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,, •*' 1 __ ,~^ , • f „ » . k* * W -»„ ^ " ' *"• " ""fek-kSf-a^w "" «*„ A ***r* * v\' *!•<*; HDHWH, pjgtt, I'^^pifKSWgeJ • \^W;,f\;sst,; ••- v «K.t .J1 •»/.*•,'j®VT -{<*,tjf- **••*- ~ ••**•:*• x l» ^ it- •V. -,V .- ;-,... ... ... J jmML SW&s&sM ~ - ,-, •. * '7-.. = 7* )THE McHENRAPLAINDEALER, McHENRT, ILL. 'v.. '-v.^-.-":; ->"^V'^.-Vie:.;", v >*v • y jJfa V - •* ••* - ^i- « • SIGNATURE Babylonian Stamped Document* Letters Instead of Going Through the Formality of Signing Thefcv> [AKING good American cit­ izens of the vast number of immigrants who've come to the United States, and of their chil­ dren, is a big problem, especial! j in our cities. This article tells how Chicago--.where there is a foreign population of nearly a million--is using a great public school in solving the problem. V*. Ttyr&. Sajv^er^iWlaw HAT is the United States going to do with ita great immigrant population? How are we going to make loyal, useful American fciu- zecs of the horde of foreigners thai have come to us in the last few years? Are we going to shut the gates against the entry of more of them un­ til we can "digest" into our national body those now here? x These questions are vary important They are making many intelligent Americans do some hard thinking these days. The problem didn't *mount to much as long as the bulk of immigra- tiou came from western Europe--from Germany, England, Ireland, France, Norway, Sweden, Den .mark. In fact, America sorely needed these sturdy I. f°lk» who came hero to be one with us under the ~ Stars and Stripes. But of late years most of the immigration has been from Russia, Italy, eastern Austria, European and Asiatic Turkey--and the Lord only knows where else. In this country they generally herd in city settlements, for the most part a dirty, ig­ norant burden to city communities. They don't "mix" with us. They don't become a part of our citizenship. Their traditions and ideals and con­ ceptions of the American social orger are not ours. They're a sort of indigestible lump in our gizzard. Cities Yackle Job. Almost with the bravery of despair the larger •cities--New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Rochester, where low-class immigrants are espe- , ©ially heavy in numbers--have set out to perform* ! the task of making citizens of this unpromising material. The public schools are the most useful instruments for the purpose at hand. Our city schools are becoming great "melting Pot*'" for all races (jand creeds. Our small cities, . - our t*>wns and our rural stretches do not have to face tnis great problem's solution directly, but the general welfare of the nation depends on how well ttie cities meet the task. We are, and we should Be, interested, encouraging onlookers. This is really a story about the work being done in one big high school in Chicago, a city with a very large foreign population. In one grade -school room there arer children of seventeen dis­ tinct nationalities. Just consider the task of mak- lug good, patriotic Americans of all of them-- Japanese, Chinese, Turks and the rest. It's be­ ing done, though. And there's a hint la this story of what we can do to make our local schools more useful to us than they are. Real Melting Pot. ^yr^yrti »T .reian nc» "jf ' s>Arr£7?/y sva/<///G girls. Clad in neat middy turned over•to the . blouses and comfortable bloomers, several hun- The real melting pot of ^Chicago is situated less*^ dred girls and older women, too, are taught grace- a- *i i*„„ i ^ dances, games and drills. But that isn't than a mile from the city's business center. It is a melting pot that takes boys and girls, old men and graying women representing twenty national­ ities and turns them from lonesome, bewildered strangers into useful, ambitious citizens. It teaches them everything from trades to dancing, from wood-turning to wireless telegraphy. The melting pot is Lan« Technical school, the most remarkable of all Chicago's public schools and one' • of the most wonderfut schools in the world. It has A teaching staff of more than a hundred a^d fifty, more than eighty classrooms and about eight thou­ sand pupils, with the largest nightschool in the world. Lane teaches almost every subject imaginable^ from the sixth grade of grammar school to the second ..year of college. It teaches steam and 'electrical engineering, carpentry and agriculture. It teaches salesmanship and advertising. It teaches stenography, bookkeeping and designing. It teaches hundreds of other useful subjects. And, of course, every subject at Lane is free. Lane teaches, too, the love of work^-how to make friends and how to find a place in the world. Instead of opening at nine and closing at four, <98 the majority of schools do, Lane is open all day gnd all evening. Jt opens at eight in the morning. j|t 3:30 it starts special training for trades appren­ tices. Night Student Classes. Prom 5:30 until 9: 30, the night students take possession. Nearly aU of the night students are employed at hundreds of different occupations dur­ ing the day, but, though they are tired after their day's work, they seiiw the opportunities at Lane to learn new language*, new trades or to fit them­ selves for higher wa$cs In the .trades at which they work during the day. - There is a class in metallurgy for foundry fore­ men, courses in automobile engineering and re- enforced concrete The^e is a valuable class, too, to which young nreu may go if they are in doubt •a to which trade or profession they would be Uest suited. The vocational class prevents square pegs in round holes. E> pert psychologists ques­ tion the members of the Class and advise thenvas to their future. "If you don't see »hat you want, ask for it," is Lane's advice to seekers for knowledge. If several - men or wcrapn want to study some subject that is not incla#p| in th« regular courses they,sign a petition and a new class, under expert instructiiJl^, is started. Some of the new classes are journal- ; torn, copper work and automobile construction. " •••-•' Last year, advertising and Spanish were new sub- %--ejects, bwt this year they take their piaoes aa Reg­ it filar classes. Opportunities for Girls. ^ For the girl who works during the day, Lane *prnvea wjecis'.ly inviting and Valuable, li is hard to get acquainted in a city. A young man can go out a'tfne at night. A girl, busy all day, has little time to ipake friends. It is pretty lonesome to t spend Evening after evening alone in a little room, • It isn't necessary in Chicago, for Lane is ready to. take care of lonesome girls, to give them a pleat- gnt time and valuable instruction. Three evenings each week the big gymnasium la; FRENCHMAN 0F HIGH MILITARY POSITION^ % Gen. Pierre Auguste Roques, the new French *~ «Mnister of war, succeeding General Gallieni. wa«» ontil his promotion, commandant of the army crif the Woevre, which has of late given a good ac­ count of Itself. Recently he was awarded the Grand Cordon fff t&e Legion of Honor. He was formerly inspector a-w«ral of the air service and Is recognized aa an authority on matters of mill- " : 4pry aviation. all--the girls are taught modern dances as well. To the accompaniment of music and under the di­ rections of a skilled teacher of dancing, the girls are taught the one-step, the fox-trot and other * modern ballroom dances. The girls have a chanee to practice the dancea, for one night each week there is a big dance at Lane, which hundreds of students attend. The dances are under the supervision of principal and teachers, and these social evenings do much to­ ward strengthening Lane's school spirit. Lane is a real social center. They Learn to Sew. - Dancing is not the only ithing offered te girls at the nightschool. There are classv:s in hand and machine sewing, in the use of patterns and in fit­ ting and designing. Young women make dresses. Suits and party frocks, both for themselves and others. They learn to make hatn, too, designing the hat, making the frame, covering it and trim­ ming the hat. The Lane publications are things of which Ixith students-and faculty are proud, fnr the Lane Tcch Daily is the only daily newspaper in the llpited States that is both published and printed by stu­ dents of a high school. Members of the journal­ ism class write the news for the daily, others edit it, still others set type, make up the paper and run the presses. The Daily keeps the pupils postej},, on all school news. The pupils of the evening school Issue an eight-page weekly paper, the Lane" ' Tech News. Any pupil at Lane may write for the NewB or the Daily. For pupils with literary ambitions, there is the Lane Tech Prep, a monthly magazine, full of short stories, essays and even playlets. v For the Backward Boys. Lane's pre-vocational department is one of Its most successful features. In every city, there are boys of fifteen, sixteen or seventeen, who, because of sickness, financial conditions or change of resi­ dence. have been backward in their classes. Usu­ ally these boys drop out of school and go to work, poorly prepared to enter into competition with other boys. The pre-vocational department is especially for the boys who are delinquent in the grade schools. It gives the "motor type" of boy an opportunity to make up his work. Instead of be­ ing in a grade School among the little fellows, Vimong whom he feels ashamed, he is part of, a big high school with boys his own age. His interest is awakened by being allowed to do things--he is taught technical shop work and ssually leaves ' school capable of earning an honorable livelihood. The laboratories at Lane are well equipped/. There are three, the biological, physical and cheno- ical. Aquariums, with large collections of fish, frogs, snails and turtles interest some students. There is a 'wireless telegraph outfit, electric light testing machines, an X-ray outfit, a model dynamo and motors. Boys who come to Lane without definite ambitions, soon find_just the things to in­ terest and develop them. Interesting Shop Work. ; The shops at Lane "have proved interesting to educators all over the world. In the wood shops # there are; examples of the work of the students; - 9 A YOUTHFUL CRITIC. He was a ten-year-old and he went to see Forbes-Robertson. This is what he said: 'Say, ^is, Shakespeare's Just like the guy that wrotS •Confessions of a Wife.' When he gets tired of a Character, he kills her off. Ain't it the truth ?-*»v Louisville Herald. W/LL/AV J. GOGAff /°r?///C/̂ AC ' Mahogany and mission furniture, lamp stands and shades, desks, bookcases and library tables. Car­ pentry students make portable cottages and garages. - In tho electric shop are toasters, flatl- rons, fans and wireless instru­ ments, all the work of boys. Although primarily a technical school, art is not neglected. Vn»m free-hand drawing and drawing from live models, the student may take up architecture and design­ ing. Later, ho may do metal work and construct buckles, fobs, rings and bracelets. Because, for years, high-schotl students were in ttie habit of bringing indigestible punches to school, or, worse still, spending their money on pickles and ice cream. Lane has installed a model »<Safeterla, where, at cost, the boys (can get hot, appetizing lunches. Although It ! is a most businesslike school, there is time for play, too. A coach di­ rects football, track and baseball teams.,' Each year, too, there are two amateur plays. Four per­ formances of each are given and several thousand dollars added to the school fund. There aro orchestras and bands, too, composed of the music­ al students at Lane. On Sunday there are ama­ teur and professional band concerts, attended not only by students and people who live near by, but by people who come miles to liften to good music. % Thirty Helpful Clubs. Over thirty clubs help the social Bide of the school. Nearly all of them are open to any stu­ dent who is interested, for Lane is absolutely dem­ ocratic in spirit. Some of the clubs are the Wire­ less club, the Mathematics club, the Debating club, the Camera club, the Dramatic club, the Sketch <Mub, the German club, the Economics club, the Skaring club and the Civict Industrial club. Lane is not just for poor people. Some of the student-* arrive in their automobiles. A famous in­ terior decorator Is taking a coSrse at Lane which will teach mm about enameling woods, something he could not learn anywhere e'se in Chicago. A sculptor is taking a course in forging, because it will helj him in the molding and casting of statues. Artistic women are learning ho# to make hand-wrought silver. But, in spite of this, the most popular students are those who are working their way through school. The majority of Lane boys, in fact, are working their way. Students Who Work. Under the direction of William J Bogan, prin­ cipal of La-ie and noted educator, a man who un­ derstands j'ouths, hundreds of positions are ob­ tained for boys who must wofrk for their board and clothing. These positions fange from ushers ' in movie shows to workers in electric shops. All of them tcach the boys to be se'f-reliant and inde­ pendent and most of them are along, the line of work that Cie boy wishes to tak* up when he has left school. To young and old Lane high ichool offers hun­ dreds of opportunities. Servians, Germans, Rus­ sians, Chinese, Japanese and Filipinos in Chicago are gaining there a real national spirit and a real education. Hundreds of Americans are obtaining knowledge that will lead them to better positions and higher earnings. The school motto is "There • is no royal road to learning, but there is an open Lane," and the thousands who attend prove that they are anxious to take advantage of the "open Lane." FROM OUR NEW DICTIONARY. Patriot--A man who bleeds for the benefit of his country if r Politician--A man who bleeds his country for bis own benefit. ® - Widow--A female Of the species who usually believes she is an example of the survival of the fittest.--Indianapolis Star. HARKING AWAY BACK. "Know much about-ancient history?" "Not a great deal," answered the man whg lives by the day, "but I can remember when Anna H^} ' was an ingenue." Practically every man of any stand­ ing in ancient Babylonia had a seal cylinder or seal, the impression of which .Upon the document or letter served the nurbose of his signature. Thousands of these havo been found, cut out of all kinds of hard stone, which had been imported from distant lands, for Babylonia is an alluvial plain. N , As a substitute for a seal the indi­ vidual Would make his thumb-naif« mark upon the soft clay or impress upon it a portion of his ziziktu, which was a cord attached to an undergar­ ment., This in all probability is to bo identified with the zizith mentioned in the Old" Testament (Num. 15:38- 39), snd even at the present time worn by orthodox Hebrews. In all periods scribes are very nu­ merous. This is inferred from the fact that in some periods almost every document is found to have been writ­ ten by a different scribe. In the As­ syrian period women are known to have belonged to this profession The scribes wrote the legal documents, as well as the private letters of individ­ uals. They even placed the seal im­ pression upon the legal documents, in proximity to which ' they wrote the name of the person to whom it be­ longed, usually the obligor or the wit­ ness. In the time of Hammurabi (about 2000 B. C.) there was at hand an offi­ cer called the burgul, who was pre­ pared to cut temporary seals upon a soft material for those who did not possess them. This is the custom in oriental lands in the present, day. In Constantinople, for Instance, the curbs of certain streets are lined with scribes prepared to write for the il­ literate. An occasional man among them Is provided with little blank stamps in soft brass, and with an en­ graving tool is prepared to cut the sig­ nature or initials of the man upon one of them while he waits. The impres­ sion of the stamp is affixed to his let­ ter in place of his signature.--Prof. A. T. Clag, in National Geographic Mag* sine. 1 Hew !£ Impressed Him. Willie s father was trying to impress upon him the tremendous progress that science and invention havfe made in the past ttf^y years; > "Just think. Willie.* he Said. "When I was a boy there jvere no telephones' no electric lights, no talking machines, no moving picturei, no X-rays, no wireless telegraphy, no--" "Gee," interrupted Willie. "What an awful lot of hicks everybody must have been!" To keep clean and healthy take Dr Pleasant Pellets. They regulate liver/D&Kels and stomach.--Adv. An Optfriritst. "Some say the world is growing Worse." * "I don't think that way, although they are adding more crimes to the Statute books." A Fizzle. She (as she orders a phosphate)-- I'm drinking nothing but charged drinks now, .*• He (dismally)--Same here!--Sun Dial. , FAIXING 8TCKNF8S TTlftj Jfars of uninterrupted FITS, • Stopped .... . sseceas of lir. Kiinf s HptlepSy Medretn* Insures l*8tjn« reen!«i. X^AKOK TKIAI. BOTTL« KRJ.K. UK. KLINE COM PAN*, Ked Bank, X. J.-AAy. "I DON'T SUFFER ANY KOBE" "Feel Like a New »ys Mrs. Hamilton. Uncanny. Novelist--How are my novels going? Bookseeler--1 can't imagihe, sir, un­ less it's shoplifters.--Puck. Severe. "Stealing a kiss is no crime" "No? Then why does a man get a life sentence if he is caught at it?" Bismuth In Alaska. A *on8iderable led^e of rock, carry­ ing bismuth in commercial quantities has been fgund in the iWalanika coun­ try of Alaska by a well-jtnown miner named John Leach. Tests demon­ strate that the ore carries bismuth from 20 to 30 per cent pure. Bismuth brings from $300 a ton upward, and of all metals is perhaps the easiest to mine. It melts at a temperature slightly above 268 degrees centigrade; and can, therefore, be melted with wood fires, obviating the necessity of shipping the ore outside with the heavy incidental transportation and melting charges, a burden other min­ ing interests have to bear because of the government's policy of forbidding the development of coal mines in Alaska. While the presence of bis­ muth ore in Alaska has long been known, the Leach claim is the first discovery of a large deposit. Here­ tofore most of it used in the States has been imported from Saxony and Bohemia, although Connecticut has mines from which considerable quan­ tities of-the ore have been taken. Bis­ muth is used principally as an alloy constituent, but also enters into the preparation of" paints, medicines, face powder, etc. FRECKLES Mow It th« Time to G«t Bid of Ugly Spot*. There's no longer the slightest need of feeling ashamed of your * freckles, aa the prescription othlne--double strength--Is guaranteed to remove these homely spots. Simply got an ounce o)f othlne--double strength--from your drugwlst, and apply a little of it night and morning and you should soon, ace that even tfi? worst freckles have begun to disappear, while the lighter ones have vanished entirely. It Is Seldom that more than one ounce Is needed to com­ pletely ctear the skin and gain a beautiful clear complexion. He sure to ask for the double strength othlne. as this is sold under guarantee of money back if It falls to remove freckle*-- A.«v. N«r Castle, I was eleven years old untii 1 was seven­ teen I suffered each- month so I had to be in bed. I had head­ ache, backache and such p&ins I would cramp double every month. I &d not know what it was to be easy a minute. My health was all run down and the doctors did not do me any good. &. neighbor told my mother about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and I took it, and now I feel like a naw person. I don't suffer any more and I am regular every month,"--Mrs. na 'BU HAMILTON, 822 South 15th St. 'When a remedy has lived for tt&p' years, steadily growing in popularity and influence, and thousands upon thousands of women declare they owe their health to it, is it not reasonlfc- ble to believe that it b an article of great merit? If you want special advice wrUk to Lydia E. Pinkham Medietas Co. (confidential), Lynn, Mass, Tour letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held. In strict confidence. r--m :-;Sis|5 1*2. ' Footpath to Education. Father--So you like school, do you, dear? And what have you learned today? - ' - '* Marjorie (aged six)--i learned the* names of all the little boys. CUTICURA COMFORTS BABY Suffering From Itching, Burning Rashes, Eczema, etc. Trial Fret. In Defense of the Toothbrush. Dr. T. Benedict Furniss defends the toothbrush, in "Oral Hygiene," from the attacks recently made upon it by Dr. Bernard Feldman. Until its enemies devise something better, he says, it will not help matters to throw out the best thing for cleaning the teeth that we know anything about. "It must be remembered that the tooth bilsties, bathed and saturated so frequently with tooth paste ingredi­ ents more or less antiseptic, furnish anything but a happy abiding for germ pests, no matter how vital and resistant they may be. So that if we merely hang the toothbrush some­ where in the sunshine after each wash­ ing of the mouth and teeth and buy a new brush at decfent intervals, we need not get worrying about virulent bacteria." Give baby a bath with hot water and Cutlcura Soap, using plenty of Soap. Dry lightly and apply Cutlcura Oint­ ment gently to all affected parts. In­ stant relief follows and baby falls into a refreshing sleep, the first perhaps in weeks. Nothing more effective. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cutlcura, Tept. I* Boston. Sold everywhere.--Adv. As long $s It is only talk, let the other fellow... hmxm. .,.his way. Why should you care? Reduces Strained, Puffy Ankles, Lymphangitis, Poll . Evil. Fistida» If oils. Swellings; Stops Lameness and allays pain. Heals Sores, Cstl, Bruises, Boot Chafes. It is a SAFE ANTISEPTIC WO GERMICIDE Docs not blister or remove tha hair and horse can Le worked. Pleasant to UM. $2.00 a bottle, delivered. Describe your caat for special instructions and Book 5 M free. ABSORBiNB, JR., andirptic linimeoc for mankind.» doer* Strains, Painful, Knotted. Swollen Vrint. Coocet* trated--only a few drops required at an application. Mot per bottle at dealer* or delirererl. V. F.YOUNG. P. D. F.. SIOlMgleSUSeriagltld. M«Hk There's many an untied knot in cord of wood. w ALLEM'S FOOT-EASE The Antiseptic Powder to Shake Into Your Shoes !ud use in the Foot-Bath. Gives instant [relief to tired, achinir, swollen, perspirim,. irtinc, nervous feet, stops the sting of corns and bunions. Read a lew extracts fron* | original testimonials on file in - our office: "Allen's Foot--Ease 'works like magic. Have placed sora« in tifht shoes and feet feel fresh and comfortable." "It is one of the grandest remedies ever made." ' Mi!Un»s has just pyc* i vented roe irons JuiOwim away a new pair of $5.00 shoes. It i* great. Nothing so thoroughly rests w., uih,t'lhe feet- takes the friction from the shoe and makes walk* niar a delight. We have 30,0091 tsmlcrt testimonial,. Over 100.000 packages are being- used by > Allied and German troops at the front. Sold everywhere. 25c. Don't accept say sntetttate. TRIAL PACKAOC ireaa. ' :i • &?• F R E E •rntbrmtil. Add AL.LKN H OI..HSTEH. l.e Kay. N. V CHICAGO, NO. 20-191% N. U If you Suffer from Backache, Lunp bago, Kidneys or Rheumatism, Take Hot Water and "ANURIC* American men and women must guard constantly against kidney trouble, be­ cause we eat too much and all our food is rich. Our blood is filled with uric acid which the kidneys strive to filter out, they weaken from overwork, be­ come sluggish; the eliminative tissues clog and the result is kidney trouble, bladder weakness and a general decline in health. When your kidneys feel like lumps of lead, when your back hurts or the urine is cloudy, full of sediment, or you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night, when you suffer with sick headache or dizzy, nervous spells, acid stomach, or you have rheumatism when the weather is bad, get from your druggist--"ANlTRIC." Because of uric ncid in overabundance in the system, backache, pains here and there, rheuma­ tism, gout, gravel, neuralgia and sciatica result. It was Dr. Pierce who discovered g a new agent, called "Anuric," which will ^ throw out and eradicate this uric acid - J J*) from the system. Dr. Pierce believe* > , J.-*, " "AnuFic" to be 37 times more potent *7 than lithia, and consequently you need no longer fear muscular or articular rheuOta- tism or gout, or many other diseases which are dependent on-an accumulation of i|r»e ir-il acid within the body. Send Dr. Pierce, ; ^ Invalids" Hotel. Buffalo, N. Y., 10c for , 'f trial package or $1.00 for foil treatment "Anuric." Dr. Pierce's reputation is back of this , medicine and you know that his "Pleas' , f ant Pellets" for the liver and his "iRa- ^orite Prescription," for the ills of worn- • : en have had a splendid reputation forth* past 50 years. Adv. .MongoosaRat-Catcher. Accidentally I found the chemist's method of dealing with the rat. Hia shop was--one presumes--full enough of poison to send the whole street to the cemetery- But he pinned his faith to a small animal, which was taking a siesta on the best chair. A mon­ goose, he explained, as he carefully stroked its tail. Now how many mon- geese (if that is the plural) are re­ quired to deal with how many rats? And where do you get a mongoose, and what do you feed him on--if he wants anything but rata?--London Chronicle. "r"* Something Loft. "Do you find that prohibition baa In- proved the town?" "In many ways. But it isn't as ln- ~f teresting and Intellectual as- it was when the temperance lecturers held regular meetings."--Washington Star. DUE TO MODERN IMPROVEMENTS. "Why are children so much worse than the; laed to be?" VI attribute it to improved ideas in building." "How so?" 9 - ""Shingles are scarce, and yon can't spank a boy with a tin roof."--Life. SHARP LOOKOUT. "Hara yon been looking out for work, my good man?" ~~ I ^ IF MO*fi:Y TALK!. %*>*Ta, what is 'Ave at Vale?'" "About all my salary ever says to me, mj* eon.' 'v-,, • ,£•. ,;b .Mi "£>h, yes, *m." "And haven't found any yet, "Yea'm, but I've manage4 to dodge it/ CONTEMPT OF COURT. Supreme Court Justice (in gymnfaiuai)--Fix me nip in good shape, Donovan; I've got to address the lawyers' club this evening. Instructor (smilingly)--Want to practice chin­ ning the oar?--Puck. There Might Have Been. A Boston minister who always preaches to large congregations made sanctimonious, psalm singing, pro­ fessed Christians who have no real religion in their make-up a target for his wit. A little boy who heard him remarked after he returned home from the morning service: "Mother, I shouldn't have thought Doctor Blank would have spoken that way about Christians this morning. There might have been some of them in church."-- Exchange. Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of In Use for Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Too many men turn down a paying Job for reform work that doesn't pay them anything. Dont' use a gallon of words to ex­ press a teaspoonful of thought. No Changes There. Bacon--Astronomers in 18 observa^ tories in ^lmost as many nationa ir* compiling a map of the heavens that is expected to catalogue from 30,00®,- 000 to 40,000,000 stars Egbert--Evidently don't believe til* war is going to change the map of tha heavens. Self-Esteem. • s "You must forgive your enemies." "I do," replied Miss Cayenne. "But [ can't help criticizing their bad tast*," So to Speak. "I've dropped ten pounds te since I've had this cough." "A cough drop, eh?" <«• .V An angler may tell the truth when he tellB how many fish the other, fal­ low caught. Hia Offering. "James," said his mother, "did you t your money in the collection plate Sunday school today?" No'm," said James, "I didn't." "Why didn't you?" "Well, you see, when I got* there I found out all< the other boys had two cents except me and Freddie Brown, ao we matched for 'am and Freddy won.'^ Thrift. "What did you do with that car- load of eggs that was condemned by the noard of health?" "I'm going to make a lot of money on thojse. I'm having them made into gas bombs to ship to the war «oua." Bumper Grain Crops vU//^ST G°°d Markets--High Price® -̂ WSXy Prizes Awarded! to WesternCanasim f&m ~~~ Wheat, Oats, Barley, AifaJfa and Qrasmmm #Ti : i _/ n? r* - -- J- -x n * iuc niuuu^a ui tv caiua v^oiiaua ai liic ouu i i LHiuCa . Exposition at Denver were easily made The Hal comprised Wheat, Oats, Barley and Grasses, the moat important being the prizea for Wheat and Oats aad sweep stake on Alfalfa. No less important than the splendid quality of Weatatii Canada's wheat and other grains, is the excellence of the cattle fed and fattened on the grasses of that country. A recent shipment of cattle to Chicago topped the market in that city for quality and prices Wet tan CwWi • 1915 we-tUrJ aa Mck vImC > M all af tW Unt«4 State, er mt 3tt,0M,M0 laihijk Canada in proportion to population has a greatCC exportable surplus of wheat this year than any country in the world, snd st present pricts you can figure out the revenue tor the pro. dueer. In Western Canada you will hod good markets, splendid schools, excep­ tional social conditions, perfect climate and other great attractkma. TImm o conscription. o • «a.4k,- m mte fSr 'M la no war tax oo land and Send for illustrated pamphlet and ask for reduced railway rati*, tefonnatioaaa to bat fees 44dieae Superintendent Immigrttioa. Ottawa. Canada, or CLh^m,tmrn 412,1121. Uw Si.. Clia*.Kf. IdCwa 171 MfaaaA*.ft**, Canadian Gevawnaat Agents V'" r!. .is