@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "8ed11e14-825e-4b38-b59b-c8dcf06d3086"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2015-12-08"@en, "1905-03-03"@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/slodrill/items/1.0221000/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ IW 8 -1905 i] :***-*-*^ t*'irts**s\\**mr**r^r^ t \\ a * YOU ENJOY A GOOD SMOKE i OUR VICTORIA LETTER ,f so. you will find our stock of Tobacc<»«'ov'.j,b,,,,.\""" '" ZZ',rZ°0™ " gars and Pipes the best and most complete Jan 105 in the city A full line of the choicest Confectionery on band ami all varieties of Fruit in season. Prices Right. J. H. PINCHBECK, SLOGAN Ladies' Ready-to-Wear Hats A S there will be no milliner in town this spring, we have ordered some Ladies' and Misses' Ready-to- Wear Hats; also Children's Sailors. Wait for them, We have also placed in stock the smaller sizes in Children's Tan and Red Slippers and Shoes. We have also on order Red and Tan Hose to match. W© are pleased to show you Goods. Drop im any time you are down town. David Arnot, Slocan, Agent for Tetley's Teas. ARLINGTON HOTEL, J. W. Crow, Proprietor. THIS Hotel is one <>f tli'1 best known ainl most popular houses in the country. It is located adjacent to the depot aud the wharf, anil commands a magnificent view uf the beautiful Slocan lake. Good fishing i*i to Iw found close nt hand, while every facility is offered for boating, Tourists will lind the Arlington and ideal resting place, Commercial men have at their command new and commodious sample rooms. The dining room is strictly up to date ami the bar supplied with only the best brands of goods MAIN STREET, SLOCAN, B. C. SLOCAN, B. C. ___ Is reached by any trail »r road that runs into the Town., F)o not ko put "ts door when vou are dry, weary or hungry. A. E. TEETER, Proprietor. ~%~-—e r7*jr__*f^rmm~fm^-^ ___f_tg_____r*__z •M^JsariK.VA"^! I ubbmg utlet rn-*******-**-*-*-************** An arrangement has been made whereby The Drill may be obtained with either the Weekly Mail and Empire or the Weekly Globe, two of Canada's leading papers. Subscribers can thus get all the home news and the events of Eastern Canada at a small cost. New subscribers may obtain The Drill and thc choice of either of the above-mentioned papers for ****«*******■***********+** $2*50 fora Year timwm 1% I m> g_ j ,*^fOT***CTIfe^ DebBtt on tlm Spaaoh From (lie Throne— Fer the pint Time in Hlatory of tho Provlnoe the Art rivets U Adopted Without n Olvlalou, The debate ou the address from the throne began on Monday, The mover, M:-. Ross, Fernie., and the seconder, Mr, Tay)or, Revelstoke, both made masterly speeches, whieh were listen' ed to with interest by both house and galleries. A notable feature in the remarks of both gentlemen was thai tin y did uot merely echo the terms from the speech from the throne, but showed plainly that they had made a d lep and careful Btudy of the moro important legislation to be brought before thr- bouse, and bad formed def; inii.' opinions of their own on thc matter. Speaking of the minin',' industry. Mr. Hoss suited tbere was to be noted a steady improvement*, the returns at the close of the veiir just past amounted ti close to $20,000,000. This return v. a-, he belioved, equal to that of 1901, which had hitherto been regarutsci the banner year of the mining industry in the province. Better prices for mineral* had prevailed during the year, aud zinc, formerly of uo valuo, hnd lie:- mi" a marketable product.and would be a strong factor in future iu the districts where its presence had hitherto been regarded as a drawback; The present government on its ac* ci ssion t" power had found itself faced by a debit balance "I $71,829. Moreover thero were, in addition, contracts which had pledged tho credit of the proviuce i" some$800,00 I. Today. however, in spite ol tbat heavy handicap al iis Rtart, the g iverumeut could point, at the cloio of the lirst fiscal year, to the surplus of revenue over ■ A;- uditureol $27,706.95. Moreover, it was to Ik' :vm-ui!,er-d that there was an item included in theexpeudt* hue t-coiiat of the la-'. lUcai yo ir , which bad always previously beeu ' charged to capital account, namely, the interest on railway ruarantees, amountiug to $51,000. [f, therefore, the present statement li id beeu ren ci -r.-d. as bad be >u d m 1 too often in tho past, for the pi rpose ol showing an apparent, in-., id of a geuuine,sur plus, the amount would have beeu iu the neighborhood ol W0.000. Small though the prosenl surplus might be, it was none the less the lii-t thnt pro ! rincial financiers had been able io ■ \\i"'.\\ lor _'; and third class >'!*Jn, based on the number ■ if teachers employed. A further per capita grant is to bo given of a dollar for every dollar tli" trustees may supplement anv teacher's salary, up to 5100. This would figure out 'to $1040 a year for Slocan. A voters' list of those entitled to vote for trustees shall be made oul each year and added to the ordinary municipal list, Each voter shall have as many votes as there are tru-tees to be elected, but may only give one vote to one candidate. Voting shall be at the same time, place, and in the same manner as municipal elections. Cities of the third class shall have three trustees, who hold ollice for two years, those now sitting holding out ior that time, Any person being a householder, 21 years of age,and a British sub ject is entitled to become a trustee or vote. The trustees shall meet once a month. On or before Feb, I in each year the trustees shall submit a detailed esti mate of ui uiies required during the year to the city council, who arc! to provide the .same. If the council recuse any supplementary sum- required, the trustees have power to submit It bylaw to the ratepayers to raise the amount. The city council shall an nually appoint an auditor t" examine the trustees' books,and the lxiard shall stand the expense. In January of each year the trustees shall publish in a newspaper for three insertions a detailed statement of their finances for the past year. Trustees shnll visit tbe schools at least 'ince a month and shall provide all Bchool books required free to pupils whose parents are too poor to pay tor -ame. The new law is to take effect in January next. The city council met for the first time iu its new quartet's on Monday evening, all the members being in attendance. Communications read: From Win. Davidson, M.L.A.. stating ho had interviewed thi! education department regarding extra school grant to this city and that the authorities bad it under consideration. Filed. From the snme gentleman, asking for city's reasons for desiring to amend the land registry act. Referred to the city solicitor to answer. Mr. Davidson also wrote,.enclosing cony of the new school bill. Mayor Arnot' had studied the new school act, but there was nothing in it providing for outside pupils attending city schools. It would be cheaper f01' the government to support the school here than to erect and maintain a new school for the outside children. Ho would like to see Mr. Davidson draw the attention of the government to that fact. Aid. McNeish stated , the trustees had been hammering at the government for months on the subject. Aid. Teeter favored the govern ment granting an extra per capita for the outside pupils attending the city school.rather than trustees to be given power to levy rates on outside property. Mayor A mot stated that if the government gave no extra grant, the trustees would turn the outside pupils out of the focal school. It would then force the government to build a new school for the outside pupils. Aid. Teeier moved that Ihe clerk correspond more fully on the subject with Mr. Davidson. Seconded by Aid, Aitchison ami carried. The clerk reported that he had n - <■< i'.ed copies of the B. C. statutes for the past two years. The finance committee reported in favor of bills amounting to $35.35, Ordered paid. Bylaw No. 24 was brought up and a clerical error therein corrected. The letter from Mayor Barnard, of Victoria, laid over from hist nieeting. was taken up. Aid.Teeter moved that the government be asked to amend the municipal clauses act giving cities power to levy rates sullicient to cover school expenses; and that Win. Davidson, the local member, be asked to support the amendment. Seconded by Aid. McNeish and carried. The Stewart resolution, laid over from previous meetings, was brought up and put to a vote, being declared lost. Aid. McNeish and Aitchison voted aye and Aid. Teeter, Madden, and Mayor Arnot nay. Council adjourned to next Monday night and after that will meet the first and third Mondays in the month. To lir tilt' Mali, Lino. .1. S. Carter, of Nelson, D.O.I'.A. of the C.P.R., was here on Friday, and slated the Slocau lake roOte was to be maintained a-* the main line between Nelson and the coast. It is popular with the traveling public, as it is 12 hours shorter than the Robsou service. The company is running a sleeper in here, the lirM arriving Sunday, passengers being able to secure their berths at Nelson the nights before Owing to Sandon passengers having a long lay-over at Rosebery, Mr. Carter has arranged a stage service from Denver Siding.so thai passengers may stav iit New Denver instead. Dentil ofiloteph It 111 ward. Joseph Millward, a former resident of New Denver, died in Nelson, Saturday morning, of tumoron the brain. Deceased was .in expert sign writer and painter, and a musician of considerable merit. At one time he owned U large store in Clllgarv, bill when the dull times came moved to Vancouver, ami from there to New Denver. Joe possessed numberless friends, whose heartfelt sympathy will go out to the widow antl twosttrvlving children. Hamulii'ig snowslide al tho Neepawa. on Ten Mile, came down: but, unlike other vi iu*s, it did mnch damage, fl ■■■' ed out by water, doing so feet farther down the hill, he has started a drift t" get under the win/e and is in in foet, i hi the Black Cloud adjoin ing, Frauk has 2J feet of milling ore exposed in the lower tunnel. a rllngtoti tf a*»tta*.r*« Nothing new has turned up during the week relative tothe Arlington. R, .1. McPhee, manager of the Ottawa, spent a couple of days at the Arlington last week with W. Hudson, inspecting the workings, Despite the long shutdown these are iu fair shape, ih ■ timbers needing renovating in -ome places ind h '■• v < i.-or •>•■'-• OUR ORE SHIPMENTS SUBSTANTIAL SHOWING MADE BV Tills 1MVISIO"*-. L»Kt Yea*,-'* Kliipmentii Wero »375 Toim- A Healthy Kvlrienee of tlio Lifo nnd Wi'alth or tin, Ciimp —Ulnck I'linco ll iilggoxtHlilpper. Tho week's shipments from the division amounted to 47 tons,44of which came from tho Black Prince The remainder was sent out by tbo lessons of the Graphic,being its initial shipment for the year, The lire at the Ottawa prevented exports from that property. Shipments will now be interrupted, owing to the break-up ot tho roads. Total output f>S9 tous. For 1901 the ore shipments from the local division amounted to 2375 tons, made up from 19 properties. Following is a full list of the shipments this year to date: MINK. WEKK. TOTAI* Ottawa I"*5, Ktiter pri so 80 Mae.:-.- Prince 44 2114 Neepawa 21 Kilo 20 Chapleau 2 Tamarac 20 Northern Light S Graphic 3 S 47 589 MINKS AND MINING. Operations ceased this week on the Combination group. Tho Black Prince i.s in shape to turn out 13 tons of ore a day. Charley Nicholson took up supplies to Ten Mile, Tuesday, to work on his claims. Negotiations are going on for tho development of the lower portions of the Enterprise ground. Eight inches of ore has been opened up by the lessees in the No. 3 tunnel of the Majestic and Unexpected. Two or throe men an; working on the Nansen, at the head of Lemon creek, taking out ore for shipment. An important plane of ore has be • n unexpectedly opened up in the stopes at the Ottawa. It is trending down to the No. IS. Oitnwik iiuiikIkiiisi- Burned. At midnight Friday tbe bunkhouse at the Ottawa mine was destroyed by lire, having caught from the stove in the drying room. Upwards of a dozen men were in tho bunkhouse at tho time and several of them had narrow escapes, so tpiickly did the building consume. Everyone losl a portion of his outfit, and some their money. P. Foley lost $260 in cash, while Andy Provost had his pet dog incinerated. Those men losing thoir cheques ha'vo had them replaced by tl ompany. The loss to the companv on account of the building was alxiut $500. On Saturday morning Manager McPhee lost no time in sending up lumber for a new bunkhouse.so that "i1 'rations at the mine were but temporarily delayed 1'ir.axiii Willi Hit Property. * Oscar White, mauagerof tbe Slocan Star mine, Sandon. and on** of tho owners of the Lady Franklin group, at the head of Lemon creek, |*ssed through to Nelson on Friday, He is much pleased with the recent strike ou the Franklin, th • oro being of a satisfactory grade. The strike was made on the m iin vein and was 20 inches wide. Farther ahead a spur branches out, cany ing much ore, and upon this the principal work has been done. The ground on the main vein is easy to bieak and the ore is increasing in quantity gob uol Roport. Following is tic report of Division 1 of the public school for last month: School days 2d. average actual attendance 29.65, pupils attending 88, girls 19, greatest number pupils attending 88, highest re-girter number 48, corporal punishment I. tardiness of pupils 21. Division II Days in session 20, average attendance 17.07, pupils attending 20, girls 12, greatest number present 20, tardiness 7. ■ loied Down. ee of tho Enterprise, Knterpi i Wiii. Koch, on Ten Mile, li is laid off the force iit the mine, excepting one man. Seve ral slides bin ccurred In that vicinity of late, milking it Romewhal dangerous, to move about, besides block- |ng the ro I i» a number of places. The force employed for some weeks past bas been ma 11. Dull for n Tlmi'. Wood Bros, and N. McMillan, Ies sees of Hie Graphic, Springer creek, came down ill-* hill on Saturday, hav* in r d ■" "* I HEALTH CULTURE. ACUTE INDIGESTION n \\ A Simple Art-Work, Reet •■« Tak* Life aa It Cornea. ▲n old fashioned doctor once remarked ln the writer's hearing that sweeping and bedmaklng ar* ths two most •healthful occupations known to womankind, snd, although the statement is ■•undeniably a farreacbing one, it cod- ■tains at least a measure of truth. Performed in tha right way snd punctuated by regular intervals of sleep •and recreation, work never hurts sny -one—never, ln fact, does one-half the harm, physical, mental or moral, that ts tho Inevitable outcome of indolence. Unfortunately, bowever, says a writer tn tha Designer, not many people in those days do perform it in tbe right •way, and the consequence is tbst we •re fast becoming a nation of neurasthenics, wrapped ln morbid imagining snd-lacking the ability either to work or to play in the healtby, whole heart* «d fashion that nature originally in* •ended. Women waste time and strength •over gymnastic exercises, hoping "faintly to find therein something tbat will answer for tbe health tbey have lost, •nd all tbe time tbe one crying need 1s to live rationally, taking the sunshine of life .along, with tbo shadow •nd never rushing ln pursuit of either. Every woman should know that If ehe would enjoy life sho must be well, and she cannot long be tbis, however splendidly nature may have equipped •her, if sbe wantonly wastes tbe energies at ber command. Peoplo talk of health as If tt wore •some great secret, known only to • favored fow, but the key to lt is both simple and easily found, being merely tho ability to take life Just as it comes without worrying about tho future. To work when thero is work to be done, to do no more at tho moment tban the moment actually demands and to take a "breathing spell" of rest Just when It ls needed—to follow these rules will bo to prolong life, to keep the health good snd the heart light and to make tho most of tbe powers that lie within us. When we are weary we can do nothing well; hence, even wben lt seems difficult to spare the time, it ls really tbo wiser plan to lay the work aside for a few minutes, relax the muscles and occupy the mind with restful, uplifting thoughts. It ls tbo woman's way to rush from ono duty to another, without a moment of rest in between, and she pays the penalty by growing old before her time, by arriving all too quickly st tbe point where not only duty, but Ufe, is a burden, and by passing out of tbe sphere of her usefulness just wben she ought to bo in hor prime. A Trouble That Causes Untold Suf fering to Thousands Throughout Canada. A Dainty Babr Girmtit. The little model sketched ls s dainty development which has tho advantage of being ln ono piece, the sleeves being •o arranged ss Just to tie at tho wrists A BABY JACKET. with ribbon bows, without any Inconvenience of pushing the littlo bands and arms through araiholes. Tho material used is the very finest cashmere, the edge being buttonholed with pale blue or pink silk and • powdering of rosebuds or forgetmenots worked upon the jacket. Tbis charming little pattern makes a nice piece of fancy work. Deliclona Yoanc Carrot*. The French manner of cooking may young carrots ls delicious, says Table Talk. Boll them until tender, then cut Into halves lengthwise. Melt some butter in a hot spider. When tbe butter bubbles lay ln the carrots and sprinkle with some sugar, salt, pepper and finely chopped parsley. Fry them until tbe edges become crisp and •brown. .Lyonnnlse carrots are made ln ths •same way, only cooking some finely chopped onion ln tbe butter before aililing the vegetable. To make creamed carrots put In a saucepan two tublespoonfuls of butter, and when lt is melted stir in one tablespoonful of flour. Gradually add to this one cupful of rich milk and season with salt and pepper. Cut the ■boiled carrots Into cubes or with t- •sniall scoop Into balls and stir them luto the creamed sauce. When hot, turn them iuto a heated dish and sprln- klo chopped parsley over tliem and servo. Iloaaebold Drevllleaj. A little sweet spirits of niter ln th* fcath or water for washing the hands ls snld to entirely overcome odors of persplrutlon. To remove mildew from leather rub with vaseline till lt is well absorbed, tben rub and polish wltb a dry cloth. The biliousness sometimes resulting from the use of eggs may be prevented in great part by sprinkling'• few drops of lemon Juice upon tbem. A. French chintz, with pink roses snd buds rioting over a groundwork of lavender, ls the pretty wall hanging of a cottage, A mayonnaise of fish, or even plain boiled fish served cold with a sauce, pleases many In warm weather. Keep the dust brushed from the oral la, the celling, doors, windows and •molding*. Use a clean ploce of flannel tacked about s broom and make your ■ stroke a downward on* on tha walla "I suffered so much with acute Indigestion that I frequently would walk ihe floor through the long nights," said Mrs. Thomas Vincent, residing at 98 St. Peter street, Quebec. "I had been afflicted with the trouble," sho continued, "for upwards of twenty yeurs, but it was only during the past year that lt assumed an acute form. There -were times when I was almost distracted; everything I ate disagreed with me and the pains in tho region of the stomach were almost unbearable. When the attacks were at their worst my head would grow dizzy and would throb violently, and sometimes I would experience severe attacks of nausea. As time went on I was almost worn out either through abstinence from food or the havoc it wrought when I did take it. I tried many much lauded dyspepsia cures, but they did me no good. In fact 1 got nothing that helped mo until my nephew urged me to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. He had used them himself with the greatest benefit, and assured me that they would help me. After I had taken three or four boxes of the pills there was some improvement, and I continued to take the pills regularly for about three months, and at the end of that time I found myself cured. I could eat a hearty meal and eat It with relish; I slept soundly at night, my weight increased, and my constitution generally was built up. I think Dr. Williams' Pink Pills will cure any case of dyspepsia, if they are given a fair trial such as I gave them." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure case3 like Mrs. Vincent's simply because they fill the veins with that rich, red blood that enables every organ of the body to do Its work property. That ls the reason why the pills cure all blood and nerve troubles such as anaemia, neuralgia, rheumatism, heart troubles, skin diseases, St. Vitus dance, parlysls and the special ailments of growing girls and women of middle 'age. When you ask for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills see that you get the genuine with the full name, "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People," printed on the wrapper around every box. Sold by medicine dealers everywhere, or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by writing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont —__., CARDS OR PRAYEB- BOOKS. Marl* C'orelll on tlm Fashionable KuglUh Sunday. Society to-day, declares Miss Marie Corelli in The London Magazine, pre* fora cards to prayer-books and the hissing ol" the motor to the sound oi sacred psalmody. It is quite the fashion," she adds, "to play bridge all and every Sunday, when and wherever possible. "Country-house 'week-end' parties this year were all bridge parties. They were all carefully selected with an eye to the main chance. The 'play' generally began on Saturday evening, and went on all through Sunday up to midnight. One woman, notorious for her insensate love of gambling, took lessons in 'cheating' at bridge before joining her country- house friends. She came away heavier in purse by five hundred pounds, but, of thnt five hundred, one hundred and fifty had been won from a foolish little girl of eighteen. "When not playing bridge, society's Sunday observance is motoring. Flushing and fizzling all over the ploce, it rushes here, there, and everywhere, creating infinite dust, smelling abominably, and looking uglier than the worst demons in Dante's •Inferno.' "Dinner parties, with a string band in attendance, and a Parisian singer of the 'cafe chanlant' to entertain the company nfterwards, were onco unknown in England on a Sunday, llut such 'Sabbath' entertainments are quite ordinary now. "Nevertheless, though society's Sunday hns degenerated into a day of gambling, guzzling and motoring in Great Britain, it is well to remember that society in itself is so limited ns to be a mere bubble on the waters of life; froth and scum, ns it were, that rises to the top. merely to be skimmed off and thrown aside in nny serious national crisis. The people ore tho life and blood of the nation, and to them," Miss Corelli concludes. "Sunday remuins still a 'day of rest.' " Pretty SLimu,. Father (who has been called upon Vo flic eily nnd asked for his daughter's band)—Louise, do you know what a solemn thing it is to be married? Louise—Oh, yes, pa, but It Is a good deal more solemn being single. The Heat Train. traveler—When is the next train out? Station Master—Twelve o'clock, sir. Traveler—-WhatI Isn't tliere one before that'.' Station Master—No, sir; we never run one before the next No man ever yet got his sidewalk shovcied off by sitting down nnd pon ilerlng the depth of last year's snow.— lloston la lobe. DODD'S \\ KID NEY J '/. PILLS M il I . -ZZZK*»/\\ Humor and Philosophy Br DUNCAN N. SMITH Copyright, 1901. by Duncan M. Smith. PERT PARAGRAPHS. Thero ls a curious affinity between s mud puddle and a boy and his mother's slipper. There are some people who are smarter than tbey look, but very few are smarter tban tbey feel. Chronic kickers should be herded with mules on the principle that the hair of the dog ls good for his bite. Did you ever observe tbat people who own you money are by no means such hustlers ss people to whom you ewe money? Some people are so busy keeping still that the.v don't have time to say anything. When the sight of the Sunday dinner does not cause a man to brighten ap, better seat tho doctor at once. Wben a young man regularly meets the milkmaid at the corner it is time fo- the girl's father either to fire the young man or take him Into partnership. Sometimes a man is so color blind that a green girl with red hair has no difficulty in marrying him. Some of the receipts for getting on ln the world might be boiled down to something like this: Be smart and you will succeed. Seeing Is not always believing ln the case of blondincd hair. Cut It Out. Don't worry. Although the outlook may lit dark. Misfortune oft has missed Its markj Tomorrow's woes Ignore today; Look on the bright side anyway. Don't worry. Don't worry. The fret and fever worries bring Ara shackles that like leeches cling; With chains they bind you to despair, ▲nd you forget the skies ar* fair. Don't worry. Don't worry. One-half ths things that you have feared- Yes, mora than half, wer* fancy reared. Be jolly, let good cheer have sway, ▲nd they will roll litre mlit away. Don't worry. Don't worry. •Suppose the rent ls overdue; Teu can't draw wagei being blue. Brace up and meet the landlord grim ▲nd aay the Joke Is one on him— Don't worry. It It Different Then. "Tou know lt Is said man sbsll not live by bresd slone." "Of course, but thst wss not written during a most strike." The Hack Writer. Ths hack writer Is not one who rides in a hack. Generally a street car ls about the best be can do when he doesn't walk. Tbe pen is mightier than tbe hatchet, and as he recognizes that fact and does his hacking wltb a pen he is called a hack writer. The hack writer ls a genius who has not been discovered except by his wife and the corner grocer. The latter makes the discovery when he presents his bill at the end of the month. The hack writer ls a Arm believer ln a hereafter because he thinks eternal' Justice would get a black eye If there! wero no place for editors to go when they die. lie hns an Idea based on ex-1 perleuce that editors are men who are never happy unless they can see a fellow man starving to death. When the hack writer makes a hit he becomes a literary guy. Then he can-] not understand how some men manage to live on fifteen cent meals. UFE ON THE RAIL IS A BARD ONE C. P. R. ENGINEER'S EXPERIENCE WITH DODD'8 KIDNEY PILL8. They Brought Back His Strength When Ho Could Neither Rest Nor Sleep. Winnipeg, Man., Feb. 20.—(Special)—Mr. Ben Raff erty, the well- known C. P. R, engineer, whoso home is 176 Maple street, is one Winnipeg man who swears by Dodd's Kidney Pills. "Long hours on the engine and the mental strain broke down my constitution," Mr. Rafferty says. "My back gave out entirely. Terrible, sharp, cutting pains followed one another, till I felt I was being sliced away piecemeal. I would come ln tired to death from a run. My sole desire would be to get rest and sleep, and they were the very things I could not get. Finally I had to lay off work. "Then I got started to take Dodd's Kidney Pills, and the first night after using thefti I) slept soundly. In three days I threw away the belt I havo worn for years. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured me." LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE. Acordlng to a well-founded rumor, the Dominion Government will during the present session be urged to Impose a custom duty on grades of fence wire which are now on the free list. That such a tax would prove an unjust burden to the farmers of Canada there is no doubt. In the older parts of the Dominion the old wooden fences an being year by year replaced by wire structures, and In tha Great West, which is rapidly being Battled, practically all the fencing is being done with wire in one or other of its many forms of construction. Were the kinds of wire most in use for fence construction manufactured in Canada, there might be some excuse for imposing an import ax, but since there are practically no factories for making it in op« "*aticn in thi Dominion, whom could i>r..:h a tax benefit? That the price of fencing material would be raised to practically the extent of the dutv there can be no doubt. This would mean that a duty of 25 or 30 per cent, would impose an extra tax of $150 to $175 on the fencing required for an average farm. Nor would the rural community suffer or y to the extent of an increased expeui.o to those who have to feucc, nut a great deal of farm improvem int .vould be delayed for many years, which would operate strongly in keepng dovn thn value of land. Rather than imr-use a tariff on Nos. 9, 12 and 13, smooth galvanized wire as has been ',n-posed, it would be a much saner policy to remove the present duty of 2d per cent, on Nos. 7 and 11. If this •"•ere done, the revenue would not suffer, for theso grades are not extensively Imported, but if they were freo a stronger and more Batl'.ifj"-fory fenco could be obtained .witho ahancing the cost i.ladntonai'i Colon-/. An old and almost forgotten story of British expansion ws recontly ro- callcd by tho death of F. K. Stewart in Melbourne, Austruliu. Stewart was the last survivor of William K. Gladstone's colony in north Australia. This attempt at soli ement was inspired by the doctrines of Gibbon Wakefield and had all the resources ol officialdom behind it, for Gladstone was then in the Ministry of Sir Robert Peel. It was be who drew up its constitution to the minutest detail and otherwise provided for its political framework. Dut llritish colonies arc not to be developed in this way, and so the Gladstone settlement languished, Thc only evidence that it ever oxisn d ki tho little town of Gladstone on the Gulf of Carpentaria. Preached on Victoria'! Succoialon. Canon Nbrgate, rector of l-'oxley, Norfolk, is probably the only Incumbent now living, says Tho Telegraph, who preached on the occasion of tl.|> late Queen Victoria's succession to tho Crown, The reverend gentleman was Vicar of ByUugh In 1888, hns been rector of his presont parish since 1840, and attained the venerable ace of 03 years on Friday last, on which day he conducted a funeral service in nn Impressive manner and with a clear voles both in the church and at the graveside of a purishioD- Cot Her Consent, Oh, love your ndRhlmr aa yourself— A mnxlm that wlll do To put In practice any day, If she'll allow- you to. Do For • Substitute. "Money does not bring hnpplnesi." "No, but a man can get n fairly good Imitation going to look for It iu a private ear." Inherited Talent, "Do you think drawing comes natural to hi in?" "Well, his father drew a pension for years." When She Is Wise. A man mny break a woman's htart When nho In young nud Kiddy, But good fur nothing Is his art When aha become! a "wlddla." Qualified Alike. "Necessity knows no law." "Necessity must be like the lawyer I hired to win the case he didn't win." One Aililrma Knooah. The clerk In the express ollice was Just ubout to toss the package back of the counter when he noticed that It wns addressed on both sides. "It's good i saw that Charges might have been collected twice," ho said. "That's funny," remarked the shipper. "I Just pnid the charges, you know." "Ves," responded the clerk, "and I marked it paid, but tbe second address might have caused Ihem to collect nt the otlier end. Von sec, 1 checked lt olT paid on one side, but when It roaches he olher ollice II might be Unit the prepaid mark would be on the bottom. That would bring the other address up, nnd. seeing no check mark tliere, the receiving office would mark it collect nnd tbo party to whom It was addressed would pay tbe second express charges," "And 1 thpugbt I was doing something to expedite mutters In putting lhe address on both sides," commented tbe shipper. War* ot the IrSah Jarrer. A good story, which Illustrates the absolute genius with which an Irish Jarvey extracts money from his victims, Is told lu an English Journal. A commercial traveler wanted to take a side car in Belfast aud, aware of the rapacity of the average jarvey, Insisted on knowing the exact fare before getting on the car. The following dialogue ensued: Commercial Traveler — What's the fare to C , Jarvey? Jarvey—Ach, that's alrolght, sorr. Just get on. Commercial Traveler — Now, look here, what's the fare to C ? Jarvey—Shure, it's alrolght, sorr. Just Jump up. Commercial Traveler—I Insist on knowing the fare before I get on. Jarvey—Bedad, sorr, I'm that hard up I'll drive you for nothing at all, sorr. Needless to say, when the commercial traveler finally got to his destination he was mulcted of an amount much larger than the legitimate fare, an amount he had to pay to save bis faoa The Head of thm Family. "It has come to my eats that you are calling me 'the governor,'" said the old man sternly. "Are you?" "I might as well admit lt," said the young man contritely. "You ought," continued the old gentleman, "you ought to have more respect for your mother." CAREFUL MOTHERS ** Ths little troubles that afflict children come without warning, and the careful mother should keep at hand a medicine to relieve and cure the ailments of childhood. There is no medicine does this so speedily and thoroughly as Baby's Own Tablets, and the mother knows this medicine ls safe, because it is guaranteed to contain no opiate or poisonous soothing stuff. These Tablets cure colic, indigestion, constipation, diarrhoea, simple fever, and teething troubles. They break up colds, prevent croup, and bring natural sleep. Mrs. Mary Fair, Escott, Ont, says: "1 have used Baby's Own Tablets with the very beet results, and would not be without them ln the hous»." Sold by all medicine dealers or sent •iy mall at 25 cents a box by writing The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., "Irockville, Ont „. "Flourfax^ Fables Ihe Honest Flour Barrell and the Farmer's Wife. ?-n^e_U-P.°n _a_.time an h°nest floui farm»r't barrel was sent out to a house, full of flour—the wlaa W|f. looked the barrel over carefully ._ then said to her husband: — "I don't think this Is the flour , wanted—I don't see 'Royal Household' "No; it ain't 'Royal Household'- said the farmer, —but it is Just as good —for the grocer said so. —"when I asked for 'Royal Hoinr* hold' he recommended this kind say. ing it was Just as good, but didu't coat as much, so I said I'd try lt." "I wish you had done as I said— l don't think much of theso 'Just' ai good' grocers any way—I want tht flour that ls purified by electricity fot I believe lt ts healthier. However since we have got this. I suppose w« might as well use lt," and she had the barrel rolled into tho pautry and opened up. "Looks pretty good," she suid to herself. "Madam," spoke up the Honest Flour Barrel, "even flour exports can't tell about flour Just by looking at It Any flour. If thero Is no other floui to compare with lt, looks whlto and nice—but if you bake it Into bread and then bake 'Royal Household' Iq. to bread you can see the difference. "Now, the truth about this flour li, It ls made of cheap wheat, In a cheap mill by a cheap process. Flour that ls not highly purified contains a lot of stuff that Isn't flour and the pro cess of taking all of It out ls expsa. Hive—that's why pure flour com | more. "Pure flour is worth all It costs and j more too. If you know the wholt truth about flour, you'd send me bac* I and get 'Royal Household'." And the Honest Flour Barrel hav. i Ing Bald Its say subsided, but aftei : the first baking, back went the barrel to the grocer and "Royal Household" ! Flour was sent la Its stead. —now tho Farmer's Wife usei "Royal Household" and nothing else —and the grocer don't sell the "Just as good" flour any more. Any reader may have the "Royal , Household" recipes free by sendlni name and address to the Ogilvie Flour Mills Co., Ltd., Montreal. REMARKABLE PROGRESS Keeping l'p Yuur Coorngr. There ls first the belief that we are well und capable of continuing so. That is nothing more than faith In our own human powers. It ls a faith that every self respecting person should have. Do not abuse the organs of the body, nnd then there wlll be no necessity of thinking of them and wondering If they are working all right. By dwelling too much upon some weakness we can always aggravate it through nervous reaction. Tbls in some cases can become such a confirmed habit that serious troubles will be Induced. Tbere are many patients ln the world today who might he up and around, enjoying nood bf .u, if they but willed that they snould do so. They are Invalids through luck of force of character, for will makes character of one sort or another. A Victim of Small Beer. A correspondent sends to the London Public Opinion the following quaint epitaph on what Is known as "Thctch- er's Stone" at Winchester, England: "In memory of Thomas Thctcher, a grenadier in the North regiment of Hants militia, wbo died of violent fever contracted by drinking small beer when hot the 12th of May, 1T04, aged twenty-six years. In grateful remembrance of whose universal good wlll toward hla comrades this stone ls placed here at their expense, as a small testimony of their regard and concern. "Here sleeps In p-jace a Hampshire grenadier Who caught hta death by drinking cold small beer. Soldiers, be wise from his untimely fall And when you're hot drink strong or none at all. "An honest soldier never ls forgot, Whether ho die by musket or by pot" The Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. During 1904 Surpassed All Its Previous Records. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Co., which publishes In another placf in this issue a report of its progreM during 1904, certainly gives evidence of a very healthy development. Two , or three points which emphasize this ' fact, such as the smalluess of Its i Death Claims, the decrease of iis ct ; pense ratios, and the increase in in : Surplus to Policy-holders, are such as : to recommend lt strongly to probable i insurers. The report this year makes much of the fact that this is the close of 'h-1 tenth year under the present manage' ment. Looking at the figures given i for the ten years we get some conceit- ! tion of the wonderful growth h; (made in our country, when its flaan* I clal corporations ean advance at the rate the Manufacturers Life hasdone An increase in ten yenrs of $6,261,023 j In nsstes is certainly no mean accomplishment We heartily congratulate jthe Manufacturers Life on such 1 : magnificent Statement. Seeret of Admiration. "I have a grout admiration for tht Moors," declared Miss Klderly. "I think I can tell why," from bet best chum, "Their women never ivli*- brate a birthday and make It a point of honor uot to tell their ages." A I.lttle UUed. Bessie, Inspecting a new arrangement of Nannie's hair, exclaimed: "Nanule, you don't look like yourself with youi balr that way. But" (admiringly) ".'"u look better when you don't look UkS yourself than when you do." When millions of experienced housekeepers ^^ ha.ve been using Sunlight Soap 'l1" y,e,ars' for thelr every requirement, why should not you use it ? Try it next wash day. and if you do not find it better than any other soap you hevve ever used, your grocer will refund your money. Sunlight Soe^p washes equeJly well with hard or soft welter. No scrubbing, no boiling. Lever Brother* Limited Toronto in'" PAGE "ACME" NETTIK lSO-foot roll. 4 feet high M.75 For poultry aud garden. Bettor than old style. Of local dealer or ua Frolghtr*' Iso'im0!!' « Ie*!u!*u 6,5° THE PAQ* W,RE FBNOH OO. LIMITED ** ISO-foot roll, 0 feet high fl.50 "Walkerville. Montreal. Toronto. Wlnnlpe*. Bt. Job*-. fH DRI SLOCAN, B. C. ♦ A series of articles desc.lblng J I their lives, their alms »nd • <• their influencv. ♦ NO. 22. ♦ e. J. McMillan » !,»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ E. J. MCMILLAN Editor and Proprietor of the Treherne Times. One of the peculiarities of Western Canadian journalism is the fact that towns—«8 they are by courtesy called in a country as yet sparsely populated, though elsewhere they would be deemed pretentious if they ranked themselves as villages—with but a hundred or two people, publish good newspapers. To one whose knowledge <>f newspaper work is derived from acquaintance with British or even Eastern cities, no fact is more notable or remarkable than this, in those older communities a dense population is a sine quo non for any publishing enterprise. A man would he considered Ill-advised and rash In- d't'i who undertook to establish a paper In any place the population of which could be represented by less than four figures. To start a paper in a little village of two or three hundred was to merely invite contingent anil certain financial disaster, and to Jeopardise any reputation for business Bag&ctty the promoter might heretofore have possessed, but to forfeit all sympathy whon the Inevitable failure came,, since, among all who had any pretensions to knowledge, the failure would he the certain reward of business folly in starting a venture in which success was impossible, llut Western Canada ls proverbially a country where all signs fall. It Is not safe to predicate with certainty that because a thing has failed everywhere else It will therefore of necessity fail in the West. Indeed, It would sometimes seem thnt the exact converse is the ease. From methods of fanning to methods of Dshlng the West is a law unto Itself, and what is true In many other lines of activity i.s equally true In the newspaper business. The Canadian West can point to many examples of successful and flourishing newspapers, which give good livings to their publishers, which Wield considerable influence, and thai not alone In their immediate locality, which are conducted with marked ability, and which are published ln prosperous little towns and villages Of leu thah three hundred population. And, of this numerous class of country papers, few are more repre* Bentatlve and successful thnn theTre- heme Times, and few belter known than iis founder, publisher, editor and proprietor. Mr. Kmest J. McMillan. •Mr. McMillan comes <>f a well- known fnniily. Kvery knight o' the besom an' stane ln the Dominion knows, hy repute at least, his father, William McMillan. Under his pen name of "Hayseed" his curling songs have been quoted and sung wherever the cry (,f "soop 'er up!" Is sounded. whether on tho Indoor rinks of Can* ii'lu or the ice-COVered loch of the Ua I o' Takes. Ami his sketches and comments on current events, tinged With ina.u'd sense, panky humor nml homely philosophy, tire remembered '''' by many Westerners, who regret !' or somo few years thev have been JI continued. While Mr. ' McMillan's "'lit is a well known and outstanding figure, his brothers nre almost equally so, though in different phases °1 activity, A sketch of his brother Aaam has already appeared in this •srtes, lie wns then the editor and Proprietor of the Vlrden Advance, imd before wing Into journalism bad had j* distinguished professional and military carfler, he and his brother serv* ":; Witb such, distinction through We South African war ns to bo re* warded with commissions. ""' editor or (he Treherne Times 'J:1; had no such record. It Is not Riven i,, eve.-y member of a family to ",' famous, nnd perhaps the fact thnt lls father and his elder brothers were wa certain extent "under the lime* militated somewhat, against .''"' '■ if. indeed he had nnv amhl "°*ia In thai direction. Some one has 11 thai those lives are happiest in , ' there Is the least to record. ;,",';"' by this standard, Mr. Mc- ui's has been a fortunate career. landmarks of his past have onneeted with business changes \""" developments, All, that is, ex* WPI om*--hih marriage, which tool; ''''" ■ "arty last November, the forlu- PJta lady ..being Miss Annie 0. Buch* :;",,i also of Treherne. Hul. apart '"'" this epoch-marking event, Mr, *|l ''"'in has pursued the even tenor >° |miio,m-,i lie- , .... ■■-■ .'away,inovlng hither and thither. m"hn: experience, until, when but twenty years of age, he blossomed out as a proprietor of hla own paper. He was born at Cedar Grove, near Markham. Ont., in September, '78, and when at the age of four was brought to the West, his* parents settling at Melbourne, on the main line of the C. P. R. Melbourne at that time had ambitions. It hoped to be, if not as big as Winnipeg, at least the rival of Portage la Prairie, its dreams of civic greatness never came within measurable distance of fulfilment. It never passed the way-station phase of development. Today it has an elevator or two, a post office, and a watertank, and It Is doubtful if ever lt will have more. But In the early eighties Melbourne, as said before, had ambitions. It was the nucleus of the present town of Carberry. The town moved on, after a brief and strenuous nativity, The thousands of peoplo who write to me, Baying thst Shiloh's Consumption Cure &cLun8 cured them of chronic coughs, cannot all be mistaken. Then must be some truth in it. Try a bottle fer that cough el yours. Prices: 6. C. Wills A Co. 110 25c. SOc. |1. LeRoy.N.V.,Toronto, Caa. somo miles west, and called Itself De Winton. After another period of strenuosity De Winton did as Melbourne—lt died. The citizens moved on and founded Carberry, and, overshadowed by its prosperous successor, Melbourne has ever since been an example of arrested development. The McMillans moved with the town, and, naturally, in due time became citizens of Carberry. Hero the future editor attended school, and, school days over, started "devilling" in the office of the Carberry News. Mr. W. O. Rogers was at that time tho editor, and gave the youngster much of kindly advice and encouragement. All accounts agree that Mr. McMillan was wonderfully adept at the craft of printing. No further testimony as to this is needed but the fact that at the age of fifteen he was made foreman of the News. After a year of this responsibility he left for Winnipeg. lie worked on the old "Saturday Night," then published by Mclntyre Bros., and from there went to tho news room of the Free Pre<*s. In 1S9G be went to Neepawa for a summer, and then came back to Carberry. working for a while on tho Carberry Express, in a little while he went back to the Carberry News, the paper he had joined after leaving school. It 'was then owned hy Mr. .1. Rldington, and was regarded as one of the foremost weeklies of Manitoba. Under Mr. McMillan's superintendence the News be- cam", typographically, one of the best papers published In the West. It was while he was foreman on the News that Mr. McMillan began to qualify for editorial work, at which he proved as adept as he hnd in the mechanical departments of the newspaper business. In September, 1899, he determined to start for himself, and he selected Treherne as the centre of his field of operations. Me was then but 20 years of age. These were the days of small things. Hut the business had in it possibilities, and these the boy editor saw. The business grew. Increases tn the plant drove Mr. McMillan to n bigger and better building. The Times is now housed In Its own 2-ft-story home, 20x.",7, the office being below and the residence above. It hns a good range of body and display type, large power presses (with onfiino tO drive theni). and a live circulation of over Sou. Moreover, it Is a power in the land. It discusses things from a local point of view, takes keen interest In municipal topics, and never lets slip an Item of news. The Times Is a live paper. Mr. McMillan is no "scissor and paste pot" editor, but one who realizes that his opportunities nnd responsibilities, nnd does his honest best to live up to them. Mechanically, he is master of his craft. He has tho genuine instinct as to what constitutes news, and Bve years of training has developed his inherited gifts for expressing his thoughts tersely and vigorously. He is as yet young, and has proved his ability tO achieve success on the business sule of newspaper work, it seems unreasonable, therefore, to expect that Mr. McMillan will lout,-continue to personally conduct the Treherne Times. The probabilities are thai that bright little paper will DS nl some future time disposed of, aud thai Hs founder will move Into a larger field, there to duplicate the iuo- cess be bus already made. Uiard's Liflfoit bra faff tt k Cm Feed your hair; nourish it; give lt something to live on. Then It will stop falling and wlll crow long and heavy. Ayer's Hair Vigor is thc only Hair Vigor hair food you can buy. Por 80 yeara It has been doing just what we claim it will do. It will not disappoint you. " Uy hnlr ui«d t» o* T»ry ilinrt Sol tfUf Ml*f X .ai -a n»!r Vlinr ■ . a, . I Ilm* II a.ian t. frftw, and now tt If ti ■•■-." UirhM loaf. Thia a«.*nna • ipUDdlat raiilit I" ■ ■•• *•"•' tial.j klBlOlt With.lilt an. Ial, MM .1. 11. Vir»», Oolortdn Sprln«i, OU. f. o. ava* CO., I.nar<*0. Hail Short Hair PHYSICAL^ COLLAPSE ALARMING INCREASE OP THE AILMENT AMONGST CANADIAN WOMEN t****j j •**•*••••* _____ uppieww*! Miss Cattle, of "Morpeth," Suffered Terribly Until Permanently Restored Through That Greatest of Tonics, *• PSYCHINE (PRONOUNCED SI-K££*Q MIS3 M. CATTLE, OF MORPETH, writes ai follow! of Dr, Slocum's Great Nerve Tonic:— "Soma six years ngo I took PSYCHINE for a condition of physical exhaustion. For week* I lay In bed with sheer weakness and troubles common to my sex. How I envied those who enjoyed good health whlls I lay there. Through ths advice of m friend who had also used Psychlne with good results, I determined to uss lt, and after using; Psyohlns for two weeks I became strong enough to be about, and eventually restored with this wonderful remedy." Psychlns ls for salt by all druggists at tl per bottle. For further advlct, Information, write or call Dr. Slocum, Limited, 171 King street West, Toronto, Ont: TRIAL BOTTLE FREE The most valuable sword in Britain is one that was presented to Lord Wolseley. The hilt is set with brilliants, and it is valued at $10,000. MESSRS. C. C. RICHARDS & CO. Some time apo I bad a bad attack of Quinsy, which laid me up for t*vo- weeks and cost a lot of money. Finding the lump again lorming in my throat, I bathed freely with MINARD'S LINIMENT, and saturating a cloth with the liniment left it on all night. Next morning the swelling was gone and I attribute the warding off of an attack of Quinzy to the free use of MINARD'S LINIMENT. G. V. WORDEN. St. John. Every reader of this paper should grow (lowers of some kind tbis season. There is more real enjoyment and expectation in growing them from seed than any other way. Don't be afraid of blunders—they are the forerunners uf great discoveries. Bometlmes. Knonn to Tlioinaiindia.—Parmalee's Vegetable Tills regulate the action of thc secretions, purify the blood and keep the stomach and bowels free from deleterious matter. Taken according to directions they will overcome dyspepsia, eradicate biliousness, and leave the digestive organs healthy and strong to perform their functions. Their merits are well known to thousands who know by experience how beneficial they are In giving tone to to tho system. An old negro In Ixwisiana was ill and called in a doctor. He did not get any better, and another doctor was sent for. He felt tbe pulse for a moment, and then looked at the tongue. "Did th doctor take your temperature?" he asked. "I don't know, sah. I hain't missed anything but my watch as yit, boss." ■urf i Lktamt Cm Mitam*, The other day a man with his mill; cart went to the gate of a paper mill noted for its "cream"-laid paper, an I asked to see the manager. Being told that he was from home, he was asked if it was anything particular he wanted to know. "Not much," he replied, "but I hear that you make cream-lai.i paper, and I thocht ye wid require soor milk for the coorser kinds." Dr. J. D. Keiiogg's Dysentery Cor. dial ll prepared from dfugl known to the profession as thoroughly reliable for the eure of cholera, dysentery, diarrhoea, griping pains and summer Complaint!, ll has been used lUCCeiS- fully by medical practitioners for ,i number of yean with gratifying r< - .-uiis. if suffering from any ■ummi r COmplalnti It is .lust lhe medicine thai wlll eure you. Try a bottle. It sella lor zii cents . Valuable Queen Beea, .inst as there nre valuable strains ln horses, entile and other il ick, so thero are varieties Of (pICOU bees Which nre u irtli mnny liuudred times their weight In g ild, 'i lie moHt valuable -■'.rain is the Italian, uml many Italian laee farmers demand and receive with* out question prices ranging from $00 to .S'-'UO for il single queen bee of a certain kind. Such bees are sent nil over the world, The owner ol' a bee farm near Ottawa, Canada, goes to [•"urope annually and brings boi lv with him bees of an aggregate value of thousands of dollars, He [a enabled ihrough the agency of nn Italian Arm to ell'ect nn Insurance upon the mosi tniuubit of bis queens, In planning for your flowers for the coming summer do not forget a quantity of sweet-faced pansles, a bed of fragrant sweet peas, and a great mass of brilliant nasturtiums, for there is nothing prettier for house and table decorations. VurA UdMtf Gnu ljt_irt* The Double Daisies grow quite easily from seed and are a source of much joy. They may be planted in boxes and then transplanted to the lawn or flower garden. 9100 Reward, 9100. Th* render of this caper wlll be pleased te le« ro that there Is at least one dreaded din - that solenet has been able to car* Id all Itac*', aad thai is Catarrh. Hall's Oata Cnra is the only positive cure now know to I medical fraternity, catarrh being a oonitttQl liinil disease, require- a constitutional tree ment, Hull's Catarrh cure ls taken internal It, noting d I recti» upon the blood and muconi •urfiioeanf tbe system, therby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the pattern strength by building up the constltutloa and assisting natnre in doing lis work. T^i* proprietors hare aomu.h faith In,iti curative toss*thi'' -" ef testimonials pow'ers that ther offer One ftundraxS Dollar! (or an; one* thai tt falls to cure. Send for lisl Internally au iukIk. A country sexton In England officiated nt a funeral chid ln n red wnlsi- coat At the conclusion of the obse nuies the vicar gently remonstrated with the old gravedlgger, saying: "1!<>1>- "i't, you should not wear 0 red waist i uii nt n funeral, Vou hurt the feel- In ts of the mourners." Robert replied, placing bis bnnd on his breast, "Well, what does lt matter, sir, so long us thu i.-ea.i is blnck';" \\A/ N -U No 521 Address F. J. CHENEY, Toledo, Ohle. Sold hv all Druggists, 15o. lair* Hall's Family PilU tor constlpatief* H.B.K. BRAND A BIG ROOMY SHIRT No other workingman's shirt is made so big or comfortable or so strongly as the H.B.K. Big Shirt Not a skimped, factory-made, cheap shirt but a shirt made of honest material and lots of it As big and easy fitting as the ones your mother used to make with three yards and a half of goods. Every H.B.K. Big Shirt has three and a half to three and three quarter yards of material. Ample room under the armpits, broad and spacious on the shoulders, full and long bodied, big sleeves, an easy wearing shirt and a long wearing shirt Every shirt is branded with this brand and guaranteed by the makers. H.B.K. BRAND HUDSON BAY KNITTING CO, Montreal Dawson WtutpsJ "Not Simply Passably Good: II But Incomparably the Best. II SALADA Ceyton Tea. Black, Mixed or Natural Green; Sold Only In Sealed Lead Packets. By all Grocers. RECEIVED HIQHE8T AWARD AND GOLD MEDAL AT 3T. LOUIS. An invasion of mice is reported from all parts of South Australia, owing, it is said, to the large quantities of wheat left on the ground during the recent unfavorable harvest weather. Ther Adverllee Themselves—Immediately they were offered to the public Parmalee's Vegetable Pills became popular because of the good report they made for themselves. That reputation has grown, and they now rank among the lirst medicines for uso In .attacks of dyspepsia and blllousnesa, complaints of the liver and kidneys, rheumatism, fever and ague, and the Innumerable complications to which these ailments give rise. The Brooklyn bridge has 135 feet of clear headway under the centre of tbe bridge at high water. The towers extend 278 feet above high water. Vmrit IMmmt CttuQmi% *t% The hen that proves herself to be an exceptionally good layer and mother should be kept as long as possible. The active life of a hen is about two years, but with the proper care she can be kept much longer for breeding purposes. A favorite design for lanterns used in the processions to celebrate the Japanese victories are some having on their four sides the Rising Sun, the TTnion Jack, the Italian flag, and the Stars and Stripes. It I.nys a Stilling Hand on Pain.— For pains ln the Joints and limbs and for rheumatic pains, neuralgia and , lumbago, Dr. Thomas1 Eclectric Oil ls without a peer. Well rubbed In, the skin absorbs it and it quickly and permanently relieves the affected part. Its value lies ln Its magic property of removing pain from the body and for that good quality it is prized. Divers in the British navy, before being passed as proficient in the craft have to be able to work ln 12 fathoms of water for an hour and 20 fathoms for a quarter of an hour. Wash greasy dishes, pots or pans with Lever's Dry Soap a powder. It will re- ■uove the (trapse with tbe greatest ease. 3f5 A public subscription has been started In Holland toward repairing the ruined cottage at Zaandam, in which the Czar Peter the Great lived while he was working as a navvy ln the docks. GET THE WORM. If too intend planting nny treat, traits. shrubs, etc., order at once, Nnrsery stocks cannot be replenished like dry goods or groceries. First orders get choice of stock. VV rite for our catalogue of apples, crabs, plums, small fruits, ornamental trees, etc., that will grow ln Manitoba and the Territories, BUCHANAN'S NURSKBIE'S, ST. CHARLES. MANITOBA. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC .PILLS THK UKKAT KMULJtHH AMBST. .TESTIMONIAL from th*» Ute SIR MAW UEL BAKER, th* famous WU* IMtW. "N*wton Abbot, D**/oa. Star IH ■■! hav* d*lay*d my thanks m* I vrlaktA _\\ t*st th* *tt**t ot Blair'* Fill* by • am* dtnt Interval of tlm*. "For t*a ytar* I haS *ufltrtd mmrnii trom Qont and Hi* had lott it* »t*U Uoa owing to th* unoortalnty *f Stall and Hidden visitations of th* s which prottrattd m* lor month*, or < according to th* virulence ot tht atta _ "Blalr't Pill* har* rendered mt ImafSj ttrvlct, uia* lotgtr tear am attMB •f Gout "For th* laat twtnty months I ham bttn comparatively fr**, a* on* or twf attempted rltttatfoaa hav* beam !■■«<> lately ttamptat eut hy th* astlttaat* « Blalr** Pill*. "Truly yours (Sine*} Basil. W. Baker. Lyman Son* A Co., Uoa treal aot Te% ont*; The Bole Drug Co., Wtnalptf; ail Martla, Iiolt * *jwm» Co,. Wiaalptc. Superfluous Hair Rimovtd by tha Now Principle Batniiracfo Electrolysis, X-ray or depilatoriei ara offered yoa on th* bar* word of tha operator* and manufacturer*. D E MIRACLE ia not. It ia the only method which is indorsed by physician*, surgeons, dermatologists, medical journals and prominent magazine*. Booklet will will be aent fra*, in plain, sealed envelope. Your money baek without question if it faila to do all that is claimed for it. DE MIIUCLE mailed, sealed la plain wrapper, on receipt of $1. Write for it to-day to DE MIRACLE OBEU. ICAL OO., 23 Qubbn Sroui Wm, Toronto, or SIMPSONS" THE ROBERT TORONTO, O.NT. If lt is a Question of Warmth use EB. EDDY'S BUILDING PAPER Zt Retaioi Hut aad Ktcp* «rt Cold. Writ* for BamplM ul TrU*. TEES & PERSSE, Limited., Agent*, Winnipeg. TV Jk V |f p^_*x VEGETABLE SICILIAN H AL JLO Hair Renewer Why not stop this falling of your hair? At this rate you will soon ust remember that Hall's Hair Renewer ^^^^_ *l{ be without any hair' Ju stops falling hair, and makes hair grow. I*«aa«»«ajlf~a. Mau . OS *MMa, aaaJ|L«aa REMARKABLE PROGRESS That there is no better company in which to place your Life Insurance than -the: manufacturers life is clearly shown by the following comparison: i Dec. 31, 1894 Dti JI ISO* Tn su ranco in Force $0,555,300 $37,1 1,468 Policies issued during the year ii,710,755 7,107,148 Policy .Reserves 028,429 "77 'Assets 821,320 6,112,344 Income 290,408 .107 SURPLUS (not including Capital Stock) 50,309 471,869 The ten years during which these increases have taken place co*. ' period of the present management of the Company. Certainly such may -t success guarantees Positive Protection to Polioy Holders. Apply for Rates to TH© Manufacturers SUif© >IMV TC-.0NTO, CANADA INSURANCE COM HEAD OFFICE: ■ THE DRILL, SLOCAK. B C, MARCH 3, 1905. ■ I* I [__ THE 5L0CAN DRILL G. E. SitffaBUHSALB, Editor and Prop. is riiHLisnan every fkidat at ■ ' \\ BLOCAN, - - - x- B. C. Legal Advertising 10 cents a line for the first insertion and 5 cents a line each subsequent insertion. Certificates of Improvement, $7 each. Transient advertisement* at same rates as legal advertising. Locals will he charged 10 cents a line for each insertion. Commercial Rates made known upon application. The Subscription ia |2 per year, strictly in advance; $2.50 a year if not so paid. Address all letters to— THE SLOCAN DRILL, Slocan, B. C FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1905. KUITOHIAl. UKOl'I'IXUN. The Canadian postal authorities are a dead lot. Thero has been a thvougb service in this section for two weeks, yet the main lino mail continues to be carried through to Nelson every other day, while the outgoing matter must be sent to Nelson and brought back the next day. Largo bodies move slowly. As au offset to the Trail smelter's aggrandisement in tho upper camp after high grade galena ores,the Great Northern Railway has cut the freight rate on ores from Sandon to the Nelson smelter from $2.f>0 per ton to $1.- 50. Were the smelters to abolish the iniquitous sliding scale of charges for treatment, and stick to their celebrated flat rate of "$15," Slocau mineowners could have a fair run for their money. Many more properties would open up and prosperity return to the country. The railways have reduced their rates ou zinc and lead ores; will the smelters be equally generous? Hawthornthwaite's bill for an flight hour day for men employed in sniel ters iu the province met with defeat pn its second reading last week, by a decisive majority. Party politics were dropped for the nonce, Grit and Tory .alike beiug arrayed against it, with a scattering few for it. Of the twelve men supporting the bill, Hawthorn- thwaite and Williams are Socialists; Davidson, Labor; McNiven, Henderson and Jones, Liberals; Clifford, Fraser, Houston, Macgowan, Shatford and Gifford, Conservatives. J. A. Maedonald, leader of the Liberals, spoke against the bill but did not vote, and neither did Attorney-Gene ral Wilson. The dominion bill granting autono my to the Territories has come into special prominence, because of the proviso to establish separate schools in the new provinces. A 'fierce storm of opposition has been moused in the country and hundreds of peti tions are pouriug into Ottawa for par liament to negative the proviso. To suggest separate schools is to endan ger the life ofthe Laurier government. Separate schools for Manitoba proved a rock on wliich the Conservatives met disaster, and the Liberals seem to be courting the same experience with regard to the Northwest. Canadians do not want religion taught in the public schools. By reference to a notice in the advertising columns it will be seen that the government has cancelled there serve imposed by the Columbia and Western Railway Subsidy Act iu 1896, the cancellation taking effect in May. It has been arranged with the railway company that all parties purchasing, pre-empting, or leaning lands wholly or in part upon the blocks selected by the companv shall acquire their title from the latter, on the same terms as those imposed by the Land Act. The cancel la tion has been look* ed forward to for yearH, as it will throw a large amount of land open for settlement. In this section the coveted lands iu the Littlo Slocan, with their valuable timber, will now lx* in shape to be handled and important results will follow. IH Tin. Tninnriiat Mix-Up. Assay returns of tho ore sent by tl Tamarac to the Trail smelter were n ceived Monday, the figures falling far short of expectations. Gi-o. Nichol went down on the evening train to have the ore resampled. as it was felt a mistake had beet) made. It wa-* expected the ore would pay all indebted ness incurred by the flrst batch of men. but instead of that it won't Ix-gin lo pay the wag* bill. The local mer- chants will suffer the loss of their ac ' counts, while the owners of the pro I perty will have to whistle for their royalty. Slocan folk are ea*y marks, for. notwithstanding numerous oosth experiences in the past, thev full vie ; tims to every new scheme that hits the camp. The coal inineiV strike at Coleman : hai been sntisfnclonly adjusted. DRILL POINTS. Pay up your subscription. For the best bread in town go to W. Pinchbeck's. Mayor Arnot is enlarging and improving his store. Spring weather has taken off almost all the snow this week. La grippe has been claiming many victims in town of late. The skating season this winter was the shortest on record. Born .-On Feb. 25th, the wife of Geo. Henderson, of a daughter. Several sacks of Eafbn's picture books were received here this week. No records of any description were made in the government office last week. Commercial men comprise about a half of the travel passing through the town. Mrs. Tutcher left on Tuesday for Penticton, where she will probably locate. Mrs. Walter Clough and young son arrived back from Orillia, Out., on Saturday. John Houston, M.L.A. for Nelson, passed through from the capital on Saturday. William and Clarence Foley left on Wednesday, to take up their residence iu Vancouver. Harry Cleve passed through Sunday from Nelson to Kelowua, where he hopes to locate. W. D. McGregor arrived in from Victoria Thursday evening, and spent a few days here. On Monday the city authorities moved into their uow quarters in tho I.O.O.F. building, Main street. W. F. Gurd, barrister, and wife, of Cranbrook. wero visiting their rela tives, H. D. Curtis and wife.last week. Robt. Cooper returned from Vernon Sunday, having lieen in attendance at the grand lodge of the Orange Society. A new county court district is to be formed in East Kootenay. P. E. Wilson, of Nelson, may be appointed the judge. H. R. Jorand has moved into the Christie cottage, and B. A. Shatford is moving into the McCallum residence. The railway company is to spend a lot of monev on the Slocan Valley branch, a worktrain being kept on all summer. Miss Kennedy, who had been visiting with A .Rogers and wife for a fortnight, returned to her homo in New Denver on Saturday. H. B. Donnelly, Winnipeg, arrived in Friday on a visit to his sister, Mrs. McCord. For Sale.- A small base-burner coal stove, in first-class condition. Apply at this otlice. Arlington arrivals—A. Lowe, Kingston; H. Kelly, A.S.Cochrane,Nakusp; C. A. Downiel N. D. Darling, Vancouver; M. G. Dearest, Victoria. Miss Brockman, who had been visit- iug her brother, S. Y. Brockman, for some timo.left for Nelson Wednesday, afterwards going on to Indian Head, in tho Northwest. The Drill will print you, on short notice and in any amount, shipping tags, billheads, statements.letterheads, noteheads. memos, receipts, envelopes, visiting cards, business cards, bills of fare, dodgers, posters, etc., etc. Will meet any quality or price. Sliver Quotation.*). Following nos the quotations for bar silver on the various days during the Week since last issue: Thursday 61 cents Friday 601 " Saturday 601 " Monday 60g " Tuesday 60 " Wednesday 60 " H. D. Curtis Financial Agent Accountant & Auditor Notary Public Fire and Accident Insurance Abstracts of mineral Claims. SLOCAN, IU. GENERAL HOSPITAL SLOCAN, BC. Med. Supt., J. P. CADE, M.D. RATES: Regular subscribers, $1 per month or$10a year: non-subscribers(exclusiveof medical attendance*)*".: per day. Private wards $1 per day extra. Special facilities for maternity cases. For further particulars apply to. D. B. O'Neail, Sec BARGAINS 40c EACH will secure n number of window blinds, with rollers • attached. Are in good shape. !*■*■ I Clothes Make the Man. is a plain statement of fact. They have much to do in influencing first impressions, and everyone wants to create a favorable and lasting impression. If you get your clothes from us you will always be well dressed and the cost will be no more than to bo the . othor way. Order a Spring Suit \\ $6 A A *•■' PUrohasn a small 1'ase- ■ III burner conl stove. lias •" " good as now. from us. Wo have in stock an elegant and carefully chosen line of Tweed , Serges, Worst wis, and General Suitings; with Trouserings and Fancy Vestings. WOEK & FIT GUARANTEED. F. LIEBSGHER, SILVERTON, B. G. x,*-****-* *-***-*-*-t A Residence for Sale The Drill Office The bodv of A. J. Hipperson, wlu had died at Vernon, paaaed througl lio ...... ...... .., .., passed through to Nelson Monday. Deceased was known to many here. A petition against the establishment of separate schools iu Alberta and Saskatchewan was circulated here this week and signed by all. E. A. Crease, police magistrate of Nelson, passed through Tuesday to Victoria, to attend the funeral >f his uncle, Sir Henry Crease. .lohn L. White, a former resident, greeted some of his friends nt the wharf Thursday, beipg on hia way back to Victoria from Greenwood. The associated boards of trade met in Nelson last week. G. (). Buchanan. Kaslo, was re-elected president, and A. B. Mackenzie, Rossland, secretary- treasurer. LIGHTED BY 1IKATED BT ELECTH1C1TY. HOT AIR. The Queen's Hotel ---**--*-- II. C. CLAIIKE, PKOmiETOR KATES: S'J.OO l'KIt MAT First-class Dining Room Largo and Comfortable Bed mows Siiini>W< rooms for Commercial Men Nelson, B. C. •> *-*-* * * * *■* *-**-*-* * Certificate of Improvements Kvi-nlng star No. 9 Kindlon. Situnte iii the Slocan City 'Minina Division of West Kootenay District. Where located :—About 2j»j miles In a not tli easterly direction from Slocan City. TAKK NOTICE that I.the undersigned (K.M.C. No. B77412J and us an agent for David Saulter. fre** miner's certificate No. U78t)78, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder or a certificate of improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the ahove claim. And further take notice that set ion. under notion u"i, must he commenced before the issuance of such certificate of Improvements. Dated thii 22nd dav of Decemher.lWM. 20-1-05 DUNCAN GRAHAM Notice to Delinquent Co-owner To Archibald York, or to any person or persons to whom be mav have transferred his interest, in whole or in part, in the Independence mineral claim, situated on Crusader Hill, Lemon creek, and recorded in the Slocan City mining division of West Koott imv district : You are hereby notified that I, tbe Undersigned, have caused to be expended the sum of two hundred and five dollars in labor and general improvements upon the ahove mentioned claim, in order to hold said mineral claim under the provisions of the Mineral Act, ami if within 90 days from the date of this notice you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditure, together with all costs of advertising, your interest in said claim will become the property of the subscriber, under section four of an act entitled "An Act to amend the Mineral Act, 1000." Dated ibis 27th dav of Januarv, W>. 3.2*05 \\V, T. SHATFORD A_t, mJk_-mi fi'-}t\\-*TV ,v-'*••?«'?*. ftftSKEKKKKftKftKIKKXKXKKKftKXftft The Sunshine of Life. (), what altho' the clouds be dark, An' what tho' davs be drear! We need the waesotne days tae mark Oor blvther days o' cheer. An' whan the sunshine Ihro' the gloom Breaks bricht own tnuir an' lea, Then briehter days than that: bricht days We eanna hoop tae nee. An' lives are unco like the lift Sae afteii clouded o'er. An' cheerio words ure sunshine strong Tba clouds maun melt before. Kor aftenwhiles a cheerio word Can clear the hert thet's wae, An' better words than kindly words Wa cutiiia houp tae sny. An' kindly deeds thet we hae dune Are things we'll no regret, An' life will ave Imi briehter still If it be blvthely met. An' aflen it is OOFS in life Tae help the sunshine thro', An' better deeds than kindly deeds We eanna houp tae do. (), life taks on a briehter east Whan Hope begins tae dawn, Whan sotnelhin' mair than juist onrscl's It is thet leads us on, Whan spraltlin' own*Life's rugged ways We pause an' leuk behin', The deoda an'words thel foremaist stand Are thoso thet uye were kin'. Sae lul us strive, for strive we maun. In words an' acts tae cheer, Thel we may live in Ithers' herts Whau we go hence Trie hore, Au'. what altho" the clouds |„, (lark. An' what tho' days be drear. If tlure be sunshine in oor herts Then we hue noclit tae fear. ft ft g ft ft ft ft ft ft ft la. T, A.M'I.U..US ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft B ft Ml ft Cancellation of Reserve. N'OTICE ts hereby siren thnt the .reservation established in pureunnce of the provision* cf the "l 'oluiubla unci Western Railway Subsidy Aet, 1896," notiocs of which were published Id the British Colombia Qasstte iwiu dated 7th , .May, 1880. and .".tli June, 1880, respectively, am ; hereby cancelled. I frown lands situated within tli<* area em- l brnci'd bv the said reservation will bo open u, I sale, settlement, lease :lh>1 oilier disposition, I under tho provisions of the "Land Act." three t mouths after tbe date of the first publication <>f tbis nottc ■ In the l.ritisli Columbia U.i/«tt*: provided, however, that In all coses whero lands I nr, so sold, pre-ompteit, leased, or othorwisr I alienated by the Qovnrnmont ami are Bubse* ; quanta? found, npon tbe survey of tbe Columbia and Western Railway Company's blork-, ta li<* wholly or partly within such blooks. then the peraonseo acquiring such lands shall acquire tnrir tine thereto from the Railway Company, who have agreed to deal with suoh purchasers, pre-emptors. lessees,oto.,on tin* same t'.rm1. i and conditions as tho Qovernroenl would nndot the provisions of tho "Land Act.' except in re- spec: to limber 1 antl'. on tlie I'oui pany'- block-. which shell be subject to the regulations i--n©