THE ADVANCE. VoL II, No. 17. MIDWAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1895. $2.00 per Year. W.T.SHATFORD&CO. Fairview and Vernon, General Merchants. We always have on hand a well selected stock of the following goods: Groceries, Clothing, Dry Goods, Gents' Furnishings, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Etc. AM, AT THE LOWEST CASH PRICES. tmmmaamammama SKATES! SKATES!! SKATES!!! Wi w,d; all oaraks m M; Sort in yii'i wife it w. -■-'■{■r^f^'reoy: THURBI R I oi $ Pies Situ t3il tie Foot of-Okanagan kke. * stage '.' .''iiifctinn wiih SS. Aberdeen tp Fairview, Osoyoos and all points in Washington, All arrangements made for providing Guides and Outfits for Huntimj Parties. Good Boating and Fishing. Row Boats and Sail Yachts for Hire. LEQ-OEBflnE BROS. & CO. EULOIVNA. Dry Goods, Groceries, Beady-Made Slothing, Hardware, Etc., Etc, Orders from the Lower Okanagan will receive prompt attention. Prices Reasonable. VERNON SAWMILL SMITE k CLIRIN, Props. SASHES, DOORS, MOULDINGS, TURNINGS, Etc. All kinds of Factory work kept in Stock and made to order. Coast cedar worked into furnishings a specialty. All kinds of lumber, laths and shingles kept in stock. The Best of Material Always Used. WRITE FOR PRICES AND DISCOUNTS, Sawmill on Okanagan Lake, handy to' shipment, . . Sash and Door Factory en C. P. k.. Veflibn. Ht-MMHaiiH. r!W*»wW'«*t MIDWAY SAW mil. Rough and Dressed Lumber Constantly oil hand at Reasonable Prices, i. " ill I M £ '■&■ POWERS, Pi-opriotora. wmsssiTsiwwsnrrnsTsi mini man irinmijnusi um fim ui—m hi—■■iisis»w>«»»»ium■*jmn.-emmm>.n.nSTSiSiS at R. N. TAYLOR, I THI DRUGGIST (By Exam.) -Vernon T I I 1 ft A Full Lino of English, Canadian *fK> nnd American Kit TS PATENT MEDICINES, VjJ DRUGS AND CHEMICALS, H.i FANCY AND MEDICINAL SOAPS, 'f PERFUMERY, BRUSHES, ayaliloat my olllco, Osoyoos, at tlio 1111111111111* niton :— 1( paid nn nr liediro lliu .'mill Juno- Oni'-luilf nl une per mint on the assessed value of rott) estatoi Onc-tlilril n( tine per coll) uu llie amue-l value ol pentonnl prnporty; Onc-liiiK o( one pur cent on tlie Inrnino o every ponton o( IKIccn hundred dollar! and over; Two por cent on the iiracuscd valuo ol Wild Laud. If paid up or ndcr the lid July— Tivii-lliirtlii nf ant per cent on Iho nnsomrod valil.i n( |-i'iilcal nle; One-hall ul nun puv cent nn llio ftenomiod valuo n( peMinal property | Tliroc-i|ii:irleraii(i)neperccntnn Iho Income nf overy ponou uf llflocn hundred dollars nnil ovor; Two and nne.half por cent ou tlio uwoiwoil value o| Wild Und. AH perHiini, whoso Itixosnre In arrears up to I ho .list llcccinlicr, 1801, are reiiucstoti lo pay tlie Biune itirtliwllli, nr cnsls will bo incurred at an early date, 0, A. H. LAMBLY, AHHOSHor lllld Colleetnr for llie Iluck Creek Division of Yule DlKlrict. Government Olllco, ysojiios, stli January, 1195, 1 MINEKAL ACT, 1891. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. The Empire Mineral Claim, Situated in Cnmp Fairview, in tho Osoyoos Mining DiviHton of Yalo District. TAKK NOTIUE that I, Frank It, Klino, Free Miners cortiiiento 52,-i.W, intend by my agent, Thninan Klltut, of (.'nm|i Fairview, sixty days from tho date-hereof, to apply to tlio Hold Commissioner for i\ eertillciite of imjirove- ni'-'nls for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the (.hove plain., And fui'thor take notico, that adverso olaims must bo sunt to the Uold ComiuisHlonor and action commenced before Uio issuance of such cei'tilicatu uf Improvements. Hilled this 17th day of January, \m. BOCK CREEK HOTEL . . . MOUTH OK HOCK CREEK. XX. n**o»icii-lg-li, MBr. KiiiBT-C'usa Accommodation ron Ouebts. GOOD STABLING teTExcollcnt Fishing, np Kottlo Rlver..s» Gilbert's Resort, OKANAGAN LANDING, HUNTING, FISHING, BOATING. ThOHOUGIILY COMFOHTABtB. -FlrBt-clasB- LIQUORS and CIGARS. A Large Stock of All Kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber, of Superior Quality, Thoroughly Seasoned, Constantly on Hand. Bill B-tvusV ss Bpooialty. Orda-ta Z>«-a»i.pt>l3r I'HIkiI, Lath, Shingles, Sash and Doors. Goods Delivered at Okanagan Falls at Reasonable Rates, LEONLEQUIME, Proprietor. ly_ WULFFSOHN^: BEWICKE, Ltd., BANKERS Financial, Real Estate, Insurance and General Agents. Dock Hovsb, Biluter Street, London, England, VANCOUVER, B. 0. and VEHNON, B. C. JOHANN WULFFSOHN, Managing Director. - Vernon Branch, G. A. Hankey, Manager, NOTICE. PURSUANT to tho "Trustees and Kxecutors Ae[," notice is luxoby given that all crcdi- "I'm anil oilier persons having any .gainst tho estate of John Bloft.it, of Fal., ,v Mtinh Columbia, who died on the Jlrst day claims ''airvicw. - i day of ovomber, 1MK, aud uf whose eslato probate was granted tm tho l"ih day of December, to George J, aiicuhan, of Pairview, aforesaid, aro hereby required to send In tlio particulars of their claims ur dcmandH, duly vcrilied, to the undersigned un or boforo tbo 18th day of February, IKt"), after which date the executor will proceed to distribute the assets of deceased amongst tho parties untitled thereto, having reference only to tho ciqbtH, claims und tic mauds of wliieli hotihftll then have hod iiotlo-o, und (or tlie assets or any part thereof su administered or distributed ana hu will not bo liable to any person of whoso debt, elnlm or domain, he shall nut then have had notice; and all persons iudebtod to the estate of the deceased are re- quired forthwith to pay the amount of their detits respectively to tho executor. GKOIWEJ. 8HKKHAN, KXKCt'TOtt, • December, 18th, UW, Fairview, B, (.', ENDERBY HOTEL H. W. WRIGHT, Pkoii, ENDERBY, B.C. Uvery in Connection, Find-class accommodation for Commercial Travellers. Hunting nnd Fishing in abundanco through this district. Punk Horses and Uuides furnished to Sports* ■non on shortest notico. PAIRVIEW HOTEL GEORGE J. SHEEHAN, PROP. EXCELLENT BOARD GOOD STABLING Horses and Buggies for Hire, THE CANADIAN RAND DRILL GO., SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC, Manufacturers of ROCK DRILLS AND AIR COMPRESSORS. In All Particulars the Best' Special Compres*. sors driven by 'ELTQN WATER WHEEL nountcd direct up*. ai crank-shaft, es*. ecutllyadaptedfor illllzlng the power if mountain stea,ms a shown In lllus*. ration, H. P. PALMERSTON, Agent for Midway and District, VICTORIA HOTEL VERNON, B. C. MURPHY 8c FAULKNER, Props. No Trouble or Expense Spared to Make Guests Comfortable. Strictly First-Class and Charges Moderate. Best Brands Liquers and Cigars, - - Good Stabling. the Vernon mill was established, und may again revert tn its former channel should a rise in the price i,f wheat take place at any future timer in Ihe State of Washington, As matters are at presnt the town o[ Vernon might have done many wiser things I linn bonus ,-i Hour mill. BOUNDARY CREEK. IKrom our own curres'iuntltjit.) Improvements on Boundary creek go ou steadily if slowly, Alex. Wallow Is liuilding u new resi* - deni o un his pre-emption. Paul Myers i.a cull ing i-.iila und house There is little doubt that tbe bad I logs. It is his intention to do consider-. crops up north last year were in many | able improvement on liis Copper creek I instances occasioned to a greal. extent j ranch this coining season, hy farmers attempting to pul in a| Scott McRao Is also havlng.rails cut,] larger crop than they could properly and will have some slushing done he-i handle, In many cases the advantage l'nre the season opens, It is worth a of moisture in the soil was lost before trip to Scott's to see the deer heads lie the grain wus seeded in and the crop has mounted, Scott is second lo none J never had the chance of a good start as a taxidermist, before the dry weather set in. ! In the mines development work goes Mr. Leonard Norris, Government steadily on. Agent, Ve.rn returned to Midway! McCormick and Dunn are obtaining from Grand Prairie lust Saturday, | better results with each day's mirk iin where he left the completion of Ilia ! Hie Gem, bridge to the "Island" ill the capable| Connors is lining amassment work | hands of Mr, John .McLaren. Ma. Nor*; for Suydiiui on Ihe Butte claim, Dead- rismadea tliiu-iiiigh in-'puclinn ui' llu-, wood ciuup, and reports that prospect whole nf the new through road over ■** a very encouraging ope. The Untie Boundary monntaln to see what, would Ms "is south extension of llie 0real. he-required in keep it, in good urder | Hopes, and is owned by Sliydam and LOCAL AND DISTRICT. A new drug business has lieen opened in Vernon by Mr. J, 8. Donaldson. In honor of Washington's hirlbifay, the citizens of Oro will give a grand ball on llie night of February 22. Mr, li. Watson i-auie down to Midway from Okanagnn Mission ni) yesterday's stage and is taking a look around, Hr, II. P. Piiliiiei'ston bus been Appointed agent for Midway and district! for the Canadian Hand Drill Company, j There is a line flock of swan al, Penticton. It is to he hoped thai. I he people of that place ivill make some effort to preserve them. Good progress is iicjng made with the building of (he bridge at Ingrain's. All the timbers have been got out and tlie two piers, now stand over eight, feet above the Ice; Mr. Edward Heine, of Donald, arrived in Midway hy yesterday's stage and will open a harbor shop in Uie friint room of the ussuy office, He will also carry a stock of stationery and fancy articles. For the location and operation of smelting works in or near the town of Nelson, some of Ihe citizens of that place offer a bonus of $100,000 iu money aud laud, testifying iu this iininistnke* able manner their faith in their city ur its neighborhood as a point suitable •for the carrying on of such an enterprise, and their willingness to contribute in no niggardly manner toward the benefit that would ultimately Accrue to themselves: and the country generally, should such works be erected. The Cariboo Mining Company, of Camp McKinney, have declared a dividend of $8,000, to be paid on February 18. This is the lirst dividend on the shares of this company, and considering the great amount of expense they have been put to in the shape of improvements around the mine since it started, some ten months ago, and also considering the fact that after paying this dividend they have a large surplus of funds on band, all will agree that it speaks volumes for the management, and gives to other mining men a for- taste of what may he done in some of our camps by energy well directed. Did you "Eber C. Smith," gentle reader? If not we have pleasure in introducing to your notice the former editor of tlie Stevens County Standard favorite with the frontiersman, LOOKOUT FOR BIRDIE. Hard-billed birds are those whioh Ure on seeds, Sift- billed birds dn not lire on seed.,but on insects and prepared food. Feed very little sweet stuffs, ll spoils the digestion, and then Ihe bird', health is Suae. Hard-hilled birds need little for food liesiil, s set d "lid occasionally a bit of let- time, apple ur celery. Moulting cannot be called s disease since it is a natural process of providing the bird with ll'-iv plumage. A bir should bn given ils bath, lie food mid a clean cage st the same hour each nay, nud by the sums person. After a bird lakes his wster bath he slum! I have a sun bath if there is a spot iu the house where ths snti shines. Cuitlc hone Is nn important article of diet for biii'il-billed birds. There I. a salty taste to it which seems lo be a tonic tor feathered bipeds, Tlio health of all birds depends upon Ihrf-e things, regularity in being fed and given its iutli, good (uial and absolute protection from draughts. CURIOUS.CONDENo'ATIONS, ' HARD TIME DELICACIES "*• Sire Waffles. —Separate the whites and yolks of two sion, and bin beat. Sifts pint or iiinieii floor hi s btiwl. aid salt tu lasie. two i>',i*.j oojisfui of j-e.i-i puwdar, eflloigb luiik tint ike S pood I..■ iter, and lh li put in the hiilf cupful uf c hi liie.the yelks, ,:i,l ni-tiy the whites, Well beaten. Bake in In,] Hurt),* ii-uiis. Hut IV usr Cuke.— Two cupsful of mvar, two en; a'it.,-ttnnr, two tenspnunsfnl uf yeust powder, four egg", tliree-f"iir:hs of a cupfiri of 'filing water. Break egg. (iiiii1,,* iui'1 ;,"lks) in sugar and lieut well. Sill iu tlie llmir, t.'.eu the yeu-t powder, aud last af nil the lulling wster, Bake whole or in iy*-™. A caramel tilling converts it iutu a delicious cake. Co:mii-,-,l Pudding.—Put one cupful of milk on ia boil, with a few lilts of cinnamon. Mix one teaspoonful uf cnruiueal with "ia* cupful of cold na k and add, with i, jiimai of sail, to the boiling milk. Cook liuii,,uglily, stirring nil [lie lime. When nearly dune add n half cupful uf sugar ami, ne spoonful of butter. C'uuk a few minutes longer, and then pour into a shallow u|sh, Dust with ciiiliuiuuii and serve hot or cold. Mulil uf Cornmeal— Taka two cupaful of coarse coriiuieal and cnuk for twenty minutes with one pint uf water, 'hree cloven nud a few bits of oiuuiiinnii. Add,a little ut a time, iwo eupsful ol milk, stir* ring i-oiiaiaiiily; tbeu uldtwo tablespoons* lul oi im,. „iid twu A butter, ami une tea- apoonful of s It, Cook for one hour, then add a half.pound of brown sugar nnd pour Into two nun quart bowls, iiu each press still plate, which must tie ailed with red hot coals, and leave until brown uu top. Berre at once.—Goud Housekeeping. EXPORTS OF ALL LANDS. Core's largest export is beans. Flnlati 1 yields lumber and iron. Vliitorlu's priuvipal .sport is gold. The staple ciop of Manitoba is wheat. West Australia's tuuiii export is wool Hungary raises wheat, coin anil rattle, Paraguay exports mate or Paraguay tea. Kuuuiania supplies wheat, wine and hides. The staple crop of the Barbados. I. •agar. Borneo produces tobacco, pepper ami coffee. Natal export, sugar, maite, wheat .nd tea A leading product of San Salvador i. indigo. The leading producl of Nicaragua is hides. Dutch (iuiana produce, mostly sugar and oooos, Hawaii .end. out sugar, lice and bananas. Cochin China raises sugar cans, rice and tobacco. Labrador export, large quantiti.. of pine lumber. The chief eipoit of Autism is cinnamon bark. Bulgaria export, wheat and the attar of roses. Chill send, out wheat, nitrates, wiue and guano. ODD AND CURIOUS. 6R0WN ON ISLANDS. St. Helena export, whalebone, whale oil and dried llsh. Hsyti's best product, sre logwood, mahogany and coffee, Jamaica raise, sugar, coffee, tropical fruits and pimento, Fiji produce, bananas, cotton, oocoauuts snd sweet potatoes, New Zealand export, froien meats, butter, cheese aud wool. The Windward Island, send out sa abundance of arruw root. Java produces a large part of the world', indigo and pepper. The I'nyinnus, in the West Indies, export nothing but turtles, Madagascar supplies valuable woods, gold and sweet potatoes. The Bahama, send out .pongs., coral, pineapples and sisal grass. The lending products of Japau sre rice, wheat, sugar, tea and silk. The Bermuda, export enormous quantities of unions and lily bulb.. The Baluchi islands, iu tlie Persian gulf, produce nothing but pearls. MUCH IN LITTLE. The bom uf the rhinoceros i. nol joined to the bone of the head, but grow, on the .kin like a wart or corn. The MegiihiBilurnp, fossil lizard, Is est,'- mated from the size uf ils bones lu have been nut less limn fifty feet hi length. The young of several species of serpents retrentdowii tho throat of tLe mother when pressed by sudden danger, A niicro.cupio examination of a hair will determine, with almost infalllhle certainty, tu what kiud uf aniiual it belonged, A fish, caught and thrown on the bank, will rarely fail, when endenvuriiig to escape, to jump in the direction of the water. The highest mountain iu the world Is MllUllt Ever, SI, ill the Himalayan- -twelltv- niiio thiins.iid feet, ur five and three- fourths miles. The gninie-, or solan goose, i. provided wilh an air cushion under hi. skin. Hi. body eontiins about one hundred and sixty cubic inches uf air. The highest mountain in the western continent is Mount Surnto, in Bolivia— twenty-one thousand twu hundred aud eighty-four feet, or about fuur nines. GOODS OF THE ANCIENT8. PALATABLE DISH A Corned Beef.—If very salt, soak over night; if nni. wash off the I line and cover well wilh i-uld water, .Should not boll, but siuuier slowly from four to six hours, according lu the size of oieo -, Apple Flout.—pare uml core six good ripe apple*, put un to steam mini tender, then pres*, liirongh a sieve ami set ..side tu i cool. When cold, add a clip of sugar nud the juice ul n lemon. Biul the whites of ; six eggs very stiff and mid the apples a spoonful ut a lime. Serve immediately iu glasses. Popovers. —beat two eggs together, add j half a pint of milk and a dust of suit, then slowly add u half-pint of sifted flour, stir- i ring all the lime, make Very siuinitli so there are ct nny liiinpn; -reiae the gelu j Irons anil k ep them inn, then til 1 half full and bake in a moderate nveli Imir au hour or mure. Do nut have lbs oven mo ho: at first. Elder pickle is mads of the tender young Simula of the elder tree. These are peeled soaked lor twelve hours in a s rung I brine, th- i drained nu.l boiled in a spiced vinegar in e in the proportions of twu quarts uf vinegar to iwo ounce, of root ginger, two InbleiipiioiiBfiil of whole pep- j pels und the same of ull.pic , Puur this vinegar boiling hut over tne elder shuuis and leave them Iur a week, when lhey will be reudy for use. RAM'S HORNLET8. The mure you love yourself the less you will be loved by others. The une who has sttlered hns > key that can unlock many hearts. Christ's rest is besl enjoyed by those who sre trying to give rest to somebody else. Munv a man hns Inc uio s lover uf the Bible by hearing some infidel talk against ll. When the devil can't go to chureh himself he always sends a hypocrite. Put n i'ig in the parlor mid it wuuld lm- nieiii,iteiv begin tu look for mini Cud never inks siiyhudy lu bear mors than om- kind uf trouble nt a time. The man who is cheated is that much better off than the man who cheats. The only safe foundation upon which to build for t [entity is luitii lu God. The hardest thing the devil ever tried to du was to nlnrve a guod unit! to dentil. The Bibb- tenches that the way we treat the poor is tne lest uf our loyally lu Christ. It is much better to love some people than It is tu agree with them.—Barn's Huru. Habitual intoxication I. the .epitome of every crime—Jerj-uld, History units, us some amends for ths Sliorlllesn of life,—Skelton, No mini is so insignificant as tu be sun his example can do no hurt,—Lurd Clarendon. There Is no Instance on record of any class possessing power without abusing it, -Buckle. The weaita oi a man Is the number of thing, which he lovea and blesses, which he Is loved and blessed by.— Carlyle. Less judgment than wit is mure sail than ballast. Vet it must be confessed that wit gives edge lo sense and recommends it ex* treuiely.—Peiin, N"«- ".ii indeed, bul the possession of .nine* .r an with uny certainty discover • hat at tne ->ttoin is the true character of any mull. —onrke, What wu truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, by changing the frame of the mind, fur the moment realize. Itself.— lira Jameson, MISSING LINKS. It was said of both Athens and Rome that so numerous were the temples and statues uf gods it was easier to find a god than a mau, All youths and maidens wurshipped Venus or Aphrodite, offering to her all sort, of flowers, but particularly the rose nud myrtle. Tbe parks and gardens In Athens bad prelecting deities who. it is tu be presumed, enforced attention to tbe sign: "Keep uff the grass." tjut'i'ii Victoria Is very morbid ahout bed rooms in which her relatives have died. It is a common practice for her In keep these rii'iius I'na'.eil uinl entirely lls lhey were uu the visitiiliult of tbeiuigcl of death. The only oi-iinnii'iit ever worn by the ivld owed Archduchess Stephanie Is a loultut containing the portrait of Iur littleditiigh ter un une aide nud that of her muihcr, the queen ut the Belgians, un the other. lu. Hindoo god uf marriage is represented with a human body and elephant', head, seated uu a throne resting ou a circle uf liumau ikulls. MILITARY MATTERS* A French cbmulst makes wine out of po. istoes. London bridge is crossed by 800,000 people dully. India has 131,600 leper., according to tbe last oensus, Tbe heart uf a Greenland whale is a yard iu diameter. Last year 35,102 patents were applied for In Great Briialn, A million matches are used In Europe .very twelve ininni.es, The popular belief that May I. an unlucky month for marriage date, from Human tinii-s. The greatest length of the desert of Sahara is 3,100 mile., The greatest width is 900 miles. If a .nail's hand be cut off and the animal be pinned in a ouol, moist spot s new bead will be grown, There Is a law In Germany forbidding restaurateurs tu serve beer tu people who bare eaten fruit. The "devil's looking glass" Is a smooth stone farmntinii one hundred feet wide, mid rising two hundred feet out of tbe NnhiuljurKy river iu Tennessee, The Hindoo gut) of marriage is rcpr.* settled with n liumau hotly and elephant's head, seated on a throne resting on a circle of huiiiiin skulls, GROWTH OF EDUCATION. 93D. Schools of medicine founded .1 Cordova, in Spain. 800. School founded «t Oxford; origin of the present university, 1864. A college of medicnl science founded nt Paris by Charles V. B. C. 5(18. The first school for artists and sculp'ors; opehed in Athens. 11, 0, e»|, Tie- first publ c library opened at Ati,-< is, by subscription, 1206, Founding of the University of Paris; goner,] revival of learning. 644. A K'hoi'l founded nt Cambridge; nld lo be iin- origin of the university, 98. A public school tysll'hl ant in operation lu niui'ly nil the provincial uf the Roman empire, IfA Bequest of James SlIlitllBOU of £100.^*0 ;„i the foiiiirliitii.il of the Smith- sunimi insulainm ni Washington. 425, Free schools established In Rome and elsewhere by 'i'lieotloshis, Heading, Writing, nrithuielio and poetry lauglit, A retired Fr tich naval officer has in- rented a rifle which is capable uf firing two kinds nf explosive bullets nt unce, There ure n- , Beventy-four survivor, uf the famous bn.aclava charge, so fur as the British army authorities have trace, A number ot interpreters, intended for war service, are to be appointed to serve in the Gentian army. They nre especially required to be proficient in Huseinu und French. Bayonets were Invented by a Basque regiment during a buttle near Bayouue. Their iiminiiiiiiiiin iind given out, and lu despair they fixed their klllvn on the unis of their gnus to resist a charge. Even Bulgaria, with her one hundred or less miles uf, oast Hue on a smail inland sen, has caught the naval lever, and the government bus jusl voted a sum equal to shout five million dollars, (ur the e.lah* lisliuient uf a navy, SUMMER FANCIES. Flower embroidery, flower figure plecs. of modest sire. Capes, pelerine., basques, long jacket, snd .hurt unes, but never so .burl as last year. Paste diamonds and false pearl, and email jet pieces in ornament, of buckle., clasps. Embroideries, polks dots, lli-ur de II. ' figures, arabesques, netted lace utsd In applique design., Moite and omlullne and glace effect, la riblioni; enormous bow. of moire with long dangling ends, Picture lints with huge ribbons; sailor j hnts wiih paint brush bristles tickling the ' Bky; tiny, butterfly bonnets. Low shoes iu nn increasing variety of .hades, Wi.rn with wtuked'luiikllig while or creamy silk stockings,—Ellen (jshcrii. | INDUSTRIAL DATES. B. C. 804. Carpet, .aid to hare own first woven anil used. B. C. 888, The first lighthouse built at Alextiudiaa, iii E.'ypt. 11, C, 21147. Tne lirst vineyard planted and wine iiu.de by Noah, B. C. 1IIU8. The cultivation of the rice plntll ilcl'oilliceil into Chilli!. i 11. C, iilO. Ths first ship cnn I begun, 1 By Phnroilh Necho, between ihe li il and ! the Media rninciin; n ver completed, , i SCIENCE AS IT FLIES. Patient, have lived exclusively on beef and minion for from three to four years. A Russian physicinn use. soothing musl* cul tunes as a remedy in nervous diseases. N.o!:el steel does uot i-orrude iu sail water, which fact I. of great virtue tu ship plates At ordinary temi ersture mercury iu an equal quantity in bulk weighs abuut two- thirds more than gold. The qua titv of hloml in tbe huiiuii body varies, but is generally ahout uue* tenth lbe total weight uf tin- hialy. In speaking ut the solidification ot a body by entiling, Prof. Dewar snys that water can tie m ids tu become solid by the evaporation of n quarter uf its weight. Dr. H. T. Webster, nf Oakland, Cel„ lias cured several eases of persistent .miring by cutting off the uviili and tonsils, When these organs are too large, and when relaxed iu sleeping, the passage uf air through the mouth causes them to viluale, sud noise results,—Scientific American. BITS OF MYTHOLOGY. A Greek girl offered gifts of flowers » Peitbni bat she might be fluent.In speech and pleasant iu utterances. A Greek butcher had tho choice of tliir'y-seven deities whom, on n pinch, iie bml a right to ask for aBsislauce. Miiunt'iiiieers had denies called Oreads. to whom they prayed lo In, delivered from avalanches and fulling trees. Ate wus the Greek goddess ut in Bcldef. She wus adored liy persons desirous uf being free from petty niniiiyani-es. The Homaiis hud a god of boundaries, Terminus, ilis statue wns a post set ill the ground tu mark the IhnltBiit fields. Janus was the god of all gates and doors He is always represented with twu faces because a lln'ir looks both ways. When nu Egyptian went fishing he spat In the Nib- in honor of tbe deity, hence ths custom ol spilling un llie hook for guod luck. WORTHY OF NOTE. " Herod the Great was the lirst Hebrew king wnu imported into Id. realm Human modes uf "wiclety life." The crown of Sl, Stephen, king uf Hungary, 880 1015, i. still p:,,served In the fortress palace of Btltlnpesth. James MoLeod, ol Vancouver, B. C, Is believed lu be the youngest great-grand* fattier iu America He I. nut vet 51 year. old, Sir Jinnes Crichton Browne, Ihe fashionable London physician, said > muiith ago that it is far belter for women lo grow up healthy than learned, One million dollars Is tbe price of tho five i-linini of pearls forming the collier uf tbe Burones, d-islnve do Huthsohild, and thai uf the Bitrmiess Adulphn tie Rothschild is nl out ns 'nluiilile, Both ladies are great admirers nf jewel., THE 8CRAP BOOK. There are people seen eating lamb chops who look I'ist-o' stilnte liecause they cannot sat the bone us well as tin- meat It Is the man won uiulerstnnils the greatest number of things ilinl Is the in,in tol- lernut uf those he doesn't understand. Don't be discouraged by luisltikes Tbe must successful men In the world wunld do lots nf t, iugs differently If t.ey could do them over. Git'iu pleasure and comfurt cnn be given au llivnl.d by changing nut only the position uf th ■ article of furniture iu the room, bin ihe picinica We nre plenum with the compliment, uf tin- llniii-r.i, li cause we wish lo believe Ihem line; hut we despite biiu Ua,.u c we know la,,1 they ore not „.: MIXING NOTES. The analysis made by the Pennsylvania Cnni Company's assayer of samples "f coal taken from Mr. D. C. (Jorblll's plallti, three milesiveslpf Midway, gave 61,33 carbon, 10.05 volatile iiiiitlcr, ,24 sulphur, and 7-78 ash. The samples came from Ihe sewn originally located by Mr, J. II. Enst (near llie old winkings) on Lot. 121). Tlie seam has a wii|tli of four feet so far as it has been showf) pp. The samples give 6 per cent coke, Tlie shaft nn t|)0 Gold Rod is now flown 75 fpel, t|in last 25 feet being in ore, as Ihe veil) was struck at 47 feet. At the IjO foot level a drift is also being imti oi| tlm lead, which is now in about 10 feet, pud will be continued on to reach, the foot wall, The ore on Ibis lead is similar to I hat of the Sunset in Deadwood—magnetic iron and lime carrying copper and gold, and assays belter in llie two later melals us a great er depth is rcui'lted, Mr. Kllis M. Barrett, who is now staying at Armstrong, is agent, iu Ihis Province fpr tlie Siyincnn process for fhe extraction of gold, silver and other metals from refractory ores. He Claims fur this process, which has been |iiitimti'll in (,'nililtla and the United Slates, Ihnt it will save anything of pny value ip any ore and at very sin ill post, ,Mr. Bai-riitt is waiting llie arrival nl' liis chemical apparatus from England, after which he will make a series of tests of any ores sent him and will shortly visit nil the camps iu the lower Olfuipiguu and Kettle river, If |he process can do only half of what is claimed for it, Mr. Barrett can rely on doing a good business in any milling eatiip. Some good looking gold ore is now coming out of Suydain and Harlan's i'lniiii, the Butte, which is a south extension of the Great Hopes. The lead, Wlljr.ll |s now being ppeilfaj up, shows Ihjpefeet of ore between walls—iron oxide on top, which changes inlo sulphide with depth. As soon ils spring opens up Mr. Harlan ini anils to run Ills art-astro tin Copper creek again, and resume operations on the Great Hopes. Mr. Thoniet will start work again on |he Elkhori) after Ihe present cold snap is over. Messrs. Bartholetnpw and Meyers are pow tjown flirty feet on the vein on the Muster Mason and. taking out some well ii|iini|-nlizc4 rnuk. Mr. Dickniiin, who has been sinking on l he Defiance, struck the lead last Monday, aba depth of twenty-live feet. The ore looks splendid. This claim shipped the richest rock ever sent from Boundary to tlie smelter, and it looks (is if it would do it again, Captain Btirliridge of California lias bonded the Helen (New camp) and Last Chance (Skybu k camp), the llgtire jn each case being $10,000. It is his Intention tds|nkl60 feet on the vein on both propei I ics, and then run drifts at the 100 and 150 foot levels. Messrs. Synionds and Wallace will shortly commence assessment on the Bruce, which lies on the east slope of Ingram mountain, It has a large surface showing of copper ore, hut little wurk has been done on it so far. .11 INCH AL ACT. and working suid claim,and of |l)o stir* face of such claim for the purpose of winning and getting from and out of the clujin the minerals contained therein, including pli operations connected therewith, or with the liusiness of mining, iii|d the lawful holder by record of a cluim shall, during the continuance of his record, be entitled to the same surface rights, und no others; und all remaining surface rights shall he deemed to he vested in the Crown, and may be granted and disposed of as is provided by the land laws for the time being in force, but, subject,always, lo the rights of free miners as aforesaid," 4. The holder of a mineral claim uiuy, in lieu of the work required by section 21 of the " Mineral Act, 1801," as amended, to he done on a claim in each year, pay lo the mining recorder in whose olllee the claim is recorded the sum of one hundred dollars and receive from such Recorder and record a receipt for such payment. Such payment and the record thereof in nny year shall relievo the person making il from the necessity uf doing any work during the your in and for which and upon Ihe claim in respect of whicli such payment is recorded. 5. Section 20 of the "Mineral Act, 18111,",inil scclion 10 nf the "Mineral Act, Amendment Ad, 1892," and section 7 of the "Mineral Act Amendment Act, 181(1," are hereby repealed, anil the following inserted in lieu of said section 20 ;— "20. No free miner shall he entitled to hold in his own mime, or iu the inline of any other person, more thau one mineral claim un the same vein or lode, except by put-chase, but such free miner may hold by location a claim upon each separate vein or lode." 0. Section 45 of the " Mineral Act, 1803," is hereby amended by striking out of the said section the words and figures, "In section 81 of tills Act;" and section 3 of tbe " Mineral Act Amendment Act, 1801," is hereby amended by striking out of each of the sections thereby substituted for suctions 43 and 44 of the " .Mineral Act, 1801," the words and figures, " Iu section 31 of this Act." 7. Section 85 ol the " Mineral Act, 1801," is hereby repealed, and the following inserted in lieu thereof:— "85. Should any partner fail to keep up his free miner's certificate, such failure shall not caiisn a forfeiture, ur actus an abandonment of the pari nor* ship claim, but the share of Ihe partner who shall so fail to keep up his free I miner's eortillcale shall ipso facto lie I aiid become vested in liis partners, pro! rata, according to their former interests." 8. The Minister of .Mines and the Provincial Inspector or Mineralogist shall have the right, to enter into or upon and examine any mineral claim ur mine within the meaning of this Act, fl, Any free miner who has duly lo- | eated or may so locate a mineral claim shall be governed hy and shall complete his title thereto under the provisions of the Act or Acts tinder which the claim wns recorded, 111 the sanie manner as if the snid acts were in force; and the provisions of any subsequent amending Act, whether iinpos, ing further conditions, or relieving from conditions then existing or relating to procedure, shall not, except as is specially provided in any such amending Act, apply to the claim so located. 10. Every owner of a mine or mineral claim, and every contractor for the performance of any wore upon a mine or mineral claim, shall pay the j annual fee for it free miner's license for CAMPBELL BROS. Importers and Manufacturers of All Kinds of FtTKlSfflTUBE, d5-6m VERNON, B. C, One Hundred Tons of First-Class POTATOES FOR SALE. EARLY ROSE, PEERLESS ANO STRAY BEAUTY VARIETIES. \ '1 he laid down at Kelowna or Penticton in car-load lots if desired, Fop Prices Write To F. W. STERLING, t'7-2in KELOWNA, B- 0, Armstrong Sash and Door Factory. ALL KINllH OF DOORS, SASHES, MOULDINGS, HOUSE FURNISHINGS, ETC, ETC., Manufactured on tho Premises and Kept in Stock. Write for Prices to N. McLEOD, ARMSTRONG. B. C. |i|£i|±»t*lljH *«l!r*bJ-«ff,*l> ,*! l»«ft«(BI4«44j|M| tmmimtiwmmi \i, 'ft , 4 t^ti^w-mw I Railway, Mining and Agricultural Centre of the Kettle River Country. MIDWAY Tbe Future Lots en Easy Terms to Actual Residents. FOB PARTICULARS APPLY TO fflffiffl * Si II W. J. ARMSTRONG -vx-otaa-onr. »,o. F- o. Bo«,ia7, HARDWARE, TIN AND SPEIAN. jj" Stoves, Ranges and Heaters of all Kinds g c u V 0 0 rn £ I -a 3 v u w 11 '3 u £ s > a. V J2l U 0 1- 'J Agricultural Machinery. J? ft SL fi, ^*nipM[ (/. ~ ut P »EPP 0 . O is. . O £ 3 'Sgj^Sjf fnts a atings ns for Varnis 0 ~ n «P ._, ft. c (*• E. sl 2 J ■•^j^ppm^ Deco ixed ood. nt Rifles and Shot Guns. O 3 Torce and Lift Pumps. Iron P'P'ng- "* Jj' G-ejieara-l Joto'bin.gr Shop lax All Xt>s Branches. W.J.ARMSTRONG. NICHOLLES & RENOUF, L'td Viotorln, B. O. AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY. SOLE AGENTS FOIt Brantford ® Binders I and ® Mowers THE HEST IN THE MAHKET. A Full Line of Waggons, Trucks, Ploughs, Harrows &c, &e. . AVAREHOUSE AT VERNON. C F. Costevtoii, Affexvfc. (atlt-st Proposed Amendment, by Hon. Colonel Iluker, 1, (JhiB Act may lie cited as the i' Mineral Act Amendment Art, 181)5." 2. Section 9 of the "Mineral Act, 181)1," is hereby repealed, and the fol- jowlrjg inserted in lien thereof:— "II. No person or joiijt stock com- i nny person in their employment nnd puny sluill he recqgnj?e.d as having any! liable for the fee, and may deduct, the right or interest ill or to any mineral, amount so paid on account of such per- I'laiiu, or any minerals therein, or in or! mu troin the amount of salary or to any water right, mining ditch, I wages duo or to become due to him drain, tunnel, or flume, unless lie or it; from such employer upon production shall have a free miner's certificate un- and delivery of the receipt for such expired. And pn t|ie expiration of a j tax to such person. Every such owner free miner's certificate, the owner j or contractor shall furnish to the Min- I hereof shall absolutely forfeit all his | ing Recorder or Collector, when re- rights and interests |ll or tu any min- [ quested by him so to do, from tune to I't-al claim, and all and any minerals j time, a list of all persons in his employ, therein, and in or tp any and every ; or Indirectly employed by him, liable water right, in|n|ng ditch, drain, tun- \ to pay tbe said license fee \ but no such pel, ur flume, which may be held or j statement shall bind the Recorder or claimed by sucb owner of such e%> Collector, or excuse him from malting pired free miner's certificate, unless: duo enquiry to ascertain its correct- such owner shall, on or before tlie day' ness, following tbe expiration of such certificate, obtain |i new free miner's certili- rante t Provided, nevertheless, should 11. If any person fails to pny the said license fee for his employees, or to deliver to the Recorder or Collector the any co-owner fall to keep up his free. ■•„. mentioned in the preceding section ininer's certificate, such failure shall wh-an retiuh-«d to do so, or knowingly pot cause a forfeilure or act as an BtfttM anything falsely in such list, Tie Yernon Livery i 11 Feed aid Sale Stables. BAN ^MONTREAL CAPITAL (all paid un) $12,000,000. BEST 6,000,000. SIR DONALD A. SMITH, Pres. HON. GEO. E. DRUMMOND, Vicc-Prcs E. S. CLOUSTON, General Manager SAVINGS BBASTCH. HATE OK INTEREST AT PIIKSENT 3| PEll CENT. BULLION AND GOLD DUST HANDLED. unches in London, Eng., New York and Chicago, und in all the principal fit iu Canada. Buy and Sell Sterling Exchange und Cable Transfers. Grant commercial and travelling credils.availablcin any paMof the world. Drafts Issued. Collections Made to all Points. MtAXCHEB IN ItlllTISll I'lll.l-MIIU : VANCOUVER - - NEW WESTMINSTER. VICTORIA ---- NELSON Vernon Branch : 6. A. HENDERSON : Manager. * • f 9 The GARDEN TOWN uf B. C, and the natural Shipping and Distributing pnint for the famous 9 9 This new town affords the beBt and safest investments to be found in British Columbia, OlazeLJ^asaxk. "Valley. Having taken over the stables of Gallagher k Stevenson, nnd thoroughly over hauled and refitted the premises, I nut prepared to meet the demands of the public, I have on hand a complete stock of new rigs, (double and single) for public use, and also a gooc1 lot of well broken carriage and saddle horses. Tourists desiring to see the country would do well to call, X— Good Single Drivers, tail Double Drivers, Good Saddle Horses, Ladies' gentle double and single drivers and saddle horses. Horses boarded by the week or month (box stalls if desired). Horses broken to Harness) and horses and cattle sold on commission. Dealer in hay and grain, wholesale and retail. Corner OS JVXAwaioix Brad. Tronsoti S-tx**Bo-t»i Town Lots The smallest size being 50x120 feet with 100 feet avenues and 20 feot lanes. Acre blocks from 5 Acres upwards. FOR PRICES" APPLY TO DONALD & SUTHERLAND, ly AGENTS, KELOWNA BOUNDARY HOTEL MIDWAY, KETTLE RIVER. First Class Accommodation. Good Stabling, Terminus of Stage Line from Marcus, Washington, McAULEY & LUNDY, Proprietors. OppOBlto W, It. Mcgaw's Sture. Post OtHco Box 137 W. GARDNER, ? ItOl'RIETOlt. Note, -This stable will bo run strictly tlroi-cliiss in every partnntlfir. My driver, (ire nil freo nml i-ianlr ilisimailiiiii, iiiiiI tin- most duuiulc stock tlie market can produce. Special attention Lo lliiiiaii-iil Iiiiilc nnd lo tionrili »3. All kinds liliiiiiiloneiiienl of the claim, but the In (crest of the co-owner who shall fail to keep up bis free ininer's certificate sbull, ipso facto, be and become vested in Ids co-owners pro ruin, according to their fnriner Interests t Provided, nevertheless, that a shareholder In a joint slock I'liinpiiny need not lie a free miner, nnil, though not a free miner, shall be entitled tu buy, sell, bold, or dispose of any sl|ii|'es lliereln i And provided, also, that this section shall uot apply to placet' mines for which a Crown grunt has been issued." II. Section 28 of the "Mineral Act (IHI)lj Amendment Act, 181)11," is hereby repealed and the following Inserted, in lieu thereof :— "21. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Act every Drown, grant bert'iil'lt'i' issued of li mineral claim shall convey nud be lleeuieil to convey only the right to t)\e use nnd possession of nil the tlin* tittr thOTP.il flWPWy for, davelQiiing such person shall be liable In n penally nut exceeding one hundred dollars, lo be recovered, together wilh the amount of the unpaid license fees, upon summary conviction before one Justice of the I'l'iii-c. 121, Notwithstanding anything contained '" 'be said " Mineral Act, 1891," or amendments lliereln, minus nml moneys invested therein shall nut be exempt from taxation, but shall bear such rate as may be Imposed by any law iu force ill the Province. .,. When next high water comes nn extra careful watch will have to be kept over the bridge at the North Fork of Kettle River. High water on this stream always brings down an immense pile of driftwood, owing to the numerous log Jains nil the way up, and this next season is liable to lie suppli- iiienti'il with n large quantity of timber blown down bv tile miniature ev- elone which passed over I he whole Kct* lle river district htft summer, if heavy teaming promptly attended to. COLDSTREAM HOTEL Golden Gate Hotel. FAIRVIEW, B. C. THOMAS ELLIOT, Proprietor. GOOD ACCOMMODATION - - GOOD STALLING Stopping Place for Stages to Penticton and Oro, Wash. VERNON, B.C. OPPOSITE TO RAILWAY DEPOT. JI. O. MC XT X, X. H n, Fa** op a*. In-to-p. BEST OF WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. GOOD STABLING. Terms - From - $100 - per - Day - Upwards. RAM'S HORN HOTEL. LUMBY, B. C. First-Class Accommodation for Guests, Good Hunting and Fishing Stages to Vernon and Blue Springs. Xioixis Morand, Fvop. Midway Livery, Feed and Sale Stables. GOOD DOUBLE AND SINGLE DRIVING HORSES, Rigs to Rock Creek, Penticton, Grand Prairie, Marcus and all other points ill the Country, Parties desirous of seeing the mines should Give us a Call. Heavy Teaming Promptly Attended To, RILEY A DONALD'S Agricultural Machinery Kept in Stock. 0ONKIE & DONALD, «|DW»Y, fl, 0i