���r,w- �� ��r. VOL. 9. ATLIN, B.'C'., SATURDAY. JUNE 20, 1903. '1 NO. 205. THE FIRST BOAT. Makes June��" 13th" a Memorable - Day For Atlin ������A big ? ' ' ��� ' Passenger List. Many New Faces Among the 'Hundred People Who "Arrived --- A Sea- * t, ��on of Great Activity Anticipated-^���Many Company Managers Return -t_ A Scow to Handle Heavy Machinery Is Being Built ' ��� 1", - " - ' * - *��� '* For Use on Atlin Lake. <. " ' ' *- Only1 to those spending a, winter in this northern country'can the full realization of what ',' the first boat" means be clearly understood. , To the "tenderfoot "or new comer it simply conveys recollections of a (a beautiful trip through aii equally beautifur"c6untry, with the added '"pleasures of * anticipation " iu coming to this " land of ,the midnight sun." - 1 v ,h To us "sourdoughs, ' the vernacular phrase for an old timer, it .brings us, apart from sentiment, into .closer touch with the outside -world, fills bur "depleted granneries with the good things of life, brings back familiar as" well as new faces, and,'withal?is the first real indication that summer is upon us. s. ' '*.; The opening of navigation for the previous seasons, we find.were: 1899, June 5th. * '-. 1900, June 7th. " 1901, June 8th, and 1902, June and. while this year, being 1903, it had to keep the record of the year and arrive on the 13th. ^ She brought in about 100 passengers and 106 sacks of mail. She also brought in a few tons of fresh meat and other perishables, which somewhat relieved the famine. Too much praise cannot be given to Captain Richardson and the entire -crew of the Gleaner for the 1 way they surmounted the difficulties of embarkation of Caribou, owing to the low water, and the necessity of handling everything by small boat. " To facilitate in the handling of heavy machinery and other such freight, the White Pass Co. is constructing a large scow fox use on Atlin lake, and a big load of coast lumber was brought in for the purpose. The scow will be ready for service by the time the Gleaner is able to handle the heavy freight. Mr. Henry Maluin, Manager of the Spcietie Miniere, and wife, arrived from Paris, aud "went at once to the creek. O. T. Switzer, Manager of th'e British-American Dredging Co., was another of the prominent arrivals. The preparatory work necessary for the contemplated extensive operations of his company are now well -under way. Accompanying Mr. Switzer'was Mr. A. C. Dennis- ton, a gentleman from Philadelphia, who, with him, is associated in >a prospecting syndicate,-composed-of Eastern capitalists, ��� and whose in- teulion it is, to prospect the upper valley of Pine creek by means of a Keystone drill. ' Mr. 7 Deuniston ��� ' ' ' will personally supervise the construction arrd operation of the drill as soon as if*is* landed here from Caribou: -" . *'*- , - * Mr. Wheelock.nvho is associated with' Mr. McClosky,on Spruce, arrived here on Wednesday with 15 men. He will'get to work at once on ?his*"'ditch^ for, the, Gladstone group "on Spruce, beginning at 27 above '-Discover. ' He anticipates being able,to do all the grading before the end of the-season; but, owing to the scarcity of lumber, he fears he will be unable to complete the flume part of the work. He brought with him supplies necessary to carry on the 'work. Mr. Wheelock is confident of the future. We are iir receipt of the new tariff sheets and classification schedule for 1903 and note the satisfactory reduction nearly all round, more I s especially upon the staple necessities of life. The through rate upon Classes A, B and C, for 1902 and 1903, are respectively, $3.45, $4.15, $5.05, and $3.15, $3.75. aild $4.50 per 100 lbs, in less than carload lots ; car-load lots and over were, $3.15.. $3-^5, $4-4��. and now are $2.87^, $3.25 and $3.85. The Special Commodity rate, shipments of not less than car-load lots, is cut down to $3.75-per 100 lbs, while potatoes, which last year cost $5.05, this year will cost only $3-75 per fOQ- in small shipments. The rate on hay, last year, averaged $70 per ton and oats, $61 per ton from the Coast, will now average $52.50 and $47.50 per ton. These figures, as stated, are the through rate from B. C. and Puget Sound ports to Atlin, and represent reductions of from ten to twenty per cent, with the special advantage that the small shipper gets an equal privilege with the large shipper. There are* several other features in the new schedule which commend themselves, and for which * the \V. P. & Y.�� deserve great credit. ��� In- view of "these general reductions, it'would only ,be expected that corresponding reductions will take place ere long'in our living expenses. >' ��� - . ' ' ' ' * Mr. Cameron, wf.o .will be in Atlin shortly-to superintend the construction aifd ioperatioii"of\the dredge'for the-* British-American �� s I Dredging Co., in a recent interview in Vancouver, says,.that the opportunities in Atlin * are ' "excellent, better in fact,1" .than any of those he -* j, , , + . 1 . , t has ev.er seen iu California, Oregon, Idaho or Montana, - Within a radius of'.ten miles, right in the center' of the district, there' are from 25,000 to ,30,000 acres -of gravel land that can? and profitably, Mr.. Cameron believes, be worked by the dredge. Iu natural advantages, "he 'thinks -that Atliri is .unsurpassed. ' There is water power capable of development to an unlimited extent, providing the cheapest possible means of operation, ' The dredge and power-plant is now at?Caribou," awaiting shipment to Atlin. ' As' soon as the .water rises'to a sufficient depth1 to -allow the Gleaner ,to handle 'the heavy freight it will be brought in. Lower* Spruce creek, fiom'the falls, up���as far as 140 below, will be putr under operation this year, and it is understood that one of the largest and most complete hydraulic plants ever brought into the district has been ordered. The capital is being furnished mostly by Seattle men. ',The preliminary arrangements will be carried out under the superintendence of Mr. Haslett, a mining man of wide experience. Mr. J. F. Deeks, .Manager of the work on the Eastern group, on Pine creek, has a large force of men at work in the grading and construction of the ditch for use on the property. .'This work .will occupy the greater portion of the season. t We are glad to welcome Mr* Lip- scombe, the genial Agent of the White Pass Co., back to Atlin. Dixon Bros. & Sehultz will put a stage on the Atlin-Discovery route, commencing Monday next. Nothing is more refreshing these hot days than a bath. Get one at Ford's', the O.K. Barber Shop & Bath House, whose fine enamel baths are a treat. i>Twenty-five cents is the charge. A Public Meeting will be held on Thursday evening next, at 8.30, at the Court House, for the purpose of re-organizing the Atlin Fire Department. There should be a full attendance. It isexpectedjthat Judge Henderson will be in Atlin by July 6th to' hold sittings of the County Court. The docket, meantime, is a small one. HIS REPORT. The Gold ' Commissioner's- ��� I si �� Views ' Of The Camp's Progress for 1902 and Its Future Prospects '��� .. "GoodvTimes Ahead. �� . , , * ^ , .* , The following interesting extract is taken from Gold "Commissioner l t* , _, Fraser's Annual'.'Report to the Mines Department, for 1902,'showing the progress of the Atliirdistrict for last year : _ ���_ "The; last year's operations are proving that' the best 'pay'"is > y *. * found in the^deepest ground .away from> the; present creek beds altogether, and on none of the creeks i has'the. width of the pay,gravel been- yet determined, although ' it > has been proven to be at least 600 feet in some places, - ��� . �� . ,i ?" There have ?been(no stampedes this year, no new discoveries^ and, - apart from .the -' .'Jap' episode iii * March ��� , last,!? no ,labor troubles. Laborers' were scarce, so that all, who wished could obtain - steady 'employment -"at good wages. There was only a small number of men actually' raining, perhaps ,6oo to 700 all told,���so that tlie.showing,, per capita is good. * - ���?' '-'Thecancellation of unrepresent**-*��� ed leases -was a wise and proper ��� course, and will have a salutary effect. ' * , '" Difficulties 'as to water and the 'disposal of'tailings'will continue ' to present themselves, no doubt, and in , more agravated form as plants are multiplied and, begin to crowd each other, but it is difficult to forestall them ?or to deal with them until an occasion arises. Some system of survey is very necessary so as .to prevent as far as possible the trouble arising from duplication of locations on the same ground. ? - l <- , "Systematic prospecting of outlying creeks is ' being carried on even during' the winter, and jew discoveries' may be announced at any time. " �� "The larger ,area covered by a placer claim, as- the 'Statute now provides for, w,ill to some extent account for the lesser number of claims recorded." Have You a Vote. According to the Collector of Votes, before the General Election can be held a new List .of Voters will have to be made out. Under the Act, it is provided that sixty days notice will be allowed for the preparation of the new lists, and it therefore behoves all those who are entitled' to vaote to get their names on this4ist asv soon as public announcement is made of its intended preparation. ,<*'���������"' 77/ s 1 In" ���in , ret* * '**' 9 r CM* 7 rsAt ,' -+T' ������ MM , '<-'���'}-' 1 j ,t t ' '-', " ' "' -*<5-J"' * - I". \ni , , ,s - v,s w W , .. J'*" "'''ts.Eii j '"��� -..1 ,���>-. ja ��.; '.:��,. "if' ��� '." It/"* ! 1 t ' "�� ,-,*> , ' - * < Vr "- ,. r *-'-!���* ,i' "ill * tv�� *' 'Ak ' > ��� \ ��� ,���"-�������' -t rii. '���-_ ,>.s- /) y, ?l, . xi" ��!-' ll . .,* ���// ���* ':' ,*'������ i'i fit' ��WJ�� s,*j-^.*r ��,-,_j_,i-��i_4 tii!,*^. j_- v.h.��.4uii4iA _JMj/A.J..y*.'i. U i -a-i^Jj Af��i���u&.���.-<��� J���*. ���it.jr.u-u.i. ('j^^A^'ia'^^^ ������-,,���' '������-,v.^7'7.'a>i^ , ' ' "W'v ,/ ���" '- , ' " ' ' ' ' > ' " m i ^ -�� THE BITTER-SWEET , IN OUR LIVES David G. "Wylie, D.D., Pastor . Scotch Presbr tcrian Church, New York. ,_ ���* , /vf 1 I frt i l-iir lire nvca uc me c��d at their dexti.i&ii-jH aud ���oteraclCaaaan. So it is with tu. Now we are on our hard and dangerous journey. There are oc-Mmies oh every side. Often we are discouraged. We fairt tinder our heavy loads. We murmur against the providence o-f God. This is not what God desires us> to &o. We arc t�� learn patience, to trust God, to go forward tinder the guidance of the great leader, Jesus Christ, until at last the end of the journey will come and we shall enter ^our heavenly Canaan ant! be forever with our God. ness. The Gctlrsein.mcs of life always turn out to the Christian's advantage. Agonizing p.-nycr that brings drops of blood is generally answcied When all tlse fails, God accomplishes many things by the prayeis of His people. Learn to pray. VValk in the footsteps Df the great and good of the ages. We have an instance of God's gracious kindness to His people. He led them out of their trials, They did not Itop and perish at Marah, ,but went on to Elim, with its palm groves and wells ���f water. in life Elim often follows Marah. God opens up for us a broad way out of our difficulties. There are, in the providence of God, many sweet resting places after our times of bitterness. We are wise when wc learn in life to take the bitter with the sweet 1 God led his people out of bondage jand gave them liberty. In their darkest and most discouraging hours God never forsook them. They had the ore- Gg-nct* o( Moses as friend and guide. $"fysy went through many hard and ���"^JWjJ .experiences, but nt last they ar�� Johnny (aged eight)���When I was two years old and my big brother was six, was he three times as old as I ? Teacher��� Yes. Johnny-^-And when I was four and he was eight, was he twice as old as I? Teacher���Certainly. Johnny���Ancl now I'm eight and he's twelve, is he only once and a�� half as old as I am ? Teacher���Yes. Why ? Johnny���Well, how long will it take me to catch up to him ?���New York Times. Percy���Miss Sweetly, do you think yon ���mild bo happy with a man like mo 1 VUm flweetly���Woli, perhaps���if ho wasn't too much Bike yon i��� , The bailiff then made a sensational 9iscovery. Mandy was in the , male waiting room, attired in male clothss. "I understood you to say," remarked the recorder to the policeman, "that .Mandy was a star in Darktown. She seems t�� pose up here as, the lost Plelade." "I hain't no star.nur sun nur moon, needer," said Mandy. "I'se'jest nut-in' but ole Mandy Matthews, an' dero hain't no use ter be callin' me outer ray name, needer." The officer swore that Maady had got drunk on corn liquor, ana 'when tho 'people in Crooked Alley objected to her cursing sho began a batlbi with rock.1 Hold munitions of war. "What does the star say about ths charges?" tho recorder asked the woman. "I sea dat hit am er hull lot of fabor- iashun," replied Mandy, with great Indignation, lending vehemence to her. speech. "Hit's all de work of er lyin'' generashun of vipers." i , *' ' "Tell me, Mandy," urged the recorder, "why you are dressed in male attire?" , , . "I wus er practlcln' for de Darktown drematick club,"-was the reply, "and had on myi-rigs and togs fer de play when de perlloe ciimmed.", "I'm going to fine you $10.75 for wearing those clothes on the streets," announced Recorder Broyles. "When a woman passes oft,for'a male in At-/ lanta she will certainly get stamped aa' a crook or fraud. I tell you this much, eo that, you may be better posted in tha future.���Atlanta Constitution. Curious Bits of News. 'A celebrated English physician asserts that the increased height and' weight of English and Americans In the last half century are chiefly due to' tho increased consumption of sugar. He cites, in confirmation of this opinion, the fine health of the date-eating Arabs and, the sugar-cane-eating negroes. At the recent banqrlet at Bonn In honor of the German Crown Pi-ince, at which the Kaiser was present, an unpleasant incident arose. The guests thought that the beer-mugs were keep- saikes and carried off six hundred and fifty of them. The "Borussia" corps, which acted as host, instead of settling for the mugs, has asked the guests who carried them away either to return them or to send thirty'cents each to the proprietor of the restaurant where the banquet was held. Anecdotal. A_ tourist in a remote part of Ireland, having stayed the night at a wayside inn not usually fiequented by visitors, informed the landlord in the morning that his boots, which had been placed outside his room door, had not been touched. "Ah, Bhure," said theft landlord, "and you moiglifc put yoirr watch and chain outside your room door in this house, and they wouldn't be -touched." 'Where tha Golf linUs go. ��� ���"Slimson,"-said the young man who delighted in golf, "was heart-broken when he lost the sixth golf ball the other day, when we were playing up in Dutchess county. He is a seriou3 minded individual, and when he saw the last hard, rubber sphere go into 'tho drink' he sat down on a bunker and looked at me very solemnly and deliberately. ' ' i , " 'This is inexcusable,' said he, 'when & man loses golf balls in such a way aa this he either ought,to find them or give up the game for good. It shows very weak character.' t "That last ball had gone into a pond, end there seemed to be something so ridiculous about the idea >of a man. searching a place like that,for a ball' that all of'us, the doctor, the student and I, began to laugh. "The pond was near the end of tha links, and it was a slimy bit of water. It was just about wide enough to get a ball over it. There might have been no trouble provided that were dry land^ for that distance, but the shine of the water always made you pause and wink* and think, and as a result the ball generally made a gentle little splash, and, you stood on the bank expressing your feelings "as beet you could. "The caddies grinned 'behind their Hands as Slimson slowly took oft hia ��� THE GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN NERVINE ���VflLLFIRST FEED Her ShattebbdNerves; thenstrenjrtli- enecl by it they will put every vital orgun to work vigorously, Tho Hver will do Its share,' the heart -will have blood to pump, the nerves will be quiot. The woman will be beautiful mgala. Mrs).-"James -Edeiv"post-Mistress of Edge Hill. Ont., wHtes : "I have had indigestion and dyspepsia ^or nearly ten yours. At times I could eat nothinK. After taking txvo bottle* of South American Nervine'I was en- ' tircly well and am in perfect health." The Oreat South Abmi-Icii Kldacj* Care dm. solves and washes out waste mutter at I 'once'from kidneys and bladder, and' 1 7 simultaneously begins the building up of now tissues. Rollef in six hours, rw , iVan, U. \��t It Done.' ' 1 * 'An intelligent looking boy walked into a grocer's shop tho other day, and* reading from a paper said: . 7>.VI want six pounds of sugar at'2-'4'Ll- epound. , ,f "Yes," said the shopman, "that wiH" be one and three halfpence." * , . ''Eleven pounds" of rice at l%d. ��. pound." ���' * ": "One and fourpence , halfpenny," commented the grocer. L "Four pounds of _ tea at lc fid. c pound." , - ' ��� . . "Six and eight." And so he continued: "Five pounds of coffee at Is. lOd.; seven tins of mills. at 5%d.;,four tins of tomatoes'at 6-V4d.;| eight tins or sardines at Is. lM>d." The i-'noprcan'made out the bill and)- handed it to the lad, saying: "Did yout mother send the money or does she- .want them entered?" "My mother didn't send me at all,'*' ��aid the boy, seizing hold of the bii*' "It'p my arithmetic'lesson, and I .hat}-' to get it done "somehow." , *>> -r~ A Suitable Applicant. Some people want something tor nothing, an exchange, tabt is by'no- moans equitable. * The following story.- is told of a recent advertiser, whoeu- like is to be encounteredv frequently..' The_.announcement ran: . *. "A lady, in delicate halch, wishes to- meet wit ha useful -.companion. Sh& must be domesticated, musical, early- riser, amiable, of good appearance, and have some experienc of nursing* Total abstainer preferred. Comfort* able home. No salary." Shortly afterward this estimable- give-me-everything-for-nothing ladj) variegated stockings and rolled up hia j received a parcel bearing the famlliaa- rgrZ^JVF*^ *e0^J��B1^ -inscription: '.'This side up, wlt* Humor of the Hour. r* If It Is true that bassos are bow-Icgx- ged and tenors knock-kneed, as certain New York letter writers contend, should we not expect to find a falsetto voice accompanied by a false set of legs ? , �� First Caddie���I've got a snap. Second Caddie--Wliat doin'? First Caddie���Chapcronln'. De old man give me $i to tell him every time de dude kissed his daughter, an' de dude give me $i not to tell.���Giicago News. ��� t. ��� Shakespeare made a mistake. What Antony really said was, "The peoplu that men do get after them."���Princeton Tiger. When Mistress Dolly seeks the play Her shoulders show her sealskin; But when she sits within the box, She then displays her real skin. �� Mr. Maginnis (reading newspaper)���* A man fell siventcen stories down an elevathor shaft Mrs. Maginnis���Poor crayther. Aa* did it hurt him mooch? Mr: Maginnis���Faith it did, but h�� didn't fale it,���Kansas City Journal. ��. Mrs. Gotrox���Are you really goinp to move ? # I thought you were well satisfied with your house? Mrs. Purseproud���So I am. But it is the only way to show the neighbors nil my oe-er furniture.���Mew York Sao. The edge of the pool was lined with black slime, and as Slimson went iu he nearly fell into the pond. Ho caught himself Just in time, and started at the exploration again. He had a sapling In one hand, and he looked for all the world like an Indian wading a stream to hide his trail. "He stepped on a tin can and rolled and pitched like an Atlantic liner in heavy seas. The water was above his knees. He stooped down and plunged his arm down to the shoulder. Tha Bleeve of his resplendent shirt had been Insecurely rolled. It slipped from its moorings and was,dyed by the blackened water. He lifted up his clinched fist and brought up what looked like a bit of coal. He washed the black thing about in the water a little, and there, sure enough, was a golf ball. " 'Well,' said I, 'I hope that you are satisfied. Do you think that it paid for all the trouble?' "He did not say a word. He went groping- around the bottom of that pond and brought up another ball. Ha kept right at it, and when he was through he had rescued thirty-sevea balls. " 'Yes,' said he, 'I think it was worth while.'" f"- ��� ��� A man was taken on as a laborer in one of the large shipbuilding yards on the Clyde. The first job he had to do was to carry some rather heavy planks. He had been about an hour carrying them, when he went up to the foreman and said:��� "Did Ah tell you ma name whin Aft started?" "Aye," said the foreman, "You said it was Tarn son." "Oh, that's a' richt," replied the man, looking over at the pile of planks he had yet to carry. "Ah wis wunnerin' it you thocht Ah said it wis Samson." ���Tit-Bits. care." ���S"is~. It contained a meek-looldnft A Great Improvement "How they have shortened the steam* ship time between New York: and Ijon- don!" "Haven't they? I lose onlylnm- dreda at poker now where it used to cost me thousands,"���"Judge." It was at a fashionable boardjiuj- house and they had calves' brains for lunch. She spoke to the gentleman* next to her. "And do you Ukt ealves" brainB, Mr. Domo?" "I always try ���"-�� feel content with what I have, madam." There Is a time to laugh, even Sn a fashionable boa*'dinjr-houa ' ^ et&, etc. , v i$e*bQ>bo>b&> ��c$��&$��o$�� SVll-s. Wlnarlcs looked rather 'alarmed, 'and mumbled an apologjr. . ' < "I only mean," she explained more civilly, "that it's hai d foi her lo be very poor, wihen Sir Astlcy is very rich " i "She 'has brought her position upon ���herself," said Norma Then, conscious that she, too, was not blamolcss in hei relations towards tho chivalrous Astlcy, who added (hastily "Nobody is lei's like ly to bo ungenerous than ,Sir Astlcy, 01 . -Indeed I may say than I." ���"I'm sure of it," said Mis. Wharles '���earnestly and more genially. "And .I'm loure I shall do nry best to persuade the 'poor, dear, silly girl to remember that ���all this is her own fault, and that she " -must consider both you and Sir Astlcy in every way she oaii. Poor child! She rased to be very impetuous, but I dare ���ay she's toned down now!" Norma looked at the doctor's wife ���ttsiihaously, and wondered whether she had really .been ignorant that, her sister's . ' death was only a~ pretense., "She'speaks of coming -here," said Norma, glancing at the doctor's letter to hia - wife, which she still held in her hand. "Surely you oanuuse your influence to -prevent thatl If she were to force herself into Sir Astley's presence < without notice, without warning, it might kill Aim, I really believe." "I'll do my very best to persuade her ' to be cautious," said Mrs. Wharles, "and not to -do anything hastily. But, poor 'thing I I dare say her heart will get tho better of her head when once she finds herself near hiin again!" "We must hope not," said Norma rather drily, as she lose, as an intimation 'that the interview was at an end. , She felt that thcie was nothing to be .gained by reasoning with this woman, ���vvho was Actuated, she felt sure, by self interest only, and who would cany out , .her intentions, whatever tliey might be, ��� without regard to anybody's feelings but her own. v ,. So she gave the doctor's wife not a -shake of the hand, hut a little cold bow, -as the latter took her. leave. ' , .When she got upstairs again Norma found Astlcy, who was better than he ' had been _on the prevrous nrght and for /* the lime completely conscious, in a state ^of evident anviety. No sooner had Martin left the room'than he asked qurckly: -* "What did Mrs. Whaile3 want with you'" " "Sho came to explain that her husband had been called away suddenly," , said Norma in a sooWnng tone "Didn't -you notice that you had a change of doc- r~tois'" "Oh yes," said Astley, still frowning Then, after a short pause, lie added: "I wonder what Wharles is up to! And why his wife should have thought it ne- -cessary to call! * They're a detestable pair, greedy and I fancy unscrupulous, and I know they'ie ostentatious and ex- -tiavaffiint. Don't have any more to do v Asror nw, one rcit; completely oroken hearted. How should she tell him the truth? How should she be able to go away and leave him vvnen he learned that the tie between them was non-existent, that he was bound to the woman who had so infamously deceived him? For Norma had the strongest suspi cions that the Wharleses, (husband and wife, would succeed in trumping up sueh an answer to the grave clmiges^Astlcy had brought against Lottie tint it would indeed, as they had picdicted, be impoiiiblo for him to get free. After a timo, to Norma's great dis ii-***. 4stley began to mow restless again, and 'to ,wander a littlo in his mmd, not*for long together, but enough to alarm her, when she had thought the height of the fever past. * His thoughts had been'sent back to tho old days of his married life with Lot tie, and i it cut Norma to the heart to hear him remonstrating with her for her frivolity ,and hearfclesaneas, and reproaching her with not caring for him. I'Why" did you marry mo, if you didn't care? Why did youT Why did you? "iYou were pretty enough to have married anybody. Haven't you any heart, Lottie? Don't you really care?" 7 Then for a space he would lie quietly and seem-to sleep. Then once again his eyes would open, and the incoherent muttering begin afresh. It was a relief to her when his thoughts went forward a little," and she hcard^her own name again on his lips: ' ' , "Norma, Norma, my little wild girl with the'bie eyes! I'll make you,love me���it will be easy enough���though you don't know it. No, you don't know it! You shall love me, and console ime for what the other one did; and you .shall be happy yourself, yes, I piomise you that. Norma! Little wild bird, little wicked Norma ' Norma! Norma! Norma! Hark, what's that? Who's that?" To Norma's great distress his tone had suddenly changed, and he had sprung up in bed. ��� She rose to her feet, soothing him, begging him to lie quietly. He paid no heed to her words, but remained in a listening attitude, staring at the big screen which, by^ Dr. Wharles's orders, had been put round the door to keep out some j of the draughts for which the old house was famous. 1 "Who's that? Who's that, I say? Come in, come in^can't you?" ho repeated in a loud, harsh vorce, with his eyes staring vacantly.-' In vain Norma tried to calm vhrm. "There's no one there, no one," urged she. r , Yet still, in a louder voice than before, ihe shouted: "Come in,'1 come rn, I'say'"�� "Hush, hush, do lie down, you must Ire down," cried Norma imperiously. "Listen," sire ffaid, drstmefcly rn his ear, as she wrestled with him, and trred to get him to lie back upon Ins prllow, "I'll go wrth erther of them than you can help, and see that there is no one theie, if -~ *KTrtT.w,fl mini] fllO'f." -wssi'll rt��1,T- 1,�� ^An^l ,{. irssi.'ll .ss-.ls, l.�� Norma, mind that c "Yes, dear. Why do you have him if you disbke him so much'" "Because, unluckily, he's the only - medical man about here who know s anything about his profession. I dare say," -ho added, after a moment's thought, "I . am influenced by the fact that his wife was a sister of mine and that hei mllu- - ence was not for good Thci e was only ���one decent member of the family, tho ���third sister, a widow a Mis 'Finch. All the rest, motlici, L tie, Mrs Wharles, were untrustworthy, ��verv one" "What Is the third sister like?" asked BTorma, with a sudden suspicion. "Is ahe a twin sister of the one you married?" "Oh, no. She was taller, and not at .all like her. Lottie was the shortest, but the piettiest, and took after the -mother, vvho must have been a very lovely woman i" her day." "Oil!" s id Noi-ma, with a spasm oi -disappointment. For the idea had shot into her mmd that, if tho sisters had been twins, Mrs Wharles might have conceived the plan of getting the living -one to pass foi her dead sister. "Don't let us talk about them," said lAstley. "Let us talk about ourselves each other." Norma smiled a rather pitiful smile, aa she accepted Irrs mute invitation to take his hand and sit beside hun. "I'm afraid I must forbid your talking at all," said she, gently. "You have chattered too much already." "Well then, I'll givo you a rest, on ono condition: come nearer and tell me, just whisper���whether you'll be satisfied with a niauiage which is only a busrncss part nerslup, whether you won't let a touch -of sentiment como in? Come, come, haven't you any answer? There, there, don't cry. It shall be just as you wish, you know, but I thought that���perhaps �������������� "Sh���sh!" snid Norma, with sudden peremptoriness winch did not alarm him *I won't have you talk; I forbid it. You aro to lie quite, quite still, and, and���" She was on her feet, bending over hiin, trying to speak initably arid fighting back the tears. She wanted to be busr noss-hkc, hard, matter-of-fact, for-biddmg And then he looked up, and her heart sgave a great leap, and without another word sho leaned down impulsively and pressed a loving, lingering kiss on his forehead. He took it quite quietly, without a -sound, but after that he seemed satisfied to obey her injunction to be strll and submissive, and lay back with her hand clasped in his, breathing scgularly, and looking at her vvith a sort of half smile ���hoverm2 about his .month. you'll only lie down, if you'll only be still, and quiet and calm " As she repeated these woids emphatr- cally in his ear, the sick man seemed to take in par t, at least, of the sense of her words, and as she made a movement as if to go to the door, he at last allowed her to settle him again among his pil- Jows, as she kept on lepcating "You shall see; I'll show yon theie's nobody theie " With her eyes upon the bed, and full of'the idea of satisfying his fevensh fancy, she walked to the scieen and looked round it. She did not cry out- she drd not faint, or fall, or stagger- *but the sight which met her eyes froze her blood and sent a deadly sickness to her heait. There, behind the scieen, in the very sick room, trembling, shamefaced, silent, 'but doggedly, sullenly asserting her earthly piescnce, her reality, was the woman whom Norma had seen in the hotel office at Oxford, the woman wlio,had followed Astley and herself through the streets. -"���rao axe yous mc united, in a hissing whisper, "and what do you want?" The visitor panted as she drew back, forced , away' from the door-handle by the energetic actron of the other woman. "You know who I am," she answered at once," "and I want to see my husband." For one moment Norma was too much overwhelmed, prepared as she was for this answer, to fianrc a word in reply. Recovering herself, however, she gasped out: "How do I know it? I thought���he thought���his fust wife was dead?" , The wonra.i diew herself up, recovering herself in her turn "Let me'go into the room," said she. "You will want .no f ui ther proof when he sees me." x lAnd Again she made a plunge at the door. Norma put up her hand implor in ��iy, . "Not now, not yet," she entreated "He's ill; don't you see what the shock would be? Have you no heart, no legaid for him?" r x s "Of course I have. And that's why I've come; I came directly I heard he was ill. Let me go in, I say. I have the nght." - .,���������,'* Norma bent forward, with flashing eyes that pieiccd under tho veil to the visitor's features. ' > < "You have the right!" she echoed in a voice tremulous with passion. "You who deserted him, chose to be dead to avoid him. No. You have no more right than the dead, and you shall not force your way in, to" disturb him, perhaps to kill him, if I have to rouse the house to keep yon away!" , 1 ���s, Her energy and passion got the better of th�� determination of the other woman. The visitor drew back a little. "Call the servants up if you like," said she in a /scoffing tone. ,"And undo all that I've been so careful about. For your sake I came'quietly in by the1 garden door, with this veil on that none of them might recognize me even if they met me. For your sak* I've taken every precaution: I don't; want to ^make^ a disturbance: I don't want to make things unpleasant for you."*But I've Jcome iuI the way from Leamington to see him, and it's hard to be denied one look." Norma drew her * breath sharply through her teeth. She felt that she was not in an unassailable position herself, and therefore she could not take a high hand with this other woman. "If I promise that you shall see him," she said in a gentler voice, "will you promise me in return, that you won't try to make yourself known to him until���until he's well again? Of course he must know the truth then-.but I want to keep it from him while he's ill and weak.", Her woids, hei pleading, humble tone, evidently surprised the other, who hesitated for a reply. - ^ Then the voice1 of Astley was'heard^ again, calling for Norma, sleepily, faintly. ' " ' ' ' Norma pointed to the door of her own bedroom. - .,-.���*, "Will you go in there," she said, "and wait for me? I must get someone to stay with him, and then I'll come to you." - - The visitor obeyed without a word; and Norma, much relieved to find that she had found the light way to treat her, re-entered the" srckioom and rang ���he bellvfor Martin. Astley^was falling into a doze; he just opened his eyes sleepily'on her entrance, and closed them again at 'once with a half smile. When the housemaid appeared to take' her place, Norma slipped out of the room quietly, and went tovher ox\n bedroom, where the visitor, having taken off her veil, revealed an extiemcly pietty face, somewhat worn and thin indeed, and with evident anxiety in the eyes, but attractive enough to excuse f the infatuation Astley had once had for her. "Well," slie said at once, "am I to see him now?" . to ��ddc��� in an aggrieved tone: ���Ufa aasy to be purfeetly good when yoa bave na earee, when you've always got plenty of money and everything you want. This" deceit that I've practised upon him is the only thing I've ever had to reproach myself wnJi, whatever anybody may say." And she looked defiantly into Norma's face in the candlelight. Norma believed her." There was rather an attractive appearance of sincerity about her visitor, whrch impressed her in spite-of herself. The very fact that, she did not make any hypocntrcal pretense of devotion'to Astley seemed to Norma to be in her favor. , A pang'of jealousy "shot through her heart. This woman had been Astley's choice; he had loved her passionately; the rumors of her mrsoonduct had caused him the most cruel tortures If���nay��� when Lottie "should prove that these^ stories weie untiue, would she not easily, with her pretty face, lisping, sweet voice, and unaffected manneis, be able to regain the place which sho had'for the tune lost, in his aflectiorrs? Tho hot teais sprang to Norma's eyes. "Well," she sard^at last, hoarsely, "if what you say is true, rf you have been misjudged,vas you say, ��>o much,tho better for you when you are able to see Sir Astley and explain yourself to him. Perhaps ho will forgive you for your cruel deception." ( '' Lottie looked at her uneasily. "And���and what about you?" she said 'in a-low voice/ Norma bit her lip. "It's rather late for you to ask that," she said bitterly. T'U you had given a moment's consideration to anybody but yourself before you played this c trick on Sir Astley, you might have known that he, young, handsome, good-hearted as he is, ���would want to love and marry someone else'some day." - ^ ^ The other woman began to walk rest-' lessly up, and down the long room. N ' "Well, well," she said at last, hurriedly, turning to Norma and speaking with great earnestness, "there's 110 harm done yet, is there? Nobody has seen me here, nobody who knows me. And Astley doesn't know tha't I'm here. , Why* tell him? 'Why tellfanybody? I tell you I only want help, a little help for us all. I'm sorry I came now, veiy sorry; but remember, I drdn't come until my brofcli- er-in-law told,me you knew or guessed that I was alive Remember that! Perhaps I never should" hav e come but for that." ' Norma sat down, trembling. "But,",she said, in a hoaise whisper, "your coming 01 not conirng would make no difference to the fact that you're his wife, .and I'm not." ���- Lottie stalled. ' ' .. "Oh/don't put it like that," she said. "Even I shouldn't put it like that. You married him thinking he was fiee, and he thought the same So, if nobody 'knows about my being alive���" s ' "But^he will know, he must know," said Norma quickly. "Don't you see yourself that Dr. Whailes and his wife are dying to make the*thing known?" Lottie 'looked uneasy. -. -��� * "Not by my wish," she said qurckly. "They do too much I wish they wouldn't Look here- I see you are fond of Astley,,and no doubt lie's fond of you. I don't want to come between you I'm not^ill-natured really.1 I've foifeited all right to his afFectron by my wicked deceit, as you said Let me go away , help mo a little if you can: I'm poor? and you're nch: you can spare sornethmg, and you would, I know ' Then I'll go quietly away, and I won't ever trouble you again There!" > She spoke earnestly, simply, sincerely. Norma was touched "You shall have all the money I can give," she said at once "But as for hushing up 'the fact of youi existence, I it's abouid, you know 'Hie people in Norma clasped and unclasped her ' your neighborhood must know all about hands nervously. \ j it, and Di. \Vhailes and hia wife uie only CHAPTER XL Scarcely had Noima's startled eyes rested a moment upon the woman behind the screen, when Astley called to her. "Norma, Norma? come here, I want you!" As she hesitated, not knowing what to do, divided between her fear that ho would guess something, and hei even stronger fear that tho dieadcd visitor would forco her way 111, Norma was recalled to decision nnd to action by u. sudden movement forward on tho part of the woman. The dooi by which she had entered was still open behind hei. Noima, with unexpected stiength and devlerity, threw herself upon the intiuder, ancl forced her back mto the wide corrrdor outside. At the same time, she had the presence of mind to call out, in a ringing, cheerful voico, to Astley: "Walt one moment! I'll be back in a moment I" It was a risk to leave him; but it must be done. Shutting the door quickly behind her, Norma faced the intruder, who was dressed very quietly in dark clothes, and whoso face was shrouded in a thick veil of brown gauze which formed on admirable disguise. "Let me passl Let me go in!" cried the visitor, not loudly, indeed with some sign of nervousness on her part, but doggedly too. But Norma seemed to have become suddenly endowed with a strength of iron sinews and iron nerves. "You 6hall see him if you insist," she said. "But I hope you won't insist. I .hope you will wait. He's not in any danger, you know Ask Dr. Whailes: ho will tell you he's not. There's really no more reason why you should insist upon foicing yourself u upon hun now than there was at Oxford." The woman started. "Then you saw me at Oxford.?" "Yes. Why didn't you. make yourself known to him then? You would have saved both him and me a gieat deal if you had." ' "But you were married to him already, weren't you? They said you were." Norma hesitated. "I'm sure," went on the visitor, "I {on't want to bring any more annoyance upon you or hrm erther than I can help. I know I drd wrong in lettmg hrm think I was dead. But I was frightened; we hadn't got on well together, and I thought that was the best way oat of it. Indeed, I never had any idea of coming into his way again. It was only when we got very badly off, my mother, and srstei and I���that I heard he was at Oxford, and thought of going theie and asking him to forgive my deceit and to help us. Well, then I heard you ask for him, and I mado enquiries, and found you had married riini; nnd there L was for days, watching him and debating whether I should speak to hrm or nor. And then he went away And the lioxij thing I heaid was that he was Sir Astlcy Darvven with evei so much money, and there were wo with haidly any. So what could I do but come?" Noima was revolted. "It wasn't hrs lJlncss that brought you then?" she said. "Only the want of money?" .The visitor looked down. "Didn't you ever caie for him?" pursued Noima, aghast. "Not as much as you do," answered tho other frankly. "We were all pooT, you know, and had to mairy. Fanny, who married Dr. Wharles, was tire only ono of us who made a lnvc match. Em- meline married, as I drd, because she had to." "Emmelrne���that's Mrs. Finch?" "Yes" "Astley says she is a nice woman, a good woman." The visitor moved petulantly. "She's no better than I am," she retorted sullenly. Then after a moment's too anxious to spiead tho news about.' Lottie moved awny impitiently. "No, no," went on Noima with excitement, "we can't go on It is 1 who must go away: I'll tell you the truth our married life has not begun: jou have no need to he jealous, you are Lady Darvven, and I am Noima lUsoot," Lottie reeled back, confounded. "You'll���you'll give him up!" cried she, in amazement/ "I must. We can't begin life on a lie. The moment he is well enough to hear the truth, I shall simply tell him, and go away, and���" "But I���I���he'll never forgive me!" stammered Lottie. "You'll just spoil your own life without doing any good to me!" 1 "I can't help thai," said Norma, who was wise enough to know how mad it would be to expect this erratic woman to keep any secret for long. "You and he will settle your affairs between you. Of course I shall be grateful to you if you will go away as you have come, and say nothing to anyone i 11 I have left this house. After that, y*. 1 must do what Sir Astley chooses In -he meantime," she went on, while Lottre paced up and down, wringing her hands in evident drs- tress, "I'll give you some money which will keep you comforlibly until you can anange with Sir Astley. Will you have I msa-o." ��� *w T-"-'- '"���ittlv checking , a AJ "*- I ... >' herself, "I'd rather have the mont- etead of a check." ��� "What shall I do then? I can write up^, to my bank to-night, but I can't get the^ notes'till the day after to-morrow. 1-0 don't know these people yet, or I would ,�� get it cashed here,"said Norma, who was,^- raither shy and ignorant about^money ,ffl matters, and afraid to excite remark; m^ the neighborhood. ��?. ' 1 "I'll wait, I'd rather wait till,you get it" j " -�� ' ' "And I'll send it to Leamington?" said Norma. ' ., , *>.' "No. I'll meet you in the orchard, the dav after to-mo -ow, at dusk, just after tea. In the meantime, I'll keep> close at home, and nobody shall see me, ^ said Lottie, with shame and tremulous ingratitude shining in her eyes. .J- *V��- Norma rose from her eiiair/ She/waj \ getting anxious to go back to Astley.:^ but the" visitor lingcied < There were j tears in her eyes; sho began to speak^ several times; stopped short, grew, hys-^ tcncal, alarming. Norma began to,.ge*,, afraid that she was going''to be seized / with a nervous fit of some kind, when^ suddenly there camo a ligl t tap at thei, door, ahd Martin's voice asked if ner^1 ^ladyship would go .to Sir Astley. He| Was calling for her, ', S "All right, Martin, go back and teH��? him! I'm coming," said Norma. 'l".tj The moment they heard the door otr\ the sick-room close upon the housemaid,* Lottie, with a brief "good-by," dashed? ppst Ntrnna, fled downstairs like a hare,*;' and ran down one of the long dark^oor-' xidons which led to a door into^th* grounds. ��� ,\ * *''"<.,-,v \ TremWing and agitated, Nerma went^ back t�� Astley, who-"had been1 dozine, but was new awake and conscious. *,����� v had sene difficulty in quieting his ennoa;^ "ity m tt�� her long absence, andf he was ' evidently displeased with,her formic."' ���, However, she flattered herself that slw succeeded pretty well-with him, uivfa^ the fallowing morning, when Dr. \VharleS, came. Then, after answering the doe-? v tor's'questions with marked > coldness, Astley caught the exchange of a significant look between Norma,and him; and thereupon'promptly called her back, as she was following Dr. Wharlcs out of tha room. ' - - .', -''' '^11/ '*" *. -1 . ii.*' - v j*-. (To be Continued ) ' r,T 1-1 ti HUSH! 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No p iper xx ill bo delixoietl unless tins condition is compile.! xx ith. Saturday', Juni' 20T11, 1903. With the opening of navigation and the consequent change in the Atlin mail seivice, we desire to place ou lecord the heaity appreciation of the general public to ' I lie , Mail Carriers for the efficient manner in which thev discharged their *" * most arduous duties during -the long and severe,\vinler. (It is a matter to be deploied that 'the past season's seivice is responsible for the "death of two of the finest men ever engaged in that seivice, Messrs. Abe)*- and McRae, but their memory will ever be revered by their maii3r friends in Atlin and on the trail. During' the' recent season some extraordinary records have "been made, and the carriers, Jack Per- * kinson and Thomas, deserve to he highly commended by the public for the remarkable service"they have given. One instance, among many, is sufficient to show that these men 'did not waste-time on the trail: The mail which left Atlin on April 27th, arrived in Vancouver on May ist! , - We have no fault whatever to find with the late contractors, the Cairadran Development Company, who during the four last years ha\e " spared neither pains nor money to make the service efficient, but it is only natural for us to hope that one of oui local tenderers may get the contract for the ensuing term of four years ; the risks to be run and the hardships to be undergone justly entitles those who perform the service to all there is in it. The date for the opening of the tenders for the double service was yesterday, the 19th inst, and iu due course we hope to learn that a local man has either one or bothtCon- tracts���summer and winter. A YEAR'S PROGRESS. The Annual .Report' of Minister of Mines.' the The Record for 1902 Not As Satisfactory as Previous Years��� No Fault of the Mines. . Atlin, Nugget and Grape Rings And All Kinds of Jewellery Manufactured' on the Premises. J*|Hr"; "V"7hy send ou>. when you can get goods as'cheap here? , �� Watches From '$5 up* Fine Line of Souvenir Spoons* JULES EGGERT & SON, The Swiss Watchmakers. | THE K*OOTENAir H0TE;E. During the last few weeks notices have been appearing in these columns making application to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works to purchase and lease lands iir this district. Extensive preparations have already been made in several instances to get the lauds ready for the plow. We would respectfully suggest that in view of the many difficulties attendant upon agriculture in this section, and the risk the applicants are taking, from a business point of view owing to the extremely short season, the Government -should be especially lenient in regard to the cost of the laird, by way of encouraging the pioneers in theii euter- piise. If the experiment should prove a remunerative one, there is plenty of available land which will be taken up, and upon which the Department would be justified in charging the customary price. The annual report of the Minister of Mines for 1902 does not show the same satisfactory condition of progress as has obtained during previous year*-. In the-introductoiy account the report says : /'The progress made by the Mining Industry of the Province lias., duiing the ''year 1902, been' less marked than' usual., If the statistics of production alone are considered, it would appear that no advance has been -made, as the gross value'of the'mineral production'for the year 1902 is less, Jlhan that of the pieceeding year, the first time that such a thing has^ happened since lode mining became an industry of the Province. While it is necessary to face this lact, it is necessary to learn to what causes the fact is attributable, whether such causes are permanent *��� or temporary, and whether they are removable or not. The 'diminished production is not due to any failure in the mines themselves, ior*no' wide-spread failure has occurred, and, as a matter of fact, the mines are in a better condition than they were a year. ago. The adverse conditions affecting the ��� output appear to have. been difFerentln the various branches 'of the industry, but, as is the way with misfortunes, they came not singly. ' 'The lode mining of the Province has been the branch most sorely beset, and this not owing to any failure of the mines themselves, but to the unprecedentedly low market price of metals which has prevailed, during the entire year, beginning, as it did, in the last month of 1901, while it ia only in the early months of 1903 that the market has begun to recover. The ,average values for the year of copper, silver and lead for 1902 show, respectively, a decrease1 of 27.3, 11.5 and 10.4 per cent. "In the Atlin district the past season has been very satisfactory, inasmuch as it has demonstrated that the life of the camp is not to be measured by, the life of-the placers in the creek bottoms. The higher run of gold, noted iu the Report for 1900 '.as occurring under the benches in the triangle between Pine and Spruce creeks, has, after thorough prospecting, been opened up by tunnels and shafts and a number of claims have been worked as drifting propositions pretty well throughout the length of Pine creek abova Stevendyke, including many of its tributaries, and also on Spruce creek. Between 600 and 700 men have been engaged in mining during the summer, and about half that number will be engaged Cor George F. Hayes, Proprietor First and Trainor Streets'. This First Chits Hotol lias been remodeled anil lofiiruiHlicd throughout ft and offers tlio best accommodation to Ti ansicut or Pi-i-maiioiit i". Guests.���Aniei lean and liijiopeun plan. ' ���" 0 Finest Wines, Liquors and Oigars* 1 - Billiards' and Pool. C'*��a4��*t>a*o-��0-��0-��):(**a'��c'*s>a-��)^a**>o!*��** THE GOLD MOUSE, D-SOOVERY, B. C. Comfortably Furnished Rooms--By the Day, Week or Month. , . r. . , The Best of Liquors and Cigars ahvays in Slock. ��� Fiirc stable in con 7 " nection with the House. * * . AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN. , . ' i J. P.' Kosi:', M'liiaeer. ' * THE' WHITE PASS &. YUKON ROUTE. ' , .���*���'- *+* . , , - Passenger and Expiesst Service, Daily (except Sunday), between Skagway, Log Cabin. Bennett, Caribou, White Horse and Intermediate points, making close connections .with our own'steamers at White Horse for Dawson aud Yukon points, and at Caribou for Atlin'every Tuesday and Frida3'i; Returning, leave Atlin evcr.y.Monday and Thursday. Telegraph Service to Skagway. Express matter will be received for shipment to aud from all points in Canada and the United States. ' For information relative to Passenger, Freight, Telegraph or Express Ratesapply to any Agent of the Company or to " J. Lipscombe, Agent, Atlin, B.C. Pine tree Rota '*'-' DISCOVERY, B. C. ' Finest of liquors. Good stabling. J. G. COBNELI,. Ed. Sands, Proprietor. O.K. BATHS BARBER SHOP G. H. FORD Prop. Now occupy their nexv quarters next to the Bank of B. N. A., First Street. The bath raoms are equally as good as found in cities. Private Entrance for ladies. Ilu^ct hotel r 7 0 Discovery. " ��� - OP^EN. DAY AND NIGHT. FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT IN ' ' ' CONNECTION.,' * Headqiiurtors for Brook's stage. The Canadian Bank of Commerce. CAPITAL PAID UP $8,000,000. Reserve, $2,500,000. Branches of the Bank at .Seattle, r / San Francisco, ' -^ Portland, Skagway, etc. Exchange sold on- ail. Points* Gold Dust Purchased���Assay Office in Connection. D. ROSS, Manager. Till: ROYAL MOTEL, E. ROSSELLI, Proprietor. Corner Pearl and First Streets, Atlin, B. C. FIRST CLASS RESTAURANT IN CONNECTION. CHOICEST WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS CASE GOODS A SPECIALTY. Hydraulic* Mining % - # Machinery. HYDRAULIC GIANTS, WATER GATES, ANGLE STEEL RIFFLES & HYDRAULIC RIVETED Pumping & Hoisting Machinery, PIPE. during the winter. , Iu certain places where the topography admitted of it, the high channel has been attacked by hydraulic methods, with very satisfactory resuits." Estimates furnished on application The Vancouver Engineering Works, Vancouver, B. C A. C. Hirschfeld, Agent, .Atlin. B. C. 11 ti. I Ik m m ','ifi _.. I, ■ >,t**(*,*XJr>* ^.^^-l*-*— *■* '"-Hi u. n i >'a**-,**-. - -^f '7f ••r *. ■ 'ATLIN, b. .*■ C.-.' SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1903v •ci - /: i ■ "Mfp can give You' as Good Value for'your CASH'as (QroCf^rJe^..RrOViisiOnis. etc, , ¥f ^* - any,House in Town. ' " * 0, 'a , '•. Try us' with it« and ' & Giant Powder on hancll. THE WORLD. A Few Incidents Which have Transpired During Our Isolation—Some of the vMost Important ,Events in 1 . the Last Thirty Days. The following sunirmuy of im- portarrt events, duringtilhc last'few weeks -throughout, the world, is giverr so that "our readers 'may get some idea of affairs outside -'since our "isolation :" ,s ' , The C. P. R.r has obtained con- trol of the Calgary1" and Edmonton railroad. y *. The small flour millers of London, Eng.?are trying to keep out the U/S. product. , , Turkey and Bulgaria'are having a scrap. It is said jthat the latter will import plague bacilli as weapons of warfare ! The King has returned to England fiom his Continental trip. Baron d'Estournelles de Constant / X , believes' that the King's' visit ,to Paris will make for the^world peace • by the fair road of arbitration. "■* The new Tiansvaal loan, recently issued, hast been very largely subscribed. ' The Irish Land Bill has* passed its second reading iu thejVImperial House. x ' It is said*that the Federal House will dissolve in January 1904. An attempt was made last month by the Mafia Society to destroy the Cunard pier at New York and the liner Umbria. Linoleums and Oilcloths, just arrived at Fraser & Co.'s Joseph Leiter is bankiupt. " Canadian flour is much in demand iu Japan. The strike on the state railways of Australia has been settled. Germany is hostile to the Dominion regarding the Surtax. Employers in the New York building trades are commencing a crusade against the unions.1" Lord Minto's term of office is extended to November 1904. The first British Transvaal Par- liameut convoked on the 20th ulto. The U. S. Presbyterian Assembly met in Los Angeles, CaL, last month. Max O'Rell, the noted French author, died in Paris on the 25th ulto. As a result of the destruction of life iuvolved,* the Paris-to-Madrid automobile race was stopped by the Spanish Government at the Spanish frontier. •The President of La Republique Francais will visit England next mouth. Linoleums and Oilcloths just arrived at Fraser & Co.'s Shamrock III. left Gourock, Scotland, ou May 28th on her trip across the Atlantic. She was accompanied by Sir Thomas Lipton's flotilla; consisting of Shamrock I., the' steam yacht Erin and the ocean tug, Cruiser. Three notable' society divorce suits have made a memorable season in London. ' The Hon. Mr. Blair, Minister of Railways and Canals, favors a Government-owned railway to the Pacific Coast. ' ' It is vqi3*"'" probable that the Colombian Congress uill not pass the Panama Canal Treaty.' ' *' Russian Aimy .officers have confessed to meditating1 the assassination of certain high Government 1 ^ L . officials-: <> , Sei ions floods in the Mississippi valley has caused a heavy-loss of life and .damaged property to the extent of millions of dollars. * ' Several Canadians have. been honoured by the King with thejm- pendl Service Oidei, among whom is Colonel Richard Wolfeiiden, King's Printer, Victoria, B C " Winter wheat has been success- 'fully grown in parts of Manitoba. > • Mr. Borden will iutioduce a motion re tariff revision iu aid of the iron and steel indiisti y in the Dominion House. .> -- The U.S/Supreme Court has refused the issuance of a>writ of habeas corpus for Whitaker Wright.- Sir Thomas Shaughnessy may be offered the Senatorial vacancy. Chamberlain's Preferential Tariff scheme is the sole topic of discus-l sioti, and is daily gaining strong advocates. X t J s France sees great damage to her trade if Mr. Chamberlain's scheme materializes. Bush fires are' doing much dain- iri Eastern Canada. President Roosevelt invites the Imperial Parliament visitors to extend their trip to the United States- One of lhe. Chinese provinces is suffering from a famine. The,Gamey-3tratton Commission in Ontario is ended. The Commission completely exonerates the Minister. Mr. Strattou will resign his Portfolio and appeal to his constituents. The Great Northern Railway has reduced it's freight rates to north Pacific coast points. 1 The health of Lord Salsbury is causing his friends anxiety. The King and Queen will visit Ireland this month. General *. French recommends that'20,000 destitute Irish be de-. ported to Canada. The expeuce of the Gamey Commission will amount to $25,000. The Dominion Government will make a grant to the Bernier Arctic expedition. thence in a xxosteily. diieotion 104' {feet, thcuco noitheilj 304V,' feet,' tho-iic ensteily U)i<4 feet, thence southeil} 104K feet to poilit of commencement, containing" one ciuai ter of an act e moi cor* less. , l)i\ted tit Atlin, 11. C. this Second daj of June,' I'll)!, ' Tho liiitish Columbia Poxxei * ( it "iliiuufaetiu mjj Co., Ltd joO-JOd. NOTICE. Certificate of Improvements. Tlio j *• . . r T-vTOTIOi' Is heiebx fixen that aftei COtluxs fi i.tn ditto,' r mtoiitl to nppl> to the Chiot (Jomniissronei of Lauds and Noiltf, a Cei tiileato of Impioxemeiits,, foi the purpose "of obtaining a Cioxxn Giant of tli* ' I nboxc olfiiin. foi poiiiiission tt. puiphm*t>tho "oillox\inirile-nof. to '"l'l>"* *° tl«* M«»"K Itecoidei* for scr ibotl ti at t of land in tho Atlm tlibti ltt for " '""*' ""•''■" '" "•■*"• -- »'— iiKiiuiiltuiul put poses cuminanriiifr ut an initial post, planted about one mile iioith- east of Atlin toxx nsite, theuee i iinning'east 10 chains, 1 hence uoi th 20 chain!,, thenco xxest 40 chains, thoneo^soutli 20 chains to the point of^ominoncoment, containing 80 acics moie,, or less. J l t l" J. T. Kfoax Datod nt Atlin,'I' C , this4th dnx of June, l(J0,t. * jeG-60tl TOOTJCE lShoiebj Khonthat after SOdujt „ fiom dale, I intend to applj to the Chief Commissioner of Lands und Woiks for a 21 join lease of the follow mgdeseiibed land, situated at tho head of Houldei cieelc, in the Atlin Distuct, commencing at u post marked, "C.'D Noxxtou's S. W. coinei," thenoo 20 chains in a noith-easterl} direction, thence 20 chains in a noith-xxeGteily. direction, thence 20 chains in a south-xxes- tcrlj dnaotion, thonce 20 chains in a south- eafitotly dliection to point of commencement, containing 40 ucies more or loss. V * Dated al Atlin, 11 C, this 1st da} of June,* 1903. * C. 1*. NawTON. , jo6-'10d -- " ■ > , T-VJOTICE is heieb} 'given that Sixty days aftoi date. I intendito apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands arid Woiks foi pel mission, to pm chase the folloxxnifr desenbed tiact of land for,~agiiciiltuial pui poses.. That pat eel or tract of land situated in .the Atlin Lake Mining- Division, commencing' at a post planted at a point on the eastern bounding 'of Atlm Toxxn- site, thence noith 20 chains, thence East 20 chains, thence south 20 chains, thence xxest 20 chains to point of commencement, containing 40 acies, moie or less.s ~ ' ,Chas. R. MYiiiis. Dated at Atlin, B.C., tlns_ 23i tl day of Maj, 1903 , i " mjSO-60d „ YELLOW i JACI'liT Jlineial Claim, situated ou Pino Cieelc, about on» Dkcoxcrj, in the Atlm H C. mile east of is Lake tliiunur Daxision of Cassmi "VTOTICE it, herebj prixen that I, Jiilnir N M. Rull'nei, P.M.C., No '131.1159. Affent for tho Noith Columbia Gold .Mining Co .Jb\M.C,» Ao 1*31111, Intend rC0 tlajs fiom date liera- - 'And Fuhhicii Take notice that action un»- tlei Section 37 must be commenced'bofor* the issuance ot such Cci tiUcate of Impioxe- nients. *-i ,"''* ' Atlin, U. C . this 19th day of Jlaj'MO.". mjil-bOd .Julius' M. Ruirnei, Asent Certifleate of Reg'istration *of an Extra-Provineial Company. . " Coiii*AMBS-.Acr, 1897," j JHEREB1" CERTIFY that "I have this .**■ day registered "The SIoKee Consoh-* dated •< Hydraulic, Limited" as an Extra- Provincial company undei the " Companies* Act, 1897," to cany out or'effeetall oi any of-, the objects heiemaftei set foith to xxlncli the legislative ftuthoiitj of the Legislatuis of Untish Columbia extends. , ' 2LTho Head Office of the .Company is situate at Huron, in the count,} of Beadle, State of South Dakota. /■ c The amouitt of the capital of the oompan-r is $1,000,000, divided into one million Elia.retr of one dollar each. - v j The bead office of the compart} in this Province is situate in Atlm, and Fletcher T_ - Hamshuxx, Managei of the Compaii}, >n hoss. address is Atlin' aforesaid, is the attornej- for.the companji (not enpoxxei ed to i«sru3 or ti nnsfpr Stock)^ _ The time of the existence of tho company , is 20} ears. >■ ' Gixen under mv hand and seal of office ai Victoiia^Proxince of Butisli Columbia, thia 22nd day of Maj, one ^thousand ntne'huri* tired and tin ee. , x v v r-]TjS.] - "S. Y. Wootton^ ' Remstiai of Joint Stock ComjMuise'v. je-20-4t ' ' E. S. Wilkinson, P.L.S. , Wm. Brown, C.E., . WILKINSON' '& BROWN \ , I* *■ i Provincial Land Surveyors & Oivil Engineers* •- Hydraulic Mine Engineering a Specialty Office, Pearl St., near Thud St». Atlin, BXZ. DRINK THE BEST "NABOB TEA," NOTICE. In Lead Packets ol yz-ii> and i-lb each. For Sate by ail First Class Grocery '- . ->•»« ; ' KELLY. DOUGLAS & Co.. Wholesale Grocers, Vancouver, B.C.. r- ■"*■■" ■ ■»* THE.' GHANP ' HOTEL FINEST EQUIPPED HOTEL IN THE NORTH. EVERYTHING- CONDUCTED IN FIRST-CLASS MANNER. ( i > r:. x t, < * ., t< I s > j v1 r - t- ■*■ v*. 1 ' " i: ^ $ i •'"... I, I, < French Restaurant in Connection* David Hastie, Proprietor. Corner of First aud Discovery Streets. TSJOTICB Is hereby (jHen that after 30 da} s from date, xxe intend to appb to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for pei mission to loaso one-quarter of an acreo£ land for a site for a po\x or plant in the Atlin District, sittiatod as follows : Commencing at a pout marked "The British Columbia Poxver & Manufacturing' Co., Ltd.'s S.E. corner," planted at a. point on Discovery stroot, m tins Toxin of Atlin, Drinks, 2 for a Quarter* Commencing Monday, April 20th, I will cut prices on all my goods at the LELAND HOTEL* I have a large stock of First Cass Goods and intend to dispose of them at Cost. This is strictly % Closing Out Salk- Goods -must be disposed of by July tst. Hotel Building for Sale—No Reasonable Offer Refused. JG. P. QrcwK- ' v r ' t ■-.■/*• - ' r r J v 1 ( ' i ->' ' ' ' ' •■.",'-.'', > , f ' I. ■ - s"::',/' y\ I-- \/:i\ ':^ t -. \ J.x • '1 - ' ^f ^J /,, , _, j , 1 * ", . /-,&,. t,ii ,v •- ( ,'^,„i r^: x u* ?' « ;•"' -' >. • ',•( ,1.V '*--',; s . f. • ,'j ,,' ' 1 'n *~5. ' " * 1 n 14 ,.,■>* i ? , ,•,,-„.? "-'-hr. t <" 1 - -* .1 >^v/^^ *' /w- H - t- ' . "'i .*' i **l<- - 11 fJ'xS' I s I • 11 i" ; , "x 'i._ - .' .! -1 • " ■> Ml „, , ,~ * '<• *■ -, k_ -■ 1. 1 - ' '* -IS," Vlx.- ^>?:M 1 * x ■; '- /' 1 "i * .^-V?v?« * 1 j \"'' 1 - ' •> i '-,'-"' *7 * ^;A - ■* 1 i * * "i -* 1. * r \ ■s "< * ' 4 J. I' I *''.>! ' I " —'r ...i*"' _/__ a*l~s- it& jfiljiawk. ^ffiffi^^ MKBD DODKHOBOHS. IMMIGRATION AGENTS DISPERSE A MEETING. Three Delegates From Yorkton Agitating a Pilgrimage in a North .Saskatchewan Village Sent Home Mounted Police Other Parties. in Charge of Bopadano, North Saskatchewan, ."May 4. ��� Immigialion agents burst into Luge meetings consisting of -jov- "cral hundred delegates from four -Dotikliobor villages here 'yesterday, ' while three delegates from lYorkton were endeavoring to niaice -an uprising, and weie preparing 10 lead a pilgrimage. Under the influence' of the excilcmciiL one hundred members of lhe settlements decided thev would release all cattle, cease using the product .-of animals, and go in ^search of Jesus. Early in the morning a service was held near the village, which was attended by men and vvo- imcn in a nude state. Serious results ���were expected fiom tlie outbreak,'as seeding opeialioiis .ire just beginning, and Agent Spccrs ordered the niect- .ing to drspeise, and forced the three leaders from Yorkton 10 return. They refused to ride i belniicl horses, ,-ncl started walking over tne trail to Saskatoon, and will be raKen by train to their homes to-morrow. The en.ue village gathered to Sie them leav.>. ���One hundred men on the other sule ���of the river are being taken home ur- -der escort of the mounted police. Winnipeg, May 3. ��� A despatch from Lovell's Ferry," elbow of the Saskatchewan, says :���Thanks environment, can never be closed. It is said that from 80,000 to 300,000 troops are in Macedonia. The figures, like all those which one obtains 111 the Orient, may be untrustworthy, but, at least I have seen the conditions which T am describing. Trr addittoi- to the regular troops, theie are the basin-bazouks���a comprehensive term embracing all who take up "rrms against the Christian population���and they are an important reserve .whenever a fight lakes place THE KINK'S MoYJSMBHTS. CLOSING INCIDENTS OF HIS MAJESTY'S VISIT TO' PARIS. THREE 'HUNDRED DEAD. Result of the Disturbances at Sal- onica, ( Paris, May 2.���A despatch 1 eccived here fr.om Salonica says that the police there, in I heir scaich for pcisons suspected of being concerned in the dynamite outrages, discover ed that the revolutionists had milled lhe principal distiicts of the town, with the intention of Blowing them up simultaneously, but circumstances forced them to act before their preparations weie finished, arrd the planned disaster was averted. The Turkish population, however, is dangcrouslypinflarucd. It is estimated that three hundred pcisons arc dead as the result of the outbreaks One thousand arrests have been made. A ^complete .bomb manufacturing plant has been discovered in a shoemaker's shop, communicating by an underground passage with the Ottoman Bank. It is feared that the presence of the three Austrian warshibs, which arrived here yesterday, will encourage tire Bulgarians to irritate the Turks, who up lo the present time have behaved well. A NEWSPAPER ENJOINED Reviewed 'Many Troops���Brigade of Cavalry Furnished a Stirring Climax���A Beautiful Cup Presented ' by the Municipality. Court Orders it Not to Publish an Advertisement. * f "to the promptness of ' the oflr-1 1 Toronto, May 1���An import- xiats of the Immigratron Department,' ant -injunction affecting labor rm- fcnw'S*1611 t0.r T"1" Do,?k'.ions has been granted by Mr. hobor crusade was this afternoon "���"- ' *. nip- , ped in the bud Three agitators fiom the Yorkton colony, pilgrims in * the ' movement last winter, have been for twenty days in the neighborhood, agitating for another crusade They 'brought disciples from Troiske and other .villages on the north of the Saskatchewan, to the number of 60. A (-soit of religious service was held at 4 o'clock this morning, at which font- men, and four women stripped naked. This afternoon the three leaders crossed the river to their village, ancl at 3 ���o'clock had a confeience. Agent "Speers bioke into the gathering and made the three leaders march to Saskatoon and others back lo the Milages. The Mounted Police are noxv walking them back to their villages, and rro further upiising is feared. POURING INTO MACEDONIA. Justice Brittorr orr the application of George A Rudd be Co ancl Adams Bros, harncssmakcis, of this city. There is a stiike on, ancl some of the employees of these films ai,e out, and an advertisement was inserted in The Mail and Empire as follows,:���"Harness'and collar makefs keep awiiy from Toronto and Toronto Junction, .trouble on " Acting foi the two firms, Mr. Geo. H Watson, K.C., applied for an in- tciun injunction restraining The Mail and Empire from publishing this advertisement, and Mr. Justice Button granted an inuinction till Thursday next The newspapci, it is understood, will not oppose, the application, and it will remain therefore for the labor unions tn injunction oppose the granting of, an TEAMSTERS TAKE A HAND. New Phase of the 'Longshoremen's Strike. Montreal, May 2���A new phase of* the' 'longshoremen strike has materialised, when the heavy teamsters of the C.P.R. and Shedden-Companies and the frcight-haiidleis r-jfused to receive 01 despatch any goods pass- The Country is Overrun With Turkish Soldiers. "Uskub, Macedonia, via London, May 1���Sympathies go with interests ; that is the key to the race problem in Mace- -donia. The fact that all the other -races of the provinces are in sympathy with the Turk, or, rather, are prejudiced against the Bulgarians, might be taken by loose reasoneis as a conclusive argument against therr cause, but it would leave out of account the interests of rrval peoples. I have tried to explarn why the .Bulgarians ha\e no friends among Albanians, Giceks and Scivians. If Macedonia should secure autonomy, the prrnupal lace would appeal Lo LSulgana foi annexation Rus- -srarr statesmen in T87S weie confident 'that Bulgaria would be practically a ^province of the gieat northern power. Lord Beacoiioficld thought so a'so, for irr the treaty of Berlin, with-lhe help - of'Prince Bismaick, he cut oft Macc- ��� donia, which had a Mediterranean ��� -coast, and gave it back into lire Sultan's carted would stand hands. Now that Bulgaria has shown ���capacity for sclf-govcinnrcnt, the English people would no doubt like lo see a strong buffer State south 'of .Russia, to block her way to the sea. On the other hand, Russian diplomacy prefers to keep the Balkan States divided and "helpless. If Bulgaria, with Macedonia added to her domain, becomes a ���powerful Slate, she wrll no longer be a mechanical instrument in the hands of "the 'Czar. Russia now controls her Ministry, but the people arc becoming bitter and resentful, and arc eager to woik out the salvation of Macedonia and their own. The railway lines arc a sight. At 'the stations troops, troops, trooosl You pass through a file of them lo the officer who exuumc you tcscar- ies, without which you cannot mnvc a mile anywhere "r ou march out to Paris, May 4.���The picturesque tea-" turcs of King Edward's visit to Paris arc practically over., The incidents'of yesterday were comparatively quiet, but they were still cxpicssive of the renewal of the Anglo-Fienclr good will. His Majesty, in the morning, took a short stroll on nis way to church. He ,seemed to enjoy mingling in the throng of church-goers, who were clad in bright spring alliie. King Edward wore J dark grey morning suit, and a high hat. He carried a cane in his left hand and walked briskly with Sir Edmund K. Monson, the British Ambassador. Crowds of people gathcicd at the British -Embassy and along the thoroughfares where his Majesty passed, and gave mild denionstiations .of goodwill. ��� - ' In the afternoon King Edward planted a -chestnut tree m the garden of the British Embassy, in commemoration of his visit, and received,the orphaned pensioners of the British Institution, the corner-stone of .which he laid when he was Prince of Wales. His Majesty also found time to discuss the purchase of a new auto. ' To-night a gala dinner was" given at the British Embassy lo President Lou- bet. This was Jollowed by a concert' by the leading artists of the, opera' The decoration of a number of French officials by King Edward is announced. The .members of tlie King's party have received the decoration of the Order of the1 Legion of Horror. 'A dramatic climax of the review was the furious charge of the whole brigade of cavalry. It was a blood-stir- ring sight as the solid line of horsemen swept straight ^toward the King's tribune, the cavalrymen yelling and brandishing therr sabres and terminating with an abrupt halt in unbioken 'column immediately in front 'of the tribune. The King rose and bowed his acknowledgments of the salutes of the commanders," and addressed words of congratulation to President Loubet on the splendid discipline and appearance of the troops Later King Edward was > driven to the Hotel De Ville, wheie he was xvel- comed as, the guest of the municipality. The crowds ^ everywhere con-1 tmued their friendly , manifestations. r _ At the'Hotel de Ville King Edward made his first formal'speech in France. He referred to the'beauty of Paris, and assured the officials he .would not soon forget his visit to this charming city or the bounteous reception .accorded him. Tlie King then drank some champagne from,an exquisite cup presented to him by the municipality It is of crystal, chased with gold, and represents two sirens, wrth arms entwined, offering a cup The Mayor expressed his best wishes for 1!he health of Queen Alexandra and the other into a crowd 01 1,000 peope at tne corner, 'of'Dequinder and Canfield streets at 8.30 this evening, killing four men, a 1 boy and a woman.and seriously "injuring about 30-people. The majority of the killed and wounded are from Toledo. Fifteen hundred Polanders from Toledo came up to Detroit this morning on a special Lake Shore train to celebrate a holiday. ,Thcy left the train at the corner of Dequinder and Canfield streets 'and went over to St, Joseph's Church, where they spent the day with ,the congregation. The Lake Shore tracks" run out to Dequinder street, ��� and a special train was to^stop for the Toledo excursionists at Canfield avenue "at 830. Accompanied ty hundreds of their local friends, waiting for the train, 'the excursionists jammed Can- field avenue some time before the train ^was due in icadincss for it. , about 200 asphalt paviois, who are taking a holiday, with the , prospect ol -marry more to-day if a' speedy settlement is not reached., "The situation of the strike is unchanged" was the report handed out al -the meeting of.'the builders' laborers in Occident Hall. It was reported thai Several stonemasons had. besides their own duties, performed those of laborers, which is considered a serious offence,among the ,craft;' and a committee was appointed to,Jeal with'the matter, i ,' , , * * FPANK ABANDONED. Great Fissures Discovered in Turtle ' *, Mountain. Ottawa, May' 4 ��� A message from Mr. Wm. Pcarce at Frank to the-Deputy Minister of the Interior, received last evening,, reads:��� "Three men who visited the top" of Turtle Mountain returned, grving alarming reports of fissures some ten feet in width, five hundred feet'deep and extending along the mountain one thousand feet. These fissures aie several hundred feet in'the rear of the present, face of the cliff. As a1 result of the report .1 general stampede from Frank is probablec Practically no one is left here to-night," r * Another mcsspgcJfrom' Mr. Pcarce, which came jto'-day, states that he had left Fiankon his way back to Calgary, the "Territorial authorities having assumed control. On Fiiday the sum of $500 was wired to Mr.1 Pcarce, to be applied, to the relief of those requiring pressing aid, and a like amount was sent yesterday. ���, t Frank, N.W.T., May 3.���The list of dead has reached 75, consisting of four miners at the entrance to the mine, nineteen top laborers,' 27 women and children,'" and 25^railway" laborers. In order to ascertain just.wliat the chances are for a further .rockslide two experts will 'ascend 3.000 feet to the peak of Turtle Mountain and make an examination of it. A SAD FATALITY. - '"^ ""' V Little Boy Shot by Father While Hiding Behind a Stump. , '> '. BloomfVld, May 4.���A sad accident "���ccurrcd Friday noon at the farm "bi Mr. Geo. Martin, Ridge Row. Mr. Martin had recently shot a number of woodchucks, and while at work thought he saw another hiding behind * 'a stump some distance from him. Mr., Martin ran for his gun, but no, sooner had he fired than he heard a scream from his little 'four-year-old son, whom Ire had shot through the back of the head. Medical aid was immediately obtained, but the' child only survived a few hours. ing thiough the hands ot the. iron- _ _ union men at work on the wharves. | member^'oVtheTo'jal family," for which llus move is of consumable import- 1 tile King heartily thanked him. ance, as it affects the business ot the- > _________ .���. country even more than it has already ' been - affected by the strike pioper. ' Notrces were sent out by the Interna- 1 tional Assocratron of 1 earnsIcis and j Heavy Carters to the luigc transportation companres. At thrs trme of year, when all the carters of the crly are at work nrgh't and day moving household furmtiiic from house to house? no emeigency men 01 teams Gan be procured to take the place of t'e ones ���who so substantially sympathrze with the 'longshoicmen. Even could any be obtained, the charges would be more than the profits- on the goods to be Merchants all THE MONTREAL STRIKE. ' ' ��� - ���* IBoth Sides Anxious for a Settlement. Montreal, May .) ���Strenuous efforts "arc being made to end the 'longshorc- rmen's strrkc, arrd it, looks as if one .side' is now as eager as the other. lEven though the shippers let it be understood that they would not ��� confer ���with a committee representing the men, two conferences have been held, one ., . ���, , i1 �� * 'Saturday and another Sunday. They over the country are feeling the ef- ] made nQ agrccmcnt however, the ship- fects of the tie-up. For instance, a, being unwilling to recognrze the 7�� ri�� *&"L ^Sl*"���^t$ ����.��.. an! the men" refusing-to go to your hotel followed by soldiers if, as a newspaper coiicspondent, you ihappen to incur suspici.n as .1 ,��py. Patrols pass up and down th** en. ss- tics from section to sc^ im. ?olditis ���stand sentry within earshot or cne another. On much of tl.e rarkvr.y line blockhouses are constructed; in oomc sections similar sir.i< lines are building, and on the remvivbr t"r ts are pitched, and temporary hnioh lu-.ts are raised. The flagman cai nes his weapon ancl his military escort Troop trams are twice as frequent as other trains, arrd behind every freight or passenger train trail several cars filled with new recruits or seasoned reinforcements. In the towns soldiers are stationed evciy fifty yards; at ��� nitrht they are mpssed more closely. Patrols parade continually. Every day regiments march through the streets, with bands playing and colors'flying. The border is now impassable except sin a.few places, which, from natural fruit on the steamer Fremona, wired to-day to have it forwarded at once. ' -work without recognition. The question of wages ancl time has been set- a _ " t���_���.���t 111 r j :ii:���_ 11011 ui xva��c�� 11.1 mm; uas uccu act- As no teamster could be found willing .. . ������*���������-������,.���,,1 , Ti,�� ,.���.,.-���..������,-,���.. +�� t,���.,,ii i.k~ c i -. _ ~-���.-t,i~ tied satisfactorily, ine conterences to handle the fiuit it was- impossible _��__j_,i u.. -tir -r ^������_ ���c n,��� impos&i to send it on to destination. The freight-handlers' strike is felt in the railway sheds, where much of the goods handled by the 'longs'-oremen passes. Great risk is aJso run by exposure of goods to the weather. The sheds on the wharves arc not iu shape to receive cargoes from the steamers. The result is that much of what has already been unloaded lies about uncovered. Large quantities of tarpaulins were taken to the wharves on Thursday, but the mrlitary officers have approj/riated the greater part of them to protect the men from the coldj and threatening weather. | Contrary to expectations. May Day \ passed without the least demonstra-j tron; the vicinity of the waterfront was ' the quietest it has been since the troops were called out on Tuesday. Toronto Topics. Toronto, May 1 ��� Mr. Alex. Bradshaw died very suddenly, denly. George Redfeni, live years old, died from the effects of carbolic acid, given him by his father in mistake for medicine. Cheu Len was seriously injured at the meeting of the Chinese Order of Free 3'asons. Two of his countrymen have been arrested. Samuel E. Guest, a machinist, who had been orderly to Lieut.-Col. G. T. Deniaon during tho Northwest rebellion, was found dead ln'his room. ���were attended by W. I. Gear of the Reford Line, A. A- Allan of the Allan Line, James Thorn of the Hamburg- American Packet Company, D. W. Campbell of the C.P.R. Atlantic Line, and Peers Davidson, solicitor. The ���men met to-night to further consider the situation, and after being addressed by the Mayor, decided to again send representatives to meet the shippers. The steamers Canada (Dominion Line), Bavai ian (Allan Line) and Aus- triana arrived yesterday. There arc now eighteen vessels in port. As the steamer Corinthian of the Al- Allan Line was unable to sail arrangements have been made by the Allan Line to forward the English marls vra New York. All is quiet at the wharves. The C. P. R. steamer Lake Cham- plain will clear to-day with a cargo of grain and passengers, ancl will be the first ocean vessel of the season to leave this port. It is now learneds that should the strike continue the civic authorities will ask the Government to replace the militia with regulars. SIX KILLED AT DETROIT. Grand Trunk Train Crashes Into a Crowd. Detroit, May 4.���The Grand Trunk Pan-American nyer from Chicago ran . TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. - Turkish troops captured a band of_ 300 Bulgarian insurgents. The Santa Maria volcano m Guatemala Is again in active eruption. Emperor "William's visit to the Pope was made with great ceremony. During the last five months there were 328 deaths from tho plague in Mexico. A negro saloon' 'waiter iii New York shot . three policemen, ' ^txvo" of whom died.,- , , , It is reported that Ira D. Sankey, the evangelist,^ v, ho has been ill, Is permanently blind The Ficsbyteiy of Montreal-.passed aVo- solution disapproving of the bill to tax Chinese immigrants $500. The body of Mrs. Joan-ta Hatton, a patient who 'escaped from'the Brockville hospital, was found in* the liver. The Ontario Go\crnmont have purchased the Hatch farm at Woodstock as a site for the new hospital for epileptics. Tho Gordon-Shay Opei a Company, is stranded at Montioal It is repotted that a lively fight took placo between some of the men of the troupe. The C.'P. R. stoamci Lake Champlam will clear fiom Montreal to-day with a cargo of giam and passengers, and will be the first ocean vessel of tho season to leave that port. The following Provincial appointments are gazetted ���D. .M Brodie, Massey, a Police Magistrate in and for the drstrict of Algoma ; Dr. C. F. Smith, St Mary's, an associate Coroner in the County of Peith : R. J. Sims, Ottawa, ancl Alexander Stevens, Delta, to be notaries public. Isaac M. ^Clcnr- ens, New Hamburg, to be Clerk of the Fourth Division Court of Waterloo County. , 1.. 1 -1 MORE MEN QUITTING WORK. Refusing to Work -With Non-Un- ionists. "��� Toronto, May 4. ��� The local strike situation assumed greater proportions -on Saturday, _ and the indications arc that there will be a general tie-up of the building trade this week. The fact that the bricklayers, stonemasons and stonemasons' laborers have quit work on account ol the builders' laborers' strike has materially strengthened the position ol the slrikeis. who have refused to corn- promise wrth the employers- On May Day the stonemasons, the stonemasons.' helpers and the stone setters returned to work as usual, but on Saturday many of them laid aside their tools, because several employing contractors endeavored to fill the places of the striking laborers and carpenters with men whe could not produce the union card._ As a consequence of this actron the situation in the building.trades has_ assumed a more serious phase, and in some cases private builders have cancelled their contracts with the contractors have engaged union labor, and are proceeding to complete their structures under their own supervision. When the roll was called in the different meetings on Saturday about 1,90c men answered their names. In addition to this there arc about 500 bricklayers. 200 stonemasons and stonemasons' laborers. 100 city teamsters and THE MARKET REPORTS. " ; Grain* is -Higher���The Live' Stock ..Trade���Latest ..Quotations.' ,.. ��� Saturday Evening, May 3. J Toronto St. Lawrence Market. - ��� Tlio total grnin on tho market amounted to 1,500 bushels, Receipts in all lines woro heavier and trade won generally'brisk. Wheat���Two hundiod bushels-of whits sold at 78V4c per bu*��hel; 300 bush of rod sold at 73V{c, and 300 bush of goose sold at l!7e. *- - Barley���Ono hundred bushels sold at 43o r por bushel. " > v . Oats���Six hundred bushels sold at 35%q to SC%c per bushel. * ��� Droasod Hogs���The market continues stoutly. IJght-welght hogs aro quoted at $8.60 to $8.75 per cwt, nnd heavies at I7.2S to "7 BO. ; s , * , " , Buttor���A large number of 'farmers ha* , butter on tho maiket to-day,, ancTs tho . .stalls were well ,crowdoclo with buyers. Pound rolls sold at about 21c to 24c, and largo rolls at Ifie to 20c per lb. Eggs���Were fairly plentiful. New-lal* ; sold at 12V&c to 15c por dozen. Hay���About 30 load** were on the market No 1 timothy sold at $12 to $11 per ton, "-'and mixed or clover was steady at $6 to $9. ', * Straw���One load was sold at $9 per ton. 1 Cheese^ Markets. 'Cowansville,, May 2 ���At tho ' weekly , meeting of the District of Bedford Dairy Association, held heie to-day, 17-cieam- erres oifered 807 boxes butter, 20 factoi ies ��� offer ed 543 boxes cheese Wilier and Riley secured ii boxes of butter at lS'/ic and , 105 boxes 'choose at 11 9-10c. Gunn and Langlois secured 37S bo-ies of butter at l!>}tc and 5*5 boxes at lSHc. Hodgson'Bros, secured 70 boxes buttor at lS^lc and 95 - at ISc, and 10S boxes cheese at ll%c, 28 at ll%c, 'and 106 boxes at ll%c. A. W. Grant seemed 18 boxes at 11 9-ldc, IS boxes - at ll*Jic, and S5 boxes at ll%c. A. A". Ayor & Co. secured .103/boxes,butter at lS^-c, and ~D. A. .-McPlieison '& Co. secured ��� 35 boxes butter at lS-Jic; 97 boxes butter J.l and 13 boxes cheese were held ""over. ; Belleville, May 2 ���At the meeting of the Cheese Board held heie to-day thero weie offered 3.15 boxes white'cheese, April make. Sales were 112 boxes at 12 I-I60 Canton, NY," Miy 2.-Offered, 441 boxes large, 340 boxes twin cheese 73-1 tubs butter. Large cheese sold at Illic, twins at 11%C butter at 20c. Cornwall, May 2 ���Nine 'hundred and twenty-nine bm.es of cheese weie boarded at the Com-xxall Cheese Board to-day, of which ���"�����" were white and 304 colored; all sold at ll%c. T-,ovolI and Christmas got 67, Hodgson Bios 499, and James Alexander 263. Watertown, N Y , May 2 ���On the Cheese Board to-dav 1,572 boxes of cheese sold at lVAc, -ex ith lie mling. , East Buffalo Cattle Market, East Buffalo, May ." ���Cattle���Receipts. 100 head; market nominal. Veals ��� Receipts, 130 head, 2oc loxver, tops, fG 25 to Sb 50, common to god, $1 50 to sG 15 Hogs��� Receipts, 0,200 head, active and 10c to 15o lowei, heavy, $7 15 to 57.25, new, $7 80; mixed, $7.15 to $7 20, Yoikers ancl pigs, $7.10 to $7.13; roughs, $1. i,"i to "(..lO, stags, $1 75 to $5 25. Sheep and lambs���Receipts, 7.J0O head, steady, top Iambs,' $7.25 to $7 35, culls to good, %4 to $7 15,^yeailings, $5 50 to $G, exves, $4 50 to $4 75, sheep, top mixed, $4 75 to $3, culls to god,x$J to $4 70. New Yoik, May 2.~B^eves ��� Receipts. 12; all direct, no trading .to-day. xvExports ���1,500 catlte and-S.fiOtl-.quarters of beef. Calves���No receipts and no trading, feeling steady. Sheep and lambs���Receipts. 1,930; sheep slow to a shade.lower; lambs steady but quiet; a bunch of-clipped sheep at 51.62V4; unshorn lamb3'*at $7:50; clipped do, $5.50 to $7.15; " clipped'*,culls, > $4.50; spiing lambs, $7 50. Ha^s���Receipts, 2,387; no sales reported. -- **��� I,' * V -"" - *"��� Chicago Live Stock.-17 . y '. ' Chicago, May 2.���Cattle������Receipts, 100: * good to prime steers nominal. $5 to $5.50; poor to icvdlum, $4 25 to $5; 'Stockers and * feeders, J.T'.S to $5.10; cows. $1.50 to $4.25: , heifers. -��2o0 to $5: cannera, $1.50'to $2 80r bulls, >2o0 ta$4E0; calves. '$260,*to $G: Texas feci steers, $4 tn $175 Hogs���Re- selpts, 8,030; esUmated Monday, 30,000: lott. 3,500; weak tn middle lower; mixed and bulcheis', $0 80 to $8 50; good to choice, heavy. $7 to $7.10; rough heavy, $6 10 to $0 20; bulk of sales, $tf.85 to $7.06. Sheep��� Receipts, 1,000; steady, lambs steady; good to choice wethers, $IJii_to $5.50; fair to choice nil\-ed, $3.75 to $1.25; western'Sheep, , $IW) to $.".30, native lambs. $4.60 to $0.90; western lambs, $100 to $6.90. ���*! s. Leading Wheat Markets, i J Closing previous clay. Closing to-d.ay. Cash. May. Cash*. May. 7S*6, ��.. Chicago New York Toledo Minneapolis .. . DuluHi, 1 haid .. do No. 1 nor. . Milwaukee, 2 noi Detioit, 2 icd ... St. Louis 7i> 70% 79',i 77% 79'/>. 7G-;i 71 82 75 ' 74% 77% 7(irt 70& 75% 78 19 78% -75-)�� SO Tl British Markets. ���- *-*!n*txiirv^ kmm >^.,n>�� ,M 1.11....*rr ��>.. Liverpool, May 2.���Close���Wheat,. spot firm. No 1 standard California, per cental, OS 8V��d to Cs 9d; Walla, 6s 6d to 6a CVid, No. 2 rod winter, tis 2d fo 6s 4%d: No. 1 northern Manitoba, no fctock; ta-, turos steady, May, l.s 1-hd valuej July, 63 4%d value. Corn, spot firm, ��� mixed American, per cental, now, Is 7%d; futures inactive, May, 4s b%d value; June, 4s 4%d nominal; July, 4s 4%il value, ^lour, Minneapolis, 20s 9d to 22s. ', London, May 2 ���Close���Whoat, on passage, firm but not active; LaPlata, t.o. r.t.,' steam, passage, 27s 9d paid; parcels No. 1 hard Manitoba, shipment within fortnight, 30s 4%d paid; May, 30s *pa!d. Wheat, English country markets of lyea- torday firm. Corn, on passage, flrm\but not active. Weather in England unsettled. Monday's imports to United Kfng- ���*������ wheat. 1,752.000 bushels; corn-. !'"���*,���*���*& ���J W|fc,,ift&UJWCS"HCPIU|?gq>��� ��*TK-crai8��wfflrs^r-<^. '* c �� Anecdotal. Tho death of LI Hum? Chans recalls' ���many stories ol th* "gi^nd old man" ot China. None la more amusing-���and none more to the point, seeing* that his ' -final illness was superinduced by devouring a whole roast duck���than tha following: While In England LI was presented with a valuable teriier by the then Prince of Wales. Latei the Princa received a special lottei of acknowledgment, in which the Chinaman thanked Albert Edward for his present. "I enjoyed" him very much," --concluded the letter. Piesumably the poor terrier toad met with a far different fate from eny that had (been thought of by tha Prince in making the present. i * Tact is by no' means a common pos- aesslon. A man who was bicycling In Southern Fiance was pushing his machine up a steep hill when lie overtook a peasant with a donkey cart who wan making but little progress, though the donkey was doing his best. The benevolent cyclist, putting his left hand ���against the back of the cart had been supposed to have appaaurUtil- tis, was autferinff not ��coaa Ah&i oil-; ���ment, but from acute indtaavattMi. "That Is good news," said the IReawitar. "I1 rejoice that the trouble Ilea in t����� ta*bl�� of contents rathea* Umn _, the ���appendix," t ��� Samuel. Rogers, the poet, told -of an Englishman and a Frenchman .who had to light a duel. That they might' havo a better chance of.mistfing ono another, they were to flght in a. dark room. The Englishman fined u/p the chimney and bi ought down the Frenchman! "When I tell this story In "Paris,"' added Rogers, "I put the Englishman up the chimney." " James G. Blaine used to tell'this etory: Once In Dublin, towaid the end of the opera, Satan was conduotlng Faust through a trap-door which represented tire gates of Hades. Hia Majesty got through all right���he was used to going below���but Faust, who was quite,.stout, got only about halfway In? and no squeezing xx ould got him any farther. Suddenly an Ii Unman In the galleiy exclaimed, devoutly, ('Tliaiik God, hell Is full." When Moses'Colt -Tyler, the* celebrated piofesssor of history at Cornell, was an Instructor at the University ot {Michigan, he hud charge of a cl. ����� In English that as-semfoled at 8 oMoclc a.m. One raxv Febiuaiy morning at roll-call, he lead the'name of "Mr. Bobbins," a member of the class, without getting an answei. -Air. Rob ns," he repeated In a slightly louder voice. Still no reply.' "Ah;" said the Instructor,1 with a quiet smile, "come to think of It, It is lather early for robins." . . . - - - Once during a heated debate between Senator Joseph B.* Foralcer, of Ohio, and Senator Joseph W. Bailey, ,of Texas, the question of law in Texas and law In Ohio came up. The passage -became warm. Foiaker, by way of a parting shot, told Bailey that If he would come to Ohio he would learn a great deal of law that he did not know. ,"If there ls_so very much law ���to be leai ned In " Ohio," remarked 03alley,7'l must advise the Senator to spend all his spare time there. He needs it" ( , A somewhat apocryphal anecdote'of Sir Wilfrid Launer is going the rounds' of the United States press., During the last general .elections, at is related, a Quebec Liberal whose acquaintance wiith Sir Wilfud was only political, tseiiit this telegram to his * leader?' who was In Ontano on a speech-making tour: "Report in circulation in >this ���county that jour children havo not been "baptized. Telegraph denial." To Which despatch the-Premier sent this reply: "Sony, to say report ia correct I have no childien " _ j Dr. MaoNamara, in his collection of chdld stones, tells one concerning that ���wonderful dream of 'Jacob's and the angels going up the ladder to Heaven "Please, sir," asked one of the boy3 in ,the class to which the story was being rehearsed, "why did, the angels want 'jto go up the lat'der when they had wings?" This nonplussed the teacher, who took a strategrc movement to) the , rear by saying, "Ah, yes! Why? Per- radlance which, alas! was not due to r (haips one of the boys can answer that " calmness of soul, but rather the heat of the sun and his laborious efforts to move the obstinate gutta-percha from its etation on the tee, he was tempted to Indulge in strong language. '"Dear, dear, hut I'll have to gie it up. I'llliave to gle it up1" he said at last, with a despairing look at the iball. "Give up the game, Mr. D !" exclaimed his friend, who had been a witness of his attempts. ' "Na, na, the meenistry," c answered the other, with a sigh. An hotelkeeper In the Catskills put up a sign as an adveitisement- "Fifty dollars will be paid to anyone who'caa heart this hotel for two dollars a day." Not long afterwards a slick fellow arrived. He occupied a room and took three square meals; then he vanished. The proprietor, had him ai rested by tha village constable, under the charge of defrauding or "beating" his hotel. The fellow hiied-a country lawyer, who promptly sued the landloid for the fifty dollars rewaid, claiming that it was a fair game, as he had "beaten" the house for the two dollars a day. The prisoner, Ibeing discharged, gave the claim for fifty dollars to the lawyer for his fee. "The lawyer sued, and, In the course of events, being indebted to the Judge, turned the claim over to him. His Honor went piomptly to tha hotel to board out the bill, and on Sunday had the landlord at tested for contempt of court because there was! no chicken pie served. That-the proveiblal absent-minded professor Is sometimes ably abetted by his wife is illustrated by a story told of Professor Bunsen. One evening, about the usual hour for retiilng, he took it Into his head to run over to tha olub, Just as he and madam were returning from an evening call. "But," qaid the lady, "I must have the front door locked befoie I letlre." This emergency staggered the professor, and as he looked bewildered at his wife, the lady, seized with' an inspiration, continued: "I'll go in and lock the door and throw you the key from the window." Thla programme was ca led out, and ���when he reached the club he professor related the incident to a Mend as evidence of hia wife's unusual sagacity, ������^he friend greeted the story with a roar *>! laughter. "And why, my dear professor," he said, "did you not simply admit y r wife, lock the door from ���he outside and come away?" "True," ���ejaculated the learned man of science; "w�� never thought of that." The climax of the Incident was reached an hour later when, returning home, tha professor discovered that i-he lady, in her excitement, had" thrown out tiio ���war-sag key. And one did. "Please, sir," said he, "because they was a-moiting." Thomas A. Edison is deaf, but, like many whose hearing is defective, ho sometimes understands what Is said when it is least expected. There were visitors one day at his lalbo. atory, to whom, as usual, he was pjlite, al- ���ihougCh busy, and he patiently answered many questions unnecessarily shouted at him. Finally, one of the visitors, the humorist of the party, said to another: "I bet he'd hear If we ask him to have a drink.", "Yes," said Edison, looking directly at the man and smiling, "I would; tout no, thank you, not to-day." Sf. THOMAS MAN Tells His Friends to Use Dodd's Kidney Pills for Kidney *-��� Pains " , Lifebuoy Soap���disinfeotant���ic strongly reeotnmeaded by the medical profession aa ,a Mfegiucd'against infections diseases. M Lew Dake, well-known Hotel-keeper, gives his experience with Canada's great Kidney Remedy. St. Thomas, Ont., May 4.���(Special) ���Eveiybody in St Thomas and the surrounding country knows Lew Dake, proprietor of the Dake House and one of this railway ccnUe'.s most popular crtrzens, and many people know that for years he was the victim of a very aggravated form of Kidney Disease, 'i o-day he is a sound, healthy man. He used Dodd's Kidney Pills. Speaking of the matter recently, Mr Dake said. "I had been troubled for over five years with my Kidneys and pains in my back. Nothing I used,could give me any relief till hnally on the advice of a friend I started to use Dodd's Kidney Pills. "By the time I had finished one box the pains and Kidney Disease were gone. That is over five years ago now, and as I have had no return of the trouble since, I think I am safe in concluding that the cure was permanent. "I advise-all my friends, who are troubled in the same way to use Dodd's Kidney Pills." Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all stagee of Kidney Disease frpm Pain in the Back to Bright's Disease. The Czar's Love Story. Commenting on tho imperial manifesto just' published, in which the C/ar announces his decision to giant religious freedom to all his subjects other than those of the ort'liodox faith, and to unpiove the conditions of village life and of the t local nobility and peasantry, William E. Cuitrs says: "Russia hits made gi cater progress toward civilization��� and civil and lelrgi- ous liberty duirng_the brref time that NielroW haa been "ruling tlhan during tire entire reign^of any of his predecessors, and it is largely due to .the, influence of the Czarina, who was the favorite granddaughter of Queen Victoria, and i= a wise, intelligent and good woman. During his boyhood, like the oi dinnry prince, Nidliolas III. was a veiy wild fellow, and when about twenty-one he contracted an alliance with a Polish dancer, much to the chagrin and sorrow of hia father ancl mother. She was, hoxvevei, a generous arrd (Sensible woman, and undoubtedly her influence over the prince imperial was good. They ,hnd' tlnce cliildierr, and we're still Irving as shusband and wife when Alexander III., the late Czar, went to his death-bed at the beautiful countij puhice near Sebnslopol. For several years the parents of Nicholas III. had been hunting through the courts of Eu- ropo for a suitable biide for their son, and finally "selected Alix of'IIesse, the daughter of Alice, the-loveliest of all Queen "Victoria's children, who, as you may remember, died fiom diphtheriii 'some years ago, which she contracted while nursing her babies when thoy weie ill with that dreadful disease. "-The Czarina Dowager, who is a sister of the Queen of England and the daughter oi that best ot all living monarebs, King Christian of, Denmark, had been very fond of Alix from childhood, and for several years had been anxious to bring about her, marriage with Nicholas. The latter was not only willing, but eager to mairy the young German princess, because she was beautiful in person, attractive" in manner, amiable in disposition, and as much* admired as any mem ��� ber of the royal families in Europe., Alix however, stubbornly denied his suit. The Polish actress made it impossible for her to accept the Russian throne, and no-arguments or pledges had any effect upon her. She declined to' accept 'a (husband who .already had a wife and-three ,cliil dren, to whom he seemed to be devoted, even if an imperial crown was offered as a wedding present. When Alexander III lay dying he sent for Alix to come to his bedside. What occurred between them nobody knows, except, perhaps1, Nicholas and his mother, but soon after it was an nounced that a marriage had been ar ranged and that Alix of Hesse would be the next Empress of Russia. The Polish actress and her children* were sent away, given a beautiful resrdenceson tlhe shores -of tlhe Black Sea, and she has smce mar- lied'an officer of the'army. Nicholas and his .bride have been as happy and ' devoted as anyone could wish. The only drawback to their happrness has been the lack of an heir to the throne. They have four daughters, but no sons." A Fireside Dialogue. The Anglo-Saxon Conquest. If language is a true measure of eon- quest, the Anglo-Saxon is rapidly conquering the European continent. "High- life," pronounced "hig-leef," has long been in use; "lo1 sport" and "il yacht" are every-day matters in Italy; continental papers talk., casually of "il globe-trotter" and "il reporter;" and "meetings" has usurped idle place of all Latin synonyms, and in Italy gets.its plural regularly��� "nieetingai," like any other good Itahan noun. An enterprising shop, calling itself "The Handy Things Company,",advertises an ice cream fieezer, "The Easy." A fresh Anglicism introduced lately created little short of a literary tumult in Rome. The first subway in the "Eternal Crty," a short passage under the Quirinal hill, was lately opened to the public; who promptly chiistened it, "II Tunnel." Patriotic indignation was twakened. "Tramway" had been accepted, but indignant professors and students besieged the Roman papeis, demanding to ���uioxv what had become of "trafoio" or ���galleria," good Italian words, and where this English madness was to end. Nevertheless, "il tunnel" thus far hold3 its own. A. writer to an important Roman paper recently published an article bearing the singular title, "At Flat," in which she described the meaning of "these two mys- teiious syllables, among the less familiar of tlfose English phrases relating to domestic life, such as 'home,' 'comfortable,' 'cozy,' 'luncheon,' 'five o'clock tea,' and the hke." "At flat" she explained to mean living "a piatto," like certain trimmings placed "a piatto" upon a gown, and she discovered tlie term to have a deep psychological significance, implying a mode of existence in strata, which English people delighted in. English is invading the schools, also; one continental collegetinow allots five hours, where formerly it allotted two hours' work, to English and German. Little Boy (offering a glass of water) ���Please drink this, mister. Caller���Certainly, but why do you wish me to take it ? x Little Boy���Because mother says that you drink like a fish, and I wanted to see how it looks.���The Wrinkle. �� "I'm afraid your friend is not a man of much depth." "He ain't, eh," said Colonel Strlwell pf Kentucky. "I want to tell you that if that man had as much liquor outside him as he can put inside, he'd be in danger of drowning."���Washington Star. "My uncle died yesterday, sir, and I want you to officiate. Can you say something nice about him r" "But I didn't know him." "Good! You're just the man."��� Life. SCENE���A small room, a cosy fire, two chairs near together, a footstool. On the footstool two large slippers, fully occupied. Behind the slippers a man. In the man's mouth a cigar. In the other chair a woman, thinking. < ,TIME���Night. Sounds of a damp, cold drizzle upon the window panes. , , Otherwise silence. , She speaks: George, we need a new carpet for the dining room. He���'M'h'm. , She���Well; we do! He���I said we did. A pause. ' 1 She���You ought to have a. new froci coat. ^ He���Yessum. She���You don't seem very enthusiastic over my suggestions. > He I'm enthusiastic, dear, but 1 try not to be foolishly optimistic. As to the frock coat, I think I present a pretty.waim appearance in the clothes I have'on. -. She���Why, they are two years old, Everybody knows you In thern. Her-Woll, I'm no Pat Crowe. I've no leason to deslie a disguise. A^paw-'c. He puffs the cigar wdth an air of great contentment. " ��� ,'She���Gcoige, Is that a good cigar? He���Not very. Good enough,, though. Tin oe-f'r-a-ijuart'r. She���How many have you smoked to-day? He���Three. And two pipes. 'Sunday, no pipes and four clgais. ,A long silence. ���" , She (explosively, with an air of triumph)���It costs you a hundred dollars a year. r > ��� ' He (startled)���What does? , She���Tobacco does. In twenty years, if you didn't smoke, you'd have two thousand dollars, without counting Interest. / He^-My, that's so! You'ie an arithmetical prodigy, my dear. , But old Jenkins hasn't smoked for sixty years and he hasn't got thirty cents. She���I do wish'you'd he serious, George. You stopped it altogether for six weeks, and you said you could keep on stopping forever if you wanted to. If you oah stop Just as well as1 not, ���why don't 'you? ��� \ << < He���It's quite the other -L way. If I felt that I couldn't stop I'd stop just to prove that I could. It's because I 1 can stop that I don't feel the need of stopping. - ; She '(with delicate sarcasm)���How logical men are, aren't they, dear? So vmuch more so than women! He���Being logical outside' of businesr hours , Is a luxury I've' managed t* dispense with. ��� , 'She���Well, if you can't be logical, I can,^ and there's' no logic in smoking when you don't need to,"' and when you need new clothes and can't afford them. > He���No logic, dear, but an awful lot sOf comfort. Did you ever hear of Byron's famous ode . -, * i, Sublime tobacco, that from east to west, Cheers the tar's labor and the Turkman's rest ? x ( She���Your comparisons are unfortun- 'ate, George, dear. The tar. Is said to have a wife in every port and the Turkman keeps a harem. Besides, I'm sure that Byron is the last poet that anyone could look tto for advice on such a subject. You never heard of Longfellow praising tobacco. He���Well, then, let me tell you what happened' during the Santiago campaign. Our soldiers were in the trenches on top of that hill, you know, waiting for Cervera to go out, or for Schley to come In, or for Shatter to climb out of his hammock and cheer up, or something. They hadn't a bit of tobacco among them, not even a chew^ and they were wet and cold and down on their luck. They believed Spain was going to win. What do you think happened ? On the fourth day a commissary wagon threw off a box of tobacco by mistake, thinking it was a box of that Eagan beef. Everybody smoked up. One man was writing his will. When he had smoked for half an hour ha tore up his will and wrote a letter to his sweetheart. t Matthews was there and he says he never saw such a change in his life. After they got tha tobacco if anyone had mentioned th�� possibility of the Spaniards winning- he would have had his head, punched. Matthews says that if he ever runs a war he will think of tobacco for tho soldiers flist and rations afterwards. However, that's not the only tobacco poetry I know. Here's another: Tobacco is a filthy weed, And from the devil came the seed; It soils your pockets, spoils yoiu clothes, And makes a chimney of your nose. Also, I know another, a long one, all about the Indian weed, withered Quite, green at noon, cut down at night, shows thy decay, all flesh in ' hay,' thus think, then smoke tobacco, I always liked that poem. It's so solemn. It makes you leilect on tha shortness of life and on the necessity of getting all your smoking done here. She���Proceed, do! He^���Thank you, dear. I now oom�� .to the evil lesults of tobacco. Tobacca contains nicotine, a violent poison, so violent that it is said that a drop <������* it on the end of a dog's' tall will kill a man. She���How could It, you goose? He���I'm sure I don't know, but 3 saw in the paper the other1 day where a * league of Frenchmen formed to stamp out the use of tobacco She 1 didn't think Frenchmen used tobacco. He���They don't. They smoke cigarettes. Well, this league, as I wan saying, performed some experiment*. They inoculated three rabbits and a rat with a mild solution of nicotine. Whaddo you think happened? She���Go on, silly! He���Well, the moral character ol these animals fell off frightfully. Zl was something; fierce. Their Sunday I aobool attendance became Imsrslaa' and tiiclr ��&znM*��9 w��r-�� nefflt��t��t2. Ttea paper says that anybody who keeps a rabbit can verify this statement lfi'tha rabbit smokes ��� " '* She���Sh-h-hl That's the door belt Why, it's Mr. Matthews. Do, come ub1- by the fire, Mr. Matthews, and taka that Monls chair Geoige; felve^Mr/ Matthews si cigar. I.do.so like to sea* men contented!���P. I\T. P,v in Syracuse "Post-Standaid." * - - She���Well, dear, aftei that you must acknowledge that you me a fool I He��� Lalways knexv it, dailing.rbut���until T married you���I managed to'keep It �����. aeciet v tJ. ',. Height of Mountains. * _ i *��� i Explorers have to depend on two oir three methods oi estimating the height of,mountains. The' favontu resource ia the barometer, 'which shoxxs the' pres- srno of theJ an, and xxhose read--^ mgd, therefore, diminish _ rn a fairlyit rngs, threfore, diminibli,, in, a fairly-' regular' fashion xxith elevation. . Unfortunately,-though, this instrument ia! not infallible, x In the that place,-��� evea " at sea level, in middle, latitudes tiiera- '' are constant 'fluctuations,in pressure,! owing to the movement of "highs" ana: "lows." Viuiatiohs also occur at feline* up to a height of a mile or two. These* ��� glow gradually imperceptible as' on*,, ascends, but it is doubtful whether abe����' lute uniformity exists day after day anA- month aftei month throughout the yeait^ at such altitudes as four and five mile*.-" Consequently, it piovokes a smile to se�� the gazetted s attempting such precision., as is indicated in the statement that . Mount Eveiest/in the Himalayas, is 2>V 002 feet high I -, ) " ^ .,������-���' Another plan makes .use of the thea** mometer. Water boils at a lower tern**;*, perature on mountain tops than ��� OB - plains. ,To secure the same degree of * "hardness," an egg must1 be boiled longed on 'Pike's Peak than in Denver. ��� Her*/ again, though, only a rough' approxima-" tion can be effected; nothing like aoeur^-7 acy is obtainable. . Besides, the changes , in atmospheric pressure which invalidate-1 the indications of a baiometer would _ likewise cause a trifling variation in tW.; boiling point of a given level, say l*f,0*00 ?feet. *,_ \ ������.���.,. _ A third method would seem "to'be a, little more trustworthy, though this re-f quires data that aie not^always avail-,, able, and it, too, has its'diawbacks. li k surveyor knows the exact" horizontal' distance' between himself ^"and a moun- < tain, and his own "elevationV above seat level, he can dcteimine the mountain'�� height by, measuring the angle between, the linerof vision and a lure horizontal.. The gien't difficulty wrtlf such���an under-- taking is to get the'one lnipoitiuit factor ~ of distance,with pieci&ion, without an" amount of traveling and ti langulation i which is almost impiacticable in a rango^ like the Himalayas. -Moicover, possibili-,> ties of enoi aie opened up by Aatmo3- phenc refraction. A peak may not.be- exactly wheie it seems to be^n the surveyor's telescope.-- It may be above *or- below that point. ' , Strll another source of miscalculation/ was discussed a few days agorby "Engl- , neering," a London publication. When, a surveyor attempts to determine an angle in a vertical plane he must be surtf that the spirit level on his instiument is absolutely truthful. If any unrecognized influence operates to aflect it, even- to the most minute' degree,' the value ol any computation based on the measurement of angles is impaired. Something; like thirty years ago two German pro- 'lessors, Fischer of Stuttgart and Hams., of Vienna, expressed the opinion that the nearness of great continental mosses*? and especially of mountain ranges, w&ultj-, exert enough lateral attraction on a plummet to throw the line which ..suspended it out of a vertical position, la , like manner it would tilt up the fluid in.' a spirit level, w hich, like the plummet, ia-, governed pnmanly by gravitation. British surveyors m India denied this, ami' held that a level was trustworthy aitez, all. Since that time, however, fresh datav have accumulated tending to show thaiV, though the German expeits may have- greatly exaggerated the amount of tho- error, the latter, really exists Major S��. G. Burrard of the Biitish Royal Engineers, has been studying the matter carefully, and has just made the fcllowmg statements. At a distance of a hundred miles or more from the base of the Himalayas he says, the plane of a level is exactly horizontal* at fifty miles it has begun to tilt; at ten miles the differenoa may amount to twenty-five seconds, while in the foothills it may be forty-*! five seconds; and what it is in the heart of the mountains "we do not know." On the whole, Major Burrard thinks thafc the trouble would not call for a correction exceeding sixty feet���a correction that involves addition to the original estimate���but lie adds that "the question bristles with uncertainties and assumptions." Mscher and Hann suggested that altU tudes might be ascertained by counting the number of pendulum beats in a days m in measuring the flattening of th* earth toward the poles. General Walkei"- a British expert, declared that there were deficiencies of matter, if not cavities, undei lying the Himalayas which would make that plan inapplicable; out? "Engineering" adds: "Subsequent research has upheld General Walker." 1*! ''f Vf x., - ,\ V ���v& fo-l. % ty- {<'-,? '1 % i; r * 'i i In a letter to Capt. Logie of Hamilton* Sir Frederick Borden says no decision has yet been reached regarding a kilted regiment for that city. During disturbances at Sepros, Bfun.- gary, in connection with the election of Judges, the gendarmes killed four an* wounded several rioters. A by-law to raise $35,G00 for school purposes was carried at Winnipeg, and another setting apart "1100,000 for the eie��Uo��, of a contagious disease hospital was lost* Major-General Baden-Powell has oaUeA to Adjutant-General Corbin, U.S.A., a. denial of reports crediting htm with publicly twitlcialng the United State* cavalry. \ il. tr "-=��� ���^tWJ**^=iTAfljUr -^n^.rJ'-T-^1knV^'*^i*^h'Lirii'."liii/'. ��� A ' *t, 1. ^���Slrf,*/' "i 11 * 11 i ,' ���'" ��� -"^-fi^^^v^^ * ' 11 * " '. , * "'**' ' . ', \ ' 'i i 1/1 A TUN" 13.'C. i-SA'l'URnAV, JTTVE ?n, -t-na ' I I i i I * 7 ( ��� l l ' .PICKED UP HERE AND THERE. phuroli ol Knirlniid: i-it. Mai tin's Uhiirc.li, cor. Third und Ti-nin- ci'sticols. Sunday sor x'K'i's, Miitms tit 11 a. ni., Kveiisoiisr 7sllO p. in. Culc*liration of Uol.x Commtiuion, 1st SiiiiiIii.x in rucli month mid on Sperml <-ii'i-itsioii!ixOn.��r. A Smoking^ Concert, iu aid of the Atlin Fire Brigade, will be held iu Dixon's Hall' on Saturday evening, next, 27th inst. The Committee aie anxious to purchase a hose reel, which is absolutely necessary for the protection of the town. The .Brigade have heretofore been very much handicapped by, lack of apparatus with which tOi do effective wp.rk and they ieel confident th^fc aa appeal to the citizens for a liberal patronage will; meet with a hearty response. A strong programme will ,be arranged, and no one is barred by age or weight from contributing a treat, song or story. ��� Admission, Fifty cents. The R ise an4 FalK The lowest and highest tempera tures recorded 'for the week ending 19th inst, are as follows : w June 13 43 '6g. �� 14 . ��� 4*". 70 .,, 15 41 72 , 16 39 V \ 17 43 7* . 18' 42 76 , 19 41 76 ^���/���^ A ��, N. Oo, ���9 ���ALASKA "-..OUTE SArLH&GS��� AGENTS FOB ^ ' ', Standard Oil Co/ Rose.of Ellensbury Butter, The Cudahy Packing /Co. Chase & ��� Sanborn's Coffee. Groceries, Fruit & Vegetables���Crockery,* .. Wholesale & Retail, ���<' / ' ''f 1 * - , v �� ���* 1 v The Ross-Hi{��{>ins Co. Skagway, Alaska. THE CASH MEAT MARKET C ��� ���--��� -i���-������a- -���������*?*- ���- -- -��� - '��� 3 - ^ *���= ��� -" ' ' - ���" 1 t '���.'"��� aot feftc^Oife - . First Street, Atlin.. ,_ _ ���* '1 I KEEP NONE BUT PRIME STOCK���LOWEST MARKET PRICES, Wholesale and Retail ^ j* j�� Russell Hotel, DIXON BROTHERS, ���*���*> Proprietors Pool 8c Billiards, Free. FNhjhtiru"; and Teaming. & Horses and Sleighs for Hire, LOUIS SCHULZ, Wholesale and Retail Butcher FIRST STREET,/ ATLIN, B, G The, following Sailings, are an- nprniced for the month of June, leaving Skag-way at 6\ p.ttuh or ���� arriviU, of the train .- . t , Princess May, June 6-, 16 & a6 Amur ���, 2, *2 & 2-2 For further informati^tt, apply or write to H. B. Dunn, Agent, Skagway. Alaska. ' Jyst Received this Week ,' A Large Consignment of: ' D*ry Goods Wall Paper Oilcloth Wir-dow Shades Potatoes Oranges ' Lemons Carpets Groceries Fresh Vegetable* All at the Lowest Market Prices, "���if it Nerthern Lumher �����* Prioes for the Season 1903. * R&ugh, up to 8 inches, $35. do do 10 ,���, 40, do, t&0 12 ,, 45-. -s Match,ed Dumber, $45. Styfi|kcing,.$5.oo ptjr 1000 feet. HOTEL VANCOUVER. THIS HOTEL IS STOCKED WITH THE'BEST OF GOODS Sam* Johnstone* Prop*. ���-.'���I 1