. IAN i / hilliwack Fr Published in the Garden City of B. C, You will Like Chilliwack. Vol. 1. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE li.oo I'KIl YEAR SINIILK COPIES PIVE CENTS EACH CHILLIWACK, B. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1911 C. A. BAKBEH Bailor und Proprk-tor No. 17 Local Items Wood for sale—Phone L 18911. L.F.Cioft, at Mee Studio for photos Dry hardwood for sale. Telephone It 21. Born—to Mr. and Mrs. T, P. Knighton Dee. 26, a daughter. For Sale—Building 14x18 tool on ground j in guud condition. Apply at this office. Vuu take bargains at Ashwells' stock-taking Cash Sale. Read their big advt., centre page. To all, The Free Press sends greetings, with wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year. Bargains fur Cash all over the Ashwell Departmental Stores. See their advt. on centre page. For Runt—A modern 7 roomed house on Williams street. $20.00 per month. W. II. Nelnies. Delicious Navel Oranges,fresli from California, 25cts. 3ficts. -lOets. and fJOets. a dozen, at Ashwells'. Allan Purvis manager of the interurban lines of the B. C. E. It. has resigned from that position. Boots and Shoes are included in the Biggest Cash Clearing Sale in the history of the Ashwell Departmental Stores. Ladies Siits, Coats, Waists, and all Children's Coats and Dresses at greatly reduced prices in Ashwells' Big Salo. See their advt. centre page. A football match will Ihi played on the Fair grounds at II. a.m. on New Year's Day between the Banker's and a team from the 101 Regiment. The Free Press cxtcads its thanks to, Huteheson & Co., The Royal Bank at Rosedale and Thc Royal Bank, Chilliwack, for very appropriate Xmas. cards; to Ashwell & Son, H. J. Barber, Fred Joudry and The Gilbert & Co.. for artistic calendars. Ashwcll & Son have a two-page advt. in the Free Press to-day telling you all about their clearing side previous to stock taking. It is interesting reading for thc shrewd house keeper. This is tlic first occasion that a lull two page advt. has been published in Chilliwack, which together witli thc publication of an issue of sixteen pages, establishes a record, and bears testimony to the splendid equipment of the Chilliwack Free Press. A rich Northerner walking about in a Southern negro settlement came upon a house around which several children were playing. Seeing that the family was destitute, he called the oldest negro boy and gave him a dollar, telling him to spend it for a Christmas turkey. As soon as thc generous man had gone, the negro woman called the boy to her ami said: "Thomas, yo' gimme dat dollar and go git dat turkey in de natchel way."—Exchange. Among those from this city who were successful in thc Normal examinations of the session ending Dee. 31. were, Marjorie McGillivray, Catherine E. MacLeod, and Earl MacLeod. Mr and Mrs. W. A. Kipp and Mrs. L. Patterson of Vancouver and Mrs Clarke, Miss Clarke and Mr. Pike of Sumas spent Xmas Day at tho home of Mrs. A. Reid, city. Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff who have been spending thc past few months with tlieir daughter Mrs. Si.idall, city, left last week to ho with relatives in Vancouver for the holidays. John Knight, Jos. Houston and II. Raine left Alaska by the steamer Great Western, lust Saturday and tliey are expected hero about the 28, or 30, of this month. Mrs. J, Johnston and Miss Johnston of Toronto, Ont., Mr. and Mrs, John Hull of Victoria, It. 0, were the guests ol Mr. and Mrs. I). II. Hall for Christmas, Q, It. Liininviiy, of Seattle, was a caller at llie Free Press Wednesday, Mr. Lanaway and a partner conducts a successful printing business in Seattle, and has boon connected wilh the art on Ihe Coast for over twenty years. Mr. and Mrs. Lanaway are spending tho Christmas season with the hitter's brother, Geo. Carter nud family, Sardis. THE NEW YEAR Thc season of good resolution making is once more with us and probably each one is vicing with tlic other to make the best resolution Keeping them for the three hundred and sixty five days of tbe yei r is another thing and Leap year in sight. However ninny changes, we ill our minds, resolve to make, the man aud woman of today appreciate fully that never was their such an age of opportunities and privileges. With these of course, conic added or at least, newly disguised, responsibilities, and nowhere more than in this country of British Columbia arc tlio opportunities and responsibilities greater. Each man and each woman is therefore responsible for his or her share in the furtherance of thc Country's and City's advancement, thc influence of each marking the progress of every year as it rolls by. Hopeful, sane optimism with unbounded energy, and judgement, accomplishes wonders, and in thc city of Chilliwack for the year 1912 let us all be honest boosters for our city and fertile valley. Let us open the door of the New Year daringly and expectantly, for the world is yet young and the God of Good Will has only begun to make known to us his treasures. A Pleasant Christmas Xmas. Festival of Music Delightful Weather Conditions md Man* Visitors Mike the Day 8 Pleisut One in Chilliwack. It. was not tbe fault of the Weather Man if Christmas was not a bright one in Chilliwack, for certainly a mure perfect day cntlld hardly be imagined, Mild enough to suit thoso who love a "green Xmas" and yet with the Invely First Annual Entertainment I Splendid Success, A Record Attendance aid a Delightful Pre-ram. The first annual Christinas musical Festival given by the P. S. A. Sunday afternoon wns in every way a dcoidod success. Tho opera hotiso was filled, buily and gallory lo its capacity, the attendance being even mure Iiuiii buja'd fur. A rough covering of snow, which fell so!estimate would lie that over eight Opportunely In the night, and witli- j hundred and fifty pQOple enjoyed mil which Christmas would hardly bo Christmas, Surely noouooould wish for anything better. The day is essentially a homo day, a day when the moHt attractive and alluring place is the home hearth and many families had a complete circle for that day nt least, some travelling hundreds of miles to be with their relatives and friends. Visions of juicy, tender turkey, rich! Rev. R. J. Douglas, one of the most plum pudding, mince pie nnd the prominent mon in tho Inception of eneotras all cooked and prepared I the P. S. A. "Comrades In Arms" the afternoon's program and thus encouraged the endeavors of the officers and executive uf the P. S. A. in their good work. And no one was disappointed, for every number was listened to or pnrlakeii In, with interest and enthusiasm. The opening hymn "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name," was followed by the Invocation pronounced by by hands which never lose their reputation prove too strong at this time to tie resisted. Those who were not so blessed iu having their own, helped in many eases to gladden the strangers, in their homes. It is a day fraught with associations and memories for the "grown ups" and a day shrouded with delightful mystery and lore for the children. A SUCCESSFUL CARNIVAL that rousing male quartette by Dr. 1'ntl.m, 1!. Marshall, J. W. Carrot- ehael, and Robt. Carinichael was full of enthusiasm and woll rendered. Mrs. J. W. Carinichael who follow- en sang the "Star of Helhlehem" by Stephen Adams, in a most pleasing and unaffected way. Her delightful tones nnd clear enunciation brought the audience quickly in sympathy with her. Handel's "Andante Religiousa" played by F. W. Dyke on the cello was a treat. The appealing tones of the sweet stringed instrument were indeed lovely to listen to. That good old song "Galileo" was rendered by J. W. Carmiehael in splendid voice, the hymn "Oh, Come All Ye Faithful" TW Chic Electioos. Thc city municipal elections are beginning to arouse interest, and indications arc that there will lie somo keen contests for local honors. There appears to be considerable street talk, some of which is not of tlic most complimentary sort. Back shops and street corners are not the best places to discuss matters of public interest. A mass meeting of the citizens should be held previous to the date of nominations, when civic problems should lie aired, any criticism of the civic body, or the actions of individuals, presented. The elector would become enlightened before he makes bis nomination,and prospective candidates could better size up thc situation. After nominations arc in is too late. Have a meeting then, but, also ono before A Mprtatita Saved Thc shooting match for geese and turkeys, conducted on the farm of Banford Bros., on Dec. Iff, was largely attended. As a result, unusual interest was taken in the event and the competition was exceedingly keen, the birds being fairly equally divided among the numerous marksmen. Mention of Bpcclal merit might, however lie given to Messrs. Wm. Vickcrson, N. Good and Ed. Dewey. Although unfortunately, Mr. Dewey, who is one of the best off-handed shots on the Pacific coast, if not in America, had difficulty in adjusting his sights, and it was not until the event was nearly concluded that he began to show his old time form, by scoring the finest bull's eye of the day. The Carnival in the Roller I'ink on Wednesday evening was well attended over twenty-five funcj costumes being represented on the floor. The winners of thc prizes were, for Ladies' Best Costume, Miss Jessie Pattinson, as Queen of to-lowing, sung by the audience with Hearts, for Gentlemen's Best Cost-!™1 »nd ^^ The chairman umc, Bert Waddington, as George!Mr- Robinson then spent a few Washington ; as Best Ladies'! momentsaddrcssingthoseasscmbled, Character Costume, Miss E. I thanking then for their attendance O'Hearn, Indian Girl.and for Men's \Mui attention and laying before them Best Character Costume, Jock Mc.tho aim of the soolety and tho good, lntosh, Cowboy. The Messrs. I ''opwl. to miniate Horn it. To. O'Hearn were k helping the hull skates and the rink was nicely decorated for the occasion. Colonial 00 Company. A Bit Oil Cer-sany Ferwd ia Which Chd- Imack Citizens are lateresled. Chilliwack Valley lo he Tested for Oil. A despatch to the Soattlo Post Intelligencer, from Olympia, under date of Dee. 16, says "The Colonial Oil Company, with its principal headquarters at Seattle, tiled articles uf Incorporation to-day witli the Secretary of state. The company is eapatilized at *1'A 500,000. The articles name twenty-two trustees as follows: A.J. M. Hosom, It. II. Silver, C, A. Thurston, J. C. McNair, Harry K. Thomas, A. E. Christie, J. Jardine, It. E. Crane, Ed. H. Thomas, J. F. Hagtui, F. B. Allan!, S. L. Lovcll, George M. Stewart, E. H. Crandoll E. B. Clark, B. C. Clark, and M. I. Driver H. J. Barber." This item is of particular interest to some eighty or more local people, as there are about 500,000 shares of stock held by residents of the Valley, H. J. Barber, being one of the principal holders, and he is one of the trustees of new company. The Colonial Oil Co. which has taken over the Chilliwack Oils Limited, organized some few years ago, is the strongest oil company in America, operating fields in British Columbia, California, Washington, and Alaska. Six standard drills are now operating in as many fields, and during thc coming summer, twelve will bo in operation. One of these will operate in the Chilliwaek Valley, and before this time next year the belief that oil exists in thc Valley may be a proven reality. Thc officials of thc new company, from samples of rock, sand, etc. secured, hold that the indications arc exceptionally good. Two wells arc now ready to produce in California, and by operating in six different fields, makes thc prospects for the company- placing oil on thc market assured, for should some of the fields fail to CHRISTMAS AT THE SCHOOLS The Public and High Schools closed on Friday for the holidays. In nearly all the rooms of the I dered. "Fear Ye Not, Oh Isroo Public school suitable closing excr-1 Dudley Buck, was sung by and work in connection with the P. S. A. "Hark the Herald Angels !Sing" was joined heartily in by all. The duet by Mrs. J. W. Carmiehael and Robt. Carmiehael "Oh, God our Life and our Light" was Lympo's arrangement of Mozart's beautiful I hymn and was very effect ivelly ren- 1 by Dr. MRS. EVANS PASSES AWAY The death of Mrs. Charles Kvans on Sunday afternoon, aftei ulingcr- ing illness of sevenl months, east a gloom over her many friends in the city. The luneral took place on Monday afternoon, thc service lieing conducted by Rev. A. K. Robert", assisted by Rev. Dr. White, Rev. S. ti. Harlow and Rev. Mr. Pike, iu tho Methodist church, which was filled wilh those desiring to pay their lost tribute to one whom they all loved, The late Mrs. Evans was born in Griorville, Grey County, Ontario, fot'ty-throe years ago, moving t.> Chilliwack some twenty years ago. In 1895 she was married to Chas. Evans. Seven children, the oldest of whom, is fourteen, wen- the result of.the union. Robt. Marshall of this city. George and ThomttS Marshall of Vancouver. James Marshall of Kamloops, Mrs. L, Knight of this city, and Miss Nina Marshall of Kamloops are brothers and sisters of the late Mrs. Evans, the latter sister being with Ier tot the pun two months, The deceased was a. woman et Stirling qualities, an energetic worker in the Methodist Church and very highly respected Uv all who knew her. The sympathy of the community is with the bereave,! family. 'Tar Twsly Yean" The Free Press has. received i copy of an artistic souvenir booklet celebrating the 20th anniversary ot thc firm of F. J. Hart A Co. The booklet is a work of art. It is weii arranged, neatly printed, and contains an interesting account oi the progress of this firm for the past twenty years, together with views of New Westminster. Vancouver, Victoria, Chilliwael: anil Aldergrove, where the company hits branches. Two views of Wellington street a- it appeared in 1891 and 1911, forms one of the interesting produce oil there is only a rare I contrasts in the development ,t chance of them all failing. The j Chilliwaek. Hilf-tones ol the bead ~~atsoB, P. who consider it a safe propostlon I Manuel and Mi.-s R. McDonobf, f the booklet. F. , have grown with f. The Messrs.!''"i-"- »•«.■**»- "»' '•• •- chnncc 0, them a„ WH The;Chilliwaek. Hilf-tones of the hen indlv considerate in i™*''c«d,t "" hardly b« glVen to Colonial Oil Company stock is Ixdng staff, D, E. Muon. A. S Wateor lies on with their Mr Robinson for his untiring energy eastern Capitalists, W. Dusterhoeft. E .8. Bbuhhee P Local holders of stock are likely to j adorn the page- i net a big profit on the investment.: J. Hart .v Co oises were held, the children, pupils Fatten with much expression and and teachers departing with care feeling, nnd wns followed by Miss free minds to enjoy a respite from i Kathleen Henderson in "I Heard books and school room Ior the the Voice of Jesus' Sny" sung in festive season. The good feeling sypathotic tones. Tho mixed quar- was a mutual one, the pupils show-! tette "God Is A Spirit" by N. S. ing tlieir appreciation of tlieir I Bennett, was well rendered by Mrs. teacher's work, accompanied in J. W. Carmicheal, MissK. Hender- somc cases with gifts. Miss Mc- son, Dr. Pntton and Robt. Carmi- Niven and Mr. Woodworth of the | chad, the tones of the singers blend- Should the Chilliwack field prove a paying one, the industry will lie a welcome one and one of much | imjiortanee and advantage to thc City and Valley. The trustees arc men who are high up in the financial world. H. J. Barber may go to Seattle on Tuesday to attend a meeting of the trustees. BUGLE BAND FOR SCOUTS Tuesday evening with the Boy- Scouts of Chilliwack, No I, was spent bj the boys in a different manner to that of the usual. New High School staff were presented'ing beautifully all through. The j rccuits were sworn in and thc first with useful gifts. Miss Edith hymn "While Shepherds Watched band formed. Joe Hinchcliffc was ed in thc third. Morse of the Public School was]Their Flocks by Night*' was sung, the recipient of a beautiful Rov. A. K. Robertsthen.pronounce- manicure set, Miss Florance Morse of a pretty bar pin and the Principal, Mr. Calvert, with a line umbrella from the pupils of their respective rooms. Mr. White, the caretakor was remembered by the teaching stuff of thc Public and High Schools with a handsome clock The Public and High Schools will reopen on Jan. 10, tho extra'was unfortunately two days grace being granted to and thus unable to ing thc benediction. Mr. Alf. White was the accompanist for the afternoon aud all through tho service one could not but feel the enthusiasm in tho air. Arthur Henderson, to whose efforts witli those of Robt. Cainiichael, Ihe program was largely due, and both of whom deserve ninny thanks, indisposed lie present. allow thc teachers to attend the Teacher's Convention in New Westminster on Jan. 8, and 9. F. H. Diinsfiird Into of Gerald, Snsk., is staying with Mr. aud Mrs. J. Burton and will relieve Mr. Allcoek us bookkeeper for Denmark & Burton during Ids absence on a holiday to Victoria. and shared in the wonderful development of the coast durinsr the pas' twenty years and have established an enviable reputation for reliability and Bound business methods. Lecal Bum ia Ihe Rt*- A boxing tournament was held in tlic opera house on Thursday 21 by a number oi local sports whieh demonstrated that the manly art of self defence was lieing practiei.il to some advantage by the youngsters. Four preliminary event, of three rounds each were carried out without damage or accident, and the feature event of thc evening which was advertised to go eight rounds end- This waa between the' Jack McKenzie and Jne MeMulliti. appointed bandmaster and buglers are: Fan Coote, C. Jackman, land McKenzie proved too much for O. Boucher, Stan. Henderson, X, | him, McMiilliu quitting at the end Clarke and these with the two'of the third round. All tho boxers drummers, Scouts Bradwiu and I wore local boys. Waddington will compose thc band.! Sateen Panes Te-dar In thu near future the boys will be! »™i«..i. i... .mi ,. » ,. , , , , , , , , louiys issue of Ihe tree Press nolo to parade to church lend by lL,i,i«. .t.i», . ,. •, .."._. _ i contains sixteen pages. Evidences good Bugle Band. Scoutmaster} are to hand with our daily increas- upon the Scout Motto. Cliilliwnck Boy Scouts Nol, wish their brother Scouts of Chilliwack a very prosperous New Vear. During the afternoon, Mrs J. W. Carmiehael nnd Miss Henderson were presented by Mr. Robinson, with beautiful bouquets on behalf of the society, I q,|lp p0nvi,ntjon 0r jj. (;_ teachers Tho merchants of Chilliwaek re-I will te held at New Westminster port an exceptionally good Christ-1 on Jan. K. and 9. Several of the Collin addressed the boys on thoii_„ „i, .„,,,; „ . ■ , ,, „ ,.. „ . .,„ A , ,. nig circulation anil our increased Molt*.i of thc Scouts ^P«I>a*^,"lulvortll,ingthfttThoFroa PwM ,, bringing ,n certain Boer war in-L^^, „ ft m, husUin nwa cldonts which had a direct bearing ,„,, business medium mas trade, it being mucli above that of any other year. I Public antl High School teachers from here will attend. Our readers will always find live news and profitable advertisements to peruse. We make a speciality of giving reliable news when il is news and our advertisers have always something new to offer you to your advantage. The Hubble Brothers have moved into their new bungalow in Mountain View Park. CHILLIWACK ■■'HI''.''. PRESS Ashcroft The Gateway to the Cariboo A lint ml ii.? w, wli itt* pit in toil little town perched on h mirrow plntoau on ilu* oust bull It of tlu- Thompson Ulvor, uud sweltering, sweltering thnt wus out (list Liuprosslou of Asliaroft 0110 mid-July afternoon. TllO HUH boilfc down piti loss ly, HooiuLuffly from straight overhead; u elintico*niot thermometer confessed to Ilo dogrooa in tlm simile. Tin) light, rofloatad from newly painted walls, dazzled I lit* oyoH. 13r0Wll lillU, dotted wiili no go-brush, CormoiJ u buck- ground lor tho furnace picture. It required uu oltort to realize thut this wu.s not Arizona, Imt British Coluni hhi. "Tim Outowuy to the Curl boo "—-this bolug tho titlo thut Ashcroft affects tios in lho dry holt of British Colum liiit, thut storied district thnt wuh sot* tloil uml uultlvatod wlit'ii Victoria wus un Infant in arms uud Vancouvor hud nut yol boon hoard of. Tlio first rush in tho Cariboo goldflolds lod Um lirst sottIiiih to lho dry holt, first to pur- SUO tho I'lusivi* :;iilil in tin- siinds ol' the Frusor und tlm Thompson, uml lator to tuko up laud ou thu rich bonclios thnt 1 hiuk tlioso rlvors. In tho history of llm province BUOll uhiiioh ns Cornwall ,-ind tioilillu hnvo hailed from tlm dry belt, and, Indeed, tin* vory naitlO of Ashcroft wiih filched from the Com mill mansion, "Ashcroft Manor," when tlm Canadian Pacific wns built and it station wns established ho re. Some of tho traditions of tlio district should inako good reading, but this is :i vory busy prosont duy with Ash croft, nnd traditions uro laid on the shelf. This wns not the gateway to tho Cariboo in tho rough days whon the mines wero younger and railroads un- heurd of. Tho Cariboo road did nut then touch Ashcroft, its inileposls numbering from Llllooot Instead, The building of tlm Canadian J'ncific placed Ashcroft on the map, uml mitdo it at unco the supply point for Burkorvillo, Quesnel and nil interior points. A busy llttlo town Bprang up bosido the Thompson, Then, a few yeurs ago, the (irund Trunk Pacific wus projected through the Central Interior i>i British Columbia, Kurt Qoorgo came intu prominence, then*, was u rush of settlors and traffic, tu the north, uud Ashcroft reaped the benefit. The town has en joyed an immense trade in that period. You can read tho history of Ashcroft in its faeo. In tho .summer mouth: when travol is oosy on the Cariboo road, men from nil parts of the continent drift in hero on their way to the groat new country tu the north. Thoy crowd the streets fur a day or two, and then, with outfits purchased, they drift out again, by auto stage, on horseback, driving their own teams and wagons, or afoot, according to their means and desires. The stir and hustle is constant. An uutOinobilo speeds through the street and over the bridge, loaded with pus Bangers for "up road." A prooossion of freighters, two und sometimes three wagons chained together nud drawn by six. eight ur ten horses, strains away groaning with merchandise destined for ilarkei ville ur Kurt GoorgO, A settler's outfit, cauvas*topped, fitted up with heds uud kitchen, nml oft times with some furm implement towing behind, drags hy, just starting on ll three huu tired mile trek to the new country. TllO loaded outfits go out und the empty return, for as yet there is freight only onu ■way. Tons and tons of supplies ure unloaded from the ears at Ashcroft und piled in wnrehoiisi-s, tn he shipped u|i Ihe nmd us the light freight wagons •eOiHQ in. So business is good in Ash croft, Tho "Gateway to tho Cariboo!" \e»hcroft surely merit-, the description now, but tne change is at hand. Freight hauling hv wagon is expensive work, and the fund is lung to Soda Creek where the hunts receive the inerchnn disc destined fur Quosnol uml Fort Ueorge, With the inauguration next spring of the Grand Trunk Pacific' Mourner service between Teto Jnuti i ache and Fori Ooorge, Ashcroft will Jose its northern trttdo with Btttrtllng -uddenncss. H.v the same token, Ed monton will replace Vancouver at tie -mine time ns the supply point for Uii! isu Columbia's Coutruj Interior. Froighl will be curried west from Edmonton hy rail to the Cache, and bargotl down river to Fort Qoorgo, Quosnol an.l Soda Creek much mine chonply thnn it lie wagoned from Ashcroft to Soda Crook, a distance of 107 long miles. It Is a simple mutter of economics. Ashcroft realizes thla painful fact. \ number of freighters told us that ihey intondod to take their teams off iho roud next stimtin-r and go into rail mad construction work on the Canadian Northern. It Is from the huilding Of this line Ihnt A.-m-mft hope- tu recuilp its furtuiies when the northern trade ,„ lost. <>f courso, Aalicrofl "s loos will ed with tears in his eyes. However, iu Hm bright lexicon of journalism there Is uo such wurd us "cultl feet," and we kept on. Tlm country nboul Ashcroft is, given ideipiuto Irrigation, among the most productive in llritish Columblu. As early as 18(13 enterprising ruuehers raised hurley and other grains here ami sold them at live cents a pound lo gold- ulters. Thriving farms were estuh lished then. lutter uud for many yuurs ultluinisiiig became tlm chief industry, uud il is only within very recent years Hint, u return has lieen made to general farming. Wnler is the great pruhlom. There ure few plueen thut can he funned without irrigation. In un ordinary sou- sou there is not water enough to gu around. Those ranches thai nre protected hy adequate wuter records rulao astonishing crops, for the fine loam thnt composes the soil is very productive Less fortunate ranches simply purch uinl dry up. A small creek so si tun ted that it can he. diverted to » mail's farm looks us big as tho Mississippi in tlm dry belt. "Ashcroft spuds," a household necessity in the coast cities, hear eloquent tribute to the productive powers uf this district. Here is u llttlo stury about Ashc.ruft potatoes that shows what Ashcroft folk think ubout them. A certain man planted 400 ucros in "spuds." At digging time he found thut the ground hud produced uu average uf ten tuns to the acre. He suid his 4,000 tons at $'M) a tun, nud took in .-J-llili.OOO. This is not u fairy tale, nl* though it is just ns good ns one. Wo visited one ranch, the Basque, twelve miles from Ashcroft, on the west bank of the Thompson. This is une of the largest in the dry belt, comprising 2,0UO acres, and it is now being developed as n, fruit, potato und hay proposition. Potatoes crop from ten tu fifteen tons to the. acre here, the Belling prico ut digging tlmo being from $10 to .•p) per tun. Timothy yields frum three tu four tuns to the acre, never selling ut less than $'M) per ton. Alfalfa, u favorite crop, yields three crops, aggregating frum five to six tuns per acre per senson, und wurth from $l,r> to $20 per tou in tho stuck. Apple trees thut had been yielding for twenty- seven yeurs produced last season thirty- five boxes to the tree, the fruit selling at 61,30 per box on the tree. Plums und cherries aro the other most important commercial varieties of fruit produced. This ranch had its own interesting history. Tin- land wus first taken up in 1803 by a band of Frenchmen from the Basque couutry in France, whu gave it its present name. These industrious people lirst came up the Thompson in quest of gold, uml washed the gravel, ou the bunks beside the future ranch. Then, being agriculturists by training, tln-y recognized the possibilities of the land, und went into raising produce. The throng ul' gold- seekers UtTordod a ready market; the fertile benches, under the influence uf their primitive hut ellicient irrigation the entile Held of brooding l'urin animals, it will prove Interesting tu those who specialize iu horse breeding. The honk is written in luiiguugo such us the youngest brooder ur student ol breeding cun clearly understand and comprehend, aad yet is nut hououth thc interest of the scientific breeder. Very few technical terms are used anil the treatment is rumurkuhly clour and cun- cist* throughout. The book opens with a chapter of earlier stuck breeding, culling attention to the fact that thu first notable uchievement in adapting animals to human needs ns related tu uur present thi, industry wus the development of the Arabian horse. This chuptor continues through thu period uf breeding horse fur use in war chariots and for cavalry purposes, thruugh tho age vi the ottrly thuroughhred running nurse of England, thruugh the age of the introduction uf the 1'orcherua horse, Ilol- stoiiiFriosiun cattle und Knmbuuillet sheep, through thu development ef short' horn cuttle, Leicester slump duwu to the preseut day breeds of thu farm uni mills of Europe. Another chapter deals with the A in or lea 11 stock breeding from the mingling of tho curly Spanish, French, Bug* lish aud Holland blood in horses; Hoi laud and (lermuu blood iu cuttle and swine; uud Spunish blood in sheep, lol lowed by the uppoaruuou uf the America u trotter and Importations from Europe uf draft horses, couch horses, cattle, sheep uml swine. Tho book theu dips immediately into the known laws of brooding such ns Bakowell's Experience with rattle, etc, This is followed by a chuptor of fads coucarulug reproduction, uiiother chapter 011 genu cells, two chapters on hereditary material, a chap tor on breeding selection and u chapter ou individual excellence iu breeding uuiiunls. hissing un tu allied subjects, the following chupters deal with pedigrees of brooding animals, development of the oil' spring, development of young stock and determination uf sex. This brings the reader uf the hook down to the practical side of breeding us a business and wo are pleased to note that Professor Marshall deals with Mendel's Law of Heredity and its practical application to the breeding busi ness us u fact and not u theory. Chap ters deal with foundations uml manage ment of a breeding business, in-hieed ing and lino-breeding, Mendel's Law, breed relations, breeder's ussuciations, horse breeding, cattle breeding, sheep breeding und swine breeding, system, yielded most bountifully; un WILL THE THEFT OF THE MONNA LISA HELP THE LOUVEE? Hier luformod, the papers proved to he Hie long lost journal kept by Leonardo ,in vim-i, the groat Italian mathematician, engineer, nstrouomer utul artist, host known to funio today as the paint or of Hie world-renowned portrait of Madonna Lisa del (iiucoiidn. It is evident that the story of tho mysterious journal in a literary device to give the desired setting tu this love stury which might have beeu the real romance of the painter and his beautiful subject. The writer, who admits himself tu bo uu American, has devoted lung yours tu ine study uf Itulian art and literature, ami signs himself (lugliolmo Scttla, The story it sen', whether it be real or fictitious, unfolds uu absorbing luvo tale delicately uud frankly set forth, The development uf Da Vinci's philosophically Indifferent attitude toward women ia the Ilrst. place, to the gradual yielding of mind, soul and body to tho charms of Munua Lisa, eulminutes iu a climax, wheu the two reveal the full strength of their love, Upon the death of Madonna Lisa del (iincouilu, the artist realized that he had learned frum her what he hail vainly sought before. "And so 1 learned through my lady what a woman soul might be. ' Instead of truth and justice which is the goal of mini's virtue, woman's end is love—love with truth und justice if tllllt be possible, but love transcending truth and justice if it be not." Ti SEATS EASILY LOST gain a Heat in the llritish House Sultan Mehmer V., as Seen by Mr. Stead he the gain of tho consumers In the intorlor. Freight rales from Aalicrofl i,, Fo t (l go uro ut prosont six cents .i pound. The Edmonton route will cut Ibis away down. Hut this freight quostion is another itory, Then- is loubt tlmt today Ashcroft's claim to being ihe "uuie way" stands unchallenged. Here is the hoodqunrtors of tin- famous " IOC." ilu* British Columbia Express Company, successor to Barnard's Expross. Bu* promo In tho councils of this great transportation company, which has prne- tlcally a monopoly even today on the Cariboo roud, is "Sieve" Tlngloy, once the cleverest driver that ever held ribbons behind o team oe six. Tingley was a prominent figure on the obi Cnri- boo road when New Westminster was its terminus nt om* end ami Barkorvllli ;tt the other. Within the gatos of Ashcroft we met our Ilrst "knocker," but not, alas! our last. Me was an old timer. We learned farther up the road that the old- timers, survivors of the llarkerville OX- ei tern ont, view with gmve suspicion the prosont development "■' (he interior. They are llrmly convinced thai tho up- [tor' country, which they havo novor soon, is no good. Thoy consider it their duty to warn all comers to tutu buck. Our Ancient Muriner in Aim croft plead- somo of the crops raised by the Basque Frenchmen uie still talked about. Oregon Jack, another celebrity uf early days, pre empted land beside the Frenchmen's holdings, oa t creek that still hears hia name. After somo years this ranch waa consolidated with the Basque, und the water frum Hat (.'reek, eighteen miles hack, was recorded. To- day, although tho ranch has passed into other hands, the work of the early hold ors has assured abundance of water. From tho Thompson the land rises in n series of llat bunches. The wuter is brought in from the higher levels at the buck, Oregon Jack's Creek and Hat Crook. In connection with- the present ambitious develupinent schome being curried out at the ranch, u huge reservoir is being cunstructcd to kitchen the water usually wasted iu the spring freshets and store it for use later ou in tho season. The resorvoir Bite is ideal. Up at the head of Oregon Jack's Creek—situated, by tho way, in the Dominion Qovormnoilt'a Hat Creek timber reserve a narrow canyon presents a perpendicular wall, cleft in the centre by a crevice that looks from u distance like a knife-slit. A dam 80016 •"» feet in height will be constructed in this ere vice. Tho wuter of Hut Creek, diverted from the creek bed a few miles above, is curried hy means of a lliiaie into the long fortes uf little lakes ami swamps behind the ennyon. With very llttlo trouble, it will bo possible tn store in this natural reservoir at least 1,500 ncro*foot of water, lhat is, a vol imio sufficient t*i .-over 3,6*00 acres of land hi u depth of one foot. Miles of (iumlng have been construct ed lo lead the water down to the I'.asipie land. With thi.- abundant supply assured, not only lho Hut benches below Will he cultivated, hut the hillsides ni well will he tinned into fruit orchards, Water is all that is required to make llritish Columbia's Arizona blossom !ikt the rose. About litis old ranch ono still Uiectl with romlnliconcoa of the old "Cariboo' days. The ranch house has ceilings of wiitp sawed lumber. lu u Held standi nn old Cariboo wagon, the bare ..ba that unco supported its awning standing out liko tho bones of a skeleton, The wagon has been in the same place for twenty-seven years. On an- other curnor of the ranch is found the remains Of one of tho old Cariboo road- houses, once the haven of lusty adventurers, now a mass uf totting timber. Twenty-live yean ago there was mure extensive irrigation in tho dry bolt thnn there is today. Hut the riches of this district are again gaining recognition, nnd it will soon take its proper place iu the procession. BREEDING FARM ANIMALS F. u. Marshall, professor of animal husbandry of the Ohio State University, has'just written a very valuable booh entitled "Brooding Farm Animals " lately issued hy Ihe Breeder's Onzetlo. This is a hook of 'J"-? pages in veiy easily road type and while it covers L'ndouhtedly the world of art has been profoundly disturbed hy the theft, discovered on August -.'nl, of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, the por- truit (if Monna Lisa, from the walls of the Louvre, in Paris, Da Vinci spent fuur years uf his life in painting thi lady "with the sly eyes and the mys terious smile, and it is a tradition that he became so attached to it that lu afterward begged it back from the pur chaser, since he could not live without it. If the artist wus four yeurs ii painting it, for fuur hundred yenr artists and lovers nf the mystorloui life uf the Renaissance ha,ve worshiped hefore this picture as before a shrine. The masterpiece, known to Knglish speaking people as "Monna Lisa," but mure proporly named " Lu Jocunde," was one uf the three or four supreme art treasures of the Louvre. Critics value it only second to the Sistine Ma donna, and it is reported that the French government recently refused an offer of a million dollars tor it. The Htoiies about the subject of the portrait and the apparently everlasting discussion as tu the character shown hy the face and the meaning of the mysterious smile have made the picture not only a valuable work of art, but a subject of universal discussion. It is generally believed that Monna—Madonna Lisa, to give her thc preper form of title- was the wife nf Francesco del Glucon- du, a Florentine merchant. Leonardo painted it at Intervals covering four years, the sittings being brief because lie could paint only when the lady smiled. A number of explanations have been offered ns to the motive ui the theft. Some claim that it as stolen tu he held for ransom. Others thut the theft wus engineered by au American collet-tor, who wanted to hnve a beautiful copy mnde, intending tu return the original (or perhaps the copy, who knowsI) later to the Louvre. A third theory is that the whole thing is a hoax perpetrated to show how easy it would he tn rub the Louvre. A fourth explanation hus it thut the picture wus sttden tn enable some mimomuuiac, uo longer able to go to Ihe Louvre, to feast Ins eyes at home upon the object of his Idolntry. The discovery of Ihe ease with which the picture could be removed has led to a discussion from which the only conclusion to be drawn is that France's art treaaurea in the Louvre have been ver> Inndequatoly enred for. It cms almost Incredible thut the painting, which is nut ou can VIM, hut on a heavy wooden panel, could he removed from ils frame und curried nil* wil bout any of the custodians of the nailery realizing what was going on. A cynical American daily remarks thut if the Paris police are vigilant they can probably arrest the thief when he conies back to steal the Louvre itself! An Investigation mado during the few days following tho theft has revealed the fact thut during the pust three or four years more thnn three hundred works of art have been abstracted from the Louvro collection. The authorities hove begun a vigorous campaign of in vestigution, and it is reported lhat the entire staff uf the gallery custodians wiil he changed. The director has already been suspended. It' wus by interesting coincidence that, a few duys boforo the theft of the famous painting from the I'uris gul lory, there should huve appeared a work of Action, anunyninusly published, pur porting lo be Ihe story of the love affair between Da Vim-i ami Nfonnn Lisn. The book, which is entitled "Mnunu Lisa, nr the CjllOSt of the Womnn Hunl," claims to he u translation of "a dilapidated manuscript discovered iii a heap nf rubbish in one of the old palaces of Florence, which was undergoing altera tions," On examination, we nro fur* f Commons is no easy task in Iheso days of strenuously contested eloe tions; tu lose ono is a far simpler mat Ier. A gluss uf beer given by a too genet* ous cunvusser to a wavering elector, i promise ui employment, uu omission in the return of elections expenses, ur tin issue uf u poster without the name anil address ut the printer uud publisher, aro a few offences, among many fraught with grave conscquonceB to the triumphant member. Itoceut election petitions have shown Ihe truth of tilts. If personally responsible for corrupt practices, the unhappy candidate conviction, is incapacitated for election lo uny constituency for seven years, and liis late election is rendered void. Whether the candidate be personally responsible, tif responsible only through his agents, a conviction of illegal practices usually carries with it the latter penalty, aud tho unsettled member has before'him the option of retiring from public life for u season or of once more facing the music of uiiother contest. It must be borne in mind, too, that a candidate is, with certain exceptions, liable for the illegal practices of all persons who may, un the trial uf the election petition', be held to be his agents. It is possible, however, to to have tu vacate a scat iu the House under happier circumstances tliau these. -or example, u writ may bo issued sum- atoning a member to the House of Lords; and, as peers of parliament aad of Irish peers, not included in the -S peers of the realm—with the exception representatives of Great Britain—are ineligible for a sent in the Commons, tbe newly horn peer retires tu his rest with blushing hoimrs thick upon him, and leaves to some other aspirant for parliamentary huuors the fierce turmoil oi another contest. Acceptance of the "Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds." ur, when tnat ulliee is not available, the "Manor ui the East Hundred," is, uf course, cquiv nlont tu resignation, and is the usual method nt vacating a seat in parliament. There are three eases on record where a member has beeu tppuinted ugent of a militia regiment to enable him to vacate his scut and stand fur some other constituency. The election of a member to the House uf Commons can also be rendered void by bankruptcy or lunacy, but, in such a ease, ...o seat is nut immediately vacated. Six months' grace i- allowed by law boforo the House cm order the issue of a new writ. A number of most interesting eases have arisen out of the famous act known as the 0th of Anne, the 20th section nf which enacts that, if a member shall accept uny office of profit front the crown, his election shall he void, Imt such person shall be capable of re election. There are certain exceptions, how ever, provided for hy statute. A few ufllces of profit there ure acceptance uf which dues nut entail Ihe vacation uf a scat in the Common-, among them being those of financial secretary tu Ihe war office, governor nf the Hank of England, and the ulliee of paymaster- general. A further oxemptlon has been made which provides thai u member may accept other offices iu successiun to the one fnr which he sought ro-oioc without vacating hi*- scat. Tlio new Turkey has both u real man aud u real policy. Such, ut uny rate, is tho firm beliuf uf Mr, W. T. Stead, odltor uf the English Koviow of lie views. Mr. .Stead spent thu month of July in Consluntinoplo ami was accorded tho privilege of it personal interview with the Sultan. He describes this mooting anil whut was said at it in his review for .September. Of tho Turkish ruler, he suys: "The Sultan is u mun well advanced in years. Of his sixty seven yenrs ho spent thirty under coiistunt surveillance, which made him practically u prisoner. No man cun bo lung in eon- fl no moil t, whether in a guul or in u palace, without to some extent losing nerve. The nerve uud muscle of his iniml might well huve become atrophied by prolonged seclusion from the busy world. He bus not tin* keen, alert, decisive tenipernnieiil of a RoOSOVOlt, lie hus not yet quite got his sen legs, Hu is nut u mun uut uf which "a riding Bul tun" is made. His character is mure contemplative Ilmn executive. He is given tu mystic reveries. Persist* cut reports us tu hla ill health, although us constantly denied, leave nu uneasy impression thnl the value uf his life is mil high from the point of view nf an actuary of an Insurance company. To put the case ut its worst with fmnk brutality, the Sultan is regarded uh u weak uld mun, reiuurhnhle neither for Intellect, energy, nor resolution, advanced in yenrs nnd inline of hotly, who is a mere puppet iu the hands of the Young Turks. To soil their lum, they summoned him In a throne whicli they ure quite ready to provide with another occupant ahould be cense tu be as clay in their hands. ... It is true that Mehmed V. is neither a I'eter the (Heat aur a Malnuoud II. It is true that he is advanced iu years, and that he has lived most of his life us a recluse, finding eunsolution in the study of Arabian mystics rather than seeking his Inspiration in Blue-books und stato papers. It may be true thut his health is not of the best, antl it is undoubtedly true thnt he was called tu the thrum by the military pronounclamlento which was exploited by the Young Turks iu the interest of constitutional Nevertheless aud nutwithstand A convict, provlsionnlly sentenced to ght years* hard lahnr, has been duly and legally married in Paris to u young woman named Blanche, n distant cousin. The young lady had declared that she would many the convict even if he wore convict's stripe*. The convict, whose mime was Curtice, sont word that he was "willing" as soon as she could manage it. The prison authorities were Applied to, und guve their consent. At the wedding the bride stood beside her Ranee, holding his hand lor a long time —the only hand thnt was free, for tie* other was tightly held by the municipal guards.. Hefore scraping new potatoes always soak them let* half an hour in salt nnd water. The offoct afterwards is wonderful; not only do the skins come oil' much inure easily, but the hands will hardly be stained at all. A little pumice stone ur hnlf a lemon rubbed uu them will remove the slain. When yuu nre about to sweep a room. Hike a page nf uewspuper er other wrapper, wet iu hut water, nul sqUOOSO until it ceases to drin. Tear intu ploca the size of one's hand uml cast all UVOf iho carpet) then sweep, uml most of the dust in the room, if you use your broom judiciously, will he gathered in tlio Nn mutter how had general business conditions are the nun ing -picture itd'istrv H never ut a Standstill, g, 1 adhere to my deliberate convi tion thut at the present moment the Stil tun is the mun of the situation, uud thut the hope of thc immediate future lies in the opportunity which skilful aud courageous Minister inny afford him of carrying out the policy which ho believes to he the best fur the maintenance and the preservutiun of the Ottoman Empire." Tho Sultan is tho man uf thc situation, Mr. Stead maintains. "Ho is the mun of the situation— lirst. because he is Sultan; secondly, because he is the Caliph of Islam; uml, thirdly, because he hus gut fundamentally Bound ideus us tu the principles uu which the Empire should be guvern- ed. He muy be a weak, timid, irre- sululo, inexperienced uld mun. Hut he is still the mun un the thrunc, the legitimute heir und accepted representative of the Bouse uf Othman, the recognized chief uf the Moslem world. Hy virtue of his position, ut unco secular and sacred, he cuuuts fur mure than uny other human unit iu the Neur Kast. It is in his name nnd by virtue of his delegated authority that government is carried on. Nut even the incredible betises of some uf the Young 'lurks have been able to rob His Majesty of the glnmor and tne glory thut ure Inseparable from the person of the Padishah. Abdul Humid traded on the credit nf the pusitiun fur over thirty years. Mehmed V. limls the prestige of tho throne unimpaired in the eyes of the majority of his subjects, even by the crimes of his predecessor." Fur fmm being a conventional palace puppet, his Knglish interviewer fouud the head of the Turkish Empire, "n real mnn—a man of slow, hut steady intelligence; a mnn genial und sympathetic in temperament; u man modest and retiring rather than ambitious, hut nevertheless a man capable of firm resolution, and not by any menus Incapable of conceiving a high ideal uud adhering to his purpose with uu altogether un expected degree of llrniiiess. Above nil I found in him it saving sense of burner; u shrewd und kindly wit; u willingness tu listen und to share ideas with a stranger. There was uo affectation in the Sultan. He was a human being in a very difficult post, wim rather wistfully welcomed any sincere converse nu the duties and responsibilities of his great position. He is not a hustler like Mr. Roosevelt, nor a dramatic entrepreneur like the Kaiser, nor u complete mun of the world like BU ward Vll. Then* may he abuut him a certain lacl< of alertness, horn of long seclusion; hut nftor all has been said, Mehmed V. is u good man—u kindly man; a man with u mind und a char actor of his own; a mun with a enn science; ami besides all thut he is the man who more clearly thnn uuy other man whom I met in Turkey grasps with u kind of inherited instinct the only principles upon which it is possible tu make the Ottoman Empire contented, prosperous and strong. That such a mnn should occupy the throne nt the present moment in the heart of the Near East is to me the most reassuring fact of the preseut situation," What's the policy uf Sultan Melt- nod \'.1 It Is Ilrst and fureimmt, we ure told, the policy uf a constitutional sovereign. "But in the seennd plnce it is a pulley of one who, while being a loyally constitutional sovereign, determined tu guvern tnrough his responsible Ministers, Is a believing Moslem. Thirdly, the policy of the Hultan, as he plained it tu me and ns It hns beeu expounded to me by one of the most trusted diplomatists in his service, is a policy of peace. So fur from lieing responsible for the policy of Chnuvlnts tie ugg**ession whieh in Ihe lasl tw* years ims so profoundly dicredited the governing junta at Suloiiicn, it is regarded by the Sultan with frank und unconcealed abhorrence. His watch word is pence. Of course, if tho integrity uf his Empire was assailed or its interests unjustly attacked, Mehmed V. wuuld nut hesitate tu use the effective instrument which Muhmuund Chofkot Pasha is making perfect. But if he hud tu sanction war he would du so with a heavy heart. Fence, not war, is the policy to which hu is devoted. This is nut thu expression uf u more empty platitude. Tlio Hultiin's idea uf peace is twofold, Ho far us the Europonn powers are concerned, ho is for friendship with all and untangling alliances with none. , . What is much mure important than his vluws us tu the rotations botweouTurkoy ami the great powers is the conception, the stntcsuiaiilike conception, which hu brought to the throne of reconstituting the protective unity of the old fabric uf the Ottoman Empire by a pulley of fraternal co*oporatlou uud allianoo between Turkey ami the Christian states which have been established nn the site of Turkish provinces. The Htillan 's dominant Idon is the creation of a friendly oo-oporuttvo union, rather than a federation between the Ottoman Empire on the one hand, nud Hulgariu, (heece, Hervin, and M Oil toil Ogre 0U the uther. Fourthly, the Sultnu is dond against Ihe policy of enforcing uniform ity of law, language, rollglou, or sys tout upon all the races which inalie up hla Empire." One of the most disastrous mistakes of (he Voting TurltH, says Mr. Htead, dovoloplllg tills idea, cun he traced directly l<> their French cdticutiun. "Their political ideas were framed iu thu spirit of a French logician. They Wore su obsessed by the idea of uni fortuity that they went very near to Sacrificing to tholr fetish the unity ul' the Empire, The Sultan wus against this centralizing, Turkifying policy from the first. As constitutional mon arch he was compelled tu see it curried out iu his inline. Hut wheu in Albania and in Arabia it brought forth its falal fruits iu bloodshed, rapine, nml revolt, he ventured tu assert his early and uu conquornbto ropugnnuce to the policy of Turkiftcntion. upon this subject 1 hud a very interesting uml Intimate conversation with His Majesty. 1 had been explaining the fundamental principles of the British Empire ns those of liberty and self-government. The Sultan observed somowhat dryly that nations were sometimes like naughty children—a little whipping did them guud. When 1 pointed to tho good re ults which had followed the adoption of a Li hern I policy in Smith Africa, the Sultan said, ' I knuw nil ubout General Botha and the Boers, hut don't fur get yetl bad tn whip them tirst.' Then he Went on to draw a parallel between British policy in South Africa ami his uwn policy iu Albania. He maintained that his policy in Albania was like ours in South Africa, and thut tho enthus lastlc reception given tn him by the Albanians when he visited Ku sovu was a eluse parallel to the acceptance by the liners of tlieir pusitiun in the British Empire." NEW UNIFORM FOR FRENCH ARMY The French army is about to discard its brilliant aud gaudy uttire and to drape itself iu sombre hues. In 187(1 the French uniform wns an almost unmissable murk fur Prussian shurpshout- ora, whu upuu the next occasion will find thnt they have u target almost indistinguishable from the soil. The new uniform is not of khaki. France never imitates another country, for tu do this would imply a lack of originality. She hns devised a clotli Of a light greenish gray thut is almost invisible against ordinary natural back grounds. It is to be feared that war may be cume unpopulnr if it is thus rubbed of its sartorial splendors. Grout changes usually come in unforeseen Ways, uml it wuuld certainly be curious if "the efforts of peace ndvocatus aud their appeals tu reason should bo out distanced by a change uf uniform that renders the soldier less spectacular ami therefore less interesting to the feminine eye. Forty years ago Julm Uuskiu, addressing an audience uf women. said lhat war would disappear forth with if the great gnus that torn into bloody fragments the bodies of men did but nlso crack the china upon the dining room tables of England. lie said that women kept ihe war fires burning, and that they could extinguish them by a word. Perhaps the sober lothiug o. the modern army will do its part in destroying the glamour created far more by UlO uniform thnn by the au whu wears it. AN ANCIENT ROMAN BOAT The raising nf the ancient Roman limit from the bed nf the Thames hns upied many weeks and has supplied u new problem to the engineers entrust ed with the work. The wreck wus deep iu Ihe mud of the liver, and after an Immersion of 1,000 years its timbers were almOSt us soft as putty. It wns necessary to surround it wilh ii wooden casing before attempting to lift it, uud it was then drawn by fifteen horses to its fluul retting place, the night being chosen for tho junruey sn that there should he nn interference from the traffic. The ship is believed tu have been one of tho first ever built hy tho Romans for the defense of England, but whether it wus destroyed iu battle or by accident is a matter uf conjecture. A fellow hasn't to sit iu n hammock with a fnt girl unless he knows tho ropes. A man frequently pins his faith to a star, only tu discover thut it is a lire Ily. No matter how little we love our neighbors, we can seo no good reason why they shouldn't huve a kindly feel Ing for us, Tn prevent lump chimneys from eruelt- iug put them Into a pun of cold witter, gradually heal until it boils, and let it its gradually cool. 112 CHILLIWACK l-'liKM I'KF.SS 1 he Right of the Child to be Well-Born (By Dr. Woods Hutchinson) Your child didn't usk to bo horn j his affinity is a selective one. All's into your illustrious family. He hud lish thut comes to his net, und every 110 Choice lu tllO HOlOQtlou of his parents, thing that his tiny hands can clutch, It. is for you to make him glad or sorry that he cume. Providing that you havu not poured pni.-.nis into your blood, or been blind tiUOUgll lo choose, us youi' other self, one whose blood is tainted with disease, or mental ur moral titibul a nee, you huve endowed him with n high and illustrious heritage, a pedigree reaching buck tn the very duwu of life, a lineage beside whose aucieutiiess uud distinction the urehives of Burke's .Peerage, or ihe Almauiich do Quthu are Imt as mushrooms and may Hies. Tbo religion of tho future will touch lirst, to every yuung man anil young woman, rovorcnee for tho purity of tha Kueo Stream, devotion to its safe guarding and enrichment. What you are Is o. fur greater Importance to yuur child than what ynu do, short uf ae iually neglecting him. Portutialeh ninety Itvn children out of every bund rod are well hur a uml receive their inheritance from the ages practically uu impaired. Our problem i-i huw lo secure tu them full anil free exercise ui ell the rights inherent there in, nml the privileges tlmt appertain thereto. However devoted yuu may bu to yuur life's work, nr proud of yuur success iu il, remember thut your child will probably In* your chef d'ueuvro- yimr uiOSl important and lasting ItCCOIll pi nth ment Thruugh him yuu may in llneiice generalinim yet unborn. Ynu are uul responsible fnr one nf the parents of your child, but you are for the other. Yuu cannot decide to be or nut tu be fur yotirsell, hut you nan for your child. Fortunately, nine times uut of toil yuu may ulmnHt -dint yuur eyes and take yuur chance, with euuHdenco and safety - unless ynu cloBO them tn koop from seeing glaring and obvious defects. Choose the best that yuu possibly can, ami nine times out nf Ion yuu will do far belter than you OXpeCt—and quite uh WOll as ynu de serve- -if you only avoid the obviously bud and unlit. Two great forces nre at work iu your child—Growth und Imitation. One is :\n inevitable and almost ua little modi lied by anything that you can do ns the development of tht* wheat in the ear in summer from the tiny green blade in spring. All that is needed is plenty of moisture, food, und sunshine. The second, in its working, depends almost entirely upon you. Well born your child proba.dy is; whether he be well bred or not, will depend upun what he sees ibout him while he i» growing up. It mak."* no difference whnt you teach him, or write down for him us mottoes in his copybook, or cause him tu com mil to memory as rules of conduct. These, by the mercy of Heuven. gu in it one ear and out nt the other, or roll off, like the proverbial water from the ■ luck's back. But the life you live before him- -that will be redected in liis life, an iu a mirror. / .fust be horn healthy and happy, the heir to ton million years-thut is 'list:action and fortune enough. Wo aro all millionaire*, in years. The differences between one child aud another are but of throe or four generations making; the similarities have taken a Hum-and eons to build. The differences in possibilities are only a lew chances in the hundred, under favorable sur rounding**. And these favoring conditions are so simple, sn modest - homemade un.l home-grown—bread, milk, fruits, and sweets plainly prepare.I. but scrupulously pure, surgically clean, abundant, and of the best quality; tht.* goes intu his mouth fnr one gnnd suck; but It doesn't get any further unless it sets up lho right '' rnuelinn," ur, aa he would express it if he could talk, "tastes guud." His mouth is his "acid test" and a pretty reliable one it is. There ure fow things that can puss it thut ure not. real foods, genuine fuel-—and the best anthracite at that. It has uuother advantage too thut, like other chemical affinities, as soon as it is sutlsited il. stops. It is an auto matic, self-regulator, us good as a flout ing bull valve; the moment his tiny "tank" is full, the inlluw is cut oil*, but as sunn as it. is em ply it opens ii gain. It is really hard tu overload n buliy, unless ynu huve your nutritive fluid too thin, ur ton thick. In the former case, ho will stop before he hus got enough coal under liis boiler; in the bit Ier, he will OVorootll hi 111 self before he gets ihat comfortable sensation of gnu era) distention iu his little interior, which sorves him for a guide. Tht* little ut a tune and often principle uf feeding, a llxod and stingy number of ounces ut oquul intervals, cun easily be overdone, A baby 'a stomach has tn he -itietched oceunionnlly in order lu make it gruw properly, He ih a WOUIltl lip " foudunielei'' witli an alarm clock atttiehumnt, and can be rolled Upon lo strike his i,wo meal hours, when he does, Illl him up with the right stuff and let him go until he strikes again. Let him hnve plenty of water, though, afler (he Ilrst ten days, or ho will often tuke milk which he does uot want Just for the sake uf its "wet noss.'' In nursery Esperanto, the smut* wurd moans hnth water aud milk; Whonevor it in uttered within two hours after .. meiil, wuter should he offered Itrst, If he doesn't, want it, ho will tell you so ut unce as indignantly ami emphatically us a Kentucky colonel would. You ought In be ashamed of yourself trying to drown him. or give him the dropsy. Where in he to get this supply of the real thing. Although, unfortunately, he doesn't come Into the world loaded like the real chrysalis 01 the chick in the ogg. with enough nourishment to curry him thruugh to the run ubout stage, nature has provided a supply in his Immediate vicinity, Mr. A. Ward, in the ndvertisemoiitas of his famous lecture, used tn announce that children under one year of age would uut bo permitted unless accompanied by parents, or guard la as] and fortunately such an attendant is usuully found iu close proximity to the human chrytali in a state of nature. Twenty years ago, there wu-. lum outcry and much wagging uf head< ever the fact thut this source of supply was failing, a- a result of modern decadence. Hu often und bo positively was >t an tiou need as a fact, that even mothers begun to believe it and act accordingly, But one day, in one of the most de rndent of modern countries, whore the birth rale hud fallen below tin- that titrate and babies In consequence were becoming valuable, it wus fouad c looking into the matter thut the (teat! rate was nearly ten times grout or in bottle-fed children. Wboreuiic i au iu genlous physician in charge -aid: "On to, let us sec now how many of these mothers can be fed aud rested and trained, or bribed with chroma.*, and other premiums into doing --. hstitutc duty fur tbe bottle." Ami behold. .--' per cent, of theoi were fouud cu.iuh* fresh air of heaven upon bis face dayjtent to do so. .Society still provide) .uul night, the better half of his time pasteurised milk -but it. gives U to thi mother, instead of the baby, with . lay-off ui two months from her factor*) or Imr mill. "But." •mid this pessimist, ' tit'* thing eould not be done in the higher classes, for there is where the true de generucy is found." Whereupon tne doctors worked out the same sum if. their consultation uses un.l prlvote practice, and got exactly the same aits *.ir sleep and growth, sunshine--and love. The man, or woman, who cannot guarantee this much endowment should never undertake to become n parent, ttlven these things, whatever posslblll tics iiiiii be folded within htm, like arum pled roaeleavca in the bud. will develop surely and safely. If he bo una of the fortunate lew who have Irnwn the lot of power to snar like the eagle, he will soar like the engle with | Wer—Indeed with less trouble, for th Id- own wings. All you have to do is I mothers were neithet overworked In feed him and give his pin feathets ■ starved. room to sprout. | |f you have u baby, make it your If ho be of the happier great mu ! business to be his source of supply, jerity, born to the golden menn of for*Uvea if it takes all your time und at- lent* und success, that level he will also * tentlon ior half a year. You will novel reach easily, wholesomely, happily; and hare as good u ohanco again of lender no hot house forcing on yuur part will ing yourself immortal in as shun u lift him mure than a fraction of an time. You ma) huve uther talent-., tut Inch above it. [none higher ur greater, than this. Vou Keep hun wholesome an. I happy until .will prote. t your child frum twu taints ho is eighteen and he will earn nil lho! of the dangers of Infancy, and save money bo can profitably use—more will vnurself all the maddening perplexities lie a PUfSO to him lie is your proudest ]of top-milk, of percentage composition, ind n:*H-t lasting achievement. Trent j pasteurisation, and feeding by the him with respect and consideration ne*jounce. Vud you will avoid all the cord lngly. Give him a fair and full plagues of Egypt, which hung round chance to show what is in him, set him Ihe nursing bottle and ton often eilltnl .•8. gnnd example ind his ancestry will nale in ue death nf thc first-born, iln the rest, | This is three fourths of the battle. \ huby i* like a COCOOO, he is all Let the lupph which nature provides •rrapped up in himself. If ynu ever' bo hbl SOUp and flsh nml meat and entree try to unroll a very new one, you will and salad, wtth U llttlo SUgar, or beef Und that he is all wrapped Up In uther juice for desert after the third month. things also a most as elation-1 el v as a and a little starch, when tut tore mIiuws till, worm In fnct, un you take ofT layer nftc* layer, you begin to woa.*ior when you are going to come down to the Iin by, He is like the cocoon in If lie is ready fur it hv pushing up his little grinders thruugh the gum, at (he sixth month. But the mure exclusive he it- in his diet fur the Ilrst nine mdoUS power of growth, in the in | months, thi* better be will Ihuiri-di and tromi pvitablo certainty wiih which he will develop— barring starvation or death tu a fullgrown adult specimen of the species In which he happens to he burn in his somnolence, in the peaceful net* h and placidity of hl« habits. And besides, he buiks like one--more than he does like either nf 111*- parent- !lt least. The only differences between him end thc chrysalis nre, thnt he doesn't carry a store ef nourishment sealed up inside ef htm, and that his skin grows us fast as he does, no thai he doesn't have tn split up the bank nnd crawl out of it e\ery two weeks, But he comes into the World hmded, loaded with posslblll ties, even if he doesn't have to explode in order to "arrive." He ic strictly up to date, ton, for he hss nn 'iflinitv -a ehemicnl allinitv for food. Ml vou have to do is to put it within lean Hog distance of him. and he will bo drawn toward it and "freeze on to" it as a steel tiling to a magnet. He hasn't an appetite—he i« one! But he fower finks of disturbance or in feet ions he will run. II a vc us many vegetarian *»r other fads as you like yourself, but dun'I try them ou your baby, if ynu want tn raise him he isn't built that way. Nt* breakfast brans, or lettuce leaf sandwiches fur him. Nothing but "hot stuff." ami alive at that. Boiling. <*r even pasteurizing, kills milk, and it should he eaten alive and "direct" frum "producer tn consumer." For the rest, let him use his eyes as little us In* wants to; he cun see nil he needs to with his mouth. When he is hun- gory, he would rut hei eat than sleep; nud when he isti 't. he would rather sleep than do anything else If he wants to wake up. lot him. but don't unduU encourage him in the huhit fer the first four months. When he wants to play, pluy with him- but don't bother him when he doesn't! Ho Is very hum just nt thi-* stage -growing hard—nnd has little time for frivolity. Above all, don't regard him as a vaudeville show for callers aud all his nd miring relatives. NEWSPAPER IIEHOI8M Tho true professional spirit is essen tially modest, and among the highest type of professional men the good of the cause ranks higher than the gain of the individual. Pride of place and a laudable ambition to excel g» side by side with n settled dislike of limelight exploitation nml any form of newspaper notoriety. The ethical dis tl notion botwouu tho trad oh nnd profos sinus, which was so strongly accentual- od iu earlier duys, and survives iu certain parts of the world even today, wus bused originally upon the fact that the professional man wus supposed to take up his life's work primarily because he loved both his profession uud the pen ptci whom it might benefit. The per sonnl gain which it brought was a so COIltlury consideration. lu this respect he wus distinguished from the mun ui enmmerce, who bought and snld first and lust fur pecuniary guiu. This ethical distinction or dividing Him he twoon the trades uud profossious has largely disuppeiired; find wn an* sulll nloilliy optimistic tn believe thut li has ben due to a filtration ut the profos sionul spirit into the commercial world, A case in point nee ur red oil the steamship * - Ciiriiintiiu '' when she re 0011 My put Into Halifax fur coal, uud look advantage of tin* opportunity to mil Ite somo minor repairs te hm- low pressure turbine. A smull leakage pipe, leading frum Ihe turbine lu tlm condenser, hud developed signs nf weak DOSS, nnd il been ine necessary to close Certain gates which were inaccessible from tho oxtorlor of the engine. Ordinarily the tin bines wuuld huu* heen a Unwed to cool down fur repairs ui this character, but in order to save from six to flight hours' lime, which wuuld be necesHiiry for cooling off, the engln OUrS decided to take olf the mailbntes and Bond one of their number in In tdoBO the gates. This was done, and al though ihe Internal temperature was ubout 17." degrees, the task was success fully accompli shot.. Ifpon the arrlvul ui thu ship iu New York the event was seized upon by the daily press reporter, and a repair job which wns designated by tho engineers themselves a mere mutter of routine duty, was uiugnitled into a story of stupendous heroism and magnlficout devo tion to duty whicli, although it may hnve provided an Interesting quarter of un hour for the average citizen uver his morning cup of coffee, served only to provoke mingled consternation and ridicule among the engine mom's staff of the ship itself. Although a tern perature of 17". degrees la scarcely that tu which the average individual would choose to take even moderate exercise, it is u fact that in some engine rooms, especially In the tropics, temperatures huve been known to run up not so very fur from that given. On certain warships, when the hatches are battened down for battle practice, engine-room temperatures have been kuown to run up as high as 10*1 degree*-. TIIE MANN CUP. Thc British Columbia Lacrosse Team, which came east last, year to compete against the Ontario champions for the Sir Donald Mann Cup, did imt huve tt very satisfactory visit. It i*- question able as tc whether they were well treat ed or not. However. British Columbia hits determined to have another try ut it. The Vancouver Athletic (iub's Amateur Team, which won the chant nlonfhip of British Columbia recently, baa sent n challenge to the trustees of the Mann Cup in Toronto, aad asked for dates. The Cup Is now held by the Young Torontos, All of which goes to show that la.-rosse is still the national game in British Columbia, and that the followers nf the game in tlmt Province are earnest nnd enthusiastic sportsmen. OPPORTUNITIES IN THE EAST The lusrltlme Provinces ns n prom is ing field for those who desire to e-tnb lish uew Industries, or to profitably in VOSt Capital in the exploitation au.. development* of natural resources, ts the theme of nn interesting booklet just Issued by the Intercolonial Railway. The advantages ul many parts of New Brunswick an.l Nova Scotia are ably presented in detail, together with many cheerful facts that ought to im press those who have capital ready to invest in a new Held that in rich in op portunlty. BUILDING BIOOER BATTLESHIPS Nobody Seems to explain, in the com ment un the launching ut the rimidawa nt Qulney, Mass,, what use Argentina expects to have for the biggest buttle hhip ia the world. In fact, the recent activity of such South American conn tries as Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, iu building and equipping huge war ship*. Is a phennnienoit n hj.-h must stimulate surmise in more directions than one, It is not long since Brazil'-* navy mutinied und 1108N) caused a re volution. Ih the flocking nf these bristling -sen minister** in southern waters a sstToguattl or a menace to peace mining the Suuth American states! When tin* Rlvndnvlfi was launched, on August 20, from the Fore Itiver Ship building yards, ('resident Tafl nonl to the .iigentine minister a telegram nf congratulation lu which ho expressed the "sincere hope" that "your conn try will find her useful unly for the pence sho insures ami never in hostile engagements." Argent inn's monster super dread nought also Inovttably arouses the old question. Where is this building ..f bigger atot bigger warships gning to leadf The Hivndavin is AM feel long, while the Arkansas and Wyoming, the ships of the American navy which most nearly approach her in slxo and type, are 'j;l feet shorter. lake the Arknn ran nnd Wyoming, she is to have a main buttery nf twelve I:! inch BUM, but these are to have it radius of fire of Ufi degrees ns against .") degrees in tlir American VOttOls, Newspaper reports of her displacement differ con sidernbly, but the authoritative Army and Nnvy journal places it at !!7,f.oif> tons, as against the Arkansas' 96.000. She will OOSt, Hay the dispatches, $11, 000,000. tn spite of recent intimation*, of a reaction toward smaller battleships in the British navy, remarks the New • ork Iribunc, '<there is no evidence that nny uther important J'nwcr ha- BO math as seriously considered such a policy. On the contrary, "the ton- done) tuward still larger vessels con tinues unabated." Mure and larger gnus necnssiiate larger ships, As The Tribune puts it; "KurraguL'a principle, than which then* Is none soundor, was that the strength of a ship lay md in its armor but in its arms, and tlmt the ship wus strongest which had the moBt powerful guns. Our ordnance experts are now, as they believe, porjectlllg Mi inch gun- The Dreadnought and the Utah carry 16-inch guns. Obviously n ship with Hi inch guns wuuld be far superior in one witli 19 inch guiiH. If, therefore, lti inch guns aro found tn be practicable, the rule of efficiency will require thai Wo have uhtpa capable of currying thom. That is to suy, the primary and fundamental problem is to provide the Ilioat powerful guns. Then comes the secondary problem of providing ships to cany thnsn guns. The ship is made for tho guns, not the guns for the ship. . . , "We may grant n ship should be us small aud us swift, as possible, hu long us ii is stable and strung ennugli lu curry the guns. But stnallnosa is not the desideratum nor the criterion, hut mtlier ability to carry the guns. Thut is the essential thing. Our ships tllUSt be as large and as heavy us may be osanry for that." A dispatch from Cjuincy to Ihe Now York Timet mnkou the following inter esting comparisons between the R|\*a davla ami ihe latest dreadnoughts ui the principal Cowers: "The United States hus four battle ships of the dreadnought type thut are nearly as big as (ho Bivadavia und twu uf which will be more powerful ho fur as their main butteries are concerned than the Itlvudtlvla will be. The Ar- knuHits and Wyoming are 800 tons small er in size, but curry Identical main huttcrioH, while the New York and Texas, the building of which ships is uow under wuy, are 000 tons smaller thun the Argentine dreadnought. The New Yurk and Texas will mount ten 11 inch gnus, however, making their main batteries the greatest ever placed on board a battleship in this or any other nuvy. "Great Britain's nearest approach In battleships are those of the King George TV. type, which will displace, when completed, 25,000 tons, und which will mount ten 18,05 inch guns, next tu the II inch guns that are tn be mounted tn the United States ships New York and Texas the most powerful naval guns in the world. Groat Britain, however, haa building a cruiser, the Queen Mary, that will he bigger in displacement by 1,3.1(1 tons that the Bivadavia. "Germany's type of dreadnought bat tlcshiptf that can be compared to the Bivadiivla are tho seven of the Kaiser class, now in process of coastructlou. These ships will displace 23,000 tons, and will mount ten 12.2-inch guns in their main batteries. "Japan is understood tt* have in contemplation the construction of a dread- nought of the same tonnage us the Rlva- davlu. Ber dreadnoughts now build ing, two of the Kawachi class, are 7.000 tons smaller than the Rivadavla, but will mount main batteries of IS-lnch guns equal in number to those ou the Argentine ship. France has fuur dreadnoughts of thu Courbet type pro jeeted, which, when uompleted, will displace 28,467 tons, and carry inuiu butteries of twelve 12 inch guns. Italy's biggest type is represented by the Cone dl Cavuur of 211,700 tons, launched two weeks ago; Austria is building two of 80.000 tuns, and Russia four of the Bul ta>va type, which will also mount a dozen C'-inrh guns, aud when completed will displace 23^00 tons." HOME HINTS Stand charcoal in the larder in uot weather If yon would keep it sweet. Itipe tintuitu will remove inks-tutu*, i roin tin* humK Try it. A clear fire for grilling can be ub tulncd by sprinkling over it a tittle saltpetre. whan polishing furniture add a little vinegar to the polish, for it will give great brlltianei to the surface. When washing greasy dishes add a lew drops of liquid ttmmoniu to uie water. The work will be more quickly and thoroughly dune. Bugs should uot he -luiketi, hut hung on » line in the open air und carefully boaten with 3 cane beater kept for the purpose. To remove paint from aprons, soak the paint stain-* in u little paraffin uud rob thoroughly till the paint i* removed, theu wash in thc ordinary way. I'ett carpel is apt to get dusty round the edges. After sweeping, gu over it with u damp duster nml you will be surprised how much dust i-urnes up, and huw bright the felt will look after. When cleaning up u fireplace sprinkle some tea leaves amoag the ashes. They will prevent the dust from flying about, und will keep the room wonderfully clean. Thi** hint should be remembered for a sick room. Ponders in summoi nre apt to get rusty, foi they miss the daily cloaniug. To prevent this, take a doth with a little sweet nil on it, and rub all the steel parts lightly. This will not shew, und takes off the ill affect of the damp. KU (tapers can tie made thus: Melt some resin, and while soft add to it swept nil nr lard to make it. when cold, tlu* consistency of honey, spread this mixture un square- of brown paper and place in convenient place-. When cover .-.( with Hies euro the paper DIMINUTIVE ELECTRIC DRILLS There are small oloolrlc drills, whieh derive their power from incandescent lamps circuits, These -hills nre rendily curried about hv hand, and in ordor to upernte them it Is only necessary to un* screw n lamp and -crew on in Its plnce the connect ing nut which sends the current through a portable wire tn the drill. With drill- varying in dlnmoter frum I to IS mill mot res, nnd revolving trom 1)800 to jJSOO turn* per minute, a power of HO ta 1.00 wnttS may he used, with currents up to 250 veils. Larger drills, with slower revolution, require from ISM t„ i,|.-,n watts of electric power. Hi The Doctor Wileys of Antiquity Pure food regulations nud bonded ware houses were known thousands ut years ago, und the uoccionte of hlgypt, Palestine. ^Jrooco, aad Boms had their Doctor Wileys, oven us we of the twen tit'th contury have ours, according to Dr, I'M ward Oudoinnii. who road a paper uu the subject before u recent convention of itavoriug extract manufacturers. After noting that in the tomb of King Ainenophis 11., of Kgypt, jars of appnr Olltly fresh hoiiuy had been found, lie goes on to say, according to an ub struct printed In Tho Amor lean Grooori " Professor Goorga A. Bolsnor ot' Harvard University discovered lu thu excavations made in I'ulostlns, the Hist uud earliest, specimens oi liobrow writ ting, dating buck to Sfil) B.C. TllOUO wm tugs were ou tablets, labels ou wine and nil jars. The small hits uf pot lury nn which I he descriptions wore written were a different kind of pottory than the jars, und evidently were iu tended to be uttuched to the necks of t he ja is, just as we do today wu seals ami lags, These labels mention the year iu which the wine was lti I down In the collars of the palace storehouse, and give tht* name uf the vine yard frum which tlm wine cumo. This is a custom uf today. The lubels on tiie nil jars stated 'A jar uf pure oil,' mentioning the district from which tae nil came. No different from tho cus turn of today. This simply shown tnat pure fund labels uud bonded wurohouses were kuown ubout 8,700 years bofore eveu I'r. Wiley discovered thero Home ■J"iil years ago the Italian poet, physician and chemist, Kranecscn Bodi, of Florence, made some quantitative food nv- amlnationa. Not having a hnluace weighing to within 1 -100,000 of uu ounce, us we have today, ho ovorcamo the errors of inaccurate weighing by using 100 pouuda nf substance for each determination In this way he found pepper tu contain 65.1 per cant, of ash and ginger to contain 5.!1 per cent, osb, He went a step further aud touched out these ashes and determined the amounts of soluble and in-oluhle ash05. We do the same thing today and our results ant not auy morn accurate than those of Hedi, whose figure* of 8ff0 years ugo showed pepper and ginger to meet today's requirements. "About the same time Robert Boyle determined the ash in some 550 differ ent vegetables, also determining tlm specIQe gravity uf the soluble sub stances, the extracts, aud used his de terminations of judging the purity of the products, their freedom from adulteration, In 1710 Krancis Bacon pub lishod his tables of s| icific gravities, uud in 17St Vanden Sande published his results on the ' sophistication of wines.' "The invention of the microscope about tbe eighteenth cuiitury enabled Antony vuu Loeuwenbock to disco ver carTein nnd thetn, the: acttvo principles of coffee and tea, und ia an actual extract of (topper he also di**KOvered its active principle, piperiu. Leeuweu hock can bo designated us thc lint real food chemist. . . . "Archimedes was perhaps our first commercial chemist, Ho sjwayed metals nud used for his method the change in specific gravity of alloys as compared with the specific gravity of the pure metals. He was really up with modern times, using volumetric. methodsj measuring the wuter displaced by the metal ns compared with the: wuter dlspJaeed by same woight of its alloy. Pliny tells us of the frauds practised by the bakers of Naples, wbo mixed it white earth with the flour and he also tells nn that even the rich of h'..me wert! nimble to obtain the natural, unadulterated wines of Fatorno, The city of Athens had its specia! wino Inspector. . . . "The guilds in Bagland took notice ol food adulteration and among the main special ordinances were some on* forced by tbe Pepperers OuiJd on con dimonts und spices. Spices, condiments and aromatic substances coming from the lodias unit Arabia were of high value and this no doubt ucocunts why so many ordinances and regulations refer to them," In Prance, the writer goes ou to say, a statute of l'J*l*'J forbids the adulter*-. tion of boor, Hampliag from the ori ginal package wus recognized as early as 1871 when u decree of the Provost ni Paris compels tavern keepers to per mit ii purchaser of wine to see it drawn from the original cask. An ordinance of 1.1.10 forbids the mixing of wines und the giving of a hilse nam** or fiUe age to wine, which is precisely our re quirefuent today. VVo rend further: "In Nuremberg everything wus ofll cially Inspeeted and the penalties wen* such that records of second offenses do nut exist. lu 1141 one man was hutu od alive, using as the fuel his adulterated antTroo. Tu make the non ad ul torn tion of saffron mure effective, the foi lowing year twu men and one woman were buried alive with their adulter a ted products. Whether this was 'making the punishment lit the crime' muy he questioned, but it certuinly at tniiied the desired object nf preventing a second offense by the parties Involv Od. In Augsburg offending bakers, short weight or impure flour, were put intu u casket, hung on n long pole aad ducked in :i mnihly pool. No special attempt was made to have the mud e- porlalB soft, and the final result was generally fatal; at least no rooord shows that any baker was puni*>hed n second time. When in doubt as to the exact person guilty uf the offense, the whole fnmilv, including employees, were -luck ed. At Bierberleh on the Rhine in IW2 a suspected fnliifier of wine waa made t*» drink -i\ qua ts of his own wine, and as he die.) from the effects, the adulteration was considered nroven. The time limit of the drinking was a very short ono. from the meager de script ion of the proceedings 1 would judge not much over n minute or two. "In many other loCQ I lti OS during the Middle Ages adulteration of foods or drugs was punished with mutilation and capital punishment for second offenses, hut generally first punishment, wus of such a ebnrnrter that death ensued in must coses. rung ' In tact, adulteration by the lower or working okiasee wu- considered a greater offouao tUnu i.jghwa,*, rubbery or murder, Indulge**.) in by thu nobility." JAPAN'S EMIUBATION r'AlLURfl Japan is Buffering frum over-populs tiou, and has thi.- i';u fouud nn remedy. tVbuii omigrutlon to North America aroused hostility, tho .lupaiiesc Govern moot turned to South America, only to iind wages so low then- thut the J ipse c*su omigrauts ueurly starved. b'ui m.co Asiatic labor fouad itself uadei bid in the labor market, and Mr. Haiti., diioctor of the Ijuilgratfon Hurean ul 1.1m I'Yieign Uupurtinont, declare*, in the Tnyko Koixul Kut-tahi (Tokyo Economic Journal) that Japan has virtually a ban dined the South American experiment, and is at u loss for any othor outlot, The discouraging conditions prevailing there he describes thus: 'In Latin America then.- Is no st racial nutiputh> toward tbo Japo such as in prevalent In North Ame.iru A- a rule, Houth Americans are frlondly toward our Immigrants, und Ln some canes even the gov or nun atfl OT0 in ell nod to favor Japanese immigration. Bal all those attractive fuaturoj are ie! at naught by thu dlaadvaaUgiM and bard ships which nur Lmmigrants have to combut. In tin- flrsl ph.-.-, .-kiuth American climate has proved uneongeo ial to thorn. As a rule, cur -forking men have romarkable adaptability tn all -torts of climate, but iu South timer tea tho health of our immigrants w«... greatly afflicted. Bven more ittsadvaal agoou*. than this bt the fa.it that la South America wagee of fa-borers u--- ia low that uur Immigrants Had it mp.-*, Bible to improve their lot to We, wtM-li wus their sole aim in g*-ing to * i**, ilk tant land. Not unly were the,, noahlfl to save anything uut of U:eir Mimiiiajs, but thoy became so •iedtttutw tour. tiVy had to ask their home government for succor when obliged to return Ihioii- to their native country on aeeottat el Ul noss or some other iinajrpocted ici dent." In view of these unfavorable sireum stances, the Japanese Oovenunsnt fait constrained to step tu aad id • se ihe emigration campanl-ae not to send u • more emigrants ro **W*;/i \ n- ■•■■ i Moan while, the Japanese popahui-ta • increasing as repldiy OS -*rw-ir. Where is .input: to send her surphw pomUt on ' "It it regrettable." -*ny-*j Y!r Seitu "that we can not Snd a eaaattj m im - our immigrants will <> wwe-.!•?'•.-.• u i whom labor ron-llt i tr*« man m would materially ssaist them i top-re-v ing their hit." But: "To maintain her prestige uul im friendly r.d.ttion* with f'ir*»i^'i : ■,_, in Japan is forced t*. refrain tr-ita wu i* emigrants to those POUtttrttW wrier? ..,■ olar sentiment Is ogalasfi them, n i • over, it does not bespeak tha s*lMfananM state of a country .mr.; it son tor. fad enough omptoyawnt at home fo- ti ~t population. tf •*.» •m,t thriving mt m trice nt home, there woiii-t ;•» in ietsl to send emigrant*! ibron.1, on tftg 'in trary, we would Itova r-» ..-•«• mr to**'** and keep all oar worin**><3i*ui it t.im* Tho only satisfactory safatfu if Me mush-mooted emigrnuoa qtwntuin :*«•*. ;. seeaiH to me. iu the l*r.*e^rcm-*n'*. • im • Industries ta such un ethane sin: ii- luboring i-ln.-j-* will ao .ons**--- *).* am polled to seek employafta**. ia bntgn land-t. lien--.' it behoovt^ u» u o*-*t*t all our energies to the auitfiatioa t~ the arts nf peace, to th** •.tyl4--*tu:.-.n mi our own country, whi-*h. ta.mi^ti Itfl-tftad in area, -*till eoutnlns eonsJd*atnb*te r'.t. low lauds that DUght to ii** r"e'u.n-!.-t. nnd, above all. to th* Ew-pto*fenumt if our in-luiit'iul n'-tho*!* and -i-fice'*'**. '» accomplish .all this, dee time -n^t ba allowed. A world of thrtring Endas tries can not be ,;rc:*,r*-«.i nil ol i nd den, like Aladdin's ooJaco, fist tama years tn come, therofore, we th.i' -m* obliged to send onr irmTiflr*8u *,.j Rorra nnd Manehuria." HUNTING IN NEW BSUMSWCCS Kermi! Uoooevolt, Who H'compuoel hit* famous big game huntio/ axyaditina in Africa, i*. now ia tlle w-»rl*i ,i H*xm Brnnawloa with three oth*r AnMrfeai * and a party of gnii-w. T\my jre oot after spexumena of N'e-w Brinsv.eii puna for the rfmithf*ooiaa Eaotitate and Nation**,! Mnseum **»t WaaUngt M They a*e osjw.-iilU anxions to gat apeei men.-* of moose, caribou and tx***.*-**r. hot wil! also collet othera, NSW LIFE PBE8EBYEX Recent consular re|-*ort-' deaeribe » u»*w form of life pre*terv*»r, wn.-Ji t* « proposed to intiolueo into ta« fr-er-ot.-. Navy. It consbrts of tw«» nrinuntog eusbiona bound together by st-»ph md arranged to lie upon lb-it tireunl tod back. The novel feature of tht* upnur-i tus iji an electric lump, which -t srera on the forohead. The lamp burns .1 or ♦ hoars, and li provided w-th i reil.-* tor, which thrOWS lti light for * diS tance of levnral buadrod ytrax at night. The life priwrver ejn he buckled on a ■T second** AN AOED INDIAN While Kil Bo-y-o-th, the prlnceas of the Miami*., nt the ugo of lul, wua run ning down through Indiana in an auto mobile to witnes-* a ap**8*HJW-ulsr repri duction of the battle of Mtaiiaslfl jwa- Iought in 1818— Bva 0*veaimat ng'l twenty, last of the ebtldrnn of Qtronl mo, thc famous war chiof of tha Apii'-biM, was dying of coaeumption ia the military reservation at Port BUI, Oklahoma, Kil Ho-Quah i> the only survivor of the tamtuiH battle. She :*t a n*e-** id Chief Little Turtle, who soauuandod the war party of the Miamis. Kil Bo t^imh roproaonts the fadlaa rearotl ac cording to an Indian 'a real mode «>f life. She was a woman -and an old woman, practically, hefore th*" rrajfl of civi'iw tion enme upon her. Tbe d-iughter of the Apaches with the blood of one of the greatest fighter* ii u gnaoratton in her veins represente*) a child roared out of her sphere. She suooHAihod to a disease oi ctvilimtioa before the wna well started in life, FREE mW, OmUdWAOK, flRlTTSff COLUMBIA. mmmim New Jewelry Store A New Jewelry Store is now being* opened up next to T. J. Policy's office on Young street. First quality goods only, and all repair work done promptly by an expert watchmaker. R. £. BROADHEAD YOUNG STREET CHILLIWACK I ***************•**»******************************,,*** JUDICIOUS Advertising Creates a New Business Revives n Dull Business Enlarges an Old Business Rescues a Lost Business Preserves a Large Business Saves a Failing Business Secures Success in Any Business The Free Press DOES THE WORK I FIVE ACRES EacaFOR SALEcaa All Cleared. Beautifully Situated. High and Dry, One Mile from City on good road. Price $200 per acre, on terms. W. R. NELEMS The Chilliwack Specialist A TRIP TO PRINCE RUPERT AND GRAHAM ISLAND. Concluded. Tin1 conformation of tlic block of Inuil wo were especially interested in comprising an aron of '25,(10(1 acres is of an nndulnting nature, Starting oloso to tho beaoli of tho big sail wator lake on whloli we worn oanipod, tho bind risen to a rldgo or bonoli from twenty to thirty i foot above son levol. This plateau extonds norljiorly for about half a mil© to throe f|iiat'ters und thon there is a more or loss abrupt do- scent, tn ii long slope torminiiting In a flat, or small valley about hnlf a milr in width, lite bottom watered mul drained liy tt beautiful oloar] crook, flowing steadily, Tho land then rises again tu anothor rldgo about tin' same us the previous one Imt ii trifle hlghor, descending once inuil' tu ii bin flat, extending about n mill' und along the east and south sliufi's nl' :i pretty lake of about soventy-flve to eighty acres in ox- tout. Tbo tthoros aro of solid ground und haroapnrty of surveyors bud camped during lbo summer us evidenced liy tbo remains of their camp. Wo WW told tlmt plontv uf trout could bo caught in this wnler. At tbo north end uf tlir lake wo again mounted to the lop of a rldgo. The undulations occur fairly regularly and in the main tbeir directions Is slightly north oast and south west numerous creeks and rivulets afford ample drainage to the land as there is u good How to all of thorn even now, when there is no ground under cultivation and in many places as is the ease in all wooded country, tbo watercourses are more or less damed up by drift aud rubbish. Now aa to the quality of the soils. The ridges are composed of a vcrv slightly gravelly soil, the color being a reddish yellow to a dark red,— of a loam nature, with enough suggestion of clay to make it good. The mountains on the west coast, being of a sandstone formation principally, no doubt account for this soil formed liy glacial action und crosin. In fact the ridges generally might bo taken as lung low ribs of the hills spreading out in an easterly direction, Thuugh of course spurs will run out bore and there from those ridges at different angles. The timber on these ridges is composed of spruce, cedar and hemlock, There is no red tir on thc Island. The trees on top of the high ground are fairly largo running from twelve inches to three foot in diameter. They carry their weight well up and for the most pari are oloar of limbs for fifty to one hundred feet. A good deal of tbe timber looks ubout the same as our second growth lir, that is as regards size nnd growth. Splendid timber for piles, bridge timbers, ties and soforth. Tbe amount of really valuable saw timber is small except on the lands slaked for tinilior limits, which lands are confined to the banks of Ibe bigger lakes and rivers and the shores "f the Salt Luke, or Masset luli-t and Harbor as ii should be culled. Their are all told 00,001) acres of slaked timber on tho islands. The soil uf the slopes, sulile III them quite gradual and a mile in extent, is much the same in quality as the ridges except, that a splendid dark brown leaf mold is mote apparent and deopoilS to eighteen inches or more ns you get to thc bottom of the slopes, Here the timber is lighter and uioro scattered and whereas the tops of the ridges have uo undergrowth, except fern and huckleberry, the slopes are, covered somewhat with huokloberry, salmon- berry, orabapplo. salal, and cranberry. Though only here and there is the underbrush thick, Apart from the windfalls walking is easy. Tbe. bottom lands are. composed of a very rich brown soil of decayed vegetable mutter and decayed moss with u subsoil uf a sedimentary clay nature. There is in most places a covering ol live muss varying in depth frum six inches tu a foot, though here and there yon may find spots or acre* of live moss still in formation and very deep. These are. few and far between on tbe land we inspectd, but it. is said that on the oust side uf thu Island these ureas are large and not so scarce, ln fact along the east coast and towards the south end of tho island they become veritable muskegs. It seems lo bo tbe fashion in these northern latitudes lo IiiIh'I everything muskeg that is wot or swampy. Tlio bottoms that we traversed were swampy from the fact of being moss covered and the natural drainage not opened up. lint wo did not como across any places where we sank uver our uppers, and this sort of swamp may be encountered un much uf the luw lands in Chilliwaek, Sumas or Mutsqui in the winter months. As tiie bottoms are all intersected with creeks and all creeks nre running, tho drailmge is really a simple matter and only needs the ordinary efforts of the settlors. Those lands are like meadows to a great extent and a good proportion uf the ground ia open or only studded sparsely with small bull pine and stunted cedar, hemlock and spruce. Some sections further north arc still moro opon with considerable stretches of wild grass, of a blue joint nature Still the flats are well supplied with cranberry, both low bush und high bush. There is no peat on tho Island. One moss stretch wo saw hud been slightly ditched and then burnt of)' with the result that, the muss had disappeared ami a heavy growth of wild grass hud taken its place. Along the dirt cast up from the ditches here and there clover ml timothy seed hod been scattered and both had made a splendid growth with a good strong stiff steam. 1 have no doubt that the moss meadows, except where live moss is very deep, could all bo treated in this way and brought into cultivation ono year after ditching. Now us nearly every eighty acre plot would have some high land and sumo luw land, the settlers wuuld have as rich a soil for dairying and stuck as any where in the World and wuuld also have good (concluded ou page sixteen) " Creditors Trust Deeds Act 1901" and Amending Acts, j Notice Is horoby given tlmt Anciiinit.n PCM'.IN Mrl'.AI'III.UN of ll"' Cily ul Ohllilwuok In iliv County ol Westminster and province of Itriiiah Columbia, Contractor, by Deed dated Ifttli December I'SI I, uiwi|!iieil tu ,l.nis Hi sin Aaunci.l, ol llie aalu City al Olillllwaok, Accountant, in trust lor the benefit ol his erodl- mis all his personal property, real cstaUi credits nml oll'oola, which muy Ik' seized under execution except what cm. la. claimed hy him ns exemption under the "Homestead Act." A mooting o( ihe creditors win held at tho olllco ol J. 11. Ashwell, accountant, Room 15. Westminster Trust Huilding ou Friday December 22nd, ut three o'clock, U. IU. All persons indebted to the said Archibald Duncan MiKaciisks ure requested to pay the amounts due hy them to the assignee ni'nresaid forthwith. And furtlwr tuke notice thut uil creditors ure required to forwith tile with me the suid assignee, full particulars ul their claims duly verified and the nature ot the security (ii any) held by ihem. And also notice is hereby given that alter tin' 15th day of Malory IK12, the assignee will distribute the usavta umong those parties entitled therein, having re gnrd thereto only, lo the fully verified i-lainisof which he shall then have had due notice, and will not lie responsible (or the ossctH, or any purl thereof so distributed, to any person or persons uf whose debt or eliiim he shall not then huve received such notice. Dated at Chilliwuek, ll. C, the 26th duy of December llill. .1, II. Asnwti.i, Assignee. HAVE YOU FIFTY Dollars to Spare? We have perfected arrange- incuts with a Land Company by which we are able to sell Dairy Land at $7.50 per aero Mixed Farming Land at $12.50 per acre Fruit Land at $17.50 per acre in 40 Acre blocks. It. is fully guaranteed by the owners, and while it is not close lo exist inn railroads, within live years it will bo opened up by a trans-eoiitiuciital ruad and will then pt'OVO a true monoy maker for anyone owning it. Booklets and maps flee at our ulliee. Terms on laud: $50 cash, balance $10 a month at 6 per cent. ; t. 0. Mi 247 rkOBt ns ; TJ.PolleyfcCo. ChilliwacK, B. C. **********»****•**•••••*•• DftfcsSMAKiso—Miss Carvolth fill be pleased to see her customers, at her hoineonCorbouldstreet. Phone i!87 or at the Woman's Kxcbange in the Hart bloek, on Tuesday afternoon from two to five p.m. ChilliwacK Orchestra Chilliwack Orchestra, Six or Eight pieces, open for engagements. Air. White, Secretary. WANTED Suckling Piss. Kat Hogs. Store Hogs, Veal Calves, Sheep and Lambs. Stanley Uisiicfhice, Sardis. *Kl^i4KW*&^ & 1 I em **•* I •*. eim 1 N •*> ir*. 1 ft 1 w Our Thanks to All Our customers for their valued patronage during the past year, and wish all a very happy and prosperous year during 19 12. Barrett & Banford J Phone 87 Chilliwack ^ &&W*£«'^;8m a$ § We thank all our friends and customers for their patronage during the past year, and trust J % that same may be extended to us during the coming year. We extend our best wishes for a a 3 Happy and Prosperous New Year. ^ a Don't forget the Wisdom Contest closes at eight o'clock on Saturday evening, Dec. 30. During i 2 the Christmas rush a number failed to hand in their estimates. These may be given in any time g *" before the close of the contest when they will be filed in order. I FRED.JOUDRY ■**» I ft me % ... The Jeweler. | OHILLIWAOK FKEB PRESS 7/ BLOOD, PURE, RICH, RED Una) glow iii ttie I'ii.'.', sparkling eves, vivaoloua Bplrlts ur.. uil tlic outuoino of Kiuiil 1.1..ml. Nn suriir way usists of purifying and onrloliing tha blood tlinn In use Dr. Hamilton a Tills. Ily tholr (jiiitle ii.'iin i tlie bowels, kldnoya ami liver thoy titter every Impurity from tin. system, leaving it wltolOBOIIIO anil fltile to ilu tlle work IIQdllSBIiry for llm innlntoimnoo of lienltli. To he wnll, look well, und Cool always ul. yenr best, use I'r. Hamilton's l'ills of Mandrake nn.l Butternut, u truly wonderful uodlolno for young nud old. Price B5o at nil dealers. RECENT ALTITUDE EECORDB Beginning with tlio rerord liolglll of ;t,.'tOO metres (10,H2(1 feel) senre.l by Captain Kollx u month ago, a number nf altitude rocords havo been mado will, utul without a pasanngor, Caji' Iniu lYIix, wim Hies ii lllerii.t, Iinnii! Ins HTiiril wlien prael Ising for ll flight uurosa tlic Alpa. On tlio -Itli nil., in l-'raiii-e, Lieilteuiiiit I'.lnr.l sturle.l frum Muiir Ioii willi n puuongot und ul linie.l ll liolglll of 8,000 ini'lri.H (ii,!iliu I....I) ..ver Hissonnes. Tlie au day, in Kuglnii.l, "liver de Montiiliiit ronoll. .,1 2,n00 metres IS.'Jilll foot) Willi il paaaungur. On lliu Insl duy of tlio I'llleilgO It,...... I.ill.-..Ill lli'llrllv lllllll.. tin. world's nllltuilo record by climbing to D holglll "I 11,1'IS III.'II.'S (ll.lilll foot) in one lioill uu.I 'IS minutes. He nUnlnoil this gronl liolglll In u Uurtlas "lioadlosa" biplane, un.l Ihrlllod lho apoctaturs by u daring doacont iu aplrula alter liis gnaollili) imis evliiiusi ,.,l iiniM-liv's iieiiinl height above son level wns I2,C0H foot. A SAl'ETY DEVICE Tlm houaowifo who bn» to choose bo tween ti good innlil wub u iIImj hoail or iincloiinud windows on tho outside will woloomo ii new mop foi jnat such purpoaoa, lt is provided villi n linndlo, ui which it works ul rijilil mtgloa, nnd nm bo munlpulntod on tho ..uisiile of a window without putting as much na a baail ovei the sasb. II, may be harder to gol tho eaui-t amount of polish producod by perching perilously un a narrow lodgo, bill with praetloo rI»s» can be kept oloar with- nut risk to tho cleaner. A Boon for the Bilious.--Tlie liver is a vory sensitive organ .'irol easily du rangod, When this occurs thoro is un- iluo sei-retirtn of Idle and tbe acrid liq i i.i flow. Into tho stoiuii.h und sours it. II is ii most distressing allmont, uud mini are prone to it. In Ibis eon- illtion n iniin finds the b.'si remedy in I "a i melee's Vegetable Tills, which are warranted to speedily correct ihe dis- enter. Thero is no better lllodlcino in tbc enlilv list of pill leuiedil'S. CANADA'S OREATEST SCHOOL '1/ CSTABUSHCO IBS! Cor. Portage Ave. and Fort St. -.warded lir.-t prize at Worl.l's Ki posit im. on its work nn.l mothoda, Wm.. for n fr atalogno. Wealao give iiistruetion by uiaa'. Every Woman ta tiiansM-l ead tarn* taow ■Mut tW weam rtei MARVEL WUrttic Spray tm* n*w Vafia-I 'inm'. l"*t -M«l CMNni-oi IftUiMW .■ti.iiii-, A.» j**e I dr***"**-** farJX «_ DSOX SOFTLY CO., IT, O.I- Your Liver is (Hogged up Tlv»l'a Wkf Ye-a're Uni Qm at *>--**-H...N.AlMS*--^ CARTEtrSUI uvbrhuls •Of---* m.sewitp. TV.4 •Wda-r, Can CartiM. liM.lt. l nu. sua tea, ami ran Genuino mmUi Bignatur* /^w8^wj-r* The Rocking Chair rami Well, Well! .THIS l«• HOME DY£ ,«.-.♦ ANYONE .can use dyed ALL those >DIFFEBENT KINDS of Goods -mlth thc SAME Duo. I used DYOLA ItNEOVE^ALL KINDS'"-**! OLCAN and SIMPLE to Use, NO rfcf.ncT ol urJai ihr WRONU fiyr lor the Good* im. h»*i.ni.lof Allt-olot- Irom your Pun*let at DeaUr. PKMpMor Card an J SIOKV RooklMll, Tht- Jirfiw*wti-Rit-haniM>fi Co.. Umltf-I, *..*-*■ t-t-al. SUA'Kit und mftuvo of sen holly, foxgloves ul] purple uinl Allow, i.ells blue tin Hfla in tin- -tinI)f_;ht, daisies like stars in a ruw. I'hlox w liuit! Iht1 wind lovc-H to I in (fur witli a soft little HOIltlfl like, ruin Those ar** my gurdoii'H glory at Uio fall a' tba yeor again. Rosemary's groon and gray tanging, buttil ami bulm and ruo, Thyme in riott Clishloim of purple, lavender's mlats nf blue; Mignonette's ruroot and ninopr. lad'n lovo and inarjorlaliio— Those make tlio bwcoI o' my gnrtloii -it tbo Cull o tho your a gut ii. Ilollyhookti splendid in satin, poach-b uod and pinlt and ponrl, Pit chain a tiko oardropa (or fairies »Hwing lo the wind's Boft wli it I, ,\ iit'iiHincs curved like pule boo shells llial oho Hah tin* whvob' mfmin- 'Mong ilii'in I roam noVr romomb'rlng tbc fall o' tba your Hut, after ;ill, it imi t tin1 gulden tlmt is OOCfUpVlng itillftdy h nurtioulur tlmo and attontlou In "tho fall o tlm yilflr. Nnt. if i*lio is a pnntieiil homo koopor, it i«ii'i It'-* ttlO inutile nf tlie hOUBO, llflt tllO Oil til Id 0, ileitinii'ls liar niniesl. oonttidoratloii. Tbo prottv wicker porch furnltttrrj must bo storod in the attic to iiittKo room fur cosy onso-invitlng arm I'liini'H uinl couches "dono" in worm, non tinta tlmt match tin* (lumen iii (lie griltO lire**, blii/iiij; in tin* libnirioB and living ro lie.iiiiiu the.M* Bhtirii fall ovonlngs Tho ham nun'!. plllowH nro tu be Hhnkon from tholr dainty ornsb ami iiiubIIii mul linen i-oviM-a and put im*1 velvet, lapoatry, I oat hor, nr BOIIIO iilhi'l ef the (ioSSOII Iind tine drorSSOK llmt help \n mnko IhlugH look bright mul "comfy" Innido, while autumn rnins ure fnlllng uml tin* yollow, froBtod loavos como drifting down, The eiml, ileliente linilgingR, with tlieir rufl'les nml Iiiiiu, (Imt mnde llOIIIO (I dull gilt fully nttrnotiva place while tin* thcimotiiftft' in the hIiihIv cm imt of the back porch cltnibod and dim bod UH wu got dizzy watching its upward flight, and Itod dosporatoly lo bench und river cottagoH I liese will lie "dry i-li'iined" Or laundered Ulltl tnldetl :iwny for iinothor Bummor's day roBitrroution. Iloavy winter ruga imisl lie BlinkoD true ef unitlibnlls und i-auiplinr. the ''inline put in ordor, Llio pipes attondod to, ami Btortn windows put. on. li h dcoidodly a busy, prnoticni houhui), this "fall o' tbo yeur," our women poots to the contrary notwithstanding. Nnt much time tu leaf round thotgurdeti witb a "fall liou-e olonning'' to oversee, With these emerpHu-teh in mind, when I hoard thnt the. manager of tho " interior decoration department'' of n certain huge shop on Portage Avenue had returned from a six WOokfl1 visit to New York. I scuttled round to see him and gel a few ndvunce tips. Managers' of department* in big shops dort'i specially like to give away their new ideas, but stroke 'om just right nut] sometimes they'll "talk"— a little, Oue of the "new" thing*-; he told ine wus tin nl* one. That ih that the simple tines, dull, soft tones and quaint, "1*1 fashioned furniture that marked the interims of our grand- fathers' homes are mure than ever the vogue. We have '•one bock to Itrst principles in basic matters of taste and good form in home furnishing, anil apparently we Intend Btaying there. For which let us be duly thankful, Thus the newest thing in wallpapers is the "blended leather" effect, thut simulates quite perfectly in tone, anil grain the beautiful, mellowed tints of the time worn interiors of a hundred years ago. Your library or living room done in one of the "oojmj leather" papers will form an artistically sobor sotting for capacious leather-covered couches, straight mos* nivo chairs, and tbo long rows ot books with their faint leathery smoil. Old -fashioned " panel-effects.'' either in paper, or, if your drawing-room is an elaborate one, in silt; against a plain moire background, will also be "the thing." For the bedrooms, wo have tlie dear, quaint patterns of hanging boskets filled with ferns anil violets, festoons of morning glory vines. Louis XVI, dosigns of lattice work nnd trellirs t-howtrcd with pink or red or yellow roses, to -ay nothing of stripes of varying width nml color, and heaps of flowers of no botanical classification whatever. With these has naturally come the revival of figured chintz and ere-tonne coverings for ciinirs and couch, and hangings for stand and dressing table. If you like tn be a bit ex-dtisive. nnd still consider the exigencies ol ti slender purse, buy the bandblockod muslins which ure shown in the shops just now at such reasonable prices. These muslins are printed by hand instead of run olf in carloads by high speed modern machinery, so the designs are exclusive, the stock necessarily limited. If you ate one of those artist loulh to whom harmony ol design, eveu down to the last minute detail, means quite us much as dues the more obvious harmony of color to those less sensitively attuned, you will appreciate a certain very new idea m curtains and hangings. As you probably know. velvet lias almost entirely displaced velour in thc affections of the up to date home keeper, this season. She has extended het predilection for velvet gown** to make it include thnt most artistically satisfying of all materials in every sort of drawing room und library drape aud cover. French velvet, un imported fabric, is a monr exquisite material used in this way, It is a very recent importation, coining in a variety of beautiful shades, including golden brown, eld blue, that charming silvery shade of green known to milliners us "reseda," as well as a good half dow-n other celors. But rt is the original fashion in which it may be decorated to match tlie rest of the room that insures the permanent popu lurity of French velvet with milady wbo delights iu innkiig her borne furnishings a triumph of artistic achievement Suppose yon have a new rug, or better still, a handsome old oue, whose pattern aud coloring you wish reproduced in curtains or hangings. The portion of the rug design you want to use is traced on the velvet in exactly the same way you used to "burn" leather for pillows nnd so on when the craze for "burnt work" raged some time ago. The pattern is then tilled in with nils, in precisely the colors of tho rug, J excepting that on tho vo*VCl tnoj are Infinitely softened and shaded. I saw one sel of hangings that was going into n beautiful Crescent wood home. They were of golden brown. and the borders wore all in autumn tints of reddish gold, , bronze and rich brownish yellows. If you are clever with I brush and pencil you can buy the material at a nominal cost and still have a library or drawing room set that a real mil liofiaiiess will envy you. If ymi must be very economical in deed, and aren't accomplished along those particular lines, get tin- Inexpensive cotton taffetas and dimities that contfl in wide ribbon like bands ready for cutting out and -owing on plain iimlerials In decorative border designs. There are a variety of colored tlower borders, with their clustered leaves of gieeti. that, turned "wrong sole out," their hntilarit colors dull and blur into the much to be de sired "shadow effects" populnr just now llie prettiest thing I saw among the new uphols.*rrings was a mntorial something like [lain old fashioned denim, but with dainty croain and white backgrounds, and the most ex quitite pule blue and pink and delicate green Mowers scatter ed over it iu this same "shadow effect." At n little distance it resembled nothing so much as n huge yard wide bolt of Persian ribbon, It is used almost exclusively for drawing rooms uud reception room-, an obliging young salesman iu formed me. I hadn't either ot those, so I bought n yard tr» cover a suffl pillow or bo It's lovely. All of which is apropos if you happen to bo oimi of those fort it nates who have u home. But suppose you haven't. Suppose you nre a stranger in Winnipeg, nr tn any of our larger cities nowadays, for that mutter, and hove two or three, or may be hnlf a dozen kiddies, and are trying to rind a roof tree to stow thntn away under. If one is finan einlly able to purchase a home of one's own. all vory well. Bnt in looking over the "houses tn rent" columns in the daily papers, or "apartments to let" lists in tho agents' offices, the "no children" wnrning appears with appalling frequency i Know a little mother, newly arrived in Winni peg, with four chnrming children, who bns stored her modest household goods, loaned ont one of the children to a relative, went another to the country, nnd hns settled down with her two youngast to what is apparently a fruitless "huuseto house canvass" for a home. From apartment and cottage he bus been turned away, so soon as that, dark -eerut. dike of a family of four has been revealed. It seems that thing is wrong with the scheme of things when yuu look from the bright, healthy children, with their pretty faces and silken curls, to tho sign which rends "No cats, dogs, parrots or children allowed" -now doesn't it? Have you noticed what, a quantity of space is devotod nowadays to reading matter designed especially to interest. children! There ure almost as many children;h periodicals as thoro uro publications devoted to "woman's intorosts." F.vcn in the over-crowded columns of tbe daily proBS, the "children's page" and the "woman's department" have sense. If not, we may "skim" or ignore, and no particular harm done. But how about the children's writers! A child's sensi live imagination is a very delicate, impressionable thing. Well du I, myself, remember, fur instance, the fearful joy with which I dovouretl Ihe legeml of the "hobgoblins and the golden ball" by day, aud shivered with the covers pulled nvut my cowardly liltlu head for half tbe night iu a very agony of hoi to: ut the recollection of tht* slicing of the ugly guinl's head uff. After reading " ICohinson Crusoe" i loathed all food for days as a result of a haunting iciolloc tiuu of the feast of the ciinnlbuls which old Defoe portrays with such a lavish pen. No one took the trouble to (lad out I ne "why." I was simply airily classified by mv elders as ' 'a i cry nervous child.'' A well known Wdmnil's mngu'/iuc, ciiculat ion in Winnipeg homes, am reputation of being Ihe best edited world, came out in this mouth's - ' 'children's page" it Would pilZZlt ciplici A solid page of the most lettering purported to relate the'adventures of a certain "bear." whose portly form, outlined iu drawing over the printed story, added to the difficulties of its translation. It Is emphatically wrong to subject a child's eyesight to the strain Involved in attempting to read such a quantity of all gradually assumed the dignity of well*established Institutions. Doubtless, sandwiched among the wholesale reams of matter Indiscriminate, wo women folk may glean occasional helps of practical benefit The array of uuthorative treatise on preserving complexions, morals, ginger root or a husband's lovo, the comprehensive deductions as to the best method of wearing our hangs, religion or hats -are many times irradiated with the cheerful glow of downright helpful common but unintelligible matter, to say nothing of the infinitely greater wrong inflicted in allowing the growing intelligent'e to be clogged with the trivialities of a silly tale. Parents are not very consistent, it has always seemed to me, anyway. Many a mother who wouldn't dream of allowing her five- year old child to attend a vaudeville performance willingly gives thnt same child the "funny papers" and "comic supplements" with their alleged .jokes and oft times rude Illustrations which has an on urinous which also bears tlu* woman's paper in tin* lirrent number with a the grown tips to de* intricate and fanciful The window spaces of the up-todate milliner shops nre displaying all sorts of new fancies and charming conceits in the way of new leather work. There are pocketbooks and handbags: nnd whal attracts attention most, table pads of »oft morocco nntl suede in rmbdued shades, with leather over sets upon rich embroidered satin.*-, and in some instances over real peacock's feathers, sewed beneath the openwork'designs, the soft iridescent tresses peeping out beyond, in a most original way When you see another of these odd artistic puds, you rub your eyes—tor you begin to think that, millinery is surely "breaking in" to everything this year. It has the corners of leather open work, set over coarse gold bul Hon mesh There are handbags heavy with golden embroideries or sewn with seed pearls and emeralds In quaint designs. One of the larger shops offers a new material in the way nf the dainty 'kerchiofs which milady tucks away in these handbags. It is an Knglish fabric, soft, fine and sheer, that has only recently been shown iu this couutry, though the sales mail told me the "Libsuo" 'kerchief, which is its technical name, bus been displayed for U year or more in the London shops. They are dainty, but quite inexpensive, which last is more or less an item Worthy of honorable mention these first cold days, wheu everybody is sneezing. But while there are " newest " fashions in clothes, fabrics, Blitl all smts of pretty things for youi ladyship's adornment, be sure nothing will ever be more in fashion lhnn good food. Apropos, o unique index tile for recipes is the newest fashion in cook books, The files are filled with recipes, each on a separate card, a regular business file. You take out only the recipe you need at the time—so very convenient. Should | you decide to inaugurate the new system, here is a trio of I tomato recipes for entry at this season when fresh tomatoes are least expensive To one bushel of tomatoes broken, boiled, nnd .strained. ndd one ounce of cloves, two ounces allspice, four ounces of whole black pepper, four large onions, boil all together for hour over slow fire. Add one and one half pints or line salt, oue and one hnlf pints of good vinegar, one fourth bottle of pepper sauce with the poppers, Stii well. When co'd. bottle and seal. mat AixvPOfT Some day, many years hence, when letters ure regularly carried by aeroplane, thero will probably be people alive who wilt be able to say: "I saw the first air postman flying from Louden to Windsor, with the first bag of letters entrusted by tbc Post Ollii-e to uu airman, on September the ninth, Kill." Undoubtedly the aeriul post experiment hnF touched the popular imagination, and for tlnis reason, It carries the mind into the faturc. It suggests the inevitable development of a mode of travel which is still iu the infancy stage. There were, therefore, a great many spectators at Hendon on .Saturday afternoon to see thc stttrt. There were people looking out fot the mail plane all the way. And at Windsor there would huve been a big crowd on the landing-place if it had not been in the private part of the royal grounds with admission strictly limited to a few invited guests. In tbe end, however, these guests gained vory little bv being on the Kant Lawn, for the one aeroplane which arrived did nol land tnere at all, but in a meadow on the royal farm lower down It was not until afler live o'clock thnt the handful of watchers in a cold north wind -.ightcri a Rleriot machine beating down upon the i astle. Naturally tliey were disappointed when it sailed over antl dropped son'** dis taiuo away But Mr. llamel. who took Mr. (-Jreswell's place B*> lirsl postman, saw that it would be dangerous to come down OD so sma.l a green mirronudcd by trees, and wisely chose n safer spot. He had started ut live minutes tn five, and his official time of arrival wus 5.8, Me had dune the journey, ID miles. at 10". miles an hour. Mr. Kushton, of the surveyor's do partment, Oenerul Post Oflice, aud Mr. A'Vard. the Windsor postmaster, received his letter-bng, which contained several communications for the Ring, and among other curiosities a letter to Mr. Asqttiti. from the Simrngettes. A postman Cycled off with it, and by half past five the delivery had be gun. Certain documents relating to the mail were ilgneo and exchanged, Photographs were taken, the machine wus re freshed with petrol and oil, and just after six o'clock Mr Hume! --tatted back. It was unfortunate tliat the wind, which at Hendon was blowing thirty miles nn hour, delayed the start and prevented other aeroplanes from making the journey. But an air post, cannot be expected ns yet to be hii-to with the same clockwork regularity as nn earth post. At an any rate, it got itself started, nnd to those who scoff nt its shortcomings believers in the future of flying can say with confidence, "A aay will come " Kxpress the juice from clean, ripe tomatoes, and to each gallon of it (without any water) put brown sugar, four pounds. Put in the sugar immediately, or before ferments Hon begins. Let thc wine stand in a keg for two or three months; then draw off into bottles, carefully avoiding thc sediment. It makes a ment delightful wine, having all tho beauties of flavor belonging to the tomato, nud no doubt uN its medicinal ^lei'Diiic* also. WORLD'S CEOPS Principal Foreign Crops Are Reported To Washing tern Washington, D.C.. Sopt. 15.— Conditions ol the important foreign crops, ua reported to the Uullod -States depart ment of ugricultuic's bureuu of stut.is tics, wore announced recently as follows: lu western Cunadu, the greatest portion of 0.500,000 acres of wheat hud been cut by eaily September, Harvesting operations have been conducted under generally favorable conditions, Commercial estimates range between IftO,- 000,000 und 185,000,000 bushels. Quantitatively, tho aggregate wheat yield of the western and north central Huropeau countries, omitting Russia, is known largely to exceed that of the pro coding year Kyu shows some shortage iu volume, Oats is heavily delicient, and only u very moderate yield of corn is expected, In south central Europe the small cereals, though not so abundant as lust yenr, have given better than average quantities. The corn crop promises well. Iu lluBsillj the yield in both whoat and rye probably will be much smaller that in either of the past two years. Nu trustworthy estimate of the exa.it extent ot the deficiency, however, can be had until Hie publication of the of Qoial figures. The wheat shortage is attributed chiefly to a disastrous crop failure in southeastern fttissln and wesl em Siberia. Confirmation of tba enlam ily is found in a ropurt that tho Bus sian government has bought large fJUftll tities of rye and wheat for the relief of tho unfortunate listricts. Barley pro mises a good crop, and coin a bountiful yield is assured, In .Argentina recent general rants throughout. the grain belt have strengthened confidence in tho outcome of the tllture harvest.. The areas under flax, seed and oats show record acre ages. Australian wheat acreage is said to show a slight increase, with prospects, for a favorable crop. In British India conditions have improved, but rain is still Jacking in some, districts. An official report upon the acreage planted to cotton ia 1011 11! In districts which usually have 75 per cent. of the total, estimates the area at 11, 300,000 acrei. against 12,215,000 acres in the same territory last year. THE FUTURE OF VENICE M. Paul Souday, writing in the Eclair, takes a gloomy view of thc future of Venice and incidentally shakes an ad monitory finger at the Venetian author! ties should his forecast be realized. Venice, he says, is disappearing, and by thai same sin of ambition "by which the angels fell." Not content to be tbe museum of the world, she has cast a longing eye upon her old commercial BUproinaC) and has dreamed dreams of its restoration. To this end she has tried to deepen the Grand ('anal, and the result has been a tlow of water around the ancient foundations of the city and with lamentable consequences, The fall of the Campanile, says M. Sunday, was due to no other cause, and now there are ominous eiui-ks in the Doge's Palace, there has been a subsid ence in the base of St. Mark's, and fi*- suros have appeared in the Bridge of the Rialto. M. Souday asks If Venice is doomed to disappear and if the death of her commerce is to be followed by the death of bor romance, It is to be feared that M. Souday must he answered in the affirmative, al though it would be a pity to hasten the inevitable by an attempt to rovlv< commercial glories that are glorious only because they are blurred by the mists of time. Venice will disappear like all other human things. If the l-tiulto could bt* drapped iu cotton wool, still it would not be immortal. The world is full of ruins haunted by ghosts who would look upon Venice very much as we look upon a new mining eamp. They have disappeared, or nearly so, and Venice must go the same way sooner or later. Hut let it be later. To hasten the process by commercialism would be a crime for which only Dante could furnish tbe adequate penalty. A modern ocean liner iu the Grand (ami would be an inspiring spectacle, but for this the Doge's Palace would be too high a price. A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY! An eminent scientist, the other day, gave his opinion that, the most won derful discovery of recent years was tbe discovery of /.am Buk, .lust think! As soon as a single thin layer of Zam Buk is applied to a wound or a sore, such injury is insured against blood poison) Not uuu species of microbe has been found tliat '/um-Buk ties not. kill! Then again, As soon as Zmu Hnk is applied te a sore, or a cut, or to skin disease, tt, stops Ue smarting. That is why i-hildrei. uro auch friend* of Zam-Buk, They tare nothing for the science of the thing. All they know is that /-am Bolt itope their pain. Mothers should oevei forget this. Again. Ac aooit as Mm Bus, is ap plied to a wound ur to a diseased part, the Oellfl beneath thu akin's surface are so stiiuulutiid tbat new healthy tissue »s <*>uw-.kty funned. Thin forming of fresh healthy tissue frum below is Zam •Butt's Hncrot of he.il.ig. The tissue thus formed is worked up to the surface and literally casts -nfT thc diseased tissue above it. This is why Zaiii-Burt fit res ure permanent Only tbo othet day Mr. Marsh, of 101 Dolorimlor Ave.. Montreal, called upon the /.am Buk < 'oiopany and told them that for over twenty-five years he had been u m.irtyr Lo ocr.cmu. ilo* hands were ut one time so covered Kith sores that in- had w sleep io gloves. Four years ago /.an Buk was introduced to him, and m a few months it cured him Todaj si three years* after bis cure of a disease be had for twenty-five yearn—be is still cured, and has raid do traci ** any return of the eczema! All druggists s.-ll iSam-bua st " box, or we will send free trial bos tf you r>i'.\u[ this ad -,er*..r*-'ii'»*-nt ind a Lt, stamp (to pay return postage). V-i dress /am■ Bill* *'o., Toronto. very largest petrified trees yet di-. v ored, near l lalistoga, Sonoma. County, (!ai., is only 12 feet m diameter rb***»«J three trees lie on a wooded hu'I poiatiog due north and south, Thu ptttibctioi is most remarkable—the ip-tkin uf tli* wood, and in on* et' than tbe ieea tag heat, being very plant!/ dj**erait)U. Surrounding th*---.- petrified tnen « standing a forest of **ry taiga -*•*» woods. However, all l! the staarHng trees are dead. The owaat of t2tH buM on which these tares arstat peer I >••' tions lie now ail cleared away ■ the giant trunks, will protect them kariag tha - as to fully sspmw iad an irun ra I it** It is easier tu prevsac titan •- .< So cure. Iutlarnmalio.-i (if tlie •,-& a "< companion of negle. '.■,*l caUs, md . wa it finds a lodgement n the systani r is difficult to deal with Treat rt with Btekle's -lnti-€oaanmpftitfa - tn will eradicate th.- eeld tad sr-!-. -a- ■. -flammation from teUiajr in. I ->m little, and is .id satiafaetery as .-. s a prising in its re-sulta. PETRITIED FOEEST GIANTS Three petrified redwood trees, that have been pronounced the very largest in the world—that have thus far been discovered- have just been nncovtfed from the debris of tho mountainside —only a short distance from tbc fum ous Bohemian Club Grove, in Sonoma t'-ounty, Cal. This point is near tbe little town of Occident. One of these prehistoric monsters—that make the pyramids ol Kgypt modern, by com parlson, in their ages, measured "3 feet in diameter and is 350 feet in length! The other two petrified trees are 19 and 12 feel In diameter, respectively. The When Your Horse Goes lame Try Fo. I AN! Maul. MURINE EYE REMED Y Rrd.We.k. •*,«,. W-t«yEy» D GRANULATED LIDS Hiiila. OMia'l lai.rt-fwlhn Er. Pain ' Man*. Er. RaaadV, LMd. 25c. SOc. 11.00. •Una E>. Sdn, >. A»i*< TsU, 2V. $1.00 i IVI BOOK* AND ADVICI Fill BY MAIL Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago , Business College &M»eopenttut**iigl ninth**whole year Sti.Hct.r-n,,. -., n»J finr '-me •Th. Prcticnl C-Uec* Writ. Ifil frw raL-lw:... i ANAPA 111.Hi DONALD BT. WlNNIPRCI M.N D. COOPEK. C A Princip.1 .Afraid to Eat ? sprit At lust like ha-DRU-CO^PEPSIA JABLET5 and you won't know yem hart ittomack They will tec to it that your food '8 property digested. They u* raoag ma beat of the NA-DRU-CO prepentioiu, compounded by expert chemata ind ntnuiteed by the bigeat wholesale druggists in Canada. 50c. ■ box. If your drag-pst has Mt stocked them yet, send us joe. and we will mail tou a beau rUTWWM. Mm am* li—iu oo. ar cuau ia l'l 118 EREE VaWa, CttllLIWACK, BRITISH OOttlMBlA: I FIVE ACRES oaFOR SALE*=*=i All Cleared. Beautifully Situated. High and Dry. One Mile from City on good road. Price $200 per acre, on terms. W. R. NELEMS The ChilliwacK Specialist DO YOU WANT A GOOD DOOR CHEAP? We havo in ati»'k ii number of Btnndard tluor=. assorted sizes, whicli wo purchased at a snap price. Wo bought these doors light and will Bell them right. The Prices Range From $1.75 to $2.15 Compare these witli regular prices and come and see tho doors. Come early ne tliey will not lost long al theso prices. P. 0. Box 243 Phone a 121 Chilliwack Planing Mills Just Arrived! CHILLIWACK FREE PRESS KnrttH-rly (The New Km.) Printed and -miiie-ii.-.! every Thursday from It** nlllec. XVoHtitiinstvr Str-s-1, Cliilliwnck. Siihseiijiliim nrlvo $1.00 |it*r yeur in iidvunet- to uil Mnt* In I'Mli-l. Kin-lire ; to Ulli ltd StuU-n ||,*>0. AUVBRTI81NG KATES bUplny luheituiiiit rate* much* known on nppll-' I'lltjllll 111 lilt- (Ultillslul, Clunsiileil lutvertisemriitH. 1 cent iht word each insertion, pnynlile in advance. Uliplayntlrcrtlsorfl will please remember that to iie.ii[ i- R eliullltt*. COpy uue;I be in not Inter tluili \Vt-dliVMlu\ tiiorullllt. C. A. HAltuT.K, PnbUslier ami Proprietor. The Chilliwack Harness Co., are carrying a full lino of Dr. Pattie's Celebrated Australian | Stock Remedies. for Horses and Cuttle. Alsu instruments in Drenching Ilitts. Syringes, and Milk Fever outfits. Do not miss lho opportunity of getllng.o good nccenlty for your stock. HARNESS A SPECIALTY WN. THOMPSON DELL WH1TM0RE COMMUNICATIONS Mr. Editor. Hear Sir—I must trespass upon your space if yuu can spare it to bring to public notice a most peculiar und disgraceful state of affairs in tho Ituvni Municipality. I refer to lbc absolute luck of police protect ion according to the decree of lbc Council. Today, Saturday Deo, lb* a resident ol lho municipality was hullllng ii load of wood from the Wilder Uivcr to Cliilliwnck when wo Indians in a semi-drunk condition jumped from their ris; one Indian seized the mail's horses by tholr heads, the other threw off lis coat, and begun throwing stories al the driver, of tho team. The driver was on the load and 'wearing a heavy over-coat and his legs wrapped in a blanket, making it hard for him to protect himself, Ily lashing his horses, lie managed to break away before he was hurt Upon reporting the incident to a uian who is employed at times as Constable he was accompanied by tho said Constable to the Reeve and Council then silting. Here he was informed that the municipality would send a man out to arrest the culprits if the complainant paid the expenses or he could bring a Civil action. Whea asked if the aid of the Provincial Police could be invoked he was informed that the assault having been committed in the Township it was out of the jurisdiction of the Provincial Police. Now, Mr. Editor, just consider the absolute absurdity of the situation. A respectable citizen can be assaulted on the public highway, and he is unable to get protection of any sort, except at his own expense. If he carries a gun ho is liable to a fine, if it be concealed. If he takes the law in his own hands ho is told by this same Council that he '.caves him self liable, though why, when the others can not be got at, is a mystery. The Provincial Police aro apparently kept up by the tax payers of the Province for use in unorganised districts only. It occurs to nic however thit there have been cases which I could cite in which | no less than three or four special Constables have been despatched to round up whiskey peddlers, supposed hud men, drunken Indians, etc. Who paid the expenses? It is high time that this municipality had the lirst adjuncts of a civilised state. If these things arc allowed to go unnoticed, life and property will not be safe. As long as thc depredations are done in the rural municipality it is all right, and the Township may become the rendezvous of thugs, thieves, and bad men of all sorts. Trusting this state of affairs will not be allowed continue much longer. lam, Yours truly, Indignant, and presided at tho inquest, the result of the Jury's finding being, that death was the result of strangulation. The deceased was an Austrian Pole and leaves n. wife and two children at Swift Current Saskatchewan. Wbo Will Dispose of Them Mr. Thompson, (of Chicago), a boarder at the Harrison House, who. recently disappeared in a my- slerious manner, as already related in our columns, has been traced by the police, lie is reported to have taken a ticket to Halifax. It will be interesting to know how his eti'ccts, apparently abandoned by him, will bo disposed of. The Women's Institute. The monthly meeting of Ihe Women's Institute was held on Tuesday afternoon, when the regular business was transacted and a most interesting paper read by Mrs. II. Hall oil Christmas Preparations. The next mooting will be held on Ihe first Friday in tho New Year, Jan.6, at the home of the president Mrs. W. V. Davics. Election of officers will be held and tea served. The Institute is much indebted to Mr. 10. Itaiusdell for a contribution of ten dollars. The Free Press was misinformed last week regarding the gill of a fine dining table to thc hospital by W. Trenholm. The table was the gift of J. B, Martin. ***************************************************** t THE MERCHANTS BANK OF CANADA 18(14 Paid-up Capital and Reserve 1911 $11,000,000 Money Loaned to Responsible People. Accounts Opened on Favorable Terms. Chilliwack Branch •' N. 8. MacKknzie, Manager ************************************ TWT*f**TV^^V ' Under the Paint Carl Lipher, employed by the Northern Construction Company and working on thc construction of the C. N. at Mt. Lehman, committed suicide on Friday by hanging himself from the rafts of a bunk ***************************************************** house. Coroner Pi-lly of this city c THE hristmas alculating ompetition A Lady's or Gentleman's Gold-FiHed Watch will lie given to the person tolling nearest to the correct number of shot contained in a glass tube in my window In the event of two or more persons guessing the same number it will be decided by a drawing. Every 25c spent in the store from now until Xew Year's entitles you to one guess. Felix McManus The Watch Nan Any wagon maKer can produce • hand- wmi finish. But It teKes years of experience and study to produce a reel, long wearing, easy-runnlntf wagon UKe the Studebaker. When you buy a Studebaker you Know H's rlgte clear through. The House of Studebaker doesn't hide weak materials or faulty worKmanshlp under the paint and varnish. If you want to be sera of wagon satisf action your choice Will be a , Why take chances with any other t We seU and guarantee the Studebaker. For Sale by The Chilliwack Implement and Produce Co. A Happy New Year to all L.F. CROFT Photographer At the Mee Studio • Chillimek H. C POOK Successor to WM ARCHIBALD HEATING AND SANITARY ENGINEER STEAM AND HOT WATER FITTING BATHROOM FUTUIES A SPECIALTY Estimates Given WELLINGTON Phone 58 STREET P.O. Box 265 *************************************************** Offlce Phone 221 RoeMence Phone 225 Abbotsford Timber $ Trading Co., Limited Offlce and Tatrdt, TOVNC ROAD It will pay you to get in touch with us. Rough and Dressed Lumber, Fir and Cedar Shiplaps, Kiln Dried Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Mouldings, und Interior Finish. Cement, Windows, Doors, Shingles. 00,000 feet No. 2 Sized Dimensions in 2x4 to 2 x 12 at flO.oo a Thonwnd Prompt attention given to all orders. TH0S. KIRKBY Local Manager **************************************** Wishing you all a Happy and a Prosperous New Year F. J. HART & CO., Limited The Chilliwack Specialists ■i CIHLLIWAl -.■-,.-.'— I' K.FRBH PRESS ^ M0TIERS! DO YOU KNOW — That when you pat a salve onto your child's skin, it passci through the pores and enters the Mood, just as surely as if you put it into the child's stomach? You wouli not put a coarse mass of anirn.il fat, colored by various mineral poisons (such as many crude r.alvt s nre) into your child's blood by way of the Stomach? Then why do sj by way of the potcs? Take no rUki Um slwayj tl.« pure herbal -mmdcci provlocd ia /.iiu-l'iik. Z in Muk contalni no tract i>( nny aatitifll ti.l or l.ti, Aid no potionoul ittincr.il Cot r- i.:; maHrr. From btart lo finish li la | urcly linb.il. It will lu-.iUnrt.*, utccrseabsces* eeif eruptiooif varlcou ukt-n, Cuts, bums .md bruis-a-u more q ikkly than sny ohwr known preparation, it (■ a ti cpllc, quickly itops thu imartfcz ol a (..-re or cut. eurai pi Is InFlanied tore, and blood pofionln*?. It is a combination ol nesting power nnd sclentltlc purity. AtL lbo** who bave t rov«d Its AU druagtlti mul itorei COt b'-x or lam ttnt; (jo,, iVnuKii./ur ftiee. a tAra *;r: w iHOULD BE IN YOUR HOMi C53l5!H«re)d-Sr Famous Spies of British History Pills for Nervous Troubles — Tho stomach is tho i entro i E thc nervous system, und when tho ■! nnni'li ■ i I healthy action the rcBttlt i- >utu foal hi disturbnni. > ol Lho uervi . !.' iillow "I in persist, nervous debility, n ilimg i ous iiilmcnt, nmy ensue, Tho lirsl pn tion Is to eniorc the •■ jmui i tn proper action, un.l there is no lea Ier remedy for this thnn L,ari<*clec\H Voro* table Pills Thotisainls can attest I e virtue nf these pllU in luriuij nervous d'aortlori. A Qerman seierftiiH saya thnt mnrrled men live longer thuu bnchelors, and nro less likely to l io Iw une. Aholher orgumi nl for matri itony is fouml in the i',. i tit tl ere are thirty-i ■ I i ri mlna Is among every 1,000 bachelors, while among married men iln- ratio i ly eight eon por thousand, \ < It ion go lady, bum ■. lu i husband for nUnion*., i Inlms that the following .* are "reasonably necessary" for n lady of fairly good position: Porfutno and toilol wnter, $600; fauu powilor, -'."'': mun ic uro bills, J-OOrj luiir-dros pit's bills, $850; nil other .'osmetics nnd miscellaneous, $275, sr TRY VMM EYE ITCHED' F« Ru1, Wua, W.WT, Wal«7 [;aa ui. GRANULATED EYrXIDS Murine Do°>n'tSm»rt-Soothe9 Eye Pule DranMa Ml M»>» E„ tmth. i' I.U, B* '* .'■• Muriso !'.-• Sa,.., In AmpIW Tvl..., 3Sc. f I.O. SYS BOOKS At.'D AHVIC'5 tttKH 11/ HAD IWuvineEyeRerei**lv''--...ChIcagf> »e&3 Bend for it* ■ ■... : to D< pt B.P. •Tatlonal Pvuk c; Chemical Oo., Toronto. Ltowovor intorostlng la tho student muy bo the rocords ni history ns it nppours Irom thu outsklOj howovor I'ull of tllO I'liW'inuUoii which flings in tlm names und doings of grout men, thoro is unnthur side of nil history—or almost all—whieh has n peculiar charm Of Its own. It must be, vory lai'goly, gut'ss work, containing, ns it dooH, ond* luss mystorios uud puzzlosj tlmt vast muss of tlm Uil writ toil Minor history of nations, tlm machinory uf pints uud intrigues, whloli hus tu in*, pin cod to* gothor from the Beauty ovldonco which hus boon lof to posterity. Ami thu placing is thu mure dillit-ult bocuuso llm very OSBOIICO of BUCCOBSful plots and carriod un with ns llttlo documentary ovldonco as poBslblO) which might, hy iii'i-iili'iil. nr tiuut-hi'iy, fall into tin* hauds nt' tin* iippiisitu party, savs thu MnncliOBtor Wookly Times. * Tin* slnlstor llguro of tin* spy nl ways links in tin* background of tlioso Imi iiiu en li'd pul it icii I uml historical auaals nn Important, ir Inglorious pnrt uf ihu cumpllcutod iiinchlnory of llitriglio, His work nmy In* nl. Iimi's rather dirty work (tho Llllu "spy'* is ii-it, im ih<- whole, ii vory highly res I tod ouo), Imi il lum boon i pen nton both iiocossnry utul patriotic) while moro ofton than uul II raqulros it gronlor iiiiioiuil nf porsnual cuxrngn, und certainly nf presence of'mind than ilu- mun- nilru.'lhe, bucausu mure above board iiiolhuils ui har.ardlug i 's life iind liberty. Tin* spy gonornlly unrrlos Iih life in his liiuid, with iln- additional pro*. Ibo llmt If in- should in- found nnt tin- person nn whoso behalf In* is work lug will in nil probability disown nil responsibility fnr his doings, Broadly speaking, thoroforo, it is nut wonderful llmt in many cases tho task ni n spy hns fallen tn tha I Ithor of thr most des prate nad unscrupulous ty| f mercenary or nf thoao who care abovo all things for n spoulntly- risky advent uro for Its own la ho. Tho diiys of tho Tudors woro par ti.Milmh rich In nil sorts of pint*; and intrigues, nud Walslnghnm nnd Burleigh, tho two gronl rival statesmen of CMieon Kli/.iihi'th's roign, carried tho art of spying "ii encb othar'B plans un.l hoc* rots t*i;. vory high degree of perfection. Each was kept as fully informed ns possible of his rival's movemontB and more often tban nol with tho doBlro of putting :i spoke In tl:" other's wheel, nod (lis- crediting him In his Sovereign's oyefl. One of these curious hnlf told tales of history belongs to tho period just alluded to, and tho rights of it will indeed, in nil prob-ability, novor be truly known in their entirety. That wns tho enso of Thomas Doughty, whoso execution by Sir Francis Drake on his voyngo in thc "Golden Hynde," is ono of tht' strongest and most dramatic oplsodos "i the greal Eli7.abethan Bailer's career. Thomas Doughty wns one of tin-bund of gcn.ticninti adventurers who joined ko In his graft, adventure; ho iunl |„ ,. ■,,,•■,I Leicester's b otnry.nnd his brother, John Doughty, who i ompan- ... | him on tho voyage, hud oar nod an , , iblo notorb ty through being SUi | cted of complicity in s coso of poisoning. ' Drnke strnck up n strong friendship wiih Doughty, who was :i im I' con* si.In-Ill-' courtly attalaments and attractions, and took him very largely into his eonfi leuee. So much did he appear t>* trust him thai ho pul him in command of a Spauish prize whicli they captured in tho Atlantic on which was nlso Drake's own brotl or. Soon, however, trouble arose, l,1ro quant quarrels nud friction bowtocn Drsko and his one-time friond continued, till nt last, according to some witnesses, Douguty endeavoroil t<> stir up n mutiny among the adventurers, 'i nu nttompl being frustrated, Drake held n rough and reiuly court martial .ni the accused man. and sentence **:" death was passed aad carried out tho sumo dny. T.i this day tlu* controversy rnges un* dccldod ns to tho innocence or other wist- of Thomas Doughty; as to his roal ■tnndiug ns nn emissary of Burleigh, pint iu Loudon hi 1758, und both wore Intimate with thu Earl aiarlsohal In i uris. Further, the oorroBiioudouoo uf thu spy muiitiniis tho deulh uf Ills father at the tlmo of thu death ni uld G Ion gurry, nn illness whou Glengarry wus ill, and ho forth} while, to conclude-, with thu death <>f Alexander MncDuiiiH'll, young Glengarry, the tig* uro of "Pickle tho Spy" seems to vanish from the pages ui history. "Picklo" played a very Important part iu thu sooret history of his dny, Itut for him it is probttblo tlmt Ihei-e wuuld huve heen uiiother Highland rising, cortaltl tn full, yet noun the less on thai account bloody and disastrous! sn tlmt this much good muy liu said tn have come from Glengarry's hideous treachery In tin* oxllod Prince whom lu* profossod to serve. "IMcltlo," 111 Ihe time when this rising wns iu coutoni* phitiuu. was in communication wilh 111'my IVthum, the Minis!.>r of (leutge II., uud forwarded tu him u inoinormj drawn up ny his uwn kinsiimn, l.ueh gurry, giving Dm mimes utld numbers uf ihe Highland elans llkoly to lukp urniH in the Stuart catiso, ' The Ell* bunk pint, which was also nbandoiiod owing to "Pickle's" information, wus io kidnap King Qoorgo mul solzo St. .lames' hilium, nml young Qlotignrry WUB lo take a lending pari in this BollOlllO. Tin* reason fur Glongnrry's troachory was apparently neither moro nor less iiiau lovo of money, ni which, naturally, thoro was moro tn bo had for Iruaehory thuu Por loyalty, It is al the Miiue tlmo nlmosl incrodlblo thnt u iiuiii of high birth ami proud tradition could live a lil'n nt' sii.-ii terrible du pliclty, 'lying, as ho did, undiscovered, though, ns coutoinporary records show, hy uu nioatiB uiiBuspoctod, To discover Wo uloiitity of nn in former during his Itfotiino is, howovor, luvarlubly a very diOcull business, since deatli is the almost certain con* Beqiienco of tho rovoallng of liis troachory; while the usual destruction of iucrimlnuting documents from day to day renders it by no menus easy tu dotoel a spy evon long after ho could suiler by the discovory, Consldorablo inysiery, for example, surrounds the identity of the betrayer of Lord Edward Tit/.gem Id '•*- hlding-plncc during tho Irish troubles of 1798, nnd to judge by a street ballad of the time, it in not wonderful thai the spy waa not very ouger to gratify the public curiosity. "May heaven i rcli and parch tho tongue by which his life was Bold, And shrivel up tho hand, that clutched the proffered n i of gold." A recent writer ims given pretty good reasons for believing the traitor to hnvo beon ono Francis Mngan, n Dublin barrister, who was ouo of the vory few who knew Lord ,Kdward's hiding-place, .\ career more resembling that of n mediaeval soldier of fortune tl an I modern lifostory was* that ui the I'a- moiis Mnjor Le Cnron, or ThoihaS Hencli, as In* was really called, who for years carried his life in his linutl as un agent of tho Secret Service amoug tho Fenians in America. Tho ii ner history of the Fcuian Raid of 1870 has been told by him in n volume of recollections, ns well us thc story ui several fust nted plots, into the inner workings of which he hnd access, Anil hero it mny bo s;ii.l that, whatever may be tho popular dislike for thc In former's trade, thoro is a wide difference between tl nntnon traitor and the man who deliberately enters the enemy's camp witli hostile intent, even though concealed for n tin o. Somo iocs rim only bo fought by Btoalth; ;:.'.i ■ ■ long as s."-'1 foes exist, s«i Imig must tho Secret Service of nations nttrnct tno during, the cunning, and 'ii crapulous l y its risks and its rownrds, CHINESE THEATRE NOISY AND BRIGHT (By Goorgo A. Dorsey, Ph.D., LL.D.) Some day 1 shall attempt to writ ni the Chinese theatre with audorstaiid- ■r.l in mt as he did with regard to jng ( „r]I„ |unv tn)lll |g„oroncfl ,.u,\ Drake's vontnre. Somo authorit eshnteres1 ^hleflv because I cannot help hold that the charges ngninsl him -^ woro deliberately trumped up by Drake ;i,;inv ,„- VlilI havfl „efin w*|flt , ;i!|| with the intention ui destroying ;i|1(lll, to doscrlbo, but I doubt if more Doughty, nnd thnt bis position as a spy tjmn itl Q lHlll,j,Vli outstayed thc in Burleigh's pay was invented ns an t]ll.u. ll,il:H,l.s necessnry t-. grntlfv ni 1 2 cotit for ii cushion. I huve paid ns much for u programme at an infer '"'• show, [lore thoy throw thu pro gramma In und you throw ii on Lho lloor, unless you imp] to know how to rend puluri/.nl Iron filings.' It is Informal from tha beginning. Tl icctipy the pit, smoko clgurs, I'h, put their foot on the chairs in front, eat oranges, and drink tea, The wu mon und children sit in the gallery j limy smoko ihe peculiar Glilnoso metal water pipe and drink lea. What else they do 1 dun't knuw, for I could only sen tholr jmle uml gold earrings, tholr carofiilly polished raven hair, anil pairs ui black eyes glistening with interest under low, white enamelled fureheads. I wn nl i'ii io goo mure, but Boon concluded thai, it is considered tho proper thing to Boom unconscious of thu ox* 18 to ilea of uny woman but tlioso on tho hI age. Stage? Vuu probably wuuld think it n joke. Perhaps the stage whoro Hum lei lirst soliloquized was nut different. Thoro is uu drop nor flroproof curtain --which saves time ami motley, Thu stage is wide upon from the sides tu tho roof, Its bai-lt is u brick wall pierced by n door un ouch side; one Horvos ns entrance tho other ns exit. As thoro is im curtain thore is uo si'i'iicry. Thin is as il should be. Something is left to llie iuiagiliati nul you don'l pay $l..".n for n 10 cent drama performed by SO cant actors, wl ve about in $1.-1' fixings, They do have "props," lie is always busy. Tlio ainoillll ui shifting he ran'manage In gut, mil of furniture llmt nu nue* l louoor couldu 't raise a ilollnr un is real nil; for he in scene shil'ler ns woll. Ofttlmos vmi wonder If he doesn't think lu> is the show. II*1 wonri a long pig tail, bnre foot, n sanlniiie grin wlii.'h now ami then passes Ion ehueklu, a blue undershirt, nnd red snusngo casing uu his legs. China is a laud uf wondorful chairs, bul l novor saw n chair on a Chinese singe that didn't louk us if it WUB mado nf old boxes und couldn't huve cost more Ilmn 20 it'iiis. To iln- four or Ave chairs add a table or two, to match. Mure Important aro two fishing poles. Vou can hung a curtain nr u rag from these and sn iu u jiffy convert a chair into a bod- room, Into a gravo, into anything or nny pine i land nr sea, in heaven or hell. A pass of the hands, and the whole stage is uu ocean, A chair 00 U table. If covorod with thu proper rug, is a tree. Ever play euros, Keeping house, school, store.' It is all hero. All the signs und mako-bollevcB arc- hero. But never in the glory of your happiest mnke-boHcvo days did ynu imagine such costumes as these social out-cast i hi:;, se :i.'tors wenr. And Ihey aru real, too; real silks nad real embroideries. It is not so easy to move your ears back. For a long time ymi henr only a regiment ot Scotch bagpipes, n company of horse fiddlers tuning up und testing tbeir pitch, und a copper boll- There ij no poisonous ingredient h Bollowuy's Corn Curo, and it can hi nsml without danger of injury. or factory. When the fuctory shuts duwu ynu hear somebody boating ro sounding wood wit h two Bticks, Vou had no hi on that ,\ I on wood could muke su much noise. Ynu uni only hour this nolso, vim set* tlio villains whu make it. Thoy sit ul tho buck contro of tho stage. When they got lired tlu-y stand, Tlm way they drink ten is line to behold. Vou wondor nt first thut they daro to do this in plain view of the whole house. If I make us much noise with one pair of cyinbnls 1 should want to be lofikod hi a eyclono collar, with four fool of snow uu the ground. Thu mcloilrnuiu is, logically, ut m\ end' nt one o'clock. Not this show. They took U fresh start, or rather kept right on, und probably ure ut it yet. Wo hud hud our 20 cents' worth nml pulled out. The penalty we pub! for pulling uut so Into was four separate ciimshiiws (CMll080 for "dig") to get thruugh tllO vuriuus city gates hack to old England uu Shu moon. I have assumed that you know that the female parts in this drama woro played by umn; no real womnn ever appears mi u Chinese stage. THE LONGEST BIRD FLIGHT Perhaps tha longest st ralghtaway flight nittdo by birds in tholr migrations is accomplished hv SOlllO of the shore t waler birds thnt nest in Ihe islands of Boring Son ond spend the winter al Hawaii uml Fanning Island, twenty two hundred miles uwuy, Inasmuch lis some of these birds llvo eiitirelv on the shore and are probably unable' In rest oil tllO surface of the wnler. il is thought thai Ihey must ne* aplish the whole distance In a single flight, Vei, although them aro un land minks for them upon tlieir long journey over ;i waste of waters, Ihey make their way to their destination with tho pro* i-isiun of a rillu-shot. EXCLUDING THE SKYSCRAPER The commission charged with tho ro- visim, „f the Montreal Building Code has docided to maintain the bylaw prohibiting the erection of buildings uver 130 foot'high, The decision Is wise, but it is unnecessary to ruin ind tho city fathers of Montreal that it is not enough to pass bylaws, It must also be possible to curry'them out withnul pre jlldico tO the city's dOVOlQpl I. .Vow the skyscraper is no admirable illustration of whut the. economists call marginal utility. In planning work on any building site thero is a certain point at whicli it becomes cheaper to buy it new site thnn to add a new storey, The location of Hint point depends partly on the price of land and partly on the facItltiOB for dealing With material. In tho backwoods, where land costs nothing but facilities aro.lucking, tho settler will never build mure than n Blnglo stuiey. In .\'ew Vork, u'ncie laud, iu the limited nren. is very dear, Stops a Cough Quickly -Even Whooping Cough Sixteen Ounces of tho Quickest, Surest Cough Remedy for OOo, Money Refunded If It Fails tf you havo bstlnuto, deep-seated cough, whicli refuses to bo cured, got a 50-COIll bottle of I'inex, mix it with home muile sugar syrup uud stint taking ll. Inside of 2*1 hoars your cough will be gone, or vory nearly so. Kvon whooping-cough is quickly conqubrod iu this way, A 00-Conl bottle of I'inex, when mixed with home made sugar syrup, gives you 10 ounces—u family supply —of the finest cough remedy that money could buy, at a clear saving of $-. Very easy tu prepare—fsll directions iu package, PlllOX smdhes ami bonis the iuilame.l membranes with renin r ha bin rapid ity. It stlinulntoB the ajipetite, is slightly laxative, and Iiub a plonsani taito- chll dren take it willingly. Splendid for croup, nsthmn, bronchitis, throat tickle, chest pal ns, etc., und q thoroughly sue oossful re dy Por Inciplont lung tr Ic I'inex Is n -i Ial ond high).) concen trutctl compound of Norway White Fine oxtrnct, rich in guoiacol nud other lionllng pine olemonts, It has often been imitated, tl gh never mccess fully, for nothing else wl I produee the -nun- results, Simply mix with sugar syrup or straiood honey, In n Ltf-ounce bottle, and it is ready for 'i--'. Any wim tries Plnex will quickly understand why it homes in the I'.s. and ' 'aao la tha other cough remedy, Tl -1 g ■ . * '_.,■■ inteed to give rtbsol ite - tisfai tion or money refunded. Certil guarantee is wrapped tn es ickags Vuiir druggist haa Pint \ r ■* for ymi. If not, sent to Tht Toronto, "nr. but where building facilit m ibe ui t, no absolute limit i*a i - ■ _ ■ the height of the it I tt ■ !en tral X.w 5Tork Is pr< * from expanding. Mon! pand almost Indeflall that her I i uro good. Narrow *t -eel . ■ buildings, I,:tr-_'.> thorough bio of bearing in n*l] lipid nn extended business the M< 11 ■ ■' ' ■ is planning schema i ■ ■■ • raickly atop* courfba, tu lie .iw. .j -.-I liiuja u colds, heal* Many patent - i and gone, but I J tit e Syi up ■■ ■ * most p!ac< . ' ■ | and cold, and as a pn i ' i of the lungs, ft is a j thai wid i its ; year by year, i something tu -ii * ■. [ .-old, yon Bic lie's S; excuse for his destruction. If so, how ever, it seems a curiously complicated ond elaborate device, as well as an un- i .- wirv savage ono. Moreover, Drake's nndoubtc! friend itblp with ilu- umn, and the favor he -bowed him, u e not compatible with such n course nf notion-, ami it is ho yound doubt thnl il"' neensod mnn did i,onst of his influence with Hurlel i, ; ;. inert thai ho ncto l with that M-nii uii'ibiii curiosity for the bizarre, nnd lo . with only the clashing of ^-i.i1^- in j onr * ■' - I hm o seen the i !hinese tin al re mi i j. many times, I confc - 1 like it. There is enough noise I-- satisfy the Indluu in me; ouough color to Buturate me. Thee are tlinos when 1 hunger tor It. I rarely miss an j '.i -i.- it. Had l been in llong Kong recently I should hnvo gone twice instead of nn Dr. Marters Female Pills Zl ?2 S S «S g^g J™Z, Xi SS5.i • EIGHTEEN YEARS THE STANDARD ttu{£t £•£*£££ ^'^Zr^^XXi ,'i twrll n ■! i" ■■ n ' i | . ■■,. , ■. -i;*. ' i ■ ' ' US' ed turdy of l)ro7m worti Ihe . > . u || 1 "' '• ' 'I e - * * at. ttt. ...:- ... .ui (ims HM Make the Liver Do ite Duty Nia.la.Minl.nwneallieliwti.riin.lk. atoaacb and bowela ve nglit. CARTER'S LITTLE UVER PILLS luulybutfirmlfc pel a laz, live* to ds iu daiv. CureaCi atipalion, lndigaa*i tioa, Sick HwdtclM, .oi Di.lroa, ofl.r Eatinf. Small TO1. foul D.... Small Prk. Genuine nnubeu Signal uro nmeamxaawwaaaaam ii .u.i boon in - i' incnaurc .' 0.1, Tliora tlio mull.•.' utMiila, lum ovor, n« ii i« likely to for nil i.""'. one of tlio miii'v ilnrh nml iniaolvoil my. torlea of tlio uiiturnoil |«i^ f M< tory. 'i'lio .lavs uf tllO .ln.'.'l.ili' plots for Hi,, reatoratlon of tlio sinnri ilynnaty «.■.,. i.niiirnlh notoil f..r ll ^,- will, nlii.li si'ii'n "ii I'olli al.loa onrrlcd mi tlii'ir wiiilc, nn.l by fur Iho moal intcrostliiR m' tho.o ilnrkly myatorlmia pononogea was tlio mnn who carried ..n tin1 work nf Li'triiyiil nii.li.-' tho iiiimo of "Picklo tho Spy." Tho lilon tiiv ni' Hiis Individual, who, n» nil nro ogrood, wns n pononago of liinli birth, nnd onjoyed n poaltlon of tho ifreateal confldonco in tho Protondor'a counaola, lina boon nuilli.r for much conieetnre, nn.l (IIbcumIoii; hut it I« Hkcu onongh that tlio concluaion l" wlii.'i Mr. Andrew Ung lm» como, In bl» In torotttng monograph on llm anbjoct, ii the corrocl one, Mr, Lang dodlicea thnt "Picklo" wna In ronllty nono other Hum young llliMirjnrry, and give, sov oral reason. r..r liis ilodnctlon, which si-i'iii norfoetlv conclusive. Both "picklo" mul Glongnrry,ho points ont, woro otllcors in tho Proneli servlco, I...ill with In take |,:irt In tho Elll li Ity w.':i n'V ivo jump ni thc rlu.lon thnl tbo wo n atnipor nn.l nre al ill.' I. moI Unit Iln1 in.'., in.' formal im.I -•."'. nnd Ihnl the rhlof f Hon of iho ori'licatm is to drown I...11. word. llllll tllll*i. . 'I li.- Intter i ni .1.. ion you may ulti mntoly .li'.'t.l.. i^ crronoous, that thoy nlti'iniil rather lo drown the ni.'s "i lust) iiin^i.I \i ndors uho -;.» aboul shouting ti.'i" wnu's qnlto in nsclon. of plnyera, Our pcniiul and popcorn iioddluri are not su rude .-vi'ii nt n baseball gnine, i passed n lull through u holo in n wiro screen I" n pntrlareh In hnlMnch Mugcr nuils (proof thai ha doesa'l have to wnrl; in I. .-i inarry, bul not li.n^ onongh tu provo thai lio i-. n real gentleninn), Uo lookod my llong Kong ni..rev .. or fi r four mlnuti s, nppcnlcd to n byatundor, nnd at Insl decided lo lisl; it. I gol n bluo pnpor postor and ii Imt full of chnngo, for tho L.'si seal iu tin1 linn.- :■ 110 .....!-. plus n 1n\ §MMb Gun JtitrMv -i"i ■ mufcti ■ it ihraal ""■* iiiuJ*. I'H 'Itlll*.. ItPdl.* 'tin I fills McBEAN BRO Winuipjii. Oct I TO FAEMEES.—Since mailing our clrculai letters lo farmers, such a r.-.dical chair: lltton in Woatertl Canada lias taken place that wc feci coinpcllotl to advise farmeis of this ciur..r ? . possible. When our circular letter was wiittcu. the oxtent of tho frost damage ir. Saskatchewan ind was only a matter of conjecture, hut reports coming in now show a deplorable condition over i side n at these t'.vo province., For thc iast three weeks tiie weather for threshing an-l harvesting hts been moat numtt. able. Thousands of acres of grain are still uncut, and it Is scarcely likely that any of it will be cut Testa tun show that it will not pay to thresh many thousands of acres that have been cut, and sor...: :.. :.. Unas have ftr.tly refused to thresh by tho bushel, but will only continue by the day. Frost early :. ra tdncad the grade of wheat in many parts of Saskatchewan and Alberta down to No. 6 wheat ... farmers that havo No. 3 Northern or better have every rij;i'.t to consider themselves fortunate Both. 8 wan and sVlborta will p:oduce a large quantity of wheat grading No. 4 wheat or lower 3 . tho damp weather is sure to reduce large quantities of thc bettor qualities to off-grades. Co:-.': worst wo have expcrlenccl for years. This means that there will be lots of low grade whcit to ha Idle season, but it does not follow that wc will havo low prices. Outside conditions guarantee good prices. We havo advocated light along that, even without damage to our cop, wo would not have low prices, u the demand for wheat all over the world will be enormous. Wo predict that today's quotations fot I cheap BOmetlme between uow and next July. Thc day for cheap wheat has gone hy. There '•-"■ 'oo r.'.i.t- pooplo eating wheat, and the new countries that aro opening up are not any more than keeping pace in-.h tho Increased consumption. There may he a lot of wheat whlcb will not be fit for grinding pur poor feed. Outside conditions, however, guarantee a good price for this quality of irrain, because the feed shortage In Europe is enormous, and alroady Germany is reducing the duty of feed stuffs to prevent the Orr.:. r. farmers from markotiug their live stock, which would he a menace to tho welfare of that count expected that thc duty will ho removed entirely at thc ne::t session of Parliament. As one d-vie: y-v. . tho law upholds: "Men can starve, hut tho cattle n'.u^t be fed. The approach of winter will the .—... that a good supply of feed stuffs must be purchase! and stored, aud Europe dare not dlscbey the Ujnal Aa tho quantity of wheat grading No. 3 Northern, or better, h s bee'.', reduced considerably by : likely he r.n unusually strong demand for those grades throughout tho season. It is claimed th I States mills intend grinding our 1 and 2 Northern wheat ln bond. They need lt to nix with the softer Virlet ra of tbe Southern States. Today No. 3 Barley Is worth 70c in store, Fort William. Wo do not look for any decline in these prices, and v;c expect our Nos. 3 and 4 Barley to advance 10c per bushel and be maintained. Oat. re store. Fort William, and present indications point to oat values holding their own and probably so considerable feed stuff, will ba required in tho United States and Europe, in fact lar moro than we can supply. We have been getting several letters from farmers aud they til cxrect to see prl wham re ceipts got heavy, but wc cannot so it in that way. Of courro, wo may have a temporary ictie but this is the time for tlic farmers to hold their grain, md wo suggest tliat farmers select a goo-'., rellahl mission merchant, consign all their car-lot shipment, of grain to iiini. aud then rely noon his advice a.- to the proper time to sell or hold. It will pay thom well to do this, .Wo do not think it ad. tabli to hold grain too long. Tho heavy storage charges in the terminal olovators eat heavily into the profits itemed through any substantial advance in market piicis. and when prices nt tho beginning cf the season ai w. selling. Of course, there aro ttme3 when, by holding anywhere from ten days to two months, the advancing market makes It n very prolitablc deal, but as to tho advisability of holding for even thia length of time, wc think It bent for farmers to depend upon tho advice given by his commission agent. Wc foci sure lhat. the above Information and advice is going to dispel ihe Quandary whlcb many farmers arc In as to the advisability of marketing their grain now or holding, and even if this should be all, we would feel icnnid for tho expense of publishing this Information. However, wo know that farmers, even more than other business men. rocognite nnd appreciate a good turn, and will show their appreciation substantially when the opportunity oifcrs. Wa know that our old customers will still employ us to handle 'heir ;;r.-.in consign- incuts this season, aa in other years, but wc also know that there nre many others who appreciate our informa- tion and advice, and many of tlioso will show their appreciation this season by lorwavdlng us at least one car-lot shipment to bo handled on commission. Oct better acquainted with us now by shipping forward a car early in the season, and wo aro perfectly satisfied that you will bo so pleased and glad to let ns have the handling of tho balance of your grain this season, and that luturo years will bring ns all your grain shipments. Wc know wo can satisfy you nml thoro is nothing else nocossary to hold your custom. Wc UNDERSTAND this graui business THOROUGHLY, and that COUNTS. McBEAN BROS. Address, 600 Grain Exchange, Winnipeg, Manitoba P.S.—If nt all possible, don't thresh yon.' grain until it is thoroughly dry, Havo patience. It will pay- to wait, even for a considerable length of time, Ciood dry milling grades of when will likely be drawing a rood premium this season, and it could easily happen that tho drying facilities at Fort William and Port Arthur would not prove eoual to drying a vory l.v.so quantity of damp nnd tough grain rushed forward. An ovor-stock might forio slipncrs to sell out nt sacriilcc prices to prevent loss from heating. tfeUE tttiss, cbilliwack, britiss Columbia 85 •aauu' ® 31(1® TaRe Bargains Ashwell's Big WE are Glad to Ta We take stock on February 1st. The more we sell the easier i; SALE STARTS TUEZ V&) (D HE 96 il) 85 S Wonderful Values in Dry Goods Dept Offerings that will surely arrest the attention of every woman to whose notice they are brought. Dress Goods, the pick of our stock at 1-4 off. $1.50 per yard sale price $1.2.5 $1.00 75c 65c 50c 40c 35c ». ii ti . 4 t t . I .. I t (I (( $1.12 1-2 90c 75c 60c 50c 37c 30c 25c FLANNELETTES 15c per yard sale price 12 1-2 20c " 25c " .1 ii <i 12 l-2c 10c 16c 18c PRINTS 15c per yard, sale price 12 i-2C per yd " 121-2 10c Women's Coats, Suits, Dresses, at Bargain Prices. Supplying a rare opportunity for the woman who wants a Stylish Coat, Suit or Dress Shop early and get the best selection in Northway Garments, Canada's Best Tailors, for ladies. 20.oo Suits 17.50 Suits 15.oo Suits 20.oo Coats 17.50 Coats 15.00 Coats Sale price u M (( $15.00 13.00 11.25 15.00 13.00 11.25 1-4 Off all Dresses, Waists, Skirts, Children's Dresses and Coats Furs - Furs LACE and EMBROIDERY at Special Prices 20c values now * - I5c per yard 15c 10c 7 i-'.'C I2c 8c 5c « ci. At Sale Prices $20.oo Values 15.oo Values 12.oo lO.oo 6.oo 5.oo Values Values Values Values now now now now now now $15.oo 11.25 9.oo 7.50 4.50 3.75 Men an Specials t< Men's Suit V the ordinary,! attention, Suit Values fof 36 to 42, $12.50 to $15 Sale price $17.50 to $19 Sale price Overcoats $10.oo Values $ 12.5o Values $15.oo Values Boys Suits ic well tailored $3.oo 2 piece £ 3.50 " 4.00 " 6.00 3 " 7.00 " ALL UNDERW NECKTI1 The Biggest Sale We Ever Had Shop Early in the Month ASHWE mmame "earn? ***asr ® © (£) *aamw ■«- -agsar -aj&r **v-5LSp S ® w © <E ■FREE PRESS, CHILLIWACK, BRITISH C0l.t'MBlA\ £ nay ty /^■m /^!m **np •jijy vftii* y^y y ji^ -vigj «**!• WJW' *8****M- w -MOP 5 © 96 CD 3 mual Clearing Sale These Losses BECAUSE [e to take the inventory. That's the reason for these immense reductions CASH Y January 2nd 1912 ys Sale jst Them Quite out of nmand your your oppor- ill sizes, from measure. te $10.oo te $14.75 Raincoats $8.00 $9.50 11.25 ible Tweeds, good linings lie price $2.75 « 2.60 (. 3.00 11 4.50 11 5.25 CKS, .BRACES, 11-4 OFF fe Boots and Shoes Of Good Appearance and Satisfactory Wear. We can Save you Money in Your Boot and Shoe Purchases Great Preparations are being made in this Department, to make this the biggest sale in our history. These well known makes are included. Empress, Kingsbury, Ahrens, Landover, and Sovereign LADIES' SHOES $3.oo Values Sale price $2.25 4.oo Values Sale price 3.00 4.5o Values Sale price 3.15 MEN'S SHOES $3.50 Values Sale priee 4.00 Values Sale price 4.5o Values Sale price 5.00 " $2.60 3.00 3.15 3.75 BOYS' AND GIRL'S SHOES WE ARE CLEARING AT SALE PRICES Crockery & Glassware at Reduced Prices White Cups and Saucers 90c a doz White Dinner Plates 1.00 a doz White Tea Plates 85c a doz Gilt Edge Cups and Saucers 1.15 doz Gilt Edge Dinner Plates I.I5 a doz Gilt Edge Tea Plates 90c a doz China Cups and Saucers 15 to 45c China Berry Sets $1.00 to 2.25 China Cake Plates 35c to $1.15 Hand Painted China at Clearing Prices ALL GLASSWARE AND LAMPS AT SALE PRICES See the Glass Tumblers at 40c per dozen Grocery specials MOONEY'S SODAS, FRESH STOCK, in Pail* 10c DATES, IN PACKAGES, per pound - 10c LAYER FIGS, per pound - - 15c WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE, bottle 15c and 25c JELLY POWDERS, all flavors, 3 packages DELICIOUS NAVEL ORANGES 25c, 35c, 40c, and 50c per Dozen VANILLA and LEMON EXTRACT 2 Bottles 25c 25c 3 3 SE 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 85 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Shop Early in the Day Hundreds of Bargains all over the store momr IMi -wv mwaaa ******y 3 3 3 3 3 m-fT mgjmr *aaatr jp ffl 3 3 3 CHILLIWACK I'liKK PKESS Anaemic Mothers Here is Relief! You Can Enrich Your Worn-out Blood and Quickly Renew Your Health With Or, Hamilton's Pills Buflorot <>f Twenty Yearn Bttvtoa Dr. Hamilton';* Pills Arc a Real Cure. '■ I can 'i n ubor it.i.v tlmo during tlio |uul 20 yours when my lieuil wubii'J uohing. \t I bonl over, ilurh Bpoolm would {'Him' boforo my oyou, uud ii boo mod ns if nil tin* blood in my body wuntod to rush to tlio lioutl," Thuu o])ona tlio Ii'Hit ui Mm, Bnocli B, Spry, nl' Putnam P.O., und eontimiliig lior tutorofltinfi* fltfltcmonl tdifi suya "Work nr exertion nmdo my heart boul torrtblo, and going ii|i stairs caused Buel) short- noss of breath tliul it fairly frlglitonoil mo. My doctor told mo thai If Ihnl was tin* enuso Dr. Hamilton's Pills are tho grcatesj blood ronewor on earth. L toll you how i foci today nnd you can uudorstnnd what n great euro I"*. Hamilton's Pills hnvo made. I i'cel Strong enough to work like a man, as ior going up stairs on the run, it doesn't bother mo at all. I eat and sleep as any well person ought, and as ior dizziness which used to frighten uio .so much, it has entirely disappeared. Dr. Hamilton's Pills are a wonderful woman's medicine. They helped mo in other ways, too, and I knuw every woman that uses them will have comfort and good health. Refuse anything of* fored you instead of Dr. Hamilton's Tills of Mandrake aud Butternut, 25c por box. All dealers o: iln- Catarrh- ozone Co., Kingston, Ontario. "I would lilu* lo gel off today, sir," suid tho olllco boy, " Whal I'orf" iiskril tin* boss. "My grandmother died last night, "Hul you told mo lhat story before." "Yos, sir; she iliofl every night, sir. siio is playing Llttlo Evn in an 'Undo Tom'h Cabin' bIiow. sii*." When Alice Jonos wits eighteen she booil 1110 Miss I'), Alysso .loiies. When slit- wi'iil to ruler n normal BcllOOl she was nski'il iior name hy I lie dean. She replied; "Miss 13. Alysso .louos A I y-s-s-o." " Vi's," said tho dean, "nml how nro you spoiling 'Jonos now !'' '' I *ve hail cold oullls running over me nil day,'' tlie thin man ruiiipliiiiieil. "Von onglit In he glad Of that," snld his hoartloss friend. "I don't tbtnh I understand vou. Why should i bo glad?" "uh, well, you know, it is quite an ordinary tiling to Inive cold chills, There's nn cause lor alarm, .lust think whal nn extraordinary I king Lt would bo it' you shinilil have hot chills running over von. " Now, boys," snid tho teacher, "I need not toll you anything further of the duty of cultivating :i kindly din position; but I will toll yon a little story of iun dogs. ■'George hnd u nil e little dog that wua ;:- gentle ub ii lamb, lie would bII by George's • ide i|iiietly for nn hour ui ;i tin e. Ifo v oul I ner hard at puss ors by, nor nt sl r:i nge doc . nud woubl ne*. er bite anybody or imyi hing, •- Thou ; i '- dog, on I ho ■■- ul rury, wn* ■tiv.'i. fl [lit ing utlioi ■'■■•■■-. and would soinel .men lear the n ei nelly. Ifo would ulfco llv nl the lo n- and rats in the ueighborliooii, and on neve ul i :i ions ["•Ives them ftj their rigbl . Iind been known to si ize n eow by the nostrils and throw her. He bnrkc I nt nil the h\ rnnge men I hnl enine along, ni ; wo Into them un ■ somebody .in . ercd. " Mow, hoi . v, bi ii thc dog ■ n would like to own George's or Thorn ns V."' Instantly - «wor eager shont: "Tl on i i's!" eluded witli worth ni' eat* roquosl for oi moat. Thogn ml, for this nrtler would liuvo to lie do live roil three miles away—lint, as ho was entering tho items iu his order- hook, lho lady culled hllll up again. "Mr. Siimls," she said, "oh, Mr. Snails!" "Yes, iuikIiiiii/" "Mr. Sands, I want to can ool tlmt ordor ior cat's meal. The cat's just caught a bird," "Those kids 1 toaoh aren't a bit slow," observed a school teacher. "In fact, 1'in afraid they rend the papors, The other dny I proposed Ihe following problom to my arithmetic class; " ' A rich mnn dies and loaves $1,000,000, llneflt'lh is to go to his wife, 0110-fifth to his mm, one seventh tu his daughter, ouo*olghtu tu his bro I her ami the rosl to foreign nilssioilS. Whal does onch got?' " 'A luwyor,1 said the littlest body in the class promptly." ('Initios Vorkos, the streel railway miignato, "ployed the game" whoa l.e was al it. What 1)0 wanted was re suits, ami he didn't scrul mr/,' the means om ploy od loo closely, "no day ll friend who had been Involve;! ll) somo nthor quoBtlouublo deals with him Senator lloborl I., Taylor tells about a iinui in ihe backwoods of Tojmiosboo rolnpod'symptoms, "Mv dosh has been who applied for a pension for a gun* rol>bod, Verkes." said' lie, "and lh. A TRAVELLERS EXPERIENCE "My ono Wish Will ho," writes Marry p, Pollard, n well known boot nnd shoo traveller of I larl I'm il, "thnt eveiyune wiih a Innl stomach may lonrn as l .lol bofoi'0 it's loo late, llmt Norviline is tho ono remedy to cure. Why, I was in mighty bad shape, my digestion was all wiimg, and every night I would waken up with a start and Iind my heart jumping like a threshing machlno. This was caused by gas in my stomach pressing against my heart. ' When I stalled to use Nerviliiio 1. got lietter mighty fast, It; is certainly a grand remedy for the travelling man, Tteops your stomach In order, cures cramps, previous lumbago, or rlieuiuntisin, lueiiks up chest colds and sure throat- ill fact, there hasn't been au aeho or pain Inside or outside for tlie past, two years that I haven't eurod with Nerviliiio. Do you wonder 1 recommend It?" t wound. An oxnmlnlng surge of ihe modlcnl bourd stripped ami on ntuluod him, ejaculating finally; "Old man, wo cannot find a single lileinisli on your hole. Where were um shot during tho war.'" The old man said: "Well, gentlemen, I wns shot in the substitute" "Sire.'- paid the bellboy to tho Bummer lintel clerk, "awake ami pay attention on your life! " "Slave! " hlsaed tho potentate, "why do yuu arouse mof Is some important personage arriving-?" '' Even so. An Illinois senator ap- "Ah! But 1 was prepared. All the valuables aro lockod up in tba safe." And the clerk returned tu his slum hers. Ok* A young nowspnper worn in, disturbed in her dreams of futiuo tuppiubss. decided to consult n palmUt, nnd sponl an afternoon recently to v i-i: one in West Philadelphia. ' fpho rtenrd what the fortune teller had to sny, bul wat not Batisllo I witli tho results. " Well, well," she uakod, impatiently, "an 1 what sort of man will my luiilmiid bo and when will 1 nice I .hint" "it ,1., oh! " hnlf whistled the mill ■ 'There i - uo husbnud in sigh! ■ joii will remain single all tho days of yoi r life." '' I am glad I" know it." rn lorted the young woman. "Nov.* I'ii huw 'om hho i am I d unaud 'lint womon >liall bo tree nnd shall uo nger bo lu > es to n •-■■ stem whieh do- OODitfS1 "tells Aa n Buminor recrcutlon tho actress decided to t*u't .i poult y fjirwi. whieli she did with a bninynrd i -.■ and Ihlr- teen eggs from tbc .'illtige tore. Nol Laving even tho must elemontury knowledge ol poultry, she itiqnin I el ; iglibor how h ng •- ;_< generall> look to hutch, She n ■ '■■ I the roply: "Tin co ■' eoks for e.hiel.onfl and four for dm ks." Tho neighbor met her u... i imo afterward, und on being . ed how ilo- poultry farming wns going mi. she replied, with n lowering countenance: "«'li. I 'Vfl finished with it. At i Q red o! iln. .- weeks thflr I Were II ' i hiekeos. so 1 took the hen off, ns i | I'.dll't wail il icks." N obi i1> ' ■•■■"■- ii -'ii o tiie . no i ome into money, but at ono time plan we formed for squeezing N. ix Co, • ml of Inisiness hus been stolen I 'm afraid lhat il lias fallen into the hands of some unscrupulous pemn." Mr, Verkes laughed loudly, " Mv dflir fel low," said he. "cheer up, ll co.l.l not possibly full Into Lho hundi nf persons mure unscrupulous thuu wa nre. The appelites of healthy children liro proverbial, A group of bucIi chlldron not long since were taken Oil II Uiodosl outing by an adult admirer, ami lunch enn wns arranged for. The children partook with fair heartiness and every nppenrnnca of oujoymont; the hostess was correspond lngly pleased. But on the way home, half an liuur later, to hor astonishment nml mild horror, tho oldest child remarked, sedately; "Woll, guess I 'm about ready ior luncheon. And from all the rest came Ihe eugor, icsponsivo chorus: "So'm I!" An ancient evil iu St. Louis, ;oi reeted many years ago. was the system of street railway fare eolioctlo I which the pussengors going over tbo long course of Broadway paid e-'.eh si le of i Hive Btreet, The one furo s; i ent Into effect when the Republii n - wore in power, and was used ll**. d pnlgn weapon. But n Kor.-y Pat.-h orator, who had on affection a I i til iioney, took hia opponents' club uw .' from them and clouted thom sl i.v er the1 oars with it, to tin *. : ■ ac tion of ids hearers. "Whe-i the Iliminycruta were in," he ; Ini rt ;. "ye wn-nlhed to yer wurruh an1 • ivod a dime. Now that tho Kaypul li ans nro in. ye wn aik to yer tt irruk and Dl \ -a . " i iiickol. Prank Allen nnd Daniel Lumber! huve taken lirst premium iu the American Carriage class at ihe Indiana state ■■'air, and throo of his gotB have also boon award-ad Ilrst premium, Besides taking Hist in the Morgan Stnllinn class they linve repenledlv ttUtOll sec I in the Roudstor Sl'allion class, Whore speed was considered, nml over II large field of record horses. Nol only have thoy oxcolloul disposition, oudiir unco and strong constitutions, but un like many of Ihe Morgan family they hnve the si/e which is sn much in do "laud nt tho prosonl li Mr, Wilkin nlso has Iwo registered Morgan brood es of g I «"•/ I quality, weighing 1,1 (0 and 1.1(10 lbs., which nre producing excellonl foals to his stillII nnd Ihcse mares trace In dustiu Mmgaii. founder u. thu Morguus, nboul IIl"tv times. A FISHERIES DEADLOCK Sninellii.it,. Uko II deadlock 1ms br.niglil about between Canada ami Hie United stales over the vexed question nf the iuieruational tisnerios. Instead of upproviiig without modlflcntion lho tronty drawn op iu Wus, | he United Status senate Imvo iiltoiiiplod In altoi il in several radical respects to meet tne objections of boi f the Btntes aiTccted, Thoy have also Inserted, con trnry in one of tho nrtlcles ui the treaty, n proviso thai un further regulations ur amendments should In; adopted without the approval ni Congress, H is not surprising thai Canada should have objected to such propoanls, es poclully in view of the fnct that tho necessary legislation to pormll tho re quisito proclnmntlon by tho governor* gonornl was nassed at Ottawa Inst yenr. Tho worst teatnro of the situation i thut it scarcely oilers oncuurngom ml for entering upon further nogoitutions of a aimiliur kind. air, moisture, warmth am! fond iu or* r to live, multiply ami work, The particular food of n groal muny bac teria is sugar, and the product which they manufacture is called acid, Por instunee, when the juice is pressed from Ihe apple it is culled sweet cider boeaUBO of ihe sugar il contains, Itnl B001I Ihe buctOI'in enters from the nir, frum unclean utensils, or from other surroundings, nud uf once begin tu work upon the sugar, which soon turns the cider hard 1 finally U boeomos vinegar, unless put Into an air tight keg and kept in a cool place. Among the constituents of milk are water to the amount nf 87.1 per cent.; I'nt, 8.0 tier cent.; casein, B.fl per cent.; mlnoral matter, ,70 per cent.., ami sugar, 4,70 per cent. When the milk is lirst drnwil il tastOB sweet, because of the milk sugar which it contains, just the same as eider tastes sweet when it is Ilrst pressed frum llie apple. The aver- ngc milk, as will be seen nlains nearly 0 per cent, sugar, which means nbmit fl pounds I'm* every om* hundred pounds of milk, which, when changed Into acid by the bncloria produces what we cull souring. To work best, these bacleria require wnrin surroundings of nboul 70 degrees I-',, or room lemperatiire; besides they must hnve some nir and enough mols lute Im keep tholl food, the sugar, iu solution. The milk, Ihe same ns cider, has nil these i jitions pirsenl, so jusi as soon lis it is drawn the bacteria begin to work rapid I v, because since lho milk Is warm all Hie conditions uocosBiiry uro exactly right, Then, un Ic'. Ihe' milk i. cooled. Ihey couli rapid work until all the sugar is cluing ed l« acid lho milk 'muted. Sim-o llie*-e lit I le nrgillilsiliS must flrsl gel into the milk then have II warm tomporntnro in which to work, Hie way lo j.icvcul Hie milk frolll -mill' in;; is io keep Ihe brndeiia mil as t I as possible, then make Ihe surround ings, so mild thai thoy cnnnot worli To du this bave all Blir I) lings, ai yard, stable and stall lu u When Nostrils are Plugged Your Catarrh is Bad BY ACTING TODAY YOU CAN QUICKLY CUBE OATABBU AND AVOID BRONCHITIS; PERHAPS CONSUMPTION Most Agreeable nnd Surest Cure is Cn-tnrrhozonc, Which Cures Evory Curable Case Catarrh ozone proves especially good in those chronic, eases where mucus drops down the throat, sickens the st munch, and pollutes the breath. When the nostrils are BtufTod, only a few breaths through the inhaler are needed to clear the passages, and where there Is coughing and sore bronchial tubes the smithing, healing properties of Catarrh ozone net almost as magic. Once you step Inking medicine into the stomach, uml get the healing oils and pare balsams uf Culnrrho/.onn at work ymi can lie sure of quick ami lasting cure Cor hobo colds, catarrh, wenk lungs, bronchitis, and speaker's sure throat. 13 YEARS OF CATARRH CURED "As Oatorrhoisone has eurod mo of a Catarrhal Cough and Asthma that lasted thirteen years, 1 fool I can houostly recommend It. I really used all kinds of medicine, but Catairho^oue was the only one tbat did auy real good. I am entirely cured have no cough, no had breathing spells, not a • ■inn of a cold or catarrh about mo, But I win always occasionally use 'Catarrhosono,' I prizo it ho highly. " Mrs. K. D. Osgood, "Johnson P.O., Ont." The comploto *l.0t H>t of Catarrh 07.0110 is sulli.-iciit for :' ths' (real ment, nud is guaranteed. Smaller si/e OOc. al all dealers, or The Uutorrh- 07,0110 Co., I'.ul.'nlo, N.Y., und Kington, nut. EVERY PLACE ON THE WIDE PRAIRIES TELLS OF CUKES MADE BV DODO'S KIDNEY PILLS Tho.1;. Grifflii, of Pence River Lauding, Tells How He Oot Bid of Ilia Rliou- mattam—Houostly Earned Popularity INDIVIDUALITIES Mrs .lonehlm CI lorburrv, eighty years old aud partially blind, ■ tiy began work :is ;, stenographer for :i Toronto, Ontario, broker, nrhu ilenl» in Wi stern ■ naadian [iropcrtli -. She had I" i» training for the position for a yenr. So fat she Imi given entire ■::li ifltel inn (old Springs, Pcaco tllvor Landing, Alta.—(Special),—Just why Dodd's Kidney Pills totaln their wondorful t\ po]>ularity is easily shown by n trip across thu prairlos. Every town, vil- lage and posl ofllco has at li-nst "ii'- man nr woman who is rendy to toll of |p:iin, rollovod and health restored by il.,- great Canndiun Kidney Roaiedy. Let Tims. Orlflln, of tiiis plnco, add h - Btatcincnt to tho hosts already pub' llshcd. " Wlii'n i came to tiiis priri of the country," Bays Mr, Gritlln, "1 was troublod wilii :i bod bai h and Itheu: niatisiu in my -: Iders i hips. . I ■ ■ tor s!k boxes of Dodd's Kiilnoi ft PROBLEM TOR THE EDITO?. II ! on a man' tion foi -■■ enrii -. ' i,,-. p yn ■ ■ ■ . Putin i's I t-'nrn ways In and prompt. Sold ■ <-AB50RGIilLJR::s'.' ,":V:i.'si.'-;..'i: . ll. {till III ■>. . • i< I.i , Thrum! ih - Ithero were (.coding spirits iu tho noigh* | horhood who hud I n known t** aver thnt at ono tin Id Well orb v had driven u hurs. If lhat had been bo, .ting Wollerby had managed very su. - resflftilly to ban! li tho memory of those ■ road ful du; - I roin hie mind. There - n reception nl Wollerby House one , :iv recently, end the young heir to tho rood domain- wan observed to bo on- ■ lutlously showing off the family ' seal, It roiirescntod .^t. George nnd tho Dragon. "Oi t my uneestors, you ;.it.w," ho observed pompously, "> mi id to have klllo I tho Drn | n." • 'Good grn doivsl" said u scoffer neai i.\, "liow di l he manage il .' I up •-n-.- he didn't ei run oyc it, lid of tbo bent I uown nn 1 nblesl of ■ i ■ not given t.i t Ihii fondnoss i ,r bn vltj ■ ; lhat bo ombraeea i ior! n t; of leading , also, During tin- hoar M. Mauvel, first pre.sblenl of Porlu ' ilII9 :,,,,t tho» &y* me l'T :" ?',ec: gal, reeently elected bv the national * nlso rocommonded them to uiy eldosi republic assembly, Is'a diplomnl inl wuo wn8 '■""ll,""i ", "■•■ ,"'11 l"';,, " klujc the rovolutioimrv spiril which Hhemnatlwii. 1 ■* Now I know lhat Dodd - kidney Pills are t he bi sl n 'di di ■■ Por liheuma* ml ;li i o fanned into a 11 a mo !■ il war. lie is n citiz ' Arriegn. King Albert of Uolglum is intensely tisi" an,] ihv KliIlu'.vs* ' recommend practice! nud lint a keen oyc for bus] ""'" '" ovor>' P01***011 ■ h,,;ir pomplain- ness, in spite of his exulted position ii,;- '" ,",! ''',,il!l-; well." He cxpecti to vlsil ihi- eountrv soon "'"'•l'- Kidncj Pills made their pop to promote hi* cherished scheme 0f |ulnritj by keeping on coring sick kid creating it national merchant marine tlmt Belgium freights may I nrriod Wlliltliry condition. Uieu entry uml brush Ihe cow at loasl with ns much cure and nil out ion as In given the liorsos, Koop nil pails, Btrnlnora and othor mill, uleu- pils Bempulonsly .dean, and dually cool the milk to GO degrees P. immediately after milking, Betting milk Into an Ice box. a cave, or a i ellar to cool is not a vory good plan, because of tie ipieut pour VOnlilution and bad odors, A more satisfactory way i** to moko cither II small vat, largfl OOOUgh to hold sovornl shot gun milk cans, or cut a barrel into halves and provide with a woll lined cover to keep out all dust and shield the heat from the sun. By placing liii" between tho pump aud tho watering trough, Mien run a spout from the pump it. the cooler, ond nnothor from i!.*- cooler to the trough, fresh, cool water may be I epl nboul the contents ,,r the cole- ::i all times. Tho nvet age temperature of well water is about 50 degrees P., so an arrangement like bis i - ii simple, inexpensive :ird effec live wuy t'i keep milk from souring, Von can tell when n mnn has mado • e money by how pnl roniziug he is to everybody who hasn i. Tho average friend, line the nvorngo shadow, Is only on hand when tho sun shines. Combs should not bo washed, clean thom by passing n piece of soft rag between the teeth. Worms feed upon the vitality of cbll dren and oi dangei t;'<- i li' es. \ simple nu ! effective cure is Mother Graves1 Worm Exterminator. Belgium bottoms instead of in foreign ships, :' "• '■' Co°- Kev. Dr. Washington Gladden, who norsville. Ind.. wns a doe stud il of tho families of tho American bred trotter with the object of ascertaining whit li one produced the most i auty, peed and gcnernl usefulness. His ox tensive investigations led to the conclusion thnt in Vermont Block Hawk and id- dettcondnnts wore fo . ire ol these qualities than in any other family. Consequently wben h ■ pin it; so I llii Btallions. Prnnh Allen and Dunicl Lambert, ii was with the idea of getting ns much of the uinod of Vermonl BInck Hawk as possible throngh bis must famous sous, lit hun Allen nud Daniel Lambert, nnd in this bo was highly successful. Prank Allen 401)4, American Murgn Register, is the champion Morgn sin w stallion nml i- the ^>n ot Ashley's Kthan Allen (sire of Allen Maid, 2:10 1 2, nnd otiu r-i. -turn Mlsa (liilig, by Glllig, 2:211 I ■' (sire ol Ventura, 2:11 1-2, I twenty timr others in tlo* lis) |; BCCond dam Dollyj b\ ,.- , ibori ■ site of ' onmeo, :. Ifl l I, nnd thirty seven other trottei ; third dam by Thomn* Jefferson. He is n soul i , uit 'i. weigliiug 1,215 ponu Is ■■. liiinry tl.sii, full sixteen hands high, grand I'ottfoi mul ion, u pure imitc I trottei with ' ■ ,. »i| liimsell i most pot nl sire. Ho nbred Mori ritli ,.r case wh li coso bof lo BInck Maul., tbo groatesl ■ i . n i nrned klnn'» lb Istori and show hot i Hi il over - ai wl nl seemed llki l\ to I red, er .s, ^ Every Woman -,< OH r.T-\RVEL Whirling Spray v v-. i Bi :■-. "■.,':"'/Z- 'v ■tNDSOR SttrPLV CO,, '• _' m,nd..„. O,,. ..,,,.:*l- Nl •• : m limbic length, until hi-< wonry of the . . pnildi i.i.. looked toward tho I Rontly iiu|uiro.l whit day ,:, Tho q ic.tlon wa. ,o ones . led that the barrl.tei I ! n while , i ;, ni o ii nl :ii Hi" miostton n •'■|'i.,.-.|:.... me li I," ho renii id, win 11 ho had partly roi ot on ; fi ■: i hi. sn. pri •■ ■ > (\h, ye., quite bo, '' responded tin1 judf(o, in his wiuve.l t s. "You loe, I only .ii i wanud to aiontlon thai I .hall lint be ultlliiR nftor aoxl Sun. day." who i « . i :i tortoiao nholl out polled liei r ii| o mornliiR nnd , ml eoonnmlcnl ordoi no order for ed ben na, homin >. yosto. i .;. , nnd no forth aod .he t m )hllllwaok, B/itisti Columbia. ,\ Housoliold MadlCtUO. Thoy tl I -•.. s.r« n ii ■• ■ .• !■• t.««. f»...f ■ villi tbo Btcrllnjr pro • I- •■• ,...". .."I (ran lai.n ir Hi. , ., , I |',.i .,.;,,(Iii in .;:*:•;:;, u""""iiScc.,..ii'".'..'. , K.rUi.n btilldlo. iiuiii.... • Bod.ri not bn v III ll"' homo, II • ••' 'T'"<-l"lv.",'. Si?! • . with man} i ■ ,,. in. ...I rona. . i*. iv.f* h.i • , , „,,,,. ..■ taut month'. «.» choopor tnoa a 1101 >•,. j ' ■■■■...• •!. l«i '" •■■'■ st i„i .- ,,..• t hand, ni tl all for .,:*•'.„;'. ."■•--.v,:!-.^r''"'"' l In mn-. . : ■ i. ■.. Il>s other -' I Daniel Lnmbeii i- the en a. te: above, - ■ ; belt, by i': I Lninlii ■' ''': ae. nnd .inn. by De L- n-.i's Kthan N I il . third dam II ,. i, ih..\l :'■!. lie li .Is year nf ;i^.*. -'niiil- 15.- handu i weigh. 1,0511 | Is. Although llloeh llawh .1 1 in Ver- i.i and 'in--:" huaottn, ; ■ i ninny of ■ h- nnd ii'ii'i'l* "is tooh lirsl premium, in Indinnn. Koiitueky, Ohio and ; I back lu Hi" OO'i, 70'« nnd 80'a. nnd for tunny yoara i" BUcceH.ioii thoy wen i" t lieuten In thc old National ll„- .■ Bhow, nt St. Uul . \l . I'm iniiH'iit .'iitioiiy these wore Indian ' lilof, IU I Cblof, Silver Heol, Hudd'a BInck. howk, Udy Do Jarnotto, .lublleo Do dnrnette, Qreon Mountain Itlnckkawk, Duliith, Illinois I hiof, Silver Iteol. and Stoekbrldgo Chief. The blood of Dlnpl 't Bppoars iu n greal innny of tin' foni • n dre. . sn.l.ll so lti ni.: nnd l« • i * 1: :iil\ i onsldorc I. I I i .taillon . i i to 1 oa I I f tl • ... B.i tc llxporlinentu) Station, '■■.ii r,,liiis, traeos three times i" Hawk, .in I tin - 'i nnionl i • ng I'n in. nl Ml III ..:>. Vt„ it< .| oatirolv to tl M coined tho phruso "tainted money" Ims I ten lore i hla resignation aa pastor ol tho first i ongrogotional i hiirch of ' '• lain bus, I llii ., because mcmbi rs of liis (lock would nol mi I s,t\ ices In sufll iiiiiiiln'rs t.. meet with !ii~ approval. Ilo has been pastor of tl o Coluinbm chun I. since I^^J. nnd Iind beoa In thc mill istry since IStlO. \ fow yenn ngo he led the opposition t., proposed ••■'•- by John I). Itorkcfollcr to the chin ■ of the Unite I States, '"■ nl Kl berl do Wnll, the Itoer loader who was exiled because I a i. fi I to in!,,, tho oath of alleglanco at the rl I' thc inir wit 11 Knglniid, Is now pastor of the llohenwnld, Ten ■ • see, i-ui-s church, Two yenrs ngo Im mado n trip in Capo Town, but tho nul!... ni..s r. in.,.i hi,,, permission to enter, (leneral do Wall Is n scho] irlj limn, .penklng twolvo InngnnKiH, mul holds ;. null ber "I college dcgi es. ' - n pi i.';..;.in nn I pastor ho gives I Is time and tnlenl fr t rhnn e, '..::; ■' I in worldly goods nnd .nklng j' easurc in • lillnnt i op i i ol'. Mlsa Annie l.c.iry, of \"w Vurk. who Intends to found, vviili tho ..ssistan c of Mrs, Hetty Oreeo, n un; named after Chrl Inphei I ilui ibns, made n countess by Pope I XIII, n I0H2, In i Liniii'.ii nl' her miminc t Ittentionnl, charitable, and enterprises, M thai tli I. |\i . ■ ■ Ihh had li i' Imiii i.! by thc I'ope, Thty wc e Mr., I Shi ... ai , Miss (iweadnliar I well, ii ;... ha I been decora ted \i tinier m' Iho ' ' i 11 e. Tin litlci of . • lint, ' itess, dnl •■ i id tli • '.' ,• ■•■• ro Instil i-. .1 during the ' the temporal powor of iii ■ I'ope, nnd were rocognlxod in the Papal principalities, WHY MILK SOUKS Tlio s ninn;: of mill, i- not unlike the souring of frutl juice or vcgotnblo matter. H i- duo to il a action of a particular kind of micro-organism which nn call bnetorin. These little organisms -ire n u- I .!.-:,I like othoi forms of life, in that they must have .Afraid fo Eat?. of indigestio A idtcnl Noc.t Supplied. Wlton modlclna is found that aot only ni upon the stoinnoh, but is so composod •imi cortnln Ingrcillonta ol i' pnaa uti nltored through the stomach to Iind action in Hie bowels, thon thoro ii nvnit niili' n pttrgnth i* uinl n clonnsor of groat eflfectlvenei ■ Pnrtneleo's Vegetable Pills nn- o! Ciis character nnd ure lho ' 'I ."I1-. During Hie v,"irs iiini they havo been in use thoy hnvo cmt4.li lishoil themselvca us no othor pill lift, done, •nd you won't know jrou lure a itomach. They will see toil that your food ii properly digested. They lie among the best of the NA-DRU-CO preparations, compounded by expert chemist*, and guaranteed by the largest wholesale druggists in Canada. 50c a box. If your druggist has nol stocked them yet, send us "oc. and we will mail you a box. Nimau oaua >nb Chimical co. or c.n.d. uurro. monthcm. " t'.'Jif r. i i ... . . i ,. , ... . ■ ■ .. i •■. :"■■. ' . ■ ■ .■: ,■•■■ >' ■ v .', ■ :•..- . , .. i, ; A New Head In 30 Minutes Bi bmcathtt ichlnt, thrabi*>*.c. ttni-nint. mi.dai«i b«*d ior * ciftt. cm i. a i- i'.tu'-*- em ty t«k!»c * NA-DRU-CO Headache Walcr ." •. ■ toi -t your dnttftttt' c ' >' "uO ,irm jj National Dnit antl Chrtniol Co. of *'• n»tU. I jinilr-J, M-talrtML ALL PLASTER Plaster Board taUos the plnco uf Lath, nml is Hraproor. Tho "Ktntpro" krantlsof WoodBbsr and Hardwall Pltuter fm- M'liul oonstruotlon, SHAIX WU SEND YOU PLASTER LITERATURE? The Manitoba Gypsum Co., Ltd. WINNIPEG., MAN. WMXJMmJtUW^TVBn.'X t; ■«»•■(..%a nt mm mm, chilliwack, British cottJMBtA'. ± Chilliwack and Surroundings Historical Sketches ot Many ot the Leading Business Men and Firms ot Prominence. THE EMPRESS HOTEL is Chilliwaek's leading, first-class hostelry nntl us we refer in tiiis nrtiele to tho leading business mon who ure lidding lustre to the annuls of tlic Frasor Rivor Vnlloy history in this section, we point with a (logroo of prido to this house mul its gonial host und proprietor, When travelers nnd tourists meet about tiie first topic of conversation is the hotel nnd surely too much praise cnulil sonrcely bo Riven the Empress, Tho writer hus travoled extensively all over llie country, and nowhere in a city the. size of Chilliwuek hns he been lietter pleased or li ut this lintel. The lobby is lurge, comfortable nml nicely furnished, uml ii Ilium like nir perviules the entire establishment, Here the guest is mnde to feel ut home, huppy nml contented, The table would suit un epicure nml the best markets nre ruusiieked to place before tiie putrons the must tempting dainties uml the finest vinmls. Nothing is too good to bo plsceil before Ihe (s'uests nml Ihe service is on pur with the siiniptiinusiiess nf the table, Prom clerk to chef everything runs like clockwork, und here the drummer, tourist, traveler uml towns, peoplo as well nre most excellently served, , K. MELEM8, ns we write of the real estate line, deserves it very good word nt our bunds. I liis one of the cleverest nnd most popular Voting men of the town uml hus mnde u brilliant success. lie knows the real estate business thoroughly woll nnd he has curried through several deals of magnitude, Mr. Nolems is n hnrd worker nml his judgment is excellent, lie enn bo trusted 365 du. in the yeur and he is tbut type of mnn who 01 ■ to tiie front in uuy community, Mr. concentrates nil bis efforts in this brunch I III. trade nnd he hns built up a reputation . hlvii would do credit to any mnn following a similar line. He deals in improved mid unimproved city and county properties, acreage, etc. Prior ti this Inisiness Mr. Nelems was agent for the C. P. R. and Dominion Express Co. six years ut Chilliwack. He was born in Canada. CHARLES HUTOHESON & 00. arc one of the newer concerns operating in Chilliwuek, but ure getting their shnre of business, as the gentlemen comprising the firm are well known and possessed of marked commercial and financial ability. They handle real estate, write insurance, muke loans, manage estates, look after rentals and collections. They opened up to do business with the public one year ago last September, nnd huve nn excellent list for investors to select from. Mr. Huteheson has been a resilient of the Frasor River Valley ten years and is well posted on bind values, .Mr. •las. R Anderson, manager, is a natural born business mnn and has had several years' experience in thut capacity, lie is doing his share to help build up thc fair city in whieh he resides and investors, homeseekcrs, and speculators will do well to see him. SMITH'S GROCERY AND BAKERY might well be called "Chilliwaek's Busy Store," for the doors are constantly on the swing. A little over one yeur ago Mr. Smith opened up with a few- cans of sardines and a few pounds of tea—not very much more, and today his bakery and grocery store would do credit to any town the size of Chilliwaek anywhere. Mr. Smith is a practical linker and followed the business for some time in the East, and makes break, cakes aud pics more like what our mothers used to make thnn we thought possible. He moreover, besides groceries and bakery goods, carries a nice stock of fruit antl confectionery. Personally, he is a genial gentleman to meet and is public spirited antl progressive from the word "go." He was born in Canada. THE BANK OF VANCOUVER conducts a branch bank at Chilliwack, which has been established a little over one year. Thc institution is capitalized at $2,000,000 and is Vancouver's pride, (being a home institution). E. M. Anderson is tho enterprising manager and hus hud charge since September last. Mr. Anderson has followed the banking business all his life. He is a nephew of Sir George Anderson, the treasurer of the Hunk nf Scotland, Edinburgh. Ue was born in Scotland. T. H. HENDERSON, one of Chilliwaek's "Pioneer" merchants, commenced business at the landing iu 1SS4. uml continued his operations there five years. In 18*19 he located in Chilliwaek and has operatetl successfully anil continuously ever sine« in thc dry goods and millinery departments. He has done well and spent much in the upbuilding ol the town. He is a large property owner, a live business man and a highly esteemed and popular citizen. W. L. ROLFE, the dry goods merchant nnd la- il »' furnisher, commenced the business when a 'ml of but thirteen years, and has followed it all his life. Few understand it better and the splendid trade he enjoys is a demonstration that be haa learned the great "art" of pleasing the Indies. He carries a nice stock of nrt goods, fancy needlework, rugs, linoleum, dry goods, house furnishings and ladies' ready-to-wear costumes, He has operated four years in Chilliwack and was born in Ontario. CHAS. PARSER, "Your Outfitter," deals in "Fit-Reform" clothing for men nnd the "Lion" brand clothing for boys. He also makes a specialty of clothes made to measure. Mr. Parker has conducted business in Chilliwaek four years and enjoys n splendid trade. He carries nn excellent stock and spares no pnins to suit customers, and bis prices challenge competition. A. M. ROCKWELL a 00. nre dealers in flour and feed, seeds of all kinds, live stock and poultry foods, cream separators, incubators, wagons, buggies, harness, tho world renowned Decring & Me- Cormack machinery, wire fencing, etc, etc. Thc concern has been in operation about one year and t half aud are one of the biggest concern's operat ing in the Valloy, They nre successors to Denholm & Jackson, The personnel of the firm is composed of A, M. Rockwell, W. II. Dtivisnn uud W. 11. Thenl, nil live,wide-a-wukc, public spirited business meu. R. F, WADDINGTON is the official representative of The Chilliwack Land & Development Co., Ltd., wllloll was established some nine mouths ngo. Thoy dcnl iu lurge tracts of land III tlie Frn- ser River Valloy und those desiring furthor infortunium will do well to get in touch with Mr, Waddington, secretary of the company, Mr. Wild (lingtnn is one of tlle city's popular "City Filth- ers," uud if ilnmc rumor is right, will head the polls I'm- mayor of Chilliwaek for 1012. STEWART & CHAD8EY ure expert "knights of tho anvil" in Chilliwuek, who have operated together as it firm a lillle over two yeurs and have moved slcadily along tbc path of progress. Mr, Stewart bus had sixteen years' experience ill the general blacksmilliiiig business und Mr. Chadsor nine years. Horseshoeing is their specialty and they have a splendid lurge establishment, 00x90 for the conducting of their business, which bespeaks for their energy and enterprise. Mr. Windsor is u native son of the Valley and Mr. Stcwui'l wns bom in Bonnie Scotland, G. 0. CARTER, Chilliwaek's fashionable tailor, is headipiarlers for the latest importations in English, Scotch and Cnnudinn tweeds. Here tho citizens of Chilliwack cun hnve the world's best manufactured goods mnde to order by mi expert tailor wbo has Iind twenty yenrs' experience in the business. Besides the tailoring business, Mr. Carter nlso operates an up-to-date cleaning, pressing and repairing department, Mr. Cartor is a live member of the 11. of T. & F. D, He was born in New Zealand. THE ROYAL BANK is Chilliwaek's "pioneer" financial institution and is under the able management of F, ll. Lyle, who has officiated in this capacity here during the past two years. He hns been with tlie bunk in various branches throughout Canada eleven yenrs. The Royal Bunk of Ciiu- udn is one of the fair Domain's most substantial ami progressive banks. It hus u paid up capital of $0,200,000 anil a reserve fund of $7,000,(1110, und total assets amounting to $10'>.H78,illT.:iG. O, L. MARSTON, proprietor of the Fashion Livery, though n newcomer in Chilliwuek, should not be neglected ns he is doing well nnd bears a good nnme iu business circles. Mr. Marston runs an tip-to-date livery, feed und snle stable and bus worked up nn excellent livery custom. His horses, rigs, etc., are O. K. and he manages his establishment on just the right lines. He followed the busi noss several years prior to locating in Chilliwack about one year and a hull' ngo. He is a genial gentleman to meet nml merits honorable mention. W. KNIGHT is the enterprising manager of Isaac Kipp & Cn.'s grain chopping and shingle manufacturing establishment in Chilliwack. lie has officiated in this capacity eleven yenrs nnd prior to Inciting here followed thc saw mill business. He was born near Ottawa, one of Canada's greatest lumbering districts. He has officiated on the school board, fire department and is one of the community's substantial citizens. W. R. STEVENSON conducts Thc Valley Paint and Wall Paper House at Chilliwack. He has operated this establishment three years und a half and has followed the business twenty years, lie is a thorough practical man in every department of his business, including paper banging, decorating, frescocing, painting (cither sign or house) and moreover conducts a fine store where quite a large stock of wall paper is carried. J. H. TURPIN will be pleased to be "your valet," and keep you looking spic and span. He conducts a clothes cleaning, pressing and repairing establishment directly opposite the Chilliwack opera house. He hns hnd several yeurs' experience in tiie line, having lenroed thc "nrt" in the Old Country prior to immigrating to the New America. He is also ngent for suits "mnde to order." D. H. McKAY, V. S. nnd liveryman at Chilliwaek, comes in for honorable historical mention hero ns we call the roll of those who arc adding lustre to the iinnnls of the city's history. Ue conducts a flourishing feed nntl snle stable nnd general livery ns well ns a veterinary surgeon gen- ernl hospitnl, where nil domestic animals are treated in the most up-to-date, approved fashion known to the V. S. craft. He has resided here three years nud wns formerly iu the same line associated with his father in Brandon, Mnn. DENMARK A BURTON, (aiu -son to Mr. Monro) nre dealers in general hardware, stoves. tinware, sporting goods, cutlery, etc., etc. They curry it big stock of shelf hurdwni'c. granltwnre, paints and oils, und conduct u general tinware department ns well. Both proprietors are thorough westerners, Mr. Denmark having come to the Northwest in 1H70. and Mr. Burton resided fourteen years on Lulu Island and was around Van. COllVOr when it wus only a few thousand inhabitants. On their merits they come in for distinction us we puss in review. J. F. ORR, THE TINNER, cuts plenty of tin und bus followed the business over twenty yeurs. He wns eight yeurs with Mr. Monro nnd hns op. ernted on his own hook now ubout one yenr und a half. He instills furnaces, does nil kinds of tin work jobbing and sheet metal work. He attends strictly to business and is straight as a string, lie was bom in Scotland, THE CHILLIWACK GARAGE AND MACHINE SHOP is under the capable direction of Mr. Thomas L, Lillic, a master machinist, and he is installing equipment to handle all kinds of general machine work. This is the only machine shop in Chilliwack and the farmers nnd nutomo- milisls of the Valley will find this n groot convenience to them for repair work of any kind in thc machinist's line. W. H. CHETTLE manufactures sash, doom, windows, mouldings, house finishings nnd does nil kinds of carriage repairing, etc. He has operated here four yenrs in Cliilliwnck and bus followed the business lil'ti'i'ii years, Mr, Cltottlo has a well- equipped plant for operating with dispatch. Ik- was born hi England. COWAN, THE DRUGGIST, must not be omitted ns we puss in review. He deals in drugs, chemicals, stationery and general druggists' sundries. He is au important factor in tho town mid a pleasant and woll informed gentleman to meet. S. PARSON'S excellent dent's Furnishing Store is one of llie popular trading centres in Chilliwack for men's clothing and furnishings. Personally Mr. Parson is n substantial, levelheaded and keenly intelligent Scotchman, nnd a popular uud highly esteemed citizen und business mun. LILLIE'S GROCERY is headquarters for whut you want to eat. Prices ure right, the goods arc fresh, uud one could scut ly wish to step Into u tastier or nicer store. Lillie's grocery, in fact, would do credit to Vancouver and we tuke pleasure in u irding tlie house generous mention. THOMAS, THE JEWELER, stands ns lender in his line. He is nn expert iu nil brunches of the jewelry and watchmaking and repairing business, lie bus operated for some time in Chilliwack and enjoys a good trade nnd an AI reputation for skilled workmanship, The costliest, watch tuny be cnli'iisled to him for repairing. CHARLES HATCH is tlic genial proprietor of the Commercial Hotel nt Chilliwuek. This is one of the more moderate priced hotels, strictly 0, K. and first-class in every particular, "Charlie," ns Ihe boys cull him, is popular with everybody. His rales arc but $1.00 per (lay and everything is good enough for a prince. A. J. McKELVIE is the live manager of thc Chilliwaek opera house. He has officiated in this capacity several months and has had wide experience in tlie show business. He leaves no stone unturned to provide the town with classy entertainments, lie is a pleasant gentleman to meet mid wc accord him distinction and honorable mention with pleasure. THE HARRISON HOUSE is one of Chilliwaek's most popular temperance houses uud is an ideal home for travelers, tourists, drummers, homeseekcrs and investors, who like the "quiet retreat" from nil disturbing influences. Mr. Geo. E. Parry hns conducted the establishment for nearly one year and a half. His bus meets all trains and he leaves o stone unturned to please all who sojourn with him, Thc rates are but $1.50 per day and special rules by the week and month. THE MACKEN LUMBER COMPANY ure manufacturers and dealers in lumber, lnth, shingles, windows, doors, mouldings, etc. They hnve been established eight years nnd have played an important part in the up-building of Chilliwack. Tliey mnke n specialty of kiln dried interior finish nud also ileal in lime nnd plaster, rubberoid roofing. Tlieir yard nnd office is at Chilliwack nnd Ihe mill is nt Roscdule. THE PROGRESS PAPER was founded April Kith, 1H9U, by W. T. Jnckman, printer und foreman, and a few months inter passed into tho hands of .1. 0. Taylor, owner and proprietor of The Columbian and who is now 11. P. for the New Westminster District, T. M. Caskey is the pleasant manager, uud Miss K. Carlcton, office manager and accountant. The paper is Conservative in politics and is it live, up-to-date weekly. SOME others whose in.it.es should appear here muy have hud a partner to see, or hnd to see his wife first, or perchance was out when the writer culled, and who hnd not time to call again ere writing the article. R, CHRISTIE is manager of the Sardis branch of tlle Royal Bank of Canada. This branch was opened the 1st of February, 1911, by Mr, Christie, who has been witli the Royal Bank of Cnnndu seven yenrs in other sections of the Dominion. He is a young mnn who gives promise of making his mark ami the new town of Surdis, just starting, gives him an opportunity of continued trustworthiness nnd enterprise. W. J, HOLMES is the postmaster and general morchant nt the new town of Surdis. He formerly resided in thc Rniny Rlvor district und wus there twelve years. He went into the country when it wns new nnd nothing but traders and Indians and was there seven years before there was a railroad within one hundred nnd fifty miles. He conducted a store and wns postmaster. He served on thc council ut his home near Ottawa prior to going west nnd growing up with thc country. MONKHOUSE & JOHNSON at Surdis are manufacturers and dealers in rough and dressed lumber, shingles, kiln dried flooring and siding, mouldings, windows and doors, farm gates, fence pickets, etc., etc. They nlso conduct a chopping mill und u blacksmith shop. This is one of thc important lines of business for a new und growing town and we gladly accord this firm distinction. G. R. WRIGHT, electrician at Sardis. does all kinds of electrical contracting nnd carries a tine Btock of general supplies. He has followed the business six yeurs nnd lias operated one year at Surdis. He is n bright young fellow and absolutely guarantees satisfaction with liis patrons us he believes thc best is none too good for the people. He wus born in Canada. EDEN BANK CREAMERY COMPANY, LTD, at Sardis, huve operated since 1896 und nre "pioneers" in the field. They ship about 1,000 gallons of milk daily to Vancouver and formerly operated in the butter milking Inisiness. Dairying is tlie stronghold of the farmers around this section. vegetables and potutoes second, and fruit growing about third place and mixed funning fourth. To say tbat the Eden Bank Creamery Company. Ltd.. hnve done much towards the development und prosperity of this section of the Valley is putting it mildly. They are a large concern, capitalized at $50,000, and nlso operate a fine general store. J. H. Suart is the geniul nnd enterprising manager and C. T. Higginson is president, uf th* company. ; I THE EMPRESS HOTEL | CHILLIWACK, B. C. ' i Opposite B. C. E. Station !', Fitted with modern con- X 11 veniences nnd comfortably i furnished throughout. " II D. H. rUt-LENNAN, Proprietor i R. A. Hekdersox, c.e. & m.e. ASSOCIATE MEMIIEIl OF THE CANADIAN SOCIETY O.' CIVIL ENGINEERS B. C, Land Surveyor Rooms 10 & 11. Westminster Trust Block CHILLIWACK, B.C. Phone 86 Macken Lumber Co. •fwill be glad | l to furnish you I jwith an esti-: I | mate on your II City Meat Market ! lumber billl!* | \ whether you: ! place your or- * ider with them *f || or not. MMIMMMIMMMMIHMMMMMMMIIIlim * A NEW YEAR'S GREETING To all our friends and customers we extend hearty New Year's wishes. We thank you for your patronage during the past, and hope to merit a continuance of the same. HAMMAR Chilliwack ************************* * ?!i Macken Lumber Co. l \*************************) Good wishes to all for a Happy and Prosperous New Year. .Alfred White The Music Man ♦♦♦*♦*♦▼•▼*♦▼♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<♦♦*♦•♦♦♦♦ OHILLIWACK I-11EE PRESS RHEUMATISM 13 MONTHS* SUFFERING CURED, Dour Sir "I wish you to put wy letter ou re- ! i-iini for tho sake of suffering immunity. t havu suffered lh months with Muh culm* Uheunmlihin tn tny baoli I have upon I .-it least $ii0.ou on pills and liniments during thut tun-', but nothing would i'iu.ti uo of tba pain -in fact it wuh ii chronic pain. Kor those long IK months it Htavi'd right with me, sometimes convulsive antl orarap-lilttJj cuusiug mo to groan nml cry aloud. ISvery inovomonl waa torture, 1 could not turn in bot) without yelling out. Now I will always bless tin- day when I first started to rub iu, and to tako internally '.Norvilino.' i\ftui using four bottles, my pains have loft mo, I Kiiiill alwnyti take oil my hut to 'Nor vilitic' and ottii houostly say it's tlm poor 1111111 'h boat friend, bo-sauna it will always drive awuy from voo thp Demon Pain " Voura truthfully, ' 'Thomas 'Jon--, "Paris, Got." Uhh Nur Valine .Sold jii 25c aad 50a hul tl.-s the world over MIflFOETUNE FOUNDATION OF SUCCESS A Gorman hawker, Unns lluuormeis* tor, has just retired from butdneHS, hav Ing amassod a little fortune Accord lug to a Pnrin contemporary, misfortune WUS tha Inundation ol hit*, success. Tlie hawker'h specialty was the salo of portraits of tho imperial family. His mode of haranguing bis audience wan something like tbls: "Buy a portrait of William !, whose motto waB, 'I have no time to be wearied,' " " Who'!! buy this of Frederic U., whoso prayer wan, 'Touch nic to suffer without complaining'!" "Do not fail to comploto your ool lection and buy thin portrait of our great emperor, William II., whose favor ite phrase is, 'Augusta, you pack your trunks.' " This last always brought down tlio audience, und in time tho police, iu an othor souse. linuermoister was Bont eneed to sixty days for lose, majeate. Ho did his time snd on re I otitic ro Btartod his business. A NEW WORLD'8 RECORD FLIGHT WITH A PASSENGER Boaides the now height rocord mado hy Ueachy at tba Chicago moot, Win. Bcatty act a now murk for end u ran no with n passenger liy remaining nloft with Fred Wagner, a photographer of the Chicago Tribune, no less than .'1 hours, 1- miuutoB, -- 1 ■■"• seconda, Tbe new record beats hy 12.'l minutos that made by AinoHgo with nn Aviatik aeroplane in Germany home time ago. Boatty accomplished ihe fcal with a Wright biplane DODDS ''\ flDNEY 7-PILLS Storyettes | i ria -wFt^T— ———■ James McN-.il Whistler Is Biliii once to have confrontod Oscar Wilde at the uoight of tbo aesthetic movoniont- with; Du Uaurior, who wus sutirir.ing the PoBtlothewijitoB in Punch with all lliu might, and to have gouiully luquirodi ■'Which of vou two invented the Othort" \ farm hand had worked in the field from 'lawn till darkness, doing the chores l.y lantern light. "I'm going to quit," bo said to the farmer nt tbo end of the month '* Vou promised uiu n steady job, " Well. iiai'L'll't yOU gilt Uliot" WHS tlie astonished reply. "No," said tha mnn, "thoro arc thrt i* four hours every night I don't hnve anything to do nud fool my time awuy sleeping." The difference, not merely of degree, hut nf Kind, which is supposod to sopor- ate the Knglish rector from tbo infer km ordor of curates, is exemplified by u re-oent ineidout. Bet urn ing to his purish uftor hi*- iiutumu holiday, u dig niflod country clergyman, untieing a woman at. her eottugo door with a boby in her anus, asked: "Has tbut baby been buptizodf" "Well, sir," replied tho courtesylng mother, "I shouldn't liko to Buy us much as that, but your young man i-aine and did whnt. he could." All error of ,i new clerk iu the mailing department of an Eastern publisbci wuh responsible, tbo other dny, for tin* mailing of II prospectus to a world fain ous statosman, who had been dead for Bonio years. The. letter wus returned a fow days later with the following In dorsomont: "lu heaven, , LOU. Gentlemen. As your public;.tions nro not permitted to circulate hero, 1 believe it would be usoloss for me to subscribe for them. Yours respectfully," and here followed the name ef the famous statesman. Several yenrs age, when the Mclied 1st Church in willoughby was being torn down to make plnce for the pre sent beautiful edifice, Mayor Wilson had occasion to hire a man for u fow days. He sought Put 0'Brian—a well- known citizen—to do the job, "I can't do ut at all- at all!" declared Patrick. "Ob, try it for a day or two, ' urge! the mayor. "Got off any way you can help me llegobs grand duke, to his disappointment, fail od to docoruta him. Ho mentioned this oversight at n court dinner to li chain borlain, and tho next day he was sent for. "My friend,'' sail] the grand duke, handing tho actor u box, "hero is aome thing to romember me by." The overjoyed nctor do pa Hod, but his cab had haruiy gone ten yards when, ordering it to return again, the actor was once more ushered into thc grand duke's presence. "Oh, sir," ho sabl, "I had to drive buck. There are two crosses in the box.'' "Oh, to* matter,"' -aid the grand 'lake, "glvo 'he other It, the i ah mnn. " A poor foreign ..nisn inn was do„ged ly wrestling with his trombone outside a village inn. He know "Tho Lost Chord wns somewhere lu that instru ment, but the latter noil loth to part witli it. \t length the landlord appeared nt tho door. The poor musl e.iau bowed, an.l. -billing his cap, Bald: " Musig Imtli jartns," und Btnllcd. The Innkeeper smiled also, and kind ly, "Woll, not always," he said. "Hut try mat tune outside the rod brick house aad I'll give ynu sixpence." Three minute** litter the trombonist was back again, mud bespattered and ] forlorn. "Vou cos right," lie said! slowly and sadly. " Mnsig hath jarm- not always—no. S mad vollow nf dai house came uud me mil. a hrigg he knocked down -yes. He not like dat tune—no, no," and he turned thu back of his head. ■ ■ 1 thought lie wouldn't," said the landlord. "He's just dene a mouth's hard labor for stealing a clothesline from u back garden." Has a Corn Any Roots? Judging by the pain they cause they have roots, brunches und stems. Husily eurod, howovor, if you apply Putnam'a Painless Corn Extractor, Always safe, always prompt, uml invariably satisfactory. Dotty years of success stands be hind Putnam's Painless Corn Bxcrtac- tor. Sold by druggists, price "fm. DON'T CUT OUT A VARICOSE VEIN "MORBUS A ii iliJ. '-ti-'. untiM-piir, 01m-*> -U'liL r.-.-.'1-.ini linlm.-nt, fttda i-r", • n tvi-mly f r>r tli? h and -Min- lUrlrtrfiMi-fc Mr. U.C*. KrllMC, llr.*i-', Mw-w, brfen* ur tan ■'«'• n*inr*dj, MiIToretl l-nlmh-Ly wtt* Elnltil mni lnJUind Vtific •r vert* •wt.ili-n, kiuttu-d nl (UnL Uu write*: "After oalM nn.. Hia ono-btK butlU* ol AlimiuniNRt-IB^tbe-ntM wrm r-Mnr-r-d, laaiaraiUan a** MU «"»**, «st| Imn baa no r*-*nuT.-nc*»> vt the irouMe dunnc ta* ur* ni j^-.***-" Also n-iuuvia ttutrtrr, ftiefu Bwt-llliuDi.WeiKi. CjUh. dill. *•*-<». Bn*l****f- *'*!*<* »nrtl*.li..*Vl*»^t.r!,:..vn^it*i,ln*»plcAifcm^*ua»-« W. F. TSCIK. F Jl JJU If swill, mmmmmxtm. toto<t)rM\l*erU**^**jemm<^W>rmtvm' %.MM>l<-l<^>*>^V^-->IO..vt>latlm«U*l->If1 Chilliwack, Bi itish Columbia tm* it-..--n-i */ He tu tk-> liaiaut tt»»rr ellef TlMfl Imnm.Lg •nrJ fruu Iknd in ihr • -.rM imfitlan oDSDawil MO. Fun, " K* **->*• V-tu-ouffr -.'.>' a irtDCcflDilnt-rir.1 •: il •» K«rth*rs buiKlaa (-bllliwrt'-h » DiddrrD •ear—VM-tr-anf-ft-ft. #lMtria liffbi. *u wrf«u r-eae »h» |eat raaai Tae Prkiri* .Man't r-rktii*-— na nm. a* (Mr inoiitt. • mow WftM H T tJ-.o4lr.o-t. %etj HumiA ul traAa. ChtUlv«k. for ill u*iorniaiM.n boot em »•••» •*• —THIH OOHB Dr.Martel's Female Pills nCHTEER YEARS TBE STAJIDAM rut it meat mtli rirMMHDM for ••nifo'i mil* MM, • i-ttuUSr-Jly fiewi tuneiy at jam+m ptrtt ' Taa ruF.*t from iheir um u ammaa ami aaaaajmmMa Tiu ui* M mil tng Success Business College Car Venn* A«i. in4 CrliMntH St WINNIPEG MAN Courses BookheepuiK. .Short hiind Typewriting fc Bngli-^ri r»u it-in. nowo|«n Bnttf iny tlm* »»».». uur atuiUnlH in •WUhni <1»v 'nr ItrRC '**"* "••UIOJ'll 1 f C. GARSUTT. Cr»H!»i 1 C L. WII.GIK1 Prtno)|u I can't do it. 1 'm havtn' th' toirae of nm loife. I'm tearln' down u Protestant cburch, un' boin' paid t"r it." .John Jacob A•*■■ tor wns asked one day whut wus the largest amount of money he hud ever made in one transaction. Thi*. he declined to answer, but said tnat he would tell the largest sum that he failed to make. With De Witt Clinton and Qoavornour Morris, he suid, In- hnd planned to buy Louisiana from France and to sell it to the Tinted Stairs government, retaining the public domain and charging 2 1 J per cont. commission. They --.hanged their minds, and Mr. Astor Bald that he lost thirty millions of dollars by foiling I gu into the deal A Cincinnati man was travelling through New Knglnnd last montli in his (mi ing en 1 witb iii- wife and two daughters, Tbey stopped one day for lunch at a very nice hotel, and after tba meal was over the outomobilist said to the waiter "Bring the bill, please. Wc have Ind four sandwiches and lour pieces of apple pie. Wait a moment, though. What huf tht* chauffeur had down- >tairst" "Tbe chauffeur, fir," replied the waiter, "hiw had s Parmesan oraelett«, a grilled brook trout, lamb cutlets and pea*, an ire, a cup of black coffee, 11 fifteen-cent cigar, and a pint of chant* pa pic." After u long, h»t, and dusty journey by train the New York commereial tra- \cl!er arrived at Kichmoiid, bnwhod enangh dust off his fate to make sure thut the right man wn.** getting off, and balled one of the little sea-going hacks common in the Old Pominiou city, ft was driven by an aged negro. "Drive me to a haberdashery," said the travelling man. surveying his soiled raiment with disfavor. "Ynwub(" said the negro, "(lid dup." The old horse started off at n little, stifl legged jog trot. Thc driver seemed to be thinking deeply. By and by be pulled the bone to a stop, nnd leUO ed backward to hii fare. "Sense mo, sub," sai-1 be, "but woy did yoo all want to go?" "Drive me t.i a haberdasheiv," said the travelling man. "Oh, yauub," said thc negro, "To be sure, (lid- dup." The hues rattled on for a little way, an.l then the negro stopped, got 'iff'the box aild poked nls heat in o'.er the little door. ".Mobbe Ah didn't get dat name jus' right," said ho. "Would you all mine ropoattn' it, sub V' The travelling man saitl for the third time that be wanted to go to a hater dashery. The old driver shook ins gray wool, and looked grieved. " Ah 'ni aa ole man," said be. "Youah kin trus* uie. Whcfih Is it you really want tt) got" Ao actor once plnycd in 11 small German principality for n fortnight. Tho A true happening whieh has lately been made the subject of a cartoon oc ourrod nf a fashionable golf dob near London. A young man, interested in golf solely for the Bake of the social atmosphere, one day decided to play a round. So he sauntered leisurely down to the ruddy house, when* be met a certain peppery lord. Not knowing the gentleman and barely looking at him, the somewhat foppish youth asked: "Are you the caddy master here?" With,,ut an instant's hesitation, Lord - - replied, "No, 1 am not, but I happen to know that he Is not in need of any caddies this afternoon.'' it was some time before either recoverod. TheHtneiun An Always Beady Pill.—To those of regular habit medicine is of little con Corn, but the great majority of men are not of regu'ar habit. Thc worry and cares of business prevent it, and OUt of tin- irregularity of life comes dyspepsia, indigestion, liver and kidney troubles ns n protest. The run down system demands a corrective nntl there is none better thnn Partliolao's Vegetable Pills. They are simple 111 I heir composition and can be taken bv the most delicate ly constituted. The past few weeks hnve been un usual for the amount of rain that has fallen al) over the country from Maine to California. Hnee meetings ivory where have been interfered with and in some eases have had to be declared off entirely. This has meant n great loss to cam* p.'iigiiiug horsemen, more so than to the association*-, lor iu many cases oven with rain tlie attendance hm been record breaking. lt is high time that race track mon* agers seriously considered the subject of doing something to track*, which will allow racing every day during a meet ing. We do not propose to offer any --ug gestions as to how this shuli be accomplished. Tbe suggestion made about seven years ago to use a can vat. covering which could be automatically roll* ed above a track in ease of rain may be discarded as impracticable. The -aig gc-ttion of a top layer of taubark and aalt has its diHadvantngc*-. Some experimenting has been done with crude oil. The Streator, III., truck was so treated but horsemen, ns we romember the circumstances, wen- not entirely satisfied. There are oiled tracks at La Porte, Ind., and Hibbiug. Minn. It. L, Giffln, secretary at the latter point, in response to an inquiry furnishes ns with some tnfonnutitn about his track which may prove of interest to all horsemen and of value to race truck secretaries, We would be pleased to hear from Mime ouo about the La Porte track. According to Mr. Qiflln n half utile • rack can he oiled for $00. Uiu letter follows: "Our oiled track hns filled ever) re ipiiri-MH-nt, and has more tbnti met our highest expectations Oui soil, being a dark brown loam, seemed lo take kindly to the smooth advuncos of the nil, und mixed readily, leaving ti most beautiful cushion that neither wind nor rain tan carry away. In dry, dot weather without the use of oil it is a most difficult task to retain a cushion for any length of time, more especially so, If thoro should bo much wind, and in wet weather without the oil heavy showers hn\ .* repentedl> cai Med our cushion awny, and ospeeinl)*. on tae turns. "During our recent moot beginning Aug. J", it rained hard all the previous night nnd up until 9.30 a.m. of the -7th, leaving our grounds and road*- completely drenched, yet at 2,30 p.m. our free for-all was called and the time was Bt 18*34, 2:20, SiBI. It rained hard three full nights, nnd parts of the days of our four days' meet, yet we pulled off our full card, and very remarkable time was made in uouh every race. It would have been Impossible to pull off any one of the races had our liaek nol been oiled, which would IWVO meant n heavy loss to the nisoclntion in gate receipt-*, etc "In regand to the cost, and qunn tity of oil needed for a half mile trnCn, thai will vary somewhat, owing tn the nnture of the soil, and thc width of truck, but for a width say of 50 feet by 3,0*10 feet, soil, loam or sandy loam, which would roquiro really more oil than a heavier soil, it would require from 1)200 to 1,000 gallon*, of oil, at a cost of - (J 10 cents per gallon, with trelght added from Whiting, ind., and the sprinkling charges foi spreading same, "In buying crude oil at that price it, wus necessary for us to order it In lank cars. '"i'he total cost for oiling a half mile, track 00 feet in width all told should not exceed $00.00 and should last a full season. Thc second season's oil ing would not require as much oil. "As to making the truck slower, I believe it adds life to a track and makes It more springy. Horses soeni to like the footing, nml it is mucli easier on a sulky and driver, and Is absolutely dustlOSS," SOME WESTERN NAMES Severnl hundred new lowns are to Inbuilt in tho West, we arc told, this yoar and next. They will all have to be named. It is a comparatively easy thing to pick out a town site on the prairie, inn whore does the, supply ui bra ml new nniue* come from.- The uew map making thai is continunily going on in Western ('an ada is nol merely a questli !' where tlo- towns shall be put but nl wlilil Lliuy shall be called. This mat ier of plnce-tunnes In tho West is an interesting bit of study, uud reveals not only an u in lifting profundity but a very considerable originality. They ate not the kind of names thai are known iu Hie Kasl. Very seldom does a westeru town duplicate the nniue of au eastern town- whieh fo more than can be saitl of the Kast itself, where there are many repetitions. A gluiu-e at the newest map of thc prairie pro vinees will show an interesting variety of names that are practically copyright. They lire the kind of names that would not (it well in thc Kast, simply bocause they have grown out of western expor lonces and conditions. The earliest were Indian, and many sweet Bounding In dian names an- ou tlo* map; men the cue was taken from the appearance of Nature, particularly in the ca«e oi rivers, bills, and valleys; and latterly the surnames of m.-n are being enmtnetnor ated, mon who have taken some pnrt in tlie establishment of the town, or, in the caso of many of the newest sta tions, the ofucluls or engineers of thc railway which is bringing the town into being. Hut oven greater in variety, interest, nnd occasional oddity than the place* names are the names of ihe people. Here, too, an effort Is matte to commemorate some phase of western life, not infrequently with strange results. An Indian mother neur Kdmonton heard of the huge pan being played in tbc West by tba railways, and straightway named her youngest "C.P.B." Anotb er, desirous of doing honor to the white man's medicine, conferred upon her lirst born tin- surprising distinction of "Mary Ann Hood's Bursa pur ilia." Surnames cannot, however, be so easily manufactured or adapted, mu\ this explains the infinite varietj of family nomenclature in a country whore people come from everywhere and bring their foreign-made name-; with them. The census enumerators could give abundant witness to this, if they would. Ou the list of members of a Scandinavian hospital board incorporated not, long ago by the Alberta Government were the following; Ole Dicdrickson, Knot Gullickson, Nils Schmidt. Evan Olstad, and as many others of the same order. These are tame, almost common place, however, and may be taken inertly by way of Introduction, In the. same- province and of tlie same tongue are such names ns Bierinckx, Sbellen- borger, Weldenbenimer, Muckenbirm; and Opprtahnuser, Scblottinbofer, Stroh mayor, and Olhciser are of Gorman lineage. Winnipeg has a flourishing social and political dub among the Polish young men of the city, and some of its mom bers and officers are these: John Tym [chorak, Andrew Ibidzinski, M. Gndctxki | Prank Kebak. [ A student at Manitoba College re tgistered us Samuel Hyxchynski, I One of the notorious personages who | fi gin ed in Manitoba police circles a year or two ngo was a Ifulhenian, by | name Waayl Andrejesuk. The flrsl of j these names is u common one among the I Oalicit.nt*. (loachiem Thosicltiiak is ■pretty nearly a prizewinner which only I well running tongues should attempt. It ts another Kuthenian name, found this time in Alberta. Of the same order ate these: (lotella Dvspak, Stern Pas eiiuh, .lolin Itottcnfusser and Alvn Slog fried, The government reports from all over tho West are humanly interesting on the score of names, if in no other way. Thoy reveal such names as these, be longing to Canada's citizen farmers and representing various bloods from II mis nf the earth: •Inn Kaminski. Vnrko Gotawski, Wasel Mygle.i. Hefon Achtomejekuk, Mike KorelinK. Petro Jnkemckuk, George Poslcbulk, William BnddatE, Zcdro Abaachaeh, Tiiip Waj tare, J wan Makn.vceki, Andrew I loin wncz. Mojscy Rwnnshuk, Nokeflr Uow relink. I'owlo Hojchuk, and .lauosiv, An- drink. Now the thing of Importance about all these nnmes is uot lhat they are funny, or that they reproduce Uussia anil Dutch town on ('uninlian sod, but thnt they nre going on out electoral lists, nml tin- men who possess them will be counted among tlie bona fide citizens of Canada. As time goes on and the more iidnptative of them have become fairly well assimilated, we shall have to live on neighborly terms with thom,' and it therefore behooves us to get used to their names now, If we don't like this kind of terminology how would it do to make nil funny named immigrants take new ami lest, dangerous looking names on landing! INDIVIDUALITIES Mr, La Polletto hus been a district attorney twice, a representative, of Con- gresH throo times, governor of Wisconsin three limes, and has been elected to the United States Senate twice. And now lie wants to be President. Dr, Mary Kddy, the only woman ever given a license to pructlou medicine in the Turkish empire. hns arrived in America to obtain medical supplies ami funds with which to increase the scope of her work among the consumptives of Turkey. She will tour the eastern states for two months, delivering lectures. Lionel de Jersoy Harvard, a young Knglishmau who is coming from London iu October fo enter Harvard University, is a member of the original Harvard family, ami will also have the distinction of'being the first of that name to a-ttcinl the university founded by his Illustrious kiusmon 37fi years ago. He is doscendod from Thomas tfnrvurd, a - oul cousin of John, .nul prepare,) f ollegC ill the same Loll don school at which .lollll llurwinl pre pared for Kmiuaniicl College, f 'am bridge, 1100 years ago. Miss Kate Barnard, wbo has In iii fecit mouths succeeded In having pro party nnd mono) lo tho extent of $800, mm restored lo its rightful eluimants Ihe Indians of Oklahoma, is now woill Ing tu have the next Oklahoma leglsln tnre pass her " Indian orphan '' bill, which will prcvenl further robber-, of Indian children and enable further n storntion to be mnde. she is state eoitimissioaei of charities and cone tions, und asserts tllllt the white guard ions of Indian children huve profiled to the extent of several million doiias1" by their trickery. .lean Theophilc llomolle, recently suspended from his position ns director of the Louvre, owes his greatest fame to the excavations carried out ut Delphi under his direction. It was a trem.m dons piece of work, and with the work at Olympia murks the greatest classical discoveries of the age. Ue was dircc tor of the French school at Athens irom 1801 until 100,1. Hcvernl works on Greek archaeology hnvo come from his pen, and he is still engaged in pub fishing the account of the Delphi excavations in a great work called "FouHIo de Delphes." Albert Jaegers, the sculptor of the Karon von Steuben statue, which was recently presented by the United states to Germ nny, has been decorated with tbe Order of the Kagle, fourth class, in ro .cognition of his merit. He was born nt Rlberfield, Germany, in 1S6S, obtain Ing his oducation in the public schools. Without wealth or influential friends | ho worked away in tbe face of many discouraging features, until, Belf*taught in art, he arrived at the point whore his creations commanded recognition. He went to America several years ago to mnke bis home, and he has an attrnc live place at Suffren, New York. A LADY UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR The first lady university professor in Germany has just been created in the person of Mile. Gertrude .Tennno Wock Ier, I). Ph., of Berne University, who tins been appointed assistant professor of physics at Leipsie Pniversity. lt is true that a year ago Co tint CSS von dor Linden, prlvnt deceut at Bonn l*ni versify, also received a title of profes sor. but the Prussian authorities o| pose.) hei nomination to the c.,.,ir of nssistnut professor of zoology, Mile. Wockler. who has been more successful, Worms cause frotfulnesH ami rob the infant of sleep, the great nourished Mother Gravers' Worm MxterminntOI will clear the stomach nml Intestines nnd restore boalthfulness, No surgical operation is necessary in removing corns ii UollOWuy's Corn Oure be used. RELIEF IS QUICK; BUT CURE IS SURE Napoleon Voilloncourt Speaks of Dodd's Kidney Fills. They Soon Cured Hla Kidney Troubles. And in Six Months There ia no Sign of Their Coining Back. Ht. Anne ties Moots, (iat-pe Co., Que —(Special)—"It is six months since I was cured, and 1 have had tt* return of my trouble," in the«e words. Napol enn vaitlancourt, a well known resident of this place, gives evidence that Dodd's Kidney PiHs not only gi**.o quick relief to suffeiers fiotti Kid tie v Disease, hut clean that disease out. root and branch, and cure it permanently. That' Mr. Vailiumonrt had Kidney Disease everyone here knows. That litis cured is also established bevon.l a doubt. DoddVKidnew Pills did it. '' My buck bothered me, also :u\ heart and my kidneys, and my limbs would cramp," Mr. vnllloneourt "Hates in giving his experience. Now .ill that is gone ami he is a sound healthy man. Do yon wonder that he recommends Dodd's Kidney Pills? Dodd's Kid no;*. Pills euro quickl**. nml permanently because they go right to the root Of the trouble. Tliev ad directly on the kidneys, They novel fail to cure. Greatest Invention of Age for Hoarseness, Weak Throat nothing So Far Discovered is so Bene tidal to Public Speakers, Ministers, Singers and Teachers as Gatarrhozonc. lleciiuse of its strengthening in tlueiice upon the vocal cords, < » fariho/.oiie cannot be too highly ro inmonded as a wonderful voice im lil'over. It almost instantly removes iiuskiness or hoarseness, thus insuring irness ami brilliancy of tone. On tarrho/.one keeps tho mucous surfaces u perfect condition, anil its regular ise absolutely prevents colds and throat irritation, therhy removing Iht* iuger's greatesl source of aiixtot*) unfit noss of voice. Thc most eminimi. speakers and prima donnas are sel lotll without Cntni rho/.one, and credit u un smnll degree their uniform strength und brilliancy of tone to Its lliiei.ee. Singer Recommend', Cat.iirhozoue. "For many yenrs I have been a suf ferer from that terrible disease known IU CATARRH. "Being a professional singer, you can readily understand that Catarrh woul'.t be a serious hindrance to my professional skill. "Ono yenr ago I road In tho l'lo gress' a convincing testimonial from one who had boon cured of this dis- uasc through using your God sent ill VOUtlOlli Catarrhos-oiie. 'Belleviiu- In the merit of C;ilimit OSOItO, I tried it. "Ontarrhosouo cured mo and has beon the moans of my nuccoss, •You nra at liberty to uso my name it il will help leltuve nomo from snt fering, and I will always remain. •■ Hi.i. Hlxloy, Now Glasguw, N.S " Mr, llixloy is one of the best known i tigers nnd ent erf a i iters in the Mart time Provinces, tlvurvono knows him, und his tostlnn il for Catarrh ozone is the best st.rl of evidence of what great iiouolH Catarrhozone is to those suffering with throat weakness or en tarrh. i.tilplete outfit, consisting of a beautifully polished hard rubber inhul er, and sufficient liquid for recharging to last two months, cost*- one dollar Sold by all druggists, or senl safely to your address by mail if price is forwarded to thc Caturrho/.one Go , Buffalo, N. V., or Kingston, Ont, s a Swiss of thirty three years of agej ami will be the youngest professor iu the only Saxon university. She has for several years taken a very active part in the feminine emancipation movement. A SMOKE NUISANCE Thc late President Perkins, of the I hicago, Burlington and Quiucy Uui road, smoked atrociously bad cigars during the day time antl insisted on hi« friends smoking them also,. At the close of a trip across :he Con tinent in his private oar, wherein Mi. Perkins had supplied a guest liberall**- With these cigars, they came into Port iaiul, Oregon. As they rode into t'lo -tation the guest saw a big electn! sign advertising these cigars. Tbo sign read: "Blank Cigars—Pi\o Cents." '' Perkins,'' said the guest, turning to the railroad president, "when did thoy raise thc price of those cigars ol yours!" THE OLDEST LIGHT HOUSE Ln Corunn, thc Spanish harbor. boasts, it is said, of the oldest light house iu the world, it having been built bv the Romans in the time of Trajan, between US and 117 A.D. About 111 years ago the structure was overhauled and partly rebuilt, though the lowet part of the pile wns found to be in per feet condition, a tribute to the building ability of the Roman masons. When the weather is favorable tho light can be seen a distance of twenty two miles ut sea. AN IRISH TRADITION ln rural Ireland popular tradition is still strongly opposed to the cultivation of the Inntl within the peculiar earthen circles or "raths" which are found In every parr of the country, and from which muny places tuke their nniue*. The land inside the (airy circles is hold almost as sacred ns a cemetery. Though rarely tilled, it is frequently used foi pasture. Whether if is the fear of Iln- fairies or some other cause which gives rise to the tradition, the tradition re mains and in some districts more bind ing than the law of Kugland Externally or Internally, it is Oood. Whon applied externally by brisk rubbing. Dr. 'l ..tunas* KcJectrii* Oil tip ens the pores and penetrates the tissue as few liniments do, touching Hit* seat of the trouble, und Immediate!} affording relief. A llllll nil) to rod" internally, it will *-till the irritation in the throat which induce*. coughing, nnd will euro BtToctloes of the br hill! tubes and re«plmlo v ill gnus, Try il ami be convinced. A New Head In 30 Minutes Eiclunt** thtt -rchlftf. trwobhr>t. •uH«inf. I hwad-ur.cocrl.u»)krUMta.«l--rt--kilitt NA-0R12C0 Headache Wafer 2.V.*l-mii*--**il'*Jrni*ri«*V •> natiem^t>rmf:mmiCmam,lcaiC^.olCmmadm.Umkem. MiTm!, WALL PLASTER Planter Board taken the place of Lath, ami in fireproof Tin- "Empire" brands of VIToodBbor and Hanlwall Planter for «ond construction, SHALL WE SEND VOU PLASTER UTEEATliRf The Manitoba Gypsum Co., Ltd. WINNIPIO, MAN. FBEE PRESS, CHILLIWACK. BRITISH e.oti.'MBTA'. P / COAL Sold and delivered. Order now. Phone 92 J. TURVEY C. T. Vradenburtf CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER ESTIMATES FURNISHED Uetcktr Sl. Chllllwaek Furnished Rooms to Rent TO KENT—Three nicely fumlnticU rooms Hti'iiiu lu'iiii'il, Imiii, olcctrlo liirlii. .'if. Apply Chilliwuek Free Press, NOTICE Wt- luivi' ti now mul lip.to-di.to plant witli llii' Inl''11 mctllotlu lor nil kinds o( Cleaning, Dyoing nnil Press- itiK. Expert lii'lp fm' "ll branches, Special iiiit'iiilmi will bt' given to'ull Mall uinl Express ordora from Chilli- wuck and the Valley. Wo sulicit u tritil. JARVIS DYE WORKS 42B BthAVE. W.. VANCOUVER COLUMBIA CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC VANCOUVER Teachers ol Voice, Piano ami Violin In Chilliwack weekly, Apply lo postal card tu tlu* Conservator,': sim Broadway West, Vancouver ami our te.clier will .'all on you. JOHN H. CLAUGHTON BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, NOTARY PUBLIC Westminster Trust Building CHILLIWACK, B. C. Chilliwack Roller Rink The Chilliwack Roller Rink is now open for the season. miRNOON Two-Thirty to Five EVENING Seven-Thirty to Ten Cam* and enjoy a pleasant Pastime JAMES O'HEARN J.H. POOR Hot Air Furnaces, Roofing and Cornice, Metallic Ceilings, Stoves and Ranges, General repair work, etc. Estimates furnished Phone 94 Iritis.*. Colombia Electric ly. PASSKNIIEII SKIlVIlK Westbound-. Leave Arrivi' Train. Chwk. Wcstinin. 3 8.30 a.m. 11.20 6 1.18 p.m. 3.4S 7 tl.Ollp.ni. S.'O LoaVQ Arrive Trail. Higiln. Wcstinin, 1 11.30 a.m. 3.56 Easthnund— Leave Arrive Weatmin. 9.30 1.20 0.10 Arrive Train Van. 2 8.30 a.m. 4 12. IS noon It. o.OOp.in. Leave Train Van. Wcstinin. 0 3,03 p.m., 4.05 FKKHIIIT SKRVICK Lve. Chilliwack S.00 a.m. ( Daily Except " Vancouver 7.00 " j Sunday All passenger trains handle Express. Arriv.' Van. 12. IS 4.30 0.30 Arrive Van. 9.46 Arrive Chwk. 12. IS 3.S0 9.10 Arrive lltgdn. li.'W Parson's Store Hart Block BETWEEN YOU AND ME BY DOG TOBY We wish all our friends and enemies :i joyous, happy and prosperous New Year. PARSON'S STORE HART BLOCK ***************************************************** Do You Know That owing to building operations having commenced on Lots 7 and 8 facing on Young Street, South, business lots in this locality are going to increase in price. We Can Deliver A 50 foot Lot, exceptionally well situated on Young i Street at $100 per front'foot. For terms see J Chas. Huteheson $ Co. \ IEALTY AND INSURANCE AGENTS CHILLIWACK l t ***************************************************** Useful and Acceptable Household A rticles ElBoilo The little immersion heater. B oils water in a few seconds. ElStovo The stove which boils your kettlt quickly Phone 257 S. PUGH Stove—Por all cooking purposes it* well as toasting. El Perco Makes tlelit- urn's coffee in a f e w minutes. ChiUtu-acJt What an ideal Xiuastidc! [t is quite evident tho dork ol tho weather hud not left arrangements to the office-boy this year, for the white mantle fell just, at the correct moment, and this portion of Mother Earth was radiant with smiles on Christmas Day. . . Thus far tho winter has been one in name only, except for about a couple of days when we thought it was cold, and found it was the sun playing hide und seek, with the mountains, ami soon returned to encourage us in the thought that life is worth living. . . As tlm New Year approaches wc inako a rapid retrospect of the past, and forthwith make all kinds of resolutions regarding the future, and especially of the immediate days to come. Some of lis have made these same resolutions time after time and just. 08often have broken them. Why this should be so, I cannot explain, unless it is because of the woaknoss of human nature. # . Talking of resolutions reminds me of tlie resolutions and promises of the candidates fot civic honors, and I wonder whether the same rule of making and breaking obtains in these eases, too. A reference to my diary will give me the answer, mul I leave it at that! * . tlur City Council will very soon be elected or selected, and promises of economy and such like (as old as thi' hills) will be again trotted out for their annual airing. A moth- eaten coat may answer its purpose for a time, but even camphor balls may become more expensive than a new coat! . » Let it be understood that when a man enters public life, he lays himself open to criticism (I mean genuine, honest criticism) in so far as his public duties are concerned. The Corporate body, of which he becomes a unit, also becomes liable to the censure or praise of public opinion. If a public man is sincere in his intentions, honest and true in his motives, he should court the opinion of tbe electorate, rather than resent expressions or approval or disapproval, whether these be given by individuals or through the columns of thc local newspapers. . . Ventilation of general opinion on tlie leading questions concerning the- the government of our city and township, recommendations of desired improvements in this or that direction, or condemnations of any proposals in the public business should bo willingly received by the representatives of the people from the people. • • The Editor warns tne that space is valuable anil as thero will be further opportunity to touch on this subject, I will again wish my readers every good thing tbey could wish for themselves, and certainly a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Don Tony. ***************************************************** ! | i Our Chistmas Trade Was Good and we wish to deserve the patronage of that festive season to continue throughout the coming year. You will find our stock of seasonable goods lurge and well assorted in all lines. We shall keep you posted as the seasons come round. Look for our ad. in this paper. Phone 10 Denmark & Burton phw\ ***************************************************** ***************************************************** I * A Prosperous and j happy 1912 | to all j CHAS. PARKER Your Outfitter Chiliiuiacfe COMFORTERS Down Comforters $4.50 Up. Wool Comforters, very warm, covered with nicely figured art sateen. Very special, (M 7C Ia tA Qfl These are from - «?*•• •*» W f*«w Nice all wool Blankets from GO in. x SO in. to 68 in. I 80 in, going very cheap considering quality. We also have a line of wool blankets that are a bargain at $3.75 W. B. TRENHOLM House Furnishings Chilliwack Piano and Organ For Sale St-t-duKi Elect Often The annual meeting of the St Andrew's and Caledonian Society! was held iu the Empress Hotel parlors la.-l Kriilny when the following officers were elected. Hon. I'rcs., Rov. R, .1. Douglas; Past 1'res., A*) I). MncEachcni; President, J. A. MacLeod| Vice. Pres. J. C. Robertson; Secretary, 8. M. tlallaway; Treasurer, lt. J. Mcintosh; Auditor, N. S. Mackenzie; Committee:—1). K. McLennan, A. 11. McKenzie, E. J. Campbell,.I, It. Walker, Jos. Scott. Arrangements are being made for a banquet for Burns' anniversary in January. Reports were favorable nnd show the Society to bo iu a satis- factory condition. A. G. Brown-Jamison Co. Ltd. BU00BBB0M TO A. O. BROWN A CO. Rock (rusher. Kna.l Machinery Contractor!' Equipment Mining Machinery Boilers Engine Interstate Aiitotnntiilet. Kami Ii'i|i|i'iiiiiiis Dairy Supplies •trauini Motor Truck. llanlno.i.1 Milkinc Macliinr" 1048 Main Street Vancouver, B.C. For Rent I FOR RENT—Room! nml offices with hot Neniciitiihc I'iano, in goml condition.! 'v""'r healing. OOO, It. Ashwcll & Sou. A luiruain at si So. Dominion Organ, j splendid loue, case in good condition. A snap at $00. ALF. WHITE. Every line in this newspaper costs tho proprietor something. Puttie's Stock Foods are featured hy the Chilliwuek Harness Co. in the Free Press to-day. The firm hns also a neat window display of these guuds, EL PERCO thr i-ltrtrii- rottee |**vivolutor. EL ST0V0 the disc on whieh the electric current will do light cooking. ALL HAT ■■ OPIMTID riOH TBI ORDINAIT LIGHT SOCKET EL PERCO Is B. C Electric Railway Co. Limited LIGHT AND POWeR DEPT. .' 7 *» CWLLIWACK Don't Fail To See Them ") EL B0IL0 | the handy Immersion heater for toiling water quickly. -HOTfPOINT" IKON the iiiilispen.alile kitchen convenience forirntiiugday limp In at our Chilliwack ulliee and haw these appliance* explained to you. CHILLIWACK FREE ['BBSS Woman's Advance in the Investment Field There wan a tlmo—and it wim nut OO wiry lon-r ngo, either — whon Mrs. Hetty Green incarnated tfafl popular idea of Lbo woman investor. She Liud tu bo extremal)* rich, aud waa likewise mi aloof and wuil nigh forbidding «g nro. Today Mm. Green linn a wide host of sisters, not, precisely kin In extent of bank account, hut i loan enough to sattro in tht, shifting Idi-tmiti uf tlmt fascina ting domain known nn tbe mono*/ world. The h-in nn haa become, a factor to be roclcunu ' with in the field of eonverau ttvo investment. Despite hor so-colled emancipation in varioua directions, ntic still prefers tlio tioa of the purae. Thia feminine nseondoncy in n Bold hithorto regarded ns strict l> inttacullno did im)'. develop uvorulgllti It in the result of ii long nnd expensive itovltiato. Whon you atop to nonaidor thnt woman ia Iiv tomperninenl uud lustliicl n born speculator, you soon ruiili/.e how .-uul why bhe has boon for yenr** tin* pro) uf tho gullible promoter unci the bo gulling "gol rioii quick'' artist. lior way to so.nl Investment knowledge and, what la moro Important, the em ploy mon t of it is strewn with the wrecks of gilded Itopos nnd ' yoo! things" thai went wrong. Woman in no stranger in Wall street --that ia, in -t*V purely apeCllltttU'O realm, Many brokers fervontly wish that the> wen* strangers. The plain and uogallunt reason is llmt site is ;i very bad loser. .Sin* ih willing to tako a cuance whon tlio prospects for a big profit dangle, alluringly boforo her, but when thc markot breaks and things go to smash, she dOOfl not always under stand the reason why. Hence many (tig brokerage houses discourage women's speculative, ao- tounts. When a woman loses oil a speculative venture she takes it sadly to heart More llutii one broker who bad to carry a woman 'h account for family or busnetis reasons has mudu losses good ral her I llftn face a scene with the customer. Most people ol our generation have forgotten that Wall .Street once had n firm of women brokers. It was Ihe spectacular combination known as Woodhull, 01 ah 11 tc Co., and it was back ed by '' Commodore'' Vanderbllt. 11 lost a good deal more than it made, and about the most permanent thing that it achieved was « tradition of the Street. Women speculators liavo u way of giving orders to their brokors with strings tied to tlinm, and sometimes Ihose things got .sadly tangled, aa tbia typical incident will show: A woman who owned aome bank stock asked a broker lu sell at 250. The market on thia stock had not been active for a good while, and 250 whs tiie highest price yet roeordod for the security One day, however, a demand for the stock suddenly developed, and hefore the market wns half over it touched at Md. The broker promptly •old tbe waaaaa's stocJ*.. Beforo the end of tho day it rose to .100. The broker aent word to his custom er that be bad aold the stock at "■'■*). according to instructions, and at-kud her to semi turn tbe certificate. She became very indignant ami refused to deliver tbe stock. "How could you aell it fm 560 when it went to ..Ml" she said In vain the -broke- pleaded thai he oud simply followed instructions, ami that he coul-.l not dieaui that it would go lo 3'V). The chances at the time ha **old it wore llixt it would go back to its old figure of 8*30. Me had t**> go to court to got Ibe utock. Many women who have a -.ague no tion of speculation believe that all lha' is necessary lo get rich in Wall Rtrocl is to got a "tip" and play it and the dollurt come pouring forth. This ill* ludod idea has also got unsuspecting mon into trouble. "Where did you get that oxqulsltu gold pursetM aska one woman of nn othor at lh<* Btta*Carltoii. "Ilk. Harry got n 'Up1 on copper und mado il for me!" is Ihe reply. Then l.ady Numlier One talks wuh hi-j husband, sud peace la oatabllahod uiilv niter tliat gentleman blU produced s gift. .\ story ii told of a rortain broker who wanted (o give bin wife a $5,000 necklace for bet birthday. He bought m thousand shares of stock, planning io clean up thr* puce on an expected rise iu the security. Hut a panic came along and knocked birr plans into a heap. He sold tin* stock at a lOM of ■KU1"". He slill bad I'* buy the neck lata., io that it finally coal bin |aO,()00. Another broker once took -some wo man frlonda t" luneheon, He thought In* kui'w ibe iimrhel.-attil mid bo wowd pay tha rhccJi hy buying fifty shares <»f Amalgamated Copper. During the meal thero wni i Horn In the market, and the luncheon coal film einr.tl) MOO. Woman's Idea of Ihe "tip" Is close ly akin to ber 001 pllon <*i field The fallowing IneMenl i« sn settial o*1' ur rence \ widow witb some Insurance mono) iron) to | well known Wall Street in reatment hanker'*- office, ami asked to we lho head of Hie ftru- When the was ushered into bin offlce nr* asked what h** could do for her "i bave some Insurance In invent," -the iaid '•How much return dn von expeotf'1 riskod tho banker. "About twenty Ike pel tent," she answered naively. "Vou see, I haven't much money, snd I must net ;t lot on tt " Tbla desire to "get a lot on ii* has led most women lo their financial nn doing. Thny do no! •realize thnl Ihe grentcr tho return promised, the larger is the degree of risk lhat the money employed assumes, Thi- worn an'a answer ia full slater to that oft repented incident concorn inir the woman wilh het first bank SO POUDt. OM day she called at the bank and was informed by ll ashler that hor account was overdrawn •■Oh, that's all right," she replied. «h abe produced ber cheek bonk. "1 tiave \ good in auy blank chocks left, and I'll give yon one for the over draft '" Uut yon must not get the notion that all women got their lingers scorched in the stock-market, A few have displayed ran- judgment and discrimination, Mrs, llotty Green, for example, yields to few in the Street in knowledge of financial conditions aud astuteness of purchase, lu fact, she has n broader grasp of money affairs than most men. At one time she was tine of the lar -rest owners of Louisville antl Nashville Stock. Of late years she has only dealt in high class bank aud trust stocks and devoted most of her money and atten tion to bonds nml mortgages. Heroin she displayed sound investment souse, Hoc sluing boxes today are packed with securities that are practically iin muno from Ike ravagaa of panic nm) depression. The laic Mrs, Thomas W. Lawsoil had a remarkable know bulge of the slock market, amt her judgment was almost uncanny. II is said thut the colobratod sponsor of •' frouzlod Iln unco" never undertook a great stock exploitation campaign without her advice and often lier uo operation. Man) people have not oil that lie hus not launched an\ vast speculative enter prises since Iter death. One of thti shrewdest business women in the United Suites is Mra. Frederic C, I'onfield, who is tin: daughtor of the late William Wolgllttnun, the "Qlllnlu King" of Philadelphia. She not only inherited the control of a great bus! ucss, but the charge of a ramified financial trust. While most of the money was employed in "ground rents," a favorite Pennsylvania teat estate In* w'stmont, thore was a good deal in stocks and bonds, ami her strong, sane administration of affairs lias greatly enhanced the value of tho estate. Like Mrs. Green, she has shown a man's firm and discriminating grasp of large affairs. While the property of women like Mrs. Russell Sage and Mrs. R, 11. Hani man is administered by trustees who have ample financial knowledge, both take no smalt part in tbe employment of their surplus incomes. The name is true of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbllt, Sr., Miss Helen Gould. Mrs. Marshall Field, Mrs. Levi Loiter, and Mrs, Oollis P, Huntington, Hut what of the average woman and her money 1 She has no largo inherit once with which to bulwark her de dining years; no shrewd or far-seeing trustee to guide and direct her funds into the pleasant paths of profit. Yet it is this very woman -more often the widow and the wage earner- who cun tributes to tho great host of small and conservative investors, which is the backbone and substance of the whole nation's financial strength. The entry of the average woman into tlio conservative field is one of the big goat facts in prosent-day finance. The facts aro impressive. There are more than two million stockholder-, in the various corporation* of the United •States, and of this number more than one third, approximately eight hundred thousand, are women. When you include the women who have savings and other accounts and who pay premiums on I Ifo insurance, ynu find that the total number who have money working for them—and investment simply means making your money work for you - is •ner seven millions. Thus, while the jest and gibe are at the expense of the woman who speculates iu Wall .Street, the profit, ami competency re**t with those who refuse lo be da'■-•■.led by promise of impossible profit and are content with smaller .iu-1 (insured returns. Formerly it was considered unusual for a railroad or. in fact, for uny cor potation, to hnve a large number of womon stockholders, but at tho present tlmo it is a very common matter. Then* Are more than a dozen in whieh the wnmen almost outnumber thc men, and ilu- list is growing all the time. Take the great United States Steel i urporatlon, which has moro than one hundred thousand stockholders, \l- though it is almost impossible to get Ihe oxaol proportion, the officials of that company say that practically half of the stockholders, in point uf do in ber, nro women Among the railroads the Pennsylvania beads the list, tor it lis* exactly 32,893 women stockholders, or forty seven |»er cent, of the total number. Toe Pennsylvania wa- one »f tin* orlgl na) '' women'' companies. For year!* they bave been strong ou tlie itOClt. Kseh year has witnessed an increase in their bold Inge. So. between May 1st, 1010, ami Mitv 1st. [011, the number nf women stockholders gained 3,819. Before tbe panic of 1007 the Ponn sWvanla had 10,000 stockholders, -Vfter the amuke ol tbo dlsaater cleared nwaj it iind W-OOn '»f thi- growth nf 10, nun more than alf were women lie hind this statement is an Investment fact of Importance to even one who lint* or PtpectS to have mone-, to nivt-d The fact is that the public i- getting ana) from the time honored Wall Street trtdltton. buy when stocks are high nnd sell when they are low, This precedent, oi rt null shod, will do much Inward safeguarding 'he peoplo'a tunings. And the Interesting part of il ill is thai won an is helping to do it. The Ponosylvnnln is only "ne of the mam great American railroads nrlth host*, uf women stockholder,*.. Second in this respect ranks the Illinois Cen tral, one third of whoso BtOflk is in fo male bunds. Two other great systems that have many women stockholders aro the Croat northern and the Heading. You will also Iind a large amount of Louisville at:il Nashville, ."southern I'aciflc, New York Central and Baltimore and Ohio bold by the sex which ia commonly regarded as having nn business sense. Wben you COfflO to the great indus trial corporations, there ia a strong temptation In take advantage of n very striking fact. It develops thnt one balf of (he stock in the Sugar Trust, otherwise the \merlcan Sugar Refining ''ompany, in Owned by women. There fore the logical '--inclusion would Im* that "'ike seeks like." it is interest ing, in this connection, tn add thst many women preachers and doctors are included in this list. The Standard Oil stock has manv women owners. The general impression that this stock is closely held by the Rookot'ollora and their original allied is very much mistaken. John I); and his fellow patriots havo more than six thousand partners in their vast mono poly. So far I have only spoken of the ownership of stocks by women. When you turn to bonds you find a much bigger field. Most of the womon who own stock also havo bonds. They go on the vory wise theory that no one who must invest for income should buy stocks until thoy have a nest egg of solid, seasoned bonds. No matter how gilt-edged a stock is, there comes a time when it fools a market depression. H may bo vary slight, but most women eannet under stand tlioso temporary fluctuations, They get nervous and upset, and unless strongly advised, are apt to sell out at a loss at the first Hurry. Hence bonds should oe the coruorstone of uil investment by Women. When you come lo examine the bond holdings of cautious women investors, you discover that they have the securi ties of the timetried railroads, whose bonds ue legal for sin ings-baiik invest mcnls In atates like New York, New Jersey, Connoutlcut and Massachusetts. Those states put the most rigid safe guards about the employment of tht* people's savings. Many women own municipal bond-' which are also legal investments for savings banks in those states. Lately high class public florvlco bouds—those Itndorwrltten by strong conservative bankers—have, crept Into the holdings of the women who want u larger in come than that afforded by first mort gage railroad bonds. In fact, whenever n big bond issue of this kind comes out now, the bunkers make due allowance for the needs of womon, and tholr salesmen are instruct, oil to make a special plea for thc woman buyer. Thus hns she reached man 's ostate. lu considering the woman investor you must nol forget thai »hc plays a big part in the savings bank structure of the country. Of tho 9.142,000 savings bank depositors in the United States more than fift) per cent, are women. This shows that thoy arc thriftier, in terms of actual dollars nnd cents, than men. lu New York, where there are nearly three million depositors in tho savings- banks, the -percentage of women de posltors ia oven greater. In Now York city this is due to the fact that anion;, the Germans and Italians, who comprist a big bulk of tho depositors, the ac counts are in the name of the wife who is the financial head of the family One roaaon why the woman has en trenched herself hu strongly in the in vestment field is that sho learned to louk upon the savings hank as the basis of a competency. You enn start a aav ings account in most states thut hnve reliable institutions with one dollar. The moment thnt you put this dollar out to work yon begin your career as investor. Your money works whr-V you sleep. 1 ten jam in Franklin once said: "Money makes money, and the money that money makes makes more money." This is the keynote to all wealth. When you analyze the sources of tbe great fortunes of tbe world, almost without exception you barn that this simple axiom lay at the bottom of the golden heap. There la uo witchery or running about tho amasi/ing of riches. The multi millionaire began by realizing thc value of pennies. When the dollars came the habit of' conservation waa strong within him aud the dollars were put where they could produce more del [are. Then when opportunity came to make a big strike there were ample means with which to setxp the glittering moment. The Inroada that women have made ii the straight investment field bave a larger significance than mere sate employment of funds, They emphnsiz" the big faot that safe and assured in comes of four, five, and five and one liitdf per cent, are better in tne Ion*: run than one ''come-on" dividend of ten or fifteen per cent, followed by the wiping oul of all capital InVOStOd. They help, in short, tu mnke tho woman immune against the allurements nf the smooth-tonguod hawker of "at. good DS I'.ell Telephone'* induitrinl stock ami nil those other nefarious separators of p ople nnd the!I money. A wide ownership nf its stork spells large ronteul nml peace of mind fm the Corporation. It means that the 'lis -ritniimtiug investor bns made -ua he or she should muke whenever money is mployed- a careful Investigation of the eomptiiiy, including au examination r ith earning eapaoltv over a consider ahle period of years, its real asset*, and ith place in competition. tf there hnd been a wider distribution of the scmim t.i". of our great railroads and Indoj ttisl entr-iprise**, there would hnve been much Ichh eorporatioe baiting dnflng the last ten years. Uteri woman who invests In u gilt edged stook or *i SOMOOOd bono adds one more rivet to the financial armor of the country, and thereby strength one our national credit As France has proved so admirably, the cum uf small investors set up the rent mnn yed bulwark nf lbo land. FLYING MACHINES AND THE WAK8 OF TOE FUTURE That the world's powers nre fully alive to the ItnpOflftOt part which aero- plaucs and dirigible hnllonns will play in Ihe warfare of the future is Illustrated h*. the efforts which are being made to invent u gun which *'ould be lliofi against, aerinl enemies, Indeed, it is no exaggeration to sny thnt there is a fortune awaiting the urtil!*»'y expert who can produce a weapon capable of destroying au aeroplane, no mutter imw quickly or st what height it is travelling. According to the Fie'd, both Germany and France have been partly sue control iii inventing guns which are proving elToelive weapons against aero planes. Krupp bss turned tint a gun with a small bnre that takes a light projectile, which, it is said, can be fired quickly enough tw plant n bullet in an aeroplane, even if it ia flying at the rate of 100 miles un hour. The barrel s comparatively long, so that a high uittal velocity and a low trajectory ire obtained, Telescope sights aud a range-finder aro provided, tho latter tit tod with an arrangomeut which gives the necessary elevation as the distnncu is rend off. During last year's French manoeuvres a special gun wus used, the invention of Captain Houperuat, in ad ditlon to a mitrailleuse so modified tbat it could be elevatud at a high angle ami fired from an automobile. Further a combined shrapnel and ordinary shell has been introduced for use against aircraft. So far, however, the effects of artillery fire against balloons havo beeu disappointing. Captive balloons which wait patiently until thoy are hit have, indeed, been brought down; but, if hit, they arc not necessary placed hors di: combat. During tho Doer War only one case occurred of a balloon being hit A shrapnel shell, tired at a range of about 000 yards, burst iu front of it ami make sixty holes; but tho balloon took twenty minutes to come down and was subsequently repaired. With regard to the use of tho aero plane in warfare, the Field has some interesting remarks to make. "In the opinion of the man in the street the chief function of tho aero piano iu Might, would seem to be the dropping of explosives on the enemy be low. Naval and military men, how ever, think differently; but until somo further developments take place aerial machines are not likely to be in a posi tion to Inflict serious damage. To oh cape the enemy's fire the aeroplane must necessarily fly nt a height at which accuracy of aim is impossible. "The recent spectacular perform auces at I leu ley, whore harmless oranges were dropped from low olovn tions well within artillery range, need not be seriously considered. Au ex plosive should be able to work enestd ernble destruction iu the immediate vie inity of the spot on which it. fell, in pcutrnting the decks of ships and dam aging gun-turrets nud conning towers, while arsenals, dookynrds, fortresses of all Kinds, and especially powder rnaga zines are targets that would at once attract tht* enemy, "On the other hand, there is the fact that nt present the light explosives which aerial machines would be able to drop would have vory little pone trating or destructive power, thu machines would generally have to do seend within rille range if they were to be of any practical use; while thc difficulties in the way of hitting any thing from a moving platform in the air. at an unknown distance from the target, may be imagined.'' AUAB'S IVOEY PALACE FOUND Prof. Ernest Sell in, the Austrian Egyptologist, reports that he has found In the Lower Jordan plain near th road between Jerusalem and Jericho, remains of a palace which he believes is one of those built by Herod the Great. The building, asserts Bellin, might easily lie reconstructed, after thc origi nftl plans. Tbe expedition financed by Jacob H. Schifl', of New York, has now brought to light many remarkable ruins in Palestine, of which the Sellin "find" is not thc teast. The remains of Israel's ancient capital are to be found, for the most part, on a huge isolated bill, 350 feet in height, six miles northwost of Nablus, otherwise known as Hhechom, and about twenty miles from tbe Meditcr rauoan .Sen. The mount is covered with orchards of olives, Jigs and pomegran atos. The first that is known of this hill in history is wheu it was bought, about 000 B.C. by Omri. who built a town 001 led Shomeron, afterwards known as Samaria There Ahab, the hou of Omri built a tomple of Dual, and also ai ivory palace. In the ivory palace In ruled the northern kingdom down to 782 B.C.- us see the accounts in tlu Book of Kings in the Old Testament When Sargon captured Shomeron (Samaria) he took away .07,000 people into captivity. The population he left in the city wns put under the reign of an Assyrian Governor, and the city was colonized by Sargon amt Ksurhad don with Habylonians iu place of tbo exiled Israelites. The next eonquoror of Samaria was Alexander the Great. The place cunlintiod to be occupied Clear on down to the time ot Herod. He rebuilt and "improved ' tbe city and i.Kiiu-d it Sobaste. This wa*- just before the birth of Christ. Herod had a paasion for building Cities, and ho literally dotted the land scape ot Lis time with temples ami palaces. He was notoriously cruel and was pour pay. Hm made everybody work for him for nothing. Mr. So biff's excavators report that they have found most of the pnlnces Of the Israelite king*- who dwelt in Sn mar ia, including llie " ivory pa luce' of \hiit. TftblOtS were discovered in tht* last named, giving name*' of f-oi 8001 and places iu noun- new r[poors lor numerals, and a few such oxprcs siniih at. •' oltl wine" nnd ■ * clarified oil," of which toe tn blots wuuld ludl rate King \ii.ib b.id uu iibundnol -up pit in bis cellaiN, Also there w». <iug up royal notlci Offerings sent tc Ahab from I>g>pt. ami ii elay tablet letter to Ahab from a king of Assyria, possiblv ItalUI imsir pal, known in history as the "Assyrian < lolossttl.'' The Idontiflcal itm of the letter is imt vet complete. Ahnb wns one of Israel's groat kings, savs Prof. Itoisner, who is in charge nf the Samnriaii excavations under tlie RcMfl grant. A number of (Ionian and Grne Roman ten-plot- and palaces have been uncovered at Sainnriii. one of the tern pies hu \ iug u In oad cun e tike t he apse of a church. It is assigned to the Ity/an tine period. Arabic lamps. Itonuin roof tiles, Greek and Roman pottery und hrokeu glass have been found along with muny remains ol ancient Hebrew workmanship, ine.lnd ing massive walls nud rtnirwHy*, cis ten-■• and plastered Stone drains, Some nf the atones in the stairs are a yard long nnd they were well cut nod laid, The man who hasn't enough property to interest the tax assessor is always talking about the good he would do tf he wart a aUlUaatalva. It ia near midnight. Tbu. date, October 15th, 1812, in his silver cradle under his silken sheets in the nursery of tbe royal palace at Karlsruhe the infant Crown I'rinco of Kndeo is sleeping soundly. Without a storm ragos. The furious wind shrieks round the turrets and shakos thu nursery windows until the casements rattle like castenets, Strunge that the turmoil fails to awaken tho two nurses ou duty within. Strange thut they should slumber at all, and on this night of all others. It ia their duty to keep awake until relieved. Yet each ia fast asleep in hor chair, fully dressed, breathing heavily, as people do when under the Influence of drugs. A tapestry hiding a secret sliding panel in the wall is drawn aside from without, ami a woman enters. Vory softly she tip toes across the Moor to where the little Crown I'rinco is sleeping, lifts him from his col without waking him, and leaves there in his Htead another babe which site has brought with her concealed under her clonk. 'I he changeling is almost ...c exact counterpart of tno other, save In one thing. The stolen baby is ruddy, warm, ven much alive. The duplicate oue is pate as marble, and as cold. Swiftly, silently as she has cume, ami by the same way, the visitor departs, bonrlng tlie child, still sleeping, with her. Next morning the palace re echoes with tbt* shriek of a royal mother, the Grand Duchess Stephanie, bereaved of her infant son. The Grown Prince, sue is Informed, has died suddenly dur iug the night. The palh to tto* throne lies open to tht* offspring of the Conn less von llochberg, morganatic wife of the reigning prince, Karl Friedrrh. Tht* (iini.d DucnosH is denied even the poor consolation of seeing the body of tho babe supposed to be bers Sho is, the court physician insists, too ill. The shock might prove fatal Neither is the wot nurse permitted to look upon the dead body, or eveu to enter the death -chamber. Tho result is thut the dead infant is coffined by persons who had never seen it alive, and then hurried away for burial to the royal mausoleum. Tlut people of Daden are nm unnaturally surprised at the sudden death of tlieir Grown Prince, as the first bulletins had announced that the newborn babe was perfectly healthy, and ever) succeeding one declared him to be thriving. There is much talk, and many rumors. But the few who are in the position to guess rightly dare not speak. It wus dangerous in those days to try to pry into the BOCrot iutri gues of the two royal households who shared between them the great, grim palace of Karlsruhe. So by degrees, nnd as the time pass ed by. the affair was forgotten, the rumors died away. Until!! Something happened that was destined to re open the mystey, and nnt only that, but aluo to set men's ton gues wagging to such an extent that tho whole world knew, and wondered. This second net of the drama opened at Nuremberg on May 30th, 1828. It wns Whit Monday, a favorite festival of the townsfolk, who were mostly making holiday in the country. One of them, however, a worthy shoemaker named Welcbmnnn, preferred to Stay at home, and In* it was who, somewhere about four o'clock in the after noon, first noticed a youth, apparently slxten or seventeen yenrs old, standing iu a helpless and da/ed condition in tht; middle of the mniket square. His appearance was as extraordinary as his manner. He wore un his head u round, nigh felt hat. lined with yellow silk, aid led leather. A pair of old morocco shoes with very high heels incased his feet. A black silk hand ken-hief was lied round bis throat, and a jacket ol grey cloth with riding breeches to match complete-) his cos tunic. Weiehmann approached thc stranger and questioned him, but got only a va caul stare in return. Finding, how ever, thnt tbe mysterious unknown hud with him a letter addrc-sscd to the 0(1] tain of a cavalry regiment tben BtntlO i ed nt Nuremberg, tbe -shoemaker conducted him to thc residence of thai ofll cer, nud lefl him there. The letter on being opened proved to be dated ''From tbe Confines of Bavaria, pla ■ -in known," and the writer Htntod that he was a poor laborer with ten children of his own. The boy, ht) •VTOto, had been deposited before his do.tr when •* baby. nml he brought hun tip out of CUttl paaalon, but now he wished to be n 1 ol bin' His nam, wan Knspei Mauser, nnd ki- ambition wiih ;■> be a horsfl soldier. This u" the lace nf it sounded plans ibli enough, bat further investigation pro.ed it- falsity. Kasper, it "as found, wns not -i*- other young men of his age. For one thing, ii I wns iucred iblv ignorant the commonest object's, such a- UflCS, animals, wen* to him sources of ex treme wonderment, He spoke onl) n few words, nml these in bnby language. When undressed, his skin was found to be very white. His limbs were well proportioned, the hands and feet small and beautifully formed, but the latter showed no signs of ever having been Walked upon. With the exception of dry bread und water, he exhibited a violent aversion to all kinds of food and drink. In tt few weeks Kaspar learned lo converge intelligibly, and then he hnd a wonderful tale to lell. lie had, It appeared, been kept immured during his whole life in an underground sell or dungeon, his only food bread nnd water, his sole attire au old shirt and a pair nf trousers. His guttler never showed himself to him by daylight, but cleaned and dressed blm. and gnve blm his food and drink, either at night, or when he was asleep. For playthings he had wooden horses and other toys, and except that he was led on the one unvarying diet, nnd kept deprived of his liberty, he was not unkindly treated. incredible as this story' sounded, it wus nevertheless verified iu many of its details; and tho question thou naturally arose as to who could have beeu guilty of so monstrous a crime. Investigations were set on foot, much money was spent, and eventually cvi douce was set-iircd whieh seemed to link Kaspar Hinder of Nuremberg with that unnamed Crown Prince of Baden, whose tiny body was supposed to have been luid to resl, more than fifteen yoara previously. But now the young man's friends were treading ou dangerous ground; dangerous to themselves possibly, most, certainly to Kaspar. Ou October 17th. 1820, a masked man entered the house where Kaspar was residing, and attempted to assassinnto him by stabbing with some sharp instrument. Tho attempt was unsuccessful, but the incident created a great sensation, and Hauser was conveyed to the house of one of the magistrates, and constantly guarded by two bo Idlers. Later oil he was sent for greater safe ty to Aiihpach. Al Anspuch he foolishly permitted himself to keep au apoiutmeut in a park ou the outskirts of the city with an Individual who purported to bo the bearer of a letter from an Knglish lord, According to Kaspar's account, the man decoyed him to a secluded part of the grounds on prelen >f unfolding lo him the secret of his birth, and then stabbed him suddenly iu the left, breast with a long bladed stiletto. The un happy lad, though mortally wounded, had yet strength enough left to reach the house where he lodged, and there. three days later, he died. His murderer was never traced, not Withstanding that a reward ef -f'l.imti was olTorod for his arrest. It is unlikely now thai Ihe question " Who was Kaspur Hauserf'' which once agitated all Rurope, will ever bo answered satisfactorily. All that can be saitl is that there are strung rrtiiBoni*. for believing that he was identical with the royal babe who was stolen from its nursery in the palace of Karlsruhe. WALTZING MICE. Walt/, ine round once again, Mouaie Again, again, again. There are giddy doings among -..une of the mice of Japan, according to the "Oriental Review," Indeed, one spec ies of Japanese mouse may be said to waltz through the greater pnrt of the waking, hours of its life, never tiring, though its feet wear out in the process. This peculiar little rodent is black and white and has pink eyes. Its chief pc culiarity ts that at a time when baby mice of other species are just begin niug to move about this terpsichorean mouse is already able to waltz. Put together, these Japanese dancing mice will waltz in couples, and at times more than twu wil] join in a mad whirl. .-o rapid is the movement of the dancers that it is dihVult to distinguish their heads from their tails. The Japanese say that waltzing seems to be as essential to the happinesr-) of this mouse as midair somersaulta mrr> to the tumbling pigeon. An upright peg forms a convenient pivot around whicli the mice can whirl, but it is Maid that without any such guide thoy wouid not iu several minutes cover nn aro-a target that nn dinner plate, and tbey easily spin under a tumbler. LUCKY FOB THE ENEMY. A detachment of British soldiers were about to attack a tribe of rebel Indian tribesmen, who awaited tbem drawn up ie. battle outer. A seasoned old ser gcant noticed a youug soldier, fresh from home, visibly affected by the nearness of the coming fight. His face was pale, his teeth chattered, and bin knees tried hard tu knock each other out, It hus sheer ncrvousnct-H, hut the nor gcant thought it was downright funk, *' < .u llaghnn.'' he whispered, ' * Is it trimbiiu' ye are fui yer own dirty skin?" "N m>, sergint," teplied Collaghan, making a brave attempt to still his shaking limbs. "Oi'ni trimblin' fur the iuimy. They don't know I'alla glum \ bare.'' ONE FOB BIB CHEEK "Tt\ our patent, razors! Iter*! VOlllO in the world! Two -hillings and six '►cure, post free from Strop and Com pony, Sheffield." Thus run thc advertisement; and, seeing it, an experienced "sponger's" eyei glistened. A Strop pateut rut-tor be must have, though the finding nf the half crown wus a practical Impossibility, SO he wrote: "Gentlemen, I have pleasure In nn closing a postal order for two shillings and sixpence. Flense send me one of your patent rOSOn by retiitn. ■P.B.- A*. I don't pOSiess two shillings and six peace at Ihe moment, I cannot send it. Ilnwovor, I hnve no doubt you will send the iu/or In a large concern hae yours one postal order more or leas will not matter," Messrs. Strop nud Company replied as follows I- "Hear Sir, -We beg to forward you the rotor, and thank you for your es teemed patronage. P.fl, -Our packer has carelessly forgotten to enclose tlie razor. To one witb a cheek such .is yours, however, one razor more or less will not matter!" The other day a young urchin walked into a butcher's shop ami asked tho butcher for a sheep's bead. "Surry, my hoy," said the man, "but I haven't n sheep's head in the shop. 'Ihe only bend that is here is mine." "Oh," exclaimed the boy, "that won't tlo. I want one with brains In." The butcher'- feelings are bettor imagined than described. There are Union when it. is better to be imposed upon than to 8ght, 110 CHILLIWACK FREE PRESS Great Britain is beginning to breathe freely onee more. Sho has looked for a moment into tho abyss of anarchy; sho has all but fallen to it. Now that tho danger seems for tho time being to have passed, now that tho lifo of the nation ia slowly resuming ita normal ways, thore is everywhere apparent a aonae of prodigious relief. It may bo u littio premature. Nearly a week has passed by since the threatened and partially realized strike of all the rail waymon in Great Brjtain was averted by tho deft interposition of tho government. Vet 1 havo only to tako up this morning's papers to see that all is still fur from being well. From many and widely separated parts of the kingdom como reports of rioting nml unrest, of renewed strikes, of difficulties in carrying out tho terms of peace; Liverpool remains in a stale of semi siege ami .lure not yet relax a single one of its military precautions; iu Manchester trade, is at a standstill; the dispute tin tho London docks is still only par tially settled; a district of Wains is convulsed by au anti Semitic outbreak of a kind unknown in llritish history for centuries; ami one great railroad system between Loudon and tho north is still almost completely paralyzed, Dut while there is I Iiiih plenty of ground fur anxiety, and while, even at the best, Home months will probably be needed before the industrial earthquake wo have recently witnessed has wholly subsided) the feeling Is that tho main danger-point a have been successfully passed. Tho upheaval while it lasted was sufficiently serious. It will bo long before .»e llritish peoplt*, with all their remarkable gift for forgetting, consn to romember the second and third weeks of August, 1011, They were mado tu fuel something of the elYects of a war iu which the llritish Hoot had boon worsted. They saw tho Met ropolis brought within measurable distance of starvation, thousands upon thousands of tons uf food rotting on tho docks, uud as unattainable as though they woro on another continent, tho prices of all kinds of provisions doubled and oven trebled in a week, tho moans of getting about the city suddenly dim inished by one-third, owing to the shortage ot petrol, goods piling up in thc station yards without a chance of delivery, bullion conveyed from the Hank of England in taxis aud private motor cars to evade the detection of tho strikers; perishable food, urgently needed, convoyed from the depots to the markets under armed and mounted pol ice and military escort; newspapers driven down to their last day's supply of paper and at their wits' end how- to effect delivery, the Kast End a daily and nightly scene of battles between strikers and police, a quarter of a million people thrown out of work, the whoio transport service of the city violently abolished, soldiers occupying the railway stations, special constables enrolled by tno thousand, aud all London in imminent peril of being cut olf from railroad communication with the outer world. 'Ihey saw the great port of Liverpool paralyzed, a fortnight pass by without a single consignment of goods leaving the docks or depots- except under a powerful convoy, the transatlantic steamers compelled to cancel their sailings, and all the strikers and hooligans in the city in frequent and bloody collision with the police and soldiery. They saw similar scenes enacted in Manchester, Newcastle, Shef- lieltl, Bristol, Hu., Swansea, und a dozen ether ports ami manufacturing centres. They saw finally an attempt to bring to a total stoppage the entire railroad ay»tcm of the country, an at tempt that failed in its main object— two-thirds of the railway employees remained faithful to the companies throughout—but that disorganized traffic everywhere, paralyzed it in certain districts, threatened the end of all industrial activity, ami was accompanied by not a fow sinister nets of sabotage und destruction. It seemed for a while us though nil lubor hml broken loose and was combining in an assault upon tho vory framework of society, at though Home sudden madness of vio lonco anil pillage had descended upon tho musses, as though all social oblig; tions wero being thrown to the winds. ll is impossible to go seriatim into iho grievances put forward by so many different grades and classes ui workers iu so many dilt'eicut trades all over thi country. To attempt to tlo so woub only end iu confusion. All I can hope to achieve ia to bring out the principal features Oi au industrial upheaval un precedential ia llritish history. First of all it may, I think, be -aid with somo aSSUrnnCO that what was at the bottom of the whole turmoil wus a money question ami not a political or a class question. litre nud there it was complicated by a demand for tho re cog nitMm of this or that trades union, but, speaking generally, one may sny that through all the many divisions of the transportation bulinOM the main point at IssUO was one of hours and wages. The stevedores, the lightermen, the coal porters, the carmen, the goods porters, tho dockers, Ihe various grades of rail- wayniun, all asked for improved conditions of lubor in time or cash or ooth. The cabled reports of American comment ou the strikes indicate that in American opinion the British working classes aro, generally speaking, underpaid, and tnat the demand for higher wages was therefore 111 St 111 0(1. So far as tho dockers ami tlieir allied groups are concerned I shall say that Amerl can opinion was right; but J nm more doubtful in regard to the railwaymen, and would urge that to tako "aver ages" of salaries iu a service where aomethlng like a third of the employees nre boys ia a highly fullacious proceeding, especially when no account, or insufficient account, is tnk-on of tho per* manonco of railway employment, the provision of free cloths nnd uniforms, the special superannuation, pension, in- 80 U ran CO, benevolent, educational, ami accident funds, the f-ee pusses at holiday time, ami the facilities thrown open to the employees for nequlrlng cottages nnd allotments at prices that hardly re turn two por cent, to tho companies. In Great Britain, as in tho United States, to enter tho service of a railroad is to capture one of tho prizes of the lubor market, and no company over has tho slightest difficulty in filling nil its vacancies. Indeed, while the demand for higher wages undoubtedly operated with many sections of railwaymen, what caused tho attempt at a general strike was rather resentment over tho dilatory workings of tho Concilintiou Boards set up by Mr. Lloyd-George in 1007 to settle uil internal disputes, coupled with tho determination of tho trades unions to Boeuro recognition. There woro of courso many other contributing influences of a moro general description. Lab or in England, us elsewhere, growing yearly more mechanical, grows yearly moro bored. Of late years, too, it has been worked upon by the golden promises bold out by the government of a new social era. It was never more conscious than now of the inequalities in tho distribution of wealth ami opportunity nnt) it has begun to see that many of the measures adopted by the Legislature for too special boiioflt of Ihe working classes carry with them BtdornblO disadvantages. It iw right, for instiltico that employers should OOliipoiisnto tholr workmen for accidents uml injuries; but when the result is legalizing the principle of coiupeusatiou is to make it difficult for a middle aged workman either to keep or llml a job, can it bit salt) thut labor as a whole is greatly benefited! Another and more, immediate cause of tht* strike was undoubtedly the excessive heat. Nothing like it has been known in Knglnml for a generation or more. We havo all beeu wilted, irritable, inclined to be lazy, still more inclined to magnify our grievances and complain of our lot; and I have a good ileal of sympathy with any ono doing manual work under an almost tropical sun, living in a festering, sweltering slum, who feels the temptation to lay oil' for a while and vary the routine of life by cracking a policeman's skull. lt is quite probable that if we hud a normally cool ami rainy August the discontent would either not have come to a head or would have taken a far milder form. A prominent feature of the crisis has been the testimony it has borne to tho increasing solidarity ami interdependence of labor. A strike formerly, und, as a rule, was confined to a single section of a single industry and wus directed against a single employer. The other sections in thc same Industry, or the same sections working for other employers, were neither dragged into tho strugglo nor felt any call to participate in it. Jf tho stevedores struck against one of the dock companies, other stevedores in the service of other and possibly neighboring dock companies might still remain at work without incurring reproach or running the risk of being violently intimidated; and because the stevedores struck thut wus no reason why tho lightermen nnd carmen should follow suit. A strike used thus to be a strictly localized affair. Trouoo on one railroad did not necessarily imply trouble on all railroads. The porters, again, might strike while the signal-men ami engine-drivers would remain faithtul. But we have learned once ami for all from the recent convulsions that those easy, haphazard methods nre obsolete. Labor nowadays is far better organized and far more alive to the value of unity nml cohesion. The result is that we have seen men, with admittedly no grievances ut all, leaving their work ami throwing down their tools iu order to show tlieir sympathy with their fellow-laborers who hud struck for some definite cause. We have seen a strike not ot sections or groups, but of whole Industries, We have seen the principle enforced that no one section or group could return to work until all sections and groups had been satisfied. There is no necessary connection between dockers ami railway men. But bot li a re engaged i n t he busl BOSS of transportation, and at Bristol tht* phenomenon was witnessed of dockers, whose demands had beon complied with, re fusing to go back to work because a small majority of them could uot work while tllO railway men were out ou strike, lu the same way tin* troubles at the London docks have been greatly prolonged because nil sections, or almost all, hung together uud would nol resume work BO long as any section remained iiuappcused, lu tin* same way, again, the men employed by dilfcrent railroad companies havo struck not because they hud uuy grievam f their own, but because men employed in other capacities t\u,l by other railroads had Struck. This is a vory significant de velopmenl. It means thai a strike ti gainst pari icu lar employers quickly turns into a strike against the o muiiity at large. Another foaturo of the disorders was (he extent to which picketing was curried ou by the sit ike: h with ii view both of coercing the faithful to come out and to preventing the employment of " senb" or '' blackleg'' labor. "Peaceful" picketing is permitted by British law. That is to say, a striker may " peacefully'' persuade a non striker to leave work. Dut in practice it wus found all over the country that this legal permission resulted iu the grossest and most violent intimidation nud was, indeed, one of the main OnUSOS of Ihe turmoil in the streets ami of the continuance of the strikes, The question is one of infinite difficulty wherever Industrialism exists. On tho oue hand, a man who desires, ami is willing to take, a vacant post ought, it is saitl, to be free to do so, ami all thi* power of the state should be exercised to prevent his liberty to choice ami notion from being taken nway. Ou the other ham) a man who stops into a job vacated by a laborer on st.ike is com mining, from the stondpoint of the working classes, the crime of crimes. Detweeu then* two attitudes, when it comes to a Struggle, there is little room for compromise, 11 depends on the forco each can command which side wins. This brings me to the part pluy- d by the government throughout the whole trouble. It wns eminently firm uird-cminonrly pacifying! • Hardly; one of tho innumerable disputes that brolw out w-as oompoaed with oui Uie intervention of the experienced and universally trusted officials of tho Bonrd of Trade, Tbey worked untiringly and with wonderful buccoss, und tho advantage accruing to the nation from the possession of a corps of gentlemen who aro acquainted with tho technical details of nearly all industries and who aro past masters in tho art of ingeminating peace botwoon workmen and omployors was never moro magnificently demonstrated. At tho sumo time tho government did not rely on negotiations alone. It took a decided stand on tho necessity of keeping the railroads of tho country working to insure the conveyance of the mails and food supplies. lt bucked up the police whon their conduct was attacked in tho house and tho press. Above all, it culled out thu military. One hail almost begun to fear that' the moro robust virtues had been swallowed up iu tho flabby, vote- hunting son ti mentation that is swamping llritish public life. Dut the government, radical though it bu, showed that fact* to face with a crisis it knew how lo meet it. From Ilrst to last it used no less than lil'ly tliousautl soldiers in repressing riots and guarding the railways, ami if the necessity had arisen it would havu used four times as many. There aro two other points worth dwelling on. Tho lirst is that tho Labor members of parliament were as much surprised as tlio rest of tho public by the extent ami violence of the industrial unrest. They did not originate the agitation nor could they control it. So far as it was the work of any ono person, the Labor leaders who havo always been bitterly opposed to tlio action of thu Labor M.lVs ami to tho whole policy of labor representation in Parliament, ami who belie ve that for the working classes thero is only one really effective weapon — the universal strike—wero responsible for it. This may mean, though 1 do not think it will, that tno same sort of derision which already exists in Franco will declare itself iu Kngland, nnd that labor will be split up between those who favor parliamentary ugitation and those who favor "direct action. Tbe "direct actionists,'' as they call themselves, have at auy rate given a startling display of their power, and in doing so they have shown incidentally that the majority of the Labor M.IVa aro entirely out of touch with the special section of the population they profess to represent. The second point which thc disorders have strikingly emphasized is that "collective bargaining" which used to be considered the strongest point in trade unionism is now- fast becoming impossible, because thc rank and file of trade unionists refuse to follow their leaders or to be bound by auy agreements entered into in their name. It was one of the express conditions of tho railroad settlement of 11)1)7 tnat there should bo no strike until 1914, Nevertheless thero has been a strike. Similarly wheu thc terms ou winch the trade union leuders ami the railroad directors had patched up a truce a few days ago were made known, they were repudiated by the men in one railroad centre after another. The same thing happened in thu case of thc various interests affected by the trouble at the docks. Thc phenomenon of strikes taking place against the advice of trade union leaders, of meu rejecting the terms of peace concluded on their behalf by their own executive, and of lawlessness, inexperience, and in discipline triumphing in the councils of trade unionism over responsibility ami common sense, is perhaps thu most sinister development laid bare by the recent disorders. Unless it is checked it must infallibly bring trade unionism clattering to the ground. WHAT'S IN A NAME? A man can change his name when he grows up, if an unkind parent has weighted him with something like "(Jutacre Majuba Duller,",as ut least one child was christened during the Doer war. But a horse! Well, u horse can only kick, but Ins name sticks. The appearance of a bine-blooded baby foal on this earthly sphere immediately sets sportsmen thinking out a suitable name. The ideal name is, of course, a clever combination of those Of the sire ami dam, a name that will automatically Indicate the youngster's podigreo. .Many horses get their names in quite a haphazard way. For Instance. One Awuy was so called bocatiso the son of the owner had a habit of calling this expression out loudly every time he gave a miss at billiards. Many owners, too, have a craze for alliterative names, ami these generally find favor with the public. A g thom may be recalled Tommy Tittle mouse, the Inst mount of the most famous of all jockeys, Fred Archer. Then there were those well known horses, I'retly Polly ami Blink lUmuy, Some yeais ago everyone was talking about Lord Abinglou's I'ot Kit's, n horse which won a number of rncos, and was aire of two Derby winners. Lord Abington offofOd one day, when on a visit to his trainer, one of the stable boya live shillings if he could spell the name " potatoes"■■- which lie had previously fixed upon- correct ly The boy was puzzled for a minute, Imt taking a piece of chalk, he scrawled ou the corn' bin " I'ot SI I's," which so amused Ins lordship that he altered his own spelling to suit the stable boy's ns well as giving him the five shillings for his ingenuity, (Quarrelsome lovers muy take a tip from the nam iug of Reconciliation, whose sire ami diim were Love Wisely nnd Sulks! Another cleverly named horse was Chestnut Sunday, by Dash- ey Park ami May Dace. It will be recalled that May is the time for the Londoner's visit to see tho gorgeous chestnuts in flower iu Bushey Park. Mr. John Corlott, the well known newspaper owner, christened ono nf his horses Let Go the Fainter. Tho sire was Velasquez, named after the great Spanish painter, and the dam was Tor pedo so an aptor namo could hardly uavo .boon chosen.. . . » His late Majesty King Edward VII. ,wns..very .particular about thu, christening of his horses. That famous* horse, Diamond Jubilee, was so named at the oxpress wish of Queen Alexandra, in commemoration of tho jubilee of Queen Victoria. King Edward's first Derby winner, Persimmon, received its name by a simplo combination of those of his sire and dam, St. Simon and Purdita IT. Tho late Duke of Devonshire was rosponsiblo for a clover namo when he choso Burgundy, out of Isinglass-Burg* onet. Caruso—tho horse, not the singer —was a eolt, whose parents wero St. Frusquin and Melba. But nowadays horses get names that they need not, as a rule, bo ashamed of. In the past, howovor tho most ridiculous names were foisted upon the long sull'ering animals. Here I Go With My V>yu> Out was an extraordinary one familiar to racegoers of a past generation. Doncaster, which WOO the Derby, was the siro of Bend Or. Before he carried off the classic race, he had tho extraordinary and ridiculous name of All Heart ami No Feel. SELFISH MAN Man aud selfishness are considered synonymous, ami no one worries much nboul it but tho immediate victims, Vet why should this iiulovuiiio trait Do winked ut wheu masculine'/ A selfish woman is an abomination; ho is a selfish man, but he is nut made tu realize it. Instead of deploring tuu Selfishness of men, fight it. This may mean ructions, but it will polish up masculine manners. Men are not born selfish, and it is the fault of some ono else that a nice man becomes inconsiderate. Who is to blame? Generally every one with whom tho boy comes in contact. It is not tho heathen parent only who is puffed with pride over the man-child. No girl baby over causes tho unctuous voice in which a young father says, "My son!" Even the mother haa a longing that tho firstborn be a boy. What follows? Spoiling. He is treated like a special being, though be may be trained to actual obedience. Less is required of him, more is excused him, because he is a boy. No wonder he exueta attentions as a right. When thu cook leaves, does brother wash dishes? Not he. He is at the ball field or at easo in u hammock while sister must put her hands into thc greasy dishwater. And the odd part of it is that, while little sister muy murmur at bor un- genial task, may oven sulk or storm, sho does not demand thut little brother help. The mother i.-; to blame here. Why- should housework be considered derogatory, to boyish dignity? Why should a man let a delicate youug wifo work alone whenever the cook is out? Ue wouldn't if the boy had been taught to handle broom and tlustcr, carpet beater, and even dishwater every time the cook left. Custom may be responsible for this form of selfishness, but the new mothers must override this bad custom. When a wife takes a haul it is too late; selfishness is secure. If mothers only realized thut they were training their sons for unhnppi- ness they would take more pains to make them thoughtful. Half the un happiness iu marriage is caused by a selfish husband. One girl who visited in tbe bomo of her fiance a month before the wedding broke her engagement. She loved the man, but not enough, she said, to be the slave to him that his mother nnd sisters were. If in n family uny one must give up, make sacrifice, it should be the boy of the house. Girls aro not so easily spoiled; it is their nature to lavish atteulion on loved ones, and they will not make worse wives for expecting unselfishness in a husband. A man will not be a prig because he can think of bis mother and sister. He'll make a much better husband nnd father than if he cultivated his muscles and brain aud let his heart be atrophied with selfishness ami the tradition thut a man shouldn't help in the house. BREEDING BUTTERFLIES The business of raising butterflies is proving profitable to several persons in this country ami abroad. Costly specimens are grown to satisfy thu whims uf Collectors, and these earn fat prices for the breeder. When the "butterfly man" grows a phenomenon he occasionally doubles, triples, or even quadruples his income. One rare species is thut having threads Of black or chestnut over u while or yellow wing, each specimen bringing from $-*i0 to $80. Sponklug generally, however, more pro fit is hi the common than iu the rare varieties. A bulterlly which is white every where Imt at the neck is favored; this sells iu enormous quantities ut ten cents apiece, sixty cents per dozen be ing paid for tin* worms, and forty cents per dOBOn for tho Oggs. The buyers an* mostly students nr directors ui col leges when* mil utul history is taught, nml tholr orders an*, iu comparison with III010 of the collectors ui rare kinds, frequent ami large. As the principal food of the bulterlly is the nettle, violet, or heart 'sense, the outlay is at no time expensive, Tlu* principal care lies ia the cultivation of the. worms. The best of these are kept in glass cages or iu cages of lliu* copper wire, securely closed; but others live on garden shrubs covered with muslin sucks which are so arranged as to be unfolded like au umbrella held top down. This is important to avoid mutilating branches or losing worms. Tho cages are put on a table the legs of which are encased in tubs of water aa a precaution against preying insects. Portable winter quarters for the growth of plants for "the stock" to feed on, are furnished by a wash tub filled with earth and plants, covered by a tablo- top with a hole cut in the centre, ami surmounted by a glass ense. Tho grower has to study times and seasons in renewing Ins specimens; then he proceeds to paint on the bark of trOCS what serves as a sugar-trap. This is a mortar composed of sugar, dregs Of honey, rum, beer, and essense of pear, boiled. The trap is a vertical line about the length ami width of a yard stick, three feet from the ground, where tin* buttorflioa come to food at night* fall, and upon stormy and very dark nights by preference. *Tho hunter )tVo*Vides hiiltfelf'-wittt' mi-' merous small boxes, with willow tops. A man with a dark lantern accompanies him, and the light must bu suddenly projected upon tho sugared area and as nearly as possible concentrated on the fringe where the feeding is going on. Managed in this way, the buttorily seems nt no time able to get away. The hunter holds his box so as tu catch the object no is after without injuring its wings. Hu sometimes visits a hundred trees u night and reaps a rich harvest. THEFTS FROM THE LOUVRE In the window of tho Paris Journal office is au ancient Phoenician statuette bearing a painfully modern inscription to the effect that it was stolen from tho Louvre ou May i*. As it has been identified by the curator of tho Louvre, we are justified in believing the whole of the story told by the polite ami communicative thief, who regrets that out of the many articles taken by him from the galleries this is the only one that he is able to restore, Tiie Journal wishes it to be understood thnt it is not prepared to purchase everything that has been stolen from the Louvre. It has neither the money nor tho storage space for such a pur pose. Its original offer was a reward of $10,000 for the "Giucomia" and "no questions asked." This offer produced u letter from the thief of the statuette, who was willing to restore it at his own price, and as the proprietors of tbo Journal thought that it would make a gootl object lesson thoy paid tho money ami put the statuette in their window. The unnamed ami unknown thief says that he began to steal from the Louvre in March, 1007. It was simplicity itself. It was so easy as to be tamo and monotonous. It was liku taking candy from a baby. He made a good deal of money by it, nnd so paid a visit to America. And on bis return he decided to start a littio museum of his own, being a man of aesthetic sensibilities. But to his consternation he found that he had competitors. Most of tho accessible and portable objects had already been taken, but nevertheless he acquired a femulo bust nearly as big as himself and the Phoenician statuette. It took him twenty minutes to get nway with the bust under his overcoat, ami now that the "Gioconda" hu-rWHieeu stolen he foresees that thero will be combinations iu restraint of trade and that he must abandon his Idea of a private collection or else acquire it In some other way. And in confirmation of his story there in the Journal window is the Phoenician statuette identified by the curator as the property of the Louvre. ANCIENT BUILDINGS IN DECA7 Among the many ancient buildings in Vienna which are .nst fulling prey to tho modern builder is one of particular interest to tho medical faculty, lt is situated ln the Welhburggasso, in the heart of tho old city, and dates buck to tbo fourteenth century. It was then the House of the Medical Faculty, and in it took place thc first legal dissection of n human body iu central Europe. Emperor Frederick had doc recti for the purposes of medical scionce a human body might bo cut open only once iu live years. An Italian physician, (falcaro ui Padua, brought the art of anatomy to Vienna, and performed the first dissection in this house on February 1-th, 1*10*1, The work continued eight days, and after it was ended nil the participants joined ia a high mass for the soul of the departed. Further dissections took place in the fifteenth century, but only five in vienna, in the year 141**, 1444, 1452, 1485 and 1469, Until 1452 only male bodies wore allowed to be dissected. In that year, at tho urgent request of the faculty, a female body was permitted tu be dismembered. It happened in May of that year that six women had been condemned to death, and the burgomaster gave tho body of one of them to tho faculty. The dissection took place ou May 10 in the old house now being torn down. Deacon Johannes Zeller was the lecturer, and the prosecutor was tho Surgeon-Master Jakobus. Eighty years later the old faculty house passed into the possession of the church. SMkhsGun Sileldy slop* co«rU«. • Ikro-at mm.4 luiT The Famous JSd^i) Lamp The Rayo Lamp is the best and mosi serviceable lamp you can im: for any part of your home. It is in use in millions of families. Its strong v* Kite light has matie it famous. And it never flickers. 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I ■ i«**>»*l*iii"ite Personal Mention The boyish looking young pastor of Trinity churcli frownad darkly and removGd a footstool which stood In lib wuy in u viT.v uuclcrlcnl iiiiiiincr, while tlio swi'i'i faced old Imly wbo ml near by folded n lotlor which »hu had lii'i'ii reading aloud. "Woll, David," she asked, "whit sbull we do about 10" "There Is .lust ouo Ihiiig lo be done, ot courso." bei* sun answered promptly} "wo must si'iul tor my brother's child sud usk hor lo miiUo this ber home." Tbo old lady readjusted her specta elcs nud referred again to tho letter. "Richard wus ambitious io bo a great artist," sbo said slowly, "and I can picture the lifelong struggle which ended only in defeat. But ac tbe last he remembered his mother. " "Take cure of my little girl," he writes. 'She Is an irresponsible, thoughtless creature, sound and good nt heart. Watch orer her, I entreul you. and use your influence, If possl ble, tn persuading her to leave tbe stage. A letter addressed to her prop er name, "Miss M. E. Randolph, Hold eu Butterfly company, New York," will be forwarded wherever she may be.'" Aud so It happened that Miss Ran dulpb, sitting lu her dressing room al tbe theater a few days later, wss band ed a letter, and her large dark eyes grew wider and brighter still ss sho reud tbls kindly Invitation to become a member of the parsonage household. "Your grandmother and 1 will do all In our power to muke you happy," the note read, and the girl smiled at. the superscription—"DuvM Paul Rnndolpb. pastor of Trinity church, fcastville. X. Y." She leaned forward and made a little face lu the glass, then turned to get u better view of tho golden wings sns ponded from her shoulders. "My dear uncle-minister," she conltded to hei charming reflection, "I don't really be Iteve you could make me happy—in Eustvllle." Telegrams In Eustvllle wero usually associated with death or disaster, so when David Ituuilolph received a yei low envelope his mother waited la suspense ns he rend the brief message "Whnt Is it':" she asked Impatiently, while his puzzled expression changed to one of amusement. "The Golden Butterflies bare arrived in New York," he answered dryly, "and I um to meet 'Muisic' nt Enstville sti, tion nt !> o'clock tonight." "Mlllslo," tlie old lady repented doubtfully. Ruin (oiiio pelting against tbe study | dared thut we hint become too ncccs. windows, nnd the wind, screeching - * ' ■" ' down the garden path, threw wide tin "A letter came for her tbls morning with the name of a theater stamped npon the envolope." the old lady replied. "Maisie gave a glad cry wben I brought lt and ran up to her room. Later she came duwu and, blddlug me goodby, loft for tho city, making no explanation." The old ludy paused again. "Mrs. Thayer saw her coming from the stage entrance of n vaudeville theater after n matinee performance a fow days ago," she itililetl impressively, "She Is mil m'tlng' full'," bo ox- claimed passionately. "If she hns grown lii'i'ii of our 'inlet ways why doesn'l slic sny so? We would not force her to slay. 1 mn going to Ond Maisie noiv," he cried, "and inako her own ihe truth," His tt.uO.cr followed him lo the door, and her toIco trembled, "Ob, David," she snld, "il will he hard Indeed to let her gu." He was just lu time, no more. The great crowd cume Docking through tbe j with friends, ill Vancouver, doorways of the theater, and the _ . ' young minister grimly stood waiting ■ a,A' * ."•"ley, H. 1.1. wnsut Now beneath a sign which informed blm. Westminster, Wednesday, that this was the stage entrance. He was conscious of uinuy J. I). Taylor, M. P. was in the city on Thursday. A. A. Cruikslianks visited the const cities this week. C. K. Eckert wns at New Westminster on Wednesday. I). K. Munn spent Chiistmus at liis home, Westminster. Miss Annus Gammon of Kamloops is home for the holidays. Miss Hodgins of Vancouver, s|ieiit Xmns. ut her home here. Mr. and tilcightholm siicnt Ninas questioning j •'•■'• Humphrey spent Xmas with glances from various members of the | his sister Miss C. company who passed laughingly on their way. Maisie came last, and hit heart hammered painfully as be saw her. She carried a sheath of crimson roses In ber arms, and a distinguished looking mnn accompanied ber. She stopped In sstoulshment at sight of David. "You?" she breathed. "Yes, Maisie," bo answered quietly. "I have come to take you home." Sbe held out her hand to the man.at once. "Goodby, Tom," she said gently, then turned to walk obediently nt David's elite, lo silence they traversed the streets and bonrded s waitlug train; then be leaned toward her. "Oh. little girl," he said earnestly, . . . , ,, , , ,. , "why did you not tell us you longed to Ils ,,t •**** hom« here for the holidays, go back to the «tage-tbat you were! Mr „,„, Mr, Hftr y ,,„,, , tired of our simple home life?" .. , „. . , , ' She looked up at blm with tear bright |*-llp holiday with relatives at Haney eyas. "Because," sbe answered dis* tluctly. "1 bave never been on the stage; because the hours spent ln your home have been the bupplest ones of my life." "My dear niece," be wns beginning when she Interrupted him wildly. Humphrey. II. 1'. Major of New Westminster, spent Xmas with friends here. W. T. Ahhott spent Christmas with friends in Victoria, 11. C. Ed. Thompson, of Edmonton, is the guest of }'. W. Crnnkshaw. W. Weld) of North Bund is visiting his father Horatio Webb, Sardis. Mrs. II. A. Leggntt of Vancouver is visiting her mother Mrs. Dundiis. Miss Street of New West minster, B.C. Tlie dance ol thc year at Camp Plough will In- held on New Year's night. Miss Miirsden of the Public "That Is also untrue." she.said; "I ISchool staff, is holidaying In Van- nm not your niece. Oh, let me tell! ' B my disgraceful story quickly, and COUVOr, when lt is over and you bave bidden j .... ... „ , , .. m. goodby believe that your kindness; Tho Misses Mer of Vancouver, has not been wasted, even upon ao "Pent Xmas. at their home at Impostor. Can you think what lt meant I Chearo. to be bomeloss. utterly friendless? That was my condition. My father, a Miss Wilkic is spending thc Xmas. poor professor of music, left mother vacation ot her home, New West- minster. I Grossman's. Mrs. George Kobcrtson and Miss id, B. (*. door A girl stood thero in tbc riper tore, wealing n fur trimmed scarlet cloak, whose hue rivaled the firelight; she lilted back her head in order le glance from beneath the huge brim of a plume decked hat. "Yuu did uot bear me knock," she annniinced. "I'm Maisie." The youug pastor came forward quickly. "Your telegram has jusi reached us," be explained. "1 el peiled to meet you ou the 9 o'clock tralu." Maisie laughed. "I Intended to leave New York later." the said. "When ; you kuow me better you will learn that tbe unexpected usually happens where I am coucerued." Wltb a soil.leu Impulse the elder wo I sli the home I want. Go for a time, snd me years ago to straggle on alone; j sbe sewed day and night to cam our! bread while I attended school. When D. Campbell of Victoria, spent .he died n year ago I suddeiily realised v ' my owu helplessness. A modlsto for Xmas. ut thc home of Colonel whom uioiher bad sewed Dually! Uonltbec, agreed to give me small parts ro em-1 brolder. and It wns a happy chance Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Conner of which led me thus to meet that little I Vancouver spent Xmas. nt Mrs. J. theatrical favorite, thai warm hearted girl, your niece, Marion Ilnudolpb, She kept me busily employed, paying generously for my work uud later de-:,,, ... snr.v to each oilier to be parted, so i Hern we traveled on together, while I mado! ., mysolf useful lo her lu various ways. '■ Mr8' fcmmottof New Westminster Marion bad n faithful lover, manager' spent Xmns at tlie home of Mrs. W. of the company, nnd when lier father j [..mghlin died in Chicago he insisted upon Ink- ' ' " . lug cure of her at ouce, and they were | (i. H. Franklin assumes charge of married, wlib myself the only attend-',.,„ ;„,„..,_. „. .. »,. „ ,, ., nnt. Soon after came your letter of- 'he ml<-™>>™ «»«* of the B. C ■ ferlng this greatly admired and pet- •*. on Jan. 1, ted little actress the thelter of a peace-! , ,, „ ., , , . . ,. •nl nolne, | J. I>. 1». McAusland is spending "Ob. how desperately t wished that {the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. A. Ihe offer had been made to met " 'If we might only change places, Marion,' 1 said regretfully. And In a moment sbe was urging, suggesting delightful possibilities. 'Why not?' she Insisted. 'You will suli them mm h better than me. Tomuile can provide The members of tho Police Force wish to thank tlioso who kindly remembered them at Xmas. time. Miss Nellie O'Hearn of Kault, B, C„ is spending tlic holidays at the home of her father, James O'Hearn. Mrs.W. Atkinson of Vancouver, is spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaee Kipp. Messrs. H. Ramsay and K. Arnotlld are spending the vacation at their homes, hero nnd at Sardis. Miss Kathleen Henderson accompanied lier Father Dr. Henderson, us fur ns Vancouver on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Manley Orr and Mr. Will. Orr, of Vancouver, had Xmas. dinner at thc parental home here. Mr. Ahhott wishes to thank all those who kindly assisted iu helping to make Sleepy Santa the success it was. Mr. and Mrs. ,1.11. Macken spent the Xmas. holidays at the home of J, K. Macken, Talton Place, Vancouver. Mr. and Mrs. II. I). McKay and children of Vancouver spent Xmns at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Caskey. Mr. uml Mrs. W. II. Elms of ! Vancouver are spending the holiday with Mr. and Mrs, W. L. Macken, Miss D. Wilkie has resigned ns teacher in the Rosedale school and accepted a vacancy on the Sapporton school staff. Mr. and Mrs G. P. Chamberlain expect to leave this week for California, where they will spend the next three or four months. Mrs. 1). H. McKay has as her guests her mother and sister. Mrs. and Miss Cox and also Mrs. Heal, from Brandon, Manitoba. Earnest Webb and Mrs. Webb of Royal Oak, had Xmas. dinner here with C. W. and Mrs. Webb. Mr. Webb and his bride received many- congratulations while in thc city. Miss E. Ilroe of Matsqui, Dr. Laurence Broe of Vancouver, and Alfrod Broe, Blaine, Wash., spent the Christmas lime at their parents home on Mary street. 91 left on Saturday for Arrow! V.tt! tral" T^ll ,„Wf mail and express wns a feature of thc holiday Inisiness at Chilliwack, few places of this size can lioust of Pocket and Office Diaries 1912 Office Supplies Cash Books, Ledgers, Day Books, Etc. Envelopes in Boxes 500 - 75c. Statement Pads Counter Books 20 per Cent Reduction on all Fancy Goods until Dec. 31st H. J. BARBER man took tbe other, scarlet clonk and ail. into her embrace. "Granddaughter, don't go back to that life," she said. "Stay aud take your father's place in our homo." Tho girl drew in her breath sharply "I will stn.v as loug as you wish." she replied. "If ymi will like me for my own sake." So Ihe Gulden lliitlerflie. packed up Slid left New Yurk, while Multle re maiiieil nt the quid parsonage. The hitherto slletn house uuw rang with her gay songs and laughter, and ihe cronies nnd lines which dull care" bad trued Upon Ibe tired pastor', fine vaulsheil. Maisie laid a.lite the scarlet clonk :tn,I nioiiHtrous hat at tils bidding, and wllh a sigh of regret ed uwuy the orange silk which caused such a tumult of criticism among Ills congregation. She even endeavored to smooth back the riotous curls which had been ber pride and appeared ot church one day with neatly bunded hair and attired lu s gray gown of severe simplicity. It wss pleasant to remcuiber, as Ibe pastor weut nbout his duties, tbat Maisie would be there to welcome blm when he returned, nud ho would hasten his steps hi anticipation, lt wns pleasant also for the old lady to sit resting in the twilight as Mnlsle sang tbe half forgotten snugs .ending up. perhaps, with n very modern burst of ragtime. But gradually n cloud appeared upon this happy horizon; thc girl Mel self grew restless und dissntlstled; she spent afternoons in tlie city, returnlug at evening silent nnd depressed. "Do you think," the youug miuUler asked haltingly, "lhat It Is the old life calling her buck}'' His mot her hesitated a moment. •'David." she said presently, "did It ever occur tu you tlmt Maisie may hnve a lover'.'" HI. face turned strangely «lilte. "You uieou"- b. asked abruptly. B. McKenzie. Mrs. George Lenry and Mr. and Mrs. E. Lcary arrived from Winnipeg last week. Miss E. Knight entertained thc pupils of her room at her home on anyway, nnd when they have learned the truth, Maisie. ihey will love you l Friday afternoon too well to lei you ft*! "Marion can persuade. Indeed, wben she tries, unit, carried nway by her eu* thualasni. I recklessly entered Into tbe plot and followed the telegram she had sent, even wearing Die clothes she had provided." Malsie's rolea faltered. "I have heen happy, happy, until my iiuiuhi'il .niiscleine awuke to reproach me Continually. When the Golden Uul- terfllM i ie lu New York I sought OUt Marlon, tolling her that I must ,<;j|,wm im,| „,|„.r trawls, .unless, and ibe teiil t note saying thai If I was delermlueil In my pur-! J|r, an,| \,\n » -j ii((|n|l 11 1,1, | POM she would be walling ready to Vancouver enjoyed Xmas. at foil-1 take me away witb her. Tbe umn i , ,„ ,* '„ ,, . bad ' whom you saw me wltb a short timer0"" °* W' *' Mk'> ^' Mr. nud Mrs. W. A. Rose nnd their guest Mrs. Harrison, s|iciit Xmns. in Vancouver. Mr. and Mrs. F. II. I.ylc and Miss l.yle, siicnt a few days with friends in Vancouver this week. Litko Glbwn, ol Hopo, spent the Xmas Day with his father, John ,es of the ago Is Marion's husband." Tho raliering voice broke Into a little lob. "Please," tbe girl begged, "do not tell your mother all until I have gone away." Hhe followed the young minister blindly down ihe ahlc. and when Ibe train rushed punting ou again he turn- ed lo ber eagerly. "Oh, Maisie, dear." he said. "Do you think we could lot you go?" "But I have deceived you." sbe repeated wondcrlugly. niece. Do you not understand?' "I understand many things now," he replied. "Mini can get along without a niece, little girl. What he really needs I. a wife." And a little old Isdy tilting alone tu tbe drought looked up as the two figures appeared lu the doorway, a tort of subdued happiness teeming to Infold them both. The girl's eyes shone star- like nbove an armful of strangely crushed and drooping roses. "Millie," the mother cried, "you hire come home?" "Yet," her .nn answered Joyously. "Jlilii. bit come homo to ita/,'* mmd Miss C. Eyres und Mr. Eyres of Brandon, Man., arc the guests of Mrs. Blow, East Chilliwack. Mr. and Mrs. Sellers of I.angley, were the guests of Capt. and Mrs. A. L. Coote over thc holiday. The Mcnzie Brothers, of Vancouver antl Minnesota, Man., arc at tho home nf J. E. Mcnzie. An enjoyable Xmns dance was L.°-Ji.?t yo1" ,,ekl °" Tiuwday night by tho K. of P. Committee in their hall. Miss Leone Smith left Sunday to s|iciid it week with friends in Vancouver and Now Westminster. < W. Parker and A. Axworthy of New Westminster spent Xmas Day with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Parker. J. liouny.'ristle of Calgary, who bus been visiting relatives heir., re- The Xmas services at thc Method ist Church on Sunday were especially attractive. In thc morning thc i service consisted of Christmas hymns and bright, well rendered j anthems by the Girl's Choir under the able leadership of Mrs. G. H. W. Ashwcll, The Misses Irene Knight, F. Orr, Gladys Sampson, aud Miss K. Henderson contributed much appreciated solos. Rev. A. E. Itolicrts gave a short sermon on "The Christmas Message" full of good thoughts appropriate to thc season. The session of the S. 8. in the afternoon was an interesting one of a special Christmas chancier, with a special collection for a new Mission Bout on thu Kootonay Lakes. In the evening the pastor showed a number of very tine photographic slides of thu celebrated artist Hoffman's pictures of the Life of Christ, hy means of tbc electric lantern, explaining each us they were thrown on the canvas. They were decidedly interesting to the well filled church of people. A TRIP TO PRINCE RUPERT AND GRAHAM ISLAND. CmcItM orchard land and well drained houso and barn locations, enough timber to put up all buildings and fences, utc, and excellent water facilities. All the water is absolutely pure and soft antl though slightly discolored on account of thc soil, quite clear and tasteless. I can hardly imagine a country better found in natural rcscources and supplies for settlement. Good soil of variety, splendid timber, easy clearing in many parts, good and abundant water, splendid water turned to bis home on \\Y'lt»«oluv. transportation, high land aud low and every indication of coal, petroleum, and other minerals, even to gold and platinum in the black sand, on thc east beach. All kinds offish, halibut, salmon, rock cod, sea bass, trout, etc.; wild geese and ducks and grouse in thousands. Huckleberries, cranberries, salmon berries, salnlberries, strawberriers, (very large and prolific), a good deal of yellow cedar, and considerable yew whicli is a very hard wood. It must bo remembered that Graham Island is right in tlie waters of the most splendid deep sea fulling on the Pacific Coast, an industry which is hardly tapped as yet, but is even now of very great imporUincc to tbe Province. Tbe whaling is in itself no small item as -lot) whales were slaughtered at .Widen lust season. But tho halibut fishing is the biggest industry and a large curing and fertilizer plant is in stalled even now at Prince Rupert. A licet of sixteen steam fishing Ihi- '. are now on order in England and a huge plant is to be erected in Prince Rupert right away that will employ 500 men. The Island is on the Oriental steamship route from terminus of the G. T. P. and if the coal turns out half as good us expected a large coaling business will spring up on tbu Island. The G.T.P. the 0. N. R. and the C. P. R. have each got charters for construction of railroads on the Island and nn doubt thc natural resources have been the means of turning the attention of these pushing corporations to thc possibiitics of good business for tho future. Tho development of these resources will create a market not to be sneered at. Added to this Prince Rupert is growing and will grow very rapidly. They will need all sorts of product. Graham Island is the only good agricultural land within easy reach of the City especially in thc dairying lines. Then- are nil sorts of posts and stations und little towns along the main-land Coast and the whole of the vast country to tho north tu bo supplied. Graham Island will stand in thc same relation to Prince Rupert as the lower Fraser Valley is to Vancouver. Tlio climate is the same as the climate of Victoria, but on account of the Japan current, somewhat warmer. The rainfull, cast of the mountain range, is about forty indies por annum and summer frosts are unknown. The land is very cheap, 815.00 per acre and up. This is for land second to nunc in the Fraser Valley, for dairying and general farming and equal to land selling today in this locality for 8200 per acre in a wild state. It is the very last west and as such is attracting great attention even from as far away as Winnipeg. I have no hesitation in recommending anyone who wants cheap land, either as a settler or an investor, though at present the settler is wanted the most. On the block of land we visited alsiut twenty families are going to settle in the spring and it is expected a storo and small sawmill will be established. A school can lie got if ten or a dozen pupils are ussured. Other developments of uu important nature are also projected, though as all arrangements are not as yet completed the dntoils are not for publication. Members of our party purchased among thom over 1000 acres, all of which will lie under a procosa of Improvement next summer. It must he rememlrered that the summer days are very long and thc growth accordingly very rapid, I fully iiiieiid to make another trip next May and hope to get together a largo party to visit this land of promise. 1 shall ho glad at any time to show ' the samples of soil I Isiugbt back, also soiut photographs of the lands, etc., taken on our trip and give any information in my power with reference to the Island ami what we saw there. I might in conclusion add that it was learned while at Massett that the Government havo declared their Intention of placing an Experimental Farm somewhere on tho Island whicli will lie a great benefit to the settler. Thanking you Mr. Editor for your courtesy and space. I am. Yours truly, R, 0, Baiiwki.1. rjardii B. (!. i
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