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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
HIS FIRST YEAR At FARMING
IN SASKATCHEWAN
Win Premiums and Prizes in
Competition With the
World.

There are thousands Of young men
filling positions in stores and offices,
and in professional occupations
throughout the United States, who IN
their earlier life, worked on the farm.
The allurements Of city life were at
tractive, until they faced the stern
reality. These people would have
done better had they remained on the
farm. Many Of them. convinced OF
this, are now getting back to the
land" and in the experience, no bet
ter place offers nor better opportunity
afforded, than that existing in Western
Canada. Many of them have taken
advantage of it, and there are to be
found today. hundreds Of such, farm
ing in the Provinces Of Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and Alberta. The con.
ditions that surround farming opera
lions today are so much superior to
those in existence during their early
farming days, that there Is an attrac'
ton about 1t. Improved machinery
level and open plains, no rocks to
shun, no trees to cut down, but wide
stretches with m%ile-long burrows, ele'
vators to handle the grain, railways to
carry it to market, and bring almost
TO their doors the things necessary to
operate. Splendid grazing areas, ex
cellent opportunities for raising cattle
These things are all SO different from
what they once were that there is rea
son to speak of the attractions. R. Fl
| Crossman of Kindersley, Saskatche
wan, the man who won such splendid
prizes at the International Dry Farm
ing Congress held at Tulsa, Oklahoma
last fall, grew the prize grains during
his first year farming. Up to 1913 he
was an engineer and the only knowl
edge he had of farming was that OBJ
tanned when he was a boy. That was
very useful; in fact 1t was valuable
to him. He had not forgotten 1t
Thousands with as little experience al
he had can do we'll by taking up ont
of the 160.acre grants offered by thu
Canadian government. Advertise
ment
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
THE RIGHT SOAP FOR BABY'S
SKIN

In the care Of baby's skin and hair,
Cuticura Soap is the mothers IA
vorite. Not only is 1t unrivaled In
purity and refreshing fragrance, but
it's gentle emollient properties are
usually sufficient to allay minor irri.
tations, remove redness, r%oughness
and chatting. soothe sensitive condi-
tons. and promote skin and hair
health generally. Assisted by CUT
cura Ointment, 1t is most valuable in
the treatment Of eczemas, rashes and
itching, burning infantile eruptions.
Cuticura Soap wears to a wafer, often
~outlasting several cakes Of ordinary
soap and making its use most eco
nomical.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with 32.p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept. L. Boston."-Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05

cause we haven't enough radium real
ly to try. Every bit Of radium in the
hands of physicians in the United
States work "a hours a day at saving
life, but still can only reach one out
of thousands!
Probably no medical discovery has
ever so excited the nation as the re-
cent announcement OF certain cancer
cures. Even despite the recent fail
ure of the much touted turtle serum
for tuberculosis, the public has been
ready and eager to believe. though
seeming miracles are related.
The United States not only needs
to save its public radium treasures
from private exploitation. Millions
are needed to set up plants where the
ores my be put through the $50 steps
necessary to eliminate the tremend-
ously tiny proportion of the healing
salts. And, too. money is needed for
experimentation. Some Of the best
processes for extracting the radium
are secrets. j%ealously guarded, with.
held as water might be kept from a
tortured Indian captive. New pro.
cesses of extraction must be perfect.
ed. The cost Of radium must be
brought down from Its present alti-
tude OF $500. 900 an ounce.
But even II that remains the cost,
radium must be had. The mere fact
chat ,on,ar ooeao hova tncraooad OK
per cent, in a short time. assures US
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05

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especially ia this burden cast upon
this country, wherein thus far have
been found the largest deposits Of
those interals in which It is borne.
"Radium Is found in ores carrying
uranium and vanadium, which are
used extensively in the arts, and the
processes by which It is extracted are
secret. A process has been invented
by the chemists In our bureau OF
mines, which promises, from the lab.
oratory experiments thus far made, to
be successful. Under the endowments
of two Americans a building is now
being erected in Denver, which with
its equipment will be opened for work
in February, where Al effort will be
made to prove the commercial posi-.
bility' Of this American process. II
successful, this process will be given
to the world and all Of the radium Sc
cured over and above a small mini.
mum will be the property Of the Unit.
ed Stetes. and will be put into the
hands Of the United States hospital
service for public use.
Under all these circumstances. II
seems to me that the only prudent
course that the United States can fol.
low is to withdraw from public entry
such Of its lands Is are supposed to
contain radium."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
SIGN CAME DOWN QUICKLY
Clerk May Have Meant Well Enough,
But It Was Not at All Platter.
ing to New Proprietors.

The new proprietors Of a little can
dy and nut shop in New York were
astonished to notice pedestrians on
the opposite side of the street stop,
gaze at their window for a moment.
and then pass on, faces decorated with
broad grins.
This happened SO often that one OF
the proprietors determined to investi.
gate. He FASTENED across to the op-
posite pavement. What he saw there
caused him to scurry back to the shop
on the run. Below a large black and
white sign that bore the notice-"This
shop is under lev management" - a
careless clerk had hung an equally
conspicuous sign reading:
New crop of nuts now here"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05

ternal cancer, but that so far, we have
not been able to secure a sufficient
amount of the mineral to demonstrate
how far within the body its rays Will
be effective. One Of the two expert
medical authorities in the United
States upon this subject, has said
that with a large supply Of the min
eral he believed 1t possible to reach
anywhere within the body and effec.
lively eliminate the diseased cells.
Because, however, OF the small amount
of the mineral available 1t cannot be
used in such experiments, so great is
the necessity for it in cases where a
cure ia known to be possible.
AT present those who have radium
are forced to the awful alternative Of
selecting among the patients on whom
1t will be used. Inasmuch as authori-
ties have estimated that n person
out Of ten in the United States over
fifty years old suffers from cancer, 1t
would appear to be difficult to over
estimate the necessity for securing
Immediately as large a supply as pos
sib!e Of this mysterious remedy, and
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
Some Exceptions.

Charles F. Murphy, with his toler.
ant and good-humored smile, was talk
ing to a reporter about the defeat OF
Tammany.
They were unfair to u.s." he said.
After all, you know. all politicians
aren't grafters. They couldn't be and
exist.
Its like the eagle story. A man
said at the clab:
why is an eagle like a MANI"
Everybody gives this riddle up. SO
the propounder announced triumph.
antly:
because it's bald.headed.'
But an auditor objected, all
eagles aren't bald-headed.'
"'Well neither are all men, was the
reply"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
'CASCARETS" FOR
LIVER BOWELS
No sick headache, biIiousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get q 10Acent box.

Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out Of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never grippe, eicken
or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents a box from your store.
Millions Of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05

are subject TO whatever monopoly
charge the European laboratories de-
-mand for their product.
1T is not possible to procure at the
present time so much as an additional
gram of radium. One American physi.
clan informs me that after a search
of Europe he has been promised a
gram In the course Of the next year,
which was the earliest time 1t was
possible to secure a promise OF even
this slight amount.
1T appears to have been established
that radium, when applied in time. is
a cure for superficial cancer and some
of the highest authorities advise that
there is no reason to doubt the ef-
f%ectiveness Of radium as a cure for in
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05

Taken.
piled, the growths were gone. leaving
a perfectly smooth. healthy tissue.
The cure was effected.
II could hardly believe my eyes. IL
l had said 'tumor. go!' and 1t disap-
peared, l should not have been more
amazed than l was by this wonderful
cure.
Another case l wish to mention
was that of a very rich Mexican wo-
man. She was SO rich indeed that
everybody in Mexico City was In W
of her. The physician in terror said:
She has lancer. don't tell her. By
not telling her, they permitted her
case to become so aggravated that
when she was brought to me. ! hest.
tated to operate. But I did operate
and then applied radium, which like
a million knives went into the roots
of the disease and cut 1t as no knife
could. And the woman was cured and
is we'll to this day. or four years after
the operation"
Secretary Of the Interior Lane said
recently: There appears to be In
the United States less than two grams
Of radium, that is less than one.quar-
ter Of an ounce. This Is valued at
$780, 900 a gram and all Of 1t has been
procured from Europe, where there
exist in France, Austria. Germany and
England, laboratories for its discov-
cry. Three.fourths Of the radium pro-
duced In the world during the ear Of
1912 came from American ores, yet
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05

ship from a monk. To complete his
studies he needed a dead body. After
several unsuccessful attempts to pro-
cure one,' he proposed to his wife that
she should aid him In his secret stud
les by surrendering her life. He as
sured her he would restore her as soon
as he had finished HE worship,
At midnight the devoted wife &C
%companied her husband to the crema-
ton ground, and there, with her con-
sent, he cut her in two and began his
worship to the goddess Kali. His de-
votions concluded, Vahamidan spent
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
Penalty Of Distinction.

81 represent the dignity Of labor"
said the man in his shirt sleeves.
Yes" replied Mr.. Dustin Stax; "a1d
you a work, in your shirt sleeves
and speak your mind, and quit work
when your regular hours are through.
I've got to wear a high hat and guard
every word l speak, and keep busy 16
hours a day. ] represent the labor Of
dignity"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
His Plan.

How is 1t, colonel?" asked the
hopeful young bunco steerer, address
ing the hoary-headed master Of the
craft, that you have always been 30
successful in picking out juicy suck
ers, and never have to waste your
time on Improbable subjects?" II
simply wait till l hear a man say that
he is a pretty good judge Of human
nature" replied the veteran, land
then l know he is just what I am look
ing for."-Puck.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
Joshinu Waldo.

1t was at a Tammany dinner, just
after Mayor Gaynor had appointed
R~hinelander Waldo police head. Ex-
Comptroller Herman A. Metz was pres
ent. Metz is about as formal as a
Bowery lad. well, 'Riney,'" he said,
holding out his hand, you've got a
hard job ahead of you. l hope you
make good. But don't forget what
you're up against"
Well, it's my intelligence against
theirs; my intelligence against theirs"
replied the police commissioner, and
he pointed to himself significantly.
"'Rhiney,' you lose," retorted Metz.
New York Tribune.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
A TRAGEDY OF SUPERSTITION
Devoted Wife Gives Life That Hus.
band Might Complete Studies on
Theory Of Worship.

Calcutta, India.-An extraordinary
tragedy of superstition is reported
from Burdwan. where a man named
Vahamidan murdered his wife with
her W consent in the course of a se-
cret ceremonial.
Yahamidan had for some time been
learning the principles Of Tantric wor-
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05

several hours trying to restore the
woman to life.
He was found by the police. utter-
ing loud lamentations and beating his
breast In self-condemnation near the
spot where lay the mangled remains
of his wife.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
CONGRESS ASKED TO PRESERVE
PRINCIPAL SOURCE Of RAD|UM
Secretary Lane Appeals to Legislators to Stop Precious Deposits
Of Carnotite Ore From Being Shipped Abroad for Foreign
Use-Commodity Will Cure C~ancer-Many Deposits
Still Property of the United States.

Washington.-Like the wave of hot
indignation which sometimes sweeps
over a nation and leads irresistibly to
war the realization that the United
States is in danger of losing one Of its
choicest possessions has been sudden
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
WOMAN IN
BAD CONDITION
Restored To Health by Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.
Montpelier, Vt-"We have great
faith in your remedies. ! was very ir-

Ac6u'" ohe wa
tired and sleepy all
the time, would have
cold chills, and my
hands and feet would
bloat. My stomach
bothered me, ! had
pain in my side and
a bad headac most
|of the time. Lydia
IL. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has
dome ma lots Of pood
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
Hiqh Finance.

HIgh
Very black, very small, and very
much impressed with the Importance
OF her mission, she stood before the
kindly lady Of the house.
well, Ophelia?'
Use de washerwoman's little girl
and IN she say please to len her
a dime. She got to pay some bills"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05

Los Angeles.-Ralph Farris, hold,
up man, who murdered Ralph Fariss,
enjoys the distinction of having been
sentenced to death twice In six days,
Judge Craig says Farris is not insane.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
Approved Method.

Knicker-For whom did you name
the baby?
Bocker-Huerta; we intend to bring
him up the same way Uncle Sam is
raising Mexico.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05

It's awfully hard to be a satisfac-
tory guest. Most people should cub
tivate the habit of remaining at home
more.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
Truly impossible.

Critic-Your book isn't true to life.
Author-Why do you say that?
Critic-Well, you say, "as the young
lady ordered q 81 dinner her fiance
smiled" Did you ever e a fiance
do that?
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
On Other Shoulders.

Jones-Don't you think bachelors
should be taxed to support fatherless
children?
Brown-Sure! Then l could drop
my life insurance!-Punch.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
Disaoreed With Science.

Bix-Scientists say that it is much
easier to support a weight than it
is to lift it.
DIX haven't found it so. l can
lift my wife quite easily.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
Wise.

81 don't see why you won't marry
me. I'm very well on
$50 am /. And / realize it too well
to make a change"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
REGULAR ThinQ

Going to swear off smoking this
year?'
Il suppose so. ! always have"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05

Constipation causes and aggravates many
serious diseases. 1t is thoroughly cured by
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favorite
family laxative. Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05

Love is the birth Of al illusion and
marriage is not necessarily the death
of it.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05

When a girl marries for money the
devil generally acts as best man.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05

If you want to please a woman, shut
your mouth and listen.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05

The Cough is what hurts, but the tickle is
to blame. Deans Mentholated Cough Drops
stop the tickle-5c at good Druggists.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05

we have up to this time taken no
steps whatever to preserve for our
own people this invaluable metal and
our physicians and hospitals are de-
pendent on European laboratories for
such supply as they car procure and
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05

Putnam Fadeless Dyes are the
brightest and fastest. Adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05

Astonishing Tobacco Remedy - Guaranteed
70 Instantly remove taste for cigarettes or tobacco
In any form, or money cheerfully refunded. Send
Hc and receive wonderful remedy by return mail.
Address Desk X, Tobaeco Cleanse Co., wichita, ksnsas.-Ads.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
leai EmergeI

= Real emergency.
IF the cook is in a bad humor.
don't take any notice of her"
But suppose she gives it?"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
or No Use to the Finder.

OF Nc use TO the tlnoer.
DO you know, l quite lost my head
yesterday"
Don't worry, Cholly, whoever finds
1t will return it."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
Interested.

Awake, man, awake!"
"All right" said Fnnegan, rousing
himself, whose wake?"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
ONLY One "BROMO OUININE"

That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUlNlNE. Look for
the signature of 10 W. GROVE. Cures a Cold in One
bay, Cures Grip In Two Days. 25c.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05
A Good MuxzIe.

A Good Muzzie.
Harry-Why do you call your dog
Finance?
Frank-Because he works per scent.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA. a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
signature sssss the ., lGHZzzNM
In Use For Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fetcher's Castoria
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-06-16
BLUEGRASS

One of the great industries of
Central Kentucky is the collec-
ton of bluegrass seed which is
now in progress throughout the
State. The government has
issued timely bulletin warning
the people against the adultera-
ton of this seed, and gives the
names of a large number of deal
ers throughout the United States
who have been selling adulterated
seed. Some of the mixtures con-
tanned less than two percent OF
Kentucky bluegrass, yet was
sold as pure seed. The Kentucky
bluegrass sells on the market al
a much higher price than an,
other blue grass seed, and the
public is being very much i'm
posed on by the authorizations.
The producers of the pure blue
grass seed in Kentucky shoulc
join in crusade against thu
adulteration of their product
They will thereby obtain bette
prices and create a greater de
mand for their seed. :
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-06-16
Shooting at Valley View

Friday afternoon two colored
men named Will Taylor and
Green Finn were engaged in a
difficulty at Valley View. Con-
stable James Taylor undertook to
quell the disturbance and was
assaulted by Will Taylor and
considerably beaten up. Consta-
BILE Taylor was unarmed at the
time, but he went to his home
and secured his revolver and
came back to the scene of the
controversy but could not find
the colored men. Saturday
morning he undertook to arrest
the parties at the home of Madi-
son Clay, which Clay undertook
to prevent, and it is claimed shot
at Taylor. Taylor returned the
fire, his shots taking effect in the
face and shoulder of Clay, inlict-
ing painful but not serious
wounds.
1t is alleged that blind tiger
is in operation at Valley View,
and judging from the many pill
grimages of some of our citizens,
there must be some liquid at
fractions at that spot.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-06-16
Bryan Ballard Acquitted

After a sensational trial of
about three days, Bryan Ballard,
travelling salesman for Voolfolk
Coffee Company, Who is we'll
known society man in Lexington,
jointly indicted with Mrs. Bert
Steele, for alleged criminal rela-
tons with Willie Moores, a fiji
teen-year-old student at Johnson
School, that city, was acquitted
last Wednesday, the jury being
out less than five minutes after
getting the case. The verdict
was unanimous for acquittal on
the first ballot.
Ballard is a native of Garrdrd
county, and the case has excited
interest. The trial of Mrs. Steele
indicted on three counts, was sci
for Monday, and promises to be
even more sensational than thai
of Ballard.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-06-16

William GrizzIe one day last
week. Mr.. Grizzle went out to
the barn early that morning and
was agreeaI,ly surprised to find
that Old Pride had a fine bossy
by her side, the old family mare
had found a colt; there was an
increase of ten pigs, even the
faithful old watchdog Kate, was
entertaining eight little puppies.
Mr.. Grizzle thought this was all,
but when he started to climb UP
in the barn loft he met the old
cat coming down the ladder with
her mouth full of kittens. The
place has been named Roosevelt
Ranch London Sentinel.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-06-16
Everybody will attend the
QUICK ACTION SALE.
Surprise Wedding

A surprise wedding occurred in
Lancaster on last Saturday night
when Miss Bertha Burnside and
Mr.. James Landram both of that
city were quietly married at the
home of the bride. So we'll had
they kept their secret that not
even their closest friends knew
of their intentions.
The bride is an attractive
young woman and is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. Richard Burnside.
The groom is an energetic young
man and is in the employ of the
L. & N. Railroad Company of
this city, where they will make
their home. The happy couple
have many friends here who wei
come them to Our midst.