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MAKING RAPID STRIDES Canada Improving in Every Way —Agriculturally, Commercially and Financially. The reports coming to hand every day from all branches of industry in Canada speak highly of the construc tive ability of that country. L Recently the managing directors of the Canadian Credit Men's Associa tion gave out the statement that busi ss in Western Canada was good, in rery branch it is better than in 1913,1 id everyone will remember that in hat year business was excellent. He | lys: “The beauty of it is the way in ^hich payments are coming in. Mer lants all over the West are taking |eir cash discounts. Such a transfor btion I never saw. "From the records in the office I lew it was getting better. We clear ►ere every retail merchant in the coun ty every three months, and we are lierefore in the closest touch and have itimate knowledge of the way trade going and how payments are being aade. Conditions at the present mo lent are better than I had dreamed it ras pussioie that they should be. “The statements which we are re viving with reference to the standing ?f country merchants indicates that lere will be very few failures this1 fall. It is quite remarkable. Men who lave been behind for years and in the ; thole are actually paying spot cash for i tverytliing. and taking their cash dis- j Hints. Banks and loan companies j this fall will have more money than j they know what to do with. > ‘‘This is about the condition of trade, ; fund I am glad to say there is no exag I geration in what I have said. The ' Imsiness of the prairie provinces is in 1 spiendid condition.” Crop reports are also good. From all parts comes the word that the crop conditions were never better, and the situation at the time of writing Is that there will be fully as great a yield as in 1915, when the average of wheat over the entire country was up wards of 30 bushels per acre. The harvest therefore will be a heavy one— and, following the magnificent harvest of last year, the farmers of Western Canada will all be in splendid shape. Old indebtednesses, much of which followed them from their old homes, are being wiped out, improvements are now being planned, and additional acres added to their present holdings. During the past year there was a large increase in the land sales bvith by the Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern land companies, as well as by private individuals. A great many of the purchases were made by farm ers who thus secured adjoining quar ters or halves, the best evidence prob ably that could be had of the value of Western Canada land when those who know the country best are adding to their holdings. A number of out siders Lave also been purchasers, but very little land has changed hands for speculative purposes. An evidence of the prosperity of the country is found in the fact that such a large number of farmers are pur chasing automobiles. Alleged hard times In Manitoba have not dampened the ardor of motorists or prospective ones. The automobile license department reported a few1 days since that there are 1,600 ipore private owners of cars in the province j this year than last. The number of licenses issued this year was 10,400, as against 8.800 la* year. At an aver age cost of $1,000 each the newly pur chased cars represent a total outlay of $1,600,000, while the total number of cars in the province are worth approx imately $10,000,000. The new cars are of modern types. Many people, for some unexplained j reason, have feared and continue to j fear that this country will experience i a period of industrial and business dullness after the war. There seems to be no Justification for such a specu lation. On the contrary, there are sound reasons for belief In the prediction of Mr. Kingman Js’ott Kobins, vice presi dent of the Farm Mortgage Bankers’ Association of America, who, in the Monetary Times, declares that Canada will experience her greatest propor tionate development in production im mediately after the conclusion of the war. The country will certainly have exceptionally favorable commercial conditions to take advantage of. There will be the great need of Eu rope in the work of reconstruction, and along with this, the natural tend ency of the allies to trade among them selves, and perhaps special trading privileges. Mr. Robins points out that the greatest development in the United States followed the costly and destruc tive civil war. Mr. Robins, in an address before the Bondmen's Club of Chicago, expressed the opinion of a far-thinking mind and the review of an experience of the last of his numerous trips through the Ca nadian West. When he said he re garded the spirit of the Canadian people, as he found it, the most ad mirable and encouraging feature of ; the entire situation. They are facing ! the sacrifices of war courageously and with calm confidence as to the result, and in similar spirit they face the eco nomic future, confident, but expecting to solve their problems only by dint of hard and intelligent effort. An important part of Mr. Robins’ address, which invites earnest atten tion. is that in whieh he refers to the land situation, and when his remarks are quoted they carry with them the impression gained by one who has given the question the careful thought of a man experienced in economic ques tions, and specially those relating to soil and its production. He is quoted as saying: “Agricultural Canada was never so prosperous, and immigration of agri cultural population both during and after the war seems a logical expecta tion, finding support in an increasing immigration at present from the Unit ed States, in spite of numerous ca nards spread broadcast throughout the United States to discourage emigration to Canada. The lands of Western Can ada, however, as long as they are as at present the most advantageous for the settler of any on the continent, must continue to attract, despite mls I representation, and on the increase of its agricultural and other primarily productive population depends the eco nomic future of Canada. All other problems are secondafy to this, and the large interests of Canada, recog nizing this fact, are preparing to se cure and hold this population botii dur ing and after the war. They are eon 1 tent to let city development and other secondary phases and superstructure follow in natural course. This recog nition of the true basis of economic development is an encouraging augury for the future.” “The war has brought the United States at—! .'anada nearer together economically than ever before. The total investment of United States eapi j tal in Canada doubtless exceeds $1,000. | 000.000, of which $300,000,000 has been | invested since the war begpn. Except ■ for Great Britain, Canada is the Unit ! ed States’ best customer. Our exports ! to all of South America in the last three years were less than a third of our exports to Canada in the same pe riod. although Canada has been rigidly reducing her imports since the war be gan. Even France, a good customer of the United States, bought $70,000, | 000 less than Canada during 1913, 1914, : 1915. And yet Canada's purchasing ; power is in the first stages of develop ment only. It has been estimated that i the United States can support a popu lation of 000.000,000. Using the same ! basis of calculation in reference to nat j ural resources, Canada can support a j population of 400.000,000. “Canada is potentially the most pop ulous. and, in primary production, at least, the richest unit of the British ' empire, and it behooves us in the Unit ed States to know our Canada/’ The social conditions throughout Western Canada are everything that could be desired. Schools have been established in all districts where there may be ten or twelve children of school age, and these are largely maintained by liberal government grants. A fund ! for this purpose is raised from the revenue derived from the sale of school land, one-eighteenth of all lands being [ set aside as school lands. All the ! higher branches of education are cared for, there being high schools at all inifiortant centers, and colleges and universities In the principal cities. The different religious denomina tions prevail, each having its separate church, and religious services are held in every hamlet and village, and in far-off settlements the pastor finds an attentive congregation. The rural tele phone is one of the great modern con veniences that brings the farm home nearer to the market. It is not saying too much to state that In matters of social Importance, in the most remote settlements they carry with them the same influence as is to be found in the most prosperous farming districts of any of the states of the Union.—Advertisement. EXPERIMENT NOT A SUCCESS “Pa’s” Brilliant Idea Merely Resulted in a Remarkable Rise in Rolled Oats. A small boy appeared at the back door of a neighbor’s house in Hunt ing Park avenue a day or so ago and said to the matron who opened the door: “Good morning.” “Good morning,” the housewife re- j turned, somewhat curiously. “I came over to tell you some- i thing.” “Well, what is it?” “Last evening my papa was angry because the water boiled out of the steamer under the rolled oats.” “Is that so?” “Yes. And then he made up his mind to fix the steamer so that it couldn't happen again.” “What did he do?” “He put some water in the steamer and then soldered it all up.” “Is that what you came over to tell me?” “Yes, and to borrow your steplad der.” “What do you want with the step ladder?” “I want it so father can scrape all the rolled oats off the ceiling this morning.”—Philadelphia Ledger. More wives would respect their hus bands if they were not so well ac quainted. It Is easier to keep a good-for-noth ing dog In the house than it is to keep the wolf from the door. RACE COLORING DUE TO FOOD Diet of Various Peoples Said to Be Real Cause of the Difference in Hue of Skin. Certain authorities hold that the pig mentation of the races is due to feed ing. It is pointed out that in the ani mal world color is often determined by food, and it is contended tliat by chem ical process the same results are shown in the different human races. According to this theory, the original man was black, since his chief diet must have been vegetarian. Fruit and vegetables contain manganates that ally themselves with iron, constituting a “dark brown combination.” Negroes who add meat and milk to their vegetable fare are never as dark as those negroes who eat only vege tables. Indians are red, it appears, because they have absorbed for generations j haemoglobin, the red substance in the j blood of animals killed for food. Mongols are yellow by reason of the fact that they are descended from dark fruit-eating races who penetrated into the plains of Asia, became shep herds, and lived to a great extent on milk, which contains chlorine and has a bleaching effect. The Caucasians were another branch who became still whiter by adding salt to their dietary. Common salt is a strong chloride and a powerful agent in bleaching the skin. The effect can be seen, it Is declared, in the case of negro children who have been reared on a “white” dietary. They are never so black as their kindred who liave not abandoned vegetarianism. The Clouds Blow By They’ll all blow by, those clouds that seem To hide the splendor of your dream. They’ll fade and fly before the light That follows as the day the night. Twill not be dark for long, for long. While love decks life with light and song. They'll soon blow by, son* disappear. And where they float ihe skies will clear, The sun shine out, the day be sweet. And fortli we’ll go with dancing feet, To find life’s yoke of good nnd ill Is measured fair to all men still. The gloom will lift that haunts your heart. We have our dreams; the dreams depart. Our ups and downs, our griefs and cares, But he lives best who plucks and shares From life’s blest service hope to make The world seem best for dear love’s sake. You’re feeling blue; you must not mind, The world, with all it does that’s blind, Still treats us well; we should not lose Our faith and trust or get the blues. The tempest roars a little while, * And then the sunbeams sweetly smite. They’ll all blow by; those clouds that gray The ambient beauty of your day. The shadows fall, but not for long; Behind them lurks the sunlit song. The bloom, the cheer, the love God gives Through which the whole creation lives. —Folger McKinsey, in the Baltimore Sun. A Few Smiles. A Modern Tendency. "The prisoners here seem to think a great deal of their warden.” “Why shouldn’t they? He does everything for their comfort and enjoyment.” “Everything he can, eh?” “W ell, not everything, it’s true. They are not allowed to spend week-ends with friends or relatives, n 1 tliough 1 wouldn’t be surprised if that privilege were granted be fore long.” A Practical Philanthropist. “We would like for you to subscribe to our foreign missions,” said the earn est young woman. “Foreign missions, eh?" mused the capitalist. •Wes, sir. Our purpose is to shed ii<Tht in dark places.” “And that's our purpose, too! We are putting on the market a patented illuminator that is going to make the jungles of Africa as bright after dark as Coney Island.” Making Life Pleasant. “Surely you don’t wish to be rich beyond the dreams of avarice?” “Oh, no,” replied Mr. Dubwaiie, thoughtfully. “I’m not greedy by na ture. I’d merely tike to be rich enough to have a private physician who would play golf with me every day and let me beat the socks off him for fear of losing his job.” Rather Remarkable. “Now, that ste nographer of mine." “Yes?” “She’s a mys terious person.” “Why so?” “S h e’s been working for me six months and so far I haven’t even found out what brand of gum she chews.” A Neutral Deduction. “The world Is mine!” exclaimed Monte Cristo, just as the curtain fell. “Say!” yelled a Mexican from the gallery, “are youse de guy dey call ‘Uncle Sam?”’ Fifty Thousand Men Now Are Flying Over Europe To tlie average American, the aero plane still is a wonder, a miracle, a creation of magic. In Europe men have become so accustomed to it that chil dren now talk of becoming “aviators" as they would he of becoming “police men.” Counting both pilots nud ob servers, .here are more than 50,000 men no", in Europe in daily tlights above ground. The number increases from duv to day and before the war is ended it is possible that the number will have reached 100,000. A hundred thousand human beings taking to the air every day—and only six years ago Glenn 11. Curtiss made his first long flight down the Hudson river—a won derful feat chronicled in the press of the world. Crookedest Railroad in the World Up California's Tamaipais runs the crookedest railroad in the world. Of the eight miles of track the longest tangent is but 413 feet In one notable instance the road makes five complete loops and ties two complete now knots to attain an elevation of 00 feet. The end of the line is about half a mile higher than the starting point, and there is not one particularly steep grade in the entire system. POULTRY POINTERS Turkeys do best when kept sepa rate from chickens. If the two are kept together the turkeys are likely to take chicken diseases. Watch for head lice on the chicks. If found, rub top of head with a small piece of lard free from salt. Geese ore probably the hardiest of all domestic fowls, requiring less at tention than cows or hens, and little or no outlay for buildings. After the grass gets tough chicks can catch more bugs and worms and will grow better on loose soil. The cornfield furnishes ideal conditions. Dried bread crumbs, cracker crumbs, milk, crackers and milk, parched oat meal and curds will all prove very sat isfactory for young turkeys. People who fail in the poultry busi ness are usually those who take it up as a fad and not for the purpose of making a living. Avoid crowding by beeping in small flocks and by providing roomy coops. Thin them out if there are too many. The farmer who says that hens are a nuisance generally speaks the truth as far as his own personal experience goes. Clean feed for all kinds of poultry, young and old, is necessary for suc cess. Filthy, moldy, musty or soured grain will cause digestive troubles. Wooden Shoes May Come Back Into Use as Result of War Whnt if all the poor of Europe should be driven to wearing wooden shoes—or clogs, as they are called In England? Leather Is becoming so scarce that It Is going up to famine prices and may soon become a luxury which only the rich can afford. The wooden shoe has been going out of use with the spread of prosperity downwards and with the great increase of factory-made shoes, but it may come into its own again if war wages should 1 go down before wty prices, as ■'« too often the case. The clog is a heavy clumsy contriv ance, held on the feet with a narrow strap of leather over the foot, and Is usually worn over bare feet. It is! most common in Lancashire, England, | and in Holland. Many poor people ; wear clogs over their shoes to protect : them from mud, and go clattering j along the stone-paved streets wi;t : much racket, dropping the clogs ct as j American woman drops her cwvshues i on entering a house. Sosuj persons ; who never wear afioes <*.i weekdays j honor Sunday by wearing them to church, but keep them unsoiled with i clogs, which are left in the porch when they enter.—Portland Oregonian. Creed of the Knocker. "1 believe that nothing is right. J believe that I alone have the right ideas. The town is wrong, the editor is wrong, the teachers are wrong, the people are wrong, the things they do are wrong and they are doing them in the wrong way anyhow. I believe I could fix things if they would let me. ! If they don't I will get a lot of other fellows like myself and we will have ' a law passed to make others do things the way we want them done. 1 do not believe that the town ought to grow. i It is too big now. 1 believe in fighting j every public improvement and spoil- { ing everybody’s pleasure. 1 am al- f ways to the front in opposing things and never yet advanced an Idea or : supported a movement that would ; make the people happier or add to the pleasure of man, woman or child. I , am opposed to fun and am happiest ! when at a funeral. I believe In start ing reforms that will take the joy out of life. It’s a sad world and I am ! glad of it. Amen.”—St. Louis Post- j Dispatch. Traveling by Parcel Post. Though our parcel post Is a wonder- j ful system, enabling us to send all I kinds of strange things by mail, the ! English system can do one thing wnich we have as yet not attempted. An Englishman who was in a burry to reach a part of London with which ho was unfamiliar, called at the gen eral post office to consult a directory. Upon explaining his case, the clerk gave him the startling information that he could go by parcel post for ■the payment of three pence a mile. lie was accordingly placed in charge of a messenger boy who took him to bis destination. The boy carried a printed slip on which was written “Ar ticle required to be delivered” with a 1 description of the parcel following. Mother’s Cook Book. Let me but <Jo my work from day to day. Let me but find it In my heart to say, When vagrant wishes beckon me astray. “This is my work, my blessing, not my doom: Of all who live I am the one by whom This work can best be done, in the right way." Roast Lamb on Toast. Chop some slices of cold roast Iamb in small pieces. Heat a frying pan, add butter, the meat, celery salt and pepper, moisten with a little hot wa ter or stock. Pour over small buttered slices of toast. Grape Dessert Put three tablespoonfuls of pow dered gelatin into a saucepan, add ] two and one-half cupfuls of grape juice, the grated rind and juice of a lemon and one and one-half cupfuls of : sugar and dissolve over the tire. Re- | move from the fire and when it is be ginning to set add one cupful of ; skinned and seeded grapes. Pour into a mold and decorate with shredded al- ' monds when turned out Simple Salad Dressing. Mince one small onion with six slices of good bacon, add one egg. pep per and salt, two tablespoonfuls of su gar. a teaspoonful of cornstarch and three-fourths of a cupful of mild vine gar. Cook until smooth and use on lettuce. Birds’ Nest Pudding. Cover the bottom of a pie tin with , sliced apples or peaches, cover with a biscuit dough, made rather soft. Bake ! in a moderate oven, then turn upside down on a large plate, butter the ap- i pie side, sprinkle with sugar and add j a grating of nutmeg, cut and serve as pie. Sally Lunns. This Is a fnmeus old creole recipe: Take four cupfuls of flour, four table spoonfuls of sugar, four tablespoonfuls of butter, a quarter of a teaspoonful of salt, one yeast cake, two eggs and a half a cupful of milk. Crumble the j yeast cake into a cup, put a teaspoon ful of sugar and one of flour with It, j half Gil the cup with luke warm water j and let stand in a warm place 10 min- j utes. Sift the flour into a bowl, add ; salt and sugar, rub in the butter. Pour ; the yeast into the center of the floor, 1 add the eggs, beaten, the milk, and j enough iuke warm water to make a 1 soft dough. Mix and beat well with a wooden spoon, set in n warm place to j rise one hour. Grease three layer cake j pans, place the mixture in the three. j Let stand until risen to the top of the j tins, brush with eggs and bake in a hot oven ten minutes. They should be | lightly browned all over. Split in ! three and toast, butter and serve on \ the second day. They may be eaten ! warm if so liked. “Invisible” Pipe, for Use in Trenches, New Invention The field pipe is a German invention —a pipe which smokers can use at the front without fear of attracting the enemy’s fire with tell-tale clouds of smoke or the glow of burning tobacco. The glow in this pipe is entirely con cealed and the smoke is turned into a thin vapor. The article has a rubber hit, from which an applewood bowl is suspended by a flexible stem. The bow! resembles a chisel handle; its lower end unscrews and is perforated with several holes. After this cap has been removed the position of the pipe is reversed for filling; a slide, also perforated. Is moved to one side and the tobacco deposited in the bowl. The slide Is then replaced, the bowl al lowed to drop down to its normal position, and then it is ready t» be lighted, after which the cap Is re placed. Between the bowl and the stem Is a cup to collect the nicotine and moisture, which otbewise would extinguish the fire. The pipe can be smoked with safety in powder maga zines. Temperature of Trees. It is not shade that makes it cooler under a tree in summer. The cool ness of the tree itself is to be consid ered, since its temperature is about 45 degrees Fahrenheit at all times, as that of the human body is a fraction more titan 98 degrees. So. it will be seen, a clump of trees cools the air as a piece of ice cools the water in a pitcher. It is for this reason that municipal experts contend that trees should be planted in the tenement districts of large cities. If, they reason, the air can be made cooler and purer by trees, fewer children will die of heat ail ments. As more city children die dur ing the months of June, July, August and September than in any other pe riod of the year the importance of the suggestion has received widespread no tice. Marion (O.) has a woman of eighty who conducts a 2,U00-*cre farm. Seasickness and the Ears Recalling the fact that deaf and 1 dumb people do not become seasiek, Drs. Lewis Fisher and Isaac H. Jones . in the Few York Medical Journal j draw the conclusion that seasickness is an ear phenomenon. The end organs of equilibrium In the ear canal, the static labyrinth, is dis- ' uirbed by the unaccustomed movement of the boat. The effects of seasickness can be duplicated in many cases merely by stimulation of the'ear canals by cold douches. Horseradish Sauce. Horseradish sauce Is made by mix ing in bowl a teaspoonful of mus tard, teaspoonful of vinegar, half tea spoonful of salt, and a little pepper. Break on this mixture the yolks of two eggs and beat with nn egg beater. Add olive oil until a thick sauce re sults, and then add a tablespoonful of grated horseradish. Chicago university will add military science to its Curriculum. Couldn't Follow Instructions. Not long ago I gave an Irishman a box of pills and cautioned him care fully with regard to adhering to the instructions on the box cover. These instructions read, “Take one pill three times a day.” Next day the man came in and plnced the pills on my desk and when I asked him what was the matter he said: “I couldn't carry out the instruc tions.” “What’s the reason?” I asked. “I took the first pill all right,” was his reply, “but I couldn’t get to take It the other two times.”—Chicago Daily News. Domestic Differences. “Our new cook's going to leave," said Mr. Crosslots. “What's the trouble?" “We can’t agree. She wants grand opera on the phonograph and we like ragtime.” If you would avoid trouble, always look for tiie funny side of a question. Something In Names. "Call for Mr. Baker! Call for Mr. Baker!” piped out the ealtboy in a Mancie hotel and was followed by an other who drawled out: “Call for Mr. Carpenter! Call for Mr. Carpeuter!" Not to be outdone, a third chieued in with: “Call for Mr. Mason! Call for Mr. Mason!” In the lobby two traveling sales men, strangers, were sitting in chairs near together. “Looks like there must be a trades convention on here,” ven tured one. “They ought to have called me. ton—my name's Brewer.” “The blank it is!” exclaimed the other. “My name's Iceman. Let's see what we can do for it.” So they did.—Indianapolis News. Confused. A flustered woman was seen run ning wildly about in the corridors of a large railway station. “What are you looking for, madam?” questioned an officer. “I—I am looking for the entrance to the outside!” responded the woman nervously. What is Castoria CASTORIA is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The children’s Panacea—The Mother's Friend. The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 80 years, has born the signature of Chas. EL Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. AH Counterfeits, Imitations and “Just-aa-good” are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infante ai Children—Experience against Experiment, genuine Castoria always bears the signature YOUR BOY MUST BE SEEN TO His Improvement Means the Better ment of Both the Family and Nation. This is a good time to think of your boy. If you do not look after him tn the right way, someone will do it in the wrong way, John A. Sleiclier writes in Leslie's Weekly. Begin now! Teach year boy to follow in the foot steps of his father, to respect the law, to obey his parents, to regard the rights of all men, to honor virtue, to respect womanhood and to depend up on no one but himself for his advance ment. Teach him that the golden rule of life will be found in the ten command ments. They are short. They have survived the ages. They stand today unchanged and unchallenged. They comprise the first great writ ten law given by God to man. Before these few commandments all man made laws fade into insignificance. Teach them to your boy. There is danger ahead if you do not. The universal drift of mankind is toward decadence. Heredity pays its premium and also exacts its discount. The son of a good father and an af fectionate mother, brought up in an atmosphere of parental regard, never will disgrace the family. The boys of today are to be the men of tomorrow. The destinies of the American people are to be in the hands of their sons. If the boys are taught respect for the law (both human and divine), obedience and authority, man ly independence and the fear of God, this gerat nation will be a noble monu ment to man's capacity for self gov ernment and self-control at a time when all the world is a seething caul dron of unrest, unreason and disbelief. Teach your boy to rule, but first to rule himself. No Hospitality Wanted. Some things must be taken the way they are meant, or there is apt to be trouble. A Baltimore party motoring on Sunday were astonished when pass ing a prominent institution for the insane to see over the main entrance the hospitable, though somewhat sug gestive, inscription: ‘'Elks, Welcome.” However, a quick-witted native ex plained to a disgrunted Elk that it merely was meant to convey: “We are just crazy about you.” Horrible One, Too. Bacon—How was the Welsh rabbit your wife made last night? Egbert—Oh, it was a dream! Cheerfulness will make your bur dens lighter and your comfort greater. A man’s understanding is limited by the size of his feet. Is not recommended for everything; but if you have kidney, liver or bladder trouble it may be found just the remedy you need. At druggists in flfty cent and dollar sizes. Tou may receive a sample size bottle of this reliable medicine by Parcel Post, also pamphlet telling about it. Address Dr. Kilmer 4 Co.. Binghamton. X. Y.. and enclose ten cents, also men* tion this paper. Slow Progress. “Ain't it too bad about that poor Hawkins boy next door?” said the washerwoman. “Why, what’s the trouble with him?” asked Mrs. Miller. “He's such an awful dummy, ma'am. Mrs. Hawkins was tellin’ westerday, when I was over there washin’, that they’ve been sendin' him to college for three years to learn how to he an engineer, and he ain’t through yet. Why, my cousin Tim never went to college a day in his life, and he’s one of the best engineers on the X, Y and Z.” SWAMP ROOT Disobliging. “I'm In tough luck, George. Old douglibags refused to let me marry his daughter until I could show him fifty thousand dollars that 1 had earned by my own efforts.” “Too bad. old chap." “But that isn’t the worst of It. He wouldn't even give me a tip on the market so 1 could earn the money. A poor man has no chance at all these days.” New Accessory. Chauffeur—Mrs. Non Speederly, the car won't run. It must have a hoodoo on it! Mrs. Non Speederly—Dear me! I thought I had every possible attach ment. But I'll get one!—Judge. THE HIGHEST QUALITY MACARONI ■* 36 f^ge Redpe Book Fret SKINNER MFG.CO, OMAHA, U.SA 1AKGKT MACMOM FACTORY IH AMtHICA. THE HUH QUALITY SEWIRO MACHINE NEWSOME NOT SOLD UNDER ANY OTHER NAME Write for free booklet "Points to be considered before purchasing a Sewing Machine.” Learn the facia. THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINECO.,ORANGE,llASS. For Sale or Trade 2.000 acre Saskatchewan Farm, with com* plete equipment Produced in 1915 over 100.000 bushels Value $100,000. Further listings of Canada land desired. 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