- ftC * . . if
*
4-
r fear
HEN a man has passed bis
fiftieth year , Is unmarried ,
has no near and dear relatives
pr friends to whom he isespecially at
tached , when his life , whether in busi
ness or in leisure , i methodical and
unchanging , and when things that di
vert and give pleasure to others have
become a burden then let him beware
of his own mind , for he knows not
what trick it may be making ready to
play upon him.
It is with souls as with animals-
starvation and ill treatment will ren
der even the most gentle of them un
manageable , eccentric and dangerous.
I am moved to set down these re
flections by the peculiar fate that re
cently overtook Andrew Dawley a
man whom I had known for ten years
or more with some degree of intimacy ,
but whom I hesitate to describe as a
friend of mine , for the reason that I
have once or twice heard him say
coolly and without bitterness that he
had no .friends.
There were twenty years between
our ages , an interval that would be
likely to forbid close relations between
two men who were without common
tastes and interests. Propinquity gave
us acquaintance , for I occupied at that
time the room next but one to his , on
the fourth floor , in the east wing of
the Hotel MacMahon ; but it was an ac
quaintance that was as slow of growth
and almost as frigid as a glacier.
The first year , I think , we merely
nodded when we met in the hall. Dur
ing the second and third years we ex
changed an occasional word. About
'that time , I remember , he captured
a sneak thief on the stairway , over
came his fierce resistance , and held
him until the police came , and I , hear
ing of it , went to his room to talk it
over.
Then I left the hotel for a matter of
five or six years , and on my return
"found " Dawley the only one I knew in
the place still occupying the same
room , and living the same unvarying
life. And now , at rare intervals , we
spent an evening together , usually on
his invitation , and in his room. He
seemed to be ill at ease elsewhere.
Up to the time that he explained tome
his peculiar theory on the subject of
fear , I had regarded him as a dull and
commonplace character. Conversation
with him was difficult , by reason of
my apparent inability to discover a
'topic in which he wazj genuinely inter
ested. There were interminable
pauses , during which he drew slowly
'and ' regularly at his pipe , and stared
Into the fire.
j Our discussion on the subject of fear
jbegan with my commenting on the
fact that a light was burning in his
room the night before at one o'clock ,
which I had noticed , coming in at that
hour , after a dance.
"I keep a light in my room all night , "
said he ; "I hate the dark. "
Now , this had not been his custom S
.when I was a neighbor of Iris some
years before , and I commented upon
the change.
"I suppose it is an evidence of the
weight of years , " said he ; "but I am
troubled of late with peculiar fancies
and dreams. Sitting alone here in the ti
evening , things somehow get on my
nerves , and the thought of suddenly dc
waking out of a sound sleep to find bi
myself shut in by blackness is quite
Intolerable to me. " se
Now tins sentiment was so utterly in
at variance with my conception of An hit
drew Dawley a cold , practical man of
business and of the world , as I knew to
him that instead of dropping the sub bl
ject , as I might have done with a ro
more sensitive man , I pursued it some-
Wxiat farther. he
"As a child , " I remarked , ' . 'I had a 1
great terror of the dark ; but it ceased th
entirely when I was old enough to bi
reason with myself. " fo
"What was the course of your rea
soning ? " he asked.
"Well , I had become convinced that ce
supernatural beings did not exist such sk
as ghosts and goblins and gnomes de
and , on the other hand , I knew that
in a well-protected house there was as
practically no danger from burglars or
wild animals. So , having completely
assured myself that there was nothing mi
in the dark , any more than there was mimi
mit
in the light , I ceased to be afraid of
It. " ca
cami
"Good logic. " said Dawley , with a mim
smile. "I remember working out the m
same conclusion when I was about
twelve years old. And It has held with wit
me ever since , until recently I discov t
ered a flaw in the reasoning. Oh , it "A
doesn't apply to anyone else , " he added ver
hastily , "as I undertook to speak. "It
Is purely personal , and I hesitate to ch
disturb your equanimity by describ towi
ing It. . was
"Never fear , " said I , with a laugh. had
"These sentiments are largely based fri
on temperament , and I don't believe lej
anything is likely to change my point po
of view. " ]
"Our boyish logic , " said he. after a CO
pause , "disposed of everything that took
was objective from the outside re
whether real or supernatural ; but it 1
did not touch the subjective elements a w
of the problem , of which the chief ber
is fear itself. Now , I do not believe one
I am physically a coward " inj
"I know you are not , " I Interrupted. 1
"I remember your capture of that he
thief. He was armed , and resisted the <
fiercely , but yon hung on. " red
"Yes , " he said , "a man finds out wi
whether be is a coward or not by the and
time he reaches my age ; and I have tel
r- * * * - * - - * - * * * *
goou reason to know that my courage
is not deficient And I have no superstitious -
stitious which disposes of ghosts and
supernatural things. So there is nothr
ing for me to fear. Here is where the
reasoning faculty stops , and something
else you call it temperament , do you ?
begins. I do suffer from fear at
times to the very edge of my selfconv
trol. What is it ? Why is it ? I believe -
lieve that what I fear is fear itself. "
I shook my head. "Thaat statement
is meaningless to me , " I said.
"Is it ? " he asked , almost wistfully ;
"can't you imagine being in terror of
a great fright that may overtake you
some time , even though you are uiisi
able to anticipate a reasonable excuse
therefor. Let me give it to you in
more concrete form. A year or two
ago I had a dream of a peculiarly vivid
and impressive character. It was of
my sudden awakening here in bed , in
this room , to behold a man leaning
over me. He was in strange , uncouth
dress not of the modern day , I should
judge and he was surrounded by , and
seemed to give out , a fierce red light
He shouted some words to me I don't
know what they were ; only , at the
sound of them , such a mighty and
overwhelming terror came upon me
that : I lay paralyzed as to motion and
thought Then I awoke , really awoke
this time , and I found my body wet
with perspiration , and my heart beat
ing so fiercely and with such great
iiP
pain that I feared some blood vessel
must give way. "
At this point I Interrupted him , for
his voice was trembling with excite
ment
"You say you are not superstitions , "
I said. "Then you surely are not go
ing to allow yourself to be affected
by ; a dream ? An overloaded stomach
ieII always likely to disturb the heart
Its rapid movement causes a sensation
IIe
exactly : similar to fright , and the wan
dering brain conjure ! up a scare situ
ation to fit it Did you never dream
out an elaborate series of events , cul
minating in a pistol shot , and then
ira
awaken to find that a window sash
had dropped , and you had pieced out
the dream backwards , as it were ? "
"How do you account for my having
this same dream , without an iota of
tlcl
change , half a dozen times since that
clfi
first ] experience ? " asked Dawley.
"It results , " I answered , with the
easy confidence one shows in dispos
ing of the problems of others , "from
the profound impression the first
tldi
dream made on your mind and mem
ory. "
01hi He smiled , and looked at me with
half-closed eyes. Then he relighted *
hi pipe , which had gone out , and " I
re that the hand holding the
rem
match trembled a good deal.
By this time the subject had become
distasteful to me , revealing a mental
weakness or eccentricity in Dawley
that was not pleasant to contemplate.
So I turned the conversation into oth
er channels.
Only on one other occasion did we
sp again of this fear and the dream ,
ar then , as before , it was brought up
bj a careless question.
Entering his room one night , I no
ticed < a powerful bolt that had bec-u tei
tiuc
newly fastened on the inside of his he
door , and I asked if the lock had been tea
broken. a
It was a natural inquiry , and there co
seemed to be no cause for the tremble of
his voice and the peculiar light in he
his eyes as he replied to me :
"A t lock can be picked. I wished he
satisfy myself that it was impossi tn
ble for a human being to cuter this
room while I sleep. " rei
I glanced up at the transom. It was me
held shut by a heavy iron bar. Then ua
looked 1 out of the window. It faced
the court between the wings of the
building ] , with a sheer drop of nearly
forty ; feet J
"Utterly impossible , " said I. Yo
Then I noticed for the first time a
ma
certain waxiness in the texture of the
uo
skin over his forehead , and a sunken
to
depth to his eyes. the
" Has the dream reappeared ? "
lea
asked.
chi
"Frequently. "
By
"The trouble with you , Dawley , " I
chi [
mused aloud , "is that you are too
gets
"
much aloue.
"I have no friends , " he said , in a
the
calm , dispassionate tone , such as one .
ning
might use in speaking of some trivial ,
matter of business. „
face
"You should make them , " I said , / .
his
with emphasis.
into
"I am over the Divide , " he answered.
the
"My course of life will not change
liad
very readily , I fear. "
hard
Then \ he deliberatelj * and pointedly
changed the topic , -and I did not recur ' 1O
it again at any time. As I say , he tome
most
: twenty years my senior , and we
slei
little in common. I had many
friends and many interests , and Daw- we
and his oddities formed an unim ed A
portant episode.
fur
But it was only a week after this
oiled
conversation ! that the terrible event
place which says
, every newspaper
reader : in the citv will remember.
It was at two in the morning that I SCG
awoke suddenly from a profound slum
] , with the consciousness that some "
had run past my door , scream- all
"
out of bed and I did
sprang , as so time.
heard the crash of breaking glass in
court below , and saw a brilliant T
gleam through the blinds at the er
window. I looked out ; the kitchen the
dining-room in the rear of the ho the :
had already burst into flame , and eng
a great volume of smoke poured out ot
the lower windows of the east wing. .
My own room was on the second
floor. In the center of the building , and
I saw that there was plenty of time
for me to escape , and to help others
in that vicinity. I jumped Into a bath
robe and slippers , and , rolling "my
clothes into a bundle under my arm ,
ran out into the hall. j
I hammered at each door that I
passed , and yelled in a frenzy of ex
citement and horror. The place was
rapidly filling with smoke , and the
light grew brighter. Presently I nofl
ticed that my clothes were gone. I
had dropped them while helping a
woman who seemed to be unable to
walk through pure terror. The man
who had first roused me had gone up
to the fourth floor , and the people
were pouring down the stairways , in
their night robes , or wrapped in blan
kets , some carrying children of
which , thank heaven , there were few
in the house others bird cages , and
some dragging trunks , bang , bang !
over the steps.
I had several good friends in the
hotel , and now that the alarm seemed
to < be generally given , I ran to their
assistance ; but I did not think of Daw-
ley , nor did I at any time attempt to
get over into the east wing of the
building. It was on that side that the
flames were fiercest , and the elevator
shaft and stairway between that wing
and the main building were roaring
like a furnace. Suddenly the halls began -
gan to fill with firemen in long coats
and helmets , some with axes and oth
ers dragging up hose.
There seemed to be nothing more for
me to do , so I ran down the main
stairway and out into the street , where
a great crowd was assembled. I noticed -
ticed that their faces were turned toward -
ward the east wing , and , as I instinct
ively glanced in that direction , I re-
membered Dawley and the man of his
fearsome dream.
The man was on his way a huge
bulk of a fireman , running up the long
ladder that had been hoisted from the
wagon and now rested against the
wall , just below the window of Daww
ley's room.
But was it possible that he still slept
through all this uproar and the glare
of the flame , and the odor of burn
ing wood ? Surely , he must be asleep ,
else he would have appeared at the
window. Then it suddenly flashed in-
to my mind what was the meaning of
the white skin and sunken eyes a nar
cotic ! Without doubt , he was still
sleeping.
The fireman made his way through
the heat to the top of the ladder , and
swung into the open window. Streams
of water played upon the flames be
neath him , to protect his retreat. Two
other men ran up the ladder , and had
just reached the top , when he re
turned to the window , carrying a hu
man figure wrapped in a blanket. The
others assisted him , and they made
their way slowly down the ladder
again.
"Overcome by the smoke , " said a
man standing near me. But I noticed
that no smoke came out of the open
window.
I ran forward to a pile of mattresses
and bed clothes that had been carried re
out from the hotel , and arranged a
place for him to be laid. The call th
for a doctor flew along the line of sn
snmi
spectators , and presently one came mi
running. I asked the fireman what sh
had happened. inj
"He was sound asleep when I en lik
tered the room through the window , "
said. "I had to shake him hard on
wake him up. He just stared at me
moment and said , 'Ah ! You have m
come : , ' and then his face turned kind oil
black , and his jaw dropped , and
went into a dead faint" gii
"How is it ? " I asked the doctor , as en
enwl
rose from stooping over the pros wlmj
trate : figure. mj
"Heart action ceased entirely , " he cle
replied. "Man is stone dead from the
mere terror. " San Francisco Argo- go
uaut. is
the
Squirrel Runs the Machine. thTli
Did you ever see a squirrel run a Tn
sewing machine ? If not , you may , by doter
journeying to East 59th street , New ten
York , where an enterprising sewing SUj
machine company has hit upon this YOC
novel method of attracting attention me
its store. The exercise wheel in
squirrel's cage is attached by a
leather band to the wheel of a ma
chine which is about four feet distant a
means of this arrangement the ma- bell
nine is started : he
every time the squirrel
fllf
into his wheel and turns it "
It is a peculiar fact that whenever
squirrel starts his wheel to spin-
he keeps his back toward the me
street 'Never by any chance does he 5111
the street until he has finished
little "stunt" Then he runs out
his cage and sits peering out ot
k.
window as though to see if any one
been watching him He breathes „
and acts tired after each labo- f
riotis trip in his exerciser , but seems
like it for he keeps it spinning al-
jf
constantly. Moreover , he looks
sleek and as though the added work e
just what a caged squirrel need- ia
to kep him strong and healthy. :
As the sewing machine for which he S
furnishes the motive power is well
Q T"l
and runs smoothly and easily , my
>
the New York Times , perhaps the ,
squirrel's work isn't as laborious as it soy
; ret
geerns to be to the casual onlooker.
L
Jnst the Man. wh
"Do you think he would keep tally am
right ? " lay ]
"Sure. You can count on him every yay
. " Philadelphia Bulletin. ad i
for
When a man makes a very long pray- far '
in i church , somehow his hearers get bio
impression that when he scolds in joy
privacy of huj family he keeps a tra
time at it liter '
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' f5"--igs * WBu uiiiii * 11 ; ' M-sm : , sata'-ttiar" ' * ' > yat * % m ' * a'
Art of Managing a Man.
"There are three things , " saith an
ancient proverb , "which can only be
managed by coaxing : A kid glove , a
fire , and a man. " The woman , married
or single , who fights for her right has
a hard and bitter struggle , often to
fail at last , while she who takes them
gracefully , with a smile and a sweet
thank you , sir , is allowed to walk off
freely , if not invited to come again.
Any married woman , gifted with even
a small degree of diplomacy , may have
J
her own way quite as much , if not
more , than is good for her , if only she
,
be careful always to defer to her nomir
ual lord and master and never to allow
any one , himself least of all , to sus
pect that she has been able to persuade
J
him that her way is his own. The
secret of her power lies in a nutshell ;
. ,
it is the power behind the throne which
never openly asserts itself.
, All decent men are , as a rule , good
to . , their wives , according to their lights ;
it . is the part of a clever wife to keep
those lights trimmed and burning. The
man who swears at his wife is a bully
and a coward , still he exists , and it is
something In the way of excuse for him
. .
that he is usually husband to some
woman who nags. Even he may be
, best endured by nonresistence , or at
least by getting out of his way. The
mild power is usually the strongest ,
and : a fortress which resists assault
may sometimes be easily carried by
insidious approaches.
All men hate to be ruled ; indeedy
no man will be if he knows it The
henpecked husband of the humorist
is almost nonexistent The woman
who is truly inistrees of her household
never < fails to set her husband upon a
pedestal and to insist that all the houseUj
hold ( shall honor him as lord and master
thereof.
A woman's privileges are in most
cases by far more valuable than her
rights ; the best way in which to inft
crease those privileges is to take them
with great show of gratitude to the
man who confers them. "Vanity , vanOr
Ity , all Is vanity , " and no man ever
lived who was not accessible to flattery
inw some form or other. To conquer , a
woman must sometimes stoop , the more
gracefully and readily she does so the
better for her purpose. Gentle perho
suasion goes a mile often where aggresvi
siveness cannot stir a foot. There are
sinc
not many things in the world outside
of matters of conscience , pure and
to
simple , which &re worth contention
upon a woman's part , against the man
uiw
whom she loves and who loves her ; and
for these few things the reward , gained . .
through martyrdom , comes usually in
the hereafter. Standing up for one's
rights against one's husband is wear-
some work ; it is more comfortable to
relinquish : them ; still they may be had ,
except in rare instances , by asking for
lit
them as a favor to be granted for love's
hil
sake. Moreover , the submissive wife
th
may easily escape responsibility which
she does not care to assume by pleading - of
ing her duty to her husband. "Jack
likes this , " or "Jack objects to that , "
W
ar reasons the validity of which no
one can question.
hu
However 1 perfect a bit of mechanism
ott
may be , its bearings must be kept well
oiled or there will be friction ; what
a <
tin oil can is to the mechanical engineer
foi
gineer is tact to the wise wife. Deference
ha
ence to her husband is the drop of oil
en.
which keeps the wheels of the domestic he
machine running smoothly ; if she is hit
clever enough to turn those wheels in
nui
< way in which she would have them of
, while to all intents and purposes she is
acting uuder his direction , so much iswii
< better , perhaps , for all concerned.
sw
There is much in mental suggestion. tie ;
Take it for granted that a man will luc
a certain thing nine times out of
syi
he does it. The tactful person drops me
suggestions and leaves them to take wh ,
root and bear fruit just as the husband md
man sows his seed upon fertile ground.
ly
Pictures in the ITome. the ;
While out calling the other afternoon ap
small boy answered the ring of the coi ;
, and at the same time volunteered Bn
Information that "mamma was
Iressing and the girl was out" I said
that I should wait for mother and ,
. per
childlike , he proceeded to entertain Ho
. He began by showing me the pic-
Lures on the wall all of which had
aeen selected with care. Before a fine
lutotype of a familiar Corot he had a
story to tell of Orpheus and his lute.
small print of Canterbury Cathedral
Drought out the tale of Thomas a
Becket first riding on his white mule
svlth jingling chains and gorgeous rai
ment , then lying senseless at the foot
the altar. There was a portrait of
Beethoven , an Aurora.a Sistine Madon-
, a Greuze "Broken Pitcher , " and of
hese and more this boy of 8 had
stories to tell.
He was not an extraordinary child in
1 sense of the word nothing but the
ammo
rdinary fun-loving , marble-playing
mo
but he had been let into the se-
ser
of enjoyment in pictures. Before tut ;
colored print of a landscape by Diaz ,
yhich was pinned to the door frame '
had probably come with the Sun-
paper , his imagination found a
into the depth of the woods , he :
idmired the coloring and peopled the Sin
torest with robbers and creatures of
'ancy. Some clever person had given
the magic key to a world of en-
oyment beyond the sidewalks and car
racks. Wherever he might travel In F
years he w uld never be alone. ! sh
Tills fable , as old Aesop would say ,
has a moral. Choose pictures that have
a meaning and tell the children about
them. They will prove an endless
source of entertainment , and then , are
we not continually crying for culture
and an upward way in education ?
Chicago Post
Hints on Furnishing.
There are a few general points in
the furnishing of a boy's , room that
may be well to bear in mind , says the
Washington Times. On the floor
should be a good ingrain carpet of a
cheerful tone almost every bo } * likes
red. , The furniture need not be ex
pensive , but it must be strong. The
sofa may be an old one , but should
be covered with some durable material
of small pattern that will not show the
wear and tear. Cushions ? Of course !
What boy was there who ever owned
a sofa and didn't clamor for cushions ?
Have them of gay colors , but see that
they blend with the rest of the reemIt
It \ is a mistaken Idea to imagine that
these little things will not be noticed
by the boy and tell on his taste in the
long run. We are all affected , per
haps unconsciously , by our environ
ments , and just because it happens to
be "only the boy's room , " there is no
earthly reason why it should not be
made as attractive and comfortable as
possible. (
The average boy loves light , and
does < not care for heavy curtains at his
windows. One boy a cousin of the
writer has fine cheese cloth curtains
close to the windows , tied back with
a bow at each end. These , of course ,
only come to the ledge. Within are
curtains of turkey red , which hang in
straight lines to the floor. They are
light and cheerful in tone , and add
especially to the beauty of the room.
See that the illuminating qualities
are good in the boy's room. Gas fixr
tures are , as a rule , so placed that
they are of little service to the young
fellow working at his desk. A stu
dent's lamp is excellent ; so is a bracket
one. The latter may not add especial
ly to the beauty of the room , but is
useful , and what is still more to be
considered safe.
'
ing of the boy's room ttie details will
have to be added according to the indi
vidual taste of its owner.
Women Too lagrhtly Won.
Sordid and commonplace ? Perhaps ,
those who know nothing of the mis
eries of mismated couples. Home and
family ! require money , and its posses
sion will not prevent a growth of sen
timent. Make the body comfortable
and the soul will find its peace without
much difficulty. Mind you , I am not
advocating a marriage for money , but 1e 1d
ana , strongly in favor of something sub e
stantial on which to build the new ti
life. And that is not all , for congeniality tin
tie
iality is absolutely necessary to make o
the < life of two beings , no matter what h
sex , livable within the narrow confines S
a home. There is altogether too j tj
much sentimentality in American a.
, if
women. It permits them to overlook
tin estimable qualities of their own
husbands and overestimate those of in
;
ther men whom they have not tested. -
The same charge can be laid up
iirainst men , and somebody Is to blame
the serious state of affairs. Per-
liaps women are too lightly won , too
.
2ager to accept the first masculine "
iicnd : extended to them. It is abso
lutely true that when a man inserts a
matrimonial advertisement in any kind
a paper , even the most obscure , it
found by feminine eyes and is met
ivith an overwhelming number of an it
swers. The winner of such a proposl-
ion generally has cause to rue her .
to
tick , but I can find precious little
ympathy for her. The stock of good
nen has not yet been exhausted ; so
vhy put up with imitations , and pretty
< ones at that ? I can see some real-
justifiable reasons for divorce , but
hey are a mere drop in the ocean of
ipplications. ] Where Is the remedy ? In
oinmon sense , my friends. Betty a
3radeen in the Boston Traveler.
Miss Mildred HoweHs.
The young lady whose portrait ap- to
jears in this illustration. Miss Mildred
Elowells , though handicapped bv hav-
ing a famous man
ire
as father , made a
name for herself -
in art while still gun
in her early twen"a
ties. She was in in
troduced to the lit i
erary world by then
her father , Will
iam Dean How-
on
ells , when he put sta
her in a book
reer
called "A Little
MISS HOWEIXS. Girl
Among the Star.
3 Masters , " which contained her im-
jssions of Europe's great paintings
d specimens of her work. A few
> nths ago her engagement to Profes-
Fairchild , of the Smithsonian Insti-
ion was announced.
Straw Hata for Girls ,
arge , flat-shaped straws will be
The
out the smartest of the new hats for
ls of all ages , and they are quite
aply trimmed with large bows of Ab
at
It , wide liberty satin ribbons , and Oi
MO ]
t as If they were dented Into most [ < aai
coming shapes by the lavish wealth ntrj
spring flowers. . * fendi Set
.
'ive-sixths of the cotton used In Brit- N.b.
Who
mills is American , rail *
pecurc a Free Home In the Fertilif
' IVhent Fields of "Western Canada. 1
To the Editor : The emigration 06
tvell-to-do farmers from the United'
btates to the Canadian Northwest has
assumed such proportions that organ
ized efforts are now being made by in
terested persons and corporations to
Btern the tide. The efforts are being
Initiated chiefly by railway and real
estate interests in the States from
which the bulk of the emigration takes
place The movement of population
has taken from numerous States thou
sands of persons whose presence alon
railways in these States made busi
ness for the transportation companies.
The movement has also become so
widely known that it has prevented
the settlement of vacant lands along
these lines , parties who might have lo
cated there being attracted to the free
and more fertile lands of Canada. The
result of the movement has been that
the railway companies not only see
the vacant lands along their lines re
main vacant , but they also see him--
dreds of substantial farmers who have
helped provide business for these rail
ways move away and so cease their
contributions. The farmers have'
moved to Canada because they were ,
convinced that it would be to their ;
financial interest to do so. In mov-J
ing they have been inconsiderate
enough to place their own financial ,
interests before those of the financial
interests of the railway corporations.
In addition to the railway corpora
tions , real estate dealers are working
to stem the flow of emigrants.Of
course every emigrant who goes to
Canada means the loss of commissions
on land deals by real estate dealers. ]
Now a person has but to know what' '
the interests are that are trying to stopj
the flow to know what motive Is in
fluencing their course. The emigration
means financial loss to railway corpo-j
rations and to real estate men. These
interests therefore are not directing
their opposition efforts out of any love
for the departing emigrants or out of
any high patriotic motives , either. ,
, They are doing so purely from selfish
interests. It Is a matter of dollars and
ij [ cents with them. They are so patriot-
ilc , they are so consumed by love for
1i their 1 fellow citizens , that they want
to i prevent these fellow citizens goingj
to 1 Canada and getting free farms or ,
1i the 1 best wheat land in the world ; and |
instead they want to make them stay
on high-priced farms in 'the United
States J , where they will continue to
pour money Into the pockets of these
railways and real estate men.
One of the methods employed by
these Interests to stem the tide is the
distribution of matter to newspapers ,
painting Canada in the darkest colors.
These articles emanate chiefly from a
bureau in St Louis. They are sent
out at frequent intervals for simultaneous -
neous publication. A writer is em
ployed at a high salary to prepare the
matter.
Moreover , statements ' absolutely at
variance with' the truth have lately
been published broadcast These ap
pear chiefly in what purport to be let
ters from persons who are alleged
to have gone to Canada and become
disgusted with it Only a few of such ]
have been published , and they contain - '
tain statements that are absurd in
their falsity. Whe.tb.er the parties
whose names appear In connection
with these letters have ever been to
Canada , and , if so , their history while
there , is to be thoroughly looked into.
The discovery of their motive , like the
discovery of the motive of the Inter
ests who are engineering the opposition - '
tion , may prove illumining. In the' '
meantime , however , it may be pointed
out that only a few of such letters
have appeared , but since 1897 over
87,000 American settlers have gone to
the Canadian West
Can
any
reason
able . person suppose for a moment that
Canada was one-quarter bad
as as
represented in these letters , the 87,000
Americans now there would remain
the country ; or , if the Canadian
-West had not proved the truth of all
that was claimed for it the papers of
every State in the American North
west would not be filled with letters
saying so ? Imagine 87,000 aggressive
Americans deceived and not making-
short shrift of their deceivers The
fact is , the 87,000 are well satisfied
and are encouraging their friends to
follow them.
Anyone who sees any of these dis
paraging letters should remember that
is railway and real estate interests
who have from purely selfish reasons
.organized a campaign to stem the flow
Canada. If Canada
were half
a *
bad as represented there
would be
need of such an organization no
The fnot
that such exists Is of Itself a magnifi
cent tribute to Canada. Finally It
should not be forgotten '
that thei'let
ters published are brimful of falit
hoods and that 87,000 satisfied Amert
cans m the Canadian
West constitute
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The Canadian Government 'Trent
whose name appears in '
ad"- -
elsewhere in this paper , la .
give all .UM1UI
information
as
to
available lands in Western Canada ?
Speculators love dogs atf least thev
fond of good pointers.
Shirtwaists of hair-ilne
velvet in
dash metal coloring , brightened by a
01 some gay tint , are included
the season's productions.
/Beware / of saying or doing any
thing nastily- sad the man who
gives much advice. -1 have
no fear
that "
score"
answered the
statesman "The discipline of"
as a United - States senator' f
removed all
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