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MCHENRY, ILLINOIS. Moderation in every thing!* the '«f«t of joy. •• -• It will bo time enoogh ttt^boast tcnfaorrpw ia past. Happy is tb%.man who nm»»8 irscog- afiws defeat anddespair. When a man gets a reputation as a /vhi aucfej siirethat he never will be famous. 1 11 IB- A New York woman who lost $20 at a card party called for the police and had the game broken up. She needn't expect, to be invited out much after thla y-r tldraon Maxim announces that. Is# has completed an invention which will make armor-plate useless. This ought to help some more toward tlw estab­ lishment of universal peace. •"* Government scientists claim that the eating of raw meat will enable people to become strong mentally and physically. It may be, however, that mental and physical strength can be achieved in more pleasant ways. If sp> they ought to be discovered. ^6# %ND CONCERNS lISkBUILDl^Gf; TRADES ARE INDICTED. / CONSPIRACY 13 CHARGED Leadersta the Business arid Ffnan- C|rcles of the OJ^o $5Wy if"- Accusedin Grsndiury .. Report.- • .& . '• Premier Campbell-Bannenaan says the British house of lords will be re­ formed. Owing to the fact that the lords will have to vote in fa^or of reform aation before it can be achieved, there are strong reasons tor believing that the premier is merely guessing. It Is estimated that more than 1,000,000 hares are shipped from Maine every year and as many more used as food within the state. Notwithstand­ ing this, and the fact that thousands of hares are devoured every year by beasts and birds of pray, this small continues to increase. Mile. Andre Cort&is, still a young woman, whose poems in the volume entitled "Gemmes et Moires" have won high praise, has been chosen poet laureate of France for the year passed. The honor is one conferred annually by a vote of eminent literary people on the most distinguished poet of the year. It is Prof. Henry A. Sill of Cornell who has found a classical justification of the slang expression "23" in (Plu­ tarch's account of the assassination of Julius Caesar, where it is recorded that the cause of his farewell was 23 wounds inflicted by the senatorial con­ spirators. Some may think thai this fa silly. Lord Walsingham, acknowledged to be the finest shot in England, is prob­ ably the only man in the world whose aim is so accurate that he can shoot wasps on the wing. He is also an ac­ complished writer, one of the first en­ tomologists of the day, a fellow of many learned societies and owner of the finest collection of moths sad but­ terflies in the world. In the former douma last year there were comparatively few young men and many old ones, there being twice as many over 50 years of age as there were under 30. Now the proportion is almost exactly reversed. About one- fifth of the members are under 30, while one-tenth are over 50. Between those ages the majority are nearer the younger than the older figure, 40 per cent being b|gSj&en 30 and 40, while only 30 per are between 40 and 60. Analyzed by classes or parties, the moujik, or peasant members are the youngest of all and the reaction­ aries are the oldest The World's Work obtains from the last census the surprising fact that among the working women of the United States there must be included nearly 2,000 stock raisers and drovers, almost as many fishermen and oyster- men, and more than 1,300 miners and quarrymen. Also there are 167 ma­ sons, 126 plumbers and fitters, 879 watchmen and policemen, 196 black­ smiths, 113 wood-choppers, 154 boat­ men and sailors^ 100 lumbermen, 43 carriage and hack drivers, 26 switch­ men and yardmen, 31 brakemen, 6 ship carpenters, 21 stevedores, 18 'long­ shoremen, 84 civil engineers and sur­ veyors. In the great basin between the Rock­ ies and the Sierra Nevadas lie the ghosts of many dead lakes. Rivers still flow down the dry edges of these one-time great reservoirs, and are licked up by evaporation and tho Chi­ nook winds. Of all the lakes that once lay there, only Grett Salt lake, Lake Tahoe and Bear lake are left. The Southern Pacific rolls for 165 miles across the bed of what was once Lake Lahontan, and passengers gazing idly from the windows may see the terraces and wrinkles in the crust of the fossil lake which nature robbed and defrauded of its crystal treasures < j^XtS ago. Australia is arranging to establish a two-cent rate of postage on letters not only throughout Australia but with iitfl parts of the British empire and all foreign countries that will dfeliver two- cent letters from Australia. The time Is coming when two-cent ocean post- ««* will be the universal rule. Once in awhile a foreigner makes a really sapient remarju«§pncerning the observations he has made in this couor try. An Austrian artist, for whom Freshest Roosevelt "sat," declared that the president is Ideally American because he could not keep him still. Capitalists and scientists who have examined a smokeless fuel invented by a Pennsylvania ^hoemaker say one ton of it will cost only 25 per cent, of the price of a torn of coai aiJfl pro­ duce four times as > much power. George F. Baer will get after that #hoemaker .if he doesn't natch oat. The oldest active wholesale dry goods merchant in Boston is P. Sar­ gent, who has Just celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday anniversary He goes to his office daily and interests himself in many of the details of his Sesinesa. K ».. «• • " • - '• >. V ff *. • \ 'V *> W* v a . j '4V* • " ^ .-•>* ./ |s!U i , " rj».' ' r? 1 ft?,' • *" K j .'?*# - . * • '* «£*,**** Sjff. AS •'..V--*-" ' • • •' A Toledo, O.--The grand Jury's Inves- tigation into the alleged twists blamed for the increased cost of buildirjg op­ erations and high rents jn Toledo re­ sulted Saturday in'^he rethrn of Jf45 indictments against? 93 leading busi­ ness men and the. fallowing combina­ tions: Toledo Master Plumbers' as­ sociation, Toledo Brick Supply com­ pany, Toledo Lumberman's bureau of credit, National Supply company and Toledo Supply company, The indictments charge conspiracy in restraint of trade. The ,wide scope of the investigation and the great number of persons accused make the grand Jury's report more sensational thftn the ice trust indictments. Some of the men named in the indictments are among the most prominent busi­ ness men in the sity. Several of them are not actively engaged in the busi­ nesses which have been, under inves­ tigation, but; are interested indirectly and are included in the charges made against the firms. In the list of lumbermen and brick- men indicted are the names of men high in local financial circles. The head of the local lumber trust?ls said to be the Toledo Lumbermen's?ytredlt association, with offices in the Spitzer building. This trust is alleged to have had complete control of the ium^ ber market, raising the prices when W saw fit and compelling outside con­ cerns to sell only to them, makiffe it impossible for the independent dealer to get material outside the trust. The Toledo brick Supply company, alleged to be an illegal combination of brick manufacturers in restraint of trade, is declared to have been or­ ganised fat the purpose of controlling); the price of the product of local brick manufacturers. Since the passage of the Valentine anti-trust law it has changed its form, but Prosecutor Wachepheimer expects to show that it has\continued to monopolize fpe local^m-ick i5b^iness. » S; S Thef National Supply company^ nbe only corporation indicted, deals ex­ tensively in plunibing supplies, 'oil wells, toachinery, and "all manner, of plumbers' and carpenters' tools. The lumber dea.ers Ifcrei charged with having plundered the contractors and through' thorn all thn hninn hnilrl- era in Toledo, Those who pay,- rent are also said to have had to pay tribute through increased rent neces­ sary to recoup the landlords to? the high cost of building. ILOILO. WIPED OUT BY FIRE. PI/YEHUE THROWS FORTH * £,R ©fc HOT ASHES. f -- . . People Are Panic-Stricken--Repeated . Earthquake Shocks Accompany - rX the Eruptions, * J r To £sa***y V Llhia. --„ipuyehue, the big vol­ cano in the province of Valdiva, Ohili; is devastating the country ground it, and has thrown the inhab^ itants into a state of panic. The eruption is most violent and several neW craters have opened. Enormous ^amage has been done. Showers of hot ashes are falling and there are continued earthquake shocks accompanied by subterranean explo­ sions. Absolute darkness would prevail but for the light from several fires over ah extent of six miles. A great number of cattle have been killed near Lake Ranco. Several brooks which furnished drinking wa­ ter for the people have dried up. Manila, P. I. -- Earthquake shocks were felt * here at intervals for three hours early Friday morn­ ing. Three of the shocks were severe, but the majority were very light Reports received here from the southern part of the island of Luzon announce that severe earthquakes were felt at Nueva Caceres, Camarines province, and at Tayabas, J>2 miles southeast, of Manila. Buildings were destroyed in both places but no loss of life has been reported. Communi­ cation with tho two cities mentioned is affected. * A trembler was experienced at Ma­ nila with intermittent shocks for three hours this morning. Three of the ^shocks were severe," but the majority of the others were scarcely percepti­ ble.-^ 4. Charleston, S. C. -- A slight earth­ quake shock was felt in Charles- ten and Summerville at 3:25 o'clock Friday morning. In the latter place it was said that dishes rattled and ornaments were knocked from the mantels. la Charleston only a very few people knew of the shock until after breakfast. From various points li^ tbe city people reported having /been awakened by a. rumble followed by three slight wave movements. It lasted about eight seconds and was apparently from southeast to north­ west Philippine Town, Capital of Papay : Island, Is Destroyed* Manila, P. I. -- The town of Iloilo, Island of Panay, was totally de­ stroyed by fire Friday morning, with the result , that 20,000 persons are homeless. As this dispatch was filed the conflagration was still raging and owing to the heavy wind bloving it was beyond control. The civil and military authorities were doing everything possible to check the flames and assiBt the suffer­ er^. No estimate has yet been made of the amount of damage done and no details of the fire are obtainable, owing to communication with Iloilo being se­ riously affected. [Iloilo is the capital of the Island of Panay, located oq the east coast. The port, which is the second in im­ portance in the Philippines, next to Manilla, is * the center of the sugar trade.] TWO KILLED IN. COLLISION. * ^ Passenger Train Runs Into Freight at Woodlawn Junction, Ala. Birmingham, Ala.--Two dead and 12 injured is the result of a collision on the Southern railway at Woodlawn Junction early Sunday. A south-boujid freight train entering the yard limits found itself without power on the main line. A passenger train tome hours later ran into the reai^J this train, though it is claimed a flagman .was-scat-.-back to protect the li-ci^ht. A wrecking train leaving the city yards to clear another wreck ran into the Woodlawn Junction wreck. Rurmor of Shortage at U. of W. Madison, Wis.--A startling report that a discrepancy of $400,000 exists in the accounts of the University of Wis­ consin jyas circulated at the. capitol Thursday. President Van Hise said that th£re was absolutely no suspicion of any misappropriation of funds, but admitted that there had been failure properly to charge up certain invest­ ments to their proper accounts. New Swedish Minister Comes. New York.--M. De Lagercrantz, tho first Swedish minister to Washington since the separation of Norway and Sweden, arrived here Sunday, accom­ panied by bis wife^ on the Hamburg- American liner Amerika. Menominee Churches Burned. Menominee, Mich.--The } Methodist Episcopal church was destroyed by fire Sunday. A high wind "spread the flames to the Baptist church and the resident of Dr. Phillips, and they were damaged. Mrs. Myers In Penitentiary. Jefferson City, Mo.--Sheriff Thoma- aon of Clay county delivered Mrs. Aggie Myers to the penitentiary officials Friday afternoon to serve a life sentence for the murder of jtyer husband at Kansas City. * Oklahoma Constitution Adopted. Guthrie, Okla.--Without a dissent­ ing vote, but with 27 of the 8 ft delo- gates present not voting, the consti­ tution for the proposed state of Okla­ homa, framed by the convention* was adopted Friday afternoda. . BAD FAITH IS CHARGED. Eddy Defendants Make Complaints. Answer to New York.--The first convention of tho National Arbitration and Peace congress came to an end Wednesday night, after a three days' session, with two large banquets, one at the Hotel Astor and the other at the Waldorf-Astoria. The event of great­ est interest was the decoration of Andrew Carnegie with the cross of the Legion of Honor by the French government, represented by Baron 4 D'Estournelles de Constant, in appre­ ciation of his work for peace, and his gift of the palace at The Hague. Mr. Carnegie, who is president of tho congress, gave out a statement as to the results of the congress. Al­ though not so designated by Mr. Car- Concord, N. H.--Tho charge that the suit for an accounting of the property pt Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, tied March 1, was not brought in good faith by the so-called "next friemlu" named In the suit, is contain­ ed in the answer of the defendants in the action, which was filed in the Merrimack county superior court- Wednesday. . The defendants charge that these 'next friends" have been induced to loan their names for use in the suit "at the instigation and at the expense o: certain evil-minded persons, not re­ lated in any way to said Mary Baker G. Eddy or having any interest la her or in her estate. The answer of the defendants is a general denial of all the allegations made by the complainants in the orig­ inal action, George W. Glover, Mary Baker Glover-and George W. Baker, who sued as Mrs. Eddy's „ "next frtends." ANOTHER, MARVIN --*;-- CLEW FAILS Lad < at Gloversville, N. Y„ Is Not . ^ the Kidnaped Boy. jGloversville, N. Y.--Myles Standish, ,a nephew of Dr. H. M. Marvin, of Dover, Del., father of Horace Marvin, Jr., the kidnaped child, arrived in Gloversville Sunday morning to see the child held here on suspicion that hie is the kidnaped Marvin boy. Mr. Standish went at once to the place where the boy was stopping with , the woman alleged to be the wife of *A1 H. Allen, the suspected kidnaper, and saw the child. He made a minute examination of the lad, romped and played with him for half an hour before he became thoroughly convinced that the boy was not Hor­ ace Marvin, and so announced to Chief Smith, who accompanied him. Mrs. McLean Heads D. A- R- Washington, ;-- It wasx officially announced when the continental congress of the National Society of the na lighters of the American Revo­ lution met Friday that Mrs. Donald McLean of New York has been re­ elected president general for the en­ suing two years. Mrs. McLeah re­ ceived 511 and the opposition candi­ date, Mrs. Eleanor Washington How­ ard, of Alexandria, Va., 152. The an­ nouncement of the result of the elec­ tion was reecived by the delegates with great enthusiasm, and Mrs. Mc­ Lean, after being presented with a loving cup by the vice presidents general made a brief speech in which she thanked the delegates heartily for their support » Safe Blowers Wreck a Bank. Peoria, 111.--Safe blowers wrecked the bank of Weston, at Weston, 111., 50 miles east of this city early Fri­ day morning, with three charges of dynamite. About $2,000 was secured and the robbers escaped. . " Life* Convict Is Released. Des Moines, la.--Jasper Mason, serving a life sentence fpr murder in 1^76, was released Friday by order of Gov. Cummins, under permission granted by the legislature, and given a conditional pardon. \ Three Persons Burn to Death. *• Sfontreal.--Fire Thursday afternoon in the plant of the Canada steam laun­ dry caused the death of three persons, two men and a woman, and the injury of 12 others, one of whom, a woman, may die. House Passes Anti-Cigarette Bill. Springfield, 111.--The house Thurs­ day passed the Young anti-cigarett« bill making it unlawful to sell ciga­ rettes or cigarette papers in Illinois The bill does not *vply ta bj Jobbers/"""'.. Af JOPfgasr** li­fe! Uli rgWW*,. ¥<yW&- FEQ&rtAL SUPREME COURT DE­ CIDES AGAINST HIM. ' HE SLEW JAMES P. M'CANN Claimed English *•:' :>ptle, Greatly Depressed by the i T&l News That -He '• , ' - i ' Hang . DECORATES SCOT CARNEGIE GIVEN CROSS OF LE­ GION OF HONORL Iron Master's Peace Work Recognized --National Congress Comes to an End. Andrew Carnegie. negie, the statement constitutes a re­ ply to some of the suggestions con­ tained in the letter which President Roosevelt addressed to the congress on its opening day. The resolutions adopted recom­ mend among other things that The Hague conference hereaftej shall be a permanent institution; that The Hague court shall be open to all the nations of the world; that a general treaty of arbitration for ratification by all the nations shall be drafted b;- the coming conference providing for the reference to The Hague court of international disputes which can­ not be adjusted by diplomacy; that th? tfnited States government urge upon the conference action looking to the limitation of armament; that the conference extend to private property at sea, immunity from cap­ ture in war. The resolution speaks highly in praise of President Roose­ velt, Secretary Root and the prime minister of Great Britain for the stand they have taken in favor of A settled policy of peace among na­ tions. The resolutions were adopted unanimously with a few minor changes as to wording just as they came from the committee which had had their preparation in charge. Fireworks Factory Clown Up. Chihuahua, Mex. -- An .explosion which is attributed to a lighted cigar­ ette stub, totally destroyed La Sultana, an extensive fireworks fac­ tory, causing a property loss of $200,- 000 and fatally injured two of the employes of the plant, sl^pok fthe buildings of this city to their founda­ tions and spread terror among the peons, who fell to th^ir knees utter­ ing prayers to be saved from what they thought was an earthquake. M. J. Oppenhelmer Falls Dead. Baltimore, Md.--During the progress of the annual meeting of the board of directors of the Hebrew Orphan asylum Sunday afternoon the presi­ dent, Moses J. Oppenheimer, began to read his annual report. He had fin- ished the first page, when he suddenly fell dead, a victim of heart disease. Russian Official Assassinated. Rostov-on-Don, Russia.--The vice governor of the prison was shot dead in the streets here Sunday. Hia as­ sassin was arrested. Embezzler Sentenced. - Peoria, 111.--Harvey B. Hutchinson, foimer moneyorder clerk at the Peoria post office, indicted for embezzlement •of 110,000, was sentenced by Judge Otis Humphrey, in the federal court, to two years' Imprisonment at Leav­ enworth, Kan. •• Recover Stolen Money. . JJSl. Paul, Minn.--John Gunderson, wKo held up a clerk in the Northern Express company's offices at the Union station Tuesday night, has con­ fessed ̂ and restored the f25,000 he stole. EX-TREASURERS DISGORGE. Must Give Back $321,000 In Fee« to V State of Illinois. Springfield, 111. -- By a decision of the supreme court handed down Thursday the ex-state ' treasurers and auditors of Illinois since 1872 are held liable for $321,000 illegally taken from the treasury. Restitution of this sum wil have to be made, al­ though it may require additional suits t» compel it By this decision Gov. Dmeen is up­ held in his contention that the for­ mer officials of the state had been appropriating the public money un­ lawfully, although the court does not go to the full extent to which he charged the treasurers were liable. While holding that they must re­ turn the actual amounts which were drawn from the treasury illegally, the decision does not force the return of interest on this money. If the gover­ nor had been upheld in his entire con­ tention the former officials would have been obliged to make restitu­ tion to the tune of $621,488. The court's decision holds that they are accountable for interest only from the time the demand for the return oif the money was made by the state, which was about a year ago, and not tor th« entire period. Part of Douglass' Alleged* Plunder ; .5-¥ Found In Manhattan Club. New York.--A portion of the bonds alleged to have been taken, from tho _ Trust Company of America by Wil- O(fleers of Chicago Institution Given liam ©. Douglass, who is under arrest BANK CHIEFS CONVICTED. Fines and Imprisonment, dhicago. -- Abner Smith, for ten years a judge on the circuit bench of Cook county, was found guilty Friday evening in the criminal court of entering into a conspiracy to cheat and defraud, the stockholders and depositors of the Bank of America, the institution of which he was presi­ dent during its career of two months. The penalty fixed by the jury is im­ prisonment in the penitentiary for a term not exceeding five years and the payment of a fine of $1,000. The jury also found Gustav F. Sor­ row, vice president of the wrecked bank, guilty on the same Indictment as President Smith, and he was given the same penalty, Jerome V. Pierce was found guilty and fined $500. F. E. Creelman, the lumberman, the fourth defendant, who was a stock­ holder in the bank, was declared not guilty and was discharged by the court. TWENTY-FIVE DROWN IN NEVA. Boat on Russian River 8trlkes Floe and Founders. loo St. Petersburg. -- Twenty-five per­ sons are believed "'to have been drowned by the foundering of the river steamer Archangelsk while she was crossing the Neva near the suburb of Irinowka late Saturday night. The accident occurred during a snowstorm when the steamer was two- thirds of the way across the river and wat> caused by her striking an ice floe, numbers of which still remain in the river despite the lateness of the season. Son of Rich Man Kills Self. Fulton, Ky. -- James Gilbert, a son of William Gilbert, a wealthy tobacco man of Murray, Ky., committed suicide aboard a train en route from Memphis late Sunday by swallowing a half ounce of bromidia. It is stated he had considerable money in his possession, but when his body was searched only five dollars was found. No motivfe for the act is known other than the evident loss of his money. v Falls Dead at Telephone. Columbus, O.--John Orson Johnston, president and general manager of the Columbus Gas & Fuel company, fell dead Sunday at the telephone in his residence just as he had finished a con­ versation with his family physician. Colorado Fruit Is Nipped. Denver, Col.--A sharp drop in tem­ perature followed the snowstorm Sat­ urday night, 14 above zero being re­ corded by the weather bureau, and fr i\it of all kinds in eastern Colorado was effectually nipped in the btjd. t Hopeless Deadlock in Rhode Island. Providence, R. I.--The Rhode Is­ land legislature will adjourn April 23 and it. appears probable a United States senator will not be elected sjt this session. Fifty-eight ballots have failed to result in a choice. Indian Wins Marathon Race. Boston.--Thomas Longboat, Indian runner, of Toronto! Canada, Friday broke the record for t e Boston ath­ letic association's 25 mile Marathon road race from Ashland to Boston, and defeated a field of 114. « Wlshingtoii. In a»? opinion by Chief Justice Fuller, the supreme court of the United States Monday dismissed the case of Frederick Seymour, alias "Lord Barrington," un­ der sentence of death in St. Louis for the murder of James P. McCann in June, 1903, thus affirming the decision of the supreme court of Missouri and sustaining the verdict of guilty re­ turned by the trial court. This case has been before the pub­ lic for several years, and has attracted great attention, largely becayse of Bariington's pretense of bearing an English title, under which shortly be­ fore the tragedy with which his name is connected he married a young wom­ an of good family residing at Kansas City. . •' Barrington made a vigorous fight In the St. Louis courts, contending that his conviction was the result of preju­ dice and that the charge was not sus­ tained by proof. When the Missouri supreme court decided against him he brought the case to the federal su­ preme court on a writ of error, con­ tending that his trial had not been fair. St. Louis.--When the information concerning the United States supreme court's decision, sustaining the ver­ dict of guilty of the murder of Jarhes P. McCann rendered by the trial court, was conveyed to "Lord" Frederick Seymour Barrington, who is confined In the county jail at Clayton. Barring­ ton was apparently greatly depressed hut endeavored to conceal his feel- ings. "I expected the decision Monday," he said, "and I had -a feeling that the ruling of the court would he against me. I suppose this is the last resort. As I see it, there is nothing left but the fixing of the date of execution by the Missouri supreme court. The United States supreme court passed only on a question of Jurisdiction. It seems hard that a man's life should be taken away on a mere technicality like that." 8TOLEN BONDS RECOVERED. on a charge of larceny, were recov­ ered Monday in an apartment in the Manhattan Club. It was stated Monday afternoon that Mrs. Douglass had disappeared and her friends beeame exercised over her absence. She was found at night, however, at the home of her parents in Brooklyn. There were rumors of possible additional arrests but the de­ tectives'denied they had talren auy'&- tlon. ' VALUES MINNESOTA ROADS. Senate Committee Puts the Figure at I * v ' $215,000,000. St. I*aul, Minn.--Railroad property ih Minnesota is valued at $215,000,000 by the Sundberg investigating com­ mittee, . which returned its report to the Minnesota state senate Monday. This is approximately $23,000 a mile. The property is capitalized to the extent of about $400,000,000, or $50,- 000 a mile on an average. The net earnings, according to the committee's findings, averaged over $5,000 a. mile last year, or 18 per cent on the com­ mittee's valuation. ALFANO TO BE. DEPORTED. Leader of Camorra Will Back to Italy. Be Sent New York.---Enrico Alfano, alleged leader in Italy of the secret and crim­ inal Camorra society of Naples, who was arrested in this city last week during a police raid on the east side, was turned over Monday to the immi­ gration authorities, by whom he will be deported to Italy. Third Term Resolution Defeated. Harrisburg, Pa.--Mr. Bluestone, of Allegheny county, offered a resolution in the house Monday night asking President Roosevelt to be a candidate lor a second elective term as presi­ dent. The resolution was defeated by a viva voce vote. Boat Upsets; Three Men Drown. Chester, Pa.--Three persons were drowned Monday in the Delaware riv­ er a few miles below this city by the capsizing of the schooner Eben. Gimbel Dies of His Wounds. New York.--Benedict Gimbel, the wealthy Philadelphia merchant who cut his throat and wrists with broken glass in a hotel in Hoboken soon after he had been arrested on serious charges in this city, died shortly be­ fore three a. m. Monday. ._ Respite for Murderer. { Jefferson City, Mo!--Gov. Folk Mon­ day granted a respite of 60 days to William Spaugh, Jr., sentenced to be hanged for the murder of Sheriff Polk of Iron county. rVrenty-five Bushels Wheat and For|pL? five Bushels Oats Per Acre Are 2:4 Western Canada. jSaltcoats, Satflt, : ; December, 1908. To the Editqfo - •*•>¥% . 1 '.pear Sift f >. ':r • ; "f".', IK I willingly give you the result of nor four and a half years' experience in, Jthe District of Saltcoats. *" Previous tn I iarmed in Baldwin, St. Croix County, Wisconsin _and as I have heard a great deal about • the Canadian North-West, I decided to take a trip there and see the coun> try for myself. I was so impressed with the richness of the soil that I bought half a section of land about five miles from the town of Saltcoats. I moved on to the land the Allowing June and that year broke 90 acres, which I cropped in 1904, and had bushels wheat per acre. In 1905, with an acreage of 160 acres, I had 24 bush­ els Wheat and 35 bushels of oats p®p acre. In 1906, with 175 acres 'ond^r crop, I had 25 bushels wheat and 46>" bushels of oats per acre. , r ~ From the above mentioned yields you can readily understand that I am very well pleased with the Canadian West. Of course, I have had to woife: hard, but I don't, mind that w'hrit S get such a good return for my iabor. < To aayone thinking about coming to this country I can truthfully say that if they are prepared to work and not grumble at trifles, they are bound tfl> get on. Some things I would like dif­ ferent, but take the country all round* I don't know where to go to get a bet* ter. , - Yours truly, c > {Signed) 6. B; OLSON. "Write to 4ny Canadian Government Agent for literature and full partial lars. HOW CLASSIC WAS WRITTEN. Taft Back In Washington. Washington. -- Secretary of War Taft and party arrived at the Wash­ ington navy yard on board the May-1 flower Monday night after an absence of a month on a trip that included Panama, Cuba and Porto Rico. Bret Hutet Great Poem Result Inspiration. . The war correspondent, Frederl© Villiers, has recorded a talk with Bret Harte apropos of the poem, "Dickens in Camp:" "We all felt his, loss most keenly In the States," saidt Harte: "On hearing of his death (!) sat down about three in the afternoon ton write an editorial on the great an* thor. I wrote one and then tore It up. Then another, after much pain*, was written. This did not please ras, so I tore it up. I wrote yet another and threw it into the waste paper basket; it would not do. It was get* ting late, and I was now keeping tb» paper waiting for press. I was drum* ming on my desk, absolutely without, another thought in my head; I had run dry. Suddenly I mechanically tagan to write and the result was th® thing you seem to like ao much. Wall, Mr. Villiers, you are no$ ter out. f like it, too." «KIN 80RE EIGHT YEAII8. Spent $300 on Doctors and Remedls* hut Got No Relief--Cuticura Cures in a Week. "Upon the limbs and between th» toes my fikin was roug^t and sore, and also sore under the arms, and I had stay at home several times because of this affection. Up to a week pr so ago 1 had tried many other remedies and several doctors, and spent about thro» hundred dollars, without any success* but this is to-day the seventh day that I have been using the Cuticura Rem®» dies (costing a dollar and a half)* which have cured me completely, s6> that I can again attend to my bush ness. I went to work again to-night. I had been suffering for eight year* and have now been cured by the Cut­ icura Remedies within a week. Frits* Hirschlaff, 24 Columbus Ave., New' Yorlf, N. Y.t March 29 and April 6* 1906." Queen's Most Prized Decoration; One of the decorations of which the Queen of Portugal is proudest is th«» medal of the British Humane society, which she was asked to accept after •he had leaped into the harbor at. Lisbon and saved a drowning man. On all great occasions this decoration. to be seen pinned on her dress. Her majesty, who is a sister of the Duch­ ess d'Aosta, recently visiting us, is another special favorite of the royal Family, and, like her sister, was borft it York House, Twickenham. Queen Amelia was one of the very first wo­ men to qualify herself as an M. D_ She laughingly tells her friends that her most trying patient is King Car­ los, whom for years she has tried to iiet for "too solid flesh."--Tit-Blta. Famous Book Free. Every reader of this paper can get free? of charge one of Dr. Coffee's famous book® which tella of a new method by which persons afflicted with Deafness, Heaflr Noises, Sore Eyes, Failing Sight from any cause, can cure themselves at home a% •mall expense, , Write a letter immediate^ to Dr. W. O. Coffee, £00 Century Bldg., Des Moines, la* The executive board of the Wesley brotherhoodijhas referred to its gen­ eral convention to be held in October, 1907, the resolutions from the Broths erho'od of St. Paul requesting the ap- pointment of a committee to confer with a similar committee from the St. Paul Brotherhood concerning the uni* fication of Methodist brotherhoods. Take Garfield Tea in the Spring--it will save you many days of headache, lassitude and general ill health. This natural laxa­ tive purifies the blood, cleanses the sys­ tem and establishes a normal action of liver, kidneys and bowels. Astonished the Professors.- At a recent examination a British candidate in the London College of Music defined a musical interval a* "a short pause for refreshments." Cann ing P lan t Burned . Lubec, Me.--The entire plant of the Seacoast Canning company, leased to the American Can company of New York, at North Lubec, was burned. No one was injured. The loss is esti­ mated at 1200,000. . True pleasure consists in clear thoughts, sedate, affections, sweet re­ flections; a mind even and stayed, true to its God, and true to itself.--^ Hopkins. Australians Will Go' \Back,. Australia has arranged for the re­ patriation of 1,000 discouraged Aus­ tralians'now in South Africa. A woman invariably tells a small boy to harry back when she sends Um on as errand--but what's tfcs •set