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INCREASE IN WESTERH
CANADA ACREAGE
Will Prove a Big Faotor in Win
ning the War.
Reports to hand Indicate thnt West
ern Canada ha8 a vastly increased
acreage ready for crop this year over
last year. The splqndld open fall of
107, gnvo n better opportunity for fall
plowing than for soma years. Work
In the fields was almost continuous
until tho end of November. In fact, In
the neighborhood of Plnchcr Creek,
Alberta, thero was sufficient mild
weather In January of this year to
permit farmers to plow, and many
took ndvantngq of It. A great many
Americans owning land In Canadn
moved up laRt year, and this has nlso
helped to increase tho acreage. They
came into possession of the land at
prices varying from $15.00 to $30.00
an ncre, and with tho proven yields
of wheat running from; twenty and as
high ns fifty bushels per acre, with a
set price of $2.21 a bushej, they could
Join production and patriotism to
gether with a big margin of profit.
Tho Post-Intelligencer of Seattle,
Wash., gives a very conservative state
ment of the agricultural development
and opportunities in Western Canada.
In its I8SUO of December ,14, 1017, it
nays :
"Since tho beginning of tho year
American emigration Into Canadn has
been greatly stimulated according to
the reports of the Dominion authori
ties, and has been almost entirely'made
op of farmers attracted by tho fertile
and comparatively cheap wheat lands.
"Whatever may be said of wheat
culture a8 a profitable avocation in
ordinary years, since the beginning of
the war It has offered advantages
quite beyond the usual opportunities.
War has boomed the price of wheat
until the farmer now receives around
2 for his product at his granary.
Average crops, according to the adap
tation of soil and climate are from
12 to 25 bushels to the acre. Even
the minimum crop, at $2 per bushel,
brings In these war times n reasonable
profit Before tho war wheat culture
was fast being abandoned by farmers
who worked intelligently for results
on the right side of the ledger. It has
been the popular crop for new coun
tries, but when the pioneers settled
down to business it was generally
corn, hogs, cattle and diversified farm
ing that brought the profits. Iowa and
the Dhkotns in turn, as their prairies
became settled, mortgaged the land on
wheat culture and afterwards paid off
tho mortgages with corn and hogs.
."War is thus bringing a temporary
encouragement to wheat farming.
Many of the ranchers of Manitoba, Sup
katchewan and Alberta laid away
120,000 to $30,000 in tho banks last fall.
It may be pointed out, however, that
tho growing of wheat is not tho only
Inducement which is leading settle
ment to Canadian lands. Low taxation,
favorable agricultural climate, and
profitable prices not only for grain but
for hogs, cattle and all forms of farm
produce all contribute their sharo
toward the rapid settlement of the fer
tile lands of Western Canada." Ad
vertisement. Up In the World.
"I overhcurd Mr. and Mrs. Grnbcolu
having a warm argument as to wheth
er or not they should dress for din
ner. Mr. Grabcoln contended that It
would be all right not to put on eve
ning clothes, as no guests wero expect
ed. Mr. Grabcoln said tho effect on
tho servants would bo demoralizing."
"Well, well I They are coming on.
I can remember the tlmo when Mr.
Grabcoln shed his coat, collnr and
shoes before sitting down to the eve
ning meal and nothing was said about
It" Birmingham Age-Herald.
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.
To half pint of water add 1 oz. Bay
Rum, a small box of Barbo Compound,
pd oz. of glycerine. Any druggist can
put this up or you can mix it at home at
very littlo cost. Full directions for mak
ing and use come in each box of Barbo
Compound. It will gradually darken
streaked, faded pray hair, and make It soft
and glossy. It will not color tho scalp, 1b not
sticky or greasy, and does not rub off. Adv,
End of the Lesson.
"My boy, you can tako a lesson from
tho dog that Is trotting by your side,
and to whom I point as an example,
no doesn't drink, ho doesn't smoke, he
doesn't swear "
"But if youso don't stop ycr polntln'
at him, mister, bo'll do some chewing
presently."
Heal Baby Rashes 4
That itch, burn and torture. A hot
Cuticura Soap bath gives Instant re
lief when followed by a gentle appli
cation of Cuticura Ointment. For free
samples address, "Cuticura, Dept. X,
Boston." At druggists and by malL
Soap 26, Ointment 25 and 60.- Adv.''
Evening Things Up.
"My father has un Income," Bald
Bertha, proudly,
Lorctta looked at her In a puzzled
way for a minute and then declared,
"My father's got a boll."
Just It
"Her part fitted that littlo child ac
tress like a glove."
"So to speak, Ilka, a kid, glove?"
Most particular women uso Red Cross
Ball Blue. American made. Sure to phase.
At all good grocers. Adv.
About the hardest blow that most of
ns get is a light touch from our
fritt--
St. Patrick's Day
l etnnot write of Ireland's hills as I
would write today,
For I am hero and Ireland's there,
full half the world away; '
And Ireland's lakes are em'rald
green and round her the
green seas,
'And I can't hear the colleen's call
lilt on the Irish breczo
The way it lilted to me, and I cannot
see the downs,
Nor see tho peat smoke rising from
tho chimneys of the towns.
The colleen's call and the high hills
are half tho world away,
And my heart will break in my hrcast
when comes St. Patrick's Day.
Bhe stood leside the low stone wall
and sent her laughing call
The mocking bird I hold so dear
can't'call liko that, at all!
For there was a bit of honey and a
bit of laughter, too,
A-singin' in the call and, oh, her
eyes were Irish blue
Her eyes are Irish bltte, and, oh, I
know they watch for me
Until the golden sun has sunk into
the western seal
And then I know she sends her call
and then she turns away
And my heart will break in my breast
when comes St. Patrick's Day.
A little lilt o' laughiji' and a little
lilt o' song
And she is half the world away and
all the days are long!
No love is like the love that swells
within the Irish heartl
Her heart's with me, my heart's with
her, however far apart I
And sometimes in the night I hear
her call and call and call,
And sleep has gone from me and
won't come back at all, at all J
And she is standin' on the hills and
lookin' far away
And, oh, my heart is like to break
when comes St. Patrick's
Day!
, JTJDD MORTIMER LEWIE
HAVE ALWAYS FREELY GIVEN
Openhandedness Characteristic of
" the Irish Race Wherever
, They Have Settled.
Tho following sentences are quoted
.from "The Old World In the Now"
(1014), by Edward Alsworth Ross, pro
fessor of sociology in the University
of Wisconsin:
"Along with their courage and their
loyalty, the Irish did not .bring tho
economic virtues. Charity visitors'
know that tho Irish aro often as open
handed and improvident as tho Bedou
ins. They aro free givers, and no
people aro more ready to tako into tho
family the orphans of their relatives.
The Irish are near the foot of the list
of crime. Among a score or more of
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nationalities, the Irish stand nearly at
the foot of the list in the commission
of larceny, burglary, fraud or homi
cide. Rape, pandering and tho white
slave traffic are almost unknown
among them. No immigrant is more
loyal to wifo and child than tho Irish
man. As compared with their immi
grant fathers,, the proportion of lobor
ers among tho sons of Irishmen is
halved, while that of professional men
and salesmen Is doubled, and that of
clerks, copyists and bookkeepers Is
trebled. Thero is no drift Into agricul
ture or Into mercantile pursuits."
Came In 8earch of Peace.
With all deference to tho comic
traditions about tho blackthorn Btlck
land tho shlllalah, it was the quest of
peace which brought tho first group
of Irishmen to America, and their
first propaganda was for religious free
dom, freedom of conscience, which en
couraged the coming to tho Maryland
colony of the Quakers, tho Puritans
and the Nonconformists banished from
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ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL AT DUBLIN.
MANY LEGENDS
OF ST. PATRICK
Picturesque Variety of Incidents
Crowded Into Life of the
Great Apostle.
EXPOSITION OF THE TRINITY
Something That the Drulda Could Un
derstand Hie Ridding Ireland of
Snakes Is of Course More
or Less Mythical.
POPULAR tradition has surround
ed the llfo of St. Patrick, whoso
festival all loyal Irish celebrate,
with a more picturesque variety
of incidents than hns been the fate of
any other saint Whether they aro
true or not Is a matter of little impor
tance If the stories are good. They
have to bo good, for tho Irish are the
authors.
One of tho most famous of the myths
connected with St Patrick, perhaps
the most famous after the traditional
expulsion of snakes from Ireland, is
the story of how the saint became con
nected with the shamrock. When St
Patolck first began to talk to the hea
then Irish of the Trinity they did not
believe him till ho picked a shamrock
and Illustrated tho doctrine by three
leaves growing on ono stem. This con
crcto analogy appealed to the drulds
and most of them became Christians.
These drulds wero St Patrick's
worst enemies, and ho was forced by
their hostility to net in a manner some
what Inappropriate for a saint He
cursed their lands for them, so that
they became waste and drear bogs; he
cursed their rivers, so that no fish
could live in them; ho cursed their
kettles, so that they would not boll,
and finally ho cursed the earth, so
that It opened and swallowed them up.
His Most Famous Act
The saint's most famous achieve
ment was tho ridding Ireland of
snakes. Tho method he employed was
novel at least Be simply called all the
serpents together to tho top of a moun
tain and compelled them to swallow
each other until there was none left,
but, as the Englishman sold, that
seems improbable,
A more authentic account Is that he
drove the snakes out by beating a
drum, and that in his enthusiasm, he
knocked a hole in it, which an angel
at once camo and mended. One huge
snake he Is said to have chained in
Lough DUveen, and even to this dny,
every Monday morning, the snake calls
out in good Irish :
"It's a long Monday, Patrick 1"
St Patrick seems to have taken a
great delight in performing miracles.
Once when he was in England ho tmw
a leper, who wanted to mako a voyago
In a certain ship, but the captain would
not let him. St Patrick took a stone
altar which had been consecrated by
the pope and throw it Into the water,
lie then mado the leper sit on tho
altar, which floated and kept up with
the ship for tho whole voyage.
Put Cross Over Right Grave.
He had a habit of setting a cross
at tho gravo of a Christian whenever
he could. In his travels one day ho
came upon two newly made graves at
the head of one of which was a cross.
St Patrick stopped and asked the man
In this grave what his religion was,
The man replied ho was a pagan.
Why, then, Is this cross placed at
your hcad7" St Patrick asked.
Tho man replied that his companion
had become a Christian and that a
mistake had been made in placing tho
cross. St Patrick then corrected tho
error and went his way.
But even St. Patrick made mistakes.
Ho was onco tempted to eat meat when
It was not proper to do so. Ho got
some pork, but hid it for a tlmo and
beforo ho found an opportunity to eat
It ho met a man jvith a pair of oyes in
tho back of his heud in addition to tho
usual ones In front St Patrick asked
tho meaning of this and tho man re
plied that with the eyes In his faco be
saw such tilings as other men saw,
but with thoso in tho back of his head
ho snw secret things and ho now Bavr
n monk hiding some fresh meat that
ho might cat it secretly. St. Patrick
was at onco stricken with rcmorso and
prayed for forgiveness. An angel then
appeared and commanded him to put
tho pork Into water. This he did, and
It was Immediately changed Into fishes.
Hla Memory Worshiped. '
Such talcs as theso are told of by
tho Irish themselves with no hint of
disrespect They aro merely the evi
dences of tho all-pervading humor of
this light-hearted people and should
bo taken In tho same spirit by others.
In Bplte of them tho Irish worship the
memory of St Patrick obove all other
sfllnts.
It should not bo imagined, however,
thnt tho traditions concerning tho pa
tron saint of Ireland aro all humorous.
Some of them embody that sense of the
beautiful which is also an Irish char
acteristic. Ono of tho most attractive
of theso talcs is that of St Patrick
and the king's daughters.
In tho year 433 he celebrated Easter
by converting many thousands of the
inhabitants. After the termination of
the services he went to Tara to try to
convert the king. But the kins; would '
Interior of St Patrick's.
have none of tho new religion, and St
Patrick's life wasjin danger. Iff de
spair ho was departing from tho town
when ho passed a fountain near which
were two fair maidens. Tho maidens,
full of wonder at St Patrick's white
garments, asked him who ho was.
Brought King Into Fold.
St Patrick told them ho was bish
op of God and expounded the prin
ciples of Christianity. They were de
lighted with his dlscourso and became
converted at onco. Then they asked
St Patrick to return to Tara, where
their father was king.
St Patrick, much surprised to hear
that tho two maidens wero daughters '
of tho king ho had Just visited, accom- (
panled them back to tho castle. Here
tho king was persuaded by the1 prin
cesses to accept tho new religion. The
next day 12,000 of tho people followed
tho example of their king and prin
cesses. Ireland's Patroness.
The first day of February is the an
niversary of St. Bride, or Brlgct tho
"patroness" of Ireland and of Fleet
street Sho was the beautiful daugh
ter of an Irish bard, and her story
seems to havo fired tho Celtic imagi
nation. Wherever tho early Irish mis
sionaries wandered In western Europe,
from Cologno to Seville, churches or
abbeys will bo found dedicated to her
honor, and wherever tho "exiles of
Erin" may migrate tho name of Brid
get marks a woman of Irish race. Tho
splro of her church in Fleet street Iiob
been repeatedly struck by lightning
nnd Is now much reduced in height, but
rcmalnn ono of tho threo tallest stee
ples in London. London Chronicle.
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Canadian Government Agent
Maids Are So Dishonest
"You simply cannot trust anybody.
Everyone seems so dishonest nowa
days," declared tho woman. "My maid,
In whom I hnd tho utmost confidence,
left mo suddenly yesterday and took
with her "my beautiful pearl brooch."
"That Is too bad," sympathized the
friend. "VhIch ono was it?".
"That Very pretty one I smuggled
through last spring." Pittsburgh
Chronlclo Telegraph.
Their Idea.
"I see tho bens havo refused to lay,
although Hoover has spared them till
March."
"Yes, but a more respite was no way
to egg them on."
Cruel Facts.
He "I could hold your hand till I
die!" She "Well, you're apt to dio
Jf you try It."
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Conservation.
"Mercy on us I" ejaculated Mrs.
Flint, In the midst of her reading.
"Hero in tho paper is a piece by a pro
fessor proving vby the Scriptures that
this war means the end of the world
in April, and"
"Well, if that's the case, I guess I'd
Just as well put off going to tho den
tist," returned honest Farmer Flint
"If what tho professor says Is true I
won't need any new teeth. Theso old
ones probably will answer fox such
gnnshlng as Til have to do." Kansas
City Star.
No Doubt
Hubby "I'll be back at cloven, my
dear; I glvo you my word." Wlfey
"I would rather you keep it, my love."
A genius Is a man who doesn't know
whether he Is eating boiled cabbage or
stewed fudge.
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more than the SOo else. Get your horses In best condition
tor late spring and summer. All druggists, harness deal
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