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. "V . i . V>v._. ."SJ. ~T.,"L».. ^ VMMwsswskbs mm #< Be McHenry Flaindealer Published by |fcHENRY a. »CH«t»NER. ILLINOIE "Whimsical weather" suits it *«fl Airships //are almost glMrerbreaH. as brittle m The most popular book In the home , ^ jpp w or kin groan is his bankbook. iilly - .< Surely the professor had a bad ear •iter music who killed himself because *• baby cried.; New York society makes a better appearance at the horse show than ia the divorce court. >Ai The Indians never Invented any­ thing finer than the Indian summer that bears their name. The auto is said to promote appendi- -fttis, bat this will not deter those who 4iua. scrape up the price. If in 1,000 years from now it will be possible to live 1*0 years it is to be toped that it will be worth while. WOMEN MAKE PLEA •END PETITION TO U#*. CONSUL ^ AMERICAN INTB1§* ^ VENTION. TORTURE REBEL PRISONERS Virtue does not consist In doing tight, but in choosing to do right. This |l the great distinction between the animal and man. Germany la now viewing with com­ placency the Monroe doctrine, which toss all along viewed Germany with Imperturbability. Ring Manuel of Portugal has gone to England to get him a wife, if possi­ ble. St Joe, Mich., is also recom­ mended for that purpose. : i f f . • • te - Many a man is wearing a plush hat •ho would shudder at the idea of bor- f p w t n g a f e a t h e r f r o m h i s w i f e ' s t o p j "ffteoe to make it complete. ;V'i Word comes that a New Yorker la 1 %t> be reHeved from the stress of pov­ erty by an inheritance of $100,000. He flfc not much of a New Yorker. ;* It will be almost impossible to coun- CREW BATTLE AGAINST FIRE Ifcrfeit the new French bank notes. It la Deelaredf Zslaya'e Adherent* Art Conducting Relftnf of Terror at Managua and Their Punishment •'Is Implored. Managua, Nicaragua.--»et!tion signed by numerous prominent wom­ en of Managua has been sent to the acting consul of the United States, Henry Caldera, setting forth the tor­ tures to which many of Zelay&'s pris­ oners have been subjected and in most pitiful terms praying that Amer­ ican government will intervene and put end to the prevailing conditions. •"Numberless prisoners," says the petition, "have been tortured in their cells in the penitentiary; their fam­ ilies have been impoverished; liberty has been crushed, and patriots have been killed in their efforts to end crime, extortion and tyrawciy ^nd to prevent the assassination of Groce and Cannon. "We implore you to. bring the male­ factor to justice that his many crimes may receive the ptlnishment they de­ serve*, and that he be not permitted to escape." t For weeks the associates and adher­ ents of Zelaya have been conducting a reign of terror. Their chief victims have been the best people in the coun­ try. Property has been confiscated, fathers and sons imprisoned, wives and daughters forced to submit to un­ speakable outrages, dragged off to jail or cruelly injured. So appalling "were the conditions that a large number of women met together and finally de­ cided to submit their plea to the rep­ resentative of the government who®? warships are close at hand. KIN6 LEOPOLD PUSSES AWAY AQED MONARCH UNABLE ' * L01SIQER STAND STRAIN. ;:,*>• Brat we get this infc-mation from the designer, not from the counterfeiters. Women may, as the learned Dr. - iW Jlillis says, own all the property 1* " 1,000 years, but mfmy qf those now liv­ ing willln^y wofjw discount theftr t o a r e . j I' t • _ -- After reading about mental malprac- Pv.«• rjce ftBd treatment for prosperity In IH grew York we have more charity for |§\ '. „, Hie ancient New Englanders whip be- 5jj|jf<s' Beved in witchcraft. i 'r t -• • £*>, ' % Vienna has ma enterprising mar- »'f* riage broker who offers to unite bank- Thr®« Men Forced to Take Refits lip Yawl---Almost Perist? In , Cold. i : Loraine, O.--The fishing tug Pen* lope of Cleveland burned four miles off shore Sunday. The crew of three escaped, after a battle with ice floes 111 bitter cold, which almost cost; them their lives. The boat, which belongs to A. H. Lctngell of Cleveland, was bound for it* winter quarters at St. Clair, Mich. Capt. Charles Inches discovered fire In the woodwork above the engine room and in a few moments his posi­ tion and that of the engineer and fire- millions. Judging the present by | man became perilous. rpast, he can do iL „ . , , ' « . . Just at present wo bate In f$e ' ^ 1 florth Dakota the fastest and best ~ •' $>readnought In the world, but some ^ V ether nation may get a better one next .. 'jjreek. *»>* , ; Honduras has loet Its navy. Tle •> •niy warship of that country," a tug­ boat transformed into an armed cruis- ;:V*r, was run into near Puerto Cortes $y a fruit steamer and sunk. Thus pie coast of Honduras is defenseless Against foreign aggression. But the flondurans can go inland and out of gange If serious danger shall threaten. "t A heartless court bas appointed a ||§%§ei»senrator for the 70-year-old bride lirho recently married an eastern uoi- f ; ;$ersity student, aged 21, and the ( tyv;;Jjroung husband will be arraigned for perjury In gallantly swearing that s , pis wife was only 24. There was s ft me in this country wben people ad- ^ |alred an enterprising young mas '4< '\ *ho tried to work his way through ;_ College. .1 The international art exhibition at venice has Just come to an end, and ine feature of the finale was the sail |K some of the paintings on exhibfr Six of the more notable were y Auiericau artists, and they wen ught for the gallery of the Interna- ual Art association at Venice. That a tribute to American talent th« ^ / |rt^ificaace of which will be recqg 1 / I , Turk»jr, after disposing of old and 2 ' : v . < O b s o l e t e w a r v e s s e l s , p r o p o s e s t o . i lonstruct a new navy at a cost ol g ;; ' pot less than $100,000,000, and part ol the outfit planned will be seven bat leships of the Dreadnought class. Nc ,i*- Houbt a navy will serve a useful pur While they were endeavoring to cast loose the larger of two yawls they car­ ried, the yawl eaught Are. They were forced to take refuge in the other, the smaller one, where there was barely room for the three to crawl in. The sides of the tug were in flames before they lauched their little craft. There had been no time to don extra wraps and the day was one of the coldest of the winter. The men, their oars and their beards were crusted with Ice before they had gone a mile. ' Two miles off shore they encoun­ tered shore Ice too thin to bear their, weight, but thick enough to impede the progress of the boat. Through this they were compelled to break their way, stiffened by the penetrating wind, endangered every moment by the shifting ice. When they reached shore, five miles west of here, they collapsed. All were brought into Loraine wherp they were given medical attention. "GOLDEN STATE" IS WRECKED .limited Rock Island Train Derailed on Curve--Two Persons Am Killed, 23 Injured. ' rs®. « A pose, but could not the Young Turks [•* "'y /Lv the money to better advantage? iU,' h Does not Turkey need other thing* tnore than a big fleet of war craft? - $ The treasury department at Wash- < j'C * ington has given orders that revenue r , cutters shall patrol the waters about | ' , ! V ' c e r t a i n H a w a i i a n i s l a n d s w h e r e p o a c h w ' * -i:i' ers are ruthlessly destroying the ' > >p. birds. This protection is intended tc " s m *1 iPrevent such indiscriminate slaughtei 'W1' " land to assure the preservation 01 -X? ?'r(^8 va'ue which is coming to more thoroughly appreciated, i a * V* 4 - This is another form of conservation jtfcat Is to be commended. / ' i ; 1^. fcr, ' -- . . " ^ King Menelik of Abyssinia is Vt' ',f' *a^ to be improving. He has been ' reported dead so frequently that he §(•;>, ? jmust have a choice collection of •;#?:Kl*»tua«f notices.. • Tucson, Aris.--Engineer Tom Walk­ er and Fireman P. W. Bauer, both of Tucson, were killed, ten persons were seriously Injured and 13 others cut and bruised when the east-bound Golden State Limited, a Rock Island train running over the Southern Pa­ cific tracks west of El Paso, was wrecked three miles west of Benson Sunday. The most seriously injured were brought to 8t. Mary's hospital at Tucson. The train was running 30 miles an hour. Southern Pacific officials say the train struck a curve at too high speed. The injured were nearly all in the tourist sleepers and in the mall car. •([ *< A veteran captain reports the ses ,, k t, ;alive with whales between Sandy ^ Hook and the West Indies. It is s ( , t. hint that would have been as good as ,|r' i'Vv fortune to the Yankee harpoonista ^ . of other days. But apparently the de- '4 • -.{«ay Of an industry, once great has - 'b*en " good as a same law for the •' nammals of the deep. ' ' ' • r ' f c ; ' ! « Three Are Drowned in Creek. Medford, Ind.--While returning to their homes from a box supijer, near Cale, Sunday Qiornlng, Misk Zula Kern, daughter of Samuel KeriJ; Miss Anna Parker, daughter of Mr/Frank Parker, and John Johnson were drowned in Indian creek. No one wit­ nessed the accident but a boat turned upside down that was used in crossing the creek is supposed to have responsible for the drowning. National League Elects Lynch. New York.--Thomas J. Lynch, for­ mer umpire, was Saturday elected president of the National Baseball league at its annual meeting. His election ended a deadlock between the partisans of John Heydler, the prev­ ent incumbent, and John M. Ward. A,?arisian dress designer say#, iflfch- , In twenty years both men and wotn- • w!n wear garments that do not JfeC ' - reBc}l below the knees. Twenty years! The Wfty cotton is going up we are looking for something of that Wnd within a short time. m "'% <*1$% M R - . I T « A maa in Connecticut bet fels good litred girl against an old horse oti the result of the election. He won, but on learning of the bet the hired girl did the rest. It was not pleasant tot the winner, for good hired girls am wmm - ' • A * 'jA y ' ' ~ ,'A v'x - x v. * After Restful Clay, Alarming Symp­ tom* Appeared, Physicians Unabls to Prolong His Life, Brussels.--Kin^; Leopold of Belgium died at 2:35 o'clock Friday morning, his aged and wasted body being un­ able to stand the strain put upon it The collapse occurred suddenly and at a moment when the doctors seem­ ingly had had the greatest hopes for his recovery. Apparently the drainage of the wound was perfect, as no fever was present and during the day the king had been able to take nourishment The public at large was satisfied that the king was on the road to re­ covery, but within the pavilion, where the king lay, there was a feeling of anxiety, chiefly because of Leopold's great age. After a restful day the patient was- able^ to sleep for a brief period early in the evening and the night passed quietly. But towards two o'clock alarming symptoms appeared. Suddenly the king turned and called to Dr. Thiriar: "I am suffering." 1 Dr. De Page was summoned and the two physicians did everything possi? ble to prolong life, but without avail. The end came quickly and, after ^ spell of weakness, peacefully, r Prince Albert arrived at the deatlt bed about twenty-five minutes later. The young man who will ascend the Belgian throne, the pride of his nation apd one of the best educated of royalty, a lover of outdoor sports and fair play, wept as he stood beside the remains of the uncle whose death bad made him king and across the watching city there swept the cry: | "The king is dead; long live tb« king!" > Leopold II., king of the Belgians, was born April 9,1835. His father was Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, an uncle of the late Queen Victoria. His mother was a daughter of Louis Phil­ ippe of France. * •• •• | Leopold's father was elected klng of the Belgians in 1831' When they es­ caped from Dutch rule, and Leopold II. succeeded to the throne in 1865. At the age of 18 he was married to Maris Henrietta, daughter of the Archduk* Joseph of Austria^ On his majority hs entered the Belgian senate, {faring the following five years he traveled in Spain, Morocco, Algiers, Egypt, Pales­ tine, India and China, earning the dis­ tinction of being the most "traveled monarch in Europe when he became ruler of Belgium. Leopold often ex­ pressed a desire to visit the United States in later years, but the coming of old age, his cares and perhaps, to a certain extent, lite pleasures pre­ vented. f "VU . J «R». * WW ft A'Wi v4 -A?,}yt- *<>-' ^ > •• m rA MH.. v atri; h '^4;^ WHOSE SOIL SPHiS WHEAT AND OUT OF wioSf f#MS THOUSANDS ARE * NuWH Rffin. WHAT PRESIDENT TAFT AND ' OTHER8 THINK OF CANADA. Anothir t*p\ f< Year tor Canadian West. ' & ' i ~ 'inrinrr«*rn ' >'• t J**"'1$ *• 'J-4 J' *>• TWO SISTERS ARE FOUND DEAD EVIDENCE POINTS T6 ^ ^AND SUICIDE. MURDER : y> 12 DEAD; 25 HURT IM WRECK Broken Rail Derails Southern Railway Passenger Train--Cars Fall Down Thirty-Foot Embankment. Greensboro, N. C.--Local passenger train on the Southern railway, known as the Richmond and Atlanta train, was wrecked Wednesday at Reetly Fork trestle, ten miles north of here, and 12 dead bodies have been re­ moved from the wreckage. It is re­ ported 14 are dead. Twenty-five in­ jured are at St. Leo's hospital. George J. Gould, who with his son Jay, was in one of the Pullmans when the train jumped the track and who was reported dead, escaped uninjured. The derailment was caused by a broken rail about 200 feet from the trestle that spans the small stream. The engine and baggage, mail and express cars passed over in safety, while the day coaches and Pullmans were thrown from the trestle into the creek 30 feet below. DR. D0XEY HELD FOR MURDER Officials at 8t. Louis Cannot Explain Arrest -- Wife Is Charged with Poisoning William Erder. > St Louis. -- Dr. L. B. Doxey, «©• lumbus, Neb., husband of Mrs. Dora E. Doxey, was lodged In the police hold here over night Opposite his name on the record is, "Charged with first degree murder." The arrest of Dr. Doxey was sur­ rounded with mystery. No indictment has been returned by the grand jury Investigating the death of William J. Erder. The circuit attorney's office said the police were not ordered to make the arrest Mrs. Doxey was. brought hers from Nebraska on information charging first degree murder. The coroner's Jury returned a verdict holding that she poisoned Erder, 'whom she is charged with having married last AprlL Ons Discovered with Hatpin StiTikiMt Into Her Heart--Other Had Rope Fastened About Neck. f Newark, N, J. -- With the evi­ dence pointing either t6 imirder and suicide or a suicide pact, the bodies of Misses Frances and Isabel Ritchie, sisters and elderly spinsters, were ,discovered by the police in the kitchen of their home. They had been dead at least a week. ' * The women were found a few- feet from each other. The elder, Frances, lay at full length on the floor, her head on a pillotf. Around her neck was the mark of a rope. Sunk several inches through her breast into her heart was a hatpin. Isabel, the younger sister, was found in a half reclining position Suspended by. a section of clothesline formed into a noose around her neck, with the other end fastened to the knob of the door leading from the kitchen to the dining room. On her breast there were several stab wounds that ap­ peared to have been made by * pin like that in her sister's body. A message written by Isabel after her sister died was found. This mes­ sage was in lead, pencil on the corner of a small white box and reai|; "Frances hung herself 2:12 Sat. - Mo too." ' The murder and suicide theory is based on the assumption that Isabel, the younger and stronger woman, In a period of insanity, killed Frances dhtd then took tier own life. COOK EXPECTED . IN .ITALY Captain of Steamship 8ays the Ex­ plorer Was Delayed---He Is Be­ lieved to Be In Norway. «Naples. -- The rumor spread here that Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the explorer, was aboard the steamer Saxonia, and a large number of peo- f pie rushed to the dock to greet him. The captain of the Saxonia said that he had been notified that Dr. Cook intended to cross on his steamer, but was detained and asked the company to transfer his ticket to the Carmania. New York. -- Intimate* friends of Dr. Cook, who are on pins and needles, as It were, pending the de­ cision on his data at Copenhagen, said that in their belief Dr. Cook is at the home of a friend in Christiansand, Norway, within easy call of Copen­ hagen. It is thought that Dr. Cook left this country on the steamship United States, which sailed on Thanks­ giving day. Copenhagen. --* The general be­ lief is held here that *he commis­ sion having charge of the investiga­ tion of Dr. Frederick A. Cook's polar records will report that Dr. Cook's pa­ pers do not > provide a basis for any well-founded scientific judgment. RUSH MARINES TO C0RINT0 U. S. S. Buffalo with 700 Men Aboafti Gets "Hurry-Up" Sailing Orders-- • American Citizens Alarnted. Washington.--The United States ship Buffalo, now at Panama with 700 marines on board, was Friday ordered to sail at once for Corinto. This action was taken as the result of a telegram received from the United States consulate at Managua, in which it was stated that Inasmuch as Ze­ laya, in his message resigning the presidency, had made unpleasant ref­ erence to Americans, and owing to a report which Was current in that city to the effect that civilian adher­ ents of Zelaya had been armed with daggers, the citizens of the United States had appealed to the consulate for protection. Another telegram from the Ameri­ can consulate at Managua states that it Is currently rumored there that when Madriz arrives In Managua Ze­ laya will formally surrender his ofRce to the national assembly, and that that body has already received instructions from Zelaya* to cast its vote for Irias as president of Nicaragua. The conclusion of the United States officers at Managua is that by the selection of Irias, Zelaya would still retain bis hold on power and continue to dominate the situation. MURDERER RUNS CAR WILD Kills Motorman; Conductor Itear Death--Charges Negro with Shoot- . ing--Lynching Is>.Threatened. East St. Louis, 111. --A negro highwayman shot and killed the motorman and fatally wounded the conductor of an Alta Sita street car near Fireworks station In the south­ eastern section' of the city. The car bearing the bodies of the dead motor- man and the unconscious conductor ran wild at high speed for more than four miles into the heart of the busi­ ness district after the highwayman escaped from it. The dying statement of the con­ ductor is the only clew to the identity of the murderer and a general round­ up of negro police characters is under way, ' "'v'; The conductor #a« tabbed of his money belt and watch. The motorman was not robbed and evidently was killed Vhlle coming to the assistance of the conductor. There is talk of lynching as soon as it is certain the right man has been captured. Cardinal Satolll Near Death. Rome.--Cardinal Satolll has suf­ fered a severe relapse from nephritis His extreme weakness has been marked and he is often delirious. Th< doctors fear a fatal issue. * *;• j Children Burn In Locked Heus*. " Winnipeg, Man.--Two daughters, aged two and five years respectively, of Sydney Masters of Fort Rougl were burned to death Friday in a Are" which destroyed the Masters' home. Mrs. Masters locked the children in, the home while she was away. Henry W. Biodgett Resigns. W ashlngton.--Henry W. Blodget / United States attorney for the eastexg district of Missouri with headquarte/ at St. Louis, has resigned and tf resignation has been accepted. Dr. Frank W. Rellly Dead. ^ / Chicago.--Dr. Frank W. Reilly. 'For many years assistant health commis­ sioner of Chicago, union soldier, pio­ neer sanitarian and editor, died at his home after an Illness of 16 months^ Poet Watson is Insane. New York.--William Watson, the English poet, who astonished the world recently by his bitter attack on the family of Premier Asqulth, is declared by his brother to be Insane and not responsible for his actions. The brother Is Robinson Watson, who Is in Montreal. Gen. Green B, Raurn Dead. Chicago.--Brig. Gen. Green Berry Raum, former pension commissioner, died at his home Saturday, at the &ga of 84 year*. * .*• '>:<pv -----v « , 1 Mexican Insults Old Glory. * ~ Monterey, Mex.--A drunken Mexi­ can has been placed In Jail here for tearing down and spitting upoa an American flag in token of his con- Eempt for the attitude of the ^States in the Nicaraguan affair Sneezes Out Bullets. Wilkesbarre, Pa.--After carrying three bullets in his head fair 4? years Francis Rogers of this city, a civil war veteran, ejected them from his iiuse during a fit of violent sneezing Thursdays,' "•Uritit ' i f - j ^ ."vVt r." ~ A " $ Johnny Thompson Gets Decision. Kansas City, Mo. -- The cham­ pionship aspirations of "Fighting Dick" Hyland were rudely shattered last night when, after ten rounds Of fast milling, Johnny Thompson was awarded the decision over the Califor- nian. The bout was a whirlwind affair, both boys being of the aggressive kind. Thompson tw^e sent HytamJ, ,to t^ -oor. . ; Gen. W. W. Dudley DiiA-^'W1:: Washington.--Gen. W. W. Dudley of Indiana, formerly commissioner of pensions, died Wednesday (4 Sight's disease. SUGAR CO. PAYS $695,573 Arbuckle Bros. Reimburse United for Money Due as^ Cue- ^ toms Duties on Importit ^ " ---- New York.--Arbuckle Bros., gener­ ally credited with being the largest independent rivals of the American Sugar Refining Company, have ac­ knowledged that from 1898 to 1907 they, too, failed to pay the govern­ ment all the money due as customs charges on Imported sugar. In settlement of all civil claims against them, the Arbuckles have of­ fered and the treasury department, with the concurrence of the attorney general, has accepted payment of $635,573. But criminal prosecution of those responsible will in no wise be hampered or conditioned by this ac­ ceptance. Family Hit by Train. ^ Bloomington, 111.--Walter Black and wife with their two-year-old baby and a neighbor farmer, James Sellman, were struck by an Illinois Central train, Black being instantly killed and the other three receiving injuries pronounced fatal. ' "Legislstor Burned to Death. Media, Pa. -- Thomas Valentine Cooper, a member of the legislature and formerly collector of the port of Philadelphia, was burned to death at his home Sunday. Girls Mlsslnfl In *230,00*^ ' Philadelphia.--Two girls are miss­ ing and 14 others narrowly escaped death in a fire, which Thursday de­ stroyed the six-story factory building of 8chrdek & Sherwood, manufac­ turers of coffins and undertakers' sup­ plies. The monetary loss is estimated •*•250,000. ' ' • * " ' Dynamite Bank; Take §7,00^^ Fresno, Cal.--Robbers dynanitt6(T the vault of the Bank of Exeter, near here, and secured $7,000 in cash early - ,*%»*»darfv "4 ;i£V Shoots. Brothel for Bedford.--Elva Kirkman, 28 years old, was fatally shot by his brother, Ed Kirkman, while the two were out hunting. The shooting was accidental. $ ' To Take Over Potash Mines. Berlin.--The government of Prussia, which owns three potash mines, has presented to the federal council a bill extending imperial control over the potash production of the country. Many of the existing potash contracts are with American firms. '4 ±\ %*< at . :u.J? .. * At.. *A' J. * Blow Up Bank; Steal $2,000. * Lawton, Okla.--Five robbers entered the Citizens' State bank at Geronimo, a small town near here Friday, dyna­ mited the safe and escaped with $2,000 in cash. : / ' Defeat Street Railway FritoH&i. Kansas City, Mo.--The Metropolitan Street Railway Company met defeat at the polls Thursday by an emphatic majority in its request for a 42-year street railway franchise. The com­ pany is controlled by Armour Inter­ ests of Chicago. Kfrmlt Roosevelt Back at Nairobi. Nairobi, British East Africa.--Ker- mit Roosevelt arrived here Thursday, having bagged three sables. Tht» party is preparing to start for Uganda SaturtMr. * d'-\< - 1, 1 ** t Our Canadian neighbors to the north are again rejoicing over an abundant harvest, and reports from reliable sources go to show that the total yield jof 1909 will be far above that of any jibther year. It is estimated that 1100,000,000 /Will this year go into the pockets of •the Western farmers from wheat alone, another $60,000,000 from oats and barley, while returns from other erops and from stock wi}l add $40,- 1(00,000 more. Is it any wonder then that the farmers of the Canadian West are happy? Thousands of American , farmers have settled in the above mentioned provinces during the past year; men Who know the West and. its possibili­ ties, and who also know perhaps bet­ ter than any other people, - the best methods for profitable farming. President Taft said recently In speaking of Canada: "We have been going ahead so rap­ idly In our own ^country that our heads have been somewhat swelled with the Idea that we are carrying on our shoul­ ders all the progress there is in the world. We have not been conscious that there is on the north a young country and a young nation . that is looking forward, as It well may, to a great national future. They have 7,000,000 people, but the country Is. still hardly scratched." Jas. J. Hill speaking ' before the Canadian Club of Winnipeg ft few days ago said: "I go back for 53 years, when I came West from Canada, At that time Canada had no North-West. A young boy or man who desired to carve his own way had to cross the line, and to-day* it may surprise you--one out of every five children born in Canada lives in the United States. Now you are playing the return match, and the North-West is getting people from the United States very rapidly. We brought 100 land-seekers, mainly from Iowa and Southern Minnesota, last night out of St. Paul, going to the North-West. Now, these people have all the way from five, ten to twenty thousand dollars each, and they wiU make as much progress on the land In one year as any one man coming from the Continent of Europe can make, do­ ing the best he can. in ten, fifteen, pr twenty years." It is evident from the welcome given American settlers in Canada that the Canadian people appreciate them. Writing from Southern Alberta recently an American farmer says:--- "We are giving them some now ideas about being good farmers,. and they are giving us some new ideas about being good citizens. They have a law against taking liquor into the Indian Reservation, One; of our fel­ lows was caught on a reservation with a bottle on him, and It cost him $50. One of the Canadian Mounted fpolice found him, and let me tell you, they find everyone who tries to go up against the laws of the country. "On Saturday night, every bar-room is closed, at exactly 7 o'clock^ Why? Because It is the law, and it's the same with every other law. There isn't a bad man in the whole district, and a woman can come home from town to the farm at midnight If she wants to, alone. That's Canada's idea how to run a frontier; they have cer­ tainly taught us a lot. "On the other hand, we are running their farms for them better than any other class of farmers. I guess I can say this without boasting, and the Caandians appreciate us. We turn out to celebrate Dominion Day; they are glad to have us help to farm the country; they know how to govern;. |re know how to work." , Another farmer, from Minnesota, 'Who settled in Central Saskatchewan some years ago, has the following to say about the country:-- "My wife and I have done well enough since we came from the States; we can live anyway. We came in the spring of 1901 with the first carload of settlers' effects unloaded in these parts and built the first shanty between Sas­ katoon and Lumsden. We brought with our car of settlers' effects the sum of $1800 in cash, to-day we are worth $40,000. We 'proved up* one of the finest farms in Western Canada and bought 320 acres at $3 per acre. We took good crops off the land for tour years, at the end of which We had $8000 worth of improvements in the way of buildings, etc., and had planted three acres of trees. Two years ago we got such a good offer that we sold our land at $45 per acre. From the above you will see that we have not done badly since our ar­ rival." Prof. Thomas Shaw of St. Paul, Min­ nesota, with a number of other well known editors of American farm jour­ nals, toured Western Canada recently, and in an interview at Winnipeg said tn part:-- ' .*• "With regard to the settlement of the West I should say that It is only well begun. I have estimated that in Manitoba one-tenth of the land has been broken, In Saskatchewan one- thirtieth and In Alberta, one-hundred and seventy-fifth. I am satisfied that %a all three provinces grain can be -grown successfully up to the sixtieth parallel and In the years to come your vacant land will be taken at a rate of which you have at present no con­ ception. We have enough people in the United States alone, who want homes, to take up this land. "What you must do in Western Can­ ada is to raise more live stock. When you are doing what you ought to do in this regard, the land which is now selling for $20 per acre will be worth from $50 to $100 pre acre. It is as good land as that which Is selling for more than'$100 per acre In the corn 4!*•«. .T ^ v... : " V i -* ' ;\T MI would rcther raise tattle in Wesfr ? ern Canada than in the corn belt or the United States. You can get your food cheaper and the climate is befc ter for the purpose. We have a be^ ter market, but your market will i»t j prove faster than your farmers wift; t' produce the supplies. Winter wheat " can be grown in one-half of the cough ^ try through which I hav§e passed* ani|; alfalfa and one of the varieties of. . clover in three-fourths of it. Tai|irr' farmers do not believe this# but it it true." ^ : " - Keeping pace with wheat ' produfr' Hon, the growth of railways has beeii ^ quite as wonderful, and the whollp^ 1 country from Winnipeg to the Rock|^> Mountains will soon be a net-work trunk and branch lines. Three great transcontinental lines are pushing construction in every direction, ant at each siding the grain elevator to be found. Manitoba being thj| , . first settled province, has now an ell^ • ; vator capacity of upwards of 25,000,00# ^ bushels, Saskatchewan 20,000,00, anil Alberta about 7,000,000, while the c% paelty of elevators at Fort Wllllaia and Port Arthur, on the Great Lake^ is upwards of 20,000,000 more. & > Within the province^ of Manltobi^ / Saskatchewan and Alberta there arf .' flour and oatmeal mills writh a coi#|- • bined capacity of 25,000 barrels p«||r day, and situated along some famoujt water powers in New Ontario, theifj?; are larger mills than will be foun|(: anywhere In the Prairie Provinces, : * Last year the wheat crop totale#\> over 100,000,000 bushels. This yeaj|i ^ the crop will yield 30,000,000 more. j| recent summary shows that on the lqt7 of January, 1909, the surveyed lands ^ of the three western provinces, totaled * 134,000,000 acres, of which about 3 000,000 have been given as subsidies railways. 11,000,OOO disposed of in o er ways and 38,000,00 given by Canadian Government as free hom steads, being 236,000 homesteads elf 160 acres each. Of this enormous te>* x rltory, there is probably under crob at the present time less than 11,000[| 000 acres; what the results will, bi&i when wide awake settlers have takes advantage of Canada's offer and ar| eultivating the fertile prairie one can scarcely imaging; . ? /; a HOOK-AND-EYE 5 , »V^" FOR THE PUBLIC |f N«w 'Formula Cures Coughs, Cold%j;' Bronchitis and Hoarseness lr^r In Five Hours. Much is being done in these day|^f to stop the ravages of consumption. but probably nothing has been spjf effective as teaching the public ho# to break up a cold and cure cough#': bronchitis, tonsilitis, etc., with simpll|i •; home-mixed medicine. A laxativi' " cough syrup, free from whiskey Is th»: prime need. A cough indicates iifct flammation and congestion and thesjjjk in turn are due,to an excess of wasting? and poisons in the system. A toni|r laxative cough syrup rids the systerjl ' of congestion, while relieving th# painful coughing. Get the following . and mix at home: One-half ouncpU ' fluid wild cherry bark, one ounce conDr pound essence cardiol and three ounce syrup white pine compound. Shak| the bottle and take twenty drops everj half hour for four hours. Then one half to one teaspoonful three or foi times daily. Give children less, ao*. cording to age. Cut this out and savfc s, ( it for some friend. ; v " Ancients Wore Sheath Gowns, ? It need not be supposed that evep; Wf 1 feminine fashions can evolve isomer thing new under the sun. A learned. Egyptologist discloses that the sheath 7 ' gown was popular among the ladies dt! , the Nile 15 centuries before the Chrisfe- t tian era. One gown was made of fin»- ' >1; linen, adorned with elaborate design^- v The professor thinks that the slit * the side was intended to display thfc , wearer's precious anklets. These anjy dent ladies also dressed their haif , elaborately with puffs and padding . They painted their faces and lips, a».. * shown by rouge and pomade jars. All • 01 this is reassuring to man who niai' have thought that some of the moders> developments of the dressmaker weriR- without precedent in their eccen?* tricity. Once more is demonstrate#* ' the fit coupling of the words : nal" and "feminine." «•*^ Then the Scissors Cut In. a;; "You may be sharp," said the thread . . in the needle, "but I notice you arf-_.. •; always getting it in the eye." 0 "Oh, I don't know," answered .thfe-M needle, "1 notice that whenever yoffe^. get in V hole I have to putt yo#.,;*v through." ... ... S*Jv| "Hush up, you two," cried the thim* * ble. "If it wasn't for my push yQS-i, would neither of you get along." „ 1 / Important to fldottiore. • 1 ? Examine carefully every bottle of, CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy folrs- infants and children, and see that if Bears the Signature of In Use For 6ver 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always .Bought, Wasted to Know. -Well? Father Tommy--will I be a monoplaBe ojj^ * biplane angel? , .• 'f DO NOT ACCEPT A SrBSTITCTB when you want. Perry lia*is' Painkiller, as not-- Is as good for rheumatism, neuralgia and simt troubMS. 70 year# in constant use. 25c, A woman isn't necessarily leveU headed because her hat is on straight^ Mrs. WiMtow'a Soothing Syrup. for children teething, softens tKe gume, reduces S»mmatton, allays puia, curea wind eoliu. StckbottMpv -- It's easy for a woman to paint •f;;M pretty face--if she has one. Lewis' Single Binder cigar. Original' in 11%* ;4 i Foil Smoker Package- Take no substitute* . . ••• -ft* v Don't worry, and you'll have nothing t o w o f r f y j r o u . , ^ t - ^ ; . . ' " | / ' - J V ' „