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Array / &n*-   ^tlA^u^  * if !-  MAR IS 190b.     ������T ''  17  TWELFTH YEAR.  CUMBERLAND. B. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8 1^05  THE BEST PLACE TO BUY YOUft-  ware  BUB  IS AT THE BIG STORE, CUMBEBLAND.  ��������� CALL    AND    INSPECT   OUR,   STOCK.  Fancy and Shelf Hardware.  Shovels, Spades  nnd Scoopp.  Forks,  Hoes and Rakes.  Rubber and Co'-ton Hose.  Carpenters'and Machinists Tools.  Enameled,  Galvanized and  Tinware,  Cutlery,  Fishing Rods and Tackle.  Ammunition.  Washing Machines."  Wringers.  Churns.  Poultry Netting and Wire Cloth,  Paints and Brushes.  Manila and Sisal Rope,  LETTER TO THE EDITOR.  Editor CumbekI;Ani> News.  Sir,���������during the progress of the sale  of work in the Cumberland Hall last  week, a person was guilty of soliciting  subscriptions lo purchase a piano for ihe  U. & C. Hospital. When people attend  a function which is for the support of a  worthy institution, they do so with the  intention of spending what tbey can  afford there, but do not expeci to be  " held up " by anyone for subscriptions  to provide an unnecessary luxury for a  public hospital. If the persons in charge  of the "begging" list bad the welfare  of the hospital at hearr, they would see  ihat the large amount of money collected  was applied to necessities and comforts.  What about a door covering and coat of  kalsomine fur the woman's ward, some  fencing and a bit of garden would also  be a decided improvement to the outside  of the building.���������Yours &c���������  Observer.  r  j Cook Stoves and Ranges  Better get our Prices before you Buy.  SIMON LEI  CO., LTD..  fc_^  ,*Kl*Xv*mm\***tP*,*A*f^  mmmmm*.  '  ���������   fi  Local and Personal  ,New stock of spring clothing now  in at the Big Store. Style, fit and  price right.    See these goods.  Hon. Judge Harrison was registered at the Union laBt week.  If you want a Good Up-to-Date Suit  go to C, J. Moore & Co.  A cave blocked the main slope at  No. 4. Saturday. It wascieared out  promptly, -  C. H. Tarbell has just received a full line  of the celebrated Sherwin .Williams Paints,  Varnish, Stains, &o. TheVbest paint on the  Pacific CVa-fc.    Call and see our colors,  Large quantifies of trout are being brought in by amateur sportsmen.  mother at the old homestead in  New Brunswick. The deceased  lady was 78 years of age and leavi-s  besides her aged husband a large  family of sons and daughters.  Calsimo, the best sanitary wall  finish, in a:l shades, for sale by C.  H. Tarbell.  A concert will be given during  some time in April for the benefit  of our schools. The object being to  purchase new blackboards for several of the classrooms, the ou  boards being in such a condition as-  to be almost unfit for use, besides  being injurious to the eye sight oi  the children, a great many of whon  are nuw suffering from defectiv*  sight. This concert will be worthy  of the patronage of the public ; a  programme of more than 'average  merit will be assured, and the proceeds will be applied to a very  worthy object.  - 1905 -  Wall - Paper  JUST ARRIVED AT THE  The  Nicholles & Renouf, Ld,  61 YATES STREET,   VICTORIA, B. 0.  Just received large shipment of  ������  ���������rS.5?������  IZROIM   AGE  WsiSti1'  CULTIVATORS,   SEED DRILLS,   WHEEL HOES, Etc  V15BV  r,ATl'.HT'IMP110VKMKNTS.  Call and see thorn or write for catalogues and pricea.  Telephone 88, Sole Agents,for B,0. P 0. Drawer 563  ���������_-___M___M-I  MOTHERS  YOUR   ATTENTION I  ���������UHIW WW  1-!>���������''  'I':':'-'-'Wi  ���������MWM  mm  i:������  ft.  K 40 Heyliuiiig iiuOitrt, erico now  only 910.on, All 8 m-l Rubber Tno  Wheel*, Eurtmel print and all the lal*  eit Whitnoy Improvi'mout. Luoo  orSilk 8>tiu Tar.������'l,  By buying m we du full varloudti w������  get a speoial dlo mut in prion ond aW  liiNKi. ft great BHviriii in lieignt, we nru  ilori/litiu  i*l>)l>  lo  uv   go.uh   ������������   -  JilW.j  |������itoe thnn other* tho Tun Jit of whioh  **��������� n ������vr jfivo to our ou-toiiiom.  AS THE SPRING TIME WITH ITS  *���������   (ino weather will noun be horo, you  will dmibtlosH wa>it a Go-Cart or Carriage  for baby,  WBtaea Oarload  Of tho Oolobratod Whitney Mako  "MOW ORDWRED and ue havo alio a  number of PAttorim of Go-Oarta and  Carriages left from hut HoaHon,  Wo aro offoriuif our Pronent Stock  at a Good Eoduotion in order to  clear thorn out before the Now Goids  arrive.  WRITE  TO   US   FOR  ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRICES  of thona n'ill on haod, but, you inunr. be  quick for they v/out Htay long at the price*  wo tiro offaring.  Pri c pc rnr-tfo from $4 oo for .1  Voider to $38,oo for a  Pino Hood top Heclinor.  ���������1|WW WI  WEILER PROS,,     Victoria, B.C.  A Guaranteed Curo for Piles.  Itohing, BUud, Bleeding or Protruding  Piles, Draffgiiti refund monoy if PAZO  OINTMENT fails to euro any -.anc, no mm,  ter of how louf-* standing, in 6 to 14 day*.  Firit application gi ve* esse atid ratt, 50o,  If -four rifOBgUt hain't H Mod 50a In stamps  Md tt will h* forwardod ptilt-pftid by I'arU  ModloinaOo,, 81. Louis, Mo.  FOB   SALE      ,  HUKF OUriNUfON XLHM (or Setting  W.nn jit'r-**'ttiiig. Pri"* ltirdti minriiu' IW  pu'mu at Mumiwio and Victoria ���������Apply,  TjU.'.v.KV. ('uiiiburluna  ^Wf  per"ff^r-Napter & Partridge.  <**������  'Hi m^Hungnrian flour, ^ti.75  House Lining and Wall Paper at  Cheap John's.  The Choir of Trinity Church gave  a dance and social*, on Monday  evening at the Cumberland Hall.  Se'ods, Sobds, for early spring sowing.  Wo havo now a full Udo, Special rates fur  large quantities, at the B'g Store, Cumberland. -;  Mr Rurnett who wns seized with  a paralytic stroke "on Thursday InBt  \ti a patient at the hospital,  New Clothing just arrived at C. J.  Moore & Co;  There woro two I'dditioris to our  population lust we<-'k, A daughter  came to Mr and MrsE. Calnan on  Thur������layv while Mr and Mrs R  Dowliill were made the happy par-  eritsof a daughter on Friday even'  ������������������������������������K- .>'  Fancy Vests, no two, alike, at C. J;  Moore & Co.  On Wedne?day afternoon last, Mr  , CharloS McDonnld was united in  marriage ta Ming Lizzie McNeil  Tho wedding, was private, no one  but nomo n_������mbers of the family being present. Both young people  have been connected with the firm  of S. Leiser & Co., for a number of  yours and havo hoBts'of friends.wbo  winh tln'm all proeperiiy in thoir  new lifo.  T. E, Uaie has just received 1 ton of  Wall Paper.  The funeral of the late Mr Clark-  son left hero on Wednesday morning last whi-n the obsequies were  (jonduct-'d a 1, Nanaimo on the ar-  rivu 1 of thu Htoamor thero. A large  liiiiiib'-r of iriemli' met the remains  nt :he wharf. Mi* and Mrs Kesloy,  who aeODiiipanied thufuneraj party  to N'tn.'iimo returned hero the fol-  InWMig day.  i'tiu I'Vuh ng Suabou will soou bo in. liy  going to V. H, Tarbftll foryour iUhing out-  111. yon will oatoli your Huh utld navu tiiouuy.  lie kccipit thu iui>Ht rwlliiblo and uptn-d-to  flihitic tackla and aiiimunition in town,  A y.v'.lA'M) ij biM:t<j cirrtilalod hoto  pro t-stiiig agaiunt t'be oducutionul  cia������������<������ in Auumomy Hill, which has  looon'ly led to the resignation of  Hon. Clifford Sifton, It is under*  i*t<i'*od that tho Orange Order are  circultttiiig this petition all over tne  country.  You should see the new stock of  rt'ftdy to-wo.ir bins at iho liig Store  1 hey aie stylieh and up-tu-date.  Tiiuothy ScuJ pur l'J'J IU. ?7 35;  Kvci tdovor, per IU0 lbs, llh.oo.���������  Nupit-r A* Partridge,  LaHt week MrsGeoGrit-vo received the sad news of the deatli of her  The following is the verdict givan by  the jury of the death of ihe iaie Alex  Clarkson:���������  We, the undersigned jury empanelled  to enquire into tbe cause of the death of  deceased Alex. Clarkson, who met his  death in No. 6 shaft on the night' of the  '23rd of February, find, after bearing tho  evidence, that the causo of his death was  due to a loaded car being inadvertently  pushed down the shaft from the top  seam by the cagar, William Storey, while  the deceased Alex. Clarkson was descending to the bottom seam,  Owing to the surrounding of the bottom of the top seam .at the time of the  accident, we the undersigned exonorate  the said Win. Storey from all blame.  We also find that barriers E and 1)  and safety catcbg A quite suflicient to  prevent men and cars from going down  tbe shaft, if used.  We further recommend the paintiDg  or whitewashing the sides aud top of all  pit bottoms. ~   Also recommend sufficient light for  the eager to see the cage distinctly while  standing back from the shuft.  Also recommend the replacing of shuts  us formerly used for cage to rest on.  Cbns. Vater (foreman), J. Williamson, H. Pur ingtin, J. Lnweon V,  Koblin, S. Shore. 0. H. Feohuer  CASH STORE.  100 Patterns to choose from.  2 Double Rolls for 25cts, upwards.  'louse Lining, Mixed Paints, 60 Shades of  .Vlabaslnue, Euauiel*, Stains, Varnish,  Wbiticg, BrUHhoS^ etc.  T. E. BATE,  DUNSMUIR AVE,  Cumbe-Aand  -:...- 1905 -  wall = Paper  At the Corner Store, just received  a carload of groceries and a carload  of Royal Household flour and feed.  At the liig Store you will fill < New Designs in Wall Paper. We can help you  mako your house cheorful and pretty at a  very little outlay. A large assortment of  differeut denigns in wall paper to choose from  ~Alrali"prices*from-10orpBr*roH'np-to-almo8t-  any price.  Shoiey Blizzard Proof Jackets and  Pants, guaranteed to keep out the wet, at  C. J. Moore & Co.  Best Hungarian Flour, $675 per  barrel.���������Napier*& Partridge.  ���������  e������f Bt ore  WE ARE AGENTS FOR THE WELL   KNOWN AND EXCELLENT....  5 Roses  Hungarian Flour.  ANOTHE.R CAR LOAD PUT INTO  OUR WAREHOUSE THIS WEEK.  ������������������ ALSO A SHIPMENT OF  No. 1 Hard Wheat  FOR SEED,  :  and in good time for Sowing���������Iho Quality is Excellent. Special Price for half  ton or ton lots.  Having bought in on tho Market, we aro  able to give you Lowest  Quotations on  Shorts, Bran, & Chop.  NAPIER & PARTRIDGE,  The Best Store  plflMMW*****^^ YOUR MEDICINE WITH CARE AND  INSIST   ON   HAVING  DR.  CHASE'S  SYRUP of LINSEED  AND  TERPENTINE  FOR AILMENTS OF THE THROAT  AND  LUNGS  Tou cannot be too particular in buy-  in-*; medicine.  It may be a question ot life or death.  There are so  many cough and cold  remedies  that  there  ls  a tendency  to  be careless  In  the  selection  of treatment, and yet what is more dangerous  ��������� than a cold?  You would not think of taking any  medicine that might be offered for  heart trouble or kidney disease, and  yet far more people die from the result of neglected colds than from these  ailments.  INSIST ON HAVING A MEDICINE  OF RELIABILITY AND REPUTATION.  SUCH AS DR. CHASE'S SYRUP OF  LINSEED  AND  TURPENTINE.  This great family medicine "has stood  the teBt of years, and never disappointed those who put their trust In  it as a cure for croup, bronchitis,  whooping cough, asthma, coughs, colds  and throat troubles.  Do not be satisfied with substitutes  and imitations, for they lack the curative, powers which have given Dr.  Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine   its   world-wide   reputation.  MRS. R. D. TURNER, Broadview, N.  W. T., writes: "We have seven children and have used Dr. Chase's Syrup  of Linseed and Turpentine for every  one of them, _ and with good results.  We get four bottles at a time and  find it a good remedy to break up  cold  on  the  lungs."  MRS. A. A. VAN BUSKIRK, Robinson street, Moncton, N. B., writes: "For  years I "have used Dr, Chase's Syrup  of Linseed and Turpentine for my  children when they have colds In tha  winter. I first used it with my daughter, who suffered from a severe form  of asthma. The least exposure to cold  would lay her up and she would nearly suffocate for want of breath. I  must say I found it to be a most satisfactory, treatment; and It has entirely cured her. It seems to go direc4  to the diseased parts and bring trie desired   relief."  D'rr~ChasB*s~Syr*up~of���������Wnseed���������and-  Turpentlne, 25 cents a bottle, at all  dealers, or Edmanson, Bates &' Co.,  -Toronto.-       ,   . ������������������*\v,a,-.  tne pit lert open long enougn to per.  mit the decomposition of any organic matter remaining.  If farmers once took time to think  of these matters, there would undoubtedly be a great improvement.  Windmills are now both cheap and  common, and there is no reason why  well-to-do farmers should not have a.  water system in their houses, with  all the conveniences and advantages  which residents in tho cities enjoy  from the water works systems there  established. '     '     -i  Though not quite so convenient,  the dry earth closet is so cheap and  so satisfactory from tho sanitary  point of view that no fanner cun  discover a reasonable excuse for refusing to adopt it. A well laid  cement concrete floor will be found  by far the easiest to keep in a ck'an  and wholesome condition. A stout  box suitable size, mounted on runner- and with a etrocig hook at ono  end to which a horso may be attached.makes a roccptablo that can  bo conveniently drawn to the field or  barnyard to be emptied. This box  may be made wholly or in part of  sheet! iron, and if the-bottom be  semi-circular in form a kettle of hot  water will be found sufficient to  loosen the frozen contents in winter.  Galvanized iron buckets, larger at  the top than at the bottom, are also  easy to empty in winter. The naturo  of the receptablc is largely a matter  of convenience; the essential features  of the system are the storing and  uso of a plentiful supply of dry earth  and the emptying of the receptable  regularly. If the contents be spread  thinly ovor the surface of a field,  they will be decomposed in a very  few. days with no danger to tho public health.  Ashes should not be used as a substitute for earth, and road dust is  very littlo better. The surface soil  of a field or garden that has been  frequently cultivated will be found  just the thing. If a little coarse or  lumpy it may be run through a  gravel screen. It is always advisable to keep a good supply on hand,  ia it becomes drier and better with  ago when stored in a bin.  If tha man who has hitherto been  careless in this particular will adopt  and maintain a proper sanitary system in connection with his closet, he  will find himself gaining largely, not  only in self-respect, but in the respect of his family and of the  strangers within his gates. Furthermore, ho may thereby escape tho  j-ravages���������of��������� such���������discases^-as-typhoid  fever, which are so frequently traced  "to the use of contaminated water.  WAS IN ITS GRIP  FOR 25 YEARS.  THEN������DODD'S JKIDNEY PILLS CURED  HIS KIDNEY  DISEASE  ..,_ FARM HYGIENE.    "-  p-a-BMH-w-���������m  Bnwnil-ry Cloi������ts���������The Dry "Earth system  ���������Mo   Farmer Can Kind  Reasonable  Excuie for Not Atloptlag It.  Attention was recently called to  tho fact that out of some 100 to  200 samples of water from farm wella  analysed annually by Prof. Shutt,  Chemist of tho Dominion Experimental Farm, not one-lil'th aro found  safe and wholesome. By far tho  groater number buve to bo utterly  ���������condemned, and it seems very evident that a great improvement ia  our w.ater supplies is necessary.  This dangerous condition of many  farm wells is undoubtedly due to  pollution by unsanilury closets.  Thoro is no reason why we Bhould  havo our farm houses to-day in tho  sotni-barnario condition in which ho  many of thorn are, with their closets  and privies a menace to public  health. Wo may talk about bacteriology, sanitation, and so on, but aU  that and a groat deal more is included in whut wo understand by  "cloanliniws." Tho luck of cleanli-  noss is primarily u muttor of ignorance, arid secondarily a matter of  lavsinesa.  An Ontario editor, Who is a member of tho Board of Health In hit  town and faiuiliur with sanitary  condition-- in his Hinaiun, snys iu  olTiM't: PorhnpH tho fiii'imM'H of this  district an* worwi than olsowhoro,  but ol* all LJits t'ni'iiiH I have visited  during tlio punt low yearn, 1 huvo  yot to loiirn of one cloHi't Kept with  a regard to ooimnoii (lucency, not to  ���������peal' ol' liynh'iiic laws. This htnto  of ulTuirn in iitti'i'ly InoxciiHiible. In  tho towns the iltiKoth aro iiiRpecLud  by oiflei' nf the ISihu'iIh of Health,  and the peoplu nre gradually being  pei'HiiiiiliJt! lu uilopl the dry oiii'lh  Kyiiteni, Very I'-uv pits are left and  no new ones nre bidug dug. Inspection by -''unity and townships botirils  of ho'ilth mny bu inipnn'1 limbic, but  the KolMr-<H|*oci ui  iiiiiiieiH und thoir  flllllill.'N   IIIU'lll   to   IIH'illi   holiietbilig in  this    reHpect,    if regard   for health  moans nothing.  Ordinary   shallow    wi*1|h    in    thd  vicinity of   the olil-fiiKliiuiied    privy  pits are   nltnoHt certain   to become  ...''.' *n m  Remarkable Cure Reported From Quo-  bee���������The Lesson it Teaches  HUNTERSTOWN, Que., Jan. 2���������(Special.)���������The thousands of Canadians  who suffer from Chronic Kidney Complaint will be interested In the cure of  Maxime Boucher of this place. For  twenty-five years he Buffered from  Kidney Complaint.,, Dodd's Kidney Ptll--  cured him. Speaking of his oase Mr.  Boucher says:  "It was Dodd's Kidney Pills that  cured me. For twenty-five years I suffered with the malady of the Kidneys.  I felt always feeble and was often in  pain. One day I received a Dodd's Almanac and read of many wonderful  cures in it. Then I decided to give  Dodd's Kidney Pills a trial. I took  twenty-five boxes in all and now I am  perfectly cured."  Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure sick  Kidneys. If the disease has got a firm  hold it takes them longer than If It  is just starting, But there is no form  nor no stage of Kidney Disease that  cannot be cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills.  Such a Nuisance  "I'm glad to have your father come  and Visit us, toy dear.    But, really,  he's the  biggest smoke nuisance    Ii  ever met."  "Why, George! What do you mean  by that?"  '���������I mean that your dad takes all the  cigars I give him and hides them  away, and then smokes an abominable old pipe that hasn't been cleaned  since Walter Raleigh visited Virginia."  mmmwmliaiuim.  Archdeacon Holmes will be consecrated bishop of Moosinee at St.  Pauls church, Regina, on January 25.  1905. Dr. Newman, bishop of Saskatchewan, was formerly bishop of  the diocese of Moosinee.  .^ Cut Hay tor Breeding Hones.  If a stallion in tho stud gets the  right amount of cut hay in his grain  ration he does not need loose hay  during the day, says Breeder's  Gazette, Only the best quality of  hay Bhould be fed to breeding horses.  Oats or wheat cut when in the milk  makes the best hay for such animals if cured properly, as such has  loss dust and dirt and usually comes  on to bo cut and mado at a dry seat  son of the year. The man who  makes a business of keeping breeding  stallions will iind it to his advantage to make enough such bay to last  thorn the year around.  PROGRESS OF THE WEST.  Hon. A.  ft,  Bla I r, < liiilrinun of nallvmy  Commlinlon, Greatly Sui-prUoil at Marked Advancement lu Kvldouco.  Hon. A, G, Blair, Chairman of tho  Railway   Commission,    recently   returned to tho   capital after an absence, in    company    with   his   colleague    lh'.   Mills,  of   noarly    two  months in the Northwest and British  Columbia.     "I.   certainly   was   vory  greatly   surprised," said Mr. Blair,  "at tho   progress   which has    beon  mado in tho   west during   tho lust  two    years.    1 saw almost all   tho  towns,  with tho exception of  thoso  off tho main lino, und all had grown  in population and  biiHlness.     There  wore nono that failed to show evidences of prosperity,   It goon without saying that Winnipog'H progress  has beon phenomenal.    Homo of tho  olllciuls there told mo thut no   lens  than 700 new building*' woro now in  courso of erection,    One vory   noteworthy fact in that all tho custom  wholoHnlo   houses   havo   OHtnbliHhod  brunchon in Winnipeg,   Thoy are not  HcaUorod through thu city, but whole  blocks of them, llvo   or nix storied  structures of brick or stone, uro to  bo soon, and thomi previously located aro adding to and extending thoir  accommodation.   In my opinion thero  is a great futiiro iu storo for Winnipeg,   It is tho conduit through which  the business originating In tho vast  area   north of    Winnipeg and westward   as far aa    ihe Itockles   must  fHicrlne  nnd Hen-m- I ������������������  wu.i, ...... ���������'..        .     ,,  If- nn ������v''i'll(>nt  Ing agent, oxidizing organic* mutter  rapidly, and tending to check ths  development ol niuny ot thu common  putrulitctivo bacteria. But tho soil  Is onlv ulilfi to ������lH|in������o of a ivrtaln  amount of contaminating material,  tint such dispone I takes time, so  tlmt by h'������i\vy rains the containinnt-  ing matter may be carried far into  the earth below the true purifying  layer, and thus soak unchanged into  the will An old pit which hat  boon clomd nnd covered with earth is  *linit<it -���������qiinlly diingi-rms, nn the tie-  composition uf tho large muss of excreta contained therein is a matter  ol yours, nul<-hs hasu-neU by the proximity ot trees whose root! reaco  tho pit. The contents should bs removed ll* sorsw-1 uoas ��������� AaUL  ���������M  DODD'S^''/,-  ^KIDNEY;  & PILLS,^  ctfA i.'v W-N^- oi  -K>t*k*IDNE^;t������-i  pass. Tho C. JE". K.' have aequireu  the necessary property and are now  establishing yards which are claimed  to be the largest of any railway in  the world, consisting of 70 miles of  tracks. They are erecting a new  station and an enormous hotel. The  sum of their expenditures in Winnipeg amounts to about $3,000,000.  ' 'There has been very marked progress in Regina. The country north  of it, which is tributary to the Regina, Qu'Appolle & Long Lake Railway, is absorbing quite a number of  settlers. Prince Albert is improving  and his excellent prospects of becoming a very fine town. Calgary  has grown immensely, 'and has a very  promising future before it. The C.  P. R. have made substantial progress with irrigation works in the  vicinity of Calgary, which are intended to serve a million and a half  of acres., I saw,a 55-foot cutting in  connection with the main irrigation  canal, and the soil was a fine rich  loam. How much deeper that rich  soil goes I cannot tell. There will  be three secondary canals aggregating in distance 115 miles, in addition to the main channel. Then thero  "wiir'Tre^i^^  ing a total length of 900 miles. Tha  area of land to be served by the  irrigation works will support, it is  computed, a farming population of  250,000 souls.  -.  "Subsidiary to the area watered  by the irrigation works are another  million and a half of grazing lands  of the best quality. I ran up from  Calgary to Edmonton. The latter is  steadily growing in importance. All  along the intervening distance are  established towns and settlements  that aro rapidly growing in importance. Thero is a numerous _ettle-  ment0 of Galicians extending eastward from Edmonton, and comprising perhaps about 15,000 souls. The  othor settlers speak vory highly ��������� of  thorn. They are hard working,  thrifty, and havo a well-to-do appearance A number of roller mills  have boon Bont into tho country  north of Edmonton, one of them for  tho Hudson's Bay Company. I took  the trouble when in Winnipeg to in-  qulro of Governor Chipman of the  Hudson's Bay Company as to the  truth of this statement. He said  thoy had erected a mill at Dun-  vegan, 1,200 miles northwest of Edmonton, and woro grinding wheat  raised in tho locality and meeting  the wants of tho people thero. That  I consider a remarkable fact,  "Between Red Dcor and McLeod we  noticed from tho train thousands of  cattlo on tho ranges. Thoy woro simply rolling in fat. The O. P. II. this  year transported (30,000 head of  cattlo from thnt district alono for  exportation to Europe, as compared  with 80,000 in tho previous sooBon.  Tho rawhnion south of tho international    oouncinity    line,   i  am voiu,  whon they tako thoir cnttlo oil the  ranges have to fatten thoin on corn  for flvo or six weeks. In tho Territories, grazing on tho ranges siith-  cos. What ImpreHHod us In traveling  through British Columbia, was tho  possibilities of fruit-growing in somo  soctions, Fruits of excellent quality  aro raised at Ynlo, and bIbo at Nelson, on Kootonuy Lako, At Vernon  thoro aro somo Nplondid orchards, including thoHo of tlio F.nrl of Aberdeen, All along the Okanagan Laks  orchards aro htrting out where pours,  apples, pouches, plums and grapos  aro grown, Tho growth of butilnoHS  In British Columbia is pot-haps not  quite so pronounced as In tho Northwest, but still thero nro vary (considerable ovidoncos of prosperity. We  gaUiciuU the uupi tj.vHun that i'litinii  Columbia, by moans, of itH lumber,  minerals, fish nnd fruits, has a great  outlook Id storo for it,  "In the    west wo   hoard a   great  ...lA.'j        VV,,,jJ������i������.,,���������������       Sli UMV ...V.V.W-  in railway rates in favor of some  localities as compared with others.  We havo taken a good doal of evidence on that subject, but I wo ild  uot euro to express any opinion with  respect to the complaints at the present stttga. During my stay In the  west I talked with a number of grain  xmn from thit u-public to the south,  and they seemed to think the price  ef wbeat would be maintained, in  fact, some of them thought It woild  go *m high m 11.50 or 19.00.'-  How's This!  We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fot  any ease of Catarrh tu-kt cannot ba cured by  Hall'i Catarrh Cure.  F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.  We, the undersigned,   have  known F. J  Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him  perfectly   honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any ob*  ligations mnde by his firm.  WALDINO, KlNNAN & MARVIN,  \\ holesale Druggists, Toledo, O.  Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and nucous sur*  faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.  Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists.  Take Hall's Family Pills ior Consumption.  The Gum Stuck Her  TheBrit^S ^ ������ld    niaW    0t    Great  Who frolicked about like a kitain;      ...>v   a   tL.il  Her gum fell one day  On a bit of crochet,  And that's how     she sticks to  knitain.  her  TAKE   NOTICE  voSdin!oth^^  --    ��������� "m ���������������^ta,m���������expressions  of  no  who speak from  as  to the merits 'of  Household Remedies.  uncertain  sound  from  people  personal experience  this    best   of  distracting Attention   From  Bargains  Merchant���������I ������ begin to think it was  a mistake, after all, to put those  plateglass mirrors in bur show  dows.  Floor Walker���������Why so?  Merchant���������Why, the women sj  ioo-JnuGh���������time-outside"!!!"-^ffo^t  them,       '  WlU-  Cholera morbus, cramps and kindred  complaints annually make thoir.-", appearance-at-the same time as the hot  weather,'.green fruit, cucumbers, melons, etc., and many persons are de-  burred from eating these templing  fruits, but they need not abstain if  they have Dr, J. "D.���������'Kpllo'gg's Dysentery cordial, and take a few drops in  water. It cures the cramps and  cholera in a remarkable manner, and  is sure to check every disturbance of  the bowels.  It Does on Houses  "Do you see that striking looking,  woman with the veil?"  "Yes."  "Do you know why she wears the  veil?"  "No.   Homely?"  "No; she's afraid the sun might  blister the paint."  THE MOST POPULAR PILL.���������Tho  pill Is tho most��������� populait of nil forms  of mediclno, and of. pins.'the most  populnr ore'Parmolee's Vegetable Pills,  because they do what It Is' assorted  thoy can do, and are not put forward  on any fictitious claims to excellence,  Thoy aro compact and portable, thoy  nro easily taken, they do not nnuso-  iito nor grlpo, and they glvo rollof In  tho most stubborn oases.  Let  Her Have  It  "Leonldas!" exclaimed Mr. Meek-  ton's wife, on his return from a long  journey; "I am at a loss to undor-  Hlind your conduct whon we parted.  I Raid good-bye to you."  "Yos, Honriottu,"  "Why, didn't you say good-byo in  rosponDo?"  "I was Just about to do so, Henrietta, but I chockod myself. I wns  afraid you would accuse mo of trylug  to have the lust word again."  EARN A  Comfortable Living  WITH A  Chatham Incubator  Poultry raising with a Chatham  Incubator is a very profitable and  easily managed occupation. Unless  you want to go into it extensively it  need take but very little ol'your time.  Government reports show that the  demand for chickens in Canada is  greatly in excess of the supply and  Great Britain is always clamoring  for, more. That means a steady  market and good prices I'or chickens.  You cannot raise chickens successfully with a setting hen. She is wasting time setting when she should be  laying. While she is hatching and  brooding a few chickens she could be  laying five or six dozen eggs. The  percentage of chickens she hatches is  much less than that produced by the  Chatham Incubator.  It will pay you to own a Chatham  Incubator.  Chatham Incubators contain every  improvement of importance in Incubator construction that has been produced. They are made of thoroughly  seasoned wood, with two walls, case  within case. .Between these walls  mineral wool is packed forming the  very best insulation. Each piece of  the case is mortised and grooved and  screwed, making the whole as solid  as a rock. Chatham Incubators are  equipped with scientifically perfect  regulators which are an infallible  means of regulating the temperature.  No cash.to pay until  October, 1905.  We will start you raising poultry  -for-profit~with-a-Ghatham-Incubator���������  without one cent of money from you  until next Pall. That means that you  can take off seven or eight hatches  and make considerable money out of  the Incubator before the first payment  becomes due.  We couldn't make this offer if we  were not certain that if you accept it  you will get complete satisfaction, if  we were not positive that the Chatham  Incubator will pay you a handsome  yearly income.  This is a straightforward offer. We  make it to show our supreme confidence in the Chatham I,ncubator. We  want you lo accept this offer as we  are sure of the satisfaction our Incubator will give. Every machine we  have put out so far has made other  sales in the same neighborhood.  Our offer la to sena" you a Chatham  Inoubator at once, freight prepaid by  ua without one oent of cash from you,  You mak* your first payment In  October, 1905. The balance to be paid  In October, 1908, or If a Cash Buyer  you get it cheaper. Oould any offer  be fairer ormore generoua ?  SMITH FAM.s, 0vt��������� Novomlier 19th, 1W4.  The: Tnenb-tor ������nil llroo "or thnt I liomtht from your  went, on tltno. I wllli nnw to voy tlio wliciln Amount  thi- fftll. If yon will Rive m������ * illKount, I iim t������ry  muoli iiIaMKl with both Jnnulmtor nnil nromler, mm  would nut li- without th'tn, b-cauin I rlimreil thit  ������������������mod, wot* tbwi tbt Inoiihutor nml Droodtr coit m*.  ...     . ^"���������Wfenvswp."  *\^rite us to-day for full particulars  ,of4?ur offer and mention this paper.  Don't put It aside for another time as  this special proposition may bo withdrawn at any time,  THB MANSON CAMPBELL CO., LlmlUd  Dept.ftH Ch-thim, Ont.  MANnrM'Timi-iM or  Cbrrthira Tftnnlfior Mill* mnl Oliittlmm K������rm Rutin.  m-iKimmra WAnwiou-wi at  Wontr.nl, On. , limn "on, Mini, enlariry, Alt*.,  K������w WMtmin-t-r, ii.i'm iuii'm, K,a,  rAOTimiKH AT  0hnthi.ni, out,, iuiu* Uutrolt, Mich, IS  lifebuoy Soap���������disinfectant���������la strongly  reoomnionded by tho niedloal- profet-Hiou a*  ft safeguard agiiiiiut infectious disoasud.     ���������  Vour clothes will last twice ns long nnd look better,  too, if washed only with  Sunlight Soap  It washes coarse things easiest because if is a  Eowerful cleanser, and is best for fine things  ecause it is perfectly pure and will not injure  them. Equally good with hard or soft water.  No scrubbing, no boiling.  Try Sunlight.  You may have your money back if you  are not satisfied. 1109  Lever Ore-there Limited  Toronto 3y  .^���������.^,���������H"^���������^^^^^���������^^^���������^^M^'I4^l���������^^���������^���������^'^^!^^^'^^^  WITLESS  WILES  By Martha McCulloch-Williams t  -���������',"''��������� ������������������- ���������  ". '���������''���������������  ������  Copyright. 1904, by M������th������ McCuDoelj.Wiii.in.  X  --;"i";"i"i";"M-i-H-'i"i"i"i"i"i"i"i"i"i"!"M  i   r  Harrowby town held its breath,  watching the encounter of the Carre  and the Phillipses. Superficially, it  was a comedy; potentially, a tragedy.  After loftily, ignoring each other for  thirty years, the rival houses were at  last forced to take intimate cognizance  one of each other.  It came about naturally enough. John  Carr and Luke Phillips, the present  beads of tbe families, had been iu college days the chosen friends of Billy  Bluff, who now, as the famous Senator Bluff, was in Harrowby on purpose  to visit them. A great card was the  ���������enator. Neither of the enemies could  afford to give him up wholly to ihe  other. As he knew nothing of the unfriendliness, they did not choose to enlighten him. Contrariwise, they made  tacit and temporary truce, speaking  civilly to-each other in his presence  and even sitting at each other's board-  to do him cordial honor.  This was less awkward than it might  have been, since there had never been  a violent breach���������only a drawing away  and looking to the other side of the  street or over heads in casual encounters.  The quarrel1 was over the chc-ice of a  minister, and, of course, all the bitterer for that. The Carrs had been worsted, and-; though they still came to St  Michael's and duly supported all its  good works, they took no part in anything else. Therefore -everybody felt  that their grudge was the greatest.  Luke Phillips pretty well ran tbe ministers and quite ran the church.  A masterful man, with a daughter of  his own stripe, he could not very well  help it. Oriana, the daughter, was indeed so much a chip off the old block  her fine name made part of the comedy.  She wa8 twenty-five, tall and stout,  with dark eyes nnd a fine carnage, to  say nothing of the way she wore her  clothes. Almost every Sunday her  fingers fairly itched to get bold of  Louise Carr's ribbons.  *  ~"'Couise_waIThe~younger7by five years^  sweet faced and sunny tempered, but  woefully careless as to how she looked.  So she had clean clothes and whole it  never bothered her in the least what  else they were or were not. She certainly did look odd in plain coat sleeves  when every other woman iu church  had dangling, baggy puffs and frills  all over her arms.  Perhaps if ho had not seen ber first  in a party frock with no sleeves to  speak of Senator Bluff might not have  given her a second thought. He was a  bachelor and as rich as he was distinguished. Gossip hinted, too, that he  was looking for a wife. Gossip snid  also in a way not to. be gainsaid he  would look a long time before finding  anybody better suited to the position  thnn Oriana.  Orlaua herself was quito of that  opinion, although of cohrso she kept it  unspoken. Senator Bluff was" certnluly  impressed ut their llrst mooting. He  insisted upon putting ilp at tlie hotel,  although dining or breakfasting every  day with his old col logo chums. Limlso  was away at hor grandmother's when  ho enmo. Thus for a wholo week Oriana had a clour.field.  Thou tlio Grays gave a party, nnd  Loulso danced nt It, a slim white  wraith moving on winged foot, with  yellow hair tumbling -all about bur  rosy fnco and ovory llbor vibrant with  joy In tho music and Iho rhythmic motion.  Until ho saw hor Senator Bluff had  until staidly that his ilniieing days wuro  over, At fifty ouo might woll louvo  But'lt UiIiiks to the new generation.  Judge thon Orlnnn's wrath when slio  *m\v lilm wnltzlng wfth Loulso nnd  wnlt'/ittg extremely well, looking full  in his partner's fnco tlio while nnd  smiling us ho had not mulled bluco ho  cnniotoIIiitTowby.  Noxt day It was ovon worm**, Tho  iio'tintor hronltfiistod nt tho Cnrrs and  immediately nftonvnrd took Loulso and  hor mother for u long vagrant drive  nbout tho country. Capping tho climax,  ho brought thoin along with him to  dlno at tho Phillips house, saying airily  to Orliina, who wiih mistress of it:  "You see, I tnko your father at his  word, IIo Hiild tho hot we waa mine  whllo T stayed.'-'  "You did quito right," Orlnna nnid  ewvotjy, rwtsiuiicd by n glance nt Lou-  lt������e, 'Hits kit J hud ou a Udcd bine mug-  ham two yours out of dote, and hor  hair wns positively stringy. No doubt  tho senator thought of hor an only n  llttlo girl Jn tlio awkward ago, heueo In  nei'il ot Npccml foiiHiilfi'iunm, >jo mnn  in Mm souses would look at hor In comparison wllli Oriana, a stntely vision  in canary yellow gauze, with dark rod  roses nodding against her bare breast  and nestled nmld tho darkness of her  hair.  Louise gar.ed st her Joyously. "You  ���������re nhv,,.vri hi'iunlul, Mi** 'Aua, Tonight you are a queen," she snid, then  went to dinner, quite unconscious of  ber own rumpled appearance.  She bad smoothed hor hair * bit and  stuck' a spray 6* sweet peas in tne low  coil so the flowers drooped against her  soft, white neck. Young Luke Phillips, who took her out, looked at her  and patronizingly decided tbat sbe was  a dowdy. Before dinner ended he  changed his mind. Senator Bluff/managed somehow to set Louise telling'  stories and acting them. She had tl^e  rare and heavenly gift of losing herself entirely in whatever she did. So.  utterly neglecting her plate, she was  by turns the minister's wife making a  pseudo pastoral visit, her grandmother's companion. French Peter at tbe  tollgate or Miss Jane sowell, the milliner, with HaiTowby's hats on her  conscience.  In vain her mother frowned, sighed,  tried to stop her. A creature of whim  and impulse, Louise would not be stayed. As a consequence Luke'junior  went back to the parlor pretty well enslaved. Oriana saw it, with rejoicing,  although a fortnight back sho would  have been deadly angry.  Sbe was clear sighted. She had lost  the senator beyond peradventure unless she could make him believe Louise  was not free. That was a trifle ha������-  ardoua, but she wno ready for hazards.  So, while Louisfe sang in a sweet, untrained voice the few trite songs she  knew, Oriana tried her charms. Gently of course! She fairly purred in Senator Bluff's ear ber joy that the family  feud.at which she barely hinted, was  to be so beautifully healed. It was a  secret as yet, but Luke would establish himself in another year; he was  fresh from college, being Oriana's junior. Wouldn't the senator come back  next summer for tbe wedding? She  hoped so, most devoutly. Louise was  such a dear, the Phillipses did not in  the least mind that she would bring  her husband only herself.  Senator Bluff was genial, but evasive.  He also was clear sighted. By something approaching intuition he had  looked into Louise's heart and found  its deeps untroubled, untenanted. But  he was not very sorry for. what Oriana  bad said. It gave him exactly the  opening he was longing for. So the  next day, as he stood with Louise beside the raspberry thicket, helping her  pick berries for lunch, he said offhandedly: "Say, ladybird, if you want to  get married, don't worry yourself over  ways and means. I'll tend to all  that"-   i!IndeM!lXmis-*LMJ&^^  smile. "You're taking a big contract,  senator. You'll have to provide everything���������from the bridal veil to the  bridegroom.    Have you a constituent  language, the prince mistook tne crow; j  for an insult and tose instantly to resent the affront, nor was it without the  utmost difficulty  that his interpreter-,  could make bim understand tbe.nature i  of the custom and assure bim that a  compliment was intended according to  tbe court etiquette of ..the innes.  From"  that period, however,-, the-custom was.  .discontinued.  BRIDAL LINGERIE.  The Fir������l EiiKlinh  Ken-iipnper.  The earliest English newspapers were  not printed, but simply written. For  the benefit of those who wished to  consult them they were exhibited in  a public place, each reader being called upon to pay a small coin called a  gazetta; hence the word "gazette." The  earliest English newspaper was the  Weekly News, first published in 1022.  Dnlnty anil Ornate Garments For the,  Trouwseuu���������I*iHpli-iiiou* Tea Covins.  -  All over the laud needles are flying  and dainty, filmy lingerie: accumulating ia numberless dozens of each kind  of garment for the October trousseaux.  There is very little simplicity and certainly nothing that is economical In  the lingerie of today. The ordinary  seam bus been banished in favor of  the entre-deux. Transparent yokes of  Valenciennes, with medallions and embroideries, are introduced on to the  nightgowns, which no longer boast of  collars and frills. They are cut as low  squares and edged with lace, the more  long shouldered the more fashionable,  and it is quite the mode to mix laces  to any extent, mingling other sorts with  ths favorite valenciennes.   Colored Hn  EAST AND WFST IDEALS.  In  this  seventeenth   century  several  newspapers were established, and in j gerie and colored batiste petticoats are  the eighteenth century we had the fa-  greatly favored by some of the good  mous Spectator and allied publications I  of the sort.   The first daily appeared!  in 1702.   II is also" interesting to note  tbat the first serial story was "Robin-';  son Crusoe," which began to run in  the London Post on Oct 7, 171*9, and  concluded on Oct 19, 1720.  yearning to sacrifice himself on your  altar?"  "Not that I know of," the senator  THE GREATER CANADA.  Lord Minto Snys  tha  Future  ot the Do-  mlulon Passes Imagination���������The  Old Order Passing-.  At the farewell banquet given to  Lord and Lady Minto, the retiring  Governor-General said: ,  "I can assure Your Worship that if  during my term of office I have been  fortunate enough in the fulfilment of  my duties to earn for myself the appreciation of the people of the Dominion, I ask for no greater reward  and now I may say the same 'for  Lady Minto. Her interests have always centred largely in the welfare  of this country and the happiness of  its everjKiay life, and it will always  be a delight to her to hear of the  further success of work which she  has very much at heart.  "But to-night, Your Worship, there  is a 'rift' in the lutfe.- I now have  come to say good-bye. I have run my  race in Canada, the awkward fences  and the nasty turns are things of the  past, and I cannot ride it over  again. It is not for me to say whether the course has been easy or difficult, but it has certainly been full  of interest, and, after all, gentlemen,  it has only been the first heat in the  great Imperial stakes which it^ rests  ���������witir"the"peopTe of~the" United-Kingdom and the people of Canada to  win or lose.  "I hope Your Worship will absolve  me from any intention of trespassing  in the domain of politics, but perhaps it may not be out of place for  mo to glance very lightly at thc his-  dressers, and soft silk is being employed for many of the petticoats,  though very little of it is seen, being  hidden by the dace.  Drawers, petticoats and camisoles  nil in one appeal greatly to womankind, for they save trouble and are  very graceful. Much depends on the'  stays, though their existence should  not be perceptible, and an innovation  is to have the stays made to lace in  front and fasten at the back.  Tea gowns are diaphanous and, like  lounging gowns, demand that the slipper should be embroidered to match  the color of the gown, while sometimes  the stockings and slippers are painted  to match. Chinese embroidered slippers are a fad with kimonos.  WEDDING DRESS.  Gowns   of  a  Bride  aiid   BridenmaltK  Illustrated and Described.  The principal figure of the cut shows  a wedding dress of white moire and  moire chiffon, combined witb point  lace and embroidered mousseline de  sole medallions over-white taffeta veiled at the front and sides with chiffon, which continues as a flounce" be-  said, laughing.    "It's my constituents   tory of the past six years that have  who have a representative after that  job. Teli me, honor bright, do you care  for Luke Phillips'/"  "I wouldn't have him as a gracious  gift," Louise burst out.  Senator Bluff smiled���������almost as  "wickedly as she had done.  "In that case," he said, "since I have  undertaken to marry you off, I'll have  to, take you myself."  Louise said "Indeed!" again, but with  a different Inflection.  The wedding enmo off In n fortnight.  None of the Phillipses were there���������  thoy had eaoh and severally suddenly  discovered that their constitutions demanded mountain nlr.  The Meelmiiluul ilarvewter.  When dawn is red ovor the California whentficldn, says Everybody's  Magazine, a'levlnthnn comes lumbering down tho road, shooting out heavy  clouds of smoke, and falls to attacking  the grain. Tills mnclilne, heavy an a  church'and complicated as a watch, i'-i  a mechanical mnrvoJ. Boforo goes a  lumbering engine with n heavy stack  nnd a lire box that vomits out dense  flames from a hot petroleum lire, lie-  hind It is all levers anil big pillars and  curious 'devices of stool. It works with  rho complex accuracy of n "human being. The sk'klo buswes, and the heads  from a twenty foot swath fall smoothly on a canvas bod. You catch glimpses  of thorn rushing hero and there  through tho complex mechanism, nnd  presently n laborer who has been very  busy with somo. sacks jerks down n  lover.   Hump I   Out tumble 'four fat  gone by since, as Governor-General, I  set foot in the Dominion. They havo  been years of marvelous prosperity,  of great advancement in commercial  wealth, of great development of the  magnificent resources of this wonderful country, but greater influences in  the history of Canada than any , of  those have como into existence,.  Probloins of tlio X'utui'u.  "A great man has raised considerations as to the Imperial responsibility of the King's subjects beyond tho  seas, and a groat statesman is aiming at directing into one common  channel tho interests of the Motherland, and her self-governing dependencies. Wo nre in a transition stnto,  the old oi'dor ol things is passing'  away, colonios aro becoming nations,  with a notional sen tim cut of their  own, 'but���������-I any it us strongly us I  enn���������with no diminution of affection  to tho Motherland from which thoy  sprang. We ace faco to fnco with a  problem full of dilllculties, no <lo*'bt.  Conditions nre changing, nnd wo cannot afford'to stand still, Now that, I  am leaving you, I vvill only say,  work out tho problem with all deference for tho traditional doctrine of  tho Old World, .with full regard for  the hopes of vour rising nationality,  with nil respect for racial Iradii'Ions,  but remember always that what is  good for the Empire-Is good for Ca-  niulit, mid what is good for Cunudu.  is good for tho Empire,  ('aiiitiln'n Sploiidld. I'rnvliic'm.  "Your Worship, I have travolod  much throughout tho length and  broad th of tho Dominion, and, proud  ttH Canadians nre of thoir country, I  believe they can hardly exaggerate Its  future possibilities. I havo Just    ru  lings'of wheat. At tho other end a| turned from tho Northwest. Tho Tor.  man with a Shovel works llko mad Htorioa ani, ns you know, not now  clearing nwny a pile of chaff and short,  l^^^iJ^.^J"y IK  clearing nwny a pile  crumpled straw. This is nil that tho  ignorant observer seos, Only the engineer can tell you how the grain which  stood lu proud array a mliiute before  is now ready for mill���������a mouth's work  in five minutes.  "Tho  klne's   crick   ermvor"  quaint oUH-higllsh Institution not abolished until tlie reign of Goorgo I. During the season of  Lent tho  olllcor  known ofllclnlly ns the "king's code  ,,,.,-,,v,>v"  pviiwivl   the lumr ovei-y   n'.'-l't  within the precincts of tho palnco instead of proclaiming it In tho ordinary  manner, On the first Ash Wednesday  after the accession of tbo housq of  Hanover, as the Prince of Wales, afterward (Jcorgo II., wns sitting down  tu supper, this ollieor suddenly entered  the apartment nnd proclaimed Jn n  sound resembling tbo trowing of a  cock that It wns past 10 o'clock. Taken thus hy surprise and very Imperfectly acquainted with . tho  English  new  ale  through tho Saskatchewan Valley,  beautiful beyond description Jn all  tho brilliant coloring, of the fall,  across prairies still Btrown with tho  skeletons of extinct buffalo herds, past  Indian battlefields nf only a few  years ago, and ns I found settlements growing into villages, villages  Into firnflfiorrvi*- Iriwrm nnil Imiril-  wns ������ ! Prants pouring Into tho lnnd, 1 ren-  lij-uil that wo are at tlio coinmenco*  ment ol a now era. Your U'orslilp, I  can nt nny rnte bear wltm-as to tho  splendid promfs-* of Canada's future,  I con go homo to toll the people, of  ,i      ,������   .i   .1.1   ,i    ,    , i  LttV      <t������nr. Iirt,,"       Wi<U>������      Vllbt, 1. ������1">'.III.. I  horo beyond tho sens are, by their  own energy, day by day developing  Imperial resources and Imperial  wealth, tho vastness of which is ns  yet, but little known. T hope 1 may  always shore in tho aspirations nf  the Canadian people, mnl, Ymir  Worship, I can assure you Lndy Minto and I will t.i'.i' Liiniu v.'th, un iho.  warmest recoiled inns of our Hie  here, and will never forget the fare-  Well wo hnve received from the citi-  rums of Montreal,"  BJIIDE'S ANP MtlDESMAID'S GOWNS.  nenth the train. Tlio moire train is iu  three godets, box plaited at the waist  and caught lightly to the foundation  at tho sides as far as the top of the  flounce, Laco rallies outline tho lower  edge of tho medallions. Tho bertha  and sleevo rufiles are of liico and tho  cap of medallions on the slc.-vos"is bordered with laco frills. Tho tulle veil  is caught, with an Alsatian bow, formed of a point laco bnrbo, and it cluster  of gardenias, This model, as well as  tho accompanying one. is illustrated  and doscrlbcil by Vogue.  Palest lemon chiffon cloth compose**  tho bridesmaid's gown, This is combined Willi laco and lemon taffeta shot  with while and trimmed with chrysanthemum rosetlcH of narrow valeu-  clennos lace, wllh border petals from  vol vol nnd silk i.'lir.i-iaiiUii'iiiiiniH, in  various shades of yellow, The foundation In of lemon taffeta veiled wltli  moiissellno do solo, The wnisi is full  below a transparent laco yoke ami  hns n circular lluml bertha of tlie taffeta wllli gai'iilliii'e of Inei) chrysanthemums, Thero Is a tui'ipiolMO blue  piiiine velvet sash girdle nnd a picture  lint of pastel tuniimlso with shirred  lneo crown bund, nulled nt the top,  Iieeper turquoise feat hen-, n knot of  velvet nnd velvet strings ura tlio trimmings,  Nil n nil I no fn Lannilorlna*,  Sunshine has n wonderful blenching power, Clothes do not always���������In  fact, seldom-look clenr when Ihey  leave the "bluing water," but sevevnl  hours of direct sunshine makes them  ,, 111        ii        i-      ' ���������  VI   ... , ;       I,,.,.    ,   IL  .1 I t       t    iJ,     L.ii.*    ,1. .1  I*'" day idi'-.'.dd hen t;:ir.i;y j  Bible.  *  Chlneie   Official Stat.-v   Whr  Chlneaa A������k  tu 15������ Let Alone.  Twice within half a decade, the  spectacle has been presented of a  primitive civilization rebelling against  the intrusion of modern methods of  thought and uction. Tlie Doers in  189U fought primarily fur their religion and what it stands for in  their social development. The Chinese arose in 14)00 to expel innovators upon time honored customs and  ���������deals. Pertinent to the Chinese  ���������question is the argument of a Chinese olbcial residing in England during the Boxer war. it is significant  as nu eastern view of the west. Tho  writer says;  "Our civilization is the oldest in  tho world. It does not follow that it  ts the best, but neither, I submit,  does it follow that it is the worst.  On the contrary, such antiquity is,  at any rate, a proof that our institutions have guaranteed to us a  stability for which we search in vain  among the nations of Europe. But  not only is our civilization stable; it  embodies, as we think, u moral order, while in yours we detect only an  economic chaos. Whether your religion be better thnn ours I'do not at  present dispute, but it is certain that  , it has less influence on your society.  You profess Christianity, but your  civilization has never been Christian,  wliereas ours is Confucian through  and through. But to say that it is  Confucian is to say that it is moral,  or, at least, that moral relations are  those which it primarily contemplates, whereas with you (so it seems  to us) economic relations come first,  and upon these you endeavor afterward to graft as much morality as  thoy will admit."  The Chinese and English views of  the family are then compared, in tho  one case the child being trained to  individualism, to vunturesomeness  and competition, and in the other to  continue lifelong in the relations to  which he is born. The Chinese lookt  first to society, then to the individual. As a man begins so he ends, a  member of his family group, and to  this condition the whole theory and  practice of his life conform. He is  taught to worship his ancestors, to  ��������� honor and obey his parents and to  prepare himself at an early age for  the duties of husband and father.  Says the writer:  "No man in China is isolated sav������  by his own  fault.     If   it is not so  easy for him to grow rich    as    with.,  i-you, neither is it so easy for him  to  -starve���������if^he-luis-n^ tS"5  compete, neither has he tbe temptation to".cheat and oppress. Free at  once from the torment and the apprehension of distress, he has leisure  to spare from the ac-'p-isition of  the means of living for life itself. Ho  htfs both the instinct and the opportunity to appreciate the gifts of na- ,  ture, to cultivate manners and to  enter into humane nnd disinterested  relations,with his fellows. Tho result is a type which wo cannot but  regard as superior, both morally and  aesthetically, to the great bulk of  your own citizens of L'uropo. Admitting that we aro not what yon cull  a progressive people, wu yot perccivo  that progress may bo bought too  dear. We prefer our own moral to  your material oil van I ages, and we  are determined to ciine, to iiiKtitu-  tions which, we believe, insure us tho  former even at the risk of excluding  'ourselves from  the  la tier."'  In the opinion of this writer western people subordinate lite to wealth,  lie sn.VN* "Tln'.v uro U-i-h chvorliil, lana  contented, less industrious, less law-  nbi'lim.''; their ocenpnt ions are nuiro  unhealthy '>->th for body nml mind:  they lire crowded into ci lie's and factories, divorced from nature and the  ownership of the noil."  As to CJovernineiit in China, wd  rend here:  "���������You cun hardly renli/.i- the condition of a people that are abln; nl-  iiio'-t \vh'.d!.v in dlypeiiKo with it. Yet  such 'is our case,  "(Jiivi'iniiieut wiih us is based    on  the consent of the people to ft degree  whlcli vou in the west can hardly un-  dei'iittiiitj,   milch   ivMi   uiulate.  "In   China   (ioverniiii'til     is   neither  /.,   l������,!.*.������'  iti'  . TTiiRgnrd  tilts   (iveii-  We're  ���������So!   ?irct*������),rj,  Mother���������I understand Mr  l������ to Call upon ym' again  mut  Ethel���������Of courso,  mamma,  engaged,  Mother���������What! Pin't I toll you  not to give thnt young man any encouragement nt ������!)?  Ethol��������� Yes, imuniTin, but bt didn't  noeii any tncoiirugi inciit,  "���������"������������������ i'mm���������i'-mmo miauimmmmmmawmmam*'  Kn-jr.  Maud���������I envy the Japnnost arnr-y,  UlUim-Why?  Maud���������They get mixed up in m  many ���������ngag-miwui, you know.  arbitrary nc-r imli'ipeii'.'ible. l'eslroy  all our nitthdi'ltieK, ciniral and provincial, and our life will proceed very  much ns before, 'llie law we obey is  the law of our own naliire.' t'oiiio  what may, the family remains, with  all thnt Involves; tlie attitude of tho  mind renin In*-; the spirit of order, Industry arid  thrift."  Confucianism, according to this  writer, is the exponent of tbe Ideal  of work. "The duty of man is to labor, and primarily lo labor on tho  soil is o fyiidiiiiieiitnl postiilntn- of  our religion; hence the worship of  Mother Forth, .the si'iurce of nil Increase; hence the worship of heai'on,  tho giver of light and ruin,"  n������'lui<,������ ������f Om Hy.*.  A writer in the Cnnnni-wiir fhlnkf  thnt the fashion of painting tho eyes  tu ininmtiiio im \suitu n.uvuin, lu  ailorUs opportunity for milch nkil|,  end an Imilntb-n of nn ey, le- save,,  is a delightful l-viiMire to posm'Ss,  and to cherish to- a memorial of tho  |jv.,)int    >i.    ..tin,"'    wi'11,1     <V    ������'.������J������   1'io.M  it ilistiiit,*ui'iiiiiii.( feature. Kirlifii'd  CosMuy ik bt'lien'ii lu have been the  artist who iiiiroilunil I i,e Idea of  painting the eycii, and it is said that  that the. urn work hu evented was'  a coninjiMion front  Mrs,   FiUherbei't  10    p.liut    li'T    I'Ji'lil     >'*(���������    h������J   ||    p|i'(-,i"il,  tor th** Vrinen Ut������.>eot,   hi return lor  tliiH  i/ilt    nun    I'tiiini     liiui   ins     t>vn  painted and net into ft ring, giving  It na * birthday gut to Mrs. Ei!_-  herbort. Telegraphic News  S������n Francipco, 1st���������After rounds  of the most furious fighting here,  jSattling Nelson was given the d������>-  cipion over Young Corbett last  ,,' nkht. Corbfti's seconds threw up  the sponge just in time to save a  ^knockout.      V  Nanaimo, 1st- The plebevciievote  for the re-appointment of the p 'lice  force wa���������* i>.bstndoned yesterday and  the commissioners met last night  and reappointed Chief Cross-mi ai.-J  constable Neen. Tbe 3rd member  was disposed of. ���������  St PeierBburg, 1st���������La&l  night's  news from Manchuria is of the nm.-,t  important nature. ���������  Fmm Mukden  comes   despaichi-'S   transmitted  at  noon on Tuesday  indicating that a  general battle was beginning'along  jthe hundred miles of front occupied  by tht* % armies.    Kuropatkin appears to have   taken a   leaf out   ol  Oyama's book and replied io  Gen.  Kuroki's   attai'k on   the Russian  left by a counter attack on the Japanese left in wiiicti Gen. Klatiber's  initial t-uccess did   better   for the  Russians than the beet   offorts   of  Gen Grippenberg.     At   the   same  time Kuropatkin delivered a blow  against the Jap   centre   siezing   a  railroad bridge across tlie Shakhe  Mukden. 1st���������Fighting ii in pro  gre-is today  along  the whole line  The Japs are attacking everywhere.  ������"     AU attacks this morning were bea-  en back and   the. ' Russians   made  counter attacks   at   many   places.  Ori the right flank the Russians occupied Baotao Tizsi close to Sand a-  pass   from   that   position   hurled  hand grenadeB across the intervening ravine into the Japanese trench-  -_-__Mlin^ndj.y^aueingJ)^^  The railroad bridge across the Shake was the occasion of a sharp combat. The Russians surprised the  Japanese bridge guard and rein-  ���������forcementg coming up beat off all  .attempts of the Japs to retain pos  session of it,  Tokio, 1st���������The Russians lost  2,000 in the fight on Tsinketchn  *mFeb23.  Short Coal  Mining Course:  -THIS CONTAINS only the information  1 nectary to qualify persona to pass  th������ Miud Foreman's Examinations. I* ������-.  quires les, work" and less lime than the  complete course, y* tho������ tbat finish it will  have a good knowledge of the art of mining.  '   Subjects Taught in the Course.  Ju������������l������i������ and Trigonometric Functions.  Oaso* Met with in Coal .Mhu������.  Mme Ventilation.      ^  E.jnuoniio Geology of Oo&l. ���������  ?,-������-*vtiug   tor   Coal   and   Locat.cn    of  Opoiiiiis-       '    _ ..  Hluttir, Sloi>e������ and Drift?.  Ms htci* of Working Coal Mines.  Miuo Surveying.  Miue Mmihiuery.  THE INTERNATIONAL  OOIUIKSVO^DKNUK   SCHOOL  SCRA.NTON, PA.  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Re Mortgage Sale of Property  hereinafter mentioned        ���������  ���������TENBTi'lWwlT"lJ^  signed up to one iv'ciook p'riv, Satu "day,  Ftb.-nary lllh, 1905,"for the purohnae o',  the Went half of Nnrth Wwt quarter ot  Section Tun, and <hn Wes' hiOf ot the  South Wfit quarter of Sec-ion Seventeen,  Hornby I'laud, Naivairuo District, locally  known an "O.T. Miiohell'a PUoe."  The und"vsi������n6d does not bind himself to  accept auy teudt-r.  O.N. WES'WOOD. Mortgagee..  22 Kind's Road, Victoria, BC.  Union  Hotel  S^^-crE   C.   -DJ^^TIS.    *Peope.ie-toe  EnKli������h 4 x BUKTON aJw,ty������ on ta-.; ditto, the famous M JLWAUKBG  BEER-;���������Anhensw, Bi-heuikn, Hohlitz, &c. " OLD GWSY BHWiO "  SCOTCH WHISKY, Best Wnes and Liquors of ail kinds.  The Boarding and Lodging Department, under the immediate superintendence of Mas  Davis, will be found First cla8* in every respeot.  RATES,  ,oo per day -upword's.  Kq'yaL B"arf.*k- of Carfaitfa'  Capital (paid up),  .....$3,000,000  Reserve Fund .3,000,000  Undivided Profits     192,505  T. E. KENNY. Prhsidknt. E. L.'PEASE, GBjNKttAtMANAaB.*.  BRANCH AT CUMBERLAND,  Savings Bank Department*.���������DepoBita of $1 and upwards received;   Interest allowed at current rated, compounded twjoe each year on 30th June and 81st December..  Drafts oa ail points bought and sold.  R. E. WALKER, Manager.  OFFICE HOURS 10 to 3;     Saturday, 10 to 12;    open Pay Nights 7 p.m. to 9 m.p  Campbells' : BAKERY.  A Fine Selection of CAKES   always   on hand.  FRESH BREAD every day.  Orders for SPECIAL OAKES promptly attended to.  Cumtoland  COURTENAY, B.C,  DREEDER of Holstein Cattle, Chester White Pij-s,,   Barred Plymouth  Rocks, &c.    '  -L^ERO^Jl^IQaK   AT FARMERS PRICES.  tasmuir Avenue,  Cumberland.  SMOKE.  "CUBAN   BLOSSOM"  A UNION MADK CIGAR  FROM   THB���������  U.IJM.";'"'-1   ' ..  .   j.1 ��������� v'      "    '"  ������������������  JJOTICE.  ��������� ���������><���������*���������  NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ap.  plication -will be made to thf- Legisila'-ive  AMt'-nhly of the Province of British Ool-  ainbia at its next s������*������8i"n for an Aot citcnl-  ing the time for tbe commencement of the  nnnotruotion of the Company's lino of railway ami for tho eKpeiuLiture therpon, of ten  per oont. of iho amount of the capital and  riduoing tho amount of the capital and per-  milting tho Company to o natruot tho rai'-  "AU.V ill BOOttOOH.  J)*Vxl X)hi ?4th J-munry, 1005.  BARNARD & ROGERS,  SolioitorH for tho ApplioantH,  msamasammmKisszsi  Now in lie JRth Year ""  Thu landltif* mli-iirt--*. pirlidlcil nf tho  ���������world, with Ui* rii'ci.iif.-t iviiUirU' Ma''  of nny Iuelmlcol r<i'-!lcaiion.  '".ubs-.rl-jUon t'o.CQ a ,yc������r (IncludlntJ  U, J*"., Canmlt-in, Mexican iw.t-<:������.) "  Th* * Jo'imiAi.  -"ii   I'al-ifio   Coaut  B������mpU coi'los. froo. Eond fer Book  CJitalci.'uu,  THnKjioiM-nnnNonndMiMiHalouHHAt    sua  , 261 QroaAwy, New Ym* S||  ^.r'r^r^^v^^ru^r'-r.rj^  (  - music  ORCHESTRA of from 3 to E  ���������instni.mnntu for dances or olhei  functions supplied at short notice.  P. MONTE,  DO'SMUIR  AVHNUR  ooooo ooooooooooouor  o  o  o  o  o  o  o  SSffili, B1LL0H, J.P.  NOTARY PUliLIO, CONVEYANCER,  RRAL ESTATE IN3URANCB AGENT,  COMMISSIONER. SU i-BKWE COURT BC  Rentn received, debts collected,  7>������rmB valded,     Deeds registored,  De Ah, Wills, Mining Papers, &c, drawn  OFFICES,   CUMBERLAND, B.C  "Ioi on Parle Franoai**."  Cuban Cigar" Factory^  JUL, J. "POOTH, Propnetot,  NANAIMO, B.C.  W^y^riy Hotel  Firet-Cla^e Accommodation  .... at Reasonable Btatmr-,..  BEST OF WINES & LIQt!0ft6.  S. SHOR f  \  PKOPREETOl*..  For CAN DIES  N ovelties,  Pictures,  Frames-and cleaning  of frames.  I am prepared   to O  (iirnish stylish Ui^s g  and do Tcanving at C  reasonable rates. U  O D, KILPATRICK      g  ������ CUMItKKl.ANll o  g 0 00000000000000 )()  D*HUNDEN  Cumberland.  NOTICE.  Riding on locomotives nnd   rail  waykcars of   the   Union   fiolliei-y  Conipm y bj* any  pomm   ,it   \otv-  sons- I'Xi-ept t*rtvin oiow���������-if* strictly  firohit>ited.    Emiuoyiius   tiff  isub-  ii*et to dismigHitl ior allowing Bamo  By ordor  FUAW("IB D   LlTTI.Tfl  tNTarmjiftr.  mm .   ii i   i._,.'p.������nniu,MW������������������  N 0 T 1 0 U.  I liog to inform tbo publio tha  on nnd txfu*r Junuary 1st, 1904, my  b������������in������-������K will bo strictly cupb, by ho  doinu I can give my PutrouH bottor  KatiHfivctton,  T. II. CAREY, fAtwrn,  yHE ADVANTAGE the public  bus in purohKBing whew they  live i-< thoy fee th������ article and nre  not disappointed as when sending  away.  P. Stoddart,  Watchmaker    and    Jeweler,  sells goods ������at EnHtern Price* and  has a nice stock to select from.  EVERYTHING in SOLID GOLD  All purohitHH* engraved   free of ohar������e ....  P. STODDART,  DusBMunt Avis., Cumberland.  WILLIAMS BROS.        |  jLiverv Stable;  ; TKAMftfKHS ANT) DuAYMMN ;  ;     SlNOI.K AND   DfUllVl-K   HtC*     ;  '. Foit Hike. Am. Ohpkiir |  ; PiiomptIiY Attbndkd to, ;  i Third 8t,, Cumberland, BC  JOHN McLEODS  FOR FIRST-CLAWS  CANDY, FRDITH.  CIGARS & TOBACCOS.-  ii .,.".-���������.'������������������ j1... i.. ���������: i.,j.u' ,-i ���������- "i���������rii'W  HARNESS  \\t   WILLARD is prepared *,0  * * ���������   fill any Order* for Fid* or  Heavy HameM, at ihort uotioa,  WILLARD BLOCK,     Cumberland,  w )  l,^*,Uy������.i-VlU  WANTED  MEN AND WOM1CN   in this county  iiul aclioin'mu terrtmnes  in   represent  atud������  hou.eo.^.Hiau.ia-Ju^.^^^-^^^  M,���������Kll hv rbcctdirMi from hcHtJquiiri-  m,   Uorwattd buRi-y lurmahed when  'H;--^;u/Sif,,%pcr!;ine,!l;pt.A.  Mi'ai'nn'b'uiil- i Chit-iwo, Hh  Hum. in OumkrW  STAY AT TEA   VKNDOME.  Nanaimn Cigar factory  SMOKE  ENTERPRISE  CIGARS  BEST   ii   ON   :;   EARTH.  "MNtunfftotorod by  P  GABLE A 00., NANAIMO, B.O  *W   Am, (Jonvkniknokh voxt Xivunm  TltV.lJ.Ml 1H SlJl'i'UlKIl WITH  Best Liquors and Cigars  Ii. S. UOlil^TSON.  C, H. TARBELL  High Grade Stoves  end nil Kitchen Riauire*m������nti  SP0RT8MENS GOODS  & GENERAL HARDWAR!  ������������������<Wt vM.i'-.Xi'if.-'Ji  To Cure a Cold in One Day  ve Bromo Quinine T-Mets. &<%'  toTwoDtys.  on every  box. 25a II  ���������31  THE CUMBERLAND NEWS  Issued Every Tuesday.  W. B. ASDERSfcN,    -      - -  \,M<S������'  The columns of The Nkwr are open to all  who v-iah to express therein views o inal-  te"*** oi public iutt-rt-Vt..  While we do not hold ourselves re -^nsi-  ble for the utterances pf correspondeao, we  eaetva the right of declining to insert  oin municatrion8 unnecessarily personal.  WEDNESDAY,   MARCH 8, 1905  Kspimait & M anaimo Ry  5      s. s. "City of Nanaimo.  Sails from Victoria Tuesday, 7 am, for.  Niinaimo, calling .a   North Saanich  Cowichan Bay, Maple Bay and Crofton  when freight or passengers offer.  Leaves Nanaimo Tuftsday, c p.m., for  Union Bay and ComoxV  i. '      Leaves Comox Wednesday, 8 a.m., for  Union Bay and Nanaimo.  Leaves Nanaimo Thursday, 7 a.m., for  I Comox and way ports.  .'        Leaves Comox Friday, 7 a.m., for Nanaimo and way ports.  I Sails from Nanaimo Friday, 2 p.m., for  ' Victoria,   calling at Crofton,   Maple  ; Bay, Cowichan Bay and North Saan-  ' teh when freight or passengers offer  North Saanich when tide and weather  conditions  permit.  VANCOUVER-NAT*AIMO ROUTE.  S.������.     "JOAN."  A-       Salts from Nanaurto y a.m. daily except  y Sundays.  Sails from Vancouver after arrival of C.  P.R. Train No. i. daily except Sun-  |      days, at I p.m.  _^  \ TIME TABLE  EFFECTIVE  f" * OCTOBER 5th, 1904.  The Company reserves the right to  change without previous notice, steamers  sailing dales and hours of sailing.  Excursion Tickets on Sale from and to  all Stations, good for going journey Saturday and Sunday, returning not later  than Monday.  Geo. L. Courtwey,  Traffic Manager.  Cumberland  Hotel  COR. DUNSMUIR AVENUE  AND SECOND STREET.  CUMBERLAND  B. C.  Mm J. H. Piket, Proprietress.  -When Jn Cumberland he sure  and stay at the Cumberland  Hotel, E'irst-Ckss Accomodation for transient and permanent boarders.  Sample Rooms and  Public Hall  Run in Connection with  Hotel  Sale of Crown Granted Mineral Claims for Unpaid Taxes in the Comox  Assessment District. Province of British Columbia.  T������nTnSEBY GJ^ NOTICE that on Monday, the seventh day of November, a,d, 1904, at the hour of  nl.tlft if the Court-houee, Cumberland, I sh-all offer for Bale by Public Auction the Mineral  hll h " -* ^"^t6r 8e,������Ut' ������f the P������r8on8 in *aid "st hereinafter ������et out, of which Crovvn Grants  IrZ dZ1SSfd: f������rKr11Tnpaldonta,X^ aCCrUed' due and P*y*W* ������������ llie 3<^ day' of June, 1904, or J  ft! paVabl* *S any- ?������th ud-a-v 0f Jmie> subsequent to the date of the iJue of the Crowi Grants  and tor the expenses of advertising this notice.  -"^ tH*ea a,nd expenses of advertising, as set out in said list, are not paid to .ne on or before the  nf^if'A 3 <.hm8tm.&y b.e������ fi0,Id '"> fhe highest bidder, nnd a conveyance executed to the purchaser  of all right and in erest in said claims legally alienated by the Crown, by the Crown Grants thereof.  In the eventtof there being no purchaser, or if the price offered shall   not  be sullicient  to  pay the  lher6eofaneLlfr8deeeme3 JST*." ^ ,UU ab8������lulely ������vert to the Province and the Crown Grants  LIST ABOVE     ENTIONED  Rates from $1.00 to $2.00 per day  'Wm IMSffllSS,  3010 Westminster Road  HOME GRQW.N ANP IMPORTED  Garden, Field arid Flower Seeds, now in  stock and tested as to vitality. Wholesale and retail.  Thousands of Fruit and  Ornamental Trees..   ..  NAME OP PERSON.  Gold Fields of BC  WHuoo. Seuhler & Bloomfield  De B������ft, ftiuw 4 MeKh-uou  Ohaiun* Aftuiu-jjt Cp  FredjfAok Arm Mining Co  MoOailomD  Hoe****, JH  Fairfield Exploration Syndicate  ��������� ' *��������� ���������������:" *t  Donj-laa Pine Mftuing Co  Naqjj, Martin  VVh������ii������i, Wm  De ifeok, Bauer Sc MoKinnon  Ouulmui O, Pibher C fl, floare J H  Bauer, W A  DESJRIP'I'ION OR CLAIM.  ������  it  ii  RHODODENDRONS,   ROSE&   GREENHOUSE AND HARDY PLANTS  /or Spring Tlanting  fl  VIOTOEIA TO WELLINGTON.  No 2-Daily. No. 4-Sunday  A.H. P.M.  De. 9 00 Victoria De. 3,00  "   0.28 Coldstream  "   3 28  " 10.24.....' ..Kfienjg'i. .. ... V   4.24  " 11.00. Dunoan's     "5.00  P.M. PM.  " 12.36.. .Nanaimo....... "6 42  Ar 12.53,. Wt-llingten Ar. 0 55  WELWWi   "N   TO VICTORIA.  No. i���������Dail Nw. 3 -Sunday  A.M. "A.M.  De.  8.00 ,,. Wellington....  De. 3 0  ���������".   8.20.V Nanaimo..  "   3.15'  10.02 ..Dunoan's '..'..��������� *-   5.00  *������ I0.4S.."..... K-ianig'B... .... "   6 30  " 11.38 ..Coldstream  "   0.32  At 12.06 .Victoria........ Ar 7.00  Thousand Mile and Commutation Tickets on $afe, good'ovei rail and steaii.et  lines, at two and one-half cents per mile.  Special trams and steamers for Excursions, and reduced r ties for parties may  be arranged fur on application to the  Traffic. Manager.  ���������FERTILIZERS. -  BEjfi   HIVES   and    SUPPLIES  Green house fuljj^PlBnt-*, Cut Fjowers  -F!"fr;U"WoTir. Catalog lies fi"ee7or  call and examine stock.  EASTERN PRICES OR LE*S.  Fiiirfield Exploration Syndicate  i<  <i  ii  ii  ii  ii  ii  ii  ii  ii  ii  M. J. HENRY,  VANCOUVER, B.C  Wei's, Ma'colm R  RaiUey and Shaw  lbdley, W V  Jiadley,aw"-Shaw���������  Morroct]i gros,  BAKERS  QBE AD', Cakes and Pie������ delivered daily to any part of City.  FUhhHTm^F. Groreries  HOLY TRINIT��������� YCHURCK  SERVICES.  Holy Communion everv Sunday at 8 pm.  ���������first Sunday in the month, n am.,  Morning service, n a.m.j Sunday,  School, 2,;*o p.m.; Evening service,  7 p.m.; Choir Practice every Friday  at 7 30 p.m.  F. Ci, Chkistmas  I'fwior,  Radley, W V  R-uU-tf- and Shaw  ii ii  Ferguson, Robt Chas  ������������������ ii  MoK-kinon, Jno McL  De Beak, Geo W  ("alien,, James  MatiierK, Adam and John  Maihoro, Adam & John & Manson L  Mathers, J<*J������j  &   Admn,  and)  MoLumghl^i, Wm Henry \  Mathers,   John   & Adaitn,   and  McLaughlin, Wm Henry f  MoLaughliu, Wm Henry  Lot 201.  "    202.  '"'���������    ������3,  204a  233.  W,  'UO,  ZAH,  m\%  m.  m%  m.  m.  Bobby Burns,  Hetiy Oreau  Dauiel Webeter  Poodle Dog  Julie  White Pine,  Blue Bells,  Cold Bug,  DagftwooiJ,  Shoofly,  Goloonda,  Dorotha Morton,  Eva,  Dougla-* Pine,  Gold PrtCrtJjuQge,  Cone Fraction;  Champion,  Commonwealth,  Jennie B,  Empreaa,  Enid;  Stella,  Bluohejf,  Wellington,  Waterloo Fraction *-  Contact Fraction   "  Banker, ���������������  Comox Fraction,    "  Peroy, '���������      ���������  Dorothy Morton fr'c'n, 30o|  Chimnang, ������������������     319(  Dougl-is., ���������������    32o,  Maggie May, ���������������    322,  Black Prince. ������������������     318,  Harbour "    3BZ.  Harbour Fraction, "    3C4,  ci  ,i  ii  ii  14  tt  II  ������'  II  11  ��������� I  II  II  II  I.  II  2ft,  27Q,  2*77,  279,  asot  281,  288,  280,  2tf0,  m,  291,  297,  2H0,  Valdtz Island  ������i ������  ii ,,  Channe Inland  HiiUJua Arm  ThiUlow "Uaud  ft-^w-i^k Arm  ii ������.  ii ���������  Pbfrtoi.AMn  Etii!*ifo IdiAn  Philips Arm  ���������<      ii  Thurlow Island  <��������� ii  ii ii  Fanny Bay  ii  PhiHipa Arm  Frederick Arm  Phillips Arm  ii       ii  ii ���������     i,  ii       .i  ii       ii  Meneies Bay  ���������-Volunteer,   Protection,'  Adam,  Sunset,  Molly Gibson,  Iuis,  Annie Laurie,  Riverside.  Theodosia,  Silver King,  Blue Jacket,  Copper Chief,  Copper King,  Nimkiah,  Klaauoh,  Magnet,  Lititia,  Vuloan,  -ii-  ii  ii  i.  ii  .i  ii  ii  <i  it  ii  ii,  .i  =355r  356,  357,  388,  m,  38+,  m  387,  mi,  183-5,  1833,  1884,  1836,  127,  128,  1.89/  130,  132,  ii  ii  ii  Phillips Arm  'i       ������  it       i  Malaspina Inlet  ii  <i  ���������i  ii  >i  Rupert  it  ii  UoDaid  TaJta  11 00  9 00  7 25  13 00  46 75  ���������82 25  18 00  10 25  IV" 25  8 00  !J6 00  12 40  10 $0  40 00  18 75  1 25  5 75  5 '.*  M 75  11 25  58 75  32 50  02 50  61 25  47 50  I 25  10 25  5 00  12 50  6 00  13 00  12 25  12 50  21 50  5 75  -JLM-  12 25  13 00  12 75  12 00  12 50  34 50  39 00  34 50  44 00  45 00  40 00  4(J 00  II 50  12 50  8 25  10 50  9 75  9 00  "5 M  '  fl  :i  I  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  _2_o.o_  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  * 2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  2 oo  .TOTAL  13 "00  11 (0  9 i-4  15 00  60 73  84 26  1500  12 1  13 2  1000  fc8 00  14 50  12 50  42 00  20 75  8 21  7 75  7 25  05 70  13 25  60 75  Si 50  64 50  63 ������5  49 50  8 25  12 25  7 00  14 50  8 00  15 00  14 26  14 50  23 50  7 75  -���������4=50���������  14 25  is oo:  14 75!  14 00 s,  14 00 i  3(5 50,  4i 00  86 50  40 00  4/ 00  42 00  46 00  13 50  14 50  10 26  12 CO  11 75  11 00  - ��������� ~-'*i  Date.] at Cumberland 7th October, 1004.  JOHN EA1BD, Assessor,  Comox Assessment District,  Cumberland Post Offloe.  UNION BREWING Co,  NANAIMO,   B.C.  The yejirly return of the Book Beer season is   of interest to the  brewer an well as the publio, and the  UNION BOCK BEER POR 1904  Will again -.how that speoial oare hai boon taken in tho manufacture of the superior  article. The Uuion Brewing Co,'������ Book hai been browoed (or a numbor of months  aud stored in thorr famou-i oeMara until it has Maohed tho proper age* and is now  ON DRAUGHT AT AU, HOTELS.  jam  Obtainable in Puoketa ul*>o In bulk.      Tho best valua in th* market.  n POINTERS  f$ IN HEOABDTO THC  NOR'-WEST FARMER  R3  a  ntlr" *w ftir UTil  ..Irt ^^*t( t,it .,r  LOCAL AGENTS���������Cumi-ikm-and,  COURTKJVAY,  Mossri* Napiku & Paiitridqk.  MmsrH J. MoPifRB <fe Ho.v.  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Pointer No. 4���������''"il' Noi'-WihI l-'m-im-r In t!.. only i, rli-ului ..I *, ������t j-������ i ������������������.rlnticl Si  I'.'iivdii V, nt ot t riVc ������n<iHrl,,<-  Holntvr No. 5���������H inn������ir it |>. <1 m flilvmt.'if wjiiKrilwH ut IW-itiliQlmnu-l iliM'.Wi'  ilmnnlloihitr l.irm jmiji" i-������cointiiti"i.  "Polnlcr No. 6���������XX* mi "cHlloim nml liiioiiiutiiuu ...e wurih unuy tloilHiM lo ki.'i  Hl\h*p:  \}Of,  Pointer No. T-Morrtlly it lu nlxive rcnronrl'.,  From Now fo December $1,1^05, Sor $1.00  Anr������������n������-*  THE NOR'-WEST FARiMEH, Limited.  p.o. no* um, xvtNsiprr,, man.  Anrono gontl n|-  Icklywioortiiln,  lirobntilr I'lttoiitii  ���������(Jar-  TKADR MAVm-V  DE8IONI3,  OOlUrRIOHTS M-  nn ii rirotqli. nun rtoaorlpilan tuiij  In. frou, whoiuer wi Inveiitiati a  ittilile. Coiiimunit-atluno nxrimS  -,���������--,    Meit luroiw fprijflcurlii(ri<ft������a"i  Patents taken tlirouiib Munn A Co. roootvt  (Oalal uotloo In tlio  Quickly (Uiourtiii  proktilr imtoiitjiiii  taAmerfea,  SWula)  80IENTIFI0 AMERICAN,  "beartlfujlj- llliutrated. MMest olrouUtlot  IlOOU ON PATRNT* HOUt (roo.  A? *  MUNN  4  CO.,  Ml XI<      i, ���������   ���������  STEVEN  1nclii<llii||tlif iri������^nlfiunl������|t������j|nIXiH'������  V'ltrl',cr K't I I'* It' '   t rt i , ,  . ������    -  Tll������ ���������MnlWiynM WU11, III"III,���������!<��������� 1,141111*11  y������a will r.vvi.u. SjIk Hl4H,i������,  Nui^ilt f i[,y frai frr. u\*,n m.|iimi  Ef.  Il'a a Vsbil *'"���������** >'tloB STlvVFNS  AUMS���������liiUiii������U.I)'n-I'ye������ *"mJ briogiii(-  d������wuyour ^ama AU i.i.uisiio fir������Mm vir������  li!n������ tn������ i-mlwtlic] It our Inmotia line ol  pl-lf n-ofOt ������ *-mI It'in-TIl***" Hwr^n  ymi Ve'li' lii.ung die "-ta-K wlisn oliooiiou s  0    i'   t   V   ii   N   5 ?  /,.,������>.,Ill ilc������,tI ������l|il lit'  tlil on our |if,������lum. II  ywi c*anM <M������in ilw  STKVliNa, ������t ������.jI,m',1-  ������wi, ������������|,r,-.i i*r<i4>a 1 ���������!  U|n,ll|l!H.|,Hi||li c   ������������������fTCAN'jiiVI'i.'r  i,.-i,|^(Cull Imligi(ut  nt- ninl ������������������'illluHftinl  SI .VI V,.it��������� ,, i'  ������ li t, pnilra otii|,ui, j������P  ll l���������-l|j|li:lllllllt>llll.l������ i  li,.",   MinnKnlHi.n, ni.'.  l,'ti'ls>,r.u:i -ivr:, i|Mli*ri  -Iii9ln**������������n,l������iiwctl>������  iHi������������leofi������ rn.l "i wl.l vttii >,'..i,.;u������!.'.l������i;������irt! >  kQlv������l������. Tryyuur Ij 1j i>������'i ������''e������lt.ji. It'ifnj-i  t-emUifil  J. STEVeKS ARMS AHO TOOL CO.  P.O. 130X4901  OHIOOPBB PAUS, MA80. U.O.A.  -JT*+:*I*}T>V,m"i-'..'*  *_y-ym,t ;:  STINSON'S !  DIPLOMACY  By Curra.n  Kich&rd Greenley  ' *    Copyright, 1904, by Cunan Richud Gieenley  ^1^���������H^���������I���������^^^M^^JH^^^:"^^1^^I^^I^^I^'^^1^*���������^-W^-^|-  The real boss of the campaign committee leaned across the table and  wagged a heavy forefinger, under  Bracket's nose.  "I've cinched the finest wire that  was ever pulled, aud when them wire  get done pullin* Bill Garret's chances  are dead and rained on or my name's  not Jim Stinson. I've interviewed Miss  Elizabeth Heath, and she's ours."  The emphatic finger stopped as  Brackett sprang to his feet.  "You���������you interviewed Miss Heath  in my favor?"  "Yes. Why not? She's a power, she  1b, with them fellows' wives down In  the Tenth ward, en she's a lady right,  you bet"  Brackett dropped limply into the  chair behind him, while Stinson poured  out the history of his call upon Miss  Heath, the president of the Hypatia,  in a mixture of slang plentifully sprinkled with "sez I" and "sez she." Stinson took much glory to himself that he  Bhould have thought of this clever  stroke just at the critical point of the  campaign. Miss Heath's influence in  certain quarters was unbounded. Down  in the Tenth ward, where the tall tenements gloom above the river, the little  children of the poor watched for her  coming, and the tired mothers told her  all their trials and troubles, all their  simple ambitions and little joys, finding a ready sympathy. Stinson had  heard of Miss Heath through that  channel, and it was to those poor, tired  mothers that he looked for a controlling voice in the vote that would go up  from the Tenth ward. Stinson had  also counted on the lever wielded by  Miss Heath as president of the Hypatia, the woman's club that led not  only in the city, but in the state federation. The federation's interests once  aroused and its influence brought to  bear would mean a powerful leavening  at worli~for Tis^anHfroS^nT^norof  the state to the other. All this and  more he poured into the unheeding ear  of Brackett, whose mind was engrossed  with the one thought, the intolerable  shame that this mnn should have appealed to Eliacibeth Heath in his name.  Beyond all considerations of the governor's office, of his political future,  his mind reeled with the intensity of  this one thought.  Stluson's last words as he stood in  the doorway recalled him:  "I told her that you would call in a  few days nnd discuss the matter further. She seemed right willing to tako  a hnnd after she had chewed the rag a  bit, and I saw as how a call from you  would sorter clinch it. Women folks  has to bo made up to. 1 reckon you  know all about that? Well, so long,  Mr, Governor," and Stinson was gone.  John Brackett turned oil! the light  nnd sat still In tlie glow of the fire.  Tlio warm rays" danced ovor his fast  silvering head, bringing out the lines  of the tirod, old-young faco nnd accentuating in groiosi-ue shadow tbe  droop of his shoulders.  "Her namo on tho lips of tills coarse  man! Out of tlio silence of tlio years  to hoar It for the first timo hi tills manner!" Un hud boon away ho long In  tho lower part: of tlio statu that lio hud  quito lost sight of tlio changes tliat  must have como to hor as woll m* to  himself, So slio was u social louder  now, .11 club woman.. IIo rcinoiubur-jd  thu 'Pleasant family chvlo an ho had  known it nud wondered if it yot ro-  ninlned 'unbroken. Out of tlio coals  sprung tlio picturo of tho girl, Elton-  both Heath, iih ho hnd lust soon her,  that night whon lio had told hor goodby forovor, JJo could nJiniwt hour lilm-  Belt' Hpcukltig the slow, fiileful, reluct.  mit words, In which ho hnd told hor  that tho hond between them must uo  broken for reasons over which ho hail  no control���������it half oonildoiico that, in  tho light of present knowledge, ho  know to huvo been fur moro cruel,  moro cowardly, thnn a Mluuco tlmt  Would havo loft her tho poor soltico of  believing lilm utterly unworthy.  IIo had scarcely thought of hor wli-m  returning to tho old town, Ho had  inudo tlio niovo for political reasons,  und one hotel Is much llko another to  a ninii who hnd forgotten tho meaning  of lioiuo. Liko ono groping lUvougu  tno    tilll lw,    inciting    up    tnu    Unified  thread of a dropped wub, .lohn ItrnuU-  ctt threaded back through tho untoc*  of ilftceu years���������Ut'icenl  ��������� ��������� ��������������� ��������� * # *  Brackett's tread grew less resolute,  nnd hi** feet -seemed to ding just n little as lie turned lull) tlio well I'i'iiieiii-  bered Kqilaro and mxv tlio white col-  iiiiiii,-- of tho Heath homo 'among tho  liven. Old 1'elei' ij-n-iied tim door. A  llttlo grayer ubulfi'llic J'i:iii;;o of wool,  ri Utile iiuii-o K'tnoiii'ii, bu^'tye name old  J'eter, HliuilUng' down iluvyiall ahead  Of Illlll. ,  ,   \      "'Jft  'tun iioime was p'tM'nfuriy familiar.  Thero In the corner wirs tlto little not-  too nrnotig thi������ paint* whero they hud  ���������at that ruiiiv da v.    lie reii*fit>i><*i-u<'  the shadows tnat snmea over tne p-ue  blue gown that she had worn and felt  again the touch of the soft hand in hia  ���������the hands that were like np other  hands in all the world.  Old Peter's shuffling steps had died  away and the house was stilled. Then  he heard her step upon the stair and  down the hall, and Elizabeth stood before him, unchanged, except for the  graver lines about the firm, sweet  mouth and a deeper light in the dark  eyes. Brackett grasped her hand with  an almost painful force.  "Yon hav������ been auite a lone -n-blle  In claiming your old friends in Warn-  field. Mr. Brackett."  It was a merely banal greeting, but  the commonplace served to place Brackett on the right footing.  "Most certainly, and yet I feel that  I 6h'ould apologize for this intrusion,  had I not come to make apology for a  greater one that was made in my  name."  "You allude to Mr. Stinson's call?"  she laughed lightly. "Mr. Stinson does  me the honor to consid-er me a force  in the political situation. I assure you  t nrmwiatp' tlu������ comDliiuent. as the  president of the Hypatia. But as  Elizabeth Heath, I must beg to decline  Brackett made a slight movement  toward her. "I beg you to consider  the man and his total ignorance as to  the enormity of what he was doing.  It was a distinct shock to me to hear  your name upon his lips, and"���������  "I understand,',', she replied quickly.  'Believe me, I did not connect you  with it in the least. In fact, when he  mentioned that you would call to discuss the matter I was very certain that  you were entirely innocent of all  knowledge of his errand here."  Brackett flushed darkly.  "I trust you will treat this incident  as if it had never happened, and of  course there need be no question of  your support in a political sense."  Here they both laughed uneasily.  "So much so," she responded, "that  I will use every effort to further the  cause of Governor Brackett."  Brackett sprang to his feet, his dark  face aglow.   "Elizabeth!"  Miss Heath held up a warning hand.  "MrV Brackett, fifteen years have come  mid crone since anv man haa Eeio* en*  THE LAST BUFFALO  HUNT ON THE SOURIS PLAINS  (Walpole   Murdoch,   Hartney,   in     Winnipeg- Free Press.)  The last great buffalo hunt enjoyed in  the west took place forty years ago and  nearly all the half breed population then  in Manitoba engaged in the chase.  Some of those who took part in that  wild raid oh the buffalo are now residing in Alberta and delight to recall the  remembrance of the great hunt with the  various adventures connected with the  occasion. In the fall of 1864 the buffaloes had congregated in immense  numbers, south of the Turtle mountains  on the great plains east of the Souris  river. The hunti"ng party wa.s large 'and  consisted of men, women and children,  with nearly a thousand carts and hundreds of Indian ponies. As the hostile  Sioux were abroad the party had to  keep well together while outriders were  stationed at different points for the  purpose of watching the movements of  tlie^_buf������alo_berd.s and to give notice if  danger should appear.  ��������� The buffalo hunter of the plains possessed a peculiar character; he was a  skilful rider, a good shot, hardy, strong  and watchful and -courageous. He  usually rode a horse possessed of speed,  strength   and   wind.   Like  his   master,  the horse enjoyed, the excitement of the  chase and 'would strain every nerve to  bring" His' master alongside of the buffalo. In those days the buffalo hunter,  was usually armed with a smooth bore  muzzle loading gun. His supply , of  powder was contained in a horn that  hung from the shoulders by a strap.  The. hunter kept several bullets in his  mouth for the sake of expedition in  loading. When a drove of buffalo were  to be approached the advance was made  by hunters in the greatest of silence, the  leader of the party a little in advance,  his chifef duty ,,was that of restraining  the impetuosity of the more impatient  hunters and get his band as near the  buffaloes as possible, At length when  the buffaloes commenced to move, the  uneasiness would increase and the herd  started, the leader would shout and  then every horse would spring forward.  AH_ had_ to start, for n������ horse could  rbe restrained; 'Briclles weRTlIt^orgWs"  were brought into position and the wild  cavalry bore down on the flyinsr herd.  After the first shots had been delivered,  the hunter loaded his gun while his  horse was at full speed and in firing  care, was taken not to raise the breach  j higher  than  the   muzzle   lest the  ball  I should roll out, but, as the rider was  ' generally   only   a   few   feet   from   the  animal that he wished  to  shoot there  I was no such need to raise the gun to the  shoulder.    Sometimes  a   single  hunter  would shoot four or five buffaloes during   the chase   made on a good   herd.  The larger the drove the,better chance  i there was for the hunter as the animals  in   advance   retarded   the   progress   of  those in the rear where the attack was  taking  place.    Cows  and  young bulls  were not killed  unless by accident or  when game was scarce.   On the. occasion  of the great hunt the carts were-lpaded  with pemmican, tongues  aiv-1  skins  of  buffaloes.   When a hunter had dropped  a buffalo at some distance from his companions, or from camp, the horse was  tied to the head of the animal while its  master was   engaged   in  skinning   the  .beast that had been captured.    During  ^the���������continuance���������of���������the���������groat���������hunt��������� on-  ' the Souris plains which lasted for many  f weeks, the food of the hunters was meat  and nothing else.   The next season the  , buffalo herds had moved .far to the west  and never again returned in great numbers so near the Red river.  Shei  Cordovan  Used in H.B.K, Mitts, Glorei  And Moccasins���������tough as vrhal*.  bone, flexible, soft, pliable, scorch-  proof, wind-proof, boil-proof,  crack-proof, tear-proof, rip^proof,  cold-proof, almost wear-proof���������  certainly tha greatest leather  ever used In mitts and glores.  Like buckskin it ii tanned  without oil, unlike buckskin It ii  not porous, it is wind-proof���������wlii  outwear three buckskins.  "Pinto" Mitts and Gloves  never crack or harden, never get  S';c!di?r)l arc fi!"T">**? w\rmt pW*f*!*jt  soft and comfortable.  Sold at all dealers but never with*  out this brand!��������� '  :��������������������������� BRAND    '*  HUDSON RAY KNITTING CO.  Montreal   Wlpnlpig   Dtwiei |  right to call me by that name.   We  were speaking of politics.",,  Brackett submitted mutely as she led^  the talk around to other questions of  the day lightly and, easily, giving him  time to find himself in the talk of old  ���������friends and places.  "And the general, how is he and your  mother?"  She looked nt hlra wonderingly. "Is  it possiblo that with all of Mr. Stln-  spu's information ho did not toll you  thnt I nm living here nlono with only  Aunt .lane? Father and mother died  within one mouth of each other ton  years ago."  Briu'kott turned abruptly and walked  to the window. Ho understood many  things now, all the loneliness unit tho  licmulil'ul truth of this woman, who  Unci lived hor life so bravely. The sun-  IJi'ht In tho square wns blinding, 1'cr-  'tni|is that wan why his1 eyos were wot  as ho walked swiftly flown the long  room nud drew hor lunula Into IiIh.  "LMI/.nbelli, there was fnto in Stln-  -���������oii'i' cull, tho full! that has watched  iih liotli through nil those yours, Thero  i\erc ghosts that knocked nnd wnked  my starved honrt lust night:, ghtisls  unit would nut hu i.ih.'iiccd, I was a  coward then, a oo\vui\l not: brnvo  i.!iioiir.ii to humble my pride nnd tell  yon,of tho bunion that lay between us,  ninl when (lonih removed Hint burden  it wiin too Into, J thought, but,J nm  hei'c now to plum] my ease nfresh, hero  nt, your morey, We are older now, nnd  there Is little youth left us, ami Cor  find's snko don't let. pride Maud between us nntl thnt little. Will tho president of tho Hypnthi work for mo us  my promised wlfo? Will sho,' Elizabeth V"  old rotor Mi vi filed down tho hall unnoticed nnd stood In tho doorway n  brief Hi-fond, thou ho umblod nwny,  mopping his eyos.  "I thought thnt was Manna John  Briickott. I's certain now for suuh!"  will soon recover. But if sne snouia  continue to be ill, which heaven for-  fend, I would like to ask you one favor"��������� Here the doorkeeper ���������stared  with wide open mouth; "If you go to  visit your mother once more," added  tho minister calmly , and quietly,  "please have tho kindness not to lock  me in my office again. I had to spend  tho night nt this desk because I could  not get out."  A Mild HclHiUu,  Figiito tdio a tiouy, uf Eii-joiio Spoiler, who was uiIuIhUt of public Instruction under tho presidency of Caslinlr-  Perlor, which brings out his kindness  of honrt, When thc doorkeeper brought  him his union out- morning japuuur  said to hhn:  '���������Wero you not mipposed to be on  duty at 11:110 last night?"  "Yes, Mr."  "And you woro not thoro?"  "That In comet," replied the doorkeeper, fairly trembling hn he saw hie  dlHiulsHiil ill hand. "Hut I huvu u sdclc  mother, your excelloucy. I wished to  vl������lt hor."  "That Is Quite proper," rejoined U,  Rnnller. "and I bono that your mother  About, Certain Word*".  There Is often a hint of something  approaching to an ancient kind of slang  iu various dignified words In the English language. So respectable a term  as "perspicuity," for Instance, menus  that a thing can be "seen through"  easily. Thc word "apocalypse" mourn*!  "lifting off the cover," or, In' other  words, the revolution of whatever good  or bud things may bo concealed In u  cliost of secrets liko random's box possibly, or ninybo only In tho lunch  basket of some old ('reek worklngninn.  "impediment," coining from a Latin  word meaning to catch or hold tho  fiiw.1-   vividly oxnri'Hses the nature of  anything tnat entangles or mnoers ������b������  in the performance of any action. Still,  to speak of an Impediment In one'f*  speech is in n certain way to get one's  foot in one's mouth.  "Conspiracy" conies from a Latin  word meaning to breathe together. Th**-  picture it gives of a group of plotter*  with their heads thrust up lu a com-*  pact bunch is vivid enough to render  enjoyable the sav-asm of the old Roman who Invented the term.--Ohlcago  Dnter*' In Africa,  In somo parts of Africa dates forn*  tho main food of'tlio natives, Their*)  huts .nro composed" chieily of tho,  loaves, tho 11 her of the loaf stalks is  employed in ropoiuuklng, and from  tho sup is ������������������obtained, au intoxicating  drink.  Fruitful AiiHtrnllfii  If n pouch Mtoiio Is thrown do\fn in  nlmost any part of Australia whero  there is a llttlo moisture a' troe will  spring up, which in a fow years wUl  yield fro'-lv,  iWWMawMwmmafwmajewatremi  Trust Your Appetite  It Knows What is Best for Your  Health.  Your appetite knows what ia best for  yonr health,  That is the theory of modern rned-  Icine���������tlio doctrine of common sense.  Bread your appetite does not like i������  bread that ts bad for your health.  How easily tho human system assimilates good bread?  How hard bad bread is on health.  Pint, it'll hard to eat the soggy, tasteless stuff, bo many families call bread.  Your appetite rebels against it  The appetite is wise.  It knows what's beat.  You can trust it.  If it doesn't want a certain bread,  make up your wind the bread ia wrong  ���������The appetite ia never wrong.  We can safely leave our bread to the  Judgment of the appetite.  Once one haa tasted Royal Household  fcfead, made just right by following the  recipes, that person will accept no other.  Other bread is flat aud tasteless compared to it  Catlno Bad Bread  Sours the Stomaon,  Earl bread sours the stomach���������lies ua*  dige������ted���������creates dyspepsia,  No dyspeptic can work well,  No dyspeptic can be happy,  Thoso with weak stomachs, the sick-  invalids���������convalescents, need and crave,  most of all, thin slices of light, white  ,i 1  <   it.    i  Ih the .sk-k room Hojtil TTcmst^dU! le  indispensable,  What tht Invalid  Should Cat  fM.'* t1*-* Invilld the hetit hrrnd von  can secure,���������give it to all you* famll/  aud keep them well,  Keeping well���������health by good living  ���������is the modem way.  Royal Household is the modern flout*  Rend for the rccipca.  8end now, " j  Don't wait till to-morrow,  We send them free,  OoQtVXS Tlovx Mxut Co., Un*>  Moniwuu ifb  THE CMBERLAND NEWS,  CUMBERLAND, B. C.  FEATHE..,cD MllVIiCS.  am  HIT  Ostrichos Roar Like Lions and Jays  Are  Great Imitators.  'The roar of the ostrich resembles  the roar of the lion because the ostrich  stole from the lion this sound, even as  oue playwright steals from another a  plot."  An ornithologist made that odd assertion in a taxidermist's shop, lie  went on to elaborate it as follows:  "Birds from the ostrich down are imitative. The ostrich where he lives  alone la silent, but in a country where  lions abound he roars. Why? Because  for centuries, admiring the majesty  and grandeur of the lion's roar, he  gradually learned to roar himself. Believe me, it is line to see an ostrich  throw back his little head and emit a  roar like thunder.  "Buntings imitate pipits, and green.  finches imitate yellowhammers.   They  seek their food in the winter together,  and they gradually steal each other's  ��������� call.  "The Jay is an insatiable imitator.  Some jays will Include in their repertory not. only the whoo-oo of the kite,  the scream of the buzzard and the hoot  of the owl, but also the bleat of the  Iamb and the neigh of a horse.  "Even the nightingale imitates. In a  nightingale's perfect song I have often  heard the tip-sip-sisisis of the wood  ���������warbler and the bub-ub-ubble of the  nuthatch."  I        Do you catch cold easily ?  Does the cold bang on ?   Try  Shiloh's  Consumption  Cure&Luns  It cures the most stubborn kind  of coughs and colds. If it  doesn't cure you, your money  will be refunded.   ��������� ���������  Prices: S. C. "Wells & Co. SOS  25c. 50o. {1   LeRoy.N. Y.. Toronto, Cu.  PROPER BREATHING.  Hurt  Mrs. Pllkington���������Oh, I am so glad  to see you're home. I heard you  were in that dreadful accident. Were  you hurt any?  Mrs. Bilklnton���������Yes; I was considerably hurt. Charlie saved his English bulldog first and then came back  after me!  Hoiloway's Corn Cure destroys all  kinds of corns and warts, root and  branch. Who then would endure them  with such a cheap and effectual remedy  within   reach?  An  Idea ef  Heaven  "It was ridiculous of the minister  to say that those things were 'as  widely removed as heaven and hell,'"  remarked the modern Pharisee.  "But the things in question were  very widely removed."  "Oh! that's all, right, but how could  heaven be heaven if it were so widely removed from the other place that  you couldn't see your enemies there?"  CANDLE AUCTIONS.  The Way Public Sales Were Formerly Conducted In England.  Candle auction was a well known  method of procedure in England in the  early days of the East India company.  Public notices of such sales were flrst  put up at the royal exchange. When  the day came a candle exactly an inch  long was placed on the auctioneer's  desk. Directly the sale, began the  candle was lighted. So long as it continued to burn bidding went on merrily, but the instant the flame died  away the goods were knocked down to  the last bidder.  In this manner immense consignments of silks, indigo, spices and so  forth were disposed of, thousands of  pounds changing hands during the  burning of the inch of candle.  Before the auction began a list was  read over of the names of persons not  permitted "to bid at the candle." This  contained tne names of those who had  failed to pay their debts or had in any  way wronged the company, who  "blacklisted"  them  in  consequence.  Two Kinds of Kisses.  In west Africa the natives kiss when  they are astonished, in the New Hebrides when tbey -*-ee envthing beautiful.  I"  Use the Nostrils, Not the Mouth, and  Take Deep Inhalations.  Did you ever observe whether you  breathe through the mouth or nostrils?  It makes a wonderful difference. When  we talk we are forced to breathe  through the mouth, says the Philadelphia Inquirer. When not speaking the  lips should be well closed, and the  breathing should be entirely by the  nostrils, but this is not all. The habit  of slow, measured, deep breathing that  covers the entire lung surface is of  more value and importance than you  will ever believe until you have tried  it, and when you have established the   ^habitjif3.re.athing.JnJ;his���������mann_er_you,  'will say some remarkable things in its  favor. It will reach all points of your  physical system. All the benefits that  occur from a healthy condition of the  blood will in a greater or less degree  be yours, for the manner and completeness with which the inhaled air comes  in contact with the blood In the lungs  are of the utmost importance to every  vital process. The lungs are a kind or  furnace, in which the oxygen of the  air is consumed and combined with  other elements, n process necessary te  life, the perfection of which depends  upon the purity of the air and the manner of inhaling it.  Evolution   of  a   Luminary  She sunned herself in Fortune's smiles  The while her pa had wealth in piles;  But when her dad got "down and out,"  She cried and sulked,  and    moaned  about  They got her then (I know not how)  Upon the stage.    She's starring now.  Minard'sliniment Cores Colds, etc.  Painful Misunderstanding  Sandy Pikes���������Yes, me   an'    Gritty  George has been partners three years  an" now we are thinkin' about split-  tin'.  Kind Lady���������Very well, my poor  man, here is the hatchet and there  is the woodpile.  IT    REACHES    THE    SPOT.���������There  are few remedies before the public to-  "Yes," said the young drug clerk who  had been trotting In double harness  for nearly two weeks, "I've got a boss  wlfo." .  "Well, you have my sympathy," rejoined tho man who bad come In to  buy a bottle of hair restorer. ���������Tve  got that kind of a wife too."  i  Kept Him Guest-In-**,  '���������Suppose I were to tell you you must  not go to the raatlnoo today," said Mr.  Nagglt.  "How would you llko that?"  "Oh," ambiguously replied his young  wife, with a steely glitter in hor eye,  ���������'I   wouldn't   mlud."  Ha Wnntoil Action,  Investment Broker-What you wnnt,  I pjesume, is something that pays large  dividends. Prospective Investor���������No, 1  don't care about tho slxo of the dlvl-  donds just so I got 'oin often enough,  , I'm uo hog.  'SlirT^^tHcaci'ous In ferviovi"ng;'"paTn  and. in allaying and preventing pulmonary disorders as Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil. It has.demonstrated its powers  in thousands of instances and a large  number of testimonials as to Its great  value as a medicine could bo got were  there occasion for it. It is for sale  everywhere.  AND  Pecline  TIRED   WITH   LEAST  EXERTION.  MISS WOOD, BROWNSVILLE, ONT,  FOUND   HEALTH   WITH   DR.  SLOCUM'S   PSYCHINE  TUA YA/a^fY-iAcrtf- In its Praise are those  I I1C   VV ctl U1C2>1 who have used it longest.  CEYLON   TEA.    Always  Pure.    Always Delicius.  Lead Packets Only.    By All Grocers.  RECEIVED   HIGHEST   AWARD   AND   GOLD    MEDAL   AT  ST.   LOUIS.  I am the Oldest  ESTABLISHED GRAIN  COMMISSION  MERCHANT  IN  WINNIPEG.  Consign your grain to me and get prompt service, careful attention,  and highest market prices. c     cniMI^ DRAWER  Reference: UNION BANK OF CANADA.   S.  ^K iLNlY,      -1300  S_mwM 1 E9 Your Grnin to us to be sold on arrifal or afterwards, as you may  ������������������ * " wieh. We do a strictly 'Commission business, in -whioh we have had  16 year's experience. Prompt and reliable work guaranteed. Liberal Advances. Correspondence solicited.   Licensed aud Bonded.    Roierence-Bank of Hamilton,"Exchang������  Branch.  DONALD MORRISON & CO.  Grain  Commission.  416 Grain Exchange,  WINNIPEG,  MAN.  William Law.  Thomas Law. SHIP YOUR GRAIN TO  ������_A\A/    BROS  "W* handle grain strictly  able. Liberal advances.  Correspondence solicited.  on commission.    Highest   prices  obtain-  Trades carried on margins in Winnipeg futures.  GRAIN EXCHANGE, Winnipeg,  "GRAIN"   JAS. RICHARDSON & SONS.   "GRAIN"  (Until recently represented by the  late  E. O'Reilly,  Esq.)  All kinds of grain purchased in Car   Load Lots.    Write us for top prices  and shipping instructions.   Any grade  of wheat, oats, barley or flax.  P. 0. Box 629, WINNIPEG, MAN.  Terribly Worse  "But, auntie, I think there arc  worse things than being kissed by a  young man."  "What, for instance?"  "Why���������er���������not being kissed by a  young man."  Minard's Liniment Cures Dyptheria  He Knew the Sex  When the American woman met the  distinguished German professor he  said to her;  "You need not sprechen mlt me in  Deutsch, You sprechen BngliBh. I  very well understand your meanness,"  Mothor Graves' Worm Exterminator  lmH no equal for destroyltif** worms In  children and adults, See that you got  tho gonuino  when  purchasing.  Perhaps on the Tenth  "Is your husband good on remembering dates?"  " I should, say not. He can't even  remember on what date the First of  July comes on."  She writes:  May 18, 1904:  I have to  thank Psychine for my  present  health. Two  years ago I  was going In  decline.  ' I could hard-  "ly���������drug���������my-'  self ncroNH  the floor. I  could not  sweep the  carpet. If I  went for a  drive I had  to lie down  when I came  back; If I  went for a  mile or two  on my wheel  I was too  weak to lift It through the gateway,  and last time I came In from having  a spin I dropped utterly kelpies* from  fatigue. My father would give me no  peace until I procured PSYCHINE,  knowing it was excellent for decline  or weakness; I must' say the results  were wonderful, and people remarked  my improvement. Instead of a little,  pale, hollow-cheeked, listless melancholy girl, I am today full of life,  ready for a sleigh ride, a skating  match or an evening party with anyone, and o few montlia ngo I could  not r-truffkle to church, 40 rods from  my homo. Have never had the slightest cause to fear any return of die-  tase,���������Ella Muriel Wood.  PSYCHINE!  Is  pronounced  SI-KEEN  The Dr, Slooum Remedies aro mold by  all druggists and many general stores,  Psyohirfe at $1.00 per bottle,  For further advice, Information or  free trial bottle write Dr. T. A. Slooum, Limited, 170 King street wost,  Toronto, Canada.  TRIAL BOTTLE FREE.  THE ANDREWS-CASE CRAIN CO., LTD.  GRAIN COMMISSION  MERCHANTS.  We Jtoake a specialty of low grade   wheat.  Write us before shipping. Wo  will show how we can serve you.  References:���������Any  Bank or  C6mmercial Agency.  GRAIN  EXCHANGE, WINNIPEG, MAN.  MARCfrWELS GRAIN COT  Grain, in car lots bought on track or sold on commission. Reasonable  adv&noe made. Prompt Returns. Correspondence (Elicited. Reference*!  Any Bank in Winnipeg.  ROOM 414, GRAIN EXCHANGE BLDG., WINNIPEG.  'Ohio Gasoline Engines'  m���������mm  Maamt  PORTABLE  ENGINES for THRESH INO  and  STATIONARY for  CHOPPING and  WOOD SAWING in stock at all times.   We  can ship at a day'e notice.  Write ns for Prices and Catalogue.  Baoridge-Cooper Co-, Ltd* Winnipeg, Mai.  Henry Avenue, East.  Avers  Don'e try cheap cough medicines. Get the best, Ayer's  Cherry Pectoral. What a  record it has, sixty years of  Cherry  Pectoral  cures! Ask your doctor if I  he doesn't use it for coughs. I  colon, bronchitis, and ait  throat and lung troubles.  1  KM.,HeHjri.M.       _ j.ax-riRoo.,  Ommmmmmmmam foT mmmmTAwJmmk  Bronchitis  ���������/  Skwiwk  For about half a centur?  thii ���������Mr-.blithmcnthM mr-.de  a ipwialt/ of fkilUd watch  repairing. A wondan bow  will b������ writ on r������qu������it la  which you can forward your  time-piece to u������,  We  charges  prepay  nil ^  in  returning' M  watches and jewelry  repaired by us.  Superfluous Hair  Removed by tho Now Principle  It is hotter than olootrloity, booauie  it iIoqb not soar or produce a now growth,  Uetter thnn X-ray, bocauso it does not  burn, eoar or paralyze the tii-Hucs under  tho skin. Hotter than depilatorioi, be-  amine ib li not poisonous! therefore,  it will not cuuue blood poisoning, or  produce eczoina, whioh in ao oommoo  with depilatories, and duet not break  oil the hulr, thereby increasing iti  growth.  Electrolysis, X-ray or depilatories are  offered you on tho bare word of tlie  oporatots and manufacturers, DE  MIRACLE in not, It ia tho only method  mhloh 1. liulnr-ii-*" by pliy������iolnn������, mir-  peons, (lormatologiit*, medical journals  and prominent nn^-iuinus.  DE MIRACLH will bo mailed to any  address, soiled in plain wrepj-er tor $f.  Your money bank without quention if it  fails to do all, that In olalmou for it.  Our booklet ��������� the most complete  treatise on Superfluous lUSr ever published���������containing the testimonials of  numerous phynloiMn end surgeons and  those of hundreds of others���������will be  sent free, in plain, sealed envelope,  upon request. Write for ia to.day te  Dfi MIIUCLE CHEMICAL CO., 23  Qciik Stow* Wm, Toronto, or  KU-r SIMPSON m*r  TORONTO, ONT.   Hone oan have a Well-Balaneed ���������  Constitution without taking   1  BEECHAM'S  PILLS   I  rAll people subject to Bilious attacks,'  or who suffer from Stomachic disorders, should never be without a box  of BEECHAM'S PILLS.  Their gigantic success and genuine  worth are Known all over the world,  and the proof of their excellence lies  in the fact that they are generally  adopted ns the Family Medicine after  tlie first trial.  BEECHAM'S PILLS  by their purifying effect upon the  Blood, cleanse and vivify the entire  system, causing every orgnn of the  body healthfully to continue its al*  lotted function, thereby inducing a  perfectly balanced condition, and  making life a pleasure.  DEEOHAM'S PILLS  .maintain their reputation for keep*  ing people in Good Health and  Good Condition.  BEEOHAM'S PILLS  have stood the test of the most  exacting experience through many ,  years* 1  Prepared only by Tboats* Beechem, SI* j  fftloni, England. I  Bold every***-** In Censds snd U. m t  America,   ia beies, 28 wots.  Her Generosity  Mrs. Paul���������Have you given anything  to charity this year?  Mrs. Mall���������Yos; I havo Just sold  all of my old clothes to my washerwoman for almost nothing.  THEY ARK CAR 13 FULLY PREPARED,���������Pills willed dlsHlpnto them-  i-oh'OH In tlio stomach cannot he expected to "nuves much oiToet,. upon the  IntcstlnoH, and to .overcome costive-  noHH the nuHllclno admlnlHtorod must  InlhiPiioo tlio nation of< Dioho canals,  Pnrmoloo's Ve-fotnbln Pills' (nro so  mado. unrlor tlio suporvlnlon nf export."*, thai tho HiiliHtuuoo In thorn in-  ii'iiili-il tn npi'i'iili* nn th*> Inlostlne'd  nro rutnrcloi* In notion until thoy pass  through  tho Hloninoh to tho' bowels,  Th.  aro opposed to tno, but tho girl Isn't.  Frlond���������You'ro nil right. You'ro going to bo elected by an overwhelming minority.  Minard's Liniment Cares Distemper.  Jones (at thu bank) Must I bo  Identified?  Toller���������Not unless you wish���������the  check Is no good I  Stanfield's  Unshrinkable  Underweaif  Made in Special  Weights For  Northwest Wear  Sold by Best Dealers from  WINNIPEG TO  VANCOUVER.  W   M   U   No *'-MB*iiri'i'frn'nv*-'T*--^^ -  me.  SA.rrTJTZyjDA.-T;      FEBBUABY      28xS  Tfil FINEST SIT Of SAMPLES  Ever Offeked for Sale in Cumberland.  C PACE will not permit of r gt-neral list but   we  would call  v"'    your special attention to tho  LADIES WHITE WEAR        ���������        300 PIECES  CORSET COVERS from 10c. CHEMISES from 25c.  DRAWERS ���������������"    25o. StUltTS     .    "    45c.  CHILDS DRESSES���������  A HauiUome Lot at Remarkable Low Prices.  BOYS SUITS���������  There are over 50 of theae in this  lot.       Beautiful   littlo  Suits at about Half the Usual Price.  SST   GALL AND SEE THESE.  -   GROCERIES   -  :. SHOES:  QUR STOCK Ii  of Gioeerioi  IS NOW COM i'LETK with  die   Bant   Brands  to be had.  ���������Heinlz'8 Toronto Catchup,     Sweet P ck e3,     Sour  Pickles, Sauerkraut, Hoit*c Ra-iisli, Imiiu K> lish, &c   AUK EXTRA CKOICIS.....'   "JT* T ./"> 1 I Ti _ Ogilviet., Royal Household, Like of the  **���������   1-'V-/ V^ JV Wood--,   Five Rosea   PASTRY FLOURS. Also all kinds of FEED at the    LOWEST     PRICES    rP EN Oasea of Slaters just opened, all the Newest Shapes and  Siy tea for Spring.       Wtj aluo curry all lines of Men's and  Women's Cheaper Guides at  $1.50, $1 75, $2.oo, $2.50 and $3.oo.  BOYS AND GIRLS  SHOES   in great variety,  at all prices,  BOYS SPECIAL���������Sizes, 11's to I3's at $loo.  " "..,.'    "     1  to 5'a       at 81.25.  XTEW GOODS-Over 20 CASES of New Spring DRY  ���������^    GOODS  uow ou the way.  UT,  WATCH FOR THESE.  em.  It iij the consent-US of opinion that  the public school curriculum in far  too hei*.yy.    It costs a lot of money  .and gives the most inadequate returns.     A   schenae   of   education  pliould be DQapped out which should  have for its objective the fitting of  boys and girls lo eomp>e for a live  lihood.     As  we  have >aid   befure  ���������this is an age of fads which "tends  towards adding to rather than les-  pening or simplifying the curriculum.    The system in theory leads  jfrom the common sch iol   to   the  high school and university.   If the"  ���������many are prepared to pay for the  benefit of the few, well and good,  but we think they are not    In the  ���������rural districts especially the country is  under enormous   expense--'  -The_Rro.viuce���������of_.B.C..Js������the_on;,^_  one in the Dominion where the cotx,  of education is paid out of ihe general  reyenue, and  by asking  the  municipal ratepayers to shoulder  their share of the educational expenses the B.C.   Government ia  Bimply following   the  lines   long  since adopted in other provinces  Under tho proposed  bill  ihe per  papita pupil grant is done away  with and.a per capita teacher grant  is substituted.   Gumbedand is not,  ���������in a position to undertake the provision pf funds required, unless by  ���������raising the limit of school age  to  eight years, thus abolishing the infant class which would mean a sav  itng $540 per annum     It has been  suggested that the High Sohool  he  abolished, but we are sure the.ratepayers will not consent to this nor  phould   we   tolerate  the  ibought.  The infant class as a rule is composed of children over six and under  eight and it would be   no   groat  Jiardnhip if these ohiUlre.i worn kept  at home until th-* age of being out  of ihe nursery is over,   Then a few  travelling inspectors might be retired, the salaries of two or three of  them being sufficient, to support one  flourishing dinlricl for u vear,   The  expenditure   for   the  educational  office should be reduced by ono half  Of course the howl would be ruisod  that the work cannot he done for  that, but it can;  on the principle,  that one must do with a small nn'al  when one O'Uld eat a large one, so  ft quantity of extranoout*, superficial work should ho dono awny with  and fewer officials employed in this  department.    The painful fact, hn-*  slowly forced itself on the minds of  the public that the present 'school  system \a not by any means a sue-  oesB.    It has been gradually found  out that a boy, ui on leaving echool,  while he may be full of smutte ings  of many thinps, in quito unfit, to go  into business life, or to tackle simple  im-ohanical   problems.      Aa   thin  n'-efciu a further course of study  dl.tmlirH-, ll lb iilVwUr-   lll.ll il   ������VuM  as well if that Ili,\ linly diuiug h\,-  pchool life, been o mimed lo fewer  subjects and learned them thorough  ly     If the 8 R's were tauyht, there  witnlrl ho lower tpnpliors In rin ������������������   nnd  those teachers would not ilien have  to suffer martyrdom in auomptiim  to squeeze u bish'tl of w eat into a  peck measure- hi fore that rru-nsuru  has hud time to grow M������ onou-ih.  True, tho pride of pomji u. ��������� mij'h i  inieniliiiits would thereby ������������������������������������t a md  b*ow, but perhaps ihey would survive  where. There has been some talk  hereof importing brook trout from  the east, but under existing conditions, with the law regarding fishing and i-hooting so flagrantly pet  at nought.'any public spirited company who desire to add to our game  bird- and fishes, are with good reason deterred from risking money in  the .venture, fuliy realizing that  they wonld be "up against it."  The excuses that are made in  justification are marvellous in 'the  extreme! For instance,0 you hear  people loudly proclaiming that it is  quite legal ..to-6.-*h at all times at  Courtney, because it is "tidal wa-  t 'V," just as if that, weie cause for  justification. The Act specifics! y  states that trout shall not be caugin,  J3et.������mi)-.ce.r..t.a^  exempt any waters, but so long as  the law is so loosely carried out as  it is here, io really do s not matter  if there is a law for fishing or for'  shooting hi her.  Granulated Sugar, per 100 lbs.,  $6 75.���������Napier & Partridge.  Miss Austin left Tor Victoria this morn  ing in ies, orihe to a despatch containing  news ol lier mother's serious illness  The Hospital staff is nrrat*igin������ a concert to take plure this month in aid ol  their piano fund  Mrs D Uennie and family will leave  here next week to reside on their ranch  near Nanaimo, Miss and Mr Beanie remaining In Cumberland  Mr and Mrs Pillsbury and family are  mo>.��������� ini* to their farm for the remainder  of the beason  BTOTXOE TO CREDITORS,  . In the -'matter of the estate of Thomas  H. Piercy. late of Demrtan Island,  B C./'decea-ed.  TAKE NOTICE that all persons having  claims against the estate of the lite  Thom;<s H. Piercy, whose will was proved on the -44th clay of February, A.D,  1905, are required to send the particulars  thereof, duly verified by declaration,.to  the undersigned on or before the 8th day  of Aprl, 1905, and further take notice  that after tne said date the executor will  distribute the estate amongst those persons only of whose claims he shall then  have received notice. ������  Dated this 1st day of March, A.D, 1905  MICHAEL MANSON,  _5a______ ___ExeeiUQi-,_  Union Wharf/ B.C.'  Pr  ices   Lower   than   Ever  AT V7EHsTE,OI3E'S  Vew. Spring  Goodn arrive weekly.  DROWNING AT LADYSMITH.  Word was received hero on Saturday of tin' dejiih by drowning of  .little Willie Hofyine, a grandson of  Mr** Monaco It aoponrs tliat .the  boy was found in the well, whence  it is assumed he slipped and fell in,  Tho grrmdnnrotUfl fnel th>" lo.-o  keenly The boy lived with them  this winter.  unaawjWWHimwawJi  mmmamtmtmw  Reports come in of largo catches  pf trout from Black Lako and else*  OFFICIAL ADMINISTRATOR'S  NOTICE.  In the County Conn of  Nanaimo  holden at Cumberland.     In the  matter of Alexandra Martina deceased, and in the matter of the  Official Administrator's Act, dated  2nd day of March, Al), 19^5,  Upon rending llie affidavits of William  Wesley Wiilard and the death ceitificuto  of thc deasihcd Alexandra Martina it is  ordered  that  William  Wesley Wiilard,  official adininitarator,  for  part  ol  tho  County Court District of Nanaimo shall  be Administrator of nil and siiiRiilar ihe  goods, chattels and credits of Alcxiiidrn  Martina deceased intestate and thnt this  order is published in the Cumberland  News newspaper for one insertion.  M. B. HAHIUSON, Co.Cr.J,  Oumburland, B U, 7Ui Maroh, JDOB  0  H. HKKVoal-oTTH, Solioitor for offlolal  Aihninifitrntnr  M������WnMIIIHMnM������HMMMIMMHHMIIIBMMHaHB  MTTNTOlPAliTTY OF  TUB CITY OF CUMBERLAND  Notice is hereby k'ivcii that the Court  of Revision for the purpose of hearing all  ' ��������� . .  , 1 . \ .lh  l.Oll||JI,lll>tJ,     llf.llill.JV     MlV.   . k.i.'k. .J.I,Will    ,\>l,l  of ihe Cumberland Municipality will be  held in the Council Chambeis on Wednesday the 13th day cf April, 1905, at the  hour of 7-30 p.m.  Any person having cause of complirnt  ut lulu A "C "mil 1.. iiii.v, irnL: ������u. li  complaint  in wntuig to the Clerk of tho  Muii'n iiinliiy ������ii   * v. Ten I'a>,  U'luiu  the Mini tUic, or they will be too line lo  be heard in that behalf.  L. W. NUNNS,  Crrv Municipal Vivaxt,  \   tJm.il.frbiiV, |1,C��������� 3lli March, 1U05.  LAND REGISTRY ACT.    ,  TAKE Notice that an application has beon  been made t������ register Abraham MuLuiglin as  blie owner in Fen Simple, uudor a Tux S.de  Deed from the Assessor of the District of On-  raox, to Abraham McLaughlin hearing date  the 11th clay of Oct,, a.d., 1904, of all and  singular that certain parcel or traot of land  and premises situate, lying and being in the  Deoman Island, in the Province of British  Columbia, mora particularly known and  described aa South-oai*t quarter and South-  we������t quart'iT nf Section 10,  Ynu are r*q,"ii'Q<l to oouteat the olaim of  tho tax purohliner within thir-.y daytj from  the date ol fcho service nf thin norioo upon  ���������yiiii, and in dcfnulr, -���������( n, oavnut or oerullcite  of lin peiidoiiH btiii'iJ! fliul witiiin nuoIi pi-riod,  ) mi will he forever onto'-pi'd ami .di'barrod  fiom uottiiif' up an** e'uini.to or ia rotMn-ot  ni the Hind land, and I shall i*fl(*iHter Abraham McLaughlin &h owner thoroof.  Dated ai; Land RogiMtry Oifloo, Viotoiiu,  l-i-ovinco of Brtiish t'oluiiibiii, this lOch day  of January, A.u,, J 005.  S. Y. WOOTTON,  RflgiBir.ir (iwnnral,  To JftmoB Motoalf,  AtiKeuHud Ownor,  LAND RKGISTRY ACT.  In tho matter of an Application for a  Diiplloato Oordlioato of Title  to  Lot 8, Bk, *2 nf iSoution (10 Uunmx  Dixirlot., Map'180  N0TI0K' IS HKR1CHY OIVMN that il In  my intention at thu uxpiraiinnuf ouo month  from fhttfli'Mt publication h������r(iof to wno iv  diiplioiito of Vlit! ciirt'licate ol Vitlo Vn almvn  Lot inwunil to Uoliurt Mi (jinllan on thu 7th  April, 18110, nnd immlminil lt)H5c.  S. Y. WOOTTON,  Registrar-General,  Land Reuistry Office,  Victoria, H.C, and ^eby., 1905.   nyi_j ___nnm���������num nr~������mi n   AR HARROW,  r������ovi.vciAJ. T.ANfi RVflVVYfiTt,  WILL HE OPEN 10 execute Surveys  in the Corno.s   NeNon   District,  durmi; thc  months  of  February  and  ��������� ."ii.iii.ii, . ,  P.TSon* requiirinn lvn services will  oblige byeninmunicaiing with him at the  Elk Hotel, Comox.  Barfk oP Carfada  Capital (paid up),  $8,000,000  Jteserve Fund 3,000,000  Undivided Proffts,     19j3,505  T..E, KENNY, Pai-Hiw-NT. M, L. PEASE, Oinhrai. Makaiuo*  BRANCH'AT CUMBERLAND,  Savings Bank Department i--Di)ponita of $1 aud upwards reoelved;   Interoit ������K  low'iul afc eurront ratuu, couiponiided twine each yoar ou 30th Juuo and 31st Deornnb-jn.  Draftii on all points buuj-ht and sold.  R. E. WALKER, Mjmsbb.  OFPICR HOURS*10 to Iij   Saturday 10 to 12; open   Pay Nighti 7 p.m, toO.pin  VOMa*Wtnw*UmtV*WAwVW*m.t^  CUMBERLAND  Choicest Meats  Htipi'liuu1 ui Lowuhi Market I'lioun  Vegetables  A  liroat  Variety will   alwayn bo  in atook ;   aluo u uupply of  Fresh Fish  will bo oa 8������.lo every We-intNi(lay>  Yonr pairnna|/������ in coiiliidly Invited,  and  all oi'diirn will bo promptly delivered.  EGGS FOR HATCHING.  From Pure-blood .Sii.cl-. Single -omb  \Vh" Leghorn Wyrt-nft' si ruin ��������� the  ;>ie,iti:Ht liters in Aineiici-KuK.S S'-1'0  per 15. A few selected Cm kwlls for s.ilc  price $1.50 each.-Apply, John J, R.  Miller, Little River Poultry Yards, Co-  mux.   Mail order** a'tended to,  JJcPheeASon  PHOPIUKTOUS.  THE DAIUYMBN'S AND LIVE STOCK  ASSOCIATION  OP BRITISH COLUMBIA.  Tho Annual Mhouiik of tho Urtirymon'n  and Livo Souk AhjiouUUou of Urifcinh Col-  mnliia will hn hold in ihe Agriualtiirnl Department of tho Parliament Huililingf" at  V'wU-:.'', !!.<?.,   niiTloiy-l'ty,   M'l .���������.���������'.'...',  at 10 li.iii.* for lionural buduen������, and eU>o  tion nf ollloera for tho prownt yor,  It in i-xpuoted that, PinfeHsor lturld i-l,  Chief CoininiMHionoi', Octawu, nud T, A. F,  VVInnoko, a graduate of Ontario Avrlo.������W  turol O.ilh 0 ���������. ami Chief In-ipeoNir 01 l������i ry-  ii.vr, ''uolph.   will j-iv.  t.,xttr, oniiifFo ��������� n*  -.Ulliuctft,  ' 1  TO CURE A GOLD IN ONE .PAY.  T-.K LAXATIVE HRO.vIO QUINISK i'.*h-  loti.   All diugglitii rdfii'd the iiionfiv if it  fnila to euro,       tt, W. (irave'n eignature ii  , oo eaoh box,   25c  air  rfflViat  IB JLXJX* w:b jlsic  T UST a t'.hanoe to Bhow you that  J wo aKvnyn plein-e o\wcustomer  by f-upplyinR thom with tho BEST  MltSATB at the iowont market  piicDH. A trial order will convince  you.  THE  CITY  Meat   Market,  W. W. McKAY, Proprietor.  tmx^2mostiLmt*m*simmmmmmmemammemmm  Fletcher Bros.j^  Doalo;o m Hi(fh-grade  PIANOS AND  ORGANS  Tlv>   oi lehrittod   flnniunn  HRwrTiniAii,  ; Mknuixmhivu'' nnd Wiluami pUnoi   From  $300 up.   TKRMSTosuiT   T  Ii. BATE,  Local Ag-rmt,