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THE CANADIAN CROPS THREE-QUARTERS OF THE AVER AGE YIELD IS REPORTED. THE FARRIERS DO NOT LOSE Increased Prices for Grain More Than Compensates Them for the De crease In Quantity Reports from Crop Experts. Host of the states of the union felt the unusually severe winter of 1906-7, and the effects of the succeeding late spring were everywhere apparent. Corn was planted two and sometimes three times, the winter wheat suffered and generally there was a nervous feeling as the retarded growth was In evidence. From the. Dakotas to Texas the feeling of dread existed, and the fears were entertained that the crop of corn, wheat, oats and barley would be a distinct failure. How far this was the case Is best left to those who passed through the experience. Natur ally the same conditions were preva lent throughout the province of Mani toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, in western Canada, and with from 250, 000 to 300,000 farmers there from the United States a large degree of inter est was manifest In almost every state of the union, for every state has some The proceeds of this field of wheat, grown in western Canada, were sufficient to pay out of the one crop the price of every acre of land upon which It was grown. representative there. This interest was a nervous one and caused consid erable indecision on the part of friends and others intending to follow. Those Interested in injuring the country cir culated stories of ruin and disaster, but the effect was lost, as it had been long enough in the limelight to prove its high standing amongst the agri cultural sections of the continent. The heavy strain placed upon it was not too great; it has shown that' the faith placed in it has been warranted, and it is this year producing undoubted ev idence that in agricultural possibili ties and resources it stands among the first of food producers. A late spring delayed seeding from the usual early April period until late in May, and in many cases well on into June. . And with what result? It is a little early . to. tell the result, but that there will be a three-quarter crop is almost ab solutely certain. The yield of wheat in 1906 was 95,000,000 bushels; 1907 it will be between 70,000,000 and 80,000,- .V The above is the reproduction of a photograph of the home of a recent settler from Germany, who has been settled In Saskatchewan, western Canada-, for two years. 000. It coukl not be expected that ' June-sown grain would mature and ripen in any country. The May sown ripened, and this is the feature that has proved western Canada's superi ority as a grain-growing country. It demonstrates that the length of sun shine is so great that the growing and ripening season, although shorter in number of days than in parts farther south. In hours is as great or greater. A correspondent of thw Toronto Globe, a most careful purveyor of news, writing from Winnepeg, Manitoba, ays "Excellent progress In the process of converting the crop into marketable com modity has been made. The days have been fairly warm considering the sea son of the year and while the amount of sunshine per day la less than In an ordi nary harvest the grain has matured well. The reports from far and near show that the aggregate yield for the whole grain Browing country is likely to be large, and there are those who assert that the quantity Will be equal to about 75 per cent, of that secured last season. The quality will be the Important considera tion especially In view of the steadily ris ing; markets. Cash wheat ha Winnipeg dosed yesterday at $1.114 per bushel. Fort William delivery. The post of freight and handling for wheat .strikes an aver age. of 11c per bushel for the whole west. Tills means that the average price to the farmer for contract wheat all over the prairio country Is exactly $1 per bushel. The farmers have been, looking for the day when dollar wheat would rule and they have it now. Some old wheat is still coming forward from the elevators and a little of last year's crop remains in the hands of the farmers. This nearly ah grades up to the contract, and it means a great gain for those who held it. The new wheat is still (Trading very high, when oiie considers the conditions under which it was produced. Out of 4r.9 cars, 32S in two days contained wheat which would answer for delivt ry en contracts. In other words over SOO.tiOO bushels of wheat which would bring the farmers an average of about $1 per bushel, reached Winnipeg in two days. The significance of $!C0,fl00 worth of wheat being passed by the Inspectors in two days at the close of an admittedly unfavorable season should not be allowed to sink out of sight at a time when returns from agri cultural activity in the west are being anxiously awaited. These llsures do not take account of the lower grades, of which there were 131 cars. More than one third of these contained milling wheat, which would remunerate the farmer at the rate of 93c per .bushel on the basis of to-day's closing figures. The balance consisted of low grade stuff which would vary greatly In quality and would show great "spreads" in prices. "The approximate value of the two davs' receipts of wheat, however, would be" more than $400,000 calculating the ca pacity of a cai'at J. 000 bushels and elim inating the cost of freight and handling. As many of the modern cars contain more than 1,000 bushels and as tiie freight rate to Fort William is less than 13c per cwt. on most of the wheat which is now coming forward, the estimate of $400,000 Is low. The circulation of $200, 000 per day among the farmers will not continue for the whole year, of course, but that figure Is likely to be exceeded i Lit 4 w' before the preseht rush of wheat to the market abates. The conversion of the crop Into money may be said to be pro ceeding in a most satisfactory way and there is no doubt that millions of dollars will have gone into the pockets of the farmers by the time navigation on the lakes closes, liven then only a small proportion of the wheat will have come out. Kxperience has shown that the rail ways do not carry very much of Ihe wheat to the Lake Superior ports before tiie frecze-up comes, and the propor tion will probably be smaller than usual this year on account of the lateness of the thrashing season. , "On the whole the prospect is a most cheerful one, the likelihood being that the satisfactory returns for the past few days will be greatly exceeded in the com ing six or seven weeks. The fact that wheat of nny kind is bound to bring a re munerative price tills season is the com forting feature of the situation and there Is no occasion for concern over the pos sibility of the general quality of the grain being below that of previous years. Tiie high standard of the wheat raised in the west in 1905-1906 was undoubtedly a great advertisement for the country and it would have been well if that ex cellent record could have been continued, but It Is not reasonable to expect that 90 per cent, of the wheat will be of contract grade every year as it was in the years mentioned. If 75 per cent, or even 50 per cent, of this season's yield be up to the contract standard there will be from for congratulation. The west will reap a large return of Its investment of money, time and labor this year as it did In any preceding season, and by so do ing it will have done its whole duty to those who have placed faith In its fertil ity and resourcefulness. The' breathing spell if It comes will enable the transpor tation companies and other elements in the trade of the country to catch up with some of their obligations and the im provements eftected by that means will more than ofTset any Inconvenience which will result from a relatively smaller production. The general commercial out look Is bright enough and only depressing factors are due to the positionof a few communities widely separated "in which there Is a small return from the crop. 'It Is true the season has not been so favorable as other seasons but this condition Is widespread. The corn crop in the states of the union, where it is the premier crop of the farmers is sub ject to frost. Frost has undoubtedly mate rially reduced the total yield In places this year, but after every allowance has been made for this and other causes the facjt remains that the total grain in Al berta will be the largest in history, while In the other provinces the yield will not fall far short of other years. "The following extract from the Ed monton Bulletin fairly describes the situ ation In Northern Alberta and Saskatche wan: "Cutting is practically completed, stack ing Is in progress in some places, thresh ing will commence at once. A few late fields which were sown for green feed are being cut this week. The grain is all In stock and everywhere the glow of au tumn mingles with the glow of harvest. A great number of the oat fields show the typical yellow of well ripened grain. The majority, however, are too pale a yel low to Indicate full development and per fect ripening. Some late oats will be fed in the straw which is held by good cattle feeders to be the best way to feed oats. In no year In the history of the spring wheat Industry has there been a better growth and production of plant and if the crop of 1907 had been favored with more propitious condition during Septem ber all previous records of wheat produc tion In this country would have been eclipsed. On the farm known as the Mac leod farm Vt miles northeast of the city on the Fort Saskatchewan trail, samples of lied Fyfe were taken that were uni formly plump and hard and of excellent color. Tht field should run 25 bushels to the acie. 4 3 WONDERFUL INDIA Tank and northern Gopuram WAIF TO BE WEALTHY. LEFT ON DOORSTEP OF BACH ELOR BOARDING HOUSE. Bouncing Boy Has Won Hearts of En tire Neighborhood at Marquette, Mich. Will Be Formally Adopted. Marquette, Mich. Unique among the functions of Marquette's present social season was the "shower" re cently given to "Baby Charlie," a jolly, gray-eyed little youngster, who just a month ago was left on the door step of a boarding house tenanted for the most part by wealthy bachelors. The father and mother of the infant are unknown, and it is a mystery what stress of circumstances caused them to abandon the child to strangers, but it is doubtful if there ever was a baby more blessed with foster parents than is this. STUDIES RUINS OF LOST CITIES. Cornell Expedition Makes Valuable Discoveries in Asia Minor. Ithaca, N. Y. Prof. Sterrett has just received his first report from the Cor nell expedition to the Assyro-Babylo-nian orient. The party consists of A. T. Olmstead, B. B. Charles and J. E. Wrench. The report says that the principal sites of the region explored have been fixed astronomically for the. first time, disclosing many defects in even the best maps. Over 50 sites have been carefully examined and proved to be pre-classlc, and of these a considerable proportion can be con nected with an already known classic locality. The pre-classic of Iconing, the most important city of southeastern Asia Minor, has been found. Much of the pottery found there is similar to the early types found alt Troy, and a bet ter site for excavation has nbt yet been seen by the expedition. Over 3,000 potsherds have thus far been collected and studied. Most im portant are the various sherds of My cenaean character showing connection with the Greek world of the time of Homer. In the light of the material collect ed, it seems almost certain, says the report, that some of the most wide spread views in regard to the earlier people of Asia Minor and their connec tions must be modified or abandoned. A marble idol of a type hitherto found only in the Greek islands in pre Mycenaean settlements was found at Angora. This link between the early inhabitants of Greece and of Asia Mi nor is of very great interest. WOMEN PAINT CHURCH FENCE. Energetic Members of the Congrega tion Shame Men by Their Industry. Washington. When the mem bers of the First Baptist church at Aurora attended services recently there was a surprise in store for many of them. Instead of the fence with the paint worn off, that they had expected to see as usual, they saw one that had just been painted and that looked quite as good as new. The fence had needed painting for a long time, but many of the members felt that the church funds were not in such condition that the outlay could be made for the purpose. The spirit was willing, but the supply of coin was rather low. The women decided to take the situation into their own hands, and, without talking about what they ex pected to do, they went quietly to work. A committee obtained some donations of paint and brushes, while others secured the necessary money to make some slight repairs. The women then went to work one morning and tolled hard all day. When the whistles blew at quitting time in the evening the fence had been painted, and the women went homo very tired but happy. ARCHITECTURE at Chidambaram, India. Not only does he rule the Brennan home, but his domain takes in all the entire vicinity. Two hundred invi tations were issued to the "shower," and from six until nine p. m. "Charlie," with his best bib and tucker, was the center of attraction for scores of the leading residents of the city. He got toys by the wholesale, clothes enough for a dozen babies, gold pins and many other things, and more notable still was the starting of a substantial bank account, which it is altogether likely will eventually grow to a sum well itp In the thou sands. v It wasearly one morning of last September when the baby arrived. He came in a clothes basket and his coming was heralded only by the ring ing of the door bell. Several hours afterward when he awakened and dis covered himself surrounded ' by the household he looked around, said WHITE HOUSE STABLES Entrance to building where the president's horses and carriages are kept. SHOW UP BAD STREETS. DUCKS SWIM ABOUT IN PARIS MUDHOLES. Journalists Drop Fowls in Ponds In the Place de I'Opera and Afford the Greatest Delight to a Crowd of Spectators. Paris. When there is in American cities a public uproar over the condi tion, of the paving, it is usual for the agitators to refer ton the "splendid streets of Paris, Vienna" and Berlin." Paris thought she had splendid streets, and she has, in the main, but she has just received a jolt Several journalists went out the oth er day to demonstrate the evil condi tion of the streets in the center of the city. It was raining, and the journalists carried each a duck under either arm. Arriving at the Place de I'Opera, they marched to the very midst of the greatest rush of equipages, cabs and trucks, and solemnly dropped their water fowl into the deep pud dles which the rain had formed. The ducks quacked delightfully and swam about with great enthusiasm. An enormous crowd gathered, applaud ing the novel sight, since it seemed to enter few minds that the exhibition was anything but a harmless sort of lunacy. The crowd merely laughed at the-drollery of a duck pond in the Place de I'Opera. Policemen ran up and angrily de manded what the journalists meant by causing a throng to gather and in dulge in unseemly mirth. ."We are the owners of the ducks," gravely admitted the giver of this ob ject leaaqa. "We find it hard to keep "Goo," and his future home was as sured. ' - Since his arrival, no one has been able to conjecture whence he came, and a little note written in a delicate feminine hand and pinned to his frock vouchsafed the information that "My name is Charlie. If you like' me and will keep me I will tell you more about myself. Please be good to me." The whole family has been good to Charlie, so have all who have seen him. The very day of his arrival all in the house contributed to his wel fare and they are still doing it. "Charlie" is a sturdy little chap, square-shouldered and solidly built. He seems to be entirely without the fear that many children of his age show, runs the whole" household in his determined little way and when he gets a good hard bump or fall only stares in solemn fashion, rubs the hurt with his little hand, and goes right at the same thing again without a tear. - Not long ago the advent of a baby in the house was wholly unlooked for. To-day the baby is the single factor about which revolve all its affairs. ' A while ago some half dozen staid and sober bachelors led colorless bachelor lives, unaware of domestic joys. To day these same bachelors are wiser. It has been a red letter time for the bachelors . and due , to the baby they see life from a different point of view. Steps are to be taken to formally adopt the infant and trustees will be duly designated to look after its welfare and manage its estate. HERMIT HAD WAR MEDALS. Mysterious Black Bag Contained Wealth and Evidence of Honors. Seguin, Tex.-Charles Bean, a negro, has turned over to County Judge H. M. Wurzbach a black bag and its contents which belonged to a white man named John Stephen Geake, who had lived with him for 20 years. This man was an Englishman, who died and was buried the other day. He was a hermit, a recluse never coming , to town or mixing with people. ' When the black bag was opened jtwo Crimean war medals were found, a certificate of deposit, of money in bank here,' and a considerable amount of mining stock in Goldfleld, Net., In California and in Australia. Letters were found from his kinsfolk in Dun more, Cornwall, England, and the au thorities here will corraspond with them at .once. He was quite an old man at the time of his death, which came sud denly and painlessly. them in good condition in our apart ments and all are glad to notice that the municipal authorities of Paris have furnished us convenient dnck ponds, centrally situated, in which we can give the poor creatures a little natural enjoyment." This did not satisfy the policemen, who chased and captured the ducks. They carried them and led the jour nalists to the station. The crowd fol lowed to the end of the drama. At the police station the journalists announced that they had been detailed by a powerful morning daily newspa per to play tb,ls prank in order to call attention to the dreadful condition of the streets. The police saw the point. Their of ficers laughed heartily and released the prisoners as well as the ducks. 55,000 New Autos in 1908. New. York. The automobile manu facturers of the country are now fig uring on next year's output of ma chines. According to figures given out at the office of the American Mo tor Car Manufacturers' association the total American production will be about 55,000 machines, of which the association members will build 37,000. Placing the , average selling price of these 55,000 automobiles at (2,533 the manufacturers will receive $139, 135,000. Bee Sting Penetrates Brain. Canton, S. D. Stung on the temple by a common honey bee .while he was picking up potatoes on the farm of Henry Tripp, Michael Oakleaf died 15 minutes afterward in -. convulsions. Physicians gave it as their opinion that the sting penetrated the brain tbroiVRb. tfc. knitted part of the skull. ; Old Church. v The one thousandth anniversary of the founding of St. Peter's church, Chester, England, finds the structure in good condition, portions of it hav ing been rebuilt in 1440 and 1673. Prosperous Germany. New factories are springing up like mushrooms in the Rhine country, and all are built substantially. There is a general complaint, in consequence, of the scarcity of labor. It has been said that no man in Germany is idle unless he chooses. TO CLEAN SEWING MACHINES. Care Bestowed on Instrument Will Be Amply Repaid. Sewing is not half as hard people find it if the sewing machine is kept in good runniner order, when ithe sewing machine works hard and jueaviiy take the needle and shuttle out and give every Joint and bearing a generous bath of gasoline. Of course there should not be a lighted lamp or fire of any kind in the room. Turn me wneeis briskly for a few moments to enable the gasoline to penetrate every part and to loosen and wash away the old oil and grime. Then clean It all away. When all the grime and joil has been removed, oil with propel lubricating oil, running the machine for two or three minutes before in serting the needle. Now, with a piece of chamois skin, wipe away all super fluous oil. It is a pleasure to sew on a machine treated in this manner. Gingham Cushions. -The odds and ends of a bright ging ham can be made into a pretty, chair cushion. Cut the pieces in octagon shapes and join with white dress bead ing. One cushion made in this man ner was tufted. The pattern was cut double, the two pieces filled with cot jton, lightly basted together, then Join ed with the beading, which was stitch ed on the machine. Colored material can be used in the same manner and joined with some bright dress braid. Striped material in red and white can be made into tiny star shapes, with an irregular stripe and finished in the same manner. Pincushions are made of silk, joined with lace insertions through which narrow ribbon is run. Mother's Vegetable Soup. ' . ' Parer slice the potatoes and turn into the soup kettle with plenty of cold water, add a half an onion sliced and let boil 30 minutes or until the vegetables are tender; a little chopped celery may be used if 'you have it .Season with salt and pepper, add some good, rich milk or cream and a piece of butter the size of a walnut and a rew spoonfuls of canned or cold cooked tomatoes. Serve as soon as it comes to a boil. Lincoln Directory Ask Your Grocer For LAU BRAND Coffees, Teas, Canned Goods, Etc. Pure Goods and Full Weight M P I All in LINCOLN. at sr NEBRASKA HERBERT E. GOOCH - BROKER AND DEALER Grain, Provisions, Stocks, and Cotton, rutin Office, aos Fraternity Bids. Lincoln, Nebraska Bell Phone 512 Auto Phone 8650 Largest House in State Lincoln Skirt Co. S;FT PETTICOATS MADE TO MEASURE. Write to-day. ETHEL B. ANDERSON. Proprietor LINCOLN, - JailWnl A. CANCERS and TUMORS Cured without using; knife. Call on us before it is too late. 22 years in Lincoln. References. Terms reasonable. 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