INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS CONCRETE AND SEA WATER SAYS RUSSIANS It was the Russian heroic and self sacrificing invasion into Interesting Experiments Made to Determine SAVED OTHER ALLIES North Prussia that induced the the Action of Liquid and iGermans tow withdraw several., Frost on Material. varmju coxps..v,frqmi.the northern* J::- fiV. frontier and ,lost them tle cjiar^ceof One of the largest construction companies French Pacificists Blamed for BLACK in this country is, making experiments, decisive victory on the Marne. Lacjc, of Army Efficiency, Ma.. to determine what is the lire Gfe^man effort has been chine Guns and Shoes. action of sea water and frost upon changed from the French frontier concrete. According to Science Conspectus, to Poland. RusSia is fighting the the company made 24 columns, Washington, Dec. 25.-^That 1 is main streiigth of the' German each 16 feet long and 16 inches Germany cafne within an infinite square, reinforced with Iron bars near army as well as the total Austrian fraction of repeating this, year its their corners and in January, 1909, army, commanded by Von achievement of the. war of Immersed them in the water at the 1870 Hihdenburg, the greatest, if not mm Boston navy yard. At high tide the is the statement made by,an officer OOPEN TUBN KEY the only great, tactician the' war water almost entirely covers them, but Protection for the Home of rank, who recently has "Oil Paste" Polish has produced, and the western at low tide they are completely exposed. returned from the European war. Thus in cold weather the columns allies are not able to deliver a For all kind* of Black Shoot The tttoOgett desire of husband and wife is the According to this authority, the welfare of their children. are alternately thawed and Blacks, Polishes, Preserves counter attack of sufficient force The husband work* hud to provide for them, and inefficiency of the French and Frozen, as the tide rises and falls. The •bo Russet "Oil Paste'* to draw and substantial part of w®J||d be dad to know how best to safeguard them. columns are made with various qualities British armies is far below that |,* w. wof^* hard, too—in the home—and it Same size box. each 10c. the German troops back to the of concrete—mixed dry, plastic, equally interest*d with her husband, in sound in* made public through the news 1 The marvelous durability of and very wet—and also with different western theatre of war. •uianee protection, such as that offered by the E I sources controlled by their respective "Nobby Tread" Tires, the Qualities of cement. Experts are studying Postal Life Insurance Company The reason for this is no lack fact that they are really two tires governments. the effects of the addition of waterproofing of courage or good will, but a In one make them the tires that materials clay and other While superior to any known in you should unhestiatingly buy. fatal lack of preparedness. As lasnuce la substances are added from time to the United States, the French ASMIS: Mere farce: Mora & I before mentioned, the French time, and the effect is observed. Many (ban t9.N«.N» thaa S45.M0.Mt army was not prepared for immediate years must elapse before it will be 'were, at the beginning of the war, war, in France, as in the "NobbyT read'Tires possible to tell with certainty which totally lacking in howitzers, while $ United States, there has been a kind of concrete is most permanent. the English preparation in this When last examined many of the columns pacificist party, and in France as are now sold under their regular Dollar-Hotel The Minneapolis arm was not substantially greater warranty—perfect workmanship were virtually, unaffected but well as in the United States it has 200 MODERN ROOMS NET COST LOW IN THET ana material—BUT any adjustment than the toy_ regiments of the Dthers were badly eroded. The colimns POSTAL —ocated in Heart of Businesa District stood stubbornly in the way of is on a basis of 2 that contain the largest proportion United States. $1.£2 S I N E RATE $1.®» BECAUSE 5,000 Miles army efficiency. of cement mixed wet have so far $1 ,CO The German army has dug itself CUROPLAN RATE FOR TWO PERSONS 1st. Commission Dividends 3hown the least wear. Of two columns PRIVATE BATH AND TOILET EXTRA French officers long have been into deep trenches, and howitzers correuponriing to (lie com COMPLETE SAFETY missions other companies pay their made with one part of cement to one fcgents. less, the moderate adverti MINNESOTA RUBBER Co- 8 AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS familiar with the German howitzers are the only weapons which Df sand and two of stone, the one itiK charge, go to Postal Policj .. Minneapolis, Minn. AND FIREPROOF CONSTRUCTION holder* the first year of different sizes and they mixed dry was badly eroded over its can be used effectively against 2nd. Renewal Commission Northwest Distributors (INSURANCE RECORDS SHOW NO LIVES Dividends Office- »nd intire length, whereas the other, which have been persistent in their efforts EVER LOST IN SPRINKLED BUILDING.) men so fortified. A Fjipense Savings covered bj the ROOM HAS HOT AND COLD RUNN1NQ EVERY was mixed very wet, was only slightly to procure them for the At the beginning of the war the WATER, STEAM HEAT, GAS AND ELECTRIC pitted. The experiments, it is expected,. LIGHTS, ANO TELEPHONE SERVICE. French army. The pacificists, French were short of riflles, and SEVEN STOHY ANNEX IN CONNECTION. tvill throw much light upon a problem however, succeeded in preventing the shortage in England was infinitely that has long perplexed construcion guaranteed dividends,go to Postal an appropriation for this purpose, engineers—Youth's Companion. greater. Assuming that Policyholders in subsequent subsequent veara year*. 3rd. Beginning at the clt» and seized upon an ingenious but the rifle factories in England and the second year, the vsaal contiti gent policy -dividends, based on the BROUGHT TO SINGLE SHEET -THE LITTLE MEAT MARKET ineffective contrivance to turn an Company's earnings, stilt further France can turn out rifles 5,000 reduce the cost each year after the first ordinary field piece into a howitzer. a day in addition to other necessary War's Effect on European Newspapers WILL OPEN ON FRIDAY, JANUARY l.t, 1914. material, one can readily see Is Manifest in the Size of how long it will take to equip French officers also have known the Issues. On Third Street, Opposite Rex Hotel. new men and at the since the Japanese-Russian war 2,000,000 No one can have failed to observe same time make up the immense that the frontier forts were incapable It will pay you Good Suppy of Meats, Fish, Groceries, Butter and Eggs. low greatly the size of his daily paper losses inseparable from warfare. of defense against howit-" aas dwindled, how, in fact, everything to find out just what the POSTAL LIFE can and Thus the war has entirely changedits zer artillery, but they have been I E E A A which entails the consumption of paper will do for. you. The Company issues all the 0. M. Larsen & Wife, Props. aspect. prevented from establishing modern standard legal-reserve policy-forms: it supplies full exhibits a strict ecoonmy. This is personal information to all applicants—men, swing to the shortage of paper due to In the beginning the Germans defenses, and have been PHONE 166. woman and young people—and distance from New :he war, and it is quite possible that hoped to crush France before compelled to die in obsolete brick Yoik does not hinder. Just write and'say: If the war lasts for any considerable "Atall me llfe-Murance particulars Russia could mobilize. and mortar, slaughtered by :ime practically all English daily papers /or my age" andbe sure to mention Its hope now is to crush Russia thrown Congress. thisPaper. will consist of a single sheet Already before the French and English this step has been necessitated In your letter be sure to give The pacificists of France also /. Your Full Name in Prance. can equip a sufficient number of were successful in preventing an 2. Your Occupation Some 15,000 tons of news and white troops to meet the Germans on 3. The Exact Date of your Birth adequate supply or rifles, machine You 11 Never Regret paper in reel made from wood pulp equal terms. The request for information places you under no guns and shoes, while the demagogues ire consumed each week in this country. obligations and no agent will be ssnt to visit you. In turn, this accounts for the Already the consumption has preserved the dark blue The Postal Life does not employ agents but gives its risen 25 per cent owing to the ablormal change in the Russian strategy. policyholders the benefit cf agents' commissions coat and red trousers which made Traveling ontheaoo* —the firat year and every other. demand for war news—it would In the beginning Russia struck the Frenchman such. a splendid Courteous Trainmen,Modern Steel Framed 3ertainly have .been greater were it hard and recklessly to succor its target for the German sharpshooters. «gp Trains With Every Convenience, OnTime To not for the curtailment in size. Most Postal Life InsLTsnceCompaiiy allies. Now it is fighting on the 5f the paper used in England—about (Vkp. MALON£. Presidcmt^ defensive until they are ready 1.1,500 tons—is manufactured in this (Wiirty-fivelNassaii Sweet NLW'YCPiO Milwaukee and In Great Britain a similar state^ country, but about 2,600 tons comes to take up their share of the of affairs has existed. The Liberal 2ach- week from the continent and burden. party, as in other countries, has •00 tons from Newfoundland. Chicago BUYiTTOPAY The former source has already completely bad opposition to' military 'training, TIGHT SKIRT LOSES SUIT dried up, the immediate result as one of its principles, and being to send up the price of 00 has more than successfully opposed paper which before the outbreak of Court Says That Woman's Injury TICKET J*PGEHREY*0-PADULUTH INE all the efforts of Lord Roberts the war was about one penny a pound 8,6^AV.W. OFPLFFC DULUTH-SUPERIOR Was Fault of Dress, Not the ST. to 1% pence. And it will probably and other military experts to introduce SUPERIOR 82.3 TOWER AV. Railroad. rise much higher.—English Exchange. an effective system of national preparedness. Helpfulness Sometimes Resented. Kansas City, Kan., Dec. 27— People there remember With Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson's When a woman wears a skirt so 'Passing of the Third Floor Back" shudders that only a few months tight that it interferes with the THE CONVENTION GIVES tnade a deep and lasting impression ago members of the government free use of her limbs she cannot yOU A VOTE OF THANKS, Kansas City. It stimulates a fine openly were advocating the disbanding JUDGE, FOR MAKING KNOWN maintain an action for damages IT WOULD BE A SELFISH lesire to be more charitable and kindly. of the small, provisional THE REAL TOBACCO CHEW, MAN INOEED WHO WOULD "We remember," writes Franklin for personal injury. The skirt, ±or& KEEP TO HIMSELF GOOD I P. Adams of New York, "the morning army which stands alone between the District Court Holds, is contributory NEWS LIKE THAT ifter seeing 'The Passing of the Third England and overwhelming defeat. negligence. Floor Back,' we felt more than usually It is recalled that Sir John MECHANICS Mrs. Delia Wilson brought suit anworthy, and spiritual reform was French, the man of the hour in for against the Chicago, working into our calloused heart. A $5000 MAGAZINE Belgium, resigned as chief of staff poung woman, carrying an achingly Burlington & Quincy Railroad. aeavy suitcase was walking up the shortly before the outbreak of the She alleged that in alighting from For Father and Son subway stairs. 'Let me help you,' we great war. a train one of her feet caught and said. 'Don't touch that!' she cried, as It is deemed a piece of British the ankle was broken. AND ALL THE FAMILY 3ne about to bite. 'If you don't stop luck that war broke out before annoying me, I'll have you arrested.' The defense alleged that bespaq Tv/o and a half million readers find it of 3o, fearing the headline, 'Bard Gets demoralizing influences had affected absorbing interest. Everything in it is jo qSiaq aq jo asnno lail Term for Mashing,' we ran away, Written the organization built up So You Can Understand It on her shoes and the tightness of like the coward we were."—Kansas We sell 400,000 copies every month without by the Boers in Indeed the her skirt she was equally at fault. 1900. Dity Star. giving premiums and have no solicitors. Any war came at an opportune time newsdealer wiil show you a copy or write the "How wide was your skirt" the publisher for free sample— a postal will do. Birds Fly From Battle. for the western allies. attorney for the railroad asked. $l.SO A YEAR ISc A COPY Oiie of the war correspondents has If the British army would have 'Thirty-two inches" she replied. aoted the complete absence of birds Popular Mechanics Magazine The jury deliberated a few minutes deteriorated greatly in the next from the battlefields of northern 6 No. Michigan Ave., CHICAGO THE GOOD QUD6E IS GLAD TO DO HIS FELLOW MEN A FAVOR twelve months, the French army and then returned the verdict France and the consequent profusion spiders and other cognate crawling "Not entitled to recover." Df has traveled equally far on the ONCE things. Birds always desert scenes 6f it gets started every man on road to efficiency in the last year, heavy gunfire and, what is more, they the job is soon using "Right-Gut", for General Joffre has done much Dften do not return for many years. to improve that organization All birds left the theater of war in the Real Tobacco Chew. Each man has PATENTS South Africa, and it is only now—14 since the French cabinet allowed TRADE-MARKS 15 19 E. F/FTH.ST :.^ ik^ his friends—and so the circle widens. pears later—that they are returning. ST him to remove the incompetent COPYRIGHTS Meanwhile South Africa has suffered "Right-Cut" earns that best of all W\' OPPOSITE CJTY -HA^$0j0 generals whom the politicians from a vexatious plague of ground insects—"tecks," •'MODERN EUROPEAN PkANh wished to retain. praise, the quiet word from friend to as they call them over Send model, or sketch ana LOCATED IN HEART OF BUSINESS DISTRICT there. It is not supposed that the Of course, it is no secret that friend. RATES: Rooms with detached bath and description for preliminary African birds left the country, but shower bath— strong political pressure was One person 75c, SI.00 and SI.50 per day that they merely retired to some remote examination. Book containing It's mellow, full-bodied tobacco brought on General Joffre to compel Two persons in same room, 50c extra. and peaceful part of the veldt. over mechanical ROOMS with private baths and toilets seasoned and sweetened just enough. 200 him to match his inferior One person SI 50 and $2.00 per day movements sent free on request. Two persons in same" room, S1.00 extra. army against the Germans on the Distances Near Suez. The taste is fine and it lasts. Send postal card lot colored blotters. Once again the makers of maps are frontier, and it was not until after WE AIM TO PLEASE ousy. Most Englishmen had a vague Take a very small chew—less than one-quarter the the British cabinet had delegated idea that the Egyptian frontier ends old size. It will be more satisfying than a mouthful its functions to Lord Kitchener W. N. Roach, Jr., Attorney with the Suez canal. That is not the of ordinary tobacco. Just nibble on it until you find HICKORY and Lord Kitchener in turn had the strength chew that suits you. Tuck it away. ease. From the map you will perceive and Counsellor at Law, RUBBERS Then let it rest. See how easily and evenly the real that the British occupation extends forced out of the French cabinet Mechanical & Electrical tobacco taste comesi how it satisfies without grinding, how across the very arid Sinai peninsula some of its incendiary members Expert much less you have to spit, how few chews you take to GHvt Satisfaction. Aak the desert that cost the Children of Israel The Real Tobacco be tobacco satisfied. That's why it is that the war in the western zone McGill Building, s3m»rtA&io 40 years to cross!—London Chew, That's why it costs less in the end. was comfmitted to scientific military Washington, D. C. Chronicle. It is a ready chew, cat fine and short shred so that yon won't have Uferfotoai to grind on it with yoar teeth. Grinding on ordinary candied tobacco principles: makes yon spit too much. Different Now. What is hardest for the French The taste-of pare, rich tobaeeo does not need to be covered np with molasses and "He's sure that the people can't be lioonoe. Notioe how the salt brings oat the rich tobacco taste in "Right-Cut." KOOCHICHING CAMP trusted to act wisely in great public and British public to admit is that One small chew takes the place of two big matters." not the strategy of Joffre or the ai Thsstrical NO. 7602 chews of the old kind. "That so? Only last week I heard Cistues for Rental loyal support of the British contingent, M. W. A. meets first and third WEYMAN-BRUTON COMPANY him telling that he believed In the or even the Quixotic selfsacrifice WiMo Sor Special Dlaeooat Tuesdays of each month. Full people.^ SQUAT*, SO Union New- York L. KOPFMAMM, Coslaaor of Belgium would have "I know. He was running for office atteuuance requested. Visiting IMMW to Salth Carinas Co. saved the ^rench-British army MMIIIIWI then, and most of them voted for the til Aft, ^BUY FROM DEALER OR SEND IQtSTAMPSTO US^ neighbors welcome. other fellow."-—Detroit Free Press. from another Sedan.