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, 1918-01-31
CANADAS
| CEREAL CROP
hre of the Best Ever Harvested.

rbe cereal crop of Western Canada
or 1917 was the most valuable n
krer harvested; the returns from all
F'.ssos of live stock have been equally
"gsfoctory. The wool clip was not
Ia,y greater than in any previous year,
~ the price obtained was double that
Y 1o1G. which in turn was almost
Fopble flat of the year before.
/ Az was the case in 1915 and 1915,
,orv formers were able to pay for
tho,r 1nnd outright with the proceeds
|, their first years crop. Further evil
Fence of the prosperity Of Western
ronoda is shown by the fact that one
l. every twenty of the population is
-o,v he owner of an automobile. If
tbo farming community alone is taken,
n will be found that the proportion Of
[%rtomoblle owners is still greater. The
hank clearings of the leading cities Of
Western Canada were consistently
a,gher than they were in the CORE
[popdlng periods of 1916, and then they
[rere higher than the year preceding.
In Winnipeg $5OO,O00.0OO more was
Cleared in the IL months ending No
1 ombcr 30 than in the same months a
near ago.
The entry Of the United States into
the war has strengthened the bonds
betwecn that country and Canada. We
ire now working together for the
kame ends. Those who are not fighting
ire promoting a greater production of
foodstuffs. In this connection Western
canada offers a wonderful opportu-
tIty. Not only can larger quantities
bf staple foodstuffs be produced, but
he cost Of production is lower and the
Enumeration greater than where land
Is more expensive. Notwithstanding
HE fact that the price Of farm prod
|hcts has doubled during the past three
Wears, there are millions Of acres Of
hrable land in Western Canada which
can still be bought at a low price.
Western Canada has an enormous
hcreage prepared for seeding to wheat
Lin 1918. 1t is larger than in 1917, and
will probably surpass the record area
but into crop in the year 1915, when
.the largest crop ever known in the
West was harvested. The year 1918
should also see a further increase in
Dive stock activity.
Farmers have been investing consid-
erable sums in cattle; the high prices
secured for wool and mutton have
opened the eyes Of Western farmers to
the possibilities of sheep, and such was
the demand for breeding animals last
FALL that 1t was impossible to meet 1t
adequately; the campaign for greater
hog production is expected to yield an
Increase Of between 25 and 30 per cent
In 1918.
Those who r contemplating coming
10 Western Canada cannot do better
than come early in the spring when
they can put in a crop and harvest 1t
in the fall. In this way they will be
able to achieve something that will
Inot only be Of great benefit to them
Selves, but also to the great cause for
(which the Allies, including the United
States, are now fghting.-Advertise-
Inent.
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A girl president lives in Cleveland.
~ She is president of a bank, and Is
only seventeen years old. The bank
tHs 500 depositors and a capital of
Si955S. The depositors are members
on the council educational alliance,
VINO save their money to buy Liberty
loan bonds, vacations and presents.
Inc deposits come in pennies. Some
persons literally have "only a cent to
their Names"
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Not So Much Work.

Mr.. ~Bangor-William, have you pro-
ken another glass?
Willlam-Yes, sir; but I was very
fortunate this time. 1t only broke in
two pieces.
Mr.. Bangor-So you call that "for-
tunate," do you?
William-Yes, sir you can't imagine
what a bother it is to pick them up
when they break into a hundred pieces.
Chean notoriety Is dear at anv nrice
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To remove pimples and blackheads
smear them with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash off in five minutes with Cuticura
Soap and hot water. For free samples,
address "Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston,"
At druggists and by mail. Soap 20,
Ointment 25 and 50.-Adv.
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Expensive Hosiery.

81 like to stop at this hotel"
"Why?"
The proprietor makes me feel as If
] owned the place."
We'll, after you've paid your bill
you will feel that you ought to own
The place, whether you do or not"
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You E STRONG, if 20

this is the best medicine to benefit or cure.
The Prescription" regulates and pro-
notes all the natural functions, never
conflicts with them, and is perfectly
harmless in any condition of the female
system. 1t brings refreshing sleep, and
restores health and vigor. All druggists.
If you eat the right foods, and not too
much of them, the poisons in your sys-
tenn can be kept down and thrown out by
taking a natural laxative, such as that
composed of May-apple juice of aloes.
root of jalap, and long sold by druggists
as DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
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Mistress-It's only fair to warn you.
Bridget, that my husband swears a
little sometimes.
Bridget-That's all right, mum. So
do Life.
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Probably one of our knottlest war
problems is to find out how to make a
woman believe she looks patriotic in
last years clothes.
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grippe which lasted
all winter and left
me in a weakened
condition. Ifelt at
times that I would
never be well again.
J. read of Lydia E.
Pinkham's v e ge-
t a BILE Compound
and what it did for
women pa g
through the Change
of Life, so l told my
doctor / would try
it. soon began to
gain in str b
and the annoying
aum ntO a 0ia.
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7ou're a tired-out
or run down
woman. with DR..
Pierce's Favor
lite Prescription.
And, if you suf-
fer from any "fe-
male complaint"
or disorder, you
get well. f o r
these two things
to build up wo-
mems strength,
and to cure wo-
mems ailments
, 1918-01-31

Makes the laundress happy-that's Red
Cross Bag Blue. Makes beautiful, clear
white clothes. All good @ocers. Adv.
, 1918-01-31

appeared and your Vegetable Compound
has made me a well, strong woman 50
1 do all my own Homework. cannot
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound too highly to women
passing through the Change of Life"
St, Urbana, Ill.
Women who suffer from nervousness,
seheat flashes" backache, headaches
and "the blues" should try this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
, 1918-01-31
WOMEN OF
Middle AGE
Need Help to Pass the Crisis Safe
ly-Proof that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
Can be Relied Upon.

Urbana, m.-'During Change of Life,
In addition to its annoying symptoms, I
, 1918-01-31

Don't be misled. Ask for Red Gross
Rag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes.
AT all good grocers. Adv.
, 1918-01-31

Only One "BROMO OUININE"
|pRHf HI me genuine, call for full name
eehh90MMI0 CUISINE. Look for signature of II. W.
|uhofh. Cures n Gold IN One Day. 500.
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Cheap notoriety is dear at any price.
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Shopping Made Easy.

No longer must the married man
spend frenzied hours trying to match
silks over the counters of the depart
ment stores. The government has de-
cided that the sufferings of the silk
matching husband are just too -horrl-
BILE and is planning to alleviate them
by standardization. Soon Henry will
be able to order E-67S5 and carry it
home to Jane with the absolute GER
tainty that there will be no comeback.
The magic mechanism is the colorime-
ter, a device which is being perfected
by the United States bureau of stand
ards. The vibrations of light-which
determine color--will be thrown onto
one plane by the colorimeter and split
up. Definite color standards so de-
termined will be used in grading crude
oil and paints as well as color fabrics.
Milestone.
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How did you persuade Tim Ryan to
lend YOU his huskieS?"
'Why don't you take paper and
keep up with the news, son? These
huskies don't belong to Tim"
Meaning that Mr.. Gideon Holt is
the owner?"
"You've done guessed it," admitted
the miner complacently.
He had right to be proud of the
team. 1t was a famous one even in
the North. 1t had run second for two
years in the Alaska sweepstakes to
Macdonald's great Siberian wolf
hounds. The leader, Butch, was the
hero of dozen races and a hundred
savage fights.
"What in Halifax do you want with
the team?" asked Elliot, surprised.
'The whole outfit must have cost a
small fortune"
"Some DUST" admitted Gideon proud
ly. He winked mysteriously at Cor
don. 81 got use for this team, if
anyone was to ask YOU"
Haven't taken the government mail
contract, have you?'
"Not so you could notice it. I'll tell
you what want with this team, as the
old sayin' u.s." Holt lowered his voice
and narrowed slyly his little beadlike
eyes. 'I'm going to put a crimp in
Colby Macdonald. That's what l aim
to do with it."
"How?"
The miner beckoned Elliot closed
| and whispered in his ear.
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HOLD WOOL IN THIS COUNTRY
War Trade Board Takes Steps te
Meet the Requirements Of Both
the Army and Navy.

Restrictions governing the exporta-
ton and importation Of wool were
frightened recently by the war trade
board with view to conserving Amer
lean supplies and checking the increase
in prices, which have risen 2OO per
cent
No commodities containing wool will
be permitted in future to leave the
country, 1t was announced. if, in the
judgment of the board, the wool is
needed for the uses either of the army
or the navy.
Importers before they can obtain IL
censes will be required to Gign an
agreement that they will sell no wool
to persons other than manufacturers
and that they will give the govern
ment an option to purchase all wool
imported at price 5 per cent less
than the price that obtained for the
same grade July 80, 1917.
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brought to the attention of officials in
high places where the charges would
do most good. The details of the story
were to be held in reserve for publicity
in case the muckrake magazines should
try to make capital of the report OF
Elliot.
Kusiak found much time for gossip
during the long nights. 1t knew that
Macdonald had gone on the bond OF
Elliot in spite of the scornful protest
of the younger man. The case against
the field agent was pending. Pursuit
of the miners who had robbed the big
mine-owner had long ago been dropped.
Somewhere in the North the outlaws
lay hidden, swallowed up by the great
white waste of snow.
The general opinion was that Mac
was playing politics about the trial of
his rival. He would not let the case
come to jury until the time when a
conviction would have most effect in
the States, the gossips predicted. They
did not know that he was waiting for
the return of Wally Selfridge. The
whispers touched closely the personal
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"SOME SORT OF A BISHOP"
Eminent Churchman May Safely Leave
the Classification to the Many
Who Know Him.

Bishop Greer of New York, who is
great friend of Bishop Whitehead OF
Pittsburgh, entered restaurant re-
Gently and sat down opposite another
man. After a time he and the man en-
gagged in a casual conversation and the
stranger finally said:
"You look somewhat like clergy
man, sir"
"Well, am one.' said Bishop Greer.
"Oh," said the man, lis that so!
Episcopal, should imagine?''
"Yes," nodded the bishop.
"Your work is here in New York,
suppOse?" the man continued.
EYES," said the bishop.
"Just what is your parish?" asked
the stranger.
"Well," answered Bishop Greer, Il
really haven't any definite parish. +
err"
"Some sort of bishop, then, as
sumo" said the man.
The waiter at this time brought
Bishop Greer his check.
"Yes," he answered as he rose to
90. I'm some sort of bishop"
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will be the great test of life and death
struggle on the Western front. In the
everyday walks of life, it is the spring
time that brings i'll health. One of the
chief reasons why the rundown man
finds himself in a bad state of health in
March or April, is because he has spent
nearly all his hours for the past four or
five months penned up within the walls
of house, factory or Office. 1t is the rea-
son for our diminished resistance-that
is, lack of outdoor life, coupled with
perhaps over-eating, lack of good exer-
else, insufficient sleep, and constipation.
In other words, we keep feeding the
furnace with food but do not take out
the ''clinkers," and our fire does not burn
There is nothing better for health than
taking an occasional mild laxative, per-
haps once week; such one as you
can get at any drug store, made up Of
May-apple, jalap, aloes, (sugar-coated,
tiny, easily taken J, which has stood the
test of fifty years of approval-namely,
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets But TO.
the ''Spring Fever" the general rundown
condition, the lack of ambition, the
treatment every spring; such standard
tonic as DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, now to be had in tablet form in
sixty-cent walls. Watch the people &C
Flooding along the street. There's no
spring, no vitality. A vitalizing tonic such
as this vegetable extract Of Dr. Pierce's
gives you the power to force yourself into
action. . The brain responds to the new
blood in circulation, and thus you're ready
to make fight against stagnation which
holds you in bondage. Try it now! Don't
wait! Today Is the day to begin. Gain q
little pep and laugh and live. Vim and
vitality are the natural out-pouring of a
healthy body. 1t does not spring up in a
night Try this spring tonic, and you gain
the courage that comes with good health.
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CHAPTER XIX.
In the Dead of Night.


While Kusiak slept that night the
wind shifted 1t came roaring across
the range and drove before it great
scudding clouds heavily laden with
sleety snow. From dark till dawn the
roar of the wind filed the night. Be
fore morning heavy drifts had wiped
out the roads and sheeted the town in
virgin white unbroken by trails or fur
rows.
With the coming of daylight the
tempest abated. Kusiak got into its
working clothes and dug itself out
from the heavy blanket of white that
had tucked it in. By noon the bust
ness Of the town was under way again.
That which would have demoralized
The activities of a Southern city made
little difference to these Arctic Circle
jewellers. Roads were cleared, paths
shoveled, stores opened. Children in
parkas and fur coats trooped to school
and studied through the short after
noon by the aid of electric light.
Dusk fell early and with it came a
scatter of more snow. Mrs. Selfridge
gave a dinner-dance at the club that
night and her guests came in furs
Of great variety and much value. The
hostess outdid herself to make the af-
fair the most elaborate of the season.
Nobody in Kusiak of any social i'm
portance was omitted from the list of
invited except Gordon Elliot Even
the grumpy old cashier of Macdonalds
bank-an old bachelor who lived by
himself in rooms behind those in which
the banking was done-was persuaded
to break his custom and appear in a
rusty old dress suit of the vintage OF
'95.
The griZzled cashier-his name was
Robert Milton-left the clubhouse
early for his rooms. It was showing
but the wind had died down. Contrary
to his custom, he had taken two OF
three glasses of wine. His brain was
excited so that he knew he could not
sleep. He decided to read 'Dor
Quixote" by the stove for an hour OF
two.
Arrived at the bank, he let himself
into his rooms and locked the door. He
stopped to open the draft Of the stove
when sound stopped him halfway
The cashier stood rigid, still crouched
waiting for repetition Of the noise
1t came once more-the low, dull rasp
ing Of file.
ShiverS ran down the spine of Mil
ton and up the back of his head t.
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WERE TWO GREAT STATESMEN
Bismarck and cavour, Men Of the
Highest Genius and Most Profound
Diplomatic Skill.

At nearly the same date the world
beheld an empire of Germany and a
kingdom Of Italy reviving the old glo-
ries of a distant past and giving ma
tional character and a national spirit
to millions who had long cherished a
common language and common habits
of life.
Two great statesmen were foremost
in the achievement of that splendid his
torical result, Bismarck in Germany
Cavour in Italy, says the Youths Com
paniOn. Both were men Of the highest
genius, of wide insight, Of profound
diplomatic skill and Of indisputable
patriotism. But their aims were total.
ly different. Bismarck had no faith in
the people and sought to make an alb
solute empire on the medieval model
of fixed classes, each working in its
sphere for the good of the state, and
the whole eliminating in God ap.
pointed, God supported monarchy. Ca.
YOUR, although he believed it best to
retain the monarchical form, worked
from the beginning to establish thor
oughly modern democracy; govern.
ment that should be essentially of the
people, by the people and for the peO'
pie.
Bismarck summed up his theory OF
government in the celebrated phrase
that power must be sustained ''by blood
and IRON" Cavour said Of himself in
phrase far more deserving of ce
lebrity, 81 am the child of liberty, and
to liberty owe all that l am" The
hearts of modern Germany and modern
Italy are disclosed in those two say
ings of their greatest sons, and we car
see today what different results are
produced by different teachings.
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the roots of his hair. Somebody was
in the bank-at two o'clock in the
morning-with tools for burglary. He
was scholarly old fellow, brought up
in New England and cast out to the
uttermost frontier by the malign trag-
edy of poverty. Adventure offered no
appeal to him.
But though his knees trembled be-
meath him and the sickness of fear
was gripping his heart, Robert Mil
ton had in him the dynamic spark that
makes man. He tiptoed to his desk
and with shaking fingers gripped the
revolver that lay in a drawer.
The cashier braced himself for the
plunge, then slowly trod across the
room to the inner, locked door, The
palsied fingers of his left hand could
scarce turn the key.
1t seemed to him that the night was
alive with the noise he made in turning
the lock and opening the door. The
hinges grated and the floor squeaked
beneath the fall of his foot as he stood
at the threshold.
Two men We're in front Of the wire
grating which protected the big safe
that filled the alcove to the right. One
held a file and the other a candle.
Their blank, masked faces were turned
toward Milton, and each of them COW
cred him with weapon.
"Wwhat are you doing here?'
uuavered the cashier.
Drop that gum" came the low,
sharp command from one of them.
Some old ancestral instinct in the
bank cashier rose out of his panic to
| destroy him. He wanted to lie down
| quietly in faint. But his mind as
serted its mastery over the weakline
body. In spite of his terror, of his
| flaccid will, he had to -1Seep the faith
He was guardian of the bank funds
At all costs he must protect them.
His forearm came up with jerk
Two shots rang out almost together
The cashier sagged back against the
wall and slowly slid to the floor.
The guests Of Mrs. Selfridge danced
well into the small hours. The Cali
fornia champagne stimulated a gayety
| that was balm to her soul. She want
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ed her dinner-dance to be smart, to
have the atmosphere she had found in
the New York cabarets. If everybody
talked at once, she felt they were hav-
ing good time. If nobody listened
to anybody else, it proved that the af-
fair was q screaming success.
Mrs. Wally was satisfied as she babe
her guests good-by and saw them pass
into the heavy snow that was again
falling. They all assured her that
there had not been so hilarious party
In Kusiak.
One old-timer, trifle lit up by rea-
son of too much hospitality, phrased
his enjoyment little awkwardly.
'Tt's been great, Mrs. Selfridge.
Nothing like it since the days Of the
open dance hail."
Mrs. Mallory hastily suppressed an
internal smile and stepped into the
breach. "How do you do it?" she
asked her hostess enviously.
"My dear, if you say it was sue
cess"
"What else could one say?"
Genevieve Mallory always preferred
to tell the truth when it would do just
as well. Now it did better, since it
contributed to her own ironic sense of
amusement. Macdonald had once told
her that Mrs. Selfridge made him think
of the saying, Monkey sees, monkey
does" The effervescent little woman
had never had an original idea in her
life.
Most of those who had been at the
dance slept late. They were oblivious
of the fact that the storm had quick
ened again into a bowling gale. Nor
did they know the two bits of news
that were passing up and down the
main street and being telephoned from
house to house. One of the items was
that the stage for Katma had failed to
reach the roadhouse at Smiths Cross
ing. The second bit of news was local
For the first time since Robert Milton
had been cashier the bank had failed
to open on the dot.
Macdonald was no sluggard. 1t was
his habit not to let the pleasure of the
night before interfere with the bust
ness of the morning after. But in the
darkness he oversight and let the town
waken before him. He was reused by
the sound of knocking on his door.
"Who is it," he asked.
tits me-Jones Gopher Jones. Say
\
rouse Milton. Thought I'd come to
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affairs of Macdonald. The report of
his engagement to Sheba O'Neill had
been denied, but it was noticed that
he was constant guest at the home
of the Pagets. Young Elliot called
there too. Almost any day one or other
of the two men could be seen with
Sheba on the street. Those who want
ed to take sporting chance on the
issue knew that odds were offered sub
rosa at the Pay Streak saloon of three
to one on Mac
Sheba rebelled impotently at the
situation. The mine-owner would not
take "NO" for an answer. He wOoed
her with a steady, dominant persist
ence that shook even her strong
will. There was something resistless
in the way he took her for granted.
Gordon Elliot had not mentioned love
to her, though there were times when
her heart fluttered for fear he would
tons. She wanted to be let alone. So
| when an invitation came from her
| little friends the Husteds, signed by all
three of the children, asking her to
come and visit them at the camp back
of Katma, the Irish girl jumped at the
chance to escape for time from the
decision being forced upon her.
Sheba pledged her cousin to secrecy
until after she had gone, so that Miss
! O'Neill was able to slip away on the
stage unnoticed either by Macdonald
or Elliot. The only other passenger
was an elderly woman going up to
| the Katma camp to take a place as
cook.
Later on the same day Wally Sell
fridge, coming in over the ice, reached
Kusiak with important news for his
chief. He brought with him an order
from Winton, Commissioner of the gen.
eral land Office. suspending Elliot pend
ing an investigation Of the charges
against him.
Oddly enough, it was to Genevieve
Mallory that Macdonald went for con-
ISOLATION when he learned that Sheba
had left town. He had always found
it very pleasant to drop in for chat
with her, and she saw to it that he
met the same friendly welcome now
that rival had annexed his scalp to
her slender waist. For Mrs. Mallory
did not concede defeat. If the Irish
girl could be eliminated, she believed
she would yet win.
HIS hostess looked up at him with a
hooking little smile.
"Rumor says that she has run away,
my lord. Is it true?"
Eyes. Slipped away on the stage
this morning."
That's good sign. She was afraid
to stay"
1t was part of the fiction between
him the benefit of her advice in his
wooing Of her rival. She seemed to
take it for granted that he would at
last marry Sheba after wearing away
the rigid Puritanism of her resent
ment.
Macdonald had never liked her so
we'll as now. Her point of view was
so sane, so reasonable. 1t asked for
no impossible virtues in man. There
was something restful in her genial
derisive understanding of him. She
had a silent divinatiOn of his moods
and ministered indolently to them.
"Do you think so? Ought to fol-
low her?" he asked.
1 She showed n row of perfect teeth
in low ripple of amusement. The sit
uation at least was piquant, even
though it was at her expense.
mo. Give the girl time. Catch her
impulse on the rebound. She'll be