*���*" " - *���- V'-.  -: -    ' .**   3*  ������.*- *��� '���''  ���i" '      -    *<>#-���"-" i ��* ^--*" ���"���"-.*<������*��  "i. A-��*t��.V/> '������"---.���.'.*  HEADQUARTERS POU  SOUVENIRS  W. H. WILSON, Jeweler  CRANBROOK.  VOL. II, NO 25  ���v'-i'"*- '  h-V ^5"  I ���   .|��^  --7*��-*^"  ���'*'*%������* *  . -..p-r  ~"�������5.  CP    r,  CUR GLASSES DO  IT  W. H. WILSON, bpticiaa  cranbrook!        -'  MOYIE, B. C.,;SKpTKMRER 26 1903.  ���wiuaiwu  -em*  -���"-**=-r'i��~"'*'^*S*Se^*^*-  Yo.nr Own Bare Feet     1��  carefully studied will probably tell some' story of  mis-shaping���-a story which brings-you back when  you were a child. Most feet if spoilt at all' are  spoilt in Child hood, when they are developing.  We buy the Shoes that are so'made and fashioned  that"they allow .the little feet to develop in a natural way, without any pinching or cramping.  4 '  S��ec  Specialties in boots'andjshoes for children  *#:#I8##  S9999 i9S99999999&9999 >99? &  1        GENERAL FLOAT        1  %$9$& *999$9$9999999999$9&;s  There is snow on   the  tains*  moun-  E. G.  Cigars, Tobaccos,  FRUIT,  FARRELL BLOCK  Confectionery  ETC.  The Nelson faia was a bigger  suctrass than ever this year.  November 0th has been deQn-  itly settled as the date for thanksgiving day this year.  The G.-T. P. railway has purchased 400 feet of water front at  Victoria for $160,000  The Fernie brick yard is working night and day to fill its many  order.  Bright for  Fernie  *"  -;v"'<  ���v      V.    ��, :,-,-���j   Sine* the-plan-Va* deviled   at  Fernie of loaniog'sulncient lumber  and material to the owners of lot-j  to   build     temporary    dwelling  places for the winter, many have  taken advantage of  the privilege  and have now got roots over their  heads.    While   much discomfort  will probably be felt during the  cold weather,  conditions will  be  much better thanjwas at first anticipated   and  everyone will be  housed.   Pour    large     boarding  houses are now nearly completed  and will accomodate  the class of  people who ��� have no permanent  place of abode, while  there are  sufficient hot jIs to   take-care of  transient    visitors.     Altogether  ISA YEAR  It is estimated that 5,000 dele  gates attended the 8ifch session of prospects are much brighter and  ��i-.-o-ii ., -^       tQQ dread with which    the  ap  proaching "winter was lookiig f r-  ward to is fast dis ippsaring.  Odd Fellows grand lodge at Ddn  ver.  MOYIE  Beale & Elwell.  Fire, Life  Head Office  CRANBROOK  and Accident Insurance.  MOYIE, B, C.  Leave Me Your Orders  FOR  PRESERVING FRUITS, ETC  For the second time in the history of the Nelson fair, tho district of Kaslo won the ��� district  prize of the exhibition. ���  A tribe of I^orotes are to be at  the Spokane fair. These- people  thrive on dogs and cats, considering them the most toothsome of  dishes. ���  Creston expects a large crowd of  people on October 14 5h, the date  of the public auction, sale .of  government land.  Press  Men Meet.  jllso for FRESH  VEGETABLES.] -^Everything" seasonable in stock.  J. W. FITCH'S.  t9=  - WATCH  Your Own Store Grow  -   Good fresh goods can always be had at the  Moyie Co-Operative Association, Ltd  "��� A fresh shipment to arrive in a day or two  Come in and see our stock and get prices  and you will sure deal with us. We do  the largest grocery business in the town.  Full measure-and weight always given.  Best attention will be given your orders.  UNION MEN. UNION GOODS.  }&tjiit.'t&t.t&tJiAt-x6t  The members of-the Black Hand ,.  at' "Fernie have been- convicted."  and are now serving out their sentence in the penitentiary at. New  Westminster.'  A million and a quarter dollars  was the value of a cargo of silk,  which the C. P. R!- liner Empress  of China-landed in Vancouver the 'holme; F.J. Smyth, Nioyie; F.  other day.  The free book supply department of the department of education has alread'y^-seht: out" about  37 tons of free book? and writing  material to the schools of-the province. \  MOYIE'S   LEADING   HOTEL. ��  - "r  Hotel Kootenay  The best of accommodations  for the Traveling Public.  Large and Commodious Sample Rooms,       "   Billiard Rooms.  MoTAVISH & CAMERON Proprietors.    :  WALKOVER SHOES.  Just in from 'Mass! U.S.A. See our window display,  and satisfy yourself that for STYLE and QUALITY they  are all that can bo desired.      -  THE   FURNISHER.  Imperial Bank of Canada.    |  Capital Auth6rized-----------------$1Q,000,OPO. |  ..���rj;;  Capital paid up���------------- -4,925,000. ���. ���  ��� j  ./; .flest���--������������^���r���������������4,925.000.        - \\  Savings bank department.     - ~ ]3  :-   ��� '    ���'������":..:,    ..'���.-������>��� .-;   :   '   ~    ' .. .-".    ���-." :  ' fi  Interest allowed on deposits from date  of  deposits   and  credited quarterly.  CRANBROOK BRANCH.  Y J. F. M. PINKHAM, Managep.  fesfil "���5"-"**v*r       &-r?r&&fprzfc-eot-vn a^a^a^ ^,^s-^''vr^^Jli*J9^>t  Mr. . W. H.j Aldridge,, general  manager of the Canadi-xn Consolidated Mining and Smelting company, has gone to Toronto to attend the annual meeting of that  company.  The newspaper publi heis of Alberta and eastern British Columbia had a very profitable session  at Nelson this .week during fair  time. , The '.newep&per men of  Nelson and the board of tradedid  everything possible to make the  visitors enjoy. their. stay in the  city. Following are the =new officers of the association.  Honorary president," * P. ' J.  Deane, Nelson;" pr"e3ideht,\Capt. T.  B. : Thomas,^Camrose;..first.Mce  p-esident, F. 'W^'Galbra'itb/ Red  Deer;J~second vice ��� president,. E.  Hagel, Lothbridge; third vice president, H.. Cunningham-Morris,  Revelstoke; secretary - treasurer,  D. H. Elton, Raymond. -'  Executive committee; R. C. Ed  wards, Calgary; A.- Wylie, .Clare-  A.  B.  At Prince Rupert an epedimic  has made its appearance. Many  people have been attacked with  .what seems to be a mild form of  typhoid fever, and several cots in  the hospital have boon filled as a  result.,        -  C. P R. conductors are thinking seriouly of refusing to take  out trains on which the air  brakes have not been thoroughly  tested. This is a most significant  move in connection "with the  strike. -v '���  No agreement iurrespacfc ;_to the  proposed settlement of the race  war between the C. P. R. and the  Inland Navigation company on  passenger business between British Columbia and Sound ports  was reached at the concluding  conference between officials of the  two companies last Saturday afternoon.  John W. Gates, the noted plunger, has set tho smart set of New  York astir. He is to give a banquet to 15 friends, and all dishes  to be used are to be of solid gold,  even to the finger bowls,  A Short Close Down.  Most of the miners and mill  men were laid off at the St. Eugene for several days this week on  account of the giving away of a  portion of tie foundation under  the boilers at the compressor.  The repairs are almost completed  and by tomorrow the full force  will againbe   to work.  Had Bad Fall.  Peter Jennings fell from the 2nd  story of the "Big Ship" on. Thursday.   He was pretty badly shaken  ., !$ up but it is said no bones were  ���rK.* broken.  Schooley,   Lacombe'. and A.  "Watt, Edmonton. * -  Conservative Meeting.  .       >   !A meeting of tho Conservatives  of Mojieis called to be held at  the Leader office next Monday  evening, September - 28oh.- All  members of the party .are urgently requested to attend.  Beale Weds.  The wedding of M. A. Beale and  Miss ^Marjorie Armstrong took  place at Cranbrook , Wednesday  at the church of England. Tho  Leader extends congratulations". .  A-  Public  Meeting  In the Conservative Interest  Will be addressed in  MORLEY HALL  by  J  The Conservative  Nominee  Tuesday Night  Opposition Candidates and their  .   Representative Cordially Invited to Speak.  I        LOCAL ASSAYS *  ���S3>S$3>-9$9999&$9$!99$999$:$993  Don't forget the Goodeve meeting next Tuesday evening.  Mr. and Mrs. H. Sait were Cranbrook visitors this "week. ./���  J--*, i l-Vie-3 left Timrsday for  Nelson to attend the fair.  jVl. Brydle returned Thursday  from his trip to the coast.  You can get .the P.imoug Maltese Cross Brand Rubbers at E.  A. HiHV  There was an 'enjoyable danre  in Morley hall Thursday evening.  The Moyie water system is being oxfcenddd alon0' Campbell  streot.  Thero was quite a heavy frost  last night, and most of the  flower gardens in town were put  ont ot business.  Supt. Blaylock of the' Sb. Eugene aud wife are out to Spokane  on a ,shorb.. visit. They will return tomorrow or next day.  The Moyie orchestra played for  the dance which was given by  the baseball boys in Cranbrook  last night.  F. X. Holl, representing the  International Correspondence  schools, will be in town in a few  days.  \---The service in the Presbyterian  church tomorrow will bo conducted by Mr. Sowerbutts. Service at 7.30.   Everybody welcome.  Jack Taylor, manager of the Co-  Operative store, spant a few days  in Creston this week.  " The Work of Jesns Christ"  will be the subject at the Methodist church Sunday night. Everybody welcome.  Mrs. (R^.v.) Lx3hloy Hall of Fernie is expected to preach in the  Methodist church" a week . from  Sunday night, Oct. 4th.  Robt. Coulter left last Sunday  for a short visit to the coast.  Sixteen fidh wp"ghiu<-r 23.]- lb*.,  was tho catch made by Sam Nelson ono day this  week.  Chas. J. White left on Monday  for Spokane on a vi&it to his brother, Wm. White.  J. S. MacEochern was transacting business in Cranbrook Monday./  Chas. Iuderweis, manager of the  Moyie brewery, was in Cranbrook  the first of the week.  ���WANTED���Two-good-lumbermen. Apply to J. W. Fitch, for  Wm. LawBon.-  A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.  W. H. Laird_at the Cranbrook  hospital last Friday, September  18th.  Mrs. and Mrs. E. O. Kamm arrived home last Sunday from  their visit to Michigan.  A Cougar has been seen several  times of late in the vicinity of the  St. Eugene boarding house up on  the hill.  A. Peichy is putting up a neat  cottage on his lot next to tho  Prebyterian manse. It will be 21  x20 feet in size. Geo. Leask ct Co.  have the contract.  Chas. McDonald, who has large  timber holdings in northern 13. C.  with Dan McKay, W. P. White,  Frank McMahon and others, is in  Nelson working on a deal for tho  sale of the same. He will again  go north in a few weeks.  F. J. Deane, late publisher of  the Nelson Daily News, but at  present manager of Smith Curtis's  campaign, will be in town todivy  arranging political matters with  the members of the faithful.  H. A. Brown, of Sicamous, grand  chancellor of the Knights  of Py-  All pur past records means We are being  recognized more and more every day as a  satisfactory house to'deal with.  Doing the largest business means doing it  right, and there isn't a store anywhere  better able to supply your needs without  charging too much.  Of course you want a large assortment  to  choose   from, and this   we have. - If we  haven't got what you want we  will procure it for you.  A straight car eastern goods placed in  cellar this we ok.  MacEachern & Macdonald  The Black   Horse.  Four feet of milling ore has been  struck on the Black Horse, in the  Coeur [d'Alenes. From samples  chosen'at'random the assay showed the ore to yield 18.1 ounces of  silver to the ton and 51.1 per cent  lead. The presence of silver in so  large a quantity is surprising, nor i  was it expected the ore was so |from tbe K  rich   in lead.    It   is  METAL MARKET.  NEwYoiiK-Bar silver, 52 cte.  Lead $4.75. o pp, 13 . ctg.  London���Lead, ��13> 2g 6d  Goodeve'   Chances.  Of   the   r  that it is the intention of the  management to spend upwards  of $100,000 on equipment, either  during the coming winter or early  spring. Most of this will be for  concentrator, and machinery.  May Quit Quarantine.  i-eseufcatives^today   . cenays  in the local  announced I house six are   Conservatives -and  The smallpox  quarantine mny  be done awayjwith in the state of  Washington.   It is claimed it is  expensive.   Last year the Spokane health department spent $20,  000 with smallpox alone, or about  two thirds of  the entire money  spent   by    the   department.   If  British Columbia could be gotten  into line, probably all tee states  of the northwest will adopt such  laws.   They are seriously discussing this move in Montana now  and have  already adopted it in  Minnesota.  Earl Grey.  E.irl Grey, governor-General of  Canada, passed through Moyie  yesterday in his special cars attached to the regular west bound  train. He will be present at the  Nelson fair and will do some  hunting in tho vicinity of Kootenay Landing.  Liberals To Issue Paper  three areLibemls.   The Conservatives   have Neil F.   MacKay in  Kaslo; J.   H.   Schofield in Trail;  Tom Taylor in Revelstoke;   Wm.  Hunter in Slocan; H. G. Parsons'  up in Columbia, and W. R. Ros8f  K. C. in Fe'rnie-a  pretty strong  combination when one cornea to  consider the. men and the ridings.  The Liberals have Mr. MacDonald*  in Mr. Goodeve'a home city, Ross- -  ���'-.no:; "r. King in Cranbrook; and ���  Dr. Hall of Nelson.   It doe* not  necessarily follow that all electors  who voted for Conservative candidates in the last provincial election will support Mr. Goodeve In  the federal contest; but in veiw of  general   situation   and the  tho  choicejthe Liberals have made for  the running, it is a good deal  more than probable that they  will do so.  Lazy Man   Wanted,  Tho Liberal party in Vancouver  has determined to issue a morning paper during tho election  campaign. It will be printed on  a local job press and distributed  free of cost. It is expected that  the first issue of the publication  will appear next week.  Hurt in   Mine.  Wm. Hamilton,,a miner, was  quite badly hurt in the Lake  Shore mine last Sunday night by  dirt falling on him. lie was removed to the hospital in Cranbrook that night and from latest  reports was improving nicely,  Got Two Months.  Frank McCabe,  a   lumberman,  - -   1 was arrested the first of the week  thias of British Columbia, has seLt for assault and was sentenced to  word to Moyie that he will pay an' two months at hard labor in  "'  official visit to Sfc.   Eugene Lodge  No. 37 on Monday, October 5tb.  Thero was a very pleasant  party given at the home of Mr.  and Mrs. Peter Lutner last night  in houor of their son, Arthur, who  is returning tomorrow to Spokane  Nelson jail.  the  MR1W. C, OLIVER.  PARLOR  MILLINERY*.  Latest Styles of Hats.  Residence, Queens Ave.  The North Bank raUway wants  a workman who is lazy, the lazier  the better. In choosing tho man  for the place laziness will be  hired. A man is wanted who will  sit in the sun all day and not get  tired. A man is wanted to whom  the day will no seem too long, no  matter if he has nothing at all to  do. The man is wanted to sit on  the drawbridge of the Oregon  slough span of the now Columbia  river bridge and start the moter  by pressing an electric button  whenever boats want to pass the  draw.  It is estimated that steamers  will want to pass up the Oregon  slough as often as perhaps twice a  year. There is no traffic on the  slough now and never has been  any to speak of.  Odd Insurance.  Arrangements are being made  by Robert H. Cosgrove, secretary  and manager of the Spokane  fair, with the Lloyd Insurance  company, with headquarters at  London, Eogland, to have the fair  insured against rain this year.  The company insures the fair  again loss due to rain. The company is to pay the difference bp-  twoen the proceeds from all  snirces or between the actual  gate receipts (gates, stands, en-  closures and tickets sold) and  the amount of the policy if the  rainfall exceeds one-tenth of an  inch.  1    1  ' ���*���  1$  ��0*ai.*r THE    LEADER,    MOYIE,    BRITISH    COLUMBIA.  GAe  REFUGEES  By A. CONAN DOYLE,  Author  of   "The   Return  of   Sherlock  Holme.-  CoprrlRht, 1803, tj* Harper & Brothers  (Continued)  CHAPTEI" XXIII.  IJT their case was a very, evil  ono. Had tbe guns been lost,  so tbat tbey might' be .turned  upon the door, all further resistance would have been vain, but Du  Lhut's presence of mind bad saved  them from tbat ("anger.. Tbe two guns  upon the river face and^tbe canoes  were safe, for tbey were commanded  by tbe windows of the bouse. -But  tbelr numbers were terribly reduced,  and those who were left were weary  and wounded and speut. Nineteen bad  gained tbe bouse, but one bad been shot  through tbe body.-while a second bad  bis shoulder cleft by a tomahawk and  could no longer raise bis musket. Du  Lhut, De la Noue and De Catinat were  uninjured, but Ephraim Savage bad a  bullet hole in his forearm and Amos  was bleeding from a'cut upon the face. J  A few shots from the barricaded  windows sufficed to clear tbe inclo-  sttro, for it was all exposed to their  aim, but 011 tbe.other baud tbe Indians bad the shelter.of the stockade  now, aud from the farther side of it  they kept up a fierce fire upon tbe  windows. Half a dozen of-the censi-  taires returned the fusillade, while the  leaders consulted as to what bad best  be done.  "We have twenty-five women and  fourteen children," said the seigneur.  "I am sure that you will agree with  me, gentlemen, that our first duty is  toward them. Some of you, like myself, have lost sons or brothers tbis  day. Let;us,at least save our wives  and sisters."  "No Iroquois canoes have_Dass.ed up  the river," said one of the Canadians."  "If tbe' women start In the darkness  tbey can got away to the fort."  "By Ste. Anne of Beauprc!" exclaimed Du Lhut, "I think it would be  well if you could get your men out of,  this also, for I cannot sec bow it is to  be held until morning."  "Tut! tut! What nonsense is this!"  cried De la Noue. "Are we to abandon the manor bouse of Ste. Marie to  the first gang of savages who clioos'  to make an attack upon it? -No, no,  gentlemen; thero are still- nearly a  score of us, and when the garrison  learns that-we are so pressed. Which  will be by tomorrow morning at the  latest, tbey Will certainly send us"-re-'  IIeL-",- /  "If you stand by the fort I will not  desert you," said Du Lhut, "and yet it  is a pity to sacrifice brave men for  nothing."  "Tbe   canoes   will   hardly   hold   the  ���women  and  children  as it  is,"   cried  Theurlet.    "There, are but two large  .and four  small.    There  is not  space  for a single: man."  The Iroquois were very quiet now,  and an occasional dropping shot from  ��� the trees or the stockade was.the only  sign of their presence. The twilight  was gathering in and the -sun had already sunk beneath ���-.' the treetops.  Leaving a watchman at each window,  the leaders went round to the back of  the house, where the canoes were lying  upon' tbe bank. Thero were no signs  of the enemy, upou the river to tbe  north of them.  "We are in luck," said Amos. "Th*  clouds are gathering, and there -will ba  little light."  "It Is luck, indeed, since the moon Is  only three days past the full," answered Du Lhut. "I wonder that the Iroquois have not cut us off upon the water, but it is likely that their canoes  have gone south to bring up another  war party."   [lIn_an_hour it inightj-e dark enough  . to start."  "I think that there Is rain In those  clouds, and that will make It darker  still."  The women and children were assembled, and their places in each boat  were assigned to them. -To Onega, the  Indian, wife of tli5 seigneur, .who was  as Wary and as experienced as, a war  sachem of ber people, the command of  the women was intrusted.  "It is not very far, Adele," said De  Catinat.   "It is but a league or two."  "But I do not wish to leave you,  Amory. Wo have been together In all  our troubles."  "My dear love, yon-will toll tlicm at  the fortjhow things aro with us, and  tbey will bring us help."  "Let tbe others do that, and I will  stay. I will not bo useless. Amory.  Ouogn has taught me lo load a gun. I.  will not be afraid. Indeed I w'lll not."  "You must not ask it, Adole. It Is  impossible, child. I could 1|ot k-'t J'0"  stay. It Is for my sake, dear. You  do not know what a load it will be  from my heart when I know that you  arc safe. And you need not bo afraid  for me. We can easily bold tbe place  until morning."  Adole was silent, but her hands tightened upou his arm. Her husband was  still endeavoring to reassure her when  a groan burst from tbe watcher in tho  window which overlooked the stream.  "Thero Is a canoe ou the river to the  north of us!" be cried.  "How many warriors are In It?" asked the seigneur.  "I cannot see. Tbe light is not very  - good, and It is In the shadow of tho  'bank."  "Which way Is it coming?"  "It is coming this way. Ah, it shoots  out into'..tbe' open now, and I can see  it!   May,the good Lord be praised!"  "What is it then?" cried De la Noue  Impatiently.  "It Is not ah Iroquois canoe. There  Is but one man in it. He is a Canadian."  "A Canadian!" cried ' Du Lhut,  springing up to the window. "Who b- t  a mailman would venture into such a  hornets' nest alone? Ah, yes; I can see  him now.. He keeps well out from the  bank to avoid their fire. Now he is in  midstream, and he turns toward us."  ��� "It is a Jesuit," said one, craning bis  neck. "Tbey are everywhere there is  most danger."  "No. I can see his capote," said another. "It is a Franciscan friar,"  Au Instant later there was the sound  of a canoe grounding upon the pebbles,  the door was unbarred, and a man  strode in attired in the long, dark  gown of the Franciscans. He cast a  rapid glance around and then, stepping up to De Catinat, laid his hand  upon his shoulder.  "So! You have not escaped me," said  he. "We have caught the evil seed before it bad time to root."  "What do you mean, father?" asked  the seigneur. "You have made some  mistake. Tbis is my good friend  Amory do Catinat, of a noble French  family."  "This Is Amory de Catinat, the heretic and Huguenot!" cried the monk. "I  have followed him up tbe St. Lawrence, and'I have followed him up the  Kichcliou, and I would have followed  him to the world's end if I could but  bring him back with me."  "Tut, father! Your zeal carries you  too far," said the seigneur. "Whither  would you take my friend, then?"  "He shall go back to France with his  wife. There Is no place in Canada for  heretics."  Du Lhut burst out laughing. "By  Ste. Anne, father," said be, "if you  could take us all back to Franco at  present we should be very' much your  debtors."  "And you will remember," said De  la Noue sternly, "that you are under  my roof and that you are speaking of  my guest."  But the friar was not to be abashed.  "Look at this," said he, whipping a  paper out of his bosom. "It is signed  by the governor, and calls upon yon,  under pain of tiie king's displeasure,  to return this man to Quebec. But I  have you now aud I shall never leave  you until I see you on board of the  ship which will carry you and your  wife back to France."  De Catinat could but admire the energy and tenacity of the man.  "It seems to me, father, that you  would have shone more, as a soldier  than as a follower of Christ," said ha,  "but since you have followed us herev  and since there is no getting away we  may settle this question at-some later  ���-time."      * i  ������'Jl~ -jreafr-'broTra -cloud -2ind--��veropr-crcd~-  the heavens and the night had fallen  so rapidly that they could hardly see  the gleam of the river in front of them.  The savages in the woods and^bchind  the captured stockade were quiet, save  for an occasional shot? Suddenly a  dull red glow began to show above one'  of the roofs of the cottages. >|  "They have set it on fire!" cried Du  Lhut. . "The canoes must go at once,  for the river will soon be as light as  day. In! in! There is not an instant  to be lost!" -���"."'  There was.no time for leave taking.  One impassioned kiss arid Adele was  torn away and thrust into the smallest  canoe, which she shared with Onega,  two children and an unmarried girl.  The others rushed into their places,  and in a few moments they had pushed  off and bad vanished into the drift and  the darkness. The great cloud had  broken and the rain pattered heavily  on the roof.  :  "Thank God for this storm!" murmured Du Lhut.   "It will prevent tbe  cottages from blazing up too quickly."  But he-had forgotten that, though the  ' roofs might bo wet, the interior was as  "This is Avion/ do Catinat, the hcrelie  and llugncnot!"  dry as tinder. He had hardly spoken  before a great yellow tongue of flame  licked out of one of tho windows, and  again and again, until suddenly half of  the roof fell in, and the cottage was  blazing like a pitch bucket. The flames  hissed and sputtered In tho pouring  rain; but, fed from below, they grew  still higher and llcrccr, Hashing rally  upon the great trees and turning their  trunks to burnished brass. Their light  made the Inclosure and the manor  bouse as clear as day and exposed tho  whole long stretch of the river. A fearful yell from tho woods announced that  the savages bad seen tho canoes.  "They aro rushing through the woods.  They are making for the water's edge,"  cried De Catinat.  "They have some canoes down there,"  said Du Lhut.  "But they must pass us," cried the  seigneur of Ste!'Marie. "Get down to  the cannon and -see if you cannot stop  them."  They had hardly reached the guns  when two large canoes filled with warriors shot out from among tho feeds  below the fort.  '���Jean, you are our best shot," cried  De la Noue. "Lay for her as she  passes tlio great pine tree. Lambert,  do you take the other gun."  The two wrinkled old artillerymen  glanced. along tbeir guns and waited  for the canoes to come abreast of them.  The fire blazed higher and higher.'and  the broad river lay liko,a sheet of dull  metal, with the two dark lines which  marked the canoes sweeping swiftly  down the center. One was fifty yards-la  front of the other, but in each the Indians were-' bending to tbeir paddies  and pulling frantically, while their  comrades from the wooded shores  whooped them on to fresh exertions.  The fugitives had already disappeared  around the bend of the river.  As the first canoe came .abreast ot  the lower of tbe two guns tbe Canadian made the sign of the cross over  the touchhole and fired. A cheer and  then a groan went up from tho eager  watchers. The charge hud struck the  surfa'ce'close to the mark and dashed  such a shower of water over it that for  au instant it looked as if it had been  sunk. The next moment, however, the  splash subsided, and the canoe shot  away uninjured save that one of tho  rowers had dropped his paddle, while  his head fell forward upon the back of  the man in front of him. The second  gunner sighted the same canoe as it  came abreast of him.  It was a beautiful shot. The whole  charge took tbe canoe about six feet  belilnd the bow and doubled her .up  like an eggshell. Before the smoke  had cleared she had foundered, and the  second canoe had paused to pick up  some of the* wounded men.  "Qfiick, quick!" cried the seigneur.  "Load the gun! We may get the second one yet!"  But it was not to be. Long before  they could get it ready the Iroquois  had picked up their wounded warriors  and were pulling madly downstream.  As they shot away tho fire died suddenly down in tlio burning cottages,  and the rain and the darkness closed  In upon them once more.  "My God!" cried De Catinat furiously.   "They will be takeu!   Let us abandon this place, take a boat and follow  Wiem!   Come, come!   Not an instant 1  to be lost!"  "I do not think that tbey will be  caught," said Du Lhut, laying his ban ���  soothingly upon his shoulder. "Do not  fear. They had a long start, aud thp  women here can paddle as well as tho  men. Besides, these canoes of the Mo  hawks are not as swift as the Algonquin birch barks which we use. In  any case, it is impossible to follow, for  we have no boat."  "There is one lying there."  "Ah, it will-but hold a single man.  It Is that in which the friar came."   j  "Then I am going in that! My place  Is with Adele!"  lie flung open the door, rushed out  and was about to push off the frail skiff  when some one sprang past him and  with a blow from a hatchet stove In  . the..sIde_of���tl*e boat. ,. '.  -..".��� ._  "It Is my "boat," said the friar, throwing down his ax and .folding his arms.  "I have found you and you shall not  escape me again."  t The hot blood: flushed to the soldier's  head, and, picking up the ax, be took  a quick step forward. The light from  the'open door shouo upon the grave,  harsh face of tbe friar, but not a muscle twitched nor a feature changed as  be saw tbe ax whirl up in the hands  of a furious man. He only signed  himself with the cross and muttered a  Latin prayer under his breath. It was  that composure which saved his life.  De Catinat hurled down the ax again  with a bitter curse and was turning  away from tho shattered boat When  In an instant, without a warning, tiie  great door of the manor bouse crashed  Inward aud a flood of whooping sav-  ages burst into the bouse.  (To be Continued.)  Brutality   of   Chess.  That great chess master, and philosopher, Dr. Lasker, accounts as follows for Dr. Tarrnsch's defeat in the  second game of the notable match  now flaying at Dusseldorf:"-   '     _  "Tarrasch had outplayed me in the  opening, but he lacked the passion  that whips the blood when great  stakes can be gained by resolute and  self-confident daring."  For all that the doctor of Nuremberg was sufficiently exhausted by lm  vain efforts to recover the attack. Outplayed and played out he was compelled to rest the whole of the following day, nor was that enough, for  when Friday came he still found himself unfit to 'resume and accordingly  toojc the full  count.  Those humane people who lnado -.0  much noise over the "horrors'"-of the  Marathon race ought surely to turn  their attention to the brutalities of  chess. We will not say that- the game  should be suppressed entirely, but  would it not be wise to regulate it 1  little in the interests of humanity?���  New York Sun.   ,  Useful in Camp.��� Kxplorers, sur-  Toyors, prospectors and hunters will  find Dr. Thomas' 1'electric Oil very  useful in camp- When the feet and  legs are wet and cold it is well to  rub them freely with the Oil and the  result will bo the prevention of pains  in the muscles, and should a cut, or  contusion or -sprain bo sustained,  nothing could be better as a dressing  or lotion.  SOME QUEER TRADES.  "Smellers" and Professional Best Man  Are Found In London.   .  Few people are aware of the cxist-  ���mce of some novel occupations out of  which many an enterprising man is  making a lucrative living. One of the  queerest of Jhese, given in a recent  -n-oriUort cfirector$;~ls'-Uiat-o' the expert  "smeller." Scent-makers need someone with a very delicate sense of  smell to aid them in blending the "ingredients of perfumes in proper proportions. Queen Alexandra's favorite  perfume���violets���costs ��10 per ounce  bottle, and in order that it may be  correctly blended before it is passed  for Her Majesty's use, it has to run  the gauntlet of five professional  "smellers" from ��5 to ��6 weekly, and  they are insured against cold andthc  loss of their sense of smell. Contractors for the lighting of streets', large  public buildings, and pleasure-  grounds often employ "smellers" to  trace escapes of gas, is. being the sum  J>aid for every leakage reported.  =ATf6thTff=occupation==Which^i8-dis-=  tinctly prominent on the register of  Mr. Chesterton's Club of "Queer  Trades" is that of acting as "best  man" at weddings. He is in great demand during this season of the year,  andson account of this he is classed  with the minister, and his fee ia not  fixed. Sometimes he secures as much  as ��5 at a single wedding, besides n  handsome present from the bridegroom. But in the majority of cases  he is not nearly so fortunate, and his  usual fee may be classed at about  ��2 2s. At this rate he makes more  than enough to yield him a fair  income. He must, be suave, adroit,  nimble-witted, and patient. Ho never  gets rattlod, never allows tho groom  to commit any glaring error, and  keeps n watchful eye upon the bride  and h.cr maids to sec that everything  pnascs off in proper stylo. Then, if  his engagement extends to entertaining tho guests at the luncheon or party afterwards, he -must be able to  Ring and dance, bo conversant with  the latest of card games, and reply to  many of the speeches on behalf of his  clients."  A liuly on one .of the ocean liners  who seemed very much'afraid of icebergs asked the captain what would  happen in case of a collison. The  captain replied:���  "The iceberg would move right  along, madam, just as if nothing had  happened," and the old lady seemed  greatly relieved.���Success.  The source of all intestinal troubles is trie common house fly; his  buzz is the first symptom of typhoid.  Wilson's Fly Pad is-the only thing  that kills them all.  "Your Norwegian friend seems to  be  always in the  clouds."  "No wonder; he has just won the  ski championship.''���Baltimore American.       " T"  Minard's Liniment for sale everywhere  "I hope, driver, you will not run  away with me!"  "Bless yer, no, mam! I've got a  wife and six kids at home already."  ���London   Opinion.       ���"  HUSE SUCCESSION TAX.  Estate of Late Lord Derby Must Pay  Two and a Half Millions.  The will of the sixteenth Earl of  Derby, ICG., formerly Governor-General of Canada, who died on June 14  last, has bcen proved, tho total value  of his estate, both real and personal,  being estimated at close on $19,000,-  000. More than 152,500,000 will be paid  in death duties on the estate in accordance with the rate introduced by  Mr. Asquith in the Budget before last,  under which ten per cent, is paid on  the first million, and 15 per cent, on  the remaining throe and three-quarter  millions in English pounds sterling.  The late earl had seats at Knowsley,  Prescot; Hoi wood in Kent;.-Wither-  slack, near Grange, over Lands Lancashire, and Fairhill, near Torbridge,  with . the town residence at Derby  House, St. James square, London. The  personal estate has been sworn at $4>  461,745 gross_and $3,700,675 net. One  hundred and fifty thousand dollars  are left to the earl's widow, and one  hundred thousand dollars to the trustees of the settlements made on .each  of his younger children in his life  time. Other .legacies include . two  months' wages to each . servant for  every year of service. The residue of  the estate is given to the present Earl  of Derby absolutely, who were better  known aa Lord Stanley, who held the  Postmaster-Generalship in the late  'Balfour administration.  SAVE THE CHILDREN,  Mothers who keep a box of Baby's  Own Tablets in the house may feel  that the lives of their little ones are  reasonably safe during the hot wear  ther months. Stomach troubles,  cholera infantum and diarrhoea carry-  off thousands of little ones every summer, in most cases because the mother does not have a safe medicine it  hand to give promptly. Baby's Own  Tablets cure these troubles, or if-given occasionally to the woll child will  prevent the trouble coming on. And  the mother has the. guarantee of a  government analyst that the Tablets  contain no opiate or harmful drug.  Mrs. Geo. Minault, Jr., Mont Louis.  Que., says:���"Before giving Baby's  Own Tablets to my. little one she suf-  feren-greatly from colic and stomach  troubles, and cried a great:deal. The  Tablets soon cured her and she is now  a plump, healthy child who does not  look as though she ever had an hour s  illness." You can get the Tablets  from any-,dealer- in modioinc or by  mail nt 25 cents a box from The Dr.  Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville,  Ont.  VACATION.  TliU Is the slad vacation time,  -.. When dainty Doris rests,  fiho's staying at 11' beach hotel  With somo six hundred guests.  She golfs and swims and drives and  walks  AH day without a stop, .  And every night she dirts till twelve  Or dances at a hop.  She's having Just a quiet time  To rest her tired brain. -  Her work all through tho college year  Vou know, wae* such a strain!  But nowshe's resting���gaining strength  A? all girls ought to do.  =6he'8iup-eaeh=day--at-eight=o,clock=-=  And gets to sleep at two.  How blessed is vocation, when  Your brain Is tired-out,  To rest your nerve* and give you calm  And make you strong and stout!  And Doris will return refreshed,  Her brown eyes bright and clear,  To look ahead to peaceful days  Of rest another year. '  ���Somerville Journal.  IN A  BAD FIX.  Marrying For Money Gets a Man Into  Serious Trouble.  Stringer hud married his wife for uo  other reason In the world except that  she had money, though be lied to her  like a pirate, and she thought It was a  luvo match. Naturally wedded life did  not agree with hlni, or, rather, It was  not as sweet as he had hoped, and  Stringer wns getting the bitterest <r.vi  of it.   One day he met a friend.  "By George," he exclaimed, "that  wife of mine will drive me.crazy 1"  '"What's the matter .now?" Inquired  the friend consolingly.  , "You know my wife has $150,000,  and you kuow I married her for it and  got it There ia no use lying about  that any further." ���<-  ��� The friend bowed In acquiescence.  '-"���Weil, do you know, that she has divided the whole thing up Into sums of  $100 each and proposes to have me arrested 1,500 times for obtaining money  under false pretenses? Think of that,  will you? Did you ever hear of such a  wainan?"    And Stringer went into a  eat  made weekly of our Suits and Overcoats, made  in London, England, to our customers' special  measurements. Our message to you who reside  over-seas is this:-  ������'"���It/Is worth your consideration "  ���the perfection of fit, style and finish at the minimum  of cost. For years past we have made tailoring our  special study, until to-day it is no exaggeration to say  that our House boasts the finest equipment and organisation in the Tailoring World. We have specialised  in the art of fitting clients residing over-seas, and, moreover, not only in fitting, but also in producing the real  American fashions. There is no need to pay, exorbitant prices .for  your tailoring requirements. The merit of our tailoring isbacked by our  unreserved guarantee to refund every cent of our clients' money where we'"fail to  give absolute satisfaction. No other Tailoring House on either side of the Atlantic. dare offer  such an -unqualified guarantee. Whether you desire your clothes tailored in latest New York  style or latest London fashions, we guarantee absolute satisfaction. The process is simple.  Merely fill in a postcard, and address same to us as below, asking for our selection of materials.  By return you will receive our latest assortment of patterns, together with latest fashion-  plates, instructions for accurate self-measurement, tape measure, all free and carriage paid.  We dispatch your order within seven days from receipt, and if you do not approve, return the  goods, and we will refund your money.  WITHIN   SEVEN   DAYS  SUITS and OVERCOATS to measure from  )5.14 to $20.  The World's  Measure Tailors,  (Dept.^ 81),   60/62   CITY   ROAD,   LONDON,   ENGLAND.  Addresses for Patterns:  For Toronto and  East Canada:  CURZON   BROS.,   c|o Might   Directories,   Ltd.,   (Dept.F81', 74-76  Church  St.,  TORONTO,   ONI.  For  Winnipeg  and  the  West:.  CURZON  BROS., c|o   Henderson   Bros.,   (Dept.   F  81), 279   Garry   Street,   WINNIPEG.  Below wc tabulate the various towns that Mr. Greene will visit on his tour,  together with approximate dates of his arrival in each town:  Calgary, Queen's Hotel ..  ..  ..^..   ..  .. .'..  ....  .... Sept. 21st  Edmonton,  The Alberta  ..   ....   ...... . Sept. 28th  Battleford,    Windsor Hotel   ....   ....  .... ....  ..  ....  .... Oct.   6th  Prince  Albert,  Queen's   Hotel   .......... ..Oct.   8th  Saskatoon,   Iroquois   Hotel-.. '   ..  ......  ..  ....  ..  .. Oct. 12th  Regina,  "The Clayton,"  ..   ..   ..   ....  ..  ...... Oct.  15th  Brandon, "The Empire"  ..   ....   ....   ........ Oct. 22nd  .Portage la Prairie, The Leland .... Oct. 29th  Winnipeg..   .    ......   ............... .. .. Nov.   2hdV  jGnrge���Ef l' missus donn' gel better by next Tcwsday fortnight I'll  sen���fei-tA-doctorT=  Farmer���Why not before, Gitrgc?  Garge���Wull, it'll be    fowrty    year  nex' Tewsday fortnight since we 'nd  t' doctor, 1111' I'd like t' make it even  fowrty .���The Tnilor.  fowrty.���The Tailor.  A  Remedy for  Bilious Headaches.  ���To those subject to bilious headache, Parmelee's Vegetable Pills are  recommended as the way to speedy  relief. Taken according to directions  they will subdue irregularities of .tin  stomach and so act upon the nerves  and blood vessels that the pains in the  head will cease. There arc'few. who  arc not al sometime subject to biliousness and familiar with its attendant  evils. Yet none need suffer with.  those pills at hand.  "I'm glad llnft Charley has worked  out a new system for playing the  races," said voting Miss Toi'kiim.  "Do you think it will win?"  "No, but it will vary the conversation when he conies to explaining  how he lost his money."���Washington Post.  All   Druggists,  Grocers  and  general  sto-'os sell Wilson's Fly Pads.  W.    N.    U.    No.   707.  Fencing With Umbrellas.  Recently a French publication printed a picture of some American girls  fencing with umbrellas and stated that  they were trying to acquire thus the  necessary skill and assurance to parry,  with a simple gesture, an attack of  Apaches.  It also stated tliat this sport was not  born In America; that for several years  In France a .noted fencing mistress,  Mme. Guillemot, at the same time that  she taught fencing with the sword for  hygienic reasons and for personal defense, also taught her pupils to "play"  with the umbrella:  The article finishes by saying that It  Is certainly "piquant" that this modern  application' of an ancient sport was  taught by a Parisiennc long befare  America claimed the original idea.  A Mean Man.  =-i-'That-man=peadbete=l3=the=incanest=  fellOW  I  kUOW." ;;    ���  "Why?"  "Today he paid me back a loan I'v��  been trying to get for two years, ami  he had the nerve to ask rae how much  I proposed to throw off for cash."���  Ohio State Journal.  Over the Back  Fence. ,  First Woman���You've got to retract  what you said nbout mo.  Second 'Woman���I won't. I never  take anything back.        -  First Woman���Indeed you don't, but  you'll borrow everything your neighbors have If you get a chance.���Detroit Free Press.  One packet of Wilson Fly Pads has  actually   killed  a  bushel  of  Hies.  "Johnnie, I will give you a quarter  if you can get 1110 a lock of your sister's hair."  "Gimme four bits an' I'll git you  de whole bunch. I know where she  hangs  it" nights."���Houston Post.  Minard's  Liniment Cures Dandruff.  Mother���  Can't you  The, boiler  Jolmny-  Mother-  home, you  to dinner  butcher h  Now, run  -Don't tease me,    Johnny,'  see I'm in a lot of trouble?  has sprung a leak.  -What  makes  it leak?  --Because  it's my    day    at  r father has asked two men  the cook has left, and the  asn't  come with  the meat.  and piny.���Brooklyn Life.  ricjceta  Puzzle Addresses.   The__ British    Postmnstcr-Gcneral's  now regulalion~li*cgar(linir~ptlzzle-^^  drosses is winning him the deepest  gratitude of postoffice officials all oyer  England. He has decided that in future no attempt will be made to deliver letters or postcards obviously addressed in such fashion to. the. senders."  .In a case where a letter is badly-or  insufficiently addrersed, every effort  will bo made at delivory. It is considered a great joke to send a letter  with a^ puzv.le ��� address to the post-  office arid then await its receipt. Tho  last case was of' two persons, who  sent and re-sent each other a postcard to see how- many addresses could  be squeezed on" it.    "  To Men Who Live Inactive Lives.������  Exorcise in the.open 'air is the best,  'onic for the ktomac'i and systo.*>-  generally; but there are those who.  are compelled to follow sedentary occupations and the inactivity lends I.*'  restrict the healthy action of the digestive organs and sickness* follows.'  Parmelee's Vegetable Pills regulate  the stomach and liver and vesture  healthy action. Tt is wise to have a  packet of the pills always on hand.  "What ore you playing, children?"  asked -.mother.  "We're playing church.. "T'-ni the  choir, and Ruth is the congregation,  and   Tommy's   the   organist."  "But who's the minister?"  "Whv, mother! Wp. ; don't have  any. It's summer, and all tho ministers are"-in Europe;" ��� Brooklyn  Life.   '.-���������     ������   ���'  K3ake You*-* Stamach  A Chump.  ���Tess���Mr. -Dumsley's' just the meanest  man.    He  told   me  last  evening j  he'd teach me how to whistle if I'd ;  pucker up my lips��� I  Jess���Oh, that old scheme!   Then he :  kissed you, eh?  Te's3 ���No;   the'stupid   thing!     He I  didn't ^klss  me  at  all. ��� Minneapolis  Journal;,,..  and fresh fruits.   An ideal summer food,  whoSesome-i ncurishing and Delicious.  CONTAINS   MORE  REAL  NUTRIMENT THAN   MEAT  OR  EGGS. 1054 SOLD   BY  ALL.GROCERS. THE    LEADER,    MOYIE,    BRITISH    COLUMBIA.  A PHYSICAL WRECK  ��� > .jj ���iai^--sjjjjyja8*J^''v|*'^w*wCTWWW'afcfc-ij.  A Resident of Ottawa  Finds Relief- in Pe-ru-na  MR. RENE ST. JEAN. 210 St. Patrick street, Ottawa, Out., Gan., writes:  "I believed a year ago that I could  stand anything. I worked hard, kept  irregular hours, and did not mind'the  loss of a few meals, but in six weeks I  had changed to a physical' wreck.  "Eight bottles of Peruna brought  back my strength."-  ���:��� Mr.'A.-O. Harding, 503 W. 146 St.,  New York City, formerly one of the  leading druggists, of Prcscott, Ont.,  has been presenteel with a twenty-five  year Medal of Honor in Odd Fellow-  '���shin-   He writes as follows:  "Ever since I have been handling  Peruna, I have had a fine trade. Once  a family buys a bottle, I am sure of  selling them more, and it never fails  to bring additional  customers.  "I have nothing better for catarrh  in  all of its various forms.      A*v   a  household 'remedy- it is without compare,   splendid; for  mothers   and  expedient for children." ' r  AN  UPHOLSTERY HINT.  Embroidered   Grass   Linen   Loops   For  tho Summer Curtain.  It Is an art to  make cuijtaln- loops  now.   Where half a dozen kinds of different draperies are used on one floor,  it gives a unity to the effect to have all  the loons, at least, alike.  The latest Is a curtain loop made of  ���uaintly embroidered grass linen, that  ���f lustrous   material   which   stands   any  ���lumber of tubbings without "losing its  beauty."- .".',-���       .  Such loops may be wide or narrow.  It is possible to buy straight strips'of  f he narrower bands ready embroidered,  mil they are far from costly. Shaped  ,0'.)[)s are "made to order or. they may  oe worked nt home. The design should  he something in keeping with the ma-:  terial. aud the embroidery looks best if  ���lone in white cottoii' on a colored  ground or-iu a cotton to match the.  linen. Small flowers placed close together, apple or cherry blossoms or,  wistaria, are always suggestive of the  orient-  When cretonne, cotton, flowered taffeta or auy of. the colored materials  -old In the Shops for summer curtains  are used, then the same may be made  Into loops, Ir one is carrying out the  correct scheme of decoration. Draped  curtains are not always preforred to  straight hanging ones, especially in the  city, but for summer rooms in the  country "nothing could be more pleasing to those who like to see that they  are getting as much fresh air as possible. Looped back curtains give a room  a cozier and less formal appearance  than straight hanging ones, which is  mother reason why this style Is adapt  -id to the country houses.  Antique supports for curtain loops  are being revived and are much liked  for cretonne draperies. Perhaps they  ire'not quite so large as were the huge  gilded metal rosettes upon which the  long trailing curtains of days gone by  were draped, but in every other detail  they are identical. Some even are of  colored glass or crystal. In perfect imitation of the old time ones that are so  highly valued.  '  Still  Susceptible.  He" was a nervous, .fidgety young  man.. and he looked with /considerable  apprehension nt the - woman *~next  him, who hod a baby, its face covr  cred with a thick veil." The baby gave  now-and then a sharp cry, which the  woman evidently tried to suppress.  ��� At last, after manv anxious glances  the young man spoke.  "Has���has that babv any���anything  contagious?" he asked. -���'���'���  The woman looked at him with n  mixt'ire of scorn and pity.  " 'Twoiikln't bo for most folks,"  she-.-..��� sin'd in ���:. a clear, carrying tone,  "b*il mavb"1 'twould for you. He's  teething."���Youth's Companion.  Complete in itself, Mother Graves'  Worm Exterminator does not require  tlio assistance of-any other medicine  to ninkc it'effective. It does not fail  to do its work.-  "Well. Brown, I see thai your son  has -pot his shingle out at last:' I  suppose thai he creU much enjoyment  out of, his practice?"  Brown (grimly)-���T hope so: Hint's  all he does get out- of it.���Judge. ���  HOW'S THIS?  Wp offer One Hundred Dollars reward for anv onse nf r-atnrrh that cannot hf> enred-'bv "Hall's Catarrh Cure.  F   T   Cheney . *  Co.. Toledo. O.  Wp the .-undersigned, have known  F J Cheney for the last 15 vears. and  believe hinr perfectly honorable in nil  business transactions, and financinllv  nhlo tn carry out any obligations made  by his firm.  Wnldine.  TCinnan & Marvin,  Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, O*  Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken intern-  nllv.  acting directly upon  the   blood  nnd  mucons  surfaces  of  the  svstem  Testimonials sent free. Price. 75c. per  bottle.    Sold   bv., all   Dnifrtrists       .  Tnke Hall's Family Pills for constipation.  '_./_  "So you once lived in Africa, Sain?"  "Yes. sah."     '-..'.,; ...  '  "Ever.do any missionary work out*  there. Sain?"  "Oh.  ves.  sah.    T wns  cook  for a  cannibal chief, sah!"���Pick-Me-Up.   .  Minard's Liniment Cures Burns, etc.  "I notice," said Miss Sharp at the  boarding house, "that Miss Flirt gets  a great manv letters in gentlemen's  handwriting."  "Perhaps," said young Mr. Pert,  "she has been inviting sealed pro  posals."���Baltimore American.  Little Tioren had watched the rain  pour down all da.v. Finally, when the  clouds' began to break away, he said:  "Mamma, do you suppose those clouds  will ever be fit to use again?"���The  Delineator.  Sunday School Teacher���And you  have no brothers  or sisters?  Littlo Edna���No, ma'am. I'm all  the children we've got.���New Orleans  Times-Democrat.  A GOOD  LETTER.  Ease the Most Conspicuous Literary  Quality of a Social   Letter.  Ease carried even to the point of un-  eonventiounlity should be .the most  conspicuous literary quality- of a social letter.  Elliptical expressions._ are proper  enough in familiar correspondence, but  they have no place In notes of ceremony. ���     .  Naked egotism is as much out of  place' iu. a familiar letter,as in the  drawing room or at the dinner liable.  Extreme precision, whether of  phrase, construction or punctuation, is  to be avoided. It may be takeu for  granted that the polished letters of  famous men and women have been  wilted, and It is a pity that we cannot have such letters just as they were  written.  Letter writing is a form of social  contract, and the first essential of  such contact is courtesy.  One . might almost as well open a  aote in response to a social invitation  *��� lib the phrase, "Yours of even date  received and contents noted," as pepper, our private correspondence with  the slaug of the market place, the law-  courts or the baseball field.  Wo should leave out of our familiar  letters that stupid legal phrase, "in evidence," because it is technical, and It  does, not serve as well as something  truly universal.  An unconventional form that Is better excluded from any but the most  familiar correspondence -is that In  which the pronoun "I" as tho subject  of a sentence is omitted.  It is a pleasant surprise to rend a let-  _ter that opens with a sentence directly  from the heart of the writer, yet most  of lis are such slaves of convention  that we fear to shock our correspondents by any departure from established  usage.     _.  _J__  TITLES THRUST ON THEM.  Many    Famous     Englishmen     Have  Wanted to Remain Commoners.  We are far from the days when, in  the words of the gentleman in "Thp  \ Gondoliers," dukes will be "three a  penny," but there is a growing num  ber of people who look on honors and  titles as mere empty baubles, as-  Cromwell did on the mace. The Eight  Hon. Arthur Dyke Acland is one oi  them. His political colleagues���or was  it the King?���would have sent him to  the House of Lords, but he had no  desire to relinquish the activities of  the Lower House for the less exciting duties of the. Gilded Chamber.  If he had lived two or three hundred  years ago he would have found the  refusal a costly business.  Humphrey Chetham was one of  those who were mulcted in fines because of their refusal to accept honors. He preferred to pay a matter  of ��25 for not becoming a knight,  and tho warrant issued^against him  may be seen in the Chetham Library.  But as a shrewd Lancastrian he probably thought that ��25 "was preferable  to" the knightly fee of ��65, or thereabouts,, and the expense of a journey  to London to be tapped on the shoulder by the King.  There aro many men now living  who might be the earl of this or the  baron that if they chose,. but they  were not "out for honors" of. that  kind. When Mr. Chamberlain came  home after negotiating the Behring Sea  Fisheries dispute he had the chance  of an earldom, but he declined it. A  similar honor was twice within the  grasp pf Mr. Gladstone^ but he pre-*  ferred to remain the Great Commoner. Mr. Henniker-Hcaton is .another  who might have knelt to'the King  for knighthood, but he is where he  is solely from choice, and so is .-Mr.  Henry Chaplin. .-. ���  But there are times when honors  are not so lightly thrust aside. The  late Lord Salisbury found this to he  the case whenhis father died, and he,  a second son, who had had few expectations of the marquisate, was  suddenly called; upon to be Master of  Hatfield. He had no desire to abandon his place in the Commons far a  seat on the more luxuriant benches  of the Lords, and he spent much'time*  and money in taking the highest legal  opinion in the land on the question.  Is the son of a peer obliged to succeed his father? The answer was  "Yes," and the marquess went aloft.  Mr. St. John Brodrick, on becoming  Viscount Midleton, was faced with  the same dilemma, asked the same  question, received the same, answer,  and had to submit. Lord Curzon angled delicately for opinions on this  subject. But this was b.efore going  out to India. He had changed his  views when he came back, and he is  now in the Lords as an Irish representative peer.  FLOWER GIRLS TO STAY.  8 OUT QF 10  persons suffer at sometime or other from Piles I  So says a great medical authority. There  is no- disease causes more pain unci  wretchedness than piles ; and by giving  almost immediate case Zam-Buk has won  the praise of thousands of sufferers. If you  are suflering let Zam-Buk cure you- Mr.  Neil Devon, Webbwood, Ont. suffered with  piles eight {years.; A few boxes of Zam-  Buk cured,Sim. He since says:���"I have  had no return of the trouble jo'that I know  the cure is permanent."  Mr. C. ,13. Frost, Lennoxville, P.Q.,  writes: "I have proved Z-*,m-Buk a great  cure for piles from which I suffered acutely  for a long time."  Zam-Buk also cures cuts, ulcers, burns,  abscesses, poisoned wounds, boils, eczema,  and all skin troubles. 50c. almx, all druggists and Stores or from Zam-Buk Co.,  Toronto.    3 boxes for $1.25.  CONCERNING WOMEN.  To Regulate  the Bowels  Keep the bowels regular.  This is the first and most important  rule of health.  ~Yoxi���'���; can depend on Dr. A. W.-  Chase's Kidney-Liver Puis to help  you  carry out this rule.  They effect prompt and thorough  movement of tiie bowels and as,they  do not lose their effect the dose does  not have to be increased.  By their enlivening action on the  liver they, positively cure biliousness  and  constipation.-j  "I have used Dr. Chase's Kidney-  Liver Pills . for constipation with  most satisfactory results. 'JLncy have  also cured a jyoung man. here of backache, from -which he suffered a great  deal."���Mr. Peter Mcintosh, postmaster, Pleasant Bay, N.  S.  There is no question as to the efficiency of this -well-known family  medicine. One pill a dose, 25 cents  a box. At all dealers and Edmanson,  Bates   &   Co.,   Toronto.  Di\ A.W- Chase's  Bernard Shaw's wife Is a suffragist  and marched the other day in London.  Her husband told her tbat he would  jot into the procession, too, if she would  push a bath chair In' wblch he would  sit He said that the funniest thing  he saw In tbe procession was a man  with a baby, marching next to a  woman carrying a poodle do--;. "Only  one baby, and that carried by a man,"  he said. "Only oue dog, and that car-  rled by a woman."    \ - .  There Is* one sudden death'among  women to eight among men.  One In each 1,000 couples lives to  celebrate the golden wedding.  A- clubwoman who Is considered an  authority on archaeology is Mrs. Morton Worthnh Sloan of West Virginia.  Mrs. Sloan is a nativo of Richmond,  Va., but fit present lives In Huntington, W. Va.,'where she has been president of a club for ten years. She is  also president of tbe West Virginia  State federation.  One hears of many funny devices invented by "bachelor" women as a  means of protection against an inroad  by the long looked for burglar. One  ingenious flat owuer stretches a piece  of wool across the doorway when she  goes out, which would, of course, be  broken by an unlawful Intruder. Another bangs up two men's hats in ber  passage to make him believe she has  adequate male defenders, while a third  ���much more valiant���always sleeps  with the pepper pot beside her bed to  throw in the face of nny unfortunate  thief who ventures near ber. The simplest way of dealing with, a burglar  Is to bury .one's head in the bedclothes  and pretend to be sound asleep until he  fthj-AOAct to go.  The Parson -Ah7 Pat. wasting your  money in theia- again! You ought to  put by fOr'a rainy day.  Pat���Sure, tbiu, Oi'd ueyer spend ut  at all, at all. It's laid up wid rheumatism Oi am when the weather's wet  ao' can't go out 0' the house.���Sketch.  English   Ladies   Enter   Plea   For  Ancient Feature of London.  The appeal of Mrs. Asquith, Lady-  Dorothy Nevill and other well-known  ladies on behalf of the flower girls at  Oxford Circus is likely to bear fruit.  It is probable that at the meeting of  Marylebone Borough Council it will  be decided to allow the "girls to remain, with the- proviso that as they  quit the scone' others shall not be  allowed to take their places, says The  London Daily Express.  "Wealthy residents . in Portland  place, Harley street, Cavendish square  and the neighborhood have bcen  daily making inquiries of the girls  concerning their position, and hundreds of passers-by have stopped to  say a cheery, word to them.  Mr. Ben Phillips, "a member of  Marylebone Borough Council, in an  interview said:''"I am against the  girls being removed, and I am hoping that' the council will not take  that extreme measure. It seems to  me a wrong move to annihilate the  street seller and his cries. In High  street, Marylebone, one can hear the  same cries that were used 200 years  ago. The street trader, besides having an historic interest, is not without value, to the shopkeeper. Of  course, there arc two sides, to this  question at'Oxford Circus, but without going into that I may say that I  am in favor of their, remaining, and  J^thinkJhey_wilL_do-So._'L -   Reindeer  Thriving.   -    '   -.  All lovers of natural history will be  interested in the domesticated Lapland reindeer sent out to Newfoundland and Labrador through Dr. Grenfeil last November. They have all  come through the winter very well.  On the other hand, the small herd  of fifty at Grand Falls, Newfoundland, have suffered severely from the  heat. It is reported that about a  dozen of the does and their fawns  havo perished during the hot weather at the end of June and early part  of July.  This unfortunate state of affairs entirely arises from, bad management  and ignorance about the habits of the  roindoer. The wild caribou of the  island (exactly'the same animal as  tho Lapland reindeer), liko all tho  other Arctic fauna, suffers in the  warm weather from heat and flies.  Nobleman   In   Steerage.  English nobility was represented a  few days ago in the stoorage of the  Cunard line steamship Lucanin in  the person of Sir Genille Cave-Brown-  Cav*e. He did not dignify the passenger list with the title, however,  contenting himself with plain "Mr  Brown."  Sir Genille seemed much pcrtube.d  when ho learned that his presence in  the steerage had heen disclosed. He  said he traveled that way for the  sake of experience. Some months ago  Sir Genille, who had bcen a cow-  puncher for fourteen years in the  West, sailed from Now York for England. "**" ������-.  Wanted   Something   Now.  A good lady.'of indefinr��a education  but ample purse, went into a bookseller's to buy a gift for her husband.  She hovered round and manifested  the usual indecision, whereupon an  assistant, to help her out of the difficulty, suggested a set of Shakespeare.  "Oh," replied the lady very promptly, "he read that when it first came  out."���Harper's Weekly.  CLEANING  A CLOCK.  In the causes of infant mortality  cholera morbus figures ��� frequently,  and-it may be said that complaints  of the bowels are great' destroyers of  child life. If all mothers would avail  themselves of so effective a remedy'  as Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial many a little, onecould'be saved.  This Cordial can be given with safety to the smallest child, as there :s  no inj ui ious substance in it.  Towne���Yes, my wife is able to  dress on comparatively little money.  Browne���Oh, come now! Comparatively little? o  Towne���I mean a little compared  with what she thinks she ought to  have.���Philadelphia Press. ;  The   New   York   American   of   Dec.  18th, 1907,; says the common house  fly is one of the greatest.enemi.es of  man. It is a solemn, scientifically  ascertained fact that he is one of the  worst disseminators of disease known,  far surpassing the mosquito in this  respect. Wilson' Fly Pad will kill  many times more flics than any other  article.  .He was her "very best young, man,"  and she was doing all she could to  encourage him. "Did you know," he  asked, "that I passed your house  Inst��� evening?" ���".��� "Of course I did,"  she answered ' promptly. "Did you  think I wouldn't know your step!J"  And the young man grew thoughtful  and grave, for he had passed in a cab.  In this age of agitation for pure,  clean foods, it is refreshing to know  that "Salada"'Tea is sold to the pup-  lie in all its native freshness and  fragrance, preserved in sealed, airtight packets, direct from the gardens  to the consumer, insuring a cup of  tea "in perfection" hitherto unknown. <,2  "I proposed to a suffragette."  "Well?"  "Her speech of acceptance kinder  made rue wish I hadn't."���Philadelphia Bulletin.  St.  Joseph,  Levis,  July  14,  1903.  Minard's Liniment,Co., Limited.  Gentlemen,���I Was badly kicked by  my horse last May and after using  several preparations on my leg nothing would do. My leg was black as  jet. I was laid up in bed for a fort-'  niglit-_and_could^nofc_walk After.us-  ing three bottles of your MINARD'S  LINIMENT    I  was  perfectly   cured,  so that I could start on the road.  JOS. DUBES,  Commercial Traveller.  "This lady candidate will not talk���  "What I"  "Slowly enough to be reported. I  give it up," said the star interviewer  with a sigh.���Kansas City Journal.  No dead flies lying about when Wilson's Fly Pads are used as direcled.  "George," said Mrs. Ferguson, hcrj  is an ilein in tin's paper that tells  you how to know a mad dog when  you sec one."  "Shucks!" exclaimed Mr. Ferguson,  "I've no desire to know any mad  dogs."���Chicago Tribune.  Minard's Liniment relieves Neuralgia.  It Is Not Very Difficult, According to  These Directions.  It Is very simple to clean a clock,  which may sound rather absurd. For  ah amateur it is not always necessary  ���to' take the clock 'to pieces. With a  little care and patience aud using some  benzine, a clean white rag, a sable  brush and some oil a clock can ��� be  cleaned and put iu first class running  order. The benzine should be clean  and free from oil. You can test-hen-  zine by putting a little on the back of  the hand. If it is good, It will dry off,  leaving'the hand quite clean, but If  any grease remains ou the hand it is  uot fit to use.  The oil should be of the very best  that can be procured. Vegetable oils  should never bo used. Clock oil can-be  procured from your druggist or jeweler.  All loose dirt should be removed from  the works by blowing wltb bellows or  a fan or dusting with a dry brush. In  the latter case great care should be exercised not to injure any of the parts.  Dip the brush In the benzine and clean  the spindles and spindle holes and tlio  teeth of the escapement wheel.: After  washing a'part wipe the brush on the  rag and rinse in the benzine. This  should be repeated frequently until no  more dirt is seen.  When the clock has dried oil the spindle holes carefully. This may bo done  with n toothpick or a sliver of wood  cut to a fine point Oil the tooth of the  escapement wheel slightly, using a fine  brush.���Popular Mechanics.  LOWESTOFT CHINA.  THE SLANG OF TODAY.  Story  of  a   Factory   Whose   Productt.!  Are Now Highly Prized.    �� '  At the end of the-North parade,  Lowestoft, is the Warren House, a  place of great interest: to connoisseurs  of china. It was here,; in the ;eighteenth century, . that a discovery oi  fine clay was made which eventually  led to Lowestoft manufacturing the  china which is now so rare that it Is  almost'pricelcss.  Initial experiments made by Hewlin'  Luson.. JTCsri., ot jCiunton Park,. near  Lowestoft, with some fine clay discovered accidentally on his estate resulted in complete success and ultimately  led to the opening of a factory at  Lowestoft in 175C for the manufacture  of fine earthenware and porcelain "soft  paste." '  .In-1775 a finely glazed and decorated  "hard paste" was introduced, the efficiency and beauty of which betokened a brilliant success for the proprietors. Contemporary evidence Indisputably shows that from 1770 to  1S00 the Lowestoft works were at the  zenith of their fame. Owing, however,  to the enormous expenses and difficulty '-'incurred. In procuring china clay  from Cornwall and elsewhere (after  the original clay was exhausted) and  the rapidly Increasing competition of  other makers Its prosperity waned, the  collapse came, and the works were  closed In 1S03.���London Globe.  Clerical Clothes In New York,  "Today I encountered a whim of  New'York tailors that nstoulshed rac,"  said a western clergyman. "I ordered  a suit of clothes from a man who refused to work for me.  '"What's the reason you folks are  passing me along to another tailor?".  Tasked. 'Do I look bard to fit? Are  you afraid you won't gei7our*iiouL7f-  "The tailor explained that neither of.  my guesses was correct. He declined  to make my clothes simply because I  am a clergyman and require a clerical  cut. He let me down easily by stating further, tbat he never undertook  to make ecclesiastical garments,, that  very few of the lay tailors in New  York do undertake them. They do  uot havo enough of tbat kind of work  to keep them constantly Informed on  the requirements of the different religious orders. A mistake would be  embarrassing to the clergymen and to  the tailor, so they hand all such customers over to tailors who ruuke a  ispociulty=iof=such-=work.U=====  Kidney-  Speed Mania.  "How fast do you usually travel?"  "I don't pay much attention to that,'  answered the motorist "1-get raost of  my excitement iii watching the rapid!*  'ty with which pedestrians move out ot  my way."���Boston Post.  A   Bored   Floor.  Mr. Reeder of Kansas told a story to  the house of representatives about a  Kansas settler and a trick he played.  "I think we sent him on to the state  of Wyoming," be said.  "We have a lot of bad people in our  6tate from Kansas," suggested Mr.  Wendell of Wyoming.  "This was a pretty smart fellow, and  I wonder they did not > seud him *a  congress," answered Mr. Boeder. "The  law required the settler to build a  house with a board floor and a board  roof. So he-dug into the bank a space  of three feet wide and six feet long  and put poles across the top for a roof.  Then he sharpened a stick and bored  holes in the'ground of the dugout.  Next he bored holes through the roof  and made an affidavit that ho had a  bored floor and a bored roof."���Detroit  Free Press.  Small Boy (at the circus, sternly,  to his grandfather)���Don't laugh like  that, grandpa; people will think this  is the first lime you've ever been in a  place  of amusement.���--Tit-Bits.  Warts will vender tne prettiest  hands unsightly. Clear the excrescences away by using Holloway's  Corn Cure, which acts thoroughly  and painlessly.  During a lecture at one of the  leading colleges on the subject of  "Ventilation and Architecture" tho  temperature' of the room rose to a  very high  pitch'. '."���-.  "And now we will turn to Greece,''  said the lecturer. :  "So we will," said one of tho audience, wiping his brow, "unless you  open some of the windows."���Philadelphia  Ledger.     ;  When  Sleep  Was Trumpj.  A' bridge playing set at au eastern  university, who usually turned night  into da.v, used to appear at morning  chapel with remarkable regularity and  were pointed out as an example by the  authorities. An alteration was made  In the time, chapel uot beglnulng until  thirty minutes later, and the dean was  astounded to see that uone of these  men, so regular before, was present  lie sent for them and asked the reason.  "Well, sir," said one. "It's like this:  When chapel was at half past 7 wo  could just manage It, but we can't  keep awake  till  8 o'clock."  On Ice,  "Y-es," said Alkali Ike, "a couple o'  cow punchers indulged in a very pretty scientific scrap down at Bad Bucko's  yesterday."  "It's wouderfulhow cool those fellows keep under the circumstances,"  remarked the eastern tourist  "Yaas; they certainly have to be kept  cool, stranger. 1 believe, for some reason or other, their funerals ain't to be  for a couple 6' days yet"  k'-A new  sensation.  Wa n_ ^^ real  fltCll Pleasure.  _ . The big  ?���*��� bl/ack  V***"     plug.  2270  Certainly Would. .  City Man (to villager)-Wouldn't It  open your, eyes to look across at that  lot there and see one of our city skyscrapers covering it? ��� Village Man-  Waal, I guess I would, seeiii' as I've  got twenty head 0' cattle grazin' there.  -Bohemian.  Ono r-nnnot talk constantly without  ���lying. fnoli.-li things.���Chicago' Rec-  ���������d-Hcrald ������-...  Nothing   Left.  "Have you," asked the judge of a  recently convicted man. "anything to  offer the court before sentence is  passed?" .  "No, your honor," replied the prisoner; "my lawyer took my last far-  thing."-London Tit-Bits.  The Last Word.  Conductor���This here transfer expired  an hour ago, lady. The Lady (digging  In nor purse snappisblyi���No' wonder  with not a single ventilator open in the  whole earl  Will 11 Be the English of George Meredith or George Ade?  If the slang of today is the correct  speech of tomorrow, what language  will our children -speak a generation  hence? is the pertinent question asked  by a w'riter in the Boston Transcript  Will It be the English of George Meredith or the English, of George Ado?  Shall wo talk in the flowery hyperbole,  of the Bowery, with which our Newspapers' of today, and even our books,  are filled, or must we be content with  the speech that has satisfied many  generations of our forefathers? As  we saunter along in enjoyment of the  invigorating spring air on a bright  Sunday morning, whether we have  been listening to the words of tho  preacher or merely taking our Sabbath  pleasure In the open, shall we say to  our children, "You kids hike along  home," or shall we tell them, "Run  along, and. we'll follow?" Of course  It will bo needless to express ourselves  In such grandiloquent phrase as "Children, journey home and behave yourselves decorously," for the youth of  today would be ill mannered enough to  laugh at us therefor, but there is a  happy mean between the vulgar and  the stilted, and correct and informal  speech will fall upon childhood's ear  like the words of au unintended sermon. As a matter of fact, a little  slaug is an excellent thing, but in the  present era of slang more than the  smallest quantity is a great deal too  much. The English- language may  fairly be said to be tho most picturesque and most expressive in the  world, and it does not need the ver-  ,blage: of the slum, or even the catchwords and catch phrases of the street  to add to its vigor and variety. As a  rule,-, the use of slang is indicative more  of paucity of thought and idea than of  susceptibility to the humorous nnd the  graphic. If we tell our friend "to get  on to his Job," "to get on to himself,"  "to get busy,": "to get a move onV or  any one of a hundred other things, we  certainly reveal our tendency to move  with the tide of the hour, but at the  same time we clearly show that, .wc  arerhore imitative than original. We  speak slang frequently^, through sheer  laziness. It was the last word in the  mouth of a companion, and it becoiner  the next -word in ours. It Is echoed*!  by the speaker, the teacher, by the lecturer, by the -writer, but with rare exceptions it never becomes anything-  but slang. After all, It is only the best  of slang that survives, but even then  we need not excuse ourselves for l*r��-  coming proficient in its use. We  should think of the present as well as  the future. Why use slang when we  can speak the speech of-our heritage  equally well ? Why become the blind  leaders of the blind?  A  GENIUS  IN  SHORTHAND.  Mrs. Bryan Has Her Own Stenographic System.  Mrs. William Jennings Bryan is the  only woman on record who has invented a stenographic system,, and  there is nothing impractical' about the  method, for she has proved its:value  In acting as secretary to her husband.  Of course In the event of Mrs. Bryan  becoming the mistress of the While  House she Will resign the work to a  staff of secretaries of the Loeb order,  but it Is safe to predict that not a man  will .be found to give the same satisfaction to the great commoner. Mrs.  Bryan's system is the growth of a  dozen years, or since the stirring day  in 1S90 when her husband won his  Qrst presidential nomination by his  "cross of gold" speech. At that time  the Bryan purse was so lean it denied  the luxury of a paid secretary, and  Mrs. Bryan elected herself to the post  At first the work 'was slow and discouraging, but gradually Mrs. Bryan invented a stenographic code until now  she easily follows her husband in bis  swiftest moments. Bryan is one of  the quickest talkers before tbe public,  and his wife's success seems almost  impossible to_exnertjisers,of-the^Pit--.  IRONING 1S       {ft-St Larres-impld  . 1 sar mailed free  heavy WOrk jgf 00 request,  with common  cooked starch.  Itisawoman's  pleasant, successful occupation with  Celluloid  Starch., Requires no rub-  bing-���just  soaks in.  Irons don't stick���there's wax ia  the starch. Your grocer has it���>  or can get it. , iu'  Never Sticks. Requires t\o Cookinjf  Tlu Brantford Starch Worts, Limited, Erantfonl, Canada  Moro: Important-  Two village worthies were discussing  a   mooted   point   in   grammar  as  to  whether a hen "sits" or "aets" when  she takes to her nest  "Seems to me it's a heap more important," interrupted a bystanding  farmer, "whether she 'lays' or 'Hes'i  when she cackles."���Hurper's Weekly. J  Light.  "You used to say," she bitterly .complained, "that I was the light of; your  existence."  "I know It," he replied, with almost  brutal frankness, "but that was before  I had to pay for the gas you consume  by sitting up till midnight reading fool  love stories."���Chicago Times-Herald. "  A Cultured Clerk.  Mrs. Schoppeu���What's the price of  this silk?  The Sales Gentleman���The price is  88 cents, madam, which you must* admit.-Is quite -.decollete'  Mrs. Schoppcn���Decollete?  The Sales Gentleman���Yes, madam.  Cut low,���Philadelphia. Press.  FALLING   SICKNESS  Fiti,  Epilepsy, St. "Vitus' Dance,  Nervous Troubles, Etc.," positively  ourod by LIEBIG'S f IT CURE. Tnz (rial  bottle s* nt free en applicator*.   Write  1 LIEBIG CO., Phoobe St., Toronto.  Prices Red uced,B  Quality the same  Windsor Salt is actually  "cheaper than inferior imported  salt, w'hich is being-sold  throughout the west. Windsor  Salt is absolutely pure.    It  requires  less  to   properly  season food���goes farther���  kthus is more economical.  You save money by  U3iQg ,mw'  s^smMm$$&0^:  ?;'���;���'���*:'��� --V-. Jc <!Plh'^-|>-| ^���;*:;f>r-i*'-*y**$ ���: -  man and other standard systems.  Only one professional stenographer  has bcen found equal to the task of  reporting accurately all of Bryan's  words on the platform, and this man is  put to a harder strain than Mrs.  Bryan. Every morning after breakfast  Mrs. Bryan takes a dictation from her  husband; then when he busies himself  with other duties she runs a typewriter  with nimble fingers. It has bcen said  that Mrs. Bryan has refused a large  amount of cash for a complete chart  of her system, the chief merit of which  lies in Its simplicity.  Beautiful   Hair.  The secret of beautiful hair Is In  knowing how to make tiie most of It,  how to coax nnd coddle It Into growing aud to arrange it to the best possible advantage, says the New York  Press.  It is the natural frame for the face,  and whether or not this frame Is he-  coining remains with the woman herself.  It Is wonderful what terrible things  a woman can do with her owu head.  Combs are set In crooked, aud In  many cases a head of hair looks more  like a bird's nest than a coiffure.  To have pretty Inrir you first of all  ���mint have clean hair.  This means that you should shampoo  t e\cry two weeks.  The hair catches even more dust than  ho face.  To Remove Furniture Dents.  To remove furniture dents wet the  ���tear with warm water.^ Soak in warm  vatcr a piece of heavy brown paper,  -'ouble it about four times, lay it over  tlio dent and press with a hot Iron.  Leave the Iron -01-u.th.e paper until all  moisture is absorbed. If the dent Is  ���lot then removed, repeat the process.  SPECIAL   TO   GRAI.N   SHIPPERS.  It takes 3*cars to learn tho best 'ihe.  thods of handling grain. Wc have had  thirty; years' experience handling  grain, in this country, have a branch  office at Fort William and close business connections at all grain centres.'  Ship your grain through us for prompt  returns and good services. "References,  Union Bank  of Canada.  Manitoba  Commission   Co.,  Grain     Exchange,    Winnipeg,    Man.  You Can't Cut Out  A   ROO   SPAVIX   or  TgQROUOUl'iN, but        '1  will clean tliam off, and you **rort Uia  bor��e lams (lino. Does not hllnU'ror  rcmova the hair.   Will tell yon inoro If  Jou rrrlco.   $.',00 per bottle, delivered,  oolt J.C fren.  AIJSORMNE, .TB.. for mankind,  51.00 bottle. Cun-s Varlioso Vclun, Varicocele, Hydrocele, ltimturcd *Jtisci��*> or  LI-.-atuenti.KnlarKril (lianas, Ailayj 1'kln,  Uenulue mfd, oiily bjr _,  H. F. YOUNG. CD I--. 137 KonmcutR M., SpnnjUeltl, (-"isi  LYMAN SONS �� CO.. Montreal. Canadian Agents.  Jt/to /urnlthtd by Martin Belt A Wynne Co., Winnipeg,  The Kathnal Oruf A Chimloal Co., Winnipeg and Ca'jary,  ejtd lltnderz:n Croi, Co. Ltd.. Vanoouetr.  Embarrassing.  Scaver���What in the name of all  that's laughable makes Swettson  look so happy?  Weaver���Why, he's just won ��5 on  a bet.  Seaver���Won ��5 did he? There's  always some brainless idiot ready to  part with his hard earned cash bet^  tih'g on a proposition which any child  with brains enough to blow a whistle  would know was certain to be beaten. From what consummate ass did  Swettson rake in that ��5?  Weaver���Why, he^���er-r���won it off  mo.  S��l^��,  Underwear  fits perfectly. Every  garment is tested on  models and the exact  size -determined. All  sizes from 22 to Jo  inches.  3 winter weights.  Your dealer- can easily get ��B  desired sizes and weights, if he  should not have them in stock. i41  W.   N.   U.   No.   707. ' * **-i  .*-*-���  **  ���  . A '."'w***-  ' -w.-i"  S->>fyill$i-r~>\,  -'r-Hr;^;?:. ;-.**'::  -��.,".--"   .^  ���VO*'.  .:*���:.'. *?*���*. r!'-^'.'.;-*'''' ^���'*fe��'..  ���- **���*-���,-���>--  '". i . > ,  ?���;:;-. ������.:-.��a -.--.. ���-���  -.?!  r-v A  11 10IIE LMDi.  P lLlished in the interest of the -leop't*  of Mi-yit* auu fc,aoi liootenny.  r;  F,  J.  SMYTH.   PUULTSHBR.  x^#^**^_  .iKioni'-WlL/'a.':  R.lTK    OF    HUI'.CI'IITLU.S*  ftn-e I^flw  $3.00  SATURDAY. SEPT. 20,   190S.  With umbrellas jr.-nerally  it is  tho poorest that get loft.  At the last Dominion election  U-.k.r, the Social'*-^ candidate,  received only throe votes  Moyie.  in  Sir Wilfred Laurif.r asks for  1 ;<-np to Fini-h his work. He had  better get busy botween now ai-d  October 20th.  Moyi*' ��� sidewalks aro in a  ivretched condition, a facb which  ioapref83s every pei son who walks  on them. This should be one of  tho first matters for the board of  trade to take up.  Province: Mr. Rockefeller is reported to be descended from an  ancient noble house���probobly  from that of Midas of the golden  . touch, who also had trouble with  his digestion.  If you want your fieinds in the  east or in the States to know the  kind of a country yon live in,  Bend them the Leader. Ib is better than a letter and it will go  every week.  Daliquent subscribers will you  liquidate? asked a southern editor,  and quite a number called and  thanked him for bis kindly feeling toward them and said they  would not.. mind taking a drop  with him. :  It will again 1 e necessary to reorganize   the^, Moyie    board   of  trade, and again get new life instilled into the institution which  is so valuable  to any town.   All  towns   have   their   troubles  iu  keeping their boards from going  to peicea, and Moyie is no exception to the rule.   However, it can  be truthfully said of   the Moyie  board that it neves fails to rise to  the occasion when any issues ef-  How Nature Provides.  .Our Beauty,Health and Happiness.  Is it not possible, and altogether probable that elements necessary for the  body-health are contained in the medicinal roots found in the earth, digested  In tho plant laboratory of Nature and  made ready for man or animal ?  There is a growing belief among scientists that the vegetable kingdom furnishes us with the necessary elements  for blood making and to keep that delicate balance of health that the human  animal is so apt to disturb by wrong  methods of living. Thus we know that  ���we should get the phosphates from the  wheat in our bread���or some cereal  foods, and iron from certain vegetables,  eucIi as spinach and greens.  If there is ill-health then cur best  method for recovering our standard  balance of health is to go to Nature's  Laboratory���the plant life which will  furnish the remedy.  Buried deep in cur forests is tho plant  known as Golden Seal (Hydrastis) the  root of which Edwin M. Hale, M. D.,  Professor of Materia Mcdica ot Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, states  " In relation to its general effects on ihe  svstem, thero is no medicine in use  about which there is such general unanimity of opinion. It is universally  regarded as the tonic useful in all debilitated states." Dr. Hale continues:  "'Prof. John M. Scudder says, ' It stimulates the digestive processes, and increases tho assimilation of food. By  these means the blood is enriched, and '  this blood feeds the muscular system.'  ' I mention the muscular system because  I believe it first feels the increased  power imparted by tho stimulation of  increased nutrition. The consequent  improvement On the nervous and  glandular systems are natural results.'"  Btillingia or Queen's root is another  root which has long been in repute as  an alterative (bleed purifier; and Prof. ,  John King, M. D.F says of it: "An  alterative unsurpassed by few if any  other of the known alteratives; most  successful in skin and scrofulous affections. Beneficial in bronchial affections  ���permanently cures bronchitis���relieves  irritation���an important oough remedy  ���coughs of years standing being cured.  Aids in ..blood-making and nutrition,  and may be taken without harm for  long periods."  Nearly forty years ago, Dr. E. V.  Pierce of Buffalo, N. "Y., combined an  extract of the two above roots, together  with that of Stone root, Black Cherry-  bark, Bloodroot, Mandrake and Glyo-  erine���into a prescription which he put  up in a ready-to-use form, and caned  Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.  It was most successful in correcting  and curing such ailments as were due  to stomach and liver derangements,  followed by impure blood.  In cases of weak stomach, indigestion, dyspepsia, ulceration of stomach  or bowels, torpid liver, or biliousness,  the "Golden Medical Discovery" has  never been excelled as a tonic and in-  vigorator which puts the affected organs "in tune" and onables them to  perform their proper functions.  This alterative and tonic is indicated  when you have symptoms of headache,  backache, in fact "ache all over."  When your appetite is gone, tongue  furred,bad taste in mouth, foul breath,  when you feel weak, tired, blue and  discouraged, then is the time to take  thiB natural restorative of Dr. Pierce.  "Golden Medical Discovery" is not a  secret, or patent medicine, because all  its ingredients ore printed on the bottle  wrapper. It contains no alcohol, or  other harmful, habit-forming agents���  chemically pure, triple - rennea glyc-  cerine being.USecLaJS si.nalvaat aad-prc--  eervative. "  A good medical book, written in  plain English, and free from technical  terms is a valuable work for frequent  consultation. Such a work is Dr.  Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser. It's a book of 1008 pages, profusely illustrated. It is given away  now, although formerly sold in cloth  binding for $1.50. Send 31 cents, in  one-cent stamps, to pay for cost of  customs and mailing only for paper-  covered copy, addressing Dr. B. V.  Pierce, Bufialo, N. Y.; or 50 cents for  an elegantly cloth-bound copy.  Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and invigorate stomach, liver and  bowels. One a laxative, two or three  cathartic���Easy-tb take as candy. -  I  O. O. F.  ^^>$^ "Tllcley Lodge No. 4*.  M 'Ptp Tup*-dny evenings i:i  MrGrf 5<*r  hnll  on   Victoria  street.   Sojourning  Odd Follows cordially invited.  tticNRY Sait F.J. Smyth.  Noble Grand. Secr'y.  Fishln  Nt. Eugene Lodge No. 37  K. of P.  "���c^f )',|] Meets tvfiy Tl.urso*ny  ���^%'^^Lvt-nipg' ir McGrefeOi  \^>^k& hull al 8   ('f.Uck.    VL--  Shoe Repairing  Mining LShoes  Made to Order  RODS, KEELS, FLIES,  BAITS, LINES, HOOKS  LEADER BOXES AND  rROOLS,  Green-heart rods from $3 to $13;  -plic bamboo from $ L (50 to !?5.75;  Tjance wood rods from $2 to $5  Crunk rods Loin H to $-1.50.  MOYIE   DRUG    AND  STATWHEPY   STORE.  St!^    iiing brothfis invited.  EL O. LtvESiusY, E. A. Hi���,  Chancellor Com. K. It, and S,  it.   Joseph's   Convent.  NELSON, B. C.  i-sonrding and Day School  conducted by the Sisters of St. Joseph, Nelson  B.   C.     Commercial    and    business  nurses a specialty.   Excellence  nnd  wift progress  characterize  each  de  wlmont,     jPurenlo   should ��� write   lot  iurticular8. One month assures the  niblic of the thoroughness of the  Sisters' methods of teaching. Terms  ���.i-innunce January, April and Sept  Pupils are admitted durim; term.  Mojde   Miners'   Union  No. 71 W, F, of M.  Meets in McGregor hull every  Satur-  ilny evening.      Sojourning   members  iire cordially invited to attend.  II. J. Colter Thos. .E,. Kelly,  Prewd-mt. Secretary  THE CANADIAN BANK  OF COMMERCE ."*'..  2fs��#��S?  Thif-lle J'rand Creamery  Butter 3 pounds for $1.00  Golden West Creamery  and Thistlo Brand. Dairy  Butter 25 cents per pound,  P. BURNS s CO  MOYIE, B. C.   .  Harvey,    McCarter  &  Macdonald.  Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries, Etc.  Oranbrook,   -   -   B. C.  W. F   GURD,  BARIUS-IUK, SOLICITOR., "ETC.  CRANBROOK. -   B. C  C. H. DUNBAR  Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public, Etc  Cranbrook, B. 0.  DR. P. B, MILES,  33EKTTIST.  Oranbrook,    "      B, C.  -V^*.^v'*.>.^^y-     f  g&. A. SMITH  SUOEMAEElt,  AIOIYB,  HEAD   OFFICE, TORONTO  E. E. WALKER, President  ALEX. LAI2D, Gsneral Manager  ESTABLISHED  1667  Paid-up Capital, $1G,C00,000  Reserve Fund, -   5,000,000  Branches throughout Canada, and in the United States and England  SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT  Deposits of $1 and upwards arc received and interest aliojved at current  rates.    Accounts may be opened in the names of two or more  persons, withdrawals to be made by any one of the  number or by the survivor.. ���������������* -���  CRANBROOK BRUNCH. F.T. BRYMNER, WU  STOP at the  COSMOPOLITAN  WHEN IN  CRANBRCOK  Cosmopolitan Mote!  HARRY DIM0CK,  Proprietor.  Nearest Hotel to the St. Eugene mine  Headquarters  for Miners.  BAR SUPPLIED WITH BEST BRANDS OF LIQUOBS AND CIGAR?  Rates $1.00 a day and up.  r. T. McVitlie, t I'.,   )  J   I   )    "���   JeiUi.C  McVlTTIE & PARKER  " PnoviNCiAL Land Surveving.  RAILWAY  &   MIXING   KNGINKEUING  Estimates Furnished.  .JOFFICES.  Forfc Steele P. O. Box 25.  Cranbrook P. O. Box II.  George fl Thompson,  BAURISTKR, tjOLlCHOR  tary Public,'&c!,;  CRANBROOK,      British Columbia  W, R. BEATTY  Erubalmcr and Undertaker,  Phone 9.  CRANBROOK'  K. n. SMALL, Malinger.  Good rogms, good tnbleB and bar  and  first class sample rooiis.  Wm. Jewell  Express and General Delivery Business. Liveryj and  Feed Stable.  WOOD   AND    COAL  For Sale  Leave Orders at  .Gwynno's Store.  Moyiej' '--"-   ;"BiitisK Columbia  fecting the welfare of tho town  are at stake.  ,- ���     ,eU ���  ,No one will doubt Borden's  sincerity and hosesty of purpose.  In his speech et Halifax he said:  "If there has been wrong-doing  by Conservatives, I denounce it.  I denounce those who committed  it or are reponsible for it and I  declare that they should bo pur-  ished with the full legal penalties.  No man   Who   resorts to   corrupt  -f0W, thenco easterly aloiiRtho southern boun  , . ,       -I dnry of wild Lot, 401!) to tho tuU-rw-ctlon ot (he  BCtS in   the   BUPPOSed interest   CZ   raid Hallway'tight of   Wayi thnco soithrrly  LV I ttiouu natd right of way to the point  of   com-  our party, is a true friend of the  party. If wo preach puiity, and  practise corruption we shall be  worthy of the scorn that can be  poured upon us." And again  when he said: "I do not fear defeat in a clean campaign, but I  prefer over whelming defeat to  victory won by improper means."  CRANBROOK LAND DISTRICT, DISTR'.CT  OF EAST KOOTENAY,  TAKE notice that Selwyn Qwillym Blaylock  of Moyie, li. C, occupation Mino Su-'Crlntti cl  eat, Intends to apply for permission to pur  Chase the following dubcrlbed lands.  Commencing at a post planted about 50  chains southwesterly [rom the Buuthwest corner of Lot 40TJ, thenco Noith one hundred a>id  four chains, thence tint about twenty chains  to tho Biitlsh Columbia Southern Railway  RiBlit of way, thence southerly tilong said  right of way to Its intersection with tho  North boundary of Lot -1019, Group 1, theuce  Westerly along the said North boundary to the  Northwest corner of said Ix>t . 4049; thence  Southerly along tho Western boundary of said  Lot4018 to tho south West comer of said Cot  BL*V YOUR  INTERNATIONAL  HOTEL.  This hotel is now urder  nrw  management, and is first class  :i*g*in every respect.  B. E. TAYLOB, Mgr.  Victoria Street.  MOYIE  nton  A B. Stewart & Co.  |p:<  NOTICE.  ���Jslco notice that I intend sixty flays after  date to apply to the Hon. tho Chief Commls-  Bioner of Lands and Works, Victoria, to  purchase the following described lands:  Commencing at the southwest corner post  of Block 2802, Group 1, East Kootenay District, thence north 20 chains; thence west 20  chains; thenco south20 chains; thenco east 20  chains to point of corainouccmcnt, containing  40 acres more or leas.  H.J. WHITE.  Moyie, Angust 18th, 1908.  incuccmcnt.  DATED July 24,1908  .   SKLWYN GWILLYM BLAYLOCK.  NOTICE.  CRANBttOOK LAND DISTRICT, DISTRICT  OF SOUTHERN DIVISION, EAST KOOTENAY.  TAKE notice that I Wm. McDougr.ll, of Moyie  n. C occupation Mine Surveyor, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following  described land;  Commencing at a post planted on the shore  of Moyie Lake about five chains di-tant in a  ���South WcBlerly directlou from tho North West  corner of Lot No. 750 The Laic-* Shore mineral  claims, thence west 20 chains; theuce south 20  chains; thenco east 20 chains*, thence northerly  ���20 chains to point of commencement, and containing 40 acres, more or less.  WILLIAM MCDOUGALL.  Dated August 12th. 1908.  LiNbLisuar  CARPETS  Geo. R. Leask & Co.  BUILDERS AND  CONTRACTORS  Our "Work is our Advertisement  Head  Office :  CRANBROOK  B.C.  See  V, S. Uddicoat, Moyie, B. C.  NOTICE.  CRANtlROOK LAND DISTRICT, DISTRICT  OF SOUTHERN DIVISION EAST KOOTENAY.  TAKE notice that I Henry J. Cooper of Moylc  B. C. occupation Blacksmith, intends to anply  (or permission to purcbasa the following described lands.  Commcncine at a post planted on the west  bonk of tbe Moyie river about ]5D yurds south  of the Little Moyie river, thouce west 10 chains;  tbcuco North 80 chains; thence East 60 chains;  moreorless to Moyie river, thence south along  river bank to point of commencement, containing ICO aci ej more or less.  HENH.Y J. COOPER.  Sept. 14th. 1908.  GET YOUR  BREAD,  CAKES  AND  PASTRY  FROM  Summers & Hamilton  When furnishing your  homo or hotel don't forget we can furnish you  promptly and complete.  MAIL ORDERS GIVEN  PROMPT ATTENTION  Standard Furniture  SEND YOUR WORK   TO   THE  KOOTENAY  STEAM  LAUNDRY.  KELSON  All White LaTbor.  Laave work with the local agen t  A, B. STEWART.  O  F. DESAULNIER  DEAIER IN  Large assortment of GO-CARTS and BABY  . CARRIAGES.'   Prices fiom $5 p.  Cranbrook   Co-Operativa    *  LIMITED.  Stores  \ 9999&9999999*3������*Z *zeG6e���eG9&9*995>Z9&&999992>999G���*s��� 9999  HOTEL.  ri p.:f. joEAsioft  <��  1 This Hotel is New and well Furnished* The  f Tables are Supplied with the Best the  |        MarKet affords. The Bar is Filled with  2 the JBest Brands of Liquors and Cigars.  PROMPT DELIVERY.  Queen s'~ Ave.     MO YI|3  Company  Br--Ci  NELSON,  .'������, '���;   AGNTS"  Mason .fcltisch Piano Co.  Ostermoor Mattress.  Globe-Wernick Office Furniture.  GENTLEMEN���  If you want a stylish, up  to date tailor-made suit, call  and inspect our spring goods  before ordering elsewhere.  We guaratee all  Our Work.  Cleaning, repairing and  pressing done.  Prices Bight.  G. A. FOOTE  Merchant Tailor.  MOYIE, : B. C  THE-  Bl  DBSAOtNIEB    BKOB,   Pop*.  Large sample room in connection  with house for commercial m en. Be  of accommodations^ -"...-  Headquarters for   Com~  ���'���'"--  mercial and Mining Men.  OBKNS AVBHTTB,   .        MOYIB, B. C  Thinking of Spring  Painting, Etc?  THEN REMEMBER  B. ti. SHORT,  CRANBROOK, B. .0 v      .*  Box   33.  Will send competent  man to paint, kalso-  mine or papefr your  home.  RAILWAY  Excursion Rates  From MOYIE  to  Vic-  fc;a;B. C. $32.85  Selling dates Sept.  19th to 24th.  Final Return** Limit, Sept. 30th.  <i>  ft  -HEADQL'AR-T-ERS-FOR-COMMERCIAL*-  AND MINING MEN  i  MOYIE  BRITISH COLCMBIA    {.  ij;***? ecse ���is-e-ace'sceeeee-eec^afas'e'p.e-ssasa o99999$9gg*&gg*  J  | e^,eem^^vuUM,1iMlue,jruelMSW:  Nelson^ B;C.   $4,65  Selling   dates '.Sept. 21 st to  25th'  Final Return Limit Sept, 26th.  New Westminster   or  Selling dates'. Sept. 26 to Oct 2.  Final Return Limit Oct. 7 th.  Aa m-ido by the present brewer is  admittedly   tbo  Best Beer in East Kootenay. With the Best Malt and  h o Purest Spring Water it is unexcelled for quality.  Insist on having Moyie Beer,  Bottled and Draft Beer.  im mm  CHAS. INDERWIES, Mgr,  MOYIE, B. C  Corresponding aates from other  points. Apply to local ticket  agents for berth reservations, etc.  . E. McPHERSON, G. P. A.  Winnipeg, Man.  J. E. PROCTOR, D. PA.      '  Calgary, Alta.  roperty for Sale  IN ALL PARTS OF TOWN  F. J. SMYTH  Insurance, Real Estate, Collections.  I