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■ 400,000 Settlers a Year Immigration figures show that the popula tion of Canada in creased during 1912. by the addition of •iOU.OOO new settlers from the United States and Europe. Most Cl these have gone on farms in the provinces of Mani toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Lord William Percy, an Eng lish Nobleman, says: 44Tbe possibilities and opportuni ties offered by the Canadian W est are so infinitely greater than those which exist in Eng land, that it seems absurd to think that people should be ini]>eded from coming to the country where they ran most easily and certainly Improve their position.” New districts are being opened up, which will make accessible a great number of homesteads in districts especially adapted to mixed farming and grain raising. For 'liustrated literature and re duced railway rated, apply to Su perintendent Immigration. Otta wa, Canada, or W. V. BENNETTv Bee Building, Omaha, Neb. FAMOUS Tralde Coo&t; new crop pecans, nice *lse in 100-ib. 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The Dexter The b ade of the Dexter is pf best I 1 crucible steel, evenly tempered and | ground sharp enough to shave. The quality’ of steel and the process of tempering produce a lasting cutting edge. Made in practical and approved shapes. Manufactured by the Har rington Cutlery Co., Southbridge, Mass. We attach our Double Guarantee Tag The Wright & Wilhelmv Co. Double Guarantee Tag reads : "We are pleased to authorize the dealer to replace this article free of charge if for any reason it should prove un is satisfactory." This Tag is placed on all our Doable Guaranteed Quality Hardware which means only the time tried and tested Best Factory Brands. It is absolute hardware insurance. Su rer Should Know tho Matter’s Kamo — Eapoolally on Cutlory Wright &Wilhelmy Co., Omaha,Neb. On the Other Hand. Wife (complainingly)—"The Wil lingRons' house is much larger than ours.” Husband—“Yes, my dear, and so is their mortgage."—Boston Tran script. STOP THAT BACKACHE There's nothing more discouraging than a constant backache. You are lame w hen you awake. Pains pierce you when you bend or lift. It's hard to rest and next day it's the same old story. Pain in the back is nature's warning of kidney ills. Neglect may pave the way to dropsy, gravel, or other serious kidney sickness. Don't delay—begin using Doan's Kidney Pills —the remedy that has been curing j backache and kidney trouble for over j fifty years. | A TEXAS CASE ! I "Every Picture Trllt a Story.” J. H. Lee. 412 W. Walnut St., Cle burne, Texas, says; “For four years I had intense pains through the small of my back. I could 'hardly pass the kid » ney secretions and morphine was the only thing that re lieved me. 1 had gravel, too Finally. I began using Doan s Kidney Pills and they permanently cured me. I haven't suffered since." Get Does** at Any Store. 50c a Box DOAN'S vsav FOSTER-MILBURN CO.. BUFFALO. N. Y. 30,500 Bell Telephones in Omaha Bell Lines Reach 668 Nebraska Towns Talk to Omaha Over Ihe Bell Telephone GOT HER CHICKEN TENDER AH Right for Mrs. Newlywed. But It Was Rather Rough on the Butcher. Mrs. Newlywed did not know much about housekeeping and was always cheated when she went to the nearby butcher store after her supplies. After a particularly tough bird had been with difficulty disposed of she went once more to the butcher and said: “How many young chickens have you today?” The butcher said: “I have but three in the 6hop.” -“I want two of the toughest you have," said Mrs. Newlywed. The butcher was surprised, but brought out two and assured her that these were the toughest in the place. Had them there for a week or more, ‘ he said. "Well,” said the lady after much thought, TH ' take the other one, please!” The Reason. “Did you notice how heartily Briggs shook hands with me?” "Yes.” , “He wasn't satisfied with shaking one; he grabbed the two.” "Yes, 1 suppose he thought his watch would be safer that way.” Pennsylvania has more than 1,000, 000 public school pupils. SPEAKS FOR ITSELF Experience of a Southern Man. “Please allow me to thank the origi nator of Postum, which in my case, speaks for itself,” writes a Fla. man. “I formerly drank so much coffee that my nervous system was almost a wreck." (Tea is just as injurious be cause it contains caffeine, the drug found in coffee.) “My physician told me to quit drinking it but I had to have something, so I tried Postum. ‘To my great surprise I saw quite a change in my nerves in about 10 days. That was a year ago and now my nerves are steady and I don't have those bilious sick headaches which I regularly had while drinking coffee. "Postum seems to have body-build- ! ing properties and leaves the head i clear. And I do not have the bad | taste in my mouth when I get up morn- j ings. When Postum is boiled good ; and strong, it is far better in taste than coffee. My advice to coffee drink- 1 ers is to try Postum and be con 'vinced.” Name given by Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Micji. Write for copy of the little book, ‘The Road to Wellville.” Postum comes In two forms: Regular Postum—must be well boiled. Instant Postum is a soluble powder. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly in a cup of hot water and, with cream and sugar, makes & delicious beverage instantly. Grocers sell both kinds. “There's a reason” for Postum. HINTS AND FACTS OF HORSES AND MULES | Home From the Fields. (By J M BELL. 1 The very high price of both hay and grain is forcing farmers to sell all sur plus stock. Some prices can be picked up by farmers who are supplied with feed. Some buyers want the advice of a veterinary before they purchase, if so, then by all means pick your man. When a horse or muleJias done his steady work in a city for 20 years, is sour stiff and generally incapacitated, he is a poor investment for anyone most certainly the farmer who is look ing for a bargain. Some men wash their teams all over, each evening when work is done, (dur ing the summer season), a good plan as it removes sweat most effectually. Cribbing is a bad habit at the best, the only way to stop it is to use a tight strap around the cribber's neck. The writer has cured several of these un satisfactory animals. Interfering behind is a bad habit in a horse, as a remedy use only one or two nails on inside of shoe and curve shoe properly inside. A balky horse had best be gotten rid of as a balky horse. L.et the other fellow cure him. Shying can sometimes be cured by letting the horse pass slowly by the terrifying object. Severe punishment rarely makes a cure. Musty hay carries many ills. Keep a good-sized lump of*rock salt in each horse trough. Save money by having the old horses' teeth flattened so they can grind their feed. Water for the horses should be fresh from the pump during the winter months—no ice water. Work or exercise the stallion daily, and your next season’s colt crop will be much more satisfactory. No horse is well broken until he ha9 no fear whatever of the automobile. Try tt> turn your horse's back to the wind and blanket him when tying him up, as the wind blowing against his breast is apt to lay the foundation of rheumatism, stiffness and similar ailments. If the brood mares are not worked reguarly, see that they get out in the open air and sunlight and move around. Often we do not appreciate the vir tues of the modest, unassuming mule. He costs no more than a horse colt to loal and raise and is less trouble and expense to put in the harness. He is not as susceptible to disease as the horse, and he is not so easily made stiff or lame. He requires less feed than a horse of the 6ame size, yet will do as much or more work with less fatigue. He will do you 20 years' faithful service. See that the animals are comfort able and that they have at all times l plenty of water. This may be the threshold of the horseless age. but just try to buy a pair of good horses and you' will find out that the horse is still in good de mand. The best sale you can possibly make of your farm crops is to sell them to your stock in the way of food. And then, too, the fertility of the soil Is kept where it will bring the biggest returns. With the increased prices of horses, more attention is being paid to the care of the feet. Most of the trouble with horses’ feet is caused by improper shoeing. "Breaking a horse” is a harsh ex pression. Nowadays the farmer ''gen tles” the colt without ruining its dis position. LIME IMPROVES SOIL CONDITIONS On Some Land It Is Necessary as Actual Plant Food for Al falfa and Clover. (By R. G. WEATHERSTONE.) When we apply lime to our soil we look to its effect upon the soil rather than to its direct influence upon the plants. While many farms contain sufficient deposits of lime, it is also true that many soils are deficient in this element. Lime has various functions. It cor rects soil acidity; thus stimulating the action of the bacteria that assist in making plant food available and ■ gather nitrogen from the atmosphere. It changes dormant plant food into active plant food, by carbonating the soil water and makes it a more pow erful solvent. It improves the physical condition of the soil by making a heavy soil more friable and a loose soil more compact. On some soils it is needed as an actual plant food, for such crops as alfalfa and clover. There are various kinds o' flme used for agricultural purposes and . each kind has certain advantages but my experience has led me to believe that it is much safer to «se the car bonate, or ground limestone, because it does not have a tendency to destroy the humas In the soil, especially if large quantities are used at one time. On heavy soils that are inclined to be wet the caustic lime will have more beneficial effects and liberate more plant food. Such land requires a more powerful agent to tear apart and decompose the soil particles and im prove Its physical conditions. For sweetening the soil the carbonate, or ground limestone, is equally valuable. Lime should be applied early in tbe spring, when it has not been applied the previous fall, and should be ap plied a number of days before ferti lizer and be thoroughly Incorporated with the soil. If fertilizer containing nitrogen is applied where it will come in contact with the caustic lime there will be a waste of ammonia and a consequent loss of fertility. The great question is how much shall we use. I believe that one ton of caustic lime is an adequate amount to supply at one time. If the ground limestone is applied, we may safely double the amount. A moderate ap plication every four or six years is more desirable than a heavier appli cation less frequently. * Grasshoppers as Fertilizer. An Argentine firm has petitioned the ministry of agriculture of the South American republic to allow the free importation of machinery to be used in a factory for producing fertilizing materials. It is proposed to use grass hoppers and their eggs as material for fertilizers, thus converting the greatest destroyers of Argentine crops into fer tilizers to make crops grow. The in sects propagate so rapidly that the promoters say there will be no lack of material. The request has been re ferred to congress for consideration. PROPER CARE OF SWEET POTATOES Unlike Other Vegetables, Tubers Should Be Stored in a Warm and Dry Place. (By L. M BENNINGTON.) Sweet potatoes need to be bandied carefully If they are to be kept through the winter and unlike most other vegtables, sweet potatoes should be kept in a warm, dry place. In the first place sweet potatoes must be dug at the right time. They should be dug before the hard frosts have killed the tops, for this injures the quality of the tubers somewhat. After digging, the potatoes must be handled as carefully as though they were eggs. Irish potatoes can be shov eled around rather carelessly, and oft en a bruise in one of the potatoes, or even a decayed spot, will not affect the other part which is left in sound condition. But not so with the sweet potato, for a bruise at one end will affect the quality of the sound part at the other end and will render it unfit for use. This fact is not generally understood by many growers who handle sweet potatoes as carelessly as they do Irish potatoes. This fact is responsible for many of the potatoes of poor quality which are served during the winter. After being handled, the sweet po tatoes should be stored in a warm, dry place. A temperature of 60 to TO degrees is about right for the proper keeping of sweet potatoes. Some persons have stored them in the sand, or dust from the country road, to help preserve an even tem perature. If the potatoes are stored In sand or dust, care must be taken that the sand is perfectly dry. Handled carefully, sweet potatoes can be kept for some months and will be found of good quality late In the winter. \ The Poultry Mite. The red mite works at night; It crawls forth from its hiding place and attacks the fowls while they are at roost. Hundreds of these may prey upon a single ten, fill themselves with blood, and then crawl back to their hiding-places contented until the next night. During the day these para sites lie dormant in the cracks and crevices about the henhouse, hence they are not so easily detected by the novice. Subject to Worms. Fall pigs are much more subject to worms than are spring pigs due large ly to the fact that the fall pigs have no grass during winter months. Essential Implement. A good brush Is one of the most essential implements in cleaning the milk utensils. Redeem Mud Holes. A few stripe of tile will often turn a mud hole Into the most productive sppt on the farm. I .> , - . ;v r' , PLEASANT FOR MISS SMITH Of Course Harvard Man May Not Have Meant Anything, But Then Again. There is a man in this town who knows a good story with which to be gin an after-dinner speech. He lias saved it for two years, and has not had a chance t6 use it. He has not heard anybody else use it in that time. He offers it here in the hope that it may aid those martyrs—not listed in Fox’s book—of whom the toastmaster demands that most difficult oratorical effort—the happy after-dinner talk about something which one speaker has already discussed. Here it it. very short, but lending itself graceful ly to elaboration: A Harvard graduate student went to Chicago to pursue his studies. At one session of the cla6s he attended the first speaker was a Chicago woman, a doctor of philosophy, severe and plain, but learned. The Harvard man was called on next. ’’The discussion offers room for end less discussion.” he began. Then he bethought him of chivalry, "but really when my learned colleague. Miss Smith, rcse to her feet, it seemed that the ground was covered.”—Newark Evening Star. SCALP ITCHED AND BURNED Greenwood. Ind.—"First my hair be gan to fail, then my scalp itched and burned when 1 became warm. I had pimples on my scalp; my hair was falling out gradually until 1 had scarcely any hair on my head. I couldn’t keep the dandruff off at all. My hair was dry and lifeless and I lost rest at night from the terrible itching sensation. I would pull my hat off and scratch my head any place I happened to be. "For several years I was bothered with pimples on my face. Some of them were hard i^ed spots, some were full of matter, and many blackheads. I was always picking at them and caused them to be sore. They made my face look so badly I was ashamed to be seen. "I tried massage creams for my face and all kinds of hair tonic and home made remedies, but they only made things worse. Nothing did the work until I used Cuticura Soap and Oint ment. I washed my face with the Cuticura Soap, then put plenty of Cuticura Ointment on. Three months’ use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment has made my face as smooth and clean as c^n be.” (Signed) C. M. Hamilton, Sept. 24, 1912. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of each free,with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post card “Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston.”—Adv. Dame Partlet, the Advertiser. The following paragraph from an ar ticle by Andrew Lank may prove profitably suggestive to those who have wares to sell and are shy about advertising them: “When a goose lays an egg,” said Mr. Lang, "she just wad dles off as if she was ashamed of It— because she is a goose. When a hen lays an egg—ab, she calls heaven and earth to witness it! The hen is a natural-born advertiser. Hence the demand for bens’ eggs exceed the demand for goose eggs, and the ben has all the business she can attend to.”—Youth’s Companion. Embarrassing. 'A military man fell asleep in the stalls while the curtain-raiser was being played, and woke up when his daughter nudged him and whispered “Charley's Aunt!” The colonel leaped to his feet and cried: "Bless me so it is,” and began to shake hands furiously with a demure old lady who happened to be pass ing along the stalls in front of him. “How do you do. Madam? And how is Charley?” UnconsciousTy. “A writer says husbands should en tertain their wives.” “A great many husband do.” Red Cross Rill Blue gives double value for your money. goes twice as far as any otUer. Ask voiir grocer. Adv. But an ounce of flattery beats a pound of truth if you have an ax to grind. Mrs.Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, soileus the gums, minces mflamma tion.nliays pain,cures wind eo.lcj&c a bottled* Forty thousand autos are owned in Nebraska. What So Precious As a Healthy Baby? Every Youngster Can Have Fine Digestion if Green a Good Baby Laxative. In spite of the greatest personal care and the most intelligent attention to diet, babies and children will be come constipated, and it is a fact that constipation and indigestion have wrecked many a young life. To start with a good digestive apparatus is to start life without handicap. But, as we cannot all have perfect working bowels, we must do the next best thing and acquire them, or train them to become healthy. This can be done by the use of a laxative-tonic very highly recommended by a great many mothers. The remedy is called Hr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and has been on the market for two genera tions. It can be bought conveniently at any drug store for fifty cents or one dollar a bottle, and those who are al ready convinced of its merits buy the •dollar size. Its mildness makes it the ideal medi cine for children, and it is aiso very pleasant to the taste. It is sure in its effect, and genuinely harmless. Very little of it is required and its frequent use does not cause it to lose its ef fect, as is the case with so many other remedies. Thousands can testify to its merits in constipation, indigestion, bilious ness, sick headaches, etc., among them reliable people like Mrs. .Tames R. Rouse, of Marinette, Wis. Her lit tle son Howard was fifteen months old HOWARD ROUSE last April, but he was sick with bowel trouble from birth and suffered in tensely. Since Mrs. Rouse has been giving him Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pep sin all trouble has disappeared and the boy is becoming robust. Thousands keep Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin constantly in the house, for every member of the family can use it from infancy to old age. The users of Syrup Pepsin have learned to avoid cathartics, salts, mineral wa ters, pills and other harsh remedies for they do but temporary good and are a shock to any delicate system. Families wishing to try a free sam ple bottle can obtain it postpaid by addressing Dr. W. B. 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