Payne County Farmer. (Yale, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 17, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 17, 1913 Page: 3 of 10
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SYNOPSIS.
Professor Desmond of the Peak observa-
tory causes a great sensation throughout
the country by announcing tiiat what ap
# JJ*% to be„a satellite is approaching at
fear **pedj Destraction of the earth is
try bj
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peed.
in* f*anI,c Prevails everywhere,
aatellite barely misses the earth. The at
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.w“^,y n,lS8e8 'he earth. The
mospheric disturbance knocks people
conscious, but does no damage. A
bearing a cab^lstic design flutters dowi
ftSSPig h.e glJe*ta at a lawn party. It i
^htical in design with a curious orn
deo
"JfhtnWorn by Doris Fulton.“* A~ hideous
nian-IIke being with huge wings descends
y? the midst of the guests. He notices
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Doris
me Doing with h
In the midst of the gu
Doris ornament «nil starts toward her.
the men fear he Intends some harm to
Doris and a fierce battle ensues. In which
lolllver and March, suitors of Doris, anti
1 rofcssor Desmond are Injured Th. flc-
lng man Is wounded by a shi
liver, but escapes by .lying a.._,.
nl?1’ fePorts that the flying man carried
off his young daughte*. People every-
b terror-stricken at the possl-
r evil possessed by the mon
off'
where are
bllltles for ___ ___
*T■. The governor offers a reward of
stSHi.tioo for Ills capture, dead or alive. Put-
Is the first of the aviators t<
■‘“'i' ,ls >ne nrst or the aviators to re-
spond. After a thrilling chase In the air
•jo.js thrown from his machine by the
n and killed. North and a score
aviators arrive. The re-
lllion. The avta-
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ird Is Increased to a nv
—“'s find themselves outdistanced and out-
maneuvered by the flying man. Artillery
proves futile.
CHAPTER IX.—Continued.
"You pup,” gritted North from his
chair. All undisturbed, March con-
tinued maliciously:
"Yes, he is greatly taken. Says you
remind him of the girl he is engaged
to and wants to tell you about her.”
Ah'!” breathed the girl in evident
relief. "I shall be more than pleased
to listen. Also, I want to hear about
the case from him. You must bring
him up.”
“I will do so with all the resigna-
tion and misgivings of which I am
capable. He is going back to the field
right now and I have decided to ac-
company him and show him your
house. He says he will stop in for
a few moments on his way—with your
permission."
"Liar,'' hissed the listener. "But I
will, Just to spite you. You can’t bluff
me that way."
Doris seemed genuinely pleased at
the announcement. "By all means
come—both of you. And if you hurry
you will be Just in time for lunch-
light and cold, you know—Just a few
mouthfulB and a cup of tea. I am
going to ring off now before you have
a chance to decline. Goodby." The
receiver clicked in the hook and she
was gone. March turned to his friend
with a grin.
“We are elected to go at once and
have a few bites of lunch before you
pass on to your machine. She hung
up the receiver on me before I got a
chance to consult you about it. So I
suppose we might as well be on our
way.” He banged down his desk, put
on his hat and left the office.
Doris met them at the door frankly
pleased to see them, wonderfully
tempting in her soft morning gown
that floated about her light as a sum-
mer cloud. Exceedingly dainty and
pretty she was, but Alan was quick
to notice the faint, dark half circles
that underscored her eyes and which
bespoke another night of ill rest She
led them directly to the light dining
room with its plain, solid oak furni-
ture, and seated them at the table at
once. ”1 was afraid that Mr. North
might be impatient to get back to his
machine, so I thought we would have
our luncheon first and our chat after-
wards that he might not feel that l
was delaying matters. I realize that
he feels that he should be prepared
to leave upon a minute's notice at all
times. Anyway we can talk more or
less as we nibble. Do you know”—
she turned the tea with a wrist so
rounded and altogether fascinating
that they watched It as if spellbound
—“that I Imagine I feel somewhat as
the southern women did during our
Civil war when their men folks were
marching away to defend their homes?
All houses were open to the soldiers
then, and while you gentlemen of the
air are here risking yoLr lives for our
protection, we women Bhould be hap-
py to do everything in our power to
make your slay as pleasant as pos-
sible. I want you to come straight
here whenever you feel inclined and
bring any friends you may wish to
with you. Now tell me about the
chase." North laughed belittlingly
"There lBn’t anything in particular to
tell except that the creature we were
after and myself eat It out together
all night.” He attacked his sandwich
reminiscently.
"And what happened?” breathed the
girl.
"I suppose I might as well tell the
story at once *nd be through with it.
You saw the first part of the chase
when he led us around that big loop
to see what kind of stuff was In us,
so I need not go into that. It was
Just the same thing all the way
around, anyway. Of course when that
mortar sent him pinwheeling through
the air we felt considerably encour-
aged, but he wasn't hurt a bit and
kept on as fast as before, keeping his
distance ahead of ub almost to a rod
and leaving us as much in doubt as
ever as to whether he was doing his
best or Just flirting with us. Just as
we got over the mounta!ns some of
the boys got discouraged and opened
fire on him—you should have heard
those peak echoes come back at us.
He was so far ahead that it was
merely wasting ammunition to shoot,
yet there was a bare chance of land-
ing him so the rest of us cut loose
in order if somebody happened to drop
him we could ail have a claim on the
reward, since nobody would be able
to swear which bullet did the work.
Of course we did not get him, so we
kept on with the chase. It got dusk
pretty soon after that, and for a while
we had a hard time keeping him in
sight, but presently the moon arose
and that gave us tight enough for all
practical purposes. It certainly was
.an eerie sight to tea that old ba‘-
winged party ahead scudding through
the moonlight like one of those funny
things you sometimes dream about
after a rarebit. For the first time
in my life the creeps came along my
back—felt like frozen footed caterpil-
lars were crawling up and down me.
Presently I looked around and saw
that the rest of the fellows had
turned back, but I thought I would
go on for a little while longer Just on
a bare chance. So I did."
"It was altogether too reckless and
I hope you will not take such a chance
again,” broke out the girl Impatiently.
North seized the opportunity to fin-
ish hts sandwich.
"Well, perhaps so, but I certainly
do need a good slice of that million.
And I figured it thqt they having aban-
doned the chase for the night and
turned him Over to me, if 1 happened
to be lucky enough to land him the
larger portion if not all of the reward
would be mine. So 1 kept on. The
moon kept getting brighter as it grew
darker and for Half an hour more I
coaxed the Dragon along by every
trick I knew, it certainly wan some
sight when I looked down upon those
mountain tops that we were skimming
over. Never saw such grotesque
shapes and shadows as those Jumbled
rock piles made—caves and grottoes
and goblin palaces—while as for the
canyons and valleys—well, some of
them were moonlight bathed and
was willing to swear that I saw
witches riding about on their broom-
sticks and gnomeB dancing, although
I suppose, of course, they were noth
ing but flying shadows. Others were
as black as the mouth of the Pit itself,
while ahead of me and always keeping
his distance with infernal endurance
was the most uncanny phantom of
them all—the very spirit of the night."
He stopped speaking to sip at his tea
and the girl shivered.
Think iff it!" she murmured in
an awed voice. "The recklessness of
it—the foolhardiness. You had no
right to do it." He acquiesced.
“I will admit that for once I pushed
discretion to the limit, and after I
had left the others twenty-five or
thirty miles behind I began to see it
in that light. Well, my engine was
beginning to act up a little by reason
of getting a heated bearing, and I saw
that I would have to come down, willy
nilly. But It was no joke of a trick
in that uncertain shimmer with those
sharp rocks stabbing up all around,
and I confess I was a little anxiouB.
But presently I reached a valley that
seemed to have a pretty level floor in
places and I dove for it and managed
to alight after quite a shake up. Then
I looked up. The Flying Man had
swung about), too, and was now cir-
cling back over me and things began
promising to be real interesting,
did not like the lay of the land where
I was particularly well, so I backed
up against a rock, pulled my revolver,
firmly placed one foot before and
yelled:
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GL&jkox' o£ of Circumstance
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Copyright, 1912.bg Barry Irving Grttn*'
‘Come one, come ail. This rock shall
fly
From It’s firm base as soon aB I’.
"I guess that scared him, for he
screeched back, took a skim over me,
saw that he could not get at me ex-
He Roosted on the Edge of a Rock
About a Quarter of a Mile Away.
cept from in front and then flapped
acrosB the valley and roosted on the
edge of a rock about a quarter of a
mile away where he could watch me.
I was pretty tired and sat down, but
of course I did not dare go to sleep.
What I was most afraid of was that
he would drop rocks on my machine
and smash it, but for some reason be
didn't. Maybe be did not happen to
think of it Just then, and maybe he
was too tired to go carting boulders
around and concluded to wait until
morning when he was rested. Any-
way, he certainly must have been
pretty well played out, for I could see
ids head sink until it rested on his
(West. He made me think of a condor
roosting. I did not sleep a wink all
night, but I guess he was snoozing
most of the time; anyway when the
sun came up I could tell that he was
In a sound dose. I got my machine
ready as quietly as I could and then
took another look at him. Ha had
not moved and I decided to risk a
shot Of course ha wan so Ur away
that it was a thousand to one that I
would miss, but it was a chance all
the same, so I steadied myself against
a boulder and let drive. I did not
hit hint, but 1 made some shot at that,
for 1 could see a chip of rock fly up
from between his very feet. You
ought to have seen him Jump—straight
up in the air. and hla wings out as
quick as you could snap a fan open.
Then I started up the machine and
managed to get afloat. He started in
to try the rock game now and got hold
of one as big as my head and com-
menced trying to get above me, but
I gained on him so fast that be had
to let drop and light out. I had barely
enough gasoline left to carry me back,
so there was nothingVor me to do but
give it up for that time. I made
pretty fair time and arrived here
about an hour ufter sun up. He did
not follow me. The last I saw of him
he was nothing but u speck In the
southwest and still going. That is
about all."
The luncheon had been finished for
some little time and now North be-
gan to evidence signs of uneasiness.
"Sorry to leave you so soon, but you
will understand how necessary It is
that I stick close to my machine. Most
of us are going to roll up in our
blankets and sleep beside our planes
—they have furnished us with mat-
tresses and we will be quite comfort-
able in the open. And now I had bet-
ter be getting back to the field so
as to be on hand in ease he shows up
again unexpectedly, as he seems to
have a habit of doing. Thanks ex-
ceedingly for the luncheon, and I'll
tell you about Clare some other time
She is a wonder. March, passing
down the hall with him and the girl,
was hoping that Doris by some sign
might signify that he should remain,
but at the door she bade them both
goedby with no sign given, so there
was nothing for him to do but bid
her good afternoon also. Somewhat
disappointed, he strode away by the
side of the actively moving hero of
the lone moonlight chase.
The week which followed was one
of fruitless activity. From the mo-
ment when North had caught his last
fleeting glimpse of the Flying Man dis-
appearing into the southwest in the
rays of the early morning sun, noth-
ing had been heard or seen of him.
Day by day the scouting air fleets
ranged the mountain tops, whirled
past precipitous cliffs, swooped down
Into valleys and gulches, alighted
upon points of vantage that they
might scan other heights with their
powerful glasses, but all their efforts
remained unrewarded. Either he was
in close hiding somewhere amongst
the recesses of those vast fastnesses,
had met with some disaster remote
from the abode of man or had taken
himself far afield to haunts where his
life was in less Jeopardy than so close
to the swift air crafts of his relentless
hunters. Day by day the impatience
of the eager aviators grew more and
more chafing, and nothing but the co-
lossal size of the reward prevented
many from returning to fields which
offered more certain if less dazzling
prizes. But the immensity of the for-
tune that dangled before their eyeB
still held them and they remained to
scour the country day after day in
wide flights that each time grew
more and more perfunctory. Then one
morning, when some of them were
actually preparing to leave for good,
news came that caused them to prick
up their ears a bit and decide to loi-
ter a while longer, for from Quartz
ville, two hundred miles away, came
the report that a citizen had seen
roosting upon a far distant crag a
strange, winged figure, half manlike,
half birdlike, but whether it was the
Flying Man or not the observer was
no able to positively testify because
of the great distance, although he was
strongly inclined to the belief that
it was no bird. Then Trom Lode City,
not far from Quartzviile, there also
came a rumor. An old man awakened
at night by the squealing of liis pig
had lighted a lantern and, gun in hand,
hastened to the pen with the thought
that some wild creature of the moun-
tains had descended in search of fresh
meat, only to find the sty empty and
no trace of the missing porker, yet
a moment later he was sure he heard
a faint squeal from far up in the air
From another place came the news
that a belated traveler bad heard a
raucous cry from above and in a
great fright threw himself behind a
rock, from which, a moment after-
wards, he heard through the dark-
ness the whistle of powerful wings.
But so unsatisfactory were the differ-
ent rumors, bo vague, and emanating
from so many different quarters that
the awaiting ones soon began to ac-
cord them but little credence, a little
later ceasing to place any confidence
in them whatever. Then after several
of the aviators had actually departed
in diBgust there came a seething mes-
sage from Dentonvllle, two hundred
miles to the westward, so full of hor-
rible details that none who read even
the expurgated report of the papers
could doubt but that the Flying Man
had again been located and had once
more shed human blood, this time
with a flendlshnesa of which he had
heretofore been only suspected as be-
ing capable. The victim this time was
a middle-aged negro woman who lived
with her husband In a lonely place
two miles beyond the town, the prin-
cipal narrator being the negro him-
self, a rather simple minded and
peaceable man of good repute, who
made his living by doing odd jobs In
bis vicinity. His report of the occur
rence as taken In shorthand by a
newspaper reporter and after having
been expurgated, read as follows:
'T dons lef de house early in de
mawnln' to' to done some wok to'
Mistah Lewis, who am bulldin' a
fence ovah on his place erbout two
mile away. I done got finish' at foah
erciock and starts fo' home. When
I gets up clus to de house I done no-
tice dar's something dat ain' Jos’
right, fo' dar ain't no noise Inside.
Allers when I comes home befo ‘I
can heah dat woman o' mine er meek
In' er racket, a single’ or whistlin' er
slammln’ dem dishes erbout lak she
were gwine bust 'em up. but dis time
it um eo still I could heah :ny haht
er beatln’ lak a drum. t I stall's dar
for er mlnnlt a-wonderin’ what am
de trubbil, an' den I tries de do'. It
am locked. Den I tries de back do
nn' dat am fasten’ too. I tries to
peek In de windows, but de curtains
am down an’ I begins to get suspi-
cious, tho’ I ain't nevah seen no
tracks of any other man aroun' aiu'
place since we been married. But I
is gettln’ mad all ovah an' I poun's
“I Flies to de Barn, and Locke My-
eelf Inside.”
on de do’ and' I says, 'Woman, yo'
open dat do' or 1’Be gwine bust it in
wif a rock.' At dat I heaha a little
soun' inside an’ I picks up a big stone
an' smashed de lock an' den I steps
inside quick. Oh, Gord, what er sight!
Dere a-settin’ on de kltchln’ table
all hump up, war de debbil hlsself
wif his wings folden ovah hia haid
an' his chin a-hangin’ down an' a
winkin’ an' blinkin’ at me wif eyes
as big as mi' fls', an’ dar on de flo’—
Lawd, folks, I can’t tole yo’ what I
sees. I jes’ screech out a screech
an’ flies to de barn an’ locks myself
Inside an’ grabs de pitchfawk an’
peeps out er crack. Well, pretty soon
out comes dat ole debbil, still a-bllnk-
in’ an’ looks eroun’, but he doan’ see
nuffin an’ so he flaps his wings lak
er rooster an’ trleB to fly. But he
can't get often de groun’, an’ bimeby
he climbs up on de fence an’ meka
a little hop an’ dia time off he goes
poundin' up in de air slow an' heavy
lak a tu’key buzzard. I waits until
he am mos' out er sight an’ den 1
goes a-Bhoutin’ fo’ help. So help me
Lawd, dis am de truf ef I done get
hanged fo’ tellin’ it."
The corroboration of his story by
the whites who had hurried to the
scene in response to his stuttered
story had convinced all of the entire
truthfulness of the narrative, and the
wires had Immediately spread the
grewsome news far and wide. Extra
editions of the local press were upon
the streets almost before the tele-
graph key had ceased clicking, and
again a nameless horror and unspeak-
able rage filled the hearts of all who
read. For although the papers sup-
pressed the most grewsome of the
details, enough remained to make
even the stoutest-hearted of those
who read the story through shudder.
Upon the field the aviators were giv-
ing their machines a last test with
nervous haste, working silently, fierce-
ly, horror and hatred stamped deeply
upon their faces. Doris, rushing
bareheaded across the block which
separated the Fulton home from the
little park where the airships rested,
thrust a small package into North's
hand just as he mounted his seat
"I just heard the awful newB and
knew you would start immediately
and without waiting for anything. Bo
I just picked up the first things I
could lay my hands on and hurried
here,” she panted. “Please take them
—one can never tell when such things
will be needed. It is almost nothing—
just a couple of sandwiches and a
small flask of brandy. Now go, and
the blessings of humanity go with
y&u.” He accepted tho package thank-
fully, smiling upon her with a grave-
ness uncommon with him.
"I thank you sincerely, Miss Ful-
ton. And you may rest assured that we
will try aa we never have before to
rid the earth of this monster. Look
at the faces of the boyB! They have
forgotten the reward now and have
become soldiers to duty—a duty they
owe to all mankind as well aa their
country. And you may depend upon
their laying down their lives In this
cause if self-sacrifice will accomplish
the common good. For this fiend we
seek •
'—la neither man nor woman.
He is neither brute nor human—’ "
The rush of a plane close by her
caused her to shrink closer to North's
machine, and aa she did ao he bent
close to her. "Her name la Clare
Man ton and here la a letter addressed
to her. Bend It for me If I do not re-
turn.” Ha straightened himself up In
his Bent and with n parting smile | might now nnd then swoop down and
threw on the power. Swiftly the ina- destroy someone, but so did the llght-
ehiiie darted forward, leaped, nnd he1 nlngs for that matter, yet no ona
went speeding into the distance in hot thought it worth while to go about
Pursuit of tho one who led him. From , carrying a lightning rod. In other
all aides the others arose in hurtling words, the people were growing used
flight, skimming like swallows through to him and many commenced to uee
the blue air, growing aniall and small-, hla name as a pet bugaboo—thought-
er until they vanished behind the clia- less mothers to frighten their children
otic masses that had been uphenved
in the Titanic convulsions which at-
tend the birth of a world.
Slow of foot ami heavy of spirit
Doris turned her face homeward, turn-
ing the letter over and over in her
hands.
into good behavior, and silly youths
to scare their girl companions into
scurrying amldat screams for shelter.
Of course should he ever begin a work
of general (lealruction by explosive)
or the firebrand It would become a
very different matter and then they
would ifise up in their might, but un-
til he showed a disposition so to do
i there was no necessity of becoming
The Surprise. so unduly alarmed. So argued the
News came back of the safe arrival more philosophic people of the place,
of the aeroplanes at Dentonvllle, then and they even sometimes smiled a llt-
CHAPTER X.
ensued an exasperating dearth of In
formation other than tlint they were
daily scouring tho country for miles
around, but had been able to come
across no signs of the murderer. Fears
were entertained that he had again
changed hla place of abode and that
he was already hundreds of miles
away plotting some new flendlshness
in some unsuspected quarter. Hla
almost unlimited capacity for mischief
became more and more impressed up-
on the minds of the people as they
grew to appreciate his wonderful fly-
tin after the supercilious manner of
the experienced when they- read the
hysterical reports from other placeB
that Imagined because somebody had
mysteriously lost a chicken that the
Flying Man was hovering over them.
Ilut it will be borne in mind that the
peat was supposed to he far away from
them at this time of smiling.
Doris, who had been virtually a pris-
oner In her home since the night of
the first appearance of tho visitor from
space, began to reaetW the confinement
and fret almost constantly. An en-
ing powers, bis ability to see in the thusiustic out of doors girl, an ardent
dark, his fox cunning and Ills wolf
sangulneousness. So long »b he did
not recklessly expose himself, ns he
had done upon the two occasions in
the past when he was trying out the
flying machines, there spenied little
prospect of putting a quietus upon him
except by some lucky accident, since
he could work by night altogether If
he so chose and since the fleetest
planes could not catch him by day-
light even when they had him In full
view. His ability to change his base
of operations with such rapidity ren-
dered troops, horses and artillery prac-
tically useless, and unless he could be
Induced to alight at a certain point
traps and snares would be equally in-
effective. Also, In a country where
food, both animal and vegetable, was
so plentiful that he could help him-
self to whatever he chose by merely
taking the trouble of bearing It away,
poison could not be relied upon to
bring about bis downfall. And aa a
matter of interest it is perhaps worth
mentioning at this point that at thq,
mere suggestion of using poison there
arose a howl of horror from senti-
mentalists all over the country, who
raved at the mere though of such an
atrocity being perpetrated. Shoot him.
stab him, blow him to flinders, choke
him, drown him, but poison him to a
painless death—horrors! They wept
copiously at the Idea. Better by far
let him continue his career of murder
and child stealing. And in their cabi-
nets and offices statesmen, military
men, scientists and inventors guthered
together and held long discussions
upon means whereby he might be
rendered harmless aa various Intricate
schemes were proposed, all eventually
to be discarded as impracticable. The
more they schemed and talked, the
more evident it became that the gun
and the aeroplane were the only weap-
ons which promised any effectiveness
agalnBt him.
In the common belief that the pest
had at last deserted them for good,
the people of the city of his first ap-
pearance once more gradually resumed
their normal lives. One could not go
about forever with Mb eyes up in the
air without falling Into the holes that
lay beneath his feet. In fact, the or-
dinary dangers of life that beset one
on every side were manifold, whereas
there waa but one Flying Man, and
after some score of sky gazers had
fallen into coal holes peoplo began
to pay more attention to the ground
once more'. Of course the air prowler
golf player and splendid horsewoman,
site had prior to the night of the pass-
ing of the unknown body almost dally
taken her exercise upon the links or In
long rides throughout the surrounding
district. Often upon these latter Jour-
neys she had gone alone, but usually
upon Sundays when they were free
from the duties of their offices either
Clay or Alan, and not infrequently
both of them, had ridden with her.
Now she was consumed by a desire to
ride again, and after resisting for a
day or two she decided to do so. The
Flying Man had not been heard of for
a week, he was undoubtedly hundreds
of miles away, and besides she would
take an escort with her who would
be well armed against anything which
might attempt to molest them. Clay
had called her up the day before—
she had written him her answer as
she had promised—and Informed her
that be expected to leave the city at
any moment, and as she had not heard
from him since she assumed that he
had gone. Alan she had not heard from
for several days, so.she now decided
to call up his number. He answered
the ring in person. This was 8atu^
day.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Russian Superstitions.
The number of Russian superstitions
Is legion, but some of them are not
without symbolic beauty. A man’s
wedding ring is of gold, but Is made to
fit the wife's finger. A woman’s wed-
ding ring Is of sliver and Is made to
fit the husband's finger. The signifi-
cance of this peculiar custom Is aa fol-
lows:
The gold ring should signify to the
wife that Ivan Ivanovltch Is the sun
of her future home. Hers Is a silver
ring because, like the moon, she Is
supposed to receive her brilliancy
from the husband—the sun.
At the wedding ceremony the rings
are exchanged, the woman receiving
the gold ring, the husband the silver
one, to signify complete accord of hue.
band and wife.
THOUSANDS OF
AVAILABLE HOMESTEADS
Western Canada’s Homestead
Area Being Increased.
The great rush for homesteads
whenever a reservation Is opened by
the U. S. government reveals the fact
that there Is a great desire on the
part of the American people to get
land. The fact that tens of thousands
are on hand at every opening, and on-
ly a few hundred homesteads are
available shows that the avail-
able agricultural lands which are
In the gift of the government are rap-
idly diminishing. In addition to thia
agricultural lands that are of proved
value have advanced in price to such
an extent that It becomes a serious
question to the man with moderate
means who Intends to go Into farming,
where he shall go. Fortunately there
Is yet to be had In Western Canada,
either in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or
Alberta, thousands of free homesteads
of 160 acres each, which may be had,
by the simple process of filing, paying
a ten dollar entrance fee, and living on
it for six months each year for three
years. There Is no necessity to mako
a long, tedious and expensive Journey,
only to find you have one chance in
fifty of getting what you want. Al-
though this homesteading has been
going on In Canada for a number of
years, and hundreds of thousands of
them have been taken by hundreds of
thousands of Americana, there re-
mains sufficient to last for some time,
and of aa good land as any that has
yet been taken up. In fact, in tho
opinion of very many, those that are
left are of the best. They comprise
lands that give the opportunity to In-
dulge In the growing of grain, wheth-
er It be wheat, oats, barley or flax,
but In addition these lands are admir-
ably adapted for mixed farming, a
class of farming that is certain to givo
better returns than that of all grain*
growing. Cattle thrive and fatten on
the nutritious grasses; dairying can
be carried on successfully; timber for
building is within reach, and water In
easy to get. These lands are located
In the park districts of any of tho
three provinces; groves of treea In-
tersperse the landscape and give It n
beauty that can only be attained in
the more open prairie sections by tho
planting of trees. Tree culture by tho
way Is being carried on to a great ex-
tent. Besides these free grant landn
there are lands which may be had by
purchasing from railways and private
companies and Individuals. Theso
lands have not Increased In price ns
their productive qualities and their lo-
cation might have warranted, nnd may
■till be had at reasonably low prices
and on easy terms. The crop In West-
ern Canada In 1913 waa one of tho
beat of the number of-good crop* that
that country has raised. Wheat has
been reported with yields of from SO
to 45 bushels per acre, and other grain
with like heavy yields—Advertise-
ment.
Too Long to Wait.
At the American Electric Railway
association's convention in Atlantic
City John Morse Rogers, the Omaha
statistician, said:
“It Is too early yet for the three-
cent fare. The trolley roads stand to-
ward the three-cent fare as old Gohon
Golde stood toward the beautiful type-
writer girl.
“It wasn’t Gobsa Golde'a age that
lost him the beautiful girl’s hand.
Gobsa swore he would love and cher-
ish her till- death, but she shook her
head. She didn’t tell him he was too
old, though. No, indeed. She told him
ho was to young!”
Going Down.
“This high cost of living problem Is
getting to be something terrible,” ob-
served Mrs. Nutley. "Everything is
getting higher.” “Oh, I don’t know,”
replied her husband, soothingly.
“There’s your opinion of me, for In-
stance/and my opinion of you, and our
mutual opinion of our neighbors, and
the neighbors’ opinion of both of ub.-
Rebuke Should.Have Stung
Overgay Young Matron Brought It on
Herself, Cruel as It Seems to
Have Been.
“The new dances—the tango and
grizzly bear and what not—may be
all right for husband and wife to
dance together, but—’’
The speaker was George Clay
Ropes, a Cleveland dancing master,
who has himself Invented many
dances.
”1 attended a ball the other night,"
Mr. ltopea continued, "and there the
new danceB were very much to the
tore. TheBe dances, done well, are
graceful, but are graceful things nec-
essarily uplifting? No. Oh, no.
“A beautiful young matron, the wife
of a sea captain, danced all the
dances. Her husband was absent in
the Philippines. Yet she danced gay-
ly enough, heaven knows. Just after
■he had finished a particularly lively
tango, she said to me:
” ‘Oh, my I Look at this knot In
my handkerchief! I tied it there be-
fore leaving home, and now 1 can't
remember what It’s for.’
“She bit her pretty Up. She looked
down at the knot In the delicate lace
handkerchief with a frown, a half-
serious, a half-jesting frown.
“ 'What’s It tor. can you Imagine,
Mr. Ropes?' she cried.
"Then, as she turned away for the
next dance, a bunny hug, I said grave-
ly:
“ 'My dear young lady, you prob-
ably tied that knot In your handker-
chief in order to keep in mind that
you are married.’ ”
Fish Dis From 8eaalckness.
Fish become 111 and die from sea*
sickness when carried long diatancea
upon the ocean. For that reason many
rare and Interesting specimens cap-
tured in tropical countries cannot be
brought alive to thia country.
In a recent shipment of 400 fish
more than 100 died on the way, and
the remainder arrived In a condition
that required berolh treatment to eave
their llvea.
According to thia Jt may be pre-
sumed that the agofiy endured by
humans when the nhtp begins to pitch
and roll la as nothing compared with
the tame sufferings of tank-inclosed
flab.
Aa a precaution tbe fish are prac-
tically starved for at leaet one day
before being taken on board. The
galvanized iron tanka. In which the
fish are carried, oontaln from ten to
Afty gallon* of aea water kept at a
constant temperature of about <8 de-
grees by steam from the ship's boilers
during the trip.
Causes Further Talk.
Recause so many people are telling their
experience with Hunt's Lightning Oil for
Headaches, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, etc.,
others are led to give it a trial, and are
convinced immediately of its merit as a
pain killer. Are you yet to be convinced)
Ask the druggist Adv.
Tainted.
"He is quite well-to-do, is he not?"
"Yes, but it is tainted money.”
"Ah, he is dishonest?” •
"Not that, but he makes his money
running a skunk farm and selling
skunk skins.”
WU-
□ ase Thing.
"Do you love your parents,
lie?”
"O, yes.”
"And why def you love your parents,
Willie?”
"O-hm, It's the conventional thing.”
But the girl with a small foot may
be able lo set it down hard on a man’s
neck ufter he has faced the- parson
with her.
Mr«.Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Childrw
teething, softens the gums, reduces Intlsmms*
lion,allay* pain,cures wind oo-lc.^os botlle*Afcr
The religion of some people con-
stats largely of praying that the Lord
will provide.
Liquid blue is a weak, solution. Avoid
It. Huy Ked Cross itall blue, the blue that's
all blue. Adv.
A house of mirth is one In which the
wife laughs at all her husbands's stale
Jokes.
Constipation
Vanishes Forever
Prompt Relief—Permanent Cum
CARTER S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS r
fail. Purely vegeta-i
ble — act s
but gently
the liver.
Stop after
dinner dis-
tress-cure !
Indigestion,"
improve the complexion, brighten the eyea,
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE,
Genuine must bear Signature
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