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I I* VOL. IV. REVELSTOKE, B. C��� DECEMBER 17, 1892. No, 27. NOTICE Is hereby given, that nt the noxt session of the Legislature of British Columbia application will be made for an Act to incorporate a company for the purpose of constructing, opera. tiug aud maintaining a line of railway, standard or narrow gauge, the motive power being either steam or electric, commencing at Lardean City, situate lit the head of tho North East Arm of Upper Arrow Lake, thenco through Lardeau Pass to some point on the North West shore of Lake Kootenay, with power to extend to Nelson, aud with power to construct, equip, maintain nnd operate n branch from the said proposed line from said Lardean City iu a northerly direotion along the course of the Iuconiiippleux River, or Fish Creek, to somo point or points near the headwaters of tbe same, with power to build, maintain and operate branch lines from any point or points ou the main line or branch lines to any adjacent miue or miues, and with power to build wharves and docks, nnd erect nud maintain telegraph and telephone lines nnd all necessary works, buildings,pipes,poles,wires,appliances or conveniences necessary or proper for the generating aud transmitting of electricity or power withiu tbe area above doserioed, Dated this 14th day of November, A.D. 1892. McPHILLIPS, W00TT0N k BARNARD, Solicitors for the Applicnuts. 0. & H. LEWIS, BAKERS AND CONFECTIONED SUPPERS and BALLS Catered for. WEDDING CAKES A SPECIALTY. REVELSTOKE, B.C. R Tapping, Carpenter, Builder And General Contractor. Maxufactober of Boats. Sleighs & I oboggans. SCROLL WORK, HOUSE P U It NI S III N GS SEASONED LUMBER ALWAYS KEPT IN STOCK. Orders promptly filled. Station: REVELSTOKE. THE MADDEN HOUSE, HUGH MADDEN, Prop'r. Beautifully situated on the Lake shore at tbe entrance to tbe best and shortest rond to the Sloean mines aud New Denver. The best fisbiug nud hjunting in the district, with grand boating and sketching facilities for tourists nud urtists, The Bau is supplied with the Best brands of wines,liquors and cigars. Tho nccomtuodntious of tho Hotel are of the best. A. H. KOLBICH, Assayer and Analytical Chemist, REVELSTO K E , B.C. Nearly seven years assay er at Morfa Works, Swansea, and for over seventeen years chief analyst to Wigan Coal A Iron Co., Wigan, Assays aud analyses of every description undertaken on tbe most reasonable terms. Special experience in coal, coke, iron, ferro ��� manganese, steel, silver, copper, lead and zinc. HULL BROS. EEVELSTOKE. B V T CHER S AND WHOLESALE A.\l> lifcTAIL Ill'ALEliS IN BEEF, PORK, Etc. Stockholm House JOHN STONE, Prop. The Dining-room is furnished with the best the market affords. The bar is supplied with a choice stock of wiues, liquors nud cigars, THE COLUMBIA HOUSE. REVELSTOKE B C. The largest and most central Hotel in the city ; good aooommodation ; everything new ; table well supplied i bar nnd billiard room attached ; fire proof safe, BROWN k CLARK, Proprietors, FREE 'BUS AT ALL TRAINS C. P. R. HOTEL REVELSTOKE. P. McCAHiHy - - . Prop. First-olass Temperauce House. BOARLI AKI) LollGINO $5 PeJI WEEK. MEALS, 25c. 1)K0S 25c, This hotel is situated convenient to the station, is comfortably furnished, aud affords first clnss accommodution. & BtC&KKYOflv BOOTMAKER, MAIN STREET, REVELSTOKE. Boots & Shoes made to order. Harness Leather Kept is Stock. REPAIRING WHILE YOU WAIT. tWX3b$*m REVELSTOKE TIME TABLE, Atlantic Express, arrives 10.10 daily. Paoifio " " 16.52 " Cheapest, most reliable nnd safe route to Montreal,Toronto, St, Paul, Chicago, Now York and Boston. HatoH IjfO to ��10 lowor thau any other other routo, Specially littod Colonist Cars, in chargo of a Porter, for the accommodation of Passengers holding second class tickets. Passengers booked to and from nil European poiuts at Lowest Hates. Low Freight Hates, Quick despatch, Merchants will save money by having their freight routed via hot'.P. It, Pull and reliablo information given by applying to 1). E. IJUOWN, AshI. licn'i Freight Ag't, V'noouver. or to I. T. BREWSTER, Ag't ('. P. li. Dopot, Revelstoke. LOCALNEWS. Mr. Hy. it. Bourne, of Bourne Bros., Revelstoke Station, has beon appointed a justice of Ihe pence. The Rev. C. Ladner will preach tomorrow in the Methodist Church, morning nt 10.30, evening nt 7.30. All are cordially invited. Mr. Hugh Madden, of Nakuep, has faith in that town, and will keep bis business going all winter, believing that next, summer will bring a revival of trade. The first English mail for Chiun and Japan, via the Canadian Pacific Railway, passed through last Sunday, and was despatched from Vancouvor by the steamship leaving on Monday. Service will be held by the Rev. T. Patou in the Presbyterian Church tomorrow evening at 7.30, Sabbath school at 2.30. Prayer moeting at Mr. Raton's house on Wednesday at 7.30 p.m. . Bourne Bros, have just reoeived a large and complete assortment of ladies' white underwear in cotton, cambric and muslin. The prioes are very reasonable and the quality and make first elans. We have just received a map of the new townsite at the head of the North East Arm���Lnrdean City. Lots are selling fast, and those desirous of purchasing would do well to "hurry up," as a limited nnmber will be put on tbe market. At the entertainment in the Methodist Church on Monday evening, the 2Ctb, Mr. A. H. Holdioii, M.S.O.I., chemical eugineer, will lecture on " Fire I What is it?" The lecturer is skilled in the uses i.f chemicals, and will give scientific illustrations before the audience. OOEAtf STEAMSHIPS. Royal Mail Linos. CHEAPEST k QUICKEST ROUTE TO THE OLD COUNTRY. Pro'ios"d Sailings from Halifax. SARDINIAN ..Allan Line... Deo. 10 NUMIDIAN " ... Dec. 24 PARISIAN " ...Jan. 7 LABRADOR.Dominion Line.. Dec. 3 VANCOUVER " ...Dec. 17 SARNIA " ... Deo, 31 From New Yorlr. TEUTONIC... White Star ... Nov. 30 BRITANNIC " ... Deo. 7 MAJESTIC " ,.. Deo. 14 Cabin 840, 815, S50, 800, 870, 880 upwards, Intermediate. 825 ; Steerage, 820. Passengers ticketed through lo all points In (front Britain nnd Ireland, and nt specially low rales lo ull parts of tho European continent. Prepaid passages arranged from all points. Apply to nearest Btoamship or railway agent; to I. T. Brewster, Agent, Revelstoke; or to Roheut Kehk, General Passenger Agent, Winnipeg, Ripans'fnliulos euro bad breath, Rlpiuis Tabulos euro biliousness, Jlipuiu Tabulos i for sour gtomncli CAUTION. EACH IM IO OP THE Myrtle Navy NOTICE Is hereby given, that application will be made to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia at its next, session for an Act to incorporate a Company for tbo purpose of constructing, equipping, maintaining and operating a liue of railway to run from a poiut at or near Iievelstoke, in the Province of British Columbia, to the Upper Arrow Lake, in said Province, with power to const met, equip, maintain and operate branch lines, and also to construct and operate telegraph and telephone lines in connection with the said railway, together with tlie usual powers to acquire lands, privileges, bonuses or aids from the Dominion or Provincial Governments, and to make traffic and other arrangements with railway, steamboat and other companies, and for ull other nsual nnd necessary powers, rights aud privileges, Dated tiiis ]4tb day of December, A.D. 1892. McPHILLIPS, WOOTTON k BARNARD, Solicitors for the Applicants. IS MARKED m r. & b. l n Bronze Letters. NONE OTHER IS GENUINE. ON TRIAL POR SO DAYS. Th.finest, completes*;and latest; liae ot Eler- trical arcl ianees in tlio world Tbey liave neves failed to cure. WearesovcMltireof ii that we will hack our celief and tend yeu any Electrical Appliance now iu the market and you ear. try il TorThmii Months, Largest iistct iBstiwon'.ils on earth. Send for book and jmrr.nl Free. W. T. Bacr tc Co., Windsor, out, Several of our young people went to Donnld yesterday morning to attend the Oddfellows'-Ball held there last night, and are expected back this evening, Some of onr best dancers are among the party, and will no doubt uphold the reputation Revelstoke has gained in that line. They include���Mrs. Crnge, Misses Miller, Cora Brown, Addie Brown and S. Graham, and Messrs W. P. Crage, I. T. Brewster, H. J. Bourne, J, Little and R Colley. The fancy dress ball to be held in Bourne's Hall on Wednesday, the 28Hi ir.st., will be the first of its kind ever held in Rovelstoke, and promises to be well attended. Admission will be by invitation, aboul a hundred having been sent out, and the indefatigable committee are working hard to make it a success. Many are expected from the neighboring towns, and those who do come may feel assured of a warm welcome. A meetiug of the Revelstoke Snow- shoe k Toboggan Club waB held at the Central Hotel on Monday night, when Mr y. B. Wells was elected secretary- trrusurer, Mr Guy Barber captain, and the following committee ;���Messrs. H. N. Coursier, John Alirahamson, Albert Stone, Geo.Tei rybrrry and T. Cadman. The entrance fee waB reduced from 85 to 82.50. Tbe secretary reported that there were no fuiiiis in hand, the only b..lance left over from last year being a half pound of coffee. It was proposed to invite the memoers of the (Selkirk Club at the Station to join with them and lorui ope good olnb. Ou Tuesday half a dozen members salliod out with shovels and cleared the slide, but snow fell on Weilm sday, and on Thursday the work had to be dono over again, The Myrtle Navy tobacco in not burdened with the usual costs which swell the price of most arlicles to the consumer, The firm employ no travellers whatever, their ordeis cotno to tbem instead of being Bought by them. The merchant does not require to keep a large stock ou hand, swelling its price with interest, for the factory is an immediate source of supply lo him, at the cost of a postal curd or, at most, a telegram, He loses nothing, therefore, Irom bring overstocked. Tlle allele is a stii| le one, for which Ihereis as constant a demand as for��heat or Hour, and the merchant can, therefore, sell it at the minimum rate of profit, Once more we ask those of onr sub- Borihers who aro in arrears to pay up, or we shall be compelled to strike thom off lho list ns deadheads and place their accounts in the hands of a lawyer for Collection. There are some who have been receiving the paper for over three years and never paid a cent. Those people wonld he the Iirst to kick if tiihv bad lo woik for nothing, In future uo notice will he tailed of uny orders from would-be subscribers unless paid for in advance, There Is enough suh��oriptlon mourn owing thi* paper to buy a new outfit, and as wh want a new oiillit Ue int. no uniting uu off it to get. some if II,at money in, We are off. ring two liihi eiu>-H monthly journals���-"Canada'1 and ''The American Parmer'- piibe to all our suIm'iU'oi'b who pa) a year in advance. Three papers for 9'i a year I CHRISTMAS AT THE STOKES. During the past week tbe store windows, in both upper and lower towns, have been assuming a Christ- masy appearance, and now that the festive season is close npou us many people will be asking themselves the questions���"What shall I buy?" and "Where shall I buy?" To help these good people ont of their difficulty we give a short summary of tne good things sui'able for Christmas presents obtainable at tbe stores and places of business of our various advertisers :��� Bourne Bros. are showing a most extensive range of Christmas Goods, and their store is well worth visiting. Tiie'r stock is most tastefully arranged, and a liner display can hardly be found in our largest cities. Space will uot allow us to enumerate the various goods, but amongst the following may be found presents suitable for young or old, wife or husband, lover or friend:���Albums of all sizes, in plush and Russia leather; perfume, toilet, and dressing cases; ladies' work boxes, baskets, purses, etc.; gentlemen's valises, brushes, gloves, mciities, pipes, eto.; silver ware; filagree, plush, and other ornamental photo frames; glove boxes, china, lamps and lampshades, Xmas cards, Selkirk aod Columbia River views, suowshoes, etc, etc, The grocery department is well supplied with the choicest fresh and dried fruits and all the fancy Christmas groceries fouud in a first class store. In the way of provisions there are turkeys, geese, fresh oysters, various cheeses, biscuits, eakes, eto. Hull Bros, mnl P, McCarty huve fine showB of Christmas beef, pork, mutton aud poultrv. Prime cuts for everybody Christmas week. O. aM H. Lewis are prepared to supply good Christmas cheer at short notice. Their pork pies are delicious. Tbey tiro also noted for their excellent bread, cakes and tarts. W. .J. Law is the man oue can rely on for a well* made Christmas overcoat, ami a man who can givo you first-class work and the latest styles up to uate. R. Tapping is supplying a want this wintor by making sleighs and toboggans. All the stocks of toboggans in the eastern cities are used up. One of our mer* chants sent to Toronto for a supply, but has just received word that there is not one to he obtained in that city, Mr Tapping bns thw field to himself, but Iiis prioes will not go np in consequence, S. Bickerton has earned a reputation for first-class work and fit. If you want slippers, boots, shoes, high or low, heavy or light, you can always get a nicely- fitting, neut-lookiug and thoroughly good pair at Sam's. G, Terryborry, altbongh not in the Chiistmas goods line, is well fixed for doing auy kind of blacksmithing work, H. IV. Coursier's specialty is a fiee display of dolls, Big dolls, little dolls, oils dressed and undressed, dolls with teeth and dolls without I He has lliem all, He also shows a very large collection of china, vases, glasswaie and elegant hanging lumps. Among other articles suitable for ChriBtwus presents he carries a large stock of albums iu plush aud morocco ; work hoses, toilet sets and fancy baskets; plush glovo, cuff, and collar boxes; perfumo nnd dressing cases, colored lampshades, neckties, collars, gloves, flowered silk suspenders, slippers, suowshoes, boy's sleighs, etc., nnd tho usual stock of Christmas fruits, nuts, candy, and tho Ingredients for making tlle plum pudding. C. B. II ii nut ��ft Co. hove an extensive stock of mechanical aud othor toys, luelodeoDB, concert inns, mouth organs, ui' guns, brass and tin whistles, toy pistols, gloves and glove boxes, silk handkerchiefs, cull' and collar boxes, fans, fancy baskets, handkerchief boxes, cabinet frames in plush and silvor, leather and plush toilet and perfume cases, cliinu und other ornaments, chihlrou's illustrated story books, iiidiarnbber bulls, pi| es, scent and other bottles, and a host of minor article:!, both useful and ornamental. Among the groceries are to be found all the requisites of a Christmas dinner and dessert���fruits, nuts, confectionery, honey, etc, eto. B. Howson carries a vory fine stock of rattan goods, in lbe shape ol oliuirs, tllll.es, bookshelves, flower stunds and kuick knacks, ipi well an feather pillows and all kinds of household furniture, Burlier the Jeweler has in stock watches, clocks, timepieces, gold and silver chains ; gem, wedding, and engagement rings; keepers, nugget scarf pins, olcetro- 1 plated goods, eto, LOCAL_NEWS. The plant of the Vancouver Tele* gram has been sold by the sheriff, under'judgments aggregating about 89,000. It was bought by Mr. E. P, DnvieB, solicitor, for 83,100, but for whose account it did not transpire. The Christmas Tree in connection with the Presbyterian Sabbath-school will be held iu the Presbyterian Churoh next Saturday evening, An entertainment of vocal nnd instrumental music will be given, commencing at 7.30. The Moosomin Spectator, a new weekly paper edited by Mr. J. J, Yonng, late of tbe Regina Leader, is just to hand. It is a vast improvement on the newspapers hitherto published in tbat town, both of which have been absorbed by the Spectator, Messrs. D, A. Lamey, Alex. Mc- Cn-a, Ole Straudburg and Gus Anderson left Revelstoke on Thursday morning in two hghi boats for Hall's Landiug and Lardean I ity.' They carried 3,000 lbs. of provisions, and expected to surmount the ice jams by unloading the boats and portaging ovor the obstructions. The river is tolerably olear of drift ioe. Mr. Alex. Paull, chief cook on the C.P.R. dini"g car between Revelstoke and Salmon Arm, accompanied by his wife, haves to-morrow morning for an extended trip to ibe east. They go first to Montre.d, and will visil New York, Toronto and Chicago, spending two or three weeks with Mr. Pnull's father in Buffalo. Mr. Wm. Gilpin fills Mr. Paull's place during li is absence. Another claim in the Lardeau has heen bonded to Thomas E Jefferson of this city for 880.000, The deal was consummated y.aterday by the payment of 81 000 cash down, Tbe Lardean claims are siiuated near Revelstoke, about oO miles north of the Sloean, and the character of the ore would indicate Hint tbey are in the same silver belt as the latter district.���Spokane Review. A contract has been let for the 200 miles ol railway between the LItile Dalles and Nelson, and 3,000 men wero lo begin work inn Monday, The line i�� bi ing construct it by the Spokuue aim Northern, the president of wbiull, D (J. Corbin, recently purciiiiseo a quarter interest in a tjluoau mining property for 812,600 Cash, It is expected thut the rood will be in full working older by the lst of Ki ptember uext. As will be seen in onr advertisement columns application is to be made at the next session of tbe Provincial Legislature for powers to construct three different lines of railway in the vicinity of Jie.elsioke --one from here lo the head ol ihe Upper Arrow Lake, another ftoni Lardeau City tlir<*Ui/b Ihe Lardeau Pass to Kootenav Lake, and the third from Nakusp to Carpenter Creek, in the Sloean. MrPhilllps, Woottou k Barnard, of Victoria, are solicitors for the applicants E. PICARD, REVELSTOKE BTATION, Begs to announce that he is prepared to make and repair all kinds of mattresses, pillows, ko,, at reasonable prices. Upholstering done OO tbo premises. BaUaftaoUoo guaranteed. One day out of every week should bo set labile for mending in every well-regulated household, and ii will he surprising how ���little time it will take to do the work in this way, while if leftover for several weeks, it will aooumulato until the busy housewife will find it quite an undertaking. No old saw was ever more true than, "A stitch in time saves nine." indeed, it may really save ninety-nine. The small rent iu the little girl's apron, the tear in the hoy's sleeve, or the tiny hole in the stockings mav all he mended this week ill half an hour's time, so as to he scarcely noticed, whioh, if left longer, will have to he repaired with large patches, to say nothing of thc time it will occupy tlm could he given so much more pleasantly and profitably to reading or walking out. It is an excellent plan to nave the mending-basket beside the ironing-table, and drop all articles of clothing in it as soon as ironed. This will save time in looking over the clothes later, and will insure everything requiring to be mended to he noticed while spread on the ironing table. Many housekeepers do r.ot think it worth the trouble lo he particular about the looks of their mending, hut nothing pays belter or is mere satisfactory than to lake pains with the work. Table-linen should bo darned with very line linen floBS, or ravel- ings from a piece of the cloth. If neatly done and pressed smooth, it will be. almost impossible to discover whero the rent was before mending it. In darning colored stocking., the cotton or yarn should always be lhc same color. Torn places iu dresses or woolen goods should be carefully basted on paper and held together, then darned neatly with ravelings or thread the same shade as the goods. Articles that do not have to be washed overmuch may be neatly repaired by rubbing a little mucilage on a piece of the goods and pressing it down with a hot iron. Some enterprising parties prepare a patching material ready for use in this way. While some women neglect this very useful household art, others go to the other extreme, nnd waste much time on articles that are not worth the labor and thread spent on them; hut as muoh depends on circumstances as to the value of the time and ihe needs of the household, no directions that will suit everyone can he gbeu, and tho sensible housewife must decide what to mend and what not to mend for herself; but that it is best to save time by doing it in season goes without saying. E. R. Pakkeu. I iu uegm wearing inein. 1 urcadCO llie thought of putt ing them on hi ll, as I thought it would he torture lor a lime, hut as I know of nothing belter I made no objection. When, however, instead of the shoes I dreaded, baby's grand fatner brought him a I iny pair of buckskin moccasins, I was very much pleased. Baby has worn them now six months, and they are still quite good. When they get soiled I wash them out with soap and water, and dry in the shade. I always stretch them while wet, so they tit him as well now as at Iirst. 1 think they are far ahead of shoes, as tliey keep the feet warm and still give all the muscles of the foot free play, almost if not quite as well as if bare-foot. They can he made of chamois skin also. I hope this hint may he as useful to some mother, as many of the hints taken from the Journal have been to inc. Tin:Latest in Cuhtaix Havcisc Thin scrim curtains, lace edged, are lovely draped in the following manner. Gather them across the top, or haste in very fine pleats, and cross them at the top of the win low till eaoh length extends throo- fuurtlis of the way over. They will then hang very thick and double. Now separate the sides, and drape hack villi cords nr ribbons, just two feet below the gathers : and have these upper portions hanging quite full until almost " baggy." What is then left of the lengths hangs in long, scant folds just reaching the floor. The eliect produced is very " sweet" indeed. There is a handsome home not ten miles away, of which all Iho front windows are curtained in this style, and many arc they who pause to look thereat. To my imaginative mind, the idea given wis that of a Josephine gown, with short and lull bodice and long, flowing and .esthetic draperies. A Barrel Clothes-Hamper. A very satisfactory receptacle tor soiled clothes can be made, says tho Country Gentleman, by covering a barrel with what used tn be called furniture calico, but is now sold under the name of comfortable print, The barrels lhat pulverized sugar comes in aro of good I size lor this purpose, Carefully break off' all nails that project, both on ihe inside and outside. Line the inside of the barrel with smooth brown paper, or remnants of Wall paper oan be used, using Hour paste to ' fusion the paper in. Measure four pieces; of print tho depth of tho barrel, allowing four inches oxtra for the frill at the top, Join the pieces and run ,i itrong thread around tho lower edge to draw il on ; fold over two inches at the top, and gather it at the bottom. Draw I ii cover over the barrel, even lhe fulln --. and secure il in pin e with small ta k Cover the lid ol the barrel, ins Ic ai with the print, Make a knob in the entre of this lid by putting i screw through I hole iu a nie lium-si ed sp uid rev it firmly in place, i lover the ���:' sin like the bands on the bamp makes a neat and handy place to tee] arte lei, and each week when shey are re- moved the hamper sboal - i let hours' exposun ��� tho sun an i air. Uses for r i M Bi cause of the high pr i .- material us'ialh employe I formal drapi'. ������������.. manyol ns are detei ed di j h imes with I - oi ii i, Weforget,or oomp look the (aet I lean - - i ways find the mo , Ho it ha] pi i ���i net really the mfl tartisl fa (ors u fs Iii io unpn tcntio I ic a in .', ied mu ���.. mi.lable riva Iho fli i lui it for fancy v I it a faint idea nf its beatitj [tsboautil n inizi i ii ;. thing,and its io ni I text ire makes it a t desirable fabi Ira an : li 11, ill hongl oapn i ma, not be the motive for its ii-'' Tho grado jnsl above heese lo bi ��� for this work a�� it is sof or and the threads are more easily drawn oat i iben, too, it lends itself to any amount of work ono h pleased to bestow upon it. They will romain fresh for years, though ��� laundriod every month. If it Is desired that thoy retain the soft creamy lint it Is best 10 boil or sun 'hem. Tin: Finer Pair oi Suoi A good suggestion it thii from Rlizaboth Scovil In October Ladics'Homo Journal, If o Hattie U trd Wright" who wrote the article, "Why Docs Not tho Baby Walk?" In the December Journal, or any Other mother alio is anxious iibout her baby's footwear, will apply to tlio Indians, 1 tliink she wil'. agree with mo that thoy have solved the problem as to what is host. A CiiADLt: por Baby. Procure a large, oval clothes basket, such as oan ordinarily be purchased for one dollar or less, Fit it up as you won! 1 a cradle and trim or not jusl as you please. In the ceiling, towards the font of your bed, place two large hanging-lamp hooks as far apart as the basket is long. Prom these hooks suspend tho basket in suoh a manner that its length shall hang parallel with the foot board. Behold ! you have baby where you , can attend to her wants, and you arc not obliged to get out of lied. At the same timo you know she is iu a warm atmosphere and away from draughts, and if she climbs out of her bed she lands in yours. The List Few Words. It is your baby or mine, but whosoever it is, I say I Iod bless it, and make it happy, it is in your power to help ; are you going to do it'.' The little things in our arms are babies for only a very short while, then they are hoys and girls, but from tho minute tho baby is taken into its mother's arms and drinks of its mother's milk it imbibes the goodness or evil that is in her. Cross and ill-tempered yourself, you mako your baby so ; full of happiness and '.he good nature that is making the best of everything, means having a bonny baby that is more than a mere well-spring of pleasure. And before the baby comes. For its sake tliink of the good people in the world, think of the virtue in the world and cultivate in yourself every good quality, every sweetness for the baby's Bake. It may he hard to do. There may bc times when even the thought of the little one coming does not seem encouragement enough ; then you must remember a Holy Baby, born centuries ago, and realize that to yon as well as His Mother there will benoton'y the pain but the pleasure, and that iu becoming a mother you are honored among women. Pray God to nuke you strong and woll, and when you are a little downcast go and look at the dainty little dresses, fondle the pretty basket and look into the little bed until in imagination you may see "beneath its coverlet a little eleoping head." That will cheer you up, and then when the baby is your very own, when it is closo to you, when your arms are about it, and its little head is resting on your breast, you will only remember the happiness, yon will think of the joy, and you will feel like tiny Tim, as if you would like to ask the (iod above to think uot ouly of you and your king bill of all the women and children in tho wor'd. That is what motherhood does for a woman���it makes her divinely charitable. i m: Influence at Home. What a little thing will disarrange the domestic machinery, and what wonderful effect the drop of oil has. A delegation oi young men lately waited on their cmploycr'swife with the oddest request on record. "Vou see." said the spokesman, "we want to have a half-holiday ev. ry Saturday. "Now if you will be particularly nice to Mr. Jones for a fow days, we'll goto him and ask- "Gentlemen," the lady haughtily interrupted, "do you imply that 1 do nol understand whal is due to my husband?" "Oh, I know ail about il," the ikesmau went on. "I'm married myself. I : v _��� ��� ouse, ind you'ri tired and i ���- it I n ikfast. Then we suffer at the office. Vou stay up Lite to chap- . .������ ������ a' . ball, and we havo :, re tronbh i tin ' ��� You re a bit . i - nga.:. , ��� --. m, fo i e reasonorano lei v. 1 we have a���a terrible ��� ne ���' ' ��� ������ j i see bo*�� the matter lands, ��� , I will o bee us than usually a- - . I : ee or ���.,���.���'��� The . . heat break vou ki I get what we wa ... i o inll ii ��� n ir she's in ba boo n i( ��� . :. . ��� ought to be angi ed, andagi I tol '. . ��� hi made the and ever in inaa bad is \ be p I'.Ki !, . , idd om ��� lalittli ltd li; inl n ly full, hrn ' ��� ivhite of o egg .md hake In a foi bre i ��� is m ' A Me i u. t't.D On I ria.lily, and gem dl ��� ben we meat minced, I j ive li tl ���...Inch is hailed i I nd looked forward io; a dish ns, The iwthai , ��� takingthe best of modioino for ��������� polling wh it i it children Buffer Irom worms. Wi kept free Iiy thi I done. an i cranberries allow oue iarl ol fate noarly ������������ po ind ol igai ; lot I i rati i wash and look ovei the ion drop them in tho water, and lei them i I ���ven'y ii,mules ! I hen a/Id the after It Is di isolved lol tho Mice como to a boil ; thon tako from tho itovo, Hoi strain the juice to make ii dear. " For >. Ciianok. '���Many a good nook has never turd a landwlch cake, nnd n HI i a family has missod a rare Ire it in con i ! nueneo. Tho rcclpo, whioh tho Now /.ok. pieces into very thin shavings. Slane two cupi of raisins, and chip or beat fine one cup of blanched almonds. Put the fruit | into a pan and sift over it half a teacup of fine Hour. Stir thoroughly, and set aside Until wanted. Inlo a large cako bowl put one cup of granulated sugar, half a teaspoonful of salt, and a piece of butter as j large as a hen's egg. Stir these until they arc perfectly mixed, add half a oup of milk and half a enp of Hour; heat this for ten minutes. Then pour in the whites of three eggs beaten to a froth, and thc other half of the cup of flour. A teaspoonful of lemon ; or vanilla may be used as flavoring if desir- ' cd, but is not necessary, as the fruit gives sullicient flavor for most tastes. Ffave ready throe round jelly tins with linings of buttered paper, and just before puttin? thc cake batter in the pans add one heaping teaspoonful of baking powder sifted in and stirred quickly to mix as soon as possible. Pour Into the pans and bake in a moderately hot oven. Make another batter iu precisely the same way, only using the yolks of Ihe eggs instead of the whites. When this is ready for the oven, add all of the fruit, and mix thoroughly. Bake in jelly pans, and handle vory carefully, cooling it by opening thc oven doors for livo or ten minutes before removing the cake from the oven. Put tbo layers alternately of the plain and fruit cake together, with frosting. This is one of the most delicious cakes ever made. A BRAVE ALPINE GUIDE. He I'revrnia Ills I'nlron from InlliiiK Inlo �� Crevasse Till llcl'i Arrives. It is a thrilling story of mountaineering that is told to illustrate the danger of mak ing difficult ascents with a single guide. A traveler fell thiough a snow bridge. Hi- tingle guide could just preserve his cqiiili brilim, but was quite unable to do more ; he could only hold loyally by the rope mu\ wait for the event. It is difficult to conceive a cruder situation or a more terrible responsibility���the very punishment devised by Mezentius���and yet to decide upon cutting himself free! Fortunately, after abont an hour���but hy the merest chance���another party came in sight upon the glacier, and Ihe traveler was drawn up in time to save his life. If the rule is observed that at least threo per sons must be on the rope, no such danger can ever occur. Though tho idea still lingers that brandy keeps out the cold, the writer on mountaineering repeats that it has thc opposite effect, and adds that as a cure for giddiness, alcohol is also valueless. Thc broad path is the only remedy for giddiness. Another which was once tried may he efficaoiouB enough, but is only mentioned, without being recommended, in thc following story : A parly of four wcre entering on a narrow ledge, when one of the travelers declared that he was giddy and could not move. The leader, ono of the two most famous Oberland men of the time, (nearly thirty years ago,) merely turned to tie second guide with the brief command i "Push him over." His orders were always beyond question, and thc traveler was straightway lowered over thc precipice and, after dangling on the rope for a few seconds, was drawn back with all his powers of climbing restored. LeallKvn. Very few poopic have any idea of the number of different animals who contribute their skins for the adornment ol pocket- books, purses, etc., and make up thc large number of odds and ends which people tiud so useful. Monkeys, pigs, goats, snakes, lizards, alligators, sheep, calves, lish, seals and even birds, all contribute. The great majority of these skins arc imported, as labor is so cheap abroad that the manufacturers here find thatcvon the duty nf 10 per cent, on the finished leather, lhat, It is cheaper than importing lhe hides without duty, and having them tanned here. The one thing of importance in leather for fancy leather goods is the grain, which influences the price to a very great extent. The number and variety of grams is large, and tho different leathers arc classified when received according to the size cf the grain under these several headings: Fish, 1 morocco, grosgrain, levant, turkcy,monkey, pig and seal. These grains are all dlffeient s.zos, the monkey being the largost,although j the pig and the seal arc very pronounced. Thc lish grain i.s the smallest of all. Besides these leathers there are a great many imitations made, bulling, which is a split cowhide, and a skiver, which is spilt sheepskin. Hul, these can bc easily told, as what is called hand grain is the natural grain of the skin touched up by hand, whereas tho ordinary imitations are embossed by machine. Several other grains made by machinery on skiver or bulling are called boarded, being made by a brass tool which gives lino straight lines close together i tho others showing wavy effects or water lines on tho skin and the dice grain. The most expensive leather sells from S100 to $110 per dozen skins, This is the genuine Russian leather, which has of late temporarily lost popularity. It iB iu gros grain. Levant goatskin soils forSb'O a dozen fskilis. Seal sells for ?,'i0 to $50 a dozen, and pigskins arc sold by the skin at.f6.B0 or i" each. Monkey skins are cheaper, selling at ��,') per skin, but these latter arc very hard to procure at any price. They are made up only by one or two manufacturers that we know of in America, into the very finest grade of leather novelties of the imported skins. With the exception of the sealskins which arc tanned iu England, nearly all these skins aro tanned in Germany, although sheepskins arc tanned in France. A very ingenious imitation of Russian leather has been made of calfskin, perfumed with thc oil of birch, It is dangerous to counterfeit, for the reason that the color is exactly the same and tho appearance and odor very much so, often puzzling the untutored buyer. Time, however, destroys the false order and reveals the imitation. The most important thing now, ami the latest, is to have the leather novelties which women carry to match their dress in color. Formerly the houses which import leathers to tbis country used to send samples of leathers to Germany and elsewhere to match so as to strike the exact color. Now, silk, cotton stuffs, plush, etc., are sent instead Lizard skins come largely from Borneo as well as Germany.���[Trunk and Leather Review. Keminiscenoe of the Charleston Earth- From Peasant to Suitana. Here is a little romance in real lile which I am inclined to think would be hard to beat. There was a few years ago, a very beautiful girl working in the coal mines of France. Some charitable person, struck no doubt by thc girl's wonderful beauty, found her a situation in a famous dressmaking establishment in Paris, where her superior intelligence soon made her a favorito with the "raadame " Siie was at last sent to Constantinople with some dresses whioh had boon ordered by the Sultan's mother, and from lhat time nothing was heard of her for many years. She might, perhaps, have faded out of their memory, had not a relative died and left her a small inheritance. Notices were then published after ber where abouts. In answer to theseasplendidequippagedrew up in front of the Bmbissy, and the Sultan's favorite wife stepped out, to declare herself the onetime Flora Collin. She renounced the legacy in favor of her kindred, who wore still poor, and, in reply to the many inquiries, she explained that il was thc old story of love at Iirst sight h3twcen the sultan and the beautiful modists. Some High Priced Relics. Mr, Gnenther of Chicago, who owns Lincoln's boo! lack, hat, bedstead and other s ol fa i dous valuo, could tell many in- ing dories of the high prices rollers ave paid for famous souvenirs, but i tremoly doubtful if ho could call I [ h toi of relic lore anything' thai wonld overshadow lbe following ac count of prices paid hy European memento l'he hat " rn by Napoloon al, I in Pari about l8.')5fora sum , il to ��� WOO in I 'mi. d States currency, I inrnhy Charles XII at theBittlo iltowa hi [Han even $100,000: a wig beloi :������ Lo - "i i o, thc great [riih writei wu o d at public auction in :���. knoi Ind down to��� io i illing to givi | lOfiO for In 1811) one of lhe tooth old hy a relic in Birmingham, iho o grindi being i i00, After i.i lin.illy sold to in who l bo .", il worth a sum ci -v iO Bel n I irningto hishomo i of nobility had ,. valuable rlia- i noved from hi i linger inig and the jjrea , mth sot in its plea:, Captain Leo Vogel, now in the service of the Clyde .Steamship Company, says of bis experience at sea during the Charleston earthquake: "I was going southward in chargo of a double-screw steamer, .'!U0 feet long, and was twenty-two miles south and fifty east of Charleston. It was the ugliest sky that, I think, 1 had ever seen, during the afternoon, and I was really expecting a cyclone. The sky was of a salmon color, with clouds of sulphurous green. It was close and hot and there was a sense of .something being wrong. Wo were on the eight fathom line that night, whon suddenly the engines stopped. Wc were shaken from side to side, then thc ship seemed to settle, and it was as though the bottom were rubbing against something, The first ollicer rushed on deck, shouting. ' We're aground!' I ran for the chronometer to record, as nearly as possible, tbe time of the occurrence, and from that 1 estimate that it took only about live seconds for the shook to reach Charleston. My people were in Charleston then, und my first impulse was to go back, but I remembered that 1 was responsible for a ship's cargo and people, Ou arriving in port 1 found that the earthquake Jiad really occurred, and it lifted a great load from my miud on the return trip when I saw one of my ohildren on tbe dock and heard him shout, ' We're all right.1 The shock eame distinctly from the south- cast, and 1 believe when the ship seemed to settle that either the sea was hollowed for a great area, allowing us lo touch bottom, or oDo that the bottom was heaved up to within a oouple of fat boms of the surface." Anothei Wonderful Olook- uoaiidcui ion ��� woiksof bo rei ioibihll al 'Ihii igo Is one i novel app ation ol tho ir.agm I Is i ol ink in ipod liko a lane ���.' ini i il li "ie lo ol flowei - painii I on ts bead, Around this oln le of artlfical ������ ��� bi ns slowly crawl, iiii! largei re quiring twclvo hours in which in oomploto circuit, while tho smaller ono makes tho i ;, o, e evory hour, Different kinds of llowers ropn Biit the bonis, and tho bees, whioh ate "I pollshod stool, are movod hy I wo magnets worked hy hour and minute hands, wlne.li revolve behind I lie headol ti,e tambourine. Leap Year Fancies. The ancient Romans considered the bis- ioxtilo or "leap day" one of the most ominous in their calendar, always reckoning it in their category of "unlucky days," That those old siipcrstitions have not by any means fallen to theieir through tho lapso of conlurios is evidenced by the deep rooted dislike the present Roman molhor has against haviug a child burn upon that day, ii being a. popular notion, not only in Koine, but all over Italy, Austria, Hungary, and many other Southeastern Kurn- poan countries, that suoh au unlucky birth, du i given the child ns a token of its speedy oxit from the woild. A varioty of this superstition exists in Tuscany. According to Tuscan folk-lore, a child horn on February 29 will not live to -' o another "leap day ;" or if it does, it will he motherless, In Austria if the child lives to reach Its majority the peasantry believe thai Iii case tho obnoxious being is ol tho male sex, he will become a robuor, especially if born in the uflornoon of leap day ; hul, on lhe o'her hand, should such u nol "a have llie iloiihll'il honor of being corn in tho forenoon thore is a chance that In will bocome a groat man, All girls horn thai day hoc imos witches. TMul.de in the choir: The sopi inn ihook her lilt In tho le ider's whiskered fa o, " V'our v ii ���<��� Is tenor," sho fiercely his-cd, " ilui your conduct, sir, is base I" Action orilrugs. It is now some fifty years since physicians Inst begin to study the effects of compressed air on the human body. At the beginning of their experiments notice was only drawn to the deleterious influences of great atmospheric pressure on men who were forced to work in il, hut in tho luBt two or three years, so alert is medicine to appropriat3 to its own use the discoveries of physics and chemistry, that il has been ascertained that, compressed air may give effectual aid to drugs, Thc credit of this discovery belongs to Dr. J. Leonard Corning, an eminent nervous disease specialist of New York, and the way in which he arrived at his remaik- able conclusion is somewhat extraordinary. The affection known to physicans as caisson disease has been familiar for many years. It is a tenable malady that alllicts those working under peculiar atmospheric conditions, After leaving the high pressure the victim is seized with pains in thc joints und often paralysis of lho legs and lowor trunk, and the illness is sometimes fatal, as iu the regrettable case nf John A Roebling, the engineer of lbe Brooklyn Bridge. For a long time tho treatment of this disease bullied physicians completely, but observing that men were never seized during their work in the heavy atmosphere, the doctors ordered tbe patients to he returned to tho caisson, where in every onso lliey arc relieved. So effective is this treatment, that in the works of the Hudson Rivor Tunnel a small air lock is provided, where victims seized with this complaint are placed to recover. A similar rohef station was suggosted by Dr. Andrew 11. Smith in connection with the Brooklyn Bridge works, but none was ever built. The doctors agree that wherever sullicient time is taken to lessen the atmospheric density a seizure never occurs, but the laborers aro in so great a hurry to reach home that they rush through thc air looks regardless of consequence. Beforo the special lock for caisson disease was built at the Hudson River Tunnel works, the, victims were carried to St. Francis's Hospital in Jersey City, where Dr. Corning was consultant iu nervous diseases. He became so interested in the cases that he went into the tunnel to carefully observe tlio men at work and to account for tbe presence of thc epidemic, Two or three curious features about the genoral work in the tunnel attracted his attention. First, ho noticed that men were unusually strong there. They could lift weights and run np and down ladders in a way impossible in the open air. Thon he found that certain laborers were unusually hilarious after a short spurt in the area of the great aerial compression. These meu, ho learned, were iu the habit of taking a dram or two before starting work, and he concluded that in the atmospheric conditions the whiskey had greater effect. Ho soon saw that this was true, for men who would drink six or eight glasses iu the saloon, and never show it, became roaring drunk on two in the tunnel, As a foreman said, on half rations tbey behaved as though they owned tbe place. So the Doctor began to experiment. He tried the effect of all sorts of stimulants, Kthcr, wine of coca, nlisinthc, and champagne all had a similar effect. For this part of his investigations Dr. Corning found it easy to get patients. It was plain, therefore, that stimulants had greater effect in compressed air than in tho ordinary atmosphere. Dr. Corning then had a small lock built iu his house and tried his experiments theic. In an article in the Medical Record, a year or so ago, he published the sciontific results of his experiments, and won the applause of the profession. Thc now departure works like this: Tho air look is a huge iron boiler about six feet high and six in diameter, draped with linen curtains inside and fitted with a couch. An electric lamp and two windows of inch- thick glass give light. An electric Ian makes it cool lor summer, The air is pumped in with an electric air pump, and a safety valve regulated from the outside gives perfect ventilation, fresh air being pumped in constantly to retain the pressure. The patient drinks his dose and goes into the look and the door is hermetically sealed and the air turned on. After tlio desired pressure is shown on the indicator the air keeps a steady current from the air pump through tbe ventilator, Tho patient can read, write, or play solitaire, as he chooses, until his imprisonment ho over. The great effect of this air-lock treat ment is that a vory small quantity of medicine may produce a very great temporary effect, and the usefulness of such drugs as antipy- rln, phenaootin, and the bromides can bc had without giving sullicient quantities to afoot the heart. So far, the experiments have been confined to stimulants, sedatives, and analgesics (medicines to allay pain), but no doubt in the near future similar physical conditions may become as familiar aids to medicine as elcelnoity, rc3t, and exercise. The Smallest Printed Pooks. Tho smallest book printed since type were invented (and, of course, they printed very few before that time) is a microscopic edition of Dante's " Divina Coinmodia," The whole volume, 500 pages, is only fivo centimeters wide, Two sheets of common hook paper sull'icfld to contain all the II,- 323 verses of the poem, thirty verses occupying a space of less than throe square inches. The type weie cast as long ago as 1S82, but up to quite recently in complete book had been printed with them, the dilli- cullies to bo overcome by both compositors and revisers being so great thai thu task when undertaken was always given up, In IST.'i an attempt was made to set up the Comincdia in this microscopic type and some idea of the task may be gleaned from the fact that il took over live years to completo thc work. The text is that of Frati- colli; the proof-reader, Luigi Busato ; tbo compositor, Gtiisnppe Geoho. A writer in AllgeineinoZoilung, from whoseartiolo this notice is compiled, says that he is utterly at loss lo know how the corrections were made, even with the best magnifying glasses at- lainable, . ^m . ... Mrs. Marshal liallinglon liooth is said to recoivo but seven dollars a week for her sorvlcos to lho Salvation Army. With all her public work she finds time to mako her little boy's garments, and to look after the housekeeping ol ber small simple house in erscy City. Mrs. Ma���.'both, an English woman and the wife of a member of the Royal Academy, practises riding aftor fox-hounds astride of I her hor��e, clad In knee-breeches, gaiters. I nud a divided skirl* ��� ain liumuit LASJi, A TRUE HISTORY OF A REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE. CHAPTER VI.���(Costisobd.) "Coiifinw it in every respect, said iho fat dote Hive, pompously. "House ii full of Indian curiosilics. Thaddeus brought ihis up, and if this splinter he poisonous Thaddeus may as well nave made murderous use of it as any other man. Tbe card is somo hocus-pocus,���a blind, as like as not. The only question is. how did he depart? Ah, of courso, hero is a hole in the roof." Willi groat activity, considering bis bu k, he sprang up the stops and srpieozod through into the garret, and immediately afterwards we heard llisextlltillg voice proclaiming that be had found the irap-donr, "Ho can find something," remarked Holmes, shrugging Iiis shoulders, "He has occasional glimmerings of reason. 11 n'y a 1 waist am: pai <ks sols si incommodes qiu etiu qui ont tit I'espril!" "Voiiaeol".'!ail A tbelney, I ones, reappearing down the steps again. "Facts aro better than mere theories, after all. My view of tiie case Is confirmed. There is a trapdoor communicating with ibo roof, and it is partly open.'' "It Was I who opened it." "Ob, indeed! Vou did notice it, then'" Kc seemed a little crestfallen at the discovery. "Well, whoever noticed it, it shows how our gentleman got away. Inspector!" "Yes, sir," Irom the passage. "Ask Mr, Sholto to step this way.���Mr honorable, that a half-pay surgeon should take sii.di advantage of an intimacy which chance had brought abouti Might sbe not look up m me aBa more vulgar fortune-seek- er'/ 1 oould not hear to risk ibat such a thought should cross her mind, This Agra treasure intervened like an impassable barrier between us. It was nearly 1 wo o'clock when wc reached Mrs. Cecil Forrester's. The servants had retired hours ago, but Mrs. Forrester had Deen so interested by the strange message whioh Miss Morstan had received that s ic bad sat up in the hope of her return. She opened the do or herself, a middle-aged, graceful woman, and it gave ine joy lo seo how tenderly ber arm stole around the other's "bow motherly was lhe voice in wbioh sbe greeted ber, She was elearly no more palddopondant, but an honoredfriend, I was introduced, and Mrs. Forrester earnestly begged tne to slop In and to tell hor our adventures. I explained, however, tbe importance of iny errand, nnd promised faithfully to call and report nnv progress which we might inane with the ease. As wo drove away I slide a glance back, and I still seem to see that little group ou the stop, the two graceful, obliging figuros, the half-opened door, the ball light shining through stained glass, the liarome'er, and lbe bright stair- rods. It was soothing to catch even that Sholto, it is my duty to Inform you that any-1 PaMi.ng "-''""I'*' �����' ���'' tranquil Knglish home tiling which you may say will be used against;"1 ."�� midst of the wild, dark business you. 1 arrest you in the queen's name as I wlllch had absorbed us. being concerned in the death of your broth- And tbe more I thought of what bad ei. I happened, the wilder and darker it grew. "There now I Didn't I tell yon I" cried'I reviewed the whole extraordinary so- the poor little man, throwing out bis hands, iqueuce of events as I rattled on through the and looking from one tn the other of us. silent gas-lit streets. There was the origi- "Don't trouble yourself about it, Mr. net problem: that at least was pretty clear Sholto," said Holmes. " I think gage to eloar you of the charge," " Don't promise too much, Mr. Theorist, ���don't promise too much !" snapped the events, detective. "Vou muy find it a harder mailer thau what you think." " Not only will I clear him, Mr. Jones,j J now. The death of Captain Morstan, the sending of the pearls, the advertisement, the letter,���wc had had light upon all those Tbey bail only led us, however, to a deeper and far more tragic mystery. Tbe Indian treasure, the curious plan found . ; among Morstau's baggage, thestrangssoene but 1 will make you a free present of the I at Major Sholto's death, the rediscovery of name and description of ono of tho two I the treasure immediately followed by the people who were in tbis room last night, j murder of the discoverer, tbe very singular His name, I have every reason lo believe, is. accompaniment of the crime, tbe footsteps, .Jonathan Small. He is a poorly-educated ' the remarkable weapons, the words upon man, small, active, wilb his right leg otf, I the card, corresponding with those upon and wearing a wooden stump which is worn Captain Morstau's chart,���here was indeed j were loosened the whole way along, and in away upon the inner sido. His left boot | a labyrinth in which a man less singularly j bis hurry he bad dropped this. Itcontirms i;uiiiu up in io me garret with me for a moment." We clambered up through thc hole. Holmes turned bis light once more upon the footsteps in the dust. "I wish you particularly to notice those footmarks," he said. "Do you observe anything noteworthy about them?" "They belong," I said, "to a child or a small woman." "Apart from their size, though. Is there nothing else?" "They appear to bo much as other footmarks." . "Not at all. Look hore ! This is the print of a right foot in the dust. Now I make one with my naked foot boslde it. What is the chief difference J" "Your toes aie all camped together. The other print has cub toe distinctly divided.'' "Quite bo. That is the point. Bearthat ill miud. Xnw, would you kindly step over to that Hip-window and smell the edge of the wood-work? 1 shall stay over here, as I have this handkerchief in my hand." I did as be directed, and was instantly conscious of a strong tarry smell, " Tiiatis where be. put his foot in getting out, If yon o��n trace him, I should think that Toby will have no dilfloiilty. .Vow run downstairs, loose the dog, and look out for Blondln." By lbe time that I got out into tbe grounds Sherlock Holmes was on the roof, and I could sec bim like au enormous glowworm crawling very slowly along t lie ridge. 1 lost Bight of Iiini behind a stack of chimneys, but be presently reappeared, and thon vanished once more upon the opposite side. When I made my way round thore 1 found him seated at one of the corner eaves. " That you, Watson';'' he cried. "Ves." " This is tho pkoe. What is that black thing down there?" "A witer-barrol." "Top on it?" "Ves." "V> sign ofa ladder?'1 "No." " Confound the fellow! It's a most breakneck place. I ought to he. able Income down where be could climb uo. The, water-pipe feels pretty firm, Here goes, anyhow." There was a scuffling of feet, and the lantern began to come steadily down tho side of the wall. Then with a light spring he ca"ie on to the barrel, and from there to the earth. "It was easy to follow him," he said drawingon his stockings and boots. "Tiles has a coarse, square toed sole, with an iron band round the heel. He is a middle-aged man, much sunburned, and has been a convict. Thc few indications may he of some assistance to you. coupled with the fact that there is a good deal of skin missing from the palm of his baud. Tbe other man " "Ah ! tho other man���'.''asked Alhclncy .rones, in a sneering voice, but impressed none tbe less, as 1 could easily see, by the ether's manner. " Is a rather curious person," said Sherlock Holmes, turning upon his heel. "I hope before very long to he able to introduce you to the pair of them.���A word with you Watson." Ho led me out to the head of the stair, "Tbis unexpected occurrence," he said, "has caused us rather to lose sight of the original purpose of our journey.'' "I have just been thinkingso," 1 answered, "it is not right that Miss Morstan should remain in this stricken house." "No. Vou must escort her home. She lives with. Mrs. Cecil Forrester, in Lower Caaiherwelljsoit is not very far. I will wait for you here if you will drive out again. Or perhaps you are too tired ?" "By no means. I don't think I could rest until I know more of this fantastic business. 1 have seen something of the rough side of life, but 1 dive you my word lhat tbis quick succession of strange surprises to-night has shaken my nerve completely. 1 should like, however, lo sec thc matter through with you, now that I have got so far." " Vonr presence will lie of great service to endowed than my fellow-lodger might well despair of ever finding the clue. Pinchiu Lane was a row ot shabby two- storied houses in the lower quarter of Lam- both. I bad to knock for some time at No. 3 before oould make any impression. At last, however, there was the glint of a can- db behind the blind, and a face looked,out at the upper window. "Goon, you drunken vagabone," said the face. "If you kick up any more row I'll open the kennels and let out forty-three dogs upon you." " If you'll let one out it's just what I have come for," said I, " Co on I" yelled the voice. " So help me gracious, I have a wiper in tbis bag, an' I'll drop it on your'ead if you don't book it." " But I want a dog," I cried. " I won't be argued with !" shouted Mr. Snerman. " Now stand clear; for whon I say 'throe,'down goes tbe wiper." " Mr. Sherlock Holmes���" I began, but the words had a most magical effect, for the window instantly slammed down, and within a minute the door was unbarred and open. Mr. Sherman was a lanky, lean old man, with stooping shoulders, a stringy neck, and blue-tinted glasses, " A friend of Mr. Sherlock is always welcome," said he. "Step in, sir. Keep clear of the badger ; for be bites. Ah, naughty, naughty, would you lake a nip at the gentleman ':" This to a stoat which thrust its wicked head and red eyes between the bars of its cage. " Don't mind that, sir ; it's only a slow-worm. It hain't an patent and above-board, mc,'hoansw:red. "Wo shall work the oase got no fangs, so I gives it run o' the room, out independently, and leave this fellow Jones lo exult over any mare's-nest whi.di he may choose to construct. When you for it keeps the beetles down. You must not mind my bein' just a lit tie short wi'you at first, for I'm guyed at by the children, there's many a one iust comes have dropped Miss Morstan I wish you to I and there s many go on te No. .'1 Pinohin Lane, down near the | down this lane to knock me up. Whatwi s waters edge at Lambeth. Thc third house' il that Mr. Sherlock Holmes wanted, sir ?" " He wanted a dog of yours." "Ah ! tbat would be Toby." "Ves, Toby was tbe name." "Toby lives at No. 7 ou tbe left hero, fc moved forward with his candle among my diagnosis, as you doctors express it." The obje t which ho held up to me was a small pocket or pouch woven out of colored grasses and with a few tawdry beads strung round it, In shape and size it was not unlike a cigarette-case. Inside were half a dozen spines of dark wood, sharp at ouo end and rounded at the other, like that which had struck Bartholomew Sholto. "They are hellish things,' said he. "Look out that you don't prick yourself. I'm delighted to have tbem, for the chances are that tbey are all he has. There is tho less fear of you or me finding one in our skin before long. I would sooner face a Martini bullet, myself. Are you game for a six-mile trudge, Watson ?" "Certainly," I answered. "Your log will stand it?" "Oh, yes." "Here you are, doggy ! Smell it, Toby, smell it!" He pushed the cieasote handkerchief under the dog's nose, while thc creature stood with its fluffy legs separated, and with a most comical cock to its head, like a connoisseur sniffing the bouquet of a famous vintage. Holmes then threw the handkerchief to a distance, fastened a stout cord to the mongrel's collar, and led him to the foot of the water-barrel. The creature instantly broke into a succession of high tremulous yelps, and, with his nose on the ground, and his tail in the air, pattered otf upon the trail at a pace which strained bis leash and kept us at tbe top of our speed. The east bad been gradually whitening, and we could now see some distance in thc cold gray light. The square, massive house, with its black, empty windows and high, bare walls, towered up, sad and forlorn, behind us. Our course led right across the grounds, in aud out among the trenches and pits with which they were scarred and intersected. The whole place, with its scattered dirt-heaps and ill-grown shrubs had a blighted, ill-omened look whicli harmonized with tbe black tragedy which hung on the right-hand side is a bird-stuffer's: Sherman is tbe name. Vou will see a weasel, holding a young rabbit in the window. Knock old Sherman up, and tell him, with my compliments, that I want Toby at once. Ile moved forward with Ills candle among I over it. Vou will bring Toby back in the cab with the queer animal family wbieh he had! On reaching the boundary wall Toby ran you.'' gathered round him. In tbe uncertain, shad- along, whining eagerly, underneath its "A dog, I suppose." owy light I could see dimly that there wore shadow, and stopped finally in a corner "Ves,���a queer mongrel, with a most glancing glimmering eyes peeping down at screened by a young beech. Where the two amazing power of scent. I would rather have; us from every cranny and corner. Kven the [ walls joined, several bricks had heen loos- Toby's help than that of the whole detective ' rafters above our beads were lined by solemn force of London." "Ishall bring him, then,"said I. " It is one now.'I ought to be back before three, if 1 can get a fresh horse." " And I, said Holmes, "shall sec what I can learn from Mrs Bernstone, and from fowls, who lazily shifted tbeir weight Irom one leg to tbe other as our voices disturbed their slumbers. Toby proved lo lie an ugly, long-haired, lop-eared creature, half spaniel and half luroher, brown-und-white iu color, with a the Indian servant, who, Mr. 1 hoddens tells. VPry ,,immv filing gait. It ao epted me, sleeps in the next garret. Thenilshall ft(tor 80mo hesitation a binipofsuaarwhieh study the great Jones s methods and listen ,|l0 l)M naturalist banded to me, and, having thus sealed an alliance, it followed mc I lo tbe cab, and made no difficulties about 'o his not too delicate sarcasms. ' Wirsind I gewollllt dass die Monsohen vorhobnen was j sic ulolit pithy.' verstohen." Gcotho is always CHAPTER VII. tiik irnsopi: of tiik ii.'.iikki.. The polico had brought a cab with tbem, and in ibis I escorted Miss Morstau hack to her home. After the angelic fashion ot women, she had borne trouble with a calm face as long ns there was some one weaker than hersolf to suppoit, and I bad found her bright and placid by tho sido of the frightened housekeeper, In tbo cab, how. ever, sbo first turned faint, and then burst inlo a passion of weeping,���so sorely had shebeen tried by tbe adventures of the night. She bus told me sinoe that she thought me cold and distant upon that journey. She little guessed the strngi.de within my breast, or the ell'orl of self-restraint wbieh held me baok, My Sympathies and my love went out lo ber, even as my hand bad in the garden. 1 folt lhat years of the conventionalities of lifo cor Id not teach mo to know hor sweet, brave nature as had this one day of strange experiences. Vet there wore two thoughts which sealed the words ofalToctlon upon my lips, Sbe wis weak and helpless, shaken in mind and nerve. It was tn take ner at a disadvantage to obtrude love upon her at such a lime. Worse faiill, she was rich. If Holmes's rosoarchos were successful, she would he in heiress. Was il fair, was it accompanying me. It had just struck three on the Palace clock when I found myself back oiiee more a. Pondieherry Lodge. The ex-prizo-tigbtcr Mc.Murdo bad. I found, been arrested as an accessory, and both he and Mr. Sholto bad been marched olfto the station. Two constables guarded the nar row gate, but tbey: died, aud the crevices left were worn down and rounded upon tbe lower side, as though they had bee i frequently used as a ladder. Holmes clambered up, and, taking the dog fiom mo, he dropped it over upon the other side. "There's the print of wooden-leg's baud," be remarked, us I mounted up beside him. " Vou .see the sligbi smudge of blood upon the white plaster, 'Vhal a lucky thing it is that we have bad no very heavy ram since yesterday ' The scent will lie upon the road in spite of thoir oightand-twenty hours start." 1 confess lhat I had my doubts myself when t refloated upon tho groat traffic which bad passed along I be London road in the interval. My tears wore soon appeased, however. Toby never hesitated or swerved, hut wad- Two officers [Kennington who are in command of the eonviet-guard learn an important secret as to buried treasure. A map is drawn for them by an Englishman named Jonathan Small. Vou remember that we saw the name upon lbe chart in Capiain Morstau's possession. He bad signed it in behalf of himself and Ilis associates,���the sign of the four, as he somewhat dramatically called it. Aided by this chart, the officers-or one of them-gets the treasure and brings it to England, leaving, we will suppose, sonic condition under whioh he received it unfulfilled, Now, then, why did not Jonathan Small got the treasure himself ? The answer is obvious. Tbe chart is dated at a time when Morstan was brought into close association with convicts. Jonathan Snull did not get the treasure because he and his associates wero themselves convicts and oould not get away." " Hut this is mere speculation,"ssid I. "It is more than that. It is tin only hypothesis which cows the fact. Let us seo bow it fits in with tho sequel. Major Sholto remains at peace for somo years, happy in tbo possession of bis treasure. Then be receives a letter from India which gives him a greatfrigbt. What was that':" "A letter to say that lh I meu whom ho h id wrongs 1 bad been sot free." "Or had escaped, That is 111 nob more likely, for lie would have kuown what tbeir term of imprisonment was. It would not have beeu a surprise lo him. Whatdooshodo thon? Ho guards himself against a wooden-legged man,���a white man, mark you, for he mistakes a white tradesman for him, and actually tires a pistol at bim. Now, only one white man's name is nn the chart. The others are Hindoos or Mohammedans, There is no other white man. Therefore wo may say with confidence that the wooden-legged man is identical with Jonathan Small. Docs the reasoning strike you as being faulty?" "No: it is clear and concise." " "Veil, now, let us put ourselves in the place of Jonathan Small, Let us look ol it Irom his point of view, ��� Hn comes to England with tbe double idea of regaining what bo would consider to be his rights and of having his revenge upon thc man who had wronged him, Ho found out where Sholto lived, and very possibly be established communications with some one inside tbe house. There is tbis butler, Lai Rao, whom wc have not seen. Mrs. Bernstone gives him far from a good character. Small oould not tiud out, however, where the treasure was hid, for no one over knew, save the major and one faithful servant who had died. Suddenly Small learns that the major is on bis deathbed, in a frenzy lest the secret of the treasure die with bim, he runs the gauntlet of the truards, mikes bis way to the dying man's window, and is ouly deterred from entering by tbe presence ot bis two sons, dad with hate, however, against the dead man, he enters the room that niglit, seal dies bis private papers in the hope of discovering some memorandum relating to the troas- ure,andfinallyleavosamcinentoof his visit in the short inscription upon the card. He haddoubtlessplanned beforehand lhatshould he slay the major he would leave some snob record upon tbe body as a sign that it was not a common murder, hut, from tbo point of view of tho four associates, something ill the nature of an act of justice. Whimsical and bizarre conceits of this kin 1 are com mon enough in the annals of crime, and Cood old Toby I usually afford valuable indications as to the criminal. Do you follow all this?" "Very clearly." "Now, what could Jonathan Small do? He could only continue to keep a secret watch upon the efforts made to find the treasure. Possibly he leaves England and only comes back at intervals. Then conies tbe discovery of the garret, and he is instantly informed of it, We again trace the presence of some confederate in the household. Jonathan, with his wooden leg, is utterly unable to roach tlio lofty room of Bartholomew Sholto. He takes with him, however, a rather curious associate, who gets over this difficulty, but dips his naked foot into creasote, whence same Toby, and a six-mile limp for a half-pay officer with a damaged tendo Aoliillis." " But it was tbo associate, and not Jonathan, who committad tho crime." " Quite so. And rather to Jonathan's disgust, to judge by the way he stamped about when'he got into the room. He bore no grudge against Bartholomew Sholto, and would have preferred if he could have been simply bound and gagged. He did not wish to put his head in a halter. There was no help for it, however: tho savage in stincts of bis and tbe poison had done its work: so .Jonathan Small left his record, lowered tbe treasure-box to tbo ground, and followed it himself. That was the train of events as far as I can decipher thom. Of course as to bis personal appearance he must be Lane, having borne away through the aide street to tht east oi tin Oval. The men whom we pursued seemed to have taken a curiously zigzag road with the idea probably ef escaping observation. They had never kept to tlie main road if a parallel side-street would serve their turn, At the foot of Kennington Lane tbey had edged away to the left through Bond Street and Miles Street. Where tbe bitter street turus into Knight's place, Toby ceased to advance, but began lo run backwards and forwards with one car cocked and the other drooping, the vory picturo ofcaiiiai iude- oision. Then he waddled round in circles, looking up to us from time to time, as if to ask for sympathy in his embarrassment " What the deuce is the matter with the dog?" growled Holmes. "They surely would not take a cab, or go off in a balloon ?" " Perhaps they stood here for some time," 1 suggested. "Ah ! it's all right. He's iff again," said my companion in a tone of relief. Ho was indeed off, for after sniffing round again he suddenly undo up bis mind, and darted away with an energy and determination suoh as he had not yet shown, Tho scent appeared to be much hotter than before, for lie had nol even to put his nose on the ground, but tugged at his leash and tried to break into a run. J. could See by the gleam in Holmes's eyes that he .bought wo wore nearing lhe end of our journey. Our course now ran down Nine Elms until we came to Broderiok and Nelson's large timber-yard, just past the White Kagla Tavern. Hero the dog, frantic with excitement, turned down through the side-gate into the euclo-ure, where the sawyers wero already at work. On tbe dog raced through sawdust and shavings, down an alley, round a passage, between two wood-piles, and finally, with u triumphant yelp, sprang upon a large barrel whioh still stood upon the hand-trolley en whioh it had been brought, With lolling tongue and blinking eyes, Toby stood upon lbe cask, looking from one to the other of us for some sign ot appreciation. Tbe staves oi the barrel and the wheels of thc trolly were smeared with a dark liquid, and the whole air was heavy with the smell of creasote. .Sherlock Holmes and I looked blankly at each other, and then burst simultaneously into an uncontrollable fit of laughter. (TO BE OOSTIM'KD.) The O.ean'8 floor- After four years of sounding, dredging, etc., the expeditions sent out under tbe auspices of the British Government for the purpose of mapping the floor of I he ocean has published its report and unfolded its maps to the curious gaze of the "land lubbers." They show that the Atlantic if drained would be a vast plain with a mountain range near the middle running parallel with our coast. Auothor range intersects this first, almost at right angles and crosses from Newfoundland to Ireland. The Atlantic according to these .soundings and maps is thus divided into three great basins but they are no loncei set down as " iinfathnmcd depths."' Tbe tops of most of these sea mountains are about two miles below the surface and the deepest of the basins two and a half miles deeper. According to Reclus, the tops of these mountains are \s white as though they were lying in the region of perpetual snow, the cause being countless numbers of a species of pure w+iite shell which literally cover what would otherwise lie jagged surfaces, There is a queer old legen I which comes down to us fiom tbe time of Solon and Plato according to wbieh, in the early ages of the world a continont extended from the West coast of Africa far oul toward what isnoivSouth America. These recent scientific deep sea soundings cist much light on tbis old tradition. According to their report they found "an elevated plateau tbe shape and extent ot which corresponds to the size of the lost Atlantis almost exactly," What if nineteenth century ingenuity should lish up the vast continent whioh Maroon says was "lost in a fearful cataclysm before the dawn of present history !" Tennyson as a Carpet-Cleaner- The "Gentlewoman ' prints the following anecdote of tbe lato l'oel Laureate:��� A married couple, old friends of Tennyson, who bad been traveling in the East for sonic years, returning to England, wrote to tho poet to announce their whereabouts and beg iiini to go and see thom. Accordingly one fine afternoon Tennyson betook himself to ompnnion had broken out, j Shepherd's Bush, and on ringing at the bell ' learned they were not at home. "Well, then, I will just wiite tbem a note, and arrange for a day of meeting," said he to ths housemaid. Forthwith he was conducted to the diawing room, where uiiills, ink, aud paper were supplied, When signing his middle-aged, and must bo sunburned after j name to a polite little note, Tennyson, by a I me to pass wiih ! " the dog on my mentioning the detective's name. Holmes was standing on tbe door step, with his hands in his pockets, smoking bis pipe. "All. you have bim there! said bc. "Cod dog, then! At helney Jones has gone. We have had an immense display of energy since yon left. He lias arrested not only friend Thaddeus, but the gatekeeper, the h.iuaekeipcr, nnd the Indian servant. We have the place to ourselves, but for a scr- eearl up-stairs, Leave'.lie dog here, aud come up, We tied Toby to the bail table, and reus- cendod tlle stairs, 'Ini room was as we had left it,savethataslieet bud been draped over the central figure, A weary-looking police- sergeant reclined in tbe corner. ''Lend me your bull's eye, sergeant,"said my companion. "Vow tie this hit of card round my nock, so as to bang it in front of me, Thank you. Now I must kick of)' my boots and stockings,���Jnst ynu carry tbem down with you. Wat.on. I am going to do a little climbing. And dip my handkerchief into the orooiote, That will do, Now lied ou iu his peculiar rulliin- fashion. Clearly, the pungent smell of the creasote rose high above all other contending scents. "Do not imagine," said Holmes, "that I depend for my success in this case upon tho more chance of one of those fellows having put his foot in the chemical, 1 have knowledge now which would enable mc to traco tbem iu many different ways, Tbis, however, is thc readiest, aud, since fortune has put it into our bauds, I should be culpable if f neglected it. It has, however, prevented the case from becoming the pretty little intellectualproblom wbioh it at one timo promised to be. Thero might havo boon some credit to he gained out of it, bnt for this too palpable clue," "There is credit, ian I to spare," said I, "I assure you, Holmes, that I marvel at the means by which you obtain your results in'his case, even more than I did in tbe Jefferson Hope murder, Tho thing seems to mo to bn deeper and more inexplicable. How, for example, could you describe with such cunlidenoo tho wooden- loggod man ?" "Pshaw, my dear boy ! it was simplicity serving his time in such an oven as the An damans. His height Is readily calculated from thc length of his stride, and we know that he was boarded. His hairiness was the one point which impressed Thaddoufl Sholto when he saw him at the window. I don't know that there is anything else." "Tho associate?" " Ah, well, there is no great mystery in tbat. But you will know all about it soon enough. Howsweottbe morning air is! See bow lhat one little cloud floats like a pink feather from some gigantic flamingo. Now the rod rim of the sun pushes itself over the London cloud-bank. It shines on a good many folk, but on none, I dare bet, who are on a stranger errand I ban you aud I. How small wc foci with our petty ambitions and strivings in thn presence of tho groat elemental forces of nature I Arc you well up in your dean Paul?" "Fairly so, I worked back to him through Carlylc." "That was liko following tbo brook lo the parent lake. Ho makes one curious but jerk of tbe elbow, overturned the ink-bottle, and great was bis dismay at seeing a large pool of ink spreading rapidly over his frientFa now white l'eisiaii carpet of matchless beauty. Horror-struck, be rang the bell. Up ran tho servant, "for God's sake, help me I" cried the poet, Now it happened that the milkman had just left a can of frothing milk at the door, And lbe intelligent handmaid remembered, in tne nick of time, lhat new milk if thrown over wet ink would rcmovo ali traces of the despoiling fiend. Accordingly she overturned the jug on to the large black pool, and with house- flannel and cloths set about rubbing and scrubbing at the stain. Down wen! Tennyson on his hands and knees rubbing and scrubbing with his little helpmate. His agony of mind for fear that bis old friend should knock at the door and suddenly appear on the scene of disaster he often de- BOrlbed in later days, declaring it " to reach jthe infinite." With such a good will uid this strange couple work together that evory trace of ink was removed. " Here is I a five shilling piece, my good girl," cried profound remark. It is that the chief proof j the poet, " and I Iod bless you !" With that of man's real greatness lies in his perception he seized bis hat and made for the door, of his own sniallness. It argues, you seo, Some weeks later an invitation to dine with a power of comparison and of appreciation I h,K oll> "lmi* Kftchod �������"��?��?.' He went winch is iu itself a proof ol nobility. There. Vou is much food for thought in Riohtor, have not a pistol, have you?" "I have my stick." "It is just possible that wc may need something of the sort ifwc get to thoir bur. Jonathan I shall leavo to you, but it tbe other turns nasty I shall Blunt bim dead." Ho took out his revolver as he spoke, aud, having loaded two of tbe chambers, he put it hack into thc right-baud pocket of his jacket. Wc had traversed Stroatham, Brixton, itself. I don't wish to be theatrical, It-is | Oomberwell, and now found ourselves in And the carpet was in noway alluded toon cither side. To be atervaiit of Ood one must be an oneiny to sin. Miss Lily K. Bonn has for the past three years lived in theKistKndofLondon.andhas incercsted herself greatly iu the welfare of the children and yonng girls in that quarter. Perhaps her best work bus been in her sewing-classes, where she teaches girls from nine to fourteen to cut and make tho garments for which their instructor profjde** tire material, Cf)c Itootcnay Stat SATURDAY, DEC. 17, 1892. It in n grent pity the O.P.R. Co. did not proceed wilb 'ho ooustruotion of the Revelstoke k North East Arm brnncb lute during tbe past Benson, Mr. Stewart, wbo surveyed the route, had reached tbe Arm early in June, and most people at tbat time believed traoklaying was to have boen proceeded with at once. We do not pretend to understand tbe reasons which decided tbo company to delay nil further work for the whole summer, but bad the road been commenced as noon ns the survey was completed the rails might now have reached wilhin a short distance of tbo Arm, or nt least below the ke jam on the river, nnd communication with the lower Country might thus havo been kept open, There is a great quantity of lumber awaiting, shipment to Lnrdean Oity, as well as provisions for Nolson, Nllknsp, Kaslo and New Denver, and ���with about live times as great a population in the mining; districts as there was last winter there are some fears of "grub" running short before the route is open again uext. spring, As wo huve remarked, we do not know the reasons fur this delay���no doubt there nro reasons- but a grout deal of track could have been laid in the five months from the time the survey was completed till the snow came last month It is quito possible that the ���whole length of 25 miles might have been put dowu in si temporary manner, so as to make the connection with Arrow Lake. Tbo Dominion Government voted $3,200 n mile for this lino in July, so the delay could not have been on account of the ap propriatioti. Whatever the cause the effect is bad, aud may yel be worse. SMITH and BRIGHAM Merchant Millers, Moosomin, Assa. B HANDS :- 'HUNGARIAN PATENT," "STRONG BAKERS," "STRAIGHT BAKERS."' Dealers in all kinds uf CHOPPED FEED OATS, BRAN, SHORTS, CHICKEN FEED, ETC. IIEVELSTOKE FIRE MUGADE. Meetin*r of Citizens. ��� Successful Test of the Euyine iu Toronto. A public mooting wns held at the Central Hotel on Monday night to discuss matters concerning the fire brigade ana the arrival of tho chomi. cal fire engine ordered from Toronto and which is now ready for shipment. There were present���Messrs T. M. Hamiwon (in the chair), t\ 13. Wells (seoretary), T. L. Haig, \V. M. llrown, II. Howson, A, Stone, O.H.Allen, H. N. Coursier, R. W. Kortboy, A. H. Holdiob, G. Barber, M, Ross, J. Abrubamson, S. Bickerton, G. Terryherry, T, Cadman and J. F. Ahlin. The Seciietauy read a lottcr from Mr, Morrison, secretary of the manufacturing company, stating that tbe engine bad had a most satisfactory trial in Toronto beforo representatives of the Underwriters Association and deputations from Orangeville and Streetsville, Out., wbo were highly pleased at the nninn> r in which the chemical performed its work. The letter was indorstood to say that lhe engiue was already shipped on the ears for Kevelstoke. If so, it may be expected uny day. A letter reHved by Mr. John Abra�� bumson from Mr. Lang, who bad ���witnessed the test before the Underwriters Association, was also read, ���which contained most gratifying statements as to the capabilities of the Revelstoke engine. Tbe SECBBTABy stated that he had written for, and received, a book of ruleo from the Calgary Fire Brigade. The thanks of the meeting were tendered for same. Mr. Holdh'H asked if the engine Was for tbe use of both upper and lower towns. The Chairman : For both, Mr. W, M. Brows suggested that the premises, lalely occupied by Jas. McDonald k Co. be utilized as au engine-house. The owner (Mr. J. Fletcher) had said that the store might be used for that purpose if tbey would undertake to keep it in good condition, clear the snow from tbe roof, etc. Mr. Brown snbse- qnently proposed tbat the store be , used for the engine-bonse.���This was seconded by Mr. lioss and carried. A discussion then took place as to the cure of ;!,'��� 'ittuigs, appliance, etc., and a committee, con-luting :A Messrs, Allen, Brown and Wells, Ms i leeted to take charge of and a dinst them when needed for use. Measrs, J. Abrahams n and 11. N. Conrsier wero appointed to collect tnbsenptions promised some monl i ago. A vote of oenwre was passed on the committee wbieh undertook to frame by laws, the work having been entirely neglected. Mr. CociisiKii proposed thai Mr. W. M. Brown lie elected captain in place ol Mr. Hutberland, who had left tbo town.���Seeonded by Mr. 0. 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Address the publisher, W, D, Boyee, 113, 118 and 117 Fifth Avenue, Chicago, j A XOHIIV STOCK OF Englisb Worsteds, Scoteli and Irish Tweeds aud .Serges AT PRICES THAT WILL CATCH YOU. FIT AND MAKE-TIT OITAIiANTl'I'll. CENTRAL HOTEL. ABRAHAMSON BROS., Prop's. Charmingly situated on the banket tbo river, on tbe principal street, close to the post-ollice and Government buildings, and nca.te.8t to the Steamboat Wharf. First-class Table, good Beds, Telephone. FIRE-PROOF SAFE. 'BUS MEETS ALL TRAINS AND STEAMERS. NOTICE Is hereby (jiven, thai ep] lit will 1/e made to tbe Legi ilatii i \ sembly oi ii:. isb (olumbia . ession toi sn lo o inc. i Compan j tot I e p ��������� ��� of constructing, equipping, maintaining aud operating a line ol poinl '.ii tbe I ppei \ri"" L ;,. -i" tbe to ���- A | poinl oi or near I '���<������ Fori ter Creek, i i riot ot W. | Kootenay, with po ��� ��������� c oi maintain, equip and operate branch linei ind sfeo o n i te in I <>] - iti ���' ���' ph ind i li ph mi connection with tbe gather with the usual po ������ i quire lands, privili ai��ls from the Dominion or Pro\ Governments, and to make tntlih ind otlier arrangements with steamboat and other oonipnnios, and for alt other nsual and aeceseai: power* rigiitu and privileges Doted this I Lib day ol December A.D. 1892, McPHILLIPS, Wi'OTTO.V k BA11NAKD, Solicitors for the Applicants. Uipana Tabules: for torpid Ivor. ili|/ajis Tabules onro colio. Kipans Tabulos: standard comedy. G. TERRYBERRI, GENERAL BLACKSMITH REVELSTOKE. Wagons and all kinds of Vehicles Repaired. Shoeing a Specialty. PEICES RIGHT. Kcotanav Lake SAW MILL, G O BUCHANAN, PROP. ���: OS- LUMBER YARDS AT NELSON BALFOUR AIN, WORTH K.ASLO Large Stocks on band. irations nre being made for tbe Great Buildii ��� Boom ol 1892, Look out for CHRISTMAS GOODS AT H. N. COURIER'S. BOURNE BROS. Revelstoke Station Post Office. DRY GOODS, GROCERIES. BOOTS & SHOES, GENTS' FURNISHINGS. FLOUR, OATS, SHORTS AND ALL KINDS OF FEED, Stoves, Tinware, Crockery, Glassware, Carpets. Doors, Windows, Builders' Hardware, Paints, Oils, Varnishes- MINERS' AND SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLIES. WALL PAPER, STATIONKRV, Elc CHRISTIE, BROWN & CO.'K BISCUITS AND CONFECTIONER?. Bakery in connection with Store. Messrs. C. B. Hume & Co., ReveLtoke Station, Are now showing' u (hie assortment of CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND NEW YEAR'S GIFTS. DOLLS AND TOYS IN G^EAT VARIETY. Laiies Workbiskets, Toilet Requisites, etc., etc. Furniture & Undertaking. R. HOWSON, Has a large Stock ol* Household Furniture, Coffins, Caskets, Shrouds, &c. REVELSTOKE, B.C. BARBER -THE. J, E. WALSH & Co., PUEIOH'J k COMMISf ION GE Clearing Charges paid on Freight for Sloean Lake. SADDLE HORSES AND PACK TRAIN. Eav and Grain for sale A l> General Commission Merchants. I'litWihi'iTH billed Uiiiiii��li from REVELSTOKE TO NEW DENVER IN ONE DAY. Pur Coupon Tioltoto apply Ho Mr. (ONT.v, C. * K.Nav. Co. Jevfeler AND ician. AU orders by niiiil or express promptly attended to. kki'mimm; SPECIALTY. All descriptions of gold nnd silver. T. L. HAIG, Notary Publio ��� - REVELSTOKE, B. C. Mining, Timber and Ileal EHtnte Broker and Geucml (.'(iiiimission Agent. ���itpnnsi Tubules emu Ucadsobo. ConveynnooB, Agreements, Hills of Side, Mining Bonds, eto., drawn up. Rents find Accounts collected ; Mining Claims bought ami Hold ; Assess- nii'iii Work on Mining Claims attended to; Patents applied for, etc., etc.,. li!" I'll IK, LIFE AND AiriliEXT IN8UHAKK AOEST. Lota iu Townsito of Kevelstoke for Bale and Wanted. Agents tot ilinii-j Machinery, etc.
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Revelstoke (B.C.)
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