t'- /.' /-' ' - ,'- - , " ' "^ / ^ - ,, . - .... if.' �� i . ; ���''''>;:.. ���' / , * n , < V ) .. I ( V,' li. far ML' ML V��� ,i , ,, < VOL io ATLIN, B. C, SATURDAY. FKHKUARY 13. 1904. f N( WAH '' NEWS, \ Diplomatic relations between Russia ai d Japan ,ueie broken off last week, and the first shot was fired 00 Monday, Feb. 8th. Special Daily Bulletins have been arranged for by the' "Claim" and the following despatches were received this week. .- 'P011-Arthur, 9th: ���Japanese tor- ,. pedo boats 'attacked the'*'Kussian Fleet here"duii.ig tlie'night, and three of the'Rtissian ships were badly damaged. 'The Japanese, wlio 'thus scored the first .success of the war, escaped us.damaged In "con- . .sequence.of the attack by',ihe Japanese to;pedo boats martial law has been proclaimed here. ' , St. Peteisbtng, 9th:���Admiral AlexiefFs official reporl'of theattack by thejapai.esc is as follows:���"I m )st-respeclfull> infoiiii Your Majesty that at about midnight Feb. 8-oth Japanese torpedo boats' made sudden attack by means of mines upon Russian Squadion in'Qufer Roads of the fortress'of Port "Arthur.' in" which battleships Retviian and Cz.ii evit'ch and Cruiser Palla'da were damaged. '- ' " ' ' ",:���.,' Berlin" 9th. :-^-A special from'St.' , Petersburg" says three Russian ships' " at Port Aitbur were'severelsr'damaged last night by'torpedoes discharged from Japanese torpedo boats , while ihe latter were passing'the .harbor. Subsequently a large fleet' of Japanese battleships and'eruisers appeared before the Port., St. Petersburg, 9th:���Thelmper- i-il ball which was to have been held this evening has been cancelled. , At 2 o'clock this evening' the Imperial Court aud. all functionaries will attend a solemn Te Deum to'pray fur victory for-Russian arms. ' % London, 9th.:���A dispatch to Lloyds from New Cbwang says ' that owing to enormous trade interests involved, the Powers should demand that Russia surrender'the port of New Chwang and agree to the neutralization thereof. Paris, 9:���The attitude of th French government iu view of war is now definitely determined upou. France will remain neutral tinder any and ail circumstances, the Franco-Russian Alliance 'being so construed as not to require France to intervene in behalf of Russia, even should Great Britain or auy other power intervene in behalf of ���Japan. China, it .is understood has given official assurance 'that she will" immediately issue a declaration of neutrality. This is considered highly important in view of possibility ot the Chinese, impressed by Japanese success at Port Arthur, joining the Japanese. Copenhagen: ���The Great Northern Telegraph L��ae to- Japan via Vu'divostock has been closed to ge- lieial traffic. ' ' > , London:���The Japanese Minister Union Hayashi, said this morning: "Kussia is making desperate efFoi Is thiough the vuiious Embassies to have Powers intervene. Russia now is willing to concede everything, but theoffer comes too late." Vancouver, B. C.:���Canadian flour of all guides has jumped Jil teen cents banel today as icsult of news from the Orient. "Rome,9th:-7-The Chilein Legation announces the sale to Japan of a battleship, cruiser and gun-boat, the property'of Chilian, government and that they are now full}' equipped and on vis>) to Nagasaki. Lrndou:^���Despatch to 'Central News-from Port Arthur says Japanese fleet returned^there ,Tuesda\ afternoon and again bombarded the Russian fleets and forts, but that it soon withdrew. The Ios.'es to Russians were small. .During firing a Japanese erir'ser grounded. London,���Summaiy oflosses sustained by Russia in first 24 hours of war with Japan show that eleven Russian warsbips^were placed" out of action in one way/or another 'and that the Japanese did vnot lose a ship: The losses as'follows:^ -~r "- l- Battleship' Retvizan,'.^ torpedoed and beached, at Port,JAfthurJ\ ���', . 'Battleship Czarevitz, torpedoed and beached at Port Arthur. Battleship Poltava, hole below waterliue, at Port Arthur.. -, Armoured Cruiser' Boyarin, dis- abled by Japanese fire. Cruiser Polada, torpedoed. - , ���, Cruisers, Novik, Ashold and'Di- ana, all three, holes below water line. First class Armoured Cruiser Variag, destroyed at Chemulpo, Corea Torpedo Guu Vessel Koreits, destroyed at Chemulpo Corea. - Gun Boat, Mano, said to have been seized by Japs at Nagasaki. Loudon:���Special despatch from Tokio says if is reported that three transports of the Russia volunteer fleet conveying about two thousand troops, have been captured by Japanese off Coreau Coast.. Petersburg:---Latest icturns of the Russian warships ot the original squadron iu the Fat East show total of ninety four vessels, including & battleships,' 16 cruisers, 7 torpedo boats aud destroyers. Three more battleships and nine torpedo boats are to go to the Far East in spring. Paris:���The impression prevails that the Russian ships and torpedoes are so disabled as to be unserviceable for the remainder of the war, thus placing the Russian fleet in a state of manifest inferiority. London:���Minister Hayashi's official advices regarding battle of Cb/OTtuJpo and text of official dispatch received by Baron Hayasha are as follow*: "On Monday a Japanese sqtifd- rou escorting transports met on the way,to Chemulpo, Corea, the Russian gunboat Koiei'.z as the latter was coming out of the port. The Koreitz took up an offensive attitude toward, the Japanese vessels firing on Japanese torpedo boats. The lattei discharged two torpedoes ineffectually and then the' Koieitz returned to hei, anchoiage in poil. Karly, Tuesday morning Admiral Urik, commanding Japanese squad- ronV'formally called on the Russian warships to leave Chemulpo before iioon. The Admiral added that if his demand was not complied with, he would be compelled, to attack them iii the harbor. The two,Russian warships , left the port-about ii.30 am. and a battle resulted oulside.the Polynesian Islands. Ar, bout after.an hours engagement the Russian warships scught'refuge a- mong the Islands. Towards evening the Russian cruiser Variag sank and at about 4 a.m. today Feb 10th. Koreitz was reported to have also sunk having been blown up. The officers and men'of the two sun ken "vessels sought refuge on the French cruiser. Pascal. "There were uo.casualties on the Japanese side:.- - ., *' - London:���It was announced in the House today that a proclamation of ."British neutrality will be .drawnjup at a special cabinettueet- ing tomorrow.-.-, ^ .' ' ' London: ��� Dispatches to Daily' Mail, from Tokio and Nagasaki, report the capture of two large Russian'transports! .the Ekateriuslav of ten thousand tons, and the, Argun by the Japanese'Cruisers Sai Yen and Hei, Yen, in the neighborhood of Fusan Korea. ��� ;, Washington:���J." M. Ferguson, Secretary of.tfac U. S. Legation at Tokio,- sails rfrom Vancouver on Feb. 22nd. by -Str. Empress"- of China for his post. He carries personal instructions for the Legation. Nagasaki.���The Russian Cruiser Variag. reported sunk at Chemulpo was captured and has arrived at Sasebo. In 'addition to the Russian vessels damaged in the torpedo attack on Port Arthur, seven others were captured. Geneial Kourobatkin, the Russian Minister of War, has arrived at Harbin to takepersonaPcom- mand of the land forces. London.���Dealing with Secretary Hay's note to the Powers on the subject of preserving the integrity of China, Baron Hayashi, the Japanese Minister said, '"The neutrality of China was first suggested by my Government aud we havo received assurances that Chinese neutrality will be observed. Japan will certainly agree most heartily with Secretary Hay's proposition,, which appears chiefly to be due to the suspicion that Russia might find pretext for military action against China. If, however, the United, States and .other Power* contemplate the neutrality of Manchuria, the case becomes v��ry com- ' plicated. So long as there are Russian troops in Manchuria Jap- " an cannot legard it as neutral territory." -Loudon, ir���Lloyds' agent at Shanghai cables; it is reported and generally believed that-a -Japanese " warship has destroyed the Russian- mail Str. Mongolia bound from-", Shanghai for-Dalny. 'Cablegram. e adds that" the three Russian warships damaged bvrtorpedoes at Port Ar;thur sank where they; were and 1 are absolutely out r of commission - for the war. , ' '' Japanese flert made unsuccessful ' attempt Wednesday.to land men in/ several bays in .neighborhood of * Ptort Arthur, under -the protectiois'' ,- of guns of cruisers. ���.'--' l Tientsin, Feb. n���The Russia* ' ,T garrison was withdrawn" yesterday ' to Shan Hai KwaW The pbst-ofE- "' ces were transferred to, the Frencb ' . authorities. . ' '-^ ' - St.Petersburg,', Feb. 11 tb.'���Repeating .the charge that Japan's*at- . tack on Port 'Arthur was made from the British poit of Wei Hei .Wei on Mie northern coast, of the Shang Taug peninsula the government organ,.the Novoe Vremya to- ^ ; day bitterly^ assails .Great Britairt "In'allowing japan the use of the^' ' harbor, as a l>asis of- preparations. Great Britain ..violated the fundamental principles of neutrality.- ' ' Wei Hei Wei must be regarded ' henceforth as part of Japanese territory and Great Britain has forced- the question .of the right - of . Russia to participate" in deliberations over the< eventual fate of the harbor." The - Novoe Vre- mya.further holds that the case is analogous to that of- Alabama, and says that Russians enjtitled to demand heavy compensation from Great Britain for the loss she haa sustainc'-i. '"*'���" Constantinople, Feb." 11���In diplomatic circles'here the fear is in- creasing that Turkey and Bulgaria* ��� . will take advantage of Russia's pre- ocenpatio'n. in Far East, to settle their own differences without the customary - interference from the. Czar's ministers. Port Said, Feb. u- Russian transport Smolensk and one torpedo boat have entered Suez Canal. Shanghai, Feb. 11���Russian gun boat Maudjur is, still, here. Two Japanese warships are waiting for,, her at'mouth of Yang; Tse Klang. Tokio, Feb. it.tb.���Japan hau seized Mashampo, Corea, and has despatched a heavy land force for there. Japan will fortify the port, and establish a naval, and military position. Japanese have blocked Manchuri- an Ry. by blowing: ,up a bridge.. Explosian killed thirty Russians. Caotluued��ti fourth Vasa. 1 ii ' "/.���'- \: hr A Blurred Color Line. - IVE thousand dollars reward is offered for Miss Maddison," said the station sergeant, yawning over his last hour on duty, for it was twa o'clock In the morning "That's a queer disappearance a1? ever wo tried to fathom. A young girl buys a ticket for Chicago, takes a Pullman car, gets to her destination, fees the . porter, gets in a street car and Is nevei heard ,of ,again., Iter aunt telegraphs to know why she doesn't anive. Hei .parents telegraph that she left, as arranged. The conductor remembers hei, the Pullman porter remembers-her lAnd, with all that, she drops out o�� eight'like a falling star. She was one of the prettiest gills in Denver." "And her luggage?" "Was claimed by someone the same day and shipped east." ' "So she must have loft Chicago." "Not at all. Her checks were pr?- eented, but anyone might have got ho'd of them. Slrenge, however, that they^ , atruck the right place for Uncling the trunks, unless they were on the train, too." "And the , luggage was claimed ���ffaln?* - ., ��� "No, not until the mother described the contents of a left trunk at Grand Rapids, which had the girl's initials on It. It was one of the trunks just as the mother had packed it. Five thousand dollars reward," and the station sergeant sighed. "I'd like'to earn it." I "was going to Grand, Rapids, and laughingly remarked: "Well, I'll' look out for Miss Maddison, sergeant. -What did she look like?" ,The sergeant opened a locked drawer. "Here's a photograph of her," tie said. "She's -a beauty���at 'least, she'was. I doubt if she's alive." 1 ���aw a cabinet portrait of a lovely, fragile-looking, refined girl, with long, slender nose and thin, arched lips, a 'sensitive, high-strung spirituelle creature,'-but with nothing of weakness in ; ..her features. The gioat, serious eyes , were deep and .very beautiful, and half veiled by rather heavy lids. Anyone _ ' seeing that face wouldn't easily.forget ) 'It.' "May I have that picture?" I asked, ( Impulsively. "I'll bung it back on my ( return trip." ' i The station serge"nt laughed. "I got . It from a reporter who made a drawing ' of It for tlie paper," he said. "But, as "you say, .I'd recognize Miss Maddison , anywhere. She had the loveliest pale- ' gold hair, that curled in little rings all over1 her head, ju^>t like a boy." "You've seen her?" "Certainly." She has often visited her ��unt 'here, and I used to have a beat on the North Side belore I got promo- , tlon. Miss Maddison spent one whole ', summer , In .Chicago, the year of the j .World's Fair. She was only a slip'of ��� a girl then. She was nineteen the day j before she disappeared." < i j "Strange story!" I said, carelessly, j but I put the photo in my pocket, and j ' presently strolled to the station to await my tiain lor the East. It was not long before I was "comloitably settled for the trip and had impiessed my ,porter with the fact that I was a person o'f consequence, flow it is possible to do this I shall not make public, but the porter, a tall and line-looking negro, hovered about me with a solicitude which was most boothing. "We change time at Chicago, porter; what is the right hour?'11 asked, as he stooped before me to put in a cinder screen. He pulled out his watch, turning it away fiom me, and I caught its inner side .reflected in the little mirror which was set between the seats, he holding the watch very close to it as he stooped. In the lid was set a woman's picture, at which I stared as if galvanized. It was a tiny replica of the large photo which at that very moment stretched my bieast pocket. "What was this son of Ham doing with the picture of the young Denver lady whose disappearance had raised such a commotion? Before I could draw breath, the porter snapped his watch shut, said in deferential tones, "Barely a quarter to three, sah," and straightened his tall form, as the cinder-screen slipped into its groove. "Have you .been long on this run, porter?" I asked, carelessly. "Yes, sah; run from'Chicago to Detroit for several years now." "And never f ui thei.'" "No, sah. I don't know Canady at j "Nor west of Chicago, either? I . asked, caielessly slid, with my eye on I him, as he reached into an upper , berth opposite. For just one moment , he hesitated, then with a shoi t laugh- he answered: "Well, not much, sah. I've run through to 'Frisco several times, and once or twice sho.t hips. This is my regular route." Someone rang, and the porter hurried away, hut presently he came back. "You goin' through to Canady, sah?" he asked. "Perhaps so," I said. "If I don't find what I want fitst." "Oh, you'll And It, sah," ho said, with cheery conviction, and m le himself busy over his bed-making gain. I I went thiough to Detroit, otter all. { I don't know why, except that I hate ; helng routed out at night, and when i one has privileges such as I enjoyed �� It's no matter how far one chooses to , travel. At Detiolt I gave my man a dollar. "Buy your sweetheart an Ice cream," I said, as he profusely thanked me. "My good lady thanks you, sah," he said, meuily. "I'sc a mairied man, sah." "Then what the mischief," said I to myself, "does your wife think of your carrying a white girl's picture in your watch cover?" As I selected a cigar In the nearest reliable shop, again ] thought of the five thousand dollars awailing an earner, and a solution arrived. "He's got the picture for the very same reason I've got mine," I said to myself. "I mustn't go on any bat with this photo In my possession and be searched by some officious bobby!" and I grinned at what my wife would say if she read in the papers th.il I was p suspected abductor of Denver womankind. I had occasion to visit a man whose apartment was in uther ai. unpopular neighborhood that afte, .on, and as we lounged'in his sitting ooni window I idly asked him wh t'soil, of ���neighbors he had. "Oh, all sorts,"' he said, cynically. "Poor clerks can7. live in swell localities. "I have Jews to the right, and shady folks heie and Uieie. They'ie an inoffensive lot, wnits, ibrown and black." I looked 'icioss tn<> road, where some voiv tidy windows stood open. A smnlTshop occupied tin-' ground floor, and "Room To Let" was the legend on a caid in the winJow Above were the tidy open windows, and just within one ,of the.-n hung ticrosr a chair a blue coat, gold-but tored, and a railway pot <-<2'''s ca-P- "Very decent nigger and his wile liv there," said my Bohemian. "I suppose he's a Pullman porter; he's always ap patently in .bed most of the day who" 'he's home. Wife's a perfect httle dan dy, with the prettiest voice. Sings very nicely, and is a good-looker. Not a real nigfjer; more of white than black. Onc of Topsy's cream-colored niggers. Works somewhere. < I often meet her going up-town of a morning. ' Bui what am I giving you, old chap? Excuse me. In my lonely life I become observant of any person not quite repulsive. Let's drop the neighbors They're a sorry lot." I stayed in Detroit for a week, and had (business ,>wlth this man which took me to his rooms again. While there I heard a beautiful soprano voice singing a rather difficult sciap of an opera some five years old>. "That's m> cream-colored Dinah," said the man, flippantly. "I wish she'd come and water her window-boxes. It's time she looked after them." Just as he spoke the curtains parted and a' slim arm came out, holding a small shower watering-pot. The singing woman' began to water her flowers, and I could see ,her small brown face peering down at she carefully showered her plants. Ilei dark hair, lay in little curls upon her foreliead,, and her eyes looked hand- 'some across the narrow stieet. When she caught sight of us watching hei she became mute and drew partly back '"She's a nice little thing, and not bold, as you see," said my client, observing her. "Even ^nese humble folk have the good of 'life. They took those rooms-about three years ago, and 1 quite enjoy them.' Just a tidy pair.^ Pie's.a1 great big chap; very good-look- ung for a darkey. See! there he is, at the other window." There he was ,in his shirt-sleeves, my poiter of the train (from Chicago. We bolh diew 'back, as he leaned from the window and looked up and down'the nairow stieet.' The woman at the other window also leaned out, "and called to him, pointirg to 'J' straggling strand of nasturtium* which trailed nobly independent from her flower-garden. -She reached her arm very far out and tried to imprison, the trailing flowers, and just then her sleeve caught in a nail protruding fiom the window-frame, and rip! went the dark cambric, laying bare a couple of inches of her upper arm. I stalled and exclaimed. , , ' - "What's the matter?" said my client, .curiously, as the cry"iburst from' my lips. ' ( -\ "Oh, nothing. She's torn her dress." I answered, as she disappeared, and the porter also withdrew into the seclusion of the room opposite. ' But I have extra good eyes. I had seen her bare upper arm, and as sure as I was alive it was as white as the driven snow! It was quite' dark that night when I entered the small shop, wearing my ,<orst coat and a ��� newly-purchased cheap hat, in which I felt very ".much over-dressed. - "Youlve a room to rent?" I asked'the old mother, who sold wurst and other delectable edibles. , "Yah, mein herr; vater, komm!" , Vater came, and we soon struck a bargain. "I will pay you for a month," I.said. "And when. I get my trunk I will send it. My name is Jones. Put the trunk In for me." "Yah," said vater. "It is a nice room, and maype some goot essen is by the shop." "You could send up my fcreakfast each day?" I enquired. "Yah, for ein mark���twenty-fir cent." "Very good. Send It to-moirow morning at eight o'clock," and I betook myself to my small hall bedroom, only .separated from the porter's menage by a plastered wall. Dur.ng the evening I journeyed out more than once, purchasing several things at the queer little fehops and grinning as I saw across the way the h&ad and shoulders of mj- client, propped up in an easy chair. Presently a soft, clear soprano volcw began to sing very sweetly next door, and a tinkling aceompaniment on a rather fair piano was audible. The woman played and sang with evident culture and ability. And she was the wife of a colored porter! She sang so softly that I. didn't catch the words at first, but presently I entrapped a line which was not English. My heart beat quicker. No one can Imagine the strength of the impulse that guided me, as T gentlr set my door ajar and Intently listened. The old Goim.'in frau was going to bed, -and she paused before my door. "You deie, mister?" she asked. "You don'd .light do gas?" "?y2; ,1 hayej^act^eyes, I am resting them after'���"working"," I' mendaciously., explained.. .hi ^ �� , ��� "; "Dose singl'n' bee's nice?" she asked. I "You like dem?" /'.Yes,*,' I said. "Is.lt your daughter ���who sings German." -'Ach, no; das 1st Frau Jackson. Ach! She Is schmart singer, hein?" and the old woman glided away as my neighbor's door opened quickly and the girl came out. "You want me?" she called to the retreating German. "Nod ad all, my chllt; nod ad all. Only I wait to hear 'Du Bist wie Elne Blumchen.' That is nice singln'." "Good-night,' said the clear, sweef voice���the cultured', white voice! "Guten-nacht, my chllt. Schlafen sic- won!," said the guttural German \oico; and I stood in the dark, with many queer thoughts. The girl paused before my open door. ���-J3 anyone there?" she said, neivously. "A blind man, young lady, who has rented this room --to-day, and thanks you for your music." . She shrank into her loom timidly. "Oh! I did not know the room was taken," she said, hesit-itlng. "There is a box of mine in it. Shall J send down for the boy to take.it out?" "Don't trouble, until to-inorrow," I said. "It will be quite safe. 1 shall lock my door, madam.-*" Then she very gentiy closed her own door, and Ihe house was perfectly still. , ' ' And I waited until very late before I cautiously lit my gas and found under the sofa bed the box of the porter's wife. It was a very good box, indeed��� expensive, and not -much used���and on the end were three,letters���B. G. M.��� which certainly did not spell Jackson! Very early in the morning I ai03e and went out, and found, a locksmith to open a locked trunk. He soon had the trunk open, sold me a key which'fitted ' it, and took'himself off befoie eight o'clock. Then I hesitated, but only for a moment. I had gone too far to resist fuither temptation. In a trice the tray of the trunk was on my bed, and I was looklrc at Its contents. As a married man, r cnul'l appreciate the cost of the dainty things it contained, none of which I dared disturb. I glngeriy opened the hat-box. There, tucked In one corner was a "dainty gray card- case, which I "very carefully took out. 'Several cards were in it, and on each one was engraved "Emily Gordon Maddison!" I took one of them, hid it In my own pocketbo'ok, and leplaced the tray, locked the "trunk, and carefully shoved it back under the sofa-bed. I had found what I' wanted, and Ave thousand dollars lay In.ray inside pocket! r After 'breakfast .the boy came for the trunk, which he''carried into the next room, and during the day I heard some more singing���such happy carols, that I almost thought the whole business must (be a weird dream, until I ��� stealthily glanced Into my pocketbook . at the card. "What"under the canopy could have led this sweet .young lady, to bestow herself upon a nigger?" I asked, furiously. "To leave home and family and associations, and live in a grubby city slum and yet be happy- enough to sing in that wondrous way?" I am afraid when on the second or third morning I heard a deep mellow voice blending with-her'clear treble I had a murderous impulse to begin an assault upon a son of Ham' ' > Before I became solicitor for the railway I had taken five years of ciimmal practice, and had come across'some 'queer cases. But here was I, by a curious, fatality, mixed up in'a complication at once weird and interesting to a degree. "I shall go to Denver,',' I said, suddenly, when \I had received at my supposed hotel an imperious telegram from my wife, asking when 1 was coming home to arrange our holidpy trip. So on the next evening I boaided a train, and as soon as I sterped into the sleeper I cncoiinteredthe tall fonu and dollar smile of my friend the colored porter. " ��� i ~ 1 "Evening;, sah. Yes, the parlor is vacant. I got a message fiom" town 'bout "an hour back," he said, politely. "You go clear through this time, sah?" "Yes, to Chicago," I said. He regarded me with reminiscent eye and smiled. "Got what you was look- in' for, sah?" , , > . I started and stared, then answered thoughtfully, "I think so, John; I think so," for I remembeied my words of a fortnight earlier. "That's good, sah. Tole .you you would, you know," and with a low chuckle the porter showed me to my state-room. I fell asleep as comfortably as old travelers do, and neither dreamed 'ot Jackson nor his white helpmeet. When I wakened hell was abroad. There was a hideous jolt and jar, loud calls and a crash of rending timbers. The dooi burst open, and the porter shot'in, his arms outstretched as he plunged. Together we fell to the floor, to tne -roof- somewhere���he over me, and then there was a sickening interval of faintness, 1 which lasted but a moment, and cool night air blowing upon me, and someone deeply groaning close ' by. I stretched up an arm and touched a warm face. "Oh, God! Is that you, sah?" said a deep bass. ' "We'se wrcked, sah, an' a beam is lying 'ciosj my back. It's close on good-bye time, f guess, for mo!" I put up my hand again. "I'm all right, poiter, but a cut on the head," I said, weakly. "I shall call out foi help," which 1 proceeded to do with ray toeble mijrht. Then the deep voice went on. "I'se dona, sah. Thio big .beam's broke my back. I feel it coming. Oh, God! and Lady-bird's all alone!" A sudden leu or rang through his voice. I touched his face again. "See 'here, porter; is L,ady-blrd your wife," I isked, gently Mroklng his cheek. "Don't give in yet. Tell mo what you want me to do, when we get out of this wreck." "Do!" he screamed. "You can't do nothing, sah. She's all alone except Cor me. She left all of 'crn forme," and his voice Ucrnblcd. "She's an angel, sah, is my wife, sure enough. God help her!" - "Well, she shall never want, John,* ��� I said, solemnly. "I swear it, and if you���fcerso-'blTdly'-ls tltei'e. anything ��� you'd .like me tol.suy tirhea. 'f ront-y^y.?" "Tell her I died worshipping her,"'He -,ald, in almost fierce tones. "Tell her if it could be clone over again I couldn't do diflerenl; but tell her to go back. She'll understand.. Tell her it hell lasts forever and I'm in,the midst of it, I've no complaint to make. I've had my heaven. Can you leach me again, sah?" I knew perfectly what was coming, and touched, not his face, but his body. "Can you get my watch, sah, and put it In your clothes? Will you take it to her? My address Is written on it, on the chamois case. Will you just give it to her yourself, sah?" "Indeed I wi.l, if you don't'get there first," I sild, uiueilly. feeling In the vest pocket ard laid rig out the watch "Looks like lohbcry. porter," I continued, stowing it away in my pockst. ���faee here, li: my iegi weient pinned down, I'd try to help you. " Now, I )im going to call out again���a lantern Is coining this way." My shouts soon brought some scared rescuers, who succeeded in fieeing my legs and dragging me from tthe wieck,' when I promptly fainted and was'carried'to a shed near by. When I came to, my (list woids weie, "Where's the porter?" �� ' A man gaspeu^out, "We can't loose him, he's pinned' fast. Ain't groaning any more, so 1 guess he's passed in his checks. Did you know him, mister? Reckon he saved you fiom that big beam that's lying 'crost his spine ���.now. He was a powerful nigger that, and as white Inside as they make 'em." , The pest tense was chilling. ' "Go and see if he is dead, and lf'noc, tcllj 'ilm to hang on, and that 1 swear I'll not foiget'to do as t promised him, and more also." "Well, don't uxcice yourself, mister, or you'll go olf again. Heie's the doctor'was nearest," and away he went, grimy 'and weary, to take ^ my message. Presently he came back. "Por- 'ter's passed out, mister," he said, tersely. "I went straight to him with your .word, and1 as soon as I gave it, he just said,' "Good-bye, Lady-bird!' and- gin up."f When I had been put to bed In a wayside shack, ,and another man had gone with a telegram to my wile and yet another to "Lady-biid," and the day dawned on the wreck, the doctor came again. "They have freed the body of .your porler, sii," he sjld. "Whut do you wish now?" ' _' "Have it cared for in the best way possible. Forward It. by special If you can to the nearest undertaker, and then look out for the answer to1 mv telegram. And say, doctor, I have his A'ateh and a message for t his wile, which 1 am pledged to ' doll< "Itlghl," said t-that doctor, heartily. "For, by'design or accident, he certainly saved your 111b, er!" "Oh, he meant it all right," I said, with a catch in my voice. "He mads ��t/aight for my stateroom when ���!-��� ocll'aed, and spread his arms.above uie. God have mercy on him!" Then I'bethought me o�� my friend the cleilc in Detroit, and the five thousand dollars reward olfered by the parents of Miss (Maddison for information as to her whereabouts. "���I'll-give him a chance to earn that some day!" I said. "For I don't want to have a hand in the matter till after I have just one talk with the Ladybird!" Very soon a man came in with a wire for me, two, three of them! 'My wife's first���only three woids, "Thank God". Coming." (My partner's���"Will" be down | by special this morning." ' The Ladybird's���"Send 'body to Mrs. Jackson. Second street,'Detroit^ Wire when, ,to meet-it." Tlien, for all^the honor, and the sadness, I slept for hours. My wife sat at my bedside when I awoke", pale but smiling. Only those who enjoy happy married life can guess how our first words'and thoughts were intimately personal, but suddenly an idea stiuck me. Heie was my natural; helper in the case of-the Ladybird. So,,while we sat hand'in hand, I told tier what you know from this tale, .showed her/the two pictures and enlisted her warm sympathy. "You must gocto her," I said, decidedly. "Go to(i the Cadillac, send a carriage for her,' and get that damn stuff off her face -and hands. I suppose the hair-dye will take time."-, 'My wife put her hand over my mouth. "Don't swear(over it, dearest," she reproved. "She shall b<J beautiful Miss Maddison onceimoie-if theie's a face-doctor in Detroit worth her salt. She's my sister or yours, and ���has run away with a theatrical tioupe. Could you stand the disgrace?" "I kissed her emphatically. "Julia, you're a trump!" "Not an ace of spades, anyway," said my beaming wife. "I'd adopt a whole nigger family, I am so grateful for your escape���so grateful to that brave, good poiter-man. Just leave it all to me, honey, and you'.l see how 1 can manage." - A week alter 1 was shown mto a room at the Cadillac, where my wife sat with a slender woman rn .a ciapt- gown. Her face was pale, and'on hei small head was a luxurious crop or golden curls, "over which that mnpt pathetic'of the many crowns of wo- manaood, a widow's cap, was penciled To a meie man, ignoiant of the barbel's art and the mysieiious toiipce. the change was mag.eal. My wife rose and look the slender woman's hand "Mis. Juckson, tins is my husband who has something to tell you., Be bravo, my dear tfistei," she said, and kissing the pale cheek of. the poi tor's wife���of" Miss Maddison!���she lett us alone. J cannot report that interview, bur it Is one of the short times I don't desire to live through again. My brain, usually so alert and wcll-resuluted, was simply at loose ends. I was now the blind lodger, now the.Peeping Toni_ across the road, now the man of business, and, above all, the man for whom another man had faced death and been taken at his word. Mis. Jackson, being quite unsuspicious, had decidedly the advantage of me. I gave her the watch and the message, the latter as well as I could. Then I dodged her ttemulous thanks, 'her tremulous lips upon my hand, and bolted from her presence in a complete state- 'of demoralization:. - _ ' "We are going horne." soon, thusi)and, are we not?" asked my "wife,--when "she had somewhat calmed me. I sent for my friend of Second street,' and Invited him to earn five thousand dollars. Needless to say, he left for the West on the next train with a bee in his bonnet and an address in Denver in his bieast pocket. In due time a couple of notices appeared in the Denver papers to the effect that Miss Maddison had reached home a widow, having eloped three years before with a secret lover and on his death returned and been welcomed' with .enthusiasm. My wife and myself advised the Ladybird to keep her own counsel, and she did so, her married life being amply vouched for by my wife and myself, and Its details being unknown even to . me clerk, who pocketed the five thousand dollars and made his fortune apparently through a chance recognition of the lost girl when in our company 'in Detroit. We love the Lady-bird dearly, and my wile looks with detective eyes at eveiy porter on the line. One day I visited once more the sergeant of, police, and returned him the photograph. "You should have had it sooner had I not been nearly killed in ��� that railway collision," I' said, with a wild desire to tell him of my series of surprising experiences. - "Ah well, sir, them that's born to be hanged, you know," said the sergeant, yawning. ."Now, wasn't it queer that just two months after you and I had that talk about Miss Maddison she should turn up? She saw life, if that's what she went away for, anyway!" "Aye, and death, too," said I, softly. "And to think how easy that Detroit chap spotted her at,the Cadillac. But'1 I suppose he got there just', in time. ''* They say she was on her way home to , her people. Well, there won't be another five thousand dollars lying round for hirrt to pick up as easy. There wasn't much .about it in the papers?" he asked, with professional curiosity. "Very little," I- assented. "It wan Just a runaway love match." But all the same, It remains to me a psychic mystery. Humor in a Catalogue. A epecimen of humorous cataloguing, quoted by the "Critic" from aiWyomltig auctioneer's list, is as follows: Grand. "Thp'Heavenly Twins." (Not to toe had separate.) Grey, Maxwell. "The Silence of-Dean Mai Hand." (Broken.) ' -< ' Haggard, H. R.' "She." (Unique.) . Holmes, O. W. "The Autocrat ot the" Breakfast Tahle.f (Plates missing.) "How to Be Happy Though Married." (Rare'in this state.) Phelps. "The Gates Ajar." Un. opened.) ��� ' ���: ( " To 'the World's End. o x-'"flH He (describing his journeylngs)- Then, leaving Gibraltar, I, made my way to Australia, and from there I went "to the diamond mines in South Africa, where I made my fortune. Then ���do you follow me, Miss Crynkle? She (with a vivid' blush)���To the world's end, Mr. Rocksworthy.���Cape "Register." ' - N Athletics vs. Beauty. An, English exchange comments as fob lows''on the subject of Athletics' foi "Women: ' '< * - "The 'beauty; specialists5, appear to be doing a better' trade than ever before j loi which they ha.\e to thank thej immoderate indulgence in athletic exercisej which bo 'many women "now affect. 11 is impossible for a woman "to abandon her natural position in the scheme oi, creation without1 losing something, and the-.attainment or masculine stiength and skill involves, lor woman, the pen. alty of ugliness���that is, fiom-the standard which centuries have sot up. Beauty, as generally understood, depends chiefly upon the curves produced by softness and roundness of outline, and a facial expression void of strain or effort, i ."Among the lower classes beauty i* rare, except in very young, well-fedi girls. Comparative idleness,' quiet surroundings,'mental and physical repose, favo* tho development-of beauty; while work and such sports, games, and exercises as call for��� more than a trifling amount cm exertion .harden the muscles .and expre* sion .together, with artistically <unfavor> able results. "Tlie beautiful women of to-dny whtf are known "to the' world as such arc not very numerous. But. early in the cen- ��� tury painters of poi traits were hard put to it to keep pace with the demands of lovely women. ,'Those beauties rode quiet horses, used a needle slowly, and played the harp. To straddle a bieyclt would have been an impossible, if not an improper, feat for any one ofsthem, had sueti a"machine existed. ' t . "Tlio health of our girls ���is certainly much improved, and many a modern father feels the bald patch on top oi his head more cxpo.-ed.to the ga7e ol his {riant daughter than is conifoitablo. But healt.. and stature arc purchased at a, great cost, and porfciails' of grandmother, painted in youth, look down without cause for envy upon iheir ��� healthy, firm-jawed, flat-footed, muscular successors. Tlie aposilo of moderation fxsldom gets n hearing until excesses have been .long1 indulged in, foi vested inteiesls without number causa every social' hobby and crri70 to bfl thoughtlessly and' recklessly encour* ��gcd. i "Tho 'open-air' cin/c has "much to answer for. Delicate people open thei* hetlioom windows (o foi and damp, to dust and dirt and microbes, 'with a. pathetic helief Hint th" outer air is always safer than that within. Tho 'morning tub' has befoie now pmcluepcl fptnl illness, and in all the, physical training fads there is danger for those without "pedal knowledge. Tlie chief disease ol tho -day is overstrain."and .it fathers a hundred .o.thejs. 'Nervous # disorders,' =ay<3 Pr. Goodhaft, 'affect-the'museularly weak, and the mnscnilarlv strong,' which ���*, n hard saving for those who would rival Hercules." < (A 'I 4 Write on your doors the saying wlsij and bold, "Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere! , "Be bold! Be not too bold." Yet better the ex- CODE) Than the defect; better the more than less; Better like Hector on tho field to die, Than like perfumed Paris turn and ���laOTlfffeliOW. nertm it > U '-***** IQISjg,, K (' ^ >.T- IX ?t. ��. SATU?.r>A\ FEBIiT'AHY 13, x<yc4 -THE- AiJLiN TRADiMU COM^AjN'Y, ' LIMITED- --Dealers in Drv Uuocls,- Groceries' Clothings* Underwear, Uiankets, Boots & Shoes, etc. Also,'Gold Seal Rubber Goods. t \ .-fi>0 ami 'TS per c&tst Powder, Gaps & Fuse, etc. -" We .carry, the .Largest and Best Assorted- Stock in' the District. '< , . ', Tons 61 Groceries on hand for the Spring Trade, and All at Close Prices. / r�� ': Ai S. CROSS, President. N. C Whaeling, Secretary. P.. M.- .A. ��� ' A Cariboo Pioneer's Opinion 1 , IT* �� On Placer Mining Act. .Jamos Moore, Dclotyate to Provincial ^Mining: Association,'Ke- cummends Allowing: Prospect- - ors Crown Grants. Mart Stern LumSusr Co. Prices for the Season 1903. Rough, up to H inches, $35 do , do 10 ,, 40. do' do \2 ,, , 45. Mulched Lumber, $45. Surfacing, $5 00 per 1000 feet. NOTICES. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP , James Moore. one'bV the pioneer ��� mining prospectors of tlie province, arrived from the Carihoo district yesterday as <i deleijpte to the nn- * iiiia! convention o' t'ie I'io\iucial Mining Ai">oci:'lior. to he-lickl* on the 22nd ofn*xt month in this citv. Th s'raoriiinc: he said that the shillo v placer claims of the interior were practically worked tout. There were, however, anv amount of desp deposits of auriferous gravel. These could be found in any of the interior districts, Caribco, 1Y ile. Lillooet. Omineca and Cassi- ar, bu were, on accoan' of the law out of reach of prospector'. - - Explaining this, he said that according to the present act a miner, in order to get a twenty-year-lease of any , propei tr, was required to spend $1,000 in development work. This was unfair, because even if the provision mentioned was carried out, only a limited lease was acquired. Suclra thing was of little use to a miner because of the great expense necessary for the development aud operation of these mines, fie could not sell the lease t) cipiUlists because the latter in most cases were unwilling to purchase, unless assured that the j>roD- eity would be theirs for all time. Large pioperties of much value ware, on this acc-unt, lying dormant aud-woiild continue in the same 00 iditiou until some change was brought about. A-ik^d what alteration he would recommend, Mr. Moore stated that there should be some provision providing for the granting of crown grants to miners after they had done a certain specified amount of development work, at an expenditure < f $500 and $1,000, and proved that they have discovered a mine of value. They cou'd then go to the capitalist with the title aud have some hope of securing the investment of the necessaty money for the operation of the property. Mr. Moore emphasized this point���that it would enco.irage capitalists to invest their money in British Columbia mining. This was what was required more than any thing else, if the prosperity of (he Province vras to be assured. Vancouuer Province. NOTICE in hereby given thnt tho partner- shipJiithottoexistinxhotvtrenS. A Martin, K. O. lliilette, Henrv Ivciclioft, I'red Over- landtn. Augustus Coiihtautine ami Sydney Rose nan been dissolved, and that all assets and liabilities have been taken over and assumed by the underMtrned. Sy-'ney Rose, ' E O Bnlette. v l , Heurj Kerohoff. E S. Wilkinson/P.L.S. ' ' Wm. Brown, C.E. ��� WILKINSON & BROWN' \ Provincial Land Surveyors & Civil Engineers* Htdraulie Mine tnejireering a Specially Office, Pnarl St., near Third St,. Atlix, ll.C I, - ��� \ 1 �� ' 1, > 1 '��/' < ;--'J ' < > \i ''1 NOTICE. KTOT1CE !�� hrrebj given that Sixty days after dato I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the follow in? described laud situated on Taku Arm, at the month of,Otter River���\iz; Commen- I'iiiS at a post maikedj A * P. Corrior Post ���ilnced on tho Lake Shore, thence in a West- terly direction a quarter.ut a mile, thence in n5kmtherlj direction one mile, thence in an hii��terly direction onemile. thence follow ing- the lake shore in a Northerly direction to place of commencement, containing 111 all 160 acres more or less. - / Dated at Atlin, B,"C. this 9th. day of Janiiar> 1004. J. A. Perlcmson. JOB PRINTING .AT THE *CLAIM" ' u THE GRAND HOTEL FINEST EQUIPPED HOTEL IN THE NORTH. , EVERYTHING- CONDUCTED IN FIRST-CLASS MANNER. French Restaurant lt$ Connection* David Hastm, B^opristor.- Corner of First and Discovery' Streets. NOTICE. Slxtj days from date wo intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the follow inpr described truut of Land. Commencing at a post marked N. L. Co's Ltd. S. W. corner post situated near the main road to Surprise Lake, and bempr about half a mile from tho shore of^Stirpuso Lake, thence N'oi th hnlf a mile, thence East half a mile, thence South half a mile, thence West-half a mile to point of commencement, containing lb'0 acres more or loss. Northern Lumber Co. Limited F. T. Trouffuton. Docember 30th. 1110.1. THE WHITE PASS & YUKON ROUTE, '; Pacific and Aretie Railway and 'Navluatlon Company., < i ��� British Columbia Yukon Railway Corapaay. . British Yukon Railway Company, " TIME TABLE. IN EFFECT JANUARY 7 1901, Daily ejcoepVSundoy. ' No. I.S. Oonnd No. I 8. Bona* 1st class. 3nd olaaa. SEAGUAT AR. 4. SO p.m. AS A. II a. n.\ No.3N. B. 2ru\ class. 8, SO p. m. in. so ��� No.l N. B '1st class, i 9.30 a. ra. LV. 10. SSI _ ��� - i M 11 iO a.m. 12" 20 2.45 , 6.40 ��� ���WHITE PASS LOG CABIN NOTICE is hereby given that sixtj days after dato I intend t�� apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lauds and works for permission to purchase the following described tract of laud: Commencing at post marked W. J. A's S. W. comer post placed on tho East line of Lake Street 120 feet north from the corner of Raut Avenue and Lako St. in the Town of Atln, B, C. Thence. In an Easterly diriietion 110 feet, thonee In a Northerly direction 60 fcot, thenco in a Westerly direction 110 feet, thence iu a Southei Indirection following tho line of Lake Street 60 feet, to point of commencement. Containing 0.16 acres more or lew. W. J. Anderson. Dated at Atlin, B. C. Oot. 26th., 1008 11. Opr 11.45 12.15 J l2.S5ip.m BENNETT " ��� 2.10 ., ,. CARIBOO , 4.30 ��� AR WHIfi; HORSE LV Pa<ueaxcrs must be at depots in timo to have Kagrcago intpeoted and .checked, spection is stopped 30 minutes before leaving time of train. . 150 pounds of bagsas* will be checked free with each full forotiakat ai��J 71 pound* with each haif fare ticket. 4. SO p.m. 3.05 S.OO ��� 3.10 ,. 1.35 1 1.15 i p.m 11.50 a.m 9.30 ,. L,V 2. W .. l.M,. ' is. so p.m. J0.se ��� 7.00 lB- / J.G. COBtSKLL. iluggct Hotel Discovery. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. NOTiCE Is hereby given, that.sixty days from dato I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, for permission to purchase tho following described property. Commencing at Initial Post No. 1 at a point on tlio Southerly Boundary of the Flora Bench Lease on the north bank of Pine Creek in the Atlin Mining District, and following the Southerly Boundary of thu Flora Bench Leave North Easterly flye hundred feet, thence North Westerly three hundred foot, thenoe South Westerly five hundred feet, thence South Easterly three hundred feet more or loss to paint of commencement. Containing 3.44 acres more ��r less. Dated at AtHn, B. C. October 20th. 1808" 9. T. 9w*fcao*>, FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT IN CONNECTION. HraduHurtcrs for Brook's stage. Pellew-Harvey, Bryant & Oilman Provincial Assayers The Ysncoover Aessy Office, Utebllshed 1890. ��� *���* W. WALLACE GRIME & C��., Agents. Large or SmaSI Samples forw arded for Asaajp fnm int RoteL DISCOVERY, B. C. NEW DINING ROOM NOWOPEN, Furnishing Th�� BEST MEALS IN CAMP. Finest of liquors. Good stabling. TRY J. D. !S FOR En. Saxds, Proprietor. BATHS BARBER SHOP O.K. F. Shields & Eddy Durham. Now oocupy their new quarters next to the Bank of B. V. A.. First Street. Tho bath rooms are equally as good *�� found la nHtm. tMewte Batrwwto Utt fadfaw. I UPHOLSTERY MATTRESSES FURNITURE HARDWARE PAINTS &. OILS Atlin ct Discovery. The Royal Victoria Life Insurance Co. OF CANADA Copftel $1,09O,0OO. 4.C.E��ci>oitfl8hUs\*jBflS, -1,',, ^ f ^' l V ' "'.'} ' - I' ��� I Vv" YEAR. ERRY, Merry Chiistmas, passed away, "Happy, Happy Old Year!" shout today. Happy, Happy 01J Year-, nevermore Shall we taste, the pleasure past-and o'er. Gleaming on the hill-side, Bhining bright, Domes the New Year sunshine, goldon light, , IVhen the happy seasons pass away. May there be for us no darker day. ; forth all people straying, here and there, Careless, happy greetings ev'rywhere, rtrere-le no repining, all is cheer, Ibout aloud to hail the glad Now Year. V TWO LITTLE REBELS. 'March to the Sea," else how could Ke Have got It for us? ' . Ab we skipped joyfully home we said pith conviction: "You see, mammy, you were all ivrorg. 'Ole Sherman' is not a 'Yankee,' after all."���B. G. Parker, in Wido kwako. j - \ . / Swi ar ng Off. _, I was tire last night oT the dying year, and "Ole Sherman's" Yankees were but a few miles, from our home in Georgia. We heard the beating of the drums, the prancing horses and booming of cannon. I sat up in bed, and rubbed my eyes. rhere on the floor lay our black Ma/ni- Biy Venus, wrapped in her patchwork tuult, and beside me lay little 6lstei; It was no dream, for through the open Window, along with the perfume of the L Mange "blossoms, came those strange lounds, nearer and nearer. Mammy's'black head advanced from , wider her quilt like a cautious terrapin. "What is it, mammy?" I asked, and I . began to tremble. '", "Oh, my honeys!" cried 'mammy, balding little sister,and me "both into 7filhe shelter of the patchwork counterpane, "don't git skeered nohow; -no Yankees, not Marse Lincoln he-self, km tek'yo' f'um yo' mammy, an' yo' mam- , my f'um yo'." , "The Yankees!" I gasped; "have t?iey come really and truly?" and immediately I began to wonder if I dared tip- {oe to the window to get a peep^at the errible and interesting creatures. ��� ' "Would that noise kill me if 'I looli- ' id out of Uie w'mde-w, mammy?" I asked at last. t , "To ibe course' it would," answered '"tittle sister, shuddering.. , "Well!" said mammy, " 'nears to mo Jike you better not; it'6 right resky loolin' wid Marse Sherman, and dat'a ," him, fo' shoie. I steddy, an' I steddy, an' 'pears like I can't mek it out no~ how. Talk "T>out free! 'pears like des Yankees can't know dat.nuttin', is so ho-count as a free'bawn nigger." "A band!" I cried; and forgetting our fears all three rushed pell-mell to the ' windows. As the tramp, tramp, tramp, came nearer, and the front ranks came Into sight, little sister* set up a dismal .well: "Dey is only men, and not real Bud true Yankees at all," she said.' "*I\hey are real enough," said poor toarhirna, who had come hurrying an, and she made us close all the shutters, and although she let us peep through the blinds, she would not look again, even when we entreated her to point out "Ole Sherman." "Yes," sniifed mammy, "dcy is a plcy- ln' 'When dis cruel wah is over,' and fley is a-doin' it dey-sslf all de time!" As we sat around the drawing room Are that afternoon, the door wasthi own open with a flourish, and Cyrus -announced: "Gineral Sherman, Missus!" f My mother went forward to greet her, Visitor, with youngsters cling.ng in mortal terror to her gown, lor that pame was more ,frightful ito us than Bluebeard," or "IIop-o'-my-Thumb's" pgre, or "Red Riding-hood's" .wolf, all rolled into one. I Maanma put her hand behind her and drew me forward, saying: "General here 2b a young person >vho is very anxious to see 'Ole Sherman.'" . ^ ' "I declare, mamma, I didn't say it," 1 began, trembling like an aspen leaf; " 'twas mammy or little sister " ' "No! no! I cross my heart I never Aid," sobbed little sister miserably. Our dreadful vihitoi looked from one- culprit to the other, fiom under his bushy eyet ows, and then���he did not out on." hea off with liis great swoul, is I fully e\[>- ted him to do; he lati^U- Dd! oh, so long and loud! He took pretty little sister on bin knee, and kissed her, and said ho had jotters in his pocke* for mamma, arid isked for some sugar for us, to choi-r in up a bit. Theie was no sugar, nor had there been any fw many .months; fo Beneral Sherman tcld nc to come to hisv oeadriuartetbi next -day and he would five Uo all we could Pit. ���We got our 3iigar (l.io'.'.'ti by choice), In nice pasli/ lorud boxes imirked "Cai- rate's Soap," and what else do yon iimk we got? A New Year's box. perhaps It came rt.raig.lu from Sa:.ca Claus, a wcpIc ate, whom Gcnoial brfterm an met on his For'the Ladies. ' ' Knives. i The' loosening of tlie handles oi knives is due to the fact that the knives have been tossed into a pan of hot wafer, together with the forks and spoons, and, in consequence,, the cement has melted away. Knive3, when brought' from the table, should be scraped against the edge of a plate to remove "as much soil as possible and the blades should then i st in a jug, not a,pan, of hot water, into which a little bit of soda has been melted, care being taken that the water does not reach'the handle, where it joins the blade. .Tho thousands of'people who ' write to me saying that ���With the new year,! am resolved���V NOT .11 IN HIOODY Dodd's Kidney Pills Cured' W. J. Dixon's Rheumatism He was Crippled for weeks before he tried the great Kidney Remedy ���How the Cure was Effected. '' Barwick, Rainy River, Ont., Dec.^8. ���(Special).���The cold, wet weather, with its accompaniment oi Rheumatic pains has set'the people here talking of the.case of Wm. John Dixon'. Mr. Dixon, who is well known in this neighborhood, - was _a cripple from Rheumatism. To-day he has not a twingle of his old enemy anywhere in, his body, and he gives all the credit to Dodd's Kidney Pills. "I had an attack of Typhoid P'ever," Mr. Dixon says in speaking of his cuie, "and after Iigot over it, Rheumatism set in. ��� I'had pains in my back and in my right 'hip so bad I had to use'a stick to walk. I had no comfort in sleeping and could no more than dress or undress myself for two months. For , three" or four weeks L could''not put my right leg on my left knee. - , ',.--'" "On my brother's advice I started using1-1 Dodd's 'Kidney'Pills, and after taking three boxes 'I began to walk around and do my'work as-usual. ?I am all right now, and' Dodd's 'Kidney Pills did it."- ^ ?^���; ," Rheumatism is caused "by' uric acid' in the blood. The natural way to cure it is to get the uric acid out "of .the blood. If the Kidneys are sound they >will take all the uric acid out of the blood: Dodd's Kidney Pills make the Kidneys,sound. ,. ,,, Bookish Women. Bookishness is' an unreliable test of ability. I have known bookish women who were profuse readers and delighted in study, but were not of much use for anything else, and I have known other women who took books rather hard, but amply made up Tor that disability by their closeness of observation and mental _ energy. As between persons who read to save themselves the trouble of thinking, and persons who observe and think, but find reading laborious, the latter are likely to be best worth'while. But reading, observation and thought ought to work well together and to make 'for practical efficiency. A < mind that is capable of Greek and analytical geometry is usually capable also, under proper training, of omelets, good coffee anc' household administration.���E. S. Mar , tin, in Harper's Bazar. ' Hindu English. , Lady Curzon/,who was Miss Leitei of Chicago, gets a lot of fun out of hei life in India. Among other fads, it is said that she' makes a point of collecting any amusing attempts made by Hindus to write English that may come 'under ,her notice,' and has-many ludicrous specimens in her scrapbook. Recently she got from Bombay a letter that two brothers sent out to their pa trons'on the death of their father, who had been the head of the firm. The letter ran: "Gentlemen,���We have the pleasure to inform you that our re spected father departed this life on the loth inst. t His business will be con ; ducted by his beloved sons, whose names are given below. The opium market isi quiet, and mal. 1,500 rupees per'chest:' O 'death, where is thy sting? O grave, where rs thy victory? We remain, etc."���Leslie's Weekly. s Consumption Th* Lung T��nic cured them of ckrtaie roughs ' cauot all b�� Mistakes. There must ba truth is it. n Try a bottle for that ccugh ��f ysrars. Pric���� 25c., 80c and 81.00 ' "r I SI. t. C WILLS ft CO. 1 , Tmate, Caa. , Ldtqr, K.T. m etoryuiu itubber-iSfcck Turkey. ;\i 1 1���The bad boys cut off.thp turkeys bead and 'attach a hose to its neck, j ' Term tTha!: are Out of Date. '"No one says 'ladies' or .'gentlemen', nowadays, Sarah," said Aunt Betty Mod-, ish to her country-bred niece, whom she was endeavoring." to "form" on the appioved * lines' of the fashionable typo of her world; before presenting* her to : society. -"We "are men and women now, , Dieu Morcil And it'sounds, like a^servant to apeak of people in'any other way. And for Heaven's =ake, child," continued her up-to-date mentor, '.'never let mc hear pou use that dieadful word 'genteel' again. .I-heaid you say that something looked 'genteel and lad} like' yesterday, and 1' nearly fainted" " , , '"Gran," who was knitting* a fleecy ^ maK3 of white Shetland wool into soft, dainty little .baby's garments, looked up' quizzically. "Yes, Saiah," she said, "it is qui'e true; there are no lad'os, in the old ac- septation of the tenn. Wfc in these modern times.; They aio like old lace and lavender, and belong to a bygone ugo. Tlie delicacy and lefinement, the purity of speech and manners, the 3\vcet primness whieh laid an cinbuigo on over-l'ito speech, the dignity of demo nor, and the graciousucns of courteous deportment, which ue used to consider indicative of a 'lady,' nro nil old-tush- io.'ied, and, of course, must not be cultl-" viilcd. The gentlemen, too, an your Aunt Betty <wy->, have dtaippourpd. Chivalry is quile obsolete, couitly manners nro. considered' ildiciilons, and I do not think Unit 'J'oni, Dirk and flairy, whom you will meet when you go out, need fear to have tho old-time nppcllo/. tlon." Care of. House Plants. The advent of colder weather means .increased fire heat, the latter also meaning an increased "aridity or dryness of the atmosphere. The latter condition will probably 'induce a visit from' insect pests, -unless precautions are taken to prevent their appearance ���hGreen fly and red spider are most to be feared, especially the latter,, as their appearance is not so easily detected as that of the aphis, or green fly. '��� ' _ Copious sprinkling and. syringing with cold water is the besti preventive for the attacks of the so-called spider. Salvias, fuchsias, roses and carnations are first favorites with this little pest. When first attacked, the leaves of these plants present a whitish, dusty- ,'looking appearance, especially on the underneath side, and the leaves will soon commence dropping twice every day'., ', Tobacco water is "the best remedy for green fly, although tobacco leaf stems, or ' even a cigai thoroughly dried and rubbed into a fine powder and sprinkled on the plants .infested jwith green fly will generally rid''the plant'of them. ��� l,.e latter application's best'made after the plants have been recently sprinkled or syringed, as the tobacco dust- adheres better when the foliage of 'the plant is moist.���William Hurt, GvHph, Ont. Strenuous Miss Roosevelt # When a London journail ventured the information that Miss Alice, Roosevelt had invited herself to attend the corona- tion of King Edwa-rd and Queen Alexandra, and even designated the Westminster Abbey position she would be pleased to occupy as the "American monarch's" daughter, there was sincero resentment felt throughout the States, and the slur was- attributed to Jingliah piqueinreturn for the American criticism of the HriLith- Boer War, says "The 400." There was not believed to be the leust foundation for the amazing London insinuation. But the conspicuity and ubiquity of Miss Roosevelt the past year has caused'American society to pause and ponder a little, principally sotto voce, of course, al-( though tlie Now(porters in August wagged their tongues vigorously and made no at-1 tempt to veil their opinions when the President's pretty, if vain, daughter appeared there with a train of trunks prepared' to enter energetically into tlie gayeLies of the season.. Although she was a guest of the Cuttings, one of the leaders of the gerrnan.. at Mrs. Astor's dinner-dance, dancing with John Jacob Astor, and returned as the guest of the Baroness O'Biien-Sellicre for the Thayer- Brooks wedding and the Horse Show, the Newporters generally did not, manifest a disposition to do any special entertaining for the President's, daughter this season. , ��� ,, 1 Miss Roosevelt seems to be possessed of a passionate penchant for soeiutv and its limelight, not only that of the Washington court,- but eveiywhere that rt especially glitters and attracts. She is' unquestionably pretty and stylish, ' as well as strenuous, aibeit young and frail; but her record for 1903 is most extraor dinary and probably unprecedented in the list of the world's princesses. -It includes the exacting Washington scaj-o'i "from the holidays to Lent; the New'Or- lcans-Mardi Gras festival and round;of balls; a voyage to.ard circuit of Porto' Rico; a week at Biltmore:-the Vander- biltian chateau at Asheville; the poat' Lenten,Washington season; a foitnijht in Boston; August at Newport; the Isew York international yacht races; and Sep tember in the Adirondack^. Whence the proposition originated to star Mi^- Roosevelt at the Veiled Prophets' ball in St. Louis this month the chivalrous press of our sister of 'the 'Mississippi has' not vouchsafed the intelligence, but that, it was speedily and emphatically rejected is significant. The uiuat chaiitablo \ie\\ of the situation is that the ,accidental Presidency and 'the suddenness of the bewildering social position have dazed or turned Miss Roosevelt's youthful head, and his Strenuous Majesty has not exercised 'his paternal preiogative and tautened the reins upon .his deliriously dashing progeny.' t���Poor Mr. Jones goes blithely along and suffers a shock when he reaches home. - - - * ' Dyspepsia? Sha waa ��� I beauty until I irregularities I irb that dread dye- peculiar to her I sex brought cm pepsin and gen erul misery. But there it certainty of cure for IfillTHE GREAT AMERICAN NERVINE VllX FIRST FEED ����rSHATTKR����NERVES; then strength. ened by It they will put every vital ���ivan to work vigorously. The liver will do Its share, the heart will have 1 blood to pump, the nerves wlU'be quiet, Tk* woman will bo beautiful again. ��?I^8���.Ja^le��� Eda:e, Post-Mlitresa o��- Edge Hill, Oat., writes :,, ..,, ,.;, ' "I have had indigestion and dyspepsia < for nearly ten years. - At times Icould eat nothing. After taking twe bottles . of South American Nervine .-I was en- " tirely well and am in perfect health." Tie Great Seiik Americas KMser Cart dis- - salves and washes out waste matter at cace from kidneys and bladder, and simultaneously begins the building up of new tissues. Relief in six hours. St ^BmWmwmaumwmwmmm \ I ��� Painting the Empress Dowager. London to Have a Gay Winter. A Stormy "First Night." .Power of a Remark Overheard. S6,C500 Re Limited, Toronto can prove that EXPENSE will be paid b Levc Brother to any person wh ;his s^'ap contain any form of adulteration whatsoeve* or contains any injurious chemicale AsIc for the Octagon Har ,- A 111.111 waiting patiently at the glov�� countci, of n.jScw. York . depai tinen'l storo heard one young shopwoman ia^ to another, as. ��he handed down a box of gloves: "Maria told Jum downright she'd hnyo no tiling more to do with him; "arid olie 'called lnm it poison:faccd adder, he gripped her in tlie waltz that scandalous." fins was alii Customers clam orcd lor attention, and the confidence ceased at tins point. lint the force <m<i richness of the language, the liveliness of the .illii-iion, captivated the hoarcr'* soul. Jfe confined that, for ycar=j afterwards, when he wn3 waltzing with decorous rehictinec under H10 compelling eye of his hriati's-i, iiicmoiics ot Maria's pirt- ncr would nsa.iil him, and ho would (ird himself envying the adder the niv^lon ous n.iliiie of liwenBliuiitiom.���I\ew luiW "Life." Commenting on the'receptions ��f Mi vmrious plays, H. J. W. Dam recmtlj told a reporter that at one tinri it the. opening production of hi* nlay, "The Coquette," he thought .obody connected with tlie entertain herit would leave the theater alive ���The house," 'he said, "was the libtk 'rince of Wales,'- managed by Oscai 'jo won thai.' The, piece did not go vcrj 'Veil, and at the end'there were'calls fo: lie autlior. ,1 did not .mind going out or % similar play of mine, 'The Shot; rirl,' had run twenty months in tin ������'nioty, and I felt that the pit and gal ery would treat me with some courtesy .is ono who had, at least, pleased them once. But the 'Bool' tliat came over fclu footlightfl that night us I made .my up pcarancc was really like a, tornado! 11 was almost palpable, I fairly reeled anc titnggcrcd back as it came at me like something that might be warded oil" had t the thickness of the curtain betweer, me and it. Aud it endured, too���endured until I felt myself pulled and jerked about, and realized that the our tain, to the end of whieh I had beer holding with one clenched hand, was as cending. I looked about, and there stood LowenUial, the color of pure rniwble. H< stepped down, pushed me aside, and thei gave that audience a vast amount of information concerming .the private'Ch'arao1 ler of each and every individual compos ing it I do not believe tha-t a costcn fiom Wliitecliapel could have compotec with, the manager that night in tho ex pert use of choice Billingsgate, He black guarded Lliein until they were stilled and ilien he blackguarded some more lie paid for ithat speech witih a fortune for popular indignation told against the Prince of \V��lca Theater, and he, toe stubborn to lot go, held on until ho wai wiped out." The social outlook for the winter season in London is most promising now that the English royal family1 is out, of mourning, and King Edwnrd and Queen Alexandra have 'begun to entertain lavishly. The sisters of tho King are also throwing off the mantle of sorrow. The papers comment "enthusiastically on the recent brilliant dinner-party, followed by a .ball, given on the,Isle of Wight by Prinoesa Beatrice, tlie widow of Prince Henry of Battenberg, the handsomest of all the "handsome Battenibergs.'' Hot mourning for Prince nenry has .been long and sorrowful, hut she would have emerged sooner from the gloom that.enshrouded 'her life for so many years had she been less lac principal companion of Queen Victoria, and been allowed to follow the natural 'bent of her years, for of all the children of tlie late Queen there are none that seemingly love the pleasant things of this world more tha.n her eldest son, King i-Mwaid, and her youngest daughter, ItcuLuice. Accoiding to t'he London correspoiulent of tin- Xew York "Herald," she is far more uttractive than, some of the younger members of the royal family in manner and appearance, although pione to sloutni^s, like Princess Clwislia.11, her eldest sisiter now living, and of lute also the dibpcu^oi' of co7iHideraiblp .hospitality at her new, beautiful town house iu I'.ill Mall. The most attractive of tlie King's sisters is Princes* Louise, Duchess of Aigyll, whose London residenco is Kensington Palace, where her youngest sister, Princess Beatrice, has also had willed to her far life a suite of spacious apartments. Princess Louis* has never acted as host- esa to "any great extent, and'even since the accession of her husband as tho. sixth Duko of Argyll (who 1ms nearly a dozen" other hereditary titles 'in addition, and innumerable posts that increaso his income), the expenditure of Puue&iM Louise for purely social hospitality i- very limited, both in London and ,., ,,, Scottish seats. A distinguished-artist,''iliss Carl, of the United States, one of the.few women ' painters admitted as members of the , Palis Salon, is now living in tlie summer palace near Pekin as the guest of tho Empress Dowager, whose portrait she is painting. The Empress, to make up foi 5ier former deficiencies and the long un- perpetuated line of her ancestors, is having three pictures done of 'her If. One will be hung in her private apantmente,. another in ,the ILiJl of Audience, and tho ���iljiird will be sent to the St. Louis Exhibition. The last named is to be 'the most ambitious ' work, showing the Empress Dowager'in full panoply, tricked out in &a.tins and brocades, '"armed for defence, feathered to fortify." She will wear tho , liead-dress- known in China as the'"shower of, pearls,"^ in which gropes ,pf. beautifully matched pearls hang like a cui'tain ' 'to'her shoulders, as well as her baTboirio bracelets and priceless earrings. She has also ordered the Emperor 'to sit for his> 'portrait,* and it'probably will be completed in a fortnight or three weeks. ,iMiss Carl's brothei', a high official in tho imperial Chinese customs, has been chos-. en to escort. China's delegate, Prince Pu Lun, to the Louisijiut Purchase Exposi- v tion. �� ' ' 1 '. GOOD NEWS FOi^ SORE r:osEsi' ACMEW'S GATAKSHAL HWDER wins���the only one' of them all that wao and is a cure. Beats all others in the first five minutes. a 4 , Begins to ours Instantly and does not stop until its work .is done, Colds, head- aches put out of the way. r . Means a certainly of pure" breath, easy breathing," blood purified, defects of hearing' relieved, and avoidance of pulmonary disease. Capt. Bun Co- or, of Toronto, radically cured ol Catarrhal Dcni' 3 of 12 ysart' ^landing, writes:��� " Somn time rro I procured Dr. Agnew's Ca�� tnrrltnl Powell , nnd it !i is cured me ontiicly, I 1 .m 1. il.iy Iior 03 gond as t vor." �� Don't have a single blotch on your skin -������ ��� ���' when Dr. Agnew's Ointment will cure Lifebuoy Soap-disinfoetant-in etrmrgly any and till d:s��i��.r.irin,f skin diseases. , ,,1 , ,. , , " And if you MifTcr with Piles, while to recommended by tho morlicnl pi(itc*i,i��.ij an ;n U)e houso you Sllffer no morc_ ptlca a safu;uaid against iufi'Ll 10,.a 1 35 cents. 28 ."2-5'' .^^^^���������������^���������^ ������*���"**���������������������'#������*���������*��������� I BY LAURA JEAN LTBBEY <K ���Author of " The Crime of Hallow-E'en," ," The Flirta. ons | \ a Beauty," "Willful Gaynell," "Little Leafy \ jf " Only a Mechanic's Daughter," etc. ^ ���������������������������������������������������������^ ��������������.���.���������������������������������������������� slid.j d6t> iu u.i,u.iiiia lXiit,,ut nnrf judge for yourself; he is juat the reverse of one to inspire fear, even in the hear t of the most timid. I have told him bo much of jou, he has u desire to have his Clumsily gratified," There was a 'light shuffling of feet without, and the ne\t rmment a servant entered bearing the ix>rtrait ol Ulmont Ulvesford: " "Ah, It iu1truo to tho very life," exclaimed Loraine, delightedly. Then she turned lo I^etta, proudlj �� a young queen might have done.a' could 'tad words to Wl her she rnirsi part from her child, as Izettai thanker1 her so gratefully 'for her goodness Poor Izertta, how could she think that this fair, Toud woman envied her the possession of her fittle child iDeap down in Izetta's heart she hfctd ��� hope that some diy she would ho united to Alderic through his child heir faith was so steadfast. "We must waTt very patiently, you *nd T baby," she sud; '"some day two ���hall meet Alderfc," her heart ,guve �� great throib of joy at the thought It almost took her breath away Iioralne had decided to'say nothing orf the plans she had concluded for baby's futuie until she oonfeired with UlmoinA. / Quite ����. Loinrne hnid pxpected. ho was amazed; ho heard his haughtj wlpe, 'whom few could please, had decided to keop the benighted wanderer who had fled theie for shell er beneath their roof., , ,,, ' A Seeling of pity Cor 'the deseited ronngwife, whom ho determined not poliko/_BTOlo urwr nan, us ijkj ^vintm !* Bahy oooed softly, lying i against his fcreast. , ' " j ; The very chiming of the Christmas bells seemed echoing the strain: \ -CM him Ulmontl" h Chapter xxrir.' '' The Portrait. (Which side would the scales fall? One day, two weeks later, Loawine Md Iietta sat in the drawingt- room fa deep conversation. <��� i ., i "Yours >la indeed a strange story, Mrs. Boas; still, after hearing1 it, I ���.gain repeat my former offer. You pay 70a are searching for a situation, Iwhy not accept mine?" �� "It la very di feront !now,��� , Mr�� jUlreaford, flince I huve baby*. I 'cam- mat expect to procure the same kind ���I a situation us baforo." , s 1 "That will not rnako any difference With me, Mrs. Rosa." ' < 1 "You are' very, very kind," mur- tnured Izetta, Impulsively }knoclIag at OLoralneV feet,. hor ojoa ^filled" with .tears. "You havo been fco good to tne," she sobbod, "I would givo my irery life 'for yours, If I could ever repay you." 1 , ' ' > k'Loraine smiled down into tho "dark, eautiCut face, little droamlng'of tho faeroic .will lying dormant in the girl's breast, or / of .-'the .-torrrble * ordeal twhioh would try her boyond all pow- SH" (of human endurance. It was a question ovenly-balanced, only heaven could toll on which aide the scales would fall * t 1 , "IIow Btrango it is," 'said Lorpinu, "that such deep shadows have fallen upon ^oux life, while mine has been nil sunshine. I can understand, poor , child, how well you have loved-youv husband, but I cannot see how 'your love would live through such bitter neglect." Truly the ways of .women are wonderful " 1 "You would not have wondered had you seen him," answered Izetta, "he (was all that was good and noble* It (s so" hard to behove those lips I /thought so true, could havo uttered falsehoods while they smiled." 1 "Still you say," pondered Loraine, "he never once .told you he ."love'd jrou��" ,- , v ,, ' , "No, he never spoke of love; The taay not have caired for me at (first, |but,' oh.^Mira. Ulvesford, I truly believe he was learning,to love me he- fore that orueh letter; came\to separate "US." Mi ) lr' * v l J , H'�� ' *. , I "A. "doubtful expression crossed ��� Lo- , raine's face; she knew very.Iitt'lel of \ ful cross when he has "those thinking the -world, yet she felt that no bus-, spells, as we'on 11 'em. Why, them band, who truly \loved,. could desert times you could go straight past him Jiis wife in that dastardly fashion. a dozen times a minute and he would "What makes you.think that?" she look straight ovet, your bead without asked. i ���',,'.' \*" ~ ) I 1 " seeing you." "I've seen him even turn r ' ~~" _ -'" , 11 '( hrs head away from'his wife, and say: ��� "His (last farewell," responded I?- 'Don't trouble me now, Loraine; , go etta. "It was, not the pairting^of away, "I'm thinking.' He's ^always been ''an Indifferent husband, mndam 'My thinking, no one but himself knows she sard :- ' "Look, Mrs. Ross, this is m/ hus band!" - r hailed Loraine repcuited her sad story '"It ���seeims almost incredible," ' he said, "that" such wrongs ,c*in go unpunished. ' I will see this young person to-fmorrow; then I can beltoi judge wheither slip r's more tanned against ���than sinning; whether or nc she Is a "fit companion for you inj wife." ��� ,>i , ���, He was determined she should not bo urged to iemam, until after he had seen hex. ��. There was but one incentive which led him to think favorably of' the affair which was a keen desire to keep the child near him. He meant never to lose sight of tho child born at Ulvesford Mansion; il he never had an herr of hrs own, fter haps ���who could ,-lpll what ho would, do for the little fellovv in tl > future? He told himself he would, 1 Mnk as well of the mo^thar as he could��� for the child's sake. 1'' \ * The next moirning Izetta was sum- rnioned to the library.... Loraino had sent word that her husband wished to apeak with her. Izetta was holding baby when the maid delivered the message. ' "Mr;. TJlvesfor d i\ ishes to see me ?" she asked, in dismay. "He says you are to come at the earliest ^moment, pl'-asejj he's a walking up and down''tihevroom, and not lin a" pleasant mood,'"either. He's a * nice gentleman, but he does get most aw- darling,' he said, 'something hus hap. pened which will necessarily part us for a few days, tout rit /wilLr bo only, for a few days at-most','then 'I"shall return to my wife." He placed all the anoney ho had a'bout him1' in my hands, together with the address of the 'nurse. Hie never^knew X/ was left destitute, he was not so hard tut that." if "But the addresp," questioned Loraine, "even had rjou not lost it, it (was useless; no one iu Silvernook knew to Mm, you sajf" "That (Was the ouly ^xt ot it I could not understand, madnim. I advertised for months in the city papers for Alderlc, or.any���on>3���who.knew his whereabouts; it was all useless. Sinco that fatail monning I, havo never looked 'upon his face." 'r J- / i> *������( 1 Loi-alne could ^not imagine '��� the .ttopthis Of such cruelty. \'I ought to be veiy happy, Mrs. Rosa; I have nover known one wish "''unrulfilled. I never had a sorious thought inilife until I met my (husband; then I said to myself, unless 1 gain the love oZ this man, 'life .will hold no pleasure for me, he was more to me than all the woild, and when I married him my happiness was complete. I would as soon think of living without tho sunshine as without my husband's love," and the pioud, pet- ted,<beauly trembled us she spoko Izetta sip hud, asishc replied. "My husband's iSve was wholly apart fiom my lifo; J had no,thai o m It; now I'shall live only fot my boy alone. I loved Aldciic so fondly, such a lovo as mine ends only in do.uth " Thoro ,was bucb pathos ln^hor voice that Loraino Colt vaiguely uneasy; aha did not liko somhre . thoughts. She was so irresistibly drawn toward Izetta thnt she determined not to part with her. , "You have not scon 4ny husband, (Mrs. Ross; ho was called suddenly away the morning after-Christmas. 1 expeot him homo some .time to-dny.'" ' "I shall tell him tho sad stary io* fthls poor crcaluro���then Svhcu hert-eos her, ho will think moro"kindly of hoi,' ehe thought. > 1 Loraine di I not quifo like th? id mi elf having (he child thn.ro, and nis tsoon as pr.ii tioifblo 'she. belipved r7nttii could be inducofl to put wifh if, sIk fcolioved, too, that havinrr it taken charge of elsewhere w ould bo best for tho tehlld 1 1 She had yet to loarn tho power o' mothci-lovo; ^,he wat, (forij she had named 1 his stiangui '1 icluld alter hei husband. , Loraine wus wondering how flhr J what * about! If we have anything particular , to say ���to Mr. Ulvesford, iwe always^ wait ..till he's through with ^hrs spell d'�� thinking."' ! .^ *��� * / "Ah, baby,''s whispered Izetta, when alone, "perhaps Mr Ul\esford regrets his wife has od!fe.rod you and me a shelter." Unconsclouslv. hier Jiand olose'd over the same little ws-ten fingers that had ourled so confidingly in Ulmont's clasp; slowly she tut ned and descended the. grand stniiwav. "Come in, Mrs.. Ross," .called Loraine, as she passed her door. '' I/Oi'alne's boudoir was a fitting casket for the jewel it held; the room was a mass of softened^ bloom and perfume with a great profusion of tall, white lilies, that held up their white cups to 'the 'glrmmering 1 san- 1 light; ���- ' ^ - ���, .'1 ;' l7etta never forgot' Loraine as she stood there on that winter morning ; 'the' memory lingered with her, half .pleasure, half pain,,all the, years of "hor 'after Mife. " ' She wore a rob" of spotless while; as she bent her bniuiiful head nvei the' lilies, o-ne of he- gol 'ti en !��? twined around the lilt's st in, and mlncried with its golden calvx. >F^r an instance the biood recipri from Izetta's face; this pictuie which Loraino fo* med wan coi tcml.s rm m one to hoi:, whc;c hid b!iu seem 01 liko it? Qaiokli hei inuui dnfled b ��� 'c I that morning on (he b ich, ,ri ' 1 the ]K>.-tiail liPi liu.sb liuI had ..how her; hiB woik, he >h id h d. "IIow strange it 13," she theirrl. "I Tshould ^ce just such l pictu/c h rc.il lifo as ciossc! his brain in fani.i Sho remenrhored the dull pain u her hoai t whpn Aldeuc had caic'oail^ admitted he liked fan women bvjsit Loraine nover knew why a buddun faintness sei/od Mis Ross she would havo fallon'to the floor had she not steadied herself against ttho marble mantel. ,, '���'You are nervous and agitated, Mrs. Rioss," said Loraino, "I trust it is not due to this interview with Mr. TJlvei ford ; he has hcurd your story, and feola vory kindly disposed toward 'CHAPTER XXV. Fao-< to Face. ' u ��� The bright sunshrne foil full 'upon the pictured face, "Look, Mrs Ross," Lo^nlne repeat ed proudly ; *thr3 is my husb nd." Izetta stepped foi waul, for a sing'f Instant only her dark ojes rested on the picture; then, with a loiw, piercing cry she sank down beside It in a dead ���woon. , 1 "1 wonder* what'oiu'd have'startled her <of' pondeied fioiainp. .1 The white lips opened with a fain) moan: ,, "Alderic ���Aldeuc!" "Poor child 1" thought Loraino, "she must havo been c> nipar ing her own ornel lot,with in nc. ' Slowly the dark eyes opened. 0 "I���I beg jour pndon, Mrs. Ulvesford," she said, whilo in hor hear) rose one great ciy; "so like, ah! so like I" "If my husband's portrait' had 're presented a stern, forbidding face, 1 should say it wae that which caused you toi faint." / Izetta shuddered. "May I look at tho portrait again?" *h�� asked. ' ' ' Loraine was only too pleased. "Yes," she " answered^ leading the way to an inner apaitment; "I havi hnd It hung where the best light wrt) be thrown upon it." r ., As she spoke she parted,the ambei satin curtains, and Izetta "was face to face with the poi trait of Ulmonl Ulvesford. L - She did not cry out or utter a tnoan her brain whiilcd and her breath seemed to come and go in short, convulsive gasps At the first glance the fatal resemblance to Aldeiic hvo>l al^ most overpowered her. As she look ed again she saw the portrait of n fair-haired young man while Alderic's Ao-rlr "i���".. brown. She re membered Alderic's, mauth, proud^anG haughty; this one was almost wholh concealed by the long, drooping mustache. The prcud, uplifted head, and the dark-blue, soarchmg "eves alone reminded her foTcibh of Alderic, "It is simply a cSincidenoe," sho told herself, 'nothing more." < She had not thought it possible for any one In >the wide wide world to look like Alderic,. She was startled at the tumultuous throbbing of her own heart. The sudden warbling of a yellow^canary,'hanging in a gilded cage", above her head, aroused her from her deep reverie. ��� 1-W am pleased that, you like my husband,'Mrs."Ross."',* \ , ' It suddenly occurred to Izetta that Mrs. Ulvesford m ght' not he pleased but she could not turn away;' the gaze she'had bestowed on the portrait with the intense scrutiny and rapt dark blue ejes held an unaocountable fascination for her,���thi same questioning exp.ession in th��ir depths she had often lead in Alderic's; then, the heavy silken folds of tho curtain fell between Izetta and the portrait, and she" felt as if the darkness of night , had slowly settled around her. ' The woids of Loraine still sounded in her ear. She- Could-not. tell why the bitterness of death seemed to fall upon her, as she gared upon that pictured face and heard the woids ��� "Look, Mrs Ross, this is my., - hus- b-'ri'V' sj ��� , \ "Mr. Ulvesford aw a ts Mrs Rcss in the iibraiy," said the maid, again making her aipearanee. ''Tell him shj is with me, in the morning- 100m, I .wrill send hei down directly. There need be no hurry," shi. said, turning to Izetta; "I want you to regain some'of yourjost color,before you go down Any one Would imagine jeu hnd seen a ghost." Ah I she little knew the. young gi 1 had stood that morning amid the shattered ru"ns of her dead hopes, face to face with her past. ' , Izetta' walked with a firm stop toward the library. "Why,should I .shrink and cower?" she asked.'herself. "Ivhave done no wrong ; I must be bravo for baby's sake I" 1 , The door was standing ajir, she knocked timidly once, twice, but there was ^no res/Kinse; at the third and little louder r ip, Zick, the coachman, answcied the summons. "If you please, you are to tako a scat; master w-as called away for a moment, hr> will leturn in a. Very few momentR," he snid lTh��n Zack withdrew from the room and I/ctta was left to the contemplation of her own thoughts. A note-book, a glove, and a riding whip lay on the desk befoio her. 'A hufc mastiff Inj an tho heaith-rug wn'clung her fiom under his shaggy 'eyebrows. The i^und of her own name falling upon h��r ears from the adjacent room chained her attention. "Are you not af.aid your daughtor will rue it, iris L'n rimer, allowing this stranger to rem tin beneath her roof ? ' said a sti ango voice. , -ueciaedly so," ausiveied Mis Lor- , . , rimer; "yet there is something about * ' that child that puzzles mo. I have Vfttal's hand, thtu-ling them Into the totld Loraine so, but bho only, laughs breast pocket of his coat. and replies: 'How fanciful you aie, -"Money," ho'taid. "1 nover knew a mother.' Still, I repeat it. I do not dnj's peace in my lifo; bomo one is like,the child." 1 always hounding me down toi murvy, "What does Mr. Ulvesford think of I staked my all on winning the beu- uhe plan you propose?" ess of Loriimer Hall, even my moth- "Ho has ncit heard of it yet, he (will er'yS companion like a frightened bud, oeritaiinliy object. I assure you ho is took wings and fL<iw,away while un- qulite interibted in that child." der my vciy grasp." "That Is a veiy startling idea," ox- - V.vto.1 was just cm the pornt of tell- clalmed the visitoa; "it reminds me of the serious tiouble a friend of mine onoe experienced. Hor husband' and she, although deailj loving " children, were childless, tint boon was denied'them. ".. She'tdbk-Y neighbor's child Into her home. Husband^and wife never seemed tho same to each' other after that;;'imperceptible at'firsty'thV husband turned frr<m his wife to'that: child. , Whan ait. Last:.an heh^ofijtheir, own was born, it was too late;'.no power on ,'earth, ould /alienate the', hus-| barad'si affections which'were lavished' upon the stiariger. ' The young, wife' lived to see her own child turned'from its own father's"door, its place usurped by ITstmngar's clulld." ' ' ' ' ' "Your story quite-frightens me,!' replied Mrs. Lorrirner; "if I anticipated such a denouement in this case, do you know whait I should be tempted to do?" ' " ' In vain Izetta strove to catch the next few woirds. "Heaven help me !'"she oried,"rock- Ing herself to and fro, ">-urely they do not wish' to separate baby and me1'" Sho could hear th" distant umbling of the storms which were g. chering over her future. One thought only forced Itself upon her ���they did not want her little child. "No 1" she ciied,'starting'with new energy to her feet; "my darling, you are. all I have in "this wide, wide world. ' No one shall take 1 you from me. If they turn us from their dooi we shall still have each other; and if we find the woild'too cold, babj, you and I can die together." ' She remembered how the dark, waters looked tipped by the silvery 'light ,of the stars; those waters which gently laved the coral bed whiuh, entombed , her grandfather; st 11 she tried hard to put these dark thoughts away ���for baby's sake. < Than she quite liusrhed aloud, she had certainly miun.o stood them' How could ^any one moan to separate her from her little child ? ' ' She remembeied they had said Mr Ulvesford was pleased,jWith baby , they* said of him, too, that he was kind of heart. , l She would tell hlmi a home beneath that roof would be heaven to her, but she would kneel a.t bis feet and tell him she must keep her little so\n with her. Better, homeless, penniless, out in the perils of the storm again, than parted from her little child. Suddenly the sound of a clear, ringing step was heard on the stair; tho shadow of a tall, daik form fell between Izetta and, the sunl'ght, a strong, wh te hand pushed^back the partially opened door, and a pur of dark blue*eyes flashed pleisantly a- botut the room, obser ving at onoo the slight figure by the fireside, and a jToiee, whose cadence fell-upon, her ear iiEe the memory 01 sumu lorgurtcu 'dream, said courteously: ' *'Mrs. Ross, I believe?" A deep~6llence fell between-them. lAt last Ulmomt Ulvesford and Izetta had met���faoe to face! ing the great secret he had but iej- tea-day uneaithed. ^ Aa he was duv.ng sLowly past Ulvesford Manor, ho hiid seen a white,' terrifwd face that had instantly < van- >' "isliKf from the ' window, as her gaze met that of the dwarf. "' �����-=.s , "J"Xa,"-hs told hanfoelf, "the secret ''will keep; It wrll fbo worth money to. \ me *in the future; it was not worth ,while to divulge it just now; Ilarnp- "* ,to'n has no mow)) to pay for it." * , ."W(hat are you mumbling about' ~r , Why^doin't you speak out, man ?" cried'" J- Hampton, angrily, btopping short rn. - 'his walk. 1 1 saying anything," gio^w'ed the dwarf, eno*ping his white teeith viciously to- getmher, h's small, ferret-like eyes flashing fire. ' t " , , For a moment Heath Hampton regarded the creatuie before him \rflh a keen, ciitioal, searching gaze. "There's no use in our, quarrelinjr over trifles, "Vatal," ho said, ,with 't forced, grating laugh; "honest men get their, just dues when logues fall out."f l ' * He did not notice the dull gleam In ' the dwarf's eye, as he turned ',im- t paitiently on" his heel, lesuming, his ; . quick tread up and down the robm.'-Pj "All would have gone well with me'r, f , If I .had captured the heiress,"' i"he'(VjM muttered, excitedly;'"all ' this would " never hnve happnned but 1 for that1 -cursed Ulvesford I" ,''"'' He clenched his nails deep Into the \ ������ palms of his bands as the imprecation ', burat from his lips. "The loss of the r golden prize bad ,been a1 bLttor blow^ to hiLm. , -1" ?' ,"It is evident that I must have'--' nioiney," he muitteied, "no ,matter - where I got it, or huiw."1i�� " - OSIs brow darkened vindictively. '��� "What's the time, Vatal?" ' , There was no resp n~o, and, turning v round, he found thj dwiarf^had bilent- ly left tho room. ' ��� H < "Curse that fool I" he1 muttered; "he--' must be watcbed iko a sleuth-houndi1' If he was only out of tho way I could ., breathe freer.- He knows too much,��� , I altogether too much, \vb have worked r I in the harness together too long; hoj must be eflLclurJl,y swept from , my'-', path!" ' '/ - ,.? A deep, diabolic il plot was revolving ". in Heath Hampton's biain, a fatal plot { which led to the sorrust of crrmes. ' HT�� %e CMtiaiMd.) >/ you.' A hesitating rap at tho door interrupted her. "Weil, Annette, what is it?" askod Loraine. "If you ploiso, ma'.im," answered the maid ��� "the artist has finished Mr. Ulvesfoid's portrait and sunt it home, do j on wish it brought up to vou?" "By all rutins," nnjwerod Loraino; "lot it bo brought up hero at onco." "'Now, Mrs. Ros-s," she said, "you "I hare been seriously expostulating with4Lwraine on this very point; I assuro you I lmvof felt a great Uc- pression ever bince that woman, with the heautiful foie'gn face, entered this house; then there is the child, I am urging strongl} thnt ho shall bo " at tho menti in of the child I/otta strove to hon what they wero saying, but I ho vuuee had sunk to a low, inaudible whiopur. "I hcaitly agree with you," :c- sijondod the fat 1 anger, "only j ester- clay I Wil imil d-iu^hite.: 'Take c.n��. my d��m ?.. rs. Ulvtvifoid, tbi.s ih ' does not provn a fho.-n in yum p'il; of robPo !' fs the cbl'.-A pretty I" OH'A/PlTJER XXVI. . The Pioib Deepens. ��� In the library at Hampton Place quite another scene was being enact- fed.'1 It was early morning, yet the lights remained as they had been lrt the previous evening. The fire was burning'low and fm-fullj in" the gia'te.' There,was a haggaid expression on tho face of 1 loath Hampton in the flickering fiiel.ght. He strode up and down the room in deep thought. , 1N0 woid had broken the deep silionoe foir an hour or more. iHe clenched the letters he held in his hand, as if they were sensible oif the pain he would inflrct upon the writer if he could. 'iReadi these letters, again, Vatal," he commanded; "I siay there must be some loop-hole." Slowly the dwarf jickodiup the letters that had been tossed Into his lip, smoothing them out carefully 4with his hand. The first was maiked '"Official, ��� post- maiked, "Switzerland," and rmd as fotllowis ������ "My Dea>r Haimpiton: As per agreement, I asoartainod, upon close investigation, owing to the extraordinary cornpl. uitinns which, surround this uncommon case, that a wan ant for the extradition papers, for tho removal of Ulmont Ulvesford back to Switzerland nn the charge nf minder in tho fust degree, could be obtained rf the facts in tho cise were clearly pi oven, ia stated. "True, the siiigi.^m who officiated is dcid; and the inp-p^sito pirfies left 'the giound before the extont of tho injury had been declared. "My testimony y\as corroborated by tho finding of sirae pooi fellow's mangled rem tins over the cliff, utterly unrecognizable. "Every omc at the inn admits the knowledge of n di.stuibance Upon the 6tand, Wylmor Lee admitted that the duel had taken place on the vory edge of tho precipice, though he insisted that death had not taken place alt tho time ho departed in company with Ulvesfoird. "Of'course, old folloyv, I s-ay now, as I said then, you were foolish' in returning to .Amei ica. You should have remained: abioad. ��� -, . "I am lost in wonder when " I Imagine 30U back in a locality where you are so well known; If you were once recognlzod, all our woik hero would be In vain. "The officers in charge of the'nec- os>��arv jifp^is sal'od on the steamei WhiJc Cresson. I h ipo to hear 111 wmr roply of the successful Issue of oui enterprise. 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Price, 35 cents. tl , The Test of Respectability. The New York "Eycnintr Post" pointa out the fact,that Cuilyle's> favorite definition of respectability, a "gig-man,*\ ���icjus oluolete in the light of modern dcielopments. In ;il ice of the old standard "he keeps a :ri:r," we have subst^ tilled "lie ha-, a -.team yacht." Most amusingly was tin- latter-day measure of wealth biouglit out in the letteisfrom Puis of the pioinofet in aeaich of aa undcrwiitci. Question ato-e as to the financial icsponsibility of^one ready subscriber (appaiently without ready cash), and the astute Amencan applied 'himselj to the task of rating tho fellow. But how did he go to woik? Did ho go to the banks, the agencies, the Bourse? No, he simply obseived the man's manner ol life. When he discovered that the backward underwrrtcr kept a yacht, hie doubts yveie instantly reheyed, and be cabled the joyful news to Neyv York, Evidently, yye say, in tlie lexicons of today we must look to see bhe entry: "Gig* man: modern, yachtsman." ENGLISH SPAVIN LINIMENT lumpb and btaaishtfti from horses, blood spavin, ecrts, spibrts, ring- bonp, sweeney, BtfSee, sprites, sore ana swolitst throat, conghu, etc. Save S50 by the uao of ono 1k��toIo. T?*c- ratted the most wou��ootel Bio mis'* cureovor irnown. ��� 0 s'7 -r y ' ^ r I *)t.��rf* .j-^HJ/���V*^����� * v>*^>n^Aii^.^&JUflir'~FU.ui4 AWWN, a- C, SAVITHIW?, I^iRKTIART =3, roi��4 'fir. ', f The Atlin "Claim, Piihliahril evpry Sntur^y morning In T".ib ATM* CXaim FtmusmiNo Co. A. C. tUllOCHTBUO, Kditoh, Phoi>uikt��>> . v Oltlea ot pnhtlrntlon Penrl �����., Allin. H. <". Ailvnrtltlns Rate. : 81.00 per Inch, rnrli iiHortinu. Kpnilliiff notice*, 23 rents n line. Apecin) Contract Rnfes on nppllcntinn. The snltwrlpttoti prtc-i�� h $^ r�� yrpp pny- ��Mo In mlvnnrci No piixirn 111 r>e ilelhetv.l umlcss this condition is conmliril w itti. ,.ich 8i jou-iul and ll:at the Luiu- >'.rim.' will fill, and ably fill, the 'i,ciniit'Hsi;i:tc., (iheie caii be no ques.- uo:i." Saturday, Fhb. 13TH ., 1904. . Now that war has actually broken out between , Russia and Japan, the great question asked is "W.il* it be confined to'local issues"? We think not, but rather that the conflict will , necessarily invohe oll.er powers.. The sympathy of Europe is wiih Japan and the powers realize that a Russian victory would be a menace to the whole world. China, in her own interests, will in all probability help, Japan, as other- 1 wise, (Russia, if victorious, would absorb China, sbesides taking Korea and Manchuria and possibly Japan, thus gaining control of the entire Asiatic Continent. < ��� Baron Hayashi while in London, said;���' _, "We believe we are now fighting a diplomatic battle on behalf of A- rueiica and Great Britain, but,' if only war can iettle it, we know we shall receive assistance from neither. We are prepared to fight our own battles and take the couse- quences." The question now is, Is Baron Hayashi right? Will Great Britain and America look on and allow Japan to be beaten? _\ Aiisns fer^es? ^^Jraj^' ^k��s' And All Kinds of }e^jclkv}^/y;<mhc'Lu-cd on th is i_lit.Mp lie're iBlSST" Why send,oiu when \ouL<iu' j.L-i uood:- JHrerriscs. J"aral Collts ion. Ottawa: ���As result of .Engineers failure to obev outers, two passenger trains met in liead-on collision to.lay at Sand Point.' near Arnpiior fourleeu killed. 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CHOICEST WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS CASE GOODS A SPECIALTY. The 'allowing Sailings are announced for the month of Dceember leaving Skagway at 6 p.m., or on arrival of the train : Amur:���January 9th. and 25th. ,, ���February roth and 25th. For further information, apply or write to H. B. Dunn, Agent, Skagway, Alaska. Hydraulic Mining s HYDRAULIC GIANTS, WATER OATHS, .ANGLE STKKL RIFFLKS & HYDRAULIC RIVETED PIPE. Estimates furnished on application The Vaficouver Engineering Works, VANC98V8B, B, C v.*sW m ���mm J/JM m yi&l ��f 1 Pi m Urn pi wattes: IBM I' wK V J, l i ��� Tribulation and, anguish upon the soul of every man that worketh evrl. *���Romans, ii. A, good conscience that is at peace frith God surpassetlv every joy.t It fcomes to a man when he has loyally &nd faithfully kept, the whole law in his heart and has,stoutly resisted evem Unto blood the allurements of evil. There are many incentives in this life of ours impelling one to wander away from the paths of rectitude. It is far easier to_ indulge one's self amid the soft cushions of a pleasure-loving life than to struggle with a soldier ���.pirit to abide by the discipline of the law. It is'much more agreeable lo .float with the tide of easy-going friendships, to yield lo every inordinate desire of physical and social voluptuousness, than it is to stem the currents by stern resolve' and harsh sclf-dcni.il. One way, however, leads to moral destruction; the other leads to the pastures of a peaceful conscience,- whcrci prosperity and plenty abound. John trie Baptist 5 in his prison is happy; Herod on his 'throne is miserable. How good it is to serve Godl What pleasure and, tranquility there arc in loving Himl He is benign and merciful to those whose hearts are right fcefore Him. He is terrible to those jwho offend and deny Him. A good tonicience is'calm.and"at rest; a bad conscience is '"turbulent and agitated. Peace and repose reign in a soul which ' belongs to God; trouble and inquietude distract the soul of"the wicked.. ' ' An hour ago I said Mass at, the House of 'Calvary and about me were a score of women in all stages' of incurable cancer. I^_could, hcar-jabove " the lispings of prayer the" suppressed moans of pain.. The cold finger of death had touched the physical frame of each, but the warm fire of a diwne love glowed in their hearts of devotion. The excruciating"agony, of decaying tissue, wrenched from them "an Involuntary groan,,/but the pleasure and peace ��� of ' a good " conscience wreathed their^ wan laces into lines of joy. The certainty of. impending death and the severing ;of "ah "ties' .that1 bound them to home and lifelong friendship^ were little less than a daily martyrdom,' but over'it all was the glow of,, a westering sun, that touched the landscape bf their lives with infinite beauty and brought their hearts into sympathy with tke joys of a life beyond the ^3���ave., The conscience of the just man is-a type of heaven because he "is at peace with God and God dwells,in his heart; that of a sinner is' a type' of hell because it can find no rest and is .governed by the spirit of evil. Good men fear nothing; the wicked fear^ everything. The just are good in them- eelves ^because their lives are governed by the inspirations of God; the seciet motives and the ihidden life of the tinner are corrupt and constantly at fcvar with God. The just enter readily feito themselves because all therein is peace and consolation; the wicked dare not enter into themselves because, like the seething of the witches' caldion, their hearts are a turbulent mass of Vicious desires and unrestrained baseness. "Know thou and see that it is a fearful and bitter thing for thee to Siave loft the Lord thy God." "What hast thou toMdo in the land of Egypt but to drink the troubled waters?" The Just live well amid the'pains and anguish of life and die with joy; the wicked live amid pleasures and enjoyments and die in bitter pain and anguish. A life in conformity with the commandments of God is even from a temporal point of view the .more desirable. It writes its history in the beaming face; it shows itself in the sprightly step of those who aie glad of heart; it touches with a clash of sunshine the thoughts, and it 1.gilts up with a heavenly glow the desires of a soul that experiences the friendship of God "A good conscience is a continual fc.ist." ���Proverbs, xv. The joy of a good conscience being go precious, it is to be sought a I any cost, it must be secured at all hazards. The first step is through repentance. "But Thou hast mercy upon all because Thou canst do all things., and ovcrlookcst the sins of men for the 6ake of repentance."���Wisdom, xi. The baptism of water washes away from the souls of children the stain of original sin; the baptism of blood washes away every stain from the souls of the martyrs; the baptism of the heart cleanses the souls of all penitents. It is impossible for any one to be saved unless he does penance, and the measure of repentance must be according to the extent of the guilt. "And now, therefore, saith the Lord, be converted to me with all your heart in fasting, and in weeping, and in mourning; end rend your hearts and not your garments, and turn to the Lord your God, for' He is gracious and merciful, patient1 and rich iu mercy! and ready to forgive.!'���Joel, ii." ' But while repentance is the key that opens the door to ihe loys of a good conscience a settled purpose to keep tlie commandments is the means to maintain one in their possession. When Jesus Christ,enters into a man's heart to become its master He brings with Him a foretaste-of/the-pleasures qi paradise. "I have found Him whom my soul loveth and.I will not let* Him go." The essence'of a good conscience is' to possess God, and there is no sweeter joy on earth than this, not is there any higher bliss in heaven. For the Farmer. The process of tearing down', or what is commonly termed "wearing out" our land, has been the work of generations, and the building up must necessarily be the effort of years. On the ordinary farm, with its live or six year rotation; each particular > tract is reached and worked only six or seven times in one generation, which should prompt us'to make as much improvement as possible' when opportunity offers.,, , , - i , ������ . * Sheep are necessary on, some farms in order to save much of the waste materials. Sheep will cat many plants that other animals will not touch. It "may not be' profitable for some farmers to keep large llocks, of-sheep, but a dozen sheep'will cost'almost nothing. The same may be said "of'one or two pip1"1 which give a profit because they consume 'materials ' that would othtrwise go1 to the manure heap, but too many sheep or pigs may make the item/ of labor too costly to allow of a 'profit, j _-��� , ��� , ,Value of Shredded Fodder. Ask'men who have made a practice of feeding shredded foder why they do it, andtthey wilKtell you that they feed it because their cattle, horses and sheep like it so well and thrive -so well upon it, andf'because they cannot ilTord to let it go to *waste and feed .hay which _could be sold for two or, thicc times as much as the prepared fodder costs. When the farmer computes the cost oLcuttmg and shredding his fodder, it looks high, but he must remember that, although it does cost him nom $2.50 to,$3.50 per, ton, it takes the place of hay which has a market value from two to three times that amount ,*Mcn who have made a practice of feeding shfed- ded fodder state that it costs from $3 to\.$5'an acre to���prcpare it, and that ,an' acre *ot average corn will yield fiom one and^ one-half ,to two l'and one-half , tons of dry fodder. They say furthei that a ton of fodder has'as nluch ,or ���perhaps' more feed value than a" ton of average hay. Corn used for 'shredding is-bound and shocked when the grains are well dented _and ..glazed ^oyer^'but'b'eforeV'tlfe 'slalklhas'ishov.n. many, signs of ripening. When thoroughly dry it'is run ilnough the husker and shredded'and stowed away in" the mow.���Iowa Agriculturist. charges will not Ik over one cent pc;i pound. ' - 1 ' "The chickens'fatted at the illustration stations have born sold in Toronto,' Montreal, St. John. N.B'', Halifax, N S, Sydney, C B , .rnd Clnrloltetown. P.E.I., and also to dealers m other smaller cities. The price obtained for -fat'ted chickens/in'Toronto was nc per _pou-nd, in Montreal.' 13c por-pound, and "in the cities in the Maritime Provinces, with the exception of Charlotlelcvn lie per pound.. The chickens were sold in Charlottetown at 10c per pound; The fattcd/xhickens sold to the merchants gave perfect satisfaction, and it would be to the interest of farmers to fatten their chickens^ before they are marketed. The department could have sold several times as many fatted chickens if an exlla number could have been bought from the farmers in the vicinity of the fattening stations. A Charlotte- town merchant stated: "We have a reply from the party to whom we shipped the last lot,' and he speaks of them as being very fine', and expressed surprise that we could produce such chickens in this country." Almost any farmer in this country can produce fatted chickens "equal to the Government chickens at little extra expense for labor and feed. Double Yolked Eggs. -- 1 "��� " , Many poultry dealcs are proud tl-at their hens produce d tiibli-yolked effgs; and I have known'nnin ���."<���.is cases ^in my ' experience ' of lions' laying eggs with three yolks. The habit, however, is one" to be discourage i in .-very possible sway, says a writer in London ^Farmer and Stockbre'cd-jr,, for it-is not an indication .if productiveness, but rather of disease It is csi-sed either by some sudden disturbance from' the ordinary conditions of life, as a severe fright, orvelse it is_ due to weakness of the egg organs���the natural process of formation" not being gone through properly and regularly. In almost every case this condition is brought about by overfeeding���a too rapid development of the yolks causing more'than one to leave the ovary at a time to enter the oviduct.-" A hen which once gets into this habit will always be'liable to illness, which usually takes the form of loss of power in the legs, even if an actual rupture dpes not * occur internally. Such a hen should therefore be put at once on short rations with a view to checking for the time being the development of eggs. It* is not the hen which lays a double-yolked1 egg occasionally that is a profitable hen. What tin poultry farmer should aim at is a h or general standard in egg production���a better average size and more regular laying ' Some hens only lay once'every two or three days These are the "un- profilables," and they are often the birds which arc addicted to the "double yolk" evil. ' -u 1 Great Demand for Poultry. The Dominion Department of Agriculture has received communications from British dealers who desire to purchase Canadian poultry. One of the dealers, Mr. James lilackbun of Manchester, Eng., is at present :n Canada negotiating .for the shipment of poultry. For four years the Department of Agriculture has exported the chickens fatted" at the'illustration stations to ,Mr. Blackburn. The dealings have been perfectly satisfactory, and the prices obtained for 'he chickens" have been profitable. Mr. Blackburn said that he would like to handle 3,000 cases of chickens per week. Mr. Hare, chief of the Dominion Poultry Division, states that prices offer substantial inducements to Canadian exporting firms to ship poultry to Great Britain The poultry should be forwarded in a steamship cduipped with cold storage. The railway and steamship companies will inform shippers when suitable steamships will leave St Joh.i or Ilalilax Even on small consignments of poultry the fi eight When Booker T. Washington was naked by a, Southerner recently to prove to a Northern audience that that section was really responsible,.for the introduc tion of slavery into the-American colon /, , Wtt8,1higton said he was .reminded of the story of an old colored man who had a pig, which he sold one morning to a white man for three dol Iars. The white man drove off with"his purchase, but on the road the pig escaped and found its way back to Uncle Zeke'* cabin. A little later, another white man came along, and Uncle Zeke sold him the Same, pig for,another three dollars. On his way home with- the pig the second purchaser encountered the first returning in search of the escaped animal. After some wrangling, they decided to "go back and refer the question t'o the 'old darkey Uncle Zeke" said number one, "'didn't you-sell me this pig at'nirV o'clock thi-' morning?" "Sho' I 'did, massa." "But Uncle Zeke," said number two, "didn't 1 pay you three dollars for" this pis? a I ��.S1y,e��clockT7 '"Sh0' you did> niassa" ��n , ' en' wl?�� does thc P'g belong toT' Sakes fthve �� sard Uncle Zeke, "can't you white, folks settle dat question between yo'selves?"' - ,' \ .-Like many Frenchmen, especially those nailing, from, the south of France, President Loubcfc.is very fond of those na tronal dishes 3n which garlic"'forms tin important, ingredient. Once, in his lawyei clays, when he, was pleading in court af" ter having partaken of some such dish his democratic tastes in this respect placed him in a somewhat embarrassin��� position. The presiding-judge happened to be a man of aristocratic origin ond breeding, to whom the odor of gailic was absolutely,, intolerable. M. Loubet rose and began'his argument. He had not proceeded Very far.'whon'th'e judge was observed to sr.ilt rather uncomfortably and' to take out 'a perfumed handker chief, reinforcing 'it 'a few, moments lat er with a smelling-bottle." These measures, however, proved of no. avail as a protection from the pungent and penetrating, effluvium which emanated from the future President of, the republic. At last, his olfactory sense .rising in open rebellion, the indignant judge,, shouted: "Usher, open the windows; 'open the" doors. For heaven's sake, let .out this abominable smell I" ..Since then M. Lou-, bet, it is said, though he still "preserves his simplicity of life, has eliminated gar-" lie from his articles of diet. 1 The Value of A Character., " ' '"���'.���' ~- f ��� ���'' The captain of a large steamer 'was once filling up his ciew for a long voyage, when a seaman came up and said: - "I want to sail wid you, sir." - "All right, my man," replied the captain. "On what line have you sailed before ?'���' "P. and O., sir." "What countryman?" "An Oiriahman/J was the reply. "Well, you must get a character."' The character was obtained,'" and as the Irishman was presenting it another seaman came up and said he wished tc join. 1 , , ��� . "What line were you on before?" asked the captain. "Cunard, sir." "Whnt countryman?" "Englrsh, your honor." "All right. Go foi ward" v Shortly afterwards, as the two vveic swilling the decks in a heavy sea, the Englishman was swept overboard, bucket and all Unmoved, Paddy finished his job and then went to the captain's cabin. "Come in," responded the officer to his rap. "What's up now?" "Do you lciiH'inber Bill Smith, Ihe Eng- lishmair and CunurdcrV" queried Pat. "Ceitainly, my man." "You took him without n character?" "I believe so; what of that?" "lie's gone overboard wid your buck it." The "Infernal Member." " At'the meeting of the State Medical Society, of . Pennsylvania, a few ,dav'i "go, papers dealing wluh aipperiiii citis were read by Br. -John B Dcaver of Philrdelphia, and Dr. Rich a-rd Henry Gibbons of Scnuiton, boll -prominent surgeons. Dr. Dcaver s.u< tKot he had during the past ycar'oper ated-in 500-cases-of appcridircrtis, wlvu^ 'indicates that the disease is"as fashion' able a�� ever. The strange part of Iht doctor's atatemen.1, however, vas thi otrly five per cent, of, these'500 cases ha<" terminated fa.tally, and they, 4hc-d�� clared, would not have resulted bhusa, ihey had not been neglected. The thing to do, according to Dr. Dcaver, is to havr tlie vermiform appendix snipped out th< minute it begins to be troublesome. '" 'advocate instant operation," he e\ .plained, "and I never cut so that astitcl is necessary." In other words, the pa tient .who "goes to Dr. Doaver in tinv- tihuts his eyes, takes a long breath', ther< is a tweak and'a snip, and.lo! the gre-ai r expert flips the appendix into a-pite of them in o. corner, and the business i^ done with. This is . encouraging, anc should serve aso. strong incentive to peo pie whose vermiform appendices don'" properly behave to have them out. Dr Giboonn is even more relentless' than Dr Deaver in his opposition to the appendh He waa known, he said, as a physician who was "always cutting out the oppen dix," end he always advocated the re moval of all appendices, whether thej were supposed to be diseased or ntot Removing a'healthy vermiform appendix he declared, was no more dangerous1 than having one's hair cut, and with the "in fernal, member," as he ^called it, T gone there-would obe a serious"danger out oi tho way forever. He admitted that he cut out the troublesome thing every timt he got a chance, and his remarks clearly indicated that he would aa soon, see a child of his-growing up with horns as with a Yermiform appendix. ������ Women as Judges,of Character! ', New Story of Pius X. ' <"2>A ' ' Tho following story of , the Pope isr - " told in the Italian pnpcis. 'A deputation ���. of the monies of some Order had oh- - bained ��n Interview with him. Accoiding, , to tlie otiquette of thc Vatican, only' ' Cardinals are allowed to sit in tha Pope's presence, and an invitation from him to do so is deemed equivalent to' j .the promise of a Cardinalate. Pope Pius t X\ islo- plain man, utteily indillerent to the etiquette of the Papal Court. He, i- * therefore, begged the monks to take seats. They hardly knew whether they ��� could'venture, to do go, and whilst they stood hesitating he said to them, "You do not, I suppose, 'expect me to draw your chahs"forward for you?" , - Would that all other Sovereigns had strength of mind to put an end 'to^ tho ^ne'monial tomfooleries of former .ages . that 'encircle them! devoutly exclaims \ , "Truth.? All the bowing and scraping, "��� ^ 'the kissing of hands, the retiring back- ^ ward, and such like antics are "-out of - ' date. I recognize the ditty of every ' citizen to'- treat his oflfrcial head with -. ^ , respect, whatever bo the title by which, - he is known. But all such tricks only t befit a performing dog,1 and are out of place when thc performers are human; beings. Court uniforms, to my thinking, are equally absurd. What can be mora, ridiculous than'' some peaceful iciti/en, fat and scant of breath, masquerading ' ai a deputy lieutenant in a military'uniform, or some worthy- father-of a. ' , _ family in a velvet coat,, knee-breeches, ' t and rufflea? Yet so silly and so little, sense of humor have these guys that I ._ havo seen many of them disporting^ themselves in club? in this array, and^',. ^|j I am credibly informed that they actu- "' _.,,; J;W ally exhibit themselves to .their admiring^ r 'VuM<\ families, as proud of their appearanco' "-"J^ as a barn door cock is of ibis feather*. . s I.J k I 'Rl ; Sir : r,l< ll ,'* 4 it A Despiser of Letters. Are,women better judges of'character .than men? A clever'man, the other day ^^ ^ whose profession as a barrister had given ^^ '^lo ^eyr Thackeray personally���, him many,, opportunities of studying men ^OTle ��f ^hom ��eintainly deserves imrnor- ^Sigma" in his remrni--cences in "Blackwood's Magazine" (by_ the way, can "Sigma", be Goldwin Smith?) says that excepting Justin McCarthy, he has, met ���in his time only two individ* and women, confessed that where his judg nrenrt'of acquaintances, had often misled him, his wife had never .made a mistake1 It is difficult to explain yrhy ' women should be ��rueh efficient critics. The 'average wom��n pi obably could not' bast her dislike of a person, immediately afbei bis or her introduction to her, on arguments that would'appeal to the. m��l* , mind ee'reasonable.' She simply, knowi 'thnt ��xme nryeterious intuition prompt*1 her .to pronounce Mr. Smith's or-Mrs Jonerf..comd��nna!bion. "The reason why I cannot tell; I do not'iove thee, DooUw sFeil." ' ' '\ Women ere more suspicious than, men ���ndj 'as a rule, more observant.- Littlt trinifcs of ehainacter which.'' escape a rna.n arc simply ^revelations to his wife. Women are supposed to be more impression able, more susceptible, more .trusting than men, but facts do not bear out this 'supposition. .Quite as many nren,rnakt foolish marriages as women; indeed, H may be doubted whether- more than a ���mail minority of the fatter maairy.witih- ^out hteving formed a pretty accurate esti mate ��f tSeir^ partners' chairaeterB. Strong reasons may induce a woman tc aeeept a man���she may besttired-of hei joTcriy, her 'loneliness or, hardi.work��� but she is "quite as well awar�� of his faults 88 other people. Women, are rar^ ly so unwise as to marry, nls do, men solely for the sake of les beaux yeux..A�� tality, though unfortunately I am unable to record 'his name, having forgotten it" in the ma/rcHi of 'time. I met itihis indi-' vidua! alt dinineir nearly thirty years ago,J when in my first 'Thackeray' enithusiasp- He was a gray-headed, square-jawed 'diner-out,* apparently of "about Bixity-eight or seventy, with an assor.tiive nisi-prius manner, and one of those rasping voices r t!h*lt seem to dominate tilie darmlar-babie. After, dinner, on the departure of an'in- . tervening lady, I found, myself compelled to 'dose-up' to this objectionabley , fellow-guest. As it happened, a minute or" two, previously I had h��ard. "Mmi allude - to the Charterhouse as 'hisi former public school. 'Why,' thought I, ,'this old gen-.' tleman was most probably ait the Ohar- . terhouse with Thackeray; * suppose I break the ice by enquiring.' Accordingly, after an- uncomfortable moanent iu which he seemed to be considering whether I,was Worth balking to or not, I tim- ' idly'ventured to lemark ,bhait I 'had*-' heard him alluding to the Char ten-house, and wondered if byrany chance he was ^ there with Thackeray. 'Thackeray, sir; what" Thackeray ?' he answered with a contemptuous stare. 'I mean the great Thackeray,' I rejoined, raibher astonished., > 'What!' he rejoined; 'the ���fellow who wrote books? Oh yes, he aval, my fag, r and'a sniveling little beggar"I .thought him; often hawe I given him a sound" kick for a false quantity in his Latin" to juigiag her own sex, a woman.B, as a ���,!����,. T thought nothing of hian, sir��� rule,' just, unless tire particular < perso�� nothing, I can assure you!' 'Ah, but,' I bo* eome between her and the roan sh�� exciaimed, 'you have changed your opdn- lovea. "Then" indeed does she mote" out nt , mwrcy, and. the "deair friend" of .a. mo- Htent before is transformed *~x~ tnoastw of iniquity. into v - Declined. His Excuse. "You can't go insidr," said the door> keeper of the village theater, wherein a ���eitain "Uncle Tom's Cabin" aggregation yere holding forth. "You are drunk." "Zrunk?" echoed the applicant for ad- pission, who was lavishly and luridly ighted up inside. "Coursh I'm���hie;��� trunk! Why ��� tjoodgosh'lmighty I���do fou s'pose I'd���hie���wants, see your lamed old show if I wa��n't- irunkt"���"Smart Set." -hie��� Major Pond, who was responsible foi introducing to the public some ,of the greater and lesser lights of the lecture platform, had many an experience full oi eccentric'humor. Sometimes his charges met'him with the greatest good humor. Often those whom he approached felt compelled to beat back his persuasions almost at the point of the bayonet; foi nobody was so persuasive as Major Pond. Mr. Kipling replied to a tempting pie- position: > > "I might do it as soon as I had two mortgages on my house, a lien on tho horses, and a bill of Sale on the furniture, and writeis' cramp in both.'handsj but at present I am busy, and contented to go on with,the regular writing business." * The great preacher, Charles Spurgcon repulsed him in an ascending scale of denial. The first reply ran: "It will only be a waste of time for yoai to see me, as I am not at all in youi line." The 'second said: "Your good-natured pertinacity is so admirable that I trust you will not waste it upon an impossible object. The whole United States in bullion would not tempt nic to deliver one such lecture." The third reply was conclusive: "I have, in as plain a manner as pos sible, declined to make your acquaintance, and I beg, with all courtesy and decision, to do the same again. I know your business, and I have no wish to en ter upon it fuither." ! : Privileged. ,��� .<_... Tlie Honorable Colonel William J. Bryan appears to believe that the constitutional provision regarding free spriech was inserted for his especial benefit. ft, Fired. Tenchcr (to pupil, whom he has caught nimicking lum)���Tom Jones, if vou do ^^ ^ ���_ ���., _u d lot stop acting like a fool, I shall send Jones, ond Jones put him out." rau from thc elaas. - I - "I understand Blankley wae ejected from Jones's house, where he went to pay a visit." "Yea, 'he was an old flame of Mrs. ion since, of course?' v 'Not ait all,' he ; growled, 'not at all; -why should fft ���Why, on account of his books/ I retorted, fairly staggered. "Never read a syllable of them," I give you my word!' ha growled with magnificent complacency; bhen, turning his back with a gesture of infinite disdain, he proceeded to tackle, his neighbor on the other side. When I told this to Mr. McCarthy, he felicitously observed, , 'What wouldn't Thackeray have given to have known that man!' " ( *, __^ 1 I Counsel (to witness)���How_ can y<Mi * pro\ e that the prisoner stole six of your handkerchiefs'? "W hy, because they were my handkerchiefs that were found, on him. Look at them for yourself. They aie exactly thc same as mine." "That pioves nothing. I have somo handker chiefs like thoaC." "That's qui to possible",replied the witness, "seveial more of mine arc missing."���Ex. He had risked his life to rescue the fair maid from a wateiy grave, and, of com��.p, her father was duly giateful. "Youpg man," he said, ''I can ne\er thank .011 sufficiently for your heroic act. You inclined an awful risk in saving my only d night v." '"None whatever, sir," replied the amateur life-saver; "[ am already married."���Chicago "Daily News." Coclineyisms. The following dialogue between a 'bus- driver and a droopy-looking youth with a well-watered silk hat who was handling the reins on the box of a brougham is a fair sample of the ready wit and the equally ready animosity of the London Jehu. Thc youth had evidently inconvenienced the 'bus-driver in soma subtle way���a state of affairs in which j s each party, according to the other, 13 to j } blame. , ��� it 1 'Bus Driver���'Ere; yon ought to b�� U diivin' cows in the country,-you ought! r Droopv Youth���Garni" w'ere'o the reg"- :, lar man?" The company don't know you're \f takin' 'is job, do they? 'Bus Driver���You're the man wot washes dahn the brougham, ain't yer? Droopy YouUi���'No-wonder you ain't gat many passengers; they judgas By the floe, yer know. 'Bua Driver ���Fioe! Wot d'you call that tiling yon've got? W'y, it only wants a 'nnd'le to ho a 'atchet. Droopy Youth (whipping up his horse) 'Du* Driver���That's.right; you 'urry' heme; yer farver wante 'ia 'atI I I 1 ' >S 1 f "��� rC ( �� , * [ ,-1 ���-',' . - - ����' n ATLXK ^'C.; SATUJUiAY, FBitRUA&Y *& ��*&��� ->,( ' PICKED UP HERE AND THERE. Ot)UT��h oi fixijtlatid: St. Uartia't Ch'tiroh, cor. Third aw\ Traln- or Mvata. SuTisfay servlcea, Muting at 11 n. (in., Kten��on;r7:80 p. to. Celebration of Hoi} ��� Communion, lit Sunday in etu'b month uml bw Syec-ir.l oomaioua. Sundujr School. Sunday at 9 p. zu. Committee Meeting*, 1st Thtu ~daj in divch month. Ke>. 1>V1. Stupticiiuoii. Rector. i ' . St. Andrew'* Prutlijterirfii Church hold ���eiviupH in the Cliuroli on Second Street. Mormiitf wrwi-e nt II nvmilni; km vice 7:S0 ' SuniIrv School nt flu- close wi tho nioi-iiliifj ���orvire. Kev. H.Tui-kiiigtnii, Minister. Free Rending Kaoni, to wliioli nil lire wolcome. . % ft'Alt Nl McDonald's Grocery makes,, a specialty of fresh eggs and butler. On January 22nd., last, the Russian Grand Duke Alexis broke the bank at Monte Carlo, winning $50- coo.ooin half an hour, playing roulette. ���'. ' i Japanese have captured the Russian steamers Nenni and Mukden belonging to <tke. Chinese Eastern Ry- Co.-' ; -" . Ottawa, Feb) i'i.���Secretary of State issued notice today at request of the Colonial Secretary, commanding all Canadians' to remain neutral in the war between Japan and Russia. J? lh Vt_/i g<&B!H Latest Periodicals and Magazines at C. R: Bourne's. Ten thousand rabbits were slain in a rabbit drive in Oregon, theskii- mish line was 2 }/j miles long, * Fresh Eggs just arrived at E. L. Pillnian & Co's. Circulating Library, containing the best books, at C. R. Bourne's. Mrs. Mavbriek was released from prison orrjanua'ry 31st. 1904. after having completed fourteen years of a life sentence imposed upon a con-, viction for" murdering her husband. She will leave England for America, , .Latest' Magazines, Periodicals and Circulating Library at E. L. Pillman'&'Co. James Dunsmuir has given tl e government of B. C. an option' on the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railroad for $3,500/000. Mr. Diinsmuir reserves all coal deposits and coal lands, 'i -l v For Airtight Heaters,", Building Paper, Steel Traps, Gunpowder and London.���Lord Roberts has accepted the appointment to the new office of Inspector General of London. Lord Roberts will be succeeded in six"'mon"tlis by the Duke ofCounaughl, whose command in Ireland will be taken over by General Grenfell. Iu Windsor Castle, this afternoon in St. Georges Chapel, wlicre tlie late Queen Victoria married the Prince Consort, and on tlie anniversary of that wedding, Prince Alexander of IVck and Princess'Alice of Albany were married, King Edward giving the bride away. Ottawa.���Duncan'C. Fraser, of Guysboro has been ^called to the Supreme Com t Bench of Nova Scotia to succeed Justice Henrj', who has retired. A bje-election to fill this vacancy- in parliameut will take place en March t6th. Baltimore, Maryland, almost completely wiped out, by big fire Sunday Monday. ' Estimated damage 'two hundred million. ��� Area mile square. ~ ~ Baltimcre, Md. Feb." 9 :���The great fire is now under control after forty hours of hardest work by.fire fighters of this and surrounding cities; with exception of few. buildings 140 acres is devastated .A careful round of the hospitals .reveals the.fact that not a single, life "was ( 'We fare still .doing ItufiWfs at the Old Stand' ' ' ' ���' - ". -- THE IRON STORE. - , . And are to the front with' Fresh Eggs and the best brands j'of? Butter,, backed up by a full line of Groceries, best brands on the Market. ' '������,.' "OUR MOTTO: Fair treatment to all. . OUR AIM: Once ��� Customer,'Always a Customer. ' THE BRITISH COLUMBIA PpVvER AND * '. MANUFACTURING. "Co'.,. Limited. '. .ELECTRIC . LIGHT KATKSf: - Installation, $3:50 per light. . IS Candle Power Incandescent $3iQOi iS. ��� r* 0�� $t:SO > nor month ncr ltt,ht* w 1* Cheaper, Better, Safer, Ci.eaL.iek, '& Hea 1.TH11CK Than Oil. MoDMti StSAM LauKDIIY IK C0K5ICTI0N-��� WASH BEDELS COLLECT��� & Oeliveueb. Bettej Work and Cheaper Rates than any Possible by Hai&.'Labor. J. T. REQAN. ATLIN- &. DISCOYERY. Ammunition, you get the best value Most Rome:���Pope Pius x. is practi cally blind. His sight has failed! at J.'D. Durie's -Hector Ross, N. W. M. P. and collector of Canadian Customs at Wiiite Pass, shot himself at Dawson last week. a. * t Get your price's for Wall Paper at E. L.s Pillman & Co's before ordering elsewhere. Canada has been presented with five cannon captured from the Boers; they, will be retained as trophies. 1 - Fresh Smoked Halibut and Finnan Haddock just arrived at the A: T. Co. Ltd. Shelf and Heavy Hardware. Giant Powder Fuse and Gaps. Tin and Granite Ware���Miner s <ft Black-- smith's^Supplies.���Doors and Windows.. One Price to All* continuously since his ascensioa to the Papacy, owing to extreme dampness, of the air in the Vatican. Melbourne 9th:���Premier Irving has resigned on account of ill health ROYAL HOTEL TENDERS WANTED. DISCOVERY, O - B. C. Mr. C. E. Wyiin Johnston arrived here 01a Monday night to look over the Beavis property with the view of doing some development work, which will be started at once. Mr. Johnston is calling for tenders to sink a shalt *n the property for the first 50, ft. and will continue the shaft iu order to intercept the pay <:hute already encountered on the old incline- Large stock of Fresh Fruit and Vegetifrle* at the A. T. Co". Ltd. During the winter months tbe O. K. Barber's Shop will only havel Bath* ready on Wednesdays an d Saturday*, Price 75 cents. Sealed tenders will "be received by the undersigned up to 18 Feb. 1904 for the sinking of a shaft en the property known as the Beavis property, to a depth of 50 feet, said shaft to be 5x7 ft.; and the tenders must include timbering as far as necessary. Specifications may be seen at the address given below. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. " C. E. Wynn Johnson, Royal Hotel, Atlin CHOICEST WINES LIQUORS .& CIGARS. ALEXANDER BLAfN, Proprietor. NOTICE. The lowest and highest temperatures recorded for the week ending 5th. inst, are as follows: Feb. Slaughter Sale of Dry Goods *t K. L. PiUmaa & Co's. ? 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 25 below 29 32 it 30 ! 21 Re Atlin Mining Co., Ltd. , To all whom it may concern: NOTICE is hereby giveu that C M. Hamshaw has been appointed to take charge of ail property and assets of the above mentioned company. ' All parties having accounts or claims of any kind whatsoever agaiuSt-thc said Company are hereby requested to send statement of same immediately to said C. M. Hamshaw, Atlin, B. C. This notice to take effect as from the 6th. day of February, 1904. Dated this 12th. day ot February 1904. For The Atlin Mining Co. Ltd. S. G. Brufr. Secretary. Prico Only $13.25 aiiirio v.\ j:11 iho 1 uimhim aili- hers both lliui ,-uid Center Firo. Weight nbout 7 ivounds. Standard kricl Tor rim firo cartridges, -i inclicf- h\)i- cenccr-firo curt- n'dges, !2(i i.idia'J. Jr* tlic��o i illci n:-a not cnri ieil i^ stock liy.vour italic.-, Tsonit jiiicn . ml imj will send jfc to you .��j��"css jircjiaid. Send st.-raip forc.italoff <lcseril)inrr<>oni- I j>lot�� line and containing -v.iluabio iii- ;' foi nratwu to fcljooters. ^ Mr. Sam. MacCauley from the Coast yesterday. arrived The J. Sraps Aseis m Tool Co. P. U. Box CMICOrCC F.UI3, KA3S. m 1 if HI M fl ml M m 1 1 W* m mi II! 'TrBrftd. 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