@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "28a7d32a-9938-4796-9416-18676ace4977"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2015-12-18"@en, "1912-03-16"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/cumberlandis/items/1.0067979/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ MILLINERY \\rhn ff I lltlN lillltlels Lovely selection Ladies' and Children's Trimmed Hats at moderate prices. OAMPBELL BROS. ^j^^ \\&. C„ THE ISLA i*. a ^dllfiflFJf- HATS AND W, E- ~-SONNETS Reuutiful assortment of children's Muslin hots and bonnets. A Hue line of flowers for trimming to choose irom. Campbell Bros Nn. 95 THE ISI.ANDEK, CUMBERLAND, B.C., SATURDAY, MARCH16, 11)12 WORK ON WHARF AT ROY'S REACH To Start within Two / Months is Now . Rumored. The good news reaches Cumberland that within two months work will be begun on the new government wharf at Roy's Beach. A short time since an engineer from the Department of Works at Ottawa made a survey of the beach and water. He found six fathoms of water at half tide. It is learned that he was much impressed with the needs of a government wharf at Hoy's Beach, and he found also there was nothing prohibitive in the matter as regards cost, so that in all probability his report was favorable. Anyway it is now learned on good authority that men will be at work in the construction of the wharf within two months. This is a distinct gain for this district and will be a powerful factor in the growth of Cumberland. It means that there are many thousands of acres of as good agricultural land as can be found in the province, which is tributary to Curhberland, whicn will be settled up. Much of it will he put into small fruits, which can, by the use of this wharf, reach the city markets entirely by a water route, cutting out the jolting and rough handling of the railroad. With transportation facilities so close to this land it will prove a great attraction to homeseekers. Naturally the settlers and homebuilders upon this land will come to Cumberland to trade. This wharf puts Cumberland into quicker communication with the outside world, quicker as 4 is to 11. It means a saving on freight rates. There will certainly be an automobile line between Cumberland and the new wharf, and as Cumberland grows, which it inevitably will, we may look for a street car line. Subscription price fl.BO por yeai ANNUAL SALE OF WORK Ladies' Aid of Grace Methodist Church Entertain. The Ladies' Aid of Grace Methodist Church will hold a Sale of Work in Cumberland Hall at 2.30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20th. Various kinds of fancy work, both useful and ornamental, will be on sale at reasonable prices. A delicious supper will be served from 5.30 to 7.30 p.m.. and if the record of past years is any criterion, it would be folly to miss it. This is the annul sale to raise funds for the church. The ladies are sparing no pains to make it both pleasant and profitable to the patrons. Instead of the usual concert a moving picture program will be given at 8 p.m. All are cordially invited to attand. DULL MEETING OF COUNCIL Unparliamei.t, • y Language U ■■ ' Alderman. SPORT AND A SAD AFFAIR. On Wednesday evening at a late hour the Jewel Box was pounced upon very unmercifully, goods to the value were extracted. It is believed that a famous gang of American crooks are working in this vicinity. The operations of this gang have been confined to petty pilfering in the past, but this crime, the crime of the 20th century, of stealing the time, passes the bounds of common decency, and it is high time that the Pinkerton detective agency were called in to solve these mysteries. The operations of the gang are usually carried on when the ghost walks, and they are as hard to catch as a newspaper man. Mr. Aston, when interviewed by our reporter, said that he would be willing to spend $5000 to get the time back, not as a benefit to himself; but as a public-minded citizen he considers it his duty to hunt the criminals to the bitter end. The police are now working on the case with the famous detective, James Blakewell, of Sawmill Heights. This detective is one of the best known sleuths of Cumberland, There will be the usui) servces nnd it is hoped that with his aid in the Presbyteri: n church, al: Qur police will be able to cope i in the English church, UNION BAY NOTES Mrs. Robert Humphrey end daughter are guests at the Wilson Hotel. SS. Makura, of the Canadian- Auptva'Jen line, bunkered here this week. SS. Sahara arrived in port for bunker coal, also the SS. Harpa- gus. Mr. Alf. Horne left by the SS. Cowichan on Sunday for Nanaimo, where he will spend a tew days. Union Bay, March 10—(Special by wire) -A Surprise party was sprung here last evening on Mr. John Humphrey by the young ladies of Union Bay. There was a large number present and a merry time was passed in cards and dancing, followed by refresh ments. Another surprise was sprung on Johnny. A handsome gentleman's travelling set was presented to him, Miss Margaret Ray reading a presentation speech and Miss Greta Brown presenting it to him. Thoroughly surprised Johnny was incapable of speech. To John Humphrey, Esq.: Dear Mr. Humphrey:- We, the young ladies of Union Bay, having heard of your approaching departure from amongst us we cannot allow you to leave without tendering you our sincerest regards for the very many kindess- es which we from time to time have received at your hands, especially when our basketball club was in full force here, and tho members of that club cannot soon forget these kindnesses. We hope you will accept this slight token of our esteem, assuring you of our warmest wishes for your pros perity wherever you may go. We remain, your well wishers, The Young Ladies of Union Bay. with the case. Mr. Aston states that if this fails, he will send to No. 7 for the best detective they have there, as he thinks that the money is is worth the time lost. As we to press there are' rumors of arrests to bo made shortly- Prominent citizens ar implica. ted. The meeting of the council Monday evening was devoid of the usual interest. It was one of those sessions which comes at times to all bodies, when things trivial, dry and routine press to the front. There was a promise of interest when the sidewalk matter was reached, but it ended in a fiasco. Beveridge brought in a long written report, in which he had carefully set down thc answers of some of those to whom he had presented the sidewalk petition. The report contained sarcastic comment by Mr. Beveridge upon some of the answers and those who made them. The reading some amusement but was received without comment. When the report came up for discussion and disposition it was not received. Maxwell objected. He did not think the report a proper one to be summitted by the committee. It was probable that those who had given the alleged answers would have used altogether different language if they had known their words were to be repeated to the council. In the colloquy that followed Beveridge lost his head and gave way to unparliamentary language, lie vvas sharply called to order by His Worship, who said, addressing Beveridge, each alderman has the right to the expression oi his opinion upon any matter coming before the council, "you as well as Ilio others," and he wa in '■ i i stating that all • ' must h: coi teous languag .1 clo ed the incident and tbe st ssioi proceeded harmoniously to the end. Mr. Beveridge's report showed that 11 had signed the petition and 5 had refused. Alderman Coe said there were some whoi had not heen seen and he was of the opinion that some who had refused to sign upon proper explanation could be induced to do so. Mr. Coe antl the Mayor were then appointed a committee lo further explain conditions lo the property holders and ask for their support. Alderman Campbell brought in an amendment to the trades license by-law. It passed to the second reading and was read hy title. The use of the night letter rate which was installed in the government telegraph office here on Feb. 1. is growing. All such night letters must be in the offiee by 6 o'clock p. m. The rate is 25c for 50 words and one-fifth for every 10 words or fraction thereof over, Methodist CHURCH—Service 11 a.m., Dr. Ernest Hall, subject "Talk to Parents." Evening service 7 p.m., Rev. B. C. Freeman, subject, "Can a Man Come Back.' ■'-).nothing Doing In (Cumberland Every Week. [ Well, Nanaimo broke the hoodoo Sunday and made a draw of ti with Victoria. Of course we al) hoped the Uniteds would wallop the Victorians soundly. Not that we have it in for Victoria particularly, but because we want ajjhow at the pennant ourselves However Victoria stands where she stood before, and will now have to play Cumberland. That is all we ask. The boys are all primed for the Uniteds to-morrow and determined to give them the best they have in stock. The Uniteds may leave their hoodoo at home, lf they beat us, well and good. We arc not asking the hei]) of any hoodoo. McMillan Nicholson Watchman Cairns, Strang, c. Galloway Adams Dargie Boothman Williams Lunsden Tapella is on again. There is no sueh thing as keeping him down; but this time the game is his own, the squared circle. His opponent is one, Tex Foster, a gentleman of color. The articles call I'or clean breaks, and Mr. Foster will please hear in mind that "razzers" are clean barred. Tex comes in as a (lark horso, not being known in this neck of the woods, but he is supposed to be a whirlwind from the United States, probably a "norther" from Texas, who has done some swift stunts in Crow's Nest. This latter doesn't sound good. Tapella always has a picnic with .ise Crow's Nest "Whizzers." o! Suppose Tax is an under- . i .tly of Jack Johnson! We never thought of that. Even this wouldn't pheze Tapella. He's got to be shown. The bout will take place in Cumberland Hall on March 23rd, lt will be a 10-round go. The finals in the billiard tournament this week. Five are mining neek and neck, Bert Irish, W. Caufield, Tommy Fox, Scotty (lark, W. Cessford. Some claim Bob Adams is still in the game. Dob Hunt, making higest single run (29) was beaten by 3. Chess Walker, well up in the amateur class was put to the bad by Cessford, a nonice, by 100 points. Next week is the pool handicap. -I. K Rico, managing director of tlm Ontario Kite Insurance. On., with liond ulli it Culgury, visited ftiiniiril.-uiil lust.ivcok anil wdiilu horo appointed Edward W. Bickle (heir rupt'esliututivo fur tins diatrict. Whon you want fire insurance boo Btoltlo. GENEROUS SUM OF $3,000 SUDSCRIDED TOWARDS Y1C.A. Chas. K. Sayefc of Vancouver, Preparing Plans and Specifications of Proposed Building. TO COST BETWEEN 15,000 AND 36,000 The Building to be Located on Dunsmuir Ave. Probably on the Vacant Lot Adjoining the Present City Hall. Thews was an enthusiastic meeting of tbe Y.M.C.A. forces in Judge Abrams1 office at the City Hall Monday evening. It was largely attended. It developed during the meeting that the outlook for the establishment of the Y.M.C.A. here in this eity was more than favorable. It was almost an accomplished fact. There was a sense of congratulation that the' business men and citizens of Cumberland had responded so nobly and liberally to the call. Plans for further collections, for the hind effort, were made and later executed with the resnlt that there has now been collected the generous sum of $3,000, which has all been subscribed and assured by the people of Cumberland. So far have matters progressed toward success that Secretary Chas. R. Sayer, of Vancouver, is now having the plans and specifications for the building prepared. While no official estimate lias been made it is expected that the building will cost between $5,000 and $0,000. The proper site for this building has been taken up by the local committee who have about decided upon a site adjoining the City Hall. All data, together with the amount subscribed by the ' O -r citizens, will now be laid before the Collieries Company, wlm, no doubt, will contribute generously towards the support of the institution. This is another instance where the people of Cumberland got together and put tlieir shoulders to the wheel. It is good for/the town. partniont will nut. lm paid for same, A. JOHNSTON, Deputy Ministor nf Murine and Fisheries. Department "f Marino mul Fisheries, Ottuwuw, Canada, lnt March, 191'J. Miss Blythe, who will have charge of the millinery department of the Big Store, arrived in town on Tuesday. Miss Blythe has had splendid experience'and will he abie to give lhe ladies of this vicinity the very latest in up- to-date Spring millinery. Dr. Kerr regret that he is obliged to postpone his March en gagemerits in Courtenay and Cumberland until April. TENDERS, TlSMlKItS ndilressed to till1. lllldcr- •dgtied at Ottawa, and endorsed nn the envelope 'Tender for Holland Inland Lighthouse," or '.'Tender for Point Atkinson, B.C., Llghthnuso" will bo received up to noon "f the twkni'Ihth dav or Antii,, 1812, I'm- the construction of u woodiJII light- house* uud dwelling combined on a Con i.'icie l*ioi and Promotion Work Oil Holland Island, Chatham Hound, B.O- und also fur tiie construction ut a rein forced concrete tower, dunl>l« dwulllng Agents for candidate! nominate! In the Cumox Electoral Distriot for tlio election of one member lo represent the electors of the said dlstrlot in ihu provincial legislature, to tatlield nn tho 28th day of March, 1912,'are as follows:-—For Walter Wnllis Lefetiux, Win. Maxwell, I'miilie iliinil: fnr Mich nol Manson, James Cartliew, Comux« Tiles. K. IIatk, Returning < Ifflcer, FOW SALE ~,1j miles from I'uiu und u fog alarm building al Point Ati I borlnnil, 20 acros .if extra good land, kinsou, iu ihe Proviuoe of British c.'.il-K'""1 ,"1' l'lll"'r fruil or vegetables, ti ii il >iit.. Will sell either whole or divido in IU Tenderers muy (pinto for oolor Imih aero blocks. Apply N. HARVBY, jolis, but in nny onto a separate price Happy Valley, must he Indicated fur each om, of the n . two jobs. Tho Department reserves The famous stereopticonlniturer, Dr. tlio rlglit.to ticoept an olio-for ono or E Hall will visit. Cumbering March both stations, I I6thand 1711c Saturday the 16th inst. Each tender must bo accompanied in K, of I'. Hull, 4 p. in., lecture to hy un accepted cheque on a oharteredj-, women only; 8p. m. looturo li men Canadian hunk equal to o p.c. of tlio over 18yenrsofugo. Sunday 17th iimt whole unicunt of the oII'.t, whioh cheque in Methodist church lln, in., Talk to wiii he foi foiled If the successful tend- Parents, Cumberland hali-ii p. ro., orer declines to cntor into tho contract White Slave, Traffic, lo mixed audience prepared liy tho Department! '"' fails no children. All are cordial]? invited to comploto the work In accordance to nbove lectures. Collection.will'lie wilh the plans nnd specifioat-ioiiH. Plans nud specilicaiioitH ciw 1st -seen aiul forms nf tender procured at this Dopitciment, Ottawa at the .Agent'}' of the Department Victoria, ll.C, and nt tiio Post Offices. Vnncouver and l'i nee Rupert. IIU The lowest oi any tendei* not ncces- ■iii ily i.eccpied. New-papers oopying this nl Ivertise- uiciit without uut.ioim irom, ilio De- taken to defray i xpotises. NOTICE, Tenders for Iho building of addition to the Uui,ui ,t Comox Dittriot Hov pilul, Cumin rlnitil. will bo received up lo April 1st, 1012, Lowest nor nny tender not necessarily ncceptcd. Plans and specifications,cnn be seen nt Mr. 1.. Mounco's office, snw mill. F..1. DALBY, So rotary mmsm TIIE ISLANDER, CUMBERLAND, B.C. NERVILINE Swift Cure for Croup "Last yenr two ol my children were taken wtth oroup. They coughed something dreadfully, nntl were too sick to eat anything. I applied Nerviline to the throat and chest antl gave it internally, also, I also got the children to Inhale 'Catarrhozone.' No remedy could have worked more satisfactorily, 1 can recommend mothers to use Nervillne; it's a fine liniment. (Signed) "Mrs. p, E. Knechler, ■ilarriston P.O." EASY MONEY FOR MUSICIANS If Caruso, the great tenor, happens to luso liis voice or become incapacitated because of such illness as has kept him off the operatic Btage for the last half of two seasons, lie will feel uon soled ity ilie knowledge that hla royalties from ilu- phonograph company will exeectl (100,000 a year for many years to eume; while Mine. Totrazzlnl is (iiMi«'fui tlmi tin' same company refused io pay her $1,000 five years ago for the very same effort that they now nre paying her $85,000 a year for. Then the diva whs willing tn take the lower IlKnre outright for her records, but a year ago she demanded a 1 tonus of j-j."..iiiii) besides the royalties, and she got it. That Reminds Ne LADIES WANTED Ladles to do plain and light sewing nt home, whole or spare time; n***>d pay; work sent any distance; charges paid: send stump for particulars, NATIONAL MANUFACTURING CO., Montreal. «»AB50F MX UNTHtKT t 'JR IT Corn *,.' anionB,CnUousBanchs Tirod, rVchlufj. Swollen Tc< (. is ullays i.;in nod tain • oul -, nnd Inflammation promptly. 1 Cng and nooUilug—caui ■ n .. cr» ■ ■■ ulty tinnvt ilu- blood thn ■ uu : rt.ns- i i iilng naiurolubufl....: i ■ ■ .1.- I'liy Ungtwobottl a iJ your- :,.ti..:.: .:..ii'... for :* bunion t iniyfi it. My feot ta r nny swelling 1 afiilutHui. at ANYONE II A~~h* ear, use ^---'■.-■DIFFERENT KINDS A^__-^ of Goods - with the SAME 0»e. ' I used CLEAN and SIMPLE to Use. F U fit DES, McMILUHfUR & WOOLCOA >' .■ • -: i-i7 Ruptpr rrMrr - - WIWNIPtB -MANITOBA ; ^wiii i i.u >' on S* '*-<;,;'-A " "What is Billy Himlatit doing these days?" asked Smithers, "Oh, he's working his son's way through college," suid liltle Blnks. "She's a woman of great influence." "Gets her children to answer their letters, does she?" "Oh, mure powerful than that! She 1 suppose," said the restaurant diner gets her husband to answer his." "Everything comes to him who waits, patiently. "Ves, suh," answered the colored waiter, "but the gentleman what won't wait done gets Ids (Irst." eee Pater—"What's wrong with this sen- tence, Tommy? 'For years us men have uncomplainingly buttoned up women.' " Tommy—"Tiie word uncomplainingly ought to be left out," Sunday Sehool Teacher—"ln nil that immense garden there was only one thing that Adam and Eve might not touch—the forbidden fruit." Little Girl—"And could thuy touch the poison ivy?" • * * Mrs. Flnnegan (reading newspaper) —"l see Hie Government ls going to make ihem Roos-lans do justice lo the Jews., Tliey disarve it." Flnnegan (smoking)—'Indeed, they do. 1 wud like to do Justice to wan or two of them meself." • » * Miss Laker—"Do describe the niv- lera to me." Travelled Invalid—"Well, my rheumatism was better there, bui my teeth troubled me some and my nerves wero bail. That's just lhe sort of place it is." tee "Helghot" slglied Mrs. stoutly. "Vou used to sit willi your arm around my waist, John, but yuu never do it any "I'm sorry, dear," replied Stoutly. "but there are some things that ure beyond my reach." « * • "Well, whaddy you want?" "1 am tho man who was married in the cage of wildcats." "I asted ye whaddy you want!" "1 thought I would like to look Into the cage again, 1 fear I left my wife lliere und took one of lhe wildcats." • • * Clerk—"I'm afraid I can't let you have that drug, sir." Customer—"Why not? Do I look llko a man who would kill himself?" Clerk—"Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say that, sir; but If I looked like you 1 should be tempted." • * • llis Lordship—"So you backed Connie Lassie ut twenty-to-one, as I told you lo do, eh?" Andrew—"A'm verra pleased to say I did, your Lordship." Mis Lordship—"! suppose you'll plunge the next time I give you a tip?" Andrew—"A'm na sae sure, my Lord; she only won by a short heed!" • * • The Mistress—"Yes, tlmt seems satisfactory! and now—a most Important nuestion with us—as to politics, liavo you any strong convictions?" The Prospective Butler—"Madam, I will not deceive you—they are my life's blood." The Mistress—-"Well, what are they?" The Prospective Butler—"God iave Old England, Ma'm!" • * * After ho hud kissed her and pressed her rosy cheek against his and patted lier under the chin, she drew baek and said: "George, do you shave yourself?" "Yls; why do you ask?" he replied. "I thought so," she said; "your face Is the roughest I ever " Then she stopped, but it was too late, and he went away with a cold, heavy lump ln his breast. • • « Tho teacher had the letters c-a-t on the blackboard and was trying to teach little I'ansy l'eavlsh to pronounce the word, but Pansy couldn't come It. "Think," said the teacher, "Whut Is It that has some whiskers nnd e mes up on tho porch late at night when It is cold and bogs to come into the house?" "Oh, 1 know!" exclaimed little Pansy, a great light dawning! "it's pupa!" • • • "I have found n new germ," announced the emlneni savant, "Ah, Indeed 1" said his friend. "And whal will be Us effect?" "It will produce twenty magazine articles, three hundred newspaper interviews, and got my portrait printed all over the i itry," replied the em- In ont sa\\umt, win. thiit careful regard for o ■■ ufacy which haa always uis- tlngulshofl liis utterances. • • • "Your husband might hnve a little ■olid food directly he begins to mend," Bald the doctor, "Bul how am 1 to tell?" inquired the anxious wife, "The convalescent stages of influenza." replied the doctor, "aro marked by a slight Irritability." The next day he called and found the patient's wife radiant. "When I refused to order his steak and onions," she explained, "he came inlo the kitchen and smashed fourteen SOUp plates and a dinner service so, of course, I sent out for a steak at onee." • • • A Scotchman landed In Cnnada nnt mg ago. The very first morning he Man Nostrils are Plugged Your Catarrh is Bad BY ACTING TO-OAV YOU CAN QUICKLY CURE CATARRH AND AVOID BRONCHITIS, PER. HAPS CONSUMPTION Most Agreeable and Surest Cure is Catarrhozone, Which Cures Every Curable Case Catarrhozone proves especially good in those chronic cases wliere mucous drops down the throat, sickens the stomach, and pollutes the breath. When the nostrils are stuffed, only u few breaths through the Inhaler are needed to clear the passeges, and where there is coughing and sore bronchial tubes the soothing, healing properties of Catarrhozone act almost as magic. Once you stop taking medicine into the Btomach and get the healing oils and pure balsams of Catarrhosone at j work you can be sure of quick and lasl ing cure Tor nose colds, catarrh, weak lungs, bronchitis, and speaker's sore throat, 13 YEARS OF CATARRH CURED. "As Catarrhozone has cured me of a Catarrhal Cough nnd Asthma that lasted thirteen years, I feel I can honestly recommend it. I really used all kinds of medicine, but Catarrhozone was the only one that did any real good. I am entirely cured—have no cough, no bad breathing spells, not a sign of a cold or catarrh about mo. But t will always occasionally use 'Catarrhozone,' I prize it so highly, "Mrs. B. L. Osgood, . "Johnson P.O., Ont." The complete $1.00 Outilt of Catarrhozone is sulllcicnt Cor - months' treatment, and is guaranteed. Smaller size, 50c, at all dealers, or Tho Catarrhozone Co., Buffalo, N.Y., and Kingston, Ont. walked abroad he met a coal-black negro. it happened that the negro had been born in the Highland district of Scotland and had spent the greater part of his life there. Naturally he had a burr on his tongue. "Ley, niannie," Bald the pink Scotchman, "can ye no tall mc wheer I'll tind the kirk?" The darky took him by tho arm and led him to the corner. "Go rieht up to yon wee ho.se and turn to ye're rieht, and gang up the hill," suld he. The fresh Importation from Scotland looked at him in horror, "And urre yo from Scot kind, mon?" he asked. "L-riclu ye urre," satd the darkey. "Aberdeen's ma name." "And beo tang have ye been here?" "Abuot twa year," suld the darky. "Lord save us and keep us!" suid Uie new arrival, "Whuur cun I get the hout for Edinbro?" A returned explorer was giving u parlor lecture. "What Is the gentleman talking about?" demanded a languid lady. "Progressive Peru." "And how do you play it?" • * * Husband—"Why do you have Ilsh every day? Are you so fond uf it?" Wife—"No, dear; but I've read a lovely recipe for removing a fish-bone when it slicks in your throat, und I wanted to try it." * • • "Will you walk Into my parlor?" said the spider to the fly. "Well, hardly," said the Insect, us he winked the other eye. "Your parlor has an entrance, but of exits it is siiy. So I'll slay outside in safety, aud remain a little lly." "A man, like a watch, Is known by his works," observes the epigram- maker. "And by the hum's he keeps," added the wife. "And by the spring" in him." said tho athlete. "And by his being sometimes fast," remarked the reformer, "And hy the way his hands go up," put in the pugilist. "And hy his not always going when we want him to," finished the girl who'd been robbed of her beauty-sleep. There wus a prosecuting attorney In the South who was so uniformly successful with his cases that ho not only became the terror of evil-doers but an object of admiration to every one, und especially to the negroes of the city in wliich he lived. When he left public ofllce he was nt noo sought out by those charged with crime. Much lo his chagrin the flrst two cases that he defended resulted in th &" ;HN> lrUVfcN3l>iUC&. as cunts IngtOp und wus raced that year. She won une match und was second in the Lexington slakes. At Louisville her bil broke and she was pulled up nnd walked home. As a four-year-old she lost hcr speed and about lhe same time lost un eye by the accidental In- clslon of a thorn, hence her name. She was sent to Ohio wilh Mambrlno l'Hul for safety during several yeurs of the Civil War. In 1863 she won n free-for-all at Louisville und was sold fur $MU0 to C. P, Keif of Philadelphia. Up to this time Bhe hud been known us Maid of Ashland. She wus in Sam McLaughlin's hands In 11-03, ltit»4 and 1SG5. She met und guve Dexter liis tlrst defeat in lSti5, taking a record uf 2:24, That fall she was sold to A. Welch and J. D. MoCann and placed in Dun niter's bands. Sho met and defeated George Wilkes and Lady Emma, She met und defeated tho best in the turf the next four years, Including Goldsmith Maid. She took her record in 1S0D. in May. 1S70, she wus bought by Dan Mace, agent, for $30.01)0, and defeated George Wilkes and Goldsmith Maid. At Rochester she trotted llm last half of a third hem iu 1.00. shortly afterwards (Aug. 4, 1S70), lu loading lo ship to Buffalo the movable platform slipped, l-ady Thom fell, and had a hip knocked down which ended her racing days, She wus "touted" for a mile in 2:10. She was then sold to IL N. Smith of the Fashion Slock Farm, Trenton, N.,I„ whose property she died June 23, 1877, frum overfeeding on green clover. She wn« buried Just Inside the mile track at his farm. She produced u daughter and a s n by Gen. Ivnox, llie latter General Washington, foaled Feb. 22, 1874 When Lady Thorn appeared on the uack in her preliminary Jogging her peculiar gait ai traded general comment, she bent lier knees very little and had an awkward way of poking Dut ber front feet with a dwelling j action that seemed little adapted to . the work before hcr; but as her Spoed [ increased, the dwell was lost without any shortening of the stride, j 11 is said that Lady Thorn onco bit I Dan Mace, that he guve her a heating, had her bitched, and gave her a "workout." Liltle wus ever said of this because Mace bud lost bis temper and cruelly used the mare, but a few knew of the occurrence and have reported the lime from 2:08 to 2:101, none slower than the latter figure. J. Dunn Walton, wbu used to shoe l.ady Thorn, gave some Interesting Information abuut Lady Thorn ln tbe American Horse Breeder of July (!, 1000. lie says she stood IU hands ut the withers und u little higher behind, hud good knee action. Dun Maco once tuld him her stride was 201 feet. She went very high behind, but was pood gaited. Dan Mace paid $30,000 for Lady Thorn for Ben Carver. Mr. Walton's slory of the fust trial is: "Mace wanted to give hcr a trial and did not want any one, besides ourselves, to time her. Wo took the one o'clock boat frum Houston Street Kerry, New York, and went to the Fashion Truck. This was one o'clock In the morning, mind you. On our arrival .Mace took her out and drove her two miles. Wo didn't see anyone around. Then Mace gave her her trial. 1 limed her the mllo In 2:10. After the trial an old track driver by the name uf Julm Doty came running lo mo uud ex plained that he hnd timed Lady Thorn In 2:0!). As long ns he lived lie de clured thnt he timed her that fast that morning. Doty told Robert Ronner of her fast trial and Mr. Bonner sent for me to come to his olllce. t responded and he nsked me if 1 timed Ludy Thorn. I replied I did, and I told him the exact time that 1 caught the mile. Viz., 2:10, as stated above, and ho promised that he would not tell nnyone how fast she went, and I know he never did. I think he would have owned her hnd she not been Injured." Half-mile truck racing Is each yeur becoming more and more popular with the ruee-going public, and tho time is not fur distant when many of the largest American meetings wtll be hold over the two-lap tracks. The Goshen, N.Y., association held a very successful Grand Circuit nieeLirig over their half-mile truck last season, and others will probably follow in the near future. The class of horses whieh race ovor the half-mile tracks nowadays Is as fast in many classes as those racing na the big tracks, consequently the racing nt a number of tho most important half-mile tracks is much more exciting than that witnessed on tho big line. Ever since 1808, when the high wheel champion Johnston, 2.00L paced a mile at Yuiingstown, 0„ In 2.10 flat, u number of fast horses huvo visited the half-mile tracks each year ami stepped fast miles, and the standard hns risen until at the present time it Is a common occurrence lo see a horse win a heat In better than 2.10 over a half-mile I rack. BLANKET YOUR HORSE Accuso any person of cruelty and he Is pretty certain tu resent the compliment. And yet Imw many people ln our cities daily countenance acts of cruelty and neglect to our four-footed friends without malting the least effort to lessen tho burden of those who canm. t speak for themselves. Are not such people accessories after the fact, morully, at least, If not legally? Winter is hero, and with the Inclemency of the weather added precautions are necessary for the welfare of the patient horse, who, ln addition to being overloaded, over-driven, cruelly Jerked and improperly shod, is often exposed for long periods of time without adequate covering. Societies for tbe prevention of cruelty are necessurily limited In dealing wilh ibis city-wide evil, but lf the gen eral public would cooperate more freely in reporting such eases, either to the societies, or better still, directly to the employers, it would have a most wholesome effect, as most of these drivers are provided with blankets whicli they aro too hi/.y to use uad few team owners care to have tlieir stock abused. Again lhe method of blanketing, especially in the cuso of coal teams. Is often a mere makeshift, the blanket being doubled up and thrown on the rump of tho animal when common sense demands that it cover the breast nml shoulders to be of benefit. Driving with the blunkot on Is obviously the luzy man's job and Is worse than useless. Who will help in safeguarding the wonderful, delicately adjusted, nnd sentient machine of man's best friend ? HOW EYE COLORS COME ABOUT hi regard to eye-color, the result of un analysis of pedlgroo data made showed that blue oyo*eolor is recessive to brown, llrown being the dominant rolor, u brown-eyed parent and a blue- eyed parent will have only brown-eyed children if tliu father and mother of the brown-eyed parent belli luul brown eyes. Otherwise, the children may have eyes of various Colors. The analysis showed that two blue eyed parents will have only blue-eyed children. Two grey*eye\\l parents will have only bluoeyed and yray-eyed children, ihiiwn-eycil parents may have children with eyes of any of the usual colors. A gray-oyod parent and a blue-eyed parent will tend lo have only gray-eyed children, or an equal number of gray- eyed and blue eyed children, according lo whether the groy-eyod parent is homozygous or heterozygous, A good many roaders may not know the meaning of these two words, bow o/.ygous and heterozygous. Any living thing derived from like genii-cells is liomu/ygiHis, ninl if derived from gcini-eells of opposite characters is heterozygous. For example, lhe child of a blue-eyed parent and a brown- eyed parent is heterozygous in respect to eye-color. The child of two blue- eved parents is homozygous in that respect. In case one parent has gray eyes and the oilier brown, the analysis showed that the following results may be expected in the offspring: If the brown-eyed parent is homozygous, all of the children brown eyed, if the brown-eyed parent is heterozygous in gray or blue, llfty per cent, of the children gray-eyed and fifty per cont. browifeyed; if the eyes of both paicuis Contain recessive blue germ- cells, twenty-five per cent, of the children blue-eyed, twenty-live per cent, gray-eyed, fifty per cent, brown-eyed. But, while it is highly interesting to learu what eye-color one's children will surely have or are likely to have, it is after ull of no great importance unless Women's Ailments Caused by Neglect Are Quickly Cured and'Robust, Sound Health Restored By Dr. Hamilton's Pills Women nre on tho whole more sickly than men. One reason is that their : system Is more complicated; another ; iml more Important reason Is they put , olT measures of relief too long. 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More and more hi lhls neighborhood is it becoming a motto, "If the disease is of the kidneys or from the kidneys, Dodd's Kidney I'ills will cure it." They have been tried in many cases of backache, rheumulism, lumbago and Bright's disease, and in no case where they have been given a fair trial have ibcy failed to cure. there be some deeper- meaning behind it. It lias bcen suggested that eyo- color mny be valuable us a criterion of race, ami perhaps it will be after long investigation and study have disclosed the factors upon which the varieties depend. At present the eugeiiisfs are struggling with (he problem of whether eyo- Color is not. associated with chemical differences influencing the character of the Individual. It has been pointed out that in the National Portrait Gal- lory in London the pictures of celebrated men and women are largely grouped according to the vocations i'u wliich they have won fame, and that there is a tendency for a giveu type of eye-color to predominate ia eouie of the larger groups. For example, it is rare to find auy- thing but blue eyes among thc soldiers and sailors, while among the actors, preachers, ami orators the dark eye is predominant, although for the population as a whole it is far scarcer than the light. Is there not hero a suggestion that fut uro generations—perhaps oven our own generation—may discover an intimate connection between eye-color and mental characteristics! if such a discovery should bo made, whut a tremendous impetus it would give to the study of human heredity! Jt would be the opening wedge to the problem of the inheritance of mind and character. It might lead to such a tie- velopment of the science of eugenics that parents could form at least some idea of the mentality and character of their future offspring. Norah (just landed)-—"Bridget, must 1 buy inanny clothes whin I Kit inesilf a job?" Bridget (old hand)—"Indiule, uo; you'll need nothln' but a goln'- away gown." It Hubs Puin Away.—Thero la no liniment so etllcacbms In overcoming 'iiln as Dr. Thomas' Eclectrlc Oil. The hand that rubs u lu rubs the pain away and on this account thero Is no preparation that stands so high in public esteem. There is no surer painkiller procurable, ns thousands can attest who have used it successfully In treating muny uilments. No Rest With Asthma.—Asthma usually attacks ut night, the one time when rest is needed most. Hence tbe loss of strength, the nervous debility, lhe loss of fiesh nnd otber evils whieh must be expected unless relief is secured. Fortunately relief is possible. Dr. J. U. 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WINNIPEG, MAN. 127 THK ISI,ANT)ER. 0UMRE1UjANT>, R fl V The Haunted Orchard (By Richard Le Galllenne) Spring wus once more in the world. Aa Bhe sung to herself in tbo faraway woodlands her voice reached even the tars of the city, weary with the long winter. Daffodils (lowered ut the entrances to tho Subway, furnituro removing viiii.s blocked the side streets, children clustered Liko blossoms on the doorsteps, the open ears woro rwnnlng and the cry of lho "cash clo'" man was once more heard in tbe land. Yes, It wus the spring, and the city dreamed wistfully of lilacs uud lho dewy piping of birds In gnarled old apple-trees, of dogwood lighting up with sudden silver tbo thickening woods, uf water-planta unfolding their glossy scrolls In pools of morning freshness, On Sunday mornings, the outbound trains wero thronged with euger pilgrims, hastening out of tho city, lo bo^ hold once more the ancient marvel of tho spring; and, on Sunday evenings, the railway termini were ullower wllb banners of blossom from titled wood- laud and orchard carried iu the hands of the returning pilgrims, whoso eyes mill shone with tho spring magic, in whose ears still sung tho fairy music. And us 1 beheld theso signs of tho vernal equinox, I kuow thut I, too, must follow the music, forsuko awhile the beautiful siren we cull the city, and in tbo green silences meet ance more my sweetheart Solitude. As tbe train drew out of thc Grand Central, 1 hummed to myself: "I've a neater, sweeter maiden, ln a greener, cleaner land"— and so I suld good-by to thc city, and went forth with beating heart to meet the spring. t. I had been told of an almost forgot teri'corner on tho south coast of Connecticut, where the spring and I could live in an inviolate loneliness- a place uninhabited suve by birds nntl blossoms, woods and thick gruss, und un occasional silent farmer, uud pervaded by tho l-.euLh and shimmer of tho Sound. Nor hud rumor lied, for who tho train set mo down at my destination I stepped out Into the most wonderful green hush, u leafy Sabbath silence, through which the very train, as It went farther on lis wuy, seemed to steal us noiselessly as possible for four of breaking the spell. After a winter in the town, to be dropped thus (suddenly into the Intense quiet of the country-side makes un almost ghostly Impression upon one, as of un enchanted silence, a silence that listens and watches but never speaks, linger on Up. There is a spectral quullty about everything upon which the eye falls: the woods, like great green clouds, the wayside llowers, the still farm-houses half lost in orchard bloom—ull seem to exist In u dream, Everything ts so still, everything so Biipemuturnlly green. Nothing moves or talks, except the gentle susurrus of the spring wind swaying the young buds high up in the quiet sky, or a bird now und again, or a littlo brook singing softly to itself among tho crowding rushes. Though from the houses one notes here and there, there uro evidently human Inhabitants of this green silence, none are to bo seen, I have often wondered wliere tho countryfolk hide themselves, us I huvo walked hour utter hour, pust furfh und croft and lonely door-yards, und never caught sight of a human face. If you should want to ask thc way, a farmer is us shy as u squirrel, and If you knock at a farmhouse door, all Is silent as a rabbit- warren. As I walked along In the enchunted stillness, I came at length tu u quaint old farm-house—"old Colonial" In its architect ure—embowered in white lilacs, and surrounded by an orchard of ancient apple-trees which cast a rich shade on thc deep spring gruss. The orchard hud the Impresslveness of those old religious groves, dedicated to the strange worship of sylvan gods, gods to be found now only in Horace or Catullus, nnd in the hearts of young poets to whom the beautiful antique Latin Is still dour. The old house seemed already the abode of Solitude. As I lifted the latch of the white gute and walked across the forgotten grass, und up on to the veranda already festooned with wistaria, and looked inlo the windows, 1 saw Solitude sitting by an old piano, on wliich no composer Inter thnn Bach had ever heen pluycd. In olher words, lhe house was empty; und going round to the buck, where old barns und stables leaned together as If falling asleep, 1 found a broken pune, nnd so climbed in and walked through lhe echoing rooms. Thc house was vory lonely. Evidently no one had lived In It for n long time. Yot It wuh all ready for some occupant, for whom It seemed to be wailing. Quaint ohl four-pOSter bedsteads slood In three rooms—-dimity curtains and spotless linen—old oak chests und mu- hogany presses: and, opening drawers In Chippendale sldchourds, 1 eume upon beautiful frail old silver and exquisite china that set me thinking of a beautiful grandmother of mine, made out of old luce and laughing wrinkles and mischievous old blue eyes. There wns one little room that particularly Interested me, a tiny bedroom alt while, und al the window tho red roses were nlready ln bud. But what caught my eye wllh peculiar sympathy was a small bookcase, in which wero some twenty or thirty volumes, wearing the sume forgotten expression- forgotten und yet cared for—which luy like a kind of memorial charm upon everything In the old house. Yes, everything seemed forgotten and yet everything, curiously—even religiously —remembered. I took out book after book from the shelves, once or twice flowers fell out from the pages—and I caught sight of a delicate handwriting hero nnd there nnd frail markings. It was evidently the Httle intimate llhrnry of a young girl. What surprised me most was to And thut quite half the honks were In French—French poets and French romancers: a charming, very rare edition of Ronsurd, a beautifully printed edition of Alfred de Mussel, nnd a copy of Theophlle Guulter's "Mademoiselle de MuupiU." tlow did these exotic books come to be thero alone In a deserted New Kngland farmhouse? Tbls question was to ho answered later lu a strange wuy. Meanwhile, 1 hud fallen In lovo with tho sad, old, silent pluce, and as 1 closed lho while gute und wus once moru on tho road, 1 looked ubout fur someone who could lell me whether or nol lhls houso of ghosts might be rented hy a comparatively living mun. I was referred lu a tine old New England I'urm-house shining whllo through tbo irees a quarter of a mllo away. There 1 mot an undent couple, u typical New England furmer uud his wife; the old man, loan, chln-beurdod, with keen grny oyos flickering occasionally with a shrewd humor, the old lady with u kindly old I'uco of the withered-upplo typo and ruddy. They wero evidently prosperous jieople, but their minds— for some reason 1 could not ut tho moment divine—seemed lo be divided between their New Englund desire to drive u hard bargain und their disinclination to let the houso ut nil. Over and over again they spoko of tho loneliness of lbo placo. They feared I would tind It very lonely. No one had lived tn lt for a long time, and so on. It seemed to mo that afterwards I understood their curious hesitation, but at the moment I only regarded lt us a part of the circuitous Now Englund method of bargaining. At all events, the rent 1 offered ilnully overcame their disinclination, whatever Its cause, und so I came Into possession— for four months—of that silent old house, with the white lilacs, and the drowsy barns, and the old piano, und tho strange orchard; and, as the summer came on, and the year changed Its name from Muy to June, I used to He under lhe apple-trees in the afternoons, dreamily reading some old book, and through half-sleepy eyelids watching the silken shimmer of the Sound. I hnd lived tn the old houso for nbout a month, when one afternoon u strange thing happened to me. 1 remember the date well, lt wus the afternoon of Tuesday, June 13th. I wus reading, or rather dipping here nnd tliere, In Burton's "Anatomy of Melancholy." As I read, 1 remember thnt a Utile unripe apple, with a petal or two of blossom still clinging io It, fell upon the old yellow page. Then 1 suppose I must Imve fallen into a dream, though lt seemed to me that both my eyes and my ears wero wide open, for I suddenly became aware of u beautiful young voice singing very softly somewhere among tho leaves. The singing wus very fruit, almost Imperceptible, as though It eume out of tho nlr. It came and went fitfully, llko the elusive fragrance of sweotbrier—as though a girl was walking to nnd fro dreamily hum-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ming to herself In the still afternonn.^a little creuture uf fairy fancies, und I But, ot course, there was no answer; j yet that night I dreamed a strange j dream. 1 thought 1 ^us in tho orchard again in the uflernoon und once again heard the strango singing—but this time, as 1 looked up, the singer was uo longer invisible. Coming toward me wus a young girl with wonderful bluo eyes tilled wllh tears und gold hair that' fell to her wulst. She wore a straight, white robe thut might have been u shroud or a bridal dress. She uppeured not to. seo me, though she came directly to lhe treo where I was sitting. And thoro she knelt und buried her fuce In the gruss und sobbed us if her honrt wcftild break. Her long hulr fell over hcr like u munt|#\\ und In my dream I stroked It pityingly und murmured words of comfort fur a sorrow I did not understand. . . Then I woke suddenly as one does from dreams. Tbo moon was shining brightly Into the room. Rising from my bod, I looked out Into the orchnrd. It wua almost as bright as duy. 1 could plainly soo tho treo of which I hud been dreaming, aud theu a fantastic notion possessed me. Slipping on my clothes, I went out into one of tho old burns and found a spado. Then I went to thc treo whoro 1 had seeu thc girl weeping lu my dream und dug dowu ul Its foot. 1 hud dug llttlo more than a foot when my spade struck upon some hard substance, and in a few more moments I hud uncovered und exhumed a small box, which, on examination, proved to be one of those pretty old-fashioned Chlppendulo work-boxes usod by our grandmothers to keep thoir thimbles and needles In, their reels of cotton nnd skeins of silk. After smoothing down tho little grave In which I hud found It, I curried the box into the house, and under tho tyinpllght examined its contents, Then at onco I understood why that sad young spirit went to und fro tho orchurd singing those little French songs—for the treasure-trove I had found under the apple-tree, the burled treasure of an unquiet, suffering soul, proved to bo a number of love-letters written mostly In French In u very picturesque hand—letters, too, written but somo Ave or six yours before. Perhaps 1 should not have read them— yet I read them with such reverence for thc beautiful, Impassioned love that animated them, and literally made them "smell sweet und blossom in the dust," that 1 felt I had the sanction of the dead to make myself the confidant of their slory. Among the letters wero llttlo songs, two of which I had heard |, lho strange young voice singing In the orchard, and, of course, there were mnny withered llowers and such like remembrances of bygone rupture. Nut that night could I mako out all the story, though it was not dillicult to define its essential tragedy, und la- tor on a gossip In lho neighborhood und a headstone In the churchyard told me the rest. The unquiet young soul thut hud sung so wistfully to und fro the orchard wus my landlord'!) daughter. She was lho only child of her purcnts, n beautiful, wilful girl, exotlcally unlike those from whom she was sprung and among whom she lived with a disdainful air of exile. She was, as a child, Yel there wus no one to be seon. The orchard had never seemed more lonely. Aud another fact tbat struck me as strange was that the words that floated to mo out of the ueriul music were French, half snd, half guy snntches of some long-dead singer of old France. I looked about for tho origin of thc sweet sounds, but in vain. Could It be thc birds that wore singing in French In this strange orchard? Presently the voice seemed to come quite close to me, so neur that lt might hare been tho voice of a dryad singing to me out of the tree against which I wns leaning. And this time 1 distinctly caught tho words of the sad Utile song; "Chnnte, rossignol, chnnto, Toi qui us lo coeur gal: Tu as le coeur a rhe. Moi, jo l'nl-t-a pleuror." But, though the voice was at my shoulder, I could see no one, und Ihen Ihe singing stopped with whnt sounded like a sob; nnd a moment or two later I seemed to hour a sound of sobbing far down the orchurd. Then there followed silence, and I was left to ponder on the strange occurrence. Naturally, I decided that it was just u day-dream between sleeping anil waking over the pages of an old book; yet when next day and the dny after the Invisible singer was in lhe orchnrd again, I could not he satisfied with such mere matter-of-fact explanation. "A In clnlro fontaine," went tho voice to and fro through the thick orchard boughs. "M'en aliant promener, J'ul trouvo l'euu si belle Quo Je m'y Bids balgne, Lul y n longtemps que jo t'nlmo, Jamais jo no t'oubllal." It wns cerlalnly uncanny lo bear thut voice going to and fro (he orchurd, there soincwhero amid tho bright sun- dazzled boughs—yet not a human creature to bo Been—not another house even within half a mile. Thc most materialistic mind could hardly but conclude that here was something "not drenmed of In our philosophy." It seemed to me that the only reasonable explanation was the entirely Irrational one—that my orchard was haunted; haunted by some beautiful young spirit, with somo sorrow of lost joy that would not let her sleep quietly in her grave. And next day I had a curious confirmation of my theory. as she grew up it wus plain to her father and mother thai she had come from another world than theirs. To Ihem sho seethed like a child in an old fairy-tale strangely found on his hearth by some shepherd us he returns from the fields ut evening—n llttlo fairy girl swaddled In tine linen and dowered with a mysterious bag of gold. Soon she developed delicate spiritual needs to which hor simple purcnts were strangers. From long trunncies In tbo woods she would come home laden with mysterious (lowers, und soon she came to nsk for books und pictures and music, of which the poor souls that hnd given hcr birth hud never heard. Finally sho had her way. and wenl to study ut a certain fashionable college; und there tho brief romance of hcr life begun. There she met a romantic young Frenchman who had read Itotisard to her and written her those picturesque loiters 1 had found in the old mahogany work-box. And after a while tho young Frenchman hud gone back to France, und thc letters had ceased. Month by month wenl by, und ul length one day, as she sal wistful nt the window, looking out at tho foolish sunlit road, u message came. Ho was dead. That headstone in the village churchyard tells thc rest. Sho was very young to die—scarcely nineteen yeurs; and the dead who have died young, wilh ull their hopes uud dreams still like unfolded buds withiu their hearts, do uol rest so quietly in Ibe grave us those who huve gone- through tho long duy from morning until evening nnd uro only tuo glad lo sleep. Next day I took tho little box lo a quiet corner of the orchard, und mude u liltle pyre of fragrant bougliB—for su I Interpreted the wish of thut young, unquiet spirit and thc beautiful words uro nuw safe, taken up again Into the aerial spaces from which Ihey cumc. But since then tho birds sing no moro little French songs In my old orchnrd. lo-duy devoted more lime to golf und less to their uututnohlles, not only would their general health be much Improved but they would not be assailed by that arch foe uf lhe average man and woman of wealth—embonpoint. Dr. Finney believes in lots of healthful exercise, and this he thinks cannot be oblulned If men nnd women owning motor curs or having thc wherewithal to hull u passing taxicab insist upon riding to every objective point thoy slurt out for. when walking would do lhom Immeasurable good. "The motor car," snid Dr. Finney, "ls a thing of luxury, but it makes work for the doctor and the surgeon. There is n growing tendency on ihe pnrt of wenl thy men nnd Women practically lo live ln their curs. Tliey argue that lhls keeps them out In the fresh nlr und their general health Improves accordingly. If thu samo space of time were spent in the open uir afoot they WpUld find how much bolter they felt, and this Without the attending discomfort of Increasing weight. "Thoso who can afford lo own motor cars can well afford a saddle horse. A brisk canter In the morning or nfternoou Is worth more us a health builder than days spent In an automobile. Better still Is a morning or afternoon speni jn thc golf links. This being Impossible, start oul and walk at a good brisk pace until tho first signs of fatigue appear, and then take a cab or motor cur homo nnd seok tho needed rest uud relaxation/1 Dr. Flnne\\\\bolIeves in moderation In all things. His own llfo nmply attests that he practises which he preaches. Temperate nnd abstemious In all things, he is thus enabled to keep his brain, muscles and nerves ln the best possible condition that he can the better undertake the muny delicate operations which como to him each day. In this respect ho much resembles Dr. Howard Kelly, the noted woman's specialist and surgeon, who preceded him at tho hospital. Both aro athletes and believe that every man and woman should get all the out of door exercise possible "I do not believe in u womnn overdoing the 'thing." Dr. Finney continued. "For Instance, the girl who poses us the 'athletic girl' und gooB in for all those violent sports which really tax the vitality of men will sooner or later pay for her folly. Woman wns not Intended for thut sort of thing. Her organism Is too delicately constructed to permit of such violence. But neither wus It Intended thnt she go lo the olher extreme, whlcb the automobile fever makes possible, "Thero ure just as many serious operations performed nowadays on,women who take absolutely no tfxerclse und spond their entire timo Hitting ubout town und country In luxuriously appointed automobiles as upon women who go to thc other extreme nnd tear Ihelr very vitals asunder In performing feats of strength and endurance that would tux the prowess of our must skilled athletes." Dr. Finney contends that a lethargic body will sooner or later make a lethargic brain, and vice versa. He believes tbat bruin and muscle should work In unison, aud that each should perform its full share. Both should be exorcised to that point whero weariness doos not become top marked, and, this dono, tho rest of the organs will perform their functions and good health must result. A Romance of Ryan's Flat By Nan M. Clark CONSPIRING HAIRDRESSERS No one over supposed that barbers wero capable of conspiracy, but it sooins that they are. Conspiracy Implies secrecy, but if there iB anything that, a barber fails to communicate to o customer during the half-hour of his ministrations thero must he more in his head than one would suppose frt.n a contemplation of his classic but inexpressive features. Hut all thc same he can plot anil plan with tho best of them. There lins beon a barbers' convention in Lon don and the new styles have been dc cided upon. A base informer has just given tho whole show away Curls arc to be tho order of tho dayj and for no belter reason than that eurls require skilled assistance, while tho smooth and uindonna-liko fashion does not. An imitation switch can be bought for $5, but imitation curls cost $25, so there you are. Another piece of Machiavellian cuu nlng is the decision that there must bc no fashion inappropriate to old ladies, it is comparatively easy for tho young to attend to their own hair unassisted, and bo the old lady is the best customer for the hairdresser. The mode must cuter to hcr tastes. Now who would suppose thnt tbe hairdresser was capable of a diplomacy liko that? One might listen to his conversation for a month ami nevor suspect that he wns harboring a thought or an idea. was lying under my favorite apple tree, half reading and half watching the Sound, lulled Into a dream by the whir of Insects and the spices called up from thc earth by the hot sun. As I bent over the page, I suddenly hnd the startling impression thot some one was leaning over my shoulder and reading with me, ond that a girl's long hair was falling over me down on the pnge. The book was the Ronsard I hnd found In the little bedroom. I turned, but again there was nothing there. Yet this time I knew that I had not been dreaming, and I cried out: "Poor child! tell me of your grief— thnt t may help your sorrowing heart to mW WOMEN SHOULD WALK MORE With their penchant for automobllea ond sylphllko figures—and this applies equally to men and women—society finds Itself ln a quandary. The lure of lhe automobile Is Irresistible, and In consequence flesh, great rolls of It, continues to pile up, and modistes nnd tailors are put to desperate straits when they seek to bring out and ac- Once more I- centuntc graceful lines in the garments they design for madame and her hus band. Dame Fashion decrees thot the men and women of the present era shall bo willowy and graceful. Devotees of lhe automobile find to their utter dismay thut Instead of boing willowy they ore fast becoming billowy, and staring them ln the face Is the choice of starvation or muscle racking exercise, tho latter meaning, of course, less lounging In motor enrs. No less an authority thnn Dr. J. T. M. Finney, the eminent chief surgeon of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, who but lately declined the presidency of Princeton University, declared that lf the men and women of SAVED BY A 8NAKE Count Zlnsendorf, the founder of the Moravians, visited North America In 1748, and for a short time labored os u missionary among the Shuwunoc In dliuis. When ho first came to them they received hhn wtth coldness und n plot was formed to assassinate him. Tho Counl wus sitting one evening In his wigwam upon a bundle of dry weeds which had been gathered for his bed. While he wus writing by the light of a small fire a rattlesnake, warmed Into activity, crawled over one of his legs. Just then the murderous savages lifted tho blanket that served for n door and looked In, Thoy stood motionless for some minutes watching the aged man, and then. gliding from the scene, fled Into tho forest, From thut night the missionary found them friends and listeners. We caro not who get husbands so hat I'm wearing," Nothing succeeds like the transgressor. Wise mon change their minds If they grow wiser. City Man—"What did you hnve In your garden last summer?" "Suburbanite — "Cochin-Chinas, Plymouth Rocks, and Leghorns." Mary—"Easy-going, Is he?" Alice— "Goodness, yes. Hnlf nn hour from hut-rack to front door." Old J immy Ity an luy dend, and Ryan's Flat was agog with excitement. The ownership of tho doublo row of shanties, isolated by tbe river In front and the maze of murks and roundhouses, would pass lo I'uor Johnny, aud the question served up with every pol of potatoes wns; "What will Poor Johnny do now?" Poor Johnny, beaten Into hulf-wll- leducss in his youth, und held all his forty yeurs In childlike submission to the whip with which old Jimmy would cut und switch al bis son's great, stooped shoulders! Hut reluctant rent-payers were disappointed, for Johnny plodded on In lhe path his father had marked for his feet, He lost bis good-natured grin, to take on a scared sort of resemblance to old Jimmy when facing a would-be defaulter. But at lust the Flat's pent-up Interest In Poor Johnny's doings was ro- wurded. It was Mrs. Flanagan who found It oul. She bud gone to complain about Mrs. Murphy's gout get- ling Into ber gurden. "Ated up Ivery wuu of me peas, the dlrlhy baste!" sho suld. "Johnny, you must spake to Mrs. Murphy, for I won't—a woman with no moro ducen- cy thin to kupo such a crature around lo dlathroy better pa pic's things!" In the midst of her snrlll complainings, Mrs. Flanagan's eyes hud fallen on lhe picture propped up in front of lhe clock. R wns of a woman ln a dress tbat could be nothing less than silk, and wearing an immense hut witb flouting feathers. Mrs. Murphy's gout, stuffed as he was with her greon peas, was forgotten. Mrs. Flanagan pointed an accusing linger at the picture. "Who's that, Johnny Ryan?" she demanded. Johnny's thin cheeks Hushed darkly, and he laughed his silly, weak, Httle laugh. "I'm going to get married!" he snld. For once ln hcr voluble life Mrs. Flanagan wus speechless. "Ain't she a fine-looking woman?" Johnny asked proudly, Mrs. Flanagan found hcr tongue, to pour out a Hood of questions. She learned thut Johnny hud answered an advertisement, pictures had been exchanged, und lho lady hud promised to be bis wife. A minor detail, and ono whicli Johnny qulto forgot to mention, wus the statement he had mude of his ownership of the Flat, nnd of the dollurs In the bank. < But Johnny's day-dreams were | doomed io bc Bbort-IIved. It was Mr. Murphy who startled him out of the passive enjoyment of his hopes. "It's a fine, upstanding womnn Bhe Is, Johnny," wus his comment on the photograph. "But I'm thinking you'll have to fix up the old house n bit for hor. It ain't likely she'll want to bring that lllgant dress Into this place." Johnny looked around the familiar kitchen with dismay. He had not thought of making any changes. Thc walls and celling were black with the smoke of many frylngs. The stove, with Its broken legs replaced with bricks, was rod with rust. Tho few bits of odd dishes and old pons were piled In confusion on the shelves. The oilcloth on tho table was worn full of holes, and only the edge that hung over showed thot It had once been patterned In red squares. Ho was to be married In ten days, and how was ho to go about making his houso over Into something fit for the Indy of thc picture? His mind flew from one to tho other of tho women of Ibe Flat. Suddenly he had an Inspiration. Thore was the little Widow Schultz. A vision of her clean little shanty, with Its whitewashed fence und the few beds of bright flowers in front, eume to him. Tho widow wns not very popular with her Irish neighbors. She was too busy trying to do enough washing to feed her brood of fat, yellow-haired, blue-oyed children to have much time for gossiping. Moreover, her tongue slipped easily Into thc German, so thai conversation with her was a scries of laborious repetitions and translations. When Johnny Ryan went to the little shanty ut the end ot tho row be found the round little widow busy ut thc Ironing-board but she was all sympathy when she learned his errand. "Ja! Jo!" sho Interjected frequently, hcr bead bobbing, and hor Iron flying over the board. "Mans Is no goot for making of a house clean. When 1 get dono once, I come over." The sight of all that dirt nnd disorder might well have daunted hcr, but Mrs. Schultz hud never shirked u task in all tier life Sho was adept at the marshaling of soap-suds and hid wnter, nnd had infinite faith ln the power of a whitewash-brush. Her strong aims seemed tireless. Afler hanging her linos full of snowy linen, she would hastCS to the Rynn bouse and sweep and scrub the rest of tho duy. When Bhe found the whip still hanging behind the door, hcr bright, blue eyes flashed u question at Johnny, for Bhe, too, hud heard the gossip of thc Flat. Poor Johnny laughed weakly. "Pa used to keep ,'*>»t there," he explained. The widow's eyes dimmed. "Ach, poor man!" she said kindly. "Ho will be sorry for that now." From that moment Mrs. Schultz began to call him Johnny, and her manner took on a motherly kindness that wus strange and sweet to the man's heart. She set him many tasks, and praised his awkward efforts, She tied one of hcr own big blue aprons on him, and set him to whitewashing the kllchen walls. That done, she sent little Helnrlch (lying homo for the stove-brush, and Johnny scrubbed thc stove until lt und his hands and fuce wero oil equally black and shiny. But In lhe best room the widow hnc' higher aspirations. Together sho um: Johnny selected some wall-paper. 1' wns beautiful beyond words. On n light green background grew n mac- nlficent crop of rod roses, whilo a gen crous sprinkling of gold-dust gave an opulent look to tbo wholo. Also Mrs. Schultz Insisted on lucu curtains. Her own were only bleached and starched muslin, bul she knew whut wus due a bride. Thon Johnny, who had nevor in his life bought anything not an absolute necessity, became drunken wllh the Joy of buying. Flinging the widow's oautlons aside, he bought dishes and bright new pans, and, most wonderful of all, a parlor sot all red plush uud golden ouk curvlngs. The widow gasped and sighed. "Mein Oott—how beautiful!" was all she could suy. But when the paper wus hung and the furniture arrived, it became apparent tbey had mude u grave omission. Tbo bare Iloor, though well scrubbed, looked sadly out of keeping with lho new chairs. Then the widow rose grandly to ths occasion. There was ber new rug carpet, Intended for hcr own bare little parlor, thut should go dowu. Johnny was too overpowered to do more than remonstrate feebly, and thu widow silenced him at once. "Nein, Johnny, it is nothing," she Insisted. "Whllo tho kinder so many things wear out, It lakes not long to mako another." When every room wns Immaculate enough to satisfy oven Mrs. Schultz's German soul, sho spent tho lust hours ln baking und slocking lho cleun pantry sholves. Grout crisp loaves, beautiful rolls shining with sugar and cinnamon, snowy balls of cheese, were lined up ready for the coming of the queen who was to reign over ull lhls magnificence, lf the widow's heart held uny envy when she thought of her own bare shanty, hcr bright smile guve no hint of it. When the much-flustered Johnny was getting ready to meet his bride, Mrs. Schultz It was who adjusted the made-up white satin tie arouhd his collar, stiff ns u board, which she had done up herself, it wus her lingers that tucked the bright blue silk handkerchief inlo Johnny's breast pocket, so that liberal corners stuck out; while Httle Helnrlch on his knees, his pink tongue showing from lhe violence of his exertions, polished Johnny's shoes wllh tho stove-brush. When Johnny wus safely stnrted, Mrs. Schultss went through lhe rooms to sec that everything was In placo. In the parlor small Lena, who lugged behind, took advantage uf ber mother's absorption, to sit gingerly on lho edge of the red plush settee, but was yanked off so promptly lhat her fui cheeks shook. Tenderly her mother stroked the plush lest tbo child might huvt flattened down the nap; und then, gathering her brood ubout her, she wont home. Though hcr own neglected work beckoned to her, little Mrs. Schultz went about lt but half-heartedly. She wus waiting for the sound of carriage- wheels, for Johnny had announced his Intention of getting a hack to bring his lady home. At last they came. Mrs. Schultz, Hying to the window, saw lhe carriage* door open and a ludy get out. it was undoubtedly the lady of the picture, but older by u good many years—und those yeurs hnd udded lo her size. Following behind her, Johnny looked small and sluoped. As Mrs. Schultz looked at the hard face and the heavy, square juw under lho big hut, her kind heart wus troubled. She remembered the whip thut hud luln across thc stooped shoulders so long. Wus Johnny giving that whip into new relentless hands? The littlo woman lifted her apron hem to wipe something bright and shiny from her round, rod cheek, und then shook her head briskly. "Ach," sho murmured, "whut u foolishness 1 nm!" But hcr curiosity drew her aguln to the window. Tho carriage still stood before the door; ll would be wailing to lake them to the priest's house, Mrs. Schultz thought. Even while she looked, the bride came oui. Something militant in her bearing spoke of trouble. Johnny followed meekly after, his constant smile nil gone. The woman seemed to (ling a word or two at htm over hcr shoulder; the driver laughed, Johnny was silent; then the carriage swallowed the big hat and Its wearer, nud wus gone, Mrs. Schultz wus trembling with rage at the woman ami wiih sympathy for Johnny, thus discountenanced in the eyes of the Flat, Johnny stood staring ufier the carriage until It bud bumped Its way across the tracks; then he turned, und came Straight to the widow's house. Mrs. Schultz flew to the door. Poor fellow, ho would need sympathy now, and he had como to tho right place for It! But what a changed man was this that slood on lhe lillle sloop! Johnny's smile was broader than ever as he came In, "She wouldn't hnve me, nfter all," he beamed, "And it's glad 1 am, for I've beon thinking this week back that you're the wife for me, Mrs. Schultz." Mrs. Schultz slood smoothing her apron, hcr eyes cast tlown. "The praste'll he waiting, if ye could hurry a littlo," said Johnny tenderly. Tho widow started. "I'll put on my bonnet right away," she said. Then the eternal feminine cropped out. "It Is but o small hat, not so grosser mlt feather," she sighed dubiously. Ah, Johnny, was it love lhat quickened your slow wits now? "Tho divll take the big hats!" snld Johnny. "I like the small ones best!" Maud—"Do you women In Utopia have tho suffrage?" Beatrice—"Ye», and better than that. We have disfranchised the men." Damocles saw tho suspended sword. Tm all right, unless some woman haa just washed the hnlr and can't do a thing with It," he cried. 127 THH TST.ANOTft, erMBF.RT.AVT! THE ISLANDER Published every Saturday ifl Cumberland, 1!.*' Islander Printing & Publishing Company W. R. Dunn & Company; Proprietors. W. R- Dunn, Manager. SATURDAY, MARCH iti, 1912. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE SIR EDMUND WALKER, C.V.O., LL.D., D.O.L., President ALEXANDER LAIRD, GENERAL MANAGER ' CAPITAL, - $10,000,000 REST, - $3,000,000 Advertising rales published elsewhere in the payor, Subscription price $1.50 per year, payable in advance The editor does not hold himself responsible fur views expressed liy correspondents. What the Editor has to say. To tiiosk whn liavo attended the council meetings and g ven attention to the side- wall' matter, it i.s evident that the mayor and aldermen are giving their earnest and heartfelt endeavor toward the solution of the problem. They are laboring hard, but the cold fact is staring them in the face— I he city has no available funds. The idea of replacing the walk with plank is repugnant. Jt is not a business proposition. Thk Islander sincerely hopes the property ownerswill see their way to signing the petition for the cement side walk. Cumberland is just now upon its turning point. The cement sidewalk would certainly turn the scale, bringing the town up to date. There i.s nol the slightest danger that Cumberland will go down. The province, in fact the whole of Canada, is in splendid financial and business condition. Without doubt its growth will lie phenomenal for the next decade. If Cumberland stands still through all this growth and progress, it will simply be our own fault. 1 UK strike situation in the old country is growing tense. It has reached thatstage where all business is at a stan'dstill and then, is much suffering among the work people. This is the wrong and injustice cd' the sympathetic strike. Many who have always supported organized labor, discharging honorably their contracts with their local unions, are ruined. Lives are blasted alld little children are all hungred. These people had no connection with the coal mining industry. Why should they suffer? The sympathetic strike is wrong in principle. Suppose for a moment the sympathetic s rike became master of the sit tuition. Would not that be an establishment of a monopoly that would he monstrous? The result would be that either capital would retire from the held, leaving chaos, or would combine with organized labor to prey upon the rest of mankind. Mr. Walter VVallis Lefeaux aspires to represent Comox district in the Provincial House. This is not surprising. It is an honor well worth the seeking. He is running on the Socialist ticket. The Islander does not criticise even this. Iu the eternal scheme of things, some must be Socialists and some Liberals. The millenium is not quite here, so we cannot all be Conservatives, But what ue do admire is the gall of the man who, living in Vancouver, having all his interests there, yet asks to represent Comox district. What does he know about Comox district' What does he care? His heart is where liis business interests are, in Vancouver. We are pretty good fellows up here u Comox district, but we are not foolish. We have no intention of presenting Vancouver wit .'mother representative. FARMERS' BUSINESS The Canadian Bank of Commerce extends lo Karmers every facility for the transaction of their banking business including tlic discount and collection of sales notes. Blank sales notes are supplied free of charge on application. BANKING BY MAIL Accounts may be opened ut every branch of 'lhe Canadian Dank of Commerce to be operated by mail, and will receive the same careful attention as is given to all other departments of the Bank's business, Money may be deposited or withdrawn in this way as satisfactorily as by a personal visit to the Bank. 4231 CUMBERLAND BRANCH. W. T. WHITE, Manager. 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SAYWARD LAND DISTRICT District of Snyward Take notioe that Ben Roberta, of Nov Westminster, B.C , lumberman, intend to apply for permiaeinn to puichase the following described liuidi;— Com mew in k at a post planted. 20 chains North of Timber License No.40780 thence weat 20 chains; thence north 20 ohains; thenoe west 20 chaina; thence north 20 chain*; thence west 20 ohains; thence north 40 chains: thenco east 25 chains more or less to the shoro of Drew Passage Calm Channel; thenco fullowim. shore in in a South-easterly direction to place of eommutiuement, containing 200 acres. BEN HUBERTS. Dated Junuaty 30th, 1012. Eiie H Bn beck, agent. sayward land nisTiiit'T. Diatrict of Say ward:—Take notice that John Oeorge Haply of Courtenay, B, C, occupation auctioneer, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following doscriberi lands: Commencing at a post planted at the N bank of Cranberry lake and at the SE corner of Timber Limit 30012 thence W 40 chains; theuce S*40 chains; thence E 20chains: theuce NE 10chains to point ot ctinimencement and containing 110 acrea more or less. John Gk.okoe HARDY Dated Jan. 14, 1912. Reginald Carwithio Ageut, saymaRP land DISTRICT, District of Sayward.—Take notice that Margaret Car* within of Sandwick, B. C, occupation widow, intends to apply for permission to purchase the followingdescribed lands: Commencing at u pust planted-ou thf north bai k of Trout, lake and about one mile west from the S\\V oorner of Timber Limit 37470 thence N 40 chains, thence W 40 dhatus, thence S 40 chuins to the north bank of Trout lake; thence along tho i.nrth bank of Trout lake E 40 chains to point of commencement andcontaining 100 acrea more or less. Maruaret Carwithen Dated Jan. 11,11)12. Reginald Carwithen Agent. SAYWARD LAND DISTRIOT District of Saywanl. Take notice that George William Carwitlmn, of sam.wick, B.C., occupation carpenter, lutein's to apply fnr permission to purchase tlio fulluwing ik-m-iilii'ii lands:—Commencing ata po^t pianist at tlio 8, W, comer of Timber Limit 42D0& thortco wwl sn ohains; thence south in chains; tlience east no thonce south it) chains; ihence i'iwt -Hi uhaihs; thenco north md chains to point of commencement, ami containing sto acres more or lens- liCouiiK WiM.IAM CAItWITHBN Kt^iiiiilil fniwitlun. agent. Dutcii January ISth, 1912, SAYWARD LAND DISTRICT District of Hayward Take notice lhat Ilmrv Luttor Carwithen, nf Saiidwii-k, lt.C., occupation fanner, intends to apply for permission lo purchase Uw following described lnnds:—Commencing nt a post planted at ihe N.W. corner of limber Limit )t)58, thence north 80 chains; thence easttiO chains; tbence south 80 chains; thencs west 00 chnins to point of commence ment, and containing imi acres moro or less, llEMtV Ll/JIKH CARWITHEN Reginald Carwithen, ngcrit. Dated Jnnunry 1,1th, I ill.'. SAYWARD LAND DISTRICT District of Sayward Take notioe lhat ALKBEn John CAftWITfttCN of Sandwick, lt.C., ocorpation farmer, intends to apply for permission lo purchase the following des- eriboti lands;—rommoncing at a [tout planted ut the N.K vomer (tf Timber Limit 4077-4, tiienceiionli 40 chains; thonco west 40 chains; thence nortb 40 chalnifi thenco weat 20 chains; thenco south oo chains theuce east 20 chalnq; thence smith 20 cbalns; Uieua9 east 40 chains to point of commencement, ami containing 230acres more or less. Au'iiKM John Cauwitiien Itoginald Carwithen, agent, Dated January lUtli, 11112. SAYWARD LAND DISTRICT District of Saywnad. Take noti.ie that Mabel Hardy, of Courtenay, It. 0., occupation married woman, intends to apply for flurniission to purchase the following described lands; -Commencing ul a pout planted at lhe N.K coaner of 'limber Limit 80011, theme south vn clialas; thonce easl 40 chains; thence nortli 80 chains i hence went 40 chains to ► point of commencement, and containing sail acres more or less, Maiikl IIaUDV lte^iuald Carwithen, agent. Haled January 14th, 1019,: HAVWAlttl l.AMl DISTRICT District of Hayward Tako notice tlmt Herbert Howarth Bates, of Lytham, Kng., occupatlongentleinau, Intends to npply for permission to purchase the following describe I hinds;—Commencing at a |«i*l plonted on tiie north lank of Trout IjikoptidatthoS W corner of Tlmhor Limit 87470, thence nortli 20 chains: theneo west UO chains; thence south to the bank of said Trout taku 20 chains; thecce along hank of said TeudH to apply for permission rn purchase tho fnllouingdesciihud Untie: Comment1.in,'at a |)(,m planted at the N. K. corner Timber Limit 40776, thenco north 80 chains; Ihence east 20 chains; thence south HO chains; thence wcat 20 chains to point of commencement, and containing 100 acres more or less. Louisa Sophia Bates Reginald Carwithen, agent. Dated January 13th, 1012. Sayward Land District. District of Sayward. Take notice that Reginald Carwithen, of St. iid wick, B.C, occupation, farmer, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following defitribtd lands:— Commencing at a post planted ab the N. E. corner of Timber Limit 40775, thence north 80 chains; thence west 8) chains; thence south 80 chains; thence east 80 chains to point of commencstuent, and cnntaiuini: 040 acres more or less, Reginald Cakwithen Dated January 13th, 1912 Sayward Land Distriot District of Sayward Take notice that Chiistian Carwithen, of Sandwick, B.C., occupation carpenter, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands;— Commencing at a post planted at the S. W. corner of P.R. 2800, thence north 20 chains; thence we-t 80 chains; thence south 20 chains; thence east 80 cliuins to point of commencement aud containing 100 acres more or less. Christian Carwithen Reginald Carwithen, agunt. Dated January 13th, 1012. SAYWAUP LAND DISTRIOT, District of Sajward. Take nol ice that Margaret Bluhin Ctr withen of Sandwick, B. C, occupation single woman, intends to npply for permission to purchase the following de scribed lauds:— Commencing at a pos< planted at the most southerly end of Cranberry lake, thenc E 80 chains; thence S 80 chains; theuce W 40 chains; theuce along the boundary of Lot 30, Say ward District, in a general north and west di rcotiuii, to a point due south of the poiiil of commencement, thenco due north io the point of commencement and cot taining 500 acres more or less. Maruaret Bu hm Cauwitiien Dated Jan. 14, 1912. Reginald Carwithen Agent. sayward land DISTRICT, District of Say ward.—Tako notice that Kdith Wilson of Lytham: Eng., snciipfltion man-id woman, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands Commencing at a post planted about one-half mile E from south bank of Trout lake and about one milo south from the most northerly end of Trout lake, thence south 80 chains thence K 40 chains, thence N 80 chains, thence W 40 chains to point of commencement and continuing 320 acres more or leas. EDITH WILSON Dated Jan. 11, 1012. Reginald Carwithen, Agont. BAVWARD l.ASU DISTRICT, District of Sny* ward.—Take notice that Edith Lacey Bates of Lytham, Eng,, occupation widow, intends to apply for permission to purchase tho following described lands-— Commencing at a post planted ou the south bank of Trout lukuagd about two miles from the most northerly uud of said lade, thence E 80 chains, thonco N ■!(» chains, theuce south along bank of said lake 8o chaina to point of comuuinccinuiit aud containing 80 acres more or toss. Edith Gacky Baths D.ted dan. 11,1012 Reginald Oarwithun Agent. BAYWARD LAND DISTRICT, District of Say ward -Tako notice that Harriot Jane Bainhridge of Loudon, England, occupation single woman, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following do- scribed lauds- Commencing at a prist planted ou the N hank of Trout lake and about one mile fr tu tlm most- souther))1 end of said lako thonco ft long the bank oi said lake southerly 80 chains, tuoncc N W 80 chains, thonco E 40 chains to point nl commencement and containing 100 acres more or Icbh. Harriet Unn Bain Damns Dated Jan. 11,21,101?,Reginald Ci.nvith- en, Ageut, B.J. Praetieal ainter Decorator, Paperhan^ei and Kalsomining. All Work Promptly ... Attended to... Residence, Penrith Avenue Cumberland, B. D A THOMAS UP-TO-DATK PIANO tonbr Ri-t>r<)Boiilii>ii The Geo. A. Fletoher Oo.", Nhiisi'mo, B.C. Orders ltft st TE. Bute's Store pn mptly sti ended to. KW. BICKLE Notary Public, Conveyancer. Eto. District agent The Mutual Life Assurance C|Mny i.f Canada. Kire Insurance. 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A local branch of the l'ublic Library wus not fur distant so that we bud all tbe reading matter we wanted and here we used tu sit all day Sunday when wo didn't feel like doing anything else, Here, loo, we used lo sit evenings. Un several hot nights Ruth, lhe boy und I brought up our blankets and slept out. The hoy liked It so well thut Anally be came lo sleep up here musl of lhe summer. lt was line for him, • The harbor breeze swept the air clean of smoke so thut It wus as good for him ns lieing ut the sea-shore. To uh the sights from ibis roof were marvelluus. They appealed strongly beeuuse Ihey were unlike anything we had ever seon or for thut mutter un like anything our friends had ever seen. I think that a man's friends often take away thc freshxess from sights Ihnt otherwise might move him. I've never heen lo Europe, but what with magazine pictures und anupshots and Mrs. Grover, wbo never forgot that before she married Grover she bad travelled for u whole yeur, I haven't any special desire to visit London or Paris, I suppose it would bc different if I ever went, but even then I don't think there would be thc novelty to It we found from our roof. And it was just that novelty and the ubllity to appreciule it tbat made our whole emigrant life possible. lt wus for ua the Great Adventure again. I suppose there ure men who will growl that It's all bosh to suy there is any real ro marne in living in four rooms in a tenement district, eating what we ute, digging in a ditch and mooning over a view from tho roof top. I want to say right here that for such men there wouldn't be any romance or beauty in such a life. They'd be miserable. There ure plenty uf men living down there now and they never miss u chance to nir their opinions. Some of Uiem have big bodies but I wouldn't give them fifty cents a day tr work for mc. Luckily, however, there are not many of Ihem in proportion to tbe others, even though ihcy make more noise. But wben you stop to think about it what else is it but romance that leads men to spend their lives lishing off the Bunks when Ihey could remain safely ashore and get better pay driving a team? Or what drives them into the army or lo work on railroads when they neither expect nor hope to be advanced'.' The men themselves can't tell you. They tuke up the work un thinkingly, but there is something in the very hardships they suffer whleh lends a sting to the life and holds them. Tbe only thing 1 know of that will do this and turn the grind Into an inspiration is romance. It's what the new-comers have and it's what our uncestors had und It's whut u lot of us who huve stayed over here too long out of the current have lost. On the lazy summer mornings we could hear the church bells and now and then a set of chimes. Because we were ubove the street und next to the sky tbey sounded as drowsily musl- cul us In u country vlllnge. They made me a bit conscience-stricken to think thut for the hoy's sake I didn't make an effort and go to some church. But fur a while it was church enough to devote ibe seventh day to whut the Bible says it was made for. Ruth used lo read out loud to us and we planned to make our book suit the day afier a fashion. Sometimes It was Emerson, sometimes Tennyson—I was very fond of the Idylls—and sometimes a bonk of sermons. Later on we bad a call from a young minister who had a little mission chapel not far from our nut nnd who looked tn upon us at the suggestion of lhe secretary of thc settlement house. We wont to n service ul his chapel one Sunday and before we ourselves realized it we were attending regularly with a zest and interest which we had never felt In our suburban church-going. Later still we each of us found a share In the work ourselves and eume lo have a great satisfaction and contentment In it. But I am running ahead of my story. We'd have dinner this (irst summer nt abuut half past one und Ihen perhaps we'd go for a walk. There wasn't a street In tbe cily that didn't Interest us, but as a rule we'd plan lo visit one id" the parks. 1 didn't know there were so many of them or lhat they were ho dlfferont, We hnd our choice of llie ocean or a rivor or the Woods, If wo hnd wished to spend, suy, thirty cents In car faro we could have had a further choice of lhe beach, the mountains, or a taste of lhe country which in places had not changed In the last hundred yeurs. This would have given us u two hours' ride. Occasionally we did lhis, but at present there was too mueh to see Within walking distance. For one thing it suddenly occurred to me that though I had lived in this city over thirty years I bud not yet seen such plnees of interest us nlwnys attracted visitors from out of town. My alienlion was brought to this first by the need of limiting ourselvs to amusements lhat didn't cost anything, but chiefly by learning where ihe better element down here spent their Sundays. Vou have only to follow this crowd to find ont where lhe objects of national pride are located. An old battle Mag will attract twenty foreigners to one American. And In- cldentnlly I wish lo confess il was they who made me ashamed pf my ignorance of rtie country's history. Beyond a memory of the Revolution, lhe Civil War and a Tew names of men aud battles connected therewith, I'd forgotten all I ever learned at school on this subject, lint here the many patriotic celebrations arranged by the local schools In Ihe endeavor to In- still patriotism and the frequent Visits of the boys lo the museums, kept the subject fresh. Not only Dick, but Hulh nnd myself suon turned to it us a vital part of our education. Inspired by the uld trophies that ought to stand for so much to us of today we look from the library the ilrst volume of Fiske's line series and in thc course of time rend them all. As wc traced the fortunes of those curly adventurers who dreamed and sailed towards an unknown continent) pictured to ourselves the lives of the tribes who wandered about In the big tangle of forest growth between the Atlantic nnd the Pacilic, ns we landed on the bleak New England shores Willi Uio early Pilgrims, then fought wllh Washington, then studied lhe perilous Internal struggle culminating with Lincoln and the Civil Wnr, then the dangerous period of reconstruction with the breathless progress following—why lt left us all better Americans than we had ever boen in our lives. lt gavo new meaning lo my present surroundings and helped me better to understand the new-comers. Somehow all those things of tho past didn't seem to concern Grover and tbe rest of them In the trim little houses. They hud no history and Ihey were a part of no history. Perhaps that's because they were making no history themselves. As for myself, I know that I was just beginning to geKac- quainted with my ancestors—that Ypr the first time in my life, I was realty conscious of being a citizen of the United Stntes of America. But I soon discovered thnt not only the historic but the beautiful attracted these people. They introduced me to tbe Art Museum. In the winter following our first summer here, wben the out of door attractions were considerably narrowed down, Ruth and I used lo go there about every other Sunday with the boy. We came to feci as familiar with our favorite pic- lures ns though they hung in our own house. The Museum ceased to be a public building; It was our own. We went In with n nod to the old doorkeeper, who eume to know us, and felt as unconstrained there as at bome. We hnd our favorite nooks, our favorite seats und we lounged nbout in the soft lights of the rooms for hours ut a time. The more we looked at the beautiful paintings, the old tapestries, the treasures of stone and china., the more we enjoyed them. We were sure tu meet some of our neighbors there and a young artist who lived on the second tloor of our house and w horn later I came to know very well, pointed out to us new benuties It the old masters. He was selling plaster easts at that lime and studying art in the night school. In the old life, an art museum hnd meant nothing to me more than thai It seemed a necessary institution Jn every city. lt was a mark of good breeding in ti town, like the library in a good many homes. But it hud never uccurred to me to visit ft and I know it hadn't to any of my former associates. The women occasionally went to a special exhibition that wns likely to be discussed at the little dinners, but a week Inter they couldn't have told you what they had seen. Perhaps our neighborhood was the exception and a bit more ignorant ihan the average about such things, but I'll venture to sny there Isn't a middle- class community in this country where the paintings play the pnrt In the lives of the people that they do umong the foreign-horn. A class better than thoy does the work; a class lower enjoys It. Where the middle-class comes in, 1 don't know. After being gone all the afternoon we'd be glad to get home again and ybe we'd huve n lunch of joI'J benns antl biscuits or some of the pudding that was left over. Then during the summer months we'd go bac; to the roof for u restful evening. At night the view was as different from tlio day as you could imagine. Behind us the city proper was in a bluish haze made by the electric lights. Then we could see the yellow lights of tho upper windows in all tiie neighboring houses nnd beyond Ihose, over the roof tops which seemed now to huddle closer together, we saw the passing red and green lights of moving vessels. Overhead were the same clean stars which were at thc same time shining down upon the woods and the mountain lops. There was somolhing ubout it that mnde me feel a mnn and a free man. There wns twenty yenrs of slavery back of mo to mako me appreciule this. And Ruth rending my thoughts In my eyes used to nestle closer to me and the boy with his chin in his bands would stare out nt sea and dream his own dreams. CHAPTER IX. Plans for the Future As I snld, with that first dollar In the ginger jar representing the ilrst actual saving I hud ever effected in my wholo life, my Imagination became fired with new pluns. 1 suw no renson why I myself should not become un employer. As in the next few weeks I enlarged my circle of acquaintances and pushed my inquiries In every possible direction I found this Idea was in the air down here. The ambition of nil these peoplo was towards complete independence. Either they hoped to -et up in business for themselves in this country or they looked forward to saving enough to return to the land of thoir birth and live there as small land owners. 1 speak more e^pociatlv of lhe Italians because just now I was thrown more In contact with them thar, the others. In my eity they, with the Irish, seemed peculiarly of real emigrant Muff. The .lews were so clun- nish that they were n problem in themselves; the Germans assimilated a little better and yet they too were like one large family. They did not get Into the city llf*» very much and t.'cn In TFelr l.i'rinesS mut'k pretty closely lu one line. Por a good many years they remained essentially Germans. But the Irish were citizens from the ilme Ihey landed and the Italians eventually becamt such if by a slower pro- The former went into everything. They are irencndously adaptable people But whatever they tackled they locked forward to independence nnd general'y wor it. Even a mun of f>o humble nn cmbition as Murphv hud accomplished this. The Italians either went Into the fruit business for which they seem to huve a 1 nuck or served as duy luburers nnd saved. There wns a mnn down here who was always ready tu stake them tj a cfti't and a supply of fruit, nt an exorbitant price Li ho suic, but they pushed their carts pniknlly mllo upon mile until in the end they saved enough to buy one of their own. The next step wus a small fi ult store. The laborers, once they had acquired a working capital, took up muny things—a lot of them golng- into the country and buying deserted farms. It wus wonderful what they did with this land upon which the old sSnek New Englander hnd not beon able to live. But of course ln pj.rt explanation of this, you must remember thnt these New England villages hnve long been drained of their best. In many cases only the malm, thc halt, and the blind are left and these stnnd no more chunce ngninst the modern pioneer thnn they would against one of their own sturdy forefathers. Another occupation which the Italians seemed to pre-empt was the boot- blacking business. It may seem odd to dignify so menial an employment as a business, but there is many a head of such an establishment who could show a fatter bank account than two- thirds of his clients. The next time you go into a little nook containing, say, fifteen chairs, figure out fur yourself how many nickels are left there in a day. The rent is often high—it ls some proof of a business worth thought when you consider thnt they are able to pay for positions on the leading business streets—but the labor Is cheap and ihe furnishings and cost of raw material slight. Pasquale had set me to thinking long before, when I learned lhat he was earning almost as much a week as I. It is no unusual thing for a man who owns his "emporium" to draw ten dollnrs a day in profits and not show himself until he empties the cash register at night. But the fact that Impressed me in these people—and this holds peculiarly true of the Jews—wns that they all shied nway from the salaried jobs. In making sueh generalizations I may be running a risk because I'm only giving the results of my own limited observation and experience. But I want it understood thnt from tho beginning to the end of these recollections I'm trying to do nothing more. I'm not a student, I'm not a sociologist. The conditions which I observed may not hold elsewhere for all I know. From n different point of view, they might not to anothor seem to hold even in my own city. I won't argue with anyone about it. I set down whut I myself suw und let it go at that. Going bnck to the small group among whom I lived when I was with the United Woollen, it seems to me that every man clung to a salary ns though it were his only possible hope. I know men umong them who even refused to work on a commission basis although they were pructiculiy sure of earning In this way double what they were being paid by the year. They considered a salary as a form of Insurance and once In the grip of this idea they had nothing t. twenty-five hundred like me, and others —the younger men—talked about five thousand und even ten thousand. I didn't henr them discuss what they wore going to do when they were general managers or vice-presidents, but always whnt they could enjoy when they drew the larger annuity. And save those who saw in professional work a wuy out, this was the career they were choosing for their sons. They wanted to get them into banks and the big companies where the assurance of lazy routine advancement up to a certain point was the reward fur Industry, sobriety und honesty. A salary with nn old, strongly estubllshed compuny seemed lo them about as big a stroke of luck for u young mun as a legacy. I myself had hoped lo find a plnce for Dick with one of the big trust companies. Of course down here these people did not huve the snme opportunities. Most of tho old firms preferred the "bright young American," and I guess they secured mos' of them. 1 pity the "bright young American," but I can't help congrululnting the bright young Irishmen. They are forced as a result to mnke business for themselves and they are given every opportunity in the world for doing It. And they are doing it. And I, breathing In this atmosphere, made up my mind that I would do It, too. With this In mind I outlined for myself a systemntic course of procedure. It wus evident thnt in this as in uny other business I must muster thoroughly lhe details before taking up the larger problems. Tiie details of this as of any other business lay at thc bottom and so for these at least I was at present in the best possible position. Tbe two most Important factors to tho success of a contractor seemed to me to bc, roughly speaking, the securing nnd handling of men and the purchnse nnd use of materials. Of the two, the former appeared to be the more important. Even In the few weeks I had been nt work here I had nli ci uhI u big dUTerence-tfUhe-amount- of Inbcr accomplished by different men individually. I could have picked out a half dozen thut were worlh more than nil the others put together. And in the two foremen 1 hnd noticed another big difference In the varying capacity of a boss to get work out of the men collectively. In work where labor counted for so much In the final cost as here, lt appeared as though this involved almost lhe whole question of prolit and loss. With a hundred men employed at a dollar and a hnlf a day, lhe saving of a single hour meant the saving of a good muny dullurs. It muy seem odd that so obvious a faet wus not token advantage of by the present contractors, Doubtless it was realized, bul my later experience showed me lhat tiie obvious is very often neglected. In this business as in many others, the details fall into a rut und often a newcomer with u fresh point of view will delect wusle that has heen going on unnoticed for years. 1 wns ulmost forty years old, fairly intelligent, and 1 hud everything at slake. So 1 was distinctly more alert than those who retained their positions merely by letting things v*un along as well as they always had been going. But however you may explain it, I knew that the foreman didn't get us much work out of me ns ho might hnve done. In spile of all the control 1 exercised over myself 1 often quit work realizing that half my strength during the dny had gone for nolhing. And though It may sound like boasting to suy tt, I think I worked both more conscientiously and intelligently thnn most of lhe men. In the first place the foreman wns a bully. He believed In driving his men. He swore at Ihem and goaded them as an ignorant eountrymnn often tries to drive oxen. The result was a good deal the same as it Is with oxen —the men worked excitedly when under the sting and loafed the rest of the time. In a crisis the boss was ahle to spur them on to their best- though even then they wasted strength in frantic endeavor—but he could not keep them up to a consistent level of steady work. And that's whnt counts. As in a Marathon race the men who maintain a steady plugging pace from start to finish are the ones who accomplish. The question may be askod how such a boss could keep his job. I myself did not understand that at first, but later ns I worked with different men and under different bosses I saw that it was because thoir methods were much alike und that the results were much alike. A certain standard had been established as lo the amount of work that should he done by a hundred men und this was maintained. The boss had figured out loosely how much the men would work und the men hnd figured out to a minute how much they could loaf, Neither man nor hoss took any special Interest In the work itself. Thc men were allowed to wnste just so much time In getting water, in filling their pipes, in spitting on their hands, In resting on their shovels, in lazy chatter, and so long as they did not exceed this nothing was said. The trouble was that the standard was low and this was because the men had nothing to gain by steady, conscientious work and also becnuse the boss did not understand them nor distinguish between them. For instance the foreman ought to have got the work of two men out of me, but he wouldn't have, if I hadn't chosen to give it. That held true also of Rafferty and one or two others. Now my idea was this: that if a man made a study of these men who, in this city at any rate, were thc key to the contractor's problem, und learned their little peculiarities, their stundnrds of Justice, their ambitions, their weak- ness nnd their strength, he ought to be able to increase their working capacity. Certainly nn intelligent team- ster does this with horses und it seemed as though it ought to be possible to accomplish still finer results with men. To go a liltle farther in my ambition, it also seemed possible to pick und select the best of these men Instead of taking them nt random. For instance in the present gang there were at least a half dozen who stood out as more Intelligent and stronger physically than nil the others. Why couldn't a mun in time gnther about him say a hundred such men und by better treatment, possibly better pny, possibly a guarantee of continuous work, make of thom a loyal, hnrd working machine with u capacity for double the work of the ordinnry gang? Such organization as this was going on in other linos of business, why not In this? With such a machine at his command, a mnn ought to make himself a formidable competitor with even the long established arms. (To be continued.) IF A DOG BITES YOU Dogs are animals whose temper—and there ls nothing astonishing in the fnct—is not always equable. While some nre gentle and every ready to caress and be caressed, there aro others which nre surly tempered, showing their teeth on the slightest provocation nnd not hesitating tu bite. In al) tbls there Is nothing extraordinary. Rut it wus becnuse persons did not benr this distinction in mind thnt the bite of a dog which was simply surly tempered was considered in one Instance ns thc bite of a rabid animal. In this case the nrm of a young woman who hnd been bitten wus so severely nnd thoroughly cuuterlzed that a very large wound wns mude, A young Indy who happened to be ln a house where there wus a dog attempted to stop tho animal when lt wns cnlled from ono room to another. The dog thus tensed finally bit her on the Inner surface of the right forearm. The result was a strong contusion, plainly showing at its two extremities the murks of the unimnl's teeth shnrply implanted In the tissues. Bewilderment on the pnrt of the young lady, still greater bewilderment on the purt of those who suw the incident and of the owner of the dog. What wus to be dom*? No time was lost in attempting a remedy. The injured regi-n wus llberully washed with pure carbolic ncld. The doctor, who saw the pntlent two hours. Inter, had no trouble tn predict - Ing, on account of the aspect of thu skin already affected, that the cauterization, even if it had been Justified, hnd been badly done and would inevitably result In a large wound. People mnke a greut error in thinking thut every dog which bites is rabid, and lhat consequently the resulting wound must be cauterized, ln this instance it was a question of a dog which was simply had tempered, and all that was required was to wash the wound with boiied water or with borax water and to make the two small wounds bleed. The most that should havo been done was to huve cuuier- Ized with a redhot iron the points where the dog had inserted Us fangs. Subsequently It is particularly important to inquire into tho stnte of the dog's health. Putting mutters ut their worst, the dog. when placed under observation, will die within ten days if it Is really rabid. And only then should the Injured person repair to the Pasteur Institute to undergo an Inoculation against hydrophobia. Itut lhe person bitten musl always be reassured. lie must be told thut the dog in question wus simply ill- tempered uud sulky, und that lhe wound in no wny differs from un ordinary wound. But if he Is ullowed to perceive thnl there Is nny apprehension the injured person immediately imagines he is lost, and his state of mind becomes such us to predispose him to the mosl serious consequences. It Is of Utile Importance in such u caso to call In a veterinary surgeon. He cannot say positively whether thc animal Is or Is not rabid. And the greatest fault that can be committed ls to sacrifice the animal in case of doubi. An autopsy of the body by itself cannot settle the question. One cannot be certnin unless the brnin of the dog, when carried lo the Pasteur Institute, gives rise to positive rabid Inoculations. The question of the course to be adopted when one has been bitten by a dog has already been dealt with. Do not become alarmed or alarm the person who has been bitten, but rather reassure him. Clensc the contusion by means of boiled or borax water. If there is a wound, wash it well and make It bleed, then cauterize It with anything at hand, such as lemon juice or ammonia. Rut never make use of carbolic, sulphuKf, nitric or hydrochloric acid. A more or less deep and extensive wound must always result from sueh a course. It is very necessary from this instant to keep tho dog securely chained up. if after ton days llie health of the dog is good, the dog has evidently bitten because it wa.s leased and the prognosis is therefore favorable, But If the animal dies within this period, the person billen must without delay undergo inoculation against hydropholha. A signed autopsy of the dog should bc made by Ilio veterinary surgeon and he should send the bulb of the brain lo the Pasteur Institute of the district In order lhat experiments may be made which will definitely prove whether it was really a case of hydrophobia. . | THB OLDEST AMUSEMENT Playing jokes on honeymooucra is a pastime antedating civilization itself. With increase of perspicacity, however, it develops into an art. Tho twentieth century swain, having wooed and won his lady fair, discovers that "getting awny with it"—"it" being the brido —is a more perplexing proposition than thn vernacular phrase generally implies. At this juncture, for some reason or other, every one of his-kith, kin, and acquaintance who happens to consider himself gifted as a joker gets busy to the end thnt the first hours of double harness shall be fraught with anything but that blissful tranquility thnt is supposed to bo tho highest idonl'of matrimonial blessedness. It is in that brief period between the conclusion of the marriage ceremony and the commencement of tho honeymoon that the practical joker comes into his own. Separation and kidnapping may bo regarded as the pinnacle of the honeymoon-baiter's ambition. In the carrying ont of his plans ho sticks nt nothing and respects nothing and nobody. Great is his glee if lie can invoke the law as un nider and abetter, Not very long ago two people in prosperous circumstances were wedded. It was a rather fashionable wedding, with an imposing array of groomsmen, a beauteous bevy of bridesmaids, iloral decorations, newspaper reporters, anil the usual trimmings. Townrd tho closo of the reception, one of tho groomsmen sought out tbo plainclothes detective who was guarding the presents. He was plainly in it great stato of perturbation. Uo took the eop by the arm confidentially. "Hist, oflicer! An unbidden cuost, just come, looks liko a gentlema.i cracksman; he's slunk up-stairs, third floor on tho right. Probably despcrato character posing as a guest. Oct him awny ns quietly as possible; no scene." The cop lioildcd a noil of comprehension, and forthwith went to it. Third door on the right. Suro enough, there wus his mnn, well dressed, ami even then handling a valuable gold Wfttch. Details of whnt happened during tho next quarter of an hour were never known, but it was a crowded period, and then two men went out by a side door, both much disheveled. One wore a look of grim, virtuous triumph, tho other a pair of handcuffs. The latter appeared to bo ovcr-wliclmcd by his emotions. It was late that night boforo the sergeant in the station-house permitted himself to be convinced—by a delegation which included a tearful bride— that thc prisoner was indeed only a victimized bridegroom. Another young innn escaped more lightly, though he, too, was sftackled. The newly wedded couple were leaving the Grand Union Depot in Chicago for tlieir honeymoon. They stood on tho rear platform of their car, the beaming targets for all sorts of farewell and congratulatory effusions. Then, just ns tho train started to pull out, two of the bridegroom's friends, determined on a final hntnl-slinkc, jumped on tho platform and pump-handle^I the happy bus- bum! with much fervor. When tliey jumped off they loft the happiest mail on earth handcuffed to the platform rail. A sympathetic conductor borrowed a file from tlic engineer uud freed him aftor an hour's work. Another young benedict, on whom n similar trick was tried, turned the tables on his tormentor. In this caso the couple were holding an informal reception in the car wheu au attempt wat made to handcuff the bride and bridegroom together. But the latter was a shade tuo smart. As oue of the bracelets was snapped on his own wrist, bt locked the other to tho would-be humorist. SUGAR—FOOD AND MEDICINE Sugar, Ilrst of all extracted from the sugar cane, was at the outset considered as a luxury. Its extraction from the beetroot brought It Into general use, notwithstanding the fact that several til effects were attributed to it, sucb as dental caries, gastro-intestlnal flatulence and diarrhoea. Scientists, breaking nwny from routine, curried out experiments and chawed that sugur develops a greut umount of energy In the muscles when these are contracted. Sugar is u chemically pure and very wholesome food, which gives un as- slmllnble glucose almost without making any demands on thc digestion. It gives rise to no secondury toxic product and consequently is never inadvisable except In onses of nervous, hepatic and pancreatic lesions which result in tho dlffei*cnt forms of diabetes. It lujs long been shown by many experimenters that sugar ls a very active nntldute to toxic substances. Verdigris and other copper preparations nre annihilated by the ingestion of large quantities of sugar. In quantities of two hundred to three hundred grammes a vday, sugar strengthens the weakened system, gradually renders thin people stouter and also attacks consumption. Hs use is to be recommended In all diseases having cachetle effects. Finally, the association of sugar with certnin medicaments augments the activity of the intter, This action Is apparently due to its grent digestibility. WINTER DISEASES Without wishing to ascribe a major role to cold, heat, dryness or humidity ln the development of seasonal diseases. It by no means follows thnt no pathogenic influence is to be nttrlbut- ed to the seasons. They Increase the number and activity of the morbid germs and favor their penetration Into the system, which tbey nlso render more receptive. The latter mode of action, the most obscure of all, hus become comprehensible down to Us minute detail, thanks lo experimentation. It is In this way that hy cooling a warm blooded animal a general enfeeblfment of the function ean be produced, wblch Is eminently favorable to Invasion by germs. If tho cooling does not itself constitute the disease nnd Is of Itself unable to produce It, yet It temporarily predisposes the orgunlsm to the action of certain specific causes. As indicated in Pasteur's classic experiment, It renders accessible to bactericidal action chickens which had previously proved refractory lo such influences. Winter, then, has Its diseases. It Is in this season that such ailments ns chilblains, neuralgia and fncinl pnrnlysis, sore throat, laryngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, pleurisy and rheumatism occur. Cold favors the rupture of aneurisms by augmenting the nrterinl tension. It muy induce albuminous nephritis accompanied by swelling of the limbs in the case of albuminuric patients. Exposure to colds often lends to relapses. Cold U to bo fen red in cases of measles, wenuse It prevents the development of the eruption in the direction of the skin, nnd consequently the eruption becomes predominant In the mucous membrnncs, nnd diarrhoea or capillary bronchitis Is seen to make an nppenrnnco. The Influence of cold Is no less disastrous in enses of scnrlulina. which appears then to be transformed in an unfavorable munner. MUSIC AND HAIR An Knglish doctor hns found that musicians pay an enormous tribute to baldness. This action on the scalp is exerted In two opposed senses, depending on the instrument played. The piano, violin, violoncello nnd buss viol favor the growth nnd preservation of the hair. Bltsz, nubenstein, Tbalberg, Pagnnlni and Snrusate muy be cited as instunces. On the contrary, the playing of metal Instruments In five or six years destroys the most exuberant growths of hnlr. The trombone especially Infallibly lends to loss of hair. Wooden instruments, such as the clarinet, (lute nnd oboe, aro without perceptible action. But the effect of stringed instruments In preserving the hair Is only produced up to the nge of fifty or fifty-two, Wben this period Is pust, the most sublime melodies do nol prevent the hair from fulling. TRAVELLERS' MISTAKES IN CHINA Will Chinese customs nnd traditions change with the new regime? If lliey do travel In the Celestial empire will he deprived of much of Its pleasures, wliich are sometimes attended with excitement, not to suy danger. Two Englishmen travelling to Nlng- Po on a visit to a Chinese official during the autumn had, to say the least, a diverting time. They were helng carried in sedan chairs, and feeling the atmosphere oppressive asked the beurers to give them n little fresh air by opening the roof. The men mel the request wllh stolid Indifference, so the travellers decided to opon the rouf themselves. As lliey nppronched tho city they found thnt they were the objects of considerable Attention, A crowd of five hundred surrounded the choirs, nnd soun It increased to two thousand, the people uttering menacing cries. Happily nothing worse happened. When they reached their destination their host received them with astonishment. "Ooud gracious," said he, "what have you done? Only condemned criminals here travel in an open chair." Tho boy stood on the burning deck. "The only pluce that gave hent before October 15th." he explained, No won* der ho didn't want to leave lt. THE ISLANDER. CUMBERLAND. H.C. Stops Pain of Burns and Cuts Really Wonderful How Zam-Buk Gives Ease Th's is tbe verdict of all who have tried Znrn-Buk. The woman ln the home knows best its value. A burn from the stove, from a Hat iron, or u hot pan, Is instantly soothed by Zam- Buk. When the little ones full and cut or scratch themselves, Zam-Buk stops the pain and, Incidentally, their crying. The best proof of this is tbe fact that children who huve once hud Zum-Buk npplied como for it again. For more serious burns, too. It is unequalled. Mr. John Johnston, of 734 South Marks Street, Fort William, a moulder in Copp's Foundry, says: "Some time ago 1 burned the top of my foot severely by dropping some molten iron from a ladle I was currying. A largo hule was burned through my shoe und Into the tup of my foot. I was taken home, und Zum-Uuk wns applied to the burn directly. It wus surprising whut relief tbls balm afforded. The burn was so deep and so sertOut that It required careful attention, but Zam-Huk prevented other complications arising, nnd ns It wus daily applied, soothed the pains and allayed the inflammation. In the course of two weeks the holo burned ln my foot bad been well healed." Mr. W. B. Gibson, of Belleville, writes: "We have tried Zum-Uuk uften en cuts nnd sores, mul 1 think there Is nothing that can equal tl." 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Mil' lions use them for Billon- *t„, ladigeition, Side Headache, Sallow Skin. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE Genuine muni*.. Signature we-mem—mmm Dickens in America Fifty Years Ago IT waa early in the evening of a stinging cold January day, 1842, that Dickens stepped on shore In the United Stales, The ground wns covered by a thielt enameling of hnrd snow; but the stars shone brilliantly, and the darkness wns tempered by a fine moon. Among tbe young men In Boston who were overjoyed at the prospect of seeing Boz lu the flesh, was the late James T. Fields, subsequently a prominent publisher in thai city, and at tho lime of Dickens' death, his representative In America. He has described how he lingered to see Boz; how he followed him up tho street, his rapture rendering him immune to the nipping cold; how he slood In front uf the hotel as thc carriage drove up, and how gratified he wns by hearing thc voice of tho Immortal author of Pickwick, of Utile Nell, and of Nicholas Nickleby, As the carriage Stopped in front of the house, Dickens stepped out, enst ono glance ut the fine, hospitable, worm glow of light that flooded ihe entrance, and shouted, in bis buoyant wny to those iti lhe carriage, "Here we are!" And young Fields was on hand later lhat evening toward midnight to see Iiu?. come bounding out of tbo Tremont House, wllh Lord Mulgrnve for a companion. Dickens was mullled up In a shaggy fur coat, and heedless of the hitter weather, pulling at naught thc frozen surface of the pavements, run lightly over the snow almost like his own Uob Craehlt, wisely selecting the middle of the street, "Wc boys," suld Fields, describing tho scone, "followed cautiously behind, but near enough nut to lose tho fun, Of course the two gentlemen soon lost Iheir way, emerging inlo Washington from Tremont Street. Dickons kept up a continual .shout of uproarious laughter as he went rapidly forward, reading thc signs on tbo shops, nnd observing the 'architecture' of the now country into which he had dropped ns from the clouds. When the two arrived opposite the Old South Church, Dickens screamed. To this day 1 could not tell why. Wns it becauso of Its fancied resemblance to St. Paul's or the Abbey? I declare tho mystery of that shout is still a mystery to me." Tho following duy all Boston knew lhat Hov. had landed, nnd then began those demonstrative exhibitions of genuine affection and curiosity which never censed to accompany Dickens on his travels for tho following four months. No such reception hud been given lo nny foreign visitor to these shores before that Ume. Even thc triumphal progress of Lafayette, fifteen years earlier, seemed tranquil In comparison. Had Dickens enjoyed tho strength of a Goliath ho could not have attended every dance to which he and his charming wlfo were asked. To have eaten nil the dinners, suppers, and banquets to which ho wus invited would have beon physically impossible. He early found that even to havo attempted to reply to his dally mall would have left no time for anything else, und would have kept him out of bod until bile ut night. "How can I givo you the faintest notion of my reception here?" he asks, writing to For- itef. "Of the crowds that pour in and out the whole day; of tho people lhat line the streets whon I go out; of the cheering when I go lo the theatre; of lho copies of verses, letters of congratulation, welcomes of all kinds, balls, dinners, assemblies without end?" In New England, he made life-long friendships'with Professor Felton of Cambridge, Charles Sumner, Longfellow, and Jonathan Chapman, mayor of Qostoh. He stayed two weeks in New England, was charmed With nil he saw and heard—in Boston, Cambridge, nnd New Haven, und he nlwnys gracefully acknowledged lho attentions paid him everywhere, In sptto of his apparent good will toward everybody, however, bo flatly refused to bow to national sentiment. When, afier he hnd unexpectedly ill a speech In Huston mado Anme very pointed references to the justice of International copyright, he insisto! upun limiting public reference to the samo i hing again ln a speech at Hartford, In sptte of the protests of his friends that his words, though true enough, wore undiplomatic. Ills independence and his strong sense of his own right* eousnesa would not suffer him to use tact In his public addresses, Onco out Wost, In St. Louis, he wns approached hy n literary man who believed ho hnd acquired a suflicient Intimacy wiih Bos to entice hiin craftily Into his camp. Ho asked Dlel*ens how he liked our "domestic Institution, slavery" in such an Insinuating manner as to expect an agreeabte reply, ir not an honest one, Dickens' eyes blazed in nn Instant, lie took in the situation at once. "Not at all, sir," criod Dickens, "1 don'l like it at all!" "Ab!" returnod his visitor, who showed Homo evidences of being abashed by the frankness of tho reply, "you probnbly havo not seen It In Its true character, nnd are prejudiced ngainst It." "Ves, I have seen it, sir!" snld Dickens, "nil I over wish to see of it, nnd I detest it, sir!" After tho presumptuous visitor hud left, Dickens turned to hts secretary und, burning wllh passion, exclaimed, "Damn thoir impudence! If thoy will not thrust their accursed domestic Institution Into my face, I wlll ,not attack It, for I did not come hero for thnt purpose. But lo tell mo a man Is bettor off ns u slave than ns a froomnn Is nn Insult, and I wlil not endure lt from anyone! I will not hour it!" Now York ns well as New Englund wns restless for Boz to appear, und ns soon as tt learned he had arrived In lhls country, preparations for his entertainment wero quickly made. An Invitation sighed by overy well-known man of letters; many leading merchants, and others of prominence In that city, wllh Washington lrvlng's name bending the (1st, wns forwarded to him, asking bim to be the guest of honor at n dinner. At the snme time ihe citizens of New York arranged for a greut ball at the Park Theutre. und he was asked tbere so that he might be gratefully entertained. Dickens, although so delighted with his stay In and uround Boston, was impatient to reuch New York, because there ho wus to meet for the first time tbe mnn ubove all others In America he most craved to see—Washington Irving, it hns not been sufficiently understood that Irving was indirectly responsible for the fact that Dickens' name has become so Inseparable from thoughts of Christmns literature. Those Chapters on Christmns, which could be loss spared thnn any olher purt of Geoffrey Crayon's Sketch Book, wore read by Dickons long before he became a writer. He has himsolf left It on record, In hts letters to the American author und In his fnlmltublc speech at tho Boz Dinner, thnt ho was fascinated by lrvlng's beautiful prose. How delightful ho was. when, after the appearance of "Old Curiosity Shop," ho found among lhe hundreds of nd miring letters from America one from Irving! lie answered It In hts raptur ous, Impatient manner, and the two were instantly friends, From that time forward there wns a strong bond of sympathy between the two writers. Dickons had not been half an hour In New York beforo Irving culled on him at tho Carlton House, where the English novelist bad rooms. "Just us )ve. sat down to dinner," Dickens wrote to Forster, "David Colden mado his appearance; and whon ho had gone, and we were inking our wine, Washington Irving came in nlono with open nrms. And here bo stopped until ten o'clock at night." To run over the names of those who visited Dickons during his Now York stay would be to give a list of virtually all thc men connected with literature in that city at the lime, Bryant was a frequent visitor; even N. P. Willis who had described Boz so unflatter ingly in ono of bis papers from Lon don, camo in to see him with an air of assurance and virtue. Fltz-Groeno Hailed;, the poet, nnd Lewis Gay lord Clark, then editing tho Knickerbocker Magazine, woro often seen at the Carlton. On ono occasion when Dickons had a few of his choice spirits to dinner, as they passed into his apartment tbe clork of the hotel, who seems to hnve been a groat lover of literature, buttonholed Boa's secretary long enough to exclaim with a kind of reverential awe; "Good Heaven! Mr. Putnam, to think what the four walls of thnt room now contain! Washington Irving, William C. Bryant, Fitz-Greene Hallcck, and Charles Dickens!" The "Grent Boz Dinner," was given nt tbe City Hotel on February 18, and Irving, ns lho acknowledged denn of American letters and as the friend of Dickens, was selected to preside. Dickens, always thc readiest of after dinner speakers, made the most felicitous speech of his wholo tour. \\\\Ttat a beautiful tribute he paid Irving! He suld, in his Inimitable manner, thnt he did not go to bed two nights out of seven without taking Washington Irving under his arm, nnd when he did not take him he took lrvlng's own brother, Oliver Goldsmith! And how loyal Dickons remained to his American friend is shown by the fact that, in his most intimate letters to Forster, there is not a mention of lho fact that Irving broke down in his speech at lho dinner. The dinner committee, hnvlng some apprehension lest Boz should speak plainly nbout copyright, appealed' to him before tho function not to do so. Ho declared ho should, but his reference whon the time came to speak it was so slight, so gentle, -and In tho form of nn "appeal by ono who hud a most righteous claim" to assort his right, thnt actually tho sentence was followed by cheers. From Henry Clay, at Washington, camo a warm letter of encouragement; he wrote to approve Dickons* "manly courso" nnd mentioned his desire to "stir in it if possible." But Clay hnd alrendy forwarded his resignation from tho United Stntes Senate to tho Legislature of Kentucky, to dale from March 31 of that your. Whon ho reached Philadelphia, wblch he found "a hundsomo city, but dlB- tractlngly regulnr," ho wna completely tnken in by an unscrupulous political leader ln that city. This man, who hnd u pleasant address and was locally prominent, was Introduced to lhe distinguished visitor, nnd before leaving) received Dickons' permission to bring n few friends to seo him. Tbe following day the hotel literally was mobbed, The street In front of the house was Impassable; tho corridors of tho hotel were packed, and the landlord was distracted; for Dickens refused lo receive his mighty army. Finally the landlord prevailed upon him to hold a leveo, urging that, If ho did not accede, a riot very probably would result. The humor of tho situation overcame Boz's former decision; ho relented, und for two hours he received this crowd. He then learned thnt the crafty politician bad inserted u nolo In tho newspapers that Dickens would receive the citizens wbo would call nt a cortuln hour. As for this Ingenious person, he stood beside Dickens introducing hy nume almost every man In the lino, and making political capital out of his assumed Intimacy wtth the novelist. The remainder of his stay In tho United Slates. Dickons found mnro to I It Is Wise to Prevent Disorder.— Many causes load to disorders of the stomach nnd few nro free from them, At the first manifestation that tbo stomach nnd llvor nro not performing their functions, n course of Parmelee's Vegetable i'tlls should be tried, nnd It will be found that the digestive organs will speedily resume healthy action. Laxatives nnd sedatives are so blend- id in those pills thai no othor preparation ei'iiiii he so effective us they. What is Castoria. /^ASTORIA is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups, It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays E&rerishness. For more than thirty yeara it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and Diarrhoea. It regula'xs the Stomach and Boweh, assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep. 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He parted from Irving, who had just been appointed Minister to Spain, in Washington, and during the interview tho American author wept heartily, Dickens found the most comfortable hotel in Baltimore; likened the Potomac steamboat lo a Noah's Ark; discussed slavery in Richmond; bought two accordions, and learned to play "Home, Sweet Home" with feeling; and was so much pleased with his treatment everywhere lhat he responded agreeably to a petition of the most influential men iu St. l.ouls to visit the West. Travelling across part of llie country In canal boats, he also had a taste of thn steamboats on tho Mississippi and Ohio, and although ho frequently had to put up With great tn- convenience In the hotels In the back country, took the experience good naturally, and made Jests of It in his books. Ho wont to Cairo, 111., then n young "boom" (own, where, lt Is said, he had purchased lots, Ho was in Louisville, Chicago. Cincinnati, Columbus, Pittsburg, Buffalo, and then went to Cauada, sailing from Montreal for England, in May. THE FORCE OF HEREDITY One of the most tntoroBting of human odlgroos is thnt of ft family living noar Montpelllor, In the south oi Franco. Nenr that town, lb the year 1637, almost three hundred years ago, a cor tain Jean Nougarot was bom. This Joan Nougarot had a most unusual a Ol let lon. Uo was what is known ns night-blind. In his eyes tlic retina wns insensitive to light tnat fell below a certain In* tensity, ami in falling daylight or in moonlight he COUhl see nothing. His :nsQ aroused wide-spread interest in his lay, and tho recorda of it havo heen passed down to posterity. Hut more thnn these records have descended to this generation. Through teu generations nnd for almost three eonturi.'s Jean Notigaret's night-blindness has beon passed oa from children to cllll- Iron. Particulars nre known of more than two thousand of his descendants all arrylng this curse from their ancestor f the dim past. Through .ill these many yars the affection has behaved ns a dominant, and thoro is no sign that long-continued mftrrlftgo with peoplo ol normal vision hns produced any amol ioration of tho night-blind state. All tho evidence indicates that thi; iiflliction will remain among thc de scendants of -lean Nougarot ns long a: a drop of his blood remains in th world—perhaps through countless cen turics, oven to the ond of the worh itself. Fortunate it was for Jcai Nougarot that he had nut tho power tt peer through the veil of the future ami seo tho steadily increasing thousands tt whom he had passed his taint! lf progress in the study of heredity continues, most eugonists bolievo it is certain to lead to a groat reduction in the number of marriages, even if it does not result In a choico of mates on a purely scientific basis. For example, would .lean Nougarot have mar SMe/i'sGure nmammSSSi'SS ricd if ho had known enough of thc nws of heredity to have realized how he curse that was upon him would fall ipon so many thousands through tho ong centuries that were to follow? And iow many afflictions there may be lat- •nt in one's germs of lifo that a further tnowledge ol heredity might reveal bc- c'ore they were passed on to others! Was it inheritance alone that produced the genius of Shakespeare, of Voltaire, or Balzac? If ao, aud the hopes of the most enthusiastic of the eugonists nre realized, it may be that ia years to como it will bo possible to produce another Shakespeare, anothor Voltaire, noil another Balzac by following tho laws revealed by this fascinating study of heredity. Nearly all children are subject to worms, and many are born with them. Spare tbem Buffering by using Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator, the best remedy of tho kiud that can bo had. Why sutTer frmn corns when they an bo painlessly rooUd out by using llolloway'a Corn Cure. HEATBARLEY OATS, FLAX Owing to so much unfavorable weather, many farmers ovor Western Canada have gathered at least part of thoir crop touched by frost or otherwise water damaged. However, thruugh the large Bhortage In corn, oats, barley, fodder, potatoes ami vegetables, by the unusual heat and drought ol last summer In tho United States, Eastern Canada and Western Europe, there Is going to be a steady dom and at good prices for all the grain Western Canada has raised, no matter what Its quality may be. So much variety In quality makes it Impossible for those less cx- perlonccd t«> Judgo the full value that should be obtained tor such grain, theroforo the fanner never Stood inure In need of the services of the experienced and reliable grain commission man to act fur him, in tbo looking after selling of his grain, than ho does thl sseason. farmers, you will theroforo do well for yourselves not to accept street or trick prices, bui to ship your grain by carload direct to Fort William or Tort Arthur, to be handled by us in a way that will get for you all there is tn lt. Wo make liberal advances when desired, on receipt uf shipping hills for ears shipped, We never buy yuur grain on our own account, but act as your agents In selling It to the hest advantage for your account, and we do so on a lixed commission of le. per bushel. We havo made a specialty of this work fur many years, and aro well known over Western Canada for our experience In tho grain trado, reliability, careful attention lo our customers' interests, and promptness in niakug settlements. We invite farmers who have not yet employed us to write to us for shipping Instructions and market information, and lu regard to our standing In the Winnipeg Grain Trade, and our financial position, wo beg to refer you to tho Union Bank or Canada, and any uf Its branches, also to lho commercial agencies of Brudslreels and It. U. Dun & Co, THOMPSON SONS & CO* GRAIN COMMISSION MERCHANT* 703 Y Grain Exchange Winnipeg i, ( 127 -J ——> ■M t!lE ISr.AXDKR, a;MBKRi.ASD, Ct> '0 t ni'reihui 2;">00acrt'B will he l«atu-d tn die upplicanh. Applioati 'ii for a le*«e must he made by the applicant in person tntbe Agent or sub Agont of thu district in wliich the rights applied for are situated. In surveyed territory th« Innd must be described bv sections, or legal subdh isiona uf aeottons, and in uhsuiveyed'erritnry tiie tracr npplied fer shnll be staked out by the applicant himself. JChi'Ii application muat be aceompanied by it f?e of JB which will be refunded if the rights applied fnr are tint available, but not otherwise. A royalty shall he pair! on tin merchantable ouiput t>f thu mint) at tin rate of live cents por ton. T..e person operating Ihe mine shall furnish the Agent wiih sworn returns ac. I'uUllting for thi! full quantity of merch Aiitabiecoal mined Hnd p ty the royalty thereon. Jf the until uiiniag lights are nut being operated, such returns ahall be furnished atle*si once a year. The lease will include Vie con] n.iiri.i. iglitsonly, but the 1 ssee may be permitted to (Uichase whatever available sur faco rights may be considered necessary f .r*he w< rkingof the mine al the rate nf gtlOOOanaeiti. Fnr full information $pp!ic»ti"ii should buiuadetn the Secretly of i|ie Depart- ment of the Interior, Ottawa, ur tu any Agent or Sub Ay* nt cf P-miiiiion Lands W W. CORY, Deputy Minister nf the Interior, JN IS- Unauthnriz-d publication of this idveriiueiuent will not b • paid for. HATCHING EGGS FOH SALB—1. Pure brod Hlipfje Island Reds, $1 ."0 pr Jo/' n, 3, Fur* \\tfptl Sjligle C"iiib, \\\\ hiteL'glioniH, $\\,QQ dfi2e.ii. Al)pggs ^uaraJiteeilCii'tiJ"'. Apply J Mlll'fil)C£ Uoinox, B. 0. Notice is hereby given that I will unit ■ re*p nsiblt) for any debts contractedjbi my wife as she haB left my bed and board, CllAHLKS R. Kuiok. D.UetlFjbru ry I'-'ih, 1012. FOUND-On bench, row-boat;lteellfi f' i; beanrS feet: built by Turutr, Vancouver. A -i ly .)..). BANNKUMAN, Com x. B C. EGGS VOW HATCHING—S. C. While Leghorn?. Wilson Cooper strain direct, Breeders seleetoj for vigour nnd large egg production, #2.00 per 15 eg^sj $0.00 per 50 eggs; $10.0Q per 100 eggs. Order early to avoid disappointment. F.JI. THOMASON, Courtenay, B.C. THE CORNER STORE C£B§ vVW Ai'g)S ?W£ I .r, m Alts c&3 Great SALE For TEN DAYS, commencing TO-DAY Pay-Day m (£2*3 *m* ©5*3 WaS. {&S9) MEN'S CLOTHING, HATS and BOOTS Slaughtered © EECOEDS JUST OJNii. w .. DUNSMORE'S MUSIC STORE - Ohurell St., NANAIMO, 8. G. Opposite Bank ot Si: User k ft 1 District Agent for the Russel, EM.F. 30 Flanders 20 and McLaughlin-Euick automobiles Fairbanks-Morse Stationary and Marine Engines, Oliver 1'ypewiters, Moure's Lights, and. Cleveland, I Iran I fn rd, Masscy-Ilarris and Perfect bicycles iijusaivri ^jioorwerciFKi ■ INI CARS FOR HIRE NIGHT and DAY Phone 18 E.C. CUMBERLAND, B.C. mmemem umwmm* STOCK= TAKING o/\\L