THE LITTLE
BROWN JUG
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MEREDITH NICHOLSON
By
BAY WALTERS
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SYNOPSIS.
Thomas Ardmore and Henry Main *
Qrlswold , stumble upon Intrigue when the
governors of North and South Carolina
are reported to have quarreled. Qrlswold
allies himself with Barbara Osborne ,
daughter of the governor of South Carolina
lina , while Ardmore espouses the * cause of
Jerry Dangerfleld. daughter of the gov
ernor of North Carolina. These two ladle *
are trying to fill the shoes of their fa
thers , while the latter are missing. Both
Utes are in a turmoil over one Apple-
welght , an outlaw with great political In-
( taenoe. Unaware of each other's posi
tion , both Qrlswold and Ardmore set out
to make the other prosecute. Both have
forces scouting the border. Qrlswold cap
tures Appleweight , but Jerry finds him
and takes him to Ardsley , her own pris-
aer. Ardmore arrests a man on his
- who says he is Qov. Osborne.
Eopertywho
anwhlle another man is arrested as
Appleweight by the South Carolina
STlltia. The North Carolina militia Is
bailed Into action. When Col. Qllllngwa-
t r , Jerry's fiance , finds that real war Is
afoot , he flees. Appleweight Is taken s -
fretly by Ardmore and lodged in a Jail In
louth Carolina. Returning to Ardsley ,
Ardmore finds that Billings , the banker ,
.nd Foster , treasurer of North Carolina ,
have been arrested.
CHAPTER XIX.
In the Red Bungalow.
"What do you think , " cried Mm.
Atchlson , glowing before Jerry and
Ardmore on their return ; "we have a
new guest ! "
"In the coal cellar T' inquired her
brother.
"No , in the blue room adjoining
Miss Dangerfleld's ! And what do you
think ! It is none other than the
daughter of the governor of South
Carolina. "
"Oh , Nellie ! " gasped Ardmore.
"Why , what's the matter ? " demand
ed Mrs. Atchison. "I had gone in to
Turner's to look at that memorial
church we're building there , and I
learned from the rector that Miss Os
borne , with only a maid , was stopping
at that wretched hole called the Ma
jestic hotel. I had met Miss Osborne
in Washington last winter , and you
may forget , Tommy' that on our moth
er's side I am a Daughter of the Seminole -
inole War , a society of which Miss
Osborne is the president general. I
hope Miss Osborne's presence here
will not be offensive to you , Miss
Dangerfleld. She seemed reluctant to
come , but I simply would not take no ,
and I am to send for her at four
o'clock. "
"Miss Osborne's presence is not
only agreeable to me , Mrs. Atchison , "
responded Jerry , "but I shall join you
In welcoming her. I have heard that
the ancestor through whom Barbara
; Osborne derives membership in the
( Daughters of the Semlnole War was
.afterward convicted of robbing an
orphan of whose estate he was the
trusted executor , and such being the
case I feel that tha commonest Chris
tian charity demands that I should
treat her with the most kindly consid
eration. I shall gather some roses ,
with your permission , and have them
waiting In her room when she ar
rives , with my card and compliments. "
Ardmore had rarely been so busy
&s during the afternoon. Several more
newspaper correspondents were found
prowling about the estate , and they
were added to the howling mob in the
'Ardsley cellars.
"It.has , all happened very handily
for us , " said Collins ; "we've got the
highest-priced newspaper talent in the
world right under our hands , and be
fore we turn them loose we'll dictate
exactly what history Is to know of
these dark proceedings. "
"When we've settled with Grlewold
and proved to him that he's lost out
and that the real Mr. Appleweight is
in his jail , not ours , we'll have to
find Oov. Dangerfleld and be mighty
quick about it , " replied Ardmore.
"Paul says there's a battery of South
Carolina artillery guarding the Dil-
well county jail , and that they're
fooled the people into thinking they're 1
North Carolina troops , and nobody
can get within four blocks of the jail. 1
They must have somebody in jail at
Kildare. I don't like the looks of ft. "
Jerry a pleasing figure to contem
plate in white lawn and blue ribbons
suggested that the meeting take
place in the library , as more like an
imperial council chamber ; but Ard
more warmly dissented from this. A
peace should never be signed , he
maintained. In so large a house as
Ardsley. At Appomattoz and in
many other c&stjsthat he recalled , the
opponents met in humble farmhouses.
They finally agreed on the red bunga
low as convenient and sufficiently
modest for the purpose. And so it was
arranged.
A few minutes before five the flag
ef North Carolina was hung from the
rlde veranda of the bungalow. At the
< < : - door stood an armed militiaman. Col.
4 , -
Daubenspeck had been invited to be
\ present , and he appeared accompanied
.tor MT ral other officers in full nnij j , '
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DMQ lent throve ! * the UDM to On
May , and the aimimjiir rod * back
with Grtewold , who WM
quickly by UM adjutant general
oath Carolina and naif a dozen oth
er officer * . The guard tainted a Grt-
weld ran up the steps of the yeranda ,
and at the door Ardmore met him and
greeted him formally.
At the end of a Ion * table Jerry
Dangerfleld cat with her arm * folded.
She wore , as befitting the occasion , a
gray riding-drew and a gray felt hat
perched a trifle to one side.
She bowed coldly to GrtnroM ,
whole hand , a * he surveyed the room
and glanced out at the flag that flut
tered in the doorway , went to hte
mustache with that gesture that Ard
more 00 greatly diillked ; but' Grit-
weld again bowed gravely to hie ad
versaries.
"Miss Dangerfleld , and gentlemen , '
began Oriswold , with an .air of ad
dressing a supreme tribunal , "I be-
Here this whole matter depends upon
the arrest of one Appleweight , a well-
known outlaw of North Carolina ' ' -
"I beg your pardon ' '
It was Jerry who interrupted him ,
her little fists clenching , a glint of fire
in her eyes.
"It is for me to ask your pardon.
Miss Dangerfield ! Let us agree that
this person is an unworthy citisen of
any state , and proceed. It has been
your endeavor to see this man under
arrest in South Carolina , thus reliev
ing North Carolina or her chief exec
utive of responsibility for him. We ,
on our side , have used every effort to
lodge Appleweight in jail on your side
of the state line. Am I correct ? "
Jerry nodded affirmatively.
"Then , Miss Dangerfield , and gen
tlemen , I must tell you that you have
lost your contention , for Appleweight
spent last night in Jail at Klldare , and
to secure his , safe retention there , we
generously lent your state a few of
our militia to guard him. The pro
ceeding was a trifle irregular , we ad
mit the least bit ultra vires but the
peculiar situation seemed to justify
us. "
"There are not two Bill Apple-
weights , " remarked Col. Daubenspeok.
"I assure you that the real criminal
spent last night in jail at Turner
Court House , guarded by trustworthy
men , and we are able to produce him. "
"The quickest way to settle this
point , Prof. Qrlswold , is by bringing
In your man. " remarked Ardmore
Icily.
"On the other hand" and Oris-
wold's tone was confident "as there
Is no reason for doubt that we have
the real Appleweight , and as we are
on your territory and In a measure
your guests , it is only fair that you
produce the man you believe to be
Appleweight , that we may have a look
at him first"
"Certainly , " said Jerry. "Our pris
oner does not deny his identity. It
gives us pleasure to produce him. "
At a nod from Col. Daubenspeok the
orderly at the door ran oft to where
Cooke and the prisoner waited.
In the interval there was a general
exchange of introductions at the
At the Door Stood an Armed Militia
man.
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bungalow. The adjutant general of *
South Carolina was In a merry mood
and began chaffing Ardmore upon the
deadly character < of apples found to
his orchard beyond the Raccoon.
"I deeply regret , " said Ardmore , *
rubbing his chin , "that the adjutant
general of North Carolina is suffering °
from a severe attack of paralysis
agitans and will be unable to meet
with us. "
'T deplore the fact , " replied the ad-
n
jutant general of South Carolina , "for
r
one of our scouts picked up a darky
Q
In the highway a while ago who had
on a uniform < dress-coat with the in
itial * H. Q. ' sewed in the pocket"
It you will return that garment to
me , general , " said Ardmore , ' 1 will
ee that it reaches Col. Glllingwater
by special messenger , where , upon bis
oooch of pain , he chafes over his en
forced absence from the field of daa-
of
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Steps sounded on the veranda and
all rose as Cooke appeared in the
Jeer , leading his handcuffed prisoner ,
who stood erect and glared at the
aompany in gloomy silence. 8 <
'This man , " 'said Ardmore , "we de- *
3lare to be Bill Appleweight , alias Po- bo
Leet I ask you , sir" he addressed
Lhe prisoner "to state whether you '
ire not known by one or both of these IT
names T"
The man nodded his head and grum 01
bled a reluctant affirmative.
"Prof. Griswold , " Ardmore went on ,
'the gentleman in charge of the pris m
oner is Roger Cooke , for many years JQ t
n the secret service of the United m
States. He now conducts a private
igency and is in my employ. Mr.
3ooke , I will ask you whether you
dentify this man as Appleweight ? "
"There i > no doubt of ijt whatever.
have known him for years' . I once
Treated him for nMunfntof ; sanfl n
erred a year in tke penitentiary lui
the result of that urect Yon will
too me , sir , " Cooke continued ,
ireMintT Griswold directly , "but this
te undoubtedly the man you had your
self omptnred at Mount Nebo church
two mights ago , but who was taken
from yon , as yon may not know , by
MlM Oenldine Dangerfleld.P She was
lost in the woods and cam * upon the
captive much to her own surprise. ' *
Grtewold lifted his brows in am ie-
ment and turned toward Jerry.
If that is the case , Miss Danger *
field , I salute you ! I am sorry to con *
fees , however , that I did not myself
see the man who was captured by
my friends at the church , owing , it
appears , to Miss Dangerfleld's prompt
and daring action , and the regrettable
cowardice of my men. I want to say
to you , gentlemen , in .all frankness ,
that I am greatly astonished at what
you tell me. Our prisoner is about
the same height as this man , has the
same slight stoop in the shoulders ,
and the same short beard ; but there
the resemblance ends. "
Ardmore was trying not to show toe
plainly his joy at Oriswold'8 discom
fiture. None of the South Carolina
officers had ever seen Appleweight , as
they lived remote from the scene of
his exploits. Habersham's men , wh'o
had so signally failed in the descent
upon Mount Nebo church , had taken
to the woods on the appearance of the
state soldiery along the border , and1
could not be found to identify the
man seized at the house on the creek.
Habersham had discreetly declined to
support Griswold's venture at the last
moment ; to do so would , he pleaded ,
ruin his chances of political prefer
ment in the future ; or worse things
might , Indeed , happen if he coun
tenanced and supported the armed invasion -
vasion of North Carolina by South
Carolina militia. The sealous young
militiamen who had captured the
stranger in the house on the creek
had pronounced the man Appleweight ,
and their statement had been accepted -
ed and emphasised when the man was
taken before Griswold , to whom he
stubbornly refused to make any state
ment whatever.
"Now that you cannot deny that we
have the real Appleweight , " began
Jerry , "who is , you must remember ,
a prisoner of the state of South Carolina
lina , and must be returned to the
Mingo county jail at once. I think we
may as well look at your prisoner ,
Prof. Griswold. He may be one of
Mr. Applewelghfs associates in busi
ness ; but as we are interested only in
the chief culprit , the identity of the
man you hold is of very little interest
to us. "
"If , " said Griswold , "he is not Ap
pleweight , the original blown in the
bottle "
"Jug , if you please ! " interposed
Ardmore very seriously.
"Then we don't care about him and
I shall make you a present of him. "
"Or , " remarked Ardmore , "I might
exchange him for a ruffian I captured
myself down on the Raccoon. He
seemed quite insane , declaring him
self to be the governor of South Carolina
lina and I locked him up in a corncrib -
crib for safe keeping. "
( TO BE CONTINUED. )
THREE ACTORS IN SORROW
Showing How Easily Makers of Mirth
May Be Involved In Personal
Tragedy.
A pathetic story of the tragedies of1
the stage is revealed by David Beeh-
er , who has just returned from Sioux
City , la. , where he encountered De
Wolf Hopper and Arthur Dunn.
The trio were in the West hotel in
Sioux City. It was their first meeting
n years. After the exchange of cour
tesies had been passed Mr. . Dunn
asked Hopper , "How are your folks ? "
and received the reply , "Very well ,
thank you. How are yours ? " "Im
mense/ replied Dunn.
Three days later Mr. Hopper re
ceived a wire announcing the death of
his mother and was forced to cancel
engagements. That same day , two
hours later , Mr. Dunn received a tele
graphic announcement of his father's
death , and on the same night was in-
brmed that his brother-in-law
- - , Ezra
Kendall , bad passed away. The m n
met on the outgoing train from Sioux
City and condoled with each other j
over the bereavement which had befallen - 7
fallen them. Chicago America * .
To Gain Social Succet * . nd nt
To be successful socially , a womaa d
must possess brains and looks , a
ready wit and perfect manners. She
must be well posted on general top
ics and have a fund of what the Eng
lish call "small talk. " She can never
rise to any prominence In the social
world unless she has a firm will ,
sound sense and ready sympathies.
These qualities , added to enough of
wealth to do as she would do , make
the best and most representative type v
the American society woman. But v
then , our women possess jOl these §
qualities even when their lives are ti
aot thrown in the most pleasant tig tie
places. No woman In the world pos g
sesses the adaptability of the Ameri
can woman. She always knows what in
do and when to do it iia iir
No Place for Him. E
'It's a funny thing , " said the tall
nan. " but when we lived on the first
Seer of our apartment house we had
sne baby. Twins came when we , t !
moved to the second floor and "
d
"That's enough , " yelled the short '
'f (
nan in wild excitement "I'm going
vacate to-morrow. We've just
noved on the fourth floor ! " *
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A Tongue Twlstir. ibc
The watch that watched the watch c
hat watched that watch , watched the si
sit
patch that watched that watch that t (
patched that watch watch that watch. tl
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V
POLICY OF PLUNDER
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE INIQUI
TOUS TAX ON WOOL.
ftchdule Well Described by President
Taft as "Indefensible" Hold-Up
Qame to Which People of
Country Submit.
If the United States should be cut
off suddenly from the rest of the
world you would be in a heap of trou
ble about the time you should go to
buy your next winter's suit of clothes.
Prices % would be way up , and the
took to select from scanty. You
would find the same difficulty in buy
ing underwear and blankets and car
pets.
pets.This
This country produces only , a little
more than half the wool it uses. With
out the product of foreign countries
there wouldn't be anywhere near
enough to go 'round. Even as it is ,
wool Is so valuable that none of it is
wasted. The rag man goes about and
gathers up old clothes , which are
chopped up. The yarn Is saved and
made Into inferior grades of cloth.
The shoddy and the mixtures of
wool and cotton testify to the scarc
ity of the pure fabric.
Woolen goods are among the neces
saries of life , like shoes and bread
and butter. Every family must use
them. Certainly It Is for the general
welfare that they be produced at as
reasonable a price as possible.
But there are some great western
syndicates raising sheep , and there
are some great eastern corporations
manufacturing wooten cloth , and it Is
to their interest that the prices be
kept high. A few weeks before the
ways and means committee met to
frame the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill
representatives of these two branches
of the wool industry conferred in Chicago
cage and decided that the tariff rates
on wool and woolens were "satis
factory" and must not be changed.
"Satisfactory ? " It Is to laugh ! On
the variety of wool which is so scarce
in this country that it simply must be
imported In quantities to supply the
people , the duty is 11 cents a pound ,
which is nearly half as much as the
wool is worth. The American people
maintain an artificial price half as
much again as the commodity Is
worth , on an article which every family -
ily must have , in order to swell the
profits of the sheep-raising syndicates
of the western plains.
But don't the manufacturers complain - ,
plain of the-price of their raw mate
rial ? Not they. They are in on the ,
grab themselves. Lest foreign manu
facturers , buying their wool at a rea
sonable price , sell the finished prod-
ust In the United States at a figure .
that might bring woolen suits and
woolen underwear and woolen blan
kets wlthifi the reach of every family ,
$
the importation of woolen goods Is
heavily penalized.
The American manufacturers are
first given a duty which is calculated
to compensate them for the extra
price they must pay for their wool.
Then on top of that they are given
another duty just to make sure that
they have the field virtually to them
selves , so that they can get their own
prices for their fabrics.
On one variety of dress goods , for
instance , of which a large quantity
Is Imported , they are allowed first the
compensatory duty of 44 cents a
pound to compensate them for the
11 cents a pound which they must
pay extra on their raw wool , counting
four pounds of raw wool to one pound
of the finished fabric. In addition
they are allowed 55 per cent ad
valorem. The total protection to the
manufacturer is more than 100 per
cent on the value of the product.
That is , so long as he keeps his price
at about twice what the fabric could
p
be bought for abroad , he need fear n
no foreign competition. ii
And the American people stand for iiei
this sort of a hold-up game , worked f (
by combination of westeAi
a syndi g
cates and eastern corporations ! gei
Is it any wonder that President ei
Taft called this whole schedule "inde eiw
fensible ? " Or that the woolen trust P
is in a panic lest a congress domi C
nated by progressives , meeting In extra ti
tiai
tra session , lop off these monstrous ai
duties ? it
itw
"Uncle Joe" Cannon says that he
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has had his fling. He has ; and the
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consumer is trying to do the best he tld
tlm
can to pay thehill. , Milwaukee Jour m
nal.
:
When the Payne-Aldrich tariff hill
was before congress in 1909 there was
widespread criticism of those con
gressmen who allowed the special in
terests of certain of their constitu
ents to outweigh considerations of .
general welfare.
The same situation is likely to arise
the consideration of the Canadian
reciprocity treaty. Special interests :
arfc special interests , whether in New Si
England or in the Mississippi valley. is
Makes for Reciprocity.
Preparations now making for an ul
timate test of Canada's antl-trast law ta
develop probability of most potent aifl of
for the reciprocity movement. th
Canada's highest court has found y
against the law. In order to secure jo
jowl
final test , injunction suit will be wl
brought by a large manufacturing con th
thwl
cern. The unusual condition Is pre wl
sented of a trust Itself taking the mat sp
ter Into court in the attempt to show th
that the country has no law that can thmi
prevail against the workings of the mi
monopoly system. ke :
HAVE CHANCE TO fc E GOOD
Democratic Opportunity Is Here anff
Leaders of the Party Must
Recognize It.
The first session of a Democratic
housie of representatives for sixteen
years Is on. This exclusion of the
Democratic party from the control of
the representative branch is the long
est continuous one on record. That
which extended through the Civil war
and reconstruction periods'was strict
ly two terms less , the first congress
of the Lincoln administration having
been turned from Democratic to Re
publican by the secession of southern
members , and the conversion of many
northern Democrats to the support of
the administration.
The long period of experience on
the outside for the Democrats was due
to Democratic stupidity just as the recent
*
cent loss of the houseby the Repub
licans was caused by Republican
fatuity. It is one of the instructive
facts of our politics for the past twen
ty years that political overturns have
been caused not by the virtues of the
outsiders who won , but by the blunders
or offenses of the insiders , who paid
the penalty by losing. The Demo
crats in 1895 and 1896 saddled them
selves with the free silver craze and
for eight terms thereafter have never
regained power. The Republicans last
year handicapped themselves with
standpattism and are now on the ex
terior. '
The lesson should not be lost on the
present situation. The Democrats
start out with roseate hopes and glow
ing promises. But the real test will be
.
in performance. And as the whole issue
j
sue seems to center about the tariff , if
both parties can eschew maneuvers
for political advantage and agree upon
a moderate tariff , which will stay re
vised , the relief of the country from
further uncertainty will be welcome.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
"I Started the Canal. "
The Bombastes Furioso of tragic in-
vention has his occasional counterpart
off the mimic stage. Note the followl
ing swaggering confession of Colonel
:
Roosevelt on his travels in California ,
broadly describing the method employed -
ployed in the seizure of the canal zone :
"I am interested In the Panama ca-
nal because I started It. If I had followed -
lowed traditional , conservative methods -
ods I would have submitted a digni
fied state paper of probably two nun-
dred pages to congress , and the de
bate on it would have been going on
yet ; but I took the canal zone and
let congress debate , and while the de-
hate goes on the canal does also. " J
The territory belonged to the neigh
boring state of Colombia. "I took it , "
says the colonel. "I started the ca
nal , " says the colonel.
By the time the canal shall have
been finished and paid for the people
of the United States will be out of
pocket some $400,000,000. It will take
p
$12,000,000 more to fortify it ; and
about $6,000,000 per year to maintain
an army of occupation.
A hill was introduced in the last
congress and passed by the house , Tlti
which- provided that : "All the mili tit
tary , civil and judicial powers of the
IfTlted States in the canal zone , in v
cluding the power to make all laws ,
rules and regulations necessary for si
the government of the canal zone , sie
shall he vested in the president. " e
This would practically establish a n
monarchy , over which the president
would rule as king. It Is quite In line
with the Rooseveltian preach and
practice. It is safe to say , however , B
that no such grant of autocratic power re
will be approved by the present con reI [
gress. It was a happy day for the
country when the Rough Rider ceased- ei
to be president and went on his trav eib
els in Africa.
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Steel and the Tariff. r
The Democrats will be sustained by io
ioti
public opinion in any effort they .may ti ;
Qiake to remove the inequalities and sc
scoi
injustices which characterize our pres- oi
oioi
snt tariff law. It ought to be possible oi
'or them , with the help of the insur
gents < , which we have no doubt can be
had , to improve matters very consid
erably. Campaign speakers next year d
fvill not find it easy To convince the ac
people < that the Unit&d States Steel ri
riD
orporation better known as tha D
trust needs any protection. There
ire some things , of course , on which cl :
is possible to stand pat , but that islet clh
lot one of them. There is no reason h <
why tin plate should cost more here al
alm
han abroad. At least it may be said m
hat the present margin between the fu
lomestic < and the foreign prices is
nuch too great.
The decision of the Democratic ty
aucus in Washington to abolish thIn
sinecures in the house Is to he heart- thM
ly commended but what the country M >
vants to see Is retrenchment in the InSI
idminlstration of the government de SI
triments ; not the saving of a few -
.housand dollars , but the saving of
nillions. <
CO ]
Among the Articles that are "fabri-
ated" in this country , for which Mr.
m
Jmoot is so solicitous , of course , none
more important than the tariff.
Sessfon Likely to Be Lone , . I
Everything that this coungress under-
akes will be considered in the light
Its possible or probable effect on
he presidential campaign of next -
ear. The Democrats , having a ma-
ority in the house of representatives ,
-
devote their energies to putting .
he Republicans in a hole if they can ,
irhile the Republicans will , one fears , go
ati
pend no little time setting traps In
he expectation that the Democracy
rill walk in. It Is possible that these
aore or less important maneuvers will
eep congress In session all summer.
THE PRICE OF
UNO INCREASING
THE "BACK TO THE LAND" CRY
IS EFFECTIVE.
Traveling through the state of Iowa
the other day , and Iowa is no excep
tion to the story about to be related ,
the writer was shown a farm that was
offered three years ago for $250 an
acre. That appeared to be a high fig
ure for land upon which , the owner
depended upon the-crops of corn , hogs
and cattle that could be raised upon
it But itwasn't. . A few weeks since
the farm changed hands at $325 an
acre. Over in Illinois , down in In
diana , up in Wisconsin , across the
line In Minnesota , the same experi
ence was met with. And then atten
tion Is directed to Canada , which has *
been the Mecca of so many hundred
thousand Americans during the past
few years. Not only in Eastern Can
ada has the price of lands increased ,
but in Western. Canada , during the
past few weeks , farm lands have In
creased ( from three to five dollars an
acre I , with the prospect of a similar
II
advance I during the next three months.
The reason for this Is very apparent ,
and J in a few words it may be pointed
out < that the lands are worth a great
deal < more than the present prices.
The Northwestern Agriculturist of 1
Minneapolis ] , a paper that was one of j
the 1 first of the American farm papers
to 1 discover the real merits of the
1I
lands I of Manitoba , Saskatchewan and
Alberta , says : "The reciprocity schedule -
ule would encourage American farmers -
ers to move to Canada , where the vir
gin soil will produce greater crops of
fI
grain with less labor than can be pro
duced in our own farms in the North
west. The result will be to enhance
land values in Canada. " This paper
is afraid land values in Canada will be
1c
enhanced at the expense of land
values in the United States. In face
of the fact that land values in the
United States are increasing the reasoning
1E
soning scarcely holds. 'The reason for
the advance in value of Canadian
lands is partly accounted from the
fact , admitted by this paper , that Can
ada's virgin soil will produce "greater
crops of grain with less labor. " But
J
that is not the only reason. During
the past twelve months 320,000 people
ple have made Canada their home and
these are mostly of the farming class.
They want farms , and the demand as
well as the wealth of the soil is regu
lating the price. A study of the in
crease . in the acreage of land put un
der crop last year , which can be had
from any Canadian government repre
sentative * , will prove the point , that
the demand is increasing at a greater
ratio than even the most sanguine
would have predicted.
Baby Teethes on the Table.
"We are called upon to repair all
kinds of damages , " a furniture dealer
the other day * said. "But the most
puzzling defacement I ever saw was
that which appeared on a beautiful
mahogany table brought in for refin-
Ishlng. All around Its margin were
rows of scratches and small indenta
tions which were hard to explain , as
the ] table was otherwise uninjured.
' "What happened to it ? ' I asked
when the owner came in.
' "Well , she replied , 'the baby in
sisted on cutting his teeth around the
edge of it. Of course , it was rather
expensive : , hut we both think there is
nothing too good for the baby. ' "
Symptoms Were There.
"Your husband might have a little
solid ( food directly he begins to
mend , " said the doctor. "But how am
to tell ? " inquired the anxious wife.
"The convalescent stages of influ-
jnza , " replied the doctor , "are marked t .
V.
ay : a slight Irritability. "
The next day he called and found
he patient's wife radiant. "When I
refused to order bis steak and on-
ons , " she explained , "he came into
he kitchen and smashed fourteen
soup plates and a dinner service ; so ,
f course , I sent out for steak at
mce. " Stray Stories.
Too Fresh.
"Will you promise to support my
laughter in the style In which she is
iccustomed if I consent to your mar-
iage ? " demanded old Skinflint , when
Debby made his formal proposal.
"Well , I I'll promise to be tolerably
lose with her , Mr. Skinflint , " said
Debby , "but you know , I'm a soft-
learted cuss , and I'm afraid she'll be
ible to wheedle a few things out of
ne that you were strong enough to re
use her. " Judge.
Country's Oldest Weaver.
Mrs. Melissa Hodgdon , aged seven-
y-five years , who runs four looms In
he weaving department of the York
Manufacturing company , at Saco ,
Ie. , and claims the distinction of be-
ng the oldest weaver in the United
States , began work in this plant 55
-ears ago the middle of this month "
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