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Show X J f 7 U ISHEEITASCE II WESTER! tfWM If Opm4 ( ' r'r Ik I I Tkk QUEER lft SEam'-- Iral fcrtilflwM Talltf Ml' k hrtl rbtai o Aralelbete. T tk Editor, Dear Blr: Tba peat throe or tour year bar demonstrated to a large number of Americana the value of tha and ranch lag laada of Western Canada. Tana of tooaaaada bar takaa advantage of Um offer made by tb Canadian go arnaeat aa van aa of th exoeedlaglf lav prises asked for laada by too rail way, aoioaUatlon and otbar cotnpaa-4-R grain-growin- I Pte Otkw Km IwwIlMi ' tadela Cernr. I ! I i ; rt I t Drink 044act WlM fusion. Among the valued piece 1 furniture le a quaint little black to legged table of tbe time of Queee Eh abeth, which was presented by Joe Jefferson to Count Bosenta. Atoff thla table bangs a miniature picture porcelain of Marie Antoinette. Tbe books number perhaps twp tine-anbooks in French, Russian, lah, Italian and English, A maf-ceedition of Balzac, the gift d & pbonse Daudet, occupies a place f honor, for Mme, Modjeska consist thla writer among the greatest ISO' lets of th century. 8hakespare many editions and many language 8 here, with critical sad analytical S say i and commentaries galore. klewlcs'e works In Polish era upce A shelves, each volume aa author's water colors, carvtUh and many ornaments adorn the riica The music room i a charming ijA A grand piano occupies on' end. there era also a beautiful harp sM collection of musical Instrument nh resenting many countries. The fwta Interior of the home Is filled with at treasures from all parts of the gbit The dining room, a long, low, iaff apartment, has a great brick firplM and a receeeed stained glaM wlfidoe Tbe walla are hung with many t trophic. among which la a collect! of arms, old swords, ancient cutlaw. crude battle axeannd murderous ja' ifHU wonjr SKA-- s none. -- "The Purest pi Ardent th beautiful bom of Helena ModjeSka, upon th Pacific coast, is about to pass out of her hand Negotiations are Mid to h now pending by wblcb thla unique ranch, th summer home of Count and Coaateas Bosenta, may become the property of an eastern millionaire. Th estate la Santiago Canyon, away back upon a spur of the Coast Range Mountains la Orange county. Cat, has been the possession of Modjesk for more than a quarter of n century. It la a spot that connoisseurs of art and lovers of nature find tlmoet Ideal The drive to ft is made aeroM th fertile Santa Ana Valley, through orchards ot oranges and lemons and thousands of acre of waving grain. In the winter the uncultivated land la a carpet of wild flower, where field of flaming yellow popples and dainty baby blue eyes" and scarlet ilndUn palnt hruih" blossom riotously. - ' a American, ntogv. A polt,on achieved by dint of unvarying excellence In every endeavor. H 1 see playing Richard Savage" at th theater. New York. Mr. Miller met with marked eucceu In hla three 'Tae previous plays, "Heartaeaae, Th Only Way," ul Maeteri and is meeting will Richard Savage qual favor. Jessie Bartlett Davis has an optica on a one-aoperetta of the Freed period of 1670. The story la Mid to to Ingenious and cleverly worked oA If-ceu- ct ftaeUa Water tew acquatic birds, Comparatively except those which are migratory, are remarkable for power of flight. Indeed, they era apt to be deficient In that respect On the other hand, birds that are. strong of wing, such as tha lark or hawk, seldom go near the water, except to drink. There are, however, n few winged creatures that poasM both trails Is remarkable degree. A group of them, secured by Frank M. Chapman, tbe ornithologist with great difficulty, in Florida, on tha Indian river, constitutes on ot tho new acquisition ot th New Tork American Museum of Natural History- - Tbe group Includes two full grown tpeelmene w4fouv,or-.,flaestllnga. These are shown with a east In a glass ease. The ornithologist novelty U variously known m the. eater turkey, the snake bird, th dart- la Mae, gn-irW, and Plotus Anhinga. coloring, and-g- lv pteesslon of a kroad tall It strikingly resemble th farmyard turkey, though posMbly It Is a trill smaller. Its neck is muck longer, and more Mender, too. Thin eraatura la curved very part of th nuch after th fMhlon of n ewank neck, and to strongly auggestiv of n anak when its xody is immersed in The web toot, compact the water. inder plumage, and fondneM for diving ally It closely to the loon. The water turkey will often swim for distances with every part of Its body submerged except a small portion of its all th marked bill Tbua it possesses CfiXTScterUtlcs ot - s typical acquutte bird. Yet it will perch on the branch ot n tree. Just M a hawk does, and, what la even more singular. It will poise itself In the upper air, like an eugle,msiatalniBg-4- t position apr. parently without a flutter of Its powerful pinions. The awlftneM with which It attacks Its prey acoounts for the nam darter, and for th retention Iff what It one captures It la peculiarly quMlfied by flue Serrations near the ud ot Its slender btlL Th latter la also employed, It la believed, to peck out tbe eyes of feathered assailants. Herons have been known to serve an eagle In this way when th bird of freedom was too aggressive. Still It la only during the brooding season that the heron and water turkey develop such ravage dispositions. Another Illustration of the double character of this queen bird la its neat, which shows a comparatively high order of architectural skill, whereas aquatlo birds usually have only the most rudimentary ot neata. end-to- one-atorl- Tine-cla- d san-Ao- al. tain solitudes. Life la brief, opportunities are pass- ing and they will never return. , Kp commandments and enter th new century with larger purposes and greater thing. Rev, J. W. (Bobbin. Methodist Ah ground rise purple peaks and mounThe house is quaint and picturesque. It has French windows and broad verandas, where awnings- hammocks and eosey seats make outdoor life poestbl during all the summer month.' Aa 14m! library. , own room her Mme. Modjeekas den le th library. It hna triple window end n quaint stone fireplace. Engravings, etchings, paintings, rare Persian ruga, old mahogany furniture end deep seated leather chairs make this room moet alluring. Carved oak bookcases fill th aid ot tbe room opposite tbe long French windows that open upon th mountain view. Mad&mes work table la filled with book of play and volume on stag costumes and stage settings. Scrapbooks of dramatic criticisms and theatrical events and photographs ot noted players are In picturesque eon It Ml th Chart. During a confirmation tour' to th B1ocm of Peterborough tb late blah-t-op of London put up on evening a X ha old maar house, tad slept la a Urge room supposed to be haunted. Next morning at breakfast the bishop Wes asked wbothor be had seen the Tea" he replied, with grM ghost aolemnlty. but I have laid the spirit;1 It will never trouble you again." Being further questioned upon the sub-!tb bishop said: The ghoet lm-- j mediately vanished when I asked fo p subscription toward tha restoration tof Fetersboroaxh cathedtsL ct mul-lion- U . ed LOUISE MONTE. York, received a thorough training la Part music: before making thl her first venture. In musical extravaMiss Monte wa engaged ganza. abroad tor this production and return d to this country only a few days before the first plantation ot thl the latest of all gri. She Is th e mar or an( t daughter of an on of the haniieomust ot th msn; - up-r-- beantiee eurroundlhg Edna My. M Gray days with dismal nights ar blent. Lonely and sad and discontent; I would hisfett had been more alow Oh, heart of mine, how could w know Or raallx what passing meant When Love went by? Theodosia Pickering in Womans Home Companion. . ttlLLKB AS RICHARD SATAQK- Mr. Henry Miller Is one of the mat securely Intrenched plmyera of to Hfi ipM Weal But when the day wu Nell-nig- h pent, From out th casement mg 1 leant Ah, would 1 had been fetching ao When Love went by! Una. Th gradual ascent from five hundred to twenty-fiv- e hundred feet above th tea level Is scarcely felt as ona passes up the canyon, through groves of Immense live oak and gnarled old sycamores, under a tangle of wild grape vine and other creeper, crossing again and again a little mountain stream winding down to the valley below, With skill and taste thla beautiful drive has been made most attrae- - Uf wt Ml Dlrana. I Tk Is Km When Love by I scarcely bent My eyes to se which way he went- Life had so many Joy to thaw,' Whet time had 1 to watch him A Or bid him in. whom folly sen In appearance th beer drinker may he th picture of health, but In reality he la most incapable of resisting die--1 aaa A alight Injury, a sever cold, HELENA MODJESKA. er a shock to th body or mind wilt tlve. Wide detours are taken to spar with a fencing climax. It la quite likecommonly provoka scut disease, g the treea, rusUc bridge epan the rest- ly that Miss Davis will star In an fatally. Compared with other Inless stream, while giant bowlders cov- operetta of this character next lesson. ebriate who um different kinds of alcohol, b la more Incurable and more ered with lichens remain untouched ' WAS TRAINED IN I A BIS. In picturesque beauty along the way. generally diseased. It la our observaHiss Louise Monte, ot Tb Girl A sudden turn in the. canyon brings from tion that beer drinking to thla counUp There company, now playtry produce tb very lowest kind of one to Modjeska Park, a natural park ing nt the Herald 8quare theater, Nw beyond of stately tree, two mile Inebriety, cloaely allied to criminal Th moet dangerous clean of which stands the house. It le a lone, with house, pufflana In our .large cities era beer rambling axxas and trellises, broad pi drinkers a stupor Intellectually Arden embrac- e- two thousand Amounting almost to paralysis arrests about seventy of which are in b reason, changing all the higher acre, of oranges, lemons, nuts and orchards acuities Into a mere jf animalism, selfish, sluggish, varied only with deciduous fruits. Around the house paroxysms of anger, senseless and bra-- L ar velvet lawna and flowing fountains and rare shrubbery. In the backThe Scientific American. 18SJ. IkllM frM i.rmen. Uangera of epot- - ell be the oldest known body human being. The facts it are briefly summed up In following inscription reproduced m the case containing tbe mummy: Body f a man who wai burled to a shallow oval grave hollowed out of tandetone on the west bank of the Nile, In Upper Egypt Before burial the body wag treated with a preparation of bitumen and was arranged in the posture in which It now lies, on Its left side, with the hand before the face and the knees drawn up nearTh ly on a level with th chin. grave (which has been roughly Imitated by the model here exhibited) wag. covered with slabs of unworked stone, and In It beside the body were disposed flint knives and n number of vases partly filled with the remains and duet of funeral offerings. The man probably belonged to a fair' llght-halre- d skinned, race, wblcb may be regarded as one of the aboriginal stocks of Egypt, whose aettle-menare usually found on the west bank of the Nile. The tyle of the flint implements found in the grave Indicates that the man lived in the later neolithic period ot Egypt; that la, In remote ages long before the rule ot Menes, tbe first historical king of Egypt" The grave pras first seen by a wandering Arab; he reported hla discovery to a British official who Immediately sent a couple ot Egypt lan soldiers to guard It day and night until It could be safely removed. The body s not a mummy of the ordinary historic Egyptian period aueh aa that of Rameaes IL, the father of the Pha-roa- h of the Exodus. It was never bound up 1 linen or cased 1 aay painted coffin, but wu merely coated with a preparation of bitumen, the Xrahlc J wSrff ' for which ! mamta; hence, our word mummy. To reach the period when this man huDte1 aIon the bank ot th Nile it la necessary to travel backward In Um through the modern period sine Elizabeth, through medieval Europe, through the whole hlatory ot Rome and Oreece, past the Um of the earliest mummied king the museum possesses, past even Menes, the earliest king to which Egyptian records make reference, who according to Mareltt. ruled about 6004 B. C. Tben wa era among th prehiMorle races, on th conquerors and th other th conquered, out of which sprang th Egyptian race of th earliest dynasties. It la with these remote stocks that this man is connected. Considering tbe condlUons In which he was found it IiIm (1st be waa associated with a late period of the new stone age of Egypt He is buried In a neolithic grave (the graves of thla period are covered with rude slabs of stone), and baa neolithic mty 0f barf vbabu control of tb immigrn-tlo- n Into Waatara Canada, baa dedd 4 to open ay com nav districts UK roar la tbo wll known 8aakthwaa Waller and alao In tb fertile plain of Aaatnlboi. Tbaaa Districts ar prob ably tb moat productive in tb entire Waat and in eloae touch to largely eat aa veil a tied eomaunlUe being pit untad en aom of the moat Import jMt line of railway. They ar within nay ranch of marketa.'achoola, ebureb In jan and other aoelal advantage. man of tbaaa dlatrlcta land may b borne well aa purchaaed oftt fight at vary low price. , Now aa to !vbat eaa be dona on the laada. Tb wvldence of tb eettlers la the neigh borhood of tb land bow about to be opened for eettlement (eome of them . Swing located la on of tb beat India EtoeerraUoae) goea to show that tha rry beat reeulta bar followed even enoet indifferent method given where farmer saving -- 1 there with moet limited mean, baraly aougb to erect a (mall bona and fcraak up a little land, bar la three jT four year time become proapraa all debt paid and money la tb bank, ilk eotl la tb Dlatrlcta mentioned, Utoelnlbola and Saskatchewan, In a rich ptock loam, fifteen Inch to three deep.. Aa a aettlar rays, It appear Sib tb accumulation of decayed vega tatloa and aabea for centuriaa (to 1 pub-eo- ll a atiff, putty elay)," On thla toll It la poealbl to raia from IT to 10 buibel of wheat to th acre, onto Tf to 100 busbela, all of which bring good price at tb local market for mixed farming thee new dlatrlcta are probably among tha beat In We tarn Canada. Stock fatten eaally on the Wild greases. Hay la plentiful, and price splendid. Another aettlar writ Tb tog to a friend In Iowa aaya: climate le all that could b desired, plenty of rainfall In aummer, with so hot, dry wind. . On the 8th of September saw prairie flower in ' toll bloom, wet corn, potato and tomato Tinea that bad not been touched a parare ticle with froat. and th winter milder than thoae In the State from which I cam. After the holiday the winter eeta in eiaar and cold, wit plenty of enow for good sleighing; n known. high wind or bllxxarda ar ellwlatev-an- d Horses llve-eu- t pith their own living, while cattle live ail winter la open sheds and around the Wheat, oata and barley are hay rick the principal grain crops. Potatoes and all other roots and vegetable do well, tb yield being enormous a compared to those In th States. Wild fruit, such as atrawberrlea, raspberries, cranberries, gooseberries and all varieties of currant. y fold In abundance. As a reader of your valuable paper for a number of years, 1 feel that I should Inform you. of the progress and advancement being mad in Canada within th past few years, and th Inducements and advantages that will follow settlement In Western Canada. Those who desire information can do aa I did, add apply to any Agent of th Canadian Government, whose Bam 1 see appears In advertisements appearing elsewhere in the column of your paper, and when writing ask particularly about tb Saskatchewan Valley or Aaalnlbola Districts. Tour truly, Old Reader. tipA warn EtoUan gallery at the Brithas Just come into posmum ish a s Asa tacky session! the mummy of a man which Model Qtkfclr Oct of baaa aattlad tbara for noma llttl time to of a highly gratifying character. So toueh ao that tb Canadian .govern-Ma-t, Th RisM to Atee. A certain infidel not long ago referred to the Christian U being the one who lived, in th constant fear of death and hn The fact is, he to' the' only man in the world who hasnt any reason to frar either one. W hlls the j Christian cant waste his time, be-csom he alone has discovered Its possibilities, he to th only one wh The knows what actuM rest mean virgin whose lamp were well provided for lay down end alept. They could afford it To know that th future to provided for to to know what It means to rest In th Lort, tTWK lost in th will be ptt AND CURIOUS THINGS th trewtni AND EVENTS. s g Tb experience of tboa who A further Win IN THE ODD COBNEE. UUIi. al KMtMkTi Death Crash. A deep bole ot water In Nollyn south of this place, creek, 10 mile has toy some time been attracting at tentioa by, reason ot th fact that It has n very strong auction, says a Hodgenvllle (Ky.) dispatch In the Cincinnati Enquirer, For years it hM It to been known as the suck hole. about ten feet deep and to fifty yards long. This place has been watched by people to that section for several years, and has been much avoided. It no develope that It is hot n suck hole. but In the bottom of the creek to n bed of very powerful loadstone. This place wm discovered over forty Mrs ago by Enoch Atteberry, who came near losing his life in the water, having been rescued by two men who handed him A long pole. Lum Wees and Luther Trulock almost lost thely lives In the hole a abort time ago while seining. - They were rescued half drowned by other members of the "party after very hard work. The attraction wm bo powerful that It held the Iron loaded seine fast The water la very clear and the bottom la eaally seen. The hole la not in tbe main stream, but to a bayou or outlet A dog thrown into the water never comes out but la quickly drawn to the bottom. When a troutline la stretched across the place the unseen energy attracts the hook to the black streak quickly, and there holds them securely until they are drawn ont At times ther to A very atrong undercurrent to th bayou, whloh to unaccounted for, and. which often sweeps the bot tom dean, relieving the loadstone of its collections. It to stated that many live here, and people have lost their tt ia n much dreaded place, especially It to known to by th superstitious. all negroes as the death hole," aad farmers In that vicinity cannot emat any price. Hun ploy negro help drada of hogs and cattle have been Is now being constructed to prevent con-ctpfl- HmoI ain't Tratptiaam Crtu4, Honolulu is about to have a temperance crusade, led by the W. C, T. U. and the ministers' union. Two rep re-entativea ot the W. C. T. U., Miss Jeaal Ackerman and Mias Ada Mur-cu- tt will lead the crurad. It to part of the plan of the crusade to diffuse Mntiment in favor of tbe bill of Congressman Littlefield of Maine, Introduced In the house, to absolutely prohibit the rale of Intoxicants to the aborigines of the Pacific Island, over which the United States exercises con' trol, f J Yantlag ot YtUowttona Park, said that the geysers which have It lathla de- mad park famous, are gradually Thla brings to mind the fact, dining.decline world. It the law of the that m Health la the most precloue poeeeetlon cannot he the world, and too great care should regiven to it. In the spring, you new your strength, revitalise11 your blood medicines. and nerves with the beat Of Hoatetter'e Stomach Bitters. It also cures It. disorders. Try stomach at la curious lmplementx-besld- e hlms-I- How's Tblaf We offer On Hundred Dollars reward foreny eat otUa tarn mtiouastkeeuied hy Hall's Catarrh Cure. r.J. CHENEY A OOl. Prop. Toledo 0t J We, th undersigned, have known r. J. begavehlm Chaney for the lestInisallyears and transactions business perfectly honorable and SaanoisUy able to carry out any obligations made by their firm. West A Truaz, Wholesale Drngglsts, Toledo, Marvin. Wholesale O.) Welding, Kinnan Druggists, Toledo, Ohio la Cur taken Internally, totJisll t Catarrh ing directly upon the biouAsodButeoussurfsowi . of the system. Testimonials sent free Pits Tie per bottle. Sold by sit druggists Hall's Family Fills are tha beak been decided to retain the headquarters of the Democratic natloa-a- l oommlttee In Chicago. Are Yea Vslag Alloa's Foot Reset It to the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Swratlng Feet, Corn end Bunions. Ask for Alleng Foot-Eaan powder to be shaken into th shoes. At ell Druggist and Shoe Store, 25c. S.Sample sent FREE.N. AdY. Olmated, LRoy, dress, Allen It has e, An imperial decree bee been placarded on tbe well of Pekin threatening n societies with punishall anti-foreig- ment By. Mrs. WlasloW Soothing 0 Far aMMrm teatbtag. aofttaa (ba kUMtdiitUi9fiiiaWiffi viftitoUd UddPdW !, t to note that certain an menUon documents tradiUons ot a race called the who had red hair and blue eyes. This man has disUnctly auburn hMr. He wu buried on the western horn In later Umea every EgypUan wm buried on that side of the river, and EgypUan models of the death boats on which the bodies were ferried over the stream may be seen in the EgypUan gallery. The house of common hM passed tbe bill prohibiting the rale of Intoxicants to persons under 10 years of age. The vote stood 17! to 74. In tbe Spring, take Garfield Tee. Thla wonderful Herb Medicine purifies the blood end gives new arl vigorous life to eyeteme depleted by the trying winter season. Hew York's Indies Modal. If there were such a thing as beauty show tor men, few white men would stand any chance for the prise American Inagainst a dian now living In New York city. This man to Tahamont, n brave of the Abenaki .tribe of Indians, who to regarded by artists as almost a perfect specimen of manly beauty, both in face and figure, ray the St Louis From tha point ot view ot the athlete, the Indian lacks feet two flesh and muscle, aa he to Inches tall and weighs bnt 150 pounds. But hla physique to all bona and Mn ew and ha ha tho power of endurance, for which hla race to famous. Tahamont to greatly to demand as an artist model and receives. It to said, the highest price fortpoMog paid to any male model Hie face and figure are familiar tolthouranda who zee the Illustrations to the prominent week ly papers. E. W. Darning, PeJDonta Smith and Frederick Remington ar among the well known artists who draw from him. Tahamont to an expert on Indian dress and oraamenta-Uo- a Hll' wife, who to, like himself, of the Abe&akla, else a poses. The Abenaki, formerly residents of Maine, have moved to St Francis, Canada, where they are and good citizens In the Abenaki tongue Tahamont signifies The time of corn grinding." full-blood- ed at full-blood At Johannesburg oue mining company has restarted crushing ore end (our ere preparing to begin. We thank you for trying Wizard Oil for rheumatism or neuralgia, then you will thank us. Ask your druggist Satisfactory progress is being made In the organization of local governments In tbe Philippines. COLD IN ONK DAY. TO CURB Take Laxativi Bbomo Qcihik T abuts. Alt refund the money if it falls to cure. druggists K. W. Orove's signature is oil the box. SSa. Jt Tiptonvllle, Tenn., wa destroyed by fire recently, every business structure and many residences burning. -T Two attempts on the life of the czar of Rauls beve been made eince Janu- Get rid of U Indigestion is a bad companion. by ebewtng t bar of Adams Feptin Tuid K'ruttd alu The walls of the Czara study and bedroom are lined with steel armor. t ua Expert (tempters f Tehee - Even the but Judges of tobacco can't always be depended on. Sometimes their taste goes back on them, ao to peak, end remain blunted for a week nt a stretch. Professional sampler ot week off every few tobacco take months and never look at the weed until they return to duty. In that way they keep In condition. i train ta Arrangements are being made with tbe government of Jays for a supply of Malay labor from the Dutch East Id dies, for work on the plantations. ' Sp-'n- Tro-henn- u, proa-pero- r-- Ido not believe Piao'a Cura for Conaumptloa has an equal for coughs and colds. Jouf K IwL, Feb. li, WOOL BoTas, Trinity dent EgypUan Globe-Democr- - Dr. 8olf, the governor of Samoa, recently, in the course of an interview, raid that there wet no fear of another rising among the native. ' poirandTHnt , i! TwoBigPains :: to be th mn human heritage of th family everywhere, yis Rheumatism . ' end Neuralgia Dr. Gilbert. Members of the medical profession in England have decided to erect a marble statue of Dr. William Gilbert, tjie famoua physician to Quern Elizabeth, to a nlehe la U mala facade at thr new town hMl at Colchester, the city to which h was bora and where hla remains are buried. bat there la oee rate esd prompt euro foe both, nc St Jacobs Oil :: |