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EXCELLENT GRAIN FIELDS IN WESTERN CANADA YIELDS OF WHEAT A8 HIGH AO 64 DU0HEL8 PER ACRE. Now that wo liavo entered upon tho making of a now yoar, It is natural to look back over tho past ono, fori tho purposo of ascertaining what has boon doho. Tho business man and tho farmer havo taken Btock, and both, If they arc keen In business do tall and Interest, know cxaotly their financial position. Tho farmer of Western Canada Is generally n bust boss man, and In his stock-taking ho will have found that ho has had a successful year. On looking over a number of reports sent from various quarters, tho writer ilnds that In spite of tho visitation of drouth In a small portion of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, many farmors aro ablo to report splondld crops. And theso re ports como from different noctlons, covering an nrca of about 20,000 squaro miles. As, for instnnco, at Laird, Saskatchewan, tho crop, returns showed that J. IJ. Pctors had 12,800 bushels from 320 acres, or nearly 40 bushels to tho aero. In tho Blatno Lafco district tho fields ranged- from 15 to CO bushols per aero, lion Crows having 1.1G0 bushols from 24 acres; Edmond Trottor 1,200 bushols off 30 acres, "while fields of 30 bushols woro common. On poorly cultivated Holds but 15 bushols woro reported. In Foam Lako (Saok.) district 100 bushels of oats to tho aero woro se cured by Angus Robertson, O. McRno and C. II. Hart, while tho averago was 85. In wheat 30 bushols to tho aero woro qulto common on tho nowor land, but off 15 acres of land culti vated for tho past throo years Qcorgo E. Wood secured 495 bushols. Mr. James Traynor, near Itcglna (Sask.) Is Btill on tho shady sldo of thirty, lie hud 50,000 bushols of grain last year, half of which wan wheat. Its market valuo wan $25,000. Ho says ho is well satisfied. Arthur Somors of Strathclalr threshed 100 acres, averaging 26 bush els to tho ncro. Thomas Foromnn, of Milestone, threshed 11,000 bushols of wheat, and 3,000 bushels of flax off COO acres of land. W. Woathorstono, of Strathclalr, threshed 5,000 bushols of oats from 90 acres. John Don illla, of OIlllcs, about twonty-flvo miles west of Ilosthcrii, Sask., had 180 bush els from 3 acres of wheat. Mr. Oon xllla's general nvorngo of crop was over 40 bushels to tho aero. Don Cruise, .a nolghbor, averaged 45 bush els to the acre from 23 acres. W. A. Rose, i of the Walderhelm district, threshed C.000 busTiola of wheat from 240 acres, an averago of 25 bushols, 100 acres was on summor fallow and averaged 33 bushols. Ho had also an Average of CO bushels of oats to t'j'e acre on a 50-acre Held. Wm. Lehman, who has a farm close to Rosthern, bad an average of 27 bushels to the acre on CO acres of summer fallow. Mr, 'Midsky, of Rapid City (Man.) threshed 1,000 bushols of oats from 7 acros. The yield of the dlfforont varieties of wheat per aero at tho Experimental Farm, Brandon, was: Rod Flfo, 28 bushels; White Fife, 34 bushols; Fron ton, 32 bushols; early Rod Flfo, 27 bushels. The crops at the O, P. R. demonstra tion farms at Strathmorb (Alborta) proved up to expectations, tho Swedish variety oats yielding 110 bushols to the. acre. At tho farm two Vowed bar ley went 48 bushels to the acre. Yields of from 50 bushels to 100 buuk els of oats to the aore were quite common. In the Sturgeon River Settle ment mear Edmonton (Alborta). But last year was uncommonly good and the hundred mark wrb passed. Wm. Craig had a yield of oats from a meas ured plot, 'which gavo 107 bushels and SO lbs. per acre. Albert Teskey, of Olds (Alberta) threshed a 100-acro flold which yielded 101 bushels of oats per acre, and Jo seph McCartney had a large field equally good, At Cupar (Sask,) oats threshed 30 bushels to the acre. On the Traquairs farm at Cupar, a five svere plot of Marquis wheat yielded 54 bushela to the acre, while Lauronco Bsrknel had 37 bushels of Rod Flfo to the acre. At Wordsworth, Reoder Bros.' wheat averaged ZVA bushols to the acre, and W. McMillan's 32. Wll Uaa Krafft of Allx (Alberta) threshed 1,012 bushels of winter wheat off 19 acres, or about 53 bushols to tho acre. Jehu Laycrott of Dlnton, near High River, Alberta, had ovor 1,100 bush els of spring wheat from 50 'acres. K. F. Knlpo, noar Lloydmlnstor, Saskatchewan, had 800 bushols of wheat from 20 acres. W. Motcalf had over 31 bushols to tho aero, whllo S. Henderson, who was hailed badly, had an average return of 32 bushels of. wheat to tho aero. McWhlrtor Bros, nnd John M.oBaln, of Rfcdvers, Saskatchewan, had 25 bushels' of wheat to tho ncro. John Kennedy, east of tho Horso Mills district noar Edmonton, from 40 acros of spring wheat got 1.7C7 bush els, or 44 bushols to tho ncro. J, 10. Vandorburnh. noar Davslow. ftberta, threshed four thousand bush els of wheat from 120 acres. Mr. D'Aroy, near thoro, threshed ten thou mad and ilfty-elght bushels (machlno measure) of wheat from flvojiundred acres, and out of this only sixty acres was now land, At Fleming, Sask., A Wlntor'B wheat averaged 39 bushols to tho aero and several othors report heavy yields. Mr. Wlntor'B crop was not on summer fnllow.ibuton a peqe 0f land Woken In 1882 and said to be tho first kroktn in the, Fleming district, The agent of the Canadian govern ment will bo pleased to glvo informa tion regarding tho various districts in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, whoro free homesteads of 160 acres aro available Careless and Coppy. Wo havo undertaken to blend in one tho best of tho two proborblal conditions to bo careless nnd happy, halrlcBs and cappy. Wo aro now hap py and cappy, and frequently careloss ns well. A pretty figure may bo con jured up a figure In leaf-green satin veiled with roso nnd sliver shot gauzo. Tho dark hair Is covered by a sai lor's cap, point and nil, worn flatly ovor the wholo head, tho point falling at tho back. Instead of being made of scarlet cashmere, it Is of tho gauze, ovor silver tissue, and studded with pink and yellow topaz, whllo It bor dered with great gray pear-shaped pearls, theso, of coarso, hanging around tho back of tho neck nnd over tho soft hair In front. ' Wo havo taken to caps I , r Lucidly Expressed. Anold Pennsylvania German living In tho mountains had a hard throo hours' dusty walk to accomplish ono morning nnd ho roso very early to mako his start. Ho had gone but a llttlo way when ho was overtaken by an automobllo, which was probably tho first that had passed along that way. Tho driver picked up tho old man and they woro at his destination in about 20 mlntitos. "Danks so much awfully mlt do rldo. If I had known mysolf to bo her nlrpndy two hours In front of do clock yet I vud bo at homo fast asleep already to start unless I know you vud not havo picked mo up slnco." Sheer whlto goods, In fnc.t any fine wash goods when now, owo much, of their attractlvcnoss to tho way they nro laundorod, this being dono in a manner to enhnnco their textllo beau ty. Homo laundering would bo equal ly satisfactory If propor attention was glvon to starching, tho first essential bolng good Starch, which has sufllclont strength to stiffen, 'without thickening tho goods. Try Dcflanco Starch and you will bo pleasantly surprised ntthe Improved appearnnco of your work. Easy Game. "What you nocd," said tho kindly friend, "Is a chango of nlr. You should loavo tho city a bit forgot cares and worries. Travel I Brcntho tho puro ozono of tbo prairies. Go out to Mon tana and shoot mountain goats I" Tho listless ono bristled. "Montana!" ho snorted. "Why, I know a mountain gont In Newark!" Now York Times. Hailing the Temperature. Frank had been sent to tho hard ware storo for a thermometer. "Did mother say what bIzo?" asked the clork. , "Oh," answered Frank, "glmmo the biggest one you've got. It's to warm my bodroom with." Success Maga zluo. The Glamour of the Show. "When Dustln Stax was a boy he would work Uko a slavq carrying wa ter to tho elephant," "Yes. And now ho works lust as hard carrying diamond nocklacos to opera Blngors." Stiff neck I Doesn't amount to much. but mighty disagreeable You will be sur prised to see how quickly Hainlina Wizard Oil will drlvo that stifmesa out. One mailt, mat an. On the 8tnjjo. "Wo'vo got to get somebody to play this light part." "Why not tho electrician t" Balti more American. Dr. rierco'e Pleasant Pellets cure const!- nation. Constipation Is tho cause of many diseases. Curo tho caiuo and you cure mo uiseaso. rjxty to iaxo. What a deal of grief, nnd caro, and other harmful excitement does a hoalthy dullness and choorful Insensi bility avoid. Thnckoray. , VIVFA OtinEp IN O TO 14 I) AYS ronrrtmiKUt wilt refund monr ltAZ() OINT. UK NT falls to euro onr. cats ot Itching, mind. JleodW or I'rotrudliw l'lles In 0 to U dr 60a. It is easier to borrow from n new friend than It is to pay back what you owo an old ono. Mnny who used to smoko 10a dears now Vtllt T nirtla (2ttn1 Html - i X 1. A. Mr wuj nn fcJiifKiu Jiuuur flirtWKUfc UJ, Thore la a lot of dlfforonco between making Rood and ranking others good. Thi Stent of Health is well known to users of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. They know from experience that it not only makes health but preserves it as well. Surely, then tho Bitters is the medicine you need to restore your appetite, tone the stomach, correct bilious spells and make life a pleasure. It is also excellnet in Cases of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Golds and Grippe. OSTETTER OKLEKRATED STOMACH BITTER H SUPREME 1 WASHINGTON. Tho Supremo court of tho United States has had Its official photograph taken, and It Is repro duced herewith. This plcturo ot courso Includes tho now members of tho august tribunal. Justices Hughes, Van Dovantor, Lurton nnd Lamar. TO REPLACE HOBBLE More Trouble Ahead for the Cor pulent Woman. New and Daring Creation on Its Way From Paris Described as "Skirt With Oort of Pantaloon At- tachment." Now York. According to a cablo dispatch from Paris tho hobblo skirt Is about to bo BUpplanted by a now nnd daring croatlon In tho way of a Bklrt which Is described by dross rankers as "a skirt with a sort of pantaloon attachment." Tho new skirt, It is Bnld, Is the Invention of Paul Polrot, a gownmnker of Paris. A Now York houso bAs alroady Imported from Paris a consignment ot theso skirts, which nro bolng displayed to droBsmnkors horo, and tho house is propnrod to measuro and fit any worn; an with tho now creation who thinks she would Uko to wear it. Some, of tho city's dressmakers woro asked to doscrlbo tho now fashion. Their ideas of tho skirt dlfforod, nnd nono of them could glvo tho Barao de scription of it, but they all objoctod to tho uso of the words "pantaloon,' brcochos" or "trousers" In describing It, though nono of them wna nblo to suggest a nioro dollcato word for tho Bklrt's masculine attachment. A woman representative of an Im porting houso, snld; "Yea, wo havo heard about tho now skirt It is to bo launchod ns a novelty, and maybo it will bocomo very popular. But ploaso don't call tho llttlo part of It tho pants,' or rathor tho trousers, as you men say, bocauso It Is nothing ot the i . 1 . . 1UIIM lw1 n - nun. ii is juat inu uiuu iuui uu.uo. First, you stick n foot through ono, and thon you Btlck tho other foot through tho othor bole, nnd thoro you nro. It is not at all difficult, I assure you, nnd tho womon will not And it BO." Whon askod whether tho two holes resomblo tho logs ot trousors, sho re- .pllodi "I supposo so, but you must understand tho legs nro very short. Askod whothor tho pantnloonB of tho skirt extondod as far below tbo kneo aB tho nuklo, sho blushlngly ro pllod: "I cannot answer your ques tion;" Anothor dressmaker doscrlbod tho now skirt as being vory tight Tho pantaloon attachment, Bho said, would not be visible It tho skirt should be- como tho rage- In Paris, sho said, tho Now York woraon would hnvo to adopt it whothor thoy liked It or not, othorwlso thoy would loso tholr repu tation for kooplng up with tho fash Ions. Whon ashed if sho rogardod tho now skirt ns tho forerunner of trousers for women, sho roplted: "It Is wrong to speak ot that part of tho skirt as trousors, I don't know ex actly what you would call it, but you don't doscrlbo tho Turkish womon ns wearing trousers. "I don't think that our American womon would ovor tako to tho trous ers worn by won. It would not only unsox thom look nt Dr. Mnry Vnlk sr but thero Is no beauty In trousors tor womon. Lot a woman put on trousors nnd nor boauty is lost for tvor; bosldos, tho mon would never tolernto such a thing. "Tho Idoa ot this now skirt Is not to popularize- trousors for women, but to ndd a llttlo touch of orientalism to their dross. However, tho skirt which will bo Introduced horo Is a much modified form ot tho skirt In Its Pnrlstun mnko-up." Nearly nil ot tho, drcsamakors agreod that It tho skirt should be adopted by women, as tho dressmn Uoi-8 Understand It, they would havo to readjust tholr nmnnor of dresolng themselves; Instead ot following tho usual custom of putting on a skirt by first throwing It over tho head, they would havo to don tho now one Just ns trousers aro put on, by enter ing tho skirt foot first. For n Blondes COURT OF THE UNITED STATES or athlotic woman this would not bo a difficult thing to learn; but the dressmakers woro Inclined to bollcvo that atout womon or women with non elastic Joints might expcrlonco somo llttlo difficulty in getting into tho skirt and in learning lato In Ufo a now way to dress themselves. Tho skirt, as described in tho cablo dispatch, was nn exact reproduction of tho dress worn by Turkish womon, minus tbo voll. BEEFSTEAK COSTS $48 LB. Highest Price Ever Paid for Plcco of Meat at Circle City, Alaska Trouble Averted. Seattlo, Wash. Probably tho high est prlco ever paid for a beefstoak was that charged nt Circle City, Alaska. Tho first steak that ovor reached that town is said to hnvo nold for 8omothing llko ?48 a pound. Tboro woro ten potindB In this atonk, which was shipped 250 mllos tp Clrclo City. Whon tho owner of tho procious bit of meat reached tho camp tho minors turned out In n body to seo It. It was placed on exhibition and at tracted as much attention ns If it wero' tho rarest of gems. Everybody wanted a piece of it nnd tho prices CAT THAT DID NOT COME BACK In Foraging for His Breakfast Tom Venturod Too Far Into Bruin's Cage and Nine Lives Are Lost In a Twinkling. Now York. This la tho story of a cat and a rat and a polar bear. It happened at tho Bronx Park zoo. Tho rat and tho polar boar aro still allvo. But tho cat Is not And if you doubt tho talo that follows, roost any keopor at tho zoo will conduct you to tho bear dons and say: "Thoro 1b Sllvor King, tho polar bear. I offer hlra In ovldonce." Should curiosity, or skeptlolsm, prompt you to lnqulro about tho cat, tho keopor will toll you that his gravo is down undor ono of tho big oak trees near tho duck pond. Evory ono who haB visited tho zoo rocontly knows all about Silver King. Ho'b tho very first thing to which tho kcepors call your attention. But tho cat nnd tho rat aro not so well known. In fact, neither ot them really be longed to tho zoo at all. Thoy had Just wandered in and acquired squat ters rights. Tho cat was u battlo-scarred old m&lo. Ho cropt Into tbo reservation ono dny when no ono was looking, and provod hliusolt qulto a rat catchor. Had It not boon for thnt, Tom would havo boon promptly ejected from tho zoo. But rats havo becomo n peat near somo of tho animal houses. Tom soon beenmo ono ot tho regular fix tures. Ho slept In n llttlo fissuro In tho rocks to tho cast ot tho boar dens. Somdtlmes tho cat would croop through the bars and snatch pieces ot bread or meat loft by tho bears. Tom waxed fat aud sleek from his foraging. But Tom novor loBt his fondness for rat meat Ho preferred to kill thom himself, too, Ono morning rocontly Tom, tho cat, waB vory hungry. Tho long rainy days hnd kept him confined to tho cleft 'In tho rock. No rata ovor ventured thoro. But on tho morning in question tho sun wns shining, Tom ventured out to hunt for his break fast. Along tho stono wall which forms tho base for tho rows ot Iron bars in front ot Silver King's den thoro ap peared a rat, a largo, fat one, which looked as though it couldn't run vory fast Tom eaw It. .Creeping along, with his body closo to tho ground, offered wero such as would have re sulted In a mining camp quarrel It It had not been decided to rafflo tho steak off for tho benefit of a hospital that DIshop flowo was trying to es tablish for tho minors nt Clrclo City. Bids woro started at ?5 a pound nnd roso briskly to ?35. Finally, In ordor to avoid complications, it waai decided to sell tickets at prices from' GO cents to $2.50 for tho privilege of drawing for a slice. After $480 worth of tickets had been Bold tho drawing began, and, to tho relief of thoso in charge- of tho salo, no troublo resulted. Death Duties $54,130,000. Paris. Total rovenuo from donth duties in Franco in 1909, $54,130,000, and tho number of cstatos on which it, was paid, 379,418, of an nggregnto valuo of $1,250,000,000. Moro than threo-flfths of this was handed down in direct lino. Dy far tho largest number of estates aro valued at undor $2,000. Tho cstatos valued nt botweon $2,000 and $10,000 represented ono fifth ot tho. total amount taxed. License Gun Toters. , Boston. The next Massachusetts legislature will bo asked to pass a bill which will forbid any ono not belong ing to tho militia or polico forco to "buy, hire, lenso, rocclvo, uso, or car ry tiro arms" without securing a spe cial llcenso for that purposo. Tho bill has been prepared with tho co-operation nnd indorsement ot nil tho district attornoys of tho stato. - Tom drow close, closo enough to spring. And Buddenly, llko a cata mount launching upon its proy, Tom hurtled through tho air. But tho rat saw him Just In time, and tumbled off Uio wall and Into tho den ot Sll vor King. Hungor had apparently mado Tom reckless. Into tho bear den ho sprang, and skurrlcd across tho floor after, tho rat. And thon Sllvor King took part in tho chaso. Tho keepers say that probably Sllvor King only wlBhed to play. But aftor the cat, which was after tho rat, went tho big polar boar, And Into tho cavo ot Sliver King went tho throo animals. A moment paBsed, and out from th cavo ran tho rat Tho cat waB closo behind. Silver King wns still bringing up tho rear, but gnining fast. At tho edge ot tho boar tank tha chaso ended. Ono of Silver King's big paws carao down squarely upon poor Tom's back, nnd Tom's nine lives passed out In a twinkling. Tho rat ot course, escaped. Ono ot tho keep ers who had witnessed the chaso and its tragic ending procured a long pole and fished Tom's body out And later ho burled tho cat beneath tho tall oak troo. STRIFE OVER HOBBLE SKIRT Connecticut Girls Who Wear Garment Glvo Dance and Score Against Matrons. South Norwalk, Conn, Tho hobblo skirt Is putting up an nwful fight for favor In this town. On tho ono sldo all tho matrons are nrrayod against It, whllo all tho mlssos aro for It Tho latter gavo a hobblfa skirt dnnco tho othor evening In Rod Men's hall, ono of tho essentials lo participa tion being tho woarlng of ono of tho topliko skirts. As tho function was a decided suc cess, the present Indications nro tho misses will win out In tho strlfo with tho matrons ovor tho acceptance of tho fad. To Build Horse Abattoir. Borltn. Tho municipality of Berlin has appropriated $89,000 for tho con struction of an abattoir whoro horses Intended for human consumption will be killed. About 12,500 horses aro bow annually used for food. Hoods Sarsaparilla Cures all humors, catarrh and rheumatism, relieves that tired feeling, restores the appetite, cures paleness, nervousness, builds up tho whole system. Hot tt tnri.iv In usual ltnuld farm ot chocolated tablets called Sarsataba. OPINION NOT ALWAYS FINAL' Pretty Safe to Say That Doctor's Diagnosis Was "Away Off" In This Case.. Tho pretty dnughtcr of a physician Is engaged to a collcgo student o whom her father docs not altogether approve. His daughter Is too young to think of marrlago, tho doctor as sorts; the collcgo student li too young to think of it, llkowiso. It la out of tho question. Sho explained all this to hor lovor tho othor night. "Fathor says," sho summed It up; "father says, dear, that I wlllhavo to glvo you up." Tho young man sighed. "Then It's all ovor?" ho murmured, with gloomy interrogation. And tho girl laughed and blushed. v "Woll," sho snld, "well, you you know that when tho doctor gives you up that's Just tho tlmo for you to tako moro bopo. Isn't It somotlmos that way?" ROboboth Sunday Herald. PAINFUL FINGER NAILS CURED "I havo Buffered from tho samo trou bio (painful finger nails) at different periods of my llfo. Tho first tlmo of its occurrence, perhaps tweny-flvo yenrs ago, aftor trying homo remedies without getting holpcd, I nskod my doctor to prcscrlbo for mo, but it was not for n year or moro that my nails and fingers woro well. Tho inflamma tion and suppuration began at tho base of tho finger nail. Sometimes it was so painful thnt I had to uso a poultlco to induco suppuration. Aftor tho pus was discharged tho swelling would go down until tho noxt period of Inflammation, possibly not mora than a week or two aftorwards. These frequent Inflammations resulted In tho loss of tho nail. I had sometimes as many as throo fingers in this stato at ono timo. "Perhaps ton years later I began again to suffer from tho samo troublo. Again I tried various remedies, among thom a proscription from a doctor of a friend of mlno, who had Buffered from n llko troublo. This seemed to help somewhat for a tlmo, but It wa3 not a pormanent curo; next tried a prescription from my own doctor, but this was so irritating to tho sensitive, diseased skin that I could not uso It I began lo uso Cutlcura Soap and Olntmont I had used tho CutlcUra Ointment provioualy on my children's scalps with good effect I did not uso tho Soap exclusively, but I rubbed tbo Cutlcura Ointment into 'tho base of tho nail ovory night thoroughly, and as often bosldo as I could. I had not used it but a few weeks beforo my nails woro hotter, and In n short timo they woro apparently woll. Thora was no mpro suppuration, nor inflam mation, tho nails grow out clean again. Ono box of Cutlcura Olntmont was all that I used in effecting a curo." (Signed) Mrs. I. J. Horton, Katonah, N. Y., Apr. 13, 1910. On Sept 21, Mrs. Horton wroto: "I havo had no further return of tho trouble with my finger nails." The Lord's Advertisement . ' Wlllio had been to seo his old nurse, and sho had shown him hoc treasures, Including somo very strik ingly colored scripturo texts which graced hor walls. ' A few days afterward his aunt gavo him n dlroo to spond at a Uazaar. Seeing that ho seemed unablo to find what ho wanted, sho askod him what ho -was looking for. "I am looking for ono of tho Lord's advortlscmontd, liko Mary has in her room," said Willlo. Tho Selfish View. "Do you want cheaper postage?" "I don't know," reviled tho mon who considers only his own interests. "I don't writo many letters myself, and I don't boo why I should bo eager to mako it easier for tho mon who send mo bills." , A pessimist Is a man who can't en joy tho beauties of an npplo blossom becauBo ho only thinks of tho possible stomach ocho It represents. RHEUMATISM Mnnyon's Ithenmatlstn nemedr relieves pains la the leg, nrms, back, sua or swollen Joints. Contains no morphine, opium, cocaine or Uruga to deaden tha palu. It neutralizes tho add and drives out all rheumatiQ poisons from tha bts. tern. Write Prof. Munyon, 63d nnd Jeff. eron Bts., Phils., Pa., lor medical ad vlco, absolutely tree. REMIMBKN for CoucHf Zi Colds