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WESTERN CANADA A WINNER.
,5Tuo Crop < 1DO7 In nn Excellent
One 1ItiiHol : i , SaslcalelJevran and
Alberta farmers DoiiiR Well.
The interest that Western Canada
has aroused for some years past is
v 'growing in intensity. The condition :
'of ' the crop of 1007 are such that re
cults can be spoken of with some' de
gree of certainty. The yield of grain
rwlJl be about 80,000,000 bushels and th
price the farmers will realize for it
jwlll be upwards of seventy million del
lars. The oat crop was good in most
places , and the crop of barley will be
rrery remunerative. Those who know
of the generally unsatisfactory condi
tions during the seeding , growing ami.
ripening period in the United States
during the past season will look with
righteous distrust on any statement in
tended to give the impression that
Western Canada conditions were so
much different. Generally , they were
not. but the conditions of a highly re
cuperative soil , long and continuous
sunshine , are conditions possessed by
Western Canada and not possessed'b\
any other country on the continent.
SPhat is why it is possible to record to
day a fairly successful crop , when h.
most other places the opposite is the
case. The yield in all grain is less than
last year , but the higher prices ob
tained more than offset any falling off
in the yield. Take for instance the
Province of Saskatchewan , the wheat
crop will be worth $21,135,000. Las *
year the same crop was -15 per cent
larger and the quality better. The yield
was worth 24,000.000. Oats and bar
ley are very important factors in all
three central provinces. At Gladstone ,
Manitoba , returns from one farm were
$27 per acre from the wheat laud , $3.j
per acre from oats , and $30 per acre
from barley. The yield of wheat at
Dauphin. Manitoba , was 20 to 2-1 bush
els to the acre , but not of a very good
grade , but the yield of barley in that
section was good and so was the quality
and price. At Meadow Lea , Manitoba.
15 to 20 bushels to the acre were
threshed , bringing a round dollar 01
the market. At Oak Lake , Manitoba ,
on 'some fields where 21 bushels were
expected , 12 and 15 was the result :
others again where 20 was looked foi
| Gave 22 to 25. One special patch sout
of town on J. M. McFarlane's farir ,
went as high as 30 bushels to the acre
'At ' Sheho. Saskatchewan , oals yicldec1
from GO to Go bushels to the acre. SaiL
iTVunder threshed 2,500 bushels from 4C
acres. The sample is good and weighs
\ well. At Lloydniinster , Saskatchewan
. .TV. Bibby threshed 07 bushels of 'oats
to the acre , and two others were but
flittle behind. Wheat here reached 3C
.bushels. At Portage la Prairie , Mani
toba , from a quarter section all in crop'
lAlex. .McKinnon of Ingleside threshed
-an average of 33 bushels Xo. 1 North
ern. I. J. Grant had 190 acres , yield
ing G.OOO bushels of the same grade *
JThese illustrations taken from widely
distant districts ( and thousands of oth
ters could be. produced ) show that th ( '
year 1007 has not felt the serious of
lects from severe winter , late springer
or unfavorable conditions during tin
growing season that might have beet
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anticipated. In order to learj mon
| about this country write to the Cana
dian Government Agent , whose addres :
appears elsewhere , and get a copy o.
the new Last Best West , which he wil
.be pleased to mail you free. ' ou
he
I ' " - . NO COHHS Hi JAPAN. an
coi
T\"ho Tried to Introduct
Corn 3I < Mlicino L.o.st cal
" * 'A few years ago the proprietor of a
great steel file company in New England -
land , which has several branch fac-
j -lories in various parts of America , eec
; altogether employing skilled workmen ex :
I ft by the thousand , called at the oilico kitIng
j of a forwarding firm in New York , one
of whose partners is an European , and
asked that they suggest the proper mane
o introduce his files in Europe , " says
'Harold Boice in Appleton's Magazine.
| "This factory makes 7,000 varieties of
i "files , and enjoys a great reputation Ing
throughout the mechanical world of did
America. The agent selected wag a am
European , who had been American wl
ized , who believed in the virtues of the
files he was to sell and who was famil
iar with the great opportunity in in- Ma
flustrial Europe. He went from one tus
manufacturing town in the old world
to another , and to demonstrate the su
perior quality of the American imple do >
ment took similar European tools and
filed right through them to the aston
ishment of foreign mechanics and fac
tory owners.
"Orders began to go to America by
cable. It was not long before one re-
Cuest reached New England from Ger
many for 100,000 dozen. A good sales
man and superior goods had done the
hoi
work. The < = alary of the agent was >
thi
raised to $20.000 a year and expenses ,
biu
and the American file to-day is further
ing the constructive work of every me
chanical center in Europe. wh
"Contrast that masterful record so-
with the fiasco of the American who inj
Bpent $2.0GO to introduce corn medicine wa
Into Japan , only to discover that the tal
multitude of that empire wear no shoes wade
and consequently have no corns. " do >
wil
Twenty-four bridges span the Thames
within the limits of London.
lik
Coal Oust Problem. wa
The most difficult part of the coal thl
dust , problem is to discover what ele
ments must necessarily be present In
a coal to make the dust dangerous. Inp
Some experiments have been carried
on with this end in view , but the re it
sults obtained have not been particu
larly enlightening. We
A fund of $30,000 has been completed am
for the erection of u memorial to the late sin
iJProf. Sfcaler of Harvard university. coi
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snsoos of Great Papers 03
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SOCIETY AND THE HOME.
T is a singular thing that to stand on one's
own rights , in which it would appear that
there ought to be a certain justice , seems
always , in fact , to be a very narrowing
process , death-dealing to any line enlighten
ment. The special structure itself rests on
the consideration of the rights of others-
and all social life in the home rests on It. Nothing i ?
in itself good for anything except in the good that we
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getout of it , so that the most beautifully furnished
house , the most finely cultured people , may not make
for anything vital , anything that stimulates the imag
ination or the heart or the intellect ; they may not give
any of the spiritual comfort which is informed with
heart-blessing interest. Xo one who goes to such a
house gets anything from it as a household , but food
and drink and comfortable chairs , and outside conversa
tion. There is nothing more to give you could * get th
same In a club or a hired drawing-room. Yet the small
est living room may have that aspect of homelife in it
which shows it to be the real thing and a power *
power because the action and retroaction of intimate
and sympathetic and unselfish interest among the mem
bers of a family generate spme spiritual thing which
know the difference between the person who is conven
tionally delightful in society and the person who is de
lightful in society because she is delightful at home.
Harper's Bazar.
A HUNDRED YEARS HENCE.
IFE is much easier than it used to be , be
fore the discovery of steam and electricity.
We cross the ocean in five days , the con
tinent in four. We speak across distances ,
telegraph without wires. We < have sky
scrapers with elevators. Automobiles and
trolley cars carry us about rapidly. Subways
and elevated railroads eat up space in the great cities.
But the life of those who inhabit the earth a hun
dred years hence will be much easier than ours. Our ,
modern improvements will then be ancient history , re
garded much as we regard the stage coach. Here , for
exa'niple , .is a hint of what the future has in store ; in
one daily newspaper are four separate telegrams telling
of the progress of Inventors in four different parts of
the world.
From London comes the news that the British admir
alty is considering a new form of marine engine , resem
bling the turbine but with important differences , which
will drive a ship through the water at the rate of 100
miles an hour. In San Francisco the city electrician is
working on a device that will enable every policeman
tp keep in communication with headquarters by means
of wireless telegraph- , the receiving station being his
helmet ; thus permitting the whol force to be instantly
summoned in case of need. Brussels 'tells us of an
airship which seems to have solved all the problems of
aerial navigation , and in Morristown , N. J. , a machine
is coming to completion which will write letters talked
into it , thus doing away with stenographers and typists.
A hundred years hence the world will be a different
place from what it is to-day. Most work will be done
by machinery , space will be virtually annihilated , com
munication allover the earth will be instantaneous.
What then will become of national prejudices ? The
world will be one nation. War will disappear. All peoples
ples will speak one language.
But will poverty be wiped out ? Will man's real con
cerns , those of his orrn nature , be less disturbing ? Will
envy , hate and all uncharitableness die away ? . Will
man be any happier , any more content ? Chicago Jour
nal.
THE PHILIPPINES TO DATE.
IXB years ago the Philippine Island's came
into the possession of the United States
through conquest and purchase.
The first general election for members of
a national legislature was held on July 30 ,
and the Xacionalista party , or the party a
faction of which demands irum.Qd.iate inde-
pendance for the islands , elected a majority of the fifty
members of the assembly. T-he-total vole , in a popula
tion of more than seven millions , was about a hundred
thousand. In Manila , a city containing more than 200-
000 people , only a few more than 7,000 votes were cast.
The islands were governed by the army from 1S9S till
1902 , when a civil commission , created by Congress , took
charge of the administration of public business. The
civil commission continued the policy of establishing local
self-government begun by the military rulers. Arrange
ments were made for electing mayors and town councils
by popular vote , and for the choice of provincial govern
ors by vote of the councils. At present the government
of about GOO towns is as independent as that of towns
in America.
The census was completed In 1905 , and the creation
of an independent elected assembly to assist in making
laws for the whole group of islands was promised at the
expiration of two years , if order was preserved in the
meantime. It is in fulfillment of this promise that'the
recent election was called.
The new assembly will be the popular branch of the
Filipino legislature. Its acts will have to be approved
by the Philippine commission , sitting as a legislative
body. This commission , containing four Americans and
three Filipinos , has been the responsible governing body
since the withdrawal of tha military governor in 1902.
Youth's Companion.
When the young woman who had
? en called to the manager's office got
it of the elevator she was wearing
ir : hat and her jacket -was on her
m. As she passed the perfumery
unter , the girl with the lopping bang
.lied to her and she stopped.
"Folks sick , Maine ? " asied the girl
Ith the bang.
'They ain't now , but they -will be as
on's I get home , " replied Mame. "I
pect they'll have s'teeu different
nds o * fits. I got leave o' absence
Lfchout pay. "
"You're kidding me ! " '
"Xo. honest ! "
"Was you making a roar ? "
"Not me. 1 got it by the complaint
ute , all right , but it wasn't me mak-
g the complaint A customer. 1
dn't turn handsprings to wait on her
id then get out in the aisle for her to
Ipe ] her feet on me. "
"Pshaw I"
"Don't you never think it , " said
arne. "It ain't pshaw nor yet pish-
sh. It's what. If you want to
eathe , you wait till the customer's
it his check and his change and then
it easy. "
" 0' course , you don't want to get
o flossy , Mame , " said' the girl with
e bang.
"Was I too flossy ? " demanded Maine.
Yell , if I was I'd like to know it. I
as talking to Ar.Jiie about something
hen the customer come up and I
dn't notice her. She didn't blow no
rn or even sound a gong. First
Ing I know she says , 'Are you very
y , If you please ? '
"Was I busy ! I guess she knew
hether I was bury or not. Iluh ! And
-o-o polite. Well , I didn't say noth-
g. I just went on finishing what I
as saying to Annie. It wouldn't have
ken me more than a minute , but she
as in a rush. Her time was worth a
llar ) and a half a second. 'If you
111 please wait on me , ' she says.
"Well , I broke off right there. I'd
10 to Iinow what more she could have
anted than that. 'Was there somiy-
ing ? ' I says.
" 'I want some hairpins , ' she says.
" 'Ilight in that tray , ' I says , polnt-
to it.
"So she went to mussing around In
and I went on to finish what I was
ying to Annie. Presently she coughs ,
'ell , I ain't any lady throat doctor
id I didn't take , no notice of it , BO
says , as if I was dirt : 'I wish you
mid vlind time to wait on me. If you
ive.u't tirno I must ask for ome
young lady who has. ' What do you
think of that ?
"Then she takes a hairpin out of her
hair. 'I want some like thatshe
says.
" 'We don't keep 'em , ' I says.
" 'Don't you think you could tell bet-
ier If you were to look at it ? ' she
Says.
" 'Haven't got 'em , ' I says.
"What do you think she done ? Went
right up and complained to the mana
ger that I was ins'leut and indifferent
and I get word that I'm wanted.
Seemed there was some pins in stock
like she showed me and she'd been get
ting 'cm right along , but they wasn't in
the tray and how was I to know that ?
As far as the other went , I says to
Mr. Biggs , 'I treated her like a lady , '
I says , 'but she just wanted to be snip
pety and make trouble , ' I says.
" 'We expect our salesladies to be po
lite and pleasant to customers , ' he says.
'We expect 'cm to take pains to be
agreeable and assist purchasers and to
keep in mind that they have no social
obligations to their fellow employes
during business hours. ' lie gave me
that kind of talk for about ten min
utes and then he put me on top of the
toboggan and let go. "
"Seems strange he'd fire you just for
that , " said the girl with the bang.
"I guess she must have had some
kind of a pull , " said Mame. Chicago
Daily Xews.
Suffered for Ills Chickens.
In London as far back as 1791 a city
ordinance was passed to suppress the
early morning cries of the street huck
sters. This law was so severe that a
person arrested twice for the same of
fense could be imprisoned for ten
years.There is one record of a man
lingering in prison for ten years.
When his time was up he was asked
what his crime was.
"For selling chickens that squawk
ed , " was the reply.
In the confusion of the trial the fact
was not brought out that the chickens
and not the man were responsible for
the din that aroused the wrath of the
disturbed citizens.
TVot Like 3Eoliier Made.
Wifey How do you like my cake ,
dearie ?
Ilubby Why it's or original , my
love , extremely original. Kansas City
Times.
"A miss is as good as a mile , " said
the deer as It ran away. "A miss is
as bad as a mile , " said the Lunter as
he reloaded his gun.
AN ODD SUPERSTITION.
British Fishermen I5illc at the ? ame
of Gvalinm.
One of the most curious of British
fishermen's superstitions , the one which
perhaps to this day has the strongest
hold upon them , is that connected with
the name of Graham. Xo fisherman
will go to sea if he has heard this
name mentioned , nor will he do any
manner of work upon that day. 130
will refuse to sail in a boat with any
one bearing the name , and a house
painter from Xewcastle called Graham ,
who had been ser to do some work
in one of the large houses , found his
life made so miserable by the villagers
that he incontinently returned to the
town , leaving his work uncompleted.
The women who bait the lines in the
winter will unbait every hook and re-
bait the whole length the labor of
hours if they hear it mentioned. A
local tradesman bearing this unfortu
nate patronymic is never referred to
save as "Puff ; " another , an innkeeper ,
is known as "Lucky Bits. " Xo ration
al explanation is to be found. On one
of the most intelligent fishermen being
questioned on the subject he laughed
the idea to s'corn. Wiry , his daughter
was married to a Graham. But , he
added , a strange thing happened two
years ago when he was off at the her
ring fishing and had not been home
for some weeks. Having received a
letter at Shields to say that his son-in-
law was ill , he hailed a passing boat
which had come from the north , ask
ing if they had heard how Jack Gra
ham was. "And , wad ye beleev't , rw
sooner had aa syed the words than
theor wes a crash , and the mast went
ewer the side ! " None of the crew
spoke to him for the rest of the day.
New York Post.
The Ol l Way ami the Xevr.
The young lady from Boston was ex
plaining.
"Take an egg , ' ' she said , "and make
a perforation in the base and a corresponding
spending one in the apex. Then you
apply the lips to the aperture , and. by
forcibly inhaling the breath the shell la
entirely discharged of its contents. "
An old lady who was listening ex
claimed :
"It beats all how folks do things
nowadays. When I was a gal they : n
made a hole in each end and sucked. " ) t
Judge. li
licl
cl
A Temporary Position.
st :
The Boss ( to old employe who has II
been with the firm forty years ) I'm til
tiln
sorry , Watson , but owing to the had n
state of business I don't see my way ov
clear to keep you on after the end of it
this month. " sh
Watson Well , sir , if you say I must so
go I suppose I'll have to , but If I'd
known this wasn't to be a permanent '
job I'd never have accepted It" Tat- or
Jer.
When a red-headed woman passes
along the street , and she hears people Is ;
say , "Where's the white horse , " how
mad it must make herl Bi
THE SEVEN AGES OF TUEKET !
W//f i n
smwim/fm
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Oy.ster I'ie.x.
Prepare a rich , light crust the day be-
> re Thanksgiving , and get about eight
ne large oysters for each person. Just
rfore dinner time fill the small baking
ishes with the oysters washed and drain-
1 , and wet them with their own juice ,
rained , brought to a broil and skimmed ,
tul thru mixed with as much rich cream ;
licken this with a teaspoonful of butter ,
lelted , with as much flour , and strain
per the oysters : each dish should be only
alf full of juice , as the oysters trill
iriuk in the oven and tlfin the sauce , seam -
m with salt , pepper and bits of butter ;
ut on the crust , and bake until it lightly
roAvns. In serving put each dish on a
'parate plate and add a bit of parsley
i top of each little pie.
The Tnrk''i Complaint.
aid the turkey : "This Thanksgiving spre %
all very well. I agree.
To be thankful for good.
For all favors , one should ;
ut wbat is there in It for me ? " ,
Cleanses % S ftern Effect
ually ; Dispels Lolas andnead-
Gclies clue to Constipation ;
Acts naturally , acts truly as
aLaxativev
Best forMenM'omen-ana I hildt
ren-Voungana Ula.
< lo get its jWficial Jljfecis
Alwavs W the benuine which
has4he jull name ojthe Um-
pany
a * J i
byhom it is manufactured. printed : on The
J front of every packu e.
SOLD BYALL LEADING DRUGG1S I
one size only , regular price SOtper borne.
llcal Philosophy.
"A real philosopher , " said Uncle
Ebon , "kin allus find sumpin' to be
glad about. I used to know a man dat
found a heap o' satisfaction in his
wooden leg , 'cause it lef him dat much
less room foh de rheumatism. " "Wash
ington Star.
ITCHING RASH 18 YEARS.A
Girl's Rash Spread and Grevr Wor
Under Special ist'.s Care Perfect
Cured J > y Cutieura Remedies.
"When iny daughter was a baby she
had a breaking out behind the ears.
The doctor said that she would out
grow it. and it did get somewhat better - (
ter until she was about fifteen years
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old , and after that she could get nothing - ,
ing that would drive it away. She was
always applying something In the way
of salves. It troubled her behind the
knees , opposite the elbows , back of the
neck and ears , under the chin , and
then it got on the face. That was
about three years ago. She took treat
ment with a specialist and seemed to
get worse all the time. We were then
advised to try the Cuticura Remedies ,
and now I don't see any breaking out.
M. Curley , 11-19 Sixteenth St. , Bay
City , Mich. , May 20 , 190G. "
Jli.i True Friend.
The Great Man lay dead. The news
papers rang with his praises and men
passed them from mouth to mouth ; a
gloom hung over the community , and
tLe Child , his friend , ept bitterly.
The Busy Man said , 'I saw him on
the street not long ago. and he looked
ill and down-hearted. I wish I'd
crossed over to speak to him , but I was
? nii hurrying for my train. He was a
good friend of mine , and I might have \ p
t Leered him up a bit and told him how - - *
we missed him everywhere. It's too
bad , too bad ! "
The Thoughtless Man said , "I can
never forgive myself. I knew he was
sick for a week , but -I had this great
meeting to arrange for. and it just
slipped my mind. He stood by me nobly
when I was in trouble years ago. I
never can forgive myself. "
The Child pressed a tear-stained face
against the window.
"Why did you want so much to take
him that llower last Sunday ? " asked
her Mother.
' Because I loved- him , " said the
Child , simply.
She was watching the wonderful ar
ray of flowers , which men had sent , aa
they were carried into the church.
"O Mother , see how beautiful they
are ! Iwish I could go with you to
the church : but I suppose I might dis
turb people by crying. And anyway , "
she added , "I don't mind so much , you
see ; for I've given him my flower. He
had that to enjoy. " Youth's Compan
ion.
At TLebes the annual average rise of
the Nile is forty feet.
SCHOOL TEACHERS
Also Have Tilings to L.enrn.
"For many years I have used coffee
and refused to be convinced of its bad
effect upon the human system , " writes
a veteran school teacher.
"Ten years ago I was obliged to give
up my much loved work in the public
schools after years of continuous labor.
I had developed a well defined case of
chronic coffee poisoning.
"The troubles were constipation ,
fiutterings of the heart , a thumping in
the top of my head and various parts
of my body , twitching of my limbs ,
shaking of my head and , at times after
exertion , a general 'gone * feeling with
a toper's desire for very strong coffee.
I was a nervous wreck for years.
"A short time ago friends came to
visit us and they brought a package of '
Postum with them , and urged me to try
it. I was prejudiced because some
years ago I had drunk a cup of weak ,
tasteless stuff called Postum which I
did not like at all.
"This time , however , my friend
made the Postum accordingto direc
tions on the package , and it won me I
Suddenly I found
myself improving in
a most decided fashion.
"The odor of
boiling coffee no longer
tempts me. I am so greatly benefited
by Postum that if i continue to im
prove as I am now , I'll begin to think
I have found the Fountain of Perpetual
Youth. This is
no
fancy letter , but
stubborn facts which I
am glad to
make known. "
Name given by Postum Co. , Battle
Creek , Mich. Read the book "
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, "The - *
Road to Wellville , " in pkgs. "There's
a Reason. " * t
