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THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
X. M. RIGS ,
lie light * no lives who makes light
f love.
We need to look forward , for we
nust Home day look back.
A man to sometimes known by the
things he might have done , but didn't
President Palma's Ideas on state lot
teries are both morally and economic
ally sound.
The growing demand Is not so much
for rlreproof buildings as for build
lags that will not burn.
Physicians are looking for a cure for
the cigarate habit. One way is to
teach the victims to smoke tobacco.
Emperor Menollk Is coming to the
World's Fair. Has he considered all
that one continuous round of banquets
means ?
When the Russian battleship Osli-
ifeia meets the Japanese Shiklshima in
deadly combat it will be a trouble
some day for the proofreaders.
The Kaiser may have adopted the
"American Idea" In military uniforms ,
tent surely not until he had persuaded
himself that It was originally his own.
Alfred Austin is going to write for
an EngHsh magazine & series of pa
pers entitled "A Poet's Diary. " It will.
o course , be purely a work of fiction.
A Journal of health gives overheatIng -
Ing as a prolific cause of taking cold.
To this we may add that a starved diet
( ft fully as responsible. An empty stomach
ach Is exposed to innumerable ills.
London has a fad of hand-painted
itockings. We had a hole hundpainted
on the heel of one of our socks last
week so deceptive in Its rare natural
ness that grandma tried to darn it
One-half the world's crop of rubber
comes to the United States. The de
mand for It may be due to muddy
roads , which poor people traverse in
rubber boots und rich people In auto
mobiles with rubber tires.
In Korea the oflicial class consti
tutes one-fifth of the men. This will
almost answer to the description which
an Irish humorist gave of the perfect
country one where every man should
have a town of his own to govern.
"No one can contemplate hostilities
between two great civilized countries
without feelings of misgiving and de
pression , " says Premier Balfour. Can
we call countries truly great or civil
ized when they have to settle their
differences by murderous warfare ?
A Spanish cardinal , who died lately ,
left fifty thousand pesetas about ten
thousand dollars "to the first Spanish
general who lands in the United States
territory with an army sufficiently
itrong to avenge the defeats of the
Bpnnisrds in Ouba and the Philip
pines. " The sum seems small for the
task , but tlie chances are that it will
nave increased considerably by the
a claimant appears.
Ix all international affairs , and espe
cially in treaties , care is taken to guard
the rights and interests of both parties.
To the lay mind , however , the precau
tions seem to be so numerous as to
bring about the condition which Punch
thus satirizes : "It is reported that
Italy , following the example of Prance ,
Is about to enter into an Important
treaty with Great Britain whereby the
two countries shall be at liberty not to
go to war with one another should
* hey both be unwilling. "
When men do not like the way the
world is made they make It over to suit
themselves. As nature did not connect
the Red Sea with the Mediterranean ,
the Suez canal was dug. Because it
takes too long to go by water from the
Atlantic to the Pacific ocean , a "ditch"
is to be cut across the Isthmus of
Parmma. The Russian government has
hnd plans prepared for a dam across
the Kertch strait the outlet of the Sea
of Azof , to raise the level of water in
the sea so that ocean-going ships may
be able to call at ports along its shores.
The sea Is so shallow its depth va
ries from three to fifty-two fet-t that
only small boats can navigate it now.
It Is notorious that in its criminal
Jurisprudence this country Is rather
nearer to an awful example than to a
model. In no other civilized country
on earth is there BO much unpunished
crime as in this boastful republic. Be
tween our criminal record and the sta
tistics of our educational , religious ,
charitable and benevolent expenditures
ind activities there Is a contrast more
striking and amazing than can be
found in the statistics of any other na
tion. If our relative position In the
family of nations depended on our rec
ord as to crime and its punishment we
should be at the rear rather than in
the van. That we hold the latter place
Is due to the abundance of our good
work In other directions than the pre
vention , detection or punishment of
crimes.
Statistics , it has been said , may be
used to prove anything. There are two
ways at least Invhieh statistics may
. be misused by means of averages and
pf percentages. Here is a go xi exam-
of an error reached by tiie method
nn average. & * * * ene has discov
ered , n thinks , that astrosomerfl are
long-lived because the average age a
death of sixteen hundred astronomers
was sixty-four years , which Is said to
be about twice the average age o
rar : kind in general. The statistician
In this case overlooked the fact tha
.each of hi * astronomers had probabl ;
passed the average age of mankind be
fore he attained sufficient prominenc
to be classed as an astronomer.
An optimistic minister of Maine de
votes ten minutes before beginning
his Sunday sermon to a brief review
of the good deeds done during tn
week as reported by the newspapers
Excellent There Is too much empha
ais of evlL It Is dwelt upon , exploit
ed , exaggerated , deplored. The good 1
often overlooked , or unseen , or neg
lected , or minimized. Yet the goo <
deeds exceed the evil ones over
whelmingly so. Note the editorials o
a newspaper that pays attention to th
real life of the people. How much th
editor finds to commend ! He finds i
everywhere In the news columns ,
Every day finds "some work of love
begun , some deed of kindness done. '
It is simply a question of choice as to
which best points a moral or adorn
a tale. The editor finds the good be
cause he Is looking for It That's it
One finds what one seeks. If he look
for evil to condemn he finds that also
And for the same reason. He is look
Ing for It If you are a pessimist you
will find plenty of material for you
harsh philosophy In the weaknesses o
humankind. Your search wili bo an
easy one. For evil obtrudes itsel
more than does the good. There's th
daily news : Evil Is news because i
is the exception to the general rule o
goodness. What Is the universal nil
Is not news. And yet despite this fact ,
the good and the true and the nobl
crop out everywhere in the news , I
you see only the evil , yon are sure hu
manlty Is going to the dogs. If you
see the good as well , you are sure hu
inanity is on the upward trend. I
you look for the good deeds of men , i
it pleases you to discover the good , i
you have nn affinity for the good , you
will find it. And when you have
found the good , emphasize It ' Hold i
up to the world. Cherish it. If you
want to discover mud you will sec
mud. If you want to look for the sun
its brightness will cheer you.
The associated teachers adopted
resolution favorlug reform in spellin
by the dropping of some of the absurd
twists , the superfluous letters , that bur
den the langupage , add to the labor of
writing and printius It , and serve no
more useful purpose than does Hie ver
miforni appendix in the human system
There is merit In the proposition. The
most difficult study to master is the
spelling book. The rigors of mnthe
matics are play compared with that
No person ever becomes a perfect mas
ter in It No person In writing but
runs against some words the spellin
of which are uncertain ; not rare words
but those of comparatively common
use. Most persona solve the doubt by
writing the words In two or more
spellings and selecting the one that
"looks right" The German is happily
exempt from this burden of education
The silent letter Is almost unknown
He spells the word as he pnxn rance
it It spells Itself , as do our simpler
words. Were our words spoiled pho
netlcally , if every letter representec
some sound In them , an fmmens
amount of wasted time now spent li
trying to memorize the quips nn <
twists of letters would be saved to b
given to the acquisition of other know
edge. No one can estimate the effec
on other branches , of the labor absurd
ly Imposed upon students by our spel
ing , or what the effect would be if tlio
were relieved from iMay it not b
that the real source of most of thes
complaints so generally vented apnli
the inefficiency of instruction is tt
confusion caused in the minds of chi
dren , the needless laDor involved , i
trying to master the spelling Ips mis
And are not the "poor spellers" of oir
schools , those who make the spollin
of words conform to their sound who
spoken , really our best spellers ? I'
not that , are they not. the stronge ?
protest against it and their "poor
spelling the strongest argument for tli
reform these experienced tearhors prc
pose ?
Japanese Wives.
The position of the Japanese wife I-
not that of equality with her hush-am -
He is tfie liege lord , to be obeyed b.
her hi the most servile manner. B <
exacts from her the little attention
that an American woman expects , an.
usually gets , from her husband. AVlrL
out. so much as a murmur of complaint
from his spouse , who must always re
oeive Mm with bows and smiles an
ever have her mind and eyes on hi
comfort he goes and comes when b
pleases. When he fares forth socially
he does not take her with him ; whvi
ho receives gentlemen In his owi
house a rare thing , by the way
madame seldom presents herself , nn
less In some menial capacity. AIK
while such a thing as conjugal lov
must exist In Japan , it usually escape-
the notice of the foreign sojournei
the people considering it vulgar to ex
hibit emotion of any kind hi public
The wife as a social unit being com
pletely submerged , It follows tun
others of her sex must take her pine
socially , and In this office the geMi.
girls play an important role. Smor
Set
Decidedly Unlucky.
"Don't you consider tt lucky to plcl
up a pin ? " asked the superstitious m.-ni
"Not If you pick It up by sittii. ,
down on It" replied tke pedagogu.
promptly. Philadelphia Ledger.
Money makes the mare go and th <
aotomobU * make * the money go. t
HETTY GREEN HIDES AN AUTO
Hetty Green sometimes rides in
a S12 800 automobile , but It is owner !
by her SOD Edward H E. Greeu of
the Texas Midland railroad.
WARMTH AND LONGEVITY
It has been discovered in Europe
that the warmer a country the more
centenarians it has.
AVERAGE SONSHItsE
Spain hsis an average of 3,000 hours
of sunshine a year , against only 1,400
In England.
A Physician's Advice.
Yorktown , Ark. , March 7th. Dodd's
Kidney Pills must not be confounded
tvith the ordinary patent medicine.
They arc a new discovery , a specific
for all diseases of the Kidneys and
have been accepted by physicians only
after careful tests in extreme cases.
Dr. Leland Williamson , of this place ,
heartily endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills
"as n remedy for the various forms of
the diseases of the Kidneys , pains in
tltp back , soreness in the region of the
Kidneys , foul-smelling urine and
cloudy or thickened conditions of the
urine , discharges of pus or corruption ,
Gout Rheumatism. Inflammation and
Congestion of the Kidneys and all kin
dred complaints. " Continuing he says :
"I could mention many cases in
which I have prescribed Dodd's Kidney
Pills with success. For Instance , Mr.
Robert Weeks , farmer , malaria haenia-
turia or swamp fever three times , kid
neys weakened , continual pain and
soreness in back , which made him very
nervous , had a little fever and some
times chilly. Urine changeable , but
generally very high-colored , an old
chronic case who bad taken much me < ! -
Icine with little effect. After taking
Dodd's Kidney Pills about six weeks
lie was entirely cured and had gained
fifteen pounds in weight The last
time I saw him he was the picture of
perfect manhood. "
DDD THINGS ON THE PIKE AT
THE WORLD'S FAIR
Voice of the Lord and the man
who utters It.
A Hood of fifty thousand gallons of
water every minute.
A ride three hundred miles in a
real tiain of pullman cars.
Cborus of 100 talking birds at per
fect liberty.
Fire engine and horses dash 500
*
'ect under toof to burning block.
Real waves on a leal beach of sand
Due mile from spectators.
Man who carves images from a
single grain of ica.
Submarine ooat sinks beneath real
water , with its human carpo.
One show with , " 00 houses , 22
Jtreets , covering 11 acres.
Miniature men of war operated by
electric motors on large expanse.
Relics from the golden temples of
rangoon. ,
Theater of flowers , masterly con-
teption of a dead woman.
Japanese roosters with tails ten to
twenty five feet long.
Old band tire engine once pumped
at tires by Gsorge Washington.
Zuni Indians dance the mask , the
Bate and snakes dances.
Eleven sections of arcaded bar.aars
) f Sfcrambuul reproduced.
Children ride giant tortoises with
bridles and bits.
Trees whose roots are of the same
length and Goer do not thrive as well
as those which are iinqual ; they de
velop better when their roots reach
for nutriment in different strata or
depths of the earth.
In the Royal Aquarium of St.
Petersburg there are several carp
that are known to be more than six
hundred years old. It has beei.
ascertained in several cases thai
whales live to be over two hundred
years old.
ON A RANCH
"Woman Found the Food That ffittec
Her.
A newspaper woman went out to a
Colorado ranch to rest and recuperatg
and her experience with the food prob *
lem is worth recounting.
"The woman at the ranch was pre
eminently the worst housekeeper I
have ever known poor soul , and poor
me !
"I simply had to have food good and
plenty of it , for I had broken dowq
from overwork and was so weak I
could not sit up over one hour at a
time. I knew I could not get well un
less I secured food I could easily di
gest and that would supply the great
est amount of nourishment
"One day I obtained permission to go
through the pantry and see what I
could rind. Among other things I camp
across a package of Grape-Nuts which
I had heard of but never tried. I read
the description on the package and be
came deeply interested , so then and \
there I got a saucer and some cream
and tried the famous food.
"It tasted delicious to me and seemt t
ed to freshen and strengthen me greatt '
ly , so I stipulated that Grape-Nuts and
cream be provided each day instead of
B
other food and I literally lived on f
Grape-Nuts and cream for two or three
mouths.
"If you could have seen how fast I "
jot well it would have pleased and sur-
) rised you. I am now perfectly wel i
and strong again and know exactly v
low 1 got well and that was on Grape
Nuts that furnished me a powerfu.
food I could digest and make use of.
B
"It seems to me no brain worker can
jto p.verlook Grape-Nuts after
my experience.1 Name given by Pos-
tum Co. , Battle Creek , Mich. j
Get the miniature book , . "The B d
* WellTille , " In each pk *
* I-H * * * * ! "M t 11 It > H <
FAVORITES
Cardinal Wolaey'a Farewell.
Farewell , a long farewell to all my
greatness !
This is the state of man : To-day he puts
forth
The tender leaves of hope , to-morrow
blossoms ,
And bears his blushing honors thick upon
him ;
The third day comes a frost a killing
frost ;
And when ho thinks , good easy man ,
full surely
His greatness is a-ripening nips his
root
And then lie falls as I do. I have ven
tured ,
Like little wanton boys that swim on
bladders ,
This many summers iu a sea of glory ,
But far beyond my depth ; my high
blown pride
At length broke under me ; and now has
left me ,
Weary , and old with service , to the
mercy
Of a rude stream , that must forever hide
me.
Vain pomp nnd glory of this world , I
hate ye.
I feel my heart new opened : O , how
wretched
Is that poor man who hangs on princes'
favors !
There is , betwixt that smile we would
aspire to ,
That sweet aspect of princes , and their
ruin.
More pangs and fears than wars or
women have ;
And when he falls , he falls like Luci
fer ,
Never to hope again.
Shakspeare.
On the Death of Joseph Redman Drak *
Green be the turf above thee ,
Friend of my better days !
None knew thee hut to love thee ,
Nor named thee but to praise.
Tears fell when thou wert dying.
From eyes unused to weep.
And long , where thou art lying ,
Will tears the cold turf steep.
When hearts , whose truth was proven ,
Like thine , are laid in earth.
There should a wreath he woven
To tell the world their worth ;
Aud I who woke each morrow
To clasp thy hand in mine ,
Who shared thy joy and sorrow ,
Whose weal and woe were thine ;
It should be mine to braid it
Around thy faded brow ,
But I've in vain essayed it ,
And feel I cannot now.
While memory bids me weep thee.
Nor thoughts nor words are free ,
The grief is fixed too deeply
That mourns a man like thee.
Fite-Greene Halleck.
THE LONDON WORKMAN'S WIFE ,
Life At Its Beat la a Hard
with Them All Ar nnd.
It Is a sheer impossibility for most
workingmen's wives to leave home , no
matter how soreJy they need rest and
change. When the same person Is
nurse , cook , laundress , charwoman
and needlewoman to an entire house
hold her absence means chaos.
Mrs. B. , whose family consists of ten
children under 14 , and whose boast Is
that she never sends a child to school
with an unstarched pinafore or un-
blacked boots , said one day to her vis
itor : "I declare I'm a bit glad when one
of them is ill. for then I put on my
bonnet and go to the chemists , and it
makes a little change. But , there , 1
ought not to complain ; I don't have
what you may call a laborious life. "
Even a grown-up daughter living at
home does not always relieve her
mother. "I went away last year , "
says Mrs. G. , "and it did me a world
of good , but I can never go again. My
girl and her father couldn't manage
on what I do with , and when I got
home they were in debt to all the
shops. "
Only one experience that of being
left to do all her own work can en
able a member of that servant-keeping
class to realize what continous house
hold drudgery really means. By 85
many of these women are well on to
ward old age , still toiling for the fam
ily good , but querulous , broken In
health and unattractive , losing influ
ence daily over husband and sons. In
times of sickness or slackness of work
It is considered the mother's business
to keep the home together somehow
by charing , pawning , or begging and
even to provide a few pence for tobac
co.
co.Other
Other outlets being denied them ,
these working class mothers concen
trate their energies on their homes.
IChey are marvelous managers , and
have reduced shopping to a science. " 1
always begin Monday morning , " said
Mrs. S. , "wondering how I shall come
out on Saturday night ; if I don't owe
a penny I go to bed happy. " She went
on to explain how sue bought her vege
tables a farthing cheaper by going up
tlie street , and saved a half penny on
her meat by going down It The real
ambition of her life was to provide the
family every day "with a bit of some
thing hot"
The question on one occasion was :
"If you had a daughter in a good trade , i <
fcble to support herself , would you wish t
her to marry ? " The remarks made
s
were of deep interest from the light
they shed on the speaker's inmost feel
o
ings. They did not deny that matrimony
0
mony Involved terrible risks that even
where the husbands proved satisfac Is
tory a dozen circumstances might
jrinnge the wives into misery. On the
gther hand there was the craving for
children , for betoagings , for a sphere
of lafiuenee. "Babies are not such i
burden , tttsr all/ ' said one woman
whose domestic trials would have eon ?
ed most people ; ' * they don't come all a :
once , and the time doesn't seem so lonj
when you have a child in your arms. '
Macmillan's Magazine.
THIRTY YEARS IN SENATE.
Senator Allison la the Oljeat in Con
tinnona Service in the Body.
Senator Allison entered the senati
in 1873 , and there Is now no one j
member of that body who has Eervet
continuously as he has done. Stewart
of Nevada , was a member , and Johj
H. Mitchell , of Oregon , took his sea
ax the same time , Stewart was ou
i twelve years and Mitchell ten years
John P. Jones , of Nevada , took hi
seat at the same time , but closet
thirty years of service last March
There were some interesting figures li
the senate when Allison took bis sea-
there for the first time. From th <
south there was quite an array of th
so-called carpet bag senators. Amonj
the well-known personages the ne\ >
Iowa man met on the floor thirty
years ago were Powell Clayton , DOT ?
ambassador to Mexico , and Stepbej
W. Dorsey , Arkansas ; John B. Gor
don , Georgia ; John A. Logan an
Richard J. Oglesby , Illinois ; Oliver P
Morton , Indiana ; John J. Ingalls , Kan
sas ; Hannibal Haiulln and Lot M
Merrill , Maine ; George S. BoutweU
Charles Sumner and William D
Washbum , Massachusetts ; Zac ]
Chandler and Thomas W. Ferry
Michigan ; Alexander Ramsey an/
William Windom , Minnesota ; Adelber
Ames , Mississippi ; Carl Schurz , Mis
souri ; Frederick T. Frelingbuyseu
New Jersey ; Roscoe Conkling , Nev
York ; Mart W. Ransom , North Carolina
lina ; John Sherman and Allen G
Thurman , Ohio ; Simon Cameron
Pennsylvania ; William G. Brownlow
Tennessee ; James W. Flanagan , Tex
as ; George F. Edmunds and Justin S
Merrill , Vermont ; Henry J. Davis
West Virginia ; Matthew H. Carpenter
Wisconsin-
It Is pulte a distinction to be th
sole survivor of an er.tire member
Bliip of the senate. While it is trui
that there are two men memben
now who were there thirty years ago
Senator Allison has seen them go an <
their successors take their seats an <
again witnessed their return. He li
the one man who has been a membcj
and witnessed a complete change ii
the senate , himself alone excepted.
Washington Post.
MOUNTAINEERS' "DEAD LINE'
An Interstate Feud that Cost the Iivet
of Hundreds of Men.
"My boyhood home in Hancock coun
ry , Tenn. , was the scene of many dead
ly encounters , " said W. G. Garvise
now of St. Louis , at the Raleigh.
"Hancock is in east Tennessee , awai
up In the mountains , and borders 01
Virginia. In my youthful days thi
state line , which separated it from Lei
county in the Old Dominion , was com
monly spoken of as the 'dead line.
Between my countrymen and the Vir
gania mountaineers there raged inces
sant fends of the kind that meant kill
Ing whenever there was a meeting
whether accidental or premeditated
As a lad , I often saw wagons drivi
through the little town I lived tn wit !
one or more corpses of men slain 1)
these desperate affrays. Whenever i
Hancock man crossed over the * dea <
line' he knew be carried his life in bit
hands , and it was the same way wltj
the Virginians.
"I have heard it asserted , and d <
not believe it an exaggeration , thnt u
the years of the existence of this Inter
state war there w re between 650 an <
700 Hancock men slain. As they wen
Just as good shots as their foes , tht
loss on the Virginia ride must havi
been equally heavy. Within the las
decade , I am glad to say , the fend hai
almost , if not quite , died out , and t
much better feeling exists than of yore
But even now , recollecting what th
former conditions were , if I were to gt
back to the old home I'd feel som < {
hesitation in crossing the 'dead line. ' '
Washington Post.
AMERICANS IN PORTO RICO.
Nnmb rla Decreasing Estimate * Bun
from GOO to 5OOO.
The question Is how many Ameri
cans are their in Porto Rico ? Thi
number has been variously estimated
from 600 to 5,000 , but all estimates ar
mere gueasea
'
A census was taken in 1899 at th <
close of the year , and at that time
according to the enumeration , then
were 1,069 persons on the island win
were born to the United States. Ttti
was one year after the occupation
and conditions since then havi
changed so that the figure is scarcely
of any assistance at all In estimating
the number now here. Of the total ol
1,069 on the Island born in the United
States , 680 resided in the department
of Bayamon , which is the distrid
where the capital Is located. Of thosi
In this district nearly all resided In
San Juan , the capital being the resi
dence of 631 of the 680. Of the 1.0G8
born In the United States and residC
bag here , only 281 were women.
Of course , there figures do not In
clude the soldiers who were here , and
excluding that element in the popula
tion , we believe that most observers
will admit that the number of Amer
icans on the Island has Increased since
that date , and also that for a year 01
so the number has been decreasing.
Perhaps the year 1902 was the yeai
of the largest number of Americans
on the island , The population is so
restless and so constantly changing 11
difficult to get any accurate esti
mate. San Juaa News.
Where there's much raoka thcrs'i
likely to ba a tot d soft cl. i
CASTOR IA
For Infant ! and Children.
Tb8 Kind You Haw Always Boogtt
Bears the
Signature of
Hnnd Power Flay Press $2S.OO.
Greatest , simplest , best invention of
the ape. A boy can make regular sized
3-bcl8.x48 in. bales like fnn , and two
bovs can bale three tons per day easily.
| i 'SEND THIS NOTICE TO-DAY
to the John A. Salzcr Seed Co. . L
Crosse , Wis. , with 5c stamps for marlins -
ins , and get their his : catalogue , fully
1 de.scriliing this great Hay Prex . so also
hundreds of tools and thousands of ra-
rietiea of Farm and Vegetable Seeds.
Indiana Bay at the world's fair
QHS been changed Irom September
13 to Supteroher 1.
WESTERN CANADA'S RESOURCES
Forminz Very Succrasfnl.
By Western or Northwest Canada la
Usually meant the great agricultural
country west of Ontario and north of
Minnesota , North Dakota , and Mon
tana. Part of it is agricultural prai
rie , treeless in places , park like in oth
ITS , part is genuine plains , well adapt
ed to cattle ranches ; part requires irri
gation for successful tillage , most or
It does not Tbe political divisions of
this region are the Province of Mani
toba and tbe territorial district of As-
slniboia , Saskatchewan , Alberta and
Athabaska. At present , however , the
latter is too remote for Immediate prac
tical purposes.
The general character of tbe oil of
Western Canada is a rich , black , clay
loam with a clay subsoil. Such a soil
is particularly rich In food for tlier
wheat plant Tbe subsoil Is a clay ,
which retains the winter frost until it
Is tbawed out by the warm rays of
the sun and drawn upward to stimu
late the growth of the young wheat ,
BO that even in dry seasons wheat Is ?
a good crop. The clay soil als re
tains the heat of tbe sun later in the
Bummer , and assists in the early ripen
ing of the grain. It is claimed that
cultivation has the effect of increasing
the temperature of the soil several de
grecs , as well as the air above it.
Western Canada climate is good-
cold In winter , hot in summer , but
with cool nights. Violent storms of.
any kinds are rare. The rainfall IB
not heavy. Jt varies with places , but
averages about seventeen inches. It
falls usually at the time the growing-
crops need it
The Department of the Interior , Ot
tawa. Canada , has agents established
at different points throughout the
United States , who will be pleased to
forward an Atlas of Western Canada ,
and give such other information as to
railway rate , etc. , as may be required.
That agriculture in Western Canada
pays is shown by the number of testimonials
menials given by farmers. The fol
lowing is an extract made from a let
ter from a farmer near Moose Jaw :
"At the present time I own sixteen ,
hundred acres of laud , fifty horse *
and a large pasture fenced , containing :
a thousand acres. These horses ruu
out all winter and come In In th
spring quite fat A man with money
judiciously expended will make a com
petence very shortly. I consider IB
the last six years the Increase In th
value of my land has netted me forty
thousand dollars. "
A DQtcher in Cleveland received
visit fnca a shabby-looking man ,
wbo said he wanted tbree cents'
worth of dug meat After the
butcher bad pinked op a batrdfal of
scrap ? , be said : Shall "I wrap iv
up , or do you want to eat it here ? "
The "hello .girls" will probably
consider Sig'ior Turchi. of Ferrara ,
Italy , a scientific meddler. He hag-
inveuted an apparatus , called the
"separator , " fir transmitting tele
graphic and telephonic messages sim
ultaneously over a single wire.
Leather waste , which used to b
thrown away , is DOW compressed ,
and makes an excellent substitute
ifoc iron when it is converted Into ,
cogwheels.
Rhenraatlam'a
Left in quick order after taking 1 < J
doses of Dr. Skirviu's Rheumatic Core ,
In tablet form. 25 doses for 25c. post
paid. WISCONSIN DRUG CO. , LA
CROSBB , WIS. ( C. N. U. )
Locomotive enluneerg , on the ruu
'from Crew to LoLdon a distance oi
166 miles , have to notice no feaj
than 25 signals.
MOTHER CRAY'S
SWEET POWDERS
FOR CHILDREN ,
CJaordera ,
in STSoOT. ?
A TrDMtS&r
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I n.YorkOit7. A. S. OLHSTED. La RoyTS Yi
Men wbo luv the least to maka
nmony. luv the most to spend it.
"Expense of time is tbe most costlj
of all expenses. "
He is admired most , who does best
wbit ; many do well.
Buy in the Black Hills
Hidden Trtra-nre Gold Jllalnsr A
for a af
R. O'SULLIVAN ,
Class SHiniug Stoe n ,
LI Broadway , Tork
" \ l * the mat'er loa-i you -
lKola bad Mum-ten can.t eat. and ait
"S Ile8hI'M tell jou wimt te de , rat
a 50c box of
ARTHUR'S
DYSPEPSIA TABLETS
and DSC them e rdlnff to dlreetfoaa ,
litheydoa'1 etjrnyoa I'll pay f r ik-a
enl - 1 by ArthBr Dyspepsia TaWtt Ce. .
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