great skyscrapers there were built to meet ordinary con ditions. The steel was as light as would carry the load and the fire proofing tile was reduced to the min- j imum of thickness and therefore, min imum cost, the ordinary building tile of commerce—people would not pay for any greater protection. Yet those ■ buildings stood up; of course every thing within them that was inflamma ble burnt up. but the structures them selves need but little repair. Here and there the tile is broken, but on the whole the repairs to the struc tural work and the tile covering are comparatively insignificant. The test was a most extraordinary one; it passes comprehension. Some portions of those buildings were subjected to 3,000 and more degrees, the heat of a blast furnace! Who dares say now that fireproofing is not fireproof? Pepsin in Cheese-Making. From experiments made at the New York Agricultural Experiment Sta tion at Geneva, with pepsin in cheese making, one conclusion drawn is that it is the pepsin contained in the ren net that causes the changes noticed in the ripening process. Prof. Dean of the Ontario Agricultural College Dairy School says that if this be true, it has been suggested that pure pepsin be used nstead of rennet for coagulating milk in the making of Cheddar cheese. A sample lot of pepsin was got from Chicago and some cheese have been made at the Guelph Dairy School. While the coagulation did not appear to be normal, as with rennet, the curds after dipping seemed very nice. Prof. Dean says it will be some time before the cheeso can be reported on. Volcano Fertilizes Soil. There are upward of 80,000 inhabi tants on the slopes and skirts of Ve suvius. If*it were not for the fertiliz ing effect of the volcanic products not more than one-tenth of that number would be able to find means of sub sistence there I SILO FOR FIFTEEN COWS. Concrete Structure in Round Form That Will Give Satisfaction. T. E.—Will you please give mo plan of octagonal silo, or of the one you consider the best for supplying fifteen cows from Nov. 1 to May 15, feeding thirty-five pounds per day to each animal. Of the different kinds of silos in use the round form gives the best satisfaction. Silos used to be built square, with the corners cut off, and also octagonal, but of late nearly all are built round, whether of wood or concrete. To build a round concrete silo is very simple after the moulds are set. The moulds consist of two circles, one for the inside and one for the outside, 'c A Form for Building Round Concrete Silo. A. inch boards making form; R. half inch bolts; C. concrete wall; V. holt with four nuts; E. band Iron - in. wide and three-eighth inch thick. and each circle is divided into four sections (see plan). The sections consist of six-inch boards two feet and a half long, bolted with small bolts on two bands of rfexli inch iron; the top band is within four inches of top of the boards and the other two four inches from bottom. The ends of the band iron should turn out where they join each other in order that they may be bolted together. The bolts should have a continuous thread cut on them and tour nuts on each, two between the band iron and one on each end of the holts. These nuts are to tighten or loosen the form when desired. There must also be half inch bolts put through the wall, three in the bottom and three in the top of each section and through the hand iron. When the form is raised these bolts are taken out and the form loosened by slacking the nuts on the bolts where the sections join At the joints where the sections meet there must be one-eightli inch plate of iron twelve inches wide screwed on to the form, letting the other side lap under the form; this holds the concrete to its place and al lows the form to loosen or tighten as desired. To raise the form, stand four up rights on the inside of the silo where the sections meet, and about six or seven feet above the wall nail on a plank, allowing the plank to project over the wall; fasten a small pair of blocks to the ends of these planks. There must be four of these planks so as to raise the form up on all sides alike. Take a short whiflietrCe and fasten the hooks to both the out er and inner form and the lower block to this whililetree. A man at each rope will raise the form easily; then tighten up the bolts again. If care be taken any one can build a silo as true and smooth as a crock. There are about fifty feet of unset tled ensilage or forty feet of well set tied ensilage in a ton, therefore it would require a silo ten feet in diame ter and thirty feet high to supply your cattle feeding them thirty-five pounds per day for the housing season. Inflammation of the Lungs. J. H. N.—Hens kept in a rather cold house and fed oats, mangles and but termilk are rapidly dying off. The lungs of a number of the birds which died were filled with blood and frothy matter. Ans.—The hens evidently c’*ed fron; inflammation of the lungs, due proba bly to their cold and draughty house. Hens can stand a fairly cold house during tne day provided they take plenty of exercise at scratching for their feed in deep litter. They should, however, have a fairly warm place to roost. A poultry house to be health ful should be dry and draughtproof, it should receive abundance of sunlight and be kept clean. Without these conditions it is difficult to maintain the flock in a healthy condition. Weasel in a Poultry House. Mrs. M.—I nave lost a number oi fowls through their blood being sucked during the night by some animal which leaves no track or trail. I have set traps and shut a cat in with the hens, but the loss continues even in the presence of these precautions. The poultry house is floored. Please tell me how to get rid of the depredator. Ans.—It is probable that the enemy is a weasel, a blood sucking animal that can travel through a very small opening and is very difficult to entrap. In addition to the precautionary measures which have been adopted it would be well to tack very fine mesh wire poultry netting over all holes which would admit even a large mouse. Pumping Water from Deep Well. D. L.—If a common pump will raise water thirty-two feet, can the water be raised forty feet if the bucket were put ten feet lower down? Ans.—A common lift pump will theoretically raise the water a dis tance of thirty-two feet from the top of the supply in the well to the bucket. Therefore, if the bucket de scends ten feet into the well below the point of delivery, then the water may be raised forty-four feet. Practically, j however, it is not safe to depend upon I a pump raising the water by air pres- j sure higher than twenty-five feet, j since very few pumps are so perfect j in construction as to create a com plete vacuum in the cylinder. A Sure Sign. “Well, I guess old Siyman is be ginning to make his pile.” “Why do you think so?” "He's going around blowing aboir how much happier a man is when lie! poor.” OPINION OF THE EDITOR OF THE “NEBRASKA FARMER.-' He Expresses His Approval of Amer ican Emigration to Canada. During the winter month the heal of the family consults with the other members as to the prospect • fur tho j future, and doubtless one of ■ . most i interesting topics discussed i. that of moving to some district where it is possible to more easily secure what is necessary for a comfortable \ist ence, whore it is an easy matt r to become possessed of sufficient farm land to assure a competence for the future. This, not only interests the bead of the family, but every indi vidual member of it. Having before me the knowle’ge where he can secure a Lome with tl. • expenditure of but little n. y. it is well for him to obtain alt i: • mo tion possible regarding tl u iveness of tho land in i ,-.-:y that he may select. For s. * past a large number or have removed to Weston and as nearly as it can 1 tained almost all of these pressed themselves sat: ih : w conditions that exist there, the past summer a number o. itors of farm papers ihrou United States made a p> rsonal vi on a tour of inspection a:.. re ports of these gentlemen p: ... inter esting reading. Mr. I!. K Heath 1 itor of the "Nebraska Faru: . a paper enjoying a wide cireulaMi n as well as the confidence of its sub scribers, after giving worm idea of the extent of this wonder! il country says: "Western Canada is tin- last un jccupicd and unimproved n>d agri cultural land in America available t a-day.” lie then discusses its pos.-ibiiiti- s for raising live stock and the a :van tages it possesses for dairying, fam ing and wheat growing, an 1 says, i “What has been aid about th- c oun try as to the abil.ty of the .!. t ie yield of wonderful crop' of wheat, is quite justified." To quote further from Mr. Heath, he says, referring to cl in at "These people (skeptical on-si do not know or realize that .ah ' more thafa latitude make s ma • that large bodies of water, both fmhi and salt, that never freeze over ex ert a wonderful influence on climate Another influence on climate, more potent than those named above, which applies more to the Alberta district, is the warm Chinook breeze from the Pacific ocean, which is »:• or 700 miles nearer than Colorado or | Wyoming, besides the Rocky Moun tain range is not nearly so high nor 1 half so far from the ocean as it is i down in the States. “In further considering the climate of the Canadian prairies, we should rot lose sight of the fact of the In fluence of the rains; the total aver age rainfall for the sea: is La: i:: 1 inches for the territories, and 17.34 ! inches in Manitoba, and that the ! amounts falling between April -t and j October 1st are respective!) b.3‘3 1 inches and 12.S7 inches or a Is it three fourths of the entire rainfall. From the middle of June to the middle of July there are over two hours more daylight in every twenty four hours than there is in Nebraska. The mai n reason why Western Canada w in a: grows to such perfection is the effect of solar light, or longer period of un shine it gets each day. This is what makes seeds or grain more perfect, grown in this country than ed cwkeri . This extraordinary rapid growth of vegetation under the Influ nee of this long continued sunshine exec ds any thing known in lower latitud s. “We do not wish it understood that wheat alone is the main product * this country; it leads in that. y» • it ; destined to become fane us for its cat tle. horses and sheep and foi i' dairy products. We saw more and iarger bands of cattle and sheep grazing in Assiniboia and Alberta than we ever saw on the western plains of the United States. One baud of cattle numbering 3.000 head were grazing mi the rich grass, and sheep without num ber.” The government of the Dominion of Canada is still using the same ener getic efforts which ha.v< been used for the past 3 or 0 years to settle up these western prairies, and on application to any Agent of the Canadian Govern ment the settler will be able to secure a certificate entitling him to a low' rate which will give him the oppor tunity of visiting any portion of Can ada's grain producing domain. 50,000 AMERICANS WERE WELCOMES TO Western Canada DURING LAST YEAR. They are settled and settling on the Grain and Grazing Lands, and are prosperous and satisfied. Sir Wilfred Laurier recently said: "A new star has risen on the horizon, and it is toward it that every immigrant who leaves the land of his ances tors to come and seek a home for himself now turns his gaze"—Canada, There is Room for Millions. F REE Homesteads given away. Schools, Churches, Railways, Markets. Climate, everything io be desired. For a descriptive Atlas and other Information, apply to Superintendent Immigration. Ottawa Can ada, or authorized Canadian Government Agent - W. V. Bennett. 801 New York Life Building. Omaha, Nel>. MANAGER WANTED Trustworthy lady or gentleman to manage busi ness in this County and adjoining territory for well and favorably known house of solid financial stand ing. WiO.OO straight cash salarv mid exp.-n-.es paid each Monday by check direct from headquar ters. Expense money advan-ed; position perma nent. Experience not essential. Address T. J. COOPER, Manager. Como Block, CHICAGO, CLU WESTERN SUPPLY CO. JOBBERS OF PUMPS, WINDMILLS and PLUMBING MATERIAL BELTING and THRESHER SUPPLIES. • PACKING and ELEVAIO.i REPAIRS. 820-822 H Street. • LINCOLN. NEBRASKA When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. W. N. U-, Omaha. No. 14—1904