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Charlevoix county herald., 1911-02-04
FLAX is PROFITABLE
Wonderful Paying Proposition In
Western Canadian Prairles.

SO much is heard of the wheat, oats
and barley grown In the prairie lands
of western Canada. and so much has
been told of the wealth TO be made
out of the raising of cattle on
the succulent and rich grasses
of those fertile plains, that a
most important product has been al
most lost sight Of. Flax. Recent press
reports advise us that on one OF the
Cat the head of Lake Superior) for
Buffalo, there were 241,000 bushels Of
fax valued at $5S3,220, and on another
boat leaving the same day there were
28S,000 bushels valued at $720,000
There has been a big demand for Ca
madam flax this season, and the lake
movement has been very heavy. Flax
is always a sure crop, and gives to
the farmer who is anxious for quick
return after getting on his land, the
chance he is looking for. There is
opportunity for thousands yet, on the
free homesteads of 160 acres, and
many of these are available within
VI lhC VI
that are already built or under con-
struction, either on the main line or
branches. Besides these free grant
lands there is an opportunity to pur-
chase from railway and land COM
panies az reasonable prices.
The display of western Canada's
grains in the straw as well as
threshed grains and grasses recently
made at st. Louis was an excellent
demonstration of what the country can
do 1t proved splendid as an illustration
of the resources of that vast prairie
country. which during the past year
has again proven its ability to pro-
duce excellent yields of wheat, oats
and barley-and fax. Not only this,
but the splendid herds of cattle are
a source of large revenue. There Is
a fund of information to be had by
reading the Canadian government lit
erature. copies of which may be had
free by applying to your nearest Ca
madam government agent.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-02-04
Not the Type.

II hear you were very much disap-
pointed In your mother-in-law."
Completely So"
'In what way?"
why, she's simply perfect"
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-02-04

SarsapariIIa

Cures all humors, catarrh and
rheumatism, relieves that tired
feeling, restores the appetite, 3
cures paleness, nervousness,
builds up the whole system.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-02-04
Lona Time COMING.

Real College Boy (waiting for his
change In department store)-This
suspense is simply maddening. Esme,
RADIO! Hadn't you better start a
tracer after my changer
Saleswoman (meanly. but sweetly)
Just like money from home. isn't 1t.
rchibald?-Drake Delphic.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-02-04

The next time YOU feel that swallowing
sensation, the sure sign of sore throat,
gargle Hamlins Wizard Oil Immediately
with three parts water. 1t will save you
days and perhaps weeks of misery.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-02-04
Feminine Flnancierinq.

He-Ive won our bet on the foot
ball game and you owe me ten kisses.
She Ca commercial school graduate)
Very well, I'll give you a draft on
mamma
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
Slang That
Has Lived
for Centuries
OUR FLIPPANT FATHERS
Some of the Choicest Ameri-
eanisms Were Born in Lands
Across the Sea.

II there is any one thing that the aN-
erace man would be willing to wager
was Of American origin II would he the
practice Of dealing with offenders
against the unwritten laws Of certain
rural communities by covering them
with a coat Of tar and feathers. The
individuals who. shrouded in sheets and
masks made Of pillow cases. offlciate at
these functions would doubtless agree
that they were melting out a punishment
peculiar 70 the United States.
This punishment. which is supposed TO
ft particularly one class OF transgres-
sions. however. was instituted long be-
fore the United States was ever thought
Of and before this continent was even
discovered
In the time Of the crusades Richard
Crur de Lion and Philip Augustus. two
OF the crusading kings. conferred to-
gether as TO the policing Of their re-
spective armies and agreed upon the
renalties that should be inflicted for in
fractions Of discipline.
Among the punishments provided by
their code were that whoever killed an
other crusader was 10 be cast alive into
the sea. or. If no water was at hand
should be burned alive; that whoever
wounded another should have his hand
cut off: that whoever struck another
should be ducked three times into the
sea. and that whoever stole from an
other should "have warm pitch poured
over his head. which should then he
powdered with feathers. and the offender
should afterward he left abandoned on
the first shore
II would seem that only the riding
upon the sharp edge Of a heWn rail was
o. latter day invention as a suita BILE
climax 10 the punishment. and even this
may have been prsctised by the ancient
fanatics. although not included in the
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
KICKING THE BUCKET.

When We speak facetiously of some one
for whom We have no reverence as hav-
ing kicked the bucket" we employ a
phrase that would seem to be a piece of
latter day slang. but. as matter Of
fact. il dates back TO Old England. when
about the year 112J one Bolsover hung
himself to a beam while standing on the
bottom OF a bucket and then kicked the
bucket away. Although at first used
only in cases of suicides. il has been ap-
piled in the course Of years 10 any
death. without distinction.
Then there is the good. expressive
phrase "skedaddle." meaning TO depart
hastily along the line of least resistance.
and frequently applied to defaulters VINO
"skedaddled' 70 Canada and other places
promising pleasant refuge. This ex-
preston first appeared in the Emitted
states after the battle OF Bull Run. when
many soldiers "skedaddled." TO the dis
comforture OF their commanders. and
for some time the word was supposed
10 be an invention Of the soldier bows.
However an antiquarian has recently
found in an old version of the New
Testament. printed in Ireland years ago.
this phrase: For II is written ! will
smite the shepherd and the sheep OF the
flock shall be squedad ol." That Ger
tsinly meant all scattered. and il is not
unlikely that some son Of Erin at that
memorable flight made use OF this ex-
preston which had stayed in his mind
since his childhood days in the old coun-
try and that it was rapidly caught up
his cOmpatriots.
When we take what we can get and
not what we want and call II "Hobson's
choice" we are not referring to the gen
tleman who once was famous because
OF his kissing capacity and is now en-
deavoring 10 scare the wits out OF us
with dire predictions Of a japanese in
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

bottom The toast prescribed as proper
was "au bon pere." but the Anglo-Saxon
Of those days was not a good French
student, and his pronunciation was
faulty. SO that bon pere" rapidly be-
came corrupted to bumper" and so it
has survived ever since. Although the
significance of the draft and it's name
have changed. the effect is said to he
quite the same as in those days.
lf you make a lucky turn in the stock
market and tell your friends about it
some one Of them will doubtless say.
We'll. that's feather in your cap"
he knows something of the vagaries OF
the quotation board. but il will be a safe
bet that he does not know that he is
using an expression many hundred years
thing that is historical. quaint and un-
usual. the British Museum. is a manu-
script book written by one Lansdowne
and describing his travels in Hungary in
lo9S az which time that country was
almost unknown 10 his countrymen.
Lansdowne says: 1T hath been an
antient custome amongst them that none
should weare fether but he who had
Killed Turk. to whom onlie Vt was law
ful TO shew the number of his slaine
enemyes by the number of fethers in his
cappe."
IL would seem that the man who got
the best of the wheat pit or the stock
market was AS much TO be decorated as
ne who Killed Turk. for the latter per-
formance was probably the easier: but If
the practice was revived in actually as
well as in words, it is doubtful II the
feather market would feel the effec, OF
any unusual demand. Our everyday
phrases are interesting when We come 10
look into them. and they are not less ap-
picable to the strenuous life of the pres
ent day, considering that most Of them
are the product Of strenuous lives OF the
past.
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
LONDON WOOL SALES.

London Apri THE second sarie- ~ -
-oiI v,ool auction sales closed to-day. WIN
o~Arin-s OF : $50 bales. principally crossnrefs.
when sold readily az hrm prices Inc saI1 saIrS
,oIIow New south wales. 200 bales secured
,yAS,, ia. preasv 81. Il TOD Queensland.
,oo bales secured is 2d@is lid. Victoria.
zoo bales greasy. 7llfais I'D Vest Ags, v
ynaiand p. 400 bales: secured. ls ii.dHis 'd
rrsasy. 7dGIs I'd cape OF Good Hope and
SataL 400 bales: greasy, ss. g'd Pun'a
Arsnas 500 bales: greasy. Sis n Ia -
Tive sariss opened Unchanged. but despite
large Offering. prices gradually stree sthene1
ana the demand Drosd,n ned. sspeclallN Ionl
,he continent Tho market AZ the closing vas
srn, and generally from 5rIiz per cent
hishe- than the Januarv sales. zine nierlnos
closed 10 per cent dear'r. and APE OF Loot
RANGED 10 3 per cent higher during tNe
ssris. The Continent bought 1000 Nalss. the
- ooo ,vrr~ held over
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
OTHER LIVESTOCK MARKETS.

| Chicago April I.-CATTLE-Receipis 800;
steady beev.s s. 2sa 20 d.s.. steers ;s. s. %
| ana fe.ders s4Isj So COWS and hNifers - -
| a So calves S5ns555 HoGs-kecelpts
1900. weak and snsoe .,ser ~ nsn sn ,sa,y .,y
81 f5a 81 go rough 80 i51 SO 3j. xood 70
choice heavy So 35ass GO PIGS, 90 'Vns - W:
bulk o, sale. SO s0n So 80 SHEEP Receipts
estimated AZ 500. steady; native sSns2 80.
western 81 25dt53 3j. yearllngs. - 80 - ~
lambs native. $3.50 55. Western 80 wa
ss45 ,,..
Kansas city. April i.--CATri.E-Recslpis
300: no soutnerns steady. dressed hssf ana
export steers. sGa 50 So fsir 20 sooa, e. sya ,na
feeders 81 75ns3 90; southern steers ss"r
So southern COWS. 81 ions; - .siixe S,s SsoW,s
stSs5 o. calves sfas7. HOGs-R-csip,s
1000. STEADY: Lgh, hos' 80 se donss ouns nscS Z.
e.. and butchers So 5on SO s5 lish,' So $50
81 20 sHEEP-Receipts. 200 steady lamns'
81 5oa 80 80. yearlings 81 I5gt - 90 ~e,hs "a.
{; cinsinnstL % April l.-,cAATTLE-.Rssse..igp,,n'. .g,n
psr.. s5a,s 10. common. 81 25a - go HOGS
Receipts Lie: s,eady 20 .naac r'rnon ,omon'
sssns,s 81 e. os and ssEPERpRessp' .qPRR 6e nsss
stead a, 81 25msIl5; lambs steady at 81 20
a S. 80. r,r ,...,r,.
- stcady VEALs-Receipts 81. actye and
steady HOGs-Recepts 29"' soN ss sn
steady to Sc higher mixed aas9@s 81:
as,ris, 80 sc6s, 80 SHEEP AND lambs
Receipts 3iO0. sheep slow "etnfrs lpo
hixher lambs active. HANDY lambs jc nisher'
handv lambs x5ns. o.: wethers 81 - - -.
Pittsburg. April l.-cATTiE-steady SUP
ply Isht. choice. 81 50d So 80. prime >" -.
"a 40 SHEEP-Slov. supply iSW. ptIhe
weth.rs s.s5ds5 culis and common s. @n
81: spring lambs slo9ti2 30 ~,
CALVES s1dST so HOGS-Slor receipts ~
do,,bIs decks. prime heavies STD s. 10. me-
diums. 81 25h s. so. heavy Workers go
s. 33. lght Workers and pigs. - iVds' fo'
roughs 81 75ds6.
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune
- ouis Aprll l-c cATTLE-Receip 1870;
demand light and prices stead. HOGS h.-
cspts > zoo. fairly active and lrresolaI W
price Pigs and lights 81 I5d ~ 20 "a. 49,
80 % a ST. IS: heavy hogs 81 3oH 5" 40 rhShf
-Peceiu,s 200. In demand at hrm prices
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

Liverpool cables Spot quiet. sales 5000
bales speculation and export 300. American.
5000 Imports. 1000 American. 1900. Middlin4
upland. 164d. Futures opened steady At pa 10
points decline closed steady az net decline
OF 70 ? points April, 1.42d; April-May and
Msy-June. 14ld. June-July. I3Id. July-August
: 32i. August-Septemb~r lod; Septemoer-Octo-
Der SGD: October-November y sod November
December g ~ I'D: December January and Jan
uary ry-Feoruary. 6.s3'7d
COFFEE-The result OF the valOriza;ion
sales which have been hanging over the
market for weeks. while somewhat technical
IN character. showed that the sale had been
successful and that the coffee had passed into
the hands ~ roastsrs and distributors The
trace was somewhat surprised 20 learn that
instead of 800 600 BAGS being sold in America.
Goo. ofN had been disposed 4. and that prices
were based On - &c FOR Santos skies, although
there were msnv other grades included in the
sail. Abroad 900. 600 bags Verc sold on the
basis ~ - francs for superior and reports
said that sales went well. with large roasters
in Holland and Hamburg the principal buyers
The local market was somewhat nervous. AMI
whils al the close was barely steady. prices
showed net advance o' - Q points Havre
closed =, net advance Of 1. ii I. franc. Ham
burg YVES 4. n y pfennig higher: Rio showed
decline ~ 100 reis and Santos was IN
changed. spot quiet bat steady. with prices
unchanged. OH the basis Of l2i. for Rio No .
Local contract prizes:
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
FOREIGN MARKETS.

Liverpool. April i.-wHEAT-spot d1il.
Futures steady, MAY. is 6isd; July ~ o-.a,
october rs 6i.d CORN-Spot easy, American
mixed new s. nd American mixed old -
lid Futures easy. MAY. Is 27.d. July n2ni
nal FLOTR-Winter patents 2'- HUE IN
London (Pacihc COAST. - losm - . BEEr =
Extra India mess. loss. PoRN-Prime me-
Western. quiet. SIS. HAMs-shori cut ,l' NJ
RACON-Cumberlan cut, 5is 90. snot, ~
sos: clear bellies. j3s: long clear mirntrs'
light SIS I'd heavy 5.is.. short clear perns'
3oe SHOULDERS-SGu SIS Sd LAkp
prime Western. tierces. its Amer.can renn,n'
nsils as nd CHEESE-canaG;an nnest "nte'
new s,s. colored G2s 6d TAI.LoN-Austrs-
ian in London. 3ls TURPENIiSE y y, -.
T3s Sd ROsIN-common. lns - ~ Fa 20
iFT'M-Reaned. SID LINSEED OIL. 2"s NO.
COTTONsEED oil Hull refined - spot
2ss Sd ,.,> y.,-t,,,
ssI lis I'd. muscoyado. los 81. IINsEEl-
Calcutta. Apri-June. s3s Sd. I.lNsEED -, J..
ass ad SPERM OH. f3t los. PETRoLh. NJ
American refined 54d. spirits. sisd TlN-
pENTrNE-spirits rs sd. ROSlN-Americah
strained iSs Cd hne. los : ~
sntvcrp April i-PETROLEtM ~ francs
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
CASH QUOTATIONS.
GENERAL MARKET REPORT.

New York. April ]. l3l
GRAIN-WHEAT-Ste at the opening.
Or.rnxs were small early. but the weather
map gave promise OF rain or sno" oVSr
lar9e part OF the winter and spring wnes'
belts and prices weakened, selling increases,
unoovering stop loss orders During tne i@s.s @
trading the market was weak al new ioN
records for the season, closing AZ net decllh'
OF &c The oklahoma state report MADE tn tn
condition OF wheat 54.6 per cent. against ~
per cent in March and ~ per cent last year
private cables from abroad said that in
po-ters we're resellina wheat at about &c under
the cost Of shipment and the export defnsn nI a
was small although i've loads were reported
a, the decline Cash wheat weak. No req
aic elevator and 92c o h ahoat No Hor,H-
ern Duluth 81 03,. Z b afoat CORN-steauy
early in sympathy with wheat. but Developed
weakness and at the close was ~ nc W
lower Eyoort No .. SIC h afoat. OATS
moderately active. and after opening s,eaGy
declined Sharply in sympathy with other gram,
closing a. a net loss OF nc. Casn oats ossely
stead: standard white. 3si4c: No 3bh
No 2 35i,c: No 4. 3tiac. RfE-Norninai
papIEy-Ouiet: mailing. 81 15dsi ~
S.u York BTCKwHEAT-ouiet: American.
si a. nsr 100 IN Nov York CANADIAN "'c
hid r. \ev York, for export
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
HOBSONS CHOICE OF MACS.

The Hobson Of the popular phrase was
another one. and his vocation was more
peaceful. although he proved upon the
pocketbooks of his countrymen His
given name was Tobias. and he was the
first man in England 70 run a livery
stable and 10 rent out steeds 10 the
horseback riding gallants Of that long
ago day While his stable was well filed
with horses they were. as usual in liv-
cry stables of varying degrees Of speedi-
ness. but no choice was permitted his
customers. The horse that stood nearest
the door. whether he was spawned. ring
boned or 4 thoroughbred. was the one
that the next customer had 10 take and
they all were rented at the same rates.
Hence "Hobson's Choice came 10 he d
synonyme for no choice at all. which is
the sense IN which we use it to-day.
II is an unfortunate thing. due 10 the
cost Of high living. that once IN a while
some Of US are dunned for debts that We
owe and have not found II convenient
u pay. II is eXasperating 10 receive d
dun" but some Of the irritsted recip-
tents might feel more pleasantly about
II II they knew that the word dun was
classical and the process had been
known by that phrase from antiquity.
Way back in the reign Of Henry vi
the father and immediate predecessor on
the throne of the much married Henry.
there Was bailin OF the city Of Lon
don, VINO rejoiced in the name OF Joe
Dun So successful was Joe Dun IN
getting money out Of delinquent debtors
that tine merchants Of that day used To
say ] shall have to Dun him "heH
they were about TO put an account IN
the energetic balii1s hands. ana tne
name Of this pioneer professional COZ
lectOr of debts crept gradually INTO our
language until IL was adopted 10 SIGNIFY
urgent and insiStcnt demands for pay
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

FLOUR AND MEAL-Flour dull and weak
81 G5 n 50 so. uinte- patents, stas4 -. spring
clears 81 1Ons 81: extra No winter 81 20 n
81 40. oxtrs No winter. S. o5as3 -. Kansas
ssSts 4, rye rTCUR-steady. fair %
good 5. .oas4 50: choice to fancy 81 $50
s t3RNMEhSiIn e.. aNd ,s6s lrl,d PA 50
coarse 81 ioasi -. FEED-Western spring.
s2s 80 q $40 ~. standard middlns SIS 75a
:3e CO., d. S. sst dog s5S 2s c5y p.a9 ear
red dos SIS 25 homiry chop. 81 50 bulk.
So ~ s1cts. oiln;eai s34 50N s35.
record, FOR IN. season were established and
sentiment was very bearish. although the mar
kst had a partial recovery PORk-Barely ~
sea - ness SEQ 30 q s2i family. $40 5oas2l
Short clear. ST. 5Oatla BEEF-Mess s13 30
aklI. family sl5dslj 40: packet. StiH
So 20: ezra linda ness s2& 5oGs;i. BEEF
Essy: bscons. oic. lsn ID. a>.c iGo H. Toe
40 h, lGc. pigs ioi.e CIT MEATS.
Picked lslies barely .teady; 10 II. l:isc; y
III. lti4c. - le. llc. pickled hams quiet II u
a iac ALfOW-Bareiy steady, city. g..
country. "a a SIC. LARD-Weak. middl"
West. s3oq sac: city easy. SIC refined
barely steady. South America. loo Continent.
De Brazil kess lic. compound dun . 0
7Lc sTEARrNE- Barely stsady. oleo 7i.c.
ciIy Hard. ~ ho'sc.
sIGAR-steady and unchanged FOR refined.
on the basis OF $50 net. less per cent cash.
Raw steady but quiet Centrifugal. 90 test.
Was al higher for near months. Aprll and
May. los ~ d.
RtCE-FIrm and unchanged.
/. METALS Nominal 3ud unchanged
MOL ASSES AND YRtP>-Buslness mod
crat. al fun bat unchanged prices
NAVAL STORES Spirits turpent.ne quiet
and eas,r Rosin and tar steady and un-
changed.
OIfS-l.lns-sd unchanged. Refined petrO-
isum ftcad~ ~ recent prices
COTTONsEED OII.-Weak. and prices a,
the close iuiT points net lower Local
contract prices;
Yrsier
open High Low Close day
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
LIVESTOCK MARKET.

New York. April !. 1911.
BEFyEs-Receipt 81 cars or .5ss head,
all for slaughter and export. No trading
Feeling weak Dressed beef slow but stead .
No later cable advices. Exports. SOS cattle
and i6t quarters 10 Liverpool
CALVES Receipts 3it head. including i49
for market FEELING steady. no very prime
yeais here. Medium 20 good sold 80 $IHss 80
Southern s. -. throwouts. 81 % Dressed
calves strong. city dressed veals. 100 isc
country dressed. Sd lie. a few choics at higher
figures
iap ~ average. s. 81 per ioo ib 2. r2a III tT
Judd A Co 81 southern calves. lS5 III.
e. - 9a thrn" outs ION III 81 -
SHEEP AND LAMBS Receipts i5i- cars,
or T. 7sg head. including = ears for the MAR
ket. ears on sslc sheep lower and dull
hand, lamb. arm hut slow heavy lambs not
,anted and lower % sell several ears unsold.
Shesp nominal. prime HANDY lambs sold AZ
a. IS per 100 IL. ordinary state. - 2S. no sales
Of clipped stock Dressed mutton lower AZ 50
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

oi.c. dr,sssf lambs slow at iois q l2c: hos
drsseed i2iac country dressrd hotnouss
lambs unchanged AZ t4GfI per csrca" o,,
saIss-Kerns Commission COMPANY: ~
Nichixan lambs So N average. - - per loo
ID. ig5 81 III. s. -. -, go.
8 Judd A. Co. iof Ohio lambs ~ 10. 20 -;
Tor slaughter NominslIy steady for All weign"-
countrv dresssd hogs slow AZ IA ioc per ID
Exports Of live cattle and Gressso -
,,on, United states ports for week ended
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
THE CORRUPTED BUMPER.

We all Of US drink 70 the health o.
some one in u.c course Of OR lives. ana
when the glass is particularly large and
the drink unc commOnly generous We call
II drinking in bumpers" of wine. Most
Of us know what the after effect is OF
bumper drinking. but few know whence
IL originated. Man good things seem 10
have been inheritances from England,
and this is another Of them
When the Roman Catholic religion be-
came ascendant in England it was made
obligatory that all good Christians
snould drink tho health of tie Pope after
oinner every day. and that His Holt
ness's health was to be pledged in fun
x.ass, which was 10 be drained u the
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
NEW YORK PRICES.

COTTON-Nervous and irregular, in contrast
IN its ruling Of the earlier week, July con
tracts were relatively 1rm on buying oy ne
same bull broker, Hho mas recenilE pee. ~ ~
baa,test Keller on the other hand. there
seemed to be more May for sale than pre-
viouslv with the result that the MAY premium
over July shrank 70 about 20 points ~ Liils
di~.rerce the leading spot interest gave Ma
support and tho market clcsed steadY net :
points lower 70 points higncr keFlsNs W VI
H.. drrroods situation showed no particular
ch.n~o and Fall River reported increased
curtnIlmert IN the production of print cloths
sstimatsd II a, $4,000 pieces. against l2o,""
-, we.k Their. was 10 fresh fca iurs IN the
weather news from the South. Local contract
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
ATLANTIC, G. & w. I. STEAMSHIP

The Atlantic. Guf and West Indies Steam
snip Lines. comprising the CLYDE Steamshin
company. the Mallory Steamship Companv
tne New ork and Cuba Mail Steamship ON
pany' the New York and Porto Rico steam
snip company and subsidiary companies
reports for the YEAR ended December n
isIo' with comparisons as follows:
1910 1909 Irc,o...
Oper. and gen'l '
expenses ..... 12aI2OTi II ioa ao7 sos o71