f REDUCED COST ' Grow Grain in Western Canada, Make Profits, and Show Greater Patriotism. The nation-wide cry of “More Effi ciency” has now reached even the most remote, agricultural sections and liiere is a genera! interest amongst the farm ers to increase their products and to reduce-their expenses. The need ot foodstuffs is greater than the world has ever before known, and every ef fort is being used to meet the world’s food requirements, becoming more apparent every day. While it is true that tjtfs desire is attested by a gen eral patriotism, there is an under lying factor in this extension work to secure some of the benefits that are being offered by a ready market at maximum prices. Wide-spread atten tion has been given to the opportunity in this raspect in Western Canada, where fortunes are being made In a few crops out of grain at present prices. It has been found that the open, level prairie can be cultivated foi wheat and other small grains at a min imum price, and during the past few years the yields have been more than satisfactory. Wheat crops of forty bushel to the acre have been common in Westej-n Canada in the last three or four .^egrS, and with a present avail able price of over $2.00 per bushel this means a return on investment and lnhor that cannot be duplicated else where. This is made possible by the low priced lauds that can be secured for grain growing. The range in price runs from $15 to $25 per acre, accord ing to location and other local condi tions. In this period of “more agricul tural efficiency” it is apparent at a glance that the fanner on low priced but high grade lands, growing his grain at a minimum cost, is reaping a golden harvest with the highest per eentage of profit. The cultivator of high priced farm lands has a big handicap to overcome in computing his profits on a $200 an acre farm as compared with the agri culturist reaping as great, if not greater return from $25 an acre land. It therefore becomes a question for the farmer himself to answer, whether he is doing himself and his country the best service, by devoting all his ener gies to working high priced land that yields no better return than land that can be secured at one-eighth the price. It is a case of getting either minimum or maximum quantity. Many have already decided on the alterna tive, and with their spare money in vested in and now working Western Canada lands, they are allowed to speak for themselves. Apparently they are satisfied, for we learn of cases whore on a $4,000 investment, in one year they have had their money back, with a. profit of from 50% to 100%. Such is one of the steps in progressive ness now being demonstrated in the effort to create greater efficiency. The Canadian Government is using every effort to bring these conditions to the attention of the agricultural world, in order to secure the necessary increased grain production so greatly needed. The farmer In Western Canada is ex empt from all personal taxes. His buildings, stock and Implements are not assessed; and every encourage ment is given to farmers to improve and increase their farm output. Re duced railway rates are being offered to new settlers to look over the coun try and to size up an unprecedented opportunity in farming.— Advertise ment. Worth Weight in Gold. Fifteen years ago Adam Stouffer of Findlay, <).. purchased a Plymouth Keek hen, and now the hen, at the age of nineteen years, is laying eggs wltli the rest of the flock, and there are no indications that .she is going to quit. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas County—ns. v Frank J. Cneney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney * Co., doing ujusiness in the City of To ledo. County and State aforesaid, and that raid firm will pay the sum of ONE HUN DRED DOLLARS for any case of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in nr-' presence, this 6th • day of December, A 1>. 1888. A. W. Gleason. Notary Public. HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE is tak en irtornallv and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Druggists, 75c. Testimonials tree. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Taking a Chance. Som«* of lilt* poets are venturing to rhyme “camouflage.”—Louisville Cour ier-Journal. Keeping: the Quality Up LA X A 1*1 V H5 lSUOMo QUININB, the World-Farnona Our* l«ir CoUlu and Grip, in now 80cper box. On account of ihe advance in the price of the six dif ferent «dicm:11. Concentrated Bxtracts and Cbem j. jis contained in LAX ATI V H B HOMO QUININB, it was necessary to increase the price to the Drag gist. It huK Sf.uj.l tbe test lor a Quarter of a Cent ury. Ilia used by every Civilized Nation. Allow 70,000 church hells in Ger iniin,v have boon melted for munitions. -Always un- Red <>o.s Rail Blue. Delights the laundress. Ar ail good grocers. Adv. Spain hegan building railroads in IS 10. L'aby’s Eyes. . Jn.t Eye Comfort Marine Eye Remedy * Bye delve* *n Tab** 2&**. Par }foefore next summer, while In any case a large number must be re tained at home so that not more than 400,000 or 500,000 men can be sent to Europe. • * • Finally, the fighting value or American troops Is not great. Probably about equal to that of the Rumanians, and there cer tainly will he fewer of them than there were of the Rumanians. So Germany will have an easy task. In fact, it is doubtful whether the Americans will risk the ven ture of sending an army to Europe at all. Dr. Carl Jenny In the Tagliche Rundschau. Whatever may happen, one thing is certain—the millions of soldiers and the hundred thousand airplanes which the Americans threaten to let loose upon the wicked Germans will resolve themselves Into the clouds of dreamland. It is only a piece of that boasting at which the Americans are unsurpassable masters. It is really marvelous to see what they are able to do In the way of opening wide their jaws, as though they were sluice gates, without dislocating them. They owe this faculty to their splendid practice In that chattering which so faithfully portrays the degree of their Kultur, for theirs Is a mentality which combines, In a way truly remarkable, richnes of voca bulary with poverty of thought. Viewed from a practical tandpoint, however— that Is-, free from all psycnologtoal nice ties-it would seem that things will come about In this wise. For the moment, by dint of much brain cudgeling and worry, a little tonnage could still bo found for the transport of the war lusting Yankees, but no army of any Importance Is there to be transported, while later, should any military force worthy of the name really be in readiness, there will be no mere ships to convey them to face the enemy. Indict Own War Lords. From the Rssen Arbelter Zeitung. I “Things are getting worse and worse. , for more ami more men are being drafted J into the army and more and more women j are compelled to stand for six or eight | hours outside the foodahops, to wait their ' turn for half a pound of potatoes. We are I told to hold out is tlie sole thing that J matters. Well, we shall go on holding ■ i out. no doubt, until none but war prof- j Iteers survive, and we women are all In ; our gi a\ es.' Thus runs a letter from a soldier’s wife to her husband. How' many other women | will be writing similar letters to their hus- J bands at the front? How must the recipl- • j ents of such letters feel when they ace j from the papers how they are lauded as j 1* heroes, and how much is being talked at festival banquets about the thank* of the fatherland. Those thanks never material ize in the promised financial support to , wife and c hild, simply because the gifts [ of the charitable are completely consumed i by the thousand and one officials and i i functionaries who cling like parasites to he funds placed at their disposal. A Ghastly Procession. From the Milwaukee Journal. “I saw the ghastly procession of rescue vessel*, as they landed the living and the' dead under the flaring gas light torches! along the Queenstown water front. Boat i after boat came up out of the darkness, I discharging bruised and shuddering wom en, maimed and half naked men, and a few wide eyed children wjose Innocent mind* wrestled blankly with this new and strange manifestation of life. Frenzied women begged me for their husbands, and men with pitiable, choking efforts went ceaselessly from group to group, looking for their little daughters, their brothers, n,nd, In some instances, for their American brides. Pile* of corpses, like eordwood, grew higher and higher among the colls of ropes and ships' stores on the dark old quays." , So Fnited States Consul Wesley Frost, now In America, describes the scenes fol lowing the sinking of the Lusitania, adding in reference to the sinking of file Abomo, a big passenger liner from west Africa, 3ti0 miles from land: "A lovely sunset was fading In the west, and a crescent moon and evening star were in the heavens when the Abosso received a torpedo in her vitals. The ship yawned and veered like a stricken animal, ller lifeboats were smashed or overturned, spilling human beings like grains of eun.i into tile aea. As the darkness closed down, 300 men. women and little children, struggled In those lonely waters. A hun dred of them perished. In this case, as in others, the submarine waited cold bloodedly until nightfall to compass Its destruction of Innocent lives. Strategy. From the Hhnilns'ham Aye-World. "Mother, I believe Mr. Sappington is going to propose tonight.' "Well, put, on your prettiest *'r..ck." "I'd rather not, mother, dear. If I wear a dress that cost about $15. In stead of a French model, he won't feel so dubious about being able to support me.'' • aW44 v4444+4-444+44-4444444^ * THE HUMAN TOUCH. 4 *> 4 ♦ From Industrial Management. 4 ♦ Nearly everything of money value 4 +■ In tV#* world gets its worth from 4 ¥■ the human touch. The Midas hand 4 *■ .f Mtmanlty turns whatever It 4 *• f! into its representative 4 •> \s*• jj! t in gold. Diamonds gain 4 + th"h • '.:'i value not only from rar- 4 ♦ i!y hut because tons of the earth’s 4 e s '1 have to be handled to find one 4 t- little stone. (Sold itself gets its 4 * voi't not merely from scarcity. 4 v hut from the Immense work in uc- 4 i ♦ cumulating one ounce. 4 * 4 j The Ruling Spirit. What happened to the few survivors of i be British torpedo boat destroyer ••Shark” after she was sunk by the Ger mans In the naval battte off Jutland Is Vividly told in an article In "The Navy and Merchant Marine." Two rafts carried the few men that were left when the "Shark” finally sank after gallant a fight as the sea has ever pro lix cd. The second life saving raft had been so damaged by shell fire that only two men could be accommodated upon t. The two most severely wounded (one Df them had lost a leg) were helped on :o It by a number of others who them selves clung to the edge, among them be ing the first lieutenant. Able Seaman Smith, on the other raft, realizing that the majority were badly wounded and being himself only slight hurt, swam over to render what assistance he could. 'Hie first lieutenant, who had unfailingly cheered and comforted the stricken little band presently asked if any could still sing, and then, without faltering himself began: "Nearer My God, to Thee." Those who had the strength Joined In as they clung submerged up to their shoul ders In the Icy water, almost unrecog nizable from the thick black oil which floated on the surface; and so one by one, death overtook them. Able Seaman Smith alono survived more than a couple of hoVira. While It was still light the British battle fleet was sighted through the mists, and the drenched haggafd figures on the other raft cheered it as it pased five miles away. With indomnitable optimism they all clung to the hope of a speedy rescue, and Able Seaman Howell semaphored across the waste of water "We are Brit ish.’’ in the hope that it would be read by one of the distant ships. The twilight deepened into dusk and the raft on which Able Seaman Smith alone survived was lost to sight. The nix oc cupants of the other sat with the waves washing over them, nursing their wounds ai d debating the prospects of being picked up. The Yeoman of Signals rambled into delirium at limes and finally said "I must have a sleep. Let me got my head down.” _Ab!e Seaman Hope attempted to dis suade him hut without avail. "I must sleep," he Insisted pathetically, and as hje stretched himself in the bottom of the raft tin* ruling Instinct of the. service came back through the mists of death. "Give us a shake if the captain wants any thing,” he said, and his loyal spirit passed to join that of his captain. Pork and Victory. From tile Wall Street Journal. Pork one day last week reached $51 a barrel. Compared with the price of $21.66 In the month before war began. It Is sen sational. This daring aviator, disdaining to “spiral,” stands his machine ”on its tail” and shoots upwards. Tile price is even more disturbing than the high level of cotton. The reason is largely the same, but its Import Is more sinister, and calls for prompt measures for its remedy. The price lays bare the fact that tho supply of meat Is inadequate to obr military and civilian needs. Food, we are told, will win the war. It will be no child’s play to beat back the Hun. If it Is accomplished tile fighting forces must be kept physically fit at all times. That can be done only by an abundance of energy giving food. That food is wheat and meat. Our wheat crop Is short and the world supply is S6 per cent of normal. A short age of wheat calls for more meat. The beef supply Is short and the purchasers of meat have turned to pork. As even there the supply Is not up to requirements, prices go skyward. The obvious duty is to Increase the sup ply or wheat and meat. The farmers have , seeded a larger area to wheat and the ■ outcome now rests with nature. To In crease the beef herds Is In point of time like increasing tlic battleship fleet. But hogs develop rapidly and Increase faster than compound interest. Therefore hopes of military success must lost upon them. If It be necessary to depend upon pri vate enterprise, then call the farmers to their duty. Tell them the need of the hour and show them that they are sure of a profit never before known. By every means encourage the raising of hogi and keeping them until of a mature age. Change the usual commencement day ora tory and tell the farm boys to hitch their wagons, not to a star, but to tile tall of a pig. Not quite so classic, perhaps, but more to the point. Every security value in the land rests upon victory and therefore upon pigs. Here then Is work for banks, chambers of commerce and boards of trade, and everyone w'ho, directly or in directly. can Influence the farmers to raise more pigs. Northcliffe’s Happiest Harvest. From the Boston Transcript. There are three outstanding and obvious Characteristics of Lord NorthcJIffe which leave an impression even upon those who meet him for the first time. One Is his contempt for titles of all sorts; another Is his lust for truth at all time, and the third Is perhaps the happiest harvest of his cyclonic life—loyalty which associa tion with him fill all whom he dellghta to call his fellow workers. At a golf club near New York city four members of his staff were taking an early morning turn around the links not long ago. They ob served that they were receiving very marked attention from other golfers and gathering a gallery a» they played. Fin ally the curiosity of one caddy let the cat out of the bag when he asked the party: “Which one of you Is Northcllffe?” When the story was told that evening by one of the golfers to his chief, it arought this quick reply: "I hope you an swered 'All of us.' ” The members of laird Northcliffe’s staff are his cabinet, so relied upon and so recognized by him, and he delights In be stowing upon them the compliments which come to him. Pay Swiss With Bonds, l'nlted States Consular Report. A London watch importing house which doe* a large business with Switzerland nas just sent a circular to Its Swiss clients proposing to pay them in part for orders placed in 5 per cent British war loan bonds, redeemable In five years, at 102. 1'he British importing ho;ise calls atten tion to the attractive features of this plan, citing that the manufacturers will receive 5 per cent, bee Idee a premium at redemption, and such advance as may take place In the price of the bonds on Ihe market The British house ...riPer engages to rebuy the bonds at any time at the market rate. Nona Mar# Se. From the Baltimore American. “Is tile woman I saw you talking to a fitting associate for you?” “She couldn’t be more fitting. She'e my dressmaker,’’ The Score. Speaking of golfing In a Washington club. Senator John W. Weeks of Mas sachusetts, referred to the great enthu siasm of tin* patrons of that game and fittingly recalled tips little story: Jones was it golf f«n of the dyed-in the-wool lirnnd. When ho wasn't play ing golf in- was talking golf, and be tween those intervals he happily dreamed of ptttls and drives. One af ternoon Jones ran across an elderly preacher front his boyhood town. “By the way, Mr. Brown,” said the golfer, after tunny reminiscences Imd been exchanged, "I must ask you about those three old maiden sisters who used to live on Main street when I was , a hoy. 1 suppose they never left Jnck | sonvllle.” "Miss Ophelia and Miss l’lioebe went to heaven about two years ago,” nn i swered the parson, with the due amount of impressiveness, "hut Miss Patience Is still in Jacksonville.” "I sec,” musingly rejoined the golf ing enthusiast, “2 up anti 1 to go."— Philadelphia Telegraph. GREEN’S AUGUST FLOWER Has been used for all ailments that are caused by a disordered stomneh and inactive liver, such as sick head ache, constipation, sour stomneh, nervous Indigestion, fermentation of food, palpitation of the heart caused by gases in the stomach. August Flower Is a gentle laxative, regulutes digestion both in stomach and intestines, cleans and sweetens the stomach and alimen tary canal, stimulates the liver to se crete the bile and impurities from the blood. Sold In all civilized countries. 30 and 90 cent bottles.—Adv. Woe Betide Him. Miss Eleanor Sears, the young sportswoman, was talking in Boston about n young man who had recently been jilted. “It was ids pacifist tendencies that made her jilt him,” said Miss Sears. “From socialism lie drifted to the I Won't Works. 1 believe he became positively pro-German In the end.” She shrugged iter shoulders. “Every girls loves a bargain,” she said, "but woe betide the man who ' cheapens himself In iter eyes!” DON’T WORRY ABOUT PIMPLES Because Cuticura Quickly Removes Them—Trial Free. __ On rising and retiring gently smear the face with Cuticura Ointment. Wash off the Ointment in five minutes with Cuticura Soap nnd hot water, using plenty of Soap. 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