@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "695686c8-8349-465c-9559-fc09a9996d0b"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:issued "2017-03-15"@en, "1909-05-08"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/michelr/items/1.0344517/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ *£p* <&^^k^T*-ry If-^^Xjay^ -**-G*~> VOL. 1. NEAV MICHEL, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1909. NO. 32 Hotel Michel T. Crahan, v : - Proprietor The Largest, Most Modern and Best Equipped in the Pass. Michel, - British Columbia FOR YOUR Spring Coughs , j ■ . - ■—i. Use —-, ■-. ———- Dr. Cooper's Cough Balsam A guaranteed specific for recent and chronic Coughs, Bronchitis, Asthma, Hoarseness, Loss of Voice, and and all iuritable conditions, of the Throat atid Lungs. KENNEDY'S DRUG AND BOOK STORE NEW MICHEL' Imperial Bank of Canada •; Head Office: TORONTO Capital Authorized $10,000,000. Capital Paid up $5,000,000, Rest $5,000,000 Savings Bank Department. Interest 'Mowed on Deposits at Current Rate -..'. from Date of Deposit. Drafts, Money Qi'ders and Letters of Credit issued, available .. .jn any part of the World. -MICHEL BRANCH, '" •*• t. B. BAKER, ManauKU. w A JU jUj For the month of May WATCHES COMPARE THE PRICES WHERE YOU WILL An opportunity nevbi' had before in the Crow's Nest Pass, of purchasing at such exceptionally low prices Jewel Walthain, iitted in Silverado cash. 18 size regular price J 7.7o. Special for May, 8.4.1)5 15 Jewel Walthain, Silverado or Nickel case. Ill-size 1 . . regular price 10.00. Special for May, . 7.'!6 17 Jewel P. S. Bartlctt, Silvf'rodb' case. IN size rijgiiiarilri.ee 14.-00. Special for May, 0.00 Jewel Vanguard, Nickel case'. IK size regular pried 47.«0. . Special for May, 40.00 bur Heavy Mina Watch regular price (1.00. Special for May, 4.50 'At u small extra coat we fit the iibove in I'ortnne or Cashier Case's. A few .Ladies' ll and 0 size Watches, fitted with 25 year Cashier case's, for $(6.60, We give a written guarantee With each of the above Watches' ■ enabling ybu to return if not satisfactory Somerton Bros. 1HLERS New Michel 41 Meat market Ltd 41 ■ High-class Butchers New Michel All meat fresh killed--"PrimeBeef; Pork; and Mutton Dairy Butter, Mild-cured Hams a'iid Bacon—Fish in Season The Store Where They Send What You Order 2 Deliveries* [Jisiily 2 Great Northern HOTEL NEW MICHEL, B. C, i EVERYTHING FIRST-CLASS Cuisine Unsurpassed Bar Stocked with the Finest Attendance Unexcelled McCool & Moore, M Proprietoi HOTEL KOOTENAY New Michel, B. C. T,,- CYCLONE Kit), MARTIN'S HAUL, IVIONOAV, MM \\t Laurenson & Douglas [Proprietb TRADES COMMITTEE BUSY Regular meeting of Trades Committee held'at Great Northern Hotel on Tuesday evening May 4th' Officers present, T, B, Baker, President; A. J, McCool, Vice President, G-. B. Stedman, secretary-treasurer, McCool—McFarlane. That our regular meetings be held on tbe 1st and 3rd of each month instead of the 1st Communication received from A. C. Nelson, collector,' Cranbrook, noting our letter ill connection with enrol' in scbool tax rate. ' Communication received froin W. Ei Skinner, Limited, Winnipeg, regarding consulting engineer for- electric light plant and waterworks. Ordered fyled. Communication received from J: D. Hurd, general-manager of tbe Goal Oo.j advising that Mr. Depew would look into the matter and arrange for a dumping ground; McCool—-Hopwood. Tbat secretary be instructed to advise police regarding dumping ground. McFarlane—Tipping. That secretary Write government agent at Cranbrook) requesting an appropriation bf $500.00 for sidewalks. Moore—Somerton. That in our opinion; 'the merchants and business men who take no interest in the advancement of the town, by absenting themselves from meetings and at the same time derive equal benefits from the efforts of the Trades Committee, are not to be commended. RATES $2.00 A DAY Everything First-Class and Comfortable Nothing but White labor employed FREE BUS MEETS ALL TRAINS Singe*'Sewing Machines The Beit In the World. Simple, Strong,' Silent, Speedy for sale at W. B. King's fruit store, New Michel, Needles, Oil and Repairs. F; J; Gonroyj Agent; Michel Canadian Club A meeting was held in ihe Trite's-Wood Co; store on Sunday, when a Canadian Club wiis formed with the following officers: Hon-prcsidCnt. J. D. Hul'd; president, T, B, Baker; vice-president, A. J. McCool; secretary-treasurer; G. H, McKay; and Messrs. Stedriianj Stbwart and Mast; executive committee. It is proposed tb bold !i celebration here on Dominion Day. A Heart to Heart Talk With Our Readers There ia 11 large number of copies ot llii* Reporter Hold here each wedk on the streets. Now, most ot these; copies arc bought WOCJkly by tho same people, and it would 1)0 very much to their advnntagt toflubscrlbd, if they only knew it. Itis with tin full purpose of letting them know it, that, wo write this, and we W'ill endeavor to show'them how it will nntonly bonelit Ihe town, but will be of great persona! advantage to theiusolvr-. Coining in, in weekly driblets of live Hi ten cent pieces, the amounts are too trivial .witb which to make much of a dicker with Hit: lype-founnry. Owing to tile increase of business at the Reporter oflice, it is absolutely necessary, if we are to lo cp pace with the growth of the town, that we have more type and machinery. II' member, we have neither a corporation nor a union at our hack, from which Wt ilddraw funds for an equipment, but rely solely on the support of our advertiser- mid subscribers. There arc scores of those who buy the paper each week, to Whom ihe sum of two dollars is a mere bagatelle. Now. if we had the-e weekly buyers drop in hero during the coining month, bach with two dollars to pay for a year's subscription, it woufii mean a substantial payment we could make to the type-foundry for more type and. additional machinery. Willi these we. could turn out a better paper and one more in'keeping with thei rapid progress of the place. Thb advertisers are doing their share, let Hie readers conic forward and help place our town before the world, second to none in the Pass. We can do it, if you will help. We'll have our receipt book ready and the police ImvO .promised to be on hand in case of any extra crush. Now, let's see how many people there are here who rbally value the interest of the place* to the extent ol spending two dollars for a yburfs subscription to the Reporter, to help this paper build up the town, enhance the value nf their property, stand up for their rights and faithfully chronicle- the passing events of this locality, "Elk Valley Beer" Pure and Pleasing^ Manufactured, from Canadian Malt; Bohemian Hops stnd the now Famous . Ciystal Spring Wai Elk Valley Brewing Co., Limitec Livery, Feed and Transfer • Bus se'j'vicc; five trips daily be'twocti the C, P. R. Station and the Kootenay Hotel Fare, Bound Trip ; Single Fare.,,,. ■ GEO. FISHER, Propriet SLICK UP Get Your Hirsute Appendage Clipped and Your Whiskers Pushed in at tbe Great Northern Tonsor- ial Parlors—You're next. P. M. Mac Landers, Pr< eTV. Holding Co7 7 Builders and Contractors Repairs and alterations promptly attended to. Estimates cheerfully given New Mid ETAIL MERCHANT: 11/HOLESALE and V% WMEAT K P. BURNS $ CO LIMITED The Government Should Act at Once What might have proven a fatal ac-ident occurred last evening when Mr. Hop- wood of llie-II Meat Market, horsb, d> livery rig and load went over Ihe precipice! at tiie rock cut into the creek. l)y sii-cr good fuck, Ilopwood escaped almost un-, injured, Ihe horse was rather badly bruised and tho.rig and contents were saved. | It was a drop of at least twenty feel and how be got ofl'so easily is a miracle. This is not Ihe lirst time Dial a righos gone over at this place, and we beg to draw the attention of th*5 (lovcrtiinent to this dum-erspol. It, lies directly on t'nvern- inent road, tho only thoroughfare between here and Michel and is traversed by hundreds of teams. Some day, we may have something far more serious to report, if it ia not put into shape ut once. Thero is no protection whatever for trallic and (Continifd oh hack' ftoge) All Meats bear Government Inspectio Stamps. Give us your orders fc Choice Butter, Eggs and Smoked Meat Printing The Business Kind. That's What Keeps Us Busy; Se -**■> THE REP0ETEE, MICHEL, BEITISH COLUMBIA. PEARLS IN AUSTRALIA FISHING FOR GEMS IS A GROWING INDUSTRY. Shells Rather Than Pearls Are the Source of the Big Fortunes Amassed by Men Who Gather the Jewels OK the Coast of Queensland- Malays and Japanese Do Most of the Diving. Australasian pearl fishers make their lortune more by the shells they gather than the pearls they find. The Australian pearl is not to be compared with the Oriental; it is too pale and lacks the beautiful sheen, as a rule, of the latter. The Australian pearl-shell, on the other hand, is most valuable, while the Oriental shell is worthless, or practioally so. Australian shells are large and thiok, while Oriental shells are small und Thursday Island is the great centre of the pearling industry in Australia, but this extends pretty well all round the coast ol Queensland, and Dam- pier Land, on the desolate northwest coast of the continent, is also famous for its trade in this respect. Of course, it is because ol tbe mother-of-pearl lining that the shells are valuable. This iridescent lustre is due to the minute undulations of alternate layers of carbonate of lime and membrane. The rough outer coat of the shell is scraped away, and the mother-of-pearl is then ready to be cut into knife-handles, mirror frames, etc. AH round York Peninsula—that finger-like projection in the north of Queensland—and upon the numerous islands without, the Great Barrier Beef, pearling stations abound. On the edge of the tropical jungle the little settlement is built, the station house, long and low, with a broad verandah, occupying some knoll or half-way up the slope of a hill, and looking down upon the store sheds and boat sheds and the Kanakas' hut and kitchen. Pearl shells are worth anything erdund $1,000 a ton at Thursday Island, at Broome, in Dumpier Liftid, or at any Australian port, and if sent direct to other countries they are ■worth as much as $1,450 a ton. From 400 to as many thousand shells go to the ton, according to size. The best Australian shells are the black and gold-tipped, and many tons oi these are annually exported. Of course, what pearls are found are so much extra value, needless to say; ond stones are sometimes found worth $10,000 and more. Pearls worth $1,000 or $1,500 are not uncommon. For the greater part, the pearling is carried on by pearling companies that run fleets of boats, but there art* many private individuals engaged in the industry. A fair amount of capital is required to start in it—$5,000 or so. With that a man may buy a small schooner, lugger or yawl, stock it, and hire a Malay or Japanese diver, and a small crew of Kanakas Much of the diving is still done by Malay or Kanaka "boys" in the primitive garb of Nature, jumping in feet first from the side of a small boat, and then swimming to the bottom' oi the sea, remaining under for' a minute or a minute and a hall. An expert diver of the latter class demands as much as $750 advance money and $100 on each ton of shell he brings up. There is not much danger from sharks if there are many divers working together, and so the unrobed Malays, who generally work In gangs enjoy greater immunity than the solitary indie-rubbered and hel- meted diver. White men do not dive; they superintend matters in the yawl or on the schooner perhaps opening the shells. Great watchfulness has to be exercised over the Malays and Kanakas, for a pearl is very easily secreted in the loin-cloth, month or oars; and, moreover, the "hoys" inny take it into their heads to murder the white manager and share the precious spoil. Many white men who trust themselves alone in a boat with a Malay or Kanaka crew are never heard of more — they disappear mysteriously, or are renorted as having fallen over- hoard. The skipper nnd the male— dl there is one—of a pearling lugger or yawl has to be nn expert revolver uhot, and may well bo said to carry his life continually in his hands. He has to sleep on n hair-trigger, so to •speak—to be ever ready for mutiny or treachery in some shape or another from one or more o{ his crew. It does not do to indulge in a brown study—to loll over the tnffrp.il dreaming of home. A push or a blow from a Malay "Itris" may, end all further dreaming. Pearling is only nossiblo at certain seasons. When the weather turns 'cold and the trade winds become blusterine, the fleets return to the stations. The shells are -then sorted, •washed, weighed, and packed in eases. They are chiefly sold by public auction. A pearl-oyster is not an oyster at tail rcullv, but a species of mussel, -and, in the majority of cases a peari is literally "the gorgeous tomb of a tape-worm." The nucleus of a pearl was formerly supposed to be a grain of sand or some other extraneous matter that had worked inside the shell, but it is now found to be, as a rule, one of these parasites. Annoyed by the tape-worm, the oyster or mussel squirts its nacre or juice over it, and ■mothers it, thus forming the pearl. Like the mussel, the pearl-oyster attaches itself to stones and rocks by mean of fine but strong fibrous cords or "byssus," and not like the oyster. by a secretion of shell-matter. Only in the adult oyster nre pearls found of any si?.e. After the fourth yeor it is calculated the yield of pearls, both in quality and quantity greatly Increases. Pearls are often found embedded in the shell, vorklnt* through to the outer surface, for the oyster seems to be able to change his coat, or else It wears away. The rarest and most valuable of all [Australian pearls ia a black pearl, and the most famous pearl found in those waters la the Southern Cross- lit was in three portion), and minus (be left arm. Five "Bobbies" a Week The old-age pension officer was ques. tioning the 'old woman with a zeal worthy of a nobler salary. "And now," he said, "we come to the important questions. Have you ever been in receipt- ol parish relief?" "Never!" answered the old woman. Foiled again, the o^cer turned to the last question on tbe list. 'Tell me," he Knurled, "have yon ever been in the hands of the police?" Sbe hung her head. "Come on—come on 1" he growled. T»ll me the truf* 1" "Well," she Raid. "I don't see as it's anv business of gm--monts: hut T don't deny it. Girls will be. girls, you know, nnd tin mv young days I was a cook: but. still"—proudly—"he was a sergeant!" ' Reading In Proportion 'To-morrow you mnv bave somp- tbinir to eat." promised the doctor to the patient, who was now convalescing and corresnondinglv hungrv. The natient realized that tbere would be a restraint to his annetite, yet be hoped for a modest, steaming menl. "Here Is vour dinner," sa'd the nurse next dnv. as she gave t-be patient a spoonful of tapioca pudding; and the doctor emphasizes that everything else you do must be in the same proportion." Two hours later the nurse beard a frantic call from the bed-chamber. Nurse," breathed the man. heavily, "I want to do some reading: bring me a postage stamp." Maud (who has answered the door; bell herselfi—George, you must not come into this house to-night. If you love me, darling, flv at once, and do not let my father, discover your presence." George ftragicallvl—Oh, Maud, my darling, what serpent has entered our Eden to wreck our happiness? Speak, girl, speak! Maud (tearfully)—Father has just had the gas bill. . , The Important Point Does a hen sit or Bet?—"Exchange." That is hardly worth worrying over. The important thing is, when she cackles is she laying or iying?—War- ran (Ohio) Tribune. Editor—Will you explain to me why it is that your contributions are so full of split infinitives? Candidate—Oh that is the new di- rectoire effect that I apply to language. His Day of Reckoning As the stout man whose appetite had excited the envy of the other boarders turned to leave the parlor, he looked down at his waistcoat. "I declare, I've lost two buttons off my vest," he said ruefully. He was a new boarder, but his landlady saw no reason for further delay in showing her banner, "Watchfulness and Economy for All." She gave kim the benefit of the chill gaze so familiar to her older hoarders. "I think without doubt you will find them both in the dining-room," she announced clearly. Poor Maidl She wedded a half-taught fiddler, The poor, misguided maid; And followed him in his wanderings, And sang to the airs he played. They travelled the roads together, Through sunshine nnd through rain, Till he talked of his "art"— Then she reached for her heart And she freighted it home again. Aimed to Please Pompous Man—When you address me, I wish you would look me in the eye. Timid Man—Cerlaily 1 Which eye? That daylight business is going to make this country rich. How is thnt. Well, there's 300 working days in a year, ain't there? Yep. And we gain one hour every day? Yep. And one hour is worth twenty cents anyhow? Yep. And isn't there 2.000,000 workers in Canada? Yep. Then Canada just slips down in her stocking every year a brand new 120,' 000,000 bill. That's easy. A purely herbal balm; beet thing for the tender skins of children, yet powerful enough to heal an adult's ohronlo eore; highly antlaeptlo; eases pain and smarting soon as applied - that la Zam-Buk. Remember It ie purely herbal—no mineral poisons, no animal fats, and purity combined I All tmitlsls mi store, ssllstSOct oox. i His Best Authority Being eager to know how his offspring, Haymow, Jr., was getting along in the big metropolis, Haymow, Sr., one day repaired thither from his rural habitat and sought information of his brother, long since established in the city. "Wall," said Haymow, Sr., "what do you hear about Ebenezer?" "Oh, I understand," remarked the young hopeful's uncle, "that he is invaluable in his new job." "I swan!" "Moreover, I understand that the boss simply-can't do without him." "How you talk." "An' Ebenezer'll be a partner within a year or so, according to what I hear from the same source." Haymow, Sr., stroked his beard, highly satisfied. "By the way, who told you all this about Ebenezer?" he inquired. "Ebenezer." "Oh." The back rack is the hardest road in the world to travel. Tonfmy—"Pop, what is a skeptic?" Tommy's Pop—"A skeptic, my son, is a person who doubts anything you are sure of."—Philadelphia Record. Worms sap the strength and under, mine the vitality of children. Strengthen them by using Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator to drive out the parasites. Leather may be waterproofed by painting it with a combination of two ounces each of Burgundy pitch, soft wax, and -turpentine, and one ounce of raw linseed oil, applied warm. "Sometimes," said a would4)e humorist," "I think my jokes are awfully bad. I s'pose that's my modesty?" "No," was the reply, "that's your common sense!" • The artist was of the impressionist school. He had just given the last touches to a purple and blue canvas when his wife came into tiie studio. "My dear," said he, "this is the landscape I wanted you to suirgest a title for." "Why not call it 'Home,'" she said, after a long look. "Home? Why?" "Because there's no place like it," she replied meekly. Mlnard's Liniment, Lumberman's Friend. Culture Below Stairs The girl had been, three weeks in the employ of an artistic family, but her time had been by no means wasted. Her mistress was giving her instructions as to the dinner. "Don't forget the potatoes," enjoined the lady. "No, ma'am," wns the reply; "will you 'ave 'em in their jackets or in the hood?" DELICATE LITTLE CHILDREN MADE WELL AND STRONG The little ones are frail. Their hold on life is slight. A slight disorder may become serious if not promptly attended to. At the very first symptom of trouble Baby's Own Tablets should be given. This , medicine promptly cures indigestion and all stomach troubles, constipation, diarrhoea, and brings the little teeth through painlessly. You can give the Tablets with equally good results to the new born baby or well grown child Mrs. R. G. Flewell, Uxbridge, Ont. soys:—"I have UBed Baby's Own Tablets and find them a perfect medicine for stomach and bowel troubles." Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. ■ The Pain of Persistency. One of the Chinese modes of punishment is to place the culprit where a drop of water will fall on his head for hours, or even for days if he can stand it so long. The torture this inflicts is proved by an experience that Colonel Fred Burnaby had in Vienna several years ago. A school teacher bet him that he would not be able to let a pint of water, drop by drop, fall on his hand. Burnaby laughed at the very idea of his not being able to stand it, and the test began. . - Although the strong man talked and jested gaily at first, it was not long before he began to show signs of distress. At about the two hundredth drop—for the school teacher kept tally —an expression of pain crossed his face. When the third hundred had been entered his hand began to swell and grow red, Then the skin burst and the pain grew more and more excruciating. Finally, at the four hundred and twentieth drop, Burnaby gave it up and acknowledged himself beaten. Lessen These, Too We've the telegraph wireless. The church that is spirelcss, The gas that is tireless, Yet these we desire less, Than roads which are mireless. Than hoboes who're tireless. Campaigns thnt are liarless, And statesmen who're hireless. "And mamma," sobbed the unhappy wife, "he threw his slippers across the room and t'told me to go to the (lev- dev-devil." "You did right, child, to come straight to me." A Belgian inventor hns secured a patent on a flying machine modeled on the Insects of tiie locust species. With a 100-porsepowcr motor the machine weighs a trifle less than 870 pounds. So successful is a wave-power motor, the invention of a Pittsburg man, at Atlantic City, N. ,T., that it is to be tested hy the lighthouse hoard with a view of furnishing power to generate electricity. It's surprising how mnny otherwise sensible men believe in signs and omens. W. N. U., No. 740 HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re. ward for any case of Catnrrh that cannot he cnr»d by Hnll's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY As CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F ,1. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business trnnsaetions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. Wnlding, Kinnnn & Marvin, Wholesale DruggistB, Toledo, O. Hell's Catarrh Cure is token internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sva- tern. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by ull Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for Constipation. A Peacemaker "You're a liar!" exclaimed the first man. "You'ro another!" retorted number two. "Calm yourselves, gentlemen," interposed the peacemaker. "It is quite possible that you are both right."— Philadelphia Inquirer. Only Fair to Women A writer in an exchange sayB that every county town has, or is supposed to have, a court house, and if no other provision iB made for a "rest room" for the country woman coming to the village to trade, there might be a room Bet apart in this building, equipped with conveniences to which the country woman may retire to get herself in shape for her shopping after the rough, (lusty ride over the country roads. Country merchants do not give enough thought to the comfort of their customers, and. for this reason, in many instances, the journey to the store for most women of the farm is often looked upon as a disagreeable duty which cannot be shirked. An eastern state has put upon its statute book recently a law that punishes parents who do not care for their children and do not support them. The wife must also be supported, and the fact that she and her children are not supported sball be evidence of neglect on the part of the father. This state has done a great deal for the children, hut now the law requires that having children shall bring with it the responsibility for their care. This, in these high- priced times, will argue against big families, in a measure. A house-full of children means the need of a good salary.—Bryan's Commoner. You Couldn't Disconcert Him Two young ladies on the promenade had been watching the vessels pass through a telescope lent them by an "ancient mariner." On handing the glass back, one of them remarked thnt it was a good one. "Yes, miss," said the old tar, "that 'ere telescope was given me by Lord Nelson." "Good gracious! Why Nelson has been dead over one hundred years." 'Well, I'm Mowed," snid the salty 3. '"Ow the time do fly!" ^ Iceland Vetoes Stimulants Iceland is nothing if not thorough. A bill prohibiting the imported sale of intoxicants, in any form, either in cakes, sweets, or chocolates, has been introduced into their parliament. All alcoholic spirits on ships ore tq remain under seal whilst the ships are in Icelandic waters, and these seals may only be released by the authorities when the ship leaves. The votes of the people has been taken, and the large majority is in favor of complete prohibition. Retreat? Never! , In an Irish garrison town a theatrical company was giving performances, and some soldiers from the local barracks were engaged to act as Bupera. Their duties included the waging of a fierce fight in which, afte.* a stirring struggle, one army was defeated on a given signal from the prompter. For a few nights all went well, but on the Friday evening " special performance of the p'ece was to be given under the patronage of the colonel and other officers of the garrison. The two armies met as usual at the end of the second act, when they fought and fought and kept on fighting, regardless of the agonized glare in the eye of their (actor) general, who hoarsely ordered the proper army to "Retreat, confound you." But the fight still went on, and soon the horrified manager saw the wrong army being driven slowly off the stage, still fighting desperately. Down came the curtain amid roars of Jaughter, and the fuming manager hastened to ask the delinquents why they had failed to retreat on hearing the signal. "Retreat," roared a burly fusilier whose visage had been badly battered, "and is it retreat ye'd have us, wid th' colonel and all the officers in the boxes?" Black Eye for Blackstone "Your honor," said Moman Pruiett, the criminal lawyer, "since reports and modern law are not sufficient to convince you, let me read this section from Blackstone, the father of common law, and undoubted authority. He supports my contention precisely." "You had as well sit down, Mr. Pruiett; I have decided the point against you," replied the court. "You need not cite more cases; I have overruled your demurrer, and do not care to hear you read the section." "I know you have, your honor, I know you have," sarcastically said the redoubtable lawyer. "I know it, but I just wanted to show tho court what a fool Blackstone was." i Then He Sat Down "I was' not always thus," said a seedy-looking agitator. "When I first opened my eyes in this world our family circumstances were far better than mine are. Time was when I sought no luxury but I obtained it; when my every fancy was gratified, when I was accustomed to pass this very spot in my own carriage, and my mother—bless her—" "Used to push it," bawled an unsympathetic member of the audience who knew the speaker in other.days.. Nasal Orthography This Btoryette took place in a school in America—where Business Innocence comes from. "Now, boy," said the teacher to the new pupil, "what is your name?" "John Timmins," replied the youngster. , The teacher wrote his name down in the book before her. "And where do you live, Johnny?" Bhe asked. "Snohomish, Wash.," replied the pupil. A look of perplexity swept across the teacher's face. "^nd how do you spell it, Johnny?" she asked. "Please, ma'am, you don't spell it," replied Johnny. "You sneeze it." "You are a sharp boy, Tommy." "Well, I ought to be. Dad takes me into his study and strops me three Or four times a week." ALL OVER THE WORLD thousands of housewives ' use Sunlight Soap In preference to any other, because It cleanses the clothes more thoroughly, and at half the ■ cost without Injury to hands or fabric. Good Health •—is within reach of nearly every man and woman who earnestly desires it. Start right with Sold Everywhere. In Boiee n cent*. Special Notice To The Province Agents wanted for B. Shragge, 396 Princess St., Winnipeg, to collect all kinds of scrap iron, brass, copper, lead, zinc, old rubber boots and shoes, bottles, rags and bones. A Mistake Corrected Teacher—What is the total population of the globe? Small Boy (promptly)—One and one-half billions. Please, ma'am, we have a new baby brother at our house. 'Force of Habit Hogan—Phwat became av Pat? Grogan—The poor felly mishtook a motor horn for his factory hooter, ond shtopped wurrk crossing the Btrate.—Life's Pictorial Comedy. Nervous employer—"Thomas, I wish you wouldn't Whistle at your work." Office boy—"I ain't working, sir; I'm only just whistling." "There goes a «man who whistles at danger." "What does he do?"' "He's an engine-driver." always Mlnard's Liniment used by Physi ciani. The Culprit Nailed One winter's evening in the city of Belfast, when a water inspector was going his round, he stopped at one of the mains in a busy street to turn off the water owing to some repairs. He had just put the handle on the tnp and began turning when a hand was placed on his shoulder. Looking round, he was confronted by a tipBy gentleman, who said, in a drunken tone; "So I have found you at last, have I? It's you that's turning the street round, is it?"—Glasgow Herald. Two-Thirds Right "I'm a terror, I he," announced the new arrival in Frozen Dog to one of the men behind the bar. "Be ye?" "Takes three men to handle me, once I get started," he went on. "Oh, well," he remarked, as he arose painfully and dusted off his clothes, "of course, if ye're short- handed, I suppose two kin do it on a pinch." Coal Dealing Smith—I hear Short, tne coal man, has come into a large fortune. Jones—Well, he's entitled to it. Smith—Oh, he is, eh? Jones—YeB; he's been lying in weight for it for a good many years. Real English SUITS and OVERCOATS to Mensur* from $5.14 to $20. 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I S79 Garry Street. WINNIPEG Mime mention this paper. « URZONBROs otter you more of Better Toilet Tissue for the Same Money than any Other Make on the Market. Mado in Every Known Form and Variety, and Every Sheet Guaranteed Chemically Pure. Always Everywhere in Canada Ask For EDDY'S MATCHES THE REPORTER, MICHEL, BRITISH COLUMBIA. LONG WORK IN CHURCH CANON ELLEG00D HAS BEEN 61 YEARS A MINISTER. Veteran Anglican Clergyman Is One of the Oldest In Canada and Hat Witnessed the Installation of All Montreal's Bishops—Was through the Ship Fever Epidemic In 1849— I* a Keen Golfer and Cricketer. Rev. Canon ^Uegood ol Montreal, who recently celebrated his 85th birthday, iB one of the oldest Anglican ministers in. point of age and ordination in Canada. He has spent 61 yearB of active ministerial life in the diocese of Montreal, serving un- jder all the bishops of Montreal since "the diocese was formed in 1850. and has witnessed the enthronement of i&U the lord bishops of Montreal. He lis one of only two surviving members of the first session of the Angli- REV. CANON ELLEQOOD. can Synod of Montreal, held in 1859. and iB the oldest canon of Christ Church Cathedral. He was one of the first Anglioan clergymen in hia diocese to introduce a surpliced choir in his church for which he had to overcome a great deal of prejudice and unfavorable criticism. Canon Ellegood is the only survivor of the herois clergymen who risked their liven to minister to the corporal and spiritual wants of the victims of the ship-fever epidemic in 1849, when Irish emigrants, to escape the famine at home, came to Canada in large numbers only to be stricken down by ship-fever. Thousands died at Point St. Charles, Montreal, and it was among these unfortunates that our subject labored. This venerable minister has lived in the reigns of four British sovereigns, George IV., William IV., Victoria and Edward VII. He li the oldcBt retri- mantal chanlain in Canada and ia the oldest cricketer, curler, golfer and swimmer in the Dominion and takes part in these sports with zest and enthusiasm. He hna been a vegetarian since he was 30 y>ars of age when he wns given up to die bv his physicians, all of whose funerals he' has since attended. Canon EPegood was boi in Fred- ericton, N.B., of Huguenot and Empire Loyalist parentage in March 1824. He was, educated at King's College In that city nnd In 1848 was admitted to the diacohate of the Church of England, at Lennoxville, Quebec. In the following year he waB raised tn the priesthood. For a short time after his ordination he noted aa curate of Christ Church Cathedral, Montrenl. Later he was appointed pastor of St. Ames, where he remained 16 years, building in the interval Brother church at Point 81. Charles. Forty- five years ago he took charge of the erection of the Church of 8t. James the Apostle, Montreal, with which he has been actively connected ever since. He has traveled extensively and has given many lectures on the countries he has visited, some ol the moat in-! tcresting of which were his description of Palestine and eastern life. Mr. Chamberlain and His Clay Pipe, The Foreign Office staff of the King's Home Service messengers has jura lost one nf its members, to whose nickname, "Sir Joseph," a storv belongs. It occurred when Mr. Chamberlain was at the Colonial Office. One night, or, rather, very early in the morning, the messenger was sent to Prince's Gardens with an important "Cabinet circulation." Mr. IChnmberlain was working late, ond had sent all his servants to bed, and the messenger had to wait a long time before getting an answer to his knock. At lost he gave a thundering rat-tat, nnd presently had the satisfaction of seeing somc-me, whom he supposed to he the butler, appear in answer to his call, wearing a plain amoking-jacket nnd smoking a clay pipe. "On," said the messenger, "you have come at last, have youP There Is no' hurry. It's only a message from thp Prime Minister I" The "butler" smiled serenely, and the messenger, then recognizing his man, stam- Jmered out, "I beg your pardon. Sir Moseph, I have a despatch-box for Village of Players. Tie village players of Hilder-hor- ough, Kent, have been emulated by the coys and girls of the local elementary school, who presented recently s musical comedy, entitled "Tha Sul- Iragettett." Two Printers Drunk. The Explorer, Elk Lake's bright little newspaper, was published recently, under difficulties. "This issue speaks for itself and was gotten out by casual callers," It the explanation, "owing to the nonappearance of the printers, two cl whom got drunk and two more were lured away in quest of silver." The number of typographical errors and rather indifferent adjustment certainly indicate that The Explorer had been out late the night before. j However, some bright news is carried, including the township election return*. HUNTING THE MOOSE. Nova Scotia Has Excellent and Little •> Visited Grounds. Moose are fairly numerous in Nova Scotia, but by no means common. I They frequent the depths of the for- | ests remote from railways or villages, and are rarely Been even in those localities, where their presence is denoted by their tracks. They attain a great size, a well-matured bull standing seven and a half feet high to the top of his antlers when erect, and weighing up to twelve and thirteen hundred pounds. The high shoulders, short black- maned neck, and the disproportioned head crowned with massive antlers, Impart a very uncanny appearance, and it can readily be understood that ma*ny sr-irtsmen at i'-.iv first essev have allowed a "called" moose to pass unharmed" within a few"^ards, and been thankful indeed to themselves escape his notice. Nova Scotia has at least one important recommendation over the neighboring province of New Brunswick and the adjoining state of Maine, in both of which' moose are very abundant, and that is the com' parative paucity of hunters, and consequently the less liability to be accidentally killed in mistake for a moose or beer The coBt of a hunting expedition is not high, ant! consists of the hire ot a b-Mse and conveyance for, say, five or six days, nt $2 to $2.50 a day, a fee to the guide, and the food. The hunter will often sleep in the woods near the moose grounds, but should a handy farmhouse be available the Charge for an apartment is very small. The guides vary in their charges, $2.50 a day being a usual fee, but there is no deep-rooted objection to an odd five dollar note being added at the end of a successful hunt. A guide is absolutely necessary If only to avoid being lost in those unfrequented parts Where the game lies. In addition to being familiar with the habits, he must also be able to imitate exactly the "call" of the moose with all its variations, according to circumstances, and to know the lie of the country and the best route for conveying the game out of the woods. The hunt is conducted as follows: The party of one or two persons, headed by the guide, traverse the forest until they arrive at a snot likely to harbor moose. Here, preferably on the edge of a fairly open clearing so as to allow a better view, one gun is stationed, the guide taking up a position a few yards in the rear. But a wary old moose will often Bkirt round the caller and approach him from the lee Bide, so the second gun is posted to meet such a contingency. The caller then takes a strip of birch bark, rolled into the shape of a cone about a foot long and three inches diameter at the larger end and one inch at the smaller, and through this he produces the peculiar cry of the cow moose. The first call is uttered softly in order to give any moose which may be near at hand a chance and the sound is increased by degrees until the answering note of.a bull iB heard, perhaps a mile away. The caller haB now to avoid overdoing his nart, and his ittdement dictates suitable primes and changes in the call as the bull anproaehes. He stoops, and directs his call towards the ground in order to somewhat muffle nr soften the soi'nd. Tn spite of all his skill a wary bull will at times, instead of answering, stealthily approach the hunter and as silently depart. But when the bull is satisfied the call is genuine He comes along through the forest at great speed, the smashing of the branches right and left with hiB horns making a great noise, and a raw hand may be excused if, under the circumstances, he aims wildly or even (os sometimes happens) refrains from shooting. A BELLE OF THE NORTH. Miss Nora Devan of Elk City Is Owner of Prosperous Claim. Few young ladies are better known in the upper Ontario silver camps than Miss Devan, who takes a prominent place in the simple social functions of the north, and is the belle of the dances at Elk City, the new silver camp up the Montreal river. She is MISS NOBA DEVAN. of English birth, but her parents were Irish. - She is a waitress in the dining-room of an Elk City hotel, and the swearing so often heard in the rotunda is always hushed when the dining-room is entered. Nora, as they all call her, iB therefore an influence for good in the camp. Miss Devan was one of the first young women to go into the new camp. She had previously been employed at the King Edward Hotel, Toronto, and went from there to Cobalt. Hence her advent in Elk City was the most natural thing on earth Nora's sunny smile and rippling laugh made her popular, and was as well.an asset to the Grand View, for women are by no means numerous in a mining camp. Tips came her way in profusion, and finally she grub- Btaked a man. Now she owns a claim of her own, on which Bhe has three men doing assessment work. - Thay have brought to Nora some very good samples of silver. " JOSEPH BRANTS REMAINS. Canadians Confident That the Great Chief's Bones Are Still Intact. Joseph Brant, the Mohawk Chief, and known among his fellow redmen as ThayendanegCa. possessed some of the elements of greatners. Some writers who have made a study of the aborigines, state that he was one of the greatest of all the North American Indians; others claim that of all the Indians who played a part in Canadian history, he was second only to Pontiac; but naturally Canadians give first place to Brant, for he made their cause hiB own, and fought shoulder to shoulder with the other defenders of the British flag while POn- tiac's memorable feat was the formation of a conspiracy which had for its purpose the driving of the whites out of the West, and, in fact, the sweeping them off the continent. Perhaps Pontiac was the better organiser, but Brant had the broader outlook and a truer appreciation of the changed conditions of life in North America. Of course, Brant had the advantages of education and the world was to him a much bigger place than it waa to the great war chief who beseiged Detroit. It has always been supposed that the remnins of Brant have been sleeping these many years in the churchyard of the Mohawk reservation a couple of miles outside the City of Brantford, where, at the cloBe of the war of the American Revolution, a large number of the loyal Iroquois settled, and where their descendants to-day are progressive and prosperous farmers. The Buffalo Historical Society are attempting to raise a doubt about all this, for they now have on exhibition part of a skeleton which some claim is thnt of Brant. The claim is based more on mystery than on ascertained fact. The bones have been deposited with the society by a friend who refuses to give his name, but .who claims they came from Brantford, where for years they were in the possession of a well-known physician practicing there. Between this claim and establishing that they are the bones of Brant 'several important links in the chain of evidence are lacking; and until they are supplied Brant's fellow-countrymen on the reserve and Canadians generally will continue to believe that the remains of the Great Chief repose in their Canadian grave beside the banks oi the Grand river. The old Mohawk Church standing In the yard containing Brant's grave, possesses among other things of historical interest, a handsome communion service of beaten silver, each piece bearing an inscription stating that it was given to' the Mohawks for the use of their chapel by Queen Anne. The armorial bearings of Queen Anne are also affixed io the walls of the church. The church-tell was made In London In 1786, and was procured hy Brant at the time of his visit to England. COUNTERS TO CORONETS. SIR EDWARD GREY. Military School Needed. There is considerable dissatisfaction in militia circles just now over the tardinesB of the Militia Department to establish a regular military school in Montreal, promised time and again the past six years by Sir Frederick Borden. Minister of Militia. Commanding officers find it very difficult to secure young subalterns, because they are unable to go to St. Johns for instruction to qualify for their lieutenant's rank from provisional appointment. Officers of the brigade are not slow in condemning freely the treatment the officers nnd men of Montreal are receiving at the hands of the Military Council. Minister and City Council, who agreed to at once provide a site and barracks, if St. Hern's Island was sold them in its entirety for park purposes. The corporation agreed to vote $25,- 000 towards the establishment of a branch of the permanent infantry corps in Montreal. So far nothing is yet in sight for the school and barracks. All the commanding officers contend that the barracks and school should nt once be established on the large Government property at Lnfon- taine Park. It iB pointed out that the place would be near at hand tor those requiring instruction to puss their examination for lieutenant's rank. The drill ground at Lafontaine Park ia roomy, and the place to give the young aspirants practical work in drill of all kinds. As one experienced colonel remarked to The Standard the other day, "if something is not done verv soon rewarding the permanent military in Montreal, the Militia Department will very soon have a demoralized brigade for the sheer want of young officers."—Montreal Standard. Romance of a Canadian Journalist. "He uarried to Montreal nothing but a common school education and an alert brain, but to-day he is a millionaire newspaper owner nnd one of Canada's best citizens." That isliow Sir Hugh Graham, the first Canadian journalist to be knighted, whose life story is a veritable romance, has been described. Sir Hugh commenced his career as an office boy on the Montreal Evening Telegraph, and in later years started The Daily Star. For some time the paper staggered under a huge load of debt. In fact, at one period Sir Hugh's credit was so low that he bought his coal by the bucketful, and paid for the paper day by day with the proceeds of the Btreet sales of the evening before. And when a neighbor cut off the steam power, Graham triumphed over the difficulty by using horse power. Some of England's Peers Have Bean I of Humble Origin. Mr. Thornton Half bas written a most fascinating new book on the romance of money-making, entitled "Roads to Riches," froto which is given some interesting particulars of the rise of some of Britain's greatest families: \\ "The Duke of Northumberland traces his descent from centuries of proud Percies; but his family tree also includes many a North Country husbandman and small farmer, whoso blood runs equally in his ducal veins. It was Hugh Smithson, the eon of 'Anthony Smithson, yeoman,' one of these lowly forefathers, who left the paternal farm to serve behind the counter of Ralph and William Robinson, haberdashers, in the seventeenth century, and, by his brains and industry, to become, in process of time, a man oi wealth and a baronet, thus breaking hiB 'birth's ignoble bar.' From the haberdasher's apprentice descended, in the fifth generation, that other Hugh Smith- 'son, who, as the story goes, was serving in a London druggist's shop when accident made him acquainted with the .Lady Elizabeth Seymour, only child of Algernon, Beventh Duke of Somerset, and representative of the long line of Percies. How the duke's daughter lost her heart and gave her hand to the druggist's assistant, and bow this descendant 'f husbandmen blossomed into Earl Percy and Duke of Northumberland, is one of the most romantic of all peerage stories. "There is no greater name in the British peerage than that of Russell —Dukes of Bedford, Marquesses of Tavistock, earls and twofold barons, for whom a descent is claimed from Hugh de Russel, or Rossel, one of the Norman. barons whom the Cop-' queror brought in.hifl triumphal train to England. But to this great family experts assign a very different and less exalted origin. Its true founder was, bo they say, no haughty baron of Norman blood, but one Henry Russell, of Weymouth, who, in 1445, was part owner of a 'barge' called the JameB of Weymouth, and who, in his prosperous days, was returned as burgess for his native town, and figures in a list of Dorset men, 'able tq spend £12 a year and upwards.' "The Marquess oi Salisbury is rightly proud of his descent from three centuries of ennobled Cecils, headed by the famous Lord High Treasurer, Burleigh; but he should be, and probably is, proud to count among his forebears one Christopher Gaseoigne, who was a merry London apprentice nearly two centuries ago, and who was the first Lord Mayor to make his home in the Mansion House. The, Marquess of Bath need not search long among the ramifications of hiB family tree to find one William de Bothefeid, who was a worthy under-forester in Shropshire a good many centuries ago, and whose descendant, who gave his name to this noble family, was known as 'John o' th' Inne.' at Church Stretton. "The Earl of Warwick, whose pedigree bears such great names as Plan- tagenet, Neville, Beauchamp, and Newburgh, would not be quite the man he is but for the enternrise of two apprentice forefathers. One was Sir Samuel Dashwood. vintner, who, from very small beginnings, lived to play the hoBt to Queen Anne in the Guildhall, and to see his daughter 'my Lady Brooke.' The other was William Greville, who left his modest home at Campden to seek and win fortune as a woolstapler in London. CANADIAN IN LONDON. Hon. J. H. Turner Represents British Columbia In Metropolis, Hon. J. H. Turner, Agent-General in England for the great Pacific Province of British Columbia, has a splendid record of Oversea public life behind him, and carries on now, in the Empire's capital, a work of great Shoot All Loose Dogs. A terrible epidemic of rabies broke out in Red Deer, Alta., Hume time lago, and since then ihe Government has been quietly fighting the outbreak in the only known way, which is to shoot all dogs that are loose on tho streets^ ^_ Hates Gossiping;. A man of curious ideas is 8ir Tat- ton Sykes, who recently celebrated his eighty-third birthday. When some Sears ago he built some cottages at ledmere, he forbade the tenants to use their front doors because he objected to the women gossiping in public BON. J. H. TL'KNKB. value alike to British Columbia and the Mother Country. In the early sixties Mr. Turner joined the first company of volunteers formed in Victoria, the beautiful capital of his adopted state. For three successive years he was mayor of that fair and lovable Canadian city, and, having held important portfolios in the Parliament of British Columbia, he became its Premier in 1895, and held that high office with distinction for thres years. As far back as 1888 he changed the financial system of the province by the issue of three per cent, inscribed stock in London. { A Character Study of the British Fo»- i sign Secretary. When I first saw Sir Edward Grey, ! says a writer in a London review, he ' was a boy of fifteen, nearing "Sixth ' Book" n Winchester, and known al- I ready for refined scholarship. '--The ; grave, blear-cut face hardly seemed to i belong to one of bo few yeats; but, on the other hand, he has changed but little in appearance: since those days. Few people, I fancy, knew him well He "mugged," and he fished, and for both occupations solitude was preferable to society. I suppose that perforce he played cricket and football as a junior, and he played racquets, quite excellently from choice. But my chief recollection is seeing him return, rod and landing-net in hand (and generally a fat, speckled Itchen trout or two in the latter) from the banks of "Old Barge." I only know from hearsay, but I believe his life when, at a very early age as things went at Winchester, the office nf Prefect was thrust upon him, was bv no means a bed of roses. Like Kipling's lance-corporal, however, he "learnt to sweat his temper, and he learnt to sweat his man." Not that Grey was ever credited with so ordinary a human defect ns temper. He faded out.of the school without moat of ns being more than generally aware of the fact, leaving the reputation of one who had shown precocity of talent, and whom custom had failed to melt into the common mould. Going to Balliol, I believe another side" of his character appeared, and his university career was short. There are no trju't in the Isis, so he took to tennis; and became an amateur champion at the royal game. At the age of twenty-three, however, public affairs claimed him, and he entered Parliament ns member for Berwick, and—hereditarily—a Liberal. He followed Mr. Gladstone at the time of the Home Rule split, but kept his seat, and at once the belief began to grow, no one quite know how or why, thnt Grey was destined to go.far in the higher atreta of politics. Anticipation was fulfilled when, in 1892, being then thirtv years of age, he was appointed bv Mr. Gladstone Under- Secretary of Slate for Foreign Affairs, his chief b°ing Lord Bosebery. He never committed an indiscretion, and it fell to his lot to make one historic declaration—that the establishment of Major Marchand's expedition on the Nile would be regarded by this country as "an unfriendly act." Lord Rosebery's escape from "Purgatory or worse" in 1895, of course, meant for Sir Edward Grey, as for the rest of the narty; ten yenrs in the wilderness of Opposition. It cannot be said that his opposition was very strenuous, however, and, ever an Imperialist, he gave the Government whole-hearted support during the Boer War As to what he is in political opinion, no one can say with certainty. It is reported—but I give the legend under reserve—that Mr. John Burns has recently declared that "the only Radicals in the Cabinet are Lloyd- George, Churchill, and Grey." In a sense this may be true. Sir Edward Grey surveys the world rather Irom Olympian heights. And he is pitiful towards the sufferings of the "disinherited." Such an one placed in a fiosition of easy affluence, where the mposition of a penny on the rate or an the Income Tax means nothing, may very possibly fail to realize that the relief of Paul's necessities by Act of Parliament may fall with cruel weight on hard-working, penurious Peter. But he is the typical high-bred Englishman, instinct with the spirit of the aristocracy which brought the nation through the Napoleonic struggle in triumph, and in all that touches the Imperial destiny of hia country, his voice is cermm to be heard on the patriotic side. FATHER OF THE ARMY FAMOUS OLD SOLDIER PASSES AWAY IN ENGLAND. A F.'MCUi OASIS. Burial Ground of St. George the Martyr to Be Improved. The idea of enlarging the pretty public garden situated a few yards to the west of the Gray's Inn road, and Pope Helps Irish Sufferers. The Archbishop of Dublin has forwarded to the Archbishop of Tuam a check for $5,000 from the Pope to the Galway Bog Disaster Fund. A letter was received from Rome stating that his holiness was much concerned on learning the distress caused by the accident, and that the amount may be deducted from the remittance an* pounced for the earthquake sufferers. CEMETERY OF ST. flKORUE TIIE MARTYR. once known as the burial ground of St. George the Martyr, by adding to it the well-planted area surrounding the adjacent school of anatomy, will, il given effect to, add to the attractions of one of London's most interesting oases. For, apart from being the leafy haunt of the wood tyigeon and sparrow, it lias some curious and, little known historic associations quite sufficient to tempt the passing pedestrian to pause and muse awhile. Here, for instance, close to the eastern entrance, is the tomb, sculptured with armorial bearings, of Thomas Gibson, physician-general to the army in the reign of George I., and his second wile, Anna, daughter of Richard Cromwell, the Protector, and granddaughter ot the great Oliver. And olose by, too, the oldest in the garden, is tiie grave of his contemporary, Robert Nelson, famous as a religious writer, Jacobite, and friend of Tillotson, who died in his arms. A few yards away may be seen the tomb of Zachary Macaulay, lather of the great historian, whilst somewhere near (at a spot the situation of which waB strangely enough overlooked and forgotten during the conversion of the graveyard into a public garden) lie interred the remains of the ill-fated Eliza Fanning, who was hanged at Newgate in 1815 for attempted arsenie poisoning. General Robert Napier Raikes Who Has Just Died at Age ot 96— ' Traveled to India Long Before Era of Steamers and Railways—Rode Alone-to Agra In the days of the Mutiny After His Sepoys Deserted, i Gen. Robert Napier Raikes, wbo enjoyed the title of "Father of the British Army," has just died at East, bourne, England, at the age of 96. Despite his great age, he stood erect, the pattern of a fine old soldier, and took on interested part in the affairs of the town in which he spent his last years. Only a few weeks ago his - voice was sufficiently strong to enable him to address a large .out-of-door gathering of children at the East street Council Schools, Eastbourne Gen. Raikes was born two years before Waterloo was fought, at Drayton, of which parish his father was incumbent. He was one of six brothers, all of whom entered the service of the old "John Company." After a period of training at Addis- combe, he obtained a commission as ensign in the Bengal army when 16 OEM. ROBERT NAPIER RAIKES. yearB oi age. It is difficult to realise that a man only just dead made the journey to Calcutta long before there were railways to the coast or steamships to cross the sea. He sailed from Portsmouth in the Caesar, reached Calcutta six months later, and it took him almost as long to get from there, to Cawnpore, being towed in a "Tiudgerow," a round- bottom boat with Bails, a large part of the Way. He was first posted to the 6Zth Bengal Native Infantry. Those were days when rational uniform for tropical services was unknown, and an officer marched and fought in tight scarlet tunic, high stock, the old cumbersome shako, and overalls tightly strapped over Wellington boots. The men were armed with the "Brown Bess." Wellington's maxim, "Don't shoot until you see the whiten of their eyes," still held good. His seriouB service began in the Gwalior campaign in 1843, when the outbreak of the Malirntta State for a time threatened our supremacy Raikes. who was then with the cavalry, accompanied Gen. drey's force to Pun- mar, where, in December, they completely defeated the enemy before them, at the same time that Lord Gough was destroying the other portion at Maharajpore. Eight years later he was in Burmah, having rejoined his old regiment, the 67th Bengal Native Infantry, with which he participated in the capture of Rangoon. The outbreak of the Mutiny found him, now a brevet-major, in command of a detachment of the 1st Gwalior Cavnby at Mynpoorie. Obliged to leave there, he managed to convey the treasure to safety, but when marching to Agra his men, a tew miles distant from that town, refused to go lurther. His personal popularity with the Sepoys wns shown by their conduct. Though mutinous, they lined the road and saluted as ho rode, to Agra alone. Not a man attempted to hinder him. With tho Mutiny Gen. Raikes' war record closed. Ho remained in India to complete 40 years' service, returning to England in 18611. Afterwards ho became inajor-gencral in 1877, lieu- tenant-general 1870, nnd general 10 yenrs Inter. He was a grandson of Robert Ilnikes, the founder of the Sunday schools, whom he is well remembered. The late Gen. Raikes married in I»54 Harriet; daughter nf Major Beckett, Ilenenl Army. Lady Elgar, the wile of Sir Edward Elgnr, is n niece of the Into general, her father, (len. Sir Honry Geo Roberts, having married Gen. Raikes' youngest sister. Luck of Lord Annaly. In connection with the fifty-second birthday of Lord Annnly, the fact has been recalled that the fortunes of the family were laid partly by book-selling anil partly by an almost unheard- of piece ol luck. Tho lather of the first peer used to deal in state lottery tickets from time to time, and on one occasion the firm with whom he did business sent him by mistake a number of .vhole tickets instead of quarters, eights, and sixteenths. As no buyers were forthcoming these tickets retrained on his hands, nnd while negotiations were in progress concerning their disposal one of tho tickets hail drawn a prize of $100,000. A Naval Expert. No member of Parliament knows more about naval affairs than Mr. Cnrlyon Bellnirs, M.P. He gained first-class certificates in all naval .subjects, and special promotion to tho rank of lieutenant. He was til.no tho inventor of the datum pole electrio float light, which was adopted in the navv. THE REPORTER, MICHEL, BkITISH COLUMBIA. The Opal Serpent By FERGUS HUME, Author ef "EAe Myetery ef t. Heneom Ceb." "&le Menderin'e Fen," Etc. Copyrlfbt. IMS,, by G. W. Dillingham Company. 'Continued.) This was clearly argued, aud Jt-ssop could uot contradict. "I left liitn quit* well and hearty." "In the cellar In Gwynne street?" "Yes, in the cellar," admitted Jessop. "At wbat time?" "About half past 8-say between 8 and 9." "Well, what happened?" asked Hard, smoking quietly. Tbe sailor twisted his big hands and (•loaned. Then he laid his head on th* table and began to sob, talking broken. ly and huskily. I'm done for," ha gasped. "I'd know'd it would coma- no—I ain't sorry. I've had n nightman of a time. Oh-slnce I pawned that brooch"— "Ah. Then you did pawn the brooch at 8towley?" Jessop sat up aud wiped his eyes. "Tea, I did. But I pulled my cap down over my eyes and buttoned up my pea jacket. I never thought old Tinker would ha' knowed me." "Wasn't It rather rash of you to pawn the brooch In a place where yon •were well known'/" "I wasn't well known. I only cane at times, and then I went away. Old Tinker hadn't seen me more nor one* or twice, and then I pulled down my cap and"— Jessop, badly shaken, wtu beginning to tell the episode over again when Hnrd stopped blm. "See here," Bald the detective. "Ion aay that you are innocent?" "I swear that I am," gasped Jessop. "Well, then, I'll give yon the benefit of the doubt. My business Is not to bang Innocent people. Take a glass of rum and tell me all you know, beginning with your first meeting with Krlll and running down through the death of Lady Rachel to your last meeting In the Gwynne street cellar." "And when you know all?" "Then I'll see what is to be dona* I "Will you arrest me?" "I have arrested you. Don't make conditions with me, man," said Hurd, with a stern face. "The night is growing late, and I want to get to the bottom of tbls business before we go to bed. Tske some rum." Seeing there was nothing for It but to make a clean breast, Captain Jarvey Jessop wasted no further time In useless lamentation. He could , have smashed Hurd easily enough, even though tbere was the risk of being shot, but the fracas would bring others on the scene, and Jessop knew he could not deal witb the police. Therefore ha took a stiff peg and became quieter— in fact, wben once started on his confession, he appeared to be rather relieved. "It's bean a nightmare," said be, wiping bis forehead. "I'm glad It's come to the lawr, that I am. I met Krlll, as he wos then, some twenty- live year back by chance, as you may say"—be cast a strange look at the detective, which the latter noted—"yea, by chance, Mr. Hurd. I found he kep' the pub here, and this beln' no distance from Southampton, I took to run- nln' down here when the barkey was at anchor. Me an' Krill became great mates, and I'd what you might call free quarters here-yes, sir-it's a frozen fact" "Very generous of Mr. Krlll,"' remarked Hurd dryly and wondering what the man was keeping back. "Oh, be was right enough as a mate wben not drunk, but the liquor made a bowling dorg of him. I've seen many drank in many places," said Jessop,' "bnt any one who held his liquor wuss nor Krlll I never did see. He'd knife you as soon as look at you when drunk." "But he evidently preferred strangling." "Hold on, mate," said Jessop, with another deep pull at the mm. "I'm comln' to that night We wos both on the bust a y'may ssy, nnd Mrs. Krlll she didn't like it, so got to bed with tbe child." "How old wns tho child?" "Maud? Oil, you might say she was thirteen or fifteen, I can't be sure of her age. What's up?" For Hurd, seeing In this admission a confirmation that Maud was not Krlll's child and could not Inherit the money. bad showed bis feelings. However, ho made some trivial excuse, not wishing to he too confidential, and begged Jen- sop to proceed. "Well, mate," said tbe captain, filling another glass of rum, "y'see tbe lady had come earlier and had been put to bed by the missus. I never saw her myself, being drinking In this very room along o' Krlll. But be saw her," added Jassop emphatically, "and said os she'd a fine opal brooch, which bo wish he'd bad, as he wanted money ond the mis- j ■us kept him tight." "Krlll was a Judge of Jeweler "Traveled In Jewels once," sold the captain, "Bless you, he could size up a precious stone In no lime. But be sat drinking with mc, and every now and then got out of tbe room, when he'd ■top away for perhaps a quarter of an hour at the time." "Did he mention tbe opal brooch again?" "No." said Jessop, after reflection, ! "he didn't. But ho got so drunk that | he began to show fight, ns lie nlwnys did when boozy, though a timid chap when sober. I concluded, wlslilnj* no j ronv, to git to my hammock, and cut < upstairs. Then I went by mistake Into the room of that pore lady, carrying | a candle, and saw her tied to the bedpost stone dead, with a silk handkerchief round her neck. I shouted out blue murder, and Mrs. Krlll, witb the kid, came tumbling down. I was so feared," added Jessop, wiping his forehead at tbe recollection, "tbat I ran ont of doors." "What good would that do?" "Lor', I dunno." confessed the man, shivering, "but I wos skeered out of my life. It wos rainln' pitchforks, ns y'mlght say, ond I raced on through the rain for an hour or so. Then 1 tbougbt, as I wos Innocent, I'd make tracks back, and I did. I found Krlll had cut." "Did his wife tell you?" "Oh, sbe wos lying on the floor insensible where he'd knocked her down. And the kid—Lor'," Jessop spat "sho was lying In the corner with her lips fastened together with the brooch." "What?" cried Hurd, storting to his feet "The same as her—the same as Norman's was?" Jessop nodded and drank some mm. "Made me sick, It did. I took th' brooch away and slipped It Into my pocket. Tben the kid said her father had fastened her lips together and had knocked her mother flat when she Interfered. I brought Mrs. Krlll round and then left ber with the kid, and walked off to Southampton. The police found me there, and I told them what I tell you." "Did you tell about the brooch?" "Well, no, I didn't," confessed Jessop coolly, "and as the kid and the mother said nothing, I didn't see why I shouldn't keep It, wnntln' money. So I went to Stowley and pawned It, then took a deep sea voyage for a year. When I come back, all was over." "Do you think Krlll murdered the woman?" asked Hurd, passing over for the moment the fact that Jessop bad stolen tbe brooch. "He said he didn't," rejoined the man with emphasis, "but I truly believe, mister, as he did, one of them times when mad with drink and out of the room. He wanted the brooch, d'ye, see, though why he should have lost tbe loot by sealin' tbe kid's mouth with it I can't say." "When did you come across Krlll again?" "Ho," ssld Jessop, drawing his band across his mouth, "'twas this way, d'ye see. I came round here lots, and a swell come, too, a cold"— "Grexon Hay," sold Hurd, pointing to the photograph. "Yes, that's him," said Jessop, staring, "and I hated him just, with bis eyeglasses and his sneerln' ways. He loved tbe kid, now a growed, fine gal, as you know, and come bere often. In June-at the end of it anyhow- he comes and I hears him tells Mrs, Krlll, who was always looking for her husband, that a one eyed bookseller In Gwynne street, Drnry lane, had fainted when he saw tbe very Identical brooch showed him by another cove." "Beecot I know. Didn't you wonder how the brooch had left the pawnshop?" asked Hurd, very attentive. "No, I didn't," snarled jessop, who was growing cross. "I knew old Tinker's assistant had sold the brooch and be didn't oughter t' have done it, as I wanted It back. Mrs. Krill asked me about the brooch and wanted it, so 1 said I'd get It back. Tinker said It was gone, but wrote to tbe gent as bought it" "Mr. Simon Beecot of Wargrove, In Essex." "That wos him; but the gent wouldn't give it back, so I s'pose he'd given it to his son. Well, then, when Mrs. Krlll heard of the one eyed man fainting at the sight of the brooch Bhe knew 'twas her husband, as he'd one eye, she having knocked tbe other out when he was sober." "Did she go up and see him?" "Well," said Jessop slowly, "I don't rightly know what she did do, but she went up. I don't think she saw Krlll at his shop, but she might have seen that Pash, who was Mr. Hay's lawyer, and a dirty little ape o' sorts he Is." "Ha," said Hutd to himself, "I thought Pash knew about the women beforehand. No wonder he stuck to them and gave poor Miss Norman tue go-by." He rubbed his hands and chuckled. "Well, we'll see what will come of the matter. Go on. Jessop." "There ain't much more to tell," crumbled the captain. "I heard of tbls. and I wasn't meant to hear. But I thought I'd go up and see If I could get money out of Krlll by saying I'd tell about the murder of Lady Rachel." "You aro a scoundrel," said Hurd coolly. "I wos 'ard up," apologized the captain, "or I wouldn't, not me. I'm straight enough wben In cash. Si I went up In July." "On tbe Oth of July?" "If that was tbe day of the murder, yes. I went up and loafed round until It wos dark and then slipped through that sldo passage at 8 o'clock to Bee Krlll." "How did you know whore to find him?" "Why, that Hoy knew about the cbnp and snid as he did business In a cellar after 8. So Krlll let me In, thinking, I s'pose, I wos a customer.. He'd been drinking a little nnd wns bold enough. But when I snid ns I'd say he'tl killed Lady Itachvl he swore ho wus nn lancrccnt babe and cried, the drink dylu' out of him." 'The same as It died out of you lately," said Hurd, smiling. "Go slow," grunted the captain In a surly tone. "I ain't afraid now, as I ain't done nothing. 1 said to Krlll I'd say nothing If he'd give me money. He wouldn't, but snid he'd plnced a lot of pnwncd things wltb 1'asb, and I could hnve them. He then gave me a paper saying I was to have the things, and I went to Pash the next morning and had trouble. But I heard by chance," again Jessop cast a strange look at Hurd, "that Krill had been murdered, so I didn't wait for the lawyer to come back, but cut down to Southampton and went on a short voyage. Then I come here, and you nabbed me," and Jessop finished his rum. "That's all I know." "Do you swear you left Aaron Norman alive?" "Meaning Krlll? I do. He wasn't no use to me dead, and I made him give me tbe Jewels Push hnd, d'ye see." "But who warned you of the death when you were waiting?" Jessop seemed unwilling to speak, but when pressed burst out, " 'Twos a measly little kid with ragged clothes and a dirty face." "Tray," said Hurd. "Hum! I wonder how he knew of the murder before It got Into tbe papers?" CHAPTER XXI. HURD'S sister was a clever young woman who lu her time bad played many parts. She began her career along with Hurd as a private detective, but wben her brother joined the official service Miss Hurd thought sbe would better her position by appearing on the stage and therefore took the rather queer name of Aurora Qlan. Iu her detective capacity she had often disguised herself when employed In obtaining evidence and was remarkably talented in changing her face and figure. This art she used with great success In ber new profession and speedily made her mark as nn Impersonator of vnrlous characters out of novels. As Becky Sharp, as Little Dorrlt, she was said to be inimitable, and after playing under several managements sbe started, In the phrase of the profession, "a show of her own" and rapidly made money. But her great faults, among others, were vanity and extravagance, so she was always In need of money, and when chance offered, through her brother, to make uny she was not averse to returning to tbe spy business. Thus It came about that sbe watched Mr. Grexon Hay for many a 'long day and night, and ha never suspected the pretty, fluffy, kittenish Miss Qlan was in reality an emissary of the law. Consequently when Aurora asked him to a card party at her rooms Hay accepted readily enough, although he was not in need of money at tbe time. Miss Qlan occupied a tiny flat on tbe top of a buge pile of buildings in Kensington, and It was furnished in a glm- crack way, with more show than real value and with more color than taste. Like the Becky Sharp whom she Impersonated with such success, Miss Qlan possessed a chaperon, not because she needed one, being very well able to look after herself, but because It sounded and looked respectable. Miss Stably, who filled this necessary office, was a dull old lady who dressed excessively badly and devoted her life to knitting shawls. She talked very little. This sort of person exactly suited Miss Qlan, who wanted a sheep dog who could neither bark nor bite and who could be silent. These qualifications were possessed by the old lady, and for some years she bad trailed through a rather giddy world at Aurora's heels. In her own dull way she wob fond of the young woman, but was far from suspecting that Aurora was connected in an underhand manner with the law. This was the old lady who sat In the pink drawing room to ploy propriety for Miss Qlan. Lord George Sandal was present, looking rather washed out, but as gentlemanly as ever. Hay, with his fixed eyeglass and eternally cold smile, was there, and a third young mnu, who adored Miss Qlan, thinking her to be merely an actress, simpered across tbe card table at his goddess. The four were playing a game which Involved tbe gaining and losing of much money, and they had been engaged for about an hour. Miss Stably, having eaten a good dinner and commenced a new Bhtwl, was half dosing in the corner and paying absolutely no attention to the players. "It's a good thing we're hanging on our own hooks in tbls game," sajd Ml-"* Qlnn. "Were I your partner, Sandal"—she always addressed her tnetius In this free and easy fashion—"I'd be losing money. What luck you hove!" "1 never do seem to win," lamented Lord George. "Whenever I think I've got a good hand, the thing pans out wrong." "Hay has got all the money," said the simpering admirer who answered tn tho name of Tempest. "He and you, Miss Qlan, are the winners." "I've made very little," she replied. "Hay's raking In the dollars hand over fist." "Lucky In love, unlucky at cards," said Hay, who did not like his good fortune to be commented upon for reasons whicb Miss Qlan knew. "It's the reverse with me—I'm lucky at cards"— "And lucky In love, too," Interrupted Aurora, with a grimace, "seeing you're going to marry that Krlll heiress—If Bhe Is an heiress." "What do you mean?" asked Hoy, who was dealing a new round. "Go on with the game and don't ask questions," said Miss Qlan lu a saucy manner. "Sandal, don't stare round, but keep your eye on the cards," and she winked stealthily at the young lord while Hay was exchanging a word with Tempest. The young man, who had spoken privately to her immediately before the dinner, knew well what sbe meant. Had Hay been likewise "In the know" he would scarcely have done what he did do and which Sandal saw bim do In a few minutes. Hay wus rapidly dealing, and the cards were flying like leaves. A pile of gold stood beside Hay's elbow and some silver near Tempest. Tbe game commenced, and soon the players were engrossed, heedless of the patent simr- ■»s£ of Miss Stably, who, poor old tblng, hnd succumbed to the lateness of the bour. Suddenly Lord George, who had been very vigilant, felt his foot touched under the table by Miss Qlan. He rose nt once and snatched up the gold standing near Hay. "What's that for?" demanded Hay angrily. "You're cheating," said Sandal, "and I don't play with you any more." "That's a He! I did not cheat" "Yes, you did," cried Miss Qlan, bending forward and seizing the cards; "we've been watching you. Tempest"— "I saw It all right," said the other. "You took up that king"— "And It's marked," said Aurora. "I believe Hay's got cards up his sleeve. Examine the cards." Hay, very pale, but still keeping his countenance, tried to object, but the two young men seized and held him, while Miss Qlan, wltb a dexterity acquired in detective circles, rapidly searched his pockets. "Here's another pack," she cried, and shook an ace and two kings out of the detected swindler's sleeve, "and these cards"— Sandal took one and went to the lamp. "Marked, by Jove!" he cried, but with a stronger oath. "Here's a pin prick!" "You are mistaken," began Hay, quite pale. "No," said Tempest coolly, "we're not. Miss Qlan told us you cheated, and we laid a trap for you. You've "Here's another vaek," she cried. been trying this double card and marked card dodge several times this very evening." "And he's tried It lots of times before," said Aurora quickly. "I have been at several places where Hay scooped the pool, and It was all cheating." "If It was," said Hay with quivering lips, "why didn't you denounce me then and there?" "Because I denounce you now," she said; "you're cooked, my man. These boys will see that the matter is made public." "By Jove, yes!" cried Sandal, with a look of abhorrence at Hay, "and I'll prosecute you to get back those thousands you won off me." "I never did"— "You've been rooking tins poy ror months," cried Miss Qinn. "Here, Tempest, get a constable. We'll gt-Je him In charge for swindling." "No! no!" cried Hay, his nerve giving way under tbe threatened exposure; you'll have your money back. Sandal, I swear." "Lord George to you now, you blackguard; and how can you pay me the money when I know you haven't got a cent?" "He intends to get It from the heiress," sniggered Aurora. "Oh, dear me!" rose the plaintive voice of the sheep dog, "what Is it, Aurora? Anything wrong?" "We've caught Hay cheating, that's all, and the police"— "Oh, Aurora, don't bring up the police." "No. don't," Bald Hay, wbo was now trembling. "I'll do whatever you like. Don't show ine up—I'm—I'm going to be married soon." "No, you sba'n't marry," cried Tempest sharply; "I'll see this girl myself and save her from you," "You can't prove that I cheated," said Hay desperately. "Yes, we can," said George. -"I and Miss Qlan and Tempest all saw you cheat, aud Miss Qlan bas tbe marked cards." "But don't expose me. I—I"— Hay broke down and turned away with a look of despair on his face. He cursed himself Inwardly for having ventured to cheat when things, by the marriage with Maud Krlll, would have soon been all right for him. "Miss Qlan," be cried In a tone of agony, "give me another chance." Aurora, playing her own game, of which the two young men were Ignorant, appeared to repent She beckoned to Miss Stably. "Take Mr. Hay Into the dining room," Bhe said, "and I'll see what I can do. But you try and bolt, Hay, and the news will be all over tbe west end tomorrow." "I'll stop," said Hay. whose face was colorless, and without saying a word be followed the sheep dog Into tbe dining room In an agony of mind better Imagined than described. Then MIbs Qlan turued ber attention to her guests. "See here, boys," she said frankly, "this Is a dirty business, and 1 don't want to be mixed up with It" "But Hay should be exposed," Insisted Sandal: "he's been rooking me I. I -I do believe, for months." j "Serve you Jolly well right," said Aurora heartlessly. "I warned you I again and again iwalnst blm. But If there's a row, where do I come In?" i "It won't hurt you," said Tempest eagerly. "Oh, won't It? Gambling In my flat and all the rest of It You boys may i think me free and easy, but no one | can say a word against me. I'm not going to be made out an adventuress and a bad woman for tbe sake of that swindler Hay. So you boys will just hold your tongues." "No," said Sandal, "my money"— "Oh, bother your money! I'll see that Hay pays It back. He's going to marry this Krlll girl, and she's able to supply the cash." "But tbe girl shouldn't be allowed to marry Hay," said Tempest. "Don't you burn your fingers with other people's fire,", said Aurora sharply. "This girl's In'love with him and will marry bim In spite of everything. But I don't care a cent for that It's myself I'm thinking of. If I get your money back, Sandal, will you hold your tongue?" Lord George, thinking of what his noble fatber would say were he Involved In a card scandal connected with an actress, thought It just as well to agree. "Yes," said he hesitatingly, "I'll not say a word If you get the money back. But don't you let Hay speak to me again In public or I'll kick blm." "That's your affair and bis," said Anrora, delighted at having gained her point; "but you bold your tongue; and you, Tempest?" "I'll not say a word either," said the young man, with a shrug, "though I don't see why you should save this blackguard's reputation," "It's my own I'm thinking of, so don't you make any mistake. And now I have both yonr promises?" "Yes," said Sandal and Tempest thinking It best to hush the matter up, "but Hay"- ' "I'll see to him. You two boys clear out snd go home to bed." "But we can't leave you alone with Hay," said Tempest. "I'll not be alone with him," cried the little woman imperionsly. "My companion is with me. What do you mean?" "He might do you some harm." "Oh, might he? You take me for a considerable Idiot, I suppose. You get along, boys, and leave me to fix up things." Both young men protested again, but Aurora, anxious for her conversation with Hay, bundled tbem out of the fiat and banged the door to when sbe heard them whistling below for a hansom. Then she went to the dining room. "You come along to the drawing room," sbe said to Hay. "Miss Stably, stop here." "I haven't got my shawl," bleated the old lady. "Oh, bother!" Aurora ran to the other room, snatched up the shawl and saw Miss Stably sitting down to knit, while she led Hay back Into the drawing room. He looked round wben he entered. "Where are they?" he asked, sitting down. "Gone. But It's all rfght Tve made them promise not to sny"— Grexon Hay didn't let ber finish. He fell on his knees and kissed her band. His face waB perfectly white, but his eyes were full of gratitude as he babbled his thanks. No one could have accused him of being cold then. But Miss Qlan did not approve of this emotion, natural though It was. "Hero, get up!" she said, snatching her hand away. "I've got to speak straight to you. I've done a heap for you. Now you've got to do a heap for me." "Anything — anything." said Hay, whose face was recovering Its normal color. "You have saved me—you have." "And much of a thing you are to save! You'll be cheating again In a week or bo." "No," cried Hay emphatically, "I swear I'll not touch a card agnlnl I'll marry Maud and turn respectable. Oh, what a lesson I've had! You are sure those fellows won't speak?" "No. That's all right. Yon can go on swindling as before, only," Miss Qlan raised a finger, "you'll hnve to par Sandal back some cash." "I'll do that. Maud will land me the money. Does he want all?" "Oh, a couple of thousand will shut his mouth. I'll not see you left. It's all right, so sit up and don't shake there like a Jelly." "You're very kind to me," said Hay faintly. "Don't you make an- mistake. So far as I am concerned you might stick In'tbe mud forever. I helped you because I want you to help mc. I'm in want of money"— "I'll give you some." "Picked from that girl's pockets," sold Aurora dryly. "No, thank you. It might dirty my Angers. Listen. There's a reward offered for the discovery of the murderer of Aaron Norman. I want to get that thousand pounds, and you can help me to." Hay started to his feet with amazement. Of all the requests she wns likely to make he never thought It would be such a one. "Aaron Norman's murder!" he said. "What do you know of that?" "Very little, but you know a lot" "I don't. I swear I don't" "Pish!" said Miss Qlan Imperiously. "Remember I've got the whip hand, my boy. Just you tell me how Mrs. Krlll came to strangle the"— "Mrs. Krlll?" Hay turned white again, and his eyeglass fell. "She had nothing to do with the matter. I swear"— "Strikes me you swear too much, Mr. Hay. What about that opal brooch you stole from Beecot when he had the smash?" "1 didn't steal It I never saw It at the time of tbe accident" "Then you got that boy Tray to steal It" "I knew nothing about the boy. Besides, why should I steal that opal serpent brooch?" "You wanted to buy it from Beecot anyhow?" Hay looked puzzled. "Yes, for a lady." i "Mrs. Krill?" "I admit that Mrs. Krill wanted It She had associations connected with that brooch." "I know," interrupted Aurora, glancing at the clock. "Don't waste time In talking of Lady Rachel Sandal's death"— "How do you know about that?" stammered Hay, completely nonplused. "I know a mighty lot of things. I may as well tell you," said Miss Qlan. coolly, "since you daren't split that I've got a lot to do with the secret detective service business. I'm helping another to hunt out evidence for this case, and I guess you know a tot'' The man quailed. He knew that he did not stand well with the police and dreaded what this fluffy little woman, should do. Aurora read his thoughts. "Yes," she said, "we know a heap about you ot the Scotland Yard office,, and If you don't tell me all you know I'll make things hot for you. This cheating tonight is only one thing. Ii know you are 'a man,on the market," Mr. Hay." "What do you wish to hear?" askedl Hay, collapsing. , "All about Mrs. Krlll's connection, wltb this murder." "Sbe has nothing to do with It Really, she hasn't Aaron Norman was her husband right enough"— "And he ran away from her over twenty years ago. Bnt who told Mrs. Krill about him?" "I did," confessed Hay volubly and; seeing It was best for him to make a clean breast of It. "I met the Krllls three years ago when I was at Bournemouth. They lived In Chrlstchurch, you know." "Yes. Hotel keepers. Well, what then?" "I fell In love with Maud and went to Chrlstchurch to stop at the Red Pig. She loved me, and in a year we became engaged. But I had no money to marry ber, and she had none either. Then Mrs. Krill told me of her husband' and of tbe death of Lady Rachel." ' "Murder or suicide?" "Suicide, Mrs. Krlll sold," replied Hay frankly. "Sbe told me also about tbe opal brooch and described It. I met Beecot by chance and greeted him as an old school fellow. He took me- to bis attic and to my surprise showed me the opal brooch. I wanted to buy It for Mrs. Krlll, but Beecot would not sell It When next I met blm, he- told me that Aaron Norman* bad fainted when he saw the brooch. I thought this odd and Informed Mrs. Krill She described the man to mo- and especially said that he had but one eye. I went with Beecot to the Gwynne street shop, and a single glance told me that Aaron Norman was Lemuel Krlll. I told his wife, and she wanted to come up at once. But I knew that Aaron was reported rich—which I had heard through Pash —and, as be was my lawyer, I suggested that the Krllls should go and see him." , "Which they did, before the murder?" "Yes. Pash was astonished, and,, wben he heard that Aaron Norman,, as he called himself, had committed' bigamy and, that Sylvia"— "Yes, you needn't say It," said Miss- Qlan angrily. "She's worth a dozen of that girl you are going to marry. But why did you pretend to meet Mrs. Krlll and ber daughter for the first time at Pash's?' "To blind Beecot We were standing at the door when the two came- out and I pretended to see them for tbe first time. Then I told Beecot that I bad been Introduced to Maud at Pash's office. He's a clever chap, Beecot, and, being engaged to Sylvia Norman, I thought he might find out too much." "About the murder?" Hoy rose and looked solemn. "X Bwcar I know nothing of that," Be said decidedly, "and the Krllls were as astonished as I wben they heard of the death. They were going to» see him by Pash's advice, and Mrs. Krlll was going to prosecute him for bigamy unless he allowed her a good- income. Death pot an end to all that- so she made up the story of seeing the handbills, and then of course the will gave the money to Maud, who was engaged to me." "Tbe will, or wbat was called a will. gave the money to Sylvia," said Aurora emphatically. "But this brooch— you didn't take It?" "No, I swear I didn't Mrs. Krlll wanted It but I never knew it was of any particular Importance. Certainly I would never have risked robbing" Beecot, ond I never told that boy Truy to rob either." "Then who took the brooch 7" "I can't say. I bave told yon all I know." "Hum!" said Anrora, Just like her brother. "That will do tonight, bnt If I ask you any more questions you'll nave to answer, bo now yon can go. . By the way, I suppose the brooch made you Btlck to Beecot 7" "Yea," said Hsy frankly. "He was of no nse to me, but while he had the brooch I stuck to blm to get It for Mrs- Krlll." "Queer," sold Aurora. "I wonder why she wanted It so mnch?' Bnt this question Hay was unable t» answer. . (To be Continued.) "What sort of an alter-tlinnor speak, er is Gillings?" "One ol the kind who start in hy saying they didn't expect to be celled on and then proceed to demonstrate that thoyvoan't be calleJ oil."' THE REPORTER. MICHEL, BRITISH COLUMBIA. CONQUESTJF THE MR ENGLISH FLYER BETTER THAN THE AMERICAN The English Aerial' Machine Said to be Much Superior to the Ameri- can Machine—Inventor Suddenly Severs His Connection with Balloon Factory—May be Fraught With Grave Results to the Country London.—The Times prints a statement denying the government's alleged apathy towards aviation. It says that J. W. Dunn of the Royal Engineers, after several years of experiments, made an airship superior to Wright'B machines, and in Scot land succeeded in making a flight of twelve miles in a circular course, in which he proved beyond a doubt, according to the statement, that in efficiency and ease of control the Wrights have been outdone. That was the reason, says the 'limes, that the war office has made no attempt to engage the Wright brothers or secure their machine. A new machine has recently been built under Dunn's supervision at Farnborough, and everything was prepared for flights on a large scale, when a few days ago Dunn suddenly severed his connection with the balloon factory. The Times adds It is not known what reasons forced Dunn to adopt this seriouB step, which may be fraught with the gravest consequences to his country." Dunn's invention is a biplane in principle and construe- tion. It differs widely from the aero. planes already known. Sedition in India Victoria.—Lord Frederick Hamilton, eon of the Duke of Abercorn, and a prominent British diplomat and traveller, arrived by the Empress ,f Japan, returning from India, where lie attended his son's wedding to the daughter of the governor general, Earl Minto. Speaking of conditions in India, he said the seditious movement had been caused hy the abolition ol the censorship of the press, which was a mistake in the movement and allowed the Bengals to scatter their sedition broadcast. The leaders have lately adopted gramophones to spread sedition, and the officials are in a ' quandary. "They can't arrest a gramophone you know. Itv is a mistaken idea though, to Bay ;, the movement is against British rule. It is purely racial, brown against white. Bengalis are alone spreading sedition, an-.l owing to these tribesmen being despised by other tribes the movement is slower in spreading than it other wise would." Speaking of Lord Kitchener, the re tiring commander of the British army in India, Lord Hamilton said he un derstood Kitchener was to become director general of the British forces on his return to Egypt. THE SUFFRAGETTE MOVEMENT Cause Appears to be Gaining Ground and Fair Sex Now Confident of Ultimate Victory London.—Whatever one may deter- mine as sure indications of increase in sentiment, strength of organization and activity of campaign, these indications are found in all of he twenty countries represented in the suffrage alliance in session here. Everybody reports increased membership, increased campaign funds and improvement in the tolerance and considerations of the public. New friends in high places have endorsed it and even the Queen of Norway has sent greetings to the congress. The Scandinavian countries are easily in the lead in the movement. Finland has already granted full suffrage to women. Norway has full suffrage, with very slight property qualifications, Iceland and Sweden have all the rights, except parliamentary yote. and the Swedish houBe of commons has unanimously passed a bill to grant parliamentary votes to women. While it was defeated in the upper house it only means a little delay until full suffrage comes to the women of that country. There are indications from a number of countries, among which are Hungary and Bohemia, that some new political rights will soon be granted to women. The campaign in England is still maintained with all the intensity which it has manifested within the last three years, and it is only r. question of time when the government will accede to the demand of women and grant parliamentary vote. Startling Drink Statistics Chicago.—Figures concerning deaths caused by liquor were quoted by the Rev. E. L. Eaton, D.D., pastor of the Emanuel Methodist Episcopal church, of Evanston, at the Cook county W. C. T. U. convention in Moody church. He asserted that 2,600 babies wore smothered to death annually by drunken mothers and thnt 1,000 wives were murdered by drunken husbands. "There are 9,000 other murders committed because o, drink each year," he said. "Drink makes 40,000 widows each year and ruins 60,000 girls. Paupers to the number of 200,000 are made from liquor annually, and in the same time there are 100,000 drink murdered men." New Alberta Coal Company Montreal.—It is stated here that E. B. Grcenshields, head of Greenshields, Limited, and director of the Grand Trunk Pacific, will be. head of the new W,000,000 Pacific Pass Con" Fields, Limited, n concern that will operate areas in Alberta, said to contain 800,000,000 tons of conl. Another Asset for Canada Ottawa.—Dr. Ellis, of the geologicnl Burvey, says New Brunswick oil shale is richer than Scottish shale, from which the Standard Oil company ntv nually obtains 62 million gallons of oil and fifty thousand tons of sulphate of ammonia. Forest Lands in Alberta Ottawa.—Superintendent Campbell, of the Dominion forestry branch, told the forests nnd waterways commission that the belt of land from the international boundary to the Crow's Nest line, and Irom the British Columbia line fifty miles eastward, should be reserved and protected. He said there seemed to be about twelve million acres available for the development of conl mining in Alberta. Mr. Campbell said there are a million feet of lumber per acre, or the product of 9,000,000 acres in the present year required. Banks in Southern Alberta Calgary.—Bank3 are wonderful facts in Southern Alberta. Within the past few months the Bank of Montreal has opened a branch nt Cardston, and tho Bank of Commerce, the Monarch, and Union bank are now establishing at Sterling. Two new banks have only recently opened at Lethbridge. Rutherford on Railway Board Ottawa.—Tiie name ol Veterinary Director-General .1. G. Rutherford is considered as the most suitable successor to the Into Hon. Grecnway on the railway commission. U. S. Mining Trouble Settled Philadelphia.—Tiie operators and miners have signed an agreement which continues in force till March 31, 1012. Natural Resources Commission Ottawa—Hon. Sydney Fisher's bill to create a permanent commission on conservation of the natural resources of Canada was given a second reading. The minister of agriculture explained that the conservation conference at Washington, at which Canada was represented, had recommended the establishment of a permanent commission to look after the resources of this country, and this bill was the result. The commission is to be composed of thirty-two members and a chairman. Three of these will be appointed by the federal government, one from each province, usually the minister in charge of the landB of the province, and twenty members appointed by order-in-council. The commissioners will not be paid and will receive only their travelling expenses There will be an office in Ottawa under the civil service, in charge of a secretary. From Cattle to Wheat Calgary.—Brooks, 110 miles east of Calgary, once the headquarters for antelope hunting and one of the great live stock shipping points, having the moat complete and largest stockyards in the province, is now showing a different aspect. At present over twenty- five irrigation surveyors are at work laying out an irrigation ditch. Several cars of immigrants are unloading and will turn the ranges into big wheat fields. Every day loads of home- seekers leave to inspect land. Brooks is the gateway to the great irrigated lands where so much development is now taking place. Favor Cash Contribution Victoria, B. C—A delegation irora the Navy league met Premier McRride and requested that he urge upon thi government at Ottawa the advisability Df an immediate contribution in cash to Great Britain in aid of the navy, and further to pledge British Columbia to contribute a portion of such contribution. At the conclusion of the meeting, it was arranged that the league should present a memorial setting forth its v'.ews, when the premier will reply to the request. The delegation said it would like to see British Columbia leading the other provinces in a gift ol cash, immediately and unconditionally, to go as an offering from Canada to the imperial government. Treking' to Northern Lands Edmonton—There is a heavy trek of settlers through Edmonton northeast to the 8addle Lake country and northwest to the Peace River valley. In one day forty persons, among whom were ten women, loft by ox train for the Grand Prairie district. The train consisted of sixteen ox teams. The women are accommodated in a comfortable caboose. The outfit consists of tools, implements, food and household effects necessary to begin farm operations. Most of the people are from Ontario. THE REAL YELLOW PERIL RESTRICTION OF IMMIGRATION STILL A NECESSITY But as Long as We Act With Forbearance There is Nothing to Fear From Oriental Immigration' for Years to Come—Real Peril Said to be in the Possible Movement of American Capital to Asia Victoria.—Hon. W. L. MacKenzie King, the Canadian representative at the recent opium conference held a1 Shanghai, haB returned from Japan, China nnd India hy the R. M. S. Empress of Japan. He had been travelling in the Orient since the closing nt the opium conference, having first, visited India and- recently had been in North China, having been in Pekin but a short time before going to Japan. He has been looking into the question of Oriental immigration since leaving Shanghni. He said:—"To preserve the standards which our industrial classes have reached, restriction of immigration is an absolute .necessity. This is recognized by the authorities across the Pacific hardly less than by ou'sel" ■» and as long as we act with forbearance and consideration of the difficulties eastern statesmen have to face, we have nothing to fear from Oriental immigration for years to come." "While in Japan I was invited by the foreign office to confer regarding the immigration question, nnd a frank exchange of views took place, but until I have made my report to Ottawa, I cannot discuss them. Canada and the United States, though, can rely upon the statement made eight weeks ago by Count Komura, Japan ese foreign minister, in a carefully prepared speech, in which he announced that Japan proposed to *•* strict immigration to across the Pa cific. "The real peril so far as the Orient is concerned, lies not in the possible- movement of labor from Asia to America—that can be regulated—but in the almost certain movement' ol capital from America and Europe to Asia, once the industrial possibilities become known and a greater degree cl stability and security of investment is offered." Speaking regarding the opium cort' ferencc, he said it had strongly endorsed the sincerity of China in trying to eradicate the curse, and urged upon all governments to assist in forbidding the manufacture and export of opium and its alkaloids, which Can ada nnd the United States has since done. VERDICT IN KINRADE INQUEST Owing to the Unreliability of the Evidence Absolutely no Light is Thrown Upon the Incident Hamilton—The prolonged inquest into the cause of death of Ethel Kin- rade was brought to a close when the jury returned the following verdict: "We, the jury assembled to inquire into the death of Ethel Kinrade, hereby find that the deceased met her death by shot woundB inflicted by some person or persons unknown to the jury. Owing to the fact of unreliability of evidence produced, the crown is especially requested to continue its investigations, and we also desire to express our heartiest apore- ciation of the able and kindly mannir in which this investigation has been conducted by Coroner Anderson and counsel ior the crown." The only witnesses called were James Bourn, who told the little that was startling and stood loyally by the girl who had jilted him. BUDGET SHOWS A BIG DEFICIT Canadian Coast Fisheries Vancouver.—H. H. Watson, who has been in Ottawa on Vancouver halibut affairs, returned recently and said:— "We are assured that the Dominion government is quite alive respecting the importance of halibut fisheries in the North Pacific, and that a fisheries protective service to keep poachers outside the three-mile limit will be mode effective as soon as possible. I maintain that the Dominion has overrun her rights in Hecate Straits. This is the contention the Vancouver board of trade and other public bodies have presented at Ottawa. Thus far the government has not officially made claims, but it seems to be well understood that the matter will receive attention and be disposed ol before the legislature, adjourns." Maladies Due to Wireless London.—The Lancet notes a report of Bellile, a French naval sur. geon aboard the Descartes engaged in the Morocco campaign, on various affections developed by the action of Hertzian waves .among wireless operators. The commonest is slight con. junctivitis. One case had serious results, and the wearing of yellow glasses is recommended. Other effects are an eczema difficult of cure, and painful palpitation of the heart, though organic lesion is entirely ab. sent. Bellile is disposed to believe many cases of neurasthenia, which seem to be getting common among naval ■.en, may be due to wireless work ■„ Australia and the Navy Sydney, N. S. W.—Great efforts nie being made to remove the question ol naval defence from tho region of party politics. Probably the amend, ment to the address when parliament meets wi'.l propose thnt all nction be deferred until the conference with the imperial experts decides the best use to which the resources of Australia can be put. The Herald says:—"We do not want encomiums dictated by political politeness, hut explicit ad. vice irom the admiralty." Chamberlin's Prophecy Ottawa.—E. J. Chambcrlin, general manager of the G. T. P., has arrived after a tour of inspection which began nn March 19 and extended to Prince Rupert, the Pacific const ter- minus of the line. Mr. Chainbcrlin is most optimistic over the work ol tho approaching summer. "By autumn," he says, "the G. T. P. will have 1,366 miles of completed road." Thinks Canada Too Strict Belleville, Ont.—Because the British government had complained to the Canadian government that there were too many deportations from Canada without cause, six English families who were to be deported from Picton have, been allowed to remain. One of these families, however, will be deported later on. , Lord Sholto Douglas Acquitted Nelson, B. C—The grand jury has returned a verdict of "no bill" in the case against Lord Sholto Douglas, charged with shooting' with intent to kill James J, B. Rowlands. The incident occurred nt Creston, where both live, lust September. The story told, was that Douglas came home and found Rowlands in the house with Lady Douglas, the former being intoxicated. When ordered by Douglas to leave, Rowlands refused. Douglas then went to a neighbor's, got a gun and shot Rowlands, seriously wounding him. Many New Sunday Schools In Wert Calgary.—That the work of Presby terian Sunday schools is progressir- favorably is shown by the- report to the synod by the Rev. Archibald, Ponoka. There are forty-six union schools in the synod, the same number as last year. The number of Presby. terian schools showed a subatnnt'n! increase from 90 in 1907 to 114 m 19-,-i. The increase of scholars was from 4,711 to 6,896; 158 scholars united with tiie church during the year; $855 \\vn raised for the various schemes of tbo church and $3,864 for running ex penses. Recommendations were adopted ur,. ing tho memorizing of scripture pas sages, expressing worm approval o organized Bible classes, urging the observation of children's day and impressing the importance of the cradle roll and home department. There are now twenty-nine young people's so cieties with a membership of 925. Tiny contributed $1,480, one-third goins 11 missions. Rev. Walker, ol Made .id read a satiaiactery treaaurer's repiit. Calgary Brigade Camp Calgary—It is estimated thrt 1,000 will be at the brigad camp held here from June 29 to July 10. The following regiments nre expected:—15th Light Horse, 21st Alberta Rangers 20th Alberta Hussars, 19th Alberta Mounted Hides, and detachments of the army ordnance and medical corps, and Royal Canadian Mounted Rifies. Alberta Agricultural Fairs Edmonton.—Over forty fairs will be held in Alberta during the coining Bummer and tail. This is a considerable increase over the number held last year. ( The first town on the G.eT. P. in Alberta to hold a fair is Viking, 88 miles east of Edmonton which holds'its second stock show on October 4. Jack Blnns Given Life Saving Medal Paris.—The French government hns awarded a first-class life savers' medal to Jack Binns, the wireless operator, for courage displayed when the steamer Republic was cut down by Ihe steamship, Florida off Nantucket in January. To Encourage Ritle Shooting Ottawa.—To encourage rille shoot- Ing in Canada, the Dominion Rifle association has tlecidecl to pay one- fourth of the railway fare ol all competitors who attend the D. R. A. meeting in Ottawa. Australia Buys Aeroplanes Australia.—The Australian government has arranged for the purchase of six dirigibles and six neroplanes for the purpose ol experimenting. Imperial Vets Will Keep on Pressing Winnipeg.—At the general meeting of the local Imperial South African Veterans' association—Colonel Cham- hers presiding—advice from the minister of militia was read to the effect that the militia council reported against the proposition to form a reserve ih return for a land grant, and that subsequently the privy council considered and regretted the offer could not be entertained. After much discussion it was resolved to continue every effort to secure a grant in return for reserve service, it being pointed out what a long struggle tho Canadian veterans had to obtain their grant. Subsidy Taken OK Vancouver.—Owing to the withdrawal of the subsidy from the Canadian and New Zealand governments, the steamship line operating between British Columbia and Australia will withdraw from the trade after the sailing of the Indrnvelli in May. Frank Watorhouse & Co., of Seattle, have concluded agreements with the C. P. R. to exchange traffic at Vancouver for tho Antipodes with vessels of an Australian lino handled by Woterhouse. The vessels will begin calling ut Vancouver either in June or July. 12,000 Homeless Lisbon.—Twelve thousand persons are homeless in the earthquake zone. Suffering in the towns near Bona- vetito is keen. Hundreds are starving. King Manuel has started a fund for the relief of the sufferers, and food is being rushed to the stricken zone, which contains many villages surrounding this city. Thp damage from the earthquake is fnr more extensive than was supposed at first. The loss will reach millions. Reports of deaths due to the collapse ol buildings ore coining in slowly. Results of Depression Is Shown—Income Tax Will Be Increased and Automobiles Will Be Taxed London.—David Lloyd-George, chan cellor of the exchequer, has issued an explanatory memorandum on the rev enue and expenditure for the year, He estimates the revenue in 1909-10 us $741,950,000, and the expenditure $8'20,76O,000, showing a deficit of $78,810,000. It is pointed out that the increased expenditure is due mainly to old age pensions and appropriations for the navy. Dealing with the last year's finances, the chancellor says that nearly all branches of trade and industry suffered a serious depression. The foreign trade returns showed a diminution in values to the amount of nearly $570,- 000,000 as compared with 1907. The chancellor adds that it is impossible to prophesy any immediate rapid recovery, but he is of the opinion thnt there are some indications that foreign trade is beginning to improve. The revenue for 1908 fell short of the budget estimate by $7,510,000. The national debt now amounts to $3,770,606,545. An outline of the government's new financial programme was given in the commons by Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd-George and includes provision for four Dreadnoughts entailing four per cent, increase on income tax for two years; income tax at present is five per cent. Old age pensions to be extended to embrace pauper class, and scheme of insur ance to guard workers against non- employment to be put into effect. In distributing funds the treasury will make a million dollar grant for the promotion of agriculture. It is proposed, the chancellor declared, to raise . eighty-two and n-half million dollars by extra taxes on automobiles; gasoline" will be taxed four cents a gallon. Planned to Massacre All Turk Liberals London.—A despatch to the Daily Telegraph from Constantinople says that in an interview Enver Bey, one of the leaders of the Young Turks, declared that they had proofs that a massacre of all Turks suspected of liberalism had been projected in Constantinople, nnd was only prevented by General Schefkcts hastening the occupation oi the city. Enver Bey said that he had now no fear that Abdul Hamid would become the center of new revolution. He believed that as a result of the courtmartiol there would be an additional hundred executions and as many more sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor. The executions would be public in various parts of the city, as it was necessary to show a salutary example. The former sultan, Enver Bey asserted, bad already been punished and would not be put on trial. Uncle Sam to Conserve Water Power Washington.—A highly important announcement wns made by Secretary of the Interior Bollinger bearing on the subject of conservation of water power nnd protection of water power sites. It shows thnt the administration is fully alive to the importance of protecting power sites throughout the country. Secretary Ballinger has ordered the director of the. geological survey to make at once an investigation of water power sites within the public domain and not in forest reserves, with a view to recommending legislation to protect these from falling into the hands, ns the order snys, of monopolistic and speculative interests. Castro Proceeding Against France Paris.—Cipriano Castro, former president of Venezuela, is reported to lie consulting with lawyers hero with a view to bringing a damage su't against the French government mr bis receitt-'expulsion from Martinique As the government lias the power to expel foreigners at its discretion Senor Castro, it is said, purposes baying his action on the fact that be was forcibly placed on hoard a ship at Martinique and compelled to relur i to France without being given the option ol choosing liis destination. The Dead at Adana Adana, Asiatic Turkey.—The con-'.i. tions in the country surrounding Adana as a result ol the recent fanatical attacks by Moslems upon the Christian population ar terrible. Dead bodies are lying on the fields. Numberless Armenian farm houses have been burned. Conditions are most unsanitary nnd dysentery is beginning to make its appearance. Princess Born at The Hague The Hague.—Queen Wilhelmina has given birth to a princess. Her condition is satisfactory. There was great rejoicing throughout Holland when the news was received, The Hollanders would have pre* ferred a prince, but the perpetuation of the line of Wilhelmina's family is reasonably assured, and her subjects are happy. Sixteen Battleships to be Remodelled Washington, I). C—The navy department has announced thnt the sixteen battleships which made the trip around the world lire lo be remodelle I, thus practically continuing the reports thnt have been current since the return of the Iteet that the voyage prac- ticully wrecked tho navy. Sixteen battleships have been laid up Ior repairs, anil Hint sixteen buttle- ships are to be remodelled nre facts admitted by the navy department, and these Inets seem to hour out the re- purls that the United States navy ia practically useless and out ol commission. EFFECTS OFTHE STRIKE STRIKE OF WESTERN COAL MINERS A SERIOUS MATTER Many Industries in the Kootenays are Beginning to Feel the Pinch, and Business Interests are Jeopardized —Freight Traffic.Is Being Curtailed, and Many Railway Employees are Now Without Employment Nelson, B. C—The immediate effect of the coal strike in Nelson is the large number of idle C. P. R. employees, engineers, firemen, conductors, and brakemen in this city. Not in ten yearB have there been so many idle trainmen in Nelson, and what is true of this city is true of this whole division, the working force on the C. P. R., according to reliable information, having been reduced between 40 and 50 per cent, since the strike was declared as a result of the shutting down of the coal carrying trade. One of the 'worst features of the situation in this country is the shutting down of the British Columbia Copper company's smelter and mines in the boundary district because of a shortage of fuel due to the fact that the employees of the International Coal and Coke company at Coleman are on strike. The British Columbia Copper company depended upon this company for its coke supply, having a contract for the entire output of the ovens, so that when its thirty days reserve waB exhausted it had no alternative but to close its smelter nnd mines. The closing down of these properties means the throwing out of work of over 400 men besides meaning a still further reduction in the C.P.R. train crews through the shutting down ol freight traffic between the mines and the smelter. . The throwing out of work of bo many employees of the C. P. R. throughout this country and the shutting down of the British Columbia Copper company's properties is a serious thing for the business interests not only of Nelson, but also of the whole of the Kootenay and Boundary distriots. Another unpleasant feature of the situation is that the coal stocks , throughout the country are beginning to run short, due to the fact that all the mines from which the supplies were drawn ore closed down. The big Grnnby smelter at Grand Forka, of course, secures its fuel supply from' the Crow's Nest Pass Coal company und so !h not affected. The Consolidated Mining and Smelting company's smelter at Trail, and their mines at Rossland, Phoenix, San- don and Moyie are still operating without showing nny effect of the strike, for tbe management hnd looked ahead and hnd a large reserve supply of fuel on hand when the struggle began, and claims to be in a position to secure additional supplies as soon as required. Other industries, however, as well ns the'general public, are beginning to feel the pinch. As a matter of fact, the Crow's Nest Pass Coal company is mining enough coal to keep tins' district from want if its product were being marketed here. Morris Committed for Trial Milestone, Bask,—-Ernest Morris was committed (or trint on tbe chnrge of murdering his brother Chns. ,1. Morris, on n homestead south of here. The crown is endeavoring to establish as a motive Ior the crime, a quarrel between the brothers, Ernest having sold a team ol horses owned by Charles without the knowledge ol the latter. Athabasca Landing Railway North Bnttleford, Sask.—The eon- tractor anil construction gang are expected hero inside of a month to commence operations on the Athabasca Landing line. Kilty miles ol this line will he built this yonr uh lar ns the Turtle lake. This will traverse one of the finest grain-growing districts in Saskatchewan. Alberta Spring Beef Cattle Calgary.—R. A. Hegg, purchaser for the H. C. Ment company, of Vancouver, states Hint never in nny spring in Hie history ol Alberta hns there been so many fine beeves for export and for the domestic market, Nelson, | Morris & Co., of Chicago, also uppre- eiato this, uml are lonvnr'ling ten 1 carloads oi beef cuttle from this dis. j trict to Chicago. Big Canal Scheme Fully Considered Ottawa.—At a special general meeting of the federated boards of trade and municipalities nf Canada, a resolution was passed declaring that the Georgian Bay ship canal was a practicable proposition and necessary to tiie expanding transportation interests ol the Dominion which the government should nt once conBtru'ct, and that in the event of the Dominion government being unable to imme- liately finance such work oa a natural undertaking, the scheme should bo handed over to a private corporation to be curried out provided that the public interest was sufficiently safeguarded. This gathering was for the express purpose of dealing with the canal scheme, and it wns one of the most notable conferences ever held in Ot. town, Corporations and municipalities from the cast to the west were represented. The conference was disposed at first to endorse the proposal of nn English syndicate headed by Sir Robert PorkR and Sir Alexander Henderson to construct the citnnl at an estimated cost of a hundred millions provided the govemmont guaranteed the interest on tbi'ir bonds ol .'l.VJ per cent.; the government und company would share equally the revenue;(the tolls charged would be under government control; nnd thi' government would reserve the right to lake over the scheme, at cost to th- company on a day's notice. However. Hie course indicated by tho resolution was adopted. Leaving to Pay Indian Treaty Edmonton.—With $:I0,(KK1 worth o> treaty papers in bis pocket, H. A. Conroy, Indian treaty commissioner for the Dominion government, will leave for the north in a few days and will spend scvernl months in making tbe Indians of the backwoods happy Willi their annual allotment of trenlv money. Mr. Conroy reached tho city recently in company with A. Lunioth'*, ol Montreal, who will take the trip north villi Ihe treaty commissioner They will tike the trnil to Lesser Slave lnke nnd tin' Pence river by the Atlltt Imscii. They will bo absent all sun, iiicr. "I never saw sucb a man! He Is nl- wnys running down bis neighbors.": "Scandal or automobile?"—Baltimore American. Cold Wave in Franco Paris.—Northeastern France is in the grip ot an unprecedented cotd wave. There bave been snow lulls nt several places, and it is feared tbat the fruit crops and Vineyards hav- been seriously damaged. Diplomatic Contest Constantinople.—-The ambassador** of Great Britain nnd Germany nre working actively to acquire influence over the new regime, but tbe victory of Baron Mnrsr.holl Von Biebersteln, tbe German ambassador, secins certain, ns Tcwlik Pasha is liis personnl friend. Kiamil I'nshu denies Unit be lied from Constantinople. He only left his iisuul resilience to go to tho palace of his younger son. As the new Hiillnii does not possess a uniform, fifty workmen from tho ministry nl war are nt work preparing one for the sclniniik at Suint Sophia, THE REPORTER, MICHEL, BRITISH COLUMBIA. H. G. WELLS, NOVELIST HOW FAMOUS NOVELIST AND UTOPIAN LIVES. Spade House at Sandgate, Kent, Is a Quaint Old Place Where Things Are Ordered In the Simplicity Which the Owner Preaches — He Is a Famous Walker and Takes Long Tramps. Mr. H. G. Wells has two distinct lines of writing. He produces romances of a fanciful character dealing with science and Utopian social schemes, such as "War in the Air" and "When the Sleeper Wakes," and has written serious novels of real life, of which his i.ew book, "Tono-Bungay," forms the last of a remarkable trilogy. It was preceded by "Love and Mrs. Lewisham," and "Kipps, the Story of a Simple Soul." These novels bear the stump of autobiography, but Mr. Wells warns me that they must not be taken literally as his personal story. He ad- mits quite frankly that he bus used his experiences freely in these novels, but only as threads of fact interwoven with much fiction. So much does the County of Kent figure in Mr, Wells' writings that it A. a. WELLS. need hardly be said that he lives in the county of his birth und upbringing. His home. Spade House, is a quaint-looking place, with a deep, ■loping roof, roughcast walls, snd small latticed windows standing out conspicuously above the shore at Sandgate. It has a garden by the sea, pretty nooks and corners, old- fashioned flower borders, and a tennis lawn. The rooms are cosy and low-ceilinged, plainly furnished, hut with restful, artistic harmony. True to his philosophy, Mr. Wells believes in hnving a home unencumbered with things which make for show and costliness, but do not ensure comfort, and if the social conditions which he foreshadows - in "New Worlds for Old" have not arrived vet, when the saving of labor is the first consideration in the design of a habitation, Mr. and Mrs. Wells make convenience and simplicity their ideal at Spade House. The distinguished author's study is '« low room, with books arranged in eases round the walls, and an open hearth with briehtly-burning logs—a picture of old English comfort. I"--* windows looks across a little iris-b • dered lawn straight upon the Eng lish Channel. Ii may be expected that on author who essays to disentangle the meshes of our social fabric should begin nt home. Mr. Wells' study is very neat and trim, and his books and papers are or- ranced with scientific accuracy. He Is a careful and fastidious writer, and spends enormous labor upon his books. First he writes his work In manuscript in a small, fine cali- graphy. end the pages show manv Interpolations. Then it is typed, and be corrects and recorrecls for the press. In npp»aranec. Mr. Wells is a -young-looking man for forty-two. slight, fair and of medium height, He has an easy, somewhat jocular air, and the humorous lines of his month are veiled by a heavy moustache. His grey eyes are suggestive of suppressed drollery, though, for the most part, thoughtful. He has a cheerful, philosophic spirit, a good- natured disposition, dislikes fuss, leads a quiet, simple life, shuns society with a big S, is a laborious and Jiersi-itent worker, has no expensive nobbies, and finds his chief recreation in outdoor life. His favorite exercise Is wnlkint*. and he savs that a tramp of twenty milea along the coast or thrniiub the pleasant Kentish scenerv which forms the hinterland of Fnlkstone is the most helpful and exhilarating stimulus for work. He also finds a game of tennis an excellent relief from his desk, and plays ardently, though • without any pretension to being an expert ot the Cams, Mr. Wells h",«, a very pretty wife, who is a keen Socialist, and they have two sons, charming little fellows, five and seven yearn old. He is the happiest man possible in his home and domestic life, and has never endured any serious trials, struggles or privations. He laughs with quiet amusement over the imaginary pictures portraying bim as a worried, saddened man, with chronic ill-health and a jaundiced outlook on life Mr. Wells is the son of a tradesman of Bromley, in Kent, nntl, after education nt a private school, he was apprenticed to a draper at the early age of thirteen. He did not like it, nnd was sent to a chemist; that arrangement- fell through, and he was sent tf ,i draper again. Ho left business after two years und wont tor n year to the Midhurst Grammar School. There ho won n scholurshlp which Jock him to the Roynl College of (Science, London, where he romained for three yenrs, until he wns twenty. lAt the college lie figured us a Social- sVl ol the pronounced red-tic order. TOMMY ATKINS' TROUSERS. Facts About the British Army Tailor's Bill. It will astonish most people to be told that the British Government, in addition to being a maker ol laws, is the greatest tailor in the world. The Army Clothing Factory at Pim- lico is the biggest tailor's shop in England. Last year Tommy Atkins' tailor's bill amounted to £355,375 During the Boer war the clothing of the army cost nearly £5,000,000. Trousers are the most costly item in the soldier's wardrobe, and for their nether garment* last year the nation had to pay no less a sum than £73,278. And this recalls the fact that it is less than ninety years since the British army first put on its trousers—that the British infantry soldier, that is to say, first substituted trousers for the old-fashioned knee breeches. From April 1st the British soldier will be clothed on an entirely different system to what has prevailed for so many years, and the innovation will probably be a great deal more satisfactory to the rank and file. Every man will receive his free outfit on enlistment as heretofore, but will be required to provide his personal clothing and necessaries out of an allowance credited to him quarterly in advance. Instead of his present kit allowance of twopence a day after six months' service, he will receive at the end of his first year a lump Bum equivalent to the accumulated twopences, in addition to the separate clothing allowance. The maintenance of kit and clothing will be a matter between the soldier and his commanding officer. It is intended that the present arbitrary periods of wear allotted to each garment shall be abolished; under the old system, a pair of trousers might be serviceable to-day and "time-expired" to-morrow. Even in the piping times'of pence Tommy Atkins' tailor's bill would make a millionaire poor in a year. Roughly speaking, it costs £1,000,000 every year to clothe the British army. The headgear of the troops, embracing everything from a simple cap to a bearskin helmet, exhausts nearly £60,000, and boots, shoes, and leggings, which are purchased ready- made, cost nearly £250,000. The cost of a soldier's uniform varies from just over £10 10s. to less than £3, according to the regiment in which he may be serving. For instance, the annual tailor's bill for the rank and file in the Life Guards is just over £7, while in the Infantry of the Line it is under £3. At the Army Clothing Department at Pimlico many hundreds of workers, chiefly women and girls, are employed in turning out soldiers' suits. Apart from the mere making of the clothes the most important part of the work is the inspection of the raw material brought in to be worked up, and of the finished articles which are delivered nt the factory to be distri-, bated. Not a yard of cloth iB accepted on trust. Every piece is subjected to several teats to prove its quality. There are machines on which small i pieces are broken to oscertain the strength of the material; and other apparatus for testing the permanence of the color. A WONDERFUL OLD MAN. General Booth of the Salvation Army as an Octogenarian. At eighty years of age William Booth, commander-in-chief of the Sal vation Army, is one of the most picturesque and admirable figures on the world s stage to-day. He was born in Nottingham, England, April 10, 1829, and the fact that the whole world is interested in his becoming an octogenarian is evidence in itself of the great influence he has exerted on his day and generation. Although he is a doctor of canon law of the great Oxford university, he is not an ecclesiastic of a conventional type. His Oxford degree came to him when, after years of doubt and indifference und even sometimes of persecution on the part of the religious world, lie had convinced practically the entire public of the value to humanity of the work of the organization he heads. The founder of the Salvation Army entered the ministry of.the Methodist New Congregation Church in 1862, but in 1862 resigned frOm it in order to work ub un evangelist. He became greatly interested in aiding the destitute population of London, and his efforts in that field led to the organization of the Salvation Army in 1878. General Booth's authority and influence as command-in-chief of the Salvation Army are unique in the religious field. Not even the head of the Roman Catholic Church exercises a sway so autocratic, unlimited and undisputed. The general issues, mandates with an authority quite equal to anything which the Czar of all the Russias might give forth. Whatever he says in the Army goes without question or argument of any kind. He is inexorable in these ukases, as has been found out by members of his own family who expected that thcigen- eral would make some allowances for their relationship. WHAT TO WEAR. Dancer's Revenge. One afternoon recently Jeannie Smith, a ballet dancer, entered a garage in Milton street, Glasgow, and approaching her sweetheart; Edward McEwan, a chauffeur, dashed a quantity of vitrol into his face. McEwan rushed to a hose-pipe and turned water on to his eyes to alleviate the ueonv. Meanwhile the girl threw the vitrol bottle against a wall and made off. Before she had gone many yards she produced a second bottle, containing carbolic acid, and, drinking the contents, she fell in the street in great agony. Other chauffeurs had gone to the assistanca>of McEwan, who was placed in raaxicnb to be taken to the infirmary. Out- Bide the garage the cab was stopped, and the young womnn wns slso put into the vehicle. Both were detained in the infirmary and were reported in a critical condiiton, the man being terribly burned. Miss Smith, who ib 27 years of age ond strikingly handsome, hns been engaged as a ballet dancer in a local pantomime. She declares that McEwan, who is 25, had jilted her. Rapplngs In Coffin? A painful impression has been created in North Staffordshire, England, by a sensational affair whioh occurred recently at Leigh. The funeral took place in the parish churchyard ol Mr. James Blood, aged sixty-five. When the mourners - had left the churchyard the sexton 'and one or two men who were helping him to fill in the grave were astounded when their task was half finished to hear a muffled rapping from below, apparently emanating from the coffin. As they listened in consternation the rapping was repeated five or six times. Crying, "Why, the mnn'B ajive," Edward Allcock, the sexton, flung down his spade and ran ns fast as he could for a doctor, while the others present began to throw out the soil wMh feverish haste. A medical man quickly arrived, accompanied by the deceased man's two sons, and no time was lost in raising the coffin from the grave and carrying it back into the church, where the undertaker unscrewed the lid, and the doctor made an examination. The man was dead, and there was no evidence that the body had moved. The coffin was, accordingly screwed up again, and once more borne to the grave for reinterment, a large crowd of villagers being present. An astounding thing now occurred, for as the grave was being filled in a second time a distinct tapping was again heard. As the doctor was satisfied that death had really taken place the coffin was not raised again, and the grave was filled up. lumper Frock Still Worn by Young Girle—Bordered Fabrics. The jumper frock Is still a favorite for young girls. It Is modified by bav. Ing the waist line raised at tbe back. There are many fabrics wltb borders in a deeper tone, but not in another color. White and black are In- enningled In a curious and wonderful Marries a Porter, Following tho example of other notabilities, Miss Dorothy Hopton, a ward in Chancery, who recently ■ contracted n sensationally romantic inur- riage witli Tom Jones, a Shropshire railway porter, has decided to go on the stage. According to the Liverpool Post, Mrs. Jones has accepted an engagement nt nn Oswestry music hall. The lady, it is stated, lias a pleasing voice, and nt her nightly turn at the Public Hull Bhe will sing two songs. Mrs. Jones enme irom a well-known Shropshire family, artd wns heiress to a large fortune. She married to prevent her mother sending her to a Brussels convent. Mrs. Hopton has cut off all communication with her daughter and left the district, and pending the settlement of her affairs, Mrs. Jones hns token the opportunity of aiding her husband to get their living. - Bottle Telle of Tragedy. A bottle was recently picked up on the Berwickshire const near St. Abbs, containing the following message: "Cnptnin or nny one who receives this message shall receive the remains of the Dundee whaler Snowdrop; collided witli Iceberg, no hope, Nov, 14, 1908; sinking fust." For some time fears have been entertained regarding the safety of this vessel, of which nothing had been seen since she was sighted in the Arctic region last June. Crockett's Profits. Forty pounds a year was all Mr. S. R. Crockett received in his early days for editing a paper, most of which he wrote himself; while for his first great success, "The Stickit Minister, he only received 7s. (W. per 1.000 words, when the Blorles appealed in n Glasgow weekly paper. Near to Nature. "Country Life" mentions an interesting example of one of those men who have become noinnds and returned to the habits and mode of life of almost primitive man. The Old gentleman in question is an ex-soldier, and has lived in the Berkshire woods for over twenty years; he is well known in the villages round about, and can very often be seen doing odd jobs in the gardens, for which he gets some food nnd a little money. He always takes his perambulator, which he calls his motor, with him, full of clothing, umbrellas, etc. He washes his clothes in the woods, also has a bath, and mends all his things there. During a recent heavy snowstorm he woke up one morning and found he was covered with snow several inches deep; but he says he has never had a single day's illness in his life, and has nothing to worry him. When he goes to sleep he ties his perambulator to his leg or arm, covers himself over with clothes, and puts his large umbrella up. DAGtTT PBIHOESB rROOK. way. Many designs and weavlnga are nsed to make these two colors appear In a novel manner. A charming little chain of silver set with rhinestones close together and Imbedded In a ring setting costs $12, Tbe workmanship Is so skillful that the chain can scarcely be told from an extravagantly priced one. 1 Tbe new bar pin Is used to catch the lower edges of tbe turnover collar and the jabot under It. It Is In the shape of a new moon. The crescent Is slight In its curves, not wide even at the center, and Its ends are sharp. The pretty dress Illustrated can be made from either tub or woolen materials. The yoke aud princess front panel are In one nud may be ornamented with braid, buttons or hand embroidery. The gulmpe Is made separately and can be finished with long or three-quarter sleeves. JUDIC CHOLLET. A pattern of this drees may be had In Ave stzes-for girls from four to fourteen years of age. Send 10 cents to tms office, giving numtjer Mots), and It will be promptly forwarded to you by mall. WHAT FASHIOOECREES. Bordered Materials Difficult to Handle Successfully. Bordered effects, tbe most trying of designs, nre seen In almost all of the new materials. They are so charming, too, that they are sure to attract the average woman, Sbe should be on ber guard, for tbere are few materials more difficult to manipulate, and only tbe skillful dressmaker can handle them successfully. Amateur dressmakers will find better results If wben pressing seams, tucks, etc., a newspaper folded several Big Oil Finds. The most important development in the small business of oil production in Australia is recorded at Roma, North Queensh.. 1, even though the assitant state geologist reported that he had been unable to find nny indications of oil in that district. The drill of an oil company struck a large volume of gus, which immediately ignited. The flame from the hole burned furiously for a week, shooting 80 feet into the air with a roar and dazzling glare which caused the residents of Roma to consider evueu- nting the town. The day after the fire started oil began to exude in small quantities, and in a day or two the flow was considerable. Got What They Wanted. A curious strike recently occurred at Jajganj (India) jute mill. At tho outset the men struck ' because a European assistant had wounded a boy with an air-gun. They demanded the dismissal of 'he European as a condition of ret .ling work. This was done, but within a week they wished the assistant to be reinstated. The management refused their demands, and a number of men went on strike again. Nelson Document Sold. "An officer desires to return thanks to Almighty God for his perfect recovery from a severe wound, nnd also for the many mercies betowed upon him, Dec. 8, 1707. For next Sunday." The paper with these words, said to be the first written by Nelson with 'his left hand, sold nt Sotheby's London auction rooms recently for $700, part of the Victory's sails and a piece of the canopy ol Nelson's funeral barge being included in the lot. BDIT rOB SMALL 00X8. times Is placed between tbe Iron and the article to be pressed. Black nenpolltan straw hats will be ultra smart in tbe summer. Shirley pop- pies are a favorite trimming for these hats. A beautiful trimming for a browb bat Is a long brown- quill shading from the softest mushroom tint to deep wood color, with n bint of gold at tbe very ends. The suit Been In tbe sketch Is a smart one for tittle boys. It Is easy to launder and to make. JUDIC CHOLLET A pattern of this suit may be had for boys from two to six years of age. Semi 10 cents to this office, giving numhe ftW'S), and It will be promptly forwards IP, you by mall. OLD CANADIAN LIBRARY KING'S COLLEGE, WINDSOR, N.S., IS MOST ANCIENT. FATHERS OF CONFEDERATION. Only Two of the Signers of the Famous Document Still Live. Of those who took part in the deliberations of 1864, which resulted, on July 1, 1867, in the union of the four provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, as the Dominion of Canada, there are only two now living: . Right Hon. Sir Charles. Tupper, Bt., G.C.M.G., C.B., born July 2, 1821; and Hon. Senator A. A. MeDonald, born February 14, 1828. A list of those who have died, with the date of their deaths, and the provinces they represented in the conference, follows: Hon. Sir E. P. Tache, Quebec, born September 5, 1795; died July 30, 1865. Hon. Ed. Whalen, P. E. Island, born July 25, 1824; 'died December 10,1867 Hon. T. D'Arcy McGee, Quebec, born April 13, 1826; died April 6, 1863. Hop. J. M. Johnson, New Brunswick, born October —, 1818; died November 8, 1868. Hon. Sir George E. Oartier, Bart., Quebec, born September 6, 1814; di«i Moy 20, 1873. Hon: W. H. Steeves, New Brunswick, born May 20, 1814; died December 9, 1873. Hon. George Colee, P. E. Island, born September 20, 1810; died August 21, 1875. Hon. Mr. Justice J. McCully, Nova Scotia, born January 25, 1809; died January 2, 1877. Hon. W. H. Pope, P. E. Island, born Mny 29, 1826; died October 7, 1879. Hon. E. B. Chandler, New Brunswick, born August 22, 1800; died February 6, 1880. Hon. George Broum, Ontario, born November 29, 1818; died May 9, 1880. Hon. Charles Fisher, New Brunswick, born September 16, 1808; died December'8, 1880. Hon. J. Cockburn, Ontario, born February 13, 1819; died August 14, 1833. Hon. J. C. Chnnais, Quebec, bom S"ntomber 21, 1812; died July 17, 1886. Hon. Col. J. H. Gray, P. E. Island, born June 11, 1811; died August 13, 1887. Hon. Mr. Justice Henry (Wm. A.), Nova Scotia, born December 30, 1816; died May 3, 1388. Hon. Mr. .Justice Gray (J. H.),New Brunswick, born , 1814; died June 6, 1339. Hon. E. Palmer, Chief JuBtioe, P. E. Island, born September 1," 1809; died November 3, 1889. Right Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald, G.C.B., Ontario, born January 11, 1815; died June 6, 1891. Hon. Sir Alexander Campbell, K.C. M.G.. Ontario, born March 9, 1821; died May 24, 18f2. Hon. Sir Adams G. Archibald, K.C. M.G., Nova Scotia, bora May 18,1814; died December 14, 1892. Hon. Sir Alexander Gait, Quebec, born September 6, 1817; died Septem- . ber 19 1893. ] brine; it was found that the incline Hon! T. Heath Haviluid, P. E. Is-' w«s top much lor the building, and land, born November 18, 1822; died consequently a tower bad to be built September II, 1895. i °? '**?. 80uth 8'd?'1 •* acf' ' •ki?'1 Hon. Sir Samite' Leonard Tilley, ?' buttress to hold tho * e build- K.C.M.G., C.B., .few - BraMwick, >« ,'ro™ ""•"•»• "rff' .les1,0.n„ft born May 8, 1818: uied June 25, 18S6! ■™lliLBOf'e n"» "N"^»*?>"*& ir.n p«io» mi k«h m™, n.,.„„ °ne sees in Oxford. The books them- wtel? hr.™ /.n^fiU, j 'i«2?*&Z' 8elves a"- P«»crvnd in the separate ££• oR ^ Ja J ' ' d,9d ° I 1"»-Mies »' their donors, such as the tober 25, 1899. ..,__„. Akins, the Hodgson, the McCawley ir?°1Ji-«S'r»TFre,deri^ £ ?' Ca5*ur' libraries; the trioi wluable works. K.C.M.G., Newfoundland, bora Feb- -beins shelved In glass cabinets, ruary 12. 1819; died March 1, 1900 There are 5,ven..l ancient mnnu- Hon. Sir Oliver Mowat, G.C.M.C-.. script8 0f very great beiuty and eie- Ontnrio, born July 20, 1820; died April gttnce 0( execution pr ,orved Ior in- 1", 1903 ■ I Bpection in table cavs. These in- Hon. R. B. Dickey, K.C. Nova elude among others a manuacri] of Scotia, horn November 10, 1811; died 71 leaves on tha Four Evangelists July 14, 1903. (circ. 1,300) on vellum bound in mo tion. Wm. McDougnll, O.B., On- rocco with gilt edg,*s, with represen- tario, born January 26, 1822; died tations of the evangelists in colon Quaint Little Institution In Maritime Provinces Contains Some Bibliographical Treasures to Gladden the Heart of the Bookworm — Nova Scotian Lawyer Left It as a Labor of Love—Oldest Book In Canada. To the lover of old books there can. be no library in the whole length and breadth of the Dominion so well worthy of on examination and visit ub that of Canada's oldest and smallest- university, the library of King's College, Windsor, N.S., in the land of Evangeline. Here are some priceless bibliographical treasures, in many respects unequalled in the rest of Canada; while many are unknown in their original copies to the rest of America. But how, you will ask, did they come theref The pick of these- fine collections of Aldines, Elzevirs, and Stephens — these sumptuous works from the old hand presses of Jenson at Venice, Corberger at Nuremberg, Froben at Basel, Plantin at. Antwerp, and man*/ other printers whose names are writ in gold in the heavens of the bibliomaniac, — the pick of them were works collected together by an old Nova Scotian lawyer who spent'his small savings in collecting them at a time when such works demanded only a few dollar* where they demand now hundreds. A wise man was this Akins; and when he bequeathed to the little brown college on the hill bowered in its elms, no less than 402 volumes of this type, he was giving it a fortune, dowering it with a. collection of fifteen and sixteenth century books which has, in all probability, no peer on this aid? of the Atlantic for uniqueness. H,'.* was fortunately able to eke out the mere pittances asked for them in the days before the antique passion had become a millionaire rage. Fortunately, too, he had the sense to love and value the old work of the early printers as things never to lose their perpetual charm, but with the passage of time to become the source of much curiosity and legend, besides historical value. Their present intrinsic value probably never occurred to him as he lovingly handled his rare first editions; and as the days went pleasantly by, with what delight must he have added treasure on treasure to hiB few hut choicely select shelves.' Later on, old Dr. McCawley, an' early president of the college, gave it 59 additional volumes in 1872, .containing no less than ten editions ot classical authors printed before 1500. Soon after he added to his gift 167 volumes The library is at present housed in a grey stone Gothic Structure in the- college grounds; erected on the side of a sloping knoll and built of porous stone that had been saturated with Mny 30, 1805. Hon. Sir H. I.angevin, K. C. M. O., C.B., born August 26, 1826; died June 12, 1906. Hon. Sir Ambrose Shes, K.C.M.O., (Nfld.), horn. 1818; died 1906. and gold; a beauti'ully rubricated Bibline Concordantia, nlso of the 13th century; a 14th century missel from the Jesuits' College at Lot.vain, in France; a MS. of the 7'ersian poet Hafts, with several loloird illustrations; and an old Aca.'inn AIS. Then? is nlso nn originnl draft of the English poet Cowper's tnle in verse, "The Needless Alnrm," in fo.ir small quarto leaves. One poet, whose name wilT -ver be associated with Canada as the author of her most beautiful boating song, the Irishman, Tom Moor", has left his mark hen loo in the Col- Canada's Power Supply. A conservative estimate places the water powers of the Dominion at 25,- 682,907 horsepower. Converted into coal on a basis of 6 pounds of coal per hour per horsepower, this means 651,137,590 tons of coal per annum. This statement was made before the lege Library, which he visited while forests, waterways, and waterpowers in Canada, pn seating to it a copy of committee of the Commons a short the Greek humorist. I.uci in, contain- time ago by R. E. Young, superin- ,ing his autograph, dntwi September tendent of Dominion railway lands. 27, 1804, with the inscription, "•—" Quebec hns 17,075,939 horsepower; Ontario 3,129.168; British Col nbia 2.000 000; Alberta 1,000,000; 'Niirthwiist Territories 600,000; Saskatchi \\ nn 50ft,- 000; Manitoba504.0O0; NewBrjiswlek 150,000: Nova Scotia 54,300. non movet aestimatiotie, sed est mncmo- Bunou." But it is not hero the riches of the- oollege library lie; but over there- where the Mdines r:e. Theno en itailT some lovely sp'cimons from th* fnm Apart from Ontario, howevtr the °us ,*'res8. °i the Mantuan or Aidine estimate is crude, but conservnlivo. family noted jor th, elegance and tie- Mr. Young made the statement that correctness of its productions. The there was much, less mprcha il'.ble ^1,^1/fl,?™? C„ °i„T timber in this country than i the P"N|8.hedj!8 ?"' W°!,H 1*t^,n° in Tt_,,„ i tj,.,.. -pi.o,, t.j »„„„ i «,„» from its own type and continue,' m United States. Tbey had P-nna that „_„.„„_ lrtltii istw The r.rMr operation until 1697. The priuV he no valuable timber was uonflned to ^„ t is the rare edi,V he vicinity of rivers and lakes, and 0, $ works of the Gre . h,lo&, the great stretches of land between pher Arjstotle, which took the firm *wero treeless. Army Chiropodists. It is announced that a class foi the Instruction of non-commissioned officers and men desirous of qualifying as battalion chiropodists will be form- ed at the Queen Alexandra Military Hospital Millbank. England. Agriculturist and Novelist. Mr. Rider Haggard has lately b-*n talking about afforestation schemes, and his wordB on the subject .are worthy of every respect. When he Is not writing novelB he is studying agriculture, and he has one of the best-appointed farms in the country at Ditchingham. His home at Ditch- ingham he once painted yellow, which led a facetious printer to address some proofs to "Mustard Pot Hall." That printer's humor received a severe check per return of dobL People refer to Mr. Haggard, by the way, as a wealthy novelist. Whatever his wealth may be to-day, his first literary efforts were certainly tar from encouraging. He lost *260over four years to publish (1495-98). It. 'comprises four folios bound up in two .volumes, and is on the whole in excellent preservation. When we think: what a great influence this work, with the clear, hard thinking of its old [pagan writer had on the dawn of the Renaissance in Europe we begin to realise not perhaps its great intrinsic value, but its historical interest. In all there are eighteen Aldines In the library—a number perpetually within four walls, equal to that only temporarily gathered to- igether from all quarters for the Cax- ton Celebration at Montreal in 1877. Among them is the highly-prized volume of Petrarch's poems (1514); tha* rare editio prinoeps of Plato (1513); and a peculiar edition of the Iliad. i But older than them all, probably ■the oldest printed book in Canada, stnnds here a folio In simple monastic 'binding with clasps, but without signatures, catchwords, or pagination. 'It is the "8peculum Vitae Humanae,"" iof the Bishop Rodericus—a mirror of human life in mediaeval times. It •was printed on the 3rd of January. 1471. st Augsberg by Gunther Zalner*. his first book; his second brought ... „ „ _, _ him |60; over his third he msde Ithe beautiful broad Gothic type is as $260; but his fourth—"King Solomons [clear to-dny and bright a« when It Mines"—made him rich and fatnouB. ' left the press of the old printer. ........ . THE EEPORTER, MICHEL, BRITISH COLUMBIA. GROWING BOYS AND GROWING GIRLS need Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to Give Them Health and Strength. Growing boys as, well as girls need such a tonic as Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to keep the blood rich, red and pure nnd give them health and strength. Mrs. Edward Koch, post mistress at Prince's Lodge, N. S., tells the great benefit her little son has derived from the use of this world fam ous medicine. Mrs. Koch says:—"My little son, Reginald, had been troubled with anaemia almost since birth. He v-as always a sickly looking child, with no energy and little or no appetite. His veins showed vers plainly through hiB skin and he had several serious attacks of stomach and bowel trouble, and on one occasion his life was despaired of by two doctors who were attending him. His little, body was slowly wasting away until he was nohing more than a skeleton. He was peevish and fretful and a misery to himself. Having read and heard so much of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills I determined to try them in his case, and after giving them to him for a couple of months they certainly worked wonders with him. To-day he is fat and healthy looking; he has a hearty appetite, is able to play like other children, and is bright and energetic, instead of dull and listless as he used to be. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have changed my puny, sickly child, into a rugged, hearty boy." Dr. -Williams' Pink Pills cured this sickly boy because they went down to the root of the trouble in his blood. That is why they. never fail. Bad blood is the cause of all common diseases like anaemia (bloodlessness) eczema, paleness, headaches, indigestion, kidney trouble, neuralgia, rheumatism and the special ailments that only growing girls \\ and womenfolk "know. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills don't Toother with mere symptoms, they cure diseases through, the blood. They don't cure for a day—they cure to stay cured. Do not take any pills without the full name "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pole People" on the wrapper around each box. Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 60 cents a' box or sir boxeB for $2.50 from the Dr Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville Ont. Sure Of It The irate parent presented himself before the culprits... "Young man," de. manded he, with the utmost sternness, "have I caught you kissing my daughter?" If by this he expected to plunge the young visitor into confusion, it must be confessed that the old gentleman was greatly mistaken, inasmuch as the young visitor evinced the greatest calmness, "I hope, sir," he snid, "there is no mistake about it. The lights are none too bright, and I would be much mortified to lenrn that, after all, I was kissing the housemaid.") The Sorrow of .Parting M. Serpollet had finished his holiday in England and paid the exorbitant hotel bill. His heart was sad yet his native courtesy was as perfect as ever. "Send se proprietaire to me," he said to the waiter,, and presently mine host entered. Immediately Serpollet was all beaming smiles. "Ah, let me embrace you! Let me . kees you!" he cried in ecstacy of welcome. "But why do you .want to embrace me, sir? I don't understand." "Ah, saire, but look at uees'beel." "Your bill. Yes, but what of it?" "Vot of it? Vy, it means sat I e'all nevaire, nevaire see you again, • •dear Baire.'VLondon Sketch A WINDSOR LADY'S APPEAL To All Women: I will send free, with full instructions, my home treatment which positively cures Leucor- Thoea, Ulceration, Displacements, Falling of the Womb, Painful or Irregular Periods, Uterine nhd Ovarian Tumors or Growths, also Hot Flushes, Nervousness, Melancholy, Pains in the Head, Back or Bowels, Kidney and Bladder Troubles, where caused by weakness peculiar to our sex You cun continue treatment nt home at a cost of only about 12 cents a week. My book, "Woman's Own Me dicnl Adviser," also sent free on re' ■quest. Write to-day. Address Mrs M. Summers, Box H.I., Windsor. Ont. CANADA'S HYMN OF EMPIRE. Invocation. Eternal Father, God of our fair land, A loyal nation lifts her heart to Thee; Before the world we dare to take Thy hand, Claiming Thy guidance to pur deBtiny. Our Message to the World. Our word is peace, our rights are equal laws, Our arms of love we spread from sea,to sea. Our life is progress toward the broader cause, Our hope through justice to give liberty. ' No tyrant owns us. and we own no slave. But brothers see in all the good and true; Home of the hopeful, refuge of the brave. Here may despair her faith in man renew. In amity we bind the rich and poor, And break, the shackles from the mind nnd soul, By honest labor make contentment sure, Still onward pressing to our destined goal. Seeking by knowledge to let in the light, . To find the blessings Art and Science bring; Till our vast, lands with human smiles are bright, And every league shall hear our children sing. . In our strong right we bill aggression halt, And treason fear our British bugle call; Our bond of Empire brooks no vile assault. We rise with Britain or witb Britain fall. Our Destiny. Thus shall we take our high and sovereign place. And Canada for truth and honor stand; A. loyal people, a united race, A happy nation in a glorious land. —Arthur Cox. Afternoon All undisturbed sho asks: "Now shall I play to that? Or—makes the trump, and deftly scoops the odd; While nt home the dinner cooks, In a case that looks like hooks, And hubby's down town hustling for a wad. In the treatment df summer com. •plaints, the most effective remedy that can he used is Dr. J'. D. Kellogg's Dys- entery Cordial.. It is a standard preparation, and many people employ it in preference to other preparations. It is a highly concentrated medicine and its sedative ond curative qualities are beyond question. It has been a popular medicine for many yenrs, and thousands can attest its superior qualities in overcoming dyuentery and kindred complaints. A Grateful Whistler A patronizing young lord was seated opposite the late James McNei'' Whistler at dinner one evening. During a lull in the conversotion he adjusted his monocle and leaned forwarl toward the artist. "Aw, y' know, Mr. Whistler," hi •drawled, "I pahssed your house this mawnlng." "Thank you," said Whistler. '"Thank you very much."—M. A. P. .Ask for Mlnard's and take no othsr. SABLE ISLAND. Tragedies of the Most Desolate ol Canada's Island. A couple of brief paragraphs in the report of the Department of Marine and Fisheries rescue from forgetful- ness that melancholy bank of sand lying out' in the Atlantic Ocean 110 miles east of the central part of Nova Scotia, end marked on the map as Sable Island. Fortunately, no wrecks have occurred there recently to remind the Canadian people of the island's existence, and this undesirable bit of Canadian territory has dropped to the level of a mere incident in the administration of the Marine Department. Sable Island was at one time a dangerous place, especially when sailing vessels were more numerous, but it is now given a wide berth, and its re- oord is less gloomy than it used to be. •In the early days of the French regime a vessel having on board a number of ponies was wrecked there. Some of the ponies reached shore, and their descendants to-day roam the sand hills and subsist on the wild SasB. One hundred years ago the and was 40 miles in length. Today it is only half that, the waves of the Atlantic having undermined and washed away hundreds of acres ol its scrub-covered sandy soil. Its inhabitants number 43. consisting of the officers of the life-saving station, the lighthouse-keeoera and their families. The animal life of the island consists of 70 head ol horned eattle, 30 trained ponies, 8 imported horses, and 200 wild ponies. Last year there were shipped from the island to Nova Scotia 46 wild ponies, and besides these the only other export consisted of 45 barrels of cranberries. It seems remarkable and almost absurb to think of anyone speaking of agriculture in connection with the dreary sands' ol Sable Island, and yet this is what the .report states in, regard to the matter: "All the farming operations were carried on (last year) with a fair measure of success. The season being better than the average, a good supply of wild hsv was secured for the horees." What a dreary, strange life must be Ithat of the men who made that hay 'and of their wives and children. From the outside world they see only tha men on the Government steamers 'that carrv supplies to the island, i Thnt little community of forty-two souls is thrown whollv upon iteelfv Those neople are practically maroon- jed. How does time wag with them, how does life appear? About these things the matter-of-fact report of the Department has nothing to say. Big Floating Island. A feature of the celebration of the three hundredth anniversary of the discovery of Lake Chomplnin, to which the entire week of July 4 is to be given up, will be an island, made to order,, built on barges and having real trees, rocks, grass, a stockade and Indian wigwams, to be used by a party of nearly 200 Indians from Canada. The Indians will take part in a sham battle, planned to represent with historical accuracy one of the conflicts between the forces of Cham- plain and the Iroquois. The Indians, in canoes, will come down the lake and land on broad "beaches" made of wooden wings hinged to the sides of the island. The pageant ol Hiawatha, which the Indians will also present, is taken from their own legend, differing in some respects from that of Longfellow. The island will be towed alongshore tor celebrations at various points. Brockvllle'a Peat Depostti. An expert is to be Bent from the Department of Inland Revenue at Ottawa to examine the peat deposit just north of Brockville. The bogs reach for s»v«ral miles east HE TOOK A FRIENDS ADVICE AND DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS SOON ' CURED HIS BACKACHE How Malcolm McKinnon Found Com' plete and Permanent Relief From His Kidney and Stomach Troubles. Shunacadie, Cape Breton Co., N. 8., (Special).—Suffering with Backache so much that he could not work, Malcolm McKinnon, a well-known resident of this place, took a friend's advice and used Dodd's Kidney Pills Tbe result is that he is back at work and his Backache is gone. "Yes," he sayB, in speaking of hia case, "I was troubled with Backache, due to wet feet and hard work. It got so severe at last I was quite unable to do my work. "It was through a friend's advice I started to' use Dodd's Kidney Pills, ond I was soon aware that they were doing me good. My back was easier and I had less pain in urinating. "As Dodd's Kidney Pills hnd done me so much good I th-night I would try Dodd's Dyspepsia '1 ablets and I did so with marvellous effect. Two boxes set my stomach right." With Dodd's Kidney Pills to keep my Kidneys well and the blood pure and Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets to put the stomach in shape so that the body receives the nourishment it needs you are assured of the two first essentials of health. Any doctor will tell you that. Traced by a Photograph It was just a wee bit o' a post office, not a hundred miles from Choir-em- Easaich, N. B., and the postmaster's name waB Sandy McLeod, and his hair was red. Smith was of London—very much so —and hia walking tour in the 'Igh. lands of Bonnie Scawtland had not been without its drawbacks. "Is there a letter 'ere for Mr, Smith?" he asked Sandy. "Ay, mon, there is; but 'oo can I ken ye're the richt body?" replied the redhaired one. Smith dived into his breast-pocket. " 'Ere's a picture of me, yer silly ole codger! Ain't that me?" . Sandy scratched his head. "Ow, ay, that's right—that's right. I suppose?'" he muttered, and handed over the letter. A Power of Its Own.—Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil has a subtle power of its own that other oils cannot pretend to though there are many pretenders. All who have used it know this and keep it by them as the most valuable liniment available. Its uses are innumerable and for many years it has been prised as the leading liniment for man and beast. A vacuum cylinder for the preservation of food from which the air may be exhausted by apparatus so simple that any person can operate it, is a recent invention of a German machinist. Minard'B Liniment Co., Limited. Dear Sirs-Your MINARD'S LINIMENT iB our remedy for sore throat, colds and all ordinary ailments. It never failB to relieve and cure promptly. CHARLES WHOOTEN. Port Mulgrave. "Do you think you could manage with my salary of $12 a week, darling?" he asked after she had said yes. "I'll try, Jack," replied she "but what will you do?"—Universnlist. London. When Your Child Has a Cold Are you satisfied with anything that sells under the name of cough medicine. Or do you search out a medicine of proven value such as Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine. How few cases of consumption there would be if every child's cold were looked after as it should be. Did you ever think of it in this way ? It is the neglected cough and cold that leads to the dreadful lung diseases sooner or later. From repeated attacks the lungs nre weakened nnd there conies pneumonia or consumption with their dreadfully fatal results How watchful parents should be of their children. How careful to use effective treatment instead of trusting to cough mixtures which are often of little value or of harmful effects. Because it is prnparcd from linseed, turpentine and other simple but wonderfully effective ingredients, I'r Chase's Syrup of Linseed nnd Turpentine is particularly suitable as a treat ment for children's coughs nnd colds Croup, bronchitis and even whooping cough yields to the influence of this gfeat medicine, and for this reason it is lflpt constantly on hand in the majority of homes nnd has enormous sales. Mrs. John Chcsney, Innerkip, Out.. writes: "Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine cured my little girl of whooping cough when tiie doctor had given her up and since then we always keep it in the house as a treatment for coughs and colds. It is tlio best medicine we ever used," There is no getting round statements such as this and you want the most effective treatment possible when your child becomes ill. Dr. Chase's Syrup ol Linseed and Turpentine, 25 cts. a bottle, at all dealers, or Edmonson, Bates 4 Co., Toronto, MILLION-ACRE FARM. Prince Edward Island Is Often Called the Garden of the Gulf. The Dominion of Canada is said to be the brightest gem in Britain's crown, and Prince Edward Island, itr, smallest province, situate in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, is known as the "Garden of the Golf." This appellation, however, is appropriate only during the summer months, for in winter the "Million Acre Farm," as Senator Howlan immortalized it, when referring to his'native province on a notable occasion in Parliament, with its 110,000 inhabitants, is a veritable "Lady of the Snows." By the terms under which the Is land Province entered into the Con federation compact with the Domin ion in 1873 it was stipulated that the Dominion should providi "efficient and continuous steam communication between the island and the mainland winter and summer"; but although in a measure satisfied the attempts made have never yet been successful through a whole year. To keep up communication across Northumberland Straits, and thus carry out the Confederation agree, ment the Dominion Government provided the Northern Light, Stanley ond Minto at successive periods during the last quarter of a century. The Northern Light, the first winter steamer, was not specially built for this service. In 1987 the Federal Government sent Captain McElhinney, nautical adviser of the Marine Department, to Europe to study the conditions of ice navigation, and from the information thus obtained the Stanley was evolved. She'was completed the following year,, and arrived in Charlottetown Dec. 14,1888. Protestations from the Boards of Trade and the Local Government, and also from public meetings calline for fulfilment of the Terms of Union, were an annual occurrence and thus, in the closing year of the last century, the Government of Canada was moved towards further improving the service, and had the Minto sp-cinlly designed. She wos built for the express purpose of keeping up communication between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia during winter, and arrived in .Charlottetown on the 14th September, 1899. A BU3Y SESSION. Past Ontario Legislature Sitting Has Broken Two Records. The Legislative session just closed is the briefest and busiest on record. In eight weeks 242 measures have been dealt with, as against 240 last year in a sitting nearly twice as long. The larger units in the completed program of law-making are: A measure of law reform, the main feature of which is a limitation ot appeals. Progress of the power policy in validation of contracts and authority to raise money to build the provincial transmission line. The creation of the new town ol Gowganda in the Temagami forest reserve. The establishment of a legal standard for the equipment and conduct of licensed hotels, and provision for standard temperanoe hotels under provincial license and supervision. The changing of the financial year, and limiting of the powers of the Provincial Auditor. Increased protection provided for men working in the mines, with severe penalties for non-observance. General consolidation of the statutes. Improved operation of the provincial insurance laws. Extensive grants and re-grants of land and money to railway corporations to build or extend lines in Ifcr- thern Ontario, the most important being the grant of 2,000,000 acres to the O.N.R. to complete its line west to Port Arthur. He Misted One Detail. In the daily grind of newspaper life reporters are often guilty of some freakish and many funny performances. The limit was reached, however, a few days ago by a young scribe on a Toronto evening paper. He had been assigned to "cover" the funeral of tho late Brother Odo Baldwin, Inspector of Separate Schools in Toronto, and as his time was limited he did it hurriedly. He turned in holl a column of nicely-written "stuff" to his city editor. The latter came out a few minutes later to the reporters' room and remarked with a frigid smile: ''By the way, M. , you have missed one minor detail in this 'story.' You didn't mention the name of the man who has been buried." Confusedly glancing over his copy, the blushing reporter saw that not onee in thnt half-column hod he mentioned the name of the deceased dignitary, and be hastily supplied the important omission. Audience Left Hfm. There hnve been many amusing scenes in the House of Commons which, fortunately, did not cause any particular disorder The late Dr. Lan- derkin when in Opposition was one of the most, obstreperous of the cri-l ties of the then Conservative Government. He was u man of wonderful resource, nnd was not easily sidetracked. One day he was keeping the House sitting late by reading from a I volume of Parliamentary statistic", when the leader of the House had to rcBort to tbe expedient of moving the adjournment. This was duly carried and Mr. Speaker left the chair. Lan- derkin kept on talliinfj till the chamber was entirely cleared, when, for; luck of an audience, lie gave up. Bishop of North Pole. The Bishop of Moosonee presides over one of tiie largest dioceses in the world. It is 400,000 square miles in extent aud includes the Nortn Pole. SHOW STAKING. Mining Operators Declare It Is An Unmixed Evil. When it is taken into consideration ihe fact that there have been more than 8,000 claims staked out and registered in the Gowganda and Montreal river districts in the last five months, one can gather some idea of the work that has been done in the region to date. How many of those claims will stick? That is a question that is discussed on every side, especially in this community where actual mining has taken the place of the real preparatory work that is going on up above. Five years ago the situation here wns the same as it is in the new districts to-day, and history shows that the evils tf "snow staking" were manifold. "If I had any power with the Ontario Government," declared a well- known mining operator to me recently. "I would have a law passed prohibiting 'snow-staking.' It is the biggest evil we have to contend with in any new camp. When the break up comes and the ground shows it will be found that at least 20 per cent, of the properties are under water. I am willing to bet now that when the Montreal river starts to run it will be clogged with discovery posts." "Well, how does that affect things? The prospector himself will be the loser, won't he?" "Not mnch," was the reply. "It is the gullible. public that will suffer. After the initial discoveries were made known every prospector for miles and miles around rushed in and the staking commenced. A prospector has to make affidavit as to the minerals he has found upon his claim, and also another affidavit in regard to assessment w^rlt done. He does this at the registry office, and the Government is supposed to furnish an inspector to look things over and prove the value of the claim. The prospector's affidavit is all that is necessary, and In consequence the papers are made out on this. What is the result? The prospector rushes off immediately to dispose of his claim. If he is fortunate enough to be within a couple of miles of a real silver discovery he can get almost his own price from the greenhorns that are rushing into the districts with a bunch of the long green, but mighty short on experience. "Companies are formed right and left to develop property which the original purchaser has never seen and the unsuspecting public is dragged in. A man does not like to get hit this way more than once or twice to come to the opinion that the mining game is a rank swindle, and as a result when money is needed for actual development of good properties it is very hnrd to get. All these swindles can be prevented, providing "snow staking" were prohibited. If the Government were to inspect every registered claim, prove absolutely that the prospector really had a showing of mineral on the land that he had staked and not take his unsupported word for everything, few of these well- cooked swindles could be operated. "Dealing in mining claims that are ur-developed is very much of a lottery, in which the possibilities of drawing a capital prise are meagre. A man will produce a map or blue print, on which his name is printed, of a forty-acre section. He will prove to you that it is in the immediate vicinity of a rich discovery. You pay him his price on the understanding that the assessment work to date has been done. He goes his way and you wander off to your newly-acquired claim with visions of mint in front of you. You find that your forty- acre tract is in a marsh, with the discovery post located in a creek. Just as likely as not there iB not a piece ol rock in eight, let alone silver-bearing quart-*."—W. F. Mathews in The Montreal Standard. No Too Old at M. Robert Lamb of Castel Hedingham. England, who iB 94 years ot age, has jnst harvested his half-acre crop ot wheat with a sickio aid has threshed it with a flail. | A Heresy Charge. Heresy-hunting wns a much more common pleasure for some good folk fifty years ago thon it is to-day. Some recent hunts in local theological circles moved Inspector James L. Hughes of the Toronto public schools to tell a friend the other day about an attack made on him and his father down in Durham County half a century ago. Mr. Hughes' father was a schoolmaster, and he hud a rather large library for those days. The library included the novels of Charles Dickens, and young James, being naturally studious, of course devoured them greedily. He was then thirteen years old, and a member of the Methodist Church. The report spread through the little community that Hughes, senior, had Dickens' novels in his library, and that Hughes jr., was reading tbem. Some zealous pillars of the church at once started to circulate a petition tor the casting *>ut of the offending father and son. The clergymnn even called and asked to see the Hughes' library. Sure enough, the novels were there. But no result came from the agitation to put the Dickens disciple under the bun of the church, and to-day the Chief Inspector of Toronto bcIiooIs is one of the most ardent admirers of the great novelist, and a leading ■member of the Toronto branch of the Sickens Fellowship. John Peel's Successor. The Right Hon. J. W. Lowther is well known, of course, as one of tho most able and popular speakers tho British House has ever had, and the tactful manner in which he enforces the five hundred odd rules which govern the work ot St, Stephen's, to say nothing of his knowledge of the thousand and one Parliamentary precedents, commands the admiration of men of oil parties, How many people, however, are aware that Mr. Lowther, who is one of tho keenest sportsmen in the country, is the successor of John Peel of immortal memory? When John Peel died his famous pack was secured by the late Mr. John Crazier, and the blood of those famous hounds ran in the pack which he hunted for threescore nnd more yearB. At the death of this veteran, Mr. Lowther succeeded to the Mastership of the Rlencathra Hunt and to proprietorship ot descendants of the hounds. THE DOCTOR SAID "iCAfrrHELPYOir Suffered 10 Months witb Kidne-f Complaint Gin Pills Cured, Dunvegac, Inverness Co. I am perfectly cured of KUney eon* plaint after using Cin Fills.. Six hour* alter taking the first Pill I obtainec-a- lief, and now after three months 1 ted as well as ever. . I suffered ten months and the rhyrrt- clan attending me advised me to go to the Victoria Hospital at Halifax, w he could do nothing more for me. I may add that I used a great deal of medicine, and strictly followed my physician's directions regarding diet, eto., but without avail, until providentially I learned of your most excellent remedy. I am recommending Gin Pills. f tlin ffilnri' ilf, inl'lni'ill ,,f 111.- work llii'i jltt»'Oii'diil'kl> '■ 'Ktlji'tt'l- olniiM'iiic'l mill , .lliii'l'iistnr' lut r Mo 'Vinl i .Mm liiftlnf Ml- '■lii'mivi'll'"'' lUiVln r.i 1 i '..Ml, i.'imi'i (tlllijiwii! , i. ;< ; hi.niiu- un in nrr-nfl*MIti'uti' ,' ii , ,,|, lu ,.,(ir, nl,r, ii siimll balaboB'tillliilliii n-.. ., i,i",'iiii.ii ii ivcnici to tno oliabilinli nf tile tlbjtrlct. Irom the loom her.. llfliitllliH.ll-li In. Phi- tin- imslur In Bluv linollioryonr, Tlio injdtir, ilm Itov, S.Cook, will Im Jounioylnj In IKmlcrollbii lo bo liolil ot How Wi'siiiiiiisiiT ibis iiuiiiiii' Ivocki , TirjBmiths, Plumbers and Steamfitters Plans prepared and estimates cheerfully given. Hosmer, B. C. LUMBER YARD WHOLESALE AND RETAIL All Kinds of Lumber, Mouldings, etc.—Fa Verandah Posts in Stock an Fernie Lumber Co., Ltd All Kinds of Lumber, Mouldings, etc,—Fancy Windows, Doors inP Verandah Posts in Stock and to Order. New Michel One Cent a Word Advertisements such as For Sale, To Let, Lost Pouno Wanted etc., inserted at the uniform rati of One Cent a Word Each Insertion ' HAW MILL— GreatNorUiprh KiiiUniy passes ihrmiuli —-5 Hintus-*-rii1111ihit I'H years— iitinuul ctuas $57*i or $115 annually each. Cedar, tiimimu!, fir, sr flirt', mul some white pine. Price If. Pto.nno, hnlf cash, balance on tbrms, -. Address the Edlturoi t'lisini- ner for-further particulars. Notice of Amplication for Rertewal for Liquor License \\TOTlOB Is hereby ffivon, that I, Alexander J. ■" MeOoqli of Now Mloholi 11. C.,* intend to tip. ply to tin: Superintendent of J'nnttK'iul Police, at tin; expiration of one month from the date hereof, for a renewal of my retail liquor license for the premises known ns the Great Northern Hotel, situated at New Michel, B. C. ALEXANDER J. McCOOL. Dutwl at New Michel, it. t!„ May 1, iooft. PIFTV MILLION FEET OV FIRSTiCLASS Tttf- -1* her on drivahle stream. Easily lo^ed to Columbia--ltlvor. TliiK vniheboiiKht for snuwo, $ ensli; biihinee oini mm two sanxi., These, lieeuses run for in years more. Cost of .continuing licenses in force, $115 each, The above are snaps, and If you are a lumber or timber man comn*u- nlcntGut once, as the owner must sell. For an;.* further details, address tlio Editor of this paper, SUNDAY SERVICES Application for Transfer of Liquor Licence T JOHN H.L.U'ltl^VON.nf the town of Mich- ■' j el.-l', C., hereby npply to the Suiwiutomh'iit of Pit vine hil Police fnr« transfer to G. 1J. Sted- nnu or my licence to sell intoxicating liquors undii'tlie provisions nf thi. siiiuile*-In that be- I linlf, in thi' invmNt'S 1'iinm nnd descrilied us the K('ol«i]iiy,IIotel,s!timtn'tii:NcwMiflH'l, l'.U. to eomineii'.'ii uii the lafc day o; July, HHift. JOHN S. LAURENSON. Michel, U. C.. April 21ili. 1-W.i. , / ' . METHODIST CTIUCRR Special Services To-morrow 11. n. ra". New Michel. Mr. Russell'. Michel. Mr. Reid, 2.'V) pi in. Spppial ineotinw for the £undny schbol uiid.young people. j '. p.m. Grent mass meeliiur hoihse:.es, M. Iti id will speak on the Gospel of lie second inllg, 8. p. m. Mr. Russell Will speak on How to wcapfl from a burning town. Saturday evening, a biKopenuir meeting, opposite the depot, Come. ST. PAUL'S-CHURCH MICHEL, B. Oi Servicbfc-'-t-lat. Sunday in the month, lioly Coininnnioii, 11 u, In. Every Sunday, Evejisollg, 7.IJ0 p. m. Sunday School, bvary Suiuluy, 2.110 p. ni. A. Iirinnt N. Crowtlier, M. A., Vicar. Notice of Application far Renewal of License WOTICKis JlprqW BlvLil. Hint I, (Ir-orgo B. ^ Sti'ilinnn, of New Michel. II. (.'., ilUoiul to nn- lily loihc SJ'i|„'i'liit.'itll'iit ,,.' 1'rovlnclnl 1'iiliiTi, lit Hie cxi'ii'iu'oil ',i lino it.onlli fi'mii llic iliue liol'cof, fur ii ri'liowitl of my r. lull liquor lici'iisr for llic iii'"iiilt;i's know:, uii Ho Kootciuiy Jlotol. sllciiikid nt Swv Michel, 11. C. GEO, B. STEDMAN. Dati.l ot New .'Jlc' 01', 11.0„ Mny l', 11*00. Union Bakery G, SOVRANO, Pi-opribtol* OLD TOWN, - - - MICHEL Fresh Bread Delivered Daily Coffins In stock and mad. to order JTrED. POMAITAC, NElV MJ'.'HEL NOTICE 'PAKE XOTICE .Hint \\vc imciiil In npuly to'Hie 3 Kuiii'iiilti'ii.dent of 1'roviiU'iiih I'dllt-n, niter lliirly (ltiys from the fir*t i. [iiiennoicu of Hits no tier, for n rt'lltii'nl or our wlinlcsnle llcdlHto to Boll into.', initio:,' liquors nt Miclicl, It. tl, llnliid t\\i\\i "tli iluy of Mny, A. 1). IDOO.-. THE MICHEI.J/IQtioB COMPANY, LiMlTEl) NOTICE 'PAKE NOTICE lliht I Intend lo mini)' to tho x Suuorlhtenrtoiir, of I'liivint'lnl l'olll'ii, nlicr lliirly (Inya from Hie llrfit liliponrnllt'o nf this nn. lice, for ihe trnlisfor from myself to the Michel Liquor Coinnuny Liniileil, of my wholesnle li- eenee lo sell iilloxleiiHiiK liqunrs ut Michel, B. <:. Duleil this 71h ilny uf .Mny, A. D. l'JOO.; TllOMAS CBAIIAS. Rosedale Dairy Open (or liusincss on May 13th. 'Frculi Milk, Cream, Butter and Eggs D'olivcrc) daily to all parts of both towns. , . ... A. C. MURRAY', I PROPRIETOR BAILEY THE BUILDER, BUIU'KH o; CONTRACTOR Estliiinles 1 i.riil'lii'il i'ree, on Hh'nrt Notice. HEW JUC11K1. ' Mrs. I^slcr, wife of B. F. tetor of tlie HoSmer Timcn is doud. W, Scull of 1'eriiieic liBit to-day.