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Hill, the Great Railroad Mign&t*, Bays About its Wheat-Producing Power) “The greatest need of thin country [United States] In unother genera tion or two will be the pro viding of homes for its people and producing euCicient for them. The days of our prominenco os a wheat exporting country are gone. Can ada is to bo the great wheat country,* ’ This great railroad mag nate is taking advantage of the situation by ex tensive railway build ing to the wheat fields ot,Western Canada. Upwards of 125 Million Bushels of Wheat were harvested in 1909. Average of the three provinces of Alberta. Saskatchewan and Manitoba will be upwards of 23 bushels per acre. Free homesteads of ICO acres, and adjoining pre-emptions of 160 acres (at $3 per acre), are to be had in the choicest districts. Schools convenient, climate excellent, soli the very best, railways close at hand, build ing lumber cheap, fuel easy to get and reasonable In price, water easily procured; mixed farming a success. Write as to best place for settlement, settlers’ low railway rates, descriptive illus trated “Last Best West"(sent free Jon application), and other informa tion, to Sup’t of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to the following Canadian Gov’t Agents-. E. T. Holmes 815 Jackson St.. St. Paul, Minn.: J. M. MacLachlan, Box 116, Watertown. Sonth Dakota, and W. V. Bennett, 801 New York Life Building, Omaha, Neb. (Use address nearest you.) Please say where you saw this advertisement, t2r~3ioux City Independent List. SICK HEADACHE . -U.w.,uy cureavls’ Painkiller amt the danger Is averted. Un eq vi a led tor colds, sore throat, quinsy. 25c. 85c and 50c. Unwholesome. From London Tit-Bits. Medicine Man—What is the matter with your majesty? i Cannibal King—Oh, I've an awful In digestion! Medicine Man—What have you been : eating? Cannibal King—I have Just polished off an American millionaire. Medicine Man—Good heavens! No wonder you are ill! I’ve told you re peatedly to beware of anything rich. 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Heard melodies are sweet, but those un heard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but more en deared Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone: Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold lover, never, never canst thou kiss. Though winning near the goal—yet. do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss. Forever wilt thou love, and she be fairl Ah. happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the spring adieu, And happy melodist, unwearied. Forever piping songs forever new; More happy love; more happy, happy love! Forever warm and still to be enjoyed, Forever panting and forever young; All breathing human passion far above, That leaves a heart high sorrowful and cloyed, A burning forehead and a parching tongue. Who are these coming to the sacrifice? To what green altar. O mysterious priest, Leadst thou that heifer lowing at the skies, And all her silken flanks with garlands drest? What little town by river or seashore. Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, Is emptied of this folk, this pious morn? And. little town, thy streets forever more Will silent be. and not a soul to tell Why they are desolate can e'er return. O Attic shape! fine attitude! with brede Of marble men and maidens over wrought, With forest branches and the trodden weed; Thou, silent form; dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity: Cold pastoral! When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain In midst of other woe Than ours; a friend to man, to whom thou sayest; Beauty is truth, truth beauty—that Is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. —John Keats. What Authors Have Earned. Zola’s yearly income was $60,000. Daudet’s "Sapho” brought $200,000. Lamartine's "History" brought $100, 000. "Paradise Lost” was sold by Milton for $50. Hugh Conway sold “Called Back” for $400. Chateaubriand's literary earnings were $110,000. Mark Twain In his lifetime has earn ed $700,000. Browning's earnings were about $10, 000 annually. Hugo is said to have made $250,000 out of six books. “The Wandering Jew” as a serial netted Sue $20,000. "King Solomon's Mines” netted $5,000 on Its first sale. Goldsmith got 800 guineas for his “Animated Nature." Dickens left an estate of $400,000, the result of hie writings. "Uncle Remus” Harris has received $100,000 for "Br’er Rabbit." Tennyson received for his poetry be tween $25,000 and $35,000 a year. As an author Anthony Trollope re ceived $500,000 during his lifetime. Thomas Moore never made more than $5,000 a year from his work. For “Middlcmarch” George Eliot got $40,000, and for “Romola" $35,000. Macaulay's history brought the au thor $100,000 during Its first 10 weeks' Emile Rlchebourg used to get $20,000 each for his novels before they ap peared In book form. Scott earned from $50,000 to $75,000 a year by his pen for several years. For 11 novels and nine volumes of tales h» received $550,000. George Ohnet received $10,000 for "The Forge Master” as a novel, and $15,000 from It as a play In the first three months. Out of the play he made more than $35,000. vu yp STRIKING AN AVERAGE. Airs. Wabash—-You've been married 10 years, haven't youT Airs. Sue Falls—Yes, just about 10 ysars. off and on. Youthful Depravity. From London Tlt-Blts. At a railway station the other day "a gentleman from the country” yielded to the pressing solicitation of a per sistent newsboy and bought a penny weekly paper. But Wiere was a difficulty—a shilling, no change and the engine of the train giving unmistakable evidence of a spt4dy departure. The bargain was about to be canceled when the boy volunteered to get the shilling changed Into pence. "But,”*s;lid the gent, "perhaps you will not return with the 11 pence.” The boy’s face wore an injured look. ”lf you are afraid to trust me, sir,” said he, and there was the least trace of emotion In his voice, "you can have the other II copies as security.” Something suspiciously like moisture came Into the old man's eyes as he glanced Into the bright, open counte nance of the boy, and he felt heapflly ashamed of himself as he mechanically held out his hand for the remaining 11 copies. He watched the little fellow as he trotted down the platform till he sailed round a corner and was lost to sight. Fifteen seconds later the engine gave a final shriek and the train slowly glided out of the station. The man glanced round at his fellow passengers and handed a copy of the paper to each ^>ne from his pile. He said nothing, but he seemed to be thinking. It is getting so that people can hard ly go out for an auto ride without run ning across some one they know. To the Invincible Republic. America: 1 have never breathed thy air, Have ne, r touched thy soil nor heard the speed And thunder of thy cities; yet would I Salute thee from afar, not chiefly awed By wide domain, mere breadth of gov erned dust, Nor measuring thy greatness and thy power Only by numbers; rather seeing thee As mountainous heave of spirit, emotion huge, Enormous hate and anger, boundless love, And most unknown unfathomable depth Of energy divine. And as thou art vast. So are the perils vast, that evermore In thine own ..ouse are bred; nor least of these That fair and fell Delilah, Luxury, That shears the hero's strength away, and brings Palsy on nations. Flee her loveliness For in the end her kisses are a sword. Strong sons hast thou begotten, natures rich In scorn of riches, greatly simple inlnds; No land in all the world hath memories Of nobler children; let it not be said That if the peerless and the stainless one. The man of Yorktown and of Valley Forge, Or he of tragle doom, thy later born. He of the snort plain word that thrilled the world And freed the bondman, let It not be said That if today these radiant ones returned. They would behold thee changed beyond all thought From that austerity wherein thy youth Was nurtured, those large habitudes of soul. —William Watson. NEW RAILWAYS IN CENTRAL CANADA. American Settlers Welcome and Doing Well. The Portland Oregonian, of Port land, Oregon, published a cartoon on the immigration of U. S. people to Canada, in Its issue of October 5, 1909. The picture was accompanied by the following article: “Losing American Citizens. The ex odus of American farmers to Canada continues to be a phenomenon of the first importance. More of them are crossing the border this fall than ever before, and they are flocking thither from all parts of the country. Former ly it was the Middle West alone which thus lost the heart of its citizenship. Now all sections of the Union suffer aunc. l lie icgici vy nc cuum-'i help feeling over the migration of many thousands of excellent citizens has an economic side which causes some concern. The 70,000 farmers who will go to Canada to live this fall will take with them some $70, 000,000 in cash and effects. This Is by no means a negligible sum, and makes a very appreciable drain on our re sources. But, of course, the most se rious loss is the men themselves and their families, who have forsaken the land of the free and the home of the brave to dwell under the rule of a monarch. “Why do they go? Naturally the cheap and fertile land of Western Can ada attracts them. Each emigrant goes with a reasonable expectation of bet tering his fortune. Indeed, in a few years he may grow rich through the abundant crops he can raise and the Increase of land values. But perhaps that is not the sole reason for the as tonishing migration. There is a com mon notion abroad that in Canada life and property are appreciably safer than they are here. Murders are not so frequent, and are more speedily and Burely punished. Mobs and the so called ‘unwritten law' are virtually un known in Canada. Again, the law Is a vastly more ascertainable entity there. Canada does not permit its Judges to veto acts of a legislative body. When a statute has been enact ed it is known to be the law of the land until it is repealed. This natu rally imparts to Canadian civilization a security and stability which we have not yet attained. “We must remember, in the same connection, that the Canadian protect ive tariff is far less exorbitant than ours, and much less boldly arranged for the benefit of special favorites. Hence there is an impression, very widely diffused, that the Canadians are not so wickedly robbed by the trusts as we are in this country. Reasons like these sufficiently account for the exodus of a body of citizens, whom we can ill afford to lose, but they do not much assuage our regret that they cannot be retained in the United States.” Speaking of this, a Canadian Gov ernment representative says that the Americans who cross the border are most welcome. The splendid areas of virgin soil, a large quantity of which is given away as free homesteads, lies close to existing railways and to those under construction. The railway lines that are assisting in this development are the Canadian Pacific, the Canadian Northern and the Grand Trunk Pa cific. The latter is built entirely on Canadian soil, and has opened up a wonderful stretch of land. Along this line during the year about closed thousands of American settlers have made their homes. They have built the towns, and immediately began as factors in the building up of the great Canadian West. Agents of the Government are lo cated in various cities throughout the United States who will be pleased to give any information that may be de sired to further the interest of the settler. Mean Man. From the Kansas City Journal. The newest “mean man” story: In a western county of Kansas the dead body of an unknown man was recently discovered. In his pockets they found $100 in bank notes and a big revolver. "What about it?" asked the Innocent one. "You would expect that they'd have used that hundred in finding his rela Women's Secrets There is one man in the United States who has perhaps heard more women’s secrets than any other man or woman in the country. These secrets are not secrets of guilt or shame, hut the secrets of suffering, and they have been confided to Dr. R. V. Pierce in the hope and expectation of advice and help. 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