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CUMBERLAND. B. C. TlffcsDAY,  JULY   17th.   1900.
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Blouses and
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���WHICH MUST BE SOLD
Ogilvfes kungatian Flour in 98   lb
sacks for$2.56 per sack.    .,.,."
,A^i gaUoh can of apples for 40 centsr as  cheap  as
fresh fruit,and'no waste. ,
Raspberries, Strawberries, Huckleberries
6* Tins for S100.    ,.
<- To those who wish. to  pay   their accounts   in' .30
days; viz: from pay-day We allow a discount of 5   per '
c nt on groceries.    ;    _ x,   ". "' * ��     '
*"'���'���  SIMONf LEISER,    Cumberland.   ||
"few; B. jftnjejr.,', Photographer,
returned to the City -���htst evening,'
and to a   Free   Press   reporter   he
said: .   '\
"I waB very ^much Surprised to
1 find things in the^habe they are
in. I have r^nted.cthe Coughlin
Studio, uppositeXB|| Andrew's
Church, and anyori^,;.having work
with'me will be able ^ get it there.
All photo tickets will l] be h. .nored
on presentation atv theTgallery."
We are glad to j[>ririj the correction. No doubt^jSr.^Findley will
ship the   Cumberland   photos up
shortly-
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I Nicholip & Renouf, Ld.
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;'^IWA��fcUJ^RD   MINII?G   MACHINERY^
A   very   pretty- ,wedding   took
place here on the lOtli inst., Mr   A.
McLaughlin and&i&eAnnie  Rip
pon, the niece'of 6ur>.popular   hos-.
.tess Mrs: Piket of the   Cumberland-
and I^ely of Nottin|jiam, England,
being the Contracting parties., The
ceremony was perfofmed at 7:30 p.
m,in/rririityCChuu?hbythe   Rev.
Mr* WiUeinar'of^dwick,  in  the
presence of the br0f ��nd   groom's
Uiear; friends  anferelatives   only.
The hi ide was, a^red  in a lovely
and -becomn.g volume of   silver
grey with reve:si>|p trimming   of
ivory,silk:which^8;e||off   her   clear.-
Hi      darkcomplexionfanjl Violet eyes to
I      perfec ion'.    Mi��Jessie Piket, ^ he.
��    1' bride's cousin atidj$aid was   piei'-X
tily dre sed in   r%p.i colored   i-atm )
r with^ oversWrt, ^fewhite - chiffon.
Dainty hh;esofty|^te   satin ��i h,
roe co-otetl liwa/gitviTthe finishing,
Write f6��price> and particulars.t|(i^^w'pw^'wr ���** 1* ,f.,,\W\
tow-hand &hec^rfeU, Louqnrt of
r... '  ' j    ^wl^//rnationt?,.and
and Mm. M. Piearoj, lamp; G- McLaucb-
lin, tea Mt; T. Reid, pair of glasa di.be.;
Mr. and Mrs. ,TC. Wl.yte, Unip; Mr. and
Mrs. T. Whyte, wlver pickle dish; G. McMillan, photo album; -Mr. and Mrs. H.
Drew; bedrrom lamp and Chinaware; Ke.,-
ney McDonald, leironade aet; Miaaea H. and
L. Abrama, ?ilver ornet; Mr. and Mrs. Tav-
bell, carving aetr Mr. and Mrs. Moore,
jardiniere; Mm. J. O Brieu, boabon di��!;;
Mr. and Mra. J. Thompaon, , white bed
quilt; Mr. and Mra. K. J. Kobinaon, pa r
of jardiniara; Mr. and Mr.. L. Meunc-,.
btalcet of ro��ea and wicker, chair; Miaa -Lily
Grant, bouquet of flower.; Mr. Waller, aet
of vaaes; Simon Leiaer, lady's wicker
chair; the staff of S. Leiaer, handeome reclining ohwr; the boya at the Batch, Urge
swing lamp; Mi*a S. H.; Bertram, antique
inkstand; Mr. aud Mra. McFadden: toble
cloth and uapkiaie^Mr. aud Mr��. jUJ
Lellap, lad>\�� workbox;;, Mr. a..d Mra. T.
D. McLean, jevjel caae; Mi��a C. Mellado,
oakedieh; Mr and Mra;Peacey, atomiz.r
aud perfume; J. Baird, swinging hall lamp;
T. Irwin, parlour table; Mrs. Woodhus,
chenille table coyer;1 J. Roe; toilet table
vase*; Mr. auu\Mra. D. Richurde, tapeatry
rug;���Mr. Woodland lady'e dre��aiag caaer
Mi-aS. Hori.ury, glove and hankerchief
1 cues; Miaa Horbury,^wine^decanter aud
boquelj'Mi; a..d Mra. Jaynea, pair of va��ea;
Mr. Stoddart, marble timepiece; Mr. and
Mra. Hornel, gjaaawre; J. Bruce, toilet
set; P. Purdy, kid glove.; Measrei Purdy
andR,ckaon, pair water color, picture,;
Mr. Dally, pair of va��s; A. Pritcharu;
UblenV"��'JMrand Mre/C.iff,, photo-
albduyH. M.-uuc, tape��tfv toblealoth;,
F 'pSftndge, baud  mirror; Mri   and -Mrs..
' F chuer, table kmvi-; M^. and Mr,. Ander-
W. ft., Anderaoo, lMiggy and twin.; Mr. aud
Mra D.Au hony? p>'��f   vf^-j   Mr. and
LOCAL ITEMS.
Rev. Mr. Hall and family are
back from Vancouver/'
" R. B. Anderson, our fellow townsman, has moved from "Vancouver
and is now in Nanaimo.
A cow attempted the Hindoo
Juggernaut ast Friday, by attempting to stop Nov 3 engine. t No. 3
came out on top.
A stranger in town asked us  the
.other day why the children,  other:
' wise or healthy   looking,   all   had '.-
such purple lips ?     We   explained -
- tjiat the blackberry  crop   was , in,J
and a large one, hence the colour :
'''Certain   callow   youths   of-our',i
town have a bad   habit  of   calling
��\Vo" and like hoise talk, whenev- -
er they.see a rig passing   down the
street,;in some^ cases , when  driven
by p. lady.    If they   do   not know '
���better themselves we beg to  remind-
them that the practise^beeides   ����e^ .
ing.offensive, is neither   witty,- a m-'
, using, nor well mannered? '*�� /, >.   >(,
Mr.   Fechner   showed fus: ^'some^g^
new fishing flies this week. t  ]Tliey^
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 . u\\* "far
are dressed  on,.small   aluminuia^��i:g||
tubes instead of ��� the   hook, Bh%K-i^iVf|||
A snooded, hook  can/;be 4 Btruh^f^^l
through   the little tube, when   w^^|
quired fori use.    The
claimed are, strength, ~r��l7.~r ^.--^.^
receiving   three   di%rent-sizes^pC,; ^|J
hook as required, and iw����iWUtj*o^^^|
examining .thesnood from time^ttf^V^||
t^^f^ST^
CHINA
- MATTINGS -
AtargefShipment just arrived^specially
suitable, for summer use, prices:,     -kv
15, 20 25, 30, 35, 40, 45c yd.
English Linoleums  -  -  -
6 ?and 12 feet wide from 50c. per square yd up
Best Scotch Linoleums���all widths, $1.00 and $1.25 per square
yard.    Our range of Carpets and Art Squaresds very complete.
SAMPLES  OF OUR GOODS FREE ON   APPLICATION.
Weiler Bros.
wj  .'. VICTORIA, ?'    C-        iM
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DINNER SETS
*        TEA SETS
We have a few left and must clear them
���put at Bargain Prices. Grockeryware, Glassware, Tinware, Agateware, Woodenware.
Hanging Lamps, Hall Lamps, Table Lamps
eta, eta, at ,
C. J. Moore's,  Cumberland.
,b"uqu?tb^r|gj|^ite;  roscs^anJ
or.ingebl 8M>ms.,. Mr^^H.  likit
gave'-the bride ��way' and>Mr.;  0<jo.
McLai'ghlii. suppo.ted/his,>rotl��er
in the ceremony:     After:  the- marriage the happy couple! weredri ven
Sw the^Hotel, andat ��:30 .they entered the bairroom, in .which^ wew'
assembled" over   200- .people,, the
guestsof-Mrs. Piket, who   with her
^ual whole heartedness,   was   determined to give her favorite niece
a right royal  send off,   and   right
^ I well did those guests enjoy   them-
,<S selves, for  both   bride. and groom
have "always been  prime  favorites,
and   everyone   felt at -home,  and
what with dancing and supper and
dancing1 again, the good folks did
not get home until   an  unearthly
hour   next   morning.    The, happy
couple left next day for their bridal
tour to Victoria and   Seattle, and
the worst the News wishes them is
"long life and prosperity."
The following is the list of  presents received by the bride:
Mrs. Piket, featherbed and bed linen; J.
H. Piket, knives and forks; Mr. and   Mrs.
T. Hudson, white   blankets;.   Tom   Piket,
China cups and saucers; f,-  Pickard,    Hit-
tan chair*; C. Segrave, lamp; Mr. aud Mrs.
W.    Sharp,    washtub   and    board;    Geo.
Smith, hand pi in ted jewel... caae; Mr.   and
Mrs. Hooper, lace curtains;-J.. McLnuchlm,
handsome   gilt   inkstand;; Mr.   and Mrs,
Concinia, pillow ��hams and towels; Mr. and
Mrs.   Brownj   Uuiou   Wharf,   teapot;   Mr.
and Mrs; Robert Gt ant, .solid   silver,   card
receiver; Miss Miller   and   Charlie   Grant,
souvenir spoons;   Mr. *ad Mrs. A. Walker,
silver   spoons; Mr.     and, Mrs. R.  Short,
table cloth an. 5 o'clock tea cloth; Mr. and
Mra.   A.    McKuight,   table   clotb.   and, 5
o'clock tea cloth; Geoorge Howe,   wringer;
William Harwpo.1,   lamp; S.   Sunel,   white
���quilt; Mr. aud  Mrs.    Vass, parlour   table;
Mr. and McCallum,  carting set;. Mr.  aud
Mrs. Carthew,   wicker   -footstool; Mrs.   E.
Woods, table   Hneu;   Mr.   and   Mrs.   Jim
Smith,  frilled   muslin   curtains;   M*.s and
Mr-. J. B McLean, lemonade set; Mr> and
Mrs. l>. Koy, solid silver terry xpoon;  M*.
Mra. Gleasoui pair of Iao>>ariaipfc; Mr.' and
examining r �� .���  ���,    ,   ,^,.%upi
time and substituting another: one ^^|
, to,the same '^fly '-in ^caBe;bf Van^V^I
^weakening.\- The flies ,bein'g ; with^^S
outpoints or^ gut   attached,   wheji^^
*pacWinthebook;:take   up,   viry>*��|
'p^rVVasea^a -wrerjael^^
ForkiLaf, pair orpidtur*s.:   'J* r V '. ri -   " ' ���;
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'   r     t ft f,n'TAdblbENT:4
Victoria, July U.^Vfry sad accident^-
carred last night at GSiWaJjeam^f' Charlie?'
tbe 10-yearold aoa'of'R:; Mclriure, was car-
iryinga'loaaedgun from bedroom to kitchen when it discharged blowing top of his
little siater's head, killing her instantly,
woundiug the mother while the ather received what �� believed to be a fatal wound
in abdomen. Police had to watch boy ��nd
prevent him from committing suicide by
jumping in the reservoir.
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Mr. W. Bowen who went to Dawson three years ago is back for a
short visit.    William lboks^ell.
The Colliery Co., are   fitting   up
the old "Big Store"   into   comfortable offices and freight houses.This
will be a great convenience   to   the
public, being close to the business
centre of the town, and a boon to the
Company's .officials.    Mr. Clinton
deserves a good   office   after   long
years in the present cramped quarters.    A   brick   powder   magazine
has been built near the station, cemented inside and  with   a   cinder
court for 50   feet   all   around   the
building outride.    It   Is   perfec ly
fire-proof, and moreover,   well   out
of the way of traffic in   case   of   a
possible explosion.
Cumberland Gun Club held thi r
first-annual-..live   bird   shoot July
2nd, at which the   following scores
were made:
F. Parks���OHIO    3
Thos. Home���00111    3
J. Richardson���00011    2
0. H. Fechner���10000    1
R.Coe���10010   2        .-.'������
R. Addison���11000   2
C. Ganner���10100   2
J. Roe���01100   2
M. Coe-^00100   1
In the shoot off   T.  Home won
1st prize; R. 'be, 2nd prize and M.
��� Qpe 3rd prize.
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little room.
^fa'story toia:,by;,a;^|abi^
ininister. .It ^^^^P^^ ,^
that        the*   5gut>     used   "-!��#<'��-$
'mih-ern^^'"is^-"the  I'>ma-^
ture silk'taken from  thek  body,   of; f\;}
the silkworm while iri a - semi-fluid J
state and stretched and dried.,Ho��v-
ever,the   gentleman'"in,  question,
who u��ed Co deal   in Jackie,' with
other things, told his luiener   that
he at one time visited the establish-;
ment of Messrs   Allcock; Laightr��fc;    r
Westwood  of Ttedditch, ��� England- h \ ?
Hesaid, "There was "a ,big   brick   /-
block, the lower part of which   wa^
used,to manufacture in,  while up-V "
stairs was full of cats.    .Cats of all -
sizes and colors.   It was from them
that they manufactured the catgut
1 for fishing with." . Thus   again   is
exploded one of our pet theories.
We reprint this week an account
of the steps taken ,in   South Africa.
to; protect'the game.     Nations   interested in'that country plainly see
that unless something   is   done ^ to
prevent the  wholesale   destruction
of game'there the ' time - will soon
come when many  anima\s,   which
were at one   time   plentiful,   and
which.were thought to   be   practically " inexhaustable   in   numbers,
will soon become extinct, and   that
Africa,    a   country    of   boundless
extent in comparison with our   little corner of the earth here in British Columbia, and   yet   there   are
people insane enough to preach the
doctrine here, that  our  bearers   of
fin, fur and' feather   never   become
les.s. *'" Let us take warning in time
if we desire to  preserve   our   game
and not have the  denizens of   our
waters and  forests- wantonly   deployed as they.are being   destroyed
t.ow out of season,   and   by   every
known means legal; or illegal. Read
"Forest  and  Stream"   articles   iu
this connection about game poaching and   game   protection   iu   the
east. W:  >#������  II  J'  ''.''  J  11  1  ,'=  a ,  i ��������� '.''���������  HOUSEHOLD WORRIES  MAKE   SO  MANY WOMEN   LOOK  PREMATURELY OLD.  They Are the Fruitful Source of Headaches,  Nervous Disorders, Pains in the Back  and Loins, and the Feeling of Constant  "Weariness That Afflicts So Many Women.  ~.   Almost   e>ery   womau    meets   daily  " - with luuuujf ruble litcle "worries iu her  .. iboaseijoiu   affairs.     Perhaps   they   are  loo,small to notice au   hour afterward,  '"but ihese constaut little  worries   have  their efftot upon the   nervous   system.  -Indeed, it is these  little   worries   that  make so many vsornen   look | remature-  ,    ly oiJ.  Tueir effect may alsi ba uotice-  .  able in o'her ways, such as sick or nervous headache,   fickle   appetite,   pains"  ���������in the back or loins,   palpitation of the  heart, and a fee-ling ot   constant weariness.      If  yon   are  experiencing   any  >of these symptoms it   is a sign that the  blood and nerves  need -attention,   and  -for this purpose   Dr.    Williams'   Pink  Pills'for Pale People  ate woman's best  friend.    They are particularly adapted  as a   regulator   of the ailments that  -afflict women, and through   the  blood  ���������and nerves act  upon the whole system,  bringing biightness to the   eye,   and a  glow of health to the   cheeks.    Thousands of grateful   women  have testified  ��������� to the benefit derived from" the use  of  Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.  Among those who freely acknowledge  ,the benefit deri\fd from this great  - medicine is Mre. Jas. Hughes, of Dro-  more, P. E. I.,a lady who possesses the  respect and esteem of all who know  her. : Mrs. Hughes speaks of,her illness  and. cure as follows: '"Until about  four years ago.I ,had .always enjoyed,  good health, and was looked upon as  one who possessed a robust constitution. Then I began to grow weak, was  troubled with severe headaches, and  frequently with violent pains in the  region of my heart.'from which I would  only find ease1 through hot applications.  My stomach also gave me1 much  trouble, and did not appear to perform  its customary functions.    I   was treat-  ��������� ed by a skillful doctor,but although un-  ���������der his care for several months, I f<rew  gradually weaker and weaker, until  finally I was not able .to leave roy.bed.  Then I called in another doctor, .whose  treatment, although continued for some  eight months, was equally fruitless.' I  was scarcely able to hold my head up,  and was so nervous that I was crying  half the time. My condition can-best  be described as pitiable. At this time  a fr.end brought me' a1 newspaper in  which was the story of a. cure of a woman whose "case was in 'many respects  similar to mine, through the use of Dr.  4 Williams'   Pink Pills.    I tlun decided  that I would give the pills  a fair' trial.  When I began the use of the pills I was  in such a conditioi". that the doctor told  me I would always be   an   invalid.     I  used   four boxes of   the  pills  before I  noticed any benefit,  and    then I  could  ���������see they were helpiug me. I used twelve  (-boxes in all, covering   a  treatment   of  > nearly six months,   when I was as well  -as evtr I had been   in   my   life,   and I  i have ever" since   enjoyed   the   best  of  ^health.     I believe there would be few-  ��������� er   suffering   women   throughout  the  world if they would do ������.s  I did���������give  -ODr. Williams' Pink Pills a fair trial.  'A medicine that is not right is worse  "than no medicine at all���������much   worse.  'Substitutes -are   not right; more than  ���������that,   they^are   genprally   dangerous.  When you buy Dr. Williams'Pink Pills  ifor Pale People be   sure  that  the full  >name is on the wrapper   around  every  "kbox.   If your dealer does not keep them  tthey will be sent post  paid at 5u cents  a box, or six boxes for $2.50, by addressing the Dr.  Williams'   Medicine  Co.,  Brockville, Ont.  By OUTOLIFIE HYNE.  [Copyright, 1S9S. by the Author.]  "'Weel, he didn't; that's all. He's  lying in the low pressure,crank pit this  minute, and tl'et top ot his skull'] 1 be  to seek somewhere by ash lift. , Man, 1  tell yc, yon second ot mine's an uncanny sight So 1 bad to. do his work  for him, and then 1 blew "off ray boilers  and came up here It would have been  verra comforting to my professional conscience if 1 could have steanieri her into  Aden. But Tin np' as sorry as 1 might  be for what's happened 1 have it in  mind, that yon Parsee owner of ours in  Bombay'11   lose siller over  this break-  'By  ,"l)ii you hear  It Looked Suspicious.  "Isn't your' neighbor Blinklnoff ���������  -drinking man?"  "I wouldn't like to give an expert  ���������opinion on the subject. I'll admit,  'however, that I saw him the other  night trying to drive a spigot Into an  ���������ash barrel, thinking that it was cider."  ���������Cleveland Plain Dealer.  west-  never  .Hare Clin nee.  , Mrs. Binks���������The paper says a  ���������era woman has a baby that has  cried In. Its life.  Mr. Binks���������By Jove!   I wonder how  ������be'll trade.'���������New York Weekly.  There never was, and never will be, a universal panacea, in one remedy, for all ills to  which flesh is heir���������the very nature of many  ���������curatives being such :that were the germs of  other and differently seated diseases rooted  in the system of the patient���������what would  relieve one ill" in turn would aggravate the  other. We have, however, in Quinine Wine,  ���������when obtainable in a sound, unadulterated  state, a remedy for many and grievous ills.  ���������By its gradual and judicious use the frailest  ���������systems are led into'^convalescence and  strength by the influence which Quinine experts on nature's own restoratives. It relieves  the drooping spirits of those with whom a  ���������chronic state of morbid despondency and  . lack of interest in life is a disease, and, by  tranquilizing the nerves, disposes to sound  and refreshing sleep���������imparts vigor to the  action of the blood, which,being stimulated,  courses throughout the veins, strengthening  the healthy animal functions of the system,  thereby making activity a necessary result,  strengthening the frame, and, giving life to  the digestive organs, which naturally demand increased substance���������result, improved  ��������� appetite. Northrop & Lyman, of Toronto,  have given to the public their superior Quinine Wine at the usual rate, and, gauged by  the opinion of scientists, this wine approaches nearest perfection of any in the  ���������market.   All druggists sell it.  James!" nald Kettle  met"  down, audi want that beggar punished for all tbe work he's given me to do  on a small wage. Mr. Cortolviu, have  ye a match?"  A hail came from the liner astern.  -   ��������� "Saigon,   ahoy!    Keep, our   hawser  taut!" ," "   l  "You're all right for  the present,"  Kettle shouted back.  "Der vind   might  return onlesB you  get in middle of him!"  "Then, if it does," retorted Kettle,  "you'd better tell your passengers to  6ay their prayers. You'll get no-further  help from me. I'm broken down my-  . self. Lost my propeller, if yon want to  know." ������  - "Herr lieber Gctt!'      -_' V       \  "��������� "I shouldn't swear if 1 were yon,"'  6aid Kettle. "If the breeze comes this  way again, you'll, be toeing 'the.mark  in the other place inside five minutes.'_'  He turned and gave an order '.'After  deck, there. Mr. Murgatroyd,> you may  cast off their rope. We've done towing '*  Now, after this, a variety of things  might have happened. Among them'it  was,quite possible that both'steamers,  and all in them,, might have been  spewed up as battered refuse high upon  the African beach. But, as Providence  ordered it, the tornado circled down on  them no more; a light air came off the  shore which filled 'their scanty canvas  and gave them just steerage way, and  they rode over the swells in company  as dry as a pair of bridge pontoons and  about as. helpless. All immediate danger was swept away. Nothing but another steamer could relieve them, and  in the meanwhile it was a time tor  philosophy.  Captain Kettle did not grumble. His  fortune was once more adrift and beyond his grasp. The Parsee iu Bombay  would for a certainty dismiss him from  employment, and Mrs. Kettle and her  family must continue to drag along on  such scanty doles aB he' could contrive  to send them. All these were distressing  thoughts, but they were things not to  be remedied, and he took down the accordion and made sweet music, which  spread far over tho moving plains of  ocean.  But Mr. McTodd had visions of more  immediate profit. He washod with soap  until his face was brillia-., i*ui on a  full suit of slouchest serge, took boat  and rowed over to the rolling Germau  liner. It was midnight wheuke return-  ���������fl, iaffluent in pocket and rather deep  in liquor. He went into the oharthouEe  without invitation, smiled benignly  and took a camp stool.   ���������  "They thought they would get me  down into the messroom over yonder,"  said he, "and I'll no'deny it was a  temptation. I could have telled those  Dutch engineers a thing'or two. But  I'm a' for business first when there is  siller ahead. So I went aft to the saloon. They were at dinner, and there  were puir appetites among them. But  some one spied me standing by the door  and lugged me into a seat and gave me  meat and drink���������champagne, no less���������  and set me on to talk. Lord, once I got  my tongue wagging, ye should have  seen them I There was no more eating  done. They wanted to know how near  death they'd been, and I telled 'em, and  there was the old man and all the brass  edged officers at the ends of the tables  fit to eat me for giving the yarn away.  But a (hie) fat lot I cared. I set on the  music, and they sent round the hat.  Losh! There was ������24 English when  they handed it over to me. Skipper, ye  should go and try it for yersel'."  "Mr. McTodd,"said tho little sailor,  "I am not a dashed mendicant."  The  engineer  stared  with a  boiled  Effective Pirn yer.  A very nice and'gently'curate went  to a Yorkshire parish where the parishioners bred horses and sometimes raced them. He was asked to invite the  prayers of the congregation for Luck  Gray. He did so. They prayed three  Sundays for Luck'Gray. On the fourth  the clerk told the curate he ueed not  do it any more.  "Why?" asked the curate. "Is she  dead?"  "No," said the clerk; "she's won the  steeplechase."  The curate became quite a power in  the parish.  eye and swayed on his camp stool. - He  had not quite grasped the remark. "I'm  Scotch mysel'," said he at length.  "Same thing," said Kettle. "I'm  neither. I'm a common low down Englishman, with the pride of the Prince  of Wales and a darned ugly tongue,  and don't you forget it. "  McTodd pulled a charred cigar stump  from his pocket and lit it with care.   He,  nodded to the accordion.  "Go on with  yer noise," said he. , ',  Captain    Kettlo's   fingers   began   to-  twitch  suggestively, and  Cortolviu, to  keep the peace, offered to escort McTodd  to his.ropm. .  "I thank ye," said the engineer.  "It's the climate. I have,malaria in  the system, and it stay^s there in spite  of all that drugs can do and affects the '  perambulatory muscles of the lower extremities. Speaking of which, ye'll na  doot have seen for yersel' "���������  "Oh, come along to bedl" said Cortolviu. v  "Bide a wee, marinie," said the man  in the blue serge solemnly.' "There's a  thought come tome that I've a message  to give. Do yo ken anybody called Calvert?"  "Archie Calvert by any chancer" '  " 'Erchie' was the name be gave.  Eo  said ho kenned ye weel."  ���������  "We were at Cambridge together."  "Cambridge were ye? Wee], I should  have been a D. D. of A-berdeen mysel''"  if   I'd done "as my father wished.    Ho  was   Free   kirk  meeniste'r  of   Ballic-  drochater"��������� '  '"Yes, but about Calvert."   ./,<  "Ou aye, Calvert���������"Erchie Calvert, as '  f say.   ��������� Weel, I said we'd .ye. aboard, ���������  and this Calvert���������Erchie Calvert���������said  he'd news for ye about yer wife.",  < "All   right;  never  mind   that now.  She's dead, I know, poor woman !   Let  me help you'down to your bunk.'!  ���������   "Diuna  be so offensive, -man,   and  bide u wee to hear ma'news.', .Ye're no*  a widow,  after all���������widower, that" is.-  Yer guid wife  dinna dee, as- ye,think.  She'd  a  fall  from, a  horse,   which'11  probably teach her to leave horse riding  alone to men  in the future, and' it got  in   the  papers  she  was'' killed, hut  it  seems a  shaking was all  she earned.  And, talking of horses, now7 when I was  a bairn in Ballindrochater"���������   -  Cortolvin shook him savagely by the  arinr   "My God!" he cried.    "Do  you  mean to say she's not dead?"  , "Aren^t I telling ye?'' '  Cortolvin passed a hand wearily over  his' eyes.'. "And a minute ago," he  whispered, "I thought ' I was going  home." His hand dropped limply5,to  his side; his head slid to the chartbouse  deck in a dead faint._y '   ���������  McTodd swayed on the camp stool  and regarded him'with a puzzled. eye'."'  "Losh," he said, "here's him drunk aB  well as me���������two of us, and I-never���������  kenned it. It's a sad, immoral world,  skipper, verra sad:- Skipper, I say,  here's Mr. Cortolvin been��������� O Lord,  and he isn't listening either!"  Captain Kettle had gone ou* of nthe  oharthouse. The thud of a propeller  had fallen upon,bis ear; and he leaned  over the Saigon's^rail and sadly watched''  a triangle of light draw up through the  cool purple night. A cargo steamer,  freighted with rails for tho Beiia railway, was coming, gleefully toward  them from out of the north to pick up  tbe rich gleanings which the ocean  offered.        "When Insects Sleep.  There is no doubt that all insects except those like the May fly, which die  very soon after they are born, take rest.  Some of them take from 10 to 20 hours'  rest at a time, as, for instance, butter-���������  flies, which remain' fixed to certain  spots for days together. Some caterpillars and moths like rest during the day,  appearing only at night; while insects  of the bee and wasp tribe do their work  by day and slumber at night.  Beetles may often be found during  the daytime with their legs drawn Up  under their bodies in a condition suggesting repose; while it is well known  that they make their depredations principally by night.  Some insects, again, take a long  period of rest durinq the winter months,  and it is certain that insects, like any  other family of animals, enjoy periods'  of repose, though, as they cannot close  their eyes, it seems hardly right to, call  this sleep.  Proof of n*a*o������.  A scientific journal says, "Crows nr*-  doubtedly have a .language and to some  extent exercise the reasoning process."  We are a little skeptical about the  language of crows, but they certainly  never pull up corn without good cawe.  ���������Chicago Times-Herald.  Ob., the  Brnte!  "Henry, how do I look in this dress?"  "H'rn���������the  dres3   looks  very pretty  on you, my dear." -Chicago Tribune.  NO   HUNGER  THERE.  LITTLE   TOWN    WHERE   "POVERTY  THATSUFFE.RS" DOES NOT EXIST.-  An Example of tlie Benefit*. That Flow  From Municipal , Ownership-Georje  Cary JS^-lehlon'a Story of  His   JJirth-  plaee.  I. have made a discovery. I have  found and studied the .very prettiest,  happiest and in its unambitious way  the most prosperous small -town I  evqr saw. I have seen -, there an almost ideal object lesson in the municipal ownership  of public ventures.  The town is Vevay, Ind. It lies on,  the Ohio river, about midway between Cincinnati and Louisville. I  Avas born there, and I,have "been re-,  visiting tho town after an-absence of  45 years. '    '     i  The county of which Vevay is, the  seat has not one fobt of railroad  within its borders.' The town has- no  factories. , And yet its people, less  than 3,000 in number, tire enviably  well to    do.        They have'two banks  botn are diminishing at a rate which  will exting'usih them within a brief  Period. timft        ,.       _. >,- ';  "But what about politics?" I asked. "Suppose a gang of rascals  should" get control of your city government?"-  "They never can," was the answer.  -"Every man of us makes it a part of  his personal business to prevent that. -���������  We-have party nominations for municipal  offices. of course,  but everybody  in both    parties    feels "that    no mari  should  be nominated   ^for local  office  in whose hands we cannot confidently  "trust the'control   of these vital    interests   of  the   community. >   No   such <  man   ever  is   nominated   in  fact,   and  if  by  chance  any  such  should   be his  own' party would leave, him,-without  any -vo'tes ., to    count -when the polls ���������  .close.. '    .We     cannot afford any such,  mistakes as that, and -we all     know  it " ��������� ,  it. _-���������>'.  ��������� Under the system of municipal ownership  it has  been ,the' care of every '  citizen' that all works of construction  should be .well done, at honest prices,  with no; "rake off" for anybody.  Nothing ' has    beem   undertaken .by   the ''  municipal  authorities  till "a- committee of the wisest citizens of both par-  ���������  ties has  thoroughly  investigated  methods and counted the cost. Then the  and three prosperous weekly "newspa-^ authorities have adopted the methods  ��������� pers. Their homes are .all comfort- found 'by the committee ^toa be best',,  able, and many of them luxurious. and in no inst;ahc6; iVm told/ has  They have a courthouse that would the cost of any work exceeded ,the  do credit, in its architecture, and its |, committee's' 'estimate? .  proportions, to a town 20 times the So far as possible local labor alone  size of Vevay. nas been employed in the construction.-  Their main    thoroughfare,     leading    of  pubjic  works,   with     double     ad-1  down  to   the  river,   and  the     broad    vantage to the community, for' localn  ���������wharf or levee; at its foot, are Weil  p"aved with stone. All their ' other,  streets, are macadamized after the  best "modern methods and are kept in  ���������perfect-order. So are all the-.main  country roads that lead; out* , from  the. town, into the.rich and highly  cultivated farming/ regions round  about. .'",'"  In all the.residence streets there are  perfectly laid and perfectly kept side-"  walks of artificial stone. Everywhere  ,the sidewalks are free even from_ dust  and the streets clean enough to satisfy the demands of a"1 Waring. They are  bordered on either, side -with stately'  sycamores, tall ' elms and broad  spreading maples���������all' jealously cared"  "for by the municipal authorities.  In addition, there is an adequate  water system, supplying water in lavish abundance for all uses. There is' a  telephone system with,' astonishingly  cheap rentals-;���������so cheap that alinost  every -house of any r consequence ,':has"  an instrument - in , it���������und with long'  distance connections to^ Cincinnati,  Louisville,' Indianapolis and all towns  betAveen , at. rates of ;charges that  would^ seem impossibly low to New  York' victims *of the telephone monopoly Is' extortion. For example, it  cost me 20 cents .to talk" to friends  in Madison, 20 miles, away,and',only  40 , cents, if my expense memoranda  are correct, to< communicate with,  Cincinnati. '-       '���������' '   -  Still further,' ' there * is an." electric  light plant which' furnished light so  cheaply that no gas company - can  exist in the-town. . -  The municipal tax rate of a people  who enjoy all these benefits���������the well  made and; well kept streets, ���������the  smooth, artificial stone sidewalks,  the abundant water supply, the trees  which make' the> whole town a park,  the,telephone and electric light conveniences and all the rest of ti't���������is  only 1 per cent., and the growing  profits of the municipality from' tbe  telephone arid electric-light plants  promise within a year or two'to reduce eveno'that tax by one-half.  ' All this is the result of the municipal ownership of public utilities,-  under the vigilant scrutiny of an  alert public opinion, actingNin perfect harmony for the public good.-  The town's ownership of the profitable utilities- has'enabled it to provide the comforts and to create the  beauty, from which there is no direct profit, without imposing more  than the very lightest tax burden  upon the people. The total municipal debt is only $70,000, with art interest charge of less than SS.SO������, and  labor  is  cheap, and its earnings"-are  expended in the town. "<t, -<���������' ."'  There is no such thing as patiperisrri .  in^ this  well  ordered  community,',   no*  trace  { of-the   ','p������*verty that" suffers."-  There are  some  rich  men  there.   The.  great-'majority  are  comfortably ' well  off in their'work and,   their" business  undertakings.'   - There<��������� is .not one   human; being-, there who has not a roof'  over his head,     comfortable "clothing  on his  back and     all  the wholesome  food jihat he wants to eat every day  in the year:   .Tlie town is very slight-:'  ly more populous  now than  it    was  when T  knew- it, half a  century 'ago; \  but/ if. i,t has  not  grown  much"     in,,  municipal' stature,  it 'has' enjoyed'the  immeasurably      better      growth      in >  beauty,   comfort and   social  advance- -  ment which ,T have tried hero to indicate.���������George Cary Egglestoh in New;  York Journal. ,        "       . ,'IV l" '  THEY'RE ARSONS IDEA/"  Dr. D. K. Pearsons, the Chicago millionaire who has donated' all his money ^  to educational purposes and 'who stiys, he ���������  intends-to live to be 100, gives these rules'- ���������  for living:. :��������� .   .  ',   ,     ''  .  " ���������    [."-   \~(i  Most men"dig th'eir graves with (their-,.  teeth. ���������; ��������� i. : ; -.    -_/��������� ,       "{  No pics or cakes: no- pains er aches.'  If you overwork your liver, it will tell    f  on you-to your brain by and by. - **,*  ; Live like .a farmer, and you'll live like a  ���������prince.       '     ,i    ' - ,.    >   '   -  - Men can, live without "eating ten days.  Thoy can't do- without pure air.five minutes. M '"*','-  .Don't get angry and don't get excited.  Every time you fret you lose a minute of  life. :    ,--.���������"���������,,*���������,  Let a man abuse his stomach, and he'll  get fidgety, cross to his family and go to  the devil.     T'  Doctors say dont sleep' on a full stomach. T take my after dinner nap just the  same, and I'm 80 years-old. You can't  believe all the doctors say. "  . If you catch eold,.lose your quinine and  eat an onion. '     (  Give away your money.   It's exhilarating and tends to- longevity.  "- The idea of "giving while one's alive will  become epidemic as soon as men discover  ���������what fun it is. .       .  "Maggie,"did you.make that chicken  broth as 1 ordered you?"  "OI did, mom."  "What did you do with it?"  **Sure, an fbat ilse would Oi do wld it  but fade it to the chickens, mom?"���������  Boston Courier.  BROKEN DOWN  IN HEALTH.  Weafcj Xctyotis,, fJeMtitatPrt/'aiid Almost a Victim of  Nervous   Prostration,   :fi  This Young Lady Was Restored to Health "and. Strenjih by  Using  Dr. Chase's  Nerve  Food. *  It is in the spring, when the blood is  thin and watery, that the nerves become exhausted" and the frightful break  down comes. Pew people can overcome  the evil effects of artificial winter life  and ward off distressing body ills without using" a restorative to build up  new, red corpuscles in the blood, and  reinvigorate the whole body.  Mrs. D. W. Oronsberry, 168 Richmond street wesf, Toronto, Ont.,  states:  "My daughter, who sews in a white  g���������ods manufactory, got completely ran  down by the steady confinement aDd  close attention required at her work.  Her nerves were so exhausted, and she  was so weak and debilitated that she  had.to give up work entirely, and was  almost a victim of nervous prostration.  "Hearing of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food,  she began to use it and was benefited  from the very first. It proved an excellent remedy, in restoring her to health  and strength. After having used four  boxes she is now at work again, healthy  and happy, and attributes her recovery  to the use of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food.,  It also helped her through a very severe  attack of la grippe. I can recommend  it as an excellent remedy."  .  .  As a blood builder and spring restorative, Dr. Chase's Nerve Food is of inestimable value. It prevents and cures  the ills of spring and all weakness and  debility by the buUdin'g-up process. It  makes the blood red, the nerves strong,  a,nd the whole system healthy and vigorous��������� 5,0o a bo*���������at all dealers or E,d-  manson, Bates & Co., Toronto.  . it  1  s  4  ^ <H  t  I,1)  *���������  \'i  I  i  A SONG  Tbe rose root takes earth's kisses for its meat;  The rose leaf makes its blush from the sun's heat;  The   rose   scent   wakes,   who   knows   from' what  things sweet? '  Who knows  The secret of tbe perfume of tbe rose?  A rose ungaticrad is but a rose; '*       --  Pluck it, lover, don't mind a thorn 1  Tuck it away in your bosom clothes  And arinlc its beauty from night to morn.  Dig,   gardener,   deep,   tall   the   earth   lips   cling-  tight.  Prune, gardener; keep those blushes'to' the light!  Then,  gardener,   sleep.     He  brings  the  scent  bv  night.  Who knows  Tbe secret of the perfume of the rose f  Pale, {tale *re the rose lips, sweet!  '' Bed is the heart of the rose.  But red are the lips mine meet      .  And your heart white as the snows.  ���������Flora Annie Steel in Lippincott's  O  J>  o  X  o  X  o  M  o  M  o  X  o  X  o  M  o  8oa*oitottoiioiioitfeoigo������oftostoitogt  | N DEFIANCE OF  I        POPE GREGORY.  * , ���������;   /  jf He Cut a. Leap Year Out of the Cal-  > o       endar, but Eleanor Ainsworth  If Disregarded the Omission.  *    ������ BY W. R. ROSE.  o    '  tto*tono������������ono}to������tato*io������ioaio������io������ioa  The' bustling housekeeper led the way  ,   about the rooms.  ; "It's all kept neat and tidy for your  I return,' Miss Eleanor," 'she said. - ''Mr.  Suncliffe's orders, miss. He said you  might surprise', us at any - moment and  we must have everything in apple pie order."  I hope it's to your liking, miss."  * "It is very homelike," said the^slender  girl,   "and   I   thank   you - all' for   your'  ��������� thoughtfulness." , -'     ���������-   '  "Here, is your  room,  miss,"  said  the  housekeeper.';~ She pushed open a door.  ' - "How,, sweet', and '-dainty!''   cried   the  ; girl ,as she steppedl across- the, threshold.  "''And whatJ lovely flowers!"  .���������'_"Fresh  every\ morning,   miss,  by   Mr.  Suncliffe's orders."    -.  The girl held tbe fragrant blossoms to  ; her faceJ  ��������� ".    -''  ' ~  ;   "And .where is Mr. Suncliffe's roomV"  she asked. '"'. "_       '������  - "He calls it his'den, miss.    It's in the  'attic.    Would you "like to see it?"  The j housekeeper led  the  way  up the  .attic stairs and  threw open a door.     It  - was , the  room  of .a   busy  man.     There  . were books and maps, a few choice etch-  ' ingsj   a   handsome   desk,   a- table   and  chairs!    The table" yns strewn with loose  papers, the desk was banked' with .them  in 'packages..    There   were   books   upon  the chairs, the, table and the floor. '  As  Eleanor stooped .-above these papers she  noticed    that   they   all' bore   the<��������� same  ' name-7-Ainsworth.",' Then,  as she-raised  her head, she saw her portrait, exquisite--  ly framed,  standing  upon  the .desk.     A  little blush reddened her cheek/"  , ,. "He is a great  worker.  Mr.  Suncliffe  Is," said the housekeeper.   "Many a night  I've seen his light burning up here until ;  the sun was streaking the east."  "I should  fancy," said  the young girl  thoughtfully,  "that  he  has  been  taking I  friendless boy: he advanced me, step by  it.     I   had   becomp   accustomed   to   this  apartment, and I staid here."  "I'm afraid you stay here quite too  much, John," said the girl. "You are not  looking well."   t '  "Never felt better in my life than I do  at this very moment." replied .lohn. with  a laugh, and his smiling face bore out the  claim. -       ' '  She prave him a half tender, half amused, look.  "I, ran  away  from auntie," she  said..  "I was homesick.    I  wanted to see the  old home, the old faces.    1 wanted to see'  you, John.    So  Hortense and  I  packed  up, and here I am." ,-  "And the|Coout?" he said.  "The count was >ery annoying."  '   "No   doubt.      His   creditors   ure   very  pressing.    And the marquis?"  . "Quite too attentive."  "And the captain?"  "You know about the captain. He was  the most annoying of them all." ' \  "I am glad," said the manager.'and his  voice took on a graver tone. "I am glad  that these suitors failed to make a favorable impression. They are all quite impossible���������spendthrifts, rakes, adventurers."   ,'    ��������� 4       i  "You have made . inquiries, then?'"  Eleanor added, her color rising a little.  "It was my duty," said the manager  gravely.   " ' <��������� ���������.  There was ' a little, silence. Eleanor  toyed with a paper cutter, her eyes bent  upon the desk.  "1 should have consulted ..you in any  event," she murmured.  ' "And I should have been prepared  when you came." he said. "Perhaps,"  he added, with a faint smile, "you have  come on that very errand today."  "I���������I am not quite sure,", said Eleanor  softly!.  ��������� "  ' The manager's cheeks paled slightly as  he looked" at the girl. - Then' he spoke  hurriedly.  "Perhaps you came to ask an account  of -'my stewardship." he said in a tone  that was' half banter, t half serious.  "When I looked up-at the sound of your  voice, I might have fancied -you were  .about to say: 'The keys and'the books.  -What have(you made of the talents in  trusted to you ?' "  The girl looked up quickly.  . "This   isn't   nice   of   you,> <.Iohn."   she  said.    "You know that no such idea entered my head." ,  - But he persisted. '' '  /'By a strange coincidence1 I  had just'  filled out a little summary of the condition of tbe business. It is just six years  , ago that your father placed ,this responsibility on my "shoulders. "I want you to  know that I have not' shirked it." He  arose and-bent over her and picked a  paper from the desk. "There are the  totals then, and. here they are now," and  he placed the slip in her hands.  .  "It seems like a 'lack of confidence in  you to even look at them," said the girl/-  as she glanced down at-the figures.    She  gave a  little gasp.     "Why,"  she. cried,  "you'have doubled it." .   ������������������ .''{'''���������  ���������> ���������' "I1 have been Very 'fortunate," he said.  - "Youhave worked like a-slave," cried  the girl., "And  for what?".  , "For love of���������the work perhaps." he  answered. "Besides, am I not scarrying  out the trust placed in me by your father? Do I not owe everything to him?  He  took   me  up   when   I   was  a   poor.  did not look at her.'  "John." she snid very softly, "it is a  shame about old Pope Gregory, isn't it?  You know what he did. When he 'fixed  over the calendar, he cut us out of a leap  year. 1 think. John, that I am quite  justified in refusing to accept his correction and in assuming, that the old Julian  system is still in force."  He looked up at her wonderingly.  Her eyes dropped.  "You know I told you. John." she went  on still more softly, "that I would have  to ask your consent-as guardian when I  wanted to marry.' It is true. Because.  John, if this year of 1900 were a leap  year I should 'feel-quite, justified���������quite  justified. John���������in asking your consent as  guardian to���������to my marrying���������oh. can't  you see. dear John, that I���������that I will be  your wife!"  And she stretched out both hands to  him.���������Cleveland   Plain  Dealer.  BUILDING WARSHIPS  NATIONS   UTILIZE   LESSONS OF THE  .SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.  Iu the Apportionment of Now Tonnas*  in Europs There Is a Lars* Share Set  Apart for liutileahipg. NutvritliHCaucl-  ine Their tire at Coat���������Type ot Kn;-  Iitud'a New  Torpedo Huitt   Uentroyer*.  His Consolation.  He���������Darling, if you were to die, I  should be undone. I am sure there would  be nothing for me to live for.  She���������Nonsense!     There  are  plenty  of  other women in tbe world you could tur  to. ,  He���������Yes: that is the only consols  have when I think I may lose you<������   *������^*  ton Transcript.  THE  BEEKEEPER.  Drones from fertile workers or drones  laying queens are raised as a general  thing in worker cells.  The bees in the grub state, from the  time of the hatching of the eggs until the  cupping of the,cell, are called larvae.'-  ' Propolis is a resinous subst.-iDce usually gathered from the.buds of certain-trees  by bees and ��������� used in,s covering rough  places. -;] ��������� ��������� ;  If old' combs are straight and in good  condition, but dirty,' put them in- or over  a strong colony of, bees, and they .will  clean up. ���������    .'  Bees do not as a rule, swarm until they  have got their hive'pretty well filled up  *nd have multitudes of young bees hatch-  out dailv.   -   '  THE DEACON.  his own advice and is keeping everything '  in up to date readiness for my return."  "I've no doubt  he  is, miss," said the  housekeeper simply.  The   girl   paused   before   the   littered  desk.  r "I would like to leave a note for Mr.  Suncliffe," she said. "He will be sure to  get it this evening."  "Yes."   said   the  housekeeper.     "He's  regular as clockwork."   ���������  The girl slipped into the swivel chair  and picked' up a pen. She looked about  for a sheet of paper. She half opened a  small drawer at one side of the desk and  peeped into it. She started a little and  drew, forth an unfolded bit^of note paper.  Her name was on tbe sheet. In fact, it  was addressed to her. She looked at tbe  date. It was a month overdue. ��������� Slowly  she read the lines, her pale cheeks hotly  flushing as she proceeded. Then a smile  hovered about her lips as she carefully  folded the paper and put it in her purse.  "I have changed ray mind," she called  to,the housekeeper. "I will not leave a  note for Mr. Suncliffe. I will call on  him instead." -  A half hour later a carriage drew up  before the offices of the Richard Ainsworth company, and Eleanor alighted.  She stepped into the outer office. A doz-"  en clerks looked up at her in manifest  admiration.  "Mr. Suncliffe is in his room," said the  -attendant at the door.    "Will you  send.,  in your card?" i  , "No."   replied   the  girl.     "I   prefer   to j  step, and when he died he showed bis  confidence by- making me sole trustee of  his property and your guardian. I am  trying to justify that confidence."  The girl looked up at him and her  eyes grew moist.  "I am sure father would approve of all  you have done," she softly said. "1 know  that his daughter does." and she held out  her hand. He took it tenderly and held  it a moment., "John," she added. "1  don't suppose I could marry "without  your consent?"  He gave a little start.  "Y'es," he said gravely, "you could."  "No, I'm quite sure I couldn't," and  she laughed softly.  "I am glad you repose such confidence  in me," he said.     "May  I ask  who the  The Rev. Dr. Joseph N. Blanchard has  resigned" the& rectorship - of St. James'  Episcopal church, Philadelphia, on account of differences with the vestry of  the church.    -   , ������  ",  The Rev. Dr. F. W. Hamilton of the,  Dniversalist church. Roxbury, Mass., has'  placed paid advertisements of his church  in the-street cars of Roxbury and in the  cars. of the > Boston  "L" road.     ,     <���������  The archbishop of Canterbury, replying  to protests against the^petition for the  -dead in- his "Form of*Prayer," asserts  that "it has been decided at law that  prayers for the dead, are ' not^forbidden  by "the Church of England."  Dr Adler, the chief rabbi of London,  has "been elected - a < member of -the  Athenaeum club of that-city in accord-'  ance with the special rule allowing the"  annual introduction of persons of distinguished eminence in literature. It is  significant that Dr. Adler's proposer was  the bishop of London.,  surprise him."    She swept by the attend  ant and entered the apartment.  John Suncliffe was bending over his  desk absorbed in his correspondence.  Eleanor's quick glance took note of his  appearance. He had changed a little  since she saw him in Paris two years before. The lines on his face seemed deeper. His color was not so.good. There  was more than a suspicion of gray in his  hnir. He was only 3C>. Eleanor remembered. He was growing old in her service.  "John." she said, with a little tremor  in her voice, "aren't you glad to see  me?"   '  Was he glad! He looked up with a  quick start, pushing his chair back and  coming toward her with outstretched  hand.  "Why, Eleanor���������Miss Ainsworth!" he  cried and grasped her hand with fingers  that trembled. His face brightened; a  dull red came into his cheeks; he looked  ten years younger. "I thought you were  settled in Paris for the winter.; Here, sit  down."  "Thank you, John," said the girl. "If  you don't mind, I will sit in your chair.  I often sat in papa's chair, you know.  Besides, it will insure me,your individual  attention. But you are not using papa's  room, John. It is much pleasanter than  this."  She laid aside her hat and cloak as she  spoke and seated herself.  "No." said the manager, "your father's |  room has not been used since he���������he left i  fortunate man is?"  His  voice  was  true  and  steady.     He  certainly  had   .remarkable   control   over  himself.  She gently laughed.  "I cant tell you yet," she said. "You  see, he doesn't know."  "I do not understand," said the manager.  "I am not surprised at that," murmur^  ed Eleanor.  There was a little silence.  "John," she said, "are you getting careless with advancing years?"    He looked  at her wonderingly.   "Could it be possible  that quite by mistake a letter could slip  into a  packet  addressed  to me?    A  personal letter, unfinished and unsigned."  The hot blood surged to his cheeks.  "What do you mean?" he asked.  She opened her purse and drew forth a  folded letter, opening it as she passed  it  to   him.     His   face   paled   and   his   hand  trembled as he read the few lines.    "It is  a declaration of love, is it not, John?"  "It is a declaration of folly." he murmured. "But you know I never meant  you to see it."  "But you meant it when you wrote it.  John?"  "God  knows  1   meant it."    He looked  up at her with a sudden fire in his eyes.  "I  will  tell you the truth,  Eleanor. *:;nd  perhaps you   will pity  me.     It seems  to  me I have always loved you.    But I kept  it well concealed  till  now.     Your father  never dreamed it.    I am sure you never  did.    It is for you that I have toiled. You  have inspired my every effort.    Hopeless,  yes, but the toil was sweet.    I never forget the gulf between us���������a gulf both of  years   and   social   position���������the  gulf   between the petted heiress and her father's  hired man.    At times I may have fancied  love could span the chasm.    One of these  fits of folly came  upon  me two months  ago.     I   went   to   Paris   to   tell   you   my  love, and then my courage failed me.     1  came   home   and   began   that   letter.     A  wiser impulse seized me, and  I tossed it  aside.     What unfortunate chance placed  it in your hands I cannot imagine.    That  is all." /  He tore the sheet of paper to minute  fragments and flung them into the waste-  basket.    There was a little silence.    He  The money a man conceals In his  vest pocket is always in-vested.  An Inimitable Peat.  The sailors of three men-of-war,  American, French and British, while  In the same harbor, were competing  with each other for the best display of  ueamanship. A Yankee went to the  top cf the mainmast and stood there  with an arm extended. A Frenchman  then went aloft and extended both  arms. ,  An Irishman on board the British  ship thought if he could stand there  with a leg and an arm extended he  would be declared the most daring  sailor. Nimbly he mounted to the highest point and attempted to do so, but  at the last moment lost his balance and  fell i through .the rigging toward the  deck.  The various ropes against which he  came in contact broke his fall, and  when near the deck he succeeded in  grasping a rope. To this he hung for  a couple of seconds and then dropped  lightly on the deck, landing safely on  his feet.  Folding his arms triumphantly, as If  It'were all in the programme, he glanced toward the rival ships and joyously  exclaimed:  "There, you frog eating and pigsticking foreigners, beat that if you can!"���������  Collier's Weekly.  Results of'the many" lessons taught  by the naval battles of the Uniied  States Avar with Spain arc'ishowing  themselves. in the types of vessels  which are being constructed, or for  which appropriations are aSKed, for  the navies of Europe.  In a report to. the naval intelligence bureau Lieut. Com. George'H.  Peters, U. S. N.; considers the principal foreign navies with a" view of  noting recent tendencies of development and observes as the most striking feature ' the marked effort  now making r by the important  maritime powers to increase their  naval strength. Never before, except, perhaps, spasmodically during  a naval war, -has such endeavor been  more vigorous or more general.  ,In  the  apportionment, of   new  tonnage, the large   share set    apart    for  battleships^,      notwithstanding     their  great    cost,    shows  that    responsible  naval  opinion  regards   them    as   constituting   the'real    fighting    strength'  upon   which   reliance  must  be  placed  to win' naval battles.  .   As battleships are intended to have  the  ^ greatest     possible   fire,.- energy,,  with   the  best .protection  attainable;  their  gun 'fire must be the maximum  which  their  displacement   . will" per-;  mit,' and the     latest-    naval      expert'  opinion is practically unanimous that  their' armor 'must   not only protect  the  waterline  and  the gun   positions,  but that.the   hull and    the   personnel  must be effectively sheltered.  The typical features-of the battleship, maximum offensive and defensive power, .are not dependent on circumstances, but are ready at all  times. Speed varies with conditions  of service, and for' battleships is regarded, as a secondary consideration,  although a very important one. Other things being equal, the more efficient of two fleets' oft battleships will  be the'one whose slowest ship is. faster than the slowest ship of the enemy. The aim now is to have the  battle fleet composed of.ships having  great offensive power and,, the best  protection obtainable, with a minimum, speed of not less than 15 knots.  ^.While some of the units may be capable of 18 knots, there should be none  which cannot be depended on" for tacr  tical evolutions at 15 knots .- speed.  To attain this, obsolete A-essels must  be replaced or modernized in accordance with' the latest developments in  engineering. '    ,    _  Next in importance to the battleship is the , armored cruiser, which  forms a prominent feature of the lat-  scotiting or of search be adopted, the  finding of a fleet at sea must always  remain a very difficult problem.  Very small' cruisers and light-  draught gunboats continue to be provided, their number and varying  qualities depending upon the special <  needs of the different navies - for  crus-ing or for minor shoal-water  operations.  With     regard to torpedo  boats and  destroyers   naval    opinion   is  practically unanimously that the ;recent war  has     thrown    no     now   light    on the  question   of' their   value     when   used ^  for   the  purposes for   which  they  are'  h������i.onded.  -Tomedo    boat   destroyers,  however, simply larger torpedo boats  with   increased - gun . armament ' "and  better   sea-going   qualities,   are   coming more and more into favor as the-  best type.  Submarine boats  have not received ;  much  attention  abroad  of  late,   ,ex���������^  cept  in  France,  where' a  number    of '  them of new type have been author-,  ized. ��������� 1__ ;        r  JINGLES AND JESTS.  i'    ' ���������     , '  A Present Infliction.  That "khaki" is "the only wear" ���������  Of late lias freely been asserted;  Sonic dastmds e'en to khaking care  Behind the ycornan have adverted. '  L From "Kensingdoi-p" now slowly "trek"  Up Ludgatc- "kop" tlie wonted buses.  While over '���������&pvuit'* and "kloof" and "nek"  The military expert fusses.   ' .    ���������  J I  The sticams of talk have all one "drift;" -.  ,    A'huntsman calls his double thong a      -  i  "Sjambok," while jockeys try to lift       '    '  0       Their mounts safe o'er the "open donga."  When Sikcs, who's pinched a watch and chain,'   ,  For theft once more has to appear, it   * i v \ , ,  Gives him unjust and needless pain;     . '"' ',    '   *  , He merely sought to '.'commandeer" 'it. '''  '   * i - -t t,  While boys cut up tlie good old plays,   ,.  *       And.mellow dramas term transpontine,'_,  With half, unconscious paraphrase        t"     ' (  ''        The graybeards yarn" of Sadler's "fonteiri."  'r  Plain English words have even grown    r    ���������������  Obscured in darkest Afric dimness.  For now a man of twenty stone,   ,  Jf cute.'- may prove his claim to "slim"nesa.  These thoughts, my muse, liave made' us Reek,'  Although we are and must be shoppy.-j. ,  '  .  To gain, if not Parnassus' peak,    - ���������  At any rate, a little "kopjel"       ��������� Punch.  ������ri' ;  / ������"-> i  ''- *������������������  Kathryn'i Aspiration.',~ ','..-  Sitting there in the .deep shadows of  the box, Kathryn found herself .unexpect--,  edly moved by the story of great" love*  which was being set forth on'the;st������ge. s-  "Ah,'4me!". she sighed ever and anonv  with quivering lip.    ', ,' M -"' _  i. When the denouement "came; she forgot herself quite and stamped "her feet  and whistled,, whereas it, had"-been her-  resolve to applaud thus no more, but to/  cry "Brnvo!" as they do in New York.'* ,''  For Kathryn was not so intense a Chi-; '  cago girl as not to aspiro to better things.^  ���������Detroit Journal. '- ,  r    *  >       Force pff Habit.       ���������,-, -<-  "How^Tribbleson chops off his* words!.  You (Would think to hear him that it costs'  money to talk and that he must therefore,  say-everything  in  the  shortest - possible  way."  "Oh, that's only another illustration of  the force of habit. He has lived in a  flat so long that it has* become second  nature to him to coiidense wherever such  a thing is possible."���������Chicago Times.-;  Herald. ��������� ;<  .'������������������; ' rfVi'tyI  ���������' "--,;4y&l  ',*"-'������' St'* I  , * - ^ L  'Y -,' 5*j"?'|  '.������ ,V/���������"*.',AI  ������'. v>' y-'V'-  ' '1' -%\  . ���������.���������- jaVi  .    -  "^T^Sr,. I  .- '   <+       Ti^    -   1  ������      ��������� -���������'\r*J*t  v-Rtti|  -'    *>r  "41  v   -jf? r  '--it  i*' ^ > i  "' J4,l  a I  Leprend   of tlie Violin.  An ancient legend tells us that one  day as Orpheus, son of Apollo and the  muse Calliope, was walking by the sen.  trilling in soft cadence a song taught  him, by the celebrated teacher Linos,  he was attracted by the sound of sweet  music, which seemed but the echo of  his own glorious voice. He walked  along, singing, and the sound approached, as if to meet him, till finally  it sang at his very feet.  Glancing down, he saw the shell of a  turtle, which had been cast high *nd  dry upon the beach and left there by  the receding waves. The little thing  had died and dried up so that only the  sinews, shriveled to strings, and the  shell remained. The dried up sinews  were tightly stretched across the hollow shell, and the wind, as it listed,  touched the strings, causing them to  vibrate over the shell sounding board  and give forth the sweet, sad tones.  Enchanted, he bore his treasure home  and from it fashioned the viol shell,  with which he ever after accompanied  his voice, and the nymph Eurydice. enchanted by its magic, became his bride.  ���������National Magazine.  TYPE OF   EXGLAXD'S   XKW   TOKPEDO  BOAT  DESTROYERS.  H.M.S. Viper. Length, 210 feet; beam, 21  feet; displacement, 250 tons; indicated  horse  power,   about  11,000.  est shipbuilding programmes. Vessels of this type have primarily high  speed and great coal endurance; they  are usually of large size and are given  as much protection and as intense fire  energy as practicable, but these qualities are secondary. It is felt that  they may be used to supplement the  /leet of battleships if necessary in  maintaining command of the sea at  strategic points, and are most useful adjuncts of such a fleet. Their  size, speed and armament enable them  to engage successfully any except  battleships. They are regarded as  the most effective type for carrying  on a cruiser war of depredation.  Armored   coast   defense   vessels    appear to be practically ignored in present programmes,'for  the     increase    of  modern  fleets.     There are    two     reasons for this,  the first being the general belief that naval force     will     be  mainly     employed     in      sea    contests  rather than in merely defending home  shores against attacks by the enemy.  The second reason for     not    building  new armored   coast-defense  vessels   is  that in the European navies it is felt  that     they     already have a. sufficient  number   of  vessels   of   this   type,   and  that future needs will be  supplied  by  taking  from  the  active  armored  fleet  the older' vessels  as  these are replaced from time     to     time by  others of  later  type.     In   the British navy,     in  pursuance   of   this   plan,   the   obsolete  ships     formerly     stationed in      home  waters     as    coast-guard    and    port-  guard ships have been succeeded      by  vessels   which,     though   old,  are  still  efficient..     The   monitor   type   is     regarded   abroad   as   having   been   thoroughly   discredited   by   the   experience  of   the   United      States   in   their   war  with Spain.  The  need  of  making  liberal   provision  for. the     building  of cruisers      is  fully     recognized.       Their       essential  qualities  are     speed,     coal  endurance  and means  of  coaling rapidly;     with  these characteristics     their usefulness  will.be so great that no admiral will  be likely to feel  that he haii     enough  of     them.        It  is  generally  accepted  I that this is as true of cruisers to-day  I as it was of fast frigates in the days  i of    Nelson.      Whatever     method      of  Two Little Editor*. ?u<  [A Stephen Crane-let.] ' ,      \-  Two little editors played in a field.  They were green/and the field was green.     ���������     >    {  They thought all the world was green. J     '  They were very naughty.  "I  have   found   some   pieces  of  glass,"   said   tne  first.  "Oh, let me look through onel" said the second^.  The glass was yellow. W>  Tlie sun shone. * , "   _   '  Both little editors turned yellow. '     j  The field turned yellow. .''.'. .  They thought all tbe world was yellow.  ' said the first.  That'll  be ,red."  "Let's scare father!" paid one.  "Let's hollerj" fcaid the other.  "Let's paint all up like Injuns.'*  "We'll   make"'our  noses  bleed."  said the second.  "Pop's got  some green  s'uff that he   kills  tatet  bugs with." bait) tlie Hrst.  "An we're yellov anywayl" said the second. >  So they did.  The cow had a convulsion,  And the cat ,-/���������"..  Never did come back. ."  They didn't scjii- rather.  He was too busy.  But, oh. they had such fun I  ��������� ���������New York Prea*.  Lord   Beauchanip,   the   Governor   of  New  South   Wales,   has   had   a   novel  experience.      While on  a visit  to  the  colliers   of   Newcastle   he   was   entertained   at  a   banquet   in   a  coal  mine  300 feet below  the    surface     of     the  earth.      In   a  chamber   90  feet    long,  15 feet  wide and  nine feet high,  seventy guests  sat  down   to  dinner. The  novel   dining   room   showed   no   signs  of   what    it   had     been,    for    electric  lights,   flags,   evergreens   and   carpets  had   transformed   it   into   an    elegant  aoartment.  That Conl Scuttle.  In these days when so many excuses-  are used to obtain entrance to dwelling  bouses and   burglars carry off  everything possible it is as well to be careful.    Therefore   when   a   servant -recently   informed   her   mistress   that   a  strange man had called and said that,  he had come to "measure for a coal  scuttle"   the   mistress   was   naturally  alarmed.-   The man came again, however, bringing with him three others,  and then it appeared that he had come  to put in an electric wire and box for  messenger   service.     What   he   really  meant to tell the servant in the first  place was that he bad come to measure  for the "call box."   He had apparently  broadened it into "coal box," and the  servant had repeated it as 'k:oai scuttle."���������New York Mail and Express. i������w������u<whhii  ^ll'M������"������w**"l"'ltullt"w'w<,w  lilt-  |.f>'  I'* r  pi  lilllig  |!$?^I?5JA  l!-v-:l'.  & ctjm:bek.x.a'Njd news  Issued Every ^Tuesday.  W. B. ANDEHSON,  EDITOR  'The columns of The Nkws are open to all  *hJ wish to express therein views ou matt-  eraof public  interest.  While we do not hold ourselves responsible for the utterances of correspondent*, we  reserve th������ right of declining to insert  ooiniiiuiiicaaoiis unnecessarily personally, .  TUESDAY,     JULY  17th,  1900.  WAR NEWS.  Shanghai,   July    7.���������Bulletin���������  The iuas������icre of the   foreign   ministers, women and chiklteu and the  Emperor's guard at Pekin   after 18  . days of hopeless   re.-istance is confirmed.      When   tlie   ammunition  " and food were  exhausted tlie  Chinese fiends closed in   on   the legations and -butchered   all those who  remained  alive.    Afterwards   they  get fire to  tlie   Legation   buildings  and the remains of .the victims were  consumed in one horrible holocust.  Despatch does not state source from  '  which news', of   this-confirmation  was received.    Report-of  atrocities  committed by   Prince   Tuan   upon  ' Chinese   are   appalling.    He    had  4,000 leading Chinese butchered for  mostly trying to control the orgies  of blood and restrain his   followers.  London, July -7.���������Lord ' Roberts  telegraphed to war office last   night  as follows: Paget engaged the   enemy July 3, successfully " at' Pleiser-  fontein.    He drove them out   of   a  very strong position across Leeuwa-  ���������kop "to Broncrifontein, where he bivouacked for the   night.    He   followed up the enemy to Blaakaworp  15 miles northwest   of \ Bethlehem.  He reports   that   all   of   Steyn'e's  government officials are at   Bethlehem which   has   been    proclaimed  the"capital.    Steyne himself is  reported to have taken flight  to   the  .   mountains.      Buller    reports   the  line to Heilberg restored thus completing railway communication between Pretoria and Natal.  Lorenzo   Marqeuse   on  learned   that   Boers   are  fresh activity.  London, July 7.���������Russian  nient announces that it   wilJ   give-  Japan a free, hand to apply  military force in China.  *   London, July 7.���������Jardinc, Math-  eson & Co'y, of Shanghai  have telegraphed to their L >ndon house  air  follows:   Shanghai,   July   7.���������The  British Legation was  standing   on  July 2.   There are re-assuring   reports regarding the lives  of   Euro  peans.  London, July 7.-Japan is   no*  taking action, according  to the Japanese Legation  here,   which   has-  late advices from Tokio, .22,000 Ja-  c    panese soldiers are now on  Chin est-  goil.  The international forces will cooperate to the utmost wilh the  Japanese'army corps' in the move  on Pekin. It is said that Japan is  to be compensated for the work she  in about to undertake in the common cause.  London, July 7.���������War office today issued following from Lord  Roberts: Pretoria, July 6.���������Gen.  Buller arrived this morning looking well and   is   apparently   none  - the Morse for the hard work he hue  gone through the past 8 month .  The General commanding Lady-  gtnith telegraphs that eight hundred British prisoners belonging to  the Yeomanry and Derby shires  have been put over the Natal border by Secretary ReiU's advanc-  party   and   have    reached   Acton  ��������� .Holmes en route to Lady smith.    A  .���������convoy   passed   Greylingstadt   to-  :l������ay.    Before reaching a   defile   in  the hills the enemy shelled the advancing   columns.    Col.   Thorney-  P rid ay  showing  govern  c oft occupied the hills to the right  oi the narrow pass opening the Boers back on a ridge to the left while  the   infantry   deployed    in   plain  sight and the     tillery   occupied   a  position under the ridge.    The Boers worked the  guns  rapidly.   ������o,t  the Howitzers, replied'  with   effect  and drove, back   the' enemy   over  the   ridge.       The   convoy   passed  safely and when the  force began to  retire-Boers advanced with    a   gun  on the   ridge.      The   British . field  battery replied, the first shell   forcing.the gun to retire.  I     London, July 9.���������Despatch from  Roberts says the enemy   for  -some  days have threatened our   line   by  trying   to   get   around   our   right  flank.     .1   directed   Hutton   with  mounted   infantry    to '  re inforce  Mahon with orders to drive the Bo-  ������-rs to the cast  of   Bunker , Spruit.  These orders were   effectually   carried out by  Mahon   .who"was   attacked by 3000 men with   8' guns  Our casualties were 2   officers,   in-  eluding Capt. Nelles of- the   Canadians  and   22   men.    Steyne   left  Bethlehem on night of 4th for For-  ritzberg accompanied by Dewit and  other Free State commanders  witli  troops numbering  3000 ,men   and  tried to take the heights commanding the town but  did   not' succeed  owing to good arrangements  made  by Handbury Tracey  and, his officers.    Eventually they were driven  off with assistance of Dilswbrth and  his  Hussars   who   made   a rapid  inarch  from   Zerust.    The   enemy  suffered heavily, and five men   cap-  ur cl.    Uu-- casuaitie? light.  London,   July    9.���������Latest from  Tien Tsen says a  renewed   Chinese  attack took place   yesterday with 2  suns. ' The allied forces with  guns  from H.'.M. S.-Terrible  and   mixed  forces of one thousand -men made a  sortie under.cover of foreign   na\al  brigade and attacked Chinese  \\].o  relirrcV after seven   hours   fiy;hti. g-  On July 3rd  Chinese   attacked   in  unexpected strength and    did   con1  siderable damage.'    Russians  with  agattling gun   compelled   Chinese  to retire though   Russians  suffered  heavily.  London, July 9,���������Admiral Bruce  wires to the effect that there are  grounds for 'hoping that Prince  Ching with his army.'is at Pekin  piotccting the Legations against  the Boxers.  Shanghai, July 9.���������Two Legations are reported at Pekin to be  -till intact. All Ministers safe.-  Rebellious rioters made attacks but  suffered many losses. Imperial  troops are protecting but meet with  .lifliculty. Feared food and ammunition are exhausted.  Yokahama, June ' 9.���������Govern-  nent decided to despatch 23,000  uen and 5,000 horses to China.  London, July 10.���������Passengers arriving at  Lorenzo Marquese on July 9lh from Middl ���������  .urg say there has been fighting between  che latter place and Machadodorp in which  he Boers were defeated and deinorilized.  Juderstood that Mr. Hollis 17. S. Consu-  ate at Lorenzo Marquese has been re-called.  .Ie is a wrll known pro-Bjer.  Lord Roberts wires that the   officer com-  nanding   at   Herbron   reports   that  State  Secretary,Blignant, State Attorney Dickson  ad members-of the council came  iu yes er-  iay and surrendered.    Iiutfcon was attacked  . esterday in a position he  was   holding, by  ..vrge number of enemy,  he   kept   them  on  vith much difficulty.    The  five   inch   gunn  viih him being   found    most   useful.      The  -iuemy left many wounded on    the   ground.  One squadron of this corps  pressed  a  very  large force of enemy in a gallant attempt to  carry off a wounded comrade, to which they  attribute loss sustained.    la addition to two  .itfieera killed,    three.men  and   a  sergeant  major, three sergeants aand    seveu troopers  were wounded.  It is reported thht President Kruger's n -  tentiou of a, large amount of gold at Maclia-  dodorp has created the utmost discontent  among officers and men. They ^peuted  rewards for championing Boer interes s but  have receive 1 nothing. It is added th >.r,  visiting fore'guers who    have agitated   for  intervention arc behtwd to have lectived  sum-. Fu-tK-r ������������������sst-jc1 that proofs have  been lUseovi-ie.l in IVr* Ha "li c!i promise  btai lib ft dt-v-lop'iie-il-.    ���������  Senelo-il,'Orange Rurer ���������"> ���������'<���������> "V- -T -'v 0.���������  An extended rvoatiuisaiioc t" day r -u'.teii  in thn di-covery thil tl>p H *rs !���������*'? < v c ���������  j ated all their posM-otis ������r,.niv* R-jm-li-.',  | nnmhr-rs ������t them apm-ar t������> h-svw gone towards Ficks������������rarg and thei-rin'iiii.^i-- "< '"'ie  diiection'of Retlv.Hm. The Brifci-h o- m-  mander* express the opinion ilntt'i- retirement of the Roers foresha<i������>\v-������ a -peedy  end of the war in this miction   of the   coun-  try.1  ' Tien Tpco, July  ]0.���������Reported   that for-  rieners at Pekin have taken   possession   of  one of  the  prince's   palaces   opposite  and  commanding the British   legation and   that  native Christians have h������en put there.  rtj  Loudon;     July    10.-Chinese      official,  sources tarnish  another surprise   to-day in  runouncing that Dowaeer Empress who was  poisoned and said to hairi become hopelessly  mad. has resumed the reins of pow r.  Washington, July 10.'-Secretary of State  has received d spateh'lroui U. S. consalate,  Shanghai, sfcatit-g thac it; is given out by  Government of������-a'ghai Tuns? >at legations, were standing and that    out.la.vs were  dispersing^       \ .   ,  Despatch adds tint   statement   doe*  not'  gain much cedence.  " London, July  11.���������Lord   Roberts   seudB,  following.: Pretoria July   10th,    Clement's  and Papet's forces captured  Bethelem   July  7 th.    The former on nearing   the town s.-nt  in a flag of truce demanding   its   surrender  which was refused by Dewitt,   when.   Paget  making a wide turomg movement succetoYd  in getting hold of enemy's   most   important  position covering '.lie town.       This *\a.s carried More dark by   th������   Munster   F������-iheiB  and Yorkshire L-^it L.faotry, the'following  morning the attack a; s  cmiinned' and -by  noon i.he town wa- in   our   .possession . and  theenemv io.mll i    reat.       Oar   casu-ilties  were four <.tnc������'r3 -nd 32   wev. of the Mun,-  tors   wouuded   and   mi-sing. ^ f?nr   offi"..<'S  one killed and seveu .men of the Yorkshires.  Pa^et report*   tha-   hut   for   the   accurate  Dractic������iof th������  30.h   Royal    Artillery   aud  -ith Inn^rial   casualties^ would^  have   In������n  many more.  Hunter's cavalry, under' Br -ad wood  reached Bethel July 4th. Hunter .with his  main force was within 7 miles of town when  Cements captmed it. The position assailed was gallantly captured by the royal yoc-  mmry who captured a gun of the 77rh Battery lost at Stromberg some months atro.  The total ca<ui .lties as result of the Sou h  Africans to date are 4S,1SS.  Pretoria, July 11 .���������British success at  Bethlrham ha* considerably :mpr<-ved pros-  ppe's for peace. Whole of Government of  late Orange F ee Sfato has surrendered except Stpynp.' THf collapse of Dewit's  force is expe t������d da ly.  London,   July   11 -No   authentic' news  from Pekin ifgtill the burden of    the   des-  pa'che^ from the far east.     According   to a  special from OhecFoo, the fighting   around  T'pnT-.en a few davs ago  was the   severest  ^P^- oyporienced.    The   British    loss   alone  as 30 killed   or   wound-id.    Chinese   had  7V)00 men attacking   from each   wide   at d  made excellent practice with over 100 gu������ a.  allies numbering   14.000    and   are   now-in  h.rd-stnin,   one  Russian  company   of infantry, numberin- 120 men  had   115  killed  or wounded only 5 left.    The German   contingent also  suffered   heavily.    The   allies  narrowly  escaped   total    annihilation.     A  message arrived at Shanghai from  Emperor  Rv an : from Pe'tin.    I ' deplores  the recent  occurrences and solemcly  affirms   that   the  Chinese  Government   was   protecting    the  ���������Boxers ' against  Chmuuv.    Tho   Emperor  further.implor.-s ih������ir aid in suppressing the  ' rebellion and uphiil-ing 'he   exissrog' Gov-  ornmnnt.    In separate  despatch   to ��������� Japanese Government he expresses de*p regret for  murder of legation   chancellor.     300   Eur. -  pean refugees from "Turn   Tsen   arrived  at  Shanghai in state   of   destitution after  terrible suffering.  Tien Tsen Chinese shelled foreign   settle-  men' a'l day long,   upwards   of   150  she'ls  Ml i. tot e  conc-ssion   and   ma' y  houses  were pa. fatly'������ recked.     Th-ee Companies of  'Japanese and a body   <-f   Rnsoahs   engaged  Chinese   with    but   little   effect,    the    12-  pounlev of British first class cruser Terrible  then oume into   action   but   enemy   placed  ;   t������ o shells f.irlv under gun   damaging   car-  ������������������   ria������e and w.mndint! crew.    Oasua't'e-i   du.-.  i g da>'s iinhiipg 21 wyunded, 1 killed.  IHES -A^D;.DEER SSCII9S   .  u. ~?vzrTrumaw������mwmmmmaammmmamwmmm  buj^AN. YuK & 'WOOL CO.  EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS.  200-212 First Ave. North, Minneapolis, BIinn.  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London, July 12.-War,. office  ann.unues that' General Buller reports'that 659' prisoners release^  by Boers have   arrived   at   Lady-,  " Shanghai, July 12.-;"Reported  that a Chinese merchant here had  received a letter from Pekin dafod  June 30th,  saying... the ^Legations  were demolished-and,the foreigners  killed, announced from good   s'qur-  ces'that 30,000 Rushians are march  ing on Pekin fiom the north.  ���������  London July 12.���������Hie" Exi-ress  this morning publialies  a   di^paLch  from,Tien Tsen dated   Friday, ^ via  Chee Foo, saying General -.Ma   has  defeated the allied   troops   and .'re-  occupied the .Chinese eastern arsen-T  al after inflicting  gre-tt .loss   upon-  its   dofeudeis.       Tho   engagen.ent  lasted tf-.x  Lours 'and   w.s   fought  -witn g-. at de e.-ui.na-tiou   on ������ both  sides.    The Chinese wore evcmual-  ly able to utilize the   guns   of   the  fort ahntfmg.OLi the city w.dls near  the   Taoas   Yeamen/    The   allied  troop* suffering severely from   lack  of he-tvy guns and   cavalry..    The  Japanese commanders sent an   urgent appeal   to- hurry   re-onfoice-  ments as the allies were iQt immiiv  entdargerof defe it .again.  Cape   Town/ July   12.���������Understood that at close of   the   -war   in  South Africa,   Bloemfontein will be  the headquarters of the- Command  er-in-Chief,   and    eventually     the'  Federal Capital of South Africa.  New York.. July -12.���������Great  pumps were w. rkedintho str. Saa'e  to-day and by 2:20 the vessel wms  floated. Up to night 163 bodies  has been recovered.  Yokahama, July. .12.���������Though no  decision has yet been announced it  is certain that Japan will send 50,-  000 troops to China.  Shanghai,   July   I2.r-A  private  letter from Pekin dated   June  2.4th  nnd-received at Tien Tsen on   June  30th ha=? been  received    i-.ere.    Tr.e  writ ��������� i sri v������������������������ ���������  W   are   in   dange> of  de: <-li' 80,0.'0 troops are   amas?ing,  0,'v 8 day's food, is  left, no   news  co-ueP of trooi..-, if   no relief comes  all wiems  hopeless.     The   Italian,  Dutch, American and part of   Br-  tish legations :have   been   burned.  A courier has arrived  from   Sir R.  Hart, director of   Chinese^ customs  at Pekin,   dated   July   8th.     The  courier  is   said   to   have brought  the   following    message   from   Sir.  Robert: "Close to/ goodbye," "Near  the end."  Paris, July 12.���������The Temps announces it is in position to Lflirm  no European telegram has been received from Pekin since that of Sir  Robt. Hart, on June 24th, declaring the situation desperate.  G-KT OUH  1'KICES   AND ''i'EltMS ON  Piano*'mid''. 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Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive  ���������social notice iu tbe   ;,  SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN,  beantlfuHj  ��������� -   -  1  r  in Vancouver.  ������<��������� B  BARRETT, Agt.  M U N IQII1 A LITY OF THE  CITY Of dHEBlALAID  b  ook ON Patknts bent free.   Address  MUNN   &  CO.,  361 Broadway, New Vork.  isr oticzej.,  BICYCLE RIDERS caught riding on  the sidewalk after this date will be  prosecuied.  By order of Council,  Laurence'W. Nunjns,  City Cleik.  Cumberland, B.C.. May 8th, 1900.   8t3  ADVERTISE IN THE  Victor! i,'Ju"iv 7.��������� Tl is morning  when H. M. S. Arethusa dropped  anchor, her commander received  telegram from the' admiral asking  when he could be ready to   sail for  1  China. He replied Wednesday and  is now ru=hing stores aboard. Expected that she will act as convoy  to the Tartar now loading bunkers  at Union Bay, which is said to  have been commissioned by Imperial Government to carry 1,500  marines who are expected to arrive  on rush orders, for China. All leave  , Wednesday night for the east, also '  expected the Leander which arrived'  to-day at Panama on her way home  will be ordeied to China.  Vancovver, July 9.���������The strike  situation of. salmon fishermen on  Fraser is critical, last night -over  Ll,000 J-ips went out fishing and to-  , day there are nearly 3,000 with not  a white man  or  Indian  at   work.*.  Whites, and  Indians  are  holding t  out for 25 cts. a fish while, Japs are  selling at 20,cts. ' White, men were  much incensed when Japs broke up -  the! strike  on   Sunday.      Tu-day  notices   are   posted .warning Japs'  and others that the fishing gear and  boats of the men who fished would'  be  destroj'ed.-    "Ctfhnerynjen   are  applying   to *.authorities   for   ,aid.  agaij.st JntimidationV.   Japs are all  armed with rifles.  ;  Vancouver,   July    10.���������Japanese   fisher-  men ot Sceve&ton,   under the   influence   of  'both (crce and persuasion- stopped   tibhinji1  ' 1 t n  last night aud have joiuf.d   whiteuien.    Pa-  trols ot^vnittyneu were out   yesterday   aud  c ������uipelled theJaps 110c rnly   to stop rishiJg  but Ihrow away all the' h'alxnon the.y caught.  The vvhites ope. ed by threateued   shootiug  tea J.ips   were ". di'owued ^"dunog  a  tqtiall  Sunday. ��������� *     .1 -   ,    ,  ��������� * Nauaiuio,   July   lt).~Ib is*' said  that ii;  ���������about two w'������:eks the ruiiiuug of the Welling-  tou Lr.imi will be dt&uunWiued and   that tin;  ui   .cadi; tbai pldce   will be,   finally, olo&ui  d iwu there.    Tnu mine employes loa' thtjie  will tnov- to S-;u:h Welhiigcon,   Luiysinitii  and ExLeiihion. "'     ,    '  Viotoria, July II.���������Tlie Arethua yesterday to������k over S stokers and 12 able seamen  from Win-spite to complete ship's company,  large number having deserted in Vancouver.  Attorney-General's department has tak<n  up the matter at S'eve'ston regarding fish  s rike and is despatching a number of constables to the scene of trouble.       '   ^  Vancouver, July 12���������C..pt. J  Andei son one of the leaders of strikers among Fiaser River fishermen  was ai rested last night charged  with intimidating men bel >nging  to various canneries causing them  by threats to leave their work. Po-  lice tugs will commence a,patrol of  the Fraser River this afternoon and  the Japs are all expected to return  to work.  ^      NOTICE.  TO* "MY old friends and patrons in  Cumberland and Union:  On June 1st next, I shall be pre-  paied to supply milk and cream,  fresh and sweet, butter egg?, &c,  and solicit a resumption of the pa-  ' ~tronage so liberatly accorded-me  in-the past.  A. SEATER.  Courtney, B.C., May 22, 1900.  Espimalt & Nanaimo Ry.  '   TIMETABLE   EFFECTIVE  NOV. 19th,* 1898.     ,  '.aft  BLOUSE SETS  VICTORIA TO WELLINGTON.  No. 2 Daily. , No. 4 Saturday*  a.m.        - .     p.m.  De. 9:00 Victoria...'. I)c. 4:2o  ���������'" 9:28  GoldPUv. :ni ",  4:53  '*   lo:0 Koenig's.'  "   5.34  "   10:48 Duncans 6:15  '       P.M.       ' f"   '" P.M. ,  "���������������   12:14 -ast Nanaimo '' 7:41  ������Ar. 12:35 Wellington  '. Ar. 7-55  /WELLINGTON   TO  VICTORIA. '  No. 1 Daily. <       ���������   No. 3 Sfiturday.  .   A.M. '. , ' A.M.  De. 8:05..: Wellirgton ���������'..De. 4:2"i  "   S:'iC Nanaimo:...'    "4:30  "   9:52  Duncans ,..   ,. "   (5:05  " 10:37...'.  Koenig's ���������������. 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For paiticulars apply at this  office.  IMS JOR JATOHM,  FROM HEAVY 'WINTER LAYERS.  Beack Langshans, $2  per sitting.  Black   Minorcas, $2   per   sitting.  Barred Plymouth Rocks,   $1   per  sitting.  E. PHILLIPS,  Grantham, Comox.  Notice.  Riding on locomotives and.   rail--  way cars  of   the   Union   Colliery-  Company by any   person   or   pt-r--  sons���������except train crew���������is strictly-  prohibited.     Employees   are   subject to dismissal for allowing same-  By order  Francis D   Little-.  Manager. a*Kfimi**UMt  \\0f-  ���������I-.':.  I .  II   '  AT PLAY.  Th* children play in the fields,  ��������� And I'1 who watch am a man,  Knowing tlie struggle and strife and toil  With work and a hope and a plan;  Bowing my knee to the rod  The king of my leisure wields,  But my heart���������riiy. heart is ever at "play  With,the children in.the field*.  My heart;is ever at play,  Ever at play in the fields,  Smelling the perfume, windy sweet.  The clover blossom yields;  Smiling .with curious gaze  At its elders over the way  And harking back to the green again  Where my heart is ever at play!  ���������Post Wheeler in New York PreM  ! VILLAGE COURTSHIP  <���������;  There Was a Quarrel.  Tkea There Was a Wedding.  1      .  <S> BY JULIET BRADLEY.  t It was just such a parlor as we have all  seen a hundred times���������white curtains at  the window, a pair of tete-a-tetes facing  each other brthodoxly from opposing cor-  . ners, an open piano and'a table whereon  lay a "few pretty volumes, the gilt sides  uppermost. The young men of the village knew no spot more desirable" in  which to spend anevening.  Such at least had always been the opinion of Harry Reynolds, and sitting there  through the enchanted evening he could  picture' only one scene more agreeable.'  The good papa called out on, business,  Rosalie Allies, flushing and confused, and  not very far away another person drawing her on to all manner of delicious, unimaginable confessions.  But on the particular occasion when  our story opens this pleasant scene hardly appeared to be- the point of realism.  The two were indeed alone, but the  -young-man stood with his hand on the  door, a look of grief and displeasure on  his face, while the little lady in'the armchair was deep iif an unmistakable pout.  "If I go, Rosalie," he said, "remember  that I shall not return." He made a step  toward her and continued, "Have you  not a word for me, Rosalie?"  "I   do   not  think   of anything   further  that I wish to say," she responded coldly.  Harry gazed at her a moment and then  rushed from the room.  "Cold hearted, selfish girl!" he exclaimed as he walked homeward in a wretched  state of mind.   ��������� >   ,-  For a. few seconds after his departure  Rosalie retained her indifferent position,  but all her senses were alive to catch his  lightest movement. Of course he would  - return, and when he behaved properly  and asked her pardon and submissively'  ���������he shoukThave it, but to-be lectured and  scolded in that manner was more than  she would bear. In vain did she listen.  Ah hour," then two, then three hours,-  passed by. and,, sick at heart, Rosalie  ' went up to her own room and cried herself to sleep.  Rosalie (| was warm hearted and quick  tempered,'but was easily appeased. She  was also passionately fond of admiration  ��������� and quite as much bent on having her  own way as was good for her. These  faults, however, did not. prevent the village beans from being at hor disposal,  , and hitherto she had been nearly impartial in her treatment of them, having no  mind to give up the general homage by  fixing upon one.  - But lately there had been a difference  in her feelings. She had acknowledged  :that there was a charm in Harry Reynolds' attentions, such as she had never  found in any other. A thrill new and delicious went through her when their eyes  met, and she read the admiration which  he vainly tried to repress. Harry had a  high ideal of womanly excellence which  : Rosalie by no means came up to, but in  spite of her frivolities and his own misgivings they were frequently together  and fast verging toward an explanation,  when that fate which' appears to delight the destiny of lovers introduced an  element of discord into their happiness.  ' Mr. Clarence Dalton came up from the  city on a visit to his uncle. He was  handsome, wealthy, agreeable and noted  for the careful elegance of his attire. The  girls were enchanted with'him, and Rosalie alone regarded him with seeming  indifference. She said to herself with  virtuous resolution she must be careful  now. Harry might be wounded if she  received attentions from such a lion.  Happy for her had this prudent disposition lasted. But the old spirit came up  after awhile. She was entirely accustomed to queening it in her little world,  and her vanity was piqued that Mr. Dalton did not at'all seem struck by .her  charms. It was quite a Christian duty  to give Mr. Dalton a lesson in good taste.  So by a few little-feminine lures such as  a pretty girl weli knows how to practice  he was attracted to her side, and once  there he seemed exceedingly well pleased  to stay.  At last Harry could endure it no longer  and in the interview whose close we have  portrayed determined to "put his fortune  to the touch, to win or lose it all." Conscious of her power, indignant with some  justice that he should assume to dictate  her conduct when he had never openly  declared his love, Rosalie had responded  by a series of flippant, exasperating little  speeches which drove Harry almost to  despair. She intended to relent in time,  but pride, vanity and, a certain triumph  in knowing that his whole manly heart  was hers to play with at will wrought  sad mischief.  Rosalie had no doubt that Harry would  come the uext evening as usual, and all  could easily be made right again. But  the evening came and went and no Harry. What could it meanV Surely he loved her, and if so he could not stay away.  She would wait patiently, since it was all  that she could do.  The next evening Mr. Dalton called,  but Rosalie sent down word that she was  ill and asked to be excused. Yet as night  after night went by and Harry did not  return her submissive mood changed.  She   would   show   Mr.   Harry   Reynolds  that she was not suffering from the withdrawal of his presence! There were other people quite delighted to be in her  company.  The next time Mr.' Dalton came she did  not decline to see him, but came down  and was as friendly and pleasant as  could be desired. Tbe young man noticed  a more womanly thoughtfulness in her  manner than he had hitherto observed  and wondered what might be the cause.  Poor Harry's state-meanwhile was far  ' from enviable. For the first 24 hours he  maintained a-fierce resentment. But as  the days came and-went he softened little  by little until every harfih sentiment had  ^nnifc'x1* and a determination, seized him  to seek Rosalie and try to efface the  memory of his previbus sternness.  Toward evening he wended his way to  her home with the sweetest anticipations  of reconciliation and affection. With every step she seemed to grow lovelier and  dearer than before. But as he neared the-  gate a sight met his eyes which speedily  cooled down the fervid tones of his fancy  painting. It was Mr. Dalton. assisting  Rosalie to dismount from her horse. The  exercise had brought a bright flush to her  cheek, and she was fairly dazzling. She  perceived Harry in time to bestow on  him a very distant bow and then turned  with added empressement to her companion. Harry changed his intentions at  once, walked by the house iu the most  leisurely and indifferent manner and proceeded to call upon that obnoxious Nellie  Kcllis, whoni Rosalie regarded so superciliously.  ' Mr. Dalton meanwhile found his affairs  in a somewhat perplexing state. Flirtation had been since his eleventh year the'  element in which he delighted to exist.  Matrimony, .with its cares and responsibilities^ was -to' him "the < most ��������� distant' of  prospects and" must offer extra inducements to make him forsake his freedom.  Now, however, he began- to feel himself  very seriously interested in a person who  had not one claim to fashion, family or  fortune, a little village girl who wore  dresses of her own fitting and made all  the' pies and cakes that appeared on her  table. Whether she, really cared for him  or regarded him as a friend or'simply as  an admirer was impossible to say.  jOther people wore not as slow in drawing their conclusions, and before three  weeks were over- the village authorities  in such cases declared that it would be a  match.  Harry could not in his heart deny the  reasonableness of their predictions. He  had the grief of believing that his wishes,  .hopes,and affections were nothing to Rosalie. Yet had he anything but his own  harshness to blame' for the change? He  was - miserable, but his own act had  caused the misery.  Mr. Dalton had- a mother living, a  .stately lady of some forty odd years, well  preserved and a. leader of society. Clarence was her only boy and the object of a  great many ambitious dreams. The. marriage which looked to him so misty and'  far away was to her a very near reality.  She had selected a girl~of his rank for a  wife. when, lo, there came a rumor that  struck her to the heart! Could it be that  Clarence was about to make a fool of  himself? She wrote a letter to her son  in which she expressed perfect confidence  in his discretion and her' assurance that  he would do nothing foolish or imprudent.  Mr. Clarence's brow as he read the maternal effusion was clouded with thought.  Where, in the name of common sense,  could there be any danger in a marriage  with such a charming girl, as Rosalie  Ames? As for the danger of her heart,  he wished he were a little surer of it. He  felt at that moment that his own was in  a much more perilous position than hers.  As Harry walked that afternoon along  the broad road leading from his home he-  was attracted by almost inarticulate  groans, and, looking a few yards into the  distance, he saw a senseless form lying in  his path, while" a mad horse dashed furiously down tbe road. As he drew nearer he thoroughly recognized the dark,  tasteful riding suit which he had seen  Dalton wear so often before. ;, And. passing from-the "clothing," his''eyes' rested upon the face, pale as death, of the unconscious man.  Good and bad angels tugged.at Harry's  soul for one moment in a mortal conflict.  What call had he to interfere in his behalf? The sneering fop who had blighted  all his hopes! Let him stay there and  die. t But in the next moment, forgetting  all but the welfare of his fellow being,  he snatched off his overcoat and raised  Dalton's head and rested it upon it: Then  with frantic haste he summoned aid, and  all that skill and care could do was employed for the sufferer's restoratiou.  Harry hung over him, pale and agonized,  the accusing voice ever ringing in his  ears. "God forgive me," he said, "that  wicked delay!" ��������� '  At last signs of-returning life were visible, and ere long the physicians assured  the watchers around that all was hopeful. Rest and good nursing alone were  needed.  At this Harry quietly stole away and  . resumed his walk. Wandering thus, quite  forgetful of the outer world, he encountered a well known form-^Rosalie stood  in his path, with her cheeks pallid, her  eyes swollen with weeping. She did not  seek to avoid him as she had often done  of late, but seemed awaiting him to  speak. He took her hand. She did not  withdraw it.   He felt that she knew all.  "Don't hate me," he *aid. "I deserve  no credit. I almost turned to leave him,  for hatred and jealousy had possession of  me, and if he had died I should have  been his murderer. But it was for you,  Rosalie. I loved you so! For I have  saved him only to render certain the destruction of my own happiness."  Rosalie looked up at him with brimming eyes. "I don't see why," she said  softly. "I am sure that nobody wishes  to make you unhappy."  Now, I cannot say whether this statement appears to you particularly lucid,  but Harry was clever enough to understand it instantly. All the troubles, trials  and misgivings of the last few weeks dispersed like mists before the sun, and content took the place of wretchedness in  those two reunited hearts.  Clarence Dalton made a very stylish  best man at the wedding of his preserver.  and, judging from his devoted manner to  the maid of honor, I pronounce that he  did not suffer irremediably from his loss.  As for his mother, I believe she blesses  to this day1 the friendly accident- that  saved her darling from so terrible a misalliance.���������Brooklyn Citizen. .  An ObIi<?lnff Babn.  Julian Ralph, in Harper's, gives a pic-  ' tare of a babu (an English speaking Hindoo) that none of Kipling's .writings gives.  "Mr. Ralph and a friend presented what  sounded like'a simple letter of introduction to a Hindoo clerk in India, and the.  next morning the babu presented himself  to the Americans and said that - while  they were in' India he was their servant.  He had put his business in other hands  and would act as courier for them during  their stay. , He refused any compensation  and' regularly deducted any commission?  offered him by merchants from the price  of goods. In one case he obtained silver  ornaments for them at an .advance of  only one-sixteenth of the bullion value.  When asked the secret in" the letter of  introduction that made him give up his  business to serve a stranger, he said that  it was friendship���������that friendship was a  holy thing and bound one to heavy obligations. "We must do our utmost for,  every friend, of course." he said, "and  is if.'not thp same with you Americans?"  Told) by the  Bishop.  Some extracts from the notebooks of  the late Bishop Walsham How have been  appearing in Good Words. , One story is  to the effect that at the church of Strath-  fieldsaye, where the Duke'of Wellington  was a regular attendant, 'a stranger was  preaching,- and when he ended the verger  went up the stairs, opened the pulpit door,  a little,, way,, slasimed it to and-then.'  opened it wide for the preacher to go out."  The preacher asked the .verger in ' the  vestry why he bad shut the door again  while opening-it. and the verger replied,  "We always do that, sir, to wake the  duke." '.'���������  A clergyman in Lancashire gave out as  his text. "The devil as a roaring, lion go-  eth about seeking whom he may devour"  and then' added, "The bishop of Manchester has announced his ��������� intention of  visiting all' the" parishes in his diocese  and hopes to visit this parish."  tio-vr Far Apart Did They JL.iveT  "I was at the capitol one day," said  a Boston lawyer, "in attendance upon  a committee having.in charge a bill in  which my clients are interested. On  the long, leather covered' settee near  ine, two southern members were smoking and conversing. The following  words were jotted down by me verbatim:  " 'Majah, I was down among youh  people last summer, and-1 wanted to  find Gen'al Blood's plantation, but 1  got off my road. Where does he live  from youh plate, majah?'       , '  " 'Why, colon'l, he lives near me, a  right smart piece south on the river.'  " 'Does $ie live a right smart smart  piece or a right smart right smart piece  south, majah?'  'VWel������ it isn't as far, as either of  those pieces; just a right smart piece,  colon'l.'  "'Then that must be the, reason I  missed it. I went too far around the  river bend.'  "Now, these gentlemen' understood  each other beyond a doubt. But what  I want to know is, how many miles  was it from the majpr's plantation to  the general's? And for the life of me  I can't solve the question. , It haunted  me so" that I stumbled two or three  times.when subsequently making my  argument' before the committee, cf  which these two. members formed a  part."-      .  NOT WHAT  HE WANTED.  TAKING THE REINS.  Charley Doble will sit behind Lord Vincent, 2:08%, this year.  Robert J, 2:011/������, will pull a 50 pound  road wagon on the New York speedway.  Splan '- is ��������� said to favor BoralmaVi  chances for the trotting championship of  1900.        f   .   ,  British agents are scouring -Texas for  army horses, with the result that prices  have jumped from 30 to'50 per cent.  A  green   4-year-old    lilly    by ,. Direct,  :2:05%;vout ,6f Rosjta.-A,* 2:14%,';pacing,  "recently paced a quarter in 33 seconds at  Pleasanton, Cal. -      -       -"   -  -" The green _4-yearrold pacer Sharkey  recently worked a quarter at Pleasauton,  Cal., in 31% seconds. He is by Direct,  dam by Nutwood.  I Direct, 2:13, is showing speed early  in his work at Pleasanton, Cal. He was  given a mile recently and after stepping  the half in 1:14% was given his head and  came home the other half in 1:04%.  S. O. Chcetham, Urbana, O., has sold  King of Beluir, 2:24, to M. E. Ellis,  Grayville, Ills. King of Belair is the  youngest stallion living, with two as fast  performers as Indiana, 2:0G1/4. and Dan  T, 2:0U%.  Tom Keating's horses are going well  for him at Pleasanton, Cal. He has  driven Eureka, 2:15%. a mile in 2:18.  Coriuue Neilson ;i rwii Ln 2:22 and a  3-year-old colt by Charles Derby showed  him a mile in 2:24.  Lesh Farm. Goshen, Ind., has sold to  n horseman in Pennsylvania the 4-year-  old brown gelding Tbe Lover, by Onton-  ien, 2.07%. dam AlhV K. 2:2U%. This  colt has been a half in 1:07 and will be  campaigned this year.  Ildrim. who was an unlucky colt last  season, inasmuch as he failed to win  when he was by long odds the best  youngster in his class, has developed into  a fine 3-year-old. Gene Leigh recently  refused an offer of $10,000 for him, a  big price for a maiden.  Sapphire*'Not All Bine.  "It Is commonly believed that the  ��������� sapphire-is known only, as a gem-of-a  rich velvety blue, in color." observed an  experienced dealer In precious stones  to the writer'the other" day. "As a  matter of fact; the sapphire occurs in  various hues. In Ceylon, for instance,  where the finest, specimens of this gem  are found, it ranges from the soft velvety blue to the peacock blue, graduated In the latter to an almost faultless  white. It also occurs In whites, greens  and yellows, the . latter shade being  known as the oriental topaz and the  green the oriental emerald.  ���������  "The white sapphires are often founds  clouded or streaked with blue, sor that  many specimens are cut, which are  white when looked at transversely, but  having a bit of fine blue tint on the under point Then there Is the red sapphire, or Ceylon ruby. It is valued as  highly as the finest Burmese rubies/  Those, most highly prized, are of rich  pigeon blood or rose red color.  "Some very, fine sapphires- have been  found in Montana during the past" ten  years.' The American gem's are light'  blue, blue green, green and pink, but  the deep blue and red stonesi which are  chiefly in demand as jewels, have so  far never been discovered In any part  of this.country."-  It Was a Great Invention^ but It Had  Weals Points.  "I perceive, ��������� sir," began the peddler  suavely, "that there are children in the  house." ' '      ' _  "Have I the honor of speaking to, Mr.  Sherlock  Holmes?"  inquired  Mr.   Poply '  ironicallyf ...  "Not exactly, but"��������� .-���������  "I presume you arrhl'd at that astonishingly correct conclusion' by a process  of scientific deduction," continued ^ Mr.,  Poply in the same sarcastic tone. , "Let  me see if. I can "follow your line of reasoning. No doubt you noticed Towser,  who has just flitted from the back door  with a milk ��������� can attached to his caudal  appendage. That round hole in the stained glass of this door would at once convey the word 'bowgun' to your acute  mind. That dull sound which we now  hear can only be produced by hammering  a high chair with.a hand^ mirror or a  cream pitcher.; Am I right?"  "Probably," answered the peddler, .* but  I drew'my inferences from the fact that  you came to the front door with and are  still inadvertently holding a, rattle in  your hand. And unless my eyes deceive  me there is a jumping jack attached by  means of a bent pin and astring to. the  rear of your-smoking jacket. 'However,  all this is immaterial. I called to show  you the greatest invention of the age,  'the patent noiseless baby jumper and  child amuser/ . By its use a" child may  be left alone for hours and need no at-c  tention. Place the infant in this swinging seat here, and"���������        - - ���������* "  "Pardon'me;" interruptcd'Poply. "Does  "that  invention  have' an  attachment for  picking,up playthings which1 have ;been  violently, thrown on the floor?"      ._;,  ,   'INo,. but"��������� ' " "  ���������'. "/"���������  "Does it have hair to be pulled?"  "No"f-    .-���������*.-. , '  "Does it have, an arrangement' wMcn  when  the child  cries' tells  whether the!  screams express cholera1 morbus, hunger,-  a pin. temper.or general depravity?"  "Certainly not:".,,   ' %  .<���������   ' ' ' ���������'';-  "Then,I'm afraid I can't buy, it.'',Be- ,  tween ourselves, 1 don't think I need a  ���������patent   noiseless   baby   jumper/ .but   I-  should  like  a  patent  noiseless baby.'!���������  Harper's Bazar. ��������� >������������������  HAYMAKING BY -WIRE.  LITTLE TOMMY'S DRINK.  It Vm Very Important to Him, but  Not to His Parents.  Every night since Tommy was 2  years old he has wakened. about 2  o'clock and has called to his mother  for a drink of water, says the Chicago  Tribune. She sleeys in the same room  with him, and it has been her nightly  task to get up and go out to the kitchen  for a glass of water. Tommy is now 4  year* old, and his fond parents made  up their minds one day last week that  it was time he reformed and gave his  mother a chance to get an unbroken  night's rest. UA small stand was put  close to his little bed, with a glass of  water-on it. Then his father, for the  sake of the additional paternal sternness, gave Tommy his orders.  "Now, when you wake up tonight,  Tommy," said the stern parent, "and  want a drink of water, you are ' to  reach out and get it, and on no account  are you to wake up your mother. You  are too old a boy to make your poor  mother get up and wait on you."  Tommy could not see the logic in this  argument, and he went to sleep in a  rather angry frame of mind.  , At the usual time in the morning his  mother heard the young man stirring  around in his bed, but, for the sake of  discipline, she kept perfectly quiet. Finally he sat up in bed and reached out  his hand, groping around in the darkness for the glass of water. Then came  a moment of silence.  "I dess wiss," said Tommy, speaking to himself in a shrill whisper, "I  dess wiss I spill every darn drop.!'  Tbe Rooster Was (*anie.    .'fe-  A Rockland young man is the owner  of a smart rooster and has long entertained suspicion that the bird might  have inherited gamy characteristics  from some long forgotten ancestor. To  apply this theory in an actual test he  went home the other, night, surreptitiously, conveyed the parlor mirror into  the ben pen and Ifeld it before the gaze  of the wondering rooster.  The young man was not kept long in  suspense as to the bird's fighting qualities. After a brief, incredulous glance  at the proud- reflection in the glass the  rooster descended upon the object with  spurs set and wrath' gleaming from  each beadlike eye. There were a crash,  a smash and a clatter, and when the  dust and feathers cleared away the  young - sportsman ��������� stood, a dismayed  spectator, in the center of a, pile of  ruins formed of broken mirror, slats  and pulverized plate glass.  He is now satisfied with the rooster,  but how he squared himself about tbe  broken mirror is not known.���������Bangor  Whig and Courier.  Fairly Good Time.  Seated around/a Topeka railroad  lunch counter the other day were.four  old Santa Fe engineers. They were  telling of fast runs. Three of them had  told their stories. "The fastest run 1  ever made." said the���������'fourth, after listening to the lies of the others, "was  between Topeka and Emporia not long  ago. It was a bright moonlight night.  We were behind when we pulled out of  Topeka and had orders to.make up all  lost time between here and Emporia.  After reaching the top of the Pauline  hill I pulled the throttle wide open and  let her go. Tbe old engine fairly ate  up the track. When we stopped at  Emporia, I looked back a mile or so  and saw something black approach  ing us. I could not think what it was.  I watched it closely. Finally it came  up opposite the engine and stopped. It  .was the shadow of the train."���������Kansas  City Journal.  A Long   Walt. .  Thomas Nelson Page's entrance Into  literature was discouraging. He sent  the short story called "Marse Chan" to  The Century. It was accepted. Then  Page waited, just waited. Six years  later the tale was printed. It made a  hit, and after that things came easily.���������  New Ynrk World.  How Peasants   Harvest  Inaccessible  Meadows In Western1 Norway;   "    c  Far above the narrow, sea filled valleys which stretch their arms1100 miles ,  Jnto the country, high above the farms  "that- stud   the   banks   of   the   western  fiords of Norway, among the rocky slopes  of the mountains, tip under the very edge,  of the glittering glaciers and the eternal-  snow that covers the great plateaus of   ,  Folgefonden,   Hardangervidda. and   thsV.-:  .fostedalsbrae, there are patches of ver-; \  dure almost invisible from the decks of  '  the passing tourist steamers'or only ���������appearing like specks on the rugged slopes  'o'f,. tBe'.inbuntains which tower thousands-  of feet above them. r>  On the most accessible of these mountain posture's the peasants have erected .  small huts as places of refuge for the women that herd the cattle in the mountains ��������� during the' summer months.- In  these huts, which are called "saeters" in  -Norwegian, the milk is made into cheese^,  and butter.  Some of these grassy patches among  the bowlders are, however, inaccessible  to the cattle, but it would never do to-let  that excellent mountain grass, which'produces such rich milk and gives such delicious flavor to the butter and the >  cheese, go to waste.' The sturdy peasant lads and lassies" climb into the most  inaccessible places and cut the grass,  thus increasing their winter stores by.  many tons of excellent hay.  A   very   ingenious  means of transport  has   been  devised   for  getting  the grass  from  these  meadows among the clouds  down into the vnlleys below, consisting of  a wire rope along which the bundles of  grass are sent sliding down to the���������farms  .of the fiord.   The "lauparstreng," as this  'contrivance is called, very* often crosses  a fiord, and, besides bundles of grass, it  may carry the produce of the' "saeters," .  consisting-of big . bundles: of white and.'  \brown cheese, tubs of butter and barrels  of .buttermilk.  li  J\  JINGLES AND JESTS.  Sir William MacCormac and several  other London surgeons who volunteered  for service in South Africa are drawing  pay at the rate of $25,000 a year apiece.  Though that sum may not recoup them  for what they would earn in London, it/is  far in excess of any salary hitherto paid  to any army medical officer.  Horrors.  Oh,  the horrors of  war!    Though  I'm  here,  far  away. ���������..���������-.'' ,.-.'���������  Frorh the actual center of strife, '  I seein to perceive them more clearly each day. '..  Th������y fiercely embitter my life.  For each friend is a Boer or a- Briton who seeks  To. aho\v that he stands in tlie right.  They have,badgered and quarreled and threatened  for weeks;  It would be a relief if they'd fight.  Oh, the horrors of war!    If you don't understand  The Africari-tongue and the Dutch. ?���������  Abashed you  are  doomed   to  contempt   mid   the  band  Who clamor so loud and so much.  You feci like a gnat iimong cables, forsooth.  When you gaze on seme erudite chap  Who explains to  his  friend  the  exact  shades of  truth  And who works it all out on the map.  My heart is like lead, and my brain's in a buzz  With the names of a musical crew  As 1 try to explain what each general does  And predict what his fooncn will do.  1 Lave given up trying their movements to trace,  Describing "how,"  "when" and "what for;"  I am musing alone, and despair fills the place  As I think of the horrors of war.  ���������Washington Star.  Do Not  Pay Cash^-  PAY SCRIP FOR  DOMINION  LANDS  AND SAVE DISCOUNT-  If you have payments less than $80 to  make at any Dominion Lands Office send ua  the amount, less 20 per cent., and we will  make the payment and return the Land  Office receipt to you. Write for prices for  large payments.  ALLOWAY & CHAMPION, Winnipeg  M  n  n  ���������IT  V'i  h I  &>  THE CUMBERLAND MWS  .CUMBERLAND. B.C.  ii^ttinK  at   ft.  "I've done my best." said the sweet  society girl, "to understand the Transvaal question. IJuriujs: Lent I've heard  'Tbe Absentmiu(J<jd Iteggar' reciu><l at  least,live" times, and I've contrihuted  ,to,every fund that has been sraried for  the benefit of tbe poor English soldiers."���������Philadelphia North' American.  WINNIPEG INDUSTRIAL  Sisterly.  "What-a pretty way Lydia Peck has  of dressing her hair. Something new.  Isn't it?"     ,  "Yesv She has a  over her left^ ear."  Dealer.  bald spot coming  ���������Cleveland   Plain  SIX' OILS.'���������The most conclusive testimony, re'peatcdly.laid' beforo the public in  the columns of the - daily press," proves that  Db. Thomas' EcxiEcraip Oil���������an absolutely  pure combination of six of the finest remedial oils in existence���������remedies rheumatic  pain, eradicates affections of the throat and  lungs, and cures piles, wounds; sores, lameness, tumors, burns, and injuries of horses  and cattle. ���������   Not  a'-llll   Worried.  /'Don't yon know that the Very land  'you    tire   'stiindin.tr   on    was    forcibly  wrested from its aboriginal ownersV"  "I don't care, if it, was. tl can* prove  nn alibi "���������Cleveland   IMaituDenier.  Rules by AVliich  Horses Can  lie Entered  for Couipetiton���������List of Prizes.  A general purpose horse is understood  to be a horse that is suitable either  for. the waggon, carriage, bug-gy or  plow. Horses registered or'eligible for  registration cannot/-compete -in this,  class.  1st. f 2nd.  3rd-  Brood mare,with foal by side'  '���������1st prize,  special  by Cock-" <> ,  shutt Plow Co.; value'$20..$20 $10 $5  Brood  mare and two of her  progeny,  three    years    and  under    i f.,15  Three-year-old -    gelding     or  filly  -.......'. ' \. 12  Two-year-old gelding- or filly 10  Yearling gelding or filly  .'...    8  Foal  ' - .-     5  Team geldings or 'mtft-es in  harness, to wagon or carriage.   1st, 'special by Fair  10  '8  5,  3  RAILWAY TIES.  child "Co.,   value  Mare   or   gel dims-,  25   15   10  be  !    ' There is "danger  in  neglecting  a cold.  "Many who have died of Consumption dated.  ,their troub'es from exposure, followed by a  '-'cold which,,.settled on. their lungs, and in a  short time they were beyond the skill of the  best physician. Had they used Bickle'a Anti-  " Consumptive Syrup, before it was too late,  ' their lives would1 have been' spared.   This  medicine has no equal for curing coughs,  colds, and all affections of >the throat, and  lungs.  -,'-*���������  $2  any   age  Diploma  Brood mare,with foal by side.  Special by the Horse Breeders" association of Manitoba  and  N.W.T Diploma  r  Standard bred horses.  r All entries in this class must  registered in American Trotting Register. Two-year-olds and upwards to  be shown.in harness,- except in sectiori  for- brood mare.  ; /- v 1st. 2nd 3rd  Stallion, four years or over..$30 $20 $10  .Stallion,' three .years    -25   15 '10  Stallion,  two ,'years   15  Stallion,'-yearling   ' 10  Brood mare with foal by side 25  Three-year-old gelding or filly,, 15  Two year-old gelding or filly 10  10  6  15  10  8"  6  4.  a  4'  10  5  5  4  b'  Op' Ont  of Ileacb.  -T.���������Have your wages "gone up?;  - C.���������1 guess scv   The boss made nn  ,   assignment',   today.���������honkers'   States-  ' man! .     ���������   ' .   '  '" '.A CURE' FOR FEVER AND AGUE.���������  '  Parmelee's, Vegetable Pills aro compounded  for use in'any climate, and- they < will be  ��������� found to preserve their < powers in any lati-  1 tude.   In fever and ague they act upon the  secretions and neutralize the po sonwhich  ' has found its way into the blood. - They cor-  . - rect- the iinpurities which find entrance into  the system through drinking water or food,1  ' and, if used as a preventive, fevers are  -. avoided. c  Better by Far.  ,The Layman���������Didyou ever nail a lie?  ���������    The   Pn;acher���������No:   hut   I \have  expounded, the "truth.���������Philadelphia Bul-  ���������USEFUL AT>ALL TIMES.���������In winter or'  0  in summer Parmelee's Vegetable Pills will  'cope with ..and overcome any irregularities  .' of the digestive organs which change of diet,  change of residence or variation of temperature' may bring about.     They should "be  always kept at hand, and once their beneficial  effects become known, no one will be  without thorn.   There is nothing nauseating  in tbeir structure, and the most delicate can  use them confidently.     " ,    .  \  Drawbacks of Refinement.  Between dyspepsia and table manners there is' no^fun ; in eating any  more.���������Detroit Journal.    .  Minaifs Liniment era Burns, Etc.  It is said 'that the color tones of the  sky | have niiJiiifiuetu'e upon tho char-  neter "and, temperament of the people  who live under M'<>in  MINAPJTS LINIMENT Cores Dandrnf.  |iv  Mixed Bathing.  Brighton, England, has decided to  allow "mixed bathing" neit summer,  under restrictions.  MINARD'S LINIMENT ~RelieYffi~Nenralgia.  ' " There is no -surer mark of. the absence of the highest moral and Intellectual qualities than a cold reception  of excellence.���������Bailey.  ''  Hotel Balmoral,  } '  *<ontre>������l.  Free Bus. Am.  P. H.50 up.   E. P. tl.OO m.  V  OXYDOIMOR.  Trade Mark Registered Nov. 24, i896.  One Oxydonor will serve a family. You  are to do the curing yourself. Fully tested  in all diseases. Oxygen is nature's greatest  cure. Sure cure for La Grippe, Rheumatism,  Catarrh, Chronic Dyspepsia, etc. Dr.P. Emmons, of Syracuse, N. Y., writes: "I wish to  give you particulars of a. few from many  cases which have been effected by the Oxydonor 'Victory' in my practice." He especially mentions cases of Pneumonia, Bowel  Trouble, Erysipelas, Asthma, Rheumatism,  Diptheria, Measels, Neuralgia, etc. Particular cun be seen at my office. Subdealera  in every district wanted. For descriptive  booklet and particulars address Wm. T.  ���������Gisbiics. Grain Exchange, Winnipeg.  SPECIAL SUMMER COURSE  IN ALL BUSINESS SUBJECTS  ,   No midsummer holidays.   Now is the time to.  prepare for a situation in the busy season.  ���������Full particulars on application.  G. W. DONALD, Sec.  N. B.-We assisted over 100 of our students to  positions during the past five months.  Farm Lands  For Sale in All Parts of the  .    Province.   Write for Lists.  NARES, ROBINSON & BLACK,  WINNIPEG,   MAN.  Yearling  gelding   or   filly..   8  Stallion and three of his get  ���������get to be foaled .in Mani-,  , -toba, .N.W.T.  or B.Cf The  ��������� ��������� award-' to- be  made   on  the,  '- - proportion of 25 per cent for ���������'  '   -  -the stallion and 75"per cent   -   -���������  for the   progeny    '. .,25   15  Stallion,'  any'-ase.-   Special     -  by the Horse Breeders' as^  elation of Manitoba and the "' ���������  N.W.T , "Diploma     J ���������/  Brood mare with foal by side,      *      '  < special by the Horse Breeders' association- of Manitoba    and     the    N. -> TV.,   T.  ........   ': Diploma  .  'ROADSTERS.-  Brood mare,with foal by side.$15 $10 $ 5  Three-year-old gelding1 or filly 10     6^'  4  Two-year-old gelding  or, Ally   8     5     3  Yearling  gelding  or  filly     6     4     2  Foal l 5     3     2  Pair  gelding, or .mares,    in    ,  harness   .- '.:'-..'. 20   15     8  Single gelding   or' mare,    in  harness  .' '.  15���������.,10     5  \ -.CARRIAGE HORSES. >  Certificates  of  registration for stallions An   some- recognized   stud ,'book.'  Sections 70 and ,71 must ,be shown* to  buggy or carnage. "       '  ^Stallion; four years or,, over, '  ���������  1G hands  or oyer $30 $20 $10  Stallion,, three years  .'. .\..'.. 15   12     8  Stallion,   two  years   ....'  rl2   10     6  Stallion,   yearling'.., .'./."    8���������   6     4  Brood mare,with foal by side 15 10 5  Three-year-old gelding or Ally 10 6.4  Two-year-old gelding or filly '8 6:."'4  Yearling  gelding   or "Ally   ..    6 . '4\   3  Foal   ' .......    ....\   5     3.   2  Pair  of-matched gelding or  mares, in harness, 16 hands       - ' ''  or over   ���������  20   10     5  Gelding or mare', in harness,  16 hands or over    15   10     5  Stallion and three of his get  ���������get to be foaled in Manl-  - toba,-N.W.T.' or B.C. The  award to' be made on the  proportion of 25 per cent  for the stallion  and 75 per .  cent for the  progeny : 25  Stallion any age.     Special by"  ' " " -  the Horse Breeders' association of Manitoba and   the  N. W. T. ..-. : Diploma  Brood mare with foal by side.  Special by the Horse Breeders' association of Manitoba  and the N.W.T Diploma  HACKNEYS.  Certificates  or registration  must  be  produced.  Stallion,  four years or over.$30 $20 $10  Stallion,   three years  ^ 15   12     8  Stallion,  two years    12   10     5  Stallion,  yearling       8     6     3  Brood mare,with foal by side 15   10     5  Three-year-old filly   10     6     4  Two-year-old filly      8     6     4  One-year-old filly     6     4     3  Foal '     5    ,3     2  Stallion and three of his get  ���������get to be foaled in Manitoba, N.W.T. or B.C. The  award to be made on the  proportion of 25 per cent,  for the stallion and 75  per  cent for  the  progeny.. 20   10   !  Stallion, any age. Special  by the Horse Breeders' association of Manitoba and  and the N.W.T .. Diploma  ^ THOROUGHBREDS.  Certificates   of   registration   In   general stud book of Great Britain, American  stud  book,  or.   stud    book    of  France,- must   be  produced.  Stallion, four years  or over. $30 $20 $10  Stallion,  three  years    ..15   12     8  Stallion,  two years     1?  Stallion,  yearling     8  Brood mare, with foal by side 25  Borod  mare and  two of. her  progeny,  three    years   and  under    15  Three-year-old filly  10  Two-year-old filly ........   8  One-year-old filly    6  Foal    ........     5  Stallion and three of his get  ���������get to be foaled in Manitoba, N.W.T. or B.C. Thf������  award to be made on the  proportion of 25 per cent for  the stallion and 75 percent  for the progeny  25   15  Stallion, any age. Special  .by the Horse Breeders' association  of  Manitoba and  the N.W.T. Diploma  Brood mare,with foal by side.  Special by the Horse Breeders' Association of Manitoba and the N. W. T.   .Diploma  MINARD'S LINIMENT for Sale Ererywiere. I  t The Pennsylvania, is experimenting in  tlie use of nickel steel for rails.  According to Swiss papers, the project  of building a railway i;n .Mont Blanc is  in a fair way of bi'inir carried out. experts bonis: on the ground now to study  the'situatltiii.'  The Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe  'Railroad company has purcha.-ed l.."500,-  .000 yellow - willow cutlin-jrA and will  plant them on both sides of an embankment west of Stockton. Cal., for a distance of eight miles to protect the road  from-washouts.  The.Market Street Haihvay company  'of San Kraricisco has decided to- give a  special bonus for the faithful service of  its employees. The men who have 'been  with the company for 5 years receive  l.cent per hour: for 10 years, 2 cents: for  1.") years. 3'cents.-and for L*0 years, 4  cents per hour. _  Her Cure,  He���������I understand you have been attending an ambulance ela*s. Can you  tell me what is thp best tiling to do for-a  broken heart?  ,She���������Oh.  yes. 'Bind   up the fractured  portions with h gold ring, bathe them with  orange blossom 'water and  apply  plenty  ,)f raw rice.' Guaranteed-to be well in a  , month.���������Weekly Dispatch.  Next, to the" mosquito and the borrowing neighbor, the friend who is continually telling other people things for their  own good is the most unmitigated nuisance in the world.���������Saturday Evening  Post.  TTieseThree  Reparations  Tree.  BISTepTlie  ,*���������>  Alfred A. Taylor, of Margaree,,says:  "One bottle of MINARD'S LINIMENT  cared a swelling of .the gamble joint,  and saved a horse worth $140.00.  -- Thos. W. Payne,-' of Bathurst, saved-  the life of a valuable horse that the  Vet. had given up with a few bottles of  MINARD'S LINIMENT.  4  The law resembles the ocean m one respect. The greatest'trouble ia caused by  breakers.���������Chicago N*������wg. -      ������  U������TfKf!ANA "��������� RELIANCE  CIGAR  1 UdUAll A,     FACTORY, Montreal  LADIfS  SHoe  DRESSING  MAOe BY  PACKARD  IS UNRIVALED  fOR KECPINGC  I HE IHTKR SOfTAND PLIABLE  ton men's snots m our combination^  SflOe DRESSING EACH PACKAGE CONTAINS ABOtllf1  Or CI CAN tit AK������ 4   BOX If PASTE  L H PACKARD^ CO'JMHEAt  Auer Vapor Lamp  Over 60 Candle Power of .Light  for 20 Hours at a Cost of .06.  '   Dr. Slocum, tbe famous scientist, whose lectures and demonstrations  in New York and London this winter have astounded medical circles, has  at last perfected his new system of treatment for the absolute cure of  .tuberculosis, and all pulmonary diseases.  This triumphant victory over the deadly bacilli is far reaching in its  effects, for their is no longer room for doubt that the gifted specialist has  given to the world a boon that will save millions of precious lives. ^ ;  Dr. Slocum's.System of Treatment is both scientific and progressive  going as it does to the very source of the disease and performing the cure  step by step. - - " '" *  , First Step.���������Killing the life-destroying germs which invest the lungs.  Second Step.���������Toning the entire system and strengthening the  nerves���������filling the veins with tingling new life. ��������� ,,  Third Step.���������Building healthy flesh and fortifying against future  attacks.   ' .  The Slocum Treatment is^ revolutionary because it provides a new  >��������� application for every stage of the disease.,. The failures of inoculation by-  Paris scientists are overcome by Slocum through progressive drug' force.  - The diseases leading to consumption are also mastered so that once the  "bacilli are removed from the lungs there remains.no other germ-breeding  .menace. '   /'' - ' ' <��������� '''',"''  The Slocum System cures grip and its painful after-effects, dangerous coughs,  bronchitis, and every known form of pulmonary disease. ,:'  It makes weak lungs sound, strengthens them against any ordeal,  and gives endurance to those who have inherited hollow chests, with  their long train of attending dangers. ���������    '  ^ To enable despairing  sufferers' everywhere to obtain speedy help  before too late, Dr. Slocum offers. < u  FULL FREE TREATHENT  to every reader of this paper.  Simply write to TrisT.A. Slocum Cttbmicai. Co., tytnited, 179 KitipSt. Weit;  ' Toronto, giving post office and express office address, aud the free medicine (The  Slocum Cure) will be promptly sent. , v'  ,    ������������������  Sufferers should take instant advantage of this generous proposition, and -when  writing for them always mention thi������ paper, . <.   >  Persons ia Canada, seeing Slocum's free offer in American papers will please  send for samples to the Toronto laboratories. r. '  Let no previous discouragements prevent your taking advantage of this splendid  free offer before too late.    - .1  OWN  Soap  I Must have the  genuine, The  Etnatations look  very nice> but they  hart my delicate SHIN*  TV* AusKTTotLcrBoA* Cov. "���������-(  p  Gives a better and  more economical  light than electricity or oil. All country houses, hotels,  summer resorts and  camping parties  should have them.  MANTELS,  CHIMNEY SHADES,  CAS FIXTURES,  always in stock.  THE TORONTO  AUER LIGHT CO.  101 Yonge St.,  Toronto.  G-. 1 Harp. $6 00,   F.O.B cars, Toronto.  Manufactured  l>y THOS. T.EE, Winnipeg,  Catholic Prayer }������������&*������������������:  ulttrt*. Kditfious Pictures. Statuary, and Churob  Ornaments, Educational Works. Mail ordersrr  ceive prompt attention. D,& J, Sadller&C0..M0Htr8ll  " wr~r*. 11.'    273  10  6  6  4  15  10  10  5  6  4  8  4  4  3  3  2  *  Tlie best  djre&sed.  men. aire  tttd&e  whose  attire is  pleasing  rattier  than  con&pi-  otiotis.  The careful selection of patterns in  Shorey's Clothing  renders it possible for gentlemen to shut their eyes and pick. They  cannot be wrongly dressed or ill dressed in a SHOREY suit.  Every garment is made to fit (not made to order) and every  stitch is guaranteed,    Your money back'if dissatisfied;  Sold by reliable dealers only���������an additional guarantee to  the purchaser. / *  Spring Overcoats  Are all  Rigby Waterproofed  ������  ,;v:,-  7 V/ll  .    ' / -Ml  -'5<-,'l  1 >l TO. B. an&erson, SMtor.  *rAdverti.erswb.o want their ad  cHansed, .hould get copy iu by  12 a.m. day before issue.  Subscribers    failing      to   receive     The  Nkwh regularly will coofer. favor by   not.  ying   the   office.  Job Work Strictly O. O. D.  Transient Ads Casb. in Advance.  TUESDAY, JULY 17th  1900.  OAKS PBOTKOIION IH  AFBICA.  So Jar as legisla.ion cin   accompli  it all of Africa lying between  Egypt and the Sahara on the north  a���������d   the , Zamhesi   and    German  Southwest Africa in the south, has  been turned into an immense game  preserve by the European   Power*  which have seized   the   conLnent.  Representatives of   Great  Britain.  ' France: Germany, Portugal,. Italy,  Spain and of the King of the   Belgians, acting for. the   Congo State  Signed a convention at London for  the preservation  of w.ld animals  bird.;and fish in Af,ica.   Within ���������  month after the certificates -of rat.-  fica.iou have reached   London the  eonven.ion comes   into   force and,  willlast   for   fifteen   years.     The,  eig���������.torieB comprise all claimants  .  to ,ny partof the   protected area  w^thlhe exception of the Beputl.c  of Liberia.  ���������  ���������  *  /Among the commissioners   were  .nnrt.men'   naturalists     and   ex-  prepared schedules of ammalB he  hunting and killing of some   being  and of others ^rmit^d and en-  courted. No pne .will, be allowed  ThTt in Central Afiica without a  Ucensefrom the l-cal government  Sves are to be established as far  - ^poBslble within which   all hunt-  l������8 prohibited and close   seasons  r������tabliBhed  for  the   protection   of  ffiogt be Jed, while ������  are put.on the employment of nets  ' and pitfalls. Measures are to be  Ukeh to prevent the spread of cat-  11 dLases and otherepidemicsand  . t iTrfering with the destruction  ot specific animals. ^  A distinction   is   made between  the protected animals   which, may  be hunted under   restrictions.    U!  aome, the young and  the females,  when accompanied by   their young  or otherwise recognizable, must not  be killed.   This picturesque list includes the elephant, the rhinoceros  the hippopotamus,   the  zebra, the  buffalo, the antelope   and   gazelle,  the ibex end the   chevrotain.    Import duties will be imposed on their  h.des, tusks and horns.    In regard  to the elephant,   especially,   severe  penalties will be imposed, and tusks  weighing less than ten pounds shall-  be confiscate*  where   ever ; lound.  For others the restrictions is merely  that the number to be kitted  shall  be limited by the local authorities.  Among these are. fur monkeys and  email monkeys; dugongs, manatees,  small cats,   varies   pig*   jamais,  large   tortoises, .bustards,   guinea  fowl, and other game birds,   whose  feathers   have    commercial   value  like   marabous   ami    egrets,   and.  ostriches, for   the   preservation   of  who.e eggs special measures  are to  betaken.   ;  HALF  Sale,  o       /.  is booing a,o���������g a,l .he ������������ ^���������������^������ftISlSt  havebeen ^-"^SJaV^ii*:.- - .  qual va.ue w.ll be. placed on our bar. ^^.^ ^^.^ ^ ^  75c. and $1.00. -  Mens shoes worth $2.50, sale price $1 -75-  Mens   overalls,    riveted   and   with  canvas^  stayed bottoms, regular.:9oc, sale pryfce 75c.       , :|  " All mens' Fedoras and Derby hat*.- at half \1  price. $2.50 hats, sale price $1,25; $^������ ^;  Ule price $i- ^o; $3.5Q hats,salephce $i.75-:, J  It will'be, Bet n that   hardly   a  8ingle inhabitant   of . the African-  jungle Las escaped the watchful eye  of  the   convention.   The   London  Times, in commenting on   the   re-,  port, think* nevertheless, that   toe  commissioners did   not-   go    far  enough and that they   should have  prohibited all hunting for specified  periods:-*   ������������������'*��������� It will act-as a,  deterrent on European "sportsmen  who seek only to des r y, and may  even,reachthe   traders   outside, of  Africa; whose short sighted   policy  of immediate gain,** a = large factor  in the threatened extinction   of the,,  most valuable and, interesting   of  Af Hcan.animals.���������Truth.       o,  TELEGRAPHIQ    NEWS  Lot    No.    1  consists of   Wo-  mens' and  Children's   hats     at  half price. These  are genuine bar-  ' gains   and   you  should not over^  look_them.    ,  1 ^m^a^^^^^^m^mmm^K^aBamammiamm^mm ���������  Womeris sailor hats worth 50c, 75c, and  $1.00, now 25c. ,  We are placing on sale all our summer shoes  Oxfords and slippers at greatly reduced prices.  Come early and get the right size.  Womens'blou  ses at half price.  All of those goo-  washing ,.pri.  and gihghai  blouses at* na  price.  MARK)  The classification of   animals is  f v.���������* which must not  interesting.    Those wmen  be killed at all are partly jeful  namely, the vulture, the owl, tbe  r^r'y bhd and the rhinoceros  bird, and partly rare and likely to  be exterminated, the giraffe, the  gorilla and chimpanzee, the moun-  tain zebra, the wild ass the whe  tailed gnu, the eland and the htde  Liberian hippopotamus. O^^e  .other hand harmful animals *re  marked out for destruction and  special efforts will be made to reduce their -umbers. These are  lions, leopards, hyaenas, hunting  dogs, Lvcaon pictus, otters, batons and other harmful monkeys,  crocodiles, piaonoua. snakes,   pytlr  ons and large birds'of prey   which  are not useful.  CREAM  Highest Honors, World'* Fair  Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair  Avoid Baking Powder J ������������,^l"f'  tlum.   They ������e Injurious to ���������������������"*  .      Londou. July U.-Lord Roberts has se..t  uothing   further   concerning   the   Nitral\  JTck������ff*������r.   .^fUtoria despatche*   sow   tho  Liuc^lushirssjojt M* ot their ������ffioerH*   m '  eluding Col. .Roberts, Who   wa.   wound, d  and taken   prisoner./ The   Briti-h   fought  stubbornly until night fall when the cavalry  turned their horse, loose.      Boer account of  the engagement placet the British casualties  at 200.    In the Daardee Poort   affair   men-  tioned in  Lord   Roberts'   despatches   the  men in the front ranks of   the   Boer,   wore  khaki uniform* and helmets, a.d   dragons  gnaed them unsuspectingly under   the   im-  ^UrVX that they were hussars,   the   mistake lias not discovered   until   the   Boer*  ouened heavy fire when the   dragoon,  were  witbin 4U0 feet.      Another  case'of   Boers  wearing khaki is reported to have happened  atLindlry when they surprised a picket of  25 of the Yorkshire Ligiit Infantry,    18   of  whom were killed or wounded.      Gen. Cle-  ry������. column was moved   yesterday   to  Tit-  poort.      During the march the mounted In-  fantry engaged 2000 Boer, shelling a   ridge  occupi Sd by them, the B ������ers retired hurriedly and our troops captured one laager.   Regarding disaster at Nitral's Nek it   appears  five companies with two guna took up a po-  sition and camped leaving   two   co.npatr.e9  south south of pass.      At daybreak, yester.  day, Boers appeared on eastern  kopjie   and  opened heavy fire.    From this point  a hot  Hro was kept up all day, two gun- under an  , 8cort of Scots Greys were   captured after a  stout resistance, nearly   every man was killed or wounded.    One gun was saved.   The  Lincolnshire Regiment vigorou-ly replying.  Ia the atternoon Boers appeared  to  left   of  position occupied by B. itish.     Three   companies were surrounded but they kept up a  steady   tire   unwaveringly   till    night-fall  when their ammunition  gave  out.      Latest  arrival from scene, who escaped,   ������ays   the  U were takings good position under cov-  and withiixed bayonets   awaiting   approach  of Boers.    Feared losses of British were nu-  uierous. ' ������������������������  St. Peter-berg. July 13,-Adtniral Alexiff  has cabled the Czar from Port Arthur, con-  ti.ming the horrible details of the assassin -  tio t of M. Degiers, Russian Miaister. The  Ras������ian Envoy was dragged through the  B   cet. by boxers, insulted,   beaUn and tor-  If you waht sbm^ not^i  by    summer   shirts   atj  noney     saving    price^|  isi step in aiyJ ^'ei onje  >efore your size is-gong  1 .   *i  0-  CUMBERLA^lPj  tured then thrown into a great kettle   and  boiled to   death,   then   the   r.u.ains   w, ���������  thrown to the   dogs.    While   M.    Degie,.  WM beiuR di.pb������d of by   a, fanatical   mob  who danced around the  cauldron,   Madame  Degiers suffered a   fate   worse   than   death  and was beaten   and  tortured   with   sharp  .ticks until lif ��������� was extinct.     Th. legation  officials are said.to have been tortured until  death ended   their   suffering.    M.    Degier.  aud his legation omcial. rented desperately  and his brave body guard   killed,   many   of  the attacking mob.    The situation  at   T.en  Tsen is slowly but surely   growing   worse.  ' Allies are experiencing greatest difficulty m  sending forward re-enforcements.  Lond.n,.,July 12.-Lord Robert,   report,  to War Office under date of  Pretoria  12ch:  The enemyhaving  failed   in   their   attack  upon my right rear   as   mentioned   in   my  Wire ef July 9th, made a determined attack  on our right flank yesterday and I regre^to  say   succeeded   in    capturing   nitral   Nek  which was garrisoned   by   a   squadron   o  Scots Greys with two guns of a   battery   of  Royal Artillery and five companies of   Lmw  coin regiment.      Eaemy attacked in aupe: -  or numbers at dawn   and   seizxng   the   hill  comumnding the Nek   brought   heavy   gun  fire to bear u, ou the small garrison, fighting  lasted all day and on receiving   information  I despatched re-enforcemeuts     Before they  cached the spot the garrison was over-pow-  ered and the guns and   greater   portion   of  the squadron had been captured   owing   to  the horses being shot.     About   90   of   the  Lincoln   regiment.   I   fear,   casualties   are  heavy, Smith P >rrien a  successful  engagement with enemy yesterday  near   Kroger s  Dorp and inflicted heavy loss on them.  Buller reports Boers who   were   destroying hie Hue of   near   Paarder   Kaarl   were  dl.iven off yesterday   after a   short   action.  H.rfc reports from Heilberg   that surrender-   ,  ing of   enemy   and   arms and  ammunition  continues from that district.  WALLBr\5PARTW.qia  Here at last, it has  taken some  time to J  them from the factory, but we ate  now   opd  no-out   IOOO pairs oi   mens   boys   lad.  miUes and .childrens   shoes,  and   pnoes--I  away down.    Don't you  want a pair  tor   tl  HAMMOCKS? BASEBALL. 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