I. V P> n % -i. rtV" T [''���������A .^aaaM*, , w s. ������ TENTH YEAR. CUMBERLAND, B. C. WEDNESDAY, DEC." 17.-1902. THE BIG STORE. WB wisb everpone a *lDer������ flfcern? ���������������mas ,\X7E wish to make the month of December the best month . of the passing year, to help to make it so we will give a ' . Discount of 10 per cent. on all i)ry,:Goods,( Clothing, Gents Furnishings and Shoes, Sold from the 18th to the 25th' .. A ..A .. ' .. ' >; ' ' For Gash. ,. ' >"<���������- VT"HE "above Discount; will not be '��������� ' allowed on -CREDIT SALES. ' ^Sr A MERRY XMAS TO ALL. ' jbQI S. Leiser & Co., msm .^g^aagigB5CT������7?a: ��������� v , ������'���������" 61 YATES STREET, VICTORIA, b' C. ' " f/< . - jQj ' A\ - ^ ' " ' > ' - ' . osA" '* <������ ' ^ -HARDWARE! MILL'ANtf MINING ^MACHINERY;?' |'; '��������� v'|V '���������- \ .AND. FARMING,' :ANK DAIRYING tlMPLEitiENTSA. | . \ \|K a ''OF'^T^KDNDS: ' : ��������� ' ' .Tea" "Sets, Dinner Sets,' Wine' Gl.-sses, Fancy "Cups and Saucers, Jardfneres; &c, at Moore & Co's <��������� - Court'of1 Revision.��������� Before Hon Judge'Hanison on Thursday last, the valuation of ihe B.C. -Lumber ' Cr>'< lands was reduced from $9.oo "to !p4.oo per acre. A >, r - "The adjourned sale of land" for unpaid taxes wi'l, be contiir ed in^ t5,e Court houpc, Cumbeiland, on Monday, 5lh January, 1903, - See no ice in another column. "��������� The several, Sunday Schools- o'f Cumbe; land aie preparing for Xmas entertaintnents, to be held' at or n't ar,Xmas week. The Cantata-at Grace -iVlethpdist Sunday School promises to be a success. Mrs Dr.- Gil e-p'.e'LaS' -the' affair 'in '. her' o/iavge. LadiiV Lounging Kobes. r-Just a '.few ' Ve!-3r.r pretty ~ and-^jyt^inl,- at" Moore & Co's. There's a weekly letter frcm Washington, D. C, in The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean," and its c> n- tents "alone make the paper well worth its jegular subscription peice of $l.oo a year. Yet by our special ,low rate arranoerneni both this ( Dear Sir,���������The s.s. "Algoa" which t loaded at Union Bay last week is, one of the largest tramp steamships plying on the Pacific,Coast, and,as . she is quite likely to,.come here for- several ibargoes of coal I .thought that-a'few ' facts concerning her ��������� might.be"of interest-to your readers "��������� who have;not had-an opportunity^ ' of seeing'her. , Sfie is a tsteel vessel. \ built by Wm. Doxford & Sons, Iitd\,r of Sunderland; her re'gist'ered'own- ������ era are the Algoa s.s. .Co., of ,��������� Liverpool;,-her length is 455 feet, beam" "58 feet, depth of hold 32 feet;-~grosV ..tonnage"f,574', net tonnage '4,896;;, her total displacement at,ordinary load line is 15,750 tons. She has- tripple' expansion engines 29in:r^ 50in. and 80ih. diameter, with 51*: inches atroke'of piston, and indicates a horse power of 2800. Her, ordinary speed when loaded "is 10- knots per hour. She has six watertight bulkheads besides a collision bulkhead," and tanks for water ballast along her entirelength capable of holding 2443 tons. The largest cargo ever carried by this vessel was delivered at Tacoma a few months ago the cargo being 13.000 tons of general merchandise besides 1500 tons of bunker coal which'she had to take on at the commence- , ment of her voyage. She is being operated at present by the Pacific Mail s s. Co. of San'Francisco. Her crew consists of 48 men, Captain F. G Hansford being in command, " D. D." if:.*v\M ���������?-<'��������� COMOX DISTRICT. THE ADJOURNED SALE OF LANDS for Unpaid Taxes in the Comox Assessment District will be held, at "the Court House, Cumberland, on the 5th day of January, 1903, at the hour of Ten o'clock foienoon, when all lands-remaining unsold at the previous Tax Sale will be again offered'for sale, in terms of Section 99 of the Assess-. ment Act. JOHN BAIRD, Assbsbor. Government Office, Cumberland, 5th Decomber, 1902. 10 12 02 4t STRAYING on Plarrigan's Farm, a Yearling Heifer, black and tan back, and white below. _ Owner may have same by proving pro<= pvrty and paying expenses. J K ,. ��������� J A GIRL OF fiRIT. By MAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHS. Oopywright by R. F. Fenno & C!o. "HP -says he's Captain Wood. We ' have> mason to believe ( he's not. not according to this"���������the purser touched a printed list of passengers lying on the table��������� "or if be is the .other must be an impostor. Ask him, sir. what proof he can give us that be is tbe real Simon Pure. Can lie refer to any one on board who will bear out this moa- ���������strous-assertiou?" ���������'That's a good idea, Boflingc. Come, tny man, what do' you sayV Can you do it?" , "Easily if A choose. . There ., re two ladies who would bear me ,oijC, but I would rather not bring them into it. I am engaged to be married to, one of them." ' The captain grinned. This wasf>rather against me��������� a '���������fresh proof of lummy. "And a youngr fellow who is practically iu my employ, although one of Saraband's people"��������� ' "The \\o\v York detective agency? 5've heard of them." ".-vnd he may not care to have you ���������know who he is." ' , "So that you,'can offer us no guarantees of your good faith,'eh?r Strikes me you're in a sinking condition and' will scon be a complete wreck." sneered the captain. "Tho whole thing 13 ugly���������your loafing round', where you shouldn't, your unlawful possession of the papers which you make away with | when tackled, your claiming another ��������� man's name.' I don't likee it. and I'll ' tell you what 1 mean to do' with you, keep you a close prisoner till we make New York. There you can answer to the proper authorities. Meanwhile I'll '. -stand the racket. < I must look to the saamc and "credit of my ship." "Where shall I be imprisoned?" "In a spare cabin the purser will find you. You shall have your meals and all attention, but you'll stay below un- W. Wood. I took this to the purser'scabin aud, was lucky enough to find him there poring over interminable and voluminous accounts of victualing. They interested him1 far more than what was going on above. "You will oblige me by getting this into the captain's hands at once." I said very peremptorily. "It is for one of the gentlemen who are now close tinder our quarter in the man-of-war's boat." He took the letter and read its superscription with somesurprise. not to say alarm. It was: "On her majesty's service. To Major Swete Thornhiil. D, ���������"THE Brooches here men- *��������� tioned may offer a desirable suggestion for Christmas buying. '. Each one 'is of artistic merit as well as surpassing value. No. 13320, at'$5,' is a Star and Crescent design of fine Pearls and s/jiiii Gold. No. 133 J7, at SI0,13 u rococco scroll design in solid Gold, mounted with a1 fine Amethyst surrounded with Pearls. No. 13369, at $24, is a Pearl "Sun Burst " of exquisite beauty. No. J3400, at $42, is a Clover Leaf, paved with fine Pearls, having lor its centre a beautiful Diamond. i We guarantee safe delivery, and cheerfully refund i!ie full price if a selection is in any way unsatisfactory. Write for our ucvr catalogue. , . Ryrie Bros., ��������� "Jewelers, - Yonge and Adelaide Streets, c Toronto. Mother���������"I wonder how this new book got in' such a horrible condition ? " ,Little Max���������"I, heard papa say it was too dry for him,-so J poured water on it.'A . ' There never was. and never will be. a "uvorsal panacea,-.in'one remedy, for all Ills to which flesh is heir���������the very' nature of many curatives being such thai, were the germs of .other and differently ueatOtl diseases rooted iu the system of the patient���������what would relieve one ill jn turn would ,.aggravate the other. We have, however/ in' Quinine Wine, when obtainable in sound, unadulterated state, a remedy for many and grievous ills. By its gradual ami judicious use the frail-' est systems aro led ��������� into convnlesenco mid strength by'the influence which Quinine exerts on "nature's own restoratives: It relieves _ to ��������� Paine's Celery. Compound. " .< THE BUTTERMAKER Must Use It To Be Successful. 4 ��������� t-.) c- -, , ', 2d Ancient Dog.i. At the time of the Roman occupation of Britain five distinct species of dogs were there, most of which can with certainty be identified with .those of the present day. There were the house dog, the greyhound, the bulldog, the terrier and the slowhound. CA Scene in a* Grocer's Store. Elr, I have just come round myself lo tell you that you' have absolutely Spoiled a pair of blankets on me. I have 2 Yes, sir, you have ! Surely you are mistaken, madam ! I am not mistaken. I sent round my little girl a few days ago for a good strong soap to wash out some heavy things. In all innocence I used what you sent me, and the result is that my blankets are Just the skeleton of what they were. They are ruined, sir, and it's your fault! Yes, but I sent what-I usually send In such cases. What you usually send ! No wonder Mrs. Moore, my neighbor, .complains of her .clothes wearing out; I find you usually send her the same soap. But, madam, 1 always give my customers what they ask for. Had you named a particular brand of soap you would have had it. Named a particular brand ! How was I to know anything of brands ? But I know better now, and I know what ruined - my blankets���������and my bands are in a nice plight, too ! I can assure you, madam, that it, is not my desire to sell anything that will be injurious to either the hands, or clothing of my customers, and 1 Ehall be glad to know how you prove that what I sold you injured your blankets and your hands. Well, I was telling Mrs. Neill my trouble, and she lent me a little cutting, and here it is; you can read it : "Dr. Stevenson Macadam, Lecturer on Chemistry, Surgeon's Hall, Edinburgh, describes the destructive property of soda upon wool very graphically. "After mentioning how strong alkali such, as potash and soda, disastrously affect cotton, linen, and wool, he says A " On one occasion I employed this property, of soda in a useful way. There was a large quantity of new blankets sent to one of our hospitals, which, when given out, were said by tbe patients to, be not so warm as the old blankets were, and that led to an Investigation as to whether the blankets were genuine or not. They looked well, and weighed properly, wid I got a blanket sent to me for examination and analysis. We found the wool, and the question was as to separating the two, because they wer������ thoroughly woven throughout, and It was only by detaching the fine fibres from each other that you identified the cotton fibre. I fell on the device of usinz soda. ��������� I took" a bit of blanket and put it in a vessel with soda, and boiled it there, and very quickly the wool got eaten away by the soda, and there was left behind the cotton as a kind of skeleton���������a sort of ghost-r-of the original blanket out of which it was taken. I mention this merely to indicate to you the pernicious effects of using caustic materials, which, when employed strong by themselves. affect woollen articles In this way, and which, even when not very strong, will more slowly, but with equal certainty, - tend to destroy tho woollen fibre." Now, I want to tell you that we neighbors have had a talk over the matter, and we-are not going to have our clothes and hands ruined in this way. Several of our neighbors who know have proved.,to us that Washing-. Sodas, Potash, Chloride of Lime, and "soap substitutes " are moat injurious to clothes and hands. " Free alkali " in soaps is practically the caustic soda that burns the clothes. Why, you dare not keep Caustic Soda in a tin canister; it must be in an earthen jar,' or it will even corrode the,tin! Now,, it's for you to provide us with pure soap without free alkali, or we must find it elsewhere. Madam, you enlighten me! So many soaps are advertised as pure, that I really took little heed to any ' difference between them.; I have one, however, that has medical certificates of its freedom from free alkali. It is guaranteed pure; and the makeTS offer $5,000 .reward to any.one who can prove it is not pure, and further, I am authorized to return the purchase money to any one finding cause for complaint. Let me see it! Why, Sunlight Soap ! It's a beautiful clean, fresh- looking soap, and this Octagon shape is very handy. Give me five bars. Not* by the grooer.���������This whole nclgrhboriiood is using Sunlight Soap now. I havo no uioro corcpl&inte. I have no room in my store now for resinous, concoo. tiuua of alkali poisons : but it is not tho grocer's fault if the publio are satisfied with oorumon soaps. If the ' In the autumn and winter seasons tho best and most 'successful butter-' makers in Canada use Wells,. Richardson & Co.'s Improved Butter Color in order to give the butter that lovely and delicate. June tint that is so much admired by lovers of fine table butter. " Wells, -JLiichardson & Co.'s Improved Butter , Color is to-day, almost the only kind ~that is used m tho Creameries and Dairies of Canada. There are other colors sold .and sometimes substituted for Improved But- ��������� ter Color, but wise and experienced buttermakers avoid them, t knowing they are not reliable. When you are buying butter color, insist upon getting the best, the strongest and the most economical. Your neighbors and friends will tell you that Wells, Richardson & Co.'s Improved Butter Color is the best. All druggists and dealers. AFTESS THIS 8T BS YOUR FAULT if you suffer'with what is generally known as a Bad Liver. Flemings No. 9 Liver PiHs. will effectually ro'ievo :ho worst case of Bilious Headache, Coustipatio -, In k-estion,. aim by cloans.iifr and purifying the stomach, n.-I'ovo thi- system of many of the i> i.sons that brinK- bti fever . Ask your (liugghjt lor them; if he has non'^ send u.s 2,-jc for a bottle, or jJl.OO for 5 bottles. , - . .- FLEMING'S DRUG STORE, BRANDON Bjuumuttiiuu uuu ttua.,0J0. ���������������������,.*������������ ,,nbno ask for Sunlight Soap-octaffon soon that there was cotton mixed with J it, them. b������r���������we giv������ TV ML ^gTCALFE & ������0- Grain and Commission KSerchants. Highest prices paid for -ivlreat, oats, barley or flax in carlots. IVire or write me for prices before selling-. Liberal advances made on consignments and handled on commission, Licensed and Uonded. P. O. liox 550, Winnipeg, Man. SRSPERIAi. ftjAPLE SYRUF The quality standard from Ocean to 'Ocean. Your money back if not ������at- 'isfactory. - ROSE&XAEXAMME.Agts., MONTREAL. Postage stamps don't get .licked.for. sticking to business. .--������������������������������������ '*! ���������Vi'-'l ���������', ir ' ;f J '���������id ft M I < ��������� *- J.1 t ��������� Iff r ^ o1 THE-ELEVATOR BOY SOME PERSONAL EXPERIENCES - RELATED BY HIMSELF. AS Poor All Sammis Im Love Smitten, and Thoughts of Tliat Glsantio Mortgage Are Forgotten Until lie Im Rejected For Another. A, [Copyright,. 1902, by C. B. Lev/is.] ' w ������ 'HEN I came to work in this skyscraper, 'Mr. Rasher, the agent,.sat down and'patted me on the head and said: "Sammis, I am told that you are the eon of a widow and a good boy." "Yes, sir, I am," I replied. , "You have set out to pay off a gigantic mortgage on'the family .estates and' s become president '" of the United - ������ates?" 1 n J'l have, sir." v - - . ��������� "You will put in twelve hours per day for $4 per week and keep your eyes peeled In the interest of this syndicate?" A r ���������'_ ��������� - rt y .i'.'I will,.sir." I,bravely answered.. V "Then I have but one thing more to , \ ������ay. ��������� There, are-good looking girls in this building, Sammis. < There are no less than ten typewriters who are as handsome as Mary 'Anderson ��������� aud as 'lovable as Lillian JRussell.1 Don't fall ilri love^w'ith any of them. Don't let , your j young heart, get ��������� up any' pitpat . business. To fall in love at your age. would ruin' your future ..prospects, and \bring the blight of .despair to your fond' J mother's heart. t It lnigbt also,snap the ���������'cables pf,the elevator.' Take no chances, - ! Sammis.- Treat them withs courtesy and respect, but let your demeanor be - cold and reserved." '* 'A-'I realized that Mr.1 Rasher was advis-' ing' me for my own good, and I' deter- - mined that he should have no occasion to find .fault with me. Many, sly at- - tempts were made to" capture my young "heart,1 but L"nobly resisted them. In time I came-to be knowh.ns "Cold Stor'-' age^Sammis,"'audjmany a man patted .mcon tlie.shoulder aiid said: ^-"Boy; would that I had'your strength ot will' to'^resist the soft smiles'of a 1 black eyed typewriter writh, peachy 1 cheeks!" ,'.."',������ ��������� . " ��������� "���������- But fate "was lying ,in wait for me,' and'IJknew,it not. One day a young woman riamecf Sarah appeared in' the'. ' office of the'Tar and? Rosin syndicate' as typewriter.' and^when she had-made one. I wanted to-die for her, that day to prove my love, but I was kept so busy in the elevator that I had no opportunity to throw myself from a window or send out after poison. 1 did make myself a hero, however. I caught a district messenger boy loafing around on the ninth floor and walloped him till he bellowed for mercy. For the next two weeks all my salary went- for candy and peanuts 'and bouquets, and 1 lied to my trusting mother and told her that I had to give it up for 'police protection/ On two occasions Sarah permitted me to take her out to lunch and Day thf������ shot: and I had to' boi���������ow my street car fare' home. It was after the second lunch that Mr. Rasher sent for me and.said:' ' , ~ '���������Sammis, there is complaint that your elevator wabbles as you take people up and down.'Are "you losing your nerve?" "No, sir." 6 ' "Then be a, little more ,careful. A wabbly elevator, scares tenants out of a building." It was my love for Sarah that wab-' bled the elevator, and I made up my mind that matters had reached a crisis. One noon, when she had pulled my ear and .asked me to,bang my-hair for her sake, I followed her into her room and laid my^ young and bursting heart at her feet. She laughed at me. . With 4><^<$>*<$>+^^<$>&4><$*<$+<$+*$>+<$* ��������� <���������> ��������� o <���������> I <* THE LETTER Ey J. J. a'BECKET ��������� O <������> ���������:- Young Mr. Carlisle Partridge pos sessed an ample income and' an extraordinary talent for the piano His ambition to be a celebrated performer occupied much .of his thought and time. Unfortunately just as he reached the point whore he felt warranted in appearing as a professor his health began to show signs of failing. Hie physician advised change of air by this exhibition of opulence ar.d-energy r So was .the" daughter of' his landlady, a girl of eighteen., ,11 ctty Humphreys was a bright and exceedingly pi;ctty girl, who ' had valready made her mark0l-in the little village^ world by her standing at the academy ITer "mother .planned for her a -higher Qji\htlat Holyoke college. - Alter a few days the,girl's .interest in the handsome young musician deepen ed.. She would evening hour for.pr her mouth full of chocolate creams, bought with my cash, .she laughed me to scorn. She lay back and laughed, and' she stood up and laughed, and when I had been crushed to earth she said: - ^ - "Now, bubby, run .along and get me a bunch of violets to wear to the theater tonight I am going with Mr.' Dris- ,coll." \ I went out of'that room a frozen boy. All my'confldence inhumanity was destroyed in. a /moment' 'Never, never again, could I believe in .the integrity of woman.' I sought my homo and fell upon the bed, and' I was "doctored for ��������� fits, loss of memory, blood poisoning and . malaria.: It was' touch/and go, iVdie"wiTs~oniy aTfew "feet from "tlie.- she still but I.rallied, and inside of a week I Rrt)UMd, oir a litUe at one.side was a you. ,Mr ed in each corner. In. the middle a large "P" was outlined in the same black silk. Mr. Partridge took the square, examined the musical bars and nodded his head. Then he< looked at Mrs. Humphreys with a mildly inquisitive air. / A "You seem-to know them musical figures," said she severely, "nave they got any meaning?" "Why, yes.. This >s from , a Scotc*b ballad. 'Could you come back to me. 'Douglas. Douglas?'" 'He' sang the words softly. "This is from ���������Carmen.' " He san������r again "Si tu m'aimes. TC.sca- wiillo." "Then this is , from <���������'The Bedouin's Love������Song.' The last is a pas-,' sage from 'A Pastoral Symphony' 1 practice." ��������� ' , The ingenuous young man,reddened under the sustained-gaze of;'Hetty's ' mother. ' "i "It's not just fancy in me," she declared. "That poor child's in love." "Well, that isn't such a dreadful thing, Mrs. Humphreys, is vit? Miss Hetty is about eighteen or ninoTeen, and girls usually do fall in love about that time." ��������� "I'm not blaming you. But you don't mean to say, that you have'auy .serious feelings for ruy daughter, do you, Mr. Partridge?" She spoke with a-red face, but tierce determination. ' "Good heavens, r no!" exclaimed the musician,, with an explosive- emphasis that carried"conviction. "What���������what have 1 to do with it?" - '- She ,put ,her forefinger on the large funereal "P." "P stands for Partridge, don't it?" = ,. He flushed with annoyance, but.there was no gainsaying thattit' did. v '���������It must all'be a, mistake.',' be^pro-, tested. \ "I never see her alone except stitious dread. It is related' to th������- lemurs, b������t it differs from" them in many points. Its most remarkable peculiarity consists in the middle finger of its hands, which, instead of resein blin'g the1 others, is, as Mr. Richard Lydekker says.' "extremely thin and spiderlike." Living in the silent forests, the aye-aye possesses extraordinary acuteness of hearing and apparently can locate by' the sounds 0it v,makes'in tho trunks of trees the wood, boring larva? on which it .feeds. Chiseling away the wood with its teeth, the ' aye-aye < inserts its remarkable middlf^- fiuger to fork out its victims. was able to, return-to my ^elevator. It is said that I look old and careworn and that it'is easy to,guess that I have a burden on my heart, but you.watcti my smoke. No girl can >wreck .my'life ��������� and,escape, tlie penalty.', ."I am' laying for"the faithless Sarah, and E)ate is on her trail. She smiles as before wten 'we meet, and her.golden teeth.gleam In the semidarkness'of.,the cage, but there is no longer a responsive throb ,in the heart of Sammis, The Elevator .Boy. * ������������������;-"��������� *M. QUAD. -' A Great Advawtngre. Grimes���������I'.ve got ^my name;4n the blue book this year, and you can't think'how pleasant it has made,life seem to me. \ . A- . A" Hudson���������I can't see what advantage it can be to you. Grimes���������Perhaps not, but it has been a.great.advantage. Hardly a day passes that I don't >get a circular or two from some brokerage firm offering me splendid opportunities for the invest-" ment of my surplus thousands. Why, it really makes me feel like a millionaire���������a millionaire w^ko doesn't have to pay. taxes,��������� mind you. spend-nearly all of the>[ when-sbe-is around when I play even-, or. practice-'iu the b.iyt: i"gs.- and I don't see her'then-: She Avindbw, which looked out on the large'; likes to Jisteu quietly and then go garden. A honeysuckle vine clambered - away. I am perfectly innocent." y thickly around this window, whose | v Her. expression hud'softeuod, though looked worried. "I don't blame - r . rartridge. ^but you can see [ that it must.be stopped." j He did some quick thinking. "I can go away.' I meant to,stay two weeks 1 longer, but I can get off in 'a. day or _ two." | ' Three days later Hetty drove him to the station. Her'mother could not.op- 1 pose this last devotion. She saw him on the train. "1 am ever' so much vineclad arbor. , \ > - "Do you mind if 1 sit in the window of the back parlor aud hear you play?" she asked. ''You do play so beautifully, and of course we get so little music of any kind here that it's a"real treat and an education for me. I'm too busy tlie rebt of the day to give it attention." v Mr. Partridge had assented, with the proviso that she should not speak to .obliged for. those, lovely evenings of him until the hour ,was over. Hetty music," she, said cheerfully, and he promised.' and when the thing was t^ied, he found that she was as-good as her word. In'fact, when he had made some remark'to her the, first .night she nad not replied. He was so nearsighted that he could not see well into the ,uark opening \ot the window'. ��������� It, was not until-he bad closed the piano and made'another, remark that be received any response. "Tired? No, indeed, but it makes me feel so dreamy 1 don't want to say a word." This' was as good as could be. the rehearsals went on through you know So the its m ft' "6A.1MMIS, I DOTE ON FKESH T.OASTED PEA- 1 ^ . NTJ1S." her first trip in my elevator 1 knew that I was a lost to3\o She had wavy hair and teeth of gold, and her smile was as gentle as powdered sugar. As the elevator wabbled upward I turned , pale and red and felt shaky in the knees. Sarah noticed my confusion, and, Jayiug her hand on iny arm, she softly whispered: ' '���������������, "Sammis, I don't see how any girl can help falling in love with you. Some day you may bring me a box of chocolate creams." She had them ere the sun went down, and next morning she had a bouquet of roses which '"cost me a ijiunk and a half. In return for them she gave me a smile that displayed all her golden teeth clear back to the last A Qnlet .Tip. "My baby cries half the night," remarked Newpop. with a gigantic sigh.5 "That's easily remedied," rejoined Oldwed, who is the' proud sire' of six interesting juveniles. "All you have to do is to turn on the gas full blaze when he starts the trouble." * "Will that quiet him?" asked New- pop. . ' _ "Sure thing," replied the other, who had long since passed the experimental stage. ' "The light will fool him. He will imagine it is daylight and immediately go to sleep just for the sake of being contrary."- Sure to Say It. They stood on the lava incrusted shore of the little island that had been destroyed by the volcano. Blazing torrents still ran down the sides of the mountain, while the very air seemed full of fire. A man who all along had seemed to be making every effort to control himself at last turned to a companion and chuckled: "Is It hot enough for you?" The task of hurling him Into the belching crater was indeed a glad surcease from the woe of the inhabitants. Wouldn't noW Much. Mamma���������What are you thinking about, Tommy? Tommy-(aged five)���������I was jes* think- in' how glad I am. Cbris'mas don't come in the summer timey Mamma���������Why V- Tommy���������'Cause I -wear such teenty weent" short socks in summer time. could not but admire her bravery ;. 'He hesitated a moment and ,then ' said, "I; .would really, like to have the sofa pillow. Miss Hetty." i She 'looked nt him open eyed, then' asked quickly, "How , did anything about it?" "Oh. I saw it,, oue day," be replied evasively. "I know all the airs, of course,, but,! shouldn't have" guessed , it was forme only for the "'P.' " ' r She burst into" a"merry (it of laughter. "Did mother show that to you? Upon ray word, that wasn't for you!" And she laughed again. ' ; "Oh. pardon me"���������, But tbe train pulled up. and be was off. . It had not disappeared when a young follow came out of the waiting room., and the two drove briskly .away. "George," she said, "that Princeton- pillow I made for you mother and Mr. Partridge thought I had made for Value off tbe Shilling In lGOOU - We know that in Shakespeare's day^ say A. D. 1000,' sixpence a day was-R. fortune for any worklngman. say the*' equivalent of ������10 per annum., A cen-^ tury earlier, before thejacc-ess to America was open to English explorers, one- of the Ardens of Warwickshire left an annuity of 40 shillings per annum to a younger son, probably the poet's great- granduncle. Then if sixpence a day ��������� would now be the equivalent of 20 shillings a,,week then 40 shillings per annum w.oiild equate to ������120 of pres- ' eut values.���������Notes arid Queries. - '"" Tlie Garden. , The poo.rcst, commonest garden is a place of enchantment to the'truo flower lover, its possibilities are end- ������ less, even if tho achieved results lack - much. ' ' , ., i,Hcr,iFrocba. <. She���������I can't possibly get my go wo for less than $17."), clear. He���������But iherd's Mrs Rounder. I'll, 'bet she,doesn't pay. sinv such price. t She���������But tier'social position1'is- e& much more secure than" ours. - j *', '_ ' .A.FVoR'a Skin. , / f A frog's skin 'makes, the thinnest and. , at the same time oue 'of the toughest leathers than can lie tanned. Nothing .Iteimirlcnblc. ' She���������Dear little Fido! See him wa# , his tail! \ , , . ��������� ' Archie���������Why���������er���������what clsccoultifhe- e da with it. Miss Birdie?. ��������� ..t ^ ^ ''' t ��������� Olive Trees. '���������"���������'��������� ' - vAh olive tree yieltfs six pounds'cf .olives when ;it is three years "old.,. At *~ the age of Kfly, iifyields frqao twenty- ' two to twenty-six pounds'. "' ' ' c' ' w . , ' - ' Hieb Ileeld.' - .-, A'/r . "l ��������� High heels, it'is said, owe their origin* >'. to Persia, where ^hey were introduce'tV* ' to, raise ������the > feet, from,, the burning , sands of that country. '. ��������� 'A- , ' ������ ^~ ��������� ' j, i ������f��������� ;. ^ uwed to it.\ ' " ���������*a " a. ,' He���������Did it'hurt' mucli to" have your -' ears pierced? . , ,������"��������� ,. . '' ,'. ' She���������Oh, no. They have been bored so much that they didn't.mind it. tf-1 ������. i > i aTl (V. Well, there's" no harm in that" he laughed back. "If he had only known what a, good blind his playing was for those evenings in the arbor, he wouldn't have any suspicions like that. But we've got to hurry to get to the other station. The minister is expecting us in New naven." "Oh. George, mother will be surprised! Do you suppose your father will forgive us?" "If he doesn't, I can stand it. Hetty, dear." A Stralrretl Position'. ' The follow who wants to hold o'tHcG ^ A In quite a dilci.ima is found; He can't keep nis nose io the gnndstona And also Ins car to the ground. "Cnrlsliuns Coming." , . Never mind the burning weather; Summer's flying- like a feather! Boon the holly'll deck,1 the hall 1 And the boys cry, "Hands round, all!" KJTif? Alfov*'*- Tou wait impatiently the I,AYi;i>. lovely summer evenings, the musician feeling a sort of stimulus from his unwearying but silent auditor. Then came a ripple in the placid current of his rustic experience. One morning after he had finished his practice Mrs. Humphreys requested a moment of speech with him. lie assented, wondering what she could want. She was the incarnation of prose and country respectability of the narrow but in- , siste'nt sort. .' "I've got to say something to. you, .Mr. Partridge.* It isn't very nice to have to mention it. But, though'Hetty is smart, she's only a girl and only, used to country ways. She used to like to visit with friends nights, but now she don't show no disposition to do so. It may be the music, and that's all. But she's changed since you came. She's moody at times and then again kind of giddy and excited. I've watched you. and I can see that you don't take rriore than ordinary.notice of Het But when I found this in her room The Barometer Trees of Cliileo. One of the most remarkable produc- | tions of the isles of Chileo is the cele- j bra ted "barometer tree.'.' which grows in great profusion in all of the s'ali marshes. It belongs to the naturrl order euphorbhicesc. and is believed to be a near relative of Siphon in elcstica, tbe India rubber tree of Brazil. The wonderful traits of this tree were first made known to white men in 1SS4. the natives informing the De Young company that both the leaves and the bark of the trees were never failing weather-prog- nostieators. In dry weather the bark of this natural barometer is as smooth and white.as .that of a sycamore, but with the near approach of storms these characteristics vanish like magic. TAyenty-four hours before a storm breaks over .the little island the trunk of every tree of the species turns as black as ebony, save a few scattered patches of carmine, these latter markings being supposed to foretell great electrical disturbance.- The leaves, too. which in their normal state hang laterally (as they do on. all ���������American trees), drop edgewise and tremble like things endowed with animal life and reason. V/isc, Oh, TiMac! She���������He has a bright future before^ him. , -i He���������I doubt if he ever catches up tn. it- - ' Siti-.tlvrieh .Island Snnlces. The Saudyvich Islands arc almost as- free from snakes as Ireland. There is but one sort .uul \b.\t very scarce. i Cot With My Love.. Rather a cot t With a little love Than my name writ red On tho hills above! Synonymons. Scribbler���������Why does Rimer always- refer to a wastehasket as posterity? Scrawler���������Because that's what he's writing for Miii'KiMvitiKn off tlse Deep, Lii-t'to drops of water Jn the billowy wave u Kwp t\ 'nan investing All that" he can save. Mewl Trouble. First Office Boy���������Were, you realljf- ���������sick yesterdayV Second Oliice Boy���������Sure! I was seasick. Went to de lishin' banks. Out' Auditor, Anyliow. She se(i:;li! i ho legi������-i������i,i urf. P.ui.IIm.'.V wouldn't iVi ner in; She fri������Ml io li'liif? thv���������s^riatel .' v Biit.il hyi'i)>6i:sod li'-i ctn.n: For woni;iri &!-���������]ii)<>re nlit bunted,, Bui II waVou! of siKlii';"' Sp noW;.������)ii������-;ttiiK'Mnd i<-<-tures Her- hubby do;ir at niyDt."v A Queer Animnl of MacJag:nsear. One of the most peculiar members of the great family of the mammals is yesterday it made me do some think- \ the ������ye-nye of Madagascar. In form it ing. aud I made up my mind it was; much resembles a squirrel, m size it is time to speak to you. Look at that!" |cclual to a ,ai������e oat- nnd n iS so sh-v- She unfolded a white cloth and ! stealthy and ghostlike in its move- showed a square of deep yellow silk me������ls tbat the natives think it is a with several bars of music embroider- ^d������f spirit and regard it with super- Old Floors. In studying the apparently hoi oless floors of some old house remember that grease and varnish can be removed from them with lye. Afterward wash the'lye-, out well and wash over wittt vinegar. The stain is then appJii d with- one or more coats of filler Finally rub with sandpaper and was or finish-witla shellac or varnish, as desired. * Proper Mtt For tu Vf������r-otiJ Bnl>-r. Give grm'ls made of wheat, oatmeal! or barley, all of which must be most thoroughly cooked; beef Juice, and a little mutton or ehiekmi broth from whleli every particle of fat has been skimmed. Slie may also o^'ivisiprutlly have the Juice of half an orange.���������Ladies' Home Journal. , j-*vk j j i ������w^"������^*f Ji iU'Wi^jdut' --���������_- *������-������_������- .rn.������ _i������_������uli-*-*J������ri-J,ttJ*it������.* *���������*,. C. H. TARBELL. High Grade Stoves and all Kitchen Requirements SPORTSMENS GOODS & GENERAL HARDWARE WaVerly Hotel First-Class Accommodation. .. ..at Reasonable Bates.... BEST OF WINES & LIQUORS. s: SHORE, PROPRIETOR.' 010 JOHN McLEODS FOR FIRST-CLASS CANDY, FRUITS, CIGARS & ,TOBACCOS. DUNNE TVH.CAREY. TAILORING in First-Class Scyiea. t& Perfect Fit Guaranteed. .. .. ' FULL LINE OF FINE - SUITINGS. Dunsrnuir Aye,, Cumberland } Suits and Suiting's ' - To Suit You Suitably. CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES/ CUMBERLAND Meat Market Donald McKay. Prime Meatsi Vegetables & Fruits- , K^ In Season. DAILY DELIVERY. . : SMOKE. . '/CUBAN BLOSSOM" , A UNION-MADE "CIGAR f -', ' -���������" ���������' - FROM THE��������� . . & Cuban Cigar Factory M:'J. 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The Mirror and Farmer says: We have an experiment in progress in which five spayed heifers are being fed against five open heifers and both lots againat I five steers, the entire fifteen head being all of the same age, raised oh the same farm, sired by the same bull, and all from the same kind of cows. The object of the experiment is to determine not only the cost of producing beef under these conditions, but the quality of the beef as well. " A Beautiful Swiua Cuntom. A Swiss mother believes that her child will have bad dreams unless it is crooned to sleep. And so, bending- low ofer the drowsy little one's couch, she sings Bo^hixig songs of green pastures and still waters until tho little one has breathed itself peacefully into the land of Nod. A Real Tugr of War. At West Lynn, Masa., a locomotive was coupled to a large electric engine, ��������� and power was applied to them in opposite directions. For some time neither gamed an inch, but finally, with the aid of sand thrown on the track, th������ loc������������ a*otiv������ came off victorious. Herelf Chriafenlatr Htm. "Your honor," pleaded tfie prisoner, "1 was just helpln him out a bit. He said he never had been christened." "But how did your action remedy matters?" asked the police magistrate. "Why, I broke a wine bottle over his head, didn't I? Ah'any sea farin mau will tell yoo that's the proper way."-- Chicago Post. A Custom In Danffcr. . "The Chinese," said the man who is always trying to unload back number information, "hove a very furious custom of paying all their debts the firBt of the year." "Well," answered the man who takos everything seriously, "I guess they will get over that habit when it comes to indemnities."���������Washington Star. Why Be Geta the Best. First Boarder���������How |n it that Tact- leigh always gets, the best of everything at the table? Second nitto���������Oh, he's such a smooth chap! Ever since he spoke of the mili we pet as "cream" Mrs. Porter has been wonderfully gracious to bim, ���������Boston TrauBcriot. ��������� -* P. StbddaH. fine : WATOH REPAIRING. Sells Watches Cheaper thari^anyone else When in Cnmtierland STAY AT THE '' -YENDOME. ������5T All Conveniences for Guests. fl. KELLS. DUNSMUIB 4VE CUMBERLAND C Boot & Shoe Maker \ D. ANTHONY . THE POPULAR Tobacconist. Repairing SPECIALTY. .Thk Bar is Supplied with Best Liquors and Cigars R. S. ROBESTSON. t. d. McLean, The.Pioneer Watchmaker, Jeweler and Optician. Eyes Tested Free. ' All' the Latest MAGAZINES and PAPERS on3hand._.....' DUNSMUIR AVE., CUMBERLAND Moprocfyi Bros., BAEIEBS f "DREAD, Cakes and Pies deliver-' . ed daily to any part of .City. FULL -STOCK OF- Q^^^ ���������? ' " \ pRUITS,: Candies, \ V pi PJ^S; Cigars, Tobaccos. AND NOVELTIES AT \ Mrs WALKER'S >" - p-' - - ��������� ��������� ���������; f. - (Whitney Block.) "PINE CANDIES, FRUITS,, and, * Full J Scock of TOBACCO CIGARS and"CIGARETTES. ..,.'. DUNSMUIR AVE., CUMBERLAND. TIHIIE , New England , WM. GLEASON, Proprietor;, ,; tpOR Comfort, Care and Attention ,TRY ��������� the New England Hovel. A \; . HIGH GRADE j ,;;,,-->',)! Cigars and Liquors in Bar*. ' W/ WILLARD is prepared to , ' * " .' ��������� fill any,Order8 for Fme or A Heavy Harneaa, at' ahort"notice/: ....��������� ��������� ���������-,-'- - <��������� - '- - ' .-���������' ','���������' WILLARD! BLOCK, Cumberland. Kspimait & Nanaimo. Ry. ^Fi^r ^^-^gc������^ ������������������**������������������ ���������������������������������*��������� ^y, s. s. "City of Nanaimo.' WINTER SCHEDULE. . Leaves Victoria Tuesday. 6 a.m., for Nanaimo, calling at Musgraves, Vesuvius, * rofton. Kuper, and Thetis * Islands (one week) Fullord, Ganges, and F������ rnwood (following week). Leaves Nanaimo Tuesday, 5 p.m., for O mox, connecting with s,s. Joan at Nanaimo. 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JAMES ABRAMS.-, TjlNGlNEERS, Firemen, Machinists and ���������u Eiectriciaua send f *r 40-page Pamphlet containing Questions < asked by Examining ' Board of Engineers to -obtain Engineers License.���������Address, "Geo. A. Zellijr, Publisher, 18 S. 4th St.,' St. Louis, Mo., 17 S. A/ VIOLIN TUITION. PROP C.H. SCHAFFNER con- . servatory 0 graduate, has de^ cided.to locate permanently, in - Cumberland is prepared to give lessons to a limited number of pupils on the Piano, Violin and voice culture. WHITNEY BLOCK. JAS. A. CART HEWS Liverv Stable Teamster and Draymen Single and Double rigs for Hire. All Orders Promptly Attended to. , Third St. Cumberland, B.C gggggggg ,gg������2efe@egZ2S53%sy5g^ Cumberland Hotel THE DEMAND FOR ^ Stevens Pistols IS INCREASING RAPIDLY. Have been making for. 37 years the , TIP UP���������.22 Short E. F $2.50 The DIAMOND, 6-inch blued barrel, nickel frame, open or globe and peep sights : ....$5.00 Same with 10-inch barrel '.. 7.50 COR. DUNSMUIR AVENUE AND SECOND STREET. CUMBERLAND,-������. C. * ���������t 1 e Mrs. J.* H. ,Piket, Proprietress. ' When in Cumberland be, sure/ , and, stay at the Cumberland Hotel, First-Class Accomoda* tion for transient and permanent boarders. r Sample Rooms and Public Hall Run in Connection with Hotel *rA . Rates from $1.00 to $2.00 per day ^isteWfieiass^ TRADK MARK*. ^ DCSIONS, COPYRICHT8 AA.Tr.Ni<-.|scJit ires. Address TA I! f".' tW OOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOO o o o o o o '8 o o o * ��������� I am prepared to furnish Stylish Rigs and do Teaming at', reasonable rates. C O o o o ������ D. KILPATRICK. g o Cumberland o ooooooooooooooooooo FISHING RODS Flies of any Pattern Tied to Order. NEWS OFFICE Dunsmuir Ave., Cumberland, B.C Office Hours :���������8 a.m. till 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 8 to 12. Fancy Inlaying wood in and metal, French Polishing/ Apply 'NEWS-OFFICE. \ , < t Q. HOPE JONES 'TA T/'C ��������� I LECTURES ON THE . GOOD SIDE OF SUBJECT "THE EADNES3." JIc Sliovr.* Tliat Btstl Men Have Slimy Redeeming Traits anil Tries to ' I'rove It !������?��������� Citing? tlie C������.se>i of Xero, Lncrczia Eorj?ia mid Cyras *2. [Copyright, 3302, by C. B. Levels.] '������ dear friends, the subject of my remarks this evening is "The Good Side of Ead- ness," and before I have finished I h������pe to make you feel more tolerant toward certain people whose memories have been'jumped,,on with both feet for several generations past. It has cost me much time and money 1o "gather, my > statistics ar.d see them properly vouched for, but the price of admission lo this lecture has remained nt the old figure of 23 cents. That i3 the cost of admission tb any hall to HE MOWED DOWN CATS AKD DOGS. see a'trained hog. and compared to one of my lectures' a trained 'hog is as ��������� husks-'to; ears of yellow corn. For'hundreds of'years the name of Nero has been held up to detestation because he fiddled while"Rome burned and\because ,he had ,a.' little way of slaughtering from 3.000 to" 10,000 prisoners in a batch 'after a battle. It was also a'fancy of his to -wipe out towns' and depopulate agricultural districts, and "we, read of his-putting out eyes and shaving off'ears and toes' and lingers. 'Historians have gone at it and, made out that Nero was never so happy as when slicing up orphans or sticking old women full of pins, but th:U is only one side of his character. We are down on him because he hasn't been givers a fair show. As a kid Nero was placid and serene aud content, and he is not even charged with pulling the cat's tail. While other youths were stealing eggs, robbing orchards and breaking schoolhouse windows Nero was drawing cistern water for the Monday wash and cutting the grass in tho front yard, lie was industrious, honest and truthful, and he was an example to be pointed out. He grew to young'manhood with-, out a blemish on his character. Such was his prbbity that at twenty-one you might' have -searched his rooms over and over again without finding the photograph of an actress or a love letter_.from a ballet girl. His mother was still tucking him in when he went Mo "bed'oiv-Winter/nights, and he was still loath; to part with his hobbyhorse when the bloAv, fell.' He tumbled head over heels 'in love with a female train-* cr of i lions,'' arid in .'.three short .months she had broken.,his heart and mashed his wallet as flat' .is a pancake. We have all been there. We know what it is to be made a fool of by a girl we would die for. We would do' just as Nero did i f:\ve liad^ tlie" chance. He first tried suicide, b.ut the rope broke and lot him .down with a chug, and he rose up with,-a feeling that-he must have revenge on the whole world. My friends, if that female trainer of -lions, who ,gave a,*performance every afternoon il'iid was, really the first girl in th* world to whistle a ragtime air, ...Itad uo.t toyed with Nero's young heart 'ire would probably have married and been taken on as keeper of the elephants and the driver of the band .-wag-; on, but she:tQvved. and .he became a ter'y ror on. wheels. , He. went in to slam things, arid Home suffered. Don't be too hard on him. He had. been thrown down, and thrown hard, and he hadn't ���������the stamina to bid his aching heart cease to ache and hunt around .for.an- ��������� other mash. ' ......������;A^AA"' ���������v History.-4ias-j}jck,^i^ gia and held her u'pAts'the;^hbttstejv her age, and history hRs^ofiui&tted a:- great wrong. I started out on her trail feeling that death by hanging was too good for her. but as I traced her career step by step I had to leave my prejudices behind. As a child Lu- erezia wouldn't hurt a fly. The sight of a bulldog picking up a cat by. the neck would have thrb'wu her into convulsions. As a girl she was sensitive to other people's feelings to an amazing degree. Had a young man with a pimple on his nose been courting her sho. would have died before asking him why he didn't have, it cut off. .^She'was. "Ti favorite'ih society.' ;:;Shpalways -sat���������' down on-the edge of a chair and folded her hands and said, "Yes. ma'am," and "No, air," and she knew nothing what ever of flirtations. It was only when she had become a young woman and when she learned that relatives of hers were plotting to rob her of her inheritance and"send her out to do upstairs work at $4 a month that she turned :o poison. She dosed them right and left, and when she discovered what a good thing she had she kept on" with it. It is pretty well authenticated that she caused the doajths of fourteen different "people.'and some of 'em had funeral professions a mile lonir. but an impartial investigation has satisfied mo ih':t !"n������t of the crowd ought to havi been in state prison anyhow. Besides. ���������) those tla;. a everybody went around vith a pirn bottle of poison in his coat- tail poc'kel. and if you called on a friend and drank a glass of lemonade or pop vvit'h him he generally telephoned thet undertaker to'sor.d up your sue in eollins. If Lucrezia hadn't got ahead oAfhe game, it would have got ��������� ihead of her, and so what was the woor.thing to doV They caught her at '.t at last and made a great howl oyer things,[but'.no one should go back'on her on account of what history sajs'. . Let- us now take up the ease 'bis back to end'his career. Give him a fair show, however. From the-.time he was big enough to handle a rod hot poker he was set to poking rats with it. 'They fastened steel claws on his fingers-'and encouraged him to scratch -his nurse, and they turned him loose with a sickle and let. him mow down cats and dogs. The'idea was to get him to hanker for blood, and in due time-he hankered. If any one had' told Cyrus that it was a sin to gouge out tho eyes of seven old women or slice off the,noses of seven old men,' lie would have been truly astounded.' He was the big It in Persia. He took to blood instead of golf or football, and the Persians had to pay for it' with ��������� their heads. It is-held up against, him in particular that on oue occasion he tuvited 1.0C0.'persons to a > birthday party and just as they had1-got comfortably settled down-to enjoy themselves ho turned 10,000 of his soldiers loose on the crowd and wiped them out to the last old maid. It wasn't exactly the proper thing to do perhaps, but there were no books of etiquette in those days, and he could be excused for any little blunders. Let us be charitable and forgiving. Let us remember that he was acting toward others as they itched to act toward him. and if any of tho boys on the back benches who have been-admitted for half price are named Cyrus let them cling to the name and seek to honor it. M. QUAD. She���������Yes: thai old man was worth at least a million.���������Pittsburg Press. TSieir Restraint. Gussie (gleefully)���������Bah Jove! All lb' girls around hero smile at mo. ( Tom���������Well, that shows they have some manners. Anywhere else they would laugh outright���������Chicago News. Discouraf^inj? Circumstances. Tramp (in the country)���������Yes, I once rode a bicycle, but I had ter give it up. ACyclist���������Why? ���������k -Tramp���������-Well, yer see, the owner wuz comih'vdown the road behind me. and' : theypol.icenian had: a ,rope stretched across tlie road-in; front. 'Between Friends. ; i-Ida^Eisten to Erma-. reciting the "Wreck'of the Hesperus.'-' How terrible it must have been!. - Mabel���������Yes, and some people can make it more terrible than it "was.��������� Chicago News. Tube's Art. got a new play for Sue Brette- next season. Toliy Phvktitos���������That so? What is it?, Sue Bretto���������Musical comedy in three acts- and. nine new dresses.���������Philadelphia Press. Slimmer Austin jar. He���������Indeed, there's jolly good fishing about here. Miss Swift made a great catch when she was here last summer. He, Set It, All Kislit. ' Bill Collector���������You say, you intend to ���������pay this bill some time. Can't you set a certain day? Lawyer Furst���������-Yes; judgment day.��������� Baltimore World. ' EELTCS-OP NEWGATE GRIM OLD" PRISON WILL SOON BE A ' ' THING OF THE,PAST. Tame Dos Days. Times arc not what they used to be; \Ve miss those old and faithful friends. Th'o serpent terror "of the sea '��������� No more his billowy length extends. No more the, discing bug so bold ' Salutes, unintroduced. the fair. Our summer joys have all grown cold. And fancy lices we know not where. Exhausted are those themes so rich Which once employed our ablest pens. No more we hear of hailstones which In size outdo the egg-s of hens, .- ICo more we laud the honest dame Who with quadruplets has been blest; No dazzled frog steps into fame < Released from some big tree out west. And', though we love,the simple truth; Our mighty nation must bewail That lend companion of its youth. ' . ' ri- ties Are Preserving Jinny Uclic-s iuiIic , GuiliilisiU Jluin'iim-jcinie ������[ 1 lx ������r In-1' trri'tiliiisr Anti Mr Join: Sj-lve-ter, Otherwise Called " HiiK'ic . > Very soon Newgate 'will be a thing of the past and a new building will arise on the site of the gi im old prison. 'But r though",, the. building may go many relics will remain, having been placed by the, authorities in' the Guildhall'museum, says Lloyd's Weekly newspaper. Among these are the magistrates'' hook ot 181.1," the minutes book of 1813-T&78, the chapel "chairs, a leaden cast, oi' the city arms, the ,old sign- of \S~\e-- cor- Tfirc wHivervrc ju.ock a no iroxs poration_'s authority ��������� sot escape. Ul!clii'iipi'\ M ur dtlioe. c l^o'. d Kitchener has soon set. work and established a busy to 'IlrnnrJi. War Od'u-.c" at 9, West Halkiii street? .says .Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper. It is a modest place lor the great general to carry on his business, but it has 1 he merits oi quietness and convenience to BelIgrave Square, where KTTCHICXKH'-; NKW HKAliQ'UARTKi:?.. 'Lord K'iUh.n r is slaying with 'Mr. Ralli, at No. 17. The rooms, three in.' number, are on the second floor, over an artist's colorman's sioro. Lord Kitchener's special room is on the side of the front door, and here ho will work for the next few months or so, clearing up arrears in tlr.i de-. tails of war-making .and peace-making. A Will Solv������- a J'r<������bl������m. A company has been organized in London which is expected to solve once and for all the eating, problem as it faces the bachelor an... the ser- vantless household. This company guarantees to send a hot meal anywhere, at any time, ' at. a moderate cost, the dinner to be as good as rah be got in any of the first class restaurants. Not only is the. dinner, sent, but with it goes a complete table service���������silver, glass and napery. The idea in itself is not particularly new, but the price for whith it is done is surprisingly small. A dinner for one, comprising soup, o.n- troe, roast and sweet, is sent, out for 2 shillings. Breakfast costs a shill ing and lunch 'a shilling and sixpence. The company undertakes'to supply iill.thj jrieals of iv household ,at, a 'g.iine-.. per \vo������.������k.for each one. ", It has a ceni i al ^kitchen, -where'the food is prepared,and s.. e-ially constructed liaskeis, so iinnnged that the hot- di'-hes will, pstay ��������� hot and th'a cold ill. lies' cold.' ' ' ,' if* ,t ' <������ oiiVf'.r. - ' " r rhrcno!o';if>t ���������- Yo ir hump of dev stria;ti\ enoss in very ���������-larg".'. Arc .you a'so'dicr or a puciHst" i',:ll dk nfvir - ���������-Neith "'i-': i 'in a i <.n nitui u ; cn.o, ov i���������/ World s Comic. ��������� , A - , , , More About Jlnry. , , Mary'had alittle nose t That turned.up at the point,-, / But a little baty brother came ' And put-it"out of joint. ", i ��������� * ' , , '������[ ji. ' ��������� ' ,; Tlie Hou������e Described. AA-1 I /'Is your housea Queen, Anne?" ^ ~ "In front;-Mary Ann at the'back!!?; ' ' ' " , /Anxiety. ������������������ -���������������������������'< : ]i The lateet query everywhere,,' '��������� '���������', As hurtled'by^ the plain and fair, . (J ,- - / ,1/ one be truly up to date, < , . '.. A Is. "la-my coronet on BtraisrhtT* ', <������> .P'aiio Wood.'. . . , ..' Wood intended to be made into pianos requires to'.be kept forty years to be in perfect condition. ^_A ' ��������� -'' --- Hefty KotlerVs Bntter.- > Betty Botter bought'some butt&r. ��������� "'��������� ��������� ' J "But," she said,',"this butler's bitt������rv Ii. I put it in my batter, , >; . ]t will"make 'the batter bitter. \, y ���������'l But' a,,biL oj." 'better liutter , , *.- Will make my,batter better.'; > _ Ro she bought a bit of butter , '������������������''' 'Better than'the bitter butter, "j, ' ' ���������,,-l And"made her'"bittor batte'ivbetter/ , '.'I ' > So 'twas better'Betty Botter,, " , ,^,t ' Bought'a bit of .better butter. /},, ' m >' (1 ,<1 ' il A Successful Player* Jdinnie-^Myrtylla is really and truly.__ our champion-golt'er. ��������� ';"'��������� ^ ' 'v . XrabclANoqsense! , -'A ", ,.���������'. Minnie���������Oh',1 yes, she is. ��������� She; has ��������� never'yet made a round of the links -��������� ��������� without getting *a proposal.j_ ' . Waste.- -i , , _, , | ' Full many, a flower is born" to tflush unseen " "��������� ' ^ '-, ���������' ' ' And v.-aste its1 fragrance on.,the desert air.-,, ,/ ; - , ��������� A Full many" a tabic stands unused between rThe meals because they don't-play ping- pong there., i u . . / .- ~ ', ''.--.,' ' . "' - ,' , - ' ���������'" ,2 .-- ;'Carllni;("tlie'Halri' '���������',^[ ;; .',y ,;'There .is" no "bti'rm less' solution which' -will ,;make>(the\ hair curl,twithout the" aid o'f patent curJers ".or a heated1 iron. "Athin^solution^of-giim arabie'dr a'de-" "coction of quince seed ,wiU' retain the curls.-after .they are madeAand the ^application of a, little oil wilPkeep, them impervious to' mist"or dampness. but these are^the onlylegitimate means which may be employed.'. i v ' Xece'sulty. *��������� ^ '��������� '. J # ���������, Witlvbeef.and corn so very.high , - r " That worry mars our sleep'" 'A ' We'll soon'eat terrapin and pie "'"' Because they're rather cheap '*1 ' 4 to' i ��������� > Quite DifferftHt. s .Maud (of .Boston)���������!' am sure you don't say pants. Willie���������No; I say pawnts c __ "Wlio IVait. All things may come to those who wait, But do not rest upoir your'oar, "For you may lin<3. perhaps too late. The things were not worth waittne for. His Cliolee Library. "My, what a lot of books!" exclaimed Miss Oossype. "Doco your'husband read much?" "No." answered Mrs. Cad. "He buys expensive books, and he's so busy working to pay for them that he does not have time to read." Strenuous Romanc*. They met when tho. showers ol' April Were irushmg in thousands i,,' rills, And they strayed where the1 first dandelions Were gleaming upon the green hills. They gathered the purple peach blossom* And were buoy.uu beneath the , May sky. He wooed her among the June roses 'And hoard the sweet word in July. Thoy planned and made ready in August; Ah. swiftly the dreamy days passed!- The wedding; took place, in September; ,. Their love v/as rewarded at last. He brought her back home in October : At the end of the honeymoon's course;' She applied to the courts in November And at Christmas received her divorce. A Little MiHumlerstautllna;. Young Mother���������What will you charge for a photograph of our little boy? Photographer���������Three dollars, madam, but it will be considerably cheaper for a dozen. Young Mother��������� A dozen! Oh. no, we can't wait so long!���������Lippincott's. I t y 1 V'1 i! 1 )A ���������I'h M Canadian Waters. From the Atlantic ocean to the head of Lake Superior a vessel may sail in Canadian waters a distance of 2,260 statute miles. . ���������'. -,. Well. Ilatlier! "Good morning, Mr. Jonah!"remarked the whale'affably. "How do you feel this morning?'' - .' ��������� "Rather doAVn In the mouth," replied Jonah. Vacation. Vacation time will soon be here And hearts be glad once more, "When scholars will forget the thing* They learned a month before. i .'j w TBE CUMBERLAND NEWS. CUMBERLAND, B. C. *��������� Ambition never' grows old; in fact it seldom gets beyond the age of in- -discretion. ' MINARD'S LINIMENT Relieves Neuralgia: r ' By buying British coal, which pays a shilling export tax per ton, the United States is helping lEngland to pay the cost of the1 Boer war, says the New York World., < THE STUDY OF NATURE. A WONDERFUL MEDICINE. ' For Bilious and Nervous Disorders, such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach, Sick Head-' ache, Giddiness, Fulness and Swelling: after meals, Dizziness and Drowsiness,'Cold Chills Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetite, Shortness of I3reatli, Costiveness. Blotches on the Skin. Disturbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and all Nervous and Trembling1' Sensations, < &c.������ THEriRST DOSE WILL GIVE RELIEF HI TWEN7Y���������.MINUTES-, This is no fiction., i. Every sufferer is earnestly invited to try one Box of these Pills, and tliey will bo acK- nowlcdgcdto bo WITHOUT A RIVAL. //'BEECEIAOT'SPIIiliS taken as directed, will quickly restore Females to complete ^ health. /They promptly remove any obstruo - tion or irregularity of the system. For a -' , ' Weak Stomach, Impaired Digestion, Disordered Liver. >' ~ ~ r i* ' i, r *L theyaet like magic���������a tevr doses^will work ���������wonders upon the Vital Organs; Strengthening the muscular System, restoring the long- lost Complexion, bringing back the. keen edge of appetite, ana arousing --.with -the - Rosebud of Health tho whole jpliy-" ft leal energy of the human frame. Thcs* *��������� are ''facts" admitted by thousands, in,all classes of society, and one of the best guarantees to the Nervous and Debilitated is that BEECHAM'S PILLS have tho Largest Sale of. any Patent Medicines in the World. Boecham's Pills have bern before tl������o public 'for lialf n century, and ������re tbe moat popular family medicine. 2io testimonials aro 'published. ��������� as Ueecliam's Pills " '> ' - . A WEIIAND MERCHANT. He' Says He is Now Feeling %Bet- " ter Than He Has For , Many Years. First Thine Needed.Is the Right Kind <>������ Person for Leader. In most cases it is th* want of good teaching, not the lack: of- willingness to, be taught, which makes youth turn aside in weariness from 'the first pages of an unexplored sphere of science, says The London' Daily Telegraph. That is the greatest and deepest want, to train and I rovide, namely, the right" kind of persons, to see little hearts aflame 'with the thirst for -learning the sec- i-ets of Natuie, and wi{h a spirit to study her ways with an evergrowing- gentleness a toward the lower creatines and an ever-deepening sense that0, nothing has beon created except for a Divjne objpet and a far-reaching 'reason. Such is the temper in v.hich the study of Nature must be approached nnd sustained. The naturalist' or ,'welland, Ont., Oct. 20.���������(Special- physiologist who explores hor secrets,- ,^Ir- J- J- Yokom, grocer and provis >k :r-oe=t An Opon letter In,-Which a Prominent Citizen Gives a .Itxoiig Becommendal- f tion for l)o"\obury, ,ol qifCat Darwin, enrich 'existence. Jt has 1 ecu well said by the , poet,, that "Nature na\er did,, betray the 'heait that loved hpri," and certain it'is that none dcuvc a" loftier a'n'd.moic enduring pleasure from studious horns th n those ,who have uKcn.thcin tb tho paliLiit pursuit of the hidden rovelalions v hieb Nature. (>r\g?v by Liner, allows' her favor.ed ��������� \otaiies to unlock from h3r ,,wiLJnig. but tightly-closed hands. But ythe ultimate secret is'liiu, slu must "be loved She v ill yield 'to theVjiaid- hcatted, to tho unbelieving, to* the fclh'h' and inevercnl' man little be- yoi d dull catalogues rn:]'masses of gloomy, uniruitful factsj' butAho re-" sei\cs for those who \yiil share with Lei- her grand mj'Stery of the Divine Lc^c which governs the universe dis- -to\cries that often lift the thoughts of men to heights undreamed of and lo large generalisation which can fill the most ambitious "hearts with noble thoughts and anticipations 'of- splendid hopefulness.* t If >\\e 'come down from these h.Mgh-& to the lower ground "of utility. of_ amusement, - of cvpansion of mind, and examples of evquisite ��������� invention and .-adaptal ion. Xature, in any one of her "vast compartments, 'can satisfy the rintellect with' vistas of infinite development, anrl lead.thestudent of new estimates of the,value ,md'beauty-of life, alike in^ lower and hiqher. planes. 'Moreover/ how different does' the world *of sense become to .those who rpass ih.oiigh' it wilh-opened eyes and hearts' attuned to admit and to re- \ere the wisdom that is more or less clearly' rc\ en led m all its phenomena! l ion merchant-of this place, has given tor publication an open letter as follows :���������t l ACTS GENTLY ON CLEANS EFFECTUALLY; overcomes H/IbitiialCO NSTIPAT!0M EffECTS, ITUAL - PERMANENTLY ,TS BE%C' BUY THE GENUINE���������MAN'F'D BY @ir9RNIApGJYRVFg V������-KY << *> CAU. ScO ��������������������������� ���������,''" 'i _\_ / "I am, now iii'splendid">health and able to stand gre^t exertion/ in fact my "general health is' better than it. has been in a long time. ' . ("Since my rccoveiy I have 'told many others of Dodd's.,Kidney Pills and how they cured1" met to stay cur-. ed. Many'"of -them say it seems impossible and yet they know it is true.'" < * . " "'" (Signed),' 'J. J.' YOKOM. 'Jlr. Yokom has been a resident of Welland foi; years and is known to every man) woman and child in the town. Pie was born"in the neighboring'"township of rCrowlahd.'1 within 3 miles of his ~ present home,' and< is known .as a man "of-Christian1-principles who would not make a statement .that would in any way be mil- leading. -, , ' ' Ogilvie's Hiingarian <��������� ���������> ^ i '��������� - As now manufactured. The great FAMXEiY FLOUR. Tnsist on- getting "OGILVTE'S," as they ar������, better than the B������st< NO 1* Is a Mendf^0jrjc^^Bf '.% Many at son of his father would never be heard of were he not fined for speeding an automobile. This is the vcheapest" kind of fame. Horse Health is one of the most important thing-s for every ��������� farmer to consider. Dick's Blood Purifier will build up a run down horse. It tones up the system, rids stomach of bots, worms and other parasites which undermine an animal's health. 50 cts. a package. LEEM1NG MILES & CO. AGENTS. - - - MONTREAL. To clean" stone jugs and jars ~f;ll 'them' with * water, adding - a table- spoonful of' baking"'soda,'to each galr lon- of -water'. Let it stand over night.' ? If'not thoroughly, cleansed, lep'eat-the operation. - ' * c V , ! 1, S'l6p--: REWARD���������$ I 00. ! Tfie readers of this pappr will be nleas-- ed ,to loam 'that there ib at least one- dreaded disease1 that science j has been able to *cur,e m.all its stages, and ,that is catarrh -Hall/s Catarrh' Cure is the only positive cure, now known to 'the medical fraternity Catarrh beinpr a constitutional disease reauires a constitutional treatment. Hall's -Catarrh Cure is taken, internally, actinp directly upon the blood and /mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease and (jivinir the na- tient strength by buildinc -up the constitution and assistincr nature' in doinu its work The proprietors have so mucH faith in its curative powers that thev or- fer One .Hundred Dollars for anv 'case' that it fails" to cure. Send for list' 01 testimonials Address.; ��������� , , , - V. J..CHRNEY & CO., Toledo. O Sold bv druprsrists.- 75c 'Hall's Family Pills are the Best The .uprto-date actress'is a good ar-' tist. , At , least' she knows now.Vto paint , - - - / - Lever's Y-Z .(Wise Head) -"Disinfectant Soap Powder dusted in the bath, soiten-, the water at the same time that it disin- lects. ������ail "Good management a good income," but are better than either is better than both together separately- liMfs liiiiMt Cnres Colte,ifc ^"Ple who sings drives away sorrow ,but#often causes sorrow to his neighbors." HIGH ABOVE all oilier Cigars LUCI Just' because1 of that sweet 'flavor irs keep telling: you ubout. It's there. Try, one 1' You'll' And It. , , ^ - . GEO. F.BRYAM & CO., ,WI2CNIPE<>. ; HALCYON HOT SPRINGS . SAN ITA IR ,1'iJ BV| Arrow Lako, B.>^. Situated midst aoenery unrivalled for grandeur. The most complete health resort on the continent of Js'orth America. It������ baths cure all Nervous and Muscular diseases. Its waters heal all Kidney, Liver and Stomach ailments. They aro a never-failing' remedy for all Rheumatic troubles. ^ TERM> $15 to $18 per week, according to residence hi Hotel or Villas. ���������Mr Thomas Ballard,. Syracuse 2C V w rites . "i-have been afflicted for nearlv a fear <*ith that>most-to-be-dreaded disease Dyspepsia, and at times worn out with pain and want of sleep, and after tiying- almost eveiythinpr recommended. ,1 tried one box of Parmelee's Vegetable 1'ills 1 am now i.early well, and believe they will-cure me I would not be without them for anv rnone> " Some people vi it tie are atraid, and i-all it Men H$ I ,1 ,l I -������ -J 1' <������ ��������� A, ���������-* > " r ,. I J������,������'>' . - * iV r V ' ^ ���������> ������������ v iA ������" *���������-" - ^ % rr-^1 ... ' ^ " hi i ^aa; ��������� ,���������: *>* VA^" ��������� T " *-/ f r- jl jff^ > 1 ��������� .1- A *. ' >������ x- I i. I- ISSUED EVEP*Y WEDNESDAY. Subscription $1 50 ayear,'in advance WL.< 36. Hn&ersom E&ttor. __ ������2T Advertisers who want their ad changed, should set copy in "by 9 a.m.' day before issue. The Editor will not be responsible for the views, sentiments, or any errorB of composi- tion of letter correspondents. Job Work Strictly C. 0. D. Transient Ads Cash in Advance. Dear Mrs B in reply to your inquiry as to which is the best tea to use, I������ would sav that in rnv opinion Uresis between the Blue -Ribbon and Monsoon Packet Te.ts. If you like rich, strong tea, then Blue Ribbon is undoubiedlv the best, but should your taste be for a delicate and very flavbry tea I would, advise you "to call on C. J. MoOREfor a packet of Monsoon. Personally, I drink Blue .Ribbon in the morning and Monsoon at 5 o'clock, but then, you know, I,, am a' perfect crank about tea. ' >' Yours truly, ' A . ' ��������� . , . - SARAH GRUNDY. POLITICAL Two candidates are in the field for North- Victoria ��������� Mr, H. L. Robertson and Mr T. W. Paterson.' Mr'Robertson is a supporter of the Prior Government'.. Mr Paterson, independent. At North Nanaimo 'everything seems to be favorable towards Mr Mclnnes and it is gen- e'rally convedecT that that gentleman will be electedby a handsome ��������� majority. In tho course of an ad dress delivered at Ludysmith last week Hon. Mr Mc-lines made the. following ��������� statements regarding railways :��������� ������������������-In';the -bill which would be . brought down* by the government at the next session of the House every interest of the people would be amply safeguarded, but assist- * ance would" be given to promo ers J so ������s to make it profitable to build, either by_t cash.'bonuses or by'land grant. In .either case complete ' control ot" freight rates would be retained.' Provision for a- return of the loan from the;companie������ would be .carefully considered, and it was likely that one feature of the old bill would be retained/that four per cent/of the gro-i������ earriin'gs would be .'-paid into the provincial'treasury. If a iand grant is'given, it would l Dot be made without providing for the taxing of the land., This must hereafter be'xnnde a part of every land grant. The pn-viricc must rer- nerve the right t<; tax land. The'rights of the settlers would be fully protected. They would be allowed to settle on railway land under the same conditions as on government lands, and the prospector would he secured in his rights to prospect for minerals, to locate claims and secure crown grants for them precisely as if he were prospecting on government land. The speaker said he recognised that the resources of the country must be the source of the country's revenue and land grants to railways must1 bear their share of the burden of taxation. Men's Overcoats and Boys' Suits to clear at reduced prices, at Moore & Co's. TMKS&IVIHG STORY, AN OVERSIGHT. My Dear, said Mrs Bloograes to her husband, I want you to invite your bachelor friends tp.eatThanks- giving dinner with us. I shall be glad to do, said Mr Bloograss, and no doubt one and all be delighted to come. But you know the old boys, and how they all have a constant desire to return some of our hospitality. They say that it embarasses them to be constantly invited, to dinners .with us and never given a chance to reciprocate, 1 have it! exclaimed the lady. Why not suggest to each of them he bring a small contribution to the dinner in the shape of one of the indredients for the pumpkin pie? t 1 We iwill call it a partnership pie, for they shall furnish the materials' while I go into the kitcben\nd,bake it. ' < ' . '''''' Mr Bloograss said this -wa- ju-*t the thing, and sat'down and -wrote the invitations, urging each of the old boys to be sure and; eome, and outlined the pie "scheme 'in; del nil. ' '< , Manor Goa'r was the first to arrive: on Thanksgiving day ��������� He p id his choicest compliments to the,h->ste:R and then diew .from his pocket a long, dark flask, with the remark,��������� My deah lady, hyuhis some o' the fines' brandy thai evah touched.the lips o' man. It is an heirloom in my-family, and I ae-su'ah yo' that it would nevah goout o' the fumi'y's keeping except on an occasion such as this. It is a vital part 0' the pumpkin pie. Mrs Bloograss thanked" him in her happiest manner", and just the* Colonel Hosstrott 'came ' in. he cairied a package which he unwrapped with great solmni y,"dis dor-ins: a ho'tle of brand v. My contribution*,for the ?>ic he > ' said. A bottle of the richest brand v '11 ' , r . ��������� cthat ever was seen in the grand o'd * scute of-KfntucW. It will drive the' skeleton from the feaPt-and paint, pictures on thebrain of" man when it comes to us in the guise of that pumpkin pie which is to be fu.-med hy-the fair hands of our chatrning hostess. ��������� Mrs Bloogra.=s thanked the Col- ' onel very effusively. Old General Thundah vyas the next arrival. Hvuh I am! he cried, an' hyuh's my paht o' the great an���������' only pie��������������� a pint o' the grandest brandy evah couised its happy way a down the delighted throat of a true Kentuck- ian. It is paht oJ a quantity o' the liquor -that has been cheiit-hed in tuah family since mah father was a child. (Mi none but an occasion such as this would a drop o'% it be permitted to be tasted by an out- sidah. Before Mrs Bloograss could think of something to say to him in came Captain Shootser and'Jud^e Sorghum, each bearing carefully a neat- ly-tn d parcel. They Vegan in uniso;.:���������Here is some of the finest brandy that ever��������� - Then they stopped. They look at the three bottles which already stood upon the table; theylooked at Mrs Bloo- , grass; they looked at each other. A deep and impressive silence full up- 'on them all. It was broken by the General who remarked :'���������Gentlemen, I move that a'commit tee of five be appointed to,g"> out an' forage fo' a pumpkin ���������Judge. ������ ET CASH h ��������� \ \ ������������������ ( 1 Ai Gents' Fine 'Suspenders, largest- and best stock in town, at Moore & .Go's/' . , , ,. ������ COAL .MtftfE*< REGULATION - ACT AaJE^DMEN7!1 ACT, 1901." ' ' Provincial Skcrbtauv's Office. '27.li November, 1902. - J T IS HONOUR the Lieutenant-Governor *-*- 'in C'U.uif has been plc-ased to ap-' point the following persons to be Members o! the Board of Ex -miners at the coal mine written opposite thtir respective names, name.lv:��������� ' ' A Joseph Pjruys ���������Planta,' of Nmaiino, Es- quiro, Naaiiiiio Mm , c William Johnston, o! Comox, E quire, Co'iu-x Mine, > ��������� ,. - William G/Simpson, of Lvjiysmi h, E5- quire,iVVt;lbug{,oii''(Exreupi(>o) Miue, ' 'Asdrew CoLVliuLiiy of Fe. uie, E quire, Cial Creek Minty ��������� ' J. K. Millk'C of Monisoey, E q lire, .Morris'sey-Mino, : ,.EvAU Evans, of .Michel, E quire,, Michel Mine. _ - ' , c ��������� Such app-iintments to take effect on On lrtt dayof Jrinuiry, 1903. NOTICE IS HEREBY CI vEN that, an, application" will be made to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Brit sh Columbia, at iis u< xt sittings, for a Private Bp', to incoipoiate a Company to build, ��������� quip, unaintjiu, and operate a line ol iiiii- way, of standard or other gauge, with anv kind of motive power. , From a point at or near the mouth ot Adam's River, ou Vancouver Island; thence south-westerly by the most feasible route to the valley < f the Kla-ance Kiver; thence south-westerly by the most feasible route, to a point ai or near the mouth of Gold River *m the-West Coast of Vancouver Island; and from a point on the s id line of Railway at or near Davie River, by the most feasible route to a point at Or near Hecate Channel ou the Wett Coast of Vai- couver I&land. l With power to construct, operate and maintain brauch lines to any yo nt within 20 miles of the main line of the said railway Dated at Vancouver," this 25ch day of November, a d., 1902. D. G. MACDONELL, - Solicitor ik Applicants. 10 12 02 6fa Take a Dry Sponge and. pour* on it a bucket of water It will swell every time sure. ���������������������������;' .... .... .... T)UT we are not selling sponges, our line is J3 SWELL BUGGIES of all kinds. We have just received a Car Load of Open rnd Top Buggies with Steel and Rubber Tires. Expresses of all kinds with Platform, Half- Platform, Duplex and Elliptic or Hog-nose Springs. Buckboards, Carts, Sulkies, etc., all of the most Up to-Date Patterns and Finish. Guaranteed for one year by the Makers and ourselves. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... Ladies' Flannelette Night Gowns, Underwear, Shirt Waists, Hose, &c, just in, at Moore & Co's. lAlAIIO STWI CmilB! IOBI'S Dolls, Toys, and \ all Kinds of F^cy Goods for X^as 1 l " r j Terms : ������������������ Strictly Spot Cash. **. MsiMiir Avenue, Giuffbepland, B.C. XMAS, CARDS and CALENDviBS ���������.ii 4 N OW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY to >eiect*your '. Xmas Presents. Something new each boat in . A' - ... , ���������-..' , ". ,, SILVER AND CUT GLASS,ARTICLES, , . ^ . LEATHER, TOILET CASESJ ', PURSES .r", AND' CARD CASES ' . . * ./���������.'...-".. -A. PERFUME of the MOST DELICATE ODOURS' /ALSO A FINE' STOCK OK .-new:- presentation -books. '" 1 I .^v" (I ���������A. Jti. -'PEACEY, ' ��������� A ":���������* '.'��������� Dunsrnuir Avenue, ,. .'Cumberland; B.C ������mgei:' s Air, Dry ystem.. ' > Our in^iliues for Soring PerislutVcV- A'rii les are iiowA \-- l cotr)j'hji������j. ' K"g-> " Bi'ti'-f, -Oa"nfc?f"Fov\-J and"- Meats 'of M- kinds Sored at Ilea,.-on able Rales \ .."..':....'....' '- 'l!*1i^ RE^'A D v\iil bi* paid for-inform ition leading lo.tlie/con- ���������" v.C'ion of persons approp-i 1'ting or destroying our,F^eer Kegs UNION BREWING CO., Ltd. A Phone 27 DUNSMDIE STREET P ODrawer1 45 Jl 3-12-'02 STANLEY CRAIG, Prop. NOTICE IS" HRREBY GIVEN tint application will be uiadb to the Legislative Assembly of the Province 0$ Bii'ish Colu :bia at its uext se.-tMO iVfor an Act to incorporate a Compauy witn power to layout, construct;, equip, operate by sic mi, electricity, or otner motive power, and maintain a single or double track standard or narrow guuge railway (a) fro-n a point ou the coast at or near Burke Channel or Bentinck Arm, then by way <������ the Bella Coola Riv r, Palmer's -Trail and BUck Water Rivir to the Pine River Pass or Yellowhead Pass,^ or both, thence to'the Eastern bouudary of the said Province, (b) and from a point at or near where the" line of the railway mentioned above intersects the oue hundred and twenty fifth meridian to a point on Burrard Inlet; and with further power to build, construct, equip, maintain aud operate as aforesaid branch lines of the said railway not exceeding 150 miles in'le'Jgth ; and with power to build and operate tramways m connection therewith; and with power to construct, equip, maintain and opera'e all necessary roads, bridges, ways, ferries, steamboats, wharves, docks, elevators, warehouses, hotels, depots and coal bunkers; . and with power to build, own. equip, operate and maintain telegraph aud telephone lines in connection with the said railway, or its branches, aud to construct, equip, maintain and operate branch lines in connection with the said telegraph.and telephone lines; and with power to carry on a general transportation business; and to build and operate all kinds of plant for the purpose of supplying light, beat, electricity, or any kind of motive power; and to acquire lands, bonuses, privileges, or other aids from any Government, Municipalities, persons or other bodies corporate, and with power to carry on a general Express business, and to pro mote companies, -and to make traffic or other arrangements with railway, steamboat or other companies; and with power to construct; acquire, operate and dispose of Binelters, reduction, refining, concentrating or other works for the handling and treatment of ores, and to acquire, operate and ' dispose of coal lands, and with power to ex- 1 /J. propriate lands for the purposes of the Company, and to take ������uch p6*er8 at a.e given ' \ to Companies under Part'4 of the "Water '< Clau-es Consolidation Act, 1897''' aud il with power to levy aud collect tolls froui all persons using, and on all freight passing over anysuci railways, tramways, wharvey, or vessels owned or operated by the Company.; and with power to build wagon roads to be used in the construction of the said railway, and in adyanee of the same; and to levy and collect tolla from all persona uaing, and ou all freight passiug over any such roads built for the Company, whether ] before or after construction of the railway ; and witn power to sell out its undertaking, and to purchase the undertaking of any other company; and; with all other usual, >l necessary or incidental rights, powers or privileges as may be necessary or conducive no the above objects or any of them. Dated at -Victoria, B C, this 2nd day ,^'j of December, a.d., 1902. ROBERTSON & ROBERTSON, <\ Solicitors for the Applicants. 17 12 02 6t NOTICE. The Annual Business-Meeting of j Shareholders of the1 Comox Creamery Association, will be held on Saturday, the 20th of December, in the Agricultural Hall, ai Courtenay il at 7.30 p.m. " J. MUNDELL. Reliable Lady Agents wanted to ';.] take orders for the Best Custom- made Dress Skirts and Walking Skirts in Canada. Write quickly. % Dominion Garment Co., Guelph, Ont. 3 12 02 Box. 209. FOR SALE, Cheap, a Good Bicycle in first-class condition.���������Apply. "News" Office.