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TEE OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE. Canada's Grain Cities the Wheat Hopper of the Great Northwest Permbr 81, lfjfW. '0 L (Copyright. 1905, by Frank O. Carpenter.) OKT ARTHUR. Ontario, Do. 28. I (Special Correspondence of The 2SS great grain funnel at the end of the hopper down which Canada's wheat In pouring Into the boats of Lake Superior. The crop amounted to more than 100,000,000 bushels, and during the season a steady strcHin of golden grain ho rolled into Port Arthur. Hero and at the sister city of Kart William, four miles away, are some of the might iest elevators of the world. Theso are now packed almost to bursting, and aro closed up for the winter to await the open ing of navigation In April or May. Port' Arthur and Fort William aro the Duluth and Superior City of the Canadian northwest. They promise to have an equal busineea with thoso American grain ports, and at the same time to take the place of St. Paul and Minneapolis Into the vast region now opening up above the Interna tional boundary. Both have excellent har bors. Port Arthur la situated right on Thunder bay, and Kort Williams Is four miles away, a little back from the bsy, at the mouth of the Kamlnlstlqua river. The citlos are on the north Bldo of Lake Superior, two or three hundred miles from Duluth, and within about 400 miles t f Win nipeg, the Chicago of Western Canada. At both towns there Is plenty of water for the biggest of lake steamers, and a great caravan of boats Is moving back and forth between them and the east during eight months of the oear. The ports already have connection with the west by tho Can adian Paclrtc railroad and the new Can adian Northern, and the Grand Trunk Pacldo Is now building a brunch which will connect with lis main line and thus bring another river of wheat to this point. By these roads Port Arthur and Fort M'llllam have access to every part of the Wheat fcelt, and the trafflc which will grow up in consequence, will ninke this one of tho commercial centers of the Canada of the future. The Ilreear West. At least that Is what the Port Arthurltes and Fort William. tea claim, and they claim It so enthusiastically that I believe thcin. I like the towns. They uro full of the spirit of the breezy west. You can feel it In ,the air. The moment I landed on Thun der bay the cold, calculating wet blanket of the moneyed east fell from my shoul ders and I seemed to stand strong and free In a land with a future. This region Is moro like the United States than eastern Canada. It Is full of twentieth century progress. The towns aro made up of young men, with red blood In their veins. Tim people look at the future through the right end of the opera glass and most of them have micro scopes In front of the lenses. Bveryone Is building alrcastles not In Spain, but upon Lake Superior and although lie ac- - Hi ; ff vi' v.. " . Some Interesting Timely and Tersely Told Tales Both Grim Gentle Touch of Charity. 1 183 Mary Richmond of the -Phila M delphia Society for Organizing Charity abominates professional beggar, and ho innumerable stories in proof of the worthless- liess of these men. Many of Miss Richmond's stories have a hupioruus turn. Thus, recently, Bhe said: "As an Kinsltah gentleman was walking down a quiet street he heard a raucous vole say: " Cbarlly! For the love of heaven, cliarlti'I' "Tho gentleman, u true philanthropist, turned and saw a thin and ragged figure at whose bream hung a card saying: 'I am blind' The gentleman took a coin from ha pocket and dropped it into the blind beggar' cup. "But the coin wa dropped from too great a height and it bounced out again. It fell and rollod along the pavement, the beggar In pursuit. Finally it lodged in tua gutter, ' whence the blind man libhed it out. "The gentleman said in u stern voice: " 'Confound you. you are no more blind than I am.' "The beggar at Hie.' words looked at the placard on bis breast uud gave a start of surprise. " 'Right you are, boss,' he said. 'Blamed If they haven't put the wrong card on me. I'm duaf and dumb.' "New Yirk Tribune. Too Far from Market. Boon after the civil war General Rufus Ingalls, U. S. A., visited a friend in the uutli. Taking a walk one morning he met a boy coming up from the liver with a fine string of lish. "What will you take for your tish?" asked the general. "Thirty cents." was the reply. "Thirty cents!" replied tho general in astonishment. "Why. if you were in New York you could get $3 for them." The boy looked critically at the officer for a moment and then said, scornfully: "Yes, suh; en I reikon If I had a bucket of water In hell I could get a million for It." Saturday livening Post. A Draautr Atnuu Legislators. A drummer by the nam of John Put ton, who was stopping at a hotel in Mont peller, Vt., when the legislature was in session, found hi hotel, the Pavilion, was the headquarter of most of the representa tives. When supper was announced the legis lator rushed in and took their places and began to call upon each other to pass th food, saying: "Will th man from Brad ford please pas the roll?" or "Will th gentleman from Essex pas the pie?" or "Would the man from Portland please pass th butter?" Thl did net salt th drummer, who had ba unabl to gt anything, and during t S3 VICTOItlA AVENTR FORT WTLIJAJt. knowledges that he has not yet gotten be yond the foundations, he can In his mind's eye see thirty-story skyscrapers far surpassing the cities of the present. Port Arthur has 6,000 population and Fort Wil liam 1,000 more. Nevertheless, their citi zens rather sneer at Montreal and Winni peg and think that when Joined together they will be the great middle city of the Canada, of te future. Panadn'n Future Cities. Said F. B. Allen, the editor of the Port Arthur Chronicle, to me last nlsht, as he put his thumbs In the armholes of his veHt and threw out his chest: "The Canada of the future will have three big cities. One may possibly be Montreal, but I rather think It will be situated on the Atluntic ocean east of that point. The second may be Vancouver, but I rather think It will be Port Simpson, at the terminus of the new Grand Trunk Pa cific, and the third will certainly be at Port Arthur, for this Is the natural situa tion set aside for a great metropolis by the Almighty. Nature has put the re sources here and given us the combination of water powers, railroads and the Great Lakes. We are at the very neck of things, and there Is no possibility for any place te compete with us. We can get coal hy water at the lowest freight rate and we have mountains of Iron In the Antl kokan range nearby. Mackenzie 4 Mann are already putting up blast furnaces which will make 100 tons of pig Iron a day. and we shall eventually be a great Indus trial center. Wo already have one of the largest sawmills on the lake, and there is plenty of lumber within easy reach. "We have ir0.f0 available horse power In the rivers and fulls nearby. At the Kaka beka falls, which we are now developing, the water drops lsn feet, and It will pro duce. It is said. ItyVOOO-horse power. A plant Is now being nut In which will de velop S0 00O. and 10.000 of this will be ready for delivery pent June. Some of your big threshing machine rotnrnls have already bousrht land and will build factories here. Well known plow people of Mollne have recently bpen looking over the ground.' and we expect in time to rnsko here the agricultural machinery and fnrmlng tools of the great west. We roeentiv had a rep resentative of the T'nlted PtHtes Hteel trust Investigating our poKsthlHtles. "Tt wmm plant In Canada, where It can mannfao tnrn end Five the hl'h duties entailed by our protective tariff." Port Arthnr ly Mnanllirht. Speaking of the enthusiasm of the Tort Arthurltes. the night I arrived I walked up the street and entered a stationery store. While making a purchase I hap pened to remark that the town was beauti fully located. "It Is," said the clerk. "Come with me and I will show you one of the finest views of the world Just back of this store." Supposing it a walk of a minute or so, a brief Interval of quiet he turned to th colored waiter and remarked: "Will the gentleman from Ethiopia please paa tho broad?" Boston Herald. Man and Wife. The snow was falling. The day was still and gray and cold. Dr. Parkhurst, shaking tho white flakes from his shoulders, aald: "I have Just witnessed an instructive happening a happening that might teach us why some marriages do not succeed. "A man and his wife were walking down a back street. The man had his hands In his pockets. The woman carried a basket lUlod with cabbage and beets. "A group of boys danced like Imps on a corner. They had snowballs in their hands. As soon as the married couple had passed them they let drive. "But only the woman wa struck. She got the heavy blows about the head and face. Every snowball, somehow, missed the man. "Ho looked at his wife as she brushed th snow out of her ear and hair, and then ' lie shook his ftst at the boys and shouted: " 'It's a good thing for you, you young rascals, that you didn't hit me.' "Chicago Inter Ocean. A Hold Ilvn. A civil war veteran, several times rep-reki.-nta.tlve from his own district to the New Hampshire legislature and at one lime speaker of the house, had Just re turned home from a closing session of tho legislature, at which, says a wilier In the Manchester Union, the law pertain ing to the right-of-way to pedestrians had been pafscd. He was crossing the street from his office one day soon after his return wb"n an electric car came bounding along. Tho motorman. alive to the danger of the veteran, made frantic efforts to attract his attention. and when they failed shouted: "Look out, major! If you don't get off the track I shall run over you." The major stopped stock still In the mid dle of the track. "If you do, young man, you'll hang for it," he said, firmly. New Turk Tribune. i 1 till Hympalhetle. Among our circle of friends there was a very warm -supporter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, who, though earnest and sincere, sometime bored by oversea!. We set trap to lead her into an admission of the evil In ani mal nature, but she always managed to make out a good case for ber dumb friends. One day we felt that we at last had a case in which ah could bav no possibl sympathy for th animal. It was a dread ful story, published in a newspaper, of a baby who had been literally eaten alive by a large and ferocious cat. We gave her the clipping and watohed with aatl faction th loais gather Ln Lor eye a ci.e i ...i mm. I consented. The clerk grabbed his hat and out we went. He tramped me two miles up the hills back of Port Arthur, leading mc on and on through one rugged district after another, until I wondered whether I had struck a gold brick agent or some other confidence man. At last, when we were out anions the real estate signs, he struck an attitude and exclaimed: "Behold Port Arthur." It was moonlight and I could see here and there ghost-like houses scattered over the hills, while down on the shore of the lake was the ragged skyline of the one and two-story business section running along widp board walks, with the mighty elevators beyond, on the edge of the water. It was a good moonlight, view of Thunder New Lowe Avenue Presbyterian Church HB cut represents the new Lowe Avenue Presbyterian church to be erected on the southeast corner of Fortieth and Nicholas streets, the site of the present house of worship. It will occupy a ground space of 120x150 feet, and coat, including furnish- 11 ,.,.u 1. . mil 1111 11 .. 1.) 1 'i' 1 piw!.ii ! J i" iir. 'I'M a'.'.-' 'Ml "V r1 mirr.cn wiucn the utwe read. "We've got her now!" we mur mured, triumphantly. Finally ah looked up, and we all held our breath to listen to her comment. She Bpoke In heart-broken tones. "Think!" she said, "Just think bow hungry the poor cat must havo been!" Advantages of Affidavits. The suggestion of un English barrister that a certain matter was a proper sub ject for oral examination, not for affida vit, agreed with the emphatic opinion of au English Justice, recently retired. He was once trying a cuse at the Manches ter assizes, in which a man bad been cross-examined upon an affidavit. Sum ming up the evidence to th jury, th Judge said: "Gentlemen, of all tbe weapon In th whole armory of iniquity there is nothing to equal an affidavit for concealing tbe truth." Rabbi and Priest. Th friendship existing between Futher Kelly and Rabbi Levi of Chicago is proof against dln"ereiues in rare and religion. Each is distinguished for his learning, his eloquence and his wit; and they delight in chafing each other. They were sitting opposite each other at a banquet where some delicious ham was served, and Father Kelly made comments upon its flavor. Presently he leaned forward and in a vole that carried far, he addressed his friend: "Rabhl Levi, when are you going to be come liberal enough to eat ham?" "At your Wedding, Father Kelly," re torted the rabbi Sacred Heart Review. torn Epitaphs, The following Inscriptions are said to have been seen an a double, headstone In a New England graveyard: Rebecca Robinson. Died March 1. 1S27. "I await my huslmnd." Thomas Roblnsoi.. Died August . lKWi. "I have come." I'nder these lines somo wag had Scratched on tho stone: Late, as usual. On another headstone in the am ceme tery is this Inscription: Hezeklah Rannv. Died June 2t, lslu. On hi 21st birthday. "Lord, I e-xiected this, but not so soon." Gaod Matto for Promoter. When Thomas Fortune Ryan first began to show his skill as a manipulator of busi ness enterprises he met his old parish priest while visiting his Virginia home. "Tom, my son," said the clergyman, "now that you have started ut on what bid fair to be a great business career I want to giv you a word of advice." "I know what it Is, father," said Ryan, remembering a l'avorit remark of th priest. "You will tell me. 'Do right and fear not.' Isn't that It?" "No, my son." said Uia priest, wlta a T Wi3 . v n . nr-i r-vpti n r m v m bay, but, all told, was not worth the tramp out Into the country. Fort William and Port Arthur are rivals. Port Arthur was built lirst. It was started by the Canadian Pmllir railroad, but shortly after its birth, the baiy town devldi'd to tax that great coi ponil'n. This made the railway people angry. ;ind It is ald that Mr. Van Home, now Sir .Villia.u Van Home, decided to spank the Infant Port Arthur by making Fort illUni his lake terminus, lie thereupon took away tho railway shops to Fort William. Tiyl.14 that he would yet seo the gntKs" grow in ttvi streets of Port Arthur. For a th le til.) grills did grow. bu'. til 11 the ('Hiiaill.iti Northern came in. and r.nw Port Arthur has the trniPx of both muds, although tin chief btinln-ss 01 the Canadian I'aiim: I done at Fort William. Fort William has the Canadian I'atiliij elevators, with a cupat-ity of something Ilk-! 18.000.0(10 bushels. Port Arthur ii is th Canadian Northern elevator, which will hold T.Ono.O'V) Inishclw. and the two low in are now. running neck nnd neck as 10 otlur Improvements. They are both enterpriBiiiir. Both are building up rapidly and they will eventually come together. They a:e hN ready united by a street car line, and the land between them has been divided iip Into town lots, although for faiiui'.ig pur pose It would hardly be worth 10 ctnts an acre. Municipal Ownership. Both Port Arthur and Fort William be lieve. In municipal ownership. They . man age their own electric lights, telephones and water works. Port Arthur owns the street car line which supplies the transpor tation facilities of both cities, and the fare from .one to the other, a distance of four miles, is only 5 cents.' The car line was put In when Mr. Van Hornu moved the hops to Fort WlUlam, In order to keep the employes who lived at Port Arthur there, and th electric light system was instituted by the cljy because the town wanted lights and no one elso would sup Ings. 20.00il The building will face on Fortieth etreet. The main auditorium will have a capacity of 340 persons and tho Sunday school apartment, which will bo divided Into separate rooms, a new depar ture, will accommodate 300. These two apartments will ba so arranged us to bu .1 yinf m mw vmi n". u 1 1111. J'.. ,1, yf" 'i l4l llilil 111 . aventte presbtteriax coxgregattott is pni:r.viiT7TO to erect. twinkle in hi eye. "It is, 'Don't writ and fear not.' ' It Is said that th financier ha never failed to act on that advice. senator Knox and th Office Boy. Mr. Knox, at present a senator from Pennsylvania, was formerly engaged In the practice of law In Pittsburg, relates th Saturday Evening Pwst. On day, says a friend, Mr. Knox was much put out to find on hi arrival at hi office that everything wu topsy-turvy and that the temperature of his room was much too low for comfort. Summoning his oifice boy, a lad but recently entered in his employ, the lawyer asked who bad raised every window in the place on such a cold morning. "Mr. Muldoon, sir." was the answer. "Who is Mr. Muldoon?" ai-ked the attor ney. "The janitor, sir." "Who carried off my waste banket?" wws the next question. "Mr. Rellly. sir." "And who Is Mr. Rellly?" "He's the man that cleans the looms." Mr. Knox looked sternly at the boy and aald: "fee here. Richard, we call men by tiitir first names here. We don't 'mistor' them in this office. Do you understand?" "Yes. sir." And the boy retired. In h few minutes he reappeared and in a shrill, piping voice announced: "There's a gentleman that wants to see you, Philander." Origin of "Grand Old Mau." Rev. Edward Lloyd Jones of Manchester. England Is credited with having origlnsted the phrase 'She grand old man" as applied to Mr. tiladstoive. During the Irish agltu lion it became necessary that detective should follow Mr Gladstone for the purpose of protection, and as the liberal leader lived at Hawardcn, in Flintshire, that oounty, then governed by quarter sessions, was asked to pay tho bill. The magistrates, nearly all tories In those days, obJectcC. Wl.eieupon Mr. Lloyd Jones, who wan then a minister at Rhyl, promptly called au In dignation meeting. He asked a lawyer who was present to state whether, if the life of a common tramp was In peril, it was not the duty of the county to protect him. The lawyer said that undoubtedly it was. "Then," shouted Mr. Junes. "If it is the duty of this county to protect the beggar tit our doors, are we going to allow tho precious life of that grand old man at Hawarden to go unprotected?" That meet ing settled the quarter sessions' objection and th title stuck. Th British Prmltr. Blr Henry Campbell-Bannerman. accord ing to the Dundee Advertiser, seem to be the tint prime minister of purely Celtic train. Although hi mother wa a Ban nertnan of Manchester, her father .settled Uir from Scotland and up In Abardesa- 4 is - , . 'J j, i", 4 A, ,' ..i'r.'.V i. vie ; r ', ply the money. As it is. Port Arthur ha now about HOO.OOu Invested In municipal enterprises, and is making 8 per cent on all it has spent. The actual proAt last year were almost 125,000. The total cost of run ning tho town was $100,000, that the telephones, street cars, electric light and waterworks paid altogether Just ono-fourta of the taxes, t talked with a councilman. Ho said: "Our assessment this year will be about 20 mills, but this Includes the rate we pay on a bonus of $225,000 which we gave for tho establishment of the blast furnace here. We are cutting down our taxes, and we believe that these Institutions will eventually pay all the expense of running tho municipality. We own a power plant. made into one when desired. The plan is to begin construction In April and finish it in tho fall, a early as possible. Money for the building is being raised by sub scription, something like $12J0O now being in hand and an active campaign to raise the rest i la progress. 1 1 ' " ' r ..'-i''7 ii ' " ''. - ir.xxbfir. shire, where the liannermans bail from, there 1 little but th Celtic element. Pa ternally Sir Henry Is out and out a Celt. . hi grandfather and father being fresh to Glasgow from the heathery Highland hill, both his father and uncle, who built up th great business in the Second City which still bear their name, were, when freed from the conventionalities of commercial life, enthuslustlc Highlander.. A business men their Highland mother said to the in: "What James (Sir Henry's father) plan and William carries out canna go wrong." Girlish (tunlltle. Patlonce and gentleness are necessary qualities in every girl's life. Patience aids in extinguishing envy, overcoming anger, and crushing pride. How much good may be done and joy brought by a gentle word or look. Truly, "a soft answer turneth away wrath." Girls are nut called upon to do great things, except In rare Instances; but tl.e everyday trials of life In the ordi nary and appointed e-xcrxises of Christian graces afford ample scope for practicing that vlrue of mankind which has become proverbial. The best exercises of patience and self-denial, and the latter because not chosen by ourselves, are those in Which we have to bear with the failings of those uliout us to endure neglect when we ex pected thanks to bear with disappoint ment in our expectations, with Intrusion or disturbance; in short, with whatever op poses our will or contradicts our humor. A Lincoln it rile. Judr.e James II. r:ulwell, a pioneer of Chicago, possesses an Interesting relic of Abraham Ijncoln. It is nothing less than an epigrammatic definition of democracy. In the handwriting ot" the martyr president. The document reads: "As I would not Iw a rlave, s I would not be a master. Thl expresses my Idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the diftVience. Is no democ racy. A. LINCOLN." This historical bit of paper was given to Judge Brads ell by Mrs. Lincoln, whom he served as attorney for several yeajs duiing her residence in Chicago. Lincoln Is be lieved to have penned il as a note for ora torical Ufl while he was campoignii.t; against Stephen A. Dousl."S, Judge lfiad woll has been offe red la rye sums of mousy for It by museums and private collectors, but refuses to part with it. He knew Mrs. Lincoln intimately and cherishes a warm admiration for her. lis says of her: "She has not len given, her Just dues by the opl whom her husband served so nobly." , So Soon forgotten. Thl story was told by Corporal Tanner, who has seen many presidents and knows much about thsra: "On th 6th of Manr.h, 1U6. I call! e x Fraidit Arthur, who had uet yt ult l;: t'l; ! tJ ,.i - TUB WORTJJ'fl BIGGEST ELEVATOR, AT in addition, and we can furnish oer at low rates." Cheap Lights and Telephones. "But does It not cost the consumers more to have the lights and telephones managed by the town?" "No. Our street car fare for a nine-mile ride Is 6 cents. I use twenty-one lights in my house and I ci.n keep them burning all day and all night for $3.70 a month. Our telephones are so low that we axe crowding the Bell company out." I find the same conditions as to municipal ownership prevail at Fort William. Mr. Trautman, the editor of the Times-Journal, tells me that that city has Invested less than $5uO,0UO III Its llht. Water works and telephone plants, and that It euuld today ell Its franchise for $1.UU0,0D0. Said he: "We have now 0UO 'phones and are practically crowding the private tele phone company out of existence. We charge $1 a month per 'phone in residence and $2 a month in business houses. At this rate we made a prollt of $1,000 lust year, after paying our interest and sinking fund. We expect to lower tho rates In the future, and In two years from now we hall be furnishing residence 'phones at GO cents a month and business hou.ses at $1 a month. Wo arc paying our hello girls twice a much as is paid by the liell com pany for the same service." World's Biggest Elevator. During my stay here I have gone through the wueat elevators. They are among the largest of the world, and that of the Ca nadian Northern at Port Arthur Is equaled by no elevator on earth. This elevator Is built right out in the lake. It consists of two mighty barn-like skyscrapers, with a great forest of herculean grain tanks be tween them. The skyscrapers contain ma chinery and some storage tanks. The forest is mado up of mighty cylinders of tiles bound together with steel, each of which will hold i'3.0u0 bushels of wheat. These are ltH) such towors, and in uddltlon other tonka mode by the Interstices among them. Th great tank forest covers sovoral acres, and it rises to the height of an eight-story house, each tank being twenty-ono feet in diameter or the width of an average parlor. The elevator altogether will hold 7,000,000 bushels of wheat, which Is enough to sup ply a city of 1,500,000 Philadelphia, for in stancewith flour the year round. It cost $1,500,009 to build, and it can, 1 am told handle wheat as rapidly as any elevator on the great lakes. The wheat conies In In cars, ench of which holds about 1,000 bushels. It Is carried in 'Ulk and Is dumped from the cars into the basements of the great buildings at the sides of the tanks. From here it is carried to the top of the elevator by endless bucket traveling at the rate of rinti a minute, or more than ten every second. These buckets hold almost a bushel, and there Is a con tinuous stream of wheat running from tho cars to the top of tho elevator. There It Washington and wa staying at the house of his secretory of state, Mr. Ftellng huysen. To my intense surprise, Mr. Arthur, when be learned my visit wa only a personal and friendly one, was so affected that tears came In bis eyes. " "Tanner," said he, 'I never before knew the tragedy of the ex-president Cntil noon of th 4th of March men were crowding each other for the privilego of speaking to me. I was treated with profound defer ence and sought by everybody. Since that hour I huvo been alone and neglected. Tanner, you are the first man who has called upon mo since noon of tho 4th of March.' " ' Whose Witness? When Rufu Choate was United States district attorney in Boston three sailors were before his court for the robbery from their ship of a bag of six-cie, and one of them turned state's evidence. Cpon the stand this witness, to a final question of Mr. Choate as to what Induce ment the others held out to him to Join them, with shamefaced hesitancy made sub stantially the following reply: "Well. sir. after feelln' round a bit, th.y ses to me, ses they: 'Come on. Jack, un' jine us. It's dead easy, an' It'll msko us ull rich; so as If we do git k-tched we can hire Choate, an' he'll dunr us it they iind the money In our boots." One could never forget the serio-contlo expression on that naturally grave face us Mr. Choate, amid suppressed laughter, In which both court and Jury had to Join, busied himself with the papers upon his', table, and, turning to the. defending coun sel, with as much dignity as the situation permitted, said. "He's your witness." Hus ton Herald. Why They l.snalied. At the closing services of R religioux or ganization held in Philadelphia an attempt was made to raise a certain sum of niv.,ey for eume good work. "I will start the good work with t-Z." cried a man who was a gjrangcr to :h preacher. "Thanks, brother, thanks!" exclaimed the minister presiding, effusively. "I don't know your name, but may heav'en blevs your kind heart, and may your business during the coming year be doubled." Instantly there was a laugh that was both long and loud, and the perplexed preacher guxed at the deli gates In astou Uli men t. "What have I done?" he said. "What " "Nothing," replied a fellow-preacher, "only tho man who donated that : Is un undertaker." Philadelphia Record. The Darwinian Theory. Miss Agnes Mahony, a missionary to Li beria, was visiting Pluladelnhia with two African slav girl that she had booght for $15 aplac. Mis Mahnny' picture of Ll buia war aombr. Ui riiv4 the gloom . 1 , ';.".n TORT ARTIim. falls Into tanks which automatically weigU it, and It Is then carried on by mean ot wide belt Into these storage towers. The wheat is not touched by hand front the time it leave the car until It get Into th bold of the vessel. The machinery la arranged that by pressing a button or moving a lever a stream of wheat can be carried to any part of the granary. It Hews Just llko water save that th belt will conduct the stream up hill or down at the will of the managers. Tliobe belt ara about forty Inches wide and eacli will carry wluut at tho rate ot lti.000 bushels per hour. Tho tanks aro so arranged that by th opening of a pip the wheat flows right Into the vessels. The work Is done so cheaply that it costs only a fraction of a cent to tuk a bushel from the car to the boats, and for 5 cents a bushel can be carried l.OOO miles and more down the lake and put Into the hold of one of the ocean steamer which takes It to Europe. Th wheat la stored for th first fifteen day for three- quarters of a cent a bushel, an equal charga being- made for each month thereafter. Canada' Elevator System. Indeed Canada Is fast building up what will be the best elevator system on thl continent. The most of Its machinery la new and In that It surpasses the older ele vators of the United States. The Canadian Northern elevator at Port Arthur can un load 600 cars, or 100,000 bushels of wheat, la one hour. It can ship out 00,000 bushels In an hour, and it has ten scale In each ot its buildings, each of which will welgbj forty-three tons at one time. The Canadian Pacltio railway elevator at Fort William have a total capacity ot 1.1,fp.000 bushels. There are five of then represented by the tlrst letter of the al phabet. and eme of them are each mora than an acre in area. In elevator B 87,000 bushels of wheat were recently loaded In one hour, and a train of wheat la unloaded every twenty minutes during the season. I timed them as they unloaded a car, and It took Just seven and one-half minutes. That car contained 1,000 bushels of wheat, enough at twenty-five bushels er acr to form tho total crop of sixty-four acres. Nevertheless In less than eight minutes It was all In the tank. Elevator of tho Wtest Belt. These elevator at Lake Superior are only the end of a great system which extends throughout Canada's new wheat belt. Therm are more than 1.300 small elevator now scattered along the railroads In that part of the Dominion, giving every farmer a short haul to the market. These elevator have altogether a capacity of 2s.0ti0.000 bush els. They represent an Investment of $S5, POO.OOo. and many of them are owned by American capitalists. A single company will havo a long string of such granaries, and It will either buy the wheat direct from, the farmer or will store It for him, or ban dlo It on commission. FRANK G. CARPENTER. and Gay of her narrative with an anocdot of am African coast pilot. "This pilot," said Mlas Mahony, "waa once bringing a ship northward. Th cap tain, toward sunset, bad him go below and help himself to a glass of cold tea. "After taking the tea, th pilot proceeded to munch a biscuit. "Now, the captain owned a larg monkey, and this creature sat drowsing In a dark; corner of the gloomy cabin. Th pilot said: " "A gusty day, sir,' and the monkey shrugged his shoulders. "The pilot, with affable gruffness, went on: " 'The oi'th light Is away on th port bow now, sir.' "There was no answer. "But tho pilot was persistent. H oon tlnucd: " 'We'll be over the bar. lr, In an hour." "Falling to get a reply even to thl pleasunt Information, tho pilot went up on deck again, and, taking hi place b svrio the captain on the bridge aald: " 'What a quiet chap your father la. New York Tribune. An irxford Man. ' Kir Charles Kirkpairlck of the visiting English font ball team was drinking mlUl with his luncheon in a Philadelphia hotel. "Milk is a good drink," a visitor said. "Yes," agTeed the other, "and whenever I take it I think of a curate in Surrey, neaff my Crawley place. . "This curate hud a small salary and fine lot of cows. He decided, therefor, to open a dairy. So he rigged up a little shop and bought a wagon, and on hi sign hta name appeared, 'John Vincent, M. A.' Ha was an Oxford man, you see, and proud of his degree. "Hut one morning he overheard two farra hands talking before the shop. . " 'Wot doe the "M. A." mean on that (here sign?' said the first. " 'Milk 'Awker, o' course,' the other an swered." Philadelphia Ledger. What II Wn Worth. This story is told about Robert Burn. Burns was standing on a long pier on th water front of Edinburgh. A well-known and wealthy merchant, walking by, stutn I. led and fell Into the water. He could not swim uud so sank. When he arose for th thin) time nobody dared to save him, but an old weather-beaten sailor, ut the risk of hU own life, ran up tho pier and, Jumping in. rescued the man. The gentleman had been worked over quite a while lef ore be became conscious and when he realized the situation be re warded his rescuer with what in our money would amount to X cents. At this th 4-rowd which had gathered, knowing hi wealth, hooted and Jeered. But Bum. "who wa standing by, quieted thein and aald: "Surely th gntlmaa know what big lit Im wurtfc."