■if: w hf > J - \ •' >! I - I > I 'VOL. 9: "' 1 ATLIN, B. C, SATURDAY. ■ DECEMBER xi,> 1903. V* *sr- At POLITICAL NEWS. !h I: From Onr Speoinl Conespoudt-ut, >, ,' . Victoria,'Dec. iotli. "'. Dr. H. pE.' Young, member ofoi ■"" Atlin, has b«en placed on Committee;, foi puv,nc bill1, and mining. A'bill-has been introduced in' tl(e Provincial House-to authorize,1.the ;, minister of the treasury lo'.borow $1.000,000; the bill passed its*' sec- ' ond reading The Socialists and Independents Mipporting the rov- ' eminent, Hoti'-ton dissenting.-*-' ■"' The new Assessment Bill contains many obnoxious features; inany'cle-' legations have met the government and their persuasions may lead"'to the removal of objectional points. " ', 'The two'par cent tax will be sub- • * f . stituted-by a more equitable tax. / Oi ""Dr:H. K. Young, our member/is doing good work for a coast to At- , Iin railroad, and may -achieve sue- c is* — t ■* "^ - -* cess after the Christinas .'vacation'!' ,,- i , - '^ ' ,;...„ The cas'i„deposit Tor,. the^Graiid " -Trunk" Pacific is to be' put '(up ion- Saturday next. - f~i* . >-/ ' sc j. . . '. ^ \ \ r v * 'William Sloan, of ^-Nanaimo,- .the * wealthy,Klondiker,( wU\'b'e\the%ib: eral 'nominee of the Comox-Atlin ,^?District for the '• Fe'derai •jfto'use1' No Conservative Jia^s^far^jsje-Y; "''nominated. The" Dominion "elec tion will probably take place in February,next. - .* ', "" Court i.s stintd up l>\ a big scandal caused by the shooting of an actress by Piincess* Elizabeth. Princess Elizabeth, who is the wife of Pi nice Otto, of Austiia'; surpii&ed the.ac- tiess while keeping' a rendezvous with herTuisband, Prince Otto, and shot the woman' . - k '* , "'"Heavily 'Fined.' -Vancouvei, Dec.Mo.—The ,Well- 1 tf '- ington Colliery Co., one ofthe Dun- sniuir mines, was fined two thousand dollars foi 'employing Chinese. *, . "". Disastrous.. Fire. Ottawa, " Dec.' 10. LATEST WIRES. Military Railway. T,he - Ottawa Catholic1 University, tlie leading catholic educational*institution in Canada, .was destroyed by fire on Tuesday ,-last. Two people were burned to- death? The building will be re-constructed at once. xLvTo Improve-the r^rarSows. . iif}j ,-i' j*p\ ?"f %if'^J"n '■ >\ -^Washingtony- Dec.^tq.'^rThe Uhiy te&States Governmentjiave anpro- priated ',pne-million «dolJars,,,to> be used*-iti- iinproving,T.thev;. 11 avigabil- ityof'Wrangle'Narrows.'d' * - ^-;^' War Imminent. Vancouver Dec. n.—Lord Duu- donald; the General commanding the Canadian Array, is on the coast looking over the value" of different harbours, with a view of fixing on a terminus for a trans-military'-railway. " To Be Fortified. V Washington, Dec. 10.—TheStates will probably erect fortifications on the islands commanding Fort Simpson, wliich were lately ceded to Alaska by the Boundary Commission. Warship Wrecked., Vancouver, Dec. 10.—H. M. Warshm Flora struck on the rocks between Xanaiino and Union. All efforts to laise her have so far proved of little avail. The Flora is a second class cruiser, valued at about two million dollars. Court Scandal. Vienna, Dec. 10.—The Austrian 'Vancouver, Dec. 10 —Relations between Russia and Japan are decidedly-ominous. Russia has despatched eight battleships to Korea and hostilities may momentarily begin. COAL PROSPECTING LICENCES ■ftT'TICEis hcielij giveii'thnt. ilOdajs nftoi 1 date, 1 intend ro unph to tlie lion Chief CoinmibSioiicr of'l.utids. and Works for iiooul piospootlinfjustico mur tliu tollovuif." des- eiibcil IuihIh, Siuiutcd oil tho Too}ti'1lliver, Cutsiitr Distiiut, CoiumctieiiiB nt'u post ninrUcil, "Jnme i.'Stablti S., W, ,Corner", thenco Noi Hi 8U r>lin'inH;'ilienco <'nst t>0 cli.iins tlipnt'c son Hi SJ I'liayn-.; tinmen mpsI SO cliuuit. to point,of ocimmencL'iiiiiiit, (o'iIiiiiiiiik-about 6<0ucrei. '? "' * id ' ' i . ' :J ^'JAMES.STABI,KS. Locator, '( ' ".', '^KoiiBiir M.iuKay, Agrent. Atlin. B.-C. No\i>iiilisut4tli.'lSUl,. ' n * Also eomnieiieitiji- at a post ntnrked "Robert'MucK.iy'g. S. W. Corner" aJjoiiiin-f Jamoi Stables N. YT. Comer,'thence north 80 chains; thenco east 80 oliaim; thence south 80 chains, thence west SO chains to point "of commencement. - t , i, , " ,s- KOBUKT MACKAY. Locator. Atlin, B. C,^^'o^onllJOl 21th ISL'S.- , , Alio commencing ut npost mm lsed "D. G Sto«art'h fe, VV." Cornei ", adjoiums Robert MacEaj'b N. W. Coiner, thenco noith SO cliuiui,, thenco east SO chains, thence south 80 chains; thonce'-weit 80 ' chams to point" of commencement. . , * . '" "^ D. G. STEWA.RT, Locator, . ^ K07JEHT JIacKay, AfJOIlt. Atlin, Il.C. November 24th,191)3. , ,i ^ ^ Also commencinir at a post maikod "Franlt Mobley's S W. Corner", udjominfj U. G. Stewart's \. W. Coiner, thence i oith 80 chains, thence eastSO chains; thence south 80 ehaiin; thence west 90 chmtis to point of commencement. V --:< ,'?PRANK'MOBLi.Y, Locator. ;< ' -5,7" KobektM/cKay, Agrent. AthiMB. C. No\ember24tli.J90S. . ' -V , r 1 Also commencinfr at a post marked "F. Dowlinff's S. Wt. Corner", adjoining JTratik Moblej'u N.^AV. Corner, thence "north 80 chains; thenccjeust 80 chains: tliencosouth 80 chains;',theneo west 8J chains to point of Vbiumoiicomejit, ' • 1 , ^ ' i , / *"* 'j-f"^,, F- DOWL1KCJ, Locator. , Z-_ ' i^ ; ' A Kobekt AUcKay, Agent. Atlm, B. CK-Tvember 24th.'lflLS. -" , > . , _ »v 1J!?% ^ '.*->>> «■' 'i< Also commencing-at a postmarked " James, Wune's S.''W: Comet", adjoiuinff F. Dowlins's N. V,'. Corner, tlienco noith 80 chains; thence east 80 chains, thence south 80 chains; thence west 80 chains to Jioint of conimeiiceinent. - JAMES liURlE, Locator. KobeutMacKay, Asent. Atlin, B. C. November 24th. 19«S. "" COAL PROSPECTING LICENCES*. Trouble in Panama. ,The new-Canal Treat % may precipitate a fight between Colombia and Panama. A Deal. Vancouver, Dec. xi—Jack Lambert has bought out Tom Storey,s property on Spruce Creek; Mr. Lambert will bring in machinery to work the claims next seasou. To Prospect. Vancouver, Dec. x i—XDne or two Keystone Drills will be brought into Atlin early next season; they will be operated on custom work. - Atlin and Vancouver men ate backing the enterprise. Parties are interesting Eastern capital for dredging in Atlin; nego- ciations are procceeding satisfactorily. NJilTICL is hereby given IhntSO dajsfiom date I intend to apply to tUo Chief Commissioner of lands und Winks for a coal prospecting-licence over tho following- des- cubed lands, situated on tlia Tooja River, Cussiar Distuct. Commenems at a post murUed "A. I{. McDonald's N. \V. Corner", adjoining James Stables' S W. Corner, (hence south 8J chain:,: thenco oast SU chains thence north 8Jchai-is; thence -nest80chains to point of commencement, containing about 640 acres A. E. MCDONALD, Locator. Gsoiigb CouTXS, Agent. Atlin, B. C. November 24th, 19j3. Also commencing at a post marked "D. Ross' N. W. Corner", adjoiuiajf A?R. AlcDou- ald'ti S. W. vomer, thence south 80 chains; thence cast 80 chains; thence north 80 chains; thence west 80chains to point ot commencement. D. RCSS, Locator, Geokge Coutis, Agent, Atlin, B7C. November 24th liM). Also commencing a at post marked "George Coutts' N. W. Coiner", adjoining 1), Ross' S. W Corner, thente south 80 chains thence east 80 chains; thence north SO chains; thence w est 8J chains to point of commencement. GEORGE COUrrS, Locator, Atlin, B. C. November 24th. 19u3. Also commencing atu post marked "A. S. Cross' N W. Corner" adjoining Coorge Coutts' S W. Corner, thence south80chains; thence east 80 chains; thence north 80 chains; thence west 80 chains to point of commencement. A. S CROSS, Locator. Geohoe Courts. Agent. Atlin, B. C. November 21th. 10j3 Also commeuciiijjat a post marked "J. K. Mc Lenuan'a N. ^\". Corner", adjoining A, S Cross' S. W. Corner, thenco south 80 chains thence east 80ehaius; thenco north SO chain-; thence west SO chains to point of commencement. ' J. E. .MCLENNAN, Locator. Geokge Courrs, Agent Atlin, B. C. Kovember 24th. IMS. ,' . U ,'...-• I' • ' a!so commencing- at a post imnkf-'d "D. E. Campbell's N. W. Corner;, adjoining.). K. AIi'Leuiinii's S. W. cornei, thence eolith SO chains, tlipnce oast80 chums, thence noith SJ elm ills', thenco west 80 chains."to point of commeucoino'it. * "tx , j/ , • i \' >',D. ll, CAMPHCLL, i-ocatoi. ' f~ \ J GuoiiOL Couhh, Affent. Atlin, IS. C. November 24th. 1903.^ - Also cominenciiig at .i.post marked „B. D. Vothoistonhiiugh's N. W. Coi ucr", adjoining Dvl^. Campbell's S. \V. Corner, thence south'SO chains; thence east 80 chains; thence north 80 chains; thenco went SO iImmure; point of commencement "* ' ., , . ^ R-D.^ETHERSTONHAUGH, Locator, GEOIiGX COUTIR, Agvll* Atlin, B.C. November 24th7]90.i 7i . Iw " "N* i TIMBER NOTICES. •> ^* i Pine'Creek Flume Company, is ' *, Limited. :i ■ 'NOTICE ib hereby given that JO ilaj« aft«r date, we intend to make application to the Chief Coninnskionei of Lands and WorJ.c foi tho right to enter upot^and expropriato the follov. ing described timborlanr',,u,t,ii».t« in the Atlin M.iuiig Ijjsti ict or Casiiiii: in the- Pro-mice of Biitiwh Columbia Jfor the ris-lni to cut and carry awaj timber fur tho purposes and uses of, the Pine" Ci efik Klunii. Company, Limited, under the ^authority of Chapter 87 of Acts of theLesislnturo of ilrir- isli Columbia passed the 27th daj of February, 1890, entitled an Act to Incorpora'la tho . Pine Cioek Flume Company, Limited. Commencing at a Post marked Initial Post number one; and named tho P. CE. C.'Ltd. standing at acorner on Snnke'Creok called the North E, corner, thence 80 chains in a southeast direction, thence 80. chaina,.iu n south-.' west direction, thenco 80 chains irf-a 'h'orth-" i\est\lireetiofi,thenee 60 cliams'i'n a< north- oast direction to point of commencement, containing 640 acres. , / J ■,.,>■. ■ ^ ' C. L. Que«n, I ' R. W. Queen. Directors of the Pine Creok'Flumc j Company, Liraite<l. Athn, B. C October, 23rd 1903. ' * .NOTICE is hereby"givon"tat 30 days'after date, »e intend to make application to the Chief Commissioner of Lauds and Works for the right to enter upon, and expropriate the following described timber lands situetd in the Atlin Mining District of Cassiar In th* Piovince of British Columbia for the righS to cut and carry awaj timber for the put* poses and 'uses of the Pine Creek Flume Company, Limited under the authority'»! Chapter 87 of the Acts of the Legislature rf Butish Columbia passed the 27th day of February 1899, entitled an" Act to Incorporate the Pino Creek Flume Company Limited. • Commencing at a Post marked Initial Post number one nnd named P. C. F. Co. Ltd./ standing on N. E. corner on Surprise Lake, thenco SO chains in a South Eastdireotion, thence 80 chains in a South West direotion, thonco 80 chains ln'a North West direction, thonce 80 chains in a Noith East direotion to point of commencement. C. L, Queen. * J. T. Carroll, Directors ofthe Pino Creek Flume Company, Limited. Atlin. B. C. October 22nd. 190S. NOTICE is hereby given that 30 days after date we intend to make application to the Chief Commissioner of Lauds and Works for the tight to enter upon and expropriate the following described timber lands for the purposes and usos of the Pine Creek Flume Company, Limited. To cut and curry away timber for usesof the Company under tho authority of Chapter 87 of the Acts of the Legislature of British Columbia passed tho 27th. day of February 1899; entitled an Act to Incorporate the Pine Ci eek Flume Company Limited, Commencing at a Post marked Initial Post number one and named P. C. F.Co, Ltd., standing af the N. E. corner on'Cake Creek, about one and one quarter miles front Surprise Lake, thence 80 chains in a South- East direction, thenco 80 chains In a South West direction, thence 80 chains in a North- West direction'thence 80 chains in a North- East direction to point of commencement. C. L. Queen, J. T. Carroll, Directors of thePiue Creek Flume Company, Limited* AtliiK B. C. October lta<i. 1,986. l ,.- ft " 'I ii 4 I "*-A Removing Difficulties. Lf, Mf n i i i w I,-,, ii <i JOHN LLOYD LEW,' D. D., Pastor Westminster Prosbytcuan Church, New York City. , Take ye away tho stone.���St. John, xl.�� ,-.'1 'I' .1 i :/* / i ���* i *l ,'r u el! r !��4 n v i'�� ���' .ij' 1 ** I V,i 1 i A' 'J IV' * 1 �� ~t f", hi >f > 'j I v'l (I % i < ?" a' f If -:. d ! S3, On the one side of the stone door of J Lazarus' tomb stood the dark messenger we call dcatli ; on the other, the mighty King of all life ; for Lazarti3 had been dead four days, and Christ had come to undo tlie work' of death ' and to give to the young man the most precious of all gifts���that,is, life. He, who had created the worlds and had kept them in right relations through all the ages so that they go singing on their journey could have hurled that stone away with a word. But, since' he was working from tlie human side, He must needs respect human conditions and give man a share in His glorious work and also a chance to learn the lessons of His, great life on earth, for Christ's mission was not bo much to make eternal impressions on matter on the outer world, as to make impressions on mind���the human soul. , , It happens-, then,' that the chief service of man to his fellow-men is to clear away difficulties that the Divine Person and power may work, as on that day human hands had to roll away the stone from before the tomb that Lazarus might feel the thrill of life. Difficulties are of various kinds, but all alike prevent the free working of divine power in the soul. A non-con- ducter has come between God and man, and this must be removed fiom the human side because of human sin. This is why Chi ist c*mc aiound fiom the side of divinity to the side of humanity, bnng.ng His divinity with linn to give e(Tccti\eness to salvation. The business of discovery in the natural world is to clear away hindiances ' and to make channels for forces which were long ago leposed in nature right under oui hands and so near that they actually touch us. 'Just as the qrcat discoveries m electuary consist in giving direction to that mighty power that it may become a thing of service rather than a means of destruction, sol the clnof Idleness of religion is to clear away the difficulties in the divine path so- that God may work naturally in, ihe'hearts of men. Martha was un-' happy in the incident of the text because she ' was not willing to make way for'the full woiking of the power of God. Most of the unhappiness ol the world is on the same account. Every day we pass by a thousand graves of buiied hopes of other people and never once slop to see if we may roll away the stone that the light of God may shine in to give life to the dead. ., , Tl6w wonderful it would be if we tould fully realize that Christ stands on the human side of every trial and every ( trouble and every disappointment and every sin and says :���"You do yoiu j part and I will do Mine I You remove all that the human hand can take away and I will banish the res.t,, as with a word I put death to flight ,a�� Lazarus' tomb." It may not be mu^tf- that you can do, but if it is ever ,go little it must be done before the divine Eower can work. The world can never e made better without positive effort The cheerful face, the willing heart, the forgiving spirit, the helping hand and the godlike purpose make the journey of life a giand march of triumph. But we are also to remove the stone of indifference. Many people were there that day who did not seem to , ; care much whether Lazarus ever hved i . or not ; and even Mai tha seemed ni- I different to any eftort cm.the part o | I the Saviour. So we find in the world I Tl to-day the head-shaking and hand- ! 3 wringing people who say :���"It wilUlo , > UO good; there is no use in trjing. | It is your place and mine to lilt hard at this woild's wcio-ht of soirow tint the resuncction power of God may i give life to a dead woild. -Mailha \ and those who were with hei have i taught us how wc may loll away tlie stone of unbelief and have the power ���I of new and gieatcr life; for yen , they hesitated and doubted lie asked "Said 1 not unto thee ihat if thou wouldst believe thou shouldst see the glory of God ?" Then can we not see the glo'y oi ��� God without believing? Ko, wc li rannot. It is the only way. ' b"ic is many a daik grave of departed faith saaled forcvei because v\c do not believe enough to icach out a hand lr> help. There arc thousands ot then in this city. When .they believed and removed the stone, what matchless glory did tlicy see 1 It is only by faith that >ou l.iay ���see the glory of God. When wc hear that an astronomer has discovered a new comet we do not lead that he found it with the unaided eye. He saw it with his telescope long bmorc the rest of us knew anything about it. When a man announces a mighty truth of God. that he has seen its beauty and felt its po.vcr, though wc do not see it, wc know that it has been made known to him by the wowWiul reach and levelalion ot faith. When we were in the obsc-valory scaiching for the stars and could imt find them t/.e teacher said ������' Get- the focus ; sec :. ' ������ that you arc on the right line of vit���n; I then you will sec." I ' . Then do wc in religious things turn ' : md ask -.���"What: has Ihe focus'- to; do -~--;- with it ? Can I not sec ?p Have I WW Snapshot taken ad Indian Head Asmii ihoia. Heart Disease the Most Sudden and Danger- - ous of Ailments. Dr. Agnew's Cure. Stealthy is a thief In the night, Heart> Disease heralds its coming only by tho deadly grip it lays upon its victim���th* distressing symptoms of Palpitation andj< Short Breath, Smothering Spells, Ver* tigo, etc. Nothing will remove their fatal grasp save Dr. Agnew's Cure foe the Heart. Totally unlike all other' remedies, it acts on the' nerves through. the heart. It has saved thousands of' lives���will save yours. A: Du Berger, Waterloo, Que., writes: "Alfred Coul- flry, who lives at Geo. Bell's, in West Shefiford, has suffered from terrible heart trouble for' the last four years. He has been completely cured after uslnf tight bottles of Dr. Agnew's marvelous remedy." Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder Is universally recognized as a specific for Catarrh, Cold in the Head, Soi�� Throat, Influenza, Hay Fever, Tonsilitia _ andall the distressing results of a neg-' lected "bad cold." > No. 81 The answer comes ���'Yes, you!ia\c ^yes ; but they arc loi luaiby senile ; ase the telescope foi Ihe sweep of tlie ���ini verse." So say we who teach' the high and ;ternal things of the everlasting kinar- iom. Fnsi clear away the difficulties in the divine path, obevmg the co n- aiand, "Take ><. away the stone," then :urn and use Lmh, God's eternal means by. which yoti uny look into the surpassing-glories of hciven ' For, "Said [ not unto tine that if thou wouldst Oelieve thou shouldst sec the eloiy ftf God ?" , , ' Purifying the Cream. ��� I II "8 ��� i ��� i ! I 1 During the last three yeaj s considerable eftort has been made to find a means by winch the odor and taste of wild onion and bitLei uecdrmay be removed''from milk and cieam. > In the spring of 1901, the wntcr was requested to try a pitent compound claimed" to remove all kinds ol 'weedy taste from milk, but it pioved to be an absolute failuie. Cooking soda (sakia- tus) was also given a like trial, out failed of the puiposc clantied for it by some people. llavmcr failed so far to find an} thing thai when fed to the cows would remove weea; taste m the tmilk, the next step wis ti eating the milk "and cieam. Bitter weed taste was removed enurelv fiom cieam by thoroughly mixing it with two or moie paits of water at any tempeia- ture above 70 degiecs Fahrenheit, and then running the whole through the separator. Saltpetre dissolved in water was tried as an aid 111 removing the bitterness, but as good results wc.f secuied without it as with it. Rapidly and slowly heating milk and cieam to various high tcmpeiatures did nut ic- movc bitterness, but often impaited a cooked taste. Butter made from washed cream (as above) was pronounced free of all bitterness by the station custonicis. Butter made fiom unwashed cream was decidedly bad aaJ was often rejected by the custonicis No means wcie found to remove the bitter vvced taste horn whole milk In ���the spring of 1902 milk and cream wci e treated for the wild onion flavor the same as in the pi cv ions ycai for the bitter weed taste���Alabama Agucul- tural Experimental Station. "Smoked" Glasses for Hay Fever. A number of remedies ha- e been tried for hay fever, each based on a sepaiate thcoiy. Dr. Fiank E Stow- ell of Woiccster, Mass, liiinscll a victim, became satisfied that the nutating cau-,e vvjs not always the poheu of a plant. While hunting around tor another souice ol lioublc, he came to suspect that the actinic rays of sim- hlune1, might be to blame. Theieupon he put on coloied, 01 "smokcvi ^as-,- cs, and obtained instant relief, lie is anxious now to have otheis do the same and rcpoit th�� effect. Inasmuch as his own tiouble is of the caily summer'variety, he is not sure what the effect would be on cases of autumnal hiy fever. Dr. Slow ell etives these ad- oitional h.uts about fitting the glasses :��� "The patient should feel a sensation of icla\atiou conic ovci h's face as soon as he looks thiounh the glasses. A .id I would suggest that the shads ot glass used be such 'is to produce the above. In my case No. 3 was sufu- ciently dark." Colic in Ilcracs. Dr. Smead, the vetcrinaiy authority, writes regarding colic in horses :��� "It is of grc?t importance in the ticatment of colic to fust asccitam what has hi ought on the attack. If it is due to the consumplion of a quantity of dry food and ihcic is re ison to believe there is a hardened mass of dry, undigested feed in the intestines, common sense will tell us that this mass neds to be removed. I /'Therefore, more is needed than I stimulants Physic is demanded. And jwl,��t shall this physic be? Shall it be' aloes? No, because they increase the secretions of the'mucous membranes, and are so far good, but not sufficient to wet up that-.dry mass What then shall it be? Oil, oil, oil every time, sufficient to soften up and emulsify this mass of,/!iy food. How much? it may be asked. It is difficult to say. ' "Start with a pint of pure raw linseed oil (never boiled). Give with a rouad teaspoonful ol ginger, ?nd if there is much pain add an ounce of su'Iphuuc ether, or h'lf an ounce of hydi-ate of chloial dissolved in water and added "In an hour repeat and continue to repeat until theie in a natural rumbling of the bovvels. _ ' , I "Also use the<sjringe by injecting a gallon of rami, soapy water in the rectum, and repeat hourly until the pain succumbs 01 a p-ssage'is made In bad cases vviing cioth" out of hot : water and apply ito ttiV abdomen. "In cascs-where the attack may'be due'to the consumption of a quantity of soft food or to drinking much cold water, digestion 'is in a mcasui e slopped, and cei tain gases are formed by chemical action. "Nothing vviV better neutralize the gas thus geneiated than half an ounce of carbonate of ammonia dissolved in a pint of water and ponied clown from a bottle. This will relieve the bloat, and can be repeated hourly. " Also, if the pain is severe, give the hydrate of chloial as before recommended with the ginger, and repeat if necessary cvciy half hour until the pain is relieved." Rains and snows assist to a certain extent in adding fertility to the soil. In one year rains bring down about four pounds of ammonia per acre. Nitric acid, chlonne. sulphuric acid and ammonia aic all biought to the giouud, though the amounts are not large. Banking the caith<around fruit trees will serve to piotect the roots and also cause the water to flow away from the tiees, thereby preventing pools fio.n forming around the tiees. The ground being kept diy, tiees wall endure the cold the better. Those who possess a barn ,or stable should remember that all the small stuif, such as ch iff. hayseed and dust, should not be thrown away but thrown clown where the fowl can scratch it over. This will not only keep them amused, but also supply them with a few choice moulhuils which they much appreciate. New varieties of Russian wheat have been tested Willi go xl icstilts al a branch cxpcnmeiiL sntinn in Kin- sas. Several kinds, Kharkov, Ciimean, Theiss, etc., jiclded over forty bushels per acre, and olhcis ranged fiom thirty-five to foity bushels. The seed is being sold to Kansas wheat glowers. The Way of the World. First Tramp���Weary Willie stole an auto an' run ovei a man an' killed hinil Second Tramp���Wot did dey do to, W��uyT ' " "' ' v ' " ' Second, Tramp���AVot did dey do to ler killin' de ma.n an' giv him ten years 1ar stealin' de'auto. < ' ^ First Farmer���Blessed if -1 think the' ftgiicultural department is any good at all. ' ' > r Second Farmer���What's ttlia tioublo! First Farmer���Well, I wiote to 'em to, find out how high>wheat was goin' up to, an* I couldn't'git no satisfaction at all. ~"TitJ?ita.", , d v ��� Plants'tliat Froduce Insanity. Tlie Dep:trtment of' Agriculture at Washington is at present investigating the cur.oua behavior.of ceitainJ plants" growing on th& Western prairies which are known ns loco-weeds."'j "Loco'' in Spanish signifies crazy. * Cattle and other animals feeding npon loco-weeds suffer;a�� derangement of tilie brain tliat prevents co-oidinating movements. Several weeds belonging to the bean family rare included in this poisonous ca-tegory. It ha3 been asseited that a single dose of some of these weeds will cause insanity; but Mr. V. K. Chesnut of the Department of .Agriculture expresses the belief tha,t several days of feeding are required td'pro* duco a'bad eflect. , ,_. "Dear''old boyl lie's looking a bit down in the vioutli. What's up?" "You see, ho h,l i odiiffd ti fiiciid to his tailor, nnd tho t tiloi'M ��')nf bankrupt. Two of 'em waa moie tlmu lie could istand." ' Andrew Ciinoglc ha<? settled a pension or fifty Eng-I'sh pounds por annum on tho fi lrclrt.lUgllteI.o^, lite por I Bums, who lia�� eaie- of (lie little house In Dum- rnos I 1 which Hi" liof<l died. This will bo ai-'iccablo iiov.', to Scotchmen nil over the v :i U, fot the old 1 idy l*s wortny U> repipfiit the Hunts t.imlly, and slio needs ihe miuiuHv.���JJrouUlyn Citizen. "Say, Mister Ofiicpr, if this young lady i3 engaged to two fclleis at onot, cau't she be ancsted for bigamy?"���"Life." Gladiatorial Athletics. ��� - IINOLI.SH SPAVIN LfNIMRNT lumps and hluiinshcs from hoiscs, blood spavin, cnibs, bplints, rin��- 'inne, sweuney, stifles, sprams, sum and swollf-n throat, coughs, etc. Save ir,\) Uv the use of one bottle. Wa^- rat ted tho most wonderful Blomis'' cure ever known. The London "Lancet" says that athletics in England have developed too ' much into gladutonal displays by picked competitors stiugghng lo win prizes or to eain wnfrcj befoie huge ciowds of speetatom, and can hmdly he rogaided 1 as eilective agents in ihe development of 1 the physical sticnglh and physical ncthi- ; ty of the people. Tlieie ib the same ten- I d'eiiey 111 this count/.,, hut the fact meio- ! ly serves to make 11101 c impel alive the 1 need of suppoilinsj and extending such systems of physical training us have for their chief nun atiengUi mid not fame. , Mother���What did you say when grandma gave you ��, piece of cake? 1W1I- lic���I told her I hoped it was as good us ifcjKns small.���"Pick-Me-Up." Those who posse is a barn or stable should remember' that all *he small stuff, such as chaff, hayseed and dust, should not be thrown away but thrown down where the 'fowl can scratch it over.. This will not only keep them, amused, but also supply them with a few choice mouthfuls which >t>ev muob appreciate. - v l t weary, kmim The Awful Twinges a, Rheumatism RSean Old Age in Youth. Relief in ; Six HoursB Ointments, Salvest and Lotions are positively worthless for Rheumatism. Get at the cause���the biood���and by purifying that, lestore the system to a ,clean, .healthful, condition. Xhe Gread South American Rheumatic A Cure relieves-in six hours and cures in one ts three days Muscular and Articulac Rheumatism, Inflammatory Rheumatism, Lumbago, Neuralgia, Sciatica, and any affections of the joints and muscles ansing from impure blood. Mr. F. E. Wright of Toronto, Canada, writes: "1 Buffered almost constantly with Neuralgia and Rheumatism. I used several remedies, but nothing seemed to relieve the pa n until I tried South American Rheumatcc Cure. After using a few bottles of 'Rheumatic Cure' and also ���Nervine Tonic,' I was wholly cured." Pain in the Region of the Kidneys. Pain anywhere is a danger signal Pain in the region of the kidneys, meana that they are not working properly." the Great South American Kidney Cure restores these organs to a health? Working state. , No. 38 > Lawyer���I must know the whole truth. liefore 7 can successfully dotend you. Ilave you told me cvciy thing? Prisoner ���Yes, eveiything; 'cept wheie I hid the money, and I want that for myself 1��� Glasgow "Evening Times " 1 Misc Homely���I find thi'3 balm excellent for preserving the face. Mis�� Cjnio ���But why do you wish to pieseive ^'oui face? Pos avan"$: Noticed Bty hut Others fiiave. Dr. Agnew3 G Powder. o Catarrh, if neglected, soon develop! Into the chronic form, accompanied by the most nauseating and disj!U"tuta symptoms. Dr. Agnew's CatarrSia( Powder is a specific for curing Colds, Coughs, Deafness, IIcuI.lcIic, Sure Throat, Tonsiluis, Cold in the Head, Influenza and all other ciiseases of the nose and throat. Mr. C. Spoonei, si literary man, and editor of the Kingiton New, Ontario, writes: "I was troubled with constant headache, rnd used almost every concoction sold under the name of 'Headache Cure' without obtaining any relief whatever. At last I hj.nd ol Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powdar, and thought to give it a trial, although having but little faith in its curative action. I was at once iclicvcd and after using it but a bhort time almost entirely Ireo from the disorder." Do You Suffer from Stomach Disorder? If so, your liver is probably not working properly. Dr. Agnew's Liver Pills, purely vegetable, rapidly induce healthy action and restore the entire system to normal condition. 40 doses.iocts. No.37 rSTffitTfii^nii*Tf'7a?iSasi}"2."3'Vier WTinvwraraWyKt0J.Mf "wjwtiWJWvr .rsrcr* ;twwen ^>mm \rwu*'&mm*nr*miinm rwwwara^/im.HHEii-1 |WJtW��V����UlW> ,t*Mi*H***. r?Hnt =V~,- Itof If vug i' i 11 4 ' /7* ATUK, E C . SATURDAY, 'DECEMBER ii, X903 ra^ !? ATLIN' TRADING-"COMPANY,' LIMITED. , Dealers in DryGoods, Groceries, Clothing,^Underwear, Blankets, Boots & Shoes, etc. Also Gold Seal Rubber Goods. . ' $33$ s&nd 7��2 per cent P&mder, Ga��as ��& Fuse, etc If von want a Winter Outfit we can give >ou the best goods at CLOSE PRICES. THE ATLIN TRADING-CO. &td. cairj the LA.KCKST Stock in Ihe District, and aie in a position to bardie large or small orders. THE ATLIN TRADING CO. Ltd, ��� i<? coutiolled b) the anulg.. mated films of A. S.' -CROSS & CO! and N. C. "WHEELING & CO ; no matter what has been told you to tht contiaij A. S. Ciov, is Pre'bident and ,Treasuret, and N. C, Wheeling, Se'crelaiy of the Conipaiij, and aie iii a^pobiiion' to deal with thiir friends and customers even batter thati when each were doing business, separately. D< n't let any person try to make jou believe thai the ,V T Cu, is 011I rolled hv any othei than officers ofthe Company. s. f s " , sV, NEWS OF THE WORLD. The mail that umj abandoned >by 13en Dowiung's mail canieis was recovered by the police at Forly- 'mile post. ' ' - Ex-Piesident Cleveland positively refused to considei n fourth nomination to the presidency;, The car stiike at Chicago is end- 1 ed, The company -won out, but striking union men will be re-in- stated. - ���* ,' Bob Fitzsimmons out boxed and out geueiailed George Gardener after twenty louuds of hard fighting in San Francisco t ' Lord Kitchener met with a serious accident, at Simla India, while riding through a tunnel his horse became frightened and collided with the wall the lesult being that one of Loid Kitchener's legs was bio. * ke-i in two places. iM@r$faern Lumber Go* Prices 'for the Season 1903! Rough, up to 8 niches, $35 do "do 10 ,, 40. do do is ,, 45. Matched Lumber, $45 - Sin facing, $5 00 per jnoo teet NOTICES. A DANCE will be held at the Kootenay, Hall,-on New Year 3 Eve. Mr "'A. R McDonald extends a cordial invitation to all ' NOriCR is heroin ,;ivon thnl ��l) days after date �� e intend tonpplj'to the Chief Com- nmMunei of Lands and Work, foi permission to iinnulmoe the follow in;;, described tract of Lund; , Commenclns nt Post marked A. C. TI. and T. W. S's. S. Vi. coiner poit ��� "placed on the East Lino of Lake Street 180 feet iN'oi th from tho corner of Rant Avenue and Lake Street in tho town of Atlin IS. CI. " - thence in an Unsterlj direction 110 fori, thonoe in a Northeib direction to the South line ot Pearl Sliest ��� 1*0 feet more or Ipts,, thence in a Westeily direction to the cornor of Peai I and Lake Streets ���110, feet more or less thence in a Sonthorly direction follow- iitft the lino of Lake Street l.!0 feottmoie or lesi to the point of commencement.Containing 0.81 Acres more or lev,. E. S. Wilkinson, P.L.S. , ./ ' ''WltKINSON & Provincial Land Surveyors < Wm. Brown, CE. BROwisr ' Civil Engineers. " Hydraulic Mine engineering, a Specially ������,OUice, Pearl St., near Third bt��� An is, B.C DRINK THErBEST TEA/9 1 A Thos Dated at Athn B. G ���> Oct. 31 st C. Hirschfeld \Y. Sagreman. In Lead Packets ol j^-it* aiid i-lb each. , " * ^ ���' ' For Sale by all Fiisl Class Grocers KELLY. DOUGLAS & Co.? Wholesale Grocers, Vancouver, B.C o ' 11V FINEST EQUIPPED HOTEL IN 'THE NORTH EVERYTHING CONDUCTED IN FIRST-CLASS MANNER. 1903. TIMBER NOTICE. Thirty days niter date I intend to apply to tho Chief Cominiv.ionor of Landsai d {Voiles or his Asrent, for a Special Licence to cut and carrj n��a) timlioi trom the follow nig: described tract of Land, commencing-'nt a post marked G. D, Sinclaii 'a S. B. corner post situated near tho mouth of Cake Creek, on theshoieof S..ipnse Lake, Hi once N 160 chains, theme W 40 chains, thence S 160 chains, thenco L. 40 chains to point of commencement, containui;; 040 acres more or less. G. D. Sinclair, for hoi thorn Lumboi Co. Limite Athn, B C. Oct. 27th. 190S. ' NOTICE is hereby given that after ai\tj daj* fi orn date I, as raanajer for the 'Atlin Irad- in{f Comp.mj, Limited, will make application to the Hon. 1 he Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to purchase the following descuhpd land viz - Commencing at a post maiked A. T. Coj s S. E. Corner, on tho west side of Lake "Street, Atlin Townsite, thence Norherlj along west side of said ���Street 00 feet, thenues Westerly 100 feet, thence Southerly 60 feet, thence Easterly 100 feet to point of commencement. Dated at Atlin, B. C. Athisflth day of October 1903 A. S. Cross. French Restaurant in CcnntHStion. ,' David Hastie, Proprietor. ' ' Corner of First and Discovery Streets^ THE'WHITE PASS & YUKON'ROUTE- notice. NOTICE is hereby given that sixty dajs after date I intend to apply to tho Chief Commissioner of Lauds and Works for pei- mitmo'i to purchiiss the following- described tract of land. Commencing at a postmarked E. A it'�� S. K. corner post placed ou the N. lino of I'oarl Stieet, at the S. W. corner of lot8. Block!), in tlie town of Atlin B. C. thsuce westeily 110 foot,.thence northerlj SO feet, thence easterly 110 foot, thonoa southerly 80 feet, to point of commencement. Containing- hi all .il of an acre, more or less. <. Elwarl \. Robinson Dated this 7th. day of November. ISO. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby ffiven that si.\t> da\s nfter dato I ^ntcud t�� applj to tho Chief Commissioner of Lnnclsaiul works for permission to purchase tho follow inu dosci lbcil fr not^of land Commencinp ntpost maiked W.J A's S W.,oorNor post placed on" the East lino of Lake Street 120 feet north fi om the corner of Rant Avenue nnd Lake St. in tlie Town of Vtin, B, C. Tlienco In an Easterly dirnctiou 110 fei't, thence m a Noi thei lj direction 60 feet, tlienco in a AVestorly direotion 110 foot, thence in a Southerly direction follownifr the lino of Lake Street 60 feet, to point of commencement. Containing 0.16 ucres isoie or less W. J. Anderson. Dated at Atlin, li. C- Oct. 26th., HX'S Paoifio and Arctic Railway and Navigation ��'ompanj British Columbia Yukon Hailv, hi Company. British Yukon Railway Company, d TIME TABLE. IN EFFECT JANUARY 7 1901, v Daib except Suud.ij LV. SKAGUAY AR. ���VV'HlTEPASSi LOG CABIN BENNETT ' ,., CARIBOU AR WHITE HORSE LV > Passoncors must bo at depots in time to have Bajrsagre inspected and chocked.' Inspection is stopped 30 minutes before leaving-time of train. 150 pounds of batrcaxo will be checked froo with each full faro ticket and 7"> poundi ' "V' No.3N. B. 2nd class. 8 SO p m. in. 39 , 11. 40 a ni. 12 20 2. C. 45., 40", ,r;; No.l N. B 1st rla ss. ' 1. 30 a. m. 10 f>5| f ! 11 00) 11. 45 , 12 15 1 12 35 ( p.m 2 10 ��� 4. 30 ��� <o. 2.S. Bound No. 4 S. Bound 1st class. 2nd olass. 4 30 p.in. AR i. 15 a. in. S 05 3.00 ��� 2. 10 ��� 2.10 ��� 1.00,. 3.35) 1.15 j p.m ,, 12.20 p.m. 11.50 a.m f. 10.20 ��� 9 30 ��� LV 7.00 ��� with each half fare ticket. Co KM 1CL.U NOTICE 18 hereby #lven that appiicatlou will b*i made to the Leijislatno Assembly of the ProMiico of Britisli Columbio, nt its next SuvBiiin, for an Actio lncorpoiote a Com- pnio.to build equip, mauittm,and opeiate it line of Iliiilnnj , of standaid srauire; from a point at or near Kitiumat, or some other suitable point on the Pacific Coast; thenco northerly to Hu/olton; thenco to a point at or noar Atliii Lake, thence northerly to tho Sixtieth [GOthl, parallel of North Latitude; with all powers incidental thnrtto. 1) G. MacdoiiLll, Solicitor for Applicants Dated at Vanooiiver, B. C. ��ii�� 28th day of October, A. D., 1003. NOTICE is'hereby srivon'that sixty davs after date I intend to apply to tho Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following- described tract of land. Commencing; u< post marked H W. E. C's. S. E. Corner post placed 120 feet from the corner of Rant A-venue and Lake Street on the north side, in the town of Atlin, B C. and following the line of Rant A\enue towards the Lake shore llOfoet more or less, thenco following the line of Lako Street northerly 120 feet, thence easterly 110 feet, thonco 120 feot southerly, more or less to point of commencement. Containing 0.33 aoros more or less. Dated at Atlin, U. C. October 9th, 1903. If. W. E. Canavan. NOTICE is hereby (-ivon, that sixty days from date I Intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, for permission to purchase tlie folio1* Inp (Inscribed piopert}. Commendns: at Initial Post .No 1 at n point on theSouthorl> KouikIiim of the J'lo- i a Bench Lease ou the north bank of Pine Creek in tho Atlin Mining Distiu*. and f >!- low ins?tho Southerly Boundarj of thf Kloi a Benoh Le����o North Easterly Ihi- iniiidied feet, thence North Westorly tbrou hundred feet, thence South Wosterlj five hundred fi��et, thcriee South Easterly three hundrnd laot'notp or loss to point of commencement. ContaiDiii5r3.44 aores mora or liv>. Dated nt Atlin, B. C.Octo!��.or 20th. 1803- O. T. Swituer. Discovery. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT IN 1 CONNECTION. Headquarters for Brook's stasra. Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Gilmara Provincial Assayers The Vancouver Assay Office, Established 1890. .. ������''M .��f w. DISCOVERY, B. C. NEW DINING ROOM NOW OPEN, Furnishing The BEST MEALS IN CAMP. Finest of liquors. Good stabling. WALLACE GRIME & Co., ��� Agents. Larue or Small Samples foi warded for Aaeur ". t -hi TRY TCn. ^ANn". Propiiotor o. BATHS BARBER SHOP w. SnirxDS & Eddy Dukham. Now occupy their new quarters next to the Bank of B. N. A., First Street. The bath rtxmnare equally as good as fouud In citiex. Pfivofo B^trnnra for laities. FOR UPHOLSTERY ' MATTRESSES FURNITURE HARDWARE PAINTS 4, OILS Atlin Si Discovery. The Royal Victoria Life Insurance Co. OF CANADA , Capita/ $1,000,000. A. S. HirwdUfWd, ij^ut. *-11 s i m :viifm i�����.-;- rZ-\ ���VWV-^lSr fin"rt��.i .. _ ttoHjlKamsfretrw**. ^Brt^t ijamOW b*s*3/ at^.�� A JmitJtuwua. ntf,rw�� <��hjm��, X j*l�� JJ��l*J*l !<-.>�� nll/.j4,M>" A Matrimonial Entanglement. ���ft' .3 #' ���/& Kt i\}i n1 it" h IS ( 1 ? ���fti .y i * "5 5"'* e'8 ?-�� si In "Chapters From j\Ty Diploma Mo 6ife," which Andi'cw D. W ,ite, tho nited States diplomatist, is contributing to "The CenLuiy Uhi3t. ted Magazine," there occurs an interesting reminiscence regarding the working of the German'marriage laws:��� "One morning a man camo rushing in exclaiming: 'Mr. Ministei, I am in the worst 'fix that any decent man was ever jin. I want you to help me out of it;' and he then went on with a bitter tir- ttdo against everybody and everything in the 'Geiman Empire. 'r "When his wrath had effervesced somewhat he stated his ease as followb-.��� lLast year while travelling through Ger- fnany I fell in love with <��� young Gorman lady, and nfler my return to'Amer- , lea became engaged to her. I havo now Eomo for my bride. ' The wedding is flxod for next Thursda3'; our steamer pass-' ages aie taken n day or tv\o later, and t find that the authorities will not allow nie to marry unless I present a multitude of papers such ns f never dreamed < ,pfl Some of them it will take montbn fco get, nnd' "some I can never - tet. My intended bride is in .dlstiess) her family evidently distrust me; the ' Wedding is postponed indefinitely; and tny business partner is cabling me 'to eomo buck to America as soon no possible. I am asked for u. baptismal cer�� tilicate���a Taufschcin. .Now, no fw as .' 1'know, I was never bapfi?tid. I am required to piesent a ceitiliuftte allowing ' the consent'of my parents to my marriage���I, a man thirty years old, and in a large .business of my own! - I am a=kej to'give bonds, for. the payment of my Bebts in Germany. I owe no such debts; , put I know no one who will give such a pond. I am notified that the banns must be published^ a .certain number of times before the wedding.' What kind of a bountry is this, anyhow?' "Wo.did the best wo could. In an Interview with' the Minister of Publie Worship I was able to secure a dispensation from the publishing of the banns; then a bond was drawn up, which J ' feigned, and thus settled,the question ro garding possible debts in Germany, te to the baptismal certificate, I ordered Inscribed, on the largest possible sheet of official paper, the gentleman's affidavit fchat in tlie State of Ohio where he wai born no Taufschein, or baptismal certlfi cate, was required at the time-of hit birth, and to this was affixed with plenty of wax the largest seal of the Legation Th'e form of the affidavit may be judged peculiar, but it was thought best not tt (Startle the authorities with the admis Bion that the man had not been baptised at all. They could easily believe that o ' State like Ohio, which some of them doubtless regarded as still in the back w��odsand m'ainly tenanted by the abor tglnes,' might have omitted m days gon< by to require a Taufschein, but that ai, unbaptised Christian should offer himself to M married in Germany -would perhaps have so paralyzed their powers oi heftef that 'permission for the marriagi might never have been secured. "In this and various other ways w�� overcame the difficulties, and though tin !wedding did not take place upon the ap pointed day, and the return to America "md to bo deferred, the couple at last after marriage first before the puhlio au ithoritJes. and then in churoh> war* ablt to depart In peace." - was a distinctly n.iulie.'il flavor about the whole thing, and (luring tlie luuvj d'ouvies and dessei t a sailor's choius was sin!!;. Kot ueiiig a particularly good sailor, tiie perpetual motion of the table���which, it appeals, took some time to get in working, ordei���was not'for me the_ most enjoyable sensation of the occasion. I^was able, however, to appreciate the dexterity with which it had been planned, as not an article ever rolled���or' even attempted to roll���off the ' table. To make the scene more realistic a canvas was hung on the wall3, on wliich was painted- a-somewhat rough sea. Tho guests numbered:, twenty-four, and each was-nreaoM tail with. a���.s'"ull,.^r.i��an>au _ Aneedotal. Shortly before hi3 death, Thomas B. Reed was'the center of a. group at the' -cntury Club, inJ2sTew York. The talk jot around to Roosevelt. "Y-a-a-s, I ad- ,nire Roosevelt very much," drawled Mr. Reed; "I admiro him very much, indeed.' What I admire most about him is his jnthusiasin over his discovery of the 1'en Commandments." ' In his "Outre Mer," Paul Bourget de- jlnrcd that "life'can never get entirely iull to the American, because whenever ho cannot strike any other way to put In his time, he can always gct''aw.iy with a few years trying to find out who his grandfather was." To wliich Mark Twain replied: "I reckon the Frenchman's'got his little stand-by for a dull time, too,'because when all other interests fail he can turn in and see if he jan't find out who his father was!" A delightful literary find must be credited to the authority of a recent book, "Sidelights on Charles Lamb." Dining ene day with a friend and being pressed to take some rhubarb pie, Lamb declined because ifrwas physic. "That may be," Baid his host, "but it is pleasant and innocent." "So is a daisy," rejoined Lamb, "but I don't therefore like daisy pie." "Daisy pie I Who ever heard of daisy pies?" said someone at the table. "My authority is Shakespeare," Lamb replied. "He expressly mentions daisies pied." The phiase occurs in the song at the end of "Love's'Labor's Lost." ' ' < Andrew Lang tells this story illustrating'the rigorous and ascetic "life of the bcots. "It seems that a laird,in the year J705, set out to join the Pretender, taking with him his son, a youth of sixteen or so. One night this laird and his little troop were compelled to sleep in the open, though it was snowing, and snow lay deep upon the ground. .Father and son kept together, and together they prepared to turn in for the .night. The Bon, having wrapped his plaid about him, qwde himself a pillow of snow, and was oibout to lay his head on it when his father kicked the little cold white mound away., 'This is too soon, - truly,' he growled, 'for you to indulge in' luxuries.'" . ' , -, ,-nurder. Several witnesses testified,that they saw the accused commit the deed one night about eleven o'clock. Lincoln attempted no cross-examination, except , to persuade them to reiterate their statements and to explain that they were able to see the act distinctly because of the bright moonlight. By seveial of the prosecuting witnesses he proved the exact position and size of the moon at the time of the .murder. The prosecution there rested, and Lincoln, addressing the court and the jury, announced that he had no defence to submit .except an almanac, which "would show' that theie was no moon on that night. The state's attorney was paralyzed, but the court admitted the almanac as competent testimony, and every witness was completely Impeached and convicted of perjury. The ferdict was not guilty. d' Misdirected Zeal. An Irish Miracle. , "And is It swimming you mane?" ob- rerved the O'Fkherty.' "By Jabers, thin, pe should see the little divils of South 5ny Tslandci-3! ' Sure, and they nm down to the beach and dive into* the water long before they can walk at arl, at arl." De Style���Is he ,a chip of tho old Mock? Gunbusta���No; hejs a claw of Ihe old lobster.���New York "Siin.", The Blighting- of His Fame. "Ruined!" he oricd, as ho dashed n jpaper to the floor and trampled upon H "Ruined, disgraced I My fair fame -blasted! My honor gone!" ' "Dearest, what disaster is this?" If was his fond wife who gasped the ques 'tion, in tones of anguish. "A disaster -which is irretrievable; r ^oalamity Which will crush mo to thi ���jiarth!" He ran his white, thin finger* through his luxuriant crop of long am' Snky hair, folack as tho raven's wing,,a' ten-and-a-half the bottle of black, war i anted to defy deteotion���not a dye, no' , * stain, but a harmless liquid tha; Eierely has to bo combed into the hail Vide advt.). . . ' "Heavens, Ilor.itio, tell me what hs- loefallen thee!" The fair girl turned* hei iiorror-full eyes upon him. Her youru soul, aged thirty-eight, shared hi.- ��Sony. "Felicia," he cried, "do I look Ilk* r. ImmoristT" "The fates forefend!" 1 "Do I Btrike you at all as being : Sunny man?" ' "Anything but that I" she shuddered "Am I not known as a serious in ���Short" "You are," she admitted. "Do I not paint the serious side n We?" "You do," she interjected. "Am I not a novelist of grave an serious ondcavor?" "You am," she whispered. "Does not my tame depend on ni reputation as a man that abhors a jes' as a writer who revels in tho darknes of despair and tlie greyiiesa of exist race?" "It dobh!" ��he moniied. "Then listen to tins," ho faltered "Theso are the words that should havi wound up the 'Fourpenny Monthly':��� 'As the light flickered out, she bent he queenly head and kissed him in the dark!*'" "Beautiful!" sho ejaculated, enraptured. "Yas, but listen to what the printer has mado of it���'She bent her queenly head and kissed hhn on tho beak!" "Oh, Horatio!" sho murmured, and swooned. "Tho horror of ill" ho .wildly cried. "Tlie public will take me for a new humorist I "���"Ally Slopcr's nalMIoliday." A Unique Luncheon. Tho Paris correspondent of the "Pall MaJl Gazette" recently attended a lunch- con given, by M. Dcssing-Whitraoro, which was distinctly original. The table, be says, took the form of a boat, and the. waiters were dressed as sailors. Thor4 A well-known theatrical manager/who is distinguished rather for his business ability than for his-knowledge of literature, was visited not long ago by an aspiring playwright.' He had with him, he explained to the manager, the manuscript of a p{ay based on one of Edgar Allen Roe's stories, which ha was sure was destined to make a sensational'hit on the-stage., The manager'consented to hear the play, and listened with increasing interest as the playwright read from his 'manuscript. "He was enthusiastic when the end was reached. "That's fine!" he exclaimed���-"fine! Now, I'll tell you what I'll do: You and Mr. Poo come In to-morrow and we'll talk this thing over." Count Tolstoi does not bear a very kindly attitude toward the many curious a'timirers who besiege his Russian home in the hope of getting a glimpse of the great novelist. A party of visiting Am-, erican tourists who called not long ago to pay their respects were not, therefore, very cordially received. Tolstoi refused to meet them; but he reluctantly consented to stand on his doorstep and let himself be seen. One of the vis'tms, however, could not resist the temptation to *peak to the great man. "Oh. Count Tolstoi," she exclaimed effusi\ely, approaching the author with out-tretched hnnd, "1 enjoyed your last book so much!" "You refer, I suppose/' leplicd Tolstoi, "to 'Dead Souls'?" The lady assented joyfully. "Urn," re.in.uked the novelist, "Gogol wrote that." A Southern clergyman had married a pair of negroes. After the ceremony the iirooin asked, "How. much yo' eh.ihge fo' dis?" "Well," said tho minister, "I usually leave that to the groom. Sometimes I am paid five dollars, sometimes ten, sometimes less." "Dat's a lot ob money, pahson. Tell yo' what Ah'll do. Ah'll gib yo' two dollars, an' den ef'I fin' I ain't got cheated, I'll gib yo' mo' in a monf." A month Inter the groom leturncd. "All's ycre, Ink Ah promised, pahson." "Yes," said thp mini ,tcr, expectantly, "Ah tol' yo' dnt of \-t was all right, Ah'd gib yo' mo' money, didn't Ah?" "You did." "Well, pah.sen, us dis ycre am a sort of spec'Iation, Ah reckon yo' owe me about a dollah on' eighty- five cents, an' Ah come tcr git it." That Sir Henry Irving is quite capable of maintaining Lis dignity under somewhat trying circumsiances is shown by the following anecdote which is told of the tragedian by Mr. C. R. Kennedy of the "Everyman" company. On one occasion Irving's company, having been called to the theater for rehearsal, found upon their arrival that they were considerably ahead of time. As Sir Henry had not yet arrived, one of the actors in tho company, who was noted fo-r his accomplishments as a mimic, proceeded to jive a lively and elaborate imitation of Sir Henry's highly characteristic acting. As ho finished his demonstration, a well- known voico came from the depths of the darkened auditorium: "Very good," It said. "Very good indeed! So good, In fa<it, that there is no need for both of Us in this company." Lincoln's greatest legal triumph was the acquittal of an old neighbor named f)uiT Armstrong, who was.charged with I'Our Prison Systems. ' Tho sav.xg-ery of our prison systems,' as thoy existed previously to the time of John Howard, says The Literary Digest, appears to havo been so, far mitigated that that great prison roformer might be considerably astonished If he eould visit some of pur American-penal Institutions' of the present day. Wo learn from the Mississippi papers tliat-'lt Is'no uncommon thlnj? for convicts who escape from the Mississippi Penitentiary to the inhospitable outside world to come back and ask to be admitted again; and the Pennsylvania papers aro filled with accounts of the discovery of a- nounterfellliiff plant that has been running for months In tho Eastern Penitentiaiy, in Philadelphia, and which had escaped, the notice of the prison attendants. It had escaped,their notice so completoly, Indeed, so the papers say, that they unsuspectingly received from the prisoners large numbers of the dimes,' quarters and half-dollars turned out by this rival "Philadelphia mint, and spent them In the city until Philadelphia was "flooded wi'th them."' The counterfeiting business was carried,on by the convicts mainly "to pass away the time," so The Philadelphia "Inquirer thinks, as they had nothing else to do.' In' a* prison there is a great deal of time to pass, .ind the re-_ collection of the old saying about time and money might easily suggest the passing of the latter. Most of the prisoners engaged in the counterfeiting .lie sj.id to have been emplovea In the plumbing department, learning to become plumbers, and the material for the coins is thought to have been obtained by them1, 'i'no counterfeiting was carried on at night, when, only the night watchman, who was formerly-a Philadelphia-policeman,' was supposed to be on duty. The newspapers comment very seveiely on the ,pi-JSoni management, and the critics of the Republican State administration profess to see a connection between the alleged mis- government of the State and tlie dereliction of the prison officials. The Washing- 'ton1 Post remarks satirically :���"Inmates of the Pennsylvania penitentiary have been robbing the State with just as much daring as though they were outside and holding office." A.Dutch Proposal. The Dutch propose to reclaim the whole of the Zuyder Zee from' the grasp. of the ocean, says Walter Wellman, in Me- Clure's Magazine. It is a vast, a daring, project, the most picturesque engineering enterprise known to the world to-day. An isthmian canal mayrcost more money," but an Isthmian canal is,"^ after all, only a great ditch. While other nations > are seeking colonial expansion, tho Dutch propose to create a hinterland at home. They propose to reclaim from the waters an area equal to one-fourteenth pf all tho present Holland. They propose to add nearly one-tenth to the 'area of cultivable land In their country. They propose to find new homes, where now th-o sea rages, for a population equal to i per cent, of all the inhabitants of the Netherlands. In the United States an enterprise of relative proportions would "involve the creation of a new State like Missouri or Texas, the reclamation ,of land enough for more than three millions of people to live upon and thrive by agriculture. Freedom of Women. At the annual meeting of the Girls' Friendly Society held recently in London Mrs. Creighton, the widow of the lata Bishop of London, delivered an address.' In the course of hei lecture she emphasized a needed warning in discussing tho changed conditions of lite among wr>men of all classes. Tho increased liberty which girls and women enjoy has, she claimed, resulted in large numbers leading absolutely objectless lives. This was especially tho case In those belonging to the great middle classes. The sense of individual responsibility needed to be cultivated by each one In whatever station of life her lot was cast, otherwise instead of being a blessing, tho freedom now enjoyed by women would prove tho source of Incalculable mlschleC lo tho moral fibre of the female character In tho present and future generations. A clergyman, somewhere by tho se�� has expreEBed Ms displeasure be- jause some of the .women who 3omo to his church. have fallen into a mmmer habit of coming without their )ats. He has cited St.' Paul as his au- .hority for declaring {from his pulpit '.hat women ought-to keep-their heads jovered in church. They certainly look 7ery nice with their heads covered 'as our church-going sisters are wont to cover them, but it seems reasonably doubtful whether St. Paul, if he had been .managing a seaside church in the United States in this year of grace, would have thought it expedient to raise this question of millinery. In the matter of women's headgear the times have changed very much, and in nineteen hundred years both the cost and the disbractive- ness of women's hats have momentously Increased. It was the fashion in Oriental Galilee in St. Paul's time for women to keep their heads covered in public Elaces. So is"it the'fashion'hero now, ut circumstances alter cases. Tliat our Women have recently consented to take off their hats in the theaters has been hailed aa a merciful, concession, but tho theaters aro as public as the churches, and no reason suggests itself .why what is good form in, the one place shouldn't be good form in the other. Moroover, in summer "somo of our grown girls are just now disposed to go about bareheaded. One'sees jtlicm bo'hi automobiles in town, and in the streets of the country villages. ' Why object, if they .like it and, think their complexions will stand it? It 'is in the interest' of economy,,and .-some people think it is good for the health, too. Tit is a passing quip,'and bound soon to yield to freckles and tan,,and when it does so yield tho piactice 'of dropping into church without a hat will go with it St. Paul himself could ..well distinguish between essentials and inessentials," for after setting forth his .views,about covered heads tor "women and for men, doe* lie not say, "But if any'man seem, to be contentious we���'have no sucIk custom neither the churches of God.'' Which was saying in effect*that, aftor all,,th'r question wasn't,worth disputing over. .. .A kindred question 'has come up���ar tho papers say���in Vermont,; where ,a young woman who expects, soon to b< married objects to promising to obey hei .future husband, and has been looking foi a clergyman who will leave "obey" oui of the marriage service which is to mak< her a wife. She'has found one, but noi in her own church. All the1 same, it wil1 make little practical difference whethei she promises to obey or not. If she mur rles a man worth obeying shedill oba.\ at' a pinoh, and be glad of the chance ( The husband still ranks as the head o. the family,'and though'cases-are com mon where he is not, really in command the happiest families are those in whici he is equal to his job. ' It is not am word of Scripture, or law, or a promisi in the marriage' service that'makes th< husband" the senior and^ ruling partner' .but. nature 'and the - force, of circuin , stances. ' - d ��� Moreover, the fear which some young women have of -having .to, obey a bus band is just a bugaboo. As things turi out there is division of ..responsibility and therefore of authority. Tlie wifi has her realm and rules in it., The hus band takes her orders in matters undo' her control, and she his in some othe> matters, and over other matters stil they consult and agree upon a course Of oourse a bossy husband is objection able, but a bossy husband is apt to be i good deal of an ass, and no young wo man ought to marry a man who is s good deal of an ass unless the exigency i> pressing and she can positively do m better.���"Harper's Weekly." oraer. untidy collars and cuffs, soilcu shirts and shirt-waists, spotted table-, cloths and napkins were the rule in ho-' tels and private homos. The old mammy of slavery days reaped a harvest. Some laundrymen, who thought to be shrewder than their fellows, fixed up great bundles of linen and shipped them to .neighboring towns,' thereby hoping to promote the neatness of their customers,- but the union was on the alert. Wagon-s wen; followed to stations, Die place of shipment ascertained, "and the laundry- workers there notified that '"scab" work was coming to them. <ln most cases these laundry employees refused to do the work, and the bundles were shipped back to Chicago. ' '' . ' Tariff", Changes. .The market for United States cattle and * meats in France is now virtually closed, the French Government havingi mado changes in tlie tariff wliich form an oven more serious embargo on American meats declared by Germany several yeais ago. Henceforth cattle, sheep, goats, hogs, etc., ,and ficsh .-Mid sailed meats produced fiorn them will be subjected to tho maximum t.mlf if imported 'nto 'Franco directly from the United States; or if imported indiiecliy, tliro-jgh a European countiy, theie will be nil nrt- 'ditional tax of 09.5 cents per 220 pounds. ," An Irish,Gentleman. ,Mr. McGroirey, the Independent Irish-, American gentleman who has chosen to, rosldo at Donegal Workhouse, whore ho Is being charged ��1 Is weekly for board and lodging, explained yesterday why ho had taken this course, .su.ys Tho London Daiiy Mall of Sept. 17. , ' It is not because ho is iVsplcised with tho attention and com fort of the Irish hotels, but for tho purpose of tneollng tho' /Convonlenco of his medical advisor, who had been attending hhn Iwlco dully. Tho doctor, who was olten called ��udcienly to attend his patient, thought it would bo botlor for both if Mr. McOrloroy eamo into tho Infirmary attached lo tho Institution. Ho gives this as tho .solo reason why ho has gone Into the workhouse. A successful onglnco'-lng conlfactor In 'tho States, Mr. -McGrioiry came to his native county of Donegal for" I ho purpose , of having somo spni-t, hut particularly for tho benefit of h's health. For some tlmo ' ho stayed in a Donegal hotel, but afterwards removed to a country village some dlstanco out of Donegal, v The only furniture in his room In' tha workhouse consists of two beds, but he states that h<? is .vciy comfortable. He has his own delicacies brought Into the workhouse. When his health Improves 'he Intends going to the south ot Franco. Yesterday Mr. McGroirey was up a.id moving about for the first time since h�� was admitted to' the workhouse intirm- ary. , , _ ' , To Settle Differences. Items of Interest. , A New Discovery. The discovery of a new metal culled seliurn by Edward Mollnrd, a Frenchman, is reported to tho United States Stnte Department. Says Engineering News :- "Tho discoverer as-scrts that aclium costl only one-twelfth as much as aluminum, and Is lighter and stronger. It does no| rust, and is therefore suitable for shipbuilding, for tiio m.inufiicturo of pipes and for railroad construction. It is asserted also that it Is capable of taking a fine polish resembling nickel. Its hardness is not quite cciu.-ii to that of iron, but Is greater than that of le.id or zinc. Its strength Is s.iid to bo greater than that of Iron, but less tha l that of stool." Eight Special Trains. Eight special trains, over as many railroads, have boon engaged to carry John Alexander Dowio and his "Kestoration Host" to New York City. A "groat mission" is to be held in Madison Square Garden from October 18th to November ]st. Dowio will be accompanied, according to advance notices, by tho "Zion White-Robed Choir of Hundreds of Voices, Zlon City Brass Band, hundreds of officers of the church and at least four thousand members of Zion Restoration Host." ' ��� lPaBRaig^XQ'RHfc- "fc?TT7;"r*"i- n*���*" < Gladys Deacon, "the American beauty," met with an extraordinary accident at !Mrs. Adair's fancy dress ball the other night in London. A lady who was walking in front of her tripped, threw up her heels, nnd one shoe flew off, striking Miss Deacon sharply on the chin, causing a bad cut. At His Majesty's Theater, a few nights later, when Claude Lowther's play, "The Gordian Knot," was produced, Miss Deacon still 'had a plaster on her chin. , Tlie French have found a reason for the popularity of the cake walk in Paris. The thing is French! One of the negroes at the Nouveau Cirque, interviewed by a Paris paper, says that the origin of the dance was French. According to this latest account, some of the Frcnoh refugees from the court of Mario Antoinette introduced the minuet into New Orleans about the lime of the Revolution, and it was the native imitation of the most fashionable dance in Europe that was afterward developed into the cako walk. Tho Declaration of Independence is to be seen no more by the public, an order having been issued that hcncefoith tho historic munuscript shall be kept under lock and key in a great fire and light- proof safe. This decision has been reached as the result of an examination of the document by a committee of tlie American Academy of Sciences, recently in session in New York, who acted at tho instance of Secretary Hay, whose attention had been called to the sad state of the famous document. Most of the text of the Declaration is still legible, but only one or two of the signatures can be made out. Tlicre is only a trace of the autograph of John Hancock, tho first to sign. The document from time to time will be photographed in order to measuro as nearly as possible the result of the protective steps. _ Chicago had to get along for over thrco weeks with soiled linen on account of the strike of thousands of laundry girls and men. Every union laundry in Chicago was closed. John Chinaman and a few scattered non-union laundries kept at work, but they could not begin to keep the city's^clothes and household linen in Little credence has been given to rumors that have appeared from time to time. In European papers, to the* effect that the Mohammedans of Asia and Af- ' rica were making an effoit to sink their differences, and present a, united front against the inroads of Christianity. The enrqity between tlie two great sects of Islam, the Sunni and the Shia. lias for generations been as bitter and virulent - ��� as that between'any two branches of" ��� Christendom at any time In its history, ,and It would seem impossible that tins animosity could' be quelled. Moreover." the Mohammedans have no means'of intercommunication, 'no "religious.newspapers, nor other method of moulding public opinion and bringing scattered peoples to think alike on any subject. ' The great focus of intercommunication, the Mecca pilgrimage, is losing its influence. Its numbers' are steadily diminishing, and last year it was altogether prohibited by Government, on account of the plague. It appears, however, says Public Opinion, that neither missionaries nor publicists may have given sufficient importance to one uniting force, tho fraternities which are rapidly springing into being among Mohammedans. Professor Nal- lino of Naples has recently published in a Geneva paper an article upon the "Present Tendencies of Islamism," treating of these fiatornlties as a movement demanding serious attention. It appeals that theso orders existed a century ago, but have been suspected and opposed by orthodox Mussulmans, who deemed them to be opposed by the Koran. Even as recently as 1S40 only about B per pent, of the Mohammedans of the Sahara belonged to them. But the conquest of Algeiia. and the ensuing contact with the abhor- .red "Roumis" (Roman Catholics or Christians) not only aroused a new effervescence of zeal through ail Mohammedan, Africa, but gave a preponderant importance to the hitherto despised fraternities. Now, ProfOKSos- Nallino savs, fully S3 per cent, of the Arabs of North Africa are affiliated with one or another of these tratoinitles, and in all ot them religious zeal Is kept alive by hatred of tho Christians. Thus pan-Tslamism, which even ten years ago was a mero Utopia, may now become at almost any moment a reality. It would suffice for half a score of tho great chiefs, meeting at Mecca at tho time of the pilgrimage, to agree upon time and method, and all Islim, from the Atlantic to tho Milayan archipelago, would unite in an uprising against Christians. ' Order Early. A United States undertaker advertises: "Why live and be miseiable, when you can be comfortably buried for twenty dollars?" Wc shall expect something of the kind over here soon. Don't be surprised when you tako up your morning paper if you read this sort of thing: "Billy Morgan looked down tho barrel' of his daddy's gun to sec where the bullet went to when it went off. Tho funeral was handsomely ��onduct/Cii bty Smith & Co., who 'have always a largo staff on hand, and are open to bury tho wholo neiighborhood at twenty-four hours' notice. A pound of tea given away with every coffin. Order early lo> avoid disappointment!" He was Useful. "Do you think your sister likes to have me come here, Jamcy?" "JTou bet. You lake her to the Ihea- ��� ter nnd bring her candies." "I'm glad I can make her happy." ! "Yea; and tho young 'feller she's en-.' jaged to don't mind it, either, for it/ ��aves him that much money toward go. mg to housekeeping."���"Pick-Mo-Up." A Satisfactory Reason. First picket���What's this strike about, j myway���more pay, less work? What's t for? Second picket���Nahl The boss' lidn't take his hat off or take his dig* j Miton hi? month when do walkin' dele-; fate wene In ter see him.���"Judge." ��� 3> "'i r. . i * *. f ������Mfe��0OttcKVJffih-b-*iUuM I i if. m m w wl W I #' zzl 3> �� 9 "��� ^^���������������������^���^^^���������������������������������������������������������������^���^���^���^^ $. ���: BY LAURA JEAN LIBBEY ��� Author of " The Crime of Hallow-E'en," " The Flirtations of a'Beauty," "Willful Gaynell," f Little Leafy," " Only a Mechaaic's Daughter," etc. ' r ��� "��������������������$��������>���������������������������������������� ���������#*^****����0��*4>**** , Surely there was never so strange a (wedding- as this, A few rain drops foil from (he darkening heavens��� I/eti.i always thought they were angels' tea is��� and tho stars died out of the sky. If thoso silent waves could only b��.vo whispoied to her of (ho woful secret, which; fiom this night's woik, was to daiken her young lifo, she would have c.,i4,t herself thoji and there into their cold embrace, and been gathered to happiness and rust in their bosom. _____ * OIMPTifttt IV. Repented at Ticisuu , The week that " followed secuicd like a stiawgo dream to I/elta. Those wiio wiw Iho young gentleman and Jus beautiful, clinging ghl- wifo woti detail at (hem. _ , ' There was a world of passionate love in tbo girl's cLuk-eyes, every one* . ooutd see sho lived on his woids and glances; her swoet, foieign/fuoo told Its own stoiy. A child no longer ��� love aad miado her a woman, "devoted and tender, a,s the genial sunshine "expands the bud into the rose, i Her Husband mude little pielnnse of ���flection, yet it wub mot in human nature to ,be wholly blind to the ardent love that glowod in that beautiful faco. CTlmont was beginning to realize that the love 'which the Itev. Paul II- lingsworth had predLcted was coming to ins youiiig wife; he���had yet* to learn its depths. lie never dreamed .the one great thought that filled Izetta's soul was: ^ "I love lAIdenc so dearly, so deeply, Hie must Jove mo in return " The week had haiftly passed ere UI- monc repented most bitterly what he had done; it was a sad fact, yet too terribly true, ho told himself. . The vow which had been extorted from him had coat him a terrible j>rice. How should he meet Loraine, who Was his ibetrothod bride, and tell her what ho iiad done? What excuse could be orfer to atone for her'outraged pride? He knew Loraine<loved him ldeeply In her cold, proud way; ho knew how afn would come foi th to meet him, a flush on her beautiful face, arui with the love- light in her eyes;,.has ring-��� the ring with which they had plighted their troth���sparkling on Heir little white hand, how the -light would die out of her beautiful eyes when he told her what he had done, " - Slie conM easily see he had not married for lore, he told himself; he - had been rorced into it through duty; still, thejtatai work had been done��� he was securely married. Brave as the young' man was, he bad not the courage to face his stern, haughty mother; hs would not have flinoneif in the foremost of a battle, IWith shot and shell falling thickly ���bout him; yet ha did shrink from the fnry that would gather in bis mother's eyes .when he spoke the words (Which were beginning to gall like Wormwood on ��is lips��� he was mar- Tied. IC it had been Loraine, proud, peerless, and Jifelf- possessed, how different it would all have been, i IDT ho chanced to meet a maiden *rith golden thaix, his heart almost ceased to ibeat, and the namo Laraino would spring unconsciously , to his lips. i�� he saw a handsome, graceful woman, wnom every one universally admired, or heard her solvery laughter, he would remain silent for long hours, thinking bow blind and rash he had been; thus ihis impulsive recklessness otructc nome ito his heart at last. At was a strange bridal week, rjimoint treated bis young wife gently, considerately, but in hits own heart he cried out: "This marriago was a great mistake!" The young heir of Ulvesford Mines told himself he was wiotchudly unhappy, yet all of .his futuie year3 must pay tho price of one moment's Impulslvoncss. o There waa ino one to blame but himself, fle fully rebolveil, howovor,lh.it Izetta s'hould not suffeir for it. Ono bright, sunlit mottling, toward the close of that ovemtful week, LT1- mont asirud tlzotta if sho would like to take a rainiblo by tho seashore, tho sun was lighting tho water, with a thousand airowy bpaiklea.und tho air was rtgoious and ctlnlaialin^, and laden with itko aioma of the u^lant spice- giovos and myriads of Uossoma over wnucih it had lately lingered. Izetta looked up inlv hia iu.00 with glad, eiliuiing eyes. "I sihouid bo so pleased to go, !2Ir. Boss," she said. How she longed to call him husband, but UJmont's proud, haughty face invited little f_.inili.mry. He had grown quite used to tho title; indoed, it had never stiuck him as Btrwuge hia beautiful young wife should call him Mr. Itoss. .Woman- like, Izetta had donnod her prettiest,robes, of wliich he had purchased her quite a bupply, to please trim. Ulmont had been simply surprised at the fereat difference dress could make in her. In her plain dark dress and crim- fflon cloak he had thought of hor as a wore,, which fitted hoi' ���o pcifectly; yet, after tho first i,u, i): ise, he qu.lo forgot to notice her dppo.uaneo at all. ��� For quite an hour they promenaded the beach in utter silenco; those wlho passed them wondoiud> why tho young man's -face was turned so persistently away from tho boauli'"ul, foreign faco that.was raised so wistfully toward his''-own; they woudored why he loolced lar out ovor tho sea and sighed,-^ Izetta never attempted' to " con- Terse1 wiih him,''being only too content to answer'his questions if ho ohanced to address 'her. '' Sho oftenrsaw htm,take fiom hia pocket a packet of loiters, tied by a dainty, pale-blue ribbon; some ol them were old n'nd worn, ns if by many perusals, and onco she wm quite sure, she saw him gazing long and earnestly at a lock of golden hair, which he replaced with the letters in his Jbrcnst- pocket. - ./Then, tor the first time during tha ���hort week of her m.irnage, she ad- dresssil him involuntarily: -, ^ "Do you like golden h.iir very much, SLlderlct" she asked, wistfully., n^iT * feiisf Instant u-ncuom qu'ta fongot It was his dark- haired wife wlho'asked the question, as he answered, enthusiastically: "It Is the most glorious of all the crowns of womanhood." ' Ulmont never dreamed that Lsetta was wondeting why God <m<'de her own curls so dark, with a deep pain in her j heart, while hr-r v ,hanclirme young husband admired fair, shining hair. ���. O'l will eifiow you. T/etta," he paid, "how gloriously shimmering i golden hair can crown a lieauiUul face" As he spoke he diew from his pocket a pearl case, half hidden ii its hed 'of purple. Izetta silently took the picture from his 'hand. ' ' " ^ "I warn-you not to be enraptured," he laughed. , "Lam the artist, so you see it is by no meins whit it should, .have been; the subject, though, is - worthy of the grandest masters." Izetta igazed Iong_and earnestly at the picture, drinking in every detail of ttoat equisitely", perfect faco. A strange, numb feeling stole over her. -- , She was to k-emember it all with vivid distinctness in after years. The picture was certainly a strange one���half reality, half ideal.j A graceful, tall, white lily was represented on the polished ivory, quite in the centre of a vase of rare exotics, while upon Its snowly petal was' the rarest face Izetta had ever gazed upon- t , \ -, i A face pure and spiritual, yet blended with the coldest pride, from the perfect, arched brows to the delicate curves of the smiliag, sensitive lew pleasaat woids'hnd brought bacu. the sunshine to hoi eyes She onmo up closei lo him and laid hei hand liiiiidly on his .ma. "Do you tbi.'ik, AU'enc," she asked, ���-"imp y as a cmid iiuj.;hT lun o clone, "youi ideal ol love is ptultior than I? You had not seci m ��� then." The vmy caudoi of (Iv question nma/od ' bim. LojIciidst down into those stauy C3ros, no, so ohi/alious to all ti-omeii, how could he help lelling her e^aciveiy thar lici f.iee, above all jotheis, was the most beautiful in the 'world,' " 'As hs looked down up >n her ho wondered if, afcea rill, ilu^it' was ever any possibilit3 ol his bee imng really interested in his fan y\ ung wife,. f\.t that m'iment a ^udden impulse ao\7oA liim to throw the pcicruit far out into the sea and the letters af- iei it. ' i "Whit riirhfc had he, row I hat, he was bound to anothei, tc dream of tho fair face !of Loraine Lornmer, 01 to g.��^�� tuofu'Iyupon the nioi ured fnce? Had Ulmont, for oii< c in his lKe, obeyed tho suddeu impulse that spiang fiom his lie.u t, Ihe greatest tragedy of his iiio would have been spai ed him. ' <��� The giaocl old nnmc and honor of Ulvosfoid, ivhuh I he young lioii would have shielded with his l.fo, would never'have" been dragged through the miie of dishonor, and ibis story would never have been wiittcn. ,Then a slrango event happened. , When Ulmont had paitcd from the rector ho had asked, as a special favor, (hat the ltov. Illing'-'woith should, upon his arrival at Boston, call imme- atoly on his mother. Ulmont Knew that the rector, above all others, was 'the ono best" fitted to break the news of her son's marriage to tho stern, coldi woman, who never forgot nor forgave an miury. , If she would pardon him and receive Izetta as his wife Ulmont had decided to return at once; that was tha message he seflt her, which the strange workings of fate destined she should never receive. ' 4 ' | It happened in this wl'-'o: ' } < 'Ulmont had deened the rector to let Kim know at once tho result of tiiis interview, directing bis communication to a small station at the ciossroad, "which they (nhould read late in the week. ��� '' "" If favorable, he could take Izetta direct to Botton, if not, he could take her for the present to lite old nurse at Silvernoob, who would receive her with open arras for his "sake. He hoped wben his haughty mother saw remonstiance was useless 'and regrets in vain the puncipal difficulty would be removed 'When they reached the station nt the crossroads, Ulmont received a note which quite iintmnned h m A letter, dated two days previous, hastily written, awa.ted him, which was as follows:v - ��� , "Boston, Thursday morning ��� My Dear Boy:��� If you would see your mother alive hasten home at once or you may. be-too late. "I found her in so'fee'ble a condition, fearing the ; slightest shock-might piove fatal, I , dared not broach the subject of your ' ma"rriage. Leave your wife there un- I til the crisis Is past.^ I will be at each train to meet 'you. Your faithfu/ friend," -��� y- < - t i i . d'Paul Illiagsworth." (Again turnout made the mistake of his life by not confiding fully and unreservedly in his young wife. i i In ten minutes"the train started for Silvernook; five minutes later he could catch the express direct to Boston. He had not a minute to lose. mouth, so lake a cleft, deep crimson | He hurriedly explained to Izetta, as rose-ieai. , fae thought, all that was necessary for TOie eyes were a Iar.ge, deep e?- her to know at present. His- mother pressive blue, the face was perfect in I lay ill, perhaps dying, he must go to contour and dainty coloring crown- her at onco, while she muat go ea in a halo of golden bair, long and . . _ �� curling, which mingled with the lily's poldon calyx. Beneath was written in fanciful de- tfgn, "My love." r Izetta scarcely knew how long she g/Bi7ed at it. Ulmont interrupted her. "You are pleased with my fancy?" Se said, igently. "This is your Ideal of love, Alderio,'" lihe said, softiy; "it is very beautiful, ret is only a picture from1 your im- igination, fs It not, Alderic?" The flush deepened on Ulmont's faco is he answered, evasively : "I have seen such a picture^ it was mo of_n fewchofce ones in a private collection. I painted it quite from ���nemory." -' "It must havo Impressed you Itrongly, Alderic." "So it did," be replied, carelessly tnough'. How liftTe sfte knrw every Hncnmnnt )t that beautirol face, of which Lo on alone to Silvernook,1 which was fortunately but an hour's ride. | , He would fiive her a note to his old nurse, wlom she could readily'find, who would receive her kindly until he came for her, which vwould certainly be within tbo following ueek. > I Ulmont hastily tore a loaf from his memorandum, wrote a Ehort note which he addressed and placed in her hand, together with tho "little package containing the money her grandfather had lelt her, and two hundred dollars which he happened to have by him. , . | It was all so sudden. ' Izotta struggled hard to bravely bear the sepaiatioji from the hu&b.md whom she so madly worshipped. The next momant found her alone on tho train. I Ulmont watched long and earnestly till she was quito out of sight, the ' sweet, tear-stained face pressed closs I tgninst the wmdow-pn no. Ioope<l D.ioic, i,>uod Luiaino homtu^x, the licit ess. < , Tho golden sunshine never lingeicd mpona fiuipi piciuie than ybe mid'1 in ho'r morning diesa of creamy i laoc, which fell ln'graceiul folds about Llj perfect figure; she looked what sJn wai-i queenly young^girl, one boin to commund. Thero wore pride, poetry and pasnon blended in each glance of her ^iu.1,, flashing eiyes, her lace in us h.-iugluj chaiining repose, i\as simply a rei- fect ono, from which her long golden hair was pu=hed caielossly back, , .- spray of white heath in its goltlei waves, fastened with a diamond arrow. / r , A magnificent solitaire gleamed up on her finger, on which her ey<io olli) Tested. 'At lastjshe turned from the wn dow, with a light shado of disappouu ment on her fnce "I hud quite expected a letto flora Ulmont," she .said, meditatively "I am f-uiptisrd at n��t lnivuig so;u< kind of a message from him. 'Iler mother, wno ief lined on an ad jaconl divan, closed the book she helc in her 1-ip with a sm le as she icpliv:cl "LTImo:,t may count himself lucu> if he roacheb here b> (o-monow. Yo.: must no( foiget, my dear Loraine, how very uncertain the ai rival o< the.se steamers aie nowadays. Younii people aie always impatient. I ncvej saw a young, expectant biido, will, out thinking of the day beloio mj own wedding." "Did you feel a strange, happj restlessness that you could soaicclj explain,l mamma?" asked Loiaine, 'blushing^-iosily, seating heiself on a low hassock at her feet. "Yes, and I was much like you, never quito satisfied unless I was at the window, watching fort-the coming oi my lover." The rose bloom" deepened on 'Loraine Lorriiaer's flower- like face. "You are mistaken, there, mamma," she said. ,"I do not'expect him until the eventful to-morrow."' * (As she spoke, "she thought of the closing sentence of the last letter she had received from him; he had written: "I shall be'af'Lorrimer Place by<the 15th inst., positively, tt> claim for my bride the sweetest, fairest girl in all the wide, wide���jvoiId.,My sweet Lo- 'rainei tune nor tide, could e'er withhold mo." , ,' The supsrb trousseau a princess might have been proud of, had arrived tho day flbelore; then Loraine had done a foolish thing; she had airay- ed herself in the shimmering gossamer robes to note the 'effect; even clasped the peaifs around her perfect neok >and arms, and fastened the veil to her golden heir, smiling pioudly'thc while, as'she thought how pleased her handsome young lover would be lwith her. <i As Loiaine stood- theie, an event happened, which, though trifling in itself, caused her a strange sensation. She had gone To her jewel-case to consult her watch.., > -, , "How strange," she said.to .herself, as she took it in her baud, "j, "It , has stopped!" ,-1 i i , ,t"'i ' i It \vanted twenty minutes to eight, i Loraine gathered'up her bridal robes about her, stepping out into the corridor, to where the huge old clock tick-, ed'away'the hours; her heart almost ceased to beat���the pendulum stood still, watch and clock, as if by common consent, had stopped on the selfsame moment��� twenty minutes ' to eight. Tnraine hastily, re-entered her bou- anbl blackest eyes, over whicli hfa bushy eycforoSvs meet in a ' straight line across his face, and ho has tho whitest of teeth, arid, indeed, ho scarcely reaches to my shoulder��� he is a dwarf." *Tt is ,Vat.U, tho dwarf," gasped Loiamu, sinking back in affright in ' her seat. "Quick, quick, Katy," she, ciied, "bar the '��� doors against him, fasten him out; let him not gam evnn vso much as a foothold m the hali;- quick; oi you miay ber loo Intel"' ' As the maid sped quickly lo do her bidding, Loiaine hid her face in her white, jeweled hands. "Vatal's .visit seems the forerunner of somo impending evil," she muttered. "Is somo wuel blow about to fall upon me? I cannot, I will not, believe it. I wonder, what cou^ have brought him here, the day before mj wedding?" ' ^A dark stiadow fell belwpon her and tho sunshine, lingea ing for a moment only on the opposite .wall, upon which her eyes were fastened Loraine knew full well it was the shadow of Vatal, the dwarf. The fail young heiiess little dreamed tho enraged dwarf was at (hat moment shaking his finger 'back at her F as he" muttered: i " ', "You have had your fate- in your own hands to-day���,1 might have sav- / ed you and yours, but you scorned my words, baired me fiom your door ���proud daughter of a proud race, go blindly on to your fate1" . The next morning broke clear and bright; no Jbride ever looked out.upon a fairer wedding- ,moining. No cloud was in the blue, smiling heavens; all t nature seemed stuving its best to put forth its beauty. s- ��� > Even the^lLttle, lobins poured forth '- their sweetest melody, as though they were singing ,their hearts out in their song, as they gazed up at the fair,- happy faoe at the window wi(h their5 Utile, bright eyes, while they dashed -' their wings in the fountain's spray. *, - "How bright love makes the v\oild,',j laughed Loranne; "ah! who has, so'-1 handsome a lover as 1?" ' ' 7 1 She hid her face m a 'bouquet of fragrant blosraoim3. ' , ~ "My darling," she whlcp"i ed ^o'tly v to herself, "how I have counted the( long days of the year that have pass- -, edl Ah, Ulmont, mv love, ���������"lei a' few moie houis nothmj cm separate' us" She wondered why I h^ wm.l came quesnoiungly bao'c i p.m hor h '.art ������ Nolhm,gf ' ' Thoae who saw Liuaine foiiiin^i that day wondcied al hoi utcnie happiness, her bulli.inov and wit, as - she llittod here and ihuie, a merry , gioup of tnuighi��'g' maidens following^ after, fluttering nud chuprijt, l.ke7 robins in the h'i '���! "��� ��� -ngtimiv. , (To be Cantlnued.') i If IT' HIS OLD HOME | Vernoil Bromley Cured '* t>y % A ' Dodd's Kidney Pills " J -V'1 ralne Lorrlmor wa3 tho original, was > J^'s heart gave a great throb, atamped indelibly on his "heart. { , "Was It possible," he asked himself, The igreat wonder was, how was he i ''^6 was foarnmg to love his young over to learn io forget her? Izetta's wife after all?" hand trembled as she handed tho por- Izetta's face Imuntcd him during all trait back to hor husband. , 3' Ws journey home; ho quite wished Was it fa to that caused tho hand- 'h" wasby his side again, some caso to drop iiom her nervous i How little Dlinont Ulvwdori! dream- fimgers upon the shaip < rags at her sd under what pitiful ciroun.stancey foot? She uttered a stditied cry. b�� should look upon her face agnin. There was but M'tlo d.unnge done; the face was uninjured, only a por- _���_ ho was sorry, too, but mistakes would. ohiid, yet he was forced to admit she happen; there was no help for them, was it beautiful young girl in the Ulmont laughed as he noted how a ���oft. dark plash traveling- dress sho tion-of one ot the comers was bio ken off, wlncb fell into hoi hand as she stooped to recover it. Izetta could not just then account for the sudden impulse tl yi 1qi{ her to pr&serve that little jigged edge of poarl so carefully; pcihaps bocau-c it had belonged to sometbiug her hu��� band had prixad; it had lain in hui hands; his eyes had gazed upon it. Uknont was quite amused at the grieved face turned toward him. "I hope you will torigive mo, Al- d��rio," sho said; "I have spoiled your beautiful portrait, your pretty lovo." ' {"IT" #" ^V * m��?ei ���i *rciaucj How little Izotta realised the v.tal ^Sf^ ^^T^V^T^Zl truth of her words. Anl sho bad I ?��?* *?" C^cefui white- necked \ spoiled his love, and his life; yet he ! ll^J^ ^it^ �� ^ EE iaugnod gayfy at her soirow. Of court/e CHiAPri'Eft V. In the midst of a ��-<��<��� n end grassy lawn, thie-Irly studded lure and theroi vith towering cjms nnd stately bcechi ���roes, stoocl a gray- '���tone structure,' lalf hidden fiom the main road by erecopfng vlaos and Intervening shrubbery; its moss-grown turrets and gabled roof towering toward the sunshine��� this was Lorrimer Place, one of tho finest old mansions to be found in the suburbs of Boston. Tho spacious grounds, which surrounded it were a model of artistic. .._ _. Jus as she was haughty and beauti- blo statuary bnlf hidden by the rare, Jul. dsndo foliage, and rose- covered ar-p "What kind of a looking person is bors which extended to the thickly- ��e. Katyf" wooded glen which Jay beyond. "���*��� dark, swarthy man," answered At one of the windows, from which the maid, promptly, "with a iong, the heavy, amrjber sotia curtains were Jar*: beard, and the sharpest, crueleat aoir; she was not superstitious, yet she could not help but remember the storyi- she had often heard, how that same old clock had stopped on the eve preceding some great, sorrowful family event. Mill she did not like to remember old traditions on the eve before her wedding- day, Pretty young bridesmaids had tak- ��n full possession of the hall. "Everything should be in perfect readiness on the morrow," they said. The bride'eake had arrived, and was really a work of art in its way. Merry pealsc of laughter filled the corridors and spacious i ocms, as nimble fingers fashioned the great pil- iars of roses. , "One wedding makes many." More than one maiden secretly hoped that some faint-hearted lover would take courage, under the mystic ^ influence of tjie occasion, and who knew but their own xvedding- night might be the next to follow. I"uIJ many a happy thought was (twined among those roses.those sweet, J fragrant roses, that could keep their own secrets. Mrs. Lorrimer gazed upon her daughter with all a mother's fond pride. i "You are peerlessly beautiful, Lor- ftine," she said, caressing tho young girls bright, golden hair. "You might have marrjod a duke or princo, yet you have chosen lovo. You have wealth, beaut y and love; truly your linos have fallen in pleasant places." Sho kissed he.r daughter's upturned faco and left Iho looin, leaving Loraine alone .with her own happy ro- (lectionjs. Al that momcal Katy, the maid, appealed al the door. ''If you please, Miss" Loraine," she said, "there is a peison clown slain who insists upon seeing you, although [ told htm you g.avo orders (hat no stranger should bo admitted." i "Did he give you no card, or state his business?" asked Loraine, sur- prisedly. "Cardl oh, no," answered tho maid, with a slight grimace. "He is down un the servants' hall and refuses to give his name." "That's strange," murmured the heiress, reflectively, thinking perhaps .t was some poor tenant, or a former recipient of her generous "bounty; for Loraine was as eapricious and gener- For Years he was Crippled by ,���' Rheumatism and Soiatica ��� Dodd's Kidney Pills made frfm . a New Man. Morristown, N. Y., Oct. 19.���(Special).���Vernon Bromley, now of this place, but formerly of Trenton, Ont., relates an experience that will provs ~ of great interest to his old friends iu Canada. "I have been 'a great sufferer from Rheumatism and Sciatica for years,',' Mr. Bromley states. "The citizens of Trenton will remember what a cripple I was. I could neither work oc lie down, the pain was so great. "Reading of ^ures by Dodd's Kidney Pills, finally led me to tiy them- " and from the second box I began to'" feel relief. I continued to use them till I had taken twleve boxes, when I was completely cured. "Dodd's Kidney Pills have made- & new man of me." Rheumatism and kindred diseases are caused by uric acid in the blood. If the Kidneys are sound they will take all the uric acid out of the ^ blood. Dodd's Kidney Pills make sound Kidneys. 'r' -n Long, long he strove to gain tha height, jo. And thereby win her heart, have \ Then learned, poor victim, that he might Have had her at the start. ���Chicago RcGord-Herald. .' "You love my daughter,?" said tho old man. "Love her?" he exclaimed, passionately; "why, I could die for her! For one soft glance from those sweet eyes I would hurl myself from yonder cliff and perish, a bleeding, bruised mass, upon the rocks two hundred feet below." r- Tbc-'old man shook his head. "I'm something of a liar myself," he said, "and one is eiinujrh for a small family like mine"���Tit-Bits. The Blushing' Brule���Tlie deacon done go ask hic ef 1 take Washington foh bcttah or ton wonsc. The Bride's Father���He di-id?" "Ya-as, an' I dun go tell him foh bettah, if you please."���Yonkera Herald. .r Leyor'a Y-Z (Wise Head, Disinfectant Soap Powder is better thanother oowders. as it k bath soax> and d>>Wectant. -f xA. RSWHB mumtWK I-���> _ ��IMAt^( I "^ rtViiA ._ C "Ivi.HJjU *ii-<TJ(JjnfV ( n, kUfVaUu'L'rjl' M-Mfdt<*>>**��urMi-4.ihMit��U.afti'Sf- M'MwM ��, ����w .���tfttr-uittoMAkHttu :'l :,.'.: m.- A/rLIN; B.��� C, SATURDAY. DECEMBER I2, ,^03. The-Atlin Claim. Publialiod every .Sntlii-ilny morning In T'ik A tun Claim Puiilisnin-q Co. A. C. Hiii&riiritLii. Uiutoh, I'coi'bibtoic. UlUuti ol piililieutiuii 1'eai'I St.. Atlin, U. C. .\<lvt'itisln;r Ituttoi': fcl.Wl per inch, pucli Iiiioruoii. iweauuii' iiijIi����"��, l'> cents a Inn1. Sfujt'inl Contrui't K.iti's on application. The Hiitiscripliuii iii'ii'f is ';.'' �� .\ec.i' pii.v- ublu in ,'tihuni'u. JSo p i|ii"i' \\ ill lie iliiilvorpil unlchii Hiih oondilioii U ..cmiulioil with. expressed, their willingness to financially assist if Uie appropriation was found to be insufficient. A. O. U. W. Saturday, Dkc isth, 190-: <WW<��CT*l^fctnKJjrmUHjif���.VTWJltn^l'r'l "mm^yms r '��7t.i '^r.-A*r��M 'The value of Fraternal Brotherhood and tlie protection it affords to the families uf its membeif.-needs no recommendation on our ptnt. The ancient Order of, United Workmen has ptoved to be - the" . chief of all beneficiary ordeis and " the adoption of the new fraternal; assessment, called a "Guaranty Rate", makes the Older a safe and sure protection for the futnie. Sincc.its oiganizatiou the A'. O. U. W1. has paid to the beneficiaries of its members upwaids of one hundred and twenty five million dollars. The Order'today compiises a membeiship of close on half a million and offers insurance at absolute cost. ' , ' ' ' Atliii Lodge is a growing one; and its members are well satisfied with the new plan of assessment. The upbuilding of the- local" organization, when its high plane of usefulness is properly understood, is but a matter of time. Every brother should commend , the Order 'to those desiring to .profit from the low rate of insurance; many a man when lying on a bed of sickness, regrets he has no life' insurance and still more the lack of Fraternity, the ethics of the Order demand triat its membeis essay to prevent scuh regrets vand by so doing perpetuate the existence of the A. O. U. \V. which has now entered on the fourth decade of its existence. ' A well attended session-was held at the'A, O U. W. Hall and the question ofthe new assesment rales was thoroughly discussed and met with the general approval of the .Lodge. Practically no change is made in tire monthly assessment levied on members under 55; the cost to them being as low as 65 cents per #1,000 at ages i8,to'25, furthei they" can by transferring to a level premium plan escape the high rate at 55. The new rate is a/ guaranty pledge, or $30,000,000", - by the younger members to members ovet 55 years, and is practically a fraternal assessment to prevent the "freezing out of old members of the Order. ' . ', irtfjtffKjt^jKff asrdl "Gra��$�� ���b-&l..,^^ And' All Kinds of Jewellery Manufactured on the Premises. g��&~ Why send oik when you can get goods as cheap here? Watches Front $5 up. Fine Liese of Souvenir Spoons. JULES EGGERT & SON, The Swiss .Watchmakers. I THE KOOTIiNAV HOTKL. I Cor, A, R. McDonald, Proprietor. FlKST AND TKA1KOK STKI'KTS. 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He kepb ����� books? and in pajment for bis service ��aa willing to ac,ept, in lieu of cash |e��. anything that hi* patients migbt bo Inclined to'oiler. , , Sometimes this proved a convenient arrangement; more often, however, it was not, for the village people soon learned that it was only, loo easy to im pose upon the kind-hearted, gentle old Sootor. They loved him, of comse-thcj Jould not help doing that- biit-appar- fcntlv the village conscience slopt when ft ��me to settling with the easy-going *Cw��' those who snid that tho teason he submitted so tamely to'being (underpaid was because he feared to mW tow kinghis patients .11 again by demand- C larger fios. The truth of the n.attei *is, however, llial the ovei modes, doe- tor undervalued his own woi th. ��BUt, James," Mm Hi onsnn would remonstrate, "It's nil vciy ��ell to Uko t ���it In potatoes, but j ou know 3��st as Tell ��b I do that T.moH.y Pock always Sls.hiB best potatoes, and b, , �� raly'the little imdcisi/cd ones that no, Cy would think ol buying Those h��si dmei weren't bigger* than mnrhtoK ^ou_ tnust stand up for yom rights. ' toBut the doeUy, a,,,��unly unmoved try those promts, continued- to iwcepj tf. patienW eKcuac along with 'the. pfferings of wo. my apples, wood tkat was full of knots, egiM that were moy than doubtful, and milk that .-was guilty |". 0f cream. The Uroiwiws were evei Ihort of r^ady money, but*ll their othei Cants were, in a measure, supplied, ���!��� not always to Mrs Bio��on��s saUstac ��� the is he stepped into not tlniijre ��n> atitfs of Russia.'w-ve hi. Jace a curiously distoi ted e\'pre��-ii n l1 was certainly not a pnpossi- >g hois ��nd it was not suipiisiiig tlmi Mt�� fcronson regaided him with eoiiitoination when sue, t-oo, joined the liltlog.ou< at the gate. ��� ~r, , "James," said she, in an accusing soli-, touch of the suiUli it was some momenta befciTe siiO ��onl Aladdin, villi an expiess on of positive ' ' "" gratitude, semmbled to his feet. "Well, I decline'" smd the doctor. "I've sat for half ^n houi at a^stietch waiting for that horse to get tiied of sitting in the load e-l'd have saved hours if I'd lust been able to guess what he expected of me. I've felt all these months as if I were a ternblc disappointment to> him, but I couldn't make out what he wanted me to do." "Well," said the man, laughing, tsvo years ago, when 1 and ,Hus hoise were in the circus business to'ithei, he was considered one of the brightest hotses in the countrv. If you'll, sell him, I'll give you 'ei<*ht liundied doll.us for him���mind you, I'm notdijing that he isn't worth more. I'm not in the uncus business any longer, but T hfl-ppeii to kit ,\\ wheie I can sell this nninml and met ii'y own price for him, and my business i il e=i me right to that place ���>\t woel Ma) be he Hit, handsome, but he's got biama, this hor*o has " "Vo/nn nait"J-e'd >''*��� Bunion, 'is the family rode hone bi hind the rejuvenated L0lt,,"I don't know but: ��. - Aladdin moie thin makes up foi mi those umlei sired potatoes At thin handsome mlmwion the doctor faiily beamed oxoi I s -ptrtacles Indeed; so pleased ��... he with hi, one good bar-am thai lion thai moment he felt a .oLtivep.n^MieiMhetmiecamefoi him to part w.lh that ;b���gai i, e en though he leceiv.d m eschu.ge his lint wlcojlaU. Ijl.-;1oo1.6 Comoamun. Up came a'hoof, ami tlie man "sliooK hands" with the hoiie. "Tlnow a ki��s u> \w ladies" said the man, touching Aladdin's a-ilJe Aladdin lowered lu-> hc.ul to meet his hoof, and (lung an ('inline k.ss to the de lignted bj->tandois. "Up," said the ".ian. with anothei ligi't -it ������-- iummon a voice of any soil���"\mib tun man's late employer by i.ny change th propuetor of the encus that disbiinde. in Cloverly last fall?' ( _ "Now you mention it my dear," sni' the doctor, mildly, "L lecall'that tnat i exactly who he was. Ihe man succeeds. b selling one of his Iioi^ls, and it ice us to me he said he could get a (rood piles ior this one if he could only bung it to the right market, lie said in his note that his wife waB anxious to get homo to her own people, and that he didn t see his way clear to selling the hoise. No one in Cloveily seemed to care to buy the animal." "I'm not surpiised," 3aid Mis Bronson. "His looks aie decidedlj against him " "Still," mud Cicely, w nose daikcst cloud always had its sii\ ex 1 iims, "he is mueh better than a lion or a hjeiu. Suppose that this'acrobat and his wife had been obliged to tako their piy in monkeys or gnalles or boa-constiictois1 Wheie would the pool Bronsons lnvobeen men.' I think we've had a foitunate escape,'" _ * The hoise, e.vecpt for a few petulian- tieo, proved an exeelli-ia amiual Ho w s gentle and tractable, a good tiavclci, and ���he seemed to be po*iCi-.ed <n moie linn ordinary intelligence. The town-peopla 'soon became ncciutoimd to the goi��eoiij- ncss of his extenoi. and the Hionvnw would havo foi gotten that he had iiiiif been a1 cneus hoise had t not been far certain singula. tuJ ,wlnch Iw fic- Neglect a cough and contract consumption. Tk The Lung Tonic cures consumption��� but don't leave it too long. Try it now." Your money back if It doesn't benefit you. Prices 25c, 60c, and S1.00 S. C. WELLS ft CO. Toronto, Can. , , L��Roy, N.Y. Mr. Edbon's Ideas on Radium. and lion "I really need a new Iwnrse," saffi Es^Lsr^vik:ssr--i tJund oi 4iS����'The ��*��. V^^f lo give out before the summer is-ovci The "oolt," which was a colt only bj . Curtesy, being twenty-tw,.years' of a^ and old for his years, certainly looked ks if he might give out et any -moment & imped Ihghtly, he ��� blind in on, tye, and something vtm ^.ong;with^ h breithing appaiatus. ,H�� o^izei doj Sim with the utmost ter.derness but , teas plain thxt the doctor neea-ed a nei. Wse, and .that without dj-lny,' "Here's a'letter foi ^V'^LS, Cicely, the Bionsons' only doaghter, i- Sr^ctor turned in eft the gate.thai. * toon. "I'll put it at your pUce at the toble so you can read it .wlifle.you.ai. Sing tte'beans that Mrs T31&e.brougnt vou for setting Johnny''; log. ��� y 4ow really" said the-doctor, when h- had read the lcttei. -this ^-,'evyio^ fcate. I've tued all the spr.ng not ; wish that Sam Peter* would fall ill, ba It's been a great temi'tation,' for Sam i-, ^ tht only person I coiM thmk of tha .SSuld be likely to ,p^ ^���}���^ horse. But it seems, my dear*, that bam was not my only dependence, aftei all Shis note is from a aif=n who-seems ab suidly giatcful. He says he^as no casr to pay what he owes inc. so he is sending e a driving horse-a oice,.ttaiet hoise e��Ayq^iet horse' Humph!"-said Mrs. Branson, with mild aascaom. Ho pro, bably means that the hows is dead &ou'd better see whasfc you're^ p"1"^ bef " " New Yoik, end the horse m to'be delivered to-day. Now what did >fchat man - Wife tell me about that hors-t Eeallj. }t was so long ago that E have forgotten tut it seems to me thattfhe man was ie ��ome sort of Ibusines^-I Soiget .just tihnt ���and when his employer failed���or tin jonccrn br��kMi,up���this mrrn's wages wer.�� paid in ho- sea. \d, I but b as it,-��i horses ilis wife, a pxctty little woman, was i Jor months, e.yht miles up the Ca-.p road at a foimhouse near Clownly���tt��o busi^ liess went to pieces at iGloveily���and those people seem to thinlr that (the wo man owes her life to me." "I guess th*y think rig'ct, toor' said Cicely, who a; proved ot hei faLhei with fcll liw sixlcen-3ieai old sou*, /'lsit t she the person that >you ��at up with for si\ xsonsecutive nights when >>ho had ,piTeu ��nonia? You deceive a diren lwsos - week for all the beuuifvu, unsclh3li things you do." The doetoi --miled gratefully at ���tin- Itiibute. Koi all tU> yens of his inamed Jifc he hid ehciMiod n. mild ambition I.. flhow Mr?,, lbon-,011 tliat he wao lenllj' �� bettei liiw-nciui than she considered linn ��To one suspected it���^lis Bionoon len H pf nil���but the uniipyrecialed dostoi v��- exeeedingly sensitive o\er his Kspeated <iuluics in Uic mnltes of fees, and ht tonged after n veiy luuvan fashion te ohow Ins family Hint he ���rtiis as cipable a business maw fa a phjsicuin The oppoiluiiily, however, seemed bIon* Sn coin.ng While c\ei.>o.'e admitted hi- ncdicol skill, theie ,eem��.l to be ��ia\e doubts tonciinmg his e\e-utive abihli ^Vll through the sa-Jing each bugain had taioved woise than tlu piccLding one. Befoie the dootor had linished his mcnl ithe hoise armed, and was tctlicieJ to the hitching-post onSule the gate. Im- we-uona Cicely mshed out at on.'e to Hiake h.s atfiiiaintancc At sight of him, however, the (,'hl stared in amazement. "OilI" sho gasped, ga/ing nt the doe sr's latest fee "That man snid '.e w i% (juiei, but ho ceitamly doesn'l look it, tor's latest fee (juiei, but lie B-ii��"; .��"... - IVhy, positively, he is quite tho loudest looking horse I evei miw." Cicely was light Ilowcer mild teo torse niiiht pio\c in disposition, he ww' jinytLlfig but quiet m appeaiance. lnJ lienni-colaicd sin tare uus liicgulnin Hiiu-ked vitli luge reddish ��� In o\\ >�� blotches, his lefl side lescmblcd a mnpo' quently placed, If his driver happened to twitch fh�� reins In a certain way, the hor-,e. who^t name-was Aladdin, would hiiddenly stoi short wheiever lie happened to be, rum regaidless of .both harness' and consequences, would- seat himself on hi�� haunches,'"with Ids forefeet still Testing on the ground. j Nothing that the doctor could say oi do would induce his calico steed to rise Aladdin would turn his head and look pleadingly at his master, as if imploring Mm foi permission to stand on all fours, hut the bewildered doctor was powerless to help him. At last, when the hoise could no longer endure his cramped and uncomfoi table attitude, he would c��t a final lepioich ful glance at his puzzled mastei, and, as if abandoning all hope fiom that qu,i ter, woald scramble to his feet and pio cccd en his way like any oidmary horse .The doetoi was finally obliged to use a patent"harness without bieeching Aladdin's only other lepreliensible trait avas his custom of dancing to the musk of the Cloveily band. Whenever the doc tor's business took him to Cloveily, h< found it expedient, alter his fust e\pcn ence with Aladdin's walt/mg hoofs, tv enquire by telephone if hiena was an^ likelihood that "the band m'ght appea, upon the streets that day. " If, by any'chance, it happened to he r gala day, t'he doctor would turn Aladdiu out to-grass", and would drive the aucieni colt; for a summer of idleness had mucti .improved that misnamed animal. County fair week was approaching, and as usual the Bronsons were short of ready money. Cicely, w ith Iter elbows on the table, spent se\eial -evenings 'ovci calculations in,domestic economy, foi hei autumn waidiobe was in need of leplen ishing. She had little tune for enibroi-i ���eay, and the only thing she had evei paanted was, as she said laughingly, the front fence. - ' ^ "No," she saJd, "I'm afraid thi3 family doesn't boast a eingle cdubitable po= session, unless��� Father!" �� "What is it?" asked the doctor, looking up hastily from his book. ���"Could you possibly get along with nothing tut the .eOlt to drive all next week?" "1 suspect I shaE have to^" returned the doctor. "All tlie brass bands in th< county are coming foi the fair. Aladdin dances pretty well for a horse, but it's haid on the buggy." . "Then," si.id Cicely, giving tar fathei'- hand an enthusiastic squeeze, "if you don't mind^we'Il exhibit him at the fun as a carriage Iioise. They oirer beautiful prizes in the horse dopaitment. I'm sine there isn't a more noticeable horr.e in the country, so thoie's no danger of hia being overlooked." Aladdin did indeed attract much atlen' tion at the fair. To be sine, the jwlga~ were lather inclined at fust to soofl at him because of lus gaudy extciior; but partly because theje was %ery little /competition, and partly because he possessed certain fine points not appicciated bv\ the careless observei, he was fulallj awarded a second pn/c. "I'm glad,' said Mrs. Bronson, when sho heard of it, "that we have one financier in the family " Before the week wao over, howevei even Mrs. Bionson was willing t/> admit that the family contained two. The tlin/. Bionsons bpent Friday afternoon at the fair, going fiist of all to visit their sue tcssful exhibit. Even w ith his seal let ribbon, Aladdin looked far fiom beautiful; but Cicely felt the crisp pink pie roiam cheque in her pocket, and swelled with pride. "Is this your hoise?" asked a man, stepping up and torn lung hia cap leopu r fully. "Ycb," said CJcelv, who was for the moment alone. "At least, it'b iny fath- ei's." "I believe I'm acquainted with that horse," si.id tlie man, with a huuioioiis twinkle m his eyes. "Uied to know linn real well���li\ed uifli him, in fact. 1 wouldn't be surpiiscd if I lould piove it " A stunted tiee gicw opposite Aladdin's stall. The man stepped to it, bioke olf a switch and stnpprd it of its leave* lie toucher] the c\-cii(.us none lightly on the tio"c witli tlie s'endci switch Aliuldm .nsta.ii.iy soiled h'n^elf on the giound nnd looked expei tantly at tiio Smoking: inY Spain. C(tn there be any connection between the marked degeneration of Spam ana the abuse of tobacco in that country? People there smoke incessantly, under all conditions, at all houTs, and in all places���excepting in church. Men smoke fn the railway carriages; .they smoke in all the tramcars; they smoke in all the minor theaters; they emoke m all the restaurants; in the hotel dining-rooms, and, of course, in the cafes. In business offices the meiohant and his clerks smoke. In shops th'e shopman, while laying to sell goods to a'lady, will stop to roll a cigaiette, which, when lighted, he will puff in her face. . > You see conductors and drivers of tramcais smoking.'All the cabmen smoke all the time, while even coachmen and footmen of prhate callages sometimes smoke on the bov. I have seen (says Jeiome A Hart) piiests smoking as they crossed the cathedral yard'to begin service, and I have seen altar hoys standing in their surplices at the cathedral dooi, Ibetween responses, to smoke a cigarette Berears approach you, cigarette in mouth, /to whine for elms. If you ask for tickets at a railway office the cleric Jays down his cigafetfe as he hands you the dingy bits of pastcboaid. The innumerable ,peddlers smoke cigarettes all the time. ���,?-,-' l c -' ,, ' I have .seen'no, women'Of the bette< class'smoking-cigarettes in public; they may smoke,.but if so I suppose they do, it at home. ^The lower-class women, including the gypsy women, smoke freely in the streets rlf > the cigarette habit i�� universal in Spain so are its sequelae On every hand you hear the deep, haek- Insr, pulmonic cigarette counh Tuberculosis is rife in Spain, and while the doctors say (but what will not the doctors say?) that "excessive tobacco, qua tobacco, has nothing'to do with tuberculosis, they admit that "excessive tobacco brings about a condition of diathesis con- stitutii"*--' favorable nidus for the growth of the bacillus oi tuberculosis." la Praise of the Dog. United States Senator Vi st o-ice paid this eloquent tribute to a dog in a suit brought against a farmei uho shot his neighbor's faithful bea*t in nnlica- The onc��absolutely unselfish f-.iend that mai can have in this selnsh l��oild, the on" thet never deserts him the one thai ���never proved ungiatetul or Ueacherou�� i3 his dog. A man's dog stands by Inn in prosperity and in po\eity, in healtl a'nd in sickness He will sleep ontW cold ground, wheie the wintry wind blow and the enow dii.es fieicely, �� on!} he mav be near his maslci's side II' wii^ kiss the hand that hts no food t' otle?; he will lick tlie wounds and sore- that come in eneountei with the rough ness of tlie world, lie guaidi the sleej of hia pauper laasicr as if he weie .' piinca. When all otlioi fiiend, deseit In ieinoins. When riches take wings anr, leputation falls to pieces he is as con stant in his'love as the nun in its joui neys through the heaieim If fortunr drives tho mastei foi th an outcast n. tho world, friendlesft nnd homeless, tht faithful dog asks no highei pnvilcge thai that of accompanying lum, to guard against danger, to light against hi enemies. And when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the master in it- embrace, nnd his body is laid nway in tho cold giound, no maltei if all othei ,friends puisne their way, there by the gritvcside will the noble clog be louiul liis head between his paws, his eyes s-ul but open in alei t vat chilliness, faithful and ti'ue, even in death " On the strength of this speech, it is s.ad, the jury was so moved that it aw aided the plaintiff u ���yeidicfc of five hundred dollais. Thomas A. Edison has evolved iiinouiiced a theory which he- believes iolve-> the pioblem that has been pu/.-^ ding scientists ever s-nce tlm dis- ���oveiv made by .Madame Curie ol he pi'cuha. proptities ol ladnim and the tindicd substunces uianium and thor,. um. The phenomenon piesentcd by .hose substances, as is geneially known, ���s then apparent propel ly of'giving oil letime ra\s of peci-hai (hemical pioper aes, soine'whnt similar'to the Tloenlgen 'ays, without nnv appuent loss of c"ier gy or bulk Based on these ob-ei\ed phenomem s>\ei'd hew theoid of matter have been put foiwaid, all of which accept as a fact the apparent origin ol the eneigy within tlie substances them selves. ' Mr. Edison's theory eliminates thu contradiction of acce��ted natural laws, and indicates the possibility that the en. ergy emitted by. radium is merely reflected, o.s it were, from some unknown source.?' " . . "I have made extensive experiment, with the Roentgen ray and .with radium," said Mr. Edison to a representative of "Harper's Weekly," "and have com. to the conclusion that"- these new substances are not the- sources of energy, but are rendered fluorescent by the action of some hitherto undetected efchei Vibration or ray. Just as the Roentgen ray and the Iler/aam wave lemcined un dreamed of foi cenluries after the phenomena of sound, light and heat vcr�� well undeistood, so it is not only pos sible but extiemely probable that th��Ti are other lays in the immense gamut from sound to ultii-violet which we have not yet discoveicd In my own e\pen ments I have found that the ordinary elcctiie aie when raised to an extiemcly high tempeiature gnes off Ji'iay which renders oxalate of lithium highly iluoies cent. In the same way the Roentgen lay renders platinum-baiyum cyanide, _ tung state of calcium, and cupip-cyanide oi potasdum highly fluoiescent���that is, the X ray sets up in these substances a condition of activity whicli results in the emission from them of actinic lays and a small amount of heat. "My' theory of radio-activity is that the. rays winch the new'elements emit are set up in the same way, the-sub stances being rendeied fluorescent bj some form ot ether \ibration which is undoubtedly all-pcrvadmg, but Iras not yet been isolated or measured, and which may have some extra-planetary origin To accept any other theory is to decline one's belief in perpetual motion, in get ting something fori nothing. "It is not at all stiange that only two or three substances have yet been found which exhibit this phenomenon, as theu aie only three substances known whicl are rendeied fluorescent by the Roent "en ray. It is a peculi.ii>( coincidence moreover, that the only one of the known fluoiescent substances that is ever fount" in its natural state, tung-state of cal cium, is always more or less closely as sociated with pitchblende, fiom which all the radium so far made has been c\ tracted. "I believe this theory is capable ,ol proof, but I shall be content to let some one else pro\e it. I am thioiigh foi al time with expeinnonts in ladio-actiyity Two of my assistants have been maimed for life by th^ir close association witl the Roentgen rays, nnd 1 myself hav< one eye badly out of focus and am suiter ing from severe stomach disturbance! fiom the same cause. The new dark loom laboiatoiy which I have iust com pleted foi such experiments will remain unused or be convcited to soma othei use." ^ . ' Mr. Pliliigcr, \he hc-d oi the firm, was in a thoughtful mood on this particular morning, as he came into the ofhee and sit down at his desk His austeie yet I mdly and just face was in a brown, siudy Something wi<= wrong. < .Tlie fuel was that Worthington, tha luight \oung cleik in whom Mi. Stringer I ,id hitherto taken such a fatheily inter- '���it, had fallen nway so in his work of lite that something had to be done i bout it. Worthinston had done so well i p to within the last few weeks that hi�� ^ Midden dcteuoration was a matter ol * onder as well as anx-ety to his patron. ^ I'rror after error had been traced to him. ( 1 ning-i, of course, could not go.on in tins l> ay- v ii The head of the firm rang a bell. ."Tell Mr. Worthington," he said to the boy, "that I desire to see him" That young man, looking somewhac pieoccupied, presently appeared "Mr. Woi thmgton," said lus employer, liis f.tco growing" more stern as he spoke, "as you aie doubtless aware, every business, to be successful, must be conducted i pon business principles Until recently 'voiu'work has been peifectly satisfactory, as the increases in youi salary from time .to time have doubtless testi- Led. But within the past few weeks so many mistakes have been laid at your loor that I am compelled to enquire whether wc may look foi ward to thi? sort of thing regularly. If so, I am afraid wc shall have to get someone to fill your place." , , Worthington stftTted. The deep flush that spread over his face boie evidence of his feelin^. . "You are right, sir," he stammered. "I , fhall ha-ve to do bettei. I will do better ."- , "May I ask," said Mr. Stringer, "what has been the cause of your deterioration? I hope it is not dissipation. w "Oh, no, sir! If you will excuse me ,. from the office for an hour or so, I thin* I can produce sufficient evidence to the contrary." < "Very well, sir; you may go. . > About an hour later, the negligent clerk one mo're entcied the private office *. of his employer. , Thi3 time, however, he was not alone. "Allow me, sir," he said, simply, to , introduce to you the cause of my recent - mistakes���my futuie wife." , Mr. "Stimgei aiose to his feet, and' looked ciuiously down at the beautiful young -gnl who stood smilingly before him. Then he t-uned to Woithington, > as he claspcd.hei n.md in his. "My bo3," he said, "how in the world did you come to mako so few?"���Tom Masson, $-��� m Society Notes from Bookville. the eastern hemisidieie, and a b-.owiii-- man. Again the switch touched the m- patch on Ins mild countenance, simpcd telligent animal, this tunc on the knee familiar I've had Doctor���Do I think I can cure your catarrh? Why, I'm sure of it. Patient���So you arc very with the disease7 Doctor���T should say so! it myself all my life���Judge ' ��� # "The lady next rlnor is celebrating her golden wedding." "Married fifty vcars?" ��N0_times I"���ruck. 'ft ���'.e m (A suggestion for the \aiious literary . , penod'tals ) Misa Dorothy Veinon of naddonHalk is visiting hei cousin, Chlonnda Wild- airs. 'In face, figuic and manner the- - young cousins aie so much alike tua., even their patents can sc.ucelyJ.ell them v ] apart. Ancthei mcmbei of the family,, jj who is stiikmgly like them, is the you"& ���nrl known as "The Maid-at-Arms,' who made her dobut last season.' Miss Ver--^ non and Miss Wildairs have been ouu^ longer." i v *^1 "Tho Virginian," 'whose name noboaj, seems to know, is at the Waldorf witn( Peicy Bines. Young Bines is reported toj, have dropped a cool million or two oil his laigo fortuno recently in a Wal^. street deal. ��� (����>���,. Mrs Wiggs, long piominent In the 'la-al "Cabbage Patch sc4" of Louisville, is ln>i sffjj 0,| town, and has been taken up enthusias- \J tically by the women's clubs. Mrs. vViggs has achieved an oiiginal reputation 'by entering a profession hitherto [ monopolized by the uglier sex���that G<* soap-box philosopher. Friends of Richard Carvel are muoV | concerned at his long absence. Three ant four years ago he was the most pFomhM cnt and popular man in Bookville so-1 | ciety. Seveial months ago he disappeareoj i suddenly, and the most searching enquiry has thus far failed to ltveal his where^ about*. ' 1 Society awaits with intense interest the approaching debut of the youngest of the beautiful Allen gnla, daughters off James Lane Allen. I hear that she la by all odds the most beautiful, the most ^ winning and the clevciest of those famous Bisteis, and I predict that she Will have a tiemendous success Sio transit glona' The death of Rich- aid Haiding Van Bibber, obscurely chronicled in the daily pa pel s, made no im- piessiea on the youngci generation. But( people with long l.iemones can Tecall when Dick Van Bibbei was one of the most talked-of men in Bookville, the butt for all the jokes of one-half of society, the object of noioim adoration to tlie othei half. Van Bibbei scarcely deserved cither. He wns a man of soni<>- lrn! cleveines. and m.ui? n..iiiiles-< cucei' tncities, Mich as lus fondne-s for shirt- \aists and tin Inm l^l.i f thit Ke wnl'.ie ,oemI pnrn��o i of I'- da.v It w ninny reals, iinte he rliopped into ob-ciiuty, md most ol" h.- old fi ii i ds imagined that nu vus loi'0r s ti" i> ad Vv"l.:n Per ', Co "DaTy New varieties of Kussian wheat have been tested villi good icsult<? at a branch experiment station n , Kansas Several kinrls. Kharkov, Cumcan, Theiss, etc, yielded river foity bushels per acre, and others ranged from tliirty-fne to forty bushels The srod is being sold to Kansas wheat growers. Shirt waists and linen arc made delightfully clean and fresh with Sunlight Soap. OB People do odd l. i-il'- it critical mo- uenls. In a fire ..t Maislnll, Mo , tho other day, T. B Cili a book dcalci, whose btore was in cIui^-p . rushed out_ doois caiiying nnthing but a box of mute-lies Bene; as! ed what ho meant to do with tliem, he -aid ne rescued (hem to pie\cnt 11 cm f'om beeomin? ignited. It tumid out th t \o hrd 100 boxes more in the stoic, which, i'< his e^- c tcincut, he had fmgollen. A few da.rP ngo a eicloue stiuck a faim in Atchison County, JMo The fnmilv uere aroused, , iMid, thoroughly fngaUned began mao- I bing whatevfi was clo-cst and mr>��t ' v.oith saving, and m-diing down��tuis - with it. When the excitement pirtly biihaided it was di-ro\eied that one good rid v\omnn hid eom< down in hei night- dicsa carrying in o*ie hand an unlighled keio-ienc lamp and in the other a cup of tt.itci that she had bes.de hei bed. !<* 'I 2r^J2tz-��rltr ^.^.f^^JA <V-��2^'���'%';^*~Zl ;r~**"^d-=^~~'^-^^', *J^ ;-��*,*w.���ia�� ***������***, L^.**^ t^u.,,,..,*^,.,,,. ,., \f 'l>, hi ATLIN B. C��� SATURHAY, DECKMHK.. X. 12, I903. r 1 I i' i PICKED UP HERE AND THERE. Church of Knrfnncl: St. Martin's Churchgoer. Third and Traiu- or streoU. Sunduy services, MutiiiH nt 11 n. 111., livcusoiif. 7:30 ]>. in. Ciilubrution of Holy CdiiiiiiuiiIo'ii, lit Stmiluj in encli mouth nnd ou Sjicciul occusioiis. Sunday School. Sunday :it .: 11. in. . Uouiiuittvu .Mtictings, 1st Tlmisdio 111 ench mniith. Ucv. K. i/. Stephenson, lipr-tor. St. Andrew'* l'msloterimi Cliuiuh hold *ci viuns in I hi' CI11110I1 on Second Sticet. lloriiiiiif sprviff.'ut 11'e\fiiiiij; ser\ ii-c 7::1U SiiihIii.n School ut tiio oIohu of iliu nioi'iiinu' bnrvicp. Ki-v. i:.Tiii-Uintfton, .Minister. Free Jicadinir Kuoiu, to which nil a.i'e u clconit'. JMcDonala'i) Giocery makes a specialty of fresh eggs unci butter. Al. Queen left Skagway for 'the coast on Wednesday' last. Iieatlcpaiters foi Xmas Picseuts at 12. T��� Pilltuau and Go's. ' Mr. W. P.' Giant arrived with a load of machinery on Wednesday; he says-that the trail was nevei better at this time ofthe year. Christmas Presents for all at,C. R. Bourne's ' Di. McDerruott. the newly appointed resident physician for this district, is expected here today. , * A Batcheloi's'Ball will be held:at the Kooteuay Hotel, Fiiday Dec. 18th. Everyone welcome and an enjo\ able evening assured. R. A.'Jackson left for the outside on Monday last. -Nothing is more appreciated than views ofthe country you live in, A fine collection always in ' stork at "The.Atlin Studio." The rink opened up last Satur- ' day; a big ciowd attended and thoroughly enjoyed the evening's amusement. New stock of Xmas Cards and Calenders arrived al C. R. Bourne's The "Curlers" played a match in aid of the hospital; R. , D. Fether- stonhaugh's team defeated Jas."Staple's team by three points. A Portrait would be more acceptable at home than a Card for Christmas. The Atlin Studio. . The continued mild weather is creating much slush ice on the trail and has ie opened Otter Lake. ' ' Travel on Lakes is dangerous. Closing out Ssle; Dry Goods, Underwear, Boots and Shoes at Half Prick. The Atlin Cheap Casli Store. M.FOLEY. A Turkey Shoot will be held at corner of First and Traiuor Streets, AUin, on December 31st. Don't miss your chance 'in the Bean Contest at il: L. Pillman and Co's. Even dollar cash ' purchase entitles you to one giiess. Do not leave camp without seeing that your < name, is on The Atlin Claim's Subrcription list, and keep in touch with local happenings during the winter. , Atlin-Log Cabin. Jack Pkrkinson's Dog .Teams make regular trips , Mondays: and Thursdays between Atlin iind Log Cabin. For freight a-id passenger rates apply "Claim Office." iron store; FIRST STREET, 7 , .. I - ' l% ( ' . t ARE STILL TO THE FRONT IN ',' ' Groceries, 'Dry Goods, Bools & Shoes, Etc. Tho Lino of FALL and WINTER GOODS we have pl��ced In Stock this week are certainly EYE ��� OPENERS Tnst see our shiits and'underwear J And socks nt Jiny- price a pair. Our mits and gloves cannot be heal. Our'boots and shoes so tiiiu and neat Cigai.vand cigarettes to smoke, Bul}see our pipes, oh ! my ! II once you get youi 'ej es ou them You.cannot help but buy AT THE IRON STORE THE -BRITISH. COLUMBIA POWER AND MANUFACTURING.:Co., Limited. 1.NGINKKRS, MACHINISTS, BLACKSMITHS, A. IRON FOUNDERS. Mado in all 1h bers both Rini and Center Fire. Weight iibout 7 pounds."-Sland- finl bund lor :-ini Jh-o cartridges, ���-i inches. For center-lire carl- ridges. 2G isiclioh. If these rifles arc not carried in "(fork j by your tlc.ilor, pciul ]>;-,ou nnil wo will I t,end it to yon cxpica prajiaid. , ' [ Send stampforcitAlogiliu-crihiiiKcnin- J plotc hue nnd containing v.iluablc in-1 formation to sliooteis. ��� ^ | In: J. Stevens Antis aiid Tool Co. j p.o.box '" . "cincorc: falis^wass i Oi-siiATiNo Siun Laundry Elbotkic Light A Powek Kuiisished to Mills, Mineb. Etc' i'VLL Ll.NI! OF'ENGIMliaiiB SUI'l'I.IKS A FlTTINQB CaUUIEU IN STOCK ELECTRIC LIGHT, RATES: ��� Installation, $3:50 per light. 16 Gsrndle Power Incandescent $3:50 per month per Sight. 8 up ��� ��� ' , $2:50 ��� Special Rates for Arc Lights & Large Incandescent Lights. Also: for Hotels & Public Buildings. THE GASH MEAT. MARKET OF Atlin, and Alaska, A Specialty. H. FAULKNER, ��� Atlin Claim Block. NELKI ��� . d First Stut z't, Atlin. I KEEP NONE BUT PRIME STOCK���LOWEST MARKET PRICES. Wholesale and RetssiS & & THE WHITE PASS" & YUKON ROUTE: . PORTRAITS Films and plates developed and prii.ted at reasonable rates at "The Atlin Studio". Enlarging, and Copying also done. For Airtight Heaters, Building Paper, Steel Traps, Gunpowder and _ Ammunition, you get the best value 'at J. D. Durie's. We notice that several catalogues of Jewelley and Fancy Goods, from Eastern firms have found their way into th'e camp. On comparing prices with those of our localjewell- er we find we can do better al home. Mr. Eggert says he will supply any article advertised by outside firms at even if not better rates, also that you need not pay in advance, but when yon have seen the article itself. Why not keep our money ja circulation here. Style. per: doz. Midgets. $ 5,00 C. D. V. $7.50 , ��� Cabinets, $ 10,00 Larger sizes by special arrangement. Interiors and Exteriors. ��� For 1 plate, J^doz. prints $ 5,00. E��r 5 ���. sprints of each $ 10,00 Copying Enlarging by arrangement according to subject and number required. Passenger and Expiess Service, Daily (except Sunday), between Skagway, Log Cabin. Bennett, Caribou, White Horse and Intermediate points, making close connections with our own steameis at White Horse for Dawson and Yukon points, and at Caribou for Atlin every Tuesday and Friday.; Returning, leave Atlin ever.y, Monday and Thursday. Telegraph Service to Skaguay. Express matter will be received for shipment to and from all points in Canada and the'United States. For information relative to Passet'ger, Freight, Telegraph or Express Rates apply to any Agent ofthe Company or to Traffic Department, SKAGWAY. GRAND TURKEY SHOOT. AT THE ���yyE give special attention to Mail and.Telegraphic Orders. AGENTS FOR Standard .Oil Co: Rose of Ellensbury Butter. The Cudahy Packing Co. Chase & Sanborn's Coffee. Groceries, Fruit & Vegetables���Crockery, Wholesale & Retail. CHRISTMAS DAY. ist. Prize-Turkey 2nd. ���' -Chicken 3rd. ���i -Tin of Eastern Oysters. Skagway( Alaska. TAKU O CHOICEST WINES LIQUORS & CIGARS. FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT. HEADQUARTERS FOR FISHING & SHOOTING. F. G�� Ash-ton, Proprietor .! p . ii
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Title | The Atlin Claim |
Publisher | Atlin, B.C. : Atlin Claim Publishing Co. |
Date Issued | 1903-12-12 |
Description | The Atlin Claim was published in Atlin, a remote community located in northwestern British Columbia, close to the Yukon border. The Claim was published by the Atlin Claim Publishing Company, and ran from April 1899 to April 1908. Although a number of different editors worked on the Claim, the two longest-serving editors were Alfred C. Hirschfield and William Pollard Grant. |
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Atlin (B.C.) |
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Language | English |
Notes | Print Run: 1899-1908 Frequency: Weekly |
Identifier | Atlin_Claim_1903_12_12 |
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Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2011-09-07 |
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/ |
AIPUUID | 53a3b585-bf1d-4bb7-871e-8eb141d35b6a |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0169340 |
Latitude | 59.566667 |
Longitude | -133.7 |
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