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The Penn's Grove record., 1913-12-26

A prominent journalist from Chi
cago some time ago, made a journey
through Canada obtaining a thorough
knowledge of the land and people and
of the "boundless possibilities" that
Canada, the virgin land, affords. In
an American Sunday newspaper he
published after his return the interest
ling account which we print as fol
lows. He writes:
why did you emigrate from the
United States?" l asked a farmer in
Western Canada.
Il believe that for a poor man West
ern Canada is the most favorable
land" was the reply, land l have now
found that it is the Paradise of the
Poor"
The farmer, a pioneer of the west,
had five years earlier left Iowa for
Canada to secure a new home there.
After trayersing the country for some
time he started his home on the open
prairie and with steady industry de-
voted himself to the working Of the
virgin soil. Now he is the wellto-do
owner of that endless sea of waving
wheat ears that goes on for miles be-
fore my eyes. His strong, sunburned
figure finds the best background in his
farm itself, which is the outcome OF
his ~ceaseless activity-a pretty two-
stored dwelling house, a large clean
stable in the midst of a hamlet CT
barns, sheds and outbuildings, g use
full garden overlooking with products;
horses, cattle, sheep and swine on the
rich pastures, and around to the horl-
zon wheat, golden wheat.
I'm Iowa." the farmer continued, Il
farmed on rented land, for at the price
of $500 per acre 1 did not possess
money enough to buy. l might farm,
l might farm as l could more than the
living for myself and family, l could
not attain. Sometimes the harvest
turned out good, sometimes bad, but
the grand total was a bitter combat to
keep want from the door. 1t was iP-
possible to lay by for bad times and
in spite of all trGhb1e and work an cid
age free Of care was not to be
thought Of. My death would have
bought bitter poverty to my wife and
children.
81 decided to breakup and go to
Canada, where at least I could fight
out the struggle for existence on my
own land. l started out with a mule
team, all my earthly possessions we're
In the prairie-schooner with my wife
and children. Then l took up a home
stead of 100 acres to which 1 added
by purchase gradually; now as a
whole I count about 5000 acres as my
own. The whole property is free of
debt. I do not owe a cent to anyone.
/ bought my land for $3.50 per acre,
now l would not give it up for $50"
do you mean TO say that you paid
T the whole land in the five years."
+errupted.
a much shorter time" replied
1er. The land paid for itself,
qdy by the first harvest, and
N 3 years each field had
purchase price. If you
Conada
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cess beyond, to you ia wnvm nope &
steeled determination even in the
presence of the ~fiercest obstacles, the
New Year promises well. To you 9th
ers whom the angel Of grief through
the passing years has folded in so
close an embrace that your eyes have
not caught the CLEAN of his wings or
known that they were blessed, the
year will bring a tender ministration
tina. is Times own privilege. But
what horoscope is there for each in
that great army Of the unknown he
roes who face no bracing ordeal nor
promise of physical or NORA cheer;
who with faces set toward tomorrow
see no light, no warmth, but the same
pitiless world that has been their lot
for years! And yet these smile bright
ly. They are the ones who fill the
chinks of life and shut out for US an
often chilly world; they are the apos-
ties of the little things, the despised
things, whose sacrifices we accept
with as slight thought as we bestow
on the things themselves. Yet are
they the links which hold the world
together.-Collier's Weekly.
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SYmpa

A heart must be at leisure from
ITSELF" to enter into the joyousness
OF the glad-hearted. A gift straight
from the fathers hand is sympathy,
and a gift which goe on blessing
those on whom it is expended and
even seeks out for itself little wayside
deserts on which to pour it's fructify-
.ng waters. Those who have expert
enced in the hour Of stress and sor-
row-in the height of the storm-the
warm and consoling light and deliver
ance which sympathy from a friend
can give, will offer thanks to God
for one of the most beautiful of his
gifts.-Emily Ridgeway.
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counting with self. 1t is only through
such accountings that men and women
find themselves, learn to know them
selves and, knowing, become what
they should be.
Rev. DR.. Talmage used to tell the
story Of a young man who annually de
voted New Years eve to a review of
the year ended, concluding with reso-
lutions which he seldom kept for any
great length of time. Lying lazily back
in a comfortable Morris chair, this
young man would smoke a cigar, think
owe the year, and make his resolves.
One New Years eve he thought and
smoked until, half dreaming, he
fancied he saw in the smoke as it
curled upward the word resolutions"
His fancy led him to serious considera-
ton of how many of his resolutions
had really gone up in smoke. He was
astoupded, and made one supreme re
solve that they should no longer end
in smoke.
Each time he told this story Doctor
Talmage assured his hearers that this
young man vas today one Of the fore
most business men Of New York city,
a factor in it's commercial life and a
powerful agent for good in many direc-
tons. The reverend gentleman made
Vt that although resolutions
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New Years IL

New Years ir
In Japan the New Year Ea,E r1a 8
with far more en- re- tseF r. tEi2
country. Let a MAJ an XII -a
so defective, he is e. .lt r. II
4 a. m. and don ney l.l
the suspicious morn Thu. v...
his gala garments II j1
worships the gods, perierl
to the spirits of his ar
pays homage to all ra .-3s,s
than himself. No ordfTa t5a6
consumed at breakfast. I'll t.a r.le.
be made from water dI q ftgm eh1
well IS the first ray of IL View ara
sun strikes it. On every 1is Gleraa
a red lacquer tray, covert u -.er
green leaves, and suppo. 4 rice
dumping, a lobster, orang g2lslm.
mons, chestnuts, dried sa it3e2 and
herring root; all these dishes POSSESS.
ing an allegorical Significant This
meal is the start of the festivities
which are continued for Is days, bust.
ness being almost entirely suspended
for the first week of the year.
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THE RIGHT SOAP FOR BABY'S
SKIN

In the care Of baby's skin and hair,
Cuticura Soap is the mothers ia
vorite. Not only is it unriYaled in
purity and refreshing fragrance, but
its gentle emollient properties are
usually sufficient to alIay minor irri-
t%ations, remove rednesH, roughness
and chatting, soothe sensitive condi-
tons, and promote skin and hair
health generally. Assisted by Cuti-
cura Ointment, it is most valuable in
the treatment Of eczemas, rashes and
itching, burning ~infantile eruptions.
Cuticura Soap wears to a wafer, often
outlasting several cakes Of ordinary
soap and making its use most eco
nomical.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept. L, B6ston."-Adv.
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EsoulMAux ARE LEARINe.

ider U. 5. Protection and Guidance
rhey Become Good Business Men.
~ stores
ned and managed by natives are
tered wherever possible In Alaska
the United States Bureau of Edu-
ion, which has charge eff instruc-
i of the Esquiman inhaEfNnts. The
/. eau helps the NATIVES "a protect
lnselves from "SGfside"> paders
Acharge %exorbitant prices for food
cInthing and paw as little as DOS
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RESOLUTIONS
Broken They Often
thing Worth While
Ne Maker.

the close of the year a great
men and women review the
eSSts and experiences through which
they have passed, and resolve to profit
by them during the coming year. Many
a mar turns aver a new leaf" and
many a oma emphatically declares
that she will abandon this folly and
that. So many fail in their resolves
that New Years resolutions have be-
come a subject of jest.
Yet while there may be a humorous
phase of the subject there is certainly
a more serious one than some appear
to believe. 1t makes no difference
whether it is New Years eve or any
other vs., there has to come a time
in the lives of all when there is an &C
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ats TO qovv, 49,

ats TO pow, vu-- "
N has after the third harvest
brought in the purchase price Of
$4,000.
"Sometimes-and not rar Hhe
land pays for itself by the first
OF 35 bus. of wheat bring in IT..
the purchase price of SIS
AS in some years l harves
than 35 bus. YOU can reckon
self how quickly I paid for {.
Would you not prefer
farm in Iowa?" I asked.
NO" replied the farm
will l go back. In genera w
American settlers return
home. In Iowa a 100 A.
100 per A, $4,000; in W
ada SIS, only $4,000. Fl
money that you require 4. u
A. farm in Iowa, you car EeE.
Western Canada a farm { 2 an
I have money enough to
Iowa, if l wished. But t Ire
ly income would be sis
whereas here l work 70
There l would only be 49,
here l am a large lane .tcgcl
In a corner of the r hs4
during our converse 80 e
mound of earth O Htl2
grasses and wild flow in
quiry as to what it w; n tua
reply: That is the T 81 Teata4
shack covered with p l
ed my home when ] tile. 4r7
years ago."
/ gathered a vii
ruin and flung it int .4a II
-glittering line "
flower towards the l4-,
ped farmhouse. What a cUn,1-s- 1
tween the lowly earthly hut of yester-
DAY and charming palace of today!
This contrast says enough of the IN
bounded possibilities, which this new
land offers to the willing worker. How
the poor emigrant On the open prairie,
through energy and activity, within 5
years worked his way up to being a
well-to-do farmer and esteemed citi-
zen! More, the farmer did nst re-
quire to say. Why did he emig,ate?
WHY? Why l saw the answer with
my own Observation-Disclosures.
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Forming Resolutions.

New Year invokes shades Of the
good resolutions of the past. All!
these what might have beens" are a
source of mental annoyance. But.
don't let that deter us from again
FORMING our good resolutions. Make
them by all means, and having made
them, let's stick to them, and when
1914 m to make its exit our good
resolutions will not have evolved
themselves into these fatal good in
~tentions.
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h He Wants
What he Wants.
Il don't want to be very rich"

7 don't want to be very rich"
That so?"
mo. I have no desire to have a
great fortune"
Then what do you want?"
I'D be perfectly happy if I were
rich enough to give my wife an allow
ance every week instead of having to
take my pay envelope home intact and
receiving an allowance from my wife"
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You Had to Work Hard

for your money. Do you know now to make
it work hard for you-to bring in the most
income2 Investment" the investors coun-
selor and safeguard, tells you. A Magazine
that is able, fearless and that has no axe to
grind. Sample copy free; $3.50 a year. Write
Investment" Postal Telegraph Building,
New York-Adv
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Married seventy-sever Yea

Syracuse, n, Y.-Mr. and Mrs. j. D.
Clemen Of Western, N. Y, win on
Dec. Z celebrate the seventy-seventh
anniversary of their marriage. The
couple, both ~ninety-eight years of age.
hope to make an ~aeroplane flight on
that day.
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DS OLD OREGON TRAIL MAP
Iund D. Hicks Made an Interesting
Discovery While Rummaging
Through an Old Trunk.

lnsas City. While rummaging
nd in an old trunk containing a
If old papers and family effects,
und D. Hicks, 2109 BeIleview ave-
found an interesting old map. the
erty of his father, which outlined
course of the Oregon trail marked
by Capt. John G. Fremont on his
I:~~ IN Tuna 1912. The
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Trentdl, N. 1.-Two years after her
husband had disappeared Mrs. Rsnldm
w. Connor saw him acting in a
ing picture of a wild west scene.
then flek suit for a divorce.
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Sinn Lannuace.

"She's rich, but a deaf-mute. Dodson
proposed in writing"
did she indicate her refusal in the
same way"
mo. Her father kicked him and she
applauded Puck.
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Show Nomen How TO Wear Hs

Paris.-Lswis, the well]hoWn
Partisan nilliner. is going to New
York to show society womea there
the exact angle at which tae latest
fashion in hats should be worn.
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It's a waste of money for a man
whose name is Smith to have it en-
graved on the handle of his umbrella.
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Most of US live to be thankful for
some of the things we neglected To
do in our youth.
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time. On the other hand, by far the
larger part of our character will be
determined by the things we con-
sciously invite into it to be it's guests.
Our life is in our W hands more
than it is either in natures or en-
vironment's. The elusive influences
that beat against us from the world.
strong as they are, are not SO potent
as the positive Influences we can in
yite into ourselves, from earth and
heaven. This being true, it is a good
+hino % and then to stop and ask
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Some men are so constituted that
they have to be provided with either
a pacemaker of a peacemaker.
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a New Years Wish

NY New Year wish Isl that all
frcugh the year the yesterdays will
h2Ve contained IS much happiness as
~ wish for the tomorrohws.
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MURDER
y ca.a an S1nd a-. sed of Beating
Z AZ 70 Death With an
q Shovel.

Prt-s I'd, Sask.-Kathleen Oh
ka, ! ears old, of Wakawa,
char v, the murder Of her nine
year playmate, Julia Jennings,
vas pu, or trial here. The girl is &C
'cUsed Of killing the other child by
heating her on the head with an iron
shovel while they were walking to-
gether about eight miles from Waka-
wa last June.
After the killing Kathleen returned
to her home and told her mother that
her ~coL,pbnion had left her. The fol-
lowing tdy the body of the child was
found on a abandoned homestead.
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Runs Away With Coal Stove.

Paterson, N. J.-Ardrew Koolin a
away with the family coal stove and
sewing machine in revenge for his
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces innamma-
tion, allays pain cures wind colo, 25c a bottle.sd Adv
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A simple remedy against coughs and all
throat irritations are Deans Mentholated
Cough Drops-5c at all good Druggists.
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FotR CHILDREN N YEAR.
First Twins Of Hzrts Died, 5ut Second
Are poinn Wen.

~ EUTVIU TFEF7a
New Hay Z. Corn.-Giying Birth to
four children In n year is the rec
ord of Mrs. January Hart Of Gilbert
street, tllinstoVn.
lhe 70 most recent arr gala ara
VI and git6 the moehel als
long =. Tl ctaer par anne Jan.
~ l7s and fs.e b3y aud q qirl,
i att me- many 5ays,, The
d4r haze two BOWS sta also a
cir
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Proner Snecies-

He (fercely)-What was the little
bird that told you I had been drinking?
'ink it was a sWal-
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rates per - nag we're 5 u,,
ce-lt. higher - n f9l1 Win 4 "a,
S~e3ol u Vo g l3Qgs ys Is r=r
eGnt.
"a RE hosiery End koit '~qGusrry
wages per hour ia 1879 were 53 per
cent. higher han ia 1911, despite q
reducti2a OF liz per cent. in the ac-
.uai tir1e of employment.
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Melvin H.
cello LaWye.
DISCLOSED BY HIS
None Of Townsfolk Knew Of the Wo.,
an, Who Left Little Room Only
at Night-Lawyer Pleaded Lame.
ness as an Excuse.

Monticello, N. Y.-A grim jest that
Melvin H. Couch, former District At
torney Of Sullivan county, and friend
of Benjamin B. OdelI, former Governor
and Alton B. Parker, played on his
friends for three years came to light
after his sudden death.
The breaking Of a blood vessel kill
ed him and SEN a middle-aged woman,
gray-haired and unprepossessing,
whom he had hidden in a rear room in
his Office in the Masonic building ever
since 1910, screaming and moaning
from her strange shelter to seek a doc
tors aid.
Not a person in Monticello has an
mixing that Couch was leading this
double life, although many were aware
that he was separated from his wife.
The meeting of Mrs. Couch and the
gray-haired woman, Adelaide NJ.
Branch of Middletown, in the Office
where the lawyer had laid the scene
for a drama almost melodramatic in
its holiness, was one that residents
of this town will remember for many
years to come. The wife had seer her
husband seldom in the last three
years, but the neighbors recalled that
Couch used to go home to Sunday
dinner.
The lawyer was 65 year of age.
He was a power in Sullivan county.
When Odell was Governor, Couch en-
joyed his friendship and confidence
and became Republican leader in the
county. Before that he had been on
friendly terms with Parker, whom he
met outside of business and politics.
On I've OCCASIONS Couch ran for
District Attorney and won out, having
established a reputation for square
dealing and brains. Twice he was
defeated when he was nominated for
County Judge.
In strange contrast to this figure,
masterful and ambitious. ~
woman be ba
panion a8C r stt
back of he 7a E.Ilae4
she visited Monticello. =
money sud .o1aa Z bs
selling bco4 ~..ta ae s
recalled Gaat -l 81
of Dewe aut
Those WIZ e -rr a6 der
a drab 2
Distritt t gaarrs
who had 5ris
same b1.~-E Cos.en. ,ss
that he 5l FeG r
Irrrifnr4 49, .EN
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INVALIDS AM CHILDREN
should be given NAGEE'S EMULSION IN
strengthen the body. Eever fails. All druggists.
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70 HEs ; f3a PERMITS

@ooe en- >s~ ,c< s Yet-shaw.
m4 ip L;st.
H ashn5tor. Secretary of the
reasft has we'd nearly 40 re-
le7 1910 az Aal banks for papers
lfaoc under the new curren-
@ systart 20 requests came from
&ev ttk.
ost important bank which sig
fl aesire to come into the new
st vas the National Shawmut
aink Of Boston. A telegram was re.
ived to that effect.
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] II:
H6 T. $|}a32 !aL3e99t
"AMJ s year to year. -Laiah xxx, l.
So goes the old year forth, as goes
A king with no attending train,
AS goes a monarch old, who knows
His further effort is in vain.
In stately sequence they have gone
The courtier months-and now, alone.
The old year proudly falters on,
The new year comes to claim his throne.
But we that stand as subjects stand
Within the temple of the years
While faints the narrow thread of sand
That in the tImegass now appears
Should we look out adown the way
WhereOn our eager feet would fare,
Or should we gaze at yesterday
And see what is recorded there?
Look backward at the dinning hills
Ere yet old time with gentle grace
With drifting haze the distance fills;
Count now the heights which held the goals
Which had been ours to win and keep,
Save that we in our shrinking souls
Feared that the climb was long and steep.
Now the horizon whence we wend
Seems but a path all smooth and fair
Where frowning hill and valley blend,
And any load were light to bear.
Could we go back! All, might we go
Once more upon the dWinding way!
The trials would not fret US So
The trifes, now, of yesterday.
So, in the temple of the years
We gaze back at the fading view
The composite of laughs and tears
e Then turn to face the roadway new.
The new year comes, as comes a king,
Apparelled in rich stuffs and gold
Grant that unto it we may bring
The good we garnered from the old.
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.0NGUEs
of Albany, N.
Ldea to Do
Gossip.

of Albany, N.
lldea to Do
Gossip.
hey have an or
Trace 1t Back
ed twelve years
IF an inquiry as
ftain false story
i2a men were in a
was made that
ell-known citi-
zen of crookednsss.
"a l TO see thtt story traced
pack' salu n OF ,he men at the
table, for there's n5t the slightest
truth in it, In my opiniln."
well, let's organize q club to do
it," said another.
So the club was formed and a COM
mittee appointed to Investigate the
statement. The story was run down
within twA days.
The club, elated over its success
adopted bylaws and arranged to meet
regularly. Whenever a man opened
his mouth to accuse somebody the
president merely began: 81 appoint
as a committee Of investigation-"
and he seldom got further. The Trace
It Backs nave had many ups and
downs and the membership has
thinned out considerable, but there
are enough still on hind t. practice
and preach their principles.
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"Yistiddy was 1913 an today is
l914"-
Gee! How's that? We must've
slept a whole year last night"
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All the worlds a stage, but no one
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So, in the temple of the years
We gaze back at the fading view
The composite of laughs and tears
Then turn to face the roadway new.
The new year comes, as comes a king,
Apparelled in rich stuffs and gold
Grant that unto it we may bring
The good we garnered from the old.
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|ney nave an or
| Trace It Back
led twelve years
bf an inquiry as
Ftain false story
lmen e in a
was made that
ell-known citi-
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-04-24
Jefferson Banquet in New York.

New York.-Special privilege and
the concentration of wealth and their
relation to spirit of unrest that, un.
less reckoned with, might jeopardize
the institutions of government" fur
nished the theme discussed by Vice
President Thomas Marshall Saturday
night at a banquet of the National
Democratic club here.
Mr.. Marshall, Governor Sulzer and
William F. McCoombs were guests OF
honor. The dinner commemorated the
10th anniversary of the birth OF
Thomas Jefferson.
Norman E. Mack, Charles F. Murphy
Representative Herman A. Metz and
former Judge Morgan ]. O'Brien were
among those who attended.
The vice president was greeted with
applause when he rose to speak.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-04-24
Crowd Cheers Monarch
w. j. BRYAN ATTACKS
LIQUOR AND GAMBLING
In Long Political Career Never Need
ed to Drink Alcoholic BEVERAGE.

IN Long Political Career Never Need
ed to Drink Alcoholic Beverage.
Philadelphia.-Se of State
William ]. Bryan addressed two large
audiences here Sunday on the benefits
of religion and the necessity of train
ing the young.
At the Bethlehem Presbyterian
church, which is celebrating its for
tieth anniversary, he cited his belief
and incidents in his own life to prove
the value of religious training in
youth.
Mr.. Bryan told his hearers how a
dislike for swearing, gambling, and
drinking had been impressed upon him
by his parents in his early days. This
dislike, he said, has continued ever
since.
Gambling" declared Mr.. Bryan, "is
even more demorali ing than drink
and harder to defeat
American diplomacy is not of that
kind where you have to make a man
drink to deal with him." declared Sec
rotary Bryan, in discussing temper
ance. In my long career of more than
quarter of century in active poll
TICS there never has been one day
when l thought it necessary to take
drink of alcoholic liquor In foreign
lands l have adhered to the same prin-
ciple, and l have yet to hear single
criticism of my actions either at home
or abroad"
In his address at the Second regi-
ment armory on 1.-THE Making of
Man" he urged the necessity of build
ing moral character upon religion and
loyalty to Christ and his teachings.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-04-24
Swine Losses Last Year.

Washington.-Of the losses to live
stock during the last year that sus-
tanned among swine was the heaviest
and hog cholera was probably the
cause of 80 per cent of the loss, &C
cording to the department of agricul-
ture. The monetary loss in swine the
department places at approximately
S66,417,OOO. The losses of cattle and
sneep during the year were not so
heavy as the year previous, while the
losses of the farm horses and mules
were not quite per cent greater than
the preceding year.