' f FOR MEN��������� Kincst Cashmere Socks 0 GO Extra heavy wool do. ...'. 0 50 Best quality Shetland wool Underwear, per suit i 23 KiHsstnat. wool " i 00 Braces, per pair, 30c. and 10c. ������������������ ' :o: -" ' The English Trading Co. C. E. SHAW, Customs Broker, REVELSTOKE. VoL 2.���������No., 37. I REVELSTOKE, WEST KOOTENAY, B.C., DECEMBER 21, 1895. $2.00 a Year. a CAPITAL, $500,000. SHSP US YOUR Incorporated 1893. Goods bouRlit riKlitout; no com- luisifiou cliurged. Fitlr selection ;im- intMliuio ruturiit,. Shipping tiijfs lur- nished ireo upon request. ,j TIiorolKNODUTy || on li,is or uuy otlx'r yooild no liuudlo. ' Write forCircnls.r jfiviiiK SliilMiiliK 3) ire ctio n -t i> n * LATEST MAXCKJJZ PJttlCUS. Kootenay Lodgre No. 15 A.F. & A.M. The regular meeting are held, in the Masonic Teniplc.Bourne's Hall, on the third .Monday in each month at 8 p.1 m. Visiting brethren cordially welcomed. F. CRAGE. SECREl'AltV. < KEVKLSTOXE LODGE, I. O. O. F, No. 25. Regular meetings aro held in Oddfellows' Hall every Thursday nljylit at eight o'clock. Visiting brothers cordially welcomed. II. S. WIUSON. X.G. ' K. O. I,K\VIS, Sec. NEWS FROM THE SL0CAN. The Doings of West Kootenay's Mining Camp Paragraphed. Big INCORPORATED MAIN HOUSE: 200-212 FirstAvo. North, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. ,BRAXCIXJE8: " ' ��������� HELENA, MONT. _ I CHICAQ0, ILL. I ViCTORiA,'B. C. ' I WINNIPEG, MAN. Cooke&Bozeman 5ts. I ", " - | 55 Wharf St. ' I '234 King St? ^.o: The -^ ' Life Association Toronto. loyal Orange Lodge Ho. 1658. Regular meetings aro held ���������) in the Odd Follows' Hall on the second and fourth Wednesday's of each month at 7:30, p. m: Vkitinif brethren aro cordially invited. ' K. ADAIR. J. I. WOODROW, ,W.J1. Rec. Secy. A. McNEIL, BARBER SHOP AND BATH ROOM, Front Street, .Revelstoke. Capital and Assets Over i i ,$6,000,000. NO CONDITIONS Insurance at Risk Over , $26,000,000 Before insuring, you should sec ihe MH . 'Model'Policv Contract ��������� -1������U issued by the above Company. RESTRICTIONS Full particulars on application to Agents*: , ''' T.L. HAIG,' ���������" :; '". JV D. OBIIEEZE, Agent1 for Revelstoke. , Goieml.Agent for B.C., Vancomer. Haircut, 25c; ?ath, 50c; Six Shaving Tickets for $1.00. GUY BARBER, v - WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, ��������� __. . " 1 ��������� , c "< * '���������������"*, f "��������� ' , Repairing Neatly &. Promptly Executed' REVELSTOKE. B.C. '��������� FURNITURE,'. ,: Doors, Sashes & Blinds. :o:- R. HOWS.ON, REVELSTOKE.. W. O.DWANr: 'WHOLESAt'E ��������� DEALER IN WINES/ UQUORS^D7;.CIGARS. COFFINS CARRIED IN STOCK. AOi:NT KOlt SIN'CKR SEWING MACTUNES. ���������. HALYGON. SPRINGS HOTEL ���������; * Arrow Lake. , , TS now open at those Celebrated Hot *���������' Springs for the accommodation of guests. Rates SL-so to $2.50 a-day. , Baths 25 cants eacfc or five for $1. Special rates to families 'orT>y.tlic month e,ui be arranged. ^' , Dawson, Crnddock VSc Co. 'EBVELSTOKE B.G Stockholm House. I JOHN STONE, Prophiktor. NAVIGATION. .1885 TIME SCHEDULE 1895: TUB OLD FAVORITE STEAMER v ; , (L'apt.. Robt. Sanderson) - ; WILL KU.V HKTWKKN , REVELSTOKE and NAKUSP The Dining Room is furnished /with th Market affords.,, best the THE BAR IS SUPPLIED WITH THE CHOICEST WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS ��������� ��������� .EL*. ABRAHAMSON BROS.. ritoVuiKTOits. F First-class Table ��������� Good- Beds * Fire-proof Safe Telephone ��������� 'Bus 'Meets all Trains. BE"VELSTOSE. JB.O. TH ABR,AirAMSON BROS., Prophiitohs. Everything new and First-class in all Respects. Tiio House is stocked with the Finest Wines and Cigars in the Market TBOUT I^A-IKIIE OITTT, JB.C. 2 Stopping ;it Lakdeau, . Thomson's Landwj and Halcyon Hot . I" Springs during the ���������, ' ��������� Season of 1895. Leaving Rovelstoke Wednesdays and Saturdays at 7 a.m. Leaving Nakusp Mondays and Thursdays at 7. a.m.. The above dates arc subject to change without notice. ' - , KOBERT SANDERSON. Columbia & Kootenay _ Steam Navigation Co.TO PASSENGERS FOR Hall's Landing, Hot Springs, ��������� - Nakusp, Three Forks Nelson, and Slocan Points, Kootenay Lake Points, Trail Creek, Rossland, Northport and Spokane t ���������SHOULD TAK10 THIS��������� STEAMER NAKUSP Leave* WiKMim ���������"'"��������� Nakusp and Ilour.nn. Monday* and Thui-hilays at 7 p.m. Leaven Rob^oii for Nakusp, Wigwam and Canadian Pacific Railway nomts (cast and went) on Tuesdays and Kndays at (J p.m. Connection is made, at liobson with C. & JC. R'y for NeNun and with Kluiimor " Lytton " for Trail Creek and Nonhport. This camp is at present, in a very s;itisfaetorj' condition. 'It is especially lively in the Washington basin and around Cody and Sandon in fact, the last named place may fairly claim to lie "booming." The Nakusp & Slocan and the Kaslo & Slocan railways, generally regarded as rivals, have met at Sandon and have already had several lively encounters in the way of pulling up' tracks and knocking down win chouses, hut it is expected the matters will shortly be settled aud both roads kept busy,haul-' ing out ore and bringing in machinery and supplies. , v Mining men, who are competent to judge say that at least 15,000 tons of ore will be shipped from the1 Slocan this winter. " Three .Forks, although piactically sidetracked by both railway.*, still possesses considerable, vitality, and permanent residents claim that there is enough' mineral on the Noith Fork of Carpenter creek to ensure the permanency of their town. The residents of New Denver are wintering very quietly but are now more confident about the future of their town than at any period for two years hack: P*opei ties, on - the lake shore are now being bonded or sold and several hundred promising dry- ore prospects near the lake are to he o'pened "P by assessment and development work next summer. - At]the head of the lake ,'Hill Bros, are cutting, sawing and piling some very fine lumber, evidently preparing for more lively times. ��������� ���������, c " Judge ", Wilson ' presides at- Rose- bery and is pretty sure that Rosebery will remain as now���������the shipping port of the Slocan lake. 'Silverton is,at present "dead" may soon be alive, again if rthei'o is truth in the'rumor that the Kaslo' & Slucaii railway is to be extended and will touch' the Slocan ,lake at that pointy .,. ..v '", ������������������ ,On"'Four Milt? creek eight'men1 are working on t!ie " Alphai"'.-i:id<Poph<tm & Webb are about tobship -two carloads of high grade dry ore from the "Fishermaiden "claim. The "Currie," on the "Galena Farm" bench below Silverton, is now opened up in good shape and -is for sale or bond. The V Currie," at a depth of 65 feet, shows eight feet of concentrating galena ore and being a crown-granted property would be suitable for a company able to put up a concentrator. On Eight Mile creek, several fine properties are, unfortunately, lying idle, the owners being either unable to work them for want of means, or are " waiting for semethirig to turn up." The "Enterprise" group, on Ten Mile creek, under bond to Mi. J. A. Finch, is showing up well, therefore, it is almost; certain the bond will ,be tiik en up and ore shipped before spring. The. ",Kali������pel" claim, also on Ten Mile creek, was recently sold for$3,000, cash down, to an' American company represented by Mr. ,Lardner,' who proposes to put in several thousand dollars worth of development work hoping to make it one of the big mines of this camp. The ledge'matter on the, surface is St feet across and contains scattered bunches of high grade ruby silver ore. Sam Whittaker, Tom Mulney and several others are living at the south end of the lake and report that duck shooting in the Slocan valley is good as usual but thatt the deer' are being chased south by tho wolves. On|5 Springer, creek,' seventeen men are working on claims located last fall, and a twelve ton shipment of, dry ore has been made to the Pilot Bay smelter. Five tons from the "Exchange" and seven tons - from " the " Howard Fraction " claims. The ore is expected to average at least $150 per ton. Mr. IL> P. Heacock; a general cotract- or and mining man from Helena, Montana, inspected this district last , week and took away with him terms of sale on the ','Arlington," "Tamarack" and "Currie" claims. The C.P.R. is quoting the. rate of $11 per ton' on ore from' Rosebery to the Taconm smeltei. This rate applies to small shipments and will induce 'many of the claim ownets to make trial shipments next season. , , It is reported here that Mr. Kellie, M.P.P., will, at, the "next session of the Provincial Legislature, endeavor ,tohave a clause inserted into the Mineral"Act that, will, it is hoped, the business of claim LARDEAU NOTES. The Fish Creek Camp���������A New , for the, N.E. Arm. Boat' The winter weather lias caused a general cessation of mining operations in the Fi.sli creek district, but work or the past summer amply demonstrates the great mineral possibilities of the camp, and^ with such showings as are made ,by the Glengarry, Sable oreeJc nnd Poil creek proporties, there is no doubt as to its future. Trails are badly wanted here. In fact little can be done trails are construed. > trunk untj Tins want could be supplied a't a comparatively small outlay on the part of ,the government, and it iscto bo hoped that an adequate appropriation will be. ��������� inario for this purpose. Those, interested here feci that they arc not asking too lunch, as no district in West Kootenay has received so little assistance in this particular as Fish creel.-. 'Hie prospects of the camp wiJJ warrant liberal trails Besides expanditure - for roads --aiid opemitions on I entirely ruin htlt I jumping. " ^ If the members of our Provincial Government will give Mr. Kellie their hearty support and -secure' the enactment of law to effectually' stop claim jumping they will earn tbeapprobation .of ninety-five per cent, of the free miners of West Kootenay.- The Slocan, like many other camps in this province^ contains dozens .of promising claims which need capital for development, but men with money are dubious about investing, in any camp where claim jumping, flourishes and unscrupulous lawyers grow fat. The action taken by tbe. authorities to stop claim jumping at Rossland has been heartily endorsed in* the Slocan, and it is hoped that the good ��������� work may go on till we are" all assured of more justice and less law. its well known groups of claims, 31 new locations have, been made in this camp during the season. ' ' ���������' The latest assay from the Agiift.s, one of the claims of the. Sable, creek' group, gives 15 per cent./jopper, 9-1 oz. silver, \\ ozs. gold. The Menhinick ., brothers are constructing a steam launch which they intend operating'between Arrowhead and the various points on the north-,' east arm, next' season. This ' will ensure a regular service, the ?.l.-ick of which has caused considerable in7 convenience in'the past. Patent Processes. Nakusp & Slocan Railway Company NOTICE. ���������VfOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that J.^1 a plan, ��������� profile and book of reference of the branch line of this railway ,from Three Forks to Sandon. examined and certified under section 12.3 of the Railwaj Act of 1S8S by the Deputy of the Minister of Railways and Canals, on 11th December, 1895", was deposited at the Land Registry Office at Victoria on the 20th dav of December instant. A. J. WEAVER.BR1DJMAN, Victoria, B.C.. Secretary. December 20th, 1805. 37-4t ' Miisp & Sloean Railway Company NOTICE. 'OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a revised location plan, profile W. A. JOWETT, MINING AND REAL ESTATE BKOK23, NELSON, B. C. THE REVELSTOKE''PHARMACY. JLardoau & Slocan Prospects Wanted. OIGAES v'm K< '''.itS m' *A fiBf f. SBBWH \ WW I'll ���������Ail rl m JtH Hi jS m ASSAYS and . MILL TESTS. 03 i< H W. PBLL3W HAHVEY, F.O.S.0 Vancouver, B.C. "THE-INFaNT" -3."for 25o.: . .Samples tested from. . 1 Ib. to 1 ton in weight. All Ass-vvs tiiado in OortifioatoM forwarded by Duplicate, return. T .& B Etc. AtES Q H For locnl timccu.ru of the Company's fcteain- ers on Kootenay Lake apply to the purser on board. * , For full information as to ticketr. rates, etc., apply to T. Allan, Secretary, Nelson. JJ O. OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. ROYAL MAIL LINE8. CHEAPEST route to the OLD COUNTRY. Proposed Sailings from .Montreal. AI.UX LINK. Parisian Nov. 9 ���������Mongolian '��������� ig LINK. Oct. 20 " Nov. 10 N and book of reference of a portion of the brunch line of this Railway from Three Forks to Sandon, examined and (���������citified node* suction 130 of the Kail- way Act of 18SS by the Deputy of the Minister of Hail ways and Canals on tho J2th December, IS'<)~>. was deposited in thi! Land Ki'Kistry ollice at Victoria on tin* 2lst December, inst. A. J. WEAVER RRIDJMAN, Victoria, R.O., Secretary. December 21st, 18tt.r). 37-lt STEAMER ARROW WRECKED. Lying in the Northeast Arm of Upper Arrow Lake. A report was received late this afternoon, via Arrowhead, that the steamer Arrow had been seen on the north shore of the Northeast Arm lying partially submerged with bottom up. The Arrow is a small screw steamer plying on Upper Arrow Lake. She left Arrowhead Thursday afternoon with a cargo which she discharged safely at Thomson's Landing. No particulars have been received ,but it is supposed that she was endeavoring to put out into the lake again in the face of the fierce gale which was blowing tit the time and was capsized. Her crew consisted of two men���������("apt. Vanderburgh and an engineer, who are supposed to be drowned, as nothing has been heard of them. Now that the mining' industry has revived and'is getting onas.'itisfactory basis, the "patent' process" man is being heard of in many quarters, with his machine t that is going ,to revolutionize the mining- industry. This machine has many forms, sometimes it is going to save an unhnard of percent-' age of flour and rusty gold,, from, the placer deposits, sometimes it is going to smelt rebellious oros j:or a dollar a ton,'and sometimes it is a f solution" that will enable the mill man' to amalgamate raw sulphides and save 9S per cent of their value. It is always something that is going to attain tho unattainable. /.The west ��������� is strewn" with the wrecks of similar machines, - furnaces and mills and those' who have pinned their faith ��������� to them. Progress in metallurgy-does not come in tin's way, it comes through small improvements on known and proved devices, ��������� and gradual modifications of well tried methods. There seems to be a certain attraction to many minds in the mysterious, and anything that is supposed to embody a new principle in chemistry or mechanics and is. sure to find someone to put money in it. There are those who make a business of exploiting patents. Let them prove them, but managers and owners would do well to let anything severely alone in the way of ore treatment than has not stood the test for years. >��������� Experimentation is very risky and expensive. ���������Miner and Electrician. - DOMINION MAICII'OSA VaNCOI'VKU UF.VVKIt LINK. Laicf: Wi.v.N-ti������i:o I.*kk Ontario .Nov. THE REVELSTOKE PHARMACY. Cabin $1.5, ?.VI, ?������J, ������70, $.'0 and upward*. Intermediate $.���������������): Steerage ?.'0. ��������� I'.-uv-en^-iTs ticketed throuirli to nil jiur<s of Great Unt.iin and Ireland, and at specially low rates to nil jiait.s of the Ktirojiean continent. Apply to iKMi-c.-it-.tc.-iniqllip or railway ntfent.to I. T. BREWSTER, Agent, Rcvelstcls o. or to KnncisT Ki:isa, Gen. 1 'avenger Af;cr ; ���������\\ iunipctf. Private Eill Notice. ���������VpOTIUK IS HEREBY GIVEN that _!_> applicat ion" will be made to the Legislative As-sembly of the Province of British Columbia at its next session for an act to incorporate ai company for the purpose of constructing, operating and working deep tunnels, drifts, or shafts for the purpose of exploring for, discovering, working, getting, acquiring anr1 recovering minerals situate in blind veins, ledges or lodes in the Districts of East and west Kootenay, Yale and Cariboo, in the Province of British Columbia, and for entering upon and acquiring lands for such purposes, and for collecting tolls 'ror the use of such tunnels or workings by any other persons or companies engaged in mining and for acquiring !>ueh water powers or privileges as" nitty, be necessary or convenient therefor, together with such other powers or privileges, rights or- incidents, as may lie necessary for or incidental or conducive to the attainment of the foregoing objects or any <>i thorn. A.'E. HUM PUREYS, 37-Ct Applicant. Christmas Tree Entertainments. The annual Christmas True Entertainment at the Methodist church attracted an audience, suflicient to crowd that edifice Tuesday evening. II. S. Wilson was the "Santa Claus" of the occasion and old and young participated in the distribution of gifts. The balance of the programme was made up of music, readings and recitations, and proved very acceptable to the audience. A similar entertainment will be given in the Presbyterian church New Year's night. First Snow Blockade of the Season. A snow blockade, which resulted in disarranging the Christmas programme of several travellers, occurred ut Ross Peak���������37 miles east of Revelstoke��������� on Monday and caused the first delay of the season on the main line. The slide occurred sometime after the passing of No. 2, from the west, Monday and tt huge force of men were immediately put to wOrk to clear the obstruction. The passengers on Monday and Tuesday's trains, which were held at (j lacier, were made as comfortable as possible at the Glacier House until Wednesday morning, by which time the track htid been cleared and regular trallic resumed. ' MANITOBA'S CHRISTMAS BOX. Premier Green way Presents the Prairie Province With a General Election. Premier Green way's Christmas box to the people of-Manitoba is a general election and, while it caused general surprise, it did not give universal satisfaction to the people of the prairie province. This is especially ihe case with the adherents of the conservati\e "opposition who are ill prepared for, an appeal to the country. The nominations will be hold on' January Stii and the voting takes place on the J 5th. The writs are returnable on tho -.'Jul and the legislature is called toassemble. for the despatch of business on tho 2'lth. This is pretty quick work, but the business interests, which are always more or less disturbed by a general election, will be thankful that the inevitable excitement will l)r. of so short duration. . The people will be. again asked to pronounce upon alio ' school question and in his address .to the electors Premier Green way gives tho keynote of the campaign. He says: "The menacing attitude assumed by the Dominion government with reference to the educational legislation of the proviuce has made it nceess.irr ' to take the sense of the electors upon the question thus forced upon them." It is a matter for regret that this whole question of education - in Manitoba was not settled withunt all this strife and acrimony. No doubt thin could have been done and the whole affair amicably settled had there been more statesmen and fever "politicians" in public life in both Provincial and Dominion afl.iirs--- politicians who do not hesitate t i appeal to tho prejudices of one and tl.e passions of another s<ict"on ot tb������- electors-for the purjio.se of g.iinini' a party advantage. "^fi&HS-tt RBg������3 j������^V-/ri.-i.-\\v"v,'Pi:i������^<','.",'iivjf*v-,,Kv'- ,W.V������l*t������������.i!,lis',������lj Sfc-P*- ass 2 **"��� ��� ~" ~ " ���CURRENT NOTES. ' It waa tha first Emperor Nicholas of Russia, "s-bo described Turkey as the "Sick lean." On tho night of tbe 9th January, 1853, Sir Hamilton Seymour, minister of Great Britain at St. Petersburg, was at a party in the palace of the Archduchess Helen. There Nicholas , said to him: " The affairs of Turkey are in . a very disorganized condition. The country itself seems to be falling to pieces. The fall will be a great misfortune, and it is very important that England and Russia should come to a perfectly good understanding upon these affairs, and that neither should takcyany decisive step.'" The English minister answered that this .was certainly his view of the way in which the Turkish question should 'be treated. Nicholas then said, as if continuing his -previous remarks: "Stay; we have on our hands a sick man, a very sick man. ' It will be, I tell you frankly, a great misfortune if, one of t hese days, he ���should slip away from'us, especially before all necessary arrangements are. made." ,' % This is the origin of the phrase that became extended Into "the Sick Man of Europe." On a later occasion the emperor, speaking to the same minister, said: "Turkey has by degrees fallen into such a state of decrepitude that, ,j as I told you the other night, eager as we all arc for tho prolonged existence. of the man (and that I am as desirous 'as you can be for the continuance of his life I bee? you to believe), he^pjay sud-. - denly die upon our hands'." Nicholas vent on to inform Sir Hamilton Sey- THE .FARM.. ���.[ Feeding: Lambs. " One of the hardest things to do just now is to get the lambs on a grain diet. It is quite essential -that they should be fed grain by the time cold weather comes, and it takes considerable good management to put them on the grain diet successfully," says E. P. Smith.. "New grain Is generally, injurious to them because they are not used to it. New corn , undigested may kill a lamb, or make half a flock sick and bring on inflammation of the bowels. A young lamb knows no more how to eat grain than a baby understands how to chew meat. In either case the habit of using food properly must be taught. If tha child should swallow,tho meat without masticating it ho would suffer as a consequence, and so with,the lambs. A great many think t hat moist bran is the best grain diet to give to the lambs at first, but soft, mushy food Ls apt to cause trouble in the stomach as hard, lumD grain. Oats and,' bran mixed together cause tho least trouble. Corn is not a good gram to begin with, unless it is ground into meal. A few oats with moist bran sprinkled in them 'will tempt the lambs as much as any gram, and they will suffer the least from such a diet. A little bran should be scattered around the feeding trough to tempt them to try the grain. After licking up this they will begin to eat oats' and bran mixed together. Axle grease modifies the grain bill. A horse's power Is proportionate to his food. Regular and plentiful feeding is good economy. Five cents' worth of sugar is better than a dollar in whips Blinders are worth more on the driver than on the horse. He who cannot govern himself cannot govern horses. The blacksmith is father to much lameness, v Few farm horses need shoes. .Horses need food, and water whenever their driver does. The golden rule applies to horses the same as to men. The more whip the less horsemanship. the Lambs should be fed a gram diet very carefully. Give them, at first just enough to tempt theni'i to come again. Do not overfeed" them with- grain.' One false step in this direction may cost you the lives ��� of several ��� of the choicest animals. , When they come' readily to tho feeding trough .when called the "diet chould bo increased a trifle each day, but they, should not ';o placed upon, a full diet of. all that "" eat up clean inside of a month mour thatjhc would never permit England to establish herself at Constantinople. As for himself, ho was disposed _ ����0��'(Jr(jij to engage not to'establish himself there, jf j.jjey are fed all they can eat in but he added: "It might happen that Wo weeks after first. tempted with' circumstances, if no, previous provision ^ff^^J^J^^J^ were/made, if everything should be lert .through the winter. Tho time of to chance, might place me in the position of occupying Constantinople/ ' A month later, at a party given by the hereditary grand duchess, the em- ,peror said to Sir Hamilton, Seymour: "If your government has been led ,to believe , that Turkey retains any elements of existence your government 'j^v^ must' have received incorrect information. ; I repeat to you that the 'sick 'man' is dying, and we can never allow such an event to take us by surprise. ���We must come to an understanding." feeding should bo at regular stated intervals. Irregularity in the time and .quantity o'f the food are sources of a great deal of trouble with the winter lambs. Oats and ' bran' should be fed tho first week' or two, and then wheat or- ryo .can lie mixed in and after a month corn can be fed. The latter grain is the hardest for the lambs to digest, and it''should not be made a part or their grain diet until their stomachs become accustomed to coarse food." ' Money in Mutton. The best time to buy sheep is in late'summer or fall. It will soon bo in Nicholas demanded of the " sick man" order'to' couple -sheep, and as early the right 'to protect all" Turkish sub-,.' lambs add largely to the profit the jects,who' professed the Greek religion,' management of shcop in the fall is as and this right he claimed to have ���pro-"WP(jrtant as during any other season, cured by treaty, but, the sultan refusing The fam should be pure bred and pro- to recognize that interpretation of the compact, France' and England united in supporting Turkey"against Russia. 'Tho , allied armies landed in the Crimea in ��� ��� September, 1851. The decisive' victories at Alma and ^Inkerman, the siege of Scbastopol, the victories of the Eng- ' lish fleet' in the Baltic, proved too much *-r Nicholas, who died March 2, 1855. The " sick man " continues ��� to linger, ffo-day he finds himself confronted with a totally dilfcrcnt organization of moral and material forces, all directed toward hastening his end. France has become the ally of llussia. Italy, which was made a first-class power diplomatically by England at the treaty of Berlin, by which a further lease of life was given to the " sick nian," cannot assist the architect of her own elevation. Austria dare not stir in any contest against Russia. Prussia also was admitted on equal terms with the other powers by the treaty of Berlin, but the Germany of today must watch the Rhine and' keep out of foreign wars. Russia appears to have taken "the first &tep toward either detaching Armenia from the Ottoman Empire or is about to invade the empire to force the long-deferred dissolution. England looks on, quietly, but ia all veady to spring. The situation is serious but not critical.' England will probably be content to let'Armenia go if with that Russia will be content. Meanwhile the "sick man" ia very sick indeed, but it would be rash to predict his funeral as an event of immediate probability. He is so big that, even when dissolution sets in. it will take him some time to die (ill over. cured from a flock^-whero the sheep ��� are thrifty. - All ewes that are not, robust, or which show the least 'evidence of unsoundness, should be discarded. By careful selection and bringing the ewes into'tho winter in good condition they'will have no difficulty in with-, standing tbe cold, and their lambs will be strong and thrifty in the early por- j tion of tho year. Dogs can be kept from sheep by Judicious' liso of barbed wire, the lower strand being on the ground or buried two inches beneath the surface, and tho next strand four , inches above the lower one. Sheep do not often receive injury from barbed wire, tho wool being a protection. If dogs can be kept from sheep they can be raised with but little" labor, and will partially support' themselves while plants "are growing, both weeds and grass being 'consumed by them, and they will enrich tho soil with their droppings, which are evenly distributed and trodden in. When farmers recognize tha't wool is not the only product of sheep they will improve their flocks, and 'make larger profits. .- While there are individual sheep - with good records as producers of heavy fleeces, yet the average clipping of wool is not over four pounds per sheep, due 'to breeding sheep that can thrive on scanty pastures and ignoring size. The present flocks can be almost entirely change ed in two seasons, and at less expense' than with .any other class of stock. In England the farmers have , ceased to attach importance to wool,' breeding for mutton and lamb, with wool as a secondary product, and the long experience of the English farmers should be a guide to farmers' in thu country. In England the farmer pays a high rent and uses roots as a special food for sheep, the object being to produce a mutton of 'chou^s quality. In our large marker? choice mutton sells read- ly, but. it must be admitted that the large number of inferior sheep that leach the markets assist' in keeping down prices to a certain extent, yet those farmers who have sent good ones ; to market have not U-ec disappoint- ] ed in profits. Dire Distress In Newfoundland. The ,St. John's, Nfld., Herald prints a series of letters from correspondent* along the south and west coast to the effect that dire distress prevails among th*-' poorest clasj of people residing there, especially those receiving pauper rolief. The retrenchment policy of the Government necessitated die. cut! big off of half the pauper grants, and, tho t'ir-h- eri��;�� l'*>.ing poor, m.my find themselves in , wretched circumstances. The eor- respondents predict starvation in numerous instances unless prompt help is BUpplied by the authorities. A Difficult Requirement. The curious effect that may be produced by a. very ams.ll transposition of words and ideas is illustrated by this slightly " mixed " construction, recently given liy an officer at drill to a company of men : When f give the command, ' Hal! 1* you will bring the font which is on the ground to the aide of the one which is In the air, and remain motionless I Tho Real Trouble. 1)0 Auntie���.Tohnnift, you1-must never Afraid to tell the truth. Johnnie���No, auntie, f ain't. It's to tell a lie without being afraid that bothers me. His Real Danger. Prisoner���1 am afraid the judge, will 'condemn, ma this time for alJ i can do. ���Counsel-��� l.k' .thankful if he doesn't condemn vou mr all yon didn't, do. Only Good Treatment Necessary. Good food and good care are essential to successful poultry raising, but this dcxis not by any rne.-m.s imply .that ' it is necessary to be constantly f*!.<v<<inK with them., ft is possible to go to an extre.me either way���to put in too , much time addling and working with .them, or neglecting them almost cri- tirety, simply allowing them to lake ' care of themselves. Good fpr.d arid good water with shade .ire almost all that are, needed from .spring until fall, if the fowls can be Riven a good range, wit h' healthy stock to l^egin with arid then .{food treatment is given them, they w:TT -i<>ed no artificial preparations to keep tlictn healthy, and the feeding of codhver oil feeds is an injury rather than a lienefit. No lotion is sufficient to make, up the daily wastes nf the system. Material to make a .steady growth is what is required, and the more completely this is .supplied, the U't.ter will be the re-sults in every way, and this should be .supplied at as low cost as possible in order to be able to realize the largest, profit. Maxims oT an Old Teamster. Bad-tempered driver���bad tempered team. There are more balky drivers than balky horses. dig loads, Utile, profits. Whip" are like, emetics, to be used very seldom. Noisy diivers are like noisy wagons ���both empty. HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICITY. Many Devices by .Ileum* of Which Domcotlc UnilOft ire Ie��nene<l. At the present tunc almost everything can be done by electricity, and each day increases man's power over it thanks to the genius and 'perseverance of such men as Thomas A. Edison, Nicola Tcsla, Siemens, i Brush and other great scientists. Electricity is used for lighting, heating, locomotion, the transmission of-sounds and symbols, as in the ' telegraph,- telephone, and kinctoscope, and now this wonderful power has been boxed up until it can be made to run households of the future. ��� In the coming homo, presided over by the coming woman, electricity will be stored in nice little jars or cells and left at the house each morning, just as the milk is nowadays. Indeed, from the present electrical indications, it will not, be surprising if the entire retinue of servants were some day replaced by a set of lay figures, who will automatically perform every domestic duty according -to Edisonian ��� laws duly laid down and promulgated. Here aro some of the latest household appliances which can be evolved from electricity. ELECTRIC BATHING can be performed at home in'the following manner: An'electric bath can bo fitted up by a combination in series of a shocking- coil and a small transformer., The whole is placed in a little marble receptacle above the bath and at one side. The secondary of the transformer moves along thw sides, and a rod passing to tho outside enables tho, current to be regulated from a* maximum to a ' minimum strength. Tho primary oircuit is provided with an interrupter. The wires of the secondary proceed directly to the 'eleotrodes, 'winch are simple plates of metal that can be placed anywhere in the bath by means of suspending hooks. There may' also b<S added an amporemeter for, continuous and alternating currents, by means of which the strength of the currents can be estimated with a strict accuracy. An' electric candle is another novelty which is sure to be popular for the bghting and decorating of dining and other tables. An ingenious device for lighting, the candle is provided by placing small pads under the tablecloth and taking the current from them ���' by means .of two pin points in 'tho base of the candlestick. The' candles, of course, are extinguished' on being taken, from the table and aro relighted when they are replaced, in ' '"THE PROPER POSITION. They are so arranged,that tho bulb and glass imitation of a wax candle can bo removed, when the candlestick can be used for an ordinary candle. When used with shades of colored silk tho electric candle makes ono of the prettiest additions to a dinner table that it is possible to imagine. Yet another electrical appliance for tho house is a radiator for heating, which has been successfully tried in England, and which can be fixed and operated at a ridiculously, low cost. A large theatre has been perfectly heated at a cost of 72 cents an hour, and it' is calculated that an ordinary house can be perfectly warmed for 10 cents a day. So you see the possibilities of electricity in the household are quite ��� beyond all mortal imagination, and only time will serve to de-' velop its wonders. It was a Lover and His Lass.. A despatch from Charleston, W. Va., says :���There was a remarkable ' duel in' Eagle on Sunday. Ervin Hartley saw his sweetheart, Eettie Shields, in the street with a young man last Wednesday and demanded an explanation. The explanation was given, but it was not satisfactory, and Hartley declared than he would make trouble for Miss Shields. After Drooding over the matter for three days. Hartley decided to shoot Miss Shielus. He met her in the street, and pulling a pistol from , his pocket, fired at her. The bullet cut the skin of Miss Shields' neck. Then she took a pistol her brother' had loaned her and fired three shots at Hartley, each of them taking effect and making- wounds which may result fatally. Hartley Ls the son of a well-to-do merchant, and has stood high in tho community, this being his first escapade. Miss Shields is the' daughter of Franklin Shields, and is very popular. She is eighteen year.s of age. Soon Managed It. y A Liverpool merchant recently went, to hi.i bead clerk and said: John 1 owe about JJIO.OOO and all f poj*e<(3 ia iii,iiW. which is locked up in the Hnfc, I have been thinking that (hr.< i.i the nghi time 11, make an a��-iii{n- merit, but what piau.-iiMe prwlfstt ( can fn.e mv crc'iKdrs I know n-.il. Vou h/i''e plenty of brain.-i , think the. matter o.'er, and let me know ycur dc b.ion in I ne morning. The cleric promised to do vi. On entering 'be office m-vt morning I iie merchant if.ur.ix the .safe open, the money ^one, an i in its place a let ter which rend -u< follow-*: I have f-iken the Jl'.iXjQ and have' gone to South America, ft Li the best exr.ii.se. yri\i can itive your creditors SOME ODDJiAPPEBIIGS QUEER THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE OLD WORLD. , Prince Itlsmarcli'x Consratnlnlloim���TIk- toiisest Telephone Wire���Snmlay I.RM , In Germany���An Eccentric Will���Jlarn- ronl Down to Zrro���Clever Capture ol n Thier. ' In Turin, Italy, the ' twin brothers Hugo and Guido Palazzi lately married the twin sisters, Euphrasia and Virginia Thevenet. It is feared that interdo- mestic complications will arise. Prof. Goldberg reports that in its conception the whale is a legged mammal. He found that until the embory reaches a length of several finches legs are plainly discernible thereon, ,but these disappear long before birth. 0 Princo Bismarck received about 218,- 000 postal cards from as many admirers congratulating him on his eightieth birthday. These cards have a total weight of 1,320 pounds, and piled up in one column would reach a height 'of 150 feet. At Littau. Austria, a fifteen7year-old girl carrying a pair of scissors, in, her hand while passing through the house, stumbled and fell. The points of the implement entered her left breast and she died within an hour. The longest suspended telephone wire is no doubt that extending across Lake Wallenstadt, Switzerland. The distance from post to post measures one and a half miles, vet at the lowest point the wire is still 1*20 feet above the lake.' An extraordinarily largo number of dwarfs live in the District of Riwas, in the Eastern Pyrenees. Tradition has it that they are tho descendants of a race which inhabited those mountain regions in prehistoric times. < In Lublin a young woman named Semschalowa has been sentenced' to twenty years', imprisonment at .hard labor for cremating the living bodies of the two small children of a. neighbor with whom she was at enmity. ' ��� Flies and mosquitoes were so numerous in., Iceland'last summer that the farmers had to wear gloves and face masks while working in tho fields. Pending ther discovery of an anti-fly bacillus, one hundred frogs have been imported lately, to begin the work of destruction. -' ' A physician in - the Department de Maine-et-Loire, France, bas established the bamboo in his garden and introduced it in his kitchen. He reports that young bamboo shoots ..equal asparagus and Brussels sprouts, and that this new vegetable is nutritious and easily digested. With French ��� sauce, "nota bene. Sweden'can boast of a steamboat on wheels. This unique vehicle makes regular trips, overland from' one lake to another near by. To leave one lake it approaches, the 'slioro with a full head of steam oii, rushes over the rails ot tho connecting road to the top of the eminence midway, shoots down to tho other lake, and then its screw propellers merrily churn the waters, again. , , Lieut. Baden Powell, of the British Army, claims to have made successful- experiments with a monster kite of 500 square feet, supplemented by three smaller kites, the team to carry a man aloft. The tests were made onl�� when gentle winds-prevailed. Tho device is to serve as an occasional substitute for the captive balloon. - An eccentric old bachelor who died latetly at Odessa, Russia, bequeathed 4,000,000 rubles (about ��2,000,000) to his four nieces on condition that .they first go into service as chambermaids, washerwomen or coal women for fifteen months. Tho local police are charged with the duty of seeing that the condition of the will, is strictly complied with. So far tho heiresses have received 803 offers of marriage. Of the 4,000 soldiers lying in tho hospitals of Madagascar a great many suffer from abscesses on the legs, caused by grass ' seeds having sharp barbs which enter tho flesh. This is news, though it is not new. Before the war many Creoles, working in tho gold mines there, lost some of their toes, and sometimes half the foot, in consequence of wound inflicted,by the tiny points of such poisonous grass seeds. Neapolitans 'and macaroni are no longer inseparable. Tho Neapolitan police happened to 'observe lately that largo quantities of bones entered tho macaroni factories. Investigation disclosed that the bones 'were ground finely and incorporated in tho dough, because somebody had discovered that bone meal imparts an extra " delicious"- flavor to the national dish. Subsequently a rumor went abroad, and is still there, that most of these flavoring bones came from old graveyards, and now the macaroni consumption in Naples is down to zero. Wine may be only a mocker when taken from the barrel, but it seems to be a terror while still in tho vat. Not long ago, at Schaffhau.sen, Switzerland, a farmer proceeded to taste the juice in one. of his high vats.' To fill his glass ho stirred the mass or crushed grapes. The escaping gases must, have stupefied him immediately, for shortly afterwards he was found dead. - ON THE CATTLE RANCHES. Kal-Ong' of Cull le ii tery Prolilnbie Run - ne��s. The fact that nearly 20,000 fat,'cattle averaging ��10 a head have been shipped from the western ranges this season establishes cattle raising for the old country markets as the1 leading industry of the Territories, says the Calgary Herald. Compared with grain- growing or any, other branch of farming, cattle, ranching .stands out pre-eminently as the safest, easiest and most' profitable thing that a man can turn his hand to. There is in fact no occupation or industry in Canada that to the industrious man of small capital offers such advantages. The 4.0U0 head of stockers that have been shipped in from tho east this sea- sou furnish an,indication of the possibilities open to tho ranch, r. Two year old stockers were laid down in Calgary this fall at $23 to ��25 a head. Many of these were sold in small lota to men with bands of twenty-five, fifty, or a hundred or two head. The.se eastern cattle being unaccustomed to .wintering out will have to be fed during a part of the winter at a cost of a few dollars a head, but next season they will he in shape to bo sold as three-year-olds at ��40 each. Yearlings can bo bought for $10 to ��17 now, and after running on tho range for a couple of years can bo cashed at ��40, each; and all this, be it noted is done'by tho grass of Southern Alberta, which for its remarkable fattening properties in both winter and summer Ls peculiar to this section of tho North-West. iissiflE bFiaghiery ATHLETES MADE WITHOUT' EXERTION ON THEIR PART. " '& A short time since a paragraph announced that i\T.'iri<u/i<; Sarah Ai-trt\- hardt intends ro make a tour in Germany. The following Jotter has h".en read ���" Pleas" contradict the paragraph from German paper1 reprodii'-cd in the Fitjaro, -ciyinf? rhat I nn about to play in Germany, f don't deal in politics; f don't blame anyone; but. 1 won't net in Germany." The curions fact (n,�� r>e<-;n oh"p,rvpj', while butldirifrs ww.mWy ,-ii'i more li able to -icrid��iit *, from n^hlnin;< durin," Ihe first, half of the, yo.ir Ih-in 'Inrinf.; last, b'irn-i form in e <fejilir.fi m tin- rule, fn altf-rnrrf iruc '������ I'i'itrril. f"i this, it his been -iiiir ^-,|(. (, triit a full barn is warmer fli'iri mi em ��'y one, and that the hr-ite.l an I -.mi ,wir! moi 't, ai ri��inc; from trie strt-.v nr li;iy ii /nor- ' cori'liici-'e than cooler air and "all iar I lighf.riing. < Caricaturists in depicting n German are in the habit of putting a big pipe in his mouth. The pipe i.s national, indeed ; but the Germans as a nation are far from being Ihe. greatest sriinkprs. They 'lo not smoke more than Frenchmen, Russians, Swedes or Hungarians, '/'he men of t he United Status and t lie mi'ti of Switzerland are. tbe most in- vel crate, smokers on earth. In these two countries the consutnptioii of lohae- r'o per capita is three times greater than in Germany. One night not' long ago as a Dnnau steamer from I'elj/radft to Odessa ne.ared a small village in llulgaria a young man approached the, captain and re- 'lue.sted to be put ashore. He landed. J fa If an hour later another passenger rii'iherl up to Mia commander and de- piringly complainr-.d that his satchel, ���orlt-limn/ IO.'iO'I francs, had, mysteri- ���lOily disappeared. The captain said .rio' hirtf^, bu(. quietly reversed the ship's .-our-"<��� ; Mien he, covered the, golden let- .-crs of in name, with a nail cloth and made "fiiiii: other changes, .so tli.it from i distance, till vesse.J present erl an alto- "���{ her different appearanro. On rcturri- '<\i' near.the spot, where the first, pa.s- c/igcr !i,i'l landed, Ihe steamboat, was h'lifed, arid it, promptly arrested its ipeeii. A ikiff approached, and a few ninnies l-il.r-r I li'i ��ecornl paswri/er had ii ��� MlD'Ki frini-i luck and (lie captain i t'l a innn in irons. Lazy and Infirm I'ernoiiH Suppltnl' With CurintiK Mechanical Contrivances That Srrvc' (o 3>cvcl<>'i> I'.rery J'art ol'the Body���One Hujr Jlancc and lilctc and JVever .Move a IHimrlc liy Act of tits ��Mv Will. ' This is the age of machinery, and the genius of mechanism pervades all departments of life. It is, however, none tho less startling to lie confronted with apparatus which lays hold on you in whatsoever "manner ��� j'ou . desire, strokes you gontly, pats you,, shakes you, twists, you, Jn fine,.'manipulates you as" you please, and that so gently and so daintily that your nerves give no hint of rebellion. To be sure, tho appliances have tho air of relics from the tortures of tho Inquisition, "but that is only another 'evidence of tho deceitful characteristics of, appearances. , These apparatus are tho invention of' Dr. G. Zander, of Stockholm, who has spent tho .bulk of his life'in. perfecting his system of mechanico-thcrapcutic contrivances for the treatment of disease and for the general development of tho physique. To a great extent and in tho moro novel fforms the instrument's aro designed to 'afford mechanical substitutes for massage.���manipulation by human attendants. < Within the last twenty years massage has come to bo recognized as ot marvelous worth in tho treatment of the human body for its,, restoration or for v its development/ That it has been made the means of abuses docs not detract from' its value -whore JUDICIOUSLY EMPLOYED.. , , It'may bo saidi that massage in simple form has been practiced by all men of all tunes, as, for illustration, in rubbing and friction, but its scope ' has been so much' enlarged and its importance so much' esteemed of late that it is practically tho invention of"'the generation. For its proper service it is essential that tho,operators should possess a variety of' abilities, which, unfortunately, "are not commonly united in one person. Dr. Zander bas sought to unite tho desired qualities artificially in mechanical appliances and he has succeeded marvelously. ' Tho inventor by his medical training was conversant with all tho peculiarities of' the human anatomy, a knowledge which -he made tho guide in the construction of his apparatus. * Tho ordinary masseur knows littlo or nothing about joints, smews, and organs, and as a result his services lose their value in great part. Tho instruments aro so carefully considered and skillfully adjusted that their work is beyond criticism. The most curious of tho instruments arc thoso for tho passive movements. These are designated for those invalids unable to endure the exertion of active movements, and they aro designed also foiy those others who are so lazy that they will not onduro tho work of ordinary physical gymnastics. One of .those machines ia tho saddle horse. It is a luxurious bit from a merry-go- round in form, and is made for cither man or woman. \ The patient, mounts it, a lever is moved, and tho patient is on ,his travels. He docs not travel forward, but up, then down, and that is all. Tho exact movement of a trotting gait is reproduced, and it may bo regulated to , tho slightest staccato movement or the wild rise and fall of a bucking bronco. . * Another instrument is for trunk rotation. The patient sits on a comfortable and innocent seeming chair, the lover i.s moved, and the decorous patient becomes in the twinkling of,an eye tho rival of any . c OIUKNTAL NAUTCH GIRL. The scat wabbles and sways, undulating, gyrating until any desired a mount of" exl'ernul and internal agitation is produced. liy other contrivances one can have rubbings of the feet, the hands, or, indeed, any part of tho body, and that with a gentleness and regularity that arc ���most gratifying. Of all this sort the most popular is ono in the form of a huge cushioned chair, which has a long ���ipcning in < lift back. Tlic sybarite lies in this, and of a sudden tho chair begins a slow and languorous movement back and forth, while at the same I imo two covered wheels rise through (lie open back and stroke his back softly yet firmly with delightful assiduity that Soon induces sl��op1_ Another instrument "has looped rubber hummers that beat a swift tattoo on any part, of the body, that stimulates the sluggish blood. Another allows you to place your feet on a box, and forthwith your toes are genuinely twinkling in tho quick vibrations. Or you may lean against a .solid-seeming pad, which forthwith imparts a thrilling tremolo to your astonished flesh. An interesting machine is one which seizes your foot and lifts it high in air without aught of effort on your part. It should be added that every instrument is capable of the. nicest adjustment, so that the most delicate need not be injured by the emotion, and all sre jinivided with a minute gla-ss by which the subject may time his e.\" crcLsc Trlek With Fire. A clever boy can do some mystifying conjuring and have no end if fun if he will only keep his wits about him and make each move at tho proper tune. The main'thing is to keep the'attention of the audience away from tbtt yivotal point of the trick till the climax. We heard about an easy one tho other day, the preparation for which may all be done beforehand. Did you ever see a conjurer bold up a bit of white paper, touch a match to it, and have a tiny flame start in the center, of the paper and wind around until, it had drawn the outlines of an animal or spelled somebody's name, and then die out, .leaving the lines* burned in the paper as though they had been1 cut out f It probably seemed very wonderful to you, but it is easily done. Take some saltpeter and dissolve in ��� water until tho water will take up no ��� more. Then with a wooden point, such as��tho sharpened end of a match; use th is < solution as ink and write youi' name or draw a pattern on paper. Any paper will do, but unsized paper will Jiot show tho mark ������ when t ho liquid dries, which it will very soon do. , How arc you to know whoro to start from? i Make, a pencil mark at the spot. When'you aro ready apply to the mark a tiny coal or glowing stick that is not actually aflame. You will ,seo tho burning spread until it has run all along the' line you 'made, 'and if will mystify as well as amuse ovorylxidy who watches it. After you have learned to do it 'successful ly you can prepare a'lot of papers with queer patterns and funny animals and have them tacked up on littlo frames, and perhaps give a 'little " show ',' all your own. The Chinese'Way. Somebody has been ' observing Chinese methods ' and says that thoy do everything backward. ' Their compass points to tho south instead of thornorth. The men wear skirts and the women trousers ; while tho men wear their hair long, tho women coil their's in a knot. The, dressmakers arc men; the women, carry burdens. The spoken language is not written, and tho written language is , not spoken. Books aro read ,backwards, and^any notes are inserted at tho top. White is-used for mourning, and the bridesmaids wear'black��� instead of being maidens! their functionaries are-old women. The Chinese surname, comes first, and they shake their own hands instead of one whom they, would greet. .Vessels aro launched sideways, and horses are mounted from the off side.' They commence. their dinner with dessert, and end, up with soup and fish. In- shaving, the barber operates on tho head, cutting tho hair upward, then downward, ana ' then polishes it off with a small knifo, which is passed over the eyebrows and into the nose to remove any superflu' ous hairs;"and tho performance,is completed by removing the wax- from the { cars- with"a piece ot cotton wool on a wire. ' '', i'' < C* What Puzzled Margery. This is-Margcry's first year in school, and she-is greatly interested in everything that occurs. Ono morning recently sho came homo greatly excited.1 " Oh, mamma," she said, " what do you think? Our-teacher stopped right in tho middle' of a' musio lesson, and asked us how many turnips there are in a bushel. Wo just couldn't, understand what that had to do with our music." " Mamma couldn't understand ,it,- either, and the moro positive Margery grew about this matter, tho more hor mamma felt,sho must be mistaken. Fin- , ally, to satisfy her own mind, one morning when she met thc.teachor Margery's mamma asked her what she meant by asking tho children how many turnips there were in a bushel durmg a musio lesson. '��� Tho toachor, too, was just as puzzled' as Margery had'been. " Why, surely, I didn't ask such a question as that,',' ' sho said. Then, after thinking a moment,' she said, laughingly': Why, I asked tho children how many beats thoro were in a measure I " I Margery's bright mind had done the rest;' ', tf v I A Trlek With a Needle. Although steol is harder than coppoic ' or-silver,,'it would''be a difficult feat to penetrate a coin with a noodle in the ordinary way; but if it is thrust into a cork of just tho same length' as a needle, and given a quick, heavy blow with the hammer, the needle will be driven completely through it. To insure the success of the experiment, the, needle should be exactly covered by the cork, and must be placed so that it stands directly vertical to tho face of tho coin ; but several trials may be necessary before this is accomplished. Tho coin may rest, upon a piocu of soft wood. This trick is flue to tho principle of inerlia, the quick blow dri ing tho alccl needle supported by Hie cork through the soft mcl.ul before it haj had time to bend or break. Burg-lars, Make a Rich Haul. A despatch from Comber, Out,, says: Burglars entered Air. C. W. Watson's banking office on Saturday night. Kn- I.runoe was gained by cutting the glass in the door. This-removed, the door fastenings wcro easily unlocked. The burglar or burglars failed to unlock flic combination, and had commenced to drill. ��� They had evidently become frightened, as they had only drilled half tin inch into the-plate. ' They left tho office by tho back door, leaving it open behind thcmJ - It is very-fortunate that the burglars became frightened before (hoy had accomplishe'd their .work, as there wa.s considerably more than $1,000 in the safe at the time. The night was dark and damp, affording the burglars a good opportunity to pursue their work. Poorly Off. nc���My only inheritance is brains. She'���And that is in the caro of your guardian. Well Named- Why do you refer to tho frees as icruhats? ' Bcc-iitsc their limbs aro s.i-n'v; mtlie *'1 J i A /I'' !4 |[ "On r ��� ' m ���'' *"'��� IS-' Hi <���"��� '1 if 1 ' I " ' , (B 1 ' i N9 '''�� Bau .. , 7"l '��1 raft '/| n V 5~ffiK gmL> V 1 'am tfifl mi' m m r.' !>J| m cM HE '" t^fei '.ni w> *HMlG aWL m m I la '���m H -m ffl M Bm! M #J PMHGtail-'SraMW r. v, ������-*��������� THE HOME. Renewing* Worn Garments. Apple Butter-Making this is well ' A������A"Rn]iy T������ WT\}] WflRTifl understood by most farmers' wives, but iHlitilUlLI ������������X -LUC. HI UiLUU people who live in cities, and depend on 1 the market and the family grocer to ' furnish them all such articles ready pre- A great many of us these bard times pared, do not know how vastly more have to make over our old dresses or -������=cal and^u^r^ta mjto * wear shabby, old style gowns and of the kjmi s0 they will cook evenly, pare and two, tht, neatly made-over dress is pref- .quarter them, then put into boiling , orable, and- if it is nicely fitted and the - cider about two .gallons of apples to ~���������������j��������� u . i i j j ���������������������������.i :*��������� one of cider, boil it first and then sim- goods have been cleaned and pressed it ^ slowly> stirring constantly, till it will look . "amaist as gude as new." is reduced to a thick, smooth,pulp, when Such nice patterns with full instruction it can be put away in jars for winter can bo had nowadays that dressmaker's use- Jf y������u ll������ nuot have the cider a very l;,,��������� ��������� ,<v /��������� ,. ��������� ., good butter can be made by using sugar. bills may be saved many times if one ������ J ������ has the time to devoto to sewing. But almost every woman starts out with the idea that she can make over an old, dress as good as new with about half the tune and trouble necessary in fashioning'an entirely new one.iand about - PROMINENT PEOPLE. 0 eim Abont Some or ilic Great Folk* or the World. ' a ������������������ ������,���������,.��������������������������� ��������������������������� uuo,,^^- ������ Mrs. Rudyard Kipling attends to all nin������ or- fat. ������������������,i ,.r:iv, ��������� j: '���������e<���������j f������������������i ' of her husband's correspondence, and nine or ten end with a disgusted feel- carcfulIy guard3 hLm against, would- Ingthat it was only time and trouble be intruders. wasted because "the thing looks made- I Air. II. B. Cotton, bow oar of the over." All because they were .careless . ������f,ford crewin , the last four races ' i ni ,���������ii ,,- ' I. , ' i i with Cambridge, and <r a son of Lord ���������bout the little things that mako up a Justice Cotton, died recently of con- perfeot whole. They labor under tho .^sumption at Davos Platz. ' delusion that a made-over garment is I Georgo Vanderbilt intends to mako not "worth" all the care that can be put j Biltmorc, in North ' Carolina, a Mecca .. i I for all those who arc seriously lntor- upon u. , ��������� j ested in the, study of forestry, acien- Ths successful woman goes at it dit- tific farming, and horticulture, ferently. She realizes ��������� that what she | Right ������[90. Spencer Horatio Wal- cannot spend in money must be made up by painstakmg ingenuity. In the first place she carefully rips the garment , eeam from seam,' r no two pieces being permitted to remain together.' Then she picks out every stitch and knot of thread and<��������� scrapes off tho lint and dust before giving each piece a thorough shaking, brushing, sponging and pressing. Perhaps the garment is faded,in streaks and" must go ,to the, dyer���������.an, operation that is , at' least ' one-third cheaper than buying new cloth. . Perhaps it1 is only,soiled and a,bath in soap bark will make it good as new. ��������� For an ordinary garment ten cents , worth of soap bark, obtained at the ' 'druggist's, will be sufficient. Put the bark to soak in a clean,crock or china dish that has not held anything, greasy ���������grease invariably soaks into the porous stone or earthen ' ware. Cover the bark with warm soft water and let it 1 ���������tand over night. In the polo, who has just completed 'his .ninetieth year, was three times Homo Secretary under Lord, Derby, and has drawn a political pension of $10,000 a. ... . . . ... . year for over twenty-eight years. His of their lasfc ditch. WILL THE POWERS UNITE TO STAMP OUT MAHOMETANISM ? Serious Times Looked for In'Turkey nnd Ciiinn-rprlfttK<: of the Stiltnii'* Enemies���������Turkey on ������lic Eve of Itevolullon, and China. Too, Is in a Mate or Intern Hi CltflOS. 11 Anarchy, that bugaboo of the nineteenth century, and which for a while was believed by distempered souls to be inherent in-thc=civilization of the West, lifts its old head out of traditional lands and is just now scowling at us with imbruited fanaticism in/ the Orient. \ There is an ominous phrase recently rused in the European press that carries with it 'an undefinable terror. It is, " The recrudescence of Mahometan- ���������i*m." It has been repeated in Germany, France and England. ' f What does it mean f In any analysis it means that Christian Europe concedes tho possibility of a tremendous death struggle with tho hordes of fanatics who have resisted the encroachments of the Western powers, and that the ignorance, superstition and fatalism ingrained by centuries are going to make a desperate stand somewhere this side wife was tbe daughter of Spencer Per- cival, who was shot while Prime Minister in .1812. .Aliss Kato Terry, tho sister of the eminent actress, has faith in agriculture, as far ��������� as rearing of cattle goes, as shot has formed a remarkably,fine herd'of Jerseys. ' She gave a calf to Miss Emily * Moon, of .Leatherhead who has likewise' been most successful in rearing splendid ��������� cattle, and gained renown . as the most successful lady farmer in tho 'homo counties.���������London Court Journal Only a De Quinccy could adequately picture the mysterious intestinal possibilities of chaos in ..Turkey or,'China. All we can do is to take the facts of recent" date and leave tho rest to the imagination of the intelligent reader. TURKEY IN MODERN HISTORY. , In tho first place, Turkey represents all that remains of the empire that Solyman the Magnificent established, and wtiose uprearing. on Parthian spears stage, and aro members of Ben Greet's provincial company, which has sent _��������� ���������; ������������������ ,��������� ��������������������������� ������������������rnmn ,so many well-trained actors to the ,���������,��������� .? V?������mnl?,tlt- !nn, t?5lirmhJS o? ' L������ndon boards. On the last night P^t^^i^g^AS^lf^^-Ljrlof the company's recent engagement in' Liverpool _ thoy . appeared ,in ,lt in a foot-tub, add clear water and leave'tho goods , to< become thoroughly saturated. If the water is very dirty use another, course' of soap bark water and afterward rinse thoroughly in clear tepid water. Rub well. But do not wring out tho goods r with'the hands; hang each piece separately on the line to drip, and'before it uhas time to really dry., press on the' wrong side with an Iron that is only warm enough to take out tho wrinkles. Plush, velvet and'woolen goods, with inf a^oJd^^r^orW^nSh "^V^ ^^ S'T ^ " --'-���������- tho West has eaten away its territory, drawn a cordon round its theocracy, hemmed it in,' and placed armed sentinels at its gates.. , ' ' 1 '" In 1579 it lost apper Hungary, and" Transylvania. Then Russia gobbled tho me the inde- " Othello," H. B. Irving, in the title i?������' a������d n \ broU}er' Laurence, .as, Crimea. Afterwards lago. H. B. has also - recently sue-1. , , ~ , ,, ^ , . cessfully essayed Digby Grant in " Tho , Pendence of Greece and ��������� the, Danubian Turn "l^rtCftd " n ' nnnf ��������� ** ������fU IrtK V������ici fn f Virt-r- rtrinninol ifiao Tn 1 QHQ Plioaio n era 1������1 flt- Two Roses,'; a'part in which his father won renown' years ago. ��������� Professor Fuertes, of tho College of Civil Engineering of Cornell University, is reported to have .received the largest fee perhaps over paid - to an engineer���������������120,000, This is for services IroTSUngltupborn kTwltSh? ������8 *������������ ^^^^.^^^y^. tipping back a with its back *to the cloth.' the^elvet! ' ���������<i the ."death fate from 'yellow fever The steam forcing its way'through the ^ 1 0M'L^ear^ Tho^ntirTcTtfl to andltfreedalf?omr dus^.���������^ ' 5P.^^ Principles, at .a cost _to This renovating process is of course the Brazilian Government of some 84,- 000,000. . ' The Queen speaks English to Prince Henry of Battenberg, and even to the Grand Duke of Hesse and the Duchess of Coburg-Gotha, , and the "Prince of Wales writes almost, always in English to' his mother 'and to his other ' very tedious,' but, without iit perfect satisfaction is'impossiblo, and no amount ��������� , of time spent in trimming a garment will make-up for. a lack of freshness. The most important point after -the garment is cut, is 'the basting., ' The' 2i^?h'.n������7i������������^qK^ England. "German skirt hangs badly, is because tho basting- ^ x k������n ��������� conversation with has not boon carefully done. Agar- German and Austrian Ambassadors, merit' should be .basted on a perfectly and duri an audience to-German or , flat, even surface such as a light thin Austrian iubjects. 'With all other di- smpoth board held in the lap and the piomatLst3 ^rench is always spoken, lining held loosely on the material at But in, intercourao with v the ianish the waist, so that the outside. will..R ,al f a German is nearly always stretch and avoid the little pin wrinkles fi,0 i������������������mio���������',,,������������������i,��������������� ' J that are so annoying. All seams should be"pressed open, no matter where,,they are. Tho next important' feature of tho waist is its boning. An old basquo newly boned will have its youth renew- . ed. To properly bone a garment is first a knowledge and then''a knack���������the casing must be firm enough to admit of much stretching,1 and tho bones of a .quality that will bend without breaking. One frequently hears the remark that a dress looks like a picture in the picture, but not when it is made up. It depends entirely upon how it is made up. ' the language '��������� spoken. Correct Serving1. ' The first essentials of a capable waiting maid are that she should be neat, quick and quiet." Neatness is an attribute indispensable in the dining-room above all other places. Plain, neat clothing should' be worn. The hair ���������should bo arranged as plainly as possible. A maid should always be capped and' aproned, and her shoc3 should be ��������� 'Such as to render her walking as near noiseless as possible. A waiting maid ._ should not make her appearance in the dining-room until after the guests aro seated and she should be familiar with the following rules: In sotting tho table the tines of tho fork should be turned up and the sharp edge of tho knife \ blade toward tho -plate, placing the fork next tho plate Always place tumblers to tho right and fill only three-quarters full. Place the cup containing coffee at the right side of each person; offer sugar and cream at the left. Any dish. from which a person helps hunsclf must lie offered . at tho left. Those from which the maid serves nust be plaood at the right., Everything relating to one course must bo removed before serving another course Always go to the right ot each -person to remove the dishes. The waiting maid must bo responsible for tho proper heating of dishes before thoy aro brought to the tabic. Except in ease of .accident which sho cannot ' remedy, a maid should never . speak to the hostess, who should bo looked upon us a guost at"her own tablo 'for the time being, and treated accord- ��������� ingiy. LUNACY" AND CRIME. A. los^on May lie Learned From the Crime ��������� or the !Hurdpr������r ShnrlN. The principal lesson to be learnt from the deplorable crime of the murderer Shortis,' and its consequences, is ��������� the urgent.. necessity of keeping embryo murderers out of harm's way. If people aro so unpardonably foolish as to turn loose upon' society men who show from babyhood the characteristics of tho criminal thoy must expect Berious trouble sooner or later. Allowing a human bruto to run wild only appeals to. his bruto instincts. Some day he will, commit murder as inevitably as the freed tiger will i slay. 'Being a human beast ot prey, tho safety of society will demand his death, though he may be no more responsible than is the dog who knows that it is wrong to bite and worry but does it. ' A child who in early life betrays decided viciousness, ' and is below, par intellectually, should bo kept from society as wo would keep poison from food. He is poison to the blood of tho nation, and sanitary laws are quite as necessary for tho peoplo as for the homos they dwell in. With regard to the .plea of lunacy as a , reason for withholding the due punishment of crime, the opinions of EXPERTS WILL DIFFER to the end of the chapter with a vehemence and emphasis which does much to discount tho value of their evidence. As this is almost invariably the case, the authorities cannot do better per" haps than fall back on the plain common sense of the most intelligent juries available. There is a great doal of difference between a man ��������� being "a bit wrong in his head" and tho state of utter inabiliXy to distinguish as to the Tightness or wrongncss of bis acts, and between the two lie many varieties of madness. But it may be safely said that in nearly all of them the consciousness of a difference between right and wrong remains. The law of the country has necessarily, to do with general characteristics rather than principalities. In 1853 Russia again attacked her, and a part of Bessarabia and Servia passed urwler the guarantee of the'powers. " ' ���������By the treaty of Berlin in 1870 Turkey', lost; Bulgaria, ��������� Eastern Roumelia and Thessaly. The administration of Bosnia and Herzegovina was given to Austria, and the island of Cyprus ' to England. -That is to say, Turkey was reduced in territory 58,440 square miles. It is now known to the world that if England and France had not come to the aid of Turkey, in order to keep Russia from-"becoming too powerful in the Southeast, the ��������� Ottoman Empire would, have ceased to exist. < Turkey in Europe, as it now is,' contains about 61,200 square miles and a population of 5,000,000. It is one of the most productive spots on the globe, capable of supporting a population of 25,000,000 comrortably. It is .known to be rich 'in* - mineral c resources, all of which are comparatively unworked. Its mountains aro filled with metal, its earth,is rich in oil, its timber is of the most valuablo kind, its climate is benign and its soil rich. ' ,, INCUBUS OF MAHOMETANISM. ��������� ' But the country -is absolutely destitute of enterprise. A fearful incubus rests upon its people, chokes its vitality, blights its harvests and drives away capital. This incubus is Mahometanism ���������more easily expressed in the ��������� word Fatalism, which makes the most distin- guished voluptuary the vicegerent of od and sets up his will as absolute. The practical result, of Mahometan rule is an iniquitous systenrof bureauoc- racy that has, no equal outsido of China. The Government paralyzes everything. Agriculture staggers along under a system of taxation that puts robbery and,, cruelty into the hands of ever3" favored provincial underling of the central power. J ustico is administered in a fantastic and capricious manner. Favoritism rules and crimes are winked at, and it has been found necessary by European powers to establish consular courts in order to protect foreigners who may be doing business in Turkey or visiting it for pleasure. Turkey has never been able to rule its Kurds and Bedouins except through their superstitions. The Mahometan in all his forms retains an undying loyalty to the militant viceregency of God ?.nd the Prophet. , THE SULTAN IN DANGER. than a frowning iron-clad fleet on ono side and a frowning mob on the other, the latter prepared at any moment to do as it has done before���������alter the succession in the interest of a Mahometan heaven. Once that this caprice surges upon the Mussulmans is spreads like wild-fire. It outruns the electric, current, for it spreads in all directions. The Bedouins of Arabia Petra know all about it before the 'European cor respondent has got an inkling of it. It is talked over in every oasis, and muttered in ,,the Via Dola- rosa of Jerusalem long before it can reach a British Cabinet meeting and bo reflected in fleet orders to the Mediterranean. And in its sullen mutterings it means only one thing���������the Sultan is no longer of tho faithful; he has yielded to tbe dogs of infidels. The harem must furnish a better Ottoman. If he will not cut Armenian throats, then we, the faithful, must cut his and theirs. 'It is the will of heaven. Such is the present condition of Turkey, and through Turkey the whole of Mahometanism���������even to the ' heart of India; where British tact has its hands full in keeping' the faithful child of Islam from burning the temples of Brahma. Every foreign despatch hears tho possibility of a, palace emeute in Constantinople. And once that flame is started, there will be anarchy in Turkey���������thatimust end in a partition and the extinction of Mahometanism as a temporal power. ��������� , ' ,Y . .CHINA ANARCHISTC TOO. 'The peculiarities of this situation are notable, inasmuch as they are almost duplicated in China. The moment a superstitious people lose faith in the supernatural prestige of their ruler they are worse enemies of his than those peoples who never had any respect for his divino pretensions. Japan knocked all tho mystical"charm "out of the Emperor of China. When it was known in Peking that gong-beating and the burning of sandalwood were no longer efficacious in protecting the Son of Heaven, the consternation, mingled with some com- tempt, spread yery much as the cholera- spreads. There were no-telegraphs, no mails, but the news followed the water courses. It diffused itself westward, no one. knows how, until it came up against the great wall that once kept the Tartars out. , ' Tho reflex is momentous. rThere are 800,000 Chinese in rebellion against the Son of Heaven. They, - appear to 'rbe, actuated by the conviction that it,r'is no longer worth while to be robbed and massacred'by mandarins'if the,central power has lost his divine afflatus. China is no more' able to quell this rebellion than she was able to repel invasion,' for the reason that when superstitious faith in the Emperor is gone his power is gone with it, and practically the administration of the Government is so imbecile, resting almost entirely upon a system of terrorism and foreign subserviency, that effective measures of any kind for self-preservation are not expected even in court circles. 1 This kingdom'contains 30,000,000 Ma, hometans, who turn their faces towards Bagdad when they-pray, and every one of whom expects to be rewarded with a houir made of 'gum tolu and a milk- white horse when he-dies if he has made away with an infidel dog. There are 200,000,000 of these'fatalists in the world. How do they communicate with each other f Heaven only knows. But they do communicate. ' Recent letters of English missionaries in China give us to understand that the most. ignorant Mahometans 'in Manchuria Know perfectly well what is go-' ing on in Constantinople, which recalls the fact that the' Sepoy rebellion in India was talked about in the bazaars some time before the news' came by wire to. the authorities.' Now, whether in a coinflict Islam has any chance with the forces of civilization is not the question that arises here. Wo are only iritent on , .pointing, out- that anarchy threatens in two of the worst governed ��������� nations -of the world. Tho disintegration of Turkey 'and China is to come through chaos, in which a fanatical spirit threatens to run amuck, and long before the benign forces'of the world are co-dinated against it millions of lives must be lost and many more millions of hearts broken. This appears by history0 to be the price-mankind pays for tho extirpation of the wrongs of centuries. , .��������� BELL'S MW-fOMD EIT1E EXPLORATION OF A NEGLECTED DRAINAGE SYSTEM. It Jn round to be of Iliiexperlrd linporr- nnc������'���������t Vnst Are.-i in Quebec I'mir* lis *Va������rr< Into a i'cntrnl ������;ii:tnn<l Wliicli Kmp'les Into IlinNoii Knj'. A newspaper correspondent has had an interview the other day with Dr. Bell, the well-known explorer of the Geological Survey, and the .following story of his recent discoveries is given in his own words; ��������� The actual survey extended completely across to James Bay, the south end of Hudson Bay, and up tho. east shore of James Bay to Rupert House, the position of which had been accurately determined. Up to the present year the largest unexplored 'region iri tho habitable'portion ,of the dominion was the great tract lying to tho southeast- -wa'rd of James Bay. This great blank was an,eyesore to geographers and a reproach to Canadian enterprises. That eyesore has now been removed, and hereafter our'maps will present a very'different appearance. ' During tho past two years Mr. O'Sul- livan, the Inspector of Surveys of the Quebec Crown' Lands Department, has made extensive surveys in tho upper Ottawa region and the southern part of'the area just explored by Dr. Bell, but these have not yet reached the public, and beyond them was still a great unknown tract. In view of the important results now obtained it appears strange that this tract has remained so . long uninvestigated. ��������� It happens that the great blank on our maps corresponds nearly, with a single drainage area, so that' A LARGE RIVER FLOWS through its centre. It, was this central trunk that 'Dr. Bell surveyed instru- mentally all the way to its mouth in James Bay with branch explorations in differnt directions. ' Of course , a fluence of the western Atlanta Fortunately, the forests have escaped fire, and old timber is to be found over nearr ly its whole extent. This consists of fine white and black spruce, K2.ma.ra0. balsam, cedar, white birch, and go on. These discoveries >xire of immense importance to the province of Quebec, since they so materially increase the known extent of its ,cultivatable������land3 and timber and mineral resources. Dr. Bell,said the metalliferous rocks are very' much moro extensively developed than had been suspected. The province of Quebec has here a great back country in reserve, and one which possesses an unexpected value. It may be fashionable to .decry those forest regions inv'connection with prospective set^ tlement or to compare them, unfavorably with the Western 'prairies, but in many ways they are really preferable, and a time is coming when they will be inhabited by a thriving population. RUSSIA'S SPLENDID OLD LIBRARY passing of food. Avoid all appearance of haste, though one must move quickly in order to accomplish all thoro is to bo done. A'maid who is watchful, will never with fine gradations of difference that permit one guest to help, another in tho J can only bo understood by experts. ] When a man murders another in cold blood, it must bo clearly shown that ho is 'utterly irresponsible for his actions, even in the faintest degree, before the -_ plea can. validly be entered a3 against his receiving the punishment applied Useful Recipes. to such cases. Lot it be known' that -,.'.,. ��������� T-, ' j r 1 ' tho plea of unsound mind can easily Chili S4uce.-For every dozen of largo be eatored as a bar to tho execution ripe tomatoes have two green peppers, of justice and a loose roin would bo two onions, ,0110 and a halt tablespoon- ! given to tho murderous instincts of fuis of salt, two tablespooufuls of sugar, ! many violent men, which in the con- two of vinegar, and ono tablespoonful I frary case would be held in check by of cinnamon. Peel the 1 tomatoes and the_ certain knowledge that crime gen- mmco fine. , J Bread Pudding.���������Ono pint of ��������� bread crumbs, ono can of Gail I3ordcn Eagle Brand Condensed Milk, mixod with 0110 (uart of boiling water. Pour over truinbs. Tbe yolks of four eggs, beat- ftn light, a pinch of salt, flavor to taste. When baked beat tho whiles of cgg.s to stiff froth, tiibl four heaping fea.spoon- fiils of confectionor's sugar, vanilla lo la sic, ''pica'' over pudding and brown slightly. orally leads to condign and heavy punishment. The interests of society at large must, govern .rather than a"partial view of particular cases. The Scorcher May be Scorch ed. Have you a bicycle suit, Larkin ? 1 have. Uoes it fit? My Lawyer fears it will when it comes to trial. ' Among the provinces of Turkey arc Armenia and Kurdistan, with over two million population, and ever since the fcecond century strongly Christian. We have been reading now for a year of how Turkey treats these Armenians. It simply lets loose one sect upon another. The series of massacres and other barbarities finally reached such a itage that the moral sentiment of Europe and America made itself .felt at Constantinople. The Sultan, after innumerable delays and excuses and protests, was forced to take some action. There is no doubt now that he did try to prevent the killing of Armenians, unci under pressuro from England wus prepared to make certain concessions to the Christ inns rather than see a British iron-clad fleet in the H->sphorus. All this might have been, and was, undoubtedly foreseen by wise diplomatists. Ru': what, .has not been foreseen Ls tbf. muttering of the Mussulman himself it this evidence of weakness. The Sultan appears to be panic-stricken. He Ls between the devil and the deep sea. In these concessions to tho hated Giaours ho has forfeited his divino right. He has at least impaired his own prestige with the loyal Turks, and there is. every reason to believe that there now exLsts in Constantinople- 'a party ��������� or a cabal of-assassination, the members of which sincerely believe that the inierects of, Mahometanism can be best conserved "by making away with a Sultan who Ls the mere puppet of England, and has lost all puissance in carrying out the doctrine of the Koran and in emulating the example of the Prophet. In plain words, the jingo Turk wants to fight and die for due faith, which is being slowly undermined and cooped up by the dogs of infidels. WILL HE LOSE HbS HEAD? That Ls why the son of the faithful shuts cbimf-elf up in his palace and ehanpes his guards every day. Surely nothing c.in be more humiliating than a vicc-ropent of Heaven taking counsel of the Greek Patriarch, and forced to tre-it the demand-, of a British Minister with respects-, nothing more bewildering Some Tnefs of Interest .4l>out This Collrc I ton or Itook*. The' University of St. Petersburg has the largest'" and best oriental, faculty in Europe; its professors lecture in Arabic, Persian .Turkish, Tartar, Armenian, Georgian, Mongolian, and many others.- Particular facilities are always given to students of oriental lan'guages to pursue ��������� their studies, and many of them have been sent to China, Japan, Persia, and olsewhoro at the expense of the Russian Government. For instance,'Prof.' Wassleifjf, tho veteran orientalist and professor of Chinese, was sect to China. These aro some of tho peaceful, means by which the Imperial library has been added to, but war and revolution have also contributed their quota. Gen. Suvarof, with his motto," Forward and strike," has been just as great a benefactor in his way to this great institution as (be wealthy Czars and merchant princes. The sack of Warsaw, in which 0,000 Polos 'were slain, made him master of that town and master of tho valuable Zaluski, library. But the benefit which the Russians reaped from the French revolution is, perhaps tho most noteworthy of till. Count Dubrovski, a I.ib.io, h l.->, v. on attached to the Russian Embassy in Paris when the great upheaval took place During this time museums and palaces were pilbigcd by the raging populuec and collections and libraries burnt and scattered to tho winds; hundreds of manuscripts and books were ruthlessly destroyed. Some, however, esctiped the hands of the destroyer, and were sold by the government of the day to small shopkeepers, from whom Dubrovski bought them for a song. Thus ltussia has become the custodian of unique treasures. Among tho letters which were thus acquired aro several Written by Henry VII., Henry VIIf., Richelieu, and Catherine' do Medicis. . *������ The earliest printed book in Russia, which is in keeping thoro; is a history of the apostles, with the date 1561 on its'title page. As regards the public library building there is not much to be said; it i.s not a very imposing building, nor is it so well adapted to library requirements as other largo libraries. MLss Mathcw, the bride-elect John. Dillon, the Irish member Parliament, is tho eldest daughter Justice. Mathcw, a member of single season was not sufficient to explore the whole region but its leading geographical features have been,.ascertained. , The existing sketch maps' show some indications of streams running into James Bay- from this heretofore unexplored region, but those indications would; have been better left' out, as, they are quite misleading. The actual-rivers do not take tha directions indicated, and, with a single exception, their supposed names have never been heard of. , The geographical '"'features',,of ���������, the regions lying south of James Bay are very simple and easily understood, now that'they are known. A great hydro- graphic basin lies south-southeastward of the , bay, ' and a corresponding or twin basin lies south-southwest of it. The Moose - River, with its long and widespreading branches, drains the1 latter, while tho river Dr. Bell hac explored ^and its branches drain the former. The river he reached north of Grand Lake proved- to 'be '.the trunk stream of the system, but some of, its branches reach -further; inland and give the stream a length of fully"500;miles.t The form of the drainage,, basin j resembles that of the Moose,'-but .it is somewhat larger. ,It extends from "close-to .the Rupert River in the north- to the height of land near the upper Ottawa in the south," and from the headwaters of the Ashmouchouan on-'the-east-to near the Abitibi, River in the west.' The Rupert .River has- no appreciable tributaries from the south, nor tho Abitibi from the east, both streams being near the rim of the basin of the fiver under consideration. ', Nearly the entire area drained by tho new river lies within tho province of Quebec. ������ THE ANNUAL RAINFALL is evidently greater in tho eastern than the western basin, as the resulting river in the former is certainly much larger than the Moose., The 'height of land between the upper Ottawa and ��������� this great river system to, the north is not a mountain range, nor even a ridge, but a sandy tract, so level that a very little elevation on either side ��������� would turn tho present flow of the water in the opposite direction. The river rapidly grows larger by the influx of branches from either side. Within the first hundred miles it is joined by the Mejiskun, a large stream which has its source ���������near, the head of the St. Maurice. It now becomes as large as the Ottawa above Lake Tem- iscamang, and.it continues to receive important branches, especially from tho west. In this section it is wide and sluggish, but deep, > about thirty to forty feet on the average. It is flowing through a nearly level plateau, and is broken by chutes onlyfat long'intervals. It finally falls into the west end of a .lake called Mattakami, which lies across the general course of the stream. The opposite end of this lake receives the Waswanipi, a very large river, from the. east. From tbe middle of the north-1 side of this lake tho united waters flow out as an immense stream and follow a tolerably straight course to the head of Rupert Bay, which may bo called its'estuary, and which receives the Broadback" River, another largo branch from the oast. This main trunk river receives some largo branches from tho country lying toward tho Abitibi Lake end River to the west. From the junction of the Mejiskun River to Mattakami-Lake thoro is only one human inhabitant, an old Indian, who came from the West u few 'years ago and took up a bunting ground large enough to form a province. On Miittiikatni Lake Dr. Boll found another-Indian who had come only this summer from tho West to fish and hunt. On the grunt river, between this lake and the sea; Dr. Bull found only one camp of rndinns, but they belonged to Waswanipi Lake and had come here for only 11 short time in order to build birch bark canoes. Tho elevation of the height of land between Grand Lake and the huad waters of this big river is about 1,000 feet, nnd tho descent is very gradual till within about 100 miles of the sea, when it becomes rapid, dangerous for canoe navigation, and almost . LM POSSIBLE TQ.-ASOEND. The area of- tho basin of this groat river is almost ��������� equal to that ot all thoso portions of'the pfovinco ot Quebec already bottled. It has an undulating or level surface, and a deep clay soil, without rock, except in very limited areas. The clayey nature of the soil causes most of the tributaries to be turbid, whilo all the branches of tho Moose River, except Lhe Abitibi arc clcarwafer " "---'- ��������� --������������������ ������������������-��������� RUSSIAN PERSECUTIONS. How IEiii.hI.-i, I lie <:iiuiiiiu.ii. oi Armenia lfr.es ller Own L������iil������Jeets. Russia has posed as one of the three 1. powers anxious to bring about a better state of things in Armenia. The trouble in Turkey has mainly arisen through tho irregular payment of functionaries and the,police, and tho consequent disorganization and semi-anarchy. Count Kcllay, who, as an Austrian official governs Bosnia���������now in a flourishing condition���������officially reports that ho administers tho Turkish laws (which no states aro really good) with,some slight alterations. This proves that it is tho bad administration of tho law in Turkey which is" the great' trouble.. Although tho Christians have been tho greatest sufferers, , yot the Moslems, who, amount to'two-thirds of tho population, 'hayo '"also been ivictims.' ���������But, in regard to .persecution, Russia is as great a sinner as Turkey; 'especially considering that although tho pay of her officials is inadequate, yet it is punctually forthcoming'; and it has a vastly larger proportion of well-educated office-bearers." Its state religion is that: of tho Orthodox Greek'Churoh.but the Dissenters number many millions, and they have h id, and still havo, a hard 'time. Besides this, tho Catholics, who number nine^ millions, havo much to complain of���������especially attempts at ��������� FORCIBLE CONVERSION. , The treatment of the Russian Jews, who' number four millions, has been���������though in different ways���������as bad or worso than that ot tho Armenians; but European public opinion has brought about an amelioration. .Count. Tolsioi, tho well-known Russian writer, nn author of world-wide fame, ��������� has, ' with rare moral courage, written to tho London Times (October ' 23) with an account of the dreadful persecution of a small off-shoot from tho Greek Church, known as tho Dukho- bortsy, who number only <a few thousands. Their doctrines comprise something of the " Quaker land Plymouth Brethren'beliefs,' combined with some of tho tenets of the .Unitarians. They are opposed.to war���������oven to bearing f arms; to taking oaths, and to litigation. Tolstoi describes them as ' industrious, honest, . sober,- &nd well-conducted��������� <��������� 'practically far above tho lovol of tho Russian peasantry.' Ten of thom re- < fused to sorvo! in tho army, and'were consequently sentenced to servo in a disciplinary'battalion, a,,sort of earthly purgatory. A largo number ot tho elders were, also imprisoned. ��������� Tho Governor of tho Caucasus thon ordered all of the sect to. assemble at a given spot, but, apparently anticipating gross outrages, thoy did not come, whereupon the Cossacks were let loose upon thom and quartered in their houses, being allowed to ^ ,. DO AS THEY PLEASED. Numbers were severely flogged and women were outraged, and all their effects were cither stolen or destroyed. Ultimately 401 families wore driven penniless from'their homes to starve. Tolstoi's detailed account is harrowing, and ��������� it is safe to assert that there is no other Russian with sufficient moral courage to expose isuch tyranny,' but ho holds such a high literary position that angry officials must bo careful what they do. Doubtless the Emperor is personally unaware of theso and numbers of other horrors, but now that' it has been ��������� brought to his notice (for he sees tho Times) there will" bo .--a change ' for tho better, no who publicly exposes official tyranny in Russia is liable to bo sent to , Siberia without' any ceremony, and brobablyauy other person would bo sent there, and tho Czar would hot be , allowed to.know the truth. Tolstoi's, partial lifting ot tho veil is a fine example of the use of a high literary position for a beneficent purpose, and his action must certainly bo reckoned as greatly to his credit mutiny attempt t6 properly estimate his character. How to Estimate Trolley Car Speed. There Ls in the public mind a confusion of ideas as to'the speed of eleo- tric street'cars. Two inexpert observers guessing at this speed will rarely come within miles of the correct estimate Yet it is possible for anybody, by a simplo calculation, to arrive at very nearly accurate information. An electric car going at the rate of a milo un hour t ravels 88 feet in a minute. At two miles an hour it makes twice that distance in a minute, or 170 feet. At three miles an hour the distance travelled in u minute is three times 88, ��������� or 2GI feel. This distance of 2(it feet is- about the length ot an average city block. If it takes a car a'minute to gn a block the rate of speed is three miles an hour. If the ear goes two blocks in a minute the rate is about six miles an hour. Three blocks in a minute means nine miles an hour. Four blocks in a minute indicates a speed of about twelve miles an hour. At five blocks in a minute a car is going fifteen miles an' hoar. When six blocks are traversed in a minute I lie Sliced is eighteen miles an hour. A rate of seven blocks in a minute is a speed of twenty-one miles an hour. It must l;c understood th.it average blocks are required to make good such estimates. An Intelligent Witness. A witness in court who had l)een cau������ tinned to give a precise answer to every The climate is well adapt-I question and not talk about what ho ed to agriculture,, judging from the -might think the question meant was interests and other indications. Around | tcrrogatcd as follows: Lake St. .lohn to the,east of it, and j Toil drive a wagon? again on flic Missinaibi River to the! No, sir. 1 do not. west, wheat is known to ripen, and1 . Why, .sir, did you not tell my learned barley ripens at. Rupert House and friend so this moment? Moose Factory to the not th of it. Roots, No, sir, I did not. family of Matbuw, of Thomasl.own, j iind hay are found by experiment to do1 Now, sir, I put it to you on your oath. Kilkenny, and u grcat-grandnioco of j'well in this region. All this i.s only, Do vou drive a wagon ? K.-if.her Mathcw. Sir James lAIafhew what we mightjjoxpect, seeing that it Lj oho of the few Roman Catholic , lies lo tins south of Enghnu'l in lntilude, ���������judges on the English bench- and is far removed from the cording in- of of of the I No, sir. Wlrit is vour occupation. I drive <i horse- hen 1 PAGE 4. TJJE KOOTENAY MAIL. BIRTHS. Tomms.���������At, Kevelsloke, on Sunday, J >������������������(-. 22, tb<* wife of E. Toombs of"a SlrrJ. LiNiiMAHK.���������At. Revelstoke, on Tuesday. J)ec. il, the wife of C. Lind- m.-n-k of ,-l d.-iugbti'i-. Local and Personal Briefs:' r. Tbe public school here will reopen on Moii<l.-iy, J.-iini.-u-y Hth. Tlie Mi.-ws G'ibboii, <!f Port Moody, .-l f<* visiting ft lends in town. .LAI. Kellie, M.P.P., has gone to Viclorin ;ind will not rV-turn until after 'the ^--^irni of tbe Legislature. Mii^ A<1,i it- ai-i-ived from New Denver ��������� ' Wi-ilucsday 'j.-ind is spending the ('ii.-ii-tm.-is holidays at hor- home here. \V. TninJiiwni, manager of Bourne ' Urns, j's'ew Denver branch, whs in Uv.vir ��������� I'm- a few iJ.-iys last week on'a business trip.' ��������� . , -\JN.-. Livingstone, of New Denver, is -pemlin^ lier Christinas vacation in town. Sho i.s tbe guest-of Airs. C. H. Teinjlli*. ' Win. Viik'eis, Pete Walker, Dave Fr'i-guson ,-iiii] Dave (;owan, denizens of Trout Lake, are spending their CliribUnaf, in (own. Fi-cd Allen lias postponed his visit to Kiigi.-unl .iiid has taken the contract , for carrying the Trout Lake mail! He left on his first trip hist Monday. The roof of the new skating rink, which .was demolished by tho weight , of snow last week, has, been repaired anil the proprietor has everything in readiness for the advent of the ice king who seems somewhat tardy in making his .appearance! A. MeRaslic, who lias been sojourning bore since* his .-arrival from Honolulu, a few weeks ago, started for. hi* home, ,-it Ottawa, Out., ' yesterday morning. Mr. McRastie will come . ^ , '��������� ��������� Avon! again next spring and intends to again vi<il Honolulu as he' anticipates a great revival in all branches of trade , blioic: in tbe near future. The owners of teams who showedJ enough public spirit to break a double ti-ack���������on our streets and keep it .open during the past two .weeks deserve commendation for their good work. It is an innovation which will be appreciated by pedestrians4who, during prist, win tors,, have been compelled to . wade through snow 'several feet deep 'every time they had occasion to pass a' team on tbe streets, o , Christmas, as a season of big dinners rind good cheer generally was duly observed at the various hotels in'town. The proprietors of the Central, .Stockholm and. Victoria hotels each made special provision for the festive oi'ra.sion and there was no scarcity of guests to partake, of their hospitality. Tin* decorations of the dining hall at the Victoria were particularly elabo- i-ale. The Masquerade. The worshipers of Terpsichore, who were also subjects of King Carnival, heir] undisputed sway 'at Bourne.'s ' J Tall last night, when the much-talked- of masquerade hall eventuated. The Muse of the dance had no reason to , complain of the number or> assiduity of her devotees and Carnival never ruled over a merrier crowd of merry- iinkors. The costumes were varied nnd included a wide, range of characters, historical and otherwise���������from the king to the clown. Most of them wrire, pretty, some of them grotesque, and a. few unique; while the in- (Miigruousness displayed in an odd one here and there, showed that the wearer ibid only a very slight acquaintance with the character assumed. Amongst "iiie unique characters probably the ��������� most noticeable were the "Two little ::l!-1.s in blue.'' Their makeup was beiond reproach, asuwa's their deportment, except for a slight tendency to hoi.I ��������� : 'I'-ess ac times. The "Algerian <Inut,. .j; girl" was another well made- up oh-ir.icter. ''Ro-salind's" costume pn-babiy surpassed all the ' others in ei(-i;-L'>.-e but was marred by inaccuracy in <ii-,L'ti. The get-up of "Charles II" wi-,\cry if ood, save for the hair, v.'iih-h was decidedly coo short, "li unlet'' was decidedly off color in a white blouse. "The child ofo tho lie_'iinr.'iu" made 'a pretty figure in her - ,irli-t tunic. "Airy Fairy Lillian" ,,;l> a iintiee.iblf- figui'f, and in ,her own -ipliete -'Topsy'' had no equal. Amount, i he grotesque. Sir Homebody :��������������� ���������mcili'iig-or-oiher, with the un- pt-niioiinc.ihlr* name was unrivaled. Tin* follow ing ladies and gentlemen AGENT WANTED. A Live, Hustling" Money-Maker TO SELL "HIDDEN.MINES AND, HOW TO FIND THEM " = - = By Thos. W. Newman ���������=���������������,- rnHE BKST AND FAST EST SELLING BOOK X on Mines, Metals and Ores on the market. Liberal terms to good man in your section. This book . tells how lo llnd, test, open and work or sell' all kinds of mines and describes every Ore. Mineral, Gem and Precious Stone of commercial value. Hundreds -selling in British Columbia. You can sell a thousand copies ritfht at home. Price by mail free, 'cloth, ������1.30; leather, $������.00. Send us your address or order from THE M. ROGERS PUB. CO.; 54 Yonge St., Toronto PROVINCIAL SERETARY'S OFFICE. Cth December, 1S95. TMHE followinp definition of the Trout J_> Lake .mil Ainswoi'th ' Mining Divisions of the West Koot-enay District is substituted for the description of the said divisions published in the Hritish Columbia Gazette of the loth March, 1894:��������� . WEST KOOTENAY DISTRICT. 3. Trout Lake Mining Division.��������� Commencing at a point on the eastern boundary of West Kootenay District; thence westalong the southern boundary of the.Illecillewaet Mining Division to the'eastern boundary of theLarileau Mining Division; thence southerly along the 'eastern boundaiy of the Lardean Mining Division to its junction ,with the Slocan Division; thence easterly along the. northern boundary of the Ainsworth Mining Division to the Lardean River j' thence'-"1 northeasterly to the eastern 'boundary of West kootenay District (crossing the Duncan River* at a point to include the southern water-sheds of the Cameron or Hall Creek, and East Creek); thence following the eastern ��������� boundaiy' of West Kootenay District to the point of commencement. 8. Ainsworth Mining" Division.��������� -Tn-Jnelside all the country on the rivers, "streams and tributaries thereof flowing into Kootenay Lake north of Goat River Mining Division, except those portions of the ,Lardean umL Duncan Rivers included in the Trout Lake Mining Division. ' ' By Command. ������" , JAMES BAKER. 33-2t ' Provincial Secretary. J. R. HULL & CO. Wholesale and Retail Purveyors of High-class Meats. REVELSTOKE, B;d All orders in our line will be promptly attended to. COPYRIGHTS. CAlf I OBTATK A PATENT f For a prompt answer and an honest opinion, write to OIIJNN &-CO., who bare bad nearly fifty years' experience tn the patent bnainens. Communications strictly confidential. A Ilnndbook of Information concerning I'aCrntu and bow to ob- ��������� tain then nent-free. Also a cataloguo Ot mechanical and scientific books sent free. Patents taken through Hunn & Co. rccetvo special notice in the Scientific Amcricnn, and thu are brought widely before the public without cost to the inventor. This splendid paper. Issued weekly, elegantly illustrated, has by far the largest-circuittIon of any scientific work In the Sample copies sent free. . ling Edition, monthly, ������2.50 a year. SlziRtr. copies, *ia> cents. Every number contains bean, world." 93 a year. Jlulldlng Edltlont_monthly, tiful plates. In colors, and photograph* of new bouses, with plans, enabling builders to show th������ latest designs and secure contracts. Address KUMN Si CO, New Yobk. 3������1 ������������������������" ��������� .-,- ��������� were noticed amongst the throng" of masquer arters: 0 H Johnson. Nana Sahib; C E Shaw; Charles II; A Cummins, Cosmopolitan; W Lawrence. 5th Century Monk; Miss Walker, evening dress ; Mrs Sibbald, Lady Teetzel; H Hanhury, Sailor; H M Martin, Up- to-date; Miss B Gibbon, Topsy; Mrs II J Bourne. Airy Fairy.1 Lillian ; J ���������Kendall. Clown ; IT Brewster, Page; Miss May Adair, Sister of Charity; Miss Temple, Child of che Regiment; H J Bourne, Sir Jamolkee Jeejhebhoi; W Morton, Russian Peasant; Mi^s M Adair, Flower Girl; Mrs Temple, Sunflower ; T Duggan, Flying Dutchman ; W Thompson, Ptige; Miss School Girl ; Mrs H A Brown, -Mid [L.S.] E. DEWDNEY. CANADA. PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the Uniled Kingdom of 'Great Britain and Ireland, .Quichn, Defender of the Faith, <fcc, &r., &c. To Our faithful the Members elected to servein the Legislative Assembly , of Our Province of, British Coluni- . bin at Our City of Victoria��������� Greeting. . A PROCLAMATION.-' . D. M. Ebbrts, \ -^TrllEREAS Attorney-General, j VV We are desir-ons and resolved, as soon as ,may he, to meet Our people of Our Province of British Columbia, and to have -their advice in Our Legislature: NOW KNOW YE, that for divers causes and considerations, and taking into(consideration the ease and, convenience of Our loving subjects, We hive thought 'fit, by and with the advice of Our Executive Council of the Province of British Columbia, to here- ,by convoke, and by these presents enjoin you, and each of you, that on Thursday^ the Twenty-third dav .of the month of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, you meet Us in Our said Legislature or Parliament of Our 'said Province, ��������� at'Our CityofVictoria.'FORTHE DISPATCH, OF BUSINESS,'to treat; do, act, and conclude upon those things which in 'Our Legislature ��������� of' the Province of British Columbia, by the Common Council of Our said Province may, ' by "the favour'of God, be ordained. In Testimony ' Whereof, "eYVtt have 'caused these Our' Letters to.'be made Patent, and the Great Seal of the said Province to be hereunto affixed,: Witness)' the." Honourable Edgar Dewdnev, Lieutenant-Governor of Our said Province, of r, British Coluinbia.in Our City of Victoria, inOurs-aid Province, this fifth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred ' and ninety-five,''and in the fifty-ninth year of Out Reign. By Command.- ' ��������� ,. V ���������' ���������������������������" ' " JAMES BAKER, 35-4L Provincial Secretary! ' Administrator's Notice. DON'T-DO IT I Don't buy goods where you have to pay for* other people's bad debts. I am going out of the credit business and am AFTER THE CASH, so bring your purse and get 60c. Cashmere for 40c. Double width Dressgoods for 30c. 70 inch Flannel for, 75c. Men's All Wool Under Suits at $1.25. r These are only some of our SNAPS so call and see our goods and prices. . H. N. COURSER. BEVELSTOE IB.O. In the County Court of 'Kootenay, holden at the East Crossing of tlie , Columbia River; In' the matter of Pearl Henderson, otherwise known as Marie.,,Nier- inaii, and, ' ', . ,, Tn^he matter of'the Official AdnYmisj "trator's Act; dated the' Fourteenth day of November', 1S95 : ,. UPON READING the affidavits'of Joseph Dee Graham and Peter Rasmus Peterson, it is ordered that James Ferguson Armstrong, Official ��������� Administrator for the County Couit, District of Kootenay, shall be admin-! is>ator of all and singular tho goods, chattel*, and credits of Pearl Henderson, otherwise known as Marie* Nier- man, deceased, and that this order* be. published in the Kootenay Mail- newspaper, for the period of sixty:' 'Signed, CLEMENT J.CORNWALL, , ' C.C.J. ������������������' Our advice to those about, to marry, is The. creditors of Pearl - Henderson,1 otherwise known as Mar ie< Niei-man,' .late of RevclAtoke, in the 'District of; Kootenay, are required within sixty- days from this date to send to mi*, by" registered letter addressed to me, at Donald. British Columbia, particulars of their claims and of the securities held hy them (if any). After the expiration of the said sixty days I.shall r uutcnrrian ; pri>cer*d to distribute the said' estate, G Hamilton, having regard to those claims only at "which I hhal! have had notice. Dated at Donald, in the district of .summer Roses ; Mrs No^-they, Queen of j Kootenay, British Columbia, this 18th Diamonds; Burt Campbell, Grecian ' day of November, ISflo. 33-91 Peasant; Bert Temple, Chimney J. F. ARMSTRONG, Sweep: Mrs Conr'sier, Algerian Dancing j Offjcial Administrator. ' Girl; Guy Barber, Royal Engineer; j~ ~ 77 ��������� 7������ t- Miss Toomhs, Negress; f Syder, j Application lop uqaop License. Flam let; ' Miss McLean. Kathleen'(��������� ��������� the But if you MUST marry;"'why ���������-���������r-^^- GO TO Post Office stbre and buy ' your outfit ' there, complete , stock of Gents Furnishings^ always hand. Shirts, Shoes and Suits a specialty. A on Awarded Highest Honors���������World'* Fair, Mavourneen ; Miss'Edwurds, Rosalind ; Alfred Chine, Uncle Sam ; J Foster, French Count: J Shaw, Jack the Piper; Mrs C E Shaw, Swedish Peasant; Mrs G Biirtoij, May Queen; Miss Coleman, Black Diamond; Mrs W FOtage, Kate Greenaway; Mis'- Ifopgood, Little Girl; Mi:..s T Campbell, Salvation Army [>as.sii*; Mis'! Livingstone. Pond re; W FCrageandFG Cotton, Two Little Girls in Blue ; J.is Reighley, Trapper. Tlie music for the occasion was j furnished by the Revelstoke Orchestra i and proved very acceptable^ I The ball of bust night was a fitting finale for the first series of the social assemblies, org.uiizeil by Mr. R. Cordon, which have proved such a success during the past three months. Mr. Gordon propose'- to hold one. more assembly, next Friday evening, when the members* will decide whether another series will be commenced. ATOTICK 1\ thirty days from tin IS HERKBV GIVEN that date hereof, I. the nndeiMgncil. v-ill apply to the Stipendiary Magistrate for vV"r*st. Koot- erjav. at Xel-oii. for a license to sell spirituous Ib-uni's- at, my hotel, situated at Arrowlir-iid, at the mouth of the Columbia riic'r, Cnper Arrow lake, ClfAkl.lCS BLIJHM, ReveNtokc, November 2(). 1S05. KMt I ��������� Lra a NOTARY PUBLIC - J REVELSTOKE. B.C. WEST KOOTENAY DISTRICT. MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant, 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. Church Services To-morrow. Rev. Father Peytavin will eelebrate mass at. lO.IJOa.m. in the Catholic chureh. , Services will be held in the Methodist chureh by Rev. J. A. Wood to-morrow morning and evening at II and 7,.'f0. Sunday ..ehool at 2.!'<0. ���������..Service.will ''������: held at the Pie.sbyte.- i-iau Chureh tr'i-iiini'i'ow evening at 7:'M p.m. by Mr. Guthrie Perry. Su..ii.ij School nt:J. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. BLACK I'KIXCK MIXKUAI/ CLATM. .Situ'itu 111 the Trout Lake Mining J)ivi������imi of West KfK)t<-n;i3- OUtnet. VVhert Ivyited : ti* milos up l������.iin<:r Creek. Take ,no'.ir;e that. I, Werbert T. Twi^K, aifent for William C. Ya������- key, frf*e mlm-r -t wrtitl*-������tc .Vo. .VifiUl, iiit*.*rirl, si\ty i\ny< from thrj dA.fi hereof, u> apt'ly tx* tbe Gnlrl Coinmi^iorKjr for <i wrtiflc-ite of finurove- incnts, for the puriK,se of obtriitiinj; ������. Crown grant of the above rl.iini. Anrl further ...ike n(.rii:e, t'mt n/tverfo uUlnix must lw Tsent It* the Qo!<] f'rjiririiis'-.ion'.T and notion cornineneof! before the iMsuitnue of hhcIi ccrtifi'-atc of irnr������roveinr nt*. I),ited thin thirtieth dn> of H> ptonrb'.T, IWi. Certificate of Improvements. RK V-l'l I'STO K K D f V fS TON. AIAj PLAtJKR CLAIMS and mining leaseholds, legally held in this division, may be laid over from tbe 15th November, Ift05, M> tbe l������t June, bSOo. J. I). (J RAH AM, Cold Commissioner. Revelstok.*. Nov. 1), ISO!). .'{]-fit. Mining and Real Estate Broker and General Commission Agent. FIRE, LIFE~AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE. ^ Kr NOTICE. INO WIM.IAM , MTNKftAI. Ci.MM. Sllnato in the Ti-ont fjiko Mirilnfr; lilvNion rtf West. (Corrlerniy lliitri't. 'I'.tke .Votii-c that f. /farry Abbott, free riilncr'n certi(Icate Xo..'i."),ill, Intenrl, Hixtv davH frrrrn the rlatu lieniof, to apjily to l.liu Cold <'onirnli- nfoner for .1 cfrlillenlo of irniinncmeiitfi. for the |iiir-no������i.* (rf obtaining a Crown (ri-unb or tin.* above i-lniiri. And fm !.hc.r take noti'io, that, .ulvcrrie .i.laiiii.i milHf. be Heirl, to tin! Cold ' Coiiiniirtriioiicr and aet.ion r;rriiiiiiener;d.bef(rro the iHmiancO of Hiieli cnrtiflcate of irnprfrvninoiitfl. Otilod Mi in sevpntoentrli day of .Siipteinbei-, 18!)'). fl. AllIJO'l'T. ' TflK BEST AND CHEAPESTROUTE ff> AKI) KltOM All Eastern Points. 7'bron|,'b Klrft f;liu������.SIij'*iilii(<('arHnri(l Tourist .Sleeping Cani to St. I'.ml, Mfint real and Toronto without fhtiutc: REVELSTOKE TIME TABLE. Atlaiitir; Kxj������r������si������rrivc������ II:M daily. ['iMiillf! " " I0:'2.r< " For full Information as to nitcrf, tlnm, etc. ajiply to I. T. lii-cwstcr, " Agent, Kevelntoke. OKO. Mel,. IM-fiWN, District I'.i-scnccr Aki-iiI, Vancouver. H.C. Tniiim Inivinic llevelstokc on Hmidays, Monday nnd Thursday" make ciniiir-rlirni*- with the I'nlatial titoirncrs' ", Manitoba." " A tbabasda ". anrl "Albortn," which lenvo Kort William for Owen Sound every Sunday nnd Tliui'Hdar, and for Windsor and Sarnia every WodncHday. < Representative of the Kootenay Smelting & Trading Syndicate. ACKNT FOR TROUT LAKE CITY, EVANSPORT, KASLO & NAKUSP ll CASH STILL IN ASK��������� ?> FOR PRICES ON CARLOAD OR OTHERWISE AND BE CONVINCED. He Also Handles GENERAL GROCERIES - MINERS SUPPLIES A^And Other Articles too Numerous to Mention^" -SS S 51 Mi i KM I % n
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Title | Kootenay Mail |
Publisher | Revelstoke, B.C. : Revelstoke Printing and Publishing Co. |
Date Issued | 1895-12-21 |
Description | The Kootenay Mail was published in Revelstoke, in the Columbia-Shuswap region of southeastern British Columbia, and ran from April 1894 to December 1905. The Mail was published by the Revelstoke Printing and Publishing Company, and its longest-serving editor was J. Livingstone Haig. In 1906, the Mail merged with the Revelstoke Herald to form the Mail-Herald, a staunchly conservative paper that eventually folded due in part to competition from a more liberal competitor, the Revelstoke Review. |
Geographic Location | Revelstoke (B.C.) |
Genre |
Newspapers |
Type |
Text |
FileFormat | application/pdf |
Language | English |
Notes | Print Run: 1894-1905 Frequency: Weekly, Twice weekly from 1900-01 to 1900-10 Published by R.W. Northey from 1894-04-14 to 1895-03-02; Revelstoke Printing and Publishing Co. from 1895-03-09 to 1896-04-04 and 1901-01-17 to 1905-12-30; Atkins and Smith from 1896-04-11 to 1898-03-26; Atkins and Campbell from 1898-04-09 to 1899-05-13; and B.R. Campbell from 1899-05-20 to 1901-01-10. |
Identifier | The_Kootenay_Mail_1895-12-21 |
Collection |
BC Historical Newspapers |
Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2011-07-22 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/ |
AIPUUID | d5e5822d-2383-42ef-98a0-b2169f2cad2c |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0181291 |
Latitude | 50.998889 |
Longitude | -118.195833 |
AggregatedSourceRepository | CONTENTdm |
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