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of a farm has no trouble in bor.. a
rowing three-fifths of its market *"
'value ou long time at an interest
rate considerably lower than that
prevailing itt his region for abort
time loan, but the farm owner
represents lea than half the Iv -
rah population. Nearly 2,500,000
farms are worhed by tenants,
• being more than one-thira of all
tg tarms, and the proportion of tea -
1 ant farmers steadily rises. With
I, machinery and the gradual intro.
R auction of more intensive Meth -
I. ods the proportion of hired la-
borers also tends to rise.
§ Rural credit is almost always
dealt with from the point of
view of the farm owner, but
there is quite as big a problem
from the point of view of the
man who tills the eon, but does
14. not own it We want no loafing
h / landlord system here. The B
government's Brit -
Joh laud purchase
scheme is already changing Ire-
land from a eouutry of abject
tenants to one of thrifty, uplook-
ing small owners.
We are a vast distancerthank
goodness, from Ireland's former
condition. But even here di-
vorce between ownership of the
soil and tillage of it has gone far
Ienough fairly to raise the ques-
tion as to :whether a credit
scheme cannot be worked out
that will make it easter for the
ambitious and competent tenant
or farm hand to buy land. -Sat-
urday Evening Post.
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Don't let any person test your boiler with a cold water teet
over the working steam pressure, it is very injurious to your
boiler and a lazy way out of it. Any practical man knows
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Cream Seprators and Farm Machinery Repairing, Saw Uum-
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known, only when I wrote on my Machlnical Papers in Tor-
onto, Out of 1900 quest'ons 1 secured 98 per cent in marks,
so along with over 20 years' experience with all kinds of ma-
chinery, I ought to know a little. All we ask is a. fair trial
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If your Investment is in Town or City Ituil tstate, there
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the Town or City is not growing or at a stand -still, property
) decreases, you lose.
If the Town or City is growing and likely to grow and your
property 18 itt the growing area it advances at double the per-
centage of inerease of population.
e 'Winnipeg's Building Permits amounted to $20,000,000 in
1012 and to $18,050,000 in 1913. It kept right on growing
during the hard times.
The prospects for 1914 are much brighter now than they
were at this time last year. Winnipeg is hound to grow) hard
times or easy times. Conditions demand a great City just
where Winnipeg is sitnattid. . ,
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Place as it is on. the line of the best Developing Residential Dia.,
trlct now in Winnipeg. You may be offered Ws elsewhere tor
less money but study closely whether they are likely to increase
in value, and what le the reason for such expected increase.
Otir prices are $225.00 a lot and up according to location.
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he Ghost
Of Alvin
Its Identity Disclosed
By CLARISSA MACKIE
The two members comprising the
law firm of Barley ..gs. Rogers glanced
quickly at each other when their
strange client repeated his question.
°Do you believe in gbosts?" lie ask-
ed insistently.
Bob Harley twisted his dark mils-
taChe and frowned. "To tell you the
truth, sir," he admitted, "all the
ghosts 1 ever met turned out not to
be spirits at all."
"And you, sir?" sald the old man,
turning to Juck Rogers,
"I, too, am skeptical," he confessed,
pleasantly.
The old man was thoughtful, his
thin white hand stroking his cleanly
shaven, cheek. Suddenly he lifted his
snowy head and said with. deelsion,
'Perhaps it is best that you do not be-
lieve my story -that you do not be-
lieve in ghosts -for my experience ap-
pears absurd in the face of common
sense.
"My carriage is below, and If you
can accompany me to my house in
Washington square I can better tell
my story ou the very scene where the
ghost has walked. Can you spare the
time now. gentlemen?"
A glance at their engagement books
assured the young lawyers. who min-
gled n little detective work with their
law practice, that they might spare a
couple of hours on this bright May
morning; so, leaving the office In
charge of their one clerk, they donned
their hats and followed did Donald
Boyce to the elevator.
A handsome closed carriage stood
before the door of the building. and a
EECOGNIZED BIM AT ONCE."
coachman andloanian in plum color-
ed livery came to attention as the
three men crossed the pavement.
"Home, Jacobi" ordered Mr. Boyce
as thefootman slammed the doer.
Ten minutes later they were stand -
lug in the elegantly furnished draw -
Ing room of an old fashioned man-
sion.
"lf you will come into my library,"
suggested- their host as he led the way
tete an adjoining room, where the
walls were lined With books to the
very ceiling and where the furniture
was orthe saute massive style as that
in the drawing room. "Here," he said
quietly, "is where the ghost of Alvin
walks."
"The ghost • of Alvin?" repeated
Rogers amazedly.
-"Who was Alvin, sir?" asked Harley
practically.
'tilvin Boyce was my only brother,
who lived with me here for fifteen
nappy years after our parents- died.
Then we quarreled because we both
lore(' the same girl.- and Alvin went
away and left me alone." HIS head
drooped despondetak? as he spoke.
-But ni?ly I ask if you married, mr.
Boyce?" inquired Harley gently.
"No. Our quarrel was In Vain. The
girt did not rare foe either of us and
married another mail. The bitter
words that Alvin and 1 hurled at each
other still ring in iny ears. 1 said
things to him that I. AM sure he never
forgare, for he dM not have time to
root down before the ship on whieh he
stilled to ;Japan was lost With all
hands. .That was twenty-five years
ago.
"I have lived here alone with my
servants ever since then. My only
pleasures have been in travel and in
my books. 1 am rich, and 1 nut lonely,
and I have sometimes feared that Al -
vin's ghost is inertly a figment of my
own fancy, Conjured up by my con.
shut thoughts alma Min."
The young lawyers exchanged
quiet; glance or V1111)0115% Then Har-
ley, the more practical member of the
ern', asked their client for a detailed
aveount 'of the itlysterlotis appearance
whieli he Called "the ghost of Alvin."
"1 first noticed it three meths ago,"
heenn Mr. Bone tu1ly. 9 Was Malta
In this Omit -faring the portrait of my
brother, and I was thinking About him,
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regrettiug the estraugement Unit 1-1
sultea In his deathtelUng myself how
happy and contented we multi be now,
eveu Old men, if we were iogi,ther.
"1 was thhildug thus and gazing Into
the glowing ItinWS of the eoal lire
the ronin in a dull
reit glow. 1 bad extiliguistied the
lamps, for 1 am fond of tho firelight.
As sot there 1 heard the great (leek
in the hall slowly chime the hour of
midnight.
"1 closed my eyes wearily and opint-
ea them again to see the form of my
brother Alvin standiug in the corner
rolider, there la the angle. by the fire-
place. I recogolzea him at once, al-
though, Ills hair was us white as iny
owu. He was gazing at me with sueh
remorse in his eyes that invoitnitarily
1 stretched out lily lianas to bito, and
he Instantly vanished,"
"What was your object In seeking
our advice if you fire convinced that -it
really is the ghost of your brotherr
asked Harley gently.
The old matt looked up eagerly. Yet,
when he spoke, it was timidly, as if
fearful of ridicule: "I wanted to be
Buie -sure -positive that it was Alvin
and not a hallucination. I have heard
of you and your cleverness in unrav-
eling mysteries, and so 1 have appeal-
ed to. you. Will one or both of you
Join me next Sunday evening and wait
for the coming .of my brother Alvin?"
"With pleasure," agreed Harley,
-As they rose to take their departure
Jack Rogers surveyed the large room
with speculative eyes that roved from
the rick bindings in the bookcases that
Rued all the wails save the south wall
where the fireplace was.
fllay I ask what is on the other side
of that wall?" inquired Jack suddenly,
pointing to the fireplace.
house next door," returned Mr.
Boyce promptly. "It is eitipty now
and has been for a year'or so. It be-
longs to me -in fact, 1 fell heir to it
when my brother died, 11 is much ora
of repair, and 1 haven't had the heart
to put it in order again. Let it fall to
nieces, even, as I am doing!"
"Thank you," said jack Rogers
quietly as they bade good afternoon
to Mr. Boyce. •
Prop:101y at 9 o'clock on Sunday
evening Robert Harley and John Rog-
ers were 'ushered into Mr. Boyce's li-
brary. He came forward tomeet them,
looking very animated and smiling.
"I suppose you boys think I'm half
cracked," he renuirked as they drew
around the flee, "but, wait and seer
' "No, no, sir," assured Jack Rogers
heartily; "I'm sure that we shall find
there is excellent foundation for your
belief that your brother has appeared
to you."
"Pin sure I hope your predictions
will come true," said Donnld Boyce.
The hours passed swiftly. Mr. Boyce
had a'fund of anecdote to draw upon,
and after a servant bad served a deli-
cious. cold supper on a table drawn
close to the fire they lighted cigars
and sat back waiting for the strik-
ing of the midnight hour. The serv-
ants retired, and the house grew still.
Now and then from the street outside
came the, muffled nimble of wheels.,
Now and then'a coat in the
grate. The three men fell into silence,
Each one was watching that dim cor-
net' by the fireplace for the coming of
Alvin Boyce.
Just as the clock in the hall struck
the first 'note of midnight Mr. Boyce
stretched out his hand and extinguish-
ed tbe electric lamps, so that they sat
in a half circle of red arelight As the
last chime died Donald Boyce leaned
forward and clutched Bob Harley's
ann.
There was no need to point toward
that corner, for all three of them were
staring hard at the tall, bent figure that
appeared for an Instant in the deep
shadow of the tingle of the fireplace.
As if aware that alien eyes were
watching it, there save a flash of
white, and the vision vanished.
"Ali, he has gone: Hid you see
him'?" demanded Mr. Boyce all in one
breath.'
The two men nodded, Harley rather
helplessly, for be was not accustomed
to dealing with spirits. But Jaelr
Rogers surprised his companions by
reaching the corner in three quick
strides. "Please turn on the lights,
Mr. Boyce," be requested, "and then
come here."
They found him with his hand on
the glass knob of a narrow door that
opened into a chimney cupboard, The
outside of the door was stained to
match the dark mahogany woodwork
of the room. As .lack opened the clos-
et door he tapped the white painted
panels of the inside of the door.
"The cupboard is empty." said Mr.
Boyce patiently, for he did not approve
of this search for the gentle ghost of
his loved brotifer.
"I know it is now, but n momeht
ago it had an oceupant," said Jack
rapidly. "PleaSe follow are, Mr. Boyee,
and do not be surprised if you meet
your brother -in the flesh -for it !nay
be that he never died."
Without further explanation he nosh-
ed hack on the tier of empty shelves,
and his companions were Surprised to
see them swing back into'spece, leav-
ing an opening through which they
• followed Rogers into What appeared
to be a closet that Matehed the one
they had just left. A long rod of light
appeared through 11 partly opened
door. Rogers pushed it wide' and
beckoned to his companions to look
into the library of the house next door.
!there before ti table In 11 scantily
'furnished room sat a tall old man. Ilis
head was bowed on his folded arms.
"It Is your brother AMU," whispered
Jett Rogers as he pushed Donald
Boyce into the room. "I have inves-
tigated. Ile was not lost itt sen, and
atter ninny. years he has returned to
be near you. Ile feared your ringer.
There: tie Is stirring. fie to him, and
be •happy the rest of your days."
Domitian Swatted Flies.
The original g'swat the fly" man was
Don3itian, Roman emperor from 81 to
06 A. D. History records little good o?,
DomItian, but it does say that he an-
ticipated the anti -fly movement by more
than 1,800 years. Maltreating the
buzzing pests was his favorite amuse-
ment, it is recorded, but be was not
animated by a desire to save babies'
lives or avert epidemics.
One biographer says of the old Roman
that "one of his favorite pastimes was
hunting and killing files," and Sueto-
nius, the famous historian, wrote thus
of Domitian; "In the beginning of his
reign he used to spend daily an hour
by himself in private, during which .
time he did nothing else but catch flies
and !stick them through the body with
as sharp pin."..7-New York Tribune.
Good Prices
Never has produce been at ruch
high figures since the the time of
the American war, It is the day
, of the farmer. His oI1Ing is the
safest and purest in bines of peace,
and doubly so in time of war. We
have a number of fine farms for
sale at reasonable pries, but one
we specially advertise this week is
one hundrea acres, good barn, and
fair house, nearly all seeded, never
failing water oupply, good fences,
excellent for mixed farming or
grazing, rural mail and telephone,
one half mile from school and two
miles from church.
A bargain for the man who
speaks first,
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We are agents for one of the fe-tangest
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premium note. •
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A Duey Man.
TN customer of a large downtown
tailoring establishment was getting
service out of a suit of clothes he had
not paid for. Statement after state-
ment was sent to the customer and
'finally a letter informing the man that
unless he pald his bill the matter
(Weald be put In the hands of the com-
pany's attorney. That awakened the
customer. He hastened to the store
and demanded to see the bead of
the company. He asserted the only
reason for net paying the bill was that
he bad been so busy with other af-
fairs that he had overlooked his debt
to the tailoring company.
"Why, see here," he emphatically
told the president of the company;
"just to show you bow busy I have
been I brought this telegram along. I
got that telegram day before yester-
day, but I haven't bad time to open it
yet." --Minneapolis News.
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