The Curtis Courier. (Curtis, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1912 Page: 3 of 8
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CHINA NOW ONE OF
t
AFTER REIGN OF THREE CEN
TURIES MANCHU DYNASTY
LEAVES THE THRONE.
ABDICATION EDICTS ISSUED
Sovereignty P»s*e* Away—Emperor
Will Retain Title and 4,000X100 a
Year—Diaordere In Interior
Feared—Hope for Peaee
Peking. Feb. 13.—After occupying
the throne of China for nearly three
centuries, the Mancbu d>nasty, rep-
reKented by the child emperor, Pu Yl,
abdicated today. Three edicts wero
issued, the first proclaiming abdica-
tion; the second dealing with the es-
tablishment of the republic, and the j
third urging the maintenance of peace
and approving the conditions r.greed
upon by the imperial premier, Yu» n
Bill Kai and the republicans.
The text of the first Imperial edlc;
issued by the throne reads:
"We, the emperor of China, ha ••
respectfully received today the fol-
lowing edict from the hands of her
majesty, the dowager empress.
"In consequence of the uprising of
the republican army to which the peo-
ple of the provinces of China have
responded, the empire is seething like
a boiling caldron and the people are
plunged in misery.
"The majority of the peop'e • re
In favor of a republic. From the
preference of the people’! hearts
the will of heaven is discernible.
How could we oppose the desl’*s of
millions for the glory of one family?
"Therefore, we, the dowager em-
press and the emperor, nereby vest the
sovereignty of the Chinese empire In
the people.”
In concluding the second edict, the
empress-dowager says:
"Our sincere hope is that peace will
be restored and that happiness will
be enjoyed.”
The third describes the throwe r mo-
tive in modeling Its policy “according
to the progress of the times and the
earnest desires of the people, with the
sole object of suppression of a greit
disorder and restoration of petce”
It exhorts the general In command
of the Peking army to maintain order
and to explain to the people that "the
throne is acting upon heaven’s wM "
The Peking authorities are taking
military precautions, but there have
been no disorders in the capital. It Is
expected, however, that disorders will
occur throughout the Interior.
The legations consider that the first
phase of the revolution has been con-
cluded, but they fear the second may
be more disastrous. The legations will
deal unofficially with Yuan Shi Kai’s
government until it Is recognized. It
is expected that such recognition will
be given Immediately upon the forma-
tion of a coalition cabinet. As the
throne’s final edicts were signed bv
only one cabinet minister besides Yua 1
Shi Kal. five portfolios are now avail-
able, and of these It is believed three
will be filled respectively by “Tang
Shao Yl, the Imperial premier’s repre-
sentative in the peaee negotiations at
Shanghai, Wu Tang Fang, the minister
of Justice in the republican provls'onr.l
cabinet, and Chin Chin-Tao, the re-
publican finance minister General Li
Yuan-Heng. the rebel leader at Han-
kow, who was appointed vre-president
of the republic by President Sun Yat
Sen, probably will be chief of the gen-
eral staff. Provision for Dr. Sun has
not yet ben made.
In consideration for abdication
the republicans make the following
eight pledges to the emperor:
First, the emperor shall retain his
title and shall be respected as a for-
eign monarch.
Second, the emperor shi'l receive
•n annual grant of 4,000,000 taeli un-
til the currency Is reformed, after
which he shall receive $4,000,000 Mex-
ican.
Third, a temporary, residence snail
be provided in the Forbidden city, and
later the imperial family shall reside
in the summer palace, ten miles out
side of Peking.
Fourth, the emperor may observe
the sacrifices at his ancestral tombs
and temples, which will be protected
by republican soldiers.
Fifth, the great tomb of the late
emperor, Kwang Su, will be completed
and the funeral ceremony fittingly ob-
served at the republic’s expense.
Sixth, the palace attendants may be
retained, but the number of euunuchs
cannot be Incerased.
Seventh, the emperor's property
will be protected by the republic.
Eighth, the imperial guards will be
governed by the army board, the re-
public uajinx their salaries.
COST OF GRAIN
GROWING IN
CENTRAL CANADA
A careful canvass made of a num-
ber of nun farming In a large way
lndicatea that even with the extreme
' expense of harvesting the crop, which
has been caused by the bad weather
and difficulty in threshing, wheat haa
been produ< ed and put on the market
for less than 55 centa a bushel. The
average freight rate la not over 13
cents per bushel. 1 hia would make
the cost of production and freight <8
centa and would leave the farmer an
actual margin on bis low-grade wheat
of 17*4 cents and for bis high-grade
wheat of 11*54 centa; and though (hia
is not as large a profit as the farmer
has every right to expect. It is a profit
not to be despised, and which should
leave a very fair amount of money to
his credit when all the expenses of
tbe year have been paid, unleas the
value of low-grade wheat sinks very
much below its present level. A mat-
ter of Importance to the prospective
settler is that of tbe cost of produc-
tion. The following table has been
, prepared after careful investigation:
HE WAS SOMEWHAT PEEVED]
■ ■■■ ■
Attendant at Spiritualistic 6s*«ce Con-
sidered Himself Aggrieved
and Said So.
Interest on 320 acres, value
|30 per acre, 3 years at 6
per cent Interest..........$1,720.00
Interest on boraes, machin-
ery. wagons, ploughs, bar-
rows, etc., to operate 320
acres—say $2,500 for 3
years .................... 450.13
Getting 320 acres ready for
crop flrat year, doing one’s
own work, with hired help,
about $3.50 per acre....... 1,120.00
Getting 320 acres ready for
crop, second and third
year, about $1.25 per act*
per year, or $2.50 per acre
2 years one's own work and
hired help................. 800.00
Seed per year, wheat, per
acre $1.25, 3 years........ 1,200 00
Seeding, 320 acres, 25 cents
per acre. 3 years.......... 240.00
Twine, 320 acres, 30 centa
per acre, 3 years.......... 288.00
Harvesting, 320 acres, 30
cents per acre, 3 years.... 288.00
Marketing, 320 acres, esti-
mate 20 bushels per acre
per year for 3 years, 3
cents per bushel, or 9 cents
per bushel for 3 years..... (74.00
Threshing 320 acres, estimate
20 bushels per acre per
year for 3 years, 6 cents
per bushel per year or 18
cents for 3 years.........1,152.00
Charles M Cross of Indianapolis
thinks variety add* spice to life, do he
went to a spiritualistic service
It wts a lively affair with sepulchral
voices sounding through trumpets,
tambourines playing mysteriously In
luld air, and cold, clammy hands of
partially materialised men and women
making free In the dusky room witu
i those who were In the flesh In the
midst of It something dealt Mr. Cross
a vicious whack on the nose and he
called for lights In a tone not to he
disobeyed With the light the circle
ga disclosed was all natural and hu-
man again. The most human member
of It was Mr. Croat, with a bloody
noee, spoiling fOr a fight and all the
’ madder” because he did not know
whom to fight.
"Who did that?” be demanded of
the medium.
The medium atid the gay spirit was
that of St. Peter.
Uut even thla explanation did not
satisfy Mr. Cross.
"Well, all I ask of 8t. Peter." he
said, “la to materialize for just one
minute and If I don't make a vacancy
for a new gatekeeper I won’t ask to
get In.”—Indianapolis News.
CALUMET
BAKING POWDER
^ 'v The wonder of bak-
11141 powders—Calumet.
Wonderful in its raising
powers — its uniformity,
it* never failing results, its
purity.
Wonderful in its economy.
It costs less than the high-pnee
trust brands, but it is worth as
much. It costs a trille more than
the cheap and big can kinds—
it is worth mote. Hut proves its^
real economy in the baking.
Us* CALUMET—the Modem
Baking Powder.
J At all Grocers.
COLD COMFORT.
I
Award
World's Pure
Food
8clf-Sacriftcing Essential.
“You don’t claim to he a party
lender?"
"No.” replied the quiet citizen.
"Everybody want* to la the leader of
the party. It strike* me that some-
body ought to bo wilting to 1>« the
party.”
No Mere income Needed.
“I’ncle Joe, do you believe in votes
for women?"
“No. aah, 1 don’t. Manda’s rot all
de money dot's good fer her now."
Passenger (nervously) — Captain,
what would ba the result If this boat
should atrlka an Iceberg?
Captain—It would probably ahlvar
ita timbera.
TO rt’KK A rot l» IN ONK IIAV
Taka I.AX ATI VK Mu iSH» Uulnlne Tableta.
Isn gfln?*refund rnotity If It faUn flirt. t£. W .
UliOYK 6 tig nature liuu each Ik»i. JK*c.
Work Is the very salt of life; not
only preserving It from decay, but
giving It tone and flavor.—Hugh lllack
Mrs. Winslow’* Soothing Ayriip fer Chlldrrs
leetlitug. soften* llir irurai. redm-e# Inflamm*
Uwa, alls)* paiu.cui-M aiuJ col la, Stic a bottle.
S.tT-r « r,4 >c • »r, k-.-alSa
wet It •**•» fur ratrwwie earlloeae.
Istefi r Hi... N •
_ fl«< • i - hi)-1 i- iP ike ss-f
Vlottok. - *A4 Bushels |»i aorvt |
f feaUrr't KarlAf* Kr.lata C MU
A t mpaaede# fear rate eefllael —j
Wlmtm au.i, |'aok«4 fUU wetfki,
11-4 lit |4 uu. Cat-ultal |
. ferlSCmtt.
I UM 'Okuti. . „f.| . ,..11.1 I,rtllir.. BaSlali.l
I - *•'•.!
■ Parsley, ('arrwl, Melon Fl«*we»—
II •«*!>.. mg boat*, a of srgetaUet Mid J
|fk w. r. /. r f«r
I Ml| vefwiable and (ana —d 8tl>
1 Ivgue (lie lot the asking.
pipwfeljoba A Belter feed Ob , #v
i COD Ma- DIM It, La Pro—, Wlaj
a RMH
PARKfcR’8
HAIR BALSAM
ni*Brie»B and brtn'.fUf th# halt.
I'romuitf a lntimant ftowth.
Nrvser F*llB to Mv-Btor* Urt*
limit to ttB Youthful Color.
Cure* Br*1i) d art* • 4 hmfr ulUiA
*»c, And «! >*»$» Dmifttete
-
FOR WALLS
AND
uvxt=j ■ 0 a „„ „ CIIUNOa
cots os tut rust toon mt nut rtf a. rot) cut atm it
A bsuiUtlfUl lllualratffl IhhiR of 24 colon and I nolo*
____ k.. .■ 0 u..,nl ■ p •>., tin, and ii ,t it raps t— S h—
Total ••••••••••••••••• .$7,834.00
By wheat crop farm 320 acres
for 3 years, average 20
bushels per acre per year
for 3 years, or a total of 60
bushels, = 19,200 bushels at
80 centa per bushel......$15,360.00
Balance to credit of farm aft-
er 3 years operation, $2,-
563.00 per year........... 7,526.00
“To operate 480 acres would coat
less In proportion, as the plant re-
quired for 320 acres would do for the
larger farm, and the interest on plant
for the extra 160 acrea would be
saved.”
The figures given may be open to
criticism, but they will be found to
be reasonably accurate, with a fair-
ness given to the expense columns.
There are those who profess to do
the work at a much less coat than
I those given.
—
Happy Future.
Apropos of the marriage at Reigate
! of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Mrs.
Hollis MoKitn. a New York man said
on the Olympic: "I met Vanderbilt
st the Metropole at Brighton a few
days after the ceremony, and I said
to him, by way of a joke:
“Well, is the course of true love go-
ing to run smooth?"
'" ‘Smooth and straight,’ said he.
‘There are banks on both sides, you
know.’"
He’d Be There.
Lee Harrison says he was standing
at Forty-third street and Broadway
when a young man wearing one of
those Poughkeepsie looks approached
him and aald:
“Excuse me, but I want to find my
cousin, who lives In New York."
“Very well," replied Lee. "It will
be all right this time. WhatTyour
cousin’s name?"
“Cohen."
“Say,” said Lee, grabbing him by
the arm, "come out here in the middle
of the atreet and yell ’Cohen.* You’ll
probably be able to find him In tbe
crowd that answers."
. _ „ . A tM\»iitliunil»»Btrati*<l lunik of 24 col«»ra and Pb»»U>*
Chair warmera^never hear an> goou j»»urmimaMn4i<wrMBRUjtMi
of th®niD(?lvcn.
Welcome Words to Women
Women who suffer with disorders peculiar to their
sex should writ# to Dr. Pierce aod receive free the
advice oI a physician of over 40 years’ experience
—a skilled and suoceesful specialist in the diseases
of women. Every letter of this sort has the most
eareful consideration and is regarded e* sacredly
confidential. Many aensitivcly modest women write
fully to Dr. Pieroe what they would shrink from
telling to their local physician. The local physician
is pretty sure to say that he cannot do anything
without "an examination." Dr. Pierce bolds that __
theta distasteful examinations are generally need-
less, and that no woman, except in rare cases, should submit to them.
Dr. Pierce’s treatment will cure you right In the prlrecy of
k. your own home, llis ” Favorite Prescription" has cured
hundreds of thousands, some of them the worst of «
One Was Lacking.
Head Clerk (to applicant for govern-
ment post)—Are these your Indentlfl-
cation papers?
Applicant—Yes, sir.
Head Clerk—H’m, your death certifl
cate is missing.
It It the only medicine of its kind that is the product of a regularly graduated
physician. The only one good enough that it* makers dare to print ita every
ingredient on its outside wrapper. There’s no secrecy, h will hear examine*
tion. No aloohol end no hahit-iormiog drugs are found in it. Some unscrup-
ulous medicine dealer* may offer you a substitute. Don’t take it. Don t trifle
with your health. Write to World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Dr. K.
V. Pierce, President, Buffalo, N. Y.t—take the advice received end be well.
COLT DISTEMPER
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*tb« lonffUe. oF IU ICWI. Aries «»u we uiwm 1— s'*; >«
all form* of tflAonp«*r. rmnmr ©ybt knowu for uiMawa ta ComL
On© boltlciruflrgiitrwl to <-uiv«wi« <***«. fiOranoll • bottla; Mbm
lloriocMi ofdruygiMpamJ barns**daulein. or sent ©ipr©** paid by
ipMi'ifactiirara. Out iliown how to poultl<a throat*. Our fnt
!(*»■ ItIftirlvon©wrt-v tiling. Ixw*l atrOTt# wanted. UrgMt flfllllii|
booe miiod/la©xiHtono»-tw©lY©y«arB.
SPOHN MIOIOAL OOHCk-kiiwsaiKWakii, Goshen* NlBs, UaBaAe
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES
| Why Rent a Farm
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTOR1A, a Bofe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and aee that it
Bears the
Signature of _ r
In Ub# For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria
Signs of a Winner.
‘‘Does your wife win at bridge?”
“I don’t know for sure,” replied Mr.
Meekton, “but I think so. The women
all look as If they disliked her very
much, but they keep on Inviting her
I to play.”
He Is a poor chauffeur who doesn’t
know what lie Is driving at.
Another Duty.
"You are my wlfe’a social secre-
tary?” he asks of the beauteous crea-
ture who la seated at the small desk
In the study. “Yes, sir," she smiles.
“1 am supposed to take Mra. Bllrrup’s
place In as many social details as pos-
sible^*"
“Well—er—she doesn’t seem to be
coming downstairs this morning, and
it haa alwaya been her custom to kiss
me good-by when I start for the of-
fice."—Judge.
Boetoneae.
Ilokus—So that Boston girl said I
was’nt worth my salt, eh?
Pokus—Well, she did remark that
you were In Inverse ratio to our chlor-
ide of sodium.—Puck.
Mistaken Identity.
"Sir, I am looking for a little suc-
cor.
Well, do I look like one?’’—Louis-
ville Courier-Journal.
A pretty girl doesn’t have to pro-
pose during leap year, and a homely
one la afraid to—but there’s the Btren-
uous widow.
Constipation
Vanishes Forever
Prompt Relief—Permanent Cure
CARTER’S LITTLE “
LIVER PILLS never
fail Purely vegeta-
ble — act surely
' but gently on
' the Over.
Stop after
dinner dis-
tress-cure
Indigestion, r "*7 . .
Improve the complexion, brighten the eyes.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature
WASHINGTON RED
CEDAR SHINGLES
Just the thing to repair your roof or put on
a new one. Not affected by rain, auow,
hail, sunshine, heat or cold aud will last a
life time. Write for circular and pass on
Railroad to Seaside Skiafl* Mill, Everett, Wask.
**' ” ' ~ —-z— " -
W. N. U., WICHITA, NO. 7-1912.
i60*cRt
*nd b* compelled to poy to your landlord moat
ot your hard-earned profile? Own your own
farm. Secure a tree Homeatead In
Manitoba, Saakalchewan or
Alberts, or purchase
bind In on* of the**
districts and baak a
profit of $10.00 or
$12.00 *■ acre
• eery year.
Land purchased S
years ago at *10.00 an
aers haa recently
changed hands st
129.00 an sere. Th*
crops grown on these
Itndi warrant th*
advenes. You can
Beeomfl Rieh
by cattle raising,dairy!ng.mlaed
farming and grain growing In
the provinces of Manitoba,
Saakalchewan and Alberta.
free homestead and pre-
emption areas, as well ss land
held by railway and land com-
panies, will provlda homes
or millions. 98
Adaptable soil, healthful
climate, splendid schools
and chnrchea.doad railways.
f .r settlcr* rates, dcacrlptlr*
literature-*l.ast Best West,"how
to rcm-h th*countrr and other ra
llculart, write U> Hup't of Iraki
ernllon, Ottawa, fan ida. or to the
Canadian (jurernmeui Agent.
W. H. ROGERS
128 W. Ninth St.. Kansas City. Ms.
t'leaae write to thaagentnaareal you
m
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