AA* lJKA THE LOCAN DRILL. 7 VOL.'*!., No. 48. SLOCAN, B. C, MARCH 1, 11)01. $2.00 PER ANNUM. Orders for all Kinds of Job Work Quickly Attended to: The Drill, Slocan A. YORK Dealers in Fresh and Salt Heats, Vegetables and Provisions. Goods shipped to any part of the Slocan. Highest cash price paid for raw Furs. SLOCAN, B. C. Teas and Coffees. Try our special blend of fine Ceylon Teas, put up in 3-lb. tins. Grind your own Coffees fresh every morning. With every five lbs. Ai Java & Mocha Coffee we give you-a nice coffee mill. These goods speak for themselves. Try them. W. T. Shatford 6c Co., General Merchants, Slocan, Vernon, Fairview, und Camp McKinncv, B. C. Victoria, KEotel, SLOCAN, B. C. Has ample accommodation for a large number of Guests and supplies the best of everything in the Harket. ALEX. STEWART, Prop. ■Arlington KCotel, SLOCAN, B. C. Offers up-to-date accommodation for the Public. It is the home of Travelling, Commercial, and Mining Men. QETHING & HENDERSON, - Proprietors. The Hotel Slocan, B. C, is under the SUM ai Personal Maiprt of Jeff Bali, Who is ever ready to make life pleasant for those who tarry within a while with him. WILSON HOU SLOCAN, B. C. Is reached by any trail or road Jbat runs into the Town. Do not go past its door when you are dry, weary or hungry. A. E. TEETER, Proprietor. WORK AT ARLINGTON ,1.1'KANK OOTuLOH OUTLINES SEASON'S OI'KHAl'IONS. Ni'W Levels* tis Isss 0]sssiss*il oil llsirllisgton Claliss—l)rs»p Shaft to Iso Sunk iisitlis* Arlington- High Hssttss-sss on Orss—Tlio Miss,- Ks'iiclss** DlviiU'Ssil Slugs*.. .J. Frank Collom, managing director of the Arlington Mines, Limited, returned on Saturday from spending the winter with his family iu Alameda, Cal. He spent but a short while in town and then went up to the mine. In a conversation with him previous to leaving town, Mr. Collom stated that it was gratifying to observe the marked advancement so apparent in tlie camp. The prosperity here is having i:s effect on the outside and everywhere he went, he found this section of country highly spoken of; mining men, in particular, passing judgment that rapid progress was in store for the division. The dry ores of the cam]), rendered more valuable by the recent action of the smelter combine, were the primal cause of the notoriety gained, and much capital would be advanced for investment here. In a measure,also, tin; advancement of the division was attributable to the operations of the Arlington minis, which has made a prominent name for itself. A year ago outsiders were prone to scoff at the property, because of previous failures, but now, all was changed, and the conviction carries in mining circles that the Arlington is one of the big things of the "Northwest, with a future of dividends before it, as gratifying to those who pinned their faith in the minesbH will be advantageous to the entire division. The programme mapped out for next season's operations at the Ar- j llngton Is practically a furtherance; of the development set in motion last j summer, the main objects to be achieved bi Ing a bona fid*- proving of the] company's ground, from one end of the group to the other. Su soon asj the snow goes, it is purposed to open , up new Levels on the Burlington Claim, tapping the vein In the teiri- i tory contiguous to the Speculator ground. This is believed t • be rich iu mineral deposits,as much so as tho j Arlington ground. The several I levels from the Arlington will also lie j pushed in under the Darlington, giv- ing a mean depth at the lowest point of fully 1503 vertical feet. The deep j shaft spoken of last year will be com menued In the early spring, from a point on the lower end uf the Arlington, and continued to the 1000-foot j level, thereby effectually demonstrat- Ing the possibilities of the. mine, i When the roads become solid again. ; hoisting machinery will be brought In and set Up for the shaft. In the meantime every effort will be made I ti) keep things moving in the same j satisfactory manner as in tin: past. Mr. Collom does not favor the building of a concentrator at the Ar- llugton just yet, as he believes in j having reserves of ore, on hand suffi- i cient to Justify ;» mill ere embarking on such an expense. Not till the mine has lOJ.OH) tons of ore in sight j for treatment will the mill be contemplated. Of course, considerablej ore is being put in the dumps looking I to that end. The mine is in excellent shape, with a great deal of stoping territory yet to be broken into, j Weekly shipments ot four or live cars have been maintained since (>c tober, and this average will be kept j up. In all HIT cars of ore has been shipped by the company,nil of which j went to Nelson. Most of it. g >es for- Ward in bulk, and the smelter people j keep .1 large pile of it in reserve, as It Is extrcmelv valuable for fluxing, purposes. The ore shipped has averaged $UXXl net to the car,the total receipts obtained being therefore $107,000, However, it must be. considered what the expense of development has been, together with building the wagon road, sawmill, ore chutes, offices, etc. Some $90,000 was spent by tho company, but the turning point has been reached, aud the dividend stage has put in an appearance. A fortnight ago the company sent out a special carol' ore, returns ftom which are available The smelter returns were .'111) oz to the ton iu silver, giving a net value to the cat1 of $6200. It is the record for the district and is con elusive testimony of the richness of the property. The men at the back ofthe Arllng ton company are among the shr wd* esc business people iu the west, and they richly deserve the success attained. It has taken considerable pluck to stand so heavy and contlnu mis a drain upon ilieir pockets, bul they can now begin to bank their ducats, with a realization that thev have a mine with few equals in the country. (in tin* Spiottlator lii'oiiii. Mr. Collom is also tlu- holder ofthe bond on the Speculator group, nd joining the Arlington, and on the same vein, lie has held the property for six months and has just made the second payment thereon. He feels satisfied with the developments of the winter and is looking forward to a busier season when spring opens. More men will be put on and the ground thoroughly explored. In the .Speculator, Mr. Collom believes he litis a second Arlington, which is saying a good deal, lt has .already cost a big sum for work and it will take a great deal more to prove tne group a mine, but he is confident of ultimate success. Mr. Collom Will spend the summer in the Arlington basin,bringing his family up for a v cation. He will give personal supervision to affairs on both the Arlington and .Speculator groups. companv bought Tom Reid's half interest and obtained an option on the balance, which was not taken up. Following closely, however, on tht; recent surveys of its engineers, the remaining half interest was purchased by the company—three eighths from C. W. Aylwin, of New Denver, and one-eiehth from D. McArthur, of Nelson. The Montezuma covers the flat below the Enterprise and west ofl the Iron Horse. It will be utilized for the. proposed new mill and other buildings of the Enterprise. INC'OKI'OKATION A GO. tisiverisiiss'til Hive GhurgS of tlis. lilll ami Will Hush it Through. SLOGAN IS PKOSPEKOU*!, Thu Local HimbM Talksi Alsosst. White Mr-tnl Camp. thu R. P. Green, M.L.A., has told the Victoria Colonist that thc Slocan mines are looking line. The one thing lacking to make their success complete is smelter accommodation. There arc only two smelters, of lim ited capacity, in the district—one at Trail and the other at Nelson. These have each a nominal capacity of 100 tons ti day, but as the present output OUR ORE SHIPMENTS SUBSTANTIAL SHOWINO MADE BY THIS DIVISION. Last War's Shipments Were *847 Tons— A Healthy Kvlslence of the Lira anil Wealth of the Caiisp—Arlingtan the Biggest Shipper. The heavy thaw of the past week has wrecked the roads on the lower levels, making hauling a difficult task and interfering with the exports of ore. However, three properties are in the swim for the week, with a total of i'20 tons, which is ahead cf the average for some time. The Arlington headed the list with GO tons, followed by the Enterpriee with 40 tons. The latter has now passed tho 100 ton tigure for the year. Twenty tons was also sent out by the Black Prince, raising their total to 60 tons and equalling their shipments of last year. The property is in eleg.,nt 6hspc and should make a steady shipper throughout the year A II. R. Jorand, barrister, unexpectedly returned from Victoria Monday evening, whither he had been as a delegate to interview the government with regard to the incorporation of l0f the Slocan mines is 500 tons a day Slocan. He tools with him from here ! (Whew! bet Bob didn't say that), you j small shipmenfwill shortly be made a special bill of incorporation, similar j will readily understand that these ■ from the Bondholder. For the year to that of Phoenix, and which, the two stacks are tar too small to treat; the total exports from the division Cabinet has accepted with very little more than one-fifth of the ore. As a j amount to 925 tons, demur. He had the powerful assist- consequence, there are now standing | Last year the exports from thisdi- anceofR. F. Green, as well as that on a siding at the Hall Mines smelter: vision amounted to 2847 tons, made of John Houston and Tom Taylor. , 50 cars of ore, for which there is no | up from 10 properties. Following is The government has made one or! room to unload, and 1 am told that, a list ot the shipments this year to two trifling alterations in the bill, j there is about tho same thing at | date: and has granted a refund for this i Trail. year of revenues collected, though ! We must have moro smelters. At refusing that of 1900. When Mr. j present we are at the mercy of the $ to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to # to to to to i •'■^•'■"•v'S^-I.fc;"?-•"***- -*£-£. I-*. -4-*tJ&^&^&«s^*a^*&*JsS -v Man's Love to Man. W Whan there's nae hive in thc human hert, Bit only a chilly void. An' dark 'Despondency creeps in Owre the hopes o' Life destroyed; Whan there isna trust in yer fellow-man, Nor audit for God, bit fear— Oh! Life isn drearv. dreary thing, An' a' the Earth is drear. Whan there's nae luvc In the human hert !•' ir ony o' its kind, Whan there isna faith tae case us up An' bring us peace o' mind — Thc sun may shin*- on the mountain sides, An' a' the Earth be bricht; Bit whaur nae conscience calm abides, It's a'ways dark as nicht. We aye leak forth tae the darkest ways, An', whiles we cauna tholo The awfu' stounds o' a bivakin' hert- An' pangs o' a struggliu' soul: Oh! then it is thet the lasto1 men Forswear a' hope tae be; Whan they turn their backs or. the things o' Earth ' An' curse their (iod—an' dec. Bit. whan there's luve in the. human hert, An' hert tae hert respond, A glory beams owre the hail auld warl, Thet at Creation dawned; An' this is a bonnie, bonnie war], Fultillin' God's aln plan. For we see. the beauties o' Nature maist Whan there is luve in man. MINE. WEF.K. Arlington 60 Enterprise 40 Two Friends Black I'rince 20 Bondholder Chapleau Speculator 10 120 TOTAL. 6f)0 120 40 60 20 15 10 925 MINKS AND MINING. The Sandon mines shipped 417 tons of ore last week. The ore shipments from tho entire \jl) | Slocau for the year amount to 4700 tons. 1 T w VI/ I —R. T. Anderson. Lemon Creek, B.C. ^&<Si£i'&£i£i ■^<i.£i€iu. !i**A£i4L£i^;£iGi&& >-^--*j*-ff-^-^*^.-c-ff*«r*fe ■•»•*?••**> ■g-*g!g-*g*g***iv*!*w •***»• The recently reported strike in the lower tunnel of the Ik-sun turns out to be a fact. Owing to tho smelter trouble, the Sovereign has shut down, throwing 30 men out of work. N. F. McNaught, Silverton, examined the Hamilton group, Twelve Mile, during the week. C. D. Hand, of Spokane, will set things moving on the U & 1, Ten Mile, in the early spring. The appeal in the case of the Nat- ji/c Silver fraction conies up before j the full court at Victoria this month. The owners of the Neepawa have I granted the Warner Miller people 30 | davs' extension on the lirst payment on the bond. W. D. Wrighter. ofthe Iron Horse, went out to Spokane yesterdav, to be irone two weeks. He savs the property is looking promising. •■ "Work will be commenced on the W; Black Hussar. Lemon creek, at an \u early date. Frank Provost says he \/L will prove the property a mine this 1 time. Three of the. leading shareholders ofthe Chapleau Co, residing in France, have cabled an offer of settle- VI • Jorand left Victoria, the bill had f American smelter trust, but enter- passed through the attorney-general's I prise on the part of our own capital-! _ department and was in the hands of I ists would soon free us from that. The; ment of the ( hap eau debts, paving the King's printer. The government I proposed 860-ton smelter at Kaslo can i $KX» down and I *> promised to introduce the bill this ! now bo accepted as an assured fact j 1 week and rush it through without; and it will give great relief. But I creditors are moving tor immediate delay, so that, the city fathers may there is room in Sloean for other bs* elected this month. This is In I smelters, head ores must have sill- keeping with the prediction of Tin*:j cious fluxes and the increase in the DRILL some time ago. The commit-1 number ol smelters would necessarily tee in Charge of incorporation litis i encourage the mining of dry ores, ' ly, j which would benefit the, whole com niunitv balance on May The offer was declined and the ditors are moving for iniinei | judgment against the. property. Ts> i Krs*«*ts*sl al Osss-i-, secured the rights on Coat assurance, that all will be well Tl been working quietly but thorough and incorporation will come as a surprise to many outsiders, lt was deemed necessary to do this, owing to the action ofthe companv seeking to put water in here, lr, is said they have creek, but they will not be able to enter into the corporation. Consequently, the water will be again staked for the city, and the work of putting In a system proceeded with. In the bill power is granted the new council to borrow a certain sum of money at once for putting In a water system, In order to secure lire prntec tion. All 'license monies ar.d realty tax for the present year to date will be refunded nt once, and In dune the city will got the balance of licenses. The place of nomination for the mayor and council, as well as for holding the election, will be in the vacant ollice in the Sturch building, adjoining Alex. Rogers' barber shop. The lieutenant-governor's proclamn tion of the incorporation is expected next week, when tllO civic election will follow Immediately, Eiitovprli • itakos is Purohnie. The Enterprise Mines has couiplct* i lie purchase nf the Montezuma claim on Ten Mile. Some lime ago the better. There is a reeling dence In the air and the peopli forward to tin*, future with a ook aim ie Parties down trom Ten Mile state word has been received that the , work of erecting the new mill at tho ssnsJst *rtW5 rs; ***** **»" ■ * r"4* : with at once. The sawmill uas com- 1 mence cutting the dimension timber for tlio mill. W. Koch is also pru- buildingof the C.P.K. branch from paring to build a wagon or sleigh Lardo to Arrowhead is regarded as I road along the north side of Ten Mile, an Important step in the progress of from Aylwin, to the proposed site on the district, and its construction is j the Montezuma claim. The road will said to be assured. The company > follow the government trail, but a haslet contracts for ties and for a j new bridge will have to be put in wharf at Lardo and have 42 carloads over Brlndle creek as well as over of steel rails en route from the east. \ ''Yn Mile. There, will be busy limes I never felt greater conlideiicc. in the ttiis summer on Ten Mile. future ofthe Slocan than 1 do at the present moment; 1 consider it secure beyond a doubt. UljtOrni Wits* I'sili'. MIMING RKCOBDS. Appended is a complete list of the various records registered at the locnl ri"'iH- try office, H. P. Christie being mining recorder! LOCATIONS, Feb 18—Heels fraction, head o! l>«y- ton creek, VV it Clement. •nt \N*u ens. .1, G. McCallum, who is one ofthe creditors of the Chapleau, states the returns deposited In the bank at Nelson from the recent shipment of con centrates from that property were fairly satisfactory. There was 121 Feb 21—■Montesutns ■.-. D McArthur tons In the shipment, which netted to the Enterprise (BC Mines, Limits-* ;,in,ni f>80perton, Thlsamount was >*•»"' u attached by the creditors, part of it. going to pav up the insurance policy i The C.P on tlie chapleau buildings and con-1omotlves In tents. same H, »' W Aylwin to same. Nest bra <ch. will place 15 more lcc- servloe on the Crow's ■ 11 V i ■ •*• 1 rS *' l,s . si-1 *■">.*,--'.-,' •*• »v'-v^'*i,.".<.;r»«B^!*w.'" WMMMsl •■ MM »l .IS. ISSISM ft §1 A LAf-cGE UNDERTAKING. Ho* many fishes nre there In the seal* How many sands on the shore* Ho»- many branches ore there on the trees* How many grasses have waves] on the less? How many slars have shown o'er! When yon hare snswered these questions ol mine, Then I will earnestly search Aud faithfully try in some way to divine In just how many angles a boy will Incline As he lists to a sermon at church. —Nixon Waterman in Woman's Home Companion. •o#o»o»o»o-*»o#»o#o»o»o»o»o*i • - m Three College Men Made an Agreement, and It Was Faithfully Kept | o o ! o • BT J. 0. GOULD. • •oe)o«o«o*o«oMo«o«o«Osto«oS "Thnt loving cup. eh? You want to know how I got that, do your" said my uncle in response to some questions I had just asked him. The loving cup in question was a good sized solid silver cup, beautifully chased nnd ornamented, and bore the following inscription: " 'Our Mutual Friend,' married June 26, 1882; 'The Pirate,' married Thanksgiving day, 12 m., 1884; Tommie,' married Thanksgiving day. 12:30 p. ta., 1884." "Well, Bessie, its story began many years ago, when I was in my senior year in college, and. In fact, before that, when first three freshmen became acquainted, who, as a result, became the warmest of tollege chums. Those three friends were •Our Mutual Friend,' 'The rirate' and myself." "Then you were 'Tommie?' Haw fun ny," I cried. "Yes, they called me Tommie, although tbat was not my uame. You see, there was a cousin of mine named Thomas at college with me and in tbe tame class. We looked so much alike that 1 was continually being called Thomas Dexter by the professors instead of Kichnrd Dexter. So tbe boys took it up and dubbed me Tommie, and Tommie 1 remained. "Our Mutual Friend was a slim, studious youth and was the last of the trio nf us boys. Tbe Pirate and I were good friends and found in talking one day that we liked this chap, so we got going with him and spoke of him as Our Mutual Friend, and the name clung to him. The Pirate himself was a big football player and got his name because be used to tell blood curdling pirate stories at our 'frat' dining table. After we were well settled in our friendship we came to spend nearly all of our leisure time together. "Just after the Christmas holidays. In our last year, the Pirate came to my rooms looking happy and mysterious. 'Come down to the Metropolitan hash- house tonight, old man,' he said. 'I have something to tell you. Our Mutual Friend will be there.' " 'What's up?' I cried. " That's all, Tommie,* lie replied. 'Be sure and come.' "And go I did. I met the Pirate at the door, and, going into a little dressing room, we found Our Mutual Friend waiting for us. We at once adjourned to tbe dining hall, end the Pirate ordered us a dinner tbe like I had not had for many a day. We both saw something was in the wind, but neither Our Mutual Friend nor myself ventured remarks, nor did tbe Pirate. Through soup, fish, salad and meat we went, and the Pirate did not say a word about anything but the most ordinary topics of the dry. After our meal, however, he spoke a word to the waiter, and thereupon a bowl of punch was placed before us, all wreathed in flowers. When the waiter had gone, the Pirate solemnly dipped out three glasses, and, giving one to each of us, kept the other. " 'A toast,' he cried, 'to the most beautiful ot women, to the future Mrs. Pirate.' Open eyed we looked at him, almost forgetting to clink glasses and drink bis toast. "Anticipating our questions, the Pirate proceeded to tell of bis love affair, which bad culminated in his engagement in the Christmas holidays. It was after this divulgence tbat Onr Mutual Friend proposed the scheme that brought about tbe existence of that loving cup. " 'Boys,' be said, 'I have a scheme. 1 move that the first one of us three married be presented with a set of solid silver spoons and that tbe last married be presented with a silver loving cup as wedding presents. This will save any anxiety or doubt either on tbe part of the giver or tbe recipient of the gift and will prove continual reminders of our college friendship.' " 'Second the motion,' 1 assented. " 'Carried I' cried tbe Pirate. " 'Here's to the health of our wives tbat are to be,1 continued Our Mutual Friend, and we drank merrily to our future better halves and thus sealed our compact. "Of course we thought the Pirate had the spoons, as he iutended to marry ss eoon as he left college, but it was a matter of speculation as to wbo would get the cup, for Our Mutual Friend and myself were both avowed bachelors. Well, as soon ss we graduated we all went to our homes, the Pirate to Ohio. Out- Mutual Friend to New York and 1 to California, where 1 began teaching. For Borne time I 'beard nothing of our compact and wedding gifts, but supposed, naturally enough, that the Pirate's wedding Invitation would soon come to me. Iu tbe meantime we three kept up a correspondence, more or less regular, as all of a man's correspondence outside of bis business Is apt to be. Then in about a year and n half—hand me thut bundle of letters from the top drawer in my writing desk, will you, Bessie? Yes, that one. Thanks—in about a year and a half I got this short epistle from tbe Pirate. 1 will read it to you: "Dear Tommie—Father has broken up In business and health snd is in debt, and I sin poorer than a church mouse. Worse than all, I guess I must get out of the contest for the silver spoons and enter th* rac* for the loving cup If 1 cvei get married at all, because 1 dare not tell Dora (that was his intended's name) to stay by bes promise to me, but will ceass to pay attention to ber. This I'ihsts. "You may imagine that I did not hear of tbe destruction of ull of my friend's hopes or happiness without some sorrow, and I immediately wrote him, cheering him and heartily scorning tbe girl tbat would desert him because of financial reverses. His reply came to the effect that be would not bold his betrothed to her promise under any conditions and that be had ceased all relations with ber. "Just a week after this I got another letter trom him. Here it is: "Dear Tommie— Unless you hsve a previous elsim I will buy th* spoons tad give them to OsV Mutual s'rleBd Only you and 1 ut left aow to contest for the loving cup, .and I guess tbat I am the most probable csndidate for it. "He went on, and bis sadness over his forced separation from Dora, whom he had loved, seemed augmented by the fact that Our Mutual Friend's engagement was announced. The next week I received nn invitation to Om- Friend's wedding and remitted my share of the price of the spoons to the Pirate. That hus tbe last of the love affairs of my friends that I heard for a long time, but now to my own. "A uew family came to town, a mother, a son and two slaughters. Well, to make a long story short, 1 became a frequent visitor at tin* house, ami. to make a short story still shorter, I became engaged to the younger of the two girls, who is now your uunt. But I am getting ahead of myself. "1 had determined to win the loving cup by remaining n bachelor longest, but here I was engaged, nnd what was I to do? Surely one cannot work against fnts*. I had just nhsiut decided to give up all hope of the cup and to ask my to be bride to make Ihe date us early us possible, and so forth, when one evening 1 told her all the story nf the wedding presents and of the Pirate ami my dilemma about securing the eiip. She lieciime ex- citi'illy Interested as 1 proceeded, and as I finally told of the Pirate's resignation in giving up his love because he could not property support Iter she Inn si into un excluination, clapped ber hands and rush cd into the house iwe were on the porch in the moonlight) crying: '1 knew he was (rue. I knew It'.' Astonished ami perplexed, I coil Id only attempt to tallow, but she run Inside nun culled her sister. nud hurried words, a faint exclamation nnd sobs were all I heard from ibe next room. "Soon my excited fiancee returned, nnd I knew by her radiant face that my case was all right, any way, nud listened curiously to her hurried and jumbled explanation. It seems lhat she had recognized in the Pirate her sister's lover, whom they hud thought unfaithful, but for whom her sister still retained nil her affection. Of course, I was delighted aud set to thinking, in company with my betrothed, of u way lu bring tlie two together. "We finally bit upon this plsin: There was a vacancy in the teaching force in the school where 1 taught, which needed the kind of preparation lo fill which the Pirate hud had in college-. The Pirate, 1 knew, was in hard si rails tiiiaueially und would gladly accept a position which was more remunerative ihau the one he held. Besides this. I could easily get the place for him. us my rertininiendation counted for much with ray superiors. As to what followed after be arrived we would let events take tln-ir course. "And so the Pirate came and filled hi« position as teacher well. Hardly n week hnd passed before I induced him to go with me to visit the two sisti'rs (and their mother). He, sif course, dis! not know of my engagement uud merely thought I was u friend of the family. Imagine his surprise, then, uud his bewilderment whin 1 Introduced to him the sister of lhe girl to whom he hud been engaged. Afti'r he had partially recovered from astonishment, the mother came in. I withdrew with my future bride and left them alone. Soon the mother also went away, und ber daughter came. Tbe reunion must have been complete und reconciliation sincere, for lhe Pirate's glowing face and thankfulness to me for a few weeks were well nigh overwhelming. "But all this time, you see, I bad my eye on the cup aud so told him nothing of my engagement for some time. Many a time one of the two sisters ulmost let the cat out of the bug, und my actions must have aroused his suspicions, but 1 suppose he wus too busy witli bis own bliss to take notice of me. At last the day I waited for arrived. He announced to me his wedding day and ordered the wedding invitations. Immediately I ordered mine also and set the date, with the consent of mother and daughters, at 12:30 o'clock of the same Thanksgiving day on which his came off. After these preliminaries I broke the news gently to tbe Pirate. His look I remember to this day, but he said nothing for some time. Finally 1 was relieved to hear a laugh, and then the Pirate said: " 'You are forgiven, Tommie; the cup Is yours and fairly. You have made me happy, but.' he added, 'you would have had a struggle for it, though, if I bad suspected your trick.' "Well, as you may suppose, we were married according to our plans, and. best of all, Our Mutual Friend made it convenient to visit us in time to see us united. He brought with him the cup, engraved as you see it." So he concluded, and I exclaimed: "So the Pirate is my fatberl Why, Uncle Richard Dexter!" Just then a door opened, and a woman came in and, having just heurd the last exclamation, said: "What is your uncle teasing you about now, child?" ".lust told me tbe story of the loving cup." I replied. She blushed and said. "That Is the best story of any you could tell, Dick."— Lot Angeles Times. ItsssMrossd Truffle of lhe Worl*. This is the railroad nge. Which nation is most prosperous iu railroad traffic uud therefore truest to ibis commercial era? The best test of lbs* use of the railroad is in its freight carrying, for this is the index to tbe prosperity of u country. It is not surprising to see that tbe United States leads the world in Ibe number of freight curs owni'd us well us in the amount of freight bundled. Almost a billion tons of freight are handled in tbe United States in a single veer, an ■mount most difficult even to conceive. It is more than twice thc amount of freight handled over ICnglish ruilroiids— as much as is hauled over nil the other railroads In the wsirld cniuhiiis-d. Kugland has u larger number of passengers a year, but it must be remembered that the distances in Knglnnd are so very short thnt the mere number of passengers does not indicate the travel or prosperity which would appear ut lirsl thought. Kussin, with her tremendous population and widely extended territory, stands last of all the European nations, a fact which can lie taken ns pretty good evidence of the lack of real progress hitherto made in the czar's dominion.—San Francisco Chronicle. One Kens-sir of Classical Masts*. Miss Oush—Do you like classical music Mr. Sounlropp? Mr. Sourdropp—Yes. Miss (lush—Ob, I mn so glad! Do you not find It great inspiration, sublime thought and true beauty? Mr. Bourdropp—Not exactly. I like It because no blithering idiot can beat time to it with bis foot.—Baltimore American. THE: LANTsZR,N3 Or ST. EULALIE. Ir. (ho October afternoon OrsrsgQ susJ purple aii'i maroon Cos-s quiet autumn, lamp in hand, About llu1 apple colored lund To lisht in every apple tree The lanterns ol St. Kulalic. Tlicy glimmer In the orchard shadea Like fiery opals set in jade- Crimson and russet and raw gold, Yellow and green and scarlet old. And, oh, when 1 am far away, By foaming reef or azure bay, In crowded Btreet or hot lagoon Or under the strange austral moon. When the homesickness comes on me For the great marshes by the sea, The running dikes, the brimming tide And the dark firs on t'undy side, In dream once more 1 shall behold. Like spiral lights those globes of gold. Huns; out in every apple tree, Thc lanterns ol St. Bulaliel —Bliss Carman in Ainslce's Magazine. O*0,S'O+O*O,».O*0O+O*O*0'S.0*O*3 J A DETECTIVE'S § V REMINISCENCE. ? 0 o T t ° BY M. QUAD. ^ 6 o . s) O COPYRIGHT, UXK), BY C B. LEWIS. rj T t 0 ••0-s»-o-'>'O-»-O-s»-O-«>'0 0-**"O*s,0**»'O**,O*s*0'S-O When I retired from detective work after an experience of 10 years, the public press uud my many friends were pleased to say that I liiul done excellent service. On tbe Whole, tills praise was deserved, but at tbe same time, iu one case nt least, I bud shown a stupidity worthy of tbe greenest patrolman on London's police force. I bad been at Scotland Yard for three years when I removed my family to Queen street, lt was to an apartment bouse, ami we took tbe second Qoor. Un the floor above wns a married couple named Iluilati. Tbe man. as 1 came to understand, was a manufacturing jeweler In a small way. The Htxlnns lived very quietly and made no display, and tbe wife kept very much to herself. Not as a detective, but as an occupant 1 learned that tbe husband wns home only two nights per week—tbat is. he came borne at 0 o'clock on two oven- lugs out of the seven, remained overnight and to breakfast ami was seen no niore for live slays. This hnd been tlie programme for a year before 1 came to the house, ami I wus not a bit curious over it. At about tin* time of my removal 1 was set to watch in a general way a certain dealer In lirie-:i-l>rue named Saunders. His shop wus a good three miles from Queen street. He dealt tn all manner of art goods second band, WF HAD A GLASS OF AI.lt AND A Pint TO- OKTHKlt. and It had been pretty well established that he bought goods without asking any questions. In watching him 1 assumed another identity nnd became a customer. We came to lie ou quite friendly terms, antl I flattered myself that In* bail not Ibe slightest suspicion of the part 1 was playing. At one time and another 1 was the means of enabling a number of householders to recover stolen goods Saunders had bought, but tlie man nlwuys evaded tbe law. I got to know thnt lie lived In Jane street, only a few blocks away, where he had a wife and one child. Oue of our men occupied n room In the same house, nnd in a casual way ha bad learned lint Saunders was home only two nights per week. He came and went as did my neighbor Hndnti. A yenr after 1 begun watching the lirlc-a-brac shop there wits* comptalnta made about a certain merchant tailor D.aulfd Davison, lie was making stilts to order so cheap thai oilier tailors declared tlie goods must be stolen. As a mailer of fact several bolts of cloth Stolen from a tailor in a town 50 miles nwiiy were found In Ills shop, but lie proved himself clear of ibe law by a narrow margin I became a customer and un noipiuliitnin e I brought customers to him. ns I bad to Snniulers. There were ninny linn's when We had a glass uf ali- ami a pipe together, and from the very outset I usesl my best efforts to get on to his little game. He continued to innl;e suits to order far cheaper than bis rivals, but though his shop was seniilii'd again and again no mure suspicious goodN were found Iiavlson wns full of talk and seemed to In* without iitsplclot), but I got no Information from him to help my case. I early ascertained that be lived in Montgomery place and bad a wile nnd Iwo children ll.v the merest accident I further louinnl iliai Mr. Davison was home only litre* nights per ws*ek. nnd I am honest enough to eon few- thai I slid mil t'ouiieci Ibe idiiMiinstnni'i' With Ilie dninosllo life or Il.'iibtn or Sunn dors The reason I illdn'l wus because I bad tioi yet suspicicd (ladau of any tiling nud boi'Miise I bud no case stgulliKt il ilis'r iwo. As .ii M fulfill, living lu the same iii-iiKi* Willi lie cultivated my ac spiiiltitain-e lis* told me of bis bUSl Hess. Ilivllesl nn- lo lunch with liliu and ..s ..w ',„ t'.'uiii' and oiwu us uu.v inuu I ever mot. On 11n 1 / a rtOr.cu occasions he invited me to drop luto his w.ii.- rooms In case 1 found i.s.'.s. If near them, aud I admit 1 tock qii.to a liking to him. His wife wns more reser.vd and less to be Been, but yet the four of us went to the theater occasionally in company, and she was agreeable If not talkative. Hadnn was a fair sised man, who always shaved smooth. Ills reddish hair was scant, one of his front teeth broken, and be limped ii Utile, from an old accident. Any policeman could have picked him out of n crowd on a description. Saunders was a larger man. with hair turning gray. perfect teeth ami side whiskers, Davison was a smaller man t-lian ilie other two. with black hair, a black mustache nnd a pro.minctit wart on his cheek. Hadan lind the voice of a woman: Saunders spoke slowly and with a growl; Davison bud what might be termed a fair voice. Now, then, for six years 1 knew these three men. and two of them were under espionage. I talked with (hem. ate with them, drank with them and never Imbibed the faintest Idea thai 1 was the biggest fool in tlie world. One day a man who was In a machine shop not far from detective headquarters was kilted by accident. I happened to be almost lhe tirsl one on band. I recognized him at once as the tailor, and the body wns taken home. While doing his work tlie Undertaker found that the black linlr nnd mustache nud wart were all false. This was a revelation even to the wife. The affair was published in the papers and In less than two days it was found that Hadan, Saunders uud Davison were one and the same man. lie bud padded his body to Increase his slsse and apparent weight, and a falsi- tooth, whiskers, mustache and a wart bad doue the rest You will say I ought to have detected tbe cheat by the voice, lu an ordinary case, yes, but this man bad made a study of disguising his voice uud was doubtless a uatural mimic to begin with. I never caught a tone lo make me suspect. l'ou will say that a good detective ought to penetrate rjuch shallow disguises as false whiskers. Iu answer to that let me say that whiskers or mustache can be mads* to look so genuine that no living man can detect the cheat. Tbe wart v**fls a new dodge aud one I wns not Up to. It was so well done that I had scon the man prick lt with u pin and cringe a little as be did lt 1 should ha ve felt bad enough at being fooled even had there been no case In It. bul there was a case. The silversmith was a "fenee" for thieves, the bric-a-brac man was another, and the tailor was a third, lie was married to three different women; he lived in three different parts of the city; be carried on three occupations; he represented three different men. All this he illsl successfully for six or seven years and but for the fatal accident might have gone on for years more. During Ids career he hnd made a fortune, and never a person had suspected the disguises. It aeenia as if a wife shoiilsl have detected tbem, but the three did not. or at least so claimed. He divided Ids time between them, passed ns a respectable member of society, and they accepted his excuses for his absence without s'ueslion. In each j.-ast> lis* told Ids wives thnt he traveled so many slays per week, and in each case lis- li'ft thc house and returned to It with liitml baggage. Ves; I was made a fool of; but. fortunately. 1 was the only one who knew It. nnd I may give the fact away now without my Identity being susps-eted. It would have added mors' glory to my record to have caught up the sly rascal, tint now and then the sharpest of our profession are outwitted, nmi If I made a stupid blunder in the one case I have offset It a dozen times over lu making a success of oth ers. Eiirtlitiiinkea Didn't Distorts film. In the winter Of lSP'.i Marlsm Crawford was in San I'rniiclsi'O ou a lecture tour under Major I'oml of Sew Vork, who related tbe following incident: It was during his sojourn in (lie city that San Francisco was visited by a rather severs' earthquake. The novelist wus stopping al the Palace hotel. Many of the gus'sts had never experienced such a tremor, It was shortly before midnight, and many were in their rooms asleep. In u few si'conds there were the greatest consternation anil terror. The balls were lllled with s'xclted men and women, ami fur nwhile u panic wns Imminent After quiet hnd been restored Mr. Crawford was discovered in tin* eafe by an s-xs-lts'il friend, lie was sitting ut a table eating aud reading a paper. His friend rushed up to lit in and lu breathless excitement ex claimed. "Did yon reel It?" "Peel wltntV" asked Mr. Crawford. "The earthquake.'1 "Why, bless me. DOl But, since you mention ll. I thought tbe cream that I poured In my coffee seemed to have boon stirred round, ami you notice my Rpnbn lies here beslils' tn.V cup." Mr Crawford afWwnrd explained lhat be had become so nccuslonied to earthquakes In Italy that lie seldom paid any attention to tlis'tu nud thai liol infri'ipii'iitly they would occur ■.mibout Ills notice. Ills Appi'nrmii'i' Asxsslrsst disss. "Could you do somi'thln fer a pore ole snllor'.'" said trie wanderer ni the gale. "I'ore ole snllorV" echoed tlie lady nt the tub. "Yes'm. I foll'.'red the wolter fer •JO years." "Well," snld Ibe lady nt ihe tub. after n crltls'iil look, "you certainly don't look as If you'll ever ketelietl up with it." and resumed her lielMrtMO exercises of deti'rgeiice- Indianapolis Press. As the (Illiit I'rllnvr Mnvr It. ■lack-What reason have you for wanting 10 marry Miss Willing"' Tom-1 love her .lack Pshaw I That's no rcuson. Thai's an excuse—Chicago News. THREE ODD NUMBERS PECULIARITIES THAT HEDGE AUCUT THREE, SEVEN AND NINE. risey Have Doen favorite RumerAls sit All Times All the Worlsl Over and Disclose Some Queer Results When Twisted About u Ull. Nobody has ever satisfactorily accounted for the popular partiality for odd uitin- hers. "This is thc third time!" exclaims i'alstaff, on the occasion of u crisis in his relations with one of the merry wives of Windsor. "1 hope good luck lies in odd (lumbers; they say there's a divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance or death." And it is scarcely necessary to say that the belief is much olilcr than Sir dolin Falsing. Three', ■even and nine appear tn have been the favurite numbers all the world over. The ancients had three fates, three furies and three graces; Neptune's trident bud three prongs, Jupiter's thunderbolt three forks, and Cerberus three beads. We liav,t three estates of tin* realm, u man who accepts a hill has three days' grace, and three persons congregated together may Ullllste u riot. Shakespeare was well awars that be must have neither more nor less than three wltcht'M in "Macbeth" and that the brindled cut must metv thrice, and our popular folklore Insists upon three merry men. three blind mice and three wise men of Gotham. Three meals a duy is the usual scale of feeding Of a more mystical character than three is the figure seven, or, nt any rate, it has a larger number Ot religious applications. Noah had seven days' (fuming of tin* coming of the Hood, and when it came he took fowls by sevens and clean beasts by sevens Into the ark: the ark touched on Mount Ararat in tlie seventh month, and after seven days a dove was sent out, followed seven slays afterward by another. In Pharaoh's dream there were seven fnt and seven lean kino. which Joseph interpreted tn mean seven years of plenty nnd seven years of famine. At the destruction of Jericho seven priests bore seven trumpets seven days, and on thc seventh day they walked round the city seven times, after which t'" walls fell. In the apocalypse almost everything is seven, except tilt* number of the heasts. There are seven churches, seen golden candlesticks, seven lamps before seven spirits, the book with seven seals, the lunib with seven horns and seven s-yes. seven angels with seven seals. Set's ii kings, seven thunders, seven tliou- BBnil slain, thc dragon with seven heads and seven crowns, si-ven angels bring seven plagues, and there are seven viuls of wrath. In merely secular matters seven occurs frequently enough. We have seven won ders of the world, seven champions of Christendom, seven sleepers, seven wise men. seven planets, seven deadly sins. seven ages of man. and our ordinary leases are made for seven or u multiple of seven years. Ittrt however mystically significant three uud seven may be, they cannot lay claim to any siu-h peculiarities at- nre the property of the figure nine. Thnt the ancients had nine muses, nine rivers in the infernal regions, a hydra with nine heads and nine gods for I.ars IVirscna to sweat by. or that in Olnslern limes a cal has nine lives, thnt it takes nine tailors In make a man, or lhat possession is nine points of tile law. are farts that pale into insignificance after one has nnce sat down with pencil nnd paper in Investigate sntiie of the special pei uiiaritii's of tin- licure nine, l-'or Instance, if you mui tiply nine by any other number you will Und thai ihi> figures composing lhe prod net when added together will always amount to nine. Tims: 8 « I » IS nnsi 1+8-9, a X t s» "ft snd 2 + T ss 9, »» I -SO snsi I 4 1 ss I. nnd so on to nny extent. On arriving nt II times i) ws* find what appears to lis* an exception, for the dibits of IIP equal IX Hut it will be observed that IS is a mui tlple of 11 nnd, moreover, that the figures composing it mill np to 0. Another pe culiiuity of tins figure is discovered by taking any number of two figures of which the first figure is of greater valus- than the second, reversing these Hgurcf aud then subtracting lhe number lliusob talned from tbe origiunl number. What ever figures we may take, the result will always be 9 or some multiple of U The smallest possible number or twn figures of which the first figure is larger than ihe ss-csmd is 21 Iteverfee the figures nnsi we get 12. Subtract 13 from 21, and the remainder is 9. Tlie largest similar number is OH. Reverse tlu'se, and we get 811. Subtract SU from PS, and ugsin the remainder is found to be ;l. Or lei as take a case in which U coin bines with tlie mystic 7 Tbe number US is not divisible by tl Hut if we add 7 to it either in front. When it makes 7l.fi. or in tlie middle, when it makes 07ft. or at tlu end. when ii makes 1157. «ve shall tlmi thut everj one ut these nuuilieni is diva* Ible by 1). It is not every number Which can thus be dealt with, and the reader may find an evening's entertainment in trying to tiuzzle out tlie rciiiyin why. An example of a higher number may be o\j. ni by way of a little assistance: 800,078 is not divisible by 9, but if the myitis] 7 be added to it, either in front, where it mini's tlie amount by 7.0(J0,IK10. or lu nny other position, each one of the e\g\\[ various amounts which may thus he obtained becomes divisible by l). The fact can be verified by nny clilltl who has mastered ilie first four rules of arithmetic, but tlie explanation of it is another matter. To Senior Wranglers or even to Junior Uptimes there may he nothing very mysterious about all this. Ami il may be that if uuy of us Would only put himself through n course of the higher algebra, digest tin* integral calculus uud master a few amusing irestlsei on (be thi'siry sit differences nil (hat n-sw seems so perplexing In the matter would become as nl ro '* the multiplication table. Order! Order! The dignity ssf the bouse of commons consists in Inventing nil sorts of childish exsiiH's for shouting "Order!" After a few years of u lbs average member seems in become a sort sif automatic machine wound up to shout "Order!" Tin* house would shout "Order!" if the plnris were struck with lightning, just as mechanically as it shouts "Order!" If a member puts an aw'—«■•■"■ iuus'''in to » cabinet minister. It Is a notorious fact that the average government clerk is the most improvident person found in nny class of employment. In ; . (portion to lhe amount of pay he reccirs's he has more debts that he is Unable to meet than tho uiao who gets 35 i)i*r cent less money. BLACK CAT'S WHITE FOOT. His Wife Sulsl It lloslisl 111, bat II* Wast Disposes! to Scoff. "I have never been superstitious," snid Jones as ho smiled to himself. "As n matter of fact 1 have poked a good ileal of fun nt those who wore candid enough to admit that they bad their pet superstitions. But 1 shall do so no more, for I am not sure thut there isn't something ia it after all. "Now, when it comes to superstition, my wife is about as bad as they make them. Every little incident thut happen! during the day is fraught with dire significance. My folks, who live In a town not far from here, had invited us to spend n couple of weeks witli them, and 1 had been looking forward to the event with a good deal of anticipation, n feeling that Mrs. Jones shared with me. Just as we were about to leave the house tot the railway station she chanced tc look out of n wiudow. gave a scream and fell back on a sofu with a face as white as n sheet. " 'Whut is the matter? I cried ia alarm. " 'Oh, John.' she sobbed, 'I saw a black cat with one white foot go across lhe road. Thnt means had luck. We shall hnve to give up the trip to your folks.' " 'Nonsense,' said I. " 'I shall not move a foot,' snid she in a voicn that told tin* there would be no UkU trying to argue with her. 'The train ii sure to be wrecked or some other dreadful thing happen.' "1 knew that thnt settled it. and If I hnd chanced to meet the bln'k cat with the while foot that day I Would have paid my respect! to him, superstition or no superstition.. "Well, the next day a distant cousin of mine, to say nothing of his wife and seven children, descended upon Us without warning and announced that they were going to pay us c real nice, long visit. "I have s'ome around to my wife's way of thinking. There is something In 'his black cat with a white foot business after all. But where shs> ninde a mistake wns in thinking that she could ward it sif" hv remaining at home." Slroniilr Ilersilisslrd of llisisii*. We have a young San Franciscan "in our midst," and she Is as homesick ss homesick can be for thnt city of uncountable hills and innumerable heliotrope hedges. Nothing hers pleases her. We went to the matinee the other day, and midway of the performance 1 heard from her g gasp of delight. She grasped her lisln arm with her left hand and rubbed the skin vigorously fur a moment or two. Then tlie hopeless, homesick look settled On her face again, and she sighed. "I thought for ii moment 1 wan out home again," she said wistfully. "Whut made you think so?" I asked. "Oh," said she, "it was only for a moment. It wasn't really true, but just for a minute 1 wus sure 1 felt a flea." Yon will never know what It Is to oo sick and fired of good advice until yon have run a newspaper 20 or 30 years.— «i.-bison (Jlobe. Ml DISCOURAGED TIN TO DR. CHASE He Cures Every Form of Piles Thoroughly and Well Without the Danger, Expense and Pain of an Operation. It Is surprising what a large number of man und women suffer from the wretched uneasiness and torturing itching of piles. You may bo among those who, through modesty or fear of tho surgeon's knife, have been prevented from appealing to your physician for a cure, tfou hnvo tried tho hundred and one tilings that friends hnvo recommended nnd have become discouraged. You say, uh many hnvo sulci before you, that there is no euro for piles. Now is the titno for you to turn to Dr. Chase, whose 'unions ointment is reoognlzed the World over ns thu only actual cure for every form of piles. The real substantial value of Dr. Chase's Ointment, hus given it a unitpie position among medicines. If. Is used in nearly ovory neighborhood on this continent and has become known by word of moiilh from friend to friend and neighbor to neighbor. Ask your friends about It, usk your druggist, ask your doctor. Others have been discouraged, and after years of misery have been cured by Dr. Chase's Ointment.. Here is one. Mrs. .lames Ilrovvn, Hlntonbiirg, near Ottawa, writes :—"1 have been a Constant sufferer from nearly every form of piles for tlio Inst 20 years, and during that time, both hero and in the old country, have tried almost every remedy. "1 am only doing justice to Dr. Chase's Ointment when I say that I believe it to bo tlio best remedy ob- tnmnble for bleeding and protruding pile*. I strongly recommend Dr. CbftSe'S Olntiimnt to mothers, or in- dcesl, to any person Suffering from Unit drend torment—piles." Mr. (Jeorge Thompson, u leading merchant of Blenheim, Ont., states : "I wns troubled with Itc'iing piles for 16 years, und at times they wero so bad 1 could scarcely walk. I tried a great many remedies, but never found anything like Dr. Chase's Ointment. After tilt third application I obtained relief, and wan completely cured by using one box." Ask your neighbors about Dr. Chaso's Ointment, the only absolute cure for piles. You enn obtain Dr. Chaso's Ointment for (10 cents a box from nny dealer, If you prefer, enclose litis ii mon ti t tO these offices and Ihe remedy will be sent, post paid, to your address. Bdmonaon, Dates & Co., Toronto, J ... irrss The Drill. SI.OCAN, D1UTIS1I COLUMD1A. GHE.ATNESS A LUXUHY. ADd 1'laln ThOJUSS Whits* Felt He Couldn't Afford It. •Mi .ibe you'd be wlllln to do me a »avQ;■•)" said the old chap with n car- iiiih.ig to a policeman who found him sauntering about a Boston rnllroad de- p„t the other afternoon. ••Well, what is it?" was asked. -lin wuitln around fur my train to start and meetln with a lot of ndveu- turcK. Fustly, a feller comes up aud ulinkea hands with me and culls me Shakespeare and wants to know all about my family. I'm not Sbftke- tnearc, of course, but I kinder hated to ,,,|l him so nnd bought him a drink ,,ml treated blm white. Nextly a feller i.iini's up und calls me Cicero nnd wiints to know If all tbe folks was ,vill. I'm not Cicero, of course, but he iru .so sure of It 1 bought him a drink god let him talk on. The next feller calls uie Columbus und puts me on the hack fur dlskuvorln America, lie wus •„ iiy Off, of course, but I bought Dim a drink and let hi in down easy." "And the fourth uianV" naked the of- llcei "He colled me gov'nor oud got a drink The fifth one took me fur a •judu • and tlie sixth one fur a congressman " "Well, wh.it nan I do for you'/" ",ln kinder bung around fur uwhile and explain mutters. When the seventh chap comes Dp ami calls me lies -life Washington und wants to know If (he old woman hus got over her rheu- , ,- mil the baby lias cut Its back teeth, I'd like you ;o tnke him to one . de 'tnl tell blm I'm only Thomas Willi" uud the biggest llillig I ever did hi nil my life (vn« to shoulder a barrel nf its.ur "ti a in'i oi 50 cents, Horn this greatuvss! In the fust place. I don't want it. and In the OPXI I'll inly have nboii u dollar loft when l git home, and ilie old woman will either gobble on tu I ha I or raise a fnin'ly row to give me cold feel all Ihe rest of tbe winter." M. Quad. iii* i snni Threat. I!, try-1 think Tom loves me with nil Iii* 11 art Why. lie actually threatened to shoot himself If I did not look upon blm with favor. Bertha How like Tom! That's what be always says. Vtinny, Isu't ItV—Bos ton Transcript. Wilheluiitia of Holland is now tho only ruling queen. Of ..he 74 IllltVS o« earth, U- are prcsids'il'.s, 10 ure kings and 0 are emperors. li GRIPPE'S RAMS. A CAMPDEN LADY CURED OP ITS AFTER EPFECTS. "In* Wu I.eft Wi-ssls and Ban Down, nsid Citable to Ki*s*»tn lf«r Stietssjth fulll Mss* Used Dr. W11 llsr.su s' l'lisk I'llla. In the village of Cssinpden, Oot., lUsd throughout the surrounding eountry, there are few peoplo better known or more highly esteemed thuja Ur. and Mrs. Daniel Albright. Mr. Albright, has for many years ulls*d the f<>Hition of village postmaster, in ud S.i ism to conducting a boot und shoe business. Hut it is with the postmaster's estimable wife that this ar- tsilo has chielly to do, as it gives, practically in her own words, the PHrticulars of her recovery from s severe illness through the use of Dr. Willisana' I'ink Pills. To a reporter who asked Mrs. Albright if she would SDnSjpnt to give the particulars of ber Alness and cure for publication, she said : "If you think my experience will help some other sufferer I am Unite willing to give it, for 1 may tell you that 1 am a very enthusiastic admirer of Dr. Williiuns' l'ink Pills. for some years prior to the ""inter of ,iyu8 I suffered with i lame Wi., which frequently prevented mc •rom doing my household work. Later exposure to cold developed snaiicft, and every movement of the hod"/ caused intense pain. Is this "ay passed gloomy days und rs'slless lights, until the winter ol 1898, when my trouble was aggravated by an at tmk of la Kri|i|n'. The lirst and most severe symptoms s»f iIiih trouble passed away, but it left me in u work and depressed conditions I <l"l not appear to be able to recover my strength; my appetite wus very fickle, 1 was extremely nervous, nnd Dry heart Would palpitate painfully at tlio least exertion. I had been under a doctor's cure, but did not recover my strength, und as a oonaequenos i was much ilepnssesl in spirits. At this Juncture a friend who Called U|v jW nn' advised nie lo trv Dr. Wil- iiunin' i>i,lk i.illH nn(1 , decided to follow tlie advice, and procured a supply. To my grnl iflcut ion I felt an Improvement In my condition almost. lulls for a little over a month I was once more enjoying the best of health, every trace of the trouble that had allllcted me having disappeared. It is nearly three years since 1 Used t|H, pHI,, nn(j I J,,VV(, ,„.,,„ Wi'll and strong s*ver since, and I have tho hest of reasons for ascribing my rfres- J-nt good health lo tho urn) of ilr.WII- hains' Dink Pills. Dr. Willlnms' Pink Pills nre u tonic and not a purgative medicine. They •nrleh the blood from the first ilose to the lust and thus bring health nnd strength lo every organ of Ihe body. The genuine pills nro sold only In boxes with the full name, 'Dr. Wll- Unms' Pink Tills for Pale Poople," printed on tho wrapper. If your denier I'nntiot supply you send slip*!'! to the Dr Williams'' Medicine Co., Uroru- vllle, Ont., and the pills will le iiiull- pd ])nst paid at 50 cents a box, or »lt boxes for *"2..r>0. THE POOlt COliBLKil. HE MAKES A COMBINATION WITH A FRIENDLY UNDERTAKER. 'hi* Intontlon lu to lliiosis tlnslncsss I'nr Itssili Mcnslserss of the Attrre- uient. but In Huns' Case, at Any Kate, llnslsss-ss. lull, tu Ilusstu. [Copyrlglit, 1900, by C. n. UvU,] "One day vhen I don't haf somet'lngs to do a man conies In my place und says: " 'Look here, cobbler, we shall go Into some combinations. You help me, uud 1 help you. I vhns dot undertaker who starts in peesness ou der next block, und I can send you 20 customers u week. Vhen peoples cum to my place, I says to dem: " ' "Do you knowdotGermnn cobbler'/ Vhcll, be vhas n rusher, und be vhns sheup prices. You go to him, uud ho vhas all right?" " 'Und vhen some peoples cum to your shop you should say: "' "Do you know dot undertaker down der street? Vhell, be vhas boss, und if you patronize him once you vhlll be sure to come ugnln." ' "After dot undertaker goes avhay I talk mit my wife, und she says maype it vhas all right. I like it better If It vhas some tailor or butcher, but pooty Boon vhen an old man mit a lame back conies In to get a cement patch ot: his shoe I says: " 'Vhell, maype you vhas going to die dis winter, uud it vhas good for you to git der lowest price und der best treat- on lit. I like to recommend my fr'cndt Jones to you.' "Vhell, I ueffer saw a man so mad. Fo calls me names und wants to bit me mit his cane, uud be says be sball "WHY. DOT VHAS BOr.IU-ltVl" drive all my customers avhay und send me py der poorhouse. lie makes sooch a big row dot feefty peoples come around und belief somepody vhns killed by der street cars. 1 can't see why he gets his back oop. but vhen he goes avhay anodsier man comes Iu und cries oudt: " 'Hello, cobbler, but dot combination vhns ull K. O. I vhas down to Bee Jones und look onfer some bargains. und be recommended me to you. He says your work vhas good uud your prices sbeap. How mooch to put some soles on my shoes?' " 'Feefty cents,' I snys. " 'Nonsense! Dot vhas der old figure before der combination, if l can buy a ?'0 cotlln for ?2N, do you belief I shall pay you feefty cents fur new soles? You make der price 25 cents uud go to work.' "1 couldn't do dot. und do you belief dot man shouts uud yells und kicks around und says he can lick me In one minute by two clocks? He calls me robber, t'lef unsl liar, und some more peoples come running und ask where der fire vhns. 1 like to give oop dot combination right avhay, but i don't baf time to ss't* der undertaker before a fat woman conies In mit an old pair of shoes to be Ond. Dot womana vhas so big und fat dot she cun hardly come In der door, and she haf some asthma der worst kind. "'Vhas you In some combination mit an undertaker!* she asks us she sits down. " '1 vhns. If you like to buy a collin Uinl bnf u pair of shoes fixed nt der same time, I can do bully by you.' "•Dot vhas peesness. Cobbler, I vhas expecting to die enfery day. und of course I like to lie burled ush sheaply Mil poxsllilo While I llf I must wear shins, Mini so you i-illi gtf me figures on sinus uud burial. Don't try to swindle Uie I nose I vhns fut.' "'Of course not. It vhns all der same, I i or fat. Our goods vhas der batl und our prices der lowest. I vhill sny next? dollars for all. If you die lu der night it vims no deeference.' " 'Secxty dollar!' slii' says. 'Why, dot vhas robbery I if somebody don't bury nie for forty dollar, den I lay on top der ground! Cobbler, I vhns n fnt woiunns nnd a dying wumntis. but you can't swindle me, Make dot price forty dollar, und wo shall talk. It vhas forty dollar, und I shall baf seexteen backs at sler funeral.' "'Kes'xty dollar vhns der lowest Off* tire,' I said. 'Dot vhas an awful ills count, but we like to do pi's'Siiess und satisfy der peoples. We VllBS bore to stay. If you come once, you \blll come gguln.' "Dot wimiutis vhns some deceiver lhe looks like a lectio lamb, but Vhen I don't iiiuke dot combination for fort's dollar she begins to shout und swear untl screnm und kick, und pooty soon she faints nvbny und falls slown. More ash one hoonorcd peoples cnnii's crowd Ing around, uud dot itosh eyes police- innnk sbumpH In der door und pulls me oudt on der sidewalk uud slums me around und yells: " 'Here vhns tier villain: lie shall go by state's prison for life for killing some fnt womniis!' "It vhns un awful time. We don't gut dot fut woiimu oudt for an hour." M. Ul:»!». A LITTLE RAPIBS A Very Sick Man Made Very Well in a Very Short Time Tim Usiss* uf I). IlHiglsl Is ass Interesting: Ntssrjr uf How a llespairlng Invalid llusilly Clalneil lls-iilils mill Strength Through tlie use uf 1>hU**'» lililney Pills. Little itapitis, Algoiue. Oat., Fob. 11.—(Special)—Most of the inhabi- iituts of this district are constantly expose to inclement weather and extremes of heat and cold, with a result that very muny bad cuses of chronic kidney disease, lame back and rheumatism are to be found among our people. Mr. 1). Huight is one of our most respected residents who has been a terrible martyr to the dread torture of chronic kidney disease. For four years he has suffered, llu has tried every prescription, patent medicine and home remedy that litis been sugc-Sfited to him or advertised, but all to.no purpose. Mr. Isaight enumerates at least a dozen disagreeable doses which he has* forced down his throat in the hope of securing some relief, but all in vain. .Some of these would help him for a time, but very soon Ihe pain would return with renewed vigor to torture him. At last some one suggested that king of kidney remedies, Dodd's Kidney Pills, He had tried so many medicines thai bd had very little faith, but at the suggestion of his friends he bought and used it box. Ho commenced to improve from the first dose, nnd gained steadily as the treatment continued, till finally every vestige and symptom of his old enemy hud disappeared, and he was a well man. This is over a year ago and Mr. llaight has had no return or sign of the old trouble. His has been regarded by the people here as one of the most remarkable cures that has ever been effected in Alg'oma. Mr. llaight says: ''Four years ago my kidneys were in a bad state; I tried old medicines nnd new medicines of all kinds, doctors' prescriptions and home-made cures. Some of them relieved me for a little while, but 1 was soon as bad as ever again und a second trial of the same thing proved its worlhlcssness. At last 1 was recommended to get Dodd's Kidney Pills and they cured me and 1 have stayed cured." How's This? We . ffer On Hand tnl Dollars Reward for any csvm of Catsirili that cannot Lse cured by Hall's Catairh Cure F i. CHENEY & CO . Props . Toledo, O. We, the ansler-lKiiud, have known F. 1. Cheney for the lam li years, and believe him irfecily honorable Inafi business transactions, and ti:s in inliy able o carry i.ut any obligation made by their Arm. \vsasTsSTinjA*<,\\ holeiale Drugglsts.Toledo.O. A'liniMi, K is KAN & .Munis, Wliolesu.lt Drug-gist*, I olsdo, O. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acts* tnf directly up.in the blood anil mucous sat*- faoei of the »yB'em. Prii e, ..'k.-. per Lottie, Bold hy all ilrugg -in Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are tbe beet. The 'iracs-hniea. When Cornelia exclaimed: "These nie my jewels!" •The father of the l.rncchi grontied In spirit. "She has also an anecdote) side to her character," he muttered, with u shiver. Everything, it -eenn-si. was eunurmn* tory s,f his iini-ns*. p einotiition thnt lie wa> ilesiniesi tis in- fori*!itien hy reason of i.is wife's siipi'iissi pints- Detroit Jour- U"Tn*\f ANA "RELIANCE CIOAB 1 VOW-si-tr*!, FACTORY. Montreal I'rnrltT lis Aniens!*, The prove!bull wit sif [he Irish jarvey is oftentimes mixed wuli-uu uudercur tent of stern utility thai is us touching us it is eloquent, Driving through Rackville street. Hub lin. one day on tin outside car. the wretch s'd appearance of ins- horse suddenly struck a visitor, who snld; "I'm. you nilBbl to be taken op tor cruelty lu animals, driving such un ohl screw as tbat!" "lis't-'siriii. snr." un- the quick reply. "if I didn't dhi Ivsj thai, I'd bs taken ap for cruelty tu •) wife mui sis childrenl"— Shiloh's Consumption Cure cures coughs and colds at once. We don't mean that it relieves you for a little while —it cures. It has been doing this for half a century. It h.ts saved hundreds of thousands of lives. It will save yours if you give it a chance. " I cs*iiphrd isnsi r d.ssel continuously. Could aot attend tn business. On* instil,* s>f Shllolt stopped the cough and restored nisi to psrleci health: J J. TAOOART, Toronto. RhllissYs Cnnsusnistliisi Curs* Is sold Isy nil druggists In 1 mimtis mill I'ssltnl StltOs hi Site, .-.sis-, it I. no n buttle, In flr«*at Itrltiilsi nt Is. ZA , ts. .1.1 . nmi 4*. Oil A printeil KiiKi'issis.s nss...* wills every buttle. If you are net sntlsHrsl sju to yuur druggist nmi (rat yuur luussey Inn k. Writs for illustrstcil Isoolt on ('onsumtstissrs. Stos srithoul met to you. S. C. Wslls st (Jo,, Toronto. A NEW CREAM SEPARATOR. Not an out-of-date article, bat absolutel; the most serviceable, durable, light running and perfect skimmer, lit) page UatalogU niHllcd (ri n applications Agents wanted In every district. Applj at onoe. Shipments nf Krssh I nth r wanted, Wm. Scott, aou;-,iNNi.'\^:'H" HOW THE BUND "SEE." Their Impresalona of the World. Man and SussllKlst. How does it feel to be in absolute 'blackness a lifetime? What arc tlie blind man's impressions of the appearance of the world, men aud thing! he has never seen? What ore his thoughts as he gropes around in blackness? John Hoyden, an intelligent, lifeloua blind man, answered these questions and told Strange, interesting facts uhout the lives of the blind. "To lie always in darkness," said Hay- den, "is, of course, terrible, hut with time we get used to il, and that makes our lives much easier. "There is n heavy black mist before us. Our miuds are most of tne time dead because we cannot see things, aud our Blinds have very little to work upon. Then this darkness makes us fear the world. We always imagiM" that ail kind3 of danger is ahead of us We blind people know Unit this fear is groundless, but despite that we cannot get rid of it. ''Blind people's thoughts :»re almost ulihi'. We me sometimes melancholic, but most of the tins we tliiuk of religious matters and get much comfort from that. There are very few hi ind freethinkers. "Our impressions uf the appearance of the World are iieuily the sauie. 1 have talked with a great many blind people about that and fount, that our impressions were nearly alike. These impressions, though, are rather vague. "We mentally picture New Vork as a square moss of earth with cuts between for the streets. Our fellow man—well. we get I j feeling some idea of his shape, but the blind eye hns uo conception of size or appearance. All men look alike to the blind. Voices differ; the step differs. We picture the sun as an immense ghshc-ssf fire with red rays shooting out all around it. Daylight appears to us as millions of white shafts floating high ahove the earth. "The way we blind folks dream will no doubt surprise ordinary people. Our dreams consist only of the things we j have beard. We cannot dream of scenes | und places because we have, of course, never seen them. When we, for instate, dream of our friends or acquaintances, We dream of bearing their voices. We cauuot see them, but recognise them hy the sound aud quality of their words. "Many people when they see a blind man walking alone on the street wonder how be manages to lind his way without aid. That iu easy to understand. When going around, we are gnitftM hy sound and what We ttall landmarks. Nearly every street has to us its own peculiar noise. We can tell almost every street we have previously passetl along by its owu uoise. Landmarks are tbe cracks and breaks In the sidewalk along our way. "We become very well acquainted with almost every little irregularity in the sidewalks along our wuy. and by that and the different noises in lhe sti»"- - ■••n always lind our tvtiy." This ia a Positive Cure for all Throat and Lung Troubles., also THESE FOUR REMEDIES Men and wutches are known by their works. Brass Band Instruments, Drums, Uniforms, Etc. EVERY TOWN CAN HAVE A BAND. Lowest prices ever quoted. Klne catalogus 60 illustrations mailed free. Write u« for any thins in Mu>.ic ur Musis al Instruments. s_,, i^ t>»-». a. n« Toronto,Ont..an* Whaley Eoyce s Co., Winnipeg, Man Plants a Oarilen ■M-.-tls. why nut EVERYBODY JgSf-sj* Buy PERKINS' SEEDS ■ THE HEST. 1901 CATALOGUE FREE. J. M. PERKINS, Seedsman WINNIPEG, MAN. NO PROHIBITION to send your orders large or small to PAUL SALA w:.f Wines, Liquors Winnipeg, Man., 518 Main Street. Pure NsiIts* Post for ln.alssls. $,.«$ p«! f>!.. Sj So stui. Sjultles. Bess WMskty. Ji,,,. J,, ft So psr fll., f«. ft-ij. ♦*» doi. t-.ss.s-.. Represent a New Bystem of treatment for the weak and for those suffering from Consumption, wasting diseases or inflammatory conditions of nose, throat and lungs. The treatment is frees Tou havo only to write to obtain it. Its efficacy is explained as simply as possible below. By the new syBtem devised by DE. T. A. SLOCUM, the great specialist in pulmonary and kindred diseases, all the requirements of the sick body are supplied by the Four remedies constituting his Special Treatment known as The Slocuin System. "Whatever your disease one or more of these four preparations will be of benefit to you. According to the needa of your case, fully explained in the Treatise given free with the free medicine, you may take one, or any two, or three, or sail four, in combination. A cure is certain if tho simplo directions are followed. The Remedies are especially adapted for those who suffer from weak Iving*, coughs, sore throat, bronchitis,catarrh, CONSUMPTION, and other pulmonary troubles. But they are also of wonderful efficacy in the upbuilding of weak systems, in purifying the blood, making flesh, and restoring to weak, sallow people, vigorous and lieahhy constitutions. The basis of the entire System is s, flesh-building, nerve and tissue-renewing food. Every invalid and sick person needs strength. This food gives it. Many people get the complete system for the sake of the Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil, which they themselves need, and give away the other three preparations to their friends. The second article is a Tonic. It is good for weak, thin, dyspeptic, nervous ]>eople, for those who nave no appetite, who ne/id bracing up. Thousands take only the Emulsion and the Tonic. Tho third preparation is an antiseptic Balm or Jelly. It*cures catarrh. It helps all irritation of the nose, throat and mucous membranes. It gives immediate relief. Thousands of our readers need the Oxojell Cure for Catarrh without any of the other articles. The fourth article is an Expectorant, Cough and Cold Cure. Can positively be relied upon. Is absolutely safe for children, goes to the very root of the trouble, and not merely alleviates, but cures. The four preparations form a panoply of strength against disease in whatever shape it may attack yoo. NO CHARGE FOR TREATMENT. MV.^^w^.HH.H.HHB—MSSSSS^MMSSSH^Mvm^BSH.aSSaHIJ.HSBS1SMSSM You or your sick friends can have a FREE course of Treatment. Simply write to Thr T. A. Si.nctjM Chemical Co., Limited, 179 King Street West, Toronto, giving post office and express office address, and the free medicine (The Slocum Cure) will lie promptly sent. When writing for them always mention this paper. Persons in Canada, seeing Slocum's free offer in American papers, will please send for samples to the Toronto laboratories. WHEELER & WILSON sewing machines Itupidity. Saver about one day In tlire. l}uit)!niti-i iinddiiiiiliilitv without in sis,. OTWSssU*. Uenersl utility, bait f.'sr nil kiiul«of work. 24:) HsjrUufi? Avs:., \Viniii|ug. WHITE!00D TOWN BUSINESS PF.0PERTY FOB SALE. Odshouse (oonorete) 40x86, Iwo et.iry.13 rnoin* and huge cellar, plastered ineiilp anil ..lit, suitable fur boarding liouw. one law livery nnd feed •table, f>t'\-i>. littiBil fur 17 towns of lu>r-p*i liny loft lor 10 tons of hny. (ins <1 water n stable. One «ix rniini dwelling, plastered Inside •.ul nut, uiisul s-s-lliir. TIm above an now rented tortUpermonth, I'ropwty is sin Ssnitii Hallway -street, about UK) ynrcir KUthweSl nf Krmt mill. $-•00 oiii-h, balance in easy monthly pay. nii'iits. Apply fo S. A. KSKDliA,Wapi Da. You feel better after rtibbiiifr nfr.iinst siiof, grease, paint, etc., ulieii you have at hand a caks; of The Master Mechanics Extraordinary Soap There is nothing like il for removing heavy dirt fioin hands or laie, ami iho tar, one of it*, principal iu— BredientSi heali any sons sir tuts. Dealers in good soap sell il. Dis Albert Toilet Soap Co., Mfrs., Montreal. W. N. U 312 The Berliner Price $15.00 including a 16 inch horn, 3 records and concert sound box. Gramophone Thr Talking machine that talk-*—sini*«- -plays every uisLrunieul—reproduces S-.>r\a'a Hand-~Nri*.tt> Mi battels --.ti 11114 orchestras ni cnurch choirs. The Bttl liner tiram w-ph-me is hmder, cteniei, sweeter ant', simpler than nny other Talking Mschtne st snv price -it playa cskf walks, waltzes marches and operatic selections, il slugs (words BUO imi-io nf all Die popular son^s <>f the day as well as Coou songs, patriotic snd snored sele*.luin-i"-it tel! * funny s*toriesor repeat** a prayer. The ll-'iliner C.nnii n-plioue is in; tie In Canada, every instrument is sold with a five yeat's wr nten fcii.uantee. Thc records nr* not wax- 4hty arc hard, Oat aud indestructible. WW last 10 years. Write to us for Catalogue ami BtOOrd list.; free. FACTORY: 147-171 Aqueduct St., Montr-*<l FMANUF.L BLOUT. Cenenl Mantger for Cifiidi. E. BERLINER, 2351 BT. CATHARINE STREET, - - MONTREAL For Mil'' also si Hadsoc1! B ;\ -'- re*, price fl6.60 toenvprexpress from Montreal yk»v mho turiCuA/ %*£ £?£Z Chlldresj in the big i-ities do no1 iri't 11 very Intimate acquaintance with live stork. The Chicago Journal sa\s Hint, nf "Ti public School children who were polli'ii nt a recenl fisl Stock show in Hint rity, eight luni seen a co*w before, six had seen ti sheep, nnd only four a Iiok UfAhlTCn 1 I'l'ii'tTH unil iitln rs lo mT.d ff Mis I CU ■ 11 once forour prlntsd jirii'i* list of second-hand Bicycles, All kinds, nil in good condition, Trices away down Special discount to dealers. Musi clear n! onoe. linn.. I Andri' Arms ,-i Cycle I'o .1". TliUUe St, Winnipeg, Suows.iors tn Uys* ' i Druthers. i * - -.- ;■ i ,s ■■■4- ■ i*'1 w\- \. ■ '■f<[. • »«, ;:.-*i fll ■MM WOMsii .*?!-; :Y.'y...'.?v>.w THK DlUl.L, .SLOCAN, B. C, MARCH 1. WW. 1 • V :**-..' }:■ THE SLOCAN DRILL ,C. E. Smitherinhaus, Editor and Drop. IS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT SLOCAN, Legal Advertising 10 cents a line for .the first insertion and 5 cents a line each ..subsequent insertion. Certificates of Improvement, $7 each. Transient advertisements at same rates ;as legaladve.timng. Locals will be charged 10 cents a line ior each insertion. ' Commercial Rates made known upon ^application. The Subscription is $2 per year, Bti'ict- ,'y in advance; $2.50 a year if not so paid. Address all letters to— THE SLOCAN DRILL, Slocan, B. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 1st, 1901. KIHTOKIAL CUOPJ'INUS. We'uns is goin' to git incorpera- shun at an erly date. At least, that's what the fellers at Victorier sav* •The Dominion government proposes to guarantee live-eighteenths on £2,000,000 towards the cost of laying a cable between Canada and Australia. has been appointed provincial gaol at The result ot the recent bye-clcc i tion in Vancouver was an undeserved disappointment to Labor. One or two •more costly lessons and the boys will learn to leave fusion severely alone. As a result of the strong pressure brought to bear, the Dominion government will establish an official assay office at Vancouver for the purchase of gold. This is the initial step to the establishment of a national mint. Canada will secure to herself her own natural riches in the tulure. Last year the Intercolonial railway wade a net profit of $108,933.81 over expenses. The system embraces 1314 miles of track. At the same ratio of mileage, were the I. C. K. extended ,to the Pacific coast, it would earn yearly profits of $250,000. Better get it here *.s quickly as possible. The government built one road, it surely could build another. A new school bill faces thc province. It throws the burden of supporting the public schools in municipalities directly upon the citizens, but retaining the present arrangements for unincorporated districts. The muni- cipallty schools will be graded ac- , cord ing to average daily attendance of scliolars.and a sliding bonus given by the government each year, ranging from $12 per capita down to$C. The municipalities will then have to build their own schools, pay teachers' salaries, etc. The new law follows somewhat the practice in vogue in Ontario and other provinces. It is a right and just step, as there is no tangible reason why the people should not pay directly for what they get. Up to the present the annual sum spent by the government on education has made a serious hole in the provincial revenues, growing larger each year. In 11)00 it was, in round figures, 8300,000. With the burden ofthe schools thrown on the people, the government will have more money to spend on roads and trails, thereby promoting the mining industry. Tho government seems determined to strike an equilibrium between revenue and expense. Sir Henri Joly's speech from the ^throne at tho opening of the legislature was a spicy one, containing enough matter for -a great deal of thought and work by the members. , Alter noting the death of the Queen and the accession of Edward VII.,the speech declared thc proposal to grant the South African veterans a free gift of 100 acres of land and a cash bonus. The pulp industry is to be encouraged, dairy and agricultural developments aided, and a system introduced for extending small holdings. Of main importance is the government's railroad policy,in which they propose bonusing a road from the Boundary to the coast, another to the end of Vancouver Island, and a ,third from the coast through the northern part of the province. AH provincial industries are claimed to be prosperous, while the reports of the various commissions appointed ^during the last recess will be brought down. Some amendments will be introduced to the Mineral Act, but .the proposed mining commission is postponed. The new immigration act is in force, and the rcjiort of the ^delegation which went to Ottawa on .provincial business will shortly be made known. In conclusion, tho government promises to lay the estimates before the members at an early d tc DRILL POINTS. The snow is in the last stages of rapid decline. R* C. Ancient periodicals may be purchased at this ollice. A. C. Smith returned on Tuesday from his eastern trip. Born.—Itl Slocan, on Feb. 25, Mrs, J. Bull, ofa daughter. I). O. Lewis, C. P. R. engineer at Nelson, was here Friday. Mail service has been in an interrupted state during the week. The new land registry office for Kootenay opens at Nelson tomorrow. Flour is selling in New Denver at $2.75 per 100, and coal oil $3.85 per case. lt is rumored the Bank of Commerce purposes opening a branch here. An effort will be made to get a post office established at Aylwin, on Ten Mile. The Slocan City Water & Light Co. have secured the water on Goat creek. "Bob" Lemon warden of the Nelson. The annual ball of the Sandon Miner's Hospital will be held on the 18th inst. Slocan's Jap sports have levanted to Grand Forks. A new bird arrived on Tuesday. Jas. Wilks has organized a Miners' Union at Van Anda, with a membership of over 100. There is very little change to be noted in the Chapleau situation. It is a question of wait. A large amount of freight is passing through town. On Sunday the Slocan was running all day. II. A. llicbie, of the Hartney Co., New Denver, returned Monday from Wintering in New York state, W. C. Adams, of thc Arlington Mines returned to town Saturday, after wintering on the outside. Nurse. Open for engagements. Charges moderate. Address, Mrs. J. F. Delaney, New Denver, B.C. Walter Clough has gone to Nnkusp for a month, as C.P.R. line repairer. Miss Clough accompanied him, E. Atherton, of Sandonjoined Mrs. Atherton here over Sunday, as a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Robertson. Gus Erickson. a drunk and disorderly, was lined £5 and costs, or 30 days, Wednesday, by John Bull, J. P. M. Gintzburger, manager of the Monitor, Three Forks, passed up on Monday, accompanied by Mrs.Gintz- bui'ser. Saturday evening a meetinjrof the members of the proposed rille club will be held in The Drill office, at 8 o'clock. Monday's train from Nelson was delayed nearly two hours by a box car jumping the track near Slocan Junction. Jack Regan, superintendent of the Last Chance, spent Saturday and Sunday here. He found life most agreeable. Mrs. McKay, of New Westminster, mother of Mrs. R. E. Allen, arrived in Wednesday evening to visit her daughter. Some scallawae: has been swiping Frank Strohn's Drill at Northport. Have to get Carry Nation to look into the matter. R. Hamilton, of Nelson. J. G. McCallum, and C. Browning took an inventory of the goods at the Chapleau during the week. The case of Clark vs Collom, which was to have come up at Rossland last week, was postponed till April.owing to the illness of the plaintiff. W. Beaton was killed atlKirLKke on Friday, bv falling under a moving train on the Kaslo railroad. He was posting a letter at the time. Lost.—A lady's umbrella, marked "C.G. B,"at recent Miners' Union ball. Finder will be rewarded on returning same to Bennett & Co. Two ofthe Italian colonv got mixed up in a racket. Friday night On Saturday morning .John Bull, .1.1'.. assessed them the costs of the court for theii excitement. "Buntz'* DesBrisay left on Tuesday morning for the coast, where he will enter liis brother's store A number of his friends gave him a send-off the evening before in the manse. John Bulko was tried before II. D. Curtis find .John Foley, J.P.'s, Monday, charged with stealing a pair of boots and skates. The lad was given three months in the Nelson gaol. Grand masquerade ball, under the auspices of the Sloean Brass Band, will be held in the Music Hall, on March 15. Admission, including sup- I er, $2. Thoso desiring suits will leave name with any bandsman. More changes have taken place on the C.P.K. Conductor D. McKay will be assistant trainmaster, and J. Hamilton chief train master for the Kootenays. James Lawrence goes to Nelson as chief i rain despatcher. Here is a point to consider for those living in Brandon and* West Slocan. When Slocan becomes incorporated and the public school passes under civic control—by reason of the proposed government school bill—the children residing outside the corporation limits will be unable to attend the local institution. Notice to Delinquent Co-owner I HEREBY give notice thatA.C.Beline has failed to perform his assessment work on the Truro mineral claim for the year ending August HO, 11)00. And I give notice that, unless the said Al. Behne pa*,s his proportion of said assessment, amounting to $50, and all costs attached thereto, 1 shall claim his interest in the said mineral claim, under section 4 of tlie Mineral Act, Amendment Act, 1900. Dated at Slocan City this 24th day of November, 1900. slOHN McKlNNON Alex. Rogers, Tonsorial Artist. The Leading Parlors: MAIN STREET, SLOCAN J. I. i«ii ***. Provincial Land Surveyor & Mining Engineer, SLOCAN, - - B. H. D. CURTIS, Notary Public. Mines, Real Estate, Insurance, Accountant. Abstracts of nished. Slocan, Titles Fur- B. C. Circulating Library, All the Latest Works. Full Stock of Stationery, Toys and Novelties. A.R.B0LDERST0N Certilicate of Qpniitx. Trenton Mineral Claim. Situate in tho Slocan City Mining Division of WeBt Kootenay District. Where located :—On the divide between Eight Mile and Ten Mile creeks. TAKE NOTICE that I, J. M. McGregor, acting as agent for George Kydd, free miner's certificate No. B3G350, intend, sixty davs from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of tho above claim. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must he commenced liefore the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 6th day of November, 1000. 21-i'j-oo .i. m. McGregor Ssiini-i-ni-l, Columbia No. B, Kvs-isisse; Star No. 8, Silver Crown, Ks-llrise No. 2, UoltpH No. a Fraction, and Unknown I.roup Mineral Claims. Situate in the Slocan City Mining Division of tho West Kootenay District. Where located-.—Near the head of Dayton creek. TAKE NOTICE that I, J. M. McGregor, acting ns agent for Hugh Sutherland, Free Minor's Certificate No.152(1789, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for certificates of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining Crown grants of the above claims. And further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance of such certificates oi improvements. Dated this 25th day of October,1000. 21-12-00 j.m. McGregor Pioneer Livery and Feed Stables, Slocan, 13. C. General Packing and Forwarding attended to at the shortest Notice. Saddle and Pack Horses for hire at reasonable rates. Subscribe for The Slocan Drill; $2.00 per annum. II. E. ALLEN, Manager Worden Bros, Teamsters & General Draymen. Boarding Stables; Saddle Horses for Hire at Reasonable Kales. Wood and Coal for Sale. Agency for the Gait Coal Co., Lethbridge. Orders for Coal to be accompanied by cash and left at the Ofliee: MAIN STREET, SLOGAN. Grin Fraction ansl Evening Star So. 9 Mineral Claims. Situate in the Slocan City Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Where located: About two miles northeast of Slocan City. TAKE NOTICE that we, David Snul- ter, free miner's certiflcate No. R14389, aud Duncan Graham, free miner's certificate No B2ti843, as lo one-half each, undivided interest, in tho above-named claims, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for Certificates of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining Crown Grants of the abovo claims. And further take notice that action, under 37, must be commenced liefore the issuance of such Certificate of Improvement. Dated this 20th day of December, 1900. DAVID SAULTER, 21-12-00 DUNCAN GRAHAM New Carpets and Oilcloths.. Just Arrived. Furniture, Crockery, Glassware, etc., etc;. D. D. ROBERTSON Blaud's Dyspepsia Tablets speedily relieve and cure acute and chronic Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Distress after Eating, Sour Stomach, Gas in the Stomach, Nervous, Sick and BilloUs Head* ache. f>0 cents n box. For sale at- J. L. WHITE 6c Co. DRUGGISTS, SLOGAN, 15, G. Ottawa Mineral Clnisss. Situate in the Slocan City Mining Division of West Kootenay District. Whore located :— On the north side of Springer er«ek, about live miles from Slocan Citv. TAKE NOTICE that we, William R. Clement, free miner's certificate B28886; Christian P. Wichmann. free miner'e certificate B26764, and Winslow E. Worden, Free Miner's Certificate No. B26794, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to applv to the Mining Recorder for a ceitificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the above claim. And further take notice that action, under sectiofT 37, must he commenced beforo the issuance of such certificate of improvements. Dated this 5th dav of February, 1901. 8-2-01. W. R. CLEMENT, . CF. WICHMANN, W. E. WORDEN. CANADIAN AC1FIC R A1LWAY AND SCO LINE. on all trainsfrom Revelstoke and Kootenay Landing;. TOURIST CJARS pass Dunmoro Junction for St. Paul on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Eridays; Toronto on Mondays and Wednesdays; Montreal and Boston on Saturdays. Same cars pass Revelstoke one day earlier. For time-tables, rates, and full information call on or address nearest local agent, or— GEO. T. MOIR, Agent, Sloean City J. S. CARTER, E. J. COYLE, D.P.A., A. G.I*. A„ Nelson. Vancouver. Tobacconists' Supplies of every description can be had at ocan's Lending Store. Tobaccos, chewing and smoking, of tho best brands kept tn stock; also Cigars and Cigarettes. Fruits of nil kinds kept in their season. The most toothsome Confectionery always on sale. Stationery also handled. A. C. SMITH, SLOCAN A. DAVID, the Miner's Tailor, is the place, For a Nice Winter Suit. Perfect Fit Guaranteed. We use ojly Al. Trimmings and the Finish is First Class. MAIN STREET, SLOCAN. Three Doors South of Postoflice. New Spring Goods Arriving. UNDERWEAR--the famous Health brand, HATS-Stetsons, and other lines, PANTS, SHIRTS, Etc. Etc T. McNeish 6c Co. Just Arrived Half a carload of Steel Ranges and Heating Stoves. Call and see our display before purchasing elsewhere. McCallum&Co Dealers in General Hardware, MAIN STREET, - -SLOCAN Agents for Crow's Nest Domestic and Blacksmith Coal. Do You Want a Home ? Then come to Slocan, for it is one of the fairest spots on this . earth of ours. Levelness, Room, Scenery, Health, Fishing, Hunting, Roads, Railway Steamboats, Churches, School Hospital, Public Halls and Enterprising Citizens are some of the advantages enjoyed by this Town, backed up by Unsurpassed andProvenMineral •* Resources. Nature and Man hath decreed that Slocan is the Town Come and be convinced that this tale is no mere idle dream, but a stern reality. in City IM Din, No. 62, W. F. of n. Gwiilim 6c Johnson, MINING ENGINEERS AND ASSAYERS. B. C Slocan, The Murcutt Branch OFTHE W.C.T.U., SliOCAN, Meets the second Thursday in each month at 8 p.m. Next meeting in the Presbyterian church. All meetings open tn those wishing t join. Mrs. W.J.Andhkws, Mbs.M.D.McKBH President. Cor. Secretary. No More Swearing. Have Installed a new machine for manufacturing Stovepipes and Airpipes. They go together like a charm. Patronize home industry and have an unruffled temper. H. J. Meets every Wednesday evening in the Union Hall. Slocan City, at 7.30 p.m. Visiting brethren cordially invited to attend. JAS. A. BAKER, President. W. J. ADCOCK, Financial Secretary TINSMITH AND PLUMBER. Removed.. We have moved Into our handsome new store, on cor. Baker and Stanley Streets. Call on us. Repairing a specialty and all work left at The Drill office will be forwarded. Mail orders promptly attended to. All Union workmen employed. J. J. WALKER, Watchmaker and Jeweler. Nelson, B.C
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Title | The Slocan Drill |
Publisher | Slocan, B.C. : C.E. Smitheringale |
Date Issued | 1901-03-01 |
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Date Available | 2015-12-08 |
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DOI | 10.14288/1.0221005 |
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