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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-13

ing In the peach orcharding. The ma.
nure-fed tree is rank and green, but
weak and short-lived. The tree fed on
chemicals, with not too much nitrogen,
looks less rank, and the bark and limbs
are more like those of an apple tree In
appearance, so firm and close is their
texture. They last from two to four
times longer than the overrank tree.
Produce Prices Going Higher.
From the figures of a report by the
bureau of labor there has been ex-
tracted the interesting fact that sale
prices of nearly everything reached
higher level last year than at any time
during the last eighteen years, and the
farm produce leads all the rest
The bureau divides the 255 commod-
tiles of the country into nine groups
and farm produce showed the highest
increase In price attained by any OF
the groups. And the encouraging feat
ure OF the report is that the panic or
last year did not affect prices Of farm
stuff very much. In fact, taking every
thing sold, the farmer got more money
in 1907 than the average of ten years
before
Som farmers may not know this, but
it is true, because Mr.. Powderly's bu-
reau says so. Aside from the musty
figures Of a departmental report the
fact is evident that the farmers of this
country are more prosperous than they
have ever been. 1t is shown in better
houses, bigger barns, fatter bank ac-
counts, fewer mortgages, better ma
chinery, and, more important than any
thing else, higher standard of living
for the family.
There is one small fly In the ONT
ment, however, and that Is the fact
that while farm produce has been rails
ing In price, clothing, implements, lum-
Der and building materials, house fur
| nishing goods and some other things
farmers must buy have gone up, too.
But as these commodities have not
kept pace with the advance In the
price of things the farmers have to sell
they may on the whole feel that they
are gaining ground and that agricul-
ture is not to be despised.
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EXCELLENT WEATHER AND MAG
NIFICENT CROPS.
Reports from Western Canada Are
Very Encouraging.


Reports from Western Canada Are
Very Encouraging.
A correspondent writes the Winni-
peg (Man.) Free Press: THE Pinch
er Greek District (Southern Alberta).
the original home OF fall wheat, where
it has been grown without failure, dry
seasons and wet. for about rs years,
Is excelling itself this year. The yield
and quality are both phenomenal, as
has been the weather for it's harvest
ing. Forty bushels is a common yield,
and many fields go up to 80, 60 and
over, and most OF 1t No. / Northern.
Even last year, which was less favor
able, similar yields were In come cases
obtained, but owing to the season the
quality was not 80 good. 1t Is prob
ably safe to say that the average yield
from the Old Mans River to the boun-
dairy will be At or 4s bushels per
acre, and mostly No. Northern. One
man has just made a net profit from
his crop Of S19.55 per acre, or little
less than the selling price of land.
Land here is too cheap at present,
when a crop or two will pay for It,
and a failure almost unknown. Nor
is the district dependent on wheat, all
other crops do well, also stock and
dairying, and there is a large market
at the doors In the mining towns up
the Crows Nest Pass, and in British
Columbia. for the abundant hay Of the
district, and poultry, pork and garden
truck. Coal is near and cheap. Jim
Hill has an eye on its advantages, and
has invested here, and is bringing the
Great Northern Railroad soon, when
other lines will follow"
The wheat, oat and barley crop In
other parts of Western Canada show
splendid yields and will make the
farmers of that country land many Of
them are Americans) rich. The Cana
dian Government Agent for this dis
trict advises us that he will be pleased
to give information to all who desire
1t about the new land regulations by
which settler may now secure 100
acres In addition to his 100 homestead
| acres, at $500 an acre, and also how
to reach these lands into which rail-
ways are being extended. 1t might be
interesting to read what is said of that
country by the editor of the Marshall
(Minn.) News Messenger, who made
trip through portions of it in July,
1908. Passing through more than
three thousand miles of Western Can
ada's agricultural lands, touring the
northern and southern farming belts
of the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskat-
chewan and Alberta, with numerous
drives through the great grain fields,
we were made to realize not only tie
magni1cence of the crops, but the mag
nitude, in measures, Of the vast terri
tory opening, and to be opened, to
farming Immigration. There are hun
/ dreds OF thousands of farmers there,
and millions of acres under cultivation,
/ but there is room for millions more,
and other millions Of acreage avail
able. We could see In Western Cam
ada in soil, product, topography or
/ climate, little that is different from
| Minnesota, and with meeting at every
I point many business men and farm
] ers who went there from this state, II
was difficult to realize one was beyond
/ the boundary of the country"
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17aIs@E;A%
Tho Rural Home.

SO important has agriculture become
to the nations prosperity that Presi-
dent Roosevelt recently appointed a
commission to suggest means to make
the rural home more attractive and as
Sist In keeping young men on the farm.
Many of the conveniences that add
comfort to a city home could be In
stalled in the country residence.
The farmer possesses an advantage
over the majority of residents In cities
In that he owns his own home and is
nominally the dictator of his surround
into apartment buildings for the want
of space for private residences and to
secure economy in living expenses. The
owners of apartment houses have in
stalled steam heat, porcelain bath fix
lures, gas stoves, electric lights and
maintain the apartments at great ex-
pense on account of the costly fixtures
and the frequency of repairs. The ten
ant forms no attachment to his home
and is ready to change his residence
when other apartments are discovered
that more fully suit his fancy.
In the country the rural home is
permanent and all its improvements
are consummated with a view to the
future as well as the present genera
ton In no other profession does the
home dweller enjoy the work of his
hands MS in agriculture. If man is
what he makes himself, so the rural
ty and convenience. With the land pro
ducing increased crops and agricultur-
al products selling at record prices the
farmer can afford to adorn his home
and improve it with many modern and
sanitary appointments.
The water supply may come from 8
shallow, inconveniently located well
and the supply may be contaminated
by surface seepage containing the mi
crobes of typhoid fever and other dis
eases. The water supply is the great
source of health, cleanliness and con
venience on the farm. Tubular wells
are permanent and of cheap construc
ton and their depth furnishes living
water free from germ diseases. With
a windmill and tank the water can be
piped into the house at small expense
and supply furnished at all times by
turning the faucet. A hot-water heat
err can be attached to the stove an6
hot water provided without additional
expense for fuel.
With ample grounds beautiful
lawn could easily be arranged will
ornamental trees, flowers and shrub
berry that would outrival the homes o.
city dwellers. With the installation o
modern conveniences at small expens'
rural homes can be made ideal fol
comfort and thus stimulate content
ment among the younger generation t
follow the greatest Of all professions
--agriculture.--Good Farmer.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-13
whiskey for Lame Back.

The increased use of whiskey for lame
back rheumatism is causing considera-
Bile discussion among the medical fra
ternity. 1t is an almost infallible cure
when mixed with certain other ingre-
dents and taken properly. The fol-
lowing formula is effective: ITO one
half pint of good whiskey add one ounce
of Toris Compound and one ounce
Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound. Take
in tablespoonful doses before each meal
and before retiring"
Toris compound is a product of the
laboratories of the Globe Pharmaceuti-
cal Co., Chicago, but it as well as the
other ingredients can be had from any
good druggist.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-13

Grasses are widely distributed. We
usually think Of them as existing in
our temperate zones only. because here
we have the perennial pastures and
meadows. They are, however, to. be
found so far north that the soil is
frozen under them during the greater
part of the year, while they are also
common to parts of the South where
the frost is never known. Even the
mountain tops that are clothed with
perpetual snow have just below the
snow line their carpets of poas that
grow and bloom through brief period
every year. The grasses push hard
against the eternal SHOWS.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-13
Hog Mango.

The following simple remedies are
offered as cures for mango in hogs t.
/. Creosote, one and one-half ounces !;
lard, two pounds; mix well and apply
to affected parts. ., Sulphur one and
one-half pounds; lard, two pounds mix
well and apply as above. g. Tupen-
tine and sulphur at the rate of ten
parts of the former to one of the latter
is likewise said to be an effective rem
edy
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-13

No dairyman can afford to ignore
that which win Tighten his labor In any
way whatever. Be his stable ever so
conveniently constructed, he has
enough to do. Hence the Importance
of his considering the truck or car pre-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-13

Snicker-I dreamed last night that /
was a millionaire.
Kicker-Well, l might as well have
been one for all the sleep 1 got last
night-Bohemian Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-13
FertiIIaing FruIt Trees.

Stable manure for the fruit trees is
like corn meal and timothy for mich
cows. 1t is not a square meal and does
not produce the best results for the ex-
pense, The contrast is especially strik-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-13
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
-Irs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-13

In new automobile the dust 1t creates
Is sucked up by pipe into boz where
it is moistened and returned to the road
again.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-11-13
FOUR GIRLS
Restored to Health by Lydia r.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
Read Luhat They soy.
Reed Uhat They Say.

hfissLillian Ross sao
East Saith Street, Nsys
York, writes: "LvS;"s
e. Pinkham's Vegs ia
bic Compound eys 's-
came Irregularities n a.
|riodic suffering, and
nervous headaches
after everything elsa
had failed to help ma
and I feel 1t a duty ~
let others know of II .
Katharine Craig 2355
Lafayette St., Denver
Col, writes: "Thanks
/ to Lydia e. Pinkhami's
Vegetable G ompoundT
amwell, aftersufferine
for months from pef.
vous prostration."
Miss Marie Stoltz.
man, of Laurel, Ia.
writes: "Iwas ina run,
|downconditionandsuf-
! fered fromsuppression.
indigestion, and poor
circulation. Lydia g.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound made me-
well and strong"
Miss Ellen NJ. Olson.
OF AIT N. East St., Ks.
vance, ILL.,, says: "Ly-
dia E. Pinkham'sYege
table Compound cured
me Of backache, side
ache, and established
my periods, after the
best local doctors had
failed tn helm me- -
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-23

you'd better go to your room, Mr..
Wilton" He said something more that
l did not catch, and, Keeling on, disap-
peared in the crowd before | could
turn to mark or question him.
l thought at first that he meant the
room had just left. Then it occurred
to me that il was the room Henry had
occupied-the room in which | had
spent my first dreadful night in San
Francisco, and had not revisited in
the thirty hours since | had left it.
The advice suited by inclination,
and in a few minutes | was entering
the dingy building and climbing the
worn and creaking stairs. The place
lost its air of mystery in the broad
sunshine and penetrating daylight,
and though its interior was as gloomy
as ever, it lacked the haunting sug-
gestions it had borrowed from dark
ness and the night.
Slipped under the door | found two
notes. One was from Detective Coo
gan, and read
Inquest this afternoon. Don't want
you. Have another story. Do you
want the body?"
The other was in a women's hand,
and the faint perfume of the first
note | had received rose from the
sheet. 1t read:
II do not understand your silence.
The money is ready. What is the
matter?"
The officers note was easy enough
to answer. l found paper, and, assur-
ing Detective Coogan of my gratitude
at escaping the inquest, | asked him
to turn the body over to the under
taker to be buried at my order.
The other note was more perpleXing.
/ could make nothing of it. 1t was
evidently from my unknown employer,
and her anxiety was plain TO see. But
| was no nearer to finding her than
before, and if | knew how TO reach
her | knew not what to say. AS | was
contemplating this state of affairs
with some detection, and sealing my
melancholy note to Detective Coogan,
there was a quick step in the hall and
u rap at the panel. 1t was single
person, so | had no hesitation in open
ing the door, but it gave me passing
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-23

satisfaction to have my hand on the
revolver in my pocket as | turned the
knob.
1t was boy, who thrust a letter in
TO my hand.
Yer name Wilton?" he inquired,
still holding on to the envelope.
Yes"
That's yourn, then" And he was
prepared to make a bolt.
Hold on" l said. Maybe there's
an answer.
mo, there amt. The blolle as gave
it to me said there weren't"
We'll, here's something | want you
to deliver" said |, taking up my note
to Detective Coogan. do you know
where the City Hall isl"
Does | linow-what are yer givin'
us?" said the boy with infinite scorn
in his voice.
"A quarter" l returned with
laugh, tossing him the coin. wait
a minute"
Yer amt bad stuff said the boy
with a grin.
| tore open the envelope and read
on the sheet that came from it:
Sell everything you bought-never
mind the price. Other orders off.
ID. X"
/ gasped with amazement. Had
Doddridge Knapp gone mad? To sell
twelve thousand five hundred shares
of Omega was sure to smash the mar
ket, and the half-million dollars that
had been put into them would prob
ably shrink by two hundred thousand
or more If the order was carried out.
| read the note again.
Then suspicion large enough tn
overshadow the universe grew up in
my mind. 1 recalled that Doddridge
Knapp had given me a cipher with
which he would communicate with me.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-23
Stands for Tariff Revision.

The Kansas City Times thinks that
a commission of experts to study the
tariff and recommend schedules is the
only proper way Of getting at the sub
ject. 1t continues:
THE United States will never have
a sound tariff law so long as these
laws are made in the old way-by con-
gresional committees composed of men
who are collectively unfamiliar with
the subject and more or less subject to
political influence in fixing the duties.
Under the old way it was possible for
the oil trust, which has become the
most arrogant and powerful of all
monopolies, to receive protection
ranging from 100 to $50 per cent, al
though ali its products were put on the
free list. The protection was made
complete in the exceptions put in
with the knowledge or because of the
ignorance of the tariff committee.
Tariff revision in the right way-by an
expert. non-political commission
would not allow such an outrage to be
practiced on the people"
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-23

I've got few men staked out" he
continued slowly, land | reckon I'll
know something about it by this time
tomorrow"
There was the growl of the Wolf
in his voice.
Now for this afternoon" he con-
tinued. There's got to be some sharp
work done. | reckon the falling move
ment is over. We've got to pay for
what we get from now on. I've got a
man looking after the between-Board
trading. With the scare that's on in
the clipper crowd out there, | look to
pick up a thousand shares or so at
about forty"
We'll, what's the programmed" l
asked cheerfully.
Buy" he said briefly. Take every
thing that's offered this side Of seven
ty-five."
"Um-theres a half-million wanted
already to settle for what | bought
this morning"
The bushy brows drew down, but
the the King of the Street answered
lightly:
Your check is good for million,
my boy, as long as it goes to settle
for what you're ordered to buy" Then
he added grimly: Il don't think you'd
find it worth much for anything else"
There was knock at the door be-
yond and he hastily rose.
BE here after the two-thirty ses.
sion," he said And the Wolf, huge
and masterful, disappeared with a
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-23
SYNOPSIS.

Giles Dudley arrived i'm San Francisco
20 join his friend and distant relative
Henry Wilton, whom he was to assist
In an important and mysterious task.
and who accompanied Dudley on the
ferry boat trip into the city. The re-
markable resemblance of the two men
Is noted and commented on by paSSen-
gers on the ferry. They see a man with
snake eyes, which sends thrill through
dudley. Wilton postpones an explanation
OF the strange errand Dudley is to per-
form, but occurrences cause him TO
Know 1t is one of no ordinary meaning,
wilton leaves Giles in their room, with
instruction TO await his return and shoot
any one who tries to enter. Outside there
is heard shouts and curses and the noise
or a quarrel. Henry rushes in and at
ms request the roommates quickly eN-
change clothes, and he hurries out again.
Hardy has he gone than Giles Is
startled by n cry of Help" and he runs
out to find some one being assaulted by
half dozen men. He summons police
man but they are unable to find aay
trace of crime. Giles returns to his
room and hunts for some evidence that
fndS map which he endeavors to de-
cipher. Dudley is summoned to the
inorgue and there finds the dead BODY Wy,i OF
on dies without ever explaining to Dud-
ley the puzzling work he was to perform
in San Francisco. In order to discover
the secret mission his friend had entrust-
ed to him, Dudley continues his disguise
and permits himself to be known as
Henry Wilton. Dudley, mistaken for
Wilton, is employed by Knapp TO assist
in stock brokerage deal "DickY' takes
the supposed Wilton TO Mother Borton's.
Mother Borton discovers that he is not
Wilton. The lights are turned out and
free for all fight follows. Giles Dudley
finds himself cloSeted in room with
Mother Borton who makes a confdant
OF him. He can learn nothing about the
mysterious boy further than that it is
Tim Terrill and Darby Meeker who are
after him. He is told that 'Dicky Mani
is a traitor. playing both hands in the
game. Giles finds himself locked in a
room He escapes through a window;
The supposed Wilton carries out his dead
friends work with Doddridge Knapp. He
has his first experience as a capitalist in
The Board Room of the Stock Exchange.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-23

stealthy tread, and the door closed
softly behind him.
/ wondered idly who Doddridge
Knapp's visitor might be, but as |
could see no way of finding out, and
felt no special concern over his identi-
ty or purposes, | rose and left the of
flee. AS | stepped into the hall | dis
covered that somebody had a deeper
curiosity than l. A man was stoop-
ing to the keyhole of Doddridge
Knapp'S room in the endeavor to see
or hear. AS he heard the sound of
my opening the door he started up,
and with a bound, was around the turn
of the hall and pattering down the
stairs
In another bound | was after him.
had seen his form for but q second,
and his face not at all. But in that
second | knew him for Tim Terrill of
the snake-eyes and the murderous pur-
pose.
When | reached the head of the
stairs he was nowhere to be seen, but
| heard the patter of his feet below
and plunged down three steps at a
time and into Clay street, nearly up
setting stout gentleman in my haste.
The street was busy with people, but
no sign of the snake-eyed man greeted
me.
Much disturbed in mind at this ap-
partition of my enemy, / sought in vain
for some exDlanatiOn of hic nracopco
Was he spying on Doddridge Knapp?
What treachery was he shaping in his
designs on the man whose bread he
was eating and whose plans of crime
he was the chief agent to assist or
execute? / was reused by a man
humping into me roughly. l suspected
that he had done it on purpose, and
started by him briskly, when he spoke
In a low tone;
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-23

and believed. moreover. that he hat
no idea where might be at the pres
ent moment.
Its all right, sonny" said. "Tro'
along"
Where's yer letter." asked the boy
loyalty anxious to earn his quarter.
1T won't have to so now" l sale
coolly. l believed that the boy meant
no harm to me, but | was not taking
any risks. The boy sauntered dowr
the hail.
We'll, ] must look like a sucker Il
they think can be taken in by a tricl
like that" was my mental comment
| charged the scheme up to my snake
eyed friend and had a poorer opinion
of his intelligence than l had hitherto
entertained. Yet | was astonisheC
that he should, even with the most
hearty wish to bring about my down
fall, contrive plan that would inflici
heavy loss on his employer and pos
sibly ruin him altogether. There was
more beneath than | could fathom. My
brain refused to work in the maze o,
and counterplOts, in which | was in
volved.
| took my way at last toward the
market, and, hailing a boy to whom
/ intrusted my letter to Detective Coo
gan, walked briskly to Pine street.
Charlevoix county herald., 1908-05-23
BRYAN Free Trader.

Bryan was a free trader long before
he was free coiner. He came to con-
gress originally on that platform. and
all his early speeches were based on
the theory of a tariff for revenue
only.
The Omaha platform declares for alb
solute free trade because it advocates
such reductions as may be necessary
to restore the tariff to revenue basis.
This is a distasteful plank to a large
percentage of Democratic leaders. 1t is
idle to think of a free trade Democrat
making any Roadway in the manufac-
turing state of New Jersey. Practically
all of the advanced southerners to-day
are protectionists within certain
bounds. Tribune.