% 1" * Jai Jl ������1-.-������y.f. ,, (.������.. ��������� ��������� M��������������� .. ��������� ������,, -IM. ^.M- ������n...HMM,.WMMnif.1���������^ , .���������>%-; -, .... -\*4 / Ir *L i 1 S pf "J % J*. * A. JL~JF 'M*���������*S j������ "*^V iL. jL *1 EIGHTH YEAR. CUMBERLAND, B. C. WEDNESDAY, FEB.'20, 1901'. AFTER STOCKTAKING -I ?*V SHOES ������ WrVH 64 LIVES LOST 'Gentlemen who wear Nos. - 9 "and 10 -can still find a small assortment to choose from, - - ���������W-. ' . ' . ��������� ��������� -' , ;���������<���������.-" '' - , "'��������� " -, -We offer all" Ladies' and Children's jackets now in Stock at' COST PRICE 'or less. -These are .'���������<>���������- '"���������.''.' all he wf goods and real bargain's. - , ��������� At 10:40 a.m on -Friday, 15th, the noise of a terrific explosion shook the whole-town with concussion sufficient to make the .windows port was that a descent, had been made perhaps. 400 feet of the 600, when it was found that the shaft'' was blocked bv -debris. Another gang pf brave',fellows went down- with appliances for clearing "out. and then word came from No. 5.' tliat the rescue -party , from there had been met and driven back by the damp. Experienced men then began to ' fear the worst. Again and again the cage at No.- 6'des- cended, the men working desperately to c'.e.ir lhe way 'and roach the bottom. Foot- after foot' was A PURE GRAPE CREAM Of TARTAN POWDER rattle in their, frames, J.ust 'after gained and now it became evident ��������� " ������' ' - -TB -g \i _ ^_ 'TV! !l _ '.���������.';��������������� .*!��������� 81 YATES STREET, L'VWkjil.*^ Bfv3lJL������ VICTORIA. B. C. . --���������HARDWA'RB, "MILL- AND MINING MACHINERY, *'@ |- -", AN-D FARMING-'" AND DAIRYING IMPLE-M E-N TS k -|- * . OF .'LL-KINPS. * ��������� .'���������'������;, ;" ��������� ������������������ >& vs -*" * , >- nJ fAffftnts for McCormick .HftWestinp"- Machinery. -- *. -"*" ''- w a-.-, -Write for-prices arid-particulars". P. O. Drawer 563r " " bs 2' - ��������� " - <���������' > . ^n. ���������- ���������. ���������������-������. wjjji ���������x=SSggS^S^^^g?3gS!g "Se^ If V'GU ARE DESIROUS" ��������� Of increasing1 yo'.r business there is ~ ' ' nothing draws Customers like a Fine Store���������the best advertisement. Let us figure on New Fixtures. Send us a plan and we furnish esti-. mates free of charge. S $ COMPLETE FURNISHERS. VICTORIA, B.C. -S&g&S^JsS&BZ&V^ S^!S������SSSSS^.SSeSeaig!SSS^> if lw (HARD HATS. ^}BLACK HATS SOFT HATS. i ;'.-' V.- ; ,; . BROWN;'HATS. ANY KIND' OF HATS -AT- FOR TEN DAYS AT Stock Must Be Cleared Out, clouds of Smoke' and debris were thrown up irum No. 6 shaft of the Wellington Coll.- -Co. which , was RUidc'.last^yei.u.u-^a-nd is just by-the town'.' Crowds rushed to the spo> and it was at oiipe seenjthatf.there ��������� "' <* '-*' had- been.an explosion, presumably* of gai, and a .probable -loss of life. Mr. Matthews, the manager, Mt. Clinton*, head accountant/ and' others'of authority ih the mines,' were on the spot at once, seemingly by magic, and at once .began 'to malie their preparations for prosecuting their v.o'rk ot refecuo. ' Crowdri had , gathered bv'this time and brave' men,' 'practu-al miiiers," stood out as volunteers, to doi-cejid the shaft, 01" do anything 1 J 'c- " > else.of uee. 'Onco.ce -was al1- lhe bottom, having .but , a short time" t-inco dcb.cciidixl"' v/uli .V/.B. Wa'iker, r the overbicin".. The roue oii''t!hJ'a side w*:>,"'> jtinjuied'."-'-T*h"e' Jotlixi'r'C'Ag?/.. had* been -forced up the" slides by ! the expiohion, nearly to tbe pulleys J en th.- pithead, < and caught thKre" and held by means of her gripa as she slacked buck, leaving a slack' rope. The hoisting gear, fun and in fact all vital parts of tlie pit fiead, escaped seriuus injury most miraculously. So soon aa this wa3 found io be the cise, preparations were made to descend by means pi the upper cage, and a relief .party was dispai.ch.ed from No. 5 shaft, over a-mile away, to proceed underground, the two mines having been connected, Mr. Clinton, at the first sound of the explosion, had telephoned to No. 5 notifying the bosses there. The men underneath, however, had been apprised of their danger, by the concussion, which was pevere in all places in levels near No. 6, and had begun to come to the surface. A't about the same there, within a vt-ry shore time of the explosion, relief parties were attempting to- reach the entombed men by both ways, via. No. 5 and down No. 6 shaft, and the anxious crowd at the pithead awaited the news from these men, who, with their lives,at stake, went calml3r down into a pit, the condition of which, at the bottom, no man knew, save, perhaps, such of the unfortunates as^perhaps^migh.t be alive. . The tensity of the .situation was highteneci by the knowledge that a second explosion might occur at any time, when the rescuers' positions would be too awful to realize. People standing at the pit mouth were risking their lives ioo for the same reason. Soon the cag- returned to the top. The re- that life, and plenty of it, was lag- ing somewhere in the pit. Narrow escapes became, frequent. C., Web- ber, fire-boss, and R. .McGregor, were hauled to the top- overcome by gas.' Another cage full, containing- Mr.1 Matthews and , several others, had just reached the^ top, when, a slight* explosion occurred 'in the shaft. Until finally, "when still 100 feet from- the bottom, the heat .became so intense that work was, .rendered impossible, and the cage came to the surface and lemained. -Other attempts had been made'to. get'through by No, 5, until five trials in all had resulted in the men being driv.-n back, each time without getting so far 'iu as "the, last previous one. The 'second to'daat attempt,'the men' did not > - ������������������ ' '' < *"���������**].��������� ���������, ��������� leave tho cage,* meeting the gas at the bo'ttom of tho shaft.-"and-.the ...last time the desoeut, could-^nofc be mude.. I ��������� MS:30 p.m., Mr. K. D. Little, "genera"! manager, anived by special boat f.om Nanaimo, aocom- Highest Honors, World's Fair Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair Avoid Baking Powder 3 containing alum. They aro injurious to liealtlk At 3:30 p.m., a partv, composed of - Supt. Little, Manager , Matthews, Inspectors Morgan and McGregor, .Overman D. Walker, Fire-bose Jas."^ * Strang, and Engineer McMiirtrie, t , descended'the shaft, after aTamp - - test. Shortly afterwards a second descent was made by Manager Rus- ' sel, Master Mechanic McKnight, Overman Short, Mr. Sheppard, M.' E., and others. Aft'er a stay of * - ,nearly two hours, anxiety began to . be oxpressed/-.by <��������� practical miners, ,. and Mrl Dunsmuir ordered that a cage be lowered with men to inres- ��������� ��������� tigate. ^D./Nellist, fire-boss, aud Donald - McLean,' of Wellingtoni then went clown, and coming back. .' . reported, to the relief, of all, that' all -.. was well. ��������� '."*"'.-." ' ' , t ' - '.*<���������'' r t, ��������� - . * , j- , - - , '"������;*', List of Ka-mea'- of Whites Entombed. "��������� - - pjvnicd by Mr. T. Morgan and J. , McGregor, Inspectors of Mines, Mr. T. Russell, manager of the N. V. ���������C. Co. at Nanaimo, Mr. E. Priest, and Mr. Sheppard, surveyors and other experts and mining men. They at once consulted-with local officials as to future mode of procedure, aud as a result both mines were-sealed up and water turned into Ne. 5 to-clamp the fire. It was at first suggested that No. 5.fan be stopped and air drawn through No. 5, a relief party to follow, but as it was considered that ' there was no possible chance of any of the entombed men being alive, this idea was abandoned, on account of the 1 danger of drawing a body of gas over the flames, which would result in further disaster. Fire hoses were set to discharge into No. 6, shaft. Then Mr. Stevens, the waterworks manager, by means.of a hastily constructed flume, led the entire contents of the 8 in. main' into the pit. This was accomplished by n :.'On Saturday and the 'work of flooding continued until, nearly noon Sunday. -.Several slight explosions, occurred-during this time without any damage being done. At 10 a.m, Sunday, Hon. Jas. Dunsmuir, the president of the company, arrived on the scene, and shortly after hii* arrival a move was made to No. 5 wherp the seal- in"- was removed and the fan started ** * ������ there then being enough water in No. 6 to form a water seal at that pit. At 12 noon the fan was started .' W. 33. V/alker, overman, married,* leaves wife ahd four children. miners. *" John Whyte, married, leaves a wife and four children. .Thus. Lord, single. James Haliiday, married, wife and one child. - D. -Muuro, married, wife and four children. Win. Snedden, married.''wife and five children. Pietro Bardissona, married, wife and two children. Carlo Bono, married, wife and two children. P.. Flack, married, wife and six children. Luigi Simondi, married, wife and. no children. Andrew Smith, married. D. M. Davis, single! Antonio MafIiodo,said to be married. D. McGinnis, "widower. Vincenzo Crosetti, married, wife and one child. ' DRIVERS. '.Joseph Allison, single. * ,', '���������*��������� George Walker, single. William Walker, single. \- Georye Thrnbuil, timberman. married, wife and no children, Robert Steele, eager, single. *- George and William Waiker were the o dy sons of Overman W. B. Walker. SUMMARY. Whites, 20; Japanese, 9; Chinese, 35. Tuesday morning at 6 o'clock, the bodies of D. McGinnis and his Japanese helper were discovered by the search party working from No. SEE LAST PAGE. ��������� h A1 \ " -x . ��������� C I I . *A tJil* .iA^POI^t. LJ.JO-. u A GEY AULD WIFE. I I' V If jli" It i>.,' I* . ii- - Ir, |1 I, Wi i V ' A little old woman with soundless shoon And a heart as hard as flint,, In the light of the sun and tbe glint of the meoi Her locks arc as -white as lint. /- . Sht mocketh youth, and she flouteth love, For a gey mid wife is she, , And'the sands beneath and the stars above Were new in her memory. She t������uchcth the rose, and it falla apart; The stone, and it crumbles away, But never a tear to her eye shall itart, This spirit of yesterday. For this little old woman the sphinx beheld ��������� When the dawn ofi the world was bright, Thii little old woman who came from eld ' Ere the Lord made day and night. c She crcepcth about in her. soundless shoos, ' She singeth a dreary rhyme, ��������� ' - - And the'nations drowse to her eerie rune, For the gey auld wife is Time. ���������Margaret E. Sa'ngster in Harper's Bazar. It was the night of'Nov. 4, 1899, as Mr. David Allen -sat blue penciling some proof sheets, when there came a ponderous thud that to him seemed just under the window. It shook the whole house,-and .when, he looked'out of the window he saw that something had made a deep hole in the garden. The next day ho dug up, a small me-' teor. ��������� It .was a most1 formidable looking piece of mejtal. It contained at the ' ' "surface a small crystal. She stone in size and shape resembled the egg of a rock pigeon, but in color it was watery, with just a tinge of yellow. Mr. Allen wrapped it up in tissue paper, placed it in a box and called on the scientist.to ask his opinion. Dr. Reford said it was a leppardite��������� a mineral, he said, found always in' a *i crystallized condition���������and talked a bout lateral planes, oblique, prisms, trans-, lucent edges and wound up by giving the component parts of this wonderful stone and its specific gravity. ���������> "Is the stone of any .value. Dr. Re- ford V' Allen asked.' "Well, scientifically, yes; intrinsically, no. But before returning it 1 >vould like to make a further and more exhaustive inquiry into the chemical parts of iti" "Certainly, Dr. Reford. Keep it as . long as you wish." t Then Allen went home. "' He thought no more about it until i his friend Jones asked: ... "What have you done with the pebble, Allen?"' "Oh, I took it to a local doctor who dabbles a4 bit in science." "Did he tell you what it was? I'll tell you why I ask. Do you remember Clayton of Yale? Well, no matter. He's a wonderfully smart chap. 1 saw him absolutely make a diamond a������ few weeks back. He explained that the piuhead he produced was of the first water and that when electricity was better known diamonds would be as cheap as they are now dear. He placed a few metals and other ingredients into a crucible and then boiled '.he lot up by the aid of a powerful electric eur- -rent, with the result I've told you. "Now, Clayton says if he could only get .. an odd hundred or thousaud degrees, I forget which, more heat he could make a diamond as big as a hen's egg. Despite all efforts of Allen to dispel the thoughts conjured up by Jones' remarks the matter would recur. He tried to laugh it away, but to no avail, ��������� so he walked ever to Dr. Reford's to ask for the pebble's return. The doctor was in and disengaged. "Well, Mr. Allen, I have dissolved that stone. It was nothing moro than glass." Dr. Rot'ord showed Allen a wide necked vial with some whitish liquid in it and beneath- which was a Bmall ridge of green sediment. "There." said he, "is all that is left of your treasure, Mr. Allen." Allen was disappointed in not having the pebble to keep as a memento. He. however, said it couldn't be helped. "I'll tell you what I will do. Mr: Allen. I'll solidify that sediment so {hat you may have something to remind you of your midnight visitor." Allen jumped at the offer *and left, contented. About a week after this Dr. Reford, accompanied by a youngish looking man, called upon Allen. The doctor introduced the youngish looking man as Dr. Smith. He said Dr. Smith was going to take charge of his practice while he voyaged to Europe. The next day.a gentlemanly individual called to see Mr. Allen on urgent business. "My name is John Westlock," said he, "and I'm a detective sent to you under instructions from Mr. Albert Jones, a friend of yours." "Good heavens, man. what's up?" "According to Mr. Jones, sir, a few weeks back you had a meteor fall in your garden." "I had. What then?" "You sent a pebble it contained to a local doctor named Reford for examination?" "Certainly." "Well, sir, the day before yesterday this doctor called upon Mr. Clayton, the eminent scientist, and explained that the meteor fell in his garden and that he found the-pebble. Mr. Clayton examined it and^found it to be a most valuable diamond. A few minutes after the doctor left Mr. Clayton's house your friend. Mr. Jones, called and was told the story about the meteor. He was satisfied that somehow this doctor- had got the pebble from you'and had deceived you." Of course, it's your af:' fair, but if - my advice is. worth anything I'd go and get-what he says is all that remains of, your pebble." To this Mr. Allen agreed. ' . Together they journeyed to Dr. Re- ford's ana* were somewhat surprised when not the doctor, but ih.- housekeeper, came to the door. "Oh, Mr. Allen, is it you, sir? I'm so glad tb see you! Tb.ngs is in an awful mess. Afore any of us were, up-this morning thai Mr. Smith���������or Dr. Smith (contemptuously) ��������� loaves the - house. Soon after the master was up there was an awful row. He swore he'd been robbed, and when he heard as this Smith man had gone I thought he was going mad, sir; indeed.I did. He raved round the place like a regular luny and then ran to the railroad station." . ' ^ Mr." Allen had no difficulty in obtaining the vial, but Westlock learned nothing at the station. There had not been a single passeiigA' either to arrive or depavt.' These two doctors seemed to have vanished completely: one before yesterday. I saw our gent there, but be didn't spot me in the togs of a farm laborer. The rest was easy, although I should like to'find out who Smith really was."���������Boston Traveler. The green sediment was analyzed, proved to be nothing but,copperas.in solution, and with'that solitary piece of information the police'and all concerned in the matter had to be content. Allen had almost forgotten about his pebble, when Westlock. -the" detective, called again. "Well, Mr. Westlock, any1 news?" asked Allen, somewhat surprised. ��������� ' ���������'I've* got your diamond, Mr. Allen. As no outside news was obtainable, I came to tho conclusion that there had' been some foul play, and for the last fortnight I've ��������� been searching the neighborhood,- and 'met with success this morning. Both doctors', bodies wefe lying in Meridon quarries hidden among a lot of undergrowth. To me it is clear. , Dr. Reford must have seen Smith hiding or seeking shelter, and the.two must have,had a struggle on the cliff and in their frenzy have fallen over." * Allen took the-pebble and examined it and declared it. was the one he had extracted from.*the meteor. , He said he wanted to- sell it at once. ��������� It was decided that he "should run, up to town and if possible dispose of it. Allen had provided himself with plenty, of work to occupy him during the journey and was quite absorbed in it when a handsomely dressed woman entered the compartment wherein he sat. This rather, disconcerted him, for he smoked heavily. Tiie train was again in motion, when the dogr was suddenly opened and an elderly gentleman stumbled in. Ten minutes later, without any warning, the elderly gentleman stood up, covered Allen with a revolver and demanded the diamond. "Don't move, my good sir, or you'll And yourself perforated with a chunk of lead, and you. madam, had better keep quiet also, as the threat, I air- sorry to saj-, must extend to you. You see, our friend there has in his possession a diamond worth nearly half a million of money, and we don't pick up fortunes like that every day of the week. "Now, then, sir, hurry up; 1 can feel the train 's slowing up, and I must skip out lively, you bet. Don't get out your precious diamond hurriedly or I may think you mean mischief, and pull this trigger. That's the ticket, slow and sure. Thank you; just place it on the seat here. I'm much obliged. Ah. the train is slowing up nicely. Give my'regards to Inspector Westlock, will you, and tell him only for his untiring efforts our little gang would*-'never, have got this plum. Smith got the doctor fooled, but made a mess of it. Good evening, madam." All smiles and contentment, the elderly gentleman got* ready to "skip." The train was running into the station, hud still covering Allen, he tried to open the door, but it was stiff aud necessitated his stooping awkwardly, and. .of course, removing his "bead" from Allen. The handle went click, nnd when the elderly gentleman looked round, his face was a picture. "Move and you're dead." said in a voice that unmistakably meant it. ��������� To Allen's utter astonishment' it was the lady passenger, who was standing and leveling two businesslike revolvers at the elderly gentleman. "Drop that revolver on the floor before I count five or I fire. One. two, three, four"'��������� The revolver was dropped on the carriage floor. The lady passenger thereupon walked up to the man, one revolver dead set all the time, and calmly v slipped od handcuffs just as tbe train came to a standstill. The man was walked off into custody, the lady and Allen following. "You don't recognize me, Mr. Allen?" tlie lady asked. "No���������I'm sure I don't." "My name is Westlock���������John West- lock." "Well!" was all Mr. Allen could say. "Yes, sir, I got my cue the day but A Hnmoron* Coincidence. Edgar Pemberton tells the following amusing anecdote of a rather startling, not to say brusque, coincidence that once,befell Mr. W. S. Gilbert and Mr. John Hare, tho well -known manager. "Rehearsals." writes Mr. Pemberton, "are enough,to irritate a saint.' When Mr. Gilbert's 'Broken Hearts.' in which Mrs. Kendal played Lady .Vavir. was in course of preparation at the Court theater, be*and Mr. Hare so differed as to the way in which a certain scene should be presented that to prevent an outbreak each at the same moment and without a word to one another resolved to leave the stage. As every one knows. .Sloane Square station is close to the Court theater,- and in a few moments the indignant author and the annoyed manager, bent on getting away from each other, found themselves face to face in an otherwise empty railway compartment. "The humor, of tlie situation-of course saved It."���������cMainly About People. pv��������� _ _ --��������� Live ON A DOLLAR A WEEK. Expenses of a. Frugal Couple at Vni- ,. pai'itieio.' Fifty-two dollars a year for two persons "is, the sum which ex-Judge Tnl- cott of Valparaiso, lnd., sets apart for living "expenses. What is -more remarkable, he succeeds in keeping within this limit, and both he and'Mrs. T al- cott profess to be more than satisfied with the amount of- food'.they allow themselves.. ' y . " Moreover, their figures are six times as impressive as Ihose-of the Chicago university economists, who have recently provoked/wide discussion by declaring that a man and his wife can subsist at a cost,of .f.300 a year. , - ��������� The $1 a week expense limit is more startling in view of the age of the experimentalists. Judge Talcbtt is Sii years old, but is strong, well and active. Mrs. Talcott,1 who..is some ten years younger, has an almost girlish freshness of complexion and does all the work" about their home.- As the Judge has an abundance of means the $1 a week dietary regimen is adhered to purely from choice. ��������� Households that-,-have difficulty in making both ends meet on ten times '.the sum 'that-.affords this aged couple so great contentment are invited' to study this simplest-of regimens: " *��������� Breakfast���������Oatmeal mush., milk and sugar. - , , Dinner.���������Bread and milk and sugar. ���������. Supper���������Commeal'musb and sugar. "Once a month this is varied by a meal including a small amount of meat. , As to quantity, one coffee cup full of the cereal at each meal quite suffices the judge, while his wife eats even less. Judge Talcott was willing to tell how it feels to live on 50 cents a week. "Plain living is the secret of contentment and of economy as well," he said. "1 used to be a pretty greedy eater when I was young. My first wife and 1 gradually left unnecessary things out of our table regimen and during the GO years in which, we lived together reduced it to tlie simplest terms. "During tho last two or three years of her life i kept a close track to see what our expenses amounted to, and they were loss than $"32 for 52 weeks for both of us. 'We bad no rent to pay:' however, and no milk to buy. But 1 raised a large quantity of garden stuff*. We used practically none of that, but gave it to my sons and to the neighbors. "My first wife died a little more than a year ago, and I -married again last September. My present wife shares my notions of economy and plain living, and our expenses are not greater than before. "I eat lots of sugar and find it an ex cellout food. When I was a boy. sugar *��������� was wort h 25 cents a pound or more, and I never got enough, and 1 am making up now. Sotnetiincs one or both of us feel meat hungry, and we get a slice of ham or some sausage or beef and eat that. "Look at me and toll, me if I am not in fine health for a man away past SO. I stand straight, walk often five or more miles a day and within the last ten years have made three trips to California, living thero two years. I work about the yard, cut all the wood for the winter, keep the hard wood trees trirn- thmgs to pay for we would n^*. need to spend $300 a year."- mod and do other things of that sort without difficulty. I can still swing my ax to fell or lop a tree." Mrs. Talcott is equally contented with her triumph over the pleasures of the palate and supplemented her husband's statement. "I have been living on plain diet for half a century," she said. "Fifty years ago I was ill, and the doctors said I could not recover. 1 took to dieting, lived on graham bread and milk and other simple things and began to gain. "There are two things for people to do to be happy and be healthy. They must live plainly, and they must sleep at night instead of half the daytime. In our opinion an expenditure of $300 a year for two people would be great extravagance. We have no rent to pay, and we have milk sent us by Mr. Talcott's son, but even if we had these . Artificial Dnj-IlKht. None of the ordinary methods of arti ficial illumination produces'a light giv ing the same color values as daylight, so that colors vary much in appearance under different illuminations. ��������� Certain greens by daylight .become red browns by gaslight, e'ertain vjolets change to purple; a gray to heliotrope, a shade of tan to a brick red. The color of a body depends in the first place on the nature of the light falling on it. In a monochromatic red'light a red appears much the same as In. daylight, but a yellow changes to red, a green is almost black, while blues and violets become red. The need of an artificial light which will show colors in their true relationships has long been felt by workers in color. At present the electric arc light is largely used, for color work, but it is farxfrom satisfactory. In a recent paper read before section'A of the British association Dnfton & Gardner announced the attainment of an approximation to artificial daylight so far'as color values are concerned. They use simply an arc light inclosed in a pale blue glass globe which has been colored by means of copper salts. The results obtain*"*1 are s";'-1 r0 he very satis- factory.- ' ��������� "DlslntellectnnlisKntioii." Dr. Murray has recently called attention to two [words of 22 letters each and. respectively of 11 and 7 syllables, the first used jocosely and tlie "other used in' all seriousness.' ' The word named above, of the same class as the latter of these, not'only matches it'in number of letters, but contains nine syllables. It occurs iu Jeremy' Bent- ham's "Abridged Petition For Justice" (1829), pace 18.���������Notes and Queries. Victim ef an Awful Calamity. "It came out, as I journeyed on horseback through Dakota, that almost every settler's land was under mortgage," " said a westerner, "and one day, when I came upon a pioneer seated on the- grass by the roadside, with a troubled look on his face, I asked him if it was the mortgage he was worrying about '��������� ���������",'Wuss than, that, stranger,' he replied as he. looked up wearily. " 'Sickness or-death in the family?* " 'Wuss than that.' " 'Then it must.be a calamity indeed. You didn't lose family and home by a prairie fire?' ,, "< , "'Nope, but you are right about its bein a calamity. I've .been tryin to think of that word for two hou*3 past Yes, sir, you can put it down as an aw- ,ful calamity.1' ' ���������-'',-< " 'But won't you explain?' I persisted. - " *I will, sir. Thar was a mortgage- on the claim, and���������I was' feelin as big-' as any of. my ^neighbors and takin things easy when liiy wife was left $000. Stranger, dare I tell you what, she did(with that money?' ' " 'She didn't lose it?' "'No,,sir. ,She jest paid that mortgage, bought two horses and a plow,' and this mornin I 'was bounced out of my own cabin bekase 1 wouldn't peel off ray coat and go to work! Yes, sir,, you-are-right. It's a calamity���������a ca- - lamity that's landed me on the outside ���������and between "my dinmed pride and her blamed spunk somebody'll be eatin grass afore Saturday night!'" ' / PEN, PENCIL AND BRUSH. James Whitcomb Riley, the poet, is considering a proposition for "delivering several lectures ia England this, winter.' ���������Walter Craue, the artist, has just given two lectuiics on art in Budapest, in connection with an exhibition of his wor-Jj ��������� in the art museum of tbat city. < < When Richard Le Gallienne arrived in New York from Europe recently., he was so changed in appearance that few familiar with his face knew him'. While in Europe he cut the long, flowing black hair which has always distinguished him in the past and most deeply impressed his ' face upon the memory. F. Hopkinson Smith has just returned frotniabroad. He says:- "1 went over in June for my annual jaunt: This time I painted on the Thames, iu Holland and"* in-Venice. The Thames is a new subject for,, me. The greater'* part of the work which I did on the Thames was done at Cokeham, an hour out of London. This is one of the prettiest parts of the river.'* The father of M. Edmond. Rostand, the author of "L'Aiglon," is also a poet who combines versifying with' clever artielos on social economy in French reviews. He is also a member of the Institute. Wlion the son was raised to the oiftcership of the Lesion of Honor, he implored th" government to grant the same distinction to "De Pere Cyrano." as M. Euceno Ro stand is pla.vfi.My called by his friends. THE DOMINIE. Rev. J. C. Brooks, brother "of the late P'.shop B;ooks. is^jit work upon a collection of the bishop's letters. Tho Episcopalians of the ��������� Milwaukee .(Wis.") diocese favor strongly the upnoinc- ment of a coadjutor bishop as assistant to Bishop Isaac I.. Nicholson. The archbishop of Sens will be authorized to lend the pallium'of Thomas a Becket in the chapter house treasury for the opening of the new -Roman cathedral at Westminster. The ring and crozier of Becket are already in Cardinal Yaugh- 'an's possession. Rev. William E. Mallalien. Meth'od'st Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts, recently delivered un address, in the course of which lie said that he hoped his hearers would not read such books as "David Harum," which "reeked 'of rum. profanity and tobacco." ������������������ , The new Methodist college to be built in: Rome is to have its jnain .-building named Craudon hall- in honor of Mrs. I*\.. P.'Crandon of Evanst'on. Ills., who' tis corresponding, secretary of the northwestern branch of the Methodist Women's Foreign Missionary society did much toward raising the money for the college. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. v Use borax or ammonia instead of soap in washing'blankets.- This will keep'th^m soft and help to preserve the brightness of the colored stripes. The wise woman does not attempt to save washing by using clothing, towels, napkins, etc.. till they are very dirty. The extra rubbing they require balances the work saved and proves poor economy because of the additional wear on them. Blood stains are about as. difficult as in.v to get out. Here starch comes into use. Make a thin paste and spread on the stain. Leave it to dry. Then brush off. Generally the stain will go with the starch. The worst stains, however, will require several applications of the starch. Revenge. Scribbler���������Another rejection! Gee whiz! I wish I knew how to get even with that editor. Pepprey���������Send more of your stuff for him to read. ���������������������������������������������-^���������^-~*���������~���������~��������� ��������� The Average Man'a View. "How do you feel about this move- n'ent to abolish bells?" "I'm down on the rising bell, but the dinner bell is all right"���������Chicago Rec- firdL. . _ .. ........ Burns and Turn SamNon. ; * Tarn Samson was'a gray haired'.veteran sportsman, who on- one occasion, when out moorfowl shooting and feeling the weight of years begin'to press upon him, expressed the belief'that the expedition was to be his last and desired, in somewhat tragic, style, that he might die and ^ be buried in the moc������Is:;~~-~r-.. - . Burns, hearing of'this,' immediately- composed' his famous elegy, in which he related at length the exploits and skill, of his hero, ending each verse with ,the plaintive line. "Tarn Samson's dead." 1 Some one''having told Samson ^ that, Burns had written a poem���������"a gey queer ane','���������about him. he sent for the 'poet and in something like wrathasked him to read what he-had written. On hearing the recital !of -his, exploits he smiled grimly and seemed by no means displeased. "But.", he exclaimed,- "I'm noi.dead yet,1 Robin. Wherefore should, ye say that Fm-dead?" Burns retired for,.a few minutes; then he returned and recited to Tain the following verse, which' he';h"{������l composed in the-interval: . PER CONTItA. Go, Fame, an .canter like a filly Through a* the streets an neuks,o( Killie; Tell ev'ry social, honest billie To cease his gvievin, For yet,,unsl.aitli'(l by, D.eath's gleff gullie, Tain Samson's livin! Samson .laughed gleefully and exclaimed, "That's no' bad. Robiu; that'll, do," ar-.d the poet was received once more into his good graces.���������Chambers' Journal. - ' Hunting Baboonti In SontH Africa. The baboons which frequent "this rooky country are so destructive to_.the 6tock farms that organized raids have to be made upon them. " It is useless trying to get a shot at the baboon during the'day; be is a wily creature and knows the deadly effects of a rifle just as well as the hunter. Early in the moruing the party leave the farm and quietly surround the; kranz. or rock, whore the unsuspecting baboons are sleeping. At the first break of dawn tho head baboon is on. the move, to see that everything ia right. He no sooner makes an appear-, ance than he is greeted with a shower of lead. In an instant the whole troop is in an uproar. They rush hither and . thither, howling with rage aud pain, looking for a place of escape. But few of them succeed. Directly th'e hunters have retired, the blacks, who. have been following up the party, make a rush for the tails ofV the baboons. Sometimes they are in so great a hurry to secure these that they fail to observe that. tlit������-baboon is not dead and an ugly bite or tear is the result. The tails are taken to the magistrate's office, where a reward of 2s. 6d. each is paid for them by government.���������London Chronicle. She Didn't Step. Conjurer (pointing to a large cabinet)���������Now, ladies and gentlemen, allow me to exhibit my concluding trick. I would ask any lady in the company to stop on the stage and stand in this cupboard. I will then close the door. When I open it again, the lady will have vanished without leaving a trace behind. - Gentleman In Front Seat (aside to his wife)���������I say, old woman, do me a favor and step up.���������London Fun. True to Himself. Hungry Higgins���������But s'pose yon just had to work, what would you druther do? W-eary Watkins���������Die.���������Indianapolis Press. A SIirew.1 Observer. "Dat kid goes ter Sunday school an likes it," remarked the first boy sneer- ingly. "How d'yer know?" asked the other. "'Cos he calls it Sabbath school."��������� Philadelphia Press. ��������������� T-'y. 'I ��������� 1] . ft I .'I i'l ���������*j*1 'III I 'fJJ VI M u iii 'I ���������^M Ji*l. i������ i a >. 15 iii i hi IL V 7F *.������ W R fi" '���������*��������� i I n w v iw ")��������� ,'. i n ( 5 in . >. *r * ���������,-.- THE CUMBERLAND NEWS CUMBERLAND. B.C. HUXLEY WAS A SMOKER. So His Speech to tlie' Antitobacco "Lea'grue "Was Dis'iippolnting. The late Professor Huxley during one of his lecturing tours received an invitation ,to preside at a meeting to be held the following .night by the Antitobacco league. Tliuugh' somewhat surprised,' the professor accepted the invitation and the following evening' was duty' installed ia the chair. There was a large gathering, and the learned gentleman received a. hearty reception. ��������� "Ladies and gentlemen," said the professor on rising, "I shall open this meeting by relating a little'incident which occurred some-years ago. ,1 was on a visit to a very dear friend of mine who was- , at that" time deeply interested in a discovery then recently made in. connection with science, and being much interested in the same subject myself we frequently exchanged views, which naturally led tb much animated discussion. However, notwithstanding the similarity of our tastes in various studies, there was one point on which we differed���������my friend was an'inveterate smoker, while 1, on the , contrary, detested tobacco in, any form. [Great applause.] ' "After dinner we usually retired to his study'in order, to discuss this.important- discovery. Finding myself on one of these .occasions , nearly 'suffocated witli the smoke from my������friend's cigar I mildly expostulated, whereupon, < pushing the cigars toward,me, he exclaimed,.'Take one yourself', old man. it's ,the_best remedy/ Knowing from experience it- would be impossible to induce him to relinquish his, 1 reluctantly, took a cigar"and smoked it, and-since that time, ladies and gentlemen, nothing on earth would induce me-^suppressed applause]���������would induce me," resumed the learned chairman," "to forego my after dinner weed." .Tableau!,. DYSPEPSIA AND HEADACHE. ��������� I was cured of Acute Bronchitis by MINARD'S LINIMENT. Bay of Islands. J." M. Campbell: I was cured of Facial Neuralgia by MINARD'S LINIMENT. Springhill, N.S. Wm. Daniels. I was cured of Chronic Rheumatism by MINARD'S LINIMENT. , Albert Co., _N. B. "George Tingley. An "Elderly "Lady TelU of Her Cure Through the "Use of Dr.' Williams' Pi������ilc Pills After a. Score of Other Remedies Had failed. Dyspepsia ' causes more genuine dis-, tress than most diseases that afflict' mankind. .In this country from one" causo or another its victims are- num.' bered by the hundreds of thousands, ���������fcind ..those afflicted always l'eel tired, ���������worn out and miserable,- and are'sub- ject'to'- fits of melancholy or i,l temper without apparent cause. It is obvious that the human body, ih order'to-perform. its''functions,0nmst be properly noyrished, and this camion be done when the food is improperly digested. Those who suffer from indigestion should exercise discretion as to diet, _ and' only easily digested foods should be taken. But more than this is required���������the blood need* attention in order that the stomach may be strengthened,/and the secretin of the< gastric juices properly carried on. There is no other medicine offered the public that will act so promptly and effectively as Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Proof'of . this is given in , thc��������� case of Mrs. .F. X. Doddridge, St. Sau'vcur, Que.- In conversation with a reporter, Mrs. Doddridge said:���������"For quite a' number, of years I have been a terrible sufferer from dyspepsia, accompanied by. the sick headaches that' almost invariably come with this trouble. I suffered from terrible pains in the stomach, bloating" and belching vvitji wind. All food seemed to disagree with me. and as a result of the trouble I was very much run down, and at times I was" unable to do even light housework. I am sure I tried a score of different medicines, but without' suc- 5cess, and-as 1-am sixty years-of age, .1 had come to believe . that it was hopeless to expect a cure. A friend who had used Dr*. Williams* Pink Pills with good results, .urged me to try'this .medicine, and my husband brought home a couple of boxes. Before they .were finished, I felt much better, and we then got another half dozen' boxes, and. these, have completely restored" my health, and I not only fed-better than I have done for years, but - actually feel younger. I very cheerfully recommend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to similar sufferers. If your dealer does not keep these pills, they will' be sent postpaid at "50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50'by. addressing the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. , OPENING OYSTERS. HoW Nature "Work*. - ��������� <��������� < \ x Nature,may be the best physician, but her business methods as a bookkeeper would scandalize a' Monte Carlo'roulette, gambler. Sowing bushels to harvest pecks would be considered, poor farming, but the "mystic manager of the.organic universe" scatters 5,000 acorns to raise one oak and 2,500,000 sturgeon eggs to evolve one sturgeon. The experimental work of her. pottery shop has covered the neighboring fields with hillocks of shards. Every species of living animals, according to Professor Haeckel, has,been developed at the expense of score's of less perfect entities. GLEANINGS. "���������" x O Twlee an Bl(j. "I notice that "you r.efer to my illustrious ancestor merely as Wilhelru I," remarked the kaiser. ' "Why not 'Wilhelro der (Jros������eV' " "" "P.nt. your hijrhness"��������� stammered the orVvrinioiis court historian. "Oh. that's all rijrht! You may speak of im-'as 'Wi!hchn-.der Double Grosse.' '* There can be a difference of opinion on most subjects, bat there is only one opinion as to the reliability 'of Mother Graved' Worm Exterminator. It is safe, sure and effectual. "Edict A Rain lit Lons SU.rts. The local hoard of health in one of ��������� the districts of Vienna . has placed placards in all the public gardens and parks directing the women who visit those places to hold up their skirts if th.\v trail upon the ground. The notice states that as' these inclosnros are devoted to the recreation of persons desirous of escaping from the dusty town the authorities forbid dust to be swept there into heaps by trailing skirts.��������� Women clean the streets of Cannes, the cleanest town in the world. , . A citizen of Lcwiston, Me., 'has a wateh chain,made ,of nine peach stones. -Each of the-stoi.es is carved c*i each side in a , different device", so "that there" are 18 designs. The stones are joined with bars of gold, the whole making a rich and novel chain. In Ed in burg, lnd.,. a hotel has been run exclusively for women for 50 years. A woman built the hotel and rau it for 17 years: then it was sold to the present owner, who has been running it for 23 years" A bachelor boarder remained at the hotel 25 years: Six years ago there were only five clubs in, the United States Golf association. Now there are 23 associate and 225 allied clubs on the roll. There are now in existence about 20 state or other branch leagues subordinate to the United States Golf" association. ' v Berlin's highest building, apart from the churches, is the iSlS foot high chim ney of the electric elevated road power house. Only two church steeples surpass it. that of. the new cathedral, 380 net. and that of the Kaiser Wilhehn Memorial church, '-���������40 feet. $100 REWARD. S100. The readers of this paper wiil be pleased to learn that th^re is at least one dreaded diseas* that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that i* catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cur������ is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional ol- ���������ease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catairh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces oi the system, thereby destroying the foundation -���������f the disease, and "giving the latiei.c strength by building up the .eonscitution and ass stinj nature in doing its work. The proprietors have *n much taith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any ea.se that ft tails to curii. Sei-d for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. (HKNEY & Co., Toledo. O. Sold by Druggiits, 75c. Hulls Family r'ills are the best. A New England Man Tells How It - Should Be Done. " i ��������� "People around New York do not seem to understand opening oysters," said the New England man. "while in the most -insignificant places in Rhode' Island, or ��������� Massachusetts there are experts. Here you all have a regular instrument fof it, while in.New.England a,man can open an oyster with nothing but a knife and do" it quicker than any one can eat them, without' breaking the shell. Here you, have a block of lignum vita?, with' a cold chisel or something of that nature standing up in the center. On that the jnan breaks the'edge of the oyster shells and the pries them open with his knife. - "Now. my friend Aleck gave me lessons in opening' oysters, and 1 think 1 could do it myself better than any .one/fc have seen try it around here. Aleck lived in a small town where he kept a very small market, in which he sold meat on meat days and flsh on Fridays and oysters all the week through. "To open oysters as Aleck did you lay the oyster with the rounded half jnt the shell in the hollow of your left hand with the hinge to the- wrist. Down about an ' inch or an inch and a half from the hinge is what Aleck called an eye, and in that he would insert his knife, give a quick upward motion, aud the 'upper shell was off in a jiffy, the oyster lying as clean as possible in the hollow shell. It was out if it had to come out with-another quick motion of the knife. There is really only a little knack to it. "There was never an 03'ster that Aleck could not open and Avith his eyes open or shut, drunk or sober. Aleck was proud of his expertness'as an oyster opener ia a*ft-ounty of-oyster openers,' and.it was when he was drunk, that he was most likely to give exhibitions. Aleck was one of' those men who are never drunk in their legs. . The. liquor made him talk, and he had an amiable desire to show off. "On the occasions of his special sprees he was likely to take himself- out of town to Boston or Providence, and once he got as far, away from home as Chicago. ;His habit when he reached a strange place was. to drop into an oyster place and tell the man opening oysters that he didn't know anything about his business. Aleck, in his best clothes did not have the appearance-.of being in the oyster opening business. The. result- wrould be_ that there would be a challenge, and Aleck would always come .out ahead.' He could open oysters behind his back "almost as quickly-as he could holding -them in sisht." The proprietors of Parmelee's Pills are constantly receiving letters similar to the following, which explains itself: Mr. John A. Beam, Waterloo, Ont., writes: "I never used any medicine that can equal Parmelee's Pills for Dyspepsia or Liver, and Kidney Complaints. The relief experienced after using them, was wonderfnl." - As a safe family medicine Parmelee's Vegetable Pills can be given in all cases requiring a cathartic. ' A Suecousfnl .Strntnsem. When the'electric telegraph was first -Introduced into Chile, a stratagem was resorted to in order to guard, the posts and wires against diunnge on, the'part of tbe natives and to maintain the connection between the strongholds on the frontier. There were at the time between 40 and 50 captive Indians.in tho Chilean' camp. Genera! Pinto, in command of the operations, called them together and. pointing to the telegraph wires, said: "Do you see those, wires?'' "Yes. general." , t p "1 want you to remember not to go near or touch them, for if you do your -hands will be held, -ind you will be unable to get away." - The Indians smiled incredulously. Then the general made them each in succession take hold of the wire at both ends of an electric'battery in full operation, after which he exclaimed: "I command,yon to let go the wire!" "1 can't! My- hands are benumbed!" cried each Indian. ,' ��������� ,, The battery was then stopped.' Not long,after the general'restored them to liberty, giving them strict instructions to keep the secret. This had the do-' sired effect, for. as might be expected, the experience was 0 related in'the strictest conlidence to every man in the tribe, and tbe telegraph remained unmolested: This is the best value in a Lady's Diamond Ring* ever offered for $50.60. The stones in these rings are personally selected by us from ��������� the cotters in Amsterdam; ( and are absolutely perfect. You will find this and ' hundreds of other styles illustrated in our new cata- . logue, a copy of which will be sent,you free. DIAMOND HALL Established 1854; RyricBros., Yonge and Adelaide Sts., Toronto. ON THE FJKING. LINE. Ladies of Canada,: ' Side by side stood Canada's noblo sons \vith the best brawn of Ceylon- and India in the recent unpleasantness. -The slogan was "help one another,'' and no one forgot- the watchword. . You, ladies of Canada, have the power to -wage a relentless war- faro on the impure teas that: conic into your home's from China and Japan, and at the same time assist your brother colonists .who produce the- pure Ceylon and India teas. If you drink Japan tea. try Salada, Monsoon or Blue Ribbon packets of Ceylon and India teas.���������Colonist. CAN RECOMMEND IT.���������Mr. Enos Born- berry, Tuscarora, writes: "I am pleased- to say that-Dr. Thomas' Eclkctkic Dm is all 1 that you claim it to. be, as we have been 'using it for years, both internally and externally, and have always received benefit from its use. It is our family medicine, and I take #;reat. pleasure in recommending it." "Would Do Hla Best. "Couldn't 1 be squeezed in there some- bow?" asked the pretty girl, as she vainly sought entrance to the crowded car. "If you can get in, ,1 have one-arm free," exclaimed a young man.ih.the center of the,car.t And the conductor rang six "go ahead" signals on the fare register.���������Baltimore American; - . . If you missed punishment-for your sins, don't rejoice. It often happens that' a ^rooster's life is spared .that he may bf saved for the, pot another day.- IJillei-xTif. "Dawdler plays notf-so Veil he ought to be a professional." ,- '* ," . "Yes; -1 suggested it , to ( him." hut he Bays nothing would induce hun to'woi-u bo hard in hot .weather." ��������� Detroit ,1'Vee Press. *, " HOW TO CURE' HEADACHE.���������Soro* people suffer untold misery day after day with Headache. There is rest neither day' or night until the nerves are all unstrung. Th������ cause is generally a disordered stomach, and a cure can be' effected by using Parmelee's Vegetable Pills, containing Mandrake and Dandelion, Mr." Pinley, Wark. Lysander, P. Q., writes: "I find Parmelee's dPills a first-class article for Bilious Headache." ' " "Prlffidity. ' * Landlady���������The coffee ls cold, is It, Mr. McGinnis? Well, you told me(you had to take a Ions walk after dinner. Don't you think you could do it better l on coldcoffee than on hot? . ���������/ ', Boarder���������Take a walk'on this coffee? Madam, I could skate on it!���������Chicago ��������� '���������- - - ��������� *-c * Are you a sufferer -with corns t ' Itr you arc get a bottle of Hdlloway's Corn Cure. It has never been known to.fail. - Brass Band - Instruments, Drums', Uniforms, Etc? ' EVERY TOWN CAN HAVE A BAND. Lowest prices ever quoted.- Fine catalogue 500 illustrations mailed free. "Write us for anything in Music or Musicallnstrumeiits. ��������� 'oronto, Ont., mad Winnipeg, Man. - Whaley Royce & C0.7 Pulling; Strength of Elephant*. It is '-dimoult to ascertain the pull'n��������� strength of an elephant for the simple reason that tlie strongest animals \vi> have in captivity,, are not the possessors of the sweetest tempers, and accordingly thoir keepers are chary of nllowinjr lh--m to he attached to dynamometers, not car- iu;: to speculate as to what thf end would be were the mammoth to "lose liis hair." - Tests which havo been made with av- crnse sized animals, however, prove iK-it a 'healthy ynnnjr .lumho of 18 sumn: rs m- thereabout can make, a dynamometer i ejri.-ler HVO-tons dead weight. In -order to; jjci an idea of what t!.i-s represents it may Im> si;:ted that a pair of powerful horses could only register a ton and a fifth hy their united efforts, nor was their performance a poor one.��������� Loudon Express. ITEMS OF INTEREST. is a symptom of Kidney Disease. A well-known doctor has said, " I never yet mad e a post-mortem ex- aminationinacaseof death from Heart Disease v/n.h- out finding- the kidneys wereatfault." The Kidney medicine which was first on the market, most successful for Heart Disease and all Kidney Troubles, and most widely imitated is Dodd's Kidney Pills How Nature .Wn'rni, Seaweed as a test for sewage",'Is the discovery made by Dr. Letts, professor of chemistry in the Belfast college, and his coadjutor. Mr. Hawthorne, of the same college, says a London newspaper. Their attention had been called tb large quantities of putrefying seaweed ouside Belfast' and Dublin. Investigation proyed tbat the growth of the weed depended largely on the sewage pollution of the water and that, in fact, it only flourished in localities where such pollution existed. The results of Professor Letts' experiments were recently communicated to the chemical section.of the British association. IJ J Molten "Wood. After fireproof wood has come molten wood, a French discovery. This new body is hard, hut can be shaped and polished at will. It is impervious to water and acids and is a perfect electrical nonconductor. It is the Invention of M. de Call, inspector of forests at Lemur, France. By means of dry distillation and high pressure the escape of developing gases is prevented, thereby reducing the wood to a molten condition. After cooling off the mass assumes the character of coal, yet without showing a trace of the organic construction of that mineral. I A "TO^f ANA " RELIANCE CIGAR L,r\ 1 l/OV-AllA, FACTORY, Montreal Tbe World's Letter*. One of the Berlin reviews publishes n calculation on the number of letters distributed annually throughout the world, it gives the total as 1J.0OO. 000.(100. Of these, it says, 8.0(10.000.000 an- in Hngllsh. 1,200,000.000 in tier man. -LOOO.000.000 in French. -J'JO.OOO.- 000 in Italian. 120.000.000 in Spanish. 100.000.000 in Dutch. S0.000.O00 in.I.Usui:, n and 24.000,000 in Portuguese..:The Anglo-Saxon la for the present ��������� y������sry won iu front. HOTEL BALMORAL, ^SauP. FreoBiis. Am. E.P.������1.00ea. Quite Snji������������rflvioii������������. Mrs. Starvem���������No. you can't sell me no oyclerpedia. tlood day I Book Aj.ent ���������But I'd like to leave some prospectuses for your boarders. I may interest some. Mrs. Starvem���������They don't need it. either. There's a Boston lady stopping here. . ��������� . Every day in the year the people of Lhe "United States use 12.000.000 postage stamps. All Australian race courses are oval and from IVi to 1V1> miles each in cir- fiimferonce. A California paper says that the men who live on the ranges are notable for their remarkably retentive memories. A parade of Chinese soldiers is rather gay. Nearly evorj" man Pears a banner, and the bigger the banner the more of a hero he thinks himself. The new French duel code provides that no duel can end without th'������������ shed (ling of blood, and no account of the duel shall be published if the insult itself was not made public. After being forsaken for several years as a favorite sport roller skating is once again becoming "popular in London, and it will be the ruling amusement during the winter. In spring Chines.' peasants' build dikes of mud. throe to six feel high, to keep tbe rainwater In the neuui'lils Most of their time in sunnner is spent in pumping or brtugmg water into these fields. . &#***&>&***&**$&&*i ���������4-������#'^-������������' ���������f ������������������������ ^'������' t '*" 4 '*' TV*' T '*' 4 '** 4 '*' 4 '**' MONEY _���������. | "J" To Loan on improved farina at current rates. Write to MAKES, "ROBINSON & BLACK, WXNXEPEG, MAN. E&fe* S^T.L.dcAR," TSs^Jflt^__ ' . ' ���������-x.������"- liSjSS*^ Manufactured by THOS. "LEE, "Winnipeg. Catholic Prayer aJairs2?: nlars, Religious Pictures. Statuary, and Church Ornaments, Educational Works. Mail orders re- ceive prompt attention. J, & J, Sadlier & CO.,MDlltieat (Trade Mark Registered November 24,1890.) Dr. 8anche agrees to take Instrument* back *������t half price if parties using them arc not ben������ aAtted after using for five weeks. . P. Free, Winnipeg, says: I have used "Oxyd- onor" for two weeks for Bronchitis and Oa-.������ tarrh of the Head, and I feel .ike a new man. Mrs. F. L. Cook, Winnipeg, says: I had suffered untold agonies irom Bnght's Disease, and it relieved me of Pain, and in six -weeks I wu cured. .Mr. "W. Q. Ellworthv, "Winnipeg, Bays: I have iraffo ed for ("J years with articular rheumatism; wa- in hospital for 5 weeks, and used almost every remedy, including mesmerism galvanism, electric belt, etc. I have used Ory donor 10 days anil received more benefit than from unytning else. Mrs. Gngner. Winnipeg, saya: I have used hi beneficially with my family whenever sick, and it has cured me ot" severe Indigestion and la grippe. Suh-dea.ers wanted in every district. Address Wm T. Gibbins, Grain Exchange, Winnipeg. Send for Booklets oi" grateful reports. BANKERS AND BROKERS. ... 362 MAIN ST., WINNIPEG ' ��������������������� | Stocks and bonds bought, sold and ;R carried on margin. Listed 3> mining stocks carried $ s'fc���������'B'���������'fe������������������'*������������������������������������l '" " '���������> WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20, 1901 # ������/^ f$C*?k^' BULB PLANTING. "Mar Be "liOMe Much I.nter Than I������ Generally Thonwht. October and November are the 'months for planting bulbs, but those who -have not dene so before these months expire need not fear to do so later', even should it be in open weather succeeding a freezing time, according to such good authority aa Joseph Meehan'. who says in Country Gentleman: I hav;e planted them at New Year and have hnd fine hloom. .crn-i-d then* is no reason why one should not, as all that is reciuired is lo have them in lhe ground two, or three'' months before' bloom in jr.-so that there will be ample time for .them to make root' From Lhe early part of January"to the beginning". of April, which is the time bulbs flower, here, there is ample time for tho formation of roots if but a little aid is g: -.*,-:;. This assistance can easily be given by mulching to keep the frost out. But It should be said first fhat late planting ���������will be the better If the bulbs are set an inch or,two deeper than common to- be out of the reach of frost- Hyacinths, I for instance, whicu usually are set ���������with their tops two inches under ground, .should he four inches. After they are planted cover the beds with .leaves, manure, liay or straw, rerhaps the best .of all covering is locse. well Irotted manure, l-.ec'ausc it need not .be removed when winter is over. Forest lea Ten make a .warm, excellent cov.-r-, ���������ing. but a few inches in depth. kv-c\-\:s' out the severest front In this nro.oot- ������������d wny lute-ones will do as well as early niantfrd ones. "Tho mistake is some times mad? of ' plan-tins bulbs in sbel'tcivd nooks close to ft dwelling, where it ia t--o wa:m f-*r thorn. Flowers are developed so early that, late frosts catch t;h:������m. Pome yearn aro I set some hvneinths and crocuses close to the wall on thesont): Fide'of my dwelling. I rare!/ cM fi.ll ua-Msfaction from them. Besides the sun heat there ia a furnace,in the cellar which warms the wall so much th:". for a foot or so from the wall the soil does not freeze. The result is the llov.-- o:-;-i'universally appear in I'ebruary or March. Should it be an open spell all goes well, and even if it freezer, at night I get some satisfaction from them by "covering then:, hut in Inter plantings I see1 to it that the position is not too Bbrltered. Hyacinths and tulips are first thought of for the bulb beds. In arranging these do not forft that tl-o hyacinth' flowers first. Tulips come later and last longer. Therefore u.e hyacinth, bed can be used sooner in spring * for the' planting of summer blooming .plants should it be desired to use it for such a purpose. I have known spring'planting delayed considerably because of tulips occupying beds intended for the plants. A Pretty Christmas Trifle. A useful little gift is a "watch polisher." which may be used for polishing watches or other jewelry. Take two clrrular pieces -of--chamois leather about r>Vj inches in diameter aud scallop the edges/, ma king the scallop a little more than an inch wide aud 'half as deep With the aid of compasses this- Is easily done. Then take the upper piece and at the base of each scallop THE RAG-PICKfcftS OF PARIS. - "���������fhnusands of People "Who Gather Woalite from Rubbish and Itoluse. The wealth of Paris' is so boundless that the rubbish and refuse of the city .are worth millions.'There are more than fifty thousand persons-who' earn a living bv picldngup what other* throw away. . Twenty thousand women and children ��������� exist by sifting and sorting the .gatherings of the pickers, who collect every day in the year about 1,200 tons of mer chandise, which they sell -to the wholesale rag-dealers for some 70.0UU francs. AX ni'?ht you see men with baskets strapped on their backs, a Ian tern in one hand; and in the other a ,stick' with an iron hook on the end.4I ..'-A C >&*> ' ������/& CHAMOIS WATCH POLISHKR- cut two sin all slits a little more than half an inrli apart, slanting them slijrbtly toward the center. Any i.right colored ribbon may be worked In and should be a trifle wider than the slits, as'.the. puffed efiVci of the r'l.i.up is very pretty! The one here used is of brigb,...phI satin one-half inch wide. At the tLp draw the nnbon through both pieces and finish -r-itlrn bow It may be prettily decorated with a- delicate vine or spray of flowers or an oppio priate quotation. pi urLm Px-ris." by Theo Harper's Magazine for 371U /tjjocrypnai Cvosvel oT St. JVeter.,,, The refou-c discovery of the Apocryphal ��������� 3-ospei of St. Peter- is attracting very v/iue iVxCeLition among &cholars, and not. ���������iimaUiraliy, for if the present theo*-'ies 'oucerning it are true it will haT,e a a.-ecc .,.-.:vir.g on at lease ono of the nost -clifncnlt of modern critical prob "aL���������s, vit.., lhe date and authorship of -ho Go..pol of .John. The Apocrvnhal ���������xospei or I-'ecer was discovered .iwout ".ve yeav'3 at-;o in a Christian cemetej-y'of ;0kh'mim,������ UTjper Egypt, but tho-rrarifc - avion had only rocoutiy 'been pubh.-ih^xo in Paris. It ia a fragment, and oo*ntains -. i. irrative of the oruciiixion aud thr. ���������eniureciiou'. In subsLanoe it, agr^ea xvi-'h th - gosp'.'-ls in thoir descriptions o; . -hx.-.-.u evo::ts3. One r.oticeable (iiii'dronce r, cho'nse ���������;>' th? exci-unauun, "My po;.vei v.y po\v.-:r. why h.i*-..u.\.ra. fortiakenj>ieV risiead of '*lv:v God. my 'Ood.-wby has". LTion for.-,;.ke:i" mp'!" This phrnse i������ held :Ieariy Lo' i:idi'Jat(? iha-. ' the, inig .".���������".itls rif T)o-:')**.ic origin. Theconoiii-- -.iv.a coLooruLiig th������ newly, inscoveref'. iCltO.iL T-I. jam: Apxjcr-y-.ibaj j" Lhe "Guar I- ������������������-urnont is th; "iau"' by Aituur ii'iv*;j" published Apufir-yphaJ iiragme;"^ . .)-it;ii:is ������������������'- por" ion of l.i'O I:*.ht* Oospei o! iwlt-: it was writto.J. pro: ���������'"���������'*'' "��������� ' -r- ���������<-n ean-r hi ii'-' r-,.-.co:j.'l cm ���������h ea {���������d^uv'-fustiu M.-irtyr, an. 'nry, and w>i . it iy ci G .t.v������- .<: f'Mr.pilalioii. Wiiich lm.'.cs w.-.e o ���������.i: >ur canonical G-os]>eis." ; i-csi>nt. belit i' o! tt a critic ��������� V the 1-ost,ot'ro'son.' 'i-i. Thi-o is . trj������- an,1, is )vi.-;t:i". vo exceecliap,"! ; ucercM i-i--' ou'-S-io-J.-* ate in. pare answev ed"by tb.is"document: (1) Jf tho Gospel of John xi.vi.iLea prior to rhi ���������: documexit. -:a icp'-.i-'ily did. and if this '--elungs tc the first cmarter of the second cen:.ury :"ien the re: ,ons for 'believing that John wrototli'! Gospel which bears his ���������: ;ni'- ore ."���������.���������eatlv ptr.:i)gther,ed; .���������mil (2j sieve "i������ anothoi- distinct answer lo tho 'oft-re ���������.���������oased inquiry whurher any oL.:er writ in^sof those early times contain __an ac coant of tlivj 'life and u������..aih of -J-;-oa- Ch3-:.sT-, for this fra;-;rnon.; in_ n,n Pt-J-i.i- merit of fauts is iu yubt.t,:m";i:ii h.'.i.m-r ���������z-\ih the Go-sp-'JR --Ohr*i������'i.".n 'J"^1"* Vba following beautiful experiment described bv Prof. Tv.id .11. t-iiovys hov: music i:iay be tr.-.s .:��������� '.*���������": hy an ortli nary wooden roi.. Ii. a .^om two floors beneath his loo; ure-*'-'*'om _ there was a piano, upon wliivi jusii was play ing, but the audience could not hear it. A rod of deal, with its lower end_ rest- ins." ur>oii the sounding-board of the piano. * extended upward through the two floors, its uoper end before the lecture table. But still not a* sound was heard. , , ,, , A violin was then placed, upon the end of the rod, which was thrown into resonance bv the ascending thrills, and instantly the music of the piano was given out iu the lecture room. A . guitar and h-trp were-substituted for the violin, and, with the same result. The vibration of tno' piano strings were communicated to the sounding board, they traversed the long rod, were reproduced by th������j resonant bodies, the air was carved ��������� into wives and the whole musical compost t.on was delivered to the nsteniag a������di 4QC-?.���������A meriecvu B-osjister. ���������pooljMriJitft of Tat'itez Adfitu. Mount Samanala, or Adam's Peak, one of the highest ���������mountains on the. Island of Ceylon, is the scene. of, a re markahle geological formation and the- gpot around which many curious legends, and superstitions cluster. According fq the Mohammedan story,' Adam, after: the fall and expulsion from the Garden of Eden, was taken by an angel to the " top of the mountain," which how bears his name. From this summit the mind's eye of 'the-, first- man. saw ��������� ail. the ills which in after years should afflict humanity. These harrowing sights were such a weight upon the, man. who, not yyithstrniding* his sih'ih the garden, was' yet a .rood man,- that: his foot left its- imprint upon the solid rock, his, tears forming a lake, the footprint -and..hike, being both -.till visible. The footprint,. Itself is Hi feet long .by 3������ feet wide.and. shows six"i*.erfec*c toes, the smaller one being as large as a good sized man's- list. For centuries devout Buddhists���������; have--made annual pilgrimages .to the; spot, and tradition says that the chili.': . bridge across the canyon near cue sac red footprint was put there hy direction of Ale "lander th'*-. Giwit. ���������-���������'.< "hU-aCid^hl-- Care PTiotsld Re- TaV*n ^it to Oyerd* tiiie fiiitVtej-. , , One cannot v.-ilte .n^-iligently about working butter without tirst t.ii-:iug into consideration the condition of the butter to be worked,, writes JV. -. \V. Moseley in The American ' Cultivator. We will, however, assume that iii churning the butter had been 'h-ft .n r granules and the buttermilk properly drained and rinsed' out. If sr.iaek'iit , time is taken, the rintr-:ig water can be drained off so thorot-'ylilythat no working will be required until the butter ban been salted and set c. - . ( '��������� ll ALWAYS O.N HA1ND���������A Carload of . '' . . . . r Hiram Wrikcr ������ &' Son's. Rye Whiskies CO'P.BF. PONIliNCE SO'LIClliri- P. O. BOX 14. ']W.RS ' rENOELLI, Nurse. 1Io-ib sl.-HiiinK ������'������ d \^������ hinu a:.u Ir..iiims.iU.uo. t ,-ViiM !>rite,i, Cumhe land, M-C " - Espim&it 'A'l'anaimo. .Ey.- Ii-ADYSMITfl (Extension) LOTS FOR HA] E, Apply to, ml5m3 tU.W. NUNNS portsmen! BEFORE BUYING > , A Gun, ^ ' RiPlBp Ammunitionr Or anything in the Sporting Line CALL AND SEE O.H. FEGHNE1iK Of Cumberland. He Can Save You Money on all Purchaties. HOME CROWM ��������� VICTORIA COSrOX EOUTE. Taking Effect Tuesdny, Oct. 16th, 190C S. S- "City of Nanaimo.' Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Roses, Shrubs, Vines, Seeds, Bulbs, Hedge Plants. Sails from Victoria Tuesday, 7 .m. for Nanaimo and Way ports. Sails from Nanaimo, Wednest fifty 7 a. m., for Union Wharf, Comox nnd Way ports. Sails from Comox and Union Wharf, Thursday 8 a. m. for Nanaimo and Way ports. Sails from Nanaimo,' Friday 4 a.m. for Comox and Union Wharf direct. Sai1? from Comox and Union Wharf,Friday 6 p. ni. for Nanaimo direct. ,v;.SaUs.from- .Nanaimo, Saturday 7 a.m. for Victoria and Way ports. FOB- FrGig-lit tickets and State ro">ni Apply on--"board, GEO. L. COURTNEY, Trafl5.ce Manag* Black Diamond Nursery QUARTER WAY,Wellington Road Extra choice si'->..k of W-ruh. .Apricot, ���������IMun., Cherry and Prune Trees New importation of fir.-1 c as..*,- K'.iodof.endn ns, Roses. Clenidtis, Bay Trees,.etc. 8- > -x V ' - " I,, I ' otherwise tu the .Mainland of British Col- i>uinbia th'enceivnh easterly alternat.vely If 5bv way"ofTeve [eune Cache or >Y������"-l|ow Head - P.������ss or. -vicinity of Fort I X X X Ceorge or l'ine River or- Peace River Masses to a point at1- _or near the eastern confines of the Province-and from any point on such line to the northern boundrie-J of the Piovince. or to any [. coastal points thereof, or to any " mining L; regions orsettlemeuts in Cariboo, Lillooet ,'i Westminster ~or' Cassiar Districts and ji branch lines of any length therefrom ' and with power to construct, acquire and } operate telegraph ( and telephone lines ," (authorized to charge tolls, thereon for I the transmission- of messages for the \ public), ships, vessels, wharves, works, .j\ waterpowers to supply electric power, ight and heat and to expropriate waters ������>* and lands for all such purposes and for [J) such other rights, powers and privileges !/ as are usual, incidental, necessary or con li,. duciv'e to the attainment of the above l!j objects. E. G.TILTON, ' t On behalf of Applicants, \\\ Dat-d December 3rd, 1900 111 \! :i . ;j BUREAU OF PROVINCIAL INFOR- ,���������''��������� I li ' I v Jir n w y% \\f . . MATION. IN ORDER that the Government may be in puaaeahiia of detinite information with which t<> supply those seeking investments in this Piovmec, I am instructed to invite particulars from those who have properties for **\>, an' who may feel disposed- to forward .xuch yai'xicu'ars to thia office for the purpose i:- question. In view of the proposed early re-organi-x cation of the Ageut Geueral'a Office in Lon don, England, the desirability of having on file a list of farms and other properties for Bale, with full and accurate details, is obvious. Properties submitted may include farms and farm lrnda, industrial or commercial concerns, timber limits, water powers, or other enterprises affording opportunities for legitimate investment. c It is not proposed to recommend proper ties to intending investors, but to afford thf- fulleat access to the classified lists and all available information, connected therewith, and to place enquirers in communication with the owners. The fullest particulars are des'red not only of the pr< perties themselves, but of the localities in which they are situated, and the conditions affecting them. For thit purpose printed schedules, will, upon ap������ plication, be forwarded to those desirous of making sales. , R. E. GOSNEL, ���������Secretary, Bureau' of d5m '������������������'������������������ Provincial Information. Oiir fee returned if we fail. Any one sending sketch and description of ������ any invention will promptly receive our opinion free concerning the patent- , ability, of same.,' "How to obtain a patent" sent upon request. Patents secured, through us advertised for sale at our expense. Patents taken out through us receive special notice., without charge, in - The Patent Record, an illustrated and widely circulated journal, consulted by Manufacturers and Investors. Send for sample copy FREE. Address, VICTOR J. EVANS & CO., (Patent Attorneys,) Evans Building, - WASHINGTON, D. C. NOW IS THE TV Advertise IN THE Ov *> c. / 1 ** The most northerly paper published on the Island. SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 A YEAH ALL KINDS OF JOB DONE A T REASONABLE RATES. ! SMOKE KURTZ'S OWN KURTZ'S PIONEER KURTZ'S SPANISH BLOSSOM - KurtzCigarCo Vancouver, B. C. JAS A. CARTHEW'n Q ot'3 Espiiaalfr'& .Maimo Ey. TIME TABLE EFFECTIVE N0V.19tii', 1S9S. . ' Teamster axd -Draymen ��������� Single and Double ricz for Hire. All Orders Promptly Attended to R.SHAW, Manager. Third St., Cumberland. B C .-j VICTORIA TO WELLINGTON. No. 2 n.-Uly." * N0.1AS1U iir-liiy1 .\.M - . ' V.M. Do. 0:011 ' VictOL'ia .'. ;..l)c. J 2."i " 't:2S GnUlstr.���������,!.... " ":o.'J " lu:!) ' JCoonig's ,',' 5M1 " IU:tS U\nu-ai������s G:lo 1������.M. ' ' 1"*.M. " 12:14- -..,. Nftnaimo ' 7:J1 Ar. 12:35 .'..'..Wel'iJigton t\v 7 55 WELLINGTON TO VICTORIA. No. 1 Duily, ' , No. 3 Saliirdny. A.M. ' A M.- De.S:05..' Wellington Do. 1:2-1 " S:iC N.-mainio 1 " l:OT " f):52 D\u>c<������ri9 : . " 0:15 ''10:37 .*.. JCoonig's .->... "'G:t(! *' 11.18 ..* Goldsireani " 7.3? A-.11:45 . . ..YinL'iria Ar. S:00 I'.M. ^ Reduced j.ates 10 and from' all points 'on' Saturdiys atut Sundays i;ood Lo reunn Mon , day. , " i'or rates", and al information . app.y at Company's-illi. cs. , f A. OUN-SMULB Giso. L. COURTNEY. _ ' Puksident., Traffic Manager WANTED���������Capable, reliable .per " son in-.every , county to represent' Targe company of ,solid; financial reputation; <"t>936' salary per 37ear,, pnyable weekly;- $3 per day abso-; lutely , sure pnd all expenses;- straight, bona-fide, definite salary, no.comui'ssion;' salary paid each Saturday and expense money advanced each week. Standard ' House, 33.4 Dearborn, St, Qh'icago., I Have Taken ci-n Office in the Nash Building, Dunsmuir Avenue, ; Cumberland, and am-agent, for the f"llo*vving' reli.ible insurance'' - comrjanics: o The Royal London arid Dan- cashiie and Norwich -Union. I , am prepared t'"������ accept, risk? a current rates.-. lam also agent* Tor; he St-.mderd .Life Insurance Company oi, Edinburgh and the Ocean Accidoni Cornpan}*- of England. Plca������e call and investigate before insuring in any other Company. . JAMES ABRAMS. t~> ��������� *���������. - 1 S-S S ��������� s , J '<~-f~c l������ Cumberland Hoe***.! sassszz ' COR. DUNSMUIR AVENUE ' "AND SECOND SlUEE'lV ' CCMBERLANiJ, B. -C. "Mrs. J. H. Piket, Prop:ictress��������� , Wlien in .Cumberland do s,ir and stay at the Cumberland 1- Hotel, JLvirsl-Class' Accomodation for transient and permanent boarders. '"Sample Rooms'and Public Hall Run iri Connection with Hotel1 ��������� Rates from $1.00 to $2.00 ,per day t ^ftx.^i^??^!*,-^..' ��������� ���������-.Cl \ 3 A:. 1' 1l^&0&&! *i*f :������*������ ^*- TRACE r^ARK������f rywHi^ - DC8ICFS, Anyone sending a sketch and deeorlptlon auv - quickly ascertain, free, whether an tatr������cti*B li probably patentable. Comtnunicattotui OWtatte confidential. Oldest apeiicy forgeourinir ^e*������nft iu America. "Wo havo a Washington ORiM. '- Patents taken through Mujiu & Co. rotelTt ~ BE>eciuJ uotico in the - . ,.-. .. , S0IEMTIFS0 AMERICAN^ bcantifuliy illustrated, lafcest, circulatioa ot ' aiiv scientific journal, wecklv.termsiW.eO nytui Si.sOsi.v months SpeefiJ.pn copies and HAJSO Booi������ on I'A-rr.xTS .ev.t Irce. AdOresa OOOOOOOOOO OOQ9QOOOC o v ������ .' 'o. Notice. Riding on locomotives and^,raiL way cars of the YUnion Coi'Hery Company by any person, or persons���������except train crew���������is strictly prohibited. Employees are. subject to dismissal for allowing same By-order . Francis D Little Manager. O O O O O O O O 'O JLlsTXD ��������� o o 'O O I am prepared to ������ furnish Stylish Rigs G - and do Teaming at q reasonable rates. g d. KILPATRICK, 0 Cumberland p obooooooooooooooooo o o o ^s o o .0 o FISHING Fancy Inlaying in wood and metal. French Polishing. /"���������''".-"������������������' Apply NEWS OFFICE, .om .���������:.<(:. ������'���������" '. r | 1 1 I > >l '-.It I MlfafrU *��������� Ih^WV,' 'i. ������jr^������**l hJMfcM-4 ' K'n-l* * "CwWn**- fl-towJT-Jtf-'ai."^- ). ���������r_--jjw-wji. J,WAlJU^J���������yJJVllLl*at^JljilJ.Wj ..yL.^,,, Frn,-nn> Ci, *5&v^ '^?'^?^S?^^^^^'^^^:.,vi. f, I ������ ti ! !*- ��������� f i, ' f. ���������1 ' SI. FOB ��������������� >iV BY MRS. M. E. HULWltS. ^ i*V Author of "A Woman's Love," &'|% fl> "Wonnm Against r"Woinan," ljr |^j. '-Her Fatal Sin," Etc. Jjg^ ' ^.t .*������v .���������**>. .���������������*. .-������*w.,*v.'^L-^.^Lai: ��������� MRS. M. E. HOLMES. "J-l^'d better pay i(, then, whoever "ho ia- There's no friendship in business," growled the matter-of-fact Scrat- ' ton. "Ob! he'-ll pay it, never fear, though the debt is due to X. Y. Z.. in the Borough. He Avon')-, in this case, plead the statute of limitations-'' "lie! "Who?" ' '���������'Richard Goodevo. Ho was seen only two miles from bore Hi is morning." With which coup de theatre, Yeinilani Gritt. seeing' that, this last, blow had .struck home, tJirew wide the door, and, with another grin of ineffable malice, ( depart eJ. Struck home, indeed! The one feaa- in Miser Scratton's, narrow soul hud been, for* nearly fifteen ye-ars, that , Richard Goodeve would some day lu"ii up, and -��������� discovering, as he would be certain to do, the real author, of his '���������ruin, take a revenge as deadly ais that he had already taken on Sir Hugh Wil- lougihby. Very tbanbful was Mr. Scvat- ton when tbe miner of the farmer's death, reached him, :-.id when lie,heard that the rumor bad been' confirmed by Silas, , his de-light was excessive;' The Damocles sword, which had tormenited him so long, varnished into thin air; and if he did not exactly enjoy that quiet sleep which we are told is the portion of the .inst. his dreams were no larger disturbed by the wrathful face of' tbe man he had so cruelly betrayed-' Ve-rulam Gritt's abrupt announcement that Richard -Goodevo was still in the land of- the living completely paralyzed lum for a moment. But he quickly recovered himself, and, spitting out of this mouth the fragments of the toothpick he, had nearly swallowed in his surprise, he exclaimed, -furiously, "It's a lie! It must be a lie!" Then, ..with some epithets of too forcible a character to-be reproduced'upon paper,' he ru&hed out of the room. extreme manner of him- in bis CHAPTER XL.VI. ATONEMENT. On the third day of 'Richard Good- eve's return, a dumpy-looking fellow, a ���������wagoner, brought a note over to Oruis- by Towers. ' "It had boon given Mm," he said, "by a. stranger man, as he was coomin' across the heath," together with 'some' money for its safe de-livery���������of wihic-h latter fact the wagoner, stupid as he looked, said < nothing���������receiving, with much internal satisfaction, a second donation from Mr. Ormsby- The contents of the note, which was written in firm, strong characters, nan as follows: - "If Mr. Cyril Ormsby would "have his father's name cleared from every stain, he Avill meet the writer of this letter at Gourlay's Tower at sundown. "For-his own. future happiness, and for that of Miss Maud Willoughby,, he will speak of this appointment to no one, but keep it, wM.li.out fear, and ale no." The sinking sun ,saw, him climbing the hill on which the L6\vcr stood���������the tower which had ueen tbe scone of the accident which, as he often said, years afterwards, was the happiest event in liis life. Arrived ��������� at the top, he paused and looked around. A figure detached itself from the dark "shadow of the tower and approached him. t xi The figure of a man���������a man, sqtuu-e- shculdered and strongly-made���������a man with a bronzed face, and large, grizzled beard, covering its lower portion. "Mr- Cyril Ormsby, I presumeV said the man. "I am Mr. Ormsby-��������� Are you the ���������writer of the. note,I received this morning?" , "I am." "Sit down, sir, and have no tca,r." "Why should-1 fe.ir?" said Cyril, setting himself as dircctccf, but at the same time keeping a wary eye on tbe m-in.. "You are like your father," lie said, at last���������"very like him, but with a; firmer face, and a darker skin," "You knew my. father?" asked Cyril, eagerly- "Yes." "You were a friend, perhaps?" "No. As events tinned out, bis deadliest enemy." Cyril leaped up angrily- "Have you summoned me he-re to tell me this? My father's enemies are mine." "That by no means follows," was the quiet answer. "That I am no enemy of yours, I intend to prove. Do not let us quarrel over mere empty words. You know one Silas Goodevo?" "I do. As great and noble-hearted a mum as ever lived." "Two nights ago he vfeited you at Ormsby Towers. Is it not so?" Cyril was silent. "Leaving in your hands a certain confession? You see I am well informed." "I must know the name of your informant before I reply to any questioning." "My informant was Silas Goodevc, himself." "I must have proof of that-" "What better proof can you have than th* knowledge I possess of facts which otherwise were known only to your two The Art of Talk. y depends on its freshness MA sto win appreciation. "Oh, no; a fresh listener ������s welL"���������Chicago Record. to will do jus. selves?" "Granting what 5'ou say to be true, what is your purpose in summoning me hero?" - ..,-,* "To demand that the confession lodged in your hands by Silas Goodeve be returned tonme, I replacing it by another. The paper you hold is in Silas Goodeve's handwriting; and would, if made public, betray his father *o the scaffold." '"Were his father living. .\i:s." . "His father is living! I am, Richard Goodeve!" After the first moment of surpr'se, Cyril's movement was a natural one. Springing forward, he grasped, Goodeve by the collar. "Ii* what you say be irue���������if what you have said' is not (be raving of a madman or a fool���������'you ;>iv my prisoner. Any attempt to escape would he useb ss. I am armed, a,* you see." And drawing the revolver he caine.l, he poiii'ed it at the farmer's he-id-c ������ Richard Goodeve never ' .1 loved ��������� a muscle- ��������� There "was' something' in (lie quietude of Richard Goodeve's that awed Cyril almost in spite self. _. He replaced the pistol pocket, saying, as he did so. "You have been greatly criminal. Richard Goodeve, and must not hope to escape the punishment of crime; but, knowing your siory, and for you son's sake, I pity you -- deeply pity you." ."If it were given us to read each other's hearts, .most men would pity me. Resume your seat, Mr. Ormsby: 1 have a long and sad tor'y to tell���������t-he story of a ruined life-" It would be superfluous for us to repeat here the incidents in Richard Goodeve's career. '' . Nothing was, hidden in the confession he made, even to the assault .upon him by Sir Hugh���������his determination to ' be revonged-7-his 'belief in the existence of an intrigue between Lady Willoughby and Cyril's father���������the means by which he had possessed himself of the knowledge of the rendezvous in the woods, and the manner in which he had conveyed that knowledge to Sir Hugh. He had. resolved to tell : all, and all was told. ��������� . , "I was desperate' .at being hunted down ike some wild animal; and, as we crashed through "the brushwood, bis voice menacing me, and his hand almost upon my shoulder, I thought "of the whip-mark upon my, face, and,the blood got up into my brain, and I was mad. if ever man was mad, when T turned and fired. The thing once done. I 'would gladily���������-ah, so gladly!���������have laid down my own life could.,1 have brought back life to tlie man who lay prostrate at my feet. I knelt beside him", raise 1 his head in my lap, and called him. by name- - At that moment another man', emerging from the shadow of the bushes, came quickly towards me- I leaped to my feet, and with the instinct of self- preservation, turned upon him, pistol in hand. ''That man was Daniel" Scratton. "Scratton saw at a glance what h-j.l occurred, but 'continued, fearlessly enough, to advance towards me. " 'Keep back!' I cried, standing be- tv. cen him and the body among the ferns. 'I'll fire if you come nearer!' , "'Don't be foolish, Richard!' he said, in a low .voice���������but which 'penetrated the ear atone- 'Have I not been your friend always���������your fast ' friend in trouble, and do you vhink I will turn my hack-upon you now?' 1 "I stood duniofounded, uncertain what to do, but he, as cool as if he had been walking up Gafford High Street, passed me, and bent over Sir Hugh- " 'He is quite 'dead!' These wore his first words. His next were. 'And I am glad of it! You couldn't have hated uhis man more than I did!" "He opened���������with* a strangely steady hands, to my thinking, for my own were shaking like aspen leaves���������the dead man's coat, and taking a note-case from an inside pocket, began quickly- to examine the papers it contained. "He drew out one with a sort . of triumphant chuckle, but before be could do anytbingniore'than glance at it,l had snatched it from him. ��������� "'Would you. rob the dead?' I asked, fo-r I saw by the movement of his hands bis intention was to have torn it into fragments. "I shall never forget the look he gave nie-, " 'I should never have had the courage to .have.'killed bim!' he. said; 'but if I bad killed nim, I should have shown more courage than you do no.v- No otherc eye but mine has witnessed the deed. Richard, your life is in my 'hands!' ��������� ������ "Furious, I raised the pistol. 'And yours?' \ " 'Pshaw! I know you too well, to dream that"-you would harm a tried friend.' "The coolness of the man surprised and terrified nie. "I glanced at the paper- "It was a receipt for one thousand pounds, paid by Sir Hugh Willoughby, drawn out with every legal formality, and signed by Scratton- " 'This is a receipt for money paid. What value can it now have for you?' I asked. ��������� " 'If that slip of paper is destroyed, just one thousand pounds will have to be paid over again,' he answered, with a significant leer. 'It is the dead man who pays for the keeping of your secret.' " "And you gave him tlie receipt?" im- .errupted Cyril- To be Continued; It's a Short Road from a cough to consumption. Don't neglect a cough���������take Shiloh's Consumption Cere when your cold appears.- The "ounce of prevention/' ia better than years of illness. " Words canpot express my gratitude for the good Shii.oh's Consumption Cure has done mc. I had a chronic cough���������was in a danjjer- , ous condition. Shiloii cured the cough and saved ma from consumption." J. K. STURGIS, Niagara Falls.' , Shlioli's Consumption Cure is sold by all ' druggists in Can ml a and United State's at 35c, ������Oc, !������1.00 a. bottle. In Great Kiitnin at Is. 2d., 2s. 3d., aud 4. 6d. A printed guarantee goef* wi(H every bottle. ��������� If, you "are not satisfied go to your drug-gist and get your money back. Write for illustrated book on Consumption. Sent without cost to you. S. C. Wells -*& Co., Toronto. "- Always Rrileved," . ."People, are' Hrnwiuj, more incredulous each year." remarked the man who disbelieves iu human nature. ������ "I don't think so."- answered' the optimist. "1 have noticed that wh.'iiisvor the* thermometer goes ahove S.") you can tell anybody it's the hottest day ever i.iiowu, and.he won'* ���������Joiil>" vou for ������. "������.o.- oud." . " MINARD'S LINIMENT Lui&eriM's Friend. - <,. * Tlie Fox and lhe Deer. "It will- be necessary." remarked- the hear, who was chairman of the animal meetin;j. "to raise a handsome sum 'if we intend to carry out the idea of bribing the hunter to withdraw-from this,neighborhood. 1 have here a blank subscription paper all ready for signatures. Who will head it?" There was a moment's silence. "Permit, me to su?gest,"t said the fox, "that it be passed to the *6uek." * "And . why," inquired the/buck., "do you single out me in this matter?" "Because." replied the joker, "you have the doe."���������Cleveland Plain Dealer. UNA������D'S LIH1MENT is isel &T PlyHCtlll. HALL OP FAME ECHOES. Attention is called to the intf>re<-. inj.< fact that 1.5 out ot the .'10 names chosen for rhe Hall of Kaiue are thos,. av"e tne some stuff for my appetite, an-i it was so pffpotiial that it co.sts me nearly twice as much to live as before What puzzles me is whether 1 ought to pay tbe doctor or he ought to pay hip something.- FOR AULD LANG SYNE. Ladies of Canada : "Should old acquaintance Toe forgot ?" The answer comes mechanically from every Britisher. Nor should, new acquaintance be forgot. Remember that on the bloody fields of South Africa your brave soldier boys were on the firing line, flanked by loyal British subjects from Ceylon and India. In the midst of danger, lasting friendships were formed, and you, ladies, of Canada, have it in your power to cement those bonds. The Green teas of Ceylon and India appeal to you from sentiment. By using them you not only aid your brother colonists, but you get absolutely the best teas. Those of you who drink green Japan teas have'a revelation in store if you make the change. Blue Ribbon, Salada and Monsoon packets may be had from your grocer.���������-Colonist. She Conldn't Stnnrt It. "No." said the beautiful actress; "1 '���������annot be your wife. I love you dearly, Mr. Frost, nnd if you had any other name I would he glad to go through life sharing your joys and sorrows." "But." be protested, "my name should not stand in the way. What is it Shakespeare says? "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.' What is the matter with my name? Does history record a single dark or unworthy deed committed by a Frost? No. Ah. darling, say you will make me the happiest man on earth!" "No. no! 1 cannot! 1 cannot!" she moaned. "Why. if 1 were to marry you every* newspaper paragrapber In the country would have something to say next morning about 'the Frost Miss Darlington rece'vpd "at -"esr<"**g.y'B performance.' " VICTIMS OF VESUVIUS BURYING OF THE CITIES OF POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM. The Memorable Eruption l*y Which .This Grim Oestroyer Spread Horror nnd Denth. Under ltd Rain of Volcanic Ashes. < Pompeii is believed to have had rather more than 20,000 inhabitants. - The-city stood' ou an elevation overlooking the sea. the whole of the bay of Naples"be- in'g iu' view,' while in the background loomed grim Vesuvius, the destined Ue-, stioyer. Close by flowed the river Sarno, which was crossed by a bridge. ,The volcano was supposed to be extinct, and its sides were cultivated all the way up to the summit.' Grapes Avere largely grown, and wine making was 'an important industry in the neighborhood, which likewise produced cabbages famous for their, excellence. It was the city of the clan of (he Pcim- peys. founded by ,the Oseans, an ancient Italian tribe, iu the sixth century B. C. or" earlier, afterward conquered by the Samnites,0 a rival tribe, and . evenually absorbed by mighty "Home. /.The culture of the people was'very Greek.- They worshiped various Greek gods and used the , Greek names for their 'weights and measures. Being so beautifully situated aud having a'delightful climate, -Pompeii was, a favorite resort of wealthy Romans, mauy of whom' had villas there. Cicero had a handsome "cottage," as it would now be called, and the imperial family maintained, a palace close by. The villas' were mostly on the high ground back of ���������the towntoward Vesuvius and facing the sea. ������ , ! Small earthquakes ^were- frequent, but not iniich was thought of thoni. On the. Hth day, of February iu the year 03 A. D.- there came a tremendous shock, which was a warning of what was to follow. It threw down a large part of the city, in-' chiding the beautiful temples of Jupiter. Apollo and Isis. but most of tho damage, was repaired by the time of tho great catastrophe. . . ��������� The eruption which was destined to be bo memorable began early in the morning of Feb.'24. 79 A. D. Spectators looking from a great distance saw a mighty cloud spread-and overhang the city like a vast and ominous 'umbrella. There was still plenty of time to, get-'away in'safety, and doubtless a1-majority of the' people'did escape before the impending volcanic storm began. .Judging from the number of skeletons thus far discovered it seems probable that not more than about 2,000 persons actually perished. However, a great many who attempted" to leave in boats.may have lost their lives. Admiral Pliny, with a fleet, was not far a way,-and letters brought by mounted couriers reached Jiini as early as 1 p. m. that day begging him to come as,quickly, as possible with his ships aud help to rescue the people: He set 'sail immediately and. arriving withiu sight of Vesuvius at nightfall, ran into the "rain of pumice that was then falling.. It was impossible to make a landing at-Pompeii, and so he disembarked au Stabia.' where it was hailing cinders at such a ram that during the night he was obliged to leave the room in which he slept for fear lest . the door might be, blocked up. > On the following morning he died, being suffo cated by volcanic fumes. Early in the afternoon of Feb. 24 the hail of pumice began to fall upon doomed l.'ompeii. the pieces averaging about the size of a walnut, together with torrents of rain. It must then have been almost too late for anybody who remained in-the city to get away. Repeated shocks of earthquake contributed to the horror of the scene, incidentally demolishing the bridge over the Sarno and so shutting off escape in that directipn. Meanwhile rivers of pumice mixed with water flowed down the slope of/Vesuvius on the other side and overwhelmed the neighboring Herculan~um. The pumice fell in Pompeii uiitil the streets of the city'were covered eight to ten feet deep with it. Its weight broke in the roofs of many of the houses, and the destruction of lives must have already been frightful. Nevertheless many of the people still survived, seeking refuge in cellars and other such, places of retreat. They must have, imagined that there was still hope when early in the mornmg'of the. next day (Feb. 25) there came a great shock, and ashes began falling in a continuous shower with the rain. Though day had arrived it grew darker than ever, if possible; a cloud of frightful blackness settling down over the land, while the lightning and'thunder were appalling. Shock followed shock, and the survivors must at last have concluded ��������� that their last hour was at hand. Such was in truth the case". The'storm of ashes lasted nearly all day long. ' They drifted in through the'windows of the houses and /suffocated all who remained alive.' They covered the city with a sheet of death six to seven feet thick. *, Thus'was completed,the destruction of Pompeii. When it was all over, the roofs' of many of the houses still emerged above the volcanic debris which had overwhelmed the city. Hercuraneum. however, ,had wholly disappeared under the streams of mud, 05, feet deep in spots, which had flowed over it. This mud, being a sort of natural concrete, soon' hard-, ened into' stone, which .is today of such_'* solidity as to make oxcvatioi' w">fls extremely didiciilt.. ', J ,-' ^M - Verbs* From Proper Name*. ' We say "to mesmerize," "to galvanize," "to'guillotine.'' "to macadamize," "to gerrymander." If tbe heroes of the Ilomeric epos were .real persons, we ' may add V.o hector" and "to pander." Pamphylla. a Greek lady who compiled a history of .the-world in 3~> little books.' has given her name, to "pamphlet" and "to '" pamphleteer." "To pasquinade" is due to Pasquino, a cobbler ut~Rome. in whose ugly face the Romans detected a. resemblance to the statue of an ancient gladiator which was erected near the- Piazza Navoua, on whose pedestal it was the practice to , post 'lampoons. ' "To ^sandwich" is derived indirectly from the Earl of Sandwich, who invented a repast" which enabled hira?to dispense with regular meals when - at" cards.���������Notrs 'and Queries. ' -- ' ��������� ' A Fran U Confession. ���������- "When beauty' is hot skin deep, it becomes a sort, of skin game." observed the .wise young woman as she transferred b'-r' creamy complexion from th" powder box to her face. ' In Russia the hair of rabbits and other animals is converted into bowls: dishes and plates, which are valued for their strength, durability and lightness. The articles have the appearance of varuish; ������d leather. ������������������'.."? His 'Doithis Fee, -Lawyer Smart���������Good morning, Mr. Gull. .What can I do for you today? "I w'ant to get your opinion on a matter of law." ' "Yes." '"__-������ "My hens ^got into my neighbor"^ Brown's yard, and' he poisoned them. What I want to know is. can I recov-ei* damages?" "Certainly. It- was malicious- mischief on his part, -besides- being a "de> struction of your property." '< - , "Thanks. But hold! 1 stated that wrong. It was Brown's hens got into my yard, and it was I who administered the poison." "Ah, yes; I sec. 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They looked their pity 'and sorrow, and _ their -hands lin-J , gered lovingly in mine.' ,1 was rather , skeptical I didn't see why ,1 should be pulled down by a mountain lion, clawed into mince meat by a'grizzly, bear ov buried under a landslide,, but they smiled feebly and' shook their heads In a solemn way. Only one telegram received out'of eight or ten threw any light.on the matter, and the light came - too late. , It read: ' "if.-youare going hunting with old Bill Potts, you'd better make your will' ' and leave things easy forthe widowed and fatherless." ' . ' The' other telegrams, simply, read that- the senders would see- that my <*- grave was tept green, If it could - ever be--found, and that'it was tc< be hoped' ���������> ' I wouldn't suffer over a'week in dying. I liked old Bill. He was , hale and hearty and good natured, and he could paek;.a-mule,-cook a good meal'and ' eho.ot fairly straight. t He was a smoker and a chewer, played a good game of euchre," and I had every confidence - j that the pair of" us would get along like brothers. ���������We got away in' good J style, and it was two full days������ before ,' ^anything happened"to shake my coh- . ' fidence in him. Then, as I,sat cleaning my rifle, be' picked up the ax to cut some5 wood.",, He*-lhadn't- "made sis ���������.strokes before'the ax flew off the, handle'and almost shaved my hair as "it "passed. ; ��������� , "Excuse tne, colonel."'"said old Bill , as he held' up the- handle. - "That ax - , has bin loose for the last six months ; and orter have bin fixed. I'll tend to ... It the first rainy day we have." ���������, "But, .man. that was a close call for me," I said as I felt my anger rising. 1 ''Yes, colonel,' but as long as no damage was done it's ^all right. 1 kinder thought It ������was'goin* to cut;yer head " off, but Itriza leetle and missed ye." ' . Jl figured that it. was pure-accident , and overlooked it; Next morning old . Bill found the trail of a lion near our -. .camp, and. after breakfast'we took It "up" and started out.:-"~I-had-a^Winches- ter, and he' had'a' double'barreled 6hotv , gun loaded with buckshot. He.toolcG. D. Roberts in Criterion. Not an 111 Wind J man t������������ things are It was a bit of. a job'to get my rifle free of the jaws, and I then dumped the old trap into a ravine and warned Potts that-if he showed his'face in camp I'd fusillade him. He. waited for. two or "three hours and then came in with an, injured.expression on bis face and started up-the lire. for������supper.i ���������* By'that time I had got over my, desire' to shed his blood.-but I couldnftyover- look his carelessness." We ate* and smoked and sat around In silence..and next day would have seen* the partner .ship dissolved for sure but for" an incident of the night. Soon after midnight a grizzly came skulking around and' almost stampeded our mules, and Potts' showed his garneness by-bluffing the old fellow back" into' the thicket without'waiting for me. This broke the ice and made us friends again, and it was agreed to give old Ephraim a hard run for it next day. When morning came, I had about taken old Potts under my wing oj-jain and was secretly glad- that I hadn't- reached him with my club. As soon as breakfast was dispatched we started out. The bear had left tracks as bi\g\ as a house and in going away had headed along the mountain. We could reasonably hope to bole him up somewhere within a mile, provided he had satisfied his hunger and got home in the due season. When we finally came to a likely spot. I went to the right and- Potts to the left to investigate an opening in tho rocks. I made a slow advance, realizing that the bear might be in ambush behind any of the big bowlders, and I was crouching alongside of, one, with neck stretched out, when there was a whiz and a spat, and I was blinded for a moment by particles of stone flung into my eyes. Potts was carrying a rifle that day, and as its bark followed the spat of the bullet 1 knew what had happened. While 1 had my hands to my eyes I heard him shout, at the top of his voice: "Hey. colonel. I've got him���������got him fur sure!" Half a minute later he stood beside me. prepared to finish:off the "game." I think he was really surprised and perhaps considerably disappointed when he found a living man instead of a dead grizzly, and he .hadn't a word to say. He sat down near nie on a rock, and it was five minutes before I had my eyes cleared enough to make him out. Then I brought up my Winches-, ter and said: ��������� "Potts, I'm going to shoot 1G holes into your jackass carcass! Where do you want the first.one?" "So it was ye instead of a b'ar?" he queried in reply. "It was. and you knew It wag. You meant to murder aud rob me. you old villain! Talk fast, now, for you haven't got 60 seconds to live!" "Look here, colonel," he protested, but. only mildly, "it was a mistake anybody might have made, and. bein ye wasn't hurt. I don't see why ye should kick up Dan'l. Fact is, colonel"��������� "Go on! Go on! You have 20 seconds more!" I said as he baited. "Waal, the fact of it is I'm goin to quit. I never was out with one of ye newspaper men before, aud dang my hide if ever 1 want to be ag'in. The b03's said ye was a crank and a. kicker FOR IT BLEW SOMEBODY t'J GOOD. BY W. R. ROSE. f'i"i-i-i"i''H"!"!������!-:"i������i-i������!"i"i"i"i-!<'i������:..i..i.^ It was* a cloudy fall day. Out of the "slate "colored sky the rain fell in little showers from time to time. The wind blew' strong from thelake. ^"' It blew particularly strong up the street between the tall bank building and .the ancient stone church. The wind always blew, strong ^ here. It seemed as if the two buildings drew the gale between them as through a funnel. ' When the wind.blew lightly in other sections of the city, it blew strong here. ��������� This made.it a trap and.a surprise"for the unwary^ The *- pedestrian coming along in the lee of the bank building and quite unsuspicious of what awaited him beyond launched boldly into the street from the .shelter of the sandstone pile to find himself fiercely buffeted about, his; hat torn from his head, his umbrella rudely reversed and he himself driven from his path and "forced to-tack manful-' ly before he could pull into the harbor of shelter in the lee of the gray old church. There was a little crowd of men and boys on'the", steps of the venerable structure this particular fall afternoon. Some of them' had been there for an hour or more���������ever since the wiud freshened. They were enjoying themselves at the expense of the unhappy victims who ventured across the highway from the bank building. A rifled hat raised a shout of joy. a wrecked umbrella drew forth hilarious cheers. They, didn'thecd the fitful spurts of rain; they were having too much sport to be mindful of potty discomforts. Luckily most of the targets of their mirth were men and boys. They didn't restrain-their glee, however, when some luckless female ventured into the wind . trap. Probably if there had been any real danger their chivalry would have awakened. As it was, they were there to enjoy the free show. , Rupert Strong had just come down from his office, and the crowd attracted his attention. . He stepped up to see what it meant. As lie neared the laughing group a short, stout lady stepped from the bank entrance and looked up at the sky. Then she deliberately raised an umbrella and started to cover the fatal crossing. Ten feet from the curb the wind caught her. Rhe was a broadly shining mark. The rude blast turned her umbrella inside out. it flung her hat over one ear, it forced her at an acute angle out into the highway". Struggle as she . might, she couldn't make headway against the gale. The wicked crowd at the church ��������� steps chuckled with delight. Rupert Strong saw the plight of this forlorn craft and. clapping his hat a little tighter on his head, hurried to the rescue., , In a dozer: strides he reached the buffeted dame and, passing his arm firmly about her waist, drew her on a new tack and. running, as, it were, before the wind, brought her into the park, where the force of the blast was bi������>ken by the tall buildings across the way. The crowd on the church steps cheered this gallant act.. "Pray, sir," gasped the stout lady, "are you a professional rescuer?" "Madam!" - . . "Will you permit me to call your attention to the fact tbat your arm is still in the neighborhood, oi what was once my waist?" "I beg your pardon, madam." "Force of habit, I suppose," said the stout lady dryly. Rupert laughed, and the stout lady laughed. She was a very bright eyed stout lady, with short gray curis and a shrewd though kindly face. "Permit me. madam." said Rupert. He reached up quickly and straightened tho lopsided bonnet. Then he took the wreck of the umbrella from her .unresisting hand. "Throw it in the gutter," said the stout lady. Rupert obeyed and, raising his 'own umbrella, which he had gripped tightly under one arm, held it over the stout lady's head and marched along by her side. "I am sure I'm much obliged to you." said the stout lady, looking up at the tall young fellow. "I was afraid that re- ppect for age had quite died out among the young men of today. It, must have required-a good deal of moral courage to face the jeers of that crowd of idiots on the church steps." . ' ' . "It struck mp'at the moment." said Rupert," "that the main 'tiling required was a reasonable amount of physical resistance to that impudent blast." , "What's your business, young man?" -, "I am a'lawyer, madam." ' ("Ah! Eternally on the lookout for prospective clients, of course?*' Rupert laughed at the grim insinuation. 7 "Struggling young lawyers can't afford to leave any stone unturned," he said. "Nor any- stout old lady overturned." laughed his companion. Then she looked up^at' him > again with a sharp glance. "Do you know Lawyer Barlow,?" she asked. ' ' "I have the honor of his acquaintance," replied Rupert. ���������'.'Ever meet him professionally?" "Fate once threw me on the opposite side in a bit of litigation wherein the distinguished counsel prominently figured." "And the result?" "Lawyer. Barlow lost the case." "Not much of a case, I'fancy."said the stout lady. "I beg your pardon." ������-aid Rupert, "but I must disagree with you.' It was really quite a case.. It netted me $70." fi The stout lady laughed. "There's my card.'.'she said. Then she abruptly added: "Let me have your card, young man. I am going to borrow your umbrella, and I want to know to'whom- I am'fndebted. .And, when you come u;i to reclaim it, which you may do to:uo:- row evening. I may have something further to say ro you- There's my name." Rupert found a loose card in his pocket "and handed it over, faking the stor.t lady's card in exchange. A moment later 'he had put her aboard the car and tinned away. As he regained" the .sidewalk he glanced at the, stout lady's card. Then he softly whistled. The bit of pasteboard bore the name of Mrs. Jane. Bul- lington, and Mrs; Jane Buflington was understood to he the city's richest woman. ' He had heard many talcs of the lady's wealth aiid generosity and occasional eccentricity. He put the card 'carefully in his pocket and trudged toward his boarding place unmindful of the drizzling rain that steadily increased. The .next evening: arrayed in' his best, the young lawyer-sought the,home of "the rich widow. . ' ."This is a funny adventure." , he ' remarked to himself as > he" ascended the white steps tothe-massive entrance. "It almost looks like a bid for business-, but I'm scarcely'in a position to be fastidious." , . . "'''- X . . ~ He sent in his card and was at once ushered into the drawing room. It was a' large apartment, but dimly lighted. Two ladies were sitting at the lower end of the room. One was the lady of his adventure: the other he did not, recog- duct. eli?" ' "Madam, I thought I did for the best." "What she .might have thought, of course, didn't enter your selfish programme. But where are the proofs of your pretty romance?", "I have but>' one. madam, the umbrella." , ������������������ "There's no technicality to save you this time, young man." said1 the stout lady grimly. "I'm going to sift your story to the very bottom." - She turned from him and looked toward the lower end of the long and dimly lighted-room. "Come here, my dear," she called. A figure arose and slowly came forward.' "Yes, auntie." Rupert stood up. His knees trembled. "My dear.'look this young man in the, face and tell me if it is true that yor* ever loaned bim the umbrella of youx\ auntie."' "Ella���������Miss Graham!" stammered Rupert. The girl put out both hands.' r "Rupert!"'she murmured. , - ** <��������� "Hoighty toighty!'* cried the stout lady. "This is a prelty way to break up a criminal investigation! There, sit down. . both of you." She' shoot:, her chubby finger at Rupert. ��������� "Young man," she solemnly said, "you really don't deserve this. You've no "idea how much trouble nnd anxiety you have caused us." "Please don't, auntie," cried the blushing girl. . _ "Well, 1 ��������� won't," said tbe stout lady.-, "I'll change the subject. ' See here, sir. You arc to report to Lawyer Barlow to- ' morrow morning. I have asked him to . appoint you'associate counsel for my af- ' fairs, lie's' going away for a year or more, and you will find that your task ���������- is to be������no sinecure. - However, there will" be a reasonable salary attached." ,' "Thank you, dear madam,"'said Ru-< pert. ,. "My ambition has taken a new ,, lease." Work lias no terrors for me. Nei- , thor has a" reasonable salary." -r' . A moment'or two later .lie stout lady , paused at the door of the apartment and - looked back at,the young couple. .They . did not heed her. "I ��������� fancy," she smilingly murmured, "that it wasn't such an ill ��������� wind, after ,all."���������Cleveland-Plain Dealer. v- Wliollj- UniiccvHMnry. " "My wife won't take a clock-,w.ith us- when we camp out." "How do you tell when it's time for -meals?" -c . - , "Oh, that's easy. We eat from morning till night."���������Chicago Record. ��������� < No Lom to the Dentist. 'Patient���������Great Scott, doctor. I've swallowed "some of that gold you are plugging my teeth with! ,. - - Dentist���������Thank you for mentioning it. F shall include it in your bill.���������Harper'* Bazar. '" ,' ' > nize. The stout lady came'forward and gave him her hand. "Sit down," she said. "I'm glad to see you. Lawyer Barlow fells me you won that case on a technicality." "I assure you, madam," said Rupert, with much solemnily, "that I pocketed my $70 without a qualm of conscience. I couldn't have done that, you know, if I had obtained it by trickery or fraud." "Perhaps not." said the stout, lady dryly. "My 'impression has be.:! that lawyers rarely sulfcred from qualms of conscience. By the way. I suppose' yoiu have called for your umbrella?" "At your own suggestion, madam." "But the umbrella isn't yours." "Not mine?" "Never was yours." Rupert rallied. "Have I ever claimed it. madam?" he exclaimed, with great dignity. "But it was in your possession." "And now is in yours.". . "Another technicality!" cried the stout lady. "You woukl^brand me as a receiver, eh? But" the charge falls flat. The umbrella is mine." "Yours, madam! How can that be?" . "I bought it, sir. It was borrowed and never returned. Now clear your skirts if you can. Where did.you get it?" Rupert hesitated. "I will tell you." be answered. "It may throw light on another matter of deep concern, to me. That umbrella came from the young woman whom I hoped to make my wife. When I parted from .her at the door of the friend she was visiting! she made me take the umbrella'because it was slightly raining. I am quite sure I never opened it. and I believe I walked back to my hotel with mj* hat off. Lov-' ers are foolish, madam." "Yes, and sometimes cowardly. Go" con." . ,.."��������� "I found a telegram awaiting me. My father was very ill. I' hurried, yhome.' He died that night. His 'affairs were in a desperate condition. When all was cleared up. I found that my glittering expectations werewrocked'-and that I must light the battle of life alone. 1 felt .that I could no longer dream of asking the young woman to be my wife. Poor as I was it would have been madness. T heard of her occasionally here and thete in the gay society of which she was the pride, and then I saw her name-no more. Somebody said she was abroad. That's the story of the umbrella. mndain._ Sounds woefully unreal, but it's quite true. I meant to return it some time, and it's quite a load off my mind to know that it-has.reached the real owner. And now. madam, it may be that yon can loll nip something concerning the lady to whom I have alluded. I would be very glad to know that she is well and happy." "Still interested in her, are you?" queried the stout lady. "Yes, madam." "Notwithstanding your cowardly con- More Snitnble. "I object'to the personification, of time in tbe guise of 'man," said" Ten- spot. *��������� < ���������"���������".- "���������* ; "Why?" asked Wbiffett. -' "So inappropriate. It should be Wi woman.',' ,������������������'������������������_. "Why?" - , "You know the old proverb says; 'Time will tell.' " -.. Hnd Ti������ie������l It. '."Did you ever experiment with the Kneipp cure?" asked one of the inmates of the convalescent ward at the hospital. - "Only for poverty," answered the other, a large, freckle faced woman. "I always .went barefoot when we lived on tbe farm." Not 13i.s "Pa-Jlt. "Why, Johnny, *howT much you look like your father!" remarked a visitor to a small 4-year-old.' "Yes'm," .answered Johnny, with an air of resignation, "that's what everybody, s'ays, but I can't help It."���������New: Orleans Picavuna. ' THE VERDICT. Li Hung Chang and the allies will try to talk the Chinese situation to a finish.��������� Philadelphia Ledger. A woman in Oliio has secured a license to run an engine. Running things is tha specialty of the sex just now, and there i.s no good reason discernible why engines shou'd h" ev^oted from the general'lot.- Russia is to adopt the metric system, ami when she has done this only the United States and the United Kingdom, among nalionx of any commercial importance." will adhere .to their ancient and complicated systems of weights aud measures!���������New York Journal of Commerce. The Chicago school board is short of money and talk? of closing the kindergartens/ This-would he starting economy at the wrong end. The upper ten should bo cut off before the lower teD thousand., The public shools should be. conducted for the greatest gnej e*---.i������ greatest num- ' ber. Mr. Gojdwin'Smith thinks %that suicide is on .the increase, and he has a remedy for it. That remedy is marriage. If a man lives by himself, he will develop! an unwelcome habit of introspection and so become despondent. The married man, on the other hand, is busy and cheerful. or if he is not he ought to be.���������Galveston News. American railroad equipments are supplanting the French articles on the new underground lino in Paris. It appears that the engineer who built the line and who spent six years in this country'investigating methods of electric ��������� traction is convinced of the superiority of American made appliances. This i.s another view- ny for American workmanship. . l\ Rctci-hIIiIc. McJigger���������My idea of a diplomat is one who knows enough never to say too much. Thingumbob���������Or one who knows too much ever to say enough.���������Philadelphia Press. 1 ! if 'ii t, i y 'i . I Kii it- ffl 5 p.. ! if \*< ii - THE CUMBERLAND NEWS ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY. Subscription, $2,a y ar, in advance. r������a. 35. Bnfcerson. B&ttor. ongi a ' Adrertisers who want ��������� their act hanged, should get copy in by, 12 a.m, day before issue.. Snlworibers failing ' to rece.ve The Ifrtws regularly will confer a favcr by noti-, yiny the omce. Job Work * Strictly C". O. D. .Transient Ads Cash in Advance. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20, 190.0 r; ,,.-.,. . ��������� ��������� ��������������������������� - LOCALS. Miss Matthewson is still very- low, pneumonia having set in.- If you don't like Blue Ribbon extracts it is because you've never tried them; ' The performance of "Dot" isfur- ,' ther postponed and will be held later for,the benefit of the sufferers b - the disaster. An ex-Chinese cook ran a-muck ���������-'���������."���������"aVthe'.Waver.ly last Thursday and - cut hi������ rival in the kitchen across the .cheek with a knife.' Six,, months. t ( ' i ���������*��������� Ceylon Tea is the' finestv tea in ...the world. . Blue Ribbon Tea ia the finest Ceylon Tea in the world. . The relief-party" working at :No ; 6 had been supplied wi'-h coffee and Bandwiches on the day of the die- ' aster. "Amongother things was a bundle of new underclothing so as to enable the men to change - after coming off shift/ All these were in tho engine-room. During the eve'n- ., i ng, tho engineer had occasion to go out for a minute, and when he returned some dastard, without conscience, h&i taken.-.-the clothes. - The opinion, expressed is that-- ihe ehouldbe dropped down the shaft." Genuine exiract of vanilla is soft and mild. Blue Ribbon vanillais tho only genuine extract of vanilla on the market. TO THE DEAF. **���������.-��������� , A rich lady cured of her Deafness and Noises in the Head by Dr, Nicholson's Artificial Ear Drums, gave $10,000 to his Institute, so that deaf people unable to procure the Ear Drums may have them free. Addres No. 14517 The Nicholson Institute, 780 Eighth Avenue, New York, U.S.A. The Blue Ribbon brand of good .are put up r.by Canadians. No Chinese labor employed. ��������� ' EXPLOSION AT NO. 6 SHAFT. (from first page.) 6 shaft. They had been" undoubt- Buffocalcd by afterdamp as there are no marks of burning on the* bodies. They had evidently moved towards tho main drive- from their stall when overcome. They were removed to tho City Hall and at 2 p. m. the coroner's jury viewed the remains. ' * At 12 o'clock Tuesday two more bodies were discovered and brought to the surface A Japanese and a Chinese, supposed to be pushers. 4 p.m. shift coming off reported rinding two moro bodies. . Those of Vincenzo Crosptti and D. M. Davis. They were somo distance from their stnlls towards No. 6 shaft, and had fallen at a cave in. Burnt about the head and back of hands, probably from after explosions. The Scene Alter fcho Disaster. Black smut and pieces of timber q' all sixes, from dust to several leot in length, mangled out of all shape, pieces of iron j t.visted into all forms, and bits of iron pipe strewed the surface of the , snow and earth for yards about the si-aft. ��������� The place where the debris w������t's most in evidence was on the \ upper^floor of the building, which was'completely covered ,with this wreckage, and all st.ained with the devilish black of a.spent explosion. o The face of the engine house, 50 , ff c^away. was painted the same internal hue. Inside the" engine ��������� room, a shower "of wooden slivers of 1 x> various sizes and shapes had partially covered the floor, being blown through the openings. - Gas and s mo 1cm issUx-'d from ever}' p ire about the shaft mouth. .Rope"? stretched, outside of all the structures was a S> ' '' warning for- the curious that peril existed. All" smoking near the' pi ace was promptly suppre sed* The -doc-tors were in' readiness*. i , -Bandages and stimulants, clothing . r c and blankets promptly placed' to be convenient iii case of need. Willing" volunteers were in numbers.' ready to,risk life and relieve "their- tired ^comrades ih a last ' grand effort to save;]life. ' ./ , , "��������� A sad case is that;of Wm. Sned-' ( X den. He, it is said, was below f-.-r < ," , the purpose of bringing out his tools,- as he had had- word of thes -death " of one of his children , in Wellington and was going to take'' the boat that evening fur Nanaimo. Poor fellow! he was too late.' The effect in the .public school was said to be'dramatic'in tho extreme. When the report was heard every-sound was sciiled on'the instant, and every child'* face was white as they all stared .-with fear filled eyes". , Then a 'girl, looking through the window at the gigantic column of smoke, began to sob. School was dismissed and all filed out in silence. * Children in a min- ing camp realize the horrors of an explosion. Tho Force of the Explosion.' A slight idea of the force of the explosioncould be gleaned when one saw a square piece of boiler plate, 3-16 thick and 15 inches square, sticking into a beam over the pit mouth, driven* three inches into the hard fir'across the grain, upon enquiry, it transpired that this was-used as a chalking slate for anything that was "required at the bottom, and had been blown up clear 600 feet to its resting place. The concussion was violently felt in No. 5 stalls, some 700 feet from the stopping between the two workings, and trip of empty boxes was pilejd up in confusion 500 yards from the stopping. When the first relief party went in they saw this and that 'a mule was under the boxes. When they returned, after being.driven out by the damp, the mule had freed himself and went down the incline to the shaft. He was "Paddy," a good, mule and a long worker in No. 5. TELBG.E.AKS.. The following telegrams have beep received by Mayor Carthew: Ottawa, Que., Feb. 16th. To the Mayor of Cumberland: *��������� Regret extremely to learn from Ralph Smith to-day of serious position of entombed miners. Hope they may be safely rescued. ' Labor department pleased to pay any special expense of efforts in that direction. Most anxious?, to he kept advised as to progress of rescue work H. Mulock, i Minister of Labor. ,, , V , Nanaimo, B.C. Feb. loth.' ' To James Carthew, Mayor, Cum- ' berland, B C: The sincere sympathy .of Union '��������� ites here are with you in your deep, deep sorrow. ^ _ " A. S. Hamilton. ;r , Jm): Rowan. Nanaimo. B.Cl, Fun, 15/h.. To J. A.'Carihe-.v, fMayor, Cum-, , 'berland-: Regret very much to hear , ,of accident. Ca;n we render any assistance? Could send fire engine, hose and other assistance i. required. Wire answer. Joan going up. Wm:., Manson, ' ' t, Maj-or. Vancouver. B.C., Feb. 16th.' t ' " To the Mayor, Cumberland: ��������� Vancouver's sympalhios with you in your disaster. Please acl- vi- e if relief, heeded and ��������� of what character-.',- a ��������� ' ��������������� T. O. TOVVNLBY, ��������� Mavor. ,,t A-telegram to the same, ff ret'was also received from Mayor H������yward Victoria., , May or Carthew replied ,">nd ' in-" formed the ponders that pecuniary assistance would bo required by the stricken families. -o '��������� 'Den'ta^ Surgeon,. Will be in Cumberland from FEB. 20th to 27 th., - , * Omce���������Whitney Block.. t - NOTICE. 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