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over omiploil a ptu-u-ltnr
relation to the
throe bundled mid slv
ty-flvo d.iya on which
nro etched the doings
and history of a whole
cnleiidur onr. The Ho
ninna observed tlie day
:ir n public liollday, and
on this day all litiga
tion and strife woto
suspended, social visits
were exchanged, presents were
given and reuived, and feasting
throughout the empire was the or
der of the day. Tho early Chris
tians at first set themselves against
tlie usages of tho day ns observed
y the Romans until the fixing of
hrlstmns day on tho 25th of IJo-
comber, and New Year's day camo
to be observed ns the octave of tho
Nativity and also as tho Festival
of tho Circumcision.
The observance and spirit of the
day have not changed very greatly
in tho onrush of the centuries. We
might go back across tho long
stretch of years between the day
wo live in and t.to day when tho Homans inter
changed their social visits nnd their good wishes
and both gave and received their strenae, and be
tween tho then and the now the identity of feel
ing, emotion nnd sentiment concerning this day
Is readily discovered.
So many sentiments crowd themselves Into New
Year's day and all aro mostly children in tho
way in which tho day appears to theni nnd in
tho simple feelings and emotions by which it Is
observed. Tho greeting: "A Happy New Year!"
pushes up through the hard strata of tlie year, nnd
the simple emotions, which make the whole world
kin, bring friend nenrcr to friend and melt life to
gether into n richer affection, and good will bo
comes tho keynoto of llfo on this day. drudges are
dropped, resentments dissolved, and tlie uverngo
man with tho averngo endowment of affection for
his fellows finds it almost impossible to vltallzo
any of his hatreds through the cmot Inn-laden mo
ments of New Year's day. Tho personal life has
many things to say to itself; It Is nt once a clos
ing of accounts nnd tho opening of a new enreor.
Old things pass away and all things seem to be
como new. The things that might have been nnd
have not becomo nro forgotten In the new hopes
and aspirations and ambitions which spring up in
the heart ou tho first day of tho year.
Of course, nobody will ever bo what the hopes
and faith of the day project for tho individual llfo. Is hardly In tuno with tho modern spirit when
The mobt ardent believer in tho better day, tho life is thought of as u corporate business and this
COUNTRY WHOSE SOIL SPELLS
WHEAT AND OUT OF WHOSE
FARMS THOUSANDS ARE
GROWING RICH.
WHAT PRESIDENT TAI-T AND
OTHERS THINK OF CANADA.
Another Fat Year for tho Canadian
Went.
most sanguine urchltect of the i Ichor fortune yet
to be will fall short of tho ideal that controls his
imagination. Hut the very fact that the day stirs
these noble impulses and floods tho prospective
days with the glow of hope is in Itself an assur
ance that the year shall be rich In the gifts and
the good will of the gods.
Another 'iir! another year!
Tlin IiktoiisIiic rush of tlniu sweep1 ont
Wlirlin'il In flu Kiugps, itlMHiipcur
Man's Iiojiuh ami lours foicvrr cone!
Oh. no! forbear thut Idle tnlo!
Tho hour demands another strain.
IXimimlfl IiIkIi thoughts that cannot niuill.
And strength to uompier nnd retain.
'Tlx mldnlKht from tho clnrk hlite l.v
Tho Httirs, which now lnolc down on oirtl .
Have iiecn ten tliousiinil centuries II v.
And Ktven to counties changes tilrth.
Shine on! shine on! With yon I tread
The march of ni?cs. nrlw of IIkIiM
A lsust eellp.se o'er you may sprond
To me, to inc. there comes no iiIkIiK
Tho sentiment that phrases Itself In the quite
depressing words:
Tho world Ih very rvll.
Thu times aro wenrltiK late.
NEWTFM
RC'oi.tJ'rroN
ror vouno worvTts.N-
niiiM
Hemember
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TRIKK up tho band, here
conies tho good resolution.
Let tho whistles blow
their heads off, let tho bolls
ring out, let tho fog
horn on the lake front shatter tho at
mosphere to atoms, let tho similar
gladsomo noises be let looso upon the
vibrant ozone even In tho uttermost
corners of our beautiful city. For the
good refio'ution is marching forward.
Only a few days moro and wo will
bask in Its splendid presence.
Llko tho vlllago drum mnjor It
comes proudly prancing toward us
through tho week. Get a seat early
and avoid the crowd If you would be
hold It In Its glory. Keep your eyes
glued to the splendid spectncle. keep
your ears open for the lofty sounds,
for It will not bo long in passim.
It's safo to say that If all the high
resolves that go into effect on Now
Year's day had half the endurance of
a Marathon runner the millennium
would coino so fast that we'd havo to
enact now speed laws to keep it from
melting tho asphalt.
If good resolutions were salt mac
korel what n universal thirst would
spread abroad!
Human expcrlunro secnis to indi
cate that progress In any lino Is nec
essarily gradual. Take the nying ma
chine, for instance. At present tho
scientists engaged in tho development
of thlu Interesting dovlco nro In n po
sition to assert that many of their
problems nro nlready solved. Thoy
can got up Into tho air without tho
aid of dynamlto nnd they can como
down again with practically no effort.
Of courso thoro nro other difficulties
and doubtless the nuswer Is In alio
book somewhere If thoy can only find
it.
The prnctico of resolving presents
n similar aspect. It Is not entirely
perfect nt present. Hut considering
tho fow years slnco Adam Inaugurated
tho outdoor sleeping fad and became
grandpa to the humnn raco it is not
surprising that somo details are still
to be worked out. Tho forming of tho
resolution has been beautifully work
ed out, till almost any one, tho merest
novice, can resolve. The date, too,
has been firmly fixed as on the first
of January. Tho chief difficulty that
still remains has to do with keeping
the resolution onco it is made. Some
thing Uko keeping your aeroplane
right sldo up onco you have estab
lished a neighborly relation with the
stars.
Probably several years will elapso
beforo the custom of resolving
reaches perfection and In the mean
time it might bo well to adopt a
makeshift for the present unattain
able. It .would seem ns If the difficulty
might bo minimized by moro attention
to the subjects taken for resolving
purposes. It Is well to use care In se
lecting our resolutions, and because
of tho proximity of January 1, a few
suggestions may not bo out of place.
For a young womnn Try this one.
"I hereby resolve with earnestness to
no longer Insist on grandma wearing
French heels." Thoro aro several ad
vantageous features to this resolution.
To begin with It la humane. Just
think of forcing tho poor old lady to
teeter down the street with little
church steeples under her sole leath
er! I lor silver locks bob under her
dignified black bonnet and at every
to bo overromo such us tho, tendency
on tho pnrt of tho machine, to select
i. .. . t mm numlni'
ua own lino aim piuuu " -" ----- ., .l. M,i,inB. i-nnch Pin
down. Hut those problems are minor painful step she whispers Ouch. Fit
upon you! Shnmey!
grandma Is not so young ns she onco
was and tho penitential efficiency of
n iiunlnti 13 greatly enhanced by tho
shoving forward of the font as uccom-
I pllshed by tho French hcol. Command
the old lady to do n cake-walk onco
an hour around tho dining room table
If you will, but let her do It In com
fortable shoes. Another Item In favor
I of trying this resolution Is tho fact
that j on have probably never asked
grand ma to wear any kind of shoes
j film didn't like, mi It should be that
' mm h easli-r to keep to your resolu
tion not to do so.
I or a young man "I resolve from
this day inner again to nmciku n plpo
In church. This sample Is highly
recommended. Tho practice ngalnst
which you Issue tho edict of banish
ment is reprehensible In the highest
degree. Smoking, while of course It
might bo a solace to you during tho
sermon, could not but annoy your
neighbors and fellow worshipers. The
men envy you, leading to countless
domestic difficulties for them. The
preacher is unable to see whether all
the deacons nro awake or not by tho
hazo from your plpo. Moreover, Just
as a distinguished statesman once of
ficially declared that tho odor of
cigarettes annoyed him there nro
those to whom the smell of u plpo Is
a nuisance and tho offertory collector
might be ono of these. Resides, you
would probably be thrown out or Ar
rested or something
For men who ride much In street
cares "henceforth I will not mind the
feathers." This Is one requiring con
siderable care but If strictly adhered
to will bo found of grent assistance In
your dally life. When depending from
a strap and resting your toes on somo
neighbor's a long stiff quill suddenly
Jabs you In tho noso giving to that fen
hire tho rich red that which nnother
class of resolvlsts have already re
quired, do not releaso your temper.
Smllo and pretend you llko It. O'.'t
times you can make yourself believe
It, after due practice, of courso. Hut
tho principal ndvantago to bo cited In
this resolution's favor Is that "you
might just as well." So long as tho
fashion romains tho same you will
havo your dally communion with tho
tall feathers of an ostrich or of a
roor.ter and If you resolvo not to rnlnd,
hotf much moro placid tho temper!
For nny ono who does not ralso
chickens "I hereby resolvo and de
termine not to eat any moro strictly
fresh eggs for several weeks to
como." This Is In somo respects tho
prizo resolution. Its advantages aro
many, but all tho others are over
shadowed by this one you can't get
nny to eat.
In splto of all tho teacher may do
the pupil will not learn unless he
himself studies. You cannot make
successful use of those sample resolu
tions without effort on your part. Hut
you should find ono among them
which can bo kept with tho minimum
of struggle. If yors havo no choice or
you are skeptical as to your ability,
try tho laat one.
uiodorn sptilt takes account of Us own enlarged and
enlarging kingdom.
Not the most nodulous and believing prophet u
generation ngo could have lon-cust the world wo
know and ure porleotly at homo with today. Hul
wer I.ytton in his short book. "The Coining Race,"
endeavored to fell the story and achievement or
mankind In thu dny that was shortly to bo, but his
seeming impossible woild has boon more than re
allzud In our own dny. The hair has not been told
Tho groat unto of tho day is the large grasp human
llfo possesses over its own career and destiny, tho
glowing confidence that this old yet over renewing
world is solving Its own piobloms, nnd, undo! the
guiding of that I'lovldeuce which Hope's well-known
linos so beautifully expioss:
All nuturu Is hut nrt. tinUnnuu In thee;
All chance, dlieetlon. nhh-li Ihou ennui not
All (Uncord, lumnnuN, not understood;
All partial evil, unhirHiil pod,
is working for the day of u perfectly ordoied and
peifectly ndjusted civilization Tho greater power
man is accumulating and employing over his own
bodily llfo, his mastery of tho secretB or life which
have been hid fioni tho foundation of the world, tho
realization that man himself Is his own providence
in a viihtly Inrger degree than hitherto he has
dieamed of. and that the 'greater things" the great
est of all Teachers foiotold ages ago that ho should
bo endowed with competence to do
these ho is doing In this very
day with n miraculous confidence
and a mighty fallli. lie has disco
red that Ills own commission ov lr
life, over tho happiness and hoalth
and the fmltngo or the lire thai
now is, as will as of that which Is
to come, Is a vastly Iniger commis
sion than the world hitherto has
dreamed or. Ho Is finding out that
Providence Is a partnership and
thai no man may be a nlooplng
pntlner In (he business of living
without the penally or losing tho
wry thing that lire Is a world or
potencies convened Into achieve
ment. This Is the note, surely, as civi
lization faces tho year 1010 the
note of competency, the iiense of
added powers to life, the feeling
that tho gi eater things ure coming
on tho oat Hi, and that man Is us
ing tho key to unlock tho treasure
house of his own life with a aure
rioKs and a wisdom that glvo prom
ise of a vastly better, richer, Jnster
universe than ho hns yet known.
Another nolo of our time Is tho
fact that IKo mirrors ItseU In such
a wonderful wny nnd tho things
and forces that mako for the hot
ter day to be are known and read
of all men. Wo live In the open,
nnd no man may become champion
of any oauso and keep the world In
Ignorance of the character of tho
enuso and tho nature of his eham
plonshlp. No man to dny may hide
his light under a bushel. It is a
tell tale world, and, moro than any
past tlmo, the world today hns a
Juster Henso of valuos nnd knows
both the things that nro saving It
and tho things also that threaten
and endanger it. Public servlco
was never so responsible as It Is
to-day, because civilization nover
hnd tho nlmost miraculous power
of analyzing nnd testing vtho vnluo
of public service as In this present
year. Public llfo Is an open book,
and the most impossible of nil Im
pohsiblo things today Is that any
national or International movement
should bo misunderstood or misin
terpreted by tho world's best mind
And what Is truo of public move
merits Is true of public men. No
public man can deceive his constit
uents to-day, for his constituents
nro the world. And the strong man
today Is the rnaD who frankly rec
ognizes this.
8tartllng Figures,
Tho lives of all tho fcr,G00,000
residents of the United States aro
worth 1250,000.000,000.
Unnecessary deaths every year
cost In capitalized earnings, J 1,000,
000,000. Workmen's Illness annually co3ta
In wages 1500,000,000.
Caro of the sick and dead every
year costs fICO.000,000.
Tuberculosis taxes tho nation
! Our Caiiiutlaii neighbors to the north
ato again rejoicing ocr an iibitudatil
Inmost, and loporls fioin tollable
luuucos go to show that the tolal yield
of P.UHi will bo fur above that of any
other year.
11 Is eniliuatod that 7I0U.000.000
. ill this oar go lulo the pockets of
tho Western fm incut iroin wheal
alone, another fiiii.niHi.lMO from oatit
ami barley, while returns fumi oilier
oropn and from stock will add $10,
000,000 more. Is It any wonder then
that tho lurmnis of tho Canadian
West are happy?
ThouMinila of Aiucilcnn funnem
have nettled In tho above mentioned
provinces during tho past year; men
who know Iho West and lis possibili
ties, and who also know perhaps bet
tor than any other people, the best
methods for piofltnhlo funning.
President Tuft said recently In
speaking of Canada:
"Wo have boon going ahead no rap
Idly in our nun country that our bonds
have been somewhat swelled with the
idea that wo aro carrying on our shoiil
durn nil the progress thuic la In the
world. Wo havo not boon conscious
that there Is on the north n young
country and a young nation that Is
looking forward, as It well may, to a
groat national future. They have
7,000,000 people, but tho country Is
still hardly scratched."
Jas, .1. Hill speaking before the
Canndlan Club of Winnipeg u fow days
ago said:
"I go back for nil years, when I
oaino West from Canada. At that tlmo
Cnnada had no North-West. A young
boy or man who desired to oarvo his
own way had to cross the lino, nnd
today It may sutpilse you one out
of every live children born In Canada
lives In tho United Htutes. Now you
aro playing tho return match, and the
North-West Is getting people from the
United Status very rapidly. Wo
brought 100 landsookers, mainly from
Iowa and Southern Mlnnosntu, last
night out of St. Paul, going to tho
North-West. Now, those people have
all the way from live, ton to twenty
thousand dollars each, and thoy will
make as much progiess on the land In
one year as any one man coming from
tho Continent of ICuropo can make, do
ing the best ho can, in ten, fifteen, or
twenty years."
It Is evident from tho welcomo
given American settlors In Canada
that the Canadian peopln uppreclato
them. Writing from Southern Alborla
recently an American runner says:
"Wo are giving them some new
Ideas about being good fuimeni, nnd
they aro giving us somo new Ideas
about being good citizens. Thoy have
a law against taking liquor Into tho
Indian Reservation. One or our fel
lows was caught on a reservation with
a bolllo on him. and It cost hlin 550.
One or the Canadian Mounted Police
round him, and lot mo toll you, tlroy
find everyone who tries to go up
against the laws or the country.
"On Saturday night, every bar-room
Is closed, at exactly 7 o'clock. Why?
Ilecnuso It Is the law. and It's tho
snmo with every other law. Thoro
Isn't u bad man In tho whole district,
nnd a woman can como homo rrom
town to tho farm at midnight if slio
wants to, alone. That's Canada's Idea
how to run u frontier; they havo cor
talnly taught us a lot.
"On tho other hand, we nro running
their farms for them better than any
other clnss of farmers. I guess I
can say this without boasting, and tho
CnandianB appreciate us. Wo turn
out to celebrate Dominion Day; thoy
nro glad to havo us help to farm tho
country; they know how to govern;
we know how to work."
Another farmer, from Minnesota, I
who settled in Central Saskatchewan '
some years ngo, has tho following to
say about tho country:
"My wife and I havo dono well enough
since wo camo from tho Stntes; wo can
llvonnyway. Wo camo In tho spring of
1901 with tho first carload of settlers
effects unloaded in these parts and
built tho first shanty between Sas
katoon nnd Lumsden. Wo brought
with our car of settlers effects tho
sum ot ?1800 In cash, to-day wo nro
worth $40,000. Wo 'proved up' one
of tho finest farms In Western Canada
and bought 320 acres at $3 per acre.
Wo took good crops off tho land for
four yenrs, at tho end of which wo
had 18000 worth of Improvements In
tho wny of buildings, etc., and had
planted three acres of trees. Two
yenrs ago wo got such a good offer
that wo sold our land at ?15 per aero.
From tho above you will see that wo
havo not dono badly since our ar
rival." Prof. Thomas Shaw of St, Paul, Min
nesota, with a number of other well
known editors of American farm Jour
nals, toured Western Canada recently,
nnd In an Interview nt Winnipeg said
in part:
"With regard to tho settlement of
the West I should say that It Is only
well begun, I havo estimated that In
Manitoba one-tenth of the land has
been broken, In Saskatchewan onc-
J thirtieth nnd in Alberta, one-hundred
i grown successfully up to tho shtleth
parallel and In tho onrs to como your
vacant laud will bo taken nt a rate
of which .oti lime at present no oon
1 cepiioit We h to ohoukIi people In
( tho United utntoH alone, who want
' homes, to tnl.e up this Iniul.
"What jou inn,! do in Werlnru ('un
mlii In to rnlo more live sioi It. Whim
t .Miu ure doing what ou ought to do
lu this reguiil, (ho laud which Is now
' selling for Jjo per into will be worth
ft out ?r0 to fliio pro aero. It Is toi
good laud us (hat w hit It Is xolllug for
tuote than fl00 per nolo In tho corn
belt.
i would rather rtU-o entile In West
ern Canada tlinii In tin1 coin boll of
the United Slates. You can gel your
rood cheaper nnd tho olltualo Is bet
tor for (lie purpose Wo hao a boi
ler inai hot, but .Miur market will im
prove fabler than your farmers will
pioduoo (ho supplies. Winter wheat
can be grown In one half of the conn
try lluiiiir.li which I hae passed, and
alfalfa and one of the vnilnllcs of
clover In (luce fourths of It. Tho
fat met a do mil believe Ibis, but II Is
truo."
Kooning onto with wheat produc
tion, the growth or lallwaya li'in been
quite as wonderful, nnd Iho whole
country fumi Winnipeg to the Rocky
Mounlnliis will noon bo a not-work or
tt unit mid brunch Hues. Three groat
luiiitu'onlluoutnl linos mo pushing
coimtTiictlnu In every dlieetlon. and
at each nld'ug tltt grain elevator In
to bo round. Manitoba being tho
(list nettled pi evince, has now an ele
vator capacity of iipwauhi of :iii,O00,OQi
bushels, Siisltal chowan 20,000,00, and
Albeitn about 7,01)0.000, while Mm ca
pacity of elevators at Foil William
and Port Arthur, on the (I rent hakim,
Is upwards or 20,000.000 more.
Within tho pinvlucca or Manitoba
Saskatchewan and Alberta thoro arc
flour nnd outment mills with n com
blued capacity of 25,000 barrels per
day, and situated along some fnmout'
water powers In Now Ontario, there
uto linger mills than will bo found
any whore id tho i'ralilo Provinces.
Last year the wheat crop totaled
over 100,000.000 bushels. This year
the crop will yield :t0,0(il),000 more. A
recent HUinmnry shown that on the 1st
of .Innunry, t!i0!, tlio surveyed lands
of the three western provinces, tolnlcd
I It 1,000,(11)0 acres, of which about :i2,
000,000 havo boon given us subsidies to
railways, 11,000,000 disposed or In oth
or ways and HS.OOO.OO given by the
Canadian (level ninent as free home
steads, being 2.10,000 liomesleadn ol
Kill aoies each. Of Mils enormous ler
illory, Mi Is pi nimbly under crop
nl tho pi ononl Mine less than 11,000.
000 an os; what the rosultH will bo
when wide awake soltleui have taken
advantng" or Canada's offer and uro
cultivating the fertile pralrlo lands,
one can scarcely linngliio.
Just Like Him.
Howell Do you think that Dr. Row
ell will make much or u locord lu thu
legislation?
Powell Sine; the first thing he
will try In do will bo to pot form an
operation on Iho foot of tho calendar.
Mr. Wlimlmv'N Sniitlilnir Hynip.
I urilili'lri'ii ti'i'liliiu. a fliiiallHiKUliiH, ii-iliieea In
lli!imUiiii,ulluy.(4ilii,i hi i wli.il U'llu uiumIhuI.
The man who inn maintain a lepu
liillon lot wisdom lu the presence ill a
Miuth Just out of college Is a wonder.
Iz-win' Hinile Hinder Mmiidit 5c cq;nr I
in iclc to ,iti-f the Miiol.cr.
Don't wouy and ouil have nothing
to worry you
Salts and Castor
fk J bad stuff never cure.
Xrll only makes bowcla move be
cause it irritates and sweats them,
like poking finger in your eye. Thcbc3t
Bowel Medicine is CaBcarets.
Every Salts and Castor Oil user should
get a box of CASCARETS and try
them just once. You II ee.
KM
( t r'JIIIH OPT. mull It with yonr ii'ldr-s to
miTlliitt Kririmly "o . ClilCHKii, III , hihI rn-rlvp
it ImiiilMjiiiti winvenir t;ul'l Hon lln KKKK
A LlRlit or a Close Shave
NO STROPPING NO HONING
aaffrBpjffiyVl Vrfe
KNOWN THE
WORLD OVKK
Jl.000.000.000. annually.
Typhoid fever coats 1350,000,000 i and soventy-flfth. I nra satisfied that
Malaria costs J200.000.000. I lc all three provinces grain can bo
KleH
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
Clfanara J! Uaatlflta Oi ht!t.
rrr.riv.tofl a Ivmriani grovlh.
Haver ylU to KMtor Owy
It-Ur to Ita Youthful pv?lor.
Cult a-alp d I mat i ft hair Mlfoz
yr.atxHIOat rnnr1U
,fr,!."uM.; Thompson's Eye Watsr
BROWN'S
Bronchial Troches
A preparation cf ttjprl'r mart? forravfnz Cougfii,
Itoaruncu and Iniution ci ihrojti of great benefit
in Ujhz TrouM, Uronehttlj and Aith-nru. Vif
Itnm optatta cr ny harmful Incrradbnt.
Prlf. 25 canti, SO cant and 1 1,00 par box.
Sample mailed bn requeai.
J' ' RWOWW H SON, Tln.on. Maaa.
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