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II., No. ,36.\n-BE\nSLOCAN, B. C, DECEMBER 0, 1901.\n*2.00 IJEIt ANNUM.\nComing In:\n100 cases 40 per cent. Giant Powder\n50 eases 60 \" \" \"\n25 oases Gelatine Dynamite, Giant.\nON HAND:\n60,000 feet Bennett's Fuse\n20,000 Al Blasting Caps\n8 dozen 5-lb Verona Picks.\nT. D. WOODCOCK & COMPANY,\nHardware Merchants.\nSLOCAN, H.C.\nRUBBER FOOTWEAR\nOur otock ie complete and from the best Canadian and\nUnited States Manufactories. In U. S. goods we hare\nWomsocket, Qoodyear Qlove, and Wale's Goodyear\nYou all know these as the most reliable (-roods jiirnod out\nin the U. States. . In Canadian wo handle only the bust,\nLhe \"Maple Leaf.\" Every Pair is Guaranteed.\nWe cu i sell vou the highest grade Rubbers at the price others\ncharge for .inferior goods, because we buy the quantities and pay\ncash. Xoni will save money by purchasing the rubbers we carry.\nW. T. Shatford 6c Co., General Merchants,\nSlocan, Vernon, Fairview, and Camp McKinnev, B. C.\nA. TORE -*w** \u00bb***$$$$&*&*\n*S*>-*-5-*-^-^--3\u00bb**-\u00bb**\u2022-\u00bb' - -\u00bb-.\nsf Here's Yer Healths, in Water. %\ne \u2022 S \u2022 \u2022\nTae the Scott ies o' the Baby Ceety:\nWhan Scotsmen's backs w.erc nt tiie wa',\nIn dnys, thank God, I.ing distant;\nWhan ('liairlio Stuart met. Iiis fa'\nAVi'clansmen owor persistent;\nWii.in hidin' 'uia'.ighis Hielan' hills.\nIlk puY j;ii' hunt ir cottar\nDrank o\" the draught the bum disti.'s\nWi', ''Here's oor I'rince,\" iu water.\nCome, fill a cogic tae the brim,\nAn' Scotsman a'thegithcr\nThe toast that gars oor een grow dim:\n\"Scotland Dear, Oor Mitlier.\"\nHere's an ancient precedent\nTribulation taught her,\nDrink the health the way it's meant\u2014\nHere's her health, in water,\nThan rugged covenantin' chiels,\nAmang their rocks rcbidin',\nWhan unrclentin' stdger deils\nHad kept them a' in hidin'\nIn caves an' dens, sent up their sang;\nAn', as their bluid grew hotter,\nSwore godly niths tae richt their wrong,\nAn' washed them doon wi' water. V\nSae, fi'l ye, ilka mither's son. 1\nAn' toom yer glesses quickly, \\|\nHere's thc richts oor laithers won r*JI\nWhan dangers clustered thickly. 2\nWe mayna pledge in iiskabaugh, *\nWhilk proves an unco faut'er, v\nBit drink ''Oor Kintrn, King, an'Law,\" *\"\u25a0\nAn', \"Here's yer Healths,\" in water. ,)\n( \u2014R. T. ANDERSON. (J\nj- St. Andra's Nicht. s?\n\u2022**>~* \/\u25a0'<&\nx<''Si4L&&4\u00a3i&&4k&\u00a3:& \u2022a-*4A_k*_*:_fc_fc_**.*_i-_s*_v'2t\n* **?\"*C\"^-^*^^\u00ab*^\"\u00ab*?\"&* \"\"*?995T5lv?55'C\nOUR ORE SHIPMENTS\nSUBSTANTIA*-. SHOWING MADE BT\nTHIS DIVISION.\nI.\u00bbst Year's .Shipments Were 8847 Tons-*\nA Healthy Ks lilenee of the Life and\nWealth of the Camp\u2014Arllssgten th*\nDlggest Shipper;\nNot a pound of ore was moved from\ntho division this weok,being the first\nblank to occur this year. The great\ncry is for snow, as there is any\namount of mineral to go out. The\nArlington, in addition to its second-\nclass ore, bas IC cars ef high grade\nmineral to ship, and the Enterprise\nhas considerable also, The \"Exchange, Duplex, Bondholder and\nother properties have small jags of\nore to come down so 6oon as rawhid-\ning permits.\nLast year the exports from this division amounted to 21347 tons, made\nup from 10 properties. Following ie\na list oi the shipments this year to\ndate:\nMINK.\nArlington\t\nEnterprise\t\nTwo Friends...\nBlack I'rince\t\nBondholder\t\nChajileau\t\nSpeculator\t\nPhoenix\t\nVstM\t\nEsmeralda\nHampton\t\nFourth of July.\nTamarac \t\nWEEK.\nTOTAT,,.\n4606\n020\n40\n155\nM\n15\n10\n23\n20\n2\n12\n12\nb\n5550\ning thc fall the electric ore finder\nwas tested on the vein and the readings were that an immense ore chute\nexisted farthor down the hill. With\nthe Neepawa, Enterprise and Iron |\nHorse all working ina bunch, a most1\ncreditable camp has been formed, I\ngiving Ten .Mile more lifo than it lias\nenjoyed since DOT.\nImpui'tisssl. RtWke ssss Arlington.\nNews came dribbling down during\nthe week that a rich and encouraging\nstrike had been made on the Arling\nton, on the east vein and in what is\nknown ns the old Finch workings.\nThe work on the Speculator demon,\nstinted that two parallel leads traversed the hill, separated 120 feet\nfrom each other. All tlio main work\non tlie Arlington is on thc west vein\nand it is from there all the big shipments have been made. Drifting was\n| commenced lately on tho cast vein,\nj resulting iu the strike abovo record\ned. There is upwards of a foot of\nI solid gnlenii in sight, carrying eon-\njsideralile native silver and giving\nJ high values. The Arlington 18 in a\nfortunate position, having two parallel chutes of rich ore now to draw upon. Manngnr Collom 1ms reason to\nbe proud of his property.\nWutssssss SsiS'ss Toil Fielding.\nAnother lawsuit has arisen out of\nArlington matters. Frank Watson\nhns commenced suit in Spokane to\nrecover $1)700 from Con Fielding, oue\nofthe original owners of the mine.\nof amid great acclaim. The wee\nuna' hours were reached long before\nthe gathering broke up, tho affair\nbeing voted n huge success.\nW, A. Galliher, M.P., made nn ex-\nci'Ilent speech upon the duty of Can\nadians to upbuild their country;\nwhile Frank Fletcher, who had arrived from Nelson during tho day,\nmade good his offer to give the city a\nfree smeller site. Mr. Strachan ttns\nlong on the genealogy ofthe human\nrace and successfully proved that all\ngood men were- or ought to have\nbeen \u2014Scotch. The Nelson contingent\ndeclared they no.'er had a better\ntime, us may lie judged from the following telegrams!\n\"We arc na foil\",we're no that full',\nbut hobbled here in Slocan brew.\nFletcher, Strachan and Galliher.\"\nReply from Nelson i\n\"Ve're rift guid; the dell tnk ye.\nHut bring back a shipload o' Slocan\nbrew.\"\nDr. Forin to Nelson:\n\"Loos a' wi'ye the oor? First\ndinner an' we're h.iin' a deil o'a\ntime. Nelson contingent still sober.\"\nAn Appeal ICnts-rcst.\nNotice of appeal h.'s been given in\nthe ease of Manley vs Collom, over\nthe Native* Silver fraction, IMnintiff\nAdverted defendant's application for\na crown grant; had his title declared\nin the supreme court nt Nelson and\ncontinued in the full court nt Victoria. It, is now up to lhe supreme\ncourt At 0 tawa and will undoubtedly\nreach the privy council. The costs\nin the case have been heavy.\nMIMICS AND MININ!*.'\nA force of seven men is employed\nat the Transfer.\nThe Hewett, Four Milo, is making\nregular shipments.\nAmerican Boy stock is finding lots\nof buyers. It is on the jump.\nThe Arliuuton has upwards of 16\ncarls-ads of high grade ore ready to\ncome down.\nThe management of tlie Speculator\nhas decided to work that property as\na shaft proposition.\nOvertures havo been made by tho\nEnterprise people to treat the ore\nfrom the Iron Horse.\nBy the starting of the Neepawa\nand Transfer, 17 more men h.'ve been\nadded to the payroll of the camp.\nThe owners of thc Tamarac have\nreceived word that the bond on that\nproperty will be lifted on tho 15th.\nThe Enterprise has its electric light\nplant running, wires being strung\ninto all the buildings and workings.\nThe Enterprise trumway is not\nrunning as smoothly as might be, as\nthc buckets require assistance in\ndumping. This defect will be remedied.\nThere has been a change in tlio\nmanagement at the Enterprise, both\nSupt. Of and Foreman McPhee being\nout. The new superintendent is\nnamed Mussen.\nConnection was made on Friday at\nthe Speculator between the workings\non thc east vein and thc big shaft and\ncrosscut from tho west vein. It took\n700 feet of drifting to accomplish it.\nF. C. Green, of Nelson, completed\nthe survey ofthe Arlington workings\npassing through the Native Silver\nground on Saturday, iiis report goes\nto both plaintiff and defendant in the\nsuit of Manley vs Collom.\nEncouraging news comes from* tho\nSpeculator, two feet of oro having\nbeen struck on the east vein. Wednesday. The strike was made just\nbeyond the crosscut from thc wcs*.\nvein. The ore is coming up through\ntho floor uud promises to be permanent.\nlCnterprlHs. Mill Itssnislii*{.\nTrial runs have been made nt the\nEnterprise concentrator during the\nInst week and it is claimed the test\nhas been satisfactory. Tlie crusher\nhns been fed slowly, to permit ofthe\nninchinery wearing into shape, and\nit is also \u2022\u2022sscrtcd thc tailings assay\nbelow what wns expected. On Monday a piece of steel got mixed up in\ntho crusher, smusliiiig one. of the\njaws and causing a temporary shut\ndown. The damage will soon be repaired. \t\nJ. M. Willlssnss I\u00bb.*sisl.\nA report reached the city Monday\nthat J. .M. Williams, well known ia\nconnection with the Chapleau, died\nthree weeks ngo on the west const of\nAfrica, lie had gone there to rerxirt\non sonic mining property for an English company, but had been taken ill\naboard ship and had died shortly\nafter land it,g.\n; I\nli\n5\nHI\n:\n1\ni I\ni '\u2022:\nN\ni\ni\n' \u2022\nt:\nii*\nSubscribe for Tine 1>kij.)., WW\niw \u25a0. '\nlift.*:* H\nWahV'*'\n\u00bbBKW-'~si\u00bb,i\nmi*- \u2022\n;\u25a0*. \u2022.!\n\u00bb*M.;:\ni\n;\nIf*-:' \u2022\nl\u00bb ' 'i\n\u25a0\nAN\nHUMBLE\nHERO\nBY THOMA8 P. MONTFORT\nCopyright- 1901 by Thomas P. Monttort\n\"Yonng feller, 1 can't make out that\nyou got any call to worry 'bout Sim\nBanka an bis wife, an I 'low. Ifd be\nJest aa well for all parties concerned If\nyou didn't do lt I'm a-glttln along up\nIn years myself, an I ain't lived all my\nlife In tbls world without learnin one\nor two things. One of tbe tblngs I've\ndone learnt is never to mix up In nobody else's business when I ain't got\nno Interest In lt, an another thing la\nnever to bother myself 'bout what goes\non between a man an his wife. I ain't\nso blamed smart as some, mebby, nor\nI ain't no derned Idiot asylum, an I\nknow enough to know tbat 'bout tbe\nmost dangerous place a feller kin stick\nbis nose is ln between a man an hit\nwoman. He'd a dad burned sight better stick It In a steel trap. Yes, slr-ee!\nYou bet be had.\"\nTurner paused, but Melvln offered no\nreply. Presently tbe former went on,\nspeaking ln all seriousness:\n\"You are a young feller, Mr. Melvln,\" he said, \"an I guess you ain't bad\nno great experience wltb the world, so\nI'll Jest risk given you a little piece of\nadvice. Whatever else you do In this\nUfe an bowever many other mistakes\nyou may make, be shore of one tblng,\nan tbat Is don't you ever go nn gtt\nmixed up In no mess with no otber\nman's wife. No matter wbat comes\nnor wbat goes, don't you ever do no\nslcb a thing as tbat, for as shore as\nyou do you'll live to see the day wben\nyou'll bitterly rue lt You mark my\nwords for that\"\nMelvln laughed at the old man's seriousness and turned tbe matter off lightly. He had no Intention of going to\nany dangerous extremes, and be felt\ntbat there was no occasion for til tbls\nsermonizing.\nHowever, tbere came a time in after\ndays when those words came home to\nhim with stunning force, and be wished with all his heart that he had heeded them.\nCHAPTER VTIL\na cava, \u2014WAKxiiiif a.\nWhat did It mean?\nThis was tbe question 81m Banks\nasked himself ss he sat there holding\nthat note in his hands, reading over\nand over the few lines It contained.\nWhat could It mean, and who conld\nhave written It?\nThough Sim pondered these questions long, he was able to find no answer to tbem. The whole affair was\nwrapped In a thick and Impenetrable\nmystery which he could not solve. He\nfelt however, that there must be something dark and unpleasant bock of It\ntil, and a sensation of uneasiness took\npossession of him. After his experiences of that day, which had been a\nday of events to bis uneventful life, he\nwas In a state of mind to expect all\nmanner of curious and unaccountable\nhappenings.\nCould it be possible that Louisa had\ntn Important secret that she wss keeping hidden from him? Conld lt be possible tbat she and some man bad formed a friendship, or at least on acquaintanceship, the existence of which they\nhad guarded so well that he had never\neven so much ss suspected it?\nThat the author of the note was a\nman he was assured from tbe first\nTbe strong, bold cblrograpby and tbe\nlanguage of the note convinced him of\nthat Tbls much, and this much only,\nwas clear to him.\nThe thought that hia wife and some\nman should be linked together by a secret which no one else must share\nmade his heart sick. To bis mind It\nsmacked of a dangerous and unwarranted Intimacy, and lt caused him to\nsurmise Uie possibility of unpleasant\nthings. For tbe first time ln his Ufa\nbe felt tbe bitter pangs of jealousy.\nIt did occur to blm for a moment\ntbat the note might have been written\nby Melvln, wblcb was very natural\nconsidering all tbat bad happened tbat\nday and In view of the fact that Melvln waa the only strange man wbo had\nbeen at Beckett's Mill for weeks. A\nlittle reflection, bowever, decided him\nthat he would bave to look further for\nthe author. Melvln was a total stranger tbere, so what could Louisa know\nof blm or bis name?\nSim said nothing to his wife that\nnight about the note, but the next\nmorning wben they were seated at the\nbreakfast table be took tbe scrap of\npaper from bis pocket and banded it to\nher, remarking quietly:\n\"Thar's somethln I found last nlgbt\nLoueesy, an from what 1 cu make out\nIt must be youi\"n.\"\nLouisa reached ont and took Uie note,\nand as she glanced over It 81m was\nwatching her. He saw the color mount\nto her face, while her bead drooped until her eyes were fixed on ber plate.\nShe remained silent and after a mo*\nmenfs wait he said:\n\"Loueesy, Is that your'nT\nTbere was a abort pause. Then abe\nlooked up. and Instead of answering\nhis question sbe asked:\n\"Where did you get Itr\n\"I found It on the floor, where you'd\nlikely dropped It ls!tyon*-\"0r\n\"Yet, It Is,\" she admitted hesitatingly*\n\"Tben wbat doea It mean, an wbo Is\ntt from?\" be demanded almost sternly.\n\"Tbat I cannot tell you,\" sbe answered In low tones.\n\"Why can't you?\"\n\"Because I have no right to tell.\"\n\"No right to tell anything to your\nmnn, your own husband?\"\n\"Not that. You had as well say no\nmore about It.\"\n81m looked nt bis wife very hard for\nalmost a minute, bis face rapidly changing color and a variety of thoughts\nflashing through bis mind.\n\"Loueesy,\" he said at last \"tbat note\nwas wrote by a man, an I want to\nknow what it means. I have a right to\nknow.\"\nSbe flashed blm a look full of resentment\n\"Whether you bave a right to know\nor not\" she replied, \u00b0you will never\nknow from me.\"\n\"Why?\"\n\"Because, as I have already said, I\ncannot tell you.\"\n\"Can't tell me? Loueesy, wbat am 1\nto think of such talk as that?\"\n\"You are to think wbat you please, I\npresume.\"\n\"But what can I think when you and\nsome man have a secret between you\nthat I ain't allowed to share?\"\nShe fixed blm with ber eyes and wltb\na scornful curl of ber lips retorted:\n\"And what am I to think when you\nand some woman bave not only one secret, but many secrets, between you\ntbnt I am not allowed to share?\"\nHe looked at her In astonishment\n\"Me sn some woman bave secrets!\"\nhe repeated. \"Wbat do you mean by\ntbat?\"\n\"I mean Just what I say. Last nlgbt\nwas not so long ago tbat you should\nforget wbat took place tben.\"\n\"I don't understand you. I've never\nhad a secret from you In all my life,\nmuch less a secret between me an any\nwoman.**\n\"Are you to sure of that?\"\n\"I am.\"\n\"Tben yon must have forgotten Mary\nMann.\"\nSim's face flushed instantly, and bis\nhead drooped. He bad forgotten Mary\nMann, but now be remembered her, as\nwell as bis meeting with her the nlgbt\nbefore. It was tbe memory of tbat\n\" You will never know from tne.\"\nmeeting tbat made blm blush, and be\nblushed, not for himself, but for her.\n\"And your meeting wltb ber last\nnight,\" Louisa sdded after a pause.\n\"Wbo told you about that?\" Sim asked Inconsiderately, thus admitting tbe\ntruth of the charge.\n\"Tben yon did meet her?\" Louisa\nsaid.\n\"Yes, but lt was not my fault Wbo\ntold you?\"\n\"It doesn't matter wbo told me. Although yon soy you bave never bad a\nsecret trom me, I am certain you\nwould never have been the one to tell\nme tbat\"\n\"You're mistaken thar,Loueesy. Tbar\nain't no reason on earth why 1 should\nnot 'a' told you, an I'd 'a' done It Nothln happened at tbat meetln, so far as\nI'm concerned, that I'd be ashamed to\ntell to Uie whole world.\"\n\"Not even your banging over tbe\nfence and making love to Mary Mann?\"\n\"1 never done It Loueesy, an anybody tbat went an told you any slcb a\ntblng told yon a p'lnt blank lie. 1 never made love to nobody In sll my Ufe\nbut you.\"\n\"Tbat will do for yon to tell, but you\ncan't fool me. If you were not making\nlove to Mary Mann last nlgbt wby\nwere yon wltb ber?'\n\"1 was Jest pussln along Uie street\nan she called to me.\"\n\"And you stopped?\"\n\"Of course. Whnt else could 1 do?\"\n\"Notblng but stop and make love to\nber.\"\n\"I till you I never done any slcb t\nthing as mnke love to ber. You ask\nber ir I did.\"\nMrs. Ranks tossed ber head disdainfully.\n\"I'll be apt to ask any woman such a\nthing as tbnt, and that woman In par\ntlculnr.\"\n\"Waal, you needn't tben. But It wis\njest like I sny. I uever dreamed \"of\nniiiklti love to I ier.\"\n\"Itut you stopped tbere with ber and\nbung over the fence and talked to\nher*'\"\n\"Wnni, s'pose I did. I couldn't belp\nmyself I eoulilii i ji'Ki walk oo an leave\nber while sin- wns Inlkln. could I?\"\n\"Certainly not when her talk was so\nsweet uml Inlfi't-fuliii* Yon must bave\nfound It rial plin\u00abJHil lo liuve ber assure ynu Hint I illsln'l love you. but\nthnt sin* Uiiiv m>fiu> tvoniQU wbo did.\"\n\"I ilisln i I'.1 urn\ntfttl lii'i \u25a0\u2022\u2022\u25a0\u2022\u2022\n\"Hy Inn\"-\n*ttr \u2022\u2022nui li'\n\"If I did hang over tbe fence an talk\nbnck to ber, 1 never said notbln out of\ntbe way an nothln to be ashamed of,\nnary a word;\"\n\"Some people haven't a very keen\nsense of shame.\"\n81m paused for a moment Then be\nssid very soberly:\nit i,n tlmt I didn't\n' . nisi iiiidlscour-\n\u25a0 i \u2022\u2022\ni. i. nit* sod talk*\n\"Loueesy, you don't love me. If you\ndid, you wouldn't nover believe the lies\nsomebody's gone an told you when 1\ntell you they are lies. A woman that\nloves her man ain't never a-goln to be\nlleve some old long tongued tattler ns\nag'ln him. It's a gospel truth. If ever I\nspoke one In my life, when I say I nev\ner made love to Mary Mann, an I'd\nswear to It on a stack of Bibles a bun\ndred feet high. You ain't got no right\nto accuse rat* of any slch a thing.\"\n\"But you have a right to accuse me\nof'something just as bad?\"\n\"I ain't never accused you of notbln,\nLoueesy, an you know It.\"\n\"Not exactly in so mnny words, per\nbaps, but you have Intimated It pretty\nplainly.\"\n\"Me intimated that you made love to\nsome otber man besides me?\"\n\"Something like that. You remember, 1 suppose, wbat you said about\nthat note?\"\n\"I never said an I never meant that\nyou loved somebody else.\"\n\"I know what you think.\"\n\"If I tbought slcb a tblng as that,\nwould I 'a' told Mary Mann ylsteddy\nthat she was a-Iyin when she said what\nshe did? An last nlgbt wben Jim\nThorn blnted at tbe same thing, do\nyou know what I done to blm? I Jist\nknocked him down plumb fiat on bis\nback, an If they hadn't 'a' held me I'd\n'a' stamped tbo very daylights oaten\nhim.\"\nLouisa looked up, a surprised and\npained expression on ber face.\n\"Did Jim Thorn dare to say such a\nthing as tbat of me?\" she cried.\n\"He did.\" Sim replied, and, feeling\nsure of her gratitude at least be added:\n\"But ho ain't never goln to say It no\nmore, I bet I done settled him for\nthat\"\n\"Yes,\" sbe said; \"but you've gone and\nset everybody else to talking. I wish\nyou had let Jim Thorn alone.\"\nSim was amazed,.and the look on hit\nface showed it\n\"Wby, my laud, Loueesy,\" he exclaimed, \"you ain't almin to say 1 done\nwrong in knock!n Jim Thorn down,\nare you?\"\n\"You had better not bave done it\"\nshe replied, \"and I wish you hadn't\"\n\"Waal, I'll be blamed! Wby, Pap\nSampson an Hicks an Jason an all Uie\nrest, tbey all 'lowed I done Jest right\nan ever' one of 'em said he'd 'a' done\njest like 1 did If he'd 'a' been in my\nplace. Lord, I was counUn shore on\nyou beln pleased 'cause 1 tuck up for\nyou that a-way, an now yon don't\nthink 1 ort 'a' done It! 'Pears like can't\nnotbln I do please you, Loueesy, an\never* Ume I try to do somethln for yea\nI seem to make a mess of It\"\nSim's voice was so pathetic and his\ndisappointment so evident tbat in spite\nof ber 111 humor, Louisa was touched.\nShe looked at him, and there was an\nexpression of pity and something like\nsympathy In ber eyes. Slowly and\nsadly sbe said:\n\"Sim, It is a sad thing to say, and\nyou may think It cruel, but Ood knows\nIt Is true. It would bave been better\nfor us both If we bad never met\"\n\"Loueesy!\" Sim exclaimed fearfully,\nstarting to bis feet all ln a tremble.\n\"Wbat Is that you say? Barely yon\ndon't mean them words.\"\n\"1 do. and wbnt I say Is true. It\nwould have been far better for us both\nIf we had never, never met\"\nHe stared at ber a long Ume In silence, and be noticed that ber face was\npainfully white and drawn. His, too,\nbe knew, bore tbe marks of a great\ndread and fear.\n\"Loueesy,\" be said, his voice busky\nand scarcely audible, \"for God's sake,\ndon't say tbat! Remember, you are\nmy wife. Pleasp take back tbem\nwords. Say tbey'e not so.\"\n\"I cannot, Sim, I cannot for I wonld\nonly be lying If I did.\"\nSbe folded.ber arms on the table and\ndropped ber bead on tbem and began to\n\u2022ob. 81m stood watching ber, a sickening dread stealing over bim. Uncertainly be hesitated for a moment\ntben went to ber and put out bis band\nand began to stroke ber hair. Sbe drew\naway from blm, and a cold shudder ran\nover ber. He stood aloof and looked\non ber, bis face painfully white and\ndrawn and a bard, tense sensation\nclutching st bis heart\n\"Loueesy.\" he said presently, \"wbnt\ndoes tbls mean? Wby do you treat me\nlike that?\"\nSbe mode no reply, but continued to\nsob. He reached out bis band again\nand placed It gently on ber bead, and\nagain sbe shrank from blm as though\nhis touch were poison. Her actloo cut\nblm deep, and a pain, sharp and poignant passed through bis soul. Wben\nhe spoke again, bis voice wis low snd\nbusky.\n\"I\/oueesy.\" he stld, \"Is It true, as\nMary Mann soys, tbat you don't love\nme none?\"\nSbe did not answer, and wben be bad\nwaited a moment be repeated bis question. Tbls time sbe looked slowly up\nuntil ber eyes met his. Krom that moment tbere was no need for ber to\nspeak. In ber eyes be only too plainly\nread her answer to bis question. Slowly, as one te a dream, be turned to\nleave tbe room. There was a queer\nsensation of emptiness about bis bead,\nand everything around blm bore a\nstrange sir of unreality. At the door\nhe stopped and put bis band up to bis\nforehead and for a full minute stood\nlike one dated. Tben. turning bit eyes\nence more on His wife, he ssid:\n(To be Continued.)\nThe French government expocts to\nInstitute communication with the\nFrench Central African colonies shortly by moans of wireless telegraphy\nacross the Sahara desert.\nINVENTED THE LOOM\nTHE \"DRAW BOY\" WHO REVOLUTIONIZED 8ILK WEAVING.\nBow Joseph Marie Jacsiuard Foaaht\nPOTerty, Sickness, Sorrow nud Re-\nverses and Finally Won the Battle\nof His Boer Life.\nJoseph Marie Jacquard will always be\nregarded as one of the foremost Inventors\nin the textile world and his loom bb one\nof the most brilliant of industrial Inventions. Few have ever accomplished such\na revolution in Industry, and still fewer\nhave by so doing alleviated the sufferings\nand improved the condition of their fellow laborers to the extent realized by\nJacquard. Jacqnard was in the full\nsense of the word a self made man of\nthe people, nnd it is this fact that makes\nthe study of bis life particularly interesting to an American.\nBorn In Lyons July 7, 1752, son of a\nsilk weaver, be assisted bis father at the\nloom from his earliest years, noting as a\n\"draw boy,\" as those workmen were\ntermed who pulled the strings by which\nmeans the wurp was manipulated on tbe\nolsl looms so as to weave figured goods.\nHere he became familiar with all the\nwoos of the \"draw hoy's\" life, and so\ndeeply did they impress themselves oa\nbis mind that the desire to do away with\nthis drudgery continued to be his leading\nthought throughout life. The boy's health\ngave wny nt the loom, so be was apprenticed to a bookbinder nnd later to a\ntype founder. But the demon of Inventive genius bad already seised upon him,\nand he spent most of his time In tinkering\nand was regarded as hopelessly lazy by\nthose around him.\nWhen Jacquard was twenty years of\nage, bis father died, leaving blm a small\npatrimony, with which the young man\nbegan weaving brocades on bis own account and soon after married. Bat he\ndevoted most of bis time to tinkering\naround on his looms, and this, with bis\ninexperience, brought about bis business\nfailure within a few years.\nSilk industry being at a low tide, yonng\nJncquard had to accept work in a limekiln, while bis wife found employment in\nplaiting straw hats.\nIn 1790 tbe idea of a loom that would\ndo away with the \"draw boys\" assumed\ndefinite shape in Jacquard's mind, but\nbis extreme poverty rendered it impossible for him to construct a model at tbat\ntime. However, be did not despair, and\na copy of \"Poor Richard's Almanac,\"\nwhich came Into his hands about tbls\ntime, encouraged him all tbe more to persevere and to try to triumph in epite of\nbis poverty.\nDomestic afflictions now overwhelmed\nhim. Having enlisted In tbe army for the\nnational defense with his young son, hs\nsaw the latter fall at his side in an engagement on the Rhine. Returning to\nLyons Jacqnard arrived just in time to\nbe at the deathbed of his wife.\nHe was employed as day laborer la s\nfactory and devoted bis evenings with\ngreat seal to the modeling of bis favorite\nIdea. Most of the work was done with a\njackknife. In 1800 hie loom was finished.\nA model sent to Uie industrial exposition\nla 1801 brought bim a bronze medal and\na call to Paris to repair tbe looms of tbe\nConservatoire des Arts et Metiers at\na salary of 8,000 francs per annum.\nWhile there be saw the loom with which\nVancanson had vainly tried to solve tbe\nquestion which occupied Jacquard, and\nfrom this loom our inventor gained some\nnew Ideas. He returned to Lyons and\nafter two years' faithful work succeeds*]\nIn bringing forth a loom which effectively\nsolved the difficulty and enabled a single\nweaver to weave figured goods. The government at onee granted him a pension\nof 3,000 francs nnd a royalty of 50 francs\nper loom.\nTo understand exactly the value of\nthis invention it must be borne In mind\nthat up to this time the weaving of figured goods required from live to ten\nworkmen to each loom, most of tbem being employed in pulling the strings, by\nwhich means the warp was opened for\nthe passage of the shuttle. A string had\nto be drawn for every passage of the\nshuttle. Thus the \"draw boys\" had to\nwork rapidly. The pulling was heavy,\nnecessitating a strained position and requiring the most painful exactness, as a\nsingle mistake would mar the figure. For\nthis clumsy apparatus of strings and\npedals, requiring the attention of a number of workmen, Jacquard substituted a\ncontrivance as simple as ingenious, enabling a single workman to execute the\nmost complex patterns as easily as plain\ngoods. Not only wero the \"draw boyB\"\ndispensed with, but the goods were made\nwith a finish and exactness which before\nwere not even dreamed ot.\nHowever, in spite of Jacquard's complete success, his loom was neither generally taken up by manufacturers at once\nnor the invention bailed with delight by\nthe weavers. Every new loom threw\nfour or more workmen out of work. liven\nthe \"draw boys\" preferred a life of torture and deformity to starvation. Jacquard was publicly assaulted hy his enraged fellow workmen aud almost prc-\ncipitnted into the lt.ione. Even Ihe COO*\nseil des prud'bomuies at one time ordered the destruction of the new loom to\nappease the wrath of the weavers. But\nJacquard's loom, like every truly great\nInvention, was bound to triumph, and hy\n1812 it bad firmly established itself\nthroughout the Lyous workshops.\nNumerous lucrative offers were now\nmade Jacquard from abroad, particularly\nfrom England, but be preferred remaining in Lyons, giving himself up entirely\nto his native town. Later on be purchased a small estate at Oullins, near\nLyons, where he died Aug. 7, 1834. aged\neighty-two years.\nIt may be said that to Jaeqnard's invention is due not only the greatness of\nLyons in the silk world, but the tremendous expansion of tbe silk Industry\nthe world over as well. Its influence bas,\nhowever, not been confined to the silk\nworld, tbe weaving of cotton, linen, wool,\njute, etc., having been effected almost as\nmuch as tbat of silk.\nNot to Bo Desired.\n\"My dear.\" aaid Mrs. Parvenu In her\nsuperior way, \"I am surprised to see\nyou ealiog that breakfast food.\"\n\"But I like it,\" protested the unsophisticated Mr. Parvenu, \"and wby shouldn't\nI eat it? It's strengthening, and tbe\nmanufacturers make great claims for it.\"\n\"They claim.\" said Mrs. Parvenu severely, \"that it makes 'good red blood.'\nto use their own words.\"\n\"Well. Isn't lhat what wa all want?\"\nasked Mr. Parvenu.\n\u2022'\".lull's.\" snisl Mra Parvenn, \"I'm sor*\nprised nt .you. You know ae well as 1\nslo ih.ii ivli.it \u2022\u25a0-\u2022> want is aristocratic\nlilue Ijioo.I \"\t\nUSE OF PERFUMES.\nTho Habit a Good One From m By-\nclenlo Standpoint.\nA considerable difference ot opinion\nexists in regard to the propriety of using scent upon the person. The practice\nis of orientnl origin and bad for its original object the desire to make thc person\npleasing to tbe opposite sex.\nlt should be remembered tbnt the basis\nof all perfumes is an essential oil of\nsome kind, derived either from flowers\nor leaves or artificially by a syutlii-tic\nprocess. In either case the essential oil\nis a powerful antiseptic and Dos\u00ab\u2122_\ndisinfecting propertiesnot lew CaTZ\nthan those of carbolic add itself 1,1\nwell known, tho essential oils absorb \u00bbt\nmosphorlc oxygen forming \u201en uustlll,;\ncomp nd easily lensling oxygen for th.\nwork of purification. Pine oil. eucalypti\noil and turpentine act readily in this\nmanner-a fact which probably accounts\nfor the salubrity of the air of pine forests and eucalyptus woods.\nThe UBe of scent by mnny women is ex\ncessivc and by men is looked upon \u00bb\neffenilnnte\u2014a prejudice thnt we confess\nto shnring-and yet the question naturally arises, \"As we study our environment\nto please the eye by color nnd natural\neffects and to please the ear by musical\nnotes, why should we not make similar\nendeavor to please the nose by agree-\nable and fragrant odors?\" Each sense\nmay suffer offense, and there is no reason\nwhy each sense should not be equally\ndefended in this regard. And tlie use of\nscent on the pocket handkerchief, which\nis where we commonly find it, is calculated to exercise a higher office th\u00bbn\nmerely to please the sense of gm(.||,\nThe handkerchief may easily prove a\nsource of Infection, for it is made lo be\ntbe common receptacle of secretions from\ntbe nose and mouth, and the employment\nof an antiseptic hnndkerchief is pcrfs'ct-\nly consistent with the dictates of com*\nmon bacteriological evidences. The liberal use of Bcent on the handkerchief Is\ncalculated to make It antiseptic nnd to\ndestroy the germs in It, owing to the action partly of thc spirit of the scent\nand partly of the essential oils dissolved\nin the spirit. Before, therefore, we con-\ndemn the persons who UBe scent upon\nthe handkerchief for practicing a foolish\nor luxurious habit we should remember\nthat they may actually be doing K\u201eod\nto their neighbors, by checking the distribution of infectious materials.\u2014Lancet.\nTlio Ghetto.\nMr. I. Zangwill, the famous Jewish\nauthor, once wroto the following letter\nas to the derivation of the word \"ghetto:\"\n\"I don't think any quite convincing ety-\nmology of 'ghetto' bas been adduced,\nthough tbe most likely connection is with\nthe 'ghetto,* or iron foundry, in the quarter of Venice to which the Jens were\nassigned in 1510. As this was tbe first\ncompulsory Jewish quarter in Italy the\nothers were called by the same name.\nPossibly it. may come from 'geto,' a\nbridle. That 'ghettore' means to purify\ngold and silver has also been suggested.\nBut these two suggestions come to me\nonly as I write.\"\nMaking- a Steak Tender.\nIf tender steaks cannot be obtains*^,\nbuy good split bone steak and purshnse\nthe supply two days ahead. Lny the\nsteaks in a large platter, mix equal quantities olive oil and vinegar and pour\nover the steaks until every portion ii\nmarinated. Allow them to stand in this\nfrom twenty-four to forty-eight hours in\nthe coldest part of the refrigerator. Tho\nresult will bo steaks in which every portion is as eatable as tenderloin. The\nspiltbonc is an Idenl boarding house\nsteak: there is scarcely a morsel ot It\ntbat cannot be served.\nPoor Cbomplrlahl\n\"Why. pa, ibis is runxt beef,\" exclaimed little Willie nt a dinuer on tho cvi*nlng\nwhen Mr. Chuinpleigb was present s*\nthe guest of honor.\n\"Of course,\" snid tbe father. \"What\nof that T\n\"Why, yon tnld ma this morning that\njou were going to bring s 'niuttonhead'\nboms* fur slinni'i- 'bis eveuing.\"\u2014l'kiladel*\nEthiu Pre**.*.\nTho government chemist of New\n'\/calami has discovered a method of\nsterilizing eggs whish will keep them\nfresh for three years.\nPublic opinion is never tongue-tied.\nNERVOUS HEADACHE\nIrritability, Sleeplessness, Feelings of Lassitude and Depression Weakness and Irregularity of the Bodily Organs.\nThese oro the symptoms which point to a depleted nervous system. They tell of thin, weak, wat.ry\n\"jlood, of wasting vitality and lack of energy and ambition. They warn you that nervous prostration, Ions-\nmotor ataxia, paralysis and even insanity are possibilities of the fuiure.\nMrs. Henry Clarke, Port Hope, Ontario, slates :\u2014'*J havo used seven boxes of Dr. Chora's Nerve Pood\nfor nervousness and a completely run down system, and can heartily recommend lt as a wonderfully eflectlvo\ntreatment. Before using this remedy I had been In very poor health for somo months. I ss*emecl to have no\nenerjy or ambition, felt tired and listless most of the time, and could scarcely drag invself about the house.\nI was weak, irritable and nervous, could not sleep well, and felt discouraged about my,health. l>r. Chase's\nNerve Food has token away thete symptoms and given back my usual health and vigor, consequently I endorse it fully.\"\nDr. Chase's Nerve Food\nFills tiie shrivelled arteries with new, rich blood, strengthens and revitalize** the norves by forming new\nnerve force and gradually and thoroughly overcomes disease and weakness. It foruvs new healthy tissues\nand gives a well rounded form and clear, healthy complexion to all who uso It. 60 cts. a box 0 boxes for\n$1.50. At all dealers, or *ftrimanson, Bates _ Co., Toronto.\nAn Offer to Men.\nT HAVE always given proof of anything that I claimed for my Electric\nA Belt, because I know that there are people who claim t great deal|\nmore for their remsdtes than tbe truth would justify. If you want a\nremedy which will cure you, it seems wise for you to take ths ono that\nhas cured others. I have published thousands of testimonials from\ncured patients, and I will pay $1,000 in gold for evidence showing that\nI have ever used a testimonial which wu not true and honest\nDp. MoLaughlln'e Eleotrlo Belt Cures Rheumatism, Lumbago, Pains and Aohes In any part of the Body, Weakness\nln any part of the Body, Tired Feelings, Sleeplessness, Premature Old Age, Weak Stomach, Weak Kidneys, Loss of Vim,\nAmbition and Youthful Fire.\ndon't ask any man to buy my appliance on a speculation. I know\ntha it will cure these troubles and I want my pay only when the cure\n ___ is complete. I don't ask you to try it ono month, nor two months, but\nlong enough to curt you, and when I have cured you you can pay me. If I la.il in my task it's my loss, not\nkours. All you lose Is your time, and if my Belt fails to cure you you will have the satisfaction of knowing\nfthat tht best, strongest and finest electric body appliance in tht world\u2014ons with 50,000 cures to its credit-\nlist failed, and that there is no cure for you in electricity. Remember, my terms aro\nPA Y WHEN CURED.\nFREE BOOK I\nI have just completed mr beautiful Illustrated Book telling how It\ncures the weakness of men and women. It's worth reading. I will'\nsend it closely sealed FHK1\" ninn. request. (Jail, If possible, and I\nwill explain what my Belt will do. Call or write to-day,\n(FREE TEST\nOAllTlflN Beware of oonoernii offering a thinplooo of folt nss a subst.lt.uto for my muhlon oloctrodes. 'ni-^olii**pooverln'i-\"\"''l\n\u2022Wsew S EViSi uaodonlyUs dlsirulso their tsars niotat IsllsUrlni* olentmlcs. Tlio*\/havo to ho Hoakwl in water, whloh qulokly UNor-i\nand leaves tbem without ourronU My cushion olootrndoa aro my vxoluslvis (nvontlsin ansl suliimoL Im linltatod. . Inrt\nIt ysro havo onss of thoso old stylo. lsllMicrlnKliolts I will tako It In trailu fnr ono of mlno, I do this not that, tho old bolt Is of any \u00ab*\u25a0**\u2022;?\u25a0]\nIt Is not, but to establish tbo valuo of my f-oosls with peoplo who havo boon misled by tho falHo clulm* of oOiiuorii* soiling a ohoap. woru-i\nOffloe Howe\u2014* sMSs. to MO pun.\nDR. M. B. MCLAUGHLIN, 130 Yonge St., Toronto, Ont. The Drill.\nSI.OCAN, BltlTISH COLUMBIA.\nNO REASON TO FEAR.\nPrecantlone Will Be Taken to Pre-\nrent Postmortem Uislslsery.\nThe uniformed functionary who is in\ncommand of a regiment of bellboys at a\nlocal hotel takes pride in the mouthful\nof jewelry that Is displayed every time\nbe gi ins. He had bail luck with his teeth\nio earlier life, and seveuil Ivories have\nbeen replaced with gold fillings. An acquaintance, one of thc prominent regular\nboarders at the hotel, noticing the animate.! showcase the other day, remarked:\n\"I am afraid, enptniu, that after you\narc dead and burled yon won't remain\nlong in your grave. Some one will dig\nvmi up for tbat ({old in your mouth.\nYou'll be worth more dead than you aro\nalive.\"\nHnstns laughed so henrtily at this that\nthe ji'ivelry display dazzled the eyes of\nths* guest\n\"Oli. no, sab,\" he said, \"dey won't dig\nme up, sah\u2014no, Bah, cawse I'se gwlne\nteli be incriminated, I am. Ah'll Jos' fool\nall ilose gold buntabs. Dey's dun got\nmail ulidah down at do creamery long\ntime ngo.\"\u2014Detroit Free Press.\nMi\nwliut\nynrsl\nMr\nflliicl\nBSTVi:\ntlmn\ner 111\nSill Vs\n-His\nII go-\t\nJohn's Opinion.\n\u00ab. flowes\u2014 For mercy sake, John.\nhave you been doing in thc buck\nnil the evening?\n. Howes\u2014Yon see, dear, It wns so\ni more Interesting to hear whnt the\nills said nhout you and your mother\nin listen to what you and your inoth-\nnl to say about tbe -servants thut I\nil a good deal longer than I mennt ta\nnm Transcript\nAwful Effects.\n\"Hnw does your daughter like tbe nil*\ncross pe sbo bought of as tbe other\niln y7\"\n\u2022\u2022'J'lint's wbat I came to talk to you\nn! \u25a0\u25a0 i. Say. wbat will you allow me lor\nit ii I bring it back? She took n lossk\nthrniirb it at a drop of wnter, and shs-'s\nbail f'.iir horrible nightmares since.\"\u2014\nCbk-uiro Tribune,\t\nWire Fences.\nWire fences were In limited nso Is\nthe neighborhood of Philadelphia ao\nfar I ack as 1810*. The wire used was\nmaiiif.ictured by White & Hazel at\ntheir wlreworks at tbe falls of Schuylkill. \t\nSickness.\nThe average amount of sickness ln\nhum: u life Is nine days out of the\nTear.\nI I ..I'eve MINARD'S LII-JIME-ix\nwill cure every case of Diphtheria.\nMUS. KEUBEN BAKER.\nItiverdalo.\n1 relieve MINARD'S LINIMENT\nwill produce growth of hair.\nMRS. GHAS. ANDERSON.\nStunloy, P. E I.\nI 1-ul'eve MINARD'S LINIMENT\nis Uie best household remedy on\nsiirtli.\nMATTHIAS FOLEY.\n<>ii City, Ont.\nBoth coal and tobacco smoke are\nvery injurious to lacquered surface .\nTho*, S shin, of Egliugt. n, says: \"I hare\nremoved ten corns from my feet with Holo-\nwny'ts i Yrn Cure.\" Reader, go thou .and do\nllk.-wiMJ.\nThe fellow who falls in love often\nlint'i, siilliculty ln getting on his feet\nagain.\nHARD'S UNDENT CITS Daflnl\nIt *-i*s*m\u00bb paradoxical but It is true\nthnt when a man is so set in his\nviews that we cannot turn him we\ncall i.im a crank.\nSKE1TIOISM.\u2014This is unl.applly sn\nige uf skepticism, bnt there la ono point\nspun which pereone acquainted with the sub-\n*\u2022*\"*'\u2022 siiree, namely, that J)r. Thomas' Ecloc-\nirlc Oil la a msdkslne which can be relied\nupon to core a oough, remove pain, heal\ns-iros i,f various kinds, and benefit any in-\nflann',1 poitlon of tbe body to which It Is\n\u2022Willed.\nOlisen-ntion leads to tho conclusion\nthnt n political job is not hard after\nyou Rot It.\nBeware of Ointments for Catarrh\nThat Contain Mercury,\n\u00bb\u00ab nu ri-ury will siiroljr destroy tho sense of smoll\n'\"\"I. 'ii|ili.|ily-\nKins reputable lslsyt.is.sasi*, satlsn iIisissiskss\nIlilssUUsnfsim to tlsst psosl full Cisn psss*\n\u2022'livafrsim them. Hull's Catarrh Curo.\nfisulsired hy V. J. Cheney * C\"ss.,Tols*1o, 0 ,\n'Ins nss mercury, nnd is taken Internally,\n\u2022'I Ily 114,011 Use Islossd anil mncoiis stir-\n\u25a0r 11,,, -.ystoiri. In buying Hall's Catarrh\n urn ymi srettbogsinuiiisi. It Is tsikon\n''Is, mid made In Ts.l.**** UMIMEHT for Bile Ertm.cn\n\u2022'\u2022\"--Clarice, you know I havo al-\nw\"-.vh thought a groat deal of you,\nanil i hnvs. nattered myself you think\nnot unfavorably of mo. May I-wlll\nyon is, my wlf0 ?\nli\u201e, w'nat a start you (rave me,\nrv t Do you know, I thought\nv Wor\u00ab Koing to ask me to lend\ny01* some money.\nA. DUKL IN THE SKY.\nwrTrurts.^1,0 b\u2122tl-ow-eamo into tho\nworld the same tiny, the same hour, and\nthe tVTT!' |W *PP*-\"wed before\ntlie tent of Pedro Longman, a showman,\nwho traveled from village to village with\ned 1& ttcrob\"*t8' W\"\"Pd train-\n;;-What; can you do?\" he asked\nity \u00bb Ue re-luirin8 Bkili ^d agil-\nnn'nAvl \u201eat is 8li-vin& a Kr^ deal.\nabuit r me an ovidence of y\u00b0ur\nThe words were scarcely spoken wben\nthoy made a perilous leap over his head,\nturned a double somersault, and landed\nin smiling precision before him. Pedro\nwas delighted; the engagement was\nsoon concluded at a very small weekly\nstipend, the brothers saying: \"Pay us\nwhat you please; you must decide that.\"\ni-rom the advent of those two unknown (for no one knew their real mimes\n\u2014they simply Btyled themselves Dick\nand Dock) good fortune seemed to smile\non this traveling show.\nIn truth, it was impossible to imagine\nanything more graceful and daring than\nthese young acrobats, whether suspended from the trapeze, flying through the\nair, or leaping and vaulting in the most\nwondorful manner\u2014they seemed as one\nbody animated by one will; then with\nincomparable grace they would light on\ntheir feet, nnd, hand in hand, receive\nthe plaudits of the delighted crowd,\nwhile golden louis. bouquets and billets-\ndoux, thrown by dainty hands, would\nfall in the sawdust ring. But these pur\nfumed billets never had tbe honor of\nbeing opened\u2014not even their seals\nbroken\u2014for Dick and Dock seemed utterly oblivious to blondes or brunettes,\nand when not in the arena, were always\nstudying their profession or practicing\nnew feats of strength and agility.\nNevertheless, they were good comrades with Joannot, the clown; with the\ncannon-ball man and with the colossal\nfat woman, who was no other than\nmadamo Pedro herself. Amid all this\nudnltation only one person seemed indifferent to their attractions and that\nwas Nita, the only daughter of Pedro,\nthe most exquisite little darling you can\nimagirte in her rowcolored gauze,\nspangled with gold; sbe looked like some\naerial creature flying ronnd tbe ring,\nleaping through the hoops of paper.\nFresh as a rose and changeful as a\nbutterfly, she mockingly teased the\nbrothers, sometimes running after Dick,\nsometimes leaping on tbe trapese behind\nDock. Very cold and correct they\nsilently received her coquetries, never\nshowing the least familiarity to the\ndaughter of their patron.\nTime rolled on, aud gold rolled into\nthe coffers of Pedra. He was growing\nrich, and often wondered at the indifference of Dick and Dock, who had\nnever asked for an increase of salary.\nThis mercenary Spaniard, Pedro, could\nunderstand why a man would toil for\nprofit or position, but to work for little\nor noting was unnatural\u2014there must be\nsomething behind it\nSuddenly u thought struck him. They\nwere striving to establish a reputation,\nand would then set up a business for\nthemselves. He must retain these\nvaluable assistants by a bond not easily\nbroken. \"I will give them my daughter Nita. Sapriste I she can only marry\none of tbem; which shall it be? Dick is\nstronger than Dock, but Dock is more\nagile and graceful.\"\nThen Pedro took a decided resolution\napd laid his dilemma before the brothers,\n'Which one of yon will marry my little Niur\nDick and Dock exchanged looks, then\none of them said: \"In ten days we will\nanswer vou.\"- \"Ah, yes,\" confirmed the\nother; \"in ten days.\"\n\"That's all right,\" said Pedro. \"After\nthe balloon ascension; I understand.\"\nPedro had arranged with an aeronaut\nfor a balloon ascension, a trapeze to be\nattached to the car, on which the brothers wonld perform their wonderful feats\nfive hundred meters above the earth.\nNaturally, they wished to wait until\nafter this jierilous adventure before they\ncould decide\nShut up in a court they daily practised\nthose dangerous exercises which were to\naugment their renown and the pocket-\nbook of their employer.\nThe day of the exhibition arrived\u2014a\nperfect sea of faces\u2014the baloon on the\ncentre swaying like a bird trying her\nwings. Wihl shouts of enthnsiasm as\nNita itiipcnrcil in her (-fold-spangled costume, dexterously driving the chariot\ncontaining the two brothers. She was\nmore beautiful aud coquettish than ever\nin her rose colored gauze\u2014perhaps in\ncontrast tsi Dick and Dock, who were\ndressed in black velvet, lightly touched\nwith silver lace\u2014rather a funeral costume for such a festive occasion, but\nprobably chosen because they would lse\nmoro clearly outlined on the bright blue\nHrt V.\nLeaping to the ground, tho brothers\ngracefully salute tho crowd; then, turning to Nita. they kneel before her and\ngriui'fiillv kiss her hand\u2014something\nthey had never done Is-fore.\nThe iiiTsiiiiint mounts his ear, follow\ns.il by the two brave ncrsslsats. \"Let\nher loosel\" A moment's rdlonos\u2014then\nili'iifening shouts of enthusiasm as tho\nballoon cleaves the air.\nTwo young and gnoslOl forms clinili\nthrough the cordage or the car SOtTappear upon tho trapeze. Their grace am\naudacity were marvelous. With fsildesl\narms they stand racing each other, very\npale but very determined; a slight motion of the hips maintains their oquili\nbrium. Dick wus tne first to speak.\n\"You love Nita 1\" \"Yos, and you-\n\"Love her ami cannot give her up.\n\"And I will not,\" answered Dock,\n\"Then fate must decide-the survivor\nwill take her.\" fc\nThey step back the length of the tra\nt)eM\u2014a knife clasped in their right\nhands-anil in bitter anguish gusto upon\neach other, utterly careless ol the wind\nthat swayed the trapeze back and forth,\nof tlie yawning gulf below. Then, with\npanting breath and gleaming eyes, they\nr_h upon each other, still clinging to\nthe bar that bends beneath their weight;\na frightful struggle ensues; cheer after\ncheer from the wlnunng ^crowd Nita\nwildly applauding with the others.\nThen they stand motionless for a moment when by '\u2022 *wUm movement,\nDick mak 'Dock lose his hold and fall\nb.X.itl.otr..r..v l',,.atont, tho strongest, abovo\nall tho cleverest man Is he who\nknows how to wait.\nWRITE\nUSA\nLETTER\nIf you nre interested in anythinsr in\ntho Jowollry line and we will send\nyou our new, up-to-date CATALOGUE\nwhich will make Xmas buying easy\nfor yon. There you see many of the\nvery latest designs and our price is\ntho lnwe-st in Canada. You have oar\n(juarantoe with every article, and It\nnot suitable, money will be refunded\ncheerfully. :::::::::\nD. R. DINGWALL,\nLtd\n\u00ab\u2022**\nTwo Stores 684\nMAIN ST.\nWINNIPEG.\nA Oood Mamory.\nA highland girl, who had bees ta\nservice in Dundee and had gone to a\nplace further south, culled upon her\nold mistress on her way north to\nvisit friends.\n.. She was invited to take dinner\nwith the family, ami her old master\nasked a blessing on the meal as usual, when the girl said:\n\"My, maister, yo maun has' a\ngran' memory. That's the grace\nyo snid when I was here sax years\nsyne.\"\nllonii ssr llu- Wise.\nNo slogree of knowledge attainable\nby man ia able lo get him above the\nwant of hourly sissistnnce.\u2014Johnson.\nNs-xt. In import since to freedom nnd\njustice is popular education, without\ntvliisli neither JuatlOS nor freedom can\nlie permanently maintained.\u2014<\"ur-\nflaldi\nHo ia great who can do what ho\nwishes; lie is wise who wishes to\ndo whut he can.\u2014I Maud.\nAll Mlgllslr.\nTUherington\u2014 And if tho person is\nbald, then you uro unable to tell bis\nfuture?\nFortune Toller\u2014Oh. nol I take a\nlock of his whiskers\u2014there never\nwas a whisl i'1-les.s baldhcailcd man.\nF'or all misfortunes thero are two\nromsdlss\u2014time and silence.\nWhen a fool hen takes a notion to\nsit She doesn't caro whether there\narc any eggs in the nest or not, and\nsome men are built on tho samo plan.\nTho blood of an eel injected into a\nvein Is a dondly poison to man.\nSozodont\nTooth OtZc\nPowder \u25a0**\u2022*\u2022\u00bb\u00bb'\nGood for Dad Teeth\nNot Bad for Good Teeth\nSsitodosst I,ii|'i'.I jv IJirge Liquid anil Powdar ;;c All\nstore* ur by in.il! lor list prlca. basrspto Isir postage jr.\nHALL & RUCKEL Mew York,\n\u2666\u2666:<\n\u2666\nx\ny\ny\ny\ny\ny\ny\n\u2666K\"-,X*\"*H\"K'--*'H\"K^\nMUSIC FOR THE HOLIDAYSJ\nI\nX\ny\nOnr Mr. Hatcher Is now in the east selecting a stock of pianos and organs for holl-\nslisy.-s. Anions*: his selection will be a laree number of the latest styles of the WILLIAMS' PIANO)-) famed for their pure, full nnd lasting tone. Our new stock will begin to arrive about Dec. 1st nnd it will be well for those interested to call early. Out-\nof-town customers will receive our best attention and all enquiries will be promptly\nanswered. We Bend catalogue and price list on request. We handle several different\nmakes of organs and will be pleased to quote prices delivered anywhere. We have a\nnumber of good second hand organs and pianos, in good repair, some as good as new,\nat very low prices. Your credit is good with us, no matter where you live : : .* : :\nFORRESTER & HATCHER 11\nY. M. C. A. Blk, Portage Ave., tVinnipeg. Eid.-odge \"B\" Sewing Machines. ( \u2022!\u25ba\nyjdlrt, MHO tlLfUuAf &*\u00a3 **&\n\u00ab, eioasrht if *W +ffar 'Kd^mis .\nThe E. B. EDDY COMPANY, LIMITED\nSTEEL WIRE HOOP\n-TUBS and PAILsS-\nt'ost only a fraction more than those wltb tbe old iron band. Tbo\nHOOPS CANNOT FALL OFF\nAll siacs may bo had from Winnipeg wholesalers.\nTEES & PERSSE, AGENTS, WINNIPEG.\nTHE\n\"OXFORD CHANCELLOR\nmm\nSTEEL\nRANGE\nHae won an enviable reputation-in tho Stove world. In Ite\ncontraction every important\nimprovement has been added\nwhich bas made it the most\ndesirable steel range for domestic use.\nEvery detail has been carefully studied to make it efficient, and we ore proud to offer\nit to yon as a model of steel\nrange contraction at a reason*\nable price.\nWe make this magnificent\nsteel range as illustrated with\nfour or six No. 9 cooking\nholes. It has a large copper\nreservoir, is fittssd with improved duplex grate to burn\nany kind of coal: the oven is\nlargo and is lined with asbestos boarfl.\njzn\nIt will bnko biscuits in'\n -THREE MINUTES nsiag a very small quantity of coal.\nPrice as illustrated, j% 1 with i No.\u00bb cooking holes $5B.OO { p; 9;^B*\n(to burn coal or wood) sj \" 6 No. 9\nWe give a guarantee with every range sold\nstove dealer, write us for further particulars.\n~BO\" OO Jat.Wpg.\nIf not kept in stock by your local\nTHE 0\"CT*R.N_1*\"5\"\" FOXJTSTX3-R~Y CO., Limited,Winnipeg\n\"What is a conjunction?\" asked\ntbo teacher.\n\"That which joins together,\" was\ntho prompt reply.\n\"Give me on illustration,\" said the\nteach it.\nTho up-to-date girl hesitated and\nblushed. \"Tbo marriage service,\"\nshe said at last.\nTHC WIRE,\nTHE 'PHONE,\nTHE MAIL\n\u2022uVVV\nOUR business to-day is an\nentirely different affair\nfrom what it was ten\nyears a-jo; it has expanded\nuntil we are in touch with all\npoints of Canada.\nThe Telegrikph. the Telephone,\nand Ihe Ms\\ll bring us orders\nfrom thous&nda of fn.r twvsvv\npn. Irons.\nThrough our Catalogue and\nthc Mail wc can furnish you\nwith the very newest and\nchoicest in Diamonds,\nWatches, Silverware and\nJewelry.\nMoney cheerfully refunded\nIn full If desired.\nR.YR.IE BROS..\nCor. Yongo svnd Adel&ldo Streets,\nT O R. O N T O .\nCustomer\u2014Say, a month ago you\ntold me this material would wear,\nand here it is, nearly gone I\nSnippa\u2014Nearly gone in a month ?\nWell, if that isn't we>aring, wbat Is ?\nIf your children moan and are restless\nduring sleep, cmiplsd when awake with a\nloss ol appetite, paiu countenance, picking\nof the nose, etc., you may ds'iiend upon it\ntbat the primary cause of the trouble ie\nwo:ma. Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator effectually removes these peete. at\nonoe relieving tbe little sufferers.\n r\u2014-\nSome people only k*ow by hearsay\ntbat it is more blessed to give than\nto receive.\nf*ri>f*n lea.\nOrecn, or gunpowder, tea Is col-\nlorcd by a mixture of Prussian blue\nami ObjnOH soupNtoiie, which is\nmilled during the proCOM sif llring.\nMsssrts'nt People of humps*.\nTho Laplander*\"* are tho shortest\npeople, in BuropOi tho men averaging\nfour foot eleven Inchei In height, ami\nt'io Women two iiis'.lies I. .v..\nMil*, nut.\n\"I'm tlroil out,\" snld the nuthor.\n\"Never inliid,\" replied his fiieud, \"the\npublic Is In tho Biinio Uxl\"\nThe sorrow of to-day makes tho\nhappiness of tomorrow.\nAlloway & Champion\nBANKERS AND BROKERS\nWINNIPEG.\nWrite to tw for prices of SCRIP.\nGet onr List of Lands.\nStocks and Bondj Bought and Sold.\nWe can furni-'h llio exuet amount of\nScrip for nny payment ou Dominion\nLands. Uo not pay cash.\nAGENTS WANTED\nWANTED, Aifimt. for tho i-alo of Hardy Riissims\niplilun, currants, j(oo.si*l)i*rrio-s. ornamental tn-c.s\n\u25a0mil ws-d l'uliitors. Kvi-ry wilosman hasexolu\n-ivis terittoqr. Samplis smtill frs'ii. Oood pay,\nWn aro ono of tlio oldest established Ilrmn in\nOat-da, Appply now. PELHAM NURSERY CO.\nToronto, Out.\nN. n.r,\/tatofcno free, Fisrmers can mako good\nmssnny slminir tliolr slack season. P.N Co.\nQuite OilierwUe.\nSlis*\u2014Sn she lefiisi-.l you'.'\nHi* -Yen; slut snid she didn't have the\nheart tsi marry nn;.-\t\nMonslroDs Wares.\nThe travel tlmt burl themie'lv\"vi aeatnst\n\"Lot's Wife,\" sine of the Mariana islands,\ndrench It tss its topmost pinnacle, about\n350 feet nlsnve seo level. The tie'iueiiilom\nni >'f sssini-liiiii's runs at linker Island,\neven Without any ItrODf wind, or perhaps thc* wind blowing from a contrary\ndirection. An Unbroken wall of water\ntivonly-livo feet liiuli and ouc-quartor of\ns mile long mils iu. threatening to deluge\nthe Island nnd affording ono of the Blandest 8i-*!its Imaginable. These waves are\nsold to he due to lhe southwest monsoon\nblowing Niuiurjy lu thc China sea, many\nmiles a wny.\nThe average actress' diamonds aro\nabout as real as her complexion.\nIndifference is tho heart sleeping.\nf\nW-\n1\n\u2022'\nW. N. U. No. 852. ViW. DRILL, SLOCAN, B. C, DECEMBER r., 1001.\n\u2022i*ffi *\ntt\nI'\nll t\nl,fn\nTHE 5L0CAN DRILL\n...C. E.^MiTiii'itiNii.*,\u2022.\u2022\u2022\u2022, Editor and Prop,\nIS roaLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT\njSLOCAN, - - - i B. C.\nLegal Advertising 10 cents a line for\nJthe first insertion nnd 5 cents a line each\n.subsequent insertion.\nCertificates of Improvement, V each.\nTransient advertisements at same rates\n.as legal advertising.\nlocals will be charged 10 cents a lino\ni'or each insertion.\nCommercial Kates made known upon\napplication.\nThe Subscription is *2 per year, strict-\nly in advance; $2.50 a year if not so paid.\nAddress all letters to\u2014\nTHE SLOCAN DRILL,\nSlocan, B. C.\nDRILL POINTS.\nFRIDAY, DECEMBER 6th, 1901.\nA pencil mark in (he space\n.opposite will be an indication to you that ye editor\n\u25a0considers there is something\ncoming to him on yonr subscription. Kindlv acknowledge in cash and oblige.\n-SIIITUIUAL UKOl'PINUS.\nThree deals aggregating $90,000,\nand the starting up of two more properties is the record of the camp for\n\u2022 the past two weeks. The year is\nending in great shape.\nIt would pay the Dominion government to smuggle Inspector Barrv\nover from Buffalo to givo them a few\npointers on an alien labor act. After\n.that thev--*_\u00a9uld cnltivato a starch\n.diet, so as to give them a backbone\nsjto enforce the law.\nPremier Dunsmuir and his miners\nat Alexandra have come to terms,\ntheir differences having been amicably adjusted. Compulsory arbitration would settle all industrirl disputes just as quickly and the country\nwould be the gainer. \\\nCol. Prior has been unseated in\n-Victoria for tho Dominion house. Tlie\n.plant is: Templeman will resign from\ns the senate, be returned for the commons and go In tbe cabinet. Dunsmuir will resign premiership here\nand Prior will take it up. Looks\nverv nice and smooth.\nLike -all beginners, Slocan'a'city\n.dads have made an error, being in\n,connection with the revision of the\n-first municipal assessment. Fortunately it has been a mistake that has\ncost but little and will have no untoward consequences. The experience gained has been cheaply acquir\n,cd and will prove useful.\nThe customs revenue for the Dominion during November was $303,-\n231 greater than for the same period\nlast year. The increase in the five\nmonths since June was nearly $1,-\n.-000,000 over the same period in 1900,\nThe figures are $13,295,(376 for 1901,\n,and $12,302,640 for 1900. Exports\nhave also increased to an appreciable\n.-extent, all testifying that Canada's\n.trade is in a healthy condition,\nTwo bodies were sent out of Rossland in one day last week, of men\n.losing their lives in mines worked by\ninexperienced aliens. There has\nbeen a constant series of mishaps in\n,thc properties ever sincc.the Missour-\n.ians arrived, causing loss and suffering. It was u disgrace in the first\n.place for the authorities to permit tbe\nlaws of the country to be violated by\ntbe wholesale importation of the\naliens, and a shame in tho second\nplace because it could be easily surmised the. incompetence of the men\nwould result In disaster. Tlie Alien\nLabor Law, as Interpreted and enforced by the Liberal government, is\na snare and delusion.\nA commendable service in tho in\nrtcrests ofthe camp was performed by\nJames Baker while on his recent\nvisit to Denver, Col., attending a\n.\u2022meeting ef the executive board of the\nWestern Federation of Miners. He\ntook with him specimens of ore from\n-25 different properties in this dry ore\nbelt,and so highly were they thought\n-of that tho executive purchased a\nhandsome cabinet in which to display them. The cabinet has been\nplaced in a prominent position in the\nMining Exchange buildlng.receiving\n.much attention from a host of mining\n.men and favorable comment from the\npress. Mr. Baker will be again vis\n\u25a0Ring Denver after a w.hile and will\nbe pleased to tako other samples of\nore with him. Such an exhibit will,\n.extensively advertise the camp nnd\nattract the attention of men who are\n-on the lookout for new fields of in\nA'estjjiejnt,\nAH hats selling below co6t. Bennett & Co,\nA Socialist league has been organized at Sandon.\nThe average daily school attendance is about 74.\nHas anybody heard anything of\nW. K. Richmond ?\nThe foundations of the new skating\nrink have been. laid.\nJ, D.Moore, inspector of roads, came\nin on Tuesday evening.\nTom Montgomery left on Saturday\nfor Grant's Pass, Oregon.\nThe Socialists have captured the\ncity government ivt Northport.\nThe Slocan is getting quite a heavy\ntonnage of ore from the Bosun.\nDan Harrington, late foreman at\nthe Arlington, has gone to Boston.\nThe next big event in the city is\nthe Hogan's alley banquet at Xmas.\nSupt. Downie passed through to\nNelson Saturday in his private car.\nThc Sunday school children are\npractising for their Xmas entertainment.\nBorn.\u2014In M. U. Hospital, on Nov.\n29, the wife of II. J. Lipsett, of a\ndaughter.\nAll the furniture was taken out of\nthe Victoria Hotel on Friday and\nSaturday.\nServices will be held in tho Methodist church next Sunday, morning\nand evening,\nBorn.\u2014In the suburb of West Slocan, on Nov, 30, the wife of G. M.\nGething, ofa son.\nThe first issue of the Marysvillc\nTribune has appewed. It presents a\nfirst-class appearance.\nA. York & Co. will hold their sixth\nannual shooting match for poultry\non Dec. 21,23, and 24.\nMark Manley left yesterday for\nNelson and Spokane, lie will after\nwards go on to Boston.\nS. S. Fowler, engineer of the London & B. C. Goldflelds, went up to\nthe Enterprise Wednesday.\nTho band boys serenaded Paul\nHauck and wife at their hbme in\nBrandon, Tuesday evening.\nR.E. Allen has removed thc blacksmith shop from the corner cf Arthur\nstreet to alongside his stables.\nService will be held in St. Paul's\ncliurci next Sundav, morning and\nevening. AV. II. Ileclley, yienr.\nThc AVestcm Federation of Miners\nhas determined to stand by the men\nin the Rossland-Northport strike.\nRegular monthly meeting of the\nboard of trade will be held next\nMonday evening, at the city hall.\nBorn.\u2014In Slocan, on Dec. 5, the\nwife of Con Murphy, of a son. There\nare strong hopes for the recovery of\nthe father.\nAV. A. Galliher, M.P., has promised the Rifle Association a government\ngrant o' $150 towards improving the\nrifle range.\nF. AV. Goodsal. of Pincher Creek,\nwas here on Saturday. He owns\nseveral lots in the burg and was hunting them up\nThe dance given by thc Band boys,\nThanksgiving night, was fully as\nsuccessful as former eve nts and netted\na.good round sum.\nCity Clerk Foley turned over tlie\nmunicipal voters' list to Mayor York,\nMonday night, for revision. There\nare 242 names on the list.\nReport has it that Freddy Rothor-\nmel has fallen heir to a fortune by\nthe death of a relative and will return here shortly to reside.\nJames Baker returned on Tuesday\nfrom attending a meeting of the executive of the Western Federation of\nMiners, held at Denver, Col.\nTrial runs have been made of late\nof the Enterprise concentrator and\nthe machinery is wearing down into\nshape. The trials have been satisfactory.\nBy tho fall of a huge boulder, L.\nKreton was killed and M. Gror.1. severely injured last week, while employed on the K. & S,, near the Last\nChance siding.\nCitv Clerk Strachan, of Nelson, accompanied by Mrs. Strachan, were\nin the city for several days during\nthe week. Mr. Strachan was interested In the court of revision.\nThe Socialists had a lively debate\non Tuesday evening, upon' the advisability of fusing with either of the\nold parties to obtain certain objects.\nThe verdict was against fusion at\nany and all times.\nDied.\u2014At New Denver, on Dec. 8;\nMiss Robcna Mowat, aunt of C. F.\nNelson, aged CI years. She was fa\nmiliarly known to all ns \"Auntie,\"\nand her death is deeply mourned.\nHers was a kindly soul and aiovinu\ndisposition.\nBennett & Co. wish to call attention to drawing contest to take place\nXmas time. Tickets are given with\n$1 purchases on a handsome pattern\nhat and doll; with $2 purchases on\ngentlemen's smoking jacket and Bilk\npiano cover.\nA meeting wns held in the Music\nHall. Wednesday evening, when a\nqUHcIrille club wns formed, with It.\nI. Kirkwood as president, II. Clove\nsecretary-treasurer, and li. K. Allen.\nL. II, York and J. A.Vork executive\ncommittee. Billy Hicks will be floor\nmanager. The first dance will be\ngiven Friday night and the second\non the 27th. Dancing commences at\n8.30 sharp. Tickets may be purchased of H. Cleve.\nDevelopment on Tisussfor.\nActive development has commenc\ned on the Transfer, S. Norman giv\ning it his personal supervision. Two\nlevels have been started lower down\nthe hill than the old workings and\nboth will soon be opening up the lead,\nThe prospects for the group are very\nbright. \t\nIron Horse In Luck.\nTlie Iron Horse is in luck. The\nore struck in tho upraise has continued right to thn wash, ranging from\nfour to 10 inches hi width. A shaft\nis now being sunk through the wash\nto connect, with tho raise. Fifteen\nmen aro employed at tho property.\nHIKING RECOUDS.\nAppended 19 a complete list of the various records registered nt tho local registry office, H. P. Christie being mininj*-\nrecorder:\nLOCATIONS.\nNov 30.\u2014sSoudan No 1 fr.lst n f Lemon\nA R Bolderston. \u2014\nASSESSMENTS.\nNov 30\u2014Evening Star fr No9, South-\nn Chief.\nTRANSFERS.\nNov 25.\u2014Great Western \";, B Stubbs\nto Mrs Emma Gray.\n26\u2014 Notice by T J Smith, for the V &\nM Mines, that they claimed tbo Champion group, provided W Lee staked the\nproperty while working for thorn.\n* King Billy %, C Ward to lt II Brett.\nern\nGwiilim 6c Johnson,\nMINING ENGINEERS\nAND ASSAYERS.\nSlocan, - - B. C\nJ.M.\nB. A. Sc.\nProvincial Land Surveyor & Mining-\nEngineer,\nSLOCAN, - \u25a0 B. C.\nNotice.\nNOTICE is hereby given that 00 daw\nafter date I shall apply to the Chief\nCommissioner of Lands ami Works for\npermission to purchase -50 acres of land,\nunite or less, in the West Kootenay district, and described as follows: Commencing at n post about one quarter of\na mils* east of the city of Blocs li, and adjoining the townsite of Brandon orr the\nnorth ; tlience 20 chains tvest ; tlienco 20\nnorth; thence 20 chains enn; tlienco 20\ncliains south to tl.o point of commencement.\nDated this 17th dav of October, 1001\nMRS. V. C. HACK LI KF\nNotice to Public.\nNOTICE is hereby given that I have\nno travelers on the road lolling goods for\nme, nnd the public is herewith warned\nfrom purchasing Jewelery,Watches,etc.,\nfrom any person or persons making any\nrepresentation to the contrary.\nSend your orders, particularly for holiday gifts, direct to me.\nJ. J. WALKER\nNelson, r?.C., Nov. 23rd, 1001.\nNotice to delinquent Co-owner\nTo A. E. Hillmnn, or to any person\nor perions to whom lio may have\ntransferred his one-quarter interest in\nthe Great Northern mineral claim,situated at the head of the fifth tiouth fork\nof Lemon ere. k, Slocan City mining\ndivision.\nYou are hereby notified that we have\nexpended the sum of four hundred and\nten dollars in labor nnd general improvements upou the above mentioned\nclaim, in order to hold snisl minimi\nclaim under the provisions of the .Mineral Act, and if within 90 days from the\ndate of this notice you fail or refuse to\ncontribute your proportion of such expenditure, together with nil costs of advertising, your interost in said claim\nwill become the property of tho subscribers, under section four of an act entitled \"An Act to amend the Mineral\nAct, 1900.\"\nDated this 2nd dny uf December, 1901.\nEMMAGKAY.A.R.BOLOICRSTON,\n6-12-01 T. BLENCH, E. II. STUBBS\nSlocan License District.\nVfOTICr* i.s hornby driven tbat tlie undnrmen-\n*\u25a0\" lisini'il persons*, linvo rondospiillcistion uu*\nsli'i- thn iiriivi.ssissnis sif tins Lli|iiiir Lis:niiK\u00bb Aot,\nHMO, fur renewal sif Hsstel Llennso ut tlio pliices\nMit opposite to their respective iinmiis I\u2014\nLouis I.evs't.ss.1,*, l{(,|, sm Hsstel, Robson.\nS. A. McMmiue, Lismbort'tj lls.ti'l, Shiran\n.function,\nJohn McKinnon, I'nssin Hotel, Arlington\nHasin.\nlleorga Ayhviii,Enterprise H'stssl Aylwin\nA. A. Allan, Vovey Hotel, .Unburn,\nA inoctlw* ssf Hiss Hoard nf Uoonse ('o.ii.nU-\nHioiiorsso* tins filocnis Llc'lii.. DUtriot, will Isss\nheld to consider smcli applications nl the Court\nHouse, at llssi Town of New DsMVer, on Monday,\nUse Mixlcsntli Dny of December.l'Kll.nt the hour\nof Kls.vs.ii O'clock in tbo fsirs-nssoii.\nJOHV X. IILACK,\nChief LlobpM) Inspector,\nNow Denvir, !),('., K'fi Nov., 11101.\nCertificate of Improvements.\nVictoria, Wa\u00ab\u00bb and Skookum Mineral\nClaims.\nSituate in the Slocan City Mining Division of the West Kootenay District.\nWhero located:\u2014On wost side of\nDayton creek.\nTAKE NOTICE tha* I Albert E. Ashcroft, P.L.S., as age. for the \"New\nGold Fields of British Columbia,\"\nFree Miner's Certificate No. B*U.03't,\nintend, sixty days from the date hereof,\nto apply to the Miniug Recorder for certificates of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining Crown grants of the\nabove claims.\nAnd further take notice that action,\nunder section 87, must be commenced\nbeforo the issuance of such certificates of\nimprovements.\nDated this 9th day of September, 1901.\n4-10-01 ALBERT E.ASHCROFT, P.L.S\nBaby Koyal aisil Lexington Fractional\nMineral Claims.\nSituate in the Slocan City mining division of West Kootenay district. Where\nlocated:\u2014On Republic hill, adjoining\nthe riioenix-Viking.\nTAKE NOTICE that I, J. M McGregor, acting as agent for Fred G. Carlisle, free miner's certificate No. B38371,\nintend, sixty days from tho date hereof,\nto apply to the Mining Recorder for cer-\nti.'i.'iitcii nf improvements, for the purpose of obtaining crown grants of the\nabove, claims.\nAnd fut ther lake notico th.it action,\nunder section 37, must be commenced\nliefore the issuance of such certificates of\nimprovements.\nDated this 80th day of September.lOOl\n4-10-01 J. M. McGREGOR\nKxe, \u00a311 anil Kye Fractional Mineral\nClaims.\nSituate in the Slocan Citv mining division of West Kootenay district. Where\nlocated:\u2014On Robinson creek.\nTAKE NOTICE that I, W. D. McGregor, free miner's certificate No.\nB59000, acting for myself and as agent\nfor J. M. McGregor, free miner's certificate No. B69807, and A. E. Rothermel,\nfree miner's certificate No. B59665, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to\napply to the Mining Recorder for certificates of improvements, for the purpose\nof obtaining crown grants on the above\nclaims';\nAnd further take notice that action,\nunder section 37, must bo commenced\nbefore the isn nance of such certificates of\nimprovements.\nDated this 30th day of September.lOOl\n4-10-01. W. D. McGHF.r.OI'\nKlk Mineral Claim.\nSituate in the Slocan City Mining Division of West Kootenay District.\nWhere loc.-it**d: Between Bpringer\nand Lemon creeks, north of the\nMeteor.\nTAKE NOTICE that I, William\nTliotiilinsiui, as the agent fnr Herman\nClever, Freo Miner's Certifii'atu No\nK380U4, ii tenil, sixty days from the date\nhereof, to apply Io the Mining Rccordei\ntor a Certificate of Improvements, for\nthe purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant\nof the above claim.\nAnd further tako notice thntnetion,\nunder 37, must be commenced before the\nissuance of such Certificate of Improvements.\nDated this 24th day of September,\n1901.\n18-10-01 WM. THOMLINSON\nScorplen Mineral Claim.\nSituato in the Slocan City Mining Division of tho West Kootenay district.\nWhere located : Near Robinson creek\nadjoining the Rainbow.\nTAKE NOTICE that I, J. M. McGregor, acting as agent for Thos. Andrews,\nfree miners'certificate No.B46319,in lend,\nsixty days from tho dale hereof, to apply\nto the mining recorder fora certificate of\nimprovements,for the purpose of obtaining a crown grant of the above claim.\nAnd further take notice that action,\nunder section 37, must bo commences!\nbefore the issuance of such certificate of\nimprovements.\nDated this 17tb day of October. 1901.\n55-10-01 J. M. McGREGOR\nRe-opened under\nthe old management.\nFormer customers\ncordially invited to returu\nThe \u00a3oyal Hotel,\nJH08. LAKE,\nProprietor:\nCor. Arthur Street and Delaney Arenue, Sloean.\nBuilding thoroughly renovated\nand re stocked with tho best\nFruit, Confectionery, Tobacco\nYon can get anything in these lines that you\nrequire from us. Our stock in each is always\nkept fresh and well assorted. We handle the\nbest the market affords. Prices are right\nA. C. SMITH, SLOCAg\nStoves! StovesMMov^i\nJust look np McCallum & Co.'s assortment of\nHeating Stoves, for cither coal or wood.\nPrices, from\nSteel Ranges from\n$5 to Saj\n$16 up.\nThis is tlie best assortment of first-class\nstoves that ever came ts Slocan. They burn\nany kind of coal. Call around and satisfy\nyourself and wo will do the rest.\nGeneral Hardware, Slocan.\nMcCallum & Co.\nAgents for Crow's Nest Coal; price delivered, $C25 per ton.\nAlex. Rogers,\nTonsorial Artist.\nThe Leading Parlors:\nMAIN STREET, SLOCAN\nThe Murcutt Branch\nOFTHE W.C.T.U.. Slogan,\nMeets tha second Thursday in each month\nat 3 p.m. Next meeting in the Pres-\nhyterianchurch. All meetings open\nto those wishing tj join.\nMiss E. Stoightox, Mrs.M.D.McKek\nPresident. Cor. Secretary.\nPioneer Livery\nand Feed Stables,\nSlocan, B. C.\nGeneral Packing and Forward ing attended to at the\nshortest Notico.\nSaddlo and Pack Horses for\nhire at reasonable rates.\nH. E. ALLEN,\nMannffpr\nH. D. CURTIS,\nNotary\nPublic.\nHuissssslt rris.Hoiiul Mineral (Isslm.\nSituate in the Slocan City Mining Di\nvision of West Kootenay District\nWhere located :\u2014On the divide be.\ntween Ten Mile and Springer creeks,\nTAKK NOTICE that I, J. M. McOre\n\u2022\/or, Rcting as agent fur Robert I. Kirk*\nwood, I'rsv miner's certificate, No. i'.\").l,*i.''S,\nintend, sixty days from the dnto hereof,\nto npply to the Mining Recorder for a\nceitilicate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown grant of the\nabovo claim.\nAnd further take notice that action,\nunder section 37, must be commenced\nbofort tha issuance- of such certificate of\nimprovements.\nDated this 28th day of October, 1001.\n8-11*01. J. M. McUKl'GOR.\nMines, Real Estate, Insurance, Accountant.\nAbstracts of Titles Furnished.\nSlocan, - - B. C.\nNew Carpets\nand Oilcloths..\nJust Arrived.\nFurniture, Crockery, Glassware, etc., etc\nD. D. ROBERTSON\nUlHck Hs-ssss Mineral Claim.\nSituate in tho Slocan City Mining Division of West Kootenay District.\nWhere located:\u2014Three miles north\neast of Slocan City.\nTAKE NOTICE that l, Francis J.\nO'Keilly, of Silverton, 11. C. as\nagent for George Brine, freo miner's certificate No. 11(12242, intend, sixty daya\nfrom the date hereof, to apply to the\nMining Recorder for a certificate of im-\nprovsments, for the purpose of obtaining\na. Crown grant of the above claim.\nAnd further tako notice that action,\nunder section 37, must bo commenced\nbefore the issuance of isuch certificate of\nimprovements.\nDated this 4th day of November, 1001.\n8-11-01. FRANCIS J. O'REILLY\nThe Drill,\n$2 per year\nNo. 62, W. F. of n.\nMeets every Wednesday evening\nin thf* Union Hall, Slocan City, at\n7.30 p.m. Visiting brethren cordially\ninvited to attend.\nJ. NIXON,\nPresident.\nBERT O'NEIL,\nFinancial Secretary\nJapanese\nQoods___sv\nCall and see our display\nof Chinaware, including\nTea Sets, Cups & Saucers, Berry Sets, etc.\nAll new and up-to-date\nGoods.\nWc also carry Cameras,\nKodaks, and supplies.\nJ. L. WHITE 6c Co.\n.DRUGGISTS, SLOCAN, B, C.\nSteel Ranges\nfor $18.25.\nWhy bt without a ran-jre whsa\nyou can Ret one so cheap ? The.i\nare preferrable to stoves and give\nbetter satisfaction. These ranges\nburn wood or coal and will be\nset up free.\nEJ.\nTINSMITH AND PLUMBER.\nNotice to Delinquent Co-owner\nTo Thomas Henderson, or to any person\nor persons to whom hs may have trtni*\nferred his ono third (W) interest ia\nthe Lone Dutchman mineral claim\nsituated on tlio last south fork of\nI A'uiou creek, in the Plocan I ity min\nins division.\nYou are hereby notillsul tint 1 hsrs\nexpended (ho sum of one liundrsd and\ntwo