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"fOUTOLO METHETRUTH HDIM1EE PEOPLE 10 mow ir The following unsolicited letter has been received from Mr. J. F. Ward of Donalda, Alberta. It is a plain state ment of conditions as Mr. Ward has found them: A Settler’s "l\ 1“ Pleas Plain Letter. ure 1 ^ a me to L.. —__ you. \\ e had a good year. Off of 65 acres, oats and wheat, I got over 2,500 bushels of wheat and oats. Oats went here from 50 to 100 bushels per acre, and wheat from 25 to 52 per acre. Just see me being here one year and have over 700 bushels of wheat. It is now over $1.00 per bushel. Oats is 42 cents, and go ing up. You told me the truth, and I want the people of Toledo to know it. Hogs are 83i cents; cattle are high. Canada is good enough for me. I have 5 good horses. I sold 2 good colts, 2 cows and 18 head of hogs and killed 2. 1 have 6 hogs left. I got 400 bushels of potatoes off an acre and a good garden last summer, fine celery and good onions. One neighbor had over 1,200 bushelB of wheat, and sold over $700 of hogs and 2.000 bushels of oats. This is a great country. If you should tell the people of Toledo of this it would get some of them thinking. The soil is a rich black loam, and a pleas ure to work it. “We have a good farm. We have a flowing well with soft water. It is the best water in the country. Some people think they got to go to war when they come out here. They need not be afraid of war. There is no war tax on land: only school tax. $12.00 on 160 acres, and road tax of two days with your team. I tell you the truth, there is no land in or around Toledo as good as our land here in Al berta. If anybody wants to write us. give them our address. v\e nave naa nice weamer. v\ e have had it quite eold for one week, but no rain and sleet, and the sun shines nearly every day. and it is hot in the sun. Coal is $2.25 per ton. The people are very nice and good here. We are well enjoying the West. The horses and cows are feeding on the prairies all the winter. We Just have two horses in the stable to go to town with. Yours truly. (Sgd.) J. F. WARD. Donalda. Alberta. Feb. 9.1916." r—--- “I was born in Statement of Steve WiBcon6in. but Schweitzberger mor„d with mJr parents when a boy to Stephen Co., Iowa. I was there farming for 50 years. I sold my land there for over $200 an acre. I moved to Saskatche wan, and located near Briercrest in the spring of 1912. I bought a half section of land. I have good neigh bors. I feel quite at home here the same as in Iowa. We have perfect safety and no trouble in living up to the laws in force. My taxes are about $65 a year on the half section for ev erything. I have had splendid crops. Wheat in 1915 yielded me over 50 bushels to the acre. That is more than I have ever had in Iowa, and yet the land there costs four times as much as it does here. The man who comes here now and buys land at $50 an acre or less f gets a bargain.*-(Sgd.) S. Schweitzberger, February 9Lb. 1916.” Advertisement. His Way. "My bookseller is a contrary fel low.” “So Is mine, for when 1 order a book, he books the order.” A five-pound package 01 Alabastine, the beautiful wall tint, is mixed with two quarts of cold water, stir for about one minute, and Alabastine it ready to apply. New and individual shades or tints can be obtained by combining regular tints. And when you consider that you obtair the most beautiful, mellow, nature colors, viz., soft buffs, delicate greens, and exquisite blues, or any thadt you wish by combining shades of Alabastine, then you’ll Jbio'w whv Alabastine is one of the most popular wall decorations with millions of Painters and Householders, Decorators and Womenfolk, svho take a pride in their homes the widt world over. Write for Free Book "The Mystery of the Lost Woman " and Free Color Scheme Cards Special Stencil Offer Stencils ire for border dr rigns. In the regular way they woold com you from 50c to f 1.1*0 each. Our free book tell* yoo bow you can get stencil# for your rooms practically fret of charge. Our Color Scheme Cards suggest color that harmonize for your rooms. You should hare our free book and our free Color Scheme Cards. Write for them today Address The Alabastine Co. 361 Grand vilie Rd. Grand Rapids, Midi. Be rare the red cross and circle are on each package of Alabaitine you buy . Alabastine b sold by most crurgists. hard ware dealers and paint (tores everywhere /rfe* /oniylool Weeded W. N. U, OMAHA, NO. 14-191*. RZ&^ZjZKAJf C/r&QAT tSgC'rygzr G_F* Z7-3QJ1T j| ! 'T'HE “U-Boats” | JL which have J done much dam- E age have been de veloped rapidly by the Kaiser’s na val constructors. -1 O more striking proof of the rapidity of modern advance in engineering could be quoted than the startling career of the airship and submarine, both but a few years ago a mere pos sibility looked upon with more or less skepticism, but at the present day among the most fearful weapons of this greatest of wars. The beginnings of the submarine, though not dating back to Greek anti quity as the inception of aerial navi gation, are older than is generally thought. Leaving out of account the early attempts of a Dutch physicist— in 1620—and the Englishman Symons in 1,47 it will come as a surprise to many that the Americans in the War of Independence, in 1773, endeav ored to make the first submarine at tack. ZEZZK JTgr^jr <2Z/E72&RZrtg — TZROFlSZ&jZPjsy JTZA.'T CUT TVS'.V77?F'Arlr. Though this attempt was not suc cessful, the idea was never since lost sight of. Fulton offered Napoleon a submarine of his invention for the contemplated invasion of Great Bri tain. and a German engineer, Wil helm Bauer, in 1850. came forth with plans for a submarine by which, as stated by Burgoyne. an English writer on maritime subjects, “the solution of the problem of submarine navigation was promoted to a higher degree than by any other inventor." Germany Held Back. Bauer s attempt to attack the Dan ish fiet with his "brandtaucher (“fire diver"), it is true, proved a failure, the craft foundering in Kiel harbor. How ever, his boat was rescued in 188" and now stands in the courtyard of the Berlin Museum of Oceanography, a lasting monument of Bauer's inven tive genius. The Swedish engineer Nordenfeldt. about thirty years ago. completed the invention of the mod ern submarine in its leading lines. The problem of submarine naviga tion has ever since been on the order of the day, the French marine being the first to undertake methodical tests intended to promote the development of the submarine. Other countries— Germany (in 1905) among the last— were slow in following suit. As long as there were no really suitable sub marines available, there was in fact no harm in observing a wise reserve, while other nations were spending time and money on costly experi ments. Events go to show that the German navy has known how to make up for any delay in this respect. Many Problems Involved. A submarine to be really suitable, should be especially seaworthy, feeing able not only to sail on the surface, but to Btand the enormous water pres sure at considerable depth. Its hull, therefore, is made of highly resistant steel plates. Ac ovcidal or lengthy ellipsoidal shape is most convenient The problem of propulsion is one of the most important. While the use of the same type of motor for submarine navigation and sailing at the surface would be satisfactory, it is for many reasons preferred to propel the craft by mean- of an electric motor (fed from accumulators) when submerged, using a steam engine, gasoline or. preferably, a Diesel (oil) motor for surface navigation. A speed of 10-11 knots is all that is required below wa ter, whereas at the surface. knots per hour are reached by modern submarines, the radius of action, without replenishing the oiltanks, be ing 5,000 to 7,.000 miles The torpedo Is to the submarine what the projectile is to the gun. Each of the later type of German subma rine is fitted with ten to twelve tor pedoes and six torpedo tubes (four ahead and two astern) thus allowing the torpedoes to be fired, if desired, in quick succession. Fearful Strain on Men. The diving power of the submarine of course is of the highest importance. Sufficient water having been admitted to immerse the boat and cause only the conning tower to protrude from the surface, the horizontal rudders are acted on, thus overcoming the last traces of buoyancy. In order again to rise to the surface, the water is driven out by compressed air and the horizontal rudders are set working. The most difficult problem, how ever, is the problem of seeing and ob taining one's bearings under water. Periscopes are used for this: that is, tubes several meters long carrying at the upper end a system of mirror prisms, reflect the image of the hori zon through the tube to the lower prisms and thence into the interior of the submarine. Service on the submarine is ex tremely trying. In fact it puts all mental capacities to perpetual strain, in handling the apparatus and ma chinery—gauges, periscope, compass, engines, etc. Any mistake is liable to result in the death of the whole crew. To this should be added the lack of exercise, and the vitiated air which is insufficiently regenerated by compressed air during under water sailing. Many safeguards have been de signed for protection against subma rine attacks. Torpedo netting would seem to be relatively most effective, though modern submarines somehow frequently manage to slide past below such netting and strike. LUXURY IN PURITAN DAYS At no time, of course, was luxury completely absent from America. Men ! spend when the purse is full, even ! though the purse be small. Not al! the sumptuary laws of seventeenth century Massachusetts could prevent sober Puritans from launching into extravagance; from purchasing ap ; parel—“woolen, silke or lynnen, 'with ; lace on it, silver, golde, silke or threed.” Even the pious Elid back | into embroidered doublets with slashed ] sleeves, into "gold or silver girdles, hat-bands, belts, ruffs, beavr hatts.” ! while women of no particular rank ap I peared in forbidden silk and tiffany j hoods. A century later we encounter ’ disapproval of John Hancock's “show | and extravagance in living,” of his French and English furniture, his i dances, dinners, carriages, wine-cel lars and fine clothes. Washington I starved with his soldiers at Valley i Forge, but lived like an English gen i tleman in his home at Mount Vernon. | Luxury, pomp, ceremonial were not ab 1 sent in the eighteenth century, and even ardent democrats, who cheered Citizen Genet and the glorious prin ciples of ’89, and who dearly hated all aristocrats, were not beyond the temp 1 WORTH KNOWING Forty-eight different materials are used in the construction of a piano, which come from no fewer than six teen countries. Eighteen thousand bricks can be manufactured by the Eteam process in ten hours. An induction balance has been de vised for the purpose of locating buried shells in the soil of the former battle field, so that the farmer may go over It safely with the plow. Enrico Caruso, the noted singer, who now earns as high as <5,000 a night, says that he was happier when he was making $30 a night than he is at the present time. The wireless station at Colon at noon each day sends out broadcast forecasts o. the weather in the Carib bean, South Atlantic and gulf regions to aid shipping. Among the titles of the sultan of Turkey are Sultan of Sultans. King of Kings, Bestower of Crowns Upon the Princes of the World, Emperor and Sovereign of the Two Seas and Shad ow of God Upon Earth. Bananas can be ripened in a room kept at 110 degrees. Every day the River Thames scoops 1,500 tons of earth from its banks A full-grown elephant yields 120 pounds of ivory. The government of Argentina plans to import camels as an experiment to take the place of horses and oxen in semiarid regions. James Berry, who recently cele brated his eightieth birthday, has been employed in the United St|tes capi tol at Washington for 60 years. Except that of China, San Marino has the longest national hymn. The prince of Wales occupies a low er military rank than any other roy alty serving in the war, he having re peatedly refused to accept promotion. The king of SpaC has recently in terested h.mself in the condition of Spanish prisoners, anl has been vis iting the chief penal institutions in his realms. Great Britain is now using three times as much of American products as any other foreign country. and last year spent over a billion dollars in this country. tation of an occasional venial luxury. Walter E. Weyi. in Harper’s Maga zine. Taking No More Chances. An Irvington 0”.3iness man was called to Buffalo, N. Y., to report to the head of the firm which he repre sents. After he ’ ad arrived there, reg istered at a hotel and was assigned to his room, he discovered that his pock et book had beeD stolen. While he was in a deep o.udy about this misfortune, ! a Western Union boy knocked on his door and left a telegram. It was a brief message from his wife saying , their home ;n Indianapolis, and its i contents, had been burned. The Irv ington man then left the hotel to re port to his boss, and in going to the oflice walked in the middle of the street. "What's the matter with ou?” said his boss when he entered the office. "Looking out the window, I saw you | coming down the middle of the street. Are you nuts?” No," said the Irvington man “I don't want to take any more chances ’ of bad luck and have a buildmg fall on me."—Indianapolis News. The Dardanelles. The present name of Dardanelles was given to the ancient Hellespont from the two castles that protect the I narrowest part of the strait, and that themselves preserve the name of the famous City of Dardanus in the an cient Troad. The name rf "Darda nelles” is briefly referred to as hav lag been derived from the name of the City of Dardanus. but the Ency- ; clopedia Britannica states that it is | the twin castles for which the strait ! is actually named. Drilling Hole in Glass. To drill a hole in glass use a drill j that has been forged at a low tem perature and hardened by being plunged into a bath of salt water well boiled; keep well moistened, while ; drilling, with turpentine, in which | some camphor has teen dissolved (a saturated solution), or with dilute sulphuric acid; before beginning to drill make a hole of size required in a piece of wood or metal and fasten it with beeswax upon the glasB for m guide. FOR SIMPLE COOKERY BEAN POTS, CASSEROLES AND RAMEKINS ARE GOOD. Variety of Leftovers, Including Odd Vegetables, Can Be Used to Make Delicious Combinations, Is Assertion Made. Perhaps the woman who has learned to cook by imagination will find the casserole more usefui than the one who cooks altogether by recipes, for the larder often contains various left overs and odd vegetables which will fit into a delicious casserole better than into any other dish For in stance, the woman who uses ham of ten finds scraps left over from cutting bits of meat which have adhered to the bone and the end which is un available for slicing. Often she will utilize these strips for sandwiches, creamed ham, or an omelet for break fast or luncheon, whereas they could be made into a much more substantial dish well suited to a home dinner. 1 discovered this while keeping house on a farm ten miles from a railroad when ham w as a staple weekly article, and the garden in summer and the vegetable cellar in winter were my chief assets. I used to oil my largest bean pot with ham fat, put in a layer of sliced turnip, then a little minced ham, some parsnips, and more ham, a layer of sliced raw potatoes, some minced onions and shreddeu cabbage, interspersing every layer with ham. a sprinkling of flour and a little salt and pepper. Sometimes, a few parboiled beans were added, the ingredients de pending on the season of the year. The whole was barely covered with ham liquor or stock and baked very slowly for at least three hours. I have given at length this homely dish be cause I firmly believe that we Amer icans are verging in our tastes far too much on the luxuries and should realize the possibilities of the things to be found in every household. isoi long ago i tested a recipe in which beef tongue was used, but found myself confronted with the root end for utilization. Into the casserole went these bits, of meat, together with some chopped carrots, minced onion, chopped green pepper, tomato, salt, pepper, a few spices, dry bread crumbs for thickening, and a little of the tongue liquor. It was a good cas serole, but one truly inspired by im agination and necessity! The old-time Boston bean pot is an excellent utensil for cooking meats which are cut in comparatively small pieces, as well as fruits and dried veg etables, while the old-fashioned blue and white stewpot, which can be ob tained in almost any size, is speciallv suitable for use In large families and is inexpensive. Probably the most at tractive utensil is the ramekin, little sister of the casserole. It is not only inexpensive, but is particularly use ful for individual service, not only of savory dishes and vegetables, but of desserts. The family may tire, for example, of creamed corn, but if it is combined with a little leftover veal or chicken, well seasoned, strewed with crumbs, and served en ramekin, it be comes a “new dish.” The youngsters may often rebel at such a plebeian dessert as bread pudding, but if pre pared in ramekins with a little me ringue topped with currant jelly it be comes “something new-!”—Good Housekeeping. Lamb Curry. Cut the meat in small pieces (and Inferior portions such as the neck can be utilized in a curry), dip in flour and fry in hot olive oil, pork fat or butter until a rich brown. Mince or slice an onion and fry in the same way. Then put into a saucepan, cover with boiling water and simmer until the bones and gristly pieces will slip out. When the meat is sufficiently tender add a cupful each of strained tomato and rice, then a little celery cut fine or celery salt to season, w-ith salt, paprika and a little curry- pow der. Cook ten minutes longer and serve. Says the Cook. If you want the best pie crust, says the cook, it should be made the day before you wish to use and and put into a cold pantry. Then the crust will be flaky and crisp. If you wish to retain the crispiness after bak ing let the pies cool thoroughly before putting away. To improve the top crust of the pie she has found the following very good: Brush it over with water and then sprinkle with granulated sugar. This improves the appearance and makes it brown and crisp. Codfish Loaf. Crumb enough of the inside of a loaf of bread to measure a cupful and soak these crumbs in a cupful of sweet milk. Shred dried codfish enough to measure a pint, and. after it is shredded, soak it in cold water to freshen it. Add it to the soaked crumbs and add three beaten eggs. Season with cayenne pepper. Put the mixture in a buttered mold and set the mold in a pan of water in the open. Bake until firm and serve with Hollandaise sauce. Chicken Croquettes. One and three-quarters cupfuls fine ly chopped cold chicken, one-half tea spoonful salt, one-quarter teaspoonful celery salt, cayenne, a few drops ta basco. one teaspoonful lemon juice, few drops onion juice, one teaspoon ful chopped parsley, one cupful thick white sauce; mix in order given, cool, shape, crumb and fry. Croquette mixture should be as soft as can be handled, so as to be creamy inside when cooked. Serving Baked Potatoes. Roll each hot baked potato in a paper napkin, twisting each end. This serves three purposes: 1. Keeps pota to hot. 2. Napkin serves as holder when removing the potato skin. 3. The napkin serves as a receptacle for the unsightly paring or skin. Po tatoes served thus wrapped are artis tic, especially when placed in a basket upon the table. Arthur Brisbane, the well-known edi torial writer, once wrote 32 editorials in one day. Didn’t Try Any Soft Soap. “Go!” said the girl. “I wash my hands of you.” “Before you do any hand-washing, better take off that ring I gave you,' he retorted, frigidly.—Boston Tran script. Seals Like United States. There are in existence only two im portant herds of fur seals, one of which has its breeding grounds in the Commander islands, belonging to Rus sia, the other in the Pribilof islands, belonging to the United States. Of these the latter is much the larger. The Pribilof islands are government property, and thus it happens that the United States government finds itself the owner of by far the most valuable herd of fur seals in the world. This unique bit of property has been a source of much tribula tion—as everybody knows. AN APPRECIATIVE LETTER. Mr. M. A. Page, Osceola. Wis., un der date of Feb 16, 1916, writes: Some years ago I was troubled with my kidneys and was advised to try , i. Dodd's Kidney Pills. It is now three years since I fin ished taking these Pills and I have had no trouble with my kidneys since. 1 was pretty bad for ten or twelve years . _ prior to taking your Mr. M. A. Page lreatment an(j -n-in say that I have been in good health since and able to do considerable work at the advanced age of seventy two. I am glad you induced me to continue their use at the time, as I am cured. Dodd s Kidney Pills, 50c per box at your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. 7. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tab lets for Indigestion have been proved, i 50c per box.—Adv. — Has Made Study of Buddha. Dr. David Brainard Spooner, who propounds the theory that Buddha was not a Hindu, as is the prevailing belief, is an American, a native of New Eng land, and for some time has been in the employ of the archeology depart ment of the government of India. It is his belief that Buddha was a Per sian and a renegade from Zoroastri anism, rather than a renegade from Hii du teaching, which also explains a reference to Buddha in the ancient Parsee scriptures as a heretic, a term which could not have been used had he not been connected originally with Zoroastrianism, believes Doctor Sponer. Among this explorer's achievements is the unearthing of Buddha's bones from a mound near Peshawui in northwestern India. Three Brothers Lose Eye Each. The rifcht eye of Hugo Bremer, a young farmer, was torn from its socket when a splinter of wood flew from his ax while he was cutting down a tree. This is the third acci dent of its kind in the Bremer family. While his brother William was play ing mumbly-peg recenty, his compun i n flipped the knife too high, and the sharp blade penetrated his left eye. Another brother was kicked in the right eye by a colt.—Albert Lea (Minn.) Dispatch. St. Paul Dispatch. Crash! “What's the racket over at Bobb's?’’ “Sounds like they are having a china shower." Keep Your Stomach Well It’s the Secret of Good Health The Stomach is the con trolling power in all mat ters pertaining to health and it must be kept strong and active. At the first sign of weakness, try HOSTETTER’S Stomach Bitters TOWNS WITH SILLY NAMES Indians Protest Against Such Offenses Against Good Taste as Dolly Lake. Some Blackfoot Indians, with a taste I and a respect for nature that shames ! the paleface, have protested to the sec i retary of the interior against the bar | barous custom of tacking silly, mean ingless. vulgar names to noble natural ! objects which the Indians long ago had named with appropriateness. A melo dious word, with poetic significance and very likely legend, !s calmly ig j uored in favor of Jones' gulch, or I Smith’s lalis, or Dolly lake. It is even worse in the matter of i towns. Nearly all the good names in ! North America are those bestowed by 1 the Indians or the early French and j Spanish explorers. After them came the Anglo-Saxon, spattering the land scape with his own patronymics and other tasteless and meaningless proper nouns. We can understand why a person with the imagination of a hitching post might prefer for a beantiful nat ural object his own name or that of a female relative, or some foolish Grand falls, High peak. Swift rapids. Broad canyon ; but we cannot understand why authority should permit him to vandal ize that way. Unless there is some ex cellent reason to the contrary, author ity ought to insist always upon the In dian names.—Saturday Evening Post. Chimney Periscope. The men in the fireroom of a fac tory' cannot always tell, without going outside to look, whether the chimney is smoking, and this is important, both as a mater of economy in burn ing the coal, and also to enable them ! to conform with smoke regulations. ! A writer in Power suggests placing a mirror outside the building and set ting it at such an angle that the men. looking out of the window, can see the reflection of the top of the stack in the mirror. In some cases where one mirror cannot be properly lo cated, two might be used for the pur pose. Classifying Them. "The orator we heard last night had sound views.” "Exactly so; mostly sound.” Spend less time in apologizing and more in improving your conduct. r i That “Wade Right In” Feeling— first thing in the morning—comes naturally with right living. Daily food plays a big part, for unless it supplies proper rebuilding elements, and is properly digested, one’s mental and physical power is bound to suffer. Grape=Nuts the whole wheat and. malted barley food, provides all the rich nutriment of the grains, including their vital mineral salts—phosphate of potash, etc.—lacking in the diet of many, but which are necessary for balanced up keep of body, brain and nerves. Grape-Nuts has a delicate nut-like flavour; is always ready to serve with cream or milk; is easily digestible; and yields a wonderful return of health and energy. “There’s a Reason” 4