THE RELATION OF RAILROAD
RATES TO GENERAL
i . BUSINESS.
To the Business Man: No mnt
ier how objcctlonnblo nn ndvnnco In
freight rules mny bo to us personally,
wo must recognlzo that an improve
ment In general business Is dependent
on a betterment of operating and
financial conditions of tub railroads.
That tho operating results nro most
unsatisfactory Is readily seen by
tho latest INTERSTATE COMMERCE
COMMISSION reports, which show
that for tho nlno months ended April
list, 1910, eleven railroad systems, all
West and North of a line drawn from
Chicago to SL Louis, compared with
tho oamo roads for tho same period In
tho previous year, had their gross
earnings Increased about $50,000,000.00,
while their not earnings showed a do
ctoase of 3,GOO,000.00, and for tho
month of March, on tho same compari
son, they show an Increase of $7,000,
000. 00 In gross and a decroaso of
$985,000.00 In net cnrnlngn.
Attention Is called to the fact that
tho wage Increases, (oxcopt a small
amount,) were not In force during this
period, and from now on these will
greatly Increase tho operating cost.
Thoso samo railroads had tholr taxes
Increased over tho previous year
12,500,000.00, or 14 and hnvo to pay
higher rates of Interest on tholr loans.
Theso rouds covering tho most pros
perous part of tho country may bo con
iitdered representative of general rail
road conditions.
During tho past threo years of poor
business, railroad expenditures for
rnatntnlnanco woro necessarily nt the
lowest point, and In conscquenco their
motlvo powor equipntout nnd tracks
uow doniand a greater proportion of
opornting oxponno. No provision tins
been or Is being inndo for tho growing
demands of tho country, and as trans
portation Is the backbone of business,
its weakness or Inefllclcncy cripples
every other condition; becauso all prod
ucts' aro valuable In tho ratio with
which their accessibility to tho con
suming markot.
It la most Important to tho Bhlppor,
that railroads at all Union nro fully
oquippod to tako caro of an Incroase of
his business. Tho Ilrst eight months of
1907 demonstrated that tho railroads
could not handle- tho business thon of
fered with nny degroo of satisfaction.
Tho financial conditions elnco havo not
permitted thorn to oven maintain tholr
thon position. If tho then volumo of
business wcro to como buck supple
mented by the threo yonrs growth of
tho country In tho Interval, transporta
tion would bo paralyzed; and what
would that cost tho shipper compared
with a reasonable advance In freight
ratos now? Such an advance would
provide tho means for avoiding this
Impending dlaastor. The Iron horse
needs to bo kept In good condition for
tho samo reason as tho living horse
used for transportation. Tho team
ster knows that If his horso Is not
well shod, well groomed and woll fed,
and his harness and wagon kept In
eood repair, that all ho will save on
mich economy will bo many times
wasted In the efficiency of his trans
portation, nnd also add great expense
to the shipper. It Is exactly tho samo
with the railroads: tho shipper has a
right to domand that transportation
bo ample and efficient; tho success of
hia business and tho development of
tho country aro dopendent on it.
The Investor: To do this, the rail
road must show adequate returns to
maintain propor borrowing credit nnd
proaont a promising sourco of Invest
ment to procuro tho nooossnry fuuds
to ttnprovo and develop tho property
a ncedod. It Is neither tho railroad
prosldont nor tho shipper that controls
the situation; it is the Investor alono
who holds tho key; without his un
invested dollar tho railroad cannot ox
tend or Improve, no mattor how grpnt
tho neodu of tho shipper or the country
tnuy bo.
With a!l( tho increasing cost of op
oration, supplemented by ever In
creasing and burdonsomo legislative
restrictions concerning tholr earnings,
In fnco of tho fact that tho nvoraga
dividend rata on railroads was less
than 3 It Icr cent for tho past six
years, and tho United States Supremo
Court in tho casu of tho Consolidated
Jus Company stated that "0 per cent
wan a fair return on money Invested
u public utilities," with the average
(freight rate In 1909 of three-quarters of
ui oont per ton per mile, tho lowost In
nine years, tho uverngo passenger rato
.per mile, one and nine-tenths cents,
tho lowostsivor reached, Is it any won
ler that tho investor holds back and
tho Ilankors demand high Interest
rates from tho railroads? Tho railroads
noed 12,000,000,000.00 to put tholr Munu
:tn proper condition, and to Increase
tholr tormlnal facilities at all points
that are oven now a necessity, and
1 1,000.000,000.00 more for modorn new
, Incorrect Pnraseology.
Speaking of the comet nB a ''celes
tial wnndoror," whou Its orbit Is fixed
and known and Us placo in tho heav
ens determined at any time, Is about
as correct as speaking of a "dash to
tho polo" when tho dasher Is doing
well to mako ten milos a day. Now
York; Tribune,
Leisure Essential.
Troos, Holds, sunsets, rivers, breezes
and tho llko, must all tie enjoyed at
leisure, if a r, There is not tho
slightest use In a man's paying a hur
ried visit to the country. Hp may as
well go there blindfolded as go in a
flurry. He will nover aeo .tho coun
try. Ha will have a perception, no
doubt, of hedgerows and gross, ot
reen lunoc and silent cottages, per
tiaps of great hills and rocks, of vari
ous Items which go toward making
tu country; but the country Itself ha
frill never see. Country Parson,
motlvo power nnd equipment to move
tholr freight with promptness and econ
omy. Whoro can they get tho money7
Only by Increased earnings from ad
vanced rnlea, nnd by so doing better
their credit by attracting tho uninvest
ed 'dollars that nro now going to other
moro nttrnctlvo but less productlvo in
vestments.
What will the advance cost the Ul
timate Consumed Poor's Manual says
tho averago haul of nil freight in 1903
was 142 miles. Tho nvcrqgo rato In
1909 wns three-fourths of a cent per
ton per mile.
Tho avorago total rato for tho aver
age total haul, assuming it to bo tho
snmo as 1908, would bo $1.00 per ton.
An advance of 10 on this rato would
Increaso tho cost 10 cents per ton,
or 1-200 of n cent per pound. An ad
vance of 10 on tho present specific
rates would Increaso tho cost of 100
pounds dressed bee In Now York,
shipped from Chicago, 4V& cents; 100
pounds canned fish in St. Louis,
shipped from Malno, 1 8-10 cents; 100
pounds flour in New York, from Min
neapolis, 2 cents; a suit of clothes in
Chicago, from Hoston, cent; tho
samo for a woman's suit. On a man's
outfit, coat, tfouscrs, shoes and hat,
New Englnnd to Mississippi Vnlloy, not
to exceed 1 cent. Tho Ultimata
Consumer can multiply theso Illustra
tions Indefinitely. The manufacturer,
Jobber nnd retniler could easily absorb
this slight advance, bocause, if his
business increased but one unit, that
would more than pay tho Increased
cost on ono hundred units.
Hallroad net earnings thus increased,
tho railroads would havo a ready mar
ket for their securities, and with the
inonoy thus outnlned again start all
tho business and industries now com
paratively Idle that are directly or in
directly dependont on tholr property.
Tho working men would bo fully cm
ployed, their families would again pur
chase frooly, and that means good
business for everyone
There aro 1,500,000 railroad em
ployees. It takes 2,500,000 men to sup
ply what tho railroads need, and a vast
number of men nro employed In sup
plying tho porsonnl needs of tho abovo
4,000,000 men and their families, rep
resenting 16,000,000 people Every
kind of buslnoss Is dependent in some
measure on railroad prosperity.
High cost of living: If It had not been
for tho encouragement given railroad
lnvontoru In tho past, where would we
havo boen to-day for our food supply?
Thoy opened up thousands of miles
of undeveloped and unproductive land
nnd yot our food Is high, because of
lack of supply; oui consumption Is in
creasing faster than our food product
tlon. If tho railroad investor stops as
ho now has, thcro will be an advanco
in food rates. soon that will bo far
greater than Increased freight rates.
High food means high lnbor, and high
labor means high everything. There
foro tho Ultimate Consumer and tho
State and National Governments should
be interested In developing land that
will produce bountiful food products.
Half of tho country West of tho Mis
sissippi is not used, and will not bo
until covered with railroads. Who
would want to build roado In unproduc
tive lands when thoso in cultivated
country will barely pay tho lowest rate
of Interest, and tho owners and man
ngers aro being harassed and maligned
as In no other business?
This condition will only Improve
when the business man realizes that
tho lnveutor doos not provide the
source of his own Investments. Ho
waits for you to do that In some de
sirable form: Uy your Individually lot
ting things drift, and doing nothing,
your legislator, with no business ex
perlence, hearing no advice and recolv
Ing no direct Information, which ho
gladly would from you (quite likely
you do not even know his nnmo), Us
tons to the only volcos heard; the agl
tator or tho aggresslvo shipper whoso
views of tho business world aro ob
tallied by looking out of tho small
hole of n funnel directed ut his own
plant, unconscious of other conditions
of fur moro importance to his own
business than tho freight rates. Such
pion as thoso by tholr vociferous vigor,
havo stirred up u popular untl-corporn
tlon agitation that haB cowed nil par
ties, and thoy nro so scared of being
charged as owned or bought thnt all
questions of principle, equity or the
gonoral good nro Ignored. Tho rail
toad innn draws his salary, whether
the road pays or not; ho does not own
it. It ho doos Bay anything he ts Bat
upon. The stock-holders as a body aro
defenseless. You aro tho aufforor and
tho only ono who would bo ltstoned
to, Will you not study your own inter
ostn, find out-your legislator's name,
nnd tell him tho real situation? Other
wise wo must wult until grim nccos
slty starves out the present anti-rail
road fovor,
Juno 0, 1910.
T. A. GRIFFIN.
(Advertisement.)
Woman Builds Flying Machine.
An Irish woman, Miss Lillian E.
Bland, has designed and built for her-
sulf a biplane glider 28 feet wide.
Sovernl satisfactory glides have boon
accomplished with tho machine, con
trolled from tho ground by ropes. The
(tnglnu and propollurs will be fitted
inter.
Who's the Doss?
A Boston professional man went out
recently and on his return found this
noto from his stenographor, who had
evidently been houso cleaning:
"It I'm, not In by nine, it's becauso
I am at tho dentist', probably, but it
may bo thnt I'm at homo, sick with
all kinds of dlsOases that one catches
from dirt germs. If that's the reason,
you hnvo no kick coming at all, be
cause your old desk waa a mess. You
can be fixing up that pile ot letters
and we will answer them right off,
Them's my orders."
EAGLE ATTACKS CAT
Meets With Tremendous Surprise
and Drops Its Prey.
Boon Returns and Renews Hostilities
and Air Is Pilled With Fur and .
Feathers Farmer Witness
Calls It a Draw.
Goshen, Ind. Jncob Ecklobargor, a
farmor, near Goshen, tells of a thrill
ing fight between n cut nnd nn cnglo.
It was talons and beak ngalnst claws
and teeth, nnd resulted In n draw.
Ecklcbarger was plowing In a field,
and saw what at first ho took to bo a
chicken hawk sweeping down on his
barnyard. He thought It was nftor a
chicken and stepped to tho fenco to
watch tho result. Closor Inspection ro
vcaled it to bo n small caglo. Tho
bird swooped, struck and roso, but, to
tho farmer's surprise, It held In Its
tulons not a chicken, but his largo torn
cat Tho caglo hold tho cat by tho
back. Tho cat's four feet woro ex
tended and Its tall pointed toward the
zenith.
Forty feet from tho ground, tho cat
gave u twist, wriggled from tho grasp
of tho bird nnd fell to tho earth, seem
ingly unhurt. Tho bird circled and
mado another swoop, but this time
tho cat was waiting tor its feathered
adversary and when tho bird struck,
things happened. For about threo
minutes tho air was full of fur and
feathers.
Tho eagle withdrew, baffled, to a
distance of about 15 foot, dragging ono
wing. Tho cat had its back high in
tho air, and both cat and oaglo woro
hissing nnd spitting. Finally, tho cat
crouched nnd began creeping slowly
nnd stendlly townrd tho caglo, its tall
dragging. Its fighting blood was up.
Tho cnglo stood with ono foot lifted,
ROMANCE OF COTTON
Cupid Makes His Way in Bolt
From Massachusetts.
Message In Piece of Goods Finally
Finds Its Way to Mexico and Cul
minates In Marriage of Writer
and Mexican Merchant.
Puobla, Mexico. A pretty Inter
national love romance, which recently
culminated In tho marrlago of Miss
Netta Belmont of Lowoll, Mass., and
Francisco do la Pona of Puehln, Is tho
reigning society uonsntion of this
beautiful mountain city of Mexico.
Tho brldo and bridegroom havo ar
rived here and are now established in
their own homo.
Mrs. Pena" Is the daughter of a mill
superintendent In Lowell. She was
glvon the freedom of tho factory and
ono day, threo years ago, she wroto
upon the smooth plno board upon
which a bolt of goods was about' to
bo wrapped theso words:
"Oh, I am very, very lonely; pleaso
do wrlto me a letter. Ncttn Belmont,
8001 Mulberry street, Lowoll, Mass."
This bolt of goods found Its way In
time to the Gran Centra do Lujo dry
goods storo. In this city. This storo
Is owned by tho wealthy Pena family,
and Francisco do la Pena, son of tho
principal owner of the establishment,
was assisting In waiting upon cus
tomers one duy during tho rush hours.
when he found tho inscription upon
tho pine board. He could not thon
read English, but his curiosity was
aroused, and nn English-speaking
Grizzly Is Finally Killed
Hunters Slaughter Famous Fugitive
Bear, Which Has Terrified
Ranchers for Years,
Blaine, Wash. For 15 years ranch
ers and settlors on tho Skalkltz river
valley near here havo suffered from
the depredations of n plant grizzly
bear, whose haunt was believed to bo
In the wild crags ot the Cascades,
Largo numbers of llvo stock havo
boen killed every yenr by this same
bear, whoso glguntlc footprints struck
terror into the hearts ot the ranchers.
This wild bear roamed the country
from Lake Crary to tho northern lino
of Sknglt county, and It Is cstlmatod
that every year ho killed nn avorago
of 50 cattle, 200 calves and 300 hogB.
Organized hunts for him wero fruit
less and trained hunters and trap
purs attempted many times to bring
back tho big pelt, on which tho county
grange has had n standing reward and
bounty ot $250 for more thnn ten
years, Hundreds of men gave up in
despair when their bear dogs failed to
locato tho grizzly.
Recently Creed Con nnd Ullly Bald,
woll known benr hunters of Olympln,
Wash,, with tholr pair of dogB, camo
Affection Cracks Rlbi.
Media, Pa, Mrs. Mentor Yarnnll Is
suffering from a broken rib, duo to
tho "strong" nffectlon of her son Al
bert. Tho young man had Just made
preparations to go to a dance, nnd be
fore leaving the house followed his
usual custom of caressing his parent.
This tlmo Albert held his mothor too
cIobo and only released his hold when
she cried out in pain. Tho young
man, as soon as ho realized that his
mother was really Injured, summonod
a physician, who set tin fracture.
FRANCE'S FAMOUS
m.
DE FfcANCE
Cijttifie
7
;JH..XVIATJB
UK
MMfr. oe LAROCHP
T
HE first flying woman to receive official recognition Is Mmo. do
Lnrocho of Paris, who has recently been granted n certificate as
"plloto-avlatour" by tho Aero Club of France. Her flights In diri
gibles nnd aeroplanes hnvo been numerous and successful, nnd it Is
admitted that tho present distinction has been fairly earned by hor skill
and dnrlng. Thoro nro many other women In Franco who havo mado
flights In aoroplanes, but Mme. do Larocho leads thorn all.
turning Its head from side to sldo,.the
bettor to obsorvo its adversary. Tho
fpathors on its neck woro ruffled, The
cat hugged the ground a llttlo closer
and thon sprnng. It evidently expect
ed tho eagle to attempt to loap to ono
eldo, for it spread its legs far apart.
The cat, however, made a mistake.
Tho eagle turned on Its back and
drovo its talons Into tho cat's breast
and tried to strlko it in tho eyes
with its beak. Tho cat missed tho
bird's neck and got Us wing. Then
tho nlr beenmo full of fur nnd feath
ers .again.
Tho farmer's llttlo son had seen tho
encounter from tho front of tho houso
nnd ran as taut as ho could toward
clerk In tho storo was called upon to
translate tho messago. Young Mr.
Penn mado a caroful noto of tho ad
dress and that night ho wroto a let
tor to tho young woman who had Bent
tho appeal to this rcmoto part of tho
continent. This letter was written In
Spanish, but ho had It translated Into
English. It contained n fow formal
sontences, saying that ho would bo
glad to correspond .with her.
Miss Bolmont was surprised'and do
llghtod to receive a letter from a
stranger In a foreign land. Sho ro
plied to it and correspondence ensued.
Mr. Pona became deeply Interested in
tho Araorlcan girl and devoted himself
to tho study of the English language
that ho might bo prepared to con
verso with her when ho mot her. Miss
Unique Anti-Germ
Ingenious Arrangement In Rendering
Operating Theater in London
Free From Dust.
London. A number of novel and
Ingenious dovlces for rendering the
operating theater as freo as possible
from disease germs havo been In
stalled at tho new Hospital for Invalid
Gc'Jtlowomen, 19 Llsson grove, N. V.,
which was opened by tho prlncoss ot
Wales, Principal among tho now
germ destroyers nro a largo bluo glass
window looking south, n now dust
catching system of ventilation, and
radiators which swing away from tho
walls to allow thorough cleansing.
Tho vlrtuos of tho largo southern
to Blalnu nnd announced that they
would trail tho bear to death. Lo
cating tho sceno of his latest robbery,
tho dogs' led tho men for n chaso In
tho wildost part of the United States
for 35 miles.
Tne third day a great don was
reached and hero tho dogs stopped
and nwaltcd their masters, Conn and
Bald camo up and found tho bear
asleep in a small holo oft tho big don.
Tho outside entrance to tho den was
. .. 1 . 1 1 . I
irn ieei in munieier. mo uogs
chased out tho grizzly and a rifle ball
killed him. He weighed 1,600 pounds.
Mendicants Make Big Money.
Now York. That begging In Now
York strcotB Is frequently a very
profitable profession wns shown by
testimony in tho night court here
early this morning.
A beggar who was arrested was
searched and $64 was found in his
pockets. Tho beggar tQstlfled that
thtB wns the result of two days' work
on a Fourteenth street corner.
Thoro nro many beggars in Now
York, It Id said, whoso Incomo from
socking nlms averages from $5 to $15
a day tho year round.
Badgers Are Pets.
Spokane, Wash. A fad has boon in
augurated by young women of Othello,
Washington, which threatens to cause
a rise In tho badgor market.
The fad Is domesticating badgers for
pots, and already several ot theso ani
mals are ondurlng captivity. It ts not
an unusual sight to moot a badger on
tho streets of Othello on an afternoon,
In tow of Its fair mistress
Tho animals seem to tako kindly to
their now aphoro and submit pouco-
ably to tho fondling of admirers.
FLYING WOMAN
iY0 HER CPPTIFIClTe.
tho scene. He was afraid his pussy
was going to bo carried off. ilia
shout frightened tho cat and It re
leased its hold for n minute, the bird
struggled freo, ran about 20 feet nnd
launched itself with heavy wing nnd
badly tattered plumage lu flight. Tho
cat climbed tho fence, incwod, licked
its breast and mowed ngaln, eyeing
its fleeing adversary with baleful cyo
and switching tall.
Eckleburgor says ho would havo giv
en $100 to havo Been tho finish of that
fight. As it was ho felt compelled
to call It a draw. Ho says the cat
never leaves the houso now, but ho
gazes half anxiously, half expectantly,
into tho sky.
Belmont soon found herself In lovo
with tho young man of tho Latin race,
who wroto such nrdont sentences of
affection in his letters. Thoy ox-
changed photographs and were well
pleasod with each other's appearance
Then cnuio jtho marrlago proposal.
Miss Bolmont's father objected strong
ly to tho match, but Mr. Pena rcsolvod
to mako a personal appeal for pobsob
Blon of tho young lady, and, accom
panted by his father, tho long trip
from Puebla to Lowell was mado bov'
oral months ago. Tho senior Pena
and his son wero received at the
homo of Miss Belmont's parents and
tho young pcoplo thoro for the first
tlmo met each other personally. Their
lovo for each other was as strong as
over and tho objection of Mr. Bolmont
to tho marriage was quickly overcome,
Tho Penas returned to Puebla after
arranging for tho wedding and after
a lengthy honeymoon trip Mr. and
Mrs. Pena aro now In Puebla to make
their permanent home.
Devices
window wore explained by one of tho
staff. "The reason no other hospital
In London has a southern window or
skylight Is on nccount of tho difficulty
the operator experiences with the after
noon sun glistening on his Instruments.
The peculiar bluo tint of our window
hns no actual gcrm-kllllng properties,
but it allows us plenty ot afternoon
light to work with, nnd whou the thea
ter Is not In use tho colored glnss is
puRhed nsldo and tho thentor mny bo
floodod with sunlight, the best of na
turo's germ killers."
To prevent tho entrance of dust
Into tho operating room tho nlr in tho
ventilating shaft Is first pnssod over
a specially prepared surface which is
kept constantly moist. All tho heavier
dust particles aro In this way sifted
out of tho air beforo it reaches the
theater.
Every effort Is mado to allow the
isurgeon to devoto tho entlro use of his
hands to tho oporatlon Itsolf. The
electric lights, tho vontllntors, the
fans, and tho wnter taps are all
worked by brass handles which tho
operator pushes to ono sido or tho
othor with his elbows, thus obviating
nil rlBk of contaminating his fingers.
RATTLESNAKE A BABY'S PET
Venomous Reptile Enjoyed Soft
Strokes of Infant's Hand, But
Fought Child's Mother.
Trinidad. Col. Hor stxtecn-months
old daughter playing with a rattle
snake as she might with a kitten was
tho alarming sight that greeted Mrs
Arthur Wilkinson when sho missed
the little ono nnd went In search of
her.
Tho child had been playing In the
house, but had wandered Into tho yard
when her mother found hor sented In
the grass holding a rnttleBnnko in one
hand nnd softly stroking It with tho
othor.
Tho snake semed to enjoy It. Mrs
ilklnson knocked tho roptllo from
hor daughter's hand, who set up
cry for tho return of hor pot.
Tho snake showed fight to Mrs
Wilkinson, who killed it with
spado. It was two feet long and had
four rattles,
Makes Record In Coaling.
Berlin. Tho German battleship
Schleswlg-Holsteln claims to havo es
tabllshcd a record in rapid coaling. Th
crew on a rocent occnslon shipped
700 tons in one hour nnd twenty-nluo
minutes, ot which CCG tons wuro
shipped iu the first hour.
ORN PLANTING IS
OVER
THAT CANADIAN TRIP SHOULD
NOW BE TAKEN.
If you had intended going to Can
ada for tho purposo of purchasing
land on which to establish a homo and
accompanying somo land company,
whoso holdings you proposed to look
over or to go up on your own account
to select ono hundred and sixty acres
of land freo, you should delay no
longer. Corn-planting la over, your
wheat crop Is well ahead, and you
havo a few weeks' tlmo beforo you ara
roquircd in tho fields again. Now
mako your Intended trip, Reports
at hand show that tho crop prospects
in Canada wero never hotter than
they nro today. Tho cool weather has
not affected tho crop, but it anything,
It hns been a benefit. There has been
plenty of moisture and thoso who
havo had their land properly prepared
look upon this year as likely to bo ono
of tho best they havo had. A great
many aro going up this season who
expect to pay two or threo dollars an
aero moro than they woro asked to
pay last year. Others who wish to
homestead aro prepared to go farther
from tho lino of railway than would
hnvo been necessary last year. Still,
It Is worth It. So it will bo with you;
Next year lands will bo higher-priced
and homesteads less accessible. Thoro
Is a wonderful tido of Immigration to
Central Canada now. It is expected
that ono hundred and fifty thousand
now settlers from tho United States
will be numbered by tho end ot tho
present year, an increaso of fifty par
cent over last yea?. In addition to
this thero will bo upwards of ono
hundred thousand from tho old coun
try, which docs not Include thoso
who may como from tho northern
countries of tho Continent. Theso all
Intend to scttlo upon tho land. Tho
reader docs not roqulro an answer to
tho questions, "Why do they do it?"
Why aro thoy going thoro In such
largo numbers?" Western Canada is
no longer an experiment. Tho fact
that ono hundred and fifty million
bushels of wheat wero raised there
last year as against ninety-five mil
lions the year previous, shows that
the tiller ot tho soil in Central Canada
is making money and it is safe to say
that ho is making more money than
can bo made anywhere elso on the
Continent in tho growing of grains.
Ho gets good prices, he has a sure and
a heavy crop, he enjoys splendid rail
way privileges, and ho has also the
advantages ot schools and churches
and such other social life as may be
found anywhere. It is difficult to say
what district is the best. Some are
preferred to others because thero ara
friends already established. The
Grand Trunk Pacific, on Its way
across the Continent, is opening up a
splendid tract of land, which is being
taken up rapidly1. Tho othor railway-
tho Canadian Pacific and Canadian
Northern are extending branch lines
into parts inaccessible a couplo of
years ago. With a perfect network
ot railways covering a largo area of
tho agricultural lands it Is not diffi
cult to securo a location. Any agent
ot tho Canadian Government will b
pleased to render you assistance by
advice and suggestion, and a good
plan Is to wrlto or call upon hlnx
Tho Government has located thess
agents at convenient points through
out the States, and their offices ar
woll equipped with a full supply of
maps and literature. ,
Tongue Twlthter Thimpllflea.
"Somo of these tongue twlBters are
really very hard to enunclnto, for In
stance: 'Tho sea ceuseth, and it But-
Uceth us.' "
"Thnfth onthily thald," Hthpiuglj
thmllcd Mlthth Ellthuboth. "You
thlmply thny It tho: 'Tho then tnoath
oth, and It thufllthoth uth!'"--LIfo.
A 8mooth One. t
"You say ho was brought up in a re
fining atmosphere?"
"Yes; as a boy ho Uvea in the oil
districts of Pennsylvania."
tMr. Wliulow's Soothing Syrup. S
Forehtldren trrtblng, xoftrns tbonums, rUucriin
BawoiaUou,all!ixipiun,curewl(vlcoUa. SjoitbolU,
A genius Is n mnn who tries to bop
row monuy nnd gets It.
Lewis' Single Binder, rxtrn quality to
bacco, costs more tmin other Co cigars.
To lovo and to serve Is the motto
which every true knight should bear
on his shield. Downs.
DON'T WAIT
TOO LONG
Don't wait until the
digestive organs are al
most beyond helpdon't
wait until the bowels
have become constipated
and don't wait until the
liver and kidneys have
become weak and inact
ive; just take Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters at the
very first sign of trouble.
It will save you lots of
suffering because its re
sults are certain. Try it
today for Indigestion,
Cramps, Diarrhoea, Mal
aria, Fever and Ague. Be
sure to get Hostetter's.