Walkerton Independent, Volume 34, Number 27, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 18 December 1908 — Page 2

WALKERTON INDEPENDENT W. A. ENDLEV. Publisher WALKERTON. - INDIANA With apologies to the hen, why is a green hat? Mrs. Langtry is 50 years old —a fact shown only by the records. With a three-year-old emperor China ahould have no fear of the sovereign talking too much. Rockville, Conn., has the distinction of being the first town to arrest an airship for disorderly conduct. Some one has reported seeing a sea serpent off Newport, but maybe, after all, it was just the back bone of winter wiggling into place. In prehistoric times, says a Chicago lady lecturer, woman was mentally the superior of man. Is she arguing that something has happened since? The simplified spelling board wants us to spell it “det.” Os course that makes it easier to spell, but not any easier to get out of a spell of it A man in Chicago has been ordered by the court not to speak to his wife for, two weeks or allow her to speak to him?" WTiMh one was the plaintiff! The daughter of Lombroso is coming to this country to study our prisons. We may be thankful, after all the other fulminatlons against it, that she isn’t coming to study our society. All the world is ready to admire the taste of the man who fell in love with a young woman and married her because she thanked him when ho gave her his seat and when she turned and sat down “her waist and skirt did not separate.” A Philadelphia man left his son-in-law 50 cents with which to buy a rope to hang himself. The beneficiary will probably forego the bequest rather than comply with its conditions, but it is certainly a terrible tale to come from the City of Brotherly Love. Prof. D. C. Jackson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been retained by the Massachusetts highway commission to make a report regarding the telephone situation with special reference to the practicability of a reduction In rates and a higher efficiency of service. The official denial of the Abruzzi-El-kins engagement will shatter a romance In which two continents were deeply interested, and many will refuse to give up the hope that the path of true love may yet be smoothed for the royal lover and the beautiful American girl of his heart. The recent refrigeration congress in Europe has reminded a student of history that Francis Bacon made the first experiments in the use of snow for the preservation of meat. The people of New Zealand, who have been largely dependent on refrigerated meat, have shown their appreciation of Bacon's discovery by erecting a statue of him -suitably inscribed. A minister recently read a paper before a Congregational church conference in Boston in which he called attention to the fact that In the membership of 56 churches in that vicinity only one child to each church was born during the year. His conclusion was that Congregational families are ceasing to perpetuate themselves and that Puritan stock is dying out. President Roosevelt ought to look into this. At the recent dedication in Bath of a tablet to Edmund Burke, Whitelaw Reid spoke in behalf of Americans in honor of their best friend in Great Britain. Burke has become almost a national hero in America, and it was he who phrased most eloquently many principles that are part of our tradition. His “Speech on Conciliation” is a difficult piece for schoolboys, but it ought always to be a part of the prescribed reading of young America. The Ohio-Mississippi coal trade, which persists to-day, is one of the greatest single movements of cargo in the world. From Pittsburg to New Orleans is 2,000 miles, all downhill. Coal in 1,000-ton barges is rafted into fleets and towed down this distance by powerful steamboats at a cost of less than 75 cents a ton, against a railroad rate of about four dollars and fifty cents —from Pittsburg to Memphis for 43 cents, against a rail rate of $2.70. The president of the University of Illinois has announced that dismissal will In future be the punishment of hazing, which he denounces as a violation of the right of individuality, provocative of public disorder, in its milder forms nonsensical, and in its coarser forms vulgar, brutal, always demoralizing and sometimes dangerous. Hence, he says, the university cannot countenance or tolerate it. Such a stand in the opinion of the Indianapolis Star generally imitated, will soon end the practice. A Chicago burglar broke into a hospitalpital and took everything but the patients’ temperatures, we presume. Our referendum among the leading personalities of this country on the question, “What is your opinion of the great men of Europe and America?” has resulted as follows: Washington and Napoleon are the greatest favorites, after whom come Hannibal, Caesar and Charles XII. of Sweden. Among the most disliked are Brutus, Cromwell and Darwin. —Nihanoyabi Nlhonjiu (Tokyo). Light has dawned in the minds of some managers of the Pennsylvania anthracite companies, and they are aald to be planning to open schools in which operatives can be taught by experts how to meet the technical and foreseeable exigencies of their dangerous calling. Better late than never. An ounce of prevention in mining, as in everything else, is worth a pound of remedy, says the Boston Herald. State supervision of obedience to law is necessary, but can be diminished In cost and severity by such action as is now contemplated.

TO PROBE ’CHANGES GOV. HUGHES NAMES COMMIS- . SION OF NEW YORKERS, । NINE EMINENT CITIZENS t | They Will Suggest Changes in Laws Relating to Speculation and for Protection of Investors. 1 Albany, N. Y.—Gov. Hughes Monday night announced the appointment of । a committee of nine, consisting of . bankers, business men and economists, . to Inquire into the facts surrounding the business of exchanges in New York and to suggest “what changes, 1 if any, are advisable in the laws of ' the state bearing upon speculation ; in securities and commodities; or relating to the protection of investors; or with regard to the instrumentaliI ties and organizations used in dealing in securities and commodities which are the subject of speculation.” The committee named includes Horace White, author and editor; Charles । A. Schieren, merchant, formerly mayor of Brooklyn; David Leaventritt, former justice of the supreme court; Clark Williams, state superintendent of banks; John B. Clark, professor of political economy in Columbia university; Willard V. King, banker, president Columbia Trust Company, a member of the firm of Faulkner, Page & Company; Samuel H. Ordway, law- ' । yer; Edward D. Page and Charles ' Sprague Smith, director of People’s institute, all of New York city. CASTRO CHEERED IN BERLIN. Venezuelan President Is Warmly Received by the Germans. Berlin. —President Castro of Venezuela and the members of his party arrived here Monday evening. The train reached the Zoological Garden station, on the edge of the city, somewhat later than expected, but it was awaited by a dense crowd of people who had gathered out of curiosity. As the train steamed into the depot the president was greeted with shouts of “Long live Castro.” There was a general I lifting of hats and much cheering. Members of Castros suite stated that the president had sent a dispatch to Emperor William from Herbesthal, in the German frontier, stating that he had come to Germany for medical treatment and expressing profound homage to his majesty. According to the same authority, when he learned I the news of the capture of a Venezuelan vessel by the Dutch cruiser Gelderland he was not greatly affected, merely remarking that there was no such vessel in the Venezuelan service. STREET CAR STRIKE IMPENDS. I Philadelphia Traction Company Refuses to Recognize Union. Philadelphia.—Replying to demands for increased wages and other concessions made by the local branch of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes, the officers of * the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company Monday night issued a statement in which it was declared , that the company would hereafter refuse to treat with or recognize the representatives of the Amalgamated association. As a result of this action the members of the association threaten to strike. BURNS UP HIS VAST FORTUNE. Dying Russian Saves Relatives from Evils of Wealth. | London.—A special dispatch from ! St. Petersburg relates that a dying ' Moscow millionaire named Petroff had his whole fortune withdrawn from the banks and the bank-notes brought to the sickroom. They were then piled before him and set on fire. Petroff summoned his relatives and showed them the ashes, congratulating them on having escaped from the evil of wealth. Our Battleships Best, Says Evans. New York.—That the latest battleships built in this country are vastly superior to England’s Dreadnought, is emphatically stated by Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans in an article in the latest number of Hampton’s Broadway Magazine, wherein he strongly defends the American navy. Col. Darling of Toledo Dies. Toledo, O.—Col. Henry A. Darling, aged 80, who had a distinguished war record, died Monday afternoon at the home of his son-in-law, Judge L. W. Morris. Cerebral hemorrhage was the cause. Gov. Harris’ County Goes Dry. Columbus, O. —Preble county Monday voted dry by 1,043. Ten saloons were knocked out. Gov. Harris lives in this county. Indicted for Criminal Libel. Greensboro, N. C.—The grand jury Monday returned true bills against exUnited States Senator Marion Butler and his brother, Lester Butler, charging criminal libel against Spencer B. Adams, chairman of the Republican party of North Carolina. Fifteen Hurt by Explosion. Minneapolis, Minn.—Fifteen persons were injured, one fatally, in an explo- ; sion of a boiler at the cement factory । of A. E. Nelson late Monday afteri noon. Murder in an Idaho Town. Idaho Fells, Idaho. —The body of a 1 man supposed to be Waldo A. Schlack of Dillon, Mont., was found in a rooming house here. Schlack had evidently been murdered. His head had be'jn horribly mutila ed with an ax. ; Lung Testing Is Fatal. Lexington. Ky.—John Bruce Wood- . ward, a student at the state university, ' died at his home at Maysville Monday I as the result of the bursting of a blood i vessel in his lung while blowing into a lung-L siing machine.

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ABE RL'EF IS FOUND GUILTY ! FORMER’FRISCO BOSS CONVICTED OF BRIBERY. Francis J. Heney Hears the Verdict Read—Defendant May Get Fourteen Years in Penitentiary. San Francisco.—Abraham Rues, former political boss of San Francisco, was convicted Thursday of bribery. The verdict was returned exactly upon the stroke of four o’clock when the deliberations of the jury had been prolonged throughout a period of 24 hours. As the jury filed into the courtroom and took their seats in the jury box. Judge Lawlor asked Foreman McNamara: i “Have you gentlemen reached a ’ verdict?” [ “We have.” replied the foreman as he hsnded a folded slip of paper to Clerk Welch. An impressive silence 1 followed. Attorneys, defendant, spec- ' tators, detectives and police held their breath as the clerk slowly and deliberately yet with apparent agitation, 1 unfolded the paper and then, as every ' eye in the courtroom was riveted upon him, read the words: “We, the jury, find the defendant, Abraham Rues, guilty as charged.” ■ Immediately all arose to their feet. • There was a murmur of approval, but no demonstration. At the other end of the counsel table, near the place where his blood had dyed the floor a deep crimson . red which had been effaced with sandpaper, sat Francis J. Heney, who appeared in the courtroom for the first i time since the day he was shot. Rues sat between his father and > Thnmas B. Dozier of the defense when ; the verdict was returned. He had . spent the greater part of the day in t conversation with his aged parent and I though his face paled and his eyes remained fixed for a long time upon the men who had pronounced his fate, al- . most his first thought was for the elder Mr. Rues. He whispered a few , words of encouragement to the old , man and sent him out of the room to break the news to the defendant’s mother and sisters. Ruef’s conviction renders him liable lo a maximum penalty of 14 years in ! the penitentiary. FLEET ARRIVES AT COLOMBO. 1 . American Battleships in Harbor of the i i Ceylon City. । Colombo, Ceylon.—The United States battleship fleet arrived here ■ Sunday and was greeted by vast throngs of Europeans and natives. The ( health of the men on the ships is ex--1 cellent, with the exception of one case of smallpox on the Georgia, which detached herself from the fleet on December 9 and arrived here Saturday. This is one of the most difficult har- . bors the fleet has yet entered, but all . the battleships were berthed without । incident, the perfect maneuvering of , the vessels occasioning great admiration. During the period the fleet will ! remain here the officers and men will be entertained extensively. The official reception took place Monday. Exiles Return to Hayti. ? Port au Prince. —The steamship Virginia, with 116 exiles aboard, among whom was Gen. Antenor Fir- ’ min, arrived here Sunday. Immediately upon arrival Gen. Firmin landed and was welcomed in the name of Gen. Simon by Gen. Hippolyte and Minister of Finance Chapotiau. He was driven to the palace along streets 1 lined with a cheering multitude held 1 back by the police with difficulty. Good Thing for National Guard. Washington.—National Guard inter- . ests are substantially promoted by a • recent order of the war department contemplating that all requisitions received from militia authorities for clothing and equipment be filled by the issue from the army source of supplies of the latest style of articles called for. This will have the effect । of equipping the militia with nothing . obsolete or old-patterned in the way ■ of material. Officials say it is a case of the regular army being sidetracked for the benefit of the militia. Convicted Banker Pardoned. L Columbus, O. —James R. Lingafelter, Newark banker and savings association official, serving a five-year term in the penitentiary for forgery, was pari doned Friday by Gov. Harris. He is thought to be suffering from cancer of the stomach. Mother and Babe Die in Flames. , Salina. Kan. —In a fire which destroyed their home at Havana, near here, Friday, Mrs. Himmelwright, wife . of a section foreman, and her baby were burned to death.

FOURTEEN F 1N CANAL BLAST. Three America ,K mon g Those Killed at ' Obispo. Colon. The yilosion Saturday st Bas Obispo of ■ .-ton dynamite bias’ was the most se r 'j ous accident in con nection with the! building of the Pana ma canal since t&g United States took control. The k* own d ea d now total 14. That ni anyßp O( ]i es have been recovered, but it iw possible that a score i or more are atiK under the masses of rocks and earttfiihat were thrown up. Fifty were injt^- j The charge J|a»isteu of 51 holes, ' 60 feet deep, spread out over a large section ■ territory. The last hole was bein? charged by John J Reidy, an experienced powder man, when it explojh The others were exploded by th e concussion. Reidy i was blown to pieces. The other American dead ( Include John J. Korp. steam-shovel en glneer. and J. T. Hummer. steam-sho re] crane man. Two Spaniards were also killed and eight West Indian us groes FATALITIES J|n GARAGE FIRE. Chicago Mothe | Leaps with Child and ^loth Die. Chicago. —-jVlth men and women of Chicago s rw gt exclusive and fashionable resides section as horrified spectators. twß persons, a mother and a child, recel ( j fatal injuries in a garage fire fl, ay n j K ht. Two others/ -ere burned so badly they are not W pected to live. While Mrs.® vu-ge M. Pullman. Mrs. Secor Cunniu Mrs. Stanley Field and other if “ o f Chicago's social world sukm H patching the flames. Mrs. blorenc^p arr . wife of a chauffeur emplo|^ James K. Deering, threw herself from a window of the burning bulldl: ig to the ground below, carrying in hei arms her young son Arthur Meek er placed the boy in his auto and racet across the city toward the nearest h >spital. The boy died soon after the hospital was reached. J. W. Thornl of Montgomery Ward & Co. used hip automobile to convey the mother to < hospital. She died as the machine s^as rushing across the streets. ; ATTEMPTS TO BRIBE UMPIRES. Officials of Deciding National League Game Wake Charges. New York.— Even more sensational than the tumultuous close of the recent National league playing season were the closing hours of the league’s annual meeting! here Friday when charges of att4npted bribery of the umpires who Officiated at the game that decided ths> championship of 190 S, between New York and Chicago at the Polo grounds, Qctober 8, were sprung and the magnates appointed a committee to probe them, even intimating that criminal prosecutions might follow the investigation committee s report. An official statement by the league says none of the persons named are in any way Connected with organized baseball. I Forming Big Lumber Trust. Duluth, Minn.-^The lumber interests represented by the Weyerhaeusers O’Brien & Cook of St. Paul and Duluth and Edward Hines of Chicago are here working the formation of a lumber lfUS.t~w^ch will control practically all the p-le in North America ; The greatest is beine observed. ' but it is known^m* the deal is almost finished and the^details may b> given out in a day or^ wo . The transfer of the Duluth, Virginia & Rainy Lake railroad is said t? be the only sticking pcint. Well Known Chicagoan Killed. Chicago. Phelps B. Hoyt, secretarytreasurer of the jv. h. Hoyt Company, wholesale grocer^ and one of the most i widely known m’p in western golf circles, died late Sajm-day night from in- i juries he received j n an automobile accident. Work for ijlany Idle Men. Pittsburg, Pa.--The American Steel & Wire Company sen t out orders Sunday that will giv. employment to 500 idle men at onedi and to 1,000 others within a week or t wo Chief Hump, i o ted Sioux, Dies. Pierre, S. D. ( n e f Hump, the Sioux leader who was at t h e head of the band which caused the trouble ending in the battle of Wounded Knee, the last important Indian fight in tbe northwest, died ;t Cherry Creek Friday' J Doctors Mi n < t Pull Teeth. St. Paul, Mi n. —The Minnesota state supreme cc r t Friday affirmed a decision of the di trict court holding it unlawful for a PHcticing physician tc practice dentistrj

NAB CASTRO'S BOAT GUARDSHIP ALIX IS CAPTURED BY DUTCH CRUISER. IS TOWED TO WILLEMSTAD Gelderland’s Prize Greeted Joyfully by People of Curacao—Venezuelan President Talks on Way to Cologne. Willemstad. Island of Curacao. —The Dutch cruiser Gelderland came into this port Sunday morning towing the Venezuelan coast guardship Alix with the Dutch flag flying and a Dutch crew on board. The Gelderland captured the Alix off Puerto Cabello on Saturday. The seizure of the Alix was in accordance with the plans of the Holland government when instructions were issued to the three Dutch warships now in these waters to make a demonstration off the coast of Venezuela and to capture any Venezuelan ships of war or guard vessels that they might find. The arrival of the Gelderland at Willemstad was greeted with unbounded enthusiasm by those who noticed the cruiser's approach, and soon the entire population were down to the water’s edge to welcome the return'oT lhe Gelderland, towing the first of the enemy’s ships, as though from a great conquest. Naturally the people of Curacao, who have long been clamoring for activity on the part of the Dutch government. are greatly rejoiced over this evidence that Holland has at last begun active measures against Venezuela. Paris.—President Castro of Venezuela and his party left here Sunday l for Cologne, where a consultation of I physicians will tie held to determine upon the advisability of an operation jon the president. If an operation is I found necessary Dr. Israel probably will perform it at Berlin. On the train Sunday Castro accorded an interview to a representative of the Temps, saying that as he was leaving France he felt at liberty to receive a journalist. | The interview, while guarded, fully confirms the representations made by Castro at Santander to the effect that he was desirous of settling Venezuela's outstanding diplomatic differences and, so far as France is concerned, had already made the first steps in that direction France Lets Castro Land. Bordeaux.—Cipriano Castro. the president of Venezuela, was allowed to land on French soil Thursday when he arrived at Pauillac. 30 miles from Bordeaux, on the steamship Guadelope. After a conference with a representative of the French government. President Castro came ashore and proceeded to Bordeaux in a special ; car. The announcement was made that the president would go to Paris. Thursday evening an agent of M. Pichon. the foreign minister, informed President Castro that he would be welcomed as a private citizen, and that as a chief of state he would be given every protection during his sojourn in France. MANIAC HOLDS UP VILLAGE. Edgewater, N. J., Terrorized by “John the Baptist." Edgewater. N. J.—Proclaiming himself to be “John the Baptist, come to save the world.” an armed fanatic, wrought up to a high pitch of maniacal fury, terrorized this village for a full hour late Friday. He Appeared suddenly on the main street, waving a big revolver, held up the proprietors of several stores, exchanged many shots with a hastily formed posse and at last was wounded when the police and a mob of citizens ran him down. In all the fusillade no one was hit but the maniac himself, and his wounds are not regarded as dangerous. He says he is Oscar Pomeroy of Nebraska. PLANS ACTION FOR LIBEL. President Threatens Authors of Canal “Graft” Charges. Washington.—“lf they can be reached for criminal libel, I shall try to have them reached,” said President Roosevelt in speaking Thursday afternoon about “those Americans who have been guilty of infamous falsehood concerning the acquisition of the property and the construction of the I (Panama) canal itself.” It was to the committee of one hundred of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway association, headed by Gov. Deneen of Illinois, who were rei ceived by the president in the east room of the White House, that he made this declaration. Found Guilty of Murder. Duluth. Minn.—William Schreiber was found guilty of murder in the first degree here Friday. He killed Frank Massapust, a settler, near Ashawa. last February. His acquittal had been generally expected. Taft Talks About McKinley. New York.—President-elect William H. Taft, speaking Sunday night at the dedication of a McKinley memorial organ in the Metropolitan Temple, told, to an audience which repeatedly interrupted him with applause, the story of his official association with the late president and declared with reference to the Philippine islands that the policy laid down by Mr. McKinley in 1900 had been the policy of the present as it will be the policy of his own administration. Hansbroug* Still Very Sick. Minneapolis. Minn. —Senator H. C. Hansbrough of Devils Lake, N. D., who was operated upon at Asbury hospital Friday, is not gaining strength as rapidly as might be expected and is still seriously ill. Editor Sentenced to Jail. Columbus, O. —J. A. Tarrier, publisher of Town Topics, a weekly paper, was sentenced Friday by Federal Judge Safer to eight months in jail and a fine of SI,OOO for misusing the mails.

BICYCLE RIDER TAKES PLUNGE THROUGH WINDOW LANDS IN LAP OF WOMAN EAT. ING DINNER, CAUSING GREAT EXCITEMENT. Denver. Diners in the Indian room of the Savoy were almost thrown into a panic when a man plunged headlong through one of the heavy plate glass windows and landed squarely in the lap of Mrs. R. A. Kincaid, who was sitting with her husband at a table near the window. The man was Dave Thompson, an employe of the hotel, and as the result of his strange experience, is now lying at the county hospital. While riding a wheel with a coaster brake down Seventeenth avenue Thompson tried to turn into the alley between the Shirley and the Savoy V\ Ik V The Body of a Man Shot Through the Air. The brake refused to work and. losing control of the wheel, he was thrown through the window of the Savoy facing Sev nteenth avenue near the alley. It was the Indian room that Thompson had chosen for his plunge. It was crowded, every table being taken. when he made his sensational appearance. The astonished diners heard the crash of the glass and sat spellbound as through the shower of fragments from It they saw the body of a man shooting through the air. It went over the table where the Kincaids were dining, taking the table cloth covered with dishes with it, and. before Mrs. Kincaid knew what had happened. Thompson fell into her lap. She screamed with fright. The other women in the room echoed her cries and pandemonium reigned. Broken glass and blood from Thompson’s wounds went flying everywhere and added to the excitement. Policemen, waiters, chambermaids, bellboys, clerks and guests of the hostelry came running into the room, attracted by the uproa r And in the meantime, dazed and half unconscious, Thompson lay in Mrs. Kincaid's lap. Mr. Kincaid was the first to recover his composure. He assisted Thompson to his feet, and seeing that the man was suffering called others to help carry him to his automobile out- | side. With Mrs. Kincaid he took the injured man in the machine to the I county hospital. There an examination revealed that Thompson had sustained severe cuts about the body and severed an artery in his right shoul-' der. He is not thought to be seriously injured. The wheel was found outside the hotel entirely demolished. MODERN ENOCH ARDEN. Pathetic Story Unfolded by Priest of Philippine War Veteran. Corvallis. Ore. —Revelation that George McDonald, or Morgan, who died at the city jail recently, was another Enoch Arden, with an unusually pathetic career, has come to light in a dispatch from San Francisco. The dispatch says McDonald went to the Philippines during the war days, leaving a wife and daughter. After the war he returned to find his wifs married to another man. having received a report he had been killed. No message preceded him and his arrival was not made known to the woman. He came on north to Oregon, keeping his secret and his sorrow. He was at Eugene and Springfield, then came to Corvallis, where his death took place in the city jail, following a debauch probably induced by his trouble. He had told Father Butler of Corvallis that he was married by Rev. Father Netterville. at St. Dominic’s church. San Francisco, and that his wife's second marriage was performed by Father Nugent of St. Rose's church. San Francisco. Coroner M. S. Bovee has communicated with Father Nugent to help locate the dead man's daughter. Man Whirls on Shaft Alive. Shenandoah, Pa. —In the act of oiling machinery at Ellangowan colliery, John Sands was caught in a shafting at 140 revolutions a minute. He was whirled around several times, when every stitch of his clothing was torn from his body, and then he was hurled 20 feet, sustaining a broken arm. dislocating both shoulders and being badly cut and bruised, but he will recover. Tries to Eat Nine Pounds of Spaghetti Memphis. Tenn.—ln an effort to consume three pounds of spaghetti, which, when cooked, weighed nearly nine pounds, Frank Marino lost a wager and caused friends who backed him with hundreds of dollars to lose their money. The doctors who attended him say he may not recover from the effects of overcrowding his stomach. Think It Over. She —If a man loves his wife as much as she loves him h v ' p wasting his mone> on cuars : she asks hint. He—Yes. but if his wife loves him as much as she ought to love a man who loves her enough to stop it if she asks bint she won't ask him.

CALLER LEFT IN A HUFF. Innocent Thourht of Business Mar. That Gave Serious Offense. Two business men had been talking good naturedly the other day. Their conversation had reviewed a number of things, and a remark made by the proprietor as his caller was leading brought up the subject of prosperity in a rather awkward wav. Business with me has been a little dull of late. Ive had only a few callers,” he remarked. The friend smilingly rejoined: “You'll have enough of them In a short time—prosperity’s coming right along. Why,” he added, emphatically, “the next time I drop around, instead of being able to chat with you for half an hour, there’ll be so many people ahead of me that U’l» take me two ■ hours to get to you—maybe I can’t I see you at all.” ■ I hope so, rejoined the proprietor, cheering up over the prospects of renewed business activity. « l His caller literally “stormed” out of the office, leaving his erstwhile host in a state of bewilderment as to what had happened A POSER. SO® Mrs. Whim —You needn’t say woman has no mechanical genius. I can do anything on earth with only a hairpin. Mr. Whim—Well, sharpen this leadpencil with it. The Symmetrical Figure. Speaking of that rare gift, symmetry of person, it is more desirable than beauty of feature, because it outlasts youth. The symmetrical figure is perfectly proportioned and articulated anatomy, and nothing is more rare. Be thankful, fair ones, when you have . oints” which cause us to to overlook any little discrepancy in form. —Exchange. If you have not much time at your disposal, do not fail to profit by the Bmallest portion of time which remains to you.—Fenelon. SICK HEADACHE i Positively cured by CARTERS these 111118 F lls - They also relieve Dis|TTI F tress from Dyspepsia, InJ ■*a m a digestion and Toe Hearty j y R Eating. A perfect remBS DI II Q edy for Dlzz i ness - Naur I LLv. sea, Drowsiness, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Coated Tongue. Pain in the I Side, TORPID LIVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL P!LL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. rADTED^I Genuine Must Bear wAhIIHo Fac-Simile Signature ■ IVER ■ phxs. ■j REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. 45 to 50 Bu. of Wheat Per Acre have been grown on farm lands in WESTERN CANADA Much less would be j N । satisfactory. The genj*: era ‘ aveta S e ** above twenty bushels. Okf N “All are Icud iu theit praises of the great crops and that wonderful country " —Extract fvm correspondence Naiiona I Editorial Association of August, 1903. It is now possible to secure a homestead of 160 acres free and another 160 acres at $3.00 per acre. ^’ jndreds have paid the cost of their farms (if purchased) and then had a balance of from SIO.OO to $12.00 per acre from one crop. AXTieat, barley, oats, flax —all do well. Mixed farming is a great success and dairying is highly profitable. Excellent climate, splendid schools and churches, railways bring most every district within easy reach of market. Railway and land companies have lands for sale at low prices and on easy terms. “Last Best West” pamphlets and maps sent free. For these and information as to how to secure lowest railway rates, apply to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or the authorized Canadian Government Agent: C. J. BROUGHTON. 412 Merchants’ loan 4 Trust Bldt , Chicago, 111.; W. H. ROGERS, third floor. Traction Terminal Bldg., Indianapolis. Ind.; or T. 0. CURRIE, 130 3rd Street, Milwaukee, Wis. (► BACKACHE, : o Sideachc, j i ► y’fir Headache, ‘ an ^ a | o Worn-out | J’ V) V/fJ Feeling . ’ * v I May come * ' * mW f rom o Constipation, t :: Lane’s Family: :: Medicine (called also Lane’s Tea) T J * is a herb Tonic-Laxative and X ’ ► will cure constipation and the T I ► ills that come from it. ♦ J * It is a great blood me' cine X * * and one of the best for all T «» stomach, kidney and bowel ♦ ’ * complaints. X «* All druggists, 25 and 50 cts. T | Stop Coughing! I SKI Nothing breaks down the health k> quickly and poaitively as s persstrnt Kai cough. If you have a cou^h give im WLgJ it attention now. du can relieve jjRMj IIJh it quickly vnth PISO SC L RE. EgH Famous for half a century as the reliable remedy f?r ccuchs colds, ■HI hoarseness. Hore.’ 5, kindred ai’mer.’? Fmet ?r vujidten. At all druggists', 25 ct>,