"39501f10-5230-448f-9e61-f8a9b1efb1c3"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-11-30"@en . "1903-01-31"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/mminer/items/1.0082403/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " ,/ *'\n*\nThe Mor\nmine\nVOLUME 1 fsj 0 \ tXXi\nMOERISSEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31. 1903\nNUMBER 22\nMORRISSBY, B. C.\nIs the Hub of South East Kootenay. If you wish\nto be in the heart of the city get in at the\nAustralian\nHotel..\n* \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nH. L. Stephens, Prop.\nMorrissey - - - - B. C.\n... THE.. .\nLondon and\nLiverpool Co. |\nFernie B C.\nII\nDepartmental Store\nDEPARTMENTS\n1 Clothing\n2 Mens Furnishings\n3 Mens Boots ana Shoes\n4 Ladies & Childrens Boots and Choes\n5 Staple and Fancy Dry Goods\n6 Millinery and Fancy Goods\n7 House Furn'shgs, Carpets, Linoleums\n8 Furniture\n9 Crockery and Glassware\n10 Groceries\n11 Hardware, Stoves and Tinware\n|;S>u buy at ths store\nUnreliable goods will never fi .d place hero. You'll f nd thj\nbast or nothing, and va'ue for valua. You'll find )ur prijjs\ndown to the buy-without-question mark. *\nR. HIRTZ, Proprietor\nEUGENE WALTER\nProprietor\nA First Class Hotel in\na First Class Town\nRATES: ONE DOLLAR PER DAY\nBEST OF WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS\nJ. MECREDY.\nDRAYand EXPRESS\nWood and Coal For Sale\nI am In shape to give careful attention to any business In my line. Satis-\naction guaranteed. We make a specialty of safe transportation of all goods.\nDEATH AT\nTHE MINE\nJohn Krall Instantly Killed\nBy a Car\nHIS HEAD CRUSHED IN\nCoroner's Jury in the Pioneer Hotel Inquest Brought ia Their Verdict\nLast Tuesday.\nNO ONE CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE\nJohn Krall, a miner employed at the\nMorrissey mines, was Instantly billed\nin No. 4 tunnel last Monday afternoon\nat 7:30 o'clock.\nThe accident occurred in the fjce of\nNo l incline, where Krall was taking\ncoal away from a miner named Maliu-\nskt. Two cars had been loaded, when\nMallnskl's lamp became defective and\nhe left the mine for the lamp house to\nsecure another light. During his absence, Pat Durham, anoiher miner,\nundertook to lower the loaded cars down\nto entrance of the mine. The cars are\nso arranged that the loads going down\ntbe Incline draw the empties up, and at\nthe upper end of the tracks a machine\ncalled a McGlnty, is used which acts as\na brake on tbe cable and regulates tbe\nspeed of the cars. Krall was standing\nbehind a post near the McGiaty holding\na light for Durham, who was operating\ntbe machine. One car had been lowered In safety, but In letting down tbe\nsecond, the speed became s > great as to\nconfuse Durham, who in bis excitement\nneglected to apply the brak^, ind the\nemptv car rushing up, run over the end\nof ibe track and struck tbe eost with\nsuch force that it wai knocked ont of its\nposition, and hit Krall a terrific blow\non the forehead, crushing In the skull\nand causing lnstat t death.\nCoroner Trites of Fernie, was immediately notified, and Tuesday afternoon\na jury composed of Messre. Hir.rhlson,\nMoffatt, Moore, Johnson, McKenzie and\nHigbye held an li.qu .st over the remains\nof the unfortunate man. The evidence\ngiven showed clearlv that Krall's dpath\nwas accidental, and a verdict was so\nrendered, with a rider appended recommending that the company employ none\nbut experienced men In the handling of\nmachinery In and around the mine.\nThe deceased was a Slavonian, and\nbis remains were taken in charge by\nthe members of a society to which he\nbelonged, and taken to Fernie Tuesday\nevening, where funeral services were\nheld Wednesday.\nAnother Death.\nJohn Keubus, tbe miner who had his\nlegs crushed at the mine two weeks ago\nyesterday, died last week In the Leth.\nbridge hospital. Had the injured man\nbeen taken to the Fernie hospital where\nan operation could have been performed\nthe same day of the accident, bis life\nmight have been saved, but the trip to\nLethbrfdge consumed too much time,\nand mortification had set in before the\noperation was performed.\nPioneer Fire Inquest.\nThe Inquest over Marrlot, the victim\nof the Pioneer hotel fire, which was\npostponed from last week, was taken up\nTuesday evening by Coroner Trites.\nwith Messrs. Glills, Gray, Johnson,\nHigbye, Walker and Hurel composing\nthe jury. The first witness heard was\na miner named Kain, who siated that\non the night of the fire he, In company\nwith a number of friends, were drink -\ning in the Pioneer bar room, when one\nof the party, named Frank Trinoskl,\nIn a burst of enthusiasm, lifted dim up\noff the floor, and caused his bead to\nstrike the lamp, which was knocked out\nof Its hangings, and falling on tbe flior\nset fire to tbe building. The witness\nwas very reticent aboutgiving the name\nofthe man who tossed him up In the\nair, and did so only after being questioned repeatedly by the jury. In fact,\nthe evidence given by ail the witnesses,\nwith but one or two exceptions, was so\nbadly jumoled up that one not following\nthe proceedings of the inquest wou.d\nhave had a hard time uecidltig whether\nor not it had any bearing whatever on\nthe case.\nThe last witness was Cole Sedgwick,\nwho was employed at the hotel, and\nwho, at the time the fire staited, was\nbehind tbe bar. His evidence was much\nthe same as that given by Kane, al*\nthough he did not know the names of\nany of the men In the place at .he time.\nHe stated tnat after tbe lamp dropped\nhe was In the act of picking It up to\nthrow it outside, when some one kicked\nit, and thus scattered the oil about tbe\nroom. He made another attempt to\nthrow the lamp outside, and this time\nwas successful, but It was then too late\nto extinguish the flames. Sedgwick\nthen tried to get out the cash register,\nj which contained abont 9150. but the\nsmoke and flames were so thick he had\nto abandon the effort, and leave the\nbuildlog. As It was, he had a very narrow escape, and was severely burned\nabout the face and bands, while his\nclothing was twice on fire. Sedgwick\nleft the bar room by the rear door, and\nin passing Into the ball stumbled over\nan object which he thought to be a man,\nbut in his exhausted condition be was\nunable to rescue him. and when he got\nout of tbe building, the flames had\nreached the hallway, thus preventing\nanyone else from attempting a rescue.\nTne place where Sedgwick stumbled\ncorresponds with where the remains\nwere found, and it was beyond a doubt\nMar riot's body over which Sedgwick\nfell.\nIn addressing the jury at th^ close of\nthe e.-idence Garou*:r Trites impressed\nupon tne member** the seriousness of\nthe occasion, saying that Ignorance of\nthe law was no excuse for crime, and\nthat if the jury considered the action of\nthose responsible for the fire in any\nwav illegal, it was the duty of the jury\nto reuder a verdict of manslaughter.\nIf, on the other hand, they were acting\nwithin their rights In their carousal, no\ncharges could be brough against them.\nTde jury was out an hour and fifteen\nminutes, after which the verdict was\nrendered as follows; \"We, the jurv,\nfind that Herbert Marrlot come to his\ndeath on the uight cf J j unary 17, in the\ntown of Morrlsspy at the Pioneer hole!,\nwhich was destroyed by fire, caused oy\na hanging lamp being knocked out of\nits place by tbe misbehavior of some\nmeo in the bar room; namely, by one\nnamed Richard Kane being lifted up by\nFrank Trinoskl, and striking the hmp,\ncausing It to fall to the floor, but with\nno criminal intention.\"\nThe verdict met with general approval, but the acciuent which resulted in\nthe death of an innocent man and the\nloss of hundreds of dollars worth of\nproperty, should be a lesson not only to\nTrinoskl and Kane, but to a good many\nothers in Morrissey who are iu the\nhabit of letting booze get the best of\nihem.\nCOMPANY STOIIES MUST GO\nThey Will Probably Be Sold to\nthe Highest Bidder.\nThe large stores erected and operated\nby the Crows Nes: Pass Coal company\nat Coal creek, Morrissey and Michel are\nto be sojd. This iuformation corning\ndirect and authoritatively from General\nManager Tonkin will be hailed with delight oy every merchant operating in\nthis town and will doubtless create\nmuch Interest in business circles\nthroughout the Canadian west, says .lie\nFernie Free Press,\nThe rumor had gained considerable\nheadway around the towu since the it-\nturn of Mf. Tonkia from his trip east,\nwhen a representative of the Free\nPress called upon the general manager\nand received the corroboration of the\ngeneral report. Asked if the Crows\nNest Pass Coal company contemplated\nselling their stores at Coal creek, Michel and Morrissey, Mr. Tonkin gave a\ndecidedly affirmative answer. '-Yes,\"\nsaid he, 'I have always been opposed\nto the principle of coal companies operating their own stores. I have known\nInstances where such institutions were\nalmost a necessity, but I have always\nbeen opposed to the stores in the present instance and I believe that the best\ninterests of the town, of the merchants\nand of the Coal company demand their\nsuppression. The one object of this\nCoal company Is to mine coal, and the\nselling of merchandise In connection is\nnot conducive to the general prosperity. The stores will be sold as soon as\nwe can find a purchaser or purchasers.\"\nWhen asked if the stores would be\nsold individually the general manager\nreplied that it was his intention of sell\ning all of them and going out of the\nbusiness entirely, and that his object\nwould not be gained by selling only one\nor two. The three must be disposed of\nat one time though It was not necessary\nthat one indivisual or one company\n: h'.nihi purcase them all, and of course\nit was understood that the company\nWould have nothing to do with collecting the purchaser's store accounts. It\nwas immaterial to him how they were\nsold or who bought them so long as be\ng.u his price. Probably they would 0\"\nBold by auction to tne highest bidder.\nThe company of couise would not sell\nthe store buildings but would be willing\nto rent tnem for mercantile purposes.\nWhen asked tf he did not consider the\nCoal creek store the least necessary ot\nthe three and the most objectionable ou\nthe part of the merchants tne geueral\nmanager replied: \"At the present\ntime, yes, but in a short time similar\nconditions will exist at the other places\nThe new townsite at Mortissey will be\nthrown open to the public just as soon\nas the dissappcarance of the snow\nmakes it practicable, and doubtless\nmany luiOn-ss houses will spring up,\nwhde at Michel It Is only a matter of a\nlittle lime until a townsite near the\npresent one will be put on the market\nThe conditious at these points will then\nbe the same as at Coal creek.\nWhen asked the approximate value of\nthe three properties, Mr. Touklu was\nunable to give aa authoritative statement as no recent inventory was at\nnand and of course the seeing price\nmust largely depend on tbe stock car\nrled, together with the good will of the\nbusiness. He roughly estimated that\nthe stock at the three stores might\nreach the sum of 9150,000.\nALL RIGHT\nEverything Points to a Big\nFuture\nTOWN BOUND TO GROW\nConditions are More Favorable Than\nEver Before in the History of\nthe Town\nAN OUTSIDER'S OPINION IS GIVEN\nThe Inquiries that are coming to this\noffice and tbe townsite agent indicate\nthe widespread Interest that is being\nmanifested in the future of Morrissey.\nThese inquiries are not confined to this\nportion of British Columbia by any\nmeans, but cover.;a large range of tet-\nihory extending from the eastern provinces to the Pacific coast, and many of\ntbe middle and northwestern states.\nIr. Is evident that the confidence in the\nfuture of Morrissey Is growing with all\nof ti.osj: who have taken the lime and\npains to thoroughly investigate the situation. Iu fact, the more any man\nstudies the situatiou, the more he must\nbe convinced that there is a bright\nfuture ahead for this town. The conditions are right, and with the coming\nof spring there will be a general in\ncrease iu every line of business. This\nis not a case where men are going In to\ntake a chance. On the contrary, it is\ns.inply a cooi, business movement, in\nwh.ch the men interested are coming\nin as a plain business proposition, the\nsame as they would make any legitimate investments.\nAnd there is every reason for shrewd\nousineas men to locate in MorrU*ey.\nThere is not a town in liritUh Columbia\nthat offjrs the business opportunities\nthat will be presented in this place during the next few years. It is bound to\nbe the center of one of the richest territories iu Canada, which will furnish\na bjsis for a great industrial and com*\nmercUU community. There will be\nmore wage earners living in and near\nMoiriasey than in any other town In the\nprovince outside of the coast cities.\nWithin three to five jears there will be\nfrom two thousand to three thousand\nmen employed In the mines near the\ntown, and o.hcr industries that will be\nlocated here. With tbe opening of the\nreservation south, Morrissey creeu valley will be the natural roadway to that\nterritory, and this tov, n will be the\nheadquarters. With the coal and coke\noveus at our door, and the best transportation facilities to be found In eastern British Columbia, smelters must\ncome here, where the orecan be treated\nmore cheaply than any. other place.\nMorrissey is bound to be the great\npay roll town of the Kootenays, and\nwhere there are payrolls there is always prosperity. There is business de-\nmauds, and money to meet those demands, aud with tbe Increase and\ngrowth of industries there will be of\ncourse a corresponding increase in all\nlines of business.\nThe man who is looking for a location\nwho wants to engage in business where\nhe can dependiupon the permanency of\nthe pli.ee, and steady increase In the\nindustrial growth, he should investigate Morrissey. He cannot afford to\nlet the opportuulty pass by.\nAn Outsider's Opinion.\nJohn Hutchison, one of the best\nknown real estate men in the district,\nwas io town this week, and in answer\nto a question as to the future of the\ntown, had the following to say:\n\"A oollectlon of a lew frame buildings on the banks of the Elk river, is\nwhat Morrissey todav appears to be to\nthe uneducated eve; 1 mean the eye un\neducated to the various phases of a new\nand growing country. But Morrissey,\nthis collection of frame buildings, Is far\nmore than this. It is the beginning or\nwhat will be one of the besi towns in\nBritish Columbia Its position at the\njunction of the Great Northern and the\nCuuadian Pacific railways is tne key\nnote to the situation, giving Morrissey\nthe distinction of beirg tbe only point\niu East Kootenay where there are competitive railways Again, Morrissey is\nthe only natural dlstiibutlng point tor\ntne coal mlaes of Morrissey creek and\nvicioiy, from which millions of tons of\ncoal will be taken durlug the next few\nyears The coal mining industry ot the\nCrow1* Nest Pass country is only in its\ninfancy There will be mines from\nMutTlssey to Frank within the uext few\nyears aud this valley will be the home\njf thousands of human bees.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2'The center of \"*\i this industry will\nbe the town of Morrissey, in spite of all\nthat may be said to the contrary. Its\nnatural situation and Lis commercial\nadvantages makes this certain and it Is\nonly a matter of perhaps a couple i f\nmonths\u00E2\u0080\u0094that is as soon as the snow\ni\u00C2\u00BBoe&\u00E2\u0080\u0094before the whole world will know\nit, and then those who got In on the\nground floor will be glad, aud otbers\nwho did not will be sarry, Morrl-jsey is\nnot a gamble. Morrissey is a Buie\nthing, and the man who owns property\nhere will own property in the largest\ntown In South Eist Kootenay in twelve\nmonths time \"\nTHE GOVERNMENT RESERVE ':\nIt Ia No Use to Stake Lands There\nAt Present.\nThere his been a great deal of specu\nlation a3 to how aud when the government reserve located south of Morna\nsey \u00C2\u00ABud on the International boundary\nline would be thrown open. The Miner\nhas taken the pains to secure authentic\nInformation on this matter, and there\nis no question but that the reserve\nwhen it is thrown 0[.ea will be advertised for three months in the Gazette\nand local papers, so that everyone will\nhave an opportunity to know the facts.\nI*. Is possible that the goverMnent may\nhave the reserve surveyed and sell the\nproperty in blocks to the highest bidder.\nUp to the present time a vast amount\nof the reserve coal lands have been\nstaked, bat the applications for licenses\nhave all been refused aud the money returned, nor will any application made\nat this time be considered by tbe government. Furthermore, any person\nwho stakes property there now and\nfiles aa application for a license, will\nbave no better standing with the government than the person who sLakes\nhis ground the d iy the reserve IB opened, no matter If he does stake again\nthat day. In other words men staking\nthere now are doing so contrary to law,\nand their work is all f^r naught and\ngives them no advantage whatever.\nJUST A FEW REMARKS\nIt is said now on pretty good authority that the appointment of Chief of\nPolice Forbes as governmeD*. agent at\nFeinle, is a misnomer in a sense, iuat\nranch that he is simply appointed as the\nrepresentative of tLe government In\nmatters pertaining to records, aud not\nto act In the capacity of Mr. Armstrong,\nIf this is true, then there would be no\nchange that would naturally follow if\nMr. Forbes was to hold the same position at this eni of the district that .Mr.\nArmstrong has held for the entire district. In all probability nothing in this\nHue will be done until the districts\nbave been officially divided, aside from\nsome steps to relieve Mr. Armstrong of\nsome of his present duties in the way of\nroutine work.\nAnd in connection with these reported changes there was a rumor to the\neffOct that a movement was on foot to\nhave H, W. Barnes reinstated as chief\nof police. Tne Miuer is ioath to credit\nthe rumor with the slightest foundation. The best thing that can be done\nfor Mr. Barnes is to allow him to rest\nIn the peaceiul bliss of official retirement. Aud, if there is auy man or set\nof men endeavoring to have him return to a position of power in this district, Tne Miner Is willing to wager\nthat it can give the reasons.\nThis paper proposes In the future to\ngive the details of any official acts,\nwhen they are tainted with corruption.\nThere have been some deals in South\nEast Kootenay the past two years that\nwould have made the boldest boodler of\nTammany green with envy. And there\nhave been other deals not confined\nalone to officers, but originated and carried througn by men who pose as honest citizens and think to cover up their\nacts by the cloak of professional honor.\nSouth East Kootenay has some interesting history and some day tt may be\nwritten.\nThere are portions of the country\nwhere the snow Is so deep that the telegraph line repairer has discarded his\nclimbers and substituted snowsbo\"*.\nIf a railway company carrying the\nmails, ran trains iu such a haphazard\nway as do the C. P. Ii. on the Crows\nNeat branch, In any wother country than\nthis, the government would have thi.ni\non the carpet In double quick time.\nHere It seems to be understood that the\nC. P. K. can do no harm.\nWhen better conucctlons are arrang-\neu, Morrissey will become a favorite\nstarting point for transcontinental\ntravel, having the two roads, the C. P.\nft. and the Great Northeru. Aud tbe\nlatter road, by its hue service, is going\nto get a big share of the business,\nThe man who lives in Morrissey and\ndon't subscrioe for The Miner, should\nbe careful. He might die, and then as\na celestial bring in the realms above, or\na side kicker of the devil below, he\nwould never forgive himself for neglecting that opportunity of doing right\nwhile on earth.\nA loose guy wire on a smoke stack i*\nlike some people. It makes a lot ot\nnoise, but is no good.\nDeep-snow covers a lot of dirt in th's\ncouutry.\nIt Begins to Look as if Lead\nWould Climb\nMR. CRONIN'S VIEWS\nHe Thinks That With the Help of a Duty\nit Will be Possible to Resume\nWoHi Again\nMEANS MUCH TO THIS DISTRICT\n\"If Canadian le\u00C2\u00ABd producers can secure the heme market for the native\nproduct and tbe foreign market rises to\ntwelve pouLd-, ster.ing, the Industry\nwill be In a position to resume operations on the old basis. The London\nmarket is rising steadily and if the Federal administration grants tbe relief\nasked for the :esu:t I hiive indicated\nwilt be realized,\" said James Cronln,\nmanager of tbe St. Eugene mine at\nMoyle, to a representative of the Boat-\nland Miner one day last week.\nMr. CroLin believes that If adequate\nprotecOon Is granted to Canadian lead\nproducers they will be able to sell forty\nper cent of their output Iu Canada at\n83.50 per hundred, which 1b the figure\nnow received by American producers\nfrom the American Smelting &. Refining\ncompany. The remaining sixty per\ncent of the lead produced would be sold\nIn the London market, aud If twelve\npounds Stirling was the ruling quotation\nCanadian shippers would net about $1 70\nper hundred. The average of the two\nprices would be a figure at which a\nlarge number of Canadian lead mines\ncould operate profitably.\nThe London price for .cau has advanced consistently since the first of\nthe year, a gain of over one pound being recorded in that time. The situation is improving by reason o' Increased\nconsumption and decreased production,\nparticularly iu the United States where\nthe production is less than the consumption, with the result that the lead trus<\nhas no surp:us to \"slaughter\" on the\nCanadian market. The probability Is\nthat much of tbe Mexican lead now being sold in Canada by the American\nSmelting & Utfining company will\neventually ue withdrawn to fill orders\nin the United States.\nManager Cronin directs attention\nafresh to the anomaly of the Canadian\nmarket for lead producis being supplied\nalmost exclusivity by white and red\nlead manufactured in Germany, Bel-\nglum or Englaud froa. pig lead mined in\nSicily and other. European districts\nwhere cheap labor exists, or In the\nUnited States from lead mined in Mexico and corroded in bond, to the exclusion of the home raw product. H\nslop 'em in arrest Nathan won't bave\na sergeant for duty. '1 be whole hat\nti'iy seems to have been In It. Tell\ntlicui to go to their quarters\u00E2\u0080\u0094co to\ngl'IIM\u00E2\u0080\u0094go to Itallyhnck.\u00E2\u0080\u0094but there must\nIn1 no more cbeerlug. I won't bave It.\"\n\"There won't be.\" said his stalT offi\ncer dryly, \"now that LflUgdoll's gone.\"\nHe. too. had loved the fellow and was\nsore hearted over his downfall\n\"Th-re's nobody else they'll be apt to\nCheer for unless It's Melville.\"\nThe colonel turned suddenly and\nglared, but the adjutant's face wns\nplacid and unconcerned as be quietly\nstepped to the outer room anil In low\ntone bade the assembled tbrong dis\nperse. Then In silence he rejoined his\nchief.\n\"You're always quotlog Major Melville.\" said the latter petulantly, \"is\nthere no one In your own corps worth\nconsidering?\"\n\"I'lenty.\" answered Hie adjutant.\n\"yet none Just like Melville. There's\nthe man to Straighten out this mutter.\ncolonel, If you really want It done.\"\n\"I ean straighten out post mutters\nwithout having to call on an-nu mi\noutsider,\" answered the colonel hUURll\ntlly, for be had tbe same conception ot\nbis corps that the Chinese had ol Cbl\nmi -everybody not of It was an outside\nbarbarian. Moreover, be was distinctly\nJealous or Melville, and it kept crop\npint: out In the most absurd ami palpa\nPie way. Early in the sprint;, when or\ntiered to tbe command ol ibis Important\nstation, tbe department commander\nhad said to him: \"We have applied lor\nMelville lo comma nil your artillery\nHe'll lie n tower of strength to you and\nrelieve you or all responsibility III the\nmanagement of the batteries.\" And\ntlds remark. Intended to reassure, hud\njust tbe opposite effect The colonel\ndid not wish to be relieved ol any care\nor responsibility, did not wish it to tie\nsupposed he needed n tower of\nstrength. He was one of a small but\nsomewhat prominent class among our\nsenior officers who rejoice In extended\nresponsibility and who prefer hours of\npersonal work lo delegating one lota of\nniltiioril.v or power lo anybody else.\nHe was so oddly constituted, moreover.\nHint lie would gladly have added lo his\nfunctions lite ladling otil of medicines\nand (lie distribution of hospital stores.\nHis mania was ror scraping and saving for Uncle Sam. He would spend\nhours of valuable time pruning off a\ndollar from Hie estimate of tbe post\nquartermaster or squeezing a cent a\nbushel from the hay or grain contract.\nHe had never before served with\nmounted artillery, but unhesitatingly\nassumed supreme control of the affairs\nof tbe batteries, criticising and forbid-\nding tbe expenditure of paint for the\ncarriages and caissons, cutting down\nthe number of horseshoes, condemning\nthe amount of grain aud hay fed out iu\ntbe daily allowance and putting a stop\nto shell and shrapnel practice as being\nviciously extravagant \"it will all be\nStraightened out when Melville comes,\"\nsaid the gunners, but It wasn't. The\ncolonel had never met Melville before,\nbut had had him dinned into his ears\nevery time lie talked with an enthusiastic' artilleryman, and, to use his own\nexpression) \"It made hint tired.\" \"Melville Is a sort of demigod according\nto tliese artillery fellows,\" said be,\n\"but I [iropose to run my own post, and\nno man shall run me.\"\nKo when Melville arrived and reported for duty the colonel met him with\nmuch solemnity and stole. Ordinarily\noffhand and impulsive in speech and\nmanner, be now assumed un Imposing\ndignity of mien that filled bis adjutant\nwilii merrliueiit and (lid not deceive\nMelville In tbe least. That clenr sighted, grave mannered soldier listened\nwith every appearance of courteous Interest to the colonel's exposition of\nwhat lie considered the needs of Hie\nbatteries and the batteries' discipline\nand Instruction, hut as Ills own views\nwere neither asked nor desired gave\nno expression of them. The colonel\ncalled upon the new arrival ut the\nquarters of CnptaiU Cannon that evening and found a dozen red striped fellows there, nil clustered about their\ndemigod, anil Hie colonel's manner was\nIf anything more awfully Impressive\nthan in the morning. He remained\nbill ten minutes, and the gunners drew\nn long breath unci looked at each other\nus he left (be room aud burst Into Irrepressible laughter as he stalked away\nfrom (he gate. But Melville came back\nto their midst with Captain Cannon,\nthey having seen the colonel safely\ndown the steps, and not u Hue lo Melville's face betrayed (he fact that he\ntaw anything comical In the situation.\nWithin tbe week he was partially settled In his new quarters and fully en-\ngrossed In bis new duties. He found\nthe post coinmiiti'Icf pottering about\nthe bullery (tables and gun sheds day\nafter day. giving orders direct lo stable\nsergeants, farriers and blacksmiths,\nbut not a line or his face or a tone of\nills voice betrayed Ibe faintest Irrlta\nHon or disapproval. Irate captains\ncame to him to protest, and tie said,\n\"I'atleuee,\" and nothing tbe impetuous\npost commander could say or do ever\nseemed to throw liiiu ull his mental\nbalance for a moment, lie was ever\ngrave, exquisitely courteous and entirely subordinate. For a month tbe\ncolonel had things all bis own way.\nThen oue day, all unannounced, there\ndropped In an Inspector, who gave two\ndays to the batteries and two hours to\nthe rest of the command. The colonel\nInsisted on being w'th htm everywhere.\nThe Inspector tumid fault with the\ncondition of the horses' reel and declared them Insufficiently shod. Ue was\nreferred to the order cf the post commander. He said all of the horses look\ned ton finely drawu. as though they\nhad come In from a hard campaign,\naud was shown the pest coiuuinudcr's\norder cutting off two pounds ol grain\nper diem. He said the gun carriages\nlooked dingy and was Informed of the\npost commander's prohibition ot fur\nther use of painL He criticised their\nneglect of gun practice with service\nammunition, and again the post com\nniandcr had to shoulder the blame.\nHe dined with that dignitary, as did\nMelville and Nathan and two or three\ncavalrymen that evening, and the eolo\nWHAT IS THE FLAG 1\nALL OVER THE EMPIRE ARE MISTAKES\nMADE IN IT\u00C2\u00BB FLYING.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0' You think he huh a t cry good ttuldltr, I\nam told.\"\nnel drank much of his own champagne\naad talked Incessantly in defense ol his\npolicy, on which point the inspector\nand the gunners were diplomatically\nSilent, but within n week of the former's departure down crime a letter\nfrom department headquarters, embodying nil his criticisms und directing\ntbe post commiinder to take measures\nto correct the matters complained of\nwithout delay. 'J hey were all of the\npost commander's devising, and, \"Without the rullllng of u feather or the\nturning of a hair,\" as the boys expressed it, without a word of altercation or\nexpostulation, Melville had won the.\nbattle. Ue met the colonel with the\nsame grave. Imperturbable courtesy,\nwith that utterly unimpeachable respect of manner. Even though the\npost commander was faming with\nwrath and the consciousness of defeat, Melville allowed not a trace of\nexultation to be visible, not a word of\ntriumph to escape him. lie gently\ngravely rebuked one or two youngsters\nwho crowed Iu their delight aud by utter superiority or his mental equipoise\nrasped the irate colonel Infinitely more\nthan if he had given voice tu the sense\nof victory. The colonel was forced lo\nthe conclusion that the senior major of\nartillery was a bigger man at department headquarters than he had ever\nbeen, and his jealousy redoubled.\nAud yet the soldier in him compelled\nhim to respect Melville. He couldn't\nhelp it. 0Ulcer or man, the soldier did\nnot live in all the service who knew\nhim and did not honor. Fure In speech,\nre lined and courteous In manner, a\ngentleman in the finest sense of the\nterm, in every thought and word and\ndeed; just, temperate, merciful, a model of fidelity to duty aud to principle, a\nman to whom an oath was well nigh as\nintolerable as a lie, he so ordered his\nlife that friends aud comrades studied\nhim in vain for fault or foible, and enemies were unknown. Among his elder\nofficers were men who a quarter of a\ncentury before had been bis pupils In\nthe section rooms of \"the old academic,\" where they wc>l nigh worshiped\nhim. \"Never,\" said they, \"no matter\nhow exasperntlngly stupid a cadet\nmight be\u00E2\u0080\u0094never was Melville tempted\nto use an Impatient word.\" Among the\nyounger officers were those who only a\nfew years back wore the gray nt the\nPoint when Melville was their honored\ncommandant, the position of all others\nIn the army of the United Stntes which\nhas the greatest influence on the character and development of the young\nsoldiers of the nation, the position of\nall others most dllticult to fill, and Melville wus the Idol of the corps of cadets. At the different stations where\nhe had served-at Newport, at Fortress\nMonroe and ut the Presidio of San\nFrancisco\u00E2\u0080\u0094he had left his impress ever\nthe same. They spoke of him as the\n\"Bayard of the Battery,\" and one of\nthe traditions which his old regiment\ngloried In was the mountain campaign\nagainst a fierce and recalcitrant tribe\nin which Melville led his guns Into the\nfastnesses of an unexplored wilderness\nand brought the savages to bay. Add\nto all this that his home life was as\nbeautiful as his professional enreer had\nbeen well nigh flawless, and even\ncrotchety, fault finding, Jealous old\n\"Cat\" owued himself powerless to penetrate the armor of Melville's perfections, and May and Woodrow, thinking\nsadly of the comrade lost to them,\nfound the words constantly springing\nto their lips, \"If Melville had only\ncome earlier!\"\n[TO Bl CONTINUED.]\nWhetatOA-H..\nIu the United States rocks suitable\nfor making whetstoues are found In\nnearly nil the states eust of the Mississippi and In a number of those to the\nwest of that river, but the supply Is\nobtained from Arkansas, Indiana, Ohio,\nNew York, Vermont aud New Hampshire.\nA Mountain Totrn.\nThere Is a town of 000 Inhabitants on\nthe top of the Mount of Olives.\nFor Toothache.\nEqual parts of alum aud salt, or\nevcu salt alone, placed on. a piece of\ncotton wool and inserted lu the hollow\nof au aching tooth will often give relief when other means have failed.\nA I'uizlinc Uuuilu SsiiiUctcrily Sat*\nUtii-l.be r-lttf \u00E2\u0096\u00A0! Flag\u00E2\u0080\u0094 Wfcaa ma4\nUan it should li* FUwa-BliDdtri ll\nMas \"akiuff-Fiar Lor. That la In\ntaua.ljr Iatci-.ttUc Jnit at tfca Praaanl\nJuncture.\nThe Aug of England, of Britain, is\nflown ail over the Empire, and yet\nin this Hying them ure many mistakes made. The Pall Gazette thinks\nso, und in u recent issue has an article which must interest all who fly\nthe flag in Canada.\n\"What is the flag of England?\nWinds of the world declare,\" is the\nquestion with which Mr. Kipling\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 starts one oi his patriotic poems.\ni If the winds that blow over London\nwere askod lo give their impression\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 as to the answer, during these days\nof peace celebrations and coronation\nrejoicings, they would be rather pua-\nrkd tu reply.\nFor the average Londoner, alike ill\nSt. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2James' aud St. lilies', appeal!\nto bo in hopeless bewilderment as lo\nthe national Hag. He is not so sure\nWhich Hag ho ought to display, lie\nis often utterly at sea us to how it\nought, lo be made and how it ought\nto be hoisted. He Hies the Hag of\nother peoples under the mistaken impression that he is hanging out the\nHritish colors. Ho makes unwittingly signals that move the seafaring\nman who can read theiu to a quiet\nlaugh at the ignorance of mere landsmen. It is strange that such things\nshould happen In the capital of a\nrace of sailors und travelers, for\nwhom every Hag should have a distinct and well known significance.\nFirst of all, there is a widespread\nmisuse of a purely personal Hag, the\nlloyal Standard, which many otherwise well-informed people suppose to\nbe that of the nation. If Sir Uorgi-\nus Midas were to quarter on his carriage panels the Lions of England,\nthe Red Lion Kampant of Scotland,\nand t)iu Irish Harp, everyone would\nthink he had taken leave of his\nsenses. When he Hies the same heraldic device from the flagstaff ou the\nroof of his stately mansion it is not\nregarded as an accent Hi Ity on his\npait. But it is almost as bad as displaying the Royal Arms on his carriage or.putting his servants into the\nroyal liveries.\nThe Hoyal Standard is the King of\nEngland's banner and denotes his\nactual presence as Sovereign where\nit is flown. Thus it is not hoisted\neven ou a royal palace unless he i-*\nin residence, it is displayed from\nthe flagstaff of the parade when he is\nreviewing his troops. It is run up by\na warship us he comes on board.\n1'jveli the ambassadors who represent\nhtm abroad do not fl> his flag. It Is\npurely personal, like the golden yellow standard marked with a broad\nblack cross and decorated with eugles\nand Imperial crowns, which iu tier-\nmany denotes the Kaiser's presence,\nand which no German ever mistakes\nfor the national Hag. Our own ttoy-\nal Standard should not be Vulgarized in tlie present unmeaning fashion.\nThe national Hag, the flag oi th-\nKiugilom and the Empire, is\u00E2\u0080\u0094to give\nit its popular nana\u00E2\u0080\u0094the Union .lack\nThere aie various Hags of which it\nforms only a part and which are used for special purposes. H is acorn\ninon mistake to take these for the\nnational Hag.\nAmong these are, first, the White\nEnsign with the Union in Its top\ncorner mar the Hugstult or halyard,\nand the great red cross on a white\nground\u00E2\u0080\u0094the cross that murked the\nHug of England in crusading days\nand in the wars of the Middle Ag\nThis rcil cross is still the central device of the Union Mag.\nThe White Ensign is the flag of\nour navy. In the same way the Ued\nEnsign is the Hug of our merchant\nmarino. To fly the While or Ued En\nsign on u house is rather unmeaning\nWhat one o-ight to (ly is the Union\nJack, mure cc erectly called the Union (lag, but then one must take care\nlo get the real Uung and hoist it\ntight side up.\n'Alost oi the flags imported from\nabroad, and many of those made in\nEngland, blunder about the right\ncombination of the three crosses. On\nboth sides of the central red cross of\nSt. Oeorge there is the same width\nof whtta bunting or silk, but the X-\nskaped red cross of St. Patrick has\nnot the white that sIiowh on both\nsides of it ol' equal width. On the\nside nearest the halyards it, is broad\nabove the red and narrow below, and\nthis arrangement Is reversed on the\nother side of the flag, the explanation being that the red cross is here\nku, erposed unevenly on the white\ncross of St. Andrew, so that the\nScottish* emblem may not form a\nmere oven border to it. To neglect\nthis difference alters the whole appearance of the flag. But those who\nthus blunder err in distinguished\ncompany.\nrtheu ticnernl Baden-Powell designed\na poster some years ago for a military tournament he made St. Andrew's cross into a mere even white\nbo ft! or for St. Patrick's. When Si\n3. HobertGOn and the gallant little\ngarrison of Chitral improvised a Union -Jack to fly over their beleaguered fort they made the same mistake.\nWhen after tin: relief it was pointed\nout to them that such a Hag, being\nthe same which ever way it was\nhoisted, could not be reversed as a\ntdgnal of distress, Sir Qeorgo replied\nthat they never thought of Its use\nfor such a purpose being in any way\nnecessary. Mr, Punch, who as a\nrule is scrupulously accurate in matters of detail, drew the Union .lack\nin the same incorrect fashion a\ncouple of weeks ago. To come down\nlo lesser folk, several firms of decorators are now circulating iu London\nIllustrated price lists, with the national flag thus misrepresented. it\nis a very common mista' e lo hoist\nthe correct Hag upside down, thus\nsignalling \"In distress. Want assistance.\" And it is also to be seen, on\nsome London houses, flying with a\nbroad white border. This is another\nspecial signal Hag, \"1 want a pilot,\"\ndown by ships nearing home.\nBy the way, Mr. Kipling, who one\nwould think* the last man to make\nsuch a slip, writes in \"Stalky und\nCo.*' of a coaster in distress flying\ntbe Union Jack reversed as a signal\nfor help. Of course a merchantman\nin such a position reverses the lied\nEnsign.\nAs red, white, and blue are the colors in the Union Jack, there seems\nto be a vague impression in many\nquarters that any combination of\nthese colors may be flown, if a Union Jack, Ued or White Ensign, pilot flag, or signal of distress is not\nhandy. Hence the display of so many\nforeign tri colors, the familiar French\nflag, the Dutch Hug with its ban's of\ncolor horizontal, and occasionally the\nflaj> of the Russian merchant marine.\nThis last is probably the result of\nthe misguided energy oi some ui?:a-\nletir flag-maker, who sews three\nstrips of bunting together, white at\nthe top, blue in the middle, and red\nat the bottom. No doubt some few\nof the French und Dutch flags are\nhoisted by foreign residents. But\nmost of them aie used merely because they are 'red, white, and\nblue.\" There is no disposition to fly\nforeign flags as such in London.\nOtherwise, how aie we to account for\nthe absence Of a Hug once popular iu\nscheme* of decoration, the handsome\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Dannebrog,\" the Hag of our Queen's\nnative land? And why is there such\na marked absence of the showy red\nund white Aug of our ally. Japan ?\nIn much traveling about London we\nhave only seen one solitary specimen\nof this Hug.\nSEVEN PER CENT. DEAD.\nIlia TarrlbU ( \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2( .if Mar iu South A (lira\nI 4>ttl|>llt*>l|. \u00C2\u00AB'\nThe advent of peace has set Hritish\njournalists counting up the losses iu\nthe war. From Oct. 11, 1890, to\nJune 1, 1902, in all 81| mouths of\nwar, the ultimate tiiuinpb of the\nHritish arms has cost 21,679 lives\nor nearly 7 per cent- of tbe tloops\nengaged.\nTaking the killed und wounded together, the casuulties work out at\n80,130 men, or nearly 10 per cent.\nof the tolul forces.\nTin* surrenders of armed men total\n0,714, or about il per cent, of tint\nfighting line. Of these, six battalions, on whoyi fell the ordinary bad\nluck inseparable from a gleet campaign, account between lluni for 3,-\n000 prisoners.\nThe health of the linpciiul army,\nin spite of the severe strum imposed,\nhas been renftirkable; tbe figures of\n10,000 deaths from disease spread\nover an average force ot 20O,O(K)\nmen, in two und a half years, giving\nan annual death rate of only 26 per\nthousand.\nTaking a per Capita basis, we find\nthe war has cost the colonies three\nlives for every '0,000 of their population, while it bus cost the United\nKingdom four Uvea for every 0,000\nof its population.\nGenerals Symons, Wauchope and\nWood gate were killed, und Generals\nLord MOttlUen I twice), \"Macdora'd,\nKnox, Wood, Barton, Ian Hamilton\n(twice), Little, Kuiulle and Kekewiih\nhave been wounded. Lord Methuen\nwas the only general to s.ilTer lap-\nlure.\nDeaths from accidental causes\nthroughout the campaign number no\nfewer than 78.5, of which 228 were\ncases of drowning. Train a'cid-uis\naccount for ill deaths, lightning for\n62, accidental self-shooting lor 18,\nmistakes by sentries lor 4, ami miscellaneous uceideuts, < bieily among\nmounted men, for 1140. There are,\nmoreover, six reported cases of suicide, one being u lieutenant-colonel,\not;,' u major, und four privates. Wining explosions claimed three lives;\ntwo men were killed by lions, one\nby a bull, one by u crocodile, und\none is reported shot whPe attempting to escape from his captors.\nFinally, the Viclpiia Crosn has been\ngained\u00E2\u0080\u0094perhaps a better wotd than\nwon or earned\u00E2\u0080\u0094by every division of\nthe Empire, except Wales and New\nZealand. England claiming 29,\nSouth Africa 10, Scotland 0, Australia 4, Canada 3, Ireland 2, and India\n1.\nSIR OAIVER MOWAT.\ni.lautruitiit-.(;<\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 it-riiut- ..I Ontario I'iimci ill-*\nS'kSnd lllrtliiluy oil July %'i, 1008-A\nV. i j I'apullkr (>-viii|t'iu:tn.\nNo citizen of Toroii'o is n.o:e widely known or respected throughout\nthe Dominion than his Honor, th-1\nLieutenant-Governor Sir Oliver Mow-\nat, K.U.M.G , who was 82 years of\nage on Tuesday, July 22, 1902, Sir\nOliver was born in Kingston on-Inly\n22. 1820, his father, John Mowat, of\nCanisba.v, CnllhnCss-bhire, Scotland.\nInning settled iu that city in 1810.\nAt. the age of sevtntcvn, Laving picked up as much of an ed nation as\nthe beSt schools then afforded, he entered the law office of the late Sir\nJohn Macdonald, who was a few\nyears his senior, where he diligently\nstudied the profession he had taken\nup. and in 1842 he was culled lo the\nliar, loinnunjing his pinttice in the\ncity of his birth. Before loi g h.,*\nrealized that Toronto offered a wider Held, and removed to that city,\nwhare ha has since made his home,\nlie became a promintnt member of\nthe Chancery Bar, und in 180(1 was\nmade a Queen's Counsel, and a[>-\npointed commissioner for the (om-o ~\nidation of the statutes of Upper and\nLo.vcr Canada, in 1877 he was elected lo represent. South Oxford in\nParliument, and held the seat until\n1864. lie Was Provincial Secretary\nin the Brown-Uorion AdmOiistration\nfrom August 2 to 0, 1858. In 186X\nhe contested Kingston, but without\nsuccess. l!e h'Id the portfolio of\nPostmaster-General in the Mncdon-\na'.d-Dorion Administration from May\n1865. till March. 180-1, Ut d occupied\nth* same position in the coalition\nGovernment. After the fa'! of that\nGovern men t ho wus ruisrd to the\nBench as Vive-Chuncellor o!\" Upper\nCunada, having previously ban a\nmember of the Union Confer*ne\nwhich met in Quebec in 1864 for the\nframing of the runfed'Tutlon scheme.\nIn 1872, in consoqurn 0 of the retirement of Messrs. I'd vard Bla'e an!\nAlexander Mack emtio from the t n'.ar-\nii) House, oWtllfl to the provisions ol\nthe dual representation act. he was\n(ailed on by the Lieutenant-Governor to form un Administ ut.on, und\nresigned his Vice-Chancellorship tu\ndu m. He became memlnr lor > or h\nOxford, be'ng elected to that C0U Hint n/y by acclamation, and assumed\n(he oliice of Altoi ney-tienerul ofthe\nProvince.\n'terwurds ho was six\ntilll'H retut'd for the constituency,\ntluice by acclamation, and thrice after a buttle at the [oils, He was\nPremier for 24 years, the longest\ncontinuous term of othce as Premier\never ac6ordid to any man in Canada. He resigned in 1806 to join Sir\nWilfrid Laurier's Cabinet, and left it\nlater to become LicuUntiiU-Govr-\nnoi. l'or two \ears Sir Oliver was\na member of tha Toronto City Cocn-\ncil, whiv h\u00C2\u00A3 rendered great service,\nrepresiniing St. I awrence Ward in\n1857 and St. James' War-d in 1808.\nSir OliviT is a member of the I'res-\nDyteriun Church, and for ma-iy years\nwas president of t ll: Evangelical Alliance, lie has always taken a deep\nnterest in social and religious mut-\nler.j, and h.is contributed ou ssvorn!\noccasions to religious literature, In\n\"erogmtion of his public service\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 iucn's Inivtrsity in 18U2 tcnelT. tl\nupuii hint ih> d Lir't1 of LL.l*.. in\nToronto I n! e>iiy paid him th\nnine honor in 188'J.\nNEW ZEALAND.\nM*rk tha Knult sf tha Quvarntmant Work*\nlaf tb\u00C2\u00AB BbII*b)i rro>(JI i-it> >Ii\u00C2\u00ABwb 1b\nilia Kec\u00C2\u00ABi.t HiujiiuI M\u00C2\u00BBttm\u00C2\u00ABul.\nSir Joseph Waid, the acting Colonial Treasurer, made his financial\nstatement, recently.\nLast year's revenue amounted to\n! \u00C2\u00A36,152.839, while the expentiiture\namounted to \u00C2\u00A35,914,915, leaving an\ni excess of revenue over expenditure of\n| \u00C2\u00A3237,924. Adding to this the balance which was brought over from\nj the preceding year, namely, \u00C2\u00A332,564\nlatter deduction of the sum of \u00C2\u00A3500,-\n000, which was transferred to the\npublic works fund, a surplus is left\nof \u00C2\u00A3270.488. At the close of the\npast year, the public works expenditure amounted to \u00C2\u00A32,148,252. and\n\u00C2\u00A32f>0.0)Ml of advances pieviously received were lad off. The cash bal-\nanco was \u00C2\u00A3454,050, with about\n\u00C2\u00A3100.000 of the lust loan to be re-\nohed.\n'Hi.' public d^bt was now \u00C2\u00A352.-\n006,447, fe ho wing an increase of \u00C2\u00A3.1-\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2'{75,212 during the year, of whuh\nnmount however, quite \u00C2\u00A3 1,019,286,\nin ing at once interest-earning will\nnot become a burden on the tax-pay-\ner.\n'I h? brin\u00C2\u00BBin^ into operation of In \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nt rinciples of local self-government by\nihe Maoris, under the Maori Councils act of 10O1, hns already proved\nto be a great boon to thent, and it\nen ures the Increase ol the race. Old-\ni- ii [ i nOons tost thj colony last\nVtor \u00C2\u00A3207.000. The lun 1 lux and\nIncome tax revenue exceeded Gil* es-\n(iirate8. Works ure n progress ut\nhe State coal mines at Weatport\nand (;reymoi;h '1 ho reductions\njfiven by the present Goveiniunl\ns\"n e it too!; od'c * are: Hallways,\n\u00C2\u00A3510,000: mortgage tax, \u00C2\u00A325,000;\nposts and telegraphs, \u00C2\u00A3rl81,000; customs, \u00C2\u00A3138.000.\nEvery elTo. t is bein*z made to se-\neuro tru,d r with South Afriia. the\nUnited Kingdom, Ind.n, t h un ml\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2In' a'i, and it is hoped to complete\nShortly a contract for a steam; h'p\nse vice to .South Africa. The construction of railways and of roads is\nb *ing vigo ouftly pushed forward.\n'1 be Gov* run.ent prol ones further\nlarge (<>iu ess;on \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 to the public-On\nraiiwavs. \u00C2\u00A340,000, mid a reduction\nef \u00C2\u00A325,000 from thj mortgage tax\n- an 1 a1' o pro] oles to a*sist the\nbin b settlers by a remission of rent\nduring tho first few years of their\n!< a'es.\n'lb- estimates for th; current year\nreu li \u00C2\u00A35,087,068, for expenditure,\nan I tu,OHM.51UI, for revenue, which.\nul h thi balance brought forward\nfro 11 lust year, leaves a surplus \u00C2\u00BB.f\n\u00C2\u00A3867,000 to provido for further appropriations in tho supplementary es-\ntiumtes, and for tin* usual trunsfer\nto the public works fund in aid of\ntbe construction of roads and\nbridges.\nIt is proposed to raise a new loan\nof \u00C2\u00A31,750.110(1, tu be duvoied to the\nconstruction of trunks and other\nlines if railway, end tho construction oi ro ids, tracks and bridges\nThe new loan will also be used for\nprovldin \u00E2\u0096\u00A0; additional roiling stock,\naid :o.- relaying the permanent way,\nfor developing the gold fielOs and for\nte'egraj hie oxtl n-ion purposes. it\nis pi oposed to place a portion of tbe\nloan on the local money market.\nThe working of the railways shows\nexcellent results, products being carried at less than a third of the cost\nof the carriage by land, while pas-\nsi n cers are carried at a charter to\nu sixth less. The result of this is\nenormously incrcared traffic.\nTin- g' n 'rat condition of the colony\nis wonderfully prosperous.\nHIS DOMESTIC LIFE.\n\"THE PRIVATE LIFE OF EDWARD VII.,\"\nA RECENT PUBLICATION.\nA lt#M(ttll([ llmi.\nI am reminded of a Scotch country\ngentleman, now dead, who could never comfortably read his morning paper without a lead pencil in his\nhand. He hud a library, which\nwould have been worth a fortune to\na journalist or all acrostic fOlver.\nKvery work of reference from the National Dictionary of Biography,\ndownward, was to be found in it.\nHe cau'd never bear to be a year\nb hind with his Burke or his 1'i'd,\nand even his CrocUford was kept ,tp-\nto date, although Iij was a strict\nPresbyterian, and had few dealings\nwith ih) Established Church ^ivoss\nthe baird'r. Every one of his\nboo'ts was read.\nHis literary opinions were K'-iero-\ndox, but unabashed. His pencilled\nscorn for the works of Mr. tJftf>rge\nMeredith exceeded the bounds ot courtesy; his admiration for those of Mr.\nS. It. Crockett left scarcely a page\nwithout an underlined passage. He\nhad written Just what he thought of\nSir Walter Scott, and a copy ot Paradise Lost was annotated as il it\nhad been Issued tho week before from\nMessrs, Constable's press at Edinburgh. 1 had Ih? curiosity to take\ndown from his shelves an early ex-\nperiiocnt in fiction of my own. Its\nundergraduate's humor had been\ncarefully weighed, and for the most\npari, approved, but there was occasional rows of notes of exclamation\nin the margin and, in one place, u\nmarginal comment, \"Oh, this is too\nmuch: ! I\" At th.* end of tbe book\nwas assort of Index of marked pages,\nwith a 'ew wo da of explanation us\nto why they had been marked. The\nwhole represented an amount of attention wh'h a very careful reviewer might give it to the important\nItoo't of tVli year, and every ollu'r\nbook in his library had been similarly treated\u00E2\u0080\u0094From The Speaker.\nMilltlng tu* B-fipontlbilltr\u00C2\u00AB\nAn Irishman who traded in small\nwares, kept a donkey cart with which\nha \hiitod tlu different villages, On\n(n \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 occa Ion h I eamo to a br,'il.*y\nwhere n toll Was levied,\nHo foi.nl to his disappointment he\nhud not enough tn p\"v it.\nA bright thought . t uck him. lie\nunharnessed the donkey and put it\nIn o tha cart. Then, geti n^ between thu shafts himself, h' pulled\nthe cart with th* donkey standing\non it on to thu* bridge.\nIn due course he was hailed by the\ntoll collector.\n\"Hey, man!\" cried the latter.\n\"Whuur's your toll?\"\n\"Begorra,\" said the Irishman,\n\"just ask the d.oiver.\"\nDulldogra.\nBulldogs are at one and the same\ntime the most affectionate and ferocious of animals. Oue of the species\nwill guard with Its life the person or\nproperty of Its master from either actual or fancied danger.\nBeethoven und the Mandolin.\nThat so great a musical genius as\nBeethoven wrote several pieces for the\nmandolin seems to be a great source\nof pride to the lovers of this Instrument. They are also fond of recalling\nhe fact thai MoKtirt Indicated the man\nloliu in t!u' Ki'ore of \"lion (Ilovanni\"\nin Uls fa in oia* berciiuUh.\nAl AfftclioOKt* Hsibud and \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Lnvios\nfather IVbs Ha* K\u00C2\u00ABV\u00C2\u00AB* itnnvd hull\nCredit lor 1 bet* Qnaliti\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u0094A\u00C2\u00BB \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Chun h-\nn.au-About Hn Clothes \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Uhus HI\nMajeity Lata and Orlnka.\nA recent publication entitled \"The\nPrivate Life of Edward VII.,\" by a\nmember of the royal household, contains many interesting facts pertain*\ning to Ih-.* domestic life of the King.\nThe writer speaks of the King as an\nulTectionate husband and a loving father, who has never received full\ncredit for these qualities. 'I he book,\nwhich \u00E2\u0080\u00A2'st appeared when the King\nwas still Prince of Wales, says of\nhim:\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\"The romantic love that induced\nhim, when little more than a boy,\nto overcome all obstacles to his union with Princess Alexandra of Ia*n-\nnmrk, has never waned. During the\nillness which in the late sixties kept\nher for many months bound to her\ncouch, his devoted attention to her\nslightest wish, his grief at her sufferings and his delight at hsr restoration to health, were proofs of hi&\nsincere affection. It was practically\nat the Prince's Instigation that tho\nlong holiday that followed her cen-\nvalesecnce in Egypt, Palest in *. Turkey and Ureece was planned, aud he\nmore than once expressed his delight that the journey, which lasted\nfor many months, proved so successful in restoring the Princess to complete health.\n\"The same touching affection which\nexisted between the Prince and Princess of Wales was again displayed\nduring his own illness, when her\nlloyal Highness scarcely ever Kit\nh'r husband's bedside. Other trials\nih.it must come to all people who\nundertake to jouin'-'y through life together, be they Princes or peasants,\nhn\e only served to draw closer the\nbonds of affection that unite the royal I air.\"\nI'll lor the head \"The Prince is a\nChurchman.\" the writer Bays;\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n\"When the Prince of Wales was\n(juile a young man traveling abroad,\nund while tbe love of sport of all\nbinds was runn'ng high In his veins,\na frimd of his, hoping to give him\npleasure, proposed to arrange a\nshooting expedition for a particular\ndate, 'l ho offer was exceedingly\ntempting, but the Prince, after a\nmoment's grave thought, replied, 'It\nis Impossible that 1 should come, for\nthe d.ite you mention falls on a Sunday.'\n\"The keynote of the Prince's observance of that day is struck in\n, those simple words. From his youth\n' up he has of his own free will, and\nout of his firm convictions, kept\nSunday a[ art as a day that should\nbe devoted to religious exercises,\n(piiet family life, and such occupations as entail the least labor ou\nll.o.-e who aie iu his servide, Sunday ut Saudi -in-: hum is, in fuel, the\nid al day of the English country\ngentleman. A holy pence and culm\nreign over the whole estate, und the\nair that during the week riivjs with\nshots from Bportstnen's guns, und\nthe whir of the latest improvements\nin agricultural machinery, is broken\nonly by the sound of the bells ringing tho royal household, und tho\npeasants alike to service in the little church that, stands within bowshot of Sandringham House.\n\"When tho establlshmtnt at Sandringham is in full suing the list of\nvisitors who are faulted to stay\nthere from Saturday till Monday,\ngenerally includes a notable 'divine,\nwho is expected to pi each on Sunday. Men of almost all opjn'ons\nhave stood up in the carved pulpit,\nbut the Prince follows tin Queen's\nexample in preferring short to\nlengthy sermons. At the same time,\nwhet hen tho pfeather be brilliant or\ndull, the demeanor of the royal family in church sets an excelUnt example to the rest of the congregation. The Prince's natural gravity\nis always heightened at these times,\nand he is most attentive to and observant of the entire service. 'I he\nPrincess of Wales' devotion when in\nchurch is most touching. Prince Eddy, whoso likeness to his mother, extended to more than outwaid resemblance, was always very thoughtful and attentive, and the young\nPrincesses lollow the service with devout attention.\"\nA chapter of tho book is devoted\nto \"The Prince and His Clothes,\"\nIn this chapter it is ma do known\nthat the tailor whom the King employed so many years, and whose\npopularity wai established by the\nPrince of \"Wales' patronage, owed his\nown fortune to a Slight Incident.\nThe writer says that Albert Edward\nW8.1 at tin theatre on>^ night to see\nFoibtor as Robert Macalre. \"'J he adventurer's coat was apparently a\nmass of rents npd patches, but tho\nPr'n e's keen eye quickly noted that\nthe garment was singularly well cut.\nAfter the play ih' King sent for\nFochter and asked him who his tailor\nwas.\" The actor told where his\noat had been made, and the n?xt\nday the tailor received an order to\n:ul on the Prine of Wulos, \"and,\"\nis the author puts it, \"from that\nhour he wus a made man\" He\n>dds:~\n\"The Duke of Clarence had great\nfaith in the Prince's taste, und al-\nfVays modelled his dress on that of\nhis i oval faitnr. The fluke of\nVorVs taste is alflQ largely iiilcilby\nih if of the Princo of Wales.\nW h n t ho Frlnce rooni i res new\nlo h s, patterns of materials are\nlent to him, lie Iuih a (o-nvt eye\nfor affect, and can tell at once h >w\ni pie e of stuff will look \\h ii made\nip. which is in itself un nit. lie\nlakes a ^oiy few minutes to make\nup his mind, always choc* es 4 soft,\ni'g it materia1 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 und for country\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0loth *s an I 'ditto' suits bus a par-\nUtility for broken checks, lie also\n[tia'tts up his mind with cominind-\nAble ip-iicfcness as to lit und allera-\nions. About the former he is most\narticular, th nigh his tlo hes ure\nmule of a reusible looseness. '1 he\n'i- nce's extraordinary memory hus\nnfso served him more thin once with\nregard to minor details of his wardrobe. inking has gone entirely out of\nfashion'durlrg the last twenty years:\nfor what is done at the Prince's\ntable rules in all classes of society.\nAs soon after dinner us is possible\ncigarettes are handed round, a practice which must b' attributed lo royal Influence, IK? Prince popularized\ncigarettes some years ago.\"\n'1 he book contnn; chapters on the\nKi'V*; us a Free Mason, as a son, un 1\non vurious olh.T topiis.\nSAFEST PLACE ON EARTH,\nNot On* Pit He agar K Ur-d <>\u00C2\u00BB I uelUli lijiil-\nwuy 1 r;iiiii In n Yaur.\nTho Board of Trade returns of\nrailway casualties in the United\nKingdom during 1UU1 show that in\nthe course of that year out of the\nmillions tend millions of passengers\nwhirled along behind the iron horse\nnot a single one met Ids death\nthrough an accident to a train. And\nIt speaks eloquently for the arrangements of the companies, the cure and\nskill of their servmils, and the\nsoundness of their material that this\nrecord, as it is, should be established at a time when services are fuller, speeds faster, nnd travelers moro\nnumerous than at any previous timo\nsince George Stephenson's great invention was put to general public\nuse. It is true that there were mishaps, and that some persons were\nkilled and many injured, but not\none of the former wus a passenger,\nund the number of the latter was\nabout 400 shott of the corresponding figure for MlOO. To be exact,\nduring lust year accidents to trains,\nrolling stock, permanent way, etc.,\nwere responsible for the death of\neight railway servants and three\npersons other than passengers, and\nfor injuries to a total of (537, out\nof whom 47ft were members of the\npublic.\n\"It Is evident that if anyone is going to have anything at all to do\nwith railways, one is safest on a\nfain that is on the move, for in the\ncourse of the year 135 passengers\nwe.e killed und 1 ,GliU injured by\nfulling between carriages and platforms, getting into or out of compart incuts, tumbling on to the lines\nor crossing tie-in at inopportune\nmoments, or in other ways that\ncould easily have been avoided by\nthe exercise of a little care and prudence. All casualties whatever \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 on\nrailways or the premises appertaining to them, including those affecting employes, caused the deaths of\n1,171 persons and injuries to 0,740\nothers. Nor does the board omit to\nrecord that during the twelve months\n45 horses, H donkeys. 30 balls und\ncows. 125 sheep, <> pigs. 3 dogs, und\n1 deer strayed on to the lines with\neffects disastrous to themselves.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nLondon Telegraph.\nKUkfhmi im Im It \"'\"\"'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nThe gradual spread of the English\nlanguage leads sometimes to curious\nresults. Take, for In tance, the following! which recently appeared in\nan Fnglish paper prill tori in Korea:\n-\"Seoul, Ko:ea, May 2:\, 1902.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nLately the police headquartors ordered to forbid lb..1 servants, &c to run\nthe horses fast I y on the big streets,\nas they sometimes pressed the chil-\ndrcn down aid lujrt them on the\nground and the police stopped a (napoo running a horso hardly on its\nback, but a number of soldiers came\nalong quickly and captured the police away.\" Compare the foregoing\nwith the choice English of tho modern American newspaper, as expressed in a recent issue of ih; Oirard,\n111., Weekly Observer, in the follow-\nnj stntoncesi\u00E2\u0080\u0094*\n\"There is a mad dog scare lure at\npresent. Kvery d-ig that acts llRo\nhe had wheels in his head is killed,\nLhree dogs, one old cat, and un obi\nrooster has been killed that was\nclaimed lo have been bitun.\nOrinitiil l.otelr,\nA man brought three pounds of\nmeat and broilfht it home to his\nwife to i o:)'{ for dim'i1, and then\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2vent h's way lo his place of buai-\nn sa in th* ba-aars. Tho wife was\nh ngry at d ate tho moat.\nIn the evening tho man came homo\nand asked for his din'ior,\n\"There is no meat,\" said his wife,\n\"for the cat ute it.\"\n\"Urn.; th- cat,\" said tlu man,\nrti n l a Pair of scales.\"\n\"W$lgh the cat,\" said the man,\nThe ca' weighed three rblinds.\n\"If this is the cat,\" snid th' nun,\n\"where iB tho uuat? And if this Is\nthe meat, where i*\u00C2\u00BB iho cut'/\"\nTlie Pi n<'a ii tilt*.\nAn average abed pineapple yields\nnearly two pints of juice.\nHow Coal Wan Flrat Hamed.\nCuriously, the word coal was In use\nlong before us well as long after tbe\ncommencement of the coal trade, with\na meaning quite different from that\nwhich It now has. The term originally\nbelonged to wood fuel aud was applied\nIn particular to vood which bad been\ncharred, or what Is uow called char*\ncoal\nWhen the trade In mineral coal began, this was usually distinguished by\nthe singular uaiue of sea coal. It\nwould seem that from having been\ngathered lu early times on the seashore, more especially of Northumberland, along with seaweed and other\nwreckage cast up by the waves, this\npeculiar substance was supposed to be\nof marlue origin. From this circumstance and Its resemblance to wood\ncoal tn color and burning properties It\nobtained the mime of sea coal, by\nwhich It was so long and so widely\nknown. Then Iu the course of time,\nas the new fuel gained upon aud superseded the old, the simple name of\ncoal became universally transferred\nto It MISS CHRISTINE ROSS.\nThe Only Female Certified PuMIe\nAccountant In \,-iv Vork.\nMiss Christine Hoss claims tbe distinction of being tbe only woman In\nNow York to bold tbe office of certified\npublic accountant It is said that sbe\nIs tbe only woman occupying such a\nposition In tins country. Miss Koss\nwas Indeed tbe first woman to attempt the examinations for the place.\nSbe was second on the list of candidates, being only six-tenths of a point\nbelow the mark received by the most\nsuccessful competitor.\nWhen asked about her duties. Miss\nlioss said to a reporter: \"I'eople, principally women, send for me from all\naround to straighten their accounts.\nCharitable organizations which are\nmanaged by women are among my\nsteady clients. Few things Indeed are\nMIBS CHJHSTINE ltOSS.\nmore helpless than the average young\nsociety woman who, from all sorts of\ngood motives and kindly Intentions, at-\ntempts to keep the church diet kitchen\nor day nursery books. If sbe should\nturn her accounts Into n crock, beat\nthem thoroughly with the egg whip,\nseason them to the taste and bake\nthem In an oven for thirty minutes,\nthe treatment would be about as sensible as that which they ordinarily receive.\n\"Then women who are suddenly widowed frequently have no Idea of the\ntrue state of their financial affairs, All\nthat such women are certain of Is that\nthe family income comes from that\nmysterious region and source of supplies 'downtown' and that bills have\nalways been paid by the husband's\nchecks. 1 have a number of such women as clients, and I am kept pretty\nbusy straightening out accounts of all\nkinds. There is plenty of room for\nother women In this business.\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094New\nYork Tribune.\nFur a Plump Neck.\ntt Is said that. If followed faithfully,\nthe directions given below for developing the ni'ck will enable the scraggiest\ngirl to wear a eollnrless gown within\nthree months' time. The same exer-\nclso will make the uncomfortably fat\nthroat of the pudgy girl slim und ladylike.\nFirst.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Arms at the sides. firing them\n/'slowly forward and upward. As the\narms eolne over the head rise on the\ntoes and breathe lu. Turn tbe hands\ntoward the floor and push them down\nnt the sides, letting the breath out\nslowly. At tbe same time lower the\nheels, no this ten times.\nSecond.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Push the arms out slowly to\nthe sides, us In swimming, and take n\nlong, deep breath ns the arms go out.\nThen bend the arms back lo position\nagain, letting the breath out; eight\ntimes, to fill out the hollows of the\nlower part of the neck.\nThird.\u00E2\u0080\u0094fiend the arm so that tlie\ndumbbells rejt on the chest, tbe elbows\nclose nt the sides. Extend the arms\nquickly and violently forward ten\ntimes, then sideways ten times and\nthen upward ten times.\nFourth.-Anns hanging nt the sides.\nlift each shoulder as high as possible,\neach shoulder three times; then both\ntogether six times. If this exercise Is\ndone before a mirror, one can Bee how\nthe muscles of the neck arc exercised.\nAn Attractive Kitchen.\nA kitchen Is usually furnished with\nbut a small outlay of money, not to\nmention thought. Nevertheless, It Is\nthe room of ull others which should\nrudlute good cheer.\nA model kitchen Is furnished lu delft\nblue and white. The walls. Instead of\nbeing painted, are covered with the\ndainty sanitary papering lu squares of\nblue aud white to simulate tiles, and\nthe floor has a covering of linoleum in\nthe same or nearly the same pattern.\nA wide shelf In sections Is built en\ntlrely across one side of the room, to lie\nused us a table. The sections are made\non hinges and may be raised or lowered\nat will.\nAn open three cornered set of shelves\nIn one corner or the room, each shelf\ncovered with blue figured oilcloth,\nserves as a convenient kitchen dresser.\nThe piece de resistance, however, of\nthis bright kitchen, Is the blue porce\nlain window box In which bloom scarlet geraniums. Imitation or real delft\nplates decorate the walls, and the Jars\nfor holding spices, groceries, etc., ure\nnil of blue and white porcelain.\nA little -delft clock ticking on the\nmantel completes the picture.\nBecoinlnfr Dresa.\nIt Is quite nn erroneous Iden that\nevery girl looks her best In white, fur\nabsolute white Is becoming only to tin.'\nverv fair, though a clear skinned bf\"\nneite may look charming In creamy\nwhite. Gray is hideously unbecoming\nto people with pale and sallow com\nplexlons, but wear it they will as Ion;;\nas It is fashionable, though by doing\nso they make the contrast between\nthemselves and their bright complex\ntoned sisters painfully evident. People\nwith pale faces do well to have n bit\nof brightness beneath the chin, as il\nseems to throw u warm glow over the\ncomplexion. They should also be chary\nof red and pink In their headgear, for\nthe color there seems to rob the cheeks\nof any little brightness that nature has\ni bestowed on them. When choosing a\ndress material, if you cannot holtf it\nup against your face before a mirror,\ntry the effect the color has against\nyonr hand. It is pretty sure to be\nmuch the same as It would be against\nyour face.\nTHE HOME DOCTOR.\nKnitting- aa a Medicine.\nKnitting is declared by specialists\nIn the treatment of rheumatism to be\na most helpful exercise for bands liable to become stiff from the complnlnt.\nand It Is being prescribed by physicians because of its efficacy In limber\nIng up tbe hands of such sufferers.\nFor persons liable to cramp, paralysis\nor any other affection of the fingers of\nthat character knitting is regarded as\na most beneficial exeiclse. Besides\nthe simple work is said to be au excellent diversion for tbe nerves aud\nis recommended to women suffering\nfrom lnsomnlu and depression. In\ncertain Bunltariums patients are encouraged to make use of the bright\nsteels, and the work is so pleasant that\nIt is much enjoyed by them.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Family\nDoctor.\nOrnamenting a Doorirar.\nThe ledge beneath the narrow horizontal window that surmounts the\ndoorway in un old fnshioued house\nhas been utilized for decorative pur-\n\"poses by the mistress of the house\nuiili artistic results. A squat vase\nand a tail, slender pitcher, both of\nglass in bluish tone, adorn the ledge,\naud as tbe sunlight pierces through\nthe window and its thin covering of\nnet and renaissance luce it is reflected\nto prismatic rays by tbe glass orno-\nments and pleasantly lights up the\nhallway. Berries und leaves are usually to be found In the vase and feathery grasses in the pitcher.\nOnions a'e a preventive and often-\ntimes a cure for malarial fever.\nHemorrhage of the lungs or stomach\nis promptly cheeked by small doses of\nsalt\nSuit In tepid water Is a bandy emetic.\nA3 uu antidote for silver nitrate or\nlunar caustic give salt aud water freely.\nFor stiffness of the muscles caused\nby overexertion a very good remedy is\nto rub the affected muscles thoroughly\n| with alcohol undiluted.\n! For bad eases of smallpox M. Pletri.\ni n surgeon of Nice, recommends five or\nj six tablespoonfuls of beer yeast daily.\n: It bus proved effective without dislig-\n! urement\nWormwood boiled iu vinegar and ap\npiled hot. with enough clothes wrapped\naround to keep the flesh moist. Is said\nto be an invaluable remedy for a sprain\nor bruise.\n| Au excellent homemade lotion for\nj burns und bruiseu Is made of glycerin\n| und weak carbolic acid In the proper-\ni lion of one-third of the former to two-\nthirds of the latter.\nIf you wish to get rid of tender feet,\nbathe them daily in tepid water, wear\nsoft woolen hose, but on no account\nsilk or cotton. Hoots and shoes should\nbe made of u soft leather or kid, with a\ngood sole not too thin.\nECONOMY IN SOAP.\nIfo v. One Wumnti Mnkt'4 the odd*\nand lo.kl. n llclii tu Her.\nHere are a sketch and a letter sent\nfrom a Yankee friend, v.bo thus describes her pet economy:\nThe sketch Is of three jam Jars held\nIn a box made from piece* of packing\ncase boards.\nInto No. 1 jur go all the remnants of\ntoilet soap as I collect them from the\nwithstands.\nNo. 2 holds an equal mixture of\ncommon salt and fine white Band.\nNo. 3 has a breakfast cupful of water in which have been dissolved a\ncouple of tablespoonfuls of soda.\nInto this jar are also dropped all\nstray pieces of soda, common soap, dry\nsoap, borax, soft soap und even shampoo powders.\nNow and then I add more water to\nmy stock.\nAnd what is the use of my soap re\nceptacle?\nI hang It near the sink, and when\ncleaning pans. pots, chopping board.\nCULINARY CONCEITS.\nRave Needlea Ready.\nThe comfort of having everything at\nhand for effecting n necessary stitch\ncan scarcely be overestimated. How\noften the glove button files off or a\nbow or a fold gives way in a low\nbodice Just as one is all ready to go\nout. Time and temper are apt to fly\naway together unless everything is at\nhand to repair the Injury. Two needles\nready tbreuded should always be\npluced in the cushion, one threaded\nwith white cotlcn and one with black.\nThe time occupied In sewing is very\nslight compared with the time which\nis spent In hunting for tbe different\nwork materials.\nDlnnched Paraler.\nOnly a good cook realizes that chopped parsley for soup or any suuee must\nbe blanched. This produces a bright\ngreen instead of n dull green. The best\nmethod is to place the parsley In a\nstrainer and dip It for u few seconds\nIn fast boiling water In which there Is\na pinch of soda. Then squeeze dry lu\nthe comer of a clean cloth und chop\nfinely. Those who try tills method will\nut once renllze the Improvement It Is\nto both the tuste und color of the purs-\nley.\nHair Perfume.\nTo perfume the hair get a piece of\nwater lily incense, which you enn buy\nnt any Japanese store. Light It und us\nthe fumes arise shake the hair over It\nuntil the incense bus nil burned out.\nThis fragrance will lust n long time\nIn the hfllr und Is only n suggestion of\nperfume, Heavily perfumed locks are\nlu bud taste. Cheap cologne or perfume Is bud for the hair. A little dash\nof violet water will not hurt the hair\naud will give k u golden cast In the\nsunlight.\nCaafalon Cover.\nFine white dimity with wide lace\nedged ruffles makes a cushion cover\nthat Is effective lu a pile of other delicate pillows ou a small divan. It has\nexcellent wearing qualities\u00E2\u0080\u0094better, Indeed, than thin silks und can be laundered us often as needed. Heavy white\nduck, with a monogram or large Initial\nlu color or In white, Is also useful, for\ndurable wear.\nAbont Wearlnar Rlns*a.\n\"If your bund Is broad, don't wear\nrings ou the little finger.\" says nn au\nthorlty, \"ns this nccentuates the width,\nand If your hands ure long, no mutter\nhow white, don't loud them with Jewels. This will ndd to the horny look.\nIt Is better to keep them ringless.\"\nGaaollne.\nGasoline would be much more effective us a cleansing agent If diluted In\nwater. The proper proportion Is two\nquurts of water to a cup of gasoline.\nThe gasoline loosens the dirt, while\nthe added water washes uway the\ntraces of It\nA woman's best qualities do not reside In her Intellect, but In her affections. She gives refreshment by her\nsympathies rather than by her knowledge.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Samuel Smiles.\nThe small niceties of woman's garb\nare the best Index to tbe character of\nthe woman who expends her thought\nupon their selection.\nIn houses where strict order prevails\nthe friction of the kitchen work Is\nnever felt beyond Its walls.\nLaundry lings of figured cretonne for\nthe bedroom are nice.\nMaking- It Plain.\nA writer In the Lancet, says the Chicago Record-Herald, generously sets\nbiuiscir the task of giving out valuable\nInformation as to the amount of food\none should eat He proceeds to make\nthe matter plain to the musses by saying:\n\"If you desire to know how much\nyou ought to ent per diem, yon must\nfirst determine whether you nre temperamentally anabolic or katobollc.\nThen, taking Into account your age,\nsex, size, the amount of exercise you\nget and the temperature of the atmosphere, you should calculate the amount\nof food necessary to maintain the minimum weight of the body consistent\nwith the best health of which you an\ncapable.\"\nHereafter there should be no excuse\nwhatever for overeating or undereat-\nIng.\t\nSomehow, people never act as yon\nthink they should.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Atchison Globe.\nA V. i,mi, ,,-m l.ove.\nSo many letters come from young\ngirls asking advice upon the subject\nof their conduct toward young men\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nwhether \"n kiss Is wrong,\" or If \"a\ngirl engaged to one man should go out\nwith another\" or \"correspond wlih\nseveral young men ut once,\" etc.\u00E2\u0080\u0094that\nthe following brief but sensible advice\non the subject is appended for their\nperusal.\nIt comes from a Washington letter\nand was written by the wife of one\nof our famous statesmen.\nShe suys:\n\"A woman's love is the greatest gift\nshe bus to bestow.\n\"She cannot dangle her one priceless\nJewel before the eyes of a crowd of\nadmirers without losing some of Its\nradiance, it Is an easy thing, a little\nthing\u00E2\u0080\u0094sometimes\u00E2\u0080\u0094to part with n kiss\nor some term of half endearment\nwhich is certain to make n man uet iu\na highly ridiculous manner.\n\"But It hurts the girl because it leads\nher to put loo little worth on what\nshould be above valuation, She cannot expect others lo hold these things\nmore precious than she does herself.\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nNew Orleans Times-Democrat\ntawlS&hM,,.\nFOB <\u00C2\u00BB1>1\u00C2\u00BB ItlTB OF HOAP.\nwooden spoons, rolling pin. etc., 1 dip\nInto tbe center wot. marked \"House-\nj bold.\"\nFor greasy dishes, floors, dirty sink\ni and drain pipe I requisition tbe\n\"cleanser,\" n little of which l also add\nI to the warm water Tor paint, wood-\n' work, \"washing Up\" and bedroom\nj china. When washing teaclotns and\n. dusters. I add a small quantity of tbe\nj \"cleanser.\"\nNo, 1 provides mo now and again\nwith a marbled and pretty looking\ncake of BOO p.\nI stand the jar on tho stove, and\n| when the soap Is soft I press it bo-\nI tween my hands into bandy little\n| balls, Sometimes I melt the soap and\nadd-oatmeal for \"oatmeal soap,\" and\n| ijuite tho best friend for my dirty I the old and often keeps tho wolf from\nSprinkle su t with (tour before chopping it. Then it will not mat togethei\nAdd an aeid touch of lemon juice Ir\nall fish sauces except tbose in which\nthere is milk.\n; If tbe crust lining tho edge of a dlsJi\nj of fruit pies be glazed with tbe white\nj of an egg. it will prevent ft b.dng soft\n; and pulpy.\nHam balls may be made with half a\ncupful of breadcrumbs mixed with two\n; eggs well beaten, line bMs of cold boiled\n; ham and the whole mixed and fried.\nA cabbage is reuderrd more whole-\n1 sumo if boiled in two waters. The first\nboiling carries off the oil which Is contained in cabbages, and this to some\n, people proves very unwholesome.\nFew people realize how Infinitely su\n, perlor to the tine \. .;::<\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 turnip Is the\ncommon yellow one. Try boiling this\nvegetable with a bit of garlic, add\nblack pepper und a good lump of but\ntor.\nPew cooks understand that In order\nto make a satisfactory curry the now\ndel* should bo stirred dry into boiling\nbutter precisely as flour if used in\nmaking n rout: also a little good stoofc\nis Indispensable.\nWhera the <{ui\u00C2\u00AB>i Olrl Play* a Pari.\nThe quiet girl never wears a high\ncollar in tin' streets, 1'ou do not see her\nflaunting in brilliant checks when they\nhappen to be in style. When high bats\n. are \"In,\" she does not pile hers so high\nthat it sweeps the cobwebs from the\nsky, writes the Albany Timesl.nfon.\nShe docs not wear the longest train to\n! her tea gown nor the greatest number\nof bangles when bangles reign.\nHut because site does not chattoraud\ngiggle and make herself conspicuous\nat matinees, does not announce her\nconvictions on ull occasions on all subjects and profess her admiration ;ii\nevery hand's turn it must not be sun\nposed that she has no ideas or convictions or enthusiasms. She is quiet he\ncause she has no power to make herself hoard, to change her condition or\nbecause she is maturing that power.\nIn the meantime it is tiie quiet girl\nwho marries earliest, who makes the\nbest match, who fills the niches which\nDer more brilliant sisters leave vacant,\nwho manages tlie servants, runs tho\nsewing machine, remembers the birthdays, listens 16 tlie reminiscences of\nFor Little\nTHE SUNDAY SCHOOL.\nTHE MAGIC THREAD.\nSealed Iu a Bottle. Vim Break it\nv. ill,..m Tuacliing; It.\nIf anybody should tell you that you\nj can cut iu two without toucliing It n\nthread hanging from the cork Inside a\n: scaled up bottle, you would be likely\nto think that he was guying you. But\nit may be easily done and in such a\n' way as to completely mystify the spectators.\n] (let a clear glass bottle\u00E2\u0080\u0094a pickle hot-\n: tie will do\u00E2\u0080\u0094and to the under part of\ni the cork attach a bent pin. To the pin\nI tie a piece of thread long enough to\n> reach three-fourths of the way down\nthe Inside of tlie bottle, and to tbe lower end of the thread fasten any small\nObject, say a shoe button, to inn lie the\nthread bung taut. Let these present\nexamine the thread to see tbnl it is\nStrong and firm and not frayed or\npartly broken.\nInsert the coil, in the bottle and\nseal it Willi wax and sa.v to the company that you arc going In cut the\nthread in two without opening the bottle\u00E2\u0080\u0094In lad. Without touching the\nthread.\nTo accomplish this you need a read*\n' Ing /.'lass or sunglass and access to a\nwindow where the sun Is shining clear\nand bright The feat Is more mystify*\nIn',' If you perform this part of it in\nprivate. Bo you go to the window, bold\nup your sunglass so that you can incus the rays from the glass directly on\nthe thread through the sab of Hie bottle, ami in a short time the heat from\nthe focused rays will burn the thread\nInto two pieces, the end with the hut-\nton attached falling to the bottom of\nthe bottle. Then go hack to the com-\npuny With the bottle, anil they will\nsee that the cork has not been moved,\nand yet the thread has been cut.\nIt would hi' better to use black\nthread for the experiment ns that col-\n; or absorbs heat best and will burn\nmore readily.\nIlnl.lier TlMne\nA very handy thing to have about\ntlie house Is a strip of the rubber tissue such as Is used In hospitals. Not\nonly Is this an excellent cure for scald\nor burn, a rheumatic muscle, a sore\nchest or tired, aching joints and feet,\nbut It Is a valuable adjunct to the\nmending basket If there Is a three\ncornered tear In Bobby's Jacket or He-\nHilda's skirt, draw die edges together,\nlay on a little square of the tissue,\ncover this with a patch and press with\na moderately hot iron until the tissue\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Which Is of pure gum\u00E2\u0080\u0094Is dissolved.\nIf care is taken of this tissue, it will\nlast Indefinitely, It must not be kept\nlu a hot room or shut up away from\nthe air In a tight box or drawer. Put\nIt between two sheets of paper and\nlay where the air can circulate around\nit. It Is not expensive. Fifty cents will\nbuy a strip over a yard long nnd a\nquarter wide, an outlay that will pay\nfor itself many times over. It enn be\nbought nt almost any druggist's.\nMeudlna* a Moll.\nIf a doll's bend breaks on\" at the\nnock and perhaps the whole shoulder\nnnd chest part Is broken, too, don't\nthrow It away, but mend It In this\nway! Lay a square of strung muslin so\nthat its center comes at the center of\n(he hole where the neck broke otT. Stuff\nthe head full of cotton, pushing the\ncenter of the muslin up with the cotton. When the head Is as full ns you\ncan make It, spread nut the part of the\nmuslin that protrudes nil round the\nopening where the cotton was stuffed\nIn and sew It well to the doll's body all\nround. Then dolly will be ready to enter on a now career of usefulness. ,\nhands Is a piece of \"sand soap.\" made\nby adding a little white sand Instead\nof oatmeal to the melted soap.\nMy sand soap clears away stains and\ndirty marks In a marvelotisly quick\nmanner.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Philadelphia Ledger.\nthe door.\nMikl.in:; n Home.\nWhen n man says that wifehood Is a\nwoman's only career, he awakens much\nresentment. And rightly. It Is not\nher only career. It Is not a career at\nall. It Is an existence. It Is large\nenough to hold a hundred careers.\nThere Is room iu it for all the accomplishments, None of the tones of life\nconn* amiss to It, except the sour and\nthe strenuous.\nReturning to one's domicile Is n very\ndifferent thing from going home. Wed\ndings are more numerous than mar\ntinges. Parents live on every street; I\nfathers and mothers are not so com- !\nnion. Their number Is grea'ly diiuin j\nished by the prevalence of t\i j destructive habits, the \"Yes. dear,\" habit and\nthe \"Stop that!\" habit.\nI know of no art that dcinaiuls as ,\nmuch skill and patience, hard work j\nand happy suggestions, firmness of j\nhand and tineness of touch, as the milk-\nIng of a home. Schools cannot teach It.\nGenius Is not equal to It. It requires\nInspiration.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Henry Van Dyke lu liar\nper's Itaznr.\nTrying to Mo Tim Mneh.\nThere was once a wotnnn who was\nthe despair of all the other women ot\nher acquaintance\u00E2\u0080\u0094her house was as\npretty as possible and always in per\nfeet order; she kept it on a very small\nIncome and kept It beautifully; she\nmade all her own clothes and those of\nher child; she trimmed hats for her\nself and all her sisters; she did fancy\nwork; she painted chairs, thereby sav\ning sometimes as much us Tfi cents;\nshe taught a class iu a mission sewing\nschool; she took lessons in cooking:\nshe belonged to several charitable or\ngnnlziitlons\u00E2\u0080\u0094and tlie end of that woman was nervous prostration and a\nsanitarium. Amid her many oectipa\nlions she had somehow lost sight or\nthe fact that a certain amount of\namusement Is necessary for (lie hu\nmail mind. She had never \"had time\"\nfor rest or diversion. And her has\nband as he paid the bill for medical\nservices possibly reflected how much\nbetter, and not only better, but cheap\ner, would prevention have been than\ncure.\nAmies ,,t the t anipiM.i Scorpion,\nTake a glnss, lill it with water and\n| place pieces of camphor of uneven size\n< on Its surface, forming the figure of au\nanimal\u00E2\u0080\u0094for Instance, that of a scorpion. After a short while the scorpion\nj will start to move lu the water, working Its legs us if it wanted to swim.\nj while Its tall will move like that of a\nTlie Dlnlicloth.\nThe dishcloth may he a very plebeian\narticle, but It Is certainly a very necessary one, and (he modern housekeeper\nunderstands that rags for a dishcloth\nare neither cleanly nor profitable. The\nshreds get lido the plumbing, often\nwith expensive effects, nnd a dishcloth\nso worn that It will not bear regular\nlaundering lu the weekly wash Is one\nthat cannot receive proper care. In\nall well regulated houses dishcloths\nare as distinct ami separate a provision of the household economy as napkins or pillowcases, The cloths should\nbe hemmed as carefully as any hll of\nthe household linen.\nDread Ranee.\nOne seldom sees bread sauce served\nwitli roast chicken outside England,\nj yet it Is one of the things worth having on the table as often as possible.\n.'low \u00C2\u00BBlr\u00C2\u00AB. Roosevelt Sltopa. \"'nee one tires of the Inevitable glblet\n.Mrs. Roosevelt knows the shops of I SWy offered with fowl. Two cupfuls\nNew York, a matter all women must j of breadcrumbs arc to be sifted and\nlearn before nequlrlug the art of sue- enough to thicken added to a pint \u00E2\u0080\u009Et\ncessful shopping. It Is her knowledge: scalded milk iu which a small onion\nof knowing Just where to And what ' has \"een sliced while heating, but re\nshe wants that enables her to run up j moved before the crumbs are put In\nto town and out again lu two or three '- ls lhm seasoned with half a tea\nhours, making a number of purchases j spoonful of salt and as much butter.\nIn that short space of time thnt would \"''\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 u\u00C2\u00A3nsu of P;'I>P'T nnd a little mil\ntake the Inexperienced Woman a full I \"\"'\nTHE UAMI'lIOll SCOIU'IO.N.\nlive scorpion. This experiment teaches\ni that camphor has a tendency to move\n| on the surface of the water, caused by\nthe evaporation of the camphor funics.\nThis will be accomplished without dls-\n, solving tbe camphor. Single pieces will\nnot separate, but follow the laws of\ncohesion, This experiment is surprls-\n| Ing In Its effect. Try it aud see.\nRitliy'N lleiitt.\nIf a child's head shows signs of tiry-\nness or scurllness. It should not be\nwashed too frequently. A little pure\nolive oil or. better still, camphorated\noil well rubbed Into the scalp ami I lien\nwell rubbed off again by menus of a\nsoft silk handkerchief or a piece of\nsoft old linen Is far bettor and quite as\ncleansing! also, lu the ease of a child\nwho is subject to take cold easily. It Is\nfar safer than a continual daily thorough wetting of the head.\nAla.nk* dailaon.\nThere are seven species of salmon In\ntbe Taku river, Alaska. Each has Its\ndate of arrival from the. sea at the\nspawning grounds.\nI'NllIK SimIh.\nDo not put washing soda directly In\ndishwater or for scrubbing. It will not\ndissolve readily; besides, if you use\ntoo uiucli It will ruin the hands The\nbest way to use It Is to dissolve n\npound In one quart of cold water nnd\nallow It slowly to conic to a boil Pottle when cool and use a few table\nspoonfuls when required. It is a cheap\nand strom; cleansing Hold.\nday at least. She Is no bargain hunter,\nyet Is a careful buyer, making her selections quickly and without having\neverything In the stock hauled down\nfor her Inspection, and In her manner\nof treatment of clerks she Is very similar to a former president's wife, Mrs.\nCleveland. A gentle smile and kindly\nword nre never lacking on her part to\nshow her appreciation of their efforts\nto serve her satisfactorily.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Kansas\nCity Journal.\nThe coarser crumbs left iu tin\ndish are put In a pan with a table\nspoonful of butter and browned quick\nIy. These are put around the rousl\nfowl, while the bread sauce is passed\nIn the gravy boat, or tlie fried crumbs\nare put on top of the sauce and the\ntwo served together.\nWhen the Tnlile Ih I'ollaheil.\nIf you have a beautifully polished\ntable, use a cloth at dinner only. At\nbreakfast, luncheon and tea crocheted\nlinen and lace mats lire placed under\nthe plates and the platters to keep\nthem from scarring tlie table and lo\nprevent the noise Ihey would otherwise\nmake in being moved about, for II Is\nonly noiseless sorvlu\ndainty serving, lu o\nthere were rubber tips put on the chair\nlegs to deaden the horrid clatter Ihey\nmade on the hare floors, and a good\nidea It Is loo.\nViolet Perfume,\nViolet perfume may be made at | clear\nl.nrillna.\nTo lard poultry cut some fat pork or\nuusmoked bacon into strips a quarter\nof an inch thick and two inches long\nand draw them through the surface ol\nany lean meat Willi (he larding needle\nLeave the strips so that both ends\nshow, and set them at regular inter\nvals over the meat. The bacon should\nbe very firm and cold and the size ol\nthe \"lurdons\" he suited to (he Joint or\nbird to be thus ounaiiieiiled. There is\nno doubt (hat larding enriches ami\n , Improves the Ihtvor of any lean meat\nthat is Innj | and Willi practice It Is quickly done.\ndining room J \t\n'l'\u00C2\u00AB Clean Veil et.\nTo clean velvet there is nothing bet\nter (linn naphtha, Mild even that should\nnot be used except on silk velvet of\nfast colors. Plrst sponge lite velvet\nwith the naphtha until it seems quite\nThen let some one hold it down\nJohnny Km-it.\nThe class was reciting, aud 1111lo\nJdhnny l-'ellows was the last one on\nthe line. The teacher started with the\nhead and asked what was the feminine of \"hero.\"\nNo. 1 shook her head. It passed to\nNo. '_'. She missed it. and so did No. 3.\nAs It came nearer and nearer to John-\nuy he became very much excited, ap-\nparcutly knowing the answer, and\nwaved his hand frantically.\n\"Well. Johnny,\" said the teacher at\nlast, \"everybody lias missed. Now, can\nyou tell me the feminine of hero?\"\n\"Shero!\" shouted Johnny cxultingly.\nhome witii half a pound of orris root\ncut up Into small pieces and put Into a\nhotde with au ounce of alcohol. This\nmixture should be corked iqi for aliout\na week, and (hen a few drops of it up\non a handkerchief will smell like the\nfreshest of violets.\nDrew Death For Hint.\nUnrequited love drove a young man\nto commit suicide In a St. Petersburg\nhotel. It transpired that he had asked\na little girl In the street to choose one\nof two pieces of paper which he handed\nher. Un one was written \"Life\" and\nou the other \"Death.\" The girl chose\n\"Death.\" \t\nFruit Trees.\nThe nursery price of a fruit tree Is a\nsmall part of Its cost by the time It\nreaches the bearing stage. To buy poor\ntrees simply because they are cheap Is\nCertainly poor economy.\nDreKHliiK n Snlinl.\nWhen dressing a salad at the table,\nlrst mix the oil and seasonings and\npour over, turning and tossing till every leaf Is coated. Next pour over the\nvinegar and toss again. If you should\nuse the vinegar [lrst, the oil would not\n\"out the wel vegetables,\nTlie Greenroom,\nIn the days of Queen Ellrnbrth li\nHas customary to strew green rushes\non the uueiirpeted floor of the actors'\nretiring room iu theaters; hence the\nterm greenroom. Subsequently it was\nusual to decorate the walls with green\npaper, and sometimes (lie rushes gave\nway to a carpet of green baize.\nover a basin of vvy hot water In such |\na way that (he steam must Mud Ils\nway out through (he velvet while il is\nbrushed gently in (he same direction\nlint the nap lies Continue the brush\ning mill] the nap stands evenly over\n(he whole surface.\nCatherine tie' Meillcl.\nCatherine de' M.-llol always wore a\nwide black skirt, a black pointed bod-\nIce with wing sleeves, a black dollar,\nruff shaped, and a hood (hat came\ndown lu a polut over the forehead.\nSliellnelieil Floora.\nFloors that have been shellacked may\nj tie cleaned Without injuring the polish\nby wiping over rapidly with clean\nj cloths dipped in Clear, warm Water to\n, which kerosene has been added in the\n[ proportion of a tnblespoouful to a pail\n! of Baler.\nUnman Charms.\nEven the (tomans were uot without\n(heir charms. Thry hung little cases\naround the neck which contained a\ncharm, generals not disdaining tlie\nsame, Augustus thought it would bring\nhim gookl luck lo weai- a piece of tile\nsea calf ami therefore never went with\nout tliis talisman.\nWomen** MaH'.R\u00C2\u00AB\nIn I.*.Sn black masks wt-vi' worn in\npublic by ladles of ail ranks. Tlie mask\nkVils held in place by ribbons passed\nu'hliid the i:,:s or by a glass button\nacid between the lei ih,.\nl.lftlc dermtin Hoya nut] Glrla.\nLittle German boys and girls, too,\nfor that matter, are taught to workout In the fields almost as soon us they\ncan walk. A Grrmnn baby of four\nyears can weed his mother's garden\nwithout ever pulling up a (lower, while\nhoys of ten or twelve are experienced\nfanners. The laws of normally compel\nchildren to go to school ten months in\nthe year until they have reached tlie\nage of sixteen. Hut during holidays\nand vacations they must work out of\ndoors. And they enjoy it too.\nChildren In Jii|inn.\nThe little children in Japan\nAre fearfully peine;\nTho}' always thank their bread and milk\nllerore they lake a bite\nAnil say. \"Vim make us most content,\no honorable nourishment;\"\nThe little children In Japan\nDon't Ihhik of peine, rude;\n\"Oh, nohle. ileal' mamma.\" they aay,\n\"We trust wa doa't intrude!\"\ninstead ..r rushing In lo where\nAll ilay Ihelr mother combs her hair.\nThe little children In Japan\nWear mittens kin their feet:\nThey have no proper huts to go\nA-\vn!kIng on the street.\nAnd wooden stilts for overshoes\nThey dorrt object nt all to use.\nThe llltle children In Japnn\nWith tojis of paper play\nAnd carry paper parasols\nTo keep the rain away,\nAnd when you ro to see you'll find\nIt's paper watts they live behind.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Caroline MacCormlck In Harper's Mags-\nsine\nWarlike Chinese.\nThe Chinese are commonly Supposed\nto be peace loving and harmless. The\nZeitsehrlft fur Mlfslor.skunde, however, declares (hat China is the great\nest warlike nation in Asia ami that\nthey are in warfaro worse than the\nHuns. \t\nThe Horn of Rlpon.\nRipon, Yorkshire, England, keeps up\na custom 1,000 years old. Every night\n(i \"wnkcniaa,\" attired in official costume, appears before the mayor's house\nand blows three solemn notes ou tbe\n\"born of Rlpon.\"\nLESSON XI, THIRD QUARTER, INTERNATIONAL SERIES, SEPT. 14.\nText of the I . ..on. Dent, xzx, I1-20.\nMemory Versri, 15. in\u00E2\u0080\u0094'.old, n Text,\n1 John v, ;;\u00E2\u0080\u0094I lauunnlurr I'rcuured\n1>>- Hev. Ii? M. Stearna.\n[Copyright. 1M2, by American Press Association,]\n11-H. The word Is very nigh unto thee.\nIn thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou\nmayest do It.\nHe foresaw that they would wander\nfrom Him and be scattered among other nations, nnd He here instructs them\nwhat to do in such a case aud what\nHe would do when they returned to\n; Him with the whole heart In these\nopening verses of our lesson He tells\nthem that the means of their restoration did not have to be sought lu beav-\n! en nor at the ends of the earth, but\nwas always nigh them. God chose\nthem to be a righteous people, He Himself being their righteousness. If they\nwandered from Him Into unrighteousness, (here was no way for them but\nto return to Him from whom they\nwondered. An uucuoluted eye would\nnot see the death and resurrection of\nChrist in these words, but that is what\nI'aul by the Spirit saw here when he\nquoted tliese words in Itorn. x, 08,\nwhen he was setting forth that Christ\nls tbe end of tbe law for righteousness\nto every one that believetb. When we\nstand with Uod and see from His\nstandpoint, we see His way of righteousness set forth everywhere from\nCen. iii, lo, 21, on to Rev. v, b, 10, and\nonward.and it Is always His own work,\nand His own work alone, by which He\nbrings people near to Him or restores\nthem when they wander away from\nHim.\n15, 16. I command *hee tills day to love\nthe Lord thy \\nience in this work will make him a valuable man to the syndicate should tbe\nreport prove true.\nAll errors of refraction In the eyes,\ncaused by presbyopia (old sight), hyper-\nmetropia (far sight), myopia (near\nsight), astigmatism or muscular trouble\ncan be corrected by the use of properly\nfitting lenses. K. B Gillis, graduate\noptician of tbe Omaha Optical Institute.\nTbe snow this year all through this\nvalley is of such depth that logging has\nbecome almost an impossibility. Neither men or horses are able to do much\nwork off of the made road, and to breik\na road for all the logs becomes a very\nexpensive proposition.\nH. Sherbineau returned from the\nLethbrldge hospital Tuesday where he\nhas been confined for the past three\nmonths with a crushed and broken leg.\ntbe result of an accident at the mine.\nKe will soon be able to resume work\nagain, and his many friends are glad to\nsee him back.\nA great deal of enthusiasm is being\ndisplayed over the masquerade ball to\nbe held In the Australian hotel on the\nevening of February 23, and already\nthere is great hustilng to get suitable\ncostumes. Stabler's orchestra of five\npieces will furnish music for the occasion, and a magnificent time ls promised to all in attendance.\nIt Is becoming more apparent each\nweek that the breaking up of -vlnter\nthis year will bring unprecedented\nfloods, and this will mean disaster all\nalong the Croyvs Nest branch. The\ncompany Is doing all in its power to\nprepare for contingency when it may\narise but human power cannot cope\nwith the force of mountain Hood.\nJ. Mecredy has the contract for put'\nting up a large quantity of ice for the\nCoal company. Thursday afternoon\nwhile clearing the snow off the ice his\nteam broke through and was In the\nriver fully twenty minutes before it\nwas gotten out. Aside from a few\nscratches the horses are none the\nworse for their chilly bath.\nAnother pleasant dance was given at\nthe Australian hotel Monday night,\naud as usual a good time was had by\nall present. It Is Mr. Stephen's intention to give these dances at least once\na week, and they will prove a pleasant\nway of passing the long winter evenings. Signor Paquin's orchestra has\nbeer, engaged to furnish music for these\nevents.\nW. H. Moore has received the appointment aa postmaster at the mine,\nand as soon as the necessary arrange\nments are completed an office will be\nestablished at that point. This will be\na great convenience to the citizens of\nthat place, as at present the mai] is\ndumped In a tub at the company's store\nand everybody gets a crack at It. The\nnew oflice at the mine will also lighten\nPostmaster Gillis' duties at this place.\n1 he Canadian Bank of Commerce\nHead Office, Toronto.\nPaid up f'apital. $8,ooo.oro. Reserve Fund, $2,5ooooo\nHON. GEO. A. COX, President B B WALKER, General M .nager.\nSAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT.\nDeposits oi JI and upwards received and interest allowed at current rates. Depositors are subject to no delay when\ndepositing or withdrawing funds.\nFernie Branch,\nE. H. BIRD, Manager.\nPROVINCIAL NEWS NOTE3\nThe Slmillrameen Valley and Ashnola\nSmelter companies will shortly amalgamate.\nThe big ore crusher at the Knob Hill\nmine at Phoenix was stalled up last\nweek and wil. have a capacity of 1500\ntons per day. The crusher is the largest of Its kind In Canada, and will take\na piece of rock 8fi\u00C2\u00AB4S Inches In size. A\n100 horse power electric motor Is required to run the machine.\nA provincial British Columbia Miners' association hr.s been formed as a\nresult of several meetings held at Victoria ty delegates of the mining inter\nests from every section of the province,\nand on February :.'\"* a congress of the\nrepresentatives of the local mining associations throughout tbe province will\nbe held there lo finally form the Miners'\nassociation of British Columbia with\nheadquarters at Victoria,\nA. P. Greer, a brakeman on the C. P.\nR.j was killed at Etio.lt last week while\ncoupling cars. Deceased was a single\nman, and bad been in tbe employ of the\ncompany but one week.\nRossland ls miking big preparations\nfor its annual winter carnival, and the\nevent tbls year promises to eclipse all\nformer efforts.\nA man giving his name as John Doyle\nsmashed a large plate glass window In\nPateuaude's jewelry store at Nelson\nWednesday morning, . and extracted\nnine gold watches from the place. He\nwas gathered in by a policeman who\nbad been an interested spectator of the\nplay.\nThe old stage mail route between\nCranbrook and Windermere will shortly\nbe revived, as at present It takes a letter from seven to ten days to make the\ntrip by rail.\nA movement Is on foot in the district\nto hold an old timers' reunion at Fort\nSteele In tbe near future. Tbe old\ntimers will consist of those wno came\nto the district prior to 1892.\nR. T. SIMMS\nContractor and Builder\nFEKNIIC, B. C\nKstimates Furnished, The Best of Work\nTTTTTTT'rT'rTTTTTttTtTT'tl'l''l'l\n\u00C2\u00AE*mmmm4omm**mm*mm\u00C2\u00AE\nTake\nThe Miner\nand keep posted\non this part\nTHE BEST BEER\nIS THE BEST\nDrink Fort Steele\nBrewing Co 's Beer\nTt ls wholesome and nutritious and Is\nmade In the district.\nLaundress Wanted\nWanted at once, woman to wash and\nwring clothes from washer. Must be all\nround lroner. $2 a day and up. Experience necessary. Apply or write to\nWHITE LAUNDRY\nArmstrong avenue : Morrissey, B. C.\nof the\ndistrict,\n<&^4*8>\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB&\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB$4>3*&cf I . uppenings in\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2..- ;>'.;'. ltana, Oregon,\n: \"'.--\u00E2\u0080\u00A2. r.nrl the prov-\n. !'. inbi?.. In ad\n:s :cr women, its.\n:: :;, its shorl\n: Rtorios, ils \"An\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 s-'-p m\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 . \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 -.\" co ' bitic ..\nicv spener that ai\nii.ii i \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2:-:.\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 can nowlicre be\nexccllt.\n] eiliikt.ik' you hi k\" Bome'-lilng tn r*M\u00E2\u0080\u0094a farm,\n.i team, farm n acbliuirv, i .i may '.vlsli to\nluiy \u00E2\u0096\u00A0cmeUiIng, The 1., ,; \u00E2\u0096\u00A0, :\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ;>!.\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 way ta rom-\nniiinlr.'itc with fi'-;,',. via \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \..\ to buy or sell\nin by Inn n:kii; q .infill .1 vertteemi\u00C2\u00BBn1 In '.h*\nSpolUfkt.ifin-lkVvtrw. The prlco la the tifiine In\nthe dally \"ml the Tv. I D-u \. . ...\nit DOEn>;'T cost siren\u00E2\u0080\u0094\n18 WORDS j 8\u00C2\u00A3::2--::;:::::::S\n24 WORDS j SESiS\nIf you wish to reach builner* nien nrnl newcomers, uhu tha DAILY, i'11. lii-MH, Htr)ckm\u00C2\u00ABKe>$><$4KS>$x^Sx^S>.3^^\nH. .1 KANOUSE\nPrudent\nC. U. LEVERS\nH. BENTLEY\nSec'y-TreaB\nCEDAR VALLEY IMPROVMENT CO, LIMITED\nMANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF\nRough and Dressed Lumber, Shingles\nLath, Dimension and Bridge Timber\nMills at Morrissey and Fernie\nFRESH AND\nSALT MEATS\nPoultry and Game in Season\nMeat Delivered to Any Part of\nthe Town.\nGraham & Robert Love\nPlasterers, Bricklayers\nand Stonemasons-\nHEADQUARTERS \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 CRANBROOK, B. C.\nWe are ready lo furnish estimates on\nall work In our line anywhere In the\ndistrict. A\u00C2\u00AB/^^^i<'M^^\n'\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AEg\u00C2\u00AE8\u00C2\u00AESX\u00C2\u00AB)\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AES^^\nMORRISSEY, B. C.\nJXJX.X.X*\ng\u00C2\u00AEgj\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AEgXS\u00C2\u00AE@j\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AES<3\u00C2\u00AEg)SIS K\u00C2\u00AES\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE(^^\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2>\u00C2\u00AB)S@lSl\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AES)SlS)Sl(ilO\u00C2\u00AE(S\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AES)S\u00C2\u00AE WXSX^jXjXjXjXjXjXjijJG^^\nThree Thousand for Three Hundred\nThe above startling headline is put at the top of this advertisement for two purposes:\nFirst\u00E2\u0080\u0094To induce every reader of The Miner to at least read the advertisement through.\nSecond\u00E2\u0080\u0094In the hope that at least one-half of them will let us tell our story and endeavor to\nprove that we actually have an investment in Morrissey real estate which will give you $3000 return for your investing $100 down, and the balance on installments until you have paid $300.\n$300 INVESTED FOR A CHILD WILL PUT HIM THROUGH COLLEGE.\nSend us your name today for full particulars.\nTHOS. CRAHAN\nAGENT, MORRISSEY, B. 0\n\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00AB."@en . "Newspapers"@en . "Morrissey (B.C.)"@en . "Morrissey"@en . "Morrissey_Miner_1903_01_31"@en . "10.14288/1.0082403"@en . "English"@en . "49.3833330"@en . "-115.0166700"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Morrissey, B.C. : The Miner Publishing Co"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/"@en . "Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives."@en . "The Morrissey Miner"@en . "Text"@en . ""@en .