HEW DISTRICTS AND
NEW RAILWAYS
Western Canada affords bet.
ter c0nditi0n8 than ever
for settlement.
To tho Editor Sir: Doubtless
many of your readers will bo pleased
to hiiro somo word from tho grain
fields of Western Canada, whore such
a largo number of Americans havo
made their homo during tho past few
years. It Is pleasing to bo able to re
port that generally tho wheat yield
lias been good; It will avorago about
20 bushols to tho aero. Thero will
bo many coses whero tho yield will go
35 bushels to tho aero, and others
whoro 60 bushols to tho aero has
boon recorded. Tho oat and barloy
crop has been splendid. Tho prices
of all grains will bring to tho farmors
a magnificent return for tholr labors.
An Instanco has been brought to my
notlco of a fanner In tho Plnchor
Creek (Sou thorn Albortn) district
whero winter wheat Is grown who
inado a net profit of $10.5G por aero, or
HtUo less than tho selling prlco ot his
land. 30, 40, and CO bushel yields aro
recorded thoro. Tho beauty about tho
lands In Western Canada Is that they
nro so well adapted to grain-raising,
whllo tho luxuriant grasses that grow
evcrywhero In nbundunco makt, tho
best poeulblo food for fattonlng cattlo
or for tlioso used for dulrylng pur
poses, Tho now homcstoad regulations
which wont Into forco Soptomber, 1D08,
attracted thousands of now settlors. It
Is now possible to socuro ICO acrcB In
addition to tho ICO acres as a frco
grant, by paying $3.00 an aero for It.
Particulars ns to how to do this and
ns to tho railway rates can bo so
cured front tho Canadian Government
Agents.
"Tho dorolopmont throughout West
ern Canada during tho next ten years
win probably exceed that of any othor
conntry In tho world's history," (s not
tho statement of an optimistic Cana
dian from tho banks ot tho Saskatche
wan, but ot Mr. Lesllo M. Shaw of
Now York, ox-Sccrolary ot tho United
States Treasury undor tho lato Presi
dent McKluloy nnd Prosldont Rooso
rolt, and consldorod ono of tho ablest
Onanclors of tho United States. "Our
railway companies sold a good deal
of tholr land nt from throo to ftvo dol
lars nn aero, and now tho owners aro
selling tho samo land nt from fifty to
toventy-flvo dollnrs, and buying moro
up In Canada nt from ten to fifteen."
Tho editor ot tho Montlcello (Iowa)
Express mado a trip through Western
Canada last August, and was grontly
Impressed. Ho snys: "Ono cannot
cross Western Canada to tho moun
tains without bolng Improsacd with Its
Immensity ot territory and Its futuro
prospects. Whoro I oxpeclod to find
frontier villages thoro woro substan
tially built cities nnd towns wlthovory
modem convenience. It was former
ly supposed that tho cllmnto was too
sovore for It to bo thought of as an
agricultural .country, but Its wheat
raising possibilities havo boon amply
tested. Wo drow from Ontario many
of our bent farmors nnd most progros
ilvo citizens, Now tho Americans nro
emigrating In creator numbors to
Western Canada, Bovcnty-flvo per
cont. of tho settlers In that good coun
try located sputhonst of Mooso Jaw
and ltcglnn nro Americans. Canada
Is well pleased with them and Is roady
to wolcomo thousands moro."
A Queer Harvest.
Ct was lltllo Hthol's first visit to
churck, and tho sormou had for Its
toxt, "As yo sow, so shall yo reap."
Hut on lior rolurn homo sho could not
romombor It, and lu consoquenco was
chldod by hor mother for bolng stupid.
A fortnight later a seamstress camo
to tho houno to do a day's work. After
watching hor for awhile fashion old
stylo garments Into those that were
th ovogue, ICthol suddenly exclaimed:
"O mamma, I know now whaC tho
prooclior snld. It wns: 'What you sow
In tho wlnlor you shall rip In tho sum
mer,' t
Well Prepared.
"I learn," sho said reproachfully,
"that you woro dovotod to no fowor
than flvo girls boforo you finally pro
posed to inu. now do I know that you
didn't mnko dOBperato lovo to all o(
thorn r
"I did," ho ropllod, promptly.
''You dld!"'Bho oxclalmcd.
"Certainly," ho roturnod. "Yoo
don't Bupposo for a moment that 1
would bo foolhardy enough to try for
such a prlzo as you aro without pruo
tlclng a Itttlo first, do you?"
Savagery In Civilization.
It is no tlmo to say that man en
not, In civilized society, bo guilty of
cannablllsm. I toll you thoro aro
moro cannibals In Now York than In
tho Islps ot the Pacific; and It to-day
you woro suddenly to take away tho
support that comes from eating men,
thoro would bo thousands and thou
sands of onipty roaws to-morrow In
that ctty, Honry Ward Uoochor.
With a smooth Iron and Deflanco
Starch, you can launder your shirt'
waist JuBt as well at homo as tho
teata Jaundry can; It will havo tho
proper stiffness and finish, thero will
be Jess woar and tear ot tho goods,
and It will bo a positive ploasuro to
use a Starch that does not stick to the
Iron.
That Is an honorable work which
Is dono as well as wo can do It.'
Urowulng.
ailsn'a FooUKiim) forcurnmnd bunluiia. botcireaty
Before attempting, to got what you
want find out wndt you want.
ti'iliMjL - 'XiSi. emmmo bagmto camp
CfiOJMNG A STREAM , ' SWTST"?? r4$K Lfl
INTO THE FUNGUS 79 IHbtMA . . f UB
In n tiger hunt, nnywhoro from n
hnlf dozen to 100 elephants uro used.
whon an Indian prlnco goes forth on
n roynl hunt, thoro nro oven moro olo
phnnts than that brought along. Whon
a normal mnn Issues forth, ho on
doavors to got along with tho hair
dozen. For olonhnnts nro cxnonsivn.
thoy cost all tho way from $400 to
$1,200; a dollar a day to food, besldos
tho pay of tho guides, which Is not
cheap. So thnt tho man who has a
tiger sum thnt ho has captured him
self, upon his parlor floor, has probably paid closo
to $1,000 for It. ' 1 m 0
India Is tho only country In which olophantn
aro used for hunting. In Africa tho olophant Is
not tamed; ho Is captured almos sololy for his
Ivory, nut in India tho olophant Is used qulto
entirely for hunting and working purposes.
Tho excitement of n tiger hunt begins long bo
foro a tlgor Is oven sighted. Tho wild boos ot
India build their hives In a hanging position on
tho limbs of trees. Very often thoso drop down
close to tho ground nnd tho thick underbrush
hldos them from vlow. it Is a not Infrequont In
cident of theso huntB for nn olophant to calmly
walk Into ono of theso hives nnd Bcattor tho busy
inmntcs in nil directions, whoroupon tho bees
quickly recovor and Book revenge upon tho clum
sy olephnnt and his riders, nnd ull tho othor elo
phnnts or lha party. Such nn Incident Is a com
mon occurrence that helps to enliven n tlgor hunt
and for tho tlmo being drlvos nil thoughts of tlgor
skins from tho hunters' minds. Tho bnsket or how-
uan in which tuo hunter rides Is nnothor featuro
that often londs oxcltomont to a hunt, such ns
tho mntorlnl ho uses. A
atory is told in ABln ot
nn Inoxporlonccd huntor
who, whon his elephant
was llounderlng about in
this way, thought ho
would bo doing It a Bor
vlco by dismounting. Ho
did so; whereupon tho
elophunt seeing llkoly
foundation material In
him, snatched him with
his trunk nnd burled him
In tho mlrc.
And bo, tho actual tl
gpr dwindles Into n minor
rblo whon ho Is hunted
from tho bnckB of olo
phnnts. In fact, somo
sportsmen pooh pooh tho
Idea of using elophants
KEPT GETTING WORSE.
A WAIT Off THE EDGE OF THE. dUNGLE
at all. They cnll it parlor Hunting. And, oxcopt
for these Incidental daugors, thoy aro right. When
a tlgor charges, ns ho sometimes iinon It lu nnlv
no tlgor could provide. Tho huntor, thnt 1b tho w nntlvo on tho elephant's neck who is in dnngot).
gontlomnn hunter, who has gono to India for tho ?ho n,nn 4,10 "owdnli la high nloft with a wholo
among tho treo Junglo and then tho chnnces of tho
man In tho howdah grow slimmer with overy stride
ot tho unlmal.
sport, occupies tho howdnh. This l8 a vory largo
baskot fastenod to tho olophnnt's bnck by a vory
strong ropo. Tho spectacle romlnds ono of a
cnptnln standing on his bridge, high nbovo tho
laBhlng waves. Tho nntlvo sits on tho olophnnt's
neck, or, to follow tho bmuo flguro of apooch, ho
Is down on deck.
Now, olephnntB aro often skittish nnd llnblo
to fly off In a panic. Thoy do this. oAilto forKot-
ful of tho captain on tho bridge, and tho result
t-rtw WW - r T
head. And If ho should miss and tho tlgor como on. 1 flG LCLll Of ttie JUnglC.
mo worst mat could happen Is that ho will havo no .
unver to guiuo his elephant back to camp.
Yet elophants nro moro or less tndlspcnsnblo In
this kind of hunting. Tho Asian forests nro very
dense nnd stnlking Is not only vory dnngorous but
It is ofton impossible In somo parts of tho Junglo
no mnn can get through. Tho elophant, on tho oth
or hand, simply bents his head nRalnst nn obstruct.
ing troo nnd flops It ovor. And then, too, ho carrlos
is that tho tiger huntor ofton has to cling with "m8!1"1 wh,ch' of cour8C' aro nocossary on trips
both hands to tho aides' of tho howdnh and ro- " '
inu cuiurui us manoui Kirivor) hob ovor tho
huge but docllo animal is truly marvelous, as ho
vorbally dlrectB It horo to tear down a dcstructlvo
creopor, or a projecting bough, with Its trunk; thoro
to foil with its forehead a good sized treo thnt may
Interfere with Its courso In tho lino; or to break
somo preclpltouB bnnk of n mullah (wator courBo)
with Its foro feot, to form a path for descending Into
It, and then, utter tho samo fashion, to clnmbor up
tho othor sldo. And If Its driver should chanco to
let fnl his gujhng (Iron goad) the elophnnt gropos
for It and lifts It up to him with his trunk. In tlgor
hunting, however steady an elephant mny bo, its
behavior doponds largely on tho conduct of tho
mahout. If on oleuhunt Rots filehtnnnl bet wnns
colvo a Bovoro shaking up ns though ho woro a
pobblo In n tin can. Nor Is this without Its dan
gors. Often whon tho olephnnt becomes pnnlo
ctrlckon ho will charge into n Junglo nnd tear
madly nbout until ho drops with fatigue.
Another danger Is whon nn olophant gota caught
in a tropical mlro and flounders nbout. At theso
times tho olophant will gropo nbout for anything
ho can roncb, to poko down undor lila feet to got
n Armor foi thold. Small troos nnd branches aro
thrown to him which ho dexterously arranges with
his trunk and foro legs until ho hns butlt a foun
dation upon which ho can rest, lint at theso
times tho elephant is not scrupulous In regard to
BY BERKELEY HUTTON.
Many a tlmo 1'vo como back from a trip, leaving
half my mon and all my Ivory rotting In somo dead
ly African swnmp. halt dead with fever, swearing
that I'm dono with tho business for good. And some
bright day, In six months, or even three, tho smell
of tho Junglo gets Into my nostrils or tho coughing
roar of a lion's challenge and that settles tho
buslnoss. Dock I go again, knowing precisely what
la coming tho sweating days and tho chilling
nights, tho torments of Insects nnd of thirst, the
risks and hardships, and tho privations. For onco
Africa has laid her spell upon n man, he's hers for
ovor. IIo'U droom of her of tho parched nnd blis
tered veldts ho's crossed under tho blazing sun
light; ot tho nights, thoso moonlit haunted nights
whon ho's wntchod bcsldo a runwny, waiting for tho
gamo to como down to drink, and listened to tho
rlpplo of tho water on thu lints, tho Btealthly snap
ping of branches nil around him, tho scurry of
monkeys overhead; listened to tho vast sllonco, Into
which nil smaller sounds are cast as pebbles aro
dropped Into a pool. Everybody's Magazine.
Five Years of Awful Kidney Disease.
Nat Anderson, Greenwood, S. C,
says: "Kidney troublo began nbout
flvo years ngo with
dull backacho, which
got so sovcro in tlmo
that I could not got
around. Tho kid
ney secretions be
camo badly disor
dered, nnd nt times
thoro was almost a
completo stop of tho
flow. I was examined again and again
and treatod to no nvoll, nnd kopt get
ting worse. I havo to pralso Doan's
Kidney Pills for my final relief and
euro. Slnco using them I havo gained
In strength and flesh und havo no sign
of kidney troublo."
Sold by nil dealers. CO cents a box.
Fostcr-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
LAMENT FOR CHANGED TIMES.
Adonlram Corntop Discourses on Present-Day
Extravagance.
"Yos, slrce, Bill, times Is chnnged
slnco you an' mo was doln' our court
In'," said Adonlram Corntop, with a
noto of Badness In his voice, to old
Andy Clover, who had como over tc
"sot n spell."
"When wo was doln our courtln',
Andy, n gal thought Bho was bcln'
treated right harnsom It a feller
bought her ten cents' wuth o pep'mlnts
onco It. awhile, an' If ho tuk her to
any doln's In town sho didn't expect
hint to go down Into his Jeans to tho
tuno of ti dollar or two for lco cream
an soda water nn' candy at fo'ty centB
a paound. My son SI tuk his duckey
doodle to tho band concert In town
ylstlday an' thero wa'n't n quarter left
ot n dollar bill ho struck mo fer tlmo
ho got home. Beats all tho way young
folkB throw tho money nway nowa
days. I tell yo times is changed
mightily slnco wo was boys, an' the
Lawd only knows what tho end will
bo with a feller lnyln' out 75 cents on
a gal in ono day." Puck.
NOTHING LASTS IN THIS WORLD.
Tho Girl Oh, Jimmy, how I wish
this could go on forovor.
Jimmy Well, I'm afraid It won't.
I'vo an Idea dnt barb wlro fence ahead
of us Ml stop us.
Time's Wonderful Changes.
Harry Lauder says that when Sir
Aloxandcr Jtnmsny waB constructing
upon his magnificent estate in Scot
land a plcco of machlnory to drive,
by means of a small stream In his
barnyard, a threshing machine a win
nowing machine, a circular saw lor
splitting trees, n hay press, an oat
roller, etc., ho noticed an old rollow,
who had long been about tho place,
looking very attentively at all that
wns going on. "Hobby," said ho, "won
derful things people can do nowadays,
can't thoy?" "Ay said nobby; "In
deed, Sir Alexander. I'm thlnklnc If
boiqinon was nllvo now ho'd
thought nnethlng o'l"
Unucually Severe Drought.
Tho water In Lake Champlaln during
tho recent drought reached tho lowest
point recorded In local history, nlno
feet below high water mark. Steam
ers were obliged to abandon mnny of
their trips on account of tho Impossi
bility of making landings at tho docks.
Tho mountain brooks became almost
dry, and tho beds of somo. of tho larg
est rlverB waro mere threadB of wa
ter. Tho drought and forest fires were
ruinous to agricultural interests.
New York Sua
PUZZLE SOLVED.
Coffee at Bottom of Trouble.
It takes somo peoplo a long tlmo to
find out that coffee la hurting them.
But when onco tho fact is clear,
most peoplo try to keep away from
tho thing which Is followed by ovor
mcreaslng dotriment to tho heart,
stomach nnd nerves.
"Until two years ago I wob a heavy
coffoo drinker," writes an 111. stock
mnn, "and hnd been nil my llfo. I am
now 5C years old.
"About throo years ago I began to
havo nervous spoils and could not
sleep nights, was bothered by Indi
gestion, bloating, and gas on stomach
affected my heart.
"I spent lots of money doctoring
ono doctor told mo I had chronic cn
larrh of tho stomach; another that I
had heart dlBeaso and wns liable to
dio at any tlmo. Thoy all dlotod mo
until I was nearly starved but I
Boemed to get worso Instead of bettor.
"Having heard of tho good Postura
had done for norvoua peoplo, I dls
carded coffee altogether and bogan to
uso Postum regularly. I soon got bet
ter, and now, after nearly two years
I can truthfully say I am sound and
woll.
"I sleep well nt night, do not havo
tho nervous spells and am not both
ered with Indigestion or palpitation. I
weigh 32 pounds moro than whon I
bognn Postum, nnd am better overy
way than I ovor was whllo drinking oof
fco. I can't say too much In pralso of
Postum, as I am suro It savod my llfo "
"Thoro'B n Reason."
Namo given by Postum Co., Battlo
Creek. Mich. Read "Tho Road to Well
vlllo," In pkgs.
Kvcr rend the nbovn lrUrrf a ,
one imperii- from time loll,,,,. . nf"