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SYNOPSIS. The Escapade opens, not in the roniance preceding the marriage of Ellen Slocum, a Puritan miss, and Lord Carrington of England, but in their life after settling in England. The scene is placed, just following the revolution, in Carrington castle in England. The Carringtons, after a house party, engaged in a family tut, caused by jealousy. Ladv Carrington agreed to cut cards with Lord Strathgate, whose attentions to Ellen had become a sore point with Carrington. The loss of SIOO,OOO failed to perturb her, and her husband then cut for his wife’s I. O. U. and his honor. Carrington winning. Additional attentions of Lord Carrington to Lady Cecily and Lord Strathgate to Lady Carrington compelled the latter to vow that she would leave the castle. Preparing to flee, Lady Carrington and her chum Deborah, an American girl, met Lord Strathgate at two a. m., he agreeing to see them safely away. He attempted to take her to his castle, but she left him stunned in the road when carriage met with an accident. Site and Debbie then struck out for Portsmouth, where she intended to sail for America. Hearing news of Ellen’s flight. Lords Carrington and Seton set out in pursuit. Seton rented a fast vessel and started in pursuit. Strathgate, bleeding i 0 ! 11 . fall’ dashed on to Portsmouth, for which Carrington, Ellen and Seton were also headed by different routes. Strathgate arrived in Portsmouth in advance of the others, finding that Ellen’s ship had sailed before her. Strathgate and Carrington each hired a small yacht to pursue the wrong vessel, upon which each supposed Ellen had sailed. CHAPTER Xll.—Continued. “What are you going to do?” asked Deborah again. “Use these on them,” answered ■Ellen. “You would not murder?” “Peace, child. I have no bullets. These are but blank cartridges. Perhaps I can frighten them.” “Frighten Lord Strathgate!” laughed Deborah. “Don’t try. It will only make him more angry, and —” But Ellen stood up in the boat, balancing herself lightly in spite of the pitching, pointed her pistol at the other boat now not more than half a mile away, aad pulled the trigger. There was a tremendous report, for Ellen had put in an extra large charge in default of a bullet. Someone in the boat astern stood up and waved his hat. Ellen let him have the other pistol. Os course, there was sound and nothing more. But the concussion, the noise and the smoke relieved her feelings. Deborah cowered down in the "boat, released the tiller, let go the sheet and stopped her ears with her fingers. Ellen dropped her pistols and by the quickest kind of work, seized the tiller and sheet and got the boat under control before she broached to. It was a narrow escape, however, and convinced Lady Carrington that she could not indulge in any more sham battling. She watched the other boat carefully as her own gathered way once more but could detect no evidence that her firing had in the least intimidated those who were coming so recklessly after her. Promising Deborah that she would not fire them again, she got the young woman to take the helm once more while she reloaded her pistols. She would have given anything for a couple of good honest leaden bullets. If she had even had a jeweled ring, she would have poanded it into shape and rammed it down the barrel, but she had divested herself of all her jewels except her wedding ring and she could not make up her mind to blow that away in the present emergency. Still the pistols were heavily charged and at close quarters there would be an unpleasant dose of powder for anyone who tried to molest her. The other boat was coming up hand over hand now. In half an hour she would be alongside. Ellen swept the harbor ahead of her and was surprised to see—she had not noticed it In the interest excited by the chase—coming down under full sail a large ship, an American merchantman evidently. She jumped to the conclusion that it must be the New »Eagle. If she could intercept that ship and get 1 aboard of her, her troubles would be over. Provided the ship were willing to heave to or to check her way, the boarding of her would be an easy matter, and Ellen was sailing on such a course that the interception of her would not be difficult, if it were not for this boat close astern of her. Farther ahead Ellen also marked following hard on the great ship two boats like her own and the one pursuing. They were, like the merchantman, beating down the harbor and it seemed to Ellen’s eyes that they were also chasing after the merchant ship. She was more and more convinced as she studied it, that it could be none other than the New Eagle. With salvation staring her in the face, Ellen feared that she would be unable to escape her nearest pursuer. She looked back and could have screamed aloud. “Ellen,” said Deborah, who had given no thought to what was before her but who had been staring at the other boat, “I don’t believe that’s the earl of Strathgate.” “Who is it then?” asked Ellen who was thinking hard and desperately as to what were best to be done. “It’s —I’m sure it’s —” “Who. Lord Carrington?” “Nay,” answered Deborah with a little simper. “Sir Charles Seton.” “Impossible,” cried Ellen brusquely. “How would he be there?” “’Tis he, I’m sure. I recognize him.” “You have keen eyes,” said Ellen looking back. “I always supposed that mine were good.” “You might recognize him if it were Lord Carrington,” said Deborah patly. “Do you mean to imply that I —that you—” Ellen gave it up as hopeless. “I don't care who it is. Look ahead. Turn your eyes from that young red -coat. See yon ship! That will be the New Eagle. See how white her canvas! And, yes”—as the ship swung around on another tack and gave them a view of her broadside---"there's the American flag. That mean safety for

us—freedom, if we can shake off this pestilent pursuer in our wake.” “But I don't want to shake him off!” cried Debbie. “You must. Would you fall into his arms? ’Tis most unmaidenly,” answered Ellen. “I don’t ca'he,” cried Debbie, beginning to whimper. “I guess you can stop crying,” answered Ellen, contemptuously, “for we have no more chance of escaping from that boat than we have of getting aboard yonder ship.” Ellen’s face gloomed as she spoke. To be foiled after all she had gone through by Sir Charles Seton, whose pursuit of her, after all, was simply for this mawkish, whimpering Deborah, whom for the first time in her life she hated, was more than she could bear. She came to a sudden resolution. “I’ll run the boat ashore and escape through the woods rather than be caught by them.” She swung the tiller over, hauled aft the sheet and in a moment the boat was running toward the island. In those days a long shoal, of which Ellen knew nothing, jutted out into the roads. She did not throw her boat deliberately on the shore, but ran along it looking for some suitable place to land. Seton’s lugger, of course, followed her motions. They were both under the lee of the island, which broke the force of the breeze somewhat, but Ellen’s vessel, being the smaller, got the worst of it and

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felt the wind less. Seton’s boat was rapidly overhauling the other. In five minutes it would be alongside. Ellen swung the helm over and desperately headed straight for the shore. “Stop! stop, Lady Carrington!” cried Seton, w-ho was now in plain view. “I mean you no harm. Mistress Deborah, can’t you—?” “I can’t do anything,” cried Deborah, traitorously. “She won't let me.” “If you run down my boat,” answered Ellen, handling her pistols, “I swear I’ll use these weapons.” “There are no bullets in them," cried Deborah. “Don’t be afraid.” Ellen turned on her like a young tigress. She could have struck her with her pistol. Sir Charles only laughed. He was in high glee. “I wouldn’t care if there were a thousand bullets in them. I intend to have you out of that boat, Mistress Debbie, and —” There was a sudden scream from Mistress Debbie. The boat in which she sailed met with a sudden check. The little cutter grated upon the edge of the shoal. Ellen sprang to the helm, forgetful of everything else but the present peril. Her boat going at a rapid rate had taken ground. She hoped that the touch had been so light that the boat would not be stopped and wrecked. Indeed, she flung herself violently to starboard and the sudden shock swung the boat off the shoal. There was a scraping of sand beneath the keel and the little shallop slid on. Sir Charles was close aboard. Not being a sailor, he had not noticed, and in the excitement of the chase, Sir Charles offering reward upon reward to the fishermen if they overhauled the other boat, these men forgot the peril, if, indeed, they knew it. For coming down at full speed and drawing half again as much water as Ellen’s cutter, they ran hard and fast upon the shoal. Ellen had counted upon their doing this very thing. She looked back with •yes of experience, and saw exactly their position. Indeed, they had barely escaped ripping a mast out of the

lugger. They were rocking tht-ir boat furiously and making every effort to get off, but they had gone on fair and square, the tide was on ebb, and Ellen concluded they were fixed for some time. She rose in the stern sheets and laughed gleefully. She put her boat about and ran down to pass in easy hail of Sir Charles and his men. Good-by,” she called, laughing with mockery that stung him, “before an hour we shall be aboard yon ship. I am sorry that you were baiked. A stern chase is a long chase, Sir Charles, as you will find upon the sea.” Poor Sir Charles had little to say for himself. He felt very much chagrined and bitterly disappointed. “Gooy-by, Sir Charles,” called Deborah, sadly. “ ’Tis not my doing, and —” ’ "Mistress Deborah,” answered Sir Charles, plucking up heart, “you have not seen the end of me. I shall find some means of following you wherever you go.” “There, Debbie,” said Ellen, “heart up. You did your best to betray me, but I forgive you since we’ve got free. I told you Sir Charles would follow you and he’ll find you all the sweeter for his mad chase. Now for yon ship.” And Ellen laid a course which would in half an hour intercept the oncoming merchantman. CHAPTER XIII. An Impromptu Affair on the High Seas. It was hardly possible at first, even for so practiced and acute an eye as Carrington’s, to determine whether he or Strathgate had the better boat. In the first place, the two cutters were continually on opposite courses, splitting tacks, the wind blowing straight into the harbor, and it was not until they had passed and repassed each other several times that Carrington became convinced that he was gaining on his antagonist. The gain, however, was a slight one. The difference in the rate of sailing between the two boats was not very great. Both of them sailed faster than the Flying Star in the air then prevailing. When the big ship got out into the channel she would probably run

away from the two fishing boats without difficulty. The wind being as it was necessitated a hard beat out, and again this gave the smaller vessels an advantage, for they could hold on where the great ship was compelled to tack for fear of shoal water. And with every tack they gained distance. Carrington studied the sea intently and concluded that if the wind did not shift and it did not come to blow harder than it was, there was every prospect that both boats would overhaul the ship. Whether he could beat Strathgate at that game, however, in the time at his disposal was a question. At any rate there was nothing to do but hold on. Master Haight had viewed Carrington’s usurpation of the helm with some misgiving at first, but his distrust soon gave place to admiration, for .never was a small boat better handled than by the young naval officer. If Carrington had been sailing the cutter in a race for a stake of £IO,OOO, he could not have watched her more carefully or handled her more skillfully. He made everything tell. That worthy fisherman. Cooper, who was sailing Strathgate’s boat, albeit he did very well, was a mere tyro compared to Carrington. Indeed, Carrington felt as if he were sailing his boat for love, honor, happiness, revenge, all the passions that can engross a heart and move a soul. Strathgate was no sailor, but after an hour’s rapid sailing ^ven he could see that eventually Carrington would overhaul him. He spoke of this to Cooper, wringing a reluctant admission of the truth of his conclusions from the sailor, but the latter promised to put him alongside the merchant ship at least before Carrington ran him down. (TO BE CONTINUED.) An Unfortunate Accident. A smart man put arsenic in a botth of wine, hoping that a burglar would drink it, and his wife placed it among a hundred other bottles. The smart ♦man is now wondering which is thi bottle and is prepared to w'U We of wine che*©.

EArm By UAYErn A-- — With eggs higl - in price it will pay you to feed genei busly and to get the eggs in return. “* Provide plenl of litter for the chickens to sci tch in this winter. Leaves are exce «nt Don’t forget to Tick some of the best of the hickory s>A ; ks for ax handles. You will need tht® • Be regular in feeding _t he poultry. This is gUijd^mle witE "regard to livestock of all ki®s. A good way tew feed molasses to horses is to put won the hay This ration will keep t.«m thrifty. Alfalfa pays if ylu get a good stand, but remember t,at a good stand comes only with faithful preparation of soil. About the only treatment which the sheep-killing dog deserves is a bullet where it will put ^im out of business for good and all. I Give the hens a ^ood dust bath. Put the box in a sunshipy place in the hen house. It will do jpour heart good to watch them wallow in it. —r Never get the conception that it is clever scheming that brings success. It's hard work thait brings enduring success. The genius of hard work is the best asset in liff. The farmer who begrudges the time necessary to feed jand care for the hogs is generally tjie farmer who on market day is disappointed with the return from the sales. Before worrying <^ver the fact that your neighbor has niore land than you have, just study over the question whether you are,gutting as much as is possible out of the land you already have. The manure from* a dairy cow will amount to over ten tons a year with a value of upwards of S3O. But the way the average farmer handles this by-product, much value is lost. Why not stop thisf^nk by putting in cement gutters; ".take free use of bedding and get thArnamire owt oa the~iand~every day!* Get the boy a camera and get him Interested in taking pictures of the buildings and the stock. It will be one more link to bind him to the farm and will be a step toward improvement in the appearance of the farm and better farm aniqals. Pictures tell stories, and where the camera is on the farm to bring tieir tell-tale messages of neglect and disorder and poor stock, you are apt to spruce up a bit and to want stock that will look well in a picture. The weather man by study and observation may be able to pretty accurately predict what the w’eather is going to be, but it is God who maketh the sun to shine and the rain to fall, the winds to blow and the crops to grow. And it is well it is so, for he knoweth best. Let us never be impatient with what he sends. Always make the best of the weather conditions; order the farm work in harmony with the conditions God provides, and when it comes to taking stock after the harvest is over you will, as you do this year, have to admit that things turned out better than you had thought they would. Remember that of all the manure produced on the farm that from the poultry has the greatest value, and yet with but few exceptions it is not taken care of as it should be. The New Hampshire experiment station recommends that the weekly droppings of a flock of 25 hens should be mixed with about eight pounds o f kainit or acid phosphate and a half peck of sawdust. If. one desires a balanced fertilizer for corn and other hoed crops, a mixture of equal parts of kainit and acid phosphate could be used instead of either alone. Good diy meadow muck of peat would be equally as good as sawdust, if not better, to use as an absorbent. In the experiment mentioned, more than half of the ammonia wai lost in hen manure without chemicals when compared with that which had been mixed with them. In speaking of the prosperity and the conservatism of ’ the American farmer the National jfazazine has this to say: “No other (class of people have kept their feet )so firmly since last October (1907) as the farmers have done, and they have kept their heads, too. They lofk out over the country and behold 1 the symptoms here and there of financial demoralization and depression, in the light railroad traffic, partly (suspended manufacturing, commercial hesitancy, inactivity, and speculative paralysis. They realize that, in (so far as these things, portend low stages or lack of employment for laboi], they must ultimately affect the faijmer by limiting the demand for his product; but they are sagacious enough to know that existing conditions, yith the world’s supply of food relatively low, will prevent any acute deptessioi.. in the prices of farm prodt cts for two or three years to come, by which time financial disorders effecting other classes vill doubtless have passed away ’

Feed variety to the hogs. I he farm is no place for the lazy man. Growing pigs should not be confined to small pens and yards. All animals, especially the horse, relish a change in their feed. Cover the rhubarb and asparagus beds with a heavy coating of manure. For every tree cut out a new oneshould be planted. Only in this way can you keep up the supply. The plank drag will prove of great value on any farm in crushing clods and making land fit for the seed. Alfalfa hay is good for the horse as it contains more nutriment than timothy hay, but be careful as to how you feed it. “Do you know that your hens come over into my garden?” "I thought they were.” “Why so?” “Because they never came back." Leaks in the roof and cracks in the walls of the hen house will lead you to conclude before the winter is over that chicken raising does not pay. Without comfort how can you expect that your dairy cow is going to fill the milk pail. Shiver and shake and a poor food ration never yet secured a profit from a cow. Good ventilation is needed in the sheep barn, but don't let that ventilation be through the roof which lets the rain in. Fix up the barn now if you have not already done so. Canadian thistles can be cleaned out of a field by a thorough cultivation of the ground for a few years, making sure that none of the thistles go to seed. Not an easy job, but it can be done. One farmer who has had success raising calves takes them from the mother after the third day and feeds skim milk with a handful of rolled oats to a quart of milk. The oats before using are boiled up with a little salt in the water. Every farm in the land should have its flock of sheep. Twenty are none too many. They will keep the pastures free from weeds, and while living on forage which the other animals would not touch will enrich the ground with their droppings. Protect the young fruit trees before the snow comes and drives the rabbits and mice to eat the tree bark. An excellent way of doing this is to wrap laths, building paper or strips of wood veneer around the base of each tree, reaching two or three feet up from the ground. Investigation has proved that the greater part of the impurities found in milk get there within a short time after it has been drawn from the cow and before it leaves the shed. This fact should set the farmer to studying how he can improve the conditions in his barn. Take care of the threshing engine. Clean the boiler, then fill it with cold water, pour in a quart of good oil and get up steam, then blow it out When it gets cold clean the grates good and all around them, then take some axle grease or thick oil and grease the inside of the firebox all around. Oil the flues with good oil and put two or three shovelfuls of dry shavings in the firebox to take up the dampness. The government commission on country life is anxious to obtain all the suggestions possible from farm ers, and pursuant to that end Lave sent out circulars containing various questions covering nearly every phase of farm life with the request that they be answered and returned. If you have not received one, write to the commission at Washington, D. C., and one will be promptly sent. Such help will prove of inestimable value to the commission. Save your coal ashes for mixing with heavy soil In the vegetable garden. They have almost no fertilizing value, but help to loosen up some soils. Soot should always be saved when flues and chimneys are cleaned, for it is invaluable, especially for roses. It is beneficial as a fertilizer and drives away insects. For radishes, onions and cabbages it is helpful, for it discourages the cutworms and grubs. Wood ashes are especially valuable as a fertilizer and should always be saved. The dairy division of the United States department of agriculture will conduct a milk and cream contest open to all dairymen in the United States, at the third annual dairy show, Chicago, December 2 to 10. The object of this contest is educational and entirely for the benefit of the dairymen. The milk and cream will be carefully analyzed and scored by experts from the department of agriculture. Forty points will be allowed for flavor, 20 for composition, 20 for bacteria. 5 for acidity, and 10 for appearance of package and cleanliness of milk. Any defects will be pointed out in the score and dairymen will have opportunity to learn whether by the methods they are using they can produce a standard product. There will be four classes in this contest, as follows: Class I. Market milk (raw) two prizes (gold and silver medals). Class 11. Market cream (raw) two prizes (gold and silver medals). Class HI. Certified milk (raw) two prizes (gold and silver medals). Class IV. Certified cream (raw) two prizes (gold and silver medals). Milk and cream receiving a score of 90 or above will be classed as excellent. After being scored, the product will be placed on exhibition accompanied by the score. Dairymen producing milk or cream for city consumption are invited to exhibit in accordance with the conditions pre scribed on the entry blank. For fur ther particulars relating to the con test, address the Dairy Division, Unit ed States Department of Agriculture Washington, D. C.

I Solomon 1 Anointed King I | Sund.-- School Le»wn for Nov. 22, 1908 H ■ l^^SpeciaJly Arranged for This Paper ■ i LESSON TEXT.-’ Kings 1:32-40; 50-53. Memory verses. 39. 40. » GOLDEN TEXT.—“Know thou the God i of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind.”— ( 1 Chron. 28:9. TlME.—Solomon began to reign B. C. I 1022. or according to the Assyrian records B. C. 971. He reigned 40 years. PLACE.—The city of Jerusalem. Solomon was crowned at Gihon. identified as the modern fountain of the virgin. Comment and Suggestive Thought. Solomon's Early Life and Training. ' —l. He was the first son of David j and Bathsheba after their legal mar- ' rlage. 2. His name, Solomon, means the ; Peaceful, one whose reign was foretold to be a reign of peace and quietness (1 Chron. 22:9). It may have also expressed the fact that David . himself had found the peace of forgiveness. Nathan called him Jedidlah: “Beloved of Jehovah.” 3. His parental inheritance was remarkably strong in several directions. । His father, David, was in the maturity of his age, and his mother, Bathsheba, was the granddaughter of the wise Ahithophel, whose advice “was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God.” 4. His early environment had several advantages over that of Absalom, i the son of a heathen mother. Solo- : mon was placed under the care and training of the prophet Nathan, a , faithful, pure and wise teacher. He would be brought up thus in the re- I ligion and learning of the Jews. He ' developed a great taste for science ■ and literature (1 Kings 4:32-34). He had the advantages of being the child of David's later years and of being under the influence of the subdued piety which characterized those years. His mother, too, doubtless joined with David in his penitential piety, for she had great influence over him to the last. On the other hand, he was “born to the purple;" he was brought up in luxury and wealth, and knew nothing of the hardships which developed j much of the character of his father. ( The influences of the court were often ■ bad. He came in contact with other princes and lie had to resist all the temptations of a beautiful and flattered youth. 5. He was probably 19 or 20 years | old when he began to reign. There are some very wholesome lessons from this picture of Solomon. (1) Almost every child born into a Christian family has greater opportunities and blessings than even Solomon had. All Solomon's wisdom and wealth could not bring him so many advantages and comforts and blessings as a poor child may have in this age. How much God and your parents expect of you. Many a hope and joy depends on you for fruition. Whether you shall be the blessing of your parents' Id age or bring their gray hairs in sorrow to the grave depends upon your conduct. (2) It is a great advantage in many ways not to be born and brought up in the luxury of riches. The other extreme of deep poverty is as little to be desired. But that condition of neither poverty nor riches, where the child must learn to work, learn selfdenial, learn to do Lis part in the family, and sees that only work and I energy can give him real success, is ! the best for all. (3) It is wisdom to put ourselves : under the best and strongest religious i influences. No one can escape temp- i ; tation. Everyone must make a choice ' of the influences around him. And ( । the influences he chooses out of all ' those which are around him will largely determine his future life. Com- I pare Burbank’s “Training of the Human Plant.” V. 39. “And all the people said. God save King Solomon.” They accepted ; him as their king, “with shouts that I । rent the earth with the sound there- ! of.” The attempt of Adonijah was j thus nipped in the bud. The kingdom 1 \ was a limited monarchy, perhaps the i first in history. In 1 Chronicles 28 : and 29 there is an account of a great j assembly of the princes, the army of- : fleers, the statesmen, and the Jewish ( leaders, called by David. To them । he told his plans for the temple, prei sented Solomon to them as their king, and entreated both him and the people to keep all his commandments with a perfect heart and a willing mind, “that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you forever.” And David said to Solomon his son: “Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed, for | the Lord God, even my God. will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor j forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the | house of the Lord” (1 Chron. 28:20). i The leaders accepted Solomon as ! king, proved that they were in sym- j pathy with his great work by im- ; 1 mense contributions given with great ' joy, and confirmed their allegiance by religious services, and a great feast ol thanksgiving. God has given each of us a kingdom ; to gain. I'hree influences brought Solomon i to the throne. (1) His inheritance as the son of David and grandson of. Ahithophel. (2) His fitness for the I place and work. (3) His choice by the people. These three influences ■ nave to do with the success of the j young people of to-day There is an I element of Divine Providence in every life beyond the individual’s control, i But his use of it and his choice of j those things which fit him for use- ' fulness will largely determine his j career, though he must also have those qualities which lead the people to i freely choose him for his place and work. The worst possible preparation of the young, for their life work and sue- . cess, is what is called "Sowing one’s i wild oats.” We have in this story a lesson in i patriotism. Our faces should be set as flint toward the desire to so live ! that we can make our country what | It should be, a country which should i |be a i art of the kingdom of heaven. I

SOME REMARKS FROM MINNESOTA EDITORS. What They Think of Western Canada. A party of editors from a number of । cities and towns of Minnesota recently I made a tour of Western Canada and । having returned to their homes they are now telling in their respective newspapers of what they saw on their Canadian trip. The West St. Paul Times recalls the excursion of the Minnesota editors from Winnipeg to the Pacific Coast ten years ago. Referring to what has happened in the interval the writer says: “Thousands of miles of new railway lines have ; been built, and the development of । the country- has made marvelous ■ strides. Millions of acres, then lying in their -wild and untouched state, : have since been transferred into grain ' fields. Towns have sprung up as if by the wand of a magician, and their development is now in full progress. It is a revelation, a record of conquest by settlement that is remarkable.” The Hutchinson Leader characterizes M estem Canada as ”a great country undeveloped. The summer outing, it says, “was an eye-opener to every member of the party, even those who were on the excursion through Western Canada ten years ago, over considerable of the territory covered this year, being amazed at the progress and advancement made in that short space of time. The time will come when Western Canada will be : the bread-basket of the world. It ! was a delightful outing through a great country of wonderful possibilities and resources.” Since the visit of these editors the Government has revised its land regu- ■ lations and it is now possible to sei cure 160 acres of wheat land at $3.00 I an acre in addition to the 160 acres ! that may be homesteaded. The crops of 1908 have been splendid, and reports from the various districts show’ good yields, which at present prices will give excellent profits to the farmers. From Milestone, Saskatchewan, there are reported yields of thirty bushels of spring wheat to the acre, while the average is about 20 bushels. The quality of grain to be shipped from. thi^*point will be about 600.000 bushels. Information regarding free lands and transportation will be freely given by the Canadian Government Agents. A HINT TO GOLFER 3. - Miw The Visitor—What on earth does that chap carry that phonograph round for. Is he dotty? The Member—No! But he’s dumb. So he has that talking ^a&chine to give instructions to his caddie or to make a few well chosen remarks in case he fozzles his drive or does any, thing else annoying. Like a Dream. A bubble of air in the blood, a drop of water in the brain, and a man is out of gear, his machine falls to pieces, his thought vanishes, the world disappears from him like a dream at morning. On what a spider; I thread is hung our individual existence. Fragility, appearance, nothingness. If it were not for our powers iof self-detraction and forgetfulness, ! all the fairy world which surrounds and brands us would seem to us but a j broken specter in the darkness —an j empty appearance, a fleeting hallucination. Appeared—disappeared—there I is the whole history of a man, or of. a world, or of an infusoria. —Amiel. The Only Use He Knew. The “head of the family” was reading the vivid account of the departure ,of the Israelites from the land of i Egypt, and the four-year-old son lis- ■ tened with intense interest. At length the reader came to the passage, “And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him,” when the boy, whose limited experience had taught him only one use for such articles, shocked his staid relatives by crying in excited amazement: “To make soup wiv?”—Harper'sMonthly. UPWARD START After Changing from Coffee to Postum. Many a talented person is kept back because of the interference of coffea | with the nourishment of the body. This is especially so with those ! whose nerves are very sensitive, as is j often the case with talented persons : There is a simple; easy way to get rid I of coffee evils- and a Tenn, lady's ex- | perience along these lines is worth I considering. She says: “Almost from the beginning of the ; use of coffee it hurt my stomach. By the time I was fifteen. I was almost a nervous wreck, nerves all unstrung, no i strength to endure the most trivial i thing, either work or fun. “There was scarcely anything I could eat that would asrree with me. i The little I did eat seemed to give me more trouble than it was worth. I finally quit coffee and drank hot water, but there was so little food I could digest. I was literally starving; was so weak I could not sit up lonj, ( at a time. “It was then a friend brought me a j hot cup of Postum. I drank part of it I and after an hour I felt as though I i had had something to eat — felt I strengthened. That was about five ‘ years ago, and after continuing Post--1 um in place of coffee and gradua’ ( getting stronger, to-day I can e" digest anything 1 want, walk as I want. My nerves ?• “I believe the first F i any good and ga ■ start, was P< i Creek. M. i ville," in ; * . Ever read one npre„ri» 1 are scnulnr, katcresu