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Mtft Important Htpptnlngi of tho Part Severn Day. 9 JUST DOUBLE 320 ACRES INSTEAD OF 160 ACRES At further inducement to settlement of the wheat-raiting land of Western Canada, the Canadian Government has increased the area that may be taken bv a homesteader to 320 acres 160 free and 160 to be purchased at $3.00 per acre. These land are in the grain-raising area, where mixed farming w also carried on with unqualified success. A railway will shortly le built to Hudson Bay, bring ing the world's markets a thousand mile nearer these wheat-fields, where schools and churches are convenient, climate excellent, railways close to all settlements, and local markets good. "it would tnV time to assimilate the revela. tlona that n visit to the great empire lylnjr to the North of ua unfolded at every turn." Corrtspondtnce of a N At tonal Editor, ivho llslk4 Wtsttm Canada in August, 1903, Lands may also be purchased from railway and land companies at low price and on easy term. For pamphlets, maps and information aa to low railway rate, apply to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or tb authorised Canadian Government Agent: j. s. cimro, Ha. 12SV. Walk Strati, laaiaa CRy, MlaMtjrf. "SSOEA ThimfiM's Eyt Wafer Inttrtstlnf Items Gathered From all Parte ef the World Condensed Into Small Space for the Sen- fit ef Our Readers. Miscellaneous. President lloosovelt has sent two supply ships with $300,000 worth of supplies to Italy and has offered the use of tho battleship fleet. An attompt was made to assassin ate Attorney General Caldwell, of Ten nessee, at Union City the other night. He was followed from tho depot and nhot at twice by a man presumably a night rider or one of their sympa thlzers. As the result of eating poisoned candy sent her through the mall, Mrs. Marie Smith, a divorced woman of Denver and her two daughters were made dangerously ill. In a speech at Philadelphia, Francis J. Heney, the noted graft prosecutor of San Francisco, declared that E. H. Harrlman. through his control of the Southern Pacific railroad, was respon sible for the corruption there. As a result of a panic among pa tients of an Improvised hospital In Messina, Italy, Queen Helene was knocked down and trampled upon. Her Injuries were not serious. Two children of Thomas Burgess of Bakersfleld, Mo., were burned to death when the family homo was destroyed by Are. Tho mother had gone to neighbors, locking the children lu the house. A violent oarth shock lasting three seconds during which Stromboll vol cano began eruption has occurred in Stromboll Island. Houses on tho island were badly damaged. Eighteen hundred young people of Cleveland, O., have pledged themselves to "live as Christ would have lived" for two weeks. All denominations are represented. The Atlantic battleship fleet arrived at Suez two days ahead of its sched ule. An enthusiastic welcome was given the vessels. The official call for a national tariff convention to be held at Indianapolis, Ind., February 16, 17 and 18, has been sent out. During 1908 the coinage executed at the mints of the United States amounted to $145,499,188. Ambassador Grlscom has chartered a vessel and will load it with supplies for tho earthquake sufferers at Civita Vecchia in order to hurry the relief work. With 17 passengers aboard the Nor weglan steamer, Texas, from Chris tiana, arrived at Savannah, Ga., with fire in her hold. The flames were quenched after a long fight. A volcano at sea and a field of boll ling water off the coast of Georgia has boen reportod by British officers to the hydrographlc office at Norfolk, Va. Gov. Hoch of Kansas has Issued an appeal in the name of the state Red Cross Society, for relief funds for the Italian earthquake Buffet ers. The taking of testimony In the In vestigation of the Kansas state peni tontiary at Lansing has been com pleted. Tho committee will report to Gov. Hoch before the expiration of his term of office. Over 6,000 persons exchanged Now Year's greetings with President and Mrs. Roosuvelt at the annual recep tion at the White House this year. Laat year's record was broken by over 700. Between 20 and 30 oil men were held up and robbed of their valuables Just outsldo of Tulsa, Ok., by two masked men. The robbers escaped on horseback. One of the two warrants issued In 1674 for the arrest of John Bunyan, was sold at auction in London for $22. Refugees from the earthquake are arriving at Naples by tho shipload, and present a sickening sight. Most of them are in a doplorable mental' condition through fright. Seven hundred dollars a month ali mony has boen allowed Mrs. Mary Uogdrdus Tower, an ex-telephone gill, in a find decree of separation from her husband, A. E. Tower, a woalthy Iron mastor of Poughkeepsle,. N. Y. The cool work of a fireman at Erie, Pa, averted a panic when the Park theater was discovered on fire during a performance. Nobody was injured but the theater was badly damaged. Abraham Ruef, convicted of bribery at San Francisco, has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. The petition of Count Boni de Cas telane that his three sons bo taken from their mother, formerly Anna Gould, now Princess do Sagan, and placed in his mother's care, has been denied by the Paris couit. The Democrats have organized a so ciety to establish newspapers through out Kaunas to begin an educational campaign to teach tho people tho prin ciples of Democracy. Tho action was takon at a conference of leading Dem ocrats recently held in Topeka. Tho bubonic plague has made Its ro-appeuranco In Guayaquil, Ecuador. The Missouri insurance department has barred from the state the Walla Walla Fire Insurance company. The concern has gone into the hands of a receiver. Beach Hargis, charged with tho murder of his father ut Irvine, Ky., has been released in $25,000 bail. Gov. Haskell of Oklahoma, has issued a proclamation anouncing the defeat at the recent election of the two constitutional amendments, one changing the location of tho state capitol, and the other adopting the Torrens land system. M. Clemenceau tho French premier, was recently fired upon In Paris by a Corslcan named Bencdettl. Tho offi cial was not hit. Tho would-be assas sin was arrested and disarmed. Unable to endure the thought of spending their declining years without the presence of their 18-year-old daughter, Prof. J. P. Gordy, of New, York university, and his wife com mitted suicide a few hours after the death of the girl. Wilbur Wright, tho American aero naut, beat all previous aeroplane rec ords at Lemans, France, remaining in the air for two houis and nino min utes. Lillian Russell, the "actress, is pre paring to publish the love letters which she has received during her long stage career. There will be two volumes of the missives. At tho close of 1908 Kansas City had 294.22 miles of paved streets and boulevards. The United States supply ship Cel tic, which was to have met the return-.. ing battleship fleet, has sailed fiom New York direct to Messina, Italy, whero the supplies will be turned over to the earthquake sufferers. Samuel Cleveland, a boy six years old, died while on the operating table at Lawrence, Kan., while two physi cians were prepailng to perfoim an operation for appendicitis. Tho boy wos given chloroform and died before tho opeiation began. Tho immensity of tho disaster in Southern Italy continues to grow as further details are received. It is now estimated that 110,000 persons lost tholr lives at Messina and Rcggio alone. A score of other towns wore devastated and thousands of victims in these places must be added to the death list. Five bandits hold the citizens of Wellston, Ok., at bay while they dyna mited the bank and escaped with $5,000. About 200 shots were ex changed but no one was huit. Following tho receipt of a threaten ing letter demanding money by Anto nio Armenio, a prospeious Italian of Kansas City, a bomb was exploded under a window ledge of his home, damaging the building, but causing no Injury to the occupants. Temperate habits will maintain oue health in vigor, and render us equal to the dischargo of all the active duties of life. Epicurus. Spear isn't anything! Mint Isn't anything! Spearmint isn't anything unless it's WRIOLEY'S SPEARMINT, A woman wants a romantic man to make love to her, but she needs a matter of fact one to support her chil dren. COUGHS AND COLDS. I Took Pe-ru-na, LBBLaR-': ' ' '" 'aaBW? lararaTaraTavtt ' $8c"',x BBSf i$i& Vs' '' ' V ' JkJ JBiaVc& i LsBnHSSLaaYBBBBmi MHH IUUV, BTaWlMl 91d o Trt cfou Hat.t rTwA?F I 604 TENTH StWfX WASHINGTOM P.GJjf Peruna Drug Co., Columbus, Ohio. Gentlemen: I can cheerfully recom mend Pcrumt as an effective euro for coughs and colds. You nro authorized to use my photo with testimonial in any publication. Mis. Joseph Hull Chase, 804 Tenth St., Washington, D. C. Could Not Smell Nor Hear Mrs A. L. WeUel, 1(W3 Ohio St., Tcrre Haute, Ind., writes: 'When I bt.gan to take your medicine I could not smell, nor hear a church bell ring. Now I can both smell and hear. "When I becan your treatment my head was terrible. I had buzzing and chit ping noises in my head. 44 L followed your advice faithfully and took Pei una us you told me. Now I might say I am well. "I want to go and visit mv mother and see the doctor who said I wus not long for this world. I will toll him it was Peruna that cured me." Peruna is manufactured by Tho Peruna Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ohio. Ask your Druggist for a Free Peruna Almanac tor 1909. WRIS LEY'S D1DY0UKN0WTHAT Scliaap'S Laxative Chill Cure was really a Chill Cure and Liver Regulator combined. It not alone kills all germs but at the same time expels them by acting on the Liv er and Bowels. 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