9CVVER FROM NIAGARA FALLS. Three New Companies on the Cana dian Side Are Arranging to Gener ate Electricity with Turbines. Three companies are now working hard on tho Canadian side of the Ni agara to prepare for generating elec trical power from tlie falls. Two of theso companies are controlled by American capital, the third exclusive ly by Canadian and English capital. All expect to sell their product on the Canadian side and to distribute pow er to points as much as 200 miles dis tant from the falls. Each company has encountered some interesting engineering prob lems in the course of the work. One company, for example, has had to plan for a roof of unusual strength over its power house, because it is expected that the spray from the falls in winter will thatch the roof with five feet nf solid ice. No part of the work is more inter esting than that undertaken by the Canadian company. The penstock, or fjreat trench, of this company, at the bottom of which will be placed the turbines that are to generate the power, is 1,900 feet from the center of the Horseshoe falls. This great trench is to be 150 feet deep by 400 feet long and 30 feet wide. The problem presented was to dis charge the water front the bottom of this trench after it had passed through the turbines and done its work. The engineers decided that in order to accomplish this a tunnel should be extended from the bottom of the pen stock to the center of the Horseshoe falls. For this purpose a shaft about tun feet square was sr.nk on the Cana dian side a little above the falls to a depth of about 150 feet. WASH-DAY NOW A PLEASURE. Virginia Man Connects His Bicycle with Rotary Washing Machine and Saves Labor. H. G. Hitner, a resident of Edinburg, Va., has been exsreising his inventive Kenius and the result of his efforts is that the weekly family wash day, in stead of being a burden as it is to most people, is the day he most enjoys of any of the six whereon man is per mitted to labor. He is the owner of a rotary washing machine which he Beared to his bicycle after the latter had been suspended in a frame. After the clothing has been placed in the machine, with the usual supply of ■water and soap, Harry lights a cigar, mounts his bicycle and wheels away. By the time he has pedaled enough to take him to New Market, if the wheels were on the ground, the cloth ing has been washed, he has had an enjoyable ride, and he and his wife are correspondingly happy. This is only one of the many new things that have' been inaugurated in Edinburg during the past few months, and it helps to prove what everybody says about us, viz.: "The old town is surely on a boom." Recently the weather has gotten too hot for Harry to pedal, so he has at tached a motorcycle to the machine, and he now swings in his hammock and basks in the early morning sun shine while the motorcycle does the v. ashing. Dog Fires Gunpowder. By the light of a tallow candle, Wil liam Wolf was engaged in unloading gun shells at his home in Philadel phia. Beside him a pointer dog lay v/atching the operation, occasionally thumping his tail against the chair on which rested the candle. Finally the dog's tail came in contact with the candle, overturning it and sending it Into the can in which Wolf had placed the powder. An explosion followed, and Wolf was probably fatally burned. JUST ONE DAY Free frcm the Slugger Brought Out a Fa *. "During tho time I was a coffee drinker," says an lowa woman, "I was nervous, had sp«l!s with my heart, smothering spells, headache, stomach trouble, liver and kidney trouble, i did not know for years what made me have those spells. I would frequently sink away as though my last hour had come. "For 27 years I suffered thus and used bottles of medicines enough t > set up n drug store—capsules and pills and rverything I heard of. Spent lots of money but I was sick nearly all the time. Sometimes I was so nervous 1 could not hold a plate in my hands; and other times 1 thought I would surely die sitting at the table. "This went on until about two years ago when one day I did not use any coffee and 1 noticed I was not so nerv ous and told my husband about it. Ho had been tailing me that it might be the coffee but 1 said: 'No, I have been drinking colfee all my life and it can not be.' But after this I thought I would try and do without it and drink hot water. I did tills for several days but got tired of tho hot water and went to drinking coffee and as soon as I began coffee again I was nervous again. This proved that it was the coffee that caused my troubles. "We had tried Postum but had not made it right and did not like it, but now I decided to give it another trial so I read the directions on the package carefully and made it after these di rections and it was simply delicious, so we quit coffee for good and the re sults are wonderful. Before, 1 could not sleep, but now I goto bed and sleep sound, am not a bit nervous now but work hard and can walk miles. Nervous headaches are gone, my heart does not bother me any more like it did and I don't have any of the smoth ering spells and would you believe it? I am getting fat. We drink Postum now and nothing else, and even my husband's headaches have disap peared; we both sleep sound and healthy now and that's a blessing." Name given by Postum Co., Barttlc Creek, Mich. Look for :he book, "The Road tit Wellvllle," in each pkg. !» WESTERN CANADA THREE DIVISIONS AFFORDING CHANCE FOR SETTLEMENT. They Are Specially Adapted to Ranch ing, Wheat Growing and Mixed Farming—Many Americans ' Settling There. Tli? old Romans used to say that Gaul was divided Into three parts. So is the Canadian northwest Gaul's divisions were political; those of western Cana da's prairies are created by the unerring hand of nature. The First Division. Chiefly because of the elevation of the country, the absence of large lakes and rivers, and the operations of the "Chinook" or Pacific ocean winds, which readily cross the Rocky moun tains in southern Alberta through gaps and passes, the southwestern portion of the Canadian provinces is regarded as somewhat arid, and less fertile than other portions of the country. Al though this has been a prevailing idea in the east, it has been left for American Bottlers who have invaded this district within the past two or three years to prove that splendid crops of grain can be grown on the land which had hitherto been the feeding ground for the herds of cattle and bands of horses that ranged here. That ranching is carried on most suc cessfully in other port ions of the prairies west, just as agriculture is to a limited extent conducted successfully within this boundary, is fully established, but taken as a whole it constitutes a terri ') A HERD OF CANADIAN SHORTHORNS. Tory above all others most admirably adapted to this particular industry. The buffalo, bunch and other grasses that grow in profusion in this district and retain their nutritive properties thft year round, and the moderate climate of mid-winter rendered such by the Chinook winds preventing any consid erable depth of snow at any time, espe cially fit the district for the peculiar methods of the rancher —raising his herds the year round in the open coun try. While there are no large lakes or rivers in this whole country there are numerous fast-running streams fed the year round by melting snows in the mountains furnishing an abundance of the coolest and purest water, tlie best for beast as well as man. The country has at once an abundance of the best of food and drink the year round, a clear sky but little wet or stormy weather and a favorable climate the year through. Englishmen and Americans in the western territories are bringing in their herds as fast as they can and leasing or purchasing land in lots from 1,000 to 20,- 000 acres from the Dominion govern ment. An idea of the growth of the industry will be gathered from the fact that in 1899 there were but 41,471 head of cattle shipped and sold from the ranches, these figures ran to 05,129 in 1900, and to ICO,OOO in 1903, averaging ?40 per head for the owners. But it takes a great many ranchers and a large number of cattle to cover an area of 200,000,000 acres, the area available for ranching in the Canadian northwest. It is not at all necessary that large in vestments should be made at the outset. Many men commenced with sruall cap ital and small herds, and have worked themselves into large herds and great wealth. There is still in the country plenty of room for those who desire to go and do likewise. Second Part. The second part of the Canadian prairies embraces the great wheat grow ing belt of the country which is easily a half larger than any other in the world. It includes about 150.000,000 acres. As It is comparatively free of broken land, large lakes and rivers, about 125,000.000 acres of it can be brought under the plow. Placing a farmer on every half section 0520 acres), it can comfortably locate 800,000 farmers or 4,000,000 of an agricultural community. A glance now at what the farmers of the territories are doing will give a better idea of what can be done in this great wheat-growing zone. The territorial government re ports show tha* in 1903 there were raised 10,029.149 bushels of spring wheat off of 837.234 acres, an average of 19.04 bushels per acre; off 440,062 acres of oats there were grown 14,179.705 bush els. an average of 32.17 bushels per acre: 09,067 acres produced 1.741,209 bushels of barley—24.6s to the acre, and 32,431 acres produced 292,855 bushels of fiax seed, 9.03 to the acre. As but 1,383,434 acres or a little better than one percent, of the entire wheat-growing area of the territories was under crop, a little fig uring shows 13 per cont. of the entire country under wheat will raise the 200,- 000,000 that Great Britain annually re quires from outside countries. It must not be supposed for a moment that while this part of the country is outlined as the especially favorable dis CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1904. trlct for wheat growing, It 1B not good for mixed operations as well. It is be cause it is level, has a sufficient rain fall every year, plenty of snow in the winter for moisture in the early spring and favorable climatic conditions the year round t hat it is specially marked for this branch of husbandry. In this part of the country wheat is king, and lure it is raised in the great est possible perfection by a combination of soil and climate in its favor, and the tendency has been to neglect the more laborious branches of husbandry for which the country is equally well adapted. As if to cope with the offerings of na ture, the railway companies are ready with their railways to haul the grain as soon as it is relieved from the straw in the fields by the threshers. Throughout this entire belt there is an enormous length of railway mileage, branches are radiating in every direction from the trunks until they scarcely leave a grain field more than six or seven miles from a road, and they are all required, for in the fall and early winter the sight of the trains passing to and from the elevators at the railway depots makes the entire country look like one hive of industry. Free Homestead Lands. There is yet a large quantity of government land lor homesteading in this country, and as in everything else "the early bird catches the worm." Those who come first are first served. When it is preferred to purchase railway or other company lands they can be got at from five dollars per acre up. This section can not bo better closed than by show ing practically whit is made by wheat growing in this district. The average from the first of operations is 20 bushels per acre. Breaking the prairie, as first plowed is cailed, is of course an exceptional expenditure, i as when it is once done it is for all time. This costs about s:'.so ; per acre. After the breaking, plow- | ins and seeding, harvesting, threshing j and marketing, all expenses combined J amount to about $'.25 per acre; that j is, if a man has everything done it will cost him $5.25 per acre. If he ; does the work himself he is earning wages while producing at that fig- j ure. Now as the average yield is 20 ' bushels, and the average price 60 cents j —sl2 per acre—the difference between the result and cost, $G.75, is the prolit of grain growing year in and year out in the great wheat belt of the j Canadian prairie country. If a man has a half section of land and puts half of it, 160 acres, under wheat, ' which is a very common occurrence, he makes SI,OBO on wheat alone and should make if he is a capable farm er enough out of ether crops, sale of cattle, dairy and other products keep himself and family the year j round besides. The Third Division. The third division of this great ; country lies to the north of the wheat j belt, between it and what is known j as the forest country. As wheat j growing Implies the raising of all cereals, that can profitably be raised j in the country, the remaining branches of mixed farming are dairy- , ing and the raising of farm stock. ; It must not be supposed that dividing ■ the prairies in this way is saying that any one portion of the country pos- , Besses better soil than another, for such is not the case—all districts aro equally fertile, but the topography j and climatic influences differ, as well ; as the conditions for production, j Ranching and grain growing are car ried on quite successfully in thin northern zone; but it is found more profitable to combine all the features of the industry. On account of the land being more broken than in the southern district, though the soil is equally fertile, there are not the same opportunities for extensive operations; ] and while cattle raising is as profitable here as elsewhere, different methods : have to be adopted for their protec tion, especially in the winter season. | An authority on the subject ha< stated that agriculture in any coum- j try never reaches the minimum of j development until the farmers at least proportionately in dairying, ! though the surroundings must always ! determine the extent to which any feature of the industry may be prose cuted. It is certainly thea that if the agricultural possibilities of this portion of the prairie country I* esti mated by its adaptability to dairy j farming even the most skeptical must I acknowledge they aie unsurpassed in any country in the world. As inti mated above, even dairying may b« successfully carried on in any corner of the territories, but this zone has everything to recommend it as the ideal spot for this branch of the busi ness. The mining districts of British Columbia, whicn consume an immense lot of dairy products, are close at hand and always afiord a good mar ket for buttei, cheese, iwrli, poultry and eggs. SAVED FOR THE FISH TRADE Ha Had Too Much Intellect to Be "Hove Away" on a Doctor. The fixh-man drove into the yard a few uajs after tiie new .summer residents had" taken possession of their home, and seeing an open door lm stepped in anu confronteu itie unstress ot the house, relates Vouiu's Companion, i i Mi' 11 settled, 1 s'pose,'' ho said, agree ably, allowing his gaze to wander from two n.ili unpacked trunks to a table loaded with miscellaneous articles. "Well, take vour time, take your time; there's plenty of it up here! 1 understand your husband's a doc tor ma am! " ■ e e . i he is," said the summer resident, who in spite of warnings from city neigh bors that she had better display no haughti ness of spirit under questioning, was unable to put much cordiality into her tone. Well, now, 1 come near bein'a doctor," said tiie fish-man, still with a wandering gaze. My folks wanted 1 should be one, all exceptin of au aunt that had money, and was looked to to help me out financially ff L took up with a profession. She spent one summer here, and she made a reg'iar study of my character an' parts, and at the end of the season she up an' told my folks tnat tw'ouldn't do, J must go into business. " "J hat boy has got too much intellect to be hove away on a doctor," she said; those were her very words. Now how would you like a couple o' good mack'rel all slit up an' ready for the br'iler?" UP-TO-DATE DEFINITIONS. | Selections Which Are Indicative of the Progress of Modern Thought. i From the proof sheets of the new die- j • tionary the Pittsburg Dispatch quotes the 1 i lollowing: I'each—A small, domestic fruit, pink in I I early spring, tied up with a blue ribbon aud a dimple. j liore One who talks about his own af- ! ; fairs instead ol letting you talk about yours. ] I ppers- An article of wearing apparel i much ii use among independent thinkers, t lint >pher Columbus—A bad medicine j man, ic :h cursed on Mulberry street. Symposium—A collection of wise plati- I > tudes by the same old offenders. Womanly Woman—One who thinks it is ! very good of men to furnish her with her | I opinions ready made. A Conservative—A person possessed of a j ! noble and continuous solicitude for the | foundations of Society and The Home. Modern Drama—An obscure form of lit- I I erature recklessly indifferent to Mother, j j Home and Heaven. Latchkey- A curious talisman employed late in the nineteenth century as a symbol of female independence; research seems to indicate that it passed out of use because of theabsence of pockets in which to carry it. Voice from Arkansas. Cleveland, Ark., Augu-t 13 (Special). ■ Nearly every newspaper tells of some won ! Dei tul cure of some form of Kidney Disease by the Great American Remedy, Dodd s ' Kidney 1 'ills, and this part t.t Arkansas is I not without its share of evidence that no I a«e i> too deeply rooted for Dodd * Kidney I'ills to cute. . Mr. A. I"., f'arlile, well known and highly respected here, tells of his cure after nearly a quarter of a century's suffering. Mr. ('affile says: "I want to let the public know what 1 think of Dodd's Kidney Pills. I think thej are the best remedy for sick kidneys ever made. , "I had Kidney Trouble for 23 years and never found anvtliing that did me so much good as Dodd's Kidney Pills. I recommend them to all sufferers." _ There is no uncertain sound about Mr. C'ariilc's statement, lie knows that Dodd's Kidney Pills rescued him from a life ot suf fering and he wants the public to know it. Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all Kidney ills from Backache to Bright s Disease. Rasping- Retort. "My ancestors came over iu ta* Mayflow er. ».lid the young w oman who boasts. "Yes," answered Mrs. Paekinhatn. of Chi cago; "1 understand that travel was very cheap on that boat." Washington Star. New Tourist Sleeping Car Service to California. On August 15th the Missouri Pacific Hail way will establish a daily through Tourist Sleeping Car Line, St. Louis to San Fran cisco. t rain will leave St. Louis daily 11;S9 p. in. The route will be via Missouri Pacitic Railway to Pueblo, Colorado, thence via Denver and Rio Grande to Salt Lake City and Ogden aud Southern Pacitic to San Francisco aud Los Angeles. This is the la mous scenic line of the world—through the picturesque liocky Mountains. The service ami accommodations will be up to date and will be personally conducted. Very low rates will be in effect from Au pii«t 15th to September loth via Missouri Pa cific Railway to the principal Pacitic Coast points nd return. Also Low Rate Colonist one way tickets will be sold from September 15th to October 15th For rates, information and reservation of berths, apply to nearest representative of the Missouri Pacific Rail way, or address H. C. Townsend, (j. P. & T. A., St. Louis. Mo. A Paris newspaper Roosevelt, Par ker, Cleveland and Bryan have all been nominated for president. No wonder France is alarmed about the increased consumption of absinthe. —N. Y. World. For Your Perfect Ccmfort At the.St. Louis Exposition, which is ven severe upon tiiofeet, remeniberto take ulouj, a box of Alton's Foot- Kase. a powder tor Hot Tired, Aching, Swollen Feet. Sold by ali druggists, Sic. Don't accept a substitute. 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