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m." wr M RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF fc ft I' v fcfr ' v r. ii.& W M ,Vrt ! Xh m Vil , $ A ti r i1 ' LOOKING FOR HOME By FRANK H. WILLIAMS. "Let's go houso hunting," suggested Homer Hutledgo. "What for?" questioned Amy Rich ards, In pretty amazoment. "So's we'll have some placo In which to start up housekeeping when wo get married." Amy'8 winsome face flushed and eho stamped her foot with nnnoyance. Then hIio ntnlted charmingly. "You're simply Impossible, Homer," sho cried. "How many times must I tell you that I'm not going to marry you?" "Huh?" "Now, don't be silly. I'm not going to marry you and so there's no uuo of our going house hunting." "Well," sighed Homer, "then let's go house hunting to dud the kind of house we'd like to go to housekeeping In If wo were going to get married." Amy hurst into laughter again at this. "Who undor the sun ever heard of such a wild proposition?" she asked. "What's the good of going house hunt Ing when wo aren't going to get mar ried and nolther one of us wants a houso?" "I want a houso all right enough," asserted Homer, suddenly serious. "I want a houso that will be a real home and I want It mighty bad. I'm sick and tired of living in a boarding houso and I don't believe you'ro uny too sat isfied with your little hall bedroom. lthor. I'd llko to have you help mu pick out tho kind of a house we'd both like that would be a sort of satisfac tion anyway. Como on, won't you? I know tho very district and we cm go there In a fow minutes in my auto mobile It's a flno day for a ride, too." Amy looked at him for a moment -without speaking. All the laughter was gone from her eyes. She was thinking deeply of what he had said about being tired of bearding house life. She, too, wns tired and yet was Homer tho man she wanted to marr '.' Wns he the kind of a man to make a home, or tho kind that would care nothing for his homo after the first few months tho kind that would leave her alono in worst loneliness that she ver experienced at tho boarding house, while he had a good time at his club? "I'll go," sho assented finally. "Good," cried Homer. It was, as Homer had said, a short ride to tho section of the city that he had in mind. "I saw tho advertisement of this Oak Knoll addition," ho explained, "and they were worded so invitingly that I simply had to come, out and look at tho Bcction. I beliove I've found tho very house that we'll want. It will be a real homo for us." "But," Interjected Amy weakly. "Now don't start that," cried Hotnor. 'Wo'ro protending that we're engaged to be married and wo are now engaged In tho dollghtful occupation of looking for a homo." So they drew up before a little cozy, comfortnblo houso that stood some distance from the road among a bower or trees and hedges that half hid It from sight. Homer, In high spirits, helped Amy to alight. A young couple passing on tho side walk, smiled appreciatively at Home's evident pleasure. "Looking for a homo?" questioned tho man pleasantly. "Yes," answered Homer. "Engaged or married?" went on tho man. "Engaged," Homer replied whllo Amy felt her cheeks kindle. Again the couple smiled. "We'ro Just married," said the man. "We livo over there behind that hill. Come over and see us when you get settled." "We will," declared Homer fervent- ir. ' The couple passed on while Homer nd Amy walked up the hedge-bordered path toward the house. The spot -was lovely and Amy felt hersolf deep ly stirred as she looked about. It was all so homelike and comfortable that she waB strongly attracted toward It It would be a (in placo In which to begin married life with Homer If only she could bo sur that Homer was the right man. As they came nearer the house her delight in it increased. It was a cozy, Inviting little placo. Though new, it already had the satisfied appearance of an old settlor. There was nono of the rawness generally so evident about a new house. Already she felt that sho was in love with It. "Why hero's a funny thing." said Homor, pointing to a little sign on tho door. Amy looked. Tho sign read: LITTLE LONESOME HOUSE. Beneath tho Hlgn was an arrow point ing to a llttlo box attached to tho door knob. Homer opened tho box and drow out a sheet of paper. Amy looked ovor his shoulder as ho read It. ThlB Is what was written on the paper: "This is Llttlo LonCHnmn Tlntisn If la loueBomo for a young couple to make their homo In It, to brighten it up and to bring tho Joy of life to Its rooms. The owner of Little Lonesome Houso Is an eccentric bachelor who will give tho houso to the first engaged couplo who opens Its front door and istops over Its threshold. But If they are uoj. engaged they may not have tho house. For further particulars apply to John Watklns, Third street." Amy thrilled as sho read this mes sago and she thrilled still more as sho folt Homer's eyes on her. "Shall wo enter and take posses sion?" he questioned. Amy hesltuted. Lovo for Homer waB kindling In her heart. Shu felt sure that ho must be the right man and yet - -and yet "Let's go In and look around," she' suggested. "But not as an engaged couple." Homor took tho key to tho front door from the mat in front of the door and opened the door. They stepped In. The house was already furnished and so charmingly furnished that nt tho first glance Amy fell In lovo with tho homo. It wns Ideal sho felt. It was the most entrancing spot In tho world In which to begin married life. "Sea hero," said Homor to her soft ly. "If you stand Just hero in the hall way you can seo a long distance down tho roadj so yeu can watch for mo hero at night. And I'll know you'ro watch ing and If I'm tired it will give mo new strength and hasten my steps." Amy sighed. .She was on tho point of accepting but she was not yet quite sure that Homer was really the right ninn that he was really a home loving man. All thioiigh the house Homer point ed out the things that wetc designed purtleutaily to give a woman pleasure. When they had completed their Inspec tion, Amj sighed. "It's simply adorable." she cried. "We'll come again tomorrow.'' The next day when they again ap proached the house Am saw a young couple walk up the path toward the door Fear struck her to the heart What If this couple should Hud that peculiar message fioni that eccentric bachelor anil take the house from them? In that Instant her mind was made up She turned quickly to Homer. "Hurry, hurry," she-cried. "Theie's another couple going up there and the) may take the house fiom us." Homer stopped the machine. lie turned to her with the light of hope shining Iti his ojes- "Then jou'll go into Little Umesome House with me as as my Hancee?" lit asked. "Oh, ies, yes, yes," answered Am. "I know jou'ie the right man now Yes tot day when you showed yourself so mmlilur with the house I became sus plclous. Last night when we got home I called up the agent and I found that ou not only own Llttlo Lonesome House hut that you designed It al1 yourself and fitted It all up so level? and cozy ami comfortable. No man who Is not really a home lover could have done that, so 1 know you're thr right man." Homer's face became suffused with the light of a great Joy. Amy turned her face away, awed at tho light In hit eyes. "I'm mighty, mighty glad of that,' said Homer. Suddenly Amy found voice again "But hurry, hurry," sho cried. "Thai! other couple may find that letter and then you'll have to give the house tc them." Homer simply smiled. "That note was for your eyes, dear.' he replied. "I wrote It to arouse your interest in tho house to hitch up your home loving Instinct with tho thought of marrying mo. So naturally I wasn't 'going to take any chance? with anyone else finding It so I took It out of the box last night before we left. Horo it is." And he pulled the note out of his pocket. (CopyrlKtit. 191.1. bv tho McClure News, paper Symllcntp.) PROVED ABILITY IN ONE LINE Salesman May Not Have Been Able to Speak French, But as for the Other Qualification! The dry goods magnate was bom barding the applicant with tho usual questions: "Are you teetotal?" "Yes." "Spoak French?" "Yes." "Good salesman?" "Yes." "Stock-keeper?" "Yes." "Can you tell a good Her "Oh, yes," "Well, I'll give you a start." The young man got on famously for a few weeks, until one fine morning a Parisian damsel approached htm and sweetly stated her requirements In the natlvo tongue. The poor young man was flabbergasted, not comprehending a single word. Five minutes later he was facing his indignant employer. "This is scandalous, sir. When I employed you did you toll me you could speak French?" "True," mildly replied the culprit, "but did not you ask me if I could tell a good Ho?" Awkward. Fathers who will persist in taking their sons to tho ofllco must perforce be fully prepared to take tho conse quences. Tho other day Jones roturned from business with an ugly scratch on his face, and his youngest son by his sldo. "John." exclaimed Mrs. Jones, as soon as they were Inside, "where did you get that fearful scratch?" "Wo have been opening a lot of cases, my dear, and that was done by a nasty French nail." "Yes, ma," piped a small voice and Jones wished himself dead, "I saw hor scratch him: it was that French typowritor girl!" All Right for the Doctor. "Sorry, Brown," said the doctor, aft er the examination "You'ro In a very serious condition. I'm ufrald I'll have to oporuto on you." "Oporato!" gasped Brown. "Why, I haven't any money for operations. I'm only a poor worklngman." "You'ro Insured, nro you not?" "Yes, but I don't got that until after I'm dead." "Oh, that'll bo all right," sad tin doctor consolingly. Lipplncott's. INILTMTIONAL siKrsaiooi Lesson (Iljr IS. O. 8KLT.KHS, Director of Kvenln Department, Tho Moody Hiblo Institute, Chicago.) LESSON FOR DECEMBER 28 A DAY OP DECISION. (Review.) TltiADIXO LttSSON-Joahua 21; Hob. Jli2S-.11. OOl.DKN TKXT "For flcxl so loved tho world, that tin gave his only begotten (on, that wlioooor bellootli mi him should tint perish but huvn overl.ist ln llfe."-John 3:1C. t Tho lessons for this past quarter, omitting tho temperance lesson, cov er ono of tho most Interesting periods In tho history of Israel. In them thcro Is presented live of Israel's greatest characters, Moses, Aaron, Miriam. Joshua and Caleb; one of tho strangest characters In all history Daallm; and tho typical troubler of tho nation, Achan. Wo havo pre sented tho strength and weakness, victory and defeats, of Tour, Moses, Aaron, Miriam, and Joshua, Israel's History. Tho first of the scripture passages presented for the day'H rending lesson contains the farewell dlscourso of Joshua. In It he surveys Israel's his tory from the days of Terah to tho moment they possessed Canaan, em phasizing that In It all God was di recting and operating. Ho then ap peals to them to serve Jehovah and to put away all other Gods. The al ternative Is, that with such cvldcnco before their eyes. If It seemed evil to servo Jehovah, they had choice be tween tho gods their fathers aban doned beyond tho river and those they had found in the land. As for him self his choiro was made, "aa for mo and my house, we will Fervo tho Lord." After repeated declarations of fealty on their pnrt Joshua, entered Into a covenant with them that they wero to servo Jehovah. Tho passago taken from Hebrews ought to begin it verse thirty. Moses leads out of Egypt (a typo of sin), through tho wilderness ex periences, but could not lead them Into tho land; Joshua took up tho work whero Moses left off and led them Into tho promised possession; but ho wns not able to lead them Into that perfect rest which only comes from a perfect conformity to tho will of God. Tho messago of the Book of Hebrown Is that of tho son who fulfills nil that theso great leaders of tho past failed to do. Ho leads from bondage Into possession and on to tho final rest, which remains for tho peo ple of God. Recapitulation. Omitting tho temperance lesson (Nov. 9) six of theso lessons deal, with Moses as tho leader, and In flvo wo havo JoBhua as tho leader of Is rael. I. Under Moses' Leadership. Lesson I. Moses' Cry for Help, Num. 11:10-18. 24, 25. (1) Complaint and controversy, vv. 10-15; (2) Com fort and Counsel, vv. 1C-18, 24, 25. Lesson II. Jealousy and Envy Pun ished, Num. ch. 12. (1) The Accu cusatlon, vv. 1, 2; (2) Tho Arrest, vv. 4, 5; (3) The Arraignment, vv. C-8; (4) Tho Judgment, vv. 940; (5) The Intercession, vv. 11-12. Lesson III. The Report of the Spies, Num. 13:1-3. 25-33. (1) The Spies, vv. 1-3; (2) Tho Majority Report, vv. 25-29; (3) Tho Minority Report, vr. 80-33; (4) The Sequol. ch. 14. Lesson IV. The 8ln of Moses and Aaron, Num. 20:1-13. (1) The Peo ple's Petition, w. 1-5; (2) Qod'B Plan, vv. 6-8; (3) MoBes' Mistake, vv. 9-13. (a) Deception, (b) Pride, (c) Self glory, (d) Disobedience. Lesson V. Balak and Balaam, Num. 22:1-6, 24:10-19. (1) The Call til Curse, 22:1.6; (2) The Wayside Chal lenge, 22:22-35; (3) The Changeless Message, ch. 24. Lesson VI. Temperance Lesson. Lesson VII. The Death of Moses, Deut. 34:1-12. (1) The Old Leader, vv. 1-8; (2) The New Leader, v. 8; (3) A Great Character, vv. 10-12. II. Under Joshua's Leadership. Lesson VIII. Joshua the New Leader, JoBh. 1:1-9. (1) The Call; (2) The Charge; (3) The Counsel; (4) The Companionship. Lesson IX. Crossing the Jordan, Josh. 3:7-17. (1) Tho Leader, vv. V, 8; (2) ThoBo Led, vv. 9-13; (3) The Dry Ground, vv. 14-17. Lesson X. The Fall of Jericho, Josh. C:8-ll, 14-20. (1) God's Orders, vv. 1-5; (2) Joshua's Instructions, vv. C-8; (3) Tho Obedient Pooplo, vv. 9-16. Lesson XI. Tin Sin of Achan, Josh. 7:6-15. (1) Joshua'B Error, vv. 6-9; (2) The" CnuBO of Defeat', vv. 10-12; (3) The, Victory of Defeat, w. 13-15. Lesson XII. The Division of the Land, Josh. 14; M4. (1) Thoso Lett Behind, vv. 1-C; (2) Caleb's Claim, vv. 6-12; (3) Tho Promise Fulfilled, vv. 13-15. Tho golden text Is peculiarly signifi cant In Its fitness as we closo tho studies for UiIb year. Tho final word, tho fruit and flower of this now na tion, Is epitomized In this the slim, pi est, yot the most sublime ianguago of the New TestamonL What Moses, and Joshua did in typo and what they each left not being ablo to accom plish, God In tho person of his groat, est gift to mon can and does fulfil In abundant measure. The widest stretch of human Imagination cannot measure tho breadth of his lovo. The, deepest depths cannot fathom the aw ful woe of unbeliever. NO MARRIAGE BANS IN BURMA Wedding and Divorce Regulations Among Burmese Trifle Loose Ac cording to Our Ideas. Now York. Marrlago and dlvorco regulations among tho Burmese strike oven a Westerner ns loose, according! to a recently published book by Slij Herbort T. White, called "A Civil Scr vant In Burma." Tho solo essential! of a marriage Is mutual consent, and, no court need lnterveno In dlvorco But tho test of a thing Is tho way It! works, and "many, probably most,, men llo happily with ono wife nil their lives." No ceremony Is neces-" Burmese Mother and Child. sary in marriage, and, among tho mass of the people, none is usual. Dlvorco Is so easy that It is com monly accepted that, even without fnult on either side, ono party can In sist upon dlvorco against tho wish of tho other. In this respect, men and women are upon equal terms. But a safeguard against capricious dlvorco la found in tho strict rule that tho ono who, under the circumstances Indi cated, insists upon dlvorco must aban don all property to the reluctant part ncr. It is not unusual for divorced per sons to como together again In fact, "an appreciable proportion of tho crimes of violence is duo to tho re fusal of a woman to rejoin her divorced husband." DUB BLOND ESQUIMAUX IRISH Descendants of Band of Monks Who Came to America In Sixth Cen tury, Priest Declares. St. Louis. Rev. C. F. O'Leary, pas tor of tho Catholic church of Notro Dame, who recently returned from a visit to Ireland, is convinced that tho blond Esquimaux discovered by Vilhj nlmur StcfTansson uro in reality de scendants of early Irish settlers-. "It Is my belief," Bald Fathor O'Leary, "that St. Brendan and his monks settled in America In tho sixth century. Many historians bcliovo this. Brondan was a great mariner, as well as a great student, and with him mis slonarles wero going out by the scores from Ireland to Germany, Italy, France, and other countries. "Tho Norwegians formerly called America 'the Lesser Ireland,' and wo have the evidence of Brendan's dis coveries In the sea which long was named for him Mare Brendanlcum." Father O'Leary when abroad visited the famous St. Brendan's Mount, on which the monastery stood, and stud led the old records. Tho expenses of his trip to Europe were paid in part with a fund which his parish present ed to him on the occasion of his for tieth Jubilee last spring. MOURNS AT "HIS OWN" COFFIN On Recognition of 8upposed Dead Son Mother Faints and la Seri ously III. Hamilton, Ont. While relatives and friends surrounded the coffin in which lay tho body of a young man Identified as John Thompson, a victim of a re cent storm on the great lakes, tho real John Thompson rapped at tho door and was admitted to tho house. His mother collapsed, seriously ill. Young Thompson's father did not know on what boat his son was em ployed. When ho read of tho finding of tho body cf a John Thompson, fire man on tho lost steamer Carruthers, ho went to Kettle Point and identified it as that of his son. Tho body was shipped to tho par ents' homo In this city, and friends wero assembled for tho funeral, when tho young man suddenly returned. He explained that ho had been in Mon frey during tho great storm, and had Just heard of his reported death. Giraffe Hit by Switch Engine. Dupo, HI. -A glraffo being shipped to a circus' winter quurtera Btuck Its head out of tho car and waB struck by a fiwltch engine. Tho animal is be ing cared for In an Improvised hospi tal In the Y. M. C. A. building. Veter inary surgeons said it will llvo. Woman Mayor of Oregon Town. Troutdnlo, Oro. Mrs. Clara Latou rello Larsson, daughter of an Oregon pioneer resident, was elected mayor of this placo by fire votes FIRE RIES CAPTURE OF DE LONG POINT Testimony of 8oldler of Company E Thirty-First Ohio, Who Was Strictly In Noted Assault. When It comes to distorting fneti which should bo tho embodiment ol history I feel It my duty to olTcr a word its ono who not only participat ed In tho battles around Chattanooga, but assisted In establishing and pre serving the movements of our t loops during those soul-testing times. On or about December 17, ISO'.!, I was assigned to the duty of topog rapher on tho staff of the First bil gado, Tnltd division, Fourteenth corps, in which capacity I served, perform ing the same duty a part of tho tlmo at both Second and Third division headquarters until Just previous to Generals Daren's and Turchln's bri gades taking the spur of ltnccoon, Ridge, which opened our cracker Hue, and In which 1 participated with my company (10, Thirty-first Ohio), forming a pnrt of Turchln's brigade, and In tho charge tin Missionary Itltlge, Novomber 2G, IStJH, my regi ment wns In the front lino of battle, lapping Do Long Point, and was bo noted on our mnps showing thoso movements, writes Junius F. Whiting of Springfield, O., In the National Tribune. Being an artist as well as a topog rapher, I gave as careful attention ns was possiblo to tho action of our troops, nntl I remember the circum stances as well (ib the topography of thu ground over which wo fought during that battle, which I described to our comrades correctly beforo wo arrived at Chattanooga on a visit In October, 1909, my first visit to thoso locations sluco tho Civil war. Let that he as It may, tho Second Mlnncsotn ennnot claim tho credit of capturing Do Iong Point at tho bnttlo of Mis sion Ridge. My company, with tho regiment, Just before ascending tho rldgo, passed through a strip of small tim ber, then after going over tho lower lino of Confodernto works In advance of any other troops, wo' passed bo tween several rebel shnntlcs and went up the ridge, losing our formation, as did all regiments In that chargo, as far as tho eyo could observe right and left; nnd thnt scene, with Old Glory leading our boys In bluo up tho as cent, was too Indelibly Impressed up on my memory to forgot, though wo ascended undor n crossing of nrtll lory and. musketry. Several of my regiment with whom I nscended In advance of tho mass went up with our regimental colors about two-thirds of tho way to tho top, whero, after resting a moment in an Indenture Just under Do Long Point, flvo of us smaller mon (boys), William Clark and Androw McDor mott of Company K, nnd Mnrshall Wilcox, William Weir and myself of Company B, Thirty-first Ohio, went on up to tho right, nnd leaped over tho Confederate works at tho gun to our left of a rebel battery of six or eight brass pieces, with handles over their trunnions nnd apparently now. Tho Confederates wero still firing their guns on our right of this bat tery, which was on tho higher ground a llttlo to tho southeast and nbovo Do Long Point, but tho piece whore we went over tho works being aban doned, Clark Jumped upon It, waved his cap with a shout or two, and as tho rebels were leaving their guns, we five before any other comrades ap peared went over tho ridge and down the enemy's side, some distance, whero three of us sat down to rest, Clark and McDermott going on and never returning. It growing dark and discovering our comrades above lighting fires, we three arose to return to our regiment, when a Johnny appeared from the opposite side of tho log oh which we wero resting, begging not to bo shot, of which we assured him there was no danger, and took him to our regi ment, where, upon arriving, I was Informed that my services wero want ed at Turchln's headquarters, and re ported there tho following day, as sisting In tho survey of that part of Missionary Rldgo wo had fought over and which Included Do Long Point. I not only took part In tho survey, but compiled my noteB with those of other topographers, and executed a map with my own hand of tho Point In question, with all the movements of tho several regiments In our divi sion during said battle plainly mnrked thereon, and was then, as woll as now, a good letterer and embellisher, tho map being forwarded through Fourteenth corps headquarters to the war department, Washington, D. C, whore It should bo today; but I am prepared to corroborate these facts with testimony and prool that no comrado can refute. At the Breakfast Table. "I have a vnguo yearning for some thing," murmured tho poet. "A con slant yearning for something; I know not what." "Maybo it's tripe," suggested the sympathetic landlady. "Wo haven't had any In a long time," His Efforts. "That follow Is tho lazlost man I know. Ho has never mndo an effort to support himself" "Oh, yes, ho hnB. Ho proposes to every woman with money he meets." --- . msso mp ri n.m n a iri "WHY I THE N01E3 OF JOURNALIST WHO TRIP THROUGH WESTERN CANADA. P prominent Joumnllat from Chi (rago, Bomo tlmo ago, mado a Journey through Canada obtaining a thorough knowledge of tho land nnd pooplo and of tho "boundless possibilities" that Canada, tho virgin land, affords. In an American Sunday newspaper ho published after his return tho Interest ing account which wo print as fol lows. Ho writes: "Why did you omlgrato from the united States?" I asked n farmor In Western Canada. "I holicvo that for a poor man Wcut ern Canada la tho most favorablo land," wns tho reply, "nnd I havo now found that It hi tho Pnradlso or tho Poor." The fanner, a pioneer of tho wost, had llvo earo earlier loft Iowa for Canada to secure a now homo thore. After traversing tho country for some time, he started ils homo on tho opon prairie and with sternly Industry do voted himself to tho working of the virgin soil. Now ho Is tho well-to-do owner of that endless sen of waving wheat ears that goos on for miles bo foro my eyes. His strong, sunburned flguro finds tho best background In his fnrm Itself, which Is tho outcomo of his ceaseless nctlvlty a pretty twe storlod dwelling houso, a largo cloan stnble, In the midst of a hamlot of bnrns, sheds nnd outbuildings, a use ful garden overflowing with products; horses, cnttln, sheep and swine on tho rich pastures, nnd nround to tho hori zon wheat, goldon wheat "In Iowa?" tho farmor contlnuod, "I farmed on rontod land, for at tho price of $100 per aero I did not possess money enough to buy. I might farm, I might fnrm as I could, mora than the living for myself nnd family, I could not attain. Sometimes tho harvest turned out good, somctlmos bad, but tho grand total was a blttor combat to keep want from tho door. It was Im possible to lay by for bad tlmoB and In spite of all trouble and work an old ago frco of care was not to bo thought of. My denth would havo brought blttor poverty to my wlfoand children. "I decided to break-up and go to Canadn, whore at least I could fight out tho struggle for exlstenco on my own land. I started out with a mulfl team, all my earthly possessions wors In tho pralrlo-Bchoonor with my wlfo nnd children. Then I took up a homo stead of 160 acroa to which I added by purchaso gradually; now as s whole I count about 3,000 acros as my own. Tho whole property Is free ol debt. I do not owe a cent to anyone. I bought my land for $2-$l0 por acre, now I would not give It up for $50." "Do you mean to say that you paid for tho wholo land in tho flvo years?" I Interrupted. , "In a much shorter tlmo," replied tho farmor. "Tho land paid for Itself, some already by tho first harvest, and nt longest in 3 years each field had brought in Its purchaso prlco. If you doubt that land In Western Canada pays for Itself within 3 years you can easily convinco yourself of tho truth of my nssertlon. Let us assume that a farmor buys a farm of 160 A. at $15 per A. for $2,400. Farm machines, seed, ploughs, mowing and threshing might bring up tho outlay to about $10 per aero. If the farmer sows the 160 A. for 3 years in succession with wheat and harvests 20 bus. per acre, thon tho product of an A. at tho aver age prlco of 75c por bu. Is exactly $16 per aero. If you deduct the f 10 out lay, you will retain a clear return of $5.00. For 160 A. the annual excess amounts to $800, consequently the farm has after the third harvest brought In the purchase price ol $2,400. "Sometimes and not rarely th land pays for Itself by the first harvest of 35 bus. of wheat bring in more thai the purchase price of $15 per acre Aa In some years I harvested mors than 35 bus., you can reckon for your self how quickly I paid for my farm." "Would you not prefer your owe farm In Iowa?" I asked. "No," replied the farmer, "nevet will I go back, In general very fen American settlers return to the ol4 home. In Iowa a 160 A. farm costi $100 per A., $16,000; in Western Can ada $15, only $2,400. For the same money that you require to buy a 164 A. farm In Iowa, you can buy here ta Western Canada a farm of 1,000 acres. I have money enough to buy a farm ta Iowa, If I wished. But there my year ly Income would be a small one, whereas here I work for a great gain. There I would only bo a small farmer, hero I am a largo landed proprietor." In a corner of tho farmyard I had during our conversation noticed u mound of earth overgrown with grasses and wild flowers. To my in quiry as to what it was, I received the roply: "That Is tho ruin of the wooden shack covered with sods, which I call ed my homo when I settled here five years ago." I gathered a wild aster from the ruin and flung it into the air. In a pun plish-glitterlng line the wind drove the flower towards the fine, modern-equipped farmhouse What a contrast be tween the lowly earthy hut of yester day and charming palace of today! This contrast says enough to the un bounded possibilities, which this new land offers to tho willing workor. How the poor emigrant on tho open prairie, through energy and activity, within B years worked his way up to bolng m well-to-do farmor and esteemed citt ton! More, the farmer did not re quiro to say. Why did ho emlgrateT WHY? Why I saw tho answer with ray own eyes. Advertisement I i IV V VL,A. 'd1tW,