_ _ - . - . . . - . . _ . _ _ - - - - . - _ . II I I II I y - - . : Nyns : ' Wiich Iiaze ' Soap . . L. : . t is more soothing than Cold : ' . . . f & . Cream ; more healing than 'I IS any lotion , liniment or salve ; more beautifying thap any cosmetic. \ Cures dandruff and stops hair from falling out. , ' RYMURNEEYEREMED ! T For Red , Weak , WearyWateryEyes and Y GRANULATED EYELIDS ' , . MnrineDoesn'tSmart-SootheBEyePain Drerctsb Sell Marios ! Ere Ready , Unid , 23e , SOc , $1.60 I Murino Eyo Salve in Azeptic Tubes , 25c : , $1.00 EYE BOOKS AND ADVICE FREE BY MAIL . MurineEyeRemedy Co.Chicago THE GREAT DAIN HAY TOOLS ARE THE BEST. ASK YOUR DEALER OR JOHN DEERE PLOW COMPANY , OMAHA ) , NEB. d . , FISHING TIME IN THE PASIG - " Swimming in Myriads Near Surface 3i i 3 They Are Snared and Speared ! by Filipinos. t - . i , Friday morning Filipinos snaring ! eels and other fish in the Pasig near : the captain of the port building by ! J , largest eel ever seen on the water i front. It was fully ten feet in length. { front. It was fully ten feet in length. i , Both banks of the Pasig and all the r ships and lighters moored In the I / , stream were thronged with hundreds I- J of Filipinos with snares - and spears U trying to catch the fish that in myri- t1 1 ads were swimming near the surface II of the stream. ! i Natives when asked in regard to the , ; .phenomenon were almost unanimous in their statement to the effect that at this time of the year the bottom of I the river gets hot and that the fish ! , have to leave the depths of the stream and flash back and forth on or near the surface. Another theory that seemed to have . a great many adherents was to the ef fect that at this time every year there was a change in the character of the water. This change acting on the fish as a stimulant. This theory was advanced by an old pilot who has witnessed the phenome non for many years.-Manila Times. I , When the Fish Exploded. Somebody discovered that fish are fond of gasoline , and this led to the I Idea of soaking worms in gasoline In order to make them more alluring when used for bait. Mark the result. Two of those gasoline-tempted fish I exploded In the frying pan , and broke the kitchen window , and blew the J I cook's face full of mashed potato , and r hurled the teakettle into the flour bar- I . rel , and painted the kitchen ceiling with stewed tomatoes. Call it a lying world and let it go at that. Even the Children. I Ex-Governor Penpypacker , condemn - ing in his witty way the American di- I vorce evil , told , at a Philadelphia I luncheon , an appropriate story. "Even our children , " he said , "are I becoming infected. A Kensington i school teacher , examining a little girl 1 in grammar , said : (1 , " 'What is the future of "I love ? " ' . . " ' 'A divorce , ' the child answered .l promptly. " . . A Summer Resort. . ' Noah disembarked. I "A combination of the mountains and seashore ! " he cried. S Herewith he resolved to advertise the tour. \ , " And the only way to impress some , people is to suppress them. I" * . . . " . t ( is "NO FRILLS" I ! II \1 II1 { to 1 .Just Sensible Food Cured Him. . I. Sometimes a good . , healthy commer- . ; -cial traveler suffers from poorly se lected food and Is lucky if he learns . that Grape-Nuts food will put him 'i 1 right : (1 ' A Cincinnati traveler says : "About J a year : ago my stomach got in a bad 11 ) way. I had a headache most of the fi 1 I time and suffered misery. For several l I months I ran down until I lost about 1 ! 70 pounds in weight and finally had to 'i j give up a good position and go- home. : : ( I 1 Any food that I might use seemed to 41 nauseate me. "My wife , hardly knowing what to do , one day brought home a package of Grape-Nuts food and coaxed me to try it. I told her it was no use but finally to humor her I tried a little , and they just struck my taste. It was the first food I had eaten in near- ly a year that did not cause any suffer ing. ing."Well t "Well , to make a long story short , I began to improve and stuck : to Grape- 3 Nuts. I went up from 135 pounds in "J December to 194 pounds the following October. I "My brain Is clear , blood all ; 1 right and appetite too much for any : : man's pocketbook. In fact , I am thor- J f oughly made over , and owe It all to 'j ' : Grape-Nuts. I talk so much about what ' ! Grape-Nuts will do that some of the ; 1 men on the road have nicknamed me j : 'Grape-Nuts , ' but I stand today a healthy , rosy-cheeked man-a pretty . E good , example of what the right kind 1 of food will do. 4 - "You can publish this if you want to. It is a true statement without any frills. " Read the little book , "The Road to Wollville , " in pkgs. "There's a Reason " Ever read the above letter ? A netr one appcari from time to time. They ( , arc RCBuine , true and full o2 ki coots { mte e . t. - . - I , . , - " - ' - - - - . . , , . . ' 1 Zelda Dameron ' ' By MEREDITH NICHOLSON c.,7sgr. , U04 , by Tfc Bebbe-1LrriD Co. - - - - - - CHAPTER XX. The room was very still after sho had spoken. Her father did not start or look directly at her , but aftEr ; an interval of silence , he lifted his eyes slowly until they met hers. "You have lied to me , " Zelda r pea.t- ed in the same passionless voice , speaking as though she were saying some commonplace thing. "I under- stand perfectly well why you wish to continue this trusteeship. I shall be very glad to do what you ask ; only we must understand each other frankly. You must tell me the truth. " He shrank down slowly into his chair , but his eyes did not leave her face. His hands had ceased trembling , and he was qutyte himself. He waited as though he expected some word of contrition ; but she still stood with her eyes fastened on him , and there was -no kindness in them. "I have sought your own good. I have supposed you would be gratified to continue-the trust-reposed in me -by " your mother. "II you speak to me of my mother again I shall find some way of punish- ing you , " she said , and there was still no passion In her voice. "I suppose that when you are ready you will tell me what this means- why you have turned against me In this way , " he began , with a simulation of anger. And then changing to a conciliatory tone : "Tell me what it Is that troubles you , Zee. I had hoped that you were very happy here. I had flattered myself through the summer that ours was a happy home. But if there Is any way in which I have erred I am heartily sorry. " He bowed his head as though from the weight of his penifence , but he was glad to escape her eyes. When he looked up again , he found her gaze still bent upon him. He picked up the fallen pen and placed it on the table beside the paper which he had asked her to sign. "You are a tremendous fraud , " she said , with a smile in which there was no mirth or pity. "You are Immense- ly clever , and I suppose that because I have some of your evil blood in me , I am a little bit clever , too. " "Zee ! You forget yourself ; you must be mad ! " "I am growing sane , " she answered. "I have been mad for a but year , my reason has come back to me. I do not forget myself or that you are my fath- er ; but I remember , too that you are an evil man and that you drove my mother into her grave. You killed her , with your pettiness and your hypoc- risy ; you are Just as much her mur- derer as though you had slain her with a knife. But I beg of you , do not think that you can play the same tactics with me. I don't ask for the mon - y that you : have squandered. It isn't your being a thief that I hate ; it's your failure to be a man ! It's the thought that you would betray the trust of the dead-of my dead mother -that's what I hate you for ! " He took a step toward her menac- ingly. "You are either a fool or mad. You shall not talk to me so ! You have been listening to lies - infamous lies. Rodney MerrIam has been poisoning your mind against me. I shall hold ' him responsible ; I shall make him suf- I fer. He has gone too far , too far. I shall have the law upon him. " "You had better sit down , " she said , without flinching. "I suppose you used to talk to my mother this way and that you succeeded in frightening her. But I am not afraid of you , Ezra Dam- eron. If you think you can browbeat me into signing your deed , you have i mistaken me. I was never less scared I in my life. " I Wheft ' she spoke his name it slipped from her tongue lingeringly , and fell upon him like a lash. In addressing him so , she cast off the idea of kin- ship utterly ; there was no tie of blood between. them ; and he was simply a mean" old man , despicable and con- temptible , standing on the brink of a pit that he had dug for himself , and feeling the earth crumbling beneath , his feet. She went on , with no break In the Impersonal tone to which her words had been pitched In the begin- ning. "You have so little sense of honor- you are so utterly devoid of anything that approaches honor and decency the hypocrisy in you Is so deep , that you can't Imagine that a man like my uncle would never seek to prejudice me against you-my own father. Nei- ther my uncle nor my aunt has ever said a single unkind word to me of you. My aunt asked me to go to live with her when we came home ; but I refused to do it. And I'm glad I did. This closer acquaintance has given ma an opportunity that was-In one of your hypocritical phrases - quite prov- idential , of learning you as though you were a child's primer. You have been a very bitter lesson , Ezra Dameron ! My mother never rebelled , never lifted her voice against you , and you sup posed I should prove quite as easy ; but you see how mistaken you are ! " "This is a - a : plot to game--a trap mo. But it shall fail. My own child shall . not mock me. " "I have something more to say to . you. I have gone over it in my heart a thousand times In this year of de- ceit. I believe I have grown a good deal like you. It has 'been a positive pleasure for me to act a part-shIeld- Ing you from the eyes of people who were anxious for a breach between us. I know as I walk the streets and peo ple say , 'There is Ezra Dameron's daughter , ' they all pity me. They have expected me to leave you. They have wondered that I should go on living with you when every child in the com- munity sneers at the sight of you or the mention of your name. " "Shame on you ! Shame on you ! " "I suppose It is a shameless thmg to be saying to you ; but I haven't fin- ished 'et. And you had better sit down. You are an old man and . I re- pect your years even though you are . . , 'N' ' . j - ' _ _ A . _ _ \ . . Ezra Dameron. There was some one that told me - that warned me against you. I had hoped that It would never ' be necessary to tell you ; but It gives me a keener happiness than I dare try i to express to tell you now. " "Yes , yes ; some liar - an Infamous liar , " he muttered , and he looked at her with a sudden hope In his face. When he should learn who had come between him and this girl he would exhaust the possibilities of revenge. Zelda read the meaning of his look and she smiled a little , and stepped to the table and turned up the lamp , and put his glasses within reach of hU hand. "I shall not trust myself to tell you I shall let you read for yourself a fe'w words , written by one who was not a . liar. " He watched her as she drew out the little red book , her talisman and her guide. He turned it over curiously and then read , at the place where she had I opened : I "They have told me to-day that I am I going to die ; but I have known It for a long time. * * * Do for her what you would have done for me. Do not let him kill the sweetness and gentle- ness In her. Keep her away from him If you can ; ; but do not let her know what I have suffered from him. I have arranged for him to care for the prop- erty I have to leave her , so that she may never feel that I did not trust him. He will surely guard what be- longs to her safely. * * * Perhaps I was unjust to him ; It may have been my fault ; but if she can respect or love him I wish It to be so. " "You see there ' is no question of lY- ing here. I found thIs-in a trunk of mother's , in the garret-quite acciden- tally , a few days after I came home. It was Intended for Uncle Rodney or Aunt Julia and not for me. " He was silent for a moment , staring at the page before him and refusing to meet her eyes. She sat down and watched him across the table. Sud- denly he laughed shrilly , and slapped his hands together in glee. "I might have known it ; I might have known it ! This is delightful ; this is rich beyond anything ! " His mirth increased , and he rocked back and forth , chuckling and baating his knees with his hands. "Zee , Zee , my child , " he began , amiably , "I am glad this has happened. I am glod that there Is an opportunity for me to right myself In your eyes. I could not have asked anything bet- tef. " He began to nod his head as was his way when pleased by the thought of something he was about to say. "Zee , the animus of this Is clear. Your mother hated me - " "You needn't tell me that ! Her own testimony is enough , pitiful enough. " "But the reason , the reason ! I should never have told you. I have hoped to keep it in my own boson- my lifelong shame and grief. But your mother , your mother played me a base ; trick , the basest a woman can play. She married me , loving another man. And I suffered , how I suffered for It ! " He lifted his head and raised his hands to heaven. A sob leaped In her throat and tears spring in her eyes as she rose and bent toward him over the table. "If you mention her again I shall punish you , Ezra Dameron. " He did not heed her , but began speaking with a haste his tongue had rarely known. The smile that forever haunted his lips vanished. "She loved another man when she married me. I knew it well enough ; but I was glad to marry her on any terms. She was a beautiful woman- a very beautiful woman ; " and the an- ger died suddenly from his eyes and voice. Zelda wondered whether he was really touched by the thought of her mother or whether the little flame of passion had merely burned out. 4s he continued speaking she listened , us though he had been an actor imperson- ating a part , and doing it ill , so that he presented no illusion to her eyes. She was thinking } : , too , of her own fu- ture ; of the morrow in which she must plan her life anew. She thought of Morris Leighton now , and with an In- tenseness that made her start when her father spoke his name. "You have been a better daughter to me than I could have asked. An in- scrutable Providence has ordered things strangely , butand he chuckled and wagged his head , "but- very wisely and satisfactorily. I sup- pose your Uncle Rodney thought a marriage between you and his young freind Leighton would be an admira- ble arrangement ; but you : have done as I would have you do in rejecting him. Ah , I understood-I was watch- ing you-I knew that you were lead- ing him on to destroy him. " "I should like to know what right you have to speak to me of such a matter in such a tone. He is a gen- tleman. "He is ; he is , indeed ; " and Damer on laughed harshdly. "He Is a gentle- man beyond any doubt ; but you re- fused him , just as I knew you would. The force of heredity is very strong. You are a dutiful daughter ; you even anticipated' my wishes. Your conduct is exemplary. I am delighted. " "I think you are mad , " said Zelda , looking at him wonderingly. She had begun to feel the strain of events of the few hours since she had gone to her uncle's house ; she was utterly weary and her father's strange manner had awakened a fear in her. Perhaps he was really mad. She walked : to- ward the door ; but he was timing his climax with a shrewd cunning. "When your mother was engaged to Morris Leighton , the elder"-and he paused , knowing that she had turned quickly and was staring at him with wonder and dread in her eyes - "when your mother was engaged to this young man's father , " he repeated , "your uncle was greatly pleased. But she was not so easily caught ! " "You ought to know that I btllave . ' _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ .c.- . " " ' . . I r nothing you say-not a word ! " * But ' In her heart she felt a foreboding that this might be true. I "You should ask your uncle ; or your Aunt Julia. Possibly we three are tho only people that remember. I should ! like to have you quite sure about it , now that you have decided not to mar- ry the son"-and he laughed with ugly glee. glee.The The front door-bell rang out harsh- \ye and the old man sprang up : , "You are not at home ; you must see no one. " olly's step was heard In the back hall. ' 'Never mind , Polly. : I'll answer the , " ' ; ( ; 1" , " said Zelda. The sight of any cher face than that of her father would be a relief ; but it was 9 o'clock , an hour at which no one ever califd. Ehe : expected nothing more than a brief parley with a messenger boy. "Pardon me , Miss Dameron - * * Leighton stood on the step with his hat In his hand. He had been wan- dering about the streets. He had passed the Dameron house a dozen times , held to the neighborhood by a feeling that Zelda might need his pro- tection ; and he finally stopped and rang In a tumult of hope that he might see her again and reassure him- self of her safety. As he stepped into the hall , he saw Ezra Dameron peer- ing at him from the living-room door. "Good evening , Mr. Dameron , " said Leighton. The old man turned bad to the table and his papers without re- ply ; but he listened Intently. "I was passing , " said Leighton truthfully , "and I remembered a mes - sage that Mrs. Copeland gave me foi you this afternoon , and I'm sorry to say I forgot about it until now. " He looked at her , smiling ; she un derstood well enough why he had come. "Please put off your coat .and come in. We are alone , father and I , having a quiet evening at home ! " " ' but Mrs. "Thank you ; I can't stop ; Copeland wished me to ask you to come in to-morrow afternoon. She has an unexpected guest-a friend from Boston-and you know she likes every body to appreciate her friends ! " "Thank you , very much. I shall coma if I possibly can. " ( To be continued. ) "Knife : and Fork in One. Probably the Indiana man who in- vented the combined table knife and fork was alarmed by the recklessness with which his rural acquaintances han- dled their cutlery I II and wanted to save III them from cutting III their throats. Maybe III he had labored des- perately trying to cut a large amount of salad on a small -plate without put- ting his foot on the salad. Maybe he was a one-armed man. However that may be , he devised an implement "which has many advantages. It is a fork with a slot in the shank. In this slot is a wheel with a knifelike edge which acts as a rotary cutter , cutting the food when rolled over it. The uses of such an implement are manifold. It is handy in cheap restaurants , as It reduces the necessary stock of table utensils and saves time in washing , and if it ever comes into general use among that class of people who at- tempt to eat peas with a knife , it will doubtless mark an era in the advance of table deportment. Why He Hurried A 'Way. A quiet , bashful sort of a young fel low was making a call on a girl one evening when her father came into the parlor with his watch in his hand. It was about 9:30 o'clock. At the mo ment the young man was standing on a chair , straightening a picture over the piano. The girl had asked him to fix it. As he turned the old gentle- man , a gruff , stout fellow , said : "Young man , do you know what time it is ? " The bashful youth got off the chair nervously. "Yes , sir , " he replied. "I was just going. " He went into the hall without any delay and took his hat and coat. The girl's father followed him. As the caller reached for the doorknob the old gentleman again asked him if he knew what time it was. "Yes , sir , " was the youth's reply. "Good-night. " And he left without waiting to put his coat on. After the door had closed the old gentleman turned to the girl. "What's the matter with that fel low ? " he asked. "My watch ran down this afternoon and I wanted him to tell me the time so that I could set it. " - Denver Post. "Plague" Bothers Engineers. The "red water plague" is a matter which is receiving attention from en- gineers in different parts of the coun- try , and while they have shed consid- erable light on the matter , there Is much yet to learn about it. The trou- ble consists of a discoloration of the hot water with a rusty sediment , the cold water at the same time being much less affected , although not en- tirely unaffected. Under the hot wa- ter faucets marble bowls become red- dened and the first rush of hot water from the faucet after it has been shut off for a few hours has a distinct rusty appearance. Copper flush tanks and metal ballcocks are affected seri- ously where the discoloration of the water Is more marked. The "Way They Mate. . . " "It hardly ever fails. "What are you talking about now ? " "When a woman Is called a bundle of energy nine times out of ten she has a husband who isn't.-Birmingham Age-Herald. Within the last two centuries about fifty metals have been discovered by chemist explorers , but use has been found for only a few . of them. It's easier to become a hero taam it Is to hold the job ' - - " ' . . ' . _ 1Jit. . . . . . . . . . , ) , . " , .IJ 'W _ _ , . h' ; % " ' , . . , - ; - _ J ) . . INDEPENDENCE a , ON THE FARM SPLENDID RESULTS FOLLOW FARMING IN ! THE CANADIAN WEST. Americans In Canada Not Asked to Forget That They Were Born Americans. Farm produce today is remunera- tive , and this helps to make farm life i agreeable. Those who are studying I the economics of the day tell us that I , the strength of the nation lies in the I cultivation of the soil. Farming is no longer a hand-to-mouth existence. It means independence , often affluence , but certainly independence. Calling at a farm house , near one of the numerous thriving towns of Al- berta , in Western Canada , the writer was given a definition of "indepen- dence" tha't was accepted as quite original. The broad acres of the farm- er's land had a crop-and a splendid one , too , by the way-ripening for the reapers' work. The evenness of the crop , covering field after field , attract- ed attention , as did also the neatness . : of the surroundings , the well-built sub- stantial story-and-a-half log house , and the well-rounded sides of the cattle. His broken English-he was a French Canadian-was easily understandable and pleasant to listen to. He had come there from Montreal a year ago , had paid $20 an acre for the 320-acre farm , with the little improvement it had. He had never farmed before , yet his crop was excellent , giving evi dence as to the quality of the soil , and the good judgment that had been used in its preparation. And brains count in farming as well as "braw. " Asked how he liked it there , he straightened his broa4 shoulders , and with hand outstretched towards the waving fields of grain , this young French Canadian , model of symmetrical build , replied : "Be gosh , yes , we like him-the farmin'-well , don't we , Jeannette ? " as he smilingly turned to the young wife standing near. She had accom- panied him from Montreal to his far- west home , to assist him by her wifely help and companionship , in making a new home In this new land. "Yes , we come here wan year ago , and we never farm before. Near Montreal , me father , he kep de gris' mill , an' de cardin' mill , an' be gosh ! he run de cheese factor' too. He work , an' me work , an' us work tarn bar' , be gosh ! Us work for de farmer ; well 'den , sometin' go not always w'at you call RANG THE BELL , ALL RIGHT - . . . 3 - ' i' ' ttq ' Sei4fi , . ' 'rrJr . ' ; 4'4 ' ' , rt' ti1 r I t _ 4 , T , ffiuh . . , q ' i , tl. , , h , I 1 I y ; I t. Estimates of Yield of Wheat in Western Canada for 1910 More Than One Hundred Million Bushels. de' right , an' de farmer he say de' mean t'ing , be gosh ! and tell us go to -well , anyway he tarn mad. Now , " and then he waved his hand again towards the fields , "I 'ave no bodder , no cardin' mill , no gris' mill , no cheese factor' . I am now de farmer man an' when me want to , me can say to de oder fellow ! you go- ! Well , we like him-the farmin' . " And that was a good definition of independence. Throughout a trip of several hun- dred miles In the agricultural district Western Canada , the writer found the farmers in excellent spirits , an optimistic feeling being prevalent everywhere. It will be interesting to the thousands on the American side of the line to know that their rela- tives and friends are doing well there , that they have made their home in a country that stands up so snlendidly under what has been trying conditions in most of the northwestern part of the farming districts of the continent. With the exception of some portions of Southern Alberta , and also a por- tion of Manitoba and Southern Sas- katchewan the grain crops could be described as fair , good and excellent. The same drought that affected North and South Dakota , Montana , Minne sota , Wisconsin and other of the northern central states extended over into a portion of Canada just men- tioned. But in these portions the crops for the past four or five years were splendid and the yields good. The great province of Saskatchewan has suffered less from drought In pro portion to her area under cultivation than either of the other provinces. On the other hand , instead of the drought being confined very largely to the south of the main line of the C. P. R. it is to be found in patches right through the center of northern Sas- katchewan also. In spite of this , Row- ever , Saskatchewan has a splendid crop. A careful checking of the aver- ages of yield , with the acreages in the different districts , gives an average yield of 15 % bushels to the acre. In Southern Alberta one-fifth of the . winter . wheat will . not - be cut . , , or hu ' . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , .J. . . , ' _ 1 . . . . , . _ . , " ' - . _ . ' i ' J ; . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - oee'n re-sown to feed. There are In'4 dividual crops which will run as high " 1,000 /4 as 45 bushels on acres of 500 and , acres , but there are others which wll/ i ' drop as low as 15. A safe average fort , ' winter wheat will tje 19 bushels. The f sample is exceptionally fine , excepting4 in a few cases where it has been wrin- kled by extreme heat. The northern section of Alberta has been naturally anxious to impress the , world with the fact that it has not suffered from drought , and this is quite true. Wheat crops run from 20 to 30 bushels to an acre , but in a report such as this it is really only possible to deal with the province as a whole and while the estimate may seem very low to the people of Alberta , it is fair to the province throughout. When the very light rainfall and other eccentricities of the past season I are taken into account , it seems noth- . ing short of a miracle that the Cana- dian West should have produced 102 million bushels of wheat , which is less than 18 million bushels short of the crop of 1909. It is for the West generally a paying crop and perhaps the best : advertisement the country has ever had , as it shows that no mat- ter how dry the year , with thorough tillage , good seed and proper methods of conserving the moisture , a crop can always be produced. As some evidence of the feeling of the farmers , are submitted letters written by farmers but a few days' ' ago , and they offer the best proof that. can be given. Maidstone , Sask. , Aug. 4 , ' 10. ' I came to Maidstone from Menomi- nee WIs. , four years ago , with mY' parents and two brothers. We all lo cated homesteads , , at that time and now have our patents. The soil Is a rich black loam as good as I have ever seen. We have had good crops each year and in 1909 they were exceedIng- ly good. Wheat yielding from 22 to 40 ( bushels per acre and oats from 40 to 80. We are well pleased with the country and do not care to return to our native state. I certainly believe that Saskatchewan is just the place for a hustler to get a start and make himself a home. Wages here for farm I labor range from $35 to $45 per month. Lee Dow. Tofield , Alberta , July 10 , 1910. I am a native of Texas , the largest and one of the very best states of the Union. I have been here three years and have not one desire to return to the States to live. There is no place I know of that offers such splendid inducements for capital , brain and " brawn. I would like to say to all who - are not satisfied where you are , make a trip Western Canada ; if you do < "sl " | not like it you will feel well repaid 9 for your trip. Take this from one who's on the ground. We enjoy splen- did government , laws , school , railway facilities , health , and last , but not , least , an ideal climate , and this from a Texan. O. L. Pughs. James Normur of Porter , Wisconsin , after visiting Dauphin , Manitoba , says : "I have been in Wisconsin 25 years , coming out from Norway. Never have I seen better land and the crops in East Dauphin are better than I have ever seen , especially the oats. . m There is more straw and it has heav- - * ' ier heads than ours in Wisconsin. * * 7' "This is just the kind of land we / / are looking for. We are all used to / / mixed farming and the land we have f seen is finely adapted to that sort of work. Cattle , hogs , horses and grain will be my products , and for the live stock , prospects could not be better. I have never seen such cattle as are raised here on the wild prairie grasses and the vetch that stands three or four feet high in the groves and on the open prairie. Sir Wilfred Laurier Talks to Amer icans. . Sir Wilfred Laurier , Premier of _ 4 ' 2 Canada , is now making a tour of | Western Canada and in the course of his tour he has visited many of the districts in which Americans have set- tled. He expresses himself as highly pleased with them. At Craig , Sas- katchewan , the American settlers joined with the others in an address of welcome. In replying Sir Wilfred said in part : "I understand that many of you have come from the great Republic to the south of us-a land which is akin to us by blood and tradition. I hope that in coming from a free coun- , try you realize that you come also to"J - ' " another free country , and that al- " though you came from a republic you ' have come to what Is a crowned democracy. The King * our sovereign has perhaps not so many powers as the President of the United States but whether we are on the one side of the line or the other , we are all brothers by blood , by kinship , by ties ' of relationship. In coming here as . . you have come and becoming natural- ized citizens of this country no one de- ' sires you to forget the land of your ' ancestors. It would be a poor man who would not always have in his . heart a fond affection for the land i which he came from. The two greatest Y countries today are certainly the United Kingdom of Great Britain and ' Ireland and the Republic of the Unit ed States. Let them be united to , together d will be forever assured. "I hope that in coming here as YOU f have , you : have found liberty , justice and equality of rights. la this coun- try , as In your own , you know nothing of separation of creed and race , for you are all Canadians here. And If I may express a wish it Is that you would become as good Canadians ' as \ you have been good Americans and \ that you may yet remain good Amer- \ icans. We do not want you to forget' l what you have been ; but we want you ' to look more to the future than to tht. 'l past. Let me , before we part , tender you the sincere I expression of ; ! 1 > J/ warmest fratitude . . _ _ _ for your n tlo II .s . . . .vy , , J. - i b'