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' ma UST suppose now that ; - B 8 you should become Bl suddeply seized and ; ﬁ: # possessed of an inL 7 BE spiration—a heavenZII\ER !y bunch, let us call ' M@ it—and that—followA ing the directions of « @7\ the.'unseen voice,” S\~ , &%) you should go. eut Yool s into . the back lot, grab a spade, thrust 1t into the placid bosom of Mother Earth and turn up-a barrel of gold—--8 million dollarg or so—what would you do? Would you begin extensive . financial operations;?, Would you grope for additignal dnspiration? Would you invest in more spades, ‘more back lots and go on digging? Or “would youybe content with your milfion or so and buy a house and a yacht and somie silk pajamas and - shirts - with monograms embroidered on the-sleeves? In short, would you keep on money grubbing and trying to gat more gold or would you quit? The overwhelxﬁing'(‘hances are that you will say vou would quit. The deluging probabilities are that, when the time caime you would try to get just - “one Inillion more.” The end of the ' rainbow which marks the nesting

plz&ce‘kof the fabled pot of gold is glways in slght’bl’ut never- quite in reach. Slif.?htly edit- - Ing and revising the biblical dictum! ‘““To him ° who hath” is given an insatiable appetite for more, < L : i . Glancing hurriedis 'up and down the list of Americans of millions, it is difficult to- pick out a bare fraction of them who have found ‘tlmt enough-“was ' sufficient. ‘Uncle Russell Sage never lost his interest in interest. Aunt Hetty Greeni still loves to stroke the fur of a coupon and hear it purr. William Waldort - Astor was Born on ‘a couch uplolstered with : dainty bonds and beautifully tinted greenbacks, and as soon as. he was ahle to toddle he went “into the upholstering business on his own account and has been at it ever since, moving to England and mixing .up with expen-. sive royalty in the meanwhile, hut always keeping his-eye on the main chance. - F. Augustus Heinze, after getting hold of - more money than he knew what to do with out in Montana, came to New York and tried to plant his dollars#in productive soil. The cutworms got it . & ~J. Pierpont Morgan, one of the mohey overlords, generalissimo of finance, is so busy getting more that he hasn't time to talk to those whose vocabulary is limited to less than seven figures. 3 ; Other instances might be cited in proof of the contentioa -that, generally, the man with millions doesi’t quit. .. But, as sustaining the rule, there are exceptions, and this is the story of ofie man who quit, Thomas F. Walsh: - : He had all kinds of money—white brown, green. and yellow, but he didn't become so enamored of it that he .couldn’t let go. Nei-, ther was he so impressed with its desi-l_'abllity'i? that he wanted more. He would rather talk about a "one-eyed prospector that he knew back in the days of Leadville’s colicky babyhood than he would about any business scheme that human ingenuity could.devise. He didn’t ‘care to talk about making money. Those who know him best assert that he would rather give it away than increase that which he has. One third of July a few years ago Mr. Walsh walked down to the Boston & Maine railroag station at. Manchester-by-the-Sea and did some things that left the eyes of the railroad employes hanging out:like the old fashioned knockers on the front doors of New England. Mr: Walsh arrived quietly at the‘swtion. He manifested no symptoms of give-upativeness and the employes, were unprepared. Digging dofn Into an amiile pocket he dragged forth a %ll of tens and !twenties—reall money—and- - began to skin off tlge top:_h}yers. He handed a bill to each of the men.

" To-morrow is the fourth of July and I want you boys to have a good time,” was his explanation. For a few minutes the Manchester station crew was utterly useless—pitifully incompetent. 191 couldn’t get its breath. “Say,” wﬁisﬁered a watchmap -who happened to be of thie elect on that auspicious occasion, ‘‘that roll of yellows that he pulled out was big enough to stall a freight.” g

Walsh heard about that remark and was so tickled cver it that he got chummy with the watchman and "used to walk down and #alk with him every day or two. . -

This and other instances of the generosity of Mr. Walsh should not, however, have a tendency to inject hope into the systems of those who dog the footsteps of the rich and seek loans and contributions. One sure way not to get money from Walsh is to-ask him for it. He has an almost holy horror of the grafter and the person who writes. hard luck tales to those who are classed among the ultra wealthy. : ) |

Once upon a time, when he was Colorado’s commissioner at the Paris exposition, Mr. Walsh, in his s%ie excursions, discovered a king. This partitular monarch was Leopold, the gay old party with the severe but ample whiskers who_ lately ruled over Belgium. ' “Come over and have a snack at my camp,” remarked Mr. Walsh. At all events that was the substance of what he said. : “I'll try anything—once,” was the attitude of the monarch with the lilacs. Now it happened that Mr. Leopold, Rex, had been to a num'bequt very fussy banquets. He had been entertained su numerously that terrapin didn’t thrill him any more. He knew all about the various utensils that enter into the ‘operation

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of conveying food from the plate to the mouth. Never had he been known to reach the ice cream with nothing left but a little harpoon, like George Ade's banqueter. He didn’t tuck his napkin and responded readily to the rule prohibiting the use of a knife in the hoisting of peas or pie. ' All of this is set forth as proof that Mr. Leopold was no gastronomic novice. But after he had partaken of Mr. Walsh’'s hospitality he had to tack to get to his cab. He was so happy and so satisfied that he didn’t care whether he kept on kinging or not. In a burst of enthusiasm- he said he was coming over to America to follow up the Walsh brand of banquet. The morning following the banquet it is understood that Mr. Leopold went back to Laeken, in Belgium, where he lived when he wasn't taking in the Parisian White Way, and fired his chef. :

But it must be remembered that this_little lunch that Mr. Walsh arranged far his royal guest was quite out of the ordinary. He sent out for the mdst famous ‘of French banquet architeets. . e

“There’s a hungry king coming next Thursday week,” he told them, “and I want you to feed Lim well. |Go as far as you like.” Which they did. The banquet was given at the Hotel Ritz. - They had some very excellent fiddlers and other musicians at the hostelry, who were willing to furnish any sort of music for the occasion. But not for Mr. Walsh. In entertaining a kingly personage he decided to observe the harmonies. Maybe plebeian music wouldn’t aid roydl digestion! Nothing but regular monarchical melody would go well with the food. The Imperial Russian band, which plays for the czar and helps him forget his troubles, was in Paris at the time. Several people with mdney had sought to engage that band for private affairs, but the manager announced that his band could not be engaged—it was none of your country orchestras.

"‘l’ll just stroll over and hire ‘them,” suggested Mr. Walsh. v : '

Those who heard of his expressed intention laughed derisively. But Mr. Thomas F. Walsh did. hire them and Mr. Leopold, Rex, had mazurkas with his soup and Paderewski with the baked beans. | iy g .

s There were! others in addition to the king at that banquet, but they didn’t. cut much of a figure. The Belgian ruler was the big attraction in thé main tent. It isn’t everyone who: can entertain a king and it isn’t one in a million that could entertain one as Thomas F. Walsh did. That banquet cost, it is said, about $75,000, which is even more expensive than dining at some New -York hetels. All Paris talked of the Walsh entertainment, and it is still talked about over there. It set the highwater mark for banquets. Harry Thaw had given one that was the limit theretofore, but the Walsh affair made the Thaw dinner look like a cold lunch -on washday. Even the square meal prepared by .Lucullus for his guests, several seasons further back, was merely a snack compared to it. But it wasn’t the only dinner given by Mr. Walsh that startled Paris. He gave a score of them while he was commissioner to the exposition, and each of the kingless ones cost $40,000. Dukes and duchesses and princes and counts and mar-quises—-a llvely assortment of noble appetites —attended and went away feeling as though they couldn’t eat another thing for a .week Mr™ Walsh had fun. He liked to see them enjoy themselves. :

“Never turn a hungry duke from your door,” appeared to be his motto, and as‘a result- European nobles put signs on the front fence to signal others of their kind that this was a bully place to get a handsome hand-out. It was one of Walsh’s philanthropies. Also it was one of his ways of enjoying the money that he/accumulated in Colorado mines. He believed that money was made to spend and that’s why he liked to spend it.

But there is more to the tale of the entertainments {n Paris. Incidentally King Leopold became so impressed with the American man of millions that he consulted him about some of his (the king's) gold mining properties in Africa, with the result that Mr. Walsh went into partnership with the king. Mr. Walsh explained that he didn’t go into the venture with Leopeld for the profit that was in it, but just to please his friend of the crown and scepter. But greater than the triumhph of entertaining the king—greater thap the prestige of entering into a partnership with him—was the

vears. Dante mentions| it casually in some of his works. Conrad Gesner, a Swiss naturalist, describes the pleasures and profits thereof in his writings, says the Boston Globe. ‘More Europeans have gone into the sport than Americans because, for one reason, of their proximity to Ilofty ranges. But America 'has sqgme men who are well known in Europe, not oply for their ascents but for their

social success that followed the European reecognition. Mr. Walsh has a most charming and accomplished wife. She was Miss Carrie Reed "when he married her in Colorado. She had gone from her Wisconsin home to.the Rockies for her health, and when she met the sturdy proprietor of the leading hotel of Leadville an attdchment developed that resulted in a happy marriage. Mr. “Walsh was ambitious that his wife should enjoy social distinction. ~ After he had made his millions he came east and tried to rub elbows with many of those who had inherited\theirs. Promptly the social folk dusted their clothes where the. elbows touched. The Walshes, in their narrow eyes, * were parvenues—new rich—mn. g.

“Why, he was only a laborer—an immigrant laborer at that,” remarked society, referring to Mr. W. f

“Tdl just try a flank movement,” mused Mr. Walsh. So he secured the commissionership to the Paris exposition, and when .he sailed for France there was no society crush at the dock to wave good-bys. But after he had trained most of the European nobility to‘drop into his home for a sandwich now and then, the American society folk who hadn’t been able to get even a passing ned from a ‘thirdrate count began to understand that the Walshes were really very desirable people. Thus it happened that when the boat docked at New York on the return trip American society was down there en masse wig-wagging welcomes and telling one another about how glad they were to see ‘“our dear friends, the Walshes, home again.?

From that time on Mr. Themas F. Walsh and his wife had-to screen the house to keep “society” from overrunning it. And ever since then the Colorado Croesus has been up ‘at the top of the social heap in Washington, Newport and the other places where silken society can be found at home.

. One day after his return from Europe Mr. Walsh declded that it would be necessury to have a larger house. He had purchased the old Jenness Miller huvmestead in Washington and fitted it out luxuriously. But it was too small—too ¢ramped for the entertainmentd he desired to give. The Miller house was torn down and on the site was erected by far the finest house in the nation’s capital. . Washington refers to it as “the palace,” and no other designation would be fitting. The building cost $1,000,000, in round figures. It took from $560,000 to $BOO,OOO to furnish it. Over 1,000 people can be entertained in it without crowding. There are 64 rooms. Each of the larger apartments has a distinct decoration, ‘nearly every known species of hardwood having been used in the interior finishings. The floors alone of several of the rooms cost $5,000 each. In the ballroom the gold used in decorating the ceiling cost $lO,OOO. The building is lighted and heated by electricity, cooled by a patent system, and automatic electric elevators—the kind that run without conductors—carry the occupants from one floor to another. There are four immense pipe organs in the house, and so well is it arrarged that all of the organs can. be played at one time without the sound of one penetrating to the zone reached by the sound of another. Specially employed connoisseurs scoured Xurope and the Orient for rare rugs and tapestries Awherewith to’ decorate this regal residence and pictures worth many fortunes adorn the walls. In the magnificent Italian garden surrounding the house there are vases and statuary brought from Greece and Jtaly. When this house was constructed and furnished Mr. Walsh expected to entertain King Leopold there. The Belgian ruler was to have been present at the “housewarming.” But he could not come at that time and the housewarming went on just the same, with most of the notables of social and official life of Washington and New York in attendance. “I haven’t always had-all I wanted, you know,” remarked Mr. Walsh one day, “and | like to see plenty of everything for everybody.” ! § : : He probably thought when he gave voice to this statement, of the d#ys when he was a laborer in Boston. Or maybe he went back along the highway of mniemory to the time when he was a wheelwright back in Tipperary, Ireland. ‘He was born in Tipperary 58 years ago and came to this country when a lad in his late ’teens. He landed in Boston and tried to secure emplgyment. Wheelwrights were

knowledge of the subject. Prof. Fay of Tufts college is a famous Alpinist. At his home are many souvenirs of his Alpine trips, one of the most interesting being a large pksotograph of Mount Kangchenjuuga, 16,430 feet above sea level. “You ask ‘what is the real value of mountain climbing? Well, it is merely a good sport,” said Prof. Fay, “but here is something that will perhaps convey, better:than I ‘can now, the object of all mountaineers.” He brought out a little pamphlet,

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one that he once prepared for the Cambridge conference. It contained ‘the following:

“A mountaineer loves the mountain as a boy loves some older friend whose mnoble character has been to him gn inspiration, who, as he feels, is bringing eut the best in him. He ioves the mountain for the wonderful story it tells him, for the gradd anthem its forests sing to him, for the rich and varied gallery of nature painting that in sunshine and storm, in the daytime and in the night sea-

not In demand. With an insistent ap petite and no funds whygrewith to bumor it regularly, he took a pick and shovel and started to work on the streets. From Boston he dritted over to Worcester and there branched out as ‘a contractor, doing some- sewer work and reaping a few hundred dollars of profit. Reports came east about this time that there was much gold in the Black' hiils, and Walsh, naturally a rover anyhow, decided to try his for tunes there. He knew nothing of mining, but soon found men who did, and with his small capital “grub-staked” several prospectors who struck gold and divided with him. In a few years he had cleaned up, $lOO,OOO. * Then Leadville loomed large upon the horizon ‘and Walsh headed for the Rocky LSt o et e L i e SSR G

mountaing. ‘At Leadville be ‘invested in a hotel—the Grand Central, it was called—and from this vantage point he kept a sharp lookout for opportunities. Also he ccnducted a better hotel than had ever before been found in a new mining camp. keadville was wide open. The click of the poker chip, the whirr of the roulette wheel, the rattle of the dice never ceased. Miners who accumulated a-little “dust” scattered it quickly when they came into town and woke up-in the morning “broke” and discouraged. They soon ascertained that “Tom” Walsh was a likely angel. Any reasonably worthy prospector could get credit at the Grand Central. Not only that, but he could get money. Walsh would willingly grub-stake him That is, Walsh would furnish an outfit,, grub and tools and advance ready money for an interest in the prospective “strike.” How many profitless ventures he went into is not recorded, but they were not all of that sort. Some of his working partners did make strikes and the profits were enormous. Walsh appeared to have unerring judgment when it came to buying a mine. He studied mineralogy from the alphabet up, secured a fund of information about all branches of geology, knew more about the various formations in the Colorado mountains and hills than any expert in the business at that time, and was well equipped-to purchase or decline wHen property was offered. One day he amused the mining folk by purchasing an old mine “dump” where the refuse had been thrown He had .a theory that the process of extracting the metal had been wasteful and that there was plenty of gold left behind. Applying scientific methods to the smelting of it, he managed to clean up a million dollars out of that supposedly valueless dump. He bought a “prospect” from a discouraged miner and found a number of “pockets” of virgin gold on it. From one “pocket” alone he took $lOO,OOO. He was rich now and happy. But he had another theory about gold mining that he was anxious to test. The carefully educated experts said that it was folly to seek the precious metal in the tops of the mountains near the present town of Ouray. Walsh thought otherwise. He made a personal investigation of some territory where prospectors had report{e‘d outcroppings of ore. As a result Walsh quietly purchased a tract in the San Juan district. There were old abandoned mines there—holds that had been left because mining was difficult in those altitudes—because frequent snowslides destroyed the houses and the machinery and filled up the shafts. The experts warned Walsh that he would lose any money that he put into the property he had purchased. He paid no attention to their warnings, but moved over to Ouray and started to work From the very first hole that he dug he struck ore that assayed startlingly high. ‘Then he started a force of men out after more property and another force to do additional prospecting The result was far beyond his wildest dreams of success. One morning a friendly little bird hopped into the tent he was occupying and Walsh hustled around to get some bread to feed it. The bird stayed after that and fed “We’ll call this Camp Bird,” Walsh announced. And from that day to this all these mines in the San Juan district of Coiorado have been known as the Camp Bird group—one ot .the richest groups of gold mines in the world “Wealth literally rolled in on the lucky Walsh. He%‘l&d\gﬁ&bn upon million—how many is a matter of ute. Some say that he made $5O, 000,000 in that district alone, in addition to the money he had made previously in the Black hills and in Leadville. Whatever the amount, it was sufficient for all his needs and left over a bit for spending money. From the time of the first rich strike until 1902 Mr. Walsh continued to take gold from the earth. Then an English syndicate offered him $14,000,000 for a controlling interest in his properties, and, to the surprise of the mining world, he sold, and the property passed out of his hands. There was woe in Ouray and throughout the mining distriet when the announcement was made. For of all the mine owners of the west Thomas F. Walsh enjoyed the love and confidence of his employes more than any other. He worked in unheard-of ways. For instance, he built a modern, first. class hotel for the accommodation of his miners and superintendgnts—a hotel with baths and clean beds and reading rooms. The food was good and was well cooked and well served. And ‘the charge for the accommodations was no greater than that of the ordinary mining-camp ‘boarding house, where *“good digestion waits on appetite” until appetite and the food fur‘nished put a dent in good digestion.

son, it reveals to his eyes; and finally—yet by no m#&#ns least—he loves it for the test of his bodily powers to which its conquest subjects him every time that, yielding to an irresistible longing, he undertakes the task of scaling its lofty summit.” ‘ Delightful Prospect. - Irate Creditor—l shall cal! everjy week until you pay, this amounti Debtor—Really. “ Then there seems .every probability-of our acquafptancs ripening into friendship.

A Corner in Ancestors : By ELEANOR LEXINGTON : ‘ McAllister Family =

When in doubt how to spell McAl lister, try some of the following orthographies: McAlester, McAlastar, McAlister, McAlestar, McAllestar, McAllister, Mac Alister, McCollister. The last form {is' frequently found in colonial records of Pennsylvania. MecArleester is the Gaelic pronunciation. Whatever the orthography, as blue blood flows in the veins of the Mc-Al-listers as can be found, and in nobility of ancestry, in bravery in military prowess, ' the family i§ surpassed by pone. . : 5,

As a matter of fact the McAllister history begins with the.clan McDonald and some one tells. us that “the two best names in (Great Britain are the Plantagenets and the Blcponagds and the descendants of the last named In the United States can claim as noble ancestry as any family in the United Kingdom. To begin with the McDonalds, then; this name is a compo'ind of two Gael-

- | R : ’ : lh'; R) a a\“"“ 3 ‘Q D ¥ m. ) ) oS % ' XN t&%"(l A AR . ) ’,"’( /) 1 I . e | (PERMAREFER TERRAS ; MeAllister fc words, domanan (the world) and all (mighty, powerful). « Domnhan-all, or the son of Domnhanall, designated by the prefix Mars (meaning ‘“son of”), became in time Z\-[c!)onald. Ua, which has been changed to O, means the “grandson . of.” For example, UaSuilleabhain is now O’Sullivan. The McDonald pedigree traces back to kings of Norway, taking in, by the way, Somerled, thane of Argyle, called King of the Isles, and Isabellg., sister of King Robert Bruce. i : Alaster is the Gaelic form of Alexander and the new clan Me¢Allister was founded about 1260 by Allester or Alexander MacDonald. He was suc-

Benton is the name 'of a parish in Northumberland, and from this, it is probable that the name was derived. Bent is an old Saxon word, often used in early English poetry, and signifying a plain, a field, a moor. o Little Benton, and Long Benton are towns in Northumberland, where the records of the Benton family go back to the twelfth century. In Wiltshire, Benton is an old family name. Benton Castle is a ruin in. Pembroke, and Benton hall a place of some note in Scotland. In the time of Henry VII, the Bentons, or some members of the family, were Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. Benton, Bayntun and Baynton are variations of the name, and «possibly Boynton is a near cousin. g Edward and his nephew, Andrew Benton, are two patriarchs, whose history is worth looking up. They were born near London, in Essex, and came to America in 1638, to Weltiersfield, Conn., and Andrew went later to Milford, and Edward to Guilford. Andrew is buried at Hartford, where his tombstone is still standing. i The Bentons of New York state

trace back to Edward, the immigrant settler, of Guilford, Conn. His son Joel, born 1771, removed to central New York, where he was justice of the peace and- member of the legislature. Calvin Benton introduced merino sheep into New England. His son James designed the first’ wrought iron gea c¢oast gun carriage made here. In North Carolina Col. Jesse Benton was private secretary to Gov. Tryon, the last royal governor. Thomas Hart Benton, or Col. Benton, was aide-de-camp to Jackson in the war of 1812. L. He was a western pioneer, settling in St. Louis. His speech on finance, celebrated : both here and in Europe, won for him the sobriquet ‘“Old Bullion”—a title of which he boasted. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Col. James McDowell of Virginia, and their daughter married Gen. Fremont, governor of Arizona. It is told by Col. Benton, that he never smoked, drank or engaged in any games of chance. This was in deference to his mother’s wishes, and it was his desire to adhere to them through life. The Bentons were always well represented when war was abroad in the land. Capt. Selah and Lieut. Jacob, both of Connecticut, were members of the Continental army. Jacob -went forth in ’77. The records of him is: “A man of veracity, honorable, honeat.” :

The Bentons of to-day can boast that their ancestors not only go back beyond the great-grandfather generation, but that they were men.of mark

The Mystery Explained.

~ A vourg man from the country was introduced to Dan Leno behind the scenes during pantomime time at Drury Lane, London. and the companjion by whom he was introduced, ‘an old friend of the Leno family, asked the comedian how his pretty daughter was. Dan Leno was made up with much red and many lines and the young man from the country did not disguise his surprise that such an object could have a pretty daughter. With that ever-ready wit which it is

ceeded by a worthy son, Allaster Mac Allaster. .Descendants of this -line had charters from the earl of Argyle for the lands of Loup and Kennox house, Ayrshire, was one seat of the McAllisters. - ‘ C - Archibald and Alexander are the immigrants. Alexander came from “Leup, oft Argylishire,” to Wilmington, N. C., 1736. g g A It is not known from what place in Scotland Archibald came. In 1730 he owned about 800 -acres in Cumberland Valley, Pa., and his mill and part of his house is still standirg, or were a few years ago. He was one of the founders of the: First Presbyterian church of Carlisle. He held office and in 1749 was collector of taxes. ' The McAllisters of the west—of the ‘lands of gold and sunshine—are descendants of Alexander; of Neill McAllister, the fourth from the pilgrim father, according to one tradition. Neill was an officer in the continental army and a member of the Society of the Cincinnati. ) : ~ Characteristics of thé McAllisters ‘are great physical strength and stature. } He knows his own mind and stands 'to it immovably, said of one -of the ‘race, applies equally to many others ‘of the lineage. They have tempers all their own, quick, but. of short duration, and the MeAllisters never bear malice. : v Flora, Annie, David, Hugh, Malcolm, Archibald and Guthrie are. favorite family. names and George Washington. Intermarriages ~are with- the MecCallums, MecCormics, McDougalls, McDuffies, McKays and all the others beginning with “Mc” or “Mac.” Grahams, Camerons, Drakes and Hodges have been taken into-the family by marriage, also the Lees, Lewises and Campbells, of Virginia. =~ - : The coat of arms illustrated is blazoned quarterly: First, argent, a lion rampant, gules; second, or, a dexter arm in armor, couped, fesseways, the hand holding a cross-crosslet fitchee, gules; third, or, a lymphad or galley, oars and sails, sable, flags, gules; fourth, vert, a salmon naiant, proper. Crest, a hand in armor holding a cross-crosslet fitchee gules.. - ¥ ) Motto: Per Mare, Per Terras:. A second motto is sometimes used—For'titer, and the supporters of the Me‘Allister shield are dexter; a bear pierced In the back with an arrow; sinister, an eagle, proper. 'L. »This is the coat-armor assigned the McAllisters of Loup and Kennox house. ' .

Benton Family

all along the ages. The marriage connections have often been with fam‘lies who have records. Reed is ome family related by the marriage. tie—

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\ the line of Col. John Reed, an immigrant of 1660, and born in England. | He received the thanks of parliament ifor a brave defense in time of wdr, before he left his native land. The bishops, grantees of Guilford from an [ Indian sachem, are others with whom the Bentons claim kin, and the Adams, .descendants of Sir John a p Adams, 1296. Those of the present generation—that is, ye gentle readers—-d» not perhaps take a lively interest ifi Sir John, so we will not linger over his history.- : : Butler, Goodrich, Parmelee, (_rampton, Hatch, Stocker, Waters, Scofield and Naughty—Naughty is a name, is it not—are families we find in Benton records also Russell and Musick. The coat-of-arms illustrated le—{iazoned in “Burke’s Peerage” sable; six fusils, in bend, argent. Crest: a griffin’'s head, erased (i. e. torn off, not coupled or cut off), argent. This is an ancient blazon, several arms are given for the Bentons, all are old, and they resemble each other. For example; the darms for the Wiltshire branch is: sable, five fusils, in bend, argent. The crest, however, is quite different; on a mount, vert, a lamb carrying a banner, azure. A fusil, an ancient charge, symbolizes travel and labor, also negotiation.

hoped by all may be his ‘once again, Dan Leno, noting the young man’s espression of astonishment, turned to his old friend and said, “Clear up the" mystery and tell the boy she takes after her mother!” i _ From the Very Beginning, “I'm sorry you've got to leave Eden and go to work simply because I gave you the rest of that apple,” said contrite Eve. E : : “Never mind,” ‘amswered Adam. “The ultimate consumer always gets the warst of it.” _ SENEE L

; w LOOKS TO THE CANADIAN WEST FOR HER SUPPLY. ) bR > A dispatch from Winnipeg, Manitoba, dated March 18, 1910 says: That Germany is “anxious to secure-a share of Canadian wheat to supply her imports of that cereal.”” The recent adjustment of the trade relations with Germany has made it possible to carry on a Canadian-German trade with much fewer restrictions than in the past, and considerable dévelopment of trade between the two Countries is now certain, - The great men of. the United States are alive to the Wheat situation in this Country now, ‘and there is consequently the deepest interest in every feature that will tend to increase and conserve the wheat supply. With its present 650, 000,000 bushel production of wheat and all efforts to increase it almost unavailing, and the rapidly growing consumption of its increasing population, there is certainly the greatest reason for the anxiety as to where the wheat is to come from that will feed the nation. The United States will be forced as Germany is to look to the Wheatfields of Canada. One province alone raised last year oneeighth as much as the entire produc.tion of the United States, and but a .twelfth of the wheat area has yet been touched. The Americans “who have .gone to Canada, are to-day reaping the benefit of the demand for Canadian wheat and they will continue to join in the benefits thus reached for a great many. years. Splendid yields “are reported from the farms of that *Country, and from land that the Government gives away in 160 acré blocks,” and from other lands that have’ been purchased at from sl2'to $l5 an acre. John Munter, X}ear E)? brow, Saskatchewan, a former resident gf Minnesota says: ‘ “Last fall got over 30 bushels. of wheat to-the acre and had 30 acres of it; also 20 acres spring breaking on which I had flax of which T got almost 20 bushels per acre. Had 20 acres in oats and got 70 bushels per acre and 5090 bushels potatoes on one and three quarter acre, and can therefore safely say that I had a fine crop and’ am well satisfied with my homestead.” - He is considered but a small farmer, but he will be one of the big farmers, some of these days. There are many others, hundreds of others, whose yields were beyond this, and whose average under crop was _ vastly greater. The story of the experience of#American farmers in the Canadian West is a long one. The time to go, would appear to be now, when splendid selections may be made, and “where land can be purchased at prices that will be doubled- in a couple of \ years, ] e

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It is the custom in converts for the nuns to respond to a knock at the door with the words: “In the name cf God,” the phrase being equivalent in conventional parlance ‘to our worldly “enter” or “come in.” :In a convent in one of the western cltigs not long since the mother stperior had a never-to-be-forgotten experience as a result of this custom. Some one in the outer world called the convent telephone number by mistake. The mother superior, roused from her meditations; picked up the receiver and responded, mechanically: *“ln the name of God.” *“Madam!” called an irate masculine voice at the other emd of the wire, “there is no occasion for you to swear at me, even if I have made a mistake in the number. Profane language is prohibited over the telephone!” Because -a home is in the country—because it is on a farm—is only an added reason why it should be more up-to-date and attractive, for those who ®re fortunate enough to.live in the country really sEend more time in their homes than do those avho live in cities. - - And it is also true that farm homes and farm life is daily becoming more and more attragtive. The inside of our house is our home, so why not make it nice and attractive, homely and cheerful, up-to-date and - modern. You wouldn’t think of burning tallow candles, yet why use wall paper? In order to educate a few refined peoﬁle in .every community to the artistic eauty of soft velvety alabastined_walls of solid color, a free offer+of beautifdl wall stencils of classic design i 3 made to every reader of this pa?er. : g ; It is also possible to seéire without any ex€ense color suggestions for f'our home telling you the most suitable colors, to use the best arrangement, curtains and over curtains, etc.—in fact the services of a decorative architect are at your disposal without charge to you. In cities there are many and most excellent designers of interior decoration, but it takes money and time to carry out their ideas. This same service is at the disposal of every reader if he asks for it, and better than all, it tells you how you can either do the work yourself or direct soma one else. It gives you exact shades and colors, and the stencils to do the work without -charge. > Care of Horse’s Feet. , If the horse already has defective feet keep them carefully trimmed and shod" if necessary. The soft hoot should be shod and reshod every six or eight’ weeks.in winter where the ground is_frozen and at all times of the year where the roads are rocked »or-graveled. By keeping the horse with poor feet properly shod it will do good service without loss of time. But it is best to breed for good feet. - - $lOO Reward, $lOO.

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