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STORY
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By L. Frank Baum
(Copyright, by the Bobbs-Mcrrill Co.)
((Copyright, by I,. Frank Baum & W. W.
Denslow.)
SYNOPSIS.
Dorothy lived in Kansas with Aunt Em
and Uncle Henry. A cyclone lifted their
lioine Into the air, Dorothy falling asleep
amidst the excitement. A crush awakened
Jier. The house had landed In a country
of marvelous beauty. Groups of queer
little people greeted her to the Land of
Afrinehklns. The house had killed their
enemy, the wicked witch of East. Dor-
othy took the witch's silver shoes. She
Started for the Emerald City to find the
Wizard of Oz, who, she was promised,
ndght nnd a way to send her back to
Kansas Dorothy released a scarecrow,
giving him life. He was desirous of ac-
quiring brains and started with her to
tfce wizard to get them. The scarecrow
• old his history. They met a tin wood-
man who longed for a heart. He also
Joined them They came upon a terrible
lion. The lion confessed he had no cour-
age. He decided to accompany them to
the Wizard of Oz to get some. The scare-
crow In pushing the raft became im-
paled upon his polw In the middle of the
river. The scarecrow was rescued by a
friendly stork. They entered a poppy
field, which caused Dorothy to fall
naleep. The scarecrow and tin woodman,
rescued her and her dog from the deadly
flowers. The lion fell aslcp and being too
heavy to lift, was left On the search for
the road of yellow T>rlctt which led to the
Emerald City they inet a wild cat and
field mice. The woodman killed the wild
cat. The queen mouse became friendly.
She sent thousands of her mice subjects
to draw the lion away from the poppy
field. Dorothy awoke from her long
fiieep. They started again on the E mor-
al^ City road. They came to a fence,
pa.nted green. There were farmers of
Prreen, houses of green and people dressod
n green. It was the Land of Oz. They
met tluj guardian of tlio gates. He de-
scribed the power of the Wizard of <)z.
All put on Krcen spectacles as the bright-
ness ami glory of Emerald City blinded
them. The wizard decided to receive one
of the party each day. All were put in
green rooms. Dorothy went to the throne
room. In a chnir sparkling with emer-
alds she beheld an enormous head with-
out body, legs or arms, bigger than the
biggest «iant. "I am Oz. the great and
terrible," said the head. Oz told her that
when she killed tie- wicked witch of the
East he would send her home. The scare-
crow, admitted to the presence of a beau-
tiful lady, who said she was the wizard,
was promised brains when lie killed the
witch. The woodman beheld a terrible
beast with a head of a rhinoceros and
five eyes. The wizard promised him a
heart If he would slay the witch. The
lion saw a ball of flre and a voice from
the object promised him courage if he
plow the witch. The search commenced.
The witch saw the party when it entered
her domain and caused a pack of wolves
to attack it. The woodman killed the
wolves. She sent crows which the scare-
crow scared and killed. Bees were dis-
patched next, but the woodman received
the stings. Finally winged monkeys took
them prisoner and conveyed them t<>
the witchery Dorothy threw wa-
ter on the wicked witch, destroying
her. Dorothy rescued the lion, wood-
man and scarecrow. She found a
charmed golden cup and started back
to Oz She became lost. She used the
cup to call the winged monkeys who
took them to the Emerald City. The
charmed cup's story was told Dor-
othy discovered the wizard to be a
humbug He told his life story. The
•wizard gave the scarecrow brains, the
"woodman a. heart and the lion a cour-
age fluid The Wizard of Oz con-
structed a balloon to take Dorothy
home The air craft broke loose and
the wizard was carried away with-
out the girl. Dorothy called
•winged monkeys, but they were pow-
erless.
CHAPTER XVIII.—Continued.
So the soldier was summoned and
entered tho throne room timidly, for
while Oz was alive he never was al-
lowed to come further than the door.
"This little girl," said the Scare-
crow to the. soldier, "wislios to croi-s
,the desert. How can si«e do so?"
"I cannot tell," answered the sol-
dier, "for nobody has ever crossed
tho desert, unless it is Oz himself."
"Is there no ono who can help me?"
asked Dorothy, earnestly.
"Glinda might," he suggested.
"Who is Glinda?" inquired the Scare-
crow.
"The Witch of the South. She Is
the most powerful of all the Witches
How can I get to her castle?" asked
Dorothy.
"The road is straight to the south,"
he answered, "but it is said to be full
of dangers to travelers. There are
wild beasts in the woods, and a race
of queer men who do not like stran-
gers to cross their country. For this
reason none of the Quadlings ever
come to the Emerald City."
The soldier then left them and the
Scarecrow said:
"It seems, in spito of dangers, that
the best thing Dorothy can do is to
travel to the Land of the South and
ask Glinda to help her. For, of course,
if Dorothy stays here sho will never
get back to Kansas."
"You must have been thinking
again," remarked the Tin Woodman.
"I have," said the Scarecrow.
"I shall go with Dorothy," declared
the Lion, "for I am tired of your city
and long for the woods and the coun-
try again. I am really a wild beast,
you know. Besides, Dorothy will need
seme one to protect her."
"That is truo," agreed the Wood-
man. "My ax may be of service to
her; so I, also, will go with her to the
Land of the South."
"When shall we start?" asked the
Scarecrow.
"Are you going?" they asked, in
surprise.
"Certainly. If it wasn't for Dorothy
I should never havo had brains. She
lifted me from the pole in the corn-
field and brought m<$ to the Emerald
City. So my good luck is all due to
her, and I shall never leave her until
she starts back to Kansas for good
and all."
"Thank you," said Dorothy, grate-
fully. "You are all very kind to me.
But I should like to start as soon as
possible."
"We shall go to-morrow morning,
returned the Scarecrow. "So now let
us all get ready, for it will be a long
journey."
CHAPXI
Attacked
fi{Shtir\0
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The next morn-
ing Dorothy kissed
the pretty green girl
good-by, and they all shook hands
with the green soldier with the green
whiskers, who had walked with them
as far as the gate. When the Guar-
dian of the Gate saw them again he
wondered greatly that they could leave
the beautiful city to get into new trou-
ble. But he at once unlocked their
spectacles, which he put back into the
green box, and gave them many good
wishes to carry with them.
"You are now our ruler," he said to
the Scarecrow; "so you must come
back to us as soon as possible."
"I certainly shall if I am able," the
Scarecrow replied; "but I must help
Dorothy to get home first."
As Dorothy bade the good-natured
guardian a L.st farewell, she said;
"I have been very kindly treated in
your lovely city, and every ono has
been good to me. 1 cannot tell you
how grateful I am "
"Don't try. my dear," he answered.
"We should like to keep you with us,
but if it is your wish to return to Kan-
sas I hope you will lind a way." He
then opened the gate of tho outer wail
and they walked forth and siarted
upon their jorney.
The sun shono brightly as our
friends turned their faces toward the
Land of the South. They were all in
the best of spirits, and laughed and
chatted together. Dorothy was once
more filled with the hope of getting
home, and the Scarecrow and the Tin
Woodman were glad to be of use to
her. As for the Lion, ho sniffed the
fr;sh air with delight and whisked his
tail from side to side in pure Joy of
being in the country again, while Toto
ran around them and chased the
moths and butterflies, barking merrily
all the time.
"Cl'.y life does not agree .with me at
•i?!,- J/Jua/A'oj the Lion, as they walked
Hlong at a hrlsk pace "I have lost
much flesh since I lived there, and
now I am anxious lor a chance to
show the other beasts how courageous
I have grown."
They now turned ami took a last
look at the Emerald City. All they
could see was a mass of towers and
steeples behind the green walls, and
high up above everything tho spires
and dome of tho palace of Oz.
"Oz was not such a bad Wizard,
after all," said the Tin Woodman, as
he felt his heart rattling around in his
breast.
"He knew how to give me brainy
and very good brains, too," said the
Scarecrow.
"If Oz had taken a dose of the same
courage he gave me," added the Lion,
"he would have been a brave man."
Dorothy said nothing. Oz had not
kept the promise he made her, but he
had done his best, bo she forgave him.
As he said, he was a good man, even
If he was a bad Wazard.
The first day's journey was through
the green fields and bright flowers
that stretched about the Emerald
City on every side. They slept that
night on the grass, with nothing but
the stars over them; and they rested
very well, indeed.
In the morning they traveled on
until they came to a thick wood. There
was no way of going around it, for it
seemed to extend to the right and left
as far as they could see; and, besides,
they did not dare change the direction
of their journey for fear of getting
lost. So they looked for the place
where it would be easiest to get into
the forest.
Tho Scarecrow, who was In tha
lead, finally discovered a big tree
with such wide spreading branches
that there was room for the party to
pass underneath. So he walked for-
ward to the tree, but just as he came
under the first branch they bent down
and twined around him, and the next
minute he was raised from the ground
and llung headlong among his fellow
travelers.
This did not hurt the Scarecrow, but
it surprised him, and he looked rather
dizzy when Dorothy picked him up.
"Here is another space between the
trees," called the Lion.
"Let me try it iirst," said the Scare-
crow, "for it doesn't hurt me to get
thrown about." He walked up to an-
other tree, as he spoke, but its
branches immediately seized him and
tossed him back again.
"This is strange," exclaimed Doro-
thy, "what Bhall we do?"
"The trees seem to have made tip
(heir minds to fight us, and stop our
journey," remarked the Lion.
"I believe I will try it myself," said
the Woodman, and shouldering his ax
he marched up to the first tree that
had handled the Scarecrow so rough-
ly. When a big branch bent down to
seize him the Woodman chopped at it
so fiercely that he cut it in two. At
once the tree began shaking all its
branches as if in pain, and the Tin
Woodman passed safely under it.
"Come on!" he shouted to tho oth-
ers; "be quick!"
They all ran forward and passed
under the tree without injury, except
Toto, w'ho was caught by a small
OVERCOMING
THE WORLD
By the Rev. J. H. Jowett
Chopped at It So Fiercely That Ho
Chopped It in Two.
branch and shaken until he howled.
But the Woodman promptly chopped
off the branch and set the little dog
free.
The other trees of the forest did
nothing to keep them hack, so they
made up their minds that only the
first row of trees could bend down
their branches, and that probably
these were the policemen of the for-
est, and given their wonderful power
in order to keep strangers out of it.
The four travelers walked with
case through 4he trees until they came
to the further rdge of the wood. Then,
to their surprise, they found before
them a high wall which seemed to he
made of white china. It was smooth,
like the surface of a dish, and higher
than their heads.
"What shall we do now?" asked Dor*
othy.
"I will make a ladder," said tho
Tin Woodman, "for we certainly must
climb over the wall."
ITO BE CONTINUED.)
7ah of Brittany Folklore
The Winged Monkey.
and rn>s over the Quadlings. Be-
sides, her castle stands on the edge of
the desert, so she may know a way
lw cross it
"Glinda a good Witch, Isn't she " '
asked tho child.
"The Qnadlinss think she is good."
raid the soldier, "and sin is kind to
everyone. 1 have heard that Glinda is
a beautiful woman, who knows how to
keep young in spite of the many yuara
alia lias lived."
Piper Who Played for the Unholy
Korrigans. and the Curse There-
by Entailed.
The korrigans are the black dwarfs
of Brittany who dwell in the sacred
Druidic circles of tho menhirs and
count their cash in the moonshine.
When more mortals encounter them
by night the korrigans force their
visitors to dance with them around
and around, singing monotonously the
names of the days of the week from
Monday to Sunday. This is the theme
of the best known tradition dealing
with them, the story of l.ao and the
korrigans. Lao was a prize piper and
came to set the d: nee at the pardon
of Armor. Women, terrified at their
discovery of a korrlgan town, be-
sought him to avoid the little black
folk, but he laughed them down.
Bravely enough he went to (he korrl-
gan town, but terror came over him
in the dark when he heard whispered
sounds and dimly saw dark shadows
marching with him in tho gloorii.
Then the moon rose and the little
creatures bade him play for their
dance. All night long he played upon
his pipes and the little people capered
about him on the grass. Not a note
did lie miss until tho moonlight faded
and the cock crow, sounding dawn,
gave the signal for his companions to
! vanish. All the night he had played,
obedient to the magic cry "Pipe, prize
j piper, pipe and set the dance of the
korrigans!" Exhausted with the com-
ing of the day, the bng-plper left his
pipes and lie fell aheap at the foot
of the menhir, and the last sound
which fell upon his drowsy ears was
Sleep, prize piper, sleep! Thou hast
j set the dance of the korrigans; never
more shalt thou set a Christian
dance!"
Tough Luck.
"Talk about drawing a blank prize
in a lottery while de fellow next to
you draws de capital," sighed the fat
messenger boy, "1 know how it feels
now."
"What yer been up against, pal?"
j asked his friend.
I "Why, tolty-nine an' me was on-
I caged at do game time an' he got a
message to carry out to one of de
White Sox while de game was goln'
cn an' I got a job to air a pug doj tot
two hours."—Chicago New*
BRBTCO'SaiK!
"Those things have I spoken unto you
thut tn me ye may haw peace. In the
world ye have tribulation, but be of good
cheer: 1 have overcome the world."
John Hi;3,1.
HAVE overcome the
world." And yet
could there be any-
thing more Bugges-
tive of failure than
tho circumstances
in which these words
were spoken?
Treachery hud bro-
ken out in the dis-
ciple band, .ludas liad gone out bent
upon the malign purpose of selling
the Lord. A mob was even now as-
sembling to drag him to judgment
and Calvary, and death. And It was
In conditions like these that the Mas-
ter proclaimed his triumph!
And who was the conqueror? A
poor Galilean peasant, speaking a
provincial accent, obscure and unin-
fluential, having no place to lay Ills
head! Let me say it again, he is
about to be betrayed, to be deserted,
to be put to the most contemptuous
and humiliating death! And yet this
man claims to be wepring the purple
of sovereignty, to be trailing mystic
clouds of glory even while he was
marching to the tomb! He had not
gone down before the world, he had
not shared its tone, he had not been
infected by its contagion, he had not
bowed to its compromises, he had not
been ensnared by its seductions, he
had not sunk to its degradations. He
had "overcome the world." Let us
contemplate the prominent features
of the victory.
He had overcome the smiles of the
world. And that is ever the subtlest
and most paralyzing of all entice-
ments. If we can make comparisons
between the different moments in
Christ's life, one would say that the
peril was greater when they "took
him by force to make him a king"
than when "all men forsook him and I
fled." Many a man can keep his moral
health in defeat who is overcome with j
success. An illustration can be found
on the public platform. Every pub-
lic man knows that there is nothing j
so insidious as the snare of applause. !
A man can walk the narrow way
when he is confronted by a hostile i
audience, but he is In great jeopardy j
when he is met by nothing but cheers.
It is then he is liable to be "carried | have >"'a(-e'" but to «*' ' Chr,®t ,s *°
away" by the enthusiasm into grave l)p more than il companion. Eaithly
imprudences. Hen Jonson used to say ! relationships supply no word sufflei-
that "of all wild beasts, preserve me
_/S8 that was nourished in heavenly
places. He never exposed himself to
the peril of feverlshness and passion.
In the moments of temptation he re
tired to the mount. Even in the midst
of the crowd lie had quiet communion
with the eternal, lie knew how to
make a solitude even in tile very
heart of publicity. He could make a
sanctuary amid the very clamor of the
market-place. And so he kept his spirit
cool, and tho perilous fire was never
kindled. "I am not alone, the Father
is with me."
Ho overcame the world by a pa-
tience which waited for the hour to
strike, and which would not be
hustled Into premature action. One of
the first temptations with which the
devil assails a man is in the attempt
to prove to him that his noble purpose
is Infamous, or needless, or Impos-
sible. If he fails in tills temptation he
proceeds on quite another tack. See-
ing that we are immovable In our re-
solve, he next attempts to make us pre-
cipitate In its execution. "Don't wait,"
he says. "Get It over at once!" And
so we are frequently "rushed," and
the holy purpose is spoiled by its lael£
of holy restraint, .lesus refused to he
rushed. "Mine hour Is not yet come!"
He waited MO years before beginning
his ministry, and there Is a wonderful
sense of quiet lelsureliness about him
characterizing even his public life. He
waited for the clock to strike, and
when It had struck he acted, and
never swerved. And he conquered
the world by a love that (lowed fresh
and full to the very end of Ills days.
Even Calvary did not embitter his
spirit! Even the shadow of death did
not sour Ills soul by the sense of de-
feat. The reviling of those,who passed
by the cross brought no cynical re-
sponse. And so he died, a conqueror
In dying, having overcome the world
In the very moment when It seemed
the world was most triumphant.
Finding the Perfect Peace.
Now we have to face the same an-
tagonisms. "in the world ye have
tribulation." We have to be in the
same straits. We have to encounter
the perils of the smile, and the frown,
and tho contempt, and the suspicion,
and the neglect. We. too, have to
pass from shine Into shadow, and to
face the menace of the sword and the
seductions of the crown. "But be of
good cheer, I have overcome the
world." Hut what is that to thee and
me? It is everything to thee and me.
There is power in the Lord's conquest
to make conquerors of all. "In me ye
may have peace." Not in ordinances,
not In ban? religious exercises, not in
human fellowship, not in nature's ora-
tory; these may all be helpful means,
but they are not radical and ultimate.
The deep fundamental peace is to be
found only in Christ. "In me ye may
from the tyrant; and of all tame
beasts, a flatterer." I suppose that
the culminating point of tempta-
tion in the life of the apostle Paul
was not when he encountered the vio-
ently intimate and immediate, it is
nearer than linked arms and clasped
hands; it is the Inconceivable union
of oneness of spirit. It is the union
of the branch with the vine. Our lives
can become embedded in the Lord,
vt n iiru nc niuuuuicicu i uc vur ,
ience of the mob at Lvstra. but when 1 and lllK conquering energies, like ris-
the people magnified his importance I ln* saP- wlU 011 our mor!!l. and splrit-
and declared that "the gods are conie
down" in the guise of men. Now. the
Lord met this seductive smile of the
world, and did not succumb to it. He
was not deluded into a shining servi-
tude.
Superior to World's Suspicions.
And Jesus had overcome the sus-
picions of the world. There is some-
thing very affrighting in the content- ! |ian,| ncr| si ,•
ual powers, until we, too, become tri-
umphant. We become more than con
querots through him that love.; us.
"Thanks be unto God who giveth us
the victory through our Lord Jesus
Chris;."—The Standard.
Sowing for Eternity.
"In the morning sow thy seed, and
In the evening withhold not thine
platlon of an untrue eye. Men arc
frequently overcome by the malicious
eyes of their fellows. And tills was
the kind of "look" which was cease-
lessly fixed upon the Lord. "And they
watched him!" It is the kind of sight
which misinterprets all it sees. It im-
putes ill motives and turns everything
awry. Before that kind of onslaught
many men succumb. They are driven
It is a law of tho harvest that we
reap more than wo sow. Then how
careful ought we to be of the seed we
are sowing day by day, If we would
reap a rich harvest of golden grain
for the Master. Very much depends
upon the manner in which the seed is
sown, and tho fertility of the soil to
receive the seed, that it may take deep
.. , , , . root and spring up and remain pro-
from the post of duty by malicious , |ia( „k(, p„)(lm.os llke>
tongues; they retire from the fight. | |n tt>nfoli| rali(l grare, (ho
and brought
A man said in my hearing some little
while ago that "public life-has become
intolerable,'' and that he was deter
seed sown sprang up
forth some thlrtv. some sixty, and
„ , , . ! . . , ,, , some a'hundred-fold. Are we sowing
mined to retire into privacy. And t i s .. i
,, , , , , . , . , . constantly what it will be our Joy anil
man allowed the world to drive him ; . , ,
, ,, pleasure to reap n the vast eternity
from the field of service. But that i""1""" ' ' 1
was not the way of the Master. H lhal lles b®for® u' :l!1
would not turn back because men ^
r , . , ,, Betnq Through Doing.
men fixed upon him an evil eye. He a
would not turn aside from the ap- It 's a great di .il more Important
pointed way because of the unfriendly . 10 do right than it is to want to do
gaze of his enemies. He stood up. j right, or to enjoy right. I he only peo-
and strode on, unaffrighted and undo- pie who really hunger and thirst after
terred by malice and frown. righteousness are the people who are
And he overcame the contempt of i practl ing righteousness. I he desire
the world. Many a man can bear a
wrong who cannot bear an insult. Onr
Lord was "despised." "He hath a
devil and is mad.'' He was denied
common courtesy. He was refused
the ordinary amenities of hospitality.
There was no water for him when be
came in from the dusty way. There
was no kiss of recognition and wel-
come. "He was despised and rejected
of men." And yet he was not un
oraes from the practice, not the prac-
\ tlce from desire. Enjoyment Is a chief
consideration in the playing of games,
yet in any game of real skill there is
little enjoyment until one has worked
at the game enough to ister I: lit
principles. Illglit living demands skill;
j why should we think that enjoyment
can come more easily here than in the
! playing of a garni / It Is proper lo ask
I God to create in ' t h*1 desire for iiis
manned by the contempt. It did not will, but it is also nti ury to recog-
make hlni hard, unforgiving, resentful, ' nine that lie answers tli i prayer chief-
and revengeful. It did not turn him ly for the e who are doim hi will.
bout. He was not overcome by the :
! treatment. He went through it in Willing Doers of His Word.
sovereign and unimpaired health and Eooli h is the man who holds back
I holiness. All these antagonisms, alls- when God is calling to hint to come
ing from smiles, and frowns, and con-
tempts, and neglects, he faced and
conquered. And In what disposition
was the triumph won? He overcame
the world by a refusal to sloop to t> c
the powers of the world. He would
on. It is always sate to follow a I'lm-
identtal leading, and it is never safe
to refuse such divine guidance Kv-
er> Christian man should properly lie
a pathfinder, along some road of prog-
ress which will, it pursued, advantage
never use the world's sword. He would humanity. Wh u Jehovah would send
never use the fires of persecution. He j him abroad on errands of ministry to
never put his hand to mere coercives mankind let no Moses hang back,
and compulsions He sought spiritual I Means and strength to perform the
ends by spiritual means, and he never I mission will In due time be provided
sought to elicit the aid of unworldly i |,y the Lord for those who as faithful
kings. Herod sought his friendship, orvants strive to do Ills bidding. Let
"He was desirous to see him of a long | u3 (.ach be willing doers of his word,
season," but the I^ird refused the in- i
tercourse, and "He answered him i The religion we most like (o re
nothing." ! count may be that which does not
He overcame the world by a calm-1 count at all.
DEVELOPMENT OF
CENTRAL CANADA
THE STORY OF BIG YIELDS OF
GRAIN COMES FROM EVERY
SECTION.
When the man in the States was
told that he could get 160 acres of
land in Central Canada—comprising
the provinces of Manitoba. Saskatche
wan and Alberta—that under cultiva-
tion would produce from 20 to 30 bush
els of wheat to the acre, or If seeded
i to oats the yield would be 40 to GO
■ bushels, he was skeptical. The same
I story was told the man who wished to
' get. nearer to existing lines of rail-
way, and was only asked to pay $lo
(o $12 an acre. But many tried it.
some one plan and some another. The
man who accepted the 160 acres as a
free gift, as a homestead, and was
willing to put in the required resi-
dence duties of three years has now
i farm worth from fifteen to twenty
dollars an acre. The man who chose
to purchase, and did so, took up his
residence just the same. He has land,
that, in many cases, is worth twice
the money he paid for it. Both have
found that tho story of splendid yields
was verified. They have had crops
exceeding that promised; they have
seen oats that yielded 100 bushels to
the acre, and have grown wheat that
averaged 40 and as high as BO bushels
to the acre. Their wheat was not a
57 lb. to the bushel article but 62 and
63 lbs. They have seen within the
past year or two trunk lines of rail-
way constructed through their district,
and throwing out branch lines to the
gates of their farm. They have seen
schools established in their neigh-
bourhood and the Government con-
tributing largely to their expense
Churches have been erected, villages
have been established, towns have
sprung into existence and cities are
rapidly springing up, as If the magic
hand of some unseen conjurer was at
work. But it was not; it was the le-
gitimate offering of the wealth of tho
field which made all theso things come
about, naturally, and easy. The prai-
rie that three years ngo was merely
prairie, a patch of brown, just waiting
for the ploughman, is to-day dotted
with tilled farms and splendid homes.
The line of elevators with their glis-
tening metalled fireproof sides and
roofs, indicate the location of the
town and the railroad. There Is the
glow of newness about it all, but the
elevator, the splendid store buildings
and the comfortable hostelries denote
wealth, beyond that of the strength
of the man who fashioned and built
them but the wealth of the soil, which
means that the newness will be fol-
lowed by a steady growth. The writer
recently was a passenger over the
Grand Trunk Pacific, the latest fac-
tor in this great marvelous field of
development. The rapidity with which
| towns were being built up, the farm
j steads occupied, was something even
his experienced eye had not looked
for. Everywhere along the line of
tills new transcontinental was the dis-
tinguishing mark of progress. There
was not a mile of the length of the
road from Winnipeg to Edmonton and
west that did not bear token of its
ability to pay tribute to the revenue
of the road. Mention is made of this
line, not because it is tho last In
the Held, but because it is one of the
best built roads on the Continent and
traverses one of the best districts
of an excellent country. It is well
operated, and already has gone into
active service as another means of
making it possible to secure more
speedily transit from tho grain fields
to the shipping centres. It had been
the intention tn this article to have
spoken of some of the yields of grain
that have made the fanners of Cen
tral Canada contented this year, but
space will not permit, so that delight
ful task will be taken up in another
issue. In the meantime it would be
well for the reader, if he is interest
ed, to put himself in touch with some
official of the Canadian Government
and get information that might be use-
ful in making a selection for a home
In Central Canada, and become one
of those who will be instrumental in
building up a great country to the
north. In doing so, you will be as-
sisting the United States. In a few
years' time the United States will b<"
a wheat importer. Canada will sup-
ply the wheat and you will be one of
i the producers.
A Sale, a Sale!
I The little old English flower wom-
an came into the wine merchant's and
brought l'"r flowers to tho table. A
| strange guest of the wine merchant's
' bought a bunch of them for the two
: women who dined there.
1 "Did you see what she made hin
pay for those flowers?" whispered
one of them to the other. "Fifty
cents!"
"I'm glad of it," the other whispered
back. "I've been living in this neigli
horhood for three years and it's the
first time I ever saw anybody buy a
single bunch of those flowers of hers
—New York Press.
Ship's Figurehead.
Carvings for more than 500 vessels
were made by William Southworth
who recently died at Bath. He made
t specialty of the carving of figure-
heads for many years, and some splen-
did ones were the product of his
skill The rise of commercialism has
blotted out the poetic significance ot
the figurehead and few figureheads are
seen nowadays. Kennebec Journal.
Always at It.
Mrs. Benhs.m—Woman's work is
never done.
llenham—That's so; even after she
is married she In trying to make uieu
fall In love with her.
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