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Your special attention is called to our ad on back page. A. Mills & Son THE HOSMER TIMES Yeenr special atten- ticin is calleel to oni* ad on back page. A. Mills & Son Volume II. HOSMER, B. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1910 NUMBEB 37 *************1r********************************* ***** It wu given to you, you skould take care of it—your complexion Madam We have on display this week an exceptionally large line of exquisite toilet articles, creams, lotions, powders, massage creams, rouges, hair preparations, manicure goods, perfumes, toilet waters, colognes, Florida water, hair brushes, dressing combs, towels, wash cloths. Everything in the toilet line what you need. YOUR COMFORT GENTLEMEN Depends largely on the class of goods you use in your toilet. We have a most thorough stock of everything you need in this line. Shaving necessities, bath necessities. TOBACCO—Cravan, Garrick, Shag, Imperial, Capstan,':Three >• Castles. Cigarettes, Sweet Caporal, Craven. Old Chum, Durhum and "' all kinds of plug tobaccoes. Sole agent for the famous Colin McArthur wall papers .•^••MHf».,.MMf*¥*¥***AM**W^ A. B. CAMPBELL i ***************************************************** P. BURNS <& CO., Limited WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Meat Merchants Fresh and Cured Meats, Fresh Fish, Oame and Poultry. We supply only the best. Your trade solicited. Markets in all the principal Towns and Cities in British Columbia. f MAM STREET ****** HOSMEK, B. C **************** Real Estate Bargains For some snaps in real estate call and see me. Some good houses and rooms for rent. Agent for life and accident insurance in thoroughly reliable companies. R. W. ROGERS Post Office Block HOSMER, B. 0. ********** ********************** HOSMER HOTEL JOHN SOKKEI, PK0P& Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars Any kind of mixed drinks that you call for will be served in First class style Best Rooms and Meals in the Town YOUR TRADE SOLICITED Front St. Hosmer, B. C r^^-.^WA^WV*^^M^^*> We ROYAL The only Commercial Hotel Sample Rooms Main St., Hosmer A VERY EXCITING MEETING MONDAY Large Attendance of Members at Board of Trade Gathering **************************************************** ************************************** The regular meeting of the Hosmer Board of Trade was held in the old school house, Monday evening, April. There was a large attendance, it being expected that some exciting passages of arms were to take place. Among those present were: W. T. Watson, president; H. L. Brown, secretary; B. B. Mills, A. McL. Fletcher, W. B. Wright, C. H. Dunbar, E. I. Bennett, B. F. Lester, H. A. Marx, F. Labelle, A. Mathieson, G. M. Hedley, R. W. Rogers, A. J. Bennett, A. Fortier, R. Gourlay, J. D. Thompson, L. Lanthier, T. A. Cornett, C. B. Winter and W. Robson. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and adopted and read. C. B. Winter reported that the sum of $142.70 had been received from the Order of Owls and that the same had been handed to the secretary of the Fire Brigade as per previous resolution. Moved by C. H. Dunbar and seconded by H. A. Marx that the reported be accepted. Carried. A. McL. Fletcher give an report of the meeting of East Kootenay Boards of Trade, which was recently held at Fernie. It was moved by C. H. Dunbar, seconded by E. I. Bennett that in case of any difference between C. P. R. and the Hosmer Townsite Co. re land for station and freight sheds, that the secretary write both parties and endeavor to come to some settlement so that this town may have a station. Carried. The secretary read a letter from G. F. Armstrong in reply to a communication re fire hall site. Mr. Armstrong stated that the application had been received, also stated that there had been a previous application from a private party in Hosmer. W. B. Wright asked the president if any one knew who the private party was. The president answered that he was the party and that his application was made some months previous, but assured the board that he was willing to waive any prior claim in favor of the Fire Brigade. This statementseemed to give general satisfaction and the wave of hot air seemed to subside. After some considerable silence, W. B. Wright arose and addressed the chair, making a specific charge against a member, who according to the speaker for some reasons of his own wished to use the board for the furtherance of some ulterior object. W. Robson being the party mentioned. W. Robson claimed as this was a direct charge that the party interested should make the charge himself. F. Labelle then arose and claimed tlu>t on the 10th day of February, 1910, he had a conversation with Robson regarding recommend- ationfor aappointment and that Robson proposed that Labelle should make a motion and that Robson would furnish a second er that he (Labelle) should have as a consideration a nice advertisement in the Hosmer Times. Robson gave a pointed denial. The atmosphere at this point was fully charged and indications pointed to a fast approaching storm. Dunbar said it was Labette's word against Robson's and as far as he was concerned he was prepared to take Labelle's word rather than Robson's. At this point Fletcher made a motion seconded by Cornett, that Robson be suspended from membership. On referring to the by-laws it was discovered that a member could not be suspended but could be expell- od at a special meeting by a two-thirds majority of the board. Robson declared that it was a fight betweot^ the supporters of the red light district and himself and Dunbar showed personal amimus because he (Robson) made a charge upon the public platform that Dunbar had went around town to get an expression of opinion regarding the red light element. There was a hot passage of arms between Robson and Dunbar with the result that Robson pointedly denied a given statement re Charlie, the Jap. Wright arose and said he had no personal animus against Robson whereupon Robson claimed Fletcher had stated that Wright had been assisted financially by him and Robson had witnesses to prove it. Wright denied that he was a tool for anybody and denied having received any financial assistance from Fletcher. Here things got very much mixed up and Bennett claimed that Robson was the subject of a vindictive attack solely by reason of being antagonistic to the red light element. Fletcher told Bennett to .shut up and keep still as it was his (Bennett's) turn next. Bennett replied and repeatedly asked that Fletcher make some specific charge against him, which Fletcher failed to do. Robson, Wright and Gourlay had also a hot passage regarding other organizations in which Robson was interested. B. B. Mills finally made a motion that a special meeting be, held on Friday evening, April loth to dispose of the subject. The motion was carried. The most exciting meeting that the Board of Trade ever held in Hosmer was then adjourned. Married On Friday evening April 8th, Roderick McGregor and Miss Jennie Reid were united in the bonds of holy matrimony by pastor Grant of Fernie. Roderick better known to everybody as Rory has been with us for the past four years. He is of the McGregor clan of Ullapool, Dingwall Rosshire Scotland, and the bride is a sister of Mrs. Andy Laurie who with Mr. James Laurie came up from Bellevue for the auspicious event. Murdock McGregor the assistant agent of the C. P. R. at Hosmer was best man. In the evening at 8:30 an informal reception was held at the Royal Hotel where thine host, J. F. Jarvis excelled himself in the preparation of the wedding banquet, which was a marvel in tho matter of gastromonics and was participated in by over fifty guests. After the supper the fun began and the affair developed into a real "Hieland good time" where the whirl of the reel with it wild whoops stirred the blood of even the toned down Scots Canadians who have a tendency to forget the "Ian of their fathers." Tlie good time lasted until 2 a. in. in the morning when the last of tho guests departed. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Sam Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. A. Millar, Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis, Mr. and Mrs. Dalling, Mr. and Mrs. W. Robson, Mr. and Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. Pitblado, Mr. T. R. Speers, Mr. Robt. McTaggart, Mr. E. Cox, Mr. J. Morgan, Mr. R. Gourlay, jr., Mr. J. McMurren, Mr. L. E. Smith and Mr. J. W. Morris. K. of P. Social The K. of P. held a social gathering last Thursday evening at the Odd Fellows hall when everybody enjoyed themselves. A select programme was rendered by the following artists: Song P. Wan- Recitation E. Cox Song W. Smith Song J. McKilvic | Recitation I. Topper Recitation E. Cox Refreshments were served and the balance of the evening was spent iu cards. ENGINE RUNS IN A ROCK SLIDE Turns Over and Falls into Creek --Engineer Roberts Killed A fatal accident occurred on the C. P. R. about six miles west from Hosmer and about a quarter of a mile east of the Fernie Lumber company mill, at 4 o'clock Monday morning, by which an engineer named Edward Roberts lost his life. At the hour named engine No. 1348 in charge of Mr. Roberts and fireman Selby and drawing only a caboose with Conductor H. C. Marron, was nearing the Fernie Lumber company's mill, when a rock slide came down on the track immediately in front of the train. Before tho engine could be stopped it crashed into the obstruction, and was thrown from the track. Engine and tender turned turtle, fell down a seven foot bank and was partially- submerged in the creek. The fireman was thrown through the cab window into the stream and after he had been carried 100 feet down stream was able to reach the shore. The engineer, however, was pinned under the wreck and was not released until ten o'clock in the morning when life was extinct, the unfortunate man having died about 8 o'clock. Superintendent Brownlee was soon on the spot with a wrecking outfit, accompanied by Dr. Douglass Corsan, Chief Provincial Constable Arthur Sampson and other officials and tlie Work of rescue was immediately commenced. The wreckage crew worked heroically and did everything in their power to reach the imprisoned engineer, but owing to the position of the engine the work wns most difficult and dangerous. Roberts was a single man, 28 years of age and resided in Cranbrook. A jury was empanelled by Coroner Bieasdell to view the body and an inquest will be held. Superintendent Brownlee took personal charge of the rescue work and deserves the greatest praise foi- the excellent and expeditious manner in which he conducted the operations. The tracks were cleared in a few hours, and traffic was resumed. ************************** ************************** Specials for Pay Day! Raisins 10c per package 100 lbs. Faultless Spuds $1.75 Twelve dozen Pipes to be sold at cost Fresh Eggs, guaranteed, 40c per dozen Box of Shaving-Toilet Soap 30c ^;:;;;;;;:;r * * * * * * * * Stapl L. H. LARSON & CO. e and Fancy Groceries* Our Stock is Always Fresh J. A. LUND, Manager Our Prices Can't be Beat Hosmer, B. C. it #*'#**+AHf'»*-M#¥¥**¥¥*¥*¥¥¥****#*¥¥¥*¥¥¥**'f¥****¥*¥**¥ Fresh For Saturday Green Onions Lettuce, Radishes Rhubarb, Ripe Tomatoes Oranges, Apples, Bananas FRED COX Main Street Hosmer, B. C. ♦■»♦♦♦♦♦< *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ FRANK WOODS PAINTER Estimates Furnished on Application Orders promptly attended HOSMER, B. C. ► ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ A Delightful Surprise Party On last Monday evening, April 11th, the members of the Methodist Ladies Aid Society, together with a few friends, had a surprise party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Rogers and a very enjoyable evening was spent. During the evening a souvenir of Hosmer was presented by Rev. R. W. Lee on behalf of the Ladies Aid. Mr. Lee wished Mrs. Rogers a safe voyage, a fine holiday and that she would return fully restored to health. Mrs. Rogers in a few words thanked thc friends for their visit and their present. Refreshments were served and games and music were indulged in until after midnight. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. >S. Edwards, Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Lee, Mr. and Mrs. J. I). I Thompson, Mrs. J. Musgrove,! Mrs. J. W. Morris, Mrs. B. Swanton, Mrs. Robt. Anderson, j Mrs, J. H. Lee, Miss .1. .Smith,, Miss J. Patterson, Miss Tabiner. Mr. L. M. McKinnon, Mr. T. R. Spears, Mr. G. R. Sheppard, Mr. A. Aubrey Davis and Mr. j D. MeLelland. Varlow is Held for Trial Magistrate Alexander held Provincial Constable Varlow' for trial ou the charge of re- ceiving stolen money Saturday I morning at Fernie, and he will i come up for trial at the May | session of the assizes. The He-1 langer hoys will probably not be .sentenced until the other trials havo been concluded. A full lino of scribblers anil j • lates at Campbell's. , BANK OF MONTREAL (ESTABLISHED leS17) Capital All Paid Up $14,400,000 Pest $12,000,000 HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona and Mount Poyal, (i. C. M. G. Hon. President. Hon. Sir George Drummond, Iv. C, M. (».. President. Sir Edward Clouston, Part., Vice President and General Manager. Branches in British Columbia Armstrong, Cleilltwtick, Endorby, Qroonwood, Hosmer, Kolowna, N'olson New Dcnvor Nicola, Now Westminster, aossland .Summorland, Vancouver, Vornon, Victoria, Savings Bank Department Deposits of 81 icnel upward rccoivod. Interest allowed Jit curronl mica and leeiiel half yearly. The depositor is subject to no delay whatever in tho withdrawal of tho wholoorany part of tho dopostt. C. B. WINTER, Manager Hosmer Branch If it is PORTRAITS in Oil, Water Color or Crayon that you want, see ROBSON The PHOTOGRAPHER All kinds of Fancy Painting m- Decoration Work done on short notice GEO. McMURREN All kinds of Draying done on short notice Dry Wood for sale \e;r.NT ieeli The Celebrated Tabor Coal ORDERS LEFT AT THE QUERN'S HOTEL Tt f HOSMER WILL REI Kivi: PROMT ATTENTION j * **************************************************** V. II. lNf.lt AM X X JOS. ASSELII * + + x x X Livery, Cartage and Feed Stable Hosmer Livery & Transfer Co. j Rigs at all Hours at Reasonable Prices * Dealers in Coal * X FRONT STREET HOSMER, B. C. J ****** ********************************************** T1IK HOSMEB TIMES -!- Could the Earth Collide With a Comet ON May 18th next of Halley's cow but 15,1 ' thinking man may .-^i.-emi il ., 1 furiously the e'iirtli will be plunged into the* tail met, aud the head . • t" that beech- will be j ,t)00 miles away. It is lent natural that u should ask: Is thei ■ u possibility that the earth I' :c e I aud thus com.' tee a frightful e'liel.' enough, it wees Halley himself wlc.e first point-1 ' market-place of seaborne goods; and it would be a strange tleiug it' seiuie eef the oldest of West country sea-songs and e-liantios and the Norman and Breton equivalents thereof could not be discovered aboard the bankers by a musiciani* person with a sound stomach, a taste for roughing it, anel some acquaintance with fo'c'sle use anel custom. And NYwfouner land is not the only territory in the New Weerbl which has not been explored by'tlie collector eef Old-World folk-songs. The hill country eef Kentucky, where an illiterate race lives in a strange seclusion, should be worth exploring. A little farther iseenth eene enters the sphere of the negro folk-song (a very different thing from the modern coon song and blatant rag-time stuff); anei that is :e well-worked field. ' GREEN GOLD" ,-ei -ut the possibility. Whiston, Newton's successor in tlie Lucas in chair .if mathematics mi Cambridge, was s,, alarmed :,- •-.! chariot >.i tie.'" which Oared up in his .lay. that Halley was prompted to look closely into its movements. His work le-,l m ti,',- startling result' ei,:,i the comet, when passing through th ■ lit _ node, bad approached tlie earth's path within :i semi diumetei • • t the earth. Naturally, Halley won dered what would have happened bad the earth .-met the comet been actually so close together ie; the r respective eerbits. As- Buming the ! emet's mass I i bave 1 a comparable with that of the earth -.- ussui ption which we now know to havo been utterly beyc ..■ i :.:..-,.!< > he concluded that, their mutual gravitation would ha\e caused a change in the: |iositie.n of the earth ,, its orb t, and consequently io tho length eef a year. This train of th Light led him to consider what tin- result of an actual coll si en would have been, nnd he concludes that "if •o large ;e body n tit so i.-ipiel ;c motion were to strike the Eartli ie thing by no means impossible—the Bhock might re •e this beautiful weerbl to its original chaos." Hence Halley not only dispelled tho Buporstition and the terror which once t■ > 11,,\-....t in a comet's wake, but also pointed ..ut a possibility which tin- superstitious Dark Ages had neve r .!rtiti-*:*-L . '• il B eie.l t.e llicll.-.v Hot improbnble that j th. e-.-utli-)i."il at s.,e.„. remote period boon struck by a comet which, coming upon it obliquely, had changed tho | the axis oJ rotation, the north pule having thought, been at a point met far front lluels more recent investigations ..I Kelvin and Sir George Darwin completely upset tiny such theory, Since Ualh ) 's time the chance of n collision between the ,-, -I. ■ ii.i met lias engaged tho attention of many astronomical mathematicians. Laplace, fen- example, painted tho possibility of n collision with tho earth so vividly that ho startled his day and generation. Ue drew u pie-ture of a cciieie-i whoso mass was Bucll that a tidal wave sonic. 13,000 or H.e feet big!] inundated the world, witb tin* result that only the higher peaks of the Himalayas and tho Alps protruded Lalando created a panic by u similar consideration of ™„, ,.. , Bnbject in a paper which was intended for presontation be-1 ^X. ."*■> fore the Academj of Sciences, but which was not read. Such was the popular excitement, tbat ho felt himself constrained to allay tho public tears as well ns he could in a soothing ar tide published in the Gazette de Prance. The masses assuni AN interesting miner's myth, once wti swindling purposes, is narrated by tho e.sit ion of eel igiimlly, be Bay. Tho lely exploited for g purposes, is narrated Dy tne editor of The Engineering and Mining Journal, who asserts that it is practically being revived today. The essence of the* myth is tbat the ordinary processes elo not extract all the- geelel from ore and that others may be devised to save the remnant. This, the writer te-lls ns, is simply a falsehood; but it is still believed by many. At a recent mining convention an address was mule- in which the speaker asserted that he had irrefutable p f thnt geebt had been extracted in paying quantities front comparatively worthless ere* pulp, ami announced his intention '■! forming a company to operate tho process. We read; "The i'lea tbat there is gold hidden to thc tire-assay test that will yield tee a 'process' is a myth that will not down. Perennially *1 • ,rs it bob up serenely. We call it the 'Green Gold Myth," because long age>, in the early days nf California mining, if our recollection lie correct, a faker introduced it with an ingenious explanation, to wit: The only geld that the* fire-assay .letermines is the perfect metal such ns we know in eeur watch-chains, coins, etc., if wc: arc lucky enough to have them. Now thero is also in some ceres an imperfect, im- matura gold—a young gold that has not existed through sufficient geological eons to ripen, in other words, 'green gold' -which in its tenderness escapes collection by the assnyer's rude methods. Bui by troatmont with tlie rigbt kind of chemicals from the nurturing hands of the. 'professor' this delicate gold could be ripened ns quickly ns Presto, change! and be put. upon tbe1 same footing as its Silurian or Arehean eon- goner. , --Tlie myth undoubtedly geees further back. Perhaps an exaniinatiien of the pages cef Agricola would disclose that he knew of it Tlie alchemists in a way were believers in it. Possibly it existed even in the time of the Argonauts. '-We1 congratulate tlie gentlemen who are, mentioned by (our Toronto correspondent upon their success in obtaining ,, _ irrefutable proof thnt gold lias been extracted in paying ''■ rativolv worthless ore, which is undoubt- e-.tlv important if true*. We beg thom, however, to reflect upon what disastrous effect this may have upon the cost of living in the world and in the interest of humanity wo hope they p', will bury the secret beyond all chance of recovery." by both Laplace theories :;:- no 1. •■tor. Since the da several comet " and Lalande arc ger seriously cot i.e preposterous that their | ' idored by any sane astron- j A QUARREL THAT SPOILS THE DAY v of I, scares.' Tn the morning he comes , , , , ,e . , i (By Sophie Irene Loob) lace nnd Lalande thoro have: been ( * J ' Biela's comet: crosBed the earth's! XTTE all know how it. begins. announced i W er Europe w;es in a ferment. Tli'1 orbit of tin' earth was con- fee), tlie bacon isn't crisp and ho has just missed his fuse"! with the' earth itself. Such was the popular excite-1 car. He thinks these things and wants them discussed, which ment. that Arago ionic it upon himself to compute* the possi-1 they usually are. One word brings another. A little personal bilities of a collision. Hi' pointed out that thc: eartli eliel not stab creeps in and the trick is done. reach the exact spot when: tho comet hail intersected the j All tho wny downtown his brain is undergoing a chewing •arth's orbit until a month later, on November 30th, on J anil rehashing of those "stabs," until they assume alarming whii-!i elate tin. comet was 00,000,000 miles away. Incielen-1 proportions. He wonders why everything goes wrong that tally tie- pointed out. thai a collision wns always happily re-1 day, while she is at homo, probably in tears, thinking that But.. He thought, that the chances of a meeting were about life is a horrible problem. A little judicious thought could ••e in 281,000,000. Bnbinct, on the* other hnnd, thought, that! have averted a whole day's misery, a collision was likely to take place once in about. 15,000,000 : The man who in tlie morning finds the coffee cold aud lets yrais. Me.ro r ntly the entire: problem hns been considored it go nt. that is wise. But if the good wifo answers and he hy Prof. W. II. Pickering of Harvard. By ti collision he un-1 returns the answer with a little addition, one word brings on dtrstands, lirst. that any part of the earth strikes any part another until there looms up a vocabulary of which both are •f tlie comet's head; second, that amy part; of the earth strikes ashamed. ■he most condonsed point in fhe heaei (tlie core) as distill-j Then there is the woman who comes home from an after- gsisheei from the iarger nucleus. What tlie average size of a omitted to notify me that I must provide my own table linen',, cutlery, c tc ^ Is it necessary, to say that such expenditure caused met tbe greatest of all my discomforts! During tbe first few day.'; I was madde 1 by tbe way in which 'freshmen' were throwing money about.* PicturoB, cushions, fancy articles, pipes,' clothing, baths, beeoks. wines, tobacco, cigarettes —tee say nothing of the linen and cutlery—were all being bought in huge quantities at fancy'prices. To me, whose purse had always been but poorly furnished, whose career nine years ago at a day training-college had been a time1 of poverty so great that frequently twee meals . day had to Buffice; tbat for a week at a time l w,-es absolutely penniless; -bat for Saturday night after Saturday nigh", I was glad to earn four shillings for playing the piano in n certain little public -license ; . . .—to tne this lavish expenditure Beemed at lirst. not. merely unneces sary, but criminal. " He. soon began t-e form social connections, ami this is how' ho writes about that phase, of Oxford life: " 'It was vory good of you to come. You know I sometimes feci tbat men 111 . me are. met fit t.e lull; tee men like you. Vou have* worked bar! ami struggled upward, anel we've done just nothing except, spend money we never earned, mostly on pleasures and dissipations.' This was said quietly, simply, and I believe sincerely .-|s I was having.,-i student's room, after having eaten the largest and most costly breakfast I bail ever enjoyed. He was tl..1 son of an extremely wealthy man; he had a princely allowance from his father; he' came freein a anions public school. Ami in spite cef my forcible interjection of the word 'Rubbish!' in spite of the little argument 1 could bring to bear on bis statement, lie wus evidently depressed by reflection on bis own idlcnCBB nnd wealth. Nor was this the only oecasiou on which men like* him have said the same sort of thing to or about me. In fact, I have been amused, astounded, eveu provoke.I to (ind that, in my own college were men who gave me a sort eef halo, nnd approached mo with Ihe diffidence I confess I hud felt toward thom, merely because [ was supposed to be 'a real live workiugman wine had seen life, nnd had struggled up lo Oxford just as the story-book young mnn docs.' One modest youth, expressing to a friend of mine his desire to know me, said: 'But T don't suppose he'll caro to talk tee nn'. 1 'tn so ignorant of tilings.' "Thus before long I was actually being sought as the man who knew a good deal at first hand of sociul problems anel tho life of the poor. At debating societies 1 was soon embarrassingly in request, feci- a characteristic of Oxford today is the extraordinary interest taken in all sorts of social questions—iiiioiiiplovinont, poverty, housing, education, the right, to work, slum life, conditions of labor, sweated industries. Such subjects have occupied a very large proportion of tbe debates both nt tbe Union anil at tbe various college societies. It was this keen interest, in social reforms which first showed tne my greatest misconception with regard to the 'upper elass- s.' Liko most loyal mombors of the proletariat, I had preached of the callousness, the' indiftoronce, of the rich to the sufferings of the poor. 1 bad honestly believed that (be rich wero more responsible for (be evils of poverty and unemployment, rack-renting and sweated labor. But, now that I was thrown among these ravening beasts like a slave among wolves for their delectation, T found thnt quite n large number of these wolves were watchdogs." The Nature of Sensation S' HALL wc ever know exactly'liow our feelings are relat atomic movements tbat accompany them ir ed to th the brain? Prof. E. de Cyoll,late of-the St. Petersburg Academy of Medicine, who writes on the subject in tlie Revue Scientifiipie (Paris), thinks that a sensation as communicated tee tbe brain is a more or less perfect image of the outer object that occasioned it. The absolute solution of thc question is doubtless beyond us. Says Professor De Cyon, in sub- stun co: "The most illustrious philosophers hnve always considered the problem insoluble. Descartes declared that the mechanical conception cef the world halted before the impossibility of explaining the essence of elementary sensation. Neither the movements of the atoms cef eeur bodies nor the qualities of eeur mind can separately roneler sensation comprehensible* to "TYRANNY" OF THE METRIC SYSTEM THAT tbe metric system is being forced on the public in a high-handed aud tyrannical manner is the editorial opinion of American Medicine (.New York). Whnt it calls the tyranny of tho metric aclvocat.es is only one instance, so it thinks, of persecution by entrenched authority. Tlie writer recalls that it lias boon pointed out a thousand times that tho popular measures wero evolved for practical use by common people themselves, who must have units easily divisible by two or throe, whilo the scientists havo evolved another system far more convenient, to them and then havo trieel to force it on people who can not use it. Further: , " Few uneducated peasants nre able to divide* a measure into ten parts and where the metric system has been imposed on tbem, thoy have immediately devised half, quarter, and eighth units like our commercial divisions of tho dollar and ■lime. In certain parts of Europe, tbe peasants still use their ages-old measures where Ibe metric system is the only legal . "The creator cef modern critical philosophy, Locke, asserts that our mind is powerless to discover an intelligible relation between material objects und tlie sensations thnt tbey pro- duce in us. Kant's efforts resulted iu only an apparent solution of the difficulty. Kant considers thc concept ns being given in advance of the sensorial experience. '• Physiology has not been any more fortunate in its efforts tee explain the nature of our sensations and perceptions and the fault is largely that of Helmholtz. This is how he conceives the mechanism eef eeur sensations: " 'Our sensations ure the effects produced on our organs by exte'iior causes; the manner in which these effects are manifested depends essentially on the nature of the apparatus on which the nction is exerted. So fur as flic quality of our sensations depends on the peculiarities of the exterior action that provokes thom, it sboubl lie considered us a sign of the action and licit as its image. A sign necessitates no sort of resetnb lance with the object elesignatcd.' "Despite the high authority of Helmholtz as a physiologist, his concepticen, which is purely metaphysical, has not been accepted unreservedly. We may recall cine fact recognized by a!] physiologists which directly refutes this concept; of symbols: Our understanding is absolutely powerless to influence or correct tlie illusions of our senscB. "We see the moon us a flat disk, although well knowing it to lie spliericn!. In spite of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton, we always sec tlie sun rise and set. Our understanding is equally incapable of correcting the innumerable optical illusions that may be provoked at will in the course of laboratory experiments in physiology. ''The impossibility of the mind's modification of our erroneous sc nsations must he attributed to the structure and the functional faculties of tne brain-centres, und not to defects of tho understanding. In fact, as we think correctly, it is the limited faculties of our ganglionic, cells that can not adapt themselves to our thoughts. All these facts impose upon us two general conclusions: 1. Sensations are not signs or symbols thnt the, understanding imposes upon us, but rather veritable images of the exterior world, images that may remain ineffaceable during the whole life. 2. Tho alleged limits of our understanding nre in reality only the limits of the brain-centres, organs of our psychic life. This latter conclusion justifies ngain thc necessity of eliminating the mind from the brain functions and witnesses in favor of the dual- istie. conception of mind and body." The author's theory of sensation as a faithful reproduction of tbe outside world means, for insttince, as ho goos on explicitly to tell us, that tho imnge cast upon tbe retina by the lease of tlie eye is transmitted in somo way to the brain in image. If we could actually perceive the mocbanism of nerve and brain, we should first, ho says, see tho excitation of the retina by tho image, then its transmission to tho corresponding ganglions nf the. brain, situated in the visual sphere, and then its comparison with images derived from other . comet 's head may be, we have no moans of knowing, estimates tbat for a telescopic comet it averages from to 100,000 miles in diameter. Tbe head of tho great ,200,00* miles; that o ; and > Il nl of nako.1 eye UHt e I' Ilolme*'s comet ceiiue'ts gonerally tomets, including orbit. From this risible Toting 4«,000 ••mot of is] l was im 1802, 700,000 mile •ver 100,000 mile's. In tbe best bull' of the last .-eatury 1-1 Ml tuns, petiet rated the sphere' ot' tin* earth 's Pr..t'. Pickering infers that, we should expoct to be struck by the core of :i visible' comet once in about 40,000,000 years, anil hy some portion of tin' head «ne'o in 4,000,000 years. Since eomets' orbits are' more thickly distributed near the ecliptic than in other rcginns of the sphere, (lie collisions would oc- twr rutbe-r more' frequently than this, but hardly ns often as •■re in 2,000,000 years; ami since it hns boon estimated that aiinitil life lias existed iq the earth for about 100,000,000 joins, a considerable number nf collisions, perhaps as many as fifty, must bave taken place during that interval, in Prof. Pickn- rig's opinion, ovidently witheuit producing any very Mrioiis results. The old notions cef the* thlnl effects <if comets wore based upon an erroneous conception of cotnetary masses. .It seems astonishing tbat a man of Laplace's fondorful mathematical powers should not bave. concluded tbat a body like a comet, which can sweep through the entire solar system without de- ranging a single once of its members, must, have a mass so steam 11 that it cannol appreciably affect the waters of the earth. As it is, comets aro more likely to bo captured by planets (witness the comet families of Jupiter anel Saturn) than to derange a momber eef (he solar system or to produce tielnl effects. Tin- plunging of lb,, curlh in tin* tail of Halley's comet aaturally causes many to wonder whnt, will lie the effect upon the inhabitants of the earth. Similar passages occurred in Hid and 1801, but no one was tbe wiser until long after. Some afltroneemers claimed to havo noticed auroral glares and no: teoric displays at the time', but whether these were really associated with the comet or not cannot definitely be stated. At all events, it may bo safeely hold that; on May 18th next none •f us will he aware' of the fact that the tail of Halley's comet. Prom this it, may well be inferreci that the wild tales of the possible effects of poisonous gases, tales for which the' newspapers are vory largely responsible, Roundhouse at National Transcontinental Shops in Course of Construction at Springfield, Man. are utterly wit! is composed o ▼apors an.I of amount eef toxi brushed by the SktmoBphoro will not be so affected that, a chemist could detect it. Flammarion has drawn a vivid picture in bis "La Fin du Monele-" of the possible effect of passing through a tai! highly charged with vapors, lie lias shown us terrified humanity gasping for breath in its death struggle witli car- hon monoxide gas, killed off with merciful swiftness by vy- anogem, and dancing joyously tee an anaesthetic' death, proline'- •d by the conversion of the atmosphere into nitrous oxiele or dentist's ''laughing gas." No one of tiny common sense should be alarmed by these nightmares, particularly when it ■ s considered tbat see diaphanously thin is a comet's tail, that •tars can be seen through it without, diminution in brightness. noon party and finds tho maid has broken one of her favorite cut glass pieces. Sho begins a tirade of abuae against that "careless creature," when it was probably purely accidental. Sho herself may have done tbe same thing several times over. Finally sho keeps the scolding up so long that tho maid also gets impatient and has something to say on tbe subject, which the woman of the house resents, and, as a consequence, Mary "takes ber clothes and goes." Where is the gain? Thc lady bas to roll up her sleeves and go to work until the kitchen has again been provided with another worker. Had she just considered the situation and spoken with calmness to the girl, she would not have lost a j goeid servant. "Wilful waste makes woeful want. Tact! That is the thing. It works wonders. Avoid quarrels rigbt from the starl. One of the parties must be magnanimous. A discord on the piano played by ono , band will pass off unnoticed, but if both are wrong the harmony is entirely lost. So it is with humans. One must for- • :tro literally breathing boari fbe "brave" individual will say, "I won't take anything from anybody! " But he is mistaking bravado for cowardice. Ho who tempers his speech at the proper time is indeed brave. Any one can start a quarrel, but it takes real courage to avoid one. Consideration is tho watchword. Get it! Only ono get mad at a time, then tbere is a chance for adjustment. Pacify rather than "argufy." nre very u( foundation. It, is true1 that a comet's tail poisonous and asphyxiating hydrocarbon yanogen; but if is also true tbat, tbe actual ■ vupeir is so small thnt wben the eartli is tail of Halley's comet, the composition of th SONGS THAT BIND THE RACE Till] music ball song has its day and disappears; it seems to (itnl welcomo among city bound folk who arc, of course, OXFORD'S GROWING DEMOCRACY rTYIIE spirit of caste bas commonly been associated with the JL reputation of Oxford; but if wo take the recent confessions of a workman's son this haughty goddess has deserted her shrine. There arc some wbo say that this spirit is invading American colleges. Has sho become a homeless wanderer and is knocking at any hospitable door? At all events this Oxford man, "H. A.," whose confessions appear ill tho Manchester Guardian, asserts that "class prejudice hardly existed at all" in his own college. With fow exceptions lie wns on the most friendly footing with all the men of his own year and with most of the men next nbove and below him. Cliques he admits, "but they are not formed on class lines." Then, loo, there is "at Oxford a strong anel forcible min- eerity who to somo extent do really justify the vehement at- . tacks made upon them from the foot of the Martyr's Memor- toriously capricious in their likes and dislikes. These ja] on Sunn.iv e-.cnings by fanatical Socialists." But this s»ngs meet their Waterloo when they venture afiold into the man Sl,ng aiB0 "extremists of tbe. rich, just, as the vehement •ut.pe.sts of civilization -the mining uml logging-camps; but revolutionary is tho extremist of the poor." just hero. Bays a correspondenl of the London Times, nearly This writer, whose words nre queeteil in The American all Knglish folk songs, which are especially suitable for open- Educational Review (New York), entered Oxford at the age air performance, "have stood tho test of transplanting into „f twenty-nine, after having taught in nn eleinenturv school. the reservations .1 our ft ho.vonel the sens." Tlie love of Thn fltnn,iarri „f life, so much higher than he had previously Hnglish folk music, be thinks, "is ef tbose bonds of em- |i„I)Wlli cauSod him not onlv dismnv, but ropulsieen. He des ■ire which are none Ibe weaker because tbey are invisible. oribos bis first "hall dinnor": to tin- tourist win. keeps to Ibe highways, the steel mils be- "Solid silver spoons and forks! What wicked waste! A tween Lust and West." The ttipirc," it. may bo facetiously ,.|„,ln nnpkin even- night! A four- or five-course dinner, nnd remarked, sti'l Booms to him to include territory that slnco tho only once in mv'life had 1 experienced an evening dinner. ■oclaration of Independence has been known to others by n M/rnlv [ wns a commoner! Opposite sat n lord's son; by my difTi'ri.tit geographical description. From bis point of dopar- si,|0'thc son of a famous writer; near tne were the descendants tore, however, lie gives in it roeonl number cef that paper 0f historical families, t was poor, shy, norvous, sore in spirit, aomo interesting facts e,u tlie migration of folk song. Thus: .,e.nnr, .,„ | bad never been alone before. It wns a new world, "In ovory pnrt nf tho high prairies, along the fur-traders' nnd I was half afraid. As 1 returned nlone through the trails Into tin- Par Morth, and even in tbe f.eui lor communi- shadowy quadrangle past the ancient building up to my room ties (whom while, red, brown, and yellow men live- on :i sal- I felt heartsick and miserable. Nor was the warm solitude of ■ on cannery or a placer mine), from Fort St, Michael 'hewn my room nt first any antidote. It was full of ghosts. Famous to Snn Francisco, the Dan anil Bersheba eef Ibe Pacific slope, J men bail lived in it—al; least one grent poet, one famous his- I hnve found i.>s!ig"s of Knglish folk music. Sooner or later torian. Other rooms nn the staircase hnel housed great states- tbe popular music-hall ditty, whether a product eef London or men, literary men, poets, thinkers. Why, then, wns I here? New Yeerk or I'liiciego, succeeded in reaching these remote' am Wn« it ull a elream? fir was it really true thnt the old hnrel huscaele-s of Western life. But in almost every case its popularity was ephemeral; the true pioneer, farmer or cowboy or fur trailer ... free miner, always preferred tin- weenls that, grew together in bis racial birthplace, the melody of crimson rhythms Ibui lives iu the blood ho inherits. It may be that 1 few of the- folk songs which are' no longer tee be found in Bnglnnel still survive in the' Empire's open spaces. New foundland, feer example, would prove us rich in treasure trove <e( try. w'n'e-h 1ms been so faithfully •thers. who deserve u be called the Musi " In the many litM.» li-hinc hamlets of that, sea-girt, Devon tcrn.litional songs ulioutiej; among them a number of curious efioast ing rhytn.s which the- fishermen fwho nre often unable to rend ..r write, fortunately) got by heart in order that they ■ay voyage safely along <hr iron-bound const, from one 'hole j m the wall' to .-in.ether. The Grand Banks, the groatost grave- yarel e.f seamen in th" world, must surely be :i fertile field of •xplnration for collectors of traditional sen-songs, both Kng- lish and French. Pur nearly four centuries this expanse eef ■ isly eehonl waters, every wnve of which is haunted tind rolls ♦it e.f the. white gloom with its whispered message: of half, jj-tienlatc Byllablcs, has been .-i nursery of sailormon anel a life was behind me, that I, too. wns nt lust given the chance for which I had craved, for which so ninny better, more worthy men t.hnn I crave in vain down helow there in the schools, the factories, the fontt'lries? ". . . . f didn't understand servnnts! It, was so strange tn have a man at one's beck and call. Nor did it, seem right that I, who had always waited on myself, cleaned probably—nay", certainly— my boots, done odd jobs about tho house, should have nil Ihose this kind ns the West e-oun-! things clone for mo. But when at 7.30 on my first, morning sphered by Mr. Sharp anel ' at college the gooel mnn came into my bedroom, drew up the membrnucors. blind, poured cold wnter into the shallow bnth. anil said, 'Half-past seven, sir,' then, indeed, I was shocked! He evidently expected me tn huve a cold bath; to sprinkle myself with icy water on that, keen October morning—n most, unheard-of procoodingl A further sense of strangeness afflicted me iii the possession of two rooms, a 'bedder' tind a 'sitter.' tho latter n Inrgo doublo-windowod reeom very comfortably furnished, ami with the* walls all paneled not with oak but, painted wood. There were no pictures—those I eouhl provide if I wanted—nnd from one of the pile of advertisements received eluring the next few days I learned that pictures could be hired by the term. But having pictures was out of the question. By sofe eeve-rsight the college authorities had one. They can not do otherwise and thc attempt to force Isenses, in order to correct or perfect it. If the object is in thom to the impossible shows gross ignorance of psychology motion, its imago moves in tho brain across tho "imago of our on the part of the metric advocates. Thousands of years [ visual field." Professor De Cyon thus concludes: hence our western roads will still be a mile apart oven if the sign-posts mark the distances in clocimals of a kilometer. It would be just as sensible for the common people to riso in their wrath and pass laws making it illegal to uso in laboratory work any other than their practical measures—indeed moro sensible, for the scientists can do it, though inconveniently, whereas thc peasant can not uso metric measures at all. These tire the reasons why physicians in contact with tho less intelligent are compelled to use the measures most easily comprehended, even if the prescription is Written in decimals. We doubt, therefore, whether the metric system will ever come into general use iu medical practise or any other matter connected witli the lowly. "French metric tyranny is now beginning to be actually harmful. The laws have been niacin so strict tbnt manufacturers are forbidden tn use foreign or the old native ones. In Lyons several men have been fined for making goods on non-metric measures, though intonded for export to countries where the metric goods will not sell. Tyranny of science could not be carried farther, unless all manufacturers are jailed for trying tn increase French prosperity. We may. therefore, expect to see a marked reaction as soon as the injury is fully realized, and the metric advocates may prepare for -tho coming Hteerm. It might its well be acknowledged at once that though tho metric system is indispensable for laboratory work or international science, if such an expression is allowable, it is beyond tho capacity of the common herd who have evolved more convenient ways of measuring and will not use Ihe scientific, because unable, A century of effort hus failed to make people do the impossible and thoro is no hopo of future success. Tho medical profession must realize that in their scientific work they must use the metric system, but in their contact with the sick thoy must use measures understood, and never use a fraction moro complox tban a hnlf. Wc regret the persistent attempts to force Congress to do what has failed in Europe." WALT MASON A CANADIAN WALT MASON, whose doggerel has amused and edified Canadian readers all over the West, is a Canadian by birth. Walt Mason, for that is his real name, was born in Ontario County at a little village known ns Columbus, some miles north of Whitby. In this little cross-roads place he worked ns a boy in a woolen mill; later at Port Hopo in a hardware store. At the tender nge of fourteen yoares he began to write, verse, but it was only a couple of years ago, at Emporia, Kansas, that he came into prominence ns an author. Now his re.'iders number millions. Mr. Mason defies nil the historic laws of vorse-mnking by composing his pootry on a typewriter, and sending it out without revision, At work before eight in the morning, he devours the exi'hanges and grinds out smoking editorials by tho yurd, and before eleven o'clock has prcnluced the editorial page of tlie Kmpieria Gazotto, which is quoted the country over. Shortly after noon he is back nt work, editing telegraphic, despatches, writing hoadlbios, and in odd moments, making verses, a pursuit which also occupies a portion of each evening. In thc Into .afternoon he is out with his fast horse; horses nre' his hobby. Since the beginning cef his newspaper career on the Atchison Globe iu 1RS5, the poet-philosopher has worked on pnpors all over the country. Ho is not a society man. One interviewer described him as "dressed chiefly in a pair nf blue serge trousers, and a vest that, might have been mistaken at tl distance for it comic supplement." Mason himself recalls an incident when he did blossom out in "snssiety" in somewhnt similar clothes. It, was in 180.'!, and his peregrinations had taken him to Washington, where his verses attracted the attention of Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett., of "Littlo Lord Faiintleroy" fame. She invited him to her house, anel he went, though reluctantly. But let him tell it himself: "I hud on a dinky suit nf hand-me-downs, with a sack cost thnt barely reached below my shoulder blades, and high- water punts. They had butlers and footmen and such critters at the Burnett house, nnd T wns ushered intn a room well filled with holies and gentlemen in correct attire, and Mrs. Burnett guv.* no- a groat reception, and introduced me to al! those birds eef paradelse, and my duds seemed tn shrink nil the time, and T never wns so miserable in nil my life." Much of Wall Mason's success lc»s in his ability to get at tin: heart of things, lie deals with subjects which interest everybody; puts his finger right e*n the vital spots of home life aiid business iife. He does nnt get nut a brass band to hernlel the lessons taught, by his prose poems, but there is a lot of shrewd common sense in plain, understandable language in these little verselets, which give them n value apart from their pleasant " jinglesnmcness. " "A fortunate consequence of the conception of sensations as a faithful reproduction of exterior objects is to render vain the external speculations on the reulity of the world, which for centuries have interfered with the development of psychology. Likewise there is an end also of the bizarro hypothesis that light, sounds, odors, and other excitants of the peripheral organs of sense do not really oxist, and aro only the products of our sensations. As long ago as the time of Galileo this idea answered more to thc needs of human vanity than to the exigencies of strict logic, The argument that tho light rays act otherwise on the skin than on the retina, or that mechanical and electric excitement of the retina also make us experience a vague luminous sensation was alroady outworn, even before the discoveries of Maxwell and Hertz. Tho sun will continue to illumine the earth, even whon all trace of living beings shall have disappeared, as it illumines ut, present its other uninhabited satellites. When bo placed the creation of light before thut of plants, animals, and man, Moses was right. Without the light of the sun, no life was or is possible on the earth. The retina receives and sees the light; it does not produce it. The same also is true for the other organs of' sense.*' *' , COLD-STORAGE SURGERY THAT the up-to-date surgeon may one day actually include in his equipment a refrigerator where various portions of bodily organs, will bo kept in cold storage roady to be spliced on where they are most needed is tho rather startling suggestion made by Mr. R. Romme in La Revue (Paris). Recalling an earlier prediction of this kind, the writer asserts that it seems now to be in a fair way to be fulfilled. Dr. Carrel, whose success in the reparative surgery of the internal organs has already been noted, has been experimenting on animals with material kept in cold storage as above suggested, and in many cases with complete success. The discussion iB not only interesting in itself, but throws a side-light on thc methods and merits of vivisection, which some regard as moro cruel than useful, while others take the opposite view. Says Mr. Romme: "No matter how inexpert he may be in anatomical matters, everyone knows of the aorta from tho aneurisms that sometimes develop thore, whoso rupture may cause sudden death. 'Ho succumbed to tho rupture of an aneurism' is a phrase that is still often heard. Eyeryone now knows that the aorta is a large artery, over tin inch in diameter, which, issuing from the left ventricle, describes a curve and then descends along thc vertebral column to the sacrum. "It is comparatively easy to get nt the aorta in tho part situated in the abdominal cavity. If the surgery of tho arteries were more advonced thero would be no great difficulty, in case of an aneurism of tho abdominal aorta, in opening the abdomen and uncovering the great artery and its aneur- ismnl tumor. Dr. Carrol has performed several successful operations on the nbominnl aorta of cats, removing a segment, nf the huge blood-vessel and replacing it with a similar segment tnken from another animal or kept for some time in colli storage in a special liquid "Greater difficulty, however, would be experienced in an operation on the thnracie aorta. To get at this part of the artery it would be necessary to open the chest and to move the lungs to one side. Now in case of a large opening of tbe thorax, the lungs collapse, the respiration ceases, and the animal dies of suffocation. "This difficulty, however, no longer exists. Researches mnde recently have: shown that respiration may be replaced for somo time by simple ventilation of the lungs. To realize this it is sufficient to place in the trachea a tube of average calibre and to pass through it a current of air under slight pressure. In contact with this air, which distends tho lungs, the blood throws off its carbonic, acid and is charged with oxygen. Asphyxia is thus avoided, nnd the animal may continue to breathe and live for three or four hours. This is precisely the nrrangement adopted by Carrel in his experiments on dogs. . . Ho draws the, conclusion that operations nn the thoracic aorta are not, necessarily dangerous. It is, however, another matter to go further and say that the surgical treatment of aneurisms of the aorta is an accomplished fact. For to operate on nn aneurism surrounded with inflammatory adherenees and pathological products is much more difficult than to treat a healthy aorta. We may hopo, however, that the day when we shall know how to vanquish these difficulties is not fnr off nnd that in this day, in all surgical hospitals there will be a cold-storage plant where will bo kept all Forts nf segments—arteries, veins, joints, perhaps arms und legs, which the surgeon will utilize in his eepernttons." CLEANING HOUSE ON AN OCEAK LINER WHEN a liner has docked and the passengers hare all passed dowa tlie gang-plank the officers and crew do not, as might be supposed, make a clash for their homes, there t* see their families and friends and havt a good time until thc vessel sails on the ret urn trip. On the contrary, about the hardest work the ship people hare then begins, for between docking and departure: the liner must be thoroughly overhauled anil cleaned from stem t. stern, inside and out, and all within the period of thirty-six hours. The hull of tin: vessel must be entirely repainted; the funnels scraped and brightened with a fresb coat of color; every bit of machinery inspected and tightened up; and even tbe masts and rigging looked after. ln the matter of cleaning up, it may be pointed out thut in tbe case of a big liner the mere furbishing of the first cabin ilining-saloon is itself a task of no mean dimensions. Such a saloeen may Beat nearly 500 guests without any "relay." The carpeting must be taken up and beaten; each table must be repol- ishodj the floor must bo cleaned until it shines like a mirror; every bit of puint or gilding must be carefully washed; all chairs are inspected and re-polish- : ed; and many other odd jobs dono be- ' fore tho,saloon is again put at tho disposal eef passengers. The sumo task must be accomplished with reference to the second dining- saleion, tin. drawing-rooms, the library, tho smoking-rooms, etc. Then, too, thero tire some 400 staterooms, say, which must be treated in the same fashion, to say nothing of the inspection of forty bathrooms, One of thee hardest bits id work is in connection with the "furnishings." For instance, it is necessary to count, seert, and chock some .'(0,000 pieces of linon. No linen, however, is ever washed on board. It is placed in sacks containing ench from 200 to 250 pieces and sent is vnns to the laundry. When it comes back the tiresome job of counting, sorting, etc., must again bo gone through with. Tho silverware also comes in for a good deal of attention. This may be to tho number of 15,000 to 20,000 pieces. Glassware on a liner seldom' numbers fewer than 2.7,000 to .30,000 pieces, while tho number of dishes, plates, cups, etc., 1 often reaches 00,000. ■ Every piece of this glass and china has to be washed and polished during tho ship's "housocloaning," although thoy have been kept scrupulously bright during tho entire voyage. Each* department is in charge of an employee—e,nc for tho silverware, ono for the linen, on* for tho china, etc.—and each of these men is in turn answerable to the bead steward, to whom is brought a report of tho total number of pieces on band. livery sheet, towel, table-cloth, found to be worn to any appreciable degree; is immediately discarded, for no "rags" arc permitted on a first-class line:. During the course of ono trip a linsr will use something like three hundred Turkish towels alono and ns many as a thousand smaller ones for tho firet-cabia people only. In tho steerage the cleaning is conducted nn somewhat different lines. Everything that might be damaged by water is taken out of the steerage quarters and tho hose is brought into plaj. Then tho whole steerage is scrubbed down. THE DECLINE IN WOOD-CARVING WOOD-CARVING, for centuries an important national industry in Switzerland, has suffered a crisis during tbe past year which threatens t.» affect the business permanently, following upon practically a monopoly and a long period of prosperity. These carvings have been especially popular with tourists, hundreds of thousands of whom visit Switzerland every year, and a large export business has been established with other countries, including tho United eStntos. This is especially true as to church emblems and articles representing historic scenes and events. An important Swiss wood-carving centre is at Einsiodeln, a historic viF lage in tbe mountains in tho canton of Schwyz, where thero is a celebrated pilgrimage, a wealthy Benedistine monastery, and a splendid church. Thc industry centres in the Bernese Oberland, where wood-carving is tho chief occupation. Thc church emblems of Einsiodeln, tho boars of Berne, the lion of Lucerne, tho St. Bernard tlogB, cows, and the quaint Swiss chalets are all reproduced in wood and sold at tbe curio shops. These objects have found their way into practically all Continental towns, and .Swiss wood-carvings arc almost as well known in ofher European countries as at home. Various circumstances havo contributed to the present crisis, among which is the increased cost of raw material, much of which is imported, making it necessary to advance sell ing'prices without increasing real values. This has in- ited competition from other countries, especially Austria and Germany. Furthermore, Austria recently placed a hoavy import duty on souvenirs, under which wood-carvings are classified, and in France thoy must be Btampcd "imported," which, it is alleged, has affected tho sale to such an extent that the imports from Switzerland have boe» greatly reduced. Thc passing of the Swiss wood-carving industry is further evidence that industrial progress is gradually eliminating from the commercial world rural industries built up nnd maintained where wages are small and thc expense of living low. Modern machinery and methods, increasing compotition, and the inexorable laws of trado aro driving out'primittve concerns or forcing tbem into combinations. This is cause for regret, ns many of the people living in the liornoBe Oberland have fnr generations depended upnn wood-carving for maintenance. They havo acquired groat skill in this, and, being slow to accept innovations, it will be difficult for them to adopt new methods. THE CARGO OF AN OCEAN FREIGHTER MOST landsmen are astonished when they learn the capacity of thc ocean freighter. As an illustration, one may cite a freight Iinor, rated at twenty thousand tons' burden, which will carry loads such as may bo briefly itemized thus: lfiO.000 bushels of wheat in bulk, equal to 320 car-loads, or 16 trains of 20 cars each; 1,000 tons of flour, 80 car-loads; 4,000 boxes of bacon, 75 car-loads; 3,000 tierces of lard, 48 car-loads; 1,300 bales of cotton, 40 car-loads; 1,200 head of live cattle, 80 car-loads; 3,600 quarters of droBsed beef. In addition there will probably bo a thousand tons of miscellaneous merchandise—say, eighty carloads more; in all 780 car-loads, or thirty-nine long trains of twenty cars each. Nor is the above by any means the entire load of a freighter of the burden mentioned. It will leave accommodation for, say, 800 tn 1,000 steerage passengers, as also for n crew of 150 men and fifty cattlemen, with food and fndder for all. Tn the fuel-bins, too, there will be carried a burden of 1.300 tons of coal, or more than one hundred car-loads. THE HOSMEK TIMES GIVEN UP BY HIS PHYSICIAN "FROIT-A-TIVES", THE FAMOUS FRUIT MEDICINE, SAVEO HIS LIFE. JAMES DINGWALL, Ese. Williamstown, Ont., July 27th, tgcS. "I suffered all my life from Chronic Constipation and no doctor, or remedy, I ever tried helped me. "Frtiit-a-tives" Fromptly cured me. Also, last spring had a bad attack of BLADDER and KIDNEY TROUBLE and the doctor gave me up but "Fruit-a-tives" saved my life. I am now over eighty years of age and I strongly recommend MFniit-a-tives" for Constipation and Kidney Trouble". (Signed) JAMES DINGWALL. 50c a box, 6 for $2.50—or trial box, 25c —at dealers or from Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa. FASHIONS AND FANCIES a simple evening gown which seems to need freshening if it IS to be woru through to the end of the season. They fairly remodel such a costume, and often the new trimming makes ■ them even more attractive than before it was added. When a scarf is used it must not be done inartistic-ally. In the first! place, the soft drapery outlining the shoulders should look | what it is intended to be, u part of the gown, contrasting in tone, perhaps, but certainly not in other qualities. Fancy coats with backs sleeping downward continue IN ESCEOW "I inherited my father's braiiiB, Otherwise I am completely bust," But he turned cptite red wiien tbe lady saiel: "Wine's holding your inheritance in trust*?" Consignments — OF — WHEAT, OATS and FLAX will receive personal attention, We gladly wire wliaL we uui get before selling WITH snow and ice on every hand, the tm-Minumeter regis* tering below freezing point, the sudden appearance of Bummer oats, as exhibited by leading milliners and in the large department shops, is a tritlo overwhelming to the average individual. When the custom first was established of the display of summer materials immediately alter Christmas there was a murmur uf astonishment and unfavorable criticism, but the scheme had much that was practical tn re commend it, for to buy in advance of the season and have j the simpler frocks made up at a season when dressmakers; and seamstresses are not so rushed means the saving of time! and nervous energy. Then tlie universal custom of going to ; a semi-warm climate in the middle of winter necessitated ; buying thinner clothes to wear. But hats, unless to go South, i and straw hats! A foolish fad it has become, this display of j early spring millinery, ami yet to see the messengers from the leading millinery establishments laden down with the! huge hat boxt'S (each house being known at a glance by its; distinctive hat box) forces the conviction that fashionable I women are already buying, or, rather, have bought, largely of their latest importations, whether or not a trip South is contemplated. After all, the new bonnet for Easter is acknowledged tn be obligatory. Are these very advanced styles to be the reigning ones for the summer? is the anxious question of the woman who must perforce buy wisely and well. So often are fashions tried on the public and then dismissed as impossible and au absolutely different fashion brought forward to become most exaggeratedly popular! The prices asked tor the latest and the lirst styles of the season are often absolutely overwhelming, and yet if a woman finds among the different models one that suits her own especial stylo and beauty lo perfection She iB perfectly willing lo pay the price demanded—not asked, be it understood—realizing thnt she has discovered a treasure and with the acquisition thereof has attained a peace id' mind and sense of contentment that makes hor the envied of all her friends. Often dors fhe purchase of flu- hat determine the spring costume in color and style, and, after all, is nol. the hat the most important part of a woman's appearance/ The woman whose head is always perfectly dressed attracts more admiration and attention than the woman who, with the smartest gowns, wears an ugly, unbecoming hat or has her hair unbecomingly or untidily arranged. find favor novelties. among young wc Straight effects : wl oft Iik. n tc and can wear such lannish to suit cer- Continental Grain Co., lu nn UKAIN eBXOHANGB WINNIPEG Brass Band Thi* U the Time to Organize. hutrumentt. Drum., Band Manic, Etc. EVERY TOWN CAN HAVE A BAND |jo\ve-et prices ever quoted. Fino catalogue, •yer son illustration-!, mailed free. Wrltoim fttr anything in Music or Musical Instruments. WHALEY, ROYCE £1 CO., Limited Toruuto. Ont.. and Winnipeg, linn. 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THE SHAW CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL 393 to 403 Yonge St., Toronto, Canada Such a bewildering variety ( the latest millinery makes the a most difficult task, but then: making tho choice, and during more time to think uf fashions, later must not be considered, i'< f styles US are exhibited in selection of the spring hats is much that iu pleasant in these Lenten days there is That other styles will appear r it is a well accepted fact turn wearers oblique lines. light shade oi is close fitting and coals the tup of a Gold Color Tulle Toque ml they prefer a style which lends itself to In one youthful model it is portrayed in a Ian without any yellow in the tune. The ikirt imies well above the waist, where it con- nj'Ie chiffon cloth blouse. that in Paris the fashions are constantly changing. A woman whose taste in dress is well known, wrote from Paris last. summer that to always nave a hat in the very latest style meant unceasing effort, for after having purchased a large, low, broad brimmed shape as the very latest fashion, the following week narrow brimmed, big crowned hats were pronounced the only hats t'a.shi unable. In America the styles do not change with quite the same depressing rapidity, but that any one special shape, color or stylo will remain popular through even one season cannot be hoped for, and therefore it is wisest and best to chouse a hat that has some distinctive originality and which is above everything becoming. Tulle and net hats are extremely popular at the moment, and will be in fashion, it may be safely predicted, for a long time. Both not and tulle aro so becoming, and whether the entire hat is made of either or they are used merely as trimming the effect is much thc same. For the new toques or turbans either tulle or tlie finest figured net is extremely smart, and there are two or three models tin? only trimming of which consists of the lull bows and loops at the side, while others aro trimmed with many sprays nf aigrettes; these last are extremely expensive, and the sfinie effect, or a close imitation, is to be noticed in the still" bows of tulle. Fancy straw braid is combined witli not ami tulle vary satisfactorily, and then the trimming is of either aigrettes and bows or merely of the Btiff, high bows placed :it just the angle to be most becoming both to the side and the full face. These hats are) all made in color to match tho different gowns or are all in j black. In black they are far the must practical, for they can be worn wilh different gowns as well as witli all black, and are considered smart for theatre wear, but thero are light colors used that are extremely charming. Just a touch of jet. gild ur silver adorns sume uf these tulle tuques, but this is a touch that has tu be must carefully dealt with, for if not right it will spoil the smartest tuque. IS GYKOSCOPIC TRACTION PRACTICAL? THE FREIGHT-CAR THIEF FT1WENTY years ago the train robber X was onu of the most serious problems with which the railroads west of the Mississippi Ifiver had tu deal. But new times have come with the western roads, and, but for an oceasiunal Ihold-up, the train-rubber who know the t*liiiies3'j of tlie "profession" is rapidly becoming a memory. With him is passing from tho payrolls of the railroads that romantJc type of gun fighting defective who. stood ever ready to head a posse and face death against men des-, perate and redoubtable as frontier : inarksmeu. Ju his stead there is now; employed the modern railroad detective, \ j more suave uf manner and absolutely' lacking in tho picturesque of personal- ■ ity. But with the passing of the train- \ 1 robber and his gun-lighting nemesis ' 'there has risen to cope with the new 1 style of railroad detective a foe who is ] harder to overcome than the train-rob- ber ever was in his palmiest days. This lis the freight-car thief. Robberies by this class have grown to such large proportions in recent years that their annual cost to the railroads of America Is I reckoned in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. While the old train-rubber1 ; was cruel, he was big in his conception' of crime. Uut tho freight-car thief has nothing in common in this regard with his bold predecessor. Ho is merely a1 , sneak. And just as their personal types are different, so are their methods dis- ' similar. The modern freight-car thief is a more difficult foe than the desperado wilh all his gun play and his disregard ut life. The train rubber bad invariably to interrupt the routine of train operation j consequently, within a short time the hold-up would become knowu and pursuers would be un his trail. Hut the freight*car man works as quietly ;:s a ferret, ile never interrupts the movement of trains. The more closely lhey uperate to schedule time the butter his plans are served, and where modern improvement in communications and the growth uf population contributed materially to the downfall of the western train-robber, at least one of these conditions actually serves to abet the car thief. On eveiy line of every railroad operating into .New York and all other big centres organized baiidH of freight-car thieves have their bases of operation. Sumetimes the base is just within the limits of the city; in other cases it may be some miles from the main centre. Plain Talks to Women. INJURIES & SKiN SORcS—QUICK CURE. A nttl**-* child ran crying to her another tho o'nher d^y with a iiasty flesh wound and asked for Zani'Buk. Thee lies a more powerful argument for .''am-Euk than even the scientists can bring. The child had had Zam-Buk before, and !:nciv it eased pain and healed. Zam-Buk works in two directions. Pre- ents worse results from a skin injury or :.kin disease (such as festering and blood poisoning) while it repairs the damage already done. Zam-Buk is e.itirely herbal, is pure, contains no trace of animal fat or mineral coloring. Surest and quickest known healer. FATHER AND SQiN BENEFIT FROM USEOF THISBALM CAB will certainly run un a single rail wbeu balanced i '}hmS §v017 ^virion, where there may Dye In the Your tj—Sure Clothes m Way. DY-O-LA Just Think (1111 With Uu MM! Dji yea cucolar AN V Ua4 of doth PoffMUy.J»« ■banc* mt afaeUku. All coUn ra craU Ins nor Dnntit er Oular. Suap!• Cud u4 Booklet PrcM. Th* J*hiM*n^liaharria*a 0... LlmltW. Pent. P.. Moptrenl, Qui We Clean and Dye Clothes For patron* extending from Toronto to the Yukon. Why not tor yoeiv Modern Laundry and Dye Works Co. hi mi ted !*W Hartfrave at. WiiniineK by a spinning gyroscope—this has -been suiUciently proved by Brcnnan in Kngland and hy Schorl in Germany, working independently, But what of it? Is the gyro- scopo ear an interesting toy merely, or is it to effeffct a revolution in our traction Byptems? An editorial writer in The Scientific American is convinced that it can have only a limited use under present eonditions. Talcing up the rolling- stock first, he notes that "mainly because of its perfect adaptability to take the curves, whatever the degree of sharpness, with a minimum risk of derailment, the promoters of the system claim that trains of this type will be run at speeds from SO to JdO per cent, greater than those that are possible on two-rail track. ' But it must be remembered that "if the new system is to compete with tlie old, trains must provide at least the same capacity and comfort as the present Pullman trains," ami the question of weight arises. The trucks would be lightened by ihe reduction of the number of wheels, and it is probable that the weight saved in this way would be about equal to the eight or nine per cent, represented by the weight, of the gyroscope mechanism. The mechanism, on the other hand, would be an extra cost aud certainly not a very light ono, The motion of the car "would undoubtedly be easier"; "The lateral swaying and shocks incident to the present two rail system would give place to a very gentle aud probably imperceptible rocking mot ion, due tu the controlling action of the gyroscopes. On curves the riding of the new typo would be greatly superior; the sudden jolting of the cars against tlie outer rail, and the uncomfortable swaying til' the passengers in the same direction when the cars are running at high speed would lie entirely wanting, except Ipossibly on entering and leaving the curves." Next comes tin' question of the track. Mere the claims of I the now system for more simplicity are met by the objection [that the increased velocity ami the concentration of weight on one rail would necessitate a rail heavier than any here- 1 tofore known, and would demand a roadbed of solid masunrv. We read: "Although the claim which is so frequently made that there would be a simplification of the track aud a lessening of cosf 's justified by the facts, these advantages would not be good opportunities for disposing of stolen wares, are minor places for "planting" the hauls. Most of tho robberies aro committed while the can are iu transit, but many robberies occur in the freight-yards or as the curs are on sidings. Whenever some through freight is near the place where the loot is to bo "planted" the train operator starts his work, and it is generally at some division point where the train halts at night to receive orders. As the train gets under way he slings on between the forward cars and waits there until the tops are cleared of the train crew. Then he mounts the car and, with a rope ladder, climbs down the side of the swaying conveyance, breaks the seal of tho door, and slides it open, A step, and he can safely begin to make his selection of loot. When the train rushes past the point where the confederate is Waiting a case of goods, sometimes more, is thrown off. While tho confederate loads the stolen goods aboard his wagon to "plant" it, often at some convenient tarmhouse, or more often to hurry with it into the city, the train operator waits calmly and comfortably until the train approaches the terminal freight-yard or else the end of the division, as the cas'.- may be, and then slings oil" and is home in bed with tho loot safely sequestered before the railroad knows that there has been a robbery. livery railroad aims, in self-protection, to keep as close a tab as possible on its Ion.led cars. Shortly before a train stalls an inspection is supposed to disclose every car seal intact, and at the end or> every division where a new reat as might at first bo imagined. Oil would be dispensed with altogether, it is true; but the remaining mil would in any ease have to be made far heavier and stiller; and if, as is claimed, the speed is to be doubled, probably some altogether new system of track would have to be devised. In ihe first place the concentrated weight on each set of wheels would be exactly doubled; and, since the dynamic shocks upon the track, culverts, bridges, etc., are directly related to the momentum, and the momentum increases directly as the weight and as the square of the veloc ity, it follows that the dynamic stresses upon the rail, due to lack of perfect alignment, low joints, the true line of the curves, would for line of rails ' t,!l'!l crew takes charge an inspection is ■ just eight times as great with a 00-ton gyroscopic car as they I would be with one of the ordinary type. This could bo met by devising a rail with a head several inches in width, and with a depth at least twice that of the present rail. It is doubtful if the present system of cross-ties and stone bal- 1 last would present sufficient solidity, and some form of per- I made to determine if any seals haw been broken. Should tho cars reach their destinations with seals intact, the railroad officials have evidence, if any claim be made subsequently, that the theft did not occur during transit, but was u'-eoni- plished either before it reached or after it left the freight car. With these regular division reports the railroad men are able to learn where the seals were brok- ht deviations from j eni :m'' w^u -his clue the detectives louble the velocity be Bt,art to work from tho ir'V!,,It'd divi " Close watch is kept upon evvvy division, and when there is reason to suspect that any particular section is being used as the principal artery for a base of operations special men are detailed to run down the thieves. f th* 1 be t propt necessity, at I 2d speeds of ' Russell Automobiles WE HAVE SEUOND-HAND OAKS ALSO MOTOR SUNDRIES CANADA CYCLE & MOTOE CO. 144 Princess St., Winnipeg White Crin Hat With White Velvet Facing Many of the new weaves of straw have an openwork mesh imnient masonry roadbod would least for carrying express train 100 miles an hour and over. " As for cost of maintenance, this, tie writer thinks, would undoubtedly bo reduced, since the labor of keeping two rails 1 to gauge and maintaining the supei'-elevation on curves would the eliminated. On the score of safety, also provided a suitable form of track were built, the argument is in favor of the gyroscopic car. ehpecially on curves. The writer concludes: " It seems to us that if tliere is a future for the new system, it will be found in the construction of pioneer railways through undeveloped country, nud particularly through mountainous and hilly country where the line must of necessity | be very circuitous. Tlie self-adjusting qualities of the car I enable it to run around curves which would be altogether impossible for a two-track railroad. Thc monorail track could be located around a hill or bind', through which a two-track A FOUR-LEGGED BIRD TpllK crested hoactzin of British Uui- -L ana is the only survivor of a certain race of birds, most of which aro now known as fossils. The hoactzin inhabits the most secluded forests of South America, and its survival beyond its congeners is doubtless owing to its retiring habits and to thc fact that it feeds on wild arum leaves, which gives its ilesh a most offensive flavor, rendering it unlit for food. The chief peculiarity of the hoactzin consists in the fact that when it is hatched it. possesses four well-developed egs. The young birds leave tho nest that'is effective and soft, and which combines to best advan- railroad would have to pass with heavy and expensive excava- j ai„j elimb about like monkeys over the tnge with net or tulle in tin' full soft brims that arc to be U*on; Moreover, for this class of railroad a much lighter car adjoining limbs and look more like tree- noticed in all the smartest of tho new models in black or would be practicable and extremely high speeds would not toads than bird's noticed in all the smartest of tho new models in black or! would be practicabl colors. There are also .dose woven shiny straw braids to be ho demanded. This seen, but these are for a rather later date or for wear at the mean a great reduct Southern resorts. The hand woven, or fine imitati'on of hand (maintenance of the : woven, braids iu color, blade or white art! seen among the very latest shapes, ami the all-while hat is evidently destined to be a great favorite. Feathers and birds' heads ornament shapes, while cockades and rosettes of rib- mo order of trimming us has boon fashion- huts ure displayed with tin west hats. the more eccentr ion on just the t* tide in the \\ inli ind extremely high speeds would not lecrease in weight and speed would on in first cost and subsequent cost of ystem. ff the new type, should demon-1Sf"tho" digit's TaTl off, the whole trate in service of this kind its commercial practicability, it; likn hand i,,^,,, to tUau.ti Jimi becomes s quite conceivable that .t would be gradually applied to the wing-sbaped. Feathers soon appear, and important lines of travel, uml eventually to the main|bef0re full growth is reached not u ves tige remains of the original character, g limbs and I toads than birds. The modification of the fore limbs be gins ut once after hatching, the claws "gits fall off, the whole eli nun' trui oads Comleray, \Vis. Oct. 5th. 1909 "Please send lite your book-'A Treatise On Tlie Horse'—1 saw by your ad that it was free,-but if it cost is. I WOttld not be witboul it, ns ! think I have saved iwo valuable horses in the last year by following directions iu your book." William Napes. It's free. Oct a copy when you buy Kendall s Spavin Cure at your dealer's, Il he should nut have it. write us. -40 Dr. B. J. Kundall Oo., Enosburp FslU, Vt. As in everything relating to dress at the present time, the sharpest, of contrasts prevails in the new models. The low crowned wide brimmed simple hat with wreath of roses or band of plaited tulle or marabout feathers '-an surely not be received with great enthusiasm original fashion, and yet here most fashionable milliners nnd all honor. The lines of these simple hats have been most carefully studied, and while the prices nskod seem quite out of proportion for such plain effects, il is quite apparent to the woman of good taste thnt they are worth paying for. In direct contrast to these rather low. ilal effects arc the high crowned, narrow brimmed shapes wilh high trimming at the ,"Il.V'r'tt.-*1-^!!..'I' ■ ' ,. .7',.11 1*1 last few years. The I claws I thumbs , that on ithe i as Ihe very newest ami most il is proudly exhibited by the apparently being greeted wilh simple GOVERNMENT CARE FOR THE MINERS IN no country iu thc world do so many people die by accident or neglect as in the United States, declares Dr. Brnst Schultze-Grossboistel in the ilrenzboten (Berlin), speaks of error iu rearing children, lire, railway wrecks, I istin coal-mines as among the causes of this alleg ■ One curioi tality. The greatest Dumber of deaths from nestling whi declares, is met with in the case of coal* river was \\> adult birds upon their even are 1 e would hardly 110 side, and which require to be most carefully perched upon tho head and at just the right angle. The three-cornered shape ia too hard in 0111 line lo be universally becoming, nnd all hough it, has appeared among Ihe new stylos and is softer He and accident ed abnormal misadveiitiiri miners. While giving tin; Federal Gov. for doing ull in its power lo protect tli labor in Ihe eon!-mines, fhis writer Ihii Slates are behind England, Germany, wealth, tho practically unlimited supph 'niug-laws and administrative ovcrsigh iavs this writer. " that e have tl Iruped fi'i lestlings !l tu a qil ; birds. s Peal nre h had bi power ol' not only liav wiagH. but the! poorly tlovolopoi pect thai ii nearesl ap id among ox Mr. Walter Adams, 177 Railway Ave., Stratford, su.y.i:—"Mv &on, William, whilo playing barefooted about the backyard, rut his little toe on tie* Bh.up cd;re of a piece of tin. Tho too w.is cut at the 6rst joint, ami nlrnoit severe 1 from tho foot. My wife hurriedly bathed it with winn Water, afterwards applying Home lint thickly spread with 7,i\m link. Tho healing balm qmcklv ohecko I the flow of blood, 0.1-cl and .soothed the pain, ami vented iofl immation and more eri ma In few wp-jJc-j Zam G .1: ■d tho wound so nicely that 10 *.'p n heah w^.3 abloom:© more to j- > about, a- d al lo Wear his shoes without tne eli [nconvenience, Not only ia Zam Bute valuable for wonnds and cuts, but, u - las nn embrocation, I have also found it effective fur rheumatic pains," Zam-nulc cur<*»r Ol *l '. C lid ' r,i ■,.-. K 111 r.'ni II r>-H, . ■■ ■.bllRM, ■ ic:t », r:' •«■> rtu t*m*. _.„jfi .—Ifi '-"■>'-::.' -Kfrt»^t" •-**■■■ --ear $ js 1^ PIANO BARGAINS If you buy a l'iauo without visiting our Exchange Department you will never know how far your money might hare gone. The reason we have a superior class of exchanged Pianos is that we sell the PIANOLA PIANO. The finest class of trade is buying the PIANOLA PIANO, and such people have wonderfully good pianos that they expect us to take in exchange. You can have your pick of these high-class, exchanged Pianos at very moderate prices, and ou easy teruiB. Write for our Catalogue and Mailing List of Bargains. The Mason & Risch Piano Co., Ltd. Factory Branch 710 Centre Street, Calgary, Alta. The Jumbo The Best Grain Cleaner the World has ever known The Jumbo The imtj Cleaner with a 100 yvr ue.it. rcsord inid the only machine that will give a complete separation uf oat* from wheal ut one ■epurntloD. THE NEW MODEL "JUMBO" carries moro neroeu surface, li is scientifically constructed through* uut, nnih easier, and lias greater capacity than any other grain cleaner over invented. Vou unn make farming pay bettor if yuu use a New Model "Jumbo" Grain Cleaner. Buy a "Jumbo" Capacity: 100 bushels per homr. Sold on trial subject to your ap proval. The "Jumbo" Elevator pays for itself in a wock'B time. The Bccman Tickler Cures Smut in Wheat. Write today for New Catalogue. The Beeman Mfg. CO., Ltd. 219 Hanton Block, Winnipeg notieed with a en upset in tho rapid swimming niment ample credit and diving when pursued. Owing t ■ lives of thoso who this power the little creature managod Its that the separate to evade ull olTorts \<> secure it. The ind Prance in thVir prolonged immersion which a nestling of capital from tho [will undergo, instinctively and vol un tar* "It Es only in theily, or which ;n. ndult bird will endure' he North Americans, I in an attempt to drown it. seems re ASK YOUR DEALER FOR Rock Springs Sootiest ;.'V,^--..fyXCHf^lS MINED (COAL For. Stove and Furnace Uie No Dirt No Clinkers No Soot ,1 MINES AT Elcan, Alta. 5 "ft.?" in straw titan in velvet, i • 1 counted cm us likely to bi s:it in lashi, tor tin' alarmed at their own mining-disasters, have discovered with markablc, surprise thnt European countries, in :ill those* things, have' instituted special legislative enactments to exercise a protec- THE COIN THAT EVERY FRENCH beaver it is not to be £f ^Snt gWZn&^Xf? ^ '" ^ H ' "::: ,! "' ',!'"'' '"■'■•» '■•"■'(■nil Government of North America deserves! ""THOUSANDS of flve-franc pieces are J. split intu two ' CAUSE OF ECZEMA EXPLAINED in uriloi lo penetrate properly, ee. uni ves llllll e.ilitllie'lilH C-Ie,g til'' ji"I-. WMlin.it Conns Foster in tho Skin anil P.lood reaching the inner K n Cures are Impossible Thc remedy that will seni at uml 'I'-ii-.v '!,' iHKonHo germs, stop the itch After years of debate m.-.ti.:. 1 au and soothe the health} that ili-iritic- aro now agreed that [£czcnia mild, clenn compound of oil uf wintoi mill eeilier skin elisi':i<t's aro ii"t seated u , Ihyiucel, glycerine, etc., I •;..\tu as in the blood, but are cauBcd ley germs I'. I •. I' Proscription. in !h" shin. Myriads of microscopic The ins i yen w.-ch with this sooth animals gnaw the flesh just below the ing liquid yon will (Ind thc itch relieved. the profoi in popular ing-accidents, Tho Federal (i 111 ati 111ee3 praiso fnr its fight si the prevalence ut' uiin- Sinnll lints hav taste, but they are by i wore the hair to be worn fashion last season thoy that the hair is worn so much closer to tho head, if the brim [ eSults by which such accidents may be prevented or their ia sit all largo it extends out from tho head nnd appears far sequences mitigated. In a suburb of Pittsburg tho minia- " Both turned up and turned down turo model of a mine has been built for the purposes of ex- celel time favorite, the mushroom poriment and of instruction in safe mining-construction and By tiio publications officially circulated i French owners halves by thoir pidcrmis. The pnticnt is perfectly healthy, it is only the skin that is lis eased, Hence, scientists are new :,e_.r,.,-.i skin. thai you must cure tlio skin through the The medicine must bo in liquid form Wei ; citivcl* uss]irc ynu of this e\ :. the n. li. 'p. Uiborat erics. H.'i'i. R. P., "■'. ,1 ' Hti ■ t, Toronto, fur a tree trial bottlo, nnd prove it yourself. For sale by all druggists. wider than it measures, shapes are in style1. Tin massed together Nothing i but a compari8o i nl the mus of. two seasons igo will Jin similar they are. very year, iu the ms exaggeratedly small, and I during tho last few years it has kept the signineauce of theUope of "discovering" an immense hid-, full around tho face as was the problem over before'the public eve. Neither care nor cost den treasure. This treasure, nccording ubl appear much smaller. Now|h(is boon spared in arriving at scientific and experimental to the legend firmly bclievesd, is nn order t" pay the holder ono hundred thous-j | nnd francs in silver stvo-franc coins, nnd francs in silver livo-l'inne coins. Whon Napoleon lirst set. the flve-franc piece in circulation it wns very difficult to induce a Frenchman to receive :le new coin, llenci', according to the story, Napoleon gave it to bo understood that ho had ordered a check for ono hundred thousand francs, written upon asbestos shape, is to be seen, with brim of finest pleated straw turned clown to completely bide tlie upper part of tho face, and with the crown of thee hnt covered with pleatings of tulle thickly f rendering succor in the hour every possible moans to induce It !W in thi will of th be the comment, year with that f dil legis individual States, as well as tho private low the example thus sot them. The mos have boon summoned from Europe in o jlanco how utterly dls- give to the solution of these problems t special experience; in short, the GoVernn 1 \,na „, iter. It has taken ative bodies cif the nine-owners, to foi- eminent specialists der that they may advantage of their. ent at Washington paper, to be concealed in one of the new ns within its power I silver pieces. lias employed all conceivable ways and n Wonderful filmy scarfs, of which the shops show a fas-! to keep the black diamonds of Nurth America for tha futuru I From that clay to this no one has cinatuig lot, alfljnvahiable in giving Ipjuj and distinction to I unstained by human blood." , jacto«i to the fire franc piece. FOR THAT NEW HOUSE Sackett Plaster Board The Empire Brands of Wall Plaster MASlTAC.TniKle ONLY BV The Manitoba Gypsum Co., Limited . • : :" WINNIPEG, MAN. THE TIMES, HOSMER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. The Hosmer Times|*ndins se,tlcr' ,Xo one shoul<1 j hie tin land or advance money SUBSCRIPTION' RATES One Year One Hollar in Advance Single Copies Five Cent* Each t'ublishoil every Thursday morning at Hosmer, British Columbia. THURSDAY, APRIL II. 1910 Time Tables. C. f. R. TIMH TABLE Arrive Hosmer i in Nn. tr.i West 9.41 No. 314 Bast 18. 15 No. 238 Local East !>.:n No. 236 Local West 10.10 No. 7 Welt Flyer 10. 22 No. 8 East Flyer 20.:«) Change took effect Sunday Oct. .'il G. N. TIMETABLE No, 251 leaves Michel 10:10 a. in. Arrives at Hosmer... 10:40 a. in. No. 252 leaves Rexford.. 4:15 p. m. Arrives at Hosmer ■ ■ T:Ki p. in. G. R. Shepherd, Agent. in Montana or anywhere else, without first jjoitiK to the land office and learning positively that the land they file on is the actual piece they want. Too much care cannot lie taken against the wiles and promises of the land shark, who is much evidence, particularly in Montana.—Coif fix Gazette. A Good Suggestion A month or two ago, when Rogers' Pass was blocked, tho Kootenay had some experience of the number of people passing through British Columbia on the main Hue of the ('. I*. R„ even in winter when travel is comparatively light and when the train service is reduced. Home idea may be gained from this of the tens of thousands who every year come out to have a look at the province, and who never see anything of the districts in which we are more particularly interested. Every year, tens, indeed, hundreds of thousands of people visit British Columbia. They buy a through ticket to Victoria or Vancouver, tind the route foi' which the ordinary ticket is good is that via the main line. They go to the coast without seeing anything of the Kootenay and without hearing or learning very much about it. If they do not return, they stay almost to ,a man on tbe coast or on Vancouver island. What else can be expected? What other districts are brought to their attention there? Many of them do not (ind the climate of the coast to their liking and tire lost to the province altogether. Would it not lie well to adopt some means of calling the attention of these people to the advantages of the Kootenays, both while they tire on the trains tind while they are in Vancouver or Victoria? If till the various districts of this region could co-operate in the distribution of information, tens of thousands of visitors to the const would learn that there is a great, big country up here, well worth making a trip to see.—Nelson News. A Natural Booster F. E, (Old Man) Simpson, formerly editor of the Cranbrook Herald, has joined the staff of tlie O. W. Kerr company as field manager in the state of Illinois. He will lie a good man for the position, as he is a natural booster, and southern Alberta will receive the benefit of his being there. He will send many people to the Canadian west. - Lethbridge Herald. Says Clark is a Four Flusher Joseph Martin, of British Columbia, and Winnipeg renown, now ti member for East St. Pancreas in the British House of Commons, writing to the London Times in reply to a letter of J. M. Clark, declares the latter's knowledge of facts connected with Canada's naval policy, with which he attempts to deal to be very inadequate. Mr. Martin, at thc conclusion of his letter says: "Mr. Clark refers to the parochial views of my constituents and to many of my supporters in St. Pancreas as coal heavers. I would back almost any one of these coal heavers against Mr. Clark in a political discussion touching the affairs of the empire, In his address before the empire co-operative league at Westminster Palace Hotel, close by the houses of parliament a short time airo is a fail Despatcher Cot Three Months Night telegrapher operator Voyer of the C. I'. R. train office at Regina Sask. was sent to jail for three months for deserting his key. lie was intoxicated and gave the dispatcher the ''good night, no more" signal. Fortunately the agent was secured nnd danger to trains was avoided by a new man being secured. Voyer made his own defense and contended that as Regina was a divisional point all .'trains had to stop there, there being no danger through his quitting the oflice. The magistrate decided to make an example of Voyer, this being the second case within a week. Lodge Coat Caused Fire "King Bill," a lodge goat, was responsible for tho destruction by lire of the Ribsam building, at Trenton, N. J., one of the handsomest and most modern business structures in the heart of the city. The loss is $75,000. For an hour the city's business centre was threatened. The upper stories of the building are occupied in great part by labor and fraternal organizations, One of the lodges was initiating a number of candidates when the goat, which a prospective member was riding, balked and started on a rampage. He came in contact with a lighted lamp, tipping it over. The lodge members were too busy trying to capture the goat to continue the initiation to notice that a spark from the lamp had ignited it curtain. Before the blaze could be extinguished the room was all afire tind the members had to flee for their lives. Several had narrow escapes. The goat was the first to get out of the burning building. The flames spread rapidly and the structure was soon in ruins. Captain Tatlow Died Last Sunday Captain R. (•. Tatlow. late minister of finance and agriculture for British Columbia, died at Victoria Sunday at 12:.'{() from injuries received whAi thrown from his trap on Friday last. Hon. Robert (iai'iiett Tatlow was born in Scawa, county Down. Ireland, on Sept. <i. leS.",5. the family having an honorable and distinguished ancestry. He was educated at Cheltenham in England. Capt. Tatlow was an unsuccessful candidate for the legislature in 189-1 for the city ol Vancouver. He entered the house in 1900, and became minister of finance aud agriculture in the McBride cabinet in June, 1003. He was re-elected at the elections of that year, and again in 1007. On all sides the splendid services of the late Capt, Tatlow, to his province, were admitted and particularly in the reconstruction of the provincial finances. Before the late election, he differed from his Leader, lion. Richard McBride. on the railway policy aud retired from public life. Thc late Capt. Tatlow iu 1903 married Miss Elizabeth Crorn- bie, a daughter of .J. II. Crom- C. H. DUNBAR Barrister Solicitor and Notary Public HOSMER - - B.C. bie, of Montreal, and their family consisted of three children. For a comfortable shave or a neat, artistic hair-trim visit the shop of Sam Snell. iiltf The road to heaven was not •'■ ■'■ uwk .m.kx i. fishbr, h.a. ■■ constructed ftir lazy travelers. LAWE & FISHER The reason why lightning] Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. never strikes twice in the saint -THE *************# Hosmer Hospital!; Mens spring SHOES place may be that there's nothing left to hit a second time. A young man worked on a farm for $30 a month. He took a shorthand course with us. Now he gets $100 a month. The course cost him $65.00 that's the story. The Garbutt Business College has schools at Calgary, Lethbridge and Winnipeg. The principal is F. G. Garbutt FERNIE B. C. PEOPLES CLOTHING STORE I'll. ADELBEHG I. ZIBWMAX, Mine. | Clothing, Gent's Furnishings, Boots and Shoes, Jewelry and Watches Dross Swell Veen Might us well HOSMER, 11. C, THE HOSMER DAIRY G. M. HEDLEY, Prop. Fresh .Milk and Cream delivered to all parts of the town. HOSMEK. B.C. H. M. & W. A. WHIDDINGT0N ARCHITECTS Monibom nf Allee'l'tll AKSOOlfttlOn Clt Architect* l\ HOSMER EVERY TUESDAY FERNIE, B. C. Accommodation for Maternity Cases Foi- rates, etc. apply to THE MATRON HOSMER, B. C. P. CAROSELLA DEALER IN Cigars Tobaccus Groceries Gent's Furnishings General Merchandise Smoked and Cured Meats Opera House Block HOSMER - - B. C * HAVE ARRIVED » * # * Tbey are bound to please * you. We guarantee you * comfortable and stylish „, * foot service. ^ $3.50 $1.00, $1..50 and $5.00 * — * Aiello & Bossio* * * Main St., Hosmer * * , . . * ^ jeWFine shoe repairing # done here. **************************************************** f Postoffice Box 00 Sheep: Scotia Hotel * I BELL & DAVIS I 1 Builders and Contractors Bath Rooms Up-to-date. You «re all welcome at Pete's Barber Shop Front St., Hosmer M. L. McKINNON General Blacksmith and Horseshoer All Kinds of Carriage and Wagon Repairing done on Short Notice. MAIN ST., HOSMER, B.C. £ Elk Valley Development Go. LIMITED Owners of HOSMER TOWNSITE i All kinds of repair work done on short notice. Shop J Fittings a specialty. Estimates Furnished on * * •k Application, aatisracuon uuaraiueeu * **************************************************** Application. Satisfaction Guaranteed SEE US FOR FURNITUREj a We are now showing a nicely assorted line of furniture ♦ and will be pleased to quote you prices on anything from a kitchen chair to u completely furnished home Kootenay Restaurant M. I). HONG, Prop. MEALS 25 CTS. AND UP Short Orders a Specialty Board at reasonable rates A trial solicited FR( )XT ST. IIOSMER, B. C. A number of very desirable Lots for Sale CREE & MOFFATT ▼ t New Crack Trains Three crack transcontinental passenger trains, operating from different eastern terminals, and making the most costly triple service in the world for any distance, will be established by the Great Northern in the spring. Orders for new equipment have been placed, representing an expenditure of nearly $3,000,000, which will fit out two other transcontinental trains on the Great Northern, similar in every point to the service mintained on the Oriental Limited. This will mean I that the "last Mail" starting ut of the Twin City, the "Great -FOlt- Millinery Fancy Goods Children's Wear Dry Goods -SEE- MRS. McMEEKIN Dressmaking in Connection Main Street Hosmer. B. C. to use a sporting phase, my coal heavers could give him cards and spades and win every game." After the Land Shark A note of warning is sounded to intending settlers in .Mon ment a short tune ago is a fair ,, ,, ,, „' , , .. , c , , , ,, .JNorthern hxpress out ot Kan- samiile ol what he is capable ol . .... sas ( ity and the "Oriental Limited" from Chicago, will have the; same kind of equipment from pilot to tail light. It will require twenty-live; complete trains to maintain this triple service, which il ! 1Wl, ,,, , hooked up together would ex-! tana. Many are going there to tend for more than three miles! locate on government land, and "n a single track. Taking en- locators, of course, arc thicker ginc and cars, consisting of one than thieves. Home of them, in '■ observation, two standard fact, are no better than thieves, sleeping, one diner, two day, for they are engaged in the one tourist sleeper, ono baggage nefarious practice of locating and one mail, the total expeu- people on wrong sections of diture of each train is about land, something that looks 8120,000. pretty nice, but is not subject ciiamberlab^Stotnach and to entry or else has already |Uver Tablets assist „,„„,,, in been filed on. lo put these Some special values in the following: Extension Dining Tables in Oak and Elm Dining Chairs and Rockers Sideboards and Buffets Gunn Sectional Bookcases Dressers and Stands THE- East Kootenay Telephone Co. Long distance wire is now ready for use by the public Office: Royal Hotel HOSMER, B. C. The Hosmer Mines, Ltd. HOSMER, B. C. We have Linoleums and thi' best assortment of Poor Oil Cloths a************************* i CITY I Meat Market $ Best line of Steaks, Chops, Roasts, Sausage, Bacon, Butter, Eggs, Lard, Etc. in llosmer. t Come in and see thc new | market, * ' —-■ * ———————— $ NOT IN TIIK TRUST MINERS AND SHIPPERS Hosmer Steam Coal and Coke GENERAL OFFICE, MINES AND COKE OVENS LOCATED AT HOSMER, B. C. Lewis Stockett, General Manager D. G. Wilson, Superintendent ♦ Have you seen our Japanese Mat-t ? ting Squares? They're selling - fast. ♦ 9x9 ft. $3.50; 9x10 ft. $3.50; 9x12 $4.00. * GABARA BROS., Props * * Front St.. near Queen's Hotel * ************************** St( and Kit ghouls out of business Governor Norn's of Montana has offered a reward of S2.">0 for each and every conviction following the swindle of an in- driving all impurities out of the system, insuring a free mid re- gular condition tind restoring the Ol'gailS of the body to health and strength. Sold by all druggists, iBENNET OVER 88 YEARS' EXPERIENCE * stoves and Kanges. * in Tin and Granite \\ are. Hardware and Furniture * ♦ NEAR C. P. R. DEPOT HOSMER, B. C ♦♦♦♦♦♦*•♦♦♦ ♦*»■♦♦♦•»>4**•<,-«. «►«.♦<*«•»♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ▼ Trade Marks Designs . .. . Copyrights Ac. AnvonenondlriR npkeloh and description mny quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an Invention id probably piitGiilablo. ConiTnunlrn- tlniisnirlcilyrontlilRiiMiil. HANDBOOK on PatontB sent free. Oldest npeticy forsGcuriii«piitenti*i. Patents taken tliroinrh Munn & Co. receive tpeclatnotice, without chamo, lathe Scientific American. A handsomely llltmtratrvl weekly. LarRMt elr- i-nlatioii of miy urii-ntuie Journal. Terms for Canada, ■*">."■> a year, pontage prepaid. Sold by nil newmluaU'ra. MUNN SCo.36'8-^'New York Braucn Office, 055 F St., Wastilugtou, I>, 0, Elk Valley Beer Beverage of Quality Manufactured from Canadian Malt, Bohemian Hops and tbe famous Crystal Spring Water Elk Valley Brewing Co., Limited CRYSTAL SPRINGS, B. C, (Via Michel) ■i „,. — ■HuMMMMe* j THE TIMES, HOSMER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. Geo. H. Marlatt's Profits will be thrown to "The Four Winds" for 10 Days and no Regular Prices will prevail. Hosmer will be more than a summer Resort, a place "Where weary souls may rest." The live- ly Sales Co. of Vancouver will bring the people for miles and miles around to this merciless price-cutting event, and Geo. H. Marlatt's STORE will make Hosmer a trading centre, read and known of all the people from the towns north, south, east and west GEO • • • \J* • • • MARLATT i ■■■ Hosmer's largest retial merchant is placed in the hands of THE EVELY SALES CO. to be reduced by them $5M IN TEN DAYS This Great Sale is for the People Geo. 11. Marlatt's Store is the people's store. A thousand surprises antl more for this sale. Herald tlie good news it's wonderful. This is a premier effort in value giving without a counter-part or parallel, a supreme master movement oi under-priced merchandise oi the highest merit, a direct appeal to the economical instinct o( tliink- ing people, io whom the saving of a dollar is equivalent to a dollar earned. ^^^^^^^^^^4**4************************************* ************************************************************ ************ The Sale begins Saturday Morning, April 16 AND CONTINUES FOR THE NEXT TEN DAYS Don't let this once-in-a-life time chance slip from your grasp. Drop everything—your hammer and tongs; your breakfast dishes; your carpenters' tools even let the milking go; but be here. The Evely Sales Co. will distribute 50 per cent, (one-half) of this entire stock at some price, yes, any old price within the contracted-for-time. Original Prices, Profits, Cost and Losses totally disregarded. ************************************************************ ************************************************************************************************************************ Geo, II. Marlatt's Store, with its eeilelr,s;ll Mucks eel' (ienel'ill Ml-l'I'llUlldisr makes the strongest bid and offers to tlie |ie'ii[e|c eel' lleeslnc'l' and the l'l'el- vince tho grandest opportunity to lay in ii season's supply of merchandise at savings thnt will probably not he re- picatcd in a generation. Every Customer who attends this sale will surely send fifty more for neething i.s more potent than wnrd-eef-ineeiilh advertising, and in these times ii is only natural for Saturday morning at 8,30. www - overybody to study economy. +#.M*+'l'*»#*'>>*#'»'»*et**''>#^^ Every Article of Merchandise in the Big Store will be cut in price, not an item or yard will be left untouched THE EVELY SALES CO. will offer values beyond the wildest dreams of the biggest bargain hunter. This sale is thc most colossal mercantile undertaking that has ever been sponsored by any llosmer retail concern, to distribute within a given period over $10.000.00 worth <»i merchandise. Money Refunded ut any time if the values offered in this sale can be duplicated in any other store, or if foi' any reason whatsoever you desire your money hack. Fire, Smoke and Water, backed by the Sheriff and au order of the Court, would nat create greater enthusiasm. Rain or shine, the store will be lilled week days from 8:30 till 0 o'clock. The Bargain Flood Gates of The Evely Company's Sale will he open WRECKED! We have wrecked the prices in every part of the Store. Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, Clothing of all kinds for Men and Boys. Boots and Shoes for every walk of life. Men's Furnishings. Everything a man wears from scalp to heel A Reign of Terrior Stantleld's Knitted Underwear will make advance buying in Fall and Winter Underwear especially brisk as the prices aro all cut 2.*) per cent. Dumping Out Tlie Entire Summer Stock in Woman's Blouses, Skirts, Muslins, Collars and Gloves at maker's prices will bring all the women out to the sale. We welcome you. Prices Jammed to a Jelly on Men's Clothing and Furnishings The Sale of the Year The high standard of the stock i> tem well known for comment. It has an oasy load as comparod with any other store in Hosmer. Its merchandise the finest and best. Styles thc latest .-ind most approvod the range exclusive, double as large e'ts any ot her slock in the town. Not an article will be left untouched. Price reductions throughout the stoic. Miners and Loggers ! Working Men—Listen! We aro at'lor the men thai wear the I (voralls aud Smocks and t he heavy -ee\, w ho cany i he dinner pall. You who aro economically inclined, come down and see the bui'ffaius that are decidedly t"i' you. The Whole Stock Entirely at the Mercy of the Wage Earners of this Community for 10 days. All Former Selling Out-Done THE EV Y SALES CO. of Calgary and Vancouver selling the entire $10,000 stock of Geo. H. Marlatt, retail merchant at Hosmer, B. C. Hosmer's Greatest Out-Burst of Value Giving Starts Saturday Morning, April 16th, 1910 and lasts for ten days only. Don't forget the place, Opera House Block, Hosmer, B. C. T11K HOSMER TIMES SPECIAL OFFER For Blue Ribbon Cook Book tt is a e-lcarlv printed booh of handy size, telling briefly anel simply just whnt :■' dee, ■etiel what tn avoid, lo obtain best results; how t.» -n't nicest nourishment from foods: linw i" combine ami serve them attractively. Every thing i> so conveniently arranged ainl indexed that any information desired may be easily found. 'The parts telling about Cooking for Invalids tind Home Made Candies would nl enc ■nuke lliis hee.ik a necessity in i fcrv home, ami . II other parts arc equally good. "~1 Ru ^UiiBBot W THIS COUPON 1 IS WORTH iuc BLUE RIBBON. DEPT. R. P.. WINNIPEG ! enclose Coupon an I :'.-.,• f.,r Blue Uib I L'.M' ilc Bool Cook F.ook Fo>- Everyd-y Use i,-i Vt'ciefni .iomes Hound hi Oilcloth, ">\ 71*:: inchr*. We have never sold Mntfle nopies I '■ :••■• than ::." ntH apiece. But l.v usiiiK ill.- coupon printed here, or ii il: this offer, we will send il i.»iyour itdtlreiw postpaid for only ■, ■ - ii-. •*'i( '* ^sT ■(j$*\v WHRLt .x&StSSScWC1 '.: teatrutjOins.:', -fin) Wr_>»AW:i,?en>yW>HlleJn -miU ■ l»yi. ifi)«Kuci4)ittn:uc, ma'lM?ci '■<■' iW**L*a ■ •, T'V: :'. '■'■■ ■ Oiijijl; 7' drive out game, secure better pasturage, It will surprise matey to learn that a destroy the property of others, or, even light tire i inning through the forest ice secure- a better crop eef berries, is a and not killing mature timber is a very criminal offence that .sluenlel merit the : serieeus affair, Such a tiro is licet en -atiie punishment as se'ttinu* lire tu a ough tie kill tie- seedling growth, par- building in a crowded city. What we ticularly pine, spruce and other conifers, need in Canada is a thorough under- If fires kill off the young trees as,fast as stan-liiig eef what our hisses from forest they come on, what chance is there eef tires mean tee us as a nation, and the perpetuating the forestf Absolutely cultivation of a strong public sentiment none, unless we pl.t.!. Planting is a which will back up tl nforcement of very costly operation, and only advocat* laws designed tie protect uui forests ed as a hist resort, I'uelir proper man from fire. In Norway any j.i'ts"ie who agement, fires will '■>' kept cat. the causes a forest lire, bj accident or forest opened up gradually ley the re- otherwise, is held liable fur all he is linovnl of thc mature tree's, nature al worth toward making good the damage, lowed tu do ber own planting and a per- aud impris -d as well. Tlie result I pet mil crop of trees secured. is that forest tins very seldom occur. The large sums of n y spent by tbe la Europe they say "It is only the I different Canadian provinces and by the | .N rioans (including Canadians) tend Federal Government for the protection Turks who burn the forests." Prom the uf uui- rapidly disappearing forest northern tree limit to the Isthmus of wealth ar. being spent to good purpose. Panama, ami front tin- Atlantic- tu tbe iThe great pity is that they are nut in Pacific, tin' North At dean continent a positieen tu spenel even larger sums.; has been fairly Bcourged by lire. Even so as to work out the most effective sys-p those who are must familiar with the tents possible. Each province bas a dif- I condition of our forests do not realize ferent kind uf u problem to solve. The the enormous quantities of wood'annual- money si-ent in solving it is the very ly consumed by forest fires, Lumber best kind uf insurant^* for property of, [enough to build whole cit ics. ties enough incalculable value. When all is saiei unci to supply complete railway systems, tim- done, however, it will be seen that the ber enough to develop the mineral re- protection ot' our forest property from sources of a whole county ami fuel en* destruction by lire is largely a moral eittgh t. supply ti whole province fur the cpiestion. You cannot take a poople by winter have frequently been swept e.ui tin- thrbal ami make them do so and so., ef existence without raising an editor but you '-an accomplish a very great iul comment in any of our newspapers, deal by getting them to realize the sor- ,This, surely, is striking evidence of the iuusness eef the situation tee ns as .a na- npathy of th.' public conscience towards tion. ami gelling them lu look at this tires which do uui endanger the present matter uf feeresi lire's from the national luxuries ami necessities oi private eiii standpoint. I sincerely tnisl that ovory "■ i is. li is also wld io of our national reader of this articlowill do iiis shure I;; anee regarding the frightful waste in the task of awakening the national that goes on from year tu year, ami uf conscience regarding this vital subject. the criminal negligence which allows it lu g.i ..a unchecked, INSANITY IN THE AEMY Tn Canada, ihe greatest sourc danger aro the carelessness of th le who have iiccnsi"!! t.e use lire' in I th elusion reached by Drs. An woods, ami the railways running|theaums atul Miguol in a rocentjwork ueli ihe forested arous. Inexper- entitled "Mental Disease in the I'fonch ienced campers do nut realize how easy Army." In the American Army insan- a mailer ii is \'>>f a camp lire tu es ity is one of the less frequent disorders, cape inlo the' neighboring woods and Wo learn from the Surgeon-General's start n vast conflagration. Before start report that there we're 1,083 eases in ing such flres tho ground should be clear- tho United States Army in Ihe years • el of all inflammable material for a dis-j 1808-1907, or 1.73 per 1,000, and its 'ease's tanco of several feet, or else built where j in 1008, or I..10 per I.IIIIH. In Ihe Philip there is no vegetable material in which pines there were 13 case's in 1908, or •cos eef rilUAT :in unbalanced mind is very lie pen ! _L common among French soldiors, is A WELL-KNOWN Scottish clergyman strong mi thesn classical pieces, bin gut i it t invocation iu a rail that's very gnu I. VVhal is it!" The way earriage wild a workingman, spinster east down her tyi-^. "That," who informed him that he had been she '"Id him demurely, "is the 'Maid- a coupler mi a railway for several years, 'en's Prayer.' *' "Oh," said the minister, "1 can lea! * * * Mutt. I have been a coupler fur eeve-r 4 DOVEIi lawyer tells a story in twenty years." "Aye," replied the Xi which tbe llonornblo II. L. Dawes, workman, "but I can uncouple, ami who, it seems, in his younger days, Ten c.-inna'" was an indill'eronl spealtor. Shortly Set started* undof all circumstances 1 after his adiiiislson t,e the' bar he had | entreat you to adopt this policy. Try to i „• „,.«™l w, ks'" '••"*•' which was tried before a NortU »npross it upon others, hy your own I III >• ^ lldl flit all ' ' :' ' " t mny smoulder fur hours, or even d; t before- being fanned into flnme. <>n breaking camp, every precaution should be taken tie see that the' fires used have been completely extinguished. The throwing aside of burning matches or cigar stubs and the use cef rug or paper gun wads are also frequent sources of danger. The only sure wuy Ice fight a forest fire is to be careful not tn let it was attracted a large crowd. The] it'll',.r I justice was perspiring in the' crowded AFTER waiiin without hearing the amateur author wrot Magazine editor, requesting an decision, saying that she had ' irons in the tire." Promptly came the. j •dit.'r's response: "Dear Madam: I j. havo rold your story, and, after giving I!» ""' m,asl '.'! "".' eloquent address it careful consideration, I should advise you tu put it with tl ther irons. ' 1.00 per 1,000—10 among th,' whit troops ami .'1 among Ihe colored. This contradicts the idea that insanity is more common among the soldiers iu the Philippines than in the United States proper, Insanity in the Army is also iess frequent than among the general population, according to the figures in the "Encyclopedia of Social Reform,'' which reports that in 191)11 the insane: in hospitals numbered 1.88 per 1,000 of the | population. The authors of the French ; work show that, contrary to accepted' from her story! Adnms justice of tho peace, and Dawes g°0<1 ,'x;"nI'1'' :IK w('11 "s by talking opinim ental elisenses in the French pposed by a lawyer whoso elo- | NASi&.M.'rAj the irlyl'l ' I room ami evidently fast losing his tern finally he' drew ull' his cunt anel. lory, aad, after giving I burst mil: ".Mr. Attorney, supposing thai you take a seal ami let .Mr. Dawes sneak. I want Ice thin out this crowd." AM KM tun svin- was making a speech on some | their relatives wish, MEMBER ,.l the Nebraska legisla-1 gj MALL buys are nol always ai pat hei ic as I nii'iitom epic si uui, ami in con- [ but, mi tho either hand, they arc eluding said: "In tho words uf Daniel seldom as heartless as they sometimes vVeiestt"', who wrote the dictionary, appear "Why arc you crying so, Tom- 'Give me liberty or give in.' death.' "my?" inquirod if the buy's aunts, •no uf his colleagues pulled al his coat who found her small nephew seated mi and whispered* "Daniel Webster did the doorstep lifting up his voice in loud tot ".-rile the dictionary; it was Noah. " i wails, "'fhe b baby fell d-downstairs! " "Noah nothing," replied Ihe speaker; blubbered Tommy. "Oh, that's tun "Noah built the ark." .bail." said the aunt, stepping over him and opening the door. "I elo hope the littlo dear wusn 't inuehhurt!' "S-shc's IT was while Charlemagne Tower was',,M|v |lln.t ., |,ttlel" wailed Tommy ambassador to Russia that a New "Bid Dorothy s saw her fall, while I'e fork City newspaper "spread it- gone I" the g-groecry self" upon a fell' held at St. Peters- anything'" 1 never s-sec burg. A green copy-reader produced ibis result: "As pleasing tu the eye a HARNESS races postponed on ac-1 valuation and cheapen in character tind count eef wet tracks will be a price all horses wearing them, thing of thc past if ihe plans of iJllt tlll, que8tj0n presents a business John H. Madden are tound to be prae- viewpoint that it is well to take ac- ticable in the coming campaign. Obscrv- (.„uiit of. Unfortunately, it is imposing the devices used to melt asphalt Blble to give figures as to tho percentage pavements in the streets of New \ ork „f h01.seB t],at rac0 :„ he.bbles, but it is ami other cities, th.' Kentucky horse Bafe t„ sav tl|.|t Beve„ty-five out of man conceived the idea of giving them every hundred pacers- raced over half- it trial as absorbers ot moisture on the mj]e tracks havo their legs tied togeth- tl'ottmg tracks. Pushing the forced er. On mile tracks the ratio is less, flame slowly over the suriace .if the i„,t v01.y m,arlv half of the hurses on ground, lie found that it dried out the lhl, ,„•■„ tr|u.k'M usa bobbles. At the nine! instantly, leaving dust m its wake. Columbus Grand Circuit meeting last He now purposes t.e give the machines fall, eighty-nine hobbled horses started, u thorough trial as soon as springs opens wuua the number of freelegged ones with a view to introducing them in the WBS miy seventy-seven—these figures Crand Circuit next season if they will wera Ulkl.„ from tho summaries of the do tic work. E. T. Bedford the breed- mcBa for tUo entire meeting. No doubt er of Hamburg Belle, 2:01%; Lieuten llw percentage of hobble wearers nt Col ant-Governor Horace White, A. J. „mbus was.greater than at othor Grand Welch, owner of the h'eudville trotting Circuit meetings, tier the reason that it track, and oilier hms,'men who have ;„ tlu, meeting point of main- half-mile seen thom tested, behove that the plan track campaigners. '" ••11"'." anl'mi. mistaken," Mr. Mad „Inllvi°w "'' •*•■*•* ftat • •"* ."ajoritv den said the Cher day, "you can dry "' : I"'""!'" «£»« "":l(!'. h"1;''1"9' "" out a muddy truck i,,'halt an hour or W '"" iu s''s' '.'il" « f^oni number , .. ,' ,, .(..*• <'i Uorsea hi' i-t\\wnrod io un witboul .•^s time by runiunR thro or four m ,, , H , . , .■ , ", „ .„• thom to Bupnjy :n cMiiMtc t'litncs or those nachinea aoroaal oin'o or twice ,, , ■ ■ ' ' .- ..' ... ,, , , .. ., .... |, i the uundrens o noctings be d iiunun lv? :11<111n<I the course, Oue outfll woiua do r<< „ ti ■ ,• • ,, ,. i i , ,i i To »ui this.question u another way, is nr icwhk! circuit, as hcv can In* ,. ' ,-.. \ . , ,...•*'. ... ■• . .. , ',..., there a biiIucicuI number <> trmncrs m readily sin >ih'< lmm inwn to town. . ., ,.w t , ',, ' m America Tvho poBsess the abintv to tutor where tho races are m proffress. , ' ,A . , . ' B land pro pare pacers to race withoot hob Wei tracks aro tho causo of greator j |,|,.s j \1( olll, ,,.,„ supply tin- answers Iors to tho managers of trotting moet- to those questions, and uot until tho ings than any other misfortune which time comes when hobbles aro actually befalls thom. Rain at night often ne* barred will the solution of this weighty ccsBitatos postponement, oven when the | problem become apparent. U the debarment of liobbleB proves detrimental to the Interests of the half-mile track associations (and surely it will affect them moro than it will the mile trad; associations), they will havo but one rocourso, and thai is to form a govern In^jf body of thoir own. Should tho half- mile tracks be forced to this drastic measure, tho N.T.A. and tho A.T.A will, like Othello, "find thoir occupation gone." Disruption of a revolutionary character would result, and harness turf affairs would, for tho time being, be in a stato of chaos. We havo always stood for progression and advancement, and in making these observations we do so, not in a spirit of criticism or evasion, but with an attempt to analyze tho matter nnd discover its virtues, as well as the ill effects that may possibly result from it. That the American Trotting Asso- tion will adopt the same rule is certain; also the rule will be made mandatory and not Bubject to special conditions on the part of their members, who may desire to permit the use of hobbles. Should tho rule prove satisfactory, it will mark the dawn of a new era in breeding, as well aa in racing circles. Tho incentive to breed a better class of horses will be augmented, and the training profession will be raised in tone and character to a much higher standard than is possible under present conditions. Another source of good that will result will be in the increased number of trotters that annually will appear. Many trotting bred horses that, through the medium of hobbles, are quickly made to pace, will be permitted to take the gait for which their breeding designed them. The process of their making, and the expense entailed in their education will of necessity be greater, hut this will eventuate in a marked increase in their valuation. vn.s result: -as pleasing to tne eye as rilEATKICAL manager delighted was all this decoration here was add.■ ^ . ,akj ,.i3(, ,mt*>of conc*oitod ti.einl pleasure' in the sight, as one si 1 , „„ ,.„. <= „ , ,,. ,.,„„„„„,. ; Alarmed Motorist (After Collision): "Are You Hurt?" Butcher Boy: "VVhere's My Kidneys?" —Prom Punch. ie members of his company.; u are getting on fairly well," about it, and you will do far more than lArmy are morn frcqucnl iliau French rly.' I am" getting you may imagine to-check carelessness critics are willing to admit. Says a re 'l-'airlv if lh< wh pleasure in tile Sle^ at the head of tho Prospekt Nevska, of(,.. Charlemagne Tower, briiliantlv iliiimin , . . , , ° . ' , , ' . . he relll'irkeil .ted, looming grand and imposing {{ ,, ^ t]] against tho w.iuor sky. I ^ vlil[u[W „\ |(la_V(,(| [ramlel for w the firsl time hist night. You can see' The railways are another fruitful A LITTLE girl who had a live ban by the papers' glowing criticisms how source of danger. During their construe A tarn presented to her was die- well I gol nn.'1 "J have uot read | tion, the burning of timber felled along ui the part of th i camp iu Hit appointed at the smallness of the irst egg laid by tho bird, tier ideal egg was that of the ostrich, a specimen of which was on the table iu tlie drawing- room. One dn> tho ostrich's egg was missing from its accustomed place. It was subsequently found near the spot tlirm," replied the other quietly, "but the right of way is :i constant sourt viewer in Thc Interstate .Medical dour nal (St. Louis): ''The disturbances oftcuest observed among foot soldiers are psychoses synchronizing with attacks of mental exhaustion. The sudden change from I was you not ie wenl oil'i of ono j grave, bn Oh, you were. Well, of danger-—particularly in very dry or partitive comfort to an existence im of on tnu!. wimmingly everything windy weather. Fires built by navvies irse, 1 made :i bunglo (mostly Italian and Hindoo) to cook t hy falling into Ophelia's their meals and warm themselves an think the audiece appreciat- i also n source of danger- part1 ' ' where the bantam nested, and on il wns Isaid the mm •tuck a piece of paper with Iho words: "bid thev w "Something like this, please. Keej >'°u climbed trying." I know they did," if built against a stump or tree. There fp'r with n slight smile, it may smoulder for days before burst- i frightfully sorrv when ing into flame. When the railway is t again!" completed, the necessity of having a Strong draught for the engines to get 111] steep guides projects the red-hot CANADA'S TIMBER FAMINE cinders to a great, distance from the The dropping of live coals from bued with all the rigors of military discipline, not to mention the exactions! incident to enforced physical and men-j tal exertion, entails something more; than the ordinary soldier possesses, | namely, the sort of adaptability one associates only with men who are habitually in possession of normal intellectuality. One can readily see that since the individuality of the ordinary soldier is none too strong, he will not be long in manifesting insanity, should there be :i predisposition to cerebral disturbances; a deplorable condition that 1 - -lit on partly by tli "' weather is pleasant the next day, owing to the dangers incident to trotting in the mud, and it is a common saying that one postponement prevents the financial success of nny trotting meeting. To insure good footing at all times for the horses it was once proposed to su.'- race some of tho trotting tracks with rubber, but the heavy expense caused Ihe abandonment of the project. Horse men all over the country will await with much interest, the final test of Mr. Madden 's experiment. THE most important action of the Rule Committee of the National Trotting Association, at their meeting in New York City last week, was taken anent the hobble question. The text of the new rule is as follows: "Hobbles shall not be used in races or in performances against time on two- year-olds or under in l!*ll), on three- year-olds or under in 1911, on four- year-olds or under in 1912, on five- year-olds or under in 1913, on six-year- olds or under in 191-1. after which time hobbles shall be barred." Of the many plans and suggestions offered to bring about tho abolition of hobbles, the rule formulated by the N.T.A. seems, in all respects, to be the fairest and mostVeu- Bonable, Tt places no hardship on the owners of horses now making uso of "straps," and at the same time gives adequate notice to all owners and trainers that they must, in future, educate their horses to go without them. It is reasonable to assume that in 1914, or four years hence, few of the horses now wearing hobbles will still' be on the turf, and in the cases such horses only will the rule impose a hardship. The graduated provisions enumerated are far preferable to any rule that would have disfranchised the hobbles Immediately, thus bringing about com plete disorganization and revolution in I racing affairs. As it Is now, the train- j ers, being forewarned, will, of necessity, keep the hobbles off their pupils in the future, and the owners, having the rule in mind, will encourage the trainers of their horses to do so, The hobble question is one that must be approached with due consideration of all its varied angles. All admit that their use constitutes an unsightly spectacle, and that the hobbled evil has grown to such proportions as to alarm all who have the future interests of the harness horse at heart. Despite the plentiful. These match their cunning fact that the breeding of horses is im-1 against that of the tracker, but they proving year after year, the number of have to be very clever to throw him off quickly carried down the current and leave no tell-tale footprints. But the ruse is not always successful, for the reason that the tracker, thinks nothing of distance and is likely to come upOM the tracks of the thief farther on, where the thief was forced to leave the stream. A good tracker, it is asserted, wiH follow a thief, yard by yard, for a hundred miies and come up with him in the end. In one instance a burglar was thus tracked until the searcher reached tlie lock-Up of a village eighty miles from tho starting-point. Inside the building wus the man he had set out to (ind. The police of that place had observed a suspicious-looking character walking ubout carrying a small bundle and had promptly locked him up. An examination of the bundle brought to light jewelry worth several hundred rupees. In one instance the tracker's skit almost condemned an innocent man/ Two sheep belonging to a, government oflicial had been stolen, and the footprints were found to be those of a mai employed to look after the public gardens. The man was arrested, but when tke- track was followed up it was found tt i nd opposite tlu- police station, where the skins of the sheep wero diseoverei. As it seemed unlikely that a thief would deposit his booty under the very eyes el the police a further investigation was mude, and ii was eventually urovol thai the sheep had been taken by th« police, who, to throw the trackers off th* scent, had stolen aud worn the* gardener's shoes. WASHING A TIGER A FRENCH animal trainer at St. Petersburg hired a poor Cossack, who was as ignorant of the French language as he was of fear, te clean the cages of the wild beasts. Instructions were given to the man by means of gestures and dumb show, and apparently he thoroughly under stood what he was expected to do. Tin1 next morning he began his now duties by entering with bucket, sponge, and broom, not the cage of a tame beast, but that of a splendid tiger, which lay asleep on the floor. Tho fieret animal awoke aud fixed his eyes upon the man, who calmly proceeded to wet his large sponge and, unterrified, ap proached the tiger. At this moment tho trainer proprietor saw what was going on and was struck with horror. Any sound or motion um his part would increase the danger ot the situation by arousing the beast t« fury, so he quietly waited till the noe-A should rise to rush to tho man's assist auce. The Cossack, sponge in hand, ap proached the animal and, perfectly fearless, proceeded to rub him down as if he had been ji horse of a, dog; while the tiger, apparently delighted by the application of cold water, rolled over on its back, stretched out its pa we. purred, and offered every part of it* body to tho moujik, who washed him n* complacently as a mother bathes her infant. Then he left the cage aad would ha?« repeated the hazardous experiment upon another savage beast, had aot the trail er with difficulty drawn him off. THE INDIAN THIEF-TRACKER IN India the great enemy of thieves is the khoji, whose name signifies "searcher," or "tracker, and whose business is to track criminals by their footprints. These trackers are trained to their calling from youth and become exceedingly expert. They are an especial terror to the cattle-stealers, who, iu parts of the Junjab adjoining the Indus and other large rivers, where much grazing is carried on, are very FURS De, yon trap or buy Purs? lam Canada's largest dealer, 1 pay higleestpricus. Your shipments* solicited. I pay mail and express charges; remit promptly. Also largest dealer in Keefhieles, Sheepskins, etc. Quotations and shipping taes sent free. « JOHN HALLAM. TORONTO A1.ITTI.K girl, agod three, In,.I been (Kv A. ,,. ,,. Koss faculty of Forestry, ri1''8' , ""' dropping ol live coals ti'.e.n left in tin- nursery by herself,; ' University nf Toronte) in the Can- tho ;ls1'l»l" l!i ills" responsible for the and her brother arrived to find the udmii Courier) starting eel many tires; nisei the burn- icurunncos; a oepioraoio coimition mat door closed. The following conversation _.. ' ,. , ,, . , ing of old ties and othor rubbish along is brought on partly by tho officers in took |.l:i.i'. ■• I want to turn in, Cissie." I " :l "
"« '" "s ■'"' the supplies wnicli tney t||ilt eomtly to Fort Garry to suppress bordinalion, disregard of military rules. taturc hve nm '' You tan linn i it off!" .,■.,. ., t] lack, that there will soon bo a world tho flr8, i..;,,, Bobellion, tho country was •'-' price ten- lumber, and that tho consorva- badly burned, In 1882, while the Caution of our timber resources is an ab- n(ljan |..„,i(i,. Railway wus being built, solute necessity it we are to hold our tll„ work ot destruction was carried still place amongst the natmns ol tl ""i* further. Tln.se of vou who have travel- I/Ofl; old Scotchmen, the remnant '" tllls article I wish tee draw your i^ tll]lt ,.(lutc t„ Winnipeg know what of a club formed some fifty years attention to tho absolute senseless and ft ,|(,sili.,e,, picture the country still pre ago, were seatod around tho table want Instruction of huge areas .pi lor- sonts- |„ ,.V(,,.V province of the l> inin tho club room. It was five a.m., and es' ''"*'''' through tho agency of HrCe ion thoro ia ample ovideneo of tho havoc Bougal looked across at Donald and said | Without the protection of cur timber wrougilt by tire caused by the railways. in a thick, sloopv voice: "Donald, d'ye crops against lire, man, plants, animals, T.„, t.i00rlng eef land for agricultural •otico whnt an'awfu' peculiar expros- "nd tho inimical forces ot nature, what .|MlSl,s ia another fruitful source cef an awtu peculiar expret . r si.,n there is .11 Jock's face?" "Aye," is ''"" "s ' "" the operations in.'nun foreS| |in.s. Naturally this goes on in said Donald, "I notice that; he's dcead! '"L1" l"n'sl management? ,; remote recions whore the work of burn- He's been deend these four hours." Forest flres aro nearly always causod jng „tump and log piles cannot very well "Whnt? Deead! Why did yo no tell Dv l>"m»n agency. The few isolated |)0 done under supervision. In eirv or me!" "Ah, 110 -no no," said Donald. [cul*es ol lines started ley lightning nre wi||,|v „,,.,, e,,,,. ;, ia ., particularly dan \ '111 11,. Hi ii k nd a i-iiiit i\ inl e\ cuing. horses wearing hobbles is on the increase, Were no restraining rules passed, and the continuation cef their present status permitted to obtain, the hobbles would eventunlly prostitute the breed to the extent of neutralizing the benefits derived from HO years of effort tee produce harness race horses of tho highest standard of merit. There can bo no argument, even among those who attempt to explain the merit and bene fits of hobbles, on nny other score than that thoir usage enables u pacor to learn more quickly nuel nice without breaking. That they are a pernicious aud ugly device cannot be gainsaid; neither can it be claimed that they de other than lower the scale of speed the scent. One of their tricks is to catch a buf- Falo, drive it into the river, and, clinging to its tail, guiele it in the wny thev desire tee go. 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Chemists and Bacteriologists, GOSHEN, lnd.,U.S.t. curronco thai thev can ml open rebellion, when alienation should be regarded as the prime cause."! This is particularly true, the writer tells us, in certain special corps—foreign legions, for instance—in which a number cef soldiors are practically de- generates. General paralysis is said to occur :is often i.s llo times in every 100 cases of insanity among oilicers, and its great danger lies in tlie fact that it may remain unrecogulzod for some time. \Ve rea.I "Tee illustrate, u captain of artlllory, who was held in thrall by dolirlous ideas which hail not boon remarked by his associates, hurled himself against a done pier while galloping at tho head gorous operation, especially when con-Lf his battery, and on another occasion mm listitrb "'' sl,rl' '•' scarcely bo considored in tho present i ;jl|(,t(!(1 i,j tho neighborhood of standing||md tho cannon mountod In places so article. Besides, most ol the fires Btart- tln r_as •- „enora!iy •„, difficult of access, that it required eon- , ■ ," ,l",s *■■*>' '"" generally extinguish- ,„ im lhl. ,lustrous tires that swepl sidorablo nil uwriug, ecu the part of Uie anecdotes which Andrew ed by tho accompanying downpour o« throush Michigan and Minnesota were the gtii is to Uro thom All of whici gie is fond of telling con- tain, The theory ol (lros startod by atartod by timber thieves who wished au crabbed bachelor and un "speinlnneoiis combust inn" will nol t„ ,,bliterute tl yidoi I' their cleprc age'.I si'instiT. wl no day found them bear close Investigation. Ilence. man ,|ntions. If this is not a criminal of- solves at ; nccrt. The selections wore himself i- responsible foi nearly ull the fonce I would like to know what is. apparently entirely unfamiliar tn the fires ^"ciic.l in tlie forest, In a fow gentleman, 'ent 'when Mendelssohn's •■■■<-■••. t hei are startod Inlontionnlly, bu "Wedding March" was begun he prick in the vast majority of cases thoy an e.l up his ears. "That Bounds fam- entirely duo I iminul cnrelessness. ■iliier." he oxclaimed. "I'm nol very The deliberate firing of tho woods te Tin OLD CHUM Cigarettes TEN FOR TEN CENTS ii tho slates of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and iVew Yeerk, I have seen thousands of acres of land that wore deliberately burned ovor to secure' g I crops of huckleberries. Nor is our own country exempt. In the liiib- i.'iel.ii' Peninsula 1 hnve seen hundreds of Hquare miles that were burned over by tho Indians to make it easier to hunl for gamo. Officers of the Geological -ore i'v who arc familiar with the cun try ivcsl of Hudson's liny tell me thai the same tiling has occurred there und in the Yukon. In nur northern spruce T ii'Wii K!'S on the riverfront in fmests the danger from Ore is very Xi Philadelphia were greatly asteen- > great. Where tho trees do not stand ishor recently by the sight eef a! close together tho branches grow ail the | tiger calmly sunning itself nn the dock wny to the' ground. In opon spots rein of ; inn liner which was coming up ili'.'i- moss covers even tho rockiest to her pier, When the ship hnd dock-eel, ■ ground, and under the trees thero is u visitors were invited to "shake hands"' i.i I shows, be) I n doubt, how Important j it is to eliminate from an army those1: who are mentally unbalanced, directl*, , Uie first symptoms are noticed. To effect see drastic :i measure u corps of OX j [eei'i alienists would be required, and I that lbs. AnthciHiniQ nnel Mignot aro in a peisi'ieui to knew what remedy Bhould In- applied in present defects will nol bo doubted, when ii is recalled that thoy are .it the head of the slate lunatic usv Itlin nt ('harcnton, which houses al! the, officers uml soldiers afflicted with men tal elisenses." THE BUCK-EYE VOL. 1 WEEKLY EDITION NO. 23 A PET TIGEE thick carpet of mosses which at times become ns dry ns tinder. In *ir\ seasons the mosses and the gummy tops of the I trees burn witli almost explosive vio with the nninial, but ull were content to watch the' tiger from u safe distance, desiring nee more intimate acquaintance. The brute wns almost full grown, hav- lence, forming a continuous sheet of ing been adopted by the crew when it (lame which sweeps forward with fear-j wns lint a cub nnd petted and cared feci- fill rapidity—driving before it the as though it had boon a child. Although boasts e.l' iiii' forest anel the birds of the the beast apparently was friendly with air. lu many cases even the vegetable j portion of the seiil may be* completely ^ burned up. Then long periods eef time ! must elapse- bofore the conditions are the men of the crew, it generally snarl eel nnd showed its teeth whenever' strangers approached. It was voted the j queerest pet that had ever come into favorable for forest growth—especially port, although the sailormen huve some where nothing but bare rock remains, i strange mascots. A SKIN GAME It was in the horoaftor. The niMii on countered ;t Bingulnr group of (inimals. There were two or three henverH. nn otter, and soine .sealn, mink ami marten. All were shivering, though the climate, to say thi! leant' ut* it, was mild. "What's the matter with yuuf" said the man, in per- jilexity. "You acorn chilled." " We were skinned for your wife's furH." they explained civilly. "Shake!" cried the man. sympathetically. "So was I!" When you run up against a skin game, it' you're wise, you smoke a Buck-Eyo and say nothing. To the Buck-Eye smoker there is always the soothing consolation that whatever happens his cigar will not go back on him. Always tho same, year in. year out. the. Buck-Eye is faithful to its ideal—to retain its position as the best ten cent rigar sold today. P.S. If that statement seems strong to you, buy a Buck-Eye and smoke it. You'll find neither statement nor Buck-Eye too strong. 2S A Husband by Proxy Bp JACK STEELE (Copyright, 1909, by Desmond FitzGerald, Inc.) CHAPTEB J. The Proposition WITH tho hum of New York above, below, and all about him, stirring his pulses and prodding his mental activities, Jerold Garrison, expert criminologist, stood at the window •f his recently opened office, looking out upon, the roofs and streets of the city with a new sense of pride and power in his being. New York at last! He was here—unknown and alone, it was true—but charged with an energy that he proposed Manhattan should feel. He was almost penniless, with his of- Mec rent, his licenses, and other expenses paid, but he shook his fist at the city, in sheer good nature and confidence in Mis strength, despite the fact that he •had waited a week, for expected employment, and nothing at present loomed upon the horizon. His past) in a small Ohio town, was behind him. He blotted it out without •egret—or so, at least, he said to himself—even as to all thc gilded hopes which had once seemed his all upon •arth. If his heart was not whole, no Xew York eye should sec its wounds— and the healing process had begun. Ho was part of tho vast machine about him, tho mighty brain, as it were, •f tho grent American nation. Ho paced the length of his room, and glanced at the door. The half-painted ■ign on the frosted glass was legible, re- rersed, as the artist had left it: JEROM) CRIMINOLOGIST. He had halted the painter himself on thc name, as the lettering appeared too fanciful—not sufficiently plain or bold. While ho stood thero a shadow fell upon the glass. Someone was standing •ntsido, in the hall. As if undecided, thc owner of the shadow oscillated for ' j a moment—and disappeared. Garrison tempted to open the door and gratify a ■atural curiosity, remained beside his ■desk. Mechanically his hand, which lay ■pon a book entitled "A Treatise on Poisons," closed the volume. He was still watching the door. The shadow returned, tho knob was revolved, and there, in tho oaken frame, stood a toll youn(? woman of extraordinary beauty, richly though quietly dressed, .and swiftly changing color with excite- ■ent. Pale in ono second, crimson in the ■ext, and evidently concentrating all ber power on an effort to be calm, she .presented a strangely appealing and en- ■tbanting figure to the man across thc aooni. Bravery was blazing in her glorious brown eyes, and firmness came upon ber manner as she stepped inside, clos- ■ad the door, and silently confronted the ■iatectnve. The man she was studying was a fine- look ing, clean cut fellow, gray-eyed, ■moot h-shaven, with thick brown hair, and with a gentleman-athlete air that Made him distinctly attractive. The ftarloss, honest gaze of his eyes completed a personal charm that was undeniable in his entity. Tt seemed rather long that thc two thuf stood there, face to face, Garrison candidly admiring in his gaso, his visiter studious and slightly uncertain. She was the first to speak. "Are you Mr. Jerold?" ".Tereld Garrison," the detective answered. "My sign is unfinished. May I offer you a chair?" His caller sat down beside the desk. Sfco continued to study his face frankly, with a half-shy, half-defiant scrutiny, as if she banished a natural diffidence under pressure of necessity. She spoke again, abruptly. "I wish to procure peculiar services, are you a very well-known detective?" "I have never called myself a detective," said Garrison. "I'm trying to occupy a higher sphere of usefulness. I left college a year ago, and last week •pened my oflice here and became a New Torker." He might, in all modesty, have exhibited a scrap-book filled with accounts •f his achievements, with countless references to his work as a "scientific •riminologist," of rare mental attainments. Of his attainments as a gentleman thero was no need of reference. They proclaimed themselves in his bear- His visitor laid a glove and a scrap #f paper on the desk. "Tt isn't so much detective servicer I require," she said; "but of course you are widely acquainted in New York —T. mean with young men particularly tM "No." he replied. "T know almost ■one. But, I know fhe city fairly well, if that will answer your purpose." "1 thought, of course—I hoped you might, know some honorable——■ You see, I have coihe on rather extraordinary business," she said, faltering a little helplessly. "Let me ask you first— ie the confidence of a possible client •^nite sacred with a man in this profession ?' \ "Absolutely sacred! " he assured her. "Whether you engage my services or aok, your utterances bere will be treated an confidential and as inviolate as if •poken to a lawyer, a doctor, or a clergyman. '' "Thank you," sbe murmured. "1 have been hunting around " .She left the sentence incomplete. "And you found my name quite by accident," he supplied, indicating the scrap.nf paper. "T cannot help observing that you have hocn'tn other otficos first. Ynu have tramped all the way down Broadway from Fortysoeon'd Street, for the red ink that 'someone spilled at the Forty-second Street crossing is still on your shoe, together with just a film of dust.'' Rhe withdrew her shoe beneath the edge of her skirt, although he had never apparently glanced in that direction. "Yes." she admitted, "1 have been to others—and they wouldn't do. T came in here because of the name .Tor- old. I am sorry you nre not better acquainted--for mv business is important. *' "Perhaps if I knew the nature, of your needs T might be able to advise you," said Garrison. "T hope to be moro widely acquainted soon." She cast him one look, full of things inscrutable, and lowered her lashes in silence. She was evidently striving to overcome some indecision. Garrison looked at hor steadily. He thought lie had never in his life beheld a woman so beautiful. Some wild, unruly hope that she might become his client, perhaps even a friend, was flaring in his mind. The color came and wont in her cheeks, adding fresh loveliness at every change. She glanced at her list of names, from which a number had been scratched. "Well," she said presently, "I think perhaps you might still be able to attend,'to my requirements." He waited to hear her continue, but she needed encouragement. "1 shall be glad tu try," he assured her. She was silent again—and blushing. She looked up somewhat defiantly. "L wish you to procure me a husband. '' Garrison stared. He was certain lie had heard incorrectly. "I do not mean an actual husband," she explained. "I simply mean some honorable young man who will assume the role for a time, as a business proposition, for a fee to be paid as I would pay for anything else. "I would require that he understand the affair to be strictly commercial, and that when I wish the arrangement to terminate he will disappear from the scene and from my acquaintance at once and absolutely. "All I ask of you is to supply me such a person. I will pay you whatever fee you may demand—in reason." Garrison looked at her as fixedly as she was looking at him. Her recital of her needs had brought to tho surface a phase of desperation in her bearing that wrought upon him potently, be knew not why. "I think I understand your requirements, as far as one can in thc circumstances," ho answered. "I hardly believe I have thc ability to engage such a person as you need for such a mission. I informed you at the start that my acquaintance with Now York men is exceedingly narrow. 1 cannot think of anyone I could honestly recommend." "But don't you know any honorable young gentleman—like some college man, perhaps—hero in New York, looking for employment; someone who might be glad to earn, say, five hundred dollars?" sho insisted. "Surely if you only know a few, there must be ono among them.'' Garrison sat back in his chair and took hold of his smooth-shaved lip with his thumb aud finger, lie reviewed his few New York experiences rapidly. '' No,'' he repeated. '' T know of no such man. I am sorry." His visitor looked at him with a new, flashing light in her eyes. "Not one?" she said, significantly. "Not one young 'college' man?" He was unsuspicious of her meaning. "Not one." For a moment she fingered her glove where it lay upon the desk. Then a look of more pronounced determination and courage came upon hor face as she raised her eyes once more to Garrison'a Sho said: "Are you married?" A flush came at once upon Garrison's face—and memories and heartaches pos sessed bim for a poignant moment. He mastered himself almost instantly. '' No,'' he, said, with some emotion, " I am not. " "Then," she said, "couldn't you undertake the task yourself?" Garrison leaned forward on the table. Lightning from an azure sky could havo been no more astonishing or unexpected. " Oo you mean—will 1 play thiB role —as your husband?" he said slowly. "Is tlmi what you are asking?" "Yes," she answered unflinchingly. "Why not? You need tho money; I need tho services. Y'ou understand exactly what it is I require. It is business, and you are a business man." "But I have no wish to be a married man, or even to masquerade as one," ho told her bluntly. "You havo quite as much wish to be one as I have to be a married woman," sho answered. '' We would understand each other thoroughly from the start. As to masquerading, if you have no acquaintances, then who would be the wiser?'' He acknowledged the logic of her argument; nevertheless, the thing seemed utterly preposterous. He rose and walked the length of his office, and stood looking out of the window. Then he returned and resumed his seat. He was strangely moved by her beauty and some unexplained helplessness of her plight vouchsafed to his senses, yet he recognized a certain need for caution. "What should T be expected to do?" he inquired. His visitor, in the mental agitation which bad preceded this interview, had taken little if any time to think of tho details likely to attend an alliance such as sho had just proposed. She could only think in generalities. "Why—there will be very little for you to do, except to permit yourself to bo considered my lawful husband, temporarily," she replied after a moment of hesitation, with a hot flush mounting to her cheek. "And to whom would T play?" he queried. "Should I be obliged, in this capacity, to meet your relatives aad friends?" "Certainly—a few," said the visitor. "But I have almost no relatives in tho world. T have no father, mother, brothers, or sisters. There will bo, at most, a few distant relatives and possibly my lawyer.'' Garrison made no response. He was trying to think what such a game would mean—and what it might involve. His visitor presently added: 1' Do you consent—for five dundred dollars?" "I don't know," answered the man. Again ho paced the room. When he halted before his client he looked nt her sternly. "You haven't told me your name," ho said. She gave him her card, on which appeared nothing more than just merely the name "Mrs. Jerold Fairfax," with an address in an uptown West Side street. Garrison glanced at it briefly. "This is something you have provided purposely to fit your requirements," ho said. "Am 1 not supposed to know you by any other name?" '' If you accept the—the employment," she answered, once more blushing crimson, "you may be obliged at times to call me Dorothy. My maiden name was Dorothy Booth." Garrison merely said: "Oh!" They were silent for a moment. The man was pondering the possibilities. His visitor was evidently anxious. "I suppose I can find someone else if you refuse thc employment,'' she said. "But you will understand that my search is one of great difficulty. The person I employ mnst be loyal, a gentleman, courageous, resourceful, and very little known. You can see for yourself that you are particularly adapted for the work.'' ''Thank vou.'' said Gairison, who was aware tbat no particular flattery was intended. Ho added: "I hardly suppose it could do mo any harm." Mrs. Fairfax accepted this uugallant observation calmly. She recognized the fact that his side of the question had its aspects. She waited for Garrison to speak again. A knock at thc door startled them both. A pustman entered, and dropped two letters on the desk, and departed down the hall. Garrison took up the letters. One was a circular of his own, addressed to a lawyer over a month before, and now returned undelivered and marked "Not found," though three or four different addresses had been supplied in its peregrinations. The second letter was addressed to himself in typewritten form. He was too engrossed to tear it open, and laid them both upon th,e table. "If 1 took this up," he presently resumed, "I should be obliged to know something more about it. For instance, when were we supposed to have been married?" "On the 10th of last month," she answered, promptly. "Oh!" said he. "And, in case of necessity, how should we prove it?" "By my wedding certificate," she told him calmly. Bis astonishment increased. "Then you were actually married, over a month ago?" "I bave the certificate. Isn't that sufficient*" she repeated evasively. "Well—I suppose it is—for tiiis sort of an arrangement," he agreed. "Of Course some man's name must appear in tlie document. F should be obliged, 1 presume, tn adopt his name as part of thu arrangement.''' "Certainly." she said, "I told you came into your oflice because your name is .Jerold." 1' Exactly,'' he mused. '' The name I'd assume is Jerold Fairfax?" She nodded, watching him keenly. "It's a good enough name," said Garrison. He paced up and down thc floor in silence a number of times. Mrs. Fairfax watched him in apparent calm. "This is a great temptation," ho admitted. "I should like to earn the fee you have mentioned, Miss Booth—Mrs. Fairfax, but " He halted. "Well?" THE HOSMER TIMES LOST AND FOUND A Reminiscence of the Boxer Rising WELL, it's not exactly palatial, is it?" said Graham with a grim smile. We were r-itting in the filthy guest room of a crowded Chinese inn as he i spoke, endeavoring, in spite of the stifling heat and coluds of mosquitoes, tn do justice tn an unappetizing meal of , dried fish and rice. From the noisome I courtyard without rpsi an unceasing 1 in and clamor, dozens of i urious ey*"S watched our every movement from the .gaps nf the paper walls, while thc scampering of the rats above threatened each moment to bring the crazy celling ahou! ■ heads. It was, as Graham said, scarcely palatial, and the discomforts were none the less apparent after twelve hours in the saddle under. the burning sun of Central China. We wore on our way to a remote Hupeh mission-station on the Yangtse, and in order to avoid the tedious river-journey from Hankow w< were travelling overland, disguised, for I he sake of economy and convenience, as Chinese merchants. The year 1900, of which I am writing, was no safe one for Kuropeans in China. That mysterious "Si-iety of Jarmoiiious Fists"—or the "Boxers," as they are generally called—which was aided ;;nd abetted by 'he highest in the land, and planned at tlie instigation of the late Dowager-Kmpress herself, spread with such rapidity through the country that from Peking tn Canton ami from Amoy to tlie western provinces the life of every white man, woman, and child was threatened; but more particularly the lonely missions, stationed far from outsidi help and trusting with implicit faith in tho loyalty of their converts, wore in great danger. EngrosBod as the attention nf England was in tlie South African war, but scanty notice was taken of the risinu until it culminated in a hideous catas trophe—thi' siege of the Paging Legations and the dead nf the allied nations in Pochili province. The particular mission to which we were travelling was conducted by nn elderly gentleman, who had been assisted for the last two years by his young niece. Although the harvest of converts was by no means abundant, yet they alleviated the distress and poverty uf the inhabitants by many a kindly act of charity. Graham had known old Mr. Mason for many years, and having been in a position to render some ser- jguised himself as a coolie confessed at last that he had much money wilh him. I God knows what deviltry he was up to 'after that." i "And you wiil use these evidences?" I asked. * There was silence in the room fur a while until some one -tatted a high- pitched ' .'hinese song. As the quavering uotes died away tn silence Graham answered my question. ■■ No, I think not. I can't tell her the : man's misdeeds. She must tind nut for herself, and until then all our dreams ut' country-life in Kngland must wait."' With that we dropped the subject; but it was impossible tu Bleep, and so we j sat far into the night, two bespectacled, I pig tailed « hinamen, talking nf ihe Eng- lisTl Channel nnd the Smith Downs and j the Sussex Hunts, until the guttering I candle spluttered out in darkness. The next evening we arrived at our destination ami in the missiun premises within the city walls 1 was introduced to Mr. Mason and his niece Margery. j It was impossible nut tu notice the trend nf affairs. Not only and um- shorl j ride through the city (which we bad [entered in English clothes) been marked j by more than usual hostility, but the j anxiety and suspense were plainly vis- j ible on the faces uf all the inmates uf I the mission. | "My unch keeps assuring me that (Untiling is wrong," said Margery, | after the gi tings had been exchanged and Mr. Mason had retired again tn his studies; "but he lias forbidden me tn go OUtSldo the house, ami seems very sad and depressed." The I pallor uf her face and the dark circles j round her eyes showed clearly how the enforced confinement in that pestilen lial city wis telling mi her constitution. Ue made light nf ber fears, saying that it was the old cry nf "Wolf, wolf! " and that the taotai nf the city would see thai no harm came to the mis sion; that tho Union-jack was flying over the British Concession at Hankow, and that there were British gunboats on the Yangtse. We did nut then know that the allied nations were massing at Tientsin, and that the siege ni Peking had begun. Nevertheless, in spile of a peaceful night in our comfortable quarters, we rose next morning haunted by a strange oppression—a vaguo foreboding nl' fe tttre events. It was a dull, stifling day, ami it seemed as though anything could happen in that still, sultry atmosphere. Hut the usual routine of the mission gripping the wicker chair like a vice. |and patiently, he breathed his last and 'i ne girt crossed over tu Graham. I passed into tbe unknown Beyond. "What i^ it, Gerald!" she aske\L The sun by this time had risen in the Our eves were turned to the china- deep dark-blue oi a summer skv, ant man, who, trembling from bead tu foot, the burning rays wen* already taking a commenced a pitiable, confused jargon ghastly effect on the corpses in the com "! Lnghsh words, i- wa- impossible i- pound. And Wang could not \ i r have distinguish anything dearly, but I i el [Ha ■■ ' Hi-satisfied i then caught the words: "England—Margery suit of their rusftes, the I ninese rabble —God—--another chanei -lieuteuan I n ■. .. | ... oth . tactics. A few Royal Navy." W v.a- an unparalleled, rusty jingala had beei i arenth dis ni,i.' urd oi situation. 1, foi my par, .- I I thesi u. n ' beii g foi | knew nol what to mak.' of il until ■' great precaution, with *'■ -*...it ni horror, 1 suddenly re Now a ft-w jingaJs in the bands ot :i inhered the "iconoclast" incident, Chinese mob tie t; ■: uecessurih .Mason uas th.- firsl I . break the si lence which ensued. " What is this?'' in- asked. " Explain at mi.-.. " The dreadful suspicion which bad en : i -. and pro\ iding \ ou ■■ re no scared by the ■■■ afi ning n ,".11, and can .. ■ ' q. ei i rom the I'a.' • •; bull .-, the i itorial damage need a it tered my head was gradually confirmed ious; but in ::.:- particulai .. ttancc tin- as, slowly and haltingly, in tin- almost jingal marksmen mounted the \\:iil- of forgot ti n words nf Ins mother tongue, the com] ound, and were tin.- able I . thti poor wretch told us mi,- of lie' sad lire down on the veranda, so 'I. I wh le dest tales I haw ever listened to: How our attention was coneentrnti i nn them ;,s a lieuten ml *-u the Iconoclast hi Im i the otb. '- could rush the eon p. und. ;-;*» into deb! ashore, ami uu,. daj lea i In tub .-.;... we suffered anotbei « »- taken opium in ease his anxieties; how unity. We "three defenders were en- ■the drug Had taken a grip mi him so deavoring ;•- silence a few ambition-* that lie scarcely knew bow to exisl be im whose tire was becoming tween doses; and how, with all his prin quite unpleasantly accurate, when sud . ciples u,,,,.., .,,,,! broken in mind aad denly a '. illuinous I .«.hir.-^ crowd, wear body, he had finally yielde I tu ihe crai, in.; Boxei ishes and armed with spears ing, and had slipped ashore one night in and knivi ..t every description, came a sampan, taking the firsl rnonej be rushing in:., the compound ami were could lay his hands on. .. u a :■ v feel uf the barricade be tt e In ard the Btory through in silence, i'-r. we had time tu divert our lire. The Bitting mute ami abashed like the un uext moment \\. senl a volley ol bullets Willing recipients i-( sume disgraceful into their midst; three .'':! a irtullv contideni <■. -.*,, unded, and 'I."- rabble retn at-d in '111.- awkward pause which followed coufusion, with the exception of their was suddenly broken by the uncoremon- leader, a hideous, powerful!) built ruf- ious return ol Wang, who, running un flan, win kepi on hi- headlong rush to in the \. randa, leant over Mason's chair the veranda 'vlv an I jabbered quick, short sentences into V w Mnrger.t who, although terribly liifl -ar. di-tiuss.-d by 'tie death uf |.«*r unci,', T Mason translated quietly. "The tan had kepi ;■ brave fnr:: und diown an tai is sleeping and ennno! bo disturbed, exeollenl example to the defendi The Yamen runners heal Wang out oi Un I vy fortress wns a' this momeni i ilo* courtyard. They an- selling the mder tin- sheitei >ft tie- Bandbngs at Uoxer-sashes in the city." »g to om of tho wounded converts, With something akin tu relief we "1"'" ,]usl above If; appeared the j heard the news fur it was at h-ast deli threatening Bpear nf tho Boxer leader. nite. Tin- taotai was obviously hostile, Lying prone a- we were, it wns i in pos land we must go further afield for help. Biblo at lirst Cully to realize the dread Miles down tlie great river lay the ful situation; but in a Hash her one I treaty-porl of Hankow, and a British time lover threw himself forward .and river-gunboat which was lying off Bund received the full force of the weapon in I must be Bummoncd tn our relief, tt discussed the select inn of a messenger, The few native converts huddled together in a back room were useless; any one who could use a rifle was in.lis pcnsablo fur the defence nf the missiun; j so our eyes were turned again to the 1 faithful Wang. National Transcontinental Shops at Springfield, Man. Machine Shops as They Appear at Present "I don't exactly like the look of it, to be frank," he confessed. "I don't know you. and you don't know me. I am not informed whether you are really married or not. If you are, and the mau ■ You havo no desire to enlighten me on these matters. Can you tell mo why you wish to pretend that I am your husband?'' " I do not wish to discuss that aspect of the arrangement at present," she said. "It is purely a business proposition that should last no more than a month or two ut most, and then terminate forever. 1 would prefer to have you remain out of town as much as possible." "A great many haphazard deductions present themselves to my mind," he said, "but all are doubtless inaccurate. 1 have no morbid curiosity concerning your affairs, but this thing would involve mc almost as much as yourself, by its very nature.'' His brows were knitted in indecision. There was silence again between them. His visitor presently said: "If T could offer you more than the five hundred dollars, I would gladly do so." "Oh, the fee is large enough, for up to date I have had no employment or even a prospect of work," said Garrison. "I hope you will not be offended when 1 say that I have recently become a cautious mau." "I know how strange it appears for mo to come here with this extraordinary request,'' agreed Mrs. Fairfax. '' 1 hardly know how I havo done so. But there was no one to help me. I hope you will not consider the matter for another moment if 3*011 feel that either of us cannot trust the other. In a way, I am placing my honor in your keeping far more than you arc placing yourself in charge of miue." Garrison looked at her steadily, and something akin to sympathy—something that burned like wine of romance in his blood—with zest of adventure and a surge of generosity toward this unknown girl—tingled in all his being, .Something in her helplessness appealed to his innate chivalry. Calmly, however, ho took a new estimate of her character, notwithstanding the fact, that his first, most reliable impression had been in her favor. "Well," he said, after a moment, it's a blind game for me, but 1 think t'll accept your ofTer, When do you wish me to begin my services?" "E should like to notify my lawyer as soon as possible," answered Mrs. Fairfax, frankly relieved by his decision. "Ue may regard the fact that he was not sooner notified as a little eculiar.'' "Practically you wish me to assume my role at once," commented Garrison. What is your lawyer's name?" "Mr. Stephen Trowbridge." Garrison took up that much-addressed letter, returned by the post, and passed ! it across the table. The one fairly lofji- \ bio line on its surface read: STKPI1EN TROWBRIDGE, ESQ. "I think that must be the same individual/' ho said. "1 sent out announcements of my business and presence hero to nearly every lawyer in the State. This envelope has been re-addressed, as you observe, but it has never reached its destination. Is that your man?'' Mrs. Fairfax examined tho missive. "Yes," she said, "I think so. Do you wish his present address?" (To be continued) vice to him in tho early days of his occupation, was a welcome guest at the mission-house whenever his travels through the country led him in that direction. It should be said that Graham was in the Consular Service of China, and, incidentally, my \\}vy go<>d friend. Events which have nothing to do with this tale had reunited us after an absence of nearly seven years; and partly from his wish to show me thc country, and partly for reasons which I was to know that evening, we had undertaken this inland journey. The long summer day was drawing to an end, and the shadows were lengthening on the dirty floor; caravans were arriving for the night, and in the courtyard rose a deafening clamor of voices. Graham, who had been sitting a long while silent and moody, kicked savagely at an inoffensive spider. "Sometimes I hate this accursed country," ho broke out suddenly. "I. loathe the dins and stinks and the pestilential crowds. It gets 0:1 one's nerves at times." "Why don't you go home for a spell?" I said, knowing that he had much leave due to him. And then I added, "Come back with me; we can rent a small place in the country, and shoot and hunt and live like princes." Ho did not reply at once, and when he did speak it was to make a startling statement. "I ought to have told you before," he said hesitatingly. "Tlie fact is—well, the last time I was up at tho mission I asked Margery Mason to be my wife." "My dear fellow " I began. Hut he cut me short with an impatient gesture. "It's no case for congratulation; at least, not yet. You see, there's something that has to be cleared up before there's any question of an engagement. Do you remember the 'Iconoclast* incident?" "No." "Well, some five years ago a British cruiser, the 'Iconoclast,* was lying in) the Woosung Uiver, and one night one! of her officers completely vanished, and | was never heard of again in spite of I the most strenuous efforts on the part of the authorities. The matter was hushed up at the time, as his disappear unco was synchronous with the appro priation nf the wardroom funds; BO, ynu see, it was a bad case." " How does that affect you?" I asked, j "That officer was virtually engaged to Miss Mason, who was then in England," he replied quietly. "She abso-1 lutely refuses to entertain the accusa tion of theft, and believes that he must have met with some accident which precluded his returning to the ship. On the death of her mother she came out here to her uncle, hoping to find among these four hundred millions of people some who will (dear all guilt from his name. Naturally I had never connected in r name in any way with tho story until three months ago, when I was last up at the mission; but during a week in Shanghai 1 was able to make many secret inquiries in the native city. It's wonderful what ono can do with a knowledge of the natives, even aft<T five years." All was quiet, in the courtyard at last; night had come, and the bright stars that the Hast alone can give were twinkling in the stifling darkness. Graham drew a candle from his gown, placed il un the floor and lighted it. "For instance," he continued, "t have the evidence of the sam-i pan-man who took him ashore that night 1 from the Iconoclast, and the innkeeper j in the native city in whose place he dis- \ took its accustomed course; throughout the long morning there was no outward and visible sign to give ground for our anxiety, and after tollin Mason left in his "chair." on a visit to a house at the tar end of the city. It must have been about five iu the evening when the curtain rose on the first scene of the drama. Graham and 1, having discovered thc half-dozen rifles insisted on by the home authorities, wero engaged in cleaning these on the veranda, when suddenly tlie missiun bearers, dusty and streaming with sweat, came staggering into the compound. Looking very white and aged, and binding his right hand in a blood-stained handkerchief, Mason descended from his "'chair'' and came tu win*re we stood. "You can expect the worst," lie said. "I"—and iiis voice broke a little —"I was stoned by a mob in the city —the fiist time in twenty years." And he passed into the house. Exchanging a look, my friend and I continued to clean the rifles. Dinner that night was nut a pronounced success, iu spite of an avoidance of the topic that was uppermost in our minds. To his niece the old missionary had made light ot' thu affair, Baying that it had only been the disturbance uf a few roughs, such ns might havo happened in any town in Kngland. However, as we retired with our cigars to the veranda we at once held a council of war, and out of tin* hearing of the girl he loved,] Graham strongly urged our host tn send to the taotai for help. "Is there any one among your servants whom vou can trust Implicit ly.''' lie asked. 'I ne old gentleman reflected an ire Stant, '' Yes, Wang—the only 01:0, I fear." The words cost, him an effort. To claim only one faithful retainer after twenty weary years of hardship and privation must have been a bitter confession indeed. The house-boy Wang, an intelligent, looking Cantonese of Indefinite age, was accordingly sent fur, and despatched to the Yamen with a message earefnlh drawn up by Graham and llm mission ary. Occupied with our own thoughts, we sat silently smoking and waiting for tho next f 11 in uf I'urt line's wheel. "Look out!" A Chinaman had crawled into 1 he Compound and lay within a few feet itf our chairs. We sprang un him in au instant; but he offered no -vsisfance, and addressed our host rapidly in the vernncular. [Inconversant with fhe language as I was, I watched him as he stood pleading vehemently before Ma BOn, He was apparently a coollo ot' Ihe poorest type, pinched with famine and wasted by disease and opium; and I remember thinking that Im seemed to represent the summit uf poverty nnd misery, the last word in degradation. Graham t ran slated to me. ''lie says they are going to attack the mission;! but if we Come at once he will take u down tn Hankow in his junk.'' Tin' Chinaman stood watching him ox- peetanfly as fie spoke; then their eyes met, and Graham cuntinuOu; "It's prob* ably a trap; and, besides, nol one uf 11s could leave the eify alive tonight." 1 was about to answer, but at that moment Margery Mason entered tin veranda. Thoro was an instant's pause; and then an involuntary sob, more like the cry of au animal in paid than anything human, was wrung out of our strange visitor, who was leaning fur ward with a ghastly pallor un his face, his hands his bare chest. The next instant the ■ 'hinaman Jell back into the compound with two bullets tlimugh his shawm head. W- saw at once that the other would never recover. The broad-bladed, rns ty spear had inflicted a terrible wound, and tlie pnur fellow was suffering untold agonies, still conscious, h.- rofus- ed to I"- taken into the bouse; so, having brought nut a mattress and made him as easy as possible in the shelter and shade nf the sandbags, we again took our [daces at the loopholes. And bo it wmit on all through the broiling day, now repelling rushes, now returning the fusilade of the jingals, until al last tin' sun sank behind the city walls and night came un with all the appalling suddenness of tli" EttSt. And what a night! As 1 look back if. seems one hideous dream: the ghastly stench from the compound—the moan- inga ni the dying man behind us—the [sickly moonbeaniB falling, now un ai arm stretched out in agony, now un the j upturned face *>{ a corpse. . Suspicion nf a night attack precluded, of course, all idea id' sleep; bo we re* ! mained al our posts witli eyes and earn straining fur a creeping figure, for tbe far-off Bound of the rivor-gunboat. And ns the night wore un, and all was still, thero flitted through the tired brain fan- tasiieal fancies and memories, \>>n^ since forgotten, uf youthful hopes and dreams, >>i other times and other places, I of scl I days in Kngland. The light of j the dawn found us, haggard and weary, waiting with almost fatalistic indifference for what, the new day would bring. " Land dead ahead, sir! " The words were spoken with alarming distinctness, but they were the words of a 'lying man. We left our posts and knelt beside the prostrate Jig uro un thu mattress; but the fiuxer spear had dune its work, ami the tcono- clast incident was closed for ever. So there were two nf us left tu defend an English girl, a few native converts, and Hurriedly Graham gave him his instructions. He was tn try his utmost to creep out of tho city that night, and, if that were impossible, tu wait hidden until the gates were opened in the morning; to make his way with all speed I the honor and prestige of the British down the river, and take a written message to the commander of tin.' gunboat. So he departed—a slight figure, steal ing noiselessly across the compound, in whom wer mission. Empire The attack sunn n mmenced. First an attempt was made tn fire the building by throwing lighted torches; but ntred the hopes n\' the! tins we wero aide tu frustrate by means 1' the guckots of water that had been Then we turned our minds to the for- prepared, ami the fusilade began again, tificatiop. A burning sun, an ever-diminishing Now it so happened that the mission storo of fund, our ammunition almost quarters were peculiarly adapted for exhausted, and still no sign i>f relief, withstanding a siege, as the back of Tho situation wns growing desperate. A the house abutted on to the city wall, well-organized rush would have settled while in front lay Ihe broad, open coin-] flic matter fur ever. As we lav there Ipound, which would havo to be crossed behind the puny barricade, watching by an attacking party jour little row of cartridges grow small The matter nt vital importance was er, it is nol tu be wondered that there the strengthening of the veranda front 'eaine down mi us a dull, hopeless apathy, age, and this we effected by means of ; bringing vain, despairful imaginings: 1 carefully erected barricade uf any- Wang had 1 n caught in the city and thing we could lay our hands ou; a quantity of flour-bags formed the foundation, and among these we h-ft occasional loopholes through which tu "snipe" iu comparative safety. of ammunition there was an alarmingly small supply, and indeed only a moderate amount of fund; in fact, our only Ihe relief would never come; the whole British Kmpiro was a myth; there was no such place as Hankow"; there were nn such things as gunbnats; there was unlv the glittering fun-sight of a rifle and a horde uf yellow, nuked bodies in a sunbaked compound! Toot—lo-oot! The long-drawn wail advantage lay in a large consignment of from the river was succeeded by a dull tansan water which had but lately ar report. I lay there wondering vaguely lived. at the fresh "trend of events until I be- We worked hard with the aid of the ''ami' aware that Graham was tugging native converts, and about midnight we!at my sleeve. rested from our labors; the barricacde "That was thu gunboat's siren," be had heen built along the veranda, the said hoarsely; "and they're using their ammunition divided, and buckets of throe-pounder on the gates." And he Water stationed at intervals in ease nf went nn with his good news, lire. Slowly af Aral as the gunner ranged, The ex-naval officer had sat silent and and th n wit ^deadly insistency as he moody throughout the long work i>f pre found his mark, the three-pounder shells paration, with his head buried in Ins eame Bcreaming in from the river. A hands. Graham gave him a rifle, "You faint cl 1 tola ns that the breach had must play the man tonight," he said. been made, ami then the gates which The poor fellow appearod utterly had survived all those countless genera broken; but as sunn as his hands closed tions of yellow faces collapsed in -i mass on the ritle and wundored over the nf ben: and twisted metal, breech and bolt ami barrel, all the old We heard lie- Bhort, sharp hark nf influences -good, strung influences nf a service revolver; wc saw the Chinese the Britannia ami the Senior Sorvice scattering in the narrow street-; ami tho strengthened him into a man again. nexl instant, in a flash "f color, ;i party "V -an trust me." he said simply, nf hluojuckots, headed by a young mi). tt'e divided l lie wa'elu- two hours I ient una nt, came doubling into the coin- on and two Imiirs off, and 1 he man un [ ml. And bo it wa- all over, The duty was tu call the others at the first mission wns saved, the throe poundci sign ol alarm. was laved mi the Ynmen, and \Vnng was ■ lust as tlie eastern sky was paling th" finest Chlnnman that eve! I ved. and 1 le- deadly malarial mists were ris ; " Wp _'"t youi message vesterday ing from tin' Yangtse River, I roused afternoon, .met started up stream at Graham ami turned over in dreamless nun " -aid th.- sublieutenant, repine- slumber. I seined tn have Blopl for ing his stmokin^ revolver. "Guossod nbout :i minute when I was awakened you'd he having a warm time." by a sharp report, nnd on funking up. Craving tin i.eu.s main road on tho saw Graham ejecting a cartridge. right, a little below the village \>\' Ber "Wake up." he said: "they've b« wiek, you follow a leafy, wooded Ian.' gun th- ball. That's tu me.' A until you come to the gnies of n fine old quivering yellow body la\ in the centn Knglish mansion, standing iu pleasant, nf The compound. par!-. Iii •■ ■ 11 ntry, and looking oul ovei Pour more desperate rushes were ihe Susses Cur.-. \u\ villngei wdl made before tin slanting rays »\' th. tell you thai il is the home of Sir Gerald sun peeped above ihe city wail, only to find Lady Graham. end in a disorderly runt, with the dead and dying let) In the open. SPIRAL ARROWHEADS And then inlluwed a dreadful en am ,-< ,.,-.... . , , , , , jty ^ EkATj chalcedony arrow-heads, *.' .... , ^ which were fnuml in Xew Jersey , l,M' l,|,i- wuito-linirnd missionary, who somo time ag0j ;m. B0 .„„,,;.,,. in had insisted un keeping Ins watch and fnnJ .i,„. * .|.,. .... genujne roHCB 0f taking Ins place in the ftring-1 sud |M,)t,1( timo„ .,,(1V „,., m tn in(1i,.lt(, thflt denlytcollapsed in the last Btnge ol ex. tlh. ,,.,, ,,,.„ „,.iV ,,.,,,, B nt n 8ome ,|:,,,M J "1" exposure in tbe deadly ,,, Cs to givo their arrows a twisting mo mghl nir, tog. ther with the heart break )i(11) ]ikl, ,,1!|f flf a nhV-ball. The arrowing .'vents ut Ihe last few hours, prov lloada tn questJon uro cut in a spiral ed Inn much fur Ins wasted frame, and ,hap(1( .,,,,) one ,,,- ,!„.,„ makQfl a )im| (lf he lay behind fhe barricade nn tho poinl „ turn in its length >•{ two and a half °' ''■■••■■■* inches, Dropped point down in water. Gently we carried him inside ami laid revolution in space ,,t about thirty him un the couch, and there, in the'Iit- itiis said, it will perform a complete tie mum where In had labored bo Inm* inches. ' r*&. I,!,' THE TIMES, HOSMER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. ********************************************************************************* * * X * * X * X * * * * * * * * * * * * * Snappy Spring Suits •te * * * * * * * C With the right touch of style for this spring are here in abundance. C We sell more suits, show more styles and save our patrons more money than any other store in Hosmer. Pretty broad assertion, is'nt it ? Well, just drop in to see us and we'll back this statement up to your satisfaction. 'riday evening, April 15th, * tbe Sutherland Stock Co. will * r,-e * present "A Runaway tramp. * Specialties between acts. * _ . . . -. * A Business Change * *. Un April 5th, a change in the 9 Hosmer Livery and Transfer •S* ' tJCo. took place. L. A. Lanthier ? I selling ou! to F. 11. Ingham J Joe Asselin i-; now the senior ? member of tbe linn. .loe lias f been in llosmer since its birth X and lias earned tbe respect and T esteem of all those who be bas been connected with. Mr. Ingham is also well and favorably known in town he having been a motor man For the Hosmer Mines since they began to produce coke. It is hoped that the new firm will have <*i large and well defined pay streak ahead of it. * i Rush of Immigration Continues * Xever in any part of Canada, j al uny lime, have the sights 2 j been seen which are now to lie * witnessed daily in .North Portal, X Sask, At im port did so many J American settlers enter the Z country in a single day and the J rush continues. Last week J three trainloads, each with 00 X cars of settlers' effects, passed x the international boundry line. Z In addition there are three re- Z gular daily passenger trains. | Oh the three trains of settlers' Z effects arriving, it was estimat- X ed that there were about 1100 horses. In addition there were many cattle and very large quantities of farm implements. •:• A. MILLS & SON * * * * * * * ... MILLS BLOCK e> * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * "The Home of Swell Clothes" HOSMER, B. C. ************************************************************** TALK OF THE TOWN NOTICE Ou and after April 20tb, 1010, Win. Robson will have no connection in any capacity with The llosmer Times. Tiii': Eosjieb Times, 15. F. Lester. Mgl*. .lames Miller accountant for the P. Burns & Co.. was in town last week. Fishing tackle at Campbell's, Harry Edmonds of Fernio was a guest at the Scotia Hotel, last Sunday. Irene McKee .'ind Lona Kennedy returned Tuesday evening from Elko. See tin' Irish drama ''Kathleen Mavourneen" at the opera house to-night. Do you enjoy a pool game? Drop in on .Sain Snell. 51 Mrs. II. (i. Armstrong of Michel was visiting ber sister, Mrs. Mathieson on Tuesday. (Jo to old. reliable Pete for a good shave, hair-cut or bath. Pete's Barbei'Sfeop. lit! Miss L. II. Pitblado spent a few days in Fernie last week and was the guesl of Miss. E, I'ini. The Sut hei land Stock ('o. at to-uitfhl and ef tl till' iclcl old the opera llOUSl bo-morrow night. A special meeting Board of Trade will I"' to-morrow ovening in t In school house. H, L. I'llen. represcnl ing t lie Western ready prints. Winnipeg, was a caller atTbe Times office lasl Friday. April Hi. IN and 10 band painted china les- than co.-t (lampboll's. Mrs. .1. II. I will sing -Oi Pro Nobis" cm Sunday at the Methodist church. are heart ily invittd. Every family and especially t hose who reside in i be country should hi' provided at all t imes with a bull le of ( haniberlain's Liniment. Then' is no telling Views of thu wreck at Campbell's. Band concert in front of the opera house to-night and tomorrow night by tho Sutherland Stock Co. Fred Cox is fixing up his place for the ice cream season. Fred predicts a busy season. Bell & Davis are doing the necessary carpenter work. I). It. McDonald, while alighting from a moving train at Fernie last week, injured bis leg, which .laid bim up for a few days. On Sunday, April 17th, services will be held in thc Catholic church mass 10:30, Sunday school immediately after muss and Benediction at 7:.'i0. Mrs. It. W. Rogers is contemplating taking a trip to the old country in order that her health may be restarted. Mrs. Rogers loaves Hosmer on next .Sunday. The Presbyterian basket social will be held in the Odd Fellows hall, Wednesday evening, April 20th. Every lady is requested to bring a basket. Everybody welcome. The second annual ball under the auspices of North Star Lodge No. II. Knights of Pythias will be held in the Hosmer opera house Friday, April 22nd. The llosmer orchestra will be iu at tend once. .1 im Peach is up to the front again. Jim was moving some furniture and household effects last Sunday afternoon his horse made a falsi with the result that .Jim and I he I'urnit ure separated. The 1. O. O. F. will hold an- at niversary celebration on Sun- !day, April 21th. It is hoped Fri- I're- Board of trade meeting. day evening, April 15111. Our virtues are most quently but vices disguised. There is always room at the top, but it isn't so lonesome at the bottom. A. B. Campbell will give away one rod worth $7.00 to the person catching the largest trout within a radius of six miles of llosmer. Time limit May 1 to Aug. 15, 1010. Said trout must be displayed in Campbell's window. When the fire whistle is blowing is no time to think about insuring your house and furniture. Don't put oil' another day. Yon should also consider what company you insure in: It. W. Rogers represents the best companies, Don't forget the service iu the Methodist church, Sunday evening at 7:30, preacher. Rev. R. W. Lee. A hearty invitation is given to .all. Those who have recently come to live in Hosmer are given ;i hearty invitation. Tin* Sutherland .Stock Co. will present to-night at the bouse, the beautiful drama,"Kathleen Mavourneen." Several specialties will be given between acts. To-morrow night "A Runaway Tramp" will hi; given. Prices 25. 50 and 75 cents. Reserved seats on sale at the drug store. Clocks and jewelry. Agent for ('. C. Wright, Fernio, watch repairing. Leave your watches and (hey will receive prompt \. It. Campbell. Mrs. Mc.Meekin will have a genuine clearance sale for ten days, starting Saturday, April 10 and lasting until April 2(1. The following goods will be sold at one-half price: Fancy Geo. H. Marlatt's Great Sale The greatest bargain battle ever pulled off in llosmer starts Saturday morning .April Kith in The Quality Store, opera house block. Tbe Evely Sales Co., who have charge of this great price wrecking campaign surely know how to do things. With the aisles tilled with buyers, counters, racks: shelves and tables filled with the stock at genuine bargain prices, Mr. Marlatt has every reason to believe that in the next ten days thousands of dollars worth of merchandise will be converted into cash. The price cuts are heaviest where stocks are heaviest, noticeable particularly in men's clothing, hats, shoes and underwear. Special interest for the ladies in dry goods ladies and cbildrens ready-to-wear garments, tons of these goods should find new owners daily, at these wholesale prices. Mr. .). A. Trotter, the sales manager in charge has all details so perfected that everything is run on schedule time, like clockwork, thus avoiding delays and disappointment which are all more or less apparent at every big sale. No juggling here, straight business, no marking up and then down, every article iu the store marked at get-out- quick, prices. Prompt relief in all cases of throat and lung trouble if you use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Pleasant to take, soothing and healing in effect. Sold bv ull druggists, when attention, move that all members will make an goods, collars, huts next effort to be present. Further Von ' particulars and time of meeting will be announced next ' week. Your tongue is coaled. Your breath is foul. I leaclachi's come and go. These syniptons show ribbons. flowers, veiling, ladies' waists. hair goods, hosiery, white wear. cbildrens' dresses and bonnets. I See posters for further particulars. Diarrhoea should be cured without loss of time ami by that medicine which like Chniwber- when it may be wanted in your stomach is tho trouble. To Iain's Colic. Cholera and Diarr case ol' an accident or emer- remove the cause is the first hoea Iteinecly nol only cures gency. It i- mosl excellent in thing, and Chamberlain's Stom- promptly bul produces no un- ull cases of rheumatism, sprains ach and Liver Tablets will do pleasant after effects. It never and bruises. Sold by all drug- that. Easy to take and most fails and is pleasant and safe to gists. effective. Sold by all druggists, take. Sold by all duggists, Notice A special meet ing of the Hos- opera mer Board of Trade will be Irish held on Friday evening, April 15. 1010 in the old school house. ( 'ollle at eS o'clock. II. L. BltOWN, Secretary. Liquor License Notice NOT1CK i-. lu'i'obj given thai ono le I II lifter elate' I illlcllil lee apply III Uie Supci'intunili'iil 'el' Provincial Pol- Ice I'cei'ii iviie'u.il eel my I Intel License 10 Hell intoxicating 1 i«11nn-.-s under tlie provisions eel'tile statutes in Hint bo- luilF, in tlie premises known and described us Uu' Royal hotel situated .-it llosiuei', li. ('.. tee commence em the Isl da) or July, lulu. .1. I'\ .1Anvis Dated April Mill, IUI0 8741 Notice of Dissolution of Partnership Notice is hereby given that the piii'tiiei'sbip heretofore subsisting between us, tlie undersigned, ns liverymen at tin' town cef llcisinc'i'. doing Inisim-sH mi.lei- the linn name and style eel 'I'lic Uosiner Livery and Transfer l.'ompauy, has tills day I n dissolved l>y mutual <•■ >n--<*iit. All elelels eewillL; lee tile' said pa I'l llC'l'sllip aic I.. In' paid lee .le.sc'ieh Asselin at llosiner aforesaid, ami all claims against Hie said partnership arc to 11 ' pre-C'llli',1 lee III" Said .liiscpll As- s lin. In whom I In' --aine will be paid. Dated ai Hosmer, is. ('.. this (lth day of April. A, U.. 11)10. |S.I.| I.. A. I.A.vniiKic. [Sri.| .Ins, Asskun. Will,.-! |Sel.j (J, II. DlMIAli. 137-11 March School Report There were eighteen school days during March. The seven scholars with stars [opposite their names were neither late or absent during tbe month. Tbe report follows: IV Lawrence Wildman !) Charles Marlatt 17 1-2 Eugene Quinn !) George Bolduc 9 1-2 Ed. Kennedy 0 Laugblin Kennedy 12 1-2 Grace Miller 0 til Annie McDonald 18 Harold Wildman 0 Harold Henderson 12 Geo. Patterson •.. 18 Saxon Kearney 17 1-2 Sarah Spencer 18 Herbert Robson 18 Stewart Fletcher 18* Thos. Miller 18* II Max McDougal 1 Lena Spencer 18 Mary Henderson 17 Lillian Cameron 0 Alberta Quinn 17 Jenny Mattioau 15 Rose McDougall 17 Archie Courtney 15 Dave Miller 18* Mike Maiello 0 James Millar 18* Mary Millar 18 1 Maud Bolduc 15 1-2 Pearl Swanton 18 Andy Kennedy 17 Margaret McDonald 17 1-2 Doreen Kearney * . .10 Joseph Tortoralli 18 Finley Patterson 18 Powell Courtney 10 Lizzie McDougall 11 Nicky Maiello 18 Earnest Beebj* 15 1-2 Wilfred Beeby 10 1-2 Jenny eStrachan 13 Pt. I Sr. Jack Musgrove 18 Willie Spencer 18 Robt. Henderson 0 Jacky Cameron 0 Dan McMicken 14 1-2 Leonard Ay re 18 Annie Poudelecek 17 Arthur Davis 18* Annie Hodock 17 Julia Hodock 12 John Hodock 18 Christina Krish 17 1-2 Cora DeLaurier 10 .17 .16 Sedonia Poudelecek. Bobus Palecek Pt. I .In. Elsie Robson 10 Blanch Labelle 16 1-2 Florence Miller 16 1-2 Mike Gushook 0 Jas. McDonald 17 1-2 Laddie Krish 18* Charles McDougall 0 Pearl Courtney 15 1-2 Ralph Toroloralli 15 1-2 Winnifred Smith 12 1-2 Ered DeLaurier 7 Leslie Brown I) Jas. Bennit 0 Geo. Hodock 17 1-2 Jas. Miller 18* July Gabara#. 14 Joseph Gabara 13 1-2 Louis Salvaggi 0 Annie Kear 0 A. Aubrey Davis. Full line of tobaccos, pipes and cigarettes at Campbell's. CHURCH DIRECTORY Catholic Church-Mass every fortnight at Leitbauser's basement, 10:80 o'clock, a. m. Rosary and Benediction at 7:1(0 p. m. J. Sallcs, O. M. I., Ph. I). Presbyterian Church—Divine service in Odd Fellows Hall on Sunday evening, at 7:80 o'clock. Sunday school at 2:1)0 p. in. Choir practice every Friday at 8 o'clock p. in. 0. K. Nicoll, Missionary. English Church Services—-Held fortnightly at tbe Hosmer Opera House. Second Sunday. Evensong at 7:30 p. in. Fourth Sunday, Holy Communion at 11 a. in., Evensong at 7:80 p. in. Fifth Sunday, Evensong at 7:80 p. m. Briant N. Crowther, M. A., Curate in Charge. Methodist Church—Rev. R. W. Lee, Pastor. Sunday School 2:30; afternoon class for adults, 3:30; Divine service, 7:30; choir practice Wednesdays, 8 p. in. The pastor's residence adjoins (he church, and he will always welcome any one who calls upon him for advice or help in any direction. He will be glad to be notified of any case of sickness. .Strangers will lie always welcome. Brain Leaks Optimism is not indifference. Genuine charity is never nearsighted. Heaven is not won by success, but. by effort. Faith is the oil that keeps the light of love burning. The pies are just as good— the degeneration is in the eater. Twice nine tailors couldn't make men out of some male bipeds. We all feel the need of piety when we are up against hard | luck. A man in good health finds it J easy t laugh at the ills ofi others. The foolish man wastes the| present worrying about th" future. A life time of regret is ofte unfolded in a moment of fool-J ishness. Tbe man who seeks tempta j tion merely to show bis strengtl^j only exhibits his foolishness. Thc man who is always tak-j ing things as they come sooneil or later finds everything going! A man may profit temporj arily by stealing playtime from youth, but bis loss will be perj munont. A lot of young men spend tl mint of money to acquire thai cheapest of titles—"Dead Gamf Sport." The poorest way to set abo'j converting a hungry man is t| band him a tact and then lea\ him to read it. •A************************ I LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S t EMPORIUM *. Mrs. Louisa Pitblado J A profusion of Ladies9 Neckwear and Belts has just arrived. The season's choicest goods. Call and inspect them, the prices are surprisingly low. Hosmer * Royal Hotel Block **-f***f**f*MMH^¥¥¥¥*¥¥*¥***** Hereafter the Hosmer opeJ house will be operated undo the management of the ownel Phillip Carosella. For sho\w concerts, etc., apply to my sto^ in Hosmer or -at the Ror Hotel, Fernie. Phillip CahosellJ Feb. 2, 1910. D. BRUTTO BOOT AND SHOE MAKFj Repairing Neatly Done While YJ Wait. Satisfaction Guaranteed. | Main Street Hosmer B.J Italian Stor Cupan'o & Jioia, Props. Groceries, Fruits, Tobaccos ano| Confectionery Front Street Hosmer, B. Cl && $&. -£?■* 4& -6iim,v$i^.^^^ ^^9W^alK^am^KmKi REMOVAL I I We have finished removing our stock into i much larger and commodious premises in the I Royal Hotel block A MODEL Is Always GROCERY Up-To-Date ' 8 and Absolutely Clean Our stock is replete with the cleanest and freshest staple and fancy groceries OUR GENT'S FURNISHING Department is Complete in all Lines Just received newest creations. large stock of Negligee Shirts in the Latest spring styles in Hats the Palace Fine Shoe for men and the Sole agents for Artizan Working Boot for men. STORE gf SATISFACTION A. MATHIESON '■•1 », 1. Main Street Hosmer, B. C. £ ££ * 'm^wmmwswwm'mwm^^mw^wwmww^m^mm mmw& 1
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