,yv-\->  FOR  MEN���������  Finest Cvdwierc Socks  0 GO  Extra heavy wool do 0.71  Uest  quality   Shetland   wool  Underwear, per suit  1 2,1  Finest nat. wool   "        100  Braces per pair, 30c. and iOc.  :o:  The" English Trading Co.  VS.        l \.<  ss  -t-U���������ii-i:.  C. E.  SHAW,  ���������   Customs Broker,  REVELSTOKE.  Vol., 2.���������No. 21.  REVELSTOKE'WEST KOOTENAY, B.Q., AUGUST 31, 180-5.  $2.00 a Year.  s3x=c3cep 12*  S53   B  it; n" ki ^i*; j*.'-, ,������>.  1  rf * > P"7"1 '���������'**'  'sro>Tx:E5.  ii  Rtf3 ^ ������ ���������% U fti: I  U fi ������ i 8 &*"' ,gl-  i3 ������ "<&3 't& -i.0 S|  S4T-&&s  :|B]  If,  fa  is a y ? v&    fef ss ������ B11 a  <&>'  Kootenay Lodgre  .H^^i:  r/.i   ,',"-j  n _ra_  MAIN HOUSH; <  ,-s5*-.  irs.-.ilas g-ivirji?, Ciijj- *-'] &VyA\Vsc&v"-^j"r  -< - V Ti    "*   &   2   ri������i   ,f  -j  <0 .  I. (- ji'.'orn.'xii.  ���������^.j2; s-srst Avsrnse  svor  . nv.;srjcMs:.  HELENA, f.:0NT;  eor. <1mU-������ i.3ui3iii hi s.  CKJCAG0, ILL.  V!CTC,RIA, B. C  i*Iirgl.jSt.  WINNIPEG, PIAN..  *r^       Wo. 13 A.F. & A.M.  ���������*   *   The regular meeting  'are held in tho 3tas-  OiiicTeni]jle.l!ouriic'-i  -"-���������"    on   the, third  -.���������>=...v..(laj-   in   each  **\Vee������i]ioiiL1i   at   8   p.   m.  ���������^���������^i^Sv^sir1-   Vi.-itingv hrethrcii  *~=>���������*������*���������     '    coitli.-illy, welcomed.  W. F. C11AGI':, Si:cki:tary.  ANOTHER BIG LEDGE  Has   been   Discovered 'Near 'Lardeau  City���������A Railway Rumor.    '������������������  KEVELSTOKE LOBGE, I. O. O. F., No. 25.  ..���������^^fe-v^j- HoEfiilarmectiiiC'. arc held  iif- Odd fellows' Hall every  ���������n.KO^X.G.  K. O. LEWIS, Si;c.  Loyal Orange Lodge No. 165S.  ItcgaUr lueetings are held in  .tlio U<ld I'V-llows'U.ill on tlio  neeoii-l and f(iiiithA\'e.lnc-.day'.s  wl each month at, ,:.".(i p.m.  V'-itiiiij hiethriiu are cordially  iiniied, ���������  K. .\Jj.\ni,   J. l.'WOOI'l'OW,  W.Til.   ���������        lieu. Seijv  .e'toiirederation -...,���������:���������  Life  Assoeiatidh' Toronto.  ��������� '* A. McNElt,  BAKEEK'SIiOP AND BATH ROOrd,  Front Bir-etil, ^Revelstoke.  Capital and Assets Over  $6,000,000.  Insurance at, Risk Over  ,     .$28,000,000    , ,  Haircul, 25c;  Sath, 50c; Six Shaving  Tickets for SI.00.  ' ' GUY  BARBER,      ;    '���������  WATCHMAKEK AND JEW������LLEIt.   . '  Repairing Neatly & Promptly Executed.-  'Before insuring- y,ou should sec ihe      TiJjf]   ��������� .'  ',    ���������"' Model Policy Contract ' ^"  issued by the above  Company..  Full particulars oh application to Agents:  ������������������ t. l: haig,'  Acent  for l^evG!sV^���������L',  J. D. BB.H3EZI3,  *Gi.ncr.-il AueiiL for B.C., Viuicouvei'.  VV  '4'   il  o  ft    .*  A  r  ���������>        -OTT-  H3VBLSTOKE, B. C.  'FURNITURE,      *  loors, Sashes & Blinds!'  -:o:  R. HOWSON,;  REVELSTOKE.  COFFINS  CARRIED  IN  STOCK  AGH.Vr KOlt SINGER SUWIXG MACniNri;S.  NAVIGATION,  WHOLESALE DEALER IN  WINES, LIQUORS' AND . CIGARS.  B'BVSLSTOKB  B:-C  O  1  "8T^  louse  ���������TO I IN STOInI-1 PiiopiiiiiToii.'  18951��������� TIKE   SCHEDULE     1895'  -      T11H'OLD FAVORITE  STEAMER  '    ; (Capt. liubt. Sanclursoii) .   ;  1 ' WILI. HUN  m:T\VI5KX  REVELSTOKE "and    NAKUSP  Lardeau Orr-y, Aug. 29.���������Another  big I edge of minei-al lias been disc-ovei--  0(1 by -\ressi-'s. .JJnlhu-d & .Mcinil.-in.  aliotit five miles north of ].;irde;iu  City, Unit, promises ..to develop inlo  valuable mining proper!y. ' /.flie  cliaracter of tho ore is silvw-lojul, nnd  looks as if it miglit carry gold. No  returns from tlie stimplos fcent away  for ji-NSjiy lias yet. been received. Tlie  ledge is a st.iong and well defined reef  carrying large rjuantities of 'ore. The  ledge rims in a northwesterly direction.  Sir. Blackwood, of "Winnipeg, ha>  bought an interest, in a claim cm the  Glengarry Group on Boyd Creole. ���������  Mi: BIddl'e, of Seatlle, left for home  on Tuesday lasi, but it'N bis intention  to return and bring hN f.-imily with  him and locate pei iiianeiitly here, "  G. D. .Scoll, Vancouver, and a  directoi. ,of the Sable 'Creek Mining  company, are" expected "here early in  September. A change is under contemplation that will put this 'inagnih-  cen(.'properly* on a first-class working  basis.  It is rumored that a railway will   lie,  built frpm this point  to   Trout .Lake  City early iiext year,  and  will   eventually form a link in   tlio,  Crow's   Nest  ���������Pass^railway. < " '      ,  A lumberman from Vancouver has  been look'ing at some of'the cedar  limits on Fish Greek,- and made the  statement that it.isj much better  quality than that found on the coast.  Should the Airow.Lake branch be constructed this fall he expressed his intention of erecting a saw and shingle  mill.    '  We expect, next year, quitea mining  boom up Fish Creek, as we are thoroughly convinced the Fish Creek  mineral region combined with the  ���������Lardeau mineral region will surpass  any other section of West Kootenay,  and will eventually r become the  heaviest producer of ore.'    ��������� ' >  Stopping   at    Lardeau.     Thomson's,  Laxdixg and Halcyon Hot      ^  , Spuings during the   -   ���������   ,  Season of ISSo.  Leaving Revelstoke Wednesdays and Satin-  days ut 7 a.m. ,   .  Leaving Ntikusp Mondays and Thursdays at  7. a.m. , ���������   .  ,, The above cla'tes,are subject) to change without notice.  ttOBEHT SANDERSON.  The Dining Room.is furnished with the best the  ���������   ; Market affords.      ���������  ^Tncjip  THE BAB IS SUPPLIED WITH THE CHOICeies  "WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS.  r*vxrj,T csssms:  THE GENTF  Ee^-fT  AI  .w-4  Hi  Ii     R  AIJHAHAMSOiNT/BUOS., Prophiktohs.  The Jordan Discoveries.  " Messrs. Frisby, Keiglily, Tom and  Bruce Home returned^ on v Saturday"  'from the-loeations recently made on  the Jordan, and started on tho return  Tuesday. The. latest calculations of;  the distance to the new finds places  them about fifteen miles. This was  Tom Home's first trip there and he is  enthusiastic about/the new discoveries  . and states that'it is the' best defined  ledge he has yet seen. Three more  claims were staked and recorded on  this 'trip,. Tho owners of locations in  this ne.w territory are veiy anxious to  have a trail built, and say there is-,  more than enough mineral in'sight -.to*  justify building one immediately. If  they can satisfy the government that  this is so they stand a good chance of  getting the desired trail.  First-class Table  Telephone  +  Good Beds  +'  Fire-proof Safe  ��������� .'Bus Meets all Trains.  EEVELSTOKE,  ���������   33_0.  The Steamer- Arrow  LEAVES  TOWN WHARF, REVELSTOKE,  Wednesdays  and   Saturdays" at'9 a.m.  |���������FOR   Hall's Landing; 'Lardeau, Halcyon and  ��������� Leon   Hot Springs, Nakusp and  Lnrtou Citv.  Columbia & Kootenay _  Steam Navigation Co������H  The Donald Gold, Excitement.  Tli<* reported gold discoveries near  Donald seem to have created considerable interest cast of tlie mountains.  The Oalfrary Tribune sent a ri-prc.-'ent'-  alive to investigate and this is what lie  il.t- to say about it :  "Tlie reported discoverer  i^ ]\jr.  VI.  \V��������� Stone, of (Jan mo re, -who during the  ���������last few weeks  lias   been   prospecting-  in   that   neighbourhood..    .Mr.   Stone  made what he considered a good   Jiiul.  Tho specimen.-ho brought 'nick  with  him to Donald wore seen by a   number  of people and   apparently   the   C|iiarli-  was   of | considerable    richness.     Mr.  8tone, at any  tale,   was   so   satKlicd  witli his discovery that lie   loealed1* a  claim,.which ho recorded  at  the   Pro-'  vincial Government's ollice a   week   or  ten days,ago.   Since Air. Stone hjis returned to  G.inmore,   five   more   prospectors from that   town   have arrived  at Donald for Hie  purpose of   staking  claims.    They h.ive'not   yet   returned  from the mountains, and the resulls of  their investigations   aro  consequently  not known.    The townspeople of Donald, with  praiseworthy   public, spirit,  have also subscribed'for. tho 'purpose  of sending out two   prospector^,   who  aie still absent on their search.  "The locality of the" discovery is  about six miles to the south of Donald,  on Porcupine Creek. Tlie probabilities  of tlie discovery being of, some value  are strengthened by the fact (hat  formerly several fair placer minim;'  claims were being operated on the  creek. The locality is only about  eighty niiles due north_of Nelson,  which is known to be a rich mineral  country, and the presence of the same  geologic formations '-should therefore  not lie surprising. Silver ore is known  to be obtainable a. little distance'to the  noithofthe town, and some mining  has been done in that connection,''hut  the low price of silver has led to its  discontinuance. The high price of gold  at present makes the development of  the new discovery va certainty if the  yellow metal is found in anything like  fair quantity. ,    ''���������  "Sometime since there was considerable interest in Donald over prospecting for gold in the neighbourhood of  Jasper House, where some Half breeds  reported.largedeposits to exist. Last,  fall a party set outt from_ Donakl��������� to  endeavour to locate claims in that  district; but owing to their losing 'the  tiail the expedition never reached 'its  dosti.iation."  AWAITING    DEVELOPMENTS.  The Kansas City Co. Does Not Think  ,  - the Time Opportune.  ...  .    Mr. .17 II. Susmann, who   sp^ni C911-  sidor.'ible time in   West   Kootenay   in  behalf of lheKan-asC'ity.SmeltiiigCo.,  writes from .Montreal, where he i.s now  permanently located,.that' the   Smelting On. have decided to' await   further  devolopmentof the mines before taking  any nioi'o stops in the matter of  building smell ing works in tho district.   Uc'  thinks that the Kanfas  City, Co.   will  conlintiu to take   an   interest,   in   this"  section, and will be   gl.id   to   lake  an  active part when in their   opinion  the.  conditions will justify it-.     '    ,  Mineral, Locations in, tlie Bend.  ' .Several niiiieial locations in the Big  .Bend v. ere recorded this week, they  are situated principally oil Graham  Creek, a' tributary of French Creek:  North Star, .). S. Paltoison ?-Alpha, IU  JtfcDermid: Alice, C. Douglas;.Bonanza  King,,]'\ young ; Glouce.-ler, J as Lett;  Vancouver, J. \V. Uaskins; Crown  Point, ii. O. \Vinkeuden; Last Chance,  .1. il. Uoar. Frank'Saunders made a  location on Holiday Creek, a tributary  of Gold Stream. /J'hey are all free-  milling gold propositions. .  ," Columbia'River Bridge-  Preparation.s ai;e being   made by tlie  C.P.K.'.for the erection of a new bridge  across   th'e   Columbia   livei    at.    this  point, and it i.s expected that the work  will be completed   during the coming  winter.   Contrary to,expectations, the  new structure will  be a  wooden  one, '  similar to tho bridge at present in use,  which is the longest wooden bridge on  the   ' road,     measuring . over    threo-  .quarters of a mile.   The timber   to he  used will come from  Genelle's  mill at  JL'appen Siding.' Seveial carloads have  already   been   icceived   and   will   be  framed at the cut east of the  bridge.  Besides the extra men employed,' three  regular bridge gangs0 will v be steadily  engaged   on   the work���������Fraser's, McDonald's and Miller's.',   '  A Sawmill for'Trout Lake.  Ore and Bullion Movement.  The greatly increased carrying  capacity of the C. & K. Nav. company's  new steamer Nakusp has resulted in  ail increase in the volume of ore and  bullion movement. Ou Saturday the  Nakusp brought up , Hvo carloads of  bullion foi- Auroia and two cars of ore  -r-one Cumberland and one Alamo���������  for Omaha. The Lytton had two cars,  of bullion and one of ore.^On Thursday the Nakusp had four cats of Hall  mines 01 e for Omaha, and four carloads  of bullion. To-day the Lytton will  come up witli her scow, each carrying  three cai loads of ore.  THE  tier***  A V,l\ A JlAiMlHON  o.  Pjtoi'Jiir.roii.s.  5       ������    *****   ������a������w������ if"-' S  o  Everything new and !:irst=class in ail Respects.  The House is slocked with the Finest Winos and Cigars in the Msi'koi  TROUT   L-iZiElIK!   OXT"2%   .13.0.  retffjaa^jiurjcjLC'sxjaajfrTrriJJT-ia^TSJC^tj'A.'j imm.xKts^  W. A. JOWETT,  MINING AND RT3AL ESTATE BR05C3  NELSON, B. C.  lit.  Lardeau & Slocan Prospects Wanted.  ASSAYS and  IILL TESTS^^   .Samples   tested  from.   1 lb. to 1 ton in weight.  THE   REVELSTOKE   PHARMACY.  rplIOSK who are  1 h-.iinii'f,- for  the con-.JiiK lriuiN  loiinifUiinit,-'.ioiil(l  be en it fill a- lo  wlmt liviuid of  rl^.u-s limy -moke:  Hiiwjc tl.'i v.-rll-  known linn of  T & B linve tie-  Kim Tiiumifnrfur-  lnf^cii?.-irs lliplr imiiic on any liox i" a. prituranteo  PASSENGERS FOR  Hall's Landing,  Hoi Springs,'  Nakusp, Three Forks  Nelson,     -.. and Slocan Points,  Kootenay Lake Points,  Trail  Creek,  Rossland,  Northport and Spokane  ���������������������������SHOULTl TAKIS Til 15���������  STEAMER  LYTTON  Leaving JIkvicls-iokt. on  IVIokday and  TnciiSOAY Evenings at 7 p.m.  , l*(ir loc.xl time civil of tbu Company's slwin-  pr< on Kootenay .Ldkc upply to the iiui-sur'ou  bnniil.  for full infonn.itIon ;ik k> tickets, nil01, etc.,  ������PI>ly to T. Allan,  Secretary, Nulsun.  110.  Arrow Lake Extension Begun.  Liil'o branch  and Uie ;nl-  011 Tlmrsdiiy  i'iKhl.-of-\vuy.  conl.i'.-ict/  fdr  W. PBLLBW HARVEY, F.C.S.  Vancouver, B.C.  All   Ass.-iyt-   Hindi!  pci'tiriuiitfa i'orwiiitk'il  in  ���������>.V  Dtiplii-.'itt'.  rd n ni.  of its excellency, as hat, liiuii  the  p.'isl (jiKii'torcciiliii-y  \\ ilh   I heir loli.'iccoH.  a i/rtiorou iici-  J\    Alii.ic-lf,   dim  not miiolu'  linn ji.li--  tll'lll.ll-      III,'Hill,      -������1H3  has     alloucil      Iici-  Mil me 111 III'   llt"(l    liy  J\Iehsi.~. T &B.   So  i\ lien yon  jiiiii-lni'-e  nl   the ncvjlstoliri  Pharmacy T  V'n'tori.i nr   T  I  cii'si for the  & D  vift.1ri.111r    1   ft. B K'/f'VflSajK;  I-..UMII.I al   11 l..i   ... ti/j/fjSS^  :eliU, \11\1  me  -.nro yJJwSlSXi  if 11 kiii1(I i.iii.iKea' 11 , irff'fpSK  Hiw jh l  OCEAN STEAMSHIPS.  ROYAL MAIL LINE8.  CHEAPEST routolo the OI4D COUNTRY.  Proposed Sailings from Montreal.  Pakisi.\n        MOXOOLl AN   nOMIXlON* LIN'K.  VaS'COUVKH   M Ai������ro.aA   ..Auk.  . .Sept..  HHAVKIt  TjVKK WlVXIl'KC   KlKK O.NTAlilO   UN'E.  , ..Sept.   7  ...Sept. 21  ..Kept.    '  .Sept. 11  t'.iliin Sl.'i. S.V1, $r/i, 370, ������$0 and upwards.  ItitcrmodintoS.'Vl; Steerage ?20.  I'ns^rmtor-i lickct"d through  to "-U parti of  (5ri.ii Ilritaiii und Irelmd. und al. upecially low  n.lcs to nil part-i of t he 1'uropi'^n coul incut.  Api'l' toni.u-i������otsteaiL.^lnporrtuKv������v*fceul1lo  I. T. BSEWSTBIl, Asont, Royolatolio,  or  to licmutT Kl-uit, Con.   Tas-iciiger AKCiit  W'liinljici;.  AVork on tho Aitciw  lias commenced ut, last.,  viincis guard went, down  to f>L.-u'(. dcaring t.bo  Dan iMcGilltvi-ay lias tin  this work, and bin foniu-r sii|i(;rin(,ond-  ent, .T. O. Wliyt.c, is in cliargc again.  Tlioy had only 12 men to Ktarl, in with,  but, say Unit relays will be received  each day unt.il the full complement, i.s  obtained. Conatruction i.s to bociirriiul  on with all possible haste so that/ the  extension niiiy bo ready far tlio winter's  tru<lu, und the cqnti acts for the grading and other work will be placed next  Week. When thi? extension i.s completed, the , C.P.R. will be nble to  maintain communication throughout  the year between its main line and thu  mines of the Rlocan diatrict.  CONCENTRATOR AND TRAMWAY  To be Built by the Owners of the Maple  Leaf at Illeeillewaet.  , Tllgcili.kwae'I", Aug. 30.���������It is  emiiiontly^salisfactory to know ' that  the report,of the mining engineer, F.  D. Taylor, upon the Maple Leaf and  Oak LccU" mineral claims has been entirely satisfactory to sill parties interested. .The result is that "work .is  to ho commenced immediately. The  claims aro {0 be thorough]}' opened up  by drifts and tunnels, and a concentrator built on'the C.P. 11. track. ,An  aerial tramway will be put in to  connect the concentrator' with ' the  mine.  'Pesides these there aro Ave or six  good properties in tho camp, which require the necessary capital to make  them profitable and put, them on a  paying basis as ore producers.  A trail to open up the north fork  of,the river from Albert Canyon to  its headwaters, on the Downie Creek  .divide, sonic 20 miles long, is urgently  needed. The government is at present  considering the matter, nnd it i.s to he  hoped they will come to a decision  soon and build the trail in the immediate future. '  The outlook for this particular  section of West ICootonay is bright  with the promise of good results. .Now  that capital ban taken hold, of one  property we may reasonably ox peel  t.lnit others will .soon follow, and our  camp become otic of the principal  coil Ires of activity in West   Kooteii.'i)'.  , Afr. Johnson,* Iato of Rossland, went  down on the'Marion this morning with  a view to securing a suitable site,for ^a  sawmill ,in the vicinity of Trout Lake  City. ��������� He intends building the mill  this fall and spending the winter iu  logging in order to be ready for the  rush next spiing.' Mr. Johnson intends to locate his wife and family -in  llevelstoke ,iu order to enjoy educational advantages which as yet. are  denied to the many generations of  Trout Lake.  ��������� .. Fever at Rossland.  Typhoid fever, in its most virulent  form, is reported to' bo prevalent in  Rossland. Ono hotel lias no less than  eight cases under its roof, while isolated cases up to the number of ten are  now fully identified and located. The  cause of the outbreak litis been traced,  to the insanitary condition of a stream  running through the town, which,  during the hmry of the boom has been  used foi' every purpose by the inhabitants. Strenuous .efforts are being  made by the local authorities to stay  the progress of the disease and to put  the .town in a, reasonably' sanitary  condition. No deaths have been reported as yet. A gentleman who came  up on th'e Nakusp Thursday says  numbers of , people are leaving (he  town and there is no scarcity of, shucks  for rental.  Local Mining Notes.  dirt  The Nakusp jn Commission.  The C. ifc K. Nnv. Co.'h new steamer,  Nakusp, arrived up on Saturday on  her first business trip. The Nakusp  i.s easily the finest river steamboat in  the province, both us regards coin-  modiousness nnd appointments. Who  was designed by Capt. J. W. Troup  and is 171 feet long, .'l.'J feet beam, and  six feet depth of hold. There are  three decks and 3'2 state rooms  exclusive of those required for the  oflicerK. Uer, carrying capacity is  more than that of the Lytton and  Kootenay combined.  A Mining Convention.  A mining convention is to be held  in Spokane on Out. 2nd, A letter 1ms  been addressed tu those interested in  the mining industry, and the territory  proposed .to be covored ooinpiisc-i  British Columbia anil the .Slates of  Washington, 'Idaho, jMontnua, Oregon.  Ollicurti will be elected and a pro-  gramme laid down. No credentials  will bo required at, this, the lirso convention, and nil who attend will be  wolcoiuo to tuku part in   the   procced-  ������>K������- -  .  ��������� ��������� ���������. ���������     ���������   ^  ^-       ������������������.������������������������������������.  Little Falls Transfer.  Ves. Iiowo and l'Y.ink Aim.strong,  both of Tacoma, who accompanied W.  Kenny up tlie 13end 11 couple of weeks  11 go, returned hist Saturday. As, a  result of the trip they have purchased  Ktinny'ii eighth"iuU'ro.st, held by' E. It.  Hen-irk, in the. Little Falls pl&cr  claim ou French Creek. Kenny h.is  disposed of his other i'ight h interest in  this propo. ty to Arthui liuwrji.  "Vim-lull and Ileaton are in  pay  on (lie Gold Hill, Fiench Creek.  Tom lleniK.'Ssy is lying dangerously  il) in his cabin on French Creek.  Chas AlcLeod has recorded the  Molly Gibson, a placet claim on Gold-  sticain.  The people on the Parks claim. Smith  Creek, nre building another pump.  They ha.ve a .shaft down i"KJ feet.  A large consignment of ore sacks for  the Great Northern was- received at  Trout I.ako on Thursday.  Gus Lund in building a water wheel  with which to operate his stampmill  on IfcGuHooh creek.  Gold Commissioner Giuliani returned yustei'day from his visit to Big  Bend 0 Uc says he vittited every rauip  in tlie (lis<trift.  The Columbia River Hydraulic Co.  nre l-o put in a .sawmill plant ou their  ground. During the winfa-r tkey will  cut. what liimhur they require forflum-  ingctc. i I,  The quartz prospector* w&* are  operating in the Big Bsml. report And-  intf high grade galena float to G9v������r&l  plnccb but tli**y ;*r������ making ao efforts  to locate the leads. It te gt>rtf fcfe^y Hre  after.  Geo. Laforme started tor tb������ Dig  Bend, 011 Tue������d*y, \������i(l������ hie puck tarain,  taking up ���������'��������������� full load of suppli**. John  Calcy took his tr*in ovt, o������ Weilues-  da.y, also loaded with (supplies, ' foe  C.-iiun Creek.  . j  1   i.\. THE   KOOTENAY   MAIL.  m JI   THE  CLEVER WIDOW.  CHAPTER V.  A  NAVAL CONQUfcHS.'  .Itwasthe habit of the doctor and the  Admiral to accompany oach other upon a  morning ramble, between, breakfast and  lunch. The dwellers in those quiet, tree-  lined roads weie accustomed to see the two  figures���������the long, thi", h-u=tere seaman,  and the short, bustling, iweedelad physician���������pass and repass with eucli tegularity  that a stoppod clock has been reset- by  them. The Admiral took two steps to hia  ,, companion'* three,' hut tho younger man  was the quicker,  and both were equal to a  ��������� good four and a half miles un'hour.  It   was   a   lovely   Summer   day   which  followed the'events  which   have   been described.     The   sky   was   of   the'   deepest  '' blue, with a few white, fleecy clouds drift-  r     ing   lazily    across , it,   and   the   air   was  ,, filled with   the low   drone   of   insects or  with   a   sudden  sharper   note   a-j   bee or  bluefly shot past with its quivering, long-  drawn hum,   like  an  insect tuning fork.  ��������� As tho'friend* topped each rise which leads  up to the Crystal Palace they could Bee tho  dun clouds of London atretohing aloug the  t northern   sky-line,   with   spire   or   dome  '     breaking through the low-lying haze.   The  Admiral" was in high bpirits, for the morning post had brought good news to his son.  "It is wonderful, Walker," ho was saying, "positively   wonderful,   the way 'that  ,   boy of mine has gone ahead during the last  'three years.    We heard from  Pearson  today.    Peurson is tho  senior partner, you  'know, and my boy   the junior���������Pearson &  Denver the firm.    Cunning old dog is Pearson, as cute and as greedy as a Jiio shark.  <i Yet ho goes,ofl"for a fortnight's leave and  puts my boy  in   full1 charge, with all that  imm6nso business in his hands, and a free  hand to do what he likes with  it.    How'a  that for confidence, and he only three yeara  upon 'Change';"  " Any one would confide in him. His  face is a surety," said the doctor.  ���������  ���������VGo on, Walker." Tho Admiral dug  his elbow at him. " You know my weak  aide. Still it'a tiuth all the samo. I've  been blessed with a good wife and a good  eon,- and maybe I relish them the .more  for having been cut off from them so long.  I have much to be thankful for.", ,  , " And ao have i. The best two girli that  ever atepped. r There's Clara, who baa  learned up as much medicine 'aa would  give her the L. S. A., simply in order that  she may sympathize with me in my work.  But halloo I what i3 this coming along?"  " AH drawing and the wind astern !"  cried tho Admiral. " Fourteen knots if it'a  one.    Why, by George, it is that woman i"  A   rolling cloudr of   yellow     dust   had  streamed around the curve of the road, and  from the heart of   it   had emerged a  high  tandem   tricycle  flying'along at  a  break-,  '    neck pace.   In front sat  Mrs. Westmacott  slad in a heather tweed   peajacket, a skirt  which just passed her knees, 'and a pair of  thick  gaiters of, the'tsame  material.    She  had a great bundle of red papers under her  aim< while Charles, who sat   behind  her,  clad in Norfolk jacket and knickerbockers,'  boro a similar roll  protruding from  oither  ��������� pocket.    Even as they   watched the .pair  eased up, the lady bprang off, impaled  one  ' of her bills upon the  garden railing of   au  empty house, and then jumping on to   her  Eeat again, was  about  to   hurry   onward  ���������   whon   her nephew drew her   attention'' to  the two gentlemen upon the footpath.  "Oh, now, really I didn't notice you,"  said she, taking a few tin lis of the treadle  and steering the machine ivcrosa to them.  "Is it not a beautiful morning ?"     ,'  "Lovely," answered the Doctor. - " Vou  seem to he very busy."  "I am very busy;" She pointed to the  coloied paper which still fluttered from the  railing. "We have been pushing our propaganda, yon see. > Charles and 1 have been  at it since 7 o'clock. It is about our meeting. I wish it to be n great, success. See !"  Siie smoothed out one of the bills and the  docter read his own name in great black  letters across the bottom,  "Wo don't forget our chairman, you see.  Everybody is comirg. Those two doar old  maids opposite, the Williamses, held out for  some tioie, but 1 have their promise now.  Admiral, I am sure that you wish us well."  "Hum !    I wish you nc harm,   ma'am."  "You will come on the platform?"  "I'll be��������� No, I don"t think I can do  that."  '��������� To our meeting, then ?'  ",No, ma'am ;    I don't go out after din-  '  ner."  "Oh yea, you will come. I will call in  if I may, and chat it over with you when  you come home. We have not breakfasted  yet. Good-bye." There was a whir ot*  wheels, and the yellow cloud rolled av;ay  dowu the road again. By aorao legerdemain  the Admiral found that ho was clutching  in his right hand one of tlie obnoxious  bills. He crumpled it up and threw it into  the roadway.  " I'll be hanged it 1 go, Walker," said  he, as ho lesumed his walk, " I've never  been hustled into doing u tning yet, wheth1  er by woman or man."  "I Rtn not a bettin; man," > answered  the doctor, " but 'I rather think that the  odds are in favor of your going." .  The Admiral had hardly got homo, and  had ju������t eeated himself :n ins dining-room,  when the attack upon mm was renewed.  He was slowly and lovingly unfolding the  Times, preparatory to the long read which  led up to luncheon, ami hud even get so  far aa to fasten htB golden pince-nez on to  his thin high-bridged nose, when he he.vrd  a crunching of gravel, and looking over ,fclic  top of hia paper, saw Mrs. Westitiseotl  coming up tho garden-walk. She whb  still dressed in tho Hinyular co<jtume  which offended the sailor's old-fashioned  notions of propriety, bur he could not  deny, rn ho licked i.iher,th.irshe wa'i.i vury  fine woman. In many clime i ho had looked  upon women of all ahad>!������ and ages, hut  nev<>r upon j more clear-out, handcome  face, nor a more croct, supple and womanly  figure. He oo.ised lo glower an he gazed  upon her, and the frown smoothed away  from hii rugged brow.  " May 1 como in ?" scid she, framing  heme!/ in the op"n window, with a Infix-  ground of greensward and blue slcy. " I  feel like an invader in nn oncmy'i camp."  "It li ft verj wftlcnm-i invasion, rnaam,"  tatri tic, clearing hin l.hroit nnd pulling at  hia nigh collir. "Try thin garden c-li.tir.  What n there that I can do for you ? .Sii ill  1 ring and let Mn. iJoiu'ni- know that yon  are If re ?"  " Pray do not trouble, Admiral. [ only-  looked in with reforenco lo our little ch.-it  thin morning. ] wish Iii.-lL you would give  uh your powerful support nt our r-.-.iriin^  meeting for the improvement, of t'so condition of woman."  "No, ma'am I can't, ilotlmt." If" pursed  up his lips and shook hri ^n//,l"'l he.vd.  " And why not?''  " At;ainut my principle'!, rnr.V.m."  "But why ?"'  I " Because woman has her duties and  man has his: I may be old-fashioned, but  that ia my view. Why, what is the world  coming to? I was saying to Doctor Walker  oniy hist niijht that we shall have a woman wanting to command the Channel  Fleet uoxt."  That is one of the ,few professions  which cannot be improved," said Mrs.  Westmacott, with her sweetest smile.  "Poor woman must still look to man for  protection."  " I don|t like these new-fangled-ideas,  ma'am. I tell you- honestly, that I don't.  I like discipline, and 1 think evtiry one  is the better for it. Women have got a  great deal which they' had not' in the days  of our fathers They hive universities all  for themselves, I am told, and there are  womeiicdociors, I hear. Surely they should  rest contented. What ir.ore can they  want?"  "You are a sailor, and sailors are alwayB  chivalrous. If you could see how .things  really are you would change your opinion.  What aie the poor things to do? Thero  are so many of them and so few of things  to which they can turn their handc  Governesses ?' But there are h.irdly any  situations. Music and drawing 1 There ia  not one in fifty who has any special talent  in that direction. Medicine ? It is Btill  surrounded with difficulties for women,and  it takes many years and a small fortune to  qualify. Nursing? It is hard work "ill  paid, and none but tho strongest can stand  it. What would you have thorn do then,  Admiral?    Sit down and starve?"     '    '  "Tut, tut I rIt is not so bad as that."  ���������'The pressure is terrible. Advertise  for a' lady companion at leu shillings a  week, which is less than a cook's wages  and see how many answers you get. There  is no hope, no outlook for those struggling  thousands. Life is a dull, sordid struggle  leading dowu to a cheerless old age. Yet,  when we try to 'bring aoine little ray of  hope, some chance, however distant, of  something better, wo are told by chivalrous  gentleman that it is against their principles  to help."  'The Admiral winced, but shook hia head  In dissent,  "There are banking, the law, veterinary  surgery, government offices, the civil service���������all these at least should be thrown  freely open to women, if they have brains  enough to compete 'succebsfully for them.'  Then if womau were unsuccessful it would  be her own fault, and the majority of tho  population of this country "could no longer  complain that they live under a different  law to the minority, and that they are held  down in poverty and serfdom, with every  road to independence sealed to them. ' ^  "What ���������would you" propose to do,  ma'am ?" ������'=  "To set the more obvious injustices right,  and so to pave the way for a reform. Now,  look at thatmau digging in the field. I know  him. He can'neither read nor write. He is  steeped in whiskey, and ho has as much  intelligence as the potatoes he is digging.  Yet ths man has a vote, can possibly turn  the scale of an election, and may help to decide tho policy of this empire. No,w, to  take the nearest oxample, hero am I, a woman who has had some education, who  has travelled, and who has seen and  studied the institutions of many countries. I hold oousideiuble property," and  I pay more in imperial taxes than that  man spends iiijwhiskey,-whioh ia saying a  great deal, and yet I have no more direct  inllucnco upon the disposal of the money  which 1 pay than that fly which creeps  alon<g the wall.    Is that right ? is it fair?"  The admiral moved uneasily iu his  chair. " Yours is an exceptional case,"  said he. , ������������������  ' " But uo woman has a voice. Consider  that the women are a majority' in the  nation. Yet if there was a question of  legislation upon whioh all wormy? were  agreed upon one side and all the men upon  the other, it would appear that the matter was settled unanimously when more  than half the population were opposed to  it.,   Is,that right?"  Again the admiral .wriggled.' It was  very awkward for the gr.liant seaman to  have' a hand-iome woman opposite to him  bombardinc him with questions to none oi  which ho could fiod an answer. " Couldn't  oven pet the tompions out of his guns," as  he explained the matter to the do:torthat  evening. ' i  " Now those are really the points that [  we shall lay stress upon at the meet- '  ing. The free and complete opening of the  professions, the final abolition of the zenn- j  na, I cail :t,and the franchise to all women j  who pay Queen's i&xe?.above a certain sum. !  Surely tnere is nothing unreasonable in  that.    Nothing   which  principle?. We shall have medicine aw,- j  and the church all rallying thai night for i  the protection of woman. Is, the navy to I  be the on������ profession absent ?" I  The adrnirs.1 jumped out of h:s chair i  with an evil word in hid tiir'.at. "Tnerfe, j  there, ma'am I" he .cried. "Drop it for a '  time. I have heard, enough. You've  turned mo a point or two. 1 won't deny ,  it. But let it stand at that. I will think |  it over." | ' j  "Certainly,   admiral.'       We   would not  hurry you in your   decision.    But wc still i  hope lo   ,"f.e yon    on our    platform."    She .  rose   And moved   about   in    her lounging, '  " With a couple of Cornish lads for a  crew. 'Oh, ifc was glorious ! A fortnight  right out in the open, with no worries,' ro  letters, no callera, no petty thoughts, nothing but the crand works of God,the toasing  sea and the great, silent sky. They talk  of riding���������indeed,'I am fond of horses, too.  i But what is' there to compare with the  ; swoop of a little craft as she pitches down  the long steep side of a wave, and then the  , quiver and spring as she is tossed , upward  again 1 Oh, if our souls could transmigrate  I'd be a sea-mew above all birds that fly.  But I keep you, Admiral. Adieu I" '  Tho old sailor was too transported with  sympathy to say a word. He could only  shake her broad,'muscular hand. She was  half way down the garden path before sho  heard him calling her, and saw his grizzled  head and'weather-stained face looking out  from behind the curtama. <  "You may put me down for the platform."  he cried, and vanished abashed behind the  curtain of his Times, where his wife found  him at lunch time.  "I hear that you have had quite a long  chas with Mrs. \\*estmacott," said she.  V Yes ; and I think that she is one of  the^most sensible women that lever knew."  '* Except on the woman's rights question of course."  " Oh, I don't know. She has a good  deal to Bay for herself on that also. In  fact, mother, I have taken a platform ticket for her meeting."  CHAPTER V,I.  AN OLD   STORY.  Bttt this waa not to bo the only eventful  conversation which lira. Westmacott held  that day, nor waB the admiral the only  person in the Wilderness who was destined  to find his'opinions considerably changed.  Two neighboring families���������tho Winslows  from Anerley, and the Cumberbatches from  Forest, Hill���������bad'been invited to tennis by  Mrs. Westmacott, and the lawn waa gay in  the evening with the blazers of the young  men,and the bright dresses of the girls.  To the older people, sitting round in their  -wicker-work garden chairs, tbe darting,  stooping, springing, .'white figurea, -the  sweep of skirts and twinkle of canvas shoes,  ,tho click of the rackets and sharp whiz ofv  the balls', with the continual "fifteen love  ���������fifteen all!" of tho marker, made up a  merry and exhilarating scone. To aee their  sons and daughters so fluahod and healthy  and happy gave them also a reflected'glow,  and it was hard to say who 'had most  pleasure from the game, those, who played  or those who watched.      '       ^  Mrs. Westmacott had just,finished a set  when she caught a glimpse of Clara Walker  sitting alone at tho further end of tho  ground. ��������� She ran down the court, cleared  the net, to tho amuzemeut of tho visitors,  and 'seated herself beside her. Clara's  reserved and refined naturo shrunk somewhat from the boisterous frankness and  strange manners of the widow, and yet her  feminine instinct told her that beneath, all  her peculiarities there lay much that was  good and noble. She smiled up at her,  therefore, and nodded a greeting.  " Why aren't you playing, then ? Don't,  for goodness' sake, begin to be languid and  young-ladyish I When you give up active  sports you give'up youth."  " 1 have played a set, Mrs. Westmacott."    ,  " That's right, my dear." She sat down  beside her, and tapped her upon the arm  with her tennis racket. ������'rI like you; my  dear, and I am going to call you' Clara.  .You are, not as aggressive as I should wish,  Clara, but still I like you vory much. Solf-  Bacrifice is all very well, you know, but wo  have had rather too much of it on our side,  and should like to see a littloof it on the,  other. What do you think of my nephew,  Charles ?" ^ '      '    '  The question was BOjSuddon and unexpected, that Clara'gave quite a jump in her  chair. " 1���������I���������I hirdly ever have thought  of your nephew Charles.'"  "0No ? Ohi you must think him well  over, for I want to Epeak to you about  him."  " To me ? But why ?"     v  " It seemed to mo most delicate. You  see, Clara, the matter stands in this way:  It is quite possible that I may soon find  myselt in a completely new sphere of life,  which will involve fresh duties and make it  impossible for me to keep up a household  which Charles can share."   j.  Clara stared. Did this mean that cshe  was about, to marry again? What else  could it point to?  " Therefore, Charles must have a household of her own. That is obvious. Now,  I don't approve ot bachelor establishments.  Do you?" _.  " Really, Mrs. Westmacott, I have never  thought of the matter."  "Oh, you little sly puss ! Was there ever  a cirl who never thought  of  the   matter?  I think that a young man of six-and-twenty  could, ot5end"voiir j ought to lie married." .  " Do you not. tnink yourself, she persisted, "that a young man of six-and-  twenty is better married ?"  " i fthouid think that he is old enough  to decide fdr himself." i  " Yes, y?B. He hus done so. But Charles  is just a little shy, just a little slow in  expressing himself. I thought that I  would pave the way for him. Two women  can arrange the������e things so much belter.  Men sometimes have a difficulty in making  themselves clear."  " 1 roaily hardly follow you, Mrs. Westmacott," cried Clar* in  despair,  "He hac no profession. But he has nice  Uuit'-p.'   Ho readi   Browning'every   night.  When  h������ wasyounger we used to put on tho  gloves togetner but 1 caumt persuade him  to now, for ho nays no cannot play light  enough. I should allow him five hundred,  whicn should lw ������������������nongn it firRt."  "My d''ar Mm, Wo<tmi<.ott," cried  Clara, " I a".iure you that 1 have not the  lea'it idea what it "u that you .ire talking  of."  " \)i) y<jn think your slflfflr Ida would  have rr.y nephew Charles ''."  " Her P'������ter Ida ! Quite a little thrill of  rt-licf and o: [ilevjur.. rm '(trough her at  the. tnout-rt. Id* nnd ChurloH Wewtmocott !  She hs.\'\ never thought of ;'. And yet  ih")" had been ,t jjood deal together.  Th'-y Hid pl&ytd ter:j;������ ; they had  snared their tarj..ern 'rxyc.'e. Again  erne the thn!l nt r.y, ������nd elosi- at its  ti(:"\i> tlif loid questioning of coDHMencc-.  \Y'ny lhi" fry ? Wnat Wit t'm rta! source  of it *��������� Wa.4 it that deep ilowu,-'oinowftpro  pushed W;i< in the Mack recedes of the  sorl, there w������ the Kiougbt lurking that if  Charles prospered in h.s wooing then Harold Denver would ?..i!I oa free ? liovr  mean, how unmaidenly, how unuMWly the  thought I Bhe truihed it down and thrust,  it acid<j, but ftill it v/O'ild fiu^h up itf  wicked little li'jad. Kh������i oririr-oriK'I with  idioms ������t iter own r/aiene.'K, aa ������he turned  ot/C'J more to h<:c companion.  (TO JIB (J(>MTf."������'l',Br).)  masculine   fa������hion   from   one   picture   to ... .     ,    -  another, for tne walli -were thickly covered ' An<i >10 '" ������r">'"'  ���������"'"���������zingly  strong  with     rominidocnons    of     the    admiral's  voyages.  "M.illoo:" tnui she. ' "Surely thus <ihip  would have furled all her lowed canvas, and  reek-d her topsails if Hhe iound liorBelf on a  lee ihora witli tt.o wind on her quarter."  "Of course die would. Tho artist -v.-ts  never past Gravecend, I swear. It'f the  'Penelope,' as ".hi win on tho I tth of June,  18">7, in the throat ot the .Strait������ of Bunca,  with tlie ["'and of Banco, on the aiarhoard  how anil Surn.vtr.i on the port. Ho painted  it- from description, but, of cour&o, i" you  veiy ("in^iblj. say, .ill wai snug below and  nho carried Rtorm-iaila mmI double- tvt-.Uvi  iopsiMh, for it was blowing a oyclone from  the -loti'oas', I compliment you, ma'am,1 I  do irtdi'i-'d !"  "';h,l nave don') a little caiionng rr,y������oif  ���������on much i������p a woman cmn aapirn to, you  know. This ii trie B\y of Fuuchal. What  a iovcly frujite !"  "Lovely/you M.iy ! Ah, jhe was lovely!  Th������t i" the 'Andromeda.' I was ft mate  aboard of her���������lub-lioutcnnnt thoy call it  now, though f like the old name best."  "Witat * lovely rafco her masts havn,  nnd wii.it ai, cfurvo to her hows 1 Sho mum  lime been a clipper."  Tho old -niloi rubbed his handH and hi*  ey������'H gli.-";:icd. Ida old ihip bordrr'-d close  upon hi'i wife and fion in Im a!tc-Rt,ionH.  '  "f know I-'iinohal," smd t-ho lady care-  IfM-dy. "A oouplp of years ago I had a  Hcven-ton ci.tter-riggcd yiirht, tho-"U������n-  -tln-i-.' and wo ran over to Madeira from  l'\ilmoiiMi."  "Vou, ma'am, in n Mcvon-tonner t  All governing overmuch kills tho xelfholp  and energy of tho governed. ��������� Wendell  Phillip*.  DEADLY SNAKE BITES.  WE ARE LUCKY TO LIVE IN A COLD  ,   CLIMATE.  How These PcslH llctider Life Iu Indian  Constant Anxiety for ������he Peor���������.IJorinl-  l(y From Sziulrc-l������ltc���������Some Uciiiecllos  Reins Tried.  In our cold northern climate venomous  nakes trouble us little ; but as wo move  eastward and approach, the region where  our race was cradled, the serpent, (perhaps  from some unpleasant local recollections)  begins to assert himself ; and in India the  curse is one the extent of which it> is difficult to realize. There is literally no seour*  ity from them ; they will coil up in your  cooking pans or under your pillow ; they  will stretch out on the top of your door  and drop on your head. In faot, Indian  enakes are guilty of all the evil deeds which  a Budyard Kipling ,or a Con an Doyle may  ascribe' to them, and the best that can 'be  said in mitigation is that they rarely seem  to bite Europeans.  Of the poisonous kindB there aro some  twenty genera, admirable piotures of which  may be 'found in -Sir Joseph Fayror'8  "Thanatophidia of India." Of these the  moBt infamous is, of ,course, tho cobra  (Naja tripudianB), of which there are many  varieties.       '     ' 'i'    .  AWK-INSPIRIKO..  "Few objecta," aaya the authority just  referred to, "are moro calculated to inspire  awe than a large cobra, when* with his hood  erect, hissing loudly and his eyos glaring,  He prepares to strike. Nevertheloas, they  aro not, I believe, aggreaaive, and unless  interfered with-'or irritated, thoy, crawl  along the ground with the neck' undilated,  looking not unlike innocent snakes."   ���������  Th'e reputation of being the most aggressive of all Indian snakes is enjoyed by  the Ophiophagus elaps ; but more dangerous, perhaps, are the Daboia ' Russellii, or  Russet's viper, and the Echis carianta (the  native phursa), whose bite causes death aa  certainly, if not .quite us quickly, aa' that  of the cobra.' : For the horror of the thing  is that death���������at'all "events to, the native  ���������is almost certain. It is a sad and r.o-  markablo fact that in dealing with a bile  from one of theBe snakes civilization appears to be nearly as powerless as barbarism. ' Tho district <it officers frequently  complain that the natives, when 'bitt6n,  content themselves'with singing mantras  or charms, instead of applying-to" the  dootor. But what can the doctor do for  them ? He can excise tho part bitten, lie  can amputato the limb ; .but if the poison  has once got luto.tho venous syotem, unless  the bite was not deep or surgical aid was  immediately at hand, no human power can  save tho victim.  TKRRIBLE  MORTALITY.  In 1892, out of every 11,630 people in  India; one died of snake-bite ; in 1S93, one  out of 10,424. One of the first attempted  remedies was the offering of rewurdB^for  the destruction of snakes, colored plates of  tho venomous kinds being circulated-(at  Sir J. Fayrer'a suggestion) in order to enable the natives to identify them ; and  rewards were actually paid in 1892 for  8t,7S9, and in 1S03 for 117,120 ;, but this  increase has been accompanied by no  decrease in the death rate. And the systom  undoubtedly opened the door to many  abuses. It is suspected that snakes were  bred for this express, purpose,,of being  destroyed. And it ia certain that many a  dishonest penny was turned by killing them  in June, July and August, that is, soon  after breeding time, when they were immature, and therefore less dangerous.  Another remedy which is still being tried  is the removal of all jungle and undergrowth (and especially prickly-pear) from  tho immediate neighborhood of villages. If  this has had no visible effect in diminishing  mortality from unuke-bite, it has, at least,  not been without good sanitary results.  But, of course, snakes do not live in jungle  and on prickly-pear alone.  ROOTS FOR PROTECTION.  In Bombay it is generally believed that  moat caseB of snake-bite occur iu tho fiolds;  ao, too; in Burmah, .where ploughman and  reapers in many districts now take tho  precaution , of wearing leather boots. In  Hyderabad, again, experience ahows that  it is during the irrigation of the. fields at  night most bites are received.        , "  On the other hand, in one district in the  Central Provinces it was found that out of  thirty-nine people who died of 'snake-bite  twenty-eight were bitten iu the house.  Indeed, it has been asserted that the  destruction of undergrowth tends to drive  tbe snakes into tho houses. This may very  well be, and the house of,, tho ordinary  Indian peasant forms an admirable ambush  for them.  Of a district in Bengal, it has boen said  that "every house ia tunnelled with underground passages leading to rat-holea, the  vermin being attracted in the dry woathor  by the. stores of grain left lying everywhere  about in heaps or otherwise, and in the'  rainB by tho frogs which seek shelter  indoors.  "Tlio snakes enter the houses iu search  of the rats and frogs, and are ablo to elude  observation by the untidiness and confusion  in which all articles of furniture and  cooking pots and pins are kept lying about.  Tho peoplo, again, do not sleep on  platforms or bedsteads raised a foot or  two from the ground, but on the ground  ilnclf, RatB run over them while asleep ;  tho snake pursuos ; tho slighest movement  on the part of tho sleeper cnus.es the reptile  to strike. Ruts and xnakes aro nocturnal  in their habits, human beings aro not ; and  thereforo il is that, thero is scarcely an  instance'of snake-bito reported uiiIcrb it is  one that has boon in Dieted on a Bleeping  peroon in the night."    ��������� , q  No tu pleauant picture, but, unfortunately,  only too true to life.  Liquidation.  Korlhside'aH he and SpillinB movo toward  the bar)--Tl.ore's Birmingham yonder. I  owe him $10 whioh 1 can't pay, so I'll have  to tie.'/, hurt to take a drink Willi us,  .Spifliim���������In other words, us you can't  satmfy Ins claim you'll liquidate it.  Obeying tho Doctor.  Family I'tiyrfiomii���������See hero 1 I ordered  an iniirieditiKi ind complete cess'ition of all  rne-iiinl labor, <uid hero J find you writing.  Literary M-m���������It's nothing���������nothing'at  all; only imocifty r.oi-ijl.  fComoinbt/ you havf not a. umow whoBe  law of ftl.rength is not notion ; not a faculty  of body, mind, or noul, whose law of improvement ia not energy.���������E. B. Hall.  LONDON'S MANY CRIMES.  CoomTJC"T Murder IXcilon Judicial Bc-  urarcli���������Excretive Ural Illumed For  ICcceot ISI;; Criminal Hn-ord.,  A despatch from Loudon,, Eug., says .-���������  The recent murder of Mrs.Coombea by her  thirteen-year-old son Robert, has caused a  seneation in European judicial circles. The  Nancy School of CriminalogiBts have taken  up the case and propose to 6end experts to  attend the trial of the boy. l".r. Bourne-  ville, head of the juvenile department of  the B'cetre Asylum, declares that the crime  must 'have been due to atavistic impulse.  The boy is likely, however, to baffle every  theory of criminology.  The defence of the thirteen-year-old boy,  Coombes, will be that he is a suderer from  an abnormal brain condition. His cranium  ia,misshaped, and hia physique is unusually  developed. He has a history of extruordin  ary depravity. Yeara ago ho obtained  money by forgingstalements that his mother  was'lll. lie did not betray a trace of  emotion while in the dock. He is keen,  clevor and resolute and has been a liar and  thief from an early age. His home surroundings were blameless, but he ia a born monster.  AKOTIIIill HXCUSi: I0R MURDER.  The counsel who defended Robert Hudson, who was sentenced on Tuesday lust lo  be hanged''for the murder of his wife and  child, of Helmsley Moor, Yorkshire,pleaded  incipient epilepsy, and quoted the theories  advanced by Professor Lotnbrose.' Tho  .Judgo treated the plea with contempt.  There will be a great array of scientists as  witnesses in the trial of Coombes.  The heat that prevailed last month is associated with tho murder and suicide epidemic  in Loudon. The average of London Buicidcs  ia'twenty weekly, but this month ten have  occurred in a smglo day. Iu five cases the  pereons killing themselves wore under  eichteen year's of age. At present thero is  not a hospital in the city that docs not  contain a patient who- has unsuccessfully  tried to commit suicide. -    . .  VICTIM   OF   CIGARETTES.  A New York ICroker Becomes Insane From  Kxc.exslve Smoliln^.  - Ferdinand H. Birmingham,of New York,  a stock broker and banker, has become  insane within a week, and has been placed  in a private asylum at Whitestouo, L. I.  Karly in the' year, eccentricities in hia  movements attracted sonio attention, but  it was only rocently that .his delusions  became marked. ' Ho -began to shower  favors upon Police Capt. Buckholtz and  Serg. Zimmerman, of the Flatbiish station,  and scarcely a day passed that ho dirt noL  send them flowers and other presents. A  few weeks ago he surprised Serg. Zimmerman with the announcement that some  mysterious man was trying' to break  up his home .and destroy his domestic,  peace, and requested' him to watch for  him. Inquiry showed that thero was  not tho Blighteat foundation for Mr. Birmingham's suspicions, and that there waa  not the shadow, of trouble at his home.  Othar delusions soon showed themselves,  one being that he was the owner of untold  wealth. "He said ho had money by tho  barrelful. Finally, by., the advice of Dr.  Duryea, the family physician, Mr. Birmingham was sent to the Wnitestoneinstitution.  It is believed by his friends, although the  doctors will not admit it, that Mr. Birmingham's mind became unbalanced through  excessive cigarette smoking. One of hia  most intimate friends said :���������" Thero is  not tho slightest doubt in my mind that  ho went mad from cigarctto smoking. lie  had been smoking cigarettea over since ho  was a little boy. I suppose he smoked  forty or fifty of them every dav.l His  domestic relations were happy,' he was  prosperous in his business, and ho was not  a drinking man. He was not a strong man,  and was exceedingly nervoue. He told me  himselft hat hia nervousness was duo to  cigarette smoking."- Mr. Uirmingham is  thirty-five years old, and of slender build;  Ho was alwayB regarded as a shrowd financier.        ' >  From' Kitchen to Parlor.  That tho way to a man's heart is through  his gastronomic,propensities is a theory  that has long been accepted, but its truth  has seldom been exemplified eo clearly as  n the marriago of Millionaire John D.  Bfrtes.of Boston, to Mary Larkin, his cook.  Aristocratic Boston stood aghast' whon it  heard that the records of the rogistrar of  marriages and bit thu in tho old courthouse-  showed the following entry :  John D. Bates, aged' GO, no business.  Mary Larkin, aged 31, no business; married  June IS. "  Mary Larkin is an Irish girl, though  born in England. It was from tho sunny  valca of England that she came to America  to seek employment as-a cook and Mr.  Bates being in need of a female chef about  that time employed her. That her culinary  abilities were all that he at least deaired.is  proved in that her- reign ipread from the  kitchen to the parlors and over the heart  of the millionaire employer. Mrs. Bates  ia described as a woman with a trim figure,  a wealth of beautiful dark hair that curls  iiewitchincly aboutherhigh white forehead,  brown eyes that seem always laughing, a  clear complexion and roBy cheeks that Bhe  brought, from Kngland and tho climate of  America has not marred.  Nervous.  Undo Trcetop���������" Wo must put in a day  en the river ; tho fieh are biting now."  Jess (a niece from the city)���������" Is their  bite poisonouB '!"  Young Man (in periodical store���������" I  want a Fireside Companion." Lady Clerk  archly)���������" How would I do?"  DEIMSTOIAKEATflflK  CAN BE MADE WITH ICE, SUGAR,  ', WATER, AND A FLAVOR,  , '  Every  Girl Should   tenrn   Tills   Imwhi-'  IEow    to    llakc     1'laiii    Lc m untitle-���������  "Horse's  Mrck" and   Itaiplierry   Vine  Ksr���������Important Uintx  for All Hotpit  able IIoiLM'wive*.  In. many a household during those hot  summer evenings the guest of an hour aits  in a dimly lit parlor or on a rug-covered  stoop, mayhap a balcony, and even though  the girl beside him is his very beat feels a  queer dryness,of the throat and a yearning  for a liquid that is cool. If, a few Beooudi'  before tlie clock strikeB 10,there is a gentle  tinkle through the hallway, the sound that  t be ice makes when it swishes .through  water and .knocks against glasa or ohina,  then his evening is a complete auccess.  Every modern girl, therefore, should  learn this lesson,and koop pinned up in her  knowledge box a list of liquid preparations  that'can be speedily and effectively made  to rogalc tho palate of the visitor. Nor  will tho young matron or^the mother'of a  largo and growing family find this cautioir  and audi a list malapropos. , A hot evening  needs tho sound of clinking ice.  . What a woman can do with a pitchor of  iceTwater, or rather with a bowl of oi-acked  ice, is legion. Until the trial is - mado it  would seem that thocombinations aro few.  There is lemonade, the amateur says, and  lemonade. In reality thore, are at least  twenty different preparations which demand little' time, little trouble and little'  expense in their concoction. ,  , There is no prettior hospitality, than to  always have cool glaasfuls of some daintily  flavored liquid, to be replenished from a  great pitcher1 near by, and a plateful of  some dainty aweet cake. The housewife  should look far euouch ahead to soe that  the icebox is well filled. Fresh and juioy  oranges and lemons should be somewhere  within the cupboards. Nor will a bottle  of fruit syrup, of any flavor proferred, be .  found out of the way. Bottles of soda and  ginger ale should always be among,the  necessary supplies, and at least two'or  throe'of each should be upon tho.ico long  before nightfall. And th'oro should bo  tho cako in the box.    ,' <  .Lemonade, perhaps, is the moat felicitoiu '  thing' to begin on.    Lemonade ia generally,  either too sweet or too weak.' - '  ;   A two-quart pitcher full will satisfy, six  to   eight vory   thirsty persons.'   For this  quantity (ivo  lemons,' three-quarters of a  pound of sugar, and a quart of wator are  needed.    The sugar should bo granulated.  Squeeze the  lemon? into ft bowl ly ' moans   '  of o, squee7.il' ; udd  tbe sugar, and stir tho   t  mixture.'��������� Then add the water.    Tho mixture   ahould'then   be - strained   over tho  cracked   ico   in   the   pitcher.      To,   cool  properly,   the   pitcher ahoi.ld   have   boen -  about a third lillod with  this cracked   ice, '.  and the wiBC will lot the completed beverage.,  stand a good fifteen minutes. s      ,    ���������-,   .  "Horse's neck" is 'not au attractive  nanr.o and from a point of art the beverage*  not protty, but it is extraordinarily'palatable. Use tall, thin glasses instead of a  pitcher. "Horse's neck" consists "of lemon  peel and ginger ale, theory being that the  ginger ale draws out the .bitterness in tho  lemon peel. A lemon ia carefully peeled  so 'that it oomea off in one continuous spiral,  and the peel ia then wound up and down  the inner sides of the empty glass, from  lop to bottom. The glass iB, then filled  with craoked ice, the ginger ale poured in  and allowed to stand for several,minutes.  Straws should invariably be used in serving  thiB drink.  Ginger ale alone isoxoeedingly palatable,  but keep tho bottles on tho ice sovoral  hours. The glasses should bo halt filled  with cracked ice.  Orangeade is made with three lemons  and two orangos (this being the rule for a  two-quart pitcher full), every particle of  the oranges being used, rind and all. In  fact, the rind ia a very important factor in  orangeade's succesa. Sugar to suit the  taste and drop iu a few whole cloves.  Raspberry vinegar iB decidedly fin old-  timer aB a drink and one that has very  much to recommend it. Itisan old farmhouse delicacy, and for years in rural districts has beeu tbe great "company drink,"  being brought out at an afternoon call, a  tea-drinking, a wedding or a funeral. Sev-  toral days arenceded to get it to, its full  meed ot glory. Bed raspberries on y must  boused. Take two quarts of these,'and '  adding to thorn one quart of good vinegar  let tho mixturestand for twenty-four hours.  Then strain through a flannel bag and pour  thu juice over two more quarts of berriep.  Again let tho mixture stand twenty-tour  hours, then strain once more and stir in cut  sugar, three-quartera of a pound to every  pint, of juice. After carefully ' stirnug  place in a stone jar that ib covered. The  jar should be set immediately in a kettle  of water and let boil until the sugar is dissolved. Then bottlcfor u e, before ltgots  cool, cork nnd seal and set in a cool place,  preferably a cellar. Th:a beverage should  be mixed with water according to the tastes  of tho people who are to drink it and poured over ice.       ' ;   . -  Blackberry jelly dissolved in water is in  many ways by ia"r the best of hot evening  drinks. For each glaH-ful served a good,  generous tablft'-poonful oi jelly should be  used, and it will be greatly improved if  just a dash of lemon juice is added. Cocoa-'  nut cake inakps a very good side dish for  it. Tamarinds dissolved in water aie a  decidedly palatable variation o: this, and  wat'eis should be eaten with them. The  fruit ahould be put'iuto tho wator whole .  and thoroughly stirred. Let tbe beverage  stand five- minutes.  Tho French have a drink thai is very  similar to the last two, and goes by the  name of "ensais." It ia drunk without  any other flavoring and is usually mixed  with   water.    '  Lime juice should not bo torgotten. Ac-  cordiu.-' to the taste ot many people, it is a  drink fit for tho gods, especially when it is  accompanied by sponge cake. Some paoplo  piefer to take limes l hcmselves and .-quee/.e  them as if they were lemon-. A very  excellent lime juice, however, may be  bought in the nhopi in  pomed  over cracked ice  taste. '  Many.coucoctiona of roots, such a* dau-  dohoii and sassafras, aro known to old  housekeepers, but the knowledge of these  must bo taught personally, and can h.inily  be adequately told in print. Iced tea is  too   well known to  be_ described, though  i many are the crimes   of cookery  j committed in its name.  bottles.    It   ia  and   iii luted to  that AGRICULTURAL,  A Portable Fence. ���������  It is often more economical to pasture off  ������ piece of rich fodder than to cut it and  wheel it away to the sheep, or other stock.  The lack of a fence often prevents this. A  partable fence can be made after the suggestions given in ihe sketch. A few panels  of this will inclose sufficient feed for a day's  dropping, and can be shifted to new ground  SOMETHING NEW IN FEN CINQ.  the next day. If sheep are to be thus  folded, an extra board will be needed in  each panel. These panels may be 12 or 14  feet' in length, well braced to keep the  fonce firm aa to lengthwise motion. The  croBspicce at the bottom of the upright  should be long enough to keep the fence  firm the other way. The construction is  plainly shown in the.illustration.  ��������� Reasons for Rotation of Crops.  There are many scientific considerations  whioh   favor a rotation of crops, but the  ,   writer will'present only such reaaons  aa  are apparent to practical   farmers,   a8 the  ,  result 01 trial. " The following are among  '    . the more important considerations in favor  of orop rotation:    ' .   '  1. .Rotation is better for the soil.r It ia  proved by common experience and careful  experiment that rotation of crops ia good  for thgjspil. We may not understand' fully  the reasons therefor, but the fact itself has  been demonstrated again and again. There-  are at least two important reasons rwhy  ,? the soil will bear rotative ciopping better  than the strain of successive cropping, viz.:  One plant or crop succeeds another .better  than itself; Annotation of crops reduces  the losses of plane food from the soil by  washing or leaching.  2.- Rotation   is   better,, for'tthe   crops.  Crops  grown in rotation   are   freer from  fungus diseases, insect ravages, and weeda,  and therefore produce a greater yield and  an   improved   quality of  product.    It   is  * well-known that the same crop,  grown, in  succession, invites   the depredations of a  certain class'ot   insects, and   also   that'a  change of crop tends to outwit,   evade or'  destroy these little pests of our fields:    It  . is much the same with reference to fungus  diseases.'   While the crops grown in rotation are not free from their attacks,  they  are, owing to their great vigor, better able  -   to withstand tile attacks of fungus diseases.  That   a 'rotation of crops of itself tends to  hold weeds in   check is a   fact   too   well  known   10    receive    more ' than    passing  mention.  "f     'A.  Rotation   involves less risk    of   loss  1    from bad seasons and low markets.  ,   1 The farmer who grows a half-dozen crops  in rotation will seldom,find more than ono  or two of these crops seriously damaged by  - jin adverse season,and he wiU.be' less affected by the low prices that may   prevail for  any given crop. The farmers of tho North-  West who have devoted their farms largely  to wheat-growing are   painfully aware   of  the risk involved thereby through untimely  frosts and protracted  droughts.    Farmers  who   have grown corn  almost exclusively  have   learned by the frequently recurring  severe  mid-summer droughts the   unwish-  uom of continuous corn   culture.    On   the  other hand, in those sect'ons of the country  where a rotation of  crops is followed   and  diversified agriculture   is   the   rule, while  losses are sustained,they are not so frequent  or so great.  4 Rotation of crops provides better for  the live stock. The farmer who follows a  four, five or six course rotation will have a i  greater variety aud a greater abundance of  food for his live stock. It is impossible  with bijt two or three crops on the farm  to provide adequately for the necessities of  live stock. It is understood by all successful farmers that live stock, to be profitable,  must not only be of improved quality, but  well fed and cared for. The having of an  abundance and variety of food which a  rotation ot crops will provide" is a matter  of great importauce, as it. is essential to  the highest success. _ . -  5. Rotation'enhances the profits of farming.  While much can truly be said as to the  independence,healthfulne88,aud ittractive-  ness of'farm life it is nevertheless .true that  farming must succeed as a business. ThiB  means that there must be profit. Rotation  of crops is a potent-factor to this end7  The w.riter is therefore certain that those  farmers who pursue rotation' well adapted  to their respective soila will secure even  better results.'1 '  to stable the cow3 in the middle of the day,  if good testimony is to be relied upon. If  the cow ia to be fresh in .September'or  October she should be kept in good heart  by some kind of grain, with a generous  percentage of albuminous matter in it to  sustain her arid develop the milking function. Years ago it was. thought the thins  to starve the fall milker, now the danger  is from the opposite direction, overfeeding.  Keep this summer dry cow in thrift, not  fatten ner, and she will pay it all back in  extra milk. The summer milker may not  eeem to need extra food, but some-grain  will be profitable. One profit is to hire  her to come home at night and avoid tho  expense of'keeping a dog to worry her and  kill sheep the rest of the time, and when  tlie pastures fail this cow will not shrink  like the grass-fed cow'.' Along these lines  there is no end of things to learn, and, to  advantage,'and the chief of these are plenty  and a variety of food, good and abundant  water, both at yard and paRture, quiet and  comfortable ^'quarters and regularity of  attention.  "if  fhe HoriE.  ���������   MAN AS A MACHINE.  The Work Uc Does ICcrkoucil In" .WiM-linni  cul Term*.  " If'the  human heart   be   considered us a  pump it can bo   Bhown   that it' does  121  oot-tons of work in 24 hours ;  the   work  apent by the muscles in breathing amounts  to about 21 foot-tons in 21 hours..   If these  figures, which are given in a contemporary,  are correct,a few interesting, though other  wise  useless, deductions from   them  may  be, made.    The   power   of operating   the  heart is'then equivalent to 3.S9 watts, land  thjit of the lungs to 0.16, making a total of  4.o5 watts.    This amount of power would  develop a light of about two candles in an  incandescent lamp ; a   man, is,   therefore,  continually,'day und night doing an amount  of work necessary to keep him  alive at a  rato equal to  that in a,two-candle power  incandescent electric lamp.    If the luminous efficiency (or better, inelficiency,)cf the  incandescent   lamp is   5 .per   cent.,   this  amount of power,' if converted   into  cold  light,   would represent 4_0 candles, which  make every man, wise or otherwise,  A SHINING TjIGIIT,    .  and would supply all the .light neceseary  for him to live without artificial lighting;  or iu other words, if he had some orgau  similar to that of the fire fly, he oould, by  exerting the .same power as it takes to  operate his heard and lungs, surround himself with a flood of light. As man power  is usually rated at about one eighth-horse  power, which ia equal to 93.3 watts, his  efficiency, when>" fully loaded," considering only tho internal losses, would, therefore, be about 95 per cent, which is remarkably high, especially whon we consider  that ho is supposed to have been designed  many'thousand years ago, and to have been  degenerating over���������eiuce.T^But, this does  not take into account that both heart' aud  lungsi will work much harder when he is  performing external work ; the good result  is, therefore, only apparent,'aud not real.  Nevertheless, some men are most efficient  when doing treadmill work. ' As wo do not  know the foot-pound equivalent to the  food which ho eats, nor the amount, it is  not possible to carry these useless figures  any further. It iB of interest, however.to  note in this connection that Prof. Thurston  considers man a very efficient machine,  by'which we suppose, he means as a converter of tho energy of food" into mechanical power. ,-',,''v        "  Facts for Prudent Housewives.  That one cup of yea3i is equal to one compressed yeast-cake.  That ver3'.*not water is now, preferred to  cold to stop bieeding.  That sixteen tablespoonfuls of liquid are  equal to one cupful.  Tnat a choice orange, both peel. and  pulp, sliced covered with fragrant hot tea,  make3 a beverage fit for tbe gods.  That a too-rapid boiling,ruins the flavor  of any sauce ; it must boil once but should  never do more than simmer afterwards.1  That a loaf of stale bread can be made  quite fresh by being dipped quickly into  hot miik, and then baked until .dry iu a  quick oven.    ��������� , '  That to preserve the fresh green color of  vegetables like peas and beans the lid should  never be .put on the pot while they are  boiling.  That sawdust and a chamois aa polishers,  after tho cut glass has been'thoroughly  washed in soap-suds, will make it glisten and  sparkle. '  That rubbing silver or plated eg^-spoons  with a little liquid ammonia 'and silt will  remove tho discoloration caused by the  sulphur in the egg.  That mould can be kept from tho top of  preserves by putting a few drops of giy-  'cerine around the edges of the jar berore  screwing on the cover.   ,  That a paste made of powdered ipecacuanha and water will quickly remty; the  pain coused by the sting of a wasp or bee;  it should be applied at once. '  That cabbage should never be boiled with  corned beef. It renders both unwholesome.  They should be 'boiled apart ������nd then  served together if desired.1  That a common cause of failure in making fancy bread and rolls ia , mixing the  dough too stiff : it should be soft enough  to be easily" worked, .without being in the  least sticky.  , That natural wool, Bilk or merino underclothing is more easily and thoroughly  cleaned if a ' teaspoonful'of ammonia is  added to the tepid soapy water iu which  it is washed. '- " '  /That to make children's coitori frocks  and pinafores fireproof, a good lump of  alum should be dissolved in the soap lather  in which they are waah'ed, and also in each  of   the rinsing waters.        '  That u tough or freehly killed fowl may  be made tender by being' wrapped in a  cloth and buriej in a deep hole in the  garden for some hours ; it ia beat to leave  it there all night if posaiblc.  That to drive'away flie8 brush' over the  'windows every morning with a little oil ot  sassafras; and provide a way of escape for  the Hies, who dislike sassafras and will not  settle on or even near it.    ' -���������'  be steamed unless it can be boiled in milk  or stock, for if boiled in water it loses  valuable compounds during the process of  cooking.        " *  Th.il in bottling or- preserving fruit  everything depends on the weather at the  time the fruit is gathered. The weather  should not only be bright and fine at the  time the_ fruit is gathered, but ahould have  been so for at least twenty-four hours before. With vegetables the same thing may  be said. The bottle3 the fruit is put into  must, of course, be quite clean aud perfectly dry. e  That'the secret of making sponge cake  is not to beat the air all out of the eggs  after it is,once beaten in. Boat the yolks  to a mass of bubbles and the white to a-  stiff paste, then cut them into each other  with a few crosswise strokes of a fork, and  cut the ecrqs into the cake mixture in the  same fashion. Do not beat tho cake after  the eggs are  added.  CAUSE GT LOW fATEE.  WHAT   PROF.  SAY ON  WIGGINS   HAS  THE SUBJECT.    '  TO  That to remove iron-mould stains from  linen, a little oxalic acid should be dissolved iu water and thestained part dipped  in thesohuiou, when tne  iron-mould will  to the  .. _ - y be kept in a  bottle for any leugsh~of time, hut ii should  be distinctly labelled nnd kept out of the  way of children, as it is a strong poison.  be found to disappear without injury t(  fabric.    The   mixtuje may   be  kept  WILL RIDE OVER NIAGARA.     \  A Michigan Aeronaut Arrniislux (o Make  the I'crilous .Joiirnoy.  Jackson, Mich., haa a resident who is  devoting time and money to further, a  scheme to auceeasfully go over Niagara  Falls and survive the attempt. It' ia now  seven yeara since an experiment of the kind  has been tried. In August, 1SS9, Charlea  D. Graham is alleged to have traversed the  turbulant falls in a large cask, but at the  ime thore were those who disputed the  rip being made, and regarded it as a cheap  bid for notoriety by a man who had neither  the  requisite  nerve nor  the faith in his  .That if a fruit jar,cover will not readily  come off, it should be inverted and the top  put in hot water for a miuuto or'two. You  will be surprised'to find how eaaily the  cover yiolcta to a very alight effort..   ,  That if well-fitted shoes are worn when  doing work about the house the feet will  be le=s tired than when'one wears the loose  slippers which are usually supposed to be  restful, but are really very wearisome.  That the difference between fncasse0  aud a1 rechauffee is that the former is  invariably made from fresh meat'(which io  served in rich, thick gravy), and the latter  is, as its name implies, cold meat re-  warmed.'  ', '*''        "  That it is 'only rich ' cakea that require  the tinscin which they are baked to be  lined with buttered paper. Be careful not  only to butter the paper to prevent itfrom  adhering to the cake, but also.to biiuter  the tin to prevent the paper from Bticking  to it.  That after taking any poison a glass of  cold water with a heaping teaspoonful of  common salt and ODe of ground mustard stirred in should be instantly swol-  lowed.. This is a speedy emetic. When  it haa acted swallow the whitea of two raw  egga.  That a simple way of bottling fruit is to  fili the bottles as full as they will hold  with fruit, taking great care that it is,not  bruised, and pour as much   boiling water  "SOMEWHAT CURIOUS.  There are five "tasters" in the sultan's  kitchen at Constantinople. , They taste  every dish before it is placed before the  royal master.  In France, if a structural effect in a bicycle causes an injury to the person using  it the manufacturer is legally accountable  for damages.  It is said that mothB will uot attack  green fabrics. Arsenic, is used in dyeing  green,'and the mothB are wise enough to  Ehun that deadly 'drug.  , One of the most striking of the'experiments in a recent lecture before the Royal  Institute oi'Great Britain showed a frozen  Boap bubble floating on liquid air.  Japanese postmen whose routes carry  them into the country use bicycles. Their  'wheels are made by local manufacturer!',  who have appropriated improvements from  both British and Japanese manufacturers.,  A prize of 52 worth of ice cream tickets  for the first woman who will ride a bicycle,  in bloomer ooatume, around the public  square iu the evening is offered by the  Times, of Clay Center, Ke. <\   '  , With a population of'about thirty millions, England gets along with thirty-two  judges of the first class, while Indiana,  with a population of about four millions,  haa 178 judges altogether. ' e  ,The widow's cap is as(iold as the days of  Julius Caesar. An edict of'Tiberius commanded all widows to wear the cap under  penalty ot a-heavy fine and imprisonment.  Cambric was first introduced into England (luring the reign of Queen Elizabeth  The,first piece imported was presented - to  the Virgin Queen, to make a ruff for her  neck.   '   ' ,'  ,        '   s,   '      '    .  , A man in one of the Maine citioa,' who  admired the,dandelion blossom for a bou-  touniere, has made the discovery, much to  his sorrow, that the pollen of that blossom  gave him an aggravated case of hay fever.  .AduckinEastBluehill, Me., was struck  by lightning last week and lost one eye  aud a part of its head, but is now seemingly quite recovered from the stroke and goes  uround.with a wary look in its weather  eye.  The ttreat River* nnd Waier ICntlim ar������  Iteitig Constantly Reduced ���������ifarliorn  arc Everywhere, <'roiriti������ Miallowor���������  The Sea*nre Itrtroatiiiir I'roni llie 1,,-ind  ���������The'Cause Is the I'e<-i-c:ne In the  It.-Uiirnll. ' ,  Tho   interest   and   possibly   alarm   the  steadily decreasing water level in the great  lakes has aroused,   and the  severe drouht  that has recently been experienced in western Canada have not escaped the   notice of  Prof. K, Stone Wiggins of Ottawa who for  several years has been giving this   question  much   study.      When   asked   to-day   hia  opinion aa to tho perceptible falling   off in  the water of our'great inkea and(frivers, ho  said:���������There is abundant evidence that tho  great rivers and water basins on the continents are being constantly reduced.    Geologists assure us there was'a time   when the  Caspian Sea was a plirt   of  ,tlie Black   Sea  and when   the -Mediterranean covered tho  Sahara.    The banks of all the great   rivers  of tho world bIiow that they , once formed  their bed when these rivers swept far inland  Year after year the   rivers of  Russia aie  reported as growing Bmaller.    The Vorskla  150 miles long, once'an important tributary  of the Dneiper,   often compared, with the  Hudson, has   completely , dried   up.    The  rivers of the'United States and Canada are  visibly smaller   than they, were 25   yeara  ago. This is remarkably true of the Hudson  above   Albany   Lake,   the outlet of   Lake  Champlain, which was   once navigable by  canoes.    The' upper part of the Hudson is  almost dry in many  places during summer.  Harbors are everywhere growing shallower'.'  The harbor of Toronto haa "grown  shallow,  though' dredged   out so   that   the bottom  rock haa been reached, while all the dredging which cp.u  be done to the Harbor of  New York will not permanently deepen it.  "���������     ' THE SEAS  THEMSELVES  SUMMEK SMILES.'  Mack���������"My wife made me a pwsent of  a S.iO bill yesterday." Wyld ���������" You're la  luck." Mack���������" I don't think so, , I have  to pay it."  ' Winks (who keeps house)���������" We had an  old-fashioned potpie for dinner, to-day."  Minks (who board-)���������'- We bad An old-  fashioned chicken."  Boy���������'* I want to buy some - papei."  Dealer���������" What kind of paper ':" " I guesa  you better give me fly-paper. I want to  make a kite."  "Villain I", she   hissed.      "Deep-dyed  villain !"    The tattooed man   looked hurt.  " Indeed, ma'am," said   he,  " I hasten to ,  assure you that it is only skin deep."  Ellis���������"Mins Ballad has a remarkably  aweet voice." Warburton���������" She ought  to have j i: has cost me about sixty pounds  of chocolates in tho last six weeks."  Boltob���������"What is the difference between  hen  The latest English religious novelty is a  smoking service. The following invitation  has been widely circulated in Whitechapel:  "If you want a smoke free come next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock to Christ church  hall. A free cup' of tea if you liko.  Tobacco gratis."  In the cities of Japan there is a large  class of women who make their living by  furnishing amupement to ennuied patrons.  They aro well educated, can conveise,  recite poetry, tell stories, sing songs, play  the guitar and dance for the entertainment  of those who send for them. ' '<  Two male bicydists.dressed in knickerbockers arriving in the course of a tour at  into the bottles as they will hold, and at' a summer hotel at Spirit Lake, la., the  once cork them up tightly arid cover with ,' 0,1*?r day were not allowed to .enter ^the  bladder. ���������   -      ., i dming room, on   the   ground   that  their  r������r  Where Do You Milk ?  This very pertiuent inquiry ia made by  the Practical Farmer. In many iustauces  the cows aro milked in the open yard in  the summer, and in fly time the movement  of the cows reminds ono of an animal  show, and that milking is often attended  with damage is not to be gainsaid. Cows,  to make tho most of their opportunities,  need to be milked in quiet, and a larger  That .dinner party candle-shades vfor  summer should be ot paie ��������� tints and that  the new pinks and yellows shown ure particularly attractive ; then for special occasions, and with a Buituble decoration  cleverly carried out, -white silk produces a  most delightful and refreshing effect.  That peanut sandwiches are an excellent  atiire wbb ' improper. It ia not atated  whether the' table legs in tho room were  decorously draped.,       ( ,,  An Epidemic of Suicide ���������  All Europe, especially Paris aud London,  ���������aju;   -.   .1 j    u- ���������     .,���������������������������"��������� --* '" Buffe.ri������g  from  an epidemic 'of auicide  addition to the good thincs  111  the picnic ' *i.- 1  ��������� .   '   ,,        . '  hamper. To make them, remove theK'' ^V" RreateC than that ������f tW0 yettrs aS������,  and red skinB from freshly roasted peanutB. I aud therefore quite unprecedented. , Ten  Chop   them very fine,   mix   with  a little , or moro per day ia a low average in each  spread   them   city   at   present.    There   ib   considerable  arc retreating from   the land ; towns  once  on  the   shores of  the   Adriatic   are now  eighteen miles   inland.    The   oyster   was  once abundant in the Baltic, but is now no  longer an inhabitant of that'sea, it having  grown   so   small ' that   it is   peVceptibly  freshened by the   rivers   flowing   into it.  The great  lakes   of   North   America  are  decreasing every year, and the time is near  at hand when  Niagara Falls   will cease to  be.    These lakes, were all  one  since"man  came upon the earth, when the Stateb east"  of the Mississippi were an island.   At that  time an  ocean .atretched   through North  America from'the mouth of the Mackenzie  R.iver to the  Gulf   of Mexico," when   the  latter waa part of   the  Pacific.     \Yc know  thia from the fact that there ia a large coral  reef in the "Ohio  River   near Cincinnati,  and   that huge' blocka   of   copper    were  transported from Lake Superior to Mexico  and   Peru,(   North. and    South   America  were  then  united 'by   way 1 of   the West  Indies.    Remains of the megalonyx, of the  taper, megantherium, mylodou, capybara,  all' South American  animals,   have  been  found in South .Carolina and Virginia, and  since   none  of their   remains   have, been  discovered in Mexico or any of the Central  American States tbe inference is plain that  the Southern, States were  then a part of  South America.,  What is  the cause  of  this constant decrease in the volume of our great lakes ?  One cause is that the rivers that drain  them are constantly wearing the earth  away and gaining a deeper bed. But the  chief cause in our day is the constant decrease in the rainfall on the southern half  of the continent. The great lake region  and the Provinces of Ontano and Quebec  receive the largest share of their ram fron  the great air current that runs from tho  Gulf of Moxico to the lake region and then  turns eastward down the valley of the St.  Lawrence. Till within the laat tv.eiity-  five years this was loadedwith vapor and  abundantly watered these Provinces.  There was not a week during- the spring  and summer that this current did not  carry us rain. Now Ontario is almost as  dry as the Sahara, aud threatens to  a specialist and an ordinary physician l1  Coltou���������" You'll kpow quick enough whe:  the specialist senda in his bill."  Wiggles���������"What'sthe matter with you,  old man ?" Waggles���������"Oh, several things."  Wiggles���������" Well, get engaged to one of  them, and thou let tho'rest alone." ,  " Some people," remarked tho cannibal  chief, as he passed his plate for a second  supply, "have a mUsiou in life, while others  only havo a missionary."  1 How to make the now dress : Take the  material for two skirts and make the  alcoves, then take the material for one  sleeve and make tho skirt.  Bragg���������"Oh, you can't get ahead-of  me." Synnex���������" 1 don't know as I care to  get a head of you if tho ono you exhibit is  a fair sample of your Btock in trade." '  Dukano���������" So young Timberwheel has  succumbed to Cupid and married ,the ugly  Mies Roxgalore.", Ganwell���������" You mean  he,has succumbed to cupidity."  ' Old lady (to inotorman-on trolley car)���������  "Ain't you afraid of the' electricity, Mr.  Motormun ?" Motormau���������" No, m������'am, I  ain't, got'no call to bo afraid, I ain't a  conductor." '  -  Father���������"What was your mother talking  about awhile ago?" Son���������"I don't know."  Father���������"Why, you sat and heard it all I"  Son���������" Yea, but sho was talking to' th'e,  baby." _.      B  Visitor���������"Life must bo very monotonous  '  to  you."    Convict��������� ','Yes,   sometimes.'  Visitor���������"When   does it seorn moafc  tire-  aome to you '!"    Convict���������" Just now for  instance."   v , ( '   ,  Clerk--" That gentleman you sold a  bottle of hair'dye to three weeks ago waa  here again to-day.'; Druggist���������" Waa hr  after another bottle?", "No, air. tie  wanted to know if wc kept wigs."1  Tho grocer's grown so very cute  That, meaiui'ing out some plums,  He tills the vessel with the fruit  And counts in both his thumbs.  Giiest (pushing thein away from him)���������  " I don't liko the way you cook eggs at  this "restaurant." Waiter���������", What's the  trouble, sir ?" Guest���������" You don't cook  them soon enough,"        ���������,    ,. ,  It s the summer fly that bustles,  Till within the spider's gates.  ' And the spidet never hustles,  ,     "    But he gets there while he waits;    '  "Well," said   the  camel'in1 the  circul  parade, "thero's some comfort for me aftei  all."    "What do you mean ?','    "My hump    ,  is pretty   bad,-but,it might be worse.    I  don't ride a bicycle."  He bobbed the fly ; he had a bite;  '   .  He brought the trout to port ;  .-   And as he weighed the fish lie aaid,  .  "By Jo\e ! this ia real sport."  Bellefield���������" 1 understand that Mrs.  Spiffiua claims to be a self-made woman."  Bioomfield���������" It, isn't   quite  true.      My    '  wife has seen her add the finishing touch   put on her complexion."  Hoax -" That horse of mine Bets a good  example that some men would do well to  follow." Joax���������" Why, the nag is no  good. -He interferes." Hoax���������" That's  just it. Ho interferes, but only with  himself.'  Irene���������" Isn't it  curious  how innocent  George Fereuson is ?    They say   he never *'  kissed   anybody   in' his life   and   doesn't  know bow to kiss."    Laura���������" There isn't  '  a word of truth" m it !    He   has���������that is,  he���������why, I should  tliiuk ho   would   know    '  BECOME  A   DESERT.  mayonnaue  dressing . and  between 'slices of bread.  THE DARTIIOLOJIEW SHIP.  contrivance to (tccomplish such a7 perilous  feat.,  Coryell Bartholomew, of Jackson, Mich.,  proposes to make tho trip, and he brings to  his assistance in doing it the experience of  a lifetime in aerostation.  The'contrivance in which Bartholomew  proposes lo ride over tho falls resembles a  huge dumb-bell in appearance. A hollow  shaft of thin stool 100 feet' long acta as an  reason, probably, for holding the depressing  weather partly responsible. - London has  been experiencing the moat melancholy and  unbearable of dog-days. Tho most romantic  suicide atory comes from Hrunn, where a  journeyman baker and his sweetheart  determined upon suioidc by drowning in  fl*" H"' -"��������� D:���������     Theyoung man was  the Schwarzar River.  part of the hot months seme sort of a soil- J uxle to two spheres 45  feet in  diameter,  ing crop must be fed to  obtain  tho best! allowing enough room ou the shaft between  reaulta, which means prolonging tho milk  flow, and nowhere can this bo so well dono  and each cow receive her duo proportion,  as in the stable. It has been a matter of  observation with us that a cow soon comes  to have a home place in tho stable, and to  the mammoth balls for a trapeze which  will ho secured in such a manner as to allow  the spheres and axle to revoivo at will  without inconvenience to the occupant of  tho trapeze bar. The spheres referred to  will bo constructed on a steel frame and  will be covored with rubber/and over that  be tied there twice a day aud to havo a layer of cork to prevent punctures upon  some provender, grain, or forage on her ,' sharp rocka. Inside of each will be a gas  arrival, give" her a, matter to look forward , balloon as largo as tho interior will admit  to and even long for, and in tho afternoon and when these balloons are inflated with  tho cows have a home longing and start hydrogen gas it is estimated that the  for " the bars, and petting up the cows ' structure will have a lifting power of five  with boy, horse, and dog 13 an obsolete ,' tons. A sufficient amount of moveable  ou8tom on such a farm. Iu thia summer | ballast will bo attached to the shaft on  care of tho cows their comfort should bo either side of the trapeze to keep the  looked after in tho lot, seeing tint tuere machine from rising from the water as it  ia plenty of good water and shade of some floats down the river. When the verge of  kind. , In the West, on the prairies, this is tho precipice is reached and tho plunge is  a feature to be looked after, whore tho ' made the ballast will bo gradually released,  man in the 'East, with his woodlot part of thus allowing the contrivauco to slowly  tho pasture and springs by the score on ' Bottle to the bottom of the falls. If it is  the hillsides is provided for in tho bestow-   found that the force of the water has been  Tiiis is the exoellent foppery of theworld!  that, when we are sick iu fortuue we make  guilty oi our disasters the sun, the. moon,  and the stars ; as if we wero villains by  necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion ;  knaves, thieves and treacher6 by* spherical  predominance.���������Shakespeare.  That cut (lowers will keep freeh much ' out of work and saw no' prospect of being  longer if a'small quantity of alum is added able to get married. , The oouple carried  to the water in which they are placed ; a out their resolve, and their bodies wero  solution should be made by ��������� dissolving the found in tho river. The pookota of the  alum in hot'water, allowing it' to cool, and young man were searched and in them were  then adding to fresh water in about the found one florin and a lottery ticket. A  proportion of a tablespoon to a pint. ! few days  afterward  the   drawing ' in' tho  That eggs may be lcept'fresh longe with lottory took placo and that tiokot was  the small end downward than in any other ������ne winl*er of 20,000 florins, or about  position, becauee in   this way tho yolk is   S10.000."  suspended in the   albumen   and cnveiope.I ���������' ' *��������������������������� .  by it; whereas   if   placed   for   any   time | Barber's Doom is'Sealed,  otherwise the yolk would come in contact       ���������,     .     , ,. ,  wilh the shell  and   decomposition would '     fc,hav,uS bY machinery has boon rendered  result.   - , easy by the construction of a machino  re-  That a good way of utilizing cold cooked ported to have been made by ono Molchoir  vegetables is to make a salad of them. Farkas, a convict in the penitentiary of tho  Slices of potato and carrot, a few pieces of City of Szegedin, in Hungary. FarkaB wus  cauliflower, and a handful of beanR or peas, Put lo. labor in the cabinot-niaking shop of  covered with mayonnaise sauce and gar- the prison, and, taking to his work with a  nished with spriga of watercreeB, give a w'"i ho soon displayed great inventive  salad of which no housewife need be ingenuity. With his shaving maohina ho  ashamed,' ��������� , is said to havo nhaved   all   tho inmates  of  That pans in which fish or  onions   havo   ttl0 prison,.noarly  150 in  number, within  been -cooked should be washed and scalded; ! ess than an hour's time,  then they should be filled with  water, in j , ��������� ,  which should be put a teaspoonful  oi soda '  for every two quarts of water.  Placo them ! Seasonable,  on top of the stove  for half   an   hour  or '  more.    This will insure the removal of tho  al of naturo's gifts. Whore* tho pasture  is about destitute of allude, thore  should bo 1111 open biu-riek provided and  water pumped li'imiy by. Of oourso  these things -ooit not ,1 little, but they pay  "and where "hade is limited it, will also pay  underestimated the inventor intends to  release all ballast and make one of the  most notable balloon oscensions known to  hi? lory,  Mr. Bartholomew is anxious to make the  trial in tho tu miner of 1S9(J.  flavor of the fish or onions.  That to remove candle-grease successfully  from mirrors it should  first be scraped off,  and then the glass well rubbed with a, soft '  rag which has been dipped into methylated I  Bpirits; when   all trace   of the grease haa 1  disappeared, it should  bo polished with a  chamois  cloth   on   which   a   little  finely  powdered chalk has been sprinkled. I  That rice is deficient in natural fat ;  therefore, to make it a really useful articlo  of food it should be cooked with milk,  butter, bacon, or the like, eithpr of which  will supply   the deficiency.    Rice  should  The sun is blistering, blazing hot,  We shrivel like a feather.  And yet some pooplo say: Oh, well,  It's sizziu'able woathor.  The Innocence of It.  He���������And, darling, am I tho only ono you  have ever loved? ,  Sho���������Do you mean   for all timo or  for so far thia summer ?  only  She���������'* Yes, I am very fond of pets.'  He���������" Indeed. What, may I ask, is your  favorite animal ?" She (franlclvl���������" Man."  Some substances will not   receive   others  into  union with them  except on   certain  condition*. "- Oxygen,    that   bus   such  an  affinity ,or iron and other'oxidiz.ible bodies,'  will not combine with   them at  very low  temperatures' nor will it support of combustion.  ' If our_atmosphere   tempor'aturo  were 200 degree's"below s<ero there would be  no such thing as ruat) and a tire would be  impossible.    Water   will   not  unite wilh  lead except when  charged  'with   oxygen,  nor will it receive   carbonate , of lime   in  solution except it contain   carbon dioxide,  Puro dry air follows a similar law, for only  under  certain   conditions   will it   receive  aqueous vapor.   This condition is not heat,  'for miate hang over  waterfalls   wheu   tho  thermometer, shows   -10   bolow   zero.    In  times of drouth,   such as   wo have now  in  Ontario, vast   lakes   and   flowing  rivers,  though exposed for months to the burning  sum, conveyno moisture to tho'ntmosi'here,  and tho fields even   to the water's edge aro  scorched us if hy fire.   Thoro is no electricity in the air, and without it the humidity  will not rise.    Twent.y-iive years  ago thin  great' cast-moving    current    was    highly  chargod with electricity  from tho timo. it  loft  the   mouth of the Missisfiippi till  it  reached   tho  mouth of tho St.  Lawrence;  now tho telegraph and telephone wiro that  form   a wire netting across its path   over  the western States conduct off it������  electric  energy, and not only is tho vapor it contains precipitated in those   rogions, but is  unable to rolnad itfcelf with vapor on reaching   tho  great   lakes.    In 1S87 I   visited  those parts of Ontario   when   tho   drouth  was so   disastrous  during that,  year, and  subsequently   reported   to tho   Dominion  Government that tho telegraph wires were  tho causo,   and   pointed   out   that  when  I western Ontario would become  ruined by  drouth   tho   Ottawa   valley   would enjoy  copious showers from electric clouds that  would torm over   tlio northern   hills and  forests beyond   the wire   belt, and would  float down to us ou the northwest current.  The truth of my words may bo seen in tho  fact that this year tho crops in tho Ottawu,  valley are abundant,   whilo   tho farms of  western Ontario aro as dry as .tho ashes of  Vosuvius.  how by this time."  Cobble- "^1 don't think the landlord of  the Oceau Bar Houee liked what I said to  him before I went  in   bathing."    Stone   " What was Unit ?" Cobble���������" I asked him  if there were any other sharks around."  The reason none can understand,  But examples theie aro plenty���������  One pound ia  tho weight  of the   fish you  land���������   ,  Aud tho fish that escaped weighed twon-  -  ty.  Sally���������" An' after wo are married, will  you keep ou lovin' me ?" Rube���������" I'll love  you till���������till the cows come home, aa the  feller says." Sally���������" Y-a-a-s, an' then  go down to the grocery an' let me do all  the milkin'."  Figg���������" It'a a mighty i;oo(f thing to  have a retentive memory." Fogg���������" That  depends. .If the memory is yours, it'is a  mighty good thing, as you say ; but if it '  happens to bo the property o( your Wjfe,  that' another matter."  Gold Around Lake Winnipeg1.  The probability of gold discoveries in  nud uround Lake Winnipeg ia much can  vftsaod at the present. T\w theory is that  lis numcroiib discoveries have heon made  east ot tho lake, and the same formation'  extends for some diHtunce west, it is only  a question of tunc until valuablo finds are  nuido in those purtB easily nccoesiblo from  Winnipeg. Ono discovery has already  been made ou un isluud ol Lake Winnipeg,  but tho lucky finders are not anxious to  talk much about it at present. The great  advantages which thia district oilers arc  the easy accodsiliilily of tho district, land  transport being avoided, and the consequent cheapness of prospecting.  Almost as Bad.  My wife objects to my cigar;  it is a vice, so she iissumcs;  And thus my ploasuro she doth mar-  To Study Canadian Agriculture.  Prof. Oleskow, of G.ilicia, haB started for  Canada to study tho agricultural resource:,  of that country. He will be accompanied  by a practical farmer. He leaves fo."  England on Aug. I aud then proceeds to  Canada. He goes on his mission in behalf  of various farmers' oocteties, and hopes, if  the \isit ptoves satisfactory, to he able to  mal;e arrangements to divert to Ctinado-  some of the Austrian agricultural immigration that has hitherto gone to Brazil.  Unless.  Yes,   replied the sweet girl  gradui-to-  Pve read evcrv play of  Sba!;r������pcarft'<������ un- e  Cs  PAGE 1  I  IUvKOOTENAY MAIL.  Atf OBJECT LESSON  IN FINANCE.  The Bank of England Raises tho Price  ok American Coin.  A New York despatch of Wi'ilues-  c'ay last ,-;iys : Thu Banlc of Kiif-1.-"U-I  has just given an olijwl. lf.swn to the  people of the Unifi'il States who have  been told that, they inust, use~a syolil  standard in order to do bii-*iin-.s with  Europe, !-ecau.-.e gold js always the  same valut'. -Thi-ru i* only one kind of  gold that i^> always of the same value,  and thai, i* gold hullion OHh? fine,, for  which > t,h������ U.-.iik id' jinglaiid isc-nin-  pelled to pay ."plS-iW jier, or.iu-e. -For  other gold hullion and gold coin of  other countries the Dunk (if Kngland  pays'what it pleases--. Foi ' some ctime  the Bank of l-higlaml li.is' heeii paying  for Aineiie.-ui eagles $]&5l' per ounce.  the United  ftlut-.-j mint   price   heing  ' $18.80 per ounce. Yesterday the Bank  of England  raised the  price of A incri-  'oan coin hy one-half penny pur ounce,  , so that it i.s now worth $18.57 per  ounce.    Tho  elVec-t, of  this advance in  ' the price of America^ coin will he to  encourage gold ' exports, because t'lic  advance in tlie price of gold coin bv  one cent per ounce more than counteracts a fall in the stifling exchange in  in New York of oiie-cjii.-irtei 'of a cent  per pound Stirling. It, fis possible.that  the Bank of Kngland is becoming  jealous of the Belmont-Morgan syndicate. ' ' '<  ';   Niagara Harnessed.  The first practical application o������ the  electricity ' generated by, the water  power of Niagai a to industrial pursuits  was made on  Wednesday,'   when   tho  o first batch of aluminum was turned  out from tlie, Pittsburg . ]{eduction  Company's new works at Niagara. , A  number of newspaper men and others  -were present by invitation to witness  the process of the' electrolysis of the  metal souvenirs, which were afterwards  - distributed among the guests. . The  current supplied to 1 tlie Reduction  Company is of 2,300   volts   and   the  c present capacity of the works i.s about  5,000 pounds of pure aluminum.a day.  This will be increased as rapidly as  more pots can be set in position tiil a  capacity of 10,000 pounds is reached!  'The metal is worth in small quantifies  /"50 cents a pound."   Tlie works will   be  ' ymi day and night and seven' days   in  th'e   week.    The   Company's   ofiicials  , state that'the electrical power costs-  them less than at .their Pittsburg  works, though the latter is in "tlie  heart of the famous soft coal district,  where coal can be liadj delivered,'" nt  50 cents7a ton. Tlie Corundum works'  ���������will bo the-ncxt to   receive   electrical  ' power'from the Cataract Construction  Company. Itis understood that this  >vill be within three weeks. The city  electric light and trolley companies  will be supplied by  tlie   same   source  ..���������svitljifi a month. '  Local and Personal Briefs.  the   ea  on  JI. .7. Bourne leaves foi  Tuesday.  Jliss Olive Steen "arrived from Nelson on .Sunday and will remain here,  for somv'wenks.  The infant son of A. .McNeil, baiber,.  died last Sunday and was buried on  Monday morning.  .The. IJpvel.-tolie bak'cry had a narrow  escape from being destioyed hy lire on  Wednesday morning.' ���������      ,i  A projecting timber at the swelter  ���������      .     ., .-.     ,  wharf caused .some slight damage  to  the Xakusp on Thursday. >  .MJss Ethel Newman,   who lias been  visiting hor biolher, .Mr. GVo .Newman,  .returned to her homo  in   Donald   this  week.       , _   ,  Mi'.s. Edwards,, who has been vi'sit-  ing her sister, o31 rs. (."rage, for some  weel-.'s, let!''for her home in Vancouver  on Thursday. '' ' .  A. W. Fin how, of the Sciiliiit-f, passed through ATondav on his.w'.-iy to the  east. 1L is said he will return with a  life partner in about a month.  11. NT. Co'.U'sier has considerably'   improved the exterior appearance  of  bis  store hy having it I (.-painted   and  dec-'  orated with a new si^'n.   .  "Tho sloanier Lylton is'receiving a,  general overhauling wh.ile,, being Lied  up lieu1, and, before again being put in  commission, will have a now shaft put  in. She was ordered down Oil Thursday evening to help oul the ore block  at Nakusp,  The postponed garden parly, by' the  ladies,of the Methodist church, will be  held next Wednesday evening, Sept.-J.'  on' the baseball grounds. The grounds  will be well lighted and with a'iiu������e-  menls.-ind rel'redmienUia very pleasant  evening is expected. '���������-  ���������  c'.Tohn Stone has a number of men at  work building eriliwork behind the  Stockholm .House. The work is undertaken,with a view to making ground  behind the hotel, theyaid room having sutTeied sei-ious'dimiiiut.ion during  the season of hiirh water last vear.  ��������� '���������The Lytton   Dredger.  ' The dimensions of tlie scow at  Lytton are as follows: Length of  s.-ow 130 feet, width -"0 feet, depth 7  i'ecl. IJoiiBi" 180 horse power; pi-Q-  pelling,engines 1 J- inches by (5 foot 8  inch stroke. Engines for running  "centrifugal pumps, IS x -0 inch ��������� two  centrifugal pumps -?o. , 8,^ discharge  ciicli 2,-300, gallons per minute, -10 per  Cent, gravel: crane engines 1 0 x 12  geared up to five one:clam shell bucket,  size H cubic yards, can make a displacement of twenty-live yards per  hour,at. a' very low estimate. The  ,clain bucket is intended to work in  front of the scow and renio\e locks,  and dealing up the, bed -of the river.  The. centrifugal pinups vorlc about -20  feet hack under the scow and-will  take up tlie gravel as fast as the,  ground-is dredged and cleared ot the  heavy boulders in front by the bucket;  both ' bucket and pumps working  simultaneously. Tlie sluices into  which tho pumps discharge are on the  side of ,tlie scow with gri'/.zlies io grade  tlie >vash, flumes returning as in true  undercurrents witli iron " riflles arranged liy Charles Luaj, who is a thoroughly practical hydraulic miner. W<������  shall watch the starting of this, mammoth plant'with'great interest as its  working successfully means'millions to  Cariboo.-���������B.C. MLviiiy Journal. '  At.' Stratford,  Tuesday     Ia������t,  Longhead, of Saruia, made -. I.he , mile  bicycle record for Canada. He finished in 1.51) 1-5.  A Confidence Game.  Detective Sherlock-Holmes Cad man  lias been endeavoiing all" w-ek to  locate a man named .inmicson who is  alleged to havo obtained $25 from a  lady in town under ftiKi; pretences. It  is said that .iamieson ������������������ done the trick"  by adding,.-! postscript to a letter of  which he was the bearer. The  '��������� Detective*' said he could jufet. put his  finger on his man, but when he tried  to do it-lie fouu.l his diviniiig-road wa.s  out,of order and the alleged culprit is  still at large. '  TS now  *    Burl  HALYCQN. SPRINGS HOTEL  Aivow   Lake,  i-i o-j.cn    nt-  I lie .a  CoIo"br������itoil  -f  Hot  in������s for tl.o .u-.joiiiiikmj.iIigh  (if giieils.  ���������Jtaies ,$J..*;o to $3.50 a cl-.y.   B.-itlis 23 cent's  orcJi'oj1 five ffi-&1.   Spfc'.il.r.il("? to l'iiinilirs  orbjjjtlio inontli win bo (ivi'.uafcil. '  Xki-wgoa, Cracuiocli: & Co.  R.  H. RAMSEY.   '  .House Painter and,. Decorator.  Grainor, Payoi-Iiassgor ana Sign "Writer.  ,-V"  ft. j^Ci,  *TJ  CARRIES FU!  JNES OF  -Groceries,    provisions,    flour,   feed,   miner's   supplies,   stoves,  tinware,  trraniLcWare,  lia'rdware,  paints and'oils,    boots,,  . S3 ,       ,' ' I  shoes ; men's,  women's' ami children's- fnrnishint-s,   dress  .   (>-oods and millinery. ,, a ���������    ,  Dressmaking  In latest  styl  es.  ^,S"V"El'IliS,X,03S:3Ii3 '    'B..O.  x .Wi.jSjlj.L'j  'I  A Marrow'-Escape.        ]  '��������� Billy" Laird, a popuiar p.P.R.  ]iiisseuger conductor. ou,the Atooscj.uv  Division, Ji.id a narrow escape from  death;, few da" ���������> asjo, at llrandon.  Wliile leaving tin; steps of the tsain,  -which \\"is in motion, he pli]iped and  fell on i.he trie's, tlie wheels actually  shoving him oil" the rails.���������Calgarv  Tribune.  Cliiirch Services To-hiorrb>v.  The Alaska Boundary. '  "Washington advices state that _ an  /ittcmpt , has , been made in s<,mie  quartets to work up a diplomatic controversy-over the Alaskti boundary  survey between the United States am:  Great Britain.    The status of the  case j   I  , now is  that   tlie   bonndaiy   i-   to   be!     Service will be held at the  P.iesbvte-]  pettled,by an agreement between   the - ri,in Church to-Hi.n row i-re������ir,<r at 7:."!<' {  two countries, after a survey has  been I p. m, by   Mr. Gtithri.'   1'erry.    .Sunday,  made.    Both countries make an   inde- . tjcJ-.oo! at '.).  pendent survey, but these   surveys  do;  not settle the boundary, but wiil  have '  to be agreed upon by both count i ie.- at  some time in the future.    Iiociu-e  the ���������  survev, which is now bein������    in.uie   bv '  ... .   ,  GreatBrit-ain. includes certain ferritin y  which people in Alaska and   Washing- '  ton believe, rightfully  belong--  to  the ,  Unit.ee States, an impression has  been  created  that   the   survey   set lies   tbei  boundary ami that, the   I'niled  St.uis  shbtild protest atr.unst it.   The  -urvp  by the United States may  be   niis.iris- '���������  factory   to   Creat, Britain,   as     b.^li  purveys are made independently,   l.hcy  are  pieliniinary   to   an   intern.ilinu.d'  jigreemeiit. aud until the   surveys   are ���������  completed, nolhing will he liiuie. '  Showing the Dates and Places of Courts  1 of Assize, Misi   Prlus, Oye>*  and   Terminer, and General p.aol Delivery, for  % .the year 1895.  -  ' Pali. Assizks.  Clinton    .. .Thursdayr.2Glh September  Uiehfield . . .?.Iondny".   .UOth Septembei  K.-iinloops ...Monday.1*-.. 7th October  Vernon   .Monday.. .]-)th October  L> iton e'riday 11 lb1 October  New Wo'-i minster"... Wednesday.. .fl(,h  November.  Vancouver.. Mondnv.. .11th November  \ ic'r'M'ia Tuesday...]'.)! li November  Naiiaimo... .Tuesday.. .2i!th November  W3 .       .'   ���������'  #>  NOTIOS.  Ser  ,'ice> will  b.-  It- id it  ;'-i.. rdetho.  :'.. Z  c'  nu-i  h bv n<-\  . .1  id.-'   fO-l!K 11  f,W  n*  urn  '.ws a in',  i  \ e  nui'j   r  t   JI   and   7  if).  s  ind.  ;y ^elwioi  -(-  2.:J;>.  Tin  regular -  -T  vi' <-- i  .f  tin-   I-aur!  ���������  \  I.s l J  .-1  im <������������������  hwiil !���������������������������  iu-  1 In u  . '  .sehv>(ilhoi  . -e  to-morrow .'��������� 1  .'-.. rii>  I 7:*''*  n.in.  ii\-  \l  ..v.  1".   V .Ha  nd  .    hi,;:  iav   ^' l,'>ol'  -1.1  2:  '������ o  .li(*                      v  i C'Ob'UT of As,i'/.c and Nisi Prins,  ^ \ and Over aiul Terhiinei and Clen-  .-i.il f<ac>! lleli' "i-y,\\ ill beheld uiid-'i'the  pre.', 'sj-in- .A Uie '"Supreme Oourt  .\ci." a-1 ,u:.('nd'->l bv tlie ".Supreme  C.vm;   Allies.drii.Mit  Act.   lS'H." at   the  9&        C/l3yE������JnWt><'      uEa     -L'fu  [C^ fa*J? 9  Marburg's Seal  of North Carolina.  Ti C  - ,     t  ��������� Tuckett's Granulated,-Old  Judge; Vanity Fair. Puritan.  uxffiUttsua  4  T. & B. Plug.    -  Pace's "Mastiff".  T.&B.  Cut,  in  1-4,  .  1-2 and 1 lb.   Packages.  'P"���������=r  i <���������'.% '1  i������lL   '  h.-l ���������-  Tiri\ !)  i v..-:,.  {"lint.  ou  Locomotive Engineers, in Session.  TheC.P.R. Iiivision of the Brollier-  liriod of !7(k onioti ve J'higineers iieid  "heir biennial lon-ven'fi.n at .M'liitn.ii  this week. Uver-")') engiiie.-i s \. cie in  at tendance, i cpn���������enl ing ovr 2MJ imi-ii  from Halifax to Vnncnuver. A ie-  Kennedy, ui Winnipeg, pr. sided. The  election of otlieei-s resulted as tullou s :  Chairman, Ashe Kennedy. Winnipeg,  Vice-' h >.h in.in..J. Nm it I, Toronto .1 in if-  Tlie /Vov ''/  ��������� ration at [y i-.~l.s:i<i.  t'.ir.!H":c.  lii'-i-'  i!e  play a<  K,-,.i:',o. - - - i  , Sal m-,lay.  I    X. V. T) - r\ :,;.!'..  I has s(.���������/(-;���������������������������/ .*  p;.  ,.(,.,,  !?(���������������.in.'i /.'Vi'/.'i; ..["   '��������� I  i ediue -in-el.i. f ;. i I 'i  in-  r- - '.us'-l  1'!-..������.  Wednesday, the  a'v of -Sepleiulicr. proximo, in  the <'oi.'-t of Assj>:i> appointed  s-iid Aii !o he, h"ld at ihe'���������-aid  on tie 2<'.i II (lav of Hep! ember.  3lv (.'otiiiu.Liid.  1A.MKS B'AKKH.  Pvu  twin1 1SV1 rdnri/.  liii-i H.-ereidry's Otfu'e,  .!  ���������ig'i-i. !-!>.">.  107  .-  ;m ii.-  'ii't...   ,i  ; Kt?  . 11  M Hi)  II '  I lie    '������\ I .'L.      Iill''! !| it |r,  for   I h-"' A 'ii'T ;i\-i.     ( up  L'liilii.-h \ a. hi    Va .,-> i !���������  !)ef,  ;S,!..,"'  I-,,     I    ,:'.|,  -lat'ii.l.iy in \\. -i -j.'. 7'  ujimi.  bo-.l.  ��������� ii II thi  }i.'! - bl-. t,  \ '   11 s .  ���������i ;>i   r ie.-  .-,    ",   tie  ���������!.'���������  HOTiGR  \ >'���������  ,.(:' i,( j i  ill     ,ii,. i  '. '.y  givn,   '. i~li.,'ls  i-V oi     \et,  "���������'V   '"���������  un.in1.'   on  ���������ai^ssicu     ^izxnvct*r  X  Maccoboy & Jonkoping SxmfiL.  Piper Heidsieek, Climax,  . and Blackstrap.  r  El Ecuador Cigars,. '93 Crop.  Athlete, Derby, Old Judge  and Pet Cigarettes.  STORE  ���������v ,-���������', ..I- ���������  ,11fJ 11. 1   I.  .a r,;<-i  i    ���������!:![.  turn : SiM'rei.iry-  Kat Portage.  I're.'isiirei', < 'has.  Ar  IIIA.'I S.1!  ;o:,\-  '.t    K < '  ;-...   -\r  Iii, the  of  .1   .1,1  >> .Ie  e!,!l  ..f   Wiu. .'  II.' ll.l III-'.  - -  ���������      -  "���������  -  An Absconding Oflicial.  bv  th.  he!  ��������� A reward of o'J.V/ has b.-cn otVern  .the Provinci.-d ('overninenl Jj_>r  arrest of J. C. i^rovost, ihe .ibsrnndi.iif  Jte^istrar ot the Supreme Court of Vic-  toria. An examination shows the  hooks to be in exceedingly had shape.  Prevost is a son of Admiral Sir James  Prevosl, ;j,nr] has bepn aresidentot" Victoria for a nnrnher of years, Ifo has  been | egistrap of the Supreme court  for ten years.  m m  The ('. I'.I'. does not appear lo have  TTiueh luck with their impoi led laborer,  from the east. A number of men were  engaged in Toronto to work on tin  Boo road soul h of Moose Jaw. Out ol  &EJ who signed conlraels all but '11  deserted hctore they readied .Moo.-  ,Taw. One was captiired and fined '.?:'.<)  /ind costs by a magisLrat'! I'ot bleach (,i  ili^-hes|  A v ,li" le i  Homor.'. - World"  in  '. l.o.  ' l'1-t ll'-j'-i'! , |r,r.i |  I I "ie \'\ II .', of I'  ' ,1'', I   i   , ''    .    '.(     i    , I  I  p ..'.i,.,.'.,   j--: ������������������  |     is-Il. "Ill ill"  li   lot    ' 11/    I    I   I  ,.i:ic (ia j;i     /  ^lincral Art, " l-'orili I''."  Certificate of Improvciiicnts.  NOTICE.  \ liflO'l'T MJN"i:i.'AIi flbAIM. Siimilfi 'in  VV il"-' I'lMint I.nlte J\J iniiur \n\ isl'.ii of Wist,  K'.^ia.-ni'-.- Diit.iict, ,V\'1k i c 1'ii'hI'mI ; on lluiLv  (',-.'. .|{. 'VnKi N'l.tic- Hi.U 1, ll.u-r\ A Mini I, n'r  V.iiici'ivcr, li.'1.. free himut', certilliMle ,\'/i,  ,",.������,! M. nil Mul, ������������������ i\l j" da} , i'i'dmi I lie il.ilil li'mvof,  Iu .(jJljiy t(> I'ji t.'iil.l i 'inn.m's,idiu r i'.,r a, /;ci-  tilU'.ilo (.1 iin|ii-.i\ I'ini'iit'-, fur1 llie |iii[|ui,ii ol  olit.ilnliiii .i ( i-uivii fii-.uit nt iIk iiti/r, o i-linni.  And tn I lier hike iml lee. llm I .i.hi'i-c   fliiiiii,  aMi a he  -ciil   lo  (Ii/j  (Jul.I   ('.iiiMiii'-siniii'i- unit  jtl | ii- I i"ii I'l.lnni.'ii.'. >l l.ei'ui'i: llm i, .nam (j (if sncli  (  . / ' 1 ill. ,i..' oi" ilrlji'dl / In* 111   ,  I      iJii.'i il i.JiU l.-ntli il.iv (il .Si.iv, I i'i",.  Ill'.il     ��������� "     II. AitHOTT.  NOTARY   PUBLIC  RF.VLLSTOKE, B.C.  J  71  ,i j-  ii.|.  i li-  iii  Mining and Real Estate Broker and General Com  mission Agenfc.  r.it  (���������/���������i i  ' ii  Ih (Uli;/ ('./ui in r  l "ir h'i if  \\ ,//  (   . ,-  ;limrr <J Li  ���������   y    lj,-/.<il>>t  ���������I,     \ ���������:-,���������.I  l!Mt,  COPYRIGHTS.  MOST PERFF.CT   MADE.  A pure Crape Cream of Tartar Powder.   Free  from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant  40 YEARS THE STANDARD.  f'A\ T OnTAfJT A PAT>:VT? For*  prMTirii. nniwrcr 'ind nn lionr.*?, op,mon, virlto tfi  iUCNN A; f:i),.wl,n h.-iirn hn'l i,/-iu 1 y 11 fl.y yc;tt'  p-VHTKn/*.'In do f.nti'iit I.inir.'fFX. f Mt.iriiinl'.i-.  linn-i'trlctly or.i'llrtiiiMnl. A ilninilii.nl: nt in.  fRri'inllon onif' rriti../ I'.-i ii-dM nr.rl li/,iv u, r,|���������  lulu iln'T/i n-i,r, fru/'. Alto i iiitiilo/ii^oJ'fii". Ii.tn-  Inil .mil vlciitlllc li'j'ikH Jr.nl frflf.  I'/itciit-i Inker. lliiTnii'h Mnrin tt Co. ror-olvii  rr.i'/'d! nnllC'-ln (.hn f^i i"r. tide. Aiiiri'lfm. ami  tlmrt ,ir������ hrriurilit '."lO'ily l.clcr/! I lie [iiiSiir ������itli-  oiit, nut, to tlio irifoiilf.r. 'I'hi'i nr/l">i'li'l rm[,.-r,  l",.ii(.(l ivnc'rlv, C't/wnriliy Hill;trnli'(l, li.'f t.vl'u Mm  1 lur.-i'-it, circulation of n.ny m/'IitiIIH/i w/irk In tlio  w/irl'!.   *;;{ it yc/ir.   Snini.li' (/.i.1m>i Hf/il lio...  tluiliMiii: T".flllon, nioriMii/, ^,'/^lii vnir. Hini/lc  pfij.ti. i, *.i."5 /'((ilr. Ji'vt ry iiniiil.cr oinliiln-i In t'i<  lif'il |ilniii". In /oini ���������. will ;.l i.i/ii^r ipli i nf unt  lioii.r^, wilh pi.'in', '-ti'ih!ini' biiihl'>i.i tn ih',w (.lie  Iplcht ilcOcn" npit '-i'i nr.' (./.'it rii'11.   AiKioi  MUJsN fi CO.. Ni.mt Ifonif, ;ms  i|.jo/.,, /   .  Tin;  BEST AND CHEAPESTROUTE  "I'i    (,\l)    I'li'lM  All Eastern Points.  FIRE, LIFE AND ACCIDENT'INSURANCE.  Representative of the Kootenay Smelting' & Trading" Syndicate.   :o:   ACJHXT VOU TI50UT LAK15 CITY, VA'A N.SI'OllT, KASLO & HA KUSP  JS' STILL- IN  ������������������...A,. S _i.s������_  IT,  a  :.v  linlff'.u ���������oniil 'I'nin-li I  IumIm'hI.'iimI TohiiiIo  Tilt (I'll,'!)    KjI r |   f "jll'h !l)f  .���������id / [.in/ On--I lo -jt. I'.inI  .villi'.'!! / li.inK".  REVELSTOKE TIME TABLE.  AvJu'iti" f'.>-|iifsH nri-1 vo-.   9.1 /(lnily.  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