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.