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tmmrn - i y .11 1 * < " *- i If 111rfir ih'm^mJi ^ £ *, ,1 , V * , 4 •» < v,^,_ »o. "v «. * i • * The McBenry Plaindealer Published by P. Q. SCHREINER. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. Prague has forbidden the trailing skirt because it scatters germ-l^dea dost. The East Indian banana has begun to compete with the West Indian fruit In English markets. REPUBUCANS VICTORIOUS rnmmmmmmmmmmm-mmmmmimmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm* Taft and Sherman the Choice of the Voters in the National Election, MH. ROOSEVELT'S" PLANS FOR QUIET RETIREMENT. i (According to the Dispatches.) , (j^pr lfcCutcheon, in Chicago Daily 1-i/ Not everybody laments because the days are growing shorter, for mean­ while the nights Increase in length and fascination. The human heart weighs from eight to twelve ounces and through it passes 22% pounds of blood every minute or 11,680,000 pounds in one year. It has come at last--the women's aero club is in its genesis, and bridge whist will have to join the rest of the busted excitements in the discard. One drawback about a balloon and an airship is that when they get out of order the balloonist or aeronaut can­ not get out and crawl underneath to •ee what the matter is. Though it's not absolutely certain, to the best of knowledge and belief the barn dance of to-day is modeled in its main features after the Indian war dance as it was danced from about 1750 to 1835. In some of the cities where they have "pay-as-you-enter" street cars, the vehicles are more often known as "freeze-as-you-find-change" trolleys, es­ pecially by women carrying infants and bundles in their arms. French admirers of Wilbur Wright want him to fly across the English channel, but if he does he will not be welcome on the other side. That sort of thing would suggest opening up the "tight little isle" to aerial foes. There is a new boom in diamonds and it sweeps clean. Soon women will be shopping for jewels and having their last year's diamond ornaments reset in the" latest design. Business has begun to move when diamonds are lively. By a tremendous Tote in New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, though with reduced pluralities in the rest of the country, William Howard Taft was elected the twenty-seventh president of the United States. Mr. Taft has in the electoral col­ lege 321 votes, while William Jen­ nings Bryan received 162. This gives the Republican nominee a majority over his Democratic opponent of 159. Twenty-nine states cast their elec­ toral votes for Taft, leaving 16 states for Bryan. The Republican party controls the next national house of representatives by a majority of 40, The figures re­ ceived show the election of 216 Repub- If Japan has our civilization so thor­ oughly assimilated and tucked away in pigeonholes where it can instantly lay its hand on each item, pray why Isn't it up in the air and leading the world in the perfecting of the flying machine? A Brooklyn minister astonished his congregation by declaring that selfish people ought to commit suicide. But he suggests an anomaly when he ex­ pects selfish people publicly to declare themselves such, even if they recog­ nise it themselves. A novel method of pumping liquids from bore holes is by means of an endless rope, somewhat after the fash- Ion of the chain pump, only in this case the liquid to be raised is ab­ sorbed by the rope and squeezed out between rollers at the surface. Some of the weather experts in the rural districts announce that we are going to have a hard winter because the squirrels are laying in unusually large supplies of nuts this fall. Op­ timists will be inclined, however, to conclude that thiB is merely a sign of a good nut crop. "Tim" Healy, the Irish member of parliament, is quick at repartee. A voter once informed him that he would "sooner vote for the devil than for Healy." "But possibly your friend may not turn up," said "Tim," adding In a tone of mild inquiry: "Perhaps you would support me, then?" A novel experiment to demonstrate the practicability of a pneumatic car­ rier was recently tried in Chicago. The "parcel" shot through a short length of sample tube was a 13-year- old boy. He traveled at the rate of 16 miles an hour, and was in no way the worse for the journey. New York's 6tate board of equaliza­ tion has tabulated the "equalized value" of real estate and personal property In the Empire state at |8,- 653,298,178; the total with per­ sonal property added in is $9,173,566,- 245. My, my! New York is almost as rich as some of her wealthiest citi- sens! When W. W. Astor found that Eng­ lish law sustained the people of JJever in their right to travel on the foot­ path across the beautiful park of He- ver castle, which he has lately bought, he built a high brick wall along each side of the footpath, surely for once Justifying the ancient jest of calling him William Walled-Off Astor. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT. licans and 176 Democrats, a gain for the latter party of nine. The following table shows the num­ ber of representatives elected from all the states: State. Dem. Rep. State. Dem. Rep. Alabama .... 9 .. Nevada .... 1 Arkansas ... 7 ... N. Harap 2 California .. .. 8 N. Jersey... 8 7 Colorado .... 3 .. New York.. 11 26 Connecticut. .. 5 N. Carolina 7 3 Delaware IN. Dakota.. .. 2 Florida 3 .. Ohio 8 13 Georgia 11 .. Oklahoma . 2 3 Idaho .. 1 Oregon 2 Illinois 6 19 Penn 6 27 Indiana 11 2 Rhode Is 2 Iowa 1 10 S. Carolina. 7 • .. Kansas 8 s. Dakota.. .. 2 Kentucky ..8 3 Tennessee . 8 2 Louisiana ..7 .. Texas 16 Maine 4 Utah i Maryland ..3 3 Vermont 2 Mass. ....... 3 11 Virginia ... 9 1 Michigan 12 Wash '3 Minnesota .. 1 8 w. Virginia .. 5 Mississippi .8 .. Wisconsin . 1 10 Missouri ...» 10 6 Wyoinlns ,, ,, j Montana 1 " _ Nebraska ... 4 2 Totals .... 173 218 Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, and Indiana greatly reduced the Re­ publican total of four years ago, so that while the party has succeeded In giving its candidate a comfortable ma­ jority in the electoral college, the popular vote was considerably whittled down. Mixup in Indiana. In Indiana the Democrats succeeded in holding the Republican margin down to 8,000. At the same time the Democrats elected the state ticket, Thomas R. Marshall being chosen gov­ ernor. New York and Ohio swept into the Republican column by pluralities that were surprising, the latter slibwi^ its loyalty to its native son by giving him a plurality of 75,000 votes. Outside of Massachusetts, the small­ est changes iff net results came in the New England states, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut contributing plurali­ ties to Taft which do not differ ma­ terially from those given Roosevelt and Fairbanks in 1904. The greatest slump in the Republic­ an column came with the returns from Pennsylvania, which gave Taft a plu­ rality of 350,000, as compared with 505,000 cast for the Republican ticket in the last presidential campaign. Illinois Vote Cut Down. Illinois cut her vote down from 300,- 000 to 180,000, Michigan from 217,000 to 118,000, Ohio from 255,000 to 75,000, Minnesota from 161,0Q0 to 98,000, In­ diana from 93,000 to 8,000; Iowa from 115,000 to 65,000, Kansas from 126,000 to 35,000, Colorado from 34,000 to 5,000 and California from 115,000 to 75,000. changes are made . by later returns from districts supposed to be safely Republican. In the last congress the Republicans had a majority of 57. The Democrats lost the Eleventh Pennsylvania district to the Repub­ lican nominee, Henry W. Palmer, who defeated John Bigelow and thus be­ comes the successor of Mr. Lenahan, the present iJ&fnocratic member. The Republicans also regained the Third Wisconsin district, which was lost to Joseph W. Babcock two years ago. The senate shows practically no change, the Republicans retaining a large majority. The membership of the senate is 92, the hold-over mem­ bers number 61 (43 Republicans and 18 Democrats), IN THE STATE ELECTIONS. Some Surprises Furnished -- Govs. Hughes and Deneen Re-Elected. In New York the Republicans won a sweeping victory for national and state tickets. Taft carried the Demo­ cratic stronghold of Greater New York by a plurality of about 6,500. He also carried Erie county, another nor­ mally Democratic territory, by 7,000, but this is 5,000 less than the Roose­ velt plurality there. Taft's plurality in the whole state is 195,000, and that for Hughes is 75,000. The legislature is again overwhelmingly Republicn. Illinois. Charles S. Deneen was elected gov­ ernor of Illinois for a second time, de­ spite widespread "cutting." His plu­ rality over Adlai E. Stevenson was 24,- 000, while Taft carried the state by about 180,000 plurality. The entire Republican ticket was elected by a normal vote. Illinois Republicans elect- ed 19 members of the national house of representatives, the Democrats be­ ing successful In only six districts. The state legislature is safely Repub­ lican, with 41 Republican senators to 10 Democrats, and in the lower house 88 Republicans, 63 Democrats and two Prohibitionists. This gives the Republicans a majority of 54 on joint ballot Nebraska. A C. Shallenberger and the entire Democratic ticket were elected by a small majority. Mr. Bryan carried the state by about 3,000 votes. Bryan's greatest gain was in Lincoln, which he carried, overcoming a .normal Repub­ lican plurality of 1,600. Bryan car­ ried his home precinct by 111 to 54. ' Iowa. B. F. Carroll and the entire Repub­ lican3 state ticket was elected by a plurality approximately 65,000, as against Roosevelt's plurality of 158,000 four years ago. Ten Republican con­ gressmen were elected and one Dem- ocraL Wisconsin. GOT. J. O. Davidson, (Rep.) was re­ elected, but his vote was far behind that of the head of the .ticket, Taft carrying the state by 75,000. Ten Re­ publican congressmen have been elect­ ed and one Democrat Indiana. Thomas R. Marshall was elected governor, with the entire state ticket. The Democrats have secured control of the legislature on joint ballot, thus insuring the election of a Democratic United States senator to succeed James A. Hemenway. Eleven Demo­ cratic and two Republican congress­ men were chosen. Montana. Advices from throughout Montana Indicate that Taft has carried the state by a majority close to 3,000. Charles N. Pray of Fort Benton is re-elected to congress by about 4,000. Maryland. Maryland on the official count gives* Taft a plurality of 561, yet elects six Bryan electors out of the eight. The total vote cast In the state was: Taft, 116,471; Bryan, 315,910. These figures r JAMES 8. SHERMAN. represent the votes of the electors re­ ceiving the mpst votes. They lead their respective tickets. Missouri. Returns give Taft the electoral vote of Missouri by a plurality of 419 over Bryan. The legislature is Democrat­ ic on joint ballot by four votes. Ohio. Though Taft carried Ohio by 50,000, Harris, Republican candidate for gov­ ernor, was defeated by Harmon (Dem.), by something like 220,000 plu­ rality. The state elected 13 Republi­ can and eight Democratic congress­ men. Minnesota. Gov. Johnson was re-elected govern­ or of Minnesota by a majority of 10,- 000 to 15,000. Taft's plurality is 98,- 612. Eight Republican and one Democratic congressmen were elected. Michigan.. A fight for the governorship is in­ dicated by the statement given out by State Chairman Winship of the Democratic party. An effort likely will be made to show that Gov. Warner, who has a plurality of a few thou­ sand, was elected by fraud in the up­ per peninsula. Lawton T. Hemans, the Democratic nominee, made a close run, holding Gov. Warner down to a plurality of about 7,000, while Taft carried the state by 118,000. The 12 congressional districts all chose Re­ publican representatives. ELECTORAL AND POPULAR VOTE ON PRESIDENT. dT.hl'KS 1904. PLURALITIES. IMS. 1904. Wizard Burbank of California de­ clares that it is quite within the range of possibility that Massachusetts farmers will soon lay out banana groves, as before long he will have perfected a species of hardy but lus­ cious plantain that will come to per­ fect fruition anywhere in New Eng­ land Pa Elkins says there has never been an engagement between his daughter and the Italian duke. This being the case, it would seem to be up to Pa Elkins to ask the duke, the next time he remains after ten o'clock, whether he means business or not. An enlightening commentary on the present state of affairs in Morocco Is contained in a recent dispatch of the London Times correspondent in Tan­ gier, who writes: "Abd-el-AzIz in­ herited a throne; he has left his suc­ cessor a footstool with the Btufflng taken out." IN CONTROL OF CONQRE8S. The return to the United States treasury of the sum of $1,172 paid out to a pensioner of the civP war with the explanation that the recipi­ ent's conscience would not permit him to keep the money, is said to be something without precedent in the history of the administration of oar pension system. This should not be interpreted, however, as a reflection on pensioners in general. There are unworthy pensioners as th*re are un­ worthy persons who dr#Mr public money, in other forms, bu: they are ;||» |a^|pf1on. not the rule. Republicans Have Both Branches of National Legislature. William Howard Taft will have a safe Republican majority in the house of representatives, now given as 43. The majority will be slightly in­ creased, unless lomn unexpected Recipe for Qcod Coffee. "A woman does not make as good coffee as a man," said the bachelor the other day who delights in his own cup, cooked in his own way, "because women are not exact enough and will not watch the mixture until It arrives at exactly the boiling point. Coffee must not boil, but it must just reach the boiling point, be taken off the fire, allowed to reach the boiling point again and the process repeated for the third time. This Is much better than drip coffee, but attention must be con­ centrated upon the pot, and this utensil will be better if it is exchanged for a new one about once a month." Alabama .. U Arkansas .. f California 10 .. Colorado g Connecticut 7 Delaware' 3 Florida ft Georgia 13 Idaho 3 Illinois 27 Indiana 15 Iowa It Kansas 10 Kentucky 13 Louisiana • Maine t •Maryland Massachusetts 18 .. Michigan 14 Minnesota 11 Mississippi .. 10 Mi ssouri IS .. Montana 3 .. Nebraska 8 Nevada .. 3 New Hampshire 4 New Jersey 12 New York 39 North Carolina 12 North Dakota 4 Ohio 23 .. Oklahoma 7 Oregon 4 Pennsylvania 34 Rhode Island 4 South Carolina..... t South Dakota 4 Tennessee 12 Texas IS Utah 8 Vermont 4 .. Virginia 12 Washington 6 West Virginia 7 Wisconsin 13 Wyoming 3 Total ,3W «6 'Maryland, 8 votes, probably split. 3 27 lo 13 M 6 1 16 14 tl 8 3 4 12 » '4 S3 *4 34 4 11 » 10 60,000 22,000 eo.ooo 2,000 20,000 2,000 20.000 25,000 14,324 170,000 10,000 60,000 30,000 15,000 40,000 31.500 3,000 100,000 105,000 100.."K# 50,000 500 2.000 5,600 2,000 18,000 75,000 175,000 20,000 90.000 90,000 80,000 20,000 350,000 16,000 115,822 34,582 38,180 4,358 29,309 305,039 #3,944 158,766 126,093 36.8C7 51 92,078 227,715 161,464 67,383 17,574 18,732 59.469 11,893 4^,503 25,137 13,159 86.682 2,085 20,089 80,588 175,622 38,322 255,421 25,000 65,000 20,000 106,000 42.934 602,951 16,766 so.iii 336 140 26.000 29,031 27,904 80,682 20,000 60,000 73,442 2,000 31,758 100.000 165,834 10,000 11,559 1,846,728 639,000 3.067.182 50,112 41,679 50,009 36.284 116.893 34,188 626,719 The Power of Money. Howell--Do you believe that money transmits disease? Powell--I know that I'd have a fit if Jones paid me that five dollars he owes me.--Harper's Weekly. Costly Work of Improvement. Massachusetts has been spending at the rate., of about |400,000 a year in removing grade crossings during tfc* lafet 18 .'•«arS. Exciting Elephant Hunt. An elephant hunt with motor cars occurred in Berlin the other night, when six elephants belonging to a menagerie escaped from a railway truck after being frightened by the shriek of a locomotive. Pour of them were captured before they had gone far, but the others led their pursuers a mad chase through the surrounding countryside, lasting altogether 20 hdurs. The fugitives were finally "rounded up" in a forest, and Herr Hagenbeck succeeded in calming them with familiar calls. After they had been fed with generous quantities of oatcakes they were recaptured. Had Heard of It. "He got first prize at the county fair for the finest lard, the best head cheese, the best bacon and the best pickled pigs' feet." "Yes, I heard he hogged all the hon­ ors."--Houston Post. [ Defining a Pessimist. A pessimist is a man who will spend more time trying to discover whose fault It is than he will to find • remedy.--Birmingham Ag* Herald. Women Here and There. Suffragette demonstrations in New York and London are not at all alike. In New York the ladies undertake to call on the mayor; they are informed that he Is not at home; they attempt to make a few speeches and are howled down by the hbodlums, after which they drive away under the most amiable and courtly of police escorts. On the same day in London the ladies "called" on the house of commons and made such a disturbance that a big police detail removed them bodily, the performance causing so much noise and disorder that the members of parliament lost their nerve and or­ dered the galleries closed. Proba­ bly there would have been less trouble in London if the authorities there had been able to meet the movement in the first place with more politeness and patience. In other things as well as in love hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.--New York Evening World. Maori Race Dying Out. The Maoris of New Zealand dumber 42,000. MAY WEAR PUTT'S TOGA TALK OF ROOSEVELT'8 ELECTION TO THE SENATE. President 8aid to Have Intimated That He Would Accept If Taft Were in White House. Washington. -- President Roosevelt may be the successor of Senator Piatt in the senate after he returns from his hunting trip in Africa. Those who regard this as possible declare that they have assurance from the president himself that he would not be averse to the acceptance of the senatorial office under condi­ tions as they will be after March 4. So far as is known he has not ex­ pressed himself on the subject recent­ ly, but he has said within a year that, with Mr. Taft as president, he would not feel the same hesitancy about entering the senate as he would feel with some one in the White House with whom his relations were not as Intimate as they are with Mr. Taft. His genera] attitude has been ad­ verse to entering the senate because he has felt that as a member of that body he would be called upon to criti­ cise his successor in the presidency, and this he would feel a delicacy about doing. He has said, however, that, knowing Mr. Taft as he does know him, and agreeing with him in all es­ sentials as he does, he is confident that there would not be any occasion for antagonism. He has not gone to the extent at any time of indicating that he would desire the office even with Taft as president, but merely has said that with him in that position his chief reason for not desiring the sen­ atorial position would disappear. Even this much has not been said since there has been any certainty of Mr. Taft's entering the White House, but the president's outline of his at­ titude is now recalled as offering a possible solution of the senatorial en­ tanglement in New York and as mak­ ing an opening for the continuance of Mr. Roosevelt's public career. It is even suggested that the ab­ sence of the president on his proposed African hunting expedition need not necessarily stand in the way of his election, but rather that such absence might relieve the situation of embar­ rassment to him in case his friends should desire to press his name. SWINDLERS ARE SENTENCED. Nicollet Creamery Company Men Con­ victed at Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Minn.--James T. Mul- hall was sentenced to 15 months at the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan.; Edgar McConkey to one year and one day at L javenworth, and Felix Nathanson to six months In the county jail by Judge Milton Purdy Friday. After nearly six hours' deliberation, the federal jury Thursday night re­ turned a verdict of guilty against the three men, charged with conspiracy to defraud by the use of the mails. Al­ leged fraudulent operation of the Nicollet Creamery Company in Minne­ apolis last fall was the specific charge in the Indictment upon which the men were convicted. Farmers throughout the northwest are said to have lost heavily by shipping produce which was never paid for. Escaped Convict Is Caught. Kalamazoo, Mich.--Charles Kelly, who escaped two years ago from the penitentiary at Columbus, O., was ar­ rested here Sunday night. It is said that Kelly had served 14 years of a 25-year term for manslaughter when he was made a trusty and escaped. Fatally 8hoots His 8ister. Alliance, Neb.--As the result of a shooting affray near here Lizzie -Braner is in the hospital fatally wounded and her brother, Charles Braner, who did the shooting, and her sweetheart, Frank Augustine, are in the county jail. Braner objected to the attentions of Augustine to his sister and when the couple went rid­ ing Saturday night the brother fol­ lowed them. Miss Braner was wear­ ing the overcoat of the escort and mis­ taking her for the man, Braner shot her. Augustine was slightly wounded. Foreign Missions to Get $1,060,578. St. Louis.--The general committee of foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal church, at its session here Friday afternoon, began the work of Itemizing the appropriations for the year 1909, after voting to appropriate a total of $1,060,578. Kentucky Town Is In Danger. Mayfleld, Ky.--Miles of creek bot­ tom lands near Boas, north of here, are on fire and a large posse of citi­ zens is fighting to keep the flames from entering that town. SARDOU 18 NO MORE. French Dramatist Dies at the Age off 77 Years. Paris.--Victorien Sardou, who had been ill for a long time, died Sunday from pulmonary congestion. He was the dean of French dramatists and a member of the French Academy. The man whose first play was hissed and who then wanted to go to Ameri­ ca to seek his fortune, died rich and honored, with the proud title of France's greatest and most prolific contemporary dramatist. Victorien Sardou was a man pos­ sessed of singular charm and was greatly beloved,' and there is universal regret that he left no memoirs. He was born in Paris, September 7, 1831, the son of Leandre Sardou, an edu­ cationalist and compiler of several publications. M. Sardou realized a princely for­ tune by his writings and built a splen­ did chateau at Marlyle-Roy. He mar­ ried, on June 17, 1872, Mile. Soulier, daughter of the conservateur of the Museum of Versailles. He was deco­ rated with the Legion of Honor in 1863 and was elected a member of the French Academy in 1877. PHONE COMPANY IN TROUBLE. Receivers for Concern at Rock Island, Moline and Davenport. Rock Island, III.---The Union Tele* phone & Telegraph Company, .having a telephone system in Rock Island and Moline, 111., and Davenport, la., and capitalized at $550,000, went into the hands of a receiver Thursday on an application filed by the American Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago. H. H. Bratt, general manager of the company, and Leroy J. Wolfe of Dav­ enport were named as joint receivers. The bill filed in the circuit court al­ leges that the company has not kept up Interest on $400,000 of bonds and has otherwise failed to meet its obliga­ tions. W. H. TAPPAN A SUICIDE. Well-Known Steel Man of Louisville Kills Himself. New York.--Walworth H. Tappan, well-known in the iron and steel trade of the south and middle west, who lived in Louisville, Ky., blev^ his brains out Sunday night in the wash­ room of the Hotel-Savoy, a Fifth av­ enue hostelry. The report of the shot was heard throughout the lower part of the hotel and created great excite­ ment. Despondency over a nervous afflic­ tion, which was constantly growing worse, is given by his wife as the cause Of Tappan's act. Life Sentence for Slayer. Laporte, Ind.--Albert Roubick, who testified Saturday that he. had mur­ dered Emil Kvasnicka, a Chicago jew­ eler, because of infatuation for his vic­ tim's wife, whom he expected to mar­ ry, was given a sentence for life im­ prisonment by the jury, which report­ ed Sunday. Roubick, when informed of the verdict of the jury, was mani­ festly disappointed. He said he made a confession of his crime, hoping the jury would sentence him to death on the gallows. Seven Die in Burning House. 8wan Lake, Man.--The home of E. W. Carey, a farmer living a few miles south of here, was destroyed by fire and Mrs. Carey, five children and a Miss Oillespie, a young school teacher who was staying over night with the family, perished in the flames. Mr. Carey was so badly injured that he cannot recover. Great Dynamite Explosion. Montreal, Que.--Half a ton of dyna­ mite stored on a scow belonging to the Montreal harbor commission explod­ ed Sunday afternoon with a roar that was heard and a shock that was felt all over the city. Many buildings suf­ fered more or less damage. BOELLENT WEATHER m MAGNIFICENT CROPS R£P6RTS from western cam. ADA ARE VERY ENCOURAGING. A correspondent writes the Whutfr peg (Man.) Free Press: "The Plncb- er Creek district, (Southern Al­ berta), the original home of wheat, where It has been grown with- out failure, dry seasons and wet, for about 25 years, is excelling itself thin year. The yield and quality are both phenomenal, as has been the weather for its harvesting. Forty bushels is a common yield, and many fields go up to 60, 60 and over, and most of it No. 1 Northern. Even last year, which was less' favorable, similar yields were Id some cases obtained, but owing to the season the quality was not so good. It U probably safe to say that the aver­ age yield from the Old Man's River to the boundary will be 47 or 48 bushels per acre, and mostly No. 1 Northern, One man has just piade a net profit from his crop of $19.55 per acre, or little less than the selling price of land. Land here is too cheap at pres­ ent, when a crop or two wiir pay for It, and a failure almost unknown. Nor Is the district dependent on wheat* all other crops do well, also stock and dairying, and there is a large market at the doors in the mining towns up the Crows Nest Pass, and in British Co­ lumbia, for the abundant hay of the district, and poultry, pork, and gar­ den truck. Coal is near and cheap. Jim Hill has an eye on its advan­ tages, and has Invested here, and is bringing the Great Nortnern Railroad soon, when other lines will follow." The wheat, oat and barley crop in other parts of Western Canada show splendid yields and will make the farmers of that country (and many of them are Americans) rich., The Cana­ dian Government Agent for this dis­ trict advises us that he will be pleased to give information to all who desire it about the new land regulations by which a settler may now secure 160 acres in addition to his 160 home­ stead acres, at $3.00 an acte, and also how to reach these lands into which railways are being extended. It might be interesting to read what is said of that country by the Editor of the Marshall (Minn.) News-Messenger, who made a trip through portions of it In July, 1908. "Passing through more' than three thousand miles of Western Canada's agricultural lands, touring; the northern and southern farming belts of the Provinces of Manitoba* Saskatchewan and Alberta, with nu­ merous drives through the great grain fields, we were made to realize not only the magnificence of the crops, but the magnitude, in measures, of the vast territory opening, and to be opened to farming immigration. There are hundreds of thousands of farmers there, and millions of acres under cul­ tivation, but there is room , for mil­ lions more, and other millions of acre­ age available. We could see in Western Canada in soil, product, topography or climate, little that is different from Minnesota, and with meeting at every point many business men and farmers who went there from this state, it was difficult to realize one was beyond the boundary of the country." The Little Girl and the Donkey. The four-year-old daughter of » Washington man not long ago saw a donkey for the first time. She talked to her father a good deal touching the unusual sight. It was a "dear donkey," it was a "lovely donkey," etc., etc. Soon the child exhausted her stock of adjectives. "And so you liked the donkey, did you?" asked the fond parent. "Oh, so much, daddy!" returned the youngster. "That is, I liked him pret­ ty well. But I didn't like to hear him donk."--Lipplncott's. • A Piercing Motive. "That farmer's wife certainly does stick her boarders." "Very likely; it's her pin money Baltimore American. G'44B^a Savings Investments SAFER THAN A SAVINGS BANK AND PAYING BETTER INTEREST Seven p«r cant, city improvement bonds, payable one to ten years. A gilt edge investment Write at once. T. H. PHILLIPS & COMPANY 20S Equitable Bldtf.. Tmom, Wuk. Shorthand Writers •md fruiuTwo to Omt Hundred Hollars 'MULONT 81IOUTHAND is "«»ttlveiy the MM system to lake up by mail. You ran n*aru u at yoal home by devotins a abort time each day to study. Write for particulars. MOIjONY SHORTHAND SCHOOL, Dkft. NINE. KLMUUK8T, 2UL Former Bank Cashier Arrested. Trenton, N. J.--Charles H. Jones, who was cashier of the First National bank of Seabright, N. J., is under ar­ rest on a charge of misapplying $16,• 000 of the funds of the bank. Mills Long Closed to Reopen. New Hartford, Conn.--It was stated here Friday that the cotton mills of the Mount Vernon and Woodbury cot­ ton duck syndicate, located here, would be started again as soon as new machinery is installed. These mills were closed a decade ago. Sportsmen's Supplies WE SAVE YOU MONEY Kat&log for 8c. stajap POWELL&CLEKENT CJL 4M> lUla St., CiariftMii, 4 Many Women Hunters in N«w York. Albany, N. Y.--Scores of women throughout the state have taken out applications for hunting licenses, ac­ cording to reports made to the stAte forest and game commission. A>r famous »n<1 dellclow camliett and chiK 'olatei, write in the maker for est- tile#, wholesale or retatil. Gunth er" iCo nfectioMIT 212 Slat* Street. Cliicago, HL VIRGINIA. 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