r AN INHERITANCE IN WESTERN CANADA.
IndlAB Reservation* and Other New Dis
tricts to lie Op* ne«l I p This Year.
Ia the Great Saskatrhcenn Y'atley and the
Fertile l'laiia of AnKlnlboia.
To tlio Editor, Dear Sir: The past
three nr four years have demonstrated
to a large number of Americans, the
value of the grain-growing and ranch
ing lands of Western Canada. Tens of
thousands have taken advantage of
the offer made by the Canadian gov
ernment as well as of the exceedingly
low prices asked for lands by the rail
way, colonization and other compan
ies. The experience of those who have
been settled there for somo little time
Is of a highly gratifying character. So
much so that the Canadian govern
ment, who has control of the immigra
tion into Western Canada, has decid
ed to open up some new districts this
year in the well known Saskatchewan
Y'alley and also in the fertile plains of
Assiniboia. These Districts are prob
ably the most productive in the entire
West and in close touch to largely set
tled communities as well as being
situated on some of tbe most import
ant lines of railway. They are within
easy reach of markets, schools, church
es and other social advantages. In
eorne of these districts lands may be
homesteaded as well as purchased out
right at very low prices. Now as to
what can be done on these lftnds. The
evidence of the settlers in the neigh
borhood of the lands now about to he
opened for settlement (some of them
being located in one of the best Indian
‘Reservations) goes to show thaf the
very best results have followed even
most indifferent methods. Cases are
given where farmers having gone
there with most limited means, barely
enough to erect a small house and
break up a little land, have in three
or four years time become prosperous,
nil debts paid and money In the bank.
The soil in tbe Districts mentioned,
Assiniuoia and Saskatchewan, is a rich
black loam, fifteen inches to three feet
deep. As a settler says, "It appears
like the accumulation of decayed vege
tation and ashes for centuries (the
sub-sotl is a 6tiff, putty clay).” On
this soil it is possible to raise from 40
to CO bushels of wheat to the acre, oats
75 to 100 bushels, all of which bring
good prices at the local market. For
mixed farming these new districts uro
probably among the best in Western
Canada. Stock fatten easily on the
wild grasses. Hay is plentiful, and
prices splendid. Another settler writ
ing to a friend in Iowa says; “The
climate is all that could be desired,
plenty of rainfall in summer, with no
hot, dry winds. On the 2Sth of Sep
tember I saw prairie flowers in full
bloom, sweet corn, potato and tomato
vines that had not been touched a par
ticle with frost, and the winters are
milder than those In the State from
which I came. After the holidays the
winter sets in clear and cold, with
plenty of snow for good sleighing; no
high winds or blizzards are known.
Horses live out all winter and pick
their own living, while cattle live all
winter in open sheds and around the
hay ricks. Wheat, oats and barley are
the principal grain crops. Potatoes
and all other roots and vegetables do
well, the yield being enormous as
compared to those in the States. Wild
fruits, such a3 strawberries, raspber
ries, cranberries, gooseberries and all
varieties of currants yield in abund
ance. As a reader of your valuable pa
per for a number of years, 1 feci that
I should Inform you of the progress
and advancement being made in Can
ada within the past few years, and the
inducements and advantages that will
follow settlement in Western Canada.
Those who desire information can do
as I did, and apply to any Agent of
the Canadian Government, whose
name I see appears In advertisements
appearing elsew'here In the columns of
your paper, and when writing aslt par
ticularly about the Saskatchewan Val
ley or Asslniboia Districts.
Yours truly,
Old Header.”
• ,
A New Yankee Industry.
The Massachusetts Frog Company
has just been incorporated in Maine,
with a capital of ?5,000, its object be
ing declared in the application to be
"to buy, Fell, breed and import frog3
and like animals.”
Hall Insurance.
From the reports filed in the In
surance department of the state tiie
past two years it would seem as
though this class of insurance is
one of the most important classes
carried in the state of Nebraska. One
of these hail companies alone has paid
the enormous sum of 8105,053.42 in
losses during the past two seasons. No
other insurance company in the state
lias paid such a large sum for losses as
this one hail insurance company. The
management of this company has bccu
more economical than is usually the
case with insurance companies. Other
wise it would not have been possible
to pay such a large sum for losses.
While several hail Insurance com
panies have ceased to do business the
past two year3 on account of not pay
ing losses, the United Mutual Hail
Insurance Association of Lincoln, the
one above referred to, stands out alone
with the proud record of which the
officers of any insurance company
could feel proud, having paid 812,000
more for losses than was paid by all
the other hail insurance companies
combined in the state. We can there
fore recommend the United Mutual
of Lincoln to anyone wishing good
protection to his growing crops or to
any agent wishing to write hail in
surance.
A friend’s faults may he noticed,
but not blamed.
_ Ho who would save should begin
with the mouth.
■ ■■MMMMUlW—I ■■-»TI W I---—
VISITORS NOT WANTED.
People Wlio Wan I to See CireenlAnd
Mimt 4*et tt Rr»yj%l Permit.
Greenland la governed in a grand
motherly way by Denmark, hut, as it
consists of a group of colonies which
would not under any circumstances at
tract many tourists or traders no out
s^lor complains of the exclusiveness of
the Danish authorities. Trade always
has been and still is monopolized by
the state and only government vessels
are allowed to sail in Greenland wa
ters. For foreign travelers also Green
land is a closed country unless the
traveler in question has beforehand
obtained the rare distinction of ob
taining the permission of the Danish
government. The monopoly of the
trade is said to protect the Greenland
er from being deceived by unscrupu
lous merchants. The administration
settles a fixed price both for the goods
the Greenlanders purchase and for the
products they sell. In this way all are
treated in the same manner and the
business being carried on by the state
is a guaranty that the natives are not
imposed upon. Furthermore, the mem
bers of the administration are enj lin
ed to take care that the natives do not
leave themselves short of produce by
selling more than they can dispense
with, so that they are not destitute of
needful food and clothing when the
slack time arrives. The native Green
lander never has been, neither is he
now, able to purchase a single drop of
spirits from the administration. The
exchange of goods between Greenland
and Denmark is as a rule carried on
exclusively by means of the nine ves
sels belonging to the Greenland Com
pany—viz., five brigs, three barks and
a small steamer, having a total regis
ter of about 2,000 tons net. Several of
these vessels, which are suitable for
sailing through drift ice, make two
voyages a year, and the steamer as a
rule three voyages. One of them the
brig named the Whale, is nearly 100
years old.
CLOSING YEARS OF LIFE.
The TVrltor, Approaching 00, l liuls I'ou
Rolutlim In the Church.
“I have read the Spectator many
years, but I do not remember an ar
ticle having impressed me more than
the one published in your issue of the
15th inst. on The Things Beyond the
Tomb.’ There are abundant reasons
in favor of anonymous writing, but
one feels really anxious personally to
thank the writer for this paper, so full
of insight and sympathy. I was most
struck with his observations on the
views men take of death. I believe it
to be quite correct that no sane man
would like to live his life over again.
Ai my age (approaching 60) I can, as
it were, see the end of my life ap
proaching. The prospect gives me no
fear. As one grows older the outlook
becomes clearer and calmer. I have
been a doubter, but like my forefath
ers, I can now find consolation in the
services of the church. It is astonish
ing how the ordinary affairs of life
seem to adapt themselves to your add
ed years. One’s pleasures are quieter
but quite as enjoyable. To live in the
lives of your children, to watch their
progress, the development of their
minds, is one great source of pleasure.
Then one has music, reading, garden
ing, etc. May I also add that I took
tlie advice of an old friend some years
ago. who said the two things most
likely to give pleasure in declining life
were to learn whist and play the vio
loncello. These are simple things and
within the reach of all but the very
poor. The writer of the article quoted
with approval a verse from one of
Baxter's hymns. There is, however, a
verse in the same hymn still more ap
propriate to my state of mind:
“If life be long, O make me glad,
The longer to obey;
If short, no laborer is sad
To end the toilsome day.”
•—Letter in London Spectator.
Conscription Rampant in France.
Russia, with a population of 129,000,.
000, has an army reaching, on a peace
footing, to 800,000, and in war time to
3.500,000. Germany, with a population
of 52,000,000, supports 585,000 soldiers
in time of peace, and these, when nec
essary can be brought up to 3,000,000.
The French army, in peace time, is
615,000 strong, the second largest in
the world, and 3.000,000 men can lie put
intft the field. These figures mean that
in France every soldier fights for fif
teen civilians; in Germany, every sol
dier fights for seventeen, and Russia
finds one soldier in every thirty-seven
persons. With a demand for such a
supply of fighting men. conscription is
rampant, and every able-bodied
Frenchman is liable to be called upon
for service.—Cosmopolitan.
Rlil Evart* Outdone.
Ex-Senator William M. Evarts is no
longer the champion framer of long
sentences. He frequently made a rec
ord of 500 words, but has been far out
done by Rastus S. Ransome, a New
York lawyer, who, in a will case re
cently put a hypothetical question 4,000
words in length. Boiled down all
this means: “Assuming the testimony
to be true, was site s ine or insane when
nhe made her will?” It took just thir
ty minutes to ask the question.
The World's Huler.4.
There are over sixty “rulers” in
the world, and it is surprising to find
that the presidents outnumber tho
kings. There are twenty-four presi
dents and only twenty kings. But
tho balance is more than' made
straight by the emperors, sultans, mi
kados, rajahs, khedives, ameers and
other potentates, who prefer their
special title to that of king. Only one
reigning monarch in the world, if we
except her most important majesty of
China, is a woman. This is Queen
Wixhelmina.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
When th# corl Is tightest it is near
est snapping,
• f You Hove Rheumutmm
no money, but writo Dr. feboop Ha'!nf. Wi*.,
box 14;'., fur nix botrle* of Dr. Mi - •< *d* i* KhiMiiniitU'
Cure.expreia p»id. if cured pay $5.50; If not it it free.
A fool is like other men as long as
ho is silent.
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Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE
STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for
10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con
tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran
teed or money refunded.
You may cook in small pots as well
as in large ones.
We thank you for trying Wizard Oil
for rheumatism or neuralgia, then you
will thank us. Ask your druggist
One would rather he bitten by
wolves than by sheep.
The stomach has to work hard, grinding the
food we crowd into it. Mukc* Ha wurk eu*y by
ckewiug Hoe man's i'epsiu Gum.
Ask advice of your equals, help of
your superiors.
Thirty minutes is all tho time re
quired to dye with PUTNAM FADE
LESS DYES.
Counsel after action is like rain
after harvest.
lloWs This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for anv
ensc of ( alarrh that cannot bo cured by Hull s
Catarrh Curo.
t-\ J. CHENEY & CO.. Props.. Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned, have known F ,j.
Cliency for tho 1st 15 v -ars and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and tlnancially able to curry out uuy obliga
tions made by their tirin.
West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo,
O.: Walding, Kinnun & Alarvrn, Wholesale I
Druggists, Toledo. Ohio.
Hall's Oatarrh Curo Is taken Internally, art- ;
Itigdirect.v upon the blood and mucous surface* i
of tho system. Testimonials s>-nt free. Price
!5e per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
we must adapt ourselves to the truih.
—Claudius.
Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE
STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for
10 cents. All other 10-ceiP. starch con
tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran
teed or money refunded.
Say not always that the i knowest,
but always know what thou sayest.— j
Claudius.
Now that the Winter season is past,
It is well to cleanse the system and
purify the blood with Garfield Tea—
an Herb Medicine good for all.
When the tree falls every one runs '
to gather sticks.
X do not believe Piso'sCure for Consumption
has an equal for coughs and colds.—John F
UuTEh, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. :6, l'JOOi
You may light another’s candle at
your own without loss.
Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE
STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for
10 cents. All other 10-cent starch eon-!
tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran
teed or money refunded.
He who would seek revenge must be
on bis own guard.
$148 will buy new Upright piano on
easy payments. Write for catalogues.
Sclnnoller & Mueller, 1313 Furn.tm
street, Omaha.
When one foot stumbles, the other
Is near falling.
Arc You t ains Allen'* Foot F.iie?
It is the only curo for Swollen,
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad
dress. Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy. N. Y.
He who speaks 111 of himself is
praised by no one.
Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE
STARCH, the only 16 oz. jackage for
10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con
tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran
teed or money refunded.
When the wound is healed the pain
is forgotten.
THOUSANDS OF FAIR WOMEN
HERALD PRAISES FOR PERUNA.
Catarrhal Dyspepsia and Nervous Prostration Make Invalids of More
Women Than All Other Diseases Combined.
ii i niuii p un
ircrs. —
j; FTJ. Lynch
Peruna Is the woman’s friend every
where. It is safe to say that no woman
ever used Peruna for any catarrhal de
rangement but v.hat it became indis
pensable in her household.
Letters From Women.
Every day we receive letters from
women like the following. Women who
have tried doctors and failed; women
who have tried Peruna and were
cured.
Miss Katie Klein, 6125 Bartmer ave
nue. St. Louis, Mo., writes:
“Peruna has done me more poorl for
catarrh than the best doctors could. I
had catarrh eo bad. but after taking
Peruna it is entirely gone, and I feel
like a different person.”
M!*» Amin Prescott’s Letter.
Miss Anna Prescott, in a letter from
216 South Seventh street, Minneapolis,
Minn., writes:
“I am sincerely grateful for the
relief l have found from the use of Pe
runa, f was completely used up lust
fall, my appetite had failed and I felt
weak and tired all the time. My drug
gist advised me to try Peruna and the
relief I experienced after taking one
bottle was truly wonderful.
‘•I continued Its use for five weeks,
and am glad to say that my complete
restoration to health was a happy
surprise to myself as well es to my
friends."—Anna Prescott.
A constant drain of nervous vitality
depleting the whole nervous eystem
causes the mucous membrane surfaces
to suffer accordingly. This is the con
dition called systemic catarrh. It very
nearly resembles, and there is really no
practical difference, between this con
dition and the condition known as neu
rasthenia, or nervous prostration.
Peruna will bo found to effect an
Immediate and lasting cure in all cases
of systemic catarrh. It acts quickly
and beneficially on the diseased mu
cous membranes, and with healthy
mucous membranes tho catarrh can no
loEger exist.
I’eruna » Trim Friend to Women.
Mrs. F. .1, Lynch, writes the follow
ing from 321 S. Division street, Grand
Rapids, Mich:
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.
Gentlemen—"I earnestly recommend
Peruna to any suffering woman, as it
cures quickly. Last year I bad a most
persistent cough which nothing seemed
to cure. Two bottles of Peruna did
moro for me th:m all the doctors
seemed to do. In a couple of weeks 1
found myself in excellent health, and
have been enjoying it ever since.
Hence I look on Peruna as a true
friend to women.”—Mrs. F. J. Lynch.
Peruna is equally efficacious in cur
ing catarrh of the throat as in curing
systemic catarrh or catarrh of tho
stomach. Catarrh Is essentially the
same wherever located. Peruna cures
catarrh.
Feruim Makes You Foci Like a New
lVruon.
Miss Mary Coats, a popular young
woman of Appleton, Wis., and presi
dent of the Appleton Young Ladies’
Club, also speaks In glowing terms of
Peruna. A letter recently received from
her by The Peruna Medicine Co., of
Columbus, Ohio, reads as follows:
"I am glad to call the attention of my
friends to Peruna. When that lan
guid, tired feeling comes over you, and
your food no longer tastes good, and
small annoyances irritate you, Peruna
will make you feel like unother person
Inside of a week.
"I have now used It for three eea
sons, and find It very valuable and
efficalous.”—Miss Marie Coats.
Diseased nerves are traceable direct
ly to poor digestion, and poor diges
tion is directly traceable to catarrh.
With the slightest catarrh of the stom
ach no one can have good digestion.
Very few of the many women who
have catarrh of the stomach suspect
what their real trouble is. They know
they belch after meals, have sour stom
ach, a sensation of weight or heavi
ness, a fullness. Irregular appetite,'
drowsiness, gnawing, empty sensatiuna,
occasional pain—they all know this;*
but they do not know that their troubl*
13 catarrh of the stomach. If they did
they would take Peruna. I
Peruna cures catarrh wherever lo
cated. As soon as Peruna remove*
catarrh from the stomach the diges
tion becomes good, appetite regular,
nervea strong, and trouble vanishes.
Peruna strengthens weak nerves, not
by temporarily stimulating them, but
by removing the cause of weak nerve*
—poor digestion. This is the only,
cure that lasts. Remove the cause:)
Nature will do the rest. Peruna re
moves the cause. .
If you do not. derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Pe
runa, write at once to Dr. Hartman,
giving a full statement of your caa#
and he will he pleased to give you hi*
valuable advice gratis. j
Address Dr Hartman, President of
The Ha: tman Sanitarium, Columbua. 0.1
Man Is the wonder of nature.—Plato. <
Self-respect Is the basis of ail good
He who He s proves hixnsv If guilty.
Bowels Don’t Move?
Caused by over-work! Over-eating! Over-drinking! No part cf the human body receives more ill treatment
than the bowels. Load after load is imposed until the intestines become clogged, refuse to act, worn out. Then
you must assist nature. Do it, and sec how easily you will be cured by CASCARETS Candy Cathartic. Not a
mass of violent mercurial and mineral poison, but a pure vegetable compound that acts directly upon the diseased
and worn out intestinal canal, making it strong, and gently stimulating the liver and kidneys; a candy tablet,
pleasant to eat, easy and delightful in action. Don’t accept a substitute for CASCARETS.
t to bring a surgeon.—jeweler's Weekly.* hav»
*nd .. I hara gone 14 d»y« at a time trillion* IU*"
, on «««■•»• of Ue bawrli. Chronic conetlpa- „a
B, tlon fur wien years placed nio in nils ierrlbio k
» in- condition; 1 did uferything I heard of but nner c han
. , found an? relief until l benan u*-lmu CASi' A HE i'S.
eu 1 now ham from ona to tlire» paernges a day. ami cal”
a,,n. If 1 mi rich I would glvo IIUO.iXJ for each mr y«
mailt. It much a relief." A ylmkii l.. 11 mr. *
.Oc
[cm 25c. 50c.
NEVER SOLD IN BULK.
THE TABLET DRUGGISTS
Cj - A RAX FRf.KI TO Cl* iiT! all bowtl troubles, appendicitis, biliousness*
nso brc.ilb, nsu blood, wind on tlie stomach, bloated huwl«, foul icoulh.
headache, >“digestion, plmj ie«, pains alter eating* IIv er trouble, sallow rom
***!.?. ® ***• M hen your bowels don't move regularly > «>u ure
/v retting sick. 4'on«tlpA(loii kills more people than nil other diseases toyet h« r.
L 3 ■* »* 11 *tnrtcr tor tiio chronic ailments and long years of luSVrin x that en»ne
afterwards. No matter what alls you, start taking f’Afrt ARKTfl today* for
i* ^ y.01} get well and l»e well all the tlwie until you put your bowels
Syr right. I ake onr ndylce; dart with C'AtftAULTS loduy* under an absolute
guarautee to cure or moaty refunded. 443
Or ABAATErn TO rrStEi Flra years neo the first ho* of CAM
CA K LTrt was sold. A'ow Ills over si a. million ttoxes n year, greater t hit u a ay
similar medicine In the norld. 'I his la absolute pro .f of Krrst merit, and
ot(t' l»ect testimonial* %V o base faith* uad will aril ('AklMKElfl absolutely
rtmranteed to cure or money refunded, bo buy today* two ftOe boxes, giro
h« ui u i»lr, kouct trial* ns per slutple direr lions, and If you ure not «ntl*Ced
after using one r»Oi* box. return the nuased JiOo bo* and the empty box to
us by mall, or the druggist from whom you purchased It. aud get > our money
buck for both boxes, far Bo our advice—no matter what ails you—start fod.ty.
Uouilli will Quickly folios* and you will bless the day you Jlrst started the uso
ofl Akl AUElS. liook free by iuull* Add) aTEfiLlAbltiBEUY CO., law fork arChirac*.
