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RODENT RUNS RIOT.
S«adrr why (oBMi are frightened
By rat*' That * oat Thing «t newer
mhuRt of cvsrtnk* Between a
tea* and wife cm nigt: In a reatas
read, and (Be i iwlialii were cartons
and cun etc'lag and were (act leading
eg tr tB* riot standard, the woman
"balding Bar own.' and even more
than (Bat. aben a rat ran across the
rutm. Tta: settled the dispute. Tbe
•sum lumped on the table, among
aS the dishes showing ankles and
lingene that would Lave made a Dutch
iuiKwr dizzy with drUriam Hot the
tww stepped and the laughter began,
says the New Orleans Picayune Tbe
latest rat story, however, comes from
tew*.rx and It runs ilke this Dur
Sag a maimer performance at one of
the theaters, while the house waa
crowded. a rat appeared ia one of tbe
stain*, and consternation seized tbe
crowd tartar.in Roman }ump*d on
arvhestrn chairs, danced tbe highland
Sing and other dings, screamed and
acted like mad. while the rat ran r.ot
through the rows of seats At one
stage of the stampede ail the women
screamed together, that pot the show
ewt of biisiaiss Tbe actors lost their
lines, the women bast their reason,
and the rat last its life Why are
women frightened at rats, and still
wear them ia their hair*
Owing he the stealing of pet dags
and them sale to a medical college,
the women's branch of the Antirruei
ty Society in Philadelphia have de
manded a law potting scientists who
perch *»« dogs under the same police
aaprrrisiua as pawnbrokers, claiming
they are far too las la their accept
ance of animals so brought to them
if accord with property rights In a
disraesicir of the kind lately one phy
sician attached to such an institution
admitted that no questions were
ashed about where animals brought
to him cam* from, as tbe purchasers
preferred not to know. This virtual
adwtsekm of receiving stolen pets will
probably arouse dago* ner* every
where tj demand similar restrictions.
Mushrooms are cheaper in New
York Him they bare ever been at any
otter time m the history of the trade,
the fart being due to a rapid devel
opaewt la recent years of mushroom
farming by suburbanites. It seems,
therefore that not ail the suburban
farmers bare been devoting their en
tire attention to the raising of squabs.
A woman arrested In New York as
a shoplifter explained that her bouse
•as being painted and that lb# fume*
of tie paint bad gone to her bead.
Bating ter irresponsible for ter ac
liana. Vet some pessimists declare
that the present practical age Is lack
ing la imaginative power
Sum* iconoclastic professor has dis
covered that the Sphinx was built to
l****rv« the cc-untenant* of an old
Egypt-an king and not merely to give
a spieac.d model la Impassivity to re
actionary senators engaged la stand
tag pat
Somebody has discovered a substl
«»t* for radium, but It is almost as ex
tensive as the real thing, hence a ma
purity of the radium users will nc
doubt refuse to listen uhen they are
offered something “equally good."
The s'age dancer who walked on
her toes town the U Sights of stairs
la the MetropoBtaa Life bunding prob
ably would resent brag asked to climb
two Sights to a dressing room Bat
The feet at American women, say
the shoe manufacturers, are growing
The average woman who
a No 4 shoe II years ago now
_It Sta.lt.ar hatter still a No (.
A Washington lodge bu ruled that
street idatws and organs are vehicles
and mat carry rear lights after dark
And this. toe. although they play
hotting hat light music
"Waists are to bctioa down tht
Croat this summer." says a fashion
•eft This being so. kaleadt ought
Is he able to grab off a little vacation
this summer, also
The cnee of the Americas million
airs who served twenty days in Bel
gtmm as a vagrant is the ripest lllus
tration of "they caaao* put you ia Jail
Cor this.’
There was a tlms when baseball
had to divide the limelight with race
track gambling and pria* fighting The
warmers of hake ball teams made less
Roast dtkdlh. fried koodoo and glr
affe steaks are to he served at a ban
gate to New York Thai shows how
great Is the suffering of New Y or ken
in nan at the lobster famine.
Lasher Burbank, tbs plan* wonder,
butter*-* he can cure boys of tru
awry. What's be going u> do. pro
duce a spinel*** youngster, now*
Thee* to a woman ia New Mexico
aba killed a wildcat by pimping upon
Ms hack. Sometimes tbs urn "weaker
sex f—*d« ridiculous.
After all is said, as good a breakfast
Joed as there is. at any time of day.
to the strawberry shcrtcake.
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Would Have No Go-Betweens
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Thomas L. James' Story About Grant
That Throw* Light on the Peremp
tory Removal of Marshall Jewell
From the Cabinet.
"Twice in my experience as an offi
cer under the administration of Presi
dent Grant I found him to be of the
most unflinching integrity, and most
loyal in his support of administrative
officers under him who were trying
to do their duty. One of these occa
sions was when, after an interview
with him occasioned by bis summons
to me to call upon him at Washing
ton, he said to me: Mr. Postmaster,
yuu are absolutely right in your at
tempt to establish a civil service in the
New Y rk postoffice. Don't pay any
attention to the politicians. Always
remember that you have a firm sup
porter in me."
' The second occasion was one which
threw light upon President Grant's re
lations with Postmaster General Mar
shall Jewell." continued Thomas L«.
James, postmaster of New Y’ork under
Grant and Haves and postmaster gen
eral under Garfield. “There have been
many surmises as to the reason for the
peremptory demand made by President
irsnt upon Marshall Jewell for his res
ignation as the head of the postoffice
department. Jewell himself professed
never to know the reason of his dis
missal. I think I can throw some light
upon It incidentally while showing you
what sort of man I found President
Grant to be.
“It was in the winter of 1S74-5 that
•here appeared at the New Y’ork post
oflice an inspector whose home town
was Oshkosh. Wis.; he had never been
In New York until that time. He
began to make a most drastic Investi
gation of the postoffice, and I aided
him all that I could.
“It happened while this Inspection
was under way that Gen. La Rue Har
rison. who was chairman of the
ommittec of the posteffice department
whose authority was over inspec
tions of this kind, called upon
me. I asked him what the mean
ing of this peculiar inspection was. and
I told him frankly that I was sure
some political purpose was behind it.
General Harrison smiled queerly for a
moment, and then said half confiden
tially that Postmaster General Jewell
wanted to cut down the appropriation
for the New Y’ork postoffice 130.000. He
clearly intimated that there was poli
tics behind this purpose.
“!n reply 1 said that I would do
everything in my power to reduce the
surplus of the post office; that an
Inspection was not necessary to
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that end. I summoned two of my sub
ordinate officers, and told them that
the postmaster general wanted to cut
our appropriation by $30,000. They
replied that it could be done, but that
it would involve some severe hardships
among the employees. But the cut
was made, and Marshal! Jewell had the
$30,000 to use elsewhere.
"Within a month or six weeks I dis
covered what the politics was back of
the cut. At that time Connecticut
held its elections in the spring. Jew
ell used the $30,000 in Connecticut. He
increased the postal service and the
number of clerks, and in other ways
which were lawful utilized the whole
of that money, his real purpose being
to strengthen his party in Connecticut.
But it diun't avail, for the Republicans
were beaten at the election.
"General Grant must have heard of
the use made of the $30,000. for he
sent for me some weeks later, and 1
had hardly entered his office in the
White House before he asked:
" ‘Mr. Postmaster, wasn't it the un
derstanding between us when I ap
pointed you postmaster of New York
that there shouldn't be any go-be
tweens? I will not have go-betweens
interfering with myself and the presi
uential appointments. Why did you
fail to come to me at the time this Jew
ell matter was in progress at the New
York post office? 1 would have
stopped it instantly.'
“ ‘Well,’ Mr. President. I explained.
‘I did not want to annoy you about a
matter of that kind.’
“ ‘But it was a matter of principle,
and that would not have annoyed me.’
the president replied. ’However, I will
overlook it this time.’
“As he said this. President Grant
took a box of cigars from the drawer
and offered me one. A mere cursory
inspection of the cigars told me that
their strength was beyond my capacity.
He laughed, and then took up again
the subject of my call. ‘Don't let
this happen again.’ he cautioned, grave
ly. ‘Always remember that you're next
to me; and I will tell you frankly that
you are not going to be bothered very
long with the present postmaster gen
eral.'
“ 'It was only a few weeks after that
that I learned that President Grant had
peremptorily demanded Marshall Jew
ell's resignation. That was an almost
unprecedented occurrence, the only
similar case. I think, having arisen
when President Johnson demanded the
resignation of Secretary of War Edwin
M. Stanton.
(Copyright. 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
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Elkins Helped Reveal Fraud
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He It Was Who First Supplied the
Information That Resulted in
Uncovering the Huge Star
Route Postal Swindles.
•'Sometimes, when I have heard ot
the great service rendered by the
late Senator Stephen B. Elkins ot
West Virginia through the drafting of
what is now known as the Elkins law.
the most effective Instrument for the
prevention of railroad rebating. I have
thought of another great service ren
dered by Senator Elkins of which the
public never had any knowledge. The
time has now corue when I can tell
the incident.
"I think It was on the second day
of March, 1881.” continued Thomas L.
James, postmaster general during the
Garfield administration, “that Mr. El
kins, whom I had learned to know
well when he was a delegate to con
; gress from the territory of New Mexi
: co. called upon me at my office in
j the New York postofflce. After the
greetings of cordial friendship were
over. Mr. Elkins explained that he
wanted to send a telegram to James
‘ G. lllaine, and he presumed he would
Merchant Almost President
How Abbott Lawrence of Massachu
setts Was Nearly Nominated for
Running Mate to Taylor
In 1848.
Every president of the United
States, at the time of his election, was
either a lawyer or else had gained
great military renown. Yet there was
a time when, but for the narrowest
chance and the queerest sort of politi
cal sentiment. a manufacturer and
merchant would have been nominated
for vice-president upon a ticket with a
candidate for president who, two
years after his inauguration, died.
It was in 1848. The great Whig
leaders of that time had pitched upon
General Zachary Taylor of Louisiana
as the man for presidential nomina
tion who would be more likely to ap
peal to the voters of the United States
than any other Whig General Tay
lor had gained renown in the Mexican
war, and after its termination had re
tired to his cotton plantation in Lou
isiana. He himself was reported to
have said that he didn’t know- exactly
where he stood politically, he wasn't
sure whether he could properly call
himself a Whig or not, but he was a
protectionist—and that was enough
for the party leaders, one of the most
prominent among their number being
Thurlow Weed. Indeed. It was Mr.
Meed who first suggested General
Taylor for the presidential nomina
tion. and he It was who convinced his
fellow leaders that they could make
no wiser choice.
^ After we had decided upon General
Tarlor." Mr. Weed was fond of telling
In the closing years of his life, “we
of one accord felt that it would be
well to select for the vice-presidential
honor a man from New England. We
also felt that the candidate should be
a strong advocate of the principles of
protection so strongly advocated and
supported by Henry Clay, and so,
finally, we decided upon Abbott Law
rence of Massachusetts as just the
man we were after.
"Mr. Lawrence was a manufacturer
of cotton goods. He had utilized the
water power of the Merrimac river,
built great mills upon the banks of
the river and thus founded the city
which bears his surname. He was a
splendid man—a public-spirited citi
zen, a man of much cultivation, and
one of the leaders of the development
in manufacturing interests in the
United States. We were sure that the
presidential ticket of Taylor and Law
rence would appeal to a majority of
the voters of the United States, and
when, prior to the assembling of our
convention, the split came in the Dem
ocratic party which resulted in Martin
Van Buren being nominated for presi
dent upon a Free Soil platform we
were more than ever sure that our
ticket, as agreed upon in conference,
would be elected.
“But we had overlooked one little
thing. Shortly before the convention
met a Louisiana Whig wrote to us
saying that it would never do to have
Abbott Lawrence on the ticket, and
for one reason. General Taylor, he
said, was a cotton planter; Abbott
Lawrence was a manufacturer of cot
ton goods—it would never do to have
cotton at both ends of the ticket.
“It had never occurred to us, but
we saw instantly the force of the ar
gument. Therefore we reluctantly
abandoned Mr. Lawrence and at the
la6t minute Millard Fillmore of New
York was selected as the Whig can
didate for vice-president. And that
is why he and not a manufacturer and
merchant, through the constitutional
succession, became president of the
United States in July of 1850.”
(Copyright. 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
receive an answer within an hour. He
added that the telegram referred to
something that concerned me.
"When we returned to the postofflce
after luncheon, we found a telegram
there awaiting Mr. Elkins’ return.
Hastily reading the message, he said
that he had telegraphed Mr. Blaine,
who was to be secretary of state in
the new administration, to know if
there were any change in General
Garfield's cabinet plans, and Mr.
Blaine had replied that there had been
none. Then Elkins said to me: ’You
are to have a great opportunity, and a
very difficult and perhaps dangerous
task before you. as soon as you enter
the postoffice department.
“ ‘You doubtless have seen in the
newspapers lately a good many vague
intimations that the government is be
ing wronged by the star route con
tractors. I tell you. Mr. James, that
these reports are true. I know from
personal observation in New Mexico
that the government is being robbed
by star route contractors, and gov
ernment officers are being bribed by
these contractors. I can furnish you
some details. The first thing you do
after you have got fairly well ac
quainted with the postofflce depart
ment should be to make an investiga
tion of the contract department. Tear ;
it up. The contract department is ex
ploiting star route service to the
amount of millions a year, when no
service is given, and men the contrac- j
tors are whacking up with some of j
the postofflce authorities. You will
run counter to some very influential
politicians. I am here to tell you.
however, that you w-ill have absolute
support from the president, from Mr.
Blaine as secretary of state, and from
Mr. Wayne MacVeagh, who is to be
attorney general.’
"Mr. Elkins thereupon gave me
some Information regarding the
frauds. Upon that information I was !
able to base the investigation of the
contract department of the postofflce
department. We speedily uncovered
huge swindles. I have estimated that
the government was robbed of some
where between six million and eight
million dollars by these frauds.
"We prosecuted criminally the lead
ing conspirators, but we found It im
possible to obtain a jury at Washing
ton which would convict But we
broke up for good and all the star
route swindle—a service that was due
in the first Instance to the information
given to us by Stephen B. Elkins. It
was one of the greatest services ren
dered to the government of which I
have any personal recollection. Bat
until now. President Garfit^d and his
cabinet were the only ones, excepting
Mr. Elkins himself, who knew that
it was through the initiative of Mr.
Elkins that this work of reformation
was begun."
(Copyright, 1911. by E. J. Edwards. AH
Rights Reserved.)
She Laughed It Off.
"What is wrong between them?"
“He suggested jokingly that her
hair was false, and she started to
laugh It off.”
"And did she succeed?"
"Yes, when she threw back her head
to laugh it off It caught in the back
of the chair and came off.
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Muscle* May Move Themselves.
A.lx rt von Haller, a Swiss surgeon
of the eighteenth century, was the first
to point out that the muscles of our
bodies have an automatic action. Be
'ore Haller s time It was believed that
ihe muscles could not contract or swell
-P of themselves, but were drawn up
by the nerves of voHtion. Haller dls
| roTfred that this is not so, but that a
muscle. If Irritated, will draw itself to
gether automatically, even when It Is
T jlte sepaarted from the nerves, and
this has since been proved to be true
by a great number of experiments.
So that though It Is true our nerves
sre the cause of our moving, because
they excite the muscles and so cause
them to contract, yet tlfe real power of
contraction is in the muscle Itself. The
body of man is full of wonders, not
the least of which is this automatic
P®wer of contraction in all muscles.
Broke ’Em Both.
The society page tells us that the
latest big wedding "beggared descrip
tion.” We have private advices that
It did the same thing to the bride’s
father.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
How Dutch Grasp Africa
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Roosevelt Says That the Englishmen
as Settlers Are Far Behind
the Boer Farmers.
What 1 saw a year ago in East Af
rica was illuminating. In British
East Africa the men who dscovered
the country, who annexed it, who
started to settle it, who are govern
ing It, who have made it what it Is.
are the English. But the men who
are breeding its future citizens and
masters are the Dutch! The English
men there are line fellows; they are
doing excellent general work; I like
and admire them. But as settlers
they are hopelessly behind the Boer
farmers whom I met. because they
have very small families, and most of
them do not look on the country as
their permanent home. Of ten set
tlers of eafch nationality, the ten
Englishmen will be the leading men
in the present life of the colony; but
the most of them are looking forward
to going “home," as they call it, to
—
England; only three or four of them
will be married, and those will among,
them have only five or six children.
The ten Boers think of Africa as their
home; each is married, and almost
every one has a good-sised. probably
a large, family; and. unless condi
tions change, the future is theirs, so
far as the white race in that part
of Africa ia conceded.—Theodore
Roosevelt, In the Outlook.
Superstition Just Plain Fear.
But superstition is plain fear with
out any cause, and is utterly demoralis
ing. If a man is afraid to overeat it
makes him healthy; If he is afraid of
ghosts it makes him a foot If he is
afraid to lie or do a mean act it pro
ouces growth and makes him more
manly; if he is afraid to be happy
or to leave the house in the morning
starting off with his left foot instead
of his right it stnnts his manhood and j
makes him childish.
Ready for Duty
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Personal
Exploits in the
Great Civil
War, Told by
Veterans
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AMOUS examples of '
courage under arms j
are usually those dis
played in some des- j
perate sortie or some .
very spirited, if brief. |
action. The courage j
demanded to face imminent danger for
days or weeks without faltering. I
though less celebrated, is certainly of ■
as high an order. It was courage ;
such as this which made possible the 1
long, tedious siege of Petersburg, per- '
baps the most trying campaign in its
way of the entire war. The life be
hind the bombproofs is vividly re
called by J. H. Campbell.
“We were for three months under
continuous fire. Our position was well
within range of the enemy, who kept
up their fire almost without cessa
tion.
“There are a number of bombproofs j
and a series of sheltered roads con- j
necting them, so that we could pass
from one to another. It Is one thing
to make a charge or meet one, but
quite another to work day after day,
night after night, and not know what
instant will be your last One gets
accustomed to anything, and curiously
enough one of the greatest dangers
was that we would grow so familiar
with our danger that we would ignore
it Familiarity breeds contempt for
: bursting shells and sharpshooters, as
! for anything else, bat to relax for a
moment and step for an instant be
t yond the shelter might cost one his
! life."
EjTTj'll
AT the battle of Lookout Mountain
a Xew York regiment was in tthe
front rank and contributed
greatly in determining the issue. The
work of the 215th New York in this
' famous engagement is by no means as
i familiar as it should be. James
i Schmidling. who fought in this regi
ment, now the commander of J. L.
Riker Post, and who incidentally
fought in seventeen pitched battles, in
recalling the fight above the clouds,
said:
“Our regiment was early on the
scene, and this promptness had an
important effect on the fortunes of the
day. The battle, it will be remem
bered, was fought above the clouds.
Now, in fighting, the position of the
troops at the beginning often decides
the battle in advance. Since this bat
tle was fought practically on a moun
tain top. on very high ground, the
troops holding an elevated position
naturally had an immense advantage.
Our regiment held an important van
tage point, but we were ahead of the
main army and faced a force vastly
superior in numbers. It was a ques
tion of hours before our reinforce
ments could come in. I think every'
man realized what depended upon us.
We lost heavily, but we held our
ground until the main army arrived,
On the Mississippi
THE most continuous fighting in
the navy during the war was
probably encountered by the
smaller boats engaged in keeping the
lower Mississippi open to Union ex
peditions. The river was of course
well supplied with forts, many of
them very powerful ones, but the
banks were in addition lined almost
continuously with small guns, cannon
and sharpshooters. Charles Just, com
mander of Rowles Post, New York,
who spent the greater part of the war
in this region, in recalling these days,
said:
"We didn’t so much mind the forts,
although they were bad enough, as
the bushwhackers. Any southerner
with a gun or a pistol could fire at us
with comparative safety from the
shore trees and bushes. As a result
there was a continuous peppering of
shots from off shore day and night.
One was never safe for an instant.
The bullets raked our decks from sev
eral quarters at once, no matter what
our position. They used minie balls
and occasionally they would bring up
a nine-pound howitzer. When they
got too hot we would try to dislodge
them with our cannon and, failing
this, we would go ashore and chase
them, but they always came back.
“In our patrol we had of course to
pass the forts, when we would be
raked by their heavier guns. We
seemed to be always in trouble. With
both sides of the river against us, we
would sometimes be raked by a cross
fire from two or more forts at the
same time. Even on the quietest day
oae was afraid to show himself on
deck, for the minie balls would cut us
down when we least expected them.
I was a soldier before the war, having
served in the Crimea I had been cap
tured by the British and spent six
months in a tread mill jail in London,
but those minie balls were the most
insidious danger I have ever met.”
As Galsworthy Saw Life.
The wtsdom of John Galsworthy:
Like flies caught among the impal
pable and smoky threads of cobwebs,
so men struggle In the webs of their
own natures, giving here a start, there
a pitiful small jerking, long sustained,
and falling into stillness.
“Bloc d 7 Angle"
THE most deadly battle of tbe en
tire war, Pickett’s famous charge,
is recalled by scores of soldiers.
One of these veterans, who was
wounded on the third day at Gettys
burg. J. B. Block, of the Sumner Post,
New York, carried the bullet he re
ceived until very recently.
“We stood behind Pickett's charge,"
said he. “It is a matter of history,
of course, how frightful the loss was.
Later, when we came to count the
coet, we found, as all the world knows,
that some of our regiments had lost
75 per cent, of all the men who went
into the fight. I am told that there is
no such loss recorded elsewhere in
military history.
"The fighting at ‘Bloody Angle’ beg
gars description. In any ordinary bat
tle, even a lively one, you may see a
man drop from time to time, and in a
desperate charge the ground may be,
as the saying is, covered with the
dead and wounded. But that is an
exaggeration. After a hard battle I
have seen bodies scattered pretty
thickly, but the ground was not tit
etally covered. But after Bloody An
gle It would have been impossible to
exaggerate the awful loss. Some regi
ments were reduced to a mere hand
ful of men. Many of the companies
were practically wiped out of exist
ence. Imagine the most fatal rail
road wreck, when scarcely any one
succeeds in escaping from the cars,
and you will have some idea of the
appearance of our regiments. 1 went
through the three days unhurt, but on
the last of the third day a bullet
caught me in the leg. I carried that
bullet for 40 years until a bad fall
made it necessary to extract it,"
Indian Tribes Amalgamate.
Students of the Indian tell us taat
while the numbers of the red men are
diminishing there is a slow amalga
mation of the tribes wherever their
geographical location makes this pos
sible. It is supposed that there were
1,000.000 Indians on this continent
when the Europeans settled here. In
1885 a government report showed an
Indian population of 350,000. and It is
estimated that the present population
is SO.OOO less.
I
REPATRIATED.
HE HAD $400X0 IN CASH IN 1903;
NOW WORTH $8,000X0.
My parents were originally Cana
dians from Essex County, Ontario. I
was born in Monroe County, Michigan,
from -which place I moved to Red Lake
Falls, Minnesota, where I farmed for
22 years. I sold my farm there in the
summer of 1903 and in September of
that year came to Canada with my
wife and eight children. I had about
$400 in cash, team of horses, a cow, a
few sheep and some chickens. I took
up a quarter section of land near Jack
Fish Lake, Meota P. O.. and later on
purchased for $2,000X0 an adjoining
quarter section. I have now 48 head
of cattle, a number of horses, good
buildings and consider my holding is
worth at least $8,000.00. My children
have raised from $300 to $500 worth
of garden truck each year since we
have been here. I have never had a
poor crop and have never had on#
frosted. My wheat has averaged from
25 to 30 bushels per acre with one or
two years considerably mor . My
] oats have always yielded well up to 50
bushels per acre and once or twice as
high as 85. My cattle have never been
stabled in winter, and do not need it.
I consider that this country offers bet
ter opportunities for settlers than any
where I have ever been. I am sura
; that almost any person can come here
and buy land at say $15.00 per acre
and pay for it in one crop. My ex
perience is that if a man farms his
land in the right way he is not likely
to have his crop frosted.
Most of the settlers in my district
are Americans and Canadians and I
know lots of them who came here with
little or no capital who are now do
ing well, but I do not know of any who
have left through disappointment, or
becoming discouraged, have returned
! to their former homes.
EUGENE JUBINVILLE.
There are many whose experience
; is similar to that of Mr. Jubinville.
| Secure Canadian Government litera
: ture from nearest Canadian Govern
ment Agent, and see for yourself.
—
What Mamma Said.
When the new minister, a hand
some and unmarried man, made his
first pastoral call at the Fosdicks, he
took little Anna up in his arms and
tried to kiss her. But the child re
fused to be kissed; she struggled
loose and ran off into the next room,
where her mother was putting a few
finishing touches to her adornment be
fore going into the drawing room to
greet the clergyman.
“Mamma,” the little girl whispered,
‘the man in the drawing room wanted
me to kiss him.”
“Well," replied mamma, “why didn’t
fou let him? I would if I were you.”
Thereupon Anna ran back into the
drawing room and the minister
asked:
"Well, little lady, won't you kiss
me now?" ?
“No, I won't," replied Anna prompt
ly, “but mamma says she will.”—Ex
change.
Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine
wash goods when new, owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered, this being done In a
“manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory if proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
“When a Wife Is Cruel.”
The husband rushed into the room
where his wife was sitting.
“My dear,” said he, excitedly.
“Guess what! Intelligence has just
reached me—”
The wife gave a jump at this point,
rushed to her husband, and, kissing
him fervently, interrupted with:
“Well, thank heaven, Harry!”
* Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria
With One Exception.
Harduppe—Every man should mar
ry. Everything 1 have in the world
I owe to my wife.
Wigwag—Don’t forget that ten spot
you owe me —Philadelphia Record.
If constipation is present, the liver
sluggish, take Garfield Tea; it is mild in
action and never loses its potency.
Hardly anything can make such a
fool of a man as side whiskers for
him to be proud of.
Lewis Single Binder, extra quality to
bacco, costs more than other 5c cigars.
Don't let your money bum a hole
in some other fellow’s pocket.
When the digestive
system needs toning and
strengthening take the
Bitters promptly.
It does the work.
Try a bottle today.
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