Devoted to the interests of Mt. Pleasartt and South Vancouver. BiSTAM.ISHED APRIL 8tII, 1899. WHOLE. NO. 438. Mt. Pleasant, Vancouver, B. 0., Saturday, Sept. 7. 1H07. (Ninth Year.) Vol. 9, No. 22 ^ • __83a&J»-Q_8_I»l_!SiSSS«:*iHR 41^2a-J&'SW&tS?^CSS3^l YOUR TEETH EXTRACTED? **r^'-_***.*«2-****_^^ AINLESS, and by the most Skillful Operators known to the profession, Olr Specialists are all <.,;,. di/ates, LisScensed iiv the B 0 A It D OF E X A M I N E R S EOR BRITISH OOL IJilBiA. We give you a Written Protective Guarantee for 10 year.-: with nil Dental Work. NEW YORK DENTISTS 147 HaStlilOS Bt. Telephone 1586. Offlce Hours: 8a. hi., to 9 p.m.; Sundays 9 a.m., to 2 p.m. tt mm- tata s«tBP®mm***f3**mGaagmtp*mji^ a**a*Ba\Wm __-. Ht-9-__--_____B | JW^II^H-IIBaMp_____-_--_--g 1 Ladies! SATURDAY at o o'clock is onr Great Genuine Sale of Fine Royal Dresden, f Limoges & Austrian. China Seizo this opportunity to secure Wonderful Values iu China. Local Items. Changos for adwi'tisements should be in before Thursday uoou to insure their publication. Alevnndiu'IIive No 7, Ladies of tin Maccabees will meet on Tuesday evening next. Miss Minnie Verge of T.cuth nvonue, is visiting lier sister Mrs. J. D. Ferguson at Britannia Beach. Court Vancouver, Independent Order of Foresters, will meet on Monday evening in Oddfellows' Hull, Mr. J. E. Hawkshaw, Manager of the Northern Bank, Mt. Pleasaut, leaves uext week for «, three weeks holiday. Mr. Hawkshaw will visit Montreal, Toronto aud other Eastern points. Messrs. Hanbury and Evans, of tiie firm of Hanbury & Evans, returned on Friday last from a business trip to Montreal and otlier eastern cities. No more Toothache after using Thompson's Toot-ache Drops, Price 16o. M. A. \V. Co.'s Posloflice Drng Store. HENRY BIRHS & if SONS Ltd. 'T..WI.I.' ' ; .'. DlA_V_< SD [EIK-HANTS. Cornor I tastings and Gram Lie Sts, G IO. E. TROREY, Hannglng Director. ____-3£ffjra-SRtt'- vT-V Ttk*am**Wt\*7 For looal uews subscribe for THE ADVOCATE only ..-i for IJ months. **-**"' fyr%ifctfatm**m*J!* We have tlie finest assortment in the city AT Popular Prices- Buy your Shaving Requisites here. M. A. W. Co. fit. Ple_t._aiit Branch. 'Phone 7Q0. Free Delivery. H jijj We make a Specialty of Physi- j cians Prescriptions. rrm]rv*fMiMtwil'im\iY't '\fiTl*J*W*i\*M*1**MM ^mrnigam rep Use eUFSItfOiS OS' J. P- NBGNTtSCSMf: & 00*» we beg to announce to tbe Publio thn: we fire iu n position of buying direct, therefore tumbling us fo furnish Gootls.of fho Bes t Quality at tho Lowest Market Value. We solicit a coutittuanco of your patronage and will endenvor to uphold the reputation i-lready gained by .T. P. Nightiujatsleifc Co . I'm Qmilifvuf (louls i-nd r'nir Trailing. YOUR VALUED ORDERS will receive our Personal Attention, therefore insuring a correct aud prompt delivery. Furthermore we «ish to call yonr attention to our Specials for Saturday, Genuine ibssys Our Special Orange-tip Blend, Ooylon Tea, usual BUo today !J5c Crown Fruit Jars, quarts, today BOo doz Life Buoy Salmon (new pack) \£-% flat, (I for 25c. I & E Oo., Vanilla and Lemon Extraot, 8-oz. size, IOo bottle. WeSEmgs & Ra Westminster & Seventh Aves. Mf. Pleasant. '.'. I1-j--..rnr3—t—_-_.——-r-_'.! _.u. i.. _; *-_-•_.:.__ * Tel. 1800 •0*0*0******&,r*is-,**x: a******** THE iRTHERN Hl'.AD Office - • Winnipeg, Manitoba. Authorized Capital $8.000.000 Mt. PLEASANT BRANCH Cor. Westminster nnd Ninth avcune.s. Drafts and Bank Money Orders issued. A General Banking Business transacted. We invite vou to start an account in our 5AVJN0S DEPARTMENT WITH ONE DOLLAR OR MORE. Interest compounded tSfft times a yenr. Open Saturday Nights, 7 to 9 o'clock. J. E. HAWKSHAW, Manager 0**d000*0p**000*0000000000** Lawn Grass Seeds ''lever and Timothy Seeds, Pratt's Poultry and Animal Foods. Pratt's Lice Killer, Holly Chick Pood, Beelsereps, Etc. FLOUR nnd FEED, *"> kTP.Ti-. Corner ninth avenue & - ' IVL'1 ' * ' WCSTMINS'I'I-K KOAD. Tulepliuno lii;i7. The Maple Leaf and Vancouver laorosse tennis will piny today at Recreation Park, lt is to be hoped tho Leafs hnvo improved since last they met the Vnneouvcrs. For p.}>0.90000&&00.t?&009&000: s The FIRST LOT of our NEW FALL SUITS just in Come in aud see them, you will find for Stylo and General Appearance they arc' hard to beat. PRICES $12, $15, $18 and $20, NEW C R A V A N E T T E RAIN COATS: ..it, $10.Vo, $12 aud $1.5. W. T. MURPHY 2-115 Westminster aveune Mt. Pleasant. ■t'*-«*0r0***:x*r**w&r*.<;g0'?0-ifj04 'The Advocate" 0 mouths for ."0c. THE AT0M.ZER is au article which has not attained the universal use its merits deserve. lt should be found on every dresser. Its occasional use cures and prevents nasal catarrh, promotes easy bret thing, and perfect cleanliness of the throat nnd nasal passages. We havo a new line from 50c upwards, which will give satisfaction to the purchaser. THE Drug ^y; Cer. Seventh & Westminster ! AVENUES. 'Plume 2236 Mr. PLEASANT: Physicians' Prescription a specialty. DomIniou Express Monty Orders issued, uV^BRHC',ilA'.^;lii/*^liei*lZitTA7VS!yiSi.:tAVr?\ I- Mt. Pleasant L O.VL., No. 1S43, held a most interesting session on Thursday eveuing, the attendance being larpe. There Mas n session in the Royal Arch Degrqe. A committee was appointed to arranged for au entertainment by Npv. fith, the coniniittee being Bros. J. Martin, F. Morgan, H. W. Howes, ti. Rowland, H. Birmingham, H.Saeret, II. S, CuniUliugB. It is expected that tjjr next meeting there will be several candidates for the Arch degree. Bro. Stanley Si'., a Past District Deputy of Toronto, was present and made an interesting address. Eaoh separate advertizement iu this paper has its seperate errand to perform—look them over. ROYAL BANK of CANADA Incorporated 1888, Itfit,, Pleasant Branch Capital Paid-up .. Reserve Fund.. .■"U.000.OG0. . $4,800,000. DEPOSIT? OF ONE DOLLAR aud upwards, received find interest. allowi d thereon. C 0 m pounded FOUR times yearly. OPEN SA_U_LdAY NKJHTS from 7 fo H o'el nek. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS transacted. W. A. Schwartz, Manager. If you miss Thb Advocate yon miss tbe local new:;. MOUNT PLEASANT -tnH'HOWST ciitucir. Rov. J. P Westman, Pastor. Snnday Sept. Sth —Morniug subject: '.'Rewards in He.ivtn. ' Roooptiou of members will follow thu regular morning servico. At the evening service the pastor will be assisted by Miss .Rutherford wbo will give un address on the Missionary work in China, A welcome awaits you. LOST: Sundny night betwoeu Prince Edward stre.it and Presliyterinii Church, Gold-frame Eyo-glusses: return to Mrs. Burns, M Seventh nveuue cast. In \A4JtTe Boxes. Pyre Ontario Money ' Peaches and Plums for preserving. Fresh Biscuits, 2-Ife-s for. 25c. €_. 2425 Westrni.ister Ave "'•9 mi 7 Phone 322 ,>0.t>P-^tW»0009$'Pi-**'9.0900.!fi>f>'V *&.00000000m0000000000000\S> King's fleat flarket i R. Porter & Sons. 2321 Westminster Ave. % Wholesale and Retail Dealers in all Muds of FitEsn and Salt Meats. Orders solicited from ail 5 4 parts of Mount Pleasant and Fnirview, ProinptDelivory. ij FRESH I'lsii DAILY. Ponltry in season. Tel. :?08. _• *0a**.d<&t0**<0*'0*t#*. J^s S-.7Ji 0 -#tl«■:,*.* J.T■,♦.^.••<<.<_^_VIal'<'.-/!>^•sM^-^tf-l I m*0000000000000*0000l 0000>y MOUNT PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev. H. W. Pioroy, Pastor. Snnday Sept. 5th.—Believers Baptism will he inltiiiiistered dnri Jg the evening service. Rev. Herbert \V. Piercy will commence a course of sermons ou "The Doctrine of Final Things,"' to be delivered on Sunday nights, Snnday morningsubject: ''Snlvatinu Through Self Sacrifice." Eveuiug subject: "Physical Death." Sunday School and Young Men s Bible Class at 2:1)0 p m. "Tho Advocate" renders are asked to assist iji mnkiug tbo personal aud local itenia as complete ns possible. Seud or phone itimi-!. Prloea are Reasonable ^888-88883888$°° List vour I-->A J -AT- I | Wm. Stanley & Co. j i — Papbr-iianueks— Z Z NOHTltKHN BAN). Bt-CKi ft Ninth * Westiniiister avenues. i- 'Phone Aifliw. ±.tr**0***0040**0****-***-t>*e Read the New York Ucntnl Parlors advertisement, in this paperi Iheb go tn New Vork Dental Parlors if* yn«r *yo'v HAZLETT t*GG**TE'* Office a n Bank of Commerce SAVINGS BANK DEPARYMENT- Depusils of ONR DoLLAlt and upwards received and Intprest ellowed thereon Bank Money Orders it-sticc. • A Genettil Banking Biisiuesj> transacted. OFFICE HOURS: 10 a. m. lo ,'l p. Ill1 SATURDAYS! JO a in. lo 12 m., 7 to H p.Ill ■ East End Branch Ul Westiniiister C. W. DtJBRAN^ aveuUB. *i*«»*«-^.- THE ADVOCATE, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. Partners of the Tide -ID JOSEPH c. LINCOLN, Author of "—ip'n _ri- a Copyright, 1D0S, by A. 5. Barnes &• Co. #^0^##*############*##^N^4 CHATTER I. " _ tr,AS you cal'latiu' to buy one I W j of tliem turuovers, huh'/"' ISirf-S-l casuu""* inquired Mr. Clark, lew_nj ceasing to gaze at bis steaming boots, which were planted against the buiging center of the station stove, aud turning toward tbe boy at the lunch counter. "Yes, sir," said the boy. He had taken off one worsted mitten and held a five cent piece clutched tightly In his red fist. The station agent wrapped the pastry ln a piece of uewspaper and handed lt to bis customer. The boy, a youngster of about _twelve years of age, with a freckled face and a pair of bright gray eyes, took his "turnover" to th. aettee In the comer of the waiting ro.m aud began to eat. He bad on a worn cloth cap with an attachment that could be pulled dowu to cover the ears and a shabby overcoat of man's size, very much too large for hi n. As he munched the greasy crust and tbe thin layer of "evaporated" appie he looked around him with Interest. The station Itsrf was like the aver- uge railway bulling ou Cape Cod. Except for the 'ign "Harnlss" that bung outside it might have been tlie station nt Wellmouth. which be had seen so often. Battered settees around the wails: lithographs of steamers, time tables and year old 'announcements of excursions and county fairs bung above them; big stove set In a box of sawdust—all these were the regulation fixtures. Regulation also were the "refreshments" on the counter at the side—"turnovers" arranged cobhouse fashion under a glass cover, with a dingy "Washington" pie under another cover and jars of striped stick candy, with boxes of "jawbreakers" and similar sweetmeats between. It was snowing bard, and ln tbe dusk of the winter evening the flakes rustled against the windows as If unseen old ladles in starched summer gowns w re shivering In the storm and crowding to get :i peep with.-. The lair in tbe shut waiting room smelled of hot Rtove, sawdust, wet clothing and Mr. Clark's cigar. To this collection of icrfumes was presently added the .odor of kerosene as the station agent lilt the big lamps, in tbelr brackets on ithe wall. From outside came tbe sounds of creaking wheels and stamping horses, the stamping unfiled by the snow .which covered the gro.md. Tbe door opened, and a big man with a face of which gray whiskers and red nose were the mo.-t prominent features came stamping aud pulling into tbe iroom. He jerked off n pair of leather gloves, playfully shook the congealed moisture from them dowu Mr. Clark's neck Inside his collar, tossed a long iWhip Into the corner und, holding his spread fingers over the stove, began to sing "Whoa, Einmal" with enthusiasm. Mr. Clark, being toe busy clawing the melting snow from _ ls neck to opeu a conversation, Mr. Bodkin observed: "Hello, Barney Sn all! How's thetrav'i- ln"? Have a rough time drlvln' over?" "Ob, middlln', inlddllu'," replied tbo driver of the Orlmm stage, unbutton- Ing bis overcoat i.nd reaching for his pipe, "but this earth's a vale of tears anyhow, so what's tbe odds so long's you're happy. Hello, Han!" The last a shouted greeting to tbe station agent lu the little room, whose answer was a wave of the hand and a sidelong nod across the telegraph Instrument. "What's doln' ever lu Orham, Barney?" Inquired Mr. Clark. "Prissy and Ter py's udopted u boy." ; The agent evidently wus luterested. • "The old maids?" . ' "Yup, tbe old maids. I s'pose tl)ey come to reellze tbat they needed a mau 'round the house, but as there wa'n't no bids in that Hue tbey sort of compromised on a boy." "Y'ou don't mean the Allen old maids that live down on the 'lower road,' do S'ou?" asked Mr. Bodkin. "Surtln. I snld tbe old maids, didn't DI? There's plenty of single women in iOrham, but when you say 'the old maids' In our town everybody knows you mean Prissy and Tempy." "What about the boy. Barney?" said the station. agent, Cuming into the waiting room. "Wby," said Mr. Small, "It's this way: Seems that Prissy aud Tempy's father, old Cap'u D'rlus Allen—he's been dead six years or more uow—bad e niece name of Sophia, thut married Cap'u Ben Nlckersou over to Well- _loutb. Cap'n Beu and bis wife bad tone son. I think the boy's name's Bradley. Anyhow Cap'n Ben and bis Svlfe.was.droned off the Fortis'iese coast twO'ye.ii'.* ;d when I.eu'.-'.Jiii'i. was lost. Maybe . nu remember? Well, the boy was left at home that voyage with Ben's hn'f brother, Snbn Nicker son, so's the youngster could go to school. When his folks was drownded that way the boy kept on Hviu' with Solon till 'bout three weeks ago Solon was took with pneiimony aud up and died. Prissy and Tempy's the only relations there was. you see. so It was left to them to say what should be done with the boy. I cal'late there must have been some high old pow- wowln' In the old house, but tbe old '-What'tt.jjiiiir name,,sonnyt" mald3 are pretty conscientious spite or their beiu' so everlastin' 'old muldy,' and they fiu'Ily decided 'twas their duty to take the little feller to briug up. That's the wuy I heard the yarn. They kept it a secret until yesterday, but now the whole town's talkin' 'bout it Y'ou see, it's such a good joke for them two to bave a boy in the bouse. Why, Prissy's been used to shooln' every stray boy off tbe place as if he was a ben." Mr. Small laughed so heartily at this that the others Joined ln. Wben the hilarity had subsided the station agent asked: "When's the Nlekerson boy comin' over from Wellmouth?" "Why, today, come to think of It He was to come up on the afternoon train from Wellmouth and go to Or- bam wltb me tonight You ain't seen nothln' "— The station agent Interrupted him with a sidelong movement of tbe head. "Huh?" queried Mr. Small. Then he, In company with Mr. Clark and Mr. Bodkin, turned toward the corner of the waiting room. The boy who had bought the apple "turnover," having finished the last crumb of tbat viand, had turned to the window and wns looking out through a hole he bud scraped in tbe frost on tbe pane. He had shaded his face with bis bands to shut out tbe lamplight and, though he must have heard the conversation, ills manner betrayed no interest In it. Mr. Small interrogated the station agent by raising his eyebrows. The agent whispered, "Shouldn't wonder," aud added, "lie came on the up train tbls ufternoon." "Hey, boy," snld Mr. Clark, who never let consideration for other people Interfere with his own curiosity, "what's your nnme?" Tho boy turned from the window and, blinking a little as tbe light struck his eyes, faced tbe group by the stove. His freckled cheeks glistened as the light shone upon them; but, as lf he knew this, be pulled the big sleeve of tbe overcoat across his face and rubbed them dry. "What's your name, sonny?" said the stage driver kindly. "Nlekerson," said the boy in a low tone. "I want to know. Your fust name ain't Bradley, ls It?" "Yes, sir." "Sho, well, there now! Guess you're goin' to ride over wltb me then. I drive the Orh.im coach. Hum, well, I declare!" And Mr. Small pulled his beard In an embarrassed fashion. "Come over to the stove and get warm, won't you?" asked the station agent. "I ain't cold." was the reply. The trio b.v the stove fidgeted ln silence for a few moments, and then Mr. Small said uneasily: "Ain't It 'most time for that train to be In? She's a ha'f hour late now." "She was twenty-five minutes late at Sandwich." snld the station agent, "and she's prob'ly lost ten minutes or so since. She'll >-e alonT ln a little w_Uq, aqw.." But In dplte of this cheerful-propriety a full fifteen minutes passed before the train, wh'eh had been stirrer*1, from Boston witli ".tie vague ilea __..7".,"oiue time or other It might get to Province- town, came coughing and pautiug round the curve und drew up at the station platform. Only one passenger got out nf the Harnlss statlou, und he, stopping for a moment to hand his trunk check to the station agent, walked briskly Into the waiting room and slammed the door behind him. "Hello!" he hailed, pulling off a buckskin glove and holding out a big hand to the stage urlver. "Barney, how's she headln"." Mr. Smnll grinned and took the proffered hand. "Well, for the land's sake. Ez Tit- comb!" he exclaimed. "Where'd you drop from? Thought you was some- wheres off the coast between New l'ork and Portland Jest 'bout now." "Cot shore leave for a fortnl't or so," aaid the newcomer, unbuttoning his overcoat with a smart jerk and throwing It wide open. "Schooner sprung a leak off Gay head Unl trip, and she's hauled up at East Boston for repairs. Dirty weather, ain't It? Hello, Lon! How are you, Ike?" Mr. Clark and his friend grinned and respnuded, "How are you, Cap'n Ez?" in unison. The arrival was a short, thickset man with a sunburned face, sharp eyes, hair that was a. reddish brown sprinkled with gray and a close clipped mustache of the same color. He wore u blue overcoat over a blue suit and .held a cigar firmly lu oue corner of his mouth. His movements were quick and sharp and he snapped out his sentences with vigor. "Full cargo tonight?" he asked of Mr. Small, who was buttoning bis overcoat and pulling on his gloves. "Pretty nigh an empty hold," was the reply. "Ouly 'bout one and a ha'f golu' over. Y'ou're the one, and the boy here's the ha'f. All aboard! Come on. Brad. You and the cap'n git Inside, while me and Ban git the dunnage ou tbe rack." The boy picked up the carpet bag and followed Mr. Small out to the rear platform of the station, where the coach, an old fashioned, dingy vehicle, drawn by four sleepy horses, stood waiting. Captain Titcomb followed, bis overcoat flapping in tbe wind. "Here. Barney," he observed, "have a cigar to smoke ou the road. Have one. Dan? Here, Lou: here's a couple for you and Ike. Who's the little feller?" he added In a whisper tj tbe station agent "Ben Nlckerson's boy from Wellmouth. He's comin' down to Orbam to live wltb tbe old maids. They've adopted him." "The old maids? Not the old maids? Not Prissy and Tempy?" "Yup. All right, Barney; I'm comin'." The station ngent hurried away to help the driver with the captain's seu chest, and its owner, apparently overcome with astonishment, climbed mute ly Into the coach, where his fellow passenger had preceded him. The old vehicle rocked and groaned as the heavy chest was strapped on the racks behind. Then It tipped again as Mr. Small climbed clumsily to the driver's seat. "All ashore that's goin' shore!" shouted Mr. Small. "So long, Dan. Glt dap, Two-forty!" The whip cracked, the coach reeled on Its springs, and the whole equipage disappeared In the snow and bluck nees. (To Be Continued) Mustard Aids Digestion. Mustard if quite fresh made taken with meat helps to digest it. Do not use salt in mixing it. but first rub quite smooth with a little cold water and the back of a silver spoon or bone spoon; then add just a little more water gradually till it is ot the right consistency Thin mustard is generally disliked. Little -.iniuld be made at a time to prevent waste, and it should be fresh at least each alternate day. Trousers. Tetrlcns, tbe barbarian, was the first man to wear trousers, the two part garment having been forced upon him by his captor, Aurelian, wltb the Intention of making Tetrlcus appear ridiculous. The costume, however, seems, after several centuries of usage, to have made a hit "C. B." AT HOME. The Weather. The weather is called calm if the alt Is not moving at more than three miles an hour. Thirty-four miles is a strong' breeze, forty a gale, seventy-flye a storm and ninety a hurricane. Mexican Torch Thistle. The Mexican torch thistle, growing to a height of fifty or sixty feet looks more like a candelabrum tban a tree. Another variety of the same species has long gray bristles, which give lt the appearance of the head of an old gray haired man. They Want the Dog. Caged lions, tigers, pumas and Jaguars take no notice of the men and women passing In front of them, but lf a dog be brought anywhere near the cage they show their savage nature at once. British Prime Minister Is Good Nature Personified. The Prime Minister has given a series of special sittings for photo- gtaphs to go with an intimate and possiD.v article irj a recent number of The Pali-Mall Magazine, and has in every wav ji.-ifud the visitor's assertion that he is good nature personified. Sir Henry's private sitting- room at 10 Downing street, the room where he does a great part of his public work, is on the floor above the cabinet council room. It is a large apartment, almost square in shape, nnd with paneled walls, on which are hung several fine portraits of former Prime Ministers. Opposite the fireplace, and dominating the room, is a large copy o_ Milla.is' splendid portrait of Mr. Gladstone. The dark and well-remembered eyes are full of fire and energy, as if the force that was in hiin still energizes this dark old house, where he so often fought and won. Sir Robert Walpole. Over the fireplace hangs a painting of Sir Robert Walpole, the first Minister to be styled "Premier." That large desk near the window is where the present Prime Minister transacts a great part of his important aflairs. When he is not in attendance at the House of Commons, one may almost be certain of finding him here; the only difficulty is gaining admission. Of late, and in fact, since his bereavement, Sir Henry's medical advisers insist on his sparing himself until his health has improved. The doctors have emphatically and explicitly urged on him to refrain from all-night sittings —those terribly severe tests of physical endurance. To a man recovering from an illness, this private sitting-room of Sir Henry's, with its broad outlook on St. James' Park, is muah mare health-givine than fhe national debating chamber, with its turmoil, heat and noise. I noticed one or two fine French bureaux in this room, belonging to the days of the early Empire, and without any of the grotesque liberties taken in so much old French furniture of that same period. Where Cromwell Lived. Sitting at. Mb desk, the Prime Minister can look out of the window nnd get a good view of the Horse Guards' parade, while close at hand he sees a bit of the ancient building of the lord high treasurer's house—where, it is recorded, Cromwell lived. Leading to this latter house there was once on a time a gateway, now bricked up, and in some mysterious way it also gave access to the Thames. In the protector's time the river would appear to have run much nearer Downing street than it does now. Perhaps the dryness of debate has had some influence there. The drawing-room communicates with the sitting-room; but during her stay in this historic house Lady Oampbeil-Bannerman was too ill ever to use it. On the other side of the sitting-room is a small private dining-room, used by the Premier when alone. Beyond this oak-paneled room lies the larger and more stately dining-room, chiefly utilized for state ceremonies and those parties which the head of the Government must needs give on royal birthdays or great public occasions. The oak floor and the oak wall paneling are both worthy of admiration, and age has lent them a certain beautv. One big picture hanging in this huge dininp-toom is an immense portrait of Pitt, placed over the man telpiece, Antiquity of Tea Smoking. "With your ten cigarettes," said the antiquary sternly, "you young ladies think yourselves very modern and de- •■adent But look here." He took from a portfolio a French print of the seventeenth century that portrayed two men, with cumbrous pipes, charging the same from a box of China tea. "This shows you," the old man said, 'the antiquity of tea smoking. It wns n common thing In France 200 years ago. Blegnt mentions It and Grand d'Aussay In his 'Hlstolre de la Vie Prlvee des Franeals' describes It ln de- mil. An old vice, a dead vice—for the French found that teu smoking racked tbe nerves—bow very, very foolish you girls are to have revived it" Orphans. Two of the youug friends of Blsbop Wilberforce of Oxford guve tbe authorities of the university so much trouble that tbey won the nicknames of Hophnl and Phinehas. One dny, says T. H. S. Escott ln "Society In the Couutry House," they were lounging about tbe hall at Cud- desdon palace, singing the Lutheran refrain, "The devil is dead," when the blsbop suddenly appeared. He walked very gently up to them and ln his most caressing manner, placing one hand on each bead, said In a consolatory tone: "Alas, poor orphans!" A Nice Present. It Is said of u champion mean mnn that the only present be ever made to his wife was on the twenty-fifth anniversary of their wedding, when he gave her four yards of cotton cloth with which to make him a shirt Logical Result Teacher—What happens when a per- eon's temperature goes down as far as lt cun go? Tommy—Tben be has cold ___«__ A DUAL CHARACTER. Clever Detective Known to New York: as the "Garter" Man. On" of the most noteworthy figure* on lower Broadway has disappeared. No; I do not refer to any millionaire or captain of industry. I have In mind a man whose face has been known ti> every pedestrian on Park row and Broadway, below that point, for twenty years as a seller of men's garters. He has been stationed upou the steps ef one of tbe best known banks lu this metropolis—ulwuys iu bin humble ca- pa< lty. The fact has been known to the weir Informed In the locality that this mau was one of the hi.-iliest paid detectives in New Y'ork. Although he was apparently selling stocking supporters for meu at 25 cents per pair, he was closer to the desks of the cashier aud the pay- lug teller of the bank behind him than any other man In the great establishment In the woodwork of the outer doors, that appeared to swing as freely as the air of heaven permitted, were two large spots that seemed to every other eye than his like brass screw bonds.- They were In ren'lty electric buttonst that kept him Infor-ned of the absence or presence of doubtful characters or detected thieves Inside the b_mk. In the latter contingency his method was simple and was executed wltb such celerity that nobody outside suspected his part hi tiie tragedy that followed. When the danger signal wase given to him th-> vender of gartersi turned a knob at the left hand of the' entrance to the bank, and the front, doors were closed b.v secret bolts, rendering impossible the escape of nil persons Inside the bank. The man who* had presented n forged check or as stolen bond was caught The detective would then abandon the few dollars' worth of stock In garters or ear mufflers, as the season served. He would enter the bank by a narrow Iron door at the left of the main, .entrance and place the alleged culprit, under arrest. That man has saved hundreds of thousands of dollars for the great bunk, he served. But now that a new building ls completed he has been promoted, to a pluce inside, and the most complicated machinery ever known for stopping the escape of a suspectej character Is under his control. Not only ls he uble to close the doors leading to Broadway, but he cau instantly warn every man ou the malu floor who. handles money to seal himself luside. the steel lattice that surrounds hiin_ Success by a "pocketbook dropper" or "a man on the paying line" who reaches for the. cash handed to the man iu front of him is Impossible. I shall miss this man just as I lament the dlsappei. ance of a wooden Indian on the Bowery. He has beeu ta, figure on his own part of Broadway.. For twenty years I have knowa that he "stooped to serve," and I have honored him.. He was one of tbe most alert men of bis kind. Although Iuspector Byrnes had established a "dead line" at Fuito- Btreet, below which no pickpocket, burglar or thief da-ed to pass, this apparently bumble vender of men's garters had his eyes open from 8 In tho- mornlng until business closed.—Julius Chambers ln Brooklyn Eagle. The Coming of Halley's Comet As everybody knows, the famous, comet of Hnlley, the brightest of all comets known to pny periodical visits. to the neighborhood of the sun, ls expected to reappear In the sky within a. few years. Astronomers all over the- world are now Interested lu the problem of predicting the precise time of Its perihelion passage, or nenrest approach to the sun. Several predictions, have already been published. The latest ls that made by Messrs. Cromroelliv- nnd Cowell beforo the Royal Astronomical society In January. Calculating the probable effects of the Interference of the various plnnot- with the- comet's progress In Its orbit, they think tbat the dute of the next perihelion, full before the middle of May,. 1010. The last previous perihelion passage of tbe comet wns In November, 1835.—Youth's Companion. Rule For Buying. When buying material for a chfldV school dress, always get enough for t*. new pair of sleeves, for the average) little girl will be sure to need tbem, and new sleeves make for all practical' purposes a new frock. If wash material ls to be worked on, the piece Intended for the second pair of sleeves- should be laundered before being- made. Lots Like Him. "I suppose you'll send your wife to- the shore agalu this summer?" "Nit Can't afford It" "Why, she Isn't extravagant, ls sbe?" "Not at all. But last summer, all the time she was nway, I spent a hundred. a week."—Des Moines Register. A Curtain Lecture. Friend—What is that you are writing so busily, Ellse? EIlBe (newly married)—A curtain lecture for my husband. I'm not going to- sit up until It pleases him to coma- home.—Mpggen&iri'ec Blatter. THE ADVOCATE, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA- MRS. EMMA STOL.T, OF APPLETON. WISCONSIN "A neighbor advise1 me to use Pa- runa. I began to Improve at onca. '■ MRS. EMMA STOLT Mrs. Emma Sto't, 1069 Oneida St., Apnleton, Wis., writes: "Peruna has done nie a great deal of good since I began taking it and I am always glad to speak a good word for it. "Three years ago I was in a wretched condition with backaches, bearing down pains, and at times was so sore and lame that I could not move about. I had ir.flammati in and irritation, and although I used different remedies they did me no good. "A neighbor who had been usiu Tavelet AN AUTO AT HOME. How to Rig Up One as Offered by a Funny Man. A worklngman's home Is incomplete without an automobile. His children cry for It. For this reason we give below a simple rule for constructing a horseless rig at home. Already we have received thousands of letters from all over the world thanking us for this clever urraugement. Ever since publishing our easy method Tom Edison bas beeu acting sullenly, and Nikola Tesla envies us. And, though perhaps we might Jeopardize the friendship of these great men, yet we will go on publishing these scientific hluts to the pa»r and thus enlighten those who have been groveling about in the dark so long owing to the extortionate price of gas. Here ls our wonderful s_leme laid bare: Go to your family plumber and ask blm for a galvanized bathtub. Owing to the stagnancy of business Just at present, be will willingly give you one free of cost just to make room In his overcrowded shop. Then take the wheels from some one's wagon or private surrey and fasten them to the tub. making sure that the axles are strong enough to hold a large family. After this has been done go to the butcher and purchase four large bolognas. Put a bole In each end, and through one of the holes blow severely until you have blown all the meat out of the hole at the other end. When the skin is entirely meatless, blow up the skin with a bicycle pump and fasten on to tbe tires of the wheels. After this go down cellar and take the works out of a gns meter and fasten to the axles holding the wheels. As a gas meter keeps on going around whether you are burning gas or uot, you will see at once that it will keep right on going when attached to tint axles, causing the axles to revolve and thus making the vehicle go aloug automatically. Put a few chairs ln the tub and purchase a tin boru at a novelty store. Great care must be exercised lu oue thing, however—be sure a piece of soap has uot been left In the bathtub. This Ihlght cause the chauffeur to slip up and lose control of the machine. A piece of limburger cheese can be placed lu the back to give it the odor of a real motor ear. The above Information Is offered gra tis, ami we will gladly give more details upon receipt of letter asking for same. Each letter, however, must be accompanied by nu advertisement con tained in this issue and $7.-K. P. Tit ter In Judire _^ Burnlnc Meteors. It la supposed that meteors begin to burn -when they are within about 125 miles of the earth and that combustion Is completed and they disappear at from thirty-five to fifty miles above the earth. When we see s falling star, therefore, we may consider that we have watched lt through a flight of about a hundred miles before lt finally burns out and dlsnnnears from view. Cholera morbus, cramps and kindred complaints annually make their appearance at the same time as the hot weather, green fruit, cucumbers, debarred from eating these tempting things, but they need not abstain if they have Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial and take a few drops in water. It cures the cramps and cholera, in a remarkable manner and is sure to check every disturbance of the bowels. There conies no adventure but wears to our souls the shape of our every day thoughts; and deeds of heroism are but offered to those who for many years have been heroes in obscurity and silence.—Maeterlinck. Useful at All Times—In winter or in suniiiu?r Parmelee's Vegetable Pills will cope with and overcome any irregularities of the digestive organs which change of diet, change of residence or variation of temperature may bring about. They once their beneficial action becomes known no one will be without them. There is nothing nauseating in their structure, and the most delicate can use them confidently. Since Mr, Frohman started n bus service to convey playgoers between the suburbs and his theatres, people are culling him Mr. To-and-Fronman. —London Opinion. ti$VjW m \\t$f**M/ T"'8 cold-water starch \W&$$f ff8*8 ironing-day over K^vV-!y quicker, with less wear on p'jVr/t_e ironer's muscles and far (Mien on the starched pieces. ■)£:/Gives a beautiful gloss. 'h/Needn't be boiled, .yet cannot pystick. It's a starchyou'll like. T r y I« 20. HEALTHFUL, DELICIOUS II and Cleanly Prepared. I! SALADA1 GREEN TEA Is all PURE TEA, and is rapidly taking the place of Japan teas. LEAD PACKET* ONLY. 40o, SOo and OOo Par Lb. AT ALL GROCERS I Saving a Cab Fare. Here's a pretty tale of domestl« economy from an English paper. Ha had been brought up to the lap of luxury and extravagance, and when bad times came and he had to go dowu to the city and look carefully after his shillings lt was his pretty and tender little wife who helped him and encouraged him by example ln small savings. One fence he never would face. He balked at taking a bus. "It might pass tbe club, you know, dear, and the fellows at the windows." One evening, however, he returned radiant to dinner. Tenderly embracing his life's partner, he murmured: "I've done It, darling! All the way for threepence!" Love and gratitude were to her eyes as she said: "My brave boy! Did you mind It very much?" With affectionate cheerluess be made answer: "No, dear! Cot box seat; real good old sort, the driver. Told me lots of stories and was quite chatty. Capital chap! Cave him a big cigar and half a crown for himself when I got down." Its Name "What do you call that big plant on your front porch, Twiddles?" "That's a d. n." "Eh! Something new?" "Well, that may not be tbe florist's name for it, but it's what I call 't." "What does it mean?" "See the size of the thing? Now guess at the weight. Well, every time the mercury drops I have to carry the blamed plant into the house. When the sun shines I lug it out and put it on the porch. When it rains I have to set it down on the lawn. That's why I call it a d. n. The n. stands for nuisanca, and the d.—the d. is an adjective." —Philadelphia Press. One of the greatest blessings to | parents is Mother Graves Worm i Exterminator. It effectually expels i worms and gives health in a marvelous manner to the little one. How Frost Affects Plants. Plants do not freeze to death in winter, but perish from thirst. The process is simple. The cold causes the withdrawal of the water from the cells of the plant, forming ice crystals outside of the cells. Tbe frost, cooling and contracting the surface, acts ns a sort of pump, and as soon ns the cell is emptied of Its life giving fluid the plant dies. The truth of this theory has been proved by numerous careful experiments. Croat variation was fouud in the amount of cold necessary to cause the death of vegetation. Some plants dry out quickly and are killed before the freezing point is reached. Many plants will survive zero weather, and some die ouly at 20 degrees below. Certain vegetable growths never freeze. There are forms of bacteria that even when Immersed ln liquid air, the intensest cold available, come out of their bitter bath as chipper and lively as ever. A proof of Germany's rapidly increasing wealth is that, while in 169j 2.440,000 paid income tax, last yeir 4,390,000 paid the tax. Precious Plant Stones. Among the many strange things to be found in the Philippine Islands are the so called "plant stones" encountered now and again ln certain vegetable growths. The bamboo, for Instance, according to Kultnr und Natur, contains a srone very similar to the opal, but on occount of the rarity with which it is found It is much more costly than the opal. In many thousand cane stalks cut down and carefully examined there mny perhaps be one In whicli this beautiful greenish pink scintillating stone has been formed from the minute particles of siliceous deposit that imparts its intense hardness to tho outer covering of the cane. Tlie bamboo cane stone is known as tabashirs. In the interior of some cocoumits a stonelike secretion Is found that Is not Inferior ln brilliancy to the most beautiful genuine pearl. Itch, Mange, Prairie Scratches and every form of contagious Itch on human or animals cured in 30 minutes bv Wolford's Sanitary Lotion. "I hope he'll reform when you are married." "I don't." "Whv, he spends every cent he enrns!" "1 know it, but he spends it -n nie."—Houston Post. Minard's Liniment Cures Distem- oer. Smith—Fine time we had at the cb'b last night, eh? Jones—You bet! Did vou get home nil right? Smith—No. I was arrested before I got there and spent the night in the police station. Jones — Lucky dog! I reached home.—Ally Sloper. The oldest newspaper in the world, the King Pno. or News, of the enpital of Pekin, will celebrate it.< five-hundredth anniversary this year. OshiiWa You can't afford to roof a Galvanized ,lllM'l without Oshawa Gals •> A. ,-, --. 1 Vantssd Steel Sliiaglea. 2. j 1 Good for a huadroi-yaara. Snin^leS Send tor the fra* booklet. The PEDLAR People ST**^ Oshawa Montrssl Ottawa Tot—to London Wlaolpsg Wonderful Builders. A personal inspection of the pyrn mlds made by nn English quarry owner led him to the conclusion that tbo old Egyptians were better builders than those of !!"• present day. He found blocks of s one lu tbe pyramids weighing three or four times as much ns the obelisks on the banks of llie Nile, lie saw il stone the estimated weight of which wns 800 tins. M'lii.v of tlie stones were found to be thirty feet In length and filled so closely together tlmt the blade of a penknife could be run over the surface Without discovering the break between them. There Is no machinery, he claims, so perfect that It will make two surfaces Ihlrty feet In length whicli will meet together in unison as the stones iu the pyramids meet. Keep Your Liver working. It's a lazy organ and needs to be stimulated occasionally, or it shirks its function. That coated tongue, sallow complexion, sick headache and pain under the shoulder blade are caused by an indolent liver. Liven it up by taking a short course of Beecham's Pills Sold Everywhere. In boxes 25 cents. Two of a Kind. A revival meeting was In progress, aad Sister Jones was called upon for testimony. Being meek and bumble, she said: "I do not feel as though I should stand here and give testimony. I have been a transgressor for U good many years and have only recently seen the light I believe that my place is in a dark corner, behind tlio door." Brother Smith was next called upon for bis testimony and, following the example set by Sister Jones, said: "I, too, have been a sinner for more than forty years, and I do not think It would be fitting for me to stand before this assembly as a model. I think my place ls behind the door, in a dark corner, With Sister Jones." And be wondered why the meeting was convulsed with tbe laughter of those who came to WILSON'S FLY PADS Evory pnekat will kill moro flloa than 300 ahoet. of sticky pap.r SOLD BV DRUCCISTS, CROCERS AND CENERAL STORES IOc. por packet, or 3 packot. for 28c. will last u whole aoalon. ^M Nurses' and Mothers' Treasure —safest regulator for baby. Prevents colic and vomiting—gives healthful rest —cures diarrhoea withont the harmful effects of medicines containing opium or other injurious drags. 4 Sa C tiffec 16c.—at drnf-itoT—. V/Ul (*****> national DroffcChem- Diarrhoea'-^JiT"^ ** a. •',•,••.* itm- A*mmw lr,'_^Br W. N. U. No. 648 n_E au v&&AT&,Vimm -mm Mi%m& goujWsM irxitir. i-* ; -.•-, 1t. PLEASANT ADVOCATE. (Established April 8,1899.) ,5-PICK ! 2 4 S 0 Westminster avenue. BB-EISH Okpick—30 Fleet street, rJ|—idou, E. 0.. England Where a ■lto of "The Advocate" is kept for ,'isitors. Mils. R WimxicY, Publisher. K_iii'n S. Cu-iMiNiis, Manager. Iffluoription$1 a year* payable in Advance. 5 cents a Oopy. Tel. B1405. Important News Items of the Week. Vancou*_k, B. 0., Si-.pr. 7, 1907. Though .. tho Westminster aveuue bridge is "a mnss of old- dead timber," .ujd a watch has been placed ou the brjdge fox-prevent too many heavy loads crossing at ouco, yet at the Council eie.etiijg, on Monday evoniug, the WVfit.Eld and East Eud aldermen speut .onsjsjoruble time airing their ideas on tli-Q: security.of the bridge and how little the Engineer knew about his business. if'-H. uumber of. people are injuie.l or .'djji.ri , before the Oquncil takes any ::!lti_al'.__WSjtP_p**pvide..a 5BfB bridge, the '-tViilfliovJikuow. where to. placo the. ^w,.t-.e.Mt. Pleasant people kuow the. bridge .is dangerous. A temporary bridge should be built at ouco aud the MUBtruot.QU of a permauout bridge oopimeuoed as soon as possible. It seems criminal that the public-should be allowed to uso a bridge officially com join ned. . The Anti-Asiatic League will hold a big parade and mass meeting this Saturday evening. Tlie parade will start at 7 :'J0 p. 111. Among the speakers who are expected to address the meeting are. Messrs. J. A. Russell, Chri.- Ifoley of Ballard, Ohas. Wilsou K. C, and AE Fowler.Seci'etary of the Asiatio Exclusion League,Seattle Wheu oue jousiders how detrimental to tli; _ot)i,try tin- Asiatics are, and the hordes that are gathering/on our shores, such • n orgauiattiou as the Anti-Asiatic I,".._.•' : should receive enthusiastic rapport. A campaign ot cuusi.ro autl ::; .su:v of transportation JHK-pauief .. p jsi'.ile for bringing the Oriental! .-i'_ r id of the corporations which employ tli. 111 might be beueliclftl. Thi time has arrived for Canadians to do- ;id" w'n ther the Orientuls are to be pxolnr.ed or allowed to flood over the entire Pacific Coaet, August 31. Ottawa—For more effective enforcement of the fair wages resolutions of Dominion Parliament and to prevent abuse which sometimes arises from sub-letting of Government contracts, an order in Council has been passed providing that contractors shall post in a., conspicuous place on any public work under construction a schedule of wages inserted in their contracts for protection of the workmen tbey employ and that contractors shall keep a record of payment made workmen in their employ, same to be kept open for inspection by whoever is appointed by the Government to see that fair wages are beiug paid. St. Petersburg—The Anglo-Russian convention was signed this afternoon. It regulates the respective interests of the two powers in Thibet, Afghanistan and Persia. While the foreign office here, acting in coucert with the British embassy, refrains from giving any Kletails of the treaty at present, it is learned that the most important feature consists of a clause opening the south of Persia to the enterprise of British subjects and the north of Persia to the enterprise of Russian subjects, thus abolishing the restriction which hitherto have been enforced. Ottawa—Hon. George P. Graham was sworn in at noon as Minister of. Railways and Canals, and Hon. Win. Pugsley as Minister of Public Works. There may be a shuffle in portfolios later on, after the return of Hon. Messrs. Fielding and Brodeur, hut tlie railways and canals portfolio goes for the present to Ontario, and public works to the Maritime Provinces. These are the two great.spending departments. New Brunswick people here consider. Sir Wilfrid Lauder's selection of Mr. Graham a reflection on their Province. September 1. San Francisco—Sensations 1 stories of the prevalence of bubonic plague in Ban Francisco are without foundation. In fact, the exact situation is this; Since the 18th of Juno when the disease lirst made its appearance, 11 cases have come to light, and nine deaths have resulted. i'he Board oi Health took the situation in hand, and with the co-operation of Supervisors and the Marine Hospital Service adopted vigorous measures to keep the disease from spreading and to stamp it out. The city has been disinfected, and the Guy und County Hospital, where most of the patients have boen treated, is quarantined and has been under thorough fumigation tor a week, so that, at present the situation is well hi bund. ■4.i00*tf*00-0*04-00404-i*iS40*** Everyone knows that for anytliii) • .0 become known, it must be talke. ,-tbuiit. For an article to becom. ponular its virtue musl be made tl. subject of a public anhottnceinen That is advertising! Consequent); if the survival, of the Attest applies to .business principle, as well aa it docs to other, walk-; ol life, tbe bet- 'cri.thc advertising—the better the publicity the better, the results, Is * Good results mean good business. md.. good business is \\!:at ever) merchant advertises for. If he did not,wish to excel in his particulai" line, he would not take the trouble to • write an advertisement, 'much more pay for the costly* newspaper ■.ndVmagazine space.—I'ri'fsh Advertiser. Advertize -IN- "•Tftc fldvocaft tt 90*90*m0im0**0000000*0*' *■• .■'■ _-ri^_r _ , 1 ' r - .Net". 000; terms. Beautiful fl-room House, gas and electric light, convenient to liar; Thirteenth avenue. Fine Lots close iu South Vancouver $20 cash, balance $10 monthly. Easy SS- . way to get lioinesircs, 4 acres, South Vancouver, near Municipal Hall, $1,000 cash, ■'bulat-cc easy terms. For oaS-MJD'ft, lot southside KlevcUth avenuo,- *i5:'5> • Lot 2(lsf83 on Westminster avenui two-storey bitildi'ig, in line condition ;'leased for 2yea:':'-; title perfect. Price "ilU.'UO. Cottage on Ninth aveuue, proems pretty home; cash $1,000, balance easy terms. Beautiful iiew houso, 7 rnoirls, closo One" lot, Oi*>';l?o, on Westmiuster nve. in. Knsy terb'S for this cyuifortublo nne; prioo $800, $300 down, uew ko-to. bulauoe on easy terms. 50-ft. Lot ou Sixlh avenue for 'a short time only $1,005, Fine place ril. the Fraser river, large -Six-room house on Howe street, $f,500 commodious house, tenuis court, flue cash, brlauCe ou easy ternfs. gnrdeu, frvit'.' of all- kiuds. Ideal oountry-omei-*" ..< . , , ,_, _ _ 5 'Lots (corner) Westminster avenue, 10x1818*; price $8,600, terms.'--'' 50-ft. Lot on Ninth avenue; $3,700, casfi $1,700, bii'iiucc 0. P. 11 terUis Seven (7) lots on Westminster ave-' nue. Cheap. . • Lots ou Scott, good location. North Ariii 'Road: Choice lots for building within the reach of the work- inginnu; very easy terms. Five-cent; fare on tramline. Have Fine Lots in South Vancouver a/so ACREAGE Whitney & Haztett Mrs.-R. Wliitiity. W. A. Hazlett. 245a. ^^^e^t^lI.cster.-^,*^.,.-. vtXi' ,■':.,' '?■' "-TS_.Tr_b.t_i ADVOCATE, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. ."The Advocate'1 wishes any cureless ness in delivery reported to the Office, telephone nl-05. Mrs. Janet C. Kemp, Deputy Supreme Commander of tho Ladies' of the ^Is.c.oobees, returned on Saturday of hut week' from attendance at the triennial convention of the Order. l,e!i' at Atlantic City, N. J. Mrs. Kemp was representative for all Canada and several Western States. After the convention Mrs. Kemp visited tiie Jamestown Exhibition, New York City, Buffalo aud Eastern Canadian cities. Ou her return trip home Mrs. Kemp stopped off in the Okanagan country in the interests of the Ordor. Vancouver Council No. 211a, Canadian Order of Chosen Friends will meet ne-— Thursday eveuiug,' For a cool refreshing drink of soda water or a diiih of the best, ice cream made iu the city, go to Main's ia thu Burritt Block. ' The first social to be given in the new Robsou Memorial church was given on Monday evening under the auspices of the newly organised Epworth League. A large number were [i present and enjoyed the occassion J greatly. Tea was generously pro- |i vlded by Mr. Balterham, Lupus, tuberculous affections, skin, diseases. Inflammatory pains and nervousness. Marvellous cures at Electric Ray Parlors, 864 Granville street. (Capt. H. B. Walton). 1 to 9 p. m. FOR RENT: 6-room flat, centrally located, immediate possession. Furniture for salo. iWhitney & Hazlett. —NOTIOE.-. Personal notices of visitors on fit. Pleasant, or of Mt. Pleasant people who visit otlier cities, also all local social affairs are gladly received by "Tiu Advocate." As school hoys, we fret—because ■ ^ we are compelled to go to school— i or because, perhaps, wo cannot go. As beginners in business, we Worry—-because we are not older— because we work roc inar.y hours. As full-fledged business men, we j worry—because we are not younger —because thero arc not more hours in which to work. And so It goes. To worry is bu- i m&fl—a part of every man's life. ' tlut as we grow, we see that the worries of yesterday crowded out those of the day before—only to be crowded out themselves, by those of today. And we realize that the worries of the past have not been real troubles at all, but supposed ones. So, since we must fret, let us make fretting helpful—productive of new Ideas ai.d plans. Since we must worry, let us not worry our selves into Idleness and hopelessness, but Jinto initiative pud accomplishment, —System.' The deepest thoughts are always l.traiKiuiliziiig, the greatest minds arc [always full of calm, the richest lives |tiave always at heart an unshaken -epose.—Hamilton Wright Mable. Young Peoples .See;eties. SUNDAY. Leys! Work-'s of Christian Endeavor fneot nt );*> minutes to 7, every Sunday Welling in Advent Christian Church, •jeventh avenue, uear Westm'r ave. MONDAY. Epworth League of Mt. Pleasant ■Methodist Church nicyts at S p. m.' . . B. Y. P. U.,.^eets in Mt. Pleasr' pUptist Church at 8 p. in. TUESDAY. The Y. P. S. 0. E., meets af. 8,p.,m };i Ml. Pleasasaut Presbyterian Church ; l< Subscribers aro requested to; report liy carelessness in the delivery of this iiAWHr'- . ... Heeler's For OUT-Fl'-OWE-S of choicest varieties, Wnni-i'o Boquets and Funkual Dksirns a specialty, also fine .spociiueiis iii Pot Plants. Prices Moderate. Take Kith Ave. car, (direct to Nursery), and see one of the finest kept Nurseries in the prpviuoe. Nursery ii Greenhouses, corner of Fifteenth and Westminster avenues. Telephone nalllB. Out-flower., given oure a-week to tlie General 'iitfpit-.. e I -- Roya! Crown SOAP the Best in the Would: Drop ns a post card asking for a . Catalogue of Premiums .to be had. free for. Royal Okown Soil* Wraweks; , .. ROYAL CROWN SOAP CO. VANCOUVER, B.C. A SPLENDID BUY Room House on8tis Mire. Lane One block from Westminster avo. $3.500 fetish 01.SOO Balance to arrange. 5-room Cottage on Manitoba street, close to tramline Balance Monthly Payments. Buys _j4-ft. ou Westminster avenue. Good busiuess property. Increasing in value all the time. TOO Bmt *A'i, a lot on Westminster aveuue, near city limits. $400 eash. *ti\ ::&0 buys a fine lot on .Lome street. Tbe fluest location on this street. Buy now before the price goes up: SMW cash, balance 0 and 12. El owe Sound _"=#.-? .Series ' Crown tiiMiit Land. Hnlf mile waterfront. ... Heavily timbered—fir and cedar. $5,000 Gosh $1,000. Will exchange for ciiy property. The list of properties handled by thiE firm on which a reasonable profit cau be made is very large. Dur- Whether as buyer or seller remember the address Whitney & Hazlett, 2450 Westminster avenue, Mt. Pleasant, 'phone B1405. Elbert Huhbard's Sayings: i| Only Character, Counts. . Things cease to be supernatural wheu we understand them. Think twice before you speak aud then say it to yourself. Every quarrel begins in nothing and ends in a struggle for supremacy. Sir Lauder Bruuton in a repent public utterence, touching indirectly the Old Age Pension question, declared thnt ultimately it, would be found a great deal cheaper to spend pence on children than pounds on paupers. In a word, tlie ouiineut physician's ideas seemed to lean towards "young-age," rather than "old ago" pensious. Subsequently in an interview Sir Lauder Brnnton stated that, though apt, this titlo hardly described correctly the efforts which he and .others were engaged in toi give children a better start in life, and by diminishing pain, sickness and misery so not only increase the health of the community, but add very considerably to its wealth If, said Sir Lauder, the early conditions of y'fe of the majority of thoso who stood'iu tlie greatest need of old age pensions were looked iuto, it would very often be fouud that physical de fects wore, a primary cauSe of tlie individual doing badly. The.defects might have beou remedied, probably removed, if only tak'eii early in life; hence the imperative necessity for the medical iuspec'; _ of all school children. It wns in this medical inspection that would he found the "young age" pensions. Public opiniou had already decided that if was of very little use to attempt to teach underfed children, aud provision would certainly bo made by the Legislature for assuring that, a sufficient supply of food was provided for children attending school. —Over-Seas "Daily Mail," Londou.Eug. JEFFERSON'S TEN RULES. Never put off until to-morrow what you car. do to-day. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. Never spend .your money before you have earned it. Never buy what you don't want because it is cheap. Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold. We seldom repent of having eaten too little. Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly. How much pain the evils have cost us tiiat have never happened!. Take .things always by the smooth handle. When angry, count ten beforo you speak; if very angry, count a hundred. Land Act. N E W W E S T MIN S T E R LAND PISTRICT. District of New .Westminster. . TAKE NOTICE that I, W. D. Brydone-Jack, of Varcouver, B. O., occupation, rdiysioian1 and Surgeon, inteud to apply for permission to purchase the fis{lo',vin<; described land: about 100 a res. Commencing at a post planted aliout ■_0 chains North of Lot 14!i(i on Eastside of,Howe Sound.'; st North of Horseshoe Bay theucq East 20 -ihniiis, ihence NOrth (-0 chains, thence West ^t, chains, nitre or less, inshore, thence Southerly alongshore to point of opmmoucenient. W. I). Brtdosb-Jack, Date Aug. 18th, 1007. Ae.oag" in Sunlit Vancouver, Cedar Oottftgo property, .Lots in South,Vaucouver. Whitney & Hnzlott. Mf. Pleasant Mail,(Postoffice.) I, ■ .'i,.-. ■■, ■ ,— ■ ', ■/,,,-• 'iVr D. K-V-Nert's Read Thk Aovocatk The letters are collected from the Mt. Pleasant 'Postoflico at the following hours: T::i0, 9, 10:80 u. m , I.i&O, 15:16, l'lMB o'clook." . All clrsses.pf mail leaves at 10 a. nf.',' aud S __ Hl:3o p.m. „.. 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It serves to remind old' customers that there- are J pew and exlendei uses for ft Dr-odUjCt and develop:, Jt demand that ra ij alread} exist, The persistent advert I zer Is the chnii who -.lilts .eut .Thle *vicA'fcvofi.;l"' cd isn't vt\>l\s' a very good business proposi- rioi.. Trade Marks Designs Copvlights 4c Anrnnaiemil'lK g shotoh nnd fli'ntftplfon urn) aliiokir HBoert-Hn iiur opluioii fruc wtisihi-r ie iuveniimi is probAbiy iinteiitiii.io Ctatit-iifiifrft' tlons st. 'ictlriMiitli.c' rlfii. .lI«n'i:.(,ol_nn l';.t — \,. . .cut fr'1'). tililnst iii-enoy for |in(.tiriii(f 1 ..tents. l'utcii-ii Ukou ttirouuh Munn A Cli. ri-..i-lTi l/i.Y.al patter, ivilhcut chiir^fl, lr tlia Scientific Emmtm* : , A hnrrtflomoiy ilMiRlraii'd vrcnhlr, t.fir&oiit-clr- h -'■ culttlon of nny i«nieiitiUt) Jwirniil. Tt-ruih, f'. , 5mr; four nioiiUis,It Boidbjrall n_Trm*leAlem j (mi i\ Co .aoiBw-ta,.^ew York , Hn-p-h/iffun. t» V St.. Wmliinaton. I). C. - — DO IT NOW I—If not already a Si ..vnj.e -eriljcr tn "Tlm Advocate" .booOme on now. Only $1 for 12 months. THE ADVOCATE, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. LIED m DEATH -Articles That Brought Tragedy to Their Owners. SOME QUEER COINCIDENCES. "The Hindoo Idol That Mme. Carnot Ordered Destroyed—A Grim Exhibit -*n a London Museum—A Ring That Brought Its Owners to Suicide. ->. Women "Nol Improving. Mr. Plowden, the Marylebone man istrate of London, has come to the melancholy conclusion that woman is changing for the worse. He drew attention to the metamorphosis in a a'.ril-inr speech in his court, suggested by an assault case in which a woman took part. A certain class of ease which oame before him constantly, he said, sug ■rested that women's nature was un dergoing very considerable modifica tions in the twentieth century. . The gentleness and spirit of depen dence and the "sweet reasonableness' that used to distinguish the sex were giving place to a love of advertise ment and a taste for unseemly scenei- of rowdyism and violence. The doves were changing into eagles Even the hatpin, designed for such innocent purposes, wns becoming, in the hands of women, as much n wea pon of danger as the stiletto or the revolver. These changes in the nature of women were forced upon his attention by what was constantly oceii'-''"— the police courts. ECZEMA'S ITCH IS NEVER ENDING Except By Active and Persistent Treatment With the Great Eczema Cure, Dr. Chase's Ointment W. N. U. No. 646 Burro Driver* Carry Candles. In Mexico all vehicles, be tbey handcart, automobile or anything between, must carry a light at night This rule or law ls rigidly enforced. Even the drivers of the poor Pttle burro or mule enrts, ou their two wheels, must carry a light. So, rather than buy lanterns, which cost money, tbey take a dip candle, and wrapping It ln a bit of newspaper to shield It from the wind carry it in their left hand as they drive along homeward from work after evening has fallen. The effect is striking, as the light falling strongly on the In- ilhin driver throws the fnce of the _,-,__ hito strong rr>n»* ..fnlnst the darkness. SUMMER COMPLAINTS At the first sign of illness during the hot weather give the little ones Baby's Own Tablets, or in a few hours the trouble may be beyond cure. Baby's Own Tablets is th. lest medicine in the world to prevent summer complaint if given occasionally to well children, and will as promptly cure these troubles if they come unexpectedly. But the prudent mother will not wait until trouble comes—she will keep her children well through an occasional dose of this medicine The Tablets ought therefore, to be kept in the house at all times. Mrs. Charles Warren, Nevis, Sask., says: "My little boy was greatly troubled with his stomach and bowels, but a few doses of Baby's Own Tablets wrought a great change in him. I would not be without the Tablets in the house." Sold by all rr-idiciiie dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. British Naval Supremacy The New York Post, speaking of British naval supremacy, says: The Britisli Admiralty is not satisfied with its recent extraordinary development of the torpedo boat-destroyer. In 1S93 its largest boat of this type was the Havoo, of 240 tons, 3.500 horsepower, and 26 1-2 knots. Five of the boats authorized in 1905 G are now taking the water, the Ghurka and Af- ridi having recently been launched. These boats are of 790 tons, 14,500 horsepower, and have a speed of 33 knots, three more than any of the destroyers owned by Germany, France or the United States, and are 200 tons larger than tbe largest foreign boat. Not content with this leadership, the Admiralty has laid down at Birkenhead the Swift, a destroyer of 1,830 tons, 30,000 horsepower, with the phenomenal speed of no less than 36 knot3 an hour. The Swift is to be an ocean-cruising boat, with a great radius of action; and having the pace to overhaul any torpedo boat or destroyer, cruiser or battleship will truly become "the eyes and ears of the fleet." But the Ghurka and the Swift have high freeboards and are comfortable and livable vessels, instead of racing machines, which utterly exhaust thei,; crews in n few days. It is now apparent that in the eyes of the Admiralty the torpedo cruiser and torpedo gunboat are failures, the former because its scouting powers were sacrificed to its armament nnd the latter because it wns neither a scout nor a destroyer. Only three 12-pound- ors will be carried by the Ghurka, and four SB-pounders by the Swift. A clearer example of the way the Brit^ ish Admiralty leads the whole world in naval construction and development it would b'> hard to find. Ever" otber country is an imitator, end nt that from thiee to five years behind. Pretty Wall' Paper, When pret.il.,' sprigged and dainty wail papers cau be purchased for 10 cents a roll, there Is not ofteu an excuse for ugly walls hi a bedchamber. If one selects first the wall paper und ' carries the suggestion of its color and design into the furnishings of the room, one need not be at a loss to secure a charming effect. One room in whicli this cheap wall I impel' was used was made as artistic ! and attractive as many n more expen- | slvely furnished room. The wall paper ■ Chosen had u light pastel blue ground . sprinkled over with short stemmed daisies with yellow centers. Witli Infinite taste the furnisher used this daisy for a keynote In ber furnishings. On the dressing table there Is a nulled cover of white muslin. The light blue, white enameled furniture or maple might be used with Just as j good effejjj.. . - _ . ' When left to itself, eczema runs on indefinitely, causing keen distress from itching and covering the body with sores that refuse to heal. Even with careful treatment, .-c- zema is obstinate in yielding to curative measures, but the regular and persistent use of Dr. Chase's Ointment is the most certain means of overcoming this torturing disease. Internal treatments for eczema have long since been discarded, ex> cept the use of medicines to regulate the bowels and enrich the blood, while local applications are used to relieve the itching and heal the sores. It is the remarkable success of Dr. Chase's Ointment in the cure of eczema which has given it world-wide recognition as the standard ointment for itching skin diseases. Mrs. Robert Clendenning, Welland Station, Ont., writes: "For three years my daughter, Fanny, was afflicted with eczema in an intense and persistent form. •_—d for nine days she was totally blind. The burning, itching and disfigurement were horrible, her entire face being completely raw for months and the distress so great that sho | could not sleep. 1 "The best efforts of two eminent physicians failed to even mitigate her awful suffering. One day when I was low-spirited over mv daughter's .condition Dr. Chase's Ointment , was recommended to tne, and to our surprise Fannv was helped with the first box and she has since been entirely cured by this treatment. "Her face is now as smooth as a baby's and she ie in splendid health. The credit for this cure is entirely due to Dr. Chase's Ointment, and I cheerfully give you permission to state my daughter's case, hoping that it will lead many others to secure the same good results." There are a score of wavs in which | Dr. Chase's Ointment, with its extraordinary soothing, healing properties, is useful in every home; GO cents a box, at all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates & Co., Toronto. Counsel (addressing the judge, after he had got his client, a thief, acquitted in the face of strong evidence—Your honor, I would be obliged if you would order that this man be not released from custody until tomorrow. judge—Certainly. But what is your reason? Counsel—Well, you see, the road near my home is rather lonely, and as my client knows quite well that I shall have money on me, he might possibly lie in wait for nie.—Bon Vivant. A Cure for Fever and Ague—Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are compounded for use in any climate and they will be found to preserve their powers in any latitude. In fever and ague they net upon the secretions and neutralize the poison which has found its way into tlie blood. They correct the impurities whicli find entrance into the system through drinking water or food and if used as a preventive fevers are avoided. "Speaking of had falls," remarked Jones, "I fell out of a window on?e, and the sensation w-i terrib'e. During my transit through the air I really believe I tho gut of every mean act I had ever committed in mv life " "H'm!" growled Thompson. "Yo-i must have fallen an awful distance!" —Philadelphia Inquirer. Making Whale Leather The Newfoundland fisherman have been attempting to make whale ie-i- ther a commercial product, and are said to be meeting with some success. The average whale hide covers a surface of about 1,500 square feet. A square foot of the hide weighs from two to five ounces and is priced as high as 50 cents. The leather is in- usually tough and is said to have great wearing qualities, and may therefore be adapted to tlie covering of furniture, buggy tops and seats^ and also automobile uses. It is a'so said that it can be used tor bo_t3 and shoes. Leather made from tha intestines of the whale resembles kid. and is thin and tough. It will lute color readily, and is to bs offered to glove manufacturers for making the long-sleeved gloves now worn by women. Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, etc. Three thousand marriages are performed every day all over the world. No fewer than sixteen articles of the last Hague convention relate to the treatment of prisoners of war. Geronimo, the old Apache chief who was captured in Indian Territory some time ago, made an attempt to escape, b'it was caught a lev/ hours afterwards. THE RECORD sue Our warm air heat producer for churches and large public buildings, possesses a very important feature in the fact that it has two air courses—the air travels up through both the inner and outer castings. All products of combustion 0\ come in direct contact with and completely __*&«•*- surround the hot air columns, thus making the largest amount of heating surface to every square foot of grate surface ever achieved in a warm air heater. The flue construction admits of heat being forced direct to the most distant and most exposed part of the building to be warmed. 107 WKITE FOR CATALOGUE THE RECORD FOUNDRY & MACHINE CO. I Foundn-.,,: MONCTON, N.B. & MONTREAL.P.Q.| Sales Branches at MONCTON, N.B.; MONTREAL, P.Q.; RONTO, ONT.; WINNIPEG, MAN.; CALGARY, ALTA. VANCOUVER. B.C.. S-^"**-«-'.l TO- and FOR THE NOON-DAY LUNCH NOTHING SO SATISFYING AS It Is whole wheat steam-cooked, shredded and baked and com- pressed into a wafer, presenting greatest amount of nutriment in smallest bulk. Delicious as a toast with butter, cheese, marmalades and beverages. Always ready to serve. Crisp, tasty and nourishing. All Grocers. 13c a Carton; 2 for 25c. THE ADVOCATE. VANCOUVER. BRITISH COLUMBIA. In Bird Society A SOCIAL GATHERING OF FEATHERED FOLKS. SOCIETY anions birds! Yes, Indeed. For only a short time, It Is true, but alone: toward the end of July and the beginning of August ia moulting time, when, you know, the birds change their feathers. It doesn't take long for the old ones to fdll out and the new ones to come in, but when this happens birdie can't fly very well, so he seeks a quiet place, and there enjoys himself with his friends. These social eatherings are never noisy, for they don't sing during moulting time, but you can see the old fellows giving the youngsters good advice and the mothers in their ehirny gossip. Miss Redbreast was such a nice little bird that Mrs. l.ohln wished very much to have her as a bride for her son, Johnny. Happily, Mrs. Robin had arranged a little party, and all the Redbreasts were invited. The Laying of a Good Foundation THE wise man about to build himself a home will Bee that his foundations are the best to bo had for his money, even if he has to ecnomlse on the superstructure. The really skilled embroiderer is equally careful about her foundations. Every slileli pul un uns preliminary work pays many times over. It really does not take much extra time to pad one's scallops aud flower petals, yet lt makes u surprising difference tn the appearance of the finished work. Muny workers ure euger to begin what they call the embroidery at once, not realizing that the underlaying is quite as important as Ihe covering stitches. Nor is this merely so as regards looks. No embroidery launders well that is not firmly padded. It holds the material In place and prevents it from pulling when washed. Almost all padding should be run lengthwise of the design, aa the covering ls usually done across it. As good a way as any to pad is to run the edges of a scallop or flower and fill up the centre with chain stitches, or the whole thing can be chain-stitched. This stitch fills tn very rapidly and gives ths-. requisite smoothness without which no Batin stitch ever looks well. Ordinary darning cotton makes a very good filling. If the work ls to be very much raised, more strands should be used, or the stitches can be put ln several layers, makin* it slightly higher '- -ie centre -* A jolly good time they were having. Miss Redbreast and young Mr. Robin seemed to like each other very much. Their mothers were delighted, "Let's take a little walk," said Mr. Robin. Miss Redbreast thought that would be nice, so they hopped down under a cool green hedge. When they talked together quite a while Mr. Robin asked Miss Redbreast lf she didn't think she would like to become Mrs. Robin. She drooped her head daintily and chirped, ever so low, that she thought perhaps she would. Why naughty 'labby should have been lurking near the hedge no one knows, but just as Mr. Robin was about to chirrup joyously she made a spring for little Miss Redbreast. Mr. Robin saw Tabby leap. In a moment he had darted straight for her eyes. Miss Redbreast got away in safety, but brave Johnny Robin was killed. Great was the grief among the Rob- Ins and Redbreasts. Needless to say, they went Into society no more that year. The Game of Castle King AN AMUSING game to play Is as follows: Choose your King by some counflng-out rhyme. Then he must stand on a high place and shout defiance to his foes. He taunts them with abusive epithets, such as: "I'm king of the castle, Get down, you cowardly rogue." He Is then assailed by the other players, every one struggling to capture his place of eminence—and he must try, alone, to maintain it. Fair pulls and pushes are allowed, but no clothes must be pulled, under penalty of being set v-slde as prisoner of war, which really seans expulsion from the game. Sometimes the I In- is permitted to have an assistant or ally, who, however, does nothing but stand by and see lhat there Is fair play. It ls his duty to capture any one who breaks this rule. Of course, ere long the king ls bound to be overcome by some strong assailant, who finally wins the coveted place, and the first king has to retire to the ranks and fight for the place lf he wishes to recover lt. et, This game ls called Castle King, CAPTURING A SAWFISH {{I ET'S go out some distance to- I day, Instead of hugging tha •*-* shore," cried Jim, giving the boat a shove and then leaping to his place. Joe nodded assent. "Yes," said he: "here we've spent a whole week of our vacation on the coast and haven't ever been much further than a stone's throw Irom the shore. There's not the sign of a squall so I think we can risk a good long row." The water was smooth and they made good headway. After rowing for an hour, Jim suggested that they rest on their oars and have something to eat. Their lunch was not yet finished and the boat was idly drifting along when there was a sudden rush of water as a wicked monster crashed into the boat, piercing the side with a long, saw-like, bony projection. "It's a sawfish!" yelled Joe. "We've got to boat the rascal off or he'll sink the boat!" A PERILOUS SITUATION. Finding itself unable to gain its freedom, the sawfish turned and swam toward the shore, towing the boat with it. lt kept right on its course until the boat grounded on the beach. Several men were watching, with great surprise, the boat come rapidly toward them, and they now helped in dragging the boat and fish up the beach. The sawfish when measured proved to be a monster, indeed, and you may be sure that Jim and Joe were prou'* -f their strange catch. Tapir as a Pet HE IS a funny-looking animal, isn't he, to have for a pet? But t_. tapir is one of the favorites of the keepers nt a zoo in Germany. So affectionate and playful is he that they nil enjoy a frolic witli. him. Whenever a keeper enters his cage Le always searches through hi* pockets for some dainty, which he is almost sure to find. In South America, from where the tapir is brought, he is not regarded! as such a friend, for he is so fond of the young and tender leaves of plants. that he does great damage among the plantations. As he sleeps by day and seeks his fo"d by night, it is so much more difficult to keep him front doing harm. Legend of the Stork He Knew. Lady (whose sister is singing in next room)—How do you like the song, Jimmy? Jimmy—That's all right; you can't fool me. I know a phonograph when I hear ■ one. The Magic Bridge ttERE Is a game known as Maglo i**l Bridge. All the children join hands and form a ring. If there are many of them, there should be several bridges, say, four, in the ring, at regular Intervals from each other. The bridges are formed by two children, who raise their joined hands for the others to pass under. They are not formed till the leader gives the signal. Some one will kindly play at the piano—any lively march or dance, to which the children can keep merry step, singing as they go. They pass once, twice or oftener around the circle; then the leader, who stands ln the centre, must give a signal where the bridges are to be made. Immediately the eight children who receive ' the signal raise their joined hands—two for each bridge, four bridges altogether; and all the other children pass under the bridges, dancing or marching to the music. Then the .eader gives the signal for the bridges to be demolished. The circle formB again as at flrst. Then new bridges are signaled for, to be formed by different sets of children; the rest paSB under these new bridges. And so lt goes as long as the children enjoy lt. Very pretty game. TH——E was once a sultan of Turkey who gathered around him as his counselors all the wise men of his dominions. The sultan himself was very wise,, but he could not help playing jokes upon the dignified advisers. For several months the sultan had enjoyed not a single trick. He began to fear that he would soon be growing dull unless something happened to amuse him. That day he directed his slaves to thoroughly oil the broad steps that led to the palace. He then sent word to all his counselors that he wished to see would to keep his footing, each dignified gentleman slipped upon the oll_r surface and rolled to the bottom of tht\ steps. The sultan roared with laughter. This was for him the best Joke he- had ever played. But one of the wisest of the advisers, who knew all about magic, was oo. angry at being treated in this way tb»t he changed the sultan Into a stork. And the stork to this day, though a wonderful old bird, you know, sometimes does such foolish things as bringing you a baby brother when you want: a sister or a baby sister when you want, a brother to play with. M, Gets Fish in Ice Cake. C. E. Comley, proprietor of a summer resort at Black Lake, Wis., captured a forty-pcund muskellonge in at. peculiar manner. Cumley, with a force of men, was harvesting ice in a shallow bay of the lake, where the water- was frozen solidly to the white sand!, bottom. The great fish was found frozen In the crystal Ice, and an oblong-, piece was sawed out and the flBii taken, to Rhlnelander. The Ice was placed In- a tank at a restaurant, and when It melted the fish was found to be stllll alive and apparently none the worse for- having been frozen in the solid Ice *iii winter. i THB SULTiA-N'B JOKB .(\ '' them at a certain time In the afternoon. Placing his chair at the head of the steps, the sultan seated himself upon it, chuckling. As the hour appointed arrived the wise men appeared. But try as he Bobby's Strategy. Quite a number were present at dfir— ner, and Bobby found hlmBClf entirely overlooked. Having waited patiently for sometime and receiving nothing to eat, at last he Inquired loudly If some on_ would klndiy give him some mustard. "What do you want with the mustard^ Bobby?" asked his mother. "To go with whnt you have already given me," he cheerfully explained. Bobby received all he wanted there."- after. .1 i , -*_-*p —_______-—__——-« . —-y -jr a Y ES," announced the princess, "I shall be happy to take a husband should there be one found to my liking." The whole day before the princess had sat deep ln thought, scarcely tasting the food placed before her. It was only that morning that the ministers of state had respectfully called upon hs* and suggested that lt would please her people overmuch should she take a husband. The king, her father, had been killed while hunting a full year ago, and the queen had died soon afterward from grief. While the princess was as wise as she was beautiful, still her sv".jects felt the kingdom needed the flirn hand of a king—therefore this request. Now, a princess so young and beautiful could have no lack of suitors, but then she was very, very hard to please, so that a proclamation was sent far and wide telling the world of her desire to choose a husband. Soon the courtiers began to arrive from far and near. Some were tall and some were short; some were fat and some were lean; but all bore high-sounding titles and possessed great wealth. , Each bestowed upon her a magnificent gift—that is, all except one. Exactly | one hour before the trumpet blew announcing the close of the time for all aspirants to appear, there was admitted to the court a youth who, though very handsome, had come on a forlorn- looking horse and whose clothes werei decidedly threadbare. 1 Advancing toward the throne, hei humbly knelt before the princess and I begged her to accept the gift he hand- . ed her—a poor, little bouquet of roses. Carelessly hidden smiles of scorn could be seen on the faces of the other suitors. The princess who, until now, had been wearily looking on this scene, seemingly not In the least Interested, now roused herself. Graciously taking the flowers, she asked, not unkindly: "And whom have I the pleasure of addressing?" At this the noble courtiers around smiled broadly. Surely the princess must be making sport of this ill-kept stranger, a vagabond more fit for the alley thnn the court. '"Tis I who have all the pleasure In the addressing, lovely princess," returned the youth, and the words fell musically upon the ear. "I am Prince Leo, of the Kingdom of Orlaco. My father until recently was ruler over that country. A short time ago he was slain by r neighboring monarch, and I despolle, (**> of my Inheritance, so that what I carry "BRAVELY SPOKEN, PRINCE," MURMURED THE PDINCEflS with me ls all that I possess. For all that, 1 take courage to ask your hand, for I feel lt will not be long ere my faithful sword has won again a kingdom and a fortune for me." "Bravely spoken, prince," murmured the princess. "Now," said she to all the assembled suitors, "for one year I shall test your courage and fidelity. A year and a day and I shall expect to see you all here again. He who then can tell of the most glorious deedB accomplished during the year will be chosen as the prince of my kingdom. Till that day see that each wears faithfully the ribbon which I place tn his keeping as a token of his service to me." Every suitor pinned tho gage of the princess to his breast. Then one and all departed. Strange to say, when they bad gone, 'twas of the shabby prince that the princess thought and 'twas for him she sighed softly to herself Just a year and a day from the time the princess sent her suitors forth a vast cavalcade entered the city. Some of the suitors, It is true, hud lost heart easily and did not seek to redeem their vows, but most of the aspirants returned, laden with spoils. One had slain a mighty dragon; another had killed twelve men single- handed In battle; another had conquered a wild, unknown country, bringing back with him a company of slaves; slill nnother had captured a untuorn; nnd so on. There lacked but one hour for the trumpet to blow, closing tiie gates, and still the shnbby prince did not appear. The princess found herself looking for liim, and when she could not see him she grew uneasy, she knew not why. Just then there came through thn courtyard the largest horse in all the world, bearing upon liis buck tho bodies of the seven greatest dragons. Upon these stood a tiny pnge. When bidden to speak, tlie little page cried, shrilly: "I am sent by my master, the Prince Leo. He commands me to say that he will be here before a quarter hour has; passed." To bear out the page's words the- prlnee arrived, leading captive so large and mighty a giant that the room couldi scarce hold him. The court was astonished. • One by one the suitors told nf what they had done. Truly, their deeds had been great and glorious enough to satisfy any princess. Last of all, Prince Leo arose. Sad Is, he stood before tho princess, with hen' head. "Oh. most beautiful princess," pleaded he, "do not ask me to relate my adventures, for it can be of no good." The princess exclaimed In wonder-! 'Why not? It appears that you hnvo-' captured the most terrible glnnt, killed the seven largest dragons, conquered tho- greatest horse and, I hear, won throe.- kingdoms and done other mights- deeds Certainly it seems to me tlmt vou hnve done even better than these noble princes." "That may be," mournfully replied r-Jli-- prince, "but I return wit limit thy anew "' The face of thn princess paled. "Perhnps you dropped 11 In your encounters with the giant; or mnyho when, yoUi slew the dragons; or, ngnin, wli^n vou wrestled with the horse," she suggested * The prince silently shook hia head. More and more perplexed grew the- princess. "Well," said the prince, "since S'ouil press me 1 shnll tell hosv 1 chanced tot lose it. I was entering the city but an, hour ngo, when I snw by tlie gnte nv little girl crying as though her heart would brenk. Taking her In mv arms I found that your precious token was the only thing thut would comfort her I stnrted to ride nwnv when there was no more lime to spare, hut tlie hnliy cried so that, princess"—here his VQlOfl gave a queer little break-"my heart bled for hcr-nnd—1—gnve hcr-tho, gage." Dejectedly he turned nnd wnlked nwny-1 "Stay!" cried the princess, lier eves' sparkling und cheeks Rushing n rosy red; "thero seems to be more merit In this last deed thnn any of your others-* nnd, prince, I think vou nre m.v Choi,-* — slie added, with the happiest llttle saO*. Yes, and not one of the wise counselors but applauded the choice. Hero' was a man ns well as a king—one who. would care for and rendliy protect hUr> people. So Prince Leo wns crowned nmlit great rejoicing. I wish I could say 'they lived happy ever nfter, but the fact ts I really never henrd any morel about them. Just the same, I'm sure-' they did. Don't you think so, too? THEE ADVOCATE, VANCOUVER, BRITISHCOL'UMMA. -Sept. 7, 1907- t**0***0**********0*******S0 Phone 3,14. Centra 0.90**0000000000000000000:90^90900*0000t?090^ All kinds of Mill Wood. Dry Cedar a specialty. Yard, foot of Columbia streot. Crocker Bros. Proprietors. U*909**:;' ' i»**WW* Potatoes Mashers, Toasters, Soap Holders, 2do & 25e ■ON SALE TODAY.. Buchanan & Edwards 662 664 Granville St. 'Phone 2021. w*****0****0************0'^****0***0****** LOCAL ITEMS. A Fine Grocery Store for Sale; apply to Whitney & Hazlett. Mr Roy Lee speut Sunday and Labor Day in Seattle. Miss Pillctt of Nanaimo, is visitiug Miss Rafferty of Tenth aveuue. Mrs. Bntchart, Ontario street, is visitiug with.i-elativcs iu Eastern Outario. L_X*-wral> &*t ■a**.v t'n.'.r will please yuu, end our special offer'1 will 1)0 i.ll llllliU'l'llll .!.. DAVIDSON & ST.AKK PHO TUt; it A I' li .1*1! .S Northern Lank Building, Ninth avenue. The New Westmiuster "Columbian" liiys: "it is doubtful whether the old friendship between tbo Hill boys and Red Shirts will ever be revived again, for tho local boys cannot forget, tie decision handed out by the protest committee composed of the Maple Leaf officials. Local Items. Read the announcement of Welliugs&i R io, successors to ;)' P. Nightingale & Co. The nesv firm will strive to please the old and new customers iu every way possible, and beiug experienced business meu they will certainly "make good." Some extra low prices are offered for today ; see advortizonieiit. The average shopper shares the lack of cnuiidouca a merchant feels iu his store when ho fails to advertize it. A false alarm on Wednesday evening called out tlio No. 8 Firemen to the corner of Thirteenth and Westminster avenues. When tho crowd, whioh gathered, got buck to Ninth it had the "pleasure" of watching the work of getting a ear ou the truck whicli got olf at tho curve anil tied up the main lin for a wliilo. Flemings' Oasoara Tablets for heail ache and liver troubles; ?.«•. at thi Mt. Pleasant Drug Store, M. A. VV. Co., phone 71.0. tr* tr*\ W if We have now a full stock of New Shapes aud Trimmings. Our Miss Marshall has just returned from the Fashion Centers and is now ready to advise you about the New Styles. Jas. M ^OBEi-TSON/^^f^S^9^- LOCcsI Get your work done n,l the Glasgow Barker Shop '. liners ('ruin Hotel Fit.'..Mi UNpKRWO.Ob. Proprietor. PATHS—Bath room fined with Pou ..■■- 'v.Ai.v Bath Ten and all moderu bouveuiouoes. $4*500, ''■.: cash.—-will buy 's ■ 44,*rft. front on Wcstminsier ave* Good business property. Property (central) yielding £1.000 per year, for sulo by Whitney & Hazlett. Mr. Wm, Main has been ill this week at his home on Eighteenth avenue, but is now convalescing. YOU CAN GET THAT SLtST MADE as 'BRIGHT as MEW ^ii^^iis.u^\iiaaiaa^^^KvtitJii-^>aiiiiiiiaiiAT^:iia ut Chas. SYMONS' TAILOR SHOP Niuth & Westminster aves., Up-stairs Oleaniug; Pressing, Repairing and Dyeing. TRY HIM. © Mt. Pleasant Lodge No. .19, I.O.O.F will hold ita regular sveekly meeting on Tuesday eyeiiiug next. Mrs. H. J- Footo and children, Mrs. 0. Oimatead and children have return, ed from a trip uji the Coast. c« M I ft W. A. Hazlett 245.0 Westminster ave. sf*_-jE_B____-r_*i-_aE^ •• ■.■.BrasmansBtf ^~*tf<*fc'N'?'.fN->*>-s\*^*-^ 0.9&.90000*0^'S.<)9000\*-.^t>&.c._r.p&.p,:.&s>.^ Mt. PLBASANT CHURCHES. a i:. *U'',._; of y rooms A SPECIAL BARGAIN— Stone t'./i,ndatio!i, funiaie, pleotrlp fittings, auch01/ fence, largo attic, fruit trees. Cash $2,000, balance on terms. Choice Acres near city; spiteblo to : sub divide ; good buj ; favorable, terms. Your Property wit';i Whit,n?y & Hazlett 2400 Westminster avo , Mt. Pleasant. ■fH_ ADVOCATE if only il.00 a year, SOc for 6 months, The price of milk has b.'jeu raised to IOo a quart by a number of inilkn n uud it is expected that by Oct. 1st, ail the dealers will eiuirge 10c a quart. Thefguernj of Alien Mclntyre, tbfl infant miii of Mr, and Mrs A. E. Ward, 557 Tenth avenue east, took place Friday afterUOOUj Rev. J. P. Westman (.,'tieiatiug. 5-room Houso on Westminster avenue, Ifl.BOQ, '., oash Whitney .fc Hazlett, M.iO WpstmiUSter avenue. The track-liiyiug and iiiaci.lg (|f poles on the Ninth avenne east extension of the Street Railway systo-id is finished. Curves for thq Ninth aveuue extension, for the in,sv ear barn:; ou Wcstjiiipsh j. mid Fourteenth, forth' corner of Powell and Westminster, are expected to arrive in about tsvo weeks. The now car barn is nlmost finished. WANTED: fiJit||itpr. for Jft. Peasant I'apiis'f Plwiij' i ppi'ly fo 1% Eighth avunsi; pjji. Sturgeon, Fresh gpriiig Salmon, Sockeye, Halibut, Codfish, Smelt. VECtETABLES.-Whx Bonus, Vi'ge- ttible Marrow, Beets, Cabbages, Spring Onions, Carrots, Cucumbers. .J. A. GIBSONJ Successor to Woodrosi & Williams' Eisli Marki t Fish. Poultry & Vegetables. Westminster rpnj. mid Ninth nvenno. Having started business in the GR&QERY liue iu connection with Home Baking end LIGHT LUNCHES nt 3348 Westminster ave. cornor of Seventh, the patronage of Mt. Pleasant people is solicited. Mrs. _. J. Nqs.1 ivvc^nrr Mr. and Mrs. Prentice loft for Soptland on Friday, where they will rejiile in future. Mr. P.tontieo has been the Secretary for the B. 0. Sqgar Refill..;')-Co. They Were accompanied us far as Mission by their nephew Master Bqb Cook. — '••'{.''I'.:; Advocate" is ahvayg pleased t i receive Irom i's renders any items of [ocal ijitei'cst such as notices of people visiting OH Mt. Plensaut or of local pisidents vii,;tiHg outside points, a 1 s iciul iifftiirs. chureli mid lodgo new;, births, tuuvrlllffes, etc. Before starting on a shoppinp tour |ook over the adYertiseineptf' ju the ADVOdATg, If a man cap write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a hotter basket thpii his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world win make a beat- |R ffttlt t9 !>ls &?Qr,—Swim Baptist. Junction of SVestniin.-t.'-i'rond nr.d SVestniin- Eter avenue, SERVICES at il n. in., nml 7:S0p.m.: Sunday School at 2:80 p.m. RSv. Herbert W.'l'iercy, Pafttor; residence li-' ICleventli avenue sveet. Methodist. Corner Tenil;'iiycouc anil Ontiuio Ktrcvt. SERVICES-at 11a. in., anil 7 p. in.; Sunday jluioi and Bible .Cluss ..iSl) p.m. Itev. J. P, Wcstnian, l'astor. ''iirsouiige 12:1 Kit vcntli a.vcniic, svest. Tele •i!_one HXM9. P-E8BTTERIAN. Corner Nintli avenue anil Queber: street SERVICE8 nt 11 a.».',and 7:80p. m.i Sunday Suhdol at 12:80 p. in. Ki'v.:jeo.A.SVil..on. l'..A. Pastor. 5Iiuu___ 123 Seventh avenue svest; "I'd. 11W6. St Michael s, (Amglican). Corner Ninth iiveii.ue ami Priti'-e Edward atreef. SERVICES at lla.m., and7:80 p.m., llolylyoniliiu'iion 1st i-iid .1(1 Sinii.^iys in each month after morning prayer, 2d n;ul 'iiii Sun .1iiysiitSa.nl. Suiiilny School at 2:.HU p.m. Key. G. II. Wilson, Bpctor. Rectory corner K.i|_lnh ave. nud I'liiK'e Edsrard s|n.et; Telephone 1U709. Adj-en-tists. Advent Christian I'lnp'cli (not 7lii day Ad- eniists), Seventli avenu.., near \Vq.sttniust...r nvenue. Services 11 a.m., and 7:..U p.m., Sunday School nl 10 a.m. Voyng peoples' Society pf Loyal Workers oi Cliri.liim Kniien- vor meets every Suiiiia y e ve n i lift a iii:tri o'clock. I'l'ii.s'ei'-iiic.utiui! U'ediies'lny iiiglilsatso'elocjk. Rkoiiuanized Ohuscii of .Ie.sus Christ of Lutler Day SnintH, 8638 SV.estiuinstor avenue. Services at 8 o'clock eyery Sunday evening by Elder J, 8,Ralney; Sunday School ul 7 o'eloelv. Pi'K.viir.-ineetlii-f evpry Wedneijilay eveniM. ats o'clock. Mt Pleasant lodges. t. o. o7_\ . Mt. Pleasant Lodge No. 19 meets every Tuesday at 8 p. m , in Odijfellows Hall Wostm.'inster avenue, Mt. Pleasant. Sojourning brethren cordially invited to attend. Noble Grand—-Stanley Morrison. Recording Secretart—F. Trimble, •LAOil'S OF THE MAa.OA.3B_S. Alexandra Hive No, T, hold:, regular Review 2d nu,. Kh Tuesdays of each month in Knights of Pvrliias Hall Westminster avenue. Visitiug Ladies always welcome. Lady Commander— Mrs. N. Pe.ttipieoo, 26 Tenth avenue, ear-t. Lady Recorder Kei per—.Mrs. Bnteliart. corner Eleventh and Manitoba, L. Q. L Mt, Pleasant L. O. L., No, 1S-J0, nieeiu the 1st ami !>d Thursday of,each mouth, at 8 p. m , in the Ji. of P. Hull SwSS.*Jjio.i» ■".. -*-ii visiting Brethren «Sit_SsS—_2* cordial ly welcome. J. Martin, W. M., l'.ii Ninth nven'io. east. Samuel Moore, Reo. Sec'y.. Soutli Viiniouver eostotiicu. Estate ■ WWTNSY * HAZLETT Westminster Ave. 'FtWW PJ4Qi1- I. O. F. Couyt Vancouver 1838, Independent Order qf Foresters meets 2d und 4th Mondays of each month at 8 p.m., in Oddfellows' Hall. Visiting brethren always welcome. GiiiKi'' Banuer—A. Pengelly. RecorDj-Nu Secretary—M. J. Crehan, • :U17 I'riiicc.ssstreet, City. Financial Secretary—Ralph 3. Cum- mings "Advocate" Office, Mt. Pleasant CANADIAN ORDER OF CHOSEN FRIENDS. Vancouver Couueil, No. 311a, meets every 2d aud 4th Thursdays of each month, in I O. O. F., Hall, Westminster avonue. Snjoq?uiug Frieufls always welcome E- R. FJewwolling, Chief Councillor 2i'il2 Ontario streot. Mys. O. G. Kinnie, Recorder 348 Seyunlli avenue, cant, Advocate $1 for 12 Months «*>"