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SUBSCRIBE NOW Thc Times ONE DOLLAR a Year THE HOSMER TIMES SUBSCRIBE HOW The Times ONE DOLLAR a Year Volume III. HOSMER, B. 0., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3,1910 Nr.-ei ni" it 12 Oak Heaters Prices: No. 11 $ 7.95 No. 13 10.75 No. 15 12.50 No. 17 16.75 Coal Hods Fire Shovels Stove Boards Flue Stoppers Rings and Dampers HEADQUARTERS FOR HEATERS BENNETT BROS. Hardware Furniture ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦. *-«Ht****-Wf*1rt*******-***->*i** j Free! Free ! Free ! For the next 10 days we offer great reductions in Ladies Hand Bags and Fancy Hand Painted China, which lines wt have an enormous assortment. Owing tn our Christmas goods now on the way, we have to close out some of these lines to make room. Bv purchasing now you will save from 25 to 33 one-third per cent. With every Hand Bag at reduced prices we will give one 2.5c bottle of Cough Syrup free. This affords a groat opportunity to get your Christmas presents at very low prices. Reduced Prices for Cash Only A. B. CAMPBELL JOHN WYLIE DEALER IN Staple and Fancy Groceries New Goods Fresh Stock A Trial Order Solicited Gabara Block Hosiner, B. C. ■*»♦♦■»■»■*»•»♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ •> HOSMER HOTEL MARIE SORKIE, Prop. MIKE SORKIE. Manager Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars Any kind of mixed drinks that you cull for will be served in First class style Best Rooms and Meals in the Town YOUR TRADE SOLICITED Front St. Hosmer, B. C. We ROYAL The only Commercial Hotel Sample Rooms Main St., Hosmer *+**■.•-.••.•■••*:••.•*•.*••• •:••:.•:••:••:<**•:••:" •:•':<***:•**< •>**•> ej .>**.:..:.**«.>« ********* X f X Queen's Hotel ROBT. GOURLAY, Prop. Transient rates $1 per day, special rates by the week * Opposite, C. P. R. depot, Hosmer, B. C. * Big Free Moving Picture Show! EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT ffffK ! New feature Alms each week under Hie, op..rati.in of .)...- Kuklo j **************************************************** School Report for October. There were twenty school dnys during October. The scholars with x opposite their names were neither lnte or absent, during the month. The report is ns follows: IV Lillian Ritchie 16 1-2 Harold Musgrove 15 George Bolduc 17 Grace Miller 7 Bessie Lend beater 18 John McMeekin 15 1-2 III Saxon Kearney 17 1-2 Saruh Spencer 20 x Herbert Robson 19 Sybil McMeekin 17 Stewart Fletcher 19 1-2 Harold Henderson 13 1-2 Thos. Miller 17 1-2 II Maggie Leadbeater 14 Lena Spencer 20 x Mary Henderson 15 1-2 Doi-een Kearney 13 Maud Bolduc 13 1-2 Joseph Tortoralli 19 James Miller 20 x Alberta Quinn 19 David Miller 17 1-2 Andy Kennedy 15 1-2 Gretta Rankin 19 1-2 Mary Miller 161-2 Archie Courtney 0 Pearl Swanton 20 Rose McDougall 12 Earnest Beeby 17 Wilfrid Beeby 18 1 Armand Minet 20 x Powell Courtney 11 1-2 James Hedley 18 Nicky Maiello 20 Lizzie McDougall 15 Jack Musgrove 15 Willie Spencer 20 x Jennie Strachan 20 x Gladys Thompson 20 x Eric Winter 19 A. Aubrey Davis Principal Lowery's Upper Stope Class A. Cora DeLaurier 19 Leonard Ayre 13 Andrew Atney 19 1-2 Robert Henderson 16 Christina Krish 17 1-2 Dan McMeekin 18 1-2 Annie Pondelecek 19 Willie Robertson 20 Class B. Baglione Arubrogio 20 x James Bennett 191-2 Leslie Brown 171-2 Pearl Courtney 17 1-2 Fred DeLaurier 16 1-2 Mary Donnachie 20 Annie Keir 14 Laddie Krish 19 1-2 Blanche Labelle 20 x Charles McDougall 15 James Miller 19 Patrick Murray 10 Florence Miller 20 Isabella Parkin ' .11 Mary Jane Parkin 13 Sedonia Pondelecek 18 1-2 Elsie Robson 16 1-2 Winnifred Smith 20 x Ralph Tortoralli 20 x Abel Minet... 19 1-2 Bohus Palecek 8 Class C. Violet Anderson 20 John George Beeby 17 Charles Courtney 13 Georgina Grotto 6 Joseph Gabara 19 1-2 Julie Gabara 20 x Edna Gourlay 13 1-2 Nellie Gregory 18 1-2 Mary Jioia 17 Laura Labelle 19 1-2 Moyk Laba 20 Irene Minet 20 x Mary McDougall 10 1-2 Willie Rogers 20 .lack Robertson 111-2 Louis Salvage 10 Columbia Salvage 15 Peggy Strachan 20 x Joe Tavernese 17 Tony Tavernese 20 x Lester Wildman 20 x Frank Steiner 3 Christina D. Y. Pitblado,L.L. A. Teacher. At The Opera House. Clark's, moving pictures attracted a large house on Monday evening. Little Miss Jarrett made a decidedly good hit, and the moving pictures were good and received the appreciation they deserved. The company is corning again Friday evening with an entire change of program. Mark G. Sampson, our local constable, is to Vie a headline!-, appearing in a repertoire of illustrated songs. Fort George has two resident ministers. Jack Reeder died in Oroville lust week. A boosters club has been formed iu Dawson. There is much activity in mining near Barkerville. The Eagles have established an Aerie in Hazleton. A Commercial club has been organized in Oroville. A 60x150 foot skating rink is being built at Blairmore. James Stone, aged 67 years, died in Barkerville this month. M. L. Grimmett is building a $4,000 residence in Merritt. In Armstrong hay is $20 a ton and potatoes tho same price. Prince Rupert wants to sell $54,000 worth of debentures. Potatoes are being shipped from New Brunswick to Lethbridge. Ontario hay is being sold at Fernie and other western towns. Flour is 17 cents a pound at Fort McLeod and sugar 25 cents. Chinamen are shipping large quantities of potatoes from Savona. Revelstoke will have a winter poultry show upon January 13 and 14. Orders have been given to abolish tlie tenderloin district in Victoria. D. C. Drain has refused an offer of $19,000 for his hotel at Blairmore. The whiskey distillery atSap- perton has resumed operations for the season. At Stevetson a Jap was fined $200 for selling beer without a license. There are 28 men working at the Knob Hill mine in the Republic camp. The other day Fred Williamson shot a grizzly bear not far from Penticton. In North Vancouver recently a man was fined 50 cents and costs for being drunk. In Grand Forks the curlers are forming into a company with a capital of $5,000. The G. T. P. railway will be in operation between Rupe and Kitselas by Christinas. A Columbus, Ohio, promoter is making an effort to build a smelter at or near Oroville. Last month 109 divorces were granted in Seattle, many of them to people from B. C. A Blairmore Chinaman is carrying on a departmental store and advertising extensively. Fifty boxes of apples have been sent from Grand Forks to England for exhibition purposes. After an absence of 42 years John O'Hara of Ottawa, is paying a visit to New Westminster. The Fife mine has closed down for a short time in order to install larger and better machinery. In Vernon it is proposed to reduce the number of Aldermen and attach a salary to the position. Sam Long and George Mc- Bain have bonded their mineral claims near Hazleton to F. E. Mitchell. The famous old camp, Pioche, in Nevada, has a fellow feeling for Kaslo. It only has ono train a weok. Vancouver expects to have a big exposition in 1917 to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Dominion of Canada. At the age of 90 years Sir Charles Tupper has taken up his permanent residence in England. He still plays golf. 1). R. Yaung, who ran a paper at Slocan City in 1897, is going into the lish business at Queen Charlotte City. The government has established a public school at Stewart. There are 30 pupils and the teacher receives $100 a month. A Jap at New Westminster was given seven years in jail for striking another Jap with an axe. Whiskey and gambling was the cause of the rouble. Horse Fell on a Lady. While a coyote hunting party of twenty ludies and gentlemen were out at H. H. Jenkins place about twenty miles south east of Pincher Creek last Monday, Mrs. A. C. Kcmmis got thrown from her horse in some manner and the animal fell on her. She received injuries about the head which rendered her unconscious for a considerable time until found by other members of the party. She is now recovering from the effects of the accident. Fire Sweeps Large Section. A despatch from Saskatoon says: Accompanied by a hurricane wind one of the most destructive fires in the history of the Biggar section of the G. T. P. swept over the largest territory and caused much destruction of property. The fire started Saturday in the neighborhood of Scott and swept on its way till Sunday night, when it was reported to have reached Perdue. The flames consumed the outstanding hay and buildings in its path, but many were saved by fire guards and homesteaders eoffrts. Damaging fires are also reported from other sections. Verdict for Railway Company. The assizes came to a close at Fernie on Saturday evening when the civil case of Kings- wood vs. Morrissey Fernie and Michel railway was concluded, the jury bringing in a verdict in favor of the defendents. This was an action to recover damages for the loss of a foot by the plaintiff while crossing the railway company's tracks at Coal Creek, she having been run over by an engine. The jury decided that it was owing to her own carelessness and brought in a verdict accordingly. H. W. R. Moore and W. S. Lane for the defendants and Eckstein and McTaggart for the plaintiff. aa. . » ..-« Immigrants Must Have More Money. Ottuwa, Oct. 28.—Starting next month, and continuing until March, the minimum sum of money which immigrants entering Canada must huve in their possession on landing, unless going to assured positions as farm laborers, will be $50, instead of $25, as required during the spring and summer months. A similar course was pursued last winter, in order to restrict arrivals during the season of year when the opportunities for securing speedy employment are limited. Thc increasing vogue of Canada in Europe as a good land for immigrants is evidenced by the fact that this year's record breaking influx of new settlers has been kept up to a remarkable extent right through the fall mouths. Immigration for the past three months is away ahead of tho corresponding period of last year, and tho total for the year will reach close to 300,000. Suits Against Canadian Northern. Fergus Falls, Minn., Oct. 27.— Among the interesting cases that arc likely to come to trial, at the autumn term of tho I*. S. Court here, are throe suits that have just been filed against I tho Canadian Northern for damages on account of tho recent forest fires along tho j northern border of that state, j The first complaint is filed by \ Wm. Haugon, who alleges that he lost his residonce, barn and other buildings, and he asks ! $2,070. Tho second case i.s brought by Frank B. Emery,! whose land was swept by fires, and who asks for $2,500 on account of destruction of timber. The third is an action by Wni. A. Smith who lost his barn, fences, hay and other things and asks for $2,177. Hundreds of othor suits are likely to follow, as it is claimed that tho fires which destroyed Beaudette, Spooner ami other places, and swept the entire country in that vicinity were set by sparks from locomotives. **************************************************** Dress Goods! Dress Goods! -Jj Just received a fine assortment in Tweed effects 10 and ■' per yard J Melton cloths in Navy and Cardinal, extra good value ... OOe yard J All wool Shepherd's plaid at 00c., Scotch Tartan plaid at 50c J Plain Brown Panama special 18c. Corduroy Velveteen in X..vy .ecid * Cardinal special 50c. :«. i * Velveteen plain colors at 00c. I QUALITY STORE Opera House Block GEO. II. MARLATT j Hosmer, B. C. ********************************** ****************** i^^^^MleMe^iW^B^^^^WBMMWMMBBiirrajMg*yy,''*:' u<sas\WsWswa nm To Arrive Saturday Morning Fresh Crisp Celery Hot House Lettuce California Grapes Sweet Spuds Citrons (the last tins season) ©ranges, Bananas Apples Lemons Our Chocolates and Confectionery are Always Fresh Confectionery FRED COX Ice Cream ,kM City - cJWeat - -^Market GABARA BROS., Props Choice line of Steaks, Chops, Roasts, Sausage, Butter, Bacon, Eggs, Lard, Etc., Fresh and Salt Fish. Gabara Block Near C. P. R. depot NOT IX TIIK TEUST ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ *************■<. + <!■*.***** Real Estate Bargains \ * * * % % * * * x * * * *>> &>' For some snaps in real estate call and see mc. Some good houses and rooms for rent. Agent for life and accident insurance in thoroughly reliable companies. R. W. ROGERS Post Office Block HOSMER, 6. ( ********************** **************o****** * ************************************** ki.** *********** si * * — X- * ex- * ■ds, * IF IT'S LUMBER WE HAVE IT If you place an order for lumber with us yeeu have ;c right I" peel well manufactured and evenly graded Kernels consisting of Bon Dimensions, Timbers, Flouring, Ceiling, Siding, Finishing, Moid and Lath. Our Planning Mills are equipped witli modern wood-wor machinery and re-saws, All inquiries are promptly answered, your inspection of our stock is solicited, u^rg i * ,UUJ „. .'III.I * * The Elk Lumber Company, Ltd.J C. H. Bomfohi), Agenl Hosmer, 15. (' 4* * **********************************************.***** BANK OF (ESTABLISHED 1817) Capital All Paid Up $14,400,000 Rest $12,000,000 HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL Rt. Hon. Lord Strathcona .-m.i Mount Royal, Q. C. M. G, Hun. President. R. 15. Angus, Esq., President. Sir Edward Clouston, Bart., vice President and General .Manngor. Branches in British Columbia Armstrong, OhllUwook, Clovcrilnlo, Kndorby, firoenwood, II.. en. c. !,'.■: ewnn, M r ... Nolson, Now Denver, Niceeln. Ne-.v Westminster, Penticton, Prince Itupcrt, Uo lcen-.c Suiiiint'i'lanel, Vanoouvor, Vornon, Victoria. Savings Rank Department Deposits e.f 51 nnd upward i'< ive.1, Interest cellee\ee,| ;,c ciii-ronl mtcn and paid halfyoarly. Tho il<-|a.a-it <n- is subject I i delay whatoror In the withdrawal of the whole cer any part of the deposit, Hosmer Branch C. B. WINTER, Manager - e><t***e»***<»e|e**<.***** * * * • I | Jus. Assiu.in F, II ••:*•:■ ■:■* •:• •••*•••* * I M.I I AM X * l Hosmer Livery & Transfer Co. j X Livery, Cartage and Feed Stable Rigs at all Hours at Reasonable Prices Dealers in Coal FRONT STREET ii(is.\ii:i;. b. c, * * * ************* msVm*s4*smsiSsimsttsssssmssfssmstmtst*nsmt Elk Valle •fWVe^eae/aneineJJ Beverage of Quality Manufactured from Canadian Mali. Bohemian Hops and llu* famous Crystal Spring Water Elk Valley Brewing Co., Limited CRYSTAL SPRINGS, B. C, (Via Michel) .... _C5.- aaa Till*. HOSMER TIMES Skyscrapers While You Wait (By William Allen Jolfustou) IT ic u marvelous thin.* hew the dream.--, ot' Arabian nig...-* are *• day inuele realities, Manhattan nights are quite as magical. 'rlii- morning you may pass by :. street eoruer surrounded by a board fence from the interior of which comes the Btaccato thump of rock-drills. An- other eluy and the fen.ee is down, spindling iron columns are pointing skyward out uf tbe pit. Two weeks pass and you are looking upward at some daredevil of an ironworker who is rilling au iron beam several stories up above the streets. In three months more you are elevated into a steam-heated, electric-lighted twelfth story otlice suite and look down front where you formerly looked up at the sky and wondered. Imagine a massive granite • and - brick, fire-proofed skyscraper covering two thirds of a block, building upward at the rate of a story a week! A story a week means a completed story, complete even as to inside furnishings and ready for immediate occupancy. It sounds impossible. Strangers won't believe it till they sec the building grow before theii eyes. Hut this rate of con- Btruction is an actuality today; and tliere is nu telling just what greater speed the terrific demand of this minute- expanding, distance .shrinking, step live ly age will bring forth. The sky scaper is altogether an American institution. Its express speed of construction is also exclusively American, a., expression of American enterprise, American inventiveness, Ameri* can impatience and daredeviltry, American workmen. Some few years ago a ship-load of Pennsylvania steel uml American workers landed at Cape Town and commenced at Johannesburg the erection of the first modern steel-frame structure iu South Africa. The work started at the beginning of the hut season, and when, after six mouths, the residents of the city returned from their mountain resorts they found a completed building awaiting them, and at first ..'fused to believe their eves. A sine.Her building, just previously erected, look two and a half years, "Who did this?" roared au irate Britisher ut loci consequence. Ile was accustomed to I.....don methods, where they take fully six months t.. ereel simply the outngging platforms for the placid, protracted man handling of tho heaviest materials. "Some devil of a Yankee, I'll warrant you," he fumed. "It won 't stand up. Kut the structure is still standing, will stand .ill it is pulled dowu; and now in Johannesburg they prefer American buildings put up ic. the American way. in New Vork we grow used to marvels, come to regard the... as commonplace after a few days' wonder...ent. And yet here the Johannesburg record has been more than cut in two. So many buildings are gning up bo fast that daily the city changes like the background of a ponderous panorama. Oue must go about constantly in order uot to be amazed at uew landmarks. The story of the express built skyscraper begins away back in the steel- rolling mills of Pittsburg and Bethlehem, where they also race against time and short-cut processes and with a gigantic remorseless rush turn out a product whether men get in the way or nut. Here the entire steel frame of the sky-scraper is built in multitudinous sections—that is to say, columns, lieaius, headers, girders—each with connecting flanges all punched and ready to be fitted and rivetted together. The columns weigh as much as fifteen tons each. A complete story could be told of the works at Pittsburg: of how the big machines start i-olliug, rivettiug, cutting, punching—the [.roc-esses are many and mighty—almost the moment the bin.* prints arrive; of how even while the work is iu progress some master minds are plotting ways and means to hasten it, tu get the black metal timber.-, craned more swiftly out of the roaring shops and speeding on to New York in hundreds of heavy flat-cars. Une might think that the greater part of the structural erection was done in the steel-mills; that it ought to be a simple; matter lu join the parts together and so erect the framework of the building, tine might think so—but don't mention this thought tu the iron foreman—to that taciturn, tense-featured man, the lines iu whose lean face grow deeper as each story is added. He ie. working his men under tremendous pressure. Au ordinarily slow iron job with its rattling dynamic progress is enough of a burden. But to rush one, to crowd ponderous steel into fleeting hours, is a nut her matter, Ilis employers give him so much time, and keep pounding him; and along with this pressure they give him constant but con- to wit: Don't kill any trariwise order, men. It is elillicl.lt suits. But it c is done. The fran accomplish with re- be done .....I today it in k of one big store _. New York, containing 22,000,000 pounds of steel, was erected iu onlv four hundred hoins. Nut nu ironworker was killed or seriously injured. The Metropolitan tower, rising lifty stories above the streets, was topped witl. tl..' same fortunate result; see was the hefty "Singer lieerci.'' Snine buildings nnd bridges in the past have proven vei'itnbl nrgi.es —they shew the ceenstant haze.r.l of the. Ironworker's life—but buildings cue nol erected Hint way today, even with greatly advanced speed, It is a wonderful giant's game nf jackstraws tl.i- rearing Of the sl eel structure, First a platoon e.f meenslcr derricks is set up iu the pit. The masts arc sometimes ninety feel in height. with beams nearly as long, and are Bhipped cell the way across the' dentin cut from .he big pine forests of Oregon. Three licet cars, end to end, cue required fnr the length nf the pules, and, arrived nt their destination in New Vork, they are trucked through ll.c streets tu the building site cit midnight when other trccllie' i- nil save sns| led. New the steel is arriving, drawn from the river lighters in great double-teamed, extension trucks, and is unloaded all around the edge uf lhe rectangular pit. Each length is marked to gn in a cerlc.in place. The drivers for the most part are ex-ironworkers anel know how tn handle steel as well as horses. The derricks nre electrically run and move silently, swiftly, steadily. The Bpas modfc jerking of the in.lli.ig steam upright engine is absent. The big bneems Bwing, dip, raise their many tun loads with all the precision and delicacy nf Ir'nian hands. Just think of swinging n heavy girder intn a flange-union with a play em either si.le of little more than a quarter of nn inch. With each derrick there's a crew of Beveu men, comprising a "pusher" or squad boss, a derrick-man, ami five over-head Ironworkers. Over all the squads is the iron foreman, darting here and there, looking up and down, seeing the whole process ami every part of it. The mighty work goes on continuous ly by day and night. One shift—on a big job it numbers fifty men—relieves another. There must be uo stopping* minutes count. At night yellow anel white incandescent lights sputter over a ceaseless din aud travail. Now aud then an ambulance rings its way iuto the congested side-street. For there are accidents, They cannot be altogether avoided. From the edge of the pit you see an iron beam roll lazily out of a pile. Its ...otiou is slight and noiseless, seemingly inconsequential, but it hit a man's leg and stripped it to the bone. Two beams meet, slowly, with velvet-like contact; but a man's fingers intervened, and they were nipped oil'. And metal will break. There's the foreman, now, bending white-faced over the broken link of a derrick chain, it is an inch thick aud outside it looks polished, hard, sure; but within there was a bubble in the steel, leaving onlv- a thin circumference of metal to hold it together. Luckily, when it snapped, as snap it must, there were no men' ruling the leiaii of beams; but there might have beeu. There arc accidents; but the work is too ponderous to make them noticeable, its purpose too serious to have them in-j terfere or subtract a minute of progress. No oue takes heed of them, not even the waiting line of idle iron-workers, anxious for a job anel the chances of it Only the best and steadiest men are em ployed, experienced workers, who are not ouly careful of themselves, but also of their team-mates; au.l it is remarlc able how the character of the ironworker has changed to meet the exaetious of these days of rapid construction. In the past they were a boisterous, .swashbuckling lot. They "flouted" from New Orleans to Vancouver, lived iu freight-cars, built bridges and dropped off of them with a grin aud a choking "Good-by." A hero among them was a mau who had the longest fall to his credit, or who could toss a white- hot rivet the greatest distance. They lived hard and died easily. Today they know that a man stands highest ou the pay-roll who takes his work and its danger most seriously, who also watches the man next to him—for in this calling one man's error often means another 's life. Kven so the bridgeworker of toddy has not lust his romantic side. He is still the cavalier of the workaday world. See him now, clinging like a fly to the top ring of that lofty derrick, or swaying in mid-air with one leg wound carelessly about a dangling cable, or standing upright alongside a dizzy column, hundreds of feet above the ground, with nothing more substantial under his clinging toe thai, an inch-wide bolt! The plumber laying pipes in the dark basement gets just as high a wage and his work is quite as important. But the ironworker gets the eyes of the crowd an.l knows it. "Cowboys of the skies" they have been styled, aud aptly so. They have muny characteristics in common' with their' brethren of the plains. They love a dare and a scampering race. Ofteu they make anel have them—when the boss is not watching. Just recently twu sky-scrapers in New Vork raced up side by side—a veritable Marathon of the skies!—ami prodigies of daring and foolhardiiicss were done by the rival gangs facing each other across the intervening side-street. They stole each other's hats end wrenches as they sailed up atop the loads of iron, danced giddy hornpipes on the ends of projecting beams, tried to "best" each other taking chances, amid the pandemonium of whip-snapping cables and swinging iron. They affect extravagances and peculiarities of dress. That athletic-looking fellow with the grimy face and hands appears on idle Sundays in white flannels and silk hose. The man beside hin. is a favorite at bridgemcii 's dances and has been known to wear and grace a frock-coat. They make no serious complaint over the new order of things —the rush of the work. "Sure," said one, '-it's all right, only it's over nowadays before you get your second wind." Said another: "This going up at a storv a day interferes with me social life.' On that Thirteenth Street building there wns a hotel within arm's reach, and one day I got to talking with a pretty maid—through a wiudow. Next day 1 had to talk down to her, and next day I hael to yell to her, and iu two days more I had to say good-by. " 'Good-by!' says she. 'Sorry to seo vou gn; but I'll introduce you to my 'friend Katie who works on the tenth floor.' " Every time two stories of steel are completed the derricks must be raised. This has been slow, cumbersome work in the past. Only a year ago it meant a day's work. Now they do it in from thirty minutes to two hours. In the old way "they rigged a stiff-legged derrick above, which grappled down and lifted up the boo... derrick. In other words, they raised a derrick with a derrick. Neevv they make the derrick raise itself. To a layman this sounds like raising one's self by the boots. But it. can l.e done, even with an eight-ton, ninety-foot derrick. A young iron foreman solved the problem one day when his company gave hin. just twelve days I., put up the frame nf a t wel ve story building. "It's easy enough." suid he. "Vou just fold up tho derrick and lash boon, and .nasi, together. Then detucli the main 'fall' en- hoisting cable from the bee.em I give it n clutch around the mnst about one third of the length from til,' tup. "Now start yuur winding drums down there in the basement, and what's going tn happen? Why, the cable pulls the whole derrick up and holds it till we make new moorings.*' Thev wait for nothing au.l obey nn precedents in the ln.il.ling uf the express sky-scraper. While the steel frame* is hastening skywards the walls, flours, tiling, lire-proofing, wiring—all are racing after it. The very moment tl support is ...ado thnt renders possible the commencement 'ef another branch of the work, the latter activity begins. Hi. n granite an.l brick building the bricklayers start work—on the fifth story, say—beforo the granite has reached them. By the time the latter is laid and meets the brick they are several stories in advance. That means several stories saved in time. They work shoulder to shoulder—nnt an inch nf rieom is wasted—nn a lung, mechanically elevated platform that seems to climb upward before your very eyes. Already the plastering has begun— while there still remains a .gap in the under walls between granite and brick. Another precedent, broken! Said a nervous young superintendent oue morning. "We begin plastering today." "What!" expostulated the foreman. He iuterposed objections, slowly, ob stinately; the superintendent snapped each oue out of the way. They were precedents ouly, --Ami, now, why .net.'" In* concluded. Tin* furi'uian scratched his head; and then a light began tee .winkle in his eye, the light of daring, Initiative—eif A.ne'i icanism. for that is what the spirit really is. lie jumped up. shook his sliuuidcrs and squared them. The wheelhcerse became a racer. "I got you,*' said he. "I'll have a hundred and lifty men on the job by nun..." It is this dovetailing of all the van ous activities—from base to cornice, from siele tu side, that helps most to solve the puzzle e.f rapiei construction. No trade waits for another to finish. Each fits in the moment another makes a groove and all work skyward together. Thus there may be mure than a thuu- sand men on a building at one time. They swarm like ants over the structure. Mauls, riveting-hammers, trowels, wrenches, shovels, saws—join in a tre- tiieudoiis chorus which may be heard for blocks. Around the base of the building drays are fighting for room and dumping materials rushed hither from the railroad yards of Harlem, from the scows of the North and Fast rivers, from city supply shops. Above all is din, dust, clamor, and clung. All seems confusion to the unpractised eye, yet out of the vastness of it, a massive, architectural, fireproof monument grows into the heavens to endure for ages. There is auother remarkable feature uf the express sky-scraper—this, that in their construction amid the traffic* crowded streets of the metropolis, thousands of tons of diverse materials are whirled up and into place without injuring those below or even impeding traffic to an appreciable degree. All the various trades—the masons, steanifitters, electricians, plumbers, carpenters, plasterers, fire-proofers, stone- setters, concrete-mixers, laborers—are organized in gangs, as are the ironworkers. Each gang has its "pusher," each trade its foreman. The men are responsible to the "pusher," the "pusher" to the foremen, the foremen to the superintendent. Every kink in the work, every problem of the vast operation—and they are many and frequent —filters quickly down to the superintendent. He solves them with a snap of his fingers. Sometimes he bawls back his orders through a megaphone. One superintendent, au old young man, wiry, nervous, alert, was explaining how he dovetailed his buildiug gangs. "I see," I began, "while you are waiting—" "No, no!" he interrupted. "Cut out the word ' waiting.' There's no waiting—anywhere. That's just the keynote of the job. We don't wait; we double up!" "What will you do when you finish this job?" 1 asked. "Get a harder one." l.e sai.l, grimly. The spirit of the superintendent is "Mrs. Maybrick found guilty: Sentence of death." That news spread through thc country one August morning in 1889 aroused thousands of reaeiers oi her trial tu protest. Thc night had hardly closed upon the spieaeting of the news before petitions were being prepared and circulated through the country for signature, praying tnat the wretched girl might be saved from the scaffold. When eom- pleted, the Maybrick petition was the most extraordinary one for a prisoner the British Isle has ever seen, it bore uo fewer than close upou a million signatures, including those of fifty-two members of the House of Commons. Oue of the most remarkable features of the Maybrick appeal was that something like thirty-five per cent, of the sigua tores were those of women. At eleven o'clock one December night, eight years ago, a cab drove up to tt: entrance uf Hoiluway Prison aud a mau leapt out. He was a messenger iron. the Hume Otlice bearing a sealed des patch from the Hume Secretary for in. mediate delivery into the hands of the governor of the prison, A few moments later the governor, the chaplain, and the head wardress were tramping.down the dismal corridors of the prison to the cell in whieh was coufiued Miss Kitty Birou, the young girl condemned for the killing uf a stockbroker whom she had encountered in the street and mortally wounded witl. a knife before the spectators could rush to his rescue. Thousands of people hurried to append their names to the petitions in her favor. Eveu iu the stock exchange itself people hustled one another to sign the appeal for mercy, uud iu less' than a week 300,000 men aud women weir.! pleading on her behalf. The Home Secretary anticipated the presentation of the petition by commuting the sentence, but later on the monster petition was carted into his otlice urging him to mitigation of the sentence of penal servitude for life. Liverpool was the centre of another. great agitation for mercy in 1898, when the people of Lancashire were aroused respecting the fate of a young lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, Lieutenant Wark, who had been condemned to death by Mr. Justice Darling ut the preceding assizes. Wark was accused of the murder of a young woman. Even though guilty, there were many circumstances that appeared to make his offence oue for merciful consideration. The jury had themselves strongly recommended him to mercy, and the public found -heir hearts in accord witll ttieir finding. A manly, but at the same time touching, speech made by the prisoner after the verdict had a vast effect. No fewer than 54,000 persons signed the petitions in his behalf, aud the sentence was later on commuted to oue of merely three years' penal servitude. Prom morning till night people flocked to the places in Edinburgh, Glasgow, aud in all the large towns iu Scotland It culminates iu financial operations on a scale unexampled in our day, and the development of innumerable industries connected with the use of rubber. It was, indeed, in 1845 that Thomson patented the idea of affixing a "belt*1 tilled with compressed air to the rim of a carriage wheel, and although his in voutiou never came into practical use, he showed great knowledge of the good effects which would follow from the use of the pneumatic tire. Thomson, now ever, wus ahead of his time, and his tiro fouud no favor. Forty-three years later .lol... Dunlop, without any kuowledge of the Thomson invention, patented a pneumatic tire. More than once I have heard from Mr. I.iinleeje himself the simple tale of how he came to invent his device. The "safety" bicycle had theu eome into vogue, but its wheels were shoei with solid rubber tires. Mr. Dunlop's little son possessed a tricycle, aud as the Duuiops then lived iu Belfast, and the Irish roads were of very bad surface, this veterinary surgeon applied his miud to contrive some menus for minimizing the harsh jolting to which his boy was subjected when he rode his tricycle. A rubber tube filled with compressed air was evolved, and it afforded such comfort to the rider that Mr. Dunlop brought the idea before adult cyclists, aud some enthusiasm was aroused among them. But Mr. Dunlop would have hardly been more successful iu 1888 than Thomson iu 1845 had not another man appeared on the scene. Mr. Harvey du Cros was at that time a prominent figure in Irish sporting circles, and his sons were famous for their prowess in cycle raciug. With true business instinct, Mr. du Cros saw the immense possibilities of the pneumatic tire for cycles, aud he threw himself heart and soul iuto the work of making this crude invention practicable. His early efforts were greeted wtih derision Cyclists and cycle manufacturers scoffed at the clumsy "bolster" tyre offered to them, aud almost without exception experts declared against it. Then Mr. du Cros brought a baud of Irish cyclists, including his sons aud Mr. K. ,1. Mccredy to England, and they gained sweeping victories with the pneumatic tire ou the racing track. It was evident now that the new invention would eventually triumph, but a long and desperate fight against conservatism and prejudice had still to be waged, and it is reasonable to assume that but for the enterprise and ability of Mr. Harvey du Cros Mr. Dunlop's invention might have lain dormant for many years. Had this been the case the whole progress of modern locomotion from motoring to airmanship would have been checked, for we can trace the direct influence of tne air-filled tire in all the astonishing developments of the last twenty-two years. So from the bad state of Irish roads, from the solicitude of a fond parent to make smooth progress for his son's cycle over rough roads, Thomson's The Personalitg of Theodore Roosevelt THAVIU AND HIS BAND Musical Organization Whieh Comes to the Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition, July 13-23 held, in some measure, by every one of his army of men. They, too, take a savage joy in the speed of the work. Each gang seeks to outrival the other; every trade works for a record. Each strives to do '' stunts.'' The first column up and grilled fast in its concrete base, is decorated with a flag—a tribute to the gaug that erected it. The last piece of iron in the completed structure also bears a like emblem, which waves in honor of the whole force. Stone-setters, bricklayers, fircproofers —all greet the completion of their tasks with a triumphant yell. Yesterday the record was a hundred and fifty dray- loads of materials laid iu a day; now thev have made the record two hundred. The modern sky-scraper is really a great steel cage blanketed with stone, cement, aud brick. Its walls aud partitions are very thin as compared with the old-fashioned brick processes which took up room an.l gave less strength, which, moreover, were slow ami costly to erect. The new type of buildiug stands fur strength and economy—and speed. It was new only a score of years ago. Then the people of Chicago marvelled over such a structure only nine stories high. Pedestrians blocked the sidewalks in front of it and had to be dispersed by the police. Today the fifty- story sky-scraper has already ceased to be a wonder. What does the future hold forth? Greater height? The architects say no; thut a multitude nf such structures will shut out light, from the streets and muke un ugly sky-line. The limit of height has been reached. Greater speed, then.' Yes, in all probability. The express sky-scraper is just beginning. Every one, from architect down, is working to further its speed. All are simplifying processes, inventing new mechanical aids, devising better building systems. Verily, soon we shall have "sky-scrapers while you wait.'* FAMOUS CRIMINALS WHO OBTAINED REPRIEVES NOTHING rouses the British public like the sense of injustice done to a fellow-creature," said Sir Wm. Harcourt, while he was Hume Secretary, and not infrequently prisoners have found themselves the subjects of extraordinary demonstrations in their behalf. Nearly 80,000 persons signed the petition in favor of Daisy Lord, the poor girl recently released after eighteen months of imprisonment. She had been condemned to the gallows for the death of her child in the most pitiable circumstances. In thousands of homes the story of her sorrow, of her despair, of her frenzy, had touched the heart and awakened people to sympathy with her and to indignation at what one of our most distinguished judges once described as an "antiquated and monstrous legal form" which had dictated the cruel sentence passed upon her. and the North of England where petitions were lying in favor of the young woman who had been pronounced guilty of the murder of Jessie Macpherson, the housekeeper who had beeu discovered mysteriously murdered in a house in Sandy-ford Place, Glasgow. The jury had found her guilty, aud the jueigs hud expressed his entire concurrence in tne verdict, but the public regarded the case as one of mystery. "McLachlau shall not die!" was the cry of thousands. Crowds flocked to the places where the petitions in her behalf were lying, and in the end the sentence was commuted to one of life-long imprisonment. A huge sensation was created by the result of the Peuge murder case, when three persons named Staunton—two brothers aud the wife of oue of them— and a young girl were charged with the murder of the wife of the younger brother by starving her to death. The case was the first murder trial over which Mr. Justice Hawkins presided, and the prisoners were defended bv Sir Edward Clarke. But whether the death of the unfortunate woman was designed oi merely the result of callous and brutal indifference was a hard question, and people gave a gasp of surprise when the trial resulted in the batch of four persons being found guilty of wilful murder aud sentenced to death! A thrill of horror passed through the country. Agitation in favor of the prisoners commenced on all sides. Over 80,000 persons attached their signatures to the petitions against the dentil sentence being carried out. So absurd was the verdict and sentence recognized to be with regard to the girl accused with the Stauntons that, the Home Secretary hurriedly granted her nn absolute free pardon. The others were saved from the gallows. Do petitions, in behalf of prisoners have any effect! Some persons ha.e questioned it. But there is really no doubt that a petition, largely signed and urging reasonable grounds for revision of a sentence, has considerable weight with n Home Secretary. "What the public brain thinks and the public heart feels," Sir Richard Cross is said to have remarked to a legal gentleman who sneered at a petition he had received, "is worth attention, i shall never turn a deaf ear to a voice pleading for mercy. I will listen and consider though I may iu the eud be uu- able to agree with it.*' WHO INVENTED THE PNEUMATIC TIRE? THE dispute arose about a statue. Who invented the pneumatic: tire? To whom should Edinburgh give lienor in bronze or marble? To a Mr. R. W. Thomson, who patented an air- filled tire in 3845, or to John Dunlop, who invented the pneumatic tire in 1888? The dispute carries the imagination back over oue of the most astonishing episodes in our industrial history, lt begius with a mystery of invention. idea was re-created, and this time tho right mau was at hand to develop the idea. From the pneumatic tired bicycle theie evolved naturally the idea of fitting air tires to motor cars, and hi this direction France led the way. The crude mechanism of the early motors was saved from the rough vibration of the roads, and the automobile Improved with amazing swiftness as soon as these tires were employed. With the progress of the motor car came the perfecting of the petrol engine and its application to manifold purposes. Last, of all, it made the airship and the aeroplane possible, aud in each of these vessels rubber fabric is extensively employed. Follow the evolution from small to great. Today cycles are numbered in millions, the total in the United Kingdom being over three millions* There are close on 180,000 motor vehicles iu the United Kingdom, and the world's total must soon approximate to half a million. All over the gliibe the trail of the air-filled tire has been laid by mil lions and millions of wheels, and the road is becoming once more the main artery of our social system. In the air, too, we ore tracing uew routes by the aid of the petrol engine. Airships are being built by every great Power, and of aeroplanes France alone has already nearly two hundred, most of them fitted with pneumatic tired wheels. With fall this has come the creation of Innumerable allied industries, perhaps the most remarkable industrial development being that, in connection with tlie production of raw rubber. And this colossal factor iu our Industrial life has come into existence because of a discomfort, to a child cycling nlong tho rough roads of Ireland Whether of Dunlop or of Thomson, Edin burgh's statue will not be without signi fiennce as a symbol iu our industrial his torv. INSOUCIANCE IN STORM Deep in the ore-boat'fi hobl Where great-bulked boilers loom And yawning mouths of fire Irradiate the gloom. I saw half-nakeel men Made thrall to .flame an.l steam, Whose bodies, dripping sweat, ■ Shone with an oily gleam. There, all the sullen night, While waves boomed overhead And smote the lurching ship, The ravenous fires they fed; They did not think it brave; They even dared to joke! . . I saw'them light their pipes And puff calm rings of smoke I . . I saw a passer sprawl Over his load of coal— At wliich a fireman laughed Until it shook his soul: All this in a hollow shell Whose half-submerged form On Lake Superior tossed 'Mid rushing hills of storm! -Harry Kemp, in American Magazine By T. P. O'Connor DO not, gentle reader, start back aud think that i am about to enter iu these literary columns ou a political discussion. Hero I have no opinions tu pronounce on Mr. Roosevelt's political views, either ou the affairs of his own or of our country. Let the political journals debate these questions to their hearts' content; we are concerned here with the man and not with his politics. It is a complex personality, and yet in its essentials it is a very simple—I had almost said a primordial and elemental—personality. The complexity comes from the man's environment* the simplicity is in the man himself. Simple, direct, almost brusque in speech, with very definite and very single purpose, with no tolerance or even keen sense of the intricacies, the insincerities, and the difficulties of all political or social problems, this man goes straight to his object. He offends many traditions;' sometimes he exasperates many people to fits of inarticulate or blasphemous rage; he now and then, by the very rudeness of his attack helps the forces he is assailing; but he goes right ou, never perceptibly influenced or discouraged or wounded by the attacks that come so abundantly in reply. Selene aud even joyous in Lis inner self, in spite of strong language and apparently hot resentment, this strange survival or recrudescence of a simpler and robuster age goes' right on, laughing with the hearty laugh almost of a child in the midst of the raging tempests of passion which he everywhere gathers around him. 1 wus particularly struck with that wheu 1 had a little talk with him the other morning, immediately after his Guildhall speech. The speech, as we all kuow, brought down ou his head a considerable amount of notice, not altogether friendly; but he seemed as unconscious of it all—except by a certain boyish enjoyment of it—as though it had never been. His career as president was on just the same lines. Few people who do not know America intimately cau have any idea of the cyclones of hatred and vituperation through wliich Mr. Roosevelt as Presideut had to pass. After all, tliere is no power in political life which you ean tread on with such certainty of a serpent-spring back at you us Money, and especially Big Money. Money is powerful everywhere: Biy Money too powerful everywhere. But as there is no country where tliere is so much money, and, above all, so much Big Money, as the United States, so there is no" place where an attack upon it brings such terrific rejoinder. And therefore it wus that, when Mr. Roosevelt began to attack the gigantic tr«sts, with their revenues equal to those of many small States, with subjects almost ns numerous and almost as dependent, with their antennae spread all over—in the Press, ine. the Legislature, in the judiciary, and even iu the pulpit—he fell foul not of one serpent, but of a hundred thousand serpent-headed powers, pomps, and principalities. Koosevelt fought, for the millions, and that is the reason why he embodies so much. I don't know that l.e was always prudent, and I don't know that ho was always right, but I cannot help odmir ing that splendid ...id elemental courage. He knew the risks and faced them, and never was dismayed by them. Here he is today approaching fifty years of age, and lie has the stride, the toughness, the unlined face, the ready and open laughter, the free speech of a boy. Wellington admired the courage of that heroic sergeant in the Peninsular who grew pale when he was ordered to advance nn a forlorn hope, but who yet advanced, overcoming the natural man bv the sheer force of will and sense of duty. Roosevelt has no title tn the game kind of admiration.; he never grows pale in the sight of danger, he laughs at it, and if it came to his turn to lead a forlorn hope he would do so either with a hearty smile or with just a little more sternness in the strong, stern chin, lie has no inner tremors, ever to overcome. He is primordial. And yet this splendidly robust creature was a delicate youth, and perhaps it was this delicacy which helped to make him what he is today. He was ordered West by the physicians frnm his native New York, This was some thirty vears ago, and the West of America was the West. Today even the States which I myself knew an.l saw as desolate, hopeless, thinly-populated prairies are now covered with mighty cities, with their great, clean, even streets, their monster hotels, their gorgeous theatres and opera houses, their cathedrals and their chapels. But thirty years ago thev could still be the haunts of the men who fight and kill big game; they were populated by those adventurous, reckless, lawless spirits who have fled voluntarily or under legal pressure from tamer civilizations: and men had to live under the conditions of man's first, steps towards the establishment of orderly communities. ■' Here wus the right training ground for the primordial man that Roosevelt is. Ile fought, for big game, taking his life often in his hands; but he had even grimmer and more trying experiences, fnr l.e lived among men who had, many of lliem, lost respect for ordinary hu- mnn law. They held life cheap, and they often took it or lost it in the course of a small personal dispute which, in civilized society, would end in a laugh or u lawsuit. But. Roosevelt lilted, though ho did not always approve of, his wild associates, Tliere is a stirring storv in one of his many sketches uf Western life iu which he tells how- two desperudoes, meeting accidentally, nfter the exchange of many taunts begun firing on each other till they both tell, uml now nne of them, though dying and prune on the ground, managed to lire u Inst shot which sent his enemy nnd himself companions over the Styx. Thev were perhaps both well out of the way, but what grit they showed! ns is the characteristic comment of Roosevelt. A primordial man ....long primordial men in ll.c West, Roosevelt has retained a good deal of that spirit still; and it is one of the many factors that go tn muke up his extraordinary popularity. Ile has no sense of any social distinctions; everyone is either a nmn or not a man to him. One of his friends is John L. Sullivan, the famous prizefighter, and he speaks of John L. with a certain tender affection. "Mighty good fellow is John," he says, musingly;.and then he tells some humorous story of John L's peculiarities, which prove tnat, with all his strcnuousness and sternness of purpose, Roosevelt has a keen sense of humor. lie was terribly assailed because he usked Brooker Washington, the celebrated colored propagandist an.l college president, to take a lunch witll him at the White House. But who that, knows Roosevelt could have been surprised that he made no distinction of race or color when he I found himself in the presence of one he considered a real man.' The face never comes out well in a photograph. Every photograph I have seen of Koosevelt is. indeed, more of a caricature than a photograph. This is because you see all the stern, hard lines of the face and not the expression. The jaw, massive and square, the strong mouth, the steru brows, all these things are reproduced; but what are these things without the boyish smile, the quick humor, the welcoming shake, and the tactful and pleasant word which you know iu Roosevelt the moment you are in his presence? He has his likes and uislikes, doubtless—perhaps strong ones—but 1 am Inclined to think that they are to things rather than to men. He is glad to see and to hear everybody; he has a strong, human, fraternal soul, this man who has lived in the midst of fierce and devastating conflicts all his life. This is partly the result of his environment. No man iu America is such a perfect type and embodiment of that equalitarian uud simple, and even brotherly, spirit which remains, amid all its faults aud disappointments, the most splendid virtue ami conquest of the Republican system of government in the United Statos. Thc rich in America often oppress the poor, but they never patronize and they never slight them. Aud Roosevelt meet iug any body of men—soldiers, young aspirants, the humble, the distressed, the prize-fighter, everybody who represents early struggle or helpfulness pr sympathy—Koosevelt, meeting any body of men, hails them each one with the same warm shake of the hand, the saiue pleasant word, the same smile. It is this naturalness and brotherliiiess of the man's manner that ulso create around him that atmosphere of blind affection which everywhere meets him among the masses in America. • Filially Roosevelt met the conditions wliich bring out the great man; for in all great careers there must be the conditions us well us the man. Roosevelt represents The Revolt. It is everywhere. The Revolt; but it is stronger, more widespread, more vehement in America than in any other country. Roosevelt found his country iu the chains of trusts, monopolies, and the possession by these organizations not merely of tho resources but of the laws, the food, and the very being of the ninety millions that make up the mighty nation. Leader of a party that draws much of its strength from the rich and the conservative, Roosevelt was a Radical, and even a Revolutionary. He fought the trusts; ne shouted at them cries of arrogant deliunce; he raised up against them every instrument that the rather unwieldy Constitution of his country por* mlttted. Sometimes they' were able to beat him; sometimes he adopted wrong methods; ofteu I have thought that, he attacked the mau, not the system; the topmost branches and not the poison roots of the system. But he voiced The Revolt; aud It is as the voice of The Revolt that millions in America look up to him and believe iu him uud love him and hope from him. PRAYING AGAINST TIME SPEAKING against time is eommou enough iu most Parliaments, but praying against time is something new. Tlie Washington Times, however, tells of such an occurrence, which once happened in the United States capital. Members of the House, who had congregated in the cloak room during the general debate ou the tariff, were discussing the recent prayer of the Rev. Mr. Coudrey, the House chaplain, deploring muckraking. "For some reason," said oue of the veteran members, "the chaplain's prayer reminded hie of tlie most amusing Incident I ever say during my entire service in the House of Representatives. The incident occurred many yeurs ago, so I have forgotten the names of tho actors, but there are still some meeiiberi of the liouse who recall it. "One day the jour.ml clerk rushed into the liouse while the chaplain was ].laying. He looked through the drawers of his desk iu a hasty manner and then hustled to the side of the chaplain. " 'Keep on praying,' he urged earnestly. 'We can't find the journal.' "Mr. Chaplain was so startled that l.e faltered iu his prayer, but after a moment he seemed to grasp the situation. He bowed his head still lower and continued to pray. The usual time devoted to prayer in the House is shout a minute. Members began to shift uneasily on their feet, to look at their watches, and, Instead of bowing their heads in reverence, they looked at the Speaker, pleadingly. The Speaker, evidently, had been informed of the difficult and, realizing that the business of the House could not proceed without the journal, he was willing that the members get plenty of prayer. After ten minutes' solid praying the preacher showed signs of getting nervous. He knew the members were getting restive and he lookeel down to one of the desks. " 'Don't stop,' pleaded the clerk, 'We haven't found it yet.' "The preacher did not stop until he had been praying for fifteeu minutes, at the end of which time the journal clerk rushed Into the House bearing the precious book under his arm. " 'Amen,' said the chaplain with a sigh of relief, and the Speaker promptly ordered the clerk to read the journal of the preceding day's business.'' MRS. BELMONT'S NEW YARN THE Suffragist community is indebted to Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont for a new story. Mrs. Belmont, as all know, is one of the most ardent of Suffragists. The other ladies in tho movement complain that she wishes to be the whole show, and just permit the others to work for her, but no one questions her devotion to the cause. She refused the other day to appear ou the same platform with another lady who was hopelessly in the thrall nf the demon man, and to explain her dislike told the fable: "I used to know a married pair," said she, "of whom the wife was a devoted and charming woman, and ■ the man a good-for-nothing. But no matter what he did, his wife always forgave him. One day I was calling upon her, when I saw her butler pass the door carrying a huge green parrot in a cage. 'Oh,' I said, 'are you going to get rid of Uncle Tom?' Uncle Tom was the parrot. ' Ves,' said the poor little wife, with a sigh. "I'm very fond of him— but I feel that it is my duty to send him away.' 'Aud why is it your duty?' I asked. " 'I just found out thc other day' sho said, 'that naughty Uncle Tom is teaching my husband to swear.' " Thirteen tons to the acre is the average yield of onions raised by intensive farming in the vicinity of Valencia, Spain. 'nn-. nosMEH times M«SF=*,5S- 4JS.-y.-B.-B-. iwwtfld gnuw instead of wood, or neck often leads to the after n V! Aluminum monev H-uhi -..-i..r «iri« .-.,.> • - . »n«r growtfc who have grown tflU •■• ■>«*■■- words of a little lot who waa told iu th by her mother not to play in tin* froi.t yard on Sunday. "But, mamma, iun'1 it Sunday in tl,.' backyard, toot" JAMES AaLBERY, the draruaii-t. was descending the steps of his rial), when a stranger addressed him thus: "1 bey yuur pardon, but is there a gentleman in this club with one eye of tlio name of X ?'' Albery an- swered tlie question at once by another: '"•Stop a moment. What's the name of his other eyef" MAKAKT, the great Viennese painter, was taciturn to a fault. It ia related of liiiu that, ome at a dinner party he sat next to Mine. Gall- un.yer fuv a whole hour without utter- »ng a syllable, when his fair neighbor playfully nudged him witli her elbow ami said: "Come, Herr von Mfakart, let uh change the conversation.' r have businei decided to retire and turn the ; over to you. What do you •eiy '.'' The young man pondered tlie situation gravely. Then a bright idea seemed to strike him. "[ sny, dad," he ^^^^ suggested, '-how would it do for you|pictures of wild animals to work a few years longer and tben the Simba is an ordinary fox-terrier, oi two "i' u.s retire together?" : ll0 special value from a breeder's point • of view, and was, in fact, taken ol A FAMOUS North Caroline clergy- .nun, while preaching from the text, "lie giveth lim beloved Bleep," stcepiee'el in tin' middle of his discourse, gazed upon Lis Hluinboring e eugrogution, uml sctiel: "Brethren, it is lic.rel to realize tine unbouuded lovo which tho Lord appears to have for ti jeee.lion of in.\ auditory,'' a a . A WOMAU wns upbraiding lior husband fi. his drunken habits and saying lie un.** in,.i.e.; n.s I III.. '•Don't be alarmed cilccni me, mv dear," tie said. ''The doctor Buys I'm ' iu tin* pink nl' condition,' •• you shoit,ld have usked the doctor In Ineek nl your tongue, and uot your iteese.'' retortod liis wife. DOC'3 i'lGKr V/iTU A LiOII I weather. Gloves, Iae.e. net, lawn, silk, j the reason that almost all Englishmen, How a Stray Fox Terrier Won a Lion's ; i"" "" .''caned with benzine io stead ot J-cu t., speak fight **hy u! tbem is a ...ys jjj^jj 4 Uatnraiist'a Advonlurvi usiEg the innocnoue dry cleansers, sochltejy lee me. 1 ean attribute it only to With a Ciueua'ltgraph Camera as tnller*■ earth, baked flour and salt our Intense conservatism nnd t.e tbel Aluminum money, light nnd1"' ''ain whi.h is freckled or In Africa bread crumbs, coruflonr. a:. I cloth rooted objection to what English j.e-upte. «anii:.i >. ind this if particular), distrei>siuf> I. •T1IMBA the Dinette* fox-terrfei in "r"'"**' , . cull 'making»'new departure.' I'ersou- Paper towebi fdr publie use, tljat can Wies Timely applications of Zau. 8 , w, , and thfou°vdo7o . ' "' '; " "al" * "'" ■'" '"' "'' -*"-' ' b'"k '■'''", A:'"'■'"'■" ' ''** »« be thrown away when done with. I Buk will prevent [fail /..,,. Bul - c. bieed which has ever L~< t.-i ■ U ^""* '-couomital cleatcrs. ll has ev infinitely preferable to English. Perfumed butter on the fables of thelherbal bain,, which wotbc and ,-ooU full Jown lien -, ..le-l'i *'■ •.-' '""'' '•'"'"s "" ",',:i" "ik,! l'-"""; "' , ••"*'i:""lv ■'•'"••"••"" trotters can be rich-prefernbl*. in clover and kindred the burned -I.e.,. and ,-mm- ual r,'.,r,,,l t„ 1 cneloi " ., c ...^a,.,,." ' c hoi,, a.,-; net. as well »« ou light gIove» driven ... comparatively beav*. cur- JWances. replace the damaged ti».iii- with sofl returnod to l,e,u,lo... he e t,,rt ..place, fn raM# an)J kid -,•„ ,.,,. ,„ .,... .. ,., riages, though a heliSf is prevalent that velvety skin. 1 teen. l.n.-n Lcci --el.'.'. j 1 h.-v slei.ulcl lee elra wn l.ci 11 c !.!■ cc.U ,:. ...:■. are Suited Onl*e Ie. eel. I -let tee,, Zulu i'lik is a I Ml ^eec.i (est cdiiioie 'Ihe story of haw Stmba fought he\ A niMi(. ( .p| ^ ^ fl mh^ Lentil a man has driv- A Warnin* cratches heai - .- ulhTt- ,■ i^WMun i Vr Er Ka;.'; Mf'M"":)- Tocleaoala^oi net Skirt en trotter* of this stamp he doesn't! /^ recent publication ol the mem (hl ^ und ;il, ^/, „ - A \ lMilr .Mj.! bi Mr. Cherry Reartou, tin th }ne.ui ^ he crumbled over ,il realjv know „.,,.., atWinu is <Ul(I ,tllll oirs of a celebrated Knghsh umverait^ ■„ thege n U| :,.kl, .,,„,. .,, . dog's majter, who has ^returned f bj d hM . ;t ,. ht, wHh Ww.)v (Vu vyh« h d/i | professor, Oscar Browning, recalls a J^ JSuw quS heuiVJ t \ from he Kenta dtstr c ^ Br:tifh East the ^ q{ tJle ^ ai8cfrdiug lhi tmsh anijHulfi regularIv for :i iinI, wJ||Jft famous epigram .aid to be oue of the J£ r'^TSliffl fat andTi era , lo AfriM soled crumb for fresh when neee^ary. haw* ever gone bac« to the ordinary ^ admirable ever eomposed. ■ mutt jt |s partieularl> ,j;:,.,, ln Hot Kill and flour is wnother good Won movers if I mav call them ■-<•: ." wa* I^pgtrated t.> a brilliant pu tlu, deiicate 8kin of bsbiei Isnbfititnte for dangerous cpirits. It without giving offense t<. anybody. P1'* •'' K- Stephen, upon the professor, froni fl(,.lt -unketi ■'■.*,, ,.-.-- may appear extravagant at the outset "Vet it Is ,*■ fact that hardly any WM0 *raw HOinewlmt inclined to corpu | Sojd ..,..._ ...... but it it* less costly in the end. li ■ interest is taken in thi** country in trot M**'u'.v* shirt is to be dry washed, ■•• quartern .n r\ni: races with American trotters. I ",.'1" "Jl , °**M'dieut flour and a pound of salt ure placed am flic lined to think that many Eng , ' *' uutlire's Ktern dene-t in a large enamel basin lu the oven, orllishmen confuse the American trotter, ' '"' ,,U"'M" v,,tl he but one ou the top of the stove, where tin* con properly so .ailed, with the Amerieuu *ou ",:i> '"' tl"' "l,t'M ' tents mav become very hul withoul horse that * puces.' , scorching* them. When very hot, Hm "The 'pacer' '■* nm a trotter at all. lue*,' nf net sli'rt, jabot, plastron, ii iii- also his action is ugly to look at and lie I A P!ll for All Seasons—Wintei i or collars bhould be dropped into it npjis not a pleasaut beast to drive. My summer, iu any latitude, whether into poappuds, ami kneaded with the trotters are all nne American trotters; i torrid /.one or Arctic temperature, far knuckles until the dirt im loosened. thev look magnificent as they literally melee's Vegetable I'ills .-an In- depend nffa wbo the Battersea i^og's Home by io" Jones, of lion lassoii j^ave her to Mr. Keartou. Simba's fight with the linn took place when Mi. Kuarton wub trying to obtain pictures of tiie killing ot' a lion by native spearmen. Two lions had been located in some scrub, and twenty Ma ;ni wan mis, with spear*:,, were ready AKTKK baviug wrestled with about thirty dishes at a dinner, and after ail this being called upon to speak. I lorn co Porter declared that he Celt a great .sympaihy with that woman in Ire land wlio had had something ot a field day on hand, She began hy knocking lown two somewhat unpopular agents ot her absentee landlord, and was seen J at j cr in the day dancing a jig on the stom- j to attack. The lioness, however uch of the prostrate form of the Pres-leaped, and the male lion, alter appeal byteriaii-uiinistci'. One of her friends ' ing for a moment, bolted into a cme. admired \or prowess in this direction J river bed and refused t'» budge. aud invited her in and gave her a good ; "Simba,'* said ftir. FCoarton, "dartPi Stiff tflnss of whisky. Hor friend said, i into the ilonga, and within a few sc*( ;. Shall 1. pour some water in your whis-londs we heard a tremendous roar which "■""■'. "' "'. ." and the woman replied, "Foi seemed to shake tlie ground, and the. :,s 1!'"".' ' 1,(,lu' '". ''"' ,,",,11 ' " 'll.e .''.lilac l|, .1 .tl..,.,. {..lienl bushes within twelve vards or us were ,,ml.r0ll7 lu '' "'■", t0Wel vi<dently agitated. Tin- lion roured mu U'M again and again, and in ihe brief tu i;.. Oriog - ■ • — i*ver\ vs here b\ druggists uud . oi t ;.- epet -, \ie\i.. i •■ ■ ; ■ Pul imi tations, aud see the nnnie "Xam liu \ on t uc box before i i l (iurmentfl which are being washed in sweep over the ground; and i<» then flour must be treated exactly us if they every stride there is grace combined were in the wiislitub, but instead of j with strength and suppleness. To sir rinsing them in fresh ilonr und shaking behind them i.- n pleasure; t«> driv" - ■*"*" "i"*1". Gods sake, haven't I hail trouble Ught already today /'' I"' Here the; opmi _ ,.. A (too I shak'ng travi 1 I and ironing will then restore them, The "That, of course, depends upon a var j same flour can he used again and again, icty of circumstances," lo- unswered, j .._ " 1'iit wit Ii unv uf nr. animals thev - WE NEW QUEBEC BRIDGE .,*. „tamj „,„,.'.,.,,,, J. .. , - .. , .food every nerve tingling, with spears rpJrR en0rmo^ eflifl90n buil1 by ^^"X^nwontv1 i.iH.H.'nnTn .. , P^JS1',. , ,, , ■ . , , ., , L Messrs. M. K and J. T. 0» vis for j , w to let them 'out, be present atlhe fir-t reoresentat i.,n of 'Suddenly the hon dashed through a cnh.rg.no the foundations of tli. ■■/,, l)l(. , ,;;j,, , r!; ihe1 work of a confrere, and! during the|^BI^r,nA ;,;',: WC "^ ".ma"?U '^!;,rr;:J,:ii"*.),,^,,"n'" ' them well they must be H'wt\ oul with them is a jov " * ! "";•' "',i ,,,:M1" LO wnnwond anv di I „, ." ,,M- oiummtmt WtU Ten v« ' "^•'hin, c „.,,„, S) , in lrj ;;:;;„;::'■','•;, «™^«« '■.>*.■**.. >--;h*^^^^^^0S^ - tun uc nepeno ed upon io do their work. The dyspep ■ tic will tind them a friend always uud should carry tnem with him everywhere.) They tare made to withstand anv mate and are warranted t A LOCUST PLAGUE Swarms of locusts recently inva lei .Athens, reuderiny the streets slij>pen '"'with their crushed bodies. The market gardens of the surroimdiuj-j disti eti vi ere -t-i iousiy atl'ected, ,i (.HARACTERISTIC anecdote is 1CTY8-" m ll™1'1. "' ••'''»« \"d vo,y A told of Cherubini, the most jeal-! ,,"n","s -v"l'*ul"8 '" h'* <!°K- ' '"* M-""" ouk of tho irritable genus ol , I sl'.'*"'•. 0VI ;v "*'n" ""«'' posers. He had been prevailed upon t grow Btn many pills uoh ot possessed i rket , .uu -im** ior wk*. Try Murln* in Vour Byes and fn Buby'm Eyes for Scaly Eyelids and Granulation. the work of a confrere, ami, during the, ~ ."•« '&> "' »<;*•« '"««'*« i»j deen water uuu- nf thn n,, i p ; • ■ " uie "rgaun o nf f|*:, ,,.„ ,., i I- Ditiy si ,■■■,•;■•;■' -■ 'rKK "i""'" wri""f|70fi tons. Hud is ISO fi ..;vnI. hurled nt he escaj.iug beast, with m.ch f(ip( wi 1(, v hen completed it will hav accuracy that they all trainJlxnd the' hft, hj ()f lW fee( |t is („.,,, f , heart, and the lion tell dead, i ou must | OPTI p;,,.^ ,,;,. e to !„,,] j 1WANT sume cl u dress,'' ami WANT some cloth to make my dolly ll dr. " novei other da\ ouncod a little girl of lie mitered u store tin "How much is iif" she naked whoi the merchant handed her the package-. ''.lust one hiss,'' was the reply. "All ri.dit." she suid: "Grandma said she would pay you when she came i n tomorrow. AHUM) man in Khoota (a Caucasian village) came back from i he river tun- nighl, lo luging ;■ pitcher of water ami carrying tn hie hand u 1-glltod lantern. Soinn one. meet my him, said: 'M'n'i're blind; it's all tho same f*» yon whether it's day or night.. Of what use to you is a lantern?" "I don't carry the lantern ii order to see tho roud," replied the blind man, ''but fo keep some fool like you i mm running against mo and breaking . my pitcher. 80, liollnda, I hear you and ' Doom have parted company. Couldn't you get along?" "N'o'nm. wa couldn't, Least, J couldn't. D'ye know that low down nig ger just ma'ied me fo' mv money?" "Not" I snld. 1' VftS 'ill, IH1 saw all ilem things iu mv p:ihlor, sllbor butter dishes and crayon portraits that yuu and the othe' white ladles gi' tne, and he just though he was goill' to set iu (here and smoke while I washed and i'nod. And I had a Iti-^ burial insurance, too, and he knowed that. So I jes' nnt . (holly tu 'lied him out. " Ves," 1 said. " Hut I thought I saw him going in your bad*; gate lust Week, "i Hi, to be suit-: He 'n 'round, but j he's jes' boa 'din ' wif uie now. " by tho public, he hnd kept lenee. The third act was les ably received, and a nertain passage e.- pecially seemed to east a cold blanket | »««»«'»««« "'« ,,u" lw"u™: * !'*' 1",,,:T 'em pitch pine of !'. .v«r the spectators, when the old maes ! know that the *kii. ot the lion belongs Hnd ils pu{ti „,, wh,H] '• ■' according to. local custom, uo to the int0 lil(, ,H.,, (|f ,(l(1 phv), . , Do you warrior whose spear unlets the .ata! ( liIjM(.1;l, ,rilia^e v,;j wound, hut to the man who lirst rusher- sj(jp lu and cuts off the hluek ti[. from .!..-' A* l]p8,mtrll lr„„, ottnw ,;"l'„, . , , , , there hnve hecTh. ... Mvo ol the three spearmen nasr" i-ii. Giat tro, to tho astonishment of his friends, wus seen to applaud heartily, -enlly like that due,-"' asked one ot thom; "I should have thought il WU* one of the poorest and coldest iu the. whole opera.'* " Vou idiot," answered I . the ma est ro, with genuine uaivet. ..,.,,.,.. ril, "don't vou see JJnit if I did not npj;y"" ,,,r ,",.lBln "I1 *1".1 "''tween net ; ,„,, „ (i,,;i, il;,r,,(Mllf,nt r*0s reached us to ino plaud it he might possibly cut it out?" teeth' resolutely .letermined to opposr (,!(1 , 1S ;|m| Hpo(,incnti,ms, und tender ! h nny hostile claim, lhe spearmen, who\\ltt\.f\ \,li{.n ,.-iip'd for . — were lost in admiration, ucreed that the "'».. ui the ufteruuon, 'I lie police hml it- . -e.\ ed sti iet orders to 'hold up, uu4\ cai inp'i traveling in the pailc ut over ten miles 1 sin It i| a loan*.' When I started shooting past • lik< the cars at twenty live ami twenty miles] •■'■■•■■ |an hour guil the public were iimused "The popular!* <ud effect, I me into the donga, but HiTCd tX I ^S?"^^^ , bleo^'J a^HF£ f^T ' " '"B '""'?'■-" ' u» I feel uonvinreil tho mon five ice pleasure win do befo ll" '• "11 'i'l lie , .,i,i with t| Sackett Plaster Board The Empire Brands of Wall Plaster UA.St)KAOT.'UKll ONI.V By The Manitoba Gypsum Co., Limited WINNIPia, .MAN. were lost in admiration, agreed thai the n VH3 DUNSMUIK INrESESTS ON I ^mha^the^ha'^od iVov"« "IIT mv Brlf' VANCOUVEE ISLAND „!?« ^'mljee^'oi the dl"' ' "' " Miner, to be Extended ^''- Keartou also related the follow it or ies of his adventures, durii ti T,,,, n i i» ii mc stories oi his adveututes, IIE Hon. James Dunsmuir. who has K . . , , ., , ■ i i ui ■ ve. v ad vent ui'ous nurue\. sold tlie entire coal holdings on ,*',.,, ., . ■' ., •.• Vancouver Island ,.,, :.,,. .vTlIia... Wi"lf' ' w"s '" '" K"'" M.'„'ic,.,r/i,.. frosidenl of lhe C.inn.Van Bf""^,'','» '■£ , v- , i ni i i i -T • t at lackei n\" i e i i'l, a;; rvorthern Railway, has been describing . . * , , . .. ., , .r.'nv temperature ruuirei to un interviewer how his father built ,; ' he iisiiuimalt aud Nanaimo Railway. \ P.*. ' , t ■ n i ■ w i -i Pi. i *, a -M It was while I was Ile himself, he said, often worked tnnr-1 ntly Mr. Mil engineer appoint pinna, rohirno I to the Ih • fJovernment n eheipie for $(5,0011, ground that owing to his* uhsei Eitrope he did not feel tlinl Ir propet ly, en rued that amount. Km til. tin I uture range ^^^^^^^^^ Uo liimsoif.'he said, ofte^workell'Vour | , '"'!} K:'\. "' ' w',s i,",tl,is f'"*tc ''"" ' doordy i-. tV." t sV,-'* -1'i I!' "' .,'c'i, or lift,','., hours a dav in the mines. ,ll,e, *S""li" l""'*-™"''1*"1'1 »"»•»■ ^'J After vn.shian .dollies the liu».|.i n "Sineo father's death,"'lie proceeded, "'f ™"A.m '"j',""", '""% ^lln* v'0,^Ue„en,llv .'i-.,^ ily rood,. If a li ■■I have opened out the Como* Mines ' ,l"' ,' ",M, "';'";,"'" ," . !, ' ,u<' "!l :" l*«blj('-1 ™" ^'" »'" M built coke, ovens, opened the* Uirons W0U 1 l"n ," uS ' U,*"V 1 ,""" ; '"'i| "■ '"'""" ' "<-H i Mine, stinted before his death, opened ,,uu,hi"e "",s1 .,'"' l'"!'"",'1 ',', "," T '■'•« mlc ■ho Extension Mines, and developed f ">« ■lf<'\0111 l,lllc» ,sl,»»t' O.v tlto tjoie sl|| tl to what thev are to.lav. I Jis0 f arrived three ol the lions had escaped.. opened the Alexandra Mine. The bhip '"" !" '"","' ui'8 • ' "''V , ping mine at Wellington was putting "w" '""' u,"'1 U",S)X. S°*"al1 ';"'SI out 1,000 tons a dny at tho death of my I ll,e" («"»'*'••*"') •""' "!-1"'*1'" U«»" 1'c.ll.e'v. The mini's to.Icy are putting .ut 11.500 tons nf eoal u day, There has ... e ,c steniel giccec-l over in.* ...nl tlie en.nprii -A I8S0 1 im ii Needle's Journoy ""'ll < ,'"<"t) and e'ulilc.'i. Masai cnt,,rp,| the loft km speurmea, who were to do ll.e killing, .,. Sehroda Posen < [whilj*, a* I .vc.es uunrnied, two spoarme |utol. ,■,.,„„ *,|,e Hn|,; of lu;,, ,,,,!,, ,-,,,, -lec\\ me.' line of .1 lice. I .'Cell lice' old j I'ccsliceete.'il e'li 11 iccerc Ice.lc-,', l.nl \eill Iin | ■illy udopl lie fast Ac.'i-i,an trotter, lo .. Iccecci [I 'dinary undulations of a iij^el. icicccl make no diU'ereui't', so t'ece as Iii.- speed is t'oneei'iii'd." Asked if .l.e eliinate e,r lOugland suit ' . , . | ii,,,.,, ||iiimllj,H, I,,. replied thnl though HOUSEKEEPERS' HANDS ,,i| the Irottors that he owns are Ameri I lhe anils are thoroughly greased L.u., i,|.,.,|, they ore seldom or never sick with vaseline before nsi.cu dyes it I or sorry. Cure, however, has .ee he us. i ling ereised when they cu-,' beiug shod, some needing heavier shocn than others, and are I shoes uf dill'erenl shajee. The eoie drawback ice dr'.*, ing ilccse extraordinarily fast uuimaJs i- that iu ...'! weather mini Hies up so ti.ie-lcly .l.e;.' fo c.Vceiel lee'ileej splashed is Cliches! c.n itnpossibilitv, nee matter how cure fully adjusted the dashboard. i-'cec .his reason Mr, U'innu .veal's motor goggles when ^i'.ii',^ I hind his trotters, I inquired if he had nny rental' c! soup, tin* hands will !„ celci ivhile ,'".':!: .. mav lee II" which c dressmakoi 1 sen,.,. Uuvs iilcir iee cciitlcc' aboul the Interna licence. ShOW, ICC.I 111' le'|elie',| Cl. ci.ce-e': " Ve*^, VOU elite draw cellelil iein lee .In grotesque way in which the lails ol nuiiv of the horses are ele.,':.;,',I. I. cc .... exaggeration lo sny Ihat the . ail - ee. .-.oicic of lice horses are tee cell intents cul clot... ulf, leji not more than Coin iv inches of lhe -\'l cm cue lefl ."" -THK velernn breeder R.S. vluel, wos! , "u'llt*' '" "'" st,JIM '"" l"1'- un., <"■■] ■ I- over ... Lexington the olher day i fcn-i *F ,TP, :"" '","1" "' '""'' *• ' to see his three two venr olds w*' *'"ll,lm"' "bsurd by 1 g , i,|,,, ,|,,,v,.„ T el I Uol. Taylor eef Hem 11: idtc . lectin, Texas, once met u woman in lhe road n~ he ..cm rlellng o,, horseback to hold Kourt in Delta Conn ly. he teeing thou district ,'udgc. The woman hud a jet.* of water cen.! the judge wns thirsty, lining ;. man with, a cheery word for everyone the colonel stopped her. "My clear madam," he I said, smiling, "if you will give ct*' a drink of e'i'etl wciter from yonder jug. when you went a divorce from youi- husband I will -*e'c tint, il costs yon ■e.t hing.'' ''Are you ;. lawyer."' i.i.|iiij' el ll.e1 WeelUMII, )||t l.eli lie* |.i||l t |l »a joj.> The colonel explained who ho was, and Ivuviiig ci farewell departed, leaving nl..* woman gazing tit him. The very xl. morning the women showed up ini e courtroom uud usked for him. she j '..-plained that -he wanted a divorce.' [•she had been separated from her hns- earn] for c. long time, ami the eoleei.e] vns game, how'ever, He procured ;. Jaw- 11' .'It Lis OWIl ee\|le*riSI' Ulld i.1 lllle nrse of law the woman was given ,•; Divorce. boen more development sin,,- ,ome „„, ....._ there was prior in il. The lion made a running fight for about "Since the eleatl. of my brother in I" '"He, and again and agn n charged the 100(1 I have hnd chare;,* of the entire horsemen. Then he made i. stand; ntorosts. My tirst action was to buv "The spearmen rushed forward, nne' ■ei.t the four San Francisco shareholders ft' " (l'*';,lin''0 "'' 'en yards six spears! who had :. hnlf-intorest in the .-i.iliv.v : "'''"' hurled into his btidy. I was will, i ind the Comox Mines. I paid theiir'" tllir,.v yards of the beast with my )il,500,000 for Iheir share. This crippled : ,l;""' "" ""' 'ianc"c "'' tllp machine, but ■ne for cash ior the business for c ti'm> \$aHt S!i ''"' ''harge wns incie* I fell f but I .li,I nol regrol the step. I sold ,'V1U'<] ""'"l'*"''ou'J through weakness. I. to see his three' two viiiv'nbb.',» ,'-'. the K. and N. Railway to the (MM;.. ,"»'»* ' '«'"« of that fight." ,„„. v„lv „ ^ ,^0™ th t tlt ■ it ",' "'s' three years ago, for $.',,000,000, the bind On nuother oecnsion we rounded up in diiferert stables- The hi wn It tl,B'V " "e.ing wilh it, reserving the coal rights. " l""ie»" ,,:l J1'" I''**1'1* ;v <'\ey » .'unning Welndell, by \Valnnt ilcll is beinn e,'lc, I '">'*%, ■ I have lincillv sold these to Mr Mncken-1 ''S'1' hIu! "1U-1" " stand. I advanced wilh | cntcd hy .l«lm S dan* C a 1 I ' ,, I "H* remark applies mere c 'ie. I have done mv part aad helped "'■'' ma,'Il"u* within thirty yards of the] rhato is witl il '-" ' Iv "'I '" ll"'-V lu "u''"-' '"' """Knglish hois, - ,„,, t'. lurid up British Columbia, end es ' 1"','■'i, *"',li ■''' r'Uhi •'"'-'l',s '" ""* "l"':" browa colt Esko liv .Mo'ko is WlH, l,.h.' ",uve i">'i' ""'''" '" llu' »"K '«< *-.-*..-r'c.l' '!'Hv Vancouver Island. Now I'm,""';'- "'"' ''''*''■' ""ty .v*11'1- distant, llussey, Mr Vca.'h s*iw i'he..., ..ii t»i 11 . sse'i' "ml ' t'0«lii S'ive vou Uie uaui.* goiug t cj.,v ....self." wuiting for me to get the camera ready, ed out and theu ventured the ' ut " 1'V(*'"'11 I,IIV'''' >''' horses who .-inc. Kxtonaions and improvements costing "Suddenly the lioness dashed at me that Weindell would vet nn,™ ,l!',"i"U',' ",u'r '" lllM ■*''''"''*■ -11"" «l Ulvmpiu I'm ■."">.......*.. . $4000,000 rour"*i*f' Wlth "'■'m,h "I"'" ""'I Iiii UP- nf the partv I ""■* express piu-pi.se of buviic.. 'c, ,',„,,,lc, "The Hon. Berkeley Cole, ll.e leader "Well, if.'.. ,„ ...,,. . .. I "I animals, for which he'wns prepared I of the expedition to which I whs al thai " sold Sol.... • .... ".',,"",''I !" l'-'.v big prices, bul who didn't „ | tached, shouted, -1',, your camera ,,l(l ,jn^ and 1 hook ,,, '"haM-ate i ^'ri- ^ ''":"' :1"w"'- s "coming '".yen.. I for c, hundred bushels ,f oats we'll "''s '"'•vt'i l",llsl'lf '"''I "'" there oats, ,., ill ,,.„.„ «lx spleutlld animals which woi.l.l euvily singed, sii thai literal'; i longer tails nl all, but hat eliel. * tlicit 'tween $11,000,000" and which will quadruple the present ea i.y, ceinl when complete give employ ■.'ent in .1,000 additional men, are to lc ct .it the Comox and I5xt< '"■* ■' '|">->eeeii cue effected close upon 2,.100,000 tone Mine's!1 Thu'prosont'outpurirftlirmiiVosI, " ""' "'> l'"M,:,^ TjLf LlJv'l n""*' "i'10*'? ln'ini is about UUO.OOO tons a venr. When the ""'<,s' al"1,.' le"°? ,",,°" "' " "P™**: the party. men ffuttrdmnp. 11 whom I hnd great "When are ven •■■niiy t improvomonta and aad tioi h in question i ,. / ... , ■ tX, , . ,,, • ,", *■,, " ' .' - - .' ! oni.«/tflr,/,n a,. VV(M,( uu i i ng tht'.nii'e. .lohn? n-nked Mr Yeui'li :i vv will be produced yoorlv. According to ""»"'"■''"; lioness then seemed to "Thanksgiving Da; the present determination of the eon.. r,alT }*>?.i.' ,"'ls ,'"," "!'' ''""«'"''• ""'': ["".d.'d Splan. "Ves panv, four new mines will shortly he «'e'laited hack and lay down awaiting ing [lay, just after opened, two al Comox aud two at Ex- tb? j;,,i"'1! of the advancing Masni. .'„ • mi i :. ■.. a., .iiiiai -u i 1 hen ber heart railed her. but ;is she tension. Ihe shippine taeilitie.s will lie , , . . ti 0 ,, , . , .... ,i, . I..1...:. . ... turned t<i bolt one or the men hurled short sword- whieh transfixed her] smile Sll ineronsod :is the business demands their growth, new wharves being constructed turkey and when we'll b. promptly res , Thank.H|?i\ 've had ot have suited iiis rccpiireiueuts to piM leetimi but tlmi none "!' lis .lient- lmt would look (lt horses with tails cut oil like that, and that therefore he couldn't I ur •k here." -.aid Mr. Waeh w*th .. If you're going to put it oil Through indiscretion iu eating p;reen j teeling prime frn\\ [a smnmor many ehililivn lieeumei 'subject to cholera morbus caused by I , , . . . . . /",','. 'rritating acids that act violently on , . , u snort sword- which transfixed her smile. "It von re going to put it oil ■ fl n,ii„u ..f th.. ;..... ti.... i>.,;,.' ,, i arves bointr constructed .. ... ■ i i , .■ i , i i i. i i '*■■•■ lining oi tne intestinos, talis d , u mouth. Turning again she charged the that loi% I expect it would be eheupei jimffarniiB niir.n.u.s e„s.w. .,„d m... t«ti !!!!!_ M;-;l- b«t through three of the shields| for me „, sen,, each of you c. I„,,,l!,nl tlT^STZ clilhi s'l'fers'ul.d ', NAUGHTY ; ^^^^rn.en'.ef'^'slir'fru^i ' " '' "'" ' * ^ ^'JP^ ..'? SU^' ^ ""' "»'«" *°* do to blazes! " suid Mr. itu L.««.... *. *- "■•■-' — to ship Ihe prod NOT NAUGHTY \' " ",",, i '■""■' i miT,!! tu ree ot the men be tore she tell linnet .,,. , , ,- ■ ■ ,, . , .... The phrase, "Oo to blazes!" said Mr. tho svctir thrn-sts. That was a success When Ihe American continent was .... , -l„t .', ' ,"'ii !i u ■ , ,'" "'^c H.-,|l.-iu nt the ,'itv of London I,i,-ens„,g: fl]l hJn, ,viti, s„tisftletorv results." known, cc,,! Knglcn.l an obscure prov ,,",,' i , " "'' ' " Sessions, "owed its origin lo ll.e fact. Mr Keartou then related particles inee of the migl.lv Unman Umpire, over ""'■'"""•"l0" '""' lmt tliere wns a Bislion Blaie.e, and of „ ••,.lose shave ' with a i-hii erosllwo tli.eeis„e.,i o Ilee.l anv * eeveceele'.l cclc-r,... ,e * e. lmt tliere w;.* a Bislion Blaie.e, andj0{ ., ",,|„S{, sluiv-e with a rhinocerosI two tlie.usciml veins ago, there weii vhen anyone wanted advice it was the wlli0|, |„, h.„| |lls( v,,.n. [„ ,|„, sllnie! horse races in J inly. The Homans .were ustee.n to sny. 'Heel.. Blame s, [district. On this occasion lie 'li.I ..eel [the lirst nf the great nations to appre succeed in obtaining- any* pictures. ciate the value of tho horse mid tin Nailed by the Earn— During the "One morning my friend ..'lark, of ltnights of the equestrian order were tn iroseeution of a Loud.ton, Bast Bud,shop- the New York Natural History Museum, elite of the army, in times of peace Iceopor for adulteration recently, the and 1 vent te. look for :. troupe of the chariot races were favorite amus. nagistriite I'nmarkod, in days gone by , fourteen lions of whieh we had hoard, ment s of ll.e vast crowds cit lhe reels nielcHU.cn convicted eel' offences similar \V,* both carried rifles, ned two spear* eums. e, llrs wero punished by being nailed mcll nnd sonic' porters i.ce.mipunied us.! Today the trotter is decidedl.i l.e tli. by the ears tn thoir'own doorposts. Suddenly my camera boy shouted some- fore in that classic Innd ccml ihougl Profits of Flying—It is officially an- thing which' I did not ciitcli ecu.I bolted they have imported a few Uussiun Or '■i.'ice-i In the Lc'cashire Aero Club; past, me. doffs, the tendency is t.e the Amerieuu „,„, ,,, „ | lc' **!'■. Ornlmme White has boon en | "Sharply turning, I saw the two trotter, They have In a few years i.i. mnnt Street Ihentro Ihe other night, gaged at a foe of $1.0,000 to give exhl- spearmen and I'lat-K making with all ported quite a few good sires" such ac the br.'cctlil.es, silence, as the thirel | ;t '"■ llitrhts dully during .1 'iod of haste for the onlv tree' in sight. I, Klwood Mc,linen, l'.-L'-l-'.,, by Happy Me tho Blackpool noroplnno exhibition. The thought tho troupe of lions was .en us, diuin, Atlnntic, 2:21. Later on Ouw.ird retaining fee is the largest which has but in a second or twee 1 heard Ihe tin- Silver, -."•'i'i, .'ed. Kuser, i':M ,*.."■ been paid to any aviiitoi'. iuisti.kal.le puffing noise made l.v theKkidero, HiOOVa, nnd others followed ■"veltst'i' F'lr.-vdise—Ueneeecirlc is ,|es rhinoceries. uml then I saw two coming These have boon bred in inhi.y install cril.e.l, in tho report of the Amorinnn I toward me nl full speed. I, too, made to native mares, Orloff wr' Aiiier:cai. '■' sul en . hngen. as n wlieelmnn's „ ,]„„(, for the tree. mnrcs, and ce trotting breed i- being pnradisn, with an ubundniicc of good "But the tree was too thick to climb, grnduully developed. Tl luinipi rni.dR, a I Inns, ami special tracks in tI.l* Masai hid behind the trunk. Clark three-year-old trotter iu Italy hest s cities, ccel t'e. gi'iidlents. lu Copen wlls flv„ yHrds away with rifle levelled, son ive* Glisner Kuser, who'took n he savs, there nro tlO.IW.l cvelists fhe two fhlnoeere-" '- * *' the ..c .e..... .... - .. 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Il cm .ei your , lucre foi descriptive nciccce to The Imperial Oil Company, Limited Traction Engines, Wagons, Eic. Reapers, Threshers, Plows, Harrows Gasolene and Kerosene Engines |)ltOI''l*;ssol.' IIIKill W. RANSOM, ■ of ll.irvc.rcl, has boon working ns cc Iciluer.'.' iu llu* . 'c.niliriclii'o utlb Vc.V ii. eereli'r 1 .cii.iili* ci'l'tjlilc *t;cti*. :cl lil"<t lc I, "To .lee inn eveeli. j'e'll." snid I'rntVKsni Ifiiiifioin lo ce .'.' brtflr, "wo musl use* ontorprinn, Wp e.'vn.'.'ct ignoro the minor uouvontions, Hut: uiustn't no us I'.ir ..a—Bnl list-on: i le Heiecl.iu eleie'leir Sot if. 11 t'roilf Hee.lt it. t nie;.ri'i! it** e'liiucix, t 1m»rr* .v.is ;. .■■■■■■ itii.n i'e*..r the rloor, and the1., n grnvo lico s.iiel: 'Is Dr. III.'..ile in Hue uu.li- i.e'.'.'' Dr. I'lcink rees,* ,'jilnily. 11.- pasu I clown Ilic iii-lc .villi tin' BOrlons, sell'- eUtlli.C'el itil eel eel),- Oil WllOlll tilt) lil'.* f 1. I'eelleeW C'reejlllll'.' e|t'|He|lels. A \eeuil(e 1,'cl him 111 III.' el.....'. -Wl'll/ ccl Hi,' elc'lcir. ' We'll, sir, ivhcil is il /'. ... flc'ee'leer.' sciiel tlie yollllg ...celt. IIS hi' *'"'U' '\v ce Icercjc wcillcl t'nitil his lere'.isl | I" THE BUCK-EYE ...e'lte'l. 'I'm I'.'lsl) .V r.l,VU|e's lieW ''eel ' e-tfir'. W'reiilel it lee e-e.OllVPlltOI t 1'eir \ lie lc BCttlo I licit -ilicell I cut I l'i- e'V.'li i.luilily cc Inrger proporlin l.c.ie.c'i lllllll Will lee I'o.lll. .ther e'iiv. Ill' (lUSt e;,| FABLY FLYING MACHINE mill's nn hour, "VVlieu they we Clark, whose riHo I, 'Fire*. K'.'cirl.in. [mil one. Ilis Ih'1.,1 ,. .,. ■■ ->*■- 'eeeseie'C JMISl'l', Wl.ee t.'llj. II Ull ill CC c-leuie] ' <'f'l-(l Of -Cl.". Sl.e WciS I.V « 'a al. Kl|-, f nbout twenty I 2:1113. oul of n marc by .leektcin, 2: III- Wit hi II !'• a! I This young ehampion stjirtc.l i vurils rapes, winning twenty four, wee* shout , in one, fourth in two un.l unpla I Vi red unci .Ire... tlirr hv fell cilm I lliIti VfRliPi fi imifaeturina „;S ., , ' -wv liko Iho presonl pod on*. His h„,„| 1IH ,„. ,„„ ,,,,„„',, T1]p r| fi jn , , ■ who built un his btminess fr,,,,,! ', "•v,,"« <»»<•>>")"» was inventp.1 touohoil icy feci. Within c few see « milo and a 1,-, 11 This is ■', *, *i- , . J"! B b.v his own rlogg ,1 ...„l!.„„ -m,„" i „',UH,' *Sf' "v ;l llr' "'" "!"ls '"' ';oa?' ,mne ™ tn""K" he would whieh should bo pultivuted I's.sti'iil loll, and who has novel fell ' ,. , PUnelpnl ture wns the ehareo (lark, und then bolted. Rroeders should udopl un u s ie ;" I ""I'l -P.'.'' Iho tl foi cc viten I Tli.,,,?'.'"
' *<j*Jn ndvnnee with its tollowed the woundod animal, hut it had with the home' marltpt The nmn iC sistpnt. foil, ...id .vine hns n Id he ceeiiiil spurp Iho time t not lee.CH ci^.e. lueev Ial he' wes getti..^ „H ... (it lie wus ontltlnd tie :. rest sic. into the lil.rc..', Ile said: '' 'I 1 workp.l pretty hard .'cr <pii. Ml V 'nillilless he llollowiiy !*Wor of its ):\ re. Ho ns. . ,,, .Mi.-c-. scieeu.,1 iecl'ci'I Ull I thought the soeond rhinoporos hud poliey aud they should nol be .oul illowed the woundod animal, hut it had with the heme' market. The miinufu ^,.iie in unother direelioii, end ns I lure.." "I' all plusses uf incccliine'v;. in •luslied round tl.p tree I r.n shoulder to vade nil parts of the globe i.n.l acl shoulder into It. I. suffered most in the theii' goods. The Amerieuu sewing mu collision. ehine is <e;c every eontiiu'iit ,','C'I ngiieul „,, ,,, "Tllis rhinoporos espuped. lent the one] turnl Imp] hive it, lent he novor trusted himself ' hnd shut dropped eload within n In. worked tec th's machine, Somo of the fentnres dred yurds, ' ii j eet' his Invention would, howover, por ' " " SAFE CLEANSEF.S stem pxniiitsp >ei' its suMtniniiig pic ili'hilie wns In nil \'CI llec with it itilee raised, lhe ell'eet I. would l.e ice prosenl Its under I" the cir ovor whieh il wns Mr, lloiisou nisi, invented ;. '.Lei' I' surprising llghtl I'lose heen Iho ('.Ill's i'urn .'ure. It .. ,..- ..,..-«....... ivo.ua, nowover, | n nol found In other linns bo worth digging out of the Put nnt— , THE DOMINION SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY AND FINANCE SB ACCOUNTANTS! f>ur rotirr ■*" ' Vcrj* pru^Hfed i>y thrpp .iu'it.n (1 lit Mlil 1(1 11 U, id tlfaartervd .\. ami Hu 'I'll*- aVtrnhitMt ACcbuNTANCY SCHOOL in Cnii-ndn. Our lessons oro authontlti, up to-dittp, -li" most pompln only ones aullnblo for any provinre in Mm* dominion Why study ooursoH wlifcli won1 otilj wfjttpn for one province! J, We had moro succensful students at the C. A. Examinations in l.no than the total passes for Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan In any one previous year. . Write for prospectus and full particulars. .P.O. Drawer 2929 D. A. Pender, C.A., President Winnipeg, Man. WALTER WTNANP. the well known j .\ mh'i iean who lives in [Ouglnud „„.„ ^swas.** . :l",'1 k""1"1 ■' ln''S*' *"!'l,l,' "'' "'", 11I1I-: practice of using dangerous ex tor8„ fo,r h'**.-wn n.nuse.neiit, wns ro . plosives, such us benzine, as inn... "ut]*V Interviewed b.v n reporter of the cent cleaning agents is rosultitig in . !"".':'"" *<\«»m >*'»" "" ">« Ainerioi.n ■ scores of accidents. Notwithstanding i the pre'cjiiitions whicli nre repeutod by !professional exports who use ll.e..., people continue to clean the contents] e.f their \..irdrelies .villi explosives ns . thev would elo witli soapsuds. Kven the j fatal cases which oecur every now nnti I then from the use of spirits in toilet ; Worms in children, if they lee .'net ut prepnrutious etc. met prevent the... from ] tended to, cause convulsions, .cud often colaning and I c.nick inee their hair cenei | death. .Mother Graves' Worm Extor-I tt'ourlng celluloid combs, mlnntor will prStoct the children from The iis|. iv nlwnys doubled in the hot those distressing nffllctions, cis re il hv cc reporter . „ News 'en He *•• I trotter end here is what 1.0 ,..,-. ' Do f thi..li thai American' trottorf suited ic .Ins coi.utryl'' sui.l .Mr. Walter Winiins. '• I think thoy are the enly nuiuinls worth driving in unv country thnt has roads lit to drive ecu. ceinl SIR WILFRID, THE TARIFF AND THE BUCK-EYE NIK WM.n:ll>: flic geittlcuiun nl lhe bnrh nl Hie hnll I • in ... im ibi i I i In- fiiiin, I shall Lie very [ilenxetl !<• iniftuei the ^i>iilleuiiui \ inierv. I uuti • Unit mv frioitil iti the baeU ui the hull i- -nuuktiiH h i .■■• Thar, ;'- *\«' ull know, i: un f. i .i-i.i r ni prosperity, Such liu*. heen t he ■■ . ■ ■> ■ .<n. - i.n..".'-'- nt this great ft ml uJuruius west, siiiei*- my govern men I ciimi' !..' ■■ ^inver, I hnl in men may, :it will, smuke cigars, instead of lhe linme jfruwi |ii/>o tobacce, the i mgi'niu't! di whicli lingers in my lioi IkkmI *$ memnn The ffcutlemaii :it the back uf Ihe hall is e\en mnn II I iitirih bleKsed, I'-i I [lerecive Ihat tlie clgiu lu* is smoking is .** MCCK KVK I: i' "lie nl ihoM* e.YiiJiot'ftiunn clispeiusnlions oj Piovidenee lh.il vnu, my fellow I'miadiaus ;n this Hieal and g-loriotis eountiy, arc enabled to euji>\ the pri : .■ ■ in^ (he I-l'i 'K KY K at 11 rdhiary price. And if I neodeil proof nl rhe discernment ol rev able friend at thc Back of the hall, if I needed an illustration ol li.- :ibil t\ to pick tint tho salienl points of :tny subject under diseussioti, if I were to ask for iin- reuson why ho has become so proMietous, so ,. lepeudenl ■- I'm sighted, r-n elcar of visiou I should poinl lo his rhniee nl the HI C'K KVM Kiieh keennci-s (•f percupl on, sueh udmirabie jiiilymeul, ivat mil me ii tin . ioi of the belief thai so Jony as my (fovernmeni shull be in power, -" h>njj tis I fliall be spared to direct the destiny of this glorious ,'ouu^ tuition, 1*0 lonjy as thc stui I; pioneers of these vast western provinces display such splendid i)tinlities of judy ment us aro evineod by my friend in tlio back of the hall, I look forward to the lime when tbo teeming population of these illimitable prairies shall be as j'osporoitH, :is happy, a* independent and as fortunate us m\ favored frieml in the back of the hall when, unde> the ^uidnncc of Providenee and the slimubi tion uf mv government, every man, woman, and child llirnuphout these \asl rpgiona will be lu :i positiou, if thev »a wish, tn .-h e the W'CK KVK for Iheii after-dinner eigur. P.JS.—Not only Sir Wilfrid, but every visitor to the West cannot but notice the remarkable popularity of the BUCK-EYE, the best ten-cent cigar on sale to-day. THK HOSMEK TIMKS BEFORE THE DUEL How the Viscount Faced, a Great Fear IN ejociety they e-alleel iii... -'Adonis Quern.*.'' His name was Viscount Gontrau Joseph ele Queruc. An orphan and ...aster of ce large for tune, he inc.de quite a figure, as they sav. lie had style, reaelini'ss enough tn appear witty, a certain natural grace, . proud, well lirc.l bearing, a fierce moustache, cciel a gentle eye—the com i inat ion women like. lie was invited everywhere, was in leuiand as ce partner in the german, anel -■.spired nu'ci will, tlie smiling uufriend liuess t.icit. u strong faeo usually be gets. II" was suspected eef a few love affairs I hn. go to make a bachelor inter "... in..*, lie wets happy, calm, and sell'- satisfied, known tu lie an .-*>.j'.'it sword-. .nan and cc g'enel shot. "If I ever fight ;e el..el," In' used to say, "I shall choose pistols. I shall i ." sure lh.'ie eef killing my ...en." (lice evening in- went to lhe theatre with two Ic.elie's and their husbands, end after tin* play nvitod lhe... to go to Torloni's for an ice. When thev had been seated the..-! ce few minutes, he observed thet ce gentleman at a neigh Leering table was K. -. -1. i 11 ur his eyes eel. stinately fixed on one of .lc ladies <•!' De Querne's party. Sho seemed troubl- ee. oue S when he hael sued. ;. determination tn fight. Hot hi* was so deeply moved that lie suid to hinisell: ". 'en eene he afraid in sj.it sell';" Anel the ileeubt grew upo. anxiety, ct dread; if a force then his will overcame hiin lc el'..' In* would go to he hook on noted sheets with the pistol, and went through it from beginning to end. George l.an.il was not inee.itien.ed. Hut if the man was not :en expert, he would nol have accepted at oi.e'e that danger ems weapon uiieler mortal conditions. He opened a case e.l' pistols, took eene out, and steee.il up as il lei tire, raising Irs arm. II.* trembled from head te foet, and ih, barrel wavered- in every direction. Then he said: "The thuic is impossible. I .-an hnl fight :. duel like this.' II.- ,'xcuni I the little black heel.' ice ihe end uf the barrel, licet spit- oul death, anel thought of disgrace, whispers in a*lulls, sneers tn society, women's .contempt, allusions in the newspapers, insults from cowards. He kept examining the weapon anil, pressing back the trigger, suddenly saw thought 'if his! u cap under it like .. little red iHa.no. and his name. Through neglect the pisied ha.I been put wish te, si*e his away loaded. It gave hi... :. confused, 11.' lighted aI inexplicable pleasure. reflection in, If i „!l net stand i.e. before that with calm unblenchiug front, he I be best, branded, metcast. He wns isutneng or keeping thnt nl, in* knew il, lu' felt it. willed imbled hiin—an | ere-e stronger; , w licit should the place e,f; appear he lost! mooting, because there. Hut it' In consciousness*)! And 1. pecsit.on. his repututieen He felt c. couip''lllll" own face in the mirrnr, candle. When he' sew hi .ne polished glass e* hardly recognized j man it, it was like one Iu* bad never seen. His woul eyes Ine,keel I'liieinuius, and he wa.s pale; nol capable c he was certainly very pule. j impassive fr ind held said te. be 1 don't ed and uncomfortabl head down. Finally husband: ■ 'That en.in is staring ... me, knOW hi.... 'I'1 veeil?' ' The husband, who had seen nothing, coked up, but sc.iel ..t once, "No, met ,: cell." The young wile continued, hall sn.il ing an.l hall annoyed: "It's very provoking-, that individual spoils my ice' for me," Her husband shrugged his Bhouldors: 'Pshaw! Pay no attention to hi.... If wc look notice of every loafer we .net there'll be nee ee.iel lo it." Hut the viscount rose abruptly. Ile would not.permit a strange man to spoil an ice of his offering. The insult was to him, sic it was by his invitation Hint, his friesnds were in ll.c cafe. ll.c thing devolved upon hi... to settle*. Ile approached In.- man, and said to iini: "Sir, 1 can mil t.derate your manner of staring at these ladies. 1 beg yon will desist The cell "Do Ve replir waul, it?' ike a l"W ccbout The viscount set his teeth, and eon- nuecl: " lie careful, sir, cer you will pro dee me beyond bounds." The man answered by :c single word. vile name .hcl rang from one end of I,, the other, ami had tic effect on eve.",' one at ll.e (aides ife sprii Every one turned round, the* three waiters spun on their heels like tops, the two dames .In .'eemptoir .jumped an.l . ,! loaned forward lc sec, am! a groat silence fell. Then all at once a sharp .und cut lim air. The viscount bail struck his adversary in tho fnee. Everybody nisi' tee i lit Cl I'lTl'. TllO tW'e ...I'll ■ (changed cards. When the viscount reached home he 'Milked up ciml clown bis room, loo cigi tated t" reflect. 'I'he single idea 'ef a duel hovered in hi* mind, but without awakening Hu* smallest omotion. lie end done as he ought; shown himself cis he wished to be. II.' would be talked about, approved, congratulated. lie. repeated aloud, as wo often speak when lhe wind is wroughl up, "When a brute thai man wasl" Then he sal clown tie think. Ill the morning ho must find his seconds. WM.ee should thev lc! Men of position nnd standing! lie finally cheese the Marquis dc ice Tour Noire and < '-.|.>ik*1 Bourdin, ., great lord ciml a sol.lie.-; their names ivonld lock well in lh we*p;M»'rs. He thirsty and drank three glasses ■■.' .■ it. r, e.cce' after the oiler; then he 1"' gan '." walk up ami down again. II" fell very determined. !.' lc showed himself hold nud resolute, insisted on rigorous onditions, ami demanded cc erious duel, a duel io tic death, probably his ml versary .v..uld withdraw ..ml apologize, ile took up the card he hcl elrc.wic • |. , : ni. ;...,'; ,-. ami thrown on the tabic, ami read il. as he hael already cc ad il al ce glance in the cafe, and in tic cab coining home, by the light i'l every street-lamp: a. Ihis linn even looked at his tongue 1'. sec were feverish, ami all a. one though! shot through hiin: " Day ai'icr tomorrow I may lc dead,'' And his heart began t aguin. - -1 lay c I ler tomorroi nnv ! if it the "I lee lee He stood tliere before the mirror. Ho|But he must be a brave man, been light a duel: lie musl -lhe thoughl elid met oven .dearly in his mind: In* until, put the barrel eef the his throat, ami pulled the beat furiously .hi: then am her am aii mav be closed, lie' . lie glus I look CIO Ulcere' he wish. brave sine-, shape itsel opetie.l his pistol dowi trigger. When his '. I i by the report. myself, 1 feel that e. anil in twenty four hours laid on thai bed dead, my ey. .old, inanimate, ended! cent back toward his bed, cue ccl.'l rushed he found hil his back. The bio, white paper ecu the greal red blot under '' This is mv will.' i, attract eel ilea.I, ly'ng id had splashed ch, table, ami uuiile a the four weerds: '—Translated from dawns upon those e racing that what clean, sharp, qu k tin ■ reni'h of Guy 'lc Maupss .nl. could see himself stretched oul back on lhe very sheets he held just left. Ilis face had fallen in like a dead man's, and his hands we're leaden, as if they would never move again, lie h:ni*d his bed, und in order ml. to see it, went into his Btuoking-room, He mechanically light.'el a cigar, ami began to wall; about. He felt chilled, ami wns about lo ring for his servant, but. he paused, with liis hand raised above .he bell: "'I'he fellow will see 1 an. afraid." He did met ring, he built a lire hiin self. Hi:- hands trembled a little with a nervous recoil when thev touched any thing. His mind wandered; his con fused thoughts began to grow Hooting, broken oil', and painful; fumes clouded his mind cis it he had been drinking! He repeated continually: "What shall I do? When will beco id' ine!" Ilis whole body vibrated, shaken by chills; he rose, und going to I he window, opened lln' curtains. Day was breaking —a summer day. The flushed sky warmed the roofs and' walls id' the city. A long beam of light like u caress I'roin the rising sun, wrapped lhe waking world, and with the lighl swiftly, and almosl wilh lhe pain ol' II shock, hope sprang up in the viscount's heart! Whal a fool he -was, tee be overcome wilh fear liei'eere* anything was decided, before his scconels heed soon (leorge Lumil's, before he even knew whether .here would reul Iv be a duel. II,* elress.'.I, nnd left 111,- house witll a linn slop, lie repeated t" hin.-elf. cis lie walked: "1 must be' very decided. ! must prove that I am not afraid." His sec Is' I he' mal'ipiis ami lhe' colonel, consented iee net. -hook bauds M A LIVE PRESIDENT'S VIEWS T. WILLIAMS, president of lhe Woodlnwn Farm <'*'., of sic 111., unci also president of th iation there for the last ten rl ing, ill 11 to 'lh.' Ilorsema. hevnot ■.-. lie sees Hsed .. enclose . sink. nn .-liecl-: : that "When it finally connected witli hmi thc public wants in racing, with attractive surroundings, I and thnt they are willing to pay for whnt they want, horso racing will then I take its place as one nl" the must popular sports in America, 'Iho thing thai most people connected with The horse racing game seem totally unable to realize ;si Ihat the person wlio is not crank sees absolutely nothing to attract or interest them in a harm--.s race as conducted today. The average individual knows nothing about pedigrees, is not interested as to whut her one family uf horses ean go n heats or 10; does not take any particular pleasure or enjoyment out of a bunch of hobble pacers going over the quarter pole in 30 see onds, where they cannot see Imw fast they are going ami finish down the home stretc. at a 4-mile gait with everv driver yelling and batting his horse like an Indian; they get sick and tired and disgusted of a long drawn-out race with tin1 last heats backing >:p from H to in seconds slower than tlie lirst heat4;; a dustv traek, bare, brown buildings, a motley assortment of caretakers, half-drunk gamblers and touts. filling un the track, ami au illy-dressed lot of drivers, to say nothing of a lot of other personal discomforts wliich do nnt make them very enthusiastic about coining back the next day. Horse races of this kind do not pay, and it is a case ■f dog eat dom between those interested. '•Theatre or anv other amusement I would not last for thirty days if con- | .ducted in the same manner. I s'neorely ! trust t.'.it you people will keep hammering for progress. There is certainly i plenty nf room for improvement. In I our small way we are trying in our circuit i and especially in our little association at Sterling, to get in line. We are offering a race this year all the way through Illinois |nwa circuit for 2;30 pacers without hobbles. The circuit is also at their own expense going to fur nish the drivers with appropriate suits, also neat suits for the caretakers, so tlie casual race goers, and espec- rug white linen suit. The Japanese posture of repose is to seat oneself on oue's heels, and this is very painful at first. When you wi.-h to retire for the night, you do not get up and go to your bedroom; you merely remain where you are, and slide the wall round the spot you have chosen for your slumbers. The moat comfortable ce ;s!way is to have a "futon," or thick torse! quilt, and roll yourself blanket upon it. On boipg invited to dine at the house of a Japanese gentleman, he will greet you witii: "How cun you condescend to come to such a poor house as this/" Ami your reply Bhould be: "How can you, indeed, be so kind as to receive such an unimportant person as myself under vuu distinguished roof?" These speeches are punctuated with low bows, and the sound of breath sucked rapidly between the teeth, which expres.«.os the great honor your host j feds at your condescension in visiting bis humble abode. Dinner begins with a kind of soup and fish in a lacquer bowl. Vou drink tne soup, and eat the fish with your chopsticks. According to Sir Henry, it is quite easy to acquire tho art of eating wilh chopsticks. Tiie next courso CHOOSING THE CHORUS How the Career of the Singing and Dancing Girls is Begun ml also mebbe painter. Hut the stage door answer the painter, the stage door man the to a different planet. ot, nsists of four or five little heaps of food on a lacquer dish—a "puree" of chestnuts, a salmi nf some small bird or wildfowl, a few boiled lily-roo*-s, and a .'urs**. of stewed senweprl. Then follows "sake," a kind of wine resembling dry sherry, which is always serve., warm. It is drunk from tiny cups, each noldin" a tablespoonfnl. Vour glass is continually kept full by the servants, who squat in a ring round the iliners, awaiting an opportunity to In- useful. Next comes a course which most foreigners prefer to keep at a distance. It consists of some pink-am! white mor els with tiny portions minute wire g h, whicli look of different ■iiiiron. They much better BRITAIN'S WATCHDOGS will. him. uinl dismissed ll. inditions. Tho cnlietccl asked, "Vou ure* in earn- csl about lhe character of tho duel it sell'?" Tho viscount replied: '(Thoroughly in earnest," Tin' marquis added: ''You insist. u|teeu pistols?" "Ves." •• leave ns ... settle the rest." Tin- viscount pronounced will, dry, jerky art ic..let inn: "Twenty puces, ut the word eel command, raising the weapon instead of lowering it. Shots exchanged lill thero is :. serious .vceu.nl.' ' The ceelcine'l remurkcl .licit lhey were' excellent conditions, .lie viscount was a good sheet, and all the' chances were ecu his side. Tl thoy wm away, ll.c viscount returned home t" .vail fnr them. Ilis agitation, which had lessened for a time, now increased everv iinitne.it. He could feel ll.nl ch his legs, hie body, lie was not a 1 runnning along hi chest, shaking his ould nol sil still, trace of moisture (leorge Lamil, ."1 Moncoy Street Nothing inore. He examined the way tlie letters followed each ".her: George I.e..nil! Who wee- he.' What, eliel lie de,; Why had he stared a. lhe woman.' How revolting that a stranger, cm unknown man, should trouble the course of yeeur ex* ■. ... suddenly, because l.e chose to insolently ul a woman, 'fhe vis- , .,. ■ n i..;ctcel aloud: "What a I.rule!" Then he stood motionless awhile, iu a -.it eel' trance, his eyes lixed on tie' card. Rage was awakening i» hin. ,gc,:c -', ini- oi.'ce eef pasteboard, Cl rage mingled witl. lid.' and wilh c. strange feeling of uneasiness, 'l'h'' whole affair was idiotic! He took cm open penknife and stuck it ini" lhe printed name, c.s if he were stabbing somebody, So he wa- going lee light a duel! Slneeil'l In* choose swords or pistols, for nc consielered himsolf the insulted person. Witli swords Im ran less ri.sk, but hv choosing pistols he had tho chance of making his adversary withdraw. A luel with -w.er.l-, i- rarely fatal- -mutual prudence keepM tin' combatants teen far apart. Wilh pistols he soriously hazard- eel his lit'.", bul Im .night nls" get olT with nil He lie.c.'irs nf the situation ami withoul an.*, meeting. He spoke' aloud: ' I 'iiii-l lc linn. He . c.'■ I.' The sound 'ef his voice made him shiver, ami lee glanced round. He felt very nervous, lie drank another glass eef water, undressed, und went lo bed. In I,.'il. with Ilic lights out, he closed liis eyes acl began I" think: "I have cell day tomorrow to attend to things. 1 musl go ." sleep now SO as t , Im .. my li.'...l clear." The coverings seemed oppressive, Ho could .ct fall asleep. He* turned over and over, lying live' minutes on his i.e i . then nn his righl side', then on his left. Ife felt thirsty again, lie rose to ;el :. drink, 'l'h"!. ;. genuine anxiety seized him: ' ' ci I afraid?" Why di'l his hearl heat *.. vrildly at all the familiar Bounds in lhe room! When the ele wn '/ciiiig t" Bl ril o, He littlo click of ll.e spring made him start, and he was obliged to open his mouth t" breathe for several seconds after, he fell so oppressed. He begun to reasan with himself on the possibility of such a thing: "Am t afraidf" No, assuredly he could ont be afraid when he had just announced himself resolved to push the thing to extremity, ill lee flight alius who], The.'. .1 hi. little if te mouth, and he continually mud' clacking sound will, his tongue limber his palate. lie wished to breakfast, lent could not cat. Then lie thoughl drinking would give him courage, see he scut i'or cc bottle of brandy un.l drank six small glasses in succession. A burning heal rushed over him, ac lies eiupce nice he thou glit. giddi "this nl cnip mi hnd '' 1 have it now, is the thing!'' Bul al. lice' ond nf an hour he hr tiecl the bottle, and his agilati become intolerable. He felt .... insane desire to .'ell on the ground, to scream, lo tear something with his teeth, A jingling at the bell so excited him that he had uot Hie strength to rise and receive his seconds. He did not even dare to speak tee I he'..., for fear they would guess all fro... his altered voice The colenieil speekc: "Everything is sottlod accoi'diiig to yeeur own conditions. At lirst your adversary claimed .he privileges of the offended person, hut he yielded almost immediately and accepted everything. His seconds are twee army officers.'' The viscount saiel "Thank you." The marquis added: " Excuse us if we only come iu to gee directly away, but we- have a thousand things tn arrange. We must have a good surgeon, as the ,ln.'I goos on till thoro is a serious wound, and you know cold lend is no joke. We must find a place for thc meeting near some dwelling, where tlie woundod man may bo carried, if necos scry, and so on. A. least we have two eer three hours to elee il i.e." .'Vgnin tin' viscount said, you." 'fin* colonel asked righl I N..I shaky?" " Not at all, thank you.' The two men went, awav. ilVEKVItuDV knows the importance I said the stage* door man. **\ J of tlu.se daisies of the musical- know and I don't know, but comedy and comic-opera stage, the same there muy lee a Ea.nes oi chorus girls, but just how they happen or a Nurdiea in that crowd is not often told, and rarely indeed so well as Richard Ileury Little has done in a recent issue of the Chicago Tribune. .Most properly, the writer was not in a "black beetle" mood when he took observations: The way to the promised land did not look especially prescient of fains, and wealth, aud automobiles, and white poodle dogs, and a summer residence on Long Island. It lirst led down an alley where the rud-fuccd driver of a beer wagon was relating iu a dispassionate manner various shortcomings of the ancestry of the driver of au ice wagon who insisted on blocking the alley against further trailic. Dodging under the noses of the ice wagon horses, the pilgrim en route to the promised laud walked on to where a narrow door was set iu the alley wall. Over this door was marked the single word "Stage." Within all wus as dark as a cave. A single light binned over a table where a man in his shirt sleeves perspired ami fumed over a notebook iu which he wus writing. Little groups of girls und men stood silently about until the man at the table called their names. '1 ne last arrival stood doubtfully for a while at the door and then with ii loudly beat ing heart, walked in. For through that door led the puth that might lead on and on until at last at the su.un.it she would stand, a Leading Lady. The man at the table was picking the chorus for the new comic opera, "The Sweetest Girl in Paris," which is to open the La Salle Theatre. Before you cuok u rabbit, the old recipe says, you must first catch your rabbit. And before the grand opening night, with its 1 fashionable audience uud its bushels of roses and its scinhillating nnd bedizened chorus, you jnust first get your chorus. One of the favorite bromides of a first night's audience at a musical coin- | oily is, "Where in Ihe world do all I these pretty girls come from?" They are the cullings of that little miy of gills Unit walked dowu the .lie..-, under the leorses, and stood iround on the dark stage during a hot summer's dny. And it wasn't the $18 t week that lured a single one of them, [although that's good wages for a young woman these dnys. lt was the deeply guarded ambition of developing through I ..he chorus int.. a prima dnnnn or a lead ing lady. It's hard work selecting a chorus. The | ...an in his shirt sleeves ut the tul.le on the stage uf the (Irand Opera House ] who picked tlie chorus feer "The Sweet- est Girl iu Paris" company hud chosen many choruses, however, and he was as brusque and businesslike us a recruiting sergeant for the army. Letters of introduction, fulsome recommendations from I influential citizens, musical colleges, and elocution teachers, deft references te. | high sociul* position, or reminders eef t,l,l friendships impressed hie. no more than elid the lamentation of the painter behind him who was redecorating the steel curtain and lamenting the loss of his most cherished brush. "Whal 1 want," said the mau nt. the table, "is girls for tlie chorus. Hood looking girls that can dance and sing. I'm not. signing up debutantes lor the charily bull. .Next, girl in line there, what's your name.'"' The voung woman stepped up coyly to the table. '' I niiege'tic lie Luncev.'' in don 't just tue a Melba aid the man scorned tee In the eye's of painter belonged Arc Thank all you A Unique Snap-shot of Soniej of the 150 Warships Recently Reviewed by tho King, Lying i'i Mounts Eay —From The Tatle enow n.y subs your pa] attitude preegross iel lhe idvi iription us I e'l i.s wort hy at all linn-'.. and certain- Iho-,' who .Clement eel he was alone geeing mad, lamps, igain, he believeel The servant, had so he sat down at the letters. Having traced ' nt the top of the uni walked down the ... nu, feeling himself incapable of writ- . i dons, 'if taking any resolve, or deciding upon anything. What was it all? He was to fight a c. i-lied iI, it was his settled in- leiitiiii". ami yet In* knew, in spite nf When he was lighted th- table t" write "This is my will : -. he sprnng u] f.er $2.00 I cert.linlv feci t of support. V seems to make ly deserves su arc interested th.* harness horse.. "As president uf our fair association feer tin* last I i'n yecus, a breoder it. a small way. and occasionally racing on.*, I have naturally hail more or less op portunity lee see tin' game from all its different angles. Ami if it were pos* Bible to convince the race1 track owners anel managers, the horse* owners anil the breeders thut their interests we're mutual ...id (hut instead of ench one trying tee elee the ..tiler follow they should ail work together nnd try to get the money from Hue box-office instend nf ee.it of each other, it would take' but a few short years to make harness racing what il justly deserves to he. Ihe mosl popular sport in America and a money maker for all .corned. "The baseball managers long ugo learned ice cater to thc people and t<e rely em lhe box-office feer the money tn finance tne game. The same is true of the theatre ownors, the nickel show owners; in fact every .amusement except horse racing. Unfortunately the average secretary seems io regard the box-office as the last place to increase his receipts. Many of then, sit, up nights trying to devise some new kind of a payment plan thai will catch horsemen enough that they will make entries en- ■verv effort of his will, every assertion i nugh tn race for their own money t rust - it' his mind, that he was not going toeing to th-' concessions, mnny of them hnve Hie n --cry strength even to go ic, tic place of meeting. He' tried tee fancy Hie duel, his own attitude, and his opponent's bearing. From time to time his teeth chatter, cd in his head, lie took up Chateau- villard's dueling e'oele, uml tried to read it. Then he asked himself: "Has my adversary practised in shooting-galleries? Is he known? Has he reputation? How could I find out?" He remembered Baron de Vaux's doubtful as to character for the real of his expenses unci hoping that the few people that come through lhe gate* will be left as a profit. The' average horse man em the other hand is hoping that his owner is dead game or Ileal lc may hit the pool box nt the right minute and the public who spend their money so liberally for entertainment, in other lines and wl.ee muy be Induced tee spe.ol for a harness race are entirely lost sight of. ially the feminine and of it can have a favorite in each race of for no eet he'.' reason than Unit they like1 the color of the jacket the driver i.s wearing. " Here' at home in our own association wc cue trimming up enir weeds, havo lot a contract for whitewashing every building wc have on the' place, which by the way we did two years ago. We have cor years made il a practice to havo the I rack sprinkh'el in front of the grand -land anel lo absolutely keep t eee track clear ia front of the grand stand of caretakers ami everybody else. In other words we are' trying to interest the peeeple. We adopted ll.e same course lasl year uml while wc unfortunately had a soaking ruin twee days, we had the' best prospects thai we have' ovor had in our history and barring ruin this year T believe that will, good weather wo will be ablo to interest the people. Aud if we are' successful in our small wuy what could not be .lone by othor associations more favorably situatod than we arc; "So keep hammering through your paper for progress. Palling water I'm ally wears a stone an.l results muy come in time', even in harness racing.*' than they taste, finally, Come cakes and tea. At au early stage of the meal pipes are brought in, und you smoke deliciously smelling Japanese tobacco. Each pipe is only leig enough for two whiffs, so "lilling up'' occupies a great portion ol' your linn'. At these meals the perfect, gooel humor und camaraderie of evorybody is truly delightful, The meal is punctuated by endless jests, continual laughter ami mutual compliments ull round. Throughout the meal geishas, exquisitely garbed, whose dainty grace is ouly rivalled by their charm of manner, entertain the guests witii dance and song. Woman's paramount duty in Japan is obedionco—if ci daughter, to ber .'cither; if a wife, tee her husband; if a widow, to her eldest son. A Japanese girl accepts her husband at the will of her parents. At one time Japanese wives stained their teeth black ou their we-ldii'.g 'lay, and shaved their eyebrows when lhe first baby was born. Marriage is a purely civil contract, without religious or official ceremony. .Wives are addressed as "honorable lady of the house." and are accorded everv respect. THE HOSPITALITY OF THE NIPPONESE If a .lap invited you lo his home, you weeuhl probably be shown into Hu* dining-room; but. if you were to call again next morning, yon wouhl b" surprised tee lind that Hint room had disappeared, and its place occupied by perhaps the beat bedroom eer a gonernl silting .'oceiii. Veer, as Sir II y \or- inun puts it in "The Real Japan," "when yeeu wish to make u new room y,ni simply 'form squaro' ley sliding enough panels into their grooves to enclose the space; or, at your pleasure, all the .-'111111 can In' thrown into one." Iu .Pipe.i.esc houses chairs nnd tables ar.e quite unknown, acl when you are tired you throw yourself on the floor, which is kept scrupulously clean, so thai there is no danger of spoiling your Tho An originate gust meteors are' believed to from a large cluster or zone teoric boilies, which revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit, extending far beyond tho orbit of the remote planet Neptune, anil through which lhe earth plunges annually. It is also believed by most astronomers that these bodies are scattered over the entire path of the cluster to which they belong, bul nol in equal numbers throughout .The earth is about ten days in passing through the entire cluster, which, from our velocity in space, indicates that ll.e thickness of the cluster is about. 16,000,000 miles. The annual August display usually lasts about six hours, and it. is always an event of peculiar iulcrest to astronomers. "Vou picked a good one. What's I youi* voice?'' i "Soprano.*' "Lei's see' your elbow." 'fhe' man nt the Icicle Btoppod tee explain that a pretty elbow wus important becuuse' on the stage elbows were very noticeable. And a bad ono could- | n't be hi.bleu. Also that a pre.ity forearm und elbow meant that its owner possessed a well proportioned figure. The elbow clinic, ended, thc man at Ine lable said: "All right, ten over tliere to the piano nnd get your voice tried." Iniogeiie went over to the piano and asked the shirt-sleeved man who sat in front of it smoking a pipe if she should render the 'Slabat Mater" or the " Jewel Song" from "Faust." "Nix," suid the man at the piano, "Jump on that note." He banged a key on the piano. " La." sang Imogcne He Lancey. "Now hit this nue," nnd the inaii sounded- another note, which Imogen.' tried. "Iiight, tins," said the man at the piano. " What'll I do now," asked linogene. "Sit down," said the man at, the piano, "or stand up, just so you stick around.'' linogene retired. She hud been accepted so quick it made her head swim. The next young woman'to approach the comic-opera recruiting officer did not give her name when asked, but leaned over and whispered something to him. He looked at her and said: "Well, some of the girls will bo expected to wear 'em, but we'd never ask you to—never in tne world." "Well, all rrght, theu," said the young woman. "Vou see, 1 havo to remember my social position." ■ "Try this n-ii-j s voice," said the man at the table to the man at the piano. The man at the piano bunged a uigh note and the youug woman let out something that resembled a stillled scream for assistance. "Trial's over," said the man at the piano. "Six mouths at hard labor." The young woman didn't understand the verdict, but some one explained to her that her voice had not been found satisfactory. But before she left she said that none of her set would ever go near "The Sweetest Girl in Paris" end that it was bound to be a miserable failure. The next girl in line had b.g tears in her eyes when she faced the Inquisition. "1 suppose I ought to tell you," she said, "that ut present 1 am washing dishes in a restaurant." The man ut the table was as indignant as though the girl had handed hi... u letter of introduction from President Taft. " What's that got to do with it?" he snapped. "Go ovor there and get, your voice tried." The girl sang a few notes and came back. "You needn't wash any more dishes," said the .nan al the table. "You'll do. Put your name down." And when the long afternoon was finished lhe chorus had been selected and .he girls filed out of the stage door and back down the alley. ■'And every oue of 'em thinks she's a-goiug ter be a primmer donner," said the painter lis ho ceased his labors on the steel curtain. The stage door man resented the idle words of the painter, because tho painter knew naught of the little world that lies back of the scenes. "And so some of 'cm are, maybe," sing CEREMONIAL ATTENDING BIRTH IN BURMA I'HE birth of a ISurmose baby is attended with a good deal of after ceremonial. The first important event is the special performance of n play, the child's horoscope i.s cast, and the'name chosen. The Burmese baby's cradle is made of woven bamboo an.l leaves, and nu old piece of blanket serves as the coverlet; the cradle i.s hung from the roof by vine tendrils, which in Burma .no as strong ns rope's, and swings low enough to allow children to sway it ami the e|uai..t Burmese lullabies. Thee astrologer plays an important. part in the curly .lays of tho Burmese baby. The auspicious naming day is fixed on, and invitations sent to the chilli's relatives. The Burmese divide the letters of the alphabet ...no.eg the days of the week, so a baby lion, on a Monday receives a name initialled by :. letter peculiar to that day. Each day is under the protection of a special animal, (iuiittiu.nn, the tiger, paireeiiisees Momlny; Tuesday is devoted to the lion; Wednesday to the elephant; Thursday is sacred to the rats; Fri.lay to Hie guinea-pigs; the. dragon owns Saturday, and a sort of griffin Sunday Tattooing is the next process, ami the baby is decorated witl. strange designs of animals and churn.*, and the baby becomes n sorl of illustrated picture- book, As the baby grows he takes to sn.okinng, and it is a funny sight t» see the wee things contentedly smoking their cheroots. When the boys are old enouugh they are sent to scl.oo let the monasteries; the dunce's are punished by being obliged to carry the Industrious boys on their bucks up and down the schoolyard. The Burmese believe that a person'a disposition accords with the attributes of the clay of nia birth. Momlny children are jealous, Tuesday born are) honest, u'celncsduy children are hasty tempered, but, forgiving; Thursday's child is mild nnd happy in disposition, and Sat...day children are pugnacious; but ull babies born on a Sunday aro ...is.'rlv in after life. WAT.JH SCREWS AND JEWELS PROBABLY the smallest screws ar» those turned out in a watch fac- toiy. They nre cut from steel wire hy a machine, but, us the chips fall from the knife, one is temptou* tec observe that the operator is amusing him- no screws can be seen. r.l operation eef tin ;. completed. is next i eve it e thi self, inasmuch Vet, chine ll screw is duly The fourth jewel wheel isiblo, ami te. the ass. le. I resembles a speck eef dust. Wilh a gin it. may be seen lo I small screw, ami some calculation reveals the fact that it hns two hundred ami sixty threads to Ihe inch. It. takes a very powerful glass to observe* these threads, These screws are said to lie but four one-thousandths of an inch in dinmotor, and the heads are double in size. It has been estimated that an ordinary thimble could e tain mie hundred thousand of thi'.... Quite a number of new jewel sellings have been ndded tee the movements of tiist-ciass watches during the last ten years. Thoso new jewels have created au added demand for export jewel set tors. The' tern, "jewel" in n watch moTC ment is lo be taken literally. The smnll precious stones are d.illeil to receive the pinions or nxles of the wheels, the object being to provide u henring that will not, corrode nnd will not wenr nway easily. The garnet, is the least valuable of these jewel settings, but some ot' the minute sapphires uinl rubies employed in Hie lii'at'ings of a watch are quite I gooel enough for the setting of a ring. | Por He mosl part, however, these I fragments of precious steenes urn off color, the sapphire especially pale to insignificance, but, ut the sume time harder and better I'or watch-jewels because of this light color. Occasionally a ruby jewel burns red in one of the neat little envelopes iu whicn they come from Switzerland, five huudred or one thousand in n lot. Ench stone is shaped to a circle anel bored through the centre, each boring being just, a little less than the diam el.er of lue pinion used in the factory whero it is finally to be placed ia tiny upper or lower plate of a watch. The immediate setting for the watch- jewel is a minute cylinder, brassy in appearance, but really of soft gold comlj position. Before the jewel gels to the setter it hus been put into a latho, and. by means of a minute steel point cov ere.l with diamond dust und oil the can tre has beeu enlarged to fit the stee pinion wliich shull be housed iu it. Iu the hands of the setter the cylinder i put into a lathe. With a nioistenee finger the jewel is picked up and placed inside the cylinder as it rests on the tip of the revolving lathe sh pointed tool the setter p the revolving cylinder edge, forcing the soft metal to overlap and close upon the sapphire or ruby till it is embedded firmly in the metal cushion; then a pressure upon ti follower at the other end of the lathe brings a cutter to benr u.*/ii the metal circumference, turning it to the exact size of the jewel-hole in the plate of the watch, with the hole in th. centre of the jewel exactly in the centre of the metal setting. rests on ine u|Vj shaft. With M presses against*|l HOME COMING ( As I rode North, as I rode North, Mv heart came out of prison. I I saw the hills go shaking forth Like strong men newly riscu. Oh, the South is soft and merry, but she touches lighter strings Thau the fury of the buttle when thi North wind pipes aud sings. As I nonred home, as 1 neared home, M My heart was like a lover's. ' I heard across the windy gloam The harsh voice of the plovers. Oh, the South is wide and kindly, an^ its hearth is warm aud bright, But the North born needs the welcon cef a rough and windy night. As I rode in, ns I rode in, The wind roved wide of prison. I was a free man, near of kin To strong winds newly risen. Oh, the Soul I. is soft and merry and South is good to see, But thc stubborn land and thrifty'.iJ the garden soil for me. Tin*: hosmer times A Husband bg Proxg Bg JACK STEELE (O^ejhgkt, 1004, hy Dowl HUCkimid, Im.) \i CHAPTER XXIV.—(Continued) THEODORE—more of Theodore,'' said Garrison. "Prom his point of .view, and with all his sus- , picions concerning our relationship, it is a master-stroke, lt renders our po sition exceedingly difficult.'' "But how could he have found out I all these things?*' gasped Dorothy, "How could he know?" "He has guessed very shrewdly, and , .he has doubtless pumped your step- , brother of all that he happened to s'know." \'s) "What shall we do?" she repeated a opelessly. "We can't prove anything —just now—and what will happen wheu the will comes up for probate?" "I'll land him iu prison, if he doesn't pull out of it now," said Garrison, angered as much by Theodore's diabolical cleverness as he was by this premature publicity giveu to the story. '' He has carried it all with a mighty high hand, assured of our fear to take the business into court. He has stirred up a fight that I dou't propose to lose!—a fight that has roused all the red-hot Crusader of my being!" "But—what shall we do? All the II newspaper people will be digging at the case and doing their best to hunt up everyone concerned!" "♦No reporters can be seen. If the fact leaks out that you are here, through anyone connected with the house, you must move at once, aad change your name, letting no one but me know where you are.'' She looked at him blankly. "Alone? Can't you help me, Jerold?" "It is more important for me to hasten up country now than it was before," he answered. "I must work night and day to clear things up about the murder." "But—if Poster should really be guil ty!" "He'll be obliged to take his medicine—otherwise suspicion might possibly rest upon you." "Good Heavens!'' She was very pale. "This story in the Star has precipitated everything," he added. "Already it contains a hint that you and your 'husband' are the ones who benefit most bv the possible murder of John Hardy." Sse sank ou a chair aud looked at him helplessly-. "I suppose you'll have to go—but 1 ■don't know what 1 shall do without you. How long do you think you'll be away?" "It is quite impossible to say. I shall return us soon as circumstances permit. I'll write whenever I can. " "1 shall need some things from the bouse," she said. "I have absolutely nothing here." "Buy what you need, and remain indoors as much as you can," he instructed. '' Reporters will be sure to haunt the house in Ninety-third Street, hoping to see us return." "It's horrible!" said Dorothy. "It almost makes me wish I had never heard of any will!" Garrison looked at her with frank adoration in his eyes. "Whatever the outcome, I shall always be glad," he said—"glad of the day you needed—needed assistance- glad of the chance it has given me to prove my—prove my—friendship.'' "I'll try to be worthy of your courage," she answered, returning his look with an answering glance in which the love light could only at best be a trifle modified. "But—1 don't see how- it will end." "About this "marriage certificate—" he started, when the door-bell rang interrupt! ugly. In fear of being overheard by the landlady, already attending a caller, Garrison halted, to wait. A moment later the door was opened by the lady of the house herself, and a freshly- groomed, sinooth-shaveti young man was ushered in. The room was the ouly one in the liouse for this semi-publie use. "Excuse me," said the landlady sweetly. "Someone to see Miss Ellis." The visitor bowed very slightly to Dorothy und Garrison, anil stood somewhat awkwardly near the door, with his hat in his hand. The landlady, having made her excuses for such au in- ■ trusion, disappeared to summon Miss Ellis. Garrison was annoyed. There was nothing to do but to stand there in em barrassing silence. Then Miss Ellis came shyly in at the door, dressed so becom ingly that it seemed not at all unlikely she had hoped for the evening's visitor. "Oh, Mr. Hunter, this is a very pleasant surprise!" she said. "Allow me to introduce my friends, Mr. and Mrs. Fairfax." she added to Garrison and Dorothv, "This is Mr. Hunter, of the New York Star." Prepared to bow and let it go at that, Garrison started, ever so slightly, on learning the visitor's connection, Mr. Hunter, on his part, meeting strangers unexpectedly, appeared to be diffident and quite conventional, but pricked up his ears, which were strung to catch the lightest whisper of news, at the mention of the Fairfax name. "Not the Fairfax of the Hardy case?" he said, for the moment intent on nothing so moving as a possible service to his paper, "Of course you've seen " Garrison sat down on the copy of the Star which Dorothy had left in a chair. He deftly tucked it up beneath his coat. "No, oh, no, certainly not," he said, and pulling out his watch, he added to Dorothy, '' I shall have to be going. Put on your hat and come out for a two- minute walk." Then, to the others: "Sorry to have to run off in this un complimentary fashion, but I trust we shall meet again." Hunter felt by instinct that this was the man of all men whom he ought, in all duty, to see. He could not insist upon his calling in such a situation, however, and Garrison aud Dorothy, bowing as they passed, were presently out iu the hall with the parlor door closed behind them. In half a minute more they were out upon the street. "You'll be obliged to find other apartments at once," he said. "You'd better not even go back to pay the bill. I'll send the woman a couple of dollars and write that you made up your mind to go along home, after all." "But—1 wanted to ask a lot of questions—of Miss Ellis," said Dorothy, thereby revealing the reason she had wished to come here before. "I thought perhaps " "Questions about me?" interrupted Garrison, smiling upon her in the light of a street lamp they were passing. "I can tell you far more about the subject than she could even guess—if we ever .get the time.'' Dorothy blushed as she tried to meet his gaze. "Well —it wasn't that— exactly," she said. I only thought—thought it might be interesting to know her." "It's far more interesting to know where you will go," he answered. "Let me look at this paper for a minute." He pulled forth the Star, turned to the classified ads, found the "Furnished Rooms," and cut out half a column with his knife. "Let me go back where I was tonight," she suggested. "I.am really too tired to hunt a place before tomorrow. I can slip upstairs and retire at once, and the first thing in the morning I cau go to a place where Alice used to stay, with a.very deaf woman who never remembers my name and always calls me Miss Root.'' "Where is the place?" said Garrison, halting as Dorothy halted. "In West Eighteenth Street." She gave him the number. "It will look so very queer if I leave like this," she added. "I'd rather uot excite suspicion. '' "All right," he replied, takiag out a booklet aud jotting dowu "Miss Root," and the address she had mentioned. "I'll write to you in the name the deaf woman remembers, or thinks she remembers, and no one need kuow who you are. If I hurry now I can catch the train that connects with the local on the Hartford division for Rockdale." They turned aud weut back to the house. "You don't know how long you'll be gone?" she said as they ..eared the steps . "Vou cannot tell iu the least?" "Long enough to do some good, I hope," he answered. "Meantime, don't see anybody. Don't answer any questions; an.l don't neglect to leave here early in the morning." She was silent for a moment, and looked at him shyly. "I shall feel a little bit lonely, I'm afraid," she confessed—"with none of my relatives, or friends. I hope you'll not be very long. Good-by." "Good-by," sai.l Garrison, who could not trust himself to approach the subject she had broached; and with his mind reverting to the subject of his personal woUy in the case, he added: "By the way, the loss of your wedding certificate can be readily repaired if you'll tell me the name of the preacher, or the justice of the peace " "I'd rather not—just at present" she interrupted, iu Immediate agitation. "Goodnight—I'll have to go in." She fled up the steps, found the door ajar, aud pushing it open, stood framed by the light for a moment, as she turned to look back where he was standing. Ouly for a moment did she hover there, however. He could not see her face as she saw his. He could not know that a light of love and a mute appeal for forgiveness lay together in the momentary glance bestowed upon him. Theu she closed the door; and as one in a dream he slowly walked away. CHAPTER XXV. A Dearth of Clews Garrison's ride ou the traiu was a matter of several hours' duration. Not only did he read every line of the story in the Star, which he felt convinced had been furnished by young Robinson, but he likewise had time to reflect ou all the phases, old and uew, of the case in which he was involved. But wander where they would, his thoughts invariably swung around the troubled circle to Dorothy and the topic was she married or not, and if she was— where was the man? He could not reach a decision. Heretofore he had reasoned there could be no genuine Fairfax; tonight he entertained many doubts of his former deductions. He found it possible to construe Dorothy's actions both ways. She was afraid to have him search out the man who had written her wedding certificate, perhaps because it was a fraud, or perhaps because tliere was a Fairfax somewhere, concerning whom something must be hidden. The murder mystery, the business of the will, even the vengeance he promised himself he would wreak on Theodore, sank into significance in the light of his personal worry. There was only oue thing worth while, and that was love. He was rapidly approaching a frame of mind in which no sacrifice would be too great to be made, eould tie only be certain of winning Dorothy, heart-free, for his own. For more than an hour he sat think;, ing, iu the car, oblivious to the flight o time, or to the towns through which he was passing. He gave it up at last aud, taking from his pocket a book he employed for memoranda, studied certain items there, supplied by Dorothy, concerning her uncle and his ways of life. There were names of his friends and his enemies among the scribbled data, together with descriptive bits concerning Hardy's personality. Marking dowu additional suggestions and otherwise planning his work to be done at Rockdale, Garrison reflected there was little apparent hope of clearing young Durgin of suspicion, unless one trifling hint should supply the clew. Dorothy had stated that her Uncle John had long had some particularly bitter and malicious enemy, a nmn unknown to herself, from whom she believed Mr, Hardy might have beeu fleeing, from time to time, in the trips which had become the habit of his life. That this constant moving from place to place had been the bane of his existence was a theory that Dorothy hael formed a year before. Yet, for all she knew, it might have been young Foster Durgin whom her uncle was trying to avoid! Tho train connection for Rockdale was wretchedly timed. What with a long wait at the junction and a long delay at. a way station farther out, it was nearly oue o 'clock when at length his destination was readied and Garrison, with his steel-trap suit-case in hand, found his way to a second-rate hotel, where, to his great relief, the beds were far better than they looked. He had taken the precaution to register as Henry Hilborn. realizing that Rockdale doubtless abounded in acquaintances of Hardy's who would probably read the published story of his will in their own local papers iu the morning, He wrote at once to Dorothy, under the name of Miss Root, apprising her of his altered name and his address. In the morning he was early at his work. Representing himself as nothing more than the agent of thc New York Insurance Company, for which he was, in fact, conducting his various investigations, at least in part, he rapidly searched out one after another of the persons whose names Dorothy had supplied, but all to little purpose. He found the town very much alive indeed to the news which the Star had blazoned to the world. Hardy had been a well-known figure off aud on, for many years in Rockdale, and tho names of the Durgins and of Dorothy were barely less familiar. Garrison's difficulty was not that the people talked too little, but rather that they talked too much, and said almost nothing in the process. New trivialities were exceedingly abundant. He worked all day with no results of consequence. The persons whose names had been supplied by Dorothy had, in turn, furnished more names by the dozen, alleging that this mau or that knew John Hardy better than the proverbial brother, if possible; nevertheless, one after another, they revealed their ignor anee of auy vital facts that Garrison could use. On the following day he learned that Paul Durgin, the nephew credited with having claimed the body of the murdered man, lived ten miles out on a farm, amassing a fortune rearing ducks. Hiring a team, Garrison drove to Durgin's farm. He found his man in the centre of a vast expanse of duck-pens, where ducks by the thousand, all singularly white and waterless, were greeting their master with acclaim, Durgin came out of the duck midst to see his visitor. He was a large, taciturn being, healthy, strong, and independent, a trifle suspicious and more than a trifle indifferent as to the final disposal of John Hardy's fortune. Garrison, at first, found him hard to handle. He had not yet read the papers. He knew nothing at al! of what was being said: and now that he heard it at last, from Garrison's lips, he scarcely did more than nod his head. Garrison was annoyed. He determined on awakening the duek-stupored being, unless the task shoubl prove hope- less. "Mr. Durgin." he said, "the reasons for supposing that Hardy was murdered —poisoned—ure far more convincing than anyone reallv supposes—and suspicion points particularly at a person in whom you may and may not be interested—your younger brother, Poster Durgin.'' A curious white appearance crept all about the smooth-shaven mouth of the duck man. He was not in the least an emotionless clod; he was not even cold or indifferent, but silent, slow at giving expression to anything but excellent business capabilities. He looked at Garrison steadily, but with dumb appeal in his eyes. The blow lir.d gone home with a force that made Garrison sorry. "How could that be!" the man inquired, "even with Foster wild?" (T« be continued) THE VALLEY OF PARADISE (By Grace Keen) THE sun was setting, ainl us the aud the man I girl stood side lev side, ;.„. * . 'ic111 the golden light sceineel to envelop them like a tender benediction. Anuitid; , never tell her so. For as 1 am. she was. | He is dead—let him rest, i nice ,-eeure.l, Aud as she is, I may be. I would not. miserably hard, even cruel, if you will, want my children to oppose me when I | One can't go through the fires of misery grew old and prejudiced in the care of; and come out youug and hopeful, or it oppose her. You | even with any joy remaining," she them and nbout them was no other visible living soul—they were separated from the world of men and we,men. As they guzed at the entrancing vista, a wandering bird alighted on a bough of a great maple eleese beside them, deeping a little noisily, as of one' whee had THOUSANDS SPENT ON FLORAL WREATHS IT is stated that over $250,000 was paid to Covent Garden alone for flowers to be made iuto wreaths for Queen Victoria's funeral. It is safe to say that this large sum has been more than doubled in the purchase ol' floral mementoes for that of our lute King, for many of the wreaths—like that of the Sultan of Zanzibar, which was 14ft. by 7ft. and contained over 300 chosen orchids, and that of the Emperor of Japan, whieh measured uL.ft. iu diameter—cost considerably over $5p0 apiece. Flowers have played an important part in the world's history. Tn the national insignia see what a place they take—the rose standing for Kngland, the thistle representing Scotland, and the shamrock Ireland. For u flower the late Count de Chain* hord lost. Prance. There came a moment when the throne was offered "King" Henry. But he must accept, witl. the sceptre and the gilded chair, the tri-colort'd Hug. Another man would huve taken the bauble and the sent, the crown and all its troubles; but Henri Cinq was not that sort of pretender. "Kither ldiuve the lilies and the white flag, or 1 remain uu exile." he said, and with this he crushed nil the hopes of the Bourbons. It. was with a white rose thnt Queen Victoria wooed and won Prince Albert. "1 gave him a flower," she writes in her diary. "It was a white rose.*' As the monarch of a great country, she could receive no proposal from a prince of a small state, and till she gave him the rose he eould not aspire to her hand. With what feelings he received it is told in the story of his life. Flowers have played a great part in politics. There were the Wars of the Roses—red and white; and Lord Bea- consfield's flower, the primrose, has a [million devotees today in Britain. A fight took place in Maine not many years ago over nu artificial forget-me- not. A gentleman sent it to n damsel whom he knew, and it fell into the hands of the elder brother of the lady. There was nothing in the letter that contained the flower to indicate why- it was forwarded, not a word of all the epistle alluded to it, but the brother challenged the sender. Each fired at the same moment, both fell dead, und to this dny no one knows why the artificial forget-me-not was sent. WATCH MARVELS WE hear much from time to time of the wonders of this or that complicated and intricate machine, but there nre few pieces of machinery more marvellous than that of the common watch. A watch, it may be stated as a general proposition, is the smallest, most delicate instrument of the same number of parts that has ever been devised. About. 175 different pieces of material enter into its construction, and upwards of 2,400 separate operations are comprised in its manufacture. Certain of the facts connected with its perform;.nee are well-nigh incredible when considered as a whole. A blacksmith strikes several hundred blows on his anvil in a day, aud, as a mutter of course, is glad when Sunday comes; but the roller jewel of a watch makes every dny—nnd day by day—■ 432,000 impacts'against the fork,' or 157,680,000 blows during the course of a year, without stop or rest—some 3,- 133,000,000 blows during the space of twenty years, the period for which a watch is usually guaranteed to keep good timo. But the wonder of it does not cease here. It has been calculated that the power that moves the watch is equivalent to only four times the force used in a flea's jump"' The watch power is, therefore, what might bo termed the equivalent, of four flea-power. One horse-power would suffice to operate 270,000,000 watches. Furthermore, the balance-wheel of a watch is moved b.v this four-flea power one and forty-three one-hundredths inches with each vibration, or 3,558% miles continuously iu one year. Reaely-made cyclone cellars of corrugated galvanized iron havo been placed on the market by a Western metal company. The Italian goverument plans to expend twenty million dollars to develop its first naval base ou the Adriatic at Ancona. great excuse to make, anel wa.- answered as noisily from within the shelter of the clustering leaves. .Nell listened with laughter in her soft brown eyes, a smile on her parted lips, and the hand which was imprisoned in her lover's trembled a little with sheer pleasure— in the scene, in their solitude, iu the busy rascal of a bird so close to then, (a bird that should have been at home and in bed an hour since), hopping life and down and declaiming violently. She waited until the low "cheep, cheep" had resolved itself into a few scattered notes, then ceased altogether. "How lovely, how lovely!" she whispered. "I want* to say it as a child says it, John, over and over aud over again. I want to dance up ami down and sing and call out, the way the forest creatures do, for very joy of life and living." John Douglas, the practical, smiled at her indulgently. "I'm afraid there's a deep vein of sentiment under that everyday common sense of yours. Nell," he said. "It's well to name it my overy-day common sense, John, out where we live anything else wouldn't do." Then she looked suddenly wistful, hei brows wrinkling. "And you/" she asked. "Is tliere no vein of deeper feeling to be stirred nt that," and sho pointed toward the glorious western sky, "or this?" with a sweep of her arm toward the valley lower down—their valley. He hesitated, and it seemed as if a slight flush rose to the leu a brown checks. He looked at the golden splendor in the west, at the dimpling, laughing earth beneath them and then into her face, pale, clear, witl. its sensitive lips and delicate nostrils. "Judge me." he snid. and the quiver in his voice matched her own. "For I have been lost in dreams—asking myself if the world grows new for such as we; wondering if this is the first sun that has ever given light: or if this is the close of the first magnificent day, and we the first man anil woman, unspoiled, fresh from the Maker's hand, gazing down on the Vision unveiled! " She said nothing, but the little wistful curve between her brows disappeared suddenly and the fine lips grew tremulous. To her, indeed, the world seemed recreated, but she had not hoped to have her feelings set to words—and uoiv he had spoken and she knew they were in unison. The harsh business of life would claim them before long, the affairs of other men and other women would occupy their duys—but this hour was theirs, aud she drew a long, deep breath, standing silently, quietly, beside him. The golden glow took a deeper tinge, and they on the heights looked from slope to hollow, from wooded side to placid lake, from cool stretches of green to the wild verdure clothing the opposite hills. Here were rest and, contentment. "We will go away," he said musing-' ly, "you nnd I, each to au appointed task, nnd we will bruise ourselves on the noisy highways, ami our feet will grow weary walking them. But here is peace—in whicli the hopes of both might find fulfilment." "Peace is not always best," she unswered briefly. "It is a guerdon to be won." Tall, strong-browed, with clear gray- eyes under heavy eyebrows, he stood before her. and as she lifted her own eyes to meet his glance, a thrill of pride shot through her frame. No dreamer he—his words, his mood, belied him. A doer of deeds, rather—a man as he stooel above her and bent his head toward her. "A guerdon to be won!" he echoed. "Ah. now I know. What armor shall 1 buckle on to win it, Nell? For you ure my peace, my guerdon, my valley of paradise. The silence of it is on your lips, the dreanilessness of it in your girl's eyes, the contentment of it iu your heart." He paused nnd sniileel. Then he continued: "A guerdon to be won. And when I win it—will the time ever come, Nell?" "You know it will, oh, you know it will," she whispered. "I am ready now. There is no ol stacle in the way, none ia mine, none in yours——" "Hush!" she said, suddenly. "Not here, not here! Let us take leave of our valley—1 can't bear to spoil it. One word of our practical existence—the existeuco that you and I must face when we leave it—would mar this perfect day. Let ns go seek our other world, John, and leave this true world of ours behind." The violet haze in the valley was deepening to purple, the golden sun wns a pale yellow behind the last thin clouds, the shadows were darker, the little lake a mellower blue. Vet it seemed to smile up at them with the confidence of a trusting friend as they turned away from this royal spot where Nature at her loveliest hud drawn them close to God. And as she had felt it would, every step away from it saw the feeling of every day creep buck upon tbem; the spell dissolved, the outside world of deeds was calling loudly—calling the fresli young blood in their veins to action. John Dougl.is, the determined, said no word, but the stern resolve which the quiet valley had stolen from his countenance crept buck upon it by degrees. Nell threw up her head, breathing quickly. "Come!" she said. "It is behind us. John—nnd what I see on your face has been unspoken all this day. What is it dear?" "The same old story. Nell. Forgive me if I hnve no other tale to tell." "Please, John! " "Nell, I wish I could make you understand." "Will you let me try to tell you how I feel about it .'" He slackened his pace, "Yes, Nell." "It is my mother's opposition that vou cannot understand — that's it, John?" "Evidently—since thnt is the only obstacle. How to overcome that ir prejudice, that strong will, wliich I I shall t have patience, ' - Preach patience i girl, ., elite \ ceo pr I my creed. " " But I wan; you "What ......sense'. "In rime—'' "la time, in tim me a definite time. I bave fur my Join if It'll .Nell!' deprecation. y experieuc Se'tj lleiw long ye1;, r--two yea I's. waited three years mew, Nell, borne and you—and will wait ten. twenty, if I must, for you are the only woman in the* world for me. But do not say 'in time.' I can't stand anything so vague us that." Her practical common sense seece,ude*l his every word. For the first time her sweet voice faltered. "How bard it is!" she saiel. "I wish knew how it would end—1 wish I arguments to move her. But. Her soft brown eyes .-ought ..is face, appeulingly. "She is n.y mother—she has cared for ine sc twenty-four long years. V. . _.._ — for what she has mude me, John. You see it, don't you, dear? Tu snatch iit my own happiness without thought of hei— Oh, John, I cannot. It would be brutal. Mv valley eif pnradise would " " I duu't even ^^^^^^^^ i sniileel then, a smile of will, dear'neeel not dilate ur. u it most be you've had yuur own." "Ves, said Juliet Clarke slowly. !ltisfit.,i—" ! "but there is happiness somewhere. It is not for us tu feirbiel the drinking e.f j the e-up—even though .ve ccceew ihat poison lurks in the lees." "I ...I. not ht Nell re!; it—and .'.ilic Nell I can prevent it." said Mr-. North rop in a sharp voice. "She is too eb*ar. too precious. Margaret will fer—she has not tl 1 k new- oli, Juliu! mv long- 'orthrop high can 't ' Vet you exidceim saw the name I. is met! " cee.i Juliet witl. pity- • much your failings seem a \ ■alley of disc eorc 1—and want a shadow, not a single ever to 1 linger above it.' " V ou have 1 loved b. cr . learly. "II a vi e lovee 1.'" "F org i ve m e tl.at- -1 eliel a. shadov "Iii palrn>. sated her pay were friend day, the >t mean it. Hut Nell, Nell, if through her—let us suppose this now—if through ber yuu and I looked upon our valley of paradise for the Inst time thi: hist time in our lives, what th.... She lifted her grave, sweet face to his. The red lips were tremulous, the delicate nostrils quivered* "What then.'" she echoed, slowly, "ft would snap my life in two. 1 do not mean that I would lose my .grip on things—I am too strong, too ambitious for that. But there would he no future for me. Vet—1 would not blame her, .lohn. J feel she does not comprehend." He hesitated an instant. ".She was happily married to a good man," he said, "bhe idolized her husband, and she has taught her children to revere his memory. If she had been unkindly ur coldly treated as some men treat the women they profess to iove —" He paused then; the luok on he" face, the tears that sprang to her eyes, hushed the words on liis lips. '' I will say uo more, sweetheart,*' lie went o:i gently. "I do.not want to sadden you.-' Vet never had his arguings or pleadings left that strange unrest at her | heart. She could not solace herself with the reflection that her mother "s opposition would soon be lessened. And mw, because ho had brought her to his way of thinking, for the first time, uow that she saw witii his eyes, she w-aO doubtful and disturbed. For the rest of the long way home she said uo more. Mrs. Northrop sat quietly roclcing in the low chair in the middle of tne room. Her friend, a little woman with soft white hair above a wrinkled forehead Mid with lips that in reposo were wistful, even sorrowful, had been looking at her curiously. She thought how well Kleanor Northrop stood tli.0 stress of years; hOW lovely she was still; how her very person, her slender figure, in its well-worn black gowu, radiated her per sonality; how she fitted into this room which, artistie and buautiful and quiet ly subdued; was dominated Ijy the w-j. man*H presonoe, the toudi of her hand, her tastes, She watched the eifrve of K'i'istj tile turn of her head, the Mt—the those never suf , _jpa.-ity for suffer iug. But Nell, my Nell, with he ideals, her beautiful dreams—I bear to let her go, Juliet."' Her friend nodded will. It is your dut, "It is not! " Mrs. \ ed passionately ....-• ••< glow beneath the cold exterior as ir flamed into face and eye '' Kleanor. Kleanor! ' Clarke, matching tlie rl ing tenderness. '' It is ,,, duty to let her go as it was aud is vour duty tn shield their f'atli from his children." "Juliet, what are you saying?" M Northrop's lips quivered, her nail pressed Into her "Just as much. Solemnly, "Some of us must one must pay. The dead young will uot—but thei .who stand between who must. Vou are i one of these. Kleanor. and just or uu j just, the debt is yours. Y 1 it when you gave birtl 1 who is your second self | was trampled on, you j outraged, you kuo dear. Will you inflict your suffering on i another.' \ ou Ve stood tin- test nobly 180 far, aad before Nell ', aud Tom and all the I Northrop wa- the idea ! Izing husband. Ami i part of this sacrifice on N * * To SU Ve her! "Her life i- not t gentle mentor. Bte ^^^^ I it, as you wiil by forbidding this mar I riage, vou lose everything ami ! thing." The mother breast heaving "I lose everything she said iu a dogg of all my early dr fore Margaret you are a good man." Her eyes sought hi- steadily, and h- seemed to he looking into Nell's eyes without their trusting confidence; Nell's eyes which had seen much misery and had wept many tears, Nell'.- eve- shadowed by pain ami sorrow. Something stirred in his heart, something that seemed striving to make itself heard from her soul to Iii-. Hut he eould not understand—not yet. "She will give you her true, noble heart. See that you never doubt the gift. She will forgive you all. everything, lmt lack of trust—for this 'laughter is of my own heart, my firstborn. '' she saiii slowly. '' Some day you will know what that means, please (iod. Some day you will realize the consecration of tiie first-born!" She rose and moved toward the door. • lohn Douglas, leaning forward, took Nell's hands in his and held them tightly. The mother looked back—at the girl, half turned toward her. gazing after her, wondering, a little saddened; at the man, rapturous, happy, his eyes aglow, fastened on Nell's lowered head. "(iod grant you may walk long iu the valley of paradise, my children." she --aid, ami so passed out leaving them atone. of the room, Current Verse contracted to that chil,| Mow vour heart 'iir finest feeling*. and i know, my Month of the Month of tli Hope freights Who can go Strawberries The l.n. Month i Month JUNE bride ami the rose, > sweet graduate; each zephyr that blows, clinging to hate.' heaped on the plate. sinking BOUgB a- it flows- the bride and the ro.se. f the sweet graduate. A aud Margaret | or •., world Francis father, the idol you would put your life." .dily. "If -aid th. spoil tu tier gam no feet, her times I' zlad when T lo.se her," •ij tone. "The sharer earns. 1 lost them be und Tom came. Some- er head, eye** lliet care gen slipped a notch or two, my dearest, even j quietly if yon disagree with me." ('I also am strong-willed and determined and prejudiced, John." "I'm afraid that's true, Nell." "I know every one of my faults. My only hope is that faults are sometimes indications of possible good. Don't you think so?" "I can't see any faults in you, Nell." "It's good, then, to he serious, to have the courage of one's convictions and all that. But from whom have I inherited these traits? In ways, in mannerisms, even in expression (not in looks, for she has always been beautiful) I nm mv mother's counterpart." "Well?" "And while I do not say that she is right now or that her prejudice against our marriage is anything but the outcome of a mother's foolish feara. I shall I ^^^^^^^^ daintiness that Was part and would al ways be part of her—a daintiness she loved, for they were true ami ardent friends, these two. opposite in character as thev might be on the surface, but alike beneath. "It's strange, Kleanor." she said. "No amount of worry seems to be able to affect ynu. Do you know you are almost as attractive today a- ever you were.'" Eleanor Northrop lifted tiling it up rather, aud In her friend 's smilingly. "Almost!" she said. "With one or two exceptions. This grey hair, for example, wliich is barely enough to cover my poor scalp; the crow's-feet and the xery handsome teeth substituted for my own rather insignificant ones! I may lie almost as attractive to those wii for me, Juliet, but not nearly .*- nine! There was an undercurrent of mockery in her tones. Juliet Clarke glanced at her search ingly. "I wanted to feast my eyes ou you— it's a treat to find you alone—even if you do rail at yourself. And now— well, Kleanor. I want to ask you something, aud 1 know no one else would be courageous enough. Have you heard from Tom?" "From my son?" Her expression changed a trifle. "No, Juliet, I haven't heard from hilfl. When Marsden's man came and told me of the deficit— nearly seven hundred dollars—Nell and Margaret and \ scraped together ami paid it. Mr. Marsdeu was very nice. Said that Tom was so young that there was every hope for him. ami did not wish to take the money. But, of course, 1 insisted. Nell and Margaret insisted, too, though it, deprived them of a few comforts for a while." "That's over two it?" "Ves." "And you've heard nothing since?" '(Nothing. To tell you the truth, Juliet, 1 want to hear nothing. Tom is twenty now—he can take care of himself. I am uot.a foolish mother to grieve over what is past and gone. Be sides—I have other and closer worries. " There was silence. Mrs. Northrop's lips tdoseil in a st wight line and she setfled herself back iu her chair. Juliet Clarke, her sweet, old, care worn face verv grave, put her cup ami saucer on the'table that stood between them. "One has to know you as well do. Kleanor, to dare your uir ill's-. Vet you cannot con real sentiments from me, and because I know them, and because I have felt the trouble burdening you. I wanted to have tjiis chat with you.'' She spoke so gently that fhe proud woman could take no offence. She looked at her affectionately—for they loved ch other. n | "Why should I wish to conceal anything from you, Juliet?" she asked Margaret is so beautiful—it will make up to her for her lack of heart. And Tom—oh. Tob is indeed to my credit, the carefully-trained boy not resist the first slight d Juliet ome and feet, it reseut- who could temptation "Poor, foolish lad!" .*■ Clarke. "Had he dared to fling himself at his niothei .-? might never have happened." Mrs. Northrop stared nt her fully. " Hon't get angry, Kleanor. I dare to tell you the truth. No one else in this world would—you know that—so respect me for my bravery. Vou are jealous of Nell's iove, Noll's affection, ami you tell yourself that you are trying to save her, forgetting that a mother never comes into thy true kingdom of her daughter's heart until that daughter is herself a wife aud mother." "Vou speak ns if you knew what you were talking nbout,"' said EleftuO-C Northrop. "My boy did not live," said Juliet Ourke; *impjy. "in that I am the less fortunate, for you have your children. But when I held that tiny body in my arms for the first time, I would have giveu the world, did I possess it. to lay my head once more nn my mot her's knee. I thought that I had loved her— then I knew. I lived to be glad that 1 had lost all else—my husband and my child, but never, never, that 1 did not have my mother! What Kleanor Northrop saw ia that j tender face moved her strangely. A low in her throat. sob brol roke _ | "Possibly they have asked you lo intercede for tin " she began bitterly. "Don't dear," said her friend, "Vou and 1 are growing old now—we are on the way dowu-hill. Some things we see too clearly, and are miserably blind to others—that is why we make mis takes. Perhaps, since 1 am only an on looker, 1 can see that which is hidden from you—'' She paused, for Mrs. Northrop held up a warning hand, ami turned to tin1 table, so that her back was toward thc door. Her face was vory pale, her eye^ strained. Then the door was opened: and Nell stood on the threshold. "Mav we come in. mother.'" called, brightly. "And Mrs. Clarke! a tone of pleased surprise. "How good boat ; ha mm Why mi Mine may Mouth of Month did a jugful of nek iu which tu ami grumble at be lovely—who the bride tf the BW( bait, repose; fate! knows : and the rose, •t graduate. et .I une, JUNE WEDDING BROMIDES And now once more prepare to The would be glomus ni happy And let us dust, the bromides off, We '11 need to use them very soon. Ket's take the old time worn one down, They often used in days bygone. It still will serve our purpose now; 'Well. Tht The WO ctfu live as cheo p as i old handshake let us gi' ne old wink and sanii old smile. Then let us say how glad we are He's going to live in double style. And ere we part let's say to him, The way we used to do of yore: "It is the only way to live. Vou'II wish you'd done it long be fore one bromide, should have th :im sure, • trength to npeuoiJ she to see you here " Vour mothe so I was forct said Mrs. Clark. interested face, her so busy 1 i with her any more. And now have caught a glimpse of vou, I'll take myself off/' Nell bent her greater height to kiss the would not come to me, 1 to eome to her." , smiling into the girl's * Vou youug folks keep ever hnve five minutes that 1 ii. Nell, from little years ago, isn't lady's soft, pink cheek. " f Jood-ovetiinc Mr. Douglas. Haven't noticed youi card among those received lately—ud apologies! I understand. Good-by, Klean ' V. have been my safety valve too long. Who knows'all that you do—my only confidant .' Ami now you have something to sny to me—a lecture to read perhapsV Let me have it. We may bo interrupted.'' "I like—John Douglas, Eleanor." Mrs. Northrop winced. Her friend had put an unerring finger upon an open wound. "Oh, you do? Then you like someone who is very disagreeable to me." "Vour objection is not to the individual?" "Not at all." Her grave face relax ed, as she pushed the teacups farther on the table. "I know what you want to say Juliet. But Nell is myself. 1 see myself in her. I, too, had her high hopes and ambitions, once upon a tune. My husband —" Her lips tightened. "The less said about him to you, the better. "Good-by, Juliet." Nell looked after her. amused, smiling. "She is just like a dainty little bird that iu some unaccountable manner has lived to grow old," she said. And then, with a change of tone, a slight embarrassment: "Mother, don't yon see John ?" "Ves." said Mrs. Northrop, quietly. "I see him." She sat down in the little rocker somewhat heavily, for she ffllt sick and dizzy. '' Will you both come over here where I can have .- look at you.' Vou, too, Mr. Oouglus. " Wondering a little, the young man obeyed, drawing Nell's chair forward. Nell, with her eyes fastened du iieusly on her mother's face, saw that siie was 1 | deeply moved, as -he bent near an 1 took ponsive-' 'I"' girl's hand in hers. al your | "Where were you today.'" she asked. ■' Where .li.] vour long walk bring you ?'' Nell hesitated, and her eves brighten .*.!. She did not look at 'her lover as sin- answered in n low tone that quivered in spite of her efforts to control it: "In tlie valley of paradise, mother." -tie said, "the valley that every wo- man walks in at one time of her life, I think." "Yes," said the mother ."lowly. "I, too, have walked in that valley—but I left it behind me very, very long ago, Nell, and it is not mine to see again." She faltered, and her lovely face, with its few fine wrinkles and unfur- rowed forehead seemed to grow old and wan. "I have be<Mi a little blind." whispered Eleanor Northrop. "I have been told so. and I think it is the truth. Put I want to do right—t must do right,] John Douglas, what have you to ofl^r me in exchange for the gift 1 menu to give you—my eirlT" "Nothing," he answered slowly, but his face startled her with the happiness that flashed intn it. "I could not set a value on that gift—it is above value." "True!" She gazed straight before her an instant, her brows meeting. "Well, I've decided, John. I think But there's one bromide. I That we kill; Since Kve first married Adam, they've Been springing it and always will. Our great-grandfathers thought it cute, Our parents sprung it ou their bons, And this it is: "Here's hoping fhat Vour troubles will he litth* ones," WHAT MANY PEOPLE THINK The people people work with best aro often very queer; The people who are people's kin quite shock your first tuea; Tlie people people choose for friends your common sense appal; But the people people marry are tho queerest folk of all. THE SONG OF THE SPENDTHRIFT To seven kopek the heir, Nor house nor land have I — Live ! -hev. I live then! Die I—hey! I die! In many realms the Pool . 'n ii -leep no wink for care, While yet the .Spendthrift snores When dawns the morning fair. Free a*- the wind lie blows, Door nor ijate t'> balk him. niches, hey! Now give place! Poverty i-oie* walking! Before uie bends the rye When through the fields I stray, And glad the forest hears My pipe and song alway. If one must bitter weep— No man will see his tear-, ^ If sadly bowed his head — None -ave the partridge jeers. If weary one, or not, What matters anything' Let hint toss back his locks And playful laugh and sing! And if one die—the grave Will warm bis hands and feet! Dost tn Nay.' —Prom ' Sunsh iny song respond .' Then' it is mopletc Russian Lyrics and " by Martha tl. D. Oos.saek Bianchi, A MUCH NEEDED MOTTO "What i- Home Without a Mother!" Is a motto on the wall Worked in fancy worsted letters. A familiar sight to aii. Tn the room there i- another, Seen wherever you may roam, An old fashioned oblong pasteboard With the words, "(iod Bless Our Home. But there is a needed motto. ; One that should appeal to all; Yet ia humble home or mansion It N missing from the wall, ibsence oft arouses 'tic thoughts ami sad. r has seen t lie i tnblem hue. "God Ple^s O »!h. Though Sy.c, | it .Cl No one Will. e 't tl.. Whet it in Cooks tl' Fatl.t*r lim Split Hn Curry 1 nil Del.' lice's tic housework, . ■ nn'.els .'.nil elar.es the socks? to heat tht' carpets, weic.I and wind the* clocks, fix t he* furnace, Aid c huii.lreJ ' No! te* Ule'lctleell Fee. SUppI t it hor chores i.iiuu.i; he.llse'li* money let steer.'S. When ! I.cl.l For I..' A.i.l e's .'c.r. ing displays no *-**.-*. «.*s choie each tender clucks eer I'll iekc'IS, sclllsh heart, c Iiii- Ice llieethor, toothsome pert He bestows upeiii tin* cbildreu, \'<>t re»e,-i \ i n:; e '•'.. -'< fleck ...' the l.ie'ii-t meat; leu. he f.sl.e- Bits "1 flotsam from tie* wreck. Dad's ih- !"■'■ thai brings the.* honey X !e',| leer lie' ', r' ■ CI , I . ||ive; Therefore, while le' ftill is with you M.ik.' him glad that lc'- nlive! When he's downcast or dejected, Seeming wp**ry, worn, and -i'l. Cheer iii." l>\ tbe .* elcome motto With tic prayer, "Gee.l Bless Our Dad," ■—Thomas B. Chrystal. RODENTS A long, lean cct eiuce met a friend; The friend was plump and round. Said tlie leene-. lean cat. --You can scarcely bend. Too fat ley many a pound." The plump cat looked around in fear, Then whispered soft ami low, "Do tell me, Tom, if no one's near, Tell me, does my rat sh'iw?" THE TIMES. HOSMER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. The Hosmer Times SUBSCTBIPTION RATES One Year One lleellar in Advance Single Copies Five Oentfl Kcu-l. Published every Thursday momlngat tlu.-mer, Uriti-le Lulellnbiil. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 19X0 Time Tables. o. p. 1!. TIME TABLE Arrive Hosnier st No. 31.' West . . No. 814 Bast .., No. 312 Loeal Ea No. 311 Local West No. 7 Wesl Flyer .. No. 8 East, Flyer ... . . . II. 15 ... 18.30 ,., 8.45 ...20.55 ...11.83 ... Lin. Chang.* took effect Sunday Oct. :«. Ci. N. TIMETABLE No. 2ol leaves Michel '.LIUI a. in. Arrives at, Hosiner. . 0.15 a. in. No. 252 leaves Rexford.. 4.15 p. .... Arrives al Hosmer... 7.13p.m. TALK OF THE TOWN Tho Times 'phone No. is 16. A. McL. Fletcher is painting tho town rod. W. T. Watson was in Cranbrook Sunday. R. Chatfield spent Thanksgiving in Frank. A. Thornton, of Crow's Xest was in town yesterday. Board of Trade meeting on Monday evening, Nov. 7. Robert and Fred Alderson were in Coleman on .Monday. Do you enjoy a pool game? Drop in on Sam Snell. 51 Mr. and Mrs. E. Lepers were visitors in Fernie on Tuesday. James llixon, the Fernie plumber, was in town .Saturday. Fun Rent--Furnished and unfurnished rooms at the Scotia hotel. Miss Irene McKee, of Elko, was tho guest of Miss lone Kondody on Monday. Some people in llosmer are thankful that llallow'een is safely over once moi e. H. A. Wilkes, of Fernie, occupied the pulpit in the Methodist church last .Sunday. Rev. M. F. Eby has returned from Spokane and will hold services Sunday evening in the Methodist church. The oast hound passenger train Inst night was six hours late on account of some trouble west of Cranbrook. The next holiday will be Christmas. It is time now to start saving money to celebrate the giving holiday. For a comtortable shave or a neat, artistic hair-trim visit the shop of Sam Snell. 51 tf The C. P. ll. car supply is being kept up to demands and the Hosnier Mines aro increasing their shipments of coke. The Women's Auxiliary will meet at tho homo of Mrs. C. li. Winter on Tuesday November 8th at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The regular monthly meeting of tho Hosiner Hoard of Trade their arrival at Hosmer will be bold on Monday evening most November 7th at the old school house. Don t forget the free moving picture show at lhe Queens Hotel, Saturday evening from 8::.0 to 11 p. m. dski, f Kl, lormei Iv of W. E. Warren spent Thanksgiving in Calgary. Miss Annie Elick was visiting in -Michel on Tuesday. Wing We Lung, better known as "Scottic," the wash- ee man, left Monday for his old home in China and expects to remain one year. W. Ilaldorstone and Miss Martha Rankin were in attendance at the wedding of Frank Dickie and Miss Camp bell at Fernio last Friday. Tbe llosmer Livery & Transfer Co. are shipping several (tar- loads of poles for the C. I'. U. They have a large order wliich will take several months to fill. Manager Ashworth of the C. X. P. Co. at Fernie, Drs. Bonnell ainl Corsan. and A. J. Carter of tho C M. W. of A., were in town inspecting the life saving plant on Wednesday. A change in the C. P. P. time table came into effect on Sunday October .'ill. Tho eastbound passenger arrives at 1S..'I() instead of 18.33. The westbound local arrives at 20.55 instead of 20.2;!. .). F. Jarvis has temporarily loft the Poyal to its own devices, as Mrs. Moriarity says, an.l is weilding tho paint brush on his new verandah. .1. F. looks as if ho knows tho business. Considerable carload freight is being received which consists of general merchandise. This shows that tbo merchants are buying in large quantities and augers well for the future of llosmer. The new freight sheds are about completed and a gang of painters are busy with the brushes. The now house track i.s nearly linished. When this is completed trains can pull in from either ond without delay. Mark G. Sampson, the popular llosmer tenor will sing the illustrated song entitled '-Some Day When Dreams Como True" at the opera houso ou Friday evening, November lth, with Clark's Moving Picturo and Vaudeville Co. The third annual grand ball under the auspices of tho Hosmer Fire Brigade will be held at the opera house on Friday evening December 2, 1010. The best of music has been engaged for the occasion. Tickets $1.50 including supper. Ladies free. it is reported that several parties are using fire arms in danger to the public within the townsite of Hosmer. Should any person hear or see anybody discharging lire arms, notify the police immediately and they will prosecuted according to law. Frank I. Dickie and Martha Campbell, both of Hosmer, were united in marriage at Fernio last Friday afternoon October 2Sth, by tho II. R. Grant of Knox church. They were tendered a, chivaree upon ind a enjoyable evening was spent by the young people of the town. Frank F. Morris, F. M.. manager for the Draeger Oxygen Aypar.-ilus Co. was in town Tuesday and Wednesday look- inu after the installation of the Provincial Constable Leacey Bad Fire in Fernie. assisted Provincial Constables; Fire broke out in an empty McCuish of Hosmer and Bulger housei in the restricted district of Michel, as far as Nelson in SOuth of the town at Fernie at taking charge of Enrico Fran- j Uvo o'clock Sunday morning ceschelli, sentenced to 20 years |an,i i„,f(),.t, it was extinguished, in the penitentiary at New seven out of the eleven bouses Westminister at thejrecenfc^ as- j ;n the distrht were destroyed. The city lire department C. (i. (ioll. Hosmer and Fernie. now of |life snvind plant established in Montreal, spent Thanksgiving Hosmer and instructinu; those in llosmer an.l was th. of M. Boassalv. cues! '' | in charge as to the use of same j Mr. Morris is an expert ami hie "Along the Kennebec," a New nelc* on tends over Western Can England play much in the same ! ■'■■■■'* Western I'tiited Statesam vein as "Way Down East" and Mexico. "The Old Homestead," al the Plays that appeal to the heart opera house on Thursday. Nov, un(] ,,|.,vs n,at beads of families 10th. Th.-play lake- its title can bring their children to see from Kennebec river in the are the plays that thrive. Such northern part of Main.-, along L pltty ;s "Along the Kennebec" the romantic and picturesque which will be presented in this banks of which the action of;city at the opera house next the piece takes place. ll is a Thursday, November 10th, with complete scenic production and its wealth of beautiful scenery said to be one of the best rural Und a. comyany of actors un- plays produced for several excelled by any in their respec- years. Band and street parade tive lines. The play is said to at noon. Reserved seats on be full of bright, sparkling coin- sale at Campbell's. 'oily and a splendid band is car- It is in time of sudden mis- j *'<«•<' to advertise it. Street hap or accident that Chamber- parade at noon. Reserved seats Iain's Liniment can be relied up- 0n sale at Campbell's, on to take the place of the fain- ,,,, , ,. ,,. ilv doctor, who cannot always -Tho pleasant purgative effect be found at the moment. Then experienced by all who use it is that Chamberlain's Lini- Chamberlain's Stomach and mentis not found wanting. In Liver Tablets, and the healthy cases of sprains, cuts,, wounds condition of the body and miud and ortiises llianil.erlain s Lim- . ' ment takes out the soreness wlnc» th°y create- makea "uv and drives awny the pain. Sold feel .joy I ul. Sold by all drug- by all druggists. gists. sizes tit Fernie and Fred Monroe, the Moyie hold up mau who is under sentence of seven years, inflicted by bis honor Judge Wilson. Telegraphers in Conference. About 30 telegraphers including W. T. Watson, of Hosiner, gathered at Cranbrook Sunday afternoon from points between Kootenay landing, Macleod and the Calgary branch, to meet and confer witli [G. D. Robertson, of Montreal, gonaral chairman of the Order of Railway Telegraphers for Canadian Pacific Railway district No. 7. Ho was accompanied by W. C. Donberg of Red Deer, Alta. The Odd Fellows Dance. On Friday night at the opera house the third annual ball was given by Maple Loaf Lodge No. 53, I. O. O. F. There was a good attendance of Odd Fellows and their friend and the music furnished by the Hosmerorchestra was excellent. A dainty lunch was served in the hall at 12 o'clock. The committee of arrangements under whoso direction the affair was successfully conducted were Clarence Hiltz, Frank Newton and Thos. R. Stockett. Three Prisoners Reach Nelson. The prisoners at tho provincial jail at Xelson was augmented by four on Monday night when Provincial Constable Lacey brought in James Cran- dell, sentenced by bis honor Judge Wilson at Fernie to one years imprisonment for theft; James O'Conner sentenced to six months by Police Magistrate W. II. Whimster of Fernie for theft and to a further six months by Justice Clement for breaking jail; and Cora Taylor, sentenced by Police Magistrate W. II. Whimster of Fernie to two months on a vagrancy charge. The fourth was Peter McLean, who was placed in.safe keeping by Provincial Constable Woightman on a charge of drunkeness, but was given another chance to reform yesterday afternoon in the provincial police court,—Nolson News. Skating Rink Meeting. A mooting was held in the .sample rooms of the Pacific hotel on Monday evening, Oct. 31, for tbo purpose of organizing a skating rink club in Hosmer for the season of 11)10-11. There wa.s a good attendance of citizens present. The bus- of thc evening was as follows: Bomford-Pednault — That T. A. Cornett be elected chairman. Carried. Cornett-Ingham—That C. H. Bomford act as secretary for the evening. Carried. Cornett-Podnault—That F. H. Ingham be elected president. Carried. Mai'latt-Leithauser- That II. A. Marx bo elected secretary treasurer. Carried. Ingham - Cornett — That F. Leithauser, A. Pednault and F. Marlatt be appointed grounds committee. Carried. Inghain-Pednault — That J. Fletcher. T. A. Cornett and C. II. Bomford be appointed membership committee. Carried. The meeting was then adjourned until Friday evening November lth, when the ground committee will report on the ivailable locations. turned out and went to the fire on foot, taking no apparatus with them as it was outside the city limits and beyond reach of the nearest hydrant. A bucket brigade was formed and by- hard fighting four of the houses wore saved. Much of tbe furniture and throe pianos were saved, find the entire population are being temporarily sheltered in the houses that escaped the conflagration. Some of the houses wore partially insured, but tho loss will amount to twelve or fifteen thousand dollars. Big Apple Show at Vancouver. Vancouver, Oct. 31.—In the presence of a distinguished company aud a record attendance wliich included Lieut. Governor Patterson, today the I'lrst Canadian National Apple Show was opened. During the opening ceremonies the big Vancouver Horse Show building enlarged to nearly twice its size, was crowded to capacity. Twenty carloads of apples are on exhibition, comprising three thousand four hundred antj twenty four entries, twelve of these being carload exhibits. The management will be called upon to pay practically tho entire twenty five thousand dollars offered as prize money, as nearly every class is filled. The show is of international character, for not only is every province of Canada represented but several of the States are also showing tis are Australia and Tasmania. Oregon and Washington are represented in carload class. The band of the 48th high- landers, of Toronto, is the principal attraction. In the restaurants and cafes of Xow York an effort is being made to eliminate French words and phrases on menu cards. They declare that all Americans cannot speak French, but that all of them dine, and that they have the right to order their meals in tho good old Anglo Saxon without any French words, expletives or explosives. Hereafter "Consomme Julienne" will bo just plain vegetable soup, and "potatoes au gratin" will he tho ordinary Okanogan spuds hashed in cream and baked.—Moyie Leader. Hoarseness iu a child subject to croup is a sure indication of the approach of the disease. If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is }>iven at once or even after the croupy cough has appeared, it will prevent the attack. Contains no poison. Sold by all druggists. LEROY TAYLOR Boots and Shoes Neatly and Satisfactorily Repaired Leave work at Fletcher's store. A Good Position. Can be had by ambitious young men and ladies in the field of 'Wireless' or Railway Telegraphy. Since the eight hour law became effective, and since the Wireless companies are establishing stations throughout tho country there is a great shortage of telegraphers. Positions pay beginners from $70 to $90 a month, with good chance of advancement. The National Telegraph Institute operates six official institutes in America, under supervision of R. R. and Wireless officials, and places all graduates into positions. It will pay you to write them for full details at Davenport, la., Cincinnati, O., Portland, Ore. or Memphis, Tenn. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has become famous for its cures of coughs, colds, croup and infill enza. Try it wben in need. It contains no harmful substance and always gives prompt relief. Sold by all druggists. **••****•*•**•* ************ 1 STEAMSHIP TICKETS On Sale to any Part ot the World If you wish to arrange for your friends coming out to this country, call and the matter can be arranged without trouble for those travelling. Full information given upon application as to all steamship lines. 5 W. T. WATSON | Agent 0. P. R. Hosmer HOSMER C. H. DUNBAR Barrister Solicitor and Notary Public B.C. FALL AND WINTER GOODS at values which are the best. A few of the many lines we have recently placed in stock: H. B. K. Mackinaw Coats, H. B. K. Mackinaw Pants, H. B. K. Heavy all Wool Flannel Shirts, Sweater Coats, Sweaters and Knitted Vests. A. MATHIESON THE STORE OF SATISFACTION Main Street HOSMER, B. C. ***************************************************** P. BURNS C& CO., Limited WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 1 Meat Merchants Fresh and Cured Meats, Fresh Fish, Game and Poultry. We supply only tlje best. Your trade solicited. Markets in all the principal Towns and Cities in British Columbia. * MAIN STREET HOSMER, B. C ***************************************************** Your cough annoys you. Keep on luicking and the del- cate membranes of your throat if you want to be annoyed. But if you want relief, want to be cured, take Chamberlain'H Cough Remedy. Sold by allKvatcli foi CL<l4RjK'S MOVING PICTURE AND VAUDEVILLE Company —Oil— Friday" NOVEMBER 4th I 1 — DON'T MISS The He-el Program of .Moving Pictures ..ml Illustrated Songs ever shown in Hnsmor. Strong Mexican Flims C. F. Lawe Alex I, Fisher, B. A. LAWE & FISHER Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. FERNIE B. C. JOSEPH RYBNICEK CARPENTER and BUILDER Good work at low prices and satisfaction guaranteed HOSMER, B. C. THE HOSMER DAIRY G. M. HEDLEY, Prop. Fresh Milk and Cream delivered to all parts of the town. HOSMER, B. C. PEOPLE'S CLOTHING STORE Pir. ADBLBERG I. ZISKLMAN, Mor. Clothing, Gent's Furnishings, Boots and Shoes, Jewelry and Watches Dress Swoll You Might its well HOSMER, B. C. Bath Rooms Up-to-date. You are all welcome at Pete's Barber Shop Front St., Hosmer P. CAROSELLA DEAI.BH IN Cigars Tobaccos Groceries Gent's Furnishings General Merchandise Smoked and Cured Meats Opera House Block HOSMER - - B.C. M. G. Sampson In Illustrated Songs dn lists "Whore's your luggage,Mike?" asked nn employer of the new mau-of-all-work upon his arch ,-il. "Lost, sui," snid Mike. "Lost? All your luggage?" "Ivory bit of it sur." replied STARTS AT 8:30 Handbills. Como Early Follow the Crowd, 15c ADMISSION 35c Hosmer - Fruit - Store James Milo, Pi-op. Fruits, Candies, Cigars, Tobaccos, Etc., Ice Cream and Sofl Drinks CALL AND SEE US Next door to Tony Lombardi's old stand. T. A. CORNETT UNDERTAKER All Kinds of Pictures Framed on Short Notice Agent for the SINGER SEWING MACHINE Call at the Diamond Hall, Main Street, Hosiner, B. C. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦<>♦♦♦♦ •»<»>>»-»♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦-I'-*** Mike (I I ul how did it io employer. jappou*1 •••fli ♦ YOUNG MEN! J 1I<tc'c* whero you can save inonry buying youi' J Clothing1, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Valises! soioago.il foi THE HOUSE OF HOBBERLIN, Limited ♦ Cull and sec our stock of samples The Hosmer Mines, Ltd. HOSMER, B. C. MINERS AND SHIPPERS Hosmer Steam Coal and Coke GENERAL OFFICE, MINES AND COKE OVENS LOCATED AT HOSMER, B. C. Leavis Stockett, General Manager D. G. Wilson, Superintendent - Elk Valley Development Co. LIMITED °wnersof HOSMER TOWNSITE A number of very desirable Lots for Sale CREE & MOFFATT Townsite Agents Fernie, B. C. They are Going Fast! Those desirable Home sites in West Fernie. Why don't you get in on a good thing? Buy a lot and be a landed proprietor. Prices range from .$50 to $125. P.-.e jsnvill rise in the near future. It is for *, m to decide who will get the profit. 1 $10 secures one now. Make the other pay- I ments to suit yourself. For particulars see j FRED G. WATERS ****************************************************% n-k (-nine out, sur. In Hcl/.lc'leell. lhl' re iiliout one urre police) iivcr- it a .Iny. AIELLO C& BOSSIO Ne.Nl Door to Postofflco HOSMER, B. C. **<***** ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦••>♦♦•»>♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ RUBBER STAMPS MADE TO ORDER ON SHORT NOTICE AT THE TIMES OFFICE
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