The Wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, January 30, 1909, Image 2

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    EYERYTH1K9 WAS FAVORABLE
SORRY HE DIDN'T MOVE TO WEST
ERN CANADA BEFORE.
Mr. Austin was a man who had
never had any previous experience In
farming, but Western Canada had al
lurements, and he profited. He got a
low-rate certificate from a Canadian
Government agent, and then moved.
What he says is interesting:
"Ranfurly. Alberta, May 10'08.
"J. N. Grieve, Esqr., Spokane, Wash
ington. Dear Sir: After a dozen or
more years of unsuccessful effort in
the -mercantile business in Western
Washington, in August, 1903, decided
to come to Alberta with a gentleman
who was shipping two cars live stock
to Edmonton. I assisted this man
with the stock over one hundred
miles out in the Birch Lake Country,
East of Edmonton. Indeed, how sur
prised, how favorably everything com
pared with my dream of what I want
ed to see In a new country.
"Had never had any experience in
farming, but I was immediately con
verted into a farmer. And from that
moment I have prospered. Selecting
a homestead near Birch Lake, I re
turned for wife and three small chil
dren and freighted out from Edmonton
In March following year we shoveled
a spot clear of snow and pitched our
tent and commenced operations, at
that time we had no neighbors. Four
years have passed, the locality, is well
settled, two miles from railway sta
tion, with churches and schools, tele
phone and good road accommodations.
"We are enjoying the privileges
granted to any rural district in
Washington. The Birch Lake Coun
try Is no exception, this great trans
formation is rapidly going on in every
district In Western Canada.
"I estimate that every quarter sec
tion in every direction is capable of
producing a comfortable living for a
family of ten forever. After paying
for two horses and a cow, had just
$10.00 to go on. Did my first plough
ing In my life. I was very awkward in
my work, but nature was glad and I was
abundantly paid for my efforts. Our
cattle has increased to about fifty
head, which was very profitable on ac
count of the abundance of forage. To
farm was compelled to buy about four
hundred dollars' worth of farm ma
chinery on time, and the payments fell
due last fall, and you may wonder how
I expected to pay for them when we
had such a bad year. 'Twas a little
bad for Western Canada or for a Mis
sourian. But Is not 35 or 40 bushels
oats a pretty good yield per acre in
many States? Then the price of
grain went out of sight, so when I had
sold my crop I found I was able to
make my payments nicely, besides we
had lots of feed. No one has any busi
ness raising cattle without growing
grain, or vice versa. As to the winters,
did not feed my cattle, excepting?te
calves, a fork of hay until In Marin.
Have found the winters much more
pleasant than we did In Western Wash
ington. This is strange and hard to
explain, but 'tis true, nevertheless, at
40 degrees below zero we have more
comfort than you would at 20 degrees
above, so still and dry with bright,
unny days. My wife says that the
only regret she has Is that we did not
come here ten years ago, as we would
now certainly have been in a position
to retire from hard work. Most wom
en soon become satisfied as neigh
bors begin to come round them.
Have 98 acres in crop this year.
besides two acres potatoes, which
have always brought me a fair
price. We find a ready market for
everything we produce. To the Poor
Man Here is a chance to establish
yourself. To the Rich Man Here is a
chance to buy land for $10.00 to $15.00
per acre which will produce more crops
than a halt dozen acres of your $50.00
to $75.00 per acre land. And ff not
very much mistaken, this year will
prove an eye opener to those who are
a little sceptical. The trouble with
me is that I have so much to say so
favorable to Alberta 'tis hard to be
brief. Respectfully,
(Signed) "P. S. AUSTIN."
Silly Question.
Him Am I the first man you were
ever engaged to?
Her Don't Insult me. You know
perfectly well that I am 25 years old.
Do I look like a lemon?
$100 Reward, $100.
Tfee readers Of this HMf will h nhuwd to lmm
that there to at taut one dreaded disease that science
baa besn able to cure In all Ita statcra, and that Ml
Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only positive
cure now known to tt tnedlral fraternity. Catarrh
Dliui a constitutional disease, reaulres a constitu
tional treatment. Unit's Catarrh Cure Is taken In.
teraally. acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces ot the system, thereby destroying the
' Inundation of the disease, and Riving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature In doing Its work. The proprietors have
' so much faith in Its curative powers that thry offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that It falls to
aure. Mend lor list or testimonials.
Address F. J. CHKNEY CO.. Toledo. O.
Hold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take UaU's Family l'Ula tor constipation.
Man gives every reason for his con-
duct save one; every excuse for his
crime save one; every plea for his
safety save one, and that is cowardice,
Red, Weak, Weary. Watery Eyea
Relieved by Murine Eye Itemed y. Com'
pounded by Experienced Physician'. Con
forms to Pure Food and Drue: Laws. Mn.
fine Doesn't Smart: Soothes Eva Pain
Try Murine in Your Eyes. At Druggists.
The hand can never execute anything
higher than the heart can aspire.
Emerson.
PII.1CS CFRED IN TO 14 DAYS.
PASO OINTMKNT is guaranteed to ears any ease
V. awning, unim , nienuiog or I rUiruUlllg fUSS B
to 14 days or money refunded. AOs.
Water from the River Styx should
be fine for preparing mucilage.
A new-8ociety is called "The Non
swearing Knights or America." What
a lot of musical comedies they'll have
to stay away from, to make good.
THE WAGEWORKER
By W. M. MALI PIN
UHCOL9I,
KEBRASKA
It seems reasonably clear that-Cas
tro saw the psychological moment
coming and ducked.
Chicago isn't exactly going "dry"
but it is trying to give up impure
milk, and that's a hopeful sign.
It is proposed to double the presi
dent's salary. If that is done, there'll
be 14 candidates instead of seven, next
time.
Connecticut's champion eel skinner
has retired from business. Heres a
good Job for some ambitious young
athlete.
One thing certain is that the Em
manuel movement cannot stop the
pervading disposition of man to put up
an argument.
A new kind of flea has been discov
ered in California. It has six teeth
and is a high jumper. Maybe it is de
signed to pounce on airships.
An exchange teils us . that the
kaiser's favorite maxim is "Forget it."
All right. Von Buelow isn't going to
be the one to jog his memory.
Senator Elkins has long had an eye
to the best investments. Since the
country thought that he was figuring
on a duke, he has bought a bank.
Whiting's chief of police was held
up and robbed of his star, revolvers,
money and billy. We hope the high
waymen left him with at least a clew.
A Colorado man gave his grandson,
aged one month. $1,000,000 as a Christ
mas present. Think of the toys that
youngster can buy with all that
money.
The telephone girls at Rockford. 111.,
struck because they were not permit
ted to talk. As well tell the birds not
to sing and the flowers not to throw
off their fragrance.
A Pittsburg artist succeeded in get
ting a flashlight photograph of a mem
ber of the city council in the act ot re
ceiving a bribe. It may properly be
referred to as a moving picture.
Soeeializing in farming will be car
ried too far if scientific farmers pro
duce robless corn. Several thousand
acres then would have to be devoted
to raising a variety that grew only
cob pipes.
Both Paris and London are dis
cussing the commercial future of the
flying machine. It is a safe prophecy
that the sporting fraternity will get
Into aeroplaning some time in advance
of commerce.
Castro of Venezuela, who "revolut
ed" himself into the presidency and
has held on like grim death ever since,
must have hearty contempt for one
who is so "easy" as the late Presi
dent Alexis of Hayti.
A New York judge has decided that
a man whose salary is not more than
six dollars a week need not pay all
mony. This may cause some men to
quit exaggerating when they refer, to
the salaries they draw.
Since this country Bet up in busi
ness as an independent nation its golU
mines have yielded more than three
billion dollars. It takes the American
hen about six years to furnish eggs
and chickens worth that much.
Going barefoot seems to be growing
less popular in the West Indies than it
used to be. During the last fiscal year
the United States exported more than
two and a half million pairs of shoes
to these islands, one-third as many as
the exports to the whole world.
Early in the new year another bat
tleship will be added to the navy. It
will be called the Delaware in honor
of Maryland's little neighbor on the
east. No doubt it will be a fine ship
and will add more strength to about
the strongest naval fighting force in
the whole world.
The children of the late Charles E.
Perkins ot Boston have given to the
city of Colorado Springs "The Garden
of the Gods," one of the scenic wonders
of America. The park has long been
open to the public, and the formal
transfer is in accordance with Mr.
Perkins wish. This gift is similar in
spirit to Mr. Kent's gift of Muir Park,
California, to the nation, and to a
bequest recently received by the city
of Boston of a large sum of money to
maintain the city parks.
In the light of revelations from
Hayti it is not at all surprising that
revolutions succeed there. It is an
nounced in official dispatches that the
government troops areso disaffected
that they have to be tied together in
couples to prevent them from desert
ing. This suggests a modification of
an old "pome:"
The soldiers they stand two by two
The sergeant and the corporal too.
If not tied they'd surely flee.
Leaving the gov'ment up a tree.
The man, experienced in hunting in
Africa, who says that the president
will find no elephants where he is go
ing, is very likely right. The elephant
is a wise beast, and the president
proposed route has been published for
some time.
The girl who has neglected to pro
pose during leap year and finds her
self still alone and unsought may be
expected to begin agreeing with the
poet that "of all sad words of tongue
or pen the saddest are these: 'It
might have been.'"
JUST SWUNG A HAT
AND TRAIN WOULD STOP AT
FARMER'S SIGNAL.
n Early Days of the Rail This Was as
Effective as the Red Light
Now, But the Times
Have Changed.
Among the first railroads ever laid
In this country were the Hartford &
New Haven and the Boston & Provi
dence both new parts of that great
N. Y., N. H. & H. system which comes
near to controlling the transportation
business of all New England. The
early railroad corporations conducted
their affairs on a somewhat different
basis from the present day corpora
tions. One old farmer on the line of the
B. & P., just outside of Providence,
was urged to give the struggling road
permission to lay its tracks through
his farm. Being a Yankee, it was nat
ural for him to look to the main
chance in every transaction, and aside
from the- great public benefit that the
building of the road was supposed to
be, he wanted to know what he was
going to get out of it. .
"Why, you'll want to ride to town on
it, won't you?" it was suggested. "The
trains will travel faster than a horse."
Ah, but your station is two miles
In the other direction. Don't do pie
any good," grumbled the farmer.
So they told him that when he want
ed to go to town all he had to do was
to go down to the railroad, stand be
side the track, swing his hat when
the train came along, and it would
stop for him. And it did, too, for some
years. Then the company began to
make money began to "feel its oats"
as it were and new and younger men
got control. . A new superintendent
was put on that branch of the road,
and riding over the line one day he
,saw the farmer stop a train in this
manner and get aboard. Needless to
say that was the last time the old man
was so accommodated. He could swing
his old hat till he was blue In the face
thereafter and! as he said himself in
after years, "She'd whiz by an' would
not even hesertate!"
Speed was certainly not the first ob
ject of the early railroads. Freight
was what the promoters of the "rail
road kyars" were after. ' Stage coach
drivers held the new-fangled trains in
much contempt. In the beginning cars
traveled little if any faster than the
coaches. Supt. Davidson of the old N,
H. & H. once told of driving with his
father behind a team of horses, in
1840, when they had a race with a pas
senger train near Wallingford, Conn.,
where the railroad and turnpike are
parallel for ' three or four miles, and
for all that distance the carriage kept
pace with the railroad train.
Sometimes an inch of snow on the
rails would stop a train. Henry C.
White, one of the first conductors on
that road, related how he and the bag
gage master used to sit on the pilot of
the locomotive, one on each side, and
brush off the snow from the rails with
a broom as the train slowly crawled
on. Each had a pail of sand and now
ajid then sprinkled a shovelful on the
slippery rails. The driving wheels (en
gines only had one pair then), used to
slip in a most irritating way, and a
grade on a wet day was an experience
to turn a man's head gray! On one
occasion a train got stuck on the
Galesville grade by- one inch of snow,
and the wood and water gave out be
fore the locomotive could pull to the
ton. At length they got out the neigh
bors, yoked four pairs of oxen to the
train, and drew it, passengers, bag
gage and all, into Meriden with flying
colors! .
Hero of Forest Fire Retired.
"Jim" Root, oldest engineer on the
Northern Pacific railway system, has
been, laid off, but, although he has
ceased to work, he will continue to
draw his pay as if he was running an
engine. He is now 73 years old.
' Root won fame for his heroic deed
in saving the passengers on his train
from being roasted alive when they
were caught at Hinckley, Wis., in a
forest fire five years ago. He was
running a train between Duluth and
St. Paul. He ran his engine to Hicck
.ley, which was found to be in ashes
'Suddenly the wind fanned the forest
'fires and the train was surrounded
'by flames. Root stuck to his throttle
while the fireman dipped water from
the engine's tank and threw it on him
and on the cab to keep them from
burning.
The smoke was suffocating and the
heat terrific, but the members of the
crew stayed at their posts until the
train reached Skunk creek, where all
escaped to the water and were savtd,
LEFT HANGING OVER RAVINE
A recent cloudburst near Telluride,
Col., swept all the supporting work of
these tracks away, leaving the rails
and ties suspended over a deep gulch.
Nearly 200 feet of track was thus left
suspended, and only the timely dis
covery of ' the washout prevented a
Denver & Rio Grande railroad train
from running into the gulch. Popular
Mechanics.
NO SMASHUPS IN HOLLAND.
Only One Passenger Was Killed Dur
ing Past Year.
Recently I read in an English news
paper a statement that there' had been
but one passenger killed on the rail
roads of Holland during the past fiscal
year, and the paper, commenting on
this fact, suggested that American rail
roads would find in this example some
thing to emulate. It is easy enough
to understand how the mortality from
accidents would be comparatively
small in Holland after one travels
upon some of the trains in that coun
try, for they are exasperatingly slow,
and the people do not seem to be im
bued with the American desire to get
to their destination quickly, no matter
what the cost.
Yet there are other considerations
besides slow speed which must be
borne in mind in determining the rea
sons why railroad travel is so much
safer in Holland than in America, the
excellence of roadbed, equipment and
management being prime factors. The
cars used on the Dutch railroads are
practically the same as those found
elsewhere in Europe, and for short
journeys are very comfortable, and
are characterized by the same scrupu
lous cleanliness which is found fn
everything in that carefully groomed
country.
WED IN. RAILROAD STATION.
Judge Was Summoned, by Telegraph
and Travelers Witnessed Rite.
Arthur Henry Bennett of 1941 Mas
sachusetts avenue, Boston, was in
Hackensack, N. J., and sent to Judge
Sam Engler, of Hoboken, a telegram
that read:
'Can you marry us in the Lacka
wanna station this afternoon? If so,
meet us there at five o'clock. Carry a
handkerchief in your left hand."
The judge didnt know whether he
was being kidded or not, but with a
copy of the marriage form pasted in
a copy of "David Copperfield," he went
to the station. He saw a shy-looking
pair and immediately took out his
handkerchief. The man came over
and introduced himself and then pre
sented the girl, who, the man said,
was Miss Irene Messner, of Maywood,
Bergen county, N. J.
The judge found a man and his wife
who were waiting for a train to Buf
falo and got them to witness the per
formance of the rite. When it was all
over the couple took a ferryboat for
New York, saying they were going to
Boston, where Bennett is a civil en
gineer.
. Steel Passenger Coaches.
Steel passenger coaches on the rail
roads in this section are no longer the
rarity they were 12 months ago. They
are to be seen by the score daily.
During the past summer all steel cars
have formed the largest portion of
some of the shore trains on the Penn
sylvania, and on the same road there
is scarcely a through train which is
made up in part of day coaches that
has not one or more steel cars at
tached. On the exterior they have
not quite the smooth finished appear
ance of a coach made of hardwood
panels. The rivets are seen where the
steel plates overlap, yet unless atten
tion is called to them they are apt to
pass unnoticed. In their interiors
they are plain, but very neat and com
fortable; they run smoothly, ride, easi
ly, make no more noise than the ordit
nary coach and they impart to the
passengers a sense of security that
makes them very popular. They
may be heavier than wooden coaches,
but the traveling public has no inter
est in that except as it may afford
them better protection In case of acci
dent. But it is hoped the accident will
be very long in coming. Newark
News.
Press Clothes on Train.
As a concession to men travelers
who have regard for their personal ap
pearance, the Pullman cars are to be
so equipped as to permit a daily creas
ing of the trousers and a separate
basin designed to meet the needs of,
persons who; are in the habit of using
the toothbrush will be. provided.
To relieve the - embarrassment of
passengers who may be traveling with
but one suit of clothes it is announced
that the pressing process may be un
dertaken at night. Charges will be
upon a hotel basis. San Francisco
Call.
For Sleepy Travelers.
A French' engineer, M. Edouard
Cros, has submitted to the French rail
road companies an invention designed
to relieve drowsy travelers of the
fear of being carried past their des
tination. The iavention consists of a
slip of paper on which is a dial. The
passenger writes his destination on
the slip, marks the time he is due on
the dial, and attaches the paper to a
part of the carriage where it can be
easily seen by the railroad servants,
whose duty it will be to tell the trav
eler when he has arrived.
Reads Till Train Hurls Him.
When James R. Patton,. a Warriors
Mark (Pa.) farmer, found himself
hurling through space, he realized for
the first time that something unusual
had happened to him. Previously he
had been so engaged in reading a
newspaper that he did not know his
team had drawn him on a grade cross
ing near Tyrone, right in front of a
train. Patton and the horses escaped
Injury, but the wagon was demolished
and the Thanksgiving turkeys and
chickens were slaughtered.
To Fill Cracks in Floors.
Cracks in floors may be neatly and
permanently filled with a paste made
from old newspapers, flour, alum and
water, thoroughly boiled together.
.TETV
ads gewWy yeiX. vow
system &$&&uxXy ;
To beeJcivo
r-IANUFACTURlTD BY THE
CALI FORMA
Fig Syrup Co.
SOLD BY LEADING DRUGGISTS 5QA BOTTLE
. i
Western Canada the Pennant Winner
"The Last Best West"
The government ol
Canada now gives
to every actual set
tler 160 acres of
wheat- growing
land free and an
additional 160 acres
at $3.00 an acre. The 300,000 contented
American settlers makiner their homes ih
Western Canada is the best evidence of
the superiority of that country. They are
becoming rich, growing from 25 to 50
bushels wheat to the acre; 60 to 110 bush
els oats and 45 to 60 bushels barley, be
sides having splendid herds of cattle raised
on the prairie grass. Dairying is an im
portant industry.
The crop of 1908 still keeps Western Canada
in the lead. The world will soon look to it as
its food-producer.
'The thing; which most impressed ns was the
magnitude of the country that is available for
agricultural purposes." national Editorial
Correspondence. IMS.
Low railway rates, eood schools and churches,"
markets convenient, prices the highest, climate
perfect.
Ijands are for sale by Railway and Land Com-
fanles. Inscriptive pamphlets and maps sent free,
or railway rates and other information apply to
Superintendent of Immigration. Ottawa, Canada, or
the authorized Canadian Government Agent:
W. V. BENNETT,
801 Hew fork Life Building. Omaha. Nebraata,
When your Watch Stops :
Yon cannot make It go by shaking it. !
vvhentne bowels are '
constipated you can j
disturb them with ,
cathartics but, like '
the watch, they will
not be able to do
their allotted work
until they are put
into proper condi
tion to do it.
One cannot mend
a delicate piece of
mechanism by vio
lent methods, and
no machine made by man is as line '
as the human body.
The use of pills, salts, castor-oil
and strong: cathartic medicines is
the violent method. The use of
the herb tonic laxative.
Lane's Family
Meaicme
is the method adopted by intelli
gent people.
Headache, backache, indigestion,
constipation, skin diseases all are
benefited immediately by the use
of this medicine.
Druggists sell it nt 25c. and 50c.
"A tittle Cold is a
Dangerous Thing' '
and often leads to hasty disease and
death when neglected. There are
many ways to treat a cold, but there is
only one right way use the right
remedy.
DR.D.JAYNE'S
EXPECTORANT
is the surest and safest remedy known,
for Coughs, Croup, Bronchitis,
Whooping Cough, Asthma, Pleurisy.
It cures when other remedies fail.
Do something f or your cold in time,
you know what delay means, you
know the remedy, too Dr. D. Jayne's
Expectorant.
Bottles in three sizes, $1. 50c, 25c :
SICK HEADACHE
Positively cured by
these Llftle Pills.
They also relieve Dis
tress from Dyspepsia, In
digestion and Too Hearty
Eating. A perfect rem
edy for Dizziness, Nau
sea, Drowsiness, Bad
Taste in the Mout h, Coat
ed Tongue, Pain in the
Side, TORPID LIVER.
They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable.
SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE.
Genuine Must Bear
Fac-Simile Signature
REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.
CARTERS
rTUTTlE
If' VER
II PILLS.
SEED BARLEY6.''
SaaVH Per Salzer's catalog page 119. BBBBBaW
I Largest erowara of seed barlev. oats, wheat.
I spelts, corn, potatoes, grasses, clovers and
farm seeds in the world. Big catalog free : or,
send lOo in stamps and receive samples of
barley yielding 173 bu. per acre. Billion
Dollar Grass. Oats, Speltz, etc.. etc easily
vrorti) SIO.OO to get a start with. Or. send
14c and we add a sample farm seed novelty
never seen by you before.
SALZER SEED CO., Box W, La Crosse. Wis.
nrriAMPP CTARPIt ea!et to work with and
UCMHNUC dl ftnun starches clothes nicest.
(TV
nrrrir
11 VER
I PIUS.
r 1
A. newspaper contributor living In
Chicago; has received word from
London that he has become heir to
over $3,000 of the Mrs. Martin Cullen
estate. This is a reward for his
kindness to Mrs. Cullen after an acci
dent In London in 1901.
, Uncle Sam has spent something like
$10,000,000 prosecuting the Standard
Oil company.
When you are convinced by an
advertisement that the article is what
you wish insist on getting it
THE CHILD'S SAVING INSTITUTE.
Engaged In the Noble Mission off
Protecting and 8avlng Desti
tute and Helpless Children.
The chief object of the work of the
Child Saving Institute is to save and
protect destitute and helpless chil
dren. For the most part It is support,
ed by the free gifts of philanthropic
men and women of Omaha. Such an
Institute could not long survive in a
small community where the people
are as a rule unable to make large
contributions. Experience shows that
charitable organizations of the magni
tude and effectiveness of the Child
Saving Institute can subsist only In
large population centers, -where, of
course, there is the greatest need of
Its kind offices. In the absence of
such organization In the small towns
dependent children must be takers .
Into the homes of benevolent men and
women who thus assume the burden -for
the community and in some cases
these good people can ill afford to do
so. In every town and village there
are examples of this work of humani
ty, so that everybody has come to
know and to realise the absolute
necessity for providing same system
atic mean's of caring for- unfortunate
children. This is why well-to-acT
people In the country towns express a
wiumgneBB 10 comriDuie 10 ine sup
port of the Child Saving Institute
which, has 'from ita origin received
destitute children ' from- many places
outside of Omaha. In' every case of
this kind the Institute not only re
lieved the local community " of . the
burden of caring for such children 1
but it. brought to the relief of the
children a systematic, efficient means
of protection and care as the result of
much study anl experience an equip,
inent impossible to a small town. :
The officers of the Institute do not
stop to inquire whether The people of
any community have done their full
duty by the dependent children re
commended for admission to the in
stitute; they are taken in and glvert
the best possible care, and later
placed Into good homes in this or
some other community. It is purely a
worn 01 Humanity, aeserving 01 me
sympathy and support of every man
and woman in the west. The board
of trustees make an appeal to benevolent-minded
jnen in the towns and
villages of Nebraska for contributions
in support ef the Institute and to help .
erect a new building now contemplat- '
ed and which is a necessity to the in.
creasing demands of the work, .
54-40 or Vight. ,:.
A new book by Emerson, Hough,
author of the Mississippi Bubble. Dedi
cated to President Roosevelt. Illus
trated by Arthur I. Keller. The Bobbs
Mernll company,. Indianapolis.
A real sensation has been sprung
upon the reading public in the book
bearing this -curious title. - If - your '
memory of Tyler's and Polk's admin
istrations is fresh, you will recall "54
40 or Fight" , was the ringing and
alliterative slogan of the jingoes in
the OregOn boundary dispute with
England., It is the "inside" history of
this dispute, together with the diplo
matic intrigue connected with the an
nexation of Texas, that the author has
turned to splendid romantic advan
tage. Cloth, $1.50. . "
While the February Century is to be
a Lincoln centenary issue, and so
given up mainly to Lincoln features,
the number will offer also authorita
tive discussion of two important public
questions: "The Menace of Aerial
Warfare" by Henry B. Hersey, United
States weather bureau inspector, and
"Dangers of the Emmanuel Move
ment" by the Rev.' Dr. James M; Buck
ley, editor of the Christian Advocate.
. From the Jonesville! Monitor.
A "Young Mother" asks our opinion
of "the alleged injurious effects of
rocking on babies." We must frankly
say tiiat we consider it a brutal prac
tice. As the father of a great many
babies, of all ages, we never rocked on
any - of them intentionally,- and we
would probably " be arrested if we ex
pressed our full opinion of any woman
who would presume to do so. Febru
ary Lippincott's. ; ,
If you are in need of old line life
insurance, or wish an. agency to write
life insurance, correspond with The
Midwest Life of Lincoln. , ..
The opinion Is very general that
sitting on a young man's knee will
not be near as enjoyable, now that
an Ohio judge has decided' that it is
entirely proper. ;-
.A Denver man was boiled in the
bath tub at a fashionable apartment
house and there are those cruel
enough to suggest that the story is
mere advertising.
Lincoln Directory
Ifgouare going to buy
" STALU0.1
send for our pictorial
story ot the horse free
if you mention this
Paper.
WATSOH. WOODS UOS. &KELLT
Lincoln, Neb. . .
1