Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1915 — Page 2

TALK ON WESTERN GANADA.

You Don’t Have to Ue About Canada —The Simple Truth v Is Enough. The natural resources of the country are so vast that, they cannot be told in mere figures Man can only tell of what tiny portions have done. He can only say, "I am more prosperous than LWver expected to be.” Anh yet if alfarmer expects to succeed on land that he has been forced to pay >SO to 1100 an acre for he ought to feel assured of attaining prosperity when he finds the richest prairie soil at his disposal absolutely free. If he has a little capital, let him invest it all In live stock and farm implements —he will find himself ten years ahead of the game. Some day such a chance win not be found anywhere- on the face of the globe. But now the same opportunities await you as awaited the pioneer ahd not one hundredth part of the difficulties he encountered and overcame. Success in Canada is made up of two things, natural resources and human labor. Canada has the one and you the other. A postal card stands between you and the Canadian government agent. If you don’t hold these two forces and enjoy the fruits of the result It is your own fault Debt and Canada Will Not Stand Hitched. You want a cozy home, a free life, and sufficient Income. You want education for your children, and some pleasure for your wife. You want Independence. Your burden has been heavy, and your farm hasn’t paid. You work hard and are discouraged. Yon require a change. There Is a goal within sight, where your children will have advantages. You can get a home In Western Canada, freedom, where your ambitions can be fulfilled. If the Prairie Provinces of Canada are full of Successful Farmers why should you prove the exception? Haven’t you got brains, experience, courage? Then prove what these are capable of when put on trial. It is encouraging to know that there is one country In the world where poverty Is no barrier to wealth; own your own car; own yourself; be somebody. For facts write to any Canadian government agent. Advertisement.

Not a Can-nibal.

Little Dorothy, whose father owned a canning factory, went to Sunday school for the first time, but soon came running home screaming at the top of her voice.' Dorothy,” said the father, “what is the matter?” “O, daddy!” she cried. “Don’t let them do it, will you?” “Do what, my child?” ; “Don’t let them can me!” she sobbed. “Can you? What do you mean?” ‘Why. the teacher said for everybody to sing ‘Can a little child like me,’ and then I ran away ’fore they did it!”

SALTS IF BACKACHY OR KIDNEYS TROUBLE YOU

Eat Leas Meat If Your Kidneys Aren’t Acting Right or If Back Hurts or Bladder Bothers You. When you wake up with backache and dull misery in the kidney region it generally means you have been eating too much meat, says a well-known authority. Meat forms uric acid which overworks the kidneys in their effort to filter it from the blood and they become sort of paralyzed and loggy. When your kidneys get sluggish and. clog you must relieve them like you relieve your bowels; removing all the body's urinous waste, else you have backache, sick headache, dizzy spells; your stomach sours, tongue is coated, and when the weather is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The urine is cloudy, full of sediment, channels often get sore, water scalds and you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night Either consult a good, reliable physician at once or get from your pharmacist about four ounces of Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful In a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize acids in the urinp so it no longer irritates, thus ending bladder weakness. Jad Salts is a life saver for regular meat eaters. It is inexpensive, cannot injure and makes a delightful, effervescent lithia-water drink. —Adv.

Next Gentleman, Please!

Said He —Mrs. Threetimes is a widow, is she not? Said She —Yes, temporarily.

From Man's Standpoint.

"What is chaos, pa?” c . "It is about the third stage tn that disease known as housecleaning.” JOCK OWE OBUGOIST WTLL TnL TOC jott lye comfort Write for Book of tbe Bye iy nail Free. Murine Bye Bemedjr Co, Chicago A man who works at the gas plant is not necessarily light-headed.. Gossipgenerally means taking two •nd two and making three.

Along Peace River

THE PEACE river was first brought to the notice of the world by Alexander Mackenzie. Not satisfied with following to the Arctic ocean the river which bears his name, he went up the Peace river, crossed the Rocky mountains and made his way to the Pacific ocean, which he reached in September, 1793. The previous winter he had spent at Fort MacLeod, built for his convenience, and afterwards continued as a trading post. Fort MacLeod is located on the north side of Peace river, six miles above Peace River Crossing, and nearly opposite the mouth of Smoky river. Last summer the American museum sent an expedition up into that country, and the trip up and down the Peace river Is entertainingly described by Pliny E. Goddard in the American Museum Journal. After telling something of the changes in trade routes and of the preliminary journey front Edmonton to Peace River Crossing, he continues: The Grenfell, the little river boat that was to take us downstream, had steam up and dinner cooked when we arrived- About two that afternoon we crossed the Peace and took on several cords of wood. With a whistle to jeer at the company’s boat which had ex-

pected to pull out before us and did not, w-e moved downstream. The little Grenfell could make about fourteen miles, and the river itself was making eight because the water was very high. It was liquid mud carrylng driftwood and logs—even whole trees. The sun slowly moved from south to west, from west to northwest, and then was hidden behind the river banks. That it had set we could not be certain, for there was plenty' of light until about eleven o’clock, when we tied up to the banks so the engineer could sleep. Islands Are Numerous. The river is full of islands. In the 300 miles there are about two hundred of them, covered with pine and spruce timber. As we proceeded the banks grew lower and the river wider. That night we tied up at North Vermilion and went down to the river bank instead of up, the river was so high. Here, 600 miles from the railroad, there are two little communities ot whites and half breeds, one on either side of the river. They get mail once a month and are glad to get it, al-

though it Is usually two months old when it arrives. The whites are wellread, well-educated, and have the true northern hospitality. The half-breeds form a class by themselves. They read a little French, but prayer books and catechisms are all that are available to them in French. Only a few of them have been as far from home as Edmonton, the others consider Vermilion the center of the earth. • With Vermilion as a base six weeks were spent in ethnological work. Dur Ing this -time a trifP was made to a trading post on Hay river on the occasion of “treaty paying.” Nearly all the Indians of Canada receive cash payments from the Dominion government once a year. A band of Slavey TnrHnritt practically untouched by ctv'flixation except as to dress, trade at

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this post, which Is 700 miles from the railroad by the usual route of travel The Beaver Indians, who hunt be tween Hay river and the Peace, are greatly reduced in numbers and considerably influenced by more than a century of contact with white and halfbreed traders and servants Of the fur company. Slow Trip Upstream. Returning upstream Vermilion to St. John in August was another matter as regards speed. The current was not quite so strong, but the steamer belonged to the Hudson Bay company. The ways of the company are still the old ways of the north. There must be a French-Cree word for manana since the thing itself certainly exists. The boat was comfortable, however, the weather perfect and the companionship excellent. It took three weeks to reach Fort St. John, where from the river banks, 900 feet high, the Rocky mountains are to be seen. The first of civilization In the persons of several young settlers went to St. John with us. Here also are remnants of once powerful Beaver tribes, who in early days burned the trading post and killed the traders. As treaty had been paid considerably in advance of the advertised date, the Indians were

nearly all back from the river secur ing food for the winter. A week’s stay was.made at Dunvegan, some miles from which place a band of Beaver live on the reserve. Near them were several prosperous agricultural settlements. Many Bear* After Berries. Coming back to Peace River Crossing was pleasant and should have been easy. If one sits down on a raft or in a canoe and sits still he will quietly pass the 240 miles from St John to Peace River Crossing. Our luck was a canoe loaned to us. Because it was the homeward journey the natural speed of the current, three miles, was increased to five or six by the use of the paddles. It is tiresome work, but a few days of it puts a large share of conceit into one when he tries his muscles against a loafer. Yes, there were bears, there always are on the Peace. This was the time of ripe berries and there were manybears. We know that they, Indianlike, must have “made medicine” against us, for nothing else could have prevented our killing one.

We were very happy when Sunday night at eleven o’clock, two hours after darkness had come in the early days of September, we paddled our canoe alongside the company’s boat Peace River. Kind friends helped us unload. A cheery fire in the saloon, a cupful of tea, and welcoming smiles soon drove out the cold and 1 stiffness accumulated since five in the morning. .This was at the end of the telegraph line Will the North pass as our West has passed? Even when the Peace river Is settled as it soon will be, there will remain a vast fur-bearing region, but that the peculiar types of white people and Indians with their present customs and manners can long survive ft -aquestion.andtheymakethe real North.

SHOWS RAIL PROGRESS

Wonderful development of THE LOCOMOTIVE. Larged Now Built Are Sixty Times Heavier Than the One With Which Stephenson Hauled Hie Flrot Train of Care. The rails in use during the first days of the railroad were very light, weighing about twenty-three pounds to the yard. Today the rails must be 100 pounds to the yard to withstand the tremendous pressure of the gigantic modern locomotive. In 1849 the average speed of passenger trains was 23 miles an hour; today the average speed Is fifty to sixty miles an hour, and sudden spurts of 90 miles are attainable, or abouf twenty times as fast as the first locomotive could move. The first of the high-speed engines was put in use in 1872 on the Pennsylvania railroad; It weighed 37 tons. In 1892 a still larger type was designed, weighing 95 tons, and during recent years the weight of passenger engines has Increased to 400 tons—or 60 times heavier than Stephenson’s first locomotive. Today there are over 250,000 miles of trackage in the United States and more than 65/00 locomotives in use; 150,000,000 tons of coal are needed to keep them supplied with fuel, and over a billion passengers and nearly two billion tons of freight are transported on this enormous railroad system every year. . ' The locomotive has been carried to Its highest development in this country, and the United States now leads the world in its manufacture, not only supplying all that are needed In this country, but shipping many hundreds yearly to other parts of the world. The locomotive is being made larger and larger to meet the growing demands upon it. The largest engine in use today is a compound one, which measures 120 feet over all and weighs 850,000 pounds. It is an oil burner, carrying 4,000 gallons of oil and 12,000 gallons of water. It cost |43,380 to build. Modern locomotives, as they get bigger and bigger, must increase In the direction of their length only, and this makes It necessary to construct them with a series of joints so that they can turn a curve without upsetting.

GOT ALONG WITHOUT RAIL

Evidently Passengers' Time on This Railroad Counted for Little With the Management. On a dilapidated narrow-gauge railroad a traveler was struck with the general air of hopelessness of the entire country. Run-down farms, fences falling to pieces, and houses unpainted and dismal were seen as mile after mile was reeled off. Finally a countryman got on, and the two fell into conversation. "Country around here looks fearfully dilapidated,’* remarked the traveler. “Yaas, but jest wait an’ ye’ll see sumpin’ wuss,” replied the countryman. The train stopped. They looked out and saw a rail missing ahead. The entire train crew clam~bered out, crowbars in hand, proceeded leisurely to the rear of the train, and in due time loosened a rail and carried it forward. It was spiked into position and the train proceeded. “Somebody steal a rail?" asked the traveler. “Yaas, abaout twenty years ago, I reckon. Evah since they haint nobody bought a new one. When the train comes back they've gotter stop an* tear up a rail behind ’em. Aint that the dilapidatenenest thing ye ever see, stranger?"

CLAIM MUCH MERIT FOR TIE

Inventor Believes It W|ll Be Practically Permanent, and Has Many Other Advantages. This invention relates to the construction maintenance of railroads and the main object thereof is to provide a permanent tie for rails of such

Railroad Tie.

railroads. A further object is to form the ties of'metal, preferably channeled, and to provide rail clamps in connection therewith which are in uniform position on, all the ties. —Scientific American.

Took Task on Themselves.

The simple character of the Russian peyaAht is illustrated by the* story of the fate of the Socialist. The Socialist arrived in a village to convert the inhabitants to his belief. He thought he would begin by disproving the existence of God, because if he proved that there was no God it would naturally follow that there should be no emperor and no policeman. So he took the holyimage and said, “There is no God, and I will prove it immediately. I will spit upon this image and break it into bits, and if there is a God he will send fire from heaven and kill me, and if there is no God nothing will happen to me at ■U " Then he took the image and spat upon it, and broke it to bits, and he said to the peasants, “You see God has not killed me.” “No," said the peasants, ‘*Qod has not we wilt” And they did.

BLAME NOW PUT ON FLAGMAN

Interstate Commerce Commission Inclined to Hold Him Responsible for Railroad Wrecks. No more is the engineer of the fast flier the “goat” of big railroad wrecks. The interstate commerce commission’s annual report gave him a nearly clean bill of health. Where he used to bear the blame, a new victim 4ias been raised —the flagman, ignorant of the company’s rules. The commission pointed out that there has been a “considerable decrease in the number of collisions due to the failure of the enginemen to obey the indications of the block signal.” At the same time it held that it is unreasonable to expect freedom from wrecks when railroads employ flagmen of little experience without any examination as to their knowledge of rules. Strong recommendation was made for universal use of a system of automatic train control in conjunction with other safety devices. During the year the commission investigated 63 train wrecks which caused death to 169 persons and injuries to 2,134. Improper flagging was given as the prime cause of wrecks. Inherent weakness of the train order system was responsible in several cases, and the commission advised use of extra checks to safeguard against danger of forgotten instructions. Inspection and supervision of work of train service employees is Improving, the report stated, but there is still need for standardization of operating cules.

TO DO AWAY WITH SHOCKS

Improved Rail Joint Which Is Expected to Make Travel on the Line Smoother. The primary purpose here is to provide a joint that will bring about a practically continuous rail which will relieve the rolling stock from all shocks, jolts and jars in passing there-

Improved Rail Joint.

over and which will operate with equal facility in connection with either the standard car wheel now in use or a specially constructed car wheel which the inventor prefers in time to introduce. The dotted lines in the drawing show the special type of wheel and how it is supported_at the joint.—Scientific American.

BOY OF TWELVE FLAGS TRAIN

Youngster Merely Wished to Inquire of Conductor If His Mother Were on Board. Henry Falk, twelve years old, held up the Chicago and Afton limited at the Alton bridge. The train was running about forty-five miles an hour, but the engineer put on the brakes when he saw the lad in the middle of the track frantically waving a red flag. Conductor J. E. Williams, trainmen and some inquisitive passengers ran along the track certain that at the least the bridge had gone. “Is my mother on the train?” asked Henry. “Is my mother on board? She was coming from Chicago today—” and that was as far as he got What Williams said as he climbed on board was not really fit for youthful ears.—• St. Louis Dispatch to Philadelphia Inquirer.

Engineering Feat.

Exactly eleven minutes after a Penn* sylvanla train moved over a 720-foot three-span steel bridge, weighing 7,000,000 pounds, which was in a temporary position, another train passed over the bridge, which had heen moved sidewise 47 feet to its permanent place. Between the breaking of the rails and reconnecting them, ten minutes and 17 seconds elapsed. The new bridge spans the Muskingum river at Trinway, Ohio.

All-Steel Cars for India.

All-steel cars are being experiments ed with on several railroads in India. Metal freight cars have long been in use, but passenger cars have, usually been built of teak wood resting on steel underframes.

Slew Traveling In Holland.

In Holland the fastest trains make only fprty miles an hour. The ground is inclined to be soft and yielding, wherefore it is unsafe to use very heavy engines drawing trains at a high speed.

Needle in Body 33 Years.

Thirty-three years ago when Mrs. A. F. Frantz was a girl she swallowed a needle. Recently the needle made its appearance in her left leg and was removed by Doctor Congdon. During all these years the needle has been traveling through her body. She never felt the presence of it until a few days ago. A black and blue spot, accompanied by soreness, was the first indication that anything Next the’sharp point of the needle showed itself. It was then that she sought medical ? attention. Wenatchee (Wash.) Dispatch to the Portland Oregonian.

WETS” FDR SLUGGISH BOWELS

No sick headache, sour stomach, biliousness or constipation by morning. Get a 10-cent box now. Turn the rascals out—the headache, biliousness, indigestion, the sick, sour stomach and foul gases—tarn them out to-night and keep them out with Cas carets. Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then and never know the misery caused by a lazy liver, clogged bowels or an upset stomach. Don’t put in another day of distress. Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach; remove the sour, fermenting food; take the excess bile from your liver and carry out all tlfe constipated waste matter and poison in the bowels. Then you will feel great A Cascaret to-night straightens you out by morning. They work while you sleep. A 10-cent box from any drug store means a clear head, sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver and bowel action for months. Children love Cascarets because they never gripe or sicken. Adv.

ASKED SPEAKER FOR A SONG

And Bibulous Gentleman Escaped Anger of Dignified Head of British Parliament Mr. Balfour is credited ’ylth knowing more good stories about the British house of commons than any other member. One of his best is the following, which he told at a public dinner some time ago: “I remember hearing of a distinguished gentleman,” he said, “who reported in the press gallery just about one hundred years ago. He had had an excellent dinner, washed down with excellent wine. He was bored with the debate. He was wearied with the superfluity of rhetoric, which prevailed just as much one hundred years ago as today. He got bored, and he got up and asked the speaker for a song. “The speaker of that day was Mr. Addington, a gentleman who was nothing, if not proper. The whole house, except the speaker, was convulsed with laughter. “The sergeant-at-arms was appealed to. He went to the gallery and he inquired. The culprit retained the presence of mind to point to a respectable Quaker sitting below him, and thia unfortunate gentleman was actually taken into custody.”

Badly Matched.

Mrs. Yeast —This paper says the matching of colors has been brought down to an exact science by the invention of a machine for the purpose. .< Mr. Yeast—You ought to get the people who run the store where you buy your hair to get one of those machines, dear.”

Fitting Ejaculation.

“Here that mean fellow has sent me a lip stick.” “Can you beat it!”

Liberal hoses.

Subbubs —How often Is thio medicine to be taken? Doctor —Between cooks.

A Difference.

"Authors nowadays don’t live In attics, do they?" \ "No; they prefer best sellers.” A man hasn’t a very good religion when he regards Sunday as the longest and dreariest day in the week.

The Meat of Wheat The average yearly consumption of wheat in the United States is nearly six bushels for ever) man, woman and child. But — k Much of die nutriment of the wheat is lost because the vital mineral salts stored by Nature under the bran-coat are thrown out to make flour white. In making Grape-Nuts FOOD ' of choice wheat and malted barley, all the-nutriment of the grains, including the mineral values necessary for budding sturdy brain, nerve and ffwwU, is retained. : Everywhere Grape-Nuts food has prpven a wonderful energizer of brain and brawn, and you may be sure *There’s a Reason”