"79c6101c-518c-4a36-9a5c-cea3da14d6db"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-12-08"@en . "1901-07-19"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/slodrill/items/1.0221090/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " THE SLOCAN DRILL.\nVOL. IL, Ko. 16.\nSLOCAN, B. C, JULY 19, 1901.\n12.00 PER-AN,NU*vi.\nTHE PROSPECTOR'S EXCHANGE.\nIf xwi hnve a mlue or prospssct for sale, send us a full report, with sainplos of\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 -.oro, -.latum price and terms.\nOil- facilities for niacin-- a property quickly are uncxcellod.\nWt/jnuko a specialty of free mlllinj; gold properties.\nRoom\nCVme-spondAnci) solicits*!. Address,:\n[i,K-Vv-(\"l\n! lli.ot.ii, Nelson, 11. C.\nANDREW F. ROSENBERGER, Mantis-er.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0FRESH FRUITS\nare now arriving daily and are the\nbest to be obtained. Our Confection-\neery has a reputation second to none.\nA. C. SMITH, SLOCAN\nSole agent for celebrated Brantford Bicycle.\nMEN'S FURNISHINGS.\nWc have just opened:\nMiners' Overalls, 8 and 9 oz Denim\nriiners' Shirts, 8 and 9 oz Denim\nHen's Black Shirts, in all weights\nand many other furnish in***; lines.\nThese -foods liear lhe UNION LABEL and in quality\nand load. Try them.\nW. T. Shatford 6c Co., General Merchants,\nSlocan, Vernon, Fairview, and Camp McKinney, B. C.\nA. YORK\nDealers in Fresh and Salt\nHeats, Vegetables and Provisions. Goods shipped to\nany part of the Slocan.\nHighest cash price paid for\nraw Furs.\nSLOCAN,\nB. C.\n\"Victoria, Motel,\nSLOCAN, B. C.\nHas ample accommodation for a large number of Quests and supplies the best of\neverything in the Harket.\nALEX. STEWART, Prop.\nArlington\nSLOCAN, B. C.\nMEETING OF COUNCIL.\nANOTHER LIVELY KNTEIITAINMENT\nBY CITY isAI1H.\nCity Clerk Foley K-ipiirU 011 Hla Trip to\nNelson\u00E2\u0080\u0094Mssst Cancel City I'ookss Ordered unsl l\u00C2\u00BBay the Cs>Ht\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u0094Not Much\nIttssiiis'ns, Transacted.\nCouncil met on Monday evening,\nAid. Woodcock and Barber being\nabsent, (^uitc a number of citizens\nwere in attendance.\nRoutine business disposed of, a\ncommunication wus read from the\nclerk, repotting upon his trip to Nelson in questof municipal information.\nMayor York, in commenting on the\nreport, thought the clerk had exceeded his authority in purchasing a seal,\nas cuts only should have, been secured for submission to the council. The\ntwo big hooks for keeping track of\ntho city's 1i11anc.es, which were ordered by ths clerk, were also beyond\nhis authority. Thecouncil had only\n$H>00 to go upon this year, and the\ncost of the books, estimated nt $40 j\neach, was too heavy. There was no\nuse in squandering money. Other\ntowns got along with cheaper books,\nand he was certain a set could be got\nfor one quarter the price. There was\nno hope for financing heavy bills.\nCity Clerk Foley said he would I\nstand the difference between the cost.'\nof these books and the books considered to be necessary.\nAid.Bradshaw suggested that there\nwas no use getting cheap books, as\nSandon and other places bad had to\npay heavily for Suitable books. He j\nmoved that the books be accepted.\nThe mayor said lie would not sane-1\ntion any such heavy expenditure.\nA desultory discussion followed j\nthereupon, Aid. Worden statin-* that!\nhe was not in favor of Mr. Foley ne- J\ncuring books for the city, as this\nplace could run Itself.\nAfter more crossttring on the subject, Aid. Bradshaw and Smith ninv\nnd that the order f.-r the books lie\ncancelled. Carried.\nAid. Worden wanted to know If\nthc clerk had ordered policesuppli s.\nThe latter said he had ordered noth !\nin-,' 1 illt tlie star.\nAid. Barber pat In an appearance I\nal thisjtincturc,having walked down\nfrom tin- Speculator.\nAid. Worden moved th.-u tho police\nstar and .corporate seal be accepted, j\nSecondod bv Aid. Nichol. Carried,\nA communication was reml from\nVV. Stubbs, of Nelson, formerly chief\nef police at Sandon, offering certain!\npolice supplies ''or sale; also from R.\n|-\ (ircen, ML.A., acknowledging\nreceipt of minutes re police magistrateship.\nClerk Foley's report was ordered\nfyled, together with Mr. Stubbs' letter.\nAid. Barber asked for information\nregarding Mr. Green4* letter, as also\nthe motion of the council on the sub\njcet. This given, on uiotiou the let- \\nter was ordered fyled.\nA petition was presented from the\nj three barbers in the city, asking for I\nj the passage ofa bylaw prohibiting j\ny barbershops being opened Sundays, j\nsupplies and presented. Laid over are daily expecting word to resume\ntill goods arrive. The Pioneer Livery operations. A third payment on the\n& Feed Stables presented a bill tiir company's debts was set for July 1,\n$10 for rent of office for holding the but was passed over, though Nelson\nnomination and election. Referred pnrties feel certain of the ultimate\nto finance committee. J full liquidation of the liabilities.\nA diversion at this moment was f\ncaused by the sudden bin sting of a\nlarge lamp glass.\nPeace again restored, an account of\n$2 from J. Dover, Nelson, through\nthe clerk, for a police badge, was ordered paid.\nTHE Kiiont li.l, TltorilT.\nFditor Dhiij.:\nSm,\u00E2\u0080\u0094In the last issue of the Silver-\ntonlan the Silverton football club ac-1\nOUR ORE SHIPMENTS\nSI'HSTAN'-VIA*. SHOWING M^UE 1*1*\nTlilS DIVISION.\nI.issl Veitr's Klilp\u00C2\u00BBi\u00C2\u00ABist\u00C2\u00BB Wore 281\" Tost*\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nA Healthy Kvlslense .if tlse I.sf\u00C2\u00BB ansl\nYiValth nf tlss. Camp Arlington tlio\nBlKKi-it Shippir.\nThe week's shipments have not\ncuses us of promising the Sandon team |bwn as numer0U8 fl8 expected,\na match for the trophy put up here. I tlloUjf-, ^ toU, ,hey have be(m wlta.\nThis I strongly deny, as our elu* fto^. -f^ Arlington was thWrtjly\nnever made any such promise at any '. Ripper, .sending out GO tons, ills\ntime. Our club left the trophy ques-1 flgBreg for the yf>.u. are mr> tonajthc\nHis worship brought up the question of H. R. Jorand's bill for incorporation, etc. Aid. Smith moved,\nseconded by Aid. Nichol, that $100\nbe paid on the account. Carried.\nUnder the head of general business\nthe clork wns instructed to write the :,. , , ,, .\u00E2\u0080\u009E,\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0096\u00A0,,,\ngovernment regarding the refund ! uon as U was' and thc commutee on | heaviest.!!! its history. Ore is being\ndue tlie city under incorporation. j sports decided what was to be done j sack\u00E2\u0082\u00AC(j At the Esmeralda for shipment\nThe citv clerk presented his bond ! with it. The committee handed us j and the 8amc ,g bej done at tlie,4ti,\nlor $1000 for his offices of city clerk, *\nassessor and collector. Accepted by\ncouncil on motion of Aid. Smith anil\nBarber.\nThe matter of city printing was\nleft to the finance committee, they to\nreport at next meeting of council;\nalso tbo procuring of a letter press\nand book.\nAid. Bradshaw again brought up\nthe question of the cancelled books.\ntheir decision and the same has been Qf ju|v\nsent to Sandon and Silverton. In it\nthe committee statesthat the winning\nteam be:ween Slocan and Silverton\nshould grant Sandon a game tor the I\ncup, which means that tho winners\nwould lie at liberty to give Sandon a j , , , ...... , ..\nmatch or not. The committee at the! \u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 s i?talf*othat this year's figures\nsame time says that the same players j W1\" e;,sily ro\u00C2\u00BBc1'tlle ^tJ^t level on\n* * t*o#,s-,,'s-l\ni being i\nA five-ton-shipment, from\nthe Bondholder is at the Basin hotel\nready to come down, while the product'at the Black Prince is in shape\nfor moving. Experts from the division are onlv 400 tons behind last\nshall contest as have already contested. Now, sir, there is where it\nwas a sticks Silverton. Not being satisfied\nrecord.\nLast year the exports from this division amounted to .2847 tons,,.made\nHe thought the whole affair -,,\u00E2\u0080\u009E.\u00E2\u0080\u009E.-,.\u00E2\u0080\u009E...,.\u00E2\u0080\u009E... .\u00E2\u0080\u009E._.\u00E2\u0080\u009E.....\u00E2\u0080\u009E.... . ,,, . ,,,,..\nsmall piece ot business and showed I-with having two towns from which up from 10 propertaes. following ie\npcttv spite. Aid. Nichol moved for \ t\u00E2\u0080\u009E 6elcct a team to play off this draw, i '\ llst ot tue shipments this year to\nits reconsideration. From the books j thev decline to plav any farther. I dlltc:\nthe discussion wandered to topics cf What poor opinion \"must Silverton I mine. .week\neconomv and the police magistrate-: football club have of their own citi-j Arlington fiO\nship, with mutual recriminations. |zen3, I am proud to Bay it Is differ- Enterprise\t\nThere matters were left and, as the i ent with Slocan, who can put local j Two Friends\t\nhour was getting late, the. council men |n the field and ho'd Silverton, B,**<:k Prince\t\nagreed to adjourn till Wednesday ! \n check. Twice this year have we j Bondholder\t\nnight, then to take up the discussion i met them, and they boast about the j ~'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 *\u00E2\u0080\u00A2{\u00E2\u0096\u00A0au\t\nof the bylaws. i ringers they have to run against the ' Phoenix \t\nFor the third time the book ques-1Slocan team. Great glory and honor! y & M \t\ntion came up. Aid. Bradshaw coun-1 for silverton, but not for proper j \t\n00\nXOTAI..\n190S\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A240\n100\n2:1\n15\n10\n..23\nan\nto\nto\nto\nto\nto\nto\nto\nto\nto\nto\nk\nto\nto\nto\nto\nto\nto\nCayuse Brown.\n9 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nL-sevin' hard an' drinkin' long\nAn'.'trauipiii' sit* hills in shine or rain,\nPat's vi\u00C2\u00ABr' BOOil tell on tie mnn wha 'b strong\nAn' fetch iniiiii i tee If\u00E2\u0080\u0094dtit's de ver' bad pain\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nAn' sleep on tie groun' on tnos' col' night,\nWhen buow -.'no's deep whole contree roun';\nMnvhoe yon leov long tam all right,\nYou coins.- pore feller lak Cayuse lirown.\nYoung man clam on lull lak dis\nDon' tink noting of dat, Sapre!\nTinktif tlegol* she's all lie hla\nS'pose ho is stnik reech claim some tlay.\nBut mil ni' t.ininier dat you have met\nlie's say: \"You bettaire be stay on town;\nSoiiiftniu when you slink' it de han1 wit' Deat'\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nSame, pore roller lak Cayuse Brown.\"\nLife, fhe's hot' de smooth an' rough,\nI'lainteo hard from tie start to stop;\nHut sle proa pew torne, you will I'm' sure 'miff,\nHave, always de tougin's' side on top.\nAn' often de tam .von are fin' he's try\nHoes troub' in de straight wliiskee for drown ;\nAn' stint's how he's coins*, you'll see, by'n' by,\nPort* ol' feller lak Cayuse lirown.\nBut den, when he's clam heem dose bs?eg rock\nAn' get heein moro wet you nre nevair see,\nSeem dere's leSfl cause for ile peep to talk\nS'pose he is get heein on jus' tin spree.\nAn', s'pose he ia tak beam tin small coup,\nProp, when le bon Dieu, lie's look down,\nMaybee He's lil small ueetv, too,\nFsir pore ol' feller, lak Cayuse lirown.\nZW>\nMINKS AND MINING.\nThe machinery is being rapidly, installed into the Enterprise concentrator.\nOffers up-to-date accommodation for the\nPublic. It is the home of Travelling,\nCommercial, and Mining Men.\nQETHINQ & HENDERSON, - Proprietors.\nThe\nHotel Slocan\nSlocan, B. C, is under the\nUml mui Personal mignmt of Jeff Baty,\nWho sis ever ready to make life pleasant for those\nwho tarry within a while with him.\nWILSON HOUSE\nSLOCAN, B. C.\n\u00C2\u00BB\njx Lemon Creek, B.C.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0tt. T. ANDl.RSt'.V.\n& copy of a bylaw suitable to tin\ncase accompanied the petition. Aid.\nBarber thought the bylaw should he sciiin-*; moderation, aa un injustiei\ntaken up. He moved, Beoonded by W;lg '^1,,^ wrought Mr. Foley,' while\nAid. Smith, that the petition bt- re* people on the outside would think\ncalved and the bylaw taken up at I -toy weI.e aot-ng In a peculiar man*\nthe next meeting of thc counei'\nCarried.\n/J*\nutamammAmt^l\u00C2\u00A3bat^^am%Ua^mt\n***\u00C2\u00BB\"!?-\u00C2\u00BB*^*\u00C2\u00ABr*-C-*5-\"^*\u00C2\u00AB5:--S:-\nWalter Clough wrote that he would\nlease to thc council their meeting\nhall, with lire and heat, till Sept, ,'it),\nfor $5 per month. Mattel* left over\ntill next meeting to\nfor hull to tlie end of the year. The\nbill from Till\" DRILL presented at last\nmeeting was Again laid over for another week.\nThe mayor strongly advised that\nall resolutions be written out, so as\nto accommodate the clerk.\nThc health committee reported\nthat they had made an inspection of\nthc city and recommended u general\ncleaning up at once. They also reported on a complaint fyled against\nAid. Worden by M.Cameron relative\nto two diseased horses owned by the\nner.\nW J. Adcock asked leave toad\ntiivss the, council and suggested the\nmanufacturers ot the books be com\nmunlcated with ami arrangements\nmade to havo the payment of the\n.-.certain t'AteB j books extended over a number of\nmonths.\nMore discussion followed and thni.\nAh), Bradshaw moved, seconded by\nAid. N'ichol, that thc city clerk find\nout how far the printing of the books\niatl progressed,the order for the sanu\nsports. I remain, voursrespectfullv,\nII. C.hKVV..\nSec. Slocan F. C.\nSlocan, B.C., July 17, 1901.\nv Ovs'i-reiis-lsosl Thoiis*s\u00C2\u00AB!lvcH.\nNew Denver parties hn/e restaked\nthe Oregon City on Ten Mile, and\ncalled it the. Amazon. Prospecting\nby thc records is an easy way to pickup ground, but In this instance tho\nstakers have overreached themselves.\nIf tliey had examined th.i records\ncarefully thev would bave found that\ntwo years' work was registered last\nbeing cancelled, and he to report at I V-1'^ so that the property is alive t \"\nyjj* Work was commenced last wo-Jr:\n*\"|> on the flume Jul' tiie Enterprise cou-\n\u00E2\u0084\u00A2*: centra tor.\nThe snow has liavelv commenc-fd\nto cut away in the vicinity of the;il\n& I, Ten Mile.\nSt vera! small deals for Springer\ncreek prospects have been clu.ed up\nduring the week.\nAV. B. Young and partner are developing the noted Ocean \u00C2\u00A3r ssssti.it.\nCouncil,met in special session on Isummer the Oregon City will -likely\nWednesday evening, members being be crown granted,\nall present except Aid. Barber. The\nThe. mayor said no bylaw was in\nforce relative to cleaning up the city,\nbut they could act under the general\nThe chief of police would\nc.lsii|>ls.iiis Mltssly ts, Itesuino.\nThe Chapleau is very likely to resume operations in August. Such is\nstatutes. The chief of police would jt|u. Intimation received indirectly\nsibo!^ if is r-- ?\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nmitten be given a froo band in the rumor has foundation. Al the mine\nmatter of cleaning up the city, with | the mill machinery has been kept in\nthe assistance Of the chief of police, j running shape antl a small force of\nSeconded by Aid. Smith and curried, men employed keeping everything!\nA,n account of $6.7*5. was received about the workings in condition to Three or four surveying outfits are\nfrom the Kiuji's Printer, Victoria, for 'start at a moment's notice. Tnu men at work in thc cum**.\nlug up very strung, with mineral In\nsight. The Rose gives phenomenal\nassays in -jsild, with silver as a byproduct.\nThc work recently done on tho U\n& I, Ten Mile, has shown up more\nore. The main drift was pushed\nahead and iu this the ledge is cutting\n, diagonally aerc-os tho breast. The\n1 vein bus \"widened out equally with\n! the paystrcak- The latter is con-\n, , , ! taiued in a blue tale and gives a\nilu-.r password, ai.erwar.ls \u00E2\u0080\u009Eia,-\u00E2\u0080\u009Eh.,.!\"' jjjjg ^ ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E si,ver_\nThe Kadcliff brothers havo been\nopening up tho Little Giant group of\nThe ('lorl.tuH'I'wi litis.\nLocal Orangemen quietly observed\nthc Glorious Twelfth, as did the\nbrethven of the various Kootenay\nlodges, no goneral gathering taking\nplace. Here tlie members assembled\nin their hall at U n.in. and received\nto the cemetery and placing a tombstone over thc grave of the deceased\nbrother, Patrick O'Rielry. In the\nafternoon a picnic wns held at Ham'si three claims at thc head of Lemon\nranch for thc children and Indv creek. L. T. Larson, of Nelson, and\nfriends and was well attended. The\nfife and drum corps was in evidence\nand added zest to the general fun.\nNext year the Kootenay lodges will\nmake a big demonstration,\nC. Newhaus, of Three Forks, are co-\nowners with them in the property. A\ndrift has been run in 75 feet on the\nvein, exposing three feet of ore similar to that on tho Black Prince.\n. \"*.\"..\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 H\n.\" .*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2'\n-\n*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0**\u00E2\u0096\u00A0/;\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ;\n\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2',-\nv.-\nR. A. Bradshaw has been gazetted\na notary public for the province. \"\n..:\nfew1\" -\n4 -'irTp.\n-T4\nI &\u00E2\u0096\u00A0&\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n*M\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2MiwaM\nmO SNOWSHOE TRIP.\n*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2>\"\n5' '**-)\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0* -:\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2;*\n[ ' Ss ,. -\n,iU5**\nI f\nI \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2'*.\nIM\nK sj\nBISI-roP NEVVNHAM OF MOOSONEE\nTRAittlPED 350 MILES.\nPassml Tlirssngli Toronto nnsi >Is.nirst\u00C2\u00BBl\nRecs-tstlv aissl Then. With Ills Family,\nSttilrsl V\u00C2\u00BBr Kisulanil Iss tlse -S Lake\nClsnniplaiit-IIu Csivcri-sl Ills 359 Mlls's\nIn Mxls-eis Ussy*.\nBishop Newnhnm, of Moosonee, ac-\nconipanisid by his wife and three\nchildren, passed through Toronto and\nMontreal antl then went on btiard the\nsteamship Lake Champlaln, which\nleft recently (or England.\n'lhe bishop ctuiit- tlown from his\ndiocese sm snow-shoes, a distance of\n850 niilea, which ho covered in sixteen days. lie left Moose Fort (or\nI'tuiory) on February 7, on a morning so cold Unit liis nose was frost-\nbiits-n at the start, lie was accompanied by ftsui- I ml inns, who hauled\nihe infill, untl his food anil bedding,\n,'lc., dogs belllg of BO use on this\ntrip. 11 is Indian friends doubted if\nlis* rouUl keep up with them, but they\nfound that he was always with then)\nat lhe end of the march. They were\nexcisediugly kind nnd court eons to\nhim. The 250 miles to Abittibi was\ncovered in twelve slays; another 100\nmiles, to where a slplgh and team\ncould,bo got, tsssiU four /lays. This\ncould hardly have been done if the\nweather hud not been very line and\ncontinuously cold.\nTho reason why dogs could not bo\nused on this journey was that tho\nposts in that region ure so far apart\nthat tlogs are not able to carry enough food for Iheiiiselvs's, along with\npassengers' and other baggage.\nNo houses, of course, were passed\non the way, and only two Indian\ntents; Ihe parly carried no tent, but\nslept in the open air. The average\nprogram was as follows: At 4.30 a.\nin. on* of the Imliiiiis arose and\nBISHOP NF.WXnAM, OK IslOOSOXEF.\nlighted a huge fire, and a little later\nthe others and the bishop turned out\nof their blankets or bags. It then\ntook ni'iirly two hours to warm\nRocks, shoes ami outer clothes, and\nput them on, thaw and cook frozen\nfood, take breakfast and pack up.\nA start wa* I hen made some time before sunrise, sny ('.lo. Afler a\nSteady tramp of throe hours, a halt\nWas made, a brush camp built, a\nlire lit and lunch eaten. Another\nthroe hours' tramp followed, then\nanother hall anil dinner. This gs-n-\ni.-rally ended ubout three o'clock,\nleaving two or two und a half hours\nfor the last tramp. The last halt\nwas made about .\"i.!t0 o'clock, or\nwhen a good spot wus found. This\nwits tlie worst hour of the day for\nthe bishop, for there was not very\nninth work for him to do of a kinil\nlo keep him warm, and after tlie\nfatigues of the day hud a little low\nered tho vital forces, and when the\ncold of Iho night was rapidly coming on, it wus impossible to keep\nhands nnd feet from freezing unci the\nbody from shivering till the lire was\nblazing. The Very next thing was a\nhot cup of tea, and then for an hour\nor so they Just sat und scorched and\nroasted, drying their Steaming\nclothes upon them, nnd bunging up\nmoccasins and dulTles and socks to\ndry. Ths'ii another hour was spent\nin thawing food, cooking antl eating,\nafter which the pipes wero lit, and\nmoro drying was Indulged in for a\ntime, then prayers. After awing that\nthe fire was safely confined and on\nthe decline, all turned in. the bishop\ninto his niriboi>-skiii bag nnd tlie\nmen into tholr rabbit-skin blankets.\nThe bishop was born in Somersetshire, England, in \Hr>'2, antl came to\nMontreal in 187J1. lie graduated\nsfrom Modill University in 1878. and\nwas ordained the same year, lie Ixt-\ncame curute of Christ Church Cathedral in 1882, and rector of St.\nMnlthins in 1881 In 1801 he was\nselected by the Church .Missionary\nSociety of England, which supports\ntho missionaries in the Moosom-s* dio-\nscese, as a successor of Iho late\nBishop Ilorslen, the selection being\napproved by the bishop of Ruport's\nLand. The appointment wus -nods\nIn due course by tho Archbishop of\nCanterbury, untl Dlshop Ncwnham\nwas consecrated at Winnipeg in\nAugust, lH'Xi. As Bishop of Moo-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0onoe lie has shown himself full of\nzeal and activity, nnd tlie gootl\neffects sif his energy and Influence ure\nfell thrmjgtitmt-hjs- vast-difsfewt*. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nThe bishop will spend a vein- in the\nOld Cotin try, left urine for Ihe benefit of Ihts work in his diocese, preach-\ning and visiting among his friends j\nHis wifs* and three little girls pt\nalong to spend the holiday with him. I\nC-Jallj* Wines.\nOnr millionaires think $75 n gallon\nfor rare old Madeira an utterly impossible price simply because their tastes\nare blunted by champagne, untl they\ncare no more for a bottle of Welsh Unserve, Nowton-f'tmlon or CbllllngS*\nwortli-Oglethorpe than for a cheap\nsherry. In lhe funions cellars of the\nHotel de Ville at Bremen there nre a\ndozen eases of holy wine which have\nbeeu preserved for 230 years. A merchant figures out thut if the cost of\nmaintaining the collars, piij-iauut of\nrent. Interest upon the original value of\nthe wlue and other Incidental charges\narc considered a bottle of this choice\nMadeira has cost uo less than ?2,000,*\n001). em-h ulassfi',1 rJTO.OOO. nnd a single\ndrop could not be sold without loss under $200.\nIt Is probable '.hat this very old wlue\nIs worthless on account of \"starvation.\"\nCharles Bellows, our ablest authority\non Madeira, says that It becomes\n\"starved\" after feeding upon Its own\nlees for 110 or 40 .veins. \"\"It seems to\nuie that It is very human and i-cipiiivs\ncompanionship.\" In- says, \"iiemljohns\nof lhe untile variety should be blended.\nThe liiaiTliige of the two wines would\nprobably give the lees more character,\nami ihe wine would thus continue to\nImprove. This certainly ought lo be\ndone as a lonle after the Madeira has\nbeen r>0 years in glass.\"\nreenllnrllle-s ol Art'limn.\nThe peculiarities cf asthma nre well\nknown, and one New York woman\nthinks thnt she has more than usual\nreason lo complain of lhe vagaries of\nthe disease. She l.atl always lived In\nthe lower part of the city on one of the\navenues distant from the two rivers\nand had suffered hi uo unusual degree\nfrom usllima when the weather was\nnot unfavorable. The doctor was not\nconsulted when her husband bought a\nhouse In another part of the city, and\nIt Ib Indeed doubtful If he could have\nforeseen the efl'eci upon her of living\nIn the new neighborhood.\nIt took the sufferer only n few hours\nto realise that It would be Impossible\nfor her to live in Ihe new house, which\nwus only a short distance from the\nNorth river. Her discomfort became\nso grent that she was compelled at the\nend of n week to give up all attempt to\nreside there, nnd thi' house that had\nbeen built with so much care und expense hnd to In* abandoned.\nAnother example of Ihe vagaries of\nasthmn Is to be found In ihe case of a\nNew Yorker w ho Is comfortable enough\nIn this city so long as he lives on the\nupper stories nf a lotty hotel or other\nresidence building, but Is In grent distress so soon ns he Is compelled to be\non term Brain.*\nTU l-'sir Tul.\nThe cori-espiinileiice was brief, but to\nthe point. The letter she received wns\nas follows:\nripar Madam\u00E2\u0080\u0094I taks* plrotn-.rt* In fsMpptmr to\nyour ttililri'ts a rut* valu.-sl at }Stl, Ior wlils-h I\nshull lis* t*lasl to rt*cs*lvs> vssttr t'lii-s-k. II you do not\ndesire llu' run, plt-aw r, turn It.\n\"The Idea!\" she exclaimed. \"I never\nknew such Impertinence.\"\nThen she sat down nnd wrote the\nfollowing:\nDs*\u00C2\u00BBr Sir\u00E2\u0080\u0094I tisve ordt*n>tt no nj(f Irom your establishment, sitil I sec no rsssnn why I should go\nto the eiperne ol returning that svliirh I do not\nwant ind winch wu st-ni to me unsolicited.\nTo this she received the following\nanswer In due time:\nnear Madam\u00E2\u0080\u0094I will send lor the unsolicited\nnut. and I trust vsfi will do me thc lavor to\nsend lor the unsolicited charity entertainment\ntickets which now Ile, with about is othcK, oa\nmy deals.\n\"The discourteous boor!\" she exclaimed.\n\"Evidently,\" be soliloquized, \"there\narc methods of procedure that cannot\nbe successfully applied to business.\"\nA ColoreU I'ltllsiaophrr,\n\"Ain't no use nworryln nbout nuth-\ntn,\" snid tlie colored philosopher, dangling his feet over tlie edge of tbe barrel oa which he sat \"Ain't no use t'\nget blue ner t' feel down in the mout',\n'cause It ain't goto t' do any good 'tall.\nI says t' myself, suys I: 'Mose. what's\nthe use of you scrnichln? Wife's been\ndead 'bout four yeulis. Las' of ma\nchild'en shuffled off las' week. I don't\ncare If I cuts cawn. pones er lasses\nbread. Live Just as long nohow. Aln'\ngoln t' trouble ma min' 'bout noihin.\nW'lte mnn, he have wife an child'en\nan a good coat an a 'ouse. Itai-'l good\nnuff fur me. Ain't got not hlo t' work\nfur on ain't goln t' work.\" \" Ue shutllod\noff the barrel and moseyed easily down\nHickory alley.\nIlls Uncertain!)-,\nFarmer Uonk-Sny, Lend\nFarmer Btnckrlder- llnr'f\nFarmer Html;-Is Hint 'ere solemn,\nspectacled young nephew of yourn\nthat's beln called \"doctor\" and goes\naround lookln ns wise us n tree fill of\nowls a dentist, a boss physician, n corn\ncurer, a Inyer ou or hands, a presldln\nelder or Just a common doctor Ihut\nsaws bones nud kills folks'-IMiclt\nAll Kmlirnrlnit.\n\"I see that somebody says Edmund\nKean. the most famous of English actors, lived to odapi Hie kind of ment\nhe nte to Ihe purl he had lo play, choos\nIng pork for tyrants, beef for murder\ners nmi mutton for lovers.\"\n1 \"That's a great Idea. 1 suppose\nwhen be hnd to piny several purts lu\none evening he uie hash.\"\nA New England mnn wns given to\naddressing hla cuttle In rather em*\nphntlc terms. One dny when the cows\nwere more than usually frolicsome he\nwns heard to exclaim: \"Yea. scatter,\njyill i'el . Blnst yel If there wurn't\nbut one of ye. ye'd senlterl\"\nIt Is pitiful to see n well behaved old\nmnn bustling around to help his wayward sou out of dllliculty.- Atchison\nUkllMk\nGUNNAR wennerberg.\nTlis. Fnmotss sws-sil-.li Musician Whs. litis\nJust telebruteU Ilia (lislslvn slnbllaa\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Ssisssssthlsij*/ uf UU Work,\ni; ii ii ii i r Wennerberg, the famous\npoet, composer and statesman of\nSweden, who ha-s .iust celebrated his\ngolden .jubilee, began his career us a\nsong Writer by publishing a -Ollet>\ntion of student ballads for which he\nWrolo words und inu ic. These bnl-\nhuls have situs- h come popular all\nover Scandinavia under the mime of\n\"(iluntarne.\" Wennerberg is also the\ncomposer of oratories und national\nfolk songs, among them \"Hear Us\nSvea,\" the song with which the\n.Swedish students at the Paris Entpo-\nUll.NNAIS W'-.V.N'Klilll'IIU.\nsition of 1878 captured the first\nprize, and which has since come, to\nbo the national folk song of Sweden.\nHut it is not alone ns a poet and\ncomposer that Wennerberg has been\ndistinguished. lie is also an able\nstutesinun. From 1870 to 1891 lawns chief of tho dc-Jxirtment ecclesiastic and for Several years governor of\ntho province of Krondeberg. As early\nas 1850 ho became a member of the\nlloyal Musical Academy, and sixteen\nyears thereafter wns elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy.\nHe is now in his eighty-fifth year,\nand tho idol of tho music-loving\nSwedish people.\nTHE PACIFIC CABLE*\nConnection Betuaen Victoria, II.C, nmi\nUna* Miami, Au*strullii, liy 11)03.\nThe Dritish Pacific cable, which is\nto connect Victoria, II. C. With\nQueensland, Australia, by danuar.v\n1, 1903, will have a total length of\n5,834.5 miles. Its longesl section\nwithout a landing will be. from Vancouver Island to Fanning Island, a\ndistance oi 3,887 miles. The next\nlanding will bo on the Fiji Islands.\nand the nyxt on Norfolk Island,\nwhence the last section will bo run\nto Queensland.\nThe sections from Queensland to\nNorfolk, Fiji and Fanning Islands\nWill be laid lirst and will be sent oul\nfrom Kngland in January, 1903. The\nsection between Vancouver Islaml\nand Fanning Island will be sent out\nin August, 18 lie published his first work,\n\"Stutlies in Early l-'renth Poetry,\"\nIn 1871 ho entered into a liternry\npartnership with the hue Jamas Uico,\n\"llu- Golden Duttsi-ily,\" \"Monks of\nThs'ls'inn,\" \"Hs'ndy Money Mortiboy,\"\nbeing the principal outcome of this\npartnership, tlf hooks written under\nhis own name the best known ure\n\"The Itovolt of Mun,\" \"All Sorts\nand Conditions of Men,\" \"Dorothy\n1'ostcr,\" \"All in a Garden Fair,\"\n-; Armor CI of I^-onnosse,\" \"Doytmd\ntlio Dreams of Avarice.\" \"All .Sorts\nuud Conditions of Men,\" perhaps his\nlnsiKt popular work, led to the establishment of the People's l'tilnce in\nthe oust mil of London. He was\ndeeply Interested in the Holy Land,\nund was honorary secretary of tho\nl'uls'it.ine Exploration Fund, For\nthe lust six years of his life he had\nle n working on\" an encyclopaedia of\nJ .oudou.\nIn Freemasonry Sir Walter was a\nfamiliar figure, being treasurer of\nthe Quatuor Cssronuti Lodge of London, which embraces only tho jlis-\ni iiiguislied literati of the Craft. A\nshort month or so ago the lodge lost\nly ilea h iti well-known secretary,\nBr*-*. I!. W. Sprth, one of the most\nbrilliant, minds that the Craft posse sod. The double nlHiction, within\nso short a period, is a serious bereavement for that famous Mi.sonic\norganization.\nIlssw t.> K\u00C2\u00ABs>|> Hi.. Tntiess Down.\nA recent investigation into the\nresources of various cities in Great\nDritain has made some interesting\ndiscoveries. It has been found, for\nexample, that the people of the\nYorkshire manufacturing town of\nBradford have to pay more than\ntwice us much rates as those of thc\nseaport of Bristol. Hero are two\nlarge centers, each with a population of over 300,000 people, and yet\nthe fee for living in the modern\nYorkshire manufacturing town i.s\nmore than double the fee for living\nin the rare old episcopal city on tho\nbanks of lhe Avsm. Thi'se two\ntowns aro not alone as contrasts.\nHere are, first, half a dozen towns\nwhich have kept, the land for tho\ncitizens; and next, half a dozen\nwhich have allowed landlords to reap\nall the benefits. You will see whut\na considerable difference it makes in\nthe rates per ill:\nTowns witR-uiuiiicipal hind:\nMunicipal Renta from\nRates, Estates,\nLiverpool ... 3s 4d *&100,000\nNi'Wi-astlo 3s \"2d 31,000\nBristsil \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 2s *s! 2,r>,000\n(ilasgow -Is Od 35,000\nHull 3s lis) 17,600\nNottanghum 4s 3d BO.ooo\nTowns without municipal hind.\nDewshury (is 3d\nLeeds r>s 7d\nDrlghousa Cs 2d\nI.radford 5s 8d\nMacclesfield .\"is 2d\nWakefield 5s Hid\nA Kitiislliits Chler\nDuring the recent, visit of the Duko\nand liuchess of Cornwall and York\nto Colombo, Ceylon, the Kami inn\nA KANniA\"*\" CHI***\".\nchlf shown In the Illustration, his\nwife, nnd Several other ila'.iVes of\nKanile wero presented to lV.0 Dukft.\n'ihe chief is uttind In stale dress,\nHy is llalt-'s-ltrentllh.\nThe death of llolv-rt Buchanan ro-\ninoves a citi/en of tho literary republic who just mlsscil greatness by\na hairs-breadth. He wrote novels,\nconstructed plays and produced verse\nall bearing the stamp of a strong\nand original mind, but none of it hit\nthe biillseyu of gs-nernl public approval. \"The Shadow of the Sword,\"\nono of his curlier Works of fiction,\nwas a strongly constructed story,\nwith powerful dramatic situations\nand poetic glimpses of the simple,\nidyllic life of Brittany. Many much\npoor, r books have mado \"sensations.\" \"Cod nnd tho Man\" is said\nto be even strongor. Mr. Buchanan\nmado the mlstuke of paying loo\nmuch attention to tho Works of his\ncontemporaries, whom he regarded us\nrivals. Several liternry bat ties royal was the result, ami he dealt about\nhlirf without regard to whose head\nwas broken in the frny. This gavo\nhim notoriety but not fame\nHad News ror lb* Caller.\n\"Is your father at homo?\" asked\nan Englishman of a Welsh boy,\nwhom ho met at Llnndrilloynthos.\n\"No, sir; he's gone lo work at, Llnn-\ntantffraidglun Con Way.\" \"is your\nmother In, then?\" She's irnuc to\ntho fair at Llanfairtrinthiiftirneithnf.\"\n\"Hear me I But is yo\u00C2\u00BBr sister at\nhome?\" \"My sister hns none to\nLlanfairptullgwynggllKOfgeryehwyond -\nrobiillsanteiysligrogoeh.\" \"Dear\nmo I\" exclaimed the Enirlishuiiin.\n1,35000 00\nIN PRIZES\nfon AND ATTRACTIONS\nPRIZE LIST\nAfSD OTSSER\nInfoiimATIO**\n\u00C2\u00ABS>Pl\u00C2\u00BB TO >t,\nF. W. HEUBACH\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0t}f(H, MAWA-Hd,\nWinnipeg,\ntnduslrialc\nWinnipeg.\nJ1IIY29\u00C2\u00AB.\n<**** w; THOMPSON,\n.(\u00C2\u00ABl|IM\u00C2\u00AB>\nLIVE STOCK, AGKICULTUKAL AMI INDUSTRIAL.\nRACES, I'LATEORM ATTRACTIONS AND TYUOTECIINICAL DISPLAYS\nEDUCATION, IMMICKAITON, BUSINESS, l*LEA.SUl'E.\nTHE PEOPLE'S CARNIVAL\nFor \"Prize Lists, Programmes and all information, apply to\nP. VV. THOMPSON, President. Winnipeg, Man.\nF. W. IIEUBACII. General Manager, Winnipeg, Man\nFRElCTTT C1TARCICS ON EXITTB1TS.\nThe' Association undertake t'he payment, of the itiwnrd freight. Charges\non exhibits from the lust shipping poinl, provided that, such exhibits aiv\nreturned to the original shipping; point immediately afler the Fair without ownership changing hands. The Association wish it to be distinctly\nunderstood that this is not to be a prdcedjnt, but that it is being done\nthis year owing to the partial failure of last year's crop and the consequent shortage of money amongst exhibitors.\nThe payment by the nssoeiuiion of inward freight Charges applies to\npoints in Manitoba and Northwest Territories only.\nFrsMis'ls <':sv;slry tit S**sl\u00C2\u00BB:i.\nBoth bunks of Hi- (iivonne wero in\nGerman hands; *o wns Dalan, a small\nvillage nearer to Kedati Chan tKaceil-\nls-8, und soon after 1 o'clock no fewer thnn *-<\"> German guns were hnll-\nint*; shells inlti Lhe l'ts-ni U nrin\,\nwhich stsssrd in dose formations within a spues' measuring less than two\nin Ilea in breadth sir depth, Out of\nthis terrible cauldron of defeated\ntroops aliout this time rode the\nl-'r, n h cavalry In a heroic endeavor\nto iurn the fortunes of the duy and\nretrieve the honor of France.\nGeneral Marguerite, called by some\n\"the stui of his arm,\" wns struck\nin the face by a bullet while riding\nout. to reconnoitre the ground before\nhe charged. Ile now banded over\nihe cavalry commnnd to De (\"nllifet,\nwho. for the second time on that tremendous duy. led the llower of\nFrench cavalry against tho enemy,\nand for the space 6*2 hall an hour\ncharged the German ranks nguin untl\nagain On the hillsides north of Sedan.\nBut the courage of the gallant\nhorsemen wns nil In vain. The urnis*\nblanche w-ns unequally uiattiud\nagainst the breechloading ride held\nin sti ady hands, nnd no effort of the\nl-'rin-h cavalry could withstand thu\nslowly tightening graSP of that, fiery\ncircle.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Chain! er's Journal.\nlllnssmn.\na nn.. Baton.\nThe Duchess of Cleveland, the mother of Lord Rosebery, whose \"Rollg\nof Battle Abbey,\" published ln three\nvolumes, occupied her for many\nyears, was very fond of tho historic\npile. Tho story is told thnt she was\none day at the houec of an American millionaire, wbo, point ing to his\npalatial staircase, remarked, \"I venture to think, Your Grace, that even\nBattle Abbey cannot show a finer\nstaircaso than thla.\" \"Oh, no,\" answered tho Duchess ml Cleveland, \"tho\nBattle Abbey stairs are very shabby.\nYou see, those old crusaders wore\nthem out so dreadfully.\"\nPi-afessor\u00E2\u0080\u0094Ueuinrkablu how lifelike\nthese klnotosenpe pictures nre! This\nbathing neelie nt the seashore Is so realistic that it actually seems ns If my\nreel were in the Water.\nIters'.\nHere in the hivath of the world,\nHere in tho stretch of the sky,\nLife in Ihe breeze of nn open land\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nAnd what coco IV\nNought shall T cure what I am,\nOnly to know thut I be\nFaiiliful and fund in thy loving\n|ia-'i's \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nFaithful to thee.\nsir Walter IIAsant'i iinsssimnnt.\nSir Waller lit sunt wus ni-st a mnn\nof commanding genius, but be w-ns u\nthoroughly good Iltorary workman,\nantl (he tone of all his work was\nuiioli some nnd hearty. The People's\nI'liian- in l.i.ml' n is a monument ol\nwhiih nny writer might he prowl;\nit is tin' direct rs'.-mli. of n suggestion\nmade In I'.isnnt's \"All Sorta und\nConditions of Men.\"\nThese Symptoms Are\nA Warning to You\nThat the blood is losin<*; its richness and the very life itself is being sapped from brain and nerves. You feel weak\nand run clown. You -ret pale aud sallow, with dark rings under the eyes. You lose flesh.and the food you eat does not\nseem to nourish you. Your hands and feet get cold. Yon\nare nervous and irritable. Littiei things worry you# You\nsuffer with headache, neuralgia and nervous dyspepsia. You\ngrow melancholy and depressed at times, find your memory failing and feel unable to concenirate your thoughts.\nThis is the train of symptoms which lead to nervous prostration and paralysis or land their victim in the epileptic hospital or insane asylum. Nearly everybody needs a nerve restorative and blood builder at certain periods in their life. When\nnerve cells are being wasted away more rapidly than nature can\nreplace them collapse is certain, unless some means is used to\nassist in enriching the blood and creating new nerve force. Dr.\nChase's Nerve Food is the most effective preparation obtainable for thoroughly restoring richness to the blood and strength\nand vitality to the nervous system.\nDr. CHASE'S NERVE FOOD\nFifty rents a box, fl boxes for $2.fit) : at all deals-rs, or post )<\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0<\nfrsim Filniiinson, Hales fc 06,, Toronto.\nid The Drill.\nSI.OCAN, BRITISH COLUAIDIA.\nHEP, Hi-'SBAND\nWAS A DRUNKARD\nA tarty Who Cures Her Husband ol\nHis Drinking Habits Writes\nof Her Struggle to\nSave Her Home.\nA PATHETIC LETTER.\n\"I had for a long time been think-*\nIng of ttying tho Tasteless Kainaria\nPrescription treatment on my husband for his drinking habits, but ,.I\nwas afraid be would discover that I\n\\ius i.ving him medicine, and the\nthought unnerved me. 1 hesitated for\nnearly a week, but- one day when he\ncaino homo very much intoxicated\nmui his suliiry nearly all spent, I\nthrew off all fear and determine! to\nnuikii an effort to snvo our ham*'\nfrom the ruin I saw coining, at all\nhazards. I sent for your Tasteless\nSainuiin. Prescription nnd put it in\nltis coffeo as directed next, morning\nitnil watched nnd prayed for the result. At noon I RilvVo him more and\nalso at supper. lie never suspected\na thing, und I then boldly kept right\nen giving ii regularly, as 1 had dis-\ncovcred something that set every\nnerve In my body tingling with hope\nind happlnesSj and 1 could sea a\nbright future sproat:! out before me\u00E2\u0080\u0094\na, pe.u's'iul, happy home, a share In\nthe good things of life, an attentive,\nloving husband, comforts, ami everything - lse dear to a woman's heart*\nfor my husband had told mo that\nwhisky was vile stuff und he was\ntaking a dislike to it. It was only\ntoo true, for before I had given him\nthe full course he had Stopped drinking altogether, but I kept giving\nhim Hi- ie\"di< ine till it was all gone,\nand ihen 'sent for another lot to\nhave in hand it he should relapse, as\nlie hnd dono from promises liefore.\nlis- ti ver has, and I nm writing you\nthis I'-ter to tell you how thankful\n:*nui. 1 honestly believe it will cure\nthe worst cases.\"\nSENT Fl'EE TO ALL.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A sample\nI'.u:.. \u00E2\u0080\u0094 of Tasteless BanuVta \u00C2\u00AB?rc-\nMT'-.h ,: SENT FUKE with full pnr-\nt/rojnrs lu plain soalesl envelope. All\nletters considered sacredly Confidential. Address The Samaria llenit'y\nCo., 30 Jordan street, Toronto, Ont.\nTHE\nWoman's Christian Temperance Diiioi\nADOPT TUB\nUi PEuMlF\nFOR the CUBE of DRUNKENNESS\nLetter from Mrs. George Grant, of\nPaisley, Ont., giving particulars of\nii sm.' effected by '/Samaria PrcScrlp**\nli'.n,\" resulting in its use and adoption by tlie r.iis'sy Woman's {Christian Temperance i;uion.\n(Copy)\nraisley, Ont., liec.-iubcr 11th. IOOO.\nTie Samaria Ilfiriedy Co.,\n.io .lordun .Struct, Toronto, Out.\nDear Sirs,*\u00E2\u0080\u0094I peni*. 1 a few lines to\nyou '\"in.* time ngo,-\u00E2\u0080\u0094ns a member of\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Im I- mperniu'o sause, 1 wrote for\nli.forin.ition: at that tinm 1 had lu\ntn.v mind friends whoso son wns a\n^\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0M i.itifie of'unxi.-ly and irouble on\naiTiiiint of 1.1s drill.kru linbils. 1\nstrongly urged the fris mis ts> try the\nri-uii'tl I ...,.w advertised In tin* To-\n\"ontti citiije. They did so. lt w.is\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2I\"- S.imartn, 11. nuily th.it wns nd-\nnilniMi ;s.t| and i am pleased to Inform i lie conipj-.ny tho iiie.lii'ino wns\nhelpful; tho young man has not\ndrank a drop mure, i-reuUing oft from\n\"hi companions! and special prayers\non hln beiiolf, all aided in brooking\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2h\" chains,\nAt the last meeting of tho \V. 0.\n\" U. here, 1 ir roiiuced your nieili-\niine for u,0 euro of thu liquor habit,\nanil u resolution wns passetl, \"That\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0nasinuc's us it Is tho aim of this or-\ngani/alIon to help :ho poor inebriate,\nWo should lvcomn-.s nil this ivnedy In\nhomes where persons are dt* dieted to\nuse of Intoxlcatlnij -'quors.\"\nNow, Rh*s, wishing you a successful\ncareer in your noble work, and fool-\n'\"''' that assistance can be given in\nthe preclnpts of homo by the hand of\ntin.ih,r or wife, trusting God mny\n*l\"'ii up useful avonues for your labors. Yours very respectfully.\n(Signed) *Mi!H. QEOnGE GRANT,\n\"u beholl of Paisley W. G. T. U.\nFREE SAMPLE ^''rtitr8?;\n'\"\"is testimonials anil tsrloo sent ln plnii\nsaiii'd onrploM, Unclose io stamp. Adilresi\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"I- HAMAH1A HKMEDY O \u00C2\u00BB.,&!> Jordan Ht.\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E Ti MONTI >, Onttirls\ntl\nA VERY BUSY MAN.\n.1 IVonltl lis* Impassible to Sre Mr.\nV. \".ut.lsin r.ii' Ssiiite Tlssss*.\n','.'. :i i :.:.i\i*.l ui I'lnck Hock, I ln-\n|i.:\u00E2\u0096\u00A0!\u00E2\u0080\u00A2' iii the luiinlord of the village\ni.-.vs in I',,i- ;i mnn it.tmed Whiu-ton, who\nhud some land to sell.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2'Do you ineiiii old mil Wharton?\"\nwns queried In reply.\n\"Yes.\"\n\"(Jot land down on Bass river?\"\n' \"Yes.\"\n\"IWell, I kuow blm. He lives nbout\nthree miles out of town.\"\n\"Can 1 get a horse to take me out\nthere?\"\n\"Yes, but It won't do you any good.\"\n\"Is he seriously ill?\"\n\"Not that I know of, but ho wouldu t\nsee the president of tho United States\nbeforo next Wednesday. If you can\n.van seven or eight days, you can get\nto tall; about that land with him.\"\n''Then Mr. Wharton has got some\nspecial business on hand tor a week?\"\n1 asked.\n\"You can gamble that he bas, stranger. Yes. sir, It's special business, antl\nuo mistake, At noon today blm and\nold I'ete Davis sat tlown to a game of\ncheckers for the championship of this\ncounty, nnd you couldn't get to see cither oue of 'em for love or money.\"\n\"But a game of checkers can't last a\nweek,\" I protested.\n\"Mcbbe yonr kind couldn't, but this\none will, and pet-Imps longer. You see,\nthere ain't but four moves a day between the players, anil ns they get\ndrunk between the moves nnd sloop nil\nnight you'd better count on staying\nhere ten days or coming back some\nother time.\" M. Quad.\nI was cured of Bronchitis and Asthma by MINAHIVS LINIMENT.\nMRS. LIVINGSTONE.\nLot 5, P. E. I.\nI was cured of a severe attack of\nRheumatism by MINARD'S LINI-\nMuhone Bay. JOHN MADDER.\nT wns cured of a severely sprained\nleg by MINARD'S LINIMENT.\nJOSHUA WYNAGIIT.\nBridgewater.\nA Lovely Nssrserv.\nQuite unique in tho women's section of the Glasgow Exhibition is\nthe model nursery shown by tho Society of Artists. The furniture nnd\nfittings in it have been entirely designed by women. Beneath a colored frieze illustrating tho story of\nGinderella run the following lines:\nA little work, a little play,\nA lot of love, and that's a day;\nA little crib, a little light,\nA loving Uiss, and then 'tis night.\nThe children's toy cupboard is all\nmade pf natural unpninted while\nwood, with panels upon which are\ncarved branches painted in rich\ngreen. The high safety fender is of\nwrought iron, nnd another novelty is\na first aid cupboard wherein ore\nstored all tin- appliances necessary\nin case of some mishap. A high\ndresser furnislis.il with green nnd\ncream colored pottery for children,\ndecorated wilh amusing mottoes,\ncompletes the equipment. The chairs\nand tables nre till mude small unit\nlow, with exclusive regard to their\nsmall occupants,\nHow's This?\nWe .(Tor tin- HiindisHl IHillnrs Reward tor\nmy r-is-ss. rf Oat nil that Csiunol be Lined by\nHall's t'alarrlt Cure.\nK i. OHKN EY St CO.. Props , Teletln, O.\nWe, tho nntlssr.'irtii.il, hnvsj known K. *.\nllieney far the lissi U year* and bolli-vs* lilrn\ns i rfeelly honorable in all Itnsliscsw traiisai-tltins,\nami tin ns-inlly nisi.- i> carry s>s