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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1910)
HM * i"t * ri * < f * EiWMiMRt * , v GERMANY AND CANADIAN WHEAT LOOKS TO THE CANADIAN WEST FOR HER SUPPLY. A dispatch from Winnipeg , Manito ba , dated March 18 , 1910 says : That Germany is "anxious to secure a share of Canadian wheat to supply her 1m- ports of that cereal. " The icccnt ad justment of the tiado relations with Germany has made it possible to carry on a Canadian-German trade with much fewer icstilctlons than In the ipast , and considerable development of trade between the two Countries Is now certain. The great men of the United Stiles are allvo to the iWhcat situation in this Country now , nrid there is consequently the deepest interest In every feature- that will tend to increase and conserve the wheat supply. With its present G50- 000,000 bushel production of wheat nml all efforts to Increase it almost unavailing , anil the lapldly growing consumption of its increasing popula tion , there is certainly the greatest reason for the anxiety as to where the iwheat is to como from that will feed the nation. The United States will bo forced an Germany Is to look to the Wheatflelds of Canada. Ono province alouo raised hist year one- eighth as much as the entire produc tion of the United States , and but a twelfth of the wheat area has yet been touched. The Americans who have gone to Canada , are to-day reaping , the benefit of the demand for Canadi an wheat and they will continue to [ join in the benefits thus reached for' ; a great many years. Splendid yields are reported from the farms of that Country , and from land that the Gov- .eminent gives away In ICO aero blocks , and from other lands that have been purchased at from $12 to i$15 an aero. John Munter , Inear Eye- Tirow , Saskatchewan , n former resi dent of Minnesota says : "Last fall got over 30 bushels of wheat to the aero and had 30 acres of It ; also 20 acres spring breaking on ( which I had flax of which I got almost 20 bushels per acre. Had 20 acres In oats and got 70 bushels per aero and COO bushels potatoes on ono and ( three quarter acre , and can therefore Safely say that 1 had a flno crop and nm well satisfied with my homestead. " Ho is considered but a small farmer , but ho will bo one of the big farmers , eomo of these days. There are many others , hundreds of others , whoso yields were beyond this , and whoso average under crop was vastly greater. The story of the expcrlonco of American farmers in the Canadian West is a long ono. The time to go , would appear to bo now , when splen did selections may bo made , and where land can bo purchased at prices that will bo doubled in a couple of yoara. Queer Attribute of Salmon. Only about 20 per cent , of salmon epawn before they return up the river frojn the sea , and these that do return after spawning are coarse , and , when cut up , white In the ( lean ; lu fact , are known ns bull trout , for so called "bull trout" are not a different kind of fish , but are plainly salmon which have spawned. Important to Mothers. Evamlno carefully every bottle of CASTOUIA , a safe and sure remedy for Infants nnd children , and sco that it Bears the Signature ot i In Use For Over ttO Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought From the first to last , and In the face of smarting disillusion , we con tinue to expect good fortune , better health , and better conduct ; and that BO conlldenlly , that wo judge It need- leas to deaorro them. H. L. Steven- con. CUT THIS OUT And oinll to the A. II. Lowla Medicine Co. , St. Louis. Mo. , nnd tlicvlll HI-ml you fruo a 10 day tieatmont of NATURE'S H13MU- DY ( Nil tablets ) Guaranteed for Uhcu- matlsni. Constipation , Slrk Headache , Liv er , Kidney nnd Blood Diseases. Sold by alt DriiKglnts. Bettor tlinn Pills for Liver Ills. It's frco to you. Write today. Automoblllng. "Did the repairer cause you any em- tnrrnssinont by his charges ? " "No. Ho consented to tnko the car In part payment. " Cleveland Leader. Dr. Plorco's Plcflsint Toilets rreuinto and Invlff- erulo Ktnmucli , liver mill l > owi'ls. bug.ir-co.itoJ , Uujr fruDuUis , easy to take as canJr. No , Cordelia , lain checks never check the rain. It's a Wrong idea ] To suppose that Nature alone will correct any dis turbance of the Stomach , Liver or Bowels. Very often assistance is needed , and it is then you ought to take the Bitters. You'll find it Nature's best aid in cases of Poor Appetite , Heartburn , Sour Stomach ach , Indigestion , Dys pepsia , Gostivencss , Biliousness & Malaria- Always insist on having OSTETTER' ' CELEBRATED STOMACH BBTTER N a niche above a door way In a great house in Now York city n maiblo Btatuo of a woman holds a llttlo child close to her breast. Beneath her , through a swinging door that has not been locked in 40 years , women pnsa In to the Foundling hospital with their bnblrn In their arms and como out with their arms empty. A single whlto crndlo In the entry of a bare reception room receives and rescues nearly 2,000 babies a year. Two thousand men and women are the number of a vlllago community. Hero In the homo of deserted children are the things which are eternal the team , the laughter and the joys. "It Is the llttlo children wo must save , " ono of the matrons said. "Wo keep them from privation , from cru elty , oven from death the llttlo ba bies nobody wants. Wo are just trying to give them their chanco. Wo hope to preserve the mothers from greater sin , from the life of the streets , from the doors of prison , but It Is the babies that count. Wo must save our bablea. " The law of this country will not permit the giving or selling of llttlo children , but It cannot protect them from desertion. The foundling hos pitals In our big cities are the state's efforts to play the part of universal motherhood , to care for the children who are thrown on her mercy and who will help make her future. The room whcro the mothers relinquish their babies Is called the saddest place In Now York. There Is nothing In the receiving room but the llttlo cradle , and no ono in sight. A matron la always in waiting near by. She never forces a mother to confession , but , if possible , persuades her to toll why she wishes to desert her child , and perhaps influences her not to give It up. butte to begin life over ngaln A mother must under stand that the choice Is with her the matron mny glvo the mother 10 or Ifi minutes in which to decide but the choice Is final. If the mother wishes it , nnd it can be arranged , she Is often taken Into the hospital with her baby and allowed to < ) urso it , by having charge of another of the liny children and helping with ono older child There are now 300 mother nurses working In the Now York homo , and there have been as many as five or six hundred at other times. The mother who comes Into the hospital to work can often prove her fitness to have her baby back again. But once she puts It down In the rescue cradle and goes out the over open door the baby belongs to her no longer ; she may never see or hear of It again. The child belongs to the state. No prayer nor entreaty , no pleading of circumstance , will ulterwnrd avail. The child has entered a world that shall never know Its origin. Somewhere a future waits for It , but the bnby Is to have no knowledge of Its beginning outsldo Its adoption In the Foundling homo A bath nnd clean clothes nro the first signs of the baby's adoption In the Foundling homo. A doctor next Inspects the little person to sco that It shall not carry a contagion to any of the thou sands of small brothers and sisters who nro waitIng - Ing for It outside the walls of the reception ward. Two or three weeks the bnby mny be detained in the reception quarters the smaller the baby the loss danger of contagious diseases or as many days. Then it becomes cither an indoor or an outdoor baby. There nro COO indoor babies being cnrod for Inside the Now York City Foundling homo. It 13 necessary to board on the outside t.200 more. Seven thousand four hundred nnd twenty-four llttlo foundlings hnvo been looked after In the pnst two years , nnd there are relatively ns many in Boston , in Chlcngo , in Philadelphia in every largo city In America. In Km ope there are an even greater number of foundling bablea. The European states take charge of the deserted waifs , but the mother Is only permitted to bring her child to an entrance way , ring n boll nnd glvo It Into the arms of the nttcndnnt who opens the door and go away without a word In the homos of love , of wealth and happiness there are no sounder , sweeter babies than the deserted children of the foundling homes. The babies arc so far untroubled by their situation in life and hnvo not the institution look of older children. What Is the Institution look ? It trans lates itself ; the expression of a cramped Individ uality , of a longing for a more personal expres sion ; the look of too much routine , of drilling , of the law without the spirit. But the babies know of no difference between themselves nnd other children , nnd nmny ttmoa before they wako to the thought n home bus been found for them. Nearly COO bnbles n year from the New York Foundling homo nro ndoptcd by private families in all pnrs of the country They prove In their lives that it docs not matter lu this world how wo nro born , "It is just the way we're oddlcated. " "Nobody but a baby lover would adopt one of our babies ; older children may bo taken by fami lies and made into drudges , but who would adopt a tiny child except for love ? " ono of the sisters at the hospital said. | There is a wonderfully wide choice In bablea , for they are lakpn Into the homo without rcgnrd to nationality , to creed or color ; so there nro pink and white blond bablea , brown-haired , black-eyed babies , girls with curls and boys with round , close-cropped heads. t The children wear no kind of uniform. The llttlo glrla have na big bows of red and blue and pink ribbon on their hair as the most fashionable llttlo person who llvoj round the corner on Fifth avenue. Hie clothes of several thousand children are nn Important consideration. Think of what a single baby's trousseau means at homo. Fortu nately , home bablea outgrow their clothes pod paas them on to other babies. There nro all rlzea to bo titled ut the Foundling homo , in the Iztt A GROUP F/0/1 WWCMA SO// Oft MUCHTA two years New York's outdoor bablea have re ceived 100,000 lltllo garments and Insldo the poor mothers and babies have been equally well sup plied ; How many buttons do you suppose need to be sewed on ? Here Is n charity no one can dis pute Rowing for the babies. Sisters nnd nurses can only look after their health nnd happiness. Deserted babies can count on friends , If other things lu life have failed them. Hundreds of rich society women in New York , who hnvo seam stresses to sow for their own children , work for the Foundling babies. Sewing classes meet In private homes , their sole purpose devoted to the wants of the hospital's children. Twelve hundred llttlo garments were the gift of a single class The babies have evcry-dny olothes , nnd dress-up clothes when visitors come , like the rest of the world. The churches nlso hnve sowing circles devoted to the troussenus of the deserted babies. Money for materials for their clothes comes from women who find this the simplest way of helping with such extensive wnrdrobes Occasionally a shop will send something to help clothe a oaby. New York gives a qtiarier of a million dollars a year to look after her foundling bnbles. and fortv thousand more Is contributed. The Found ling hospital extends from one end of n long block to the other , nnd besides its nursery buildings hns a quarantine hospital nnd n hospital for oper ations nnd for the treatment or ordinary diseases. The Foundling hospital must not only cnro for the waifs deserted at Us doors , but also for the babies cent by the depnrtment of charities , the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children nnd the courts. ' There are three groups of babies , from the few weeks old to those three or four years , nnd they hnve their separate quarters ; the runabouts nro fh rhildipn from IS months to two years old ; nnd the grown-up babies , ns old as three or four , nre the kindergarten children. The recep tion room Is the schoolroom a long room full of tiny desks imd tables , the walls lined with pic- TUTPS nnd rorncra piled with BplotJrtUI tnvs In the middle of tne room Is a parrut in a gem case who talks nnd sings like the children. The foundling babies who nro brought up In side the institution know nothing of the perils nnd Joys of the street. In connection with each of the nurseries there is n roof garden , where the children take their air and exercise. The Found ling baby has a scientific bringing up that may give It a better chance for health than the homo baby reared In nffcctlonnto ignorance. Doclors , nurses and matrons study Its life from hour to hour. The most \ltal principle In modern tnougnt la the effort that is being made In every direction to ptart the child on the right way. With all its wealth of bnbles to care for , the Foundling hospital doca moro for the baby's health than the average mother. As each child la received at the hospital Its weight la regis tered , together with Iho name and number or the baby , on a weight chart. The weekly weighing of all bnbles Is nn cstnbllshed feature of the hos pital caro. Physicians togard the weighing of babies as of utmost importance In Uio proper cnro of a baby's health. The sick baby Is Judged by Its loss of weight ; the well bnby by its Increase. Sick babies mo weighed of tenor sometimes ev ery second day. Notca of Iho baby's Jllneoa are kept on the back of Its weight card. The Infants Science Academy , which la now discussed In Now York city ns a possible vay to sa\o the bnblcs from the Ignorance of mothers , wishes to establish the same scientific method for the care of all llttlo children that Is applied In the Foundling homo Each mother Is to bo taught to keep n chart of her baby's condition , not In any special class of society rich and poor alike and this charl la lo bo submitted weekly to n baby's academy to bo Inspected by boards of baby specialists. Foundling bnbles are always In charge of spo- cial'ista. ' Important books on children's diseases hnve como from the study of the unwelcome ba bies. Not only do the students nnd physicians on the staff of the hospital work with the children , but nearly all the city's prominent doctors have Bcrvcd the hospital as consulting or attending physicians. In special cases physicians como from Iho outsldo to study the mysterious causes , the mysterious expressions of baby diseases , which nre borne In silence , or expressed only In Inar ticulate sounds. The outdoor baby Is the surplus baby. Not alwuyd because the Foundling homo has no room for it , but bucaubo ihe oaby often needs what the hospital cannot give. "Llttlo babies live on lovo. I don't mean this na a sentiment ; I menu It ns a fact ; a tiny bnby lives on the lo\o that cuddles it , that wnrms and feeds It To take It Into the hospital without a mother means It mny die , If an outside nurse Is found to cnro for it , the baby often grows healthy , strong and happy In her charge. " Women who have lost their own babies , or rcapectablo women who deslro lo earn a small living by nursing , are Iho fosler mothers of the THE foundling bnbles who are brought up outsldo the hospital. They must bo able to show a clear record of health nnd character nnd obey the rules of the hospital for the cnro of the child Once n month the outsldo nurse comes to the hospital with the child In her charge to bo examined by a physician , lUt Jn crigJ of BUjen ( illness she must make an Immediate report One hundred and forty thovsand dollars a year goes toward payii g for these outsldo nurses at a rate of $10 apiece nearly one-half of the lound- ling babies' income. When the child la three or four it must bo returned ? MAY to the hospital ; ono of the rules of the institution is that no child may bo adopted by Iho woman who acted as Its nurso. "Italian women make the most successful moth ers for the delicate babies , " ono of the head ma trons explained. "There Is something In their warm-hearted temperaments , In their natural sense of motherhood , that helps the frail baby to thrive. " Colored children are taken care of by colored women until they reach the required age , when the girls go to a homo in Baltimore and the boys to Nebraska , whcro they are educated to trades. ' Sixty-six babies boarded a car for Now Orleans n few weeks ago nnd started gaily off on a voyage of discovery. They were on their way to find their mammas and pnpns. The babies are taught through the years when they are kept In the found ling home that somewhere waiting for them In the world outsldo are mothers and fathers , and some day they are to go to find them. Many years ago , on a cold winter night , a phy sician sent to Iho New York Foundling hopltal for the youngest baby who was healthy and promising Ho only wanted to borrow the baby for a few weeks. A patient had given birth to n child and the baby had died. The mother was desperately 111 , nnd Iho news of the death of her baby would possibly cause her death. A beautiful baby boy two weeks old bad that day been left at the Foundling homo. The baby was wrapped In blankets and taken away to ono of the wealthiest homes in New York. For a month or moro the sick mother nursed this baby , thinkIng - Ing him her own. When she was well enough the truth was told her , but the borrowed baby was never returned. In the weeks of her suffering , the touch of its little lips and the clasp of its hands had made it in truth her baby. This year the boy graduated with honor from an eastern college ns the oldest son of a promi nent man ; a large sum of money for the foundling babies came as a gift from an "unknown friend. " Two agents , whoso work It Is to find mothers nnd fathers for the waiting babies , nro a part of the regular staff of the Foundling homo. They work through other ngonts all over the country , through churches and missions and children's aid societies ; the appeal Is universal. Do you want a baby ? Hero is a lost baby looMng for a mother nnd father. You mny hnvo any kind you deslro Descriptions and requirements nTTy bo written to the staff at the hospital , and you may have Just the baby you are looking for. You may require the color of hair , eyes , or even specify the disposition. Usually the asylum has moro than It can fill. Girls are asked for in about twice the ratio of boys. Blue-eyed girls are Iho greatest In demnnd , and a "sweet" disposition Is almost always ono of the specifications. Ono woman wrote to the asylum from n town within easy travel of New York. "Wo are plain people , " she began. "Tho height of our ambition has been to have n house of our own. Now wo have it , all furnished as wo have wished. Yet wo are not content. Our home la so perfectly orderly that we have decided that wo need someone to make It sweetly disorderly. " Four or five times n year , 40 or 50 bablea start off Inr a llttlo band In quest of homes. The babies are sent to any part of the country. Nurses and att ndants Iravel with the bablea. who are distributed to agents who wait to plnco them in homes along the way. But the child la not lo lose Its connecllon with Iho Foundling homo Until the children nro grown they nro still looked aflor , nnd Ihcir care and fulure guarded by Iho supervision of Iho agon's who make yearly visits to their homes nnd the matrons who keep In con stant communication with them through letters Many times the ndoptcd baby cornea lo mean lo a family all that their own baby could have meant Thousanda of letters como back to the matron from the foster molhcrs nnd falhers of Iho babies. "Afler God , .dear sisler , " an adoplcd molher wriles , "It lb lo you I owe my darling child , so I will nsk him lo bless you forever. " "Dear sifter , I feel 11 my duty lo lot you hear from us , In regard to our llttlo boy and girl. My husband and I often wonder can It bo possible that they nro not our own children , when wo see their swecl , loving faces. If God will spare us lo raise them , wo feel confident that they will bo a credit lo all and n comfort and prldo to us lu years lo come. " Children wrilo homo to the slslers of Ihelr hap piness and growing oullook on life. In mosl cases Ihe child Is madu to understand its connection wilh the Foundling homo. A llttlo girl In the busy days of her school llfo wants lo tell of her success. "As It Is so long slnco I heard from you , I thought I would write and tell you lhal 1 am well , and llmt I have Jusl completed my first year at school. I have the highest.average in my class , It being 93 per cent , for the whole year. Aa I was Iho only girl lu the high school perfect In nlleudanco I received a prelly gold medal as a reward. " Hnppy cndlnga como of many slorlca with tragic beginnings. The unwelcome bnby finds n welcome somewhere , makcia n plnco for llsolf some how , in \\orld Hint failed it at the start. Tf > e Important \ confronting anyone In need of a laxa tive lo not a question of a single ac tion only , but of permanently beno- flclal effects , which will follow proper efforts to llvo In a healthful way , with jho assistance of Syrup of Figa and Elixir of Senna , whenever It Is re quired , ns it cleanncs tlio system gently yet promptly , without irritation J and will therefore always have the j preference of all who wish the best of family laxatives. i The combination has the approval t of physicians because It is known to be truly beneficial , and because it has given satisfaction to the millions of well-informed families vho have used it for many years past. To get Us beneficial effects , always buy the genuine manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only. / J Treatment for Lump Jaw. Lump Jaw Is due to a fungus which Is usually taken into the animal's sys tem in feed consumed. , Lump jaw Is liable to affect the glands of the throat or the bones of the head , writes Doctor David Roberts in American Cultivator. It is not advisable to keep an animal thus afflicted lingering in a herd. On the other hand it is ad visable to cither treat such an animal or kill it , as such animals invite dis eases into the herd , owing to the fact that they are so reduced in vitality that they have no resisting power. A remarkably large per cent , of such cases can be successfully treated if taken in time by opening up the en largement and washing it out with a strong antiseptic solution , like five of carbolic acid in water , and putting the animals on a tonic. In this way the afflicted animal is not only saved , ) but the entire herd is protected against disease. Good Law That Should Be Enforced. Anti-spitting ordinances , laws and regulations in more than five-eighths of the cities and towns of the country are not enforced as they should be , alleges the National Association for the Study of Tuberculosis in a recent report. While most of the larger cities of the United States have such laws on their hooks , in the great majority of cases they are Ignored or over looked. The report covers lu detail the enforcement of the anti-spitting ordinances in SO of the largest cities in the country. During the year 190 D in these SO cities , 3,421 arrests were made for violation of the laws regardIng - Ing spitting iq public places. Over 2.900 convictionS were secured and 51,100.87 was collected in fines. Where She Scored. Sheldon Kerruish tells this story on his esteemed father : "One day a long time ago , a number of children in our neighborhood were talking about the bad habits of their parents. " 'My father smokes 15 cigars a day , " said a little girl , boastfully like. " 'My father swears something aw ful when supper is late , ' said another. " 'My papa came home tight the other night , ' remarked a third. "It was my little sister's turn next " 'You just ought to sco my papa read Cicero , ' she said , and all the other little girls retired in confusion , gladly admitting that sister had won the prize. " Cleveland Leader. The Flippancy of John. Mrs. Mott What Is a sympathetic ctrlke , John ? Mott A sypmathetlc strike , my dear , Is being touched for a quarter by a bcggai with a hard-luck story. Don't try to mold another to your ideal , but remold your ideal accordIng - Ing to what he is. MISCHIEF MAKER A Surprise in Brooklyn. An adult's food that can save a baby proves itselfjto nourishing and easily digested and good for big and litllo folks. A Brooklyn man says : "When baby was about eleven months old ho began to grow thin nnd pale. This was , at first , attributed to the heat and the fact that his teeth were coming , but , in reality , the poor llttlo thing was starving , hla mother's milk not being sufficient nourishment "One day after ho had cried bltlerly for an hour , I suggested lhat my wife try him on Grape-Nuts. She soaked two teaspoonfula in a saucer with a little sugar and warm milk. This baby , ate so ravenously lhat she fixed a BOO- tl end which ho likewise finished. "It was not many days before ho for got all about being nursed , and has since lived almost exclusively on Grape-Nuts. Today the boy Is strong and robust , nnd as cute a mischief- maker ns a Ihirteen months old baby is expected to be. "Wo have put before him other foods , but ho will have none of them , ovldenlly preferring lo slick lo lhat which did him so much good his old friend Grnpe-Nuls. "Use Ihls lellor any way you wish , for my wlfo nnd I can never pralso Grnpe-Nuls enough afler Iho bright ness It has brought to our household. " Grape-Nuts is not made for n baby food , but experience with Ihousands of babies shows it to bo among the best , if not entirely the best in use. Being a scientific preparation of Narnro's grains , it la equally effective as a body i and brain builder for grown-ups | Read the lltllo book , "The Rend to , Wollvlllo , " in pkgs. "There's a Reason. " I C'ler reiul ( lie nbnie IcttrrT A new . one mipenrn from time ( n ( line. They nre Kenulue , true , nud full of huiuua