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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-03-30

The following unF0licited letter mas
been received from MIR. j. F. Ward Of
Donalda, Alberta. 1t is plain state
ment of conditions as Mr.. Ward has
found them:
1T is with pleas
ure drop line to
Ecu" Io..e-. ] you. We had a
good year. Off of IS acres, oats and
wheat, | got over $500 bushels of
wheat and oats. Oats went here from
so to 100 bushels per acre, and wheat
from 25 to SO per acre. Just see me
being here one year and have over 700
bushels of wheat. 1t Is now over $l.o0
per bushel. Oats is AZ cents, and 60
ing up. You told me the truth, and
want the people of Toledo to know it.
Hogs are So cents; cattle are high.
Canada is good enough for me. have
good horses. l sold good colts, 2
cows and IS head of hogs and killed 2.
/ have 6 hogs left. got 400 bushels
of potatoes off an acre and a good
garden last summer, fine celery and
good onions. One neighbor had over
1900 bushels of wheat, and sold over
$500 of hogs and 1000 bushels of oats.
This is a great country. If you should
tell the people of Toledo of this 1t
would get some of them thinking. The
soil is a rich black loan, and pleas
ure to work 1t.
I'VE have a good farm. We have a
flowing we'll with soft water. 1t is
the best water in the country. Some
people think they got to go to war
when they come out here. They need
not be afraid of war. There is no war
tax on land; only school tax, $1,000
on l6O acres, and road tax of two
days with your team. tell you the
truth, there is no land in or around
Toledo as good as our land here in AL.
berta. If anybody wants TO write US,
give them our address.
I'VE have had nice weather. We
have had it quite cold for one week,
but no rain and sleet, and the sun
shines nearly every day, and it is hot
in the sun. Coal is 1925 per ton. The
people are very nice and good here.
We are we'll enjoying the West.
The horses and COWS are feeding on
the prairies all the winter We just
have two horses in the stable to go to
town with. Yours truly, (Sgd) J. F.
WARD, Donalda, Alberta, Feb. 9, 1916"
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-03-30
YOU TOLD NE THE TRUTH
AND|WANT THEPE0PLE
TO KNOW IT

The following unsolicited letter has
been received from MIR. J. F. Ward OF
Donalda, Alberta. 1t is plain state
ment of conditions as Mr.. Ward has
found them:
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25

to sing. +"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
Democratic Extrauanance.

The Democratic congress which
went out of existence last March
authorized the expenditure, for 1915
and 1916, of $177.OO0,Oo0 more than the
last Republican congress did for the
two preceding years, and the esti-
mated appropriations for 1917, to be
made by the present congress, amount
to s17O,000,000 more than those for
1916. And the increase cannot be at
triouted entirely to the cost of mill
tary preparedness. The estimated ap-
preparations for that purpose in 1917
now amount to only $96,000,0O0, which
is good deal less than $170,000,o00 On
top of this is the fact that appropria-
tions contemplated for some of the
federal departments are too small and
will have to be added to later by
emergency legislation. The few de-
creases made in providing for running
expense are more than made up for by
Increases in other places.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
The oneninu Gun Of 1916.

President Wilson has started on
the campaign for reelection. He
has chosen an issue not originally
congenial to him, but one which he
could not safely leave in the hands
of the opposition. He is already as
good as nominated; he is each
day writing a new plank in his plat
form, for the country will judge by
what he does rather than by what
his platform says. To an extraor-
dinary degree the contest will center
about his views and his personality.
While he has done some good things,
for which he deserves commendation,
like securing the passage of the new
federal reserve system, he has be-
come, by and large, exceeding vulner-
able. He was minority president at
the start. The two wings of the di-
vided opposition to him of 1912 are
now united. In these circumstances
his reelection would be surprise. If
it should by any chance come to pass,
1t would upset most of the calculations
of the almanac-makers.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
TRUE TO OLD FuRM
Democratic Party Continues Its
laundering.
Has Once More Proved Its Inability to
Stand Prosperity or Even to Real
ize the Responsibilities
of Power.

There are unmistahable indications
that the Democratic party's traditional
proclivity for laundering is to be put IN
evidence once more. This time the
blunder threatens to be even more
egregious than usual, being committed
in defiance of, rather than in obedl-
ence to, the leadership under which
the party came into unaccustomed
power Already a considerable por-
ton of the Democracy's following is
showing itself incapable of following
any leader except g wrong one.
A former leader, who owes much to
the party, is doing his best to dis
rupt it and discomfit the chief who
succeeded where he thrice failed. The
Democratic presidents policies are be-
ing opposed by Democratic members
of congress and will prevail. if at all.
only through the support of Repub-
licans. Democratic senators have Wild
ly assailed the Administrations con-
duct of foreign affairs. The Demo
cratic leader in the lower house
promptly declared hostility to the ad-
ministration program of national pre-
paredness. The public has seen Presi-
dent Wilson in the act of stumping the
country to appeal to the people for
the support denied him by legislators
of his own party.
IT, in it's inability to stand prosper
ity or realize the responsibilities of
power or agree on anything or refrain
from following after false prophets,
the presidents party accomplishes the
defeat of the, preparedness proposal
in every form. despite the support
given him and his recommendations by
more patriotic members of other par
ties, the consequence to the country
of the Democratic capacity for blum
dering will be grave indeed. But,
fortunately, preparedness is by no
means dependent upon Democratic
congressman for support. 1t appears
wholly likely that as many of them
as live up to Democracy's reputation
for doing the wrong thing will hurt
only themselves.-Cle Leader.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25

70 me at times. Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills re-
stored me to health and want 10 thank
you for the good they have done me. /
have had quite q bit Of trouble and
worry but It does not affect my youth
ful looks. My friends say why do you
look so young and well7' / owe It all
70 the Lydia T. Pinkham remedies. J"
Mrs. RoBT. SToPrEL, Moore Avenue,
Washington Park, Illinois.
We wish every woman who suffers
from female troubles, nervousness,
backache or the blues could see the let
ters written by women made well by Ly-
dia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
II you have any symptom about which
you would like to know write to the
Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn.
Mass. for helpful advice given free Of
charge.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
Old SIsvr Mat
N9i%xQrIeznIlz]2||. znz s !.

floor and dances with rolling eyes and
gaping mouth to the time of the primi.
tive drum.
Now, a bat flutters out of the shad'
ows and brushes your face, while you
stir out of cramping muscles with
muttered word of relief. Drip. drip,
drip, the rain seeps in. steadily. now,
like a clock ticking.
You mount fight of broad and
creaking walnut stairs and pause at
the first landing to view a pink and
lilac tracery on the wall which once
represented a painting of De Soto's
first view of the Mississippi.
Led by the chateIaine.
You glance at two holes high up in
the outer wall which show the light
like a pair of prying eyes under shag-
gy brows, then you take a bracing
breath and go on. BIT you halt alb
-uptly at the sound of an opening
door and the echo of slow and drag
ging feet coming nearer and nearer.
In a moment woman short and heavy
of build, with the mingled air of gra-
ciousness and reserve, is before you.
She is the chatelaine. You know it
before she says "Entrez!" in her
charming throaty French. She has on
skirt of faded crimson and blue,
with basquelike bodice of luminous
green. She wears a cap of soiled
D'Alencon lace, and a fine odd brooch
of jet as sparkling black as her deep
set eyes. Instinctively you drop a
silver piece into the bag which bangles
with bunch of keys from her ample
waist, and follow her shuffling lead.
To the accompaniment of her ex
planatory and also rapid French, you
are shown salons with cracked and
sunken marble fireplaces, salons with
vanished onyx floors, once pressed by
the satin-clad feet of many beautiful
women, mildewed mirrors made in the
days of the first empire, crysta
chandeliers with broken pear-shaped
prisms, and walls from which price
less frescoes and friezes and medal
lions have been removed, bits O
bronze from an old balustrade, the bat
tered fragments of a fountain
One Room Still Home.
When you have looked into count
| less chambers and heard the histor.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
IS CHILD CROSS,
FEvERlSH, SICK
Luck, MotherI II tongue 10
coated, give california
Syrup of Fius."

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach. liver and bowels SO nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
10 empty the bowels, and the result In
they become tightly clogged with
waste. liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours. then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad,
system fun OF cold, has sore throat.
stomsch-ache or diarrhoea. Listen,
Motherl See II tongue is coated, then
give teaspoonful of California
Syrup OF Figs" and in few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
ndigested food passes out OF the sys-
tenn. and you have a well child again.
Millions OF mothers give California
Syrup OF Figs" because it Is perfectly
harmless; children love 1t. and 1t new
er falls to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels. .
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
Of California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
Of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
FROM GIRLHOoD TO OLD
ACE WOMEN ARE HELPED

At the first symptoms of any de-
rangement of the feminine organism
at any period of hfethe one safe, really
helpful remedy is DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription for every conceivable all
ment and disease of womanly nature.
It is woman's temperance medicine
and it's ingredients are published on
wrapper.
DR.. Pierce's Fayorite Prescription is
a true friend to women in times OF
trial and at times of pain when the
organs are not performing their func-
tions. For headache, backache, hot
flashes, catarrhal conditions, bearing
down sensations, mental depression,
dizziness, fainting spells, women
should never fail to take this tried and
true women's medicine.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
Etiquette Above Hunger.

A wanderer in the wilderness and
without food. the hapless city sports
man was found at last in an advanced
stage of exhaustion. His rescuers
propped him UP against tree trunk
and offered him a cup of steaming
broth. Feebly he waved them away.
Come, old man, take a little,'' said
they, again Offering the cup.
A spasm, as of distress. passed over
the city mans face.
"You-you are serving on the wrong
side," he corrected in whisper.
For he had been brought up in a
home where only the very best table
manners prevailed, and he had often
corrected new waitress for the same
fault.-Puck.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
Ready to Reunite.

The Progressive attitude of friend
liness is emphasized by the declara-
ton of principles put forward by the
national committee. as well as by it's
refusal to present candidate for the
presidency, says the New York Sun.
A platform could be drafted in har-
mony with Republican principles and
traditions in which practically every
paragraph of the statement issued at
Chicago might be included; in fact,
the proposal put forward by the Pro-
gressives are of the kind that the pfat-
form committee at each national con-
vention has been called on to consider
on the motion of men of unquestioned
loyalty.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
Short and Sweet.

AS way to beat lawyers who thrive
on long.drawn-out will contests we
recommend the last will and testament
of a Los Angeles man who died leav-
ing an estate of $4,000. This was
his will, fourteen words in all:
Il direct that all my property be
distributed according to the laws of
California
AS an example of multum in parvo
this will is entitled to rank as a
classic. Maybe this mans will was
superhuous. but he had the fun of
making a will, which is all the salts
faction that many of them get out
of 1t.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
No sionIflcance in Dreams.

One reads some so very silly articles
upon the subject of recurrence of
dreams that it is necessary to repeat
that our dreams are nothing more
than a continuation of the state previ-
GUS to sleep when we lie with no
bodily or mental occupation beyond
following out whatever train of
thought happens to have been suggest
ed, a writer in the London Observer
remarks Two common dream expert
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25

/OU are lover or the quaint,
" the picturesque, the old, or you
would not find yourself in the
old slave mart of LIE Vieux
Carre de New Orleans on a glowering
day. when the storm clouds over
hanging the East are sending out
streaks of lightning.
Presently you pass through an or
nate entrance to the ground floor of a
huge old wrinkled building. peeling off
for its final plunge into oblivion it
is the historic Hotel st. Louis, erected
in 1896. Don Pedro. emperor of Brazil,
and afterward his grandson, were it's
guests. Here banqueted statesmen,
princes and famous men, and here, be-
fore the changing of the tides, were
sittings of legislative bodies. says the
Kansas City Star.
AS you stand in the listening ST.
lence. in the dampness of mold and
decay, you unconsciously visualize the
life of long-gone yesterday. Now
suddenly you start. disturbed by an
impression of sound down a long,
dark, dusty passageway. 1t is only
the rain seeping in, drip, drip, every
spatter echoing hollowly in the empti-
ness. Again you drift back to your
dreams. and again your nerves twang.
this time at the scuttle of rat in the
broken wainscoting behind an old
slave block, showing the crumbling.
though quite distinguishable, name of
famous auctioneer of ante-b bellum
days. Beyond the block and the mart
about It your searching eyes find q
wide expanse of earth and cement
floor bordered by rows of cells almost
wholly stripped of bars.
With a swift intake of breath you
reach the rusty gratings and peer into
the dusky interior. You catch a Whit
of chill, earthly air and the plaintive
chirp of cricket. 1t requires but q
slight turn of your Imagination to
people the prison with soft-eyed pa
tient slaves awaiting orders with the
stolidity and obedience that was part
of their nature. You gee the old and
the young, the strong and the weak
and all the various types, from a
coarse Herculean African to a slender
clear-eyed octoroon. The octoroon
holds your attention. She is young and
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
honefuI for Republicans.

The most hopeful indication of Re-
publican success next fall is the re-
turn to the fold of those who enlisted
In the Progressive ranks, making for
q Republican party. united once more,
together with the split among the
Democrats, which is serious enough to
give the leaders OF that party con-
cern. more particularly as there is no
telling what the gentleman from Ne
braska may pull off. This time the
president must be saved against the
man who was his savior at Baltimore
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
Your House Plants.

TIE professional Aorist understands
that although morse plants must be
kept moist they must never be al
lowed - become soggy To begin
with. they should be well drained.
Broken pots or cindeTs should be
placed below the earth they grow II
The soil should be mixed with sand.
too. to tighten H. Never water a
plant until the soil on top is almost
dry. Then water II thoroughly
drcnch II. but let the water drain out
through the bottom ot the pot. arh
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
Opposition to Wilson.

Although continuation of the war
will mean that the President will get
support in some quarters because of
a sense of loyalty, it must be recog-
nized also that his handling of the situ-
alton has aroused opposition to him
in others. whether rightly or not is
beside the point. There is, too, an
inclination to resent the claim that
because we have not become en-
broiled in the conflict of Europe there
should therefore be support of the ex-
ecutive to the extent of re-electing
him without serious opposition.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
All Thinns for the ass+

Everything is prOyidential. In that
case, Providence has to answer for
very terrible things. Things, how
ever. may seem terrible to us because
we know neither the beginning nor
the end OF them. Everything is for
the best, otherwise tb justice OF God
would not be atistied.-Arranged
from On IT, praDch-"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAiR,

To half pint of water add OF. Bay Rum, 3
small box of Barbo Compound, and u OF. Of
glycerine. Apply to the hair twice a week
until it becomes the desired shade. Any drug
gist can put this up or you can mix it at
home at very little cost. 1t will gradually
darken streaked, faded gray hair. and re-
moves dandruff. 1t is excellent for falling
hair and will make harsh hair soft and glossy.
1t will not color the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub off.-Ady.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
Prenaned.

What is the babys name?"
John James George William Henry
Archibald Ebenezer."
That's an awful string of names
sor the poor child to carry through
life"
Well. he's got seven uncles. and
they're all speculating in war stocks.
There's no telling which one of them
is going to make good"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
BANISH PIMPLEs QUICKLY
Easily and cheaply by Using cuticurs
Soap and Ointment. Trial Free.

Smear the pimples lightly with Cuti-
cura Ointment on end Of finger and
allow it to remain on five minutes.
Then bathe with hot water and Cuti-
cura Soap and continue some minutes.
This treatment is best upon rising and
retiring, but is effective at any time.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere-Adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
Gods Manifestations Made cieal

AS God is present in the universe,
the holy spirit is present in the Scrip
ture. God so manifests himself in the
universe, that all who seriously con-
template it find it difficult to be athe-
lists; the Holy Spirit SO testifies of
Christ in Scripture, that all who seri-
ously study it must struggle hard not
to be Christians. The Bible is a won
derful creation of the Holy Spirit
Flint
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25

oil each, you come upon half-open
door which reveals a scene of homely
comfort. Here lives the chatelaine.
canary and a tortoise, shell cat.
There's one old mended antique chair
upholstered in gay colored chintz, a
spindle-legged table rich with carving
and black with age, shelf set with
row of clean blue dishes and shining
the fire gives out the appetizing smell
of shrimp pot-pourri. On the broad
window ledge is a box of kitchen
bouquet; basil, cheval, coriander, and
on the odd little balcony jutting out
from it a sweet box garden of pc.
tunias, cypress vines and myrtle
Above it freighted clothesline flaps
in the wind and rain.
Here you say "B'soir," and insist
that you can find your way without
further guidance. You retrace your
steps, halting now and then to be GER
tain of your direction, and come at
last to view the ruin of a fine old
tapestry On you go to the great
ground floor and linger a moment for
one last look at the slave mart Then
your feet find the quiet streee and a
cool, mist-driven wind smites your
face refreshingly. You swing back
easily to the present and everyday
realities, but the old Hotel ST. Louis
is craven upon your heart. 1t will
slip into your thoughts again and
again no matter where you may be.
At the theater perhaps, at the dance
in the busy, NOISY rounds of life rath.
er than in the silences. you will re-
member, you will re-see it, re-live it.
And you will hear the sound of rain
seeping in-drip, drip, drip-the plain.
tive chirp of cricket and the scut.
ter of rat in the broken wainscoting
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
Save Him Trouble.

Professor-You should study hard
er and try to take degree.
Waste of time. When
the governor dies and | inherit his
millions I'll endow university and
they'll give me more degrees than
III know what to do with.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
Inspection Lamps for Shells.

A British electrical manufacturer
has designed an electric lamp for IA
cilitating the inspection of the inte-
rior walls of shells in munition works.
The equipment may be described as
tubular lamp protected by a wire
guard, a long metal rod. a wooden
handle in which is pushbutton
switch, and connecting cord and
plug. The equipment is held by the
handle while the lamp, supported on
the long brass tube. is lowered into.
the shell to be inspected.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25

ences frequently recurring are those
of the sensation of flying and of the
uneasy impression of being about in
public in insufficient attire. The first
is caused by the physical fact that we
are, at the moment, without noticeable
pressure actually suspended in space;
the second by the equally physical fact
that few people in these days go to
bed in their boots. 1t is beyond ques-
ton that dreams are started or sug-
gested. not only by these personal
hints, but by external events, usually
a noise.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
No Choice.

Il studied French at school and
learned to speak it fiuently, and yet
when l went to Paris couldn't under
stand word of what the natives
said" Nothing strange about that.
When you speak you choose your own
words, but when you listen you have
to take 'em as they come
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25
What She Hoped,

Evelyn-Why, | thought you were
to sail for Europe yesterday.
Reginald-That was me-aw-inten-
ton, doncher know. but I-aw-changed
me mind at the lawst moment.
Evelyn-Glad to hear it, and l hope
you got better one in the change,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25

sns' A.>a. ~demens relieved of my suf-
fering. 1t is agreeable to me for
you to publish this letter. l am glad
to have an opportunity to say to all
who are suffering as I have done that
l obtained relief by using Dodd's Kid
ney Pills and Diamond Dinner Pills.
Dodd's Kidney Pills SOC per box at
your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tab
let's for Indigestion have been proved.
SOC per box-Ady,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25

1eEeu Win Ieulale
trouble, backache,
nervous spells and
the blues. My chill
dren's loud talking
and romping would
make me 80 nervous
/ could just tear
everything to pieces
and / would ache all
over and feel so sick
that / would not
want anyone to talk
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-02-25

address on narcot'
les. At the close
a. young man said
to her, 81 do not
think it is wrong
to use tobacco"
Are you a Chris.
tian?" she asked.
"Yes," was the
reply.
Have you ever
asked God for his
opinion?"
NO"
well, If you are
a Christian, l sup
pose you are will
ling to leave the
maftnr to hic de-