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THE “SAND HILLS” OF NEBRASKA OFFERS SPLENDID POSSIBILITIES FOR STOCK RAISING. A Heretofore Neglected Section Which Is Fast Coming to the Front and Attracting the Attention of Stock men and Farmers. (From Carlson's Rural Review.) It has been agreed by the editors and publishers of Nebraska, that dur ing the month of September each will write and publish a special article, taking for a subject some feature of Nebraska life, production or develop ment. Fearing that one of the most interesting districts of Nebraska will be overlooked by others. I am going to take as my subject for this special article, the “Sand Hills” of Nebraska. While this name is largely a mis nomer as generally applied to many parts of the state, it is usually made to include some fifteen counties, all located in the central northern part «f the state. When I say that the term “sand hills” is a misnomer as generally used, I mean that many parts of the so called “Sand Hills” are of a clay formation, and contain no more sand than is generally found in clay soils, at least‘no more than is 'necessary to make the clay produc tive of crops. The Sand Hills of Nebraska offer rich field for study. As yet most Nebraskans know little or nothing of this region, and even our own soil investigators, and soil experts, have passed over this district of the state without any attempt to give this dis ■ric-t more than a passing notice. More has been done with reference ' sand e? the Sand Hill district. The one element always wanting is humus. This has been prevented from form ing because of fires and the moving particles of sand in earlier times. Since fires have been prevented the soil has become bound together with vegetation in the form of native grasses. Nature is a great healer, and if fires can be prevented for a few years more, the Sand HillB will become one of the best grassed coun tries in America, especially if we con sider quality of grass. There is a small area of Sand Hills extending into Lincoln county, and also in Dundy county, the latter extending in to Colorado. For the purposes of this article only the district north of the Platte river is considered. Here the Sand Hills consist of rounded dunes, saucer-shaped valleys, clay valley lands, and extensive hay fiats, the latter subirrigated with a water table quite near the surface. me sana mils amer in agricul tural value and importance as do all other soil formations. In no other one characteristic can the value of Sand Hill soil be foretold with such certainty as in substrata of water. In the poorest districts of this region the water table will be reached with out encountering anything hut sand. In other districts the water will be reached underneath a strata of clay. The latter is the more general rule of finding water, and In this forma tion the surface soil is always pro ductive. Agriculturally, the poorest soil is found in the eastern limit of the Sand Hill area, the soil increas ing in value as one goes westward, until the clay lands of western Ne braska are reached, except that the rainfall decreases with longitude. There is also a difference noticed in the productive value of Sand Hill lands between those drained to the north, and those drained to the south. The Sand Hills of north central Ne braska drain into the Niobrara at the Two Sand Hill Products—Note the Size of Corn Ears on Stalks. to studying the climate of this re gion than the soil and its possihilites. It is definitely known that the temp erature decreases as one gees west ward and northward, the mean tem perature for the state being 48.5 de grees. the extreme west being two degrees lower than the extreme east, and the exireme north slightly less than six degrees lower than the ex treme south. Destructive hot winds seldom reach the Sand Hill region, while they are quite frequent in the extreme southern part of the state. This year has given excellent oppor tunity for studying the hot winds and their effect upon the crops of the several parts of the state. This study discloses the fact that soil has much to do with the destructiveness of these hot winds. Thruout the state, without references to latitude •or longitude, crops suffered most in the districts of clay soils, and the purer the clay the more crops suffer ed. On the clay soils in the south ern part of the state crops suffered all the way from partial to total loss of crops, and especially true is this of corn. In the Sand Hills and thru out north Nebraska the corn will be from 60 percent of a crop to a full, or normal crop. The only areas in the Sand Hills that have suffered from hot winds this year, are the clay soil areas. The only hot wind destructive of corn in the Sand Hills tills year occurred on Wednesday, the 27th of August, when corn suffer ed on the clay bottom lands along the principal streams. It will be impossible in an article euch as this to devote much space to the geology of this district. It may be well that this is so. wince there is euch a wide difference of opinion on this subject. All p/e agreed however, that this formation is the result of ihe erosion and decomposition of the Ijoup Fork formation. This forma tion spreads over all of western Ne braska and is composed of beds of clajv-sand and limestone, which when thoroly eroded and mixed by the action of the winds becomes the fine north and into branches of the Platte toward the southeast. Immediately south of the ridge or highest dunes are to be found the most productive lands, and it is here one finds more of the saucer-shaped valleys, or fiats. Most of these flats are as fertile and productive as the high-priced lands of Iowa and Illinois, and many farms on such soils will harvest better crops this year than will $200 lands further east. Another district in the Sand Hills of Nebraska call for special mention. These are the extensive and valuable hay flats at the source of the Elk hom river system. Here entire townships will be found, all of a very productive type of soil, and with the water table but a few feet below the surface. It is such soils that have made Newport, Bassett, and other towns known to all Americans for their immense output of hay of the highest quality. There is no failure of crop here, always an income, and in the near future such lands will command a very high price. No district in America surpasses the Sand Hills in water, either in the quality, or the ease with which it may be secured. The best of pure soft water, and very cool, may be had anywhere in this region at depths of ten to fifty feet. The water is al ways found in gravel, and with the exceptions of a few places in the ex treme eastern edge of the district, under clay. The district is well wa tered with running streams, which find their way to the Niobrara or Platte rivers. In dry hot seasons such as the pres ent one, the agricultural value of a country may be studied best. The proof of the fact that the Sand Hills ! district of Nebraska is to play an im portant part in the future wealth of .the state and country, is seen this :>ear in the millions of dollars worth 'of grass going to waste for want of I cattle to eat it. And this grass is of | excellent quality, as seen in the quali j ty and condition of the cattle being grazed there. Sand-Hills cattle have Lincoln Highway Endorsed. Oronha.—T. G. Northwall, president of T. G. Northwall company, has re turned from Detroit. Toledo and other points in that Bection and was espe cially interested in the increase of 'ravel on the highways radiating in every direction from these cities. Mr. Northwall attributed the in crease in travel solely to the improv ed roads. The Lincoln highway, he thinks, is so far reaching in its possi bilities that even the most enthusias tic does not comprehend its scope. “It will be worth millions of dol lars to Nebraska and Omaha,” said Mr. North wall, "when it is completed. Just as the highways leading into De troit and Toledo and Cleveland and Chicago, are alive with vehicles, au tomobiles. so will the Lincoln high way be in my opinion, with this dis tinction, that people who will travel the Lincoln highway will be transient rather than local. There will be peo ple journeying from the west to the east. Omaha will be a stop-over point, and, of course, will be a supply station for these travelers. En^ar5' ing on this idea, people in the country j will build feeders to the Lincoln high way and will be encouraged to im prove their land so as to grow mar ketable products. Farmers who are allowing fruit to decay in their or chards will be encouraged to put it on this market. J. E. Freeland is especially inter ested in the building of the Lincoln highway. Mr. Freeland has always interested himself in every move ment for for good roads. He has felt all along that good roads were the greatest signs of progress in a com munity and the surest thrift of its citizens. Harry Van Brunt of Council Bluffs is an enthusiastic Lincoln highway man. He is thoroughly familiar with conditions as they exist in Ohio, and he feels that the Lincoln highway will be productive of as great results to the entire country as the Ohio highway is to that state. •1 do not think,” said Mr. Van Brunt, “ that we can begin to sum up the vast benefit to be derived from this project. Good roads do more to Improve the prosperity of a commun ity than ever anything el^e. Many Scales Found Defective. Lincoln.—The first reports sent in by the deputy inspectors in the weights and measures department of the pure food commission have been received by Commissioner Harman, The first scales to be condemned, ■were those owned by the state at the Lincoln insane asylum. They were found to be forty pounds short on a thousand. An oil and gas pump at Beatrice ■was found short seven cubic inches to the gallon. The pump was condemn ed. One platform scale, a measuring pump and two measures were con-1 demned at Kearney. Wagon scales at the penitentiary were found a little ; off and readjusted. In the two days 233 inspections | were made, covering thirty-five differ-! j ent places. The fees connected with I | the examination of scales and meas | ures are charged as follows; Plat-; j form scales of 5,000 or more, 31.50; ! movable platform scales of 300 j pounds or more, 50 cents; lees than ; that amount, 25 cents; dormant; ! scales 31.00; railroad track scales,! ! 33.50; sealing or marking every beam, j 10 cents; for sealing and marking measures of extension, 10 cents per yard, but not to exceed 50 cents for one measure; liquid or dry measures, 10 cents; weights, 5 cents; automatic slot machines, $3. Opposes Monopoly of the Land. “No plan to eliminate chronic pov erty will result in permanent good without a complete Change in the land system,” said Judge A. G. Wray of York in his address on ‘'The New Patriotism” before the Political Equality league of Omaha. Judge Wray gave due credit for the cause' of poverty to drunkenness, shiftless ness. trusts, tariffs, free trade, monop olies, and when he had agreed that all had their share to do with causing and maintaining poverty, he declared that the fundamental error in our economic system was that we permit the private monopoly of land. "We would not permit a monopoly of the air or the water in the world, but by a custom as old as chattel sla very itself we have permitted the pri vate ownership and monopoly of land." 1 long been known In the markets of the country, both feeders and packers being quick and ready buyers of them. There are some 10,000 square miles of so-called Sand Hills in Nebraska. Every square mile is capable of sup porting 100 head or more of cattle. If this region were stocked with cat tle to its full capacity, a million head of cattle could be counted'there. This would represent a wealth of forty or fifty million dollars, no mean sum In the wealth of any state. If one was to Calculate the possi bilities of this district by dealing in units of division, the section or square mile would be the unit, since the farms are of a Bection in area at the present time. On one section I found a young man handling 112 oows, the calf crop this summer numbering 91 head. These were sold for late fall delivery for $25 each, making him an income of $2,275 for the year. On another section I found 146 head of mixed cattle supported, and on many sections from IP to 39 cows were being milked. In the case of sections with 100 acres or more of good productive soil, no part of agri cultural America offers such oppor tunities for the man who is willing to work, when ihe amount of investment required is taken into account. Dairying, cattle, horses, hogs and poultry are the hope of this district. Alfalfa, all the clovers and Mellilotus do well on most of the soils of the district. Millilotus (sweet clover) will grow on the highest hill, and the seed crop from this plant and alfalfa are highly profitable. In the valleys as good corn will be harvested this year as can be seen anywhere in the corn belt. Vegetables and especially potatoes are equal to the best that can be grown anywhere. The Sand Hills potato has already made a place for itself in all the markets of the country, because of its excellent quali ty. Nature and the settlers have work ed wonders in the improvement of this country during the past few years. I first saw the Sand Hills in 1874. Then it was a country of Sand Hills, and little else. Annual fires destroyed the grasses, and the hills were little more than shifting piles of sand. Today one sees only grass, in the valleys, on the hills, every where grass, and for the most part few cattle to consume it, or to con vert it into ready money. The homesteaders for the most part were men and women from the shops and schools and railroads of the coun try, who possessed no means to im prove their homes or stock their land, and who possessed no know ledge of the needs or possibilities of the country. This makes the present need of the district men with some money to stock their land, and who j possess some knowledge of farming and stock raising. The district will make no rapid progress in the way of producing wealth until a new type of owner1 secures the land. Those of the first settlers who came from the farms and possess some knowledge of farming and livestock are making good. These are interested in the very best development of the country, and ; are building school houses, making 1 roads, and in many other ways art1 j proving themselves valuable assets of the district. Another need of this district, as it is of every other new part of our | country, is a national banking or cur rencv system which does not penalize ' the first settlers, and the first pro ducers. of a new country by compell ing them to pay a higher interest rate than those who do not so much need financial aid are compelled to pay. It seems impossible for these settlers to obtain money at a lower rate than ten per cent, while the new settlers of Canada, Costa Rica, Chile and Ar- J gentina can obtain financial aid at I a five per cent. rate. No agricultural district, of this country can pay ten per cent interest on the productive capacity of the district, and yet these poor people who need financial help so much are compelled to pay a rate no country will justify. This is re tarding the progress of the district, and will retard it as can nothing else. No part of the country is surer of re turns on investments than the Sand Hills of Nebraska, and if these people could secure money to finance them selves at just rates their progress would be most rapid. With other editors in Nebraska I have long advocated Nebraska invest ments for Nebraska. Those who fol low moBt closely to the lines of their own latitude and climatic conditions will succeed best in their land invest-! ments. Million of dollars have been j invested in lands in the far south- j west by farmers living in Nebraska, ■ Iowa and Illinois. I was recently in 1 western Oklahoma, and the Panhandle of Texas where farmers told me they had paid up to $25 an acre for land that would not support more than 25 cows, to the section of land. Empty elevators. Idle grain mills, abandoned farms, and rivers with no water, speak with a greater emphasis than can my pen of the folly of such un wise investments. Why men will leave a country known to them for years for its certainty of crops for one of which they know nothing is one of those unexplainable things no man can understand. This district by reason of its rich grasses, pure water, healthful cli mate and cheap lands is singularly fitted to make homes for the renters on high-priced lands further east. There is no reason why a renter should not become his own landlord while .such opportunities are his. There is no better way of solving the landlord and tenant problem in rural America than for renters to buy this land while it can be had at a low price. They will not only become their own landlords, but they are sure of a double profit, the one from the production of tne land, the other from the rise in the value of the land, in a few years it will require a large sum of money to buy a section in the Sand Hills of Nebraska. Any land, anywhere in America that wili pro duce the wealth these lands are capa ble of producing, will not long re main cheap. Today these lands can be had at a very low price. Those intending to buy and settle upon these lands will do well to study the machinery needs of. the district. Much of the farm machinery used in Iowa and Illinois will not he needed here. Such machinery as dairying and stock growing require will be the machinery needed by them. This dis trict is preeminently a livestock coun try, and to convert the grasses of the country into money should be the aim of the farmer here. There is a place for a silo in this country, and they are being built quite rapidly. Pas ture for summer, alfalfa, mellilotus, and the native hay for winter, supple mented with silage, will soon develop this district into a high class of inde pendent farmers, if good stock be pro vided to consume this feed. Many of the first settlers now have bank accounts from the sales of cream and poultry, and some of these had very little to begin with. Settled by men who mean business, who are not afraid of honest labor, who appreciate the future possibilities of this district, the Sand Hills of Nebraska will play an important part in the production of Nebraska wealth for all time to come. Gas. Who first used the word “gas" and why? Merely because of the supposed resemblance of the product of burn ing carbon to the chaos af the Greeks. “This spirit, hitherto un known,” wrote the experimenter Van Helmont in 1648, “I call by the new name gas. and I call it so because be ing untamable, it is scarcely distin guishable from the chaos of the an cients.” A glimpse at modern gas de vices will show how far removed from untamability is the gas of today. Pleasures of the Table. “Then I commended mirth, because a. man hath no better thing under the sun than to eat, and to drink, and to he merry.”-—Ecclesiastes, 8:15. “And 1 will say to my soul, ‘Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink and be merry.”'—Luke 12:19. “What advan tages it me if the dead rise not? Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.—I. Corinthians 15:32. “Let us ! Bat and drink, for tomorrow we shall 1 die."—Isaiah, 22:13. When You Sneeze. The custom of saving “God bless you” to a person when he sneezes originated among the ancients, who, ! fearing danger from it. after sneezing : made ,a short prayer to the gods, as j "Jupiter, help me.” The custdm is i mentioned by Homer, the Jewish rab- ! bis and others. Polydore Vergil says j it took its rise at. the time of the plague in 558, when the infected fell dead, sneezing, though apparently in good health. Wagon With Sails. In 1622 one of the wonders to be seen at The Hague was a wagon or a i ship or a combination of both. A j traveler of that time wrote: “This j engine hath wheels and sails, will ' hold above twenty people and gees with the wind, being drawn or moved by nothing else, and will run. ; the wind being good, above fifteen I miles an hour upon the even hard sands.” _ i CoL.dn't Fool Him. The farmer had bought a pair of shoes in the city shop. “Now. can’t [ sell you a pair of shoe trees?” sug gested the clerk. “Don’t git fresh with me, sonny,” replied the farmer, bristling up; “I don’t believe shoes kin be raised on trees any roor'n I be lieve rubbers grow on rubber trees or oysters on oyster plants, b'gosh.” A Sensitive Editor. “Well, what do you think of my poem ?” “How could you be so cruel?” “What do you mean?” “Why, in every line you have tor tured the English language until I can almost imagine that I hear it cry out." | Corsage Rose Sets Off the Costume. WITH soft lace drapery which forms their bodices, gowns for evening or for afternoon functions are com pleted by draped shirts meeting the bodice with a girdle or sash Often the top of the skirt extends itself into the waist line drapery, and often a separate girdle in a contrasting color is employed. But whatever the finish at the waist line, for these gowns for high occa sions, the splendid corsage rose is rarely left out. This is a rose made of ribbon or velvet, mounted with or without millinery foliage and having a ribbon-wrapped stem. Such a rose is posed at the front of the gown, usually a little toward the left side and just under the bust. It is a splendid factor in the costume; , it is in fact "featured," given the star part in the composition of the pic ture. The roses of satin or velvet are made in all the fashionable new col ors. Certain yellow and strong light green shades, also deep orange and black, have been favorites. These corsage roses—in passing—will trans form a plain skirt and dressy blouse into quite formal dress. They are large and are made of ribbon about three inches wide, or wider. The rib bon is cut into lengths to form the , petals, each length being twice that of required petal plus an inch extra ! for plaiting in at the base of the pet al and winding in at the stem. A wire provides the stem. A little ball of cotton is wound about one end, the size of a thimble, and over this a bit of ribbon is placed and fastened to the stem by winding it with a thread or tie-wire. About this center a short length of ribbon (folded lengthwise) is wrapped *to imitate the small petals, still unopened, at the i heart of the rose. After the center has been made in : this way, the petals are made. Each short length is doubled and plaited In at the raw edges. The plaits are sewed down. After the petals—say ten or eleven in all—have been made, they are fastened about the center of the rose already formed, tied to the stem with thread or tie-wire. Finally the corners are curled back on gome of the petals and blind-stitched down Shape the petals, cupping them with the fingers. Wind the stem with nar row green ribbon, winding in a spray or two of millinery rose foliage. These roses made of veh%t ribbon about two inches wide in a deep gold color are mounted with velvet foliage. Besides satin and velvet ribbon the | heavier gauze ribbons are used, and the gold and silver tissue. Hoses of this sort are expensive bits of luxury when bought ready made—from about two to five dollars each. The value is ! placed upon- the* time consumed in making them, and the workmanship, far more than in the material used. For less dress-up times, the little rosegay of rosebuds made of several different colors of narrow satin ribbon, is still a great favorite. These small roses are made of a length of satin ribbon (folded lengthwise along the center) or of separate petals made of j narrow ribbon. They are mounted on little stems of small green covered wire. Sprays of fine millinery foliage of maidenhair fern usually are used , with them by way of variety. Narrow velvet ribbon in green or purple winds the stems together, and finish the nosegay with a little bow. These small nosegays are scented, and form the daintiest of accessories worn on the coat or furs for the street. Small bits of ribbon or silk will make them. They are always appreciated, bound to please those who possess a sense of the value of such finishing touches to the toilet. It would be difficult to think up a better Christmas gift for ones friends. JULIA BOTTOM LEY. AFTERNOON GOWN j A TRIUMPH OF FRENCH DESIGN HERE is an unusual and attractive gown from the salon of a notable French designer. It has the grace of simplicity and it embodies several of the best style features of the present season. Among these there are the loose and comfortable management of the sleeve, the tunic# the girdle, the easy adjustment of the bodice and a skirt a little shorter at the front than at the back and hanging in about the feet. ■» There is a little under bodice of em broidered chiffon with elbow sleeves,! finished with a wired ruching of mal ine. A band of beaded embroidery adorns the material of the bodice, which is draped in the fashion of the Chinese collar. It is not always easy to solve the in tricacles in construction of the most: simple looking of French gowns. It i is quite likely that this one is made in two pieces, with the skirt and chiffon bodice attached to a short under j waist. The skirt overlaps at the front! The tunic is apparently fastened at j the left side and attached to the bod ice. The girdle is boned and is of soft satin, lined m Irregular pleats. Gir dies are. almost without exception, I made in colors contrasting with that j used in the body of the gown. Some times a girdle is in several colors, j those in plaid of bright tones being favored for plain cloth gowns. An-, other development of the always pres- i ent girdle shows silk in three colors laid in pleats, making a three-toned : girdle. Certain it is that, in the man- j agement of the waist line, our present [ modes are the most artistic, the most easy and graceful of any that lie with in the memory of the women of our country. The study of a gown of as great ar tistic value as this one should involve that of the dressing of the feet and the arrangement of the coiffure, be cause both these matters should enter into the consideration of a dressy cos tume at any time. Satin slippers in black with rhinestone buckles, and silk hosier}- of the color of the gown take care of the clothing of the feet appropriately. The coiffure is one of those designs classified as the “casque” style, in which all the hair is waved. It is ar ranged over the head like a turban. There is no chignon at the back. The ends of the hair are turned under the waves and spread about in such a wav as to dispense with a coil. In cutting a gown of this character w ide goods are more easily managed than narrow. Skirts, overlapping at I the front, while narrow, give room for easy walking because the front seam is not joined dow-n to the bottom. The under petticoat must be soft; the most clinging of fabrics, as chiffon or crepe de chine, or lace. An inserted flounce will take the place of a petticoat. Anything heavy enough to interfere with the falling of the skirt in close and clinging lines would destroy an important item in the beauty of the design. It is the hang and not fit of garments which is of paramount im portance now'. The figure, without dis tortion of any sort, without restraint, but in the lovely, natural silhouette, is glorified in present day styles, which really amount to cleverly ar ranged draper}-. Garments must not 9hape the figure today; they must be shaped by it, or appear to be, anyway. Hence so many gowns seem to be de signed for the corsetless figure. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. To Freshen Velvet Hate. During the velvet hat season, which Is now with us, those having stained, spotted and shabby looking velvet hats can freshen them up nicely by heating an iron, then placing a wet cloth over It. and holding the iron up side down in the inside of the hat When the entire surface is moist, hang the hat without touching it. When dry brush well, and it will look bright and new. It may also be held over the steam ing spout of a boiling kettle until moist. If the fingers come into touch with the wet nap. It will press it down and dry in that condition. Walking Stick Feminine. ’Tis here! And ’tis smart. Have you seen It? It graces the promenade. As a rule, it is silver headed. It is a good four feet in height. Ebony, turtle ebony, rosewood and pimento are some of the woods serv ing. These canes are elegantly slender and not as tali as those favored by femininity during the Directory. "CASCARETS” FOB SLUGGISH UVEB No sick headache, sour stomach, biliousness or constipation , by morning. Get a 10-eent box now. Turn the rascals out—the headache, biliousness, indigestion, the sick, sour stomach and foul gases—turn them out to-night and keep them out with Cascarets. Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now' and then and never know the misery caused by a lazy liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom ach. Don't put in another day of distress. Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach; remove the sour, fermenting food; take the excess bile from your liver and carry out all the constipated waste matter and poison in the bowels. Then you will feel great. A Cascaret to-night straightens you out by morning. They work while you sleep. A 10-cent box from any drug store means a clear head, sw eet stomach and clean, healthy liver and bowel action for months. Chil dren love Cascarets because they nev^r gripe or sicken. Adv. The Only Way. “My wife never answers me back.” ■‘How’ did you manage her?” “Easily. 1 never married.” WHEN- Rl*ItBEKS BECOME NECESSARY And yonr shoes pinch. Allen’s Koot-Ku.se. th« Antiseptic ponder to bp shaken into the shoes, is just the thing to nse Always nse it tor break ing In new shoes. Sold everywhere. 2ic. Sample FltKK. Addrew*. A. 8. Olmsted, Le Roy. S'. Y Don't accept awsp suIntitule, Adv. Not Accurate. “So it was in the army that your brother won his spurs.” “Oh, dear, no! He was in the in fantry corps." Vivid Suggestion. “You can have no suggestion of what a cyclone is like." “Oh, yes, I can. My w ife's cleaning house." Strange. "The railroads killed 10,&Su people in this country last year,” observed the old fogy. “How did the automobiles come to miss that many T’ queried the grouch The Tyt. Friend—Don't you think athletics in school make a boy strong? Mother—Well, they haven’t made our boy strong enough to bring up a bucket of coal. Papa Knew. 1 The Small Chap—Papa, what is the race problem? Papa—Picking winners—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. They Are Needed. Hamlet—Why is it. Simon, that they always have bloodhounds in an “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” show? Simon Legree—To find the manager on salary days, my boy.—Puck. A Distinction. “So your wife wants to vote?” "No,” replied Mr. Meekton. "She wants the right to vote. When It comes to going to the polls in all sorts of weather she’ll do as she pleases about it.” Of Course. When the three children returned from their walk, says Punch, they found )rheir mother waiting for them on the’porch. Mother—Well, dears, did you meet anyone you knew? The Three Children—Yes; Ruby and Derek. Mother—Where did you meet them? Barbara (the youngest)—At the same place we was. Was Scarcely a Desirable Recruit. “Now, loogy yuh a minute, Brudder Hawhee!” in an admonitory way said astute old Parson Bagster. “I un'er stands dat yo’ beep uh-wastin’ yo’ time proselytin' 'roun dat 'ar deef and dumb Campbellite brudder dat lately moved to town?” “Wastin’ muh time, sah?” was the astonished reply. “W’y, de man’s got a precious soul to save, isn't he, pah son, even if he am a Campbellite?” “H'm!—mebby. But dar don't 'pear to be no puhvisions in de catty gory of our church for pussons dat’s 'fllcted like he iB. Lemme ax yo’: What kinduh shoutin’ Meferdist would a dumb man make?”—Kansas City Star. WORKS ALL DAY And Studies at Night on Grape-Nuts Food. Some of the world's great men have worked during the day and studied evenings to fit themselves for greater things. But it requires a good consti tution generally to do this.. A Ga. man was able to keep it up with ease after he had learned the sustaining power of Grape-Nuts; al though he had failed in health before he changed his food supply. He says: “Three years ago I had a severe at tack of stomach trouble which left me unable to eat anything but bread and water. "The nervous strain at my office from 6 A. M. to 6 P. M. and improper foods caused my health to fail rapidly. Cereal and so-called “Foods” were tried without benefit until I saw Grape Nuts mentioned in the paper. “In hopeless desperation I tried this food and at once gained strength, flesh and appetite. I am now able to work all day at the office and study at night, without the ifervous exhaustion that was usual before I tried Grape-Nuts. "It leaves me strengthened, re freshed, satisfied; nerves quieted and toned up, body and brain waste re stored. I would have been a living skeleton, or more likely a dead one by this time, if it had not been for Grape Nuts.” J Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. “There’s a Rea son." Ever ml Ihr nbovr letter l A new •tie appear* from tine to time. They are nrraulne, true, and fall of huuan Interest.