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WHICH SHOWS WESTERN
CANADA'S GROWTH.
Several of Western Canada news
papers coming to hand during too
last part of the year 1912 contained
Itonis of news BUch as the following,
speaking of the Christmas work in
the postofllco:
"Other years havo been heavy and
the employees havo had plenty of op
portunity of learning what It was to
work overtime, but the past has had
nothing equal to tho present. Forty
extra men havo been employed (In
Winnipeg), and mall trains havo been
run Bpeclal. Tho Increaso In tho mall
this year has been duo to the enor
mous influx of people Into Western
Canada during tho reason, and also
tho general prosperity which tho
prairie provinces htvo enjoyed. To
tho latter causo has been duo tho
heavy Increaso In tho number of par
cels which havo bosn Bhlpped to tho
old country and Eastern Canada."
The abovo extrpct taken from a
Winnipeg paper gives a fair Idea of
tho great work that the Canadian
pootoftices havo had all through tho
western prairies. During tho past
year hundreds of now postoffices wcro
established, many of them at remote
points ftom tho railway, but all forced
upon the country on account of tho
now settlement that havo taken
place during the year. It Is said of
tho Canadian government that in Its
Immigration and settlement policy
there is nothinp left undone to take
caro of tho people and their welfare,
whether it bo Id tho new town along
a new lino of railway or In the re
motest hamlet. This solicitude and
caro are not confined to the postof
llco, but with every branch that haa
to- do with organizing new districts.
Bridges havo bejn built, roads con
structed, the district policed, and a
dozen other things have to bo dono
and are done. Is it any wonder that
with tho splendid land, the hig.
yielding land, the land that is freo to
Iho homesteader or open to purchase
at reasonablo prices from the railway
and land companies, that tho Cana
dian immigration records for 1912
will show arrivals of upwards of
00,000, one-half of this being from tho
United States. The new llteraturo
being sent out by the immigration
branch at Ottawa, and its agencies
throughout tho United States deals
with many of tho new and interesting
features that will mark the work of
that branch, for the year 1913. Ad
vertisement. Something to Bo Thankful For.
Michael Meehan was the proud pos
sessor of a brand new silk high hat
At the wake of his dearest enemy he
had guarded It carefully, and as a
consequenco was strolling home with
the tile unscathed. As he passed tho
site of a building operation, a lady
acquaintance nodded pleasantly.
With an ostentatious wave of the
hat, which exhibited it to excellent ad
vantage, Michael bowed. At tho earns
moment a brick sailed down from an
opper floor and bounced from his
bared skull. Upon coming to ho in
quired anxiously for tho hat. A by
stander restorod it unharmed, Mike
felt tho egg-sized lnmp on his ead
occasioned by the Impact of tho brick,
and then regarded his undamaged
tile. "Begorry," he sighed in satis
faction, "it's lucky It is I saw tha
loidy in tolmo!"
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and
invigorate stomach, liver and bowels. Sugar
coated, tiny granules, easy to take. Do not
Slips. Adv.
Tho man who stands at tho bottom
f tho ladder and steadies It Is often
of inoro benefit to tho country than
the one who climbs to the top.
Red Cross Ball Blue, nil blue, beat bluing
ralue in the whole world, makes the laun
dress smile. Adv.
It is easier to writo history than it
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Mining at Dawson Available Only
to Men With Big Capital.
Pioneer Sayo There Are Sections of
the Njukon That Havo Not Yet
Deen Scratched by
Prospectors.
New York. Henry Plnkicrt, who
Used to bo a merchant In San Fran
cisco and wont to tho Klondike In
1897, and has been in business in or
around Dawson City ever since, ar
rived recently at tho Dreslln. Ho says
thero are no mining opportunities in
tho Immedlato neighborhood of Daw
son, except for men und companies
with big capital.
"Dawson Is not growing." said Mr.
Plnklert. "In tho enrly days thero
wero all kinds of mining right there
on tho ground for tho individual, but
now. for a radius of about 50 miles
around tho town, the territory Is so
worked out that only big corporations
can mnke money working it, and these
havo taken up n great deal of tho
land. The biggest oporatlona in tho
neighborhood nro boing carried on by
a South African company, which owns
or practically controls all tho claims
wjthln that GO-mllo radius that tho
Guggenholms do not control.
"In the days of tho gold rush a man
would stake his claim, which would
run 500 feet. Tho moment ho got
that worked down to low grade he
was up against a proposition that re
quired dredges and hydraulic ma
chinery to work on a profitable basis.
Tho majority of small claimholders
sold out, and some gave options. A
few aro still holding out for their
prices. Tho government gives a man
tho right to hold his claim so long as
?200 worth of work 1b dono on it in a
year.
"But tho situation nt Dawson does
not end tho Klondike for tho prospec
tor by nny means. I should say that
part of Yukon territory is still In Its
Infancy as a gold producer, In splto
of tho millions that havo been taken
out. Tho great difficulty has been
getting into tho Interior. Small boats
go up tho streams now for hundreds of
miles, but still there aro regions prac
tically unprospectcd. In tho past few
years tho Canadian government has
helped transportation by subsidizing
these craft, and this makes It possible
for miners to carry up their grub in
the fall and continue their work in
tho winter. In my opinion, ono of
these days wo shall hear of discoveries
up there that will make the Klondlko
finds seem insignificant. From Daw-
"DOPE" FIEND IS SLY
Quick Witted and Dangerous Per
sons Who Use Cocaine.
Many Are Said to Have Become Ad
dicted to the Habit Through a Mere
Toothache Efforts Being Made
to Stamp Out Evil.
New York, Disclosures made be
fore tho grand Juries of Kings coun
ty recently and Inquiries at police
headquarters reveal that tho illicit
salo of cocaine has grown so rapidly
during tho last two years that it stands
at the head of tho list of drugs which
aro sold Illegally throughout the city.
Tho pollco record for 1011 shows llvo
arrests and thrco convictions for sell
ing tho drug. Forty-threo Indict
ments returned by tho grand Juries in
Brooklyn in tho last two mouths and
25 cases brought into court by Man
hattan detectives show that tho cm
sado against tho evil is bearing fruit.
Two detectives who havo been busy
running down illegal sellers of thu
drug for tho last seven or eight years
told recently of eccentricities of tho
victims. "It is a strange thing," said
ono, "that more than two-thirds of the
men who sell the drug Illegally are
numbered among the victims, Negroes
are addicted to tho habit to a great
degree. In fact, it was in the south
that the habit of snuHlng the drug
first camo to light. In Now York
city thero nro hundreds who havo be
corao victims through a mero tooth
ache. "In running down thoso who vio
lated tho penal codo in selling tho
drug I havo found tho cocaine victim
to bo a quick-witted and dangerous
person I recall one placo In particu
lar In lower Third avenue, whuro 1
took part In a raid on n saloon, and
found four drug users. Ono had sil
ver buckles on his suspenders and
tho buckles wero In box form and
contained grains of tho stuff. Another
had a seal ring ,tho top of which
opened on a binge and tho insldo was
filled with cocaine. 1 entered a pool
room near Chatham squaro looking
for cocalno and was suro that the
"whlto stuff" was sold on tho prom
ises. I searched for several hours,
and finally came upon sevoral books.
A holo Into the center of tho leavea
about an inch square was used as a de
pository for tho drug. If tho hang
ers on' had not appeared bo studious,
I bellovo I would have been complete
ly fooled."
Tho pollco of tho large cities, from
Maine to California, aro fighting tho
ovll. In Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Bal
timore, Denver, Salt Lako City and
San Francisco tho Increased salo of
cocaine has made tho pollco suspi
cious, and they are trying to discov
er the medium through which the
drug reaches tho underworld. The
INAUbUKATING
Postmaster Gencrni Hitchcock mailing tho first package by parcel post,
It was addressed to Postmaster Morgun at New York and contained a sil
ver loving cup, which later will bo suitably engraved and placed in tho Na
tional Museum.
son to Whlto Horso it is 410 miles and
thero aro numerous regions on both
sides of tho way that never havo been
prospected.
"We lost a lot of prospectors eight
or nlno years ago. They went ovor
tho border Into Alaska, where they
soom to havo dono woll. These Includ
ed somo of tho best of our prospectors.
Still about 250 men aro working on
Scrogg's crook this winter. They
tako out tho frozen soil by thawing
with steam and using pickaxes, pllo it
up and then put it In the sluice boxes
for washing in summer.
"Dredges are now working longer In
tho neighborhood of Dawson than
used to bo possible. Of course, you
temptation to sell tho drug illegally
Is duo to tho enormous profit de
rived. Tho averago cost of tho drug at
wholesale Is about $3 an ounco ,and
it sells at tho rato of JIG an ounco.
DREADNOUGHT OUT OF DATE
British Ship of That Name Assigned
to Fourth Battle Fleet Was
Built Six Years Ago.
London. How fleeting Is the glory
of th(j modern fighting ship Ib Illus
trated In tho caso of tho HrltiBh bat.
tleahlp Dreadnought, tho building ot
which,' us a result of the report of
the British naval attaches who ac
companied Admiral Togo's fleet in the
first naval battles in the Gulf of
Pechlll against tho Pacific fleet ot Hus
"sin, caused a revolution In battleship
construction.
This onco proud vessel is now con
sidered so far out of date that sho
Is being removed from the first bat
tlo squadron and assigned to tho
MORE SCHOOLS IN RUSSIA
Czars Policy Gives Impetus to Popu
lar Education Big Gain in Last
Fifteen Years.
St. Petersburg. Popular education
In Russia Is making rapid strides in
advanco; so much 30 that tho next
statistics of people who can neither
rend nor write, not long ago officially
estimated at CO per cent, of tho total
population, will certainly indicate a
notublo decrease. In tho last fifteen
years public Instruction has immense
ly Improved.
Tho existing system of state schools
wns founded In the scemd halt of
tho nineteenth century, when the
edict of the abolition of rnrfdoui ap
peared Until tho year 1SC0 Russia
only had 4,077 public schools. When.
In 1SC4, tho zemstvos wero estab
lished, the number ot schools In
creased rapidly and at tho end of tho
slxtleB thero wcro In Russia 22,770
bchoolu with 1,140,915 pupils.
s Under Alexander III. popular edu
cation made further advances, and at
tho end of his reign tho number of
schools had reached 43,285 with 2,
070,000 pupils. Under tho present
czar educational matters havo rn
colved increased attention. Thus the
schools opened by tho zemstvos wero
granted a state subsidy of $100 for
every fifty pupils, while the teachors
got Increases in snlary.
At tho presont tlmo thero aro In
Russia 100,205 elomentary schools and
OISO.GIO pupils Ot thosu schools
CC.910 have been oponod under the
reign of Nicholas II., tho prestnt czar.
THE PARCEL POST
cannot work a dredge In winter unless
you boll tho water about it to keop It
from freozlng. Tho dredge has to be
turned around in order to ho used.
Boforo they got to doing this a dredge
could not stnrt to work until Juno 15,
and it had to shut down In September.
Now it can begin work May 1 and
continue until tho end of tho yenr.
"Commercially, thero is nothing do
ing In Dawson. Still, the business. peo
ple there nro In fine, condition.
"Tho dance hnll element and all tho
undesirable part of tho former popula
tion of Dawson havo been weeded
out," added Mr. Plnklert, "and today
tho town Is as clean as any In tho
world."
fourth battlo squadron, which Ib
based on Gibraltar. Tho Dreadnought
has been in commission less than six
years, and whtlo not considered obso
lete Is more outclassed by tho latest
ships than were tho pro-Dreadnoughts
distanced by her when sho was first
built.
A few weeks ngo tho battloshlp
King Gcorgo V, was commissioned.
Sho lias a brondsldo of no less than
14,000 poundB. This gives her a su
periority of 10C per cent, over tho
Dreadnought, which was only 28 per
cent, hotter than the last pre-Droad-noughts.
The "hew armored crlusers
even aro CO per cent, more powerful
than the Dreadnought ,No Biitlsh
armored ship Is reckoned offectlvo to
(laV that has been launched over 18
years.
At tho battle of Trafalgar tho 27
British ships averaged 27 yearB from
tho date of launching. Tho Victory
liersijlf was 50 ycais old.
Bobsled Cupid's Aid.
New York. Cupid was a member
of the pnrty of forty youths and mem
bers from tho fashionable section of
tho Bronx who went sleighing. When
tho party returned four of its mem
bers nnnounced their engagement.
In tho Knmo period tho number of In
dustilnl schools hns risen from 1,233
to 2.748. A teacher In tho state
schools now begins on n salary of $172
a year. After llvo years ho draws
?200, after ten years $220 and the
maximum is only $270 a year.
HEN TRIES TO HANG ITSELF
Conscience Stricken Because It Fail
ed to Lay Its Share of High
Priced Eggs.
Tarrytown, N. Y. Mary, tho pot
hen of Miss Hannah Much of North
Tarrytown, attumptod suloido. Miss
Mace gnivt-ly iuolbts that Mary was
oonbcieiico stricken, hecauso, at tho
high price of eggs, Sho had not been
able to contribute her share.
Tho hen liew up on a wire fence,
and, then, htlcklng her head through
ono of tho holes, Jumped off. Thoro
sho was slowly strangling to death,
when her owner, nttracted by tho oth
er Thickens cackling and making a
great noiso In the yard, ran out and
rescued her pet.
To a reporter Miss Mnco said:
"Mary was hit by an automobile somo
months ago, and slnco that tlmo bIio
has not been nhlo to lay any eggs
"Mary became despondent, nnd for
a week I havo noticqd a faraway look
In her eyes. Sho didn't caro about
her appearance, and her feathers wero
left uncombed Finally sho began to
starve herself, and when she could
not stand it any longer alio Just tried
aulcldo."
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With Sound Health
Regular Dowel Movement from
Childhood on Forestalls Futura
Serious Diseases
Wo cannot all start llfo with tho ad
vantages ot monoy, but ovory child
born la entitled to tho horltago of
good health. Through unfortunate Ig
norance or carclossnoss in tho feeding
of n baby its tiny stomach may be
come dernnged. Tho disordor spreads
to tho bowels nnd before tho mother
realizes it tho two chlof organs on
which tho Infant's comfort nnd health
depend aro causing it great Buffering.
If tho condition is allowed to continue
gravo allmentB ofton result.
Thero is, however, no occasion for
(Warm, and tho senslblo thing to do
but it should bo dono instantly Is to
glvo tho baby n small doso of a mild
laxatlvo tonic. In tho opinion of a
great many peoplo, among them such
well-known persons nB tho parents of
Dlxio Dudley, Magnolia, Ark., tho
propor remedy la Dr. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin. Mra. Karl Dudley writes: "Dr.
CnldweH's Syrup Pepsin is tho bost
medlclno I over used. It cured my
baby of flatulency colic when tho doc
tors failed; it cured my husband of
constipation. My homo shall novor
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plcasnnt-tnstlng lnxatlvo. which every
person likes. It Ib mild, non-grlplng,
nnd contains that most excellent of all
dlgestnnts, pepsin.
This remedy Ib specially lntonded
for infantu, children, women, old peo
plo nnd nil others to whom hnrsh
cathartics, salt waters, pills, etc., aro
distressing. In fact, In tho common
disorders of llfo, ouch as constipation,
For
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"My husband and I novor quarrel."
'Vhoro does ho llvo? In Europo?"
Familiar to "Mike."
.1 negro clairvoyant who for somo
tlmo masqueraded as n Hindoo, wns
recently visited by a collector, Mlko
O'Connor.
"Ah," smiled the clairvoyant, "zo
gonzelman wantz zo palm read?"
"No," said Mlko, "zo gonzelman has
zo bill for you."
When tho bill wno produced the
palm reader forgot hlo Hindoo an
cestors and a stream of perfect Eng
lish swear words poured from his
lips.
"Ah," said Miko, smiling, "zo gen
zelman sounds mora llko zo Indiana
avenuo zan zo Hindoo." Indianapolis
Nowb.
Rooted In tho Human Heart.
There is a smell In our natlvo earth
better than all tho perfumes in tho
east. Thoro Is something in a mother,
though nover so angry, that the chil
dren will moro naturally trust nor
than tho studied civilities of strangers,
let them be nover so hospitable.
Lord Halifax.
A GOOD BREAKFAST.
Somo Persons Never Know What It
Means.
A good breakfast, a good appotlto
and good digestion menn everything
to.tbo man, woman or child who has
anything to do, and wants to got a
good sturt toward doing It.
A Mo. man tells of his wlfo's "good
nrcakfast" and also supper, mado out
of C'rapo-Nuts and cream. Ho says:
"I should llko to toll you how much
;ood Orapo-Nuts has done for my wlfo.
After bolng In poor health for tho Inst
18 years, during part of tho tlmo
scarcely anything would stay on her
stomach long enough to nourish her,
llnully at tho suggestion ot n friend
iho tried Grape-Nuts.
"Now, aftor about four weoks on
.his delicious and nutritious food, sho
has picked up most wonderfully nnd
seems as well as anyone can bo.
"Every morning sho makes a good
orcakfnst on Orapo-Nuts eaton Just an
It comes from tho packago with cream
or milk added; and then again tho
inmo at supper and tho chungo in her
is wonderful
"Wo can't speak too highly of
nrapo-Nuts as a food after our ro
mnrkablo experience" Namo glvon
by Postum Co., Dattlo Crcok, Mich.
Read tho llttlo book, "Tho Road to
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1)1X113 ASKKW DUDLICV
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headaches, nnd tho various other dis
orders of tho stomach, liver and bow
cla nothing is moro BUitnblo than this
mild laxnttvo-toulc. Dr. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin.
Two generations of peoplo nro using
it today, and thousands of families
keop it constantly in tho house, for
ovory member of tho family can uso it.
It can bo obtained of nny drugglBt at
fifty cento or ono dollar n bottlo. tho
latter bolng tho slzo bought by fnml
Ilea who already know Its vnluo. Re
sults nro always guaranteed or money
will bo refunded.
If no mombor of your family has
ovor used Syrup Pepsin nnd you would
Ilka to make a porsonal trial of it
beforo buying it in tho regular wny of
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Washington St., Montlcello, 111., and a
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Trend of the TlmesS
Ex-Qovcrnor Ponnypackor, discuss
ing the divorce ovll in Philadelphia,
said, with a sinllo:
"In thoBO times one novor as th
saying goos, knows whoro ono is at
An ncqualntanco of mine extended hit
hand to mo at tho Historical socloty
tho other day and cried:
" Congratulato mo! I nm the hnp
plest man allvo!"
"I looked at him doubtfully.
"'Engaged, married or dlvorcodT' I
asked." Now York Tribune
Analyzing tho Phllosopr.r.
Flnlcy Peter Dunno was sympathis
ing, at a Now York club, with a play
wright, whoso piny had failed.
"Draco up!" ho crlod. "Tako It Ilka
a philosopher!"
Then Mr. Dunno smiled tho whimsi
cal Dooley smtlo and added:
"A philosopher is ono who has train
ed himself to bear with perfect seren
ity tho misfortunes of others."
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