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ly:. ;i 7 • f ' r£Si » - * ^ 5 ' r*?tzt& wsy.r' ' ' •" ••:. 1 ^ - " 1 S 5 W S " ; ' • ' - - j : : : ^ : j , : ; : : | i ? ' * ? ? ; > = ' ^ , r : ' : r # ' i I T H E N B Y p l a i n d e a l . E B . M H E N R Y , m t . • t w : ? WW' fopAmrrv/scx" ;^'^7 £ Ui A i N THESE Utter days, when every branch of human activity has been systematized and we are brought, whether we like it or not, under the spell of scientific management of the smallest business, what is more natu­ ral than that we should now be ob­ liged to accept the scientific manage­ ment of Christmas? Christmas as a science! How our grandfathers would have gasped at the Idea! In their time Christmas was a spontaneous holiday. Christ- eve they hung their stockings on the mantel­ piece In full confidence that Santa Claus could ft»d his way through a six-inch stovepipe. Then there was the Christmas tree, with a grandfather to distribute the gifts and a strong force of uncles and aunts to maintain peace among the couslna. And there was skating in the afternoon with the choicest sort of melee to give the finishing touch - to the day. There was no need of science there; it would, in fact, have spoiled the whole thing. But now the spirit of Christmas has changed. We still have our Christmas trees, subject to the regula­ tions of the fire department, but we are really slaves of our Christmas shopping list. From Thanksgiving to Christmas most of us live in an ijpnosphere of deepening gloom. We have con­ tinually hanging over us that dreadful problem of what would be the best thing to give So-and- so, and when we have made a selection our hearts < sink at the awful thought that, perhaps, What's- bte-name may give the same thing. at is to relieve this situation as much as possi­ ble that science has been called in to our aid. Of course, even science has not yet been able to prevent two people from sending the same gift to one person. But It has been able to display unusual gifts and a larger number of them for oar consideration, so that it will be easier to se­ lect a present which we may be (juite sure anoth­ er person would not think of. And the greatest advantage of scientific Christmas shopping Is tbe increased speed with which the ordeal may be gone through. There are two things which have brought about th}s result. The first is the establishment of ex­ hibits of giftB for children in the schools of the large cities of the country. And tbe second is the scientific arrangement of gifts for sale In the shops and department stores. On one floor we have a department devoted entirely to toys and ot£er gifts for children; in another place presents particularly suited to men; and elsewhere sec­ tions for women and boys and girls. It is all the direct result of the card index and the filing cabi­ net. Tou look under the particular heading you wish and you find displayed before you a vast quantity of suitable gifts to choose from. The object of the school exhibits is not so much to save mothers labor, worthy object though that might be. Nor is it to display the latest arid most Ingenious products of the toy market. Child welfare is the primary purpose, and there we have another side of the scientific Christmas. It is to save the children from being deluged at •he Christmas season with inartistic, unhygienic and useless gifts. Esthetic and hygienic are words that loom up larger in the vocabulary of tht present than that of the past. And so, although Noah's ark will remain Noah's ark to the'end of the world, no twentieth century voungster whose family attends one of these ex­ hibits will feel constrained to suck the paint off , Shem, Ram or Japhet. For, lo and behold, they are entirely innocent of the familiar red and green and blue of that unsanitary century we have left behind. The sons of the patriarch and all the animals that "went in two by two" are of reasonably hygienic white wood. By the same token, dolls will be dolls. For here again the scientific Christmas has produced a change to a more esthetic and hygienic product. Instead of the big rag doll, whose features have been kissed into obliteration by several genera­ tions of children, there is a stockinet successor, equally unbreakable, far more beautiful, and ab­ solutely Impervious to washing. For older children one .finds marvelous all- wood dolls, again embodying the three important virtues. They are unbreakable, washable and ar­ tistic. Their naturalness is evident at a glance, and the visitor is not surprised to learn that they 'are reproductions of American children modeled by American artlBts. And yet, the thought rises, will modern Dorothys and Nancys love these charming creations one whit more than their mothers and grandmothers loved the china and wax .dollies who preceded them? There was Henrietta, a gorgeous Parisian, you may remember, whose pink and white loveli­ ness is still a happy memory. Poor Henrietta! She died the victim of small brother who tried the effect of midlujnmer heat upon her waxen complexion. Then there was Juliet, she 'of real brown hair that combed and a warm brunette complexion, and a host of others who may btve had untold attractions. But you must put them out of your mind in this scientific age. Real hair harbors horrible microbes and complex* lone do not digest well in small stomachs. Then there are other suggestions, which are the result of the practicality of our time. Housekeep­ ing furnishings, for example, such as tea sets in pewter, cooking utensils in granite and metal, an ironing board and iron which can really be used, and an iron cookstove upon which things can be cooked. In the matter of musical toys, science *°ne even further. The pianos for the child of today are marvelous instruments. Alas for the prestige of the tinkly toy of a generation gone by! These have from two to three octaves of the chromatic scale and are accurately tuned "to concert pitch." But all such marvels cost money and are not likely to avail much for the household where five or six must live on a small income So it is good to discover a case containing a number of toy* at a minimum price. Not one exceeds ten cents in cost It is sur­ prising how many attrac­ tive things may be had for this money, and the hard-pressed, busy moth­ er, doting grandma, con­ scientious aunt or inex­ perienced big cousin is very likely to find there the very thing to buy for •pommy or Ruth. The scientific Christ­ mas has* only begun and before long we will have exhibits for people of all ages and both sexes. Ab It is, the department stores, by their scientific arrangement and the catalogues and lists of suit­ able gifts, classified according to ages, have done much toward making even shopping for men a simple matter. This, however. Is a very recent institution. In the old days, a woman went to the large shop, without the slightest idea of what she wanted to buy, and after ten minutes in the crowded, heat­ ed aisles, surrounded by thousands of elaborate, alluring, gayly colored possibilities with no ap­ parent order or arrangement, bewilderment and not decision was her portion. Under such condi­ tions, even the most conscientious of them seized the article nearest She was at the mercy of the saleswoman because she did not know what she had better gfet or where she could get it But the woman's bewilderment was nothing to the man's. He didn't even make an attempt to shop; he simply bought. But all these things are different now. You get a list of things which such-and-such a store haa to offer for man, woman and child of any given age, with the floor on which It may be found indi­ cated, and you have only to walk in calmly and deliberately and purchase It. It is literally an in­ dex of the peace and good will which you may wish to dispense. You do all your thinking be­ forehand and have an opportunity to remember that Mrs. So-and-So's library is furnished in red, and that a Kaiser Sinn va*e would be more ac­ ceptable than a lamp. Then when you have made your selection you may make your way to the store with a fairly calm and tranquil mind. Of course, it is crowded with a density which makes progress almost Im­ possible. blazing hot with multitudinous lights and noisy with many clamoring voices, but all that can have no effect on you. You are a sci­ entific shopper and know Just what you are going to get and where you are going to get it. Science saves time, money and nerves. There is another way in which Christmas has become a science and that is in the methods which the big shopkeeper employs to attract the crowds of holiday shoppers. Go into one of their establishments and you cannot fail to see it. They are aglow with light, bright with the colors of unnumbered fabrics and you hear far and near the clash of music from many Instruments. That is simply to lure you in and once you are there you see at first nothing but a spectacle of con­ fusion and a conflict of Hounds that would make Babel lose caste as a synonym. But if you start to buy what you have come for you will find a remarkable state of order so far as the things offered for sale are concerned. It Is not really a store; It's an exposition. There isn't a man in the world who has a keener understanding of the human makeup than the big shopkeeper. He knows every string of the instrument and plays diligently upon them all. He lures people with advertisements which are wonder stories. He halts the pa&iflng crowd in the streets with a windowful of Christmas wax­ works, and once they have come inside, whether with a purpose or out of mere curiosity, the ma­ chinery is there to hold them fast. For weeks the designers, decorators, scene painters, dummymakers have been at work devis­ ing and constructing some sort of living pictures fraught with the spirit of the Christmas tale. There is the papier-mache church, still and beau­ tiful, with snow-covered -trees about it. light shin­ ing from the tall windows, men, women and chil­ dren mounting to the portal, and from away In the inside sanctuary somewhere come the music of a mighty organ and voices singing Christmas carols. It is expensive, but it impresses the people who ent»r the store. It is the idea of it all that the * hearts of the shoppers be mellowed and the spirit be moved to buy more and still more for the i holiday giving That may seem a little "far­ fetched" as you sit at home with a "grouch on" because something went wrong yesterday or « man you thought was your friend went back on you. but get into one of those stores, where "you can't hear yourself think" of your troubles for the noise, and you will realize that it is really a Terr clever conception. tqlp Gteusmas 4ACK&> coi&ojzr' Up thqre before the eyes is an Inspiring pre­ sentment of the great Unselfishness. And here before you, behind you and on either hand are the goods. Just the things for all your kith and kin. It is the shopkeeper's plan that you shay buy while the spell is still on you, while the dim religious light beams out and the Christmas carols burden the air. And you do. You would be less than human if you didn't. You may not think that has anything to do with it, but it has. The shopkeeper would not go to all that expense, you may be sure, if he did not know what results it would bring him. Even the small street fakers use their wits to sell all they can during the holidays. It is their harvest time of the whole year. And they select the spots on the sidewalks which will be most advantageous for sale of their particular wares. They invent Innumerable little devices for the purpose of attracting crowds. They, too, are sci­ entific. The toyman chooses a spot where the greatest number fit. children will pass, and spends tbe day showing the work­ ings of his clock­ work vehicles with metallic horses and drivers, his fighting roosters and climb­ ing monkeys, and his automatic ani­ mals full of plain­ tive voico. About the corners where most people pass are sta­ tioned the familiar men and women with baby rabbits and beribboned pup- p i e s o f d i v e r s breeds. They know Just how to make a woman imbued with the Christmas Bpirit take pity on the lit­ tle animals on a cold day and buy them in order that they may have a comfortable home. The Christmas ^greens man with his huge boxes of holly and mis­ tletoe, and--more power and less glucose to him --the candy man and something like ten thousand others display their wares from all sides, entice the passing throngs with a hundred little devices, appeal to their sympathy and turn peace and good will into hard cash. To both buyer and seller, from the biggest to the smallest, Christmas has become a science. ••»»»»»»»»»••••••••••••••••••••••• CHRISTMAS TREES From ancient days Christmas trees, lighted with candles, were used in the chancels of English Churches. But it has been put on record that the introduction of the modem Christmas trees Into England was due to the late duchess of Kent, grandmother to King Edward VII, who was cred­ ited with having brought the custom from Ger­ many for the amusement of Queen Victoria when a little girl at Kensington palace. The Christmas tree by 1846 was undoubtedly es­ tablished at Windsor; indeed, at that period a per­ fect plantation appears to have sprung up In the drawing room of the castle. In the newspapers of the time It is recorded that after dinner, at which the principal dish was a noble baron of beef weigh­ ing 260 pounds, that occupied many hours in roast­ ing. and at which the band of the Scots Fusiliers discoursed such popular airs as Auber's "Bronze Horse" and selections from "Norma," the queen and the prince, with the royal suite, retired to the drawing room, where, on tables, were gracefully displayed "several imitation fir trees upwards of Six feet in height, from the branches of which were suspended a variety of French bonbons and numerous elegant presents for the royal visitors and suites." The trees, we further learn, were brilliantly illuminated with wax tapers Judiciously placed among the leaves. It is not certain, however, that the custom had not* been in use for centuries in rural, parts of -Great Britain. WHEN CATTLE KNELT IN ADORATION. Many an awe-stricken group has waited in the chill air to see the cattle fall upon their knees In adoration at twelve o'clock, the hour when Christ was wrapped in swaddling, clothes. An honest old iCornwaii, ungiand, man, who lived at St. Stephen's Downs, near Launceston, said, towards the close of the eighteenth century, that he once, with some others, made a trial of the superstition. Watching several oxen in their stalls at twelve o'clock at night on the 24th of December, they observed the two oldest bxen only to fall down upon their knees "and make a cruel moan, like Christian creatures." There is an old print in the British museum in which the oxen In the stable near the Virgin and Child are represented upon their knees, as if in suppliant posture. This graphic representation Is, perhaps, the origin of the foregoing superstitioui notion. But more curious than all is an addition to this superstition, to the effect that the brute creation unanimously refused to acknowledge the change of style, from old to new, under the calendar, though on old Christmas day not only would the bees sing their welcome song but the oxen and asses would kneel in their stalls in token of hom­ age. It was also said that to spin on Christmas day caused cattle to go mad and lame. 80ME PEOPLE DO. "Did I understand you to say that Willoughby enjoys canned prunes?" asked the man who was slightly deaf. ""No." answered the friend; "I said 'canned tunes.' There's no accounting for tastes." DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW. 1 ______ "When we were first married you used' to ad­ mire my clothes, but you only frown at then* now." "But, my dear, your father paid for the clothes you wore when we were first married." UTTLE MATTER OF HONESTY j you call his attention to the mistake *od return the excess or would you According to Test, Humanity Does Not Rank Very High in What Might Be Called Little Things. "How deep Is your honesty?" asks ... -the Wichita Beacon. "Probably you n*oMnt rob a blind man or take pen- : / tiles from a baby--at least we want to believe that you wouldn't. But if the man at the cigar or candy counter by mistake handed you back too much K change and yea saw the error, would chuckle, pocket the swag and salve your conscience by saying to yourself: 'Well, it was up to him?' The other day a business man gave a number of coins to the cashier and told her give an $xtra coin to each of the first 25 person* getting change. She did BO" Pocketed the change with­ out looking. Ignorance, therefore, lets them out. But of the other 17, 11 knowingly kept money that didn't be­ long to them--nine men and two wom­ en. Six only stepped up and did the right thing--two women and four men. Analyzing these figures, we have 50 per cent of honesty among women to a bit over 30 per cent among men. Is that, in your opinion, about the average or wasn't the test decisive?"-- Kansas City Star. Walking Graveyards. Some of the Indian princes have given fifty to sixty lakhs of rupees apiece -- over $2,000,000 apiece -- to Great Britain for tbe war. Beside such gifts the gifts of tfc*} London bus iness millionaires seem small. "In fact," said James Douglas, tht. liberal publicist, in an interview with an American correspondent--"in fact, the gifts of the Nizam of Hyderabad and the Maharajah of Mysore and the Gaekwar of Baroda give our Kntfiish merchant princes, who owe England so much more,ja look of avarice; and you know the definition of avarice. "Avarice, like a graveyard, takes in all it can get and never gives anything back " NO DEFENSE PROBE PRE8IDENT WIL80N IS OPPOSED TO INVESTIGATION INTO WAR PREPAREDNESS. BAD IMPRESSION ABR0A0 White House Announces Nation's Chief Executive Favors Full Inquiry by Regular Congress Committee-- Statement After Gardner Interview. Washington Dec. 9.--President Wil­ son announced that he was opposed to Representative Gardner's plan for In­ vestigating preparedness of United States for defense, because he thought it wac unwise and "might create very unfavorable international impres­ sions." The following statement was given out at the White House. "The president told Representative Gajrdner that he was opposed to the method of inquiry proposed by Mr. Gardner, because he thought it was an unwise way of handling a question which might create very unfavorable international impression. He stated to Mr. Gardner that he was entirely in favor of the fullest Inquiries by the committees of congress and that there were no facts in the possession of the executive department which were not at the disposal of those committees." Representative Gardner, at the con­ clusion of the conference, declared that he would fight for an inquiry regardless of the president's opposi­ tion. He propounded two questions to the president, as follows: 'There are two ways of defeating my resolution. It can be defeated on square yea and nay vote, or it can be pigeonholed in the committee on rul -- Which course do you advise?" "Will you authorize army and navy officers to testify before the rules committee on my invitation, either with or without explicit instructions?" The reply of the preside.it to these interrogations were not uade public. Mr. Garner said he was not sur­ prised at the president's position and would continue to press for passage of his resolution. He will consik with other members of congress to learn tfelr views. Bafore Mr. Gardner's cali Chair­ man Tillman of the senate navy com­ mittee, discussed national defenses with the president. Later he said he and the president agreed that the United States should have an ade­ quate navy in accordance with the declarations of the last Democratic platform. He added that the naval experts would have to determine what an adequate navy was. Representative Kahn of California, ranking Republican of the houBe naval committee, in a former state on Monday declared himself for a build­ ing program to include a large num­ ber of submarine and torpedo boats, more battleships and an increase in navy enlistments. VITAL FORCE Disease germs are on every hand. They are in the very air we breathe. A system "run down" is a prey for them. One must have vital force to withstand them. Vital force dfepends on digestion--on whether or not food nouri*hes-~oo the quality of blood coursing through the body. DR. PIERCE'S Golden Medical Discovery Strengthens the weak stomach. Gives good digestion. Enlivens the sluggish liver. Feeds the starved nerves... Again full health and strength return. A general upbuilding enables the heart to pump like an engine running in oil. The vital force is once more established to full power. Year in and year out for over forty years this great health-restoring remedy has been spreading throughout the entire world--because of its ability to make the sick well and the weak strong. Don't despair of "being your old self again." Give this vegetable remedy a trial--Today --Now. You will soon feel "like new again." Sold in liquid or tablet form by Bruggistsortrial box for 50c by mail. Write Dr. R.V. Pierce, Buffalo.N.Y. PUTS FRENCH LOSS 590,000 Estimates Made by Correspondent From Number of Injured and Prisoners. Paris. Dec 9.--The French war of­ fice does not issue lists of losses in the war. A correspondent, by inquiry in various quarters, estimates that tbe French loss in dead up to Novem­ ber 10 is something under 100,000 men The number of wounded and sick sol­ diers being cared for in French hos­ pitals on November 19 appear to have about 400,000. The Swiss government's bureau for the exchange of prisoners of war bas the nameB of 90.000 French prisoners in Germany. Taking these figures to­ gether, the total losses of the French army would be about 590,000 men. The French military authorities esti­ mate the number of Germans killed in battle on this frontier as consider­ ably exceeding 100,000. The French military administration does not share in the popular view that the German losses have been enormously in excess of those of the French GEN. VON MEYER IS KILLED Bavarian Press Reports Leader Was Entering Motor Csr When Hostile Aviator Threw a Bomb. Berne. Switzerland, via London. Dec ft.--The Bavarian press reports the death of General von Meyer as the result of an arrow shot by a bottle aviator while tbe general was enter­ ing a motor car. Dispatches early In November reported the death of Gen era! von Meyer at Dixmude. Crown Prince Is Wounded. Amsterdam,JDec. 9.--Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, who has been leading his army in Flanders, has been severely wounded in a battle along the Yser river, according to a dispatch to tbe Telegraph. ;n< Dr. Pierce's sreat 1008 pan "Medical Adviser." CMb-boud, scat lor SI asMMt iUbm, HORSE SALE You know what you sell or buj • ••' ; s V Jftf DISTEMPER f* you sell or buy through t h e sales has about, one chance In fifty to escape SALE STABLE DISTEMPER. "SPOHN'S" la your true protection, your only safeguard/ for ' L If* as sure aa you treat all your horse* with It. you will soo* .j ~ , , * be rid of the disease. It acts as a sure preventive no mat- ' ter how they are "exposed." 60 cents and fl a bottle- and (10 dozen bottles, at all good druggists, horse houses, or delivered by the manufacturers. t'•'fit-' SPOHN MEDICAL CO, Sfcmlsts sad Bactec-toloeirt* 60SMEM. IML. nil. .; - . .. TVs Sfcmlsts sni Bactertolo«i«U, GOSHEN, IN&, U.&V Couldn't Reciprocate. "Hum ho!" sighed the New Hamp­ shire farmer, as he came in from down town, "Deacon Jones wants me to be pallbearer again to his wife's funeral." "Wal, you're goln' to be, ain*t ye?" asked the farmer's better half. "I dunno. Y' know, when Deacon Jones' fust wife died, he asked me to be a pallbearer, an' I did; and then his second wife died, an' I was the same again. An' then he married thet Perkins )gal, and she died, and 1 was pallbearer to that funeral. An' now-- wal, I don't like to be all the time ac- ceptin' favors without, bein' able to re­ turn 'em." ^ 2 To Cleaii Milk Utensils. On dairy farms where many milk utensils are in use, the dishwasher will find that they may be cleaned easily by first scouring each diBh with ashes. Rubbing over them once in this way is sufficient; then rinse twice. They should be washed in cold or pref­ erably tepid water, to keep them Bweet and clean. The treatment will prevent rust spots from forming and keep the utensils bright without injur­ ing the tin.--Mother's Magazine. Fooled the Spider. Donald, who was a great fisherman, ^ started to dress his own fly hooks. Ha ' was met by a crony one day, who saidl ^ "I hear you've begun to dress yer ai®, - h o o k s , n o , D o n a l ' . I s t h a t t r u e r * ' ' ^ "It's a' that." answered Donald. "An' can you put them up on ony> thing naterel like?" inquired the cronjr. "I dtana ken for that," replied Don* j aid, "out there wis a spider ran wi twa o them yesterday. A Too Popular 8ong. "Aren't you going to the musical comedy tonight?" "No." "Why not?" "I'm tired of being asked by musical comedy prima donnas if I dont member California in September." There are men who can't even tell 4'^ 4 the truth without exaggerating. *'L -- •n DON'T LET GRAY HAIRS Make You Look Old. Restore Natural Color by This Guaranteed Method. That luxurious dark, natural shade of hairyon so much desire is within your reach--easily, in­ expensively. Simply pro to your druggist and get a bottle of Hay's Hair Health. When applied to pray hair it causes tbe air to bring back the original youthful color. Absolutely harmless. Krepa new gl».v halrn from nli<.>»WiK. Imparts life, lustre and beauty; removes dandruff; cleanses and tones scalp. No oiieVill know yoa are using anything. Druggist returns price if It fails. 25c 50c a»d 91.00 at drug stQrett or direct on reoelptofprlceaiiddealer'aname. PbiloHu Specialties Co., Newark, N. J. Adv. Fatal Disease. A young painter who had Just fin­ ished a picture insisted upon a friend calling to see It. "There, now," en­ thused the artist, "you see my picture. What's the matter with that?" "I don't know," replied the bored friend, "but I should Bay it was a case of art failure." Important to Mottierd Examine carefully every bottle Of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria na emiaren, ana see tnat it i of And They 8o Scarce, Too. "While in Washirgton I visited the navy yard and lunched on a battle­ ship." "You must have a cast-Iron diges­ tion." C H O I C E S T # ? ' I T O B A C C O S 3 '• * *! . V& 1 Just natural choice leaf skill* ' | fully blended -- that is what *;». j makes so many friends fo# ̂% FATIMA Cigarettes. - ^ If you cannot secure Fatima Cigarettes fret* your dealer, we will be pleased to send you threS '• * . ' '• packages postpaid on receipt of 50c. Address . '/& Fatima Dept. ,212 Fifth Aoe.,Ncw Yotk.N. K ¥ 'i-1 "Distinctively Individual" ffjl TotTR own rmrnr.isv will tkli, you l'ry Murine Kyo Kenicdy for Red Weak. Watery Eyes and Granulated Kyellds; No iSmurtinK-- )iiht 15 yo colli tort. Write for Book of the Kye t>y mall Free. Murine Kyt> Hemcdy Co.. Chlcuifu. The man who is only as honest as he has to be is as dishonest as he can be. Hold at the best stores SOMETHING USEFUL FOR XMAS .Ideal] -iSfti ";K'| If lb# "im tvi-fi your dealer cannot supply we will gladiy assist you. Illustrated folder on request. V . E. WATKKHAN COMPANY 173 Kroudwuy Mew York PATENTS WiUhi K.Co!eata%Waafe lugton, D.C. Books free. Higb-ext references. Beat rwotta. W. N. U., CHICAGO, NO. 50-1914. for Beat ftiulti Um Perfection Oit This Light Saves Eves You can sew, embroider or read ajHl the children can study without nar of straining tlio eyes it you have • RAYOLAJ1P. Experts agree that the ligbt given by a good k«roeeaa lamp Is the most soothing anil rest­ ful to the eyes--yoa will sooa lean that no lamp equals R&b ^̂ Lamps Make* tbe loot winter evening* the bappiest times of the year -- all the family will look toward to them. Sold by good dealers everywhere--3.000,000 now in nse In progressive middle western homes. Illustrated book Pm. Standard Oil Company oa ran ia*a co&fo f. aym i CHICAGO. ILL. P. Julian ilawthorne is Hurt. New York, Dcc. 9.--Julian Haw­ thorne. the author, who is sixty-nine years old, was struck and i lightly in­ jured by Sn automobile while ciossing Vanderbilt avenue at Forty-fourth street. He was removed to his home Servla Now Seeks Peace? Amsterdam, Dec 9--A dirpatch from Vienna says the Reichpost says' Servia intends to conclude p separate peace with Austria. With the fall of Belgrade Servia's chief resistance has been broken -he dispatch asserts. British Imports Drop $62,400,000. London. Dec 9 --The Board of Trade report for November shows imports intc the United Kingdom is valued at >279,935.000. a decrease • from 1913 of $62.4 00.000 Among the decreasea is one ol $44,596,500 in raw cotton. Two Are Killed In CourV Wenatchee. Wash.. Dec. 9 -- Harry Carr of Leavenworth, on trial for as­ saulting a girl, shot ani killed C- D Franklin in the courtroom at Cash more. The bullet glanced and also killed & man named Parsons. ^CanadianWheat to Feed ihe Worlds The war's fearful devastation of European crops haa caused an unusual demand for grain from the American Continent. The people of the world must be fed and there is an unusual demand for Canadian wheat. Canada's invitation to every industrious American is therefore especially attrac­ tive. She wants fanners to make money and happy, prosperous homes for themselves' while helping Lir to raise immense wheat crops. Yon can get a Homestead of 160 acres FREE and other lands can be bought at remarkably low prices. Think of the money yoa can make with wheat at its present high prices, where for some time it is lia­ ble to continue. During many years Canadian wheat fields have averaged 20 bushels to the acre--many yields as hi£h as 45 bushels to the acre, Wgaderfsl crops also of Oats, Barley and Flax. Mixed farming is fully as profitable an industry as grain raising. The excel­ lent grasses, full of nutrition, are the only food reqairad either for b«*f or dairy ! purposes. Good schools, markets convenient, climate excellent. Military service is not compuisoty in Canada, bat there Is an eit'a detnand tor taut !j labor to replace the many young men who have volunteered for rtw war. The i <>nim*Bttkt«y*4ri<>argii>£ farmers t» put extra acteajp into cMta. ' Writ? for -• ^BwayTMlClft *«v SavdtialaiMMmlliiiiuignitwu. Ottawa, Cana4a. or flS« m m « .St, A '•v-v* ,">V 1 v-k