THE SLOCAN VOL. V., Ne. 4. SLOGAN, B. C., APRIL 22 1904, Frame your own Pictures.. Dennison's Passe Partout Binding in assorted coiSh^brnry 25 cents per roll, of large size posTorncE store. Fruit, Confectionery, Tobacco You can get anything in these lines that you require from us. Our stock in each is always kept fresh and well assorted. We handle the best the market affords. Prices are right. A. C. SMITH, SLOCAN WHBTEWEAR LADIES, what about Whitewear? A few of the lines we carry you will see in our window; come inside and you will see more. We will sell more cheaply than Eastern houses, and can give you a splendid range to choose from. DO NOT DELAY. <l j + j ( We T. Shatford & Co, Arlington "Hotel, SLOCAN, B. C. L. H. KNOWLES, Proprietor. fThit popular heir I it Convenient to the boats and train:**. Tlie dining room iistrletly uptu-sbite while lhe bar it Supplied with lite best in the market. GOOD SAMPLE ROOMS IN CONNECTION. ry A TCC . TravnTMng men, using Sample Rooms, $2.50 per risy ■ t\/\ I CO • wltlieut Sample Rooms,$2; board $8 per week; ihenls35,' SPRING STOCK OF PRINTS We have received our spring stock of Prints, embracing quite the prettiest patterns yet .seen in the town. A full line of the Best English Prints at 15 cents. Come in and see them and you will buy. For Covering Your Furniture For this purpose we have got in a very nice line in Red, Blue, Green, or Brown Damask David Arnot, Slocan, sss^^*^s^^i^::r/.xxy.:v>"":::>: 3 A Spring Pointer MEETING OF COUNCIL CONTItACTOKS STOP WOKR ON THK fc|^.j^^^ CKKKK. Ani Q8 Council Ailji.unis to HUmiaH tho Mttttor uh Advlibry to tin* llmn-.I <>r Wor."™— Di-.-lil.a to Abide hy Contract ami Ail- vlcn •rtlly Solicitor. Aid, Henderson was tho only absented from the regular meeting of the eity council on Monday night, Bills presented: Shut lord & Co., supplies to health committee, S2.50. Referred to the finance, who reported favorably and the bill was ordered paid. Finance committee also reported in favor ol former bills, amounting to $7.80, Ordered paid. Bylaw No. 22,for levying a tax rate, was brought up, reconsidered and finally adopted. It, was then duly signed and sealed and ordered t.i he registered, Aid. Worden ,for tha board of works, repotted that work on Springer creek was not progressing satisfactory, and the city would have to give the contractors notice to proceed Mayor McNeish said the matter was in the hands of the committee and the council had uo light to interfere. Aid. Tenter thought the council should act as an advisory board, as the affair was a ticklish matter. The mayor held it was in the hands Of the committee and the council had no jurisdiction. If they wanted to sit as an advisory board, tliey should adjourn the council. Aid. Teeter didn't see how the lxiard of works or council could proceed unless by serving notice on the contractors, or changing the plans and giving an extension of time, It was impossible to du the Work within the time limit. Council adjourned. Tlie council then met as an enlarged board of works, with Aid. Worden in the chair. The latter stated h • did not know what to do. Aid. Teeter said the contractors had all the piles ->u th • ground and it pile 1 driver, out the city could ml take I tbem over under the circumstances. Besides there was no tim • left to do anything before high water. The work was still in the hands cf ihe eontrac tors, miles thev abandon same by Writing. They had already stopped wor!;. The mayor considered it was up to the bondsmen to-complete the jo!). Aid. Teeter said the time of the contract would lie ut) on Mav 1. High Bhould have been dug and tin* oils planted, as was done with the New Denver bridge, and it would be loss cost I v. Apparently tin- contractor had not made much effort to drive. Why did he not, dig the trench first or sheath Iho piles. The contract laid out a course lor the board of works to pursue and they should follow it, so avoiding difficulty, Aid. Teeter urged some mutual agreement and modifying the contract. Aid. Smith said the contractor had thrown up th.' job and the city should get others. The inavor said the contractor had stated. Recording to street talk, that he would not touch the work again, so why try to make a new agreement with him. The board had better consult the city solicitor and act accord* inglv, This the board agree to do aud send the necessary notice to the contractor in the morning. Adjournment, NUW VOTKKS. Names of Thorn* Onlug on tha LUt ror thr Sloean Hiding. The court of rovision for the voters' list of the Slocan riding will be held here on May 2, before H.-P. Christie, collector. No objections have been filed against any name on the list, nor will any be sl ruck off. Quite a bunch of new applications have beeti received as follows: Bellinger, Joseph, Nakusp Brown, W. G., Now Denver Burns. R„ Nakusp Cade, J. P., Slocau Cleverley, A..)., Slocan Forrest, Alex., Sandon (lucre, Loui-, Sandon (iarson, .1. A.,.Sandon Qustafson. 11. A, Nakusp llod,ran. E., Nakusp Hendrickson, E.. Three Forks Kelleher, Dan, Sandon Lowe, Harry, Three Forks McAskeil, Ken, Sloean McNeill, Hod, MeCuigan McMillan, .J. I'.. Slocan McVicar, Angus, Slocnn Morrison, N.. Now Djutbt Mav. C. C, Three Forks Macdouald, '.Y..T., Sandon Sniilli, John, Silvertin Strickland, A.W.. New Denver ■ Taylor, A. E.. New Denver Th* following have applied for a transfer from tho Slosau list: McLachlan, J., Sand iu Weir. 1).,)., New DenVer mine had to close down. A fresh supply of lumber was obtained from the sawmill below, and a gang of men put to work to repair the damage. 8IOCAN TOO SLOW. So Nauv Denver Will Hnvo tho CulcbrR- 1i1.11 on Mny !t. Slocan has fallen into a rut nnd it seems impossible to get tlie Amrg out of it. Last year several opportunities to hold celebrations were allowed to slip by the board, and it would seem a similar experience is to lie recorded tliis year. At one time it was thought a celebration could Im- put on for May 21, especially as the other towns in the camp were willing to assist. But, alas! there was no one to take the initiative and the scheme has died in its infancy. New Denver now purposes to do the celebrating, On Tuesday evening Messrs. Brown and Taylor came down from the Lucerne to coax the Slocan folk to emigrate in a body on the 21th to their town. They want the band to go utoj as well as the rifle club. A football game is also to be arranged between Slocan and Silverton, and an attractive programme of general sport mapped out. The day's tun will wind up with a ball in the evening. All effort will be made to get special rates and train service from all the neighboring towns. Sloean's various attractions will all likely be under contract next week to go to tho Lucerne. Aluioiat Oi-kIi oy.-.l. Thursday night the machine sin*]) belonging to the O. S. Lumber Co. water was liable \o come before then ha(j ., dose ,.,,.„,. {mm M destroy- and the wor.; should Ik- procesuou with. The city sh mid endeavor to make some amicable arrangement wiih 11) Oil M to come the contractor by changing fhe plai Aid. Worden, as chairman, had re ceived no writings from the contractoi that the work had been abandoned. The inavor said ^the contract calli for the Uiard of works to step in and tinish the work aud charge it up to the contractor. It was a peculiar po.iitiou for the council to interfere. Thay had a citv solicit! board shouli aud the- con 3 8 :-3 W H K K H I >2 K Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing '.' * done on the* shoitsst notice. W Nothing delights the eye more than a tine fitting, up-to-date, stylish suit of clothes A new selection of fine Grey & Black Worsteds of the latest designs just Irish received. Agent for Canada Tailoring Co. Suits to measure from BIS to 985. Cheap suits. pH. A. CLEVE, M Main Street, Slocan, B.C., if. Store: Next door to Postofflce, be guided by his advice tract. Aid. Teeter inquired, how about a voluntary surrender of the contract bv mutual agreement without serving notice. The mayor replied it could nol be done under tin- law. Aid. Madden held the' work could not be doue now for the money. The mayor said the work could be done if a proper driver were used. Two competent men had examined lh<- ground and so reported. In the desultory talk thnt followed it was contended the pilcdriver was et little account, as il, did not have sutli of the pilesdriven ed by the creek. Early in the day tlie : s >ction men belonging to tne railway had constructed a dam to divert' tbe current from emptying nenr the transfer wharf. The stream then worked over to the east side and rapidly cut j]out the bank under the shop, and whin noticed in the evening one corner was completely, undermined. An alarm was given and part'of tho ma* chinery taken out and the building secured by cables. Supports were placed under the shop next day and Flr«t l.tia.l ll«>ui,(y « ll. ,-k. G. O. Buchanan, administrator of the lead bounty, last wee!; disbursed tho first checks to mineowners paid out under the act. Tlie mines paid were: Sovereign, Highland, Whitewater, Enterprise, Sullivan, Rambler- Cariboo, Black Prince, Wilcox. Silver (.'up. Bluebird, Bed Fox, Neepawa, Mercury. Idaho. Alamo. Ymir, Payne, North .**iiar, Province, Bosun, Pontine, and Marion. It is thought the distribution of the money will stimulate the mining industry and increase the output. Already the mines have earned over $100,000 under the bounty. The amounts earned run from a few cents up toSlKOUU. Mark M unify l.i Cal I Torn III. Mark Manley. a former resident of the camp, seems to be prospering in California, On his Enterprise group, in Trinity county, they an- preparing fo,-a Im.-y season. Tliey have struck aad opeued up the vein, ensuring a heavy output of ore. Mark has recently bonded the Yellowstone group, in the same vicinity. It i« a promising gold property, embracing Hi claims, and is equipped with a ten stamp Mark will make a winning. sine then tii e creek has lieen diverted ! to the old channel straight down to the lake. It now transpires that the city owns no stivt running to the I lake, consequently the mill and rail- | way companies will have to handle the I creek themselves north from Lake ; avenue. The railway will endeavor to ! crib their portion this summer. cient drop. Non had been broken. The driver was not even on th-- perpendicular so as togiw-' a straight drop. When building il the contractor hail been iu formed the mn chine would not do the work. l'il< - had been driven in similar ground els-where and they could be driven here. Aid. Worden favored living up ■ ° the contract as Bigned, Aid. Teeter and Madden believed it would cost the city a good deal more if tlu-y were to live up to the contract, and then to make the contractor responsible should damage result from Hoods. Aid. Worden and Smith thoughl the least the contractor could have done was to have sent the board of w irks a letter on the subject.. Aid. Teeter held that under the contract the city could not appropriate the day baton anv of the material on the ground Nakusp rqut~ I.ittlc sliiriiii Timlin*. Messrs. Croteau aad Duchesne, Kossland, arrived in on Saturday and next day headed a party for an eight day trip to the Little Slocan country. Their object was to cruise the timber limits staked iu that regiou a year ago and to size up the chances ol sotting the materia] out. It is reported a big sawmill is to be built at tlie mouth ol the Little Sloean river, where it empties into (he main Slocan, the logs being driven down the former. Sloean folk Were sleeping when thev allowed the Rossland people (osteal a march on them ami acquire lhat timber. Quit llu* .loh. Harvey Fife and his associates, who had the contract for the protective works mi Springer creek, quit the job mi Friday. Thev had all the piles on the ground and had operated the driver for a couple of days. Half a dozen piles had been driven after a fashion, but seeing they could make no headway owing to the character of the ground, the men threw up thc sponge. The next move in the matter is awaited wiih interest. III.H'lOtllt' Klllni'tl. A train from Nelson finally managed to get her.- on Saturday after noon, after four days' delay. A succession of •mudslides had occurred near Winlaw and it required a big gang of men to clear the track. A few passengers arrived, but a number of others, with express, had gone around by the Robson and Trains have been 11111- Another llntluesi Uhanje. Another business change has taken place iu town, 1?. E. Allen having purchased the butcher business ftam the syndicate which ha-* been running it for tho past year. He will remove tic stock lo th" shop originally fitted up for it in tin- Burns block, nnd he will alsocarry a iineof dairy products and vegetables. had next month. Possession will be $2.00 PER annum: OUR ORE SHIPMENTS SUBSTANTIAL SHOWING MADE BY THIS DIVISION, LiMt Yciir'n Hliipmcnta Wure 13:10 Tana— A lli'itlthy lav litem <, »f tha, Ufa and lYenUh of th* lump Ottawa lit the Blggoit Bhtppet-. No ore shipments are to lie recorded for the week, owing to the bad roads. When they get into shapo the lessens of tke Neepawa, Enterprise and Alberta will .send out consignments and the Ottawa will resume. For 1908 the ore shipments from the local division amounted to 1889 tons, made up from 17 properties. Following is a full list of the shipments this year to date: uitra, IV KICK. TOTAL HS0 Ottawa 105 Neepawa l'ort Ilopa IK 82 25 Sa|i|ihii'B •> Argentite Black Fel: 5 <52 without paving for it. i •■'■•g regularly since, much to the sat* The mayor had had a party from Isfaction of tho populace. Nelson lo iking over the. material, and tliere were very few piles thero that ■ I>«inaa*d KntnrprU* i-'itime. were wo-ih the name. They needed Last Friday afternoon a slide came a piledriver, too, at least 46 foefchigh. . . „.,, , ■,, , ,. ,, r„ ,,, ,. '.... ,.' ,, ,, , ii ,| ,i down of he h III above I he Iron Horse, Otheisol Ihe aldermen held that . the material was good, and that piles pn Ten Mile, and earned out aboul. would not, broom up with horse driv- 203 feet of the Hume leading to the ing. Enterprise mill. As a consequence The mayor thought the ground; tin compressor plant atthe latter I. O, (>. I* Aniily.-mnry. The anniversary of the I.O.O.F. fi*.lis due on Tuesday, April 2d. and the event will be fittingly celebrated bj the various lodges. Locally the brethren will hold open .session to all visiting members of the order and friends, providing a musical entertain menl nnd friend--'. The affair will be given in the lodge hall on Delaney avenue. Sll vn- Omit nt li.l.H. follow ing an- the quotations for bar silver on the various days during the week since last issue: Thursday 68! cents Friday.. Saturday Mondav Tuesday •"*•">:! Wednesday 68J 522 a Claro Mathes and her capable company, prime Favorites here, are billed for the Music Hall next Tuesday evening. She will appeal' in Tennessee's Partner. MINKS AND Ml NINO. The Ruth has 900tons of zinc ready to ship. Rossland mines had an export last week of 2*.);)!} tons of ore. Work starts next week on the Ma- lion group, above the Enterprise. Slides damaged a number of the buildings at the Slocan Star last week. Last week the Sandon mines shipped 106 tons of ore, or 3738 tons to date. The Oyster-Criterion's cleanup, at Camborne, for March was in excess of 86000. Tlie Pilot Geld Mining Co. have or- dered a stamp mili for their property at Ymir. Silver touched rock liottom last week and has again commenced to go ui) in pike. For last week Boundary mines handled 12.SS2 tons of oi*o, inakiug 245,- oHi tons to date. A slide carried away the powder house and some other buildings at tho Rambler last week. Many of the men in the Sandon miner, took refuge in thc town lost week to avoid the slides. Last month's cleanup of the Calumet & B. ('. Co.'s stamp mill, at Cam- borne, .amounted to StiOOO. Manager Cronin gave out at Moyie that the St. Eugene mine would start up this week, after a shutdown of three years. Fred Carlisle lookup a packtrain of supplies on Wednesday to the Baby Royal, to commence the season's de* velopineiit. The Reliance Gold Mining & Milling Co. will instal a Hendryx process mill, of lit) tons capacity, on their property, near Nelson. J. Wafer and J, Tinling starts work nest week on the Club group, adjoining the Republic. Their lirst task is to erect a cabin. Tenders are being asked by S. S. Fowler, Nelson, ior the framework and housing of a concentrator plant at the Alice mine, Crestou. The force nt the Ottawa was temporarily reduced last week, owing to the filling of all available space with ore. The condition of the road prevents hauling. Manager Moffatt, of the Bunk of England, came down Friday and went to Nelson next day. There was 10 feet of snow on the level then, tho original laver having been reduced 8J f, ct. A disastrous slide occurred at the Silver Cup mine, near Ferguson, last Friilav.when a miner named Mailable was kill"!. Several buildings and the tramway were also destroyed and con- derable ore lost, the company suffering a loss of $75,000. ClI.I.IMi.l. R. McNeill died at New Denver ou Friday, aged 21. The ground for the RoseberV zinc works is being surveyed, The Cory ranch and hotel. Twelve Mile.has been rented to A. McDonald, Silverton ,1. Greenfield, assistant inspector of postoffices at Vancouver, is to be appointed inspector iu place of the W. 11. Dormau, Angus McLean,who went from here a vear or so ago to California, to run some mining property for Mark Man- Wm. Koch had his stables at the •*•■""; "•*■»■•*« i"-i" .■.*■*■*--■■•■ •■■■■-• jueen Boss destroyed by a slide last ley,has gone to Australia to locate ....'. * I claims. iii I : ! t ")t____i__i»AJL*ksAAAA—\—)—i nl: i- .• I CUPJDANDTHE COMET By ANNA S. RICHARDSON Copyright, 1901), by T. C. McCluro > ^***1**l*1'**f1*l'1'f***H*t*f1't\ it had been bad enough, said the cowboys, to have Buena Vista county turned into n rendezvous for invalids in various Binges of hay fever, bronchitis and consumption. * It was an outrage to have one's favorite barroom remodeled into a sanitarium, but it was heaping Insult upon injury to have a twenty-live horsepower French racer flashing over roads—anil good roads, too— long sacred to the festive cow pony. With Harvey Thatcher, owner of said racer, the good roads surrounding Fort Norton, the county sent of Buena Vista county, had been the main attraction. When his physicians hnd ordered Colorado air, Thatcher hnd stipulated thnt section of eastern Colorado where the roads would permit hlm to brenk the already brilliant record of tho Comet. And so it happened tbat lie and his machine, bis valet and his chauffeur, were thorns in the flesh of the cowboy element, even ns the latter hnd worried the respectable fuel ion nmong the early citizens of Fort Norton. The cowboys hnd barely become accustomed to the presence of the Comet ln their midst and hnd decided that it might prove dangerous to shoot up a gasoline engine when there nrose fresh cause for dissatisfaction. Nan Bearce took to riding in the Comet And Nan wus the prettiest girl in Bucnn Vista county, or ull tho adjoining counties, for that mntter. She bad been the tonst of every camp on the range, the belle at every ball, the queen of every county fnir tournament in which tbo cowboys had fought for honors after their own peculiar fashion. Her favors had been evenly distributed, nnd Iny devotion had gono to her worthless fnther, wbo ran tlio one shoe shop of which Fort Norton could boast. A dilapidated, evil smelling den he kept nt the end of the Btreet leading north from the postofflce, but tbe three rooms behind the shop wore as fresh and sweet ns Nan's stout arms and sunshiny nature could keep theni. There were men, dozens of them, In liuena Vista county who would have j^L 1«1 ' back to town nt n slow pnee, with Hon trying to keep his astonished pony within talking distance of the machine. Parties who bad witnessed the scene reported it variously. Some said that Ben appeared to enjoy the proceeding, more fool he, while others maintained that he was berating Nan for unfaithfulness, even in tbe presence of his rival. But Ben's love nffiilr wns utterly forgotten in the face of more momentous events which came with the roundup. The ii. 0. Cattle company, With which Hen hnd worked before branching out for himself, discovered wbnt it chose to designate as a shortage in II. O. calves nnd n corresponding and suspicious increase in calves with the Heth brand. The H. 0. brand was a bar with an O on the end. The Heth brand wns n dumbbell. Rumor—and rumor iu Uuenn Vista county is nn ugly custom- er—declared thnt it wns easy to change the bnr-0 to the dumbbell. The air around Fort Norton became rife with things other thnn mere rumors, including some very bad whisky. And justice, ns drink crazed cow punchers sometimes see it, works with appalling suddenness. Humors travel faster thnn hnlf drunken cow punchers who stop at each saloon to drown their threats in bad whisky, nnd a twenty-live horsepower machine will travel faster thnn either. Thnt wns why the mob that bad started out to hang Ben Heth as n sort of climax for the annual roundup came upon the Comet, iis owner, his valet and his chauffeur two miles beyond Iictb's ranch. They were still hunting for Heth, after having razed his mnch cabin. The Comet was piled high with luggage, a couple of dress suit cases showing above the boxes, nnd rubber blankets, which filled in the body of the machine, Thatcher explained in a casual way that he wns trying some new.ronds nnd might be gone n week or more. The cowboys sent hiin on his way with a volley of shots. They were bent on more serious work. The Comet shot along the country rond. through the soft twilight and the limpid moonlight, straight across the stale line into Nebraska. At precisely the sumo time the Overland limited was carrying a white faced but determined girl over the same state line. Thatcher Insisted upon giving nway the bride and receiving tho first kiss nfter the ceremony. He snid it wns due for excess baggage on thc best run the Comet had ever made. Then the great red machine, its owner, his chauffeur and his vnict rolled back to Fort Norton without tlio impressive array of luggage, and Harvey Thatcher, tenderfoot, from New Vork, announced that when a certain bunch of unmitigated fools bnd finished their annual spree and had recounted their blank- ety blank calves the bride and groom would come bnck to Fort Norton, nt which time the damages claimed by snid groom for injury done his property and bis reputation would be paid or tlie sheriff of Buena Vista county and one Harvey Thatcher, Esq., would know the reason why, whereupon snld Harvey Thatcher prompts? rose in the estimation of the cowboy element, and bis horseless vehicle was forgiven him. am km mm n M V ■ ,.Y tke sum cash: upon the DOUBT two UILBS FltOM HETH'8 RANCH. been willing lo overlook tho father, miserable, drunken wretch that he was, for lovo of tho girl, but she seemed too proud to foist the old man on nny of her anxious suitors. The only favor sho had ever been known to accept was at the hands of Ben Beth, a stolid, almost morose young ranchman, who hud started into the slock raising business in a smnll wny and who held himself aloof from tho rollicking, roistering element which hnd terrorised Fort Norton at regular Intervals. When old Behrco bad been smitten with smallpox Heth, under cover of darkness, hnd removed blm to his own ranch becnuse of Nan's horror of tho pesthouse, nnd the throe had endured the relentless quarantine together. Then the Intimacy bad apparently been broken off, old I'.cnrce going beck to his bench, Nan to her poverty Stricken life and llelh to his lonely existence on the cattle range. All tliis was before Thatcher nnd the Comet came to Fort Norton. After old Bearce hnd skillfully mended some rents ln Thatcher's leather robes the friendship between the dashing young iititoniobillst from New York nud tho humble nnd beautiful daughter of the village shoemaker became town gossip. Women discussed it over their back fences nnd nt the sewing circle of the Union church. Men shook their bends nronnd the stove at Gilbert's general store, nnd the news spread out on the range. Thatcher was making a fool of Nun Bearce, nnd tliere were mutter* lugs that boded 111 for the owner of the Comet. Thy only man who declined to discuss the situation wns Ben Heth nnd tbat even after Nnn and young Thatcher had ridden out to his ranch twice iu the devil's wngon, ns one old woman called it. To be sure, the chauffeur waa in attendance, but whnt wns u chauffeur perched up in the bnck seat wilh Nan—enticing, alluring Nan —her soft, brown hnlr tossed by tho wind, her eyes dancing witb the excitement of the run, urging the youug New Yorker on to higher speed? Once thoy had been seen coming What Wc Find I a Old Selioolbook*. Along with tho writing in old school- books thore is more or less drawing. The very early books sometimes huve ily leaf sketches of Indians nnd log houses. The later books, says Leslie's Monthly, have houses of more modern sort, nud you lind rude drawings of steamboats, horses, birds, flowers, faces and the like. Often a penny or otber coin wns slipped under,the Ily leaf and the surface of the pnper covering the coin wns rubbed with n piece of lead from the schoolboy's pocket or the blunt end of a pencil. The children hnd numerous methods for defacing their schoolbooks. nnd they nlso hnd certain devices for keeping them in good order. Mnny of the older books are protected by nn outer cover of sheepskin neatly folded In nt the edges and sowed ln place with homespun tow. After 1825 this outer covering wns apt to be calico, nnd sometimes there were tie strings at- tached to the sides. The girls were addicted to the use of a "thumb paper" folded und slipped in where the thumb rested when the book wus in use. II..• Opinion, ne wns very badly gone In love indeed, ns may be judged by the fact that he snt up till the wee sum' hours and nibbled two Inches olT a pen iu composing the following epic: Beautiful on.* With eyes so lilue. Oh, how my fond heart sighs for you! Bwei t spirit, listen to nn* now. Hear once again my anient VOWl There wns nbout two feet six Inches of this soul Inspiring verse, nnd be sent it to tho object of his adoration, with n request that she would express au opinion on its merits, llo got it. Dear Mr. Theodore Hopkins—You nsk mc f..r my opinion of your versos. I do nnt like to hurt your feelings, but If you will read the Initial letters ot tho first four lines downward I may say that you express my sentiments exactly, If ours very truly, MABEL BROWNE. And when Theodore Btrung the first four letters together he pondered bitterly.—London Telegraph, Till* Ilnrm Koine lino*, Noise is an undoubted factor In Impairing the tone of thc nerve centers, Whether we are conscious of It or not, It hurls the brain nnd hns a deafening, dazing, bewildering effect on Ihe Dental processes, lt tires tlie brnln nnd tends to produce cerebral hyperemia. To live in a noisy fitiuosphera is to shorten one's day. Irritability, noil* rdsthenln, Insomnia, ure common effects, 'i'he tympanum, or drum membrane, of the cur is Injured, the circulation of the cerebro spinal fluid Is disturbed nnd the nerve cells themselves suffer ns though subjected to mechanical violence.- Family Huctor. SMASHING I AN IDOL I By CYRUS DERICKSON Copvrlflllt, ItOS, I'U T. 0. Mcdurc _***$** mmw*il*ytm*amm*^^a_m^jQ While visiting her nunt ln the city In the late spring M1S9 Ilnttie Saunders, daughter of Farmer Saunders of Kedflcld county, attended the theater several times, nnd for a special reason she attended one particular play three different times. The special reason wus because the hero captivated her heart within fifteen minutes after the curtain went up. In the four acts of tho play he rescued his love, killed three men, rode a bucking broncho, got the best of n land shark and found a million dollars In gold in a cave. Ho was a man to do and to dare, and when he shouted "Zounds!" nnd "S'denth!" whole tribes of hostile Indians hnd to flee before him. While tho country mnlden fell in love with Colonel Blngs and adored his her- nF. snaw himself ue into an appli tuek. oism. she had to depart for home without having told him anything nbout it. Other girls who also loved and adored may have sent him notes and bouquets, but Hattie would have been frightened at the idea. She departed for home, hiding her feelings Prom everybody, and her brother Bill and her father's hired man never looked so common to her before. The idea of oue of them pulling out n revolver and crying "Zounds!" seemed like the rankest burlesque to her. Providence brought things nround in a queer way two months later—that is, it brought Colonel Blngs, ns he had boen named on the programme, to tbe farm of Abel Saunders as a boarder. Farmer Saunders didn't hanker for boarders, and his wife agreed that lt wouldn't be worth the bother, but Hat- tie settled it as soon as she set eyes on the stranger. Here was the hero of tho play standing before her, hat in hand, nnd she would have given five years of her life rather than that be should go elsewhere. He wa9 out for a fortnight's vacation and was willing to sleep on a straw bed and cat potatoes with the jackets on, and after a Wt he was taken in. Hattie was a little disappointed that lie didn't throw her father over the well curb and her brother Bill over the fence in the first tifti-en minutes, but she was a girl of patience, and sbe gave him time. Bhe also realized that It must be hard work on the voice and muscles for a man to be a hero nil the time. He must have a day off now and then to recuperate. Supper was the first meal Colonel I'.iugs Bat down to. He didn't have any eagle feathers In his hair or buckskin fringe on his jacket or trousers, nnd he didn't mince his food like a hero. On the contrary, as brother Bill took occasion to remark, ho "just shoveled it in" and put the hired man to tlie blush, it was a disappointment, hut Hattie was not discouraged. She sat down with hor hero thnt evening lo draw him out. He was ready to be drawn. Ho suid he got a salary of $.".o per week for playing the part of Colonel ltings, or would have had If the manager hadn't cut sticks and left hlm iu the lurch. The girl had made up her mind that nothing less than $1,000 per week could command such talent us that und that hundred dollar bills wero us common as matches to hlm, nnd he took something of a drop ln her estimation. In the play he bad saved a sweet faced heroine whose tours had captured Miss Ilattle's sympathies nt an early stage, although at the same timo she hud been mnde a little jealous by her being carried nronnd hi the hero's nrms when she could Just us well have walked. She wus now to lenrn that the heroine was a woman of forty who hnd been married nnd divorced Hi ree or four times and whose sweet face wns mnde ho by grouse nnd pnlnt. The hero also further mentioned that the heroine's trunk was being held by her landlady for six weeks' board. There wus no posing on his part as he walked about under the apple trees. When be was bitten by a mosquito Untile expected to hear hlm call out "Zounds!" or "S'denth!" but he didn't. He culled out "Thunder!" Instead. When the hour grew late and bedtime came he didu't bend over her little brown band and kick out one foot, ns iu the play, but bade ber a brusque good nlgbt and said it looked us If there might be rain before morning. The hero worshiper went to bed With a heartache, and the more she thought things over the more disappointed she was. She almost cried over it, but oft- er awhile she fouud several excuses for Colonel Blngs. He was probably tired out, perhups he had a headuche, maybe the heroine had tried to borrow moiiey of him. At nny rate, she would not believe that he wns only common clay till he had been further tried. The next morning brought hope to hor heart. He was heard shouting "Egadl" und "Thou varlet!" to himself in his room before breakfast, and his manners were courtly as he sat down to tackle the fried pork and hnrd boiled eggs. After tho breakfast things had been cleared awuy the girl Invited him to walk across the field to the gooseberry bushes tvith her, and lt did her soul good to sec him assume his heroic- stride ns he walked beside her. In her mind's eye she was picturing the scene where he slew three villains and cried "ila, ha!" in triumph, when ho suddenly sprnng from her side and drew himself up into an apple tree. A yearling calf was coming across the field on n run, and the hero didn't mean to take nny chances. It took five minutes to assure him that he was in no danger and to coax him down, but the gooseberries wero not yet nt hand when a mother gooso showed n disposition to attack hlm, and he climbed n fence and left poor Hattie to save her own life or perish by Inches. The matter did not end tliere. He hnd almost recovered his equanimity nnd was seeking after n pose wben n bumblebee bobbed up and did business. Colonel Bings was lifted a foot high, but instead of coming down to conquer or die be descended to utter half a dozen cuss words and reprove Hattie for the grin on her face. Most girls would hnve made up then* minds then and there that Colonel Bings was no hero, but Hattie Saunders did not want to do him injustice. She gave hlin more rope. That evening as she swung in ber hammock she remarked that she had nlways thought she would make a great actress and asked him for an honest opinion. "It's all bosh," he replied as he dodged a wandering horsefly seeking u night's lodging. "Vou haven't got the face or the form, and you'd make a dend failure Of It In a week. Better stick right here till you can marry some lusty fellow.'' Miss Ilnttie closed her eyes for n moment to blush, nnd when she opened them nguin her idol lay shuttered on the grass. She bad admired nnd worshiped and wus ready to love, but the veneer bad peeled olT, and her mahogany hero wus only plain pine. He rcinnlued ten or twelve daya more, and there were days when he stretched out his nnn and cried, "Hack, you sons of Satan, or die!" But the girl could not recall her reverence nnd enthusiasm. When his fortnight was up lie went, and Hattie queried of her father: 'Tapn, do you think Colonel Bings la a hero?" "I guess he Is," replied the old mnn. "He went away owing me for the lust week's board." A JetTlnh View of Inmilrallon. The question of revelation is always Involved ln discussion concerning the contents of the Bible. The ambiguity of tbls term would be removed If the Idea of the supernatural were detached from lt. The old theology must certainly count with the indisputable fact that the personal characteristics, tbe temper and disposition and the variable range of intellectual culture nnd spiritual insight are the Inseparable conditions controlling every manifestation of human Intelligence. When it is conceded thnt the Bible speaks in the lan- guuge of man the idea of a miraculous revelation is abandoned. In the case of the Hebrew prophets the nature of the psychological process Inciting their oracular messages Is not difficult to understand. The intensity aud clearness of their moral nnd religious convictions and the irresistible urgency to proclaim tbem they felt as an Impelling force not their own, but coming from a higher source. Jeremiah nnd Ezokiol ln a less enthusiastic state of mind acknowledge that the divine law Is written upon the henrt. Iu fuct, every liberation of thought is a revelation. Spiritual experience enn he nothing else thun the best nnd noblest thoughts that the wise und good lu every ngo have felt and taught.— Mcnoruh. ... ,«. ... ... .«. .U •»» ft.f, )'.*, *J*i ,-J*. ,*,V. ^f, .*?. ®',.: W v.-*''-" w» W w W «2*" w * V •*- "■.a* Mllralnn MrnUlcnnta. Here are some Characteristic stories* in I Milesian mendicants: "Could yez help u poor follow today and tho Lord snve yez?" aaid a beggar to a Dublin publican, "(let nway!" cried the landlord. "I've had n dozen of your kind here today already." "Shure, and it's ineself that sadly knows how the professhlon is overrun," replied the beggar. Quite recently the following conversation was overheard between two old crones: "dood morrii to ye, Mrs. Fo- gurty," snid one. "Oood inorrn, kindly, Judy," replied the other. "I hope I see you well this inornin'7" "Oh, very well, entirely! So, Mrs. Fognrty, ye married yer daughter Kate. Did sho get a good match'.'" "A splendid man, praise be to heaven! She got Blind Darby Drisenl on the Dyke, thut makes moro money than any throe beggars in Cork." "Ah, thin, but It's me that's glnd to hear yer news! And did ye give her anything?" "Fnlx, I did, then! Didn't I give her the hest side of Patrick street, which if well begged Is worth liven nnd sixpence a week?" "Upon me word, but 'Us ye thut was generous!" exclaimed thojrther.—Loudon Family Herald. *.*- ft I ELSIE'S I GRAY HAT a*5j _ By MMUver.e Kennedy 161 .gj CoDiiriuht, IMS, hu T. C. McClure -The gray hats aren't a very pretty shade this yeur," suid the saleslady. "Brown would look well with your hnlr. Here's a beauty." "I'll take this gray one," said Elsie. unheeding. In her own room she put the hat on nnil studied herself Intently, in the mirror. Brown would have been more becoming, she decided. She was too pale for gray now. It had been six yenrs since Bhe hnd made that promise. It wns Just as Bbe bade him goodby. "You look Ilka u pink rose In that gray hat. darling," ho hud wild. "I shull expect to see your dear face under just such a hut when 1 come home." So for six yeurs. summer nnd winter, she hnd worn ti gray hat- six yenrs In which she had heard from him but twice und that shortly after he left. •But she believed In hlm, loved, excused blm. Aweary sometimes, but never despairing, she remained steud- fust. Ile bnd gone to Afrlcu; thnt wns so far awuy and Offered so many fine excuses. She feared nlwuys for his ■safety, but never his constancy. lt wns ii pretty fnee the mirror held, n sweet, womanly fuce, with a bappy girlish smile. She turned nwny with u little sigh nnd went lightly down the stops Into the street. It wus u holiday, und school teaching was serious work with conscientious Elsie Wentworth. She was glad of the rest, the day outdoors, tho sunshine nnd pure nir. "Where ore you going, ElsieV" lt wns n man's voice und n mnn's eyes that gnzed Into hers, both telling their lovo for the Blender creature ln the grny hut. A rich glow came to her pnle cheeks. So stalwart nnd determined, she felt afraid of hlm. afraid be would make her love bim. mnke hor fnlthless to poor, absent Dave. "I'm going to see Mrs. Young," she faltered. lb-laughed. "It's too bnd. dear. Oo on to the woods, Elsie. I won't Insist THE NEXT ONE CAME IN BT.OWLV, A BLENDS!, OIlAOWOIi CltKATUllE. on going. I was on my way to your place, 1 had hoped for this day with you." She laughed tremulously. "I wish you Wouldn't hope, Juck. I'd like to have you—for—for u friend if only"— "I'd be content with that. Well, I won't. I want you for iny wife, want to hnvo a home with you In it, wnnt to have you to go home to, waut to work, plan, save, spend, for you. It's nil you, Elsie. Are you really going to Mrs. Young's, dear?" ".luck," she said firmly, "I don't lovo you. I will never marry you. This talk nf yours makes me unhappy. Will you please not repeat It';"' "Not till 1 see you again," he said good bumorcdly, "Another grny lint, by Jove!" his eye catching lis freshness. "I believe those gray huts nre my hoodoo. Something is. You love me all right, my darling, (lot n white hat, Elsie; white, trimmed with blue cornflowers, Just tho color of your eyes. I think you'd say 'Yes' then." "I should then." The strangeness of ber voice held him. "Goodby," ahe snid lightly nnd hurried nwny. Her eyes grew troubled, piteous. She did so want to see Dnve. It enme over her With n rush just how Unhappy she wns, how lonesome, Her heart ached almost to bursting. 'The woods no longer attracted her. Sim turned toward Mrs. Young's listlessly. "You're all worn out," snld that Indy, With concern. "T]yi,t grny hat .takes the color out of your face too. Orny's not becoming, Elsie. Get a blue one next time," "Or a green one," said Elsie Irritably. Brown, white, blue, had been recommended. Why not green, red, purple? she thought desperately. "You aro worn out, that's sure," said Mrs. Young. Elsie took off the despised grny hat and held it lovingly In her slim hands. It comforted her. She was soon chatting away gayly, but her hend ached, nnd tliere wns a strange honvlness weighing her down. Sho wanted to cry Instead of Inugh. "Walt," said ber friend as she was Ther, leaving. -i got n picture v..*.,, of Crunk aii'l Annie und theirs uml her husband,' sin- handed Elsie the picture Hiiro enough v. ere Prank and a "' Young nnd -Elsie clutched wil.ii ' the little cardboard-Daio Brady " n woman sitting archly m __\'_^ his eyes gazing at her adoringly ^ "They hnd them taken that wiv i for fun," explained Mrs. Young ii?" nie nnd Emma were friends yearsbm and the.v c.ime across each otber l*"' month ut Munilu. They're both i, mnrrled the same length of time-2 yenrs-und there's not n month's Z\ ference In tbe ages of the eblldrni Emma's Is u girl, though." Elsie rushed blindly out of the houu Dozed, she made her wny home 3 pretty hend sndly drooping under ll" faithful gray hat. She laid It off an! sat down beside it und gave Wuv . tears, tears that pride had held back till she wns nwny from prying eyes Three years! And Rhe ivalu'm watching, hoping, loving, wife aiJj baby, home, love, everytb'nu to ,», his life! And HheV An orphan, ||V|, alone, no ono to care whelboi sbe earn! or went, was glad or sorrowful, Sh! Bobbed on pitifully. All night \m„ Bhe lay awake, going over, year bj year, the time between. it was almost morning before sbi could believe thnt Dnve was nctualli out of her life tnd—and— Bha snt up lu bed nnd laughed oni cried ull In n breath. It wus uioit wonderful. She climbed out uf bei found the little gray hat ami bit bt bit tore lt Into shreds. She humlu^ ngnln, then cried again nnd, all flush. ed nnd rosy, lay down and slept peit* fully till long pnst sunup. John Stewart sat In his office listen- Ing gravely to his patient recount hli Ills. He gnvo lilm n prescrlpUtn, smiled, nsked hlm about the cbtldren, bowed him out, smiled again uml sat down to wait the next patient. TbeT enme of toner now. A few years befori they hnd been few ond far between, Tho next one came In slowly, a slender, graceful creature, with fair, flushed face peering out shyly frojj under a soft white hat covered will blue cornflowers, the color of her t-yet "Jack!" He turned quickly, gnve one swift look nnd caught her in his arms. "Elsie, my darling!" Dr. Stewart waa certainly not slot Wltted. "When—hOW?" he question-il, killing her all in a breath. She put her arms around his neck nnd hugged him tightly. "Ever since I knew you," slip whis- pered. "I've wanted you—you—you! Oh, Jnck, I enn never love you '>tiuugti to mnke up for whnt I've missed." He laughed, puzzled, but blissful. "Then why?" he usked. She answered his kiss first, smiling and dimpled, theu n frightened luuk flashed over the bappy fsce. What- ob, what If Dave bad been true, had come back! She hugged the doctor again frantically. "It wns the gray hat," she cried. "It was a hoodoo. I tore It up last nliiliL I was never so happy as while pulling lt to pieces." And that wus nil the explnnntion slu ever gave him, but he had the W0JDM be loved and was as bappy as ls good for mortal to be. As for Elsie, she wrote Dave a nice, friendly letter nfter she wns married and sent his baby a present. She wai so afraid he might have fleeting moments of remorse, aud she felt tbat would hardly be fair. Which goes to show (hut a womau's reasoning ls rattier complex. All Ilcnily to Monm. Lucy is u smart young colored woman who officiates as maid of all work In a Brooklyn family. She Is iiaii'b esteemed by her mistress nnd the rest of the family, and all take u very friendly Interest In Lucy anil her affairs. When, on a recent "afternoon out," she appeared In a complete suit of mourning, several Inquiries were mnde with regard to her bereavement, as she hnd suid nothing about tlio recent deuth of nny relative. "How long have you been wearing mourning, I.ncyV" asked her mistress. "Well, 'in, this is Just about tin- fust time Ah's worn this yere suit, and It ain't egzectly niohnln'." "Not mourning!" was the reply. 'Tn* less you wero swathed In crape 5'i*° couldn't wear much deeper mourn* ing." "Yaas'm, Ah know de color's all right black enough, but Ah Isn't really l» tnobnln' yet 'cause he Isn't (bnil jam Vou si e, Ah'H engaged to muny t'1"^ once Jones, nn' he's dnown riglit ••'* with nn oni'tinible disease. No'mj cahn't possibly git better. An' w*'lB ns Ab had to hev a new dross U reckoned Ah might its well git in«*linln* right now, then Ah'd be IUTO I" l"'v " when Ah needed It"—Brooklyn SU** ! Thf- Moaning of "Mevta." Pennant, the naturalist and miHn""' ry, In his "Account of London" i1"11*" Says that "on the north side of rimrlnif Cross stood the royal mews, where JW king's falcons had beeu kept nil"'1'tW time of Itlchard III." . ".Mews" la thought to bo d«W» from the French mtier, Latin maW* to change or molt, nnd to have WW used of n cage for molting bird* a* inuotto Is used In France for a pliu'01™ which horns shed by stags In "l(! tw" est nre kept by ofllclnls of the *'1"-8*'' As time went on horses won- I'i'l1'' the Inclosurei used at first for Im-*'1"' and the old niiiue wns retained' In this connection we may iu0'* Dryden's lino, Nine tlmrs tha moon hath me*'<* •** horns, and Milton, who speaks of tbe tWj os "mewing Its mighty youth"-■t fresher from Its molting, and WW* spenre, who adopts the sn*on<l»r' meaning, "More pity that the •»» ahould be raew'd," DRILL SLOCAN, B. C. NEW VERSION. j HONEYBEE QUEENS. | THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY ARE FED BY THE WORKERS. , |lPI. 0f i he Russians ., jammed at TschrUvUJsklvitcn, ,'. v.iis a lack of woman's nursing j, ,,,!„.,• ciiniforts which . ,,|,| to his lust momenta rl soothe ihe final wuy; , comrade stood In-side him 'i„.;,i- what he might say. japanned Russian faltered i,,. took that Comrade's hand, lio Bald, "I never more shall seo own, my native land; . ,1 message and a token, ' ,'.,,1,,,. distant friends of mine, I mis |miiii nt, Siiinix/rsloiirx.'.ski, Ir Hnuilxzrskqzskl on the Lrktvz- kiinnov." iwful Experience with Heart i.::ssea" Mr. 1., J, Law. Torynm, (J*s„ 1 wiih so nordly troublsd with [, ciisoMs Hi"*- I was unabl* fur li [il,, iu Iii) down ln bad lut i •moth* r mui taking ono done ol Dr. Agnsw'i ,,i ( ure, I retired ami alept soundly, L,l unit iiuiilo aud tli* trouble haa 1111 ui ufJ."—UU mkris were Urst. made liv Man- lliailli.-is at Bristol anoiit tlie lhe thirteenth century. |R more I'utnri'ti In till* Mention of the ii.an iill other dleenMi put totethtr, ii ii,, lost few y.-iii'i* ivuh auppoied to tie i, i ,. a great many ytars doctori pro i n q infill iIIh.'uh.' and proscribed local s. an.l by i-oiiHtaiitly fulling lo cure with liionrnt, pronounced It Incurable. Hcl- ,i proven catarrh to in- a roimtltutlnnal ,,,.,i therefor* requlrei conetltutionai ni lliill'H ''aim ih i'ii,,'. manufactured eh, n,y H Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is the only ii ,i.,I cure on Ihr market, lt In taken lv ia iI.isih from ID ilro[)n to a ttaspooa- arte directly on the hlood and mucoue of tin. system, They offi-r One Hund- fur any case It falls to cure. Send . and li'stliiianlnl*. Address T J. CHBNBT ei CO., Toledo, 0. nil ilni-i'lstR, 7r>i*. Family r-llls arc the hest. ,la dgc Phelan, ol Detroit, ordered ttornoy to juil for abusing a wit* Bimpondlng sentence only when apology was nuuii*. Tho Into ,. Oreshain and others wero not* n- their etorn handling of atlor- uhn abused witnesses iii court. pie owe such judges a vble of ly Physicians Told Me I Must fc, luu South American Kidney Car* U ot lhat awful Bright'* Disease " la u seateoct Irom u letter ot a well* i, business inun In u weatern town through overwork and worry had racled thia kidney peatileiic*. lt will ,,. Inatantly and cur* all kidney dis- __ i na .-Vi,-!-,i raisers of cattle an* still (plaining bitterly that thev are ig l.-ss per pound for their rattle li, thoy received a few years ago. Item buyers are si ill wailing ho- ihi-ir stenks nnd chops ui'i- ex- 1 I .mt in cost. And lin- lieef 1st nil smiles. Raid's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia. Mary Walker rocoritly Impr** • 1 n tourniquet wilh u hiiniikii- ii. stopped tho Mow of blood, and nl tin* life of U glazier hi Washln^- who Imd cut iiii artery. They both still single. 'I believe It to be the most foctive remedy for the Stont- }h and Nerves in the market,' wbat Aniiiu 1'aUeraon, of Sackvllle, . buys ol S,.uili American Nervine, •.he buys, Lu Urlppe uud the compll- ona w i.i. li followed lt left her next to |i with Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and ml Nervous Shatlerlug. lt cuied 1UU fin* Russian minister of finance Ims >*.l a prize nf Sj.i.t.sii t.i ihe pcr- • •i persons who will invent fiomo nf making alcohol undrlnkablo. is ii chance for a cold water In list. nurd's Liniment for sale everywhere. Die Grecian Hend is snid to he ling. If you don't know what. (J. .isk nnv of tin* old timers. greasy dishes, jmtH nr juiiih with Dry Soap—u powder, it will re* the urease wiih. tho (jreatest B0 n the Russian! get to tho Yalu, will cry to the .laps, "We're Hosswny, .Inn. 2«, l**'"- RICHARDS A CO, 1 Sirs,—This full I {Ot thrown lencn and hurl mv chest very . 1 could not work and it hurt u breathe, I tt -led .ill kinds of ..■nis and ihcv did me no good. bottle Of VINAItl>'S I.IMMFAT "-I on llnnrii-ls nnd applied on I'lisl cured mo completely. C. ll. iiissi-'.luioM. way, Dlgby Co., N.S, ■ -tit* is now the healthiest rity in "I"', wilh nn annual inort ility tu i"'i thousand, In London tin* rtnllty is ts.ti, in Paris 18.4, in VI- }!■' ty I, ui Rome 21.9. "i Arthur hns tho cat-llko char- l»'''-in- nt landing on its feet when If.'lis. ("' 'liin music of tho politician f' flouts out on tlie linlmy uiuio- • nost pconlo think too lightly of a ' 1 Ugh, It is a serious matter und : "eds prompt attention. J .iko •hiloh's Consumption nre Vdniwe when the first sign of a cough or cold appears. It will curo you «wily and quickly then—later it will be harder to cure. J'rlcee. 28c.. 80c., aad $1.00. Sll Tbere Are Numeron* Safeguards la thp Hive- to Provide Again,! tho Administration ot Poison lloiiry—It Ia IDIOercnt With Wimps. The safeguards provided against the administration of poison to the despotic oriental rulers are rudimentary compared with those which stand between queens of tho honeybee and such a risk. Curiously enough, this ls a phase of the internal economy of the beehive which appeurs to havo escaped observation. In tbe British Isles no poisonous honey is collected. If it exists the bees hnve learned to avoid it. Probably there ls none, as tho honey from ut least one dungerous plant, the deadly nightshade, ls harmless. Ivy honey would be the most suspicious or uny gathered on a large scale, and lt only exerts, so far as observation goes, a ■lightly laxative effect on the digestive organs. Although lu this country no poisonous honey is known, lt ls met with In other places, notably ln Asiatic Turkey. It was in this region that Xenophon's soldiers were polsoued 2,300 years ago by honey from the Azelia poutlcu, a plant which still flourishes In Armenia, Some centuries later u Roman army suffered similarly, but less severely, there being uo deaths. Tbe precaution of compelling the cook to eat a portion of every dish, which ls the usual safeguard ot despotic rulers, or the Btlll more primitive plan of giving the tirst helping to a little ilog, can be eluded by a clever Borgia by having only one-half of a bird or pastry poisoned. In a wasps' nest each forager on returning proceeds illrectly to thc queen and offers refresh ment. Consequently the queen Is some times destroyed by slowly acting iiol.i on. Further ns regards wasps, It ls ok-served that wben any larvae not recently fed perceive the queen receiving ifood they become restless. If nearly grown tbey wag their heads ln a suggi-i.tlve way, which plainly conveys u demand for a share. Each forager nfter feeding the queen gives the balaince of bis load direct to tbe nurses. In the tease of tbe honeybee one possible real on wby no virulently poisonous honey reaches the hive may be that the Insect foolish enough to collect any 'would probably die, as tbe so called honey sack is really a stomach in which a preliminary digestive process proceeds. This is proved by tbe poiarlscof-e, which shows tbat, while the nectar of thc flowers ls pure cane sugar, orlevulose, the substance in the hive cells ls sacrometrlcally balf dextrose and balf cane sugar. Dextrose ii Invert sufi ar, a coarse variety of which ls the gin cose of commerce. Forager bees returning to tbe beehive place tha balf digested product known as honey ln their storeroom with other honey. This milling would have the effect of attenuating a polsoued load should ■uch be brought ln. Foraging bees never feed the queen or young liana*, but they give a mouthful or tww to drones ln passing. Just before sealing for tbe metamorphosis workers ani drones aro fed with bouey mixed with pollen. Not so tbe young queens, wbo only get a further supply of tbe redigested milky substance known as chyle, which Is tbe sustenance of all larvae Indiscriminately during the first three days of their existence. Durlm; the chrysalis stage there is no feedini;. It ls thc business of ■ gang, distinct: for the time being, to cater for the queen and young. They bring the food from the stores nnd submit lt to the digestive process referred to, after wi ich It ls regurgitated to supply tho meeds of the queen nnd young larva*. The attendants are numerous, ond each supplies ouly a minute quantitj . The queen bee ls so constituted tin it her digestive system ls capable of assimilating ouly the prepared food of .chyle. She will die in a few hours on a comb containing honey, although kept ut the -temperature of the hive. Thus lt woulil appear that thc safeguards tire : First.—A bee collecting poisonous honey would probably die before reaching the hivi •. Becond.- If om- succeeded In depositing poisoned hoi ley, the circumstance that It did so would prove the poison to DS not viruli-nt, and Its mixture with other hone y In the storeroom would still furthi r attenuate the poison and render 'It hiirinless. This in the stage at Wflich the product becomes human fu»i. it has. as stated above, occurred that poisoned honey has passed both tl esc lines of defense, Third.—Should ti IS honey be still deleterious the niime iitary attendants of the queen would I rst suffer, and only those bringing win ilesoine food would reach her, as n str uggle for the privilege of feeding her majesty Is continually in progress. Fourth. Should the stores pass the three safeguards before mentioned tliere ls still nnotlier-vlz. that each one of the queen'*! attendants feeds her only for B socajad at a time, and thus she would never get n sullicient quantity to affect her seriously. The queen Is always on the move and the competition lo feed her so great that she is continually bringing fresh bees lu front of her, from which position alone food can be jidiiiinistereil. No worker bee would think of jostling; every one gives way lo the queen. Uneasy monarchs .ind others may find some siiggesllor s In these arrangements for securing their safety. Probably they will decide to take their chances rather than avoid risk by living on food which has previously been digested by subjects, lowover loyal.- Ki-ientlflc American. SHAKE OFF THAT SPRING FEELING Dodd's Kidney Pills Will Do It Naturally and Well. Csaie and Cure of; the '"Tired Feeling Tliat la Epidemic* at Tina Seuson ol tbe Year. The spring is here. You can feel it ln every purt of your body. Vour clothes oro too heavy und though you are not sick, you are loo tired to walk, too tired to work, yes, even too tired to eat. It's that "spring feeling." Do you know the cause of it. ? No, all you want to know is how to pet rid of it. Woll, the explanation and the curo aro alike siuiplo. In tho winter you "get used" to tho cold, you think. As a matter of fnct it is tho body that gets prepared. It puts on a fortifloa-tloiv of extra tissue that keeps tho cold out. In the spring timo this tlsstlQ is thrown off by thu body and if the system is all in good working order, tho blood carries away tho cnst-olT tissue, which is in turn tillered out of the blood by the Kidneys, und expelled from the body. Tliis mentis extra work for the Kidneys, and if they ure at all tired or worn Ihey full in their work. The result is clogged circulation and that tired spring feeling. Tlio cure is to tone up tho Kidneys with Dodd's Kidney l'ills. Dodd's Kidney l'ills make healthy Kidneys. Ileal thy Kidneys quickly cleanse the blood of all impurities und tbo "spring feeling" is replaced with a vigor of body und buoyancy of spirit that makes work a pleasure. Missouri boodlers would era inliily be Justified in gnashing their teeth. Then* is said to Ik* a surplus oi ?3,- 000,000 in the stnte treasury. Admiral Togo hangs on like a terrier. No man is ready tor his work until lu- has learned to wait. Heaven bus no'smiles- for the man who never smiles on men. EnglishTestimony Colds, Headaehe, Inlluama and Oatarrh relieved In 10 minutes by Or. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder. Prominent people throughout England, the United St»ia*i and Canada pralae Dr. Ague We CatarrlnU powder. It will cure yon. Miss II lu lithe Sloan, London, Ens., the only alsier ol Tod Sloan, the World fan- ous jockey, says : "1 have auBarad lor years from Catarrh and Colda. Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal I'awder gave ma ruhel ln 10 minutes, la worth all other romadlaa combined." Claude •'.. Wood, Palace Theater, London, Hug., writes : "Ona pud ol Cr. Ag. news Catarrhal Powder will cure any headache." Miss lli-ou Hussell, 10 Keppa St., London, Bog., says : "Ona bottle Dr. Ag- now'a Catarrhal Powder cured ue ol chronic colds or catarrh. It relieves In 10 minutes. Sold by all druggiata. Sr. Af Baa '■ llaawt l.r, rail*,., ktsrl aliataaa U tu aalsulaa. II The managers Of the St. I.ouis Fair have spent ubout seventeen million dollars up to (lute, nuuii of which will never come back. A SOUND STOMACH M KAN'S A CLEAH HEAD.—Tha high pressure of a nervous Ills which business men of ihe present (lay ure constrained to live n.uk>-!> draughts upon their vitality highly detrimental m their health It is unly by the most careful tmirment that I l.ey are nhle to keep themselves alert an.l setlvfl in their various callings; ninny of theni know the vulue nt I'uriiielep's Youi-tiill.' l'ills iu regulating the stomach nnd consequently keeping the head iv'ear. Time and tide wait for no man—or woman either. Neither do floods. ll. who has an eye to tho Di' has no heart, for the flock. Minard's Liniment Cores Dandruff. Th«-* elevated bottom of the straw- berry boxes is about duo. The best preparation for death is tin* perfecting of life. MU.D IN* THEIR ACTION* -l'linnelee's Vegetable Pills are very mild in their bi- lion. They do not cause griping 'n tin- stomiioh or cause disturbances there ns so many pills do. Therelore. the most delicate cun take theni without four of iiii|ileiisnnt results. They I'-ili. ton. be administered to children without Imposing tin* penalties which follow the use of pills nm so carefully prepared. AN INDIAN DUEL. Doubt sliould be but the to decision, -itiiuiii Happiness is simply a stray chunk of heaven, ('.inversion is a starting point and not a terminus iu true religion. The kind-hoar tod huv,* m> troublo In finding u purse that does not. vear out. The moro puppy-like a man's disposition the more dogmalii h s opinion What shrunk your woolens ? Why did holes wear so soon ? Vou used common soap. Sunlight Soap REDUCES EXPENSE Ask tor Ike ocutoa Bar. WANTED tiirl to assist with children and housework, in Winnipeg. Hood heuiii for faithful, trustworty anil willing person. Wages llo.OO per month, Apply I'.o. Hox :<iri, Winnipeg, Mnn. The I'ami.m Fight lleHveeu Chief Carpenter and I'rlce. "The methods of lighting duels among the lndluns," said an old frontiersman, "werevarled, each tribe having Its own peculiar custom. Some of the tribes learned to tight according to the code of the white man, however, amoug these the Choctaws or Cherokees, which reminds me of the famous duel ln July of 1883, when the celebrated Choctaw chief, Carpenter, fought near the Pine Creek Indian agency with a white man named Price. Chief Carpenter was a splendid type ot Indian, tall and straight and comely, and ho had been well educated and bad natural talents and natural instincts tbat put blm head and shoulders over bis Indian associates. "As usual, this trouble was started by a disagreement over somo trivial matter, which caused a dispute and ended in tho white mun calling his red brother a liar. Throughout the trouble the big Indian had remained perfectly calm, although considerably angered, and as the insult fell he gazed coldly into the eyes of I'rlce and said: " 'Your blood shall wash out tbat word.' "'Whenever you're ready, say the word,' cried Price. 'You can do your washing right bere and now if you please.' " 'Not now, sir, but tomorrow morning, wben the sun peeps over the top ot tbat Wild plum tree, you must bo here and without full.' "Tho report of the duel spread far and wide, and at an hour considerably before sunrise a large crowd bad gathered on the dueling ground to witness the encounter. Price was tbe first on the field, and for a time it looked as if there would be no Carpenter. But, true to hlB Indian blood, tbe chief disdained coming tc* soon at the appointed place as much as he would have feared coming too late, and lt was just as tho' lirst rays of the sun stole over the soft green of the tree that tbe red man stood ln place. Not a word was spoken by either mun. lioth drew tbelr pistols, and, raising the weapons, they flred almost simultaneously. Carpenter reeled, but wltb a mighty effort checked a tendency to spin round, and, staggering, tired as the crack of his opponent's pistol sounded for the second time. This time Price jumped high in the air and landed on bis face stone dead. "With a wild shout the crowd pressed forward to surround the lucky chief, but before aid could reach him be fell senseless. Price had been 6hot through tho heart, cleun as n '.vh!3tle, a remarkable shot considering the condition of the Indian when ho made it, and a shot Carpenter could bave made ln tbe first place without a doubt bad be been as determined to kill as Price proved himself when his bullet buried itself ln tbe Indian's breast." The Vice mt .Manning. Nagging may or may not be a rice of tbe tbln, as a famous physician suggests, but that there is somo truth in lils theory tbat there ls a scientific I'.-iais for this ugly bablt seems likely. "Perfect health," he says, "has aa one of its factors content of mind. A nervous man or woman who is anxious, discontented, gloomy, dissatisfied, worried from any cause, cannot enjoy good health. This mental turmoil produces us oue of its primary effects on tbe bo«ly an inability to digest food properly. Tbe blood which should supply the force necessary for the function of digestion is continually drawn away from the stomach by excitement in the brain, and the woman wbo nags suffers. While there be those whoso tendency to lay on fat is so great that nothing will stop lt a nagging man or woman is generally thin. Their habit of mind has partially starved their bodies." Accommodating. The buzzards enjoy the same "ss- rredness" ln the New river district of West Virginia as tbey do in tropical countries. A breaker boy was brought before a squire in a coal mining town on tbe charge of having killed one of tho only scavengers of that country. After severely reprimanding tbe boy the old squire, who was a German said: "I fine you $10!" "I hain't got thet much," replied tho boy. "Den I fine you $3!" "I hain't got $5." "Veil, how much haf you got?" "Threo dollars and seventy-live cents." "All right, den I fine you $3.75!" Rraln Growth. Brain development is found by Professor Seggcl of Munich to have two periods of acceleration, from ten to eleven and from seventeen to eighteen In girls nnd from twelve to thirteen .-ind nineteen to twenty ln boys. At the period of most rapid Increase ln height, from twelve to fourteen years, tlie growth of tbo brain ls less than ntie-hundredth thut of the body, but at seventeen to nineteen it grows one- thirtieth as fast and at twenty reaches one-seventh of the body growth. Proof of Adam's ExUtence. Dennis—This hnthen noospaper sayg thero was no such man as Adam. Hike —Are you sure there was? Dennis— I'm surprised at n man o' your aiuso talkln' so. Where did your Adam's apple come from? Snrvlved Many Attack!. "What do you consider the most remarkable characteristic of Shakespeare's plays?" After a moment's thought Mr. Stor- mington Barnes replied: "liuduraucc." i Your conscientious men are oftener conscientious in withholding than bo- atowing.—Landor. To Build Robust Health start at the foundation of life and health. Assist your organs to do their work properly. Food and drink cannot nourish if your liver is not working right. Dyspepsia and Indigestion follow if your digestive organs are out of order. Constipation cannot exist if your bowels are free. A short course of Beecham's Pills will soon put you right and an occasional one will keep you so. BEECHAM'S PILLS will do more to build up robust health and maintain tt than any other medicine. They have done this, and are continually doing it for thousands all over the world. If you start now and take BEECHAM'S PILLS occasionally you will certainly benefit to a remarkable degree. .Prepared only fer the Proprietor, THOMAS BEECH AM. •«. Umlmms, Eailaad. 8old Everywhere In Canada and U. 8. America. In boxaa, 25 cants. I5THC PRtPtRtflTIALlO'ClGAR Youill Enjoy Every Bit 01 IL made by J.M.Fortier Ltd. Montreal The Manchester rest nu rants are suf- fering from tbe tramways. Persons who work.ln the city arc now able to reach their homes in tho middle of tho daj expeditiously and at a small cost. • These Uvo desirable qualifications, pleasant lo tlio tustu uml ut tlio sni'io tiine eflectual, uro to be found in Mother Graves' Worm I'.xti'i'iiiiiKiL.ir. Children liko ll . Sermons would be shorter It they had to ho practiced before thoy were preached. HanildilTs do not make honesty. Fadth cannot be fed on lUiniiur. The Japanese bottling works aro still working overtime. IT WILL PROLONG LITE.—V>e Sota. tlio Spaniard, lust his life in the valid* ul Florida, whither he wont Ior the |iui- poHe of disco*, erinn Hie legendary "Fountain of perpetual youth," suid to exist l» Hint then unknown country. While llr. Thomas' Eclectric Dil will not perpetuate youth, it will remove tlie liudilv pains \.Iiiih milk.* the young old before their time nnd harass the u^ed Into untimely o raves. Huvo you tried Holloway's Corn Cure"? lt has no equal for retnoviag these troublesome excrescences, us many luue testified who ha\o tried it. Many things are cured by bein*; .endured. No prayer ran rise on wings i.f pretence. Doctor, feeling Sandy's pulse in bed —"What do you drink'.'" Sandy, with brightening face—"Oh, I'm nc particular, doctori Onything yo've got wi' yo." Too much of Uie milk of human kindness savors of the pump. Ayer's Impure blood always shows somewhere. If the skin, then boils, pimples, rashes. If the nerves, then neuralgia, csry- ousness, depression. If the Sarsaparilla stomach, then dyspepsia, biliousness, loss of appetite. Your doctor knows the remedy, used for 60 years. ■ Returning f r.ra the Cnban war, I was a Serfact wieck. Mr blood wa» lud, tnd inr otlth wm none. But t few bottlri ot Ajer'a BanoerUl* cumplrtoiv curld m«." U. 0. DOBHisa, Suaaton, Pa. The preaching tbat meets human needs will never need to drum up it' meeting. fl H a bottle.' All dnifi,**nt-,. £q_ 1.0.1TSB ao., towelli BS, Impure Blood Minard's Liniment Cores Bums, etc Japanese Traits. In no country ls William Morris* golden rule, "Have nothing about you but whnt you know to be useful and believe to be beautiful," si) scrupulously followed as in Japan. The politeness of tlie Japanese—a sign of "equality"— the politeness of Uiis hierarchical east, is in surprising contrast wltb the aggressive rudeness of our democratic Communities, Gentleness and cordiality arc the Japanese rule; no scenes ot violence. Tho readiness with which Europeans Ily into a passion stupefies the Japanese, appears to them to be a sign of innate coarseness. In bis consideration for others a Japanese habitually refrains from making any Bhow of his personal sorrows. Only her vanity hat led Europe to fancy that the Japanese regard western civilization as superior io their own it ml that therefore tliey aro "Knropeaniziiig" themselves purposely. Tbe western diplomatist who described modern Japan as a "bad translation" of Europe merely shared tin* delusion and conceit of foreiguers generally.—F. Clmllaye in Beros de I'lllis. Aid the Sarsaparilla by keeping the bowels regular with Ayer's rU*. 8&C U LONG HIP J A POPULAR CORSET FOR 1904 STYLK NO BRASS I.YLLETS MANUFACTURE!! *"*Nl.Y I Y Brush & G°-> TORONTO. - ONT. '•TI:.* Dog Will Hilar Ills Umy." In "Hamlet," act 4, scene 1, we read: Let II.mills himself itu what he may, Thu cat will nu'W, thu i!,,« will hav* his day. The latter lino has become a popular paying, but we are naturally Inclined to asl; what it means. Why should a dog have a day all to himself any more than any other four footed creature} Is not tbo passage a piece of silly slang, and ought it not to be suppressed, like any other cant phrase that Is horn in tlie streets? To harmonise the vers* wllb si-use nnd Shakespeare a frleud has suggested that the last word ought to l>o changed to bay. We should tben road, "The cat will mew. the dog will hnve his bay." I have no doubt thut Shakespeare wrote it so and that the word day Is n misprint and nonsense. The analog? between the cat's mewing and dog's baying is self evident aud lu- telligible. Albino lllr.lt and Brails Sacrrd. It is noteworthy that albino animals are regarded by the Japanese In a superstitious light. The appearance of one is considered n good omen for tlia reigning mikado, and occasionally signalizes u reign. I-'or example, one reign Is called "hnkuchl nenkan," or period of (he white pheasant, another, the "haku boo nenkan," or period of the white phenlx.—London t'lobe. -J \A/ IM VJ No 4 78 .,,,■..... .■».■■ a- THE DRILL, SLOCAN, I'.. 0., AI'RIL 24 1901. 0—m " i II M. THE SLOCAN DRILL C E. Smithkiinoalb, Editor and Prop. IS TOBMSailD ivhrt friday AT IL0CA5, - - - • B. C Legal Advertiiing 10 cents a line lor tlis first insertion and m cents a line each subsequent i inert ion. Certificates of Improvement, $7 each. Transient advertisement!" at same rates ae legal advertising. Locals will he charged 10 cents a line fer each insertion. Commercial Rates mads known upon application. Ths Subscription is $2 par year, strictly in advance; $2.50 a year if not so paid. Address sll letters to— THE SLOCAN DRILL, Slocan, B. C. -t FRIDAY, AI'RIL 22ml, 1004. KUITOKIAI. < 'liOrPINI'S. Canada's growing time still continues, not only in population but in trade, Indicating internal prosperity. For tlie nine mouths ending March, trade returns were .$14,000,0Q0 greater thnn u year ago. Newspaper men in the Nelson camp are hurling "hbbof "maggot," ami othor approbrious terms nt each otlier. Cut it out, boys, cut it out. It disgusts your fellows and nauseates the public. The profesh is too good to be dragged In the mud. The fire fiend is, having rare sport with the large citioB, this }'enr. After devastating several burgs iu the States fire is turning its attention to the metropolitan towns in Canada. On Tuesday the wholesale section of Toronto was wiped out, causing a loss of four millions. Slocan may lie next. A semi-inspired feeler in the Vancouver News-Advertiser is thrown out for a dropping of the protests against various provincial memliers. There nre three lodged by the Liberals and four by the Conservatives. The News- Ad. hopes to see the Lillooet bye- election pass off by acclamation. The famous provincial bill, No. 16, No. 16, disallowing the C.P.R.'s claim to blocks 4598 and 4594, East Kootenay, will not be knifed by the dominion government, consequently it lie- comes operative on May 1. There will ensue a graud rush for coal and oi locations in the Flathead country The Republicans of Massachusetts in convention assembled have turned down a resolution favoring reciprocity with Canada. Well, Canucks are not doing any worrying over the matter. Canada is not looking for reciprocity: she prefers to absorb the Yanks in wholesale doses for the Northwest. Some meu allege they can't (ifford a yearly subscription to their local paper, yet they have no hesitation iu rubbering their neighbor's copy, absorbing its contents with the greatest relish. Don't be a mouse, but pay your own way. and incidentally increase the printer's subscription list. Out of 240 surveyors employed on the route of the Grand Trunk Pacific railway, nil aro Americans save 10. Americans nre pushing the scheme and Americans are getting the plums, while Canadians are granting the charter and Canadians are supplying the money. A little more patriotism and consistency on the part of the Laurier government, us sponsors for the road, would reconcile Canadians the more easily to the iiiidertn .11)!. The Canadian system of inanipulat ing postal matters Is of tbe free-and- easy variety, and mail is not to la? expected till it arrives. Certain routes are laid out for the despatch of mail and go those routes it will, uo matter how long it may take. Iu case of accidents then- may be alternative routes, but that cuts no ice the law of the Modes and Persians cannot be changed. Last week there was a bril- 'iant example of the .system in vogue. Four days' mail for Slocnn points was allowed to accumulate at Nelson, because of the Slocan branch railway being blocked by mud, when it could quite easily have been sent round by Nakusp, or a transfer to handcars effected at the slide. The railroad people didn't care, for there was no one to order it through. A postal inspector should be located at Nelson for Kootenay and Boundary,with some backbone to him, and then the antiquated system at present prevailing could lx; revised, tothe lasting benefit of business circles and the general public. Subicribe for Tim; Piiii.l. DRILL POINTS. Pay up your subscription. Slocan is without an ire.sayer. The lake hns risen about two feet of lute. Mrs. Marks and child, Phoenix, are visiting Mrs. Thos. Wilson. Mrs. D. Arnot has been visiting friends in Nelson nil woek. C. Holden, advance man for Clara Mathes, was here on Wednesday. The snow has been settling fast in the hills, ns the nights have been mild. A shoemaker looking for an opening should extiniine into the merits of .this burg. Express monev orders are payable everywhere. Tliey are cheapest and safest. Oscar Hammer was accidentally killed at the Greenwood smelter on Friday. Joe Dearin picked up n fine timber limit this week, close to the mouth of Evans creek. The old Beattie hotel. Main street, will be used as a boarding house for the mill hands. Climax creek misbehaved itself last week and Hooded somo of the residences in Brandon. Major Megraw, formerly of the Vernon News, will establish a Conservative paper at Hedley. W. J. Adcock has moved Into hi** ! new block at Coleman und opened up his boot and shoe shop. Archie Currie came up from Nelson Mouday. to look after his timber claims on Evans creek. W. Dawkins was killed near Ferguson last week by a rock thrown from a surface blast of powder. A fire, caused by a live coal from nn engine, almost destroyed the C.P.R. wharf nt Nelsou ou Friday. No service was held in Knox church on Sunday last. Rev, Mr, McCord, the new parson, not having arrived. The New Denver rifle team will likely be down here next week, to shoot a match with the local club. Miss Winnie' McMillan, who has been ill for the past two months, was down town for a short time on Saturday. Thc big slide near Alamo was cleaned out on Friday, enabling* the Nakusp road to resume traffic to Sandon. Mrs. Capt. McLennan was admitted to the New Denver hospital on Thursday, suffering from an attack of typhoid fever. f McCallum & Co. hnve Ik-cii packing up their stock of hardware during the past few days nnd next week will ship 1 it to Cranbrook. You haven't seen my latest stool* of grey and black suitings for this spring, at the tailor shop. Come and have a look at them; they are real beauties. Orange Hamilton, a noted character around here some years ago, died last week iu Calgary, alter a short illness. He made a raise last fall in Poplar. * All of the big slides in the upper camp came down last week, some of thein having lieen out of business for years. Many new ones also made their appearance. Keginald a nd Jerry Christie, sons of H.P.Christie, mining recorder, who have been attending school in England for the past four years, arrived home on Monday. Mrs. Mason announces to the public that she will have her lodging rooms and dining room open for business on Monday. Best table in town. The Koyal. Arthur street. A consignment of beef and pork for the local meat market billed from Nelson had to lie buried by the railroad people on Saturday. It was mortified at the slowness of the journey. On Wednesday the remainder of the mill hands got in from Salmo, enabling operations td be commenced with a full force. Thev hud been held up a week for lack of train service. Byron N. White Co. have won tbelr suit against the Sandon Water & Light Co., before the full court. The latter have six months iu which to move their plant off the former's ground. Rev. Wm. Simons, wife and family got away on Priday,golng out by way of Nakusp and Robson, Just before leaving word was received that Mrs. Simons' mother was seriously ill tit Edmonton. F.J. Fiiiucane, formerly manager of tin- Bunk of .Montreal at'New Denver, is to be married to Miss M. G. Sweeny,-at Brooklyn, N«Y., on June 10. The couple will tour Europe fori three months. Wanted. A good, reliable lady to take orders for our stylish custom- made dress skirts and walking skirts; nlso skirt supporters. Write quickly. Dominion Garment Co., P.O. Ixix 200, Guelph, Out, The C.P.R. main line and branch lines through the mountains have all had their troubles throughout the week with mudslides, snowslides and washouts. The Spokane k Northern has been completely knocked out, W. S. Johnson, wife and family removed on Friday to Montreal. Mr. Johnson will return here in three 'weeks on business and will afterwards spend the summer in the Territories, surveying for the dominion government. The local mill people are being deluged with orders for lumber and shingles. Practically ao mail arrived all last week until Saturday, when a big budget was received. Wednesday several days' delayed mail from the States, the east and the coast was received. Russell Nichol nnd Charley Brett are matched to run a 100-yard dash hereon May 24 for $100. Mrs. Mason, lute cook at the Arlington, has rented tbo Royal building and will run a boarding house. J. Taylor, Vancouver, provincial manager of the New York Life, was hero on Thursday for a first time. An Italian section hand from down the line had a smashed finger dressed at Ihe hospital. Friday, having had it caught in the gearing of a speeder, The Drill will print you. on short notice and in anv amount, shipping tags, billheads, stateinents.letterheads, noteheads, memos, receipts, envelopes, visiting cards, business cards, bills of fare, dodgers, posters, etc., etc. Will meel any juice or quality. Timber Notice. V-OTICK i* lirrnby nivi-ii tlmt ,'«> days nftrr ,* ilata I iiileml to apply to the Chief Com. iiiis.iim*ir of I.anils A \V«arks fur a ipeoisl license In cut ami carry away limber from tlie follow! ... .ice! iiicii inn.i: -Commencing at a post planted on tin. south bank of tlio Coluinl.in river, on iho east boundary of C.r.R. block No. 878, Welt Kootenay. running thence south Sll chains j theuce east sil chain..; tlience north 80 ih.iins lo Columbia rirer: titmice Sll clinins west following Columbia river to point of commencement, T.C. MAK1NSON Dated. March 25,1904, M. 0. GENERAL HOB SLOCAN, BC. Med. Supt., J. P. CADE, M.D. — • RATES: R«ei'l«r mibseribers. $1 per month' or$IOa Jean non-subscribers (exclusive of medical attendance)$2 per day, I'rivato ward* Sl per day extra. fweetal facilities for maternity cases. Kor further particulars apply to. D. B. O'Neail, Sec Si. D. Curtis Financial Agent Accountant & Auditor Notary PubHc Fire and Accident The 0. S. Co. is establishing a retail lumber yard here, a barge load of assorted sf ti IT lieing unloaded Sunday. Trail creek carried the biggest flood known last week, and destroyed several buildings and damaged all tho bridges in Trail. Nelson wholesalers are after the C. P.R. and are determined to get freight rates adjusted, even if they bave to apply to the railway commission. minim; hi-:roiliis. Appended is a complete list of the var ioys records registered at the local registry ollice, II. P. Christie boing mining record art AHHK8SMKNT8. Apl 9—Quion Sahe. 13—Hoodoo for two yenrs. TIIANSKKHS. Apl 12—Matrico % and Premier %, VV H Wull to 0 H Gibson. Timber Notice. IVTOTICE is hereby Riven that thirty days after j\ .liilo 1 intend to apply to the Chief Com* mi>sii'iii-r of Lniids & Works, at Victoria, (or a special license lo cut und carry away timber front iIm following described lauds: Coinmenc- inl.* it a post plantod on the south side of Kvnns oreek, about one-naif mild from the west shore of Slocan lake; I hence south «0 chains; thonce We*t 80 chains) thence north SO chains; theuce easi hi) chains, lo place of commencement. Dated. April IH, I.Ml. JOSEPH DEARIN Notice to delinquent Co-owners To Hold. Lake and M. L. Grimmett, or to nny person or penontto whim thty mav lieve tram-foried their several interests', in whole or in part,in 111! bonnie I>.mn mineral chum, situated on the south side of Springer creek,in the Shiran City minim division ol West Kont- nay district: You are hereby notified that I have expended the sum of two hundred and five dollars in labor end general Improvements upon the nbovo mentioned Claim, i" order to hold inid mineral claim uniler Ibe provls ona of the Mineral Act, and if within DO days from the date of Ibis notice you fail or refuse to Con trill ute your proportion ef such ex- penditure, together with all costs of advertising! your interests In said claim will become ibe property of the subscriber, under section four ot an act entitled "An Act to amend the Mineral Act, 1900." Dated this 1st dav ef February, lfl0*i. 5*2-04 ' GEO. McLEAM Insurance Abstracts of Hineral Claims. CDflfktii of liroTniits. Ill.'i. I. I'l-lm-i. .V Clipper Mineral ('inline. Situate In the Slocnn City Minin • Division of West Kootenay District. Where located:—lllack Prince on no tli fork of Lemon creek; Clipper, Oil south fork of Lemon creek. TAKK NOTICK that I, l-"nie»t Ilnrron, [ree miners certificate Ko B68468; and lU'tint: ap ntrent (or Robert ('. Andrews, i be* miner's certificate No I'.Tli'.lI, in- ' lend, sixty days from the date hereof, B.C fonpplyto tin* Mining Recorder or cer- i tiflcau-i of improvements (or the purpose ' of obtain Ina Crown < .runts of the above ^***-****-*-*-*-*-***-**** t****♦-» , . • J, i a claims, ♦ I And further take notice that action, ij under section .':". must he commenced 4 i In-fore the issuance ofsuch certificates of 11 improvements. t Ditedtbis ft dav of April, 1 J I 8-4-01 ' l.KNKST 41 : SLOCAN, LIGHTED HY Cl.ElTKlCITY. UEATBD BY HOT AIR. Tlio Queers Hotel •—*+*>**• 1004. HARROP E. 0. CLARKE, ritOl'ItlCTOP. HATES; S'J.OO TY.lt. DAY First-clan Dining lioom Large and Comfortable Hod rooms f Sample roomi for Commercial Men j Nelson, B. C. * -♦-♦ *-*-*-**-*-*-*-*-*-*-** ********** jW»i>.*>»da.->.*»ai»d:»i>»»»»i>»-)t->. I Slocan 1 I Baker jr I W? w _^-^***^ v I J. Pinchbeck, Proprietor I 1 """""""" I I Fresh Fruits of Every % 1 Kind Arriving Daily. | I A full stock of the best | irk lines of cigars andtobac- $ 9 cos always kepi on hand. ;« t ■-' I.OIH na of P I'a, aal tor HI . Full tta-iKht and Omillty (iauii-aiitceri, teeS Ranges ! for $18.25. Why bo without a rans-a when you can pet one so cheap? Thej are prcfcrrable tn stoves and si-re better satisfaction, l'liese ranges burn wood or coal and will be set up tree. H.J. Slocan, B. C. I SEEDS j Flower Seeds Garden Seeds * Clover Seed Grass Seed Seeds ia Packages Seeds in Bulk Onion sets have arrived} get your order in at once EASTERN PRICES J. A. ANDERSON DRUGGIST cs STAT105KR, SLOCAN, I*,0. TINSMITH Don't Overlook This Snap Ta AND PLUMBER. BE DRILL has made,in rrangement with the Toronto Mail-Empire, so that its weekly edition mav be clubbed with the former. New subscribers, therefore, mav obtain the Weekly Mail- Empire acknowledged to be one of the Ix'st papers in the Dominion and Sloean's leading journal, The Drill, from now till Jan. 1, l!K).r>, for the sum of $2.50. With this exceptional offer will be given ns a premium, a beautiful arto* pravure, entitled "The Victoria Cross." Thr picture de plots a scene in the late Hoer war, done in ten colors, nnd well worth framing. Send ill your orders at once to The Drill, Slocan. i>.o. box se COLIN J. CAMPBELL, *""** Licensed Provincial Assayer, NEW DCNVKH, j».0. All Sample* Heet.lv* Prompt, Attention, Uateooa AduIIom.i .-paaa-lial QiiotfiUoni la. Minn* and Hill.. ' '"' ,"l"n WILSON HOUSE, 5L0CAN, B. C. Is reached by any trail or road that runs into the Town. Do not go past its door when you are dry, weary or hungry. A. E. TEETER, Proprietor. JOB PRINTING £ A FIRST-CLASS STOCK. . . ^ £ HIGH GRADE WORK -* _t REASONABLE PRICES. . . -S DRILL OFFICE m-*-**-m *-***>* *-*-* **■*■ *-*>-*>■» ****** $250 Will buy a comfortable Cottage and two cor- t ner lot** in New Den- I ver. House contains 1 four large rooms, hall and wardrobe. For other particularswrite DRAWER 54, SLOCAN. X * ►♦« * <*** i **********»♦ ♦♦ t-i JS^ffl^W*0. 2K&3 - i WIViOf kC. >xi w*7j-i taL >* )CM K A dvertise your | Business In these day;, of progress and competition no man in business should neglect an opportunity toikeep his goods before tne people. Modern usages proclaim advertising the one road to success; neglect of it invariably ends in disaster. A merchant's standing in a community may be judged from the advertisement he carries in a local paper. To sell goods a man must advertise. All live men seek the aid of the printer a to all .persistent and liberal advertisers: it is read by everyone, Itguanuitees satisfaction it 8At All Times« Bl Bl gj THE DRILL, $2 per year Subscribe for and support your local paper:
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Title | The Slocan Drill |
Publisher | Slocan, B.C. : C.E. Smitheringale |
Date Issued | 1904-04-22 |
Geographic Location | Slocan (B.C.) Slocan |
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Language | English |
Identifier | The_Slocan_Drill_1904_04_22 |
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Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2015-12-08 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/ |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0221130 |
Latitude | 49.767778 |
Longitude | -117.466111 |
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