@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "ba9cab97-7906-4404-af38-c3a7dcb32c94"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2011-09-27"@en, "1908-12-03"@en ; dcterms:description "The oldest mining camp newspaper in British Columbia. ; The Ledge was published in Greenwood, in the Kootenay Boundary region of southern British Columbia. The Ledge was published by James W. Grier until 1907, and was subsequently published by R. T. Lowery (1907-1920) and G. W. A. Smith (1920-1929). The paper's longest-serving editor was R. T. Lowery (1906-1926), a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. The Ledge absorbed the Boundary Creek Times in April 1911, and was published under a variant title, the Greenwood Ledge, from August 1926 to May 1929."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xledgreen/items/1.0181142/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note " ahSSrui ** /���������' ' ft **i /' ' '*. ���������> *\" i /^ \" -^ , ' j , ' {\"v- J*ATu'-\"������'\"i..,.^ ^^'^-^^y^^j*/ j j r -I. * *������ -*. i^r-^������. ' * ft i , ������������������ Jji. * * Vhl .Vol.* XV ���������-��������� - '\"W ���������;-,'������'-,���������. ..-.^' <<.. > i / GREENWOOD, H. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER-^M 90S. ��������� . \\ ��������� v ' We are ovcrstocked,in sovoral lines ,nwl to reduce our stock we ai e selling at; greatly reduced prices, commone'rig- December' 10th-and continuino until Christmas, FOI?'CASH ONLY: ��������� ��������� ��������� - ~ \" S10 eults for..*....'. $ T50 . ������������������ -HATS', >_. . ' )*s.i 50 hats, Stetson, for.'' S4 50 8*1.00 hats, Stetson, for. .;...., 3 50 Sfi.00 hats for '. '....' 2 33 $2.00 hats for 1 M) SUfTS. S20 00 suits for....'...-.-.....;' $15 00 $18.00 suits for.:.'.. ,-.\\ .. :.:.* J3' 50 $16'00 suits for ' -12 00 $15 00 suites for. *: '.. 11 '25 812.50 suits for .,t..'... * 9,00 \" A full lino of Fancy -Dress'Shirts reduced trom 82.00 and f 1.50 to ������1.50 rind $1.00.' *\" , 1' ' ' , ' - -'���������'' . , A'spivinl lino of heavy underwear, Regular p>.CO, now $2 25- Suits all sizes from 3d to 40. ��������� ' 2fit;PER CENT. 'Dl'SCQUNT' Miners' nailed sh.it-s, $} and $~> 50 lines for Jl; $1 for $1. Wo have the lamest stock of Crockery in the Boundary District, and will give ynu a cliancf to tret it cheap. ���������' ^ All our 97-piecu Diurier Sets, re������'iilar 518 00, now'J13.50. A nice blue dc-if-fn, liold n.-u-od pattern, 106 pieces, rni-ular $10 00, now JI \"i 00. A new line ,w|*''o, gold tiaeed pattern, 100,pieces, rogular J20, now jjilo. A line of China which we will soil at bia reduction. Also a beautiful lino (f Ciirvora for Christinas Turkey - ' \" All Goods Marked-in Plain Figures. Kussell-Law-Caulflell. Co., . Hardware, Groceries, Clothing and Gents' Furnishings. '*'/ EIIOLT, B..C. - - ,.The leading hotel of the city and headquarters for those ��������� engaged in mining, railroading or commercial pursuits. \" ' , ��������� <-f O' - i W. *S. TORNEY, PROPRIETOR. 0. S. BAKER o Provincial As������ayer and Ore ,���������, ��������� Shippers' Agent, Coiies- I'ondence solicited. Samples recefvo prompt attention. *\\ o. hox is*:i. (niuRNWooi), n. o. There is skating creek this week. ' on lioundar- I* is in ��������� ������������������ and -Syringes We arc showing a' line of thet.e goods at prices f;ir helow usual : 2 quart Hot \\VatPr Bottles, 75 cents : 2 quart Fountain Syringes,\" SI.00 ; 2, 3, and i Quart Com- hination not Water Bottles and Fountain Syringes, $1.25, SI.50, and $1.75. All the above are fitted with Rapid Flow tubing aud Hard Rubber Nozzles, or we can supply 'you with glass nozzles. Each Bottle Guaranteed to Stand 25 lbs. Pressure THOMAS DRUG AND'MUSIOSTORE Next door to Po&tofiice. Mountaineer and Kootenay Standard Cigars. Made by 3.' & CSKiiii ������ go., mison The Kootenay Saloon t - .Sandon, B. C, has a liue or uene bracers unsurpassed 'in ai-y tuouo- j tain\" town ol the Great West. A glass .of aqua pura given free with spirits menti. , Martin Bun ell, ,'M. [Camloops today. , Judge Williams is'paying a visit, to the coast cities. Win. Davidson of Sandon was in the city Tuesday.., James Goodyear of Bridesville is on a visit to Montreal. as.** Moss O. P. R. engineer, was in the city this week. fjf\"-lir> Cratifurd has hf-en up- pointed city engineer in Nelson. Clnis. Melville of Midway was a caller at The Ledge oflice Saturday. -- Archdeacon Bear of Kaslo was in the city a couple, of clays last week. , Jsis. G. McMyun -of Myncaster wis a caller at The Ledge oilie'e this week. La. PHOENIX, B. C.. Is a comfortable home for the miner and traveler. Goo'd meals and pleasant rooms.\" Pure liquors and fragrant cigars in the bar. V. CHISHOLM, PiwpjMEToit. ll'MiMffiffiffi'^^ '_ Leading Tailor of the Kootenays. Commencing Saturday Dec. oth, wo will-place on s-ale our entire stock of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods at a discount of 25 PER OEi^T. One quarter oft' everything in the .store. Nothing reserved. This is a chance to purchase your holiday goods at a big saving. Buy early, while the assortment and sizes are complete, BARCLAY & CO. Dry Goods. Boots and Shoes. Millineiy. GREENWOOD Dealer in Contractor for Ties, Poles and Fence Posts. Heavy Teaming andDraying Phone 85. \" Unequalled for Domestic Use.\" ^ESBSBSmaSSSSSSSSL R.A.BROWN FERRY, WASH. GeueralMerchant Dry Goods, Groceries, Jioots and Shoes, Stationery, Hardware, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc. Oats and Northwest Seed Winter Wheat. ^���������u.- i������,-i ���������*|,>n'������HMHniia>'sa>i(iBas*MsncMl]ii -# T$E]WQTiT HOUSE Nelson. B. C, is run on the - the American and European plan. Nothing yellow about the house except the gold in f*e safe., Medoi-Je & Tircgillas CANADIAN Hlako Wilson, B.! 0. fi-r P. Bunib & Co.. was in the city tin's Nf-ek. Jack McKellar of Eholt spent a few hours in the copper metiopolis fiis week. Tho inouey has been found for the building of the big tunnel at Greenwood. Bill'Bailey came in from Ihe Mother J .ode on Sunday to visit his city friends. James D. Sword has gone to Ooldfii'kl, Nevada, 'where he will s-peud the winter. .\" \" A Robinson has forty men getting out, ties upon the North Fork of the Kettle river. Come to the Methodist Bazaar Friday, December 11th, in the old Miners' Union hall. P. F. Roussa went to New York last week to attend a meeting of the Dominion Copper Co. Dick Radcliffe was *a visitor in the city this week. H> is now a resident of Marcus, Wfsh. D. L. Mclntominey has sold his Honor Judge'Brown on Tuesday. The conviction was sustained with costs. Fred Sadler, timekeeper 'at the smelter, received ' a letter some time ago,- purporting to bo from the \"Black Hand,\" and demanding $25 or his 'remains would be scattered over Yale-Cariboo.' Tie still lnis the\" $25, and his remains are as nature arranged them. Cory S. Ryder of \"Vancouver was in t'if>ci>y this week. Mr. Ryder will be remembered as provincial secretary in Joe ^Martin's cabinet some years ngo, while Joe was feeling the pulse of the electors. After tho election Cory retired to private life and has not since broke into the charmed cabinet circle. Saturday morning afc 11:30 an alarm was sent in from the ICoote- hofnl corner. Hie lire being in tlie old Cioplcy livery barn. The brigade wpre quickly on the ground and had tho fhmos under control in a few minuto, t,he loss being slight. Thp building is owner! by C.Scott Galloway and occupied by Jeromo McDonell. No. 21 : Western Float Mr. Martin, of Medicine Hat, who recently bought thirteen acres of land at New Dunver, is cleaning -I portion of it and erecting a summer residence. In the years to come his example will be 'followed by many others. The Grand. Forks Gazette says that the average price paid for turkeys in Danville wab 812. Must have been a shooting tournament in Danville which disclosed the fact that the Grand Pocks sporls shoot better with a pocketbook than a gnu. Over six thousand tons of zinc ore have been shipped from White- waler this year. Bob Stevenson has left Princeton for his wiuter residence in Sstrdis. The best wheat received in Winnipeg this fall was'grown ac Glei- chen in Alberta. business'and\" properiyv-in Phoenix to Gns and John Anderson. The thermometer dropped to 4 below zero Tuesday morning, and the wood and coal men are happy. Jerome McDonell wishes to thank the fire brigade aud others who assisted at the fire Saturday last. J. W. Spalding has bought a ga������oliue launeh for the use of guests who visit his summer resort on Christina lake. The Anglican church bazaar last week was a success financially and otherwise. The receipts were about $260. The private residence announced to be built in the New York town- site some weeks ago will- not be erected. Cause���������claim relocated. The water supply dropped down to a trickle Monday night. The cause was obstructions in the outlet of the reservoir on Lind creek. The mippoured creditors of the Dominion ..Copper Co. claim that there is $50,000 or 800,000 worth or property belonging to the com- uuu Iine pauy thai, is not covered by the smelter Mortgage of the National Trust Co. When the uiattpr is settlod by the court in Vancouver the mortgagees will offer the property for sale and close up the matter in a short time. W. J. Snodgrass was in the city last week. He is now, a resident of Oregon.. He went from here to Okanogan Falls where he has considerable property. Years ago he owned the stage line running between Grand Forks and Penticton and was a candidate in the Liberal interests for the legislature against Price FJlison in 1S91 for Okana- gan district. Tho Ladies of the Maccabees held their first At Home iu Eagles' hall Tuesday evening. There were a large number present. An excellent musical program me was rendered, and refreshments served. The prize winners in the progressive whist were, ladies, 1st Mrs. S. Oliver; booby, Mrs. Wm. Rowe. Gentlemen, 1st Fred Hopkins ��������� booby, JoVAllen.' \"v '----.. Thft*pa*i roll at Michel last month was S97,800. * The Snowy .Top mine near Creston has shipped some ore to the In Phoenix D. J. Matlieson has the agency for nearly all the best life, fire and accident insurance companies. He also insures plate glass, and if you are looking for insurance * drop him a line with particulars of what you want. Midway K. of P. ������������������ At their last regular meeting Midway lodge, No. 35, Knights of Pythias, elected the following officers for the ensuing term : H. Eldridge, C. C. C. Bubar, V. C. S. Crowell, P. E. Ollendorf, M. of W. S. G. Stooke, K. R. S. D. S .Tamblyn, M. F. F. Stevenson, M. E. P. Heilscher, M. A. C. Melville, I. G. A. Logan, O..G. Bert Northey has removed from Slocan to Creston. He will be a pi eminent member of the new brass band in thas city. Business is good in Creston, for we notice by the local paper that George Munro has bought a cosv. Owing to increasing business the Hoffman house in Rossland is being enlarged, Frank Provost feels certain that if he had received ������25,000 there would have been a Liberal victory around Slocan City. Sandon still has five bars and | three public eating places There are no idle men in the camp, and Bob Cunning is opting a general store. Jake Kelsen already runs a departmental store. Al. Barton has returned to Seattle after spending a merry time with'his relatives in New Eenver. ,. M. Zattopi, whjttj-eceii|lvJboiight the Mol'y Hughes near-' New \"'Den-' ver, is pushing development upon the property and will erect a residence near the 'mine.. It is reported that he paid S13,000 for the mine. After the Fernie fire Tom Wlfa-, 'fm was-the first to,get his hotel ipened, Tn 24 days 'he\" tookjn a fraction.less than 811,000. <��������� ���������'-.,, 8. S. Tayjor will leave 'Nelson and establish a law office in-Van-* couver. * . Business is'good in* Trail. ' The ��������� editor of the local\" paper was married this week. ' r * ^ Austin Ware of Kaslo cut his throat la������t week while Buffering 1 from softeaing of the brain. He will recover, but was taken tocthe asylum at New Westminster on Tuesday by Constable Black of' New Denver. Gus Kuster of Kaslo died last week while on a visit to Lardo. He had been in poor health for some time. / / L-1-.t week SSo was bid for shares in the Consolidated Mining and Smelting company of Trail. The rise in copper is the c.iuse of the advance. At the Molly Gibson mine in the Burnt Basin 1.000 sacks of ore will be rawhided to the railroad when the snow is in condition.' \"���������' In Rossland the diamond drill is perforating the California from the 300-foot level. '' i .n'i ' i'i in More street lamps of the newest fcypr*- are being put in at Revel- stoke. The legislature will meet in Victoria upon January 21. ' \" Mrs: Thomas Harvey didd Revelstokc last week, aged b'S. A fire department has been \"organized in Prince Rupert. Charles Miers, the well-known horse tamer, shot himself in 'Frisco the 'day after his mother died. Both were buried in the same grave. J. E; Williams has,sold his cigar factory in London, Ontario, and m.iy start one in Vancouver. The hotel at Aspen Grove has been reopened and will have more rooms added. -\"���������* ,;\" 'i John Collett has started a chicken ranch near Merritt. - A land boom is exoected arouud Reveistoke. C. E.Leathly'will start a paper' in Kelowna to be called the Orchard City Record. The sawmill at Paulsen went into action a few days ago. Dr. Ord, a veterinary surgeon -���������,. /- ���������- <\" j i-������-.-. A project is ou foot to runai ��������� ^'������, a vcucnuary surged deep tunnel into the Payne moun- from Derbyshire, England.is travel ���������\"*���������''' \"** - ���������*������������������- \" \" ling through the Boundary in search of a location. tain, commencing near the C. P. R. track about two miles below Sandon. - Allan Purvis is thrfnew superintendent of the C. P.'R. at Nelson. The citizens of Armstrong are expending S1.000 in advertising their town. This year 810,000 Ins been expended upon improvements at the Hotel Strathcona in Nelson. A four-stamp mill is in operation at the Nuggett miue, near Salmo. PHOENIX, 13. (J. Is opposite the Great Northern depot and is a delightful haveu for tho weary traveler. Great veins of hot water run through the' entire house, and bathrooms are always at the service of those in search of material cleanliness. The dining room is an enemy to dyspepsia, while the aitistic appointment of the liquid refreshment makes tho drinks go down like eating fruit in a flower garden, The sample rooms are the largest in the mountains and a pleasure, .to drummers with big trunks. JAS. MARSHALL - - PROPRIETOR aaai-.^''^^^ .:.-.'���������'��������� \"ANNUAL'\"; '���������; EASTERN CANADIAN Excursions n'M������������0������eO(sKK('{������O0 and costs for being drunk and disorderly by Police Magistrate A. S. Hood. He appealed from this conviction and the cuso was heard before Ilia ley, Jessie Davidson,. Jock Eales, Francis Jordan, Bert Oliver,-Arthur Roes, Annie Thomas, Evelyn Johnson, Harold McKrnzie, Daniel ���������McKee, Hall Mclntyre, Birdie Maiifoss,. Reggie McKornan, Vera Redpath, Tom Taylor, Jack Wilson Winter goods on sale at Barclay & Go's ; 25 per cent off everything in tho store. Nothing reserved. Clever doctors can induce a woman to tako any kind of medicine by tolling her it will clear her complexion. When you want a monument or headstone, write to the Kootenay Marble Wei'tva, Nolsou, B. O. * Frank Richter is building a public hall in Keromeos Center. ���������Owing to bad health Jas. Reith has sold his iutorest in the Central hotel at Keromeos to James Elm- hirst. Owing to a scarcity of vegetables around homo a merchant of Kere- meos has to import them from across the lino. The Hume hotel in Nelson will adopt the European plan next month, The mauager of this popular hotel is always abreast of tho times and the public ..re aware of the fact. .'..-.' The roses were blooming in New Denver last week. City Council. The council mot on Monday evening, all members being present except Alderman Wilson. The water committee reported that the reservoirs were overflowing but there was no pressure aud thought that the trouble was in the Lind creek outlet having be- como covered with leaves. The chief of tho (ire department was instructed to enforce the fire bylaw and report to the committee within forty-eight hour's. * \" The matter of changing the' location of the light upon the Mother Lode road was left with the committee, with power to act. A court of revision for the voters'- list was appointed, aud tho date of sitting will be December 21st. The following accounts wero or- desed paid: C. J. McArthur, 810Ds A. A. Frechette, $1.00. Couhcjl adjourned to Dec. 14. The Kootenay Belle reigns supreme iirin'any a camp. It is a cigar that brings delight and appreciation wherever smoked. mnBTj rfiimmiii ��������� .', ��������� \",' '-.-.���������.,' ������������������ >-Ay .\".���������. ���������'������������������. TIIE LEDGE, GREENWOOD. BRITISH COLUMBIA. OWSER -DOESHT-FLY Neither Does tiie Aerial Machine He Was Planning to Pu,nchase. EXPECTED TO RIVAL, BIRDS. Contraption Turns Out to Be a Scheme of the Promoter to Get a Few Drinks���������In a Mixup the Philosopher Gets the Worst of It. ���������\"Copyright, IMS, by T. C. McClure.] A wife should be able to, and most of them can, tell the condition of her husband's mind on seeing him a block away. As Mr. Bowser dropped off the car the other overling Mrs. Bowser was silting on the front steps waiting for him. She noted that he walked with a swagger. She took notice that he swung his arms in an important way. She saw that liis condition of mind was enthusiastic. ' As he drew nearer n bland smile covered his face, and ho started to swing liLs hat as ho entered the gate. \"Did yon find a quarter on the street icar?\"- she asked as he came up the (���������tops. \"Come along lo dinner and I'll tell \"THAT IS WHAT IS OOING TO BEVOLTJ- TIO.NIZK TUK WOllliX\"*.\" yon all about it. lias a man been here inquiring for me within half an hour?\" \"No. A man passed here about'half an hour ago driving a hog, but he didn't stop to ask for you.\" \"Well, the right party will be along within an hour. Mrs. Bowser, I've struck tt.\" \"For the five hundredth time. Is it a patent powder to shoot all the mosquitoes off the face of the earth?\" \"Don't bo sarcastic, now,\" he replied as they sat down to dinner. \"I may 'have made a few failures, but what man hasn't? . I've got something this ���������time that is a sure thing. There isn't oue chance in a billion for failure. There's fame and money in it���������dead _ .loads* or'\"tlie_ldng green.'' ln_a\" morith from now we'll have our manor house and steam yacht, arid the Bowser National bank will bo doing business ��������� with the front and back doors wide '���������\"men.\" \"Is it a chicken farm?\" \"Guess again.\" \"Going to raise squabs for market?\" ''No squabs. You couldn't guess in a ���������year. Mrs. Bowser, how long is it since the first man tried to navigate the ���������air?\" \"A thousaud years, for all I know. I hope you haven't got that flee biting you.\" \"One hundred years ago, my dear woman, a man named Pete McCarthy set out to fly across tho Irish channel. He had worked for two years on a flying machine. He didn't fly. Ho built his machine after the figure of a bird, but unfortunately got the tail in front, and it came down in the water ���������- and drowned him. Since that time .hundreds of men have spent years and years and any amount of money trying to Invent a successful flying machine.\" Had Read of It. \"Yes. I have read of It in the papers. If those men had spent their time sawing wood instead humanity might have had some benefit from it. Fools and 'flying machines have never been far ���������apart. And so that's the bee in your ���������bonnet, oh?\" \"Mrs. Bowser, 'istcn to me. It is a 'sure thing that the air is to he navigated. We navigate the earth and the (\"water and why not the air? People are ftired of stearnbrats and railroad trains, il'iey want a change of scenery. They iwiint to keep the cinders out of their ejes. They 'flint to go faster. They wimt to get there sooner. Yes, I may ���������tell von thai' I have become interested ���������in a 'lying machine.\" I \"Is tht>*-e anything too foolish for .you to invest in?\" she asked in acid .'tones. I Mr. Bowser flushed, but held on to (himself, and after a minute he ������ald: ' \"Mrs. Bowser, you don't understand. ������T'iere Is a worldwide demand that the 'air'be' navigated. Every government Is (Interested In the subject Every board 'of trade Is Interested. It must come. tin win* we must drop shells on the ihends of the enemy, and In cornmer- jclallsm we must find more rapid transit A week hence you may be reading dn tho papers of thc Bowser lines to [London, Paris, Berlin, California ar,d !fiouth America. We figure that we can go a mile ir minute and take freight nnd passengers for half price. .No stops between terminals. Airships leave on time to the minute. Steamer \"and railroad linos will/be In bank- j-ifitey within two years. If I can get' m on the first successful flier, what Is there in It for us? Why, woman, I ���������wouldn't take a bushel of pearls for roy show!\". \"Some one with a flying machine is trying to rope you In, is he?\" sho naked as they went up to the sitting room, \"Hope? Rope? Eopo Bowser in?\" he shouted. \"Understand, woman, that I hare never been roped, and never nhall be. You insult my financial Intelligence hy using any such expression, A gentleman who has Invented a flier wants capital to bring It to tho attention of the world,... \"Learning of the' Interest 1 take In all great enterprises, he ca������L^3 to me for encourage- j rnent. As soon as he shows up here } this evening we are going to take a i look at his invention. If he can con- I vince me' that the problem has been solved I shall invest���������that Is, if Se will consent to rename it the Bowser flier, nave you got any more sarcastic remarks to get off?\" \"No. I am not as Ignorant on this matter as you think. I have read all that the papers have had to'say for the last year. 1 know that two or three machines have succeeded in making short flights on perfectly calm days and that others have fiddlefaddled for a hundred yards and then came down with a bump. Man hover has and never will invent a flying machine that a gusty day won't put out of business. Anything like a gale that will blow down brick factories must make short work of any machine light enough to fly through the air.\" \"And you aro done, are you, madam?\" asked Mr. Bowser as there came a ring at the bell, and ho rose up. Skeptical of Success. \"All except lo say that you have my consent to invest and take all the fly-, ing trips you desire. Should you aud this inventor decide to start for Brazil tonight please telephone me so that I may lock the front door before going to bed.\" It was the man. The end of his nose was red with enthusiasm, and the light of victory shone in his eyes. The pair started off at once, hut on reaching the corner the inventor hinted that boor would be in order. Mr. Bowser took him Into a saloon and bought beer. One block down he bought more. Beforo they had reached the shed where the machine wns stored he had bought five glasses, but had only drank ono himself. The inventor explained that he always took a 11 lor on beer before taking one on his machine. The shed was duly reached, the door unlocked, and then Mr. Bowser stood in the presence of IT. He'instinctively removed his hat and bowed his head. \"There it is,\" said the man in an awed whisper. \"But shan't we go across the street first and get another glass of beer?\" They went. Mr. Bowser was too agitated to drink the glass before him, and the inventor downed it. Then they returned to the shod and saw a common excelsior mattress spread out on two sawhorses aud two homemade wings attached to its sides. For a tail it had a Japanese umbrella. , \"There it is,\" repeated the inventor as he pointed. \"That is what is going to revolutionize tho world, but before going 'further suppose we take a drink.\" They took one���������that is, the stranger took two. \"What infernal nonsense is this?\" demanded Mr. Bowser after walking around the sawhorses. \"You don't mean to tell mo that this thing will ever fly?\" \"She'll sail like a bird, sir. After we have had another drink or two\"��������� \"But we won't have another drink or two!\" \"Say, Bowser, have you got ?3 to spare? I want lo paint its wings red.'' \"No, sir; no, sir. You have brought me down hero and made a^foql of me.\" \"But don't rip out that way. Wait and see this bird fly. I am disappointed in you. I thought you knew a good thing when you saw it. How much aro you willing to put up?\" \"Not a blamed cent, sir!\" \"Will you lend me a dollar?\" \"No, sir.\" \"Will you buy me another glass of beer?\" \"No, sir!\" Then they clinched and rolled over on the ground and pounded each other, and when .Mr. \"Ttowscr reached home with his skinned nose, his bleeding ear and his coat ripped up the back good Mrs. Bowser sympathetically exclaimed: \"Poor dear, you have fallen and hurt yourself! It's a shame how they let the sidewalks be out of repair!\" M. QUAD. Appearances. \"Say, boss, ye ain't got a dime in yer elothes, has yer?\" \"No, I haven't. But how did you guess it?\"���������Browning's Magazine. Esteem Explained. \"The delegates who nominated you gave you credit for being a man of great wisdom.\" \"Yes,\" answered the candidate. \"That's because they knew in advance, that I was going to agree with their opinions.\"���������Washington Star. Explaining. \"Aha, Mose! What are you doing sVIth those chickens?\" \"Is dem yo' chickens, boss?\" \"You got them out of my coop.'* \"What kinda chickens Is dey, boss?\" \"They are Khode Island Reds. What are you doing with them?\" \"Why, boss, I done* bought somo Rhode Island Reds f'm a man yesttddy, an' I come ovah to git some o' yo* alls chickens to see of mine was lak yo' alls. Ah doesn't Ink tii git cheated, boss.\" Beyond His Aid. A woman who had a telephone In her apartment called up the telephone company and asked that the service be discontinued. Tho man who took her message tried to bo exceedingly polite. \"We are sorry to lose you,\" he said. \"Aro you dissatisfied with anything?\" \"1 am,\" said tho woman emphatically. \"I am very sorry,\" said tho man. \"Perhaps we can help you. What Is it you do not like?\" \"Single blessedness,\" said the woman. \"I am going to be married tomorrow.\" \"Ah,\" said the' polite c)erk, \"you aro -\"nt our aid, Goodby.\" BREACH OF PROMISE. Manner In Which the Law Treats It In Different Countries. England Is the best place, from the plaintiff's point of view, for a breach of promise action. All other countries seem to regard with grave suspicion any attempt to recover monetary compensation for ,the loss of a prospective husband, airdj?>uules8 the plaintiff has'a very strong case indeed it is never worth her while to carry her grief into the law courts. In France breach of promise cases are rare, for the simple reason that the law requires the plaintiff to prove that she has suffered pecuniary loss. Now, this Is not an easy thing to do on the part of the lady, especially, in a country where a girl without a dot- that is, a marriage portion���������has a poor chance of finding a husband. Holland and Austria have adopted the French system, aud the result has been about the same. Breach of promise actions are rare, the injured damsels or their relatives usually taking thc law Into their own hands. Practical Germany, as might be expected, has perhaps the best method for solving this problem. When a young couple become engaged they have to go through a public betrothal ceremony that ought to knock all tho shyness out of them. In tho local town hall the^alr declare their affection, willingness to marry? etc., ending by slgulng a collection of documents that apparently leave no loophole for escape. But If cither party to the contract wishes to withdraw another journey is undertaken to the town hall nnd another collection of documents signed, witnessed and sealed. Then the authorities determine the question of compensation-should it be claimed. In this connection it may be said that the man can and often does claim a solatium for his wounded feelings. The usual award ls one-fifth of the marriage dowry. It is easy to understand when all this is remembered how loath the young people of Germany are to break their betrothal oaths. As the law of Italy affords little or no protection whatever to jilted damsels or swains, it is not surprising that tho stiletto should be the favorite mode of deciding breach of promise cases. The Italian law demands that the person suing for tho breach shal produce a written promise to marry from the defendant; otherwise the action cannot proceed. This difficulty is almost insurmountable, and the Italian judges are seldom troubled to adjudicate between one time lovers. To bring an action for breach of promise of mariage against a reigning monarch is an achievement, but It has been done, and by aii English lady. Miss Jenny Mighell sued the sultan of Johore, and as there was a doubt whether the dusky one-was actually a reigning monarch the case was allowed to come into court, but the judge quickly disposed of the action by ruling It Inadmissible for the reason referred to, aud Miss Mighell was nonsuited. It is remarkable that one of the two actions which have brought verdicts for ������10,000 each to tho plaintiffs should have had for its defendant tlie editor of a matrimonial paper. The\" second\" case was between a well known actress and the eldest son of an earl.���������London Tit-Bits. WANTED TO CATCH FISH. But Was Disappointed Through the '��������� Mistake of a Small Boy. \"No, I didn't catch a blessed fish,\" laughed the truthful man who had just returned from his vacation. \"I. will admit that I.started out with the idea of breaking all known records, but I got\" discouragedfa'igh.t at the start, and all the fish that I expected to catch are still enjoying life. When I arrived at my destination I was told that if I needed angleworms I could get them of a small boy who made a business of furnishing them to ambitious anglers. I looked him up at once and asked him If he could get me some. \" 'Do you want the ten ceut kind or the twenty-five cent kind'?' he asked. \" 'What kind would you advise?' said I, vastly amused at the serious way he put the question. \" 'Well,' said he, 'if you want worms to drown, the ten cent kind will do, but if you want worms lo catch fish you'd better take the twenty-five cenfkind.' \"I gravely assured him that I needed the twenty-five cent kind, got them and spent the rest of a hot day drowning the worms that ho had furnished mo. On my way to my boarding place, with nothing In my hands but my fishing rod, I met the small boy, who, after solemnly surveying mo for a,-moment, fished out from a pair of ragged trousers three dirty nickels and handed them to mo, saying: \" 'I don't want to 'cheat you, mister.' \"Tho very fear of once more meeting that small boy empty handed kept me from trying my luck again.\"���������Detroit Free Press. * Symmetry. Tho smoker- who sat directly opposite had put his foot ou the edge of the seat occupied hy the professor. It was incased in one of those-easy going, hygienic ������liocs that look like a canvas coveicil nam. ' \"My friend,\" said the professor, eying it disapprovingly, \"oblige me by removing that thing' from my seat. It's bad form.\"���������Chicago Tribune. \"MY KIDNEYS HURT HE ALLTHE TDUE* Gin Pills Cured Therrr.' Free Sample Box Leads to Cure. Only those who have been, torture't*l wlth-Kidney Trouble can appreciate how .Mr. Trumpcr suffered. Being a railroad wan, ho was called upon to do all kinds of heavy work. The constant strain of sfting, weakened tho kidneys. . I received tho sample box of Gin Pills' and was greatly benefitted by them. My- Vidneys wore in i such bad condition I, could not lift or stoop without pain. It* fact; they pained mo nearly all the time. I have taken three boxes of Gin Pills, working all the timo at heavy work fitt the railroad and did not lose a day. PRANK TRUMPER, Napanee, On?, ��������� Do sharp twinges catch you as you stoop ? Are you subject to Rheumatism, Sciatica or Lumbago ? Does your Bladder give trouble 1 . Take Gin Pills on' our positive guarantee.that they will cure you or money refunded, 50c a box i���������6 for $2.50. At dealers, or direct if you cannot obtain from druggist. Samplo box free if you mention this paper. : , Dcpt. N.U., National Drug & Chemical Co., Limited, Toronto. 113\" BOY DETECTIVES. Young Tune For Tune. Frederick the Great made generous presents to all musicians except flute players. .lie played the flute remarkably well himself. A famous flutist once asked permission to play to the king, hopiug that Frederick would show his appreciation of his skill by some valuable gift. Frederick listened attentively while he played a difficult piece. \"You play very well,\" he said, \"and I will give you a proof of my satisfaction.\" So saying he left the room. The musician waited, guessing at the probable nature of the proof. Presently the king returned with his own Hute and played thp same piece. Then he bade his visitor \"Good day,\" saying, \"I have had the pleasure of hearing you, nnd it was only fair that you should hear me.\" A Knock. Polly���������How do you like my bathing suit? Doily���������It must have becn perfectly sweet before you outgrew It-Cleveland Leader. An Impertinent Question. A 3'oung man hurriedly entered a restaurant aud sat down at the table nearest the kitchen. With shuffling feet .the waitress advanced. \"Have you frog logs?\" the young man anxiously inquired. \"No, indeed: Rheumatism makes mo walk like this,\" the waitress indignantly replied.���������Judge's Library. Rastus on Trial. Rastus was on trial for the theft of a turkey and took tho stand on his own behalf. \"I didn't steal no turkey, squar. 1 stoled a rail.\" \"Well, Rnstus, how did those bones got in your back yard?\" \"They done come dar without my perinishuu, an' I ain't 'sponsible. You see,.squar, I wuz nccdin' firewood, so I took de rail an' toted It home, an' der wuz a turkey on it, a great big fellah. Well, sah. what's on my lan's mine, an' I didn't give 'im no time to run off neither, squar.\" The squire deliberated a few seconds. Then he said, \"Case dismissed.\" ���������Harper's Weekly. Georgia Jewels. \"I wonder whar that gal is? I hain't seen her this hour au' a half.\" \"She ain't fur,\" replied the old man. \"Last timo I seen her she wuz killin' a couple of rattlesnakes to got rattles enough to make a necklace to wear to the party.\"���������Atlanta Constitution. Those Well Meaning Friends. Substantial Appetite. \"Come, lead a butterfly life with me,\" He whispered beneath the bowers. \"No, thanks.\" the practical girl replied ���������'I eat beefsteak, not flowers.\" ���������Detroit Tribune. Hard Work. Flipper���������What is he doing since be went broke? Flapper���������Trying to keep the knowledge from his friends.���������Puck. Autumn Quarters. \"/Is now that Cupid, artful elf, Deserts the hammock red And In the parlor hides himself��������� Beneath the sofa spread. The transition from winter's cold to summer's heat frequently puts a strain upon the system that produces internal complications, always painful and often serious. A common form of disorder is dysentery, to which many are prone in the spring and summer. The very best medicine to use in subduing this painful ailment is Dr. J. D. Kellogg's ' Dysentery Cordial. It 'is a standard remedy, sold everywhere. Sleuths Find Money Stolen -- ^ From Their School. Smart detective work ,waa carried out by three schoolboys at Newtown- ards. County Down., Ireland, recently.- - When the pupils assembled in the forenoon it was discovered that the schoolhouse, which is-also used for Sunday services, had been broken into and that two linen bags, containing the offertories of the previous day, amounting to $30 odd,**were missing. Three lads requested to be allowed to assist in the search for the thieves. Permission was granted,-' and''after a careful investigation of tho school grounds'the boys-discovered a-black- handled knife, the blade of which was open and pointing in the direction of .-'the bank of a canal which run adjacent to the school. The dew,on the grounds��������� enabled the boys'to, trace footsteps, to a wall, over which the thieves had apparently climbed. Following this lino to the canal bank the boys momentarily lost further indications, but looking around for 'a while they ��������� again .found the track, which was\" indicated by soine nestles being trampled down. Pursuing .this clue they came to'a corn field immediately to the south of the school and-hcrc the marks were clearly defined among the corn.\" _ ' .On entering the field and going-ae far as the trail indicated, the boys found a bottomless tin can, and imagined that they had got on the wrong track after.all. 'They-reported the ro. suit of their investigations to Mr. Orr, the principal, who suggested that they go back and examine tho can. This they did, and they then .noticed that thc ground seemed to have been disturbed. Lifting a sod, they discovered thc two bags, which were apparently In the same condition as when taken away. On counting the money Mr. Orr found that it was a few shillings short. ... Thc boys came in for a good deal of praise from their comrades in the school. ASL E5 UNDER WATER. At the public library a citizen of culture and poetic taste asked for Shelley's \"Prometheus Unbound.\" He was rather taken aback when the librarian replied with great hauteur: \"We, don't keep any unbound books in this library.\"���������Chicago News. BABY'S OWN TABLETS WILL CURE YOUR BABY The man who keeps drawing your attention to paragraphs in his paper.��������� Browning's Magazine. Hadn't Forgotten. Miss Scrcccher��������� I wonder if Uncle Jim remembered me when he made his will? I used to sing for him. Lawyer���������Yes; lie evidently remembered you. At least your name isn't mentioned in the document���������Detroit Tribune. The Horrid Man, \"I don't know whether I want to meet her or not They tell awful stories about her.\" \"They may not be true.\" \"Yes, and in that case she wouldn't be at all interesting.\"���������Kansas City Times. If your little ones are subject to colic, simple fevers, constipation, indigestion, worms, or the other minor ailments of childhood,' give them Baby's Own Tablets. This medicine will give relief right away, making sound, refreshing sleep possible. Better still, an occasional dose will keep littje_Jmes_;\\vcl]. Guaranteed to con- lain\" no opiate or poisonous soothing stuff. Good for the new born-baby or the well grown child. Mrs. Konald L. Seafiekl, Palmer Rapids, Ont., says: ���������\"Baby's Own Tablets are tlTe most satisfactory medicine - I have ever used, and I would not like to be without the Tablets in tho house.\" Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Bro.ckvillo, Ont. An applicant for the post of mistress in ;t country school was asked: \"What is your position with regard to the whipping of children?\" She replied: \"My usual position is on a chair, with the child held firmly a- cross my knees, face downward I\"��������� Technical World. Protect the child from the ravages of worms by using Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator. It' is a standard remedy, and years of use have enhanced is reputation. Many a man who climbs ter de hilltop looks mighty small ter de folks below. Dreadnought INJan's Escapade Shows How Much Divers Are at Home. Some months ago, while the great battleship Dreadnought was at Malta, one of the-seamen divers went down .to clear her propeller from some flotsam that had become entangled j and he failed to come up. ' - It chanced that the rest of the. battleship's divers were ashore,\" and grave concern was felt on the ironclad for the missing worker. Signals by telephone and lifeline were sent below, .without avail. In-the launch above the throb, throb of tho air- pump's cylinders went on, but the attendants looked at one another in dismay, fearing some strange tragedy deep down in those heaving green seas. 7.'ho worst was feared when some big brushfis and other tools came.floating to the surface, and thereupon the navigating lieutenant sent ashore an urgent message for one of the other divers. The man came on board, dressed immediately, and went below, only to come up full of indignation. ��������� \"Why, that fellow's been asleep all this time,\" he said, wrathfully. It was true. The man had just had fiis lunch, and, finding the work much less serious than he had thought, he finised it in a few minutes, and then \"sat comfortably-on-one of - the -giant blades of the Dreadnought's propeller and went to sleep, with inquisitive fishes swarming around him, attracted by the dazzling searchlight at his breast. The officers were so amused at the occurrence that no punishment was inflicted on the lazy, one. JOHN HENDERSON WAS SO RUN DOWN LIFE NOT WORTH LIVING A Few Bottles of Peruna' Restored Me to Health Mrs. John Henderson,-' 2,Ovcrdale Ave., Montreal, Can., writes: \"I was much distressed with neuralgia and was so .run down that life was not worth living. I tried a great many remedies, ,but all to no effect. \"I met a friend of mine and told her of my ailment. She advised me to try her remedy, .Peruna. ; \"Although I had no faith in Peruna I took her advice, and am pleased,to\" state that the neuralgia has entirely left me, and have gained . so ' in health that I feel just like -my old self again. .. ' \"i \"I am enjoying the best of health.\" We have on file many thousand tes-\" timonials like the above. We can give our.readers only a slight glimpse- of .the vast array of unsolicited endorsements Dr. Hartman is receiving.*. A New Yorker visiting Paris for the first time became much interested in- tho-, litlo boys in-white caps and aprons who deliver the wares of the pastry cooks.'* \"Ah,\" said the Now Yorker to one of the voungsters, who had brought him some cakes, \"I suppose you get the benefit of one of these cakes your- self sometimes?\" ��������� , , \"Pardon' sir, but what do you mean?\" \"You eat a cake now and then, eh?\" \"Eat them,' sir? Oh, no' sir ; that wouldn't do. I only lick them as 1 come along.\"���������Harper's Weekly. If one bo_ troubled with corns and warts, he will find in Holloway's Worm Exterminator. It is astandard Corn Cure an application that will entirely relieve suffering. Patriotic Native��������� Our American dentists sire the \"best in the'world. Gentleman of Foreign Extraction��������� Be Jarge, they ought.to be! . Ye have the wiir-rst tayth in th' wurruld. ���������Belfast News. ' Ten cents' worth of Wilson Fly Pads will kill more house flies than three hundred sheets of sticky paper. No Room For Doubt. Trotter (who has been abroad}���������So Maud and Charlie finally married? Miss Homer���������Yes. Trotter���������I suppose they are happy? t Miss Horner���������Undoubtedly. They each married some one else.���������Pittsburg Post. In tho End. Mother liked best Theodora, Father swore by Clarlbol, Grandma wunled Leonora Or Jeamietre or else Estelle, Grandpa fancied Arabella, Auntie talked most.of Patrlco, Sister favored Isabella, Brother's cholctj luy In Clarice. They considered VIcliina, Geraldlna and Marcelle, Anastasla, Mariana. Hortenso, Eunice, Mirabel, Argued Clulre, I.eola, Starling, Fought o'er Constance and Elaine��������� But, alackl the precious darling. It was christened Mary Dano. ���������Bohemian. No Use. \"Gluovra,\" pleaded the young man In deep, Impassioned tones, \"I musl speakl The voice of my heart can be stifled no longerl Every Impulse oi my nature, every fiber of my being, every, surging emotion of my soul clamors for utterance! Sensible as .1 am of my own unworthlncss, realizing to tho full the presumption of which I am guilty In daring to aspire to your hand, I have no excuse, no palliation, save that with the deathless, Inextinguishable devotion of a heart never before touched by the sacred Arc, I lovo\"- \"Oh, Arthur,\" yawned the beautiful maiden, \"why will you persist In making thoso utterly UBetess noises!\"- Chicago Tribune. A Doubtful Future. \"Bllggins has developed a habit of saying rude and sarcastic things.\" \"Yes,\" answered Miss Cayenne; \"I am waiting to se6 whether he is going to be recognized as a great bore or a social lion.\"���������Washington Star. Voice of the Winner. Little Willie-Say. pa. who was it that said, \"The voice of the people Is the voice of God?\" Pa���������I can't recall his name, my son, but It's safe to bet It wasn't a losing candidate.���������Detroit Tribune. Master���������Here���������er���������has my whatser- name come? Man���������Yessir. Master���������Yes���������well, then, hop over to the���������cr���������that club with the silly name and tell Mr.���������er���������er���������Thingummy! shan't be able to fix up that���������er ���������urn���������d'you see? And then get hold of that book���������cr ��������� with the-.yellow cover and look out a train to���������er���������to��������� er���������oh, you know! Man���������Yessir���������Punch. Sometimes Happens. \"Snicker���������There Is such a thing as j not worrying enough. : Bocker���������Yes, the man who never crosfK'.s a bridge till he comes to Ii frequently has to swim.���������New York Sun. - ' ���������\"-;_--':/ '���������- ��������� Congratulations Wanted. On entering his club one evening not long ago n young PliIliidelpliiMn wns accosted by n friend, who exclaimed: \"Why, Charley, you are positively beaming! What's up?\" \"I'm In the greatest luck Imaginable,\" responded the other. \"You know I've been hanging about a pretty Yonkers girl for almost a ,ycar, During nil this timo she would never admit that she loved mo. She would only say that sho respected me. But now, old chap, congratulate me, for last night she confessed that she respects-*-*\"* me no longer; *, that siio loved me!\"- \\ Minard's Liniment for sale everywhere Clothes and the Man. A gentlemnn met his medical adviser on Forty-second street tut* other daj and passed a f'.-iendly greeting. \"Well, and how are you?\" asked the doctor. \"Quite passable, thanks,\" said the other, \"but I notice that when I bono my body forward, stretch out my arms horizontally nnd Impart to them a circular motion I always feel such a pain In my left shoulder.\" \"But what need Is there for you to perform such ridiculous antics?\" Inquired the physician. \"t>o you know any other way, doctor, of getting on your topcoat?\" re plied the patient.���������Harper's Weeklv. Coco-nuts Make Good Fuel. \"Mine is rather a curious business,\" said a man who owns a small warehouse and shed down near the London docks. \"I'deal in coco-nut shells, and last year I sold more than 50,000 bags full of them as fuel. \"I buy thousands of coco-nut shells from stall-keepers all over London, from confectioners, from coco-nut oil extractors, from market-sweepers, and I others. I won't tell you the usual [ price, but sometimes I get them for ( nothing���������for carting them away, .in fact. I sell them at 4d. a bag, most of my customers being poor people, who mix them, when broken up, with 'slack' coal. But in scores of hotels and large houses a quantity is bought to be mixed with coals as fire-lighters, for the immense amount of oil in coco-nut shells makes them take\" fire at once. Try it, and see. \"I have rivals in the business in other parts of London, and some of the makers of patent firelighters mix large quantites of the shells in their compositions.\" Ethics of Republication. A keen discussion is in progress in literary circles on the ethics of republication. A \"notable new novel,\" as it is described by the publisher, has appeared under the title of \"The Old Allegiance,\" the author's name being given as \"Hubert Wales.\" It has been discovered that the same work was published as \"Purple and Fine Linen\" in 1899, when the author's name was William Pigott. The Spectator has drawn attention to the case, and called for an explanation. Thc publisher, Mr. John Long, admits that the two novels are one and the same. Under its previous title the book was not a success, but now that it has been re-issued in another name it is selling very well. Dr. Jackson,\" former Health Officer of New York City, says'in his report to Governor Hughes, that house llius are the cause of five thousand deaths annually in that city from typhoid fever and other intestinal diseases. Wilson's Fly Pads kill all the flies and the disease germs too. Knicker���������There is such a thing as not worrying enough. Bocker���������Yes, the man who never crosses a bridge till he comes to it frequently has to swim. Minard's Liniment Cures Dandruff. An Important Item. Mr. Splurge���������If it hadn't been for your extravagant vacation this summer we wouldn't be so deep in debt now. Mrs. Splurge���������Never mind. dear. I'll go to the mountains Instead of the seashore next summer. Mr. Splurge���������Huh! You think that will be more economical? Mrs. Splurge���������Of course. I won't need a new bathing suit then.���������Catholic Standard and Times. miMMmgm- '* * '-,���������*������������������ '~t.r.<.W-**** sUMMo*. Mjasuuu THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA. 8 OUT OF 10 persons suffer at sometime or other from Piles S So says a great medical authority. There is no disease causes more pain and wretchedness than piles ; and by giving almost immediate ease Zam-Buk has won the praise of thousands of sufferers. If you are suffering let.Zam-Buk cure you- Mr. Neil Devon, Webbwood, Ont. suffered with piles eight years, A few boxes of Zam- Buk cured him, lie since says:���������\"I have had no return of the trouble so that I know the cure is permanent,\" , . , . Mr. C. B.; Frost,\" Lennoxville, P.Q., writes: \" I have proved Zam-Buk a great cure for piles from which I suffered acutely for a long time\"' Zam-Buk also cures cuts, ulcers, burns, abscesses, poisoned wounds, boils, eczema, and all skin troubles. 50c. a box, all drug- fists and stores or from Zam-Buk Co., 'oronto. 3 boxes for $1.25. \\ MOUNTAIN SLIDING. One and One Make Two. Thc Sunday schol teacher was \"possessed of the praiseworthy desire to promote thrift among the class of lads. He had given Bill ancl Johnny sixpence each for doing some work for him. \"I hope to 'honr, when we meet -again,\" he said, \"that you have used the money to advantage.\" Thc next time they met Bill produced two sixpences. \"Well done, my lad,\" said the delighted teacher. \"I' am pleased to see my lessons aie having their fruits. But what of.your sixpence, Johnny?\" said he to the other hopeful. \"Please,\" sir, I lost it tossin' wi'. Bill.\" ,-- A Pill That Is Prized.���������There have been many pills put upon the market and pressed upon public attention, but'none lias endured so long or met with so much favor as Parmelee's Vegetable Pills. Widespread use of them has \"attested their great value, and they need no further advertisement than this. Having firmly established themselves in public esteem, they now rank without a peer in the list of standard vegetable preparations. \"Before I answer your question,' - said the groat alienist, \"permit me to refresh my memory.\" ' **\"* Hereupon he consulted a notebook. \"May I ask,\" resumed the lawyer, \"why you found it necessary to consult some memorandum be'ore answering a simple hypothetical question of only \"a few thousand words?\" \"The- fact is,\" loplied tiie. alienist suavely, \"that I did that to got the point of view. I'd forgotten which side I'd been retained on in this particular case. Kindly spring your conundrum again.\" ��������� Philadelphia - Ledger. / Hawaiian Small Boyo Simply \"Drop ' Down the Edge of the Scenery.\" Water sports are by no means the only vigorous athletics indulged in b* the boj's of Hawaii. iMountain climb tug is a favorite pastime, for there arp -peaks 4,000 feet high within easy walk Ing distance of any part of Honolulu, and on the, island of Hawaii there are two mountains fully 14,000 feet In height. Not Infrequently the Honolulu schools give picnics on the mountain sides that the pupils may gather land shells.\" It Is, on' these excursions in search of land shells that the Hawaiian schoolboys revel In the once national sport, mountain sliding. A very steep mountain side is selected, where the grass is -long and sloping downward. Every one gathers his own ti leaves. The ti leaf is something like the banana leaf, butriotnear- ly so long. With a bunch of ti leaves in his hand the first boy steps to the edge'of the side, grasps the leaves by, tho stems in both hands, place's the leafy part under him and sits down, gives himself a start and drops down the edge of the scenery- like a flash. I was assured that it was an-easy matter to regulate the speed of descent by merely grasping the ti stems firmly and lifting them upward, this acting as a brake. I longed for tho thrill of dropping down over the edge of a mountain and upon my brief sled of ti leaves began the descent. I went like tlie wind. It seemed as though my breath would bo taken away from mo or that I would plunge head over,heels, to bo dashed to pieces among the trees below. I thought of my brake and drew up on the ti loaves with all my might and came up with a jerk that jarred every bone In my body. There I sat, looking downward almost perpendicularly, held In position only by a few leaves resting on the smooth, slippery grass, but tho sliding grass is nea'ny a foot long, and it is only after it has been repeatedly slidden'over and .beaten down that it approaches perfection in the eyes of the Hawaiian small boy and sometimes leads to accidents. When, for instance, the thin layer of ti leaves wears out beneath the slide a gentle tug at the stalks parts the sled and sends the slider .whizzing downward in a most uncomfortable and ungraceful manner, all arms and legs. Lucky is the victim of such an accident If he is not stopped in his downward career by the trunk of a tree.���������St Nicholas. GOLD BROUGHT ON KIDNEY DISEASE SUFFERED BRANTFORD LADY TILL CURED BY DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS. I - Mrs. A. H. Thomson Had Heart Disease, .Lumbago,, and Rheumatism, and Tells How She Was (Restored to Health. Brantford, Ont. (Special.)��������� How Colds, La Grippe and other minor ills\" settle on the Kidneys and develop Eheumatism, Heart Disease, Bright's Disease and other terribly dangerous ailments; and how any and all of them are cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills is fully shown' in the case of Mrs. A. I-I. Thomson, whose home is at 48 Albion Street, this city. ' ��������� Mis. Thomson was, some years ago, taken- with Cold and La Grippe and Straining, which affected her Kidneys, and the \"result was Backache, LumbagoJJRheunia,tism and Heart Disease, which caused both her and her friends grave anxiety. She had suffered some years when she hoard of.cures effected by Dodd's Kidney Pills, and bought a 'box, which she used with such splendid results that she continued to take them till she was cured. Since then sho has used Dodd's Kidnoy Pills in her .own family and recommended widely to her friends, all of whom have warm words of praise for the standard Canadian Kidney remedy, Dodd's Kidney Pills. Heart Disease, Rheumatism, Lumbago and Bright's Disease are all Kidney Diseases or are caused by diseased -Kidneys. You can't have any of- them if you keep your Kidneys sound and your blood pure. Dodd's Kidney Pills rnnke the Kidneys sound. Sound Kidneys strain all the impurities out of the blood. A MICROSCOPE. A PICTURE ROMANCE. SCARED THE ROBBERS. Wilson's Fly Pads kill them all. Stella���������Does she sing off key ? Bella��������� Yes, she can't find the key hole with her voice.���������New York \"Sun. DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED by local -applications, 33 they cannot reach the diseased portion of the' ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused \"by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, arrd when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but ah inflamed condition of the mucous, surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hull's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The Flight. \" *��������� \"Come fly with me,\" the young maa Bald, ' \\ \"Not In the crude old fashioned way. My aeroplane waits overhead And frets the bonds that bid It Btaj-. 'Tis but a pleasure jaunt I ask You'll try with mo. This is no lifelong journey's task. Come, fly with me! 'The fervid phrase of other day������ Has given way to simple fact. No more poetic fancy plays. Our speech Is simple and exact I don't request you'll live life throurt And die with mo. - I merely am inviting you To fly with me.\" ���������Washington Star. The Bending of the Bough. \"You mus't have had some very narrow escapes from death during your eventful career,\" I said to the great detective. \"I have had a few,\" he admitted modestly. -.-'-'Probably the closest shave I had was when a band of L'outh American outlaws hanged -me and went away without noticing they had strung mo up to a rubber tree.\"���������Brooklyn Llfo. \\CoIdson ItheChest Ask your doctor thc medical j name for a cold on the chest. He will say, \"Bronchitis.\" Ask him if it is. ever serious. Lastly, ask him if he prescribes Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for this disease. Keep in close touch with your j family physician. Odd Incident In England In the Eighteenth Century. For a time during tho eighteenth century in England there was a lull In the robbery industry owing to an odd Incident. Shortly after the execution of an English burglar named Elliston a curious communication purporting to have been written by him was'put into circulation. \"Now, as I am a dying man,\" it ran, \"I have done something which may be of good use to the 'public. I have left with an honest man���������the only honest man I was ever acquainted with���������the names of all my wicked brethren, the places of their abode, with a short account of-'the chief crimes they have committed, in many of which I have been the accomplice and heard the rest from their own mouths. I have likewise set down the names of those we call our setters, of the houses we frequent and ail of those who receive and buy our stolen goods. I have solemnly charged this honest man and have received his promise upon oath that whenever he hears of any rogue to bo tried for robbery or-housebreaking he will look Into his list and if he finds there the name of the thief concerned to send the whole paper to the government Of this 1 here give my companions fair and public warning and hope they will take it.\" It is said tho hint was so effectual that for a long time pickpockets and burglars In that part of England went into panic stricken retirement. And, this being so, it is just as well they did not know that the letter was a clever forgery, the work of that prince of wits and humorists, Dean Swift. The Frame That Startled Delacroix I.n the Paris Salon. Eugene Delacroix, founder of the, French romantic school of art, was very poor In his youth: His first picture of note was his \"Dante and Virgil,\" painted when he\" was only twenty years old. It-was extremely large, containing several figures the size of life, and to buy the canvas and colors took all the money Delacroix had. A frame was ou. of the question, but a good na- tured carpenter gave the young artist four strips of lath, of which Delacroix made a rude framework for his masterpiece, which he then sent to the salon. But he had hardly a hope that his picture would be accepted. On opening day Delacroix went to the salon, but failed to find his painting. He was wandering disconsolately about, when he noticed a great crowd before a picture. lie drew near. It was his \"Dante and Virgil.\" But it was In a magnificent, richly gilded frame, as One a product 01* the picture mounter'? art as could be found in Paris., Astonished, he sought Baron Gros,' head of the examining committee. As soon as young Delacroix introduced himself Gros seized his hand ancl congratulated him with true Gallic enthusiasm. .\"But.\" stammered Delacroix, v\"how about that splendid frame?* I had \"no money to frame it. and\"��������� \"Make .your .mind easy,\" said the baron. \"Your lath frame fell to pieces, but the com mil too was determined that such a chef-d'oeuvre as you have painted should be placed on exhibition, and we framed your 'Dante' at our own ex- Dense.\"���������Exchange. I w It Opens Up the Wonders of tho World of Nature. ' * If you want to keep your boy out of mischief, give hiin a microscope, not one of the elaborate, intricate, .expensive affairs that the bacteriologists use when hunting for germs, hut a common one with two or three lenses that revolve on a pivot and fold into a cover which protects them from In- Jury when carried in the pocket. There is no better way of Interesting the boy in the wordeis of the natural world than 'this simple contrivance, which opens to his eyes visions of a universe of which he knew nothing. Seen through the microscope, the most insignificant flower becomes a thing of wonderful beauty. The Interior of a nasturtium Is a fairy cavern, showing a dozen different tints and hues of color, with dainty white stalactites and stalagmites almost toucuing each other midway between floor and roof. - He 'will find monsters, too,, for the head of an ant seen through a microscope is a terrible object, and he cannot help thinking what an awful aspect such a creature would present If It were as big as a horse. He has heard about the creatures that are to bo found in water from a stagnant pool. He will find them, for himself and show them to other boys, and all his crowd will become Interested and bring In things to look at and wonder about. He'may not develop Into a Darwin, but If ho has any faculty of observation-at all It will be sharpened' by what he sees, and he will learn that there ls more In nature than what we discern on the surface. SILENT CRANES. Climatic Changes. There is plenty of evidence of the very best sort which goes to prove that not only Europe and North America, but the lands situated within the arctic circle, must have enjoyed a tropical climate. Tho numerous fossil remains found In those regions are tbose of plants and animals which, according to the present state of our knowledge, must have lived under conditions now found only In tho equatorial belt Nothing is clearer than tho fact that the polar cold Is steadily gaining on the temperate and tropical zones and that eventually the land will be all Ice fields. Donald Knew. Margaret, aged ten, was a beginner In history., \"Mamma,\" she asked, \"what does'behead'mean?\"' \"To cut off a man's head, dear.\" There was a moment of silent study, then another question. \"What does 'defeat' mean, mamma?\" Llttlo Donald, aged four, was Interested. \"I know, mamma,\" was his logical conclusion. \"'Defeat' means to cut a man's feet off.'.'-Dellneator. It Will Cure a Cold.���������Colds are the commonest ailments of mankind and if neglected may lead to serious conditions. Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil will relieve the bronchial passages of inflammation speedilv and thoroughly and will strengthen them against subsequent attack. And as it eases the inflammation it will stop the cough because it allays all irritation in the throat. Try it and prove it. \"* \"Maud has decided not to wear her old bathing suit any longer.\" \"Is she going to wear her new one any longer?\"���������Boston Transcript. Your druggist, grocer or general store keeper will supply you with Wilson's Fly Pads, and you cannot affoi-d to be without them. Avoid unsatisfactory substitutes. \"He's forevei prating about what his conscience tells him. What does his conscience- tell him, anyway?\" \"Apparently it usually- tells him what awful sinner,* his neighbors are.\"���������The Catholic Standard and Times. A Nature Story by One of the Mount Taurus Climbers. The mountaineer glanced complacently at his hard calves. \"We \"climbers,\" ho said, \"up there on the white heights see lots of things worth seeing. I tell you we could if we wanted to outdo the nature fakirs without deviating from the truth. For Instance, take the Mount Taurus cranes. Do you' know the cranes of Mount Taurus? \"Well, these birds are great chatterers. They chatter, chatter, chatter, as they fly. Hanged if they're not worse than women! Up on the heights the eagles lie in wait for them, hidden behind crags or ice(*blocks. They don't have to show themselves at all. Their ears, not their eyes, tell them of the cranes' approach, and, swooping down on those bundles of feathers and noise, they take\" home a mess of crane for dinner. \"With their chatter arid babble and gossip the cranes of Mount Taurus give themselves away in that still air to the eagles, and in all eagle households crane is the staple dish. \"Cut the old cranes fly without a sound-never a word out of them as they sail and wheel In the blue air. That seems against nature, and it is against nature. The old cranes to restrain their innate love of talk fly with large stones in their mouths. \"Shoot one of these crafty\" and silent -birds and- you will flnd his beak \"tightly closed upon a large stone.\"���������Exchange. His Plan Was Simple. Frederick the Groat once requested his generals to submit to him plans of campaign for a supposititious case. Hans Joachim von Ziethen, the famous cavalry general, produced a queer diagram in-black ink. it represented a big blot In the center, intersected by two black lines, whose four terminals ended each in a smaller blot. The king was furious and upbraided his old comrade in arms bitterly-for what he considered disrespect. In explanation Von Ziethen said: \"Why, your majesty, I am the large blot in the center. The enemy Is any one of the four smaller blots. He can march upon me (Yom the right or left, from the front or rear. If he does I simply advance'upon any of the four lines and lick him where I flnd him.\" Frederick was satisfied. THE TORTURES OF NERVOUSNESS The Sufferer Feels That Unless Relief Comes Insanitv Will rollorv There is no torture 'more intolerable than nervousness. A nervous person is in .a state of constant .irritation by day and sleeplessness by night. The' sufferer starts at every noise, is shaky and depressed. Often although'in a-completely exhausted state is unable to sit or lie still.,. For trouble of this kind absolutely the best thing in the world is Dr. \\Vil- lianis' Pink Pills. The nerves are jaded and jangled. because they are being starved by poor, watery blood. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills make new rich blood which, feeds and ,soothes the irritated nerves. There is absolutely no doubt about this* thousands can testify of the blood-making, nerve- restoring qualities of these Pills, among them\" is Mrs. Thos. Harpell, Wallace Bridge, N.S., who says:��������� \"Some years ago'I took'sick and the doctor pronounced the trouble nervous prostration. To describe the tortures of it is impossible. God and myself only know what I endured. The doctor gave me medicine but 't did not seem to help me. Then ho ordered me away for a change but I was afraid to go as I always seemed] to fear some impending calamity, and was afraid to spend the night alone, as I used to think each night that I would die before morning. I tried different kinds' of medicines but with no better results, 'and finally decided I would go to my' parents to see if the change would benefit me. I went to their doctor but with no better results. My mother urged me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and got me a box, of course I did not expect a box would help me but I continued taking them and in about a month began to feel better. From that on there was an - improvement - in my condition every day and in the course of about three months I was again enjoying the great blessing of perfect health. I gained about twenty pounds in weight and my friends could hard :r'T:*T?^~.7j'?f5|^03f3i|:^S ',/'\",i '''���������,\"'. _ 'V\".' j ,' ���������''',';''' -'''\"'\" ''%.,'yi'yy4y^h'y/yy''^(f\\ < .*,-,. 7, fi-/ 1 /. y, i*- ,v y/Aw^m l,V-l *r ,' ,'-''- .,��������� >''iS\\hlt*fcVffl ������������������;���������-' ������������������ ;.%,v <)el:< 'i.dm ���������;���������ttt���������r- ���������yymm ;JHE, PRETZEL. \" ~' \"' < 1 '��������� - -' Its Simple Figure Scheme.and. Infinite ' Possibilities of Variety.'\" '_' - ' The pretzel is one of v the most re- markahle creations of the human mind and hand. It stands almost/alone as an artificial product displaying the countless varieties of form ; produced by nature,in tho leaves of trees and blades of grasses. ��������� Of the millions upon millions turned out by the pretzel, bakeries since the Inception of the in-' dustry it is not probable that any two were exactly alike. ��������� The general figure scheme of the pretzel must have been 'an Inspiration. It would have been impossible for the human 'mind to .conceive a scheme so simple and yet' permitting fsuch approach to infinite variation..' Becanse-- of tho .peculiar shape of tho pretzel its' construction is most easily described by employing sailor men's terms. A bight Is taken In a roll'of dough,' and, the ends are^glven a half twist ahd brought back upon opposite sides\" of the bight. -This-.makes the .article somewhat heart shaped. -There can have been no (Sentimental, reason for this shape, for there is no\" product of art or nature further removed from the realm of sentiment than is the pretzel. The finished article looks as If it'had been varnished and exposed to a sandstorm before the varnish dried. The pretzel is unique ns an article of Internal'use. It cannot be classed as food or cfrink. It is not a dessert, nor is It a medicine. Perhaps it should be classed as an appetizer���������an appetizer not for food, but for drink, and therein lies its uniqueness. It is tho great thirst producer. It is the third of a Sahara done up In a twist,of dough. If any one could Invent something that would quench thirst as effectively as the pretzel can produce it his fortune would be made.. _��������� _ The home of . the, pretzel is Germany, where it is called bretzel or pretzel, according,to whether it is.in north Germany or south Germany, but In America it is pretzel all the time, whether in North America or South h^y.iM ly believe I was the sarne person. I. , . _, believe I would have been in my America. The name is commonly re- grave long ago if it had not been for Sai-rlea\" as being derived from wprds in - individual type 01. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.\" the Latin language meaning bracelet | ��������� , ' figure. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are good for any disease due to bad blood or weak nerves. That is why they cure such troubles as anaemia, indigestion, rheumatismf neuralgia, St. Vitus dance, paralysis and the ailments of girlhood and womanhood. Sola\" by medicine dealers at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 or may be had by mail from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Wife (at 7 a.m.)���������Now, deny your condition la3t evening! Here you are with your hat and shoes on. Don't tell me you - didn't come home the worse for drink! Husband ��������� Not a bit, dear. - You know 1 have lately taken to walking in my sleep, and I thought I'd go to fed prepared.���������Illustrated Bit3. But Germans are not fond of taking words from-the Latin * tongues.. Perhaps the pretzel owes its .name to, the fact that it is baked on a flat, boardlike surface. The German word for board is brett. . > READING THE STARS. Pills That Have Benefited Thousands.���������Known far and near as a sure remedy in the treatment of indigestion and all derangements of the stomach, liver and kidneys, Parmelee's Vegetable Pills have brought relief to thousands when other specifics have failed. Innumerable testimonials can be produced to establish the truth of this assertion. Once tried they will be found superior to all other pills in the treatment of the ailments for which they are prescribed. Teacher (giving a lesson on the rhinosceros)���������Now, can you name any other things that have horns and are dangerous to get near? 'Sharp Pupil���������Motor car.���������Philadelphia Inquirer. The best tea can be utterly spoiled by exposure to contaminating influences, as -bulk teas so often are. The sealed lead packets of the \"Salada\" Tea Co. give you tea fresh and fragrant from the gardens to the tea-eup.\" 46 HIS THREE WIVES. A Sensible Merchant. Bear Island, Aug. 26, 1903. Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Dear Sirs,���������Your traveller is here to-day and we are getting a large quantity of'your MINARD'S LINIMENT. We find it tho best Liniment in the market making no exception. We have been in business 13 years and have handled all .kinds, but \"have dropped them all but your's ; that sells itself ; the others have to be pushed to get rid of. M.'A. HA GERMAN. Very Different. \"In the olden days a reformer was liable to bo burnt at tho stake,\" \"Yes, and now wo put him on tho lecture platform and; give him CO per cent of the gross receipts!\" Wi ptbllsh our formuUs yers W������ banish sloohol from our madloinoi WsTuri��������� you lo consult your dootor Talking and eloquence are not thc same.' To speak nnd to speak well ar������ two thlngs.���������Ben Jonson. When you (eli your doctor /.bout the bad taste in your mouth, loss of appetite for breakfast, and frequent headaches, and when he sees your coated tongue, he will eay, \" You ������re bilious.\" Ayer's PI1U work well in such cases, m���������iuAc by tht J, 0. Ajt* Co.. Xsowoli, IstoM.���������- Where Ho Was Slow. \"Alcxandor the Great conquered thc entire world.\" \"Yes,\" answeredMr. Dust In Stax. \"Ho conquered It, but sonic of us moderns could have shown him n thing or two about making It pay dividends.\" Statistics. In nil probability the first administrative act of the first regular government was to number Its fighting men and to ascertain as nearly ns was possible what amount of taxation could be levied 011 the rest of the community. As human society grew more highly organized there can bo no doubt that n very considerable body of oflicial statistics must have come into existence. Wo know that such was (he case In Greece, Homo and Egypt, but It was not until within the Inst two or three centuries thnt systematic use of tho Information available began-for purposes of investigation rather than mere administration.- Her Adored One. Father���������You can't have him! Dangh- ter-Oh, papa, you once snld you could deny mo nothing! Father-Well, ho cornea as near being \"nothing\" as anything I know ot Conundrums. How do guns * kick without legal They kick with their breeches. What did Jack Frost sny when Iks proposed to the violet? Wilt thou, and it wilted. Why Is a person rending these connn- drums like n man condemned to under go n military execution? Because hii Is pretty sure to be riddled to death. Theyv Were All In One Picture, bu* Did Not Stay There. Allan Cunningham in his \"Lives ol British Painters\" tells a story of Copley, the father of Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst, which reveals what a portrait painter endures from the vanity and eccentricity of his sitters. A certain man had himself, his wife and seven children paiuted by Copley iu a family piece. \"It wants but one thing,\" said tho man 011 septus thc finished picture, \"and that Is tho portrait of my first wife. This oue is iny second.\" \"But,\" replied the artist, \"she is dead. What can I do? She must come In ns an angel.\"* \"Oh. no; no angels for mc. She must come In as a woman.\" The portrait was added, but several months elapsed before the man again called nt Copley's studio, and when ho did n strange lady held on to his arm. \"I must have another sketch from your hand, Copley,\" said he. \"An accident befell -my second wife. This lady is my third, and she has come to have her likeness Included In the family picture.\" The painter introduced the likeness of wife No. 3, and the man expressed himself satisfied with the portraits of his three spouses. But the lady remonstrated. Never was such a thing heard of. Her predecessors must go. TJto artist painted them out Then the man disputed the . price. Copley sued him, and his son, the future Lord Lyndhurst, slgnnlizcd his call to tho bar by gaining his father's cause. \"Why don't you marry your star? I know she is in love with you.\" \"Not for mine,\" replied the stage beauty's press agent. \"I'll stick to a steady job.\"���������Philadelphia Ledger. Take no substitutes for Wilson's Fly Pads. No other fly killers compare with them. An Author's Mastery of the Science of Navigation. \"By the end of the week, teaching myself,\" writes Jack London In Harper's Weekly of his mastery of the science of navigation, \"I was able to do divers things. For instance, I shotthe North star, at night, of. eourse-\"-got\" Its altitude, corrected for index error, dip, etc., and found our latitude. And this latitude agreed with the latitude of the previous noon.corrected by dead reckoning up to that moment Proud? Well, I was even- prouder with my next miracle. I was going to turn in at 9 o'clock. I worked out the problem self instructed and learned what star of the first magnitude would be passing the meridian around half-past 8. This star proved to be Alpha Crucis. I had never heard of the star before. I looked it up on tho star map. It was one of the stars of the Southern Cross. What, thought I! nave we been sailing with the Southern Cross in the sky of nights and uever known it? Dolts that we are! Gudgeons and moles! I couldn't believe it. I went over the problem again aud verified it. Charmi- an had the wheel from S till 10 that evening. I told her. to keep her eyes open and look due south for the Southern Cross, and when the stars came out there shone the Southern Cross low on the horizon. Proud? *No medicine man nor high priest was ever prouder. Furthermore, with the prayer wheel I shot Alpha Crucis and from its altitude worked out our latitude, and still furthermore I shot the North star, too, and it agreed with what bad been told me b.y the Southern' Cross. Proud? Why, the language of the stars was mine, and I listened and heai-d them telling me my way over the deep.\" fits perfectly ,b,ecause. each garment . is made to fit an After it is finished and goes to the laundry for its final washing, each garment is tested 'on models ranging from 11 to 50 inch bust measurement. Thus the size is determined accurately. And the size as marked ' is exact, and stays so, because Stanfield's Underwear cant shrink .nor stretch. Your dealer will likely have all sizes and weights. If not, he can get them for you. STAOTIHaS LnilTED\" 133 TRUS0, N.S.' \"What made you draw yoh razzer when dat man said he didn't have no kind 0' soda water flavorin' \"cepp'n' chocolate?\" inquired Miss Miami Brown. \"I's tired 0' hearin' 'bout drawin' de color line,\" answered Mr. Erastus Pinkley. \"I wanted to give noVice dat I ain' gwineter stand foh no Jim Crow soda fountains.\"���������Washington Star. Minard's Liniment relieves Neuralgia, Visit Northern Islands. *)'ho Attorney-General and Provincial Secretary of British Columbia have made a visit.to Queen Charlotte Island, which indicates the growing importance of this group. This is the fust occasion upon which Ministers of thc Crown havo felt it necessary to go to that part of the province. A Neutral Zone. A treaty has been entered into with tho United States to arrange a neutral zone on either side of the international boundary line in order to prevent the erection of line houses for the illegal sale of liquor, and the evasion of custom.0 duties. 0 Weight of a Lion. What does a lion weigh? Those who know the look of the king of.beasts best and how small his little body really is will probably come farthest from the truth Abe-*- 300 to 350 pounds is a usual estimate, but a full grown lion will tip the scales at no less than 500 pounds. Five hundred aud forty pounds is the record for au African lion [lis bone is solid and heavy as Ivory The tiger runs the lion very close A Bengal tiger killed by an English oiTu-er scaled 520 pounds A tiger this size has, however, considerably more muscular strength than the biggest Hon Mlnard'8 Llnlmont Curog Burns, ntc. Get acquainted with Black Watch the big black plug chewing tobacco. A tremendous favorite everywhere, because of its richness and pleasing lavor. 3200 IT takes hard rubbing to get cooked starch * into a fabric, because cooking stnrch increases the size of its particles or colls fourfold. Celluloid Starch ���������oaks into the fabric 1st , ha raw Btnte, fills the , little spaces and is then enlarged by the heat of the iron ��������� making' the surface per. fectl/ smooth and _ leaving: the fabric thoroughly stiffened. II (fives greater beauty ansf lonur- er life to your linen. ^ Vour grocer can supply It If you Insist. Never Sticks. 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Thero are already dozens of allmonis. from sleeping sickness to tennis ellow, that our fathers never had,���������London Novtb. Aho furnhhtd iy Martin Bil, t Wynni Co, Winning, Ui National Dnia 4 Chtmhal Co, Wlnnlpta ami Calaartk oat UuidtrtonBm.Ct.LU.. Vanaaum. ENMAHSHIP^^^p'-w'AVnV, hlllliniiyiiil .T���������le���������������iihy,iui'l ������1l business subjects thoroutililr taught. Write for pnrtlonlnrs. Cntnlovtucs free, Addrrss WINNtrKO BUSINESS UOTiLKOK, oor. Fortune Are. and 1'ortSt., WlMKU'XO. G. W. DONALD, Manager And Principal for. Fourteen Yoars ey ,'���������',, - .. ... W. N. U. No. 711. w'h ���������N \\\\'r. ' J - \"\\ \"' *'l m V ' \" m 'MhI 1 ! ,' , 1 \" \"rf ' IIkI m ml .'.if' J\"* r $A 3&L i*J-> i'aI !f?-1 f:- .-'.*������������������ ���������a !���������\" 'ti&Mtim^ ' t ' r Is. \" diamonds make lasting Christmas gifts. We jg r������ have a very large assortment to select from. Good Quality, $10 to $250, to size. <.a RINGS Tie Pins, $J0 to $150. j Brooches, $15 to $150. Also a large line of order. 'Phone. (i8. ' ac cording loose stones, mounted to ^ I E, A, Black, the Jeweler | ^ PHOENIX, B. C. ' gj' & 0 s '���������J ������ ���������I I a *������ New and Second Hand Store Is published every Thursday at Giceu- wood, B C , and the price is, $5 a year, postage free to all pat Is, of Canada, and Great Britain. To the United States and other countries it is sent postpaid for $-\".50 a year. Address all letters lo The Ledge, Greenwood, IJ, C. R. T. LOWERY, PUBLISHER. GRHKNWOOD B C. DEC. 3, 1908. House Furnishings of every description. Furuiburo Stoves, Tinware, G rah ite ware, Glassware, Carui'ls*, lings, Etc. Plenty of Guns and Ammunition for wile. Special prices upon certain lines of goods every week. Inspect our stock and you will be surprised that Greenwood can maintain such an eHfcablishin'-iit. ���������3 &&&&������������&ffi#*iB&99&Q99&Q$p9Q9a9*9Q������Q&99&9������3������9&Q&i������������&. ���������\"'^'''i\"''^ ������i IN THE WINDSOR HOTEL. - - -- r Everything is of the best at this cafe, as we Lead while others ��������� Follow. It makes no difference what you order���������steaks, chops, \\ eggs, bacon, ham, cutlets, chicken, etc., we have the high grade % goods. No shut-down, and no key to the door. Just the place % to eat at any hour of the day or night. Drop in and introduce A the. inner man to our gastronomical delicacies. J fioward moorc, Proprietor. ������* ^09&������9e������99C9999eS������99999099etK9999������&90^^e9^&e������&9������i(SS������@ 9 Tiik Letnieux vole ol many a Yale-Cariboo.- Act changed the railway man in Guano Forks is not heated with hot air. The citizens are still using wood and coal. The aifections of a man cannot be held very long by a woman unless she rbeys him. Ttmk brings many, changes. A cup of coffee can now be bought for live cents in Nelson. A kike brigade has been organized in Prince Rupert. The rain brigade will come, later. Kings Liquer Scotch Whiskey 12 Years Old J. W. liurmesters White Port. ,las. Honnessy-& Go's 3-Star Brandy. GREENWOOD LIQUOR CO. IMPORTERS, GREENWOOD, B.C. . Chiust.mas is jusp around the v'oriH'i' and the boys and girls arc getting their socks uiended.- Liquok is being sold in Prince Rupert.in..spite oi_the_iacb_that_the. Empire wishes to make it a water town. Busi.vi'ss is growing better in this province and signs of a land boom in the spring are verj* apparent. All newspapers in B. C. are uot broke. The Nelson News recently paid $14,000 for a building, and employs a janitor. The election of .Taft does not seem to raise the price of silver. The unfortunate white metal has a hard struggle to keep from making a low record. Tiieue is not much excitement in Nelson, although some of the inhabitants of that city claim that the Queen Victoria will make a second Granby and be employing 500 men some time next stunner. Beer, Porter, Soda Water Are our three Specialties. Our new Brew House is the largest in the Boundary. Phoenix = Brewing = Co. 5 (Limited.) The Pride of Western Canada. Phone 138, Greenwood \\ or pitl Is the best furnished hotel in the Boundary district. It is heated with steam and lighted by electricity. Excellent sample rooms. The bar is always abreast of the times, and meals are served in the Cafe at .any hour, day or night. McClung & Goodeve, Propr's. The Arlington Copper St.;\" Oreenwood None but the best brands of Liquors and Cigars. Morning bracers and evening high-balls always within easy reach of the baikeop. Nicely furnished rooms. C. A. Dempsey, Prop,, TO DKLINQUKNT C0-O1VNKKB To J. P. Myers Gray {nnil to tlio Entnto of Ilia Into Jiidf,u Lcatny, or to whomsoever llioy mnyhnvo transferred tlioir IntorostH In tho Jonny Fraction Mineral Claim, Hitiiateilln Deadwood crimp, Greenwood Mining in- vision of yalo Dlitrlct. FI. C, You nro hereby notified that I have expend���������! ���������������100 upon tlio iiliovn mineral e-liilm, nnd that If. within IX) days from the (Into of this notice, you full or refuse tv> contribute your proportion of the abovo mentioned ourn, stoKellier with the cpata of n.dvortlslni' your Intercuts In tlio mid claim will baaorna tho proporttr at the undersigned under Section i of the Mlnornl Act Amendment Act, low. NovomberO.liX-g. JOHN LUOY. . In an article -written for a \"New- York magazine John D. Kocke- feller says that it is better to giva than receive. Perhaps John is going to chauge bis ways or else he is just a plain humorist without knowing it. Hakd water is none too good for drinking purposes, owing to the lime that it contains. Its use is liable to cause a form of dyspepsia. For drinking\" it is better to boil hard water and allow it to settle before using. In many of the mining towns of B. C. the people aro prone to talk about the good times that are always coming iii the future. A Chinaman was asked why he left Rossland the other day. He blandly smiled and said: \"Geo CM! Lossland too muche by aud bye.\" Nelson must bo largely an agricultural center. A real gold brick was brought to that city from Salnio a few days ago, and more than half of the populntion did not get excited or even see it. If it had been a big apple tho brass band would have been called out and extra illuminations strung over the city. The Hindus seem to be reluctant to leave B. 0. A few doses of zero weather might make them move.on to Honduras. As they do not eat enough of the right food for a cold climate, ib is a pitiable sight to see them slouching along, shivering like adog with the ague. A fat Hindo has yet to be found in this province. The sun is the cause of Christmas. Long years ago the natives in Northern Europe .by careful watching discovered that the sun quit going south on December 21, and after standing still for three days commenced to come north again upon the *25fch. Hence they rejoiced upon that day and so do we, although *he majority of people think thut Christmas is tho Oost of Printers' Strike The co&t to the. members of the International Typographical Union to secure the eight-hour day from the opening of the contest up to May 31st, 190S, was $4,513,970.G4, aud this amount does not include local funds or money derived from local assessments that have'\" been expended in the eight-hour fight. It is estimated, however, that-such expenditures aggregated ������350,000 during the three years. This is a grand total of S'1,8G3,970.G4. ' That the money was- well spent is proved by Ihe fact that nearly fifty thousand members are working under much better, conditions than formerly and have some timo to spend with their families. The printers' strike reaffirms the truth of the old saying that \"the only .way to light the devil is with fire,\" that, is, fight capital with hard cash. During the three ypars of the strike there wasn't a wife or child of a striking printer who went without a meal or proper nourishment. The Tvpothotae was perhaps the stroiig.-st> organization of employers ever formed ou the continent, and had been organizing for a number of years.\" The printers paid, their striking members a wage nearly equal to that \"which they would have received had they accepted the terms of --their employers. The strike conclusively proved that there is not a. corporation or combination of corporations on the'eontiuent that can face a strike with cash behind it for a lengthy period. \" They haven't the cash, and their shareholders want dividends, not strikes. At their last convention the Western Federation of miners decided to place thtrinselves iu a po sition to meet any difficulties that may ari-e, an I should any serious differences ari.-ii-. it will be tlie mine ownen* who will do the crawling. . \"Mine manager's may; discharge every man who wears a union burton, Innj all workingmen* are the same, and will-insist on their rights. These' rights can only be maintained through united effort, and the rallying point of this united effort' will always be \"tlieirriibnT' SoTlie mi'ne~\"n* smelter foreman who discharges a good man on account of his unionism is simply ..doing missionary work for the union. Like the ostrich, he buries his head in the sand to escape \" danger. This continent has produced thousands of brilliant geniuses who believed they could destroy- unionism: The unions are all prospering, and most of the geniuses are in the sump, the insane asylum, or hitting the kitchen door for a \" hand-out.\" Like the financial condition of the Canadian banks, which'do a dollar, business on a\" live cent investment, they try to do dollar thinking with a five cent brain, and the inevitable collapse must come. We are now \"thoroughly settled\" ia our new store in the'Guess Block with a nice ���������* i j new stock of We extend to everybody a cordial invitation to call and examine our stock. No Trouble to Show G-oo'ds. Watchmakers. Jewelers. the real happenings nor to sense and file away in memory the things he should know. Perhaps there is a foolish little story, and like a butterfly ho reads that and then flutters away into the maze of the , baseball games. During broakfast his attitude toward thn������o about him is purposeless ; he desires to add neither to their pleasure nor t.o his own. On the way to shop or oflice his mind' is at the mercy of every dog fight anil patent lne'dieiiic bill board on the way, or if he happens in with a- friend, the subject of conversation or the direction it may take is all an accident and in the vagrant class. What a tremendous waste of energy ! Energy enough to move mountains is' wasted every day' in every city by men a'nd women with vagrant minds. Their owners have never had a purpose in life. The. miuds are too weak to get back of one ruling puipose and apply its great power to that purpose. Thus the days go on, and men and women in the mental wanderings often ponder upon \"the inequalities of life ! ' Christmas goods at a discount of 25 per cent during Barclay & Go's holiday sale. 'You can save money. Blessed is the chaperon hath eyes that see not and that hear not. who ears For Xmas gifts, *if you wish fresh stock���������the latpst and newest things out���������go to McRae.Bros. The hurt resulting from falling in love is apt to be painful���������for a short time. . .'. The Kootenay Cigar Co. of Nel-' son have in the Royal Seal a cigar that is known and smoked between the wheat couutry and the blue Pacific. ��������� ��������� During courtship a man's word goes about ten times as far, as it does after the fifth year of marriage. A choice and varied assortment of dolls at J. L. Coles. Tho head, like the stomach, is inosti easy infected with poison when it is empty. Portrait, enlargements done at the New Art Store, from SI ������o ������25. When a woman doesn't know what else.to do she eats a chocolate sundae. General Merchants, Midway, B. 0. Hay ancl .Grain always ' -on hand; Sleighs, and ��������������� >Vap;ons and Implements v of all ( kinds carried in stock. The, very' best , at,, right prices, goods NELSON, B; C. WHOLESALE . ' ' -DEALERS IN ^ t| Produce and ' Provisions' Frank Fletcher' .'. Puovincial Land Surveyor, i������. ~ --- * i i. ' -- *��������� . \" - - Nelson, B. C.\" Tobaccos, Pipes,' and all other Smokers' supplies. Next door to Pacific hotel. J. P. FLOOD You have a long time to live yet'. Decorate vour homes with pictures from the New Art Store. ' , _ There's lots of pleasure to bo derived from decceiving a deceiver. . ' Christmas cards of many aud prices , G. WKST, 830 \"Richards St.. \" VANCOUVER, B.C. Hotel. Gifeenaiood, The oldest hotel in the city, B. C; and still under the same -Management. Rooms, comfortable,-meals equal to any in thecity, and thc bar sppplies only the best.. Corner of Greenwood and Government; streets. - J. W. T-lelson It is a natural law that the chronic knocker is at last knocked out with the recoil of his own blows. The Columbia cigar is a large and free-smoking cigar. It is sold in all mountain towns and made in Nelson. Mfimms&a^HfriAVsm Have You a Vagrant Mind? The action of some human minds is like the flight of the butterfly. That insect flutters along in a seemingly aimless, drunken fashion. There is a littlespurt up, a sliding1 down again toward tho earth, a bearing to the right or to the left, as if each second brought with it a change of purpose. The action of other-minds is like the flight of the .Tune bug, which lumbers along until it goes full tilt against\" something, then falls, struggles back to its feet, takes wing for nowhere, aud repeats the misfortune. .These traits of character in the butterfly and the June bug are to be found in tho action of the minds of millions of mon and women. In tho course of tho day the energy of the mind is directed against thousands of things unnecessarily. ���������It lumbers along without any mapped course, a vagrant in the worst sense of tho word. Take the average man with tho vagrant - mind. .With * a morning paper he- ' wanders aimlessly through the news columns with no effort to find out systematically NOTICE 3>I0IrV/9 EHOLT, B. C. First-class meals and rooms. Railroad men, miners aud others will find a pleasant home at this hotel. The bar contains fragrant cigars and the'tnost popular beverages of the day. N. LUSE, PROPRIETOR NELSON, B. O. -Now Under Old and Original - Management. E. E. PHAIR - MANAGER C^Gentlemen, Do you like your clothes to Fit You? Suits and Overcoats $15 to $50, Tailor made, to fit you. Union Label. Absolute and unconditional satisfaction guaranteed. It costs nothing to try WM. WALLAGE WINNIPEG AVE., CRAND FORKS ^Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllf-^ j H. BUNTING | l*C0NTRACT0R. S I ESTIMATES I | ' GIVEN. I j Dealer in all kinds of Rough | and Dressed Lumber,- Win- | dows, Doors, Shingles, Brick, j Cement, etc. j Shop Phone, 65. ' Lumber Yard Phone, 2C GKO. P. WELLS, Proprietor. TOMKINS.I Ulaiiager.. First-class in everything. Steam heat, electric light, private baths. .Telephone in every room. Finest lavatories in'B. C. First-class bar and barber shop. 'Bus meets all trains. Is the home for all tourists and millionaires visiting New Denver. /Jritish\" Columbia. HEHRY STEGffi. PROPH.' that I, Vto.uk Hall, of Anuconilu, niiplylnif to tlio SuiiiTlntiiniluiit > Police, nt thu exiilrrstluii ol ono Liquor jMumifto Art, TnltoNotlco that I, Ifnirik U. &.,'ntond of Provincial . ���������..,;���������, ... .....^ ������..,.. ,.. ... ,..,u month from tlio statu liorcor, for mi liotul IJuuntjo lor tlio |iri'iril������un ������ntmito on Lot 7, (Hock 18, In tlio Towimlto of Anaroiifk, II. (J. Dated this -ttli ilny of November, W08. FKANK UEIiL, KASLO HOTEL KASLO B. O, Is a comfortable home .for all who travel to that city. COCKLE & PA.PWORTH. MINEKAL AOT Certificate of Improvements Noncis '���������I'andro', \"Mlnornl Clnlm,' sltuiito' hi tlio Oreenwood Mliilns? Division of Ynlo Dla- 'trlot. ��������� Where 'ociUcdi' At Camp MoKlnncy. TAKB NOTICE thnt SamuoIT. Lnrsen, Froe ItltKir'B Oortlllonto No, B Mim, nnd AIox 1). Mnnlntyra, Official AdmliilBtrntor.of the estntc' nnd ellects of Kdwurd JnmcH, (lerennod. Froo Minor's Certltlcnto No, H 1)3151*, Intend, sixtydays from date hereof, to nmily to the MliiiniC;Kecorilor for'n, Cortlllcnio q������ .Improve- merits, for tho I'lirnose of obtnliilntf n Crown Grant of the above claim, And further tnko notlco tlmt nct'or,, under Motion 87, must ho .t'oiTiinoiicod before tho lBKiianrc of Huch Cortlllcnto of Iinprovemonts /Jilted thin 18th day of Ootobw, A. D. 1WW, H. T. LAI'SEN. AliBX. D. MA0INTYRE, Offlolal Administrator, ft Regular monthly meetings of ���������jy^f Greenwood lodge No. 28, A. F. /V* & A. M., aro held on'tho first Thursday in each month in Fraternity hall, \"Wood block, Government street, Greenwood. Visiting brethren are cordially invited to attend. JAS, S. BIRNIK, Soorotnry, W*C Jklf Greenwood Miners' . - r. 111. UDio������. No- 22> W. Saturday evening in Union Hall, Copper street, Greenwood, at 7:80. , Also in hall at Mother Lotlo -mine!*1 Friday evenings at 7:80. GEO. HEATHERTON, Secretary. Cbe Pacific fiotcl... Is under tho management of Greig & Morrison. The Rooms aro Comfortably furnished, and the bar.con- tains tho best, brands' of wines, liquors and cigars. s \" Cbe Pacific 0af<... Is the best-appointod Restaurant in the interior of British Columbia. The best cooks and most attentivo waiters only employed. Open all tlio time. Mns. Giiisr'a, Pkoimuetki'mb. \"** The Hotel Slocan '; Three Forks, B. C, is the leading hotel of the city. .Mountain trout and game dinners a specialty. Rooms reserved by telegraph. Hugh Hiyew, Prop'"@en, "Published as The Ledge from 1906-05-10 to 1926-07-29; Published as The Greenwood Ledge from 1926-08-05 to 1929-05-23.

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