THE CLHIATE IS IDEAL. Grc-nl WvciKli AcKtiircd In Growing Grain. Writing from Saskatoon , Saskatche wan. Canada , \V. II. Ellwanger , who was fonircrly u resident of Green Moun tain. IiM\a , says : "The climate in sum mer is iucal for growing grain. Long , clear days of sunshine , no bad storms. We never need to guard against cy clones. I never snv a better climate in nry life.Vo made more money dur ing the season of 11JOJJ than any previ ous fiv < years in Central lo\va one of the best districts in the State. " Hat Mr. KIlw anger was a resident of the town , and it might be more interesting to read what a fanner has to say about W 'siTii Canada. From hundreds of : . /i1. , , } , _ - -CIJ.S IDV 'ten > Canada , tlie.v LAS been oiij sj'ccUxz. It 13 as Paynton , Sask. , Canada , Dec. 10th , ] 'J07. To Whom This May Concern : I moved to this address Feb. .3 , 1007 , 7rom Montgomery , Iowa , and took a homestead o. > miles north of Paynton. It wa.sd ! when 1 moved here , but it did not stay cold long ; it broke up the Mh of February , and was not so cold after that ; but the spring was lateen on nc-ount of the heavy snow fall , but in spite of the late spring 1 saw better grain than I ever saw in the States raised Jin * year. I helped a man fin ish su\\i4 ! oats the -1th of July , and they made fair oats. In a good year oats will 20 100 bushels to the acre , and wheat I'o to oO ; all root crops do well hero. I saw turnips weigh 7 and 8 pounds. I raised potatoes this year that measured ll1.- . inches one v/ay and IS1. the other in circumference. This is a ijne stock country ; hay in abund ance , peed water , plenty of fuel free and plenty of building material , the KO\ eminent gives us timber to saw into lumber , and we can get it sawed for about $ t.CO ; per thousand. All small fruit grows wild here. Then there are ducks. ; r { - e , grouse , pheasants , deer , mouse , flL. and fish in abundance. I wa * . over to Turtle Lake yesterday , where th re is lots of fishing being done this winter. I saw about a carload of v.li.'e ijsli in one pile. I gave 25 cents for JM p .mis of fish. What do you think of that. Brother Yankee ? I think th.s : * a fine place , both to make money ai.d to Ihe. There was an old man up lure \i : > itiue his brother-in-law. Now this man owns laud close to Des Monies. Iowa , and Is in good circum- s'aiK-os. but he took a homestead and s.-n.s be will be contented if he can only put in the rest of his days in Can ada. IL would get up in the morning a nl look out of the door and say : " \\eih who wouldn't lire in Canada ? " Xuw I have been in 13 different States in the United States and I never saw the chance that there is here for a man that ifas a little muscle and a little braii.s. T ; i'H ? cheers for Canada ! ( Signed. ) W. A. SPICE. 'I his is the temperature through Xo- tcinl.er. I took it myself , so I know it is right , in the shade. Mora- Morn ing at At ing at At SunSun - Sun- Sun rise. set. rise. set. 1 . 27 , 37 in . : > s 35 ' _ ' . 30 40 17 . 1-2 20 , * . . - < * 37 IS . 12 20 i . 20 3i 10 . 20 j . 27 : : r. 20 . 12 2i . . { . SO 3S 21 . IS 27 7 . 12 30 22 . 1C 2S S . 2S 31 23 . 15 27 1) . 17 10 24 . IS 22 10 . 2 13 25 . S 20 11 . 5 2G 2 ( ; . . . ' . . . .32 2S 12 . 2S 20 27 . 20 1C 13 . 7 11 2S . S It 14 . 21 IS 21) . IS 20 15 . 20 31 30 . IS 27 inc ; the Thr matrimonial failure of Pat , a jartender in the center of the city , has Dcen common knowledge for some ' : : r. " . and it has also been no secret that Pat really does not blame his wife for her impatience with his hab its. Pat is in dead earnest when he says that his wife really is too good for him and deserves a divorce , which the self-abasing Pat would jjladly grant her if it wasn't so expensive. The good faith of Pat in this respect was. however , never more forcibly il- iustr.ited than during the severe at tack of pneumonia from which lie has just recovered. "Pat. the doctors say you are very sick. " said his wife dur ing her visit to the hospital ono da3' . "What do they really say ? You can't hurt me by telling the truth. " an swered Pat. "Well. Pat , they nay that von cannot live , " whispered the wife , finally yielding to Pal's insistent de mand for the truth. "Don't you believe It. Doctors make a habit of holding out hopes to the last , " drawled Pat in his wearisome style. "They are only breaking the news to 3-011 gentl\ * . I am going to get well. " Philadelphia ttecord. For Siti.fnelory Kennon * . ' 'You ought to be trying to earn yoni own livingstiSK < 'sted Mrs. Goodsolc. "Why aren't . \on ? " "That's uiskin' : personal Question , ratim , " answered Tuffold Knutt , pouring his toffee into the saucer ami blowing on it. "I know it. This is a personal mutter. Why aren't , \ou ? ' ' "IVr tin * reason , mum. ' * he said , tackling - ! ling ilv i lati of fresh donghinnts. " 'at 1 | don't Laf to. " ? . " Time f < ir Trillins : . "Ilantls up I" commanded the Toot pad. "lift out o' my way I" thundered tilt otliiiman. . scowlingat him and striding o"I ! . ' . " " ot no time to fool with you. Tin lon' a ninety mile walkin' otur.i. " - \ml \ iJ TTC V n I rr\/l s rpir if fYi tf _ rTT-JI 1i 1 i sosoo-s of Great Papers on Important Subjects. . v a-Ai. p THE EB2UIG TIDE. ITU has been \\iilten about the enormous number of immigrant. ; who sought the hos- p-fahle shores of the United States in T.l)7. ) ) Mi'Ii h % : > , iw- . been m-.u1. , ' of the nu'n'x'r of .i ! ! < ; v > in r ; u .erl to thenrtthe : land. ; . ( th'.R Is in many re.'jKM-ts the more in- ter."sti.ir f : < c ! of tie ! two. During last ye-ir more than halt a million returned to Europe from Unit ed States and Canadian ports ; anil in the last ten years the number reaches the astonishing total of two and a half millions , or nearly onp-third as many as the num ber of Immigrants in the s-.nu * time. \ Much has been disco ; ercd by the national commi ion appointed last year , even drmg : Its one year of service. as to the inliunnce of this reUirnimr ti'I-1 on European life. Nearly all of It i1 * of a sort to stir the hearts of Americans with sympathy ar.d pride. Xj > ! only have families been rai.-eii to a high-r flanc of eon-fort by the labor of certain members in the irreat "land of promi'-e. " but whole village- l a\e felt the. impetus r.nd enjoyed th : > benefits. The United States is thus becoming a world power in a new scise. : and a leader among nations by ways which invojve no military oppress ! m and no diplo matic selfishne-s. Xo man need grudge to fJUp returning immigrant the money h carries \\lih him as something lost to the United States. It has been earned , in most cases doubly earnedby the hardest kind of labor , of which this coun try Ls Ind the henent. The m re becoming attitude is thrtt of the man inward the garment which had served him for fifteen j ears , "V.'ell. " ' he said , as he finally re linquished it to the ra m.ui. ' 'it doesn't owe me a 113 * thing for board. " Youth'o roiii.nnl * n. BSEIKD CLOSED DOORS. O\Y nnn-ii boll , r it would b for the Ameri ca , i fieople if the e mrt- ; hero were to close their doors occasional/ ! and shut out the puHic nh"n r .s details of immoral rcl.i- rSTsrtJR&K iloi s or of cri.ne : : iv required to elucidate M j the icsuos invohed in celebrated cases ! As v vt.yjvVr. . ' V l ng a : ; the < leers rv min open publicity is inevitable. The better tl.-.ss of ueupers ; prune and down their . ' . rar . - . and trim reports .s as they -an. even yet there will remain at times a rc M.ie which offends the finer s.nsil ilities. The hns eonsi'hM-ate ] ress treats its render to the full dish of nai : entiig ! stuff. Mean while the fourtivom is I > T < kef ! with a morbid crowd of fen ation s-eekcr1' . gkwtrg o * or the spectacle of shamed w manhood or v. r < jtched manhocd : ind carry injr a\\ay tli" most donioralLiinu iinpre. siiin- . > be scattered hro.itl- cst by word of month.Vashintrron ( I > . ( ' . ) Star. anzss. LAIN"pe. . pl ' sieh w lu n the.- read of a new ierr.ation.il ; { ii.aT aee between an Ame-i- cau h i e > s and a Kirop-\in > u title. What the tjtl'maj 1)6. or what they ma.v happen o know about lli * contractiirr parties , sie- nUU's little. The\ distrust ihrs-e marriaei's ai.d are apt. when lln-y hear of a new one. to think that another American girl is about to make a bad bargain. We must rcmgmher. however , that the international alliances that turn out disastrous- ! . and end in the di vorce court are tjtnsn ! that make the must noise , and also that our own dhorce courts nt home are kept pretty busy HER FIRST LIOI7. ) I The roar of a lion , hnntinsr. Is a nev- .sound , declares MK ? r-lo-Ie-forgotten . Airnes Herbert iu "Two Dianas in So- inaliland. " Slie describes \irin the ! ionx. followimr tlvm uji rhromrh the | jungle , and the nearly fatal re-tilts to iier.self in their eajiture. In one tense second I realised that I Ijad seen two monstrous moving be.-.sis. yellowish and majestic. They were i cry close , and moved at a slow pace from the bush ahead "uilo a patch of ; till thicker co\er to the left. 1 remem- i > er that though the yr at moment for ivhich we had planned and lonired an-l striven was really at hand , all my e\- itement left me. and there wa * nothim : > ut a cold , timiliiiir sensation running ibout my veins. The .junule cover parti 1. atid witli lithe , stretched shoulaers : i lioness ihook herself half-free of the density , hen crouched low again. Down , until inly the Hat of her skull .showed , and icr small twitching ears. In on.mo - nent more she would be on n-\ Sighting as low as I co ild > n that lalf-arc of yellow 1 pulled the trigger , md Cecily's ritle i-r.-ichoil si'.rultaneous- y. The head of the lioness pressed ower. and nothing showed aliove the Idee of grass and thorn. The lioness nust be dead , ml yet. could one kill -o irreat a foe so quickly ? Then I did an inanely stupid thine. It was my first lion-hunt , and my ie- lorance and enthusiasm c.irri U me iway. I ran forward u > invesiieat < ' . ' ivith my rille at the trail. I had forgotten - gotten that the bush confah.-sl another jneiny. A snarling road , and almost before I .iould do anything but brine up my ritle md fire without the sights , a lion broke from the side of the brake. My nerve * seemed to relax , and I tried to hurl myself to one side. There was i o pow er of hurling left in me. and I Dimply fell sideways , and that s-iveil me. For Hie great cat had not bargained for a rictim slightly to the rieht or left. His weight fell on my legs merely , : -T.ul his : Iaws stuck in. J Before hehad time to turn a ? d rend me , almost instantaneously my cousin lired. The top of the lion's head was Mown to smithereens , and the heavy body sank. The whole world seemed to me to be bounded imrth. south , east and west by lion. The men pulled the heavy carcass separating the mismated inVhose antipathies race dif ferences have no pan ! . Furthermore , some of our girla who have married titles hnve accepted with them men of . ueh demonstrated worthlessness that there was no chance of Inirg happily with them. Such women had not sense i-nou rh to make cwl marriages anywhere. Harper's Weekly. OVEH THE SEA ON CONCKETE. HE great ocean railway linking Florida's mainland with Key West and bringing Cuba 100 miles nearer the United States is nearing completion. The underlaldm ; is remarkable piece of railway building no\v under construction. The distance from Miami , the Florida ter minal , to Key West is 15G miles. Of this distance 101 miles ttirl be constructed on land ; counting , of course , the coral formation of the keys ns land. The rest of the rout" , which will connect the string of keys , will be coSstrucletl over swamp and water , of which about twenty-live milca may be considered swamp and twenty- live milt1 * open water. On the entire route fifty keys must be crossed. Some of these arc of considerable sixo that is , they Jiave an area of several square miles , hut the larger number can be measured in square yards. The distances apart vary considerably , and the depth of water between varies from a depth of thirty inches to thirty feet , the overage being about six and one-half feet. Included in the 150 miles will be six miles of con crete viaduct and some eighty miles of embankment , which ris s about thirty-one feet above the water , this height being considered ample to protect the track from the action of the storms. Popular Mechanics. AGRICULTURAL PROSPERITY. HE ten years of prosperity that this coun try has enjoyed since 1807 , and the revo- lion which lias been wrought in the agri cultural industry , has placed the Ameri can farmer in a position of financial and economic independence such as the rural ii < * * inn nf tliic nt * nn nfliotfmisitw In * ever known before. The fixed capital represented in the agricultural industry to-day is approximately $25.- OOi > .000,000. or more than four times the capital in vested in all of the manufacturing industries In the country. Fiom the position the American fanner now occupies no financial disturbances , no business failures in the outside world , no failure of any one or several crop * , no hysteria or political agitation , can hope to dis lodge him. Van Xorden Magazine. VALUE OF COLLEGE EDUCATION. EVER was the need of a college education 5i for all who would engage in professional tvorlc more u idely recognized. There has been much running : to mechanical and technical fields of labor , but there has been time when old-fash- raver a a good - - ioned education was not the best prepura- tion for the larger life. The college course should prc- < ede the technical and the professional course , and any omission of college work in the hope of a short cut to practical success is a mistake. In the future profes sional men must be better equipped than ever before if they e\pect to hold their own and to rise to distinction. --Indianapolis News. MOURNERS ON SKATES ; STRANGE FUNERAL CORTEGE. jw , - - , * * > * J K\f i' > 3rJ * &A' . x-fc J It fe > .A > vC sfcOSfr . * * f > A Among the Wends , a remnant of the ancient Slavonic race inhabiting the Spreewald , a region enclosed by an arm of the Spree about fifty miles south of Berlin. Germany , all the traflie is carried on waterwaj-s. In winter fu neral proces-ions pa s alone the Ice. The coffin is carried on a sledge , and is drawn by six mourners , who wear long black streamers on their hats. The whole company goes on skates , and Uic women wear the ancient na tional costume. away. I sat up. feeling indescribably iiaky. I don't remember anything else until I found myself in my tent , with mv cousin rendering "first aid. " THE CHORUS GdL. llor Ml > : i Hnril One but She Has the JH a it tier * , of : i "ft ramie Iime. " There'.are lots of chorus girls. sa\s Hose S fa hi , fnieeline. pluck.v , spunky , straight and good-hearted. They are funny , but they are pathetic , too. and they have a hard life. 1 studied the chorus "lady" on and off the stage for years. It's a sieht for the gods and humorists to see her at a lunch counter on the road. She falls off the train and rushes into the station to eet a sand wich and a elass of milk , or a doueh- nut and a piece < > f pie. She gives her orders as Kine Richard mieht call for his horses , or Cleopatra her barge , and heaven help the poor attendants if they do not fly to do her biddings. She is disdainful of her food and scathing in her comments on the service. She paj'S her check with the air rrf an injured qtven and stalks out , leaving the lunchroom menials under the Impres sion that they h-ive failed to please Mine. Du e or Sarah Bernhardt. Then she goes back to the train and will sit up half the night sewing frills on her costumes , to make a brave showing on the opening night in the next town , and then , after a night of work , she trudges out of the station In the chillj- dawn to search for a cheap lodging. These girls have a long idle summer to get through on their savings of the winter , and many of them have a younger sister to look after or a mother - er at home to help , and they manage somehow to do It. And most of them run straight and turn down the John nies who think , like the villain In the piny , that the3 can pa3 * for the havoc the3" cause. Where does the chorus lady como from and what becomes of her ? Wh3 * not ask , what becomes of the pins ? She comes from the country as a rule. The mirror over the washstand In her farmhouse bedroom told her that the country was no place for her , so she packed her carpefbae , bought sorno high heel shoes nnd a big hat , and came to town to sjiow it what real youth and beauty are. A word that we dislike very much Is that word "natural. " when used by women in describing the appearance of a corpse. HOW TO KNOW PURE PAINT A Way in Which It May Be Iden tified Before Using. After a building has boon painted long enough for 1i weather test , it is easy .to toll if the paint use was inado of pure White Lead or not. But such belated knowledge comes like locking the barn after the- colt is stolen. What one wants is a test that will tell the quality of the paint belore it nnd the labor of putting it on are paid for. Nature has provided a way in which genuine White Lead may be positively distinguished from adulterated or fake White Lead before you spend n cent on your pr.intin.c. Pu > > White ] - : : ] is my ip from iue- Uiliie Tend , and. under intense hrnt , Such ns is produced by a blow-pipe , Zwre White Lead will re-solve itself back Icto metallic lead. If. however. It is not genuine White Lead , or If it tontaino the slightest trace of adulter ation , the change will not take place. { Therefore the "blow-pine" test is an absolute and final one. The National Lead Company are urging every ono interested in painting to make this test of paint before using it , and they guarantee that the pure White Lead sold under their "Dutch Boy Painter' ' trade-mark will always prove absolutely pure under the "blow-pipe" any other test. To make it easy for you to perform the experiment they will send you free upon request , a blow-pipe and every thing necessary for you to make the test , together with a valuable booklet on paint. Address. National Load Company. Woodbridge Building , New York City. An English nun in Madrid gave King Alfonso his first taste of gingerbread , and now he can't get enough of it. ami soma- times goes to the convent himself for it. WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE. From October to May. Colds are the inobt ir- quent cause of Headache. LAXATIVE BROMO QUIXIXBreniovea cause.E. W.Grove on bos iMc TnnjjIed ISanU Afcnuiit * . "It is remarkable , " said an old bank Dmploye , "how few people keep their bank accounts absolutely correct. At ordinary times this f.iiiing is not CD ; , spicuous , because books are us u\ ! ! balanced when there is still a credit to the depositor's account. When re balanced book is received with tin' vouchers the usual discrepancy i- found after much labor in an omitt * ' entry , either deposit or check or in th form of an error in addition or s'i' > - traction. The thing is usually sett It I lit home without our help. But wlieii a lot of women go to a bank. ea < ! i one with a check alreadj" made on' representing her balance , then look out. Fortunately I have had on e\ perience in that way. but I know i'l.- ' not one woman in ten and I am cha.- itable with the figure keeps her be < . correctly , and many women keep i record at all. We have one depositor who used to receive an ovedraft i.u tice regularly every month. Now , lr an arrangement with her , we give ho notice when the balance nears the $10. ) mark. Men laugh at the women lei their failure to keep their bank a < - counts right , but except when a book keeper does the work for them tin men are nearly as bad. " New York Tribune. " "Well , " said the statistical hoarder , leaning back in his chair , "we have at this meal the representatives of two widely separated generations. * ' "How is thatV" asked the inquisi tive boarder. "The hen we have been trying to eat was in all probability the great-grand mother of this omelet. " Chicago Tribune. Slilftiiip : the Kt "When I started in business , " said Mr. Dustin Stax. reflectively , "I re solved never to toll an untruth. ' ' "And you kept your word ? " ' 'Yes. Whenever I had any delicate business of that sort on hand I hired an expert. " Waxhinefon Star. MUSIC STUDENTS Should I : i-v e Steady Xerres. The nervous system of the mu-siciai. is often very sensitive and any habit like coffee drinking may so upset the nerves as to make regular and neces sary daily practice next to impossible. "I practice from seven to eight hours a day and study Harmony two hours , " writes a Mich , music student. "Last September I was so nervous I could only practice a few minutes at a time and mother said I would have to drop my music for a year. "This was terribly discouraging , as I couldn't bear the thought of losing a whole year of study. Becoming con vinced that my nervousness was caused largely by coffee , and seeing Postum so highly spoken of , I decided I would test it for a while. "Mother followed the directions care fully and I thought I had never tasted such a delicious drink. We drank Postum every morning instead of coffee , and by November I felt more like myself than for years , and was ready to resume my music. "I now practice as usual , do my studying and when my day's work is finished I am not any more nervous than when I begau. " 1 cannot too highly recommend Postum to musicians who practice half a day. My father is a physician and recommends Postum to his patients. Words cannot express my appreciation for this most valuable health beverage , and experience has proven its superi ority over all others. " "There's a Reason. " Name given by Postum Co. , Battle Creek , Mich. Read "The Road to Well- ville , " in pkgs. Proof is inexhaustible that I lia 11. PinIIiam' * * Vegetable Compound carries v omen bai'ely through the Change of .Life. Read the letter Mrs. E. Hanson , 804 E. Long St. , Columbus , Ohio , writes to Mrs. Pinkham : " I was passing throug-b the Change of Life , and suffered from nervous ness , headaches , and other annoying- symptoms. My doctor told me that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound was good for me. and since tak ing it I feel so much better , and I can again do my own work. I never forget to tell my friends what Lydia E. Pink- ham's Vegetable.Compound did for me during this trying period. " FACTS FOR SEC& WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink- ham's Vegetable Compound , made from roots and herbs , has been the standard remedy for female ills , and has positively cured thousands ot Avomen who have been troubled with displacements , inflammation , tilcera- tion , fibroid tumors , irregularities , periodic pains , backache , that bear- hig-dovni feeling , flatulency , indiges tion , dizziness or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it ? Mrs. Piiiklmm invites all siclc Avomeii tovrite lier for advice. She has jr.iided thousands to health. Address , Ltfiin , 3Iass. Ba Positively cored by these Ijittle Pills , j Tlicy also rcllOTe Dis tress Irom Dyspepsia , In digestion and Too Hearty EatingA perfect rem edy for Dizziness. Nausea. DroTretcesa , Bad Taste In toe Moutli , Coated Tongue. Pain In tlie Side. TORPID LIVER , regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. ยง LLkl ? ! ! JJJg ! i Genuine Musi Bear Fac-Simile Signature I SUBSTITUTES. S < UIJXT.V : is Put a squaw in a tepee and she i3 the neatest of housekeepers. The blan kets are neatly rolled and stowed away under the edge of the tepee , leaving the center clear. Bright-colored blankets and fine fur robes are spread about , and a wonderfully beaded dance drum , hangs from one of the poles- . But pnti a squaw in a house nnd she i ? any thing but a success. Go into one of these frame houses and you will find the mattresses In id along the floor , with the whole family sprawling there on. The cracked cook stove will be in the middleof the lloor. with anything but agreeable odors coming therefrom. Outside the bedstead and spring will be used as chicken roosts. But the squaw doesn't let her housekeeping shortcomings worry her. Wh n sha puts on an elk tooth robe , valued nt anywhere from $1,500 to $ " .000 , and rides to the fair or to the agency on a Sunday astride a beaded saddle , she ia a picture of contentment. Denver Re publican. Wiiy lie Hron-jjlit Ilii Alonj ? ; . Whenever the penurious manager of the large store u anted to sharpen his pencil he would enter the shipping de partment and burrow a knife from ono of the boys. Sometimes the boys did not have their ki.hes with them , but there was one ind. Tommy Breen , who always could bs depended upon. "How is it. Tommy. " asked the man- ' aeer one day as he whittled his pen- il. "that you -always have your knifa with you and the other boys haven't ? " Tommy hesitated for a moment , then , gathering courage , said : "The wages I get aren't enough for me to afford more than one pair of. pants. " Harper's Weekly. Truth ind Quultty appeal to the Well-informed in every walk of life and are essential to permanent success and creditable standing. Accor- ingly , it is not claimed that Syrup of Fig3 and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of known value , but one of many reasons why it is the beat of personal and family laxatives is the fact that it cleanses , sweetens and relieves the internal organs on which it acts without any debilitating after effects and without having to increase the quantity from time to time. It acts pleasantly and naturally and truly as a laxative , and its component parts arc known to and approved by physicians , as it is free from all objection able substances. To get it , beneficial effects always purchase the genuine- manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. , only , and for eale by all leading drug- gista.