_A_nsr:D RAILWAY MKN'S JOURNAL. Vol V. No 173 REVELSTOKE B.C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1903 $2 OO a Year in Advance. A BOUT THE FIRST OF FEBRUARY we will commence- our Annual Stock-Taking, and previous to removing to our new premises, on the Corner of Mackenzie Avenue and First street, which will be completed and ready for us in the early spring. We are desirous of reducing our stock so that the work of Stock-Taking will be somewhat lessened, and to that end we are marking down our goods to the lowest possible point and are now offering>ome GREAT BARGAINS as the follow- will indicate :��������� Great Bargains 200 PAIRS LADIES' GENTS and CHILDREN'S SHOES 200 .���������!.���������.,._ ���������.-^���������- AT COST PRICE These Shoes are all-'of the- very best makes and you ; cannot make a mistake in -making' your purchases at the Cost Price Mark. W. G. & R. Colored Shirts Our Entire Stock of W. G. & R. Colored Shirts, soft and Starched Fronts���������genuine bargains���������at One Dollar Each A Few Pairs of Ladies' and Children's Leggings at Cost. jOnly a few left for choice. Call as soon as possible, while they are in stock. Ladies' and Children's Woollen and Cashmere Hose, a large siock to chose frorri at Bargain Sale Prices. FEDORA HATS Made by Rowlock and Christy, two of the best Hat Makers inthe world to-day. These^Hats are all for sale at Bargain Prices. COCERIESAND PROVISIONS We lead in this line. ;- Our importations are large and always the best the market offers. ONTARIO APPLES���������A large shipment, including the famous . Northern j.Spys, Russets, Kings and Greenings. The Celebrated Bear Brand of Eggs. Hay, Oats, Bran and Shorts always in stock. C. B.Hume and Company. Goods delivered to all parts of City. Telephone No. 8i GOVERNMENT IS TO BLAME The Whole of Canada with the Exception of B. C. Prosperous ���������Mr. Hamersley Tells the I Reason to the World. Mr. A. St. G. Himersley, city solicitor of Vancouver, who is home after a font' months' absence, three of which were spent in England, looks as if his trip Intel iigreed with hiia, says the Vancouver World. Asked how British Columbia was regarded in the old country at present, Mr. Hamersley said: "The British people u,t present are inclined to leave British Columbia, as regards investments generally and mining in particular, severely alone. They are not at all backward about telling you the reason for the lack of faith that is in them. 'It is the instability of your government out there,' they will answer you without any hesitation. Thev say that people here play at governing the country and juggle with laws its a prestidigitateur does with cards. It is continually, as they view it, a case of '.low you see it and now you don't,' something like the American shell game. Their icea of our politics is that it is a game in which everyone is in it for what he can get, and the idea of fostering industry and building up faith in the country by wise and stable legislation seems seldom, if ever, to enter the minds of British Columbia statesmen. Then again people figuring on extensive investments get an idea while in British Columbia that certain laws will ' be .enacted and others will be allowed to remain as they are. They get definite promises to chat effect in fact. By the time they get back home ready to' get capital -iogetheri they leaiii t.������itrthe~ government or cabinet that-made the promises.is disrupted; .half the cabinet-'seats'are.-yacant, and; soifie*tfe'w"feIlow"'as'p'remiefr is_ out in the "highways and byways and the rocky - fastnesses seeking unknown and untried men to fill up the gaps. ���������'Capital natura'ly fights shy of such conditions. Let tbe people ef British Columbia give this matter serious consideration, pick; out good men for their.legislators, and put them there so solidly that the government will not always be at the mercy of any whipper snapper who has an axe to gr:nd. and get some one to go with him and so leave the government in a minority if his demand is not granted. "These are not my expressions,'' said Mr. Hamersley, "they were dialed into my ears all the time I~ was in England, and it might- surprise some people to know how minute is the knowledge of our English .friends along these lines and how closely they keep in touch with the trend of affairs out here." . "As to mining investments, in particular, Mr. Hamersley?" "Well, the same applies to them also, but they have a particular grievance-of���������their- own,~aud~that !b the two per cent tax. I had conversations regarding this with Mr. Sidney Waterlow, one of the directors of the Le Roi, and chairman of the board of directors of the Snow Show Co., which is carrying on very extensive operations in the Boundary country, as well as with other*. I talked wilh some who have lost money in British Columbia, who are disappointed, but not disheartened. There are plenty of men who are strong financially, who, as soon as posssibilitiea of dividends can be seen, stand ready to back up the country. They want to see a stable government first, though, and they want the two per cent..on the gross output taken away. These men fully reeognize the fairness of the government deriving a portion of its revenue from ' the mining; industry. That industry demands as much, if not more, from the government in the way of police protection, roads and bridges, schools in mining districts, etc., etc., than any other industry, and they are willing "to pay their share, but, as Mr- Waterlow pointed out, the great mass of the ore of British Columbia is low grade. Nothing can be made' out of $7 or $8 ore with a two per cent tax on the gross output. If the tax were' on the net it would be fair to everybody, and a boom in mining would follow its inauguration. Mr. Eberts told Mr. Waterlow that there was no means of finding out the true net returns. Mr.' Waterlow says that it is made to work elsewhere. Each mining company could be made to make its own returns certified to by affidavit, and prosecution for perjury would follow untruthfulness. No company could make untruthful. returns for any length of time without being detected, and if the punishment were mnde to fit the crime they would seldom risk." Post Office for Goldfields. A post office for Goldfields will be opened shortly. This will be'of great benefit to the merchants and business men of Revelstoke as well as to the miners of the new gold caiup in the Fish River district. TURNING INTO GOLD MINES Death of A. N. Smith. News was received hero last week of tbe death at Methven, Man., 67 Mr. A. N. Smith, of this city. Mr. Smith, tvho had been in poor health for some time, left for Ontarij last spring thinking the change would prove beneficial. After residing for several months in Port 'Hope, which proved of little benefit to him, be left ona visit to friends at Methven, Man. Here he contracted diphtheria and died on Thursday, Jan. 22nd, being only 38 years of age. The remains were interred at Methven. Deceased was an'old timer here and one of Revelstoke's most respected citizens. On flrst coming to Revelstoke he was employed in the C. P. R. shops, and was at ona time a partner in the firm of C. B. Hume & Co. In the fall of 'DO he started a bakery which has since 'been carried on most successfully. Mr, Suiith was mayor of Revelstoke for the year 1900 and was ever ready to take an'active part in promoting the interests of the city and district. Deceased leaves a widow, daughter and son to mourn 'his loss, for,whom much sympathy is'lelt. ��������� -" ' Hospital Acknowledgments' . Nurse' <'McKinnqii.^begs to acknow^ ledge'-Tvlrh'1 tliahkS"tl>C:7,"receipt of - flie follnwing donations to tbe hospital: *��������� Mrs. Spmliig, books. Mr. Downie and Mr. Wilson, magazines. ��������� Mrs." Wilkes, cake. Mrs. Sibhtld, Mrs. McDor.ell, aud Mrs. Win. Aarahamson, old .linen. Mrs. Willis, plants. Mrs. Caley, a turkey, mince meat, and pair of pillows. The management of the hospital are also desirous of thanking Messrs. Caley Bros, for their kindness in placing their bus at the disposal of the hospital when occasion required. The Big Silver-Lead Mines oi Lardeau and Fish River turning Under Development Into Rich, Gold Properties. A report is being freely circulated in the Lardeau and Fish River districts, to the effect that nearly all the principal silver-lead; producers of these districts are turning into gold mines as depth is attained. In most of these mines the values in silver are decreasing and the quartz is carrying pay rock rich enough to ship for the gold alone. On this account some of the mines which proved too low-grade to ship for silver are being worked for the gold. The report if true is remarkable, but not surprising. Mining is one undertaking in which surprises of this nature occur and it is not alto gether unlikely that this should prove to be the case. At one time' the famous Butte mines were worked for their silver-lead and after developing a few hundred feet this class of ore disappeared, when its place was taken by copper.-- Sandon Review. If the report which conies from the Lardeau and Fish Ri /er districts is true, that the silver mines there are developing gold according as depth is attained, it will mean a great deal for British Columbia and the city of Vance uver. It practically means the discovery of great gold mines, which for value will not lie surpassed unywheie. Tbe other day The Ledger casually mentioned the Lardeau as one of the richest districts in a rainerally rich Province, and this report bears out the opinion of a prominent engineer which was quoted. , {- Th'ereare many.. properties < of importance /located in the Lardeau, and panies to t.ike up propositions in the district. I .ate last full a rumor was circulated that numbers of miners were bound for this district from the northern portion of the States just south of the lioundury, and doubtless word of tin.1 discovery which has now been reported was given out to friends through private communications.��������� Vancouver Ludger. In reference, to the above articles it is well known that the big high-grade silver-lead mines of two years ago are developing into high-grade gold properties. The Silver Cup, Nettie L., Beatrice, Silver Dollar, Western Star, Triune,-and a number of other* that have been operated for some time were, considered only valuable an silver-lead mines while this last year has demonstrated the fact that they are practically tbe biggest gold mines in British Columbia. LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH when-, it .in announced .that-valuable gold quartz ��������� is below * tKe"depositsof si'var ore large'investments of capital will be' forthcoming to develop the mines. ' Up to the'present, the com: panies interested have found it "profitable to work the claims' for the silver and lead, and it was never dreamed that down in the depths of'the earth were to be found even greater riches than what was at flrst secured. Being one of the richest districts, there is a large number of'claims staked, and the extent of the operations is large. Transportation facilities have been provided to a certain degree, and this will ba an inducement to large com- The Hospital Ball. The second annual ball of the Ladies Hospital Auxiliary Society, which look place in the Opera House on Friday evening lust, will long be remembeied by those who were present as the most enjoyable social function of the season. The hill was tastefully decorated wilh flags and bunting, mid a number of cosy corners had been artfully arranged for the convenience of the dancers between the n umbers. As expected, there was a large attendance, including a number of visitors,principally froiiiKiiniloopsand Field. The dresses of the ladies were handsome .and of great variety, the pievailing colors- being pink and yellow. The bull was opened at 9:30 with the Grand .March, in which about 80 couple9p.it ticipattd. Dance followed dance in rapiu succession each one seeming moie enjoyable .than " iu predecessor. As the dancers glided in and out lo the bewitching strains of lhe dreamy waltz, the pretty gowns of the ladies mingling with each other presented almost brilliant spectacle,- which was watched with pleasure by the large.ciowd of speetntors'ntseni- bled in ihslcallpries.. .The music, of-the Independent'. Hand was,' as. usual all that could be wished for, and theflbor was iir first class condition for dancing. At .midnight an adjournment was made for. supper, and <n this connection too much praise cannot be given the ladies for the most delightful repast which they had provided. By their careful forethought in having lhe tables set out on the stage >a great deal of the delay usually attendant at m(fairs of this kind was avoided and those present were enabled to partake of the refreshments in comparative, com foi t. . After full jnstice had been done to the biipper the programme was proceeded witk and dancing was continued until four a.m., when the tinging of "God Save the King," brought to a close the second annual hospital ball. The News of the World in Briet As Received Over the Wires From Every Corner of the Globe. Vesuvious is again in eruption. Oxford defeated the All CanadSaa football team by a score of 10 to 3..". ' ��������� . ..\ . . Kaffirs are indulging in a factional fight, 27 miles from Durban. It is reported that 40 natives were killed;] The third Russian torpedo ba&t destroyer passed through Dardanelles . Monday night, en route to Seb&sto- pool. A collision on the Southern Pacific between passenger trains, near VaiU- burg, Arizona, resulted in the death of 8 persons and many injured. \ The Scotch curleis last night defeated rinks from Ayr, Guelpb Union, Quelpb Royal City, Brampton end . Harriston, by a score of 48 to 32. The residence of T. W. Taylor, of Winnipeg, was gutted, and tbe elevator, mill and warehouse of Malt* Se Co.. of Gladstone, Man., were destroyed by fire early this morning. '��������� London, Jan. 27.���������Tne sentence-'-of death passed upon Colonel Arthur Lynch, who was found guilty of high 3 treason on Friday last, has been commuted to penal servitude for life.- New York, Jan. 23.���������-One :of the most, appalling railroad wrecks that bas'occurr'ed in the\,Ticiuity , of New , York for many years, the. estiaatnl ,' loss ranging fiom 12 to*30, took"place-'=' ori the' Central railroad';'of-New ;. Jerseyvnear Westingfield.' N. J.. wKen ' the Royal Blue of that line-plouglrietJ - througk at i'uU_.apeed%,into the rjtati- "��������� end coach of a local train. ^Immediate- '- ly~afterthe'cra������lf. three of.xhe,cars ������*C������������������ t be Joc^l, JJUiiiXi. took ������ fire', rendering' impossible the rescue of many of,ibe * wounded. Who were pinned fast inline wreck. Many bodies were .believaftto - have been consumed." "-^ On board tbe flyer all the passefTgejra escaped uninjured .save for ...trifling .'. bruises and a bad shaking"up. LATKR^ , " Up" to noon today the total iSuot life by last night's wreck on the Central railway, N.J., is 22 killed. . More than 50 persons were injured,' some very seriously. The blame ie laid on the engineer of the express train. STOCK-TAKING SALE eLEARING-SALE!��������� Remnant Sale!-���������Gal Ht-what youmay ���������the simple facts are that after such a wonderfully successful business career as we had last 'year, we can afford to give you Bargains for a Month Another object to be gained is to clear out all the odds and ends throughout the store before Stock-Taking, and as an inducement we have made considerable reductions in every department. " COST" cuts no figure in lots of cases, so don't miss getting your share of the good things. 25 PER CENT. DISCOUNT On the following Lines:���������Cut right in two ! 25 Ladies' Jackets, Misses' and Children's Jackets and Furs, Children's Dresses, Dress Goods, Ladies' Lined Gloves and Mitts, Men's Overcoats, Boys' and Youths' Reefers; Flannel and Flannelette Blouses, Ladies' 'Tailor-Made Skirts, Etc. We would advise an early call for first choice, as we have included in this Sale a lot of very desirable lines. They are well worth the attention of the Bargain Seeker. Reid & Young Dealers in FIRST-CUSS Groceries flour, feed Mcflary's famous stoves Tinware, tiraniteware Heavy and Shelf Hardware Stores at Revelstoke Nakusp New Denver: ���������Wl It. I'-'-* ItL^. IP f ;f: i. It: i* I Iaternatioaal j ! S. S. Lessons.*! ��������� ������ i|IMIIIM><������lltl>������*>ll>lt! LESSON XI.���������DKCKM I'.ICR 11, 1002. THE BOY SAMUEL. I. Siisnuol 3 : G-H. Lord; for thy God. OOl-PKN Ti'.XT.-S|.ra ���������***rTarn h'-aritii���������1 S:;!:i. TOl'lC'.���������A clill'l ran .->��������� T!m*-.���������riohaMy n!...v.i lll'.l II. C: tlio coiiiutuu 'I: li-': >::v iti.it.r.-, .; 11U M.C. riao\ ��������� .Shi'oh, vltt'i-,' tin1 ail: und ttilicr- **.a������-lc *vf:v. I'ersons.���������Smmi.-l. tv.-ive y,-:i!-s oM, nnd tEa, tiien peilm!1* s.-v ������'<��������� '-i.!i! years old. DAU.V i:i:.uiiNi.;s. U.���������Flatin^h's I'niyi-r fin- a Son, 1 Sam. 1 : US. X.���������The ISIrtn o.- Sntiiutd. 1 Sam, 1 : 10-28. W.���������TIip Sin of lill's Sous, 1 Sam. 2 : I'.'-yO. T.���������Thc Pror-lict's l'.c1>n'.o. 1 Sam. 2 : 27-30. F.���������The llov -.uniiu'l. I Sum. .'I : 1-14. &���������Sninurt 'Tells Ell. 1 Sam. 3 ! 1.1-!il. R.���������Punisliiiu-ut of Kll's Suns, 1 Haul. 1������ 1-1S. LESSON EXPOSITION. I. The Calls.���������-The J.ord called yet again, Samuel, v. 0. Samuel was yet a mere boy, "a child.'' helping Hi", the aged priest, in keeping tlie house of Ood in order. His work was that of a servant, trimming nnd filling the lamps, cleaning aud dusting the lurniture of the house, and doing whatever else Kli night direct- The boy heard his name called several times, and each time ran to Jili, believing" the priest had called him. But Eli declared that he had not called, and tiki the bov lie down again. Samuel' aid not yet know th������ Lord, ���������*. 7. It was a new experience, liven t> the sanctuary the boy hod not heard ef tho Lord calling to the priest, luueh less to himself. The second clause explains the first; for Samuel did not ���������enow that the Lord intended to speak > through him, or had purposed to make him a prophet. The Lord called yet again the third time, v. 8. Tho Common English Version makes the second and third re- ponses of Samuel emphatic, "thou didst call me;" hut the Hebrew makes the force the same in the throe responses. <See Revised Version.) Three times In succession Sninuel springs up and answers what he supposes to be the aged Eli's calls. There may have been emphasis in his voice, but his words quoted in the narrative give no hint of li. There is no intimation of fretting or impatience over being aroused the second and third times. The boy per- iaps thought t)M old man was wandering in his sleep. But Kli now suspected tlie call to be from .lehovah. Bo he bids the lad lie down once more, but tells him what to say if the call comes a fourth time. Tbe Lord came, and stood, and called, v. 11). Thc call is as before, but now there is. rt appearance, a being standing, a. presence scon by the child. The sacred writer seems to call on the reader to note, this difference. Moreover, he ���������Bees a.-;different-'word tor vision. In v. 1 it is hazon, in v. 15 it is mareh. the latter meaning a natural sight, Now, ���������oo, there is a double caff, Samuel, Saui- -oel, as ii the Lord would have the lad recognize and remember the voice by repetition- The repeating may also indicate the earnestness of the call. JJL The Starlling Message.���������1 will do a' thing in Israel, v. 11. Or, "I do a thing." The historic present is very common in prophecy. The seer appears to behold the events passing like a panorama before his vision. Though the judgment upon the sous of Eli was delayed some years, yet it appeared as already occurring, it is quite probable that Samuel was twelve, entering his thirteenth year, thus becoming a "son of the law"���������the same age that Jesus was when he went up to the temple to tho passover. It would therefore be a filing time for Samuel to receive this prophetic message. IV Introduced Mm as a prophet; V.li coulfl ���������attest the call; the first message would clear tbe way for Samuel to become the ���������reformer, since Eli's house was to fall. T*TU'new3 would make the ears of all to tingle. When I begin, 1 will also make an end, ���������������."��������� 12. Or, "from the beginning even ���������onto the end." Thc Lord would be thorough, completing the judgment that had already begun, since Samuel was now doing "what properly belonged to Eli's "Sons. "i^-^^==���������-=--===----^=^--^=i=^,.=i For the Iniquity which he knoweth, *r. 13. The "thing" which the Lord would do (v. 11) would be so unexpected and dreadful that it would make both ears tingle, as if the hearer had received a slap upon both ears at once, aiiis ou;*ht not to have been unlocked for by Eli or his soih, for they had been fully warned (v. 12). They had ' rot heeded; the sin continued; judgment must fall (v. 13). His sons went op recklessly. In spite of the warning* to Eli, and Drought ''a curse upon them- a*lve������." The' old Greek version renders the clans* hy n-sij-ninf* the ronton for the judgment : "they reviled" or did "���������peak evil of Qod." They answered ���������he warnings fey cursings, condemning Ood and chirging him with harshness "because of their lot. Eli "restrained them not." Tlie Hebrew thonsht more exactly may Zf, "he humbled them not" ���������that is, he Aid not dismiss them from Che priestly office, but allowed them to eontinue In it, and this added to their iniquity and disgrace in the divine ser- ���������rice. For this aggravated sin God would ���������end terrible and swift judgment. Their .���������in could not bo "purged"���������that is, ��������� "expiafed"'���������by sacrifices or offerings, for ' (their hearts were hardened in sin. ' Shall not be purged with saerilice nor ������ffering forever, .v. 1-1. This seems to point to the perversion very common in oil ages respecting the value-of sacrifices. Probably Eli or his sons believed that if they made tlio offerings and ���������sacrifices required under the Mosaic law, their sias would- be cancelled, anil they ���������might eo on in any kiiids of evil which ���������pleased" them. They forgot that sacrifice* were accepted only as signs and expressions of repentance and of forsaking sin- But if sin is wilfully continued Shere is no true repentance, and the sacrifices become a mockery and an abomination to Clod. Then Samuel had the painful duty of -Slaking known this message lo Eli. Sum- tncl lay until morning, opened the doors -of the house of the Lord., and then was ���������required by Kit, who appears to have ���������apprehended the nature of the tcrribln ���������tidings, to tell it all to tte aged high Jirlest. So Samuel was recognized in all Israel as a prophet of the Lord. ' The godly childhood led to noblo. and godly manhood. Great characters do not require great experience iu sin. It is 1 not needful that sin abound in the youth to have godlincbs or grace abound in the adult. Uod trains liis public servants in various ways. I'ikiI had a solid Jewish cducalioii; Moses was an Egvpliun scholar and courtier; Au-.-is- tine. was a arcat student of h'L'ic and ihetoric: CliiysoMmn was a brilliant, .iivrycr; ' Ambi'iiswi w.'.s a ���������.���������ons-cionlioua civi'l oflWr; Tim-jlby was trained in the Jewish Scrip!tires. TOl'KS EOll CLASS YVOUK. 1. The duties of the boy Samuel In Cod's house. il. Thc calls; how many, and how enswovuil by Samuel. 3. The character of Eli's sons; and Eli's sin. 4. The mcs������nge of the Lord, and what it meant to Kii and to Samuel. 5. How Samuel r-'venlod the painful truth to Eli, and the weak response. THE LESSON EUOM THE DESK. 1. Thc young can serve God by helping parents, tciiuliurs and ministers. 2. Tho suit-Host service may be a better test of character than thc greatest work. 3. The calls of Grid may come nt first ���������without explanations, and require faith nnd prompt obedience. 4. God may delay judgment upon the. wilful sinner, as he did upon Eli's house, but it will be terrible when it comes. 5. Faithfulness even in unpleasant thirds brings its reward; while unfaithfulness in parent and in child costs the comfort and peace of any home in the end. Tba Wisdom oi Lorenzo. The Blrtli'lny Present. It was to be a profound surprise. "One," said Bessie, "that mamma mustn't even Buspcct. We mustn't drop a hint���������not the leastest.bit of a one; mamma'd guess it in no time if we did." "Let's pledge ourselves to warfare against the one who gives her a single clue," suggested Harold. When the four eamo back from the hall, where they had "taken the* oath," they continued their discussion with a remarkably "serious air.. "What must we give���������something nice���������nicer'n anything she got last year," said Harold, breaking the silence. "Let's���������see," pondered Bessie, slowly, her "thinking cap" making itself evident in the tiny "considering piickcTs" on her forehead. "Ilcr birthday's on Wednesday, and it's Monday now������������������ we've no lime to lose." "Let's get what she'd rather havs than anything else���������let's!" ft was the first time Carl had spoken since the "secret meeting", had convened. "That's what we're going to," replied Harold; "why we're thinking so long," and it did seem long, for Harold was expecting any moment to hear Willy Ferguson's "call whistle" at the gate, which meant one little Holman less to discuss tlie question of the birthday gift. "She bad a watch last year���������from Switzerland," said Carl, ruefully, for hadn't he seen the stock of fine ones nt Freeman's���������"belter'n thev make in Switzerland!" "And a chafing di~h." added Bessie, counting on her lingers, "and a chair and a desk and a " "We can't get any of these." It wa������ Harold's turn to think. "Besides, tlirWd cost " '���������We'd never thought of that," ex- :laimed Bessie- in iPsraay, "about ths money! I don't believe we can get���������I haven't a cent!" "Nor I!" Bay "fished" into the pockets of his trousers���������his first one3���������and drew from their���������to him���������magical depths only a jackknife handle. "Then we can't-���������" "But we must, Harold!" said Bessie, .with all the emphasis she could command. "Wc must! Mamma'd feel so disappointed with nothing���������now we'vo planned so muchl" "And we wanted it better'a anything she'd ever had," and Rav looked to Carl. "And it can be���������if you agrcel" Carl went to the lower drawer of the book- "case���������and���������topk^^out^his^box-of^JJTonu Thumb" stationery. "I just thought of tt!" Bessie looked up inquiringly. "It's something wc each can give��������� what she's wanted and wanted���������ever so long! And what she's asked for, too," mysteriously. "I���������don't���������see," said Harold, thoroughly puzzled. "H'e haven't got any money!" "Don't need any. Walt! Ill get mine ready and then you'll see." Carl went to thc table and 'wrote on i page of his delicate paper: "For Mamma's Birth-lay PrcmTtt. T'll 5ive up my whistle in the house forever and ever and ever. Carl." They all erowded to look over Carl's shoulder. "Splendid!" exclaimed Bessie. "I know what 111 give-" "And I !" cried Harold. Bay didn't quite understand. Be?sii* trhUpored something to him, and all that the rest could hear was "cap." What excellent, gifts t.hey were! "I promise not to read a word af'.nr It gets dusk���������before; the gas is lighted. Besein." "I'll hang up all my 11 ings in llieir proper place when I com*; from play >r errands���������I Teally and truly will. Harold." "Kay will not forget to take off hU ������������p In the sitting-room." Mrs. Holman smiled her sweetest mother Bmile when she received her gifts two days later. "They are the choicest presents T nave ever received," she Miid, hi npily, 'for they arc something we all can Kecp.''--.Ade1bcrt T". Caldwell, In The youth's Companion. Mistress���������-Poor darling littlo Topsy 1 I'm afraid she will never recover. Do rou know, Bridget, I think thc kindest vhing would be to havo her shot, and iut out of her misery 1 Bridget���������'Deed, mn.m, I wouldn't do .hat. Sure, she might get better, after ill, an' then yc's be sorry ye'd had lor Th* 'Theorist put on his wisest look. "Orlando, my friend and brother/' he said, "let mo advise thee. Because a maid is passing fair thou must not cast thy heart before her. Thou shouldst steel thy heart against smiles; but, no, iliim winkest like a jester. Gad- ?ooks! 'twill never do. Think of thy family, of thy great ancestor who held thc keys of a King's wine cellar. Think thou of him and let thy pride hear Hiccup. Thou must beware the pitfalls and the snares, else will all be l"*t and thou hound, yea chained, in wedlock lo a maid below thy station. "Orlai iio, my friend and brother, let mc tell luce how* lo pick a wife. As thou kuuwpst, men call me Lorenzo the Wise, and 'lis ������ name that by the saints 1 wvll* deserve. By that name, which 1 hold precious, by Hint name, I say, will I reveal to thee the secret of true happiness. Thou.ni.ist use reason. Fools tell thee that Love and Logic arc enemies and would have thec dash into courtship like a knight into battle. It is for thee to reconcile these enemies, for Love without Logic is honey without bread and thou wilt soon bo sickened. Do I not know how I myself,have suffered? Did I not wed a woman'with the temper of it Tnrt.tr, and am I not bald and broken V "When thou sccst a maid that strikes thy fancy, study her well, Orlando. Ask thyself if it he really love that has come opon thee. Prithee, mistake it not. e;ooil Orlando. 'Tis a strange disease, but if thou art truly stricken bring thy reason to thy aid. Assure thyself that her temper be sweet, llemcmbcr wedlock is not for a day. Perhaps thou shall be compelled to sec- that oval face grow peaked, that brow wrinkle, and those eyes lose lnstrc. Wilt thou love hei then, Orlando? Thou canst not bo loo cautious. Loam if her tastes be like thine, for that is all-important, good Orlando. Then, thou must not forget what I have said about marrying beneath thy station. If her father bo a plain man, an unfortunate without ancestors, a fellow who cannot say, 'My grandsire was cupbearer to a drunken King,' thou must give her up, even though thy heart shall pain thee like, an aching tooth. That is my counsel, Orlando. I have said my say. Ponder it well, my'friend and brother, and future years will find thee blessing the memory of Lorenzo the Wise." Orlando smoothed his ribbons and twirled his cane' In truth he was something of a fop, and, having the conceit of liis class, seemed little impressed by the words of the good Lorenzo. "Arl through, Sir Wisdom?" he asked haughtily; "If so'let the wise Orlando have a single word, nay two. Forget it." ' Lorenzo sadly went upon his way, and the twain came not together until year? had passed. Orlando had been away to the wars, and had come back, with a great stock of reuiiniscences.a taste for strange vintages, and something else. They met one day upon the highway and after thc greeting Lorenzo asked: "Orlando, inv friend and brother, how hast thou fare'd?" "Thou meanest how havo we fared,'' responded Orlando. "I would have thee to know that I have taken unto myself a wife." "Gadzookal" ejaculated Lorenzo. "And didst thou study her well?" "Yea, and tbe more I studied her thc more was I lost in wonderment." "What was her station, good Orlando!". . - - "Breathe it softly, if thou lovest me. An innkcepciCs daughter." "Again Gadzooks! Doth she possess learning? I wot not." "There thou art in error. She knoweth little of books, but few excclletu her in a knowledge of the wiles of love." "Thy rashness runneth back for years, I venture?" "Full seven years." "The wiles of love groweth wearisome, and man longcth for the sight of a fresh face. Orlando, my friend and brother, I fear thou hast ruined thy,life. Why didst thou not remember thy. great an* cestor?" '���������''���������'.��������� , -. '��������� , ' ' "A man's ancestors be dead and nis sweetheartlivet'n." "She hath tastes like thine?" ' "Nay. She hateth Greek, liketh the play, and goelh wild when mountebanks performeth in the market place." "Thou art vastly, different Thou canst have no peace in thy household." "Can3t, didst thou say? Thou art WTonc, Lorenzo. Look thou upon a man Interesting Items. The expression "watered stock," which describes so well thc expansion of the stock of a company beyond thc value of .the property, originated, it is said, in connection with Daniel Drew, who was once the wealthiest and most unique manipulator iu Wall street. Drew had been a drover in bis younger days, and it was said of him that before selling his catllo in tho market he would first give thorn largo quantities of salt to make Uiem thirsty and then provide 'them with all thc witter they could drink. In this way their weight was greatly increased, and the purchaser was buying "watered stock." There are nbout 100,000,000 stars discernible through modern telescopes. In tho mere matter of listing the stars there is nn enormous amount of work. Four hundred thousand have, been listed in tliC last half-century at the observatory at Bonn. Dr. T'orne, in the Argentine Republic, has listed a half-million. As to the stars which it is impossible to.handlo individually, there is an association of observatories engaged in making a photographic, chart of the sky on the largest scale. When the observatories all over the world have handed in tlieir work, we shall have a picture of the whole sky, the labor of an entire generation of astronomers. A writer in tho "Outlook" says ef the Doukhobors settled in Western Canada: "Ono of the few English words they know is 'grease,' and upon my offering them any food, bread, for instance, they woiild look nt it suspiciously and enquire, 'Grense?' They were afraid that lard or tallow might have been used in making the bread, and if so they would not eai it. Some of thc Indians do not care to have the Doukhobors visit them, as they are regarded a3 'queer,' and I have seen a Crcc Indian wave' nn approaching Doukhobor away by holding up a piece of bannock in front of his "lent, with a deprecating gesture and t'hc word 'Grease!'" The Government of British Columbia has established "traveling libraries" for the 'benefit of the numerous lumber and mining camp3 nnd townships in that province. After an extensive tour, the secretary of the "Canadian Reading Camp Movement" reports that these libraries are doing excellent work. Asked what class of books wns most in demand, he replied that fiction undoubtedly was mosf acceptable. He thought that 85 per cent, 'of the books read in the camps came under that head. The3C men worked hard and needed mental recreation. They would read only a little biography, and less science andhislory. It was no use sending them books they would not read. "Even a good detective story is better than ribthiiig." A Parisian lady doctor of medicine has had a splendid idea. Her sister, not having gone in for thc higher education, eel up as.a corscticre (stay-maker). Now thc two have joined forces, and arc amassing a fortune. They have combined their different professional capacities in the following manner: Customers calling find themselves first ushered into the lady .doctor's consulting-room. There they undergo a regular medical examination- " They have lo answer thc usual practitioner's questions, thc pulse is felt, lungs sounded, heart listened to, and so on. The doctor then draws up a diagnosis���������in other words, an exact description of t.hc kind of corset,which the build or slate of health" of each customer're" quires that she shall wear. They arc then ushered into the room where the si.-?ter presides over her branch of the business, and takes the measurements in strict accordance wilh the medical instructions. Thc partnership of stay-mak- eT and physician has proved so successful that, although thc charges made nre on the highest scale of the corset trade, consulting-room and filling-shop are always crowded. uiu ���������. reject ������ ������.^ ������j ���������, ��������� -> heart often giveth the best counsel 1 heeded its promptings and found happiness. Thou sought to.make me miserable, Sir Wisdom, and now I say, "Have done with Jhee!' Back to thy cave!' And'~^n^T^ain^rwrenzo-wwjfe=^adl v upon his way.���������John Taylor Waldorf. ���������Is the manager up to date?-' "Up to date! Why, he's jus', introduced a game of ping-pong in the b-ilcony scene in ���������Romeo and Julief!'"���������"Tit-Bits." He Offered Her His Heart. "But do you take Dr Agnew's Cure? If not, you know, I couldn't risk accepting It." she said. Sbo is wiso. His heart may be disordered and his life in danger. No matter how strong his heart is, Dr. Agnew's Heart Cure will make it stronger and his system healthier. No mutter now weak from any.disease, it would put him on his feet physically. - . Dr. Von Stan's Pinoapplo Tablots fflvo tho atomnch a vacation Tjy dl- -jcitln** the food for it. Pineapple will digest boot or tho [tr<Misi*.st of food. Dyspeptics eat heartily and laugh nnd grow fat wlillo getting onrod by thli cum. Prlco 85o. ������0 A Message From the Pulpit In the old days���������and probably to some extent at the present day���������the Scotch clergyman w.is very much the pastor of his flock. He looked out for the big and little needs of their souls, and also of their bodies. Dean Ramsay, in his good old book. "Scottish Liie and Character," tells a story vouched for by one of his correspondents, as authentic. John Brown, Burgher minister at ���������Whitburn, grandfather of the author of "Bab and tjis Friends," was traveling in the early part of this century on a small Shetland pony to attend lhe summer sacrament at Haddington. Between Miiso-olburch and Tranent he ove.rtook one of his own people. "Whal are ye dain' here, Janet, and ������wha'irwvj*i='-'aun this warm wathcr?" " 'Dce'd, sir,** replied Janetr'Tm-gaun lo Haddington for thc occasion, on' cx- peck to hear ye preach this efternoon." "Vcrn weel,"Janet, but w'naur ye gaun to sleep?'' "I dinna ken, sir, but Providence is aye kind, an' 11 provide a bed." *Mr. Brown jogged on to Haddington. After service in the afternoon, before he pronounced a blessing, he said from the pulpit: '���������\Vh.iur*s the auld wine that followed m" frao Whitburn?" ������������������'Uvrf 1 "W, *'-'." pi-x-d n shrill voice from a back ne.it. "Aweel," ������aid Mr. Brown, "I havo fund yc a bed; ye're to slcup wi' Jennie Fife." 'Scare Heads." In the han������3 of the modern news- pnfier man an ordinary incident -receive! a melodramatic flavor, while a tragic episode is. made trebly thrilling by sensational headlines. Were Hamlet described in a press telegram,,the mes������ag������ would be headed something like this, large -letterss' "Appalling Tragedy in Denmark; King Murdered By Hi.i Brother; Young Court Lady Goes Mad and Drowns Herself; Four Royal Personages Slaughtered!" "The Merchant of Venice", instead of appearing under that rnodcat and commonplace title, would have been heralded by tthe liner'as "Extraordinary Venetian Trial: A Jew Money-lender Claims % Pound of Human Flesh!" In like manner, "Romeo and Juliet" would have, bneome---"Deplorable an<i Pathetic Tragedy in High LW*. Two Lovers Commit Suicide!" or something of that sort. These examples indicate how Shaknaps-arc's t.c.r������e. titles would have ������liol, out if handled by the modern journalist. Ill !���������* .' Young Doctor���������-AVIiicli kind of patients :lo you "(lml il the. linrclesl. lo cure? Old iWt.or���������Those, who have nothing tho matter with Ihcin.���������"Judge." Mainly About People. In a rural justice court in Georgia, re- cenUy, an old negro, whose testimony had been questioned by a lawyer, Baid in his own defence: "Jedge, I'm a good man. I besn a-livin' 'roun' heah ten years. I ain't never been lyn-.-hed; en de only boss I ever stolod th'owcd ni2 en brok-jiny two legs!" A writer in the "Nineteenth Century" gives an example of the camp gossip that is considered seriously by some and even serves ns material iov profound historians. After complete inaction for six weeks nt Jloildcr River, two men were overheard talking ns they wore taking an after-dinner smoke in lhe sun. "'Ave you written 'omc, Bill?" Bill had written " 'omc." "An' 'avo you told 'cm t'hc truth, Bill' 'Ave you told 'em that we're up to our knees iu blood?" Bill had. Rowland Hill once rend from his pulpit an anonymous letter reproaching him with driving to chapel in his carriage, and reminding him that this was not our blessed Lord's mode of traveling. He then snid: "I must admit that it is not; but if the writer of this letter will come here next Sunday, bridled and saddled, I shall hnve great pleasure in following our blessed Lord's example in that as in all other matters within my power." One of the best repartees of Dr, Richard Bnsby, from many points of view the greatest English schoolmaster that ever lived, was provoked by one of the perverts of the time of James IL, the. famous Father Petre, who had been under him at Westminster. Busby asked him why be had changed his faith. Thc quondam pupjl replied that "tlie Lord had need of him." "I have read thc Scriptures pretty diligently," snid Busby, "and never read that the Lord had need of anything but once, and then it wts of an ass." Once, in the course of a speech which was punctunted by interruptions, in Parliament, John Bright was saying: "Personally, I do not feel disposed to wage war against these Philistines," when an unruly member of his audience shouted, "Hee-haw!" "If, however," Mr. Bright continued without pause, "my friend a I the back of the hall will lend mo one" of his jaws I shall be encouraged to reconsider my attitude, in view of the historic success'of Samsou when provided with a similar weapon." The Paris letter in the Philadelphia "Post" tells of two blessings of Western civilization it is the ambilion of an educated Japanese girl to take home to her land; It was at one of M. Dcleasse's receptions in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. She came wilh the Japanese Ambassador's party, and she was winsome as a flower, this delicate Japanese girl ���������oh, an amber girl!���������dressed in the silken splendor'of her race. Therefore was it almost uncanny to hoar her talk with a Down Hast accent. When you gasped she said, "Why, I'm a Wcllcsley g'rrl, you know." "And you are going home?" "Yea, back to Japan." Thc small face grew very serious. "I wanL to teach my people two things when I get back," she said���������"ice cream and the Gospel." Rumors that the Archbishop of Canterbury, who made 'such a muddle of vK.ing l<idward's coronation, is about to rc- "lire recalls stories oi the aged prelate's brusqueness of manner. On one occasion he received a deputation of schoolmasters, who complained that an inspector did not treat them like gentlemen. ''Well, what of that?" replied the courteous "Temple, "you" aren't gentlemen." One night he was dining with the late Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle. The conversation took a clerical turn, and Her Majesty recalled thc rather unusual episode of two "bishops of the Church of England being consecrated nt the same time. "They were Lord Arthur Hwcy, Bishop of Bath and AVells and���������and��������� and���������*' she continued, Hie Archbishop having prompted her, "Dr.'John Maekar- ncss, Bishop of Oxford."' "What a marvelous memory Your Majesty hasl" exclaimed s. courtsous courtier, who was sitting at the table. "No, sho hasn't," retorted tho polite primate, "I've just told her." When Browning was once asked for the explanation of an obsenre passage in one of his poems, he is- said to have referred the enquirer to thc Browning (Society, "who could tell him all about it." Some Gottingcm students who had a keen admiration, for Klopstock���������thc "German Milton"���������found one of his stanzas unintelligible, and begged him to explain its exact meaning to them. The pcet read the stanza���������then carefully rerea-1 it��������� then rend it again, while all looked on with bated breath. At last he spoke: "I cannot recollect what I meant when I wrote it, but I do remember that il was one of the finest things I ever wrote, nnd you cannot do better than devote yourlives to" tho discovery of its mean- "liig." "This-was -pretty-good -f or_a_mod^ est man, but the finest repartee oi tho kind is tfhot attributed to old Jacob Boehme, the shoemaker and mystic. Certain disciples came to him on Ms deathbed, imploring him to expound a difficult passage of crucial importance in his philosophical system. "My dear childron," began Bochma, nf:er wrestling in spirit for a time, "when I wrote tins I undcr- f-tood its meaning, nnd no doubi tbe omniscient God did. He mny still remember its meaning, but J have forgotten." Bird-Mad. Many persons "not'"lo the manner born" are embarking on nature study, to the weariness of their friends. They sit in parks nnd fields with opera glasses, and see birds that never were "on sea or land." And sometimes their bored friends rebel. In a town where unlrained observation ragca an elderly lady met nn acquaintance in a shady avenue," and a3kcd her: "Do you know anything about birds!" "No," said the other. "I'm sorry, but I don't." "Sorry! Oh, you're such a relief! I just met'Mrs. U, and she grasped my hand, gazed upward, nnd said, fOh, did you hear that perfectly lovely spike- beaked, purple-eyed tickle-bird?' "I hadn't gone a block before I met Mrs. K. Tlush!' said she, ecstatically. ���������Don't move a muscle.! Right up there on that branch is one of those rare, exquisite, speckle ��������� winged, ring - tailed screnmers.' "You and I seem to be tho'onW sane people. Let us rejoice in chorus." "How fast they build houses now," said .Toricfj. "They began that residence over there only last week, now they are putting in the'lights." "Yes," exclaimed Smith, "and next week they will put in the liver." FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS I H������ 1Vm Told to Write Ills Name With lit* J \ toft Huml ������n<������ II* 1>H1 So������ , ( *'Bank clerks are ao often called upon, for directions that they sometimes fall into tbe habit of giving them in a hurried and mechanical manner, consequently they are frequently misunderstood," remarked the cleric of a savings institution in New York to n reporter the other Gay. "For instance, tbe usual formmula whon a .strar.ger is called upon to sign his name t3_ 'Sign here���������pen and Ink at your loft hand.' Ono morning last week a stranger entered our bank and asked ine for a certificate of deposit for a considerable sum of money, which hi handed over. I counted the money, and found tho amount to bo as staled, and hurriedly Raid: 'Sign there- pen and ink at your left band.' "Woll, it took'iho stranisor a lona time to sign his name, but I thought nothing more of it, and Issued tho cerltllcate of deposit. About a wee.: later the same man. whose face I had forgotten, reappeared' and liresentcJ tho certiorate. He dashed off an ornate signature, which I proceeded to compare with the first signature. The two were vastly different, as tbe first one was apparently the labored effort of an old man. ( "'I can't pay you this money, olr, T Gald- , ,. ������ '"Why not?" asked the astonlsheO stranger. '.��������������������������������������������� " 'Because It is not the signature ot tho man to whom I Issued the cei'lLl- cate of deposit,' I replied. " 'Well,' said the stranger 'when I was here a week ngo you told me tj write my name with "my left hand, and I did so, but I can't write very well that way.' " Then will you oblige mo by writing your name with your left hand again?' I asked, as a' light dawned upon mc. "'Certainly,' said the man, and after much labor he produced a facsimile of bis first signature, and I apologized and paid bim his money." .���������_ -M Tie in ltlolt llt'canai* lie l.tist A Do*;, "Hello!" exclaimed the adverlU- ment clerk as ho read the ton scrawls on the yellow slip. "Lost another dog?" "Sure!" rcspordc-1 the little m.in at the counter, "and If things contiuuo I may keep on losirg them." Tho clerk was interested. "What's the game?" "Easier than falling oft a log and richer than Cape Nome. You remember I came down last Tuesday with an 'ad' that informed tbe_ public that I had lost a dog. I didn't mention the pedigree of the missing canine, but merely stated that a suitable toward would be paid for -the' return. ���������Well, the 'ad' appeared In the afternoon and the dogs appeared in the morning. Yes, sir, they, appeared. I- had to get a dog medicine almanac to distinguish the breeds. There were .towering mastiffs, ugly bulls, French poodles and scores of others. Kvery five minutes the bell would ring and a kid -would say. "Is ..this your 'dog, mister?' 'Sure!' I'd say, "just"hand him in and here's a dime for your trouble.' If the kid raised a rumpus I just threatened to have him pinched. If they' brought a yellow cur around I'd just tell them the nearest route to the dog pound. Say, I must "go down and see about that carload of pugs I m shipping Bast." "Carload?" "Sure! Why, man, you don't understand this business. It beats th������ endless chain all hollow. So " "What's the ��������� matter with your hand?" "Writer's' cramp from indorsing checks. To-night I eat lobster, drink imported and try a tew turns on tho green cloth. One weolc ago I couldn't drink third-grade California. But today���������well, to-day, I'm the man who lost a dog. So. long!" ,1Jii*t He l>i>,tln**iiinlic'l the Hut. A professor went into a crowded restaurant in New York tor luncheon one hot day. The negro in charge ot the big corridor where the bat shelves stood was an Intelligent looking fellow, and his bow and smile were not of the obsequious, stupid kind so often affected by colored walterB and doormen in hotels. He took tho r-ro- fessor's-hat and gave__no_check_ for_ll^ in return. An hour later, when the professor came out of the dining room, the negro glanced at him in a comprehensive' way turned to thc shelves and handed him Ms hat. The, professor is a man who prides himself on his powers of observation, and the negro's ability to remember to whom each article of clothing belonged struck him as being very wonderful. "How did you know this was my fiat?" he asked. 'I didn't know It, sab." was the re- fily. . "Then why dia you give It to mo?r the professor persisted 'Because you gave it to me, sah" I.lUe Mother, t.H'e l'atigliler. There are precocious Infants nowadays to match the progressive women, says the Woman's Home Companion. The other day a tiny tot, surrounded by her dolls, announced to her mamma that she .had organized a woman's club, with her own self as president and the doll as members. "Why did you not elect "one of tho dolls as president?" queried the mother. Interestedly. "Oh," answered this observant little baby girl, promptly, "dolls can't talk, and you know the president docs all the talking." , "I must'Insist," declared Diana, who was the acknowledged leader of the Olympian ..Woman's Suffrage party, "that the purity of the ballot would le conserved by allowing us to vote." "Nonsense," protested Mercury, lender of the opposilion, "you wouldn't be able to control the. mouse of Hls- t< .������������������; she's a natural bom repeaici.". ���������I'hiladelphla Press. ^ H. S. Barnes, of Rat Portage, Tells of the Trials of the Early Settler Suffered Terribly from Kidney Complaint but was Speedily Relieved und Cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills. Rat Portage, Out., Dec. 1.���������(Special. )���������Everybody in Rat Portage knows H. S. Barnes, father of a former mayor and one of tho oldest inhabitants of tho metropolis of New Ontario. Though seventy-nine years of age, Mr. Barnes looks younger than many men of many fewer years, and is possessed of wonderful vitality and activity. ; A pioneer of this district, Mr. Barnes tells many tales of early life in the wilds ef New Ontario, but none more interesting than the following: "I was terribly troubled with Kidney Complaint. 1 suffered severely. with pains across my back, and with a scalding, burning sensation .when urinating "that wawgv'ery painful. . "Though I- had little faith in proprietary medicines, I had a box of Dodd's Kidney Pills in the house that I had procured fer my wife,- and commenced taking them with good effect. "It was not long till my acquaintances started to greet me on' the street with 'Hello, Mr. Barnes; how young you are looking.' They were not astray. I felt smart too, and fed " younger and in better health than I have been for years.' My, Kidney Complaint was completely cured by, Dodd's Kidney Pills." -Came Out Just'Even. To illustrate how far wrong one maj go in trying to estimate the goods and ills in another man's life, a speaker at a recent public dinner told this story: Two good New Englanders met nt a college re-union after twenty-five year?. They (had been close friends in the oKl days, but had lost track of each other since. - " " " .> ������ "Well, Bill?" "Woll, Oharloy?" ��������� . '' ���������, : -: .. "Tell me about yourself. .Where"have you been, and what have you .done.?" What has your life been all this quarter of a century?" "Well, Charley," said "Bill," .rcflect- .ively and somewhat sadly, "I'm- about where" I was when I started-out,- twenty- _. five years ago." "That so?" "Ycsj just about in thc same place." ��������� "But something must have: happened to you." .- "Yes, I've been married." "That's good." "Well, I don't know. She turned out, to be. a terrible shrew." "That's bad."- "Well, I don't know. There was one compensation, she was rich" "That's good.". . "Well, I don't know. Sho was also stingy." Thai's had." "Well, I'm -not so sure���������she was' always just." "That's good." "Well, yes, I supposo so. But she died." "That's bad." ~ ��������� -- "Well, I don't know. She left a great deal of money." "Of course. That was���������well, money is an���������advantage." - ��������� "Yes, it certainly is; but she didn't leave me any." "That's bod." "Well, it might have been worse. She left me a fine house." "That's good." "Yes, that was good���������while it lasted, but the house burned." "That's too bad." ��������� "Yes, -that -was bad. It .wasn't insured_ either. So I'm' just whero I waa when I started." i Three Stomachs on a Week's Vacation. Bat, drink and be merry while giving the digestive apparatus a healing;, wholesome rest |_ ".'���������'.-" - It can ba done by the use of OR. VON STAN'S '? PINEAPPLE TABLETS. Pineapple will digest meat in a dish at 103������. | The rest euro is tho best cure, the only cure for dyspepsia. That's the whole story except that the Urge tablets digest food, the ���������mail ones tone up the digestive apparatus,���������Price SS cents. Dr. Aflnew's Catarrhal Powder opens a new tunnel In a choked up nostril and lines it with a new membrane. In ten minutes will relieve cold er catarrh or cure the, most obstinate headache. A quick cure��������� ��������� safe ouro���������not a slow remedy. IT. >v W. "V-fl" I -SVI-t. ivs* w-i- V^r^w.j^Ww������������^WM^g...-|^,iTOmW,t~,. tin / =TKe MooTYstorke- By Mr*. C. N. Williamson, Author tf -* OW tt fitt People," Ete. v.tT .. ->.<���������. as n wM'.-wlsher o. the family���������I can't say a friend, ns 1 hardly know the Grays Hii-sonall-y���������1 con't help thinking It's Just as well sho didn't���������whatever was the reason that caused her to back out apparently at the last minute. One never knows the rights ot these theatrical quarrels. \Mazeppa,' as It -was to have been played. Judging from tho posters, wasn't a piece I should have cared: for a daughter or sister of mine to appear in." . "No," said Newcome, calmly. But there wan a spark In his eye at the. thought of those posters. " "A man was telling: me a day or two ago that the family -are in financial straits," continued Macalre. "The mother's ill, and there's a ne'er-do-twell young brother who failed in Ireland with a paper he'd taken shares In." (Macalre had not needed his detective to tell him this; he had had a hand In that little transaction himself, having been a power behind the editorial throne which had toppled.) "I don't want to appear In the transaction al all; but If you come out ahead In this flsht with the Kid, and make youi bow in socletty as a young: 'man ot fashion, you might be able to help mc do the trick and others of the same sort. Between us we might get young Gray a berth that would prop up the family fortunes, oh?' "If 1 can help, you may count on mc for all I'm worth," responded New- come, this time not attempting to cool dow-n the growing warmth in hi? breast. lie liked Lionel \Maca!re; and now no warning thrill bade Win look before he leaped���������to conclusions. were rows of cushioned seats of war- nut wood, sloping upward In tiers. They would have accommodated a hundred people, Instead of the dozen here to-night. These seats walled In a conventional- roped ���������'ring'*���������a square about .twentty feet in dimension. At each corner-of this square was a big silver punch-bowl, in lieu of a basin, n sliver Jug filled with scented water, and n great bloated-looking sponge. At sight of these preparations the guests at once knew what sort of entertainment was in store for .them. Even those who were familiar with the Lion's Den had been uncertain- till this CHAPTER XXVI. The Lion's Den/ Lionel "Macalre was giving a dinner to a few friends at his huge palace o������ ��������� house in Park lane. Only a dozen men were" asked, and there were no women save those engaged to sing and dance strange new dances In" diaphanous rainbow draper- lea' while the guests sat over their wine and cigars. But the principal guest mraa a royal personage, and a rumor had gone round among those present that after dinner was over the millionaire had a surprise up his.sleeve' for hla friends. Helwas ,'eelebrated for his surprises of one-kind or another. -Sometimes they were of a kind to be mentioned afterwards only in whispers by , those let into the secret; but they were always notable, not to be forgotten. And Sirhape there was not another man in upland who entertained with such eccentric magnificence as Lionel Ma- oalre. It was because of this���������and because, too, of a certain room in his town house, or under it���������that he had pot his nickname of Nero the Second. ��������� 'And the room which, though few peo- ple'ihad actuality seen It, had helped tc swell his peculiar fame was called the "Lion's Den." Strange scenes were said to 'be enacted there sometimes. ' \Hls dining-room was built like n - Banqueting-}- all In an ancient Roman palace. The floor waa of white marble, and the domed celling was of blue and ��������� gold mosaic, .the pillars supporting its arches were of pink granite, and there ' were wonderful curtains of Syrian- dyed purple silk, bordered, with, scroll patterns In gold. Against this purple background statues of beautiful nude figures stood out In gleaming white, for Macaire was a patron of the arts, and his tastes were distinctly French. Under the open-work embroidery and lace insertion of the table-cover was cloth-of-gold; and the plate was gold also, glittering -under the electric lights that starred the blue vault of the celling. In such a room, and at such a table, the men In their modern evening dress looked oddly out of keeping; but none so Incongruous as the host himself. "With the cigars came a gold cigarette-ease for each guest, with his own monogram In diamonds; and when the last-pretty dancer had bowed her lightly-draped figure away behind one of ���������������She .purple- curtains -and_no_rna.n_care_el_ for more wine���������even Lionel Macalre's wine���������the host suggested to his most honored guest an adjournment to the "cellar" (as he called It), where something-amusing might .be expected. A quiet srriile went round the clrle at Nero's -way of referring to the "Lion's Den." Every man knew that he was in for some good sport. They left the dining-room, coming out Into an immense hall, then through several passages, which-led*" them at last to a fine bllllard-room. In one wall ���������was a- great cupboard, .which held all /torts of odds and ends; and.at the back of this was a concealed door which opened with a spring. It's existence would havo been; difficult >.for- anyone' eave an expt - in such rriatters to dls- - cover unassisted;, and onl*y two of the millionaire's most trusted employees were in the secret, though there were whispers in the servants' hall concerning a myslery in the 'house. The architect and the builder had kept their own , counsel, as' bad Macalre's -favored guests," ,and If the millionaire some- ��������� times. provided illegal diversions for bis friends there was little danger of -an interruption from rudely raiding police. When the concealed door had retired Into the wall as -magician fingers touched tho hidden spring, a flight ot -marble stairs could be seen, illuminated "by electric lights set on either side. At the bottom of-the steps was an open apace floored and walled with marble,. Here were two closed doors of oak., Ono ,of those Lionel. Macalre opened, and his guests, led by Royalty, filed Into a curious room. It was, as he had said, In the cellar, but It, had-no connection with the other cellars under tho huge house. Il could ba entered 'by two doors only; one, through which the party had Just como, and another opening Into an adjoining apartment. ���������The room wag thirty feet square at least, and as plain as thc rest of tho ���������Hnooe was elaborate. -Round the walls moment, lor the only permanent furnishings in the place consisted of the rows of seats along the wall. Everything else could be changed according to necessity. Close to the ring were two chairs, and as Macalre and his friends entered two men Tose from these, bowing slightly. Their faces were known to several of the guests. One was a well- known referee, the other a man appointed to act as time-keeper In the anticipated sport. The former had Just eome in from the next room, where the principals in the scene about to be enacted had stripped for weighing, and might soon be expected to appear. When one of the front rows of seats had been sparsely occupied, all eyes turned towards the closed door of that next room. Presently It opened, and three men came slouching in. One was of middle age, or near It, with closely-cropped, carrot-red hair, thick and bristly, a straight line of auburn eyebrow, meeting across a pugnacious nose; fierce, deep-set little eyes, like those of an angry pig; a protruding chin " that locked the lips above it tightly together when they were shut; and the chest and arms of a giant. He wore loose white drawers, canvas shoes that made no noise when he 'moved; and as he ciunc forward Ire grinned at the audience, suggestlngi'y clenching his hammer-like fists and swelling out his ���������biceps so that the muscles rose like springs of iron under the dark, hairy skin. This was Joety the Kid, and the twe with him would see him through .the fight. . ' r' The trio took their places at one corner of the ring, and a moment later" another three came in at,L-he door they had left open. A tall, slim young fallow, dressed as the Kid was dressed,*' entered with his second and a trusted servant.of Macalre's, who had perlormed - many . o queer, office in .this room. The newcomer looked, compared wilh Joey thc Kid, like Antlnous beside .Hercules, oi ���������David with Goliath. Stripped to thc waist,- hla-face and throat bronze, hi.- body marble, he seemed hardly more than a youth; but the eyes eagerly criticizing his form could find no fault with it. A Greek sculptor- of old, lu search of a -model for a young athlete, would have seen in him perfection. Yet, beautiful as his body was to the eye, it appeared a monstrous injustice to match his youthful strength against the brawny bulk' of the big professional prize-fighter. , Macalre himself made the necossarj announcement. He told his guests tha\ the- match was' to be under eleven stone ten pounds, and was between Joe Nash, whom they knew as Joey the Kid, and an amateur, who, having no name in English sporting -circles, claimed the right to remain anonymou*- until after the fight. He (Macalre) vouched for him, and guaranteed tha; ills record was no more than it professed to be. Nash had Just now beer weighed at eleven stone nine pounds ii> the weishlng-chair in the next room, his opponent touching ten stone eigh! pounds. The conditions of the flgh! were the best of twenty three-minute rounds with two-ounce gloves. If i. i.;u to the full length it would be decided by points. Having given this Information, he put in a flattering word for the referee, i\ ho looked pleased, and the prologue tt (he play-was ovcr;-the-act about to_b?:_ Sin. The -slim young man and the halr> giant came forth from their .respective torners and grasped each other's hands, the former's second (who had been his sparring partner) eyeing the pair furtively, his face eager. B'y.thls time each man in the audience ha'd his favorite. Notebooks wef- out, and bets had been recorded. Fe\. belieyed that the unknown aroateu: hud a chance against the Kid, and Hope Newcome felt adverse opinion., hanging heavy in the air, oppressing his chest. He was half ashamed of himself fo: -what he was about to do, yet nothing on earth'would now have induced hiir, to draw back. It was all for Winifred. Already he had been able to help her. If he could win this fight, and winning it, step into the place which Lionel Macalre had promKjd him, ht would tell Winifred the-truth about th? mission which had brc jht him to England, and7isk her if, in spite of all it entailed upon him, she would promise to be his wife. He dared not think that she loved him, but she had been heavenly sweet, and it might be that She had learnt to care, just a Utile, during the days that they had been "partners." With money he could at least"try his luck. For, If he got it, it would be his money, honestly though strangely earned. He was going to do all Ire knew to earn it now. Newcome and Joey the Kid had never seen each other uutll they had walked out half stripped from the partitioned spaces which they had used a? dressing-closets In the next room. He"had heard all that could be", .heard- of the big man's record'from his owi; ���������.parting partner, and that all was no; encouraging to him. He had expected to see a giant, but the Kid had proved quaim o������ misgiving as his eyes an.l the little pig-eyes of the noted prizefighter had met. Now, however, with the touch of the other's hand, all nervousness went. Naver in his life had Hope Newcome felt more cool, more confident in himself. "Realizing fully the almost desperate, task to which he had pledged himself, 'he trusted1 that If he could not win the fight, at least his own splendid condition, would make him no despicable foe for the hero of the ring against whom- he was pitted. His muscles were like elastic and steel, his nervous energy, ithrllled in.every fibre of his being. He had carefully trained for this fight, and his .shining skin, the clear whites of his eyes, showed htm to be In the height of physical condition. As he moved his arms the muscles rippled under the skin or shot out into smooth- swelling contours, hard as Ivory, as he clenched his lists and fell easily and lightly into fighting position. The flrst round was merely experimenting. Each man was studying- tha other. Joey was clearly rather disdainfully wondering why Macalre !;aa pitted, him against this slim youth, whom he thought. In the pride of tha bully, that he co'-.M "fight with one hand." Yet he did not want to be led into a trap. . There might be mors science in the youngster .than h-i knew of. So he stood at first TOafilly" on the defensive, letting Newcome begin the attack; then'suddenly made one of the rushes that had often brought disaster to his antagonist. The young man saw his danger: dodged like lightning, ducking quickly under the other's arm, breaking to the left, breaking to th?' right; 'their, just as time was called, he got In a 'smacking blow on the Kid's' low forehead, which made him *,hake his head like an angry bull. It was a lase of honors divided, -but t' i dashing .round of three minutes was enough to prove to Newcome that he must call on all his science, all his strength, if he were to even hold his own with this formidable antagonist. . The next few rounds were keenly, warily fought. There was a quick pattering of feet on the sawdust, an occasional vicious grunt from the Kid as he struck a heavier blow than usual, the Vallen thud of the gloves. oermmoea brain that the victory waw ltis���������a victory jealously switched from the jaws of defeat. He hardly saw the limp body of his unconscious opponent carried away to the next room. Voices drummed in his ears liko the buzzing of bees. Half- dazed still, lie realized that Macaire was shaking his hand, that others were crowding near. "After such a triumph you can bo anonymous no longer," the millionaire was saying. "Gentlemen, I want to introduce to. you my friend Buron von Zelllieim, a name you must all have hcuTd, a man you will all bo glad to meet." -" -_ J ' CHAPTER XXVII. .f Baron Von Zellheim. So far Newcome bad been successful in the game of strategy he had set himself to play. He began to think that his task might be easier than he had supposed it. He had broken with his guard, or. avoided by his quickness the most dangerous blow3 that had been aimed al him, and he had got homo several shipping knocks on Joey's face. For an instant he lost his head and, enticed by his opponent's apparent lisllessncss, he rushed in recklessly. Next moment he repented, for he received a terrific uppercut that jarred his spine, and sent him reeling across the ring. Joey was after him. in a flash, trying to pin him in a corner and settle him; bat Newcome had still strength to dodge this way uhu> that, escapiug with another sounding blow upon the ribs. It was almost a disaster, and when time was called he could barely stagger to his stool, gasping like a newly-landed fish. . The Hood of cold, pungently-scontcd -water squeezed over his head from the fieat sponge brought his faculties more under control. He took a sip of brandy; his legs lost.their.-niunbi*ess. -As he roso tor the next round, game still, though tottering a little, there was a murmur of encouragement from the-, spectators, hushed to breatlilessness as Joey rushed joyously in to finish his victim. ��������� But Newcome was not to be easily caught again. He dodged and ducked, dexterously avoiding the dangerous corners into which his antagonist would have driven him, and came scatheless but dizzy through the round. Another minute's rest, another sponging of the head and sip of brandy, and he was able to face his man again. But he was weak from the tremendous battering he had received, and thc prize-fighter seemed determined to iinish the light there and then. The pace was getting too hot; tho Kid's breatus came and went in hissing gnfrs. lie wanted to kneck out his man before the tatter's youth, better condition, and extreme quickness could turn tlie seale against his own greater strength. Grinning viciously, he rushed .on his haggard opponent, and Newcome needed all his agility to save himself from the mad fury of the attack. Just ���������it tlie end of the round the prize-lighter landed a straight right-hander on New- come's throat, and the young man, lifted from his feet and hurled across the ring, defined to the excited spectators to have received the knock-out blow which they .ill bad feared must come sooner or later. Actually the impact of the blow was 4ess-severe���������than_it^scemed, and Ncw- rome, while appearing to fall like a log. :ud really- practised something like a stage fall. He let it seem that he was badly hurt, allowed his seconds to support him to his chair, and lay back panting, with his eyes closed. No one who looked at hira believed that he could go through another round, ilacaire, ���������.wis ���������ulkily disappointed, and Mncaire's juosls considered the fight practically ovef. Newcome was thinking to himself much the same. lie knew that he was ,ver-inatched in strength, in mere btute CHAPTER XXVIII. Hope Ncwcome's Luck. The bad news which had prostrated Mrs. Gray just a3 she had been pronounced out of danger was from Dick. In a reckless moment he had staked most of the money sent by Winifred to buy himself out of the army on a horso -concerning which ho had had a "sure tip." The horse had disappointed expectations���������Dick swore lie hud boon Iruggcd���������Che money, was lost; and Dick ,vas still a wearer at liis Majesty's liv- iry instead of being the happy possessor tf ten times tho original num. sent him is he had hoped,' This disnster had been kept from Winifred, "lest it should worry her;" ami because the poor little invalid had bud to worry all alone sho had slipped back almost to death's door. Had she dreamt of her daughter's new trouble in Brighton she would probably have died outright; but she had not been well enough even to read the cautious letter sent by the girl from Mrs. Purdy's. And meanwhile things had mended with Dick, though exactly why a certain piece of luck had come his way remained a mystery. A lieutenant in his regiment, indifferent, even overbearing, before, had suddenly appeared to take a fancy to him; nnd on learning through questions that Dick was the brother of Miss Gray, tho actress, invited further confidences, and finally lent the young private the money necessary to piocurc Ins fieedom. All tins had happened before Winifred ventmed out of her hiding-place to boldly return home, where she found Dick already established, and very littlo ashamed to tell the tale of his tolly, his misfortune, and his rescue. The end of the story alarmed Winifred. Not only was her pride hurt that the brother for whom she had worked sc hard in vain should be under obligations to a stranger impossible at present to repay, but she was pricked with fear lest JUacaire's hand had been in the business. For the oilicer whe had come to Dick's aid was said not to be rich; indeed, Dick informed her as part of thc mystery that the young man was supposed to be deeply in debt. The girl could do nothing, however, towards repaying the loan. The money she had left from her anonymous present must be used for her mother and for current expenses, which were increased by Dick's presence at home. Again the weary struggle .to Und an engagement began; but, though the law suit she feared was sot begun, the affair in Brighton, from-the enemy's point of view, was known.far and wide in theatrical''circles, and the few managers wisluhg to engage" actresses did not want Miss Winifred Gray. She had boon exactly a_ fortnight in London when a new blow fell. The oifi- cer who had lent Dick tho money for his discharge wrote that 'he must ask for immediate repayment, as he found himself in unexpected difficulties. Previously he had assured the young fellow that he might pay when he liked, or not at all���������it mattered nothing to him. Winifred, to whom Dick instantly came with the letter, was at her wits' end. There was no one whose advice or help she could ask. Her mother must not be told, and Dick had shown himself worse than a child in business affairs. She thought of Hope Newcome, as she had thought many times during the past two weeks, wilh a grieved pang because, though in London, lie had never called or even written. She did not want material help, from him, but poor and shabby and down on his luck as he was, her feeling for him was such a3 a damsel of old might have cherished for a knight who has ridden up and rescued her from murderous thieves in the forest. He had none of this world's goods; but of courage, and strength, and chivalry he had more than any man slie had ever known; and just to talk with him of her troubles as they had talked when they were "partners," under their masks, would have been like having a strong stall' to lean upon in her weariness. It was late one afternoon that sho sat thinking of Hupe Newcome, wondering why he hud kept away, and whether he had alieody foigottem She had Dick's letter "from the oilicer in"her"lutnd,~and" had been trying to concoct an answer, until the image of Hope Newcome hud beckoned lier thoughts to a distance. Darkness was falling, but gas cost money, which Winifred had not to spend. When Dick came in they would have a lump; but Dick hud gone down to l-'lcet street diicctly utter their luncheon of biead and milk, hoping to place a story lie had written and hud not yet come home. Suddenly the sound of the door-bell broke into her thoughts. It did not ring very often now, for the girl who Interesting Items. -Viscount Kitchener's now peerage is granted with a very unusual .oinaiiider. It goes" flrst lo his male children, next to his female el- lilren, und iu default of both to his l\vo brothers in succession. The corner-3tone of the new Campanile will bo laid April 22, 1003, and tho Venetian authorities are projecting much ceremony for tho occasion. At present the courtyard of the Doge's palace is entirely occupied by fragments of statues and bas-reliefs saved from tho ruins. Some of them will be employed in rebuilding -the Campanile, while "the others are destined for it museum. The subscriptions from nil sources so far aggregate $2(10,000. The.restoration will cost $000,000. The new civilization of the plains is pictured by a recent incident ton miles from a Kansas town. A farmer, riding under an awning on u sulky plow, met, at tho end of his furrow, tlie rural mail wagon. Tho driver tossed the fanner ti bundle of mail, and ns tho loam look up its steady course back across the halt- mile iicld, tho fanner unfolded the daily paper, printed that morning two hundred miles away, and read the happenings in China and the news of the political campaign. An energetic statistician contributes the following table showing what President Roosevelt, lias done since his vacation commenced at Oyster Bay on July 5: Allies walked, .125; miles ridden, 200; miles rowed, 35; -hours given to sleep, 31>3; hours devoted to official business, 80; hours devoted to semi-ollicial business, 40; number of callers, 3'JS; times he has shaken hands, 770; entertainments, C; special dinners, 20; special luncheons, 12; speeches, G; trees cut down, 8; cords of wood cut, 4; shooting at target, 8; sets of tennis played, 30; sets beaten, 14; days at Sagamore H'ill, 43; wrestling matches wilh children, 8; times beaten, I; and cigars smoked, 47. Germany is reported to publish about 23,000 books in a year. Great Britain is credited with between 0,000 and 7,000 a year, of which about 1,500 arc now editions. Krance turns out 13,000 new books and Italy 9,500 in the same time The year's total new books is 70,000. Jinny of tho modern books, the London "Express" reminds us, are written foi the moment only. "They are merely enlarged magazine articles. If there is a revolution or a big disaster, or a war, the men on the spot promptly uish out a volume apiece. Of course, these works do not last; but Ihey pay at the time. Not 10 per cent, of one year's books continue to sell or to be remembered a twelvemonth later." Charles Fere calls attention, in the "Revue de Medecizie," lo the fact that . the skin possesses a certain odor, which varies according to the individual, the age and the race. Bays the "Medical Century," in an abstract of Fere's pa per: "The nervous system seems to exert much influence over'the odor of the cutaneous secretions. Hammond cites the case of a woman who always gave out an odor of pineapple when she "Was in a temper, and another who smelt oi violets when suffering from an hysterical attack. The special point to which (he writer desires to call attention is that certain odors are inherited, or may even extend to side branches of the same family." Dogs are. always able tc recognize this odor even when it is sc subtle as to escape the observation oi man." Two German aeronauts, Doctor Micthi and Lieutenant Hildebrandt, rccentlj had s remarkable experience in the heart of a thundeistorm. They ascended from Tegel at three o'clock in the afternoon, and, passing through a mist, came sud denly into a thunder-cloud. From a height of 650 feet the balloon was shot a mile upwards, and then as suddenly it dropped half a mile. They made the curious statement that, although they did not see the lightning, they were deafened by the thunder, while pelted wilh rain, hail and 3lcct. The balloon leaped and plunged so swiftly that at times tlie car was on a level with the gas-bag, and the tow-rope was above their heads. After about half an hour of this experience the balloon fell from a height of 7,200 feet, descending upon a thiek wood of beeches, branches" ol which broke the fall and' saved the live* of the adventurers. Mainly About People. On one occasion, Sir John Avebun was showing the heavens through hi telescope lo some neighbors ami sei Vaiils, when one exclaimed: "I do noi wonder, Sir John, that clever peoph find out the sizes and distances of tin stars and how they move; but whai beats mo is how you ever could tell thei; names:" Not long ago a coroner's jury in Ire land delivered the following verdict or the sudden death of a merchant win had recently fuilcd in business: "\V> tho jury, lind from the now doctor^ statement that tho deceased came to lib death from heart failure, superinduced by business failure, which was caused by speculation failure, which was the result of failuro to see far enough ahead." In his "Reminiscences," Frederick Goodall tells a story of Wellington a* an art connoisseur. He paid WiTkic si\ hundred guineas for his "Chelsea Pensioners," and laboriously counted out tho amount in cash. When the artist suggested that it would be less trouble to write a check, the great duke retort ed that ho would not let his bankers know "what a d���������n fool I have been to spend six hundred guineas for a picture.1 Here is one of the stories told by tho late Dr. Whipple, Bishop of Minnesota whoso death took place the other day. "Many years ago," said the Bishop, "l wns holding a sen-ice hear an fndiat village) camp. My things were scatters about in a lodge, and when I was goin; out I asked the chief if it was safe t. leave them there while 1 went to th- village to hold a service. 'Yes,' he saiti 'perfectly safe. There is not a whip man within a hundred miles!'" At the establishment of a ccrtair1 hairdresser the following scene rccentl. took place, to thc joy of those awaitin-. their turn: Barber (inspecting the vie tim on the chair)���������You.- hair 1-. geitim: veiy. thin, sir. Victim���������Yes? That's ill1 right. I've been giving it anti-fat; 1 li.-iio slout luiir. "Itls quite gray, sir.' "Ot" course! I'm in half-mourning ju- no w." "But you really should pir something on it. sir." *' So I do, even day." "All! May I ask what?" "M- hall" (Silence.) A New York clubman, whose reputr. l!o:i us a conceited and insufferable boi was a 'byword, was once attempting t< ":i:;iress a group of men" as being a se ciety pet. "What a hospitablo fellov lllnnk is," he said, naming one of Nc\ fork's cleverest men; "1 dropped in o Iiim tho other niiht. and he and h" wifo fairly insisted that I stay for din ner. Suc.i a tiir.e. .is 1 had getting iway Why, when I started to leave, tlio. tame rigiit out in the hall and backp- up against tlie front door." "After you', g-g-gone out?" sarcastically enquired one of his wearied listeners. AN AWFUL CALAMITY. ���������' a. rionccr Btmcoti! Ont of 111* Owt> Cttbiu fot-r-.01li������lns to Worl.-. . "It came out as I journeyed oa horseback through Dakota that almost every settler's land was under mortgage, said a Westener, "and ona( day, when I came upon a pioneer, seated on the grass by tho roadside, with a troubled look on bis face. I asked him if it was the mortgage h> was worrying about. ���������"Wuss that that, stranger,' ho rc������ plied, as he looked up wearily. ���������"Sickness or death in the family?' " 'Wuss than that.' " 'Then It must bo a calamity. Indeed. You didn't lose family, and homo by a pralrio firel' " 'Nope, but you are riEht about its being a calamity. I've been trylu' lo think of that word for two hours past. Yes, sir; you can put it down as aa swful calamity.' " "But wont you explain?' 1 persist* ed. " 'I will, sir. Thar was a mortgago on the claim, and 1 was feelin' as big as any of my neighbors, and takin.' things easy, when my wife was left $G00. Stranger, dar I tell you wha> She did with that money?" " 'She didn't lose it?' " *No, sir. She jest paid that mortgage, bought two hor3es and a plough, and this mornin' I was bounced out oC my cabin bekase I wouldn't peel oft my coat and go to work! Yes, Eir, you are right. It's a calamity���������a calamity that's landed mc on the outside, and between my durned pride and her blamed spunk somebody'll be��������� ���������atia.* grass afore Saturday night!' that the giant would rise again to renew even more formidable to look at titan .I the light, but the 'time-keeper's lhon- Newcome's .fanc-y had painted him; otouous voice crying the eeconds from and the younger man, having so;much ; one'to ten, while still the prize-fighter to gain or lose, had experienced ������ lay helpless and uneousciou3, told his. hitting power, if not in skill and science; and iie.bittcily realized that at any in- i -had been billed so brazenly for Muzcp stunt the end might come. Oue device J pa was in disgrace with her friends, Since she had returned from Brighton no one had called to sco her. ' Winifred's nerves were now in such a slate that when, anything unexpected : happened she was: frightened, and her heart beat fast. Suppose a man with a ''summons' 'against her for breach of contract had come at last? Suppose Dick had got. himself into some new dilemma, and she were to hear of it now? She had been with her.mother inWclbeck street that morning, staying as long as the;nurse allowed; but supposing word had come of another relapse? . There, was no servant in the' little Hut in these days. Winifred did all tho work herself; and it wns part of her work to answer the bell. She went to the door now, in the half-darkness, quivering and throbbing with vague terrors of what she might have to sec or"heur. But there on the threshold stood Hope Newcome, and her relief was bo intense that Bho gave a littlo cry of .joy and held out both hands. i ' "Oh, partner, it's you!" she exclaimed. 'Tin so glad 1" He caught her hands and gripped them tightly���������so tightly that it hurt; but Winifred was iu u mood to be glad of only was left, to him, and that he resolved to put into practice afconce. Wlmn lime was called he rose 1-gHjptlly, ~:id staggered towards the center of the ring. A pang of-pity for a victim pluck- ily determined to fight it out to the last against desperate odds softened the eyes of the-spectators. ; -The Kid's attack seemed irresistible. Exasperated at the lotig resistance, furious tiiatr so many rounds had been fought without victory declaring herself in his favor, he'-rushed- at his young antagonist like an angry bulk But in the passion of the assiiut the prize-fighter, counting now on certain triumph, relaxed his caution. It was the chance for which Newcome had watched and waited and schemed. Galling on his final reserve of energy, summoning his last ounce of strength, he shot out a clean, tremendous blow, the full weight of the body behind it, and it caught the giant full on the point of his. square, resolute jaw.. The Kid's hands whirled up helplessly, he fell crashing down, full on his back, his limbs twitching,'a low moaning coming from his .'parted.-lips.' Newcome stood over him, wondering at What lie had done, fcarin, An Unintentional Pun. The difficulties of learning and using a new language ate many, and the un- foitunate Norwegian in this story from Kansas must have felt that his own efforts were particularly unsuccessful. A druggist was obliged to be absent from his store one day, and his wifo took his place. A huge Norwegian, who spoke Knglish with dillicully, entered jiiid said: "Ili_dwe���������dc~fii'in" fifty -cents." "Very woll," replied the dniggist's wife; "just pay it to me and it will bo all rigiit." "Hi owe de firm fifty cents." "Yes, I understand. It you are afraid, ������ will give yon a receipt lor it." Tho man looked at her in astonishment, and walked out without a word. Pretty soon' he rel urncd with a fellow- counlrymnn, whose command of Kng- li-yh was n little betler, nnd who interpreted his, friend's remaik by explaining, "Iio wants fifty cents' worth of iodoform." ���������mi m ������ ��������� # Defin.tions. Colin Bteyn, tho fourteen-year-old sc of ex-President Steyn of the Orani; Free State, was told by some ,Britfi officers on the ship that was earryin his father to England that he was nov a British subject and should rejoice tha lie belonged to an empire upon whic' the sun never sets. On this Maste Colin demanded if they knew what tb Boers were in the habit of saying as t the cause of the sun never setting o the British Empire. At tho reply "No.' he answered: "It is because God A! mfghty could never trust the Britis- alone in the darkl" . lu a*41ttle schoolhouse in the north o' Scotland' the schoolmaster keeps . hi- boys grinding steadily at their desks but gives them permission to nibble fron their lunch-baskets sometimes as the., work. One day while the master wa instructing a class in the rule of three he noticed that one of his pupils wa; paying more attention to a small tar' than to his lesson. "Tom Bain," sai." the master, "listen to the lesson, wi! ye?" "I'm listening, sir," said the bo;. "Listening, are ye?" exclaimed th.- master. "Then ye're listening wi' or- ear an' eating pie wi' the other." In Scotland, when an infant is to k baptized, the father is "bound to shou some kind of 3peuking acquaintance witt thc shorter c.itcchi3in. One day a eo! lier went to his minister to bespeak hii: for the christening of his child. "Ilov, niauy commandments hae ye?'' asked th, minister. "Twenty," rejoined the collier who was forthwith sent back to pursue his studies in elementary theology. On his way he met a brother miner, whe was going to the minister on. a similni errand. "How many commandment* have ye, Jock?" asked the first. "Ten. "Oh, you needn't trouble him wi' ten. I offere'd him twenty the while, but h* wasna satisfied." Wliuttltc Motm Saw. Across the lake tho willow whispered and hid her face behind her waving tresses. The moon, in answer to a ���������cornstalk, blushed red and crept" behind a-passing cloud. Tho blaok Dirrt, piping in, the flags, grew silent, aua the fiog sank: down deep In the) oozo along the banks, turning hU stiiiimns back upon the scene transpiring on the bosom of the lake. The wauua ceased their purling, and each littlo wave held its breath and did not,stir,,. All, all was silent. Adown the lake there 'crept a boat. Within it sat a maiden .and a .jouth. how fair waa she! And, oh, how handsome was he! The oars lay oa the seat, dripping a silent drop back to the water. They drifted. All, all was silent. Darker and yet more silent grew the night, for Nature'3 voice was hushed. The whole world seemed to hold Its breath. And then��������� The moon leaped forth from behind the cloud, the willow swept her locks from her eyes, the frog came forth, the cricket and the night birds sang and the world burst forth once mora in song. : For George had kissed Ansrellnn.������������������ Answers. such a hurt as this. The following dclinilions are fresh from the school-room and are given undiluted in the "World's Work:" _ "Aphcrbility is the state of'being an aphci'bilc." "AfTcrbility is the state of being insane on one subject only." "Reverberation is when it is mado again into a verb.". "The" To Dcum is a grand opera." "The British Museum is the principal building in Paris." ���������'..', ������������������>:���������' "Virgil was a .Vestal Virgin.'". "Julius Caesar, was thc mother of the Gracchi." Her Picture. She���������I took this picture with my *Ttf> dak" while abroad. He���������What is it? She���������Well, 'that building that stands up perfectly Htrniglit is the leaning tower of, Pisa���������those leaning buildings are tho perpendicular edifices adjacent.���������"Puck." (To be continued.) He���������I think she wears a very short golfing skirt. She���������Well, why shouldn't she? She has a perfect right. He���������Her left, looks all right, too. He���������Now look as if you were being kissed. Sl>c���������Before or after?���������"Life." |A Conscientiojs Sabbatarian. A commercial traveling man landed at Edinburgh, Scotland, one Saturday night _too_lale_lo get _out_of town for Sunday. The next day"he found"Ufat-thcro���������war actually no form of amusement in the whole city to assist him in whilitig away the day. ' He went to the proprietor of the hotel to see if he- could suggest a way of passing the remainder of the day. | The laiidloid took pity on the stranger > and look him to one of the roou-,3 ir. | the house in which a number of Scotch men were playing a game called nap. | which is a soi t of modification of w\cn ; up. They were playing for a shilling a ', point, so that the "game was a pretty I slilf one. ' The stranger got in the game and j played very eaulion-ly, for lie was quit* sine that the plaver-,, or at least some, of them, were cheating. One solemn | faced Scot, lie was especially -tire, he- ���������caught cheating a number of times. Up began whistling a pari, of some.vagrant tune. The Scot who had been cheating arose from the table and threw down the cards. ������ .'���������-.-������������������ "What is the mailer?" the other play- era asked. "I'm gangin' nwa'," the Scot answered, glaring at the stranger. "I'll play cards wi' no raon that wh us ties on the Sabbath." Cupid Decides at, Ulectlon llet. He was a bashful youth, and when he tried to frame a proposal to tha girl,of his heart his tongue glued Itself to the roof of his moutn,' and re-fused to be" loosened. One day they talked of polities. An6t then of political bets. His ey������ suddenly brightened. ' - "Wh-what do yon say," he stam������ mered desperately, "to making a little* bet with me?" ��������� *. . "I've no objection'," _she sweetly aa������- swered. "Then," he went on, "lot's go ahead And make a bet. If McKinley is elected you w-will agTee to ni-m-mairjt me!" He could get no further. But she nobly came to his rescue!. "I'll make a bet, too,"' she softly murmured. "If Bryan is elected yoa will agree to raarry iu������." There was a brief silence. Then a queer smile strogglad across the laca of the agitated youth. Another smlla lighted the countenance of the happ7 maid. "Why wait for the election returns!'*' he chuckled. And they were married the nc:*fl week. What Did He Mean? Mr. Fussilovc's mother-in-law remarked pathetically the other day, "1 don't suppose that I have more than another ten years to live, yet I would give two years'of my existence at this moment for a nice melon." Mr. Fussi- love left the room with great alacrity; and shortly afterwards returned bearing a large parcel which he placed politely on the Inble before his respected relative by marriage. On opening it she found it contained five melons!���������Ex. Texan Tells a Terrible Tnle or ICcntucl'y. Man born in the mountains of Kentucky Is of feud days and full of viri:3. He fishetb, flddleth, cusseth and fight- eth all the days of his miserable life. He shunneth water as a niaTd dos ind drinkcth much mean whisky. ���������When- he- desireth-to-raisa_h =_ha_ planteth a neighbor, and lo bo reap- eth twenty-told. Ho ralseth even from the cradle to seek the scalp cl his grandsiro's enemy, and bringcth home In his carcans the ammunition of his wife's neighbor's wife's cousin'a father-in-law, who avengcth the deed. Yes, verily bis life Is uncertain antj he knows not the hour he may oo jerked hence. Ke gocth forth on a Journey hall fhot and comcth back on a shutter, shot. He rlserth In tho night to let the cat out, and it taketli nine doclors th:eo days to pick thp buckshot out of him. He gocth forth in joy and gladnes3 and cometh back in scraps and fragments. A cyclone bloweth him into the bos., eom of bis neighbor's wife and- hia neighbor's', wife's husband blowpth him into Abraham's bosom before ho hath' time to explain. He emptieth a demijohn into hlTH'" self and a shotgun into his enemy, and his enemy's son lieth in wait for him on election day and lo! the coroner ploweth up a forty-acre field to burj; the remains of the man. Woe. woe Is Kentucky! for her-ey*?* are red with; bad whisky, and he* soul is stained with the blood of l&-> coccnt moonshiners. She���������Mis9 Yellinhowl t.ikes great pains with her singing. He���������Tes. I wonder why she doesn't use cocaine. Papa���������Tes, my dear, I insist oa your learning to swim. The danger sf losing one's life in the water is aa f appalling one. Daughter���������Oh, I'm not afraid. WV; I get married I shall oxpect my husband to rescie me. Papa���������But remember you are lust nsj flkc'.y to get shipwrecked after jou get to bo a mother-in-law. -* ������������������-r.v"t-r.ri������H WK'im?i**a<r&Ar*&*ttt** ���������������jtrtw������������������^������������A-l*������������--rt^ ***������**h.(.ii*^tH*Uiru.r-*'**w qp , f , . T!J rr . t <*10 m I to-i Kltlein t*xcoss of $20fU������������).iX)U. The T^Ut^^ralil ami <ylailwaa\ imhlit. iU. -il fell's jrounial I'll til lt-licit Uv The Revelstoke Herald Publishing Co j Limited Liability. A. JOHNSON, K.ili'.r ������iel Mi'nut; AliVEkllllS'll ItJlTK-i. r>i������|.Uy in!*.., II.'*" per iiieli; sinule enliimi:, I- 'ft inch ttheii invrtcl imi till'- l'������u>- Legal ml.., 10 wik |..-r Inch iiicii|.nricli line f.-ilir-.! lii>-.Tlle.ii; (. cciu- tor citclt n.Mni..ii.i! ill-rrtl.ill. l.'.Clll IKitlri-i '.I' ,-clll. |������r lineeilcli i mi**. Birlli, Marring.- mid lieiiih N.'lli-.-- free. fVH-'l!Il'r|..S'llATK-i. Urmailur emrior *.' l"-r niiniun: *:,j.". |..r ei.������ in jnilis, ���������irlctly In ud-.inu-e. ovp. job iii:pai:t>ii:.nt. 1 :-,nc cf tlie be<t equipped |irliilliii*oflit.i>s in 'h-; We.it mi.I prepared t������ execute all kin.Is ������.i ������������������i inilni* fn !ir>tcln>." style in houesi prices. <<lie i liee tu������I!. No Job lun liirite- none itm niinll-lor us. MkII orders promptly attended lo. Hive us ft trial on your next order. TO COKRESI'OSIlKNTS. We invite correspondence <>n liny subject .->' interest to the f-eneriil public. In all cases the buna lide name of the writer must ncciim- panv manuscript, but not necessarily for pUbik-aliOll. Address all communications to the .Miiuni'ur NOTICE TO tOllUKSI'ONIir.NTS. 1.���������All correspondence must be lcutbly written on one side ol tliu paper only. 2.���������Correspondence eoniainlii'* personal matter must be signed with the proper name ol the writer. TllUISSDAY.' jAN'l'AUY 2!>, 100.5. Our Inheritance. It has been said by more than one enthusiastic believer in the I'tiluie of 0-uiiiMli.i that thc peopleofthe Doinitiion possess little more ieiil knowledge of their country than does' the .'ivonigi- citizen of foreign states. Although tin* .development ot every province in the Confederation is progressing ,it n i-u- picl rate, the ovdiiiiii-y citizen knows little about it, und 'would probably be surprised to le.iin "llntt the enterprise which lias beeii manifested of late is doe rather to Americans than to liis own countrymen. At no period since the .sottk'niont, of the country lms it received so large nn inflow of immigration us wilhin tin- last two years, and its product ion is immense when it is considered tli.it lhe population h.-uclly exceeds live and a hair.millions, a mere handful in view of the'extent of territory, which comprises on; -fifteenth of the hind urea of the plohe;-md 30 per cent, <>f the enliie Tiritisli F.inpire. Manul'iietiiiiiigiu<lii-*t- l-ies are in-.-re;isiii*r. with astonishing rapidity, and are generally prosperous and the mom luan.-iging Ihem a'-e full of enterprise, and with j-reat enei-j*y aie ���������.eekinf: Irade all over lhe world. The iigricultunl -wealth of trie count iv it- enormous. Immense cultivated aieas furnish grain for the miller: fruit and vegetables for the caunei-: heel', pork unci mutton for the meat Irade: and erettin for lhe butter and cheese factories. Canada's forest.- are now regaldeil as one of the chief sources fur the supply of pulp wood for the "paper in- duslvy of the world: and on hei- famous fUherifcs rest many important industries. Great deposits of lhe finest iron have recently been found: while lead, asbestos, nickel, copper, silver, and mioa. mines are being opened up in all directions. In *.he production of gold she is one of the foremost countries in the world.._ The f-tcijities for transportation are excellent The Canadian Pacific Railway stretches from ocean lo ocean, while the eastern provinces are covere.l with a nt-twoi k of t wo =yslcm^ both of which are continually growing. "Within three or four years another transcontinental line will lie completed havm**: as its U-rinini Halifax anil Vancouver. Feeders to these lines arc being constantly constructed. No country in the world, osrept the United .Stales, has gone forward so rapidly in its transportation facilities as Canada. In 1J-T7 the U.'til railway tiack laid was 2087 miles: in WOO it was IT.-^I miles. In the|past two years over ;i \ thotisaiiel miles have heen added. The work of canal construction lias heen vigorously conducted. The total amount spent in const ruction and enlargement up tollKK) was SD.-",S10,1X10, of which $74,(300,000 has heen expended since Confederation, ('anadacan justly boast of having one of lhe most completesyslemscf canals in the win lei. The various administrations since Confederation have contributed amounts for the construction of railways and canals aggiegaling $203,021,000. The total capital invested in railways and canals in Canada is ijiUOO.OOO.OJO. Dining the present year the Dominion of Canada has reached the highest mark in her progress. Compared with ten years ago, her exports have more than doubled, having increased from $08- 1100.000 to over $200,000,000. while ber imports have grown from $110,000,000 posils in tlie banks have now I i-caclii'il lhe gratifying ii lire of $oOI). IMIO.OOO. These liffiicfs ni-e iindoubti- oviih'iiri's of prosperity. ! The harvest of the count rv last, sea sun wusexi-ei'diugty bountiful, so nnu-l :*o that it aLlnu-U'd th" attention in only ol mil own people, bill of that i ol her nnliiiiis. The lolal value of lb pl-niliK Is I'loiu the r.-ii'iiis in Mauilob cxrlu-ive ul lhe i eveiiiie derived fun I In-sale of slock, bay. or nnd crop iv.-i-nvi'i-$IO.iHHi,iKkl. Dining the p.-o ' year I here has i.iei'u an immensely ii ci-eised demand by real settlers In agricultural laud, nnd the majority if lhe-e settlor.- are not lhe iinpoverislli i peasants of Kuropc*. hut lhe experi eiK-ed nnd well-to do I'ai'ineis of Hi United Slatt.-sand Kastein Canada. This is the country which is the hei-i t.-ige of lhe present generation o Canadians and what are I hey doinj wilh it? lu all the great enterprise? I'o the lU-velopiuentof the natural resoni ees of this priceless inheritance, it is AniL'i ic.-tns who are the conspicuous figures, and it is American capita.'' which is being employed. At Sydney, at S.-mll Stc. Jlarie, in the Knolenaj country, it is they who are seizing lhe opportunities rtrVred of treating great wealth and it is ihey who are reapiiif; the reward which enterprise and intelligence deserve. When will our owi people awaken to the opportunities which they are neglecting.���������Vancouver Province. Sweet Potatoes Grown by ������ Mass. Mechanic. .Mr. Geo. R. Morgan, a patieriimakei of llevere, Jlass., went down to Pine- hlulT.'North Ctnolina, sis one ol' tin advance guard of tho New England Colony who are settling near thai place. Jlr. Morgan was to experiment and repot-L results as to what n mechanic could do. One of his crops, on land that he cleared from the woods, was sweet potatoes, and he- reports that the yield will average more than one hundred and fifty bushels to the acre, and at a rate of fifty cents a bushel, which is the least they sell for at PineblulT. the. polatoes will yield $"���������> an acre. Thc land cost Jlv. -Mlii-gim I? 10 im -u-uec*.. tllpiirillK. fencing and cultivating -?2-"> an acre^ leaving him n net profit of SlO.-m acic That, speaks well for a Xew ICnglund mechanic. To show Lh at laud will make enough to pay for itself and all expenses and forty dollars pi-olit is certainly a- good showing. Mr. Morgan's place is located on the Seiib-iard Air Line Railway, the Southern road that is doing -o much lo induce Northerners to locate on its line. LEGAL T_K MAiSTUK & SCOTT. r.ui-rislers, Solicitors, Ktc. Itevelslolte, II. C. I. .".Scoti, i:.A.,I.I.,ll. W..le \. Ic Muistre, M.A ;-jai:vi-:y, mmautkh a: i-ixkiia.m Hnrrlslers Solieltnrs. Kle. Solicitor-, lor Inii.er.'ul llnnk of Cunailn. 1'oinpnny innilsIoli.au atS percent. I-1H.-T STUKCT. Ilevclstoke II. C. SOCIETIES. '#! LDFI BlLITIES. 4+*+-t**+-t'i'*****++++*'H--t-i-H" PELLEW-HARVEY, | BRYANT & CiLMAN | Mininsj Engineers <^ and Assayers, ���������VAXCOirVKK, B.C. Establlsh'-d 1^00 lteil Itose nepree meets seeon.l ami fourth iiiesilnys ofeiich month; White I lose l>c|*ree meets tiilr<l Tuusilny of cneli i|iiiirier, in Oiiiirel- lons Hull. Vlsitlni; brethren tvelcimie S. II.CIIOWl.E, T. 11 MAKER, I'resident. Act. Secretary. LOYAL ORANGE LODGE No. 1658. VtCBtilnr mcetiiiKs lire liehl in the OiUlfellow's Hull on the Third Friday of eneh month, ut S p.m. sharp. Visiting brethren eordlnllv invited A. JOHNSON, W. to Yi". JOHNSTON, Uee.-See. Cold Range Lotlgre, K. of P., No. 26, Reuelstoke, B. C, MEETS EVF.UY WEDNESDAY- "*��������� in Oddfellows' Hull at S o'clock. Visiting Knights nre cordially invited. B. VAN HOllMi, C. O. G. II. HltOCK, K.of IL.t.S. CHURCHES 5IKT1I0DIST'CIIUKCII, KKVEI.STOKK. Preaehiiij* services ai 11 n. in. and 7::iu p. in Class ineeti'nir at thc elos.e 01 the niornint* service. Sabbath School and HibleClass at :i:30 Weekly Prayer Meetiiii* everv Wedne-day eveninc at 7:30. The jmljlic are cordially Invited. Scat-J iree. Itev (J. 1/AOXKii, Pastor. ST. PETEltS CIll'KCII, ANCLICAX. Ei{*lit 11.111., Holy Eneharist; 11 a.111., 111a'..1-,, Liliiny and sermon (Holy Kncharisi lir.st Sunday in 1 lie month); 'J-.:io SAindav school, or children's service; 7:i:o Evcnso:ij;'(ulioi-al) and sermon. Holy Days���������The Holy Eucharist is celebrated at 7 n.m. or S a.m , as amioiineed. Holy I'apiisni after SunditySchool nt:i:15. ,c. a. riiocTxuat, cctor. rltKiBYTKKIA.V rill'ltdl. Servieeevery Sunday at H a.ni. and 7:.1fl p.m. to \\ hlch all arc welcome. Prayer meellnj* at S p. 111. every W eduesdav. ltEv"W. C. Cai.dki:, Pastor. I10.MAX CATHOLIC CIICKCII. at lu;:10 a. m., on flrsi, second and M as- lourtli Kikmlu.yi. ti, the tn RKV FATllKIl TIIAVKH. SALVATION AKMV. Meetins even,- night in their Hull on Front Street. H EDWARD TAXIDERMIST. DKKP- READS, BIP.D-5. Eto. MOUNTED, Furs CIc-ithM an*: Pe-.-alred. JC-m EAaT OK PKI-^BYTEhlAN CRUKCH Third Street. ASSAY WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS UNDERTAKEN. Te.-ts made up to ltd- Pulps. A specialty iiiad- .000 lbs. of cheoki-/.j Smelter ^_sjamples from the Interior by mail or (J ^{ evoress proini'iUy at^eTided-tor'-'���������^���������^-^:^���������^i*j (*-; v^orrcspondeiiee solicited. . (7) ������ VANCOUVER, B. C. f- j^ e������ ^.^..-..p,* t, | 1 - ��������� ,-..-..*..-..-^..-,.-HH:--M-*-f-t~l- Oriental Hotel Ably furnished with the Choicest the Market affords, BEST W1HES, LIQUORS, CIGARS Large, Light bedrooms. Rates $1 a day. Monthly Rale. J. Albert Stone ��������� Prop. A. H. HOLDICPI ANALYTICAL CHEMIST AND ASSAYER. Rnvfl! School of Mines, I.ondon. Seven years at "Morfa Works, Swansea. 17 years Chief Cheini������t In Afigan Coal and Iron Co., Eng. Late Chemist.and Assaver, Hall Mines, Lid. Claims examined and reported upon. Ferguson, B.C. r A. KIUK. ri'.mini n and ProvincialLand purveyor. RKVEUSTOKH, Ii. (:, E. MOSCROP . . . Sanitary Plumbin---, Hot Water And Steam Heating, Gas Fitting- Second St.. REVELSTOKE, S.C. If you are looking for possibilities in Estate Speculation that will double your capital, it will be to your interest to invest RIGHT NOW, before the best of the properties have been taken up. REAL ESTATE AT GROUND FLOOR PRICES Are you looking for Business Lots, Residential Lots, or other Real Estate? Goldfields is the Payroll Centre and Resident Town of the Famous^ Fish River Free Milling Gold Camp, and has a Future unequalled by any other Town in the West. For Terms and Particulars Write ROGER F. PERRY, Manager, Goldfields, B. C. **+******+**l ���������fr*+-**M-*M-***-.*** * X * ���������5- >j* ���������5- Baker and Confectioner A-full and complete line of GROCERIES Cor. Mackenzie Ave. and Railway Street. Jas. I. Woodrow "PUTCHER Retail Dealer in��������� Beet, Pork, Mutton, Ete. Fish and Game in Season.... i Revelstoke 1 Skating Rink Skiitiu** every Kvuning from 8 to 10 o'clock. BAND EVERY WEDHE8DAY NICHT Admission���������25c Season Tickets Ladtca Ueiitlemcn... .tsoo . GOO TICKKTS FOR SALK AT Canada DriiK &. Bookstore. J. A. Miller* Co. Hoy Sni.vtlie's Tobacco Stor������. Ulnk Company. ���������m 5S -������ ������*������*������*a*������������*s';������*s������������*siSR*������w*������������ ^ L, Schnider FOB YOUR Patent Rubber Heels CLEARANCE SALE OF Furniture Now is your time to come and make vour selections in what Furniture you require. - We can make arrangements with you to let you b&vc what you want. We are going to make alterations to our store, in order to give us a gooil deal more show room. You must recognize the fact that we were tlie means of enabling you to'get FURNITURE at one third the cost you previously paid before we started. We have another large'car ordered and we want to get- our store ready for it. A good discount on anything you require. Revelstoke Furniture Company. ���������fi ������*f��������� ������*1% ������t% 1T1 *T**l ���������*!% ���������*������ ������"1% ������T% tnP* ���������*������*������ ���������*!*��������� ������������������. J *x������ *x* *^^^', "x* *x* *X"X* *x** tf *x x x h* x* * Going South for Winter? If you are contemplating going South during _the winter of 1902 or 1903 you can get valuable information free of charge. Write to John T. Patrick Pinebluff, N. C. He can save you money in hotel rates. He can direct you which is. the best railroad route to travel. _ j--- He can direct you where to rent neatly furnished cottages or single rooms. All ordera prouiptlr line<i- arid Rubber Soieing In all alzes and colore. Boot and Shoe Repairing a Specialty THE GITY EXPRESS E. W. B. Paget, Prop. IToinjit delivery of [mrficls, hAt-KB***;, etc. to nny part of the city Any Kind of Transferring Undertaken All orders left at H. AI. BmyLhe's Toliier;*. store or hyTcleplioiiuNu.7wIll receive prompt Rtlentioii. W.khI for sal*1 iiK-ltj/llii^ < Dry Cedar, Fir a*id Hemlock. All orders left nt W Jf. f.ftivrc-noo's will receive prompt att-'Mllnn. W. FLEMING. For Sale TWO I'fsidencexon Mch'cnzie Avenue, with modem improvement.", (&rA>0 eneh on eusy termn. TWO Ite.iidenees on Third Street, eiist, very convenient for niitwity men, flUOII eneh, ensy turniH. ON'K HoHldence nn First Street, eimt, ciikIi required fSUO. jubjeet lo iiiorlf-iiKe. Apply to, HARV E V, McCATfl EK|-t I'l. VIIAAI. WHAT IS A MOM)-', Wmi'll"'"' A SINGER Singer Sewing Mncliines arc sold on easy monthly payments. A full supply of machines needles and attachments arc kept for any make of machine on earth. H.MANNINC, : MACKENZIE AVE. Jtev-'Mnku, H, (J, Daily TO CAMBORNE AND GOLDFIELDS FROM BEATON Shortest and Host Direct Route, to the Fiah; River Qold Camps. Daily Stage leaven Iteaton for (>nld C'ftinps on nrrlviil of Jloiitu at 12 o'elock noon, fl-rivi'if* aL tC-^*t{iifttlori tlia^^|*'e aftiirnoon. -italilw supplied with Single, Douhle, Kaddle uml I'nek IIctmph und Freight Teamit t������r any part i.f the lii.*tri;,t. ANDREW M. CRAIG, Proprietor. By Royal 1848 Warrants 1901 JOHN BEGG'S~* Royal Lochnagar BALMORAL WHISKEY SCOTLAND By appointment to His Majesty the Kin-*, 1901. By appointment to Her Late Majesty Queen Victoria, 1848-1900. Revelstoke Wine & Spirit Cempany, Limited, Agents. FKKE BDR MEETS ALL TRAINS. FIRST CLASS ACCOMMODATION. HEATED BY HOT AIR REASONABLE HATXS. SIBBALD& FIELD, A.C3-0B33Sra'S POB Real Estate riM 1 \T/"*T IT ( Cftnnrtft Permanent A Western ���������FINANUAL-|(JnIcn^������n������oCT Insurance Hotel Victoria COAL FOIt SALE, C. P. R. TOWNHITK, MAKA TOWNBITE. OER.RAHD TOWNBITE, CAMHOKNE T0WN81TE, \ Cnmuld. Permanent & Western Mort|*ng>i -lvostmciit Sun FIro. Caledonian Fire. Atlas,Fire. UuniMllHii Fire. Mercantile Fire. Northern Fire. Guardian Fire. Manchester Fire. Great West Life. Oecnn, Accident and Guarantee, Confederation Life ~ VCitnadittn Acoident Assurance Co. Connecticut Fir* ' HOUSES FOB SALE AND BENT. ' CONVEYANCINQ. D. SIBBALD, Notary Pubilf. K1CVKI.8TOKE. B. C. CHAS. M. FIELD. IIOOULT STREET CAR MEETS ALL TRAINS. Brown & Querln, Props. ELEOTBIO BELLS AND LIGHT IN EVEBY BOOM. BAR WELL SUPPLIED BY THE CHOICEST WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS ..... . P. BURNS & COY. Wholesale and Retail Dealers PRIME BEEF. PORK. MDiTON. SAUSAGE. FISH AND GAME IN SEASON. >* '/AM: "���������3 i-if , I I \ s; 1 - u ���������!������������������ ' 1 ���������A -i ���������4' i J ���������i :��������� ���������*, " *'P?'^.������W������Wfi^>g'^TH>vf7^r,-r-cv*-j; iiBlaHR MINING IS PROFITABLE The Bargain of the Future. Capital Need Not be Timid.��������� Mining is as Legitimate as the Mercantile or any Other Business. Thut tlii'f-A U any substantial i*������mh why capital HhtmUl In- timiil hi* I'eaifnl in lt*f*illiiiHlH uiinliitr \������ not ���������ip|������uont. Miniionl men etiguge viguriuisil.v in inln*i -msuits���������nuiiuif.itlining, iiii'icliiuitli.-' ing*. funning, etc.���������without ht*������ilnlinii. when lo I ho iinp'it'linl and ciipiihli observer I here i*vems to be no iiuiiy ansiiiiuice lo the investor in tln-M- sev-i-ul lines of industry limn there is in investing in Ifgitimitte mining. So often have the phia-en, -Mining is a Ramble," "Mining is unsafe." or ������������������Mining is a lottery." been repented that the average capitalist who has nol learned from practical experience thai mining is not nun e of a gamble, or ������ lottery, or lets secure than ihi*average of other pursuits and investments, hn- come to firmly believe these sayings ><��������� be absolutely true. There are many millionaire miner* who have made their money in lhe mines, who. do nriL agree with ih> conservative capitalist, who is con servative as to mine in vest inenti. only. Industrial failures, crop failures, and merchandising failures are of no les������ frequency than mining failures where they were based on common sense. As a matter ofjeourse there is a wide range in the character of mining investments. Those who are seeking an investment aB secure as government iionds will buy stocks in mines which have heen operating successfully for many years, where the output, is steadily maintained; where dividends are as regular as the changes of the moon, and whete the management has been P' oven lo be efficient and conservative. Pro in in ent in this class are such stocks as tbe Calumet & Hecla of Luke Superior and the Uomeslake of South Dakota. In the next class aie those which pay dividends, but which have not been in operation a sufficient length of time to secure absolute confidence, but which Btill give abundant evidence of ability to maintain their record and in time promise lo take place with those of lhe first class. - A third class is.of the transitory soil, hut which withal form an almost irrenistable attraction to the investor.- Among these are matey mines which have had meteoric careers, bursting -. suddenly into view, quickly .making * inillionaiies^ of comparatively- poor wen aud rapidly waning until almost lost to sight. This class of investments- is all right for those who get in early. bat often disastrous, to those who come in on lhe crest of the wave of its pi os perily. They are likely to be swept to destruction by the undertow of shrink- ng values. Another, and somewhat differem clas6, aud certainly a class that is l-eiognized by those most competent l o judge, as legitimate and as safe as any ether unproven enterprise, is the prospect which piomises well. By a promising prospect is meant apioperty wherein the values and economic .conditions insure succet-s if they continue, and wherein the only element of (lnceitainty is the extent of the tne bodies and their value beyond the point of development. By approaching thi.- ���������class uf investment in a common sense manner with the aid of competent assikttnee. whxh should be of the highest integrity, disaster i-> a remote contingency. To plunge wildly into such an investment equipping a shallow shatt with heavy and expensive plant, building immense mills or smelters where testing works or small plants only "are~advisable,���������will- ol ten place the investor upon the high road to failure. Without being penny wise, and pound foolish, plunging ie not good business in mining or in any other branch of industry. It is the wildcat investment that the capitalist must handle with caution. There are' numerous wild- -cats in the market, und, unfortunately many investors are led into investing Ju them to their sorrow. Even a -wildcat is not always to be turned <downt for these are some times alluring, with reasonable' chances that an investment of this class may prove a . auccess. A property having little or no development may lie contiguous to .a valuable mine, wherein that the " irdications are that the ore bjdies extend into tbe adjoining property. ��������� Such an. investment makes a good business proposition, but should be approached with caution. The Consolidated Virginia, on the Coni- stock, was just .such a proposition. Nothing within itself developed, but having good mines on either side of it, the good judgment, courage and business sagacity, of J. W. Mackay .-and his associates .'led them to the freatest bonanza the world has ever nown. ' - : - ��������� But there are wildcats that will always remain wildcats, . and .to distinguish among' the. numerous mining properties offered, the public in these days of mining and industrial prosperity���������to sepiu-Htu the wheat from the chuff���������the average .investor should; take means of ascertaining from some other''source than the promoters the character of the enterprise under consideration- before inverting. Capital Is timid, but there is no; reason, why it Bhould be mure so in mining than any other business, if the capitalist will investigate the proposed investment with the same- care and caution he would employ if lie were about to buy a foundry, farm or merchandising establishment. ��������� The Mining and Scientific Preen. A' N honest man entered tlie store of a clothier one day, and In reply lo the query as to what could be done for him on that particular occasion, he assumed a. ���������humble pose and replied: "Sir, I wish to furnish you proof that I am what I am." . "I cannot doubt your honesty." salil ithe clothier, "but still proofs are proofs, and you may submit your documents." "Do you remember that I was In your store six months airo?" "Alas! I do not; but you look like a man of truth, and I will not gainsay you." "I was here, sir, nnd bought thin suit of clothes of you. It had been marked down from fifteen dollars to eight dollars and fifty cents." ���������'Yes, I recognize the cloth, and I grieve to think that I lost six dollars and fifty cents on that suit. I ihad to mark them down to make room for ���������the quick-lunch business on tdie other side." "You warranted the dye," continued the honest man, "and there has been no fading or crocking. I cannot say that you lied to me." "And the price was right?" "It was. I hug the delusion that I found a bargatn." "Then what is tlie cause of 'thy complaint?" "It Is no complaint, oh, clothier. It 1s tihat after I had got miles away I found a ten-dollar bill in the trousers pocket." "A ten-dollar tolil In the pocket of an elgh't-dollar-and-flfty-cent suit," -mused the clothier. "Here, Ikey, come forward-and explain." . "I���������I was tempted," said -the young man, as he trembled . before his employer. ,> - "So? Then it was you who substituted a ten for a twenty, and made this honest man a Journey to get his Just dues? Go, 'bring me a new, crisp ten, and later on I -will see to your case." "I would not that lie come to poverty," said the honest man. "He shall not, but I will stop It out of his wages and humble him to the dust. I always give a twenty-dollar bill with every elgln-dollar-an-l-fifty- cent suit, and here Is your balance. Take It, sir, with many apologies; and If I have put you to any expense, remember that all my eighteen-dollar overcoats have been marked down to nine dollars and a fifty-dollar bill placed In each pocket to close them out quickly and make room for a ehi-cken- ���������farm In the rear end of the store."��������� Detroit "Free Press." n N 1 in cresting story conies, from tb* French Alps of Dauphlily relating the futile efforts of the Princess of Croy, who desired to enter the monastery ot the GranOe Chartreuse, a habitat io from which women visitors are rigidly excluded. The story runs that the Princess dressed herself in boy's clothes and ao- companled her husband to the institution. The gates were opened to them, and the Prince sent his card to th������ father superior, with a line to the effect that he was accompanied by a friend. J list as they were about to make the round ot the building the word was received that the father would like to see thc Prince and "his friend." Going upstairs they were received by the smiling monk, who cordu.dy Invited them to Join him In an appetizing luncheon. The Princess c leavored to make thc Cbest of the situation, but she wait not put any the more at her ease by <h������ fact that the monk kept gazing sharply at her. At last he exclaimed suddenly: "Catch It, young man!" at the sam������ time throwing at her a large pear. The Princess was startled, and, thrown completely off her guard, made a motion t grab up her skirt, the absence ot which she overlooked In her confusion. Then the father stopped smiling and said with great gravity: "I beg your pardon, madam, but ladles are not allowed in the monastery; I must ask you to wait outside untV the Prince has finished *hls inspection." And outside she had to go, the rev* erend father bowing her from th** room with most elaborate polltenp" JSTOTIO-E NOTICE is hereby given that 30 days after date.I will apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works forL a special license to cut and carry away timber from the following- described lands in West Kootenay :���������Commencing at W. Ie Maistre's north west corner post near Boyd's ranch about half a mile from the Columbia river, thence east 80 chains, thence south 80 chains, thence west 80 chains, thence north 80 chains to point of commencement. Dated the 23rd day of October, 1902. W. Ie MA1STRE. THE TOWNSITE OF NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given thai 30 days after date I will apply 10 the Chief Commissioner of Unitls and Works for a special license to cut and carry away timber from the following described lands in West Kootenay :���������Commencing at |. A. Kirk's north west corner post thence cast 40 chains, thence south 160 chains, thence west 40 chains, thence north 160 chains to point of commencement. Dated the 23rd day of October, 1902. . ��������� J. A. KIRK. 3sroa?ioE ..CIRCLE CITY. IS NOW ON THE MARKET. 2oo ���������Lots on Sale��������� 2oo BELGIAN HARES The quickest breeders and greatest ' - money makers in the small stock : line of the present day. Full bred stock of FASHODAS. Price���������$6 and Sic per pair, according to age. THO8. SKINNER,���������Revelstoke , B. C. A Remarkable Shot. "H BLLO, Ike!" said Perkins, as that Individual walked into the store.' "How'd you make out gunnin' to-day?" "Tole'ble, Jest tole'ble; that's all. -I got four black ducks, six toroad- btll, and ten winters." ��������� "I must say thet's pretty good shootin' fer one day," said Perkins. - '"Twas putty fair; but I should have got more yet 1������ my shells hadn't gin out." "Thet so?" said tbe constable. '"Twas hard luck and 'minds me o' one day ''bout four year ago.'^vhen I went down ~tu-the-medders gunnin' with thefold muzzle-loader er mine. I fooled 'round all day, .till I had only one charge of powder left. Birds had been eomin' 'long, one in a flock, and now and then tew lone ones, and all of 'em out er range, and I didn't git a bird. I was kinder discouraged; hadn't.had a good shot lall day. But Jest as' I was gittin- out of the stand I heard a goose hollerin', and I crouched down quick, I can tell yer, and purty soon he landed plump down in the slough- hole In front of me, where my decoys was. I was Jest tu the south of the deacon's medder���������you fellers remember how the marsh there Is very narrer and runs right clus up to the beach ���������and my stand was jest abreast of thet low place on the beach they call the blow-hole. Wa-al, I moved 'round keerful, and got a bead on tone old goose, when he must have smelt me, for jest as I was goln' tu let him hev it be begun swlmmin' away from me. I didn't want tu lose him, so I begun to whistle him back, and, If you'll believe me, as I was a-slttln' there, what should I see corhln' up 'by the blow-hole but a red fox. Boys, I'd hev given my 'hull farm for another charge of powder and. shot t'het minute, I guess. The goose by this time had circled round and begun tu come towards me agin, and the fox was a- standln' still. Gradually the old goose was gittin' In line with thet fox. 'By- thunderl���������'s-I, -'if^I_ean glt_*em Jn_ a line there's a <chance of gittin' 'em both.' In another minute they was right in line, and I let 'em have It. Jest as I fired, a blueflsh Jumped out of the water from a school on 'em that was ohasln' bait inshore. I shot the foose plum through the head, lamed the fox so 'he couldn't run, and killed thet blueflsh so he drifted ashore, and I got the 'hull three." "Boys," said Perkins solemnly, "Ii you'll etep lntti the back room I'll set up -the elder."���������"Judge." ***^*������*������������������. ��������� ��������� " 11 What He Came For. . A learned Judge who was one of the riiests at a dinner was unexpectedly called upon to reply to a toast. Recovering somewhat from his surprise, he ���������aid that his situation reminded him of the story of a man who fell into the water while he was fishing.' , With no little difficulty he was rescued, arid after he had regained his breath and' was In a fairly comfortable condition, his rescuer asked him how he came to fall Into the water. "I did not come to fall Into the water," replied the unfortunate fisherman. "I came to fish." HOW ABOUT THAT SUIT Of Clothes you promised yourself this "FALL. Our Fall Slock is now the most complete in B. 0. Our F.mcy C-Sood* are all new With new colors and the latest stripes. See them before leaving " your order elsewhere. R. S. WILSON, Fashionable Tailor. . S Next lhe McUarty Block. NOTICE is hereby given that 30 days after date I will apply to the Chief Com missioner of Lands and Works for a special license to cut and carry away timber from the following described lands in West Kootenay:���������Commencing at Peter Agren's south west corner post near Boyd's ranch on the Columbia river, thence north 160 chains, thence east 40 chains, thence south 160 chains, thence west 40 chains to the point of commencement. Dated the 23rd day of October, 1902. PETER AGREN. WOOD TSrOTIO-E BUY BEFORE YOU SLEEP. CIRCLE CITY is the Terminus of the proposed Railway already surveyed via the Lardeau Creek with fork to that point. CIRCLE CITY is beautifully situated at the base of tho Lirdcau Pass, Galena and Surprise Creeks. CaRCLE CITY is absolutely surrounded hy Mining Properties now under DevelGpniv.nl. ... . . . , ' . Splendid Wafer Power Which will be utilized next Season by Concentrating Plants. NOTICE is hereby given that 30 days after date I will apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a special license to cut and carry away timber from the following described lands in West Kootenay :���������Commencing at Peter Agren's south west corner post near Boyd's ranch about half a mile from the Columbia river, thence east 80 chains, thence north 80 chains, thence west do chains, thence south 80 chains to the point of commencement. Dated the 23rd day of October, 1902. ," PETER AGREN. For Sale. The undersigned having contracted for the whole of McMahon Bros, wood is prepared to supply Mill wood at . . $2 Per Load WCedar Cordwood���������J3.00 delivered..4R VHardivood at equally low rates. .Thos. Lewis. Orders left at 0 B. Hume A Co., Morris <fe Steed's, or at mill will have prompt attention. Your Winter Supply Of Vegetables .... Should he your first consideration at this time of the year. I have a largt* stink, all home grown, including Potatoes, Cabbage, Carrots, Etc, a large quantity class Eto. of Also first Timothy and Clover Hay. Write for prices and particulars to S. Crowle, Revelstoke, B. C. -GO-TO-THE, REVELSTOKE DAIRY FOR Pure Milk Notice to Creditors. IN THE SUPREMS COTjRT, OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. . In the matter of the estate of Daniel Robinson, late of Revelstoke, B.C.. deceased. -NOTICE is hereby-given that all persons having claims against the estate of the said Daniel Robinson who died on or about the 19th day of November, A. D., 1902, are required to *>end by post prepaid or to deliever to Harvey, McCarier <*: i'lnlcham, noltcitom for tho Exaou- tors, on or before thc 18th day of February*.- A. I)��������� 1903. tlielr names,, addresses and descriptions and a full statement of particulars ol their claims and the nature of the security (if any) held by thcm.'dulv certilicd, and that after the said rtato thc Executors will proceed to distribute the assets of the deceased among thc parties entitled thereto having regard only to the claims of which they shall then have notice. Dated this 18th day of December, A.D., 1902. HARVEY, McCARTER <fc PINKHAM, Solicitors for the Executors -���������-*"1 ������������������ ���������Liiuii'ifl.miiia.iMnjmii'ju iii*j������**��������������� , FOR PARTICULARS AT ONCE SEND TO THE GENERAL AGENT, Gk B. BATHO, Ferguson, B. O. RANCH FOR SALE. The administrators of the estate of John D. Boyd deceased, offer for sale by tender the. property in the Big- Bend District, known as "Boyd's Ranch," also the chattel property thereon, a list of which may be seen at thc office of the undersigned. Tenders will be received up to Feb. 1st, 1903. The administrators will not be bound to accept the highest or any tender. HARVEY, McCARTER &. PINKHAM, Solicitors for Administrators. Revelstoke, B. C, Nov. 27th, 1902. J. G. McCallum " PROPRIETOR. Land Registry Act. Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, in Block 48, in of Revelstoke, B. 0.7 Town Map 636 B. A CERTIFICATE of Indefeasible Title to the tiovc property will be issued to Frs nard Lewi, on tbe 28th day of February. A. D. above property will be issued to Frank Bernard Lewi, on tbe 28th day of February. A. D., 1903, unless In the meantime a valid objection thereto be made to me In writing by a person claiming an estate or interest therein or in any purl thereof. ! H. F. MACLEOD, District Registrar. Office, Nelson, B. C��������� 17th Land Registry r,W2. November, Uuiconceptiona. "A (rood ���������' story comes from Sydney," pa,ya the London "Globe," "where letters'have been received from two Am* Brlcan business firms asking: whether communications to Australian merchants should be written In English or "In the language; of the 'country.' It recalls an astonishing traue circular received a short time ago by a business firm In Glasgow from a German manufacturer, also written in what his versatile clerk had apparently taken for tbe language of the country. It was In th������ best 'kailyard' style, and spoka of a "muckle consignment o' chemicals.'" . Write for our interesting book* " Inventor's Help" ant " How you are swindled.''. Send us a rough sketch or model of 7our Invention orimprovemeiit and wewill tell you free our opininn ns to whether it Nprobabl/ patentable. Rejected appllcstlons have often been successfully prosecuted by us. 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Seine l������:it of I1 1 !io lllli :iitj t:i *",n l the .url 1 d 'lliilt Ulc������ lu u ; 'iiniwrti In It, ! \i hlii* i.-ap. i- throat of a llnnst ;��������� ti.e ttuvt) \ Tofti lt'3 rhrxM-. niv misters inerrjr, Aii'l cIm-.t. tn> i.i.nuy inriUU, Ol Our rt:t;'s i.it : .-.- i.o.lv b\?rr>* Our k.t* |ur the luistluiuo. -Clinton SoolInrA t SEARCH FOR "SANTY." ANl'A CLAUS 19 so vivid a reality v to most littla ���������g boys and girls i3 that any doubts thrown upon his existence is usually indignantly resented by them. Little Robbie had no doubts upon the subject. Why should he? Hadn't kind old "Santy" brought him toys .and candy every Christmas he could remember, and he remembered throe if them? But a cloud had fallen on Bobbie's faith. His mamma waa sick *nd ailing, and many of the bundles ���������f sewing that she had always seemed to be working upon remained unopened. Some days she could not get out ������f bed, and her hands were cramped ������o that she could hardly use them, and she almost creepod rather than walked. "I am afraid Santy will not coma to ns this year, Robbie," she said, "but rou must be a brave boy and never ni'iid." Truly, Robbie was a brave little' fet- .-". ," low. A cheerier, merrier, more' affectionate littlo chap was never leit to " tonsole a poor, struggling widow. He tad ways of his own,-too, and an odd --���������ort of independence that is often -tharacteristic of the children of the .poor. "I'll go find Santy," he said in hli cheery way. "and tell him Robbie's - mamma is sick, and that he mustn't torget Robbie." Mrs. Garry scarcely paid any atten- -Hoa to the prattle of her boy, although -be repeatedly announced his purpose to "find Santy." The neighbors In the big tenement ,-r.are hind to Mrs. Garry, but they were all poor like herself, and bad children of their own to provide for. They did what they could, but their .-afearity did not take in the idea of providing Christmas presents for the ���������- '.prattling Robbie. It was the day before Christmas, | and Robbie's little head was full of bis plans for finding "Santy." He had ��������� figured out that he must arrive in town that evening, and during the - day, from his perch in tho high win- How, he had noticed a bustle and stir In the streets that indicated to his childish mind the early advent of tho good Saint ; After dinner ho stole quietly out of .the room and down the long stair3, i-axd out into the streets he sallied, " jwell clothed and booted, indeed, and c^liot to be intimidated by the frosty air. .He aeighborhood In which Robbie's ,~m ���������'��������������� hoBlTTo yTSu"-2R3a,~ ^rr woy r- aslsed tho lady kindly. i "Old Santy! He's in there. I'm lookin' for him." | "Oh!" and the lady laughed in spito Df all hor gay attire at the funny little follow, "you're look for Santa Claus, are you?" i "Yes," said Robbie boldly; "my mamma's sick, and says 'Santy' won't uosie this year, but I thought I'd try lo see hlca nnd tell.him Robbie's been a good boy, and didn't- ��������� make poor luaamnu sick. I guess he'll come If ha knovs that." i Tho lady bent down, as sho wiped her eyos quickly with a lnce handkor* chief. "Who are you, Robblo, and where iio you live?" Robblo knew who he was and where ho lived, and ho told It without hesitation. Then a strango thing happened. Ths lady led him into tho church, and, after a short talk with some otlici ladles, ho was taken up and Introduced to tho big man in furs and long whito beard, whom ho know to b������ "Santy." Then tho Superintendent arose and told Robbie's queer adventure, in Elm pie, affecting words, to tho whole echool; and there was muoh laughtei and clapping of hands. Robbie was taken back to his home In a big sleigh, with furry robes, and prancing horses, but big as it was it was hardly big enough to hold the many beautiful things good old "Santy" and his children had given him. There came help and comfort too, for Robbie's mother, but that need not be told here. This Is the true story of how Robbie found Santa Claus. A Modest Request. CHRISTMAS EVERGREENS. fie Flp'*lng of "S.-intr." A.Iioar'a Cl>rl������tma< Gift. It was Christmas Eve in Moscow, nnd every one was busily preparing for the great festival of the next day, when a tall man, so muffled in a thick"; sheepskin frock that he might almost have been mistaken for a woolsack, came tramping over the crisp snow past the red, many-turreted wall : ol the Kremlin, leading after him by a chain a huge brown bear, which;plodded gravely at his heels without taking any notice of the admiring atarea nnd pointing fingers of the countless groups that eddteu carelessly to and tro through "the "Krasnaya Plosht- chad" (Red Plain). "Hollo, brother!" cried a stout, red- faced, blu-frocked izvoshtchik (hack- man)." who waa driving slowly past In search of a fare. "Where are going with Meesha?" (1. e., Michael, ths Russian nickname for a bear). "They're going to have him and me In a Christmas show at ono of the bife circuses," replied the bear leader, "and to give us twelve rubles (nine dollars) a night Not bad, eh?" "And by what name are you two going to appear in the bills?" asked a dandified young fellow'iu a smart new fur cap. "You'll be 'The Renowned I3ear Brothers,' I suppose." "That's it, my lad," said the beast tamer; "and as bears generally have a monkey to perfcrm along with them, hadn't you better come and join us?" The laugh was now turned against Lhe Jester, who, irritated by the retort, took off his fur cap. and began to t������x*se the bear by flipping him in the face with-*it "You'd better stop at that game, m? fine fellow," said the bear's guardian, warningly. "Mecsha's a good-natured creature enough In his way, but ha don't understand being joked with by , ���������strangers, though he doesn't mind It from me. He's got teeth of his own, I can tell you; and if he makes one bite at you, I rather fancy you'll find your���������sun:-comes =-ont=^wrong���������ths ijxaxs^ time you try to count on your fingers." But the dude was not to be warned, either by the words of the man or tho low growls of the beaut, and was continues to plague tbe bear, wlien all lit once tho shaggy hoari wa3 thru3t forward, and the j.igo Jaws opened *nd shut with a i������n������p like tho falling SUGGESTIONS FOR APPROPRIATB FESTAL EMBLEMS. "tonrei, ITolly ana Mistletoe, anil How Thoy May Be Utilized ������s Aids tu Christ- jau> Cheer���������Tho HUtory of Their Unc* ���������-Ch u-ch Decoration.. The use of evergreens at Christmas Is of very ancient origin, the custom in England having been derived directly from the rites of the Druids. The Greeks and Romans used c evergreens freely, the laurel and bay being held sacred to joyous festivals, and green boughs were strewn during celebrations of victory and peace. The Hebrews and Egyptians also made free use of evergreens, and the palm and lotus have become emblems of religious sentiment The modern cus- jtow of erergreens at Christmas is due to the grafting of early Christmas practices upon- the heathen rites ol Northern Europe. Onr Teutonic and Baxon forefathers brought many pleas- andt customs and poetic ideas to the ���������erviee et Christianity... '-? The Puritans passed laws prohibiting the use of green as a heathen practice, and away back in the year 1600 the avstere council "enacted it was not lawful to begirt or adorn house* with laurel or ; green boughs, for all this practice savors ot paganism." But today Che cOstom is uuiTersal, and er.n puritan New England contributes her share to the universal decoration. Among the popular Christmas evergreens, the holly, with its splendid red berries and rich green leaves, signifies rejoicing, and can be appropriately used anywhere. Rosemary means remembrance, as unfortunate Ophelia was aware, and In the early days of "Merrle England" was used to decorate the wassail bowel. The mistletoe is the mystic plant of Christmas to all English-speaking people, | emblematic of Jollity and mirth, of I domestic love, and the sly confidences I of lovers. The suspended sprig of ! mistletoe Is a veritable ally of Cupid. 'All of our American evergreens are the most delightful ornaments on tho table for ferns, as the bronze is so attuned to the green foliage: A pretty design for. a decorated mantel is shown in our first illustration. The main feature is the motto, "A Merry Christmas," consisting of a plaque of green, with the letters in red holly berries. The plaque is framed in holly leaves and berries. The idea can be adapted to a mantel Without a mirror. The hallway and stairs afford the proper starling point for decorating a bouse at Christmas time. The hallway may be adorned with mottoes made of brilliant berries and appropriately framed in greens, and the balustrades of the stairway may be twined with evergreens. A pleasant feature of Christmas decoration, and \ ,'- _..,,. u . , . _, , i of a steel trap. The Joker drew back -oother lived had few stores, and these [his hand Just In time to save it, but mostly of a small kind. Here and ��������� nt the rnmo moment he saw Ills fine there be mopped at a window, to note !lnw fur cap (which had cost $7) vanish lllco a ptll into the boar's capa- rloiii month, amid a roaj*;bt'iaugbier trom the crowd. ^'-s v- "3.;rveH yon rlr^'C-^r'niini? ffllow," wild the lift.ir, Um'^r, with stern natla- factlon. "YC������??y made him a nica Christmas present, anyhow; and Uierfj'3 no fear of your brains catch- fo Ii*-. -' Ii* -,W a-display of toys, but no eight ol ���������������������������Santy" rewarded his vision. He passed blcok after block until finally be was lrr-t In a maze of s-tr/-ct*i, but fcls heart did net falter nor his hud- 'lime faith In mooting "Santy"-in thi least diminish. i How lo-i< he wanStTcd Robbie never Jcnew. He- never had dreamed the big city was so big. At last, he was at* taicted by music from a tall church, that was the principal object iu a neighborhood eo neat and orderly that Jt looked to Robbie like another world, jHo crossed the street, and standing on tiptoe on the steps, gazed through the *reat open portal of the church to as- ���������esrtain what caused the music froza ilfce inside. *> What a sight met his ga-ie! WithlD ,-^rere crowds of people and crowds ol .���������children; light and music and langh- ���������^tor; and at the end of the chancera ���������ifcreat Christmas tree uplifted itself loaded with beautiful things; and, ;������here���������could Robbio believe his eyes? .-!*���������was old "Santy" himself handing toys to the children from the well- laden tree. He clapped his hands, and laughed a merry laugh at liis succe:<s ^n at last finding the object of his fiuost ������ At that moment a richly dressed lady appeared from within the church. 1 "Say, ma'am," shouted Robbie, ho eagerly that he was almost breath- s, "is ho cfiminir out soon 7" .' : Ing cold fnr want of It, tor you don't j-j-jvicy iHRISTOp Doa'tycn \\,Ynk Glirtatimw-tirno j'lt'y ������nd nloef L'.iin (rt -^>iie ������������u.v wo..' j������1--niy of ic-; C'.-a-ttln? wocl flkatlnfc��������� oh, l������nt ifn Inn��������� Aud, thcr. If j-nu'ro tfuud ntiun Han to Clan* rr.mei, n.i'll oft#rp flown thecWmno? nnd Ino?* nl! aVmtt Ami. men, If j-fm're sler-*>lti^, ho'Ii crawl kofll> am: Willi: v-lnk'-Inj* ore" smi n com'onl trrln, Efj'll Ull jour alocMn^a way u;> In th* brim. -- - ^jfcJE.JM������mpton, , A StrtVInf* Cliri^tm.-v* M������m������l. appropriate for use at Ohrtstmaji, la wrxaths, rop������H, or otherwise, but tho mistletoe and holly muit not be forgotten. In dfcoratlng a church for Christmas, befiirie the ordinary wrea'.hH and clmrtca-s of CTcrgrees In the body of the building, beautifal efT-icts can bo prodnueti ut the a!t;*r and font -.vlth Home vary simple devlc-js. Very distinct and perfeot outlines in letturlnr; can ho obtained from holly loftvea, and when completed, the motto or monogram may bo made to look as II froatod. This Is done h7 brushing tho loaves over with mucilage and then dusting them with glass powder, which can bo obtained for a trifle at any glass works. Tho giittor and sparkle give a brilliancy that doea nc-t fioem artificial, ; Ferns can also be used to great advantage In church derujratlon, and quantltloti of thorn should be gathered in the attttumn, and kept fresh in tho cellar by bring packed in barrels, with a layor of ferns alternately. Tho evergreen kind ia found all winter, biat a heavy fall of nnow near Chrlsteoaa will effectually hide them from vlow. The small ferns - or leaflet*) of tho larger one*, make pretty letters, bor- rlwH and other designs, while tho long, light-looking fronds hanging over tha edge of the font, hare a very good effect. Twigs gathered from troo shrubs cfiTi bo mailo to do good sorvlco In tho cH'cwallon of tho dinner table. Th������7 aro Invaluable attached to baskets, nnd then hronzod v/lth metallic paint.. J Tlod with colored ribbons they naka D������6ij*n of Deooration for a Doorway, one of the most appropriate, may be made of a dooway, preferably that of the reception room. Our illustration shows a design for decorating such a doorway. The. space above the por- trers Is adorned with holly, while wreathes of leaves and berries are twined gracefully over the portieres,, and r \ ample sprig of mistletoe is suspended from the centre of the rod. The main idea of Christmas decoration is to give the home a joyous aspect. There should be no ostentation ���������decoration is for the home and tho dear ones whom it shelters. The making of Chris&ras a home festival ia essentially Sason in origin. In Eng- j land and In Virginia, not the day I only, but the season, which lasts till (Twelfth Night, or Candlemas Day, is * one round of merriment, and'all. the houses continued their adornment of. [green boughs and; laurel wreaths. j Even the simplest form of decoration j Is appropriate and net to be despised. ! (Simple bunches of mistletoe or ! branches of holly may bo placed over a picture, stuck In a vase, suspended trom a chandelier, or used in masses ! anywhere with but little work. Gar- j lands can be made of the running { green with slight expenditure of time Y"otciiHborfTJ==:ii������=s!==4e=T;st=pi������ee=u?sd=;tt^ Uotne ecntral poi.it, Evon tho small- ! est branch of gr&cn can be utilized to J beHpeak the time of merriment nnd j good ebenr. Every homo should exhibit somo sort of decoration on Christmas. -; ik CHRISTMAS PRESENT. VERY unhappy. maiden was Con- stanco Lester. Perhaps, among the thousands of miserables, who awaited the Christmas tide in tho great qity, thoro were many moro hopeless and wretched, but surely none moro discontented and unhappy. And hor grief waa tho greater because it was ot a secrot nuturo that she could confide to nobody. Alono she must meet her fate���������alono decldo a quusllon that, howover sho might casl hor verdict. Boomed fraught with uttor tnl.iery to herself and others. Constanco Lester was one of thoso sweet and loving natures that acolc happiness only in tlio happiness ol otkurs. Selfishness was utterly foreign to her. She had been born and roared in the lap of comfort and case. Her father had been a well-to-do merchant in a suburban'town, a busy, big-hearted man, who had taken puins to surround his family, which consisted only of his wife and daughter, with every luxury that his purse eould provide. His death, which occurred Buddenly from a carriage accident, had left his family In apparent comfort, but within a year the firm of which ho had been a member failed, and the ���������failure swallowed up not only the portion of the widow and orphan, but eventually deprived them of the comfortable home that had been a very, ark of refuge in their troubles. The blow was a sad ono to Mrs. Lester. She was a semi-invalid, and years of suffering had worn her nature into that form of shrinking and half querulous selfishness that is contented with nothing but absolute protection from the chances of life. It almost killed her to give up her home, but there was no alternative . Constance had met the crisis with truo heroism. A chance was opened for her to secure employment in the city in a business bouse that Jiad formerly dealt largely with ' her father's firm, and the head of which had felt honored by his personal friendship. So the brave girl sC5n had her ailing mother established in a comfortable flat, while she spent certain hours each day over a, big ledger in tbo famous wholesale house of Day & Co. All might have been well had not Constance been as pretty as she was sweet of character, and had she not had a secret. Ah, that secret! Bo- fore ah* had left Westbridge, their country homo, she, had become engaged to a young lawyer, one Harold Cowen, who, while not quite a "brief- Jess barrister," had yet his fortune and fame to make. She had not confided this secret to her mother, as it would'only have, added to her troubles. She and Harold had known each other long; he had been a true friend and legal adviser in her time of trouble; friendship and mutual sympathy had Tlpened Into love, and they had parted with the most sacred of all earthly pledges between them. Each believed that they had years to wait; and was resolved to wait patiently tho fruition of their hopes. which she could find no excuse for de>* slluiug. Then had followed an invi- tfti.lou to the Charity Ball, on'e of the most fashionable events of the great :iiy'a social lifo, and her mothor's intercessions and fear of oi. udlng a benefactor had forced her to accept that also. And now had come tbo crisis. Mr. Day had visited her mother, and announced his w''-h to make Constanco his wife, and to lay ���������Us fortuno at her feet. "Wcro it not for Harold?" she had murmured in her secrot heart, when tho astounding news was told her. She well realized tho selfish common lenso of her mother's view of tho matter. Mr. Day was a brilliant and oll- Klblo match for a penniless girl of twenty, as tho ways of society went. She lionorod and almost revered him, but how could sho marry him? Sho caught nt her mother's last words. "You would not havo mo marry for money, mother?" "Not for money, my dear; but for your poor, sick mother���������and the old lioinu!" This was tho condition of things that had inducod Constance lo wrllo to her lover the most pitiful of all letters, and had blottod every ray ot happiness out of her life. Harold Co wen had not answered hor letter, but Instead had sent a curt tolegram: "Look out for Christmas present." This enigmatical message only added doubt and perplexity to her almost un bearable load of sorrow. ������-��������� in "Package, ma'am! Miss Constanco Lester. No, ma'am, nothing to pay. All right!" The blue cap, brass plate, and red face of Expressman Sharkey disappeared as quickly as they had appeared, for it was the day before Christmas, and there was not a busier or jollier agent of Santa Claus In tho whole big city. "What can it be, Constance?" asked Mrs. Lester, all alive with curiosity. "I'do not know, mother." Constance's cheoks were pale. Her bands treinbled. For a moment she felt that she would faint She somehow know that her fate was bound up In that mysterious package. At last sho summoned all her strength, and cut the strings. Inside the wrappings was a plain white pasteboard box, oblong in shape. This sho opened, and drew from it a paper folded, subscribed and sealed in legal form. She opened it, studied it a few moments in-a. dazed way, and then the hot blood mantled to her cheeks and forehead. "Why, mother," she cried, "this Is a deed for the old home, made out in my name. And here is a note from Mr. Cowen. pinned to it, saying: 'The deed Is all right The old home la yours again. I will call on you, Christmas aria explain.'" "I knew It," was Mrs. Lester's surprising ejaculation. "Oh, Constance, he has discovered the truth���������Mr. Cowen has found the fraud. I knew your father was never a bankrupt U was all a conspiracy. And that young lawyer has been too sharp for them. Oh, thank the Lord -for all his goodness!" -.���������������������������������������������. .. '��������� ....... _ .. . .._; .-��������� AN EGG DEAL" Close Figurine of tlio IVIfo ormi Ofllclnl ol a Street Cui-pui-ntioii. Sho was tho wife of an official of (8 St. Paul* street corporation. Her ono liobby was economy. Though' hor husband made an excellent salary, sha was rigid in her rules '-pertaining to- tho buying of tho nccesavles for tho household. 'She would haunt bargain' counters and market stalls for hours In order to get tlio bonollt of a reduction of a fow cents on the article do*> sired. The corporation official with much! laughter, used to tcaso hia bettor halt about what ho called her "stinginess."- So ono day, fooling hurt at his ridicule, sho resolved to take him to market with hor and demonstrate beyond; a doubt that sho was a most economical buyer. Ho consented, stipulating that ho was not to bo asked to carry- tlio basket. Arriving at the market, sho made ecvornl purchases, nnd then at ona stall Inquired lio'prico of eggs. i "Whal" sho exclaimed: "16 cents tt dozen? No, Indeed, that-is too high." She dragged hor reluctant husband after her from one staud to another, still inquiring tho price of eggs anil always receiving tho saino answer, until near tho upper end of tho market. Here sho found a dealer who offered to sell hor eggs In any quantity for ltJ cents. To her husband she said joy* ously: ''���������.-' "There, I told you so. Why, those* others wero robbers." ��������� ' ���������Turning to the salesman, she-ordered halt a dozen eggs, gravely handed him tho eight cents asked Inpayment and went home, pratlihg away about the worth of economy in. marketing and the alleged willingness of dcaleva to gougo the unsuspecting customer. And to this day she does not- know that her husband and- his friends laughed over it at thc club. !A dlller, a dollar, a ten o'clock scholar,. 3Tou used, to come at ten o'clock, bu> now you come at noon. "Me flying machine is busted, so B v came by slow baloon!" ��������� "Why not, Constance?" . i "Oh, mother, you know I cannot." "I do not see why," continued Mrs. Lester, in the selfishly insistant tone Ill IV. lnjhf OKI Home. ' Ari������4>%fft]r *.V'-������te*I. ' Wrs. Brown���������It always makes rn-j fe������l flad to read those stories about how-'the poor tramp is reminded of tho Innocent days of his childhood by tho Cbriatman festivities he cecs around him. Brown���������That's^ all nonsense, my. dear. In tho winter all tho trampa are In the workhouse. ��������� . ", '���������TWy husband doesn't want me to ms ko him Chrlotraas presents." "And will yen?'.' -,.'.- "1 must. I iaeo-l l..lngs that I can't jot any oil}er way." that had became almost a second part of her nature. "Oh, Constance, you can't realize how this dreadful city lifo Is wearing mo out. There Is-hot nn hour of the day that I do not sigh for tho dear old home where wo wero so happy, and I know I shall die unions I go bank. I merely dropped the mldest hint to Mr. Day, and ho instantly was full of sympathy, and ho promised that one of the first tiitti'rs ho should do after you were his wifo .would be,to buy back the old home and fit It up as a country resldonca. He would expect to llvo thoro most of each your, spending only the winter [in town,'and it would be such a happi- j ness to pnss my last years there. Now, I what'can you have against Mr. Day?" J "Nothing, mothoi, nothing; but It is I !mpo������Biblo. He has boon the kindest j of boaofnetors, and 1 know I ought to be honored by his offer, but I cannot love him," "Nonsonse, my child. What do yon know, about lovo? Any good woman could learn to lovo Mr. Day. Ho if not '���������"��������������� old���������what, is three and , fifty nowadays? It is but vigorous manhood 'for a man who has dovoted Mnu-eit to bns4no*Hl "and disregarded the'1 dissipations of life.; I am sure he Is neble, ftlffh-mlnded, generous to a* fault a������d very rteta, my dear. ���������". Why, any girl would consider It a chance among a thousand. Surely, Constanco, you would not throw away such a chance to provide for yourself and -me?"'- Poor Constanee! What could she reply? -The'Attentions Mr. Day had shown her had not at first excited her suspicions. Thoy wero so dolicate that she accepted them merely as a continuance of the kindness that seemed & part of his nature. But suddenly hor eyes had bearp opsaed by an invitation to aeeopujapy hisa to the opera. The fact of the matter Is," saia -Harold Cowen the next day, In the explanation that necessarily preceded the Christmas dinner in the little flat, at which he was a most welcome guest, "I suspected from the first you* mother was right in thinking there was a fraud. Mr. Lester was not a man to put up the inheritance of his wife and child as a security for business deals. But he might have kept his private papers in the company's safe at his office. This, in fact,'he did do. ���������Now, I got evidence to make it pretty . clear that the issuing of stock in the 6tore business in your father's name, with the deeds and other securities as collateral, was really an outright piece of fraud. When I made this clear to the reorganized firm, we had a pretty hot time. They denied everything, and swore thoy would fight it through overy court in the State. But when I began to talk of the Grand Jury, thoy grow more reasonable. Really, it might have been a long and doubtful contest. Thoro wore rather too big men���������honorablo careers, church members, aud all that���������to be dragged through a grand jury Inquest. When thoy propofcod to settle by restoring overy dollar they had wrongfully taken, I thought it better th;m years of legal fight, which, indeed, I did not havo the means to make.' The d<%] of the. old home wa3 in your name, Constance." "I know tt, a.nd It was with myj =cQnsDnU^of^cot*se,'iwld^Mrj^Lestoi*.j "And now, mother,' what, is to bb' Mr. Cowen's reward?" asked Cou������ stance, sii'"/cnly i "Rewar������i?" faintly queried Widow. "Y^i; I promised him a year that I would marry him when old homo was one������ more my own. Yon know lawyer's fec3 must be pall. Don't you think he has earned his ro������ ward, and a Christmas dinner?" "Really, Constance," faltered tho mother, "you were in lovo, thuuJ" \ "Vfs. mctluM'." "And you thought of mo and the o! J homo?" "Vw, mother; you and the old he���������a wove pert of the bargain. I ro.iPy think tho promise must bo kept, f would bo sorry for Mr. Day, did I 'i-,t know he can easily got a bettor an J, more suitable wifo." -"Poor Mr. Day!" murmured Widow. But there was no cloud on Uio ago" tho Dttln't Know- the Country. "Englishmen know little of the geography of the "States," and what little they do know does not .object to- .putting Philadelphia next door to Boston, or' San Francisco alongside of 'New York. An American and an Englishman, who hail become friends aboard ship, had a pleasant encounter,- about distances on reaching New iYork. They breakfasted together and tha- following conversation ensued: "I guess I'll turn out to see Harryj- ifter breakfast," said the Englishman.. "Harry?" queried the American, ���������joftly. J, "Yes, my brother," explained the- "Englishman. "I've two here. Harry,- llves In San Francisco aud Charlie i������ Chicago." "But you'll'be back for' dinner?"*' facetiously asked the American. -The Britishier took him seriously. "Sure for dinner, if not Tor lunch," he answered. And accompanied by his friend, now thoroughly alive to the humor of the Incident, he found himself a few minutes later In the line of ticket buyers in the Grand Central Denot. "An excursion ticket to San Fran- , Cisco,,stopping at Chicago station oj* veturn," lie ordered. The ticket agent put about a quarter of a mile of .pasteboard under his stamp, pounding It for a minute or more, thrust it before the explorer and expectantly awaited payment "When docs the train'go?" n>,kc<> ' ���������ihe Englishman. ,: "In ten minutes," was the aus" or. I "How much is it," ^���������'Oiie^lnindrcd-aml-thirty-eight-dol-��������� Jarsand fifty cents." y -'What?" the Englishman gai-pod,. "How far iB It?" '.'Six thousand miles." "Dear mo! What a country!" f.!3 . The \i rons Sort iiffllrl. He was handsome nnd showily/ ���������Tressed. A very pretty girl sat reading in the extreme end of the car. Tho flashy young man said to his companj Ion: , ��������� -"^ Chrlstpip.s dinner Julia Kent. "See that pretty girl reading there? f'll bet you I'll be sitting ln.thatseat saying sweet things to hor beforo- thiity minutes arc up." "I'll bet you don't. ��������� "All right I'll show you how to do ft." In a few minutes he left his seat and took the empty seat beside the young lady. Presently he began operations. "Excuse me, miss," he said; "hay* tnt 1 met you at. Coney?". The girl looked up in surprise from- ihe book she was reading. Then her,- face brlghetnud. "Would you have the goodness ta- open that window just a little?" "Certainly, miss," and he opened the: window, then resumed his seat. Hes was about to renew the attack whem Ehe crushed him. "Thank you very much, she said." oweetly; "if I need anything else I.. will speak about it," She'resumed hw reading pnd he' clung for a moment to the back of tho seat. Then he rose, very red in thu face, and he told his friend she' was a stuck-up girl and he' wouldn't, bother about her. . * . .���������+������.- j fa Wl������*in-T-r-.W*>'-.r'*ryj^^ ASWE GO ALONG Phai.- shall we do when tho autumn ���������weather' Ind the autumn duties come together; [Whon the golden days are fair, and sweet. i,When the bright leaves rustle- under our feet, -And tho nir is a sparkling wine; Pet cares pile thick and tho houra crowd fast, |And things to be done go hurrying past, In an urgent; beckoning line? /e must lccoprour hearts and our soula awake To beautiful things for duty's sake: PiVith vision keen nnd with courag������ strong. Take beauty in as we go along. Iwhat it in tho hours of earnest doing lOur tired spirits need renewing; |6tgh oft for the streams and tho pas* turcs green, |Whlch lie in the realm ot things unseen, Tho beautiful Promised Land; Tet ever before us stretches still The rugged path ot our Father's yill, With Its common rocks and sand? [*We need not wait for tho longed for peace . [Till our journey is done and our labors | cease; | We shall rest in the midst of the busiest day | It the Master meets us on the way. [���������Mary E. Allbright, in The Christian Endeavor .World. |AT THE CHARITY BALL. ��������� *������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������<> "Why, Mr. Browning, you at any- [ thing so gay lis a charity ball?" "And you, my dear Miss Erickson, [at anything so dismal?" ' -"- '"-������"-' The girl laughed and shook out the j folds- of her misty pink, dancing skirt, (jvith its ruffles and lace. "I have'Just one dance left, a schot- ildsche. 'Shall it be for you?" she said. "If you will so honor me. But as I san't dance anything but the waltz. I ������m go'ng to that little alcove retreat over there, where we can talk and watch the figures." For answer Mildred Erickson laid her gloved fingers on his arm nnd raised her brown eyes to his face, as they walked away from the group of Cancers now forming for the schot- Usche. The "little alcove retreat" was at ' ���������me'-end of the loug ball room, and was massed, with cut flowers and ferns. Mildred threw her huge bouquet of bridesmaid roses, her fan, and lace handkerchief down beside her aiid tonli up two-thirds of the divan with her full skirts; -Browning, sank back luxuriously in the silken cushion at hor ���������Jtde. ' '���������;,���������:���������--.���������>' ' '. ' -'-;-'" "Everyone seems to., be here tonight," she said. "Yes. Even I." "There .is Maude Jones., now, in that pale blue chiffon. 'Did you know, she Is to be' married next week to Jack Marshall?" "She? This Is only her second sea- eon. Isn't it?"~"TO: " T- ' "::"' :.'.' "Second! No, only her first," Mildred said with' a laugh and, shrug of her plump* white shoulders. '" "Her first? You are ��������� more sensible, , Miss Erickson. Why, this is your- tenth season." Don't you remember, I jvas at your coming-out tea?" "Yes,-,and .-you were old "then���������2$; just my age "now." She picked up her oouquet and .buried her faco. in tho fresh, pink blossoms. "And you were In w.hite, and carried pink roses,'Just like those,'Mildred." "But not so large a bunch." and sho began nulling the flowers out and tearing off the petals,, .while . Browning watched her color come and go. i "And I'.sent them." "And you sent them." Browning shifted his position slightly. ' i "I wonder what Marshall wants to., marry that little Miss Jones for?" he Wid. "As she is not an heiress, he probably thinks he loves her. . I hope it ioes not worry you. Mr. Browning." "Me? Not at all. I suppose you have -often wondered why I've never married.". Mildred's cheeks assumed thc hue of her roses. "I? Not at all. Rather. I should won- aer if you did get married. I am so ��������� -used-to-you-single,_you_know." selfish'. And you would be happier tf you were not. Browning looked at her In silent amazement Then he said: "I suppose I have given up a lot for my selfishness. It might bo nice to have a wife always waiting tor me and planning littlo surprises for my comfort and enjoyment, if sho were'sweet and nice and charming, Uko sho would be before I married hor. And to always havo somoono to take out with mo whenever I���������or rather sho���������cared to go. And to entertain my friends as somo women can.do. And to soo great tall boys and gentle girls���������my children���������growing up about mo. But a man must havo n lot of nervo to ask a woman to givo herself lo him alone." "Not necessarily." Mildred's lips wero parted in a smile. "Her freedom, her childhood home, her name, nil girlish pastimes, every bit of .". Browning wont on, ans* werlng his own question. "Sho regards it all as n pleasant sacrifice, It sho loves tho man, Mr. Brown- tng." . "And if she loves tho man will sho want to do all this If ho asks hor to?" "Men are positive and women negative." "So you advise me to marry?" "I advise all men to marry." "Then why are you single, Mildred?" "I? Oh, I am a woman." And sho I laughed softly. I Browning watched the gay scene ot the ballroom in Silence a moment. Then he said: ' "Mildred, shall I tell you why I never married?" The girl buried her face again in tho roses. "Yes," she said. "Because I never thought you would have me. You were so bright and gay, and ten years younger than I." -Mildred leaned townrd him until ho felt her breath on his cheek. She spoke rapidly, for she saw Mr. Blxby coming to claim a waltz. "Shall I tell you why I never mar* tied. Paul?" "Yes." "Because you never asked mc." "Mildred." Browning sprang forward from the silken cushions aud caught her hand. But she withdrew it hurriedly, and with her fare all wreathed in smiles caught up her flowers and fan and lace handkerchief, and said, as she walked away: "Come to me to-morrow afternoon at three, Mr. Browning." And a moment later Browning saw her floating through the steps of the waltz on the arm of George Blxby.���������* Chicago Tribune. ^ ir IS MORE BLESSED." .live! as the morning that flows out of heaven; ���������Jive! as the waves when their channel is riven; jive! as the frco air and sunshine aro giyen; Lavishly, utterly, carelessly give. Sot tho waste drops of thy cup overflowing, STot the faint sparks of thy heartb ever glowing, N*ot a pale bud from the June roses blowing; Give as He gave theo, who gave theo to live. four out. thy love like tho rush ot a river, Casting its waters for ever and ever, I'tro' thc burnt sands that reward not the giver, Silent or songful thou nearest the S'.-''.t .'latter thy lifo as the summer showon rourirg! \7hat if no bird through the pearl rain ir, coarir.rt? What If no blossom look3 upward adoring? -.. Look to the lifo that was lavished for theo! Ciiyo, though thy heart may be wasted and weary, [.aid on an altar all ashen and dreary; Though from its pulses a faint mis* crcro Beats to thy soul the sad presage of fate. Dind it with cords of unshrinking devotion; Smile at the song ot its restless emotion": 'TIs the stern hymn of eternity's ocean; Hear! and in silence thy future await. ���������-The New York Teachers' Magazine. Mr. Editor:��������� If I were boss We would have less clay modelling and more arithmetic In the public echnol. Grammar and typewriting would take the places of music and color study. If a boy or a girl is well up in arithmetic and grammar he stands less show of starving to death than if his specialty Is color schemes or clay figures. :. That's what the most of us here on this earth are trying to do���������keep from starving. Multiplication tables and good Englishman be taught successfully to every pupil,'if time aud-pains are-taken." Color study and clay modelling can't. In the first place, the teachers are ordinarily just about as unfit to teach art as the pupils are to learn it. . In the second place, the vast majority of pupils in the public schools will soon have to earn their own living, and even if they do .become expert clay modellers and colorists, they never can make any use of their' knowledge. Give the children bread and butter, and those who have a taste for cake that's .worth cultivating will get It. And that's the way It would be if J were boss.���������Solomon Sloan, ooooooooooooooooo I POLLY'S BIRTHDAY, o Polly was a dear little girl who lived on a nice large farm with plenty Df chickens, sows and horses; but Polly never thought nmuch about how nice all these were, for her father and mother were always hard at work, and Polly and the rest of the children had to help. Polly's two brothers worked with their father, her sisters helped her mother In the-house, and Polly washed the dishes, scoured the knives, fed the chickens, and ran errands for the family and all the summer boarders besides. strings. No one knew whether to laugh or feel sorry. It was wonderful what ?2 would buy, and not strange that the littlo girl hnd spent a whole half-day shopping. There was a blue tie for Brother Dan and a pink ono for Tim, a yellow hair-ribbon for Sister Linda, somo brass TiaT.pins tor grandma, a small bottle of cologno for Jake, tho "hired man," and then there wns but ono package left. Polly patted this lovingly before she opened it. "This is the nicest of all, and it's for you," she t-aid, as sho handed Miss Cary a box of bright pink writing paper. "It fci mod too bad that you only had plain white paper to write your lotto.'s on, when you write so lovely. So I got you this. Ain't It grand?" "Why, It's beautiful. Polly, dear," Miss Cnry snid; "but what have you bought for yfftir birthday present?" "Why, these," 6nld Polly���������'.'tli-wo aro all my presents. Presents are something we give away, aren't th������y?" And Polly looked around, wondering why all were so still. "It is moro blessed to give than to receive," said one of the ladies sofl.ly. The gentlemen looked out of the wli- dow, nnd Miss Cary put her arms around Polly and kissed the hot, dusty little face many times. "It's been a lovely day," Polly said, lb she distributed her last gift. "I never had any presents to give away before, and I think birthdays are just lovely." The next month, after Miss Cary had returned to tho city, she had a birthday; and there came to Polly a most wonderful doll, with lots ot beautiful clothes, and a card saying, "For Polly, on my birthday, from Lena Cary," which, by the way, immediately became thc doll's name. And Miss Cary was not the only one who caught Polly's idea of a birthday, for the rest of the boarders remembered Polly's presents, and through the year, as each one's birthday came, Polly received a gift to delight her generous little heart. When the seventeenth of July came around again though Miss Cary was not at the farm, she sent Polly a little silk hag with nine silver quarters in it. and Polly still thinks "birthdays are lovely."���������Mrs. S. J. Maxwell, in the Ladles' Home Journal. HIGHLAND MARY. Ye banks, and braes, and streams around The castle o' Montgomery, Green be your v/oods, aud fair your flowers, Your waters never drumlio! There simmer flrst unfauld hor robes, And thcro tho langcst tarry; For there I took tho last farewool O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd tho gay green hi rlt. How rich the hawthorn's blossom. As underneath their fragrant shado I clasp'd her to niy bosom! The golden hours, on angel wings, Flow o'er mo and my dearie; Vor dear to me, as light and life, Was my sweet Highland Mary. WV monio a vow, and lock'd embrace, Our parting was tu' tender; And, pledging aft to meet again, We tore ousel's asunder; But oh! foil death's untimely frost. That nipt my flower sne early! Now green's tho sod, an cauld's tho clay, That wraps my Highland Mary! O pale, pale now, those rosy lips, I aft hae klss'd so fondly! And closed for aye the sparkllnfj glance That dwelt on me sao kindly! And mold'rlng now in silent dust, That heart that lo'ed me dearly! But still within my bosom's core Shall live my Highland Mary. ���������Robert Burns. ^���������*04������������B4������*;������������0������������S:������-5������i������������e; "And I should wonder at it, too. I like women. Tboy sire beautiful creatures, to���������:be admired,- adored and Idealized, but kept a- distance* if a man wants to ��������� retain his peace of- mind Don't you think 'so, Miss Erickson?" ..- I "Can Mr. Browuing.be wrong?!', "Thank you. " Now, suppose I had married: when I was, say 28. Ten years" ago, I'd have a wife who never thought of.me or my home, but always at her own personality and her social engagements. My home would be no home at all, because I should expect things of-her which she'would never flo." . . I Miss Erickson was unconsciously fulling tbe flowers to pieces and watching Mr: Browning with, studied courtesy. Browning continued: , ,,"As It, Is, I have my bachelor flat, In which 1 am king. My- servants, whom no one ever interferes with. I go and come tvhon I please, to the club, to thc opera, to dinners, or to Europe. My horses and carriages are mine, and no one ever complains of'them. My-house, is ' tolltude itself unless I wish to make . it noisy. Don't you think I am a sen* ilblo man?" "It really had never occurred to me, Mr. Browning," Mildred said, laughing slightly. "Of.course you do, for you have followed my example und remained sin-. Cle." "But not alone. There is mamma and papa and Joe and the girls, Mr. Browning. Oh; I should not care (or iolltude nor enjoyment alone. . , "You are not so selfish." "No." "What?" Knglnntl I'oy Choirs. Julian Ralph, writing of "The Choir Boys of England," in the Ladies' Home Journal, says "Small boys are much preferred for the reason that they develop into manhood later than . big, stalwart children, for it is at'the coming of .manhood that their voices break and they are obliged to,stop singing until their adult tones are reached���������a matter of years. ' A-boyish treble Is as' delicate as the bloom on a peach, nnd Its possessor must lead an orderly and Innocent life, which is why so many choirs are made up ot boys taken from their homes and boarded and taught in church institutions. These, sometimes, are able to sing until they tre seventeen-or-elghteen-years-ot_ase,_ though between fnirteen and fifteen One of the boarders, Miss Cary, was watching Polly shell peas one morning, and thinking that she did a great deal of work for such a little girl. Finally she said: "How old are you, Polly?" "Seven," Polly answered. "You're almost eight," said her mother. "When Is her birthday?" Miss Cary asked. "Why, let me see, it's this month some time,���������the seventeenth���������yes, the' seventeenth of July. I declare,- I'd have forgotten all about it if . yoii hadn't a-spoke." And Mrs. Jones went on with her work again. "What's a birthday?" Polly asked- The Deadly Prescription Utterly'Fails lo cure ltchlng>nd disfiguring sliindiseases. Dr. Agnew's Ointment cures, no matter what other' or how many other applications have failed. Madam used it and go������ well, and she keeps it for her friends and her children, having learned it'i������a neverfail in the treatment of piles, and in tetter, saltrheum, ringworm, eczema, barber's itch, and all skin eruptions. Price, 85c. ��������� "' The Sitter* at St. Joseph's Infant Home at South Troy, N. Y., state: "Many children come to oar home covered with Itczemn. Wc would like to buy your ointment by tbe pound." Dr. Agnew's Liver Pills are the most effective tiltlj���������while milder in I action, more quickly setting free thai digestive canal. ������ doses, 10 cents. 8 "Why, Polly," exclaimed Miss Cary, "don't you know? It's the anniversary of the day you were born. Didn't you ever have a birthday present, Polly?" "No," said Polly, looking piizzle*!. ' "We never have much time for those things," Polly's mother said. "Jt's 'bout all I can do to remember Christmas."' "Yes, I know," Miss Cary said; but Ghe resolved that Polly should "have a. birthday." When she went down to breakfast the next morning, Miss Cary met Polly In the hall, and, putting a little silk purse into her hand, said kindly, "Here, Polly, is something for you to buy birthday presents with." Polly opened ��������� the little bag. and found in it eight bright silver quarters; and she ran as fast as -she could to tell her mother. "Land sakes, child!" her mother said; "that's too much money for you to spend. - Better save It It will buy you'a pair ot shoes and a warm hood this winter." Almost any little girl would have cried at this, and Polly's eyes did fill with tears; but, as Ber mother wanted her to help "put the breakfast on," Polly took the plate of muffins into tho dining room. Miss Cary noticed the wet lashes, and said, "Mrs. Jones, pIease_Iet_PolIy_go_down _to the store to-day and spend her birthday money." Mrs. Jones could not refuse this request. So, after she had put the baby asleep, Polly wss allowed to go to the storo, which was a good two miles away; but the happy little girl would have willingly walked five miles to spend her prerioup two dollars. It wits late in the afternoon when she came back; and tbe boarders were lounging about waiting for the supper bell to ring. They all smiled at the little figure toiling up tbe road, with her arms full of bundles. Polly smiled radlcntly through the dust that covered her round little face as she called to Miss Gary: "Oh! I've got such lots of things. Please come into the kitchen and see." "No, it's too warm there," Miss Cary said. "Come into the parlor, where it's cool; and we eau all see." So they went into the house, fend Polly commenced to unwrap her pack; ages and exhibit her purchases. "There,'" she said, as she tore the paper from a queer-shaped bundle, "thi3 is for nsa," holding up an egg beater, " 'cause it takes so long to beat an egg with a fork.'" The boarders locked at each other In-surprise, but Polly was too busy lo notice. She fairly beamed as she held up a green jjjass necktie pin for inspection. "Isn't it lovely?" she said. "It's for pa, so he'll wear a collar, like ma wants him to. Of course, he'll want to wear such an elegant P'-n; and then he'd have to wear a tic, and then he'll have to wear a collar. "This isn't much," she continued, opening a small bundle, "only a rattle for baby. It only cos1. Eve cents." The boarders loal'-d on In silence ns Clirr Dweller's House With 1,600 Knonin. The archaeological treasures of tho United States are seemingly inexhaustible. This is especially so in the great Southwest region of this country, tho home of primitive man and the cliff dweller. The latest traveler and explorer to penetrate this wonderfully picturesque region and who has brought back now glimpses of these pre-historic peoples is Rev. Dr. Cole, of Los Angeles, Cal. The Doctor, ��������� who Is an enthusiastic archaeologist, has just returned from a three month's jou*rney among tho ruined ancient dwellings of southeastern Colorado, Arizona.and-New Mexico. The most prominent and Interesting feature of Dr. Cole's trip was the discovery of an Immense cliff palace or communal dwelling securely.,.lodged, underneath an' overhanging ledge of almost perpendicular cliff along -the banks of the Santa Re river in New Mexico. ���������The.ajsrent to. this lofty roclc tpnp- ment was made by niches cut out of the solid rock of the cliff. One thousand feet of hazardous and toilsome climblng-wae nooocs*iry..to go up the sheer wall .of the precipice before the first ruins were reached. Here a giant community house of four stories was found in a fair state of preservation. There were Eome 1,600 rooms In the house, and in its prime it is estimated to have sheltered, five to six thousand people. On digging fcr some of the rooms a number of bones and skeletons were unearthed. One, a woman's femur, nineteen inches long, showed a giantess seven and a half feet tall. Pieces of prehistoric pottery and household implements, stone, axes and agate arrow points were also found. On both sides of the huge ruins were great towers running up to the fourth story, still showing the loop holes through which the besieged inhabitants showered agate-tipped arrows��������� their'only -weapons of defence���������upon the heads of the Invading enemy. From these rock towers the inhabitants could hold their own against a superior force, fighting downward with undiminished advantage to the enemy or savage foe who would have to scale up the unprotected wall. Safety seems to have been the prlmo motive for the cliff dweller in building their homes in these Impregnable and almost-inaccessible���������places,-for���������they- evldcntly were harassed eternally by wily and merciless savages. These cliff houses were well stored with corn, whose mummied cobs aro still found, as also arc numerous wells, which show that they had abundance of water. The exact time of the cliff and fortress dwelling people is still one of conjecturo. Long before Columbus was sailing for our shores, or thc landing of tho Spaniards a few years afterwards, these aboriginal folic were living In their high perched rock dwellings from four to live stories in height and containing from three to five hundrod roomB. All of the architectural peculiarities were for the purpose of defence. The lower story was a dead wall, which no enemy using aboriginal weapons could demolish. The upper stories were reached by ladders- which were afterward drawn up. I HIS BEST FRIEND. | ������et'������$0$O������������������85>*)?������?*53'O$������$Q$>S Everything about Genevieve that day told me there was something wrong, but it would never have entered my head to ask her what it was. She was one of those frank, open glrla, who don't tell things beyond a certain point, and who, by their very good fellowship, keep a man at a certain distance. She gave me more than she did to some people, and I was grateful; but I never rushed in. A chance remark, made without a suspicion of where I was treading, brought things to a crisis. It was at the end of a stormy afternoon, and we were sitting over tho fire, she in a deep wicker chair, and I down on the hearth rug. She wasn't paying the least attention to what I was Baying. When a bucket of rain would slash against the window, she would look over her shoulder, with a nervous twisting of her lips, and her fingers kept doing exercises on the arm of her chair or plaiting up the ribbons of her dress. The house shook a little, and that made me think of the ocenn, and that suggested Powers, and I spoke without a glimmer of intention. ��������� "Why, Powers sailed to-day, didn't he?". She didn't answer, and I looked up. 1 don't suppose I had ever really seen the girl'before.. The guard was gone and she was staring into the fire with an expression that struck me dumb. She rubbed the back of her forefinger first across one cheek-and then across the other, as though absently, but I taw. The conventionally suitable thing would have been for me to clear out, "Dur-x-didn't���������X-tonv .one.of her hands and gripped It. Her head went'aown- on the arm of her chair, and we sat 1 there without speaking for < a while. Then she began in the middle,,' as though she had been telling me about tt all along. "He couldn't have cared for me, anyway. We aren't the same kind," she said. "He looks on life, while I am always in the very centre, living It He Is interested and sympathetic, but always the Impersonal critic. 1������ don't believe he ever had an overwhelming Impulse in his life. Ho moves by deliberate theories. We're altogether ���������4ifferent." "But, Genevieve, he thought a lot of you, I know " I was blundering on, but she broke In. "Oh, ho likes me; he is even fond of me., He was telling mc f was his best friend, his comrade. Can't you seo what that meant? But it was that or nothing, and I couldn't give him up, so I kept the other way down under. \ don't think he guessed." "If you had shown it a littlo, wouldn't it have " I continued. She shook her head and started to speak, then faltered. Evidently this was the hardest of all to say. At last it.came, with an effort that made me set my "teeth. ~ "He couldn't have falleH In love with n woman who���������hadn't beauty on, leaning bwf as though tired bS-\ yond expression. "I can't answer for myself any moro, not since I've caught niyvetf, night after night, refusing invitations and making excuses to stay at homo, just in case ho should drop in. Did you ever hear of anything so ubjeet?" Y.*o sat silent for awhile, sho staring into the lire with the same hopeless look, while I���������but this story is not about mo. Then a door slammed, and. in an instant sho was her other self, alert and self-controlled. -"How did I come to t<Ml you nil this?" she exclaimed. "The storm nuiu'o mo bluo and foolish, 1 suppose. Promise mo, on your honor, that you'll never toll this or even hint it to anyone elso all your life ions." I promised readily enough. 1 wasn't likely to want to tell. ��������� * ��������� ' ������ * ��������� ��������� It was tho same kind ot an afternoon, nearly two years later, that I hunted up Powers In Purls. His success hadn't brought n bit of big head with it, and lie was ns glad to sec mo as if we still belonged to the same world. Almost his flrst question was about GeTAovicvc, but I couldn't tell him much. I hadn't seen her for a year, and though she had promised to write to me, I had never received more than ono or two conventional note-;. "That girl," sr.id Powers thoughtfully, "meant more to me than any woman I ever met in my life." I held my breath and waited. Pow- era was never moved to a burst of confidence in his lite, but he was always ready to cooly analyze himself, body and mind and soul, for anyone who was Interested. "I don't suppose a man ever was as much In love as I was, and fought it so resolutely," ho went on. "I suppose she knew it���������girls generally do���������but I never once let it come to tho surface. I didn't really acknowledge it to myself till the day I sailed, a day something like this. Then���������whew!" Ho shook his head, his eyes contracting at the memory. "But why did you fight?" I asked. "Well, there I was with my future absolutely uncertain and the big fight before me, and I wanted to go into it free. I was horribly ambitious, und when It came to choosing betweon myself and my work, myself had to go every time. Besides, It would have been brutally unfair to her, even if she had cared. It might have been years and years before I could marry. How could I know I was going to be 60 lucky?" | "Then, she didn't care!" I asked. I ' had sworn not to tell, and heaven knows I didn't want to, but the secret was forcing its way out in spite of me. I felt as though I had two lives in my hand. "No she was just a good comrade, and I tried to fool myself by taking the same attitude, though I don't suppose it fooled anybody else. If she had ever shown the least symptom���������ob, I'd have given In in a second." Bui she never cared a hit���������said good bye to roe as jolly as could be the night before 1 left." The secret was scorching my tongue, out my promise to Genevieve still kept me debating. . 4 "Her features weren't a bit good, but she had the most expressive face I ever-saw, and the most attractive," ��������� Powers said. "It had a beauty higher than that of form and coloring, a sort it inspiration. I have tried a hundred times to catch It, -especially in that - martyr over thore on the easel. It ia i look, of pluck and radiance and���������oh, ���������i-doa'fc-knnwL. .1 can't get it!" I knew, and dpenca"~my-Hpo���������to., speak, then hesitated again. "It's so strange,"-he went on. "She ilways prophesied that I would fall iu iove, quite deliberately, with some oeautiful peasant girl over here, a woman of the people, perfect physically, with a lovely nature, and no intellectual power whatever. Queer, wasn't .t? But I forgot," .ho added. "Yon haven't seen my wife." I started up. There was a tumult in ny mind, but, God 'forgive me, it wasn't an unhappy one. "You are married?" "Yes, my wife is an Italian. She lat for that head-in the corner. Gene- rieve sent me such a bright little note about it, when I wrote and told her. She was the only clever woman that [ wanted to marry. Odd how a man san go through what I did and yet narry another woman eighteen months later, I wonder if women are that fray?" "I wonder!" I echoed from the very bottom of my soul.���������The Puritan. /������ WILD WESTSCE.-,'':^ Eplaodei Tliat Indicate Tliat U.o HImiwiI of Dancer llulleen l.xncKonileil It was midnight as a thunderlntf knock came nt the door of room No> 48, Phoenix Hotel. "What is wanted?" asked the occupant as he sat up in bed wfcc fi'rioujs*. ly beating heart "Wo want you!" o->-n this doorl"*-' "Never!" "Then take the consequences." Tho man sprans o=u of bed anil hurriedly dressed himself. His fact* was pale and his hands trembled, bu������ he shut his lips with n determination to sell his lite dearly. He heard footsteps moving In the hall, and present-, ly his door was burst from its hinges. and a dozen men burst into the roor.u. They found him standing wlili a revolver In each hand and the light ofi battle In hl& eyes. "You may hang me," he snid In te- iow, tense voice, "but twelve of yoi������. will go Into the other world before, tne." "Who said anything about bans*- tag?" inquired a Tolce. "But you have come for that. Twelvcr years ago in thla town 1 hilled four; men. You have recognized mo and> have come for revenge." "Not much, stranger. Y>'o don't- know anything about the four men and. don't want to. ,YoU livo In MlssourU ijon't you?" mj..;, "I do." --sSf'"* "Well, what we wanted to ask was whether three ot a kind beat ������- straight In your State." "They don't" " "Then that's all, and yon can go- back to your snooie. Sorry to haver disturbed yoii, but we had a dispute and wanted to settle it" For fifty miles pursued and pursue* fiad kept at about thc same distance* as they flew over Ui trackless pralrltt. Now and then one had gained or lout, but the race had become one of endurance Instead of speed. At last, aa- hour before sunset, tbe face of ther pursued began to lose its hopeful expression as ha telt his horse giving way under him. He*prcssed home tha cruel spurs, and the beaten animal seemed infused with new life; hut oa- ly for a few minutes. "I am doomed!" he exclaimed tt despairing accents, as his faithful" horse staggered again. From behind Mm came flendlslt yells of rejoicing. Another mile, and the horse of tha*. pursued sand down in his tracks, and his rider stood with folded arms anti a defiant look on his face to wait then other's coming. .-"So I've got you!" said the pursuer, as he rode up and dismounted. "You have." ��������� v "You "Show me to be the sheriff ot* Cold Chuck?" "I do." "And that I never let a man escapes me. This forenoon as you roderx through our town I shouted to you". "Yes. You recognized me as Danttn Jim, the road agent, but I hoped ta% outrun you." "I did nothing of the kind. I asked: you for a chaw ot tobacco, and your, was so darned mean about it that I'tct follered.you fifty miles.to show yoov- what sort of a man I am . Do yots> chaw?" "Of course I do." "And will you give me a chaw?" "With the greatest of pleasure. A* -my-horse ls_dead I do not see how t can go back with you." "' - - "No one wants you to." "But didn't you follow on to arrest me?" "Not by a blamed sight. I followe* on to make you hand over that chavsK; I asked for, and you jest let this be ae< warnln' to you. Next time you rider. through Cold Chuch and I yell for a& chaw you want to come right down.' with half a plug." ' AtoM Con'net Willi Side VeU, ���������' Dogs and monkeys arc subject to tuberculosis and are said to be capable of communicating the infection to nu- man beings. A large number of tha canaries that die In captivity'fall victims to the same disease. Parrots suffer from a malady peculiar to themselves. The bacillus that causes It is thought to originate . pneumonia in man. Cats have been known to be the carriers of diphtheria, and possibly of scarlet fever and other infectious diseases. Great care should be taken during an epidemic to keep pet animals out of the reach of infection, or else away from the children, and at any time a bird or animal that seems ailing should be at once isolated.��������� T/udiffa' Home Journal The artist in him was too strong. I Kbonld hive recognized that in htm, even if he hadn't���������once���������told me so. lie told me as if he���������meant me to understand it! "It is not his fault; it's the way he's made. But It kept me frem ever showing what I felt ns nothing else could have���������nothing on earth!" I looked up lu surprise, for I had forgotten that Genevieve was not pretty. You grew so fond nf her face that you never thought of her features. "I can see perfectly that we couldn't have been' happy together," she went on, ns though Impressing a line of reasoning on herself. "I should have been horrible jealous of every beautiful woman be came across, especially if he were to paint her! I could forgive her face, but not her shoulders. I'm such a poor littlo bag of bones." I wanted to tell her a hundred comforting things, but I know better. 'She was not In a mood for anything but what she considered the truth. "It would have been a real calamity if he cared," she snid, going on with her pitiful argument against her- ee f. "Ho must be free, if he is to suc- ce?d, and oh, he has genius! Did you see his head of Gerard? Oh, It would be a crime to come between him and his career. I couldn't wish It to hap- 'pe.n. I care as much for his success as I do for him." "A man couldn't care like that, " I Bald with a long breath. "Peihap3 It's Just because I know it'll hopeless anywaj. and so I put on a lige motive. I don't know," she went Dresilnt; an Actress. _^While the actress Is on the stage ter maid_has~carefully lald-out���������the rowc that Is to be put on, with all its icces*3ories," writes Franklin Fyles lu :he Ladles' Home Journal. "The lresses are made with a view to celer- ty. Hardly anything is left to be fastened on. Knots of ribbon, draped lashes, pieces of Jewelry, even corsage Bouquets, are attached beforehand, in ���������ase there is not a minute to spare. K very modish and complete evening town with everything belonging to it nay be a single construction. The maid inspects It carefully to see that .t is In complete good order, and deposits It on a chair. Close by ehe (daces tbe shoes, stockings and what- iver of millinery is to be worn. When the actress comes in she Is deftly removed of the gown which the audience has last seen her in. Next she sits Before her mirror, and, it there is need uf great haste, makes whatever rearrangement of hair or headdress is necessary while the maid takes off the (hoes and stockings, tinder the latter ire different ones already on. By th������- timo that tbe second pair of shoes are outtoned tbe coiffure Is readjusted Then the actress stands up and the new dress Is adjusted In a Jiffy. If the change has had to be made while an set is in progress it may have occupied no more than five or six minutes. Put that is exceptional. If done between acts, with ten minutes allowed to it, the Job has no appears nre of furious speed, -������������������ thoroughly iz it pro- irranged." All at once two men each arme*. with two guns leaped into the middle* of the street and began firing at eaete other. Pop! bang! pop Tbe stresaV was cleared of pedestrians, and mesa looked trom behind shelter with bated!, breath. Six shots, ten, fifteen, twenty; "Are they.both dead?" was asked iai .Whispers. M Pop! bang! pop! * ���������'" "But they must be dead now." Fifty shots, 100, 200. Then who had been asleep in a distant loon slowly awoke and shambled doors and down the street When reached the fighters, the four were still blazing, but he closed ta and_took_both_menj>y_thpj2*u^ndj*i*t_ the pair around the corner and gav������w~~ them the boot and said:. "How many times hev I got to war������ ye that it's again the ordinance tav (hoot off firecrackers?" Smoking is almost unknown in /"kbysslriia, and Is pr.nished as a crime when practiced. V\vni.h explorers have Id smoke their cigars in secret . Clever Idea- of lhe Nnc llrlde. Out in a big apartment house Columbia Heights,* not a thous miles from the corner of Btnncy i there dwells a young married woman, who is as naive as tbe bride in that comic weeklies. The houBe-keepeatk who live in ths same house with haw have been somewhat annoyed of lata by mice. The young woman met oas>- of them in the hall thc other day, asct'- their conversation naturally turned eoa. their common pests. "Tbe mice have been so bad lately"' eaid thc elder woman, "that I ke-t-Bj everything locked up and all aa**** eatables In the boxes." Tbo younger woman's eyes sparttsfi: frith eagerness. "My!" she said. "I wouldn't ate* do that, I wouldn't want to ma auett- a risk. I leave crackers and ebees-a, lying about every night when I go tabbed so that when the mice come bost-> gry they'll find something to eat. aaA not gnaw things. I'm always afrataK they'll bite holes In my new tablecloths and my nice centrepieces if I don't leave the cheese right whera> they can find It easily. I feel perfecfe*- ly iia'e when I know there's plenty far; them to eat right where they can g**fc' r.t it." { There's nothing after all like ���������*���������������! mg a clever ides, like that awjc^tttJ, then. - --.-������������������?������*.��������� ,.,���������������������... .....^--���������*������... ~-r....���������J..' --.-.. ...'...-���������������"..- -'-*.' ���������J.tJi.^.-i^V.. -.'.- l..^.(������������W^.Wi-.,������*^"->.^*.������WAII.*-'.1.**.WK*.^- .mr,tft-j..jft������awi.wsm*.c--������-^Brw,-riHvi: ,inw^������aeenM������*���������i*.wsM������H������������������������wn^ **S> ^ ' " ��������� I TAYLOR BROS. & GEORGE 33 LIMITED THE LEADING STORE FOR Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, House Furnishings, Etc. BsamsjsBBBBasSBBBBBamTaaBwaEaBaaMBmasssH-^^ , - FRESH GROCERIES OUR SPECIALTY Taylor Bros. & George, Limited Mail Orders Solicited and Promptly Attended to. PROTECT YOURSELF l-ROM. THE SKVI'RK l-'KOST WITH .V CHAMOIS VEST We have them to fit Men, Ladles and Children, and at very reasonable prices ���������AT��������� Candda Drug MARRIED. Andkhson���������.EitK-ifSUN���������Atllevelstokc on Jan. -St-lr at, -t-he -Methodist. Parsonage, by the Key. (J.. I.iidi.er. John"''Anderson- lo Miss Lyain Krieksnn, both of Albert Oiiiiyon. BORN .SlltlAN'"���������At Kevelstoke,. on .laiiniiry ���������21st. lo Mr. nnd. Mrs. P. Siiiuno. it daughter. ]J \miltox���������At ���������Uoniiiplix, Jiimmi-y ������2iid. to Mi', mill Mrs. \V. Haiiiil' ton. 11 daughter. Kkkvsouax���������At Kevelstoke, oh Jan. '.43r.li, to'Mr.nnd iUrs.J.Keriiaghat'., a sun. J3i->rnxE���������At Kevelstoke, on Jiinuary ���������iCth, to Mr. and Mrs. J..Hourne, ii ������011. SfT\EltLA.vr)��������� At.Revelstoke. on Jan. 2<Jth, to Mr. and -Mrs. J. P. Slither* l.tnd, a daughter. NOTES OF NEWS Q-i-ulrille club tomorrow ni),'ht. LJ. A. L nvsou is out, again after a ft������������ clays' illness. -ij.-iierkraut for sale, T. Skinner. Kevelstoke, B..C. C. J. Rumens left again on Morid.iv Jiiorning for tlie Stundni-d Basin. ���������Sauerkraut for sale, T. Skinner, Kevelstoke, B. C. "Br^PifgefrCf&i.-'.="i{ropefflWr"'lts spent a few days in the city c 1 let tor. week. A large number of i-iiU-ies lnivi: been iir-ide for the proposed 1'ing Pong tnnrnaiiieiit. Tin-: liKHAl.n regrets to announcr- lhe s-erioti-, illness of .1.11. Ctes->inan from ilieimiatUin. Roger V. Perry, <>( Onldfield**. has been gazetted a jiml'iti* i>f the pem e in Mud for llritish I'uliiiubia. Th-odore I.udgali* ltasul last contir-l t.f l.ieadiiian'. Island and will i.-n-U.i large saw and giisl mills. A iiifiilori.il service will lie held in the Methodist Church on Sunday evening to the late A. X. .Smith. Engineer Kd Hawkins, of the Northern Pacific, t-oimiiitleil suieide in Vancouver on Monday by taking an ounce of .laudanum. ���������TO "LET. FURNISHED - House near Court House.'rent $30 a month including piano, coal furnace, and all modern conveniences. Mrs'. D. McCarthy, who is in lhe, hospital at Vancouver under treal- fuent, is- reported much better and will return home at the end of the ���������week. The Victoria Times says that Hon. W. W. B. Mclnnes is IT down at Victoria. That will necessitate a boot shine from the'edilorof the Mail, who no doubt will rise and say that Hon. prosperity Wells HAW BEEN. Thos. Barnes, section l'oreiinui, lias resigned his position here and gone to Spokane. Mr. Barnes nuulo ninny friends whilo in Trail.���������News. Rev. David Chalmers, n well known superannuated Methodist minister, of Hamilton. |is dead from gangrene of (lie loot. He was 72 years old. J. Russell is reported seriously ill at Mark Hyatt's camp in the Big Bend. A 'rumor to tho effect that Mr. Russell [ was dead lias not bean confirmed. Masquerade Ball���������Mr. James Taylor will have from 2T> to HO costumes to select from. Parties desiring- one should make application at once. W. B Pool was in the city Tuesday and returned to Fish River yesterday to look after the transportation of the slump mill being hauled in to operiito on the Oyster group. ' ,-o..., There are over 20!)!) el.iiriis staked and recorded in the Fish river district, tioldlields, the new gold camp, is practically in tbe centre of this great .mineral district. Ci. E. Grant, barrister: of Orillia. dnl.., is tluvliberal candidate for North 'Ontario,, and the Hon. Geo, E. Fester the conservative candidate. Voting takes place toda.v- .1. F. Kilby, C. P. R. engineer, running between Nelson and Eholt, was ir. tlie city this week visiting friends. Mr. Kilby-' at one time was fireman running out of Revelstoke. The conservatives of Ontario have entered piolests in North Grey, North Perth and North Norfolk. There is plenty of evidence it is slated of corrupt practices in tlie three recent bye elections. Sam. Watson, who shot his brother Wesley, near Middleport. Out., on Dec 23rd, mistaking him for a burglar, was found not guilty of manslaughter on Monday by Judge Hardy, and was discharged. X. B. Jacques, teller of the lorai branch of the Imperial Bank, left this morning for Toronto. "Ping Pong" will Ue greatly missed in social and athletic circles. His place has been taken here by J. K. Tweeddale, for- merly'Srt KTbaivk^stnfff" "= On the Sly! Many people wht* deny they li.'tv: a .-tu-Ywr. (������mth. liny a I������ft\- of our (lelintniji Confectionery. Kvery piece tfi.stcH like ni'������n-. IVu li.-ivo ('hominies and ('i-citim in hulk���������-50c por lb. E. A. Bradley, ' manager of the Diuiuesne Mining Co.. sent a couple of men up with rubber goods for tho employees in the Smith and French Creek placer mines this week. The date of the masijiu-rade ball lias been changed froin.Feh. 2!Jrd to Feb. 20!h, in order lo accommodate the Coronation Singers who will appear in the opera hcuse on Feb. 23rd, The result of the referendum vote ii Nicola as to whether there should h- an immediate genei-il election or not. resulted in MS votes for and 5 against in Lower Nieola;*and 12 for at Nicola Lake. Kamloops Sentinel. The many friends in Revelstoke of 'Mr. Baker. C.P.K. paymaster on thn Paciiic division, will be pleased to learn that he has undergone a successful operation by a specialist in Montreal aiid is doing well. ���������Clearance Sale of couches, chair*, rockers, parlor suits, centre tables, spring mattresses, oilcloths, linoleums, bedroom carpels, bliiulu, etc., going cheap at the Tl������velsl.nk������s Furniture com pany's. Thpre is a po������sil>ilit y of a hockey < Jnatler. match heing arranged between the' nfaii*15 TSWui <������r,<i ic.imioopb team--, says the Kamloops Sentinel. Negotiations are now under iviy to this end,and it they materialise, the game will come off at Revelstoke. The full Court in Victoria yesterday pronounced j.idgment in the case of Turner v. Cowan in favor of the defendants dismissing the appeal with costs. Taylor & McCirter for plaintiffs (appellants): Davis & Scott for defendants, (respondents). At the Methodist Parsonage on Tuesday, Jananry 2Sth, by the Rev. Mr. Ladner. Mr. John Anderson and Miss Lydia Erickson, of Albert Canyon were married. The Hkuald with the many friends of the young couple in town and district wish them a happy married life. Rev. Dr. Herdman, of Calgary. Superintendent of Presbyterian missions in the North West and British Columbia, is in the city today. He is looking over the mission field cover- ed'IVy Rev~Mrr~Parr.���������DivIIerdnian preached at Hlecillewaet yesterday and will hold services at Arrowhead Twisted Miu-nliiimlluWH���������20c por box CIliM-olatfiH in llrixi'H at prices running from 15c to 81.SO. Alsft ii liorit of other linos in ''otifectinnery. Walter Bews, VZ;Jhts. Durggl.it unci Stationer. Xext Hume l;],ak tomorrow. Ari extra tif the B.C. Gazette lo hand yesterday announced the appointment of license commissioners in the citie?. Revelstoke's license commissioners do not appear however in this extra, and it i** suggested that trie editor of the Mail, who is the IT of thc Prior gov eminent for this riding, his not been able to fix matters .put. yet. Another head on collision occurred on the Grand IViink, near Port Hope, Out... on Thursday last in which Fireman Mati.hews and Brakenian Everisl, of Little York were killed. Both engines were smashed to pieces. The operator at Newtonville is blnmeil for. failure to hold the east bound until the west bound crossed it at that point. E. Balfour, master mechanic at the Nettie L. and Silver Cup mines in the Lardeau. was in Nelaon yesterday on his way tn Rossland, says the Nelson News. He wants mechanics and drill men for the Trout lake properties. Mr. Balfour is an old War Eagle man, and went up to install the new compressor for the Nettie L.'last August. He is now at work on the Cup compressor, and expects to havu it running within a month. He thinks the district will make n groat showing this coming summer hnd grows eloquent in his praise of lhe many rich properties now working. He will return next week to Trout lake camp. A fracas occurred at Clan William nu Snturdaj*, when a Chinaman got after a fellow countryman with nn axe, inflecting two severe wounds on the hitter's head. Dr. Cross and Chief Bain were wired for and the Chinamen were brought to town Saturday night, (me being conveyed to tbe hospital and l he other to the goal. The injured Chili un.-iii is receiving every attention at the hospital and is progressing favorably. ��������� A suggestion lias heen made that the local health olllci.il.s should enforce the rules iu Chinese laundries here now adopted in Vancouver where China' men are strictly forbidden to sprinkle clolhes after their own peculiar method of Ailing their mouth* with water and spirting over lhe garments. 1 buy are obliged to use mechanical sprinklerb only, and this would appear to ben good regulation from a sanitary standpoint.���������Nelson News. Capt. Romans, of Revelstoke, who wan in town last week looking into the project of putting a steamer on the river here,, ls"expected In next week to lake further step in the From the attitude of Mr. Uct week ii Is probably a fi eight steanidr that will be built nt once and operations begun witb the clearing of tbe river. The craft will probably be of the style used on the shallow and rapid rivers of British Columbia, which draw only a, few inches of water and have n carrying capacity of from forty to fifty tons, stern wheeled and decked for lhe accommodation of passengers.���������Edmonton Pust. The death occurred on Thursday evening at the residence of relatives, at North Rupert street, of Mrs. Wrn. Hodges. Deceased was born in Bsqui* malt, but lived in Victoria most of herl'fe, where she was highly esteem' ed by a large circle of acquaintances. A husband and family of six survive her; and a mother, three sisters and three brothers are also left to mourn her loss. William and James Wilby; two brothers, live in Victoria, George Wilhy resides in Vancouver. Sisters of the deceased are Mrs. Sam Field, Mrs. J. T. lliggitia and Mrs, D. McPhadden.���������Victoria Colonist.��������� Mrs.- D. McPhadden, of Kevelstoke, who is a. mater of the deceased, left on Friday evening fur Victoria to attend the funeral. Oari'iithers' rink, composed of Cr. 8. Fliiult. A. E. Kiiicaid. W. A. Fooie. and Dr. Carrutheis, skip, I'nu^lil 11-- way through to the final iu (lie Graiul Challenge, when they were di-l'eateo by Greenwood, H. A. Binwu nt:-.. made a gaud showing in lhe HiuNor. Bay event, taking second place, heing defeated by Nelson in the iinal. Altogether the boys are well pleased with Iheirtrip and are especially'louil in tlieir praises of the way in which they wero treated, and according lift heir story "not hiug was too good fo: a man from ReveNluke." Every inducement was offered the local curlers to hold tlie bonspiel in It ivel moke next winter and should tluielul- hrre decide to do so the visiting curlers will find that Revelstoke b not a hit behind Rossluiid in t Inula! ter of hospitality. The trophy iircsuntad hy P. Burns &��������� Co. to the RevolHtoko curling club has arrived und is on exhibition ut the company's olllcus. The trophy is a handsome silver water pitcher, healing tho inscription, "Presented hy P Burns At Co., to the Ruvelstoke Curling Club*" Accompanying the trophy are four tobacco jars, made of oak, with silver mountings. The jars will be presented to the individual members of the rink winning the trophy. The hearty thanks of the club are certainly duo Messrs. P. Burns & Co., for this handsome trophy. The following competition games have been played this week: P. Burns Cup��������� Brock 21, McDonell It. Equitable Life Cup��������� Graham 11, MoRae S. Green Curlers��������� Ooursier 12, Knapp 7. CHESSMAN'S .... Built to Order Garments .... For Ladies and Gentlemen Are cut to individual measures and constructed by the most expert Tailors. Only hand labor of the very best can produce a well-shaped collar and give to the shoulders and chest the proper moulding. On this depends the fit and shape of the garment and the permanence of that shape. CUR COATS *���������ium��������� Will not develop those unsightly draws and wrinkles all along the shoulders and down the ^^^[^L^^^^^WaWr^ui front which so beautifully UW^m^^^a^MiS/a J-*** and unmistakably adorn ^^m^Bm, clolhes you can buy at W^^^^' S' one half the tailor's price. suit.<���������*������..-.......$15 to $35 Ovp0rro^,a*tn.<,.Ba,n- $15 to $35 ^vTa^er.nKat... 25tO 50 ^?;.���������!rn..1;!9 -��������� "16 tO 75 Trousers,, all tin) wity m x_- fn Ladles'Skirts o +A AK (torn. *t IU 14,,.-. Ladles' Skirts D 10 40 I.mlleV Rnlnproof Casts |14 to IW ^^'^.^urHlook J. B. Cressman, Art Tailor forrrtalir- Perniit us to draw your ���������attention to the wisdom of presenting your family with Choice Lot The flrst step toward provid- - ing for them a home of their own. A part only of the amount usually spent on pretty but useless presents will make the first payment. REAL ESTATE Is the basis of all wealth, and you can now lay the foundation of your own prosperity while making someone else happy. . - < Call and investigate, we have other things to tell you on the subject of How to Own.a House of your Own. LEWIS BROS, Agents Smelter Townalta OPERA HOUSE KEVELSTOKE, B. C. Monday, Feb. il, 1903; THE CORONATION CHOIR, CLEE AND CONCERT PARTY Composed of'adult Btngera who took part in the Coronation ' of Their Majesties at Westminster Abbey will appear as above. MORRIS & STEED GENERAL MERCHANTS Fresh Groceries and Provisions. - Minors' SuppliesjintTOutflts a Speoialty. Pr-nnt ^t ff^f^t Revelstoke. B. C- I. IKJlll, k/ll VVl- Mail Orders-Solicited. SUITS FOR BOYS AT HALF PRICE ... il $7 Suits for $3.50. $3.56 Suits for $1.75. $5 Suits for $2?50. $2/50 Suits for $1.25 $4. SO Frieze Qvercoats for $2 25 i EDWARD J BOURNE, ii Revelstoke Station. ' Bourne-Bros.' Old.Stand. J| i! Mt*������^������*r������r*>-������*<^*j'-������^������w*^^ FOR PAItTICULAHS SEE HANDBILLS. Reserved Seats ONK DOLLAR at Canada Drui* 4* Book Company. Body of Hall 75c., Galleries, 60c. - >, A Miraculous Escape. Dmicrn Mcltae, C. P. R. brid-fenian, had a narrow escape Jfrom meating with h fatal accident at Ducko on Tuesday. Two train* wera in"-* the yard nnd Kith" in motion, whan jump- off on* train he struck a ridge of solid snow and slipped, rolling right under the other train. Several cars passed over him before he was rescued from his perilous position. McRae's e������cupe was nothing short of a miracle, his injuries amounting to no mora than a bruise on the head and a bruised ankle. AfcRae was brought to the hospital where lie is now being well looked after. GREAT WESTERN MINES, Ltd. DOUBLE EAGLE Mining: and Development Co., Limited. NOTICE IS HEREBV GIVEN that any written transfers of stock In either of these companies that havo not yot heen sent Into tbe office for registration, and the Issue of proper certificates for them, must lie sent In hy tho last day of February, 1903, as they will not be recognized after that date. A. II. HOLDICH, Secretary. Ferguson, January HO, 1003. A CARLOAD OF High Grade Furniture Just being unpacked, and in this consignment we have the latest makes in mattresses and pillows, namely: - ~ ' ' ', -:.",��������� \,.'-.,���������*���������"/ The MARSHALL Sanitary MATTRESSES AND PILLOWS We invite you to call and inspect the different lines of Furniture we have just opened tip. ")/ R. Howson &~Oo. .BffiffiSW Undertaking, Embalming, Ktc. Mackenzie Aviiuue. NOTIOE. Curling. The Revelstoke rinks that attended the Kossland boiifpiel returned on Tuesday evening and report having had a glorious time, although the weather was not conducive to good cut-ling, and most of the games were pluyedin water. Rinkswere present from Siindon, Nelson, Phoenix, Green, wood, Itonftlund and Kevelstoke, and the honors were fairly well divided. Phoenix took the All Comers and Oliver cups, Greenwood the Grand Challenge, Nelson the Hudson Bay and Tuckett trophies, aud Itossland rinks are playing this week for the VViilkerville, For Revelstoke Dr. Thirty dsys after -late I Intend to apply to the llouorable the Chief Commissioner of J-anflri and Wvks for special licenses to cut ��������� -* away timber from tho following lands in tho Big Bend : District of and carry away timber from tho followin described, land* ' ������������������ - -��������� ... . West Kootenay: - 1. Commencing at a post planted two miles above tbo head of Heath Bapids on the west bank of the Columbia River, thence south 160 chalnx, tbence west 40 chains, tbence north MO chains, thence east 40 shams to the place of be-cinmng. 2. Commencing at a post planted two miles above thc head of Death Kaplds on the west bank of the Columbia river, thence north 160 chains, thence wast 40 chains, tbenco south ICO chains, tbenceeast 40 chains to tke place ol beginning. Dated thin 16th day of January, 1903, - D, MORGAN. X HAVE IT I. The largest stock of the latest WATCHES, CLOCKS, RINGS, SILVER WARE, CUT GLASS, FASHIONABLE JEWBLRV, Eta. Hy many years' experience enables me to buy goods at the right prices, enabling me.t* sell to the public at'reasonable prices. JT. a-TT*3T EABiBEB. WATCH REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. NOTICE. Thirty days aflcr date I Intend t-apply to the Honorable tho Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for a special license to cut and carry away timber from the following deserlbod lands In the Big Bend District of West Kootenay: Commenclnf* at a post planted four miles above the bead of Death Rapids on the nest batik of the Columbia River and marked W. J. dimming*' south east corner post, thence north 160 chains, tbence west 40 chains, thence south 160 chains, thence east 40 chains to tbe place of beginning. Dated this 16th day of January, 1903. W. J. CUMaiNQS. NOTICE. Thirty days after da(e I Intend to apdy to tbe Honorable the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for special licenses to cut and carry away timber from tbe following described lands in tbe Big Bend District of WcstKoo:enay: 1. Commencing at a post planted 100 yards east of the Nine Mile Shed on Big Bend trail and on the East limit of E. L. McMahon's timber limit, and marked George-Johnson's north west corner post, thence south 160 chains, thence east 40 chains, tbence north 160 chains, Ihcuce west 40 chains to the place of beginning. 2. Commencing at a post planted 100 yards east of tbe Nine Mile shed on Big Bend trail, and on the east limit of E. L. McMahon's timber limit, and marked George Johnson's south -aest corner post, thence north 160 chains.'tbenreeasllO chains, thence south 160 chains, tbence west 40 chains to tbe place of beginning. Dated this 15th day of January, 1903. GEORGE JOHNSON. . NOTIOE. Thirty days after date I lntend'to apply to the Honorable The Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for special licenses to cut and carry away timber from tlie following described lauds in-the Big Bend Distrist of ' West uootenaj: - 1. Commencing at a 'post planted about three- quartaraofa mile east of the Columbia Uivcr at a point about a quarter of a mile south of the Forks of the Smith Creek and Gold Stream. trails and marked J. Smith's south west corner post, thence north 1C0 chains, thence east 40 chains, thence south 160 chains, thence west 40 chains to the place of beginning. 2. Commencing at a. post planted about three-quarters of a mile east of tbe Columbia River at a point about a quarter of a mile south of the forks of the Smith Creek and Gold Stream trails and- marked J. Smith's north west corner post, thence south ICO' chains, thence east 40 chains, thence aorth 160 chains, thence west 40 chains to the place of, beginning.' * ' - . . . - Dated this 15th day of Jan uary, 1903, "" J. SMITIT, Z 1 /] -I fe***~!"-
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