General Demand
of the W ! Informed of the World ha
always I > -n for a simple , pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value , u laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its com
ponent parts are known to them to be
whaloscir.t nnd truly beneficial in effect ,
acceptable to the system and gentle , yet
prompt. ! n action.
In M : ; vying ! that demand with its ex
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of Senna , th' ' California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the- merits of the laxative for its remark
able r.icw.s.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Fig ? and Elixir of Senna is given.
the f vVn nee by the "Well-Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the generic- manufactured by the .Cali
fornia Tig Syrup Co. , only , and for sale
b } ' all loading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
SuperI ; : < us hair may he permanently
removed by amputating the limb upon
Which it appears.
Some ladies have found that a judi
cious use < " .f powder will cause a criti
cal husband to entirely cease remark-
tag ujvp. thrir alleged homeliness. JThc
powder. It might be explained , was di-
tected at the raid husbands.
Nitrogiycerin in .sufficient quantity
will simpiy kiun'k the spots off a
freckle-faced girl.
A simple and health ful addition lr.
the daily hath is a couple of gallons
Of oil of roses. This can he procunr : !
at any drug si ore at tiie nominal price
of f > c nirifir liv"- - ' " > ! , . ( ] > Blade.
RAISED PROM SICK BED
A f tor AI Hope llnil V
Mrs. J. II. Bennett. 59 Fountain St. .
Gardiner. Me. , says : "My bj.ck : used tn
tr < > " < - jj. ( . so severely that at last I
had to give up. I took
to my bed and stayed
there four months , suf
fering intense pain.
dizziness , headache and
inflammation of the
bladder. Though without -
out hope , I began using -
ing Doan's Kidney
l'ills and in thro °
months was ' complete-
iy cured. The trouble
has never returned. "
S < ! , by nil dealers. .10 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co. . Buffalo. X. Y.
V/er.thor Tips Kroiu "Wire * .
The attention of many persons has
often Icv-n directed to- the bumming of
telegraph and telephone wires , but it
Las i.r.-y been recently that a connec
tion has been found between this phe-
noii"iion and weather conditions.
Professc F. Bock of Babenhausen.
Hess. . h.for.r.d. . after a study of the
Bubjo - : , that it is possible to forecast
local wcat'aer conditions by observing
this Ivirnuiug and that prophecies hold
ing : r < > ( .d for several days may be made
If certain ruls are followed. The plan
is t. ob.-erve the humming twice or
three tlii daily , jircfc'rably at about-
II a. in. and 0 p. ni. , and the best re-
sul's for ! < : ' . ! forecasts are obtained
whci , * ! " phrr.ffineiia are interpreted
in ; ! , . ' ] r of the official forecast for
ft rg. dlsTirt.
, K > hunr.Ing ; is. of course , inllu-
Al-y the strength ptfthe wind , the
tension of the wire and various causes ,
wliich : n turn are affected by tempera
ture and other atmospheric conditions.
It is s.j'rl that the local forecasts blsed
on thf huniniiig : wires have proved
quite > ' . : . --essful ! and the interest of
jneteornl-'g'sts lias been aroused in
Herr n- method of observation.
Har ; er'
R 11 IvifctiiiRaiahcd Precedent.
"I fine you. " said the police justice ,
" 530 an.l COSTS. "
"Y'r loior : , " protested TufTold Knutt ,
tvho I.been ! hauled up for vagrancy ,
"all : ! p-ojty ; * I've got in the world is
pJu S' ! u'rkel. aa'me clo'es an' they
'hain't wjth mon-'n about two bits. That
fine's on ren ioiaMe. It's con fist ication. an' .
it wo : ; ' : ' ! " . T stand the test o * the fed'rul
tourts. { shall ti- : : < > an appeal , y'r bonor. "
-Ciienn ; TT ' JTJ > .
NO GUSHER el
Rut Tell * Fncta A'boiit INi.itum. isdi ish
"We have used Postum for the past di
eight years. " writes a Wis. , lady , "and 1.a .
drink it three times a day. We never a
tire of it. lo
"For several years I could scarcely
ai
eat anything on account of dyspepsia , tl
bloating after meals- palpitation , sick
headache in fact , was in such misery
and distress I tried living on hot water be
beb
; and toast for nearly a year. b
"I had quit coffee , the cause of my PI
'trouble , and was using hot water , but itM t
M
this was not nourishing.
tr
, "Hearing of Postum I began drinking
in
it ami my ailments disappeared , and inm
now I can eat anything I want without
ni
trouble.
"My parent and husband had about tli
th'- same experience. Mother would ru
ofien suffer after eating , while yet sli
drinking coffee. My husband was a \ CO
great coffee ill-inker and suffered from j pnv
Indigestion and headache. I v
"After lie stopped coffee and began ]
Posrum both ailments left him. .Ho will i
not drink anything else now and we } ve
havc.lt three times a day. I could write * eel 1
'mnr > . ' but am no gusher only -slate | fa
, plain facts. " ' | jo
, Name given by Postum Co. , Battle \ m ;
'Creek. ' Mich. Kead. "The Road to Well- j no
esi ;
N-iHe. " in pkgs. "There's a Reason. " j ca
Ever read the above letter ? A new { po
one appears from time to time. an
{ They arc genuine , true , and full of { its
interest. \ dc :
FROA1 THE CO/VIMOINER
IVIR. BRYAIM'S RARER
j T.Vliy Hill Felt Enwy.
i Last fall when all my work was done
| I thought I'd take some well earned fun ;
Just thought I'd spend about a week
| A visitin'my friend. Bill Peek
i With whom I ustcr fight an' play
. Bill lives down Oklahoma way
So down I went , as free from care
'
As anybodv anvwhcre.
!
, "How's tricks , o ! ' man ? " says If ill t' me.
"O. bully. Bill. I'm up in G. "
I An' then I told him of success
' That 1 had earned through storm and
j stress.
"Some years wore fat an' some were lank ,
j But I got money in th' bank :
' An' now I guess as how I will
'
Quit workin' hard. " says 1 t' Bill.
i ,
r That niglit along * bout S o clock
' 1 got a mighty sudden shock
A message from my wife that said
: "Our bank is broke ! " An' home I sped ,
j In l ss than one short half a day
I1 saw my savin's fade away.
The bank was broke 'tween me an' you
T' date I ain't got nary sou.
This fall Bill came t' visit me
An' found me workin' hard , b'goe !
But we went visitin' aroun'
An * spent some leisure time in town.
Says Bill t * me : "In that there wreck
It seems you got it in tli * neck. "
"Correct. " says I , "you stated facts
Right where th' chicken got th'ax. . "
That night Bill read his bank had closed ,
An * 1 jus' uacberly supposed
He'd bike f'r home a feelin' blue ,
Jus' like I bad an'so would you.
But Bill be laughed an * said : "I guess
That ain't a-.soin" t' make distress. "
"But all your money. Bill ? " I said.
"Guaranteed. " said Bill : "let's 'o t' bed. "
W. M. M.
Ti : i Xnt.tlicll.
The leaders of the Republican party
have boon mixed up with Standard Oil
and other trusts and corporations created
contenting himself with the. assertion that
some system of bank insurance r.as need
ed. It seems that , the bankers opposed
guarantee becaur.e they did not want it ,
and those who were not bankers , prefer
red to let the bankers have their way
rather tban take a stand in opposition to
the action of the national convention , al
though they realize that a vast majority
of the people who are bank patrons in
stead of bank managers demand a guaran
tee that their deposits shall be safe.
"Why Dirt IJoVnit ?
Mr. Roosevelt begins bis letter : "In
view of Mr. Hearst's disclosures about
Foraker , I make public the following let
ter , etc. . etc. "
Then , Mr. Roosevelt , would you have
made public this letter if Mr. Hearst bad
made no disclosures ? You join with Mr.
Hearst in denouncing Mr. Foraker. You
would have accepted Mr. Foraker's sup
port for your fat boy if Hearst bad not
secured a bundle of Standard Oil letters ,
would you ?
Why did you not play David to Fora
ker's Goliath months ago , and not leave
the David job to Hearst ? Now you are
playing a Jonathan role to Hearst's David
and you.and Hearst are doing a Salome
dance with Foraker's bead on a Standard
Oil charger.
THKODORK ROOSEVELT IS MAK
ING A VIRTUE OF A NECESSITY.
One member of the high Republican
sanhedrim has been caught with the goods
on and Mr. Roosevelt is standing up be
side Mr. Hearst and crying to the Amer
ican people. "We done it ! Vote for
Taft ! " Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
: \o Scare. ; : Tlii.s Ycrir.
The New York correspondent for tlic
Indianapolis News , speaking of what Mr.
Taft oucht to talk about on his western
trip , said :
"It .will simply be folly , to go through
the west trying to create a scare. The
people want to hear the tariff discussed ;
liiev want to know about campaign con-
whicli h nV-ai-"s ! for Mr. Bryan. In that
> tror Mr. Oluey says :
"Finally , every into't pnt voter must
recognize the great t vils resulting from
the inordinately Jong continuance in pow
er of one political party. Compared with
thorn , any possibly injurious consequences
of a change of administration are insig
nificant. The Republican party has now
.been in power almost uninterruptedly for
nearly fifty years during that whole pe
riod the. Democratic party has been in
complete control of the government for
but two years. The inevitable has o
course happened much misgovcrnment
and maladministration have from time to
time come lo light , much is iu plain sight
and much more unquestionably under
cover while its leaders , intoxicated with
the phenomenal record of past successes ,
are disposed to believe and to act as if
any uprising against the party by the people
ple were unthinkable. "
An 33Ji < : l li.
It is amazing , it is pitiful , it is humil
iating. Their sins , indeed , have found them
out at Mast. Scandals to right of them ;
scandals to left of them : defeat in front
of them ; only the Taf.L-Sinton millions
between : Cannon clinging to "Sunny Jim"
Aldricb falling upon the neck of son-in-
law Rockefeller Ihe thieving tariff exud
ing fat no longer , but making quagmires
for the robber trusts the people disgust
ed on the one band or indignant on the
other the grand old party of graft and
fraud is , in truth , a sight to see. Yet a
little longer and then t/he boneyard. leav
ing only a stench behind , and this in
scription :
Whilst it lived it lived in clover ;
When it died , it died all over.
Henry Watterson in the Courier Jour
nal.
The sugar trust has just lacked ten
cents per hundred to the price of that
commodity , presumably on the belief that
it was included among the schedules that
need revising upwards.
Time was when Mr. Roosevelt believed
that it was no credit to the Rciiblican
party that "Uncle Joe" Cannon was one
of its leaders in Congress. Nojv Mr.
Roosevelt is warmly supporting Mr. Can
non and Mr. Cannon's proxy.
"Wonder bow many times Bryan's
name appears in the new Democratic cam-
tt THK CALAMITY HOWLER"
THE ELECTION Or TH
DEMOCRATIC TICKET WILL
s
Not Very Convincing to These Men h
b
f !
rti
ti
tie
) .v the tariff since tiie tariff began to rob
.lie American people. The trusts and tar-
ff live because of the Republican party
Taft's party bis master's party.
Standard Oil and the trusts and the
ari.T will fatten and flourish if Taft is
'loclod just as cli .v fattened and flour-
shed as they never did before in their
listory during the administration of Tbeo-
lore Roosevelt , in spite of the fact that
ic ran up and down rbe country bellowing
.gain-'t ! them like a roaring lion. Ho bel-
owed but be never bit.
If W. J. Bryan is elected , the trusts
nd tariff will nol have as easy sailing as
beyhave bad under Roosevelt.
You wan' : the proof of this assertion.
Carnegie is for Taft. Carnegie lias
cen made a half-billionaire through and
y the tariff and bis future millions de-
eud greatly upon the tariff standing as
is. And Rockefeller , and Arcbbold , and
lorgan , nnd Ryan , and Gary of the steel
rust , and" Schwab of the protected iron
idustry. and Jlarriman , and all the other
ion who take toll from boMi the producer
nd the consumer are for Taft.
And in JhN you will find the issue of
n's campaign. It is : Shall the people
ule through Bryan and Democracy , or
hall the Standard Oil and other trusts
intinuo to rule through the Republican
arty and Taft ? Memphis Commercial
ppeal.
O ] > I > ctMil Itmlc
The Nebraska Republican platform con-
nlion. held in Lincoln Sept. 22. defcat-
by an overwhelming vote a resolution
Lvoring guarantee of deposits. A ma-
irity : of the resolutions committee was
lade up of bankers , and a working mi-
jrily of the delegates present are inter-
ted in banks. Gov. Sheldon , who is a
indidate : for re-election , vigorously sup-
rted a minority report favoring guar-
iteed deposits , but was unable to secure
adoption. But the Governor had no
finite policy of his own to announce ,
tributious : they are greatly interested in
the bank deposits guaranty issue and
wan ! to bear Mr. Taft on the subject :
they want some assurance that the trusts
are not backing the Republican campaign ,
etc. It would bo foolish to deceive our
selves into believjiig that Bryan's speeches
have not mad" a deep impression. Mr.
Taft must answer them , not content him
self by declaring that Bryan is a menace
to prosperity that will not go at all.
Bryan lias revealed tilie kernel to that
sort of campaign by saying : 'You cannot
seai-o a man wlio is sleeping on the floor
by telling him he is about to lose his
bed. ' "
I.pt Him Siienk fur Himself.
Complaining that MY. Taft is not
strengthened by having it appear that it
is necessary for Mr. Roosevelt to continu
ally speak for him. ( be New York Times ,
a Taft organ , says :
"But would it not help Mr. Tafl more ,
not only in rhc West but , in the East , if
such tilings were done not for him. but
by him ? Would be not impress himself
uiioii the country much more forcibly if
be spoke for himself instead of having
Mr. Roosevelt continually speak for him ?
Consider for a moment t.he situation and
the behavior of the two candidates respec
tively. Mr. Bryan is in the West , in the
East , everywhere , and everywhere seen
and board. If there is something to be
said be says it. lie is the most active
and aggressive candidate for the presiden
cy who ever appeared before the people.
Emphatically he is Jiis own campaign. He
dominates the scene. Behind his conspic
uous figure one only dimly and now and
then perceives a few minor and negligible
Democrat ic personages. "
Uielinnl Oliiey.
Richard Olncy , former Secretary of
State under Mr. Cleveland , has written
for the New York World a letter in' '
paten text book ? " queries the Milwaukee
bt
Si'iitinel. Haven't counted , bat not oftener -
of
er than Roosvelt's ! name appears in the
oi
Republican campaign text book.
ih
The panic of 1ST" came when a Re ;
publican high protective tariff law was av
in full force and effect and the adminis ty
tration solidly Republican. ' Same thing th
in ISO. , . Same tiling in 1007. And no
amount of Republican sophistry can re
move the facts. faHi
Hi
gl
A dollar voluntarily contributed to the im
Democratic campaign fund now may re po
sult in making it impossible for the trusts ha
ham
to make you unwillingly cough up ten or m
fifteen times that amount to the Republi do
can fund in future campaigns. is
>
tin
The spectacle of trusts being busted by fo
the official collector of the g. o. p. cam tis
paign committee four years ago. the only
Republican Senator who openly opposed fro
the rale bill and the bead of the powder
trust , would be worth going many miles to
see.
Twenly-five cents in silver or stamps ,
sent to the "Chairman Text Book Com
mittee , National Democratic Committee.
Auditorium Annex. Chicago. " will bring
you a copy of the Democratic campaign
text book , which should be in the hands
of every Democrat.
Gov. Hughes says he is advocating the
election of the Republican national ticket
because be "desires to get' rid of every I-
vestige of special privilege at the expense
of public interests. " By carefully looking
the other way Gov. Hughes managed to
miss seeing the slow and deliberate lower
ing of Hon. James Sherman's left eye
lid.
FARMING IN WESTERN CANADA
' 's'v. . . ' ' . / ' * ' . ; * ; ?
' ' ' " ' ' '
- < - " . . - ? - -fc
A WESTERN CANADA WHEAT FIELD.
Canadian correspondence :
"What are the settlers of Western
Canada and most of all the farmers who
have emigrated from the United States-
doing this year ? " I was asked by the
editor of one of our big American maga
zines a short time ago , by which I was
assigned to travel thVoiigh the great wheat
provinces of the Dominion West to dis
cover just what the conditions were there ,
and how the many thousands of Ameri
can farmers in this "Eldorado of Wheat"
were prospering.
' Tin's was my fourth journey through
Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta. I
followed close upon the (10,000 ( good Amer
ican farmers who left the Slates to make
new homes for themselves in these prov
inces last year and in different words ,
this was how I answered the question
of the editor quoted above :
Imagine first of all. a train of forty-ton
cars 1i. { miles in
- : length a train , in
otliT words , which would reach from
New York City to Denver , or from the
Canadian border through the States of
North and South Dakota. Nebraska. Kan
sas , Oklahoma and Texas , and for 2. 0
miles down into old Mexico , and you will
have some idea of this year's production
of grain in th three great provinces of
Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta.
In other words , it will take more than
200.(00 ( cars to carry the grain production
of th se provinces alone this autumn.
If a person were standing at one point ,
and tin's "grain train" passed him at the
rate of twenty miles an hour , he would
have to remain in that one spot for just
THRESHING WHEAT IN SOUTIIKHN ALBERTA.
hree days and three nights to see the
; nd of it.
It would carry past him more than
IOO.000.OijO bushels of the best wheat in
b < - world. i'JO.OOO.OOO bushels of oats and
! 0,0 < JO.OOO bushels of barley , for those
igures , according to very best estimates
hat can be given at the present time ,
bow what the settlers of Western Canada
tave raised tbis year in the way of grain.
Never in the history of any country
las there been a more prosperous year
or farmers than the present one in the
) ominion West. So enormous has been
he grain production that nearly 2. ,000.-
00 pounds of binder twine were required
or the crops. Oats this season
ave gone as high as one hundred
usbels to the acre , while over large areas
f country the average has been as high as
i.ubty : and ninety bushels. The wheat
ield lias been as high as fifty bushels to
lie acre , and from figures already in it
believed that the total will show an
err.go yield of between twenty and twen-
i'-ib-e bushels lo the acre throughout the
iree provinces.
It is difficult for one to understand
ist what Western Canada moans to the
inner until be takes at least one trip
irough that country. As yet the vast
I'ain lands of the three western prov-
icr . with an area large enough to sup-
art the population of a nation , have
irdly been scratched. In other words , it
lay truthfully be said that the tremon-
us production of these provinces to-day
that of a few pioneers. Last year
: ty thousand of the best fanners in
le United Stares took up now homes
ir : themselves there , and from the sta-
fics of the past two or three years each
je of these settlers will be harvesting
om . " ( K ) to ± 000 bushels of grain next
year. Under ordinary conditions the nevr
settler makes a living during his first year.
He builds himself a cabin or a rude board
borne , and if be lias not much capital of
bis own be works a part of his time for
bis neighbors , for work is always plenty
and wages good.- The second year , bow-
ever , be has in bis own grain. It is a
common saying throughout Manitoba. Sas
katchewan and Alberta that "the settler
makes a good living the first year , builds
himself a good home the second , and is
independent the third. "
Until I bad become thoroughly acquaint
ed with these thousands of my people who
have emigrated to Western Canada , and
with the conditions now existing among
them , I was inclined to believe with other
hundreds of thousands of Americans that
Canada's wheat lands were considerably
overestimated. There are a large num
ber of land companies in the United
States whose promoters very much dis
like to see good American farmers taking
up land in Canada when they have vast
tracts of their own to dispose of. Ono
of the "stories" frequently seen in Amer
ican papers is that the good homestead
land , or free land , of the Dominion is al
ready taken up. Millions of acres of the
best land in the world are now open to
American settlers in Manitoba. Saskatche
wan and Alberta , and these acres are of
fered to them absolutely free , with
taxes so low. after they have gained
possession , that they may almost be count
ed as nothing.
To-day three great railroads stretch
across Western Canada , and within a few
miles on each side of these roads th < J
great part of the population of settlers
live. Beyond these narrow belts are
millions of acres of the best laud in the
world and it is safe to say that within
ten years it will be almost entirely taken
up and American farmers will occupy a
great portion of it. No fanner in this
country lias to carry bis crops far , for
every few miles along the railroads towns
or stations are laid out , and at every
place there is a huge elevator , and some-
limes several of them , each holding from
JO.OOO to 00,000 bushels.
A few paragraphs back , I made tha
statement that many American land com
panies are trying to give the impression
that the free homestead lands of the Do
minion are about gone. To show bow
ridiculous this is , I will give the figures
which have boon secured through W. J.
Kennedy , of the Department of Immigra
tion.vbo lias made an exhaustive inves
tigation of this subject. . According to
the results of bis investigation there ara
at the present time more tban 100- ,
000 free homesteads already surveyed
and awaiting se'ttlers. and in addi
tion to those there are vast tracts of the
best land in the world which have not
yet been surveyed , and which will ba
homosteaded.
And from my long experience in the *
Dominion West. I confidently believe that
during the next two years nearly all o *
those 'homesteads wil have boon taken up
by good American farmers the farmers
from our own States who are making
Western Canada what it is to-day. Years
a-jo the best advice in the world was ,
"Younir man , go West. " To-day it has
changed in a small way. Now it is :
"Younz man. go to Western Canada. "
L.vi'-MALKING SCENE ON THE CANADIAN NORTHERN RAILWAY. .
