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If" *C*)ttteOX)IOI^ HISGOOD i®£ ('•c'^s lai 4 c- ViCi '•. fcS.*3 MILDRED CAROLINE RIDdE. S*"u il vV. |^1 t«4 GOOD- "Blunderhead!" dngrlly expostulated the bookkeeper of Ransom & Co. •. "Look before, you leap, Danny," in aweet solacing contrast followed the tones .of-the office stenographer, Nellie Deane. "Wish I could. Guess. I'll go stum bling through life just this same old way ("groaned Danny Skilejp.. "Wish you was my sister. I'd get out of here If It .•wasn't for you—yes, I would." The electric button on the desk of the stenographer sounded• an appeal just then. It was,from Mr. Ransom's office. Hastily $follle swept into a drawer—or rather fancied she swept Into' It—several pages of a letter' she bad been writing to her sister. One of the sheets, however, had slipped un noticed over the edge of the deBk and bad'fallen among a ^vast litter on the floor beside ltl -_ Danny had precipitated the oyer* flow of the waste paper basket only a few seconds previously. He bad stum bled over It jn the exercise of that extraordinary ability of his todeserye the common" nickname of "Blunder head." Danny .was simply chronically irremediably clumsy. When he raised a window he generally smashed It When he moved a chair he usually tip-, ped" It, over. When he ran to attend to some urgent office call he stumbled over a rug or the linoleum. "Di-at that bookkeeper!'^, muttered Daiwy with'a daggers look at crusty old Collins "As to Sweetie—that's what I call-her add that's Just what she Is-—lf ever amount to anything It will he her kind .ways to me that did It ShieV pretty as a picture and good as gold. Yes, and I'll bet .the boss knows it!" chuckled Danny wisely. If-"tl»e boss," young Alden Ransom, knew it, however, he had spoken no tWhllllkens! She's In Love With the Bofsl"' word to convey the Impression to his really competent stenographer. it was true that many times, even as Just now, when Nellie Bat In hisprivate office taking 'dictation, i£ bad' been a If relief from business cans and a .'posi j|f|. tlve pleasuretd look at-the 'delicate 8? expressive -face of the -young' girl and appreciate her buoyant'. accommodAt lng ways and quick Intelligence. If there was the dawning of love it the companionship, however it waa on the pari' of Nellie herself. li fact, .bSo bad Just written the fact to her sis ter. And because she felt a growing fondness for. her kindly Indulgent em- ployer- she had- decided to sever a tie that it-might be difficult to break, later on by leaving the' pleasant era-. Jph ploy of Ransom. & "Co. Meanwhile Danny had gathered up Wg, the letter: on the floor of the main office and was cogitating over the great precept of wisdom that Mils '£4 Deane had sought to Inculcate. "'Look before you leap," Danny r» peated the axiom "That fits me. Js !jWsg Sweetie is a good ttdviser and I'm go ing to adopt that as my motto." ,1 Danny picked a sheet of paper from the wastepaper basket,- folded it, took stub ot a pencil from his. pocket and proceeded' to diligently and. laborious^ ly place the appealing axiom upon Its surface. He stowed the folded impBr in his pocket as if it were some valudd tallBm^^^d^^^Mnfalllng remedy *More 3liL'onje during the rest of the day Danny-consulted. his creed. Then that night when he went to bed, he found lie had learned his motto by $ heart and took out the sheet of paper to place It in a bureau drawer when he chanced to open it. "Whew!" he ejaculated as he je g-J§^ rused the inside of the sheet. "Wfcy, It's-part of a letter Sweetie haa w'rit ten to some relative or friend find —vhiilikens! she's in love with the bpss." Yes, j^bat was certain. Hiss Deane hadwritten to her sister that Mr. Ran torn had attracted her as never any man hefore. But she realized, that gulf between them, showed due humil lty in not construing his little acts of kindness into any marked attentions and* was going to seek another posl tion. "Why, If she leaves Ransom & Co I'm—lost!" walled Danny. "Say, if she could marry the boss!. "Wish 1 was a matchmaker. What'll I do?" This was as to thA letter. Danny Kf decided he would think things over be^ fore he said anything about it Then ?}if came the crisis of Danny's life, and ti,e "Blunderhead" of theoffico situa tion became a star character and fj hero. Danny earned only four dollars a week and had to pay, some board at s$i home at that. This did not admit of ^M-any banquets. The week before he 'S* had bought a small bunch of violets to place on the desk of Miss Deane. she had' scolded him severely, but Dangerous Hiccoughs. Two unusual cases of suffering through .hiccoughs are reported. In one, a man had an attack of hic coughs which lasted for nine days be fore he obtained relief. A little girl had a much worse attack, which lasted between three and four months, and was the result of a fright Doctors had'been unable to end the paroxysms, and many times It -was thought the child would die. She had wasted awiay alarmingly, and hope for her recovery was abandoned. S'«VifS.^4 Danny was proud to think he could spend 50 cents to show his devotion to the kindest friend he had ever knowh. Fop' the present, week, therefore, Danny was wont to take his meals at a cheap beanery.. There were items on the bill of fare that ran from four to seven cents. One evening he had •o remain at Jhe office overtime to stamp some mail. Six o'clock found him hungry 'with one-half an hour's work still undone. Etonny went out for a bite. As he passed down a court running along the side of the building where the office was located, he noticed that the light in the room of the boBS had been extinguished and the boss himself was Just approach ing his automobile, the only one in the' solitary court. Then there occurred something that made Danny think of a rapid moving picture show, it was all done so quick ly. Three men had suddenly leaped 'from a dusk doorway, dne sprang to the chauffeur's seat. Two others ad vanced.upon Mr. Ransom. They .threw a. long .coat over his head, lifted him Into the machine,, stifled bis cries and away dashed the Auto. "Kidnaped! Just like In tt»e movies!" gasped the petrified Danny. "in a flash be was after the speeding machine. As be na an inspiration came, to him.- He drew out his big Jackknife that was his constant com panion,-caught at the knob of the bag gage box and clung there. The automobile followed the. cocrt then-an alley and then curved into a public street. It was here that Danny got ready for business. He made ,desperate lunge at the nearest rear wheel. Blade-deep through outer and inner sheathings of rubber went' the knife. There was a hiss, then a frightful report. The chauffeur, caught the ^warning sound. The auto sidled on a menaplng slant. Danny sprang free, yelled for the po lice, the car was surrounded and'"the boss" was rescued. Mr. Ransom took Danny back to the office with him after the police had se cured the kidnapers, who it appeared had set in motion the first section of a deep blackmailing plot. "There's something else,'', said Danny,' when the greater part of his story had been told—"there's Sweetie." "Ah! what about Miss Deane, nowf questioned the young business man, -.with every token of deep interest And Danny, produced the letter sheet. His eye'sparkled' as he knew what he had long hoped—that Miss Deane cared particuarly for him. And then rather amusedly he read the scrawled words Danny had written: "Look before: you leap." "Mr. Ransom,'.' observed Danny fer vently, "that's my, motto, but you don't have to look before you, leap if ycu're thinking about Sweetie. She's all gold. Just like yourself!" (Copyright, 1914. by W. Q. Chapman.) WHO DID WRITE SHAKESPEARE Not 8hakespeare or Bacon, but John Trucsell, Is the Latest Theory -Put Forth.-.i Uri Another theory as to the identity of the ideal personality around which Shakespeare 'wrote many of his son nets is advanced in a volume in which nobody-would expect to find it._ The volume is a cheap reprint of a six teenth century, devotional work, "The Triumph Over Deathi,"- by the Vener* able. Robert Southwell, a Jesuit priest The editor, J., Wr.Trotman, pro pounds .the startling theory that Southwell is the friend celebrated .la Shakespeare. The beautUul 'youth of the: sonnets ^was 4 Jesuit, tortured by Topcllffe, imprisoned in the Tower for three years and Anally dragged on a hurdle to" Tyburn and hanged. But neither Shakespeare nor Ba con, Mr. Trotman holds, wrote the im mortal sonnets and plays. According to him they are the work of John Trussell, a member of- a family iresl dent for centuries at BiUesiey,. near Stratford-on-Avon, and mayor of Win chester, where he made, such a charm .' ing speech to Queen Henrietta Marie after-her marriage there with Charles I that she declared she was a* pleased as if he had given her 10,000 crowns. His poem, "The First Rape of Fair Helen," his champion says, is no less Shakespearian than ."Venus and Adonis." As only one copy of its ex ists and one has not had access to the private library in whlcht it is pre? served, one is unabld to express an opinion on the point. It is evident that -Mr. Trotman hrfs prepared agree able exercise for 'the-wits of the it & & $ ... ~T~^' Learn to Write Well.: First legibility second, elghtlineais, should be the endeavor in handwriting and let the "character" and the "indi viduality" take care of themselves. If you wish to devise a signature hard to forge, that is another thing but one's every-day handwriting should be plain and as good-looking as one can make it.' The art of writing a neat, legible, well-punctuated,- correctly expressed and spelled letter should belong to every high-Bchool graduate, much more to every college graduated and the thanks of the community are' due' to those who are testing and trying to improve, our methods of education but they must remember that-the let ter-style is properly more looBe and conversational than any other, and therefore should not be 'criticized In just the same way Probable Duration of Sun. Adopting'the well-known hypothesis of Helmholtz, which attributes' the production of the heat emitted by the Bun to its contraction/ an idea can be formed of the sun's duration^ If one gives to the sun a co-efflcient of ex pansion intermediate between that of mercury and that of gas, one arrives at the conclusion that it has taken one million to' three million, years for the sun to contract to its present radius in particular, it would have taken ten thousand years to contract from infinity to a radius twice its present radius. Finally, the sun will take 200,000,000 years to contract from its present radius -to half that radius, and even then itB temperature at the surface will be 3,000 degrees.— Scientific American. But a short time ago she had a vio lent attack of coughing. Her mother gave her cold tea and lemon. The coughing popped. Everybody waited anxiously expecting the hiccoughing to return. But it did not The Reason He Does Not, "I am quite sure that I can stop drinking when I have had enough." "But you, never, seem to do it" "I know it. You see, the trouble ia that when 1 have had enough I don't know it." Y0X m, mm 4^ Sty *•. fbf /a. STORE MANURE FOR GARDENS Best Practise le to Place Fertilizer In Obecure Comer—8pade and Turn Frequently. A common practise is to manure the garden every year, late in the fall, or before planting in the spring, no fur ther attention being given. This prac tise, however, Is not the best. The manure for the garden should be kept in a large box with a lid, or so screened that files cannot enter it. Manure heaps are the natural breeding places of these pests and if they are allowed to remain near the house, un covered, will prove a great nuisance. A good plan is to use a very close wire screen nailed to a frame with hinges for the top. The manure should be spaded often on the top so.that the water from the clouds or\the sprin kling pot may, penetrate to all portions of it. .. If kept in a box a spout should be placed in one corner, at the bottom, so that the water may drain into a'sunken barrel. This will supply liquid--manure which can be used at, all seasons when vegetables and flowers are growing. The manure in the box should be worked over once or twice a month, forking the bottom to the top so that the entire heap may rot Manure may be .kept.in this manner if the boxee are placed at the farthest point in the garden from the house, and if surrounded with vines .their presence will never be notlced from in BAD WEED IN THE PASTURES Burdock Is Typical B*ok Yard Plant, But Is Found in Fence Corner* rV: and All Waete Places. Burdock is- a biennial plant with a large, deep tap root The leaves, which are large, are generally fussy beneath, and this leaf stock is follow. The first year the plant merely devel ops a leaf and root eyBtem. The sec ond year ttie branched flowering stalk is sent up, sometimes six feet high. At. the ends of the ({ranches purple tipped flower burs are formed.. The burdock is ^specially bad in sheep and horse pastures, as the burs get into the wool of the sheep and manes and tails of the horses. Burdock flowers in July* and August end seeds in Sep-' tember. It is a' typical back yard weed, but is found in fence corners and all waste places. Continued cutting .will exhaust the plants, and,: In time exterminate them. The process may be hastened by cut ting off deeply below the surface and •iipdook—8howlng Top of Plant'With Burs, Also targe Leaf. applying-a •handful of salt or a few drops- of gasoline or kerosene- to' the root of each plant WATCH THE H0RS|'S TEETH Very Oftsn Elongated Molars Prevent .. Animal. From Mastipatlng Food In Proper Manner. If your horse shows difficulty in eating or loses flesh without apparent cause, it Is time to-examine the teeth. Very often elongated teeth prevent a horse from properly masticating its food, thereby rendering it impoesible to obtain much benefit from it Ulcerated teeth also are a source of great trouble and prevent a horse from eating well.: Sometimes broken teeth cut'the sides of-a horse's mouth and form painful sores, which, of course, interfere with mastication. It is a good plan to examine the teeth of all Mrses two or three times a year and in-the case "of broken or elongated teeth, treat' them with a file. If the, teeth of a valuable animal are badly affected it should be treated by a. veterinary Burgeon. Mangels for Cows. Mangels are good oow feed, but are not of high value as a horse. feed. They contain about nine per- cent of dry matter and 91 per cent water, 1.1 per cent protein and six per cent car^ bobydrates and have a nutritive ration of 1:6.5. They are! valuable as succu lence in feeding milk cows, a very im portant consideration when animate are being fed on dry hay or fodder where one has no silo to keep silage in. The mangels are far more valuable for maintaining the healthfulness of the animal than for the food fa them. CaiTots are the best, horse's root feed in preference to* all others and the sugar beet for swine and turnips for sheep. 8praylng Outfits.'' -V A barrel sprayer will spray from five to ten acres of orchard and costs, complete, from $12 to |30. A bucket sprayer is useful for whitewashing or spraying a dozen trees or lese costs $3.50 to $8. The small hand com pressed air and knapsack outfits are used for spraying pbtatoes^ nursery trees, berries and vineyards. They cost from -$5, to $15. All sprayers should have brass working parts which ate not injured by acids. 8ummer Diet for Pigs.' In summer the animal heat is kept up with but little effort, and in conse quence a lighter diet should be fed to pigs. The food should be thinned down with some good sweet whey, kitchen slops or waste milk. The pigs will drink this with a relish, and it will be better for them in every way than thick, heavy food. Watch.,the Sheep... This is the time to watch the'fi'ealth of the sheep, and mora especially the bunba. iH' jg- TREAT HOGS FOR PARALYSIS Unbalanced Ration, Inbreeding and Parasites Have Each In Turn Been '.Aeslgned as Cause^^'Ah (By QEORQB H. GLOVER, Colorado Agricultural College.) Partial or complete paralysis of the hind legs of hogs is seen so often in swine herds that a common cause has been suspected but not definitely de termined. Inbreeding, parasites and an. un balanced ration, have each In turn been assigned as the' probable cause of this particular form of paralysis, and now it is quite generally attributed to a lack of phosphate, of lime. This salt in a form that can be appropriated may be deficient in the ration or not properly-appropriated by the tissues of the body, or again, it may be be cause of a drain on the system for phosphates' to nourish the growing fetUB or the young afterbirth.. It. is a well-known fact that there is' a deficiency of phosphate of lime ta the bones and other tissue of pregnant animals and in those'that are suckling their young. This is especially true of the sow. But this condition is not y*' A Fins, Healthy Specimen., confined to pregnant animals. In ono instance a herd of 44 hogs, of both sexes and ages, ranging from ten months'to two years, nearly all of them were affected with partial or complete paralysis of the hind legs. The ration had been largely raw pota toes. They appeared to suffer nox p«ln, the appetite was quite normal. A" balanced, ration would probably have prevented this condition..- The- following treat ment has been recommended and should be helpful In these caees: One tablespoonful of cod liver oil, 15 'grains phosphate of lime and three drops of fluid extract of nux vomica mixed with the food twice a day.. VERTIGO AMONG THE POULTRY Only Towls Which Are Well Fed Suf fer. Prom Such AllmenWAIm to Keep Hens Little Hungry. When fowls have what 1b known as "twisting neck," or show signs of ver: tigo, the cause Is usually pressure of blood on the brain. The muscles that form the muscular coat of the small arteries on the brain are relaxed and the pressure'of the blood becomes in-, tense.- Such fowls are nearly always apparently healthy, and, in fact, should show good condition, as only. birda: that are well-fed suffer from such all-: ment ,V':- When fowls are on. a-range they se cure much.: more food than may be supposed,' and to give corn at' night, as iso many do, is-to put them in, bad condition, Bays an Ohio man in Ohio Farmer." Of course, in the winter, season corn, may. be used, but farmers and' poultrymen should understand that when a hen has free range she becomes quite fat and has, all 'oppor tunity^ for securing more food than •he needs. The fact that a hen may not appear fat may be all a delusion, for the fat may he all internal, which is the worst form." 'lit all the fowls—hens and chicks—are affected, it is a sure sigh that there is something wrong with the food. It is true that the seeds of some weeds, may be at fault, but usual ly, the' cause. Is high feeding. The hen does not need atl'ehe can eat, es pecially when she is not laying. Ofou '.get your'hens too fat, and the conse quence 1b they never- lay. The remedy is to put the birds up and give nothing for-48 hours. Then give one ounce of lean meat or green bone to each hen, once a day, for ten days—no other food-—and then feed a variety, twice a. day. Avoid giving condition powders of either a.: stimu lating nature jr of a laxative nature. If any medium is used, an astringent which' works on the muscles of-the re laxed arteries and causes them to con tract is best. Give the fowls plenty of exercise and green food. Aim to keep, them just a little hungry. GOOD HINTS ABOUT FENCING Of Importance to Note Shape, of Fields Because It Has Much to Do With Material Needed. When building fences note? the shape of the fields because it has much to do with the amount of fencing and material required to inclose or re construct it Thus: A square ten-acre field is 40 rods each way, and will therefore need Jialf a mile of fencing. A tenracre field four times as long as wide is 80x20 rods, and will conse quently require 200 rods of fence, or 40 rods more than before so that a square field needs lass fencing than an oblong one of the same size. This is a point not often thought of by a good many. -y., .: Fighting Hog Cholera'.' WhUe the matter of fighting the disease of hog cholera successfully is a matter largely of cleaner and more Banitary ,hog houses and hog yards, and of a larger use of pas tures and forage crops during the growing, season, the presence of the disease germs generally through the hog producing sections, requires also that we must exercise' care alao along other lines. .'• Some Essentials. The essentials of success in farming seem.to be Good soil well maintained, good crops, the result of good seed and good tillage. Certainly expense murft be as low as is consistent with doing these things. All of which are neces sary to profitable farming. Fatal to Nursery Trees.' Hot lime and sulphur dip is fatal to young- nursery trees. Better have your nurseryman guarantee to send you trees that .do not need dipping. But then—all guarantees are not good. 8well«d Head. The man who feels that he is bigger than his Job is generally mistaken. If he were he would quickly get a job that would fit him.- "Early and often" is the successful torn grower's cultivation THE MANCHESTER DEMOCRAT, MANCHESTER, IOWA. Ss":*.' .ir-iTfi.l- NEW BISCUIT DAINTIES RECOMMENDED A8 FROM STANDARD. VARIATION RECIPES. "Appetizing With "Filling" of Stiff Orv ange Marmalade—Nut-Drop Con fections Popiilsr With Every body—Clover Biscuits. Light, flaky, biscuits, temptingly browned, always receive a smiling welcome at the table. But. have you ever tried any variations of your stand ard recipe? I have experimented and have concocted some goodies that dis appear like cake, writes a contributor to the Woman's World. They are d* licious not only for the home meal but for lunches. And the housekeep er finds them just: the thing to serve 'with chocolate as light appetizing re freshments to guests. Orange two-story biscuits 'are my own idea. To make them, sift togeth er two cupfuls of bread flour, two tea spoonfuls baking powder, half a tea spoonful salt and a tablesponful of sugar. Beat one entire egg and add two-thirds of a cupful of sweet milk for wetting the dough. No shorten ing is used. Knead the dough lightly and roll thinner than biscuits are usu ally made.' Cut the rounds with a cookie cutter or the open end of a -pound' baking powder can. From half of the rounds .remove the. centers with a smaller cutter. Spread .the whole rounds with melted butter, lay 'one of the' dough' rings on each and fill the centers with stiff orange mar malade before baking.: Nut-drop biscuits were my next suc cessful trial at making "goodies." For them, sift together a pint of flour, half a teaspoonful of salt and two tea spoonfuls of baking powder. Rub in a generous tablespoonful. of butter and stir to the consistency of a thick batter, using' sweet milk to-moisten. Add half a cupful of chopped nuts and, drop the dough with a spoon upon a greased baking sheet, leaving an inch between "drops" for swelling.'. Sandwich biscuits require four cup fuls of flour,., four tablespoonfuls of baking powder, a teasponful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of meat drippings, half a cupful of milk, and water to complete the wetting to the ordinary biscuit consistency. Roll the dough thin, like pie crust, cut spread half the rounds with butter, add a filling of seasoned, finely ground,, cooked ham, then lay on the covers and. bake. Clover biscuits are dainty mouth fuls. Use any' standard recipe for regular biscuit dough. Cut into rounds an. inch in diameter. (I use the center of my round loaf cake, pan, Inverted, as a cutter.) Place the tiny rounds in threes in greased gem cake pans and glaze the tops with egg yolk mixed with a little .water. When baked, the group of three from" each mold -will come out in trefoil shape., They are nice to serve with cheeqe. Hot-cross biscuits taste good at any season of the year Their ingredients consist of: One. quart flour, 'one tea spoonful salt, four teaspoonfuls baking powder, half a cupful of butter, half a 'teaspoonful each of ground cinnamon and nutmeg, One tablespoonful finely chopped .citron or candied-- orange peel, half -a cupful of currants, qne egg, and sweet milk to make a firm dough! Some, brands ?ot flour absorb more moisture than' others, so the amount of milk or water used for bis cuits Is not absolute. .Roll' an Inch thick, cut in large rounds,- cut two gashes 'at right angles across the top of each, and' moisten the tops with milk' hefore baking.. Some cooks like to fill the cross-cuts with sugar. 1 lillf'' ,,i'i:Wvi'v.:viAppetlalng .Steak. To make the steak take three pounds of bottom' round steak, sfec on ions (medium -size), one' cupful of diced turnips one cupful of tomato juice, two cupfuls of green peals, one teaspoonful of salt, One spoonful of pepper. Cut the steak ia pieces suitablei for serving, dip in nour uud brown well in drippings. Add the onions turnips, tomato juice and sea sonings and barely cover with boiling water. Simmer until tender (about 2% hours), Yeplenishing the water if y, anu aer-ve' garnished with the peas. JZ. 'Poached Eggs in Muffin Rings. ., When frying or poaching eggs, for breakfast slip into the' pan- a muffin ring for each egg, break the egg into it, and when it has set as much as desired, lift it out with a cake lifter, ring and all, then remove the. ring. The white of the egg is In a nice cir cle, and not only looks better and' is tenderer because it is thicker, but it is easier to serve. The washing of the muffin rings^ is not as much trou ble as trying' to "slide" a broken egg to a plate from a hot frying pan. _, Angel Toast A delicious and wholesome food for the children and to serve ,wlth after noon tea is angel .toast. Here is a recipe: Cut- bread into thin slices, butter evenly and .well and cover plentifully with sugar (brown, sugar being prefer able): Toast until brown in a medium oven. The top will be covered with a dejicious eort of caramel or candy. This is nice for the children's tea. Vegetable Stew. One cupful-potatoes chopped fine, one cupful cabbage chopped fine, one cupful tomatoes chopped fine, one large onion chopped fine, one-half cup ful rice. Turn into quart of boiling water. Cook until rice is done. Then add one pint of milk, a piece of butter, salt and pepper to taste- and let boil up. This makes a delicious dish for lunch. ....... Mixed. Fruit Ice. Three oranges, three lemons, three bananas, one Cupful dried apricots soaked several hours and cooked, three cupfuls.. of sugar, three cupfuls of water. Squeeze the juice from the oranges and lemons. Put the banan ej- and apricots through a sieve. Cook the sugar and water together to make a thin sirup (ten minutes). Add the juice, pulp, and freeze. ..Very inexpen sive and good. Prune Ice Cream. Prepare cream same as for vanilla Ice cream. Drain and seed carefully cooked prunes. Rub'through the pu ree sieve of a colander, or they may be even chopped very fine. For every quart of sweet cream use 'one pint of the prunes, unsweetened, and one ta blespoonful of lemon Juice. Freeze, pack and let ripen for one hour. When Making Potato Salad. If potatoes are being cooked salad boil them with the skins They will be less soggy. for WESTERN CANADA'S NATURAL RESOURCES PETROLEUM, NATURAL GAS, COAL AND FARM LANDS. The developments that have taken place recenUy in the oil and gas fields of Western Canada have but added another to the many previous evi dences that have been produced, showing the great wealth that has been an unknown asset for so many, generations. The latest reports from the oil fields at Calgary show that there is a production there that would appear to equal the best paying fields on the continent. Experts have been on the 'ground for some time. It is said that one of the wells is able to produce 2,000 gallons an hour. If this is bo there are but about a dozen wells In the world of greater production. Dur ing the past week discoveries of Bur face indications have been made which show that oil exists over a consider able portion'of Alberta and Saskatche wan, .while in Manitoba there have al so been showings. At Battleford, Saskatchewan, a few days ago discov eries were made which led to the fil ing for leases on twenty thousand acres of land, all having strong sur face indications. Companies were formed to carry on immediate work, and in a couple of months, or probably less, the story will be told whether oil exists in paying quantities. But there are also the coal depositi and the natural gas deposits that are helping to make of Western Canada one of the wealthiest portions of the continent.: With the grain fields covering these hidden riches it is no wonder that a continued range of optimism is to be seen everywhere. Early reports of seeding of all grains being successful-, ly completed all over the country are followed by reports of excellent and strong growth everywhere. During the first week in- June most of the wheat had reached a growth of from twelve to twenty inches, with the most even appearance, almost universally, that has been seen for years. Oats appeared equally well, and covered the ground in a way that brought. the broadest kind of a grin to overspread the farmer's countenance. Barley, a favorite with the hog rais ers, had taken good root, and was crowding oats for a first place, as to length of shoot Cultivated fodder grasses are getting great attention, as a consequence of the inclination to go more largely into nilxed farming, and the raising of hogs, cattle and horses. The weather is reported fine, just what is needed, and if present favorable conditions, continue, the grain crop of Western Canada for 1914 will be the largest average in the his tory of the country.—Advertisement How It Began. "Stephen," said Mrs. Masters across 'the supper table, "I almost had a quarrel with Mrs. Johnston today." "About the cat?" he asked. "No, sir'. It was about a name. Our .troops landed in-Mexico, didn't they?'' "They did." "At what place?" "Why, at Very Kruzz-z, of course." "Um, Johnston calls it 'Wehary ."Thne she's a fool!" "That's what I almost told her. There. is but one proper way. of pro nouncing the name." "Of course and that is the way I pronounced it." "No, It is not Stephen. It is pro nounced as- if spelled. 'Wia-har-ry Krouz.'." "You are as big a fool as Mrs. John ston!" "It's you who are the.tool!'" At •that moment their daughter, a high school pupil, came in, and being told the cause of the riot, she said: "You are all wrong. The name Is pronounced: "yiehara Cruisah!"" And then the American marines landed and took possession of the city! A Not That Kind. "Is this institution of an eleemosy nary nature?" "No, it 'tain't it's a orphan asylum." TOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILLTILL TOO Try Murine lire Bemedy tor Red, Weak, Watery Hy« MWl Granulated •yeUU: Mo. SmartlDg— Jafll Kye Comfort. Write for Book of the Kye Of maU Vree. 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Unfortunately, the consul could not help him. •"'What!' exclaims the American reader. 'Does not the flag protect our citizens at all times and In all places?" "Theoretically, yes. Practically, no. "The man had been Greek before he became an American, and the king'of the Hellenes does not recognize the right of his subjects-to dOff their fealty without his consent In default of any treaty to the contrary the max im applies that possession is nine points of the law. And so the king got his soldier." HER ABSENT-MINDED HUBBY If Any Wife Has an Affliction Worse Than This, Now Is the Time to Declare It They were talking about .their hus bands over the tea things. Husbands and the feather supply the same vacuum between the gales of gossip. "Theophilus, you know, is very ab sent-minded, and 80 wrapped up in his new study of photography that that's all he thinks of. You can't imajgine the time I have with him." 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