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l'KODI'CTlOS IN lHt: WEST
M;>il and Empire: One of Win
nipeg's leading business men, who
has been in the west for 43 years,
says: "Never before have 1 Been
the indications oi a bumpt.v crop
so bright as they are this year."
Ho looks for a toal yield oi 500,
I'OO.OOO bushels oi all grains, aud
at an average price of UO cents for
the wheat, oats, barley, flax, etc.,
estimates an income to the western
farm commuuitv of $300,000,000
from this source. Allowing $50,
OOO.OOO for root crops, dairy pro
ducts. live stock, etc., there is
$350,000,000 ucw wealth, not bor
rowed, or the proceeds of specula
tion, and all in the hands of pro
ducers. At census time iu 1911 the
agricultural population of the four
west.-ru j.roviucac was 1,050,000,
and allow ng for a subsequent in
crease ro l,500,00o, the amount
realized from the crops is equal
to $235 for every man, woman and
child
C':op3 oi' so bountiful a scale win
lift the west out of the slough of
depression. The prairie communi
ties have beeu passing through a.
time of great stress, for In the
b<x m days they forgot that they
existed upou agricultural produc
tion almost exclusively, and at
tempted to thrive by an era of
speculation. The natural capacity
of th» country for productiou is
greater now than ever, aud the
disposition to turn it to full ac
count is now showing in iuani
xold ways. Real production will
bring real prosperity, and, so far,
the agricultural outlook for this
season is magnificent. Over so largo
a country there are a few pessi
mistic reports, of course, but gen
eral^ the piospects were never so
encouraging. The recovery of the
west to normal prosperity will lift
a weight from the shoulders of
Canada generally, and euable this
young and S' lendidly-endowed coun
try to go ahead with renewed
vigor.
PANAMA CANAL BUSINESS
Panama canal earniugs over
cxpej.svs of administration during
the tiscal year just closed will ap
proximate $250,1100. The income
[or Juno was more than. $500,000,
a sum much higher than tho month
ly avera" and hinting at what may
be expect-d when traffic ou the
high seas moves as freely as is its
wont with Europe at peace. Indeed
i is claimed by Maj-Geu. George
W. Goethals, whose relations with
the canal new are chiefly advisory
i>nd whose term as governor closes
in November. that but for thg war
the canal wruld have earned a
good income on the national in
vestment as well as paid for its
administration.
The cau.'.l was built as an invest
ment of national wealth for euda
partly military, partly political, and
partly commercial. The public
will hardly regret any form of prof
itably retisra on the large aalount
cf capital used in binding the
oceans together. Not would it be
critical it th» cash return were
less than :t now seems likely to be.
To measure this form of profit
something besides canal tolls must
bo counted. Tolls do not furnish
the deepest satisfaction which the
citizen takes in the great waterway.
The conquest over natural obstacles,
the just and humane administration
of the great task of construction,
the graftless handling of millions
of dollars of wages and commissar
iat funds, and the sentimental
as w<?il as practical advantages of
the linking of the oceans—theee
count for more with the average
man tuau whether the canal is pay
ing its way or is increasing tho
natioaal commerce. And it is tVom
this tuper-commercial standpoint
that most citizens wish the canal
administered, rather than from any
'ower nlane. Nevertheless if, under
fair regulations and without dis
cs iminatlon in times of peace and
of war, it can earn a profit, it
should be made to do so.
Keeper and
Convict
By JOHN Y. LARNED
Tommy Buggies and Eddie Barnes
were schoolmates. Not only were they
schoolmates, but little chums. They
left the grammar school and entered
the high school at the same time. From
the high school they went out Into the
world to fight the battle of life. Bug
gies drifted into the political arena
and after an election, during which he
had done good work for his party, re
ceived the appointment of head of the
stnte penitentiary.
Barnes became a merchant in a
small way. lie finally formed a part
nership with a ruin who swindled him
out of all he possessed. A quarrel en
sued that ended In a scuffle, during
which Barnes threw his opponent,
whose head struck some hard sub
stance. and his skull was fractured.
He died, and Barnes was sent to the
penlteutlaiy to serve a term of ten
years.
When Buggies and Barnes met. after
not having seen each other for several
years—the one as keeper, the other as
convict—both shed tears.
"Tom," said Barnes, "I'm sorry you
are my Jailer. I cannot serve out my
term, and I am bound to try to escape.
And I wish to say to you now that 1
expect you to do your duty by the
state like an honorable man. You may
kill me while trying to capture me
when I try to escape."
"Don't try the escape game, Ed. It
seldom. If ever, pays. And in this case
It would be hard on us both. I should
certainly do my duty, and you know
where that duty would lie. To me you
are only one of hundreds of prisoners
for whom I am responsible."
-j. .>nv>rt to serve out
[ yard of the prison near a gateway,
[ which was opened to admit a cart. A
storm came up, and the gatekeeper was
blinded by a cloud of dust aud light
i nlug. Barnes slipped out and ran like
u deer.
lie ran Into a house not far from the
prison, where he found a woman. It
is difficult to repress sympathy with
one hounded for his life or his liberty,
and the womnn furnished him with a
suit of her husband's clothes, and
Barnes persuaded her to give him a
revolver. But Ruggles at the head of a
force was after him, aud the convict
was seen leaving the house, lie had a
good start, and when they reached him
he was on rising ground behind a stone
wall ready to defend himself. Rug
gles ordered his men to keep back, tell
ing them that he would go forward
and endeavor to persuade the prisoner
to surrender. He walked forward till
he heard Barnes call out:
"Don't come any farther, Tom. I'm
desperate!"
"Give yourself up, Ed. I've got a
Jozen men down on the road. It will
he suicide for you to resist, and to hurt
rou would be an awful thing for me."
"I can't go back to that life. I'd
rather die."
There was a grim silence between
them for a few moments; then Barnes
added:
"Go back and send your men to take
me. I don't want to hurt you, and I'm
going to use up the sis shots in my re
volver."
"I wouldn't send my men where I
can do all there Is to l>e done. If any
one is to be killed In your recapture 1
prefer that it should be myself."
"That's not right I've got to die;
you liaveu't. Don't shoot your old
chum or compel him to shoot you.
You'll give me a better chance for my
life by sending one of your men, or all
of them for that matter."
"You know I couldn't do that I
Yes—Many People
have told us the same story—distress
after eating, gases, heartburn. A
DSf
-.1
might us well resign my |H«t tiiul lose
myself In another country. But it isn't
my position tlmt I'm thinking of; It's
my honor. The 6tate trusts me to car
ry out the will of the people, nnd I'm
bounil to do so. If you were my own
brother or my own father I would be
obliged to tako you all the same."
"I see how it is, Tom. We're forced
by fate Into this position. If you'll
agree to kill me I'll step out and give
you a shot."
"No; you'll have to defend yourself.
I must do my duty to the state, but
I'm not the state executioner."
"Well, I won't be captured, aud you
won't accept my life. I don't see that
there's anything to be done but for us
to say 'Goodby.'"
"You'd better surrender, Ed. With
time off for good behavior you'll only
have about six years to serve."
"Six years of such life is far worse
than death."
"If you won't surrender promise me
that you'll defend yourself to the best
of your ability; that you won't sparo
me. If you let me kill you you'll force
me to live a life of regret that would
be worse than your six years of Im
prisonment"
"I wish I could stand it to do the
rest of the time. It would save you."
"Promise."
There was n delay, after which
Barnes promised that ho would try to
j bring himself to the scratch of firing
on his old friend.
The men down in the road heard
two shots; then all was silent Rush
ing tip the incline, they saw the keeper 1
and the convict lying dead, clasping
each other's hand. A trail of blood
from where each had stood when he
Qred indicated that they had crawled
to each other.
An Impractical Suggestion.
"Why don't you tell your troubles to
a policeman?"
"I don't dare." replied the gloomy
person. "Ile'd probably arrest me."—
Washington Star.
tt Was Funny.
"Something very funny happened the
other day," said O' Beetle to his friend
McFoo. "I was downtown nnd found
myself without car fare. Before I had
a chanco to worry over the thought of
walking a few miles in the hot sun
along comes Binker, who writes Jokes.
I know him well, aud I had the nerve
to ask him to loan me a quarter. He
told me he was glad to accommodate
me and handed over the coin."
"Is that all'/" asked McFoo.
"It is."
"Well, what's the joke?"
"Why. the funny part is that a man
who writes Jokes should have a whole
quarter with him at one time."—New
York Times.
HOW PINS ARE MADE.
An Intrlcata Procoso Where Machinery
Doe» All the Work.
To inako a pin Is nn intricate process,
but it Is all dono by machinery. A
spool of brass wire running on steel
posts is fed into Jaws which bite off
the length of the pin. A small length
is left to make the head, which is
formed by threo rapid blows of i»
hammer which moves forward one
twentieth of an inch at each blow. The
pin then drops to an incline in which
are grooves deep enough to admit the
shnnk, but not the head.
As the pin moves down its point
comes in contact with a cylinder with
a file like surface, which causes the
pin to turn round so that it is sharp
ened on all sides. It next drops into
a receptacle where a layer of pins is
placed, and then a layer of finely
ground tin until the pan Is filled. Ileat
and a chemical solution coat the pins
with tin.
They are then polished in a barrel
revolving rapidly. They are placed in
the papers by a machine, which seizes
the paper and crimps It into divisions
os wide as the length of the pins. The
bottom of the box Is made of square
steel bars, which allow the shanks
but not the heads of the pins to pass
through.
The bars are in motion, thus shaking
down tho pins until a row Is formed,
when they are clamped in place by tho
bars. A fold of paper is pushed up
against them and pressed Into place.
This is repeated until the paper Is full,
when another takes Its place. It all
sounds intricate, but being done by
machinery it is rapid and cheap, else
we could not have the billions of pins
that we waste.—Indianapolis News.
Enough.
John Muir once said to Mr. ITarrl
man, "I am richer than you ore."
"Yea." said Mr. Harrimau, "but how?"
Mr. Muir answered, "Because I've got
enough money and you haven't." John
Muir placed money in the right place,
using it as a means solely to help him
to become a great savant of his time.
It is not the amount of money we have
that counts; it is our attitude toward it
that determines whether or not we are
dollar idolaters.—Christian Herald.
impartial. •
Sire—Now that you're starting m
business remember that honesty is the
best policy. Son—I intend to give both
systems a folr tryout-Chlcago News.
Very Ref.nod.
Josh—Is she refined?
Frosh-I should say she is'. She
won't even read coarse print!—Califor
nia Pelican.
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