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p>' 11kMdknir I'lamdcalcr'lJĴ IP ~ i" Published by F. Q. aCHREINBIfc. miiNoia flWHENRY. :f^:' K" &&>r kr r , &I-V-. $' >V-' The early bird doesn't |«t tht vora merely by being early. Every little presidential candidate baa a keynote of his own. In case of a coal strike will the ooal Mb give space for a mushroom bed? I v - & . -v % WV ' | | fc-SUiT ."A ? 15 WHITE STAR LINER UTANIC The cellar of a Pennsylvania farmer u dropped Into a ooal mine. Lucky Our own weather is bad enough, bat In China they are baring a reign of terror. Being shot at occasionally is not one of the legitimate annoyances of a king's Job. Greatest Sea Catastrophe in Marine History Be­ falls White Star Liner. A California woman with a " model husband" has been granted a divorce. She deserves It. Another blow to woman suffrage. As Illinois genius has invented an unbreakable window. Batter can be made directly from grass, says a scientist. Possibly a Misprint, for "grease." WIRELESS AIDS RESCUE Repeated Calls Heard by Half Score Ships Whidh Hasten to Scene. NOTED PEOPLE ARE IN PERIL The Countess of Warwick says that a woman is at her beet at fifty. Ouess how old the countess is. A Missouri g»rl wants $2,000 for seven kisses. One would almost im­ agine from that that kisses are scarce. The New Jersey assembly has passed a bill Imposing a $1 tax on female cats. Is there a mouse trap trust? This is not such an extravagant na­ tion after all. A New Yorker was kill­ ed crossing the subway tracks to save a nlckeL Sarah Bernhardt will get $7,000 a week for playing in vaudeville--al­ most enough to buy fresh eggs every morning. Proprietors of Ithaca soda fountains will not hall with Joy the news that Cornell students have adopted the no- treat rule. A Judge in New York rules that mother love Is not necessary to a child. In some cases we are in favor of the recall. It Is said that 200 former criminals are driving taxlcabs in New York, in reading the above sentence the "for­ mer" is silent A preacher says that the saddest hour of the day comes after sunset. That's when most of the vaudevlllo stunts are pulled off. A Parisian philosopher says that vio­ lent movements produce violent thoughts. He must have found a slip­ pery sidewalk somewhere. Ten aviators have been killed so far thi« year, compared with four in the same time last yesr. Does this indi­ cate how aviation progresses? A man In Yonkers tried to kick a dog anw fell with his legs paralysed. Even nature has Joined in the general objection to kicking dogs around. Two New York motormen ran over the same unfortunate pedestrian. Those two men are wasting their tal­ ents by not getting Into Wall street Aady Carnegie arises to remark that the farmer is the only happy man in this country. And yet we seldom hear of a steel magnate dying of grleL A Cleveland preacher says the Amer­ ican home ia rapidly disappearing. He mnit missing the o!d-f»?hioaed dis Sera he used to be invited to. Laced boots with spats have been authorized by the kaiser with the un­ dress uniform of German soldiers. German army officers may have spats, but they are forbidden to have duels. The attorney general of California has decided that when a California woman becomes the wife of an alien she loses her vote. Does a German girl who is married to an Irishman become Irish? Because she had a revolver in ker stocking a Los Angeles woman was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. Her hobble skirt must have been longer than most of those that are seen hereabouts. Astronomers have discovered a new star in the heavens. Theatrical mana­ gers discover them in any old place nearly every day, and when the nat­ ural supply gives out they manufac­ ture them. Women and Children Are Said to Have Been Taken Off by the Vir­ ginian and Carpathla--Largest Ves­ sel Afloat Founders Four Hours After Ramming Iceberg Off Grand Banks of Newfoundland. New York, April 16--The Titanic of the White Star line, the biggest, most luxurious ship in th6 world, lies at the bottom of the sea and the latest re­ ports available are that more than 1,600 of its 2,200 passengers and crew have been drowned. The great vessel sank just south of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and 600 miles southeast of Halifax. Press bulletins by wireless from Cape Race announced that only 675 passengers and crew bad been res­ cued. Admits "Horrible Loss." Vice-President Franklin of the White Star company conceded that there had been "a horrible loss of life'* and said he had no information to dis­ prove the report which gave the num­ ber of rescued at 675. This would leave a death roll of 1,625. Mr. Frank­ lin said the monetary loss could not be estimated, although he intimated that it would run into the millions. "We can replace the money," he added, "but not the lives. It is hor­ rible." Information Is Meager. "As far as we know," continued Mr. Franklin, "it has been rumored from Halifax that three steamers have pas­ sengers on board--namely: The Vir­ ginian, the Carpathia and the Parisian. "Now we have heard from Captain Haddock that the Titanic sank at 2:20 this morning. We have also learned from him that the Carpathia had 675 survivors on board. It is difficult to learn if the Virginian and the Parisian have any survivors on board. "We have asked Captain Haddock and our agent at Halifax to ascertain If there are any passengers aboard the two Bteamships. "We much fear, however, that there has been a great loss of life, but it is impossible for us to give further par­ ticulars until we have heard from the Parisian and the Virginian. We have no information that there are any pas­ sengers aboard these two steamships." Mr. Franklin said there was a suf­ ficient number of lifeboats to take all the passengers from the Titanic. Greatest Marine Disaster. Accepting the early estimate of the fatality list as accurate, the disaster is the greatest in the marine history of the world. Nearest approaching it in magnitude were the disasters to the steamer Atlantic in 1R73, when 574 lives were lost, and to La Bourgogne In 1898, with a fatality list of 571. Should it prove that the Allen liners Parisian and Virginian picked up oth­ ers of the Titanic's passengers the ex­ tent of the calamity would be greatly reduced. This hope still remains. The persons aboard the ill fated ves­ sel were divided up as follows: First cabin 318 Second cabin 300 Third cabin (steerage) 722 Crew 860 Easier Messages Held Hope. News of the sinking of the liner and the terrible loss of life in consequence came with all the greater shock be­ cause hope had been buoyed up by re­ ports that the steamship, although badly damaged, was not in a sinking condition and that all Its passengers had been safely taken off. The messages were mostly unofficial, however, and none came direct from the liner, so that a lurking fear re­ mained of possible bad news to come. Shortly after seven o'clock Monday night there came flashing over the ^ r - r ? , ' . v ' yt - - " a " v: - ̂ Largest Steamship Afloat, Which Coll Ided With an Iceberg Off the Banks of Newfoundland While on Hsr Initial Trip. A New York physician who married Skinny's Feast. ft doctor wjlqIb & divorce htvkhsa • 11 _ his patients deserted him and wem °f th* Toront° golf C,ubs glVe8 to her for medical advice and treat- * dlnner each year lo lhe caddy ment. Some men are so exacting that i emPloys At th« feast last fall one they are not satisfied merely to have I °* the t*0?6' a tough youngsU r, dis- it all in the family. A. Maurice Low In a lecture at Yale the other night characterized newspa- per reporters as "men of trivial minds without perspective and with­ out education." Some reporter had probably referred to Mr. Low as one Who "also spoke." dained to^use any of the forks he found at his place, but loaded his food into himself with his knife. When the ice cream course was reached and he still used his knife, a hoy who sat opposite to him and who could stand it no longer, shouted: "Gee, look at Skinny, usin' his iron all the way 'round!"--Saturday Evening Post. wires from Cape Race, within 400 miles of which the liner iad struck the iceberg, word that at 2:20 o'clock Monday morning, three hours and flf- ty-flve minuteb after receiving its death blow, the Titanic had sunk. Carpathia Comes Too Late. The news came from the steamer Carpathia, relayed by the White Star liner Olympic, and revealed that by the time the Carpathia, outward bound from New York and racing for the Ti­ tanic on a wireless call, had reached the scene the doomed vessel had sunk. Left on the surface, however, were lifeboats from the Titanic, and in them--as appears in meager reports received up to a late hour--were some 675 survivors of the disaster. These, according to the advices, the Carpathia picked up and is now on its way with them to New York. All Men Passengers Lost? A significant line in the Cape Race dispatch *as the announcement that of those saved by the Carpathia nearly all were women and children. Should it prove that no other vessel picked up any passengers of the sinking liner this might mean that few of the men on board had been saved as the pro­ portion of women and children among the passengers was large. The same facts would likewise spell the doom of practically the whole crew. In the cabins were 230 women and children, but it is not known how many there were among the 740 third class passengers. In the first cabin there were 128 women and 15 children and in the second cabin 79 women and 8 children. Vessel on Maiden Voyage. The Titanic was on its maiden voy­ age. When it found itself among the ice fields on the Grand Banks the ves­ sel sent call after call to the hurrying liners of the upper roads--the Cunard- er Carpathia, the Virginian and the Persian of the Allen line, the great Baltic, the "Good Samaritan of the Atlantic," and the big Germans that were plowing their way between the continents. The Carpathia and the Virginian, wheeling in their course raced to the aid of the Titanic. Suspense After First News. It has been many years since the world was left in such suspense and dread as followed the first faltering calls for help from the crushed vessel. At 10:30 on Sunday night the Virgin­ ian, speeding on its way to Glasgow, picked up the White Star steamship's Marconi signal of distress that clears the air of all lesser messages. The wireless operator of the Virginian caught the cry for help. "Have struck an iceberg. Badly damaged. Rush aid." Seaward and landward J. G. Phillips, the Titanic's wireless man, was pend­ ing the appeal for help. The wireless was working unevenly and blurringly. A word or two, scattered phrases, now and then a connected sentence, made up the messages that sent a thrill of apprehension for a thousand miles east, west and south of the doomed liner. Other liners besides the Virginian heard the call. The big Baltic, 2,020 miles to the eastward and west-bound, turned again to try to save life as it did when the Republic was cut down in a fog in January, 1909. The Titanic's mate, the Olympic, the greatest of seagoers save the Titanic Itself, turned in Its tracks. All along the northern lane the miracle of the wireless worked for the distressed and sinking White Star ship. Virginian Gets First Appeal. The Hamburg-American Cincinnati, the Parisian, from Glasgow; the North German Lloyd Prlnz Frledrich Wil- helm, the Hamburg-American liners Prinz Adalbert and Amerika all heard the "C. Q. D." and the rapid, con­ densed explanation of what had hap­ pened. But the Virginian--barely 170 miles away--was the first to know of the Ti­ tanic's danger. It went about and headed under forced draught for the spot indicated in one of the last of the wireless messages--latitude 40.32 Not Used to It. Theater Manager--You are engaged for the box office. All you will have to do is to receive money. "Thanks. I think I should like to have a few rehearsals."--Meggendor- fer Blaetter. north and longtitude 51.18 weft. The final fluttering Marconigrams that were released from the Titanic made it certain that the great steamship was filling land in desperate peril. Farther out at sea was the Car­ pathia, which left New York for the Mediterranean on April 13. This boat plunged back westward. And the third steamship within short sailing of the Titanic was the Allen Parisian, away to the eastward on its way from Glasgow to Halifax. Message to Cape Race. While these vessels hastened with all the drive that steam could give thejn, the Titanic'B call reached to Cape Race, in Newfoundland, and the startled operator there heard a mes­ sage which quickly reached New York. "Have struck an iceberg. We are badly damaged. Titanic, Latitude 41.46 north, 50.14 west." Cape Race threw the appeal broad­ cast wherever his apparatus could car­ ry. So that for hours, while the world waited for a crumb of news as to the safety of the great ship's people, not one thing more was kno%n, save that it was drifting, broken, helpless, and alone, in the midst of a waste of ice. Conflicting Word to World. And it was not until 17 hours after the Titanic had sunk, carrying with it--as now seems almost certain--a great part of its passengers and crew, that the words came out of the air as to the vessel's fate. There was a con­ fusion and tangle of messages--a jumble of rumors. Good tidings were trodden upon by evil, and no man knew clearly what was taking place in that stretch of water where-the giant icebergs were making a mock of all that the world knew best in ship building. Silence Tells Hopeless Fight. The last wohl from the Titanic was that it was sinking. Then the spark­ ing became fainter. The call was dying to nothing. The Virginian's op­ erator labored over a blur of signals. It was hopeless. So the Allen ship strove on, fearing that the worst had happened. It was this ominous silence that alarmed the other vesgpls hurrying to the Titanic and that caused suspense and then horror here. Although the Virginian had been the first to hear the appeal, the Carpathia was the first of the relief ships to ar­ rive. And it is the vessel which is reported to have rescued the 675 per­ sons off the Titanic. Lifeboats as Last Hope. It is assumed here that before help came Capt. E. J. Smith of the Titanic, the admiral of the White Star fleet, the careful veteran who has brought so many of the line's finest ships to this port on their maiden trips, real­ ized early that there was small chanoe of his vessel staying above water and that reliance must be had on the small boats. He had 50 lifeboats, supposed to be capable of resisting the battering of heavy seas. They were in theory capable of holding 50 persons each. So far as could be told from the scant and cryptic wireless messages from the ships that found the Titanic, these boats were afloat and fending away from the Titanic and threaten­ ing icebergs when the Carpathia blazed through the gloom. Notable Persons in Peril.. Notable persons, travelers on the Titanic, whose fate was in doubt in the lack of definite advices as to the identity of the survivors were Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Aster, Maj. Archi­ bald Butt, aid to President Taft; Charles M. Hays, president of the Grand Trunk Pacific of Canada, his wife and daughter; W. T. Stead, Ben­ jamin Guggenheim, F. D. Millet, the artist, and J. G. Widener of Philadel­ phia; Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus; J. P. Thayer, vice-president of the Penn­ sylvania railroad; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ryerson and child of Philadelphia (formerly of Chicago); Mr. and Mrs. J. Clinch Smith, J. Bruce Ismay, Henry B. Harris, the theatrical manager, and Mrs. Harris, and Col. Washington Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn bridge. Ah, Yes! "Ah,* 'sighed Mrs. Plumpley, "that song carries me back to my childhood days." "Some carrier," whispered Mrs. Snip person, turning to Mrs. Ka- Flippe. FIRST CABIN LIST »1 DOOMED SHIP [Hundreds of Well Known Men ; \ Were Among Passengers." FEARED MANY ARi LOST Known That John Jaoob Actor Was Drowned--Names Include M ant­ her® of Prominent Families of America and Europe. A Brooklyn woman spent |60 for • ; faaket tor her pet dog. We presume ' 4be also had white crepe on the door j, _ " /• V -f ' \ An English mining engineer is in &\>4jrts eoufitry offering for sale an ex­ plosive called amerite, which he Olalma to be more powerful and less #ungerous than dynamite. Indeed, he , asserts that it Is as safe to handle as S S sack' of sugar. The inventor be- ^ neves amerite will net explode the f ooal duet in mines. If this is so the pew explosive will be a life-saver and ' jjtornliT quickly supplant all others. h' ,J Hit Real Concern* nrat Bohemian--May I borrow your gray tie? Second Ditto--Certainly. But why all this tormality of asking permis­ sion? First--l can t find It --Answers. His Occupation. Farmer Hornbeak--What's your nephew, that graduated from college a spell ago, doin' now" Farmer Bentover--Still colorin* a meerschaum pipe.--Judge. HI* Excuse. Wife--Can you give me a little more housekeeping money, my dear? Husband-Sorry, my love, but 1 haven't a cent, leit I've been insur­ ing against burglary and thofL-- Flie'gecde Blatter. Who Voted Against Him? "I congratulate you," said the pretty girl. Why? asked the young man who was one of her many admirers. "Father and mother and 1 took a straw vote last night and you had a clear majority of one." Spurious Welcome. Short--Well, old chaj, you're last fellow I expected to see. the Distant Uncle. Shortlelgh--My Uncle Frank veritable Klondike. Longleigh--Why, how's that? Shortlelgh--Plenty of wealth, cold and distant.--Smart Sot. to a but Dolls of Thirty Canturies Ago. Children living three thousand years ago played with dolls and toys even as those of today. Proof of this is found in the British museum in London. Here there are dolls with clay heads for hair and many toys that the children of Egypt once played with. Ew&tofc, April 16--The first-class passenger list of the steamship Ti­ tanic includes 318 names, as follows: 'ADAMS, MISS EL [ALLISON, A. J., wife, daughter, son. maid and nurse. ANDERSON, HARRY. ANDREWS, MISS CORNELIA L ANDREWS, THOMAS. APPLETON, MRS. E. D. ART AG A-VE YTLA, RAYMOND. ASTOR. JOHN JACOB, wife and two servants. ATJBERT, MRS. M>, and maid. BARKWORTK, O. H. v BAIT MANN. J. BAXTER, MRS. JAMEB. BAXTER, QUIOG. BEATTIE, T. BECKWITH, R. T., and wife. BEHR, K. H. BISHOP, D. H.. and wife. BJORNSTROM, H. BLACKWELL, STEPHEN WEAR. BLANK, HENRY. BONNELL, MISS CAROLINE. BONNELL, LILLY. BOREBANK, J. J. BOWEN, MISS. BOWERMAN, ELSIE. BRADY, JOHN B. BRANDEIS, E. BRAYTON, GEORGE. BREW, DR. ARTHUR JACKSON. BROWN. MRS. J. J. BROWN, MRS. J. M. BUCKNELL, MRS. S. W.. and maid. BUTT, MAJOR ARCHIBALD W. CALDERHEAD, E. P. CARDELL, MRS. CHURCHILL. CARDEZA, MRS. J. W. M., and maid. CARDEZA, T. D. M., and man servant CARLSON, FRANK. CARRAN, P. M. CARRAN, J. P. CARTER, WILLIAM E., wife, son, daughter and maid. CASE, HOWARD B. CAVENDISH, T, W., wife and maid. CHAMBERS, N. C., and wife. CHERRY, MISS GLADYS. CHEVRE, PAUL. CHIBNALL, MRS. E. M. CHISHOLM, ROBERT. CLARK, WALTER M., and wife. CLIFFORD, GEORGE QUINCY . COLLEY, E. P. COMPTON, MRS. A. T., and son. COMPTON, MISS S. W. CORNELL, MRS. R. C. CRAFTON, JOHN B. CROSBY, EDWARD G.. wife and daughter. CUMMINS, JOHN B., and wife. DALY, P. D. DANIEL, ROBERT W. DAVIDSON, THORNTON, and wife. DEVILLIERS, MRS. B. DICK, A. A., and wife. DOUGLAS, MRS. E. DOUGLAS, W.. wife and maid. DODGE, WASHINGTON, wife and son. DULLES, WILLIAM O. EARN SHEW, MRS. BOULTON, ENDRES. MISS CAROLINE. EUSTIS, MISS E. M. EGANHEIM, MR. A. F. L FLYNN, J. I. FOREMAN, B. L. FORTUNE. MARK, wife and four children. FRANKLIN, T. P.' FRAUENTHAL, T. G. FROLICHER, MISS MARGUERITE. FUTRELLE, J., and wife. GEE, ARTHUR GIBSON, MRS. L. GIBSON, MISS D. GOLDENBERG. E. L, and wife. GOLDESCHMIDT, GEORGE B. GRACTF^COL. ARCHIBALD. GRAHAM, MR. and MRS. W. GRAHAM, MISS MARGARET E. GREENFIELD, W. B. GIGLIO, VICTOR. GUGGENHEIM, BENJAMIN. HARDER. GEORGE A., and wife. HARPER, HENRY SLEEPER, wife and servant. HARRIS, HENRY B.. and wife. HARRISON, W. H. HAVEN, H. HAWKSFORD, W. J. HAYS. CHARLES M., wife, daughter and maid HEAD, CHRISTOPHER HEST, W. F. HILLIARD, HERBERT HENRY. HOPKINS, W. E. HIPPACH, MRS. IDA S. HIPPACH, MISS JEAN. HOOGEBOOM, MRS. JOHN C. HOLVERSON, A. O., and wife. HOYT, FREDERICK M., and wife. ICHAM, MISS A. E. ISMAY, J. BRUCE, wife and servant JONES, C. C. JULIAN. H. F. KENT. EDWARD A. KENYON, F. R., and wife. His Lineage. Mine. Lineage--Is he from a family of good connections? Mme. Parvenu--Well, I should say! His mother and father both spelled their names with a hyphen. Jack-O - Lantern. In These Daya of Many Operations. "I met Mrs. Oiffcffd yesterday." she satd. -Did yotiT* he replied. "Was she going to the hospital or just getting •utr Masses Long Provided For. The Rev. John Campbell of Port- rush, County Antrim, Ireland, who died leaving a personal estate valued at $7,575, bequeathed a sum of money Invested in the Belfast corporation and the Midland railway to his mother and sister during their lives, r®" rounder "for the celebration of for 999 years." Peculiarities of 8tanl«ns. . , -- In the monkey family the orang- "k ^ 1 8ay 11 80 loud' P-leas<J' outang and the hylobates are right- everybody will thing I owe you Borne- | handed, while the gorillas ahd the thing.--Black and White. 1 chlmpansee are left handed. Uncle Pennywlse Says: We're in the movement to beautify Plunkville. My daughter has painted a Epray of flowers on our ash barrel- KIMBALL, E. N., and wife. KLABER, HERMAN. 'v LAMBERT, WILLIAM *. < K* \ ^ LEADER, MRS. A. . LEWIS, E. G. If LINES, MRS. ERNEST H. . P LINES, MISS MARY 0. LINDTROM, MRS. 3. LONG, MILTON C. LORING, J. H. LONGLEY, MISS GRBTCHBN MADILL, MISS GBORGETTA A. ' MAGUIRE, J. E. MAROCHAL, PIERRE. MAVIN, D. W., and wife. M'CAFFRY, T. M'CARTHY, TIMOTHY J. M'GOUGH. J. R. MELODY. A. MEYER, EDGAR J., and wife. MILLET, FRANK D. MINAHAN, DR W. E., wife and daugh­ ter. MOLSOM, H. MARK LAND. MOORE, CLARENCE and servant MORGAN, MR., wife and maM. NATSCH, CHARLES. NEWELL, A. W. NEWELL, MISS ALICE. NEWELL, MISS MADELINE. NEWSOM, MISS HELEN. NICHOLSON, A. S. OSTBY, F; O. and daughter. OVIES, S. PARR, M. H. W. PARTNER, AUSTIN. PAYNE, V, PEARS, THOMAS, and wife. PEN A SCO, VICTOR, wife and maid. PEUCHEN, MAJOR ARTHUR. PORTE, WALTER CHAMBERLAIN POTTER, MRS. THOMAS, JR. REUCHLINJG. JONKHEER. RHEIMS, GEORGE. ROBERT, MRS. E. S., and maM. ROEBLING, W. A. 2d. ROLMANS, C. ROOD, HUGH. ROSENBAUM, MISS. ROSS, J. HUGO. ROTHES, COUNTESS, and maid. ROTHSCHILD, M., and wife. ROWE, ALFRED. RYERSON, ARTHUR, wife, two daughters, son and maid. SAALFELD, ADOLPH. SAHEE, HERBERT F., and wife. SALOMAN, A. L. SCHABERT, MR. SEWARD, FREDERICK. SCHUTES, MISS E. W. SILVERTHORNE, MR. SILVEY, WILLIAM B.. and wife. SIMONIUS, COLONEL ALFONSO, SLOPER, WILLIAM T. SMART, JOHN M. SMITH, J. CLINCH. SMITH, R. W. SNYDER, JOHN, and wife. " SPEDDEN, F. O., wife son and maid. SPENSER, W. A., wife and maid. STAHELIN, DR. MAX. STEAD, W. T. STEHLI, MAX. F., and wife. STENGEL, C. E. H. E., and wife. STEPHENSON. MRS. W. B. STEWART. A. A. STONE, MRS. GEORGE M., and ipaid. STRAUS, ISIDOR. wife and two serv­ ants. SUTTON, FREDERICK. SWIFT, MRS. FREDERICK JOEL. TAUSSIG, EMIL and wife. TAUSSIG, RUTH. TAYLOR, E. S.. and wife. THAYER, J. B., wife, son and maty. THORNE, J., and wife. TUCKER, G. M., Jr. URUCHURTU, MR. VANDERHOFF, WYCKOFF. WALKER, W. ANDERSON. WARREN. F. H., and wife. WEIR, J. WHITE, M. J. WHITE, PERCIVAL W. WHITE. RICHARD F., wife and two servants. WICK, GEORGE D., and wife. WICK, MISS MARY. WIDENER, GEORGE D., wife and two servantB. WIDENER, HARRY. WILLARD, MISS CONSTANCE. WILLIAMS, DUANE. WILLIAMS, N. M. JR. WOLLNER, HUGH. WRIGHT, GEORGE. YOUNG. MISS MARIE. FEARS FOR MAJ. A. BUTT 3t {J •125,000 AiERICANS W TP CANADA J! lilt- ; THE YEAR 1*12 WILL SHOW* * QREAT INCREASE. te a report of the House Committee* (Washington) appears the following;; "Canada offers a three-year home- „ stead upon good land, easily reclaimed and cultivated, with six months' leave of absence each year and most lenient regulations." All of which is true and it is the part of the careful reader to _ sider the opportunities that exist Western Canada which, in addition to; the above, are attractive features. The evidence of these Is found in the letters contributed by some of the settlers. For Instance: A former Min- nesotan, writing from Warner, South* era Alberta, speaks of that district, but what he says, applies generally to ill of Southern Alberta. He says: "I have seen six crops, four of them* were first class, one of them a very; good crop, and the other a poor crop. Government statistics for the last fif­ teen years show that thia country has •vcraged about fifteen or sixteen Inches of moisture. In 1910 there was only seven inches, and in 1911 twenty- two inches. The 1S09 crop was about as good as I have seen In this coun­ try and we had about twelve inchea of moisture, so that I am thoroughly con­ vinced that with normal conditions, that Is, from twelve to fifteen inches of moisture, and with the natural In­ crease of population and immigration, that Southern Alberta will be one of the very best mixed farming districts in the world. We have good soil, good water, and a good climate, and alto­ gether Just as desirable a country to live in as Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, or Wisconsin." i Hundreds of letters are on file from" former American settlers, which give good reasons why the Western Can­ ada lands are being settled so rapidly. Full particulars can be had of any Cat nadian Government Agent, who will furnish literature and give low rate certificates. Excursions are being run' dally. NOT Mm. Preacher--Here, stop fighting, littW boy. *• | Little Boy--What, stop, and my girl standing on the .corner eyeing me!; Not on your life! She'd think 1 was &! quitter. Life 8entence. The marquis of Queensberry, apro^ pos of the long sentence of Foulke E. Brandt, said at a dinner In New York: "It reminds me of an Incident in London. A certain peer drove in a taxicab to Westminster and, when h» got out, gave the driver .a very small tip. "The driver mistook him for a mem­ ber of the house of commons and snarled: " 'I hope you get turned out next election and don't never get In again!' " 'Don't worry, my friend,' said the peer, as he set off for the house of lords. 'Don't worry--I'm in for life.'" Titanic Disaster Spreads Terror Over Official Washington. / Washington, April 16.--The news of the Titanic disaster spread Borrow over official Washington. The report is especially distressing on account of the fate of Maj. Archibald Butt, the president's military aide, who was aboard the vessel returning from Eu­ rope. Major Butt's trip to Europe was partly an official mission in that he bore a message to the pope from President Taft thanking his holiness for creating three American cardinals. ASTOR VICTIM IN TITANIC Be-One of Richest Men in World lieved Drowned in Disaster. New York, April 16.--John Jacob Astor, one of the five richest men in the world, is reported among the drowned in the Titanic disaster. His bride of less than a year, the former Miss Madeline Force, is reported to have been saved. His Terms. "How much are you going to charge me for an automobile by the hour?" asked the lawyer. "Oh, you can have one on your own terms. The last time I employed you your terms were about $25 an hour." Temporary. Tom--Say, did you ever kiss a girl in a quiet spot? Bill--Yes, but tfie spot was only quiet while I was lAssing it.--Pennsyl­ vania Punch-Bowl. Violet Rays 8teriliz» Milk. In Holland milk Is sterilised without heating it or adding preservatives to it The bacteria are destroyed by the ultra violet rays of ai. electric light. The milk is made to flow slowly in a thin stream past the light. It is sup­ posed the sterility is due to the quality of the ozone formed by the invisible rays. The Difference. A wise man acknowledges his mis­ take; a foolish one tries to convince himself that he was right. A Believer. Gilford Pinchot, at his brother's house, in Park avenue. New York, lis­ tened quizzically to a political story that was being submitted to him for verification by a political reporter. When tbfe reporter finished bis nar­ rative Mr. Pinchot laughed and said: *'I*ti reply to that as the old Italian peasant replied to the statement that his f«sllow-countryman loved birds too well ever to eat them: " 'Well, I don't mind believing that myself,' the old man said, 'but there s a good many that wouldn't.'" , COFFEE HURTS One lo Three. It Is difficult to make people believo that coffee is a poison to at least one person out of every three, but: people are slowly finding It, out, although thousands of them suffer terribly be­ fore they discover the fact A New York hotel man says: "Each time after drinking coffee I became restless, nervous and excited, so that I was unable to elt five minutes In one place, was also inclined to vomit and suffer from loss of sleepy wnich got worse and worse. "A lady said that perhaps coffee was the cause of my trouble, and suggested that I try Postum. I laughed at the thought that coffee hurt me, but she Insisted so hard that 1 finally had some Postum made. I have been us­ ing it in place of coffee ever since, for I noticed that all my former nervous­ ness and irritation disappeared. I be­ gan fo sleep perfectly, and the Postum tasted as good or better than the old coffee, so what was the use of sticks ing to a beverage that was injuring me? "One day on an excursion up the country I remarked to a young lady friend on her greatly Improved appear- anoe. She explained that some time before she had quit using coffee and taken to Postum. She had gained a number of pounds and her former pal­ pitation of the heart, humming in the ears, trembling of the hands and legs and other disagreeable feelings had disappeared. She oecommended me to quit coffee and take Postum and waa very much surprised to find that I had already made the change. ^ v "She said her brother had also re­ ceived great benefits from leaving off coffee and taking on Postum." "There's a reason." Ever read (ke above letter? A bcw appears froM tlaae to tlaae. They are gennine, true, wad tall *f laan tatercaU