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THEY KNEW HOW 10 WORK BUT DON’T NEED TO WORK NOW SO HARD. The experience of the Bisser Bros. in Western Canada is similar to that reported to every agent of the Cana- dian Government, whose advertise- ment appears elsewhere: “Wheatwyn, Sask., Nov. 6th, 1908. “To the Commissioner of Immigra- tion, Winnipeg, Manitoba.—Dear Sir: I, in company with my brother and other relations, arrived in this coun- try in the spring of 1893. At the time we got off the train at Wolseley, Sask., we had only a few dollars, not enough to start farming on our own account, so we were compelled to work out for a considerable time in order to make sufficient money to enable us to es- tablish ourselves. When we thought we had enough money to start with, I and my brother took up one quarter- section (160 acres) land each in the Loon Creek district. In 1900 we moved on our homesteads with one team of horses and one walking plow. While I was engaged with the work in the field, my brother built a shack and barn of logs, which we have hauled during the time we were not able to work in the field. We were certainly working very hard, but I am glad to say that we made our fortune in this country. To-day we do not need to work so hard as we used to, as we have three men hired steady for whom we pay $30.00 to $40.00 a month, besides board and lodging during the summer time! I am also glad to tell you that to-day we are owners of a section and three-quarters of the best land, with first class buildings thereon, besides having all the necessary ma- chinery. We always do our own threshing, for we have a 22 horse- power threshing outfit. “Our success in farming in this country also enabled us to get rid of a number of horses of less value, and instead we bought 10 pure-bred mares, representing a value in the neighbor- hood of $5,000. “Regarding raising grain, which is the main factor in our district, I am proud to say that we have always had good success. We have raised wheat as high as 35 bushels to the acre; and this year, although we suf- fered from lack of sufficient rain, our wheat went 27 bushels to the acre, and we had 900 acres in crop. We have broken this year about 100 acres new land, and by next year we will have about 1,110 acres in crop. For one carload of wheat which we have shipped a few weeks ago we got a price of 97 cents per bushel, and it graded as No. 2 Northern, although we have a quantity of wheat which will surely go as No. 1 Northern. During the six years we have been farming for ourselves we have never had one frost around here, so that we always had a good crop. “I, for myself, feel compelled to say! that our Great West is the land where a person who is willing to work and trun his hands to anything, can make a fortune, and a comfortable living. Our country is a thoroughly free coun- try, and we have a good Government; and, as long as we have good crops, and a good Government, we are satis- fied, and I think that is all we want. Yours very truly, “LORENS BISSER, “P. O. Wheatwyn, Sask..” Experienced., Manager (who has advertised for a floor walker)—Have you had any ex- perience? Applicant—We have had twins in our family twice.—Judge. PATENTS. List of Patents Issued Last Week to Northwest Inventors. Reported by Lothrop & Johnson, patent lawyers, 910 Pioneer Press building, St. Paul. Minn.: A. K. Bak- ken, Sharon, N. D., nest box for hens; T. Chipera, Breckenridge, Minn., sieve for fanning mills; ;A. Fink, Parkston, S. D., cistern cut-off; F. Hachmann, St. Paul, Minn., car axle- box lid; F. A. Nelson, Minneapolis, Minn., car fender; :C. A. Petterson, Kenyon, Minn., washing machine; J. Sieh, James, S. D., vehicle coupling; C. A. Torrence, Crookston, Minn., grain separator. Higher Than Beef. Gunner—Cable from Australia, states that Kangaroo steaks are popu- lar. Guyer—H’m! I suppose those steaks are always on the jump. the full confidence of the Well-Informed of the World and the Commendation of; left the room. the most eminent physicians it was essen- tial that the component parts of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna should be known to and approved by them; there- fore, the California Fig Syrup Co. pub- lishes a full statement with every package The perfect purity and uniformity of pro- duct, which they demand in a laxative remedy of an ethical character, are assured by the Company’s original method of man- ufacture known to the Company only. The figs of California are used in the production of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna to promote the pleasant taste, but the medicinal principles are obtained from plants known to act most beneficially. To get its beneficial effects always buy the genuine—manufactured by the Cali- fornia Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale by ali leading druggists. SILAS K. CHAPTER XXXI.—(Continued.) These sightless, soulless women Were content enough. They knew no better; never dreamed of aught high- er or nobler. But to her had come a vision of what life might be. She had looked for a moment through the gates of Paradise, and been touched bg the sublimity of the perfect life. And could she forget what she had seen and felt? And if not, how could she ever be content? She might see Mawgan Chase restored to its ancient glory, her mother doing the grand lady in London drawing rooms, her brother expanding in the sunshine of commercial prosperity, and _ herself the mistress ofa West-end mansion with motor cars galore. But would these things take the ache out of her heart, remove the con- sciousness of something missed, re- store to her that undefinable, impal- pable something she had lost? She had nothing against Mr. Jack- son. He seemed a perfectly straight- forward, honorable man. He was twenty years her senior, it was true, but ke was still youthful in appear- ance, rather good looking on _ the whole, and in the prime of life. From nearly every point of view it ought not to be a difficult thing to marry him, providing she told him frankly that she did not love him. If he were willing to take her on | those terms, ought she not to be will- ing to put aside her scruples and close with the offer? And again her whole womanhood rose up in revolt. It was dishonest to the man in the first place. For a woman to marry a man she did not love was to inflict on him a grievous wrong. But what of the woman who would sell herself? What word in the Eng- lish language would describe her? She felt her cheeks growing hot in the darkness. The very thought of it seemed to leave a stain behind. When the light of a new day stole into her bedroom she was still awake, but her mind was at rest. She knew what answer she would give to Mr. Jackson when he called again. Three days later Mr. Jackson turned up quite unexpectedly. He explained matters to Mrs. Mawgan at once, and in his most direct style. “T ought to have told you last week,” he said, in a penitent tone. “I meant to have done so, in fact, but somehow I didn’t get the opportunity. But I may say I fell in love with your daughter almost the first time I saw her, and last Friday I told her so and asked her to be my wife.” “You did?” “I did, honestly. You blame me, no doubt. for not speaking to you and all that, but I could not help myself, and I said I would give her plenty of time to think the matter over.” “Yes?” “Well, when I got away from here I felt I couldn’t go back to London without knowing my fate. I’ve been a day or two at Falmouth,.and now here I am again. Has she said anything to you?” “Not a word.” “Do you approve—that is, do you ob- ject to me?” he questioned, in a tone of distress. “Not in the least. In fact, I may say I admire you very much. You have been a good friend to my son, and—” “And I will be a better friend to him if only Esther will say ‘yes,’” he in- terrupted. “I tell you I can be the making of Clement if I like.” “I have no doubt you can.” “But it is Esther I am concerned about. She does not seem—well, she does not seem very ambitious. This old place could be made a dream.” “I think Esther will be all right,” Mrs. Mawgan replied, quietly. “She is a sensible girl, and not given to wearing her heart on her’ sleeve. I will go and call her.” “I should be so much obliged if you would, for really I never thought I should get so impatient over any- thing.” “J don’t think your patience will be much longer taxed,” she said, with an encouraging smile, and turned and Mrs.- Mawgan found Esther in the library, and informed her, in a mys- terious tone, that she was wanted in the drawing room. “Who wants me?” Esther ques- } tioned, looking up from a book. “Don’t be impatient; go and see for yourself.” Instantly she thought of Tom Gray- ton. Could it be possible that he had paid her a surprise visit? It was just possible, of course. His love might have brought him back. The blood rushed in a torrent to her neck and face, and she put the book slowly back into its place, so that she might recover herself. She walked out of the room almost like one in a dream; her heart. was beat- ing at fever speed; her hreath came and went in little gasps. For a moment she paused with her hand on the door handle, her thoughts full of Tom Grayton; theg she pushed “thé door open and entered. She near- “The Shadow Between” = BY = HOCKING. ly fell when she saw who her visitor was. “You?” she said, feebly, and drop- ped into the nearest chair. “I could not wait any longer,” Mr. Jackson said, diffidently. “I really couldn’t. I love you so much that the suspense is unbearable. I hope I have given you sufficient time?” “Quite sufficient time, thank you,” she answered, in a tone that made him pause in his walk toward her. “You are not offended, I hope?” he said, with a gasp. “I am quite honor- able and sincere. I mean all I have said, and more. I can do a great deal for you and for—for—your family— your brother, for instance.’ “Yes, I know. I have looked at the matter from all standpoints, and while I am quite sensible of the hon- or you have done me I cannot possi- bly accept your offer.” “But why not?” he pleaded. “I am surely not such a bad match, and— and—you have seemed—well—rather fond of me.” _ “It is surely no disgrace to be the wife of an honest man—” “ “Tt would be a disgrace to any wom- an to marry a man whom she does not love with her whole heart and soul.” “Most of them do it, anyhow,” he said, a little angrily; “that is, if they get the chance.” “That may be so,” she answered, quietly. “But I cannot do it. It would not only be a wrong to you; it would be an insult to my womanhood.’ “I am sorry you think so badly of me as all that,” hé said, a little huf- fily. “I—I—” ? “I beg your pardon,” she interrupt ed.. “I do not think badly of you at | all. It is you who think badly of me if you imagine I could give myself to |a man I didn’t love.” “Then, I must take it, it is a blank refusal?” he said, shortly. “I cannot give you any other an- swer,” was the reply. “Very good. You'll live to regret it; that’s all I’ve got to say. Good afternoon,” and he stalked out of the room and out of the house. CHAPTER XXXII. “No Place for Repentance.” Mrs. Mawgan nearly choked with indignation when Esther told her what answer she had given. “You refused him?” she gasped, as if unable to credit her own ears. “T had no choice, mother; I do not love him.” “Stuff and nonsense! You have never tried. If the truth could be told the curate is at the bottom of this.” “Thauk you, mother.” “Thanks, indeed! I wish I had something to thank you for. You have flung away the chance of a life- time. Gracious mercy, child, have you considered what it ‘will mean to us?” “I have considered everything.” “And flung away everything.” “T have preserved my self-respect.” Mrs. Mawgan tried to articulate, put her feelings overcame her, and she hurriedly left the room. Half an hour later she ordered the brougham and drove across to see Mrs. Parkyn, her nearest visiting ac- quaintance. Mrs. Parkyn saw in a moment that something had happened, and at once put on a sympathetic look. “You'll scarcely believe it when I tell you,” Mrs. Mawgan began, in a broken voice, and then proceeded with considerable vigor to tell it. Mrs. Parkyn, who had been a widow for twenty years and whose life had been absolutely innocent of romance, listened with growing indignation. “Just like ’em,” she snapped, when Mrs. Mawgan had finished her recital. “As I've always said, there’s neither gratitude nor sense in girls. I’mglad mine were all boys.” “It comes very hard on me,” Mrs. Mawgan said, mournfully, and with a little catch in her voice. “He could have done so much, and he would.” “Of course—of course. And you so badly needed it. If she were my girl I'd lock her up in an attic for a month and feed her on bread and water, It would help to take the love and ro- mance nonsense out of her.” “No, no—I couldn't do that!” Mrs. Mawegan said, pitifully. “Oh, you’re too tender hearted, as I've always said. Girls ought to be mastered, and made to do what they are told.” “It is very difficult,” Mrs. Mawgan sighed. “Not that I object, of course, to a little romance in the choice of a partner for life; and, of course, affec- tion is necessary.” “Don’t know so much about that,” Mrs. Parkyn grunted. “Romance in j my judgment, is rubbish. As for af- fection—well, Parkyn mastered me, and that was good enough for him, and good for me too. My business was tq have children and bring ’em up well, and in that I did my duty-as a Christian woman should.” Mrs. Mawgan looked a little alarm- a > ed. She had never heard her friend launch out so strongly before. “But Lake Biew Trust & Savings Bark No SOOZ = e there should be love, of course be- Chica tla. LF 1909 os tween husband and wife,” she insisted. PAY TO THE ohn 2o ry ® “Call it by any name you like,” Mrs. “O bash ae s/00--* =m 2 Parkyn said, a little more mildly. “A Weider ¢— *oorars & x girl can like any man she makes up \ieinamesd >) re pe eae ] i her mind to quite well enough to mar- a mm ry him. As for all the silly stuff ae that people talk about love—well, as g = every married woman knows, it wears “s off in a fortnight, and after that it’s A check like this absolutely free if a toleration.” you can solve the puzzle. “I don’t agree with you altogether,” Mrs. Mawgan said, a little stiffly, and soon after she rose and took he de- parture. Mrs. Parkyn played the part of town crier with great success, and by the evening of the following day everybody in the neighborhood knew the whole story. In St. Chloe it was the chief topic of conversation for several days, and, speaking generally, Esther received very little sympathy. The young men admired her immensely, but they were not given to talking. The women, however—young and old alike—were almost unanimous that she had done a very foolish thing. To fling away such a chance when they were so poor seemed madness. The commercial side was the only thing that made any appeal. Love, romance, idealism—these things went for nothing. For a fortnight Esther had a very sad time of it, and sometimes she wondered if she had not made a mi take. What was the use of cherish- ing an ideal? What good came of it? She got no sympathy or encourage- ment. Even her mother— loyal as she was to the memory of her dead husband—failed to see the matter in our store. our customers. 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The highest, holiest in- stincts of the soul were accounted as nothing in comparison with wealth. She grew depressed as the days passed away. The man she loved made no further sign. Her mother’s face was a picture of misery. Her brother’s letters were less hopeful in tone than they had been.Instead of having done a brave and virtuous thing, she might have done a wicked thing. She wondered if she were not a selfish coward, if it were not her duty to other people to put Puritan scruples into her pocket and sell her- self to the highest bidder. Her ideal of womanly chastity seemed to be re- garded as a fad—at least by women. Whether men had nobler ideals for women than they had for themselves she did not know. She spent a good deal of time each evening in prayer. There was no ont to whom she could open her heart. She was in ‘her most depressed mood one afterncon when her old friend Ada Bollard (nee Pendower) called. Ada had just returned from a long honeymoon on the continent. She was gowned exquisitely. Her white hands blazed with diamonds. Even her card-case was gold set with jewels. She threw herself into an’ easy chair with an air of utter weariness, and asked in an indifferent way how everybody was. Esther noticed in a moment the change that had come over her. The old charm had gone, the old bright- ness and vivacity no longer existed. Had marriage done this, or had the canker of wealth already begun its work? She looked as handsome as ever— handsomer if possible in her latest Parisian gown, and yet something had gone from her face, some look from her eyes, some expression from her rich, full lips. “IT am glad to see you back again,” Esther said, in her quiet sincere way. “Are you? Oh, well, I am glad to be back for some things. And yet I don’t know. One place is just ts stupid as another.” (To Be Continued.) If you are troubled with a “lazy liver” don’t be one. That’s the best remedy on earth. Try Murine Eye Remedy For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes. 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This exceptional show- ing speaks volumes for the genuine merit of Mayer shoes, and is directly attributed to their high standard, and because of the fact that Mayer shoes have become universally and popular- ly known as “shoes of quality.” The leading brands are “Honorbilt” fine shoes for men. “Leading Lady” fine shoes for women. “Yerma” Cush- ion shoes for both men and women (these are exceptionally fine shoes for people troubled with tender feet); the popular “Martha Washington” Com- fort shoes, which have the largest sale of any shoes of this kind in the world, and the “Special Merit” School shoes (a strong and sturdy line of seamless school shoes that wear like iron). It is well enough to “let well enough alone” if you are sure you have done well enough. PRODUCTS OF CHILD LABOR. Asthmatics, Read This. If you are afflicted with Asthma write me at once and learn something for which you will be grateful the rest of your life. Chas. Fielder, New Ulm, Minn. 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JUST DOUBLE 320 ACRES INSTEAD OF 160 ACRES As further inducement to settlement of the wheat-raising lands of Western Canada, the Canadian Government has increased the area that may be taken by a homesteader to 320 acres—160 free and 160 to be purchased at $3.00 per acre. These lands are in the grain-raising area, where mixed farming iialsd:.cariadconr-waleatsquakhed success), A. railway will shortly be built to Hudson Bay, bring- ing the world’s markets a thousand miles nearer these wheat-fields, where schools and churches are convenient, climate excellent, railways close to all settlements, and local markets good. “It would take time to assimilate the revela- tions that a visit to the great empire lying the North of us unfolded at every turn.”— Correspondence of a National Editor, who visited Western Canada in August, 1908. Lands may also be purchased from railway and companies at low prices and on easy terms, For pamphlets, maps and information as to low railway rates, apply to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or the authorized Canadian Government Agent: E.T. HOLMES, 815 Jackson Street, St. Paul, Minnesota. Virginia Farms and Homes CATALOGUE OF SPLENDID BARGAINS. R. B. CHAFXIN & CO., Inc., Richmond. Va. PATENTS S522 ett people.” “You mean it’s wrong to try to teach them what we think they ought to know?” “Yes,” said Bailey; “they are sick people, sick of soul, and very low, and sick souls must be fed like sick stom: achs, with anything they can take in and keep down.” Duluth GRAIN “Representing Independent Crain Shippers” WOODWARD & COMPANY — ‘ABLISHED 1879. COMMISSION Minneapolis