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About The Loup City northwestern. (Loup City, Neb.) 189?-1917 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1915)
NATIONAL MEMORIAL AT ARLINGTON This is a perspective view of the design for a national memorial that will be built soon in the national cem etery at Arlington. BOY SCOUTS DECORATED BY PRESIDENT WILSON These six Boy Scouts were photographed just after President \\ ilson had decorated five of them with the eagle medal, the highest Boy Scout order, and the sixth with a medal of honor for heroism Left to right, they are: Howard Gatley i honor medal), Clinton Allard, Frank Watson, Edward Pardee. Edward Shoiry and Samuel Hardy. GETTING MORMON CONVERTS IN BROOKLYN i wo pretty girls have been latei.v Ooiiig about the Ridgewood section of Brooklyn, canvassing from doer to door fo' converts to the Morin on church. The girls are Miss Gertrude Phelps of Saj> Lake City (left) and Miss Edna Crowther of Mesa. Ariz. (right). They call at a home, make friends with the woman of the house, call a few days later and begin talking Mormonism. At the third visit the prospect is usually very receptive and the girls tell of the “great benefits offered by the Mormon church," what it has accomplished and expects to accomplish. A day or so lafdr an elder of the church calls and tries to make the conversion complete. ON THE DUTCH-BELGiAN FRONTIER German guards examining contents of a Dutch provision trader's cart on the Belgian frontier. MISS ADELE LEUVILLE V\ h®n the Lafayette kits w~re sent over to the French army one of the cards giving the names of contribu tors was that of Miss Adeie Leuvill9 Her kit was received by Maurice Du bois of the Sixth French cavalry, whc wrote to the Lafayette fund man agers that he went to school with a girl of that name seventeen years ago in Nancy, France. Inquiry proved ’t was the same Adeie. and now' she has gone over to help nurse the wounded Frenchmen—and to see Maurice. ■Her Comment. Boggs—I see Professor Pupin says the telephone will be improved so rap idly that pretty soon a New Yorket can take down the receiver in bis apartment and talk with his daughter in Paris or his brother in London. Mrs. Boggs (with the usual sniff)— That means, I suppose, that he wouldn’t care to talk to his wife no matter where she was!—Cleveland Plain Dealer. DERIVATION OF WAR TERf*S Interesting to Trace th» Origin of Expressions Just New Very Much in Use. There is a certain romantic interest in the consideration of the etymologi cal history of war terms. In running over the current expressions; as we meet them in the daily newspapers, a curious interchange of root and deriv ative is shown, whereby we see that nearly every nation has “taken pria oner” in its own tongue an expression which at one time or another was the possession of a hostile, or at least alien, nation. There are, of course, some exceptions, notably in the case of the word ‘'shrapnel,” which is not, as might be supposed, a German word at all, hut belongs rightfully to the English, being the name of its in ventor, a colonel in the British army. Some words, like the word "war." have been in a manner “'gentlemen adventurers,” fighting under many flags, and coming down to us through the militant vocabularies of many na tions. "War" itself began. It must be confessed, in Germany in the guise of the old Germanic noun “werra." It ap peared subsequently In Spain and It aly as "guerra," and in France aa “kuerre."—Literary Digest Importance of Laughter. Laboratory scientists will bear out the declaration of the late Mr. Titus of Imperial Rome that we have lost a day if it has passed without laugh ing. GOOD ROADS WILL PAY WELL In Nine Years Increase in Amount Paid for Improving Highways Has Been Over 250 Per Cent. (By E. B. HOUSE. Colorado Experiment Station.; The following is clipped from the Reclamation Record: Approximately 1206,000,000 was spent last year on public roads in the United States, according to statistics prepared by the United States depart ment of agriculture. In 1904 the total was only $79,000,000. In nine years therefore, the increase has been over 250 per cent. Of the 2,226,842 miles or roads in the United States. 223.774 mi’es, or ap proximately 10 per cent are classed as improved. To improve the remaining 90 per cent may well seem a big job. It is, in fact, only made possible because the work really pays for itself. From material gathered by the United Gravel Road. States department of agriculture, it is now possible to prove not only that good roads are profitable Investments, but to determine exactly what divi dends they pay. An investigator as signed to this problem in any given locality first ascertains the extent of the territory that is tributary to any main road, much as one might ascer tain the territory tributary to some river. The next step is an accurate estimate of the total products of this territory—so much grain, so much to bacco, so much garden truck, etc. Of this quantity a certain portion is con sumed on the farm; the rest is shipped over the road in question. The whole calculation can then be checked by investigators at the ship ping point to which the road leads. In general it has been found that the two methods yield much the same in formation—the total amount of prod uce hauled over the road. Next the length of the average haul is calcu lated, the size of the load permitted by the character of the road ascertained, and the cost of teams and drivers fig ured. With these facts before him the investigator is now able to .state positively the cost of hauling a ton of produce on that road, to express in terms of these "ton-miles” the freight traffic on the road, and finally the total cost to the community served by the road of hauling its goods to market. Armed with these data it is easy to decide how much money can be profitably spent in improving the road and what are the returns that the investment yields to the community. ADVANTAGES OF GOOD ROADS Energy of Farmer’s Teams Conserved by Pulling Heavy Loads Over Com paratively Smooth Surface. There is no doubt that pood roads tend to prosperity to the farmers who live on them. Their teams are not worn out with the effort to pull a light load over a bad road, for they easily take a large one to market and save not only the strength of the team and wear of the wagon, but what is of more importance still, the time of the owner. He gets his product to market more cheaply and that item alone tends to more prosperity. Then, too, the value of his land is increased by the fact that it is on a well-made and well kept road, for the heaviest tax a farm er pays is bad roads. Everybody Benefited. Good roads help not only the farmer by enabling him to market his produce when the market is highest but they also help the merchant, the railroad company—in fact, every individual in the county is either directly or indi rectly benefited. Important Work. The public highway and its im provements is one of the important things to take into consideration in planning next year's work. Work on the road along your farm is just as important as work in the field. Pigs After Weaning. For pigs after weaning that have the run of alfalfa nothing will help them and satisfy them so well as a good fill of slop made of shorts and about one-tenth of cottonseed meal Feed them some kafir or milo on the side as dry grain so as to save some of the expense of having to supply all the concentrated food in the slop. Records Help Farmers. If farmers kept books there would be a great many better ones than there are today. Discard Unprofitable Cows. Discard the cow which has failed at the end of the year to pay market price for all the feed she has con sumed. Grapes for Wine. Grapes intended for wine should be left on the vines until thoroughly ripened. Neglected Practice. Pruning is one of the most neglect ed practices of good orchard manage ment. ' Time it! Pape's Diapepsin ends all Stomach misery in five minutes Do some foods you eat hit b."“k— taste good, but work badly; ferment ■nto stubborn lumps and cause a sick, sour, gassy stomach? Now, Mr. or Mrs. Dyspeptic, jot this down: Pape's Diapepsin digests everything, leaving nothing to sour and upset you. There never was anything so safely quick, so certainly effective. No difference how badly your stomach is disordered you will get happy relief in five minutes, but what pleases you most is that it strengthens and regulates your stom ach so you can eat your favorite foods without tear. You feel different as soon as “Pape's Diapepsin” comes in contact with the stomach—distress just vanishes—your stomach gets sweet, no gases, no belch ing, no eructations of undigested food. Go now, make the best investment you ever made by getting a large iifty cent case of Pape's Diapepsin from any ■store. You realize in five minutes how needless it is to suffer from indiges tion, dyspepsia or bad stomach. Adv. HE GOT THE TWELVE CENTS Pointed Argument of Old Colored Toll Man Was Too Much for Mo tor Tourists. One of the pioneer manufacturers of motor cars, is responsible for this motor story. “On one of the old turnpikes which the motor tourist occasionally runs across, a big touring car had twice rushed through the gate without pay- j lng toll. The third time they made the attempt the old colored toll-man shut the gate, and brought them to a standstill The half-dozen occupants of the large touring car were very in dignant and declared emphatically that they were entitled to ride free “ ‘Look at your own board.' said the driver, 'It reads. "Every carriage, cart or wagon drawn by one beast, two cents; every additional beast, two cents.” ‘We're not drawn by any beast at all.' “ ‘No sah, but here's where ye come in.' replied the old colored man, as he pointed to another clause, which read: ‘Every half-dozen hogs, four cents,' and he added. ‘An’ three times four is twelve.' ‘‘The twelve cents was paid ” Safety First. In a certain valley down South there was a physician noted for his reckless automobile driving. One day when he answered the telephone, a woman's voice asked him if be were going out driving that afternoon. "No; I hardly think 1 will have time this afternoon.” replied the doctor. "But why do you ask?” “Well, replied the anonymous ques tioner, “I want to send my little daugh ter downtown for some thread if you are not.” Wouldn't Pass. “Did you stop in the employment agency to get a cook?” asked Mrs Crosslots. “Yes.” replied her husband, very gloomily. “Eight of 'em locked me over and decided that I wouldn't do.” Same Old Story. Green—Do you remember that stock I bought in a gold mine last summer? Brown—Yes. How did you come out? Green—Minus. The man who borrows trouble is al ways anxious to pay you back in your own coin Cause WHf CHILD IS Many Things Which Are of Irritability. Wrong Diet or Ill-Fitting Shoes, Eye Strain or Adenoids — Real Trouble Is Hard to Locate. When adults are unusually irritable, or when they are in a dark mood, sympathetic friends think of nervous ness or overwork, or they suggest in digestion or lack of sleep as sufficient explanation. When a child does not behave as woll as we are accustomed to expect we are likely to think he is “naughty,” and wo sometimes throw up our hands and exclaim: “Whatever has got into that child?” j In more recent times, since phvsi- i cians and statisticians have shown us just how far adenoid growths and eye strain are responsible for mental shortcomings and unsatisfactory con duct, we are more inclined to suspect a physical condition behind every- | thing unusual in a child's behavior. ; But most of us do not know where to look or to recognize the trouble when we see it. A little boy who had a very cheer- | ful disposition—most of the time— gave his mother much concern and all his relatives and neighbors much : annoyance by having spells of whin- ! ing and sulking at irregular intervals. ' Sidonie Matzner Gruenberg writes in ' the New York Tribune. Sometimes he would go for weeks without a break, ana sometimes not more than a few days. The family physician had occasion to examine the child during one of his spells, and found that he was bilious. On making in quiry into the child's diet and disposi tion, the physician suggested that the ’ youngster might be unable to digest eggs properly, and advised leaving them out for a while and watching developments. The suspicion was well founded, and the change in the diet restored to the child his us ual happy disposition. In another case one of a pair of twins developed a most annoying case of irritability and was becoming “nasty,” when a careful study of his digestion showed that milk did not agree with him. Again a change of diet brought about a most satisfying change in his behavior and disposi tion. a Kinaergarien teacner was ais turbed t>y the mother of one of her children, who always attributed every irregularity to some abnormality in the child's health. The kindergarten felt that the mother was demoraliz ing tht child by her own attitude, since she never required any effort or exertion on the part of the little girl. When the mother called for Lucy one day the teacher complained that Fhe had been naughty again—Inatten tive and disobedient and as wicked as a little girl in a kindergarten can be—and added, “You cannot say that her health had anything to do with it this time!” But the mother happened to know that the child had lost three hours out of her sleep on account of toothache This was something that the kindergartner could not know be forehand. and it was something that would in most cases have a very de cided effect on the child's behavior. In the case of a boy who had an at tack of malaria and was being drugged to prevent a recurrence of the chills it developed that the qui nine was having a marked effect upon his disposition and the consequent be havior. His periodic spells of “naughtiness*1 in school led the prin cipal to make an investigation, and he satisfied himself that while the medical treatment was preventing a recurrence cff the malaria it was also having its effect upon the child's nerves. With the reduction® ot the " ..1 Catarrh of Kidneys Cored By Peruna *‘I had Ca tarrh of the Kidneys and Bladder. 1 Am Very Thankful For Peruna. 1 Feel Well, My tongue is clear, I have no bitter taste in my mouth. I am glad to say 1 do not need Peruna any longer, I am perfectly well. I have Peruna in the house all the time. When I have a cold or when I do not feel well I take Peruna. We were all sick with the grip last winter. We took Peru na and it helped us. Peruna is the best medicine for grip or colds.'* Mr*. Gnu. H. Carlson, Box SOI, Or. tooTlUe. Minn. medicine and with close watch upon his digestion and sleep the child s health steadily improved and k s out breaks became rarer and rarer A few years ago every special case that came before a physician or edu cator led to a search for eyestrain Then it was the fashion to look for adenoids or glands. A little later de fective teeth were suspected of be ing the source of all the trouble But the fact is that there is no one thing that is the cause of all the trouble. The child’s body is a bundle of hun dreds of physical elements, and any one of them may bring about derange ments in the orderly working of his nervous system. It may be tne liver, or it may be an intestinal parasite: it may be lack of sleep, or it may ill fitting shoes. Or it m-av be a combi nation of several troubles. It is useless to search for one cause of all our troubles. We must learn to know our children from as many angles as possible, so as to be able to survey the whole being for the purpose of catching any irregu larity as early as possible. Getting Back at Him. There lived in a certain county a Mr. Crane, who had for a neighbor a Mr. Fuller. Crane and Fuller were not the best of friends, and scarcely ever met without having a passage-at arms. Meeting one day. Fuller said: “Crane, what is the difference be tween a crane and a meadow hen?" “Oh." replied Crane, 'there is a great deal of difference. The meadow hen is fuller in the body, and fuller in the neck, and fuller in the breast — in fact, it is fuller all over." Pat's Investment. Pat bought a pig in the fall, jiaying $7.50 for it: during the winter he bought $10.50 worth of feed for it, and in the spring sold the pig for $17.50. A neighbor askeu l.iin how much he got for it, and when Pat told him, he said: “Well, you didn’t make much on it, did you?” “No," said Pat. "but you see I had the use of the pig all winter."—Every body's Magazine. This Didn’t Really Happen. “How did you enjoy the dinner?” “Fine: nobody mentioned the war even once.” When is a balloon like good bread? When it rises. Wise Old Ben Franklin Said — “A penny saved is a penny earned.” With the price of beef and wheat soaring higher and higher, the problem of economic living is causing many housewives to con- 4 sider food values in planning meals. For years many have known, and others are now finding out, the true economy in Gr ape-N uts This food, the true meat of wheat and barley full of Nature’s richest nourishment, builds nerve and muscle, bone and brain, in a way that has thoroughly commended it the world over. A package of Grape-Nuts—fully cooked, ready to serve, and sealed in its weather proof and germ-proof wrapping—can be had from any grocer. No rise in price! Grape-Nuts, served with milk, cream or fruit, gives satisfaction, sustaining food value, true economy, and proves itself a family friend. “There’s a Reason’’ for Grape-Nuts