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AGRICULTURE THE
MAINSTAY OFTHE
NATION
The United States and Canada
Have a Great Responsibility.
Tills Is the day when the fanner
has his timings. The time was when
he was dubbed the “farmer,” the
“mossback,” and in a tone that could
never have been called derisive, but
still there was In It the inflection that
he was occupying an Inferior position.
The stiff upper Up that the farmer car
ried, warded off any reproach that his
occupation was a degrading one. His
hour arrived, though, and for some
years past he has been looked up to ns
occupying a high position.
Agriculture, by a natural trend of
economic conditions, stands out today
In strong relief, as the leader in the
world’s pursuits. Never in the nation’s
history have the eyes of <the world
been so universally focused on the
farm. The farmer Is the man of im
portance ; the manufacturer of its most
necessary product, and he now enjoys
the dual satisfaction of reaping a max
imum of profit, as a result of his opera
tions, while he also becomes a strong
factor in molding the world’s destinies.
Manufacturers, business men pro
fessional men and bankers realize the
Importance of agriculture, and gladly
acknowledge It as the twin sister to
commerce. In commercial, financial
and political crises, the tiller of the
soil takes the most important place.
Maximum prices, the highest in many
decades, show the world’s recognition
of the necessary requirement for more
farm stuffs. The time was coming
when this would have been brought
about automatically, but war time
.conditions urged it forward, while the
farmer was able to secure land at rea
sonable prices. Throughout several of
the Western states this condition ex
ists, as also in Western Canada.
Never has such a condition been
known in commercial life. It Is truly
an opportunity of a lifetime. Largt*
and small manufacturing concerns and
practically every other line of busi
ness have been limited in their profits
to the point of almost heroic sacrifice,
while it is possible today to reap divi
dends in farming unequaled in any
other line.
Thirty, and as high as fifty bushels
of wheat per acre at $2.20 per bushel
and all other farm produce on a simi
lar basis, grown and produced on land
available at from sls to S4O per acre,
represents a return of profit despite
higher cost of labor and machinery,
that, in many cases runs even higher
than 100% of an annual return on the
amount invested. Such is the present
day condition in Western Canada. How
long It will last, no one can foretell.
Prices for farm produce will likely re
main high for many years. Certainly,
Ihe low prices of past years will not
come again In this generation. The
lands referred to, are low in price at
present, but they will certainly In
crease to their naturally productive
value as soon as the demand for them
necessitates this increase, and this day
Is not far distant. This demand is
growing daily; the farmer now on the
ground is adding to his holdings while
prices are low; the agriculturist on
high priced lands is realizing that he'
is not getting all the profit that his
neighbor in Western Canada is secur
ing; the tenant farmer is seeking a
home of his own, which he can buy
on what he was paying out for rent,
and many are forsaking the crowded
cities to grasp these unprecedented op
portunities.
The tenant farmer, and the owner
of high priced land, is now awakening
to the realization that he is not get
ting the return for his labor, and in
vestment that it Is possible to secure in
Western Canada. Thousands are mak
ing trips of inspection to personally in
vestigate conditions and to acquaint
themselves with the broadening bene
fits derived by visiting Western Can
ada. Such trips awaken in a progres
sive man that natural desire to do
bigger things, to accomplish as much
as his neighbor, and frequently result
ih convincing and satisfying him that
God’s most fertile outdoors, with a big
supply of nature’s best climatic and
health-giving conditions lies in West
ern Canada.
The days of pioneering are over; the
seeker after a new home travels
through alt parts of the country on The
same good railway trains as he has
been accustomed to at home, but on
which he has been accorded a special
railway rate of about one cent a mile.
He finds good roads for automobiling
and other traffic; rural telephone lines
owned by the provincial governments;
rural schools and churches situated
conveniently to all; well appointed and
homelike buildings, and everywhere an
Indication of general prosperity; cities
and towns with all modern improve
ments, and what is the most convinc
ing factor In his decision, a satisfied
and prosperous people, with a whole
hearted welcome to that country of a
larger life and greater opportunities.
To Western Canada belongs the dis
tinguished honor of being the holder
of all world’s championships in wheat
and oats for both quality and quantity.
For many years in succession Western
Canada has proven her claim for su
premacy in the most keenly contested
National exhibitions and to her is cred
ited the largest wheat and oat yields
America has known. The natural con
ditions peculiar to Western Canada
and so adaptable to grain growing, has
been an Insurmountable barrier for her
competitors to overcome. In the last
few years the yields of wheat and
oats per acre have surprised the agri
cultural world. As much as sixty bush
els of wheat per acre has been grown
on some farms, while others-have fur
nished affidavits showing,’over fifty
bushels of wheat per acre, and oats as
high as one hundred and tw'ent/ bush
els per acre.- - One reputable farmer
makes affidavit tp a crop return'of over
fifty-four thousand .bushels of wheat
front a thousand acres. While this is
rather the exceptions than the rule,
these yields serve to illustrate the fer
tility of the soli and the possibilities
of the country, ■tfheh 'good farming
methods are adopted? ---Western .Can
ada can surely fay-undisputed claim to
being “The World’s natural bread bas
ket.”—Advertisement.
His Sisters and Brothers.
A little boy was asked “How many
sisters and brothers have you, James?”
He replied, “I have two sisters and
one brother, and I’m him.”
Any man who depends on wages will
acquire a lot more money than the man
who depends on wagers.
Delinquent Boys Made Into Good
Citizens at Uncle Sam’s School
- The annual inspection and drill by the boys of the National Training
school at Washington is a red letter day in the lives of the youngsters who
are being turned by Uncle Sam into good citizens and Americans. Boys from
ten to nineteen years old from all parts of the country are sent to this
institution, which is maintained by tho government. They are sent there
after being found guilty of truancy, moonshining and Other violations of
federal statutes. They are taught useful trades, and the very uniforms, hats
and shoes worn by them at their inspection and drill, as shown in the picture,
are evidences of their handicraft.
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§ Mothers’ Cook Book §
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In days gone by I filled myself
With puddings, pies and cakes;
I dearly loved al! sweetened food,
(I took a chance on aches)
Bin nothing stayed my appetite
When I came in from play.
l,lke bread smeared over with the jam
That mother stored away.
Nut Croquettes.
lake one cupful of stale bread j
crumbs, a half cupful of milk, a cupful
of nut meats, salt and pepper and a ;
slightly beaten egg. Soak the broad I
crumbs in the milk. Add the nuts, sea
:-o t well, mix with the egg, mold, roll
in egg and crumbs and fry in deep fat,
or brown in a frying pan.
Soup for Children.
A quarter of a cupful of peanut but
ter ndded to a quart of milk, two ta- j
blespoonfuls of flour and seasonings |
makes a most delicious hot soup for ;
the children.
Nut Leaf.
Take a cupful cf lentiis. peas or
beans, n cupful of toasted bread j
crumbs, a teaspoonful cf salt, three- !
fourths of a teaspoonful of pepper, i
Press the lentils through a colander, i
add the chopped nuts and broad
crumbs with seasoning, with milk
enough to make of the consistency of
mush. ■ "Pour into a baking dish and
bake one hour. A half cupful of pea
nut butter may be used in this recipe
, with more bread crumbs.
Nut and Rice Loaf.
Take one cupful each of chopped I
nuts, boiled rice, bread crumbs, and j
one hard cooked egg finely chopped, !
-add a beaten egg, celery'salt, and two j
'ablespoonfuls of minced onion. Mix |
all together and fcaste with drippings j
and water or nut butter and water. !
Any other cereal liked may be snbsti- j
tuted for the rice, A half cupful of I
grated cheese may he added and serve |
with tomato sauce.
Ar.other Nut Loaf, With Noodles.
Take three-fourths of a cupful of I
nuts, two and a fourth cupfuls of noo
dles made with red dog flour, salt and
popper to taste, and one and a half
cupfuls of white sauce. Mix the noo
dles. peanuts and white sauce. Place
in a buttered baking disli and cover
with buttered crumbs. Bake until
brown.
Some Postscripts.
Where there’s a will there’s a
way tor break it. i
The more a man thinks he Is
the less he ain’t also.
Wisdom is not so hard to find
us it is difficult to keep.
A wise man feels censure ]
more than a fool does a licking.
Blessed is the man who can
greet the war tax collector with
a shining face.
■ ■ ' A woman who marries a man I
to reform him usually lias a
mighty poor excuse.
Rhode island Orchardists
Produce First-Prize Apples.
The winning by Rhode Island grow- (
ers of first prize for apples at the New I
England fruit show in Boston again
emphasizes the fact that the soil and :
climate of this-state ’are favorable for
orchards, says the Providence Journal.
Why the industrial cities- of Rhode Is
land depend so largely upon the West
for apples is easily explained—the
Western men run their orchards on \
modern business principles—they give
ts much attention to distribution as |
to production and thus find profitable j
markets in distant places.
in flavor the western fruit is infe- !
rior to that of New England, and in
appearance eastern apples, v . i the
rrecs are given proper care, are equal
to Those from the Pacific coast or-|
‘ilianix: The exhibit of Rhode Island
apples at Uu> show in BosKm leaves
tie doubt ,on these points, and the
arizes awarded should encourage tile;
;h op! ot /lu* country towns to make
•i specialty of the Rhode Island groen
■Cgts Ihe Baldwin and the Northern
iSnv. aJ! of which a:v to i:io.
5 PER CENT WOUNDED DIE
Or. Woods Hutchinson Claims Surgery
Saves 95 Per Cent in
Hospitals.
London. —“The doctor has made tills
world struggle probably one of the
least deadly ever fought in proportion
To the numbers engaged,” said Dr.
Woods Hutchinson, an American, in
an address at the Rjyal Society of
Medicine.
j Trench Gossip Is Usually
Born at "Refilling Point,”
Then It Is Passed Along
■
Trench gossip Is a fearsome and un
canny thing. says Maj. lan Hay Beith,
in his recent hook “All in It.” It is
usually born at the “refilling point”
where the army service corps’ motor
lorries dump down next day’s rations
and the regimental transport picks it
| >ip.
“An A. S. C. sergeant mentions cas-
I ualTy to n regimentals quartermaster
i that he has heard it said at the supply
| depot that heavy firing has been go
j ing on in the Channel. The quartor
! master, on returning to the transport,
observes to his quartermaster sergeant
that the German fleet has come out at
last. The quartermaster sergeant,
when he meets the ration parties be-
I hind the lines that night, announces to
: a platoon sergeant that we have won
j a great naval victory. The platoon
j sergeant, who is suffering from trench i
! feet and is a constant reader of acer- |
tain pessimistics half-penny Journal, j
replies gloomily 1
“We'll have heavy losses ourselves, |
| too. I doot!” This observation is over- j
i heard by various members of the ra- !
j (ion [tarty. By midnight several him- |
! tired yards of the firing line know for i
a fact there has been a naval disaster i
of the first magnitude off the coast of j
a place which everyone calls Gaily |
Polly, and that the whole of our divl- j
sion is to be transferred forthwith to j
the near Hast to stem the tide of ca
lamity.
“Still, we must have something to
chat about."
Corroding?
Hungary was once the granary of
Europe. It lost that position, but re
mained the granary of the dual mon
archy. The food situation at present,
says the Philadelphia Record, is such
that Hungary fears it cannot feed it
self, and it refuses to divide with its
partner in (lie crazy quilt that domi
nates an alien population that actually
outnumbers the Germans and Magyars
put together. Austria hates Prussia,
i hut fears it, and allows itself to be
| used as a cat’s paw in the Prussian
: scheme for world domination, in which
tlie Austrians have little Interest, the
Magyars none whatever, and the 1
Czechs a strong adverse interest. Hun
gary will not even feed Austria. These
; discordant and usually hostile ele-
I ments are held together by the iron
I hand of military despotism, but -cir- j
: cumstanccs are corroding the iron.
Mount Cenis Tunnel.
In boring the Mount Cenis tunnel
gunpowder was used in the blasting
operations, the charges being fired in
• front of a movable bulkhead, which
j was advanced as the work progressed.
The credit of the work belongs to three
1 Italian engineers. Sommeiller, Grandis
i and Grattoni. The boring was finished
j in 1870. and it was opened to traffic
two years later, equipped with a dou
ble track railway. The total expendi
ture for building it was $15,000,000,
j and took ISVa years to finish. The
: Sardinian government financed the en
tire undertaking. It is an example of i
j tunnel construction by the drift ineth- j
j od.
1 of the varieties from the AVest which !
i are sold for looks rather than for qual- j
j Hy.
Little American Angels.
The art of doing the right thing in
the right way is one-of tlie fine arts of
living.
At Philadelphia many years ago
Madam Melba was putting on “Faust,”
|in which she took tlie part of Margue
| rite, says an exchange. In the final
’ scene she bad to ascend to heaven sur
■ rounded by white-robed and beautiful
j angels, and it gave her some trouble
ito pick her angels. But she finally j
| secured (hem, and glorious beings they ;
were to look at, too. Melba was sat- !
isfied. |
But as the star was doing her first
j ascension to heaven accompanied by
these angels, she was horrified to hear
a tittering here and there throughout i
the large and appreciative audience.
It did not take much inquiry later in
the night to discover the cause of the
ill-timed mirth. The angels, some of
them, while ascending to heaven, were
c!ll> * il '
“The doctors’ control over wound |
infections is so masterly,” he added, j
“that of the wounded who survive six :
hours, 90 per cent recover, of those
who reach the field hospitals 95 per
cent recover and of those who arrive
at (lie base hospitals 95 per cent get
well.
“The twin angels, anaesthetics and
antiseptics, have not only enormously
diminished pain and agony, but have ;
made amputations rarer and grave
cripplings fewer than ever before in ■
war history. Barely 5 per cent of the
] Remodeling Old Clothing,
Transforming Worn Garments
Into Serviceable New Ones
Change entire style of dress If you
i have enough material, or put some
j other kind of material with old mate
! rial for woolen and silk is combined
' in many of the new winter costumes,
says Hazel Zimmerman, Home Demon
si ration Agent, Agricultural Extension
Service, University of Arizona.
I’ut a now collar, cuffs, and belt on
lie old dress. This will improve looks
of dress. Change length of skirt. Do
not have skirt too short or too long.
Practical skirts for women are five to
six inches from floor. If garment can
not be made over for owner it should
!>e made into clothes for smaller mem
bers of family.
Most all garments should be mended
before cleaning or laundrying. Mend
ing tissues helps out wonderfully in
mending of woolen clothes. This is
used after garment is cleaned. All
patches should be faded the same color
as garment before using. Use strong
net in mending stockings. The bars
are easy to follow in making darning
stitch.
Many old garments can he made new
| again by changing the color. Always
j follow the directions found on pack
j age of dye for these are the best. Get
| dye to suit kind of material. Never
i try to dye cotton material with dye
: for woolen material. Always use the
amount of salt called for when dyeing
cotton garments. The salt sets the
dye. Old gingham aprons and dresses
which have faded may be dyed a dark
blue. These iron nicely and look like
new. Never try to dye a dark material
a light shade for this cannot be ac
complished with satisfactory results.
Cleanliness a Primary
Requisite of the Navy.
As Health Is Paramount
Cleanliness is the god of the navy.
A man—hoy, rather—since he Is
commonly under twenty-one ar
rives at Great Lakes by the noon train
and goes into Ihe detention camp. Ho
is lined hp with 40 or a hundred oth
ers and his baggage examined. Cig
arettes, knives, whisky, firearms —any-
thing he .might hurt himself or his
neighbor with —are confiscated. Then
he has a hot hath and clean clothes.
In the days that follow he goes to the
dentist and has his month put in
shape. Collier says. He goes to the
| doctor and is vaccinated, Inoculated,
| tested. Ho is given S9O worth of new
clothes—three suits of white clothes,
two suits of serge clothes, three suit*
of underwear, stockings, shoes, hand
| kerchiefs, caps, dunnage bag—every-
I thing stenciled in two places with his
| own name. Then he is introduced to
the kt-yl.
The kl-yl is a scrubbing brush, a j
| wooden-backed scrubbing brush with |
stiff fiber bristles. It is the washing
machine of the navy. Every man
washes his own clothes.
| HANDLING POULTRY |
IN WINTER j
Many successful men and several j
experiment stations are satisfied that j
free range the year around, regardless ;
of snow, rain, wind and cold, develops I
such a hardiness in fowls that they lay I
better than when kept In confinement,
and that birds become accustomed to
exposure and hardships, and that wal
lowing about in a foot of snow part of
the day Is just as good exercise as ]
Scratching In dry litter In a comfort
able house and results in better profits.
There seems to be no data available
on the method of handling fowls in
winter as compared with close confine
ment, but poultrymen should adopt
either one system or the other. To al
low the fowls the freedom of the yard
some days and keep them confined at
other times is not conducive to the
best results In egg production. Hens
are creatures of habit to such an ex
tent that If a flock of birds is removed
from unsanitary, crowded quarters to
a modern, well-equipped, properly ven
tilated house they are more than
likely to fall off in their egg production
for several weeks, not because the |
[ change is not for the better, but be-
I cause it is something different.
A frequent change from confinement
| to range and from range to confine
ment, though It may be for the com
fort and best Interest of the fowls in
the judgment of the caretaker, will so
disturb the fowls that they will not
know whether they are going out or
staying in, and because of the perver
sity of hen nature they will want to do
just what they cannot do and their
nervous systems will be sufficiently
disorganized to Interfere with the
proper functioning of the egg organs.
To the average person this statement
will undoubtedly seem far-fetched
whan applied to an animal of such low
mentality as Is ascribed to the hen,
but practical poultrymen know how
I hard It is to encourage their fowls to
! lay during the winter and how easily
they quit.
Terse Sayings.
The reason some people find
fault with life is not because life
treats them badly but because
they expect to be treated so
much better.
Some fellows seem to think
that It doesn’t matter what they
do so long as they ask people
to excuse them for it after
wards. •
Tlie man who ke<>ps his ojiin
;ons to himself can at least
change them without attracting
attention.
No experienced woman can
now be employed in any mercan
tile establishment in California
r at a salary less than $lO per
week.
—a
What Might Have Been.
Life is full of lost opportunities and
hardly anything saddens us more than
to run across our season baseball tick
et at this time of the year and see
how many coupons are left in It. —
niiio Mtsifo Journal.
| wounded are crippled or permanently
disabled.
“From the statistics made public
| (here Is good reason to believe that the
death rate of this year docs not much
exceed 5 per cent.”
Use Sea Sand for Bricks.
The invention of a machine to grind
sea sand too smooth to be of use in its
raw state has enabled great quantities
of it to lie utilized in brick manufac
ture in Virginia
BRINGS OUT LATENT TRAI T S
War Develops Hidden Qualification!
of Many Young Heroes Now
in Government’s Service.
“It takes all sorts of things to bring
out latent traits in us all.” The speak
er in the club'car rolled his cigar to
the other corner of his mouth. Tho
other occupants sat silently, surmising
that a story was coining, recounts a
writer in an exchange.
“Knew a young fellow over East.
Father had lots of money. Son did not
seem Inclined to add a great deal to
it by working, but made several dents
in the family purse by bis spending.
Not that ho was a bad boy at heart —
only thoughtless. Sometimes I think
the rich father was attempting to
make a business man out of a man
never intended for that sort of life. The
boy did not seem to bo able to find his
niche. Said to me one day when he
had gotten confidential; ‘You know,
my only fear is that I am not going to
make something out of myself that will
make dad proud of me,’ And the two
surely did love each other. One day
the boy asked the father for several
thousand dollars. It was forthcoming.
Then he asked the father to cash a
check for some money left him by his
dead mother. He got that. Then the
boy sort of dropped out of New York
life.
“Next thing I knew he was a lieu
tenant In the aviation section of the
army. He had bought two airplanes,
taken them down into the country to
one of his father’s farms and learned
to fly. Guess those that knew him
thought it was another of his money
burning ways. But when he thought
himself competent he went to the gov
ernment and simply said: ‘Here I am,
ready for any service you may have for
me,’ and the government took him up
in a hurry. He may be in France. But
you should have seen that father’s face
light up every time he mentioned that
boy. And when he does get back from
France he and his father are going to
be greater pals than ever, if that be
possible.
“Now I am not going t® say that
many young men are going to have
about $20,000 at their beck and call to
demonstrate that it only needs the oc
casion to make men out of them, but I
do say that there are scores of young
men doing just as much or more.”
Switzerland Like United States.
Switzerland is the only European
example of a federative and demo
cratic republic of the American type,
observes a writer. Switzerland, as the
United States, was born from a desire
for emancipation from autocratic des
potism ; like the United States, Swit
zerland never believed in the divine
right of kings. The very past which
the ancient federates, on that quiet
I spot, the “Rutll,” on the classic Lake
. of Lucerne on August 1, 1291, swore
' to, embodies that great principle for
which now, 626 years later, the United
States Is fighting, namely, to quote
President Wilson’s own words, “For
the right of those who submit to au
thority to have a voice in their own
governments.” There the old Swiss
proclaimed self-government against the
autocratic rule of the Hapsburg, in the
following words: “We ordain and dl
i rect with unanimous accord, that in
I the above-mentioned valleys we shall
1 recognize no judge who shall have
bought his rights with money or in any
1 other manner, or who shall not be a
i native and an inhabitant of these dis-
I tricts.”
Work and Play.
Variation of types of work properly
adjusted will often substitute for what
i (s generally known as play, says the
New York Times. For instance, one’s
brain center may become wary at a
monotonous occupation, and a decided
change of occupation, notwithstanding
it be what we usually call work, will
permit the first brain center Involved
to rest while another works. But we
come back to the fact that what most
people regard as play is an occupation
that they are not required to perform,
and, It would seem from a psycholog
ical standpoint to give greater rest If
It be an occupation that is particularly
useless from the standpoint of produc
ing economic results. Therefore there
should be time set aside in the work
of the day, no matter whether it be
I varied or not, when the environment
may be changed and play should be
taken up.
In European Crowns.
With hardly an exception there are
American pearls among the crown Jew
els of every European ruler. In 1889,
at the World’s Fair In Paris, there was
exhibited a set of seven black pearls
from these Mexican fisheries, valued at
that time at $22,000, today worth more
than SIOO,OOO. One of the largest
pearls ever found here was Sold in
Paris to the emperor of Austria for
SIO,OOO, and the Spanish government
presented Napoleon 111. with a black
Mexican pearl valued at $25,000. In
the early eighties three magnificent
olack pearls were found on the La Paz
fisheries, ranging In weight from 28 to
45 carats and worth from $5,000 to
$6,000 each.
German Schooling.
German schooling has proved antag
onistic to co-operation, although de
manding unity of action through mass
obedience, Wlnthrop Talbot writes In
the Century. It has failed to foster
real co-operation, for co-operation is a
method by which persons of their own
volition and by no compulsion may
work together harmoniously. Only
when training and schooling are the
common privilege of all Is that state
of civic development possible which
permits society to become co-operative
'n its action. In other words, a so
cialized society berimes more possible
i only as all individual members acquire
each the widest vision, and thus the
power to co-operate harmoniously.
Keep Criticism to Yourself.
When you feel an inclination to criti
cize, remember that you weren’t born
to set the world right. Just murmur
to yourself that, after all, lUs a pretty
nice little oW world, and that perhaps
tt would he even more difficult to get
along with people If they were all
quite perfect, which they certainly
aren’t. Just keep your critical faculty
to yourself; it will have alj the exor
cise It needs. —Exchange.
Poor George.
Hostess (to lady visitor)—lf you
really won’t have any more tea, I’ll
have the teapot filled with water; It
will do for George. Qne feels in this
war time that we ought to economize,
even if we deny ourselves!
A War-Time Martyr.
“Kitty, I wish you’d get out of the
habit of asking for pennies to buy
candy all the time.*-’-
“What do you expect me to do,
grandma? Simply suffer In silence?”
—Browning’s Magazine.
BOSCHEE’S GERMAN SYRUP
Why use ordinary cough remedies,
when Boschee’s German Syrup has
been used so successfully for fifty-one
years in all parts of the United
States for coughs, bronchitis, colds
settled in the throat, especially lung
troubles. It gives the patient a good
night’s rest, free from coughing, with
easy expectoration in the morning,
gives nature a chance to soothe the
Inflamed parts, throw off the disease,
helping the patient to regain his
health. Sold in all civilized countries.
SO and 90 cent bottles. —Adv.
SHELLS BURST THREE TIMES
Explosive for Anti-Aircraft Gun Has
Compartments Set to Let Loose
at Different Intervals.
A kind-faced Britisher, not satis
fied with having one try at a Zeppe
lin or an airplane with each shot from
an anti-aircraft gun, has designed and
patented a progressively exploding
shell which has three separate com
partments, arranged to burst at differ
ent time intervals, says Popular Sci
ence Monthly. If the first explosloh
is too early the second or the third
may find the mark. Each compart
ment charge gives off a different col
ored light for tho information of the
gunner, who knows tho time intervals
between the charges.and the time for
which the first compartment is set to
burst. By comparing the position of
tho red or blue or white flare with the
position of the airship, the gunner cor
rects his range.
This performance is made possible
by a shell having three separate and
heavy compartments, each with its
load of shrapnel and bursting charge.
They are connected only by a small
fuse passage extending from one to
the other.
CUTICURA HEALS SORE HANDS
That Itch, Burn, Crack, Chap and
Bleed—Trial Free.
In a wonderfully short time in most
cases these fragrant, super-creamy
emollients succeed. Soak hands on re
tiring in the hot suds of Cuticura Soap,
dry and rub Cuticura Ointment into
the hands for some time. Remove sur
plus Ointment with soft tissue paper.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura. Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
Quiet Man Had a Few.
There was the usual collection of
drummers in the smoke room, and
among them tlie inevitable quiet man.
Conundrums had been the order of the
evening and the fun waxed fast and
furious.
Then the quiet man spoke.
“It’s easy,” he began, “to answer
such riddles as ‘Why is your hat like
a baby?’ which only contain one simile,
but some of those with two and more
are twisters. For instance, what is the
difference between the son of a mil
lionaire, an organ, and a gum pot?”
“I give it up,” said the mustard
traveler, who was generally very hot
at guessing riddles.
“Tlie son of a millionaire is an heir
to millions, while an organ has a mil
lion airs. See?”
“But what about the gum pot?” in
quired the hosiery representative.
“Oh, that’s just where you stick,” re
plied the quiet man.
When you have decided to get rid o<
worms or Tapeworm, use “Dead Shot,” Dr.
Pecry’s Vermifuge. One dose will expel
them. Adv.
Newfoundland's Sailing Fleet.
Losses of sailing vessels in the New
foundland trade through storms, Ger
man raiders and submarines since the
war started have been more than
made up by building within the colony
and purchases abroad, observes a cor
respondent; The Newfounland sail
ing fleet now numbers 125 vessels, and
1.7 more are on the sticks, the total
of 142 making the largest locally
owned fleet in a generation. This is
exclusive of boats used only in the
island trade. The fleet, made up of
schooners ranging from 100 to 400
tons, has a capacity which will en
able the colony to take to foreign mar
kets in Newfoundland bottoms the en
tire catch of cod in Island waters, es
timated at about 1,500,000 quintals or
168,000.000 pounds.
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one wav to cure Catarrhal Deafness,
and that Is bv a constitutional remedy.
HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE Acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
of the System. Catarrhal Deafness Is
caused by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube Is inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed. Deafness Is the
result. Unless the inflammation can be re
duced and this tube restored to Its nor
mal condition, hearing may be destroyed
forever. Many cases of Deafness are
caused by Catarrh, which is an Inflamed
condition of the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by HALL’S CATARRH
MEDICINE.
All Druggists 75c. Circulars free.
F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio.
River o r Liberty Pennies.
A new dignity is thrust upon the lit
tle bronze coii.-—useful chiefly hitherto
as the means of furnishing us with the
world’s intelligence. Now the penny
takes the front line as a lighter for
freedom. Soldiers .-and sailors will be
clothed and armed and fed by them;
enemy trenches will be shattered by
them; the flag will be carried forward
on their current tu speedier and great
er victory. Why so mean as to grudge
them a grouch at tho inconvenience?
Fit emblem of democracy, let there be
reverence and gladness in their giving,
whether from tlie hand of a little child
or the coin pocket of a millionaire. Let
us be a nation of cheerful taxpayers.
All bail the Liberty pennies.—Chicago
Evening Post.
To Cure a Cold in One Day _ ,
Take LAXATXVH BKUMO QUINISM Tablets.
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure, h W.
SKOVH S signature is on each bos. 300.
A Hard Proposition.
“It Likes you a long time to sell
that lady a cage for her parrot.”
‘Tin doing tho best I can,” said the
clerk.
“Our stock is large. Can’t you suit
her?”
“I think I could suit her, but she’s
trying to get the parrot to make a se
lection.” ,
Poverty Might Help.
Prosperity makes beasts of some
men. In a case like that poverty may
come along and make men of them.
A Common Solution.
Lady Visitor —How did you come to
he such a crook, my poor man?
Convict —I wuz crossed in love.
When Vour Eves fteed Care
Try burins Eye Remedy
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What Is
Man?
By REV. W. W. KETCHUM
Director of Practical Work Course,
Moody Bible Institute, Chicago
TEXT-What is man that thou art
mindful of him? —Psalm 8:4.
Pope In his essay on man says:
"The proper study of mankind la
man.” This, how-
ever, Is only In
part .true, for
J;¥ ; mankind cannot
r % be fully known
apart from the
x : I revelation God
has given of man
in th ® Bib,e - Tba
™ Bible reveals God
to man, but It also
' reveals man to
: J tmmm? we
would, therefore,
\ , know mankind,
__ we would study
A nmn ln the
WmMj i Jk of what God says
about him.
Not an Exalted Ape.
There are some wise men who would
nave us believe that man is the off
spring of an ape; if so, then man 13
•in exalted ape, because between man
ind the ape, as we know them, there
is a wide difference. In arriving at
their conclusion it is barely possible
the wise men were led into it by fol
.owing Pope’s suggestion, and in so do
ing discovered in man what they
thought to be ancestral traits, for if
there Is any being on earth who can
make a monkey of himself, man is the
one.
Many have accepted the Darwinian
theory of the evolution of man as a
substantial fact, when the truth is
there Is not a single proof in support
of It. It is simply a hypothesis —a sup
position assumed. The late Dr. James
Orr, the Scotch theologian, who was
competent to speak upon this subject,
says: “It is vain to speak of science
demonstrating the slow development
of man from the anthropoid ape, for 11
does no such thing. There is no prooi
of this in science up to this present
hour. There is no evidence of anj
such gradual process.”
A Created Being.
Turning now from the hypotheses
of men,-we note that the Bible teaches
that man is a created being. This
fact which is stated in the first and
second chapters of Genesis is confirm
ed by other Scriptures, so that we are
by no means dependent upon the Gen
esls account for it. Our Lord him
self adds his confirmatory words when
he says: “Have ye not read that he
which made them at the beginning
made them male and female, and said
for this cause shall man leave fathei
and mother, and shall cleave to his
wife; and they twain shall be one
flesh?” (Matt. 19:4-5).
Upon this account of the creation oi
man in Genesis and the quotation from
that book, Christ bases his teaching
upon the sanctity of marriage. It is
surely subtle reasoning that admits
the truth of Christ’s teaching and al
the same, time charges him with bas
ing It upon what he knew, as some
say, was only a fable. Surely, such
a one should not be what he claimed
he was, “the way, the truth, and the
life.” No matter what men may saj
about the origin of man, the fact re
mains that the Scriptures, substan
tiated by Christ, uniformly teach that
he is a created being.
In the Image of Ged.
Further the Scriptures teach that
man was made in the Image of God
This is quite different from being
evolved from an ape. This makes mac
the offsuring of God, and not of a
monkey. It exalts him, Instead oi
debasing him. He begins his being
as a man, and not as a something oi
the lower creation which gradually
through long periods of time changes
Into what he now is, which if the hy
pothesis be true, would make him ac
exalted ape. If the theory be true
what Is to hinder the process of evolu
tion going on and man developing intc
something specifically different front
what he now is, and so on ad infln
itum?
We have mentioned the wide differ
ence between man and the ape. Novi
the essential difference between them
does not consist in the brain capacity
of the skulls, in hairy or smooth skin
but in the fact that man was made it
the image of God. By this is nol
meant a bodily likeness, for we know
“God is a spirit” and “a spirit hatl
not flesh and bones.” (John 4:24(
Luke 24„-39),
The Image Marred.
But alas! man fell through sin and
the image was marred. Such is th
teaching of the Bible, which is quit*
contrary to the hypotheses of men whc
boast of the ascent of man. while sir
has gone away from- God and not to
ward God; that this apostasy in
volves the whole human race, so that
“all have sinned and come short oi
the glory of God;” that the catastro
phe of sin is so complete that man it
helpless and hopeless because of it t
save himself from it. The Bible, how>
ever, does not leave man, in whom tht
image of God is marred without hope
for it tells him that “where sin abound
ed grace did much more abound,” and
that God has made provision for the res
titution of man in the redemption whlcl
he provided on Calvary’s cross by
which the image of God marred by
sin shall be restored in those who ao
cept his Son as their Savior.
Go Together.
These two things should always g(
together, the will of God and the wll
of man; and if you obey the will oi
God you help others to obey It, too
No person has ever been good without
making others better; no person has
ever been bad without making others
worse. —Sacred Heart Review.
Face Reveals the-Heart.
’Tls not my talent to conceal my
thoughts, or carry smiles and sunshim
in my face, when discontent sits heavy
at my heart. —Addison. ...
Expanding Power of Love.
That is a true sentiment which
makes us feel that we dp not love out
country less, but more, because we
have laid up in our minds the knowl
edge of other lands and other institu
tions and other races and have had ep
kindled afresh within us the Instinct
of a common hunpifilty ■ and of the
universal beneficence of the Creator.—
Dean Stanley.
The Worst Evil.
Dad as any government_may be, U
"anno* be worse than anarchy.
-
Ever Reliable'
CASCARAjrf-QUININE
No advance in price for this 20-year
old remedy—2sc for 24 tablet*—tome
cold tableta now 30c for 21 tablets—
-1 Figured on proportionate coat per
tablet, you aave 954 c when you buy
HillV—Cures Cold
24 Tablets for 250.
A Foolish Query.
| In a certain office building I saw
, the other day a placard posted near
I the elevator calling attention to the
, necessity for conserving coal, and.
| stating that in view of such need:
I “Our elevator service will be re
f duced. Our lighting service will be re
duced.”
! At the bottom of which some tenant
had feelingly written:
1 “Will our rent be reduced, too?”
| Boston Post.
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVE'S
TASTELESS chill TONIC You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
l Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron
i builds up the system. 6o cents.
i English Women in France.
Hundreds of women in the British
army auxiliary corps are working in
France, some in the bases and others
i In the country quarters near base
towns, states the San Francisco Argo
naut. For ordinary clerical work 235,
to 275. a week Is paid; for superior
and shorthand typists, 28s. to 325.,
with overtime paid 7d. to 9d. an hour.
| A bonus of five pounds is paid for 12
months’ service. Uniforms, khaki coat
frock, with stockings and shoes, are
provided free. The maximum for
| board and lodging Is 14s. a week.
1 Roman Eye Balsam Is an antiseptic olnt
t ment, applied externally and not a “wash. '
It heals the Inflamed surfaces, providing:
prompt relief. Adv.
The Similarity.
“How strange it is,” murmured the
Cheerful Idiot, “that the children of
these miners are like the most precious
and expensive of flowers.”
I “What do you mean?” asked the
| Practical Grouch. “How can they be?”
“Well,” answered the Cheerful Idlcl,
I a bit apologetically, “you know, they
are ore kids.”
\ _
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy*
1 for Infants and children, and see that It
I Signature -
In Use for Over 30 Years,
i Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria*
!
Exception to the Rule..
I “When he was at college he put la
most of his time studying.”
“What's he doing now?”
| “Teaching for SI,BOO a year.”
“And I presume that athletic broth
| er of his, who never studied while In
college, is drawing about $15,000 a year
as a baseball pitcher?”
“No. Things don’t always work out
] just that way. The athletic brother is
firing the professor’s furnace this wln
. ter, and Is glad to get the job.”—Blr
\ mingham Age-Herald.
tDo Your Cows Fail to Clean?
This Is a serious condition and re
quires prompt attention
Dr. David Roberts’
Cow Cleaner <•
gives quick relief. Keep it on band .
and prevent the ruin of your cow*
Read the Practical Home Veterinariaa
Send for free booklet on Abortion la Cow#
If no dealer in your town, write
Or. David Roberts’ Vet. Co., 100 Grand Avenue, Waukesha. WHI
HI BARKER’S u *
HAIR BALSAM
A toilet preparation of merit
iMbk VS Helps to eradicate dandruff.
IfKSk Sa For Rerloring Color and
KSsSiJ rWI Beauty to Gray or Faded Hair.
eOoTandlLOOa^ueeijtj.
Heard at the Sales.
I don’t absolutely need it, but just
think what a bargain!
That woman’s got that dress I’ve
had my eye on all week.
I don’t know whether to have this
skirt shortened or lengthened —you
can’t tell what the styles will be next
winter.
Isn’t this great? All it needs is the
skirt shortened, and the sleeves length
* ened, and a little taken up on one hip
and the buttons set over and some
weight put to the back and and —
If I take this one I’ll have to buy
a new hat, and if I take that one 1
can’t wear my gray shoes with It.—
Hutchinson (Kan.) Gazette.
The Quinine That Does Not Effect Head
Because of its tonic and laxative effect, Laxatlv#
Bromo Quinine can be taken by anyone without
causing nervousness or ringing In the heao. TOer#
Is only on© “Bromo Quinine. JU. W. QflOV H a
signature Is on box. 80c.
Appropriate.
“I am going to make my farewell
tour in Shakespeare. What shall b
the play? ‘Hamlet’? ‘Macbeth’?”
“This is your sixth farewell tour, 1
believe?”
“Well, yes.”
“I would suggest ‘Much Adieu About
Nothing.’ ”
The Poor Are Cheerful.
There is more cheer among the poor
than there is among the rich —there
are so many more poor people In the
world. —Exchange.
msmnh The Home B
Remedy B
for coughs, colds, hoarseness; H
pleasant to take and sure to help H
when needed. "
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I Of Horehound and Tar
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Contains no opium nor anything
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