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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1906)
fJUXEY SEES MANY HOSPITALS , Make Recommendations a.a to the Service In U. S. / Surgeon General Rixey of the navy in trip around the world acquired consid erable information concerning the bos- ital service of the navies of several countries , but more particularly the Hos pital service of th < United States. At 'San Francisco he N. found much that could foe improved at the hospital station and hewill mend that a deten- DB. RIXET. Uon h ) use for eQ. Uisted men similar to that at Newport be Instructed there. At Honolulu he found health conditions satisfactory. At Yokohama the United States has a navai hospital , over which the med- corps exercises complete jurisdiction. was found in good condition and jgvork was in progress upon a new admin- tastraticm building. At Nagasaki and ' .Shanghai the sanitary conditions of th 3iospitas where the sick sailors are taken ywere found in a fair condition , but not aa Satisfactory as the hospital at Yokohama , . Surgeon General Rixey passed some -lime " in the Philippines and not only visit- "d the hospitals of the nary , but went lihrough tie hospitals in Manila , and es pecially studied the sanitary conditions of # hat city. The naval hospital at Cana- coo , near Cavite , is declared to be in good icondition , especially from a sanitary ipoint of view. At Olongopo , which is thfl proposed naval station for the Philip I4 I- pines , but which is still in a state of inCompleteness - ( Completeness , the sick quarters wera ifound unsatisfactory. At Paris and London the general vis ited the hospitals. From the naval hos- jpital-at London , an institution similar. to lhe building -this government is erecting ? at Norfolk , he obtained information that Kvill be useful in the arrangements of tha Norfolk hospital. AVALANCHE OF MUD. Torrn OvervrJielmed by a Monntain Landslide. An avalanche of mud and slime over whelmed the township of Kwareli , a few miles from Tiflis. Practically without hvarning the side of a mountain rising Jover the district broke away and people land cattle were buried. At least 255 persons have been buried 43live. Tbe streets are flooded six feet jdeep with yellow mud. Acres of crops tii pave been destroyed and hundreds of head > of cattle. H 5 The township of Kwareli occupies an agrea of about five kilometers in the valley - ( ley of Tslaw , in the Caucasus. Similar disasters , but of less magnitude , are frequent - quent in the valleys of the Transcaucasus , mt never before has such an avalanche ftrought down such wholesale destruction , Tiflis Itself is a city of 120,000 people , JFor days the Greek priests in the mosques $ iave issued warnings of an Impending calamity. In the panic which followed tthe landslide these warnings were recall- -cd. Many fled for refuge to the holy cnountain Avlabar , uuon the summit of -rwhich stands the white Church of St. h iDavid. \ Kwarfili is in the mountainous regions -of the Caucasus , whee the mountains are of a semi-volcanic nature and where hot 11 sulphur springs abound. Disasters of the i&ind occurring at Ktvareli are so common -the people have learned to disregard them , Sjut It Is comparatively seldom that towns -are destroyed , much of this region being = sparsely inhabited. PACKERS' BUSINESS INCREASE. ! Has ] Vo Appreciable Effect on the Domestic Sales. The output of products of the Chicaga * ctock yards packing companies for do- as cnestic consumption , for the first seven -Snontha of this year lias increased mate rnally over the volume of business for the same period in other recent years , in spita of the severe grilling the big packers re- Aceived during most of that tune at tha 13 * .Sands < rf federal , State and city officials (1 ( and the newspapers of the ectire world. isis The report of the Department of Com- tinerce and Labor , made public in Washington isIS ington , shows this to be a fact. The ' .figures of the trade vfiovements of the IS - country are given for July and for the seven months ending with July. Shipments of picking house products Jtirom Chicago , with comparisons , follow : July 1004 , 130,000,716 pounds ; 1905 , 18 102,490,724 pounds ; 1906 , 203,252,030 -pounds. First so fen months 1904 , 1,400,000- 000 pounds ; 1G05 , 1,380,000,000 pounds ; , 1,075,436,202 pounds. The three largest items were 670,941- pounds of dressed beef , 510,712,163 pounds of cured meats and 248,929,252 of lard. L. L.Yo Yo pie tw pai ' lay ! rai Simplified spoiling has been adopted In cot cthe schools & Plainfield , N. J. by New Britain , Conn. , raises the mini- cor nnum salary from $380 to $400. ave There are now 303 schools in Canada req jfor Indians , who number 107,637. the In Milwaukee college graduates receive the : $100 more salary a year than others. age Forest sanatoria for weakly school chil- .dren have been established by the Berlin municipality. The New York City board of education Wii Shas adopted a list of 300 words with sim- ing jjr > Hfied spelling. falc The children of Kansas City spelled 10 tier /per cent better th'an those of Springfield , sttti JMass. , in 1S46. stttiEl Russia devotes 20 cents a head to edu- El ElJ cation. This is but ihalf of 1 per cent of A Hier total budget nun South Carolina is discussing public in t Hiigh. school system , recent legislation Jiaf- froi ang been passed in its favor. crez In New Jersey the average annual sal par ary of the teachers is § 568.83 , an Incrcas * try $5.58 over the preceding year. thot An Icwa Coruity Superintendent ha * and teachers send in a report of tie plant- half of trees and shrubs xm thfi Bchoel the ground * to be kept and displayed m fait effe < KI.Y h' ' h'w < 1419 John , Duke of Burgundy , mur dered. 1492 Columbus sailed from the Canary Islands on voyage of discovery. 1532 Pizarro landed in Peru. 1630 First church founded at Charles- town and Boston. 1630 Harvard College founded. 1G42 British defeated the Irish at the bairie of Liscarrol. 1645 New Netherland colony observed' thanksgiving for restoration of peace with the Indians. 1054 Cromwell's first parliament as sembled at Westminster. 1760 'Montreal surrendered to the Eng lish. 1774 First Continental Congress assem bled in Carpenter's Hall , Philadel phia. 1776 Nathan Hale executed as a spy. 1777 British marched upon Philadelphia , and Americans retreated across Brandy wine. 1780 Benedict Arnold's treason discov ered. 1781 Naval engagement off the Vir ginia capes between the British and French fleets Fort Gnswold tak en by the British under Arnold. 1783Treaty of peace , acknowledging independence of the United States , signed with Great Britain. 3804 Storm resulted in great loss of life and property at Savannah , , Ga. 1813 United States brig Enterprise cap tured brig Boxer off Seguin. Both commanders killed Perry's victory on Lake Erie. 181 * American and British land and water forces engaged in battle of Lake Champlain. 1816 Kia King , Emperor of China , de throned. . . .Algiers surrendered to British and Dutch fleets. fa 1S31 Warsaw captured by the Russians. P 1837 Congress convened fn extra ses Pa sion to devise measures to relieve the financial embarrassments of the coun try. le 1840 First 'safety beacon fixed on Good in win Sands , off mouth of Thames inY river. Y 1844 Two hundred lives lost in hurricane j > cui cane at Metamoras. ui 1S47 Battle of El Moline Del Rey , Mexico. ti tifit 1S50 House passed bill admitting Cali fit fornia to statehood. rJj 1353 Religious liberty adopted in Hol pc land. 334 Great loss of life and property in its tornado at Louisville , Ky. by LS37 Loss of the ship Central America of and 451 lives off Cape May. ofl 1861 Gen. Grant took possession of oflB Paducah , Ky. B L862 Confederate army crossed Potomac : mac river and entered Maryland. M SOS -Gen. Burnside occupied Knoxrille. mi iS64 The Confederate Gen. Morgan's ) forces routed at Greenville , Tenn. 15 -871 The mare Goldsmith Maid trotted mile in 2:17 at Milwaukee. bo > 893 Irish Home Rule bill rejected by ' British House of Lords. las S96 William J. Bryan notified of his col nomination for the presidency. . . . First National bank of Helena , Mont. , closed. SOI 898 British troops entered Khartoum dir Empress Elizabeth of Austria fin assassinated French occupied Fa- da shoda Czar unveiled monument to cer Alexander II. at Moscow. 905 New York legislative investigat at ing committee began examination of atD. ) life insurance companies Japan D.Un ' ese and Russian envoys signed treaty Un of peace at Portsmouth , N. H. sni brii Grans-Continent Ante Record. / The recent automobile trip made by L. ers Whitman from San Francisco to New fill ork , over n 4,200-mile route , was com- Bel leted in fifteen daj-s , twelve hours and exp nro minutes , at an expense to the corn- of 1 any of $8,000. During the journey re- WOl tys of men kept pace with the car by pan , but they were not needed ; also a panI rnplete outfit for I repair was sent along rail from point to point , including a lair mplete running gear and duplicates of API -ery part. But no part of that gear was legs squired , as it was out of reach when lect beei smash-up occurred at Conneaut , on Ohio border. The gasoline used aver- The ed one gallon to fifteen miles. Whit- dan an received $2,500 for his services. C diet To Breed n Race of IJnffaloes. resu Major E. F. Merrisy , supervisor of the of i 'ichita , Kan. , forest reserve , is prepar- mac to receive a herd of twenty-seven buf- ed , a gift from the zoological associa- sent of New York , to be used for propa- chin ting the species. ilso Sffect of Industrial Combination. m new census bulletin shows that the delp imber of manufacturing establishments tarij this country increased only 4 per cent lowe m 1900 to 1904 , while the capital in- to .j sased 41 per cent. An interesting com- : risen is made between the iron indus- in this country and England. Al- ough.England has 362 furnaces at work : the United States 323 , still almost ' of n r as much more product is credited to gtan American industry. Another economic i tne j i ect is said to be the steadying- pricw. ' Q m , UP GOES THE PRICE OF LIVING. Mint Director Sayw Era of Hiarls Prices I JiiMt Beginning : . There is general agreement on the prop osition , that the cost of living has reached the point in this country where it la pinching , but It Is next to impossible tp get men to agree on the cause of the in crease. It Is a subject which the spellbinders - binders will dilate upon In the fall cam * palgn. George E. Roberts , director of the mint , predicts that the era of high prices is only beginning and that the cost of living -will go higher. "Even at the present excessive prices , " he said , 'Ve ore not back to the aver age cost of living twenty years ago. Liv ing is higher than it was ten years ago , but It Is not as costly 03 it was in the middle SOU This is clearly shown by official tables on the average prices. Our people are complaining over a compari son of present prices with those of the panic years , when the whole country was on the bargain counter. It is not fair to compare years of relative prosperity , when everybody has work and money to spend , with years of universal depression , when , no matter how low prices may have been , a .considerable portion of the people was without employment and , therefore , unaWe to take advantage of cheap prices. "Everybody has work In this country now or can get it. They are all buying things , and this In itself maintains a high er level of prices. The consumptive demand is out of all comparison to what It was during the years of low prices. Our people are eating more antl wearing more and bettor clothes than ever before. They are traveling more and spending money In every way freer than at any ( other time. Our exports , it must be remembered - * i membered also , practically have doubled ! in the last ten years. The pressure on every product is enormously greater and it is natural that prices should be better sustained , " iof San Francisco , Cal. , is to have a buildIng - Ing trades templo. - t Over one thousand bartenders of New . York City will demand higher wages. t The work of organizing the machinists ' cf Cleveland , Ohio , is advancing rapidly. William Foley of Boston , Mass. , is the ! head of the la new International Steel and Copper Plate Printers. Ol Street car men of Chicago want a weekly pay day , an eight-hour clay and a minimum wage of 30 cents an hour. I * Unionists of Roanoke , Va. , have declar- J in cd their local baseball team as unfair ly because they use non-union printing. P There is a movement on foot in Pitts- burg : , Pa. , to organize a new union labor j QE party. Prominent trades union officials ea are ; the projectors. gh Labor unions are being formed in Mexba ice , and when they ore conducted along 00 legitimate lines the government does not th : interfere with them. { _ The structural steel buffders of New ' 94 York h ve decided to form a national as- sociation for the purpose of fighting the : e ' unions'of steel workers. i . Retail Clerks' International Association - ' , tion < will begin the payment of sick bene- Bts to members who have been in con- rlnuotis good standing on the books for a period of twelve months or more. ! sei ; The United Railways and Electric ils Company of Baltimore , Md. , has shown tn .ts interest in the welfare of its employes th y fitting up a club room where its army fici f men con find rest and recreation when Irn ff duty. ie The first annual convention of the new ' wo Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders' Intio ernational Union will be held in Boston , tfass. ; , next April. The selection was rp nade on referendum , y a vote just com- leted. 1 > 0 , Boston , Mass. , musicians' local No. ' pri .of , of the American Federation of Laonc or : , the same international to which-the as iig Boston Musicians' Protective Union , des 'Jo. 9 , belongs , was officially organized dor ast week. It is composed exclusively of olored men. President Mitchell of the United Mine Vorkers has been roundly criticised by [ o" > ome of the union leaders because he ined with a number of bankers and ! rZ nanciers ; at Columbus , Ohio , on Labor ) ay ] , and did not call upon the local offi- ers of the organization. toe A movement to organize the machinists or _ the naval gun factory , Washington , : C. , is meeting with success. The 'rades Unionist , organ of the Central j 'nion , Is leading the agnation , and , de- { A ite a strong Parry organization ' , are of : ringing the competent workmen into line. ' Of : On Sept. 1 a number of German min- nat , who had been engaged ostensibly to suir new places in the mines at Jumet , , elgiurn , but who found that they were c . tie . cpectcd to take the place of a number lis striking miners , flatly refused to go to or ork and proposed to prosecute the com- j my for having misled them. i A London ( England ) printers have obthe ined a decision from the Court of Last eer ppeal , which states that picketing is ttccc al , and that no damages can be colgres cted by the employer. The union had .the en sued by a large publishing house , -the firm won decisions and awards of . + , re .mages in the lower courts. Chicago iron manufacturers are preT cting the end of the molders' strike as a issu suit of the installation ' of a ne\v type sh molding machine. It is said that this ichine turns out as much as three skill- - 3 iron workers , and orders have been lof n to Is'ew York for 500 of the new ma- j inS ines. New machines have been ordered : > all for the mills in Milwaukee. a-ha Vegetarianism Defended. The editor of the New York and Phila- Tl Iphia Medical Journal says that vege- the riaaism now has acquired so many fol- the vers that it is the duty of the physician > .pay attention to this form of living. Rudolf Stahelin , a famous German thority is quoted rede , as saying that vege- ianism may be rightly adopted among able ! therapeutics , and his experiments con- Is the the theory that the extract matter meat has a dietetic influence. Dr. Tt ihelin. concludes that Tinder . milk diet edt < labor of the kidneys Is less ' { ban under moW neat diet. ' - * " Secretaiy Wilson has made a compu tation showing that U would require an investment of § 350,000,000 at two per cent to reproduce revenues enough to run th Department of Agriculture for one year. This is'an illustration , he said , of what is being done for the [ armor. The income to the department from all sources , including the direct appropriations , revenues from forest reserves , and tie allowance for puBlic ) rintlng is a little more than lliOOO- 000 a year. When the new meat in spection law , the work of exterminat- ng the cattle fever , ticu , and the gypsy and brown-tailed moth , and the rrigation of dry land farming have been put In operation , the department vill l/arre a pay roll of over 6,000 per sons. About half of these are scien tists , trained along special lines. The average salary Is less than $900 a year. Over 12,000,000 pieces of literature are circulated each year , and this amount rrill be greatly increased as new lines of investigation are begun. One of th new lines provided for this year is grain inspection , and this promises to be one of the largest fields of scien tific ] labor. * _ _ _ The census burea will soon begin collection of marriage and divorce sta tistics under the census authorized by Congress. A few special agents will go into the field at once to confer with - county authorities and others as to scope of the Information available. Over 200 clerks will be sent out to gather statistics on marriage and di vorce from the records of counties , State courts and. like available sources of information. It is the intention to gather data in large centers like New York and Chicago this summer , and later to obtain it in the rural districts. The ; census will cover the last twenty years. President Roosevelt is deeply Interested in it Uniform divorce legis- latlon In the States is expected to grow out of it Nowhere in the world are bank de posits increasing in a greater ratio than ] the United States. The French , justly v famed for their economy and saving proclivities , are easily outclassed by the AineriA&ns , reputed spendthrifts and 'the most extravagant people on earth. Official figures just at haml show that in France from 1885 to 1905 sank deposits increased from $182,000- X)0 ) to $579,000,000 , or 218 per cent. In he United States during the same rears the deposits increased from $1- 248,000,000 to $4,735,000,000 , or 271 per ent. , This great increase is puoperly chargeable to the prosperity enjoyed in .he ' United States rather than to a j icalthy growth of the habit of economy. Hereafter every man in the military ervlce of the United States will haw thumb print taken and filed with he records of his enlistment , so that here may be no mistake in his identi- ication whether dead or alive. The mpression of different fingers will also taken , so that the loss of a thumb a rould not shut off means of identifica- io'ii. This system has been adopted on ( , ecoinniendation of a board appointed n Acting Secretary Ainsworth. The n oard found that the chances of finger rints of two persons being alike was in 64,000,000,000. The system will Iso be employed for the detection of eserters and to prevent fraudulent in- orsements. * " The Postmaster General has issued a aud order against the Vineless Pota- Company ( of Chicago , which has been Ivertlsing a substance at $4.50 per ttle known as potatine , which wcs laranteed to produce as many pota- * in a bin of sawdust , without vines foliage , as could be grown on an acre ground , within a period of sixty lys. statement made by the Secretary the Interior showing the allotment bt funds under the provisions of the si itional irrigation act , says that the sibv of $41,000,000 derivable from the ie of public lands is available for purpose. Work will be continued th begun l in fifteen western States. is ! ot force of fifteen special agents of fie Interior Department which had- so fukloughed for several months on . - count of hick of funds , resumed ag- wl essive investigation of land frauds in cr Western and Southern States under th appropriation which became effec- thV July 1. hi hiAi " Ai * The ] Isthmian Canal Commission has lo lued , invitations ca for proposals to fur- ar not less than 2,500 Chinese labor- th for canal eonstructiou over a period not less than two years. The workday - ur day ' is to consist of ten hours , with to overtime < paid for at the time-and- ah lalf rate. lie rhe War Department has awarded entire issue of Philippine bonds to amount of $1,000,000 to Fiske & binson , N w York , at 102.28. These ed L rtificates bear 4 per cent interest , are edmt ieematole In one year and are accept- mtAi Ai as security for public deposits. It sixth Issue of Its kind. T m Che Postoffice Department has decid- fa test at Baltimore the use of auto- Wles In the collection of jnall.If gh icessftrt , the system will be extsnded It1 ' ' # * CANADA WHEAT CEOP. ALL. REPORTS INDICATE A BIG YIELD. Great Harvests in the Canadian JTortlivrest Bring : Unparalleled Prosperity to tlie Farmera ol That Region. Winnipeg correspondence : For the past four or five weeks the re sult of the harvest in the Canadian West has been an absorbing topic , not only with the Canadian people , but with a large and interested number of Americans millers , grain dealers and farmers particularly. To such an extent has this interest in the Canadian grain crop been manifested that , whea the Northwest Grain Dealers' Asso ciation left for their trip of inspection , they were accompanied by a number of American grain dealers who felt it neces sary to have a personal knowledge of the subject. Two or three weeks ago a public state ment was made by Mr. Roblin , Premier of Manitoba , in effect that the wheat crop would reach 113,000,000 , and that there would be fully 100,000,000 for export , aim at that time there were many who believed that Mr. Roblin's estimate was well within the mark ; but since then con ditions have changed , and other estimates have been made. Every possible effort to get accurate knowledge of the crop has been put forth in many quarters. The Winnipeg Free Press put a corps crop this year would have yielded a large ? percentage of increase on the returns o 1905 , but there are several causes that have contributed to keep down the aver age yield. The greater the mimber of new settlers the greater the chance of in experienced and less profitable farming. It is the newer settler , as a rule , who. "a his anxiety to break new land , has sown : on this year's stubble , and a good aver age yield cannot be expected on this land. But , be that as it may , a crop of 90,000- 000 bushels in the Canadian West is not to he looked at lightly. Allowing 20,000- 000 bushels for home consumption and seeding purposes , 78,000,000 bushels will represent the export trade , and this quan tity at a little better than 70 cents per bushel , will represent a distribution o nearly $30,000,000 for wheat alone , be tween Winnipeg and the foothills ; and' this large amount of money is altogether independent of the co t of freighting this vast quantity of grain from the western ; elevators to tidewater. The income of the Western Canadian ; farmers this year will be further aug mented by the returns which they will re ceive from the excellent crop of oats and , the good crop of barley which is their portion. Of oats alone oypr 75,000,000 bushels are claimed , ami barley brings to market over 17,000,000 bushels. An ad ditional $25,000,000 from these crops added to the $50,000,000 from Avheat , and the proceeds from dairying and mixed farming , will contribute very materially to making agriculture in Western Canada , a very dependable business. A drawback to the more successful car rying on of farming operations in the Canadian West for some years back has HARVESTING WHEAT NEAR KILLARNEY , MANITOBA. of ! correspondents in the wheat field for twenty consecutive days. In this way thousands 1 of miles were traveled by train 1i through 1 the wheat district , over 1,400 miles were driven through growing wheat , and 03 pivotal points were visited and observations made. As a result of the work a straight announcement is made that the wheat acreage is 4,700,000 ; that the average yield is 19 bushels to the acre ; and that the aggregate crop will reach 90,230,000. Bank statements regarding crops are usually of a dependable character , and the figures furnished "by the Canadian IBank of Commerce more than endorse those given by the Free Press. The bank estimate places the figures at : Wheat , 01,813,900 ; oats , 80,854,080 ; barley , 17- T33,790. Wherever a good wheat section Exists in Western Canada there is an ele- rater ( or elevators ) and a good shipping point ; and where there is a good shipping point , a thriving bank ( or banks ) will 1)6 ) sure to be in the midst of it ; and the JJocal manager of the bank , who has the jaost accurate knowledge of the fanning Conditions and crop results , is the man yho usually does the business. Hence 9t the ] necessity for careful crop compilation. Then , there are others who watch the p-owing crop with a careful eye the p-ain dealers and shippers , for instance , Winnrpeg has a Northwest Grain Deal- srs' Association which is so much inter ested in the crop return that this year , iccompanied by the city bankers and a number of American grain dealers , they made a tour of inspection through the irincipal grain areas by special train. The been the difficulty of obtaining needed help at harvest time. As each year an additional area has been put under crop this scarcity of help has been accentuated , and during the present harvest the cry all along the line has been "Harvesters Wanted. " The work of preparation and seeding is spread over several months , but the ingathering of the harvest has to ba done in a few weeks ; hence the necessity for additional assistance at that particu lar time. The crop of 1905 required 18- 000 harvesters from outside , and this year it has been estimated that from 22,000 to 25,000 will be required to supplement the work of the farmers in Manitoba , Saskatchewan and Alberta. The demand for harvest hands is not permanent , the work for which they come lasting only from early in August until the end of the threshing season. Many of those who come to work in the grain fields , however , remain and become grain growers themselves , creating additional demand for the same class of help , and thus the problem becomes more acute every succeeding year. The time was when & sufficient number of harvest hands- could easily be obtained from Ontario , but in recent years the area taken in by the harvest excursions lias been extended and in 1904 and 1905 it reached clear down to Nova Scotia in the call for men to work in the fertile fields of the West. This year the limit has been further ex tended , and a new movement of British farm laborers has been inaugurated , which will be of incalculable benefit to the prairie country , giving a stimulus to immigration , and disseminating among THRESHING NEAR THORNHILL , MANITOBA. ulletin of the association sizes up the ituation as follows : Wheat , 87,203,000 ushels ; oats , 75,725,600 bushels ; barley , 5,731,335. This is a lower estimate than either of le others , but we must consider that it a railway-tour estimate , whilst the thers were made by men in the wheat eld , so to speak ; and the circumstances ) mewhat favor the correspondent and ie local bank manager , respectively , in is estimate. But there is one point upon hich all agree , and that is that the wheat rep of 190(5 ( is of excellent quality iroughout , that it is characteristic of Western Canada's grain and will grade igh all along the line. On this point .inerican grain men such as J. F. Whal- m : of Minneapolis , Finlay Barral of Chi- igo , Sheriff Brainerd of Springfield , III. , id others , are particularly explicit in icir statements. A careful examination of all the fig- res at present available would lead us believe that the yield will probably be xmt 90,000,000 bushels. These figures ay seem disappointing to many Tvho be- eved that the increased acreage under First Hint of the Truth. "When did you first become acquaint- with your husband' ? " "The first time I asked him for oney after wevere married. " Los ugeles , Cal. , News. Belief and Understanding. "Does that man really believe all be "Believe it ! " echoed Senator Sor- mm , "why he doesn't even understand star. the agricultural classes in Britain a knowledge of the life , conditions and op portunities in the three prairie provinces that should greatly quicken the stream of settlement from the rural districts of Britain to Canada. From the Western States , too , valuabla assistance has been received in the work of harvesting the crop this year , and some of the finest fields in Saskatchewan and Alberta have been worked almost exclu sively by Americans. So successful has been the settler from the Western States , usually , that he is invariably the fore runner of a colony from that portion of the State whence he came , and , through ! che new provinces particularly , there i3 a very stro'ng representation from North , and -South Dakota , Oregon , Minnesota. Wisconsin , Kansas , Iowa , Michigan , Illi nois , Missouri and other States of tha Union. These are amongst the most pro gressive settlers , as they come well pro vided with money , completely equipped with stock and machinery , and possessed of knowledge of western farming which cannot possibly be possessed at first hand , by the settler from beyond the ocean. Some Advantage at Leant. She I can never marry you , but wo can at least always be friends. He I suppose that is one of the ad vantages of not getting married. Phil adelphia Record. Hopes. Tess Mr. Mugley has actually askad Miss Passay if he might call upon her/ " Jess You don't say ? Ill bet she/ got her brMesmald picked out alrea/ Philadelphia Press.