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C. N. R'8. GREAT RECORD. In Seven Tears Has Increased Its IMilcage 1S6 per eent.. Gross Earnings 382 per cent., and Net 315 per cent. Few railroads can point to a greater record of expansion and growth than can the Canadian Northern. The report for the year ended June 30th, last, just issued, shows that this record has continued un- abated. While in the fiscal year 190S, when United States railroads were experiencing tremendous los- ses, this roafd showed an increase of $1,350,000 in gross earnings, or 1-5 per cent., it has in the year 1909 further improved this showing with an additional increase of $872,305, or 8.98 per cent., in gross and $533,675, or 17. GO per cent., in net. Operating expenses this year rep- resented 66.30 per cent, of gross earnings against 68.70 per cent last year. Since June 30th-, 1903, which was the first year in which the Canadi- an Northern issued an annual re- port, the company's mileage has increased from 1,278 to 3,013 on June 30, 1909. or equivalent to 136 per cent. In the same time gross has increased from $2,449,579 per annum to $10,581,768, or 332 per cent., and net earnings from $8G0,- 28.'. to $3,566,362, or 315 per cent. Pa.ssengers carried have increased from 281,801 to 1,028,787, passen- gers carried one mile from 16,733,- 608 to 78,044,255, tons of revenue frieight from 901,608 to 2,958,802, and tons carried one mile from 251,342,113 to 1,000,875,386. Total capital, including deben- ture stock and car trust obliga- tions, has increased in the seven years from $39,668,127. or $31,080 per mile of line to $122,363,477, or $40,040 per mile. The Canadian Government has guaranteed $26,- 727,183 of this Company's bonds and debenture stock. Additiimal safety can be found in the company's land grant account, which on June 30, 1909, showed a balance of $7,273,229 due on land sales and cash on deposit, account of land sales, amounting to $4,- 302,637 and in addition the com- pany owns 1,398,013 acres of unsold lands in the provinces of Manito- ba and Saskatchewan. In view of the company's rapid growth in mileage in recent years, i' is interesting to note that every year has recorded an increase in the gross earnings per mile of line while, in the item of net earnings, the year 1908 showed a slight set- back which has been more than re- covered in the fiscal year just re- ported. ONE WOMAN'S STATEMENT COURTEOUS. Lady (sternly) â€" "John Jones, you have already had too much strong drink 1 Have you any more left in that bottle?" John Jones â€" "Very sorri-sh, ma'am. There's not much left, but (genially) I'm sure yer welcome to it. Help y'self." To discern and deal immediately with causes and overcome them, rather than to battle with cfTects "afttr the disea-se has secured a 'lodgement, is the chief aim of the medical man, and Bickle's Anti- Consumptive Syrup is the result of patient study along this particular line. At the first appearance of a cold the Syrup will be found a most efficient remedy, arresting de- velopments and speedily healing the affected parts, so. that the ail- ment disappears. TELLS HER SUFFERING SIS- rERS TO USE DODD'S fiID>EÂ¥ PILLS. They Proved a Rlessing to Her When Her Pains and Weakness Were Almost More Than She Could Bear. St. George, Man., Dec. 13. â€" (Special). â€" Hoping to save her sis- ter women in the West from pains and aches which come at the criti- cal times in a woman's life, Mrs. Arsene Vinet of this place has given the following statement for publica- tion : â€" "I have brought up a large fam- ily and have always enjoyed good health until the last two years. I am fifty-four years of age and at the critical time of life that comes to every woman, I had pains in my right hip and shoulder. I could not lie down two minutes at a time without suffering the greatest ag- ony. Sometimes I awakened with a feeling as if some one had laid a piece of ice on ray head. Another time it would be a burning pain under the left shoulder. "I took many medicines but could get no relief, till reading of cures of similar cases to my own by Dodd's Kidney Pills, led me to try them. They did wonders for me. "I want all women to know what Dodd's Kidney Pills did for me. Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the Kidneys. The woman who has sound Kidneys is safeguarded against nine-tenths of the suffering that makes life a burden to the women of Canada. HOW HE KNEW. In an assault and battery case tried in a Cleveland court the pro- secuting witness testified at length that the defendant had knocked him senseless and had then kicked him for several minutes. "If this man's attack rendered you unconscious," demanded the magistrate, "how is it that you know he kicked you when you were down?" The question seemed to floor the witness. He was lost in reflection for some moments ; then, brighten- ing, he replied : "I know it, your honor, because that's what I would have done to him if I'd got him down." A medical journal gives particu- lars of experimental cases in which sugar was employed as a tonic and invigorator. One patient, subject to the most violent headaches from hunger or lack of food, discovered that the pressure in the head was considerably relieved when a few lumps of sugar dipped in water, were eaten very slowly. Further experiments arc being made with a view to demonstrating the value of lump sugar as a luncheon where other food is not to be had. It would be a simple and easy matter (the writer points out) to carry half-a-dozen pieces of sugar in one's pocket , to be indulged in with no other accompaniment but a glass of water. Browneâ€" "Does he follow the me- dical profession?" Greene â€" "Yes â€"in a so.cse â€" he's an undertaker. ' Anything is wrong that is almost fight. HOW A BANK GROWS. Appropos of the recent announce- ment in the Daily papers that the Traders Bank of Canada has just opened a Branch in Montreal, ref- erence to Banking records show that this enterprising Institution has opened over twenty new Branches this year in Canada. Hitherto the efforts of the Trad- ers Bank have been directed mainly to extending in Ontario and the West. Their recently opened Branch in Vancouver was in line with their general policy of expan- .sion, but the Montreal Branch now opened under the able Managa- ment of Mr. Fred. W. Bain, for- merly Manager at IngersoU, On- tario, is an evidence that the Traders Bank intends invading Quebec and the Eastern Provinces, and they will soon be one of the largest outstanding features of our large Financial Institutions. CONSANGUINITY. Willieâ€" "The Smiths are a kind cf relation of ours. Our dog is their dog's brother." A Medicine Chest in Itself. â€" Only the well-to-do can afford to possess a medicine chest, but Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil, which is a medicine chest in itself being a re- medy for rheumatism, lumbago, sore throat, colds, coughs, catarrh, asthma and a potent healer for wounds, cuts, bruises, sprains, etc., is within the reach of the poorest, owiug to its cheapness. It should b« in every house. Any wife will admit to you in con- fidence that her husband is worth twice the salary he is getting. DODD'S '\ m I D N ET^ i|,-PILLS\^ When all other corn preparations fail, try Holloway's Corn Cure. No pain whatever, and no inconveni- ence in using it. TWO OF A KIND. The dean of a western university was told by the students that the cook was turning out food not "fit to cat." The dean summoned the delin- quent, lectured him on his short- comings, and threatened him with dismissal unless conditions were bettered. "Why, sir," exclaimed the cook, "you oughtn't to place so much im- pcrtance on what the young men tell you about my meals? They come to me in just the same way about your lectures." SENTENCE SERMONS. Love needs no interpreter. Every blessing makes you a deb- tor. Affection is nev«»r guilty of affec- tation. Heaven ranks by service and not by salary. A lust is an appetite in the seat of the will. Our principles are simply our habits of thinking. You cannot hide your vices un- der advertisements of your virtues. Little individual kindnesses make the way for the universal love. The people who raise the row in a church seldom raise the revenue. It's only when our virtues are lonesome that they feel like boast- ing. Training a child in orderliness may be training a man in righte- ousness. If there were enough peace keep- ers the peace makers would not be needed. We are ready to forgive in our friends the offenses that have not hurt our corns. He who saves all his kindness for the good comes to believe there are none worthy of it. This is a dark world to those in whom selfishness has turned the eyes permanently inward. It takes more than chemistry of soils to grow a crop and more than tbelogy to grow a character. When a man thinks that his rea- son has the reins on his passions he is often mistaking the tugs for the lines. Most of us come back some day to th.; thorns that spring from the harsh words and acts of our own sowing. Often the angels hear a mother's crooning when th^y are deaf to ail the sounds of the big church quar- tette. LA GRIPPE 1 AimtMl, aad Ciâ€"nnplfnn Ottti Mr. G. D. Cclwtil. of WaftwrSlc, OaL wutlriclwi (Uvm with La Ciippe ia 1906 •ail it Utt biia ia vary bwicoacutiaii. i-U tmy*: I WM aUnta <lawn aiul boicicnog oa CoanuBptiK:. I cauM not lUap at n^la, bad awful sweat*, and co«|I>m1 neariy tlia whole bne. Tbu is kow I was wheo i bcgao to take Piydiiaa, in a low nrnroia state; but from the first bcttla 1 bqica to improve. Ildidinuvelsfor raeacdbicusht Be bach to beallb in oo time, maliiiiga oew man of ma. It (oiliiias tbc body sgiiovt tbe attacks o( La Gnppe aad is a sure pre- watahf*. 1 alwajrs tvc Ptycbine if I f«i) a cold coning on aad it put* me right ia an time." NO MOMS SHOULD BE WITHOUT PSYCSftME T-jj-i. iiTiiiuf â- "-â- â€" "- »r Do You Wish to Share in the Prosperity of Golden Western Canada? THEN HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY I ITOCKS. 'ro INVESTORS- YOCE OEDERS TO ' buy or sell Stocks will ruceive utj personal attention. S. M. Mathews, Brok- er. « Hcott St.. Toronio. EOUCATIONAt- Leahn the barber trader-new syHtem â€" coDBtant practice; careful inBtruction; tew weeks c.omplote course i tools free; graduates earn twelve to eighteen dfillars weekly; write for rata* Inguc. 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OiiarAnte4 with or«ry hottU. For Bale at Drug StnrfH .\nd Harbor ^linps. or MAKLATT HAIR PROMOTING CO., 93 Bathurst St.. Tarsnts. Do yon trap or buy Furs? I amCnnnda's lurjrcKt dealer, I uay hiK'teBtpriccB. Your shipnien'H Bulicited. I pay mail and ex- prtBB chnrKeii: rninit Srompfly. Also largeBt dealer in Beefliidea, heepskiDs.etc. Quotations and shipping tars sent free. s JOHN HALLAM TORONTO FURS CLEANING ^ LADIES'... ^ OH OUTIN« •uira Ma ke *•!>• »«rfMU> br oat Wnmeb rrao.a. â- ammBAXk xoaoMia qktawa * qdcbbo "Mamma," said little May, "I'm afraid I'm naughty, because I've got an awful stomach-ache." "It was the pie you ate, I think, May." "Oh, no, mamma, the pie was too good to behave like that ! It must be me !" A Safe Pill for Suffering Women. â€"The secluded life of women which permits of little healthful exercise, is a fruitful cause of derangements of the stomach and liver and is ac- countable for the pains and lassi- tude that so many of them experi- ence. Parmelee's Vegetftble Pills will correct irregularities of the digestive organs and restore health and vigor. The most delicate wo- man can use them with safety, be- cause their action, while effective, i.« mild aud soothing. ^AU isn.K.'waoin iJiJMi**^-â€" "^ * Whea u»a la 'chilled ^brouffh," or Buffon* tttnm ^ Kbeuioalie Faliu, t-'«re | 1SSI£ NO. Sl-Otf. A GREAT HELP. "Your daughter must be a great help to you." I "ludecd «he is. She often get* j the hot water reaify ft? m« to wksh I the diahea." FROM ENGLISH SCHOOLBOYS The following schoolboy "howl- ers" are given by a correspondent: "The blood-vessels are the veins, arteries, and artilleries." "A ruminating animal is one that chews its cubs." "Alsebra was the wife of Euclid." "The masculine of vixen is vicar." If you want a thing done well, hire some one to dcj it who knows how. QUICKEST WITH SAFETY PJSO' â-  sural fl^^^^^^iuiiiaation of the Aronotiial Tuow, Bow ^ or boaak Crampc â- on Mnawaa, ;;rValna at a:iy knul, ua« «wtw»r* KallaL Tiireaj. I-v>nl>Hia, TouUi oa, TneoniKnla. TmiBlI A DEBTOR. Blobbs â€" "Harduppe says he owes everything to his wife." Slobbs â€" "Harduppe is a double- distilled prevaricator. He owes $10 to me." A Pill That Lightens Life. â€" To the man who is a victim of indiges- tion the tran.saction of business be- comes an added misery. He cannot concentrate his mind upon his tasks and loss and vexation attend him. To such a man Parmelee's Vege- table Pills offer relief. A course of treatment, according to directions, will convince him of their great ex- cellence. They are confidently re- commended because they will tlo all t'aat is claimed for them. /• CUHE For the baby often means rett for boUi mother and child. Little one* tike it too â€" it'i m» palatmble to take. Ff«e from opialet. All DniMlala, M w»». A MEAN TRICK. "George played a mean trick on me last night." "What was it?" "He came up to our home with- out having shaved, and â€" well, just I see how red my cheeks are this morning." These two desirable qualifica- tions, pleasant to the taste and at the same time effectual, are to be found in Mother Graves' Worm Ex- terminator. Children like it. Kindly mention the name of (his paper ia writiag to adrertuera. THE Western Farmers Elevator41i!!ing Co, Uimited Mead Offices : â€" LETHBRIDGE, 94LBERTA, CANADH Capital, $100,000, didded Into 100.000 Shares of JI.OO each. Dirsotorsf^J. Oraham, C. A. Nl«lssn. Sacratary : C. O. Ball This Company now offers the remaining 50,00 shares of their Capital Stock to the public on tht, same terms as the first issue, viz., price 60c. per share, payable 20c. on application, 20c. on May 1st, 1910, and 20c. on August lat, 1910. Our first issue was for the purpose of obtaining money to erect three grain elevators of about 30.000 bu.she!s capacitv, each at the ftillowing places : Bow Island, Winnifred, and Seven Person*. The shares were all subscribed for within 11 days of the issue of the prospectus. pie issue of the remaining 50,000 shares is for the purpose of obtaining money to erect two additional elevators, one at Bur- dett and one at Chin, thus giving us a chain of elevators at townt for a distance of 80 miles along the Canadian Pacific Railway, to which is tributary. OVER THREE MILLION ACRES OF THE FINEST WHEAT LAND IN THE WORLD, and to erect a mill of about 100 barrels capacity per day at Bow Island. We have selected Bow Island as the most suitable place to erect our mill for two reasons : First. NATURAL GAS has been discovered near the place in enormous quantities. One well is the second-largest in the world and has a flow BuSicient to produce 35,000 horse power constantly. We have arranged to secure a supply suflScient to produce 100 horse power for $1.05 per day of 10 hours. Consider this for a moment. Compare this with mills at Lethbridge and other places where fuel costs from 818.00 to S20.00 per 100 hor.se power per dayâ€" it means a clear SAVING TO THE SHAREHOLDERS of at least $17.00 PER DAY. Another reason for selecting Bow Island is that it is in the centre of our chain of elevators and is the largest grain producing centre between Taber and Medicine Hat--by building the mill joiniiig our elevator we will be able to handle the grain into the mill in the most economical manner. ESTIMATED PROFITS To those who are not familiar with the Elevator and Millinff business, let us give a few conservative figures : A 30,000 bushel elevator will easily handle 150,000 bushels of grain during a sea- son. The usual charge for handling the grain and loading into cars, including storage for 15 days is 2 cents per biishel, which will produce a revenue of $3,000 for each elevator, or $15,000 for the five. The charge for elevator storage is three- fourths of » cent per bushel per month and as many farmers hold their grain until the following Spring the elevators are always full all Winter. Figuring three months' storage, that will produce a further rev- enue of at least $3,000, which brings the total earnings to $18,000. The annual operating expenses cannot by any possible combin- ation of circumstances exceed $4,760.00 for the five elevators, leav- ing us a net balance of $13,750.00. Our mill, with a capacity of 100 barrels per day and with flour selling at from $2.50 to $3.25 per hundred, and middlings at 76 cents per hundred, will, with wheat selling at 80 cents per bush- el, give us a revenue of $63.00 per day; from which deduct $19.- 00 per day for operating expcnsfs and we have a net income of $44.00 per day, or over $14,000 per year. Our total net earnings will enable us, after setting aside s sum for sinkiug fund, to pay a 25 per cent, dividend on the capital. We will always be able to keep our mill running at its full ca- pacity ; the mills in Lethbridge are running day and nig^ht full ca- pacity and are behind with their orders. Don't forget that we have NO COMPETITION. There is not an elevator or a mill in the territory we are operating in, and with the majority of the farmers giving us their support through being shareholders our unqualified success is assured. With elevators and mills earning such enormous dividends, ia it any wonder that shares in companies only two years old, for which 75c. was paid at formation, are now selling for $1 601 Elevator and milling shares are as safe as a bank and pay mnch greater returns. REMEMBER we have been given FREE SITES at every place where we are erecting. These sites are valuable now and a few years hence will be a considerable asset. The town of Bow Island has exempted us from taxation for a period of five years. You need have no hesitation in investing your money in this enterprise, as the Directors are landowners here, and are l.irgo shareholderi, they are determined to manage the Company in a most economical and businesslike manner. Another point for your consideration is that there are no dead-head, or promoter's, shares in this Company. Not a share has been given away or sold for less than 60c. If you have auy friends in this locality write and ask them their opinion of this Company, and its prospects, or write any bank here or Secretary Board of Trade. Our subscription lists close in a few dai's, so DON'T DELAY. Fill out form BELOW and MAIL TO-DAY. THIS AD. WILL NOT APPEAR AGAIN. Refer, by permission, Canadian Bank of Commerce, Leth- bridge. Application may be handed any branch Canadian Bank of Commerce for transmission. Make cheques, money orders, etc.. payable to Western Farm- ers Elevator and Milling Co., Limited. For further information address the Secretary. APPLICATION FOR SHARES THE WESTERN FARMERS ELEVATOR &MILLiNC CO., LIMITED P. O. Box iS39. l-sthbridKo, Alberta. Canada Please allott nie... shares in the Western Farmers Elevator & Milling Co., Limited, price 60c. per share, par value ?1.00, fully paid and uon-asscssable. I agree to accept tlio above, or auy less number, which may be allotted me. I enclose $ being at rate of 20c. per share, and agree to pay 20c. per share on May 1st, 1910, aud the final 20c. per share ou August Ist, 1910. NAME ADDRESS OCCUPATION