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PONCKLC SILKS For wear and looks see our Pongee Silks in all the leading: shades—gray, helio, resida, myrtle, navy and black . 2G in. wide at 75c. por yard. CAMPBBLL BROS. itta Awash Uuod» , /Jj Wo arewicwrfng a full range of cotton'Kinjghpiii, warrant- . ed fast colors, s\ut9l>Je foe *] children's, misses' and' women's wear, in pretty checks plaids and stripes. 2; in. wi,i.>.iL 160 17), iiii.' pur yard CAMI'BKLL BROS. No. 99 THI'I I.SI.ANDHII, CUMIII'llil.ANH, ll.C, S .TUItliAY. APRIL13 1 >» 1 - Subscription price (1.80 per year AN ERU OF GREAT DEVELOPMENT ARRIVING IN M EOHOX DISTRICT M. Manson, M.P.P., Tells of the Great Activity throughout the Entire-Distriot., and the Kapid Influx of Settlers. The FHt'-Sighledness of the McBride Railway Policy Bringing Prosperity and Wealth to North Part of Vancouver Island. Governor-General Coming Here His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught, governor-general of Canada, the Duchess of Connaught. Princess Patricia, and suite, will visit Victoria about 1st of October next, and spend some days in the capital city. This information was recived by Lieut. - Governor Patterson in a notification from the secretary of stato. I'i e occasion will be made a gala one by the loyal subjects of the King resident in this provinco, and the period of the royal visit will assuredly be the most notable since the visit of His Majesty thc King, then Prince George, some ten years ago. Empire Reciprocity Trade Speaking at a dinner tendered the West Indies commissioners at Toronto by business men, Hon. George E. Foster said the treaty was only the beginning of wider trade union. There was no reason why Canada and Australia could not reach an agreement and then it would be possible in a few years to bind all the outside sisterhood. They would then be ready to march on the mother country to secure one bond of commercial Unity thronghout the empire, The concluding session of the trade union conference passed resolutions urging imperial aid to cable and steamship service between Canada and the West Indies. Fiendish Crime Winnipeg, April 12. Wheeler Pisley and his wife are under arrest at Gadsden, Alberta, charged with incinerating Ezra Busty, a of the vessel, looking into tho water, when suddenly ho saw, passing silently underneath, a huge shape. The exact outlines he could not perceive, but he caught a glimpse of a long protuberance from the head and recognized the creature as a large swordfish. Khted Settlers Coming to B.C. Winnipeg, April 12. -Unrest in England and inroads on settled incomes by new forms of taxation are ascribed by a passenger on the latest arrived Empress boat for the remarkable proportion of well-to-do English people among her fifteen hundred passengers, who are making their permanent home in Western Canada. A typical instance is that of Rear Admiral Storey, R.N., retired, who finds his half-pay will go a lot further in British Columbia, and has bought land at Windermere, B.C., whoro he will establish his entire family. Comox District Looks Good On a missionary expedition in support of the propaganda fn- good roads in his constituency of Comox Mr. Michael Manson has arrived in the capital city with a viow to placing the matter before the provincial government. In response to a query as to what occasioned the urgent necessity for the new roads in the district of Comox Mr. Manson replied that there were so many industrial changes taking place that the district was practically undergoing a transformation. Quarter sections were being divided into small home lots of from one to twenty acres in order to meet the tremendous demand for locations that occurred as a result of the growing industrialism. He pointed to the increaed operations of the Canadian Collieries, Ltd., which concern is at the present time engaged upon the sinking of a shaft for their No. 8 mine, the construction of a new line to tha Ifi-year-old youth, after he h__\ mine and the ballasting of the old Imbibed too much liquor in their Mine to Union Bay, together with alleged liquor resort. They feared'the erection of a hydro-electric he would attract attention, and | plant for the operating of all the SHOW CHANGES HAND . Another important change in the business concerns of tho city has taken place, Messrs. James Smith and P. Anderson having bought the moving picture show running in the City Hall. Messrs. Smith and Anderson are well and favorably known in Cumberland and The Islander predicts success for them. It is a case of Cumberland men investing Cumberland money in Cumberland. The moving picture show at the City Hall has been popular and largely patronized. It will retain its popularity and still be largely patronized under the management of these genial gentlemen, It is said the hall is to be enlarged, the seats re-arranged and the interior decorated. Mr, Curtis, who has so long managed this popular place of amusement,leaves for Vancouver tomorrow. Mr. -I. A. Halliday, of Sandwick, is in town today on business. Miss Effle McFayden spent Easter week with hor parents here mill return* to Vancouver Sunday. prices for depot, yards and other | purposes. A little deal has been consum- ated here within the last few days which shows the way tilings are going. Thirty-six acres have changed hands at $750.00 per acre, involving the neat little siim of $27,20(1.(10. This property lies between the railroad right of way and the town. It will be cut up into lots. There have been 32 lots sold in Courtenay during the past week, an average of over 5 lots a day, and the, daily sales are increasing There is much activity in and around Headquarters ''amp. A new school house to accommodate 40 pupils is undor construction. A new sawmill having a daily capacity of 75M feet is being elected and will soon be in commission. There is a large force of men at work on a wagon road between Headquarters camp and Courtenay. The camp is connected with Courtenay by rail. CONFERENCE OF CANADIAN COLLIERIES DIRECTORS AT VANCOUVER Decide to Spend Nearly Two Million Dollars in Developirg the Cumberland Coal Fields this Year. COURTENAY LAND 32 Lots Sold one Week K. R Grading let in three Divisions Mr. J. M. Crook stone from Glasgow, Scotland, arrived in town Thursday and will take Mr. Golden's placo in the Canadian Bank of Commcrc. The annual meeting of the lawn tennis club will be held in the Coiliery Company's office on Tuesday, April 16th, at 8 p.m. All members are asked to attend. The many friends of Mr. John Wier will he pleased to know that he is on the mend and is re ported today to lie improving nicely. so placed the drunken boy under a brush heap which they saturu- fP(J with coal oil and set pn fir^;. He received fatal burns, CoBt Not Worth the Pesult London, April 12. The figures of coal strike losses has been revised and it was found to-day tjiaf the loss in wages had been $70,000,000, half to the miners mine machinery by electricity in stead of by steam, alterations additions and imeroyenients which mean an expenditure of something iike two million dollars, In the Courtenay valley, whero it is generally conceded that th iand is of a more productive char acter than perhaps in any other part of Vancouver Island, people with predilections in favor of Enoch C. Walker Dies Instantly of Heart Failure. 75 NEW HOUSES TO BUILD AT OLD MINE And 200 at No. 8-Diamond Drills Proving Large Becisof CohI at One Thousand Feet.- Bright Outlook for Cumberland. Vancouver, April 11.—Tin; Daily Province says: Details of extensions and improvements at the mines of the Canadian Collieries in the Cumberland Hold involving an expenditure of nearly §2,000,000, were discussed at a conference held hero to day between Mr. A. D. McRae, managing director of the company; Mr. William Murray, a director; Mr. W. L, Coulson, of Victoria, general manager; and Mr. F. Perry, of Montreal, Canadian representative of Liurd Bros., a Parisian banking house which is heavily interested in the enterprise. Mr, Coulson stated that at least 1000 additional men will be employed iu connection with the various improvements with in the next thirty days. A contract for the extension of the standard-guage railway lino to the new No. 8 mine, a distance o( six and a half miles, has just been awarded to Mr. Clarence Howard, of Victoria. The shaft is down 70 feet and it will be extended to a depth of 1000 foet to tap the coal seams proved up liy diamond drills, three of which are still engaged exploring the field. The coal output there a year henco, it is expect ed, will be nearly doubled, and brought up to 5000 tons daily. The company will build 200 new dwellings at the No. 8 mine this summer, and 75 at the old mines at Cumberland, whore 25 were built last year. The hydro-electric plant on the Puntledge river will he completed next fall and will provide an electrical energy for operating all the mining plants in the Held. It will furnish 6000 horsepower, the capacity of which will he doubled later as requirements justify. The fans will also be operated hy electricity. It is not proposed at present to increase the output of the Extension field, which now produces 1200 tuns daily. The coal hunkers and wharf capacity at Ladysmith and Comox are also being enlarged. find half to nf,her trades. The I agricultural pursuits are (locking railways lost $14,000,000, Tiie in great numbers, and it is only funds of the Federation of Miners have been almost exhausted. The strike pay amounted to the sum of $7,500,000. Many district organizations are bankrupt. Men ani fieginnlng to say fhe result was not worth the cost; and it is predicted that it will be a long time before there will be another national strike, a question of a very short time bjfore the entire valley is taken up.—Colonist. Sees Buttle'of Ocean Monsters For many days out from St, Vincent there occurred what was perhaps the most remarkable in cident of the voyagage. The weather was fine, tho sea almost dead calm, captain Napperhap. pened to be leaning over the sido Special to the Inlander Courtenay, April 11, —Never, in the history of Comox district has there been such activity in real estate circles here in Courtenay is at the present time. The immediate building of the E. & N. railroad to Courtenay is perhaps a part of the cause, but the stra- getic position of Courtenay in a large undeveloped territory of great natural wealth is tbo prime cause. Courtenay is lhe City of Destiny on North Vancouver Island. There is much money to be made here in the swift rise of land values in the immediate future. That Courtenay will soon havo the iron horse at hnv doors ts shown by the way the E. & N, have lot the contracts for grading. The right of way is all cleared and the contract for grad ing has bcen let in three sections of 15 miles each, which means that thc work can be done much quicker under three rotitya^mg Bangs than one, and that the work is to bc rushed to a finish. That Courtenay is a point of \i\v portance to |t,o B. & N. Railroad At about 8:30 a. m. Thursday, April 11. Enoch C. Walkei was found by his sister, Mrs. T. H. Carey, lying across and but partly on the bed in. his room, dead. Deceased resided with Mr. and Mrs, T. H. Carey. On Wednesday evening he complained of not feeling well and decided to lay off on Thurday. Said he thought he was coming down with tho grippe. He arose as usual on Thursday morning at 7:15 and lighted the fire. lie then retired to his room. Not making his ap. pearance, his sister wont, to the room and Pound him lying partly on and across the bed, wliere he had apparently fallen, dead. Thc physicians, hastily summoned, gave the cause of death as heart failure. Enoch C. Walker was 32 years of age and was bory, in Nanaimo. He ^ii.c. to Cumberland with his father, the late Edward Walker, when a hoy of 11 and. Ims resided here for gipjpe than 20 years. He was fond of hunting and fishing. knew every trout stream for miles summons intervened. He was The Naramata Bible cla8S of of massive frame, weighing over St George's Presbyterian church 300 pounds. He was well-known gave a very enjoyable <d(M and respected in Cumberland and Thursday evening in the base- had a large circle of friends. Hementof the chm.ch 0yer g,, was a member of the U.M.W. of members and friends were pres A. The funeral services will be , „ , , , ,, , ., „ ,, ent. Several good vocal num- held at the residence ot Mrs. T. , • L , , ■_ ,. , , bers were given by members of H. Carey, on Maryport Avenue, ._■ , , ., . , , ' the class and the games, mclud- at 2 p.m. tomorrow, Rev. B. C. . ., , _ . . ing a gentlemen s sewing con- Freeman officiating. . , , , test, caused much merriment. Deceased leaves a large number Mr. Lumsden secured first prize of relatives to mourn his loss:- by a sp,endid effort D. r. Mc. Four brothers, Joseph and Har- Dona]d also moved }he sympathy ley Walker, of Cumberland; Alb- 0f the lady judges and in fact ert Walker, of Baynes Sound, and brought tears to their eyes. Sev- William Walker, of San Francisco. cra| speeches were given, I)r. Three sisters. Mrs. T. H. Carey, EkWs g(ant ^^ Djck Mc_ of Cumberland; Mrs. T. Sorby, of MAe ,_ the ghade Refm)h. Portland, Ore., who will arrive menta were then pa8Sed arolmd tere to-day: and Mrs. Jas. George and at 11;30 Au,d Lan(? Sync wM son, of San Francisco, Mrs. Dan sung, everybody voting the Dailey, aunt of the deceased, ..B1~e8.. as "being good fintor. with her daughter, arrived here tamers. from Nanaimo yesterday. The Congregational vote on the Question of church union will be taken in Grace The Passion Play which was prented by the management of the Orpheum at the Cumberland hall Saturday and Tuesday nights Methodist church tomorrow. . , " , ,. : ,~ was a treat t.nd the people show- .Mr, a. I). (1 ililrn, »f the Canadian Bnnk of Commerce, huu been appoint^ nl to ilie si,ill'of tlini. IiiiiiIi iii Prinoo Rupoct nn leaves for llmt cifc) on Siirtdny, ed their appreciation by packing the hall. The films were taken to Courtenay for Sunday and Monday evenings. The hall there was well filled. The man- Miss Dot Burns spent Easter I agement of the Orpheum are land holdings which thp rnmnanvr , „- , , ,. 1 a -• i with hor parents at Dove creek, maklnK a warm sPot for them- land holdings whiohthc company. rorWard to another day of his;Dot gJ ^ flahing h ^selves in the hearts of all lovers of good pictures. ompany is shown by the large | around and had evidently looked lm^^—^-^^—l—^^—^^____ ' day °f his j has purchased here at advanced favored sport When the dread1 "Y THE ISLANDER, CUMBERLAND. K.C. TORTUe FOR SEVER TEARS -fBClT-4-ntET BQ m.M, That Reminds Ne I) CPU UftCTTC He. ill Qearge St., Serel, Qua. •Tor mm year. I .offered (rest womb diaeasa ud dnadiul lerturiar pains, aad I kad caaiuat Dvepepaia aad Chronic Ci,«—i|.iHi.a MwMtUtao bad that loiactiaKi I went tasKlm withoat action of Ow toweU. Sdi iilcnat doo. tori treated ma aad for a rear I waa ia bed, eanitautlj lacing death. The* mr husband coaxed me ta Uy "Fruit. • ti vm " aad thia audidae, and aathiaf else, cured n aad eaaad *aj lila." (Signed) Mau. J06BPH UKITTB. 50c. boz—* for Jj.je—or trial kaa ISC—at dealer! ar froaa rrait-a.ti.ei Tamrted. Ottawa Til E day bofore she wuk to be mar- rii'd "tlm olil negro servant, came tn hor mistress nn.l Intrusted lier Bavlngs t.i lier keeping, "Whv should I keep it? I thougut you wore going tu get married," siii'l her mistress. "Hn t is, missus, Imt ilu you 'spose i M keep nil iiis monoy in tbo house wiil Unit strange nlggerf" 11 men's party the pastor caution. eil liis parishioners ngninst looking it othor men's wives, nml oliereil hut to the mun who would stiinil .1 Bay Hint he luul not so offendod. 1 the confiding kind of huslnimls, lie gut homo, wns Innocently toll- is wife uliout it when she inter- I. "iif course, .lohn, vou gut right .lolm apparently luul nut untici- u personal application, but he anil guilelessly. "Of course not, . you know now punky I look in n 11 silk up III, One 1 when ing h ruptoi up." put e.i swere Mary silk I DODD'S KIDNEY /PILLS , RtJGGIST (to bis stout wife): "Don't come iu just Ibis minute. 1 inn ubout 1.1 sell six bottles of fat-reducing mixture." LfNCIiE: "Vuu nre 11 very nice little I girl tn ask mu to have more soup. Now, why iln vuu want me to huve Itt" Nioco: "Sn Hint yuu won't cut so much nf llm chicken us yuu did lust EVEB been inside tbo House of Commons f" the country member ask- ed liis constituent, "No," nilmitteil tho weather-beaten obi farmer, "but i know how it looks. I've got u couple of farm hands wbo kin get us busv duing nothing us anybody in this world'." DOES your mother nllow you to have two pieces of pio whon you are at home, Willie 1" usked Iiis hostess. "Nn mn 'am." "Well, llo you think she would like ynu tn huve twn pieees here?" "(lh, she wouldn't euro," suid Willie. confidently; "lhis isn't her pic." • . A Cl BITIC (us composer plays his last ' piece): "Very line indeed. But whut is Ihnt passage which makes the cold chills run down the bnek?" Composor: "Thut is wliere the wanderer bus the hotel bill brought to him." M 1SS DIK13LY: "So you hove givon up advocating women's rights." Miss I'ussce: "Yes; I now go for women's lefts." 'Women's lefts* What's thnt?" 'Widowers." MUS. HENPEOKE: "What do you mean, sir, by telling Mrs. Turk- er's husband you never usk iny advice ubout anything?" Henpeckc: "Well, Marin, I don't; ynu don't wait to be asked." I THINK 1 hnve discovered a system to bent the bookies," remarked Mr. (iiinson, looking over the top of the morning pnper. "Wlmt yuu need .just nnw is a system tn bent the carpets," retorted Mrs. Gun- son, decidedly. MARK TWAIN, in an after-dinner speech in Bermuda, once talked of gratitude. He didn't much cure, be suid, for gratitude of tbe noisy boisterous kind. "Why," ho exclaimed, "when some men discharge an ob- ligution you ean hear the report for miles uround." ']'.Hl _ D' mi Thfl change ol' dietary thnt comes with spring ami Bummer Ims the effect in weak stomachs of setting up in* fhinnn.itioi], resulting in dysentery und cholera morbus. The abnormal condition will continue if uot attended to and will cause an exhaustive drain on the system. The best available medicine is Dr. .1. 0. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial. Tt clears thu stomach and bowels of irritants, counteracts the inflammation and restores the organs U> healthy action. HEAD /^fe?~ACHE Stop it In 30 minutes, without any harm to any part of your system, by taking National drug and Chemical Co. of Canada Limited. (Jrufrcists1. MONTREAL. 27 For Reapers, Threshers, Plows, Harrows Insures better work from thc new machine and lengthens the life ot the old. Wherever bearings are loose or boxes worn it takes up the play and acts like a cushion. Changes of weather do not affect it. Standard Gas Engine Oil is the only oil you need. Tt provides perfect lubrication under high temperatures with- •ut appreciable carbon deposits on rinys or cylinders, and ii equally goud for the external bearings. Capitol Cylinder Oil delivers more power, and makes, the engine run better and longer with less wear and tear, because its friction-reducing properties are exactly fitted to the requirements of steam traction engines and steam plants. Mica. Axle Grease makes the wheel a nearly frictionless as possible snd reduces the wear on axle and box. It ends aile troubles, saves energy in the horse, and when u.fcd on axles of traction engines economizes fuel ar.d power. ■. If not at yours, write for dejcriplivr circular! to Gasolene and Kerosene Engines Steam Traction Engines and Steam Plants Traction Eagines, Wagons, Ete. Every dealer The Imperial Oil Company, Limited rpHE counsel for tho opposition hod L been bullying the witness for more than mi hour when he finally asked, "Is it truo there nro truces of iii- sinity in your familyV "It would be folly tu deny it,'' replied tho witness. ••My grandfather, who was Btudylng for the ministry, guve it up to become u lawyer. CtOLONEL HKNN180N hnd become / tho happy father of twins, and his unbounded pride in this twofold blessedness found expression on every occasion. Ile stood with a friend ou the bnnk steps oue day as a young woman passed wheeling u baby carriage containing a pretty girl baby. "Doesn't a woman look queer," said the col- one! lofltly, "with only one child!" ANURSK had been called aB a witness to provo thc correctness of a bill of a physician. "Let us get at thc facts of the case." snid tho lawyer who was doing n cross-examination stunt. "Didn't the doctor make several visits after the pntieut was out of dnnger?" "Xo, sir," answered the nurse, "I considered the patient in danger as long as the dootor continued liis visits." t * * LIKE all artists, Sir Henry Irving sometimes ullowed tho tine he was to speak to evade his memory for the moment, but so seldom his propmter grew careless. One night Sir Henry turned tn the wings and said, "Line, please." TllO prompter was busy chattering, and Sir Henry repented, "Line, line." Tliere was a rustling of leaves, and then a distressod voice murmured, "Whicli line, Sir Henry?" eee A FRIEND on a visit to Yorkshire caught a chill nnd was confined to bed. His hostess thought to give her sick visitor a treat during his confinement, so sho baked a Yorkshire pudding and took it upstairs. "Just try that," she sai.l; "it'll shift yer cowd." Then she left him. Going up some time later she inquired, "Well, ave yu etten it np?" "Etten it?" Etten it?" gasped her visitor. " No; I 'rn wenrin' it ou my chest!" WHEN the Rev. David Short was pastor of the Penn Avenue Baptist Church at Scranton, ho wns zealous in the work of securing new members, One man, with whom he had labored exhaustively, wns finally persuaded as to his v.hristinn duty, but could not make up his mind whether to become a Baptist or a Methodist. Finally he hit upon a compromise, nud wrote to the doctor that he had decided to unite with the Methodists, but would like to be baptized in the Baptist Church by immersion. This so exasperated the good doctor thnt ho sent the following reply: "I regret that I ean not accommodate you, but this church does not take in washing." • * » WHITE, of Kentucky, while speaker of the House in the Twenty- seventh Congress, was so pressed with business thut, when he had to deliver his valedictory, he got one of those men who nre always on hand to make a little money to write his address. It was handed lilm just, a little while liefore the time he hml to deliver it, and lie put it into his pocket without reading il. When the time came, he rose, and, slowly unfolding thc manuscript, read the address. It was very brilliant, hot it was Aaron Dorr's famous valedictory to the Senate. The Speaker never rocovered from tho shock. He went homo, was taken ill. and it is supposed he killed himself for shame. With the Horses A REGULATION of some British recording societies, is lliat no animal born outside of the lTuited Kingdom and Ireland is eligible to record in their records, A Canadian, for example, may purchuse a Hackney inure in Kngland and duly recorded in the English Hackney stud bonk. If the day after landing on our shores that mare drops a foal, it will not bo eligible to register in the stud book in wliich the dam is registered nnd the sire likewise. This looks like a very unnecessary and useless regulation. Canadian National Records ure of a standard equal to the best to he found anywhere, yet an nni- mal is eligible to register in Canadian records no matter where it is born, so long as it can qualify in other respects. Su far this regulation which some of the British societies cling to, lias worked uo hardship to Canadians. Rut it is possible thai, it might do so. The great International Horse Show in London seeks exhibils from all the countries of tho world. The average exhibitor does not '*o a long distance merely to exhibit his animals. He hus an eye to business, ami if lie can sell some of his exhibits to good advantage does so. la the case of tlu1 Loudon Show, a Cau- dinn exhibitor might make n better sale liy having liis animals registered in the Knglish stud hooks, but unless they nre British born they would not be eligible no matter how well they mighl qualify iu other respects. In the interests of the iutenl gc of good horses, the English llackuey Society should remove this antiquated regulation. The scrub breeding nnimal is slill doing duty in the land. Even in ohl Ontario, wliere is produced some of the best live stock to lie found anywhere, scrub stnllions are travelling through lhe country that are u disgruee to any nation. \\'o nre creditably informed that in some districts stallions are in use whoso owners have put the service fee down to $.'! in order to get business. ur.- ;..■.::... iMLc-r.-s.;,.-..».72V.- A Pleasant Purgative.—Pnrmeloe 's Vegetable I'ills ure so compounded ns to opernte on both the stomach nnd the bowels, so that they net along the whole alimentary and excretory passage. Tliey are not drastic in their work, hut mildly purgative, nnd Ihe pleasure of taking thom is only equalled by the gratifying efi'ect they produce. Uompouudod only of vegetable substances the cum tive qualities of which are fully tested, they afford relief without chance of injury. And the pity of it is thut fanners are using these stnllions in preference to well bred, high class animals because Ihey are cheap, A stalliou, 110 matter what breed he may be. that is not worth more thau $3 should not be allowed to be at large. Tliere cnn be no improvement under such conditions. The service of such nn animal is denr nt auy price, and some means should be taken to prevent stallions of this description from travelling through the country. Had the report of the Horse Commission nnd the recomniendations of the Horse Breeders' Association been acted upon by the Ontario (lovernment there would have been uo reports of this kind to make. The other provinces of the Dominion nre advancing in this respect. The Western provinces hnve regulutious in force compelling recording with the ETOVOrnment nil stnllions standing for service. Something of this kind is needed for Ontario. If every kind of a stalliou is allowed to do business without let or hindrance, Ontario's progress iu liorse breeding will be very slow indeed. eee The number of Clydesdale stnllions aud fillies thut huve already been brought into Canada this year, and the number thut will arrive during the balance of the season, will make HMD one of the banner years in the importation of horses. There is room for all the good ones that may be brought over. No matter how good ttie demnnd or how scarce horsetlesh mny be, it in very ipiestionuble, however, whether uny advantage results from the bringing in of horses of inferior quality, no mutter how eligible they may be on the point of breeding. The customs regulations require thnt horses shull come up to a certain standard of breeding before being allowed to enter Cannda duty free. They must be eligible to record in Canadian National Records, which is a guar- iintee that the breeding must bo of a high order. That is us fnr ns the government cnn go. Aside from the breeding end of it, everything depends upon the individual importer, as to what the quality of the importations shnll be. Cauada so far hns fared very well in this respect, umi the chances are that we will do ns well if not better this yeur iu the quality line, provided high clnss ones ure for sule in the Old Country. \then the importations are large nud the demand good there is always the chance that many inferior animals may lind tlieir way across the water, Valunble ns n pedigree Is iu any line of breeding, it is not alone a guarantee of the highest quality. Individuality counts for much. And because it does much depends upon the skill, intelligence nnd nims of the man who is importing, whether it be of horses or anything else iu the stock line. So far ns stnllions nre concerned, Canada has received the cream of those exported from Scotland. While those brought over iu tho past have not all been topuotchers, all have averaged up well as good, serviceable horses, of which nny country might be proud, Not as much, perhaps, can be snid of the lillies. While-many importers hnve, to thoir credit, brought over the best lillies they could buy, tliere has not been us much discrimination in this particular as iu the case of the stallions. Too many fillies have found their way to this country, that huve not measured up to the quality of the good grades at home. It is snfe to sny, however, that things ure improving iu this respect, ami that importers nre looking more and more to quality in the breed iug mares brought over. 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The general opinion scents lo he Hint using tobacco is n lunl linhil; not verv lunl, lull so had tlml men would not learn it if they were beginning over, nud liad their ptcseat. knowledge of the weed. Itat. tn that there is n big opposition, nntl nnt ull men wnnt to quit. And not wnntmg to quit, it is for tbem lo make a dofonco: there are always arguments lor Iho defence. Here is ouo offered by a Correspondent lo the Chicago Tribune. "You ainy .uy that tho world tii,! without smoking for a mighty long time, why not now! But you musl admit that sine,, tobacco was introduced to tho world it has witnessed the greutest thiugs done by brniu power. Tobacco did it. "Why, overy conceivable Invention is eithor perfected now or so near it lhat tho inventive Held is nearly used up uuil inventors nro leaving the field nnd retiring. The brains responsible for our proscnt civilization aro found mostly in tlic tobucco era. "Even the Ladies' Home .lournul ndvises giris not to marry u nmn who does not use the wectl 111 a smoky form. That paper rightly contends thnt tho noa- usor is likely to get irritated after dinnor, whereas a smoker would bo quiot aud behave himself, soothod by tho balm of a fragrant BUCK-EYE. "To a girl in love n smoker is more desirable because ho writes a better love letter, which is more offlclont thuu star-gazing.'' P.S.-And to every smoker the BUCK-EYE Is desirable, because it represents the best ten cent smoke in Canada. 61 fl THE ISLANDER, CUMBERLAND, B.C. Elephant Hunting in British East Africa MB, .1AM KS CLARK, formerly chiof animal sculptor of the Ameriean Museum of Natural History, ro- conWy roturnod from :i fourteen mouths hunting trip in Africa, nays tho Now York Herald. At u rocoption tendered in his honor n few days ago in tho studio of iiis brother, Herbert W. (lurk, nt No. 154 Went Fifty-Fifth St., Mr. Clark tcilil this story of Ins remark- ablo escape from nn herd of angry 010- pliunts.— "(Mir pnrty left Nairobi \nle iii Jnnunry Inst nn the railroad, going to tho end of tho lino. Thon vve marched into tho interior tor six dnys. Wo had Mi the Inst iiomn bohind when tbe guides bow Bomo olophauts n loug distance away nn a hill slope. Wn loft lho safari to follow and mado «IV on our mules with tlm guides mnl gun boys. 'IV ouitnlry wns hilly and flOVOrod with a 8*mbboru growth of olophant gruss ftQd tniHh. At times tho grass wns so in- tractable thai we eouid do nothing Imt. foMow in tin1 pntiis mado by tin' elephants, mnl it wns only occasionally tba. wo could soo ovor Um grnSB,which was most of thn timn threo nr fnnr foot ovor onr heads iih WO snt on nur mules. "Wn hml come to within soveralhundred yards of a hord of elephants fooding among somo trees. We woro unconscious nf th.' presence nf tlm nni- mals, but tho koou vision of tlm native guides Bpled Mm familiar color of tholr hides mnl Boot up n shout, 'Elephants!' "Tlm guldos polutod, and we lookod in the direction Indlcntod, but could boo nothing, Steadily fixing onr gasso at tho place designated, however, wo nl Inst nnw a slati- colored mass moving, which to us soomed to lm u pnrt nf tlm foliage, It, was tlm immonso ears of olophauts chasing awny tormenting flios. "At thin juncture another hord of olophauts looinod up to tho rlghl of ub, Then wo looked carefully around to too if nnv more woro in Bight, mnl, (ludiug nono, wo dismounted and made nur way through tin- grass and duwn llm wind of tlm lasl Int. nf olophauta and Btnrted I'or our stalls. Wo won1 then only ono hundred ami fifty yards from tlm tuskers, hut tin- animals woro Bcrooned by tho tall grass ami trees. "At this point wo docldod tn louv'o our tnnles nml steal up on tlm elephants. Qoeasloually wn would climb a tree to i'.y to locate thom, hut we could nut. Finally we thought Hint We must lm rum' thom, when we were. stftftlod by nn uwful rumble. **o thought that, tlm elephants luul got our scent nnd luul bolted, and lhat tlm Btnmpodo had caus- od tiio sound. "Wu thuu Itopt very quiet fur u wHtfo, When wo resumed our approach wo heurd tlm sound again. Wo halted and ut. Intervals tlm samo rumble camo to our cars. Wo then concludod—and that was Intor verified—thot tho sound was not ono of suspicion or npjjrohou' sion, but tho peculiar noiso of Batls- fusion mndo by the nuiniuls wlmn feeding, This was gratifying, too, for it indicated to us tlint tlm elephants were nt ease und unaware of our approach, "I asconded a big treo to locate the hord before going further, and bow the wwdorful sight of ton elephants foea- ing nut more thnn a hundred yards away. Thoro were about live very big tuskers to pick from, and 1 studied foi fifteen minutes bofore deciding wlitot one tu shoot. "I thought my porch on tho tree was out of the danger zuno in ense of n charge by (ho elephants, but when I saw tho bull whieh 1 had selected for extermination roach up eighteen foot into tho branches of tt nearby tree lor forage and brine down a big branch without anv troublo 1 thought it best to mount u llttlo higher. I did, but as the troe was not a very high one I eould not go up very far. I felt, though, that 1 was out of the range of the olophant B trunk should he see nm. This incident, impressed me with the mighty power locked o\* in mi elephant. I recalled how exhibitions of strength given by Olophauts iu circuses had impressed urn hut I shuddered ut the thought of n power thut might be directed against me later. "[ then drew a bend ou this lug Col- Iow'h brain and fired. The brain is n very smnll area in the wide expanse of mi elephant's head, and is about us difficult to hit as the btlll's-oyo of !i target. 'I'he big bull lunied nml bolted, and I know 1 had missed his brniu. "Members of the rest of thn party nu the ground nearby look shuts at '.he fleeing animal. One uf the shots tno!; effect in the back of lhe elephants neck, as a small cloud of dust ascended from his hide when the bullet struck, but, neither shot seriously wounded him. "IU- ehanCO we happened to look on the oppoBlto hillside and were astonish- cd to BOO tlm whole hillside moving with a herd nf mom than two liundrod olophants, their while tusks glistening in the suit as tliey moved along. In a short lime they were out of sight. \\'e sent a guide alter them nnd iu a few minutes he returned saving Iney were coming bock, We prepared to meet them and cmild hear the crashing of the branches as they ploughed along. We had moved about n hundred yards from tho dead elephant and could hear the hord thundering nearby. But it was iin* possible to see thom on account of the heavy folingo, "I climbed a tree and saw the whole hord pass not mure than a hundred mid fifty yards from me, but could imt get a line'on any choice tuskers on account of their being massed. I got down from tho tree, joined the party and followed aloug to one side in the rear of tho fly* u<g herd. After travelling some distance I climbed nnother tree and oould she thom about live hundred yards off, down a hollow packed wilh dense bush and trees, "Wo decided it would bo folly to go into such a place for tho elephants, where wo couldn't soo six foet ahead. While I was watching from the tree I suw a cow and a calf just across n littlo opening and the bonds and hats of throe white men occasionally bobbing up. I thought they would got into trouble with tho mother cow, Thon t lost sight of elephants nud mon. A little later I saw thc men stalking a single young bull. "We mounted the mules and were taking a last look at our dead elephant whon Boveral shots rang out. Wo realised that other hunters had got ou to tho herd. Wo galloped to a high point mui could seo tho big herd all mussed, but could not soo tho men, although the liring continued. Tho olophants turned mid etinie our way, and we saw it would lm a good chance to look them ovor for lino tusks. Wo gave tho mules to tho boys and told them to mnko for safely, Whllo we went for tho trees, "[ climbed the troo from which I had previously watched the elephants. Tho tree had u smooth trunk for about eight loot up. I could hour (im elephants crashing my way not more Ilinn a liundrod yards away, I had taken hot ti my guns, but. decided lu use my big one as a stop iu ordor tn touch the Ilrst limb, I then slung the other over my shoulder. I wasn't sure about getting up the I ree, I did get up, however, nml lhal is nbout nil. I had to draw breath before going higher. At last I reached a brunch aliout six Inches iii diameter, nml there I stayed. "Tlm front of the herd hnd jusl come to a stop about one hundred yards nwny from me, aud the others cauin crashing through tlm bush aud massed with the head of llm cavalcade. It was a wonderful sighl to see tho vast body of ole- phaals. The grass wns long, hut i was high up and uot fur Off, so could see thom and their movements well. "The animals were infuriated. Tholr I ru n k s we re i n t he u i r sway i ng a nd searching for scent nml screeching and bellowing. I waited lo get the range on a g t tusker, but they had packed so tight I could not ut Ilrst seo one. 1 finally got a gilmpso of one as ho put his head up, mid tired. At the shot tlmy ngam stampodod, and Barker, oae of Mm party, from another tree, pul a shot into Iho'lender. "At this lhe leader wheeled about and lhe others, like trained soldiers, mossed in a long Man and followed her. She runic straight for mv tree, which stood rather alone. At first I was glad of this, as it would give me nn excellent chauco to pick a good bull, Uut as the excited herd of elephants drew closer, wilh their trunks iu the air and living to locate lhe danger which had caused Ihem so much trouble, I grow veryanx- ions. "I wus well up in the big tree. But I hnd just seen n lug bull teach to where 1 had thought ao elephant could touch, uad 1 did not feel so snfe. This muss of elephants, which mndo n lino about two hundred feet long nud ubout ten vnrds wide, came filing past um only thirty feet away, Some hnd their trunks np nnd woro pointing at mo, und even wont so fnr as to leave the line and come toward tne to try to get my scent. I wus in plain view of lliein, mid am sure some of thom suw um, lint, not. having my scout they could not make mo out. "As they continued to pass 1 was Comparatively easy, hut when I chanced to look around and suw the front of the column swing and come straight bock toward my troe, I bocamo somewhat uneasy. Thoro they were on two sides (if me. coming struight for Ihe tree. I foil sure they had sighted me and en me to get ino out. Tlte fron I of the column camo eight abreast, trunks ou the ground ns if following my trail. The ones back had their l ranks high in the nir und were point ing them directly ut me. "While 1 did not lose my nerve, I realized how helpless I was, all alone, wilh but u little gun. I confess I was ;i bit shukv. I know 1 must keep per- foctlv still, but this wns almost impossible, as I had to turn to watch on both sides of me to see which would reach um first. "1 could havo shot many hulls with fair tusks, hut dared nut ot this critical momont. -My only thought was to stand ready and pump lead into the first elephant that touched the treo. As the front of the column was gradually drawing closer to the treo my heart heat faster and faster, and I wondered if they would try ami pull nm out, or mass nnd push over the tree. "Closer thoy emiie, nml twice I put the gun to my shoulder to fire down on them, but took it down again to wait for tlte last momont. Would they gel mv gun which I had used ns a step nnd smash it to pieces, imt liking the scout nf man? I roasoned if tliey came as far as that, they surely would know the object up the tree was a mun mid then attempt to pull me out. "Thoy caum tn within twenly foet of the tree, nnd for somo inexplicable reason, turned, as if at a signal, and joined the rest of lhe herd, which wav InOW headed in a direction a lillle off from mv imperiled sanctuary. I " With great relief I watched thom gradually roccde farther mid farther. ami 1 gave a sigh of relief when I saw thev were well away from hearing dis tnnco. They wenl off at a sorl nf a fast walk, and everything went down hefore Ihem as if an Immonso stoam roller had gone over the ground. "Their formation wus wonderful to watch. Tlmy all moved wilh such dc clslon, and when Ihey started lo form columns thoy kept perfectly straight, und nothing changed tlmir course. In a sIutI while they wore lost to view." THE DIAMOND RING I' ONDON thieves are vory clover, bnt J sometimes the biter gets bit. Tho following story told tno by a correspondent is perfectly true: Mrs. Smith wn? ou her way homo nfter it duy's shopping, She still had two orders to givo at llarrods*, nml she took a Itrompton Rood omnibus on her way thore. She sal down, hardly noticing the man beside her till the conductor emtio round for fares, and thou, ns hor companion held out his penny, sho did observe thut he woro a really magnificent diamond ring. So tine wus the stone thnt, sho glanced involuntarily at his face, a remarkable ono und not easily forgotten, and it was only when she observed his gaze fixed with interest upon horself that she turned aside iu some confusion. A fow minutes Inter, Hnrrods' was reached, and sho hurriedly descended and mnde nor wny to the department sho roquired. Just as she hnd completed hcr purchase, she noticed, with a rather un pleasant shock, thnt the man of the omnibus wub standing close beside hor. However, she slipped into tho crowd nnd made her way quickly to tho other department. Hero again, as she finished, she became aware of the sumo man closo bohind her. Now thoroughly nlarmod sho mndo her way to tho costume rooms, whore ho could hardly follow her, and threw herself upon tho mercy of tho shopwalker, explaining that sho feared she was shadowed, aud bogging him to got her out of the shop by a back way. This he did, called a cab for hor and sont her safely home. Having nn account at Hnrrods', she Imd not needed to pay there for the things she had ordered, and it wns ouly when she ronchod her own houso that she put her Iiuuii in one of the pockets of tin? cont she wore. As sho did so, she found no purso, but—tlm diamond ring! Kvidently that, too, had boon a theft, was too big for its illicit wearer, and had dropped nil' when ho dived for Mrs. Smith V purse, lie hail discovered this almost immediately, and haunted her in Iho vain hope that ho might yot rocuver it. She took it next day to Scotland Yard, nud though nssurod thnt it would never ho claimed, left it there for some mouths, nml then had it sold for a good sum. As there were only a few shillings ia her own purse, the thiol' had in this case got well sold fur his puins. MEDICINE MYSTERY AN incredibly largo numbor of otherwise intelligent liiiuiiiu beings have tho most profound and unshakable belief in the power of medicine to efi'ect. n cure, and, usually, the loss thoy know nf the compound tlmy swnl- low the greator thoir confidence iu its ofllcflCy, If one particular medicine fuils, they are ready to try nnother, believing, with tho most solemn, childlike, even touching reliance upon the unknown, that there is, thoro must bo, a sovereign remedy for every human ill, lo be oxprossed in pill, capsule, or dose, if one cnuld only discover what it is. These gnod people are willing to try, and lo koop on trying while life lasts, and to devote their entire physical machinery tn tho sacred cause of medicinal experimentation, confident, despite repealed disappointments, that somo day in tho course of their faithful daily sacrifice to tho god of chance they will hit upon the elixir ol life which will at once remove them from the peril of the particular distemper they fancy thoy novo boon burdened wiih. Thoro are those whu Iiml delight iu the discovery of u new author, others whose joy is inliMi.se upon hearing a fresh musical coin posit ion of groat merit, but tho satisfae tion of him who has found a aew aud untried medicine, potent for good, surpasses that of ull others, At lust liis palieiit prospecting in the Inexhaustible mine of dings is about to bo rowordod, and until ho has tried the now remedy ami discarded it for something still newer, ho is iu a state of feverish happiness. For Buch trustful souls, tho druggist's shop with its rows of bottles bearing cnbilistic labels, its drawers full of pills aud plasters, its showcases stocked with ready-made cures, uud its pungent odor, compounded of exhalations from routs, herbs, oils, and essences, hus a lure un- surpusseil by any othor establishment. It is potent in vast possibilities. Mere, to the mind of Ihe votary of medicine, may surely be found relief from overy ache and pain, and certain specifics which muy be rolled upon to cheek in- stuutly the insidious attack of disease. Without u druggist's glittering sanctuary to flee to life would bo a desert of lurking danger to u vory largo proportion of tho unman family which now finds its stay and comfort in physic. Physicians themselves are well aware of tho comparatively limited curative power of medicines. Thoy know how little reliance may bo plnced upon the proscription alono, und how much nature, the slow, recuperative forco of right, living uud tho observance of the simple rules of diet, with fresh air and exorcise, contribute toward curing poo- plo aud keeping thom in good health. The best doctors are slow to administer medicine of any groat strength, except in serious emergency. Thoy eurn their fees, ami earn them well, not by dosing their patients with strong drugs, but rather by advising them ns to their habits of living, insisting upon puro uir, good water, proper diet, uud reasonable exercise. Most, of them would give even less medicine if they dared, ami many of the more successful practitioners would gladly throw a largo part of tho physi to tho dogs, relying more upon natural agencies lor cure, were it not thnt lhe average patient would rebel, lie demands something more tangible than good advico—something to take that will mnke him well; n Specific, n puna- oca, and the physician would bo bold indeed who had tho courage to tell his patient In qui! dosing himsolf entirely and seek recovery by observing certnin rules of living. The prescription ihero- foro ordinarily accompanies llm good advice, but doubtloss it, is frequently [ilUOCUOUS, nml lho euro, if effected, is due far more lo observing the advico than taking the medicine. It is (lie mystery of medicine thnl appeals to the believer ia it. The unknown has a charm which the familiar lacks. The great popularity of patont modi cities lies iu the secrecy whicli attends tlieir manufacture, 'the gullibility of the public in this regard is undoubtedly a survival of ancient barbaric faith ia the potency of the witch's brew for evil und the power of the love philter to bring happiness. Civilization uud enlightenment, spread from ago to ago, but always tliere is a large proportion of the world's population, outwardly, perhaps, nbovo the influence of super stithm, yet nevertheless Invariably clinging with Stubborn tenacity to i'rng- incntary instincts inherited from ancestors, ages back, who attached great importance to medicinal concoctions brew- od iu remote caves or hidden glens by mysterious wizards and witches reputed wiser than their fellow-beings in the secrets of root and herb. "Double, double, toil mid trouble; tiro burn and caldron bubble," chanted Macbeth's witches, lho patent medicino manufacturers uf thoir timo. and then, its now, thero wore not lucking those willing to nccept thoir mysterious compounds. thau any other ever advanced iu the great roaliu of politics, was a party called Lucius tjuiutus, or Ciucinuutus, because ho wore his hair in curls; also because ho had nt ono timo resided iu Cincinnati. it was tho fall of 458 B.C., aftor a long, dry season and a prolonged and futile bull movement, in whieh Cincin- iiatus went forth to summer-fallow the west field, hoping by that procoss and u judicious rotation in crops to heud off tho chiuch-hug and the bears. He was a good deal depressed meutallv and physically. lie had boon trying to break a new pair of wild mnl fractious four-year-old steers, und it hud required a good deal of lirinuess and perspiration to accomplish this. He had not yet fully succeeded, in fact, for everv little while the steers would light out hir the marsh :tt a high rate of speed, and ('in einiiatiis would huvo to follow thom through the dewberry putch in his bare legs, for UiuclnnatUB did not wear trousers winter or summer. Cinoinnatus was lho man whu first advnneod the doctrine thnt the olllce should seek the man, and over since that time it is no uncommon thing lo see a mnn, holding uu by the plow bundles and looking ovor jiis shoulder, expecting Hint n good olllce will climb the feiico pretty soon mid kidnap him. The ihty came at last when a dark liorse was needed, uud the <Minimum of the Roman Control Committee went to Ciuciniiutiis to seek out the great muu, The chairman got over the burbed-wire fence and addressed the eminent Roman agriculturist. It was but the work of a moment to unyoke old llrin ami Bally and nccept the ollico of dictator. Putting on his toga, the great mnn began to dictate in less than forty-eight hours. Ho went to the house, washed his hands iu u tin basin of cistern wuter with soft soup, put some fresh fine-cut in the inside pocket of his toga, und wus drawing a salary ou lhe following Mondny at nine o'clock. The lirst thing he did was to call for more troops, lie then marched against tiie enemy and captured everybody, lie thon returned, having been dictator sixteen days nt two dollars per dny. lle drew his pay and resigned to accept the portfolio of buek-wlicuter on his own property. We have ao American to-dny wdio could nccept lhe command of our regular army, whip tho Apaches, and bo back on the farm in sixteen dnys. And yot Cinclnuatufl conquered a hostile nation, paid the nubile debt, mid got home in time to do his fall plowing. If we read the history of Cineinnutus carefully ue uro forced to admit that ho was either one of the greatest men of whom wo know or that ho wrote tho matter'up himsolf for one of tho Human magazines. REHEARSING A PLAY AUj had talked thomsolvos to tho verge of nervous prostration, whon tho director suddenly called for the act all over again. This timo it went with snail-like slowness, feeling its way over the stage with sensitive antennae waving iu ovory direction till it was stopped abruptly by n small, but apparently insurmountable, obstacle. That was tho breakfast hcoiio. It was ull too brief for vorsitnilitude, uud tho burdon of brooking it up fell upon the child actor. The mannger roue in his scat, with arms extended like a prophet of evil, nnd shouted: "That scene will fall dead fiat if tho boy.can't choke on his glass of milk hard enough to make everyone jump up from tho table!" Immediately everyone jumped up front the table mid gathered around the child actor, to show him how to choke. "Porfectly," exclaimed tho author, "if thoy ware only trying to stop instead of start him!" '(Yes,'' retorted the manager, "they'll never do it that well to-morrow night, oven if the poor kid should choke to death by any chance." But the child actor proved incapable of moro than a mild cough or two, The little director, extending one hand and running tho other through his hair. dosennted shrilly, down iu front, ou the art.of cjtoking as distinct from cough ing. Then ho himself rushed through the box door, up on tho stage took the child actor's seat at, tlm table, ami gavo a perfectly horrifying exhibition of choking. The more the director choked, the less could the child actor, till he began to choice down tears, and then, in sheer desperation, and somo pity, the director clambered over tho footlights into the orchestra, and said, resignedly: "Well, go on with tho act! "—Roborl Sloss, in Harper's Weekly. Ten Thousand Miles of Stolen Rides (By Rinaldo, the Wandering Violinist) CINCINNATUS TIIK first person to Inaugurate thc baneful theory that the office should seek the man, a theory which has caused more unhappiness FOILING SIR WILLIAM ANEW and amusing story of Sir William Van Horne is told by Norman Rankin in the July issue of Cnnada Monthly. It seems that when Sir William was constructing lhe Cuba Railroad ho decided to Install a typical railroad hotel in Oomaguoy, midway of tho Island, and with his keen eye for detail ho hud un idea as to its decora tion. "Why not fit np one of the parlors,1' said he, "with panellings of the beautiful native woods of tlm island; ll seems |o tue that such u room would interest, visitors great I v, and give a handsome effect." " Fine," said everybody, and his suggestion was carried out to the lot I or. Xext time he arrived iu Cu maguey, the hotel was practically complete, nml Sir Willitiiu recollected his hardwood room. "Vos, it was tliere," said ovory body, but with a singular lack of enthusiasm. "I should like to soo it," suggested Sir William mildly. "Cortninly, oh certainly," said everybody, and hastily chauged tho subject. Sir William was deaf, dumb und blind tn the bounty of the weather, tho excellence of the service, and the sudden deuth of everybody's grandmother. Ho Won tod to see that hardwood roon, and with drooping enrs everybody, checkmated, led him to it. It had been panelled in ull tho different variotlos of boa uii fui native hardwoods, uceording to schedule, from coiling to floor. II had given a beautiful effect, ns Sir William had foreseen. And thon a gang of painters, putting finishing touches on halls and corridors, had wandered in, observed its painlessness, nnd given it two heavy coats of ivory white. Liko tho blnck on tho darky, it wouldn't wnsh off. nnd ivory-white that parlor it tu thla day. 1D0 not think anyone will dispute my claim to the title of "Wandering Violinist" when I say that during tho five years belwoeii the ages ol lovou nnd sixteen my violin aiul I must havo travelled at least ten thousand milos. ton thousand miles, too, of which every inch was ' 'stolen. " I w.'is born in Xew Vork twenly five yours ago, both my parents being Kits sian, My musical career began at the early age of livo, when one day I man aged to get hold of my mother's violin and made a tremendous fuss whea il was forcibly taken from mo. A low years Inter, howe\er, I was put to study music under Ihe greal Professor Brod- ky, who was (hen in New Vork, and I made such progress under hiin that at the ugo of eleven I was earning $10 a week ia uu orchestra. The comparative sameness of things week aftor week, however, soon begun to weary me, nml 1 longed I'or frost) worlds in conquer. Two other boys 1 knew, ilif a singer and the other a pianist, were going oil' freelancing - if one may borrow a journalistic phrase -through the Stntes, Tlmy hud no plans ami no real prospects, but were just to go from towu to town picking up any work in the musical line lhal happened to be going. Their travelling expenses woro tu ho nil, for they woro to "steal rides" oa railway trains, "Stealing rides" is occasionally honrd of iu Britain, but it is uu institution iu America, aud though a penalty of something liko thirty duvs" imprison ment hangs over the head'of the free- rider, il is regarded more in the liglit of a forbidden sport thnn a erime. The excitement ami adventure of tho expedition appealed to me, and I decided to follow my friends' example. I strapped a suit case with a few necessary things on my bnck, and wilh my violin case slung over mv shoulder I set forth lo soo the world. It was a vory dork night, I remember, but when 1 got. to the station the placo seemed lo be full of people watching tne. They were doing nothing of the kind, of course, but it seemed to mo that tho eyes of all the ollicials and half tlio passengers wore upon mo. A freight train with a few empty vans was getting ready to go out. i wailed till it had started and was slowly gliding nil'; then, taking a little run, I jumped ou Ihe footboard and slipped inside the car. 1 had many narrow escapes during tho following five years, but nothing over equalled for crowded excitement the first five minutes of my first "stolon ride." I did not always ride in freight trains, but thore is less room und loss conceal ment on a passenger train. In the lnt ter, of courso, tho free-rider has to bo much more on tlio look-out. Tho favorite hiding plan- ou n passenger train is in front of the first car, where tho unused gangway juts out towards the tender. Ilere a certain amount of hoat comes from the engine, and tlu1 tender affords protection against wind and cold, but woo betide tho luckless t'ree-rider when the engine starts Inking wuter up from tho trough uh it goee along, Iio suddenly finds himself enveloped in a shower-bath, and he may hnve to travel all tho rest of the night soaked to tho skin. The railway companies do their best to chock free-riiling. of course, and employ special watchers. As those mon aro paid so much for every free-rider thoy catch, when ono falls into their hands one cannot expect much mercy from them, but the actual guards of tho trains'ore not, as a rule, very hard on anybody they happen to discover stealing a ride. For my own part I nevor hud to suffer the threatened thirty days' imprisonment, though onco or twice, in spile of nil my precautious, I was caught. The first time, I remember, wns during a journey in an empty freight car. I. was travelling through the night, as usual, but I liad been unable to fall asleep, so believing thut all thc railway men would bo iu tho caboose at tlio end of Iho train, I look out my violin uud began to tune up. Unfortunately, how- over, one of the men happened to have come along into the next cur, and when his ear caught the notes of the violin above the rumble of the train ho thought il was something that called for Immediate iin ostlgatlon, I was caught rod-handed, of course, and taken to the caboose. They were vory good follows, however, and instead of handing mo ovor to thc authorities Ihey gave me a good supper ami mndo tne comfortable for the rest of tho night. Anothor time I had a slill narrower shave. I was caught and laken lo the police station, The sergeant asked all about me, whal I did Cor a liv in; whoro I was going, and so on, "I like to hoar a good violin." In- said, when 1 told him I was a violinist, 1' Lot tuo hoar you ploy.'' I wns only too anxious to oblige him in any dlroctlon, ami by a most extraordinary coincldonco nue nf lhe airs I played had been composed by the ser geu'iit himsolf, After lhat we got sn friendly that ho let mo go. In the course of tny wanderings I ar rived in Chicago, whore I seemed to fall iu luck's way. 1 hud a continuous run of engagements, ami I began to gol known. As a consequence whon I loft Chiengo I bought iny first railway ticket. It was a curious experience, for I scarcely knew how to bohnvo as a legitimate passenger, nnd it wns something of a shock to find myself silting on soft cushions instead of clinging to the gangway ami ready to jump at any minute. It was a still greater shock when the conductor camo along and called mo— "Sir!" THE POPCORN KINO Ho Startod In Iowa on a Vory Small Scale, Worked Hard and Mado a Fortune THR Louisville Oouricr-.lournnl gives this description of the prosperous career of tho principal popcorn man of America: A good many persons might be disposed to look upon the industry of pop corn growing as a small business. How over, thero is a lot of popcorn consumed in the United States, and somebody has to raise it—else the devotees there of will experience a long felt want. Those Coots were realized a numbor of years ago hy nu [own man, A. II. Reu- her by nnmo, uud ho set about making a specialty of popcorn. He planted twenty-five acres to start with, mul he rosuli was so satisfactory that he stead ily increased the bIeo of his crop from yenr to year. Ho acquired moro hind nnd planted more popcorn, nml found no troublo in disposing of all he could raise at a good price. Somo nf Mr. l.ouhoi's neighbors ob served that he seemed to be making u good thing nut of his venture and thev sot aboul trying it on their own ac- COUnt, By Hint timo Ketibor had established a repututlon as ;| popcorn grower, iid was receiving more orders than he Ould fill. Su lm bought Ihe crops of his neighbors as tliey matured. People kept ou getting Interested in popcorn until ihe liltle towu of Ode- bolt, wilh a population of only 1,600, Ldiiims to bo the popcorn centra of the world. Last yenr 111,000,000 pounds wero produced within a radius of fifteen miles of the town, and moro of it is being grown every year, h'onber is popcorn king nnd Odebolt is headquarters for popcorn. Tho average profit of the crop is said to be aliout $50 to the acre, though there are Instances of larger proiits being made. One farmer near Odobolt received $3,780 for tho output of forty acres aud others huve done npproxi- matoly as well. In the meantime Mr. h'onber is handling vast quantities of the grain ami is encouraging all his farmer friends to raise more of it, as the demand is constantly increasing. Popcorn has now been Introduced in Kurope, and tho people nver there like it. Foroigu orders are piling up at Odobolt, and if lhe oxcitement keeps up the whole State of Iowa is likely to catch the infection and go to raising popcorn for lhe crowned heads, and for the crowuless ones at homo as woll. The farmor who adopts a specialty and devotes thought and energy to ft is u level headed man, mid will more than likely reap lho reward of his efforts. Tliere is more monev in a field nf popcorn well tended thnn in a largo volume nnd variety of products which must needs suffer at times for lack nf proper cultivation. To one who would mnke farming a life vocation there i« a good deal iu the career of lown's pop corn kiug that may ho proHtnblv studied aud emulated. PHOTOS AND PICTURES Tho Difference Botwoen Them is Very Clearly Given in an Article ia the London Times THE essential difl'orenee between a photograph and a picture has nevor, probably, been stated more dearly than it wa.s in au article on "('holographs and Pictures" iu a recent numbor of tho London Timet, and in the following words: There is, of course, no absolute staad ard nf truth iu representation, But photography has supplied us with a kind of representation iu whioh the mind of man, with its preferences, its emphasis, ami its inaccuracies, plays uo part; and we aro growing fo regard its standard as absolute, and to test what wc cnll the truth of pictures by it. In this we are wrong, for the truth of all art is in its essence emotional, not representative; the' truth of u picture is sincerity, liko the truth of music. Its value consists not iu trustworthiness of in formation, but in genuineness nf amotion. Certainly the sincere artist wiii nnt pretend to greater powers or representation than he possesses. Liko ihe sincere writer, he will not sot down more than he knows; for in representative art expression is only possible through knowledge. Therefore, in sin- core art we always find an accuracy nnd precision of sia lenient wdiich wc call truth, Itut the artist is ronlty telling the truth about himself rather than about tho world outside him. The photograph, if it tells truth at all, tolls 'I aliout Ilu* exterior world, and wc valuo it I'or the authenticity of its Information. If it has any emotional effect upon us, it is only llirougli assoelo lion ami because it reminds us of real things that slir emotions in us. Tht' picture is nnt a reminder, but a new creation, with an original emotional power of its own that does not depend upon association, Ami if it does not possess this power it is nothing. If we are right in preferring lho simple to the pictorinl photograph, wo are still more right in preferring the photograph to | the photographic picture. I'or no pic turo lias tin- authenticity of a photograph, lhe kind of authenticity that j would be valuable as evidence in a Court of law, Therefore, when it aims at this kind of authenticity it is simply inferior to a photograph, just us a photograph thai aims al pictorial qualities is simply inferior lo a true picture. Photographs and pic lures each havo Iheir own peculiar interest, and if we confuse thom we only confuse our own minds ami pervert our own taste. DU. A. M, Worthington, of Harvard, has announced wittily to tho world that tho "kiss germ" is a myth. AppropOB nf this happy an- nouncomout, Dr. Worthlngton said at. a dinner iu Boston: "So thoy who frown ou tlte kiss nro too exclusive. They are, iu fact, as bad us old Mr. Thompson, of Cambridge University. " Dr. Thompson thought thnt Cambridge wns the llimst university in tho worbl. Hcr rival, Oxford, lie despised and abominated. "Once, at a dinner, a lady said to the exclusive old man: " 'I understand, sir, that the attendance nt Oxford hns fallen off tremendously. How do you account for it, sir?' " Mt must be due,' said Dr. Thompson, gruffly, 'to tho increase of emigra- I tion among the lower classes,' '' II THE ISLANDER, CTM BKRLAND, THE ISLANDER Pi.blit.liwl overy Saturday at Cumberland, B.C., Isli'niii Printing & Publishing Company W R, Dunn & Company, Proprietors. \t. ii. Iiuuii, Manager. SA.TURUAY, APRIL It LOIS 8ubsoriptinn prioo gi.BU par yoar, payable in ndv iinw Tho editor does not hold himsolf wponriUe tor ?iew« exprr 1 hy THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE SIR EDMUND WALKER, C.V.O., LL.D., D.C.L., PnESiDENT ALEXANDER LAIRD, Geneiial Manaqer CAPITAL, - $10,00Gi000~ REST,- $8,000,000 FARMERS' BUSINESS Tbe Canadian Hank of Commerce extends to Farmers every facility for the transaction of their banking business including'the discount and collection of sales notes. Blank sales notes are supplied free of charge ou application. BANKING BY MAIL Accounts may be opened at every branch of The Canadian Bank of i Commerce to be operated by mail, and will receive the same careful i attention bs 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, WHITB, Manager, Pilsener Beer The product of Pure Malt and Bohemian Hops Absolutely no chemicals used in its manufacture ottlcd Beer Supplied to the Trade Only. ss Best on the Coast s== Pilsener Brewing Co., Cumberland. B.C. 5-*>* ♦*<*♦• #<►'«►* ♦••••*♦■' correspondent!!. A » » » » » BUY A 'SINGER/ i I Fawcett 9 STOVES C* AND *3 ZR^ItTGKES Whut the Editor has to say. The world has come to look upon the anonymous letter writer as the most pitiable and contemptible of objects, And rightly so. Think of the ghastly heart and sou! of the one who sends a letter, containing just enough of suspicion and inuendo to destroy the faith of one mau or woman-or the community for the matter ofthat-in another, and yet being too cowardly to| sign his name thereto. Think ot the misery and en'guish a plausible letter of tliiski.nl would cause a hush 1 or Wife; then think of the cowardly specimen of God's haudiwurk.slnik- ing and hiding under cover of his anonymity, gloating over tin suffering thus caused. Then, if you can, think of the words in the English language that would fittingly stigmatize sueh a wretch in the eyes of all decent men A blood brother to such a wretch is he who attacks another in a newspaper over an assumed name. There is nothing that can justify the printing of sueh a letter. U is pure cowardice and a pusillanimous disposition that induces a wnler to offer such an article for publication At a meeting of newspaper publishers held in Ottawa nol long since, the question of unsigned articles and articles ove, a num de plume came up and was discussed at length. Hit- above was the unanimous sentiment of the meeting. It wa> decided upon unanimous motion that the publishers there assembled would refuse to print any article unless it was over the signature of the writer. The Islander is glad to note this. It is a step forward and in dies for clean journalism. The present publishers have adopted and enforced this ride from the start. Thk [slander wants communications, but it does not want any communication which the writer is ashamed to have printed over his own name. The Latest and most Up-to-date Sewing Machine on the market to-day, Sold on Easy Terms which places it within the reach ofall. JepSOlT BrOS., District Agents v Nanaimo, IV C. W. JI, JJitna, Local Jlopresenfatlue : .,>> lfr.q>fa/li,;V.l"'.V..- ,.' J-V...^AIA ,i..:_Ai2mA l :.H i...L.;s^iJisii^_i_^A_.*}__^...-!_, w fl JI I ^d Are the Best, and Fully Guaranteed. A full line of Furniture, Housefurnishings, Linoleums, Wa lpapers alway son hand. "The Fnrniiure Store" McPhee Blook A. MuKINNON Cumberland, B.O ^7--^Tj^7^~K%'K^Jga^^U'-I?BOTaSsaS5JB; &. i*.. TM. ^eabndt ts 1 i I ' 30 Lots Sold within the Last Two Weeks m BUY. ONE NOW Price $200 per lot. Easy Terms! it Tk Island Fire, Llf", Live Stool Accident. , P. L. A NDERTON. EN Phone 22. Oourtenay, B. C. ESQ The following is taken from the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, Scotland: "And what, after all, is this great spirit of unrest that is agitating the industrial world? Socialism does not altogether explain it. Liberalism does not cause it. nor Toryism; nor is it Terrorism; nor yet Anarchy. What, then, shall we call this great unrest? Itis the unknown, the culmination, perhaps the apogee of the evolutionary process in the mind ol man; It is the New and the Nameless; the hud niitoldillg.shat- tering the ancient economic shell, dull it hv any name yon please, it is ever the fairest flower, though oftimes wa'.eled ill blood and tears. :d report ol The 'STAR' 6afe A <"*&. ten 51 RieHRRDS & JHGK, Proprictorx. Mxi » MEALS SEEVED AT ALL ALL HOUES Whfii you want a. goo^ choice meal cooked to the King's taste give uf a call .... DUNSMUIR AVE., CUMBERLAND 3-lectf: fofafe Bgent ;s Ofi'ices: Comox & Courtenay. FOB SALE CLEAEED FAEMS, BUSH LAND AND LOTS i Agents for E. & N. Lands, Comox District. it H. M. Beadnell B—— —— !.J. Mis. "Lending Tobacco King." Better known as "LONG WILLIE" Dealer ill Fruits, Candy, Cigars and Tobacco. ■ j', _ __ Jlilliiinl llooni in connection GENERAL BLACKSMITHS Horseshoeing a Specialty Third Ave., Cumberland ■'-fX*'-"'"'"VI'""■''■"'""i.""..1.' r-—ir~-A—r-^——^—-—ri-7i.'i.' "■».■',. "y^Tf*""•!■■>'■"■■ 'pmr?yjW't'* TllK Isi.ASIil.U is in receipt of tic l'-'nd aunu tbe Royal Hank of Canada It isa handsome specimen of tin I printing art, The report shows Bome interesting things. It shows the bank has grown wiih iho growth and prosperity nf B J the country which it lias so materially aided, Tho deposiU '' for Mill,in round numbers, was 87 millions as against 71 millions in 11)10. The total increase of assets was over IS mil- lions. The net profits were at the rale of 18.58 per cent ol the the paid up capital of $6,200,000, 1). N, Morrison is man ager of the Cumberland branch. ra^ncn :t)UK s *m*w-* 0 li A O W "ir stTK 44 | Dining Room and Bedroom Suites, Sideboards and Centre Tables, Rockers, Morris Chairs, Beds and Bedding, Stoves, Ranges^ and Heaters, Ete., Etc. I I IT) J Display Advertisements 75 cent." per column inch per m"iitli. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Special rale for lialf pftgo or more. I 1,1: Condensed Advertisements 1 cent 1 word, 1 i'snc ; niiiiitiium clmrKC fl „c<mts. 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Fancy Dressmaking N. HIRANO Fashionable Tailor Ladies'and Gents' Tailor- made Suits. Cleaning and Pressing Done at Reasonable Rates. Phone 52 CUMBEBLAND Candies, Fruits, Tobaccos and Cigars at BANNERMAN'S Candies of all descriptions—THE Verv best. Fruits of all kinds -Best quality grown. Touaccos of all strengths. CIGARS The best variety of the choicest llavors. C3 nr< ti~_ Hi a ca p_* f SILVER NOVELTIES At Bert A slon's The "JEWEL BOX." . . NEXT TO TARBELL'S, . . Dunsmuir Ave : : : Cumberland II INTERESTING LETTER GENTLEMEN: We beg to inform your patrons hrough y°ur columns of the fact that the firm of Hygh Bros, & Voung, of Nanaimo, B.C. are this year handling the various Overland models of automobiles in three grades and powers as follows: 30 11.1'. §1,450 35 ll.l'. 91,850 4U 11.1'. $2,250 F.O.B. Victoria. The above ears are made in all the latest models and are llie buy i f the Benson ut anything like the price, with beautiful 'iiii-s und design. We beg tn inform the prospective purchasing publio in this line of the fuel thai we will visit your district in the near future, and that they will be well repaid by waiting a very short period to inspect the Overland and get a demonstration as well. HYGH BROS. & YOUNG eras P, O. Drawer O NAIIAIMO, B C. OVEKKI.AND mobile. Phone 97 >»«.«-r-t--t-1*'* ■*—"—» - * -..*.*-*_,_,_* THE IEBI EISLiD fiOTEL JAMES WALTERS, PROPRIETOR THE POOREST OF WINES, LIQUOR & BEER ;; ALSO THE BEST OF CIGARS. DUNSMUIR AVENUE : CUMBERLAND, B. C. LAND ACT. SAYWARD LAND DISTRICT District of Bnywitrd Take notiotf 'lnt Hen Rfitwrti, nf Now WiifltmiiiHter, lt.C . lumberman, ttiteiida rn upply f«ir ptttiiliwl"!) to pmchiMU tin- fnlluWitlu di-Huiiiietl Und*:— Cumiut'ii iim nt a p'nt. planted 90 olmlui Ni-rih nf Tmib i Lioeuw Nu 4O7H0 th.-iuD wt-nt 20 chains; ihenca north 20 oliHins; ifattuoc weit 20 chtin|i tht.nu uurtli 20 cliHin*; thonce weir 20 ctmii>p; ihence north 40 chains, thence eanr 2G aiming mow i«r luu to tha ahora <>f Dv« Paaittgu Calm Ch'tuuel; ihence fnlluwiuu -Iuue in in a Snuili-eakierly dirt'i.ti'm io \d-\ee ol cmmucucuinmit, cn. taining 200 KEN ROBERTS, Dated JunUAty 90th 1912 Ktiu H Bivbock, hgetit, HAYWARD UNI> DISTRICT, DllHot of Say w*td: — Tako imtiuu that Juhu George HaHy nf C urtenny, B, C, occupation auctii near, intenda to apply for pet mis- .-ion to purehaitt the following dnacrihei) lnnds: Ciuimitii cin^r at a post planted a( the N bank of Ciftiibern Kke and at the SE corner of Timber Limit, 30012 thenre W 40 chaina; the u-e S 40 chains; thence K 20 chains: theuce NE40chain*to point ot eumtnetioement and containing HO acres move or less, Jons Okokuk Hardy Dtted Jan. 14, 1912. ltcginald Carwithtn A^enb, SAYMARD LARD DISTRICT, District of S*y- ward—Take notice that Margaret Car* within uf Sandwick, B. C occupation widow, intends to apply fur permission to purchtae the foi low ingd escribed land*: Commending at v pout planted on th<- north bai k uf Tr<>ut Uke and about one mile'weat from the SW.oouier of Timber Limi' 37470 thenco N 40 chains, thenco W 40 dlmiUR, thenee S 40 chains to the nurth hank of Trout, lake; theuce along the i.nrth bulk of Trout lako K 40 chiiiim to point of commencement audcuuuiuitg Hill hCies mure or less. Margaret Oarwjthkn Dated Jun. 11,1012. Kuyinald Carwithen Aguut. SAYWARD LAND DISTRIOT District of Sayward, Take notice lhat Oeorge William Carwithen, >»( -lutilwu-k, lt.C, niTii|iatititi carpenter, hmmi'* to ujiyly for petiulwlon to puri'tuuie the following described lands: -Commencing ata youi planted Ht tho&W, corner of Thnher Limit 42008, itaenni wi*t sn chains; thenoe aouth w uhaiii.i; tlit-nee mat mi itu-niv smith 20 etiains; iti>-ntv wist '-!(' cliui.is: tlience nortb mi chaina to point of commencement, ami i-uittainiiiK '.W acres more or lexa> Qbohub William Cakwitiibn Itfuiii.iM Carwithen. ugent. Dated January Kith, 1912. SAYWARD LAND DISTRICT Dlntrk'l of mv»;o il Take notice that Henry Luder Carw)then, nf Sandwick, He, occupation fanner. intendB to apply for permlstiion to purchase the following dos< cribed lands:—Commencing at a punt planted at the N.w. eorner of Timber Limit ims. thence north HI chnins; tbenee east tlu chains; thenee ximtb sn linins; thenct went eo chains to point of commence tnentt and ion tain ine 480 acres more or Ioh*. H KNKY LUDKH OARWITIIBN Reginald Carwithen, agent. Dated Jauuary i:itb, 11)11 SAYWARD LAND DISTRICT Distrktof -taywurd Take notice that alhiko John Carwitiikn nf Sandwick, B.O., otrvpation farmer, intends to apply for |H'!tiii-.iiuii to parebiuie tlu; followinu described lands:—Commencing at a po«t pliuitud nt thu N.K corner of limber Limit 40774, thence nor b 4(i chain*; thence went 40 chains; thence north in mains; thence west20 chains; thence south UO chains tlience eanl 10 chains; tbenee south 'ill chains; thencs east 40 chain* to point of eouiiuuucuiiieni, loidfoiilaiuing IMI acres more or less. AiiFKim John c*uwithkn Reginald t arwlthen, aitent. Date*) January IHth, wi?. SAYW.\RD land distriot Disirict uf Say wand. 'ink■' noii.it' iimt Miiiici Hardy, of Cnurtsnajr, it ,, occupatloii married woman, intends to apply for oertulssion lo pnrehnso the following deaerllh-d lands;- Comm inu ai a post planted at Hie N.K. coaner of Timber Limit 80011, Ihence south Mi chnins; ibt'ii'-ceasHilchains; Ibfiicc north 80chaina thence west *o chaina to point, of commencement, and I'l'tilainin^ 820 acres more or lusn, Maurl IIauuv Kemuald Carwithen, agent. Dated January 14th, I01B, SAWARU UUR niSTRlCT District of Saywanl Take notlco that Herbert Howarlli Hates, of Ly iiuuii, Kng., occupation gentleman. Intends to apply fnr pormliiatoti to purchase the following doMrihol lauds; Commencing nt a posl plnntod on the north hank of Trout Lake^ nd at UieS W corner of hm- bor l.timt ;(7470, thonce north 80 chains: thonco woat su chains; thenco south to tho bank of said Trout uke 20 shalhst thocce aionii lunik of sah) Tiout lAkooaat 80 chains, to point of cnmntenceuietit, and containing 100 acrea more or less. llRnHKHT I low AllTl I ItATRS Dated Jan. nth, 1918. RbginaldCarwithen agent SAYWARD LAND DISTRICT nlstriet of Saywnnl Take notice that Louisa Marlon Woodcock, of London, Bag., occupation siaulo woman, Inlonda to apply for peitnilsalon to purchase iim following described laudsj—Commencing at a post phoituil ou iUu north bank of Trout Lake, and 1$ miles west from tho 8 W coiner of Timber Limit 37470, i bunco nurth 80 chants thenco west. HO chains; thenee south 80 chains; thenco east 80 chaina to point ut O'lumuncotnont, aud euntaiuiug M0 acre- mora or loss. Louisa Marion Woodcock Uoginald Carwithen, agent Dated January Uth, 1012. S,l_\w .nl L .ud Diatrict. Distric. of Sayward Take notice that George Robert Bate* of Courtenay, It C , oCOUpAtion teal estate aifeut) iuteitdi' to apjily fi rpermiasaion to purohase tbe followiiiK described lands:— Cimiii'ei eitiu ata post planted at -he S. B, coruer of Timber Limit 4077flj thence nnrth 80 ohains; theuce eaat 40 chaina; thenoe south (Ul chains; thenco west 20 chains; theneo aouth 20 chains: thonoi weat 20 chains, t<> p-iut uf oommenoe* ment, coutaiuiiM' ■►*'' acres mote or lees. tiBnluiK HuBlRT HaTKI Higltiald C>rwiiiion, agen . Dated Jin. 18th, 1912, S\vward Liid District District of S .ywanl Take no tie that L lulsa Sophia Bales, of SauiUii-k, B,0, occupa imi, luatried woman, inlands to apply fur permission to purchase tho following described, landa: Couuiieiiciiiu at a post plailtetl at th« N. K. comer Timber Limit 40775. thence north 80 ohains; thenoe east 20ohains; thence south HOuhuiut-; theuce west 2u chains to point of couiuiBi cement, ami C'Utaiiiiug )U0acres mote or uss. Louisa Sophia Batbs Reginald Oar* it hen, agent, Dated January 13th, 1012. Sayward Laud Diitrict, District of Sayward. Take notioe that Reginald Carwithen, of Sandwick, B.0 , nouupaUou, farmer, intends to apply U*t put mission to put- base the following deactibid lands: — Oitmmencing at a post planted al ihe N. i_. corner i'f Timber Limit 40776, ibenee north 60 ohains; thence west 8i chains; thenco south HO ohains; thence east 80 haina tu p'iut of eommi'UCHinout, ami oontaillinc ftlO acres mure or less, Rroinald Carwithen Dated j.muary L3rb, 1012 Hayward Land District District .if Sayward Tako notice that Ohii^tian Oarwiihon, •if Sandwick, B.C., ocoupition oarpenti r, intetids to apply for permission to pur- base the following desoiibud lande:— C'linmui dug at a p iht planted at tho S W. corner of P.R. 2800, thence north 20 chains; tlience we t 80 chains; thence b iut 20 chains; thenoe east 80 ohuine h pnint. of commencement aud contain int ItiO acrea more or less. CiutifiTiAN Carwithen Reginald Carwithen, agent Dated Januar> 13th, 1012. SAYWARD LAND DISTRIOT. District, uf Sayward, Take notice that Margaret Bluhm Car withen of Sandwick, U. C, occupation single woman, intends to apply for permission to piirchsBO tbe following do scribed lauds:— Commencing at a pos< planted at the moat southerly oud of Cranberry lake, thenc E 80chains; ihence S 80 chains; thenco VV 40 chains; thenoe along the boundary ot Lot Uti, Sayward District, iu a general north and west di notion, tu a point due south of the p dut of eommeticcment, thence due north to the point of commencement and contain- ing fmO acres morn <>r less. Makoahkt Hli hm Oak with hn Dated Jan. 14, 1012. Reginald Carwithen Ay ent. SAYWARD LAND DISTRICT District of Say . urd—Take notice that I'Mith Wilson of Lytham: Kng,, noou patton mar i w man, intends tu apply for permiasioi to puiehase tho fulluwiiiK described laud* Commencing at a pis' planted ahoul <me half mile K from south batik it Trout lako and about one mile south frmn the most northerly end of Tieul like, tbence south 80chains tin nee I! 40elriitiB, tbence N 80 chaina, thenco \\ 40 chains to point, of commencement and ci utiiinii'g 'd'itl acres moro or le a. KDITH WILSON Dated Jan. 11, 1012 Reginald Car withen, Agent. SAYWARD LAND DISTRICT, District "f Sa)- ward. Tke notice that Ldnli LiCOJ Bates • f Lytham, Ivig., oocupatlou wid »w, intends to apply fnr por mission to imrohasu tho following described landi ■ C mmenoii g at a posi planted on thi south bai k of Trout Inkuagd about iw miles from the in si iiurthetlyoud of said .ade, thenoe K KO chains, thenco N -to ohaiiis, tboucu soinh aloug bank of Said ak- 8«i chains to pnint uf omnmenuumui and containing 80 acres more or IttSB, Edith Lacky Batbh D.ted Jan. 11,1012 Reginald Carwithen Agont, BAYW.tRD land district, District of Say ward—Take nm ice that Harriet Jam Bainbridge of London, Kngland, occupa tion single woman, intends to apply fo permission to purohase tho following described lands- Oouiiuuuoiug at a post planted on tho N bank of Trout lako and about one mile fr in the most southerly end of said lako thence ah llg tbe bauh ■•' said lako southerly 80 chains, tfleuco N -\ 80 chains, thenct' K 40 chains to pnint, ol commencement and con tal ub g 100 acre npire ur less. Harriet Ianb Bainuridoh Dated Jnn. 11.21 1012.Reginald Crwith- en, Ageut. E, J, tali Practical aintep Decorator, Papcrhanger and Kalsumininff. All Work Promptly ... Attended to... Residenoe, Ponritli Avenue CuiiiIii'I'IiukI, D A THOMAS ri'-TdliATK PIANO TONER lepreieiitjiw The Geo. A, Kloichor Co., Nntinlmti, ll.C. i lalora left hi T E. lime's Store promptly Attended to, E. AV. Ii ICKLE Notary Public, Conveyancer. Eto. Di.irict ii^enl I'lio Mutual Life Asautmio C ■nipiiny uf Cuiwda. B'lro Insurance. Accouuta collected Fl Ht SA LB House, ,ri rooms, pi ice fliuO lilt SALE-I louse, 7 rooms, Puce, tl 000.00. Terms cash. New Imusii, including two full »iz d iis. price $1200 Bouse in centre of cily, price $1200 cash Apply, E. W. BICKLE, Change advertisements for Saturday mornings issue must liy in this office not litter than 10 u. in. on Thursday. 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The caribou of tho Eastern mainland is a large, greyish-brown animal, and while it cannot rival its Newfoundland cousin in grace and the number of points it car ries mi its antlers, ii yet scorns to pro- Bont a strong individuality of typo, One of the heads which I thou saw appeared lu me very characteristic. Tho horns, set close together, the spiv.id beiug only twenty-five Inches, went yel exceedingly massive, and growing us ihey did almosl Bt might upwards, without much backward curvo, presented v. most striking appearance. Edward Atkins, the Canadian hunter and moose-caller who has i mpnnied ■lie in all my Canadian nips, had at that timo nover seen a warrantable caribou Btag, and liis one desire seemed to ho to Fose tho least possible timo in doing so. The upshot wuh thai five days after our visit to thfl taxidermist wo anil loft a good many miles nl' mad, lake and forest-path behind US, and were camped in tho neighborhood of Luc des Nlegos. Part of nur journey had been mndo in company witli n buckboard, while we walked ahead between tho living walls of bush, which formed tho borderline of our hunting ground, and where here and there at long intervals n soft doll mighl Show us the tracks of deer that had ventured into th ter marshes. In this connection a disastrous experience foil in tlic same year to the lot of a friend, whn, after spending tea blank- days in the woods without sight of gamo, was driving out along tho road. when la' camo suddenly within Bitot of a band of caribou, Including five stags— this when the rifles were put awny and the cartridges reposing in tho pucks! One of tho men, however, had n .303, whieh he thrust Into ray friend's hand. Tho cartridge misfired and jammed. Time itself cannot obliterate the scar of such an episode, whicli, indeed, has since compelled my friend to carry his rifle along some hundreds of miles of tote- mad nnd bush-path, without ever again coming face to face with sueh un opportunity. During the earlier stages of our journey wa passed tho wooden houses of the small farmers who make up the major part of the population in this part of Canada, and who cultivate littlo clearings beside the forest track.- These people have au excellent life—they fulfil the dream of George Borrow, who saw himself in imagination, assisted by an enormous progeny, foiling the trees and tilling the soil in tho virgin woods of America, The French-Canadians are extraordinarily prolific, and in this connection I can remember arriving at a house und being offered, with Ed., the hospitality of the family bed, which, unless .some of thc family accepted the alternative of tho stable, had already seven claimants. The French-Canadian family, which lives in or upon the skirts of the woodland, invariably possesses nne or more guns, generally muzzle-loaders of the kind that enst from $5 to $8, aud without which no member of the household above the hoiffht of four feet or so ever seems to move fnr from the door. The result is thnt tho ruffed and Canada grouso wnicli haunt the edges of the bush-mads, and which those folk always shoot sitting, are being sadly thinned. Recently some speculative individual has introduced five thousand Swiss rifles into tho province nf Quebec alone. These weapons, wliich cany a very killing cartridge, are retailed at about $3.50 apiece, and uf this ant exorbitant price the original stock of live thousand has been nearly sold nut, sn that, al taxi- ground to vantage-ground, > fully a mining tho wide expanses which Stretched beneath us. The country was beautifully open, and wo suw many horns which had been east in provious yenrs. But of living caribou we failed to catch the remotest glimpse. To make a long stnry short, we travelled tn our hearts* content, finding at least an exhilaration iu rapid movement, which we should hardly have believed possible had we not recently spent many weuri- snme flays watching the empty marshes about thc Luc des Nioges, So the day passed almost without incident until late in fhe oveniug, wheu, within a mile of camp, WO picked up the frail of a little baud *>f caribou. The trail headed towards the lake, and disappeared Into n large thickot of spruce and alder closo to the water. The eliuiiee seemed tO have eollip at last, nml. advancing cautiously, we had already, without knowing it. eome withiu eighty yards of tho deer, while we still had a quarter of an hour.of shunt inu; light left. We paused several times to ensure ourselves against error, and. in fact, heard the animals feeding and moving, when, to mv horror, our two Frenchmen suddenly' appeared In the conoo and began breaking the ice close to the farther shore. They were more than n mils away, but thoir voices carried with appulling distinctness through the quiet evening, nnd in nnother in- stunl there was the sound of a stampede and. run nine; forward, we found ourselves staring nt the slots of lhe little bund of caribou whicli a minute before had been almost at nur mercy. (ine of them certainly was a stag; whether his horUB would have satisfied either of us it was impossible to sav. Very likely not, yot we walked back to camp without any stirring of forgiveness in our minds towards the over energetic cnuk and his companion. II. may truly bo said thai failure is the salt of sport, but salt alone makes a poor meal, ami luck at this period really seemed tu have deserted us. Search as we might WC saw no more caribou until, coming reluctantly to the conclusion that these most elusive animals had moved on elsewhere, I began to turn ray eves towards England, where it was absolutely necessary thai I should arrive by a certain date. Owing to carelessness, I. had been under the impression that the steamer by which I meant to travel started on a Saturday, which would leave me just, enough time to make my way out from Lac Brulo by forced marches. The particular piece of country through which we had to pass was unknown tn any of us, so thai When 1 suddenly, through tho medium of an old newspaper, discovered that my stenmer left on the Friday nfternoou, wo lost no time iu breaking camp, and by two o'clock set out to strike the nearest trail to civilization. The first, part of our way led ns along a portage through u belt of green wood, fhe very portage upon which the Frenchmen were Working when their return to camp proved so disastrous to our hopes. About four o'clock, wheu it was rapidly growing dusk, Edward, who wus leading along the side of n knoll, suddenly threw down his pack and pointed ncross the valley. "A caribou stag and a good head on him. I saw the top half of Ids horn as lie moved," he said. Tiie place indicated wus nboul three -qua r tors of u mile away. Telling the Frenchmen to set down the canoe and to wait for us iu absolute silence until either we roturnod or thev heard a shot, we ran down the hill ami nlong a narrow savannah in the direction of the caribou. After we had covered half u mile we found to our disgust that a river lay between us and the caribou. Its edges wero frozen, and no more than a 'lark stream flowed iu the middle, but luckily we had struck it at a point where the water wns not very deep; if was, however, exceedingly cold, und the current quite strong enough as it though it is to'be doubted whether tho I swirled to .mr armpits, but we soon majority of purchasers will ever push broke througn the ice, nnd were climb- far afield, it yot i§ cortnin thnt any per- iug the bank upon tin* further side. aon wnlking in the "bush" near n vil- Hero wc found ourselves in whnt must Inge will bo well ndvisod for the future! Imve been either nne largo marsh doited I itii Ir nr in u eric if lillle tu proclaim ins presence by whistling,! ur song, or in snme other definitely hu- Edward made for u point which should man manner. Should ho fail to do so, bring us within fiftv yards of the spot lho consoquoncos may easily be disast- where ho had seen tho caribou, but rous, ns lhe lemplnljmi fn fry his rifle whon WO arrived there the ntug had mi anv ere,lit,re that ves ill tho woods disappeared. As he was not certain in mav prove Irresistible to the local pol which direction he was travelling, thr hunter, especial! / sionally, and while tail almost habitual' ly, wander about tho isolated dwellings of man. Having u\< tn this time hud no experience with caribou except in Newfoundland, ii was dillicult to allow at once for tho different conditions now to be encountered, Mosl uf onr limit ing led us Into woods where En Newfoundland nur would nevei look for caribou, bul would endeavor to pnss llirougli thom as quii kly rh might be in t lie hope of finding •' bn rron . ' or open ground nbovo, i.1,1 lu :■ ■ .ji 11.- Iiigh -ioui 'I wn ■ don 10 lv wooded, and cnril hunting, Por the (frsl week, t* solved Itself intn the watching nf marshes, noi t which wire more than u milo in extent, and al! of which gatherod nround tho Inlet nnd outlets of n chain of lakes, Vftor spending noma fruitless days nl this dull form m' Bport, I decided to leave ihem- marshes, upon which most of the caribou which hurl been killed in recent veal. at least serve ns a memory of the trip. Having skinned the stag we once again crossed the river and continued oiu jourimy. it was almost -.lark when ■ ■ nn '•■ wn er- o| ik river, n I •i i '■>• :c. ,v... vve shou I meet with ■■ v i -. wator on uur dow - win : journey, Wo concluded that ! 'ghl safely push ou after duik. A i ■■ iiiii r n iaci. until Ijalf-pnst ten t. ..,, ...,-- ,yrul uf which in the darkness necessitated wading or portage, su that it was an uncommonly chilly party which finally built a large fire upon the bank, round which we crouched till dawn. As the night had beea very still and cold it was no surprise to us in the morning to find the still water, which now became more frequent, frozen to a depth of some inches. The ice was too thick to break, sn we were forced to cache the canoe und to pursue our journey ou loot. It had previously been arranged that u buckboard should be iu waiting at a spot whore a peruinnont camp wns pitched some thirty mile's nearer to our bunting ground than the nearest village. Itetweeu six and seven hours' walking along the open hillsides brought ns tu the tent, about whicli we found a number of men, among tbem our driver, who, it appeared, hud met wilh au accident nud injured his eye iu an altercation with a compatriot. From him we learned that Mr. Itaker had shut a fine caribou on the trail near the camp a fow days previously. Leaving ray French-Canadians behind at the camp, Kdward and I sot out in the buckboard, and as, with the oxcop tion of the time we had spent by the fire during tho night] we had been continuously uu our feet, for twenty-eight bonis, we were extremely glnd of the lift, ll was nearly 2 n.m. whea at length the Beamingly endless rond wound Into looked over I knew thut we were near a clearing, from which the sound of j uur quarry—the peculiar clicking noi.. cuttle feeding was nue nf tlic most wel-(that caribou make with Iheir hoofs was eume wc had ever heard. startliugly distinct. Ab 1 peered over liofrcshed by food, we pushed for- the top of the hummock mv eves met ward, leaving the buckboard to follow, thoso of the doe wiih uo moro ihuu and by four o'clock lhe same afternoon oight puces between us. Her compan ! wus aboard my steamer, As I bndel ions were ull round her, nud she at once Kd. farewell, we agreod thut, ns it was gavo the Wttrulug, hnlf cough, hall' snort. obviously impossible to accept defeat, As they n ff, look as J would t eould we would do nur besl fco retrieve nur uot sec the slug. 1 imagined he might I'nilures in thc following September. J be behind, but- uo, there he was at last. This plan was much in my mind dui'-|-\'ot in the marsh by the pool us 1 bud ing the intervening months, bul l'hom- xpected, but stnudiug upnrt about forty me [iropose, and the September trip was yards awny tu the left, lie wns start- ultimately mado impossible owing to an I led, but inicerlnin in which direction iuvltntlou to play cricket iu Philndel- to break, ami wilh bis head turnod pliia and Cauuda. As the dates of our from uie. mutches covered the whole of the month I He Bpruug forward us 1 tired, tied of September, if was not until October with great strides across the snvannnli savannah, the whole herd were lust to sight. We Immediately pushed on under the kindly cover of the ridge, the wind seemingly nearly lit our faces. But this happy state of t brags was, as usual, nf but short duration. To the north-east lay the bare hillside, where the eighteen had come upon the scene, and the ridge under which we were creeping formed, as we sunn discovered, n mere tongue of ruck that must bo crossed. As wc climbed it 1 felt that ominous tickling of the wind, first on the check, ami then upon thc back of tiio neck, which menus an eddy. The herd we had first seeu were, nr we judged ought to be, about two hundred yards away over the ridge aud about abreast of our position; the eighteen at aa equal distance straight ahead nf us. If either band were startled, both would in all probability slauipede. We therefore scrambled down from the ridge and began to circumvent its base. I was sure the deer must have beeu startled, but nu, iu another twenly yards 1 caught a glimpSO of the whito hind quarters of a doe. 1 saw tlmt her bead wus down, ami that she was feeding So far good, but the wind was shifting mure uud more to tin- Bide. and. ns n scorned, must carry the tnlni of our pre SOUCO to the herd we Imd seen first. \n coVor was nnw left to us but the final knob of fhe ridge, a'bare huitinioek of reindeer muss, uud at the very moment we attempted tn crawl to it the wretched due raised her lieu.I. We both lay still and were making up our muds to u long Wait wheu, lu our relief, she fed quietly out of sight. I'he course was at last clear, so we closed in rapidly, uad ia few moments were lying panting against lhe soft niussy side of the hummock, liefore I Cth thut Kdwurd uud I once more found ourselves ou tne road fur the ureaa of nur return match wiih fhe caribou. This lime fortune had been our friend, and cs fo the kind help of Mr. F. W ami Ine spruces skill lum iu. At the same instant I cnught side of Kdward tearing across to the right, us it seemed, iu pursuit nf the dues. I run lu the left, aud immediately overtook the stag. lioss, I had received permission to hunt ' lie had come lo a standstill, and wa ovor a aew country. My only regret swaying us lie stood. A second shot was thut Mr. b'oss was not able to nc- j pnssed thruugh his heart, and 1 soon company me, us wns originally intended, j wus beside iiim, admiring tho uiasslv On October 10th Kdward ami 1 had I round horns nf a very heavy head, everything "straightened away foi While thus pleasingly'engaged I heard rights," and by three o'clock of nbeau l a shot, followed by five mure, u " l i i'n J autumn afternoon we set forth to niug over the ridges towards the sound nly thing to be dune was to take our liauce nt nicking up Iris tracks. This we did wilh as little delav as possible, and. finding Hint thev led across lhe Wind, circled a lillle 'to Hie left, ninl. passing by a couple of clumps nf bttlsnm ami juniper, wo perceived ahead nf ns u large fallen tree, and beyond lhe fallen treo tho cnril -tag lying down in the open, nt a distance of'nboiil IfiO yards. We saw him. and he gained some liiut of our presence nt almosl ox nctly the same Instant, lie sprung to lii-: feel ns I droppod on my knee ami lired between the roots nf the dead troe, I heard the bullet tell, and the caribou staggered, but running round to get n clear view I SiiW he was still g'dng, and fired again twice, when the animal fell. lie had been si a ml ing broadside on wilh kin head slightly turned when I llred ihe first shot, which I afterwards found Imd hit him in the nock. As he dashed forward my attention hnd boon fix ei I upon making sure of him, sn that were obtained, uud tn strike out to the beyond tho first gluneo I had given n north west of Snow Lake. Here I was moro thought to his head. When he fell informed by Mr. .1. W. linker, who we both run up. lle lav upon his right rents the sporting rights, that I try became more open, until forest merged Into bruloo (the district having been dovnstatod of forest l.v fire vears bofore), especially in the'neighborhood id' lho lake of that name Two duvs Inter wo portaged across, and set our canoe upon flic waters of Lac Brulo, and on the following day having at last nrrived at our chosen hunting ground, WO were up before the dawn. Hitherto travelling had occupied a large portion of our time, fnr the river up which we had just journeyed hud nnt been traversed by cunoe before, at least, wc could gather no rumor of its having been done; and where the stream narrowed a number of deadfalls made it clear that, no one had passed that way for, at any rate, a number of yearB, i de, quite dead. Kdward seized hi: horn to turn him over, nml then for the (irst. time wo became aware that the right, antler was missing. As tho date was Xuvember 1st it was unlikely that he had dropped his born, though ut the same lime it was quite possible, since il is not, uncommon for caribou, and especially the larger stags, to lose both nailers by this date. This is, however, a matter both of individual and seasonal variation, as in some years many retain tlieir horns as lute as the 16th and even the 20th of thn month, though by that time if is probable that the really fine heads, which nre always the first to become clean of velvet, have fallen. Of course, in tho present instance we were bitterly disappointed, but there was no holp for it, und the trophy m ul 1 look over the ground. Chastened I the experiences of the previous year, neither of us hoped for any immediate success. Onr way to the north-east of our camp led us through a wide valley shut in to lhe wesi by a high ridge of mountains and to the east by a smaller range. Not far from the centre of it rose three mounds excellently suited for reconnoitring purposes, 'I'he low ground wus brulee, ninl among the grey barkless masts wliich stood or leaned at every conceivable angle, young trees—spruce, juniper, maple aud poplar—had grown to a height of some ten to twenty feet. It was quite late, and the sun had already sunk, when from lhe top of the first of liie woody mounds Kdv.urd apiad six caribou. The glnss showed UJ thai there was not o shootable stag among then:, which, however, did nni prevent oar approaching and watching them while light lasted. Then we crept away leaving Ihem undisturbed, nml roturnod to camp, where I fear we slcpl little, so eager were we for the coming dny, the upshot, of course, being I hul when morning actually camo wo did not awake until the suu struck on a large new kettle und reflected a blinding beam aeruss my eyea. Ibeakfust wus swallowed in double quick timo, and immediately niter it we were nu the move througn lhe glorious upland air, Tliere had been a frost during the night, so thnt the sun sparkled upon a thousand, thousand points of crvstal light, as though some giant hand' hud flung a shower of diamonds across our Utile por)ion of the world. The sky was deep blue, the nir num uled to one's brain; it was good In be alive. nf course, our objective was tlut first look-out. as we named the spot from wliich we Iuoi Bightod those six most inspiring caribou on lhe previous evening We spent a blank hour there, and afterwards walked on from knoll tu knoll wil hout a glimpse „f deer, but pnssing, nevertheless, u couple of torn ami broken trees upon whicli big slugs had cleaned Iheir horns only a matter of six weeks or so before. At longth, after a long walk, we climbed ihe rocky bnckl f Uio hill which -Iml iu nur vnlley, an ideal place for spying, nml sunn both glussos were al work. .\t iirsl lhe wide visla seemed tenant less, but after half an hour I aaw s thing niovo, found it again wilh ray tolescopo, ami made nut a doc caribou advancing up a Bnvunnnh aboul hnlf a mile nway. Seven does mioii appeared following the flrst, and then a stag, obviously young, lastly the tops of a pair of large horns, slowly rising until ihe whole body nf the slag was visible. I pointed him mil to I'M. and we slipped over lhe open inck, unobserved, and commenced to run down lhe lissure on lhe farther side. As we did sn I felt Kd's band calch mv shoulder. "Look thero! There upon the hill!" he whispered, I looked, and I do not think I have seen :i mme splendid sight. Down lhe Stoop stupe ou the opposite side no less than eighteen caribou were galloping. At first, | thought something must have frightened them. Hut imi, evidently they had seen their friends in the vnlley, ami were rushing down tn join them, nr I should say the does were endeavoring tu do so, for ou the outskirts of the herd a great heavy-bodied stag, whose horns seemed to touch his thinks, was struggling to check tho revolt of his harem. Hut no sooner had the eighteen reached the level ground in the gut of tlio valley than the leading doe slowed to a. walk. They moved on, and in the neighborhood of a little pool of dark water, which lay at the head of tho I soon saw, about three hundred yards off, a big stag twisting round and round, aud finally falling with u crash among some big'stones on the top of the hard ground ou the other side of the savaii uah. Hull' a dozen does wero galloping wildly round, but they ull disappeared as Kd came nut from nmong the lilt appeared thnt as I fired ut mv stag he had perceived the second herd of caribou breaking back, ami slipping along the ridge, gut iu a shot ul the master stag nt three hundred yards. The sing, nut knowing where ihe bullet that struck him came from, ran in towards him. when he fired at him again as he galloped, hitting him twice and bring lug bim down. All the shots were long, and rendered dillicult by the bush through whieh the slug was charging. The head had line tops and bays, ami was beautifully palmatod, und o, quite a different type to my rugged specimen, Curiously enough we euch preferred the other's trophy; this did nol, however, prevent our feeling to the fullest that sense of satisfaction resulting from success that is one of the lew joys that has absolutely no reaction. Having mnde so lucky a slurt. uud having, by the tonus of nur license, only ttie right to shoot one more stag apiece, we now, as was to lie expected, at once set uur slaudavd very high, a fact to which a line stage which we sighted next day probably owed his continued lease of life. That evening heavy snow fell. The first, snow, which, in the case of mouse and whiletuil. is the hunter's grentest opportunity, is, us regards caribou, of less ai.l. 'll is. nf course, possible bv systematically following caribou truck's to come up with deer from lime to time but as n rule in open country ii il hardly worth ine trouble to dn nils. Tin reason is that caribou ure such Insutl able travellers that in eleven Instances out of twelve the hunter gains nothing by tracking them but a gnud appetite aiul an extended knowledge of the conn t ry. Next dnv wc al lirst hunted sepnr atnly. and' Edward saw. Iiu! did not shout al, a ymtng slag of nineteen nr twenly points, while I had In be content with watching u small herd nl' dues. About three in the afteruuoti, hffweVOr, hnvlng onco more jniuod forces, wo woro shivering in the lee ttf a ruck upon the second lookout when n slug appeared moving llirougli the "brulec" af a dis lance of aboul a mile and a half. A transient gleam of sunlight showed up his horns, ami after making a detour to clear lhe wind, we set about the business of the stalk. The couutry iu which we hud seen him was tolerably (hick, that is, one might pus..* withiu forty yards nf n sfug and remain quite un- nwnre nf his presence. Ah we had a long round ty> make we were lucky to see anything of him again, and iu all probability «houhl not have done so hud lie not been accompanied by three doon and two fawns, one of which gave us the line just us we were on Ihe point of getting to windward of them. As it wus, a doe with her fawn became alarmed and made oil' followed by the rest. The stag, however, happened to hnve wandered snme (wo hundred yards nwny frum the otliers, which just enabled me tn run across, cut him off* and fire a bullet which broke bis shoulders, Ho carried ft nice even head of twenty-five points, and had—n very rare merit of the mainland stags—two fairly developed brow antlers, After the death of this stag our good fortune seemed to desert us, for hunt as we would, idther singly or together, neither of us came upon a shootnble beast of any kind. lint a second fall of snow helped us once more to see what game was about, and this time our suspicions beenme certainties, for the only tracks to be found were those of does, nnd ull headed in one direct imi. We consequently decided tu forsake the high ground, where we had been su successful, and to descend to the lower levels, No sooner were we settled than a gale accompanied by snow begun tn rise,und blew so fiercely that it brought us ont ot our blanket hi the small hours tu uu awny ull overhanging branches and to lop the surrounding trees. Dny after day passed fruitlessly until tliere remained but one before that on whicli I bad arranged with Mousquoton —our carter — tu come out with his wagon und a horse that be described as "good and confiding," to eonyuy us back tu civilization. We determined to make une final effort, although it seemed thnf tho caribou had migrated some days earlier Inwards Iheir winter quarters, In the morning, however, Kd woke strong in the belief that the gods would scud us adventures, because be luul dreamed a lucky dream. Sure enough, abuut eleven o'clock, as we walked I lirough a grove of young birch which grow Upon II -steep hillside, we cul a broad trail evidently mnde by a band nf some twenty caribou, ll wns denr frum the tracks thut they were feeding, aud consequent ly our hopes became vory bright. Amongst a medley of small sluts ran a series of large'ones, thut cmdd have onlv been made bv n big stag. Atter sume twenly minutes ' f racking, ■luring which the herd most considerate ly travelled in n straight line up-wllid, a dozen grey shapes sprang out of the bushes above us. immediately followed by three mole from snme spruces and nlders iu front. One of these three was the stag. Kd tired at him three times without hesilal imi. It was not an easy chance, bnt aunt her shot rolled him down Ihe hillside among the bushes. He carried beautiful horns, ami it was, as can be Imagined, with much rejoicing that we bore bim back In camp, where we arrived abuut four o'clock. Two hours later we hoard Ihe voice of Mous quetou bailing ns from the dnrk ness across the rivor. LIKES TO BE NERVOUS SIGXOK BNltfCO CABUSO, who, it is rumored, is shortly to marry a , beautiful Sicilian girl, is a great BUfforor from stage fright. As a matter ol' fact, he hardly ever appears ia public wil hout experiencing ihe most ncule Curiously enough he delights in this, for he believes Ilia! it eggs bim ou tu do his besl. "There is onlv nm- kind of trouble thai I adore/' he has said; "it is the trouble that takes me in ambush wheu I go nn tin- stage. 1 am then seized with nervousness, nml lhe anguish alone makes mv voice what it is. . . . This fever reveals itself to lhe public by many mysterious effects, which fill it with emotion; but let it be known that Caruso on the boards is not responsible for the pleasure he mav givo to others, nnd that everything Is dne io thnl redoubtable doitv called 'stage fright." " Certainly u modest view tu take of his fame. HE COULD GO ELSEWHERE A DRUNKEN carter como into a Greenock train and sat opposite ll clergyman who was reading his paper. Recognising the profession of liis fellow-passenger the carter leaned forward and iu a maudlin wav remarked: "1 don't believe there's any lleuvcii." The clergyman paid no heed. "Mo you hear me','" persisted tho carter. '"I don't believe there's any Heaven." Still the clergyman renin hied silent behind his newspaper. The carter, shouting his confession this time loudly, said: " I tell ye to your face, and you're a minister, that I don't believe there's any Heaven." •' Very well," said the clergy mun; 1 • it' you do nnt believe there is :i Heaven go elsewhere; bul please go quietly." GETTING EVEN MU. HARRY KI'b'NISS must have a greater stock of anecdotes about famous men than, almost any othor writer in London, lle relates a very funny one nbout Sidney Cooper, the artist.' Cooper wus so easily copied that many spurious Coopers flooded tho market, ami the wary old painter made a charge fur giving his guarantee lo his own works, line dealer to whom In1 owed n grudge travelled down to Canterbury with a "Cooper" under his arm. He had just sold it for n gnod price. but winded a guarantee. " Vou huve no objection lo oblige me," askod the dealer. "Nol at all," replied Coopor, "but first pay my fee -$2fl -thinks. Now, -ir, yuu go Imme and bum Ihnt, for I nover painted it." HOW THEY DIVIDED IT 7111K proprietor of a well kuown patent medicine ami a doctor of great learning mice fell intn cou versa tion. Tin- physician nsked: "JIow is it llmt you, wlt'hotit education, skill. or the least knowledge of medicine, are uble In live in the style you dot VrOU havo your country houso, your carriage, your motor cur and ynui' town house, while I caa little more than pick up a bare subsistence." The patent medicine man laughed good-naturedly. "Look here," said he, "how many people do ynu (hink have passed us whllfl wc have been talking?" "Well," said lhe doctor, "about ono hundred." "And nut of that hundred how many du you think possess good common- sense?' ' "Possibly one," was the reply. "Well," said the quack, "Hint one comes to you, and I take care of the ninety-nine." SIGNING THE PLEDGE THK Rev. F. B. Meyer has just returned to Kngland after a trip abroad, The deservedly popular ' minister has bad many curious experiences, but he considers that the most embarrassing one occurred somo yearn ' ago at Leicester. As is well known, Mr. Meyer is a staunch advocate of temperance, and on the occasion referred to he met ii dis charged prisoner whom ho offered a meal at a neighboring eufi'ee-house. When it was over the minister naked the ox-gnol bird to sign the pledge, "Ves, 1 will," he replied; "but I must have n pint of porter tlrst. I vowed I woulu have one the very first mornin ff 1 camo out of prison, ami I must keep my vow." "Vuu ought, to break a bad vow," urged Mr. Meyer, but the maa was obdurate, saying a vow was n vow and ought to bo kept, "Very well," went on the clergyman. "If you hnve it, will yon sign (he pledge immediately afterwards?" The man promised, but then arose a difficulty about fetching the porter. Mr. .Meyer considered it would be uawisr to let. the man go out fur it himself, sn as there was nn one else Immediately available he realized that he would have tn get it himself. At that time he wus the best known teetotaller in Leicester, and the surprise of the barman when he entered the nearest public house to ask for a pint of porter may well be Imagined, How ever, he got the beer nud carried it back to the coffee-house, where he gave it to the ex prisoner after carefully blowing Off the head. The man drunk it eagerly, but aftor he hud finished he remarked, with a wry "That's the worst pint of porter 1 'vo ever lusted. Where's yer card, sir? I may as well sign tt as drink any more,'' The pledge was duly signed, and the man, touched by lhe trust, that Mr. Meyer reposed iu him and bv bis brav i ig Ik- jeers <*? the foolish by fetching the purler himself, became a reformed character. BY COMMAND WIIILK looking fnr pirate* Ilu- Chinese Moresby em strange adventures nud some that wen- ludicrous, One of his experiences he .Inscribes in his recent Iv published book. "Twn Admirals"; "When visiting the mandarin of Tien Padi, he, with bis blue button, robes, and attendants, I with onr paymaster, gunner, and a guard of ten marines and a sergeant, tea was offered tu us and accepted as u mutter of course. Then. in nn access of politeness, the attend ant proceeded with lhe tea to the guard, stifily drawn up in tho courtyard, the men with rifles shnuldered. "The sergeant looked round distract odly for guidance; he had no precedent for a tea-party on duty. The men star ed with cool contempt at the spoonful nf noid ten. Fearing lest a refusal might be an offence. I hastily said: " 'Sergeant, let the men take it.' "lie looked at me for an instant witb a long, horrified look of remonstrance; then, stepping to the front as if drill ing he gave tho word: " 'Order arms! Ground arms! Tike the cups! Drink the teal' "Like Wordsworth's 'forty fooding like one' they grasped the *cups and with a single gesture emptied the contents down their throats. Next eamo tho stately command. "'Return the cups] Take up arms' Shoulder arms!' "It was done. The sergeant was himself again; be felt, he had been equal to the occasion, and I stifled my unseasonable laugh tor in a cough and a linudkorchlef." ong oast, Admiral John WALNUT-FED BULLS MANV of the vessels from Spain that unload in Mexican ports enrry enrgoes of walnuts from Bilboa and Snutaiider. The nuts arc sent to Mexico City and thence find their way to ranches alt over the country, being used exclusively for jecding fine fighting bulls. THE MYSTIC MAETERLINCK THERE is scarcely a more interesting personality in tho present-da v world of 'letters than that of M. Mntirico Maeterlinck, author of "The Bluo Bird." Hum iu Belgium, it seems almost incredible that this quiet mystic was once a lawyer, and, what is still more extraordinary, practised as such, A deplorable lack of clients gave him ample t i me f o write a rt ieles for uewspa pees ami periodicals, with the result that hi.- gradually abandoned law ami drifted Into the realms of literature. Maeterlinck abhors publicity, and will havo no dealings with Interviewers, lu lhe earliest dnys of his fame he ome wrote le a friend it: enmic horror at flu- visit of a "couple of reporters who suddenly tumbled intn rny soup." llis writings havo nssurod to him a very comfortable existence, aud he works with his pen only when he feels like it. Still, writing or not writing, Maeterlinck knows no idle season, ao idle hour. He tends his bees, his orchard, his garden. A tromenduus reader, In- also takes u keen delight iu nut door exercise. Salnt-Wandrillo, where he and Mmo. Mnetorlilick gave a realistic perform, ance of "Macbelh" a few months ago, and where they invariably spend their summer, is a Hue old Norman Abbey, purchased by tin1 dramatist after ii was vacated by a company of four hundred inotiks, ll is a confusion of the architectural styles of ull centuries—from lhe 12th to ihe isih. it pussmses a wonderful chapel of Iho Htll century, clnisters nf the loth, an Infinity of deserted chambers, ami a labyrinth of silent corridors —all important for n "Macbeth " pro duct ion. Maeterlinck's "savoir faire" is proverbial. A distinguished French politician, who once sat next tn Iiim at » banquet, tells a characteristic little stnry bearing on this, in the middlo of a conversation there was a clattering fall, and a clumsy wniter upset a plate of clear soup down Maeterlinck's buck. Directly tho consternation was over, lie turned round, and in a slightly reproachful voice remnrked to the offend- er: "It wiih thick soup I asked for." Amington Hall, a country seat, near Tamworth, Kngland, whicli hns just been sold, was the sent of the Kepington familv fur -(SS years. The family shows an unbroken descent from father to son for mure thnn twenty generations. Two thousand ono liundrod children were entertained to ten by Mr. P. J. Benson, n London banker, at tho People's Palace, Milo End, London, England, in celebration of his littlo dough- tor's seventh birthday. 48 Tlffi ISLANDER, CUMBERLAND, B.C. DAME FASHIONS DECREES IF thero is one thing that can make the heat of midsummer bearable this year it is the charm of the lingerie gowus that are designed for tho warmest days. In tho thinnest frocks it has beeu impossible to carry out many of the eccentricities which prevail ia all other styles of dress. The material probably would not allow of tho skirt being so narrow that the wearer is fureed into a mincing step curiously different frmn tho long, vigorous stride ono has grown. accustomed to in the modern woman, Nevertheless, thero aro no suggestions of flnre or fulness in this dress, only a trifle grouter width at the feot, and it is this scarcely appreciable difference which makes the lingerie gowu so much moro attractive than any other dress of the moment. Tho newest lingerie frocks uro all adorned with either rib boa or satin, or oven velvet, tho simplest showing a sash and vnrious rosettes, etc., of a bright colored ribbon, while tfco mare elaborate models are really combinations of silk ♦r satin witb embroidered batiste or^French mousseline. The Crincipal trimming is still generally on the underskirt; tucks, iee insertions, tint bauds of ribbon or bias silk, all made to Aow through tho transparent outer covering, really force a lining to bc attached to the gown. The moro heavily em- Embroidered Handkerchief Linen Gown with Flowered Satin Belt ta show trimming once more uu the outside of the gown, and ia many id' the models the lower half of the skirt will be nf plum satin of nn exquisite shade of rose pink or brilliant Uue, wliile a wide girdle of tbe same carries the color up un the waist, This baud is perhaps oue-hnlf 11 yard ia width and doos nut appear but much more than that in its length about ike feet (although one yard is professed tu be the nur rowesl possible fin- a skirt in wliich the wearer can walk Iroidercd and lace iucrusted batiste frocks nre commencing without aid). Ono model tlmt is extremely pretty iu the lingerie frocks riws an overskirt falling just to the knees, beneath which u tight bund of satin, and then another full of .ke material ta the ankles. Ordinarily this could bc described a.-; a two flonnce skirt, yet the word ilounco can scarcely be employed for such a strangely narrow, absolutely not flaring use of •iitcrinl, The ribbon which forms thc band about tho knees aud is also introduced us a girdle about thf waist is extreme- If smnrt in n bright shade of cerise or one ot the soason's exquisite tones of mauve ur heliotrope. Still another method of combining or introducing a color ■ith a lingerie frock is liy running ribbon nr bunds of Hllk S and eut through tho embroidery, by this means also holding the material in, so that it shall hang straight from waist t* hem. ln aa effort to guard against Hare at tho ankles •any of the skirts of the moment are caught in, so us to give a curious, balloon-like look to the figure, which is about as angraceful as could be imagined, but is not necessary, nud the ell'ect cuu always bo avoided by clever manipulation uf Ao fabric. The models of the moment are practically impossible to oarry ont iu any uulined lingerie gowu. The only way to Iwep the dress cool is to have the lining of as sheer a quality •f lawa, or even mousseline de soie, us possible to have it fpl! fit well. In midsummer a silk or satin lining is woll aigh out of tho question, but then when it comes to making Mf of a lingerie gowu of velvet, und black velvet al. that, it would seem that comfort cnuld not be the first considera- Han iu the fashions of thc present season. Black is the reigning shade of tho moment, thero is no question of that, and wero it uot for tho very great discomfort, it in probable that black would now be worn at all times in the day or evening. The smartest afternoon drosses aro black and white, and the newest frocks of really summer material are iu great majority white uud black. Tho combination of black velvet with embroidered lawn is, however, rather too extreme to be likely to be very generally worn. Ami yet a gown of Knglish embroidery finished from just above the knees with a band of black velvet, a black velvet girdle aliout the wnist and worn with a toque of black velvet, and a parasol of the black velvet, also carried, looked not too extraordinary to be delightfully smart. Black satin is also used to make half of the new lingerie frock. Then the parasol and hat are also of the black satin, tho parasol faced with chiffon to soften it. Thero aro a few white lace gowns placed over black chiffon, just out of contrast to the multitudes of colored costumes draped ia chiffon, but it romains to bo seen whether tbe curious tone of grey thus obtained will moet with great popular approval. Separate bodices of finest applique laco made up on a foundation of black chiffon are undeniably very smart, as are also tho laco waists veiled iu black. It is a curious fashion to cover costly laee in this way, but then tliere is scarcely ono feature in tho entire realm of fashion at tho present moment which is not curious. In tho striving for the novel many extraordinary results have been arrived at certainly. In the gowns of which half the skirt is composed of a foreign material the open English embroidery or eyelet hole work is more generally seen than the raised embroidery. Valenciennes nml baby Irish aro about equally fashionable, and tbere are many combinations of Cluny and even torchon laco that nre very beautiful. Wbole gowns of Irish laco are still the envied possession of all who can purchase them, but this yoar the beauty cd' the lace is shown to unusual advantage by the contrast of the broad bands of colored satin or of black velvet with which the costume is made up. A sash with a greot butterfly bow and long onds at the back of black tulle was effective on ono Irish Ince costume, and these tulle sashes are already to be seen in the different colors. When colors are used at all it may safely be said that brilliant blues predominate; that true rose pink is used in ribbon trimming on a large number of lingerie frocks, and thnt lavender, as one of the coolest, is one of the most popular of summer hues. Cerise is seen to a considerable extent, but this is not a year of color. Mourning in England seems to have cast its shadow over all tho world of fashion, or perhaps the effect of black nad whito that prevails at every gathering of note iu Great Britain has proved more artistic thon gloomy, and well worthy of being copied by other nations. Cream color and a delicnte tone of corn aro even smarter than white for thc lingerie frock. With trimmings of rose color or mauve a pure white frock now looks almost crude beside the softer crenm colored lingerie dress. The simple embroidered muslins are always best in plain white, but the very elaborate gowns, which aro really iu true aeiiHe lace dronses, are charming in the softer tones. White chiffon and mousseline de soie nre both worn con siderablv for nfternoou tbis summer. Although made up necessarily on boned ami fitted silk linings, these chiffon and mousseline gowns are to be seeu iu much the samo model us the so-called lingerie dresses. More elaborate as regards embroidery and costliness of lace, perhaps, if this were pes sible, thau the embroidered batiste gowns, theso gowns are still not verv different in character from veiled effects—chiffon laid over a really elaborate and finished undordress of silk, Ince and ribbon are seen in great numbers—but whether the fashion is u lasting one is doubtful. In all the new designs fur late summer and early autumn costumes the kimono sleeve is much in evidence, and so far tbere is absolutely no indication of any change from the tlat, lung shoulder ell'ect iu any of these costumes. Even those which bave the sleeve set in instead of its being a con t.inuation of the blouso contain the drooping efi'ect wdiich lias MADE CANADA MAGIC BAKING POWDER Laco and Lingorio Gown belt nro rvi'ii muni becoming to tlio woman who wlshoa to ap poar woll nnd to whom tlic kimono sleeves arc not bocomlng, These bands nt trimming, hhc-.I in tliis manner nre alsu n god. send to the homo dressmnkor, as lliey eover the pint ot the shoulder which it is most difficult I" lit perfectly. characterized nil sleeves for some time. 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Tho congress wdiich will convene nt Spokane on Octobor llrd, will tube up the mattor of dry funning and will deul with if so extensively, und so much iu detail, that the farmer whu spends the week there will receive u fairly good (/locution in dry farming processor Since the lirst, dry farming congress wab held nl Denver four ycun ago, tho process of raising crops on bind where the normal precipitation is likely to be soverul inches less, annually, ihan is required lo ensure a crop, lias advanced from the assigned pOBmOtl of n fad iu farming f" one of an oxnot scion co, Doubtless dry farming processes will yet bo greatly improved, but its udvu- cutcs uud demonstrators have placed this comparatively new tnothotl upon a basis of fact that entitles it to the res- peel of all who are engaged in farming, nud particularly uf those who ure making their efforts to grow crops iu u sec- tion wliich is subject to destructive droughts, lUxporlments conducted by agricultural colleges, govornmont experiment stations, individual farmers ami by corporations, have proven that dry farming may be carried on profitably where ordinary farming processes A Thorough Pill. — To eleur the Stomach and bowels of impurities and Irritants is necessary when their action is irregular. The pills lhat will du tbis worh thoroughly nre Parmelee's Vegetable I'ills, which are mild in ncfiuu but mighty in results. They purge painlessly *uml effectively, and work a permanent cure. They can be used without fear by tiie most delicately constituted, as there uro no painful effects preceding their gentle operation. fnil to produce a crop. That lhis is a matter of great Importance is apparent to all who have crossed this continent ou either side of the international boundary, and has seen tho stretches of semi-urid country thut will never produce crops of any kind without Irrigation ur a method of cultivation like the dry fanning process. Irrigation is nut always possible and is noarly always costly to inst a I. Dry fanning is always possible, and its cost ovor and above that of ordinary farm ing is not appreciative. Ity the lime lhe Dry Farming Con gross at Spokane is held it. will be possible tn determine in dollars uud cents the loss Inflicted upon Ihe poople of the United States aud Canada by the dry weather that has nll'ected some sec tions of both countries this year. It will be possible, also, tn know bow fnr dry farming Ims met the problems imposed by the drought, and if it is pruved tlmt if has solved these problems with a reasonable degree of satisfaction, dry farming will receive many accessions of territory and men. The present season has produced conditions Hint could uut bave been better for the tostlug and proving uf dry farming methods, uud Mothor Graves' Worm Exterminator wil| drlvo worms from the system without, injury tu the child, because its nc- tlon, while fully effective, is mild. Warts are unsightly blemishes, ami corns arc painful growths. fTolloway'a ''urn Cure will remove lliein. tho Spokane Congress will afford u splendid opportunity fur putting the results bofore a wide circle of interested men. A PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY Many delicate compliments have beon paid the fair sex by meu subtle iu speech, but the following comes straight from lhe heart of uu illiterate negro, whu was married iu the Soutb the other day by a white minister. At the conclusion of fhe marriage the bridegroom asked tiie price uf the service. "Ohj well," answered the minister, ••viin can pay me whatever yon think it is worth to you." The negro lurued and silently looked his bride over from heud to foot; then, slowly lulling up the whiles of his eyes, said: "l.nwd, sah, you Ims dune ruined me for life; vuu hns, fur sure." Twmw Dr«Bvtel Will Toll 1 •■ i By* ltoinodv .teliovoi Horo ttr* WMk Xjm. Down't Hmr jHim. nnd Mb for f r*w»J*r •** uni Uruu No better cigarette the world over than te.: SO THE rSLAKtilK, Ct'MnRUr.AND "-—■-■" »Ji I -mm i ■»■■■■■ ■■ ■ »mm a—■—m InpHE MAGNET OASH STORES s %J| PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS ACT. COMOX ELECTORAL DISTRICT. ^STOVES, RANGES, ^»,; FURNITURE M AND A \ HOUSEHOLD jj ■ ■ ■ < :■ -. IPfSSl W: ■ ■ ■• '■; ) t -..-'. 1 ^. COMPLETE p%-u /' ■ BL. \ 4.' :'i f1:.i:ti?3, Furmshini Establishment l ; iS ^ CUMBERLAND, B.C. $& 5^2 II - .,> <•■-.-:•• •'.' . %. ■" ■ : . ..'V S , v\ .-i S ■. -. ■ s s .It -,- ,..,.; ■• ..-..■ ■A--,'- •■ ,\ ■•■A.- ••■ .v. , j § . ., . ... ■ _a ifl n ,._ _ c. - » ci.- w®y ww sgisJo f u ue •$-• ■■•.■ ,- -.- ■ fa SVV- i ITAKE NOTICE that 1 have received nl.jecfniis in writing to Uio retail. | ; tion of Alio Folio, ing ua»« nn \i„. Uegister .if Voters for the COMOX ELECTORAL DISTRICT on the grounds =tated helow i Asd Taku Notick that at« Court of Rrvison to be held on the 6th day of May, 1912, al the Court /Mise, Cuinherlnml, at ten oclook in thf forenoon 1 shall hear and determine the said objections-, und unless suoh named persons or s.tnie othei Provinciul voter on their bel*tlf satisfies me thnl such objections aro not well founded, I shall strike such names oil' the said, Register, John Haiku. Registrar of Voters Dated 'bis I'll, day ..f ip.il, 1012, The following persons nr* reported nhsimt fr an tlid l>i-tri.-: i s ' ' s ■'.- \~-Ss£B2 gt___t_____3i*jsa8Xis_____i_i__i_:&_i_&z& ___?2fi8.'(l NO. NAME PLACE 4^ 1 -4 ft m_ V fe W% __» mi ~ .jSt^P'-ii-' "'*■}.''' '' VI ■ mi mmmm i 3 !«♦, "%,7T " ' A. %0 >^A\ \'\ IE sALmh TOvp 11 MttiliUon, Thotnns 16 Alexander, John 87 tnHrewa, Wi liam James •111 Armstn.ng, Wilberl Frank 58 .l-lil.-v. Humid Ornisby 112Beeoh. Jonathan 114 llelair, Joseph ITT Bowler, Jumes Samuel 226 Buckley, Philip tlliliChupiuiiii, Alexander bGSjOoiiie. David 369 Cowlin, Charles ilT." Cnifter, Cltlherl sli f red H82 C.eech, Richard li. 120 Davis, Leonard 41)6 Dtiv, James 8 t.i Denton, John I Stanton's Lines Stand lhe Test, IF YOU have business dealings with a man, you do not re- 1 ly on his appearance alone. Rogues often look as well as an honest man. W hat you need to know is his reputation. .(!;•.» Dobson, Stephen F. • 12 Kllis, Ohai'les John $30 Raulda, Alexander 571 Fraser, John 579 Fulton, /lrthur C, 602paiz. Adolph P09Gilisoii, George Roy 6!lO!Jlemioii, William lidwanl lii I Gorduli, 11 'v G79|Qriev(., Henrv Isit/tp T.."),ilaiii.iiin.. Angus 7119 I I.u.i od, Julm 7-,i'lln»liins. Cliarloi ll.auy TTL" Hayes, Jiweph 7i)7 Uilher W dliam Tl orima 3].*>[11 ilson, Riehard Ueni v S I IJ I, Ji.hu 877 Iin .!:.- (HI, Mill 069 Kesley, Join/ 1077 .MacKarlune, Ad-in.I. 10S6 Ijitile, I'Vinieis Deal, 107!) Alackie, John 1177 .Mills, Huh., i 12SS.\leHride, Rnberl Albert 1-M-- WcCaw, George i-n', McDonald, Daniel li'HT' UcGuire, .li 's l.-lfrs M,i,, ,.,. Arlhur S. l;t!il|M.-Ni»i-i',Job.. New Kngland Hotel, Cumberland Loi 1 ."■-•!. Min... Comox , s. ctioii 18, Comox Ueriul 13 v Cuinborland ( \ boi 12, Vnlflos Tsldnd I...I 179, Comox I Union Bay Comox i .Mud tiny", Comox Sauilwick Salldwi.li Lot 166, (' i.nox l.ol 88, Sec. 61, Curl iv Loi 12, Nelson Distriot Cumberland Loi 87, Comox .Iiiii. avenue, Cumberland Union Hotol Union - Ul l-'-'l, Como. I Sandwi.-li Cunil and Cumbarl I Herini li v i liaiiumn Island Loi 162, Comux I minx 11 ii im.i ', Nelsnn flistnet ml j t tun In -('in- L /... U don lli'ln], Union llr ini Ray C I .erland j M iiu Sireet, Union Coiiiiix I'.. i.,„,U,,n,\ Courtenay | Como, ii. ut .v- (... Farm, Como$ Ulliuil Hav Mar.p.iri avenue, (.'.intierland Cuilllierllll I Cumberland I That is what our lines of wall paper have 0 Not only as to quality, but in the II Ven newest patterns and Lowest Price. I Come in and look through our Sample Books whether you buy or aot, We have special lines for every room in your house. '. ":>.-:. ',, ■■„ << -,-, ' -, ^ ] prices, 15c. to* a Sin tn k ft I 147C Palmer, John Tli HUM Pd»nrd Cu erland lS2l|l'l.ln..-li. Wil lain I'., 15/jTf. I'obouk, Join. II. Jon7 Popham Hum.- C. V. UKa Rei.t, Si 1 Hi III It,.^.)-.. Julm I <i.-||.l(..UMV< »" l748«latiT, Uni.iii, ITS .s.uiib, Ueoige ti, ;8()1 Sollan, iU.icl.eal 186 .jS'illon, /lll.crl. 1866 Sut.on. Frederick James |888T.-ed, .).-...Ian 1991) Websler, (t.J-ri I 11 20'if. Williams, Gwilyn }>. Quiiiliisiikii Cove ('uw.i.-li ;■ l.ni 208, Coninif //ori.by Island Uniun y/otel, Union Read Island Kurgi' Narrowa A1.1 2»2, Comox //.oriil.y Island j/'/uiuU}' Island I /futility islam) ISa...'«b'k Cinnberlaiid //1..11I.V Maud THE CORNER STORE j l'.-. .) „'rl-l M, ':.' -> \*f- ALE ■■■; I I'm' L'EN DANS ummioiiig Z;l TO-DAY Pay-Day H? ''-,: A MEN'S CLOTHING, HATS and BOOTS Slaughtered ^t ' ' ■' ''■ .t-iS) 1 ■ ' Lad ies'Slippers renglng from 2.00 to 4,80, —\t, ''"i';J '■■''1 Qolng for " it.it. ''(.-,„ w fAr3 p go & m m ■>-■:■. 1 :-."i Men's 3.00 Hats, going for - ' -'.- j ■' ';• i,-, /. N. McLEOD Dunsmuir Avenue 1.50 m Si • 'to P'?->3 Cumberland cg^ NSON PAINTING, PAPERING, ETC. Sign Work A Specialty. Estimates Given. Agent for Stained Paper, a good imitation of Stained Glass. All orders receive Prompt Attention, Samples of Paper on hand, iec. ^.A-iRKiiisrsoiisr BOX 93. CUMBEELAND, Capital $0,200,000 Kesurve 17,000,000 THE R0YHL BHNK 0F 6HNADH Drafts Issued In nny currency, paynble nil even tho woplt. SPECIAL ATTENTION pnld to SAVINOS ACCOUNTS, and Intoe htgrhest oueeent pates allowed on depostts oi'$i nnd upwards CUMBERLAND, B.C., Branch- - - OPEN DA" ' UNION WHARF, B.C., Sub Branch- OPEN THURSDAv« D. M. Morrison, Manager COURTENAY, B. C. BRANCH OPEN DAILY Wm. H. Hoff, Manager, Synopsis uf Coal Milling Kcgulatiuns The tollowing pei •d deceased: NO. NAMi PLACE 17 .Hiin. Wilfred C 71 linker, CIihi-Ihh N. 118 Ballanmre, Iwiulora 1516 I'etrh, Thomas Chambera 1 Ofift Walla.-.-. .1; s K.l nl'SW| Hec. .'II, (.'anv. Island i Lund 1 S.-c. HO, Salmon lliver Sliunhiu-.je Bnv TO KENT.—Nice quiet roonm. Apply lo Mrs, ('. A. Walk.-r, Cumber land. 06-3 12' f JU35565I - -."&■:.. WCjn8P2BSy. I 331 C'I-~StiS^SIS^^ZASW"'^i>lii\9 B'SW.1 ISLANDER Hds. Pay E. W. BICKLE Notary Public Conveyancer Real Estate and Insurance, Fire, Life, Accident, Plate Glass, and Automobile. HOUSES .OR SALE Accounts Collected 5 nnd 10 ACRE BLOCKS of Rood lend, na.-'ly alder, Ies- than i ni hillf mile from new mine, Nn. 8. $100 an •>■ iv.; one Ibird cash, G and 12 months. Apjity PUBLTO NOTICE Notice is hereby given that all direct ci niii-clions of tliisb closets with the oity sewers is strictly I'orbiddi.n. Ally person or persons using Hush closets in usi jtrinide s.-plic tanks, the over Ho w of which may bp coniupti'il wiih tho city -.ewers. Hy ordor of Ihe City Council, aI. MiiK/X.YO.Y, Vill/ Clerk. COAL mining tights of tlio Dominion it. Mai.iii.lia. SKBkatcliewaii and Alberta, 'In. Yuu'll 'Leriiioiy lln-N r'lovi-sr Terri tories H||d ill A p.'r.i-'li <f 'll-' l'rny-ni-i- ni Brnlali Oi lumhla, un.y he (pa-wl ffira torpi i Qfa //„//, _.|^,.,-; g^i jtj/j of twouty-eue years a. hiiHiinuiil rental ul SI an nore, N..I lu-aeilun 2 600Horos iviil b.-l.-afd tn one applicant. Applicati<.|i for al^Hse must be niiiide b> tlic npi beaut :n p. rs-n to I lie Agent or sub '.(retoi lie- district in which the light- ,i|-0li.-.U I"!' .T.i i.,.0..|lt»l jn .urveypo tfir.i'V'lTy .r]lfl l^ nmHt 'h' llseorilaJtl lit J,'CIlolli.,..f|.'t;a|Vtil,i;i-,»|..|is of hpotiuns, sud iu HUBii.Veyeti .'j-. n.-ry tlietrocrappliudfor Bhall be staked, ul h> tlt<-appiicou auu i-l!'. Enliapplicnliuii must he acO"in]initie.d hv atVe < f Hn winch will hi, ruiutldi dif'In: ,i„rii- »nr. hh ipul .-i thu'iii|ii;, ui ihaj ;iiMiaiih".| |. t-iil-. Apply J Lauient'o .ate . f llie u- ins pul t li. ''"I'I"*, I! (J r«™W^AVSr.i!lA"^™'^l! J K»« 8Al.ft Pekln duck eg». tor inuieina f. r I c i,"I .pniniiiy "f in. rah J h- it-liii. .. J1.B0 pur dozen. Apply anab.et I mined and pv the royalty Mrs. J A, Monro, Mlnto, B.C. ihan nn. If ihu cal miniag lights are Phono Bu,2 <lfi 2 FRF RIQOnF ' ' B'ratrd sachreturnsslisllbo """"
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