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Vol. I, No. 9. OKANAGAN FALLS, BRITISH COtflffiBIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1893. $2.00 per Year. Bank of British Colunibia Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1S62. Capital paid up £600,000 $3,000,000 WITH I'OWFIt TO INCREASE. Reserve Fund £260,000 $1,300,000 Head Office: 60 Lombard Street, LONDON, ENGLAND W°- A •""'■* »""' ■"»— = In British Columbia In 'run United States Victoria, Vancouver, Kew Westminster San Francisco, Portland, Nanaimo, Kamloops, Nelson (Kootenay Lake.) Seattle and Tacoma. Agents and Oorkbspondents in Canada and the United States : Hank of Montreal, Canadian Hank of Comfoorco, Imperial Hank of Canada; Hack of Montreal, New York and OnioagO. Telegraphic Transfers and Remittances to and from all points can ho made through thlB Bank at current rates. Collodions carefully attended to and every description of banking business transacted. Qold Dust iiurtiiased. 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Exchange on London, available in all parts of Ifiurope, England, Ireland and Scotland. Letters of Credit issued ou the principal cities of tin) United States, Canada bud i-airopo. ^^Sreini.'cfcas *iOT;" ''*FT»T«3SJ.S3, JE-'emst-e-cis «Su Oo. wm miA-i m jS&^I?, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in, and Importer and Manufacturer of FUR I The largest establishment of it; kind on tho mainland of British Columbia. The loading CAliPRT HOUSE in the City. A full lino of Corpora, Square Bugs, Mate, oto. Also Linoleum and fflopr Glottis, as well as House Furnishings of every description. Undbktakinq im Alt ITS buani:i£ks. Stock comi'I.ete. (P.O. box 2.) ?A & 23 Corilova Street, VANCOUVER, B.C. Hamilton Powder Co'y Ok Mon'I'Ueai.. Incowo HATED 1601. Manufacturers of Dynamite, Blasting and Sporting Powder. Wholesale Dealers in Safety Fuse, Detonators and Electric Blasting Apparatus. Office: Victokia, B. C. Wouks: Nanaimo, B. C. General Agent for British Columbia. JIots/ jFtTx&igr x wcnEi. iee l (Establislied 16152) anavfii. Croclioiy, Glassware, Wall Paper, Lamps, Cutlery, Agate Ware and Complete House rTurnishingB. Largest Stock In British Columbia. Write for Prices of anything required. 51 -fcrs S"3 "JE"c»3t-ifc !"*J"li-,ff.ra-fo UNI9N IRON W2RKS ManufaetiireiM of 1 It 1 TU lining and Bulling ltaei Hoisting and Pumping Bnglnoi ito.lH and Concentrating Machinery Copper and Lead Kuniaees Only Steel and Iron Ship Builders on the Paoiftlo Coast. Marine Engines, Hollers and All Classen of Marino Work. First and Mission Streets New York Office: 145 Broadway, SAN FRANCISCO Cable Address, "Union." NICHOLLES & RENOUF 'VA.es-t.r»jLriLipJ, 33:.CS... Fanning. Implements. and. Hardware ALBION lUIN WunKo IU., -V3:«-J^?'Oi-E*,XjS»., 33. C3. Manufacturera of Hydraulic Pipe, Giants, unci MINING MACHINERY Dry Gaofls Furnishings Groceries Boots and Shoos Close Prices Kur Cash Main Street Okanagan Falls 4 _t: m mmmm SE'sj-arfcJLoss Should write for accommodation at enticto Fine Fishing anjUt Shooting in the vicinity j BY THE DAMP FIRES A Fine Old Camp That Will Yet See Better Days. CAMP McKINNEY AND BEYOND. Abandoned Now But Brighter Hopes in Store. -ESa-A-fc&s-fcn. CoXumb: w m m m w ,-^j ___9 jL _%,£* \_^ Beported for Tiik Minino Hkvikw, (Continued) Like a lone star in the mountain wilderness stands Damp McKinney, for the nearest settlement to it is that of Anarchist mountain, miles so southward. Although standing on a high mountain from which, if the country wore more open, a delightful prospect might lie had (for on all sides are mountains densely timhered, those lying to eastward and northeastward heing drained by the Kettle river and its smaller tributary etreains, and those to southward and southeastward by ltock creek), but as it is, little can be seen owing to the fact that the camp itself stands in the timber. Getting into the camp, among the first comer stakes to come in view are those marking the Anarchist mineral claim, owned by R. G. Sidley, and a •hiort piece farther on is the cluster of -houses with even some pretensions of a fMlblic street which marked the com- .linenccment of a mining town; and With the single exceptions of Kelowna and Camp Fairview there are no Blftces in the lower country south of HBrnon, so far as number of houses is ■jiicerned and the arrangement of ^jj&m along a street, that present a»s iaiuch tho appearance of a budding ,fcQwn. And yet this all is for the pre- sent almost totally abandoned, for Wth the exception of one or two men, Hftne of the once busy population are ■Ht to tell the tale of former hopes and JPJiirations. The style of architecture lis as bold and aspiring as the facili- s of the builders would permit, for the middle of the forest the only mber procurable had to be whip- .{.r_t «vv><3 r... flbh ...-.rc-. S-. ,*—" .-,".-2 .-;,.'^-tv" the favorite tools of the backwoods joiner, cornice, peristyle and archi- rtrave are lacking in the architectural embellishments of the once busy min- p>, in the City Dailies and the pc Magazines for city orders, 8® but you will not get the 5iy country trade through these jS mediums. H3T It requires the Local Weeklies to reach the pocket- books of thoso people who live, and live well, too, in tlii) agricultural and mining districts of the Province. The Okanagan Mining Review is the best medium for reaching the people of the Southern Interior of British Columbia. HHt 11 if" .il Away fl^THOS. ELLIO m W. PELLEW HABVEY Analytical Chemist And Assayer GOLDEN, - - - BRITISH COLUMBIA Silver, Silver. Silver Silver. Silver Silver ASSAYING RATES (Torms Cash in Advance) , Gold or Lead, each $1 SO i Gold and Lead combined 3 IK) and Lead combined 2 90 , Gold and Copper 4 00 and ('upper 3 50 and Gold 2 OD Assayer to the British Columbia Governnieit of all Specimens sent from the Province to THE WORLD'S FAIR, CHICAGO, 1802. It iff ■§r$ I Dealer in General And Miners' Supplies FAIRVIEW, B.C. Steamer Penticton Leaves Penticton Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday And Leaves Okanagan Landing Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. t3~ Through Freight Rates to Lower Country Points, .tar For Freight and Passenger Rates Apply to THOS. RILEY, Captain ing town of "Rock creek quartz camp," for this is the name it bore to distinguish it from the placer camp-' :it, and near the mouth of Rock creek, and this the old-timers still call it. A large comfortable looking building is the hostelry now owned by Charlie Dietz, who is the only present permanent resident of the place, and beneath its hos- hitable roof many a traveler has been right royally entertained. The store formerly kept by Mr. Thus. Elliott now of Fairview, stands empty and with it a number of other houses, but in addition to this nucleus of a-town there are scattered about the camp, buildings here and there on claims that had been developed, such its shftfu houses, assay offices, cabins, etc. 'These are all closed up and the silence that pervades the place is almost oppressive. An almost mournful air of abondonment over all, though dumps piled up with ore attest the vigor \\ iih which termer operations had been carried on, but even this and the timber lying about begin to take on an old look. Hereare to be seen trenches thrown up, "And there thostumbling Iodtro With quartz out-crop iliat lay atop, now levelled to its edge. And mounds of moss-grown stumps beside the woodman's rolling chips, And gashes in the trampled soil that gape with dumb red lips; And yet above the shattered wreck and ruin curling higher. Ah yes! still lifts tlie smoke that marks the welcome old camp lire." At the time of our visit Charlie Dietz was attending court at Fairview and one other man at that time was the sole occupant of the camp, although the trails around the camp were fresh and dusty owing to the fact that a gang of men who had been doing development work on a couple of claims for Jos, Monahan & Co., of Spokane* had left a few days before. Camp McKinney was discovered along in 1883 by McKinney and Rice, who located the Cariboo claim on a ledge running east and west. On this ledge are some seven different claims lying alongside of each qther. Of these, two lie to the east of the Cariboo and four to the west. The Cariboo is now owned by a company, principally Americans, and the leading spirits are Messrs. Monahan and King, of Spokane. On it over $5000 worth of development work has been done, aud this has shown that the ore can be pretty safely-counted on 03" ;puu gold ore; Art Orrniji'Sie.KiniiiSy is'a gold camp. The Amelia lying immediately east of the Cariboo la also owned by Monahan & Co. and was taken up by Lefevre .and B.'irnaliain in 18S5, Ou it about $;XXX) worth of development work Ins been done, embracing a 60-foot shaft and other work. East of tho Amelia is tho Okanagan, taken up by Johnny Moran and Charlie Winkler; and Matt Hodder and Steve Mangott also had interests in it, though it is now owned by J. Irving. About $100Q of work has been done on it and tho ore averages about ijfeiO gold to the ton. West of the Cari- lioo, aud joining it on the s.inie ledge, Is the Alice owned by the Gold Quartz Mining Co., of Victoria, and nest is the Enmia also owned by the same company. On these two about $3X10 worth of development work has been done. Next comes the Maple Leaf which is owned by Jas Leach, and next the Eureka by tho Douglass Mining Co. It was the operations on this mine that gave to Camp McKinney its great status as a mining camp, Oil it is a large shaft house, and an assay office and boarding house for the miners. The development work done on it will go fully $35,000 and consists of a shaft 150 feet deep besides cross cuts. South of the Amelia and Cariboo and joining close on I hem is tho Minnehaha owned by Wm. G. Macmyn, which was flr.it taken up by Lefevre, and known as the Montreal, but being re-staked is now known as tho Minnehaha. It is staked under tile new law and has one or two assessments done on it. South of the Alice and Emma Is the Kamloops owned by Johnny Moran, upon which about $700 worth of work has been done. Another belt lying to the east of these and running north ami south haa several claims. Among these aro the Argen owned by .1. A. Mara, M. P., and west of it the Yanouver owned by Jno. Irving. Both of these have be<m sufficiently developed to warrant the issue of a crown grant. South of them but not immediately adjoining, is the Fontenoy formerly the old Carbonate. This claim is held by II. Cameron for the estate of A. D. Stronek. Southward and adjoining it is the Evening Tide owned by Dougal Cameron. Southwest of the Eureka is the Anarchist, formerly known as the old Bouncer, and it is owned by R. G. Sidley. Upon it four assessments have been done and good assays obtained, while the ledge has the characteristics of the true Assure vein. Other noted claims in camp are the Sailor Boy, owned by Charlie Diet/,, upon which lie has done about $1000 worth of work. Tht Boadicea, too, was taken up by Edward James among the first and ia still owned by him. On it $600 or more of work has been done. The Snowdon was taken up by Mr. James and T. Elliott among the first and they still own it. The work done on it is about $1000. Geo. Reynolds about the tame time took up the Alpha and still owns it; the work done is about;$1000. The Victoria was taken up early by Ger- ricke and is now owned by the Haynes estate. About $3000 worth of work has been done on it. With such claims as these and sujh large expenditures in development work it will be wondered that such a camp ia now comparatively deserteu, but this is no fault of either the mined or mine-owners. Tlie fault lies entirely with the Government in failing to have a wagon ro;i/l made by which mine - owners could bring in machinery. The groat wonder is that men like Mr. Douglass were able to got in such machinery as they did take in over trails cut out by themselves. But aa soon as a road is built to open up Camp McKinney, there is little doubt. that quartz mills will soon go in, and the camp will once more regain its old appearance of activity. (TO BE CONTINlciai) CITY AND VICINITY. Subscribe for The Review. Ed. Myers, "'the bronco buster," ha» gone up to Mara. Mrs. W organ left on Thursday for her home in Vernon. H. O. de Baugy has gone to Vernon where he will spend the winter. Mr. Prepsel left on Thursday via Penticton for La Grande, Oregon. Harry Shuttleworth is wearing a smile of paternal benignity ou account of the arrival of a little daughter. Chief Francois, of Penticton, and his better half have been spending a week with their daughter Mrs. Shuttle- worth. The firm of Holman & Loewen, general agents of the townsite company, has been dissolved, the business being continued by tho latter. _____£jx_xsf_wi jtea gcivft *p Vjlp""T' tep juKiergaa^mff iral t^iej-,iiiii>n,4iaBdmi ed necessary through straining1 him-1 self from heavy lifting. During his absence Professor Crawford holds the belt. Mr. J. Sullivan, late manager of Mr. Ellis' ranch here, left yesterday for hi* own ranch near Mara, which he intends to improve. He and his family will be much missed in the neighborhood. Charlie Gage left yesterday for Tap- pen's Siding. On Tuesday evening the boys gave him a send oil at Hotel d'Economic when a most enjoyable time was spent-. Charlie's genial good nature and pleasant ways have made him many friends cere and they wish him every success. $800 Ter Day. Lately the owners of the Morning Star, Messrs. Mangott & MeEochern, have been getting the use of the Stratheyre Company's quartz mill for a run on their ore, which although not sorted is going over $50 to the ton in free milling gold. About $800 per day is being made on the run. In three shifts the output of gold was fty Ins., aud the owners now hold the Morning Star away up. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. When something will be done towards utilizing tho water-power of the falls. When the proposed hotel will ceaae to be simply proposed. When some of the proposed industries shown on tho townsite company'* map will become realities. When Canada will hads u. &old col- age of her own. When the new hotel at Penticton will be opened. The C. P. R. telegraph line is now open for business from Revelstolce to Nakusp and New Denver. The silver men of the United Statea are more confident than ever of some legislative compromise fairly favorable to their views heing passed very shortly, and indications point strongly in that direction. In default of this they will keep up the fight against the repeal of the Sherman act, unless accompanied by some proposal of subsequent legislation in favor of silver ic-nionetizatiou. IKSILOUS ADVENTURE. Th* iv.rring adventure herein recorded j occu.-':»e! in the early days of the settlement of so-'.'saer;,. Ontario, and the story is still told by Mie'>cseendentsof some of the principal act ** in the event. A p&l iy of savages from New fori had crossed .tvver into Ontario, collected a large number of horses belonging to certain of the settler" and escaped with them across the rivet unmolested. It waa a mere thieving expedition, unattended with loss or life or any viol»»ie. The scout, Joshua Baker, was a tufferer by this foray. Four horses were stolen from him, among them a fine, blooded mare, on which he set a line value. On discovering his loss, without wasting time in summoning the assistance of neighbors, 'ie sei out at once in pursuit, accompanied by .in Irishman in his employ named Oelaney. Bold Mike Delaney was a true son of Erin: a stalwart fellow of about thirty years of age, a native of Dublin. Mike lovoel a fray always, especially when the odds were on the other side, aud he hated red niggers, as the Indians were sometimes called, as the devil hates holy water. "Rid uagurs," lie called them. Though he had been but a few years on the frontier, a lively experience in Indian fighting, during that exciting period when the savages from the neighborhoods of the Miar.ii and the .Scioto, alarmed at tho steady encroachments of the whites, were redoubling their exertions against them, had taught him much of Indian ways. It had not conquered in him, however, a spirit of reckless audacity which, on more than one occasion, had been near proving the end of him. The scout, on the other hand, by a long and active apprenticeship in border warfare, had become thoroughly versed in Indian character, in savage ways and wiles, and war, one of the most trusted men upon the frontier. Though ventursome he was prudent, i.nd enjoyed among the settlers a reputation for courage and sagacity not inferior to that of Boone or Kenton. For two days they followed' the trail in Ohio in a northwesterly direction without getting an opportunity to strike, so vigilant were the savages, so keenly apprehensive of pursuit. Each evening spies were posted on commanding points and vigilant watch was maintained throughout the night, so much did they fear the white man's vengeance. On the evening of the third day, the pursued party,fifteen in number, came upon a camp of thirty or forty other Indians, from whom they had probably separated to make the raid into Ontario. They were encamped in a meadow, covered with grass, which lay between tali forests on the east nnd west. These, closing round it at a distance on the north, formed an amphitheatre of woods. On the south, the prospect was unobstructed almost as far as the eye could reach, save by bushes occasionally and here and there clumps of small trees The pursuers now took counsel with each other as to thj best course to be pursued. Both were of opinion thatthelndianswould not llkaly be at any time more off then guard than they would become now, made confident of security by so great an accession oi numbers. The camp was on the east side of the meadow close to the forest, wherein secreted, the pursuers peered forth through the leaves of the underwood upon the foe. frio miar had they approached that they could not only hear distinctly the voices, but could distinguish the features of some of the nearer Indian?,,..,.,. . . ,. ' %o thlW*M M»^jCM>P tie Wses, of wnicjr tnere were nearTyahuudred, m eluding those stolen and those belonging t j the Indians, were turned loose to browse upon the pasturage of the wild meadow. Their strayings were limited by a narrow stream which crossed the meadow from forest to foresl. No other restraint seemed imposed. . The hunters, having made due Burvey of the camp, then determined to withdraw and take up a position iu nearer proximity to the horses. The shades of night, which were rapidly coming on, enabled them to execute this maneuver with less likelihoo 1 of detection. Withdrawing more toward tho interior of the wood, they descended a long, gently sloping hill within the forest, and reached tho bank of the stream referred to, where it left the meadow. Following its course, they presently emerged into the open, keeping carefully behind the shelter of the bank. Twilight had set in now, and the prospect was becoming more obscured every moment. The moon, which rode high in the heavens, was nearly hidden by clouds, while faint gleams of lightning and the rumble of dis taut thunder, announced an approaching storm, tho o*mp-fire3 were seen to the south, burning brightly, and dusky forms Hitting about them. "Hist, Mike !" whispered Baker, laying I is 'mud on his companion's shoulder, as the t piered over the bank in the direction I. the camp, "Was that a voice yonder? I'a k I" Both men bout their ears to listen. There by the tree, I mean." "I heard nothing more than a chipmunk barkin' in the bush," answered Mike, presently. "A more ilegent sound, heme soul, than any redskin iver made." "I must have been mistaken," replied the other. A brief silence thereupon ensued, after whitfh lie continued : "I'd like to know just where to lay hands on the mare. I can't make her out now. But 1 marked her well this evening, browsing toward tho middle of the field. She was feeding this way. She can't bo far from hero now, unless she turned back, Which nlie may have done." " If wo can ase a dozen or so of thim ofl by the side of the wood yonder and get away, we'll bo doin1 good day'ii job, I'm I thiukin" remarked Oelaney, "It ought I 11?' '.'■' he so hard,' " if'.vo yC" t..o ropes safe?" inquired the Scout, after a paus during which he rose, half erect, upon the bank in order to take a wider survey of the prospect. As safe as mosilf." replied Mike, "and that's not so safe aither, perhaps, but ready for use, all tho same. Here a flash of lightning, moro vivid than any that had occurred yet, lit up the scone, and was followed by a louder peal of thunder than any that had preceded it. " Whew ! But that is near I" exclaimed Delaney. " Tno storm is coming on fast. It's raining now and coming in big drops." " Let us keep along the bank and reeon- noitcr. The lightning will aid us in finding wl a, wo are after. But make use of every bush." " All right. Lade on !" assented Miko. The horses were seen feeding together in groups or dotted over the pasture, but the darkness prevented them from being separately identified. The hunters belleiod that if they escaped observation from the camp the;y would be seour&from detection. They hail not observed that Indian guards had stationed themselves, earlier in the evening, along 'ne line of the stream, to lva',cc ';.e horses. These were lying thero now, separated by intervals of three or four hundred feat, crouching in the long grass, one not two hundred feet ahead of them. Tlie lightning was beoeming every moment mora frequent and vivid now, and tho thunder nearer and louder. Presently, a Hash of dazzling brilliance lit up the field with the splendor of noonday,, and was followed, or a-jcompanied rather, by a deafening crash which seemed to rend the very heavens. Some of the horses neighed with affright and went galloping about the pasture. "There is the mare now, not twenty paces away I" cxlaimed Baker, who was standing now upright upon the bank, with Delaney beside him, unscreened by any tree or bush. " Her and auld Christopher beside her," said the lalter. " I'd know ihe two among a thousand. How it lightens ! Whew I" " Give me the ropes, and I'll get them hbot in a jiffy by such continuous light, pteep along the bank.JMike, and head them that way it they run. Quick !" Delaney handed hiin the ropes and proceeded to do as directed ; but he had not taken a dozen steps, stumbling along over the inequalities of the ground, when a dark object sprang up out of the grass before him, the muzzle of a gun was placed to his bre'iiRt and the trigger drawn. A flash followed, but tho weapon remained undischarged. It was thus, by the merest accident, that Delaney's life was saved. Finding his gun useless, the Indian—for such it was—uttering a whoop of alarm which rang above ilie storm, grasped for his knife ; but, before he could extricate it, Delaney sprang upon him. 4 dasperate struggle ensued upon the edge of the steep bank. For a few moments the result of the contest seemed doubtful. The two men were pretty evenly matched in strength, but Delaney was the more active and the more expert wrestler. Ihe Indian all the time kept uttering that alarming whoop. Now they bore away from the bank,anon they approached it. Their forms toppled upon the edge. Their feet with difficulty retained a hold upon it, and nothing but a miracle seemed adequate to keep them from being precipitated into the stream. Delaney had his wits alert, however, to prevent such a catastrophe. Bracing himself with one foot against a slight projection of the bauk, with a skillful move of the other he knocked his opponent's feet from under him. The Indian fell, with his head away from the stream, and Delaney fell upon him. " Take that for the div'J's son of a rid nagur I" he exclaimed, drawing his knife and plunging it into his foe. Then, extricating himself quickly from the grasp of the dead Indian, he made swiftly toward Baker. The scout, at a distance, was busy with the horses, unaware of the struggle just concluded, thouizh he had heard the outcry. Meanwhile the yells of the savage had aroused the camp, as well as the others stationed along the bank of the stream, and by the wood, ifells resounded on all hands. The horses, loose in the pasture, torrified by the noise and confusion, were charging about, and a regular stampede was commencing ; while the Indians, perplexed and uncertain as yet as to the nature or number of the foe, were bounding about, uttering most diabolical shrieks, and brandishing their weapons. Grim warrior*,stalwart of form, scarred in battle, young braves who had been no more than once or twice upon the w ar-vath, all naked to the waist, hideous with fierce passion, mingled their yells together in horrible discord. . TheJigJilgioe wa» no incessant now that, there was scarcely any intermission between its flashes, the thunder made a continuous roar, and the wind, which was high, swept the rain in sheets. " Mount, Mike!" yelled Baker, at the top of his voice, seing Delaney come bounding toward him, and throwing him the rope with which he had secured Christopher "The game is up, and we must run for it!" So saying he threw himself upon the marc's back, and dashed his heels into her sides. The noble animal pawed the air for a moment, then, to her master's "On! On!' sprang forward like a shot, Mike closely following upon Christopher. Down they bore at a furious pace upon the foe whose forms were illumined witli ghastly distinctness by the lightning. The next moment they were in the midst of the hellish confusion, dealing blows to right and left of them as they tore along. It was as mad a career as was ever run by mortal men, amid yeHs, curses and groans, scattered fires and asoenaing clouds of smoke and ashes, the whole herd thundering along in front, beside and behind them. Many bullets flew about their ears, but these and other missiles, as if by miracle, tl.ey escaped. In another moment the ordeal was past. The howls, groans and cries of baffled rage from the camp grew fainter ond fainter as they receded, and soon died out altogether. The steady beat of hoofs was, aside from those ot the tempest, the only sound which fell upon the ears of the hunters, whose steeds rapidly bore them to tho van. Soon the storm, having spent its main force, be gan to alnte. Tho clouds gradually broke up and rrlied away, and the moon and stars shone forth. The pace of the horses, from a headlong gallop, continued unabated for a milo or two, then slackened by degrees to a trot and finally lo a walk. At a little after dawn the hunters came up with a party who, like themselves, had set forth in pursuit of the savages. Having either missed the trail or despairing of overtaking tho foe, they were returning home. The sight of their property, which they had given up for lost, thus unexpectedly restored without any hazard on their part in its recovery, was a surprise indeed and a gratification. The increase, of course, beloved to the hunters, IxOw maiiy Isdilns were killed or wounded in that wild Btampede thoy never knew, but many must have perished. As for Baker and Delaney, their deed won them praiso wherever it was known, and was long talked of on the frontier, even where bold deeds were common. THE NORTH-WEST POLICE- MOTJBTSD UtteOr Bedouin Superstitions About Horses The Bedouin is full of horse superstitions. His horse-lore is much like, but ess than, that of our old-fashioned liveryman of a past generation. He knows a horse's habits and diseases by observation solely; he has no idea of anatomy. Every species of wind trouble to which the horse is subject he merely describes as " having something wroug inside him." He treats a horse on a system of old Baws. For lameness ha has but one remedy, the hot iron. His horse will work to twenty or even twenty-live years old but he thinks that he " grows weaker" after twelve In buying he looks more at marks than points. In the throe Northern counties of Northumberland, Durham and Cumberland. England, about 120,000 persons are engaged ;n coal-mine work. POETRY. A Remarkable Ac-lili-vi-iu i-nt by guni/.alioii The mounted police bejan theiij and scored from the outset. Wejjl tield-guos and two mortars, ami re} their own transport train for si- they marched S lit miles westward $1 an unknown country inhabited byjl dians and a few score white desperi till the Ricky Mountains were in Leaving Calonel Macleod, the Assistant Commissioner, to build a fort in the yery heart of the country of the terrible Back- feet, wlisre no white man's life was then safe, and sending another detachment north to Edmonton among the AssiniUlines and Wooil Crees, the main colnnan turned back by way finding their intended heaelquarters j*er« not ready they returned to Dufferin. The thermometer, which had stood at 100° F. in the shade yiien they inarched out, marked 30° . F. below zero on their return. \ In four months to a day, they traveled 1959 miles besides the distances covered by£de- taeliments on special service. Once beyond the rich prairies of Manitoba, hard woijlt in the gravel drifts of the Missouri Coteaj among tlie broken gullies of Worii tain and the Cypress Hills told heavil; their animals. Many good horses through want of water aud food in th plains where cactus and sage-brush an only vegetation round the alkaline la' die from the effects of unaccustomed fi or from the bitter cold that came on <krly in the autumn, though otlicers and men ;nve up their blankets to shelter their chari, ers. But the three hundred police accompli! led, without losing a life, what had seemed I rork for an army—the taking possession ol the Great Lone Land.—I From "The JS< rth- west Mounted Police of Canada, October Scribner's. The Path of Gold- An Indian legend, beautiful and old. Tell- howa .--inner sought tho path ofgokl. CaM by a midnight moon on waters deep, . An-1 there lay down to his eternal sleep, With faith that, though the sea hi • bones should hold, ~ „.- His deathless soul should mount tho path of gold. And steal, unchallenged, through the gates of heaven. Its guilt forgotten, or, perchance, forgiven. 1 OVU VII.UO, llilj llllllll - OIU.IIU IUIUCII They crosse d tlie plains nortbif.ard ay of Qu'Appelle lo Fort Pelly,,but in Ch, low-hung moon light! The savage legend come Oh, quivering path of to me to-night. At water's edge I stand, and at my feot Tho sands of o.irlli and heaven's gold do meet. 'Would that I held the simple f vit.li and hope That bore the Indian's soul up.von bright slope But even as my prayer is cried aloud, Thy face, O moon, Is hidden with a cloud ; Thy light is gone • th>; waters oold and gray, Clutch at my feet and chill all hop.; away. Oi. can it be that souls In sin grown uld Can never find the shining Path of Hold ! —[Car.'lo Blake Morgan. the How Electricity Runs Street 0»n We are often asked;" How does ele itri city accomplish its work of propelling -»rs and driving machinery?" In the first place the electricity mus , be generated. This is done by means < f dynamo or generator actuated by an cat {ne or by water-power. A dynamo is const iot- ed ou the principle of an immense horse aoe magnet made of soft or unmagnetized I ion The arms of this magnet are wound .j nth many coils of copper wire. If an elei iric current is sent through this wire, the i -ms become instantly and powerfully magq tiz ed, and will attract a heavy i-ou b f to their poles. This is called electro-mag jet ism. Tho moment tho cutrentisbro 'en, the arms are demagnetized, and the ron bar drops to the ground. Now if you force an iron bar to, sti jep past the poles of the magnet when the torrent is on, it will cut the lines off ice, technically speaking; aud an electric mi-, rent corresponding in power to the oapi yjty of the magnet will be conveyed into the bar, and, if wires are attached to: they will conduct the current to"; it is wanted. An armature is simply a n parallel bars arranged compactly* shaft, and made to revolve t velocity near and between tho poles, thus cutting their lines of fot rapidly as to induce the flow of ous current cf electricity along ing wire. For simplicity of and efficiency of work, loops substituted for the iron; bars of Hire, f ' ' A motor is a dynamo in which tion of the" electrical current is reversed. Instead of the electricity flowing ftjotn the armature into the conducting Wire, the current whioh is generated in a dynamo is conducted into the electro-magnet and into the armature of the motor, and trie loops of the armature are powerfully attratoed to the poles of its electro-magnet. As.cf9.ch successive loop passes the centre of pole, by an ingenious device(which is complicated to explain without a diagn its attraction to that pole ceases, and it The Wee Pair o' Shoon. Oil, lay Ibcm canny doon, Jamie, An' tnk' them frae mysirht! They mind moo' her -weot wee face. An' spnrklin' e'e sao brlcht. Ob. lay tuemsaftly donn beside The lock o' silken Irnir : rorthe dariin' o' thy heart and mint Will never wear them mair! But oh! tho silvery voice, .lamic, That fondly lisped yor name. An' the wee bit hands sae aftlield oat Wi' joy when ye eitin' hamol An 'oil, the smile—the angel smile. That shono like simmer morn ; An' the rosy moil' that socht a kiss When yo were weary worn ! Ths cnsllln' win' blaws eauld, Jamie— The snaw's on hill and plain— Tho flowers that deck'd my laminio's grave Are faded noo, an' gane! O, dinna speak! I ken she dwells ■In yon fair land aboon ; But sair's the sloht that blin's my o'c — That wee wee pair o' shoon. An Antidote to Oare- Think that the grass upon thy grave is green: Think that thou seest thine own empty chair ; Tho empty garments thou wast wont lo wear; The empty room whero long thy haunt hath been, Think 1 hat the lane, the meadow and the wood And mountain summit feel thy feot no more, Nor the loud thoroughfare, nor sounding shore: All mere blank space whero thou thyself bath stood. Amid this thought created silence say To thy stripped soul, what am I now and where I Then turn and face the prfty narrowing caro. Which has been gnawing thee for many a day And it will die as dies a wailing breeze Lost in tho solemn roar of bounding seas. —[James Smetham. one too is drawn with equal force to the opposite riole, so that whili one-half of the loops on the armature of the motor are constantly attracted to the north pole, the other half are attracted with equal force to the sc tith pole, It is the force of this attraction which keeps the armature of the motor revolv ng and this force is sufficient, when the ar ture is properly geared to a car-axle, to jturn the axle and thus propel the car. The system of electric-car locomojtion then consists of (a) A dynamo or generator in which! the armature is forced to revolve so that) its loops will cut the lines of force proceeding from an electro-magnet, thus generating a current of electricity, and i (b) A motor, in which the revolving loops of the armature are attracted to the pole of an electro-magnet, through whose coils the above current is made to pass, thus forcing the armature, when properly geared, to turn the ca'-axles. The current is conducted from the armature of the dynamo or generator located in the power-house, to the overhead wire, thence through the trolley of the car to be propelled to the field of the motor, and alsc to its armature, whioh is geared to the car-axle, thence through the wheels to the rails on which the car runs, aud so back to the power-house, thus completing the circuit. It iB the ollice nf tho motor-man to break this current when he wishes to stop the car, or to completo it when he desires to proceed ; in other words, to turn tho current on or off at will.—[Mecliauioal >fow3. The Schooner- Just mark that schooner westward far at sea: Tis but an hour ago When she was lying hoggish at tho quay, And men ran to and fro. And tugged, and stamped, and shoved, and » pushed, and swore. And ever and anon, with crapulous glee, prinned homage to viragoes on the shore, , TSo to the jetty gradual she was hauled: Then one the tiller took. And chewed, nnd spat upon his hand, and bawled; And ono tho canvas sbook j {Forth liko a mouldy bat; and ono, with, nods 3 LLAd..smiles, lay on the bowsprit end, and called .nd cursed the Harbor Master by his gods, (*nf ro^n^^^hg^u^letoteo keel, jjftime-slobbered, horrible, I saw her reel, ™ And drag Bcr oozy flank, And sprawl among the deft young waves, that laughed. And leapt, and turned in many a sportive wheel, As sho thumped onward with her lumbering draught. And now, behold! a shadow of repose Upon the line of gray She sleeps, that transverse cuts tho evening rose, She sleeps, and dreams away, Soft-blended in a unity of rest All jars, and strifes obscene, and turbulont throes 'Noath tho broad benodiction of the West: Sleeps: and fhothinks she changes as sho sleeps, And dies, and is a spirit pure; Lo! on her dock an nngol pilot keeps His lonely watch secure: And at tho entrance of Heaven's dockyard waits Till from Night's leash the Bno-breath'd morning leaps,- And that strong hand within unbars tlie atcs. -{T. E. Brown. A $40,000 Oup. The British museum has just come "nto possession of a gold cup which is 502 years old, which has a curious history. It was originally the property of a Due do Berry, by whose command it was fashioned in France. Thereafter it was presented by him to hiB nephew, Charles VI. It seems afterwards to have been pawned by the French King in return for a sum of money lent him by England to'carry on bis wars ; the first trace of it in English history is found in the reign of Henry VI., and it remained in the possession of the English sovereigns until that extraordinary compound of qualities, James I., made a gift of it to a Spanish ambassador who came to England to conclude peace. This Spaniard in turn .resented it to a convent, and 10 years ago the abbess sold it to a French baron, f.om whom the Messrs. Wertd^eimer purohased it for CS.OOO. This sum has been paid to Messrs. Weriheimer, who consented to let the British musaum have it at cost price. The amount has been raised partly by subscription. Nearly £3,000 of the amount, however has been contributed by the Treasury, but what special characteristic about the cup has softened Sir \V. Har- ourt's heart to so groat an extent is not wn. i AtThegnofTheSkull A strange old tavern have I soen ; The wails are thick, the garden grocn: 'Tisdamp ajid.foul, yot through the door Do rich men come as well as poor, Thoy come by night nud thoy come by day, ! And never it guest is turned away. Thelalidlord.an unwholesome follow, lias a complexion white and yellow. And, though'holooks exceoding thin, Does nothing else but grin ami grin Atall his guests —who, after a while, Begin to iuii'.ate his smile. Thd'giidstsare a fearful sight to see, Though some are pooplc of high dogroo ; For no ono asks, when a carriage arrives, A decent account of the inmates' lives ; But holy virgins and men of sin Sleep cheek by.jowl iu this careless inn; And boautlrul youths in their strength and prido Have taken beds by a leper's side; But all slei'ip well, and it never was said That an/ kind of complaint was made. For all the people who pass that way Appear to intend a lengthened stay. The house has a singular bill of faro- Nothing dainty, nothing rare ; But only ono dish, nud that dish meat, Which never a guest was known to oat. Night and day tho meal goes on, And the guests thoinsolvos are fed upon! Those merry guests arc all of thorn bound To aland far off—but I nover found That anyone know when he should start, Or wished from this pleasant house to part. Oh, strange old tavern, with garden green! In every town its walls aro soon. Now, tho question has often been askod of me, " It It really as bad as It soems to be 1" —[Theodoro C, Williams. The inorease of schools in every country has generally been attended by a decrease of crime. There is a coal mine at Nanaimo, in Brit - ish Columbia, the galleries of which extend for a distance of twelvo miles under the ocean. Sunday schools for teaching the elements of English education were established by Raikes about 1781. Experiments made in tobacco cultivation throughout Europe have not given much promise of success. The mountain of Fnjisian, in Japan, is actually in motion. It is 12,400 feet above sea level, yet the power of tho winds in those quarters causes it to sway from side to sido. FORGOTTEN HEROES- i:v Hev. Geo, II. Ilipuerlli There is a great deal of heroism in the World that never gels sung by the poet. Those wondrous instances of self-sacrafice ni'.l endurance which burn on the historian's page into such a glow and warmth that all our hearts are melted, are but specimens ot what is being borne and done every day. N'j record will ever be made of the heroism of everyday life, hut some time, in the great titure, we shall linger in the alcoves of the celestial library in the New Jerusalem, and read of deeds unsung and never eulogized, as worthy of remembrance as any that are norded by eloquent pens for the admiration ol a world. I am inclined to believe that every true man has in him the stuff out of which heroes aro made. It slumbers in some deep rece3S of the heart, and may never be called forth, or when a great and sudden calamity befalls the home or the city it may at once declare itself. Joseph, the Second, of Austria, with the fate of a whole people depending on his life, with a jeweled crown waiting for him, forgot everything when his lovely wife was stricken with a terrible malady; and thinking only of his own broken heart,held her in his arms while dying, ami kissed her cold lips when dead. What was empire,'or wealth, or throne to him then? Ho was not the future emporor, he was simply the husband of Isabella. Tho whole continent rang with his praises. From that time to this his heroism has been named only to be wondered and admired. The music of that deed has echoed through the length and breadth of three generations. But do you think that an imperial husband is the only one who buries his heart in the grave of his wife and risks everything in his grief at his loss ? I tell you, nay. Far down from the throne many a poor peasant, whose name is written in no book, save the Book of Life, watched as tenderly by the side of great grief, and, perhaps,shared the fate of his loved one without a murmur. Sorrow is democratic. It regards neither ring nor sect. It knocks at the door of the hut, and though unwelcome, crosses the threshold and does its work ; it lifts the golden knocker of the palace door, and without the least ceremony, takes its place by the side of queen or dauphin. And, better than that, the power to endure ils presence and to yield bravely to its will is also democratic. Men that have no purses, whose only possessions are a leathern scrip and an oaken staff, may be as brave as he whose exchequer is not to be exhausted, or he who leads an army to victory, and then sits upon the empurpled throne. Two illustrations of this statement occur to ine. A mill-owner, the husband of a lovely wife, and the father of three children, held a little property away up in Northern Michigan when those terrible fires broke out which illumined the whole West, some years ago. He was an ordinary man, a giant in stature, and a fair specimen of the frontiersman. The flames of the burning forest were ndles away when he went to sleep, and he felt perfectly secure. The next morning, he was wakened by the crackling of the fire, and the stifling, smoky atmosphere. He rushed out of the house to discover that the flames had fairly laid siege to his dwelling. They had crept all round him. There was no outlet, no escape. Whichever way he looked a dreadful wall of fire was in front, and hot cinders were falling all about as thick as snow-flakes. . ... , Hushing back into the house, he tookjtwo children from their crib, and held them so close to his heart, that they could not u "flP'-'i' *j-:rir-?.Wet .*. tWrd-Jia hold by the hand, while ms wife followed close behind. They were all deposited in a little hollowed space in the middle of the clearing in front of the house, and carefully covered with blankets. But this was not enough. Fire seemed to be in the very air, and he must needs get water or they would all be burned. He seized a sonple of buckets, looked first at the sheet of flame between him and the running river, then at his wife and little ones, and was ready for the sacrifice. With quick, brave bounds, he rushed through the burning wood, and came back with water, but fearfully scorched. A second journey he made, and this time the flesh hung in shreds from his arm. But what were four buckets of water at such a time as that? The air, seven times heated, dried the wet blankets in an instant almost. Wife and children must be saved. He forgot all about himself. He was of the stuff out of which the ancient Greeks made their gods. In all the realm of mythology you can find nothing braver or grander. A third time he rushed to the river. But the eager and revengeful fire, beaten twice by a soul that forgot its body, and took no note ofpain, determined not to be balked again. It hissed in his face, it curled up all round about him, burning his clothes fairly off. The old hero with a giant's will battled, but the odds were too great. He dropped his bucket, grew dizzy, then faint, and at last fell. A great soul fell there. When, with eyes wet with tears, with cheeks crimsoned with admiration of such heroism, you ask me : Who was this man ? I answer : No one knows. He is one of the nameless heroes. He was only a common workman, aud yet he stands side by sido with the greatest, a rival of those grand souls whose deeds are sung anew to each incoming generation. The other story is very like this one. The scene is laid in tho midst of a firo in a great oity. On a Sunday morning, when all the populace had gathered, silent and sad, to soe tho flnmo-fiend do his very worst, a four-story house, which had been thought beyond the roach of the flames, caught firo from a cinder which fell on a vulnerable spot on the roof. When tho house was fairly onveloped, a woman rushed to tho window and frantically called for help. It was almost certain death to make the attempt to save her, and yet no sooner did that agonized face make its appeal to the crowd below, than a fireman grasped a ladder, stood it against tho wall, aud began the ascent. Never thinking of himself, lie clambered up, and was just drawing the terrified mother from the very jaws of the fire, when with a crash that made every beholder shwer with agony, the whole wall fell in, and woman and fireman were lost in the crackling, hissing flames, that rose a hundred feet in the air to proclaim their victory. Who was he that thus periled his own lifo to save that of a Btranger': I know not. No one knows. The pen of poet will never set that deed to music, and yet some day we may see hiin sitting by tlie side of the martyrs. So, throughout our common every-day life are^ scattered bravery and greatness. Perhaps in your life and mine there have been times when we have Btruggled with a giant's arm. Who knows ? Only God, THE STORMY SEI- Awful Ordeal of the Crew Schooner. •,. r. ___, i'itiah For Bine Days They i tunzln iu» Wreck-• Only Tiirco Men SurvlV*. A Boston special says :—ltn,' Soanish steamer " 1'alcntiuo," which has t-tt-arriv- e'd from Matanzas, brought three Men of the British schooner " Winderm-i'"." which sailed from Key West on Sept, 11 for Mobile, to load for l'ort Spain, Trinidad. The " Windermere." was capsi.-.od in a heavy squall on Sept. 7 ISO miles off Mobile. The three rescued men had been dinging to the bottom of the vessel for nine days when taken off by the steamer. Those who were drowned were the captain, John Charltou, and his wife, of Port Lome, N.S.; the firs'; mate, Truman Holman, of Annapolis, N. S.; the steward, Henry Simla, a native of Norway, and a seani&a, Daniel August. The rescued men, Charles Le Cain, second mate ; James Clarke and John Mattson, able seamen, tell a stc-y of suffering, deprivation and exposure seldom equalled. The following is Le Cain's account : THE SECOND mate's stout. " On Sept. 7, while the captain was below working upon his morning observation, a squall was seen coming down upon us from the windward. The captain was colled on deck, nnd just as he came up the gangway the squall struck the vessel and sho almost immediately went over. The last I saw of the captain he was calling to his wife in the cabin. From the time the vessel started to go over not more than one minme elapsed before she was bottom up. When I got to the keel I looked aft and saw James Clarke, and on the forward part ot the keel waa John Mattson. Cries of help were heard from the water, but we were utterly unable to render the slightest assistance. Over the port quarter was captain Charlton, struggling to get on to one of the rail boxes, which he succeeded in doing. In the meantime Mr. Holmes, the mate, and Seaman August, sank within a few yards of each other, the mate not uttering a word-, but poor August, as ho went down, gave an awful scream. The captain clinging to the rail box, was now floating away astern. He said something. It was either 'Good-by, boys'; or, 'Save my poor wife.' We had to watch the poor captain drift away from us, and continued to watch hiin until he disappeared. MANY VESSELS rASSED BY THE CASTAWAYS. " Two days after we saved a little rainwater by wringing it out of our saturated clothing. On tlie next day we caught two small sea birds which we were very glad to eat raw. The night of the next day was very cold, and seas were going right over us. Na more vessels were seen until the 13th, when three or four passed by us, all a considerable distanco away. On Sept. 14 other vessels passed us, bub again we were unable to attract their attention. Oa Friday, Sept. 15, it was very hot, and ou( lips and mouths were parched, as if we had been eating glue. Wo could scarcely open our mouths, but no one of us complained very much, further than to wish for a drink or something to eat. On Saturday morning, at about five o'clock, we discovered a steamer on our starboard quarter, which, thank God, came to our assistance anil took us on board. The steamer was thl? ' Palentino.' SHARKS SWAHMED ABOUND THE WHECK- An officer of the steamer "Palentino1 says: "" Wa-were about 125..fliiles out from- Uator"""i.<ppi~»:-V »_\julj_T_^_U_f, W-llBr "^ diW./ered, through th^WR^he hull of a vessel floating bottom up, with something. that looked like living objects. We rapidly neared, and we found that there were three men huddled together on the bottom near the keel. Boats were put off with some difficulty, for, as we neared the wreck we discovered that it -was surrounded by myriads of sharks, which, in their desire, were tumbling about and over each other, waiting for the time when theso poor unfortunates should become their prey. We had to near the side of the hulk sufficiently to permit the men to jump into the boats. We did so, and one man braced himself up and jumped. He landed, and hugged the man near him and then fell from exhaustion. The second man also was successful and he clung to his fellow sufferer. Tho third and last man was nervous, and, seeing the sharks which crowded almost upon the hull, he shut his eyes and Bprang for the boat. His leap fell short, and if it had not been for the activity of one of tlie men in the boat he would have furnished a meal for the ferocious man-eaters. UXAW.E TO AID THEIB l'KRI.SHING COMRADES. " From the men I learned that the captain's wife was in bed in the cabin when the squall struck. One of the men said that the captain and two of the crew could have been pulled upon the bottom of tho vessel if they had had any means of giving them a hold. But they wore obliged to sit and watch the desperate men struggle for theirlives, and then, from more exhaustion, sink to the bottom of the deep. There was a black dog on the vessel, and the poor brute did not give up hiB life until he had fought for two hours or more to get on the bottom of tho wreck. On the third day the men noticed something of white appearance above the edge of the vessel, and it proved to be the body of the captain's wife. The body floated about for a short time and then wont down." Arithmetical notation by the nine digits and zero waa used in Hindustan in the sixth euteUry, Three years ago a priest named Lapovto arrived in Fan, where he lived in tho greatest retirement. Shortly before bis death, which occurred last month, he asked that a small box, which he bad under his bed, Bhould be buriod with him. His request was, however, not complied witli, and tho box, on heing opened, waa found to bo iichly lined, and to contain the head of a woman about thirty-five years of age, with beautiful hair. The housekeeper stated that he had been in tho habit of looking himself in his room and contemplating for hours scire object which it is now supposod was tlie woman's head. Breech-loading rifles were invented in 1811, but did not come into general use for many years. It is estimated that over 12,- 000,000 are now in actual service in the European armies, while 3,000,000 are reserved in the arsenals for emergencies. At Sandringham, the young Princesses of Wales tramp about in all sorts of weather. They wear special porpoisc-hide boots that even resist the mud and pools of country roads, and if it is raining or likely to rain they don mackintoshes and arm themselves with umbrella!!, and plod down the lanes as cheerfully as if they could not command a donkey-chaise. .'..., . , It has been computed that in a single cubic foot of the etlior which fills a.11 space there are locked up 10,000 foot Ions of energy which has hitherto eoiapod notice. To unlock this boundless store and subdue it to the Bervieo of man is »task 2-br.t-waits tbe elaotrloiam oi th* f<ttaun» THE ijLIiEMMA 0? DANIEL. " 5v7f-;/t, goin't' do now, Dan'el f* Sam. Nortop. v'-Tiid. He leaned forward as he Bpoke ant. i'Aered-up into the other's face with liuln, t»"'-;-'-.Vv.ag, inquisitive eyes. It wa(. .'. -all anil hopeless November night, fl heavy grey sky hung low above them. B"-'-i fell, from time to time, in spiteful t-purts upon the sodden leaves through nhieh their horses made their way down the long bill road. Farmer Wilson was not used to driving in a covered carriage uir sitting by himself behind closed doors wjile some one else held the reins, but it was /considered a proper mark of respect for Sarah Ann. He must hire a livery team for the funeral ; Sam Norton had told him ;-o, and had further hinted that it .would be but decent to invite the speaker ,to a seat beside hi-n. '' Ye know me V her was connected by marriage," was his plea. The nrincipal mourner had consented, although" be did not like Sam Norton ; he thought he was spiteful. Tnis was the \irst speech Sam had made since the hearse end its following turned away from the fountry cemetery, and it did not serve to ighten the gloom into which the bereaved man was plunged. •' 1 do' know," he said dully, shaking his head covered with an unusual best hat ; "'" seems if I'm all lost'thout Sarah Ann." " She hep' house for ye a number o' years." •' Twenty-five, come Chria'mus. I ain't never known wot 'twas l' be alone before eence ma died." | ' " It was handy," Sam conceded "f have ■ner man taken away jest before your • mother. Looked most providential, didn't it ? Yp, won't find no sech man'ger as she was in one while ai'in, I tell ye. Wot a ohurnin, she c'd do g An' she always kep' ye lookin' so good. Ye'll find out th' dif- f'runce now. Your collar's beginnin' t' fray. I seen it w'ile wo was bendin' over for th' las' prayer. Ye'll soon see your clo'es join't' pieces." He smiled toothlessly and with what appeared to be a keen enjoyment of the situation. Daniel was goaded by t into an assumption of confidence that, he was far from feeling : ■' I calc'late t' hire," he said coldly. " Ot course I know no one can't do like a man's own sister, an' I s'poso it'll cost like Jehu. But I've got money 'nuff. Taiu't that." "Land alive," expostulated Sam, grinning afresh, "el ye ain't green 1 D'ye s'pose any "nice woman 'u'd come t' do fer ye, a bachelor livin' all alone ? I sh'd think Sarali Ann'd remarked on that before she passed vway." " She was took worse so sudden," falter ed her brother, " we hadn't no chance t' make plans, I never give it a thought.my self. Don't ye think Priseilly Wynkoop— □ ha S rPftl 01 f 1 Sam sibook his head decidedly : " Thy're th' worst kind, them old maids. No, sir, they ain't a decent woman in th' town o' Hunter wot 'd do it." " Then wot shall I do ?" desperately. " Git married." The grin widened. Daniel shook his best hat again ; " No, sir," ho aaid. "None o' that fer me." "Beggars can't be choosers," Sam declared. " Ye've r/ot 'o do it." " You ain't." "Well, I'm diffiunt,-' with a complacency that wis maddening to the unfortunate man beside him. " I ain't got a farm t' run. I kin board 'a' look after th' store daytimes. That's all right Only, ye see, you're situated so unhandily, ye've got t'have a. y*™} .msja'gerv'ronnd. Now th' question is, who i- Jfaf }*W-*<«i» rturfpur'tftf-ap-eww-- Bid'able* '•'0, ye have, growled Daniel, not appeased by this show of interest. " Who've ?e pitched on ?" • '! "Wal, there'B the Widder Salsbry -" " I mua' say ! Deaf's an adder, 'n' weighs nigh onto 300 pound. I'm much obliged t ye !" "Wal, Lyddy Potter, then " "A little withered old woman with a wig. Ain't yo got no sense Samyell ?" "Wal, there ain't so many likely wim- tnen goin'. Ye're terrible particular fer uiybodyao hard put. How'bout Priseilly Wynkoop?" >• ■ ■ Daniel was glad that they were driving Into his own dooryard. He sprang hurriedly out, slammed the door with his clumsy •fingers and did not answer Sam, Thero was no invitation to enter the desolate house, aud Samuel drove away. "Ye'd better be gettin' about yer court- in', whoever it is," he called back, leering irom the carriage window. . Daniel went up stairs to don his overalls, ; >\nd set about his chores for the night. ' "Durn it all," he muttered, as he milked the cow, "I do' know how t' go t' work; 1 ain't no hand with wimmen." It was the manner only that puzzled him now. He had decided upon his choice. Years.ago when they both were young, he had paid "attention" to Priseilla Wynkoop and had been graciously received. Then his mother interfered. She did not wish him to marry, and he was dependent upon her. Perhaps the disappointment embittered him; at any rate, ho had long been content with hiB life upon this lonely farm, remote from most of his kind, and had no desiro for a change. But, since Sam had put what lis mentally stigmatized as that "blamed idee" into his head, he considered with sudden pleasure tlie possibility of winning I'riscilla for something more than housekeeper or general manager. It was the wooing that counted." He thought it over while setting out his lonely supper of strong tea and the pumpkin pie that had been Bent in. While he munched ho ruminated. What did men say, and how did they act? He could not make a bargain with Priseilla as though he'were buying her Jersey cow. "Mils' be soma dumb nonsense 'r 'nolher," he grimly concluded. "How does it, go ?" After "clearing away," he seated himself drearily over the kitchen stove to await his early bedtime. A paper covered book lay on the shelf. He picked it up idly—it had teen Sarah Ann's—and opened it at random. It was a conventional paper-backed lovo talc by "The Duchess." Eight o'clock struck, and 0 and 10. Still Farmer U'ilson pored over his book, holding it closely to his sun-burned face and breathing heavily over the familiar words. Midnight came. At 1 o'clock he laid down the bulky volume With a stentorian sigh. He knew how the nonsense went. All tho rest of that feverish, never-to- be-lorgotton night, throughout broken and feverish slumbers, ran such phrases as these: "O, my beautiful darling, you will not be Bocruci," "You must see how madly I love ^ou," "Remember how desolate my life has been." The last sentence tangled itself in his memory. "ThaVii true," said the wretched man, once aloti-1, "'cfall th'rest is a peck of lies." , The n-eM,i?»y ie set himself doggedly to 'U-'ifH bit '"js**.- "•• Ovui' and over the words were conned. He went about with the book ■ in iiis hand, or lumbered heavily back to it from whatever else his work might be. In | fact, he dared not think of anything else save the task laid out before him, for fear that his purpose might falter before the dim impression haunting him throughout that he was a fool. He dressed himself carefully, after an early supper, and marched out of the door and down the road. I'riscilla Wynkoop's little, unpaimed cottage stood close to the highway. Daniel, his'lips moving in cease lessreitoration, knocked trem-.ilously upon the door. He heard step3 coining toward him. He felt all hands and feet. There was a s'.iffocating lump in his throat. A tall, spare spinster drew the door cautiously ajar and gazed out into the gloom through her spectacles. " Good evnin'," her visitor blurted out in a loud, agitated voice. " 0, my beautiful darling, you know -you must see how madly I love you, and—and—remember how desolate my life has baen." Miss Wynkoop hell a hand-lamp stretched out in one arm. She brought it closer to stare into his face by its aid. Remember how desolate," Daniel repeated. Miss Priseilla put up her free hand to rub her iorehead. Was lie drunk, or crazy, or making fun of her _ He saw the gesture and iuterperted it aright. Durn th' hull dumb thing," he suddenly broke out. " I'm jest—I feel—sakes, how lonesome I be !" •Dan'l," said Mis"s Wynkoop, eyeing him closely, but speaking in a quiet voice, "do yc wnnt I sh'd marry you?'' " Yes, Priseilly," wiping his forehead, "I do." She Btood aside for him to pass. "Come in," she said. " I was jes' settin' down t' supper. I I'll be nice 'n' cozy t' have co.ii- p'ny 'n' I've got some cold pork 'n' beans." She lead the way to the kitchen. He followed with heart aa light as his footfall was heavy. " Take a seat V draw up," said Miss Wynkoop, hospitably. "How ye mus' miss Sarah Ann." "Yes." He sank into a chair. "Them beans '11 relish." And so they were engaged. c^S—.^^ccccccc^^^-^^^^^^iro^ THE WORLD'S GREATE3T PUZZLE- Will Men Never Tire or Wondering About Woman's Ways? When will the world be accustomed to woman, and cease to regard her as if she were some new and rare invention? When will her ways no longer excite wonder, and she herself come to be accepted as a natural, common feature of humanity ? She has inhabited this mundane sphere nearly if not quite so long as man, yet whether as la femme, la donna, or das ewig weibliche, it is all the saiie. Be she a Helen of Troy, the wonder of nations, or a bnxon peasant lass going unobtrusively about her work, she is gaped after with the same open-mouthed astonishment. Her method of posting a letter, of putting on her bonnet, the way she flirts a fan, or carries a miikpail, or throws a stone, are sources of perennial interest to the masculine community. She cannot make a dumpling or nurse her baby, she can scarcely tie up a parael or sharpen a pencil but the action is criticised and commented upon from every quarter. Everything about her, from the pin that fastens her fichu to the heart that beats beneath it, is a mystery. Shill she smoke, or shall she not? Should she be a aoldier.jn .sajlor^s^ tinker^ .The changes are' rung forever on her capacities and limitations,' her rights, her wrongs, her immunities, her duties. Has she a sense of humor ? Of imagination? Is she more addicted to fibs than man? More penurious? Less sensitive to pain? Immeasurably man's inferior? or as immeasurably his superior? Shall man give up his seat in the train to her, or shall he" not? Should she be treated as a child, as an angel or as a man and a brother? Is she capable of being bored? they now bethink themselves to ask. Some women affect this attitude of puzzlement over themselves. With Marie Bashksrtseff they concentrate their thoughts on their own ego, oblivious of all besides, after the fashion of the Indian fakir, except that he keeps silence. Or else standing aloof, as it were, from their own sex, aa if they had no personal connection with it, they deliver themselves of trades on the faults, the failings, the feminine frivolities or the masculine aspirations of their sisters. But women never returns on man the compliment of incessant marvelling about him. A very commonplace reality is he in feminine eyes. The mystery of humanity has quite dropped from him, poor humdrum creature that he is. His fellows, male and female, can read him through and through. Yet, when one comes to think of it, mar. is quite as peculiar in many of his ways as woman. Was Eve a greater puzzle to Adam than Adam to Eve ? THE SISTERS OP PROVIDENCE, An Intereatin-r. Chat With the Ssoretary of St- Mtry's She Explains Wny (be sinters and Their Pupils arc sii lli-altliv —l>ue In Strict Bales or llyslene anil Uis Medicine I'seil Iii Ilia llnnie— Information of Value la Everybody. From the Torre Haute, Ind., Ex press. Four miles to the northwest of Terre Haute, Ilea the beautiful and picturesque viilnge of St. Mary's. This is a Roman Catholic Institution which has attained something more than national celebrity. Fifly jcars ago it was established by six sisters of Providence, who came from the shares of France to lay the foundation for this great charitable order. It how consists of the home of the Sisters of Providence, known as the Providence House ; a large female seminary, one of the finest chapels in the United States, and a Rectory in which the priests make their home. A reporter of the Express while being shown through the establishment recently asked Sister Mary Ambrose if there was any apparent reason for the good health with which the sisters and their pupils are blessed. The answer was that particular atttention is paid by the sisters in charge to the health and happiness of the students. " Bodily ailment," she said, " cannot help but have its effect on the mind. In order to keep the mind bright and active and perfectly clear at all times, the student's condition must be as nearly perfect as possible. Some time ago there was more or less ailment noticeable among the sisters and students, whioh Ivffi probably due to atmospheric causes, though of course I do not know just what its origin really was. Shortly after this became noticeable a friend highly recommended a medicine called Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People and so urged upon me to give them a trial that I ordered some of them, and they have been used in tho institution ever since. A few days ago the manufacturers wrote me for an opinion of Pink Pills, and my reply was as follows : " Rrsi'ECtf.d Sirs—In answer to your kind request for our opinion of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, aro pleased to say that these pills were so highly recommended to us that we were induced to try them, and we think our repeated orders for them are sufficient evidence that we find them all they are represented, a good blood builder and an excellent nerve tonic. Yours very respectfully. Sister M. Ambrose. Secretary for Sisters of Providence.1' Medical scientists concede that weak blood and shattered nerves are the fruitful cause of nearly every disease to which human flesh is heir, and if Dr. Williams' Pink Pills is, as SiBter Ambrose says they have found it, "a good blood builder and an excellent nerve tonic," the source of good health at St. Mary's is easily traced. Sister>Afhbrose said they are never without Pink Pills, and that now thoy order a gross r.t a time. This is certainly a very high recommendation for the medictna, for thero is probably no class of people that gives more attention to the physical health and welfare of its members than the Sisters of Providence, annj they would not U3e anything in which theji did not have unbounded faith. Dr. William3' Pink Pills are truly one of the greatest medical disaoveries of the age,- They are the beginning of a more healthful; era. . Evory day brings reports of remark^ Australia's Vast Area- In a ea Australia equils the United States.' According to tha census of ISO 1. Austra uia contains 3,075.233 square miles and a p ipnlation of .'!,SOI,(),">). This population i strongly British, especially is this true o religious profession. The sects are all- lipsfrom the Eiin'ush planting, the ''hurch of England, the Presbyterians, the Methoi jsts, the Baptists, the Congrega- tionalii ts.. The Lutherans are an exception. Of th< , 2,698,1121) Protestants more than half be ong to the church of England. This church is credited with l,4S5,06(i, or 39. 1 per cei ,t. of the entire religious profession of th< island. The Presbyterians come next vith 493,30!); tho Methodists with 434,371 ;-then tho Baptists with ,S",17G; and the Ci ngregationaiist'. with 79,423. The Romai Catholics number 801,118. Indian Gave Monasteries- At the timo when monasteries were excavated Buddhist priests were as now sworn to celibacy and poverty, and lived apart from their fellow-men in monasteries devoted wholly to religious observances. They shaved their heads, wore a peculiar garb, and obtained, ilk') the mendicant friars, their subsistence principally by alms, which they collected by begging from house to house. Their principal duties were the study of the law and preceptB of Buddha, and the continually recurring performance of an unmeaning ceremonial, iu which the laity took uo part. In some instances these ceremonies were performed within the monasteries themselves, which were all in later times provided with one or more chapels, containing images of Buddha or of subordinate saints, betore which their prayerB were repeated. But in earlier times, at least, the monasteries were always in the immediate neighborhood of tr-riples, from which we may gather tnat either the monasteries were mere residences, and all the services were performed in the temples, or that the great and solemn acts of worship took place in the temples, while the ordinary daily devotions were celebrated within the walls of the monasteries themselves. It has been already said that the monasteries are far more numerous than the temples. From 700 to 800 examples are known at the present day, and probably there are many more. In age thoy extend from the simple and unadorned cells excavated by Dasaratha, the grandson oi Asoko, about 200 B.C., in the granite rocks at Behar, nearly to the time of the Mohammedan conquest. The culminating point, however, of this style of art was shortly after the Christian era, the greatest number certainly the best, having been excavated during the first five centuries after the birth of Christ. Fourteen Days- Pat, having nssaulted the police, received fourtem days. On Bhe night after being in his cell all day, h i begin knocking on the door. The wardey, thinking that something waa wrong, asked what it was. " SDure," says Pat, " I wants to go home.'" " Bill you have got fourteen days." " Tjirue tor yez, but he didn't say any- thing^ibout the noights." The lines on no two human hands are exactly alike. The fact is utilised in China in an interesting way. 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P. 67S. able cures that have resulted from the etf/iMia- eSWYvAa-A'.' ■m.'iAvmu'. At iimrryoai the good work has been accomplished after, eminent physicians had failed and pronounced the patient beyond hope of human aid. An analysis proves that Dr. Williams' Pin k Pills contain in a condensed form all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor, ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after effects of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, that tired feeling resulting from nervous prostration ; all diseases depending upon vitiated humors in the blood, such as scrofula, chronic erysipelas, etc. They are also a specific for troubles y "^111 win females, such as suppressions, irregularities, and all forms of weakness. They build up the blood and restore the glow of health to palo or sallow cheekB. In the case of men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental worry, overwork or excesses of whatever nature. These Pills are manufactured by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, of Hrock- ravine, Ont., nnd Schenectady, N.'Y., aud iPlfrftM'''"* are sold in boxesfnever in loose form by the dozen or hundred) at 50 cents a box or six; boxes for S2.E0, and may be bad of' alt druggists or directhy mail from Dr. Willi iams'Medicine Company, from either address. The price at which these pills I are sold makes a course of treatment inexpensive as compared with other remedies or medical treatment. fftlfford Blackmail n Boy's Eyesight -Perhaps His Life l'» Sarsaparilla—Blood Poisoned by Canker. iO Hollowing from _\ grateful motliei: boy had Scarlet Fever when 4 years It left him very weak and Will blood id with canker. 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Nearly 2000 Germans compete with our com- mercialclass, in addition toabout400disput- ing t he business of the road with the commercial travellers. On our canals, rivers, and seas over three thousand have employment. In business connected with our food supply, as many as 4500 are engaged. The German bakers iu England and Wales alone are nearly three thousand. But the most impressive fact in the tables regarding the occupation of foreigners is the number of Russian tailors in the country—betwee- ten and eleven thousand. About eigh thousand Scandinavians are iu our merchant service. Of the Italian community 1400 are music teachers, about 1000 are ,}TS. HEBE Villi AKK.-Samantha at j World's Pair, bvjoslah Allen's Wire. uIllustraMons. Nearly Hit) pug 13, No Eny assigned. Send $1.03 for urospoctus Jb the canvass if you want, to mako f.Svil.l.llH l!llic;i.s. 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(Continued) It may be noticed from the heights above the bridge at Allium'that the valleys and hillsides of the Tulameen and Siiiiilkiimeeii are well supplied with timber — fir, spruco, pine and cetlar—tho bull pine predominating, while in the bottoms near the river poplar, cottonwood) birch and willow crowded each other ill the rankest profusion. This holds for upwards of ten miles below Allison, where the bull pine in gigantic lonliness lias the field against all comers, he and his satellite the sage brush having it all to themselves. But there is enough to produce lumber for all the wants of this and the next generation of Similkameenites at their present rate of trade development, although- a mill cutting say 10,000 feet per day at least may be required at any time in the vicinity of the mining operations. The whipsaw and the pack-train, very good things in their way, must necessarily give way to more modern methods, and that at no distant date. A Siwasb whom we met in the afternoon packing home his "mowitch" sold me about six pounds of fine veni son for a (j i larti •;•. I should never have thought of asking him to part with it had ii not occurred to my companion that such a favorable opportunity might not present itself farther on, as indeed it did not: for of all the inhospitable and churlish aborigines of any country those of this part of this part of this valley "take the bun " My friend could come to no suitable arrangement with the Siwames for the packing of the billiard table, so while he was in the cabin writing a letter explanatory of the situation to a party hi Fairview, I took oceassion t'jregt rny-pack and watch th i>v p.o .ii..- of iiur.'iiiii --ein. returns in silver. ' * A large number of photographs of the leading mines, and maps of the province, assist the visitor greatly in obtaining a comprehensive idea of the mineral wealth and possibilities of British Columbia. Mr. S. S. Fowler, of Golden, B. C, is superintendent in charge of this interesting exhibit. For the third timo the Vigilant has defeated the Valkyrie in the international yacht race and for another year the America's cup remains on this side of the Atlantic. The contestants had all sorts of weather to sail in and it must be conceded that the superiority of the American yacht has been fairly proven. Lord Dumaven had hfany difficulties to contend with, and to use a sporting phrase "was not travelling in very good luck."—Toronto Empire. x Tho Chiefs Troubles. In law a policeman is not supposed to be a judge; but in the actual discharge of his duties he is such to all intents and purposes, unless acting under special orders. Before he makes a prisoner of anyone the evidence of his senses must justify the act, aud considerable experience and knowledge of human nature is required to guide him in his actions. A candidate for a position in the police force of any well organized town or district has to take lessons from a well-trained and experienced constable before he is allowed to take a beat of his own. The British system of swearing in private individuals as special constables is only justifiable by occasions of extreme danger to the peace. The magistrate who puts the oath to them should be prepared to st-.nd the consequences of their mistakes, for they are as apt to make a botch of their first arrest as an apprentice carpenter is to make of the first board he planes. A case in point seems to be that of Chief Frangois of the Penticton Indians, who claims that his arrest by a special policeman at Vernon during the fair was unjustiable, He is an old man and had been ill and confined to his house, and the trip to Vernon was his first outing for some time. He lost his way to the reserva- 1 ion iu the dark, among the new fences put up on the townsite since his last visit some three years ago, and falling in with a party of drunken Siwashes who were making for the reserve was arretted with tha others for lieing drunk. He was rudely pulled from his horse and taken to jail, tried and fined about $;10,00 on account of an amateur policeman's over offlciousiiess. The old man fee's much dgrleved and mortified at what he considers a gross miscarriage of much vaunted British justice and fair play. ARE YOU Send Postal Card for illustfat Wi Repeating JLV1J Repeating Snot HUNTER ? Catalogue of ichester les Ammunition Winchester Repeating Arms Company XkT&- Cojiii. i-.ty- affOnt*Ai_9 '-of t_\-_t .vr.i-.Vr.. J; rrr *- which a young 'but unprepossessing klootchman was engaged as she sat by the doorstep in the sun. This industry together with the preparation of deerskin for mocassins and gloves is the chief occupation of the klootchea when not engaged in cooking, washing and other household duties. Two older ones were engaged round a pot in which they were rendering doer fat. They smoked in turns out of tho one pipe as they squatted before the lire. Surfeited dogs blinked lazily at half- knawed bones, and the flies swarmed in myriads around everything. A glut of deer's flesh has the effect of bringing on a period of sleepy contentment from which no prospect of remunerative labor, however bright, can rouse the indolent Indian. For him it is almost too much of an effort to catch his horses, and as for directing a pack- train he has no use for that kind of work at this season. (TO HE CONTINUED) BRITISH COLUMBIA AT THE FAIR The Province of British Columbia has a small but comparatively good exhibit, which illustrates the great possibilities of the Pacific Province in the development of its resources in economic minerals of much commercial value, in the centre of the space is a huge, pyramid of gilt bricks, representing the yield of gold in the province since 1ST>8, when that precious metal was drat discovered, occurring in the rivers and creeks near the Rocky mountains, This pyramid represents gold to the value of fifty-throe and a hall' million dollars, Near by is a ease containing four thousand dollars' worth of gold nuggets .'Hid COarBQ gold, in addition to Home line samples of rich gold-bearing quartz, assaying as high OS eighteen ounces to the ton, The rest of bhe exhibit consists of neatly arranged pyramids of the various oros found in the the province ; gray, purple and anti- moiii.'il copper ores assaying as high as eight hundred ounces of silver and liillleen dollars in gold to the ton. Nor are these rich specimens confined to a few locations, tor numerous districts are represented, and judging from the character of the ores, and their richness iii gold and silver, there Is great promise of large outputs from these districts within the next few years. This exhibit lias attracted tho attention of oxperts, who express nsLoni hmeiit that a country with such Splendid possibilities should have remained practically unnoticed for so rnany years. Bllvor-bearing copper itnij load oros are shown, which nol only yield pny- iii;.' amounts of these metals, bul also BOUi'lDAKY CKEEK. Wm. Barnet's new cottage is nearly completed. Mr. Overton has gone to tlie springs at the Arrow Lakes for a few weeks. Mr. A. McDuff has started a blacksmith and wood - working shop at Boundary City. The sawmill is running steadily and producii g .i large amount of first-class ceiling and flooring. Messrs. Overton and McDonald have sold the Kettle Kiver stage line to Messrs. Warren and Sanders. Thos. McDonald has erected a house on the S20 acres adjoining Boundary City on the north, and purposes to erect a livery and sale stable this winter. The lease-holders of the Skylark havo a fine body of ore in tlie bottom of tho shaft and are shipping regularly. They have also leased tiie Dickman claim which had been bonded from Mr. Walters of the Spokane and Croat Northern, and piuposo shipping from this as well. Harry Quigley, formerly a prominent lacrosse player of Vancouver, is dead. Tiie World's Fah' will not close on Oct. 81st, as originally intended, but will be kept open as long as the weather permits and the attendance Warrants it. OKANAGAM HOTEL Main Stiiiset Bine Fishing anil Shooting. Comfortable Rooms* Good Table. L. HOLMAN, Manacieh OKANAGAN Hall 11 n P" * ilti .' i *k .'—i j !_____[• J. J. FORD, Proprietor Kirst-CIasn Table - singlu Motvls 50O. Hoard per Week ?G.(K- Main Stree Okanag-an Fall. W. J. SNODGRASsI Manufacturer of LUMBER Of Every Description BILL STUFF A SPECIALTY MILL AND OFFICE: Okanagan Falls, B. C. f ¥ ¥ L WANTED—Advertisers to use the columns of tho Minini; Kkvibw to extend their trade in the Southern Interior of 11. (j. 1 WANTED - Subscribers to tho Mining Review at $2.00 per year, or $1 for six months, in advance. 1 X MAKE YOURSELF A ♦ ♦ MINE FOREMAI Cnporintondent, Hiring Engineer (Coal or llottl), ot Sncoosi ful Prospector toy devoting your idle loon to HOME GTUDl BY TUB METHOD Of THE CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOl Of MINES, SCDAKTCN. t_\ To begto, Sm'lenn nocd only know how to rend and writ*. VOnEUATK CUAUOES. SE.SD SOB. FBEK OIBOUL ___________ Kit *VViiVj.»4 *,v *i\ *i> *,••. *i\ *i\ »,■» *,•» *,•» Good Printing Nothing ill business pays better but thero is vory little of it, and it pays nil the bettor ou that account. What we mean by good printing is such as befits your business; neither above nor below it; not mean in any way, nor extravagant; but businesslike ; proper; corrct. It costs no more than inferior work, and you are benefited by the favorable impression which tho use of neat and cleanly printed olilee stationery makes on those with whom you doal, . Tho Iitllo extra attention required on our part to turn out a good class of work is compensated for by gaining and retaining your custom. The Okanagan ning Review m Okcnagan Falls British Columbia SimsriBIBE F08 . m Okanagan Mining Review . . CANADIAN PACIFIC . . RAILWAY. $2 PER YEi HIGHWAY OF THE WOULD sed, Safety, Economy of Time and Money! 2E3. €3, 101 w |ily Through Express Traics PROM 11Y THK FAMOUS DIRECT ROUTE louoNTo, Montreal, Hamilton, Tpawa, Halifax, Portland, (Iew York, Boston, Chicago and St. Paul. Corner Alcxiuidor Street and Westminster Ave. VANCOUVER, Ii. C. General Founders, Engineers, Boiler Makq and Manufacturers of All Classes of Macblnory. Mining Machinery iw Mill and Marino Work a Specialty., All Work Guaranteed. Keep In Stock n Villi Supply of Knginors'a Mill Supplios, Pipe and Fittings, Bq Goods, Steam Fittings, Etc. Estimates for Uoilers and Engines ol Apjli tion. Sole Manufacturer!! of Ihe Keiiilall iWl i li. (!. Shingle Machine.!. Slenni Log Haul Machines, Marion Steam Shovels, Irjpfvl Wiit'li i;,' Hoist, Kiver ami Harbor trcq Kin;.; Ditching Machines, Wrecking Ml«" Ballast Unloudors, otc. Agents for Ottunia Mining Hoist Eld! Rook Drill, and Hccvo's Wood Split Pulle Mail Orders Itccoivo Prompt Attontion. ,T. B. W. Macvarlane, Mana J, W. Campion, Sec.-Troas. sssengors Bookod To and From All European Points. Ptbno-tubloH, rates, and full information kto GEO. McL. HROWN, District Pass. Agent, Vancouver. LOOMISTON ORO AND PENTICTON STAGE LINE o. &m 3a. OKANAGAN FALLS A New City possessed of a Wonderful Combination of Advantages. It is the natural Distributing Point For the whole of the Lower Okanagan Valley and the famous Kettle River eountry. nnection ■test Route to Spokane Falls, Seattle, or any point East or West INCE the announcement was made that a new City bearing the name of Okanagan Falls, had started into life there have been numerous enquiries bearing on the sub- ject. It has for some time been a .sine qua non that a city of importance must spring up somewhere in the Okanagan country, which for several years past has been attracting the attention of capitalists, not only on this continent but in Great Britain as well. Its combination of resources so richly <iggre- gated, comprising mining, grazing, fruit-growing, etc., must of necessity evolve a city in its midst, which will be one of the centres of the Province. This is just as certain as the fact that at the terminus of the C.P.R. on the Pacific coast there tWas bound to be a sea-port city of importance. The questJojji f6 "locafiblTls to "Be clectcled \>y tS^ conditions most "lavoYabfie tt> urban growth. These conditions, as will be shown in answer to some of the nurherous received, are all comprised in the situation of Okanagan Falls. One question asked is, "Where and what is Okanagan Falls?" In reply, it is the nucleus of a city, the prospects of which are not surpassed by any other on the Pacific coast; situated at the foot of Dog lake, in the famous Okanagan valley, B.C. Had the conditions for a prosperous and populous city.been especially stipulated and ordered as the work of nature, they could not have combined more favorably to produce success. The first and most natural question to arise In the mind of any common-sense man is, " What is there to make a city at Okanagan Falls?" Unless such a question is fully and fairly answered, any person endeavoring to place in the market town- site property, backed up with glittering promises of a rich retnrn, may fairly be regarded with suspicion and distrust. Readers are requested to carefully consider the reasons here advanced in support of the strong faith the promoters have in the future of Okanagan Falls. In the first place, Okanagan Falls is likely to be the terminus, of the Canadian Pacific & Okanagan Steamboat line; it is in the line of the only possible pass which can be utilized by the C.P.R. south of the present line, or, in other words, via the Crow's Nest Pass route to the Pacific Coast; it is the proposed terminus of the Spokane & Northern Railway, and of the Okanagan & Osooyos Railway, to connect with the Great Northern at the boundary. It will be preeminently a railway and mining centre. It is the natural outlet for the greatest gold mining region on the continent, a country which also possesses immensely rich deposits of silver, lead, coal, platinum, iron, etc. For proof of this, see Dr. Dawson's reports and the annual reports of the Minister of Mines. In the next place, it is being built by the side of a magnificent waterfall, capable of generating a horse-power of between 50,000 and 100,000 at a very low cost, sufficient to operate all the mining machinery, reduction works, tramways, sawmills and other industries in it or in the country surrounding it. Being easy of access and having unexcelled transportation facilities in prospect, Okanagan Falls will naturally attract all the industries referred to which the country will demand. The country also abounds in Coal and Wood. 1 leaves Loomiston at 12 noon Tuesdays, ays and Saturdays, enn-i ves at Loomiston at 10 a.m. Mondays, ■days and Fridays. I leaves Oro at 7 a.m. Mondays, WodnoB- ifl Fridays, nrri ving at Pen ticton at 0 p.m. loaves Penticton at 7 a.m. Tuesdays «,ys and .Saturdays, arriving at Oro at , i connections at Penticton with C. P. R Sr Aberdoen and trains to all points. Urthur particulars apply to H. C. NEWMAN, |' - . Manager, Oro, Wh. i McL. Hiiown, Hint, i'ass. Agent, C.P.R., Vancouver. \ HOLMAN & LAEWEN General Agents 605 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C.
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