@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "aa69580d-a399-4a46-84a7-711bc1c9acaf"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2016-06-27"@en, "1911-05-06"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/cranbrookpro/items/1.0304956/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ '«*_. VOL. 17 (JRANBROOK, i!.C, SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 6th, 1911 No. 18 What is a Salvage Department ? Answer The Sewerage By-Law <'The Geisha's" Success What Does it do fur thc poor and the unfortunate This article tells To be submitted again to the Ratepayers on May 22nd Local Musical Talent proved itself Worth its weight in Gold The problem ol dealing with unemployment has never heen a serious ono in this land of ours. That there is work for all and plenty of it, is a fact that cannot bo disputed. At tho same time we aro forced to recognize the existence in our larger cities, of a certain number ol unfortunates, who, through one cause and another, are "down and out." A considerable proportion ol them are mere loafers, who prefer idleness to honest, toil, For them wo havo no sympathy. We hold to the Bible precept that if a crippled with rheumatism, and had no lood or lire. When questioned, he said that ho depended solely on his wife tor support, that she lind fallen down and hurt herself and had to go to the hospital, aad that lie was now alone and helpless, Furthermore, the landlord had threatened to turn him out on the street if lie did not pay the rent. This seemed to distress him more than anything else, tor he kept saying. "Mary will have no home to go to when she gets out ol the hospital." The old couple did have gone nnd what would you have done had It not been tor The Salvation Army?" "We'd huve gono to jail, ami alter that—well who knows?" answered one, "Tho Salvation Army's all riglit, and they have helped as out tine", said another. Three out of the seven afterwards came hack to buy clothing witli the lirst money they earned. It wns one way of showing their gratitude, perhaps, An old man was found by an officer living in a dark and dirty backroom man will not work neither shall he eat. But some there are who, alter a long tight against sickness and other misfortunes, have at last come to the ond of their resources and know not where to turn for help. These are tbe really deserving class, and It waB with the object oi assisting such that the Salvage Work of the Salvation Army waa started in Canada some three years ago. Tho development ot the work haa been a surprise, even to the officers engaged in It. More and more do they now see the opportunities ahead of them,for helping the poor and the unfortunate, and they are linking hands and co-operating one with the other in order to do still more effective work. The unique organisation of the Salvation Army is a great factor in their success. Without it they would fail to accomplish half aa much. A glance at tho results for Just one moment only will give our readers some idea of what is being done, during one months work in Toronto alone fonr hundred persons were supplied with articles ol clothing entirely free of cost, while seventeen hundred obtained clothing at a nominal price. In addition to this tour hundred men werc given temporary employment, and one hundred and forty-sli ex-prisoners were met at the prison gate and supplied with meals and clothing. The practice of making a small charge for the goods, which barely covers the cost of collecting and distributing, helps the deserving poor to retain their aelf respect, and the institution to be self supporting. We do not agree with the policy of doing our charity to the poor after the same style as thc monks of old did. Our aim is to help the poor to help themselves, and not to pauperize them. This plan, we tind is succeeding admirably, and hundreds ol struggling tamiiles In our big cities are today much better dressed, and havo more furniture In their homes than they could have hoped lor had there been no Salvage store where they could purchase goods at a low figure. We will just mention two cases as typical ot many. Ona day a little girl came into the store leading her little brother hy the hand. "Please sir, can you give Johnny a pair of boots and some stockings for five cents?" she asked. Johnny was promptly 11:tod with the desired articles and went ofl feeling proud of the fact that they had been bought and not begged (or. On another occasion a ragged and dirty urchin was observed examining a bicycle in the store. "How much do you want for this, mister?" be asked. "I think you want a new suit more than a bicycle," said tbe officer. "Now, I'll tell you what to do. Oo borne and ask your mother to give you a good wash. Then tell her that if she will pay fifty cents I will give you a new outfit, boots and all." The lad run ofl and soon reappeared minus the dirt and plus the half dollar. Ho got the outfit, and both he and his parents were mightily pleased. But occasionally a poor family ts discovered who are utterly unable to pay anything at all for either clothes ol furniture. It ls plain that such persons must ho helped gratuitously or not at all, and so ths Salvage officer does not hesitate to supply their wants. On one occasion a very old man wae lound by an officer living in a dark and dirty back room. He was not own a stick of furniture, and their prospects thus seemed exceedingly dark and comfortiesa. When asked why he did not go to tlio poor house, the old man began to cry and said: "They'd heen together tor over sixty yeare now, and we want to he with each other to the end." Under these circumstances the officer thought it best to help them get a nice little home where they could paas their declining days in peace. He rented a nice bright room (rom the Salvage department. When tbe old lady came out of. the hospital ahe waB overjoyed to find auch a comfortable home awaiting her. Tho old couple were helped for a tew weeks, and then the woman was able to resume her former occupation and earned enough to support the two. They are very grateful to The Salvation Army for thus tiding them over a difficulty, and are especially thankful that they now have a lew blta of furniture to call their own. If the kind persons who give articles of furniture could trace the final destination of those gifts and witness the appreciation of the poor folks who benefit by them, they would surely be convinced tbat the Salvage Bepartmcnt meets a great need. Another direction in which our Salvage Department proves of untold value ls in providing temporary employment for those who are down Another case was as follows: A man came to the city with a few dollars in his pocket, thinking he would speedily get employment. He was disappointed, however, when his money was all gone ho pawned his clothes. Still he could not find a Job. In despair he thought of suicide. Whilst in this frame of mind he happened to pass the Salvage Store, he turned to the Salvation Army as his lost hope. He did not want charity, he declarod.—he wanted work, Just at that moment thc telephone rang. A gentleman wanted to know if tbe Army could send him a handy man to do work about the house and garden (or a few days. "Here's your opportunity," said Stafi-Captain Sims to the would-be suicide. The man's (ace lightened up wonderfully, nnd he set ol! to the addrcas given him with a new hope in his heart. That temporary job proved his salvation—from a Bocial standpoint at any rate. A few days later a permanent, position was found for him, i and he Ib now doing well. I The saving of drink victims is also quito a feature of the Salvation De- 1 partment. On several occasions eni- : ployers of labor have sent men to the Officer in charge, requesting him to try and cure them of drunkenness. It is gratifying to learn that not only hnve several of theao men given Please sir, can you give Johnny a pair ol hoots and some stockings for five cents. CORPORATION OF TNE CITY OF CRANBROOK BY-LAW NO. 96 A fly-Law to rain, tint sum uf One hundred thousand didlara,X$lOQ,0.J0.0fl) Iiy debentures fur thfl purpose uf in Btailing, nml const nietiiiK a sewage HyHti'in In and iu tbe vicinity uf thu City of Cranbrook. WHEREAS on the 2Ctb day of April, l'JIO, a petition waa presented to the Municipal Council of (lie Corporation of thu City of Cranhrook *ii-ued hy the owners of nt least ouu-tentb (1-10) of the value ot the rnteahle luinls and improce- ments In snid city at, shown hy the then last Keviaed AaHesHtncnt Holl.re- Hiie.stiiii, the Council to introduce u By-Lew to raise the hiiiu of One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) fur th'} piirpune of itiKUillimc, and con- Rtructtng n sewage system In and iu the viciuity of the City of Craubrook. AND WHEREAS the aaid By-Law was suhmUted to tlie ratepayers of the City of Cranhrook on the 28th dny of February 1911, and was then defeated, AND WHEREAS a petition signed by at least one-fifteenth (1—15th) in number of the electors who are nual- iiled to vote on the By-Law, has been presented to the Municipal Council on the lst. day of May 1911, being at an interval of uot less tban sixty daya after the defeat of the said By- Law, requesting that the By-Law be again submitted to the ratepayers pursuant to section seventy-seven (77) of the Municipal Clauses Act. AND WHEREAS for the purposes aforesaid, it will he necessary to borrow tho sum of One hundred tiousand dollars ($100,000) AND WHEREAS thc whole amount of thc rateable lands aud improvements of the said City according to the last Revised Assessment Roll ia one million seven hundred and eleven thousand nine hundred and ninety j dollars) $1,711,990.00). AND WHEREAS the amount of the existing. debenture indebtedness of thc City of Cranbrook la one hundred and thirty thousand two hundred and nineteen dollars and fifty- dollars, ($1,711,090.00). AND WHEREAS the Municipal Council has power to pass By-Laws lor contracting debts, by borrowing money or otherwise and for levying rates for payment of such debts on the rateable lands and improvements, either or both, or rateable real property of thc Municipality for any purpose within the jurisdiction of the Council; hut the aggregate of such debts, except for worka of local improvement and for school purposes, shall not exceed twenty per cent (20 p.c.) of thc assessed value of the landa and improvements or the real proporty of the Municipality according to the last Revised Assessment Roll. AND WHEREAS the present debenture indebtedness of the City of Cranbrook, other than the indebtedness for works of local improvement and for school purposes is ninety- six thousand two hundred and seventy-eight dollars and four cents, ($96,278.04). AND WHEREAS it will be requisite to raise annually by rate the sum of one thousand three hundred and twenty-six dollars and thirty cents, ($1,326.30.) to provide for a sinking sum of Five thousand dollars, ($5,- 000.00) to pay interest NOW THEREFORE the Municipal Council of the Corporation of tbe City of Cranhrook in Council assembled, enacts as follows: 1. It shall and may be lawful for the Mayor of the Corporation of tbe City of Cranbrook to borrow upon the credit of the said corporation, hy way of thc debentures hereinafter mentioned, from any person or persons, body or bodies corporate, who may be willing to advance the same at a loan, a sum of money not ex- . ceeding iu the whole, the sum of One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.- 00) aud to cause all such sums so raised or received to be paid into tbe hands of the treasurer of the said corporation, for the purpose and with the object hereinbefore recited. 1 2. It shall be lawful for the Mayor of the said Corporation to cause any number of debentures to be mude, executed and issued fur such sum ur sums as may be required for tbe purposes and object aforesaid, exceeding, however, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ; ($100,000.00) each of tbe said debentures being of the denomination of Oue thousand dollars (Jl.twu.uo) and all such debentures shall be waled with the seal of the Corporation and signed by the Mayor thereof. j 3. The said debentures shall hear date the 3rd day of July, A. D. 1911, and shall he made payable within Forty years from the said date in lawful money of Canada, at the ollices of tbe said Corporation iu Cranbrook aforesaid, which said place of payment shnll be designated by the said debentures. i 4. The said debentures shnll bear interest at the rate of Five pur centum (5 p. c.) per annum from the date thereof, payable yearly at the om'ces of the aald Corporation in Cranbrook aforesaid on the 3rd day of July in each and every year during the currency thereof and shall have attached to them coupons for the payment of the said interest, which coupons shall be signed by tbe Mayor and the signature to the said coupons may be either written, stamped, printed or lithographed. 5. Duriug the currency of the said debentures, there shall be raised an nually by special rate on all the rateable lands and improvements in the said City of Cranbrook, the said sum of Five Thousand Dollars, ($5,000) (for payment of the said interest on the said debentures, and the sum of One thousand three hundred and twenty-Blx dollars und thirty cents, ($1,326.30) for the purpose of creating a sinking fund for payment of the debt hereby secured making in all the sum of Six thousand three hun- , dred and twenty-six dollars and 1 thirty cents ($6,326.30) to be raised I annually by special rate as aforesaid during each of the said forty years. I 6. It shall he lawful for the Mayor of the said corporation to negotiate and sell the said debentures for less than par, but in no case shall the said debentures be negotiated or eold for less than ninety per centum (90 p.c.) or their face value including the cost of negotiating the sale, brokerage and all other incidental expenses. i 7, It shall he lawful for tue snid Municipal Council to repurchase any of the said debentures upon such terms as may be agreed upon v-itli the legal holder or holders thereof, or any part thereof either at the time of sale or any subsequent time or times, and all debentures so repurchased shall forthwith be cancelled and destroyed and no re-issue of debentures so repurchased shall be made in consequence of such re-purchase. 8. This By-Law shall take effect on and after the 15th day of June, ,A. D. 1911. 1 9. This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as tbe "City of Cran brook Debenture Loan By-Law No. 8, Read a first, second and third time on the lst day of May, A. D. 1911. TAKE NOTICE that the above is a true copy of the proposed by-law upon which the vote of the Municipality will be taken at the Municipal Building, Baker Street, Cranbrook, B. C. on the 22nd day of May. 1911, between the hours of 9 o'clock in the morning (1ft o'clock local time and 7 o'clock in the evening (H o'clock p. m. local time). | THOH. M. ROBERTS, Clerk to the Municipal Council. The musical treat that hns heen looked forward to for some weeks, proved on Thursday night to be au unbounded success. The hitherto untuuehed and undiscovered mine of musical talent, brought tu light hy the untiring aud energetic efforts of Mi. Qeorge D. Ingram, musical con dUOtor, proved to be pure. gold. In its execution of that well known play "The Geisha", Every performer, from the etiorus to the lending principles who took part therein ts deserving uf the highest praise. Such excellent work, taking the company an a whole is seldom found on the stages of our theatres, even by the professional artists who travel throughout the length and breadth of our province. Special mention must also he made to the splendid work oi the orchestra, all of whom were Io cal talent. The Auditorium was full almost every seat being occupied before the orchestra began their opening overture. As the orchestra commenced to play, the curtain slowly rising, revealed a beautiful stage setting, and some forty Oelsha and Japanese girls, beautifully costumed, who rendered the opening chorus "Happy Japan "in a way that brought forth rounds of applause. Then followed the entrance of the officers of H. M. S. Turtle. R. T. Brymner as Reginald Fairfax, and D. J. McSweyn as Dick Cunningham proved to be favorites with the large audience. Mr. McSweyn, rendered "Dear Little Jappy Jap Jappy" combined with a dance, that was greeted with applause, and un eiicore. Mrs. E. Paterson aa tho chief Oelsha girl, Mimosa San showed distinct talent In her rendering of the "Amorous Goldfish", and the "Jewel of Asia" and responded several times to repeated encores. The lesson she received from Reginald Fairfax, "Mr. Brymner" of the ways and customs of English lovers, brought forth hearty applase from an appreciative audience, and a beautiful bouquet from her friends. The lamentations of "Wun Hi" the !»> the stringent and harsh orders of the Marquis Imari, governor of the province, and chief of police, was splendid; the aingiug and acting of Mr. Archie Raworth, as Wun Hi, showed a complete study of the part Miss Henley, as "Miss Molly Sea- more" one of the guests of Lady Constance" was exceptionally good, the rendering of thia character, combined with her sweet voice captivated the audience. The effectiveness of hei acting was undoubtedly due to natural way she bad in all ber movements, and proved, as we often heal said,"to the manner horn". Later during the performance Mis* Molly was presented with a beautiful bouquet. A song and dance, "Chow Klma" by Miss Molly, at the auctioning ofl of tlie Geisha girls, at the command of the Marquis, was one Of the most effective numbers rendered during the whole evening, calling forth unstinted applause, aud a handsome bouquet from some ad- mlrlng friend. Mrs. F. Bouchard, aa Juliette proved herself to be an able interpreter who knew just how to take care of herself, yet scheming to become the bride of the Marquis. Her song "If that'a not Love, what is" was encored, and she also received a lovely briquet. Thc chorus singing throughout tbe whole evening was of the most perfect kind, together with the dancing nnd light effects was worthy of the utmost praise. Mr. George Ingram ia to congratulated upon his untiring zeal and the efforts he has made to make this musical production a great success. Mr. Ingram in undertaking this work realized the hardships that possibly might be met with in organising so large a company and securing a proper rendering of the production, by the hearty co-operation ot all those who took part in his labors, not only will tbe musical aide of hia work be a great help, perhaps, who knows, but that it will result In the organization of a permanent choral society in our city, the social side of which cannot be overlooked.. Cran- proprietor of the Tea House, caused hrook is proud of its musical talent. Borden will Your West Conservative Chieftain coming in August Will be at Cranbrook The lull itinerary ol the BrltlBh Columbia tour ol R. L. Uorden, K. | 0., leader ol the Conservative party In the Dominion, waa received this week, by the executive committee ol tlio Conservative association Irom A. B. Goodeve, M. P. (or Kootenay. I Mr. Uoodeve tttatca thnt certain changes may be made In dates and constituencies, but up to the present the schedule as given by the committee iu charge stands. Mr. Uorden, and his associates will reach Urltish Columbia on or about August Mth, and will make a tour of ar many of the principal cities nnd towns as can be reached In the limited time at hia disposal. Mr. Borden, is sheduled to addreas two meetings in Vancouver, and single meetings at the following places: Revelstoke, Vernon, New Westminster, Kamloops, Sydney, Nanaimo riding, Victoria, Nelson nnd Fernie. The lollowing is the provisional schedule in detail, subject to change: I Monday, AugiiBt 14—Leave Calgary and arrive at Revelstoke 6:15 p. m. Tuesday August 15—Leave Revelstoke and arrive at Sicamoua, 9:a. m.; leave Sicamus, arrive at Vernon, I 11:49 a. m. Wednesday, leave Vernon and arrive at Sicamoua, 9:17, a.m.; arrive at Kamloops, 12:55 p.m. Thursday, leave Kamloopa and arrive at Vancouver 12:15 p, m. Priday, August 18—Leave Vancouver and arrive at Victoria 12:15 p.m. Saturday, August 19—Annual picnic at Sydne, Nanaimo diatrict. Sunday August 20—At Vancouver or Victoria as circumstances permit. Monday, August 21—Leave Victoria and arrive at Vancouver, 8 a. m., aud arrive at New Westminster during the day. Tuesday, August 22—Vancouver .East Bnd. Wednesday, August 23—Leave Vancouver, arrive at Nelaon 11:00 p. m. Friday, August 25—Meeting at Nelson. Saturday, August 26...Leave Nelson arrive at Cranbrook 3:35, where it la possible will hold a meeting, also one at Fernie. Will addreas meetings at Fernie and Coleman Monday and Tuesday. Arrangements will be made by the executive committee of the Cranfcrook Conservative Association to welcome the Opposition Leader. and out. One day aeven men were Bent to Staff-Captain Sims from the Toronto Police Court. They had been brought before tho magistrate' for vagrancy, and he was about to send them to prison, whon our Po-! lice Court Officer pleaded that thcyj ahould bo handed over lo The Army, The magistrate consented, and the men were duly set to work In the; Salvage Department at such jobs as sorting paper and rags, cleaning windows, and helping the drivers unload. They were all in a ary dilapidated condition as regards their clothing, and three ol thorn wero without shoes—wearing only mocassins. In the summer they had worked on n lake steamer and earned good money, but having spent all, they were now in tho condition of the Prodigal Son—penniless and far from home. They all seemed very glad that a chanco had heen given them, and worked very willingly. In leaa than two weeks the Staff-Captain had found positions lor all ol them. "Tell me, boya,"he aald, on the day they left him, "where would you up drink, but have alBO got converted, and are uow serving God in the Army today. That indomnitable leader of men, General William Booth is again making an earnest appeal lor llnanclal help to carry on the great work ol the Salvation Army. Thc annual sell denial eflort will commence on May 7th, and we desire to bring this to the notice of our fellow townsmen. By all accounts the work of tho Organization goes on npace, moved largely no doubt, by the oxample ol the aged general. His followers seem to be reaching tholr bunds out in every direction and are giving ovory yenr Iresh and more convincing proof of the value of their work and its clolm upon tho nation for support. Hero we nre not without evidence nl Its usefulness in rcnchlng and uplifting a ctaBs of people untouched by nny other society. We hope, therefore! our readers wlll render what help they can when the cheerlul Captain or his assistants wait upon them lor contributions. Rend what Ur. Wilber Chapman says: "1 believe in your work so thoroughly, I have studied It in all parts of the world, nnd stand ready, because of what I have seen, to do tor you and your cause everything in my power. T wish 1 could persuade peoplo ol means to aid you financially. They could make no better invest- mcntnicnt. I snw your great Genornl not long ago in Loudon. If others could soe him as I did, and he equally moved, your treasury would overflow." Your friend, J. Wilber Chapman. WOMhlN'S IN8TITIJTH MKIST. At the Woman's Institute meeting held on Wednesday alternoon at the homo of Mrs. Murgatroyd there was quite a large attendance. Thc humorous readings that wero given by different members wns the means of causing lots of laughter and enjoyment; thc prize offered lor tho winner was won hy Mrs. Murgatroyd. Ap tills wbb also tho annual meeting, the following were elected: Mrs B. rainier President " T. Gill Hon. President " Murgatroyd Vice-President " T. H. Christian Secretary Directors— Mesdnmes Dornn, Murgatroyd, Leamnn, and Woodman. Under the fresh energy nnd Interest that is being put into these meetings the Institute will undoubtedly succeed in receiving ndded zest to its work. Membership cnn be obtained by applying to any nl thc officers. Uy attending to these meetings and following the work and purpose Inid down In tlio curriculum thc home Iile will he rnlBod to n higher plane and a greater knowledge of domeHtlcs will undoubtedly result. I). Hopkins, ol kllk River Division of o. li. 0. loft on Sunday (or Jacksonville, Florida, to attend a general conference of tin, order which will take place in that city. Tho Cranbrook Garage Co., Bold H. _, Foster nn automobile last, week which was delivered nt Windermere Saturday. Three more are expected to arrive at Cranbrook thiB weok for parties in the Windermere diatrict. Additional Locals Owing to lack of space several sews items have boen omitted this week from our columns. Col. Sam Hughes, M. P. of Ontario, spent Beveral hours in Cranbrook, Thursday. The Colonel Ib a strong Conservative, Is a great admirer of R. I,. Uorden, and he called nt The Prospector office and hud a very pleasant chnt with the mnnager. The costumes thnt had heen ordered for the "Geisha" production, was ordered In New York, nt an expense of over |100, which was pnid In advance; hut. when they failed to arrive on Thursday, the Indies set to work and manufactured their own costumes. George Wntaon, ol Fort Steele, was In the city Tuesday, Mr. Watson, has been appointed chief Fire Hanger lor tbc Crnnbrook District, anil will have six Assistants under him this summer. Tho provincial government is determined to prevent forest ffrea II possible. Sundny was automobile day in Crnnbrook. Hy actual count 180 allto's pnssed the home of the writer during the day. As there are hut fourteen auto's In the city, they must have made an average of nine trips for each ol them to the prairie and return. Road Superintendent Reed, has a force of ahout 15 men at work oa the construction of the new road to Wycllffe. The road will be completed in June, and wlll prove a great benefit to the ranchers of the St. Mary's prairie, as it means a cutoff of six or aeven mllea when coming to Cranbrook. Y. M. C. A., round table bible class meeting every Wednesday evening at 8 p. m., continues to grow in Interested members. The subject "Wrecks nnd Heroes" Ib very ably denlt with hy the leader Dr. K. W. Connolly. A hearty Invitation la given to every man to come out and take part. Reports are being received of forest flics raging ln Kast Kootenay. According tn the report this lire was started by parties who were clearing i lnnil, the lire spreading from the , clearing. Fire wardens should be 1 patrolling the various districts as slashings and down timber is getting : very dry, and fires may occur at j most any time. i Last Sunday some 26 members ol the Independent Order of Oddfellowt marched in a body to the Methodist church, where a special service wu conducted by Rev. J. W. Miller, B. A. Mr. Stanley Peck ol Oranbrook was organist, and there waa special music aad singing by ths choir. THE PROSPECTOR. CRANBROOK, BRITISH COLUM DI A THE PEOPLE'S PULPIT Sermon hy CHARLES T. RUSSRM.. Pant or Brooklyn Tabernacle WHY A RESURRECTION? What If the Dead Should Not Rise, Would This AHect Christian Faith and Doctrine? London. April IC—The London Tab ernaclt* was cruwded to hear Fa-itjr Ru*j*jL*ir*i Easter sermon on "The Resurrection Hope the Ouly Oue." His text waa Irom 1. Corinthians xv, 13-18; "How say suim* _ among, yuu that thtre is uu resurrection of the dead* . . .If Christ be not r.s_n, then is our preaching vain anJ your faith is lI^u vain, . . . Then they nlso which are (alien asleep In Christ an* pertsueu. lit suiu. For yeara t*od a people have had excellent Bibles, aud t.'Us buve been blessed tar in advance m «»ur brethren who lived during tb*' bark Ages, Uut •*«■ hate reau uur .',.<'■- too carelessly and often have must uf us w^ndi-rvO a: the great streaa fat, I'aul laid upon the resurrection. Rarely ia the subject preached u,>on now a..U rarely Is ll ever thougnt of except as At) absurd' ! ity, Tne reason l»r tnis a not far t- seek, From chlldnoud we have be*.*., taught Uut nobody Es dead—that In ] dying everybody, guud and bad, hf ( Cornea mor.' al:ve thau ever before, that this alivoueaa, to the saintly leu mean's spiritual putters and an im mediate entrance intu heaven, dent,. being swallowed up tn life, The un saintly masses al.-,, we art* told, hav otiickened sensibilities after dying- tney became mun' alive, moi • able to I bpjyl'tiCliU-. ana .-,_.. r pan. Uur Cuthulic neignbura tell u.i tha- I the majorit) immediately ur Protestant teachings have been to tne effect that the un-1 saim.y masses, unfit for the presence o( God and the holy, will b" consigned to un eternity of awful torture ami made very much more alive to suffer j iug than before. Thus we have been taught to believe t..ut death i.-* a por ■ tai or door into an in tenser life—tnal nobody is dead. Many of n* per plexed ourselves, and were perplexed \\ by others, with questions respecting how there could be a "resurrection of j the dead" if nobody is deud, We j avoided the question, or gave the j answer, "Mystery; go run and play."! Some, indeed, attempted a paten- Work of the matter and told us that those in heaven were happy, but nui so happy as though they had budie*" ' and tnat alter thousands of years oi \\ craving for a body (which they bad j used for only a few years), the) , would get it back again for all etern* ' Ity. Others said. ".No, our bodies j have been only a clog and a hind- j ranee and from the moment of death ■ we will be better off without them; and we d'i not know why the Bible Bhould teach a resurrection of the d-ad, to get back bodies thnt «-*, would be glad to be rid of." Respect iug the wicked, we -mid that after I Masting fur centuries without a body, then, to intensify their pain, the body wouhl be resurrected and they wuuld have double suffering. What bosh! What foolishness! Is il any wonder that many of lln- bright minds of tlie world learned to doubt everything connected with religion und the Bible? Rather thc wonder is tliul seeing things so obscurely, we did nol al. repudiate everything, With the clearing of the mists ol ignorance and superstition, with u better light reflected from one pagi- to another of the Bible, the resurrection subject clarities ami lhe state incuts of Jesus uml the Apostles und Prophets, which we thought sol Strange, become luminous and soul- satisfying. When once w see lhat "tlie wages of sin is dcntli" and uot eternal tor- ; ir-'-d; und that tie- Bible hell is the tomb und not » fiery furnace* and ! tnat all mankind go to sheul, to hades, just us did our Baviour: then j we begin to see that what we all need . is to be fmvc'l from slwol, from hades, [ as was the Saviour. A resurrection* i salvation is thus tin' salvation hope uf the Church uud of the world. What u retiel this gives us as respects parents, children, neighbors, friends uud tbe heathen, who have died out of Christ, unsaintlyl What comfort it brings tn know that they are sleeping in tin* great prison-house I of death, unconscious of the lapse uf [ time, waiting for the Redeemer, Who will as King set up His Kingdom in I glory, associating His Bride with 1 Himself for the blessing of all the i families of the earth. The bringing forth of the prisoners out of the ] prison-houic of deuth will be to u.i before them under the glorious pro- ; visions of the New Dispensation au j opportunity lor life everlasting, by . obedience to the laws of the Kingdom und-r the assistance of the Heavenly | One—the alternative being, nut eternal torment, but death — Second Death. Some one may say, "PastO' Russell, what about the sour' If the body goes : tu sheol, hades, the tomb, where goes the soul?" I reply tbat it is the soul that goes to sheol, to hades, the tuntb. the state of death, _, Although tlie words sheol and hades are translated ■rave more times lhan translated Bell, nevertheless tbey refer, not to the mound of earth, which is In the : nature of a monument, but to the , •ecret, hidden condition, preferably Styled the tomb, the abyss. The Prophet David wrote, "Thou \\ wilt not leave my soul in sheol (the j tomb, the state of death;, nor suffer j Thine Holy One to see corruption" I (Psalm xvi, 10). St. Peter quoted ! this on the day uf Pentecost and e*f- I plained that it is a prophecy in re- I tpect to Christ Jesus. David's tutti \\ •wai not delivered from sheol, and h> did aee corrupt..,!., and hii nenuli-hrft I ***e Apoe_J*> ould refer to. But He, being ft Prophet, apoke those words respecting Jesus, that His soul would not be left in shed; thut His mul would nol see rurnt'diun, Ht. Pt»tef says thai tm.- prophecy was fulfilled t« our Lord in that He was raised from the dead on thc third ilay. He j tell- us thai Jesus waa put tu deuth1 iu the lfn-.li, but quickened in spirit- f a ipir.t It-ing far nbove angels audi principalities and (lowers uud every name that Is named, our Common j Version Bible declares that uur Lord's soul was saved from bell—hades | (Aits ii. 27-31 J, David, In lhe old Testament, use! tho word sluol. .St. I'etcr. in the New Testum-nt, used the word hades 'I here is no dispute amongst scholars aa to what is signified. 'Hie word.- sheol und bnd.a are well known to refer, not to a place of suffering or torture or animation of uny kind, bul Ui Uie iiiieoiihc.u.usiiess uf the deuth sta;.;. Jesus arose trom tne aeau, trom hadvs, the grave, and not from x place gf torment. The so-culled \\postlc>' Creed declares that Jesus descended into hell, but arose from the dead en the third day. All sehol- ITS know that nothing in tbe words sheol and had _ has any relationship to fire or pair.) ur suffering or con* sdousness, und thu*} this phrase of the Apostles' Creed is universally explained. As Jesus descended into hod-'s. So lu all mankind. As the Father raised Him from the dead on the third day, so it is promised that Ht* will raise us, the CnuriM, from the dead. More than this, tlie unjust also, those who have not been approved of God in the present life, shall ull be aw-tken-'ii from the sleep of death. They will come forth iniurmexi respecting sin, iiaviiig lived iindi-r the reign of Sin and Death. They will come forth tiiat they may learn the ways ol righteousness, the reward of which i* life everlasting. The gloritied Jesu> md His glorified Church, the Bride .vi!) be the Royal Priesthood, alio* \\ special work for a tbousund years will ue ,e uplift.) ' uf mankind, not onl} from the tomb, but also to pet feet Ion of l.fe. "every man iu his own order' ■ir rank. Tne u, lilting will bless a* many us are willing, lilting them Iron the d-gradat:uu a.id meanness aim imperfection into which ull huvi 'alien bv one man's disubedh nee, un !■• V e laws of heredity In the poetic language oi the hymn Christ Jesus "bur-t lhe bin- ol death ' in ii.- ruaur recti uu. it wu- nut pn* libit, for Hun to be holden nf death writes the Apostle (Acts 11, 84). Tl. Divine verdict went forth thut He had heen faithful and thut to Him should ■oni- the reward, of life upon the highest plane — the divine nature iKnhesi-ina i. 20. 91). Our fancies muy legitimately picture that tne hul) angels marveled at tne Redeemer's experiences from the lime that He left the heavenly ulory and was made flesh and dwelt amongst us until, by His resurrection change, tie returned again irom the earthly nature to the heavenly plane, "far above angels.' As they sang at His nativity a rapturous song uf glad tidings of great joy to all people, su they were tilled with amaxemenj, surely, at how the Father perin.ited Him to be tempted and tried aud injured for Him His cup of suffering, which He drained to the dregs. They marveled when "He died, the Just for the unjust." They looked ami wondered, as hour after hour He remained in the tn tub—dead. Their loyalty to the Heavenly Father wa_ tested dur.ng tnat pei.od, but was rewarded when they beheld that Divine power raised Him up even to a more excellent glory than that which He had before. With what alacrity the angel, must have acknowledged the risen Oue, in harmony with the Father's declaration, "Let all cue angels of Cod worship Him." "Worthy is the Lamb to receive glory and honor, dominion, might and power." The poiu_t to be specially noticed is the change of nature which our Redeemer experienced In His resurrection. That change did not take place during the three days uf Jesus' burial, but during the three and a half years uf His ministry, which ended with His resurrection. When thirty years of age He gave | Himself—He surrendered His earthly privileges and rights and hopes into the Father's hands, to be obedient to everything which Divine providence might permit. At that moment Hia | sacrifice of His flesh was accepted. The evidence ot its acceptance waa the impartatinii of the Holy Spirit, which as a dove rested upon Him aud exercised a quickening and il* j lumiuating influence upon His mind, I enabling Him tu understand more I than human things and to perform more than human acts. It was Jesus, a New Creature, be* I gotten of the Spirit at Jordan, that 1 did the mighty works of the Father. [ Hia flesh. His humanity, was gradually laid down sacrificial ly, in harmony with the Divine providences. Hu drank "the cup" which the Father poured for Htm. This Easter Sunday celebrates the momentous event of our Lord's resur- rection from tlie dead. His resurrection ia either a truth or a falsehood. In our text St, Paul assures ua that if It ia untrue, our faith, our hopes, our preaching and teachings are of ao avail—useless. If the resurrection of the dead is impossible, then the resurrection of Jesus waa impossible. it the resurrection of Jesus did not Uke place, then ve have no proof, and no ground for disbelieving, that "Divine power could resurrect the Chtmb. If Divine Fever "bnagfat ague from the dead the great Shtfa. fc-aro at the sheep," it ts Jahowak alto who will bring aa t**_a ttia dead by Jesus, in God's due time. Let noue avoid the question I Let all decide at once! Kitiier we believe i.i a resurrection from the dead, or we do not believe in it. If the resurrection be a myth then, say a the Apostle, all those wbo fell asleep with faitn in Christ are perished—they are not in heaven, Purgatory nor eternal torment. If we believe in the resurrection of the dead, both ol the juat and tlte unjust, tbeu, logically, wt must believ: that they are dead, except in the Divine promise, purpoae, arrangement. The decision of this resurrection question is a most moinen- tuous one. as it affects practically every doctrine of the Christian (.'hurcti. ll we get straight tbe doctrine i,( the Ransom effected through the Redeemer, and the doctrine of the Resurrection of the dead, all of our doctrines will fall into line, and all of our absurdities, which have troubled us so long, will fall out of the way. and all of the Scriptures will be found harmonious in teaching Divine Justice. Wisdom. Leva and Power. out uow is Liiriii risen irom tne i»ad and become the first-fruits ol them that slept" (verse20), Ah. thank Uou, tin* Apostle did not mean tu insinuate the possibility of our Lord's ont having risen. Merely, he would put tin- question that we might see now weighty is the subject — how much depends on the answer, He ex* ultantly answers, "Christ is risen!" W ■ rejoice in this for several reasons, First, how sad it would be if He w*h. I'lid ns'.dfl H.s [.lur) and wus mad' j ilesh aud tasted death on our behaLi should have lost by His loyal en j deuvor to serve u- uml to da li* Father'a will! How Kind we are thai He is risen, and tnat He was not raised again in the flesh, with th loss of Ull heavenly glory, hut rnU | i*d us L>)i' King of ull, fur flboVe nl others, aud partaker of the divine uu turc! Secondly, wo ure --ind on our nwi account, ami on account nf all man kind; for if iur Lord Jesus hud nu been raised from the deud it woul have proven une of two things e the thut He had not been faithful—Up t. the Divine standard, and therefor that His life could not be u satisfuc tion fur the human life lost iu Adam ur else it would have proved that Uud | who mul promtsei the dead if He wi to death, had be aud, if unable to dead, we, l.kewia I tn rinse Him trom •uld Im- |MI- lu j larlty which enabled its Inventor to live in the lap of luxury for the remainder of bla life, while tbc once popular toy known as "Dancing .Inn Crow" is Mud to have yielded ita put ent"e uu annual Income of upward*. opportunity to kill a white man. Then they will die happy. under suoh circumstances was lord Mayo, the Governor General of India assassinated by Shore All, » life con* vict, while on u visit of inspect ion Ut the islands, and there huv > been many les- distinguished victims. It may well be Imagined, therefore, that the live* of the white Inspectors who are in control of the Andnmiuv-so native police, who in turn control the convicts ure not particularly happy ones, or altogether free from care and anxiety. And th.re are worse wild beestS In human shape to be found on the is- lands than the convict- even. These are the Juiawus, tierce aboriginal bavageB, who lurk in th** densn jungles, and to whom all men are enemies. An ordinary Andaman native is not a particularly likeable person. I'p till quite recently he invariably murdered any ahipwnvkcd sailors or other castaways who Ml into his Hands, But the ordinary Andaman native is a model of all the virtues by comparison with u Jarawa. The Jarnwas go perfectly naked, live on berries, fish, and the small game they catch In the jungle, and fiu'ht with bows and arrows. Their wants, consequently, are f-'W. One thin.:, however, they must have—that is iron wherewith to tip their arrows, To them iron is more to be desired than gold, and to procure iron is thi COUNSEL'S WIT. Sir John Simon Has a Reputation For Happy Retorts. Some good stories have been told of Sir John Simon, K.C, M.P., who has been the guest at a recent evening dinner of the Uighty Club in Cambridge, England. Incandescent mantles and incandescent mantle fitting*, their success in selling and their failure to sell, were the basis ot a case which waa heard at the Manchester Assir.es a year or two ago. The plaintiff contended tbat his husiness hud been hurt, and bis customer-, taken from him. hy something tbat the defendant had done. The opposing counsel was trying to prove that the plaintiff's customers had left him for quite diff *rcut reasons. "Your customers bought from somebody else before you got them, I suppose}1" he suggested. "I suppose so," the plain- tin agreed. "Ynu displaced the other people, and succeeded in sidling to these customers your mantles, In place of the others they had boen ; in the habit of buylngP" The plaintiff had to agree. "It was the mantle I of Llijah falling on Mlisha, my lord," : said Sir Johu. | . ,r Johu is thirty-eight yeara of age, and is Bolloitor-General, Only sou of Rev. Kdward Sluioh. a Con- I gr gutioual minister, he waa educated at Fettos College, Kdinburgh, was a acholar at Wadhiim College, Oxford, a fellow of All Souls', Oxford, and president of tbe Oxford Union So- ci.ty. He was called tu the Bar twelve years ago, and was one of the counsel to represent Kngland in the Alaska Boundary arbitration about seven years ago. Karly in hia career Sir John was counsel for tlie defence in a case which turned upou the identification of the prisoner. The day before the trial Sir John entered a small shop and asked for a packet of pins. "We don't sell them," said the tradesman, "go to So-and-so's." The next day the tradesman appeared as a witness, and swore to the identity of the accused. "Do you always remember faces?" asked Sir Jolm. "Always," said the witness. "Have you ever seen me before?" "Never," aaid the witneaa. "Would it surprise you to learn," aaid Sir John, "that I entered your shop yesterday and asked for a packet of pi na?" The witneaa collapsed and the case waa won. w"and~8ir~LesHe Stephen/and* Jules | aettlenvnt^nn the islands. The Jura* j [n the end^ left to starve. Jhis was FerryTjbe ^neh"*Kteii^n/»i5 \\ *#._. 5!^t^'^....l'f!!^,rrd.u.il_.___!.iei. Mr. William Whiteley, thc "universal provider." But most remarkable of all is the suggestion that Lord Darnley bore such a remarkable resemblance to Queen Elizabeth that he centrived to get her Majesty into his power, and ultimately personated her on the thron., shaving carefully every midnight to keep up the imposition. Hangers For Clothing. Do you appreciate lhe usefulness of skirt aad cout (.augers? These wire frames by which to sue- iwnd clothing are a great uld In Keeping It In guud Hh.ipe A skirt bung from a rod (hat clasp* ihe two ends of i the folded band firmly and bangs tbo whole from the center holds Its shape much belter and longer (hnn one bung from two loops lu the bund slipped over books In (be closet a skirt Improperly bung sags uud pulls out of shape. midst, and almost und.-r the noses of the armed native guords they sue cced"U iu killing and wounding several, und getting away with their tools. A thick mitt prevailed nn each occasion, and thia heliM*d the raiders to successfully carry out their well-planned surprise, and also assisted them to escape. ... 1784. Since that day Cort's ventlons have conferred upon Greut Britain an amount of wealth equivalent to £700,000,(100, and given constant employment to about 600,000 workmen for the past four generations. "Beastly Funky." General Sir Ian Hamilton, The wire shoulder frames keep tbo ^__,_,-,-,-,-,-,-,_.,-,-,-,-,-,_____--,-,-,__________.___ shape of walais nnd coats Intact. Tbey j This was Inspector Percy Vaux. Usually little or nothing hns b»rui j bo^kr'^ConVpulsory'^S-rvice done on previous occasions in the *-..*- . - way of attempting to punish the Jarawaa for such crimes. Perhaps those, in authority thought in their hearts tbat two or three convicts more or less did not matter much. Or they may even have considered h to be a case of "good riddance to bad rubbish." Anyhow, it was argued, to try to seek out these savages in their native jungles was worse thnn the proverbial search after the needle iu a haystack. On the date of the last two above- mentioned raids, however, there chanced to be in command of the Anduinuncsc native police at Port Blair an altogether exceptional man. Buna Ins, unless very delicate, than If laid In drapers. Any woman may have at slight expense a supply of ■boulder frames wound with cotton and covered with shirred ribbon, which, scented with her favorite sachet powder, wlll be a help toward keeping ber wardrobe tn good condition. Pressing and cleaning of suits bare become sn item of no small magnitude lu a woman's bill of expense. It la "up to her" to reduce It as much as higb-souled. brave and energetic officer, who was greatly beloved, not only by the natives, but also by the convicts, over whom he exercised an oxtrii'irdinury influence for good. Mr, Vaux argued that as all the Jam was gained by their raids waa iron, and aa iron wa,s apparently all they wanted, it would pay the Gov ernment to let them have a regular small supply of that m.-tal, if in return for the concession they agreed to commit no more murders, und to remuin peacefully in their own .un- possible bv ibe enre she glres bM I #■. *J>e-!e w'\\ h"> neit.hw fhe in- * .. -i* i i ii i • n__- ci nation nor the means to follow or clothes To look well gowned Implies m0*e(lt t|lt,.n enre nnd perHouut u»eutlon ■« *\\-*-**\\ To this proposition the Government details-braid and butious, little rtpo! agreed. The difficulty waa lo open up s*d those ugly spots one gets, sb« | communication with the savages •loesn't know where or bow. t whose hostility to al! atrungers waa well known. Inspector Vuux under took to grapple with thia difficulty. Mr. Vuux'h next at.-p was to ae'. about organising a Mint 11 but picked body of hia native police, whom he determined to try and lead to the lair of the Jurawus. This required all his powers of persuasion, for the or- Orange Frltttrs. Florida ontngea, which are Just coning into season, ure Ihe best for orange flitters The following rule ts recum* meuded Iiy a high culinary authority! Peel tbe oniuges and cui tbem Id tbla ..._, ,,„_,,,„ Wi ,...„„,....„, .„, _.,_, „.. Slices, imide eni'b slice lu half, dip! dinary Andaman native' both hates It into s fritter butter and fry In sioofc* | uud fears a Jaruwu, and whenever he Iiu. hot fat. After frying snd draining dip *i" b fritter In powdered sugar- Fur lhe butler put a cupful of Qour Into a bowl, mli with It the yolk of a raw eet:. a level |ens|M»onfui of salt 0 tsbiesfMioi.ful of siiiud oh sod eoougb water to mime a halter tbat will not run .lust before iihIiik (be batter best tbe white of an e*t.\\i to a wtlfT froth aod mis tt lightly wtlb tbe batter. About Olasswsrs. Wben you wuah your pretty glsss piece*- next dine try dropping ■ few drops of bluing to tbe sospsuda Tbeo wash your pieces la tbo ordinary mai ner, Vou will like tbe way tbey will sparkle, snd bow clear tbe glassware will (ok frori tbis simple yet moat sffoo lite treatoMBtl ■uildlngs In Englsnd. Id Rnglaod under tbe law of ancient lights (bs tup ol ■ building must fall wltbtn sn angle of not moro (ban forty nam degrees drawn from a point In ibe middle ul tbe street Submerged Treasure. Three bubdred thousand sovereigns He oo ihe bottom of tbe sea to two safes In a cabin of tbo Birkenhead, sunk off tbo aiirican cout ovor Ofty yeara ago. accidentally meets one it ia nearly always a case of killing or being killed on sight. Tbey were, they said, willing to go with Mr. Vuux to fight and kill the Jurawus. But this, he explained, was not his object. He desired t<' capture some of them alive, and without kill ing any, so that by treating the captives kindly fur a while at Port Blair, uud then wilding them back to their tribe, communications might b_ opened up. The expedition, however, wua a failure and coat the life of its intrepid promoter. Mr. Vuux was killed in thi* melee, und when after untold privations his soldiers brought back tii.-. body the Government eVtt-tmtnud to leave the Jurawus severely alone. whose . . has been denounced by Lord Roberts aa a "mischievous book," is one of the most popular and hard-working generals in the army. No man has the welfare of "Tommy" more at heart. Sir Ion's motto has always been "Trust the men," and he act them the example by signing the pledge. For, as he once said. "1 believe in the excellent army tradition that of. fleers should not say to their men, 'Go on,' but 'Come on.' " 81r lan haa seen aervice in moat parts of the world, and it wua when he was doing a round of inspections in Egypt that he was aaked how he felt when he was taking hia troops into action. "Beastly funky," was the laconic reply. Saved Lloyd-George's Life. Forty-seven yeara ago a Welsh doctor was called to a little country cottage, where a baby boy, only 12 months old, was lying dangerously ill. The mother, who had only iust lost her husband, was distracted, "Save my child!" she cried, "1 want him to be a man who will do something for his country." Ultimately tlie criai** passed, and the doctor wus able to tell the mother that the child would live. Kecently the doctor paid a visi. to the gallery of the House of Commons, and, looking down at the Treasury Bench, Haw hia old patient —the Chancellor of the Kxchequer. When the stury was repeated to Mr. Lloyd-George, he said: "It is perfectly true. My mother has told me ths incident muuy a time." A Whistling Oyster. The proprietor of a London chop- house some years ago made fame and fortune by the discovery of a musical oyster. A distinct whistling sound came from a newly-opened barrel of oysters. With eagerness he hunted for the cause and found sn oyster which seemed to amuse itself by whistling. The innkeeper advertised it, and hundreds came daily to his hostelry to listen to the musical oyster. In due time the oyster died, and its secret died with it. It ia supposed that the sound waB caused by the inspiration and expiration of air through a tiny hole in the shell. To this day the inn is kuown as the Whistling Oyster, Poor Advice. Tbe Tourist (hanging precariously on a shaky limb half-way down the precipice)—And my psychical science doessr told me, when in a condition of geuat mental strain, to relax mutsle. A Hon of Erin went into a drug- (.ifll shop and usked for thr-epen'orth of laudanum, "What do you want thrccpcii'nith of laudanum for?" Inquired the druggist HiiHpiciomdy. , ,... . , "For threepence." ror.Ucd the Hib.rn-,",* wilM salury-grabher imi simply. "Why did I ever leave home nnd mother?" sobbed hia wife, "Chiefly been use your family were too stingy to take uh in," he anawered, bitterly. "My husband mind be a perfect gentleman," gushed Misa Borohar, "The man 1 marry must he a good drcHsor," said Miss Miller. ! »'"« looking out. for n mnn who admitted iWisH Burble, who did not think it worth while to be affect el with merely girls present. Mrs. Hnoozer—Henry, the alarm clock has just gone off. Snooier— Thank goodness! I hope the thing'll never come back. Spring Gleaning "I got a little too gay yesterday and was bouHling that I could beat my weight in wildcata." "What happened?" "My wife made me beat double my weight in rugs." Best-Looking Man In Society. 'i.ie Earl of Chesterfield, who was recently the central figure in an action relating to the sale ot a valuable suit of armor worn by one of his ancestors, comes of an illustrious family, whose members have done good service to the state. Sir Edward Stanhope was knighted on the f.eld of battle by Henry VII. for his intrepid aid in suppressing a Cornish rebellion. The first Earl of Chesterfield fought gallantly for King Charles against tbe Parliamentary Army, his house at Shelford proving a stronghold for the Royalist party until it w&s burned to the ground and his son Philip killed. The fourth earl wag not only au ah!; diplomatist and capable Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, but also a writer of ability, whose letters to hia aon and to his godson have become English claasica. The present Lord Chesterfield, who is credited with being the best-looking and best-groomed man in society, was treasurer of the King's household in 1892-4 and captain of the Corps of Gentleinen-at-Arms in 1894-5. while at & resent he is Lord Steward of His lajesty's Household. In thia capacity he has command of the hall, kitchen, and pantry, and also tlie wine, beer, and coal cellars. FIGHT OF THE ACTIVE A CHAPTER FROM THE ANNALS OF BRITAIN'. FLEET. Broke Rule on Purpoio. Lord Waleran has celebrated hi, sixty-second birthday. As Sir William Walrond, he represented the Tiverton Division of Devon in Parliament (or many years; was chiel Conservative whip, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1902 to 1903. It was about twenty years ago that Lord Waleran had one of the narrowest shaves ol his Iile. It was on a Thursday in Ascot week, and thc Liberals had arranged a very careful little plot for a snap division. It was sprung at a tine when many Unionist M.P.'s were disporting themselves upon the classic racecourse, but by herculean efforts the whip managed juat to avert defeat. It was only a majority of lour, but it was a majority. On another occasion his lordship broke one ol the most cherished rules of the House by passing in Iront ot Mr. Balfour while the latter was speaking. The House, instead ol shouting "Order I" merely gasped, but Lord Waleran had done it intentionally to show the Prime Minister that he had something of great importance to communicate. The division list a litue later showing a Government matt; later showing a Qovernment majority of only twenty revealed what that "something" was. A Strange Accident A remarkable accident occurred at Crew Station, England, t lew days ago to .an engine-driver named Henry Davis. He was running his engine along the line, when it collided with another engine. The impact forced Davics' head through tlie look-out window of Ihe cab, aud his nose wai cut right through the bone. On his arrival at the hospital it was hanging down his cheek, suspended only by the skin, but in less than an hour a doctor had stitched it ou again. Centenarian Kicks OK. A Briagewater, Eng., centenarlai named James Creedy, w..o lately received on his 100th birthday a congratulatory letter from the King, kicked ofl in a recent football match between Brldgewater and Wiveliacom-a. Paper Making. Forty years aso the paper mi m industry ol Finland was in ita i» Imcy. Now it is worth |9,000,0u..« tm. The Restoration ol the Name "Active" to the British Navy Recalls the Battle In Which th* Gallant Frigate of That Name, Along With Three Other Ships, Beat the French Near the I eland of Llesa. ': wo numea of lighting fame have just lien udded to the modern cruiser roll ol thu royal navy, in special honor tlie centenary—a unique event in our naval annals—ol the dashing Iriaati' buttle ofl Liasa, in the Adriatic, in iVturch, 1811. The Auiptuoii and the Active are the two uumt-s, and they are given to commeuiorule at the Hume time two ol tlie llnest cujitnius who ever trod a British quur- tQr-deek—Slr William Host* and tiir Juinoa Alexander Gordon. More tlutn that, too, the pair were br,pHiers-in-arm» in the lullest sense - linked together in a Iriendship best eiiui|,urat,ie with that between Nelson mid Collingwood. It may be added tiiat tlie battle ol Liasa is a unique event us. being ttie ouly action on re- curl lought between squadrons oi Iri- gales. Hoate, in the Amphion, was the commodore—the oilier in cummaiid —"Nelson's Hosto"—the great admiral's tuv,trite midshipman and iileloi.g follower. Sir James Alexander Gordon, of the Active, was one of the noblest fellows that ever lived—a typical British man-ol-war's man of tlie best stamp. Passing through every grade of naval rank with distinction, he ended his daya aa tlte last Governor of Greenwich Hospital—the last successor in that high post to men such as Rodney and Hood and "Nelson's Hardy," On Marcli 13, 1811, Hoste and Gordon, in their two ships, with a third frigate—the Cereberus, Captain H. Whitby—and a small corvette—the Valagc. 'apt.iu Phippa Hornby—were cruising near the little island of Lissa, which they used aa an anchorage and watering-place, when there suddenly appeared six lurge French and Venetian Irigates, with a flotilla of smaller vessels, proposing to seise and garrison L'ssa for themselves. The British frigates termed close line- aheud at once, just as though they were two-deckers—real ships ol the line. The Amphion led, with the Active near her. Hailed Hoste to Gordon, as the enemy came on, from the poop of the Amphion, "1 say, Jemmy puss the word to keep the Hying jib- boom over the tafl'rel; We mustn't let the rascals break the line. Hall an hour on this tuck ia worth two on the other!" The French came on in t*o columns of attack, exactly copying Nelson's Trafalgar formation. If numbers, position and formation meant victory, it was theirs. But the British leader was not a Villeneuve, Hoste, as tho Frenchmen came bowling down before the wind, hoisted his buttle signal — "Kememuer Nelson!" — which was greeted with one tremendous burst ol cheers along his line. Tha next moment, as the headmost Frenchman near them, the Amphion and Active and the other two opened a fust tiro, under which the enemy reeled. They shrank back from their attempt to break tlie line, hauling up instead, U> run alongside the British ships. Then an attempt was made to board the Amphion, but a tornado ol grape and canister from her car- ronudes swept the decks of the foremost Frenchman clear of all but dead and dying. After that, the enemy tried to head off the Amphion and Active, and then double round on their line and get It between two fires. The two squadrons went racing on meanwhile, cannonading hard. But Hoste was again too clever for the enemy. He knew there was a reef under water a little wa/ in iront ol them, and, before th.: French could get ahead ol him, he manoeuvred so as to make their foremost - ship run herself right on to the rocks. The moment the French commodore struck, out flew a signal, and round t'.ie British squadron went, turning back all together and reversing their order. The French ships did the same, and sharp fighting continued in line on the opposite tack, until the badly beaten-ofl enemy broke up in hopeless disorder, which gave individual captains their chance. Within hall an hour a French 40- gun frigate, the Flore, had hauled her colors down to the Active (38 guns): but Captain Gordon "disdaining the parade of taking possession ol a beaten enemy," went on after another 40- gun Irigate—also bigger than the Active—the Corona. He caught her up, aud mude her surrender, within gunshot of the shore, just as the general battle was closing. Then he rejoined his consorts, to lind that the surrendered Flore had stolen away under cover of the battle- suioke, re-hoisted her flag, and got beyond reach. It waa a bitter disappointment to the gallant Gordon and tin: cause ol much annoyance afterwards; for some of the London editors blamed him for not having secured her. lt was not so, however, with those who knew the mau. As Hoste himself put it: "People don't know Gordon if they think he'd waste 1 minute over a prise while an enemy's flag was flying in sight!"—E. F. in The Graphic. i Real Air Llnss. Egypt has a desert ruilway which runs forty-five miles in a straight line; but the longest straight piece ol railway-line in the world ie from Nyngan to Bourke, ln Mew Soutb Wales. Thia railway runs 126 miles on a level in a dead straight line. Know This Burglar? "Had every cent taken last night. Woke up hearing some one in the room. Reached under the pillow for my revolver, but didn't shoot." "Why didn't youP" "I'd probably be a widower 11 I tjsd." "Well, what does thi' milliner's hill come hi this timef" Inqulrad a long- suffering tiusliiiud of his lashiomilile London wife. "Let me see," said she, producing tlie list. "My black Merry Widow. Lottie's pink Merry Widow, Ella's green, nml Julia's mauve Meny Widow—total, nine pounds nineteen hillings." "Good I exclaimed the husband. "Witli tlie shilling from ten pounds I can have my old straw done up ngnin for the summer," Indeed "The Naked Truth" must bo A very modest ell; For with me you will all agree, Bhe rarely shows herself: Hor—"Ho certainly warbles like a song bird." Him—"Oh. yes, but you will admit that some limes ho warbles like a night owl." "What wns thc biggest mistake you ever made in your lifef" "Not jumping when I heard an auto horn the other dnv." "Does your wife choose youi elolhcK?" "No, she only picks the pockets." Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness.—Thomas Carlyle. THE PROSPECTOR. CRANBROOK, RRITISII COLUMBIA • COLT DISTEMPER On be hiinilli'tl T*-Tyiwsl.r.Th»Mc'e^n>.ii-*r now "t'llMintM*," kniit .ruin huflna th»diH«-«M\\bruiln«HIVHNVLigml)lilHTl.Mt>aKUUHa [ Ulvuuntliuhiii|tu-ur,ur.wd. A-Umntim lili-vd and m in>U fgmtlOf nil fiirmmf dl*-t**u.(ier. Hunt ri-iiiKly ******* knowi urnnir-'N in luul. b»<- anil II a btittlo: It end 111 dini-n.-4 ] dniffiiUtaand hnrn.-sr. di-alt*™. 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Order From Nearest Branch WHAT WILL THE BABY BE? Superstition Which Various Nations Use to Safeguard Their Young. Most of us ara superstition* upon at least one point, and mothers ara particularly so with respect to their children. It is still considered a necessity in many parts of England that a child, when first leaving the mother's room, should go upstairs before going down. It frequently happens that the room nf the mother 1, the highest in the hnti*e. When such is the case the dilliculty is met by the nurse setting a chair and stepping upon that before she leaves the room. There are numerous other superstitions. Prosperity and long life are assured to the buby in whose hanJ a silver coin or a new-laid egg is placed, and tho same good luck will be the lot of tho infant if it is placed in a maiden's arms before anyone else touches it. The baby should on no account make its first pubtio appearance out ol doors unless it is accompanied by a small loaf of bread, an egg, some salt and a penny. If this precaution Is omitted the grown-up career of the hitby will be one of poverty and distress. The baby that cries lustily during the christening ceremony is supposed to have good luck. The Spaniards also believe in determining the baby's walk In life at once. To do this they place a silver coin, a silver cross, a sword, a hook and some fruit in front of him and let him make his choice. If he takes the coin he will go into business: if tiie sword, he will be a soldier; th'1 cross, a priest: the book, a scholar, and the fruit, s farmer. They also believe that a band of gold or silver or even jet, put around buby, will keen him from harm. The Truks put a piece of mud, which has been steeped In hot water, upon baby's forehead, believing that the charms which have been used In preparing the mind will protect the child. The Hindus declore that baby must be called after the name of a god, for' tben will the deity be flattered at the frequent UBe of his name and he induced to think well of the child. The Arabians name the child ns soon as it is born, as then the tribesmen will honor it. The Persians string amulets ond necklets around baby's neck, os th'-'ti the bad spirits will not touch him. The Belgians teach their babies to make the sign of the cross, for they believe that this will certainly outwit the devil. WHEN IT COMES TO PAPER BAGS and MATCHES We are everywhere with the standard feeds. Paper and Matehee are tur specialties. Let us knew yeur wants—we'll 4* the rest. T-eE.B.E-dyCo.Ud 1^7 r HULL, CANADA tV* Jmm TEH * RERSSE, LIMITED, Agents, Win-In.. Calgary, Edmenten. Regina, Fart William and Part Ar hur. Appleford Counter Check Book Company, Limited. The best equipped factory for pro ducing Counter Check Books in Canada. Capacity 50,000Cheek Bwka '^s per Day. We are supplying- the Largest users of Counter Check Books in Canada with our 'IMPERIAL BOOKS." HAMILTON, ONT. (Nat In tha Truet.) APPLEFORD COUNTER CHECK BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED. Wa want ■u.ltahere ta act ae eur agsnte In all Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia towns Write us far condition, and prices Very Foolish "I,ust night my wife and myself hail thc most foolish squabble of our married life." "What was the subject of your dis- pute?" "How we would invest our money if wc had any." Warts are unsightly blemishes, met corns are pninfu) growths. Holloway's Corn Cure will remove them. In making banana salad soak the fruit for a short time in orange juice to make it less insipid. ./"DODD'S 7 Tit for Tat "Dear Clara," wrote the young man, "pardon me, hut I'm getting so forgetful. 1 proposed to you lust night, but really forgot whether you said yes or no." "Dear Will," she replied hy note, "so glad to hear from you. I know I said 'no' to some one last night, but 1 had foigotten just who it wus." l>r'*HT-S DlS.X,,! , ila-ifflai! Looked That Way "Come, Willie," said his mother, "don't be Hellish. Let your little brother play with your marbles for a while." "Hut," protested Willie, "he means to keep them always." "Oh, I guess not." "1 goes, yes! 'Cause he's swallowed two of them already." Landlord—"I hope you find the plnce substantial and in every way satisfactory P" Tenant (doubtfully)—"Well, I always think it Baler to go outside to sneeze." France a Marvel of Thrift. The thrift of France is wonderful. It enabled the nation to bear the enormous losses of the Franco-Prussian war, including the payment of 5,000.- 0C0.0C0 francs as war indemnity, with no demoralisation of trade and with hardly any depression of industry. Ou. uf 10,000,000 French electors 9.000,000 have money in the bank or invested at interest or own land. Everybody saves. Ill various savings institutions there are 4.000,000 accounts of only 20 francs or less each, and the totul number of all savings accounts reaches 13,000,000. One million live hundred thousand small investors hold probably 20.000,000.000 francs of Government bonds. Of 12,- 000,000 French householders 9,000,000 occupy their own homes, paying no rent. The country holds over 100,000,- 000,000 francs of domestic and foreign securities and saves, available for investment, 2,000,000 francs a year. Thia thrift is really wonderful. Eyee With Double Pupile. Cicero says that "the glance of nil women with the double pupil in the eye is noxious, blighting and withering." Cadmus tells us that such persons would not drown. Still others say that il they did drown the body would never sink, neither would lt decay. They could cure the disease ol the chest—consumption—by rubbing their perspiration on the affected parts of the individual, and in case the double pupils were red instead of black they could cure the lepers and tlie blind. So thought the ancients. Nothing Doing. It Is the soft answer that successfully turns the attention of the persistent borrower who never by any chance turns up on settling day. The other day a particularly absent- minded borrower asked: "Will you lend me (i for a week, old manP" — To which came the natural inquiry, "What is tlie name of the weak old man'" Poor Cupid. "Pa, what's in that little thing the artists always put on Cupid's back* Is that where he carries his arrows*" "It used to be supposed that he had arrows there, but in these daya he usually carries a divorce decree in his quiver." Envious. "We've just hod a letter from my daughter, the countess," said the proud mother. "Is that soP How much money does ahe want this time?" sneered tha neighbor, whose daughter married a mere banker. Ye Modern Miss. "How old are youf" "I am 12." "A girl ot 12 ahould tell her mother everything." "But my mother is ao innocent. Really, I haven't the heart." Perhaps Both. "I haven't seen your cashier for several days past." "No; lies gone out of town." "Ah I Gone for a rest, ehP" "We haven't found out yet whether he's gone for a rest or to escape it," Answered. A drummer approached a girl In charge of a soda fountain and before giving his order asked, "How is the milkmaid to-nighti" "Milk isn't made; it comes from aow,, you fool," wai the retort. Maude is a woman of a very open nature. "I notice that it is very hard to make her shut up." Jewish nurserymen in Palestine are developing marked skill in grafting. Orange culture has now spread from tlie const into Hiimuriii. Hut the olive Inrestry is lnoHt promising, lly Win the Jewish people will own, according to an authority, iu Palestine, some sixty thousand olive and fruit trees. "I am determined to live in luxurious surroundings and eat and drink the best the land affords," said the frankly Hellish man. "That ought to be easily arranged," replied Miss Cayenne. "All you have to do is to get a situation as a butler." DOCTOR ADVISED OPERATION Cured by Lydia E. Pink- ham's Vegetable-Compound Canifton, Ont.—" I had been a great sufferer for five years. One doctor told me it waa ulcers of the uterus, and another told me lt was a fibroid tumor. No one Mixed But Emphatic "Since you gut married you are late every morning*" complained the boss. "Well," explained tlie breathless clerk, "I have to button up the ashes and shake down u shirtwaist and enrry out Uie tuinaee every morning." Steelmaster Carnegie, prefacing the announcement of bis forthcoming gift | of another million or so, reaffirm-, hi. ! Intention of dying a poor man. I ! expect to do the same—and not give i away millions, either. Vicar's Wife—I'm sorry to see you coming nway fum the public house so often, Prtags. Blacksmith— Yes'm. They won't let me stay there two minutes. As soon as I set set down com* fuitable-like somebody's sure to want ,t job dune, aud out I has to come again. /.,_____ -*-■ ---'^i knows what I suffered. 1 would always be worse at certain periods, and never wus regular, and the ;:•;] bearing-down failiswereteiTihih was very ill in bed. and the doctor told me I would have to have an operation, and that I might die during the operation. I wrote to my sister about it and she advised me to take Lydia K. linkham's Vegetable Compound. Through personal t «. rlence I have found it the best medicine in the world fur female troubles, for it has cured me. and I did not have to have the o|>eratlon after all. The Compound also helped me while nasi*. Ing through Change of Life."-Mrs. Letitia Blaik, Canifton, Ontario. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com. pound, made from roots and herbs, has proved to be the most successful remedy for curing the worst forms of female Ills, including displacements, inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregu. laritfes. periodic pains, backache, bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indigos. tion, and nervous prostration. It costs but a trifle to try lt, and the result haa been worth millionstosufferiugwomesv "What's the difference between a haunted house and a handsome man about to kiss youf1" asked she coyly. "I give it up," he murmured, growing interested. "Why, you can't let a haunted house."—Princeton Tiger, The late Senator I'.lkins used to tell a story of Bigo Brown. "Blgo," hi* explained, "lived in El-j kins. Meeting nlm one day in the main street, the Senator snid: "•'Kig*1, do you know of anybody i that's got a good horse for sale?" j " 'Bige, oh owing gum. gave the Senator a patronizing smile. "'Well, Senator,' he said, 'I guess' Hill Hurst has, 1 sold him one yesterday.' "—Washington Stur. Authovity Tefloher—"When was Rome built?" Billy—"In the uight." Teacher-"Why, Billy?" Hilly—"Well, my pa always says that Koine wasn't built in a day." Homely Illustration "Sometimes a virtue can ho exaggerated until it becomes a vice," said the earnest adviser, "I see exactly what you're comin' ot," replied Torantula Tim. "Whereas four uces is a blessin' an' greutly to be admired five of 'em can create untold dissension," Internally and Externally It It Good.— The crowning property of Dr. '.'human' Krlertrii'. Oil is that It can be um-d intern-illy for many com pin intu an well as externally. For Bore throut, uroup, whooping cough, piiin-i in the chest, colii- and many kindred ailint-iitH it )iuh curative qualities thnt are unsurpassed. A bottle of it emits little and there is no lose In always having it at hand. "I think I'll be an explorer and take up mountain-climbing," said the sardonic person. "Have you any training for that sort of thing?" "I think so. I work on the thirty- fifth storey of a building whose elevator gets out of order."—Washington Star. "Don't you wish you were a man?" "No, indeed! It would not enhance my style of beauty to plant a cigar in the southeast corner of my face." "Can you tell tne if John Drew as much as Anna Held?" "No; they were playing Checkers." Lake Huron contains more islands than any other known hike. SPRING SKIN TROUBLES Only One "BROMO QUININE" That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUIN INK. Look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. Used the World over tc Cure a Cold in One Day. 26c. "I mode a great hit at the banquet last night. Came aft with a good deal of distinction, in fact." "I didn't know you ever spoke at banquets." "I don't. I was the only one there who absolutely declined."—Chicago Record-Herald. Minard's Liniment for sale everywhere "I've invited the Greens hern for dinner next Thursday." "What for? They haven't been here in months." "I know, but summer is coming and we must be nice to them. I understand he's just bought a fine power boat." A Pleasant Purgative.—Par melee's Vegetable Pills are so compounded as to operate on both the stomach and the bowels so that they act along the whole alimentary and excretory passage. They are not drastic in their work, but mildly purgative, and the pleasure of taking them is only equalled by the gratifying I effect they produce. Compounded only of vegetable Bubstances the curative qunli-: ti«B of which were fully tested; they afford relief without chance of injury. Insurance Adjuster (looking at thei remains of the parlor furniture)—Ia J this all you managed to save out of the fire? Owner (profusely apologetic)—Yes, sir. I'm awfully sorry, but I kind o' felt that I really ought to get my wife and children out of the building first.—Chicago Tribtone. Cold Upsets the Kidneys And uric Acid Poisons Bring Pains and Aches to Back and Limbs. DR. CHASE'S KIDNEY-LIVER PILLS You feel pains in the bark, find the urine heavy and unduly colored, have indigestion ami irregularity of the bowels and there may be rheumatic twinges. You wonder what has gone wrong until you recollect that you have been exposed to sudden changes of temperature, perhaps Hitting in a draft or passing from a very warm room to be chilled by thc outdoor air. The kidneys are most susceptible to cold and a suildcn lowering of temperature throws an extra burden on them by closing the pores of tlie skin, which are ordinarily a great uid to tlie kidneys in removing poisons from the blood. I The danger lies in not understand-} ing the 'meaning of the symptoms given in tho first paragraph. Once you know that the kidneys need assistance you cau help them prompt*, ly by using Dr. Chase's Kidney-! l.iver Pills. '. Every day you put off treatment you are taking tlie risk of develop*| ing Bright's disease, dnipsy or rheumatism. Because of the inactivity of the failing kidneys your system is being loaded with poisonous impurities, and that means pains and suffering. Get Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills today. One pill a dose; 25 cents a box, all dealers or Edmonson, Bates & Co., Toronto. Pimples, Eruptions and "Spotty Complexions." At this season, scores of people- girls and young women especially— find their faces disfigured by pimples, dark spots, eruptions, etc. The skin needs attention—needs renovat* ing aftcT tlie trying time it has passed thruugh during the winter. Just think what it has gone through! You have been out in the rain and sleet and snow. You have beeu at one moment perspiring from skating or some other exertion. Then you have stood to "cool off." You have spent hours of the day indoors at u temperature equal to summer heat. Then you have covered up your skin—except your face—and gone out into a temperature away below zero! No wonder that, with all these changes, the skin of the face and neck shows signs of need' iug attention. Zam-Buk and Zam-Ituk Soap are the remedies. Smear Zam-Buk lightly over the spots, the eruptions, the sallow patches, at night, and wash with Zam-Buk Soap (only 25c per tablet) each day. Then notice how quickly your appearance improves. As the rich, refined herbal essences sink deep into the tissue, the hard, scurfy-like patches arc removed. Better color results. The cells of the skin become transparent. The blood beneath is able to impart its proper coloring to the tissue, nnd the delicate bloom of health replaces the sollowness and pallor of disease. Zam-Buk is also a sure cure for skin injuries and diseases. Eczema, ulcers, ringworm, yield to its use. For cuts, burnH, bruises, children's rashes, etc., it is unequalled, and for piles. Mothers will find Zam-Buk Soap best for baby's bath! All druggists und stores at 50c. box for Zam- Buk and 25e. tablet (or ,'1 for 70c.) for tlie soap. If you have nny difficulty in obtaining, order from Zam- Buk Co., Toronto, ami send price. In the Mexican city of Vera Cruz there is not a single store where ready made clothing may he purchased. BABIES WHO SUFFER FROM CONSTIPATION The little ones who suffer from constipation, colic, indigestion, or any of the many ills that afflict children, will find prompt relief in Baby's Own Tablets—a medicine that is guaranteed absolutely safe and free from all injurious drugs—in fuct the ouly medicine for babies sold under the gum un tee of a government analyst to contain no opiate, narcotic or other "soothing" stuff. Concern* iug them Mrs. tirnest Plamondon, Ste. Julie Station, Que., writes: "It is a pleasure for me to let you know what your Baby's Own Tablets have done for my children, My buby Buffered terrinly from constipation aud although we had u doctor there was uo change in his condition till 1 began to give him Baby's Own Tab* lets, but since then he is enjoying good health." The Tablets are sold ny medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a In'X from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Mr. Grouch—Say, these biscuits aren't fit fur a dog. Saucy Waitress—Well, then, eat thorn. don't Minard's Liniment Curts Burnt, etc. "Your wife is somewhat strong- minded, Isn't she, LittlejohuP" 'Strong-minded? A furniture-polish pedlar came here yesterday, and in live minutes she sold him some polish she had made herself." SJiM's Gun Alaklv atopa Musha. earaeeo-de, baala Qm throat and luroga. - • • ti aamta. The electrical study craze is now bearing fruit. "Are you a conductor?" asked a hid of an omnibus guard. "I am," replied the courteous official, "What is your name?" "My name is Wood." "Oh, that can't be, ' said tho buy, "for wood is a non-con- duetor." Mi's Mnktjhy- What am yonli business, Misteh JohnsingP Mr. Johnson (loftily)—I'se a ehau.- (our. Miss Mnkeby-Indeed! Why. I heerd yo' was runnin' an injine in a bottlin' works? Mr. Johnson (embarrassed)—Dot's what l'se a*doin'—but it am a gasoline injine on' I'se a stationary chauffeur, yo' know) THE HEART Of "THE CLOWN. Forgotten By the Men and Women Who Watch Him Perform. To the average circus audience a clown is a clown, pure und simple. That he has a heart, brain, cunscienc*- and very often the most cherished ol family ties, never seems to enter th. heads of the men and women who look upon him as merely the personification of ridiculous fun. Ihey never even quite get it through their heads that physically he is like unto other men and that what would hurt bid brothers would also ha very apt to hurt bim. ".» certain old clown," said a performer iu discussing this subject, "got only one real good laugh all the time lie was in ttie business, and tiiat was when an elephant stepped on bis foot aud smashed it flat. He let uut a yell that made the tent flap, and thu audience roared. And when we carried him uut, groaning and biting Ins fingers, the crowd laughed itself sick They thought it was an Al clown ao! It is amazing bow little the audience understand some of tbe things thut take place iu the tanbark arena. "There was another clown who was handed u telegram just as he was entering the arena. While strut tun- along, bowing uud scraping ami doing his regular layout of fool stunts, he tore open bis telegram and started to read it, just as though it were a part of his 'business.' This is what In- read : " 'Father dying. Come at once.' "Well, sir, he was ju*. like a crazy man. He seemed to forget where he was—und a circus ring is a might, bad place tu do that. There were per forming elephuuts und trick and run nlng horses in the arena, ami thai poor fellow, Instead of dodging around. as the clowns have to do, got In the way of every one and every thine Klephiuit men would shove him from beneath the feet ut their animals. horsemen would swerve off tu one side just in the nick of time. He was pushed and shoved about until finally tbe word got around that something was wrong, and he was led out of the arena. But what a hit h" made with thc audience; they thought he was just one of those fool clown-1 who are always in the road." , Send for free sample to Dept. N.O., Na- : tioual Urug & Chemical Co., Toronto. REST MS HEALTH TO MOTHER Af:0 CHILI. "J* WiHeutw'a Southing evaus aaa __a ■J*..**.0*.*' *i*-rv YKAUDi- Hiuiom.1 ?°™J" *» ibeir CKI 1.6*8.-?*w!f_i SOOTHM la. CHILD. SOFTHN» lh?O0_« -ILAY!all PAIN CU»K»WINDCO_IcSa -Ihc baa, remedy for I>IAKKH(£A. II to ar aoul.lr harml.aa. B. .ur. Md Ma far _, Wl....'. Soo,hfa, •,-,».' .ad tak. .. Mb. Uad. Tw«.ly-flv» c*.,a a bolt:. IEDV ■di loa.l Earl Knit, Secke. The Earl of.Anucaster, who i. Lord High Chamberlain ol thc English court, has taken up the pastime ol knitting socks in order to prove, for one thing, that he can practice his belief in the promotion of home in dustries. This at first cicited tin- merriment of the duchess, but it is understood t! at she now not only sympathizes with the idea, but assist- the earl iu tilling orders. The earl insists that homemnde socks are infinitely more comfortable to wear than the machine made var iety. He acc.uired the practice by finding that when idly sitting around he smoked too much. He took u|i knitting, therefore, and found it wa- a great preventive ot the undue use of tobacco. On hearing this confession the Bishop ol Lincoln immediately gave the earl au order for two pairs ol socks, which was duly booked, hoo others in Burke's Peerage fell in with thj fashion. TRY MURINE EYE REMED1 f*l*,**k,w'*n.V*t*rl,mmi GRANULATED EYELIDS- _ Murine Dc^aVtSmart-SootheiEyePata »-rra_ M H-to.1- _-_r.U-d.r_.lfc. |Ue Maria. Er. Mra, to A_„_ T_M, Ua. tlj* BTX BOOU AND AOVICB FUI IT MAU, Muri_*E*rVl*_ra-drCosChtb_-g* -,.■■! I , ai -a-Meae-jie------^--, Special Notice TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS AND A6ENTS. Agents Wanted by B. SHRAGGE, 396 Princess St., Winnipeg, to purchase for him scrap copper and brass, cast and wrought iron, old rubber boots and shoes and crown lagsr quart, pint and whiskey bottles. AgSORBiNE BsmoTM llnnnl l'niarguments, "111. ken«.u'«-t or -.train. Cares Sun-zln l,i.m**n*>«a, Altajl Fain Does not li,inter, iimnn lb* __!_ or I-.-/ *,_• h ■•"■ nii. I. <*A a Kill*. -•UT«r.d. Book I D Ut*, AflHOHIlINK, JB., '•n-.tikla-.la.M **_«!•., for Syn-fiiii. Si-tli.*, Uiititf •■■alia Dapoalli, Tarla'-ia Vimt, TuIm- •«'«, Hj-droeala. -Ulariaala- Bo-i it**. I. F. VOUM, Mb ht Wf*m\\* St. 3pri-,|fi..., Miss. Cat *tro *—*--3 =Yymi soli * wtilicK,» «ce a tHiate-- co., *.fj*i»*f a ***** a**r* *ad MiiMiMi aaua. cu, i*u 1**M****m MB I-TIO--I. Ml-Q a CKIIICi- »' A Sartorial Tragedy. Mfiny duds an; to be .uuuht at Na- gyvarad, Hungary, as the result uf n dispute about the costume worn by the president of the local union uf solicitors at a ball. It appears that lie attended a ball given by the X.-nry- varad law students in a light blue summer suit and brown shoes. Tlie townsfolk who had been invited to tlie ball interpreted this costume as an insult. A meeting of the law students called to debate the question was uf a stormy nature. One hundred and twenty-two "deadly insults," it is recorded, were offered and are to be wiped out by a corresponding number of duels. The po* Uce broke up thc meeting. The duel*! are tu be fought with swords. Reason Enough. A negro had been arrested for chick- e.i stealing. He had stolen so many that his crime had become grand larceny. He was tried, convicted and brought in fur sentence. "Have you any reason to offer why th judgment of the court should not be passed upon yuu?" he was asked. "Well, jedge," he replied, "I can't go to jai. now, nohow. I'm buildin' a shack out yonder, and I ies' can't go till I git it dune. You all kin sholy see dat." Since 1847 Siii«!M'«iemar*off*,e world's best sillier plait kasfceen MRogers bros: This name on knives, forks, tic., is a guide fn buying a\\nd an assurance of worth. 0t .1 lea If ft, fi'iAei. w.ileri, etc., ara itampatt .MERIDEN BRITA CO.. \\»IILII IIY Lil AIHNli DIALIM A^ ' "Silver Plate that Wears' Boys 1 Baseball Outfit Fm Why the Heathen Rage. "Me no talkee Chinese -ell- well," explained the hostess upon greeting the distincui-hivi visitor Irom the Flowery Kingdom. "No matter," responded the latter. "I can converse tolerably well in English." Reconciliation Impossible. "I think that ii your horse, air, coming back." Deposed Rider ((adly, but rlrmlyl —Coining buck, ia heP Ah, yes. If you should see him will you kindly tell him from me that it is uieleu— quite, quite u.cleei. r Could' Live on Love. Father—The idea ol marrying that young (•■flow! He couldn't scrape enough money together to buy a square meal. Daughter—But what difference need tha. makef We haven't cither of us bad a bit of appetite for months. Jockey's Ettate. One of the largest fortunes ever lelt by a Jockey la the I370.UOO, the value ' of the eatate le.'t by the lamous rider, Tummy l.iats, whose will has just be,,!, proved. First Direct Heir In 71 Yeare. Lord Milton, the leativitiee in hnn* or o1 whose christening were attended by M.IMI people, ia the first direct heir to thu Kitiwilllatu estates lu seventy- 01, years. "Two Indians, bave become members ot tbe faculty of the Uuivcraity ot Ciilifornia." "All right, but I haven't beard ol auy In.linn wbo has become a ribbon counter clerk." ®5®**S __*^' i Joy. I WeanLjgii-ielS SasetaU lt-I^Hrriyrl*_i__jii7l-. earn, ae .aw. _ the -kit, aa. ll Heat-la _a lajraf so>. ea_aaj"_ U.iUr. . M_a_aa _3VTr»fc!_ytT£,,« at aur hlgh-atida ***.} ■ Mwlr anion aad mid. 1 ***** at I for 10a t all nr aaanta ear *a WbH •..Id, fJtura w iha atoaay. and «• will im.;im ihaatwa aatlt all abarftt naid. Aaj* raHijnM taaagfi am. ma will bann T*"~ WuflAX PttfcMIUat , Oay*. M, mutpaf, Oi SUITS OVERCOATS TO ORDIR Set. for Fm Saaplci ui Seisin hnu. 138 BAY 6TREET TORONTO $10 Here's » Home Dye That ANYONE Oa\\n Uso. HOME DVIINO haa alwayi been more or It ii of a difficult under* lak.ng- Nat aa whan yau uaa DYOLA JUftT THINK OF IT I With DV'O'LA you can color either Wool, Cotton, Si'-, or Mijed Goodi Perfectly with the »AMC Dye. No chance of tuiiif the WWONC Pye for tht* Goodi you have to color. Sand lor Simpl* C*t* and Mutf H»»_J»t *• 5*J JOHNSON. R1CHAXD.SON CO.. I.lmlud. M.intml, « «n Dominion Express Honey Order. -n_ forei^n Cheques 1 an pey.Ut all ever Ae Wnli. Absolutely tht best way to remit money by mail. TRAVILIEU*' CHCQU.S IS.UCD f.r.l,s Meaty kewf ht aaa eele). ble Nell—Mra. Daahuwny used to say j ahe wouldn't marry tbe best man liv- iug. "telle—Well, sho htta the Btttlslnotlon of knowing thnt she didn't.—Phlltt- j delphia Heeord. Diogenes would have needed no lantern had he been looking Ior trouble I 1 Ralaa far Man«r Oedara $1 aad under , I ceate Over Ita $11 . , I " " 11 ta m . , II " N Mto M , , » * On Sate im alt Cam. i*\\h. **>. Slat***, 1 W. N. U„ No. 843. THE PROSPECTOR; CRANBROOK, BRITISH COLUMBIA NOTICE. NOTICB i.s herebj given tlmt 60 itayH alter date 1 intentl tu ui>pJy tu tlie Chlel ComuiisBionei ■ I Lauds tor a licence to prospeel [*.» i nl and pe troleum over tbe following lands sit* uate in tbe district Kootenay, British i' 459.. \\\\ A TER NOTICE. We My tea \\. Beale and Edward Elwell oi Cranbrook, Brokers, give notice tlmt .rn tbo -'.nit day 4Q acres, more or U ■- Located this _5th day of February, 1911. PAUL v. PAULSON, Locator, Paul li. Abbott, Agent. Harry Hart. Witness l6-9t utary of Cherry Creek in the Cian-JM. WAYNE TWITCHELL, Locator. Paul H. Abbott, Agent. Harry Hurt, Witness. U-.t brook Water Diatrict. Tbe watei is in he taken (rum thc Btream about forty chains west of the western, boundarj' of Lot 7660 Group l Koote* nay district, and is to he used uu j said Lol 7660, for irrigation purposes MYLES \\ BEALE. l6-5t EDWARD ELWELL. THE CORPORATION UK PHE ClTV UE CRANBROOK Located this ;_f.th day of February, CHAHLES w. MASON, LncatorJ Paul il thbott, Agent. Harry I lui t. Witness. l.v'it NOTICE it the SAN'ITAUV NOTICB. APPLICATION Foil A TRANSFER OF RETAIL LIQUOR LICENCE. NOTICE. NOTICE i» hereby given that CO days alter dam i intentl to apply tu the Chlel Commla. er ol Landa lor a licence to proapect li i coa! and pe troleutn over the lull wing : i It- uate in tin- di, trlci ol Southeast Kootenay, British Columbia, In Lot 4693. Commencing at a post planted at or near two mllea due eaat ■.! toe 2G mlle poat ..ii the C, P. R Survey line, which ih tlie weatern bouudary ol Lot 4593, and being the Southeaat corner pout of Clara A, Mason's, claim; thence north SO cbaina, tuenca west 8(i chaina, thence soutb ehains, thence eaat 80 chains, , • the point of commencement, making 640 acres, mole or lea*. Located thla 26th day ol Pel ruarj 1911 CLARA A MASON, Locator, Paul ll. Abbott Agent Harry Hurt, Witness. li 9t NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that 60 daya after date 1 Intend 1 , apply to the Chiel Commiaaloner o Landa toi a licence to prospect lot c ■nl and pe troleum over the lollowln uate In the district ol - mtb last Kootenay, British Columb ii, in Lol 4593. Commencing at n post lasted at or near two mllea due eas ol the 22 mile pout on C. P. Ii. b ii-,ey Une, which la the western bl undary ol Lot 45(13. and being the northweat corner of Chester It. Pauls thence south in eliuins, tl ence Baat 80 chains, theme north 80 chains, tlience weat ku ehuins. ti Ilie | It ol commencement, making I,III neres, more or leas. Located this 37th day ol February, 1911. 0HE8TER R. PAULS! N, Locatoi Paul 11. Abb ,tt, Agont. Harry Hurl, Witness. If, '.it TAKK NOTICE that at thfl next Bitting, of the Board 01 Licensing; Commissioners of the Cltj «>f Cran brook to be holden ou the llth day] .ii June, i 'ii, I Ua J. Small ol uie City City of Cranbrook apply for the transfer Public Notice [b Hereby Olven, thai tlie Council have decided not to appoint a "Special Cleaning up Day" I thla year ab iu previous years, and will not undertake the expense of j providing men aud vehicles for that purpose, hut that all yards ami pre*, mlsea must he thoroughly cleaned! out ami placed In a Sanitary condl Inteud to '■"" ''-*' r1"-' OwnerB or Occupiers ol t the retail ";1"''1 ?H,lls ■''' premises before May Tender* will ha received hy undersigned up to the iignd duy ol April 19U, at 6 p. m. foi the purchase of Block il, Subdivision ol Lo( Nu. 541, Uroup one, New Westuiln ■iter DiBtrict, situated In the City ol Vancouver, and hem., the site ol tim old provincial Court n use. Ulach tender mil-l nu emit tered letter and tim t»< the imderstgne i marked "Tender foi Court Mou.se Site", ti ,1 iu a regis he addressed and plainly Id Vaucouvei must be ni companled by aii noci ten per cent ul the 0 Uu- purcha ie in n \\ the property will be teii chenue foi ■ i paytueui ul Payment fui tei epted in in The underwear without a fault Just the style, size or weight you like Pen^ngle 1 Underwear and Hosiery for any season or climate, for man, woman or child, at the right price. And it won't shrink! the -.itU'ite liquor licence held Cosmopolitan Hotel 26 and half of Lot 27 In Ulock .0, in the City uf Cranbrook, ta Eneas Harding Small ul the City ol Cran brook, Hotel Keeper. Dated at Cranbrook, B, C . this IKth day of April, A. D. mt. ADA J SMALL lo _t !Mii. next. after which date thi Q* luuy Inspector will proceed to strictly enforce the provisions of the ti> Law T \\l ROBERTS, city Clerk. Dated the 4th tlay ol \\piil. 1911 'raubrook, u U U it stalmeuts ol oue^uhrtcr ul ihe pui chase niouej. The ilrst ol such ku stalmeuts tu lie paid withlu thirty ally In thti .hi IS WATER NOTICE NOTICE 1, until Andeen keeper, give noi NOTICE ie bereb) given that iu da> i after dati I Intend to appl) to ti,,- Chiel Commissionei of Lands for a licence to pi i spect foi ■ oal an I pe I. i ileum over the I v ng [and. sit uate In the disti let of Southeast ■i Cranbi ook, h ■ that on the _3rtl ol uusucc ilay of May, 1.11, at eleven o'clock tinned in the forenoon I Inteud to apply to will uot the Watei Commissionei at bin office commissi In Cranbrook for a licence to take allowed and une one cubic loot of water per j second from an nn~uatued creek In day_ after the acceptance ol tbi der and the othei three mu j thereaftoi, witb Inten tl at ths Of t per tent pel nun i event of the person who accepted failing to .■■ uplete the tlrst instalment within thut. days ol tbe notice ol sucb acceptance tin- sale to htm wlll be cancelled anil la* ten per to] cent dopustt forfeited Phe cheques ii tenderer highest oi -t-rtnly be ol any ki a-ill be AUOTiOh- SALE an) tendei icepted No I'ltni'Kii'i^. 45 _ 3. itenay, Bi I I Columbia, In Lot the Cranbrook Water District, empty Depart! ing into Bull river halt a mile above J ^ ■ ■ mted tit '~Uc -'•'*'■'' ■'■'' WrtttM I* l" be taken: Commencing at neai three miles tue eaat ol the 19 mile poet ou lbe C.P.R aurvej [ne, which Is tbe • . item I □ Lai ■• >f Lot 45 11 an - lutbwest •orner post oi Charles E. Webb's dalrn; thence north 30 chains, thence >a -i 80 chains thence south SQ .bains, thei ■ rest _U chains to the nt ol mn ■■ : enl making 8*1 WILLIAM R, Minis tei ■•nt ol Lands, Ictorla, li C, March 7th, undcrBigneil A net Instructed t.o offer the Btream about BSO feet above its month, and ■■• to be :.*vd on the; Riley Placer Claim (or *.u.icios and' Dthei mining purposes. GUST ANDEEN NOTICE the ll iyul Hi tel hi i rauhrook, in the ProVl ico ol Hl'ltlH i Columhla, mi SATI the ii lill.W . iur ul i THE 2 W.l I.'l'l HI, ..I MAY nl ■rl. iii tho alter- im. .ii. those fiiiiiii ini-.nnii's known aa I.i t 6842 in Iroup I, in ilir Knot, nay Do Un 1, in ihr Province ni Hi tlBh i'n llll lllll. Tho Vendoi d have ohtalneil ii ro port Hi lliu | roperty from Mr. II. V. Parke r, v. e ,, i'iiii in k, ami the ate Ith CHARLES Pau .lay of February, : WEBB, Locator, I. Abbott, Agent. iss lo-.t NoTICK. NOTIOE Is herehy given that GO days after date I Intend to npply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for h licence to prospeqt for conl nnd pe troleum over thc following lunda situate in the district ol Southeast Kootenny, British Columbln, In Lot 4693. Commencing nt a posl planted at or neur two miles due ensl ol the 22 mile pout on tho C.P.R. suVvoy line, which m the westorn boundarj ol Lot 4593, hnd I r the northeast corner poal ul Charles IS, Webb's claim, thenee Rnutti 80 chains, thonce wost mi chains, thence north 80 chnlns, thenee ensl 80 chains lo tin- point of commencement. making 040 acres, more or less. Located this 1.7th day uf February. 1411. CHARLES ID. WEBB, Locatoi Paul II. Ahi.'.it. Agent. Hurry Hart, Witness, 15 9t NOTICE, NOTICE im hereby given that CO days afu-r date I Intend t.i apply to the Chief Corttoiissloner ol Lands for a licence to prospeel for coal nnd pe troleum over the following lands aituate in the district of Southeast Kootenuy, British Columbia, In Loi 4593. Commencing nl a posl planted at or near two miles due east ol the Tl mile post on the C.P.R, survey Due, which in the western I ndary Lot 45..', and being thc Boutheast corner post of Anna K. Webb's claim thence north so chains, thence wist. 80 chains, thenee south BO chains, NOTICE. that Go 0 apply to Lands for ml and pe- SOTICE Is hereby given days after date I inteud t ihe Chief Commissi sr o a licence to proBpect for c troleum over tho foil.-win uate in the district of Kooteuay, llrith h Column 4593. Commencing at ii pout, planted at or near three miles due east ol the '7 mile posi on thc C.P.R. survey line, which is tho western boundary of Lot 4593, nml being the southwest enrner post of Anna K. Paulson's claim; thence north 80 chains, thence enst 80 (thinns, Ihenee south 8u chains, thenee went Nil chnins to the polnl of commoncomont, mnking _4i) ncres, i -o or less. Locntod i.hm 25th day of February, S'OTICE ts hereby given that B0 days after date 1 intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner oi Lands for a licence to prospect for coal and pe troleum over the ■ ' swing u-.dsP't uate in the district ol Southeast Kuotenay, Btitisu Columbia, in Lot 45.,. Commencing at a post planted at j or near three mileB due east oi the 29 mile post un the C.P.R. survey line, which in the western boundary of Lot 45.3, and being the northwest i.llLl|rf Si*>! corner post of Peter C. Paulsou'B] Southeast (claim, theuce south no chains, thence 1 i in Lot ieftyC Su chainB, tbence north SO chains, thenee west _o chains to tbe point uf commencement, making 64u acres, more or lean. Located this _4th day of February, 1911. PETER C. PAULSON, Locator, Paul H. Abbott, Agent. Harry Hart, Witness. 15-9t NOTICE. Bill. ANN \\ i Birry I Ini t K. PAULSON Paul 11' Abb , Wil ness. icator. Agont, l5-9t NOTICE. NOTICK is 1 ilnys after dal lhe Chief Com a licence to prospect for coal ami potroleum ovor ihe lollowing la*i Is Mt- nato In the district of Southeast Kootenuy, British Columbia, in Lot [593. Commencing nt n post planted at or near three mllos due :!!) mile post on the C.P.R. survey line, which is the western boundary of Lot 4593, and being tlie northwest corner post of Peter C. Paulson's claim, tbence south HU chains, thenee east 80 chains, thence north Hu NOTICE is herehy given that 60 .lays after date 1 inteud to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a licence to prospect for coal and pe troleum over tbe following landB situate in the district of Southeast Kootenay, British Columbia, in Lot 4593. Commencing at a post idan.ed at or near three miles due east of the 31 mile post on tbe C.P.R. survey line, which ls tbe western boundary of Lot 4593, and being tbe northeast corner post of Peter C. Paulson's clnim, tbence soutb 80 chains, tlience west 80 chains, thence nortb 80 chains, theuce east 80 chains to the point of commencement, making €40 east of the i acres, more or less. Located thla 1.3rd day uf February 1911. PETER C. PAULSON, Locator Paul H, Ahhott, Agent Harry Hart, Witness. 15-9t rehy given that (10 I Intend to upply to isaUmcr of Lauds for PUBLIC NOTICE ib hereby given that, under the authunty contained In section 131 uf tbe "Land Act." a regulation has been approved by the Lieutenant-Governor iu Council tlx- 'ing.the minimum sale prices of tirst- fltid second-class lauds ut HO and ib per acre respectively. This regulation further provides that tbe prices tixed therein shall apply to all lauds with respect to which the application to purchase is given favorable consideration after tins date, notwithstanding the date of such application or any delay that may have occurred in *he nonsldera- tlon of tbe same. Further notice is hereby given that all persons who have pending applications to purchase lauds under tbc provisions of sections .4 or at; of the "Land Act" and who are not willing to complete such purchases under tbe prices tixed hy the aforesaid regulation shall be at liberty to withdraw such applications and receive refund of tbe moneys deposited on account of sucb applications. WILLIAM R, ROSS Minister of Lands. Department of Lauds Victoria, B. O. April 3rd, 1911. 14-9 ic may he inspected with hi- copies obtained ul lhe olllce undersigned solicitors, or plan I of I lhe auctioneer. Terms of salt' ten per cent, dept ui time of sale and 12 months, | ther particulars sale will he made known nt thc of sale, and may be bad froi: undersigned solicitors. Bated tit Cranbrook this Uth d April, 1911. Harvey, McCarter & Miicdonnld, Cranlirook, B. O. F, U. Morris, Auctioneer, , Cranbrook, B, Seaborn, Taylor, Pope & Quirk Moose Jaw, Sask. the balance In 3, ii, with Interest, Fur- nml conditions of time u i.be ii y of Purchase by tSe trademark. ■'"■ It'*;,, on every ^""Jtff; garment in red X !. Try No. 95- medium weight rUumt, KHr Spend), Mol'le Taylor, Ponrl Wlnoor, Oharlea aimer, (Dlvielon IV.) Molvll] DuMms, Harold Leaok, Mnry t.irnsk, Qrncc McFnrlano, Nrlliu Mnr- collaiB, Alexander .Minnie, Agnon Iti't'kk', Mottle RoulnBon, Margaret SL Eini, Gladys Spence, Gordon Taylor, Rosa Littx, Coleman Tonlt*.. (Division V.) Murlol Baster, Allen Brown, Kil- wnnl Brown, Irene Chattorton, Grace liuiis, S> Wai Hoy, Lillian Lancaster, Walter Laurie, Allan Lacey, Viola Sarvis, ISdward Turner. Mabel McGoldric, Mario Campbell, Irene Bernard, Bertha Looloro. (Division VT) Donna Argue, Merle Bathie, C'liar- lei Ciapp, .lennie Hopkins, Harold I Kummer, Rlln McGoldric, Ada Mc- ICenna, Winona Stinson, Garlleld Taylor, Crma Ward, Bosslo Woodman 17.IU Vendbra' Sblicitor'B Chnrles A. Chapman, Christine Carson, MhIi Bins, Warren Spence, Del phlno Bonnet. (Division VII) ...Marlon Drummond, Otto Gill, Thirzu Johnson, Alfred Jolille, Willie Leask, Mali Tuong Kin, Roy Rabichaud, Mandil Scott. , Oi vision VIII) Homer Auheitin, Merle Bennett, BHitubeth Chapman, lithel Clapp, Kathleen Brown, Mahlo Finley, Gilbert Moser, Helen LeClore, Dorothy Leask, Gludys Shackelton, Pearl int. 1911. PET ml mi chains to ttie I ■eiuenr, making i;4u j C PAULSON. Locntor. Paul H. Abbott, Agent. Sul ICE thenre east kii chainB i> tbo i ,.in, ..I commencement, innkim I.ln J,.'? " more or less. Located this 27th 'lav Ol I'.' iruai y. 1911. ANNA K W IBB .ocator Paul II \\ 1 otl Yu'i'ht Harry Hart, Witness If,-ll NOTICE. Ui hereliy given that 1,0 data i intend to apply to islonei ol Lands for pro p ict foi coal and pe NOTICE is here by givi that 60 days alter ilate i In end to apply to thei the Chief Commissioner il Lands lor '" i a lieence to pn.H|i !Cl loi imi 1 ami pe Ibei troleum over 'lie ,..'\\\\ i i. ' .f i uate In the disl rlo t nl -uiil.licn li '-' ' Kootenny, llrit.ii.li i >liiu Ina . in Lol . '-•"« nn. 1 pill Commencing at a insl I.' intnd uii or near nine mile due ea it nl tho 28 mile pout "i> tl e C P. 1 survoy . Hni line, which in lbe w '«tr boundnry . ~ ot Lot 1198, ami 1 ell V tl e nrthwont 1 corner post of Mi ry 1)01 lie •:i claim; thenee south HU •h, III mco oast Nl 80 ohRlna, thonco m rth i chaini, day thenre wesl 80 chn tu to ll" poi I tho romineneetnent, un uur i.in acres, a li more or Icsh. In.l Located this. 1711. da V o 1 'eliiiini'y, mil' 1911. Koo MARY IlKNNI R. 1 .eiii.ir. J ir.'in Paul 1. Abbot , A re"1 l Ci NOTrCE ls. aftei ih.' ( file! ii licence t : i i" over ilu- foil* wing uate in the district ol Southeasl _ Kaotcma., British " lolumbfa, in Lot \\ i.v i.; t. i lorn menclng nr n post planted ai \\ ■ >\\ near nine milen due ea:-t ol the :*h „ mite post on tbe C.P it. Burvey line, which if, the western houndary of Lol 1593, and hpim- the southwest ■Bl of George Wyke'H claim, irih BO rhains. thence sast flipnee south 80 clininH, ■at Hn chains to the point mcement, making t,*it( acres, NOTICK. NOTrCB is hereliy given that SO days nfter date I intend to apply to the Chief ComiitiBHiouer of l.nniU fur n licence to prospect for coul and petroleum over the following lands situate in the district of Boutheatit Kootenuy, British Columbia, in Lot 4.r»lJ_. Commencing at a post plunted ut or near three miles due east of the SI milt* post on the C. P. R. survey liue, which is the western houndary nf Lot 4698, and heing the southeast corner post of Charles L. Paulson's claim; thence north su chains, thence west no Uu.in.- thence soutli 80 cbains, thence east SO chaina to the if commencement, making 640 ncres, more or less. Located this 23rd day of February, 1911. OHARLBB L. I'AULBON, Locator. I'hiiI H. Ahhott, Agent. Harry Unit, witness. 15-9t NOTICM. le I eil ITth .lay of p-ebril WYKKM ll II Ahl.' I'IU''. K Is hereby given tlmt fl '■i iiuie i intend to apply t f Commissioner ol Lnnds fo to prospect for coal and pi' over lhe following la- h all the district ot Southeast clnlm; ,', British Columbln, in Lot west . eliuins rieliu* nt n post planted nt point NOTff'l. is herehy given that CU T dnyti nlttir dute I intend to npply to the Chief Commissionei of Lauds for a licence to prospect for coal and po* nt troleum over tho following land-: fit* 1 9t uate In the dlBtriCt of SoiltilOUBt — Kciotetmy, British Columbln, In Lot 4593 Commonclflg at. a potit planted nt mi oi ncni throo miles due east of the 37 milo posl nu iiie ci* It. survoy Hue, which In the western houndary of TRUST COMPANIES. EVERY COMPANY receiving deposits of money or carrying on husiness in tho Province of British Columbia as a Trust Company, aa defined lu the "Trust Companies Regulation Act, 1911," is requested to furnish particulars as tu the corporate name of the company, und the name aud address of its manuring director to tbe Inspector of Trust Companies, Victoria, in order to receive a sup- ply of forms to he used iu making the return as provided in suction 4 of gaid Act. , W. II. Rl'NNALLH. 16-Bt Inspector of Trust Companies RESERVE. NOTICB is herehy given that ull vacant Crown lauds not already under reserve, situated within the boundaries of the Land Recording districts of Cariboo aud LlUooet, and tbo Kamloops Division of Yale Land Recording Distiict, are reserved from any alienation under the "Laud Act" except, hy pre-emption. ROBERT A. RKNWICK. Deputy Minister of Lnnds. Department of Lauds, Victoria, B. C, April 3rd, 1911. Ifi-fit. Pratt, Mope Taylo Flossie Robinson, Verna Welch, Elsie Welch, Gordon MncDonald. ', Tholma Stinson Thomas Reekie Welch, George Woodman, Barry GRANB". NOTICK TAKE NOTICK that sixty dnys nfter date I shall apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands ami Works at Victoria for permission to purchase the following described land situate in Southeast Kootenny. Commencing at a post planted at the Boutheast corner of Lot No. 72IH, thence 80 chains north, thence HO chains east, tbence H'.i chains south, thence 80 chains west to joint of commencement, containing G.O acres more or less. Y. H. PEARSON. Dated March 34, 1911. . Vl-n WATER NOTICE. TAKE NOTICE that application will be made under purl. V, of the "Wnter Act 1909," to obtain a license in tbe Cranbrook Water District, by Frank Henry Pearson ol Fort Steele, B. C. Contractor, from Dig Hand Creek, Kootenay District. The point of diversion is -r>t) feet from tlie west line of Lot 0341; The .applicnnt applies for 2 cubic foot per second and proposes to work hy menus of ditches ami flumes; The water Is to he. used on Lot' 0344, Group l, is bu- agricultural and' l0 to ir> days after the minors return domestic purposes and to irrigate''" work, the nortb half of Lot 0311: | During tho Inst week the (iranby No Crown lands will ho occupied; I Hmoltui has Heated 1.9,855 tons of Ami take notice thnt thc appllca-M>ro from Its own mines tlon will be made to the Water Com j 031 tons ol foreign ore, mlssloner on the sth day of dune, week's treatment up to jiiii and n loin) tonnage foi The name nnd addresses of the ri ,i,l,° ol 384,907 tone, pitrlau proprietors or llcenceos who. i ^Hiring the Inst wool. or whose lands ure likely ted by the proposed wi 3ITUATION SERIOUS. ...Grand Forks, Mny 1st.—All of the colto in transit for the Oranby com* pai'y has hern received at its smelter in this city, and the company is at prc.ont raising LO to lit cars ol coke from its reserve heap every 24 hours. There is a sufficient amount of coke on hnnd nt presort to enable the company, to Operate six furnaces, the number now In blnst, until Mny 15, It wns officially stated thnt six furnaces would remain In blnst until the present supply of coke is exhausted, unless, in the meantime tlie strike situation in the Crow's Nest district presents better hopes of n settlement than it does now. it n settlement of the labor troubles in tho Pass is vlsable before the cokr supply is used up the smelter will In curtailed proportionally to allow the company to keep up Its operations, even at a preatly reduced rnto, until fresh shipments of coko cnn he. received, which will he from ns well ui bringing tin 20,486 tons, the yenr tc Cranhrook Lodge No M A.P.& A.M. j /A Regular uiaatlugfl uu //hS\\y '•"' third Thursday i A?8?yK VlsIMng brethren ' \\/' X VHllHinitHl, A. 0. SH-»\\KLt\\'D. W M. B. W. CONNOLLY, Secretary tfMn-IHIIMII,, uillflflM,.M»ll„,|„1,„f^. :-g Rocky Mountain Chaoier I 1 ' 1* 11 no. ita, rt a, m. I | Uutfular uieetliijfs:- tail Tutsi | s da-, hi eiu-h mouth ut eijjiu > ^ Sojourning Coin pan ions are i | uiirdlHlI.v l.i.n.,1 f. | B. H. SHORT, Scribe H. | ^WMMMMM/^VA»fWV.WrVWrViVrW,VJV* ANCIENT ORDER;: FORESTER. Meets iu Curmenn Hall lat\\ and 4th Thursday of eucb month at e p in sharp A. McCuWuB, Cblef Riogsi. 0, A. Abbott, 8eer«tary. Visiting bretbroD mndu web.ouia. OOURT CRANHROOK. 894;i CRANBROOK AERIE 967 F. O. E. FRATERNAL ORDER FABLES Me»i every Kilduy hi h p iu VlsltliiS Hi'iitiiei. Conllullj ruvlted Why haven't y„u es yet subacrllieil lor The Proapector, Now le the right time ae time la in-eclune -..'.ill) ia the price (or oue year. HARVEY, Mc.CARTER, ami MACDONALD, Hiirrisiers nml Solicitors, OKANBROOK, |{. C. VV. F. GURD, Bari'i.ter, Solicitor, etc., CRANBKOOK, B. C. G. H THOMPSON, Hari'lster, Solictor, mid Notary Public Oltice Held BoilUilikW, i.'RANBROOK, B 6. McVITTIE & PARKER I'.I. S & CE. IRANBROOK, B C |. T. LAIDLAW. Mining Engineer and B.C. Land .Surveyor, Ko Bo* 230. Phone 22S. CRANBROOK, B C. DRS. KING & GREEN Physicians and Surgeons Olflce at Reeiile.ce, Ariuetiou. Ave. OFFICE HOURS Foreuoone .... s.uu to lu.UO Alternoam ... - j.oo to 4.00 Bvenln.e - ■ - - 7.30 to 8.10 Sundaye MO to 4.10 IRANBROOK : : B. 0. J. W, RUTLEDGE, M M V.. V.8.. Graduate ol Ontario Veterinary' eollege, Toronto tn 1801. Gradate and medaliet ot McKIUlp. Veterinary college, Chicago, III.. -, 11100. Registered member ot Brltleh Oolumbla aeeoclatlon. ALL CALLS NIOHT S DAY PROMPTLV «TTSN0SD TO 0,1 ihc Spoknno be cflcc-i* British Oolumbla railway lias do- either "verod to tho Granhy sinoltor In this abovo or hijow tho outlet,, are: Hop- j nine cars Irom Ropiibllc camp. The ert Cameron, ol Hanhiiry, II. 0. and mines shipping are an lollows: In.l. (i. Jewell, ol Hanhury, ll. C. aurgont, live cart; Surprise, two cars Dated thla ZOth, day ot April, A, I), an'1 tho Imporator-Qullp, two cars. FRANK HENRY PEARSON, , _ ... ft ■''. 35Jia, Port Steele, B. C.; _,*'•'' By his Solicitor i7-r>t ij. II. Thompson. PUBLIC ,■ , ■' ,y- SERVIOE ACT. Harry Hart, Witness. 10-cJt j or neur lour miloB due east ol Ua' js Lot 4593, ami being the soiiOicnat cornor iioat ol Charles W Mason's thonco north Hi, chains, thenco l I'tiailiH. tlience BOlltll HO Ihenee cast su chains to thc I.nnil RcrjiRtry Olllco, if commencement, making M0 ... Nelson, B, C acres, more or leas. | April, 27th. 1911, IN THE MATTKH OF AN APPLICATION for thfl iluplicato certlllcute of title to Lot 7,'lllock 1, ol Lol 2% Oroup 1 Koutenay District Map 080, NOTICE IH HEREBY (I1VEN thai It Ih my intention tn losilo nl the expiration ol one month alter the llrst publication hereof a duplicate certlllente ol title to the ftbovo men tinned land In the name of Mary (Irani which certlllente Is dnted April lllth, 1902 and numbered 1322A. "Hnnd. R. Roe." District Roglstrar, 18-Gt. School Report PERFECT ATTENDANCE (Division I.i Wanda Fink, Hazell Taylor (red Mcltitchic, Brnoat .loure, Murgatroyd, Edith CaBlako, Crisler, Wilfred DallaB, Morrison. M licet Vera ami Oharlos (Division Ii.i Murray Roliortson, Josophlno Ton Itz. Cordon Wftlllnp.or, Mnrllui lien nott, Percy Dnrdgott, Frank Bam ford, Nnt.hnn Unriihurdt llrown, Melford Oarsou, Fink. Wostloy Flmlley, Willi Irvlnr, Leaok, Lottie l.ensk Mackay, Edith McDonald, (Division 11 l.l Vera Bradwiu, Grace Harriot Moltctl. Olaudfl Macdonald, Noruin Moser, Sydney Murgatroyd, Ralnsford Parks, Dora Pye, Herbert THE qualifying exnininatlons for Thlrd-Olass Clerks, Junior Clerks, , nnd Stonographors wlll he held at the following places, commencing on [Monday the 3rd July next.: Anu- jstrong, chilliwack, Cumberland, (lol- deii, Grand Forks, Kamloops, Kaslo, Kolowna, Lndysmlth, Nanaimo, Nelson, Now Westminster, North Vancouver, Peachlaud, novolstolto, Rors- land, Salmon Arm. Sutnmerland, Vancouver, Vernon and Victoria. Cnndldntos mual bo British hiiI,- locts hi'lween tlie ago of 21 and .'10, il for Third-Class Clerks; and between aii™ 10 mul Bl, if for Junior dorks or Vincent Htonogmphoi'B. o Leamnn Appllcntlnns wlll nol ho accoptod Dorothy '' rocolvod Inter than tho i»t!i June next. Further Information, togothor with | application forms, may ho obtained nardpett,; from the utidoralgned. P. WALKER, Boglstrar, Public Service. Victoria, B.C., 27th April, 1911. 18-7t OFFICE »T McKINSTNY'S LIVERY BORN ORANBROOK, B. 0, F. E. Corrison Tenuher of String and Standard Iuetrumenta Choir trniuer. Phone J5,(. CPAM,kook.H... «********************* \\ W. Cline ii Ol tlie old Mniiiiotm Mwrlior .MIioiiGUN -inw tm round In tb* ; MANITOBA HOTEL mhit clnim Work In ail lnttiii-lit**j ot the ; | Tonsorlal Art \\ j ********************** R. WALSH Fort Steele PACK HORSES SADDLE HORSES THE PROSPECTOR, CRANBROOK, BRITISH COLUMBIA *,_._._. A_kAa*a_aae fff*??T*??*?f I SPRING TIME MEANSlI * CLEANING TIME Have Your Painting and t Papering- started before j, the rush Results (iuurantetd B.H. SHORT ♦ |Painter and Decorator: ******************************************* $******** a***)************** **** *'t^'**^*<*', **»!>* A. C. SOWINGS | ********* i Importer uf Foreign anil Domestic Liquors. Try tlie " Dour Kilbalgle" Scotch Melcher's Red Cross Gin. Smoke David Haiuin, VV. 11. Irving, Pharaoh and Kiity Clgars Peter Dawson's Scotch Whiskey. A Full Huh of liar glasses always uu hnnd ******, A. C. BOWNESS Baker St. Cranbrook, K. (". * ********* You Husband Would Enjoy a Delicious Beefsteak io Di 11 e T_T IC has had a hard day, but his tired body and fagged brain will be cheered by the sight and taste of a nice cut of beefsteak, done to a turn and served up with some of those fresh onions. We kKow the cut which wil! suit him exactly, shall we send it ? P. BURNS & CO. I'hone 10 P. 0. Boi I PHONE 3*0 P. O. Box 904 i. F. JOHNS PLUMBER AND TINSMITH Steam and Hot Water Engineering Expert Now is the time to get your Lawn Mower ; Sharpened I have Special Machinery for that purpose All classes of Cutlery- ground at Reasonable Charges N'OTE THK ADDRESSi 11 HANSON AVE. CRANBROOK i BACK OK THK OLD IMPERIAL BANK BUILDING ,******************•******•************* WAR WITH CHINA WILL COMK FARMRR'H INSTITUTE. St. Petersburg, May 4—The Riihbo- Chines,! question Ih again to the Iront here and In causing anxiety. Uencral M. Matlanofl today until: "War with Ohinn in In no way ileslr- able, lor it would he iirulltahle to tho powers who will not shed a drop ol blood. But I believe this war will come since the Chinese are mistaken as to their situation Irom a military point ol view." In the itinurnry of thu Dupartnmut ol Agriculture organizing the Spring and summer meetings of the Parmer's Tustttiito meeting's are being arranged to take place in Crnnbrook anil Fernie on July 10, lectures on "orchards" by H. M. Wlnslow, and of "Poultry Raising" by J, R. Tony will be given. Meetings nre being arranged to take place at Windermere, Oolden, McMurdo, Brlsco, and Athalmar. USTABUSHfaU) 1835 THK PKOSPKCTOH PUB. CO. b\\ M. OUHISTIAN, MANAUEK Published Kvery Saturday Subscript i»*n Rnto * $8.0n por yca Advert-Sing Kuty_ ovvn application Tin more the 4 uea tlon of reciprocity is .lis-Urineil, tin- more umiat* lefactory .mint it ain-i-ai to t'una- lllQIlU. • * * • A rumor it. iti circulation at Ottawa tlmt Sir L. Gouin, promler of Quebec, will in n tew monthu enter the i-Viii'iui cabinet. Tlio Duke ol Connaught has decided to uAVr an International skating trophy to in; coirffioted lor' at Ottawa during next winter. Conditions of competition will lie annulled, later. * • • • The announcement or a lar^e plant for imikinj.; cement, concrete und brick near Princeton, concerns the entire province, The demand for cement ia mich that two years output of the new factory could he .old in advance. An the price here In about $r> a barrel at Craubrook, anil the new company proposes to reduce it to %\\i, the good wishes of consumers ko to the promoters of the en- tor prise, a * * * Negroes ure burred from entering Canada on the ground that they can not become adapted to the rigotoiis northern climate, and conseiiueutly might become a public chnrge. The action is authorized by the Immigration Act of Cnundn. * * * * While criming on Corfu, Greece, rifle shots were tired nt the Kaiser's hacht Hohenzollen. The bullets whistled over the Imperial cabin. Spanish anarchists have been very active lately, aud are receiving credit ot heing after thc Kaiser's scalp. • • • * The critical condition at Ottawa on Saturday last resulted in tlie sudden recall of Flarl Grey, governor- general, from Winnipeg. Karl Grey has canceled alt present engagements, and left for Ottawa during tho evening. The determination of the Opposition to light reciprocity with the United States all summer if necessary as outlined by leader Borden, thus preventing Sir Wilfrid Laurier from attending the Imperial Confer ence aud Coronation has caused a crisis in political circles, • • • * There are so many indications that point to a general election in. the near future. The Toronto Star, Liberal organ, in close touch with govet-nment leaders, a few days ago published a dispatch from Ottawa to tbe effect; "That the latest report from semi -official sources, and which is received wtth a good deal ot credence, is that we may expect an election some what sooner then was anticipated. It is now said that the government plans contemplate an adjournment about tbe middle of May. During the summer the work of taking the census wilt, it is .said, be gone on with, special attention being paid to the wost, and an early session ts to be called in September, a redistribution act passed, and dissolution, and an appeal to the country to follow In November. This programme Ib one which would meat with general approval. It ts reported that Sir Wilfrid is anxious to appeal to the country on the reciprocity issue but that there will be no such appeal until the proper representation iB given to the west." * • • * The Reciprocity debate continues, although tt ls announced that Liberal members are to he choked off. The future discussion may be left to the members ot thc Opposition, who are building up a great case against the pact. It ts Idle to pretend that the opposition to reciprocity is sectional when such men like Qlen Campbell and Mr. Bradbury of Manitoba, and Messrs, Burrell, Goodeve, and Taylor of British Columbia arc so cut- spoken against it. The strongest argument against reciprocity is to ho found In thc special message of President Taft to the United States transmitting the report of the Tariff Board. Thii. Board has heen ei gaged foi thc past year in collecting statistical information as to lhe comparative prices of farm products in the United States and Canada. This report abundantly proves that prices arc almost iniformly higher in Canada than they are In the United States, In a word, thc Canadian market is to be thrown open to the American farmers, The Amerirtn market will be open theoretically to the Canadian farmer, but goods do not go to the cheaper market. a aa a Hon. Geo. B. Foster and other Conservative members took occasion recently to call the attention of the country to tho forthcoming Imperial Conference. The Laurier Government seems determined to do nothing towards binding the British Empire together. Every othor Helf-govern- lilg state has suggested subjects for discussion at the coming conference hut Canada has said in substance that she has no interest in tho Con- ferencr and lias nothing to suggcHt, Sh Wilfrid Lnurler mado a lame reply to Mi. Foster's indictment. He said in eflect, that tlio Conference would have enough work to do without any suggestions from Canada. It must bo remembered however that Canada If the largest and most important of all the over-sea dominions, If this country Is indifferent or apathetic, the Imperial Confer- George K. Leask & Co. BUILDERS and Contractors Plans, specifications a.\\t. Estimates rtinttiSHED ON APPLICATION I'HONE IH P. O, HOX W5 I ALL KINDS OF BUILDING MATERIAL CONSTANTLY ON HAND. ********************* a********************' 1 ********************* ******************** WENTWORTH HOTEL gr-nbrook. Is a laiye and attractive hotel ot superior elegance in all its appointments, .\\nl, a cuisine ol superior excellence. Railway men, Luiiibeiiiieii.and Miners all go to The Wentworth J. McTAVISH - Proprietor ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ mice is doomed to failure There is no reason to believe that the Prime Minister of Canada will be just' as well pleased to have no Conference at all. He is already threatening not to go to Loudon unions the Conservatives withdraw their opposition to Reciprocity. Major Herron, the sturdy and stalwart member for Macleod, very aptly said the other dny that it made no great difference ii Sir Wilfrid Laurier did not attend the Imperial Conference, His absence would not dampen the Imperial enthusiasm any more than would his presence; at all previous Conferences he was an obstructionist; instead of putting hts shoulder to the wheel he put a stick between the spokes. • * • « Let anyone read the Toronto Globe's special cotrespoudencc from Washington, dealing with chances that reciprocity has in the senate of the United States, and whether it is a wise thing for Canada tn place the making of her tarlll—and that is what is really the issue—-in the hands of the Congress of the United States. According to the Globe the senate is not only divided into parties, but each pnrty is full of internal warfare, and what with the various kinds of strategy as between warring elements within each party, and as between the two hig parties, the prospect is anything but bright for the passage of reciprocity. furthermore it is certain that if wc even put ourselves in the same hole again the same will happen yoar after year, and time after time, and tariff uncertainty will be the rule in Canada. We cannot afford any such condition of affairs; if we wish to be let tn American goods on lower duties let them in once and for all or part, and change it when wc want to; and if the Americans wish to do the same with regard to our goods, let them do it. But this idea of reciprocity or joint arrangement is a delusion and a snare, and the greatest enemy to Canada's fiscal independence that was ever perpetrated. Sir Wilfrid Laurier has made the mistake of his life, and so has the Liberal party, and the sooner they net awny from it the better it will he for them and the country. We believe now more than ever that there will be no reciprocity treaty. GERMANY WANTS RECIPROCITY London, Mny 3.—The Mail's Rerlin correspondent says that while it Is impossible in German official quarters to obtain cither confirmation or dental of the Ottawa report that Germany hns begun preliminary negotiations for rcciproelty with Canada,! he is enabled to state that the Ger- man has stretched out feelers in the direction of n German-Canadian j agreement. The German government makes no secret of its anxiety at thei disadvantage thnt wll! accrue to the! German trade with the Dominion If' the American reciprociey treaty enacted. FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARH THE PRICE OF ORDER IN COUNCIL Toronto, May -1.—Tt is stated here that the charge made Iiy "Admiral" McOlllicudy, late of Calgary, against a member of tho Laurier govornment in connection with a land grant transaction is that a $50,(100 amount on the credit side of a certain bunk account is trarcahle to nn order In council at Ottawa , that permitted n railway company to exchange 660,000 arret- of Mnnitolm swamp land for 660,000 acres of .Saskatchewan prat- rio land, The company was entitled to the Mnnltoha swamp land under the Manitoba & Southeastern char-1 ter granted iu 18J#t. in L907 they dropped the Manitoba land and were given the area in Saskatchewan. The order in council relating to this transaction was part of the evidence submitted to Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Tho explanation is given here that the land grant was changed to Saskatchewan tor the simple reason that there were no suitable lands for selection in Manitoba. Ottawa, May 2.—Mr, Oliver declared that there was no foundation for such insinuations, and no special charges made, nevertheless he would ask that u special committee of the house be named to enquire into and charge which might be made in con miction with this matter. Sir Wilfrid Laurier then moved for the appointment of a select commit too ot live members of ttie house to, enquire Into ttie matter to which the minister ot the interior referred. R. L. Borden enquired as to the scope of the proposed enquiry, Sir Wilfrid snid tbat tho committee would enquire under oath into all circumstances surrounding tho issue of this order iu council. Mr, Borden suggested tbe advisability of allowing the formal motion to stand over till tomorrow. To this the prime minister' agreed and the matter was dropped. NAVIGATION OPENS ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER. Wllmer, May 3.—Navigation on the Columbia river was opened this week by passenger steamers from Golden to Windermere. A large amount ol freight is at Golden which will he transported up the river to points in the Upper Columbia valley. The Columbia & Kootenay Railway and Navigation compnny following in the footsteps of the government has recently announced an increase in the price of wild land to $10 per acre. The private sale of two pieces of land comprising l.GOO acres has been announced. Tlie lands are partially improved in each case and afford excellent views of the grand scenery which surrounds the headwaters of the Columbia river. The prices arc not made public but are said to be sufficiently high to be above high watcr mark for similar lands in the past. Among the residents of the vnlley who have returned from European tours nre Captain R. S. Grant Tbo rold, and It. Randolph Bruce. Mr. Bruce is vice-president of tlie Columbia* Valley Irrigated Fruit Lands Limited, witb bend offices at Wilmer. He is enthusiastic over tbe doings of bis company nnd the publicity which is being drawn to this part by articles in the standard magazines and newspapers throughout the English speaking world, Referring to the local doings of his company he mentions the active campaign which they are preparing to oarry on here. At. least 100 men will at once be employed locally. Tin- sales of farm lumh and villa lui:; has started, The new lots are in the up to date townsfte of Invormoro are now open and aro fast being taken up. Like Prince Rupert, Invormoro is one of the few towns!ted throughout America which Ims been laid out strictly on a landscape basin to con form to tho beautifully rounded contour of tho ground on which ttie future town will he built.' II. II, ItnitH, 0, 15., has arrived to llll the position or manager uf ibis company, Pound! On Baker stieet, one door west ol Messrs. Hill & Co., the only place in town that can make life worth living. Cosmopolitan Hotel E. H. SMALL, Manager. ******************** . ***************************** ***********-i ;; phone 56 THE r.,ITV STORE Gold Standard Teas and Coffee Our whole tune is devoted to your wants in the ■ Grocery line therefore we absolutely guarantee every article that leaves our store. I We will thank our customers to advise us if at any I time goods are received that are not No. i quality. CA M PBELL & MANNING Staple and Fancy Orooers ******************************* ************ ***** ********** NORTH STAR HOTEL KIMBERLEY. B.C. a H W. DREW, Proprietor. The Liberal puffery Bureau dxplnlne tlmt Nnrl (ircy is returning to Ottawa Ikjciuihc ho always Intended to do so. Then why hut" he had to cancel n week's engagement*. In Winnipeg. Everything for The Smoker! W,i huve Hit, best line of Smoker'*. Articles in Southeast Kootenay.,, Choice ClKt.ru and Tobaccos ClKur-Holclert-) and Pipes. 1' — ,1 LESTER CLAPP The Tobacconist THK PROSPECTOR, CRANRROOK, BRITISH COLUMBIA THE PERFUME or in UDY IN BLACK By GASTON LEROUX, Author ol "The Muter) ol tb* Yellow Room." COPYRIGHT 19.9. DY BRENTANO'S (Continued.) M. Darzac said: "Thla man must disappear, but in ' illet.ee, whether we move bim by our' entreaties or bribe bim or kill bim. But tbe lirst condition ol bis disup- pen ranee la to keep the fact that he ban reappeared ul ull n secret. Above all-ami I am speaking of the beartfelt l wish of Mme. Darzac ns well ns my own-M. Stangerson must never know that we are menared by tbe blows ot this monster." "Mme. Dame's wishes nre commands," replied Rouletabllle. "M. Stangerson shall know nothing." Roulotnbllle arose and exchanged through the window n signal with Bernier. who was stuudlng erect upon the threshold ot the square tower, i Then he enme back to us aud sat down again. **Larsau probably Is nol far off." he said. "Bernier is on the most friend); terms with those worthy people, nt.d I am golm* with him to talk to tnem The Italian customs oUlcer speaks ouly Italian, but the l-'reueh officer speaks both languages as well as the patois of the country, and it Is this man. whom Beruter tells me ls called Michael, to whom I look to be of the greatest use to us. Through his means we bave already learned ttiat the two revenue posts are niu.-b interested in tbe maneuvers of the boat belonging to Tulllo, the Gjsbermnn, whom they call 'the hangman ot ine sen. Old I Tulllo Is an acquaintance of the customs men—tbe most skinful or smugglers, lie bad with tilm this evening in his boat an Individual whom tbe revenue officers bad never seen. The boat, Tulllo and the passenger all disappeared at the 1'ointe de