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.YAa^UTrv' HT ? yyoTWoTyyyoTinfyyoyoTnr Bank of Hamilton Capital |a,440,ooo Reserve $2,440,000 f • Savings Department. Interest allowed ° oo deposits. • ' Mi * Vancouver Branch a SWING BUCHA.».--'i' Manager. 9 !fc«JU!UUUUUUUUUUUUl*AA^JI.8J^ nnnnnnnnnf 0 o oTdTTnrwwoTnr NEW HOUSESftskle | A Provincial Review and Magazine. Lanston Monotype Composition. INSTALMENT PLAN 'Modern in A number of new homes, every respect. Easy monthly instalments. . B. C. LAND 4 INVESTMENT AOENCY, Limited. „ 40 Government St., 7 VICTORIA. *o e_e_p 0 fl a 1119 991*9 8J 9 B «j « ft l! -r Vol. III. No. rt. \ & aT VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER BVC^: SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1906. One Dollar PSk Anktjm. THE EDITORS REVIEW. Sunday The Week Observance, for Sunday vance, by which is meant a weekly day of rest from the 1 ordinary duties, responsibilities and ^avocations of life—an opportunity to recuperate both bodily and mentally ; a day to be spent in relig- j/ious worship by those who desire it, .' in recreation by those who prefer it, '' in absolute rest and quiet by those 1 most in need of it. In regard to this time-honored privilege The Week believes that there should be equality of opportunity for all classes. ,' The rest or the recreation are not less, but rather more, needed by the \ hard worker than by the wealthy employer, and therefore should be safeguarded, because the well-to-do I can by means of their wealth secure any kind of Sunday observance they desire. On the other hand, there are 100,000 workmen in Canada compelled to labor on Sunday, t. whether they are willing or not; the price of refusal is the loss of their employment. There are three main il principles underlying the protection [of the weekly rest day—public sentiment based on custom, reaching pack at least 6,000 years ; public ghealth which demands it; and econ- |omy,. which is violated when work ['is unremitting. The first point need pot be argued in any portion of the ■ British Empire—it is conceded, and lis never seriously disputed. The Iprevailing sentiment of all Anglo- IjSaxon communities is in favor of ■Sunday rest. The second point can- |not be disputed if the facts are con- Tsidered. All men who ignore this Itime-honored custom suffer physi- ically, and mentally, at least. Our i American cousins, who are its great- fest violators, compound for long per- l'jods of constant work and worry by (enforced terms of idleness at fash I'ionable resorts, but as is well known Jthe most prominent adjuncts of [such places are the telephone, the [telegraph and the ticker, so that the |3o-called holiday is only a make-be- Blieve, and the physical condition of lthe average American business man |of forty furnishes the strongest argument against his method of work. Ilhe third principle is as incontestable as the other two. Continual ■iabor results in a product which is Inferior both in quantity and qualify. This has been demonstrated not as a mere matter of observation, l))Ut by an expert commission which Investigated the subject in Pennsylvania in 1902, and was able to tabulate results, and then statistically Ihow how the percentage of deterioration varied with the length of time a man labored without his iVeekly rest. The result of this enquiry established the fact that it ■pas not economic to work the hu- fian machine more than six days a |eek, and so impressed were the Ijreat transportation companies that riey abandoned Sunday, labor, as Ur as possible, on economic grounds. These are the facts, but unfortunately the workingman cannot ficure his unalienable rights in this hatter without legislation. The 1 greed of the selfish capitalist and the thoughtlessness of the pleasure- seeker have already frustrated his desires to the extent of compelling 100,000 men, most of whom wish to spend the Sunday in their own way, to work. No factory, no mine, no railway train, no steamboat, no tramcar, can run on Sunday without compulsory paid labor. No theatre, no baseball, football or other match can be conducted on Sunday without paid attendants, who are thus deprived of rights they should enjoy. Nor does this take into account the right of every person to enjoy a day of rest and quiet undisturbed by the noise and racket necessarily occasioned by many of the modern occupations of Sunday pleasure-seekers. Recognizing all these conditions, the L. D. A. sought legislation—for what ? Not, as has been so unfairly, and, indeed, ignorantly, declared, to drive people to church, but "to secure to every man the opportunity to spend one day in seven as he thought fit, conditioned only by full permission to his fellow-man to do likewise." This is the sole aim of the measure now before the Ottawa Parliament, where the Privy Council decided it must be dealt with. It is not the work of "a lot of parsons," as is contemptuously alleged, but of at least as many honest laymen, of position and tried integrity in the public service. There is no intention to curtail personal liberty, except as it may be necessary to secure the liberty and well-being of the whole —a principle recognized as the very basis of civilized and enlightened law-making. Always the individual must make a sacrifice where it is demanded for the common weal, for "The individual grows less, and the ■world is more and more." To confront a position such as this, in which the physical and mental well-being of one's fellow-men is concerned, with a sarcastic reference to "a revival of the Puritanical spirit," and "an unwarranted interference with Sunday sport," is surely unworthy of the children of an Empire whose greatness has, by the consent of all great thinkers, been largely due to a regard for Sunday observance. Anything approaching narrowness or bigotry or enforced reli gious ceremonial, The Week would protest against as vigorously as any of the opponents of the bill under discussion. But such heresies are not in the bill, do not emanate from it, and exist only in the fertile and distorted imagination of those who proclaim them, The best course for every Canadian, jealous for the true advancement of his country, along the lines which have made the Motherland and the Empire truly great, is to study the bill for himself. He cannot then fail to discern its wisdom, its moderation, and its merit. Chemical Following up the re- Milk, marks made in our last issue as to the adulteration of milk in the city of Victoria, a Week reporter called at the office of Dr. Tolmie, the city milk inspector, for further information. Dr. Tolmie was away from home, but his partner, Dr. Richards, was prepared to answer questions on the subject. Milk was adulterated, all over the world, he said, and in every part preparations of boracic acid, formalheyde, glucose or other compounds were added to the milk in order to keep it from turning sour in hot weather. He admitted it was the duty of inspectors to test the milk as it was being conveyed to customers, and if any such adulteration was detected, the vendor was subject to penalties. At the present time of the year the habit of adding chemicals was not indulged in, as the weather did not make it necessary. Mr. Richards said that the steamship companies insisted on their milk being so doctored as they had to have fresh, or what appeared to be fresh, milk to serve their customers. He quoted the C.P.N, line as an instance with their Skagway boats. With regard to present action, he said that the inspectors were powerless until they could detect specific instances of adultered milk being sold. It was a matter for the Health Officer. Dr. Robertson, when interviewed, admitted the danger, but was powerless to act unless he was put in a position to prove that some firm had sold chemical compounds for the express purpose of adulterating milk, and could then test the milk in question. The extreme gravity of the charge made it necessary that it should be well substantiated before anything definite could be done. An effort was made to see Mr. Wilson, the man really responsible, according to City By-law No. 18, for reporting "not less than six times a year," but although The Week reporter called thrice during office hours, he was not to be found. He, however, learned that it was three years since any systematic inspection had been made. The matter therefore rests thus : Victoria citizens are buying and consuming milk containing formalheyde, glucose and boracic acid. Such milk is always dangerous and easily becomes poisonous. The city by-law, which,if enforced honestly and constantly, would afford protection, has fallen into disuetude. Conditions exist in Victoria which resulted in the death of twenty-five infants in Seattle in one month. How many innocents have been slaughtered here by chemical milk ? and who is responsible ? Earning Two James McEvoy, the Per Cent. agent for the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Co., and a man who always speaks the truth, testified before the Supreme Court in Vancouver this week that his company only made 2 per cent profit out of its coal. E. V. Bodwell, K.C, Solicitor for the Company, explained that the balance of its 10 per cent dividend came from other sources. The company has received in round figures SI,800,000 by way of premium on the sale of treasury stock, it has paid in dividends since its inception in 1897 $1,400,000 approximately. The Week is credib ly informed that the dividends have actually, although not nominally, been paid out of this fund. The Mining Record blasphemes and denies the statement. Two words from an authoritative source would settle the question.. First, is the $1,800,000 intact "in cash" as it was received, and not "on paper, as a reserve fund ? What are the other sources from which 80 per cent of the whole profit of this Coal Company is derived, as alleged by Mr. McEvoy and Mr. Bodwell ? If the Mining Record wishes to get clear of very unpleasant suspicion, it will address itself to a consideration of these definite issues and not cloud the discussion with impertinent personalities. Victoria Booster Club. Instead of leading, as it should, the one city of Canada, with the greater attractions and the least enterprise is following the lead and starting a 100,000-club. The Week wishes the club good speed, and urges the committee to get to work before it is too late. Five thousand dollars judiciously expended this year would pay fifty fold next. All that is needed is ample funds, and good management—in other words, money and brains. Tuesday evening next the 100,- 000-Club will hold a meeting in the Council Hall. undertook to demonstrate that The Week was in error in supposing that a system which was big enough for Vancouver would not be too big for Kelowna. Instead of calling us names, the editor of The Courier should in future pass all copy over to the office boy to read ,lest perchance a stray joke might escape his notice—and the boy should not be Scotch. The Hive The. Week is in re-, of Industry, ceipt of the April numr ber of the Ladies' Review. This is not another of the endless fashion journals which are flooding the market, but the well illustrated and carefully edited organ of the Lady Maccabees. If statistics are reliable, the organization is rapidly gaining in favor and wealth throughout Canada and the United States. Chinese Slave Trade. Boosting Boosting seems to "The Week." be the order of the day, and thanks to many kind contemporaries, The Week is getting its share. During last week it has received recognition, and the honor of quotation, from journals as widely scattered as Uio Regina West, Vancouver World, Okanagan, Vernon News, Cranbrook Herald, Kelowna Courier, and Enderby Advance, towards all of whom it "looks." By an oversight, the last named is the only one which omitted to append our title to the lengthy "boost" of the Nicola Valley, which it lifted wholesale into its editorial columns, but that is a trifle in Western journalism. A Thick- This is the cuphon- Headed Critic, ious epithet applied by the editor of The Kelowna Courier. Frankly it is deserved, for our failure to recognize the fact that a Scotchman would not be able to see a joke on hiimself Until after he had gone to press. The editor of The Courier took seriously our skit on the $10,- 000 water works system for Vancouver, and in a "serious"article, extending to more than a column, Does slavery exist in British Columbia ? For some time past various societies have been waging a war against the Indian slave traffic in the North, and the results have been good. The Week now brings another slave traffic to the attention of the proper officials. Last week a Chinese merchant, who conducts a general store in New Westminster, near the Royal City Hotel, sold a Chinese slave girl, reputed to be seventeen years of age, to a Vancouver Chinaman, resident on Canton street. The price paid was 1340. The purchaser of the young slave is well known in Vancouver, especially among the office n.cn, for he makes his living by cleaning out offices. He believes that he has done no wrong in the purchase of the wife, and the w liter believes that she has fallen into, good honds. But that is not tho question. For some years this merchant has been carrying on the business of selling Chinese women as slnves, and it was only I vo year-; ago that one 01 these girls cs- i iped and attempted to throw herself into the Fraser River.' She was recaptured before she could commit the rash act, and was taken buck into bondage. The matter was brought to the attention of the official." :ii the time by the daily press, and some suit of un investigation was held, but it amounted to nothing. The investigators went to the store, listened to the slave talk of the Chinaman, and smoked a few of his cigars ; then came up town and reported that the story was not true. The writer has carefully investigated this- matter, and finds that there are other girls still in this slave dealer's hands. They are usually kept until old enough for the lile of a rtemi mondaine or sold to some rich Chinaman for a wife. The proper officials should act at once, and stop this traffic, even though it. be among Orientals, for they are under the protection of the British flag, and one of the boasted rights of our country is "freedom." Let them have it. The names of the slave dealer and the purchaser of the girl named above will be supplied to the authorities at any time they may desire. Courtship is thc enchanting view from' a safe distance, and marriage is climbing the high mountain. ANTICIPATE APRIL ABSORPTIONS BY BUYING BATCHED BARGAINS Royal Household Flour ti e0 i „ l-lb. Dixi Tea ...35 \Vor$l.Ji Finest Island Potatoes, per sack 1,00 Granulated Sugar, 20-lb. sack .,'.,!!!. rio MAIL ORDERS A SPECIALTY DIXI H. ROSS & CO., Ill Gov't St., VICTORIA Where You Get Good Things to Eat. R95J THE WEEK, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 190b. W .„■■ ■*■■■ fy 4 Short Story # ti -.fi THE VAMPIRE. '" (By Burt Kennedy.) Tonight'he was thinking of her. 'She was so interesting and hud such a charm How fine it was to talk with her. It was as if she knew everything. And she had brilliance, and sparkle, and wit, and that grace and distinction of poise that is called manner. She formed individual arguments as to everything, and possessed that strange delicacy-of perception that is never poi sesscd by even the most gifted man. To be near her was like enjoying the essence of a great draught of rare Persian wine. At last, however, she had acted with an acute wisdom concerning him. But. it wns that splendid wisdom that springs like a flower from a combine of chance, mistake and unwisdom—that ineffablei woman's wisdom that is wiser than the wisdom of Plato. She sent him away. She sent him away mainly because she had that curious ignorance us to men and their ways that women ol the highest type often have. Other women had talked against him, but. that had hardly affected her—or she believed it hardly affected her. Thc gradual approach of his passion attracted her. and half frightened her. She was afraid of herself, though she never would have admitted this even fo herself. And at the time she sent him away she wished with all her heart that he would not go. As for his evil reputation, it simply had a fascination for her. The facl of his being utterly impossible made him all the more charming mid possible. So he was alone now and thinking. Once lie had kissed her. How delicious- ly awkward she looked as she half tried to resist him. Somehow he could not help but fed as if he were surprising a chaste, beautiful nymph as she bathed in a clear pool of a forest. He had suddenly come upon thc soul of a woman in the midst of its seclusion. How beautiful. How tenderly beautiful,, And the kiss: Ah! He could not tell of that. It was beyond him; His heart had seemed to stop. He was carried out on a great and glowing sea. Tills kiss moved him and thrilled him, and woke up everything within him at once— not ouly passion, but love and tenderness, and a strange, soft feeling of camaraderie. And thc light that came into her eyes. How beautiful, how appealing. It warmed him. He drew il into his being—-his soul. Oh, oh! This soul light, this essence of life, this spark primal that shone nut from a woman's eyes when she for I lie lirst time loved a man—this gift of a maid, this gift which was its own giver. And this woman was giving thc essence of herself to him from her eyes. And he was eagerly drink ing it in as he held her to him. He was becoming keener, and stronger, and younger. Here was an elixir to which the elixir nf the Rosiorucian was as niught- a woman's first love, the best of a woman's self—that spontaneous, ineffable giving I'm- which men were always wishing, but whicli they were rarely able to evoke. He was evoking it. lie possessed the magic by which to call it forth, lie, the Vampire* ! He who had taken the best from thc souls of many women. He buried his face in his hands as he thought over it all. Oh. why was it that he was so hurtful to women? After all, was life, was genius, was sanity worth the price of a woman's soul? Years before, he had thought as he was thinking now, and he had resolved never again tn make a woman love him: for a while he had kept his resolve, lie had gone on till again there crept upon him that hideous mania— (hat inherited curse - that demon that nothing could exorcise but the first love of 11 woman. Oh, terrible, terrible. And this last woman! What of her'.' Il was Btrange, that .she should send him away. No woman who had given him the lirst draughl of life-giving love had ever sent hiin away before. IJow strange it was. The others had given their all. This woman was wise. And. what was again strange, this woman had moved him as In- had never been moved before. And now be bean to.see the faces of the women who had loved him, It was no t.NmiT. A belief onco existed tliui n vnbpiro mil- tin' (*hosl "f ii donil person, who wns believed In issue nut nf tin' grave by niidii nml suck the 1,1 1 ..of ihe living a.- (hoy slept. Thus ii tuu passed fnto (In- lungimge ns u synonym fm-n bloocUuoker. hallucination. They,were passing him and looking into his %6s. Could it be that there were so;iiiany.bf thoiir?-,l'\Vould'Jthey never cease -panging? Hp.w^sacl- they were looking. Butjthere was no.-i'i-eproachii)^ look in the Jyes'pf any, of \tncm... They loved him still, and seemed to regret,that they had nothing more to give, him.- Why did they not hate and loathe him? —the one who had sacrificed them. as it that inscrutable thing in a woman that impels her to give her all'when tliere is need of it? Men had called him a thorough-paced scoundrel. But was he really this? he asked himself. He had always the courage to face what was in himself, and he had . faced this. Did he possess a tithe of the wickedness and cruelty of the respectable, church-going scoundrel who would brutally crush and degrade every instinct of a woman under the icgis of the marriage rite? Was he as bad as the man who bought a woman (or gold?. Was,he- as bad as the man who sold himself to a woman for gold? He had never asked a ...woman for aught but what she was willing t'o give gladly and freely. He had never deceived a woman, but had always told her why he loved her, and, that he could not love hsr for long. True, he had been fatal to women. He had sinned against them, but there was a nobility and a frankness in his sin. He had never been base enough to call a hurt a blessing. He was a murderer who was just and fine enough to proclaim himself a Cain. Ho was as far above the respectable man who execrated him as an angel of light would be above a crawling thing of darkness. Ah! What was this thing beside him now? He had not turned his head, but he knew there was something there. He looked. Oh, it was upon him. It had come again. It was a thing human of shape, with a head unimaginably horrible. He stood up and faced its frightful eyes. How fine was his face—at once strong and kindly and inscrutable—an indomitable face, liis eyes were stern and piercing as he out-faced the Horror. And at last it was 5011c, and he sunk down exhausted. His mania was upon him again, and courage would not save him for long. What was he to do? Ah, the love of this last woman—that would save him. He would go and see her this very night. She had sent him awny, but what'mattered that? And could it be—could it be that she had thc power to save him altogether? She had moved him as no other woman had moved him. A wild hope sprang up within him. He would go at once. • But he stopped. She had sent him away. Yes, for tho first time he had been sent away. And after might she not be sacrificed as were sacrificed the others? Suddenly a great bell tolled. It was tolling forth the hour. And into his face there came an indescribable look. The crisis was upon him. One of two things he had to do—cither to sec her or kill himself. WI&Av'PODRIDA ,. .Whenever a woman makes a confidant, of a map she has an axe to grind and wants hiin to turn, the grindstone-. . , ■ <. Reciprocated. Van Dyke—As the boat left the dock I waved my handkerchief, and then a most curious thing happened. Forney—What was it? Van Dyke—Thc ocean waved back. . -. Interest Aroused. "I could die for you," ho cried. "You don't say," retorted thc girl, indifferently. _.:.''. "And," he continued, "my life is insured for S25,000." "I am yours," she cried, "till death."— Philadelphia Press. EXAMINATION "HOWLERS," Some Very Remarkable Statements in Scholars' Papers. Mr. E. B. Collinson, writing in Past and Present," quotes some genuine "howlers" noted in various examinations, from which we make a brief selection:— An abstract noun is the name of something that has no existence, as goodness. An autobiography is the life of an animal written after it is dead, as a moral. Chaucer wrote in middle-class English. A hybrid means a mongril and a mon- gril is a dog which is ill-bred. A syllable is a word expressed by one movement of the mouth. The Pharisees were people who like to show off their goodness by praying in synonyms. "A sower went forth to sow and as he sowed he fell by thc wayside and thieves sprang up and.choked him." An undergraduate is (1) a person not up to the mark; (2) a lower elasss of board school. An optimist is a person that attends to people's eyes. AT THE CHURCH GATE. Although 1 enter not, Vet round tho spnt Of I times 1 hover ; And near the snored gate Willi lunging eyes 1 wait, Expectant of lier. The minster bell tolls mil Above ihe city's rout, Ami noise ami humming : They've hushod the minster hell ; The organ 'gins In swell : She's coming, .-he'.- coming ! My lady corn.es nl last, Timid, ami stepping fast, Ami hastening hither, ■ With modest eye- downcast ; She comes- .-he's here- -she's pnst — .May heaven go with her 1 Kneel undisturbed, fair Bttint ! Pour out your praise or plaint Meekly and duly i 1 will nut enter there. To sully your pure prayer With thoughts unruly. Mm suffer me to pace Round the forbidden plnce, Lingering a minute, Like outcast spirits who wnlt Ami -ee through Heaven's gale Angels within il. "J suppo.-e if n pretty girl should come along yoii^ wouldn't care anything about me any more?" "Nonsense, ICatcl What do I caro for , good looks? You suit tne all right!" I The difference bet ween a marriage and a divorce is not greal sometimes only two or three months. An Epitaph. In memory .of our Father: Clone to join his appendix, his tonsils, his olfactory nerve, his kidney, his eardrum and a leg prematurely removed by a hospital surgeon who craved the experience.—Newsboys' Magazine. 0 love, 0 fire! Once ho drew With one long kiss my whole soul through My lips, as sunlight drinketh dew. —From Fatimii. No Danger. The Bishop thought that the capful of wind was an Atlantic storm, and worried the captain by asking constantly if there was danger. The captain led his lordship to the hatch over the fo'es'le. "You hear thc crew swearing," ho said. "Do you think those men would use such oaths if there was danger of their meeting death?" The sun set in an an.ry storm-torn sky, the wind rose higher yet, nnd the good steamer pitched and rolled and groaned and creaked. It was midnight, and a portly figure crept forward to tlio fo'es'le hatch. "Thank heaven," murmured the Bishop, "those men are swearing yet." m£$®$mm& I ^jJAMES BUCHANANS CO. |-i '} "■ LONDON AND GLASGOW s$ .'. ;;• ,: Purveyors to the Royal Family. '' ■ "•' ■ % DISTILLERS OF HIGH GRADE SCOTCH' WHISKIES M..< Buchanan's Royal Household at $1.50 per'bottle S ' Buchanan's Black and White at$i.25 per1 b'ottfe' "'• '■'', ' m Buchanan's Red Seal at $1.00 per bottle-' '■■...■-.. I ARE. 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As j soon as the sensation had subsided the! preacher exclaimed, "Who was that perfect person, pray?" And the lady in the gallery answered: "Please, sir, she was my husband's lirst wife." Bear and Forbear. COAL J. KINGHAM & CO. Victoria Agents for the Nanaimo Collieries, Best Household New Wellington Coal: Lump or Sack, per ton .. .. $6.50 Nut Coal, per ton $5.00 Pen Coal, per ton $4.50 Also Anthracite coal for sale at current rates. Ollice, 34 Broad St.; wharf, Store Street, Victoria. 'PHONE 647. ".My dear, look down below," said Mr. I Grandiose, as he stood on deck with his i wile and gazed at ntti. hinilin a Ion.1; line j of barges, "Such is life; tho tu is like the irlan, working and toilin , while the bar es, i like women, are " "I know," interrupted Mrs. fl., acridly, "the tug does all | tlie blowing, and the bar es bear all tho liiu'den." The Taylor Mill Co. Limited. 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New, Modern and strictly flrst-classL Steam heated, electric light. Sample] rooms. Bates, $2.00 and'up. ' Corner Hustings nnd Cambie Sts, VANCOUVER. HOTEL GUieHON J. E. CREAN, Munager Thc Leading- Hotel of New Westmin] ster. All Modern Conveniences. Gooq Sample Rooms. Rates Moderate. New Westminster, B.C. Grand (2afei Afternoon Teas a Specialty. REGULAR MEHLS. HOME COOKING. All the Luxuries of the Season. 77 FORT STREE' Vancouver Toilet Supply Company. We will be prepared on and aft J January 15th, 1906, to furnish all officJ barber shops, hotels, private resident etc., with Soap, Towels, and all Toil| Necessities. Our wagons will visit parts of the city each day. Drop us a card and our man will «1 and explain our proposition and quo you our prices. Vancouver Toilet Supply Co. Empire Building, VANCOUVER, B.C. THE WEEK, SATURDAY. APRIL 7, 1906. Kootenay Letter. Nelson, B. C, April 2—For the first quarter of 1906 the Canadian Metals Company report that -upwards of 3,500 tons of lead and zinc ores have been sent to the plants at Pilot Bay and at Frank. Neither of these are finished as yet, but the management report, that by next month treatment of ore on a regular scale will begin. I At Pilot Buy, indeed, concentrating has alrenpy been under way for some time past, concentrating about 90 tons daily, principally from the Blue Bell Mine, near Ainsworth. The concentrator has recently been enlarged, and it is now running over 100 Ions daily. The object of the concentrator, which is also a separator, is to separate thc lend from the zinc, eliminating at thc snme time some of the [; impurities, and so having to do less work jj in the furnaces-, and, in thc case of the zinc ores going on from Pilot Bay to Frank, having to pay less freight. Most of the fi zinciferous mines are on or nenr the shores of Kootenay Lake. It would seem to be ^a long haul to send them to Frank, over the summit of thc Rockies, but by first \ getting rid of the lead contents and treating those at the Pilot Bay furnaces, in | course of erection, SO per cent, often \ more, of the dead weight is eliminated. , Freight is I bus paid on all the ore to Pilot | Bay, $1,50, and oh half the ore, $2.50 to [i Frank. Thus on t wo tons of ore,' 40 per cent zinc, the total freight charges would be exactly $5.00, just the same as if the two tons were originally both sent to Frank. This, it is claimed, is cheaper than bringing the coal to tho ore, and if ihe zinc percentage in raw ore is less than -10 per cent, the saving would be even greater. If this company is able to "muke good," in the expressive Western idiom, it will mean.a lot, for the country. Thc fact that so much ore, from so many mines, tho shippers being the Hartney, Bluebell, Charleston; Mammoth, Lone. Bachelor, Goodenough, Wakefield, Giant, Aurora, i Emily, Edith, and Silver Cup, eleven in all, has already been sent for treatment, clearly indicates the demand for a "zinc plant, together with a concentrator and separator. It means to these mines, in some instances, that they aro able to ship. For instance, the Bluebell was supposed J to contain such a percentage of zinc in its lead ore that it could not be worked profitably. In others the cost of mining is |much lessened. For in many properties Lof the Slocan, especially where the ores [,runi nto fairly high figures, the veins are small, and an enormous amount of de- ,i velopment work must, be done in order to get, at these bodies. For an example, the Centre SCar Mine at Rossland, with a vein 39 feet wide, has had to spend just as ['much for development, as for sloping the ore. If thc cost of one ran to $2, the cost of the other wns not far behind, per ton of jrore mined. If such is thc case with a 39 [l.foot vein, what can bo expected when the vein is not 3 feet, often less than 1 foot? A drift in one case is wholly within the ore body, in the other one-half to four-fifths is dead work, this without, counting the necessary shaft or crosscut, or both, needed I to reach thc vein. Then if part of the vein proves to be zinciferous it cannot be shipped, and up to recently was regarded practically as waste, or thc product of dead 'work. With the zinc portions of the ore body saleable, it means not only that the lead contents of that zinc ore is also saleable, but that u very much larger portion of the vein is profitable, and less dead work—development—has to be done. 'Hence the difference that this plant is going to make t'o the Kootenny. But the mining activity is not confined by any means to the zinc-load mines. .Other properties are also coming to the front, nnd notably the Eureka. This mine, within a few miles of Nelson, may have a ;reat future before it. It has a laiyc ore ,body, copper, and what, is more, the vein natter is largely lime, and this makes the Shipments of value to a smelter as flux. Fhe mine is rapidly corning to the front, leing one of thc heaviest shippers of the Kelson immediate district this year, and s it is understood that tho management s installing machinery and bettering tho iresent primitive methods of transportation by putting in a tramway, it is possi- le thnt the promoters, who are almost all jcnl men, including tho well-known ulder- nan, ,1. Kirkpatrick, will yet be wealthy, Another instance is that of the Mother ,ode, not the famous Boundary property, ut a lesser claim near Salmo. Not thnt he owners would like to sny thnt their ichonto bonanza is "lesser" to any mine, ul because unto this day the mine is not. shipper, but rather a magnificent possi bility. The fact that such properties are now being opened does not mean that they were unknown before, but because of the cheaper rates of freight and of treatment, together with the general revival in the prices of metals, has renewed the old-time activity. Thc Rossland Miner recently published a list of the men who have 'made fortunes out of Rossland mines, and it is likely that this experience will be repeated in Nelson by the boys who have hung on by their eyelashes through good and evil repute to the holes in the ground in the hills which have absorbed so much of .their spare cash in the dull times which arc now left behind in the forward track to prosperity. And these are but ordinary instances from Nelson. All over the district, in Poplar, Lardeau, Windermere, Boundary, comes the same story from day to day, till a day will come when Victoria nnd Vnncouver will understand, as they have never understood, in tho past that, thc country for them to back is neither the Yukon nor even the Cariboo, but the golden Kootennys. Here is the big labor employed, here is the big money to be made. And it is not to be thought of for a moment, that Nelson is not perceiving what is going on in its midst. It does not envy Vancouver its prosperity. It would like to see it a city of 100,000 or 200,000, peopie, but the genuine Nelson man, the man who sports the green and white, and who belongs to the boosters, the local name for the 20,000-Club, is sure that the bigger money is to be made right here in this little city, surrounded by fruit lands, and whoso horizon is closed with hills full of metals which will yet make it one of the chief cities of tho Dominion. Notes on Canadian News A CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY. Bostonian's Large Interests in Cape Brc- ton Island. H. M. Whitney, of Boston, is credited with thc intention to elfect, another conl merger in Cape Breton. His connection with the world-famed little islnnd furnishes a chapter in the history of Canadian industrial development that rends like a. fairy tale. A Boston man of culture, refinement nnd exceptional kindliness, his attention was called, in 1S92, to the possibilities of Cape Breton us a, field in which to exploit his millions. F. S. Pearson, a brilliant American engineer, who had been associated with Mr. Whitney in the Boston street rnilwny; B. F. Pearson, a Halifax lawyer, and W. B. Ross, a politician from the same place, acted as promotion agents. ln the course of loss thnn a yenr every coal mine on the island, except ono, was rounded up nnd amalgamated under tho title of the Dominion Conl Co. Thc raison d'etre of this was Mr. Whitney's relationship to AV. C. Whitney, who was then a member of the Cleveland administration and who had undertaken to secure legislation for "free conl" into the United States. Just, what this meant for the conl mines of Cape Breton may bo gathered from tho fact that the existing duty was prohibitive, the local trade was languishing witli a total production of 800,000 tons a year, ami tlie New England States, which are contiguous consumed 8,000,000 tons of coal a year. "Free coal" meant untold millions, but there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and" the lip," and this time-honored proverb wns never better illustrated than in the present instance. All this was in the last dnys of tho Cleveland administration, tlio sands wore running low in the hour-.lass, parly ties were weakening, and just when it appeared that thc grand coup would he effected, the Senate, that "bete noir" of political axe- rinders, vetoed the bill by a small majority, and, like a pack of cards, the whole fabric collapsed; It was at this crisis that .Mr. Whitney showed the mettle of which he was made. Many a man would have abandoned I lie project nnd sat down the first loss, not so Mr. Whit- si end. The man from Boston put all his eneiyy and all his private fortune into the enterprise, called in as his chief executive officer "Hon." David Muekean. the uncrowned kin, of Cape Breton, nnd for live years continued to lavish capital on tho remodelling of the obsolete plants he had acquired, and developed the mines to a dc reo of excellence as economic producers as will never be seen a. aim In IS97 coal was produced and shipped for SO cents per (on. Then Mr. Whitney entered on the second stage of his Canadian career. Still lacking an adequate market, he foresaw that Canadian coal would not be allowed to go free into the Stntes, and the only thing was to develop Canadian industires to consume it. Ho knew that this was possible, with the aid of thc politicians, for in this respect the two countries differ not. He took Hon. Geo. A. Cox into his counsels, and in 189S the Dominion Steel Company was promoted. Then event followed event, in swift succession. Capital expenditure ou the . combined projects exceeded 830,000,000; Mr. Whitney wns forced to retire to avert liquidation; he was replaced by Canadian financiers, nnd the American element was practically extinguished; there was a fight for con-j trol, under the influence of which coal j stock rose from 8 to 1-17, and steel from , 15 to 79. Hundreds of fortunes were made and the Canadians won out, but Mr. 'Whit-1 ncy made millions under the movement, Since then ho has taken no part in the management, which hns been conducted with indifferent success, no dividends are being paid on coal or steel common stock, although prices arc the highest on record, and the government bounties are liberal. Thc position therefore is interesting and the denouement easy to predict for one familiar with all the circumstances. If Mr. Whitney wishes, he can effect a consolidation of all the outside coal and stool properties, including the Nova Scotia Steel Co., which is a better property than the Dominion Steel. Having done this at a cost of 815,000,000, he can force the Dominion Coal.ct Steel Co. to join the merger, because he can produce both coal and steel cheaper than they, . Having rounded up the island, he will turn it over to the United States Stool Corporation, for whom ho is acting, for $100,000,000, clearing about $25,000,000 for himself and his associates. A Good Appointment. # f* SdenburgAs The SILVER SPRING BREWERY, Ltd. ; BREWERS OP ENGLISH ALE AND STOUT The Highest Grade Malt and Hops Used in Manufacture. PHONE 893. The designation of Mr. A. P. Low to the directorship of'the Dominion Geological Survey is'a good due. There are not a few, including thc leading menbers of the Canadian Mining Institute, who favored Dr. Adams, the brilliant professor of Mc- i Gill University, whose scientific researches hnve brought him such universal fame; j still, no one will cavil nt Air. Low's ap- I point ment. f to hnsifahiy earned the posi- I tion by many years' strenuous and successful work in the field. His knowledge of Canada is unique, and his work in Lab- ! rador monumental. In thc prime of his powers, he steps into the exalted position so honorably filled by distinguished scientists like the Dawsons, and there is every reason to believe that he will worthily sustain its best traditions. He will at any rate reorganize and energize one of the most important departments nf Dominion administration that was rapidly approaching a moribund condition. West Indian Sanitarium. BY DR. J. E. McGOWAN, O. ©. Treats and Cures Without Drugs. Treats by the old and new methods practised by the natives of the Britisli West Indies. For hundreds of years the natives of Africa and the East Indies have cured the afflicted by the use#of the herbs and nature's preparations, surgery being unknown to them. The science and skill in the use of these preparations has been handed down from generation to generation. We also use the latest electric, electro aud osteopathic treatments. . Dr. McGowan is a native of Kingston, Jamaica. Consultation free. Corns and Bunions removed painlessly. i,. Offices, Suite 8, it. Ermin Block, Hastings 5t., Vancouver, B. C. A Loyal Britisher. The editor of Thc Armstrong Advance had the misfortune to bo born under Ihe stars and stripes, but he disclaims all re- sponsiblity, as he was not consulted. Now that ho is of nge, he has proceeded to rem- ! ody the defect by taking the oath of allegiance to King Edward VII. in doing so, 1 he indulges in certain reflections, which j do credit alike to his intelligence nnd his discernment. In a recent issue of The Advance he says : "After five years' residence under the Britisli flag waving over Canadian soil, we have become sufficiently imbued with the idens of Cnnndinu government to willinjy tnke upon ourselves the full measure of duly and responsibility of citizensihp. Canada, we believe, offers au much liberty, the fundamental principle of national citizenship, as any country of the world, and we can see no reason, aside from more sentimentalism, why nny should shrink from his duty in putting himself in the full enjoyment of the franchise of the country." M.J. HENRY'S Nurseries, Greenhouses 4 Seed Houses VANCOUVER, B. C. Headquarters fnr Pacific Coast Grown Gnrden, Field mid Flower Seeds. Now orop now in stock nnd on test in our green houses. Ask your merchant for them in sealed packages. If he does not handle them, we will mail 50 assorted 5c. packets of vegetable and (lower seeds (our own selection, suitable for B. 0: gardens) for SI.00. Special prices on your bulk seetls. B. C. Grown Fruit and Ornamental Trees now ready for spring shipment. Extra nice stock of two and tnree-year Apple Trees at S20 per 100, S1S0 per 1,000; Maynard Plums, SI.00 each; Italian Prune, two year, fine, S-5 per 100; Sugar Prune, two year, fine, S30 per 100. Full list of other stock at regular prices. No expense, loss or delay of fumigation or inspection. Let mc price your list before placing your order. Greenhouse Plants, Flor Work, Bee Supplies, Fruit Packages, Fertilizers, etc. CATALOGUE FREE. M. J. HENKY 3010 Westminster ltd., Vancouver, B. C The Standard Stationery Co. 96 GOVERNMENT ST. VICTORIA iiiiv,. K'ou appointed Sole Agents for Sinclair & Spencer General Contractors and Builders, Civil Engineers. Estimates Cheerfully Furnished. (il2Six.b Ave. K„ VANCOUVER, B.C. The REMINGTON TYPEWRITER PHONE 276. Italian School of Music SIGNOR EKNKSTO CLAUDIO Professor Of the Conservatory of Music, Napoli (Italy). In addition to tuition on the Violin, Mandolin aud Guitar, he will conduct a special class in the art of pianoforte accompaniment to a limited number of advanced pupils. Special attention is given to beginners as well as to advanced players. The school is situated al 117 Cook Street A'ictoria. Homestead Entries. SWEET PEAS. The best collection np to date. Seven varieties for 25;:. Also sold in bulk. JOHNSTON'S SEED STORE Citv Market, Victorin for the year represented ' ',550 souls, ith 8,532, land nexl 4,885; English, 4,284; Scotch. 1,225; 421; nnd Austro-Hungarians, 1,931. The The with rish, The an area of 4,031,040 Ever nnd anon tho Liberal press of the Dominion swells with pride when content- j Americans head the list plating the enormous tide of immigration I Canadians from Ontario llowiu ; to thc Northwest. True, the census returns do not bear out these optimistic estimates of the hrowth of the population, but "next census will tell a different story." Let. us hope so. No doubt the population is increasing, and everyone is glad, but i "He," screamed the pnrk orator, "who the cold facts, as set forth in the annual re- puts his hand to the plough must nol turn port of the. Department of the Interior, back." just published, place the matter onn more I "What's be to do when he gels.to the reasonable basis thnn the hired boosters of end of tho furrow'.'" nsked a man in the the government. The homestead entries j crowd. A GREAT SURPRISE How Weather Strips Stop the Drafts Keep out the cold and cut dowi he fuel bill. Carpenter work of all kinds. Jobbing a specialty J. P. BURGESS Carpenter and Builder, io Broughtou St., A'ictoria homesteads cover acres. The Engines of The Day. Coal Oil Engines Superior to Gasoline. Marine Engines for launches, fishing boats, etc. Stationary Engines for r imping and nil power purposes. Eor ranch and other uses. Write for particulars, Now is the time to order for the spring. ROCIIUSSrvN' & COLLIS. 7 Yates St' VICTORIA, B.C. Dealers in Mining and other Machinery. H^HH^iiiiiiii^^M T-HE "VVEEKV MtfUBLDAY, APMI, 7^4906. Tttfe Week A Provincial Review 'd Magazine, published every S rday by THE WEEK.PUB HINQ CO,. LTD. Off! : 76 Government Street Victoria, B. C. Empire Block Vancouver B. C. S. A. Q. Finch Managing Director W. Blakemore Editor Annual Subscription $1 in Advance Transient rates, per inch 75c. to $1.00 . Legal notices (60 days), from $5.00 Theatrical, per inch $1.00 Readers, per line 6c. to 10c. Births, Marriages, Deaths, Lost and Found other small advertisements, per insertion, from 25c. to $1.00 VANCOUVER iwwmmmammmmaammammama An Organic Defect. For the past seventeen or eighteen months the residents of Fairview have been annoyed to an unbearable extent by the odors that are daily emitted from the debris used in filling up False Creek, in the vicinity of the Cambie street bridge. Repeated notices in regard to this have been sent to the City Council, but to no effect. What is the reason that no steps have been taken to mitigate, if not to wholly eradicate this menace to health? As the aldermen know not how to act, we would advise Alderman Bethune and his colleagues to take an afternoon walk across the bridge when the tide is out, and to inhale the "sweet aroma" of decaying apples and manure. Surely then we can expect a change. As almost everyone knows, the refuse matter of the city is deposited at the Fair- view end of the bridge. The stench from this is something frightful, especially when the tide is out, and these conditions are most favorable for the breeding of Loef- feur germs and Bacillus Typhosis. The city fathers can easily find a more suitable locality in which to deposit this decaying vegetable and animal matter, so that the air of the business and residential portion of our fair city may not become polluted with injurious organisms. The exigencies of this case are perfectly obvious to any fair and right minded person, who has the interests of the city at heart. Should, however, the council not allay the nuisance The Week will persist in its demands, as any paper would do whose aim is to further the betterment of the citizens and the community. In the meantime let us hope for quick action on the part of the civic authorities. tion. and is admittedly one of the best boosts''the Terminal City has had. The Week congratulates the worthy son of a worthy sue. Glanders Again. The Protection of Shjp-Qirls. Dr. Moore has returned from Ottawa, and is resuming his crusade agains tglan- ders. That is all right if it is conducted with a little common sense and prompt payment of compensation. The public would also like to hear something more as to the reliability of the mallein test. Perhaps Dr. Moore is now in a position to give definite information on the subject. If there is any reasonable doubt as to its efficiency, it is manifestly unfair that horses should be destroyed on the evidence it furnishes. M. Roussctu, the Noted Pianist. Some mention was made in our editorial columns last week of the cruelty meted out to shop-girls in general by their employers, and it is just beginning to dawn upon the public that action must be taken to alleviate this inhuman treatmtne. The urgent necessity of seats for shop-girls while they are not actively engaged cannot be overestimated. These girls go to their employment day by day at 8 or 9 o'clock in thc morning, and are constantly on their feet until G in the evening. And on Saturdays—"Oh, those dreadful Saturdays"—it is necessary for them to be on duty until late, with only a slight intermission at 0 o'clock to cat a hurried dinner. Here they are, week in and week out, plodding along at a menial salary, without even a chair to rest their weary limbs. In Vancouver such a condition should not, and must not, exist. Their employers, on the other hand, arrive at the office any time during the morning, sit down in a finely upholstered chair, and smoke a twenty-cent cigar. Of course it is not intended to take a Socialistic view of thc matter, but would it not be quite logical, and also in accordance with proper principles, to ask the managers of dry goods houses to dispense with a little of their office finery and invest in a few euitablc chairs for thc young ladies behind the counters to use during spare moments? Many a girl has lost her health and wrecked her nerves through the long and constant strain of standing all day, faithfully attending to the unknown wants of fussy old women, to whom they must always be courteous, although they arc often taxed beyond all endurance. Residing in Vancouver at present is M. Henri Rousseau, the noted pianist and composer. It is not often that one who has received such distinguished honors in the field of music chooses to make his home in the Terminal City. For some time past M. Rousseau has been touring American cities under the management of James L. Carter, and everywhere has met with success. About a year and a half ago, when in New Orleans, M. Rousseau had an audience of 1,700 people. He has studied from a very early age under some of the best masters. He plays with that delicacy of touch and fineness of expression which only characterizes the true artist. He is wholly lost in his music, and is only satisfied when he gives to his audience the meaning of the composer. M. Rousseau's trend of musical appreciation seems to run more towards the works of Beethoven and Liszt, with all their great technical difficulties, than to Chopin and composers of that class. Mr. Rousseaue presents the older school, of which Vladimer de Pach- mann is the most notable exponent.. The writer, who had the pleasure of an interview, asked the pianist to what he owed his success. "A love for music beyond anything else, combined with steady, conscientious practice under the guidance of first class masters',' was the reply.. Not alone to the piano does M. Rousseau confine his talents. He is a composer of no small note, for during his last concert tour which was about a year and a half ago, his Nocturne, Op. 12, No. 2, was most enthusiastically received. He also has written quite,, a pretentious piece—a Grand Valse De Concert in E—which is, without doubt, a fine work. M. Rousseau is at present engaged with a Symphony, HHKBS85I5IKBhl(t3B18IS8IWWIjlfiISUslfeta!ls(ljite! Vancouver Social Mr. and Mrk G. R* Clsfzy, Dr. Grant and Mr. A. E. Davidson, ;of Dawson, are staying at the Hotel Vancouver and will leave in a few days for the Horth. Mr. L. Molineux, late cashier of the New York Life Assurance Co., of this city, left for Denver on Sunday last over the Great Northern Railway. * * * Mr. J. M. Graham, Secretary of tbe Y. M. C. A., has returned from Revelstoke, where he was present at the opening of the Y- M. C. A. in that city, which took place last Friday. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H. Nye, of North Vancouver, leave for England tomorrow via New York, business and pleasure combined, and will visit France and Germany before returning. * * * Mr. P. T. Nicholson, advertising manager for the Woodward Department Stores, has resigned, and leaves this week for San Francisco. Great regret is felt among his comrades at his departure from this city. * * * Mr. H. Place, Ogdensburg, N.Y.; Mrs. R. Hamilton, Los Angeles; W. Ward, Montreal, and J. Lereux, Ottawa, were outward bound passengers over the Great Northern Railway this morning. * * # Mrs. Hanson and daughter, of Saskatchewan, Sask., Mrs. Lyall and daughter, of Montreal, and Mrs. Robert Scott and daughter, of Winnipeg, left for the EaBt on Monday, after having spent a few days on the Coast. Rev. R. J. Wilson and Mrs. Wilson have rented their house for the summer. Mrs. Wilson left today on an extended visit to her mother in Toronto. During Mrs. Wilson's absence the pastor will have his study in the church, and will reside at the Hotel Vancouver. * * * Rev. W. Stackhouse, superintendent of Baptist Missions in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia, is in the city attending the board meeting of the Baptist missionaries of British Columbia at the First Baptist Church. * * * Mr. F. E. Leech, of the B. C. Contract Co., left on Monday for Golden, where he will act as engineer in charge of the con. struction of the ten miles of the Kootenay Central Railway, the contract for which was awarded to his firm, and which is to be finished by May 1st. Mr. Leech was accompanied by Mr. Duncan Campbell, who will act as bookkeeper. * * * | flusic and $ * The Drama.* "A PERSIAN ROSE." W. E. Flumerfelt, the Secretary of thc Vancouver Tourist Association, is doing good work for a youngster. An article contributed by him to The Coast Magazine for April has attracted considerable atton- mmammawMmMwmmmm Mr. W. G. Ross, of Vancouver, was in Nelson last week. Mr. Harry Lane, of Montreal, has returned to the East. * * * Mr. and Mrs. F. McMurray, of Winnipeg, have returned to the East. * * * Mr. AVilliam has returned from a holiday trip to Southern California. * * * Mr. AV. R. Thomson, ticket agent of the C.P.R., went to Seattle on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Dangerfield and daughters, of Pittsburgh, Pa., left for the East on Monday. * * * Mrs. H. Wright, J. B. Reuter and C. D. AVeyford, of Vancouver, were in Rossland last week. * * * Mr. H. Eagleson, F. C. Harris and Miss Bull, all of Vancouver, were in Ladysmith last week. * * * A. H. Macncill, K.C, of Rossland, is at the Hotel Vancouver, He is accompanied by Mrs. Macncill. * * * Mr. James AVilson, superintendent of C. P. telegraphs, left on Monday on a business trip to the Interior. * * * Messrs. A. G. Smith, E. G. Milne, F. AV. Sterling and A. E. Mallett, of Vancouver, were in Rossland last week. * * * Mr. D. E. Spraguc, a prominent lumberman of AVinmheg, is spending a few days in thc city at the Hotel Vancouver. * * * The Rev. Dr. Rugg, of this city, arrived in A'cmon nn Friday last, in order to select a site for the Baptist University at Summerland. H. A. McLean, deputy attorney-general, P. 10. Irving and L. P. Dull are among the A'ictoria legal gentlemen over for the full court. * * * Mr. J. AValker, of the well-known haberdashery establishments on Hastings and Cordova streets, has returned from a business trip to the Enst. "The White Rose of the King," so Persia called her, She shrank and whiter grew Poor rose, the greatness of her love appalled her, Its short-lived joy she knew. The King stooped down and said, "O rose, thy whiteness Hath been untinged till now; Blush thou to red, sweet rose, and wreathe with brightness Thy loving monarch's brow. Shivered the pale one then. "Oh, King, adoring At thy dear feet I lie. But breathe not on me, lest thy love's outpouring Shall mean thy rose must die. 4. Too late! love's sunshine warms, uplifts, enthralls me, I climb unto thy breast; Blush at thy kiss' careless of what befalls me' And dying, die most blest. "My Wife's Family," the three-act musical farce comedy success of last season, has been secured by Manager Ricketts and will be seen at Victoria at the Victoria Theatre, on Wednesday, April 11th, This merry conglomeration of nonsensical fun, music and dances by Hal Stephens and Harry Linton, scored a hit from its opening performance, and duplicated its success for a season of forty weeks last year. The plot is the essence of complexity, and in this respect is more than adequate. It hinges on the effurts of Jack Gay, a young married man, to get rid of his mother-in- law and the rest of his relatives by Marriage, who have thrown themselves on his hospitality, and by carrying tales to his wife succeed in keeping him in constant hot water. In sheer desperation he enlists the services of a bosom friend, Doc Knott, a man about town, to help him out of histroubles. This he does, not however without causing no end of complications, from which arise innomerable and laughable and absurd situations. The Stephens and Linton Company is one of the best ever selected for the interpretation of farce, including, as it does, vaudeville artists of high class, who furnish plenty of additional amusement. Croesus finally crushes her against his mailed bosom until she dies. He then hears of her Innocence, mounts the funeral pyre, sets fire to the material, and then the curtain falls. POPULAR ENGAGEMENT. The engagement is announced of Aliss Constance Jay, eldest daughter of George Jay, Esq., of Victoria, to Mr. Bernard P. Schwengers. The news will be received with satisfaction by the many friends of the popular young couple in the athletic and social circles of the Capital City. NOTICE is hereby given that a meeting of the shareholders of the Victoria Chemical Company, Limited Liability, will be held on the fourth day of May, 1906, at the hour of four o'clock in the afternoon, at the office of the Company, at their Works, Outer Wharf, Victoria, B.C., for the purpose of considering, and, if deemed advisable, of passing the following resolution, viz.: Resolved, That the capital of the Company be, and the same is hereby increaced from $100,000.00 to $250,000.00, by the issue of 3,000 new shares of $50.00 each, ranking for dividend and in all other respects, as the directors may determine. J. W. Fisher, Director. F. Moore, Director. John A. Hall, Director. Dated the 24th March, 1906. There are few turns more fascinating in any vaudeville show than a really clever exhibition of club swinging, and the Twin Juggling Mortons, who are to play at the Grand, Victoria, next week, have the reputation of being absolutely first class in this respect. Wm. Morton will appear as a colored nurse girl, and is said to be able to keep his audience in roars of laughter all the time. Those who like a good, clean and refined musical act mil not fail to visit theatre to see the three Musical Shirleys, while Mildred Manning is one of the best types of soubrette and serio-comic artistes on the Pacific Coast. Frank Smith will sing the Illustrated Song, and the entertainment will close with an exciting series of Moving Pictures entitled, "The Hoodoo Automobile." At the Grand, Victoria, the principal feature of the show has been the comic act by Fields and Hansen; as humorists and trick musicians, this couple rank high, and they kept the house convulsed with laughter for nearly half an hour. Rentfrow and Jansen present an amusing little comedy sketch. The English Rosebuds are clever dancers, skippers and acrobats. Mary Madden was loudly applauded for her monologue and song; she is a comedienne of no mean ability. "In Dear Old Georgia," by Frank Smith, and the Moving Pictures, were both up to the mark. On Monday last George Primrose with his troupe of minstrels made his last appearance in Victoria with an excellent performance. Songs, jokes and burlesques were all well received, as indeed they deserved to be. The great favorites of any minstrel troupe are the endmen, and in the present company touring with Mr. Primrose these important adjuncts are seen at their best. The vocalists were in good voice, the tenor in particular winning much applause. It was unfortunate that the difficulties of mounting made it necessary to cut out the musical melange, with which the performance should have ended. Art Glass Easter Flower Holders S Easter will soon be here again and e violet and carnation and rose fill the air with their fragrance, and the J advance guard of stately Bermuda || lilies lift their immaculate blossoms | above the variegated crocuses and tulips in the florists' shops. fl The custom of sending cut flowers in a proper vase or holder will pre* vail almost universally this year—so Fashion says. fl The new styles of vases are now here and are at once beautiful and artistic. Never have they been so cheap. fl But, don't wait until the last min- ute—select yours to-d«y. HOME HOTEL rCLUB FURNISHERS VICTORIA, B. a LICENCE TO AN EXTRA-PROVINCIAL COMPANY. "Babes in Toyland" was very prettily executed at the Victoria Theatre, Victoria, on Wednesday last. This company numbers 84, headed by Ignace Martinetti as Alan, and Katherine Bell as Jane. Among the best items were "Rock-a-Bye," and "I Can't Do That Sum," which latter, as sung by Miss Bell, with the humpty- dumpty chorus, was exceedingly well received. The leaders were assisted by very capable support, and the general verdict was that the piece was a success. As we go to press, "Cousin Kate" is being played at the same theatre, with Alberta Gallatin in the leading part. Sport at Cowichan. Fishing in the river and lakes is reported very good these days. Several large catches have been made. Mr. Jack Savannah, Mr. M. A. Wylde and others got good baskets.—Cowichan Leader. If "all flesh is grass," the steak at some boarding houses we know of may be baled hay. "Companies Act, 1897." . Canada. Province of British Columbia. No. 337. THIS IS TO CERTIFY that "The Colonial As- _ surance Company" is authorised and licensed tol carry on business within the Province of BritislfJ Columbia, and to carry out or effect all or any oil the objects of the Company to which the legisla-f tive authority of the Legislature of British ColumJ bia extends. i The hend office of the Company is situate at thel City of Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, j The amount of the capital of the Company isL two hundred and fifty thousand dollars) divided! into two thousand five hundred shares of one hun-f dred dollars each. The head office of the Company in this Provino. is situate at Viotoria, and, Albert E. McPhillips.l Barrister-at-Law, whose address is Victoria, ' the attorney for the Company. Given under my hand and seal of office at VicA toria, Province of British Columbia, this 15th dayl of March, one thousand nine hundred and six. (L.s.) S. Y. WOOTTON, Registrar of Joint Stock Companies. The objects for which tlie Company has beeri established and licensed are:— To make and elfect contracts of insurance or r_ insurance with any person or persons, bodies poli-J tic or corporate, against any loss or damage byt fire, lightning, tornado, cyclone, hurricane, orl hail storm on any houses, stores or other build-l ings whatsoever, and on uny goods, chattels orl personal property whatsoever; and ulso to make! and effect contracts of insurance and re-insur-f ance with any_ person or persons, body politio orl corporate, uguinst loss or damage of or to ships! boats, vessels, steamboats or other craft oil against any loss or damage of or to the cargoes oil property conveyed in or upon such ships, boatsl vessels, steamboats or other craft, and the freight due or to grow due in respect thereof, or on anyi timber or other property of any description, con| veyed in any manner upon nfl or any of suchl ships, boats, vessels, steamboats or other craftl or on any railway or stored in any warehouse oi railway station, and generally to do all matters] and things related to or connected with marind insurance or re-insurance; and also to make uuJ effect contracts of insurance and re-insurance] thereof, with any person or persons, body politil or corporate uguinst loss or damage by death! disease or accident to horses, cattle and ull kindJ of live stock; and to cause themselves to lie rel Insured against any loss or risk they may liavJ incurred in the course of their business, and gen] erally to do and perform ull other necessary mat! ters and things connected with and proper t« promote those objects. mh2| NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after datl I intend to apply to tlie Hon. Chief Commissionel of Lands and Works for permission to purchasl Section 33, Township 8, Range 5, Coast District: Bulkley Valley. * M. H. WALKER, Locator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vancouver, B.C., March 28th, 1906. mh29 NOTICE is hereby given tliat 60 days after datl I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner ol Lnnds und Works for permission to purchase Seel . J10?. ,2(i' Township 8, Range 6, Coast District Bulkley Valley. " JAMES COOPER KEITH, Locator, I JOHN DORSEY, Agent. I Vancouver, B.C., March 28th, 1906. mh29 j j NOTICE is hereby given thnt 60 days after da| I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commission! 1 of Lunds and Works for permission to purclia] Section 2, Township 7, Range a, Coust DistricT Bulkley Valley. A. O. WALKER, Locator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vnncouver, B.C., March 28th, 1906. mli'l NOTICE is hereby given'thnt 60 days after dal I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commission! of Lands and Works for permission to purchal Section 4, Township 9, Range 5, Coast DistricT Bulkley Valley. L JIARY ISABELLA KEITH, Locator! JOHN DORSEY, Agent. I Vnncouver, B.C., March 28th, 1906. mh.1 a,T£$!WESKySA$TJR$AT;iAPRIL 7,11906. THE MOTHERLAND Hands Across the Sea, Exchanges With Our Kindred. Colonies and the Fleet. That Great Britain is prepared to give the colonies the protection of her navy as a free gift is certainly generous—touching- ly so indeed—but we question its wisdom. Fully alive as we are to the importance of feiiitting together the units that comprise the British Empire, any bargain that is struck for joint defence should be mutually advantageous.—Times of India, Bombay. The Pace We Live. This is said to be a "strenuous" age. Doctors, or people who dabble in the doctor's art, talk about the "pace" we all Uve now, the stress and storm of life in England in the twentieth century, and so forth. But are we all so tremendously strenuous? Are we greater in will or work than Englishmen were in the Elizabethan Age or than they were, say—we take the date at random—in 1806? English literature and history do not show convincingly that this is so.—Saturday Review. Mems. for Members. Clay pipes must be knocked out against the door-post before entering the debating chamber. No regulations as to dress are issued, but it is recommended that members, out of respect for the Mother of Parliaments, should endeavor to appear in the costume of the ordinary well-groomed man about town. Mr. Keir Hardie may be cited as a model to those aspiring to be neat without being gaudy. The Speaker should be addressed as "Mr. Speaker, sir," not as "Hi, matey."— Books of Today. Effects of Wealth. Wealth has a distinctly barbarising tendency. Solitude, for instance, is one of the deepest desires and instincts of the rich man. It is also one of the desires and instincts of the savage. The Englishman who travels to Scotland first class in order to have "a carriage to himself all the way" may be a very nice fellow, but no one can describe him as a civilised man. He it yielding to the savage shyness, the skulking isolation, of an Ojibway.—Illustrated London News. Man Indicted. . That male manners have declined is opened to little doubt. Ask any woman. Men, she will tell you, are not what they were, and the only gentlemen left in the land are old gentlemen. The modern young man is practically nothing of a flatterer, and the poorest of flirts.—Lady's Realm. A Terrible Calling. If you take a scholar and a gentleman and make him do the work of a nursemaid for the wages of a bricklayer's laborer, coupled with the treatment of a dog, you then get that finished product of civilization, the assistant master at an English private school.—Barry Pain, in The Tatler. Britain's Navy. The whole might, the whole grandeur, of England repose on her navy. The day when the country decides to weaken it will see the end of Great Britain,s pro - perity.—L'Independance Beige, Brussels The Innocent Sex. A Wave of Reform. The wave of discontent and reform extends over a large part of the civilized world, and is beating against monarchy in Russia and Germany and aristocracy in England.—Moody's Magazine, New York. Tramway Cars as Cure-Alls. Cheap, popular, publicly owned rapid transit is the best way to disperse the ghettos of poverty, the slums of misery and the Alsatias of vice.—John Burns, M.P., quoted in Independent, New York. New Love Making. Old-fashioned lovers wanted to be alone; modern lovers mostly go out with gangs of friends.—Ambrosia, in The World. If anything the average woman's.mind is far less refined than man's. In fact, the unsophisticated, the innocent, the blushing- person of nature is man.—Lady's Realm. A Good Time Coming. As time goes on, electric trains will run at high speed from the country, and Londoners will reside in pure country air. In motor traction may be found the solution of London's great housing problem,—The Observer. ^ Day of the Nice Girl. The nice girl is in favor just now, and there is a pleasing tendency towards simplicity in all that concerns her. That pert- ness and knowingness and independence of manner which were acceptable a while since are no longer so.—World. In Praise of English Girls. Addressing a crowded meeting of the Girls' Diocesan Association at the Church House, Westminster, on Monday, the Bishop of London said that as he looked round the world today he saw it sadly wanting in faith. It was to the sister that a boy turned in trouble, and the whole world would be disappointed if they went to girls and found them without faith. If a girl failed that boy at home to whom she was impeccable, or that man to whom she was the ideal of what a woman should be, then crash went all their strength and hope and inspiration. Girls were looked up to to produce the fruit of love—the love which would take in the unattractive and the ugly, and which would brave sordid surroundings. There never was anyone in such a splendid position as a girl in England, with her glorious freedom and the splendid trust and confidence reposed in her. Dr. Ingram added that he looked upon the girls as his Light Brigade. Insurance Spies. With reference to the letter received las^ week on the subject of life insurance, several Victoria branches of the leading firms of Canada and the United States have since been interviewed, including the New York Life, Equitable, Canada Life, and Mutual of Canada, by a Week reporter. It will be remembered that "Inquirer" wrote to know whether there was a bureau where a list of rejected persons was registered, and whether there was any truth in the report that certain American companies employed agents to investigate the character of the applicant, and that the information so gleaned was open to all the companies. In the case of indisputable policies, whether they are incontestable from date of issue or after the lapse of one year, it is certainly true that the insurance companies do make very strict inquiry into the personal character and antecedents of an applicant. It would be the height of folly to insure a man of depraved moral character, who would be likely to end his days on the scaffold, on in a suicide's grave. For such reasons as these rejections are made and registered in the head office, and are open to the inspection of the head offices of other companies. In the case of companies who only pay on certain conditions, and refuse to pay in the event of suicide, etc., there is less trouble in this respect. As long as the risk is good, the character of the man counts for nothing. In cases where an examination results in the discovery of imminent disease, the reason of the rejection is only known to the head examining physician, and he is only permitted to allow other head examining physicians to know it. Naturally a full list of all persons rejected for any physical defect is kept, and is open to inspection, as no company cares to take a life which has been refused by another. But this is kept at the head office and may only be inspcted by other chief physicians. This is the sum of the information gleaned, and the only comment necessary is that the precautions taken are reasonable, and such as no honest man seeking insurance should object to. It is not in the public interest that unfit subjects should be allowed to insure their lives, and any preventive of this makes more secure the policies of those who are entitled to the protection. Baby's Picnic. "Mother, when we go up to the Gorge for my picnic, we won't go in a rowboat, we'll go in a vaseline boat." VANCOUVER ROLLER SKATING RINK PENDER ST., Nr. ABBOT HEALTHY EXERCISE FOR HEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN Open from 2 to 5 and 7.30 to 10.30 p.m. Admission : Afternoon, 15c, including skates. Evening, 26c, including skates. Admission to Baldony, ioc. The Rink will be reserved on Wednesday afternoons exclusively lor ladles and their escorts. Open from 10 a.m. to i> noon for beginners. OLD SILVERWARE REPAISED and REPLATED I put Old Silverware in first ciass shape. Get my prices for Replating Spoons, Knives and Fork*. I have had ten years of experience with the leadin8 Eastern firms and can guarantee high class work. Special Rates to Hotels and Restaurants. Repairing a Specialty. F. E. HOPKINS 1116 Granville Strott, VANCOUVER NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, Victoria, B.C., for permission to purchase the southeast quarter of Section 13, in Township 6, Coast Range 6, Bulkley Valley, B.C., said to contain 160 acres, more or less. F. J. SCHOF1ELD. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. V ancouver, B.C., March 28th, 1906. mh29 NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase Section 27, Township 8, Range 5, Coast District, Bulkley Valley. ANNE JANE KEITH, Locator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vancouver, B.C., March 28th, 1906. mh29 NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase Section 14, Township 8, Range 5, Coast District. Bulkley Valley. JOSEPH DUBOIS, Locator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vaneouver, B.C., March 28th, 1906. mh29 NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase Section 5, Township 9, Range 5, Coast District, Bulkley Valley. L. DUBOIS, Locator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vancouver, B.C., March 28th, 1906. mh29 NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the south half of Section 32, the northwest quarter of Section 32, and the southeast quarter of Section 31, Township 4, Range 6, Coast District, Bulk- ley Valley. Dated March 19th. 1906, G. L. HARMON, Locator, mh 29 JOHN DORSEY, Agent. NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase Section 11, Township 11, Range 5, Coast District, Bulkley Valley. Dated March 19th, 1906. H. C. HARMON, Locator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the northwest quarter of Section 23, Township 8, Range 8, Coast District, Bulkley Valley, contain- taining 160 acres, more or less. A. L. NEWSON, Locator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vancouver, B.C., April 3rd, 1908. np5 NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the southeast quarter of Section 23, Township 8, Range 5, Coast District, Bulkley Valley, containing 160 acres, more or less. B. S. BROOKS, Locator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vancouver, B.C., April 3rd, 1906. ap5 NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the south half of Section 8, and the smith half of Section 7, in Township 9, Coust Range 5, Bulkley Valley, B.C., said to contain 640 acres, more or A. B. DIPLOCK. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vancouver, B.C., April 3rd, 190U. ap5 NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to tlie Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands und Works for permission to purchase the southeast quarter of Section 23, Township 8, Range 5, Coust District, Bulkley Valley, containing 160 acres, more or less. JOHN EDWARDS POWIS, Locator. JOHN DORSKV, Agent. Vancouver, B.C., April 3rd, 1906. np5 NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, Victorin, B.C., for permission to purchase the southwest quarter of Section 23, Township 8, Range 5, Coust District, Bulk- ley Valley, containing 160 acres, more or less. .1. W. EVANS, Locator. JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vancouver, B.C., April 3rd, 1906. ap5 . The rehearsing for the Amateur Mas- pie Minstrels is ^oing on apace, the caste meeting three times a week at Waitt's Hall. The public arc all on the qui vivc, in expectation of a most successful performance, which will be given before the end of the month in the Victoria Theatre, in aid of the Anti-Tuberculosis Society. Amonsist the local talent taking part are : Mrs. R. II. Pooley, Mrs. B. Tye, Mrs. Lamont, Mrs. G. L. Courtenay, Mrs. Lamp- man, Mrs. D. E. Campbell, Mrs. Coward, the Misses Sehl, Lugrin, Hickey, Newcombe, Buckett, Moresby, Devereux, New- ling, Todd, Green, Bell, Brue, King, and Messrs. Goward, Tye, Browne, Kent, Hibben, Henwood, Drake. Price, Brae, Sehl, Clute, Richardson, Oliver, Moxon, Petch, Earle, Berkeley, Wallace, Gorke, Scholefield, Hardy and Foote. We have a very fine assortment of Crosses, for use as Charms, pendants or book marks. They are in silver, enamel, gun metal, gold filled and solid gold. The prices range from 50c up to $20.00 BOOK MARKS= Faith, Hope and Charity design in silver, mounted on purple or white ribbon, both with and without texts, from 50c up to $1.00. §•" PRAYER BOOKS AND HYMNS We have these bound in embossed silver, mounted in Russian leather; also with Hymns, A. & M. in dainty silver chatelaine cases. OUR DISPLAY OF EASTER GIFTS IS WELL WORTH YOUR ATTENTION CHALLONER & MITCHELL DIAMOND MERCHANTS AND DEALERS 47-49 Government Street, Viotoria, B. C. C. M. 960 We would like to show you our wonderful range of Eltonbury Silk Fibre Wallpapers This paper is rapidly taking the place of Ingrain Papers owing to its superior adaptability for decoration purposes. Whilst we have a large stock of Ingrains, we naturally desire our patrons to have the Very L,atest in Wall Decorations. MELROSE CO., LTD. THE PAINTERS AND ART DECORATORS 40 FORT STREET Next to Five Sisters' Block, VICTORIA, B.C. M949 NELSON'S SEEDS THAT GROW SpecialjCollection for "Week" Readers ASK FOR COLLECTION «« 12 Packets Vegetable Seeds, Superb Varieties—One full-sized packet each of Beet, Carrot, Onion, Lettuce, Cucumber, Radish, Musk Melon, Parsuip, Squash, Oalibage, Wnter Melon and Tomato, all varieties id' our own selection for 35c Get Our Catalogue Nelson Seed & Drug Co., Dept. A4, Vancouver, B. C. Mention the " Week" when replying to the advt. ?■ '■■IIWIWaMMMa^a1a»MnaM——a^— NOTICE in hereby given that 60 days after date I Intend tn apply tn tlio linn. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to pnrclm.se Section 22, in Township H, Coast Range .r>, Bulk- ley Valley, B.C., gain! tn contain 640 acres, more nr less. ARNOLD K. KKAI.Y. JOHN DORSEY, Agont, Vanoouver,,B,C„, April 8rd, lUOtl.J .«, npB NOTICI: is hereby Riven that 00 days after data I intend to apply to the Hon, Chief Commissioner of Lands ami Works for permission to purchase Section 15, in Township S, Coast Range 5, Bulk* ley Valley, 11.C, snid tn contain 040 acres, more C, WENTWORTH SAREL. v Wj JOHN DORSEY, Agent. Vancouvor, B.C., April 3rd, 1006. apS THE WEEK, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 19^- NOTES ON PROVINCIAL NEWS. A Rich Valley. The Kink. The truth about the Standard Oil methods is well stated by The Golden Stnr: Attorney General Hadley, of Missouri, says that if John I). Rockefeller left nil his Standard Gil possessions ns a gift t'o the nation, he could not atone fur the almost incalculable Wrong ho hns done the country. It would not atone for the dis- other day, and stated that he hnd discovered a brass mine near Moberly two weeks British Columbia hns so many fertile j ago. He took The Star's mining expert valleys that it would require a special! for a tenderfoot. We came to thc conclu- edition to enumerate them. The better sion that'the man must have located his known get plenty of free advertising, and'l face.—Golden Star. week after week ihe columns of the press are thrown open to enthusiastic visitors or settlers who sing of the glories of the Okanagan, the Similkameen or thc Kootenny. One of tho most promising sections in this Province of promise is the valley from Fort Steele to Golden, the attractions of which are only known to the handful of settlers who have found it an earthly paradise, and the privileged few who have staged it. At the southern gate A. 11. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Grace hns been for ten years sounding its tinctly dishonorable and commercially praises in the Fort Steele Prospector with universal trend the success of Standard a persistency and courage unequalled in Oil methods has given the trading and fin,- the annals of pioneer newspaper work, ancial organizations of America. At the northern outpost, Wilmer, The Out-1 crop has for a shorter period cheerfully Corroborative Evidence. performed the snme service. What the | seer of Wilmer hns scon is not known to; The Moyie Leader says : Chas. Far- The Week, but the seer of Fort Steele hns rell, who wns up from Morissey Mines Wed- djscovered shingle of gold in every nesday, says that the coal company in- stream, silver veins in every mountain, tends closing its mine at that place, and and copper glance in every rock. He has in that event, there will be nothing for the also found roses on every summit, people to do but get out. and a silver lining to every cloud. The anticipations of these loyal Kootenaians Ructions at Fernie. are about to be realized. The Kootenay i Central is to be built. The first contract! According to The Ferriie Free Press, has boon let, and without, doubt this is only G. G. S. Lindsey, K.C, Vice-President and an instalment which will quickly be foi- General Manager of the Crow's Nest Pass lowed by others, until within the course Coal Company, waxed exceeding wroth of a couple of years one of the most fruit-1 when he heard that the city by-law passed fiil and productive valleys in British Col-' at his behest had been pronounced illegal unibia will be settled throughout, and the by the Supreme Coure of British Columbia, produce of the mine, thc forest, and the By. way of venting his spleen, he is pro- field will be rolling out over the Kootenay posing to sidetrack Fernie as far as possi- Central to enrich ihe settlers, the capital-, ble in the development of his company's ists and the transportation company, j works. Carba.nado, the new mining town To the newspaper pioneers who broke the on Morissey creek, where the company ground, and to Mr. Hungerford Pollen,' sold many thousands of dollars worth of who has so assiduously cultivated it, this lots a few years ago, is to be abandoned result will be mainly due. i and the mines closed down at once. The business is to be transferred to .Michel, to the exclusion of Fernie, the recalcitrant. Will you be good now, Fernie, or will you The settlement around the town of. i still dare to stand up for your rights? Armstrong is one of the most prosperous iu tho Okanagan. Whilst not vieing with the South in fruit culture, especially peaches, it is a splendid all-round farming j country. The valley is wide and well watered, und well-cultivated farms meet the eye in every direction. Just how quickly a new settlor can got into a prosperous groove is well illustrated by the case of .Mr. E. ,1. Watson, who arrived in Armstrong only mx months ago. Since then he has secured a twenty-acre tract from ,1. C. Pattern's place south of town, has built a comfortable dwelling, has a good start in dairying and poultry, and now with the arrival of his family, is in ship shape to begin residence in their new location. lie has also ordered some 700 or SOU fruit trees, to be planted on his place this spring, and will soon have mnde his place one of the most attractive in thc district. through Red Mountain', Rossland, for the purpose of tapping the mineral veins at a depth of 2.000 feet, thus facilitating both their exploitation • and transportation. Incidentally it would also furnish natural drainage and add to the efficiency and economy of mining. There can be no doubt of its advantages; the only question is whether the initial cost, is not prohibitive. Nothing is-said as to the length of the tunnel, but probably it, would not be less than 0,000 feet, and if ventilated by machinery dining the period of driving, thereby saving the cost of a parallel heading and crosscut, it would cost, in the neighborhood of S 1,000,000. On scientific grounds it would be magnificent, but it is more than doubtful whether it could be justified on economical linos. (i Armstrong, the Prosperous. Kitimaat ! A Public Danger. The Ladysmith Daily Ledger declares that after all the "pother," Kitimaat is to be the site of the Grand Trunk terminus, and that already three miles have been laid there for the G.T.P. It, takes the pro- caution to state that work is going on "very quietly." That part of the dispatch can be accepted without question, but if it be also true that 1,500,000 ties and 50,000 piles arc to be delivered in the near future some one must hoar the ring of the axe and see the chips fly. Now for the opposition dispatches—Kaien Islan 1, Port Simpson and Naas Hnrbor should be heard from shortly. Cold Feet at the Royal City. Rossland is not the only city that has entertained degenerate Thespians unawares. Mine host Vachon of the Windsor ^^^^^^_^^^^^_^^^^^^^_ Hotel, New Westminster, is vainly de- The Cowichan Leader comments on alploring the loss of sundry blankets, said recent incident, in which an automobile,! to have been purloined by members of An Old Timer. There is not in the West a more typical old-timer, more hearty, "bon viveur," nor a more entertaining raconteur than Judge Murphy, of Granite Crock. Ho can do three things better than any man between the Rockies and the Coast—play whist, tell a story, and interlard his conversation with classical quotations, All this is called to mind by the announcement in The Similkameen Star that "Judge Murphy, of Granite Creek is in town on mining business, and incidentally having a good time with a host of tilli- cums.. In spite of scores of years, the Judge prances around like a filly in fly time, stopping here and there to relate some comical episode in his life as frontiersman, His political leanings have received such a rude shock recently by certain disclosures at the Capital, that he stands strictly in 'de middle ob dc rond.' Happy days, nnd many of them, judge." Indian Braves, and Brave Indians. Not often docs a nobler record of courage and self-sacrifice come down from the barren North than the story of the dozen Indians who a week ago risked their lives at Port Essington to save a lone Japanese fisherman. Such deeds arc heroic, but tho stolid braves who perform them give no thought, to that aspect of the question, although their conduct would put many a white man to t he blush. The Jap had been up river and his boat, a flat-bottomed skill, hnd turned over. The Japanese was being carried out, to sea by tide and wind at a rate of ten miles an hour. The people on shore could see the man swinging his arms about as he tried to keep warmth in his body while standing on the up-turned bottom of the boat. The sea. was heavy, and it was taking a big chance, but a crow of six Indians in a canoe started out on the work of rescue. Further down another band of Indians saw the attempt made by their plucky fellows, but did not. lie- leave the first, party could make the rescue. So a second canoe with six men aboard started out, The first, party, however, reached the Japanese first nnd managed to lift him off the boat. Tho latter was abandoned to its fate. The Indians, after a great deal of trouble, succeeded in reaching shore safe and sound, but it, was a close shave for the first boat. Thc Japanese would undoubtedly soon have perished with humor had he not boon rescued. a horse, a cart aud the scattered remains of a set of harness figured. As usual, the firsi oontributnnt was promptly in the far distance, and nothing wns left to tell the tale but a demolished rig. As a means of protection The Week recommends a 44- Winchester, warranted to puncture a 6- inch tire at tititi yards. Chauffeurs never stop lo enquire what mischief they have done, and they recognize no law but com ic Christian" Company during their re cent visit. Surely he must, be mistaken— t his is not t he work of Christ ians, it, is more like a "Storm in a teapot." Pity the Poor Players. pulsion- and propulsion. The Silvery Slocan. The Verna May Dramatic Compuny 'have had a strenuous time at Rossland. Some hard-hearted Philistine hns caused i the arrest of two members of tho company j on a charge of stealing "a bass horn and a silk union jack." They were placed in durance vile and then deported to Fort Work has been in progress all winter Macleod, from whence the missing arti- on the famous Silver Cup Mine, but it was eles had been taken. This is a cold, cold closed down a short time since temporarily world for rogues in motley, and wearers of on account of the snowslides thai prevail al tho sock nnd buskin who nre forgetful of this season of the vcar. It is reported that the elemental rules of "mourn and tuum." there is half a million dollars'worth of ore Still anyone who stole a "bass horn," in sight in ihe Silver Cup. A tunnel wns [ would be sufficiently punished, in the opin- sturted two years since, ami after it had been driven a considerable distance work wus suspended on it. When Mr. Alexander took charge of the Silver Cup, ihe driving of the tunnel wns resumed, nnd the ore wns struck about 360 or 400 feet below thc old workiii'.s. nnd il is this ore that is now being developed. The Silver Cup ore is said to be the richesl ever found in British Columbia. A Mining Location. A man came into Tho Star palace the of The Week. Minister of Mines' Report. It will be good news for the mining men of the Provinee to learn that thc report of the Minister of Mines will be issued this year many weeks earlier than usual. This is a concession to the popular deninn 1, and one whicli will be highly appreciated, A Long Tunnel. Thoro is tnlk of driving u long tunnel F. P. Dunne's Understudy. Thc brilliant creator of "Hinnissey" has an understudy, who is masquerading in the columns of Tho Phoenix Pioneer. He has Mr. Dunne's style of spelling, and thnt is all. Eccentric spelling is not. necessarily funny—a little native wit is required, and that is conspicuous by its absence from the writings of the understudy. Tiik Week can assure Ihis budding journalist'that there wus a lot more humor in the political situation during the recent session I ban he makes nut. If ho has any doubt of this, lot him ask George Fraser or ,1. 1!. Brown; they can tell him. The former is still laughing at Harry Wri joke, "1 object." lit. Too (food for the Waste Paper Basket. William Blakemore, of Tun Victoria Week, has lifted that paper to n hi h literary plane. The Herald would like to see Mr. Blakemore eschew politics of a partisan order an.I devote his talents lo .riving British Columbia a hi h class literary weekly, with . oneral features of interest. Mr. Blakemore has the ability, the time is ripe for such a publication as ho can .ive the people, bis location nt the Capital is just right, but when bedabbles in partisan politics ho is too rabid to make a success.— The Cranbrook Herald. THE ISLE OF AVALON. Think of a healthy, happy community of 80,000 people, where crime and vice aro unknown, where the jail stands with open doors, and the small force of plain; clothes police hns nothing to do. Is not this nn idenl plnce for a summer outing by the sea ? Such is Avalon, Cal., one of the most remarkable cities in the world in many ways. Avalon is a Pacific Ocean resort, on the Island of Santa Catalina, renowned the world over for its tuna fishing. It is about fifty miles from Los Angeles. Avalon is principally a city of tents. It wns designed to furnish moans of enjoying life and summer outings by hundreds of families'that could not afford the expense of hotel life or to rent furnished cottages. Now, instead of hundreds, thousnnds of families tnke advantage of its opportunties. The Pacific Coast is especially adapted to camping out, Early recognition of this fact led to the establishment of Avnlon. Large numbers of people living in the interior of California or along the mountain slopes desired to vary the monotony by spending a few weeks or several months of the summer beside the sea. Unable to build or rent cotttages t hey began to camp in tents along tho shore. This custom increased from year to year. Finally, enterprising business men saw a future .in providing tents for this class of vacation sojourners, and so Avalon sprang into being. King.Arthur longed for an earthly paradise. Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow, Nor ever wind blows loudly ; but it lies Deep-meadowcd, happy, fair with orchard lawns, And bowery hollows crowned with summer sen, Where 1 will heal mo of my grievous wound. Such a place, the projectors of Avalon thought,, could be found upon Santa Catalina Island, where the grievous mental and physical wounds received in the daily battle for bread could be speedily and happily healed. Engineers were employed by the company, an immense tent-site along the shore was levelled, and a complete system of water works and sewerage installed. Trees wore planted, a hotel nnd restaurant built, parks, fountains nnd playgrounds constructed, and a post ollice, health department, thentre and jail provided.. There has been no use for the jail however, nor for the services of t he solit ary Justice of the Pence and the few policemen. Avalon's winter population is about 1,200, but when the warming sunshine of spring comes, the census jumps up by leaps nnd bounds. Like thc rush to a newly-discovered gold field is the summer immigration to Avalon. The warm season is not long under way before the city of tents by the sea has a population of 80,000. While the hotel and the various cottages are usually crowded, most of the vacationists prefer to occupy tents. Those can be rented at nominal sums. Food of every kind may bo purchased, cooked or uncooked, at the central store, or commissary. Many families board at the hotel. No tenter need maintain a culinary department if ho prefers to avoid that trouble. In this way, nearly all housekeeping lroubles may be avoided, and almost the entire time of the sojourner given over to relaxation and rest. Daily band concerts nnd other amusements ure provided. Most remarkable in a community of such .size is the total lack of lawlessness. Tents nre left open and unguarded day and night, but nothing is ever stolen. The jail is there to menace those prone to evil-doing, but as it's doors stand open all the tune, the best evidence of n law-abidingspiri! is provided. Tenting at Avnlon Island is snid to be a deli.lit, because of the plumbing and sanitary arrangements provided in each canvas home. Every tent 1ms its private bath, lavatory and toilet, and nil details of family housekeeping may be made us private as at homo. This successful creation of a big tented city suggests a wide range of similar possibilities along the Atlantic const. The owning compuny ut Avnlon derives its profits from steamer fares, tents, which arc. small; its hotel, restaurant and sales of goods j from its provision store, or commissary. The result is that thousnnds of familiei arc enabled to spend a season at tho sen side ut small expense. ONE NIGHT ONLY WEDNESDAY, APRIL llth Under the Direction of W. McGowan Second Successful Reason of STEPHEN'S & LINTON'S Musical Farce Comedy Tlie Latest Musical Tomfoolery *>■ My Wife's Family' Headed by the Well-known Comedians APPLETON & PERRY and 15-0THERS-15 New Musical Numbers New Songs New Dances New Jokes Pretty Girls Kunny Comedians Magnificent Costumes. High Class Vaudeville Specialties Prices—75c, 50c, 25c Box office opens 10 a.m., Monday, April 9th. Mail orders accompanied by cheque wilt receive their usual attention. . COMING Gerardy The World's Greatest 'Cellist. Week of April 9, 1906. Grand JOHNSON STREET. Management of ROBT. JAMIESON. PKieESi Evenings—Lower Floor, 25; Balcony, 15c, Matinees—15c Any Part of the House. Doors open 2.30 aud 7; Performances 3 and 7-30. The Four Juggling Martons Wonderful Club Manipulators Wm. H. Wlndom "The Colored Nurse Girl" The Three Musical Shirleys Refined Musical Act Mildred Manning Soubrette aud Serio Cointc Frank Smith Illustrated Song NEW MOVING PICTURES. " The Hoodoo Automobile" VICTORIA "The Goth and the Shameless Hun." \V. T. li. Preston hns been lecturing in Hungary on "Canada, the Brend Basket of the World," and is trying to coax over a cargo of Huns. The Galicians and Douks wore bad enough, but this is Preston's latest wrinkle for making Canada a land flowing with skim milk und Hun(ny). The Latest Coal Baron. The first shipment of conl from thc Hill- crest Mine was made during the week. About half a dozen ears have been shipped thus far. The coal is hauled by mule about three-quarters of a mile to nn incline, down which it is lowered lo the tipple by counter-balance tram, and there goes into the railroad cars. A minor accident occurred during the lirst operations of tho tram, which caused a small amount of damage and some delay, one of the cars running away down the tram and smashing things up somowhat. Manager C. P. Hill left for the blast Tuesday evening.—Blair- moro Times. Scribblers and Pharisees. Statistics say that the average family in this country consists of four persons, a dog und a sli.ht fraction. The fraction is supposed to be the husband. Apparently all the ministerial cranks have not congregated in Victoria. According to Tho London (Ont.) Advertiser: "A peripatetic preacher delivered a tirade in the city yesterday against newspaper men. Sonic newspaper men are known to be kind fathers and husbands, and they pay their rent nnd grocery bills. They even take up the church collection, nnd occasionally get elected to parliament. Sometimes, however, they use the blue pencil on peripatetic preachers." The Midway Plaisance, Thc following from The Midway Star is ton food to overlook : "No one exactly painted the town red on receipt of the announcement of the favorable verdict for the Midway & Vernon, but several/ in order to square their bets,' sot '0111 up for the house in one or two places," THE WEEK, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1906. i At The Street } Corner j? By THE LOUNQER « ^ ... ,.-._•■,,--• Royalty brought with it to Victoria a glorious spell of fine weather—regular Queen's weather, as the old saying went— and now that the Prmce has disappeared it is gratifying to see that the sun has determined to make up-for his loss. But though the heavens are radiant above, and the ground is dry beneath, it is undoubtedly a fact that at'the present moment business is very slack iii the eity; in the vernacular; "there is nothing doing:" And this is the more strange, when consideration is taken of thc large number of new houses which are being creeled in the neighborhood. Up near the.Park there are several new houses in progress, as in almost all of tho out-of-town districts. But there is no consequent rush of business. We are perpetually being told of the number of visitors from other parts of thc Dominion who have fallen in love with 1 tho Capital, and intend making their homes here, but there are remarkably few business houses who care to tackle the proposition. Compare this state of things with the conditions prevailing in Vancouver, and the contrast, is well-nigh paralysing. Take up a Vancouver paper and read (he real estate advertisements. Notice that they are large-sized ads., not little two-inch affairs which hardly catch the eye. Then pick up a Victoria paper; after which read, mark and inwardly digest. Victoria is. more and more rapidly developing into a pretty residential town, which is admirably suited for the graceful retirement of a wealthy man, who dislikes t he idea of settling dowu in a busy city. There is a comfortable living to be made out of such conditions by a few—a very few—tradesmen, and the rest must starve in as picturesque a manner as possible. Victoria is an excellent place to come and die in, and the curious thing is that the only understocked trade is that of burying the dead. We have two undertakers. The fame of the Vancouver Booster Club must have preceded its conception. Last week twenty-three Australian miners landed there and announced their intention of obtaining work there, as they had heard of the many advantages offered and had' come to the conclusion that no other ■place they had read about quite came up to the Terminal City in these respects. the other day, they are being mentally harassed as to their uniforms. On Sunday last the Indianapolis made her first appearance in the harbor, where she brought up at the C.P.R. wharf. She is a small, natty-looking boat, and has a great reputation for speed. Sunday was a good day for her lo make her initial trip from Ihe American port, as the many loungers on Dallas Road were able to comment favorably on her. So it would appear that Victoria is not the ouly place in British Columbia which is victimised by the wandering stranger. Rossland, together with ' almost every other town in the Province, has been "bled" by the so-called Rev. J. A. Day, who, in the course of his perigrinations on behalf of the children of Macedonia, managed to pocket some twenty thousand odd dollars. According to the worthy gentleman's representations, many unfortunate children had been most brutally ill- treated by The Unspeakable Turk, and a society had been formed for thc purpose of adopting these little ones into various good and Christian homes, where they would have the benefit of sound moral influence and training. Rosslahcl itself contributed to the fund l<> the extent of about $">l)(), which was considerably more than was received from other places. Heaven help the next parson, or his understudy, who tries the same game on I here for some little t inie. It is another example of the old adage that the cowl doesn't make the monk any more I ban the monk ■makes the cowl. * Last Saturday night there was quite a little excitement amongst late home-goers pn Government street, Vietoria. Just at the opening of Trounce avenue could bo seen on the sidewalk great pools and clots of what looked like blood. Obviously a crime had been committed—was it murder or suicide? Little groups of two or three, and single individuals, stopped on passing; gazed down with horror, then (raced the clue back to where it failed, just about three yards away. No further traces were to be discovered. Tlie wretch must..have not only done his victim to a .bloody death, but in some mysterious manner have made away with his body. With one accord each and every one went up to the tobacconist, who lives at thc corner, and in awe-struck tones asked what had happened. The disappointment was great when it was discovered that all the trouble merely resulted from the rain having caused the red to run from the scarlet drapery hung up in honor of H.R.H. I was glad to see in the correspondence column of The Colonist a plea for the wild flowers on Beacon Hill. In every portion of the globe there arc to bo found inconsiderate folk who think that flowers and herbs in public parks are created for their sole use, and who without a care for the feelings of others will pick them either for the amusement of the moment, or, worse still, will dis; them up root and all to transplant them to their own gardens. To such as wish to cultivate plots hi their private homes I would say, "Go to the seed stores, whose name is Legion; if this course is too expensive, go right out, in the country, where there are wild flowers whose loss will not be felt." The parks are for public enjoyment, and men are paid to keep them ia good order for the general good. One or two convictions for this, offence would doubtless have a very beneficial effect on the behavior of others. SONG. Gather'roses, red and white', Lay them softly at her feet, ' She will say : "How very sweet t "I will wear them, dear, tonight." Gather roses, white and red, Strew them all along the way To her bridal—she Will say : "What a lovely path I tread I " Gather roses, red aud white, Scatter them about her here, Reverently, without a tear, For she sleeps in peace tonight. Gather roses, white and red, Shower (lie brightest und the best On her quiet pluce of rest, Where she lies—among the tlead. THE ENlQAlA. There's not a bird that cleaves the sky With crest and plume more guy than 1 ; - Vet guess me by this token— Thut 1 um never seen to fly Unless my wings nre broken I Is solved by Ax AliMV. is hereby given that tit) days after nd to apply to the lion. Chief Com- So the disease has readied Victoria, and we are going to have an 100,000-Club. Soon the greater portion of the globe will have been induced to send its population to British Columbia, as every town and city of any importance litis organized sonic such scheme. Well, it seems a good one, and Tho Lounger is graciously pleased to add his support to that of the other distinguished personages who have consented to forward the project "for all they arc worth." NOTICE . date 1 intent , ,.. missioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the south half of section tl, tup southwest quarter section 10, and the northwest quarter of section 3, all in Township 7. Coast Range 5. Bulkley Valley, containing 040 acres, re or less, W, R. JACKSON. Dated Sth February, 1000. NOTICE is hereby given that 00 days after dote;we intend to upply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lnnds uud Works for permission to purchase the following desoribed lands: The northwest quarter of section 14, Township ti, Coast Range 5, Bulkley Vnlley, containing 100 acres, more or less. H. F. BISHOP. A. FERGUSON. Dated February 1st, 1000. NOTICE is hereby given that 00 days nfter date I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands nnd Works for permission to purchase the following described lands, situated about two miles north of Lake Lakelse, und about live miles south of Little Canyon, Skeena River: Commencing at a post marked "Walter Williseroft's, N.E. Cor."; thence running south 80 chains, thence west 40 chains, thence north SO chains, thenoe oust 40 chains to point of commencement, containing 320 acres more or less. WALTER WILI.ISCROFT, Goo. Little, Agent. December Sth, 1905. NOTICE is hereby given that 00 flays after date, I intend to apply to (he Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following described land, situated on the eust side of Copper and south side of Skeena River: Commencing at a post marked Alex. McKenzie. initial post, northeast corner"; thence 40 chains south, thence 40 chuins. more or less, west, to Copper River, thence 40 chains north along Copper River tu the Skeenn River, thence 40 chains eust along Skeena River to point of commencement, containing 100 acres, more or less. ALEX. McKENZIE. Dated December 10th, J905. NOTICE is hereby given that 60 days after date I intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following described land, situate on the south side (if the Skeena River, nbout two and one-half miles above the Little Canyon: Beginning nt a post mnrked "\V. F. Teetzel, initial pnst, northwest corner"; thence SO chains east nlong Indian Reserve line, thence 40 chains south, thence 40 chains west, thence 40 ohains north to the point of commencement, containing 100 acres, more or less. W.F TEEZEL, December 8th. 1005. It is satisfactory to note that another firm has launched out into business on a larger scale. Messrs. L. Eaton & Co. have now settled down in their new quarters, those lately occupied by Ihe Melrose Paint Co., in Fort Street. Here they are in a much better position to handle furniture and cattle, as they have large storage rooms,, as well as a cattle-yard adjoining tho premises, where they will hold their live stock sales in flit ure. All good luck at - tend thorn. NOTICE is hereby given that 00 days after dale I intend to npply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works fur permission tn purchase thc following described land, situated nn Observatory Inlet: Commencing nt a post planted nt tlie Northeast corner of Lot 30S, Group 1, mnrked "W, 11. F.'s S. W. Cor."; thence north 20 chains, thence east 20 chains, thence south 20 chains, thence west to shore line, and along shore line to point of commencement,' containing 40 ucres, metre or less. Staked 3rd March, 1000. W. 1!. FLEWIN. mills,' dams, warehouses, piers, wharves, stores' dwellings.and all other kinds of erections or buildings, aud to lay out and develop town sites, and to sell, lease, dispose of, or otherwise deal with, any suoh rights or properties: (3.). To carry on, inthe Province of British Columbia Or elsewhere in other parts' of the world, the business of a Power Company, within the meaning of Part 4 of the "Water Clauses Consolidation Act, 1897," of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, to tho same extent as if the Company had been duly incorporated under the provisions ol" Part 4 of the said "Water Clauses Consolidation Act, 1S07," aud to-acquire any. necessary licences therefor, to pay all such fees and charges, and execute and du all such documents and things as may be required to obtain the benefits and advantages conferred ou a power company by the aforesaid Acts: (4.) To acquire water and water power by records of unrecorded water power, or by the. purchase of water records or water privileges for, anil the application of such water anil water power to all or any purposes, and in any manner or method: (5.) To render water and water power available for use, application and distribution, by erecting dams, increasing the head of water in any existing body uf water or extending the area thereof, diverting the waters of any stream, pond or-lake into any other channel or channels, laying or erecting any line of flume, pipe or wire, constructing any raceway, reservoir, aqueduct, weir, wheel; building or other erection or work which may be required in connection with improvement or use of wnter anil water power, or by altering, renewing, extending, Improving, repairing or maintaining any such works or uny part thereof: , (0.) To use water or water power for hydraulic mining purposes, and for milling, manufacturing, industrial and mechanical purposes: (7.) To use water and water power for providing uuy form of power, or for producing or generating electricity for purposes of light, heat or power: (S.) To construct, operate and maintain electric works, power houses, generating plant and any other appliances or conveniences useful, necessary or proper for generating electricity or electric power, or any other form of developed power, und for transmitting the same to be used by the Company or by any other persons or companies contracting witli the Company therefor as a motive power for the operating of motors, machinery or electric works, or to be supplied to consumers for heating, or as a motive for propelling tramways, or for driving, hauling, lifting, pumping, lighting, crushing, smelting, drilling, milling, or for any other operations to which it may be adopted, or to lie used or supplied for or in connection witb any other purposes for which power niay be applied or acquired: (9.) To place, sink, lay, lit, maintain and repair electric lines, accumulators, storage batteries, cables, mains, wires, pipes, switches, connections, brunches, electric motors, dynamoes, engines, machines, or other apparatus or devices, cuts, drains, water-courses, pipes, poles, buildings, and other erections and works; and to erect and place any electric line, cable, main, wire or other electric apparatus above or below ground: (10.) To construct, equip, operate and maintain electric, cable or other tramways, or start railways for thc conveyance of passengers and freight: r (11.) To construct, equip, operate and maintain telegraph nnd telephone systems nnd lines: - (12.) To curry ou the business of electricians, mechanical engineers, manufacturers and workers and dealers iu electricity, motive power ami light, and any business in which the application of electricity or any like power, or any power that cun be used as a substitute therefor, is or may be useful, convenient or ornamental, or any other business of like nature, and to produce anil accumulate electricity and electric motive power, or other similar agency, nnd to supply the same for tlie production, transmission or use of any lighting, healing, motive or other power as may be thought advisable, and In light streets, public places, public or private buildings, foundries, mines. shi]is, light-houses, railways, tramways, and ol her places or tilings, by means of elect riciiv, or lo enable the same so to in- lighted, and generally to carry on the busiuess of suppliers of light heat and power, and carriers of passengers and goods: (13.) Tn supply compressed air, electricity or eleclric power, or any other form of developed power, to consumers fur any purpose to or for which developed power mny be applied or required: (14.) To acquire, hold, enjoy nnd exercise, subject to ihe provisisons of the "Water-Clauses Consolidation Act, 1S97," all tlie rights, powers, privileges and priorities by Part 4 or otherwise by snid Act conferred upon Power Companies, so Far us the Company may deem Ihe same necessary for ils purposes or uny of them: (15.) To enter into nny arrangements with fhe Government (Dominion or Provincial) or any authority, municipal, local ur otherwise, that mny seem conducive lo die Company's objects ur any uf them, and lu obtain from uny such government orauthority any rights, privileges nr concessions niiil to acquire from uny concessionaire any subsidies, charters, rights, privileges or concessions which the Conipuny mny think ii desirable tn obtain, and to carry nut, exercise, comply with, and, if deemed advisable, dispose uf any such arrangements, charters, rights, privileges, and conces- carried on so as to directly or indirectly benefit this Company, or possessen of'property suitable or.the purposes of this Company: ■ ■ (22.) To borrow, raise or secure money (with or without powers of sale or other special conditions) by a charge on or deposit of any part of the Company's property of any kind soever; to draw. make, accept, endorse,, issue,, execute and discount promissory notes, bills of exchange, bills of lading, warrants and :<jther negotiable instruments; and to- borrow and raise money on or by bonds or debentures (charged upon all or any part of the Company's property, both present and future, including its .uncalled capital), or acceptances, endorsements or promissory notes of the Company, and other negotiable instruments: (23.) To lend, invest the moneys of the Company not immediately required; and to make advances upon such securities, stocks and shares and other property of all kinds, and in such man- . nor as may from time to time be determined, but in no case by a purchase of the shares of tho Company: (24.) To lend money to any company or persons having dealings with this Company, or carrying on any business capable of being conducted so as to directly or indirectly to benefit this Company, and to guarantee tho performance of any contracts by any such person or company: (25.) To establish or aid in the establishment, and in the support of any associations for the bene- benelit of persons employed by the Company; to obtain nny Act of Parliament for enabling the Company to carry any of its objects into effect, or for effecting any modification of the Company's constitution, or for any other purpose calculated directly or indirectly tu affect the Company's interest: (20.) To register the Company abroad, and to take such other steps as muy be necessary to give the Compuny, so far ar it may be, the same rights and privileges abroad as ure possessed by foreign companies or partnerships of n like character: (27.) To form, constitute or register abroad any compuny or societe unonymc, in which the liability of the members shall be limited to the amount uf their stocks or shares, and to transfer to or vest in, or to cause to be transferred to or vested in, such companies or company, in truBt for or on behalf of the Company, the Company's rights and privileges, and other prroperty and elfects, or any part thereof, and to take all steps requisite lo render such transfer or vesting vahd and effectual: (28.) To amalgamate with any person or persons, or any company established for objects altogether or iu pnrt similar to the objects of the Company, or otherwise, and for such consideration, either in shares of debentures of another company, or cash, as the Company may think fit; to take or otherwise acquire ami hold share sin in any other company having objects altogether or iu,part similar to those of this Company, or carrying on any business capable of being con- ducloikso us tu directly or indirectly benefit this Company: (20.) To distribute the proceeds of tho sale of the property of thc Company, or any part thereof, among Ihe members, whether tlie same be paid for wholly or partly iu shares, debentures or other securities, or in cash, provided that no distribution, amounting to a reduction uf capital, be made without the sanction of the Court, if necessary; to distribute any of the property of the Company among the members in specie: (30.) To remunerate uny person or company for services rendered, or to be rendered, in placing or assisting to place, or guaranteeing the placing, of any of the shares of the Company's capital, or any debentures ur other securities of the Company, or in or about the formation or promotion of the Company, or the conduct of its business: (31.) To do all or any of the above tilings, cither as principal or agent, nnd either in the United Kingdom or ubroud: (32.) To do ull such things as are incidental or conducive to (he attainment uf the nbove objeots or any of them. ' mh22 NOTICE is hereby given that 00 days after date the Canadian Industrial Co., Ltd., intends to apply to Ihe Chief Commissioner uf Lands and Works for a lease of the following described foreshore lauds: , Commencing al :i post at the northwest corner of Lot 450, New Westminster District, thence southeasterly along high water mark to thesouth- wesl oorner posl of said lot, and extending westwards to deep water, at right angles to a line drawn between said posts. CANADIAN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. .March 28th, 1900. NOTICE is hereby giveu thut 00 days after t date I intend to upply to (lie C. C. of L. and W. j for permission to purchase the following described ! lands, situated on the right bank of tho Skeena i Itiver, nbout half a mile below the l.iltle Cunyou i and bounding Geo, Little's Pre- ption Claim, ! on the west side, viz.: Commencing at a pnst 1 F. 11. L.'s S. I-:, dr., and thenoe running 10 chains, thenee west 40 chains, (hence 40 chains, nnd thence eust 40 chains to lommenoement, nud containing 100 marki north south point acre Some months ago I alluded lo the abuse of flic si reel pavements in Victoria in general and on Douglas street in particular by store-keepers'placing their empty pack- in" cases, and in some instances, then- goods, on the sidewalks. This is not nearly so common at present, but a New Westminster man was lately fined for precisely the same offence in thc Royrtl City. His crime consisted in keeping liis rake and mower ou Ihe sidewalk fur over a month. When prosecuted, lie denied that he was guilty, and asserted that he was being persecuted by the police. Some people have strange ideas about what they may do and what they may nol. 1 feel sorry for thc Vancouver police; when they are idle they gel into hoi water, and when they are diligent their victim complains of persecution; hi addition to whicli, as I remarked Till; TWO AOES, Dwellers in huls and marble halls— From Shepherdess up to Queen- - Cured litile fur bonnets, and less for shawl-. And nothing for crinolino. Bui now simplicity's not ihe rage. And it's funny lu lliink how cold Tlie dress I hey wore in the Golden Age Would seem in Ihe Age of Gold. —Henry S. Leigh. NOTICE is hereby given Ihat 00 days after date 1 intend In apply to tlie Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission to purchase the following described land, situate near Maple Bay, ou Portland Canal: Commencing nt a post marked "N. 11. M.'s, N. \V. Cor."; (hence east 20 chnins, (hence south 20 chains lo tlle north line of Lol 490, thence west 20 cluiins, more or less, lo shore line nf the small bay rlh of Maple Point, thence northerly along shore line lu point of j commencomont, containing -10 acres, more or less. NORTON II. MORRISON. Staked March 7th, 1000. sums: (10.1 To manufacturi lie- Compan lied on in i of gn'ed, January 12th, 1900, NOTICE FRED. R. LITTLE. Locator. GEO. LITTLE, Agent. uess ii'ie'V ll,, nil],: ulei ilatei line - '- |il on any oth otherwise, able „f bed liun wilh I :. directly ■ if, or rem!: -r business, w which may seel ig convenient (In ! Com ,r indull- profil (17.) lo ucquire, construct, mainl railways, tramways, ducks, harbo wharves, canals, reservoirs, euilian irrigations, reclamation, improvenn drainage, sanitary, water, gns, elect r phonic, telegraphic; end electrical plies, works, warehouses, markets, t works which may Im conducive In tilth,- Compnny: (IS.) To acquire I any's busi-1 cily, lu cli- ain, alio use Kf, powers, j nis, sewage, | ;c light, tele-1 power sup-1 nd all oilier j ■ interests of! s hereby given that 00 days after dale 1 intend lo npply to the Chief Commissioner nf Lands and Works for permission to purchase li-10 aores of land on the Skeena River, Coast Dis- trict, B. C, commencing ut a post on (he northwest corner of W, L. Polsun's land, thence north SO chains, thence west 80 chnins, thence south 80 chuins, thenee east SO chains lo point of com- inenceluenl, containing 010 ucres more or less for ugricullurul purposes. M. DURHAM. Per Chas. Durham, Agent. nynn, Skeena River, B. C, December sin Hied 1905. LICENCE TO AN EXTRA-PROVINCIAL COMPANY, "Companies Act' lsur." Canada, Province uf British i lolumbia. No. 338. patents, pile ! properties i r nud obtain pnti United Kingdo rights and patents, ni ■/in Iii anv i procci conne •i c THE MAN FOR HER. "Man's made," she mused, "of dust, they say; The man 1 want is he Willi sand nigh to find a way To make the dust for inc." — Philadelphia Press. Type-Written Newspaper. Thc first paper published in the neighborhood of the Vietoria falls is the "Livingstone Pioneer." its offices are in the rising township, situate six miles north of the falls, founded in memory of fhe great missionary explorer. The initial number is a single typewritten sheet bearing the imprint, "W. Trayner, Empire street, Livingstone, Northwestern Rhodesia." THIS is In certify thai "The Canadian Indus-1 Iriul Company, Limited," is authorised nnd ii- ■ censed to carry on business within the Province of British Columbia, nn I to mny i i orcfTecl nil ur any nf tho obj 'in- ',1 nel ompnn.i to which 'ne '. legislative authority nf the Legislaluro ul British ', Columbia extends, The head nffli f the Company is situate ul London, England. Tin- amount nf tho capital uf the Company is! £50,1100. divided into 60,000 shares al .'.I each. The head ollice of lh.- Company in ihis Province is situate al II, Bastion Strei I. Victoria, und is the same, is tlie attorney for ihe Company. Given under my lnnd and .-, al uf ullice al Victoria, Province of British Columbia, ilu- 17th day uf March, one thousand nine hundred and si\. ' (i..s.) S. V. WOOTTON, Registrar of Joinl Stock Companies,' Tlie objects Im- which llic Companv ha- been established nnd lioensed are:— (1.1 To adopt and carry into effect, will, or without modification, two agreements which have , already been prepared, nnd are respectively ii-uin-1 bei -d 1 and 2, and arc b th i xpressed I., bo made between Robert Alfred Workman of the one part, and the Cumpany of tl titer part, copies whereof have, I'm' the purpose ■•!' identification, I ,, respectively endorsed "ill. i li signature of Charles Maynard Owon, d loUeitnr of tin B met lurt; (2.) 'In earn un. in thc Dumini n ol t mi In or hllll I 19.1 'llli'l'wi paid npany, and loapplv lor tenl rights either in the id, and t„ sell or grain ■ such i ii (.-oi s, patent s, and to manufacture •c ,-f, any ,,f th,. uiii- ured under nny nf the ie i . lime bel ins in the . I,u-i Df, either power to a ill v ul li. nymes, fo it wniklli NOTICE is hereby given that 00 days after dale 1 intend to apply to Ihe Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works for permission tn purchase Ihe following desoribed land for agricultural purposes: Beginning ul ihe S.W. corner of Ocorgo Little's Pre-emption Clnim on ihe right bnnk of thc Skeen River, Const District, B.C., nbout 40 chains below the Little Canyon, ihe line runs thence weal Ml chains, thence south SO chains, lln-nee eii-i Oil chains, more or less, lo thc rivor, (hence northerly along ihe bunk of ihe river about 80 chain- io (he point uf beginning, cou- WM. I., m River, Dm-, s, 1005 l'OI.SON, cone, Agent. NOTICE is I , dnli- I intend I missioner uf Ln i puroharo ihe full, in Skeenu District Oil the north bum lll.'lll llivel 80 el SO el of th and i Hi rchy given thnt 00 days after apply lu ihe Hon. Chief Corn- Is and Works fur permission to iwing described lnnds, shunted C mcnciiig al a post planted f tin- new Kiizequhi ln- iiii (lie right 1 rked "A.II., S. , thenee 40 ol I hence follow, river to point mk 20 I more Iln/clion, December Sth, 1905 of ihe Skeena corner"; thence s north, thence Ihe right, bank commencement; - less. A. BURDICK. ■ pun. i- s which NOTICE is hereby given Ihat 00 days after dale 1 intend to apply to the Hon. Chief Com- missi r of Lunds und Works fur permission to purchase the following described land, situated iu liu Skeenu District: Commencing nt a post planted on the east boundary of the old Kitzo- quln Indian Reserve, on the h-fi hank of Iho Skeenn river, and marked "S.J.F., N.W. corner"; thence south so chains, along the Indian Reserve line, Ihe cast SO cluiins, Ihcnci rlh SO chuins, thence west SO chains to place of cum- u it nceiiuiit, und containing (540 acres more or less. S. .1. FLETCHER. llnzcltnn, December Sth, 1006, • ■• icctionof thopcr- NOTICE i- herebv given Hint 00 duvs after . the (' impany any ,].„,, ) intend lo npply lo the Hon. Chief Com- aiiy fundpr funds, or. mjMioner ol Lands and Works fur permission lu '' '" participate in tin- purchase 320 acres nf land mi the SI nn River, ■ in the profits of any Coast District, B. C, commencing nl a post i its business, or any on i|„. southeast cornel of M. Durham's kind, ' ■ ' ": - - '"' beni 'Us: thenoe running cost -in chains, ihe mrth SO ' icrwise acquire and chnins, thence west 40 chuins. thence Bouth 80 iy part of tho business, chains tu point of commencement, itnining idortaking "i any p.;- 320 acres, more oi i,-s-, fur agricultural purposes. '"■ .'''"■' ' " or en-: 'r, s. BAXTER, '' "' 11 ' Company Little Canj Skeenn Rivor, B. C, Deo. 8th; THE WEEK, SATURDAY, APRIL 7. 1906. t A Lady's Letter.* $ ty'BABETTE. * .♦. .mot™ >; * Dear Madge,— This is the" third time I have changed the position of my writing table, and about the three hundred and thirty-third time that I have turned my head from the window and longed for enough strength of will to keep my eyes fixed on the paper until I finished our weekly gossip. Pray do not think for a moment that I have not plenty to tell you; did you ever know me when I had not "heaps and heaps to say"? But, "cherie," this glorious April day seems to have cast a spell over me, and for the last hour I have "toyed with pen and paper." When I gaze from my window, which of course is opened wide, I see far away above the dark pines the mountain peaks gleaming all white and gold from out their ever-changing purple shadows and towering high above the mists of the sea. And I know of a road, outside my gate, leading down to the sea through those same pines, across a little valley of fresh green shrubs, where the tall, budding hawthornes meet overhead, then, leading on, down to the rocky coast, where the waves drone their monotonous lullaby in the drowsy April sunshine. A soft breeze occasionally steals up from that direction, and I have been sorely tempted to let it play havoc with these sheets and betake myself off to spend the rest of the day out of doors. But the mood has passed, and I suddenly become aware of the hundred and one interesting items . of shopping gossip I have in store for you. As regards dress : Now that the penitential season of Lent is nearly over, and there are many dances, "teas," etc., on the horizon, dressmakers are immersed in oceans of gauze and smothered in billows of diaphanous lace. Before all things, a dancing frock should be light in its character, somewhat ample in cut, and devoid of meaningless fripperies about the feet, as they are bound to get torn o ,to your own and your partner's disgust, he thinking you a bundle of "fine feathers," and you thinking him a lump of clumsiness, both assumptions being equally unjust. The gowns which are being worn this season have a pleasing simplicity of outline, but the serious difficulty of adapting the Empire, and even the corselet, style to the average figure appals me, I admit, before the contemplation of some exquisite frock which Josephine might have adorned, and which might in its turn adorn some woman on whom fortune had betsowed at birth not only a "silver spoon," but the bust of Juno, the waist of Psyche, and the hips of Venus. I must, however, admit a yearning to possess an Empire gown in the palest of mauve, which I noticed the Other day; it was so skilfully managed that it really did suggest a waist, whilst discreetly veiling its concrete form. Nowadays the head of hair which does not betray the skilled "coiffeur" is out of the running, for it is much more difficult to ensure the right degree of artless art characteristic of the Empire head-dress than the decorous coils and precise undulations of seasons past. The combs, which are a necessary accompaniment of the Empire coiffure, as much for use as for ornament, are particularly smart and not ruinously costly. Challoner & Mitchell have a choice selection of these fascinating baubles, which, by the way, make suitable Easter offerings. There is an old superstition about the luck of wearing something new on Easter Sunday, and it used to be a rule that something unworn before graced the morn "when the sun danced for joy." A survival of that primitive custom is still to be found in the decisive leaning towards new fashions obviously animating the sex at this moment. The feeling largely runs to gowns, smart outdoor gowns, suitable for church or calling. And if such is not forthcoming, few women wish to go without something new, whatever their means, at the present date of demi-saison. My affections lean towards a new house gown, which I hope to have made of that glorious ehallis cloth now for sale at Weiler Bros. It is most delightful goods for this purpose, as well as for curtains, and is obtainable in all the dainty, soft colorings so popular at the present time. It is a tempting thing to defer the awful moment of outside painting, but it is seldom wise to do so. Woodwork perishes, window sashes and sills crack and do all sorts of odd things, the puttying around the glass panes dries and comes away, and |'the shabbiness in general is apparent in the bright spring sunshine. Taking one consideration with, another/'therefore,; I 'should say that waiting does nati'always ,;pay. Hence I should advkB.a^jiiteryjew tat once with the Melrose Company in connection with the repairs needed,,for ^hey {certainly are most competent id' this line. i The craze for passepartout quotations, which carries with it a more commendable sentiment than most fads; seems to be limitless. To see on the. waljs of'a pretty bedroom the inspiring words, of a favorite writer has an uplifting tendency that deserves encouragement. These mottoes are brought out unframed, in plain and illuminated text, and almost anyone can passepartout them. They are appropriate Easter gifts for all, as they mean only two things—the thought and the sentiment they carry with them. T. N. Hibben & Co. have all the necessary requirements for passepartout quotations, a fact, by the way, not known to everyone. It was a glorious afternoon, the sun was shining, the blue azure overhung all, the air pulsated with the throb of springtide renaissance and the perfume of flowers floated on the light zephyrs which kissed my cheeks as I stepped from one of the leading stores and betook my way down Government street. Outside busy life abounded everywhere, smartly dressed women chatted in groups near the millinery displays, a few young matrons wheeled their pledges of affection in gaudily decorated prams, girls hurried to the tryst with a sparkle in their eye and a humming refrain on their lips. Several knickerbocker and hosed men of leisure, well groomed and carrying their golf clubs waited at Fort street for the Oak Bay car, and a bevy of young girls with laughter and curls came swinging round the corner to complete the picture "Standing with reluctant feet, Where the sea and river meet." Just at this moment a passing breeze stirred a scrap of paper which had been lying in the gutter, and as it turned over at my feet some blue pencil marks attracted my attention. I picked it up, and found a torn piece of a letter in the cultured handwriting of a gentlewoman. It read ; "Just once I forgot myself and wanted to rest my weary head on a broad, manly breast, for only a wee bit of a petting and sympathy, I felt so lonesome. I was repulsed with the cold question about platonic friendship." The last two lines were underscored with blue pencil. Then the radiant vision of sunlight, and budding life, and joy was blotted out, and I found myself peering into one of the perplexing problems of humanity. Here was a fond, loving heart yearning for sympathy and oh, so lonesome, so hungry, so sad. Surely in this great world of God's goodness there was somewhere another lonely soul sighing for its mate. Yes, she thought she heard the call. Across the turbulent passions of discordant life its faint echo had reached her ear. Could it be true? Was there happiness still in store? Could the long night end? Would day dawn? Then, with some misgiving and many fears, she sent forth the dove from the inviolate sanctuary of her heart, and waited, eager and expectant, for its return. Then the day clouded to twilight, and the eventide passed into darkness, and the dove returned while she brooded disconsolate and heartbroken over a repulse, and night fell. Only a scrap of paper, you say, but it tells the story of a broked heart, and the tragedy of a saddened life. I have placed it with my treasures, and as the stream of youth and gaiety rolls down Government street, I shall often think of the life out of which the light went, and the weary head that found no manly breast on which to repose. "They asked for bread, and he gave them a stone." -"BABETTE." '"• 1 w V1CTO -4$ n A very informal dance was given on Monday at the A.O.U.W. Hall, Yates street, as a farewell to Captain and Mrs. Parry, who left on Tuesday for England. The hall was most effectively decorated a la Japanese. At midnight a most delicious supper, provided by the ladies, was served from daintily decorated tables, which were the work of Miss Bryden and her assistants, Misses Cobbett, Perry and Green. The color scheme used was green and white, the centre piece being pale green chiffon with cherry blossoms Amongst those present were : Mr. and Mrs. Bodwell, Judge and Mrs. Lampman',' Miss Tatlow, Misses Cumbic, Miss Green, Miss Bell, Miss Phair, Miss Hickey, Miss Violet Hickey, Miss Moresby, Miss Mon. teitli, Miss Cobbett, Miss Bryden, Mr. and Mrs. Langley, Miss Johnson, Miss Alice Bell, Miss Newlin?, Miss Violet Powell, Miss Arbucklc, Miss Keefer, Miss Barton, Messrs. Lawson, Willys, Smythe, Martin, B. Bell, Harvey, Ewart, Colley, Drake, Cobbett, Fraser, Scott, Keefer, Cambie, Keefer, Gore, Moresby, Heisterman, and others. SOCIAL § W. A. Jowett, of Nelson, who has been in Victoria, several .weeks on important business, returned i& Nelson' on Thursday en route for London, Eng. * * *■ Mrs. Joule; ^Belleville! street, gave a small bridge party on Monday evening. :~- * *.*:.::.. Mrs. W. S. Gore, of Burdette avenue, entertained a few friends at bridge last Tuesday afternoon. * ♦ * Mr. Leonard H. Leigh, formerly a resident of Victoria West, but now living in Vancouver, paid a business visit to Victoria during the week, in the interests of the enterprising firm of Gowin Bros., whose well-known manufacturies are established in the Terminal City. * * * Mrs. Keith Wilson and her sister, Miss Adelaide King, are down from Salt Spring for a week, as guests of Mrs. King, 70 Rae street. * * * Mrs. E. P. Colley returned on Sunday from a three months' trip to England. * * * Mr. A. T. Goward visited Vancouver this week. * * * Mr. W. Seattle, of the Imperial Bank, left dn Tuesday for the Nelson branch of that institution, where he was previously stationed for some years. The wedding took place in Winnipeg on March 28th of J. J. Shallcross, of Victoria, and Ethel Maud, widow of the late M. Mc- Girr, and daughter of E. Bolton, J.P., Saltcoats, Alberta. Mr. and Mrs. Shallcross are expected to arrive in Victoria shortly, and will make their home here. Mrs. Shallcross was well known in the social circles of Victoria, and her many friends friends will be very glad to welcome her again. * * * Miss M. Edwards, who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Moresby, Cook street, left on Monday for her home in Seattle, and intends to spend some months in Portland. * * * A. J. and Miss O'Reilly left on Monday by the Indianapolis en route to England. They intend to spend a few days in New York, and will sail on the 10th by the Car- Captain and Mrs. Parry, Miss Joan Parry and governess left on Tuesday for England. A great number of intimate friends went down to the wharf to see them off. Flowers were much in evidence, and when Mrs. Parry went on board she had her arms full of the most glorious blooms. Great regret is felt at their leaving, as during their stay here they have made many friends. Miss Florence Wey, of Vancouver, visiting Mrs. Butchart. H. E. A. Robertson, of Vancouver, is visiting his brother, Mr. Harold Robertson, of St. Charles street. * * * Mrs. Lewis Hall has returned from a visit to Vancouver friends. *'* * J, A. Werner and family have returned from a trip to Southern California. Mrs. Condron and daughter came over from Vancouver on Wednesday for three months. While here they will stay with Mrs. J. S. Harvey, SO Boyd street. * * * Mrs. E. E. Blackwood is visiting Mrs. Charles Wilson, of Vancouver. * * * Mrs. Charles Richter, of Osoyoos, is spending several weeks in Victoria, and benefitting greatly by the change. * * * The many friends of Mrs' Clive Phillips- Woolley will be glad to hear she is progressing very favorably after a serious operation in the Jubilee Hospital. * * * The Misses Phair, of Goldstream, are spending a few days in toffn. * * * Major and Mrs. Greesbach, who have been at the Balmoral for some time, have taken a house out near Oak Bay, and will move out there this week. * * * Mr. and Mrs. B. Greer, of Vancouver, are staying at the Oak Bay Hotel. * * * Mr. George Powell, of Vancouver, is spending a few days with his parents, Vancouver street. * * * Mr. and Mrs. James Dunsmuir and party are enjoying a few days' fishing at Comox. * * * Capt. and Mrs. Watts are expected shortly, and will spend a few months here. Capt. Watts was stationed here for two years, and was moved tn Halifax last autumn. * * * Mrs. W. S. Gore was hostess at a very enjoyable bridge party on Wednesday. * * * Mr. Kingsmill, of the Imperial Bank, has returned from Shawnigan Lake, much benefited by the chance. * *'* The many friends of Mrs. Mard will be glad to hear she is slightly better the last two or three days. * •(• * Mrs. Irving entertained at the tea hour on Friday last. - • 1 I i W m It nranfifw AT LUNCHEON OR DINNER f On bright sunny days you want light wines of sound body and exquisite bouquet; wines that are listed in every high-class club and restaurant. That is why experts always recommend the Clarets, Burgundies, Sauternes and Chateau Wines of Q. Preller & Co., the famous Bordeaux wine house, and the Rhine Wines of Dein- hard & Co., of Coblenz. MRS. GARRETT SMITH Teacher of the Pianoforte ••Am Meer," Dallas Road. Pupils taught Theory and Harmony and prepared for the examinations of the Toronto Conservatory of Music. Recommended by Edward Fisher. Mus. Doc, and other leading musicians in Canada. Terms $5.00 a month for two lessons weekly I AT THIS FINE DISPLAY OF EASTER GOODS We have the stock and do the business, and hold it by selling Shoes at values that cannot be surpassed. Ladies' Pat. Colt Ox, large tan eyelets I4.00 Ladies' Pat. Choc. Ox, Goodyear welts 3.25 Ladies' Choc. Ox Shoes, Goodyear welts 3.00 Ladies' Choc. Ox Shoes, perfect fit — 2.00 Men's Pat. Colt, cloth top, Invictus 5.00 Men's Vici Kid, leather lined, Goodyear 3.50 Men's Tan and Choc. Lace Boots $3.00 to 5.00 Men's Dongola Kid Blucher, good soles 2.50 Men's Box Calf Lace Boots 2.00 Boys' Box Calf Lace Boots, 1 to 5 2.00 Boys' Boston Calf Lace Boots, 1 to 5 1.50 Misses' Pat. Colt, very stylish boots, 11 to 2 2.25 Misses Tan and Choc. Slippers and Ox 75c to 1.25 We are still keeping to the front. Customers never dreamt that we were selling shoes at such low prices. We won't be satisfied until we have your trade— because we are making the prices to suit you. JAMES MAYNARD 85 Douglas St. - Oddfellows' Block PHONE 1232
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