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and had left the field. congratulated
by everyone. 49,,
That night dinner, was given in
honor of the event by Miss Rosanna
Plitz and Aunt Rhinocolura had the
place of honor, but in the midst of the
speech made by Uncle Ashdod Clute
she grew faint and had to be carried
into an adjoining chamber. Luckily
Doctor Emanuel Troop was present
and he and the captain of the Ring
town Rippers, who was a surgeon, at
tended the case Immediately. AS soon
as Aunt Rhinocolura could speak she
said she was suffering from a heavy
sensation in her cork leg and Doctor
Tropp advised temporary amputa-
ton. This was carried out and Aunt
Rhinocolura Immediately felt easier,
but Doctor Tropp shook the leg. 1t
was at once apparent to his expert
enced ear that some foreign substance
had become lodged in the cork leg
and he shook it in the air, seeking to
dislodge the foreign substance. AS he
did so the baseball popped out. 1t
made an arc In the air, the captain of
the Ringtown Rippers sprang under it
and caught it as it fell, and the UNI
pire of the baseball game, who was
peering in at the door, gave judgment
that Ony Betz had been caught out
and that the three base runners were
therefore also out, and that Ringtown
won by one run!
AS soon as Aunt Rhinocolura heard
these words she tainted. When she
recovered she ordered the cork leg de-
stroyed and sent home for her peg
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This summer Betzville society, fol-
lowing the lead of Aunt Rhinocolura
Betz. has been taking q great interest
In baseball, and all our social leaders
are seen in the grandstand of the
grounds back Of Plimp's sawmill ev-
cry Saturday afternoon. Aunt Rhino-
colura first took notice of baseball be-
cause her nephew, Ony Betz, became
right fielder in the Betzville Differs;
but as the contest between the Betz-
Vile Biffers and the Ringtown Rip
pers became more and more close ev-
eryone grew excited. The season
ended with tie between the two
mines and final game was arranged
for last Saturday to play of the tie.
We may say, without exaggeration.
that In spite of her peg leg, Aunt
Rhinocolura 10 one of the most grace
full ladies Of her size in Betzville and
when she hobbled up the field to take
her seat in the grandstand everyone
cheered and her nephew, Ony Betz,
offered her glass of oatmeal water
out of the official pailful, an honor
shown to but few.
As.the game went on it became evi.
dent that this was to be a slugging
match. Both pitchers grew unsteady
at the fifth inning and the batters had
things all their own way, and at the
end Of the eighth inning seven of the
eight bats that had been provided had
been cracked and rendered useless
The second half of the ninth inning
opened with the Ringtown Rippers
one run ahead. Two Betzville men
got bases on balls and then Sim Pill.
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How to Get the Money! R,ck


Two men met outside the door of a
dealer In silverware. Both had tried
to get money refunded on goods thew
wished to return. One had succeed. J..
ed, the other had failed.
"How did you manage it," asked
the one who had failed.
II told him." said the successful,
shopper, that I had bought nv fruit
dish for a present at wedding that
had been called of. That fetched
him. 1t will fetch almost anv mer.
chant, no matter how much opposed
he may be to refund money. Last
week another dealer gave me nv
money back for set of knives and
forks. 1 spun the same yarn to him
It was true. too. The things really
had been bought for a present tho
wedding had been broken of, and the
knives and forks had been thrown
back on my hands, but if they hadn't
been I could have made him believe
it, and he would have given me the
money. It is doubtful, though, if I
could have got around him on anv
other pretext. AS rule, jewelers.
and silversmiths don't like to refund
money, but in case of interrunted
nuptials they relent. They realize
that it isn't the guests fault that
those wedding bells refused to ring
and are willing to save the door soul
from loss.'
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parts Of the world the production Of
wheat is diminishing today; but as It
|diminishes Canada's~ will increase;
therefore. it is safe to predict that in .
few years from now large part of tho
world will be looking to western Can
ada for its wheat supply, and espe-
cially will tho United States. In many
parts of western Canada it is possible
to have hundred-mile square Of
wheat, without a break: A writer says
I'VE were driven west and north of
Moose Jaw through 20 miles Of dead
ripe wheat, acres Of stocks and veil
worked summer-fallows. One of these
fields would yield 40 bushels to tho
acre, and another man had oats that
would yield 80 or 100 bushels to the
acre. In this district wheat will aver.
age 30 to IS bushels. The conditions
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ger broke the last bat, making a base
hit.
When Ony Betz stepped to the plate
he gazed around in dismay. Ring.
town was one run ahead, but Betzville
had three men on bases and two out
One blow of Ony's bat would finish
the game-but he had no bat. Some
one suggested fence picket, but Ony
hesitated. In his strong hands a fence
picket would have bent and broke like
straw. Defeat stared Betzville in the
face.
At that moment Aunt Rhinocolura
Betz stood up in the grandstand and
shouted to Ony those thrilling words
which will go down in Betzville an
nails forever and ever.
Hold on, Ony," she cried. "Wait
It'll l fetch you my leg!"
All Betzvil1e burst into cheers and
all Ringtown groaned. In wild excite
ment the ladies of Betzville's best So
cial circles crowded close around
Aunt Rhinoclura while she removed
her leg, thus forming an impervious
wall that shut out prying eyes. But
suddenly q wall burst from Aunt Rhi-
nocolura! O fatal error! In her en-
thusiasm she had forgotten that she
no longer wore the old peg leg on
,festal OCCASIONS, but the new hollow
cork leg! But it was now too late to
hesitate. Already the umpire had
called out, "Play ball." Already two
balls had been pitched past Ony and
two strikes counted against him while
he stood batless. The opposing pitcher
had already drawn back his hand for
his final delivery, when Uncle Ashdod
Clute seized the cork leg and thrust
it into Ony's hands. Ony drew back,
the pitcher threw the ball, Ony swung
the cork leg, and with terrific i'm
pact it struck the ball.
Instantly all was excitement. The
three men on bases came running
home and amidst cheers Ony made
home run. Betzville won by three
runs!
The Ringtown felders, with the set
ting sun full in their eyes, waited in
vain for the ball to come down, but it
did not come down. The captains of
the two mines shook hands, the crowd
dispersed, and still the ball did not
come down. The captain of the Ring
town Rippers asked politely to be per-
mitted to examine the cork leg, feel
ing that new era of baseball had
been entered upon-an era of cork
bats, since an Indifferent batter like
Ony Betz could make such hit with
a cork leg-but already the blushing
Aunt Rhinocolura had put on her leg
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A small physically, Judge Lovett has
as ne talks He gives an impression
"ncn qualities said
hot contested law suits 1ovet
asked y the man whose place he will fill New York at
hat made him the that city
oVett employer
and the Interstate
"nen
aunt tna ne had prohed from the of
Born In San acn
ooo ovett was
Lone star from
SCHOOL, when construction
% houston East and West railway reached the nehborhood in which
and
of
montns OF
once Charles Stewart
nome county after being admitted Lovet
ootaneo MS
went INTO hands He employed look the roads
at Nacogocnes After
and was made general the road.
FROM this his
1889 ne became assistant Pacific
Company Dallas
becoming member OF the firm
ne front rank OF Texas railroad lawyers Trained Gould
pacce
the large interests of the Southern
ne general attorney
Texas and to live.
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tie, following the millions of buffalo
that once grazed their grasses, will
be a solid grain field covering a
territory of over 10000 square miles,
and very little of it but what will yet
be worth from $40 to $50 per acre. AL
ready the homestead and pre-emption
lands are being we'll filed.
In the district of Calgary, south, east
and north, which comprises Nanton,
High River and other equally impor-
tant districts, correspondent of the
Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press
says: (Aug. 21) "The grain in this
district is going to make some money
for the farmers this year. All the
crop is now crowding along and is good
on both irrigated and unirrigated lands. Z"
There are to be found those who
speak Of a pioneering" life in west
ern Canada, but as one man said. If
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WESTERN: CANADA

During the early days il the pc
r1od of. the growth of the grain crop in
Western Canada, as well as throughout
the ripening and garnering period,
there is yearly growing an increasing
interest throughout the United States,
as to the results when harvest is COM
pleted. These mean much to the thou
sands of Americans who have made
their homes in some Of the three Prov:
,fnces that form that vast agricultural
domain, and are of considerable interest
to the friends they have ft.behind:
The year 1909 is no disappointment
The crops Of wheat, oats and barley
have been harvested and. 1T is now
safe to speak Of results. Careful es:
Inmates place the yield of spring wheat
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The Root Of Altrulsm,

The three eternal roots of altruistic
energy are these: First, the principle
of Justice; that there is a moral law
before which all men are equal, so
that I ought to help my neighbor to
his rights. Second, the principle of
charity; that l owe infinite tenderness
to any shape or kind Of man, however
unworthy or useless to the state.
Third, the principle Of free will: that
can really decide to help my neigh
Dor, and am truly disgraced If do not
do so. To this may be added the
idea of definite Judgment; that is,
that the action will at some time ter.
ribly matter to the helper and the
helped.-G. K. Chesterton.
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OF the river. This district has much
the best wheat crop prospect of any
l have inspected this year, consid.
ering sample and yield. The wealth.
er conditions for the whole season
have been ideal and the result is what
might easily be termed bumper crop.
A sample sheaf brought in from the
farm of George Truscott was shown
to me which spoke for itself. This
farmer is said to have sixty acres
which will yield 45 bushels per acre.
In stating an average for the dis
trict of South Battleford I would say
that the wheat will yield 36 bushels
per acre. The oats will yield about
IS and barley IS bushels per acre."
A correspondent summing up trip
over the Canadian Northern Railway,
from Dauphin to Battleford, says:
"As inspected the crops in the Va,
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leg. Any less staunch woman would
doubtless have spent the rest of her
life in mourning, but not so Aunt Rhi-
nocolura. AS soon as her peg leg ar.
rived she strapped it on and Joined
the festive throng again, not to spend
the evening in careless joy, however,
On the contrary she mingled with the
councilmen and mayor of Betzvt,le
and so we'll did she distribute smiles
and suggestions that at the very next
meeting of the council a law was
passed forbidding the wearing of cork
legs inside any baseball enclosure in
the village limits of Betzville and com.
pelling all one-legged citizens to at
tend every ball game wearing a neg
leg shaped like a baseball bat. said
peg leg to comply with the rules of
the National Baseball association as
to ball bats.
Copyright. 1909. by w. G.. Chapman)
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neVe 1 would not be living today" says
MRS. H1nson. my eyesight was poor,
suffered with nervous, splitting head
aches, spots would dance before my
eyes and at times I would be so dizzy
/ would have to grasp something for
support. My back was so weak and
painful I could hardly bend over to but.
ton my shoes and could not get around
without suffering severely. Doan's Kid
ney Pills helped me from the first, and
I continued until practically well
again."
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents box. Foster.
Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
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Fooled Them Thirteen Years,

Frank Nelson, former state superin-
tendent of public instruction of Kan.
sas, and "Cap." Gibson, the veteran
record clerk in Auditor Nations Of
fee, are great friends. Nelson is now
president of a Minnesota college.
When Nelson was still in the state
house he and Gibson had talk one
day about teaching school. Il was
once school teacher" volunteered
Gibson.
rs that so?" asked Nelson. How
long?"
"Yes. fooled 'em 13 years." re-
piled Cap"
"How is that?" asked Nelson.
"Oh," said "Cap.," II quit when
teachers had to qualify. kansas City
Journal.
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g.: Many Towns 1
this is pioneering / don't for the life
Of me see what our forefathers had
to complain Of" He didn't know.
though, for the pioneering Of his fore
fathers was discomfort and hardship.
The opening up and development Of
western Canada, with its railroad lines
to carry one to almost the uttermost
part Of it, the telegraph line to flash
the news to the outside world. the tel
ephone to talk to ones neighbor, the
daily and weekly mail service which
brings and carries letters to the
friends in distant parts: the schools
headed by college-bred and highly GER
tificated teachers: the churches
manned by brilliant divines; the clubs:
the social and festive life; what Is
there about any Of this to give to the
man who goes there to make his home
the credit Of being pioneer? Moth
ing! He might as well be in any of
the old middle-west States. In other
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THE DOCTORS WIPE
Agrees with Him About Food.

A trained nurse says: In tho
practice Of my profession I have
found so many points in favor Of
Grape-Nuts food that unhesitatingly
recommend it to all my patients.
1T is delicate and pleasing to tho
palate ian essential in food for thu
sick), and can be adapted to all ages.
being softened with milk or cream
for babies or the aged when deficiency
of teeth renders mastication impos-
sible. For fever patients or those on
liquid diet find 'Grape-Nuts and albu-
men water very nourishing and re-
freshing'
This recipe is my own idea and is
made as follows: Soak q teaspoonful
Of Grape-Nuts in glass Of water for
an hour, strain and serve with the
beaten white of an egg and spoonful
of fruit Juice for flavouring. This af-
fords a great deal of nourishment that
even the weakest stomach can assim-
ilate without any distress.
my husband is a physician and he
uses Grape-Nuts himself and orders it
many times for his patients.
PERSONALLY regard dish of Grape
Nuts with fresh or stewed fruit as the
ideal breakfast for anyone-wen or
SICK"
In any case of stomach trouble, nerv.
Gus prostration or brain fag, 10 day
trial Of Grape-Nuts will work wonders
toward nourishing and rebuilding and
in this way ending the trouble.
There's Reason" and trial proves.
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, "The Road to Wellville."
Ever read the above letter3! A new
one appears from time to. time. They
are genuine true and fuU OF kUma1
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Central Canada
rtous districts found the farmers and
other citizens without exception
filled with expectant enthusiasm over
this years prospects,. No district was
found which could not boast Of fields
OF IS bushels per acre wheat, or so to
60 bushels per acre oats, and of 40
bushels per acre of barley"
1t 10 not an unusual thing in many
parts Of western Canada for a farmer
to have 10000 to $4,000 bushels of
wheat. In the Rouleau district it is
said that there are several farmers
who will have 10000 bushels of oats
any many fields will return one hum
dred bushels to the acre.
1t takes an army of men to handle
theWestern Canada crop, and it is es-
timated that 10000 people have been
brought in this year to assist in the
great undertaking: there being excur.
sions from the outside world nearly
every day for the past six weeks.
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'uts'no nus |V-Acre Field OF "heat
were never better and throughout the
district the people are assured Of =
most prosperous year."
It would be unfair to close this ar
ticle without quoting from an expert
crop-correspondent regarding the two
Battlefords in Central Saskatchewan.
on the line of the Canadian Northern
Railway. Writing on August 18th Of
this year, he says:
1T is necessary to drive about six or
seven miles out of the town of North
Battleford in order to see the best
crops of the district. This morning I
was driven about 20 miles to tho
north and west of the town and in all
the drive did not see poor crop. I
saw one wheat crop which the owner
estimates will yield 40 bushels per
acre, and I believe it,"
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Big Price for an Orchid.

Three hundred dollars was recently
paid in Colombia for single plant of
rare orchid. The natives, in order
to expedite the collection of these or
chids, fell the trees on which they
grow, and then strip them of these
floral parasites.
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A New One About NAPOLEON.

- sSS" viz UOOOS sNoPVISOUs
A new story about Napoleon is
necessarily doubtful; the probability
is that it is simply so old that it has
been forgotten. However, here is one
that Arthur M. Chuquet prints in
L'Opinion as never before published.
1t relatesto Napoleon and Blucher.
The emperor received the general
at the castle Of Finkenstein, while he
was preparing for the siege of Danzig.
He drew him to window in an upper
story and paid him compliments on
his military gifts, and Blucher, going
away delighted, described the inter-
view to his aide-de-camp. What a
chance you missed" exclaimed tho
latter.
"You might have changed the whole
course of history
"How?"
'Why, you might have tErowA him
out of the window"
"Confound it," replied Blucher. 80
l might! If only had thought of it."
New York Evening Post.
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that constant feeling
OF dullness and tired.
ness, will find hope
In the advice of Mrs.
Mary Hinson Of 21
strother st., Mt.
Sterling, Ky. "Had
l not used Doan's
Kil~@- ns01 p
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A PalpabIe Mistake

Il overheard your husband SAY the
other day that he was self-educa;ed I,
Yes, l know he claims to be self.
educated, but you ought to of sav
him when I got him."
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A Strenuous Diet.

Cub-Oh, ma, you promised should
have a nice piece of man to eat, and
you haven't caught one yet!
Man-eatlng Lioness-Stop that roar
ing! If you don't, I'll make you bite
BWana Tumbo, and then you'll have
fits thatn turn you inside out.
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More CONSPICUOUS the Better.

"He seems to be conspicuous In
good works. I wonder what his OBJ
ject is?''
That's it,
Il don't understand"
ITO be very conspicuous in good
works."
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Too Rapid.

She-Why do you call your chauf-
feur a leaky vessel? Does he gossip
about the fun you have on your mo-
toring parties?
He-No; but ! am always bailing
the fellO n out.
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Reinsurance,

Look here! Didn't 1 tell you not
to come around here begging again?"
"Yes'm; but I thought dat I'd drop
around an ask you If you rsaAJ
meant it, H.. .>~. -.st5. ,z.#.. +. -. .z,rst
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"A central Canada Farmer Finishing
at 30 bushels per acre. winter wheat at
over 10 bushels, and oats exceed SO
bushels per acre. Barley also has
proved an abundant yield. What win
attract the reading public more than
volumes of figures will be the fact that
those who have been induced through
the influence of the Government to &C.
cept Of 160 acres of free grant land;
or, by the persuasion of friends to
leave their home State of Dakota, Min
nesota. Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, In
diana. Ohio, Nebraska or the other
States from which people have gone,
have done well. Financially. they are
in better position than many of them
ever expected to be, and in the mat
ter Of health, in social conditions, they
have lost nothing.
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OA0 pS1SOu WIZ las
from q trip through
the Lethbridge Dis
trtct, where winter
wheat has q strong
hold with farmers.
says:
I'VE saw some mag.
nificent sights. The
crops were, in fact, all
that could be desired"
In a few years from
now these great plains
over whose breadth for
years roved
hundreds of Town
thousands of School
herds of cat House
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A Contrary Course.

Here's Jimmy's doctor said he
must get away from business and
have more fresh air"
"Well?" :. 81. 49,
&, ..How is he going to get fresh air in
salt sea trip?" ~.zaz:. -. #
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He then crossed the Sas.
katchewan river to the South
town, or Battleford proper,
and continues his report:
Conditions around the old
town are as good If not bet
ter than those to the north
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One Of the ChautauQua takers says:
Husbands, let your wives have an
extra dollar now and then" He might
have rendered greater service to
mankind by saying: "Wives, let your
husbands have an extra dime occa-
sionally without asking them to ex-
plain why they want the money!
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NEW eTRENGTH Foh WomEN's
BACKS,
How to Make a Bad Back Better.

Women who suffer with backache,
bearing down pains, dizzy spells and
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d
100 establishing them the
and
he he s convincing.
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PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT
HARRlMAN'S SUCCESSOR

With the election of Robert Scott Lovett as
chairman Of the executive committee of the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroad com
panies, the continuance of Edward H. Harriman's 8
policies seems assured, so far as any man other
than the creator Of those policies could continue
them. For Judge" Lovett as he is commonly
called. has been Mr.. Harriman's right-hand man
and personal counselor for the last five years and
probably is more conversant with the dead 1nan'
cier's plans that any other living man. He has
man lines and vice-president of both the Union
Pacific and the Southern Pacific, as well as a
director Of these and a number of other railroads
under Hartman control. -
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several that terrible from Kabul
which Lord Roberts, versingy
chief director of transport and he the
place at the latter
Later
this time
force Chita for this
by the
general he
And after having life
will his
interesting relics
side with the Cunan
' ~
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No Degrees,

What was the mean Temperature Of
June?"
1T was all mean-couldn't be mean.
er." '->--
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TO PROVE COOKS cLAIMs

Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, the arctic explorer
firmly believes that DR.. Cook has reached the
pole and announces that he will soon organize
an expedition himself to prove DR.. Cooks asser.
tion.
In 1898-99 Mr. Baldwin was with the Wellman
expedition in it's journey to Franz Josef land He
built and named Fort Mckinley. Graham Bell
land was discovered and explored by him. In the
intervals between voyages Baldwin lectured ex.
tensively on polar explorations through the states
of the middle west and the south.
The public is familiar with the details of the
Baldwin-Zieglar expedition, which started June
13, 1901. William Ziegler fitted out the America
for Mr.. Baldwin and also gave him charge of
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Discriminates.

"He wants to grab everything il
sight" ..s
mot everything; believes hi
passes up live wires and hornets" =