YPRES RUINED BY CONTINUOUS BOMBARDMENT
r - has been subjected to almost continuous bombardment for weeks, and the entire city is in the ruined
con iition t-houn in this photograph.
ENGLISH CITY BOMBARDED BY THE GERMANS
• •-. of S arboro .ch. on the east roast of England, which, together w ith Whitby and Hartlepool, was
bon.'-arded t ; the German raiding squadron of cruisers.
WHERE MEXICAN BULLETS CROSS THE BORDER
wi-ne in Xaco. the Arizona town on the Mexican border to which American troops hare been sent be
ca -- >-... from the warring Mexicans have come across the line and killed and wounded a number of citizens
ud soldiers
INTERROGATING A GERMAN PRISONER
Jj«t behind the firing line at Argonne this interesting little episode was
(Autographed Officers of the French general staff are interrogating a tier
jn»n it ifoner coarerring the strength and position of the kaiser's forces.
MAKING A DEEP TRENCH
One of the deep trenches on the
firing line in northern France. The
allies have constructed hundreds of
miles of ditches like this.
Be sure you're right, but don't stop
to get much advice before going
ahead, or you will never start.—Al
bany Journal.
GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN PRISONERS IN SIBERIA
Pet rograd.— Eastern Siberia is flood
mi with Austrian and German prison
er*. Many thousands have settled
do*n for the winter in the Balagansk.
Vekholensk and Kireosk districts of
the province of Irkutsk. Some have
teen sent to Yakutsk. The small towns
and villages are crowded.
The local authorities and peasants
treat the prisoners well and no suffer
Inf Is borne except whi^t comes from
climatic conditions. This is largely a
matter of adaptation by the individua.1.
The peasants, say reports, regard
the somewhat standoffish prisoners
with astonishment and call them
‘ transoceanic dwellers.” Often after a
peasant or small trader has himself
gone to the war a prisoner is quar
tered in his log cabin. A letter pub
lished from a resident of Balagansk
gives a domestic picture:
"The Germans took longest to settle
down. They did not work and stood
about, looking as if they wanted to
smoke. And some did smoke. On the
third day they got tired of this and
one of them, a ‘Feldwebel,’ began carv
ing guns and castles out of wood. He
next began to repair the roof of Viat
rheslav's hot and did this beautifully.
When the interpreter asked him what
lie wanted in payment he said: Tm a
joiner. Give beer, friend.' He got
none. Now the Germans work; they
try all day new things and all sorts
of dodges with the cattle, but the Aus
trians mostly look on."
[~CO-OPERATIVE PLAN OF BUYING STALLION
An Arabfan Hcrse.
Until we begin to pay more atten
tion to the kind of stallions to which
we are breeding oar mares we will
not greatly improve the stock of
horses we are growing on our farms.
There are scores of good horses in
this and in other communities, but for
some mysterious reason there are
scores of men who will pass these
good animals by every spring and lead
their mares to some underbred animal
whose get cannot begin to compare
with that of the real stallions.
Of course it is not so very myste
rious after all. The fee is the thing
that Etands in the way, says an Indi
ana writer in Farm Progress. It's
funny that some men will pay a few
dollars less and be fairly contented
with a cat-hammed, scissor-hocked colt
that will never be in demand by any
body for anything, when they might
have added a few dollars to the stal
lion fee and had a colt that would be
far more salable and worth a good
deal mere money.
It takes as much feed and pasture
and fully as much care to make a sec
i ond-rate animal out of one of these
! mongrel-bred colts as it does to make
j a real horse out of a colt that has
I some breeding on the sire's side. Stal
lion registration laws such as have
been passed, but not enforced by
many states, would help in wiping out
much of this shiftless evil that is
really costing many a country com
munity a considerable amount of
money every year.
As long, however, as there is a de
mand for the cheap and underbred
stallion's services, and no law to drive
him out of the country, he will linger
in most communities.
it seems to me that a mare that is
worth breeding at all is worth breed
mg to a horse that is of some value
and whose colts have the points that
will make for future value in them.
What is the sense in wasting good
feed ai,d barn room, to say nothing of
pasture for two or three years, on a
second or third-rate colt, when you
might have one that had all the mak
ings of a good horse about him from
the beginning?
The difference in the amount that
must be paid for the two classes of
stallion service amounts to but little
in view of the fact that the colt of
the really good stallion may be worth
twice as much to his owner as that of
the underbred horse. It is one of those
curious things that help to keep some
men from ever getting as much out ot
their farming and stock raising as
they should have.
Of course the co-operative plan of
a few farmers in a neighborhood buy
ing a good stallion is an excellent one
if the hcrse is bought of an absolutely
reliable dealer and is the right kind
of an animal. This plan is being fol
lowed in a good many neighborhoods
and is working out fairly well. Co
operation will not come, of course, un
til the people have awakened to the
fact that the only kind of horses that
are worth the trouble and cost of rais
ing are those that are properly bred.
The man who hopes to make a little
money out of the colts he is going to
raise ought to travel a long way to
reach a high-priced stallion rather
titan to accept free the services of a
poor horse kept on a neighboring
farm. It will pay to ride two days,
one going and another coming back, to
reach the right kind of a horse. The
other kind is the animal that is re
sponsible for so many scrub horses at
the present time.
TUBERCULOUS HOGS
ARE NOT WANTED
Many Dairy Districts Known to
Harbor Diseased Cows Being
Discriminated Against.
It is a well established fact that
hogs contract tuberculosis very readily
from tuberculous cattle, being fed the
diseased milk, or following stock cat
tle.
There has been a too-general objec
tion to any method employed to rid
the country of diseased cattle. The
tuberculin test has been declared a
worthless test, the state laws have
been drastically opposed as tyrannical.
Farmers have declared it was nobody’
business if they wanted to keep tuber
culous cattle. It is somebody’s busi
ness, and nobody's more than the
farmers themselves. The consumer i
milk and meat wants to be satisfied
that he is getting wholesome foods,
and every honest farmer is anxious to
know that he is producing wholesome
foods. But aside from this the farmer
wants to know that he and his neigh
bors are producing wholesome foods
because of the financial reaction that
is bound to come soon if the disease is
not stopped.
Just as sure as anything there is ?
time coming when the farmers will sell
their cattle and hogs subject to inspec
tion or not at all if they do not make
every effort to get rid of tuberculosis.
Many dirty districts now known to
harbor tuberculous cows are being dis
criminated against in the hog markets.
Their hogs are not wanted at any price.
The dairymen in such localities could
do not better than make a great effort
to remove every cause for the discrim
ination. What is true of hogs will be
true of cattle some day. Cattle are
inspected at the stockyards but the
day will come when there will be r.o
buyers soliciting in certain localities
where the farmers feel that it is "no
body s business" whether they have
diseased stock or not.
Winter Protection.
Tender varieties of blackberries,
grapes, etc., may be bent down along
the row and covered with an earth
blanket for winter protection in se
vere climates. If a little soil is re
moved from one side of the roots
canes will bend down easier; if nec
essary they can be held in place with
wooden pegs.
Watch Hired Man.
It pays to watch the hired man who
is. with your horses. If the team shows
signs of fear while with him take our
p.ddtce from a field of experience and
r‘fire” him. A good horse is spoiled
when he is a victim of fear.
Satisfaction in Painting.
Neatly painted buildings afford more
satisfaction to their owner than al
nost any other way that a small
mount of money can be spent Two
its of paint should last seven years.
SUDDEN CHANGE OF
FEED IS DANGEROUS
Dietetic Disturbances Cause Gen
era- Disorder and Several
Dead Sheep Are Found.
Loss of a few lambs in the feed lots [
is to be expected. But this loss in
some instances is far greater than it j
should be.
When range lambs are placed on |
a fattening ration the change of feed
is so sudden that dietetic disturbances
cause a general disorder and several
dead sheep are found in the pens each
morning. This invariably leads to
the suspicion that they are dying of
some infectious disease.
In some cases the ration is not well
balanced to secure the best gains and
the conditions of care and handling
might be better, but these things will
account for only a very small loss.
The change from grass to alfalfa,
corn, barley, molasses and straw en
silage, etc., must be made jyadually
and herein lies the secret of the
heavy losses of lambs in the feed lots
in the early fall. The desire to get
the hynbs on a fattening ration as
early as possible and failing to appre
ciate the danger of too heavy feeding
and change of ration, has helped to
make lamb feeding an unprofitable
business in some instances.
A sudden change of feed or over
feeding. should be guarded against
with all domestic animals. But it is
especially important with the horse
and sheep.
Hardwood Ashes.
Ashes from hardwoods (deciduous
j trees, are richer in both phosphorus
and potash th?n those from pines and
; other softwoods (conifers). Ashes
! from oak, elm. maple and hickory have
more potash than those from pine.
The ashes of twigs (faggots for ex
am pie) are worth more for agricultu
ral, purposes than the ashes of heart
wood taken from the middle of an
old tree. In general, the smaller and
younger the wood burned, the better
ashes. The ashes of coal do not con
tain enough potash to make them valu
able in this connection.
Silage for Horses.
Silage which is not moldy or spoiled
in ary way is splendid horse feed in
amounts of from ten to fifteen pounds
per bead daily.
Farmer’s Big Loss.
The fanner who failed to go to his
state fair has lost many times the
cost of the trip and has also lost step
in the procession.
Watch Young Colts.
Keep a close watch upon the young
colts; a blemish or impure strain may
ruin the value of the future horse.
Steady Gait Is Best.
A steady gait will accomplish more
in the course of a day than rushing
for s. spell and then resting
It Made a Difference.
Johnnie (puzzled as to how to pro
nounce the name of an employer)— ;
Say, father, do you pronounce K-n-u-d
with a long or a short "u?”
Father (who, of course, doesn’t
know)—Oh, it doesn't make any dif
ference.
Johnnie—Well, I guess it makes a
good bit of difference whether a man
is nud or nude up in the arctic regionB.
Appreciation.
The governor's wife was telling
Bridget about her husband.
"My husband, Bridget,” she said,
proudly, "is at the head of the state
militia.”
“Oi thought as much, ma'am,” said 1
Bridget, cheerfully; "ain't he got th'
foine malicious look!”
Every mother believes h°r baby
knows exactly what Ehe says to it.
devils*
food is made of Van
Houten’s Rona Cocoa
instead of grated or
melted chocolate.
Use less cocoa. Half*
pound—red—can
25c
Yes, waiting for every farmer or farmer's
son — any industrious American W.o is
anxious to establish for himself a happy
home and prosperin’. Canada's hearty in
vitation this year is more attractive than
ever. Wheat is higher but her farm land
just as cheap and in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
160 Acre Homesteads are Actually Free to Settlers and
Other Land at From $15 to $20 per Acre
The people of European countries as well as the American continent
must be fed—thus an even greater demand for Canadian Wheat will keep
up the price. Any farmer w ho can buy land at $1500 to $3000 pier acre
—get a dollar for wheat and raise 20 to 4$ bushels to the acre » bound to
make money—that's what you can expect in Western Canada. Wonder
ful yields also of Oats, Barley and Flax. Mixed Farming is fully as prof
itable an industry os grain raising. The excellent grasses, full of nutrition,
are the only food required either fo - beef or dairy purposes. Good schools,
markets convenient, climate excellent.
M,-itary serv-ce is not compulsory m Canada but there is an unusnal demand for fsr-n
labor to replace the many young men who have volunteered tor semre m the war
Write for literature and particulars as to reduced railway rates to Superintendent
Immigration. Ottawa, Canada; or to
W.V. Bennett. 22017th St., Room
4, Bee Building, Omaha. Nebr.
pa
Canadian Gcvermeut A pent
ALL THEY COULD HOPE FOR
Under the Circumstances Almost End
less Entertainments Should Have
Seen in Order.
There is a certain Chicago man of
a remarkably cheerful and optimistic
turn of mind. His wife, on the other
hand, takes things very seriously, and
has no small difficulty in accommo
dating herself to the peculiarities of
her friends when, as not infrequently
happens, they differ from her own.
"Henry,” said she to her husband
one evening, when she had returned
home more or less agitated by some
thing. "What do you think they say
about Mrs. Eaton, the baker's wife?”
Tm sure I don't know." said the
husband. "Nothing serious, I hope.”
"They say they can tell when she's
going to have callers by her washing
the children's faces! Now, you're
a pretty sanguine man, Henry, but
what on earth can you hope for a
Korean like that?”
"Well,” said Henry, "I suppose all
we can hope for is that she entertains
a good deal.”
Industrious Spiders.
They have very industrious spiders
down in South America. We think
our spiders here work hard enough,
but down there thev are said to work
overtime. Upon c;.e occasion, at
least, they completely disorganized the
telegraph service ic pan of the Argen
tine republic by spinning too many
webs across the lines. As soon as dew
fell or a shower of rain came on, each
one of the innumerable microscopic
threads, becoming wet, set in motion
a tiny leakage of electric current.
These millions of leaks practically
stopped the operation of the lines,
thus putting the government telegraph
department, especially in Buenos
Aires, to serious inconvenience and
expense.
Overheard by Mr. Mills.
At lunch, a Western Union office
girl was reading a letter from a chum
to the other giris. Describing a new
dress the letter 6aid: "It is certain
ly fin de siecle.”
"Fin de sickle,” repeated one of the
girls, “what does that mean?”
“I don’t know. Fin sounds like a
fish. Maybe it means it was trimmed
with fish net."—New York Sun.
"Hope Springs Eternals.'1!
Lady Bountiful—Oh. rector, I
thought you would like to know that
old Jones is laid up with rheumatic
fever. *
Rector—Thank you so much. I’m
always so glad to hear of a sick par
ishioner.—From the Bystander.
Visible Proof.
**C lubleigh’s wife is deaf and
dumb."
"Does she talk with her fingers?"
"i guess so. Clublc-igh hasn't a doz
en hairs left on his head."
At Last Accounts She Was Dead.
The Cclonei—Is it true, Sogback,
I that your wife is dead?
Brother Sogback—Yas.ah, t'ar.ky.
sah; or, leastways, she was yiste'dy.
Its Development.
‘‘How does a language grow?”
“I should suppose from the roots
of the words."
When the average man makes his
wife an expensive present she always
thinks he must be guilty of some
thing.
It’s the luck of other people that
makes the average man dissatisfied
with his own.
Virginia druggists, too, are looking
for better times.
Really big men are measured by
what they do, not by what they say.
COLT DISTEMPER
kOubet
I Try ea=iN\ Tt* trick ar® cared. kid a?!«
.gwuertn-e,no matter tibarwerTMw . tr\»x na»ia*r
Man. byusiig SPOKJTS UQCil> MST1 Xr’iR CCuTVave cm
Hhe toDgw.or in food. Acts ca the ani cinto Kncs «(
all forms of llatemp^r. trst Rnadi * v**r kaoara for mini la foal,
.One bottle raarantt^Hi to care oo<e case. xVaaJll a bottle-, than*
fio dosea of iragpiPT* ana hanttn ilMln or sent eztna paid )r
maanfactur rrs. Out tfao»s hoar to peuictra* throats. Ocr tna
Bootcief IrmaeaarrThlng. Locai aerate va&ML Largest ■nihi^
I
MSDICAL CO-tornktomiMcrWCofthen, Ind- y, 8. A*
Wives Have Money New.
Soldiers' wives find themselves in
many cases in receipt of much more
money than they were when the:r hus
bands w ere at home.
"Is a’ this money for at*” ..sked
the wife of a Glasgow soldier w hen
she received her first week's allow
ance.
“Aye. a- for you,” responded the
genial pa> sergeant.
“Will I taae a' this money every
week?”
"Aye. every week."
“Week then,” said she. “ye can tak*
my guid man an' keep hint as Ic g as
ye like. 1 never had sae nrtckle
money' before.”—Ixmdon Chronicle.
At the First Signs
Of falling hair get Cnticura. It
works wonders. Touch spots of dan
druff and itching with Cnticura G.nt
ment. and follow next morning with a
hot shampoo of Cnticura Soap. This
at once arrests falling hair and pro
motes hair growth. For free sample
each with S2-p. Skin Book, address
post card: Cutieura, Dept. X. Boston.
Sold everywhere.—Adv.
Lizzie Would Stay.
Mrs. Atwell had had a quarrel witi
her maid. Lizzie, and the maid re
marked that she would leave.
•'Lizzie," said the mistress, severe
ly, “you must stay until I get another
girl."
"I intend to, mum,-' said Lizzie.
"Shure it’s only right some wan should
tell her the kind of a woman ye are.’’
Important to Mothers
Examine carelullv e\ery bo'tle of
CASTORIA. a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of {
In Use For Over SO Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castori*
How Else?
“How do you explain the reported
reduction in the size of Boston’s smart
set ?"
‘Oh, in the usual way,”
"And how is that ."
"There's a strong-minded woman t*e
hind it.”
lorR ow» Dsroum will tfli toc
Try Murine Bye Kriurtiy for Ked Weak. Wi‘err
l|«K and Cracutait'd Kye'idv. No en.an.iy
Inst Kve eomlort Write tor B k of t. - kth
by mail Free. Murine fcye ft t* surely Co.. u.hjku
Early to bed ar.d early to rise. and
; you will probably have to loc k after
the fires.
Beautiful, clear v.\,.te clothes de'ichta
j the laundress who uses Bed Cross BaO
Bice. All grocers. Adv.
The wise young man keeps the
i right side of his rich old uncle who is
deaf in his left ear.
i
Don't Persecute
Your Bowels
Cut out cathsrHcs a-d prrigatives. Thsr: art
brutal. harsh. unr.cv essi -v. T^
CARTER’S LlTTLi.
UVER PULS
B
»c.ie as# icsigestiao, as miiltcrsM kaaw.
SMALL PI14 . SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
WMXJKB1 TJUT POPHAM’S
ASTHMA MEDICINE!
Gives Prompt and Positive Belief in E 'try *
Case. S»»id by Dragons:s- Pr reSl. v. (
Triad Parkasre by Ma i Wc. {
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W. N. U„ OMAHA, NO 52-19V.
