JlCen's High Class . . . CLOTHING $20 and $25 ai OAMPBELL BROS. THE ISLAN 'p^^Ss. X lt)ercoats $l2to$20Naoy&Brottm COAT SWEATERS $2.25 & $2.50 ai CAMPBELL BROS. No. -li THR ISLANDER, CUMBERLAND, B.C., SATURDAY, OCTQJiEH 29, 1010. Subscription price $1.50 por year. WEALTH FOR Big Coal DealinComox and Courtenay Districts The furmori nf 0 «inm mid C lurteimj District nmt nu TinmUy evening Inst tn disc una thu utile nf the cml rights nt their property. Mr. McLeud mid Mr. Miliar represented the prospective bu> ers, nt the Hireling. Mr. Byron (Vww ford wai in the ehuir nu"d to stau his furmi-r prnpimt itm fur ihe hem lit o those absent fioin the last net-ting. Hir propositi' n was a r. quest for a bond foi the pn perty, rnuifhly speaki g ab<>ut si' th iliiind acres for wh ch th -y were pri' pared to pay "lie hmu'rul d eiea aud c<>m- forts, the mother is torn wi li anxiety f -i her children's lives and thinking about her Him nt husband, to nay nothing of her tiring days aud broken uighis, al this brought upon our city he .use som half dozen or less iu their future munici pal interests and honors munaged through gross misrepresentations tu get thu hi; wo by-law and the Government's £0000 turned down, in face of our rotten sewer' oozing out all infection over the city, breading the Lord only knows what future dangers to uur own aud our child reii's lives, DlSIIRARTRNED. DEATH OF MRS. J. P. Passed to Rest on Sun day Evening, After Long Illness The death nflotii't'tl hmt Sunday i»v,»n ng nt iin* family rOHhlonco of Matililn vifo of Mi J V. Wntson of thin cih it lhe ugo of 86 yonin. The s uf a mothei' The funeral which was very large!} ith-nilfd took place on Tuendny after mon Ui tlte Cumberland ceuietei'v, tin tttv. Mr M«(.iiliven utliciiting. The following g utleineh acted (is mil lieatei'H,— J. Ben uie, M Morg-n, J. Combs, W '.dims I). K. MelXmald The list of floral tributes follows:- Wrea'hs;—Mr ami Mrs J Matthew? lis-Litl.lle, Mr aad Mrs T l_ Bate, dr and Mi's K Haywood Hoijuots; Mi and Mrs A Cameron fir and Mrs Alox Walker, Mr am ilra A II. Peacy, Mr and Mrs C. II Parr i lm ni. Clous; —Mr and MrsCessUirtl Denman Island. Mrs T II Pirroy. and her son Freri, •villi for the past tbree months bavi wn visiting friends in New Drtltis wicks, returned homo on Sunday morning. IV'tb ropOl'ted having had a most •njoyable trip. During the course of heir journey they visiter! some of tl t oust import tl nt cities of tbe Kast. They returned by the "Sou' line, md spent a short time in St Paul, at d Minimeapolis; from which latter place hey came direct to Vancouver. MrS ,1 Dumaresq went down to Vancouver ou the Cowichan Sunda\ evening, Miss L'zzie Corrigal left on Satut lay morning for Victoria, where sin xpects to remain fur the win tei uon ths. Apples are a bumper crop on tlu Id. this year. Ashigle "seedling" tret In the orchard of T II Pieroy produced a record yield of twenty-one bnxet> IV about Eight huiulml mid forty ]!>• (840.) The majority of tlte fanners here vlio are in possession of tbeir eo; igltts, have bonded lo some Co.. wliO'O ideiity has not yet been made iiblic. This Co is niak'ng prepnrations t, nore at the lower end of the Id., on tin iroperty of H Kawamura] nn it is tbt pinion of experts tli.it the coal lie nenror the surface al tho South enn than elsewliute on the Islind. The drill is expeuttd U) an ive ber. •arly iii November, POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE WED Miss Bannerman Became Mrs. Alex Rowan Thursday A very pretty home wedding was oti-umized la-t Thurad y evening at. 3 o'clock, when Miss Mary Fsaladlh ieoond daughter of Mr Thomas Banner' man of this city, was joined in tin bonds of Holy Matrimony to Alec llowan, the ex-marathon runner, win, lias tins time stnrted in a nice .tl which be was banded the prize a> he very beginning. The ceremony was preformed by he Rov D McGillivery. Mr John Hundi'ii supported the 4100111, while Miss lihipheinia H lyman 1. cousin of tbe bride; acted as br.de* nud. iV'm and Mrs Rowan will tnke uj their residence in this city. THE WALKER LYCEUM PLAYERS "Twelfth Night" to be Presented Here Next Month If no further eases of Scarlet Fever develop in the mean while the city sclnols wiil be reopened on Tuesday morning, There will be 110 Sunday School in any of tbe Ul lurches lure to-mori-iw. Mrs Muliert Dudley and Miss Dud ley were the guusl of Miss Kdith TllOltl son last week. Mrs Thos Cowan of Vancouver and her sister Miss McKay of Scotland, are on a visit with Mr and Mrs .) Thomson. Tt has been decided to start a night school in Cumberland in connection vvitb our Public School. All wishing to attend are requested to inform T. U Carey. Tbe Secetnry of the School 11 aid. Mr H B Conoid of Vancouver was au outbound passenger on Tuesday morning. Miss Brown, matron of the (Vniox District Hospital leaves to-morrow for Vancouver and Victoria where she will spend ber annual two weeks holiday. V THRILLING ADVENTURE ON COMOX LAKE. White taking a walk al .iu the shores of Cnmox Lake on the last day of Sept- mber J noticed a boat landing with two uen iu it, sn old gentleman (The M Violot Edd; are the bead liners witb this Company and press reports speak most highly ul this Company's performance. Tickets mav be obtained now for this play fi'> ix ing contest in tbe near tut uie tba v 11 make any that bave been pullei ....'previously look us tame as a bild ■lass meeting by comparison. Tom Weeks uf Vancouver the fast es- and cleverest pug in this pnrt of th mherse will probably be one contest int, but it i> not certain yet who wi. be set tired as his v/.a-vi/, but tie ironioters now Imve tbeir 1 ne out fo i colored fistic artist of internatioim reputation at present in Seattle' It will not be known for a week o en days at least whether this man' igliature ean be secured ton conlrac no light Weeksor not but whether th* iroinoteis are successful I in seeurin; bis prize or not it is certain that the; »ill be able to dig up some real nice gen ogive Mr Weeks a very interest ni ime within tie- squared circle when lie gong rings. Union Bay. S S Makuril nri-ived on Satui'dny foi .tinker fuel atnl cleared for Vaneouve ■iirly Wednesday mortrng. S S Teneer urrivfd on Sunday foi .linker fuel S S Uridptdno Custle nrrlved on I'uesdiiy morning will I..ad a cargo nl oul The management and those tlml insisted ure to he eougratiiliited upon liu success of iheir bazaar given It; iid of the school on Thursday evening last. A varied assortment of use fui and oranientul articles found read} ale nnd a handsome sum will he turn ..I over to renovate the lucal schn i muse. During the sale Mr Jas Hag (art entertained the buyers with sel cliuns from his gramaphutie. Dr K.rr Dentist, will be at Frasot IcBishop's Hotel from Tuesday, Nov 1st tu Saturday full Wo regret, to announce the death of Mrs Samuel Shore wife of Mr S Shore who died »t Victoria on Wednesday, last. The deceased lady at one time was a resident of this city, anil leaves many friends to mourn her loss. Mr T Bannerman arrived home on Sunday last after spending a week in Vancouver. The programmes for ilie Orangi Young Britons, Masquerade Ball hnv. heen issued ami disclose a must gener- our prize list for the masquerade!*, Theenminittee ill charge hnve pri- uiised thai this event will surpass anything of its kin.I that, hns uceurrd he- I'ntv. The list of prizes follows; - Hest Dressed I.Nlly, $8,00 value, J. N Mel, I; and #7.50 cash. E«st dressed Gent 15.00 val. Camp- hell- Bros: 'and $7.00 ou*h llesl Sustained Cluir.ictcr Lady.?." 0" value 8 U'i«er Jt Co. Best Sustained Character, (Jen 96.00 in Oi Itl T Can wrighl. Bi'stNuiunal Character, Ludy$2.B0 vnlue T Hieksun Best National Character, (lent $2,110 vnlue C, II. Tarbell Prise Wall/.' $8.00 prize P. Stod- dart. Prize Two Step, $5.00 prize T. D Mo f/Can Best Comical l.ady, $2.50 Cash Best Comical Cent ?i.'..riO Cash Best Advertising Character 8:1.00 value A. McKinnon Best Clown $2.00 viduo W, Willard Topsy $2.00 Cash 50c entrnncc to Prize Waltz and prize Two Step LOCAL MAIL SERVICE, In effect Oct. 3rd. \ nival Tues'l iy morning Wednesday i fternoon Friday afternoon Saturday night overland Departure Tuesday—0,35 a, in. Thill -dnv—li. I") n. in. S iturday 'i. 15 n. m, Sunday ovei'land 10.110 a. in. IN THE GRIP OF THE UW Alleged Hotel Robbers Sent Up For Trial Two Slavs, by nume Kuiiel Vujine tnd Oup iJzitie, suspected uf robbing hotels .ud other places of business wholessle; vere up before judge Abrsins yesterday ur preliminary hearing, end will bt {ranted another opportunity of proving their innocence bsfore * higher court The police have been on the tracks ot he prisoners (or some time, the police tere assisted by the provincial polio* of N' ultimo having been hot on the trail or some days. The capture was * particularly plucky 'tie and reflects the greatest credit upon special officer Tom Hudson of this city *hu was successful in adorning the prisoners with the iron jewellery. Mr Hudson succeeded in getting hit nen at Nanoose Bay on Monday when ie found the prisoners resting in tht lotel asleep. He went boldly in and ■ut the handcuff on one of the men while yet asleep, and cornered the other •nd ove-came hi* shnw uf resistance. B .lh men had loaded revolvers and Uggers under their pillows. They also found in their possession t piantity of tools useful in entering b i Mings and the marks of where similar tools had been used was found on he wind -ws of a number of buildings 'liey are alleged to have entered. The prisoners ara accused of having robbed no less than 7 hotels as follows:- Kilmoral, Culumbusand Bay View Hotels, N'anainin: South Wellington Hotel tt South Wellington, Hotel Wellington, Iu North Wellington, Wilson Hotel at Union Bay and the Union Hotol in thit city. They are alleged to have robbed a jewellery store in Ladysmith tnd Fraser A Bishop's store it Union Bsy. When captured they had in their possession several watches numbered tht same as tome that were missed from tht Lidysmith store: a qutntity of clothing from Fraser & Bishops, tnd t purse tnd several old coins that have been identi- lied by Sam Davis of the Union Hotel t being his property. The charge that they will have to answer is a serious one and punishable with a long term in the penitenitry. The Hand Colored lilms being slm» it al the viug picture show in tbe Cumberland Hull urn worth going a long way tp see, Mwager J/cNeil will also put on Illustrated sutiga nightly nt his performance iu the future. Mrs. Piercy of D.ininin Island is the uust >>f lier daughter, Mis. K..beri Cuss- f ml, Penrith Avoune, K 0, Kindo came through fmm N'sn- timo nn Wednesday with a tine new lUsscll Touring 1'ir, which is theeuvi .fall motor Invert lu the district, He is imw r..|ll'tiL' his uM -I h. p, B iiiiblet Inuring Oar at one dollar a ticket, with a 1\ I,, p. Motor Cycle for second prlxo llii.li a d low shskus will dtoide the .wnorshlp uf the prizes. I'.u Bums, it is said, will establish a butcher shop iu town. It is rather il serious mutter to make a false affidavit and anyone who has registered on Ihe city voters list who is not the full nge of 2[ years would do well to hnve their names removed from said list without delay. We know nothing ahnut lhe ninftei from our own knowledge, but a prominent citizen Ims informed us that lhe law hns been violnted iu this manner severul limes this year. We offer the shove advice for what il is worth. Owing to the report thtt hat been emulated that I am not tht owntr of tht it .vii g Picture Show nnw being conduct ■il in the Cumberlund Hall, I with to nuke ihe statement that thn report is ut- torly without foundation; that 1 am tht i.ile proprietor of the Moving Picture ma chine and everything else pertaining tu the show; that the Bill of Sale has been sln-wn In lhe editor uf the Islander, who otn voucli fnr the truth of the above its t meet, nr the Bill uf Sale may be seen by myiiLH who siiihes to Uj inform themself of the truth of the ahnva assertion. 1 tni sorry to think lhat any of the peoptt nf Cumberland shuuld believe that I would deceive them in this way. Michael McNeil I'HE WEEK'S ARRIVALS AT THE CUMBERLAND. p Slevetisuu Nanaimo (ico Whito " H.l/Cuish .1 ll'ofree Vancouvor Jas. Cray and wife " l> Cray nnd wife " L Huberts " .1 Fyfe 11 Vanghnn Victoria II il/atbaeitf " .1 W Vetch W ll Turn bull and wife London Out. E Buncy Hornby Td W llordman Courtenay II E Wnlhy Seattle ■M THK ISLANDER, OUMBERLAXD. ll.C Forest Fires—Their Prevention (lly [jay Stead, in The Trail Magazine) •V'yr vory J-> thusiostic npl ug appointed tho In Commission of the Biit raugor iu tbe Dominion Government, disturbed at the ravuges boiug eoinmitted by insects amongst the tint ber ia the Luke Wiunipog district, wir .-ii ihe Grown Timber Department at Ottawa: •'Borers destroying timber oast side nj Luke Winnipeg. Wire instructions." This answer uame promptly: 'Arrest borors without further uo n-e. " Although oul) a fow short yenrs have elapsed, lliere is ;i century of difference displayed between thu above attitude «ii general ignorance and the imiiuor ouce to the resources of the enormous areas of wild laud which lie to the north the more settled portions of Canada ol only by the government but by thc whole country. The present state of alarm as to tho rapid depletion of thosi resources, and its effect, both direct and iudireet, upon the ffonornl welfare ot' the country, lias dually found expression in the establishment by tho Dominion Government of the Commission of Cou servatlon, wblch held its lirst annual meeting at Ottawa in .January, 1910, The history of tho movement is com parutivoly brief. The President of tin United Stntes ho laud Waterways i United State.-, that commission, iu October. 1907, uddrossod tu the President a memorandum stfgosting that the time hud arrived for the adoption ot a national policy of c.onaorviitiun, anil sag gosting that a conference bo held at the Whito House to consider the question. The Prosiduut acted upon the suggestion, and the conference met in Mny, 1008. A declaration of principles was adopted, and steps taken to promote joint action between the Federal and State Governments. Later, a National Commission was appointed, which pro cooded to attempt to formulate an inventory of the natural resources of the nation. Following this action, President Boos volt, recognizing that the principles of tho conservation of resources have no international limitations, invited tho representatives of Mexico and Canada to .meet at Washington in a joinl North American conference. The conference met, adopled a declaration of principles, and, upon the receipt ol' the report of the Canadian delegation, the Canadian Govornmout determined lo adopt the recommendations contained in that dec Juration of principles, and to constitute r permanent ' Jommission of Conservation. To the task of preserving for the ulti mate good of the country those natural resources which are essential to its growth and prosperity thc Commission is now bending iis energies. Itut. one of lhe prime requisites iu preserving anything is a knowledge nf what it is you are tr very wide vju Cannda where information m natural resoui to possess. Particularly the unorganized torritor throe pruirio prof Hudson Day nl thore is y in I ho statistics o ■ ought, expect to tin what, in the. way n Canudu might be sai is (rue 0 tory norLli of thi H. Prom the .-.hon nth-western dircc Alas linn right across the cnnl ment I ka, sweeps a wide bolt of forest, any ■ ael knowledge of tho resources of wli Is almost ontiroly lacking. A ml year by yeai, lire after lire raj through this belt, destroying annua millions of acres of valuable timb merchantable, near merchantable, a voung forest which would become iu the points, joini natural course of events the merchant | marshy stnj growth upon forest, lauds is absolutely essential to tho continued prosperity of the country, for it is this growth which cmisorvos and regulates the water supply of the river. Without the forests Uie regular and oven tlow of the rivers will be a thing of the past, to the spring its place will be taken by do structive floods, followed by low and contaminated water all summer, rt is fhe forest at the headwaters of the streams which conserves the moisture during the spring months, emitting it gradually during the summer and preserving a comparatively even tlow throughout the year. This constant sunt ply of water is essential to the agricu! lurnl Intorests, while water navigation is impossible without it. One of the first steps taken by the Commission has been to set aside ns rosorvps practically the whole of the eastern slope of the Kooky Mountains, iu which district arise the waters which I ravorse Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Were the forests which com prise these reserves to be wiped out, or even seriously depleted, the vision of Sir Wilfred Laurier of a grand system of inland waterways, stretching along the courses of the great rivers of the western plains, must forever remain a dream. Kven as it is, the partial destruction of these forests has had very serious results on the navigation of the Saskatchewan river. As late aa twenty-five years ago, the Hudson's Day ('ompany ran large stern- wheel steamers on the Saskatchewan from Grand Rapids to the mouth of the river as far up as Edmonton; and the season during which these runs were possible was quite an extensive one. Now, with the exception of about one mouth in the late spring—when the freshets from the mountains show their efi'ect upon tbe volume of the stream- steamers of this size would find consider able difficulty in navigating on account of low water, a fact entirely due to the comparatively recent depletion of Ihe forests, the absence of which facilitates the rapid running off of the water in the spring, thus causing the freshets and necessarily, after the freshets, a period of low water, until the winter's snows accumulate a fresh deposit of moisture for the ensuing spring. The cause of forest depletion being thus traced to lire, the next question to examine is tbe origin of that cause. And it is a question which is very easy tu answer; for tbe outstanding cause of fire in the northern wilderness is travel, lu the more settled parts of the country the most prolific cause of forest fires is tin' railway. Wliere there is no railway, the travellers by canoe, yorlc boat, pack train Indian, prospector, hunter, trader- keep pace with the more civiliv. ed method of biyning out the wilder ness, Tlic Indian is perhaps the most in veterale setter of lires, There arc cases in almost ovory district throughout fhe West, where the Indian has deliberated set fire to burn oft a whole section ni' country fur the sake cf the borne which grow so thickly in every burner clearing. As every Indian knows, berry country is a good bear country. nut in nearly every case in the nortli flros find a start iu the main thorough- faros of travel from enmpfirca carelessly left burning. Anyone who travels llirougli the north will uotice thai there is very little I imbcr along the river which'forms lhe high road. What timber there is will oe found in isolated I to the mainland by a or an island well out on Pinally we caught up to those boats at their evening camp. At the foot of the portage was a bark ennoe, nnd the proprietor, an Indian, aud his squaw we found seated beside a fire big enough to roast nu os, built in a little hollow, moss all nround it aud dry, fallen timber heaped iu every direction. Littlo runnels of lire made their way every now nnd then from the centre nf operations through the dry moss aud were stamped out perfunctorily by the squaw, win attention was occupied by tho bannock she was baking for the'crows of the york boats. Next morning they were gone, but it took nearly half au hour's hard work to put out tho fire they had left. No at tempt whatever had' been mado by the builders of it to safeguard the surround ing timber from destruction. On another occasion ou tho same trip we came across the scene of the Initio tion il from -li nl' llie Is ill' virt; tl({ ever 1. h.mvily lln' Qov n tlmhor ant ron, liv..* miii. li. miles dei, bv \>- I Dominion Government, 20.1,0Hll square miles ol ll: timbered lunds in tho liai eminent, show t hat of i in originally , covering I his than thirty live tbousniii remain; the rest has bcoi fire! This estimate covers the strip extend ing about two bumf red miles nortli of the prairie from Lako Winnipeg to Kd monton, the valloyB of the Ponce, Allni basoa and Nortli Saskatchewan rivers, ihe oast slope of ihe Rocky Mountains, and the Railwny Roll in British Colum bin. At Lac La UongO, .me ranger states that lhe whole of Ihe surrounding territory, some sovonty thousand square miles, of which twenty-five thousand have been binned over during lhe last forty years, was originally covered with a heavy timber growth of spruce, poplar, tamarac, jack pi no nr birch; nearly one hilf of which has disappeared within forty ynrs, leaving in many casos notb ing but bare rocks hrdiind il, on which no form of vogotatiou can find a foot bold, Ami this experience is being re peatod all ovor the fores! country of Canada. h has boon generally .-apposed tlmt the timber resources of Canada were il liuiilnble, and tins opinion has been so oft imi expressed mid so generally e,l that any evidence t-i lhe ',■ com Ofl as a rude awakening to the nver age Oauudlan. Uui fow people realm1 the oxtonl of tho ravages committed by fire; and when depletion of foresls is ipokon of, it i^ tho lumbering opera tions which arc nallod to mind as the iiiiiiu cause of deforestation, Vet, nc cording to u conservative estimate, six board feu of merchantable timber havo been destroyed by fire for every fool cul by lumbermen since fin* earliesl settle ment "f the country. Thai is lo say, the cul of lumber in Canada represents but one seventh of the total depletion, without taking into Recount the natural deslruclion, by insects, and otherwise Senator Kd'wards stales lhal, in the OttttWU valley twenty feel, of prime Iim bor have beon burned for every fool oul and marketed. This concern ovor the possibility of fl timber famine in Cannon is uot due merely to the prospects of a scarcity of native wood, although lhat nloue Is a very vital question in any country, to avoid which older and far richer coun tries Ihan Canada are spending millions annually. Tl iplotl f the forests from the point of view of ihe scarcity of timber is one of the smaller draw backs of a state of affairs, to prevent the consummation of which the Commission of 'looser vat ion has been appointed, The (.resell of a forest the lakes or rivers and off the direct route. Away back, perhaps, some miles away, will be seen ridges of first-class large timber; but along the travelled route will be found only brule, or poplar growth and small spruce intermingled wilh berry patches, showing wliere re poated Urea huve run their devastating course. In the unorganized territory lying be tween Lake Winnipeg and Hudson Bay, lhis condition is a feature of the coun- t iv. M is a simple matter to trace Ihe regularly travelled rivers by the lack of virgin timber along Ihe route. Where the main line of travel is lefl behind and one branches into the less frequcnt- ed by-ways, where few Indians and fewer traders have occasion to pass during tho s»turner, good stands of fine lurgc timber may yot lie found. Bill each year sees more and more of this limber destroyed by (ire and unless somo method of prevention is pul into force, the forests iu Ibis part of th untrv will be soon so depleted as In be or little or no commercial value. Por many years to come lhe alToivsta hon nf these vasl territories will be out of the qiioatloii from Ihe point of view of expense. Ami in a large number of coses, where the lire has been BUfflclonl lv fierce to burn ofl' the thin coating of soil, it will be Impossible, So llml Ihe only chance of conserving the tlmbor in siioli remote districts must be prevention of iiio. In Ihe north woods, OtlCO a fire Ion started thorn is liltle or uo hope of pre venting it from running its full course until it finally dies out at the water's edge to* a merciful rain intervenes. Curo Pni forest fires is impossible in lhat vusl expanse **f on in habited territory. In Ihi-" case, as in all others, prevention is bet ler than any known method of fighting lire. And in ninety-nine puses oul of a hundred, these fires are preventable. Last summer, on u trip of less than two months by canoe, T saw probnbly several hundreds of square miles of fine voung timber in the course of destruction. Probnbly a dozen fires were floen during the whole trip, aud most nf them could be triiced directly to their cause. Part of our journey was mnde in the wake of a brigade of york boats, which left N'orwav House with supplies for Ihe Hudson's Bay ousts at Oxford House and God's Lake. For two or three days we traced Iheir camps bv the flrofl they had lefl burning behind' them. On two occasions we lamlod, and succeeded In spoiling what might hnvo been vory tidy little conflagrations by the simple ex nodlont of tipping the half burnt logs info the water, and emptying a pan or two of the Nelson river on'the hot ashes. Twice again, in those two or threo dnys, the fire had got too great a start ami we left it burning merrily away. trade routes are well defined, few in number in comparison with fhe extent of country through which they run, aad the policing of Ihese routes would practically have the effect, of protecting the outire country, Por it is a noticeable furl that ir is almost entirely from llmse trade routes that the fires are started. The Commission of Conservation has a task before it to cope with which requires almost, superhuman efforts, aud is under the necessity of attacking thc subject from so many sides as to make one nlmost despair of reducing thc problem to ihe terms of practicability; but this prevention of fire in the north woods by means of a patrol system is a practical, inexpensive and totally feasible method of controlling lo some extent the fearful waste in the unexplolt- ed resources of a large though yet com- parutlvely unknown section of Canada*s natural wealth. FLAT MYSTERIES THK modern mansion Uui, because of its isolation, and fer other reasons, lends itself wilh peculiar facility to crimes of violence. It is the exception, ralher than the rule, for dwellers in these human warrens lo know one another, even by name. A passing nod on Ibe common staircase there may be occasionally, but beyond that intercourse between the tenants is not, usually carried on. So it happened that when, a year or so back, a woman was cruelly done to death iu a Hri.xton fiat, nobody took any notice, all hough screams were actually heard in the stillness of the night my wakeful neighbours. The assassin did his deadly work, t and Into Iho street, and dis- about turret with mi. led ome whoro appeared, lie i day, carrying bis ghastly him. for the police have no' in laying hands upon bim, Thoro have been scores of similar crimes committed in tints, some of them of au even more mysterious diameter, such as lhe Haflersea mystery. One terrible tbi I crime caused lhe hanging of an inuoceiil man. The affair occurred in Edinburgh, where, high up in a huge block of mansion flats, lived a mun named William Shaw and his daughter Catherine The girl kept house for her fill her, but did no olher work, and was flighty nud headstrong. Sho had a sweel heart to whom her father objected, and, in order to prevent him from visiting his daughter iu his absence, Shaw was iu the habit of locking the girl in the flat when he went out, of au evening. On the day of the tragedy there was a violenl quarrel, and William Shaw went out, slumming the door behind him iu temper, and leaving his daughter locked up us usual. Hardly had he passed out of sight when fearful groans were hoard emanating from thc littlo dwelling ice. After some delay, tbe neighbors forced an entrance, and Catherine was found dying, witli a large carving knife sticking iu her left breast. Asked if her father, had done it, she is alleged to havo noddod her hend. Whereupon, poor Shaw was arrested, tried and executed. Vet. all thu while it was a case of suicide. Eighteen months aftorwurds, the then tenant of tho flat had occasion to do some repairs, and behind tne mantelpiece ho found a letter in the dead girl's handwriting and dated tho day of the supposed murdor. Tn it, she an nounced definitely hev intention of kill ing herself thnt evening, becauso her father persisted in trying to separate her from her lover. A flat murder that for a lime puzzled and baffled the police of Olasgow was that in which a wealthy rotired tradesman and his housekeeper were found shot inside their dwelling-place, although the only door was locked and bolted on the inside. It trauspired eventually that entrance had been effected through a window, to which tho murderer hnd lowered himself by a rope from another window in au empty flat immediately above. After committing the crime ho had climbed back up the rope, and had then hauled it up aud carried it away with him, having also taken the precaution to carefully roeloso both windows. Some fow years back the residents of one of the largest blocks of flats iu one of the most exclusive quarters of Vtenuu were greatly perturbed at a number of mysterious jewel robberies that were continually taking place whenever thev vacated thoir apartments fer any length of time. Property to the value of many thousands of pounds in the aggregate was missing, and the police, no less than the owners of the vanished valuables, were in despair. What enhanced the mystery was the fact that there were no signs of forcible entry in any instance, and that a caretaker, a one armed woman named Prau- eisea Mnchulek, lived upon the premises. No suspicion, howover, attached itself to her, for thero were reasons why she could not havo entered the rifled flats by way of tho doors, and her affliction, it was argued, precluded the possibility of her having climbed in at the windows, most of which wero Bituated nt nn elovatton of from fifty to eighty feet above tho pavement of the central courtyard, into which they all opened. Nevertheless, it was she, and none other, who was tbe culprit. Although possessed of only oue arm, she was a marvel of agility. Sho had made for herself a number of short hook ladders, such as firemen use, and by their aid she was able to clamber from siil to sill up to almost auy height. The above mystery solved itself in due course. Bore is ono that has never been solved, and that appears, in fact, unsolvable. In a flat in the Montmartre quarter of Paris a woman was found murdered a short while back. She had beon stabbed to death, the body bearing no fewer than eleven wounds, any one of which would have boon sufficient to have caused almost instant death. The only door to the tint was bolted on the inside. The one window also was securely fastened from the inside, and was further protected by strong iron bars, and these had not been tampered with. How, then, did the murderer obtain access to the flat, and more especially how did he escape after having committed the murder? He could not have got out by way of the chimney, for there was none. . THE PAN-AMERICAN RAILWAY FOR more than four years the work of constructing tho Pan American Railway has been conducted with activity, and, according to the pur poses of those who initiated this enter prise, it will start from the l'n ited States and end in Panama. Work has beon carried ou with much effort, and the company lias had the support of the Mexican govornmont and the good will of many capitalists, natives as well as foreigners. Tho original idea has been realized. Tt consisted in the building of a line from San .leroniino on thc Tehuantepee Railway to Tapachuln in Chiapas. Later il will bc extended to Port San Benito, The inauguration was presided over by Governor Rnbasa, of the state of Chiapas, and celebrated gayly and enthusiastically by the inhabitants of places on the line. The brunch inaugurated starts from Uuixtln and ends at Tapachula, nn extension of seventy-five kilometers—forty-seven milos. The total lenglh of the line on Mexican territory is -15)1 kilometers or 307 miles. The line will pass, in addition to other place-, by Juchitnn, Cerro I,oeo, Re- fortna, Aurora, Jalisco, Tomala, Pijijin pan, Mapastepcc, Ksqulntla, Tapachula, ami Port San Benito. The Federal Govern men I gave a sub siilv to Ihe constructing company of $10,200 per mile, and, according to the railway law. the concession will last ninety-nine yenrs, during which time the company will operate the line. The line passes through regions in which coffee is the principal product, and the builders believe that within a short time the freight revenue from coffee nloue will cover the cost of the construction of the road. The coffee produced on the zone traversed already ronches a total of 40,001) tons per year. Tho freight rate from the Guatemalan frontier to San .leroniino is to be thirty pesos (fifteen dollurs gold) per Ion, At &nn .leroniino coffee will be Bhipped over the Tehunntepee Railway, and from this pnint ir. will go to Oi.at/.aeiial cos to he finally shipped to (Iermany, tho leading market. The new line is verv beneficial to the British Versus Dutch The Meaning of the South African Elections A FLOOD of electioneering is sweep ing over South Africa. At a moment's notice the country has been given oyer to a furious political campaign. South Africa has beeu taken by sur prise. Everybody calculated the elec lions would be held early iu October. Organisation was proceeding at a somewhat leisurely puce. And theu, with out waruing, the Oovernment suddenly announced that the polling would take place on Thursday. September lattii. The Opposition loudly asserted that this haste is due to "funk," and that the Botha Ministry seo they nro losing ground and wish to closo the Unionist campaign as soon as possible. The explanation, however, is tnat lhe Ministry find it a thankless task to carry on the Govornmont without a Parliament and without auy mandate from the people. Since Muy 31st they have beon autocrats responsible to none. Itut the situation has its drawbacks. Whether they do anything or refuse to do anything, whether they make appointments or refrain from making appointments, they are subjected to bitter and continuous criticism from the Unionist Press—and as nearly all lhe important daily papers belong to the Unionists the position is no doubt annoying. The Ministry feel, thoreforo, that, their position would be stronger ii they took the opinion of the pooplo at an early date. The election campaign is resolving itsolf largely into the old business of British vermis Dutch, lu spite of evory effort to avoid racialism the old party cries are hoard. To be perfectly frank, this is mainly due to the Opposition press. The National party (the Government party) do not want the racial issue, it owes its place to tho support of men of British descent. It can only retain its position bv continuing to attract this support. But tbe object of the Unionists is to detach these'electors. As oue of their leaders said recently, if every Britisher in South Africa voted "British" tho .Jamosonites would get into power. The Unionist papers uro certainly doing their best to persuade every British voter to vole British. Kvery day there are articles and letters charging the Dutch with incompetence, racial prejudice, ami jonbery. Kvery day we are told that British officials are boin ; turned out of Ihe civil service or the police, and tlmt "tyranny" is rampant. Thc presence of (Jenerul Hertzog, the author of Ihe objectionable Education Acts in the Orange Kiver Colony, in the cabinet is undoubtedly damaging the Ministerial cause. There seem to be internal differences in the cabinet on this education question, for the speeches of tho Ministers do not agree. The public undoubtedly dislike the principle of compulsion in the Hertzog system, and feel that insl ruction given through the medium of two languages cannot be satisfactory. General Botha and bis colleagues are doing their best to minimise the ery of llertzogism and to insist that il is n local question iu the Orange Kiver Colony, over which the Union Government wiil have no control for five years. But iteration always has some effect. This unceasing campaign against Hertzogism is troubling many Britishers who were at first inclined to support lhe Govornmont. They dislike ts as being controlled by the g and financial houses. Thev dined to distrust lhe Dutch. ] position is unsatisfactory and c.onfus ing. But in spite of these difficulties, and of damage being done by tho Hertzog ism business, 1 think General Botha's party will in tne end gain a working majority. The Unionists are counting upon the solid support of Natal to neutralise the opposition of the Orange River Colony, thus leaving the real fight between the fairly evenly balanced parties ia the Cape and the Transvaal, On this basis Ihey talk about a majority of five or six for Dr. Jamoson. But I think they nre unduly optimistic, lu the first place, Natal shows uo disposition to go solidly Unionist. It. seems far more inclined to stand aloof from the party warfare in the other proviucers aad to rely upon a Natal party which would give the Botha ministry '•*■ fair trial but watch closely over the interests of Natal, In the second place, thu labor party may gain several seats, and the Uaborites are eo operating with the Nationalists rather than with the Un ionists, 1 venture to prediect that General Botha wil on September 15th obtain a majority of between nine and twelve in the union House of Representatives, —h. R NKAMK. stntes of Onxneu products of tbosi will new lind ai outlet. and Chiapas, ■ sections of easier and as th. Mexic. dieapei THE EVOLUTION OF CLOTHES TIIK appearnce of civilized man, his bands and head protruding from cylinders of cloth, us a lurlle's from beneath his carapace, imbues tho savage breasl witb curiosity, envv. und fear. "Vou lived, sir, hi the Victorian age—a period essentially cylindrical," says a tailor to the hero of "When tbo Sleeper Wakes." Nevertheless, all these unmeaning cylinders and rolls of superfluous cloth we carry upon our backs once bad some meaning. Por instance, the two buttons and tbo rudimentary tails of the morning coat, und the vesligal tails of the sack coat aro romindors of tho time when tho long tails were looped up to enable tho wearer to ride without sitting upon his clothes. Similarly the buttons upon tho slooves originntod with tho timo when Iho coat and shirt formed one garment, whoso sleeves wero tucked up when the wearer "got busy." Men's clothing buttons ever from left to right; women's from right to left. Many a man's wife tnnkes an excellent and economical tailor and yet tumbles into this pitfall, causing hor husband to bo a laughing-stock fo the discerning. Parsley will keep fresh for several days if put into a closely-fitting tin in a cool place. This is hotter than standing it In water. Ihu Tui nib gron nre l'l... IOW res nn In lit ill's l.v iipi S,.| -\ ni rl fl lalg 1 si ow mouts e corning K|>r Hi. if the elections will depend u which fooling predomin* ember Ifitll. ,ni the racial cry, ihe cam a tendency to proceed upon lines Th.' excellent ..oui: ssed a few months ago con need for n " fresh stari" and :i "clean slate" in South Africa nre being fast forgotten. Though the country is faced by a score of iiuporl- aul problems, lhe political speeches out line but a meagre constructive policy. One would imagine we were facing the past instead of Ihe future. All the old time-worn and moth eaten controversies are being revived. Instead of being told what will be done five mouths hence we ure implored to consider what ought to have been done llvo years before. The Chinese labor question is being fought all over again. Mangled accounts of what look [dace at. lbo National Convention, before Union wns decided upon, are being produced iu political addresess. The air is full of asertion ami contradiction. Ono hears of the intimidation and tho injustice of the Ministry, of racial favoritism and animosity. One listens to tirades against the mine owners, and allegations of black listing, aud all the ancient, charges which have formed the stoek-in-trude of Hand politicians for the past seven years. Hut statesman ship is at a discount. Parochialism runs rampant. So fur that campaign hus produced no proof that federation Has induced u broader political instinct or a wider outlook. This curious tendency is largely due to the foot that a number of South African problems are so extremely awkward from u party point of view lhal there is an almosl unanimous desire to avoid them. If is difficult for any party to announce a national policy likelv to please all four provinces. Thc principle which is greeted with applause in one pnrt of the country muy be regurd- od with disliko in another. Tako, for instance, tbe color frun- ehise in the Capo, It would be fatal for any party to pledge itself to the extension of tho Oupo franchise over tho whole Union. And yet if any party doclared itsolf agaiust that extension it would lose tho support of porhaps the bulk of the colored voters in the Onpc. It is the same with the question of selling liquor to natives. Thc wine farmers in the Cape wish the Capo law applied to all South Africa. Tho other provinces prefer the prosont prohibition system. The political party favoring the sale of liquor must lose votes in tho Transvnnl, Natal, nnd tho Orange Rivor Colony, Hut if it opposes tho sain of liquor it. jeopardises sonts in tho Onpn. So witb Asiatic Inbor in Natnl. To stop thnt labor means tho loss of votes in Natal. It is far oasior to talk Hertzogism or to denounce tho mining houses than to give definite pledges on these awkward matters. Hut from the viewpiont of tho elector who wants to know what tho parties moan the MAKING CURIOS FOB TOURISTS IN spite of trade depression there is a notable boom in the antique curio business, especially in Scotland, where many skilled workmen aro now profitably employed in this occupation. As the summer season approaches, in an ticipation of the usual annual influx of Americans, the growing legion of so called "antique" dealers from cities, villages, and unfrequented farmhouses are now occupying itself in arranging for display their various stocks of made to-order antiquities. Largely ns the result of American de mnnd—a demand that has long outgrown the supply, and bas increased with the disappearance of the genuine antique- such irresistible opportunity and reward have beon offered the forger that now. thanks to his productive industry, there are both abundance and variety of sop ply of "antiques" executed with all degrees of skill, varying from the crude products of amateurs lo others of such pretentons workmanship as often to puzzle the connoisseur himself. Hare old period furniture, givon the gloss uud appearance of age hy constant rubbing with bone ami pumice stone; obi hand rolled copper plate, which has not beeu made since 1840, a most favorite article of deception, over 1,1100 pieces of which have been lately examined with oul the finding of half a do/.on genuine specimens; Spanish ivories, skilfully "aged" brown by acids; Jirst-Hlate en gravings and prints; Queen Anne silver, siiperslructures of which are built up Upon the handle of an old spoon bearing genuine marks; "old" Bristol and Waterford hand cut crystal; and that particular kind of chinn which is in most momentary demand, whethor it be Oriental blue and white, or Lowestoft, abound cverywhoro i" suoh wholesale lots as one 'would Ihink should alone serve to excite the suspicions of any thoughtful person. Scores of "antique" shop* are now locate '. along motor car highways, being oeiienilv conducted bv some "inter esting old character* his pipe indifferently lhe nllv Tin l*s of Will ■d by a lh delusion vho siti smoking tl'eiing his wares ■nil of approach, are eonvenMon ; net of cobwebs. io gel over is tho ii lhat this fad of ctnnl love for an lothitlg peculiar to ted Stah.-', who are upon the li rathe- prevnlenl i collecting, -or the tique objects, U s ihe people of Ihe United Rtu'l supposed to put greater slot possession of such things than is common abroad. This is a misenm pi ion. Ou the contrary, throughout Great Britniu, and eveu more so on the Continent, collecting has been a passion since the eighteenth century. The Uritish Isles have been searched up and down from door to door by experienced collectors for upwards of fifty years, and, not being large geographically, the thoroughness of the search shows the re- mole likelihood of picking up something good for liltle money at (his late day during a lew weeks of a sojourn abroad. Don't look for bnrgains in antiques. Tf one wants genuine things he should visit a dealer of recogui/.cd standing and reliability, for thoro nre fow such; pay him his price, whleh is suro to bo high, aud purohase only upou his writ ten guarantee that the article is nc- funity of the period. One cannot become a judge of antiques by reading u fow books, and If a person has neither tl mans to buy, nor the experience nnooBBary I" select what is really worth purchasing, it is far more satisfactory lo buy firsi class reproductions, These are what one generally finds in Iho average "antique" shop at more thuu twice Iheir actnnl value. lleware of buying Itobert Burns chairs aud Mnry QUOOn of Scots tables und nil such things. Tt is snfe to say that thev are spurious. Beware espee lally of Sheffield plate; it is practically nil modern or old pieces plated over. Hnv the now ns such at one-half the prices asked for it by the "antique" dealer, Beware, also, of engravings and prints. Many reproductions of old prints ure mndo by artists of groat ability, with no intention of dncoption. Some' of thos muy bo seen in antique shops, artfully "aged" and hung in old frames, the unscrupulous dealer asking four or five times the prico tho prints can be purchased for of.tho publishers. Crystal aud china are also made in tho old shapes and often in the actual molds of a hundrnd years ago; these ure legitimate reproductions. It is the sn-callod "antique" dealer whn buys them up and oftors them to the un soph istica tod as genuine. JK1.KOLD: "I can't got any speed out of thnt motor-car you sold me. You told mo that you had beon arrested six times in it." Hobart: "So I was, old chap; for obstructing tho highway," 54 0 TUB ISLANDBB. CUMBERLAND, B.C. DAME FASHION'S DECREES Cl LOAKS and wraps are the first to iudUato the trend of -■; fashion for the i-oiniug winter, uud already it is quite apparent that thc extra wrap or outer garment will be an important factor iu the winter outfit. The smart severe Uiler street gown is considered an absolute necessity by almost overy woman, but with the fashions of the present •itinent the real tailor-made gown has little in common, for its always more or lesti conservative lines tire totally at variance with the still ex'r»uie styles thnt ure so noticeable. The vie piece gown, so culled, though now it is in two pieces, skirt und waist, iv not always compatible with a eoat ui the same mutci'al, for a weight of fabric that is bust for a skirt nnd waist is often impossible for nn outer garment, being either too heavy or too light. Then thore must be tho entra wrap, coat or clonk, for there are very few duys, in America at all events, during the autumn wheu the gown without a coat is sufficiently warm. This has been anil is u season when the wearing of scurfs of all kinds hns been most fashionable, and while many havo beon of thin ninterials suitable for summer there have been many of silk nnd sutin, which are now being made up with nn interlining to give mote warmth and are also being copied in Black Satin Wrap Linod with White velvd, marabout and doth and lur; the velvet scarfs arc moht effective of suftest chiffon velvet, preferably black, lined with white satin. They ure on the Mime lines as fhe popular black and white sutin scarf, made two yards iu U'ugin aud from a hah tu three-quarters ot a yard in width, the emir* finished with u silk tusspl. 'Ihose made ou the straight arc a tittle more clumsy around the neck than the inics uu the bins, but the hitler bave uf necessity beams, which many object tu as limning the material. ''loans are far more graceful tiutn coats fur wear with many uf tho new gowns- and there ia nothing exaggeratedly extreme abuul lhe smartest, iu order, however, tu introduce same novel effects there are two or three models that have the ungrucoful band to hold in the fulness urmiud ttie bottom ol the cloak, but the fulness caught irt is only ut tbo back and dues uut give the same ugly effeut as when it extends entirely around, and the woman who looks best iu the cloak that is not caught up at all cuu be quite content in the astiiirance that she is uut wearing uu out uf fashion garment.' The bucks of all the wraps an- must carefully planned su that as much length of line as possible in given. They aro also cut tu give u slender appearance. If a coat rather than a cloak then the straight, lint back ih the more fashionable: if n cloak with uudorsleeves then there is more fulll6s8 below the shoulders, but at (lie btunu time the scams aud the material as well must hang as straight as possible. In sharp contrast to the straight, narrow effect Of the gowns and coats there are some most becoming and effective wraps that are extremely wide and full, the fronts su wide ami long that thej cun tie crossed over and une end thrown over thc shoulder, Made in suftest Canton crepe, chiffon velvet or satin, the latter not su new. but Just as popular, these aro most becoming garments, Cloth is also used, but it is not nearly hu satisfactory a material, for even the very softest ami most exquisite quality does nut give the same effect, us it is too thick, the most fashionable wraps at present being the lightest iu weight, any desired warmth being obtained by au underlining. The embroidered and beaded Canton crepes are extremely smart for this purpose and ure too expensive tu become ovorpopular, while for the benefit of tho majority of women be it known that there are tu bi* found most etieetivi- materials iu cotton velvets that arc well adapted to these styles and which will wear quite as loop as the fasuiou will hist, only the material must be of the softest nod lightest to cam nit the lines that ar* demanded. This being nn nge when nil aurts and descriptions uf ma terialt* nro being used, it is not so icmarknblo that whut was onee considered only suitable for furniture covering should be utilised. Long evening coats uf brocade and tapestry, recalling priests' robes, are exhibited ns among the very latest fastiimih, and lucre could not bc anything more heniiti tiful in coloring, design and texture. The great danger is in the choice of color and weight of material If the tun heavy and stiff is selected theu the garment looks heavy and lackh the smart appearance damandod . All white or all black evening clonks aro not so fashion able us the colored, and there is a wide run go ul choice, from the vivid shades to the soft pastel colorings. The latter are must charming and generally becoming, hut the bright blue. yellow, cerise, green and iilUUVo are extremely effective while for those who prefer sharp contrasts iu color tho •ipirit of self -denial aat U rmU te their fawinations. A mrple velvet evening vo.tt has a deep yoke effect ia raws of sbimug ur cord iug atraw tke skouldurs, tbe upper part vf rhe sleeves uud the frants, tken down the fronts are bands of marabout tbe exaet skade of the velvet, with a musk wider baud around the botttm. Tke model exhibited is in the lighter shade of heliotrope, but would look equally well in auy other color except black, if made up in black there wuuld be the risk that it might not be becoming, for blaek marabout next the face is rather a dangerous experiment fur auy but the most perfect «f complexions, and the groat point of this garment is in tke trimming and material matching so perfectly. White marabout trimming on the black velvet has been attempted, but tbe effect is too garish to tie smart unless the original model is modified by omitting tbe baud around the bottom of the cloak und merely trimming the collar, rovers and front witb the white, One of the details of fashion this winter is to be the cloak and wrap to match the evening gown, it must be admitted the effect is fur better when all does correspund, tbe slippers, gowu and wrap all tbe same shndo; but, again, this is a matter of personal choke, und the contrast can be selected if ko desired with the delightful consciousness tbat fvhion so dearees, dust here is where the really and trulv economical woman has a chance to prove her ability. If the has selected some une color as becoming aud gowns horself always in thnt color, then the same wrap will look well over hor different gowns, while slippers, stockings aud all the details uf her dress will answer just as well for oue ^otvn as for another, aud it is extraordinary how much money can be saved by keeping tu the one color scheme. The raglan sleeve is still a marked feature of tho louse driving cunt and is to be used in the mure elaborate evening coats, fur it has been proved to be most practical, us it prevents the gown worn underneath it from becoming mussed or wrinkled, us is sometimes the case with the ordinary sleeve with too tight an armhole. A most remarknble improvement is to be noticed in the manner in which this fashion of tho raglan sleeve is made. When the fashion was first introduced there was not enough attention paid to tho lines (always the lines), and apparently the one and only object was to have the garment loose enough ou tbe shoulders. Now the shoulders are always carefully fitted, the material, both back and front, is carefully placed so that the fulness is becomingly arranged, and the result is extraordinary. The stout woman looks less large und the slender woman more graceful. The sleeve is mysteriously dealt with, often not appearing like a sleeve until at the wrist, for the upper part is combined with tho back and front in some strange fashion —that is, when for au evening wrap. In a day coat the sleove is well defined, merely the ordinary shoulder seam being omitted, and this because the sleeve commences virtually at the collar. As the fashions were originally designed this gave too sloping a line, but with the present design it Is extremely becoming. ■» * . Bretelles and shoulder drapery of any sort are among tbe clothes problems of which the homo dressmaker should be very wary, for although, if managed properly, they will afford her much aid in disguising faults of the figure and the frock, they also are responsible for many very unsuccessful gowns whose materials and general construction promised well and whose failure to turn uut successfully is the occasion of a good deal of distress. For those whose shoulders are sloping, whose necks aro long aud whose gi'neral effd ' is drooping the shoulder s_k'''____Z__&* /«* M TALK /7o-l MAGIC BAKING POWDER Does not contain Alum Canada will some day stop by legislation the use •f alum in baking powder. Alum powders injure digestion. Great Britain already prohibits alum in foods. MAGIC is better than any food law requires. MAGIC insures healthful, wholesome food. Brings success to you in baking light, flaky biscuits, cake and pastry. MAGIC is a medium priced baking powder and the only well- known one made in Canada that does NOT contain alum. ^5T7S J0HITEST BAKING ?0WDEI ALUM Made in Canada Full Pound Cans, 25c. Be sure of purity—insist on MAGIC E. W. Gillett Co. Ltd. Toronto, Ont. NftJUfl FREE COOKBOOKS you have not received a copy ol Mqk Cook Booh, toad wu pwtal cud ami thi* valaabk BttW book trill ba atlM free et cfcvf*. while for those whn prefer sharp contrasts in color tho com billing of two colors can he well worked out. Ono model, a black liberty satin, lined with an exquisite shade of cerise, is popular, while a pale blue with a pole yellow is ulso attractive. Gray with cerise is a dangerous combination unless just the right shades are selected, hut none the less is jt fashionable, while two fthiidOB uf purple are most effectively combined. Au embroidered crepe iu dull yellow is lined throughout with yellow one tone lighter in color, and this latter is the smart est of all. Hlark and white are combined cleverly and effectively in a louse rout or mantle of black satin, trimmed with bauds of blaek velvet ribbon. The \ on iu rows around the foot, while uu th. cros* In front there me two rows, the outer edged with » narrow white sutin. This une note of white agaiust the black is almosl too abrupb trust, but it is Immensely becom ing and vory smart. ..ml furthermore has the immense advantage of bolng appropriate both as an a iter noon uud un evening wrap, so (tint it will be copied in black velvet fur the wiuter. Velvet evening wraps for winter arc already exhibited by tbe leading drwtminkrrs, who allow their favored customers a glance at these marvels, and alao a chance to purchnso at the highest .price, ll requires a most rcs(dutt> will aud linn civet ribbon is put- wide revors that Tussur Coat with Embroidered Rovers draperii'h ur bands of trimming .ne indeed ti boon. Honcaih thet)l may bo concealed various devices for broadening the shoulder* In the way the wnist is cut and the sleeves sot iu. Itut fur those id' square build, whose necks are short ur whose figures are lull, without the long lino from neck tu bust that is so graceful, for women of this suit of figure the shoulder drapery and the bands of trimming carried over the shoulder present any number of pitfalls when dealt with by nu amateur dressmaker, even by one not ultogether un skilled. This sort of trimming for u bodice is only possible for a stout llgure or out: which is square shonldurod uud short necked, when the utmost skill hus been employed to arrange the trimmings su that (hey do not stand out at all from the shoiildors. The Mime is true of the drapery. When used bv a skilful dressmaker these trimmings may be arranged to make the figure luuk mure drooping uud the* shoulders less square, but thin demands the utmost discretion of handling. Otherwise they will add to thc size of the wearer uud make hcr look clumsy and buinhy. For the amateur dressmaker thoy should be reserved for thoso of slender build or drooping shoulders. The kimono sleeve is also ri trying fashion to persons of square build. The 6XC0 ively slender hnve au advantage from it. but those who arc at alt heavy und thick through the shoulders are to be pitleu as the victims of this trying fashion. THE EVOLUTION OF THE ENTOMO- LOGIST I AM au entomologist; I did uot start to be one; there wns a time I'd not have known one had I chanced t see oue. I would have boon a gardener —alas! my hopes were blighted, for bugs and (lies and worms nml things eume to me uninvited. Unfit sitting 1 set a garden out, such daintv beds and patches. Said I: " 'Twill "be a glad some siyht, provided my seed hatches," (Now hatch may md be quite the word, but rhyme is such a fetter to synonym 1 have to yield, though "sprout" wuuld suit mo better.) I mn uu entomologist; I have red bugs so wary, I'm deep in entomology that's quite involuntary. Upon my few potato stalks are cross burred bugs and striped, with appetites om u i \ urous a ud greed that's truly biped. I hear them cull across the Hold to feathered bugs and furry: "There's lots of green stuff over here—so hurry, hurry, hurry.'' And then thore comes the bug parade from all tht tields surrounding; I hear the locusts rusty legs across the green sward sounding; 1 see the worms come trundling in. the lord bug aud the lady; they get beneath some luscious leaf, and in seclusion shady they eat my peas and spinach up. bugs rubust and bugs pallid; they make my oabbuge into slaw nud string beans into salad. I am an entomologist; 1 ha e red bugs and white ones; bugs young and old aud middle-nged, and heavy hugs and light ones. I have them lean, I have them stout, dry land bugs and aquatic, and bugs that leap frum leaf to leaf—I have bugs acrobatic; I've bugs tbat crawl, aud bugs that tly, bugs of each kind and venue; potatu bugs, tomato bugs, ami bugs fer every menu; I've some that dig iu earth for roots, and Home that feed on topses; I've hugs that pick thc early fruits and bugs for all mv cropses. Aiul so I've lost mv interest iu garden stutl's uud "susses''; Vm Listing ull my hugs und tilings and porting them in classes, 1 am un entomologist; my heart 1 will not harden; I gather every kind of bugh and feed them in my garden; I roam the byways uf my plot with lustrous eyes and eager; what If the cnbbagcs uie nil and foliage is meagre! I see a new bug nud i knew I 've SCO rod another capture, su I bohold it with delight uud watch it eat with rupture; U stranger worm goes wriggling past—1 watch its pathway tin ish, to learn if it likes corn nr pens or beans or squash or spinach. I've len rued the names of them by heart; I know their moods and tenses; 1 food them daily "n la carte" regardless of expenses. And so from humble gardening, from toil's remorseless prison, I tread the scientific clouds—pray j note how I have risen. I inuy not now a huckster shine- -(greenstuffs, I beg your pardon)—-but olll (he world of bugs is mine! Prav conic into inv gar den. .1. \V. Foley items of economy that Uncle Ham is putting into practice. More than two hundred million dol lars of tainted greenbacks—tainted, however, with billions of disease germs —were withdrawn from circulation and destroyed last year. This vast amount pf wealth, of course, had to be replaced by new money. A certain citizen, reading about this, and knowing thut Uncle Sam wus casting around fur economy methods, thought he could invent tt.machine for washing money, nnd sell it tu the government, He did. The lirst machine, it is suid, cost $1.0(10. Experiments in wnshing und ironing notes have been conducted for some time nt the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and have convinced the officials that the method is a thoroughly practical oue. Tt is estimated that at. least eighty per cent, of the issues can he retained ami the life of a bill doubled, and at the same time all germs will be destroyed by an antiseptic so lotion. The installing of this machine will nu doubt result iu the establishment of a money-cleaning division of the Treu Bury. The apparatus is made of hard wood, and resembles iu a way the ordinary clothes-washing machine. It has an upright handle above a central ub lung oscillating vessel, with air-chambers at each end. In the central vessel is warm soaped water, iu which the money The case wilh which corns and wart* can be removed by llolloway's Torn- ture is its strongest rccununeudntiou. It seldom fails. is placed. Then the handle is worked back aud forth. The air in the chambers is compressed by the contents of the vessel, thereby forcing tho water through the money by pneumatic pressure. The process is us simple as washing linen. After leaving tho washing Machine the notes are put through a starching and ironing process. Of course this new process is intended only fur hills that have become soiled froi use. Hills that have become too worn for washing will bo destroyed as heretofore and new notes issued in their stead. HOW TO LEAEN SWIMMING A woman who attempted to drown herself iu the river ut l.yons, was brought tu the bank by her two dogs, which she hud tied to her neck, and which «hc intended should perish with her. Red. Weak, Wearj, Watery Kyea. Relieved By Murine Kye Kcmedy. Try Murine For Your Bye Troubles. Yob Will Uke Murine. It Soothes. 60c At Your Druggists. Write Kor Bye Hooka, Free. Murine Kye Itemedy Co., Toronta. UNCLE SAM WASHES HIS MONEY TIIK Seewtury of the United States Treasury at Washington hus purchased ii machine to blunder I'ni ted States money. \[_ estimates thut when washing money becomes general at all the sub-treasuries the government will save thereby at least oue million dollars a yeur. This is just one of Ihe It Will Provent Ulcerated Throat—At the first symptoms of sore throat, which presages ulceration and inflammation, tuke ti "poouful of Dr, Thomas1 Eclec- tlic Oil. Add a little sugar to it tu make it pnlutuble. It will aliav the Irritation and prevent the ulceration and swelling that nre so painful. Those whu wore periodically subjecl to «piinsy have thus made themselves immune to attack. Ten Sound Reasons Why You Should Buy (Pronounced NADROOKO) Medicinal and Toilet Preparations Because They are 1. Guaranteed by the largest Wholesale Drug Firm in America - the National Drug and Chemical alwAVO look fo* • Company ol thaoc mark Canada, Limited. 2. 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Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets Cup»so'.;rr.tomach--heartbiirn-nat'.iipnce —indigestion chronic dyspepjjia. Na-Dru-Co Laxatives Act without any discomfort. Increased doses nol needed. Na-Dru-Co Baby Tablets Relieve Baby's lllr,. Especially valuable during teething. National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada, Limited Wholesale Brunches at: Halifax -St. John Montreal -Ottawa Kington Toronto Mamiltea Lonrfaa-Winnipeg' R«f ina Calf try - Nebon Vancouver Victoria. 4] THE I8LANDF.Il, CUMBERLAND, B.O, THE ISLANDER Published every Saturday at Cumberland, B.C., by Obmond T. Smithe, Editor and Proprietor. Advertising rates published elsewhere in the paper. Subscription price §1.50 |ht yenr, payable in advance. The editor dues nut huld himself responsible for views expressed by correspondents. SATURDAY, OCT., 29 1910. What the Editor has to say. Mr. J. S. Willison, editor of The Toronto News, during his recent visit to British Columbia, made a thorough investigation of the subject of Asiatic labor,and his views are embodied in several decidedly interesting ariticles in his newspaper. He thus summarizes the situation: "The east cannot afford to have any illusions as to the strength of the feeling on the Pacific coast against Asiatic labor, and particularly against the incoming of Japanese, The people of Vancouver and Victoria heard Sir Wilfrid Laurier with respect, but he did not change their views nor dispel their uneasiness. lt is folly to imagine that only the labor unions are hostile to Oriental immigration. The feeling is common to the whole population outside of the canners and saw mill owners and perhaps the financial interests by whieh they are supported. Por the Chinese as domestics there is an improved fueling; The Japanese are the object of increasing fear and disfavor. It is not believed, although the News has uo conclusive evidence to offer one way or the other, that the agreement with Japan limiting immigration from that country is observed. It is insisted that Japanese disembark at the upper ports, that the invasion assumes formidable dimensions, that they are a social and industrial danger, and that failing some radical reversal of policy, British Columbia must become subtantially a province of Japan. Moreover, the Asititics are extending into the prairie country, and thus the area disaffected is steadily enlarged' The coast people recognize the gravity of the labor problem. They know what without a great supply of workers the development of the country must be retarded. But nothing will avail against the determination to have a 'White Canada,' and parliament cannot afford to misunderstand ar neglect the situation." iff I* MTOK Practical Watchmaker All Work Guaranteed lis a . . NEXT TO TARBELLS, Ironmonger . . Dunsmuir Ave : : : Cumberland Beadnell & Biscoe REAL ESTATE AGENTS Gomox, B.g. —- S*-a frontages an«i farming land for sale We have read with interest "Citizen's" letter in the last issue of the News, in which that gentleman takes issue with the editor of the Islander on the fight question. Althoug differing from us in his views very widely, we must congratulate the writer upon his epistle to the Cumber- landers, which is entirely free from venom, which is a pleasure to read after the dirty low underhand criticisms to which we have at times been subjected. We can always respect a man who differs from us in views so long as he fights fair, and we consider that "Citi/,eu"is entitled to a courteous reply. "Citizen" quotes most generously from the columns of this paper, and we consider that these extracts are the best part of his letter, not because we claim any superiority for our writings from a literary standpoint, but because while we dealt in facts only, "Citizen's" letter is made up largely of fiction. This, no doubt, arises from the fact that while we got our information first hand, the correspondent has evidently received his misinformation from some unreliable source. When "Citizen" refers to the spectators at the Wyatt- Standen fight as "a howling and blasphemous crowd" he is so stigmatizing and libeling over three hundred of his fellow citizens, including a very large percentage of the business men ol the town The crowd was positively not blasphemous. It is a pity that "Citizen" and others of his ilk call not look at matters of this kind in a more broad-minded and tolerant spirit. It takes all kinds of people to make up a world, and some seek their enjoyment in life in one way and some in another, and as long as these people interfere with the rights of no one else, who has a right to say to them : "Vou shall not do this thing." If "Citizen" dot's not care Cor prize lighting that is his own concern, and it his privilege to stay away from such exhibitions but why should he seek to curtail the privileges of others who do not regard the matter in the same light as himself? FRUIT TREES Not the Cheapest, but the Best -* Catalogue Free Vancauver Island Nursery Co., Ltd. Somenos, V.I. ISL1DEA W_m\n HRTES Display Advertisements 7!) cents per column inch per month. Special rate for half page or more. Condensed Advertisements 1 cent 1 word, 1 issue ; minimum charge 25 cents. Ko accounts run for this class cif advertising Wanted Canvassers to solicit subscriptions to THE ISLANDER Are you A JEWELLER If not a ilo is! In either case you should be interested in this CHANCE OF A LIFETIME 1 Carrying a full line of the very best Clocks, Watches and Jewellery Also a • • on commission BOOKSTORE IN CONNECTION WITH THE BUSINESS The present owner is making lots of money, but will sell at a sacrifice on account of AGE AND ILL HEALTH Will sell on the buyers own terms The building and lot are also for sale cheap, or will rent on reasonable terms Full particulars may be learned by communicating with ** \M '« M" The Islander Office Cumberland. B.C. THK ISLANDER, CUMBERLAND, B.C. rt hi?>/:'„ /.-,:':W(t%m_MAJi"Si.fi??sQS»fe?^'3)20fSt?.;wv. yr;t w ife < I@ «" TOU(I}W {(S^ ife J sfoMi ^^ «K-«' £©* 5S'J (tf.J ■» THE BIG STORE Wonderful Clothing Offer During the month of November we give a Special Price on every Suit in our store. k This is a genuine offer. Our stoek is too large and MUST BE REDUCED. We would be very glad to have you inspect for your self the clothing we are offering and see as to our values. D©NT FORGET NOW IS YOUR TIME TO GET QUALITY STYLE IN UP-TO DATE CLOTHING AT BARGAIN PRICES. Simon Leiser Co., Ltd. ci-n »\S)e *^ :..,'»*,- ~r <,** <*r ft>» tf-*' rt > SPECIALS . % »aa ^ «<*? /i* o3 o>* '">' iKV o5SP«! ,8 Cumberland & Union yvater- woi-KS Co., Ltd. Sprinkling will bo allowed only lititwren the hours of ? tn 8 ii.lt). nml 7 to S p.m. Lt'ukiug Ui\en inuhi lie attended to. Any uliange . or additions to exisling piping iiiuhI lm snnd ioned liy the eomjiaity. A. McKnkiht, Malinger. "IOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Boys'sailol suits, 2 pieces, slightly soiled, reg. price $3,50 going at 81 00 Girls'Baiior suits, I piece, re. price §3.50 going at $1 25 Japanese Matting 15c yd. Knglish (Ixford Sheeting reg. loe & 20c yilj going (it 12£c These are .'i f wot the specials that will be on during the coming week J. N. McLEOD | P, PHILLIPS HARRISON ?■'... 3 Barrister, Solicitor and 5 Notary Public, % fvOO<><>O0<><><><>O<><><><>OO ■ THE CUMBERLAND =HOTEL= W. MERRIFIELD, Prop. The finest hotel in lh ecity- Grocers & Bakers Dealers in all kindB of Good Wet Goods Best Bread and Beer in Town Agents for Pilsener Beer I Furnished RoomB to Let, opposite Iht Hospital, Wanted —Three Young Piija ; send priot and particulars. T. A. L, Smith. Hornby Island. ji!) Two Ltu;ht Draft Teams, weight aboul 14001bB. Apply Shopland Bnw,. Sandwiok. jll Fur S*le—9 Milk Cnws and '.* Heifers Apply H. S. Purteus, Hankshaw. Courtenay. JIB 8 Roomed House and Double Lot foi Sale, cheap; ur will tent furnished Mra. Ree, For S di .—Chicken Ranch Saoresj Good House (i-cct'irly renovated), 30u l-yii.-. huiiH, brooder house and outhoUBev, orchard, yo-d a-trden, Apply Mre Hill, nppositD Di. Bo.tdnoli's, Cotnox. O. H. TARBELL Stoves and Ranges, Builders Hardware, Cutlery, Paint, Varnishes, Arms and Ammunition, Sporting Goods, etc. AGENTS FOR The McClary Manufactuing Co- Sherwin-Williams Paints an 881 The Furniture Store. OUR SHOP IS NOW I'ULL OF NEW GOODS We have just, received another lar ;e oonKignment of Dres3erB, Cheff- onieres, Buffdts, China Cabinets, Diners, Music Cabinets and Rockers in quarter cut oak and mahogany. You Are Invited to call and Inspect our Stock. «t; The Furniture Store" McPhee Block A. McK-LNNON Cumberland, B.O J-.iOU DOLLARS REWARD. Tho ibnvA will In1 (iiiiil tn tliu por.oi giving lufoiiiin'ii ii whidi lewti, tu tiie L'.iiivlo'iini if llm puny or |i'.rtit'B wli' shut mill ki'lod my mini- cell un llm nit/lii nl Supl , -I'll, in lln' vicinity nf iny S. K K'lrilUr |HiRt. Aillltl'HH, .1. l.HWICIICI, Kyi Hay, U x. II 0. NOTICK Any jii'i-cn ur iHTsntlM wislnii^ li rut nny t'lilli'ii l.inilini' nil Cil.\ I'm! Luis urn ill lihm'IV t II llllll Clin siune niMiy for lliuir nwn use, Any Hluiiiling linilicr uiiisi not In !.■;.I rn- destrnyi'd. Any person or pprsons fouiiil dump iii|^ garoago or rufuuu un mime will Lii prosi'uuted. liy order of liio Cily Council. A. .Ml'KlNNON, Cily Clerk. City Hull, Am. 10th, HMO. Noice to Advertisers. Cluuure adveHisBraents for Saturday mornings issue must liu in this office not later than 10 a.m. ou Thursday, Pilsener Beer The product of Pure Malt and Bohemian Hops Absolutely no chemicals used in its manufacture ==Best on the Coasts Pilsener Brewing Co.. Cumberland. B.C. t> See us about your next printing job Prints everything Prints it well tlm Islanief THE ISLANDER. CUMBERLAND, B.C. STOMACH MISERY BANISHED Br "FM1II-A-1IVE3" Storyettes MR. ALCIDE HEBERT Stratford Centre, Wolfe Co., Que. "1 have been completely cureil of a frightful condition of my Stomach through the wonderful fruit medicine 'Fruit-a-tives'. I coul,1 not eat anything but whut 1 suffered awful pain frum Iniligcslii.n. My licu'l ached incessantly. I was told to try 'Frult-a-tives' and tent for six boxes, Now I am entirely well, can eat anv ordinary food and never bave a Headache." AIXIDB HEBERT. 50c. a Ikix. 6 for $2.50, or trial box, 15c. At uii dealers or from Fruit-a- tives Limited, Ottawi. WIIKN Marli Twain wenl to Wash ington I.. 11, I., gol :i copyright pn 'ssinnii tuck Iniu mil 1111,' all,nu...11 In Chevy 1 'lllise. Mark Twain refnsed to play golf himself, bul consented tn wall, ovor llm course an.! watch llie congressman's strokes. The em i^ress i was rather a .fuller al leoillj; "11. lie sent elnuiis ni t-.if.li (lying in all direct lnilc nis confusion, lie saiil in his guost "Whal .1.. ymi Ihink of nur links here, Mr. Clemens?" " Hest I ever tasted," snid Mark Twain, as he wiped the dirt from his lips with his handkerchief. IiiN'l'K itnew a num who got rich picking liiicklelieirii's." "How unfortunate that he wasted his time." "Wasted liis limef I said he got rich. " " I know; but. a man who cnuld ael rich picking huckleberries cnuld undoubtedly gel much richer iloiug something Llilill AMI'Tllll.! e fnni.it His- marek rending AndersonJs story mi the Ugly Duckling, which relates liuw ii ducli'lnilclicil a swan's egg, and how the cygnijt wus jeered nt by his putative brethren, the ducklings, until ..ne dav it iruup uf lordly swans, Hunting down the river, saluted him lis nne uf their race. "Ah," observed Bisroarek, "it was a long time liefore my pour mnl her could be persuaded that in hatching uie she had nut produced a goose." j ^ > AT a men's party .the pastor caution ed his parishioners against looking nt nther men's wives, and offered a silk hat tn Ihe mull whn would .-land up and suv that he hud not su iiliendcil. One of thc conlidiug kind of husbands, when he gut home was innocently telling llis wife about it when she interrupted. "Of course, John, you (;,.! right up." .luliii apparently had uot anticipated a personal application, hut lie answered guilelessly, "Of course imt. Mnrv vun know liuw punky I look iu a silk hut." IT would he hard to surpass the delicate compliment te his chosen fair oho, paid on the spur uf a momont hv an illiterate darkey iu the Smith, when lie was married hy a white min- Thon, to| later. At the conclusion uf the ceremony the grnuin nskod Hie price of the service. "Oh, well " lltiswered the uiiu- isler, "vim cun pay me whatever ynu Ihink it'is worth lu ymi." The negro turned and silently lookod his bride over from head tn tout; then, slowly | rolling up Hie whites nf llis eyes, suid; Vory many persons die annually frum j " l.awd, sail, yon hus ruined me I'm life; cholera mul kindred summer complaints, you lias for sine." who might have been -ave,I it propel ... remedies had been usod. If attacked do _ .. . . , „,„„„ ,,i ,.- i .,, ,-., i TN a nohcies ul insurance these, ;r ffig 'fis,im,T::;!i, ."■,. .11 -4»«* •**"«»■*» medicine tlmt never fails In ulTecl :, : "'"'.'' " Age nt lather..1 livmgl , "Ageol mother, il living.' A man in . j th" country whn tilled up nn application I made his father', nge, "if living." one hundred and twelve years, and his mother's I hundred and two. The t\ M a I) n 1 f»-ll ngent wa- amazed nt lhis, nnd fancied Dr.Martel sreraale rills '■ I""1 rm,{]"" :T,el.l "'T"": _____---mm^__________--______. 'hut, feeling somewlinl dubious, lie re " "™ ' ! marked lhal the appliennt came uf a ,-rv lung lived family, "Oh. you see, ir,'" replied lie, "my parents died linny years ago, but. 'if living.' would io aged as thoro put down." " Exact v- I understand.'.' said ihe ageul. ike pain Tli..se whn have inaptly, and thnn. miIi.Iu SEVENTEEN YEARS THE STAMDARD ^.ew.'nliwl nim m.cummin.*" iur Wt.iuen'1 -\ n unit, a wiicntilloallj |ircpansl rciiM-dv uf vr'ivet Ror'li. "The refill irn.11 their in>t> ic tiuiuh wit penutneni, Kor sale ni _t\ ilriitt *tnn-n HK !ifni ntver frked talon -.4 lus rod wm aew dim) sklnMg nitk n> splendent varnish. I'WtlesHly attired, he was whipping t\ trout stream when, by some odd cbance, he got u bite, a one-pounder, from thu way the line strained. Re did not play the fith ut all. With rod hold .straight ahead ho slowly and steadily reeled him in. Presently the lisli was directly below the end of the rod. Did he stop? No— ho kept on reeling the (ish in, und final ly the iish's head touched the tip. The man even tried to pull him through the ring. Juvt then he saw a man fttaudiug ou shore, and turning with a bewildered look ho said. "What shall L do now?" "The only thing you can do now," the man said, "is to climb up the pole after him." AN elderly lady patieut in tke Kea tacky mountains was twfferiig from a malady, the remedy foi whieh the doetor prescribed iu the form of capsules. The old woman trusted he; medical adviser, but Vor the medicine she evinced suspicion. Sometime after ho hud tnken the capsules, she was ask ed by her son how she felt. "Poorly." Don't you want mithin' to eat?" No." Soon, however, the old woman arose from bed and took her sent in a reeking chair. Thinking that tho attention would lie gratefully received, the 80H filled her pipe, and' taking a live I'oal from Hie hearth, carried both to his mot her. "Take that away, hoo I" yelled the old woman in the utmost fright. "Don't you kuow bcttur'u to come near me when 1 've got those cartridges in mc!'" vester made hw record in tho third hent of u race and came home ahuoluteiy alone. Tho Harvester hns certainly won and uwus more championships than any other trotting stallion. With the Horses gjgjgmgg T rpoohti, Hn The one remedy that positively cures VARICOSE VEINS and olher diseases affecting the veins. Tower, wliere the ,■ es among a party English comedian, with ids one day went to the found them* eager sight- , 11 liiimlii't whore thu crown lun.Tiiiinn K. Uftluw. ot ta l'carl St., Springfield] jewels an- uii view, ll wai, a vvniiinn Mivw., iau I"' .....si l.L.vi- an operation. Ill, preferred ...l,„ ..., . ,.v,,|ainiliL' In Hu' cutler HirOtlS a*m AilSOllBINB, JR., anil noon _m rum- _" "•' *pu»nmg f- j, yW.-ly .ur..l-l,:w lod no return el the ti'.lible. Uiid. < tin' history nl tlu' articles displayed. auUHiHilir. .'Tl.'ricil iippllci,tli.n: positively h-irmkim. . . ,, , ,- i ., , ,..||..|lt«..,. «ti»> iiiid- KBMOVtm lliillrt', IV.'ii . Tuinoni, Viirlwi<*le, riyilitH-elc, "t t'" ''"I nl a '"I L Ulllliugll, ttisiis. rtftjBiil.li'iit-iiitiiuuiiii-r. lloolHFiu.ill.'Htlimiiilubn.'is "\n.l litis is Ainu' lli.ll'Vlls i-lnvvll. *,M4 ur... 5^..,) ft va. bottlo at draw, ste or de ll?rr«l. „, , *. F. nilNB. P. D. F.,210 Temple 8t,fiiriof.«ld1fc». ' ""' "l'l LVniKR, Ltd.. Koaln-nl, l*nn,l«. Alt.,.. Ah. lumkh^l h, II.1UTIK BULK A HTHRE ,U, nto.lt** . TUF A4TI0KAI, IIHIII * I'llBttll'.IL V0-. Wlnlp,. t tal- .—j: Md IIIIRUMLSOR HIIUS. IV.. Ud.. I——.W. ,'lillv ll I llguiimt llm wall i India I.lu jztii'l'. "ll poor vviiinaii. in .ii? matter?" "Nnl lii pilot! 'I ""li'. in bruki lilill'lllV UVITI'IIUIU, li'urs, nnd luiined seeniillKl? iiiii'iin- air,'' iaqniii'd tlu' ,-s.. "vvliat is llm • Nothiiiifl" re i ,'l.ls. "llnn'l i-i lint Hit' fnt't i~. I lu nmilv m. lonn." ki f ADV i 'i if H Li reporter Kills Bone Spavin Rich VtJlty, AIU. Ml, '201b. 180t "I b«Tc utd your Spi.lu Curator . twig lime aid would sot be without It Rove killed . Bone Spavin by Itt um." OI.K CAR WON. Thai tell, the wbole .tory. Aad boadred. of tboudaml. hire bad the Mme experience Id tbe past 10 yeara. For Spavin, Riagbone, Curb, Splint, Swellings and all lameness, Keadall', Spavin Oute cure, tbe tronble—m.kr, tbe horse aotiud end WfU—aad *avr. moary for tlte owner becanae It remote, the cauao ot ibe trouble. Keep a bottle alwaef at lund florS for fi, Oood for man and beait. Aak your dealer lor free ropy of our pnok "A Treaiiie On The H,or.e" or wrlw u^ 11 >. J. KniDUI. C*. Eneiktirf Hill, VI. IK in.'iiHv ilirlnnal tu a Mini '' Aini'i i.-aii .'iiint'ii. iiiuli'i Hii' uuw reigll, will lm luss pruniincnt iu Lumlun sui-iutv." hut ndd- Al'li't all. |.,'ilia|i.s.' llii'V ui.l.'l euro llllleh. 'I'lllire lias alvvaya lit.mi a iut nl' (rive and tnke in theli* HOeinl nil vi'iiiur.'s. Iliil Amertciui w u ii.tv,- I spirit, nml it thev hnve tnkon a (rond dual il.i'.v linvc (jivon bai'li still more. | An Engljshwoninn enlletl uu an Ainori- i fan I'nuiiifss iu Uelgrnvln. '' III, I '■ thuii(,'hl vun were nu: Hint'« why 1 enlletl,' I tic Rngllsliwomnn suid iu her | sweet, I'li-ar insolent, Knulisli voice i' Woll, uu vi.n know, I Ihouglll I wna • uut. Hm.' ilu- Aiiicrifnn roplled, ' Mv I stupid man musl luivu taken ■ nu fur THK emnivnl at llrinomoutli wns n huge sueeoss, Hussiu was une ul' ilu- subscribing visitors, uud on- .juvt'tl himself Immensely, eveu nlthougli niiiu.v nf the fair revt'li'is ivore innsKs I ..I funtustie ami [leeulint dusiiitis, One i lii.lv iu piirticnlur nttructntl Ousslo'a ul I tentlon. Sh,. wure a md Wellington i nose nntl cheeks of Ulnrltsou mitinil'iir i tui''. hul these iluulii.nl attractions wire compeii8iilcil for l.v hot Hylpli-llko form "——— ' laud f'nirv like ninvciiii'iits, (Iti-sii- made THE PEEFECT CLOCK the running nsttldiiously, I, soiling a THK mosl at'curntc timekeeper in the luvnrulilr ehnnee, piloted Hie Imlv tu ll world is snid to he the electric secluded corner. "Hn i kiss. Iio clock in il.,. Ims. i ui ii„. lier btentlicd in liei enn "« '"I ' lie Observntory. II is onclosod in „,, your ninsk nnd glvo me n kiss. "Sir! itir-tighl ulas.' cylinder, and litis fro I l'ri'"1 ''"' lll,l-v' imliitmniilv. "I am mil i|iit'iitly nm for periods .if Iwn ur llir,'.'| li,,iiri"S ■! mask!" months with uu nveruge dnilv deviation , . . H" " ' " -"■" K -n , hunting t-xpeiUtinn for several dayw in the buck woods, roughing ii roi hor sovero I iv. and en lakin^ u ^'iii in a raiUvny -nrriage rolunitng homo words If lookod i begrlineil and wotitlier healen a trap ml. V"! ustronol iits a re mil satis ei '11 i' Hi this ami I'lTmi- ai. iau lll!' 1. dug nm 1.. I,, secure idea lllu IIS ll r a .'In K In keeping il imt unjy iii aii uir tijilil cam;, an underground va.ili win-re '-iianne-- neilhcr nf temper/nun. nor nf Imi rn niftrif in—mv shull over nlTevi it. '.'^'AniTCS^.P t I per nn ovor brought lii- >lmm int ■ -.■•(tlenient. He ltii|i|ienod tn lind a Meat j i next to a young lailv ovidootlv belong ii:,| luking Hlock 'ni' lilm for a few tiiiuiitoit. romurhed: i "Don'l yoil lind an ntlevly pflBBlonf til j i -viiiputliy witli nature's must Incnrnotel ii'spiriiUnnH itinong lhe *ky topping, inoiiiitnlns and the dim bih.W of thej horizon toueh'mg I'orcfts, mv good i nan,'" "'Hi. yes" replied lhe oppftr enl hnckwondmiitin; "nnd I am also frr ; qunntly drawn mt" tin exaltation or I rnpi souli'itlneso I bontlfie Ineandea ■ conl infinily of nh«trncl GO'ntliignity ■ »|i*]i my horse stiimbleH. "Inderd'"j '-iii.l tin- young Ittdv, muoh Burprlued, '■I liad "" ideu lhe lower eliiHS.-s frll I 1 like that." loir DraKKUt Will Tell Ton Murine Eye Iteuieiy Relieves Sort Eyw<, | I StrenstheiiR TlVeuk Kyes. Doesn't Bmurt, . Sootlkffl Eyo Pain, and Sells (or Wtt Try : Murine io Your lOyes and In Itaby'n I Ky**jj for Seoly Kyltds and Grunulutnoi. I IN tho majority of instances, whei a new trotting (-lall'io. has appeared it. has been t.'io iiiiexjoeKM whieh happened. That wae not 'In- caso with 'I'he Harvester when he trotted liis famous third heat at. Port Erie i'i ^.0U. The trotting world (Irmly believed that when Trainer (leers got ready he would send his matchless five-year-old for the record and get it. if there was anything unexpected it. was. that, few expected onld do it in the third heat, of a That clever horseman uo doubt looked upon the first uud second miles an good sharp wink outs and considered that his horse had got just the right preparation for a champion eitort. There is a general conviction that The Har ter has nol reached his speed limit and that in tlu- near future he will strike the two minute mark. As the free for all failed to till at Boston, no itring to meet the stnllion chain- it it- probable that he will mnke his big enort there agaiust the watch, md with a good day and track and a runner to pace him he should get there in two minutes. It is pieman t(i note that The liar vester pedigree is ideal for a correct Hotting standpoint, and that it oni braces a good combination of tho lead ing trotting lines, lle is by Walnut Uall, 2.0SV|. He presents a splendid study.ia pedigrees, fur he was by Con duct'or and he by l-.leetioiieer, who war bv Hamti.ctonian, duui droen Mountain Maid hv Harry Clay. The dam of Wai nut Hull was' Maggie Yeager by lied Wilkes, dam Dacia Payne, by Almont, seeond dam. Maggie'(luines. by Mood's illack Hawk. Ited Wilkes was by (too, Wilkes, dam Queen Dodo, by Mnmbring Chief. Here we have a splendid blond of the hlood of Electioneer, Oeorge Wilkes and Almont. The pedigree of Notelet, the dam of The Harvester, is equally rich in high- class blood Hue*. Bhe is by that wonderful colt producer, Moko, be hv Harou Wilkes dam Hello Patchen, by Mnui- lirino I'atchen. Molt o's dam was (..iiu-en Kihel, by Strathmore, tnat sterling son ol' Hainbletoniuu, while her dam wns I'riucesH Ethel, by Volunteer, by Ham- liletonian. Here is the strongest possible concentration of Hnmbletoninn blood. The dam of Notelet. was Tablet, by Cuyler, he by Unuibletonlan, and out of Orey Hone, by llambh'totiian Second, while her dam was Prefix, by Puncoast, .lam G11I a tea, hy Messenger Duroe. by llainbletoniaii. Hyacinth, by Volunteer, was the fifth dam and lhe sixth was the famous Clara, dam of Dexter, -A'1/*, hy American Star. Champion stallions are rare and there have only been seventeen in fifty two years. l'n ISR8 Ethan Allan put the mark at 2,28, hi all human.probability before this season closes The Harvester will have placed it at two minutes or half a second a year on the avemge. Hut records do not drop mathematically. From lNf'K lo 1884 there were only nine champion stallions. Ethan Allan', 2,28; (leorge Al. I'atchen, 2.24j I'earnaught, •.:SMt: Ceorge Wilkes. ^22; Joy Honld, 2.21 Vi; Mainbrino (lift, 2.20; Smuggler, •J.lfr'/t; I'hallas, tUflftj ami MaxieCobb, 2.18Vi, From 188H to 1903 the record lilt lhe uiij-htv Creseens in 1900 cut it L'.l.'l'/t iu IBSA and it stood there till 1889, when the marvelous three year old colt Axtell cut it to 2.12 and became at once Ihe all aged, as well as the three- year old, trotting champion. His reign onlv lasted till INftO, when it was captured by Nelson in 2.10%. In 1891 thore were three champions. AUertoa trotted in 2,10, Nelson tied the mark. Allerton then trotted in B.09!4. and late in the season 1'alo Alto cut the record to 2,08%, getting within hall" a second of the world'" champion record of 8.08%, held by Hanoi. The following yi ar that game race horse. Kremlin, put it down tu E.UT'Mi and a year later, ia 1893, that young black cyclone, Directum, cot it down to '-'.or.'/i. lu four years lln- record had dropped from 2,12 to 2,0fi'/t. There the record stood a bright and Hhlnlna mark for seven years till the might) Cresctus in 1900 cut it lo 'J.04. In 1901 ho reduced it to 'J.02Vi, wliere it has stood for nine years. Ilul Ihe iecoi.1 of The Harvester is far greater than the mere reduction of a ipuirter ot ;, second, for lhe record of Creseens was made ngainst time, with a pacemaker at the side, while Tlm Har- Thc Beauty of a Clear Skin—The condition of the liver regulates tin- con dition of the blood. A disordered liver causes Impurities in ilu- blood and these -how themselves in blemishes ou the nkln. Purmelee'a Vegetable Pills in H'tiug upon lhe liver act upon the blood ami a clear, healthy "kin wil! follow intelligent use of this standard medicine. Ladies, who wilt fully appreciate this prime quality <.f these pills, can use them with the certainly that tbe effect will l»e most gratifying, THE CAUSE OF BALDNESS THK microbe of baldness fans bien discovered; bot the microbe is sot the cause of baldness. Tiio microbe is found va bald heads, because it lives where hair cannot live; but it is no more to be blamed for buhlaess than the weed growing rank on worn- out, abandoned laud is to be blamed ior the touditiou of the laud. Baldness aud hardening of the arteries (arterio sclerosis) arise from the same cause. The scalp is irrigated and nourished by different groups of arteries. These carry nourishment to the hair. If the head-covering compresses ihe arteries, as it does occasionally, the blood cannot circulate witb force enough to roach the hair's roots. As a result the hair dies ami the heud becomes bald, lirst in spots, then all over, whei ever the roots of the hnlr do not receive nourishment, just is grass .lies ou tbe prairie whose irrigating canalfl run dry. Tbt! hair disappears first from the terminal points uf the arterial systems, because, as those regions aro lhe lust to bo reached hy the irrigating fluids, they aro the first to suffer when the streams diminish. The sculp is one uf the advance-guards of tho system; one of the first to signel the proximity of the enemy. Since a covering of hair was placed upon tho scalp to protect the scalp, it. is foolish to shave Ihe head or to strip the hair of its oily cover hy using alkaline washes, alcohol or soap shampoos. Cold water is unnatural, aad has a tendency to do seri ous harm not only to tho hair and the head, but to the whole system. Tbo head should uot be shaved after sickness, because the convalescent needs the protect ion given to the scalp by the hair. The chief care in case of falling hair should lie tin- maintenance of tho blood- supply. The blood should be enriched, purified, and made to circulate, if the comb aud the brush bring out hair it is because the hair is dead and ready to fall. Strong hair takes the place of hair that falls out; weak hair, hair lhat will die, is liable to take tlte place of the hair that is left to fall out naturally. I laid n ess and grey hair are very different matters. The normal color of the 11 ll it" depends upon the depnj.it of pigment in the fluids running through the nutrition channels. Man's hair is like the pelt of the animal; it whitens where the skin is irritated, subjected to pressure, or kept wet. Alkaline and alcoholic washes, or sua[i and water, hnslon the discoloration of the hair. Habitual frictions of tbe scalp with beef marrow or oils gives the hair nourishment. That oily tin tils are the natural capillary nourish' ment is shown by the microscope. Bo- Pore the hair springs from the follicle it bathes in the fluid held iu the ter miaul cup of ilu- sebaceous glands.' which tones the color, strengthens the pigmentary deposit, and renders the hair more or less impermeable to thc destructive action of atmospheric, heat und cold. To sum up, the head should be protected by its hair, the scalp should be massaged with oils, ami the general system should be so cared for thut there will be no diminution of the blood-supply of the scalp. DOMESTIC TIT-BITS Drown bread, oatmeal baked in the form of oat ctiKC or biscuits, not too much liquid at meals, ami constant 3BBBB cleanliness are fhe best aids in preserving the toetb. A very good substitBt* for glue can be made by rubbing a piece of cold boiled potato on paper until it is of the right consistency, wheu it will be found to be equal to stroug glue or cement, For cleaning boots a strip of carpet glued to a piece of wood will remove mud from boots very quickly ami without the slightest injury lo the leather, and is much better than the usual brush. Here is a test for watered milk which is simplicity iiself. A welt polished knitting needle is dipped into u deep vessel of roll!, and immediately withdrawn in an upright position. If the sample is pint-, some of the fluid will hang to the noodle; bnt if water has been added lo tho milk, even iu small proportions, (he fluid will lift adhere to the needle. To loosou a glass stopper which has become fixed, a good plan is thit of dipping a feather iu salad eil and letting u drop or two fall all round the opening. The decanter or bottle should theu be placed at a short distance from tho tire. It will probably bo necossarv to give the neck a gentle hit on one side and then on the olher before the stopper will give way. A little more oil. warmth, and another gentle knock may. perhaps, be requited if the bottle has not been in use for some time, aud lui" contained wine or syrup. AWKU.KNOWN public man tells that he was lishiug mice in Lake Killaruey. 'lhe only evidence he found of the tinny tribe ever having in habited that body of water was a rumor circulating aliout lhat Brian McCarty, or a man of some such name, had captured a saimini there along about 150 B.C. FALL SkinSores When troubled witb faU rashes,eczema,or any skin disease apply Zara-Bukt Sttrpriilnf hov quickly tt •*••• tha imuttaf tnd (tlaflaft Alio cures call, burnt, gorei and plUi. Zaa-Buk ii madafrom pvnhar- baleucncei. No animal ials—ae mineral poiioni. Flaelt healer I Dragjiiti an* sum Itm *mmw*. am-Buk Hut Smith determined to (ish anyway. aud lured a guide lo show him tho fci>ot} places. 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The lin*t bands H8«ady Murray," she suid, io a subdued tune, "is it true that Mr. Wern- it'im is a politician—not a press agent, ai he calls himself?" "1 have heard rumors," Lady Murray acknowledged. "In any case he is u personage, and oue meets him everywhere. '' "I hope he won't try to mix Violet up in any Anglo Prussian movement," Mrs. Hurst remarked. Meanwhile Violet herself, serenely | uuconscious of tlio talk about her, felt J like Cinderella ut the moment when thn Prinfle arrived upon tho scene, Por she had just finished her third •lance with Count Branch an Knglish Tinn by birth, au Austrian nobleman by rignt of descent ou his mother's side, and ll diplomat by profession; moroovcr, one of the most popular men in the capital of the world—London. How great a flattery his preference for har was she did not know; she was icarccly aware of the fact that many ayes followed them while they waltzed together, and many envious lips wins pered questions and comments. AH sho knew was that the world, ittill and grey iu ..or home-life, hud suddenly •hanged into a sphere so bright and wonderful that it dazzled her. "I have beeu," Paul Brand was say !ng to hor, "in all tha gardens of the world—EaSt aud West—and seen beau tiful flowers everywhere, but never be r'oro to-night have I wanted to gather any one of tliem and make it my own." Her face was turned awav from him rod-brown hair shadow- ves thai were east down s. But he could see the ng ami contour of her thought, as lie studied is a perfect blossom for if lie could reach il. igllflh llowers best," she ily—"roses and lilies?" lilies," he repeated, Which is your favor »woot nnmo-itowerf " you some tomorrow," s you will let me bring ,li swept over her face, dewy, diffident eyes to Hie aureole of ing dark blue . in sweet, sliym- exquisltU color profile, and he it, that here w i man to pluclj "You like 13 islced tromulou "Hoses uui ■ and—violets, tto—your own She assented. "I will Bond he said, " iinloi them.'' A sudden ilu and she raised hit. _**____*___________. "Count," she said, "1 am not quite like tbo other girls here to-night. You don't understand. They aro all In your own set—they belong to this world always—but i am only a little stranger here. X go back to-night to my usual lifo in a vory poor home, that is not— n«t suitable for you to come to." "Violate grow best and sweetest in the shade," ho answered, "I singled you out as different in oue way from m the othor girls here. I am not with- nit understanding aiul discrimination, yon see. I shall be proud and honored if you will let me come to your little heme." But she still demurred, until at Inst, teeing that hov earnestness matched his ewn, he took her hand in his, "It is you who do uot understand," he said. "I. am pleading with you for something more than the privilege of paying a visit -something that I dure *ot ask you yet. I have only five days left in Loudon, then i return to Vienna. I'leaBo let me come; and believe that tbe humblest of rooms, with you in it, would seem a shrine to me." It wat; at this moment that a suave (■•ice close to them suid: "I am the boarer of u mesngo to Hist Violet Guest. May I delivor it?" And the Prussian, serene and courteous, bowed both to Violet and Count Brand, who rose, polite but formal. "I trout 1 do not Interrupt," said Wernheim. "Your dnnco is past or to •met" "It is ovor," answered Violot. am not engaged for this one. Wlmt is the message, please?" There was a pause, the Prussian expressing by hia silence that he was waiting for the Count to depart. Count Brand held out his arm. "May i take you back to Mrs. Hurst?" he asked. "Perhaps this gentleman's message can be delayed for a moment." "Pardon me"—Wernheim nlso offered his arm—"my message is urgent. Allow mo to give it while conducting you to Mrs. Hurst.' Violet looked appealingly at the Mount; tho situation was perplexing. Ho decided it for her by bowing and withdrawing, saying as he did to: "I hope you will spare me another 4mm later." As they went towards the ballroom Wornbciin lod her across the couserva tory to a corner where a secluded seat was almost hidden by palms. "My message is from my Government, ho said, as ho took his place by her side; "and 1 count on the honor and discretion thnt I havo alwoys found in English ladies. Mny I consider the matter will bo treated by yon us con fidential?" "I do not understand you, sir," sho answered. "I think you must be mistaking me for someone else." "Not at all. I should have approached you more gradually and diplomatically if there had beon moro time. As it is, the favor I ask of you is too urgent to admit of a moment's delay." "The favor?" she stammered. "You havo made the acquaintance tonight of a diplomatist," ho went oa, "who is greatly attracted by you; yet I do uol. think ho is a marrying man. He hns the reputation of being an impressionable nnd irresistible lover. Your influence would, I am sum, be sufficient, during tho first stage of hia admiration, to gain from him one little piece of Information that I want," She would have spoken in protest, but he made an imperative gesture of silonce. "T havo just learnt your history. You have a mother who is ill and iu poverty. With monoy yon could restore her to health. I would place in a bank, to your account, the sum of five hundred pounds if, within five days, you toll me the name of the Franco-Russian secret agent employed by Count Brand at Belgrade, tn diplomacy it iB sometimes host to be quite open. Therefore, I will tell you frankly that we have ascertained, by our Emperor's recent lii tlo yachting expedition, that France is not ready to fight; nud the one thing we wish fo know at this moment is whether Kngland is going to form a sccrot alliance with France and Russia j against Germany or has come to any understanding with either of these Powers on that subject, You soc, therefore, that yen will merely be aiding a political cause, aud doing no harm whatever, either personal or collective, by finding out this name for me." "But it is impossible," she exclaimed. '' 1 have no influence with the Count, and, if I had, I could not use it against him. Besides, ho would not confide a secret of this sort to me." The woman who parleys, yields. This was the Prussian's experience. "Tell the Count," he resumed Imp-jr turbnbly, "that I approached yon on lhis mat'ii. and that you refuse! me with scorn. Then suggest that he should show his trust in you, iu return for this confidence of yours, by telling you tin; name. Telephone it to me, to doublet) one 0 Gerard, within live days, and one thousand pounds shall be in Iho St. James's Street branch of Lloyd's Bank within two hours afterwards. 1 will not ask you to do any thing more- for me. T will never reveal whnl yea have dono, and you can show your people the Icttci* in which I he manager will tell you thai an unknown donor has placed this sum lo your credit. If you wish to tunny the Count, and he asks yon—which is extremely doubtful'—yotl can do so with a clear conscience, for you will have done him 'njury. He is about to mako She raised her eyes tu his at laat, and said simply: "Yes!" Be lifted her hands to his lips. "My flower!" he murmured. "I shall go to my work with a light heart uew, looking forward to our future meetings. 1 would not leave you but that -urgent aflairs of State demand it. My mission is a private one. See, I will prove my lovo to you by placing my secret in' your hands. To-morrow I have mi important mooting, at Vienna, with our secret service agent, and together wo shall pull a lever that will move Kurope in the future." He took out a pocket-book, and drew from thc inner caso a letter which he gavo to her. '' Now you have my honor, as well as my love, to guard and cherish. This contains the details of my plan, and the name of my agent. I will return tonight, for a few moments, to say a final good-bye, Till then, au revoir!" And he left her, with tho onvolope in her hand—unsealed. At six o'clock that evening he re- tarried. The servant was out, and Violet admitted him to the flat herself and lod the way to the little sitting-room. She was rery pale, and there was a shimmer of tears in her eyes, while her lips wore tremulous. "Count," sho said, "here is your letter. T want you to tako it back, for, indeed, we had better aot meet again. My mother is going into a Home tomorrow, and I have taken work in ordor to be able to give her some of what sho needs. Your sphere and mine lie far apart. So thank you for all your kind ness to me, but—I ask you to go.'' . He took the letter, with a dawning smile. "You arc a daughter of Kve," ho said; "yot you have been able to resist opening this letter and learning the secret that it guards. Have you, thon, no curiosity—no interest in me and my work ?'' "How do you know that I have not opened it?" she askod in return. "I feel practically certain," he answered, "but I will make sure—in your presence." He opened the envelope; inside was another, sealed, and attached by ita seal underneath to the othor oue. "You could not have withdrawn tho envelope without breaking the seal," he said, "as 1 am doing now. Besides, I can sec at a glance that the envelope has uot been tampered with. My secret wns written iu a cypher so difficult that it would have takon too long to find out—its use would have been past. I tell you this because you must not think that 1 would risk the Interests of my work too lightly.", wo never had any friends, nor ever will have. The sacrod prizing which parents put on such advising and instruction renders the same precious as a memory beyond anytuing they over did for us. Man lives far within and out of sight. None ever sees hiin .xcept himself. He is often driven within and shuts all the doors. Ho is in trouble and knows how powerless he really is, how small and weak he is, sitting there all alone face to face with himself. The best of his friends could not cuter aud put un arm round him. Even if he left tho door opeu friends could not enter, they can only talk to him. But tho holp inuet come in there where the man is sitting alone with himself if there is to bo any holp, Think it over. How can holp be got into your iu- most self? You kuow tho answer, becauso you aro u human soul. There is a manly and patriotic interest which all right-minded citizens should take in instruction of Faith. The reward is not the mean calculation of what society or what credit can be got from it among men. But such advantages aro bound to follow. Never wa"s an ago when they were greater. Not sordid and hypocritical, but us honorable as the consequences of any favorable association. Tho loss of such fraternal acquaintanceship is simply in calculable. Nothing cnn substitute it. Stand with the mon of some faith, bear your part of the burden of their cause, seeking not your own but their good. It will invest you with the esteem of your community, nnd the love of esteem is u splendid motive for straight work in life. It will throw nround your family a thousand safeguards and'blessings. The idea is not wealtn, certainly all creeds profess that it is not. But worth is thc tost, and a faith that makes a man of reai worth gives him the entry everywhere. That is success. CAPTAIN KIDD IN CANADA ACCORDING to Arthur Hawkes, there is a pot of gold hidden in Nova Scotia—and it isn 't at the end of thc rainbow, either. In Canada Monthly (formerly Canada- West) for August he tells of u ramble "With Captain Kidd in A ready," aud of the treasure the old buccaneer hid in the Oak Island Monoy Pit. "The whole Atlantic Coast," says Mr. Hawkes, "from Massachusetts north to Nova Scotia, is houoycombod with legends of treasure buried by pirates in the stashing days of the Spanish Main, and Mahona Bay, almost within hailing distance of the Hackmatack Inn at Chester, lias one of the most imposing | Granite Harvester Oil For Reapers, Threshers, Plows, Harrows Insures better work from the new machine and lengthens the life of the old. Wherever bearings are loose or boxes worn it takes up the play and acts like a cushion. Changes of weather do not affect it. 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Sho felt too bewildered to Bay anything, for thla was tin1 strangest thing that had ovor happened to her, and, even on this eventful night, it overwhelmed her. "Farewell!" snid Mr. Wernheim, us thoy reached the drawing-room dom-. "I hope your future will be happy. With money, hnppinoss is generally possible. Make your Imy while the sun shines!" And, with a bow, ho left her. Aa Violet waB driven back that night to Wes!, Kensington two things stood out prominently in her mind—Count Brand's last words: "I sliull bring your violets tomorrow," and the Prussian's persuasive sentence: "One thousand pounds will be placed to your credit," It was the fourth morning aftor Lady Murray's bail, and in the three days that had passed three things hnd hap pened. First, the illness of Violet's mother had reached a grave crisis, and the doetor enid: "If she is to be saved she must be laken nway to a warm climate at onco." Secondly, a letter eanie tn Violet containing only this message: "Gorrard, 0010, £1,000." Thirdly, Ooiint Brand, after calling ouch day with a cargo of violets, had, of his own accord, given to Violet fhe power of gratifying Mr, Wernheim's request. It seemed as if Fate was determined to thrust upon her the necessity, as well as the ability, to yield lo this temptation, '' No woman haH ever nppealed to me iu the way you do," the Count said to her. "You have captured my heart, with all its emotions—love and trust and reverence. I would place my life and my honor in your tittle hands wifli confidence, tf thoro wero any proof 1 could give you of this it should be yours)" Ho paused, and sho remained silent, though through hor brain thore flashed the numbers, 0010, Gorrard. "I havo to go bnck to my work," ho wont on, "and I shnll take with mo a memory and a hope. Will you add to tho Hwootnosa of these by giving me tho asuranee nf your love, bo that when I return it will bo to youf " He had taken both hcr hands, and hold thom in a closo grasp. "Yon lovo me, Violet!" he asked to si stoutly. She hesitated. The Prussian'« words roeurrod to her: "An irresistible lover, but not a marrying man!" How could she hope that such a man as this would transplant her from these shabby, almost sordid, surroundings to th* life at laxury tbat would be for his wife! NA-SR»sPEPSj^rE'TS relieve and cure Indigestion—acidity of the stomach—biliousness—flatulence —dyspepsia. They re-lnforce the stomach by supplying the active principles needed for the digestion of all kinds of food. Try one after each meal. ' 50c. a box. [f your druggist has uot stocked them yet, send us 50c. and we wtll mall you a box. 33 National Drug and Chemical Company ot Canada, Limited, • MoatraaL the novelist ngain to ask. However. Hie tailor chanced to meet a servant on his way out, and of him inquired what M. Balzac meant by "No feet." "Oh,'' responded tho servant, "Moi. sieur Balzac wants liis trousers mad wit'hout any openings at the bottom, _ that he can sit aud write without bav ing to put on slippers." CIVIC ARCH AT RED DEER lie threw the letter down, and, seizing lior hands, drew her close to him. "Why," he domauded pasionatoly— "why did you resist the bribe that the Prussian offered yon. ■ • Vou k now.. '' she questioned in amazement. "Of course," lie answered. " I have crossed swords with Mr. Wernheim before, although lie is nol aware even lhal 1 recognise him. 1 would have staked my life on vour truth, and I dare.l lo put it tn tiie test. Tell meter ! am hunger in f to hear—-why did yon not yield?" '.'Boeauso I love you," she confessed; "and your honor is as dear to mc as my own. Now, please go.'' Bho tried to release herself, but ho caught her triumphantly iu his arms. "1 shall return iu three days," ho said. '' When shall our marriage Violet ?" be, TT i 1 tl THE UPWARD LOOK folly indeed to struggle along j he path with no conscious friendship from on high. Man has a nn-j fine that readies up for help and pro ! loelioii. llo has put up his puny human : lifiiid under every sky wliere hn has lived, and the upward reaching of his hand is as much a part nf him as (he hand itself. Man has never been found without hands, I'he court of justice asks tho man to lift his right hand in reverence to n Higher Power, lteligious freedom al lows every man to name the Great. Power to ploase himself. But the Stat acts reverence of somo form. Success often means a courage that no heart could summon oxeept for its faith. Hardihood in trying days, a light abend, and defense against a sou of troubles aro given to man, according to the testimony of ages of history. Tt is not reasonable to throw away such witness from tho long past. It would bo a sad day for America if a writer for youth were apologotic for advising faith in God. It has boon written into our national songs, Tt has been the surety that we have exacted from our elected rulers when thoy took office. If lias colored all our code of legislation. Tt has inspired nnd sustained our stupendous charities. Our nation has won Its success by a reverent, faith in One who rules in righteousness. Can nn Individual life afford to disregard such proofs of the valuo of certain human beliefs f Considering thc affection of tho giv- ors, it would seem most ill-advised to forsake lightly the instruction in mat- tors of faith that self-sacrificing parents ga»e. It tbey wore not our friends of these legends in the Oak Island Money Pit. Although the staid citizens of Nova Scotia never, in the dark of the moon, trotted around a hole in the ground saying charms and wearing their clothes inside out as the fatnors of j Khode Island and Massachusetts did around the Darby King, joint stock companies have spout about a million dollars in trying to keep the Pit clear enough of water to permit thoin to unload in its depths. But they could neither pump out nor dam the waters of the Atlantic, und there the treasure lies, ds safely guarded as that iu the High Bock at Ijynn, or the cache somewhere along the Long Island coast, for the old Captain is supposed to guard the Oak Island gold o' nights, carrying liis head under his arm for coolness. As far as Nova Scotia knows, Captain Kidd is as rich as he was in the days when his ballad was new: "My uniue was Captain Kidd, As T sailed, as I sailed, My name was Captain Kidd, As I sailed. I had heavy bars of gold And dollars manifold, And riches uncontrolled, As I sailed, "If is a dreadful and fascinating pleasant to go sweetliearting at dusk along the woodland paths, with the possible vision of his grisly spectre behind overy bush." A WEIGHING THE MAYOR MAYOR, particularly au English mayor, is traditionally a man of weight aud substance, bnt. there is only one municipality (hat insists that llis IIimiu, gid. on the public scales and prove it. Of the thousands oi quaint nnd curious customs surviving in "the old country." this is, perhaps, one of the most odd, The mayor of High Wycombe has to be weighed on the Dtll day of November of each year—Inauguration day, and this custom has been observed for about six centuries. The mayor elect walks at the hoad of tho procession consisting of the councillors, the beadle, and the mace bearor. lie is clad ia cocked hat, silk stockings, blue eoat, and knee-breeches. Upon reaching the town hall, the mayor is placed upon the scales by tho head constable, and a record of his avoirdupois is solemnly made in a book kept for this purpose. Home DYEING Is lhe way to Save Mong end Press Well Try Itl Slmpta as Washing DYOLA ONE «""ALLKINDS«oe«| JUST THINK OF IT t Drca Wool. Cotton. Silk oi Mix.'J Good* Perfectly willi the SAMl' Uyv-No chiineu of mlitake* Fait and Hrautifiii Color* litenl», from youi I >r unit Ist or I'\»r yours Mother Graves' Worm Kx- tor initiator hus ranked as the most effective preparation manufactured, and it always maintains its reputation. WILUAM M. CHASE, the artist, was a picturesque figure, dressing in clothes that had a cer- A OREAT MAN'S WORKING TROUSERS IN a village lu the hoart of Touraine thore lives an old man, whose pride it is thnt he onco had the honor of making a pair of trousers for Hulzui The old tailor delights to tell of his meeting with the distinguished Frenchman. When the tailor got to tho chateau whore iJalzne was staying, he found hi in tho garden nt work on a novel. Ho was so busy thnt the tailor waited in silence. Many sheets of paper, covered with fine writing, lay around him. i'te would write a spell, then stare wildly about, and then go at it again as If he know that a world was waiting for hii words. After standing near und watching tho great man n while, the tailor at. last felt thnt he must interrupt Balzac in order to got his measure fnr the trousers. Balzac was extremely good-iiu- hired; smiled ns tho tailor measured him, but spoke but once. "No feet," said ho, as the tailor finished his measurements. Then he turned tn his work, Tbo worthy tailor had no idea at all what thiB meant, but for somo reason he had not courage enough to interrupt SWEEPING THE ELEPHANTS LEANING over the railing in the etc pliant house of one of our zoos the other day, talking with the keeper, wus au individual who was greatly interested In elephants, and for whose benefit the keeper good*naturedly made oue of the large elephants kneel. Then, when he was down, the keeper proceed ed to give the beast a good sweeping with a broo!» This sweeping of the elephant's hack caused the visitor some amusement, for he remarked that he had seeu houses and sidewalks and steamboats swept, but he had never before seen anybody sweep au elephant, Vet sweeping the elephants is in all shows a regular part of the duty of the keeper. If the show gives a street parade, the last thing done before the elepuants come out into public, view is tu sweep thom. Hgtnality, •though thoy conformed or lOss'to the prevailing fashions. io occasion, ('base, ou his way tcppuK into a little wine shop f claret of a special ous.'. The lad who tain more Ou i home audordererWt jng brand sent to liis brought it cam I hour afterward, lllreudy arrived, he, curtly. Tin was vet plenty Moving the lad saiit she was sur house, and name of th boy didn 't, "Then, "you've como to Hi uovor ordered wine! the boy spied Chus* the hall (able. "Say thai hat liv.' horof amused maid triumphantly. belongs. to the front door, when the artist had "Borne wine," said maid, knowing there in the cellar and be luul mndo a mistake, it was not for that lid the boy remember the man who ordered it. The said the servant, wrong place; wo At lhis moment famous hat on he askod, "does " Ves," said tho 'Then," said the boy here's where the wiim No better cigarette the world over than r,» THK ISLANDER, (TMP.Kni.AN'n, B.O. ' ^&**Af^*^*,m* At THE MAGNET CASH STORE -\\\t%. RIFLES, SHOT GUNS, REVOLVERS & AMMUNITION - - - - tTeTbate PHONE 31 Capital $5,000,000 Reserve 15,700,000 THE ROYAL BANK OF eflNADfl Drafts Issued In any currency, payable all over the world SPECIAL ATTENTION paid to SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, and Interest al highest current rates allowed on deposits of $1 and upwards CUMBERLAND, B.C., Branch- - - OPEN DAILY COURTENAY.B.C.SiiMtnimh OPEN TUESDAYS A Fridays UNION WHARF, B.C., Sub Branch-OPEN THURSDAYS H. F. Montgomery, Manager We have recently received a Carload of McLAUGHLIN Carriages and Buggies, and are prepared to quote lowest prices and best terms. give us a call. General Merchants, Courtecay. Sale of Mineral Claims for Unpaid Taxes in the Comox Assessment District I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that, on Monday, the 7tl day of November, A. D., 1010, at the hour often o'clock in tin forenoon, at the Court House, Cumberland, I slmll offer foi sale at public unction the Mineral claims ill the list herinaftei set out, of the persons in the said list hereinafter set out, ol which Crown Giants bave been issued, for the taxes remaining unpaid and delinquent by snid persons, on the 30th duy ol June, 1010, and for costs and expenses, if the total amouul due is not sooner paid. LIST AMOVE MENTIONED. Owner Name of Claim Coulsnn C. Fisher C 11. j Home J II Empress DeBeclt Oeorge Ward... Copper Chiof Cullen Jamea |Coppor King Lot No. Taxes Costs Total 279 Coast Dial. 11 l.ll Ufi 2 00 'lit 'll, I I 1834 O.I. N. W. U II 50 2 00 18.00 1885 O.I. N. W.I). 11 00 2 00,13.50 JOHN BAIRD, Deputy Assessor and Collector Dated at Cumberland, B. 0., 3rd October, 1010, Visiting carda at the Isitmder oi: Hoe. Cartwright is aati tied with amall proline Mid quick returns. D. Cray, the new iwuipger of N■• . «r- rivtd fr. m Vancouver thia weuk. Job work V You can get what you want when you want it at Thk Islander, Puoue 35. Do your own shopping. Sue McKin- uell for Choice Fruits, G ufeotlonerj ni d Ice Cream. j25 Miss *.Vnlt of Toronto huu Ik.hii added to the pennnneiit stall'of the hospital here, whioh now numbers four nurses P«y ynur road tax huc] register foi the c 'iniiiu municipal election. It is no use saying, '1 have no vote." ltftjisi- r tow, with the City Cleik, or see E. W. Bi kli, Secretary of thu Citizen's 'League. The Hoyul Bank of Canada have decided to open then-branch at Courtenay on Friday as well as Tuesday's nf eacli week "Standing Room Only'' was the sign displayed at both performances at the City J lull on Monday night when Mies Orton the talented 'Frisco singer was the drawing card, and she certainly made pood with lier Cumberland audience. L1QVOR LICENSE ACT. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVES that >»n the 2i)th day of November next ap pl.cati n vill bu made to the Superiu undent, of Provinciul Police for the renewal of a license fur the sale of liquor by wholesale in and upon the premises known as Pilsener Brewing Co., Ltd., d'uated at Cumberland, li. C, upon thc lauds described as Sub. Lot I, of Lot 24 Nelsnn District. Dated this 29th day of October 1910. Pilsener Brewing Co., Lid. Per \V. P. Ramsay, applicant. S. (i. HANSONS 4CM pulltla, hdtched K)09 frum Jan. I tu May 31. laid 37580 ._.r whichKOld,at wholesale price.. nel « . . $1019, IS <2©st ol teed Ior bame period 211,0 . FSosV. ftver.iq,' profit per bird for 131 dav. • 19. CI EGQS I'dK lUTCilltli, Por 15. Per luo ll,,.-.,I i ..oil Sl.'.llil A.'dl ■ il.Otl 1S.IKI ,lUy .... Lot) ,_,,a .Jiie .... 2.00 lu.itu .ILLCREST POULTRY FARM DUNCAN, lie. J4 E. 0. EMDE I Dealer in Bicycles and Gas Engine Supplies English nntl American Wltcel* from $40 up, aim {Secondhand Wheal* Tiie btar n MB Third St. & Penrith Avenue MAXWELL k HORNAL Proprietors All kinds of hauling done First-class Figs for Hire Mvery and tpnm wnvk proraptl' attended to For Sale—One good farm horse. Entire J H Milligan Sandwick, B. C. For Sale—Buggy and harness both in good condition. Price $75 Apply 10 Whelan Comox DRIVING OUTFIT FOS SALE Ilorae 8 yrs, kind, good driver, not afraid of autos. Harness and tubhrr irud bu^y almost nenr. Apply to, O. K. McNaughton DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. NOTICE is hereby nivpn that the part- fisbip ti'm McLeod & Bailey was dis- olved Spp'.2ind 11*10 by mutual consent i d the biia'iieBK will in future be car .■oil lii by Mr..! N McLeod. All account d dt bta '-i/aiiiht and due the said Hm re payable respectively, by and to, rtr. J. N McLeod (Signal) .1. N VoLtOI) B. W. Baiuv 1 ClonD GENERAL BLACKSMITH Horseshoeing it Specialty Tliinl Ave, Cumbei'lttnd EXAMINATION FOU INSPECTOR OF STEAM HOILEK AND MACHINERY. If X IMINATIONS I r the position of . tnspeotnr ■ f Stoain Boilers and Ma- ohinety, under the '-St. am Boilers Ili* jieotion Act. ID01," will be held at the Crlianient Building,, Viotaria onmmeti* iog N"veiiit„T 7th, 1010 Application oul instructinti forma can be had on application to the undersigned, to whom 'he former limit be return.tl correctly tilled in, nol later than October 24th. ■ 1)10. Salary i. Kill tin por iii nih, increasing at the rate of ., on per month each year to a maximum of (MHO 00. JOHN PE0K, Chiof Inspector of Machinery, Now Westminster, 11. C iMed Sept., !lrd, 1910. Local Agent for The London & Lancashire Fire Insurance Co. Get rates before insuring elsewhere Office: Cumberland A FINE LINE OF NEW MA TEM A LS JUST RE- : : : CEIYED : : : P. DUNNE Up-to-date Merchant Tailor DUNSMUIR AVENUE J4 CUMBHRLANI) Coi.I.KCTIoN ANI> Cti.M MISSION AOBNOV. Hoots tlllll llelits Collected, Brokerage, Real Estate nml Auctioneers, Thom iioti Building, Duusuiuir Avenue. C'unil" rliiiiil. Phone 17. JohuTliom son, Manager. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY B C SERVICE SUMMER SCHEDULE S S. CITY OF NANAIMO I.t-nvc Victorin On.in. Tiliwluy Anive Nmmlliw il l> m Tiwmlay Leavo Nanaimo MO p.in. Tiwuiliijr s Ariivi- Ulllun Hoy 1" UO |i,.n Tllwdiiy l,.nvi; Union liny hr.iii, wuilnesiluy Arilv*< NattultHu2 \* in, Wuilnemliiy Artlvu Vancuuver o.:Kiinn. Wt.(lneadny lAUlVo Viiliriiin.Taiilll. II mrw In >' Aiiivc Niiiiaitiii) ii in p.m. Thumlay [..'iin- Niinitiino ) |i.in. Tlmrmlay Arrlvo Union Hay IM |i.m. Tlmnfiln) FriviHiiMii poi. Humlay For rait'H ninl Infuimallon rulatlvo to thtor- niitdluU tinliiU nr ciill. n|t|)ly tu C. B. FOSTUH, W. McGIRR. A. O. P. A., A«oiit. VfincQuvvp, B.C. Nuniiiiiio, B.C. Autos for Hire and Motor Launches on the Lake Tit'uiM roMdi iib!e< Vh- nu ti8 DBN* ON & ANDERSON W. M. Beadnell, Comox, B. C, Ar>jmiA*^*r*A*i_*.*\ Agent for E & N. Lands Comox District. Dont .Marryt™ &£:.! lo, Iiii mire toonler your weddlnu invi- ■Htoiin nt Tiie Isi.amif.ii tillioo. Samples ,i tins ' Ilio" _TS___ YOUR NAME IS — GOOD" Anything in the Jewellery Line Sold oa a Small Monthly Payment rYATClXES STODDART THE J-S^W-EXjILER Next door to Poysl Bank, o posite Po*t Office T I K Little cubes of metal Little tubes of ink ; Brains, and the printing presses Make the millions think There is no better way of making the people of this district think of you than through an advertisement in Tha Islander »MacgMaaaa We sell Safety Razors The STAR i « The GILLETTE | nud ) The MAGNA Also BOKKR'S KINO CUTTER Shaving Soapp, Bmslies nnd Knzor Strops, Shnving Creams and Powde-F, PerftimeH and Toilet Artielea Combs and Brushes a Genuine Quality Call and inspect same at The Drug Store A. H. PEfteEY tie m nun hotel JAMES WALTERS, PROPRIETOR THE POOREST OF WINES, LIQUOR & BEER ALSO THE BEST OF CIGARS. DUNSMUIR AVENUE : : : CUMBERLAND, B. C.