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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.
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u. Montsorrat Lime Juice, Pints..- 60c. Montserrat Lime Juice, Quarts 9oc. Norton's Raspberry Vinegary Pints (iOc. Norton's Raspberry Vinegar, Quarts....'..���������. 90c' Ii. "0. Raspberry Vinegar, Pints ' 35c, B. C. Raspberry Vinegar, Quarts.......... fiOc. , Crosse & Black well Fruit Syrups 25c. Bread Cakes and Pies for, Sale. - Chas. King has closed his bakery until August. Harry Goodeve took a look at Phoenix Sunday. , Thomas Walsh paid a visit to Halcyon last week. ��������� ��������� . } Russell-Law-Caulfield Co., Ltd. Hardware, Groceries,-Clothing and Gents' Furnishings. Let Us Make You a Summer Suit. Something that will be cool, light and us smart loolcine- as you pleaHfi��������������� Mcintosh ; is paying a visit Torney has his hotel THE.CANADIAN BANK ... OF COMMERCE. " - HEAD OFFICE, TORONTO B. E. WAIKER, President ALEX. LAIRD, General Manager . Homespun!*, for instance! . They are light and"airy, and when made up, this material con- stitutes the total summer clothing If you hnvejnevor worn Halifax Homespun, wear it this summer. Come in and look over our beautiful range of lightweight materials and let us make you a suit, which will surely keep vou cool this summer. Hunter-Kendrick Co. Mrs. M. D, to Rossland. At Eholt W. S. full of boarders. J. P. Flood is on*a*busiiiess trip to Spo- kane this week.. .. E'*;.I!ar!ey,las opened a restaurant in the Victoria hotel. ��������� ; Cutcheoii, and W. G. Swayne. Mr. and Mrs. White have the sympathy'of the community in their bereavement. There will'be a joint installation of Midway and Greenwood lodges, Knights of Pythias, in Greenwood next Wednesday evening. Members of Phoenix lodge will assist in the ceremony. A. S. Goodeve of Rossland was chosen at the Conservative convention in Nelson' Puesday to contest Kootenay. Mr Goodeve is bne'iof the best public speakers m the province and is a worker There will be something doing in Koote- j nay every minute until the polls close. Duncan A. Cameron, who was brought to the city last week 'from Camp McKinney suffering from a badly fractured lee died in the hospital Saturday last. Del ceased was 52 years of age' and had been a resident of Camp McKinney for about fifteenyears. The*fuueral was held Tiies -Number of candidates candidates Greenwood-Number of candidates 6, passed 6; Oliv-. Bunting 692, Marjorie McArthur 654, Wm. White 648, Arthur Peterson, 647. Theodore Hunter 619, Roderick McC'utchpou 609. ' - Boundary Falls���������Numbe 2, passed o. I ' Deadwood���������-Number of I passed o. Midway���������Number of candidates ������*, passed 3; Ethel ,-Ferguson 673, 'Albert Melville 649, Olga-Heilscher 566. Phoenix���������Number ��������� of candidates 2, passed r; Bertrand Knott 607. The pass lists of Ladysmith, Chilli- wack, Paachland, Cranbrook, Fernie, Golden, Greenwood, and New Western Float - /���������'*.'<���������'. . Bruce White was in the on mining business. city this week biggest beer ESTAI11.ISIIJ-'D 1867 *'- Paid-up.Capital, $10,000,000 Reserve Fund, - 5,000,000 Branches throughout Canada, and in'the United States and England COUNTRY BUSINESS Every'(acjlitya(rordedtofarmers.and . ,. * -. * * . * others for thc transaction of their banking business. Sales notes will be cashed or taken for collectiod. E. W. WIDDOWSON ASSAYJ5U AND OHJKMIST. CHARGKS: I Denoro has one of,the thirsts in the Boundary.,"' t ���������}������ ���������oeAeft this week t0 worl<- at the Little Bertha on the North Fork. , J. W. Morrison of the Lone Star mine is spending a few days in the city. In about a month W. P. Tierney & Co wiil have their -work finished on the Mother Lode spur. } All the legal talent in the city are in- 1 tcrf>sted in the ice claim that Bill Robinson has put into court. -''������������������- ' W. W. Carter returned this week after doing assessment work.on his claims on Copper creek, Kettle river. J. D. Sword will shortly commence development work at the-Bel" on Wallace mountain,-, near Beaverderf. A tunnel will be run to tap the lead' at depth. ' day .V6m *������Hey-,TntotoU^ to the railway station, and the body taken y_b"***-**yiii&. . , . . , - , ���������body by his brothe.r Hugh to New Weslnnu- ster for interment. The pallbearers were D..McBride, J. W. Nelson, Jas. Kerr, J. McLean, Jno. Lucy and W. E. George. There are strained relations between a liveryman, a furniture man and a con- feet-oner on Copper' street, owing ro tlie sudden and mysterious demise of the liveryman's cat. The chief of police and the coroner have been working on the case and it is probable {hat all the legal talent of the city will be engaged in clearing up "*"��������� mystery. No value has yet been Plenty at Hazelton. the placed on the departed. He was yellow and a vocalist of a high order, as well in the compass of his voice as in the exalted position which he occupied when trilling forth his songs of love���������on top of the furniture store, All possibility of shortage in supplies lor Hazelton and the interior points for which it is the distributing center is removed by the receipt of a telegram announcing that the Hudson's Bay company's fine steamer Port Simpson reached Hazelton on Wednesday morning with all the freight that was offering at Port Essington up to her departure. Over 600 tons of freight have been taken up the hkeena so far this season, leaving only a comparatively small amount to be handled. .- Two masked men held up a poker game n Comaplix but got scorad -off before ru? k di*.tllne, t0 8������ through the parly. The bandits should throw a'wdy their Runs get a pack of cards, nnd hunt for drunken men 111 Gene Shea's at Phoenix. It is easier anr1 perfectly safe. J. L. Retallock has formed a com pan v to take over the Whitewater Deep S Whitewater in the Slocan. The *������ ��������� tunnel on that property will be pushed to completion. The Deep is the property that Barbarian Brow!, engineered ��������� the early days of the Slocan. George Petty ���������art' Yakii '-J',"-' 1 ��������� ,r,- ,, / is working the Bachelor, near Three Forks George raises fruit at ma, and lead and silver in the Slocan. - He is a wise farmer who now to play both ends to middle. knows catch the went Accounts may be opened by mail, and monies deposited or withdrawn in BANKING BY this way with equal facility J. T. BEATTIE, Manager Greenwood Branch; 11s Gold, Lil ver, Copper or Lend, each -si nn 1. r������ .... Gold-Silver or Sllver-Loa.' . 1 2 L Mii" Pf,������r?e*Whlte and famiIy wish to Gold-Silvor, with Copper or Lend..'.'.".'.'.'.'.'.'.��������� 2 50 o���������!���������*-*!. * frie.nds for the kindly Careful sampling; accurate assaying; prompt returns. 317 Baker street, Nelson, B. 0. 1836 THE Frederic W. .fcLaine Mining and Eeal Est* 'e Broker.* Estates Managed aad Locns Made. Local and District Land Agent Canadian Pacific' Rail way. Stocks and Shares a Specialty. Green wood, B. C. ..Sejpnty-ttyo^ .business, and Assefa exceeding Fiftf Million Dollars, guarantee'' the safety of your money deppsited with this Bank ' $1.00 starts an account/and entitles the Depositor to a pass-book. ��������� - Interest at highest current 'rate is paid or added to the Principal Half-Yearly; Money may be withdrawn at any time without . notice. - - H. F. STOW, MANAGER GREENWOOD BRANCH.: Choice bruit . -LANDS ; For Sale at $10, $12 arid $15 Per. Acre. R. J. STEEL NELSON. B. C sympathy and assistance extended to them in their recent sad bereavement. Last week 27 women 'from the tenderloin paid ������175 into the treasury of Greenwood for the privilege of using red eur- tains and selling booze at two bits a gurgle.' . r J. F. Brown of Eholt is in she city. Near Denoro his horse ran away and spilled him over the formation. He received a severe scalp wound that required fifteen stitches to mend. Gus'Clerf is home on"a visit and regaining his health. He was down with the fever in'a Spokane hospital for some time, bmt is now rapidly strength with home care. Frank Edwards, a prospector, is reported missing. He is supposed to have been drowned while prospecting 0.1 one' of the Queen Charlotte islands. He there in May from Nelson. Quite a number of Western men are Srn������ oifn aSt t0 Cdeblate the re������-*i������'' of the Old Boys at Petrolia. Theie will be ten brass bauds, besides the bagpipes in the blowout. " **������������������-������������������ l-"-*** ���������,,���������1Ilr1^ Callaha������' wl-o cut quite a swell in New Denver a decade ago, is living hi New York. He will be remembered in connection with the Galena Farm and other properties. Boaid of Trade met last week in Prince- ' weeks. Who is responsible? Is the same I the canyon was inTpasTablef and tte hiX I dan'trer-of ^hlT^l-that there is soule ' - , excellent care taken of all the city's fire power steamer Port Bim^^S, ������ future ^ eVeiy month in ' fighting apparatus? On what date will below that point it has been possible fo? the semi-annual practice of the fire bri- the Hudson's Bay company to keen up gade take place? Are the hydrants tested communibation by a short portage across rPo,���������1n,*���������? TCM..1-���������: ^ _._.. the canyon. Owing to.thesimultaneous The almost unprecedented conditions on ihe Skeena which have prevailed since the opening of navigation this season have rendered the maintenance of a f������,��������� ������, 1 r ..1. * I 'V01"0"*?1*service from Port Essington to The body of the racing cart of the Hazelton extremely difficult. With the hose team has been lying on Greenwood steamer Hazelton running from Kitselas street exposed to the weather for three | canyon to Hazelton during the time thit regaining regularly ? Is the hose inspected regu- larly? Do the fire chief and the water committee know what pressure they can count on in case of fire ? Have the fire and light committee /any knowledge in reference to, water pressure? Has the hose on the two emergency carts been unwound and examined at a recent date, say within six mouths? The weather has been very warm, all the buildings in the city are like tinder, ���������*���������������������������*��������� *���������-;- *' l and it is import- occur all the ap- ant that should a ffre paratus should be in good condition The High City. The crops, especially the potatoes, are looking well iu Phoenix. Judge Williams has gone to Regina to handle the brewery busines** in that town for a couple of months. Nearly everybody will miss the judge, as he was looked up to more than any man in Phoenix. -���������ii-ly-Mr-ussc j-aird - Bat! "-Boone'are now running the Dominion hotel. Being a ������im 1.1. - * . *.-.-,.- . good cook,���������Massey will fill the house The thermometer has had a crazy jag- with Wders.-whilS^BatV will smile?kf tr&������X���������lk���������l ^ been try- the boys in the bar, Batt is "he premier arrival of several large shipments at Port Essington there was, for a few days, thing approaching a congestion but this was speedily relieved, the Port Simpson leaving Essington last trip* with every available pound of freight aboard. .i-R,ei?0rts from Kitselas canyon indicate that through navigation will be possible without interruption after this week��������� Victoria Times. ' to a The Greenwood baseball nine went to Chesaw Sunday last and put it all over tlie United Statesers - by'a score of 4' to o That Chesaw team'are sure of a big crowd any time they come to Greenwood. ' BANK -OF [MONTREAL ESTABLISHED 1817. PAID UP CAPITAL, $14,000,000. :REST, $1 1,000,000 UNDIVIDED PROFITS, $422,689.98 General Banking Business-TransHotocl. Drafts, issued on all points, and Collec 'tions made at lowest rates. ' SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT *| W. F. PROCTOR, INTEREST ALLOWED AT,CURRENT RATES /MANAGER GREENWOOD BRANCH A Regular monthly meetings of X if Gre6nwood lodge No. 28, A. F. /%/*** & A. M., are held on the first Thursday in each month iu Fraternity hall, Wood block, Government street, Greenwood. Visiting- brethren are cordially inyited to attend. JAS, S. BIKNIE. Secretary, ing to kick the loo mark with vatying degrees of success. During the night it usually drops to about 55 degrees. Jack Lucy walked back from Bannock City on Sunday. He says that the mosquitoes in that camp are extremely industrious, and extend a hearty welcome to every atranger who comes their way. Miss Winifred Crowley, one of Canada's sweetest singers, is still iu Boston studying vocal and instrumental music. In additiou to her wonderful ability as a singer she promises to be one of the best pianists in America. W. F. M. EKteiap-fe" Greenwood Miners' Union, No. 22, W. 0 , , . -������"��������� M., meets every Saturday evening in Union Hall, Copper street, Greenwood, at 7.-80. Also in hall at Mother Lode 1 hursday evento-ars at 7:80. E. A. MATHEISON, Secretary. mine IN ALL STYLES. Patent Kid, Dongola Kid, Beaded Too, three aud four strap, Military or French Heel. Some of the Best American Makes Rep resented. Dry Goods. RENDELL & CO. Boots and Shoes C S. BAKER Provincial Assayer and Ore Shippers' Agent. Correspondence solicited. Samples recefve prompt attention. P. O. BOX 183, GREENWOOD, B. O. PHOENIX, B. (J.' Is opposite the Great Northern depot and is a delightful haven for the 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 artistic appointment of tho liquid refreshment makes the drinks go down like eating fruit in a flower - garden, The sample rooms are the largest in the monn tains and a pleasure to'drummors with big trunks JAS. MARSHALL MINERAL ACT. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. Columbia Minoral Claim, ���������Mtuato In G.cenwood Mlnlng Division of Yalo District, Where S0Ii In Den!I'Y,0������,*l Camp, a-ljolnlnff Ihe Emerald Mineral Clnlm. TAKE NOTICE that 1, Sydney 11. Johnsin ootlnjf as-agent for Elmore to ler. Freo Miner s Certificate No. B93082, intend six yd.wS from the date hereof, to apply to he if nin J %������ eordor for a Certificate of fmprovcmenfi fo* thi HXS?!0 obta,nlnff* Crow" Grant tottieabo��������� JVi",1 iiiltllor.T,'lke notic*������ "it action, under section 37, must be commenced before tho iJu- anco of such Certificate of Improvements Dated this 21th day of June" A. OAtm SYDNEY M JOHNSON big PROPRIETOR Thousands of Testimonials Proclaim PHOENIX - BEER to be the Best Brewed in Wesfcorn Canada. Phone 138, Greenwood. Phoenix Brewing Co. Successors to the Elkhorn Brewery Co. MORTGAGE SALE. Under and l.y virtue of the powers contained in a certain MortRa-re which will ibe produced at the tlmo of wilo. there will bo ofTercd for sale bypublic Auction at tho Court Houso In the Uty of Greenwood, British Columbia, on Tuesday the-1th day of Aummt. l!X)B,at tho hour ofllo clock In the forenoon, All and -Singular tlio*,c certain parcels or tracts of land ami nrcm'80** sltuato, lylnu and belriff In tho Town or Midway, in thc I'rovinoe of British Columbia more particularly known and described as Lots M (.Sixteen) and 17 (Seventeen) In Block I* (���������"orry.flvojiii thuflulKliulsionof Lot W)l, Group I. of the Osoyoos .Division of Yalo District, in hoProvlnconforcsald.accordiiiBllo aiMap or IliiiiofsaidSnbdiviHion.deposilod In the Land Hwlitrjr Ofllco In the City of Kamloops and heroin muiibored 3 (throe; with tho store and l-uildliiRH thoroon. ������W nt M!"<TJ? Wat��������� ,Uy of ���������""-���������* Solicitor for MortRa(,'C(i, Lowson Elook, Midway, B. O _ At present a deal is under way to provide ample funds for the working of the Prince Henry. This is one of the best high-grade properties iii the camp, and it will iu all probability resume operations by OctoDer. The C. P. R. payday is a welcome event at Eholt. Seven crews are now working out of that town and these, with the other-employees at that point, cause several thousand dollars to float around that burg every month. Jas Kerr, who has been a resident of Mullan, Idaho, for the past year and a half, returned to the Boundary last week and will reside in Midway. 'The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Kerr will welcome them back to the district. Chas. Lewain, E. R. McLean and J. \V. Douglas, of New York, were iu the city this week and visited the Mother Lode mine and Greenwood smelter. They are negotiating for the purchase of copper properties on Osoyoos mountain. Duncan Mcintosh is in Spokane in connection with the long tunnel at Greenwood. The plans of ihe promoters have been slightly delayed owiug to the tragic death of one of the men interested in the claims along tlie right-of-way. At the Mother Lode on Saturday last Angus Nicholson had his right collar bone broken by a small piece of rock falling on him. This knocked him out of the way of a Marge quantity of rock that fell immediately afterwarefs, thereby saving his life. Seven men were laid off at the Sunset mine this week. The mine was producing more ore than the Boundary Kalis smelter could handle with only one furnace iu operation. When the other furnaces are put iu commission a full force will be put on at the mine. I7. M. Elkins returned Thursday lust, after a two-months' visit in England. He says that business is iu a depressed state, and that the main issue at the the next general election in the Old Country will be a protective tariff, with good prospects of the protectionists car- ^ For terms and conditions of sale, apply 'to tho Mort-tngeoH Solicitor. ' MINKKAL ACT. Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. 'Coin [.'ruotloiml������aud'Aiichor'MlnoralClaims, . 8Itunte in| tho Greenwood Mining Division of laleDlstriot. Wlicro located: In Horso- w-oo Mining Camp on Main Kottlo river. TAKEtNOTIOE that I, James Krnct Span Wo F,T10. Miner's Cqrtlllcato No. B 1-1W, Iiitoiid,' x y dnyfl from the date hereof, to apply to ho Ml-ilntf Itnoordor for-Cortli catos ofTmtirovo- monts for the purposo of * - improv������- Urants of tho above claims. And durthor talti ���������----. -..iprovo- obtalnlng- Crown And flurthor tako notlob that action, iin-lur 9octlonS7 must bo commended blSti th"l������ 8US2*J?^fiVB,h <5or������iflcji,to������������f Im|uo^Si?neS. Datod this 1st day of Juno, A. D. Iixw. ' JAMEH B, SPANKIB, rying the country. The Dominion government has granted subsidies for a railroad from Carnii to Penticton and from Peiiticton to Nicola. This means that before loug the railroad will be built from Midway to Okiuiagan lake and Nicola. Cheerful news for all interested In land, timber and minerals along the West Fork of Kettle river. Greenwood people should get busy and select a site for the proposed federal building in this city. The Dominion government, wise in the face of au approaching election/ has appropriated &5,ooo towards this building, and no doubt within a few years the balance of the money to complete the work will be forthcoming. While swimming in u pond back of the smelter Saturday afternoon, Wm. T. White, nged 15, was drowned. The funeral took place Tuesday afternoon, and was attended by la large number of friends. Services were conducted in the church and at the grave by Rev. V, J. Rutherford, Methodist preacher. The pallbearers were W. Watson, J. Day, II, MeGilUvray, JP. Thompson, Rod, Mc- of all the old-timers, having been over 50 years in the West. . ' Ed. Black has the best jewelry store iu the Boundary. The Brooklyn and Alexander hotels are crowded with guests all the time. The merchants complain about the amount of credit that has been given in this city. Partly their own fault, for they would not endorse a fortnightly payday. Red Clark, formerly of Kentucky and Silverton. is now located in this city. The Pioneer office is a place of harmony. It is run by Love, and business is so good that it takes a quartette of nimble type-stickers to handle the business. Although a tenderfoot from the wheat belt, the editor is already able to tell the difference between Granby ore and an ordinary Phoenix beersteak. ^ The baud is out of luck for a leader. The last one could not get a better job than shoveling coal, and as coal and music do not mix he had to seek other pastures. Judge Williams .has sold the Golden Eagle to the Granby. It is reported that the price was Ji2,ooo. Ednae Floron died last week from the injuries he received by being struck by a car in the Granby tunnel. Game is rather scarce in and around the city. A few bears were seen in Dead- man's gulch the other day, and a party of amateur sports from the outside treed a heart solo last Thursday iu the center of the city. Blind pigs are not in sight and the tiger has fled to Port Essington, while only a stray gaunt wolf is seen hovering around Gene Shea's boo^e dump. The new strike on the Brooklyn is valuable and extensive, The assays show {4.50 in gold, 2.2 per cent, coppe'r, and about an ounce in silver. The new ore body is in virgin ground and may extend into the Montezuma. About 200 tons daily are being shipped from the new strike. The Rawhide is being actively developed and will be able to ship 1,000 tons daily in a few months. Some five hundred tons of -fS ore are being shipped from the Athelstan dump. The rate of taxation in Phoenix is 22 mills. W. K. Hyslop will act as while Mr. Stephens is taking Prince Rupert. As the circulation of The limited to a million thc citizens of Phoe nix should send iu their subscriptions early. Might Be True. The Calgary Eye-Opener, probably the tne wisest paper in Alberta, has this to say about the elections: "Those who imagine the elections will be pulled off this fall are awav off their trolley. The Eye Opener is in a position to state authoritatively that nothing will be done until a certain scheme, which is being secretly evolved at Ottawa, is carried out in , iu..entirety. The scheme is of a somewhat startling nature. Some people may think it merely a-joke when they first hear of the weird plot, but, believe us, it is no laughing matter." * Big Hill Reduction. About one half the tunneling work on the C. P. R. line between Field and Hector, which is to cut the famous Big Hill grade in half, has already been performed, and the contractors, Messrs. Mac- done11 & Czowski, of Vancouver, are now deubhng their equipment so that be finished by the end year. " * .Miss Hale, of Euderby, writing friend from England says that gloves are the only cheap thing that she saw in the'beer Evidentl-y she has not priced In the Okanagan the tobacco crop is iu fine condition, much of it already beiiijr oyer two feet in height. The area planted tins year amounts to about 60 acres. Across the river from New Westminster the mosquitoes are so plentiful that the sawmills have closed down, as the workmen could not endure the pests. The ranchers around Princeton are feeding the Star editor upon strawberries It is not generally known how he rustles the cream and sugar. Rossland has four new lady school teachers, and many of the bachelors in the camp are sad because they are too old to attend school. It took twelve coaches to carry the Okanagan Orangemen to the demonstration at* Revelstoke on the lives were lost. 12th. No it may _. . , of the present It is expected that by New Year's Day trains will be running through the two big tunnels, and Ihe diverted section of the railway which will carry the approaches to the long bores from east and west. Altogether about one mile and a quarter of tunneling is embraced iu both boies. Work has beeu proceeding at four faces of the tuunels since a start was made. These tnn.vels, besides being almost complete circles, carry throughout their length a 2.2 per cent grade, and the driving of them is no mean eii>'ineeriiif> problem. fa Steam shovels are now to be installed 111 both tunnels so that the rock, may be handled more expenitiously after blasting, the great desire being that the work shall be hurried along as rapidly as possible.��������� Mail-Herald. F Business is moving along in rrince'JRu- " pert, as the Empire says'L. *RojrV adding " a fourth plank to the sidewalk in front * or his hotel. -������������������ ��������� - Bir0n������5?Iiite'wi11 run a 500-foot tunnel 011 the Hidden Treasure in the with a view of tapping Richmond. Slocan the lead on the When the big lire arrived in Graud Forks there were 5S guests-in the Yale Hotel, most of whom saved their, rent. Fifteen ��������� room city clerk a look at Ledge A Great Pressure. One of the delights of the small boy in New York, as everywhere else, is to chase the fire engine as it tears at a terrific pace through the streets. This amusement, however, is soon to be a thiug of the past in Gotham, now that the high-pressure mains have been installed, which, as soon as the system is perfected, means goodby to the fire sn- gines. Just as soon as the pressure can be regulated at the hydrants the old fire engines will go. The recent tests, which have been conducted with the new system, have been most successful, and'the authorities predict that there can be no more great fires there, as the flames could not possibly live against such a water battery. At present the power has to be regulated by telephoning lo the central power station, but it is expected that a method will soon be devised for governing it at the hydrant. A pressure of 300 pounds to the square inch can be secured The system up to the present time includes the aiea between Chambers and Thirty-third streets. students and their teachers trom the university at Grand Forks, X D., are touring the Boundary this week. J. F. Rover ot Keremeos has bought two autos. One will be used on the staee loute and the other for .private hiie. The Methodists have closed a successful camp meeting at Sardis. It is reported that many souls were saved. Bill Springer, who now represents i-inch & Campbell, is looking at the prospects in Poplar camp. Charley Nelson of New Denver isgoing Boston as delegate to theSupremt* Lodge, Knights ol Pythias. b ' Charlev Race, who ran the Rossland -Miner, is in Santa Barbara running a real estate oflice. ���������"* R. O. Blomlin is placer mining 011 Slate ' creek. He first staked the ground 22 ' years ago. Iu September the members of the Ca- ' nadian Mining Institute will tour the Boundary. Mrs. Hughes of Kaslo is building a lodging house on Knox tenace in l������,iuce Rupert. Ross Thompson is living in Yerrin"-- toii, Nevada, where he owns some copper claims. * . " James Currie, formerly of New Denver, is now manager of ii store at Sica- mous. City Council, The council met 011 Myuday evening. All the members were present except Aid. Sutherland. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and adopted. Mr. Uiner interviewed the council re a brewing license. He was instructed to take out a wholesale liquor licegse. It was decided that any person impounding an animal should receive ]?i. The police officers were instructed to notify all property owners and tenants in the city to destroy all. old paper and inflammable material lying on their premises. The fire and light committee were instructed to meet the fire department and go through the list of requirements and order nt once whatever is absolutely necessary. A telephone was ordered to be placed in Chief Diiistnore'sroom. The following account was ordered to be paid: Jos. Intilla, -f r.50. Council adjoorned, to. August 3rd. Entrance Examination. The results of the entrance examina- ���������ion for the province were made public Predicts Coal Famine. F. H. Sherman, president of District No. 18, United Mine Workers of America speaking of the coal supply in the west, said: "According to the way mines are running now and the attitude of the people, I believe wc will have a worse famine throughout thc prairie provinces next winter than we ever had before. There is plenty of coal iu Ihe country, but it is not being mined fast enough. People are now only purchasing enough domestic coal to satisfy their immediate wants, and are uot providing for the winter months. As a result the demand for domestic coal is light, and the mines, and storing it in preparation for I rush orders, are running half time nnd barelv keeping ahead of tlie demand." Around Sandon mining operations are steadily improving. - Phii Hickc-y lives in Seattle aud runs a mine in Whitchorsc. A full force ol* 111011 are working on the Bullion near Olalla. Avery & Son are building a real estate oflice in Princeton. In the Sloc-au llm ping 300-otince ore. The mosquitoes stopped the work on a government road near Enderby the other day. The address of Jeff Main, formerly of Sandon. is wanted at The Ledge oflice. P. Sw.iu.son is building an addition to the Great Northern hotel in Princeton. Several carloads of machinery arrived ut the Grand Forks smelter last week. Mrs. E. McKinnoii of S.indou has opened a restaurant in Prince Rupert. Jack Chisin still stays that Poplar will be the greatest mining camp iu B. C. Ernest Miller expects to leave Grand Forks next mouth for Prince Rupert. An evaporating plant is being addod to the canning factory iu Chilliwack. This year new potatoes were raised in Aiusworth upon the 15th of June. In Grand Forks the Winnipeg now runs Us restaurant all night. ' hotel*- Westniount is ship. John Knudsoii has started a pinning null in Keremeos. Bui'illng o)):������tations arc Fernie this year, very brisk in The Iloli-l Colin was'opened iu Grand I'orks lo,st week. Iu b.'oad daylight the coyotes descend upon Hedley and steal chickens. A dispatch from Sandon says that the Payne may soon change owners. The Mail-Herald says that Revelstoke strawberries ate the best in B. C. ��������� Grand Forks is talking about having a fire limit within its boundaries. This summer one tree ut Euderby pro- duced 250 pounds of cherries. tJohn M. Hurke is in Gold Circle, Ney He once ran a bank in Kaslo.; James D. Sword thinks that the Slocan will soon get its .second wind. In Prince Rupert four loaves of bread can be bought for 25 cents. There'. nrc'25,000 young Iruit tree*) in the nurinry near Kaslo, E. S. Lake has put in a photograph gallery at Penticeou, ** S?-/S*-*^c&- THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA. tt&������oxm������&^^ BY GUY BOOTHBY. Author of "A Beautiful White Devil," "A Bid for Fortune," "Dr. Nikola," Etc. (Cout'nued) "in tne lirst pi.'co," i sum, "i must make a confession that may surprise you My name is noi Wrexford, as I have so long led you to suppose. It is Pennc-tboino. My father wus Sir An- tl-ouy Pennclhorno, of Polton-Pcnna, In Cornwall. I was educated at Eton and Oxford; and, as you will now sou, 1 got no good fiom either. After a college scrape, tlio blame for which was thrown upon mo, my father turned me o-it of England with a portion of my Inheritance. I went to Australia, whore I tried my hand at all sorts of employment, gold mining among thc number. Details of my life out there, v.'ilh one oxcop ion, would not interest you: so I will get on to thc great catastrophe, thc results of which were taking mc nut of England when I first mot you. Up to this time ill- luck had constantly puisucd mo, and I had even known the direst poverty. You may imagine, therefore, what my fooling were when an old friend, a man with whom I had been partner on many gokllields, told me of a place ���������which ho had discovered where, he said, thero were prospect's of sufficient gold to make us both millionaires half . a dozen times over, lie, poor fellow, was dying at the time, but ho left his secret to mc, bidding me take immediate advantage of it. True to my promise, I intended lo set off to the place ho had found as soon as he was buried, and having discovered it, to apply to Government for right to mine there, but fate was against mo, and I was taken seriously ill. For weeks I hovered between life and death. When I recovered I saddled my horse, and, dreaming o[ all I was going to accomplish with my wealth, when I had obtained it, made my way across country by the chart he had given mc. When I arrived at tho spot it was only to* learn that my greatest enemy in the world, a man who hated me as much as I did him, had filched my secret from me in my- delirium, and had a."-propriatcd the mine. You can- ' not imagine my disappointment. I ���������wanted money so badly, and I had counted so much on obtaining this, that I had almost come to believe myself possessed of it. What need to tell the rest? Ho became enormously rich, and returned to England. In the meantime my father had died, lo'iving me a sufficient sum. when carefully invested, to just keep me alive. With this to help me I followed my enemy home, resolved, if ever a chance arose, to revenge myself upon him When I arrived I saw his name everywhere. J found his wealth, his generosity, his success in life, extolled in every paper 1 picked up; while I, from whom he had stolen that which gave him his power, had barely sufficient to keep me out of the workhouse. You must understand that I had been seriously 111, for the second time, just before I left Australia, and perhaps for thl������ reason���������but more so, I believe, on account of the great disappointment to which I had been subjected���������I began to brood over my wrongs by day and night, and pine for revenge. I could not eat or sleep for it. Remember, I do not say this in any way to excuse myself, but simply to show you that my mind was undoubtedly not quite itself at the time. At any rate, to such a pitch of hatred did I at length work myself that it was as much as I could do to prevent myself from laying violent hands upon my enemy when I saw him in the public street. After I had been entertaining the devil In this fashion for longer . than was good for mc, he in return sent one of his satellites to complete my ruin. That man���������such a man as you could not picture to yourself��������� put before me a scheme for getting even with my enemy, so devilish that at first I could hardly believe he was in earnest. So insiduously did he tempt me, playing upon my hatred and increasing my desire for revenge, that at last I fell into his net as completely as he could wish. The means were immediately found for getting my victim into my clutches, and then notaing remained but to work out tho hideous crime that had been planned for me." I stopped for a moment and loolcad at Agnes, who was cowering with her face in her hands. She did not speak, vo I continued my gruesome tale. "I need not tell you how St: got the man in my power, nor in what manner it was arranged that I should kill him. I will content myself with telling you that when I had got him, and could have killed him by lifting my liU'f* linger, difficult as you may find it to believe it, I saw your face befor������ me imploring me to repent. There and then I determined to throw off my disguise, to let him know who I was, and what 1 intended to do to him; after that I would have bidden him go, and have left him to his own conscience. But,'to my horror, when I got down from my box���������for I was driving him in a cab���������I found that in some devilish fashion my work had been anticipated for me���������the man was dead, killed by the same fatal agency that had been given to me to do the deed. Try for one moment to imagine my position. In one instant I stood in . that quiet London street, *���������* stamped . with the brand of cain. Never again could I be like my fellow men. Henceforth I must know myself for what I was���������a murderer, whoso proper end should be the gallows. In an ���������?--;ony of terror I got rid of the bod)--left It In the street* in fact���������and fled for my vary life. While the town was still abed and asleep l tramped away into the country, and at a suburban station caught the earliest train to Southampton. On arrival there f booked my . passage in tho Fiji Princess for South Africa, and went on board. Tho rest you know. Now, Agnes, that you havo heard my wretched story, you can seo for yourself why I was so desirous of getting out of civilization as quickly a3 possible. You can judge for yourself whether I was right or wrong in refusing to allow you to say you loved mo. Clod knows you cannot judge me more hai-3hly than I Judge myself. She looked up at mc wl.h .terror- stricken eyes. "But you did not mean to kill the man," sho cried, "You repented���������you said so just now yourself, "If It had not been for mo the man would not have tiled," I answered. "No, no! Agnes, you cannot make mo out lnnocont of his dealh, howover hard you try."-..,, '*���������*, A look of freshjife darted into hor face. It was as if alio had been struck by a brilliant idea that might moan my salvation, "But how do you know that vou Klliea tne man; sue us-'cci. "Are you quite certain that he was dead when you looked at him?" "Quite certain," 1 answered. "I examined him most carefully. Besides, I have made enquiries since and elicited the fact that he has never been seen or heard of since that awful night There havo been advertisements in the papers offering rewards for any information concerning him." She did not reply to this, only sat and rocked herself to and fro, her face once more covered in her hands. I knelt beside her, but did not dare, for very shame, to attempt to comfort her. "Agnes," I said, "speak to me. If it only bo to say how much you loathe me. Your silence cuts nie to thc heart. Speak to me, tell mo my fate, advise me as lo what I shall do. T swear by Clod that whatever you tell mo, that I will do without questioning or comment." Still she did not answer. When I saw this I rose to my feet, and in my agony must havo turned a little from her. This action evidently decided her, for she sprang up from the boulder on which she had hitherto been sitting, and, with a choking cry, fell into my arms and sobbed upon my shoulder. VGJlbert," she moaned, 'come what may, I belie-e in you. Nothing shall ever convince me that you would have killed tho man who so cruelly wronged you. You hated him; you longod to be revenged on him; but you never would havo murdered him when it came to the point." In answer I drew her closer lo me. "Agnes, my good angel," I said; what can I say to you for Ihe comfort you givo me? You have put fresh life into inc. If only you believe in mo, what do 1 care for tho world? Heaven knows I did not mean to kill the man ���������but still the fact remains that he is dead, and through my agency. Though morally I am innocent, the law would certainly hold me guilty." "You do not mean to say that the police will take you?" sho cried, starting away from mc with a gesture of horror. "if I am suspected, there can be no doubt that they wil do so. How it happens that I have not been airested eie tins I cannot imagine.' "But, Gilbert, you must not let them find you. You must go away���������you must hide yourself." "It would be no use, thoy would find me sooner or later, wherever I went." "Oh, what can you do then? Come what may I shall not lot you be taken. Oh God, I could not bear that." She "glanced wildly round, as if she fancied the minions of tne law might already be on my track. I endeavored to soothe hor. but in vain. She was thoroughly frightened, and nothing I could say or do would convince her that I was not in immediate danger. At last, to try. and bring hor to a reasonable frame of mind, I adopted other tactics. "But, Agnes, we are missing one point that is of vital importance," I said. "Knowing what I am, henceforward everything must be over between us." "No, no! she cried, with a sudden change of front. "On the other hand, you have shown me that there is more reason than ever that I should love you. If you are in danger, this is the time for me to prove what my affection is worth. Do youv value my., love so lightly that you deem it only "fir for fair weather? When the world is against you, you can see who are your rrionds." "God bless you, darling," I said, kissing her sweet upturned face. "You know that thero is no one in this "world so much to me as you; and for that very reason 1 cannot consent to link your fate with such a terrible one as mine." "Gilbert," she said, "if you repulse ine now you will make me miserable for life. Oh, why must I plead so hard with you?" Cannot you see that I am in earnest when I say I wish to share your danger witn you?" I was silent for a few. moments.'In what way could I make her see how base a thing it would bo on my part to pull her down into the maelstrom of misery that might any day draw me to my doom? At last an Idea occurred to me. "Agnes," I said, "will you agree to a compromise? Will you promise me to take'a year to think It over? If at the end of that timo I am at liberty I will go to your father, tell him n.y story as I have to-day told it to you. and, if he will still have anything to do with me, ask him for your hand. By that time I shall probably know my fate, you will be able to seo things more clearly, and I shall not feel that I have taken advantage of your love and sympathy." "But I want to be with you and to help you now." "Believe me, you can help me best by agreeing to my proposal. Will you make me happy by consenting to what I wish?" "If it will please you I will do so," she said, softly. "God bless you, dear," I answered. And thus the maUer was concluded. "wmie. *��������� vvtra uiiu-iti.& ul iniii, i ncard a footstep cif the palh that lo'd round (.he house, and piosently Mackinnon appeared before me. Ho beckoned with his hand, and unders'anding that he desired lo speak to mo, I rose irom my chair and wenL out to him. "What is it?" I enquired, as I approached him, for at that hour ho was generally in tho depths of tho mine. "Has anything gone wrong." "That's j-'s ye care to take my words he answeicd, wheeling about and leading mo out of earshot of the house. There was something ih his manner that frightened nie, though I could not for tho life of me havo said why. When,, wo reached tho fence that separated my garden from the open veldt I stopped, and leaning on the rails, once more asked him why ho had called me out. "I iold yo a foitnight ago that thero was trouble brewing for us with the natives," ho said impressively "I warned ye a week ago that 'twas no better. Now I tell yo Its close upon us, and if we're not prepared, God help us all." "What do you moan? Don't speak In enigmas, man. Tell me straight out what your aro driving at." "Isn't that what I'm trying to do?" he said. "I toll yo the whole country's in a ferment. The Matabcle are out, and in a few hours, if not before, we shall have proof of it." "Good God man!" I cried, "how do you know this? And why did you not mako me see the importance of it before?" " 'Ye can lead a horse to the water but yo canna mako him drink,' says the proverb," ho answered. "Ye can tell a man of danger, but yo canna mako him see It. An' so 'twas with ye. I told yo my suspicions a fortnight past, but 'twas only this minute I came to know how bad it really was." "And how havo you come to hear of It now?" "Step this way an' I'll show ye." IIo led me to a small hut near the kitchen. On reaching it, he opened it and showed mo a man stretched out upon a bed of sacks and grass. He was a white man, and,seemed utterly exhausted. "This man's name," said Mackinnon, as if he were exhibiting some human curiosity, "is Andrews. He's a prospector, and we've been acquent for years. Now tell your yarn, Andrews, and lot Mr. Wrexford hero see how bad the matter is" "I've not much to toll, sir," said tho man addressed, sitting up as he spoke. "It came about like this: I am a prospector, and I was out away back on the river there, never dreaming there was mischief in tho wind. Then my boys began to drop hints that there was likely to be trouble, and I'd-best keep my weather eye open. At first I didn't believe them, but when I got back to camp al raid-day to-day and found both my servants murdered, my bullocks killed, and my rifles and everything else of value stolen, I guessed who had done it. Fortunately, they had passed on without waiting for me, so I got into the saddle again and came hero post haste to warn you. I tell you this, the Matabcle aro rising. The impi that murdered my men is under ono of tho king's sons, and by this time they are not twenty miles distant from this spot. There can be no doubt that they aro traveling this way. From what my boys told me. Buluwayo is surrounded, while three more impis are traveling night and tlay"with thc sumo object-aB-tho-otio. I now warn you of, namely, lo cut off tho advance of the. troops being push ed forward to oppose them from the south." "Do you mean this? On your oath, are you telling mc tho truth?" "God strike me dead if I'm not," he answered, solemnly. Look at me, I've UNFASHIONABLE DOGS. Bulk* Airedales Are Out and French a Thing of ihe Past What becomes of the dogs that go out of style?' In the sporting papers one rends that Airedales aro out and French bulls a thing of tho past, but that Aberdeens and the amazing looking Chinese dog3 are decidedly in favor. It Is suggestive of all sons of terrible things that wo know noliijig about. Think of a poor batch of pug puppies coming into the world Wth the full expectation of being liked and then overhearing quite by chance that their particular breed was so out of date as to be noticeable. The poor little creatures would shrink around corners, trying to conceal their most striking earmarks, and if any ono came upon them unexpectedly they would make a desperate effort to look like greyhounds. Picture their agonized attempts to uncurl their tails before auy one looked and scorned them utterly. Of course we know Hint nil properly behaved pugs turned into china long ago and never appear anywhere except on back country mantelpieces, but a young pug���������an absolute newcomer, us it were���������cannot be expected to be up on these things. Then, loo, we rather wonder what people do when they find their pets no longer fashionable They cannot very well have them made over. Perhaps they conceal them somewhere and let them die iu peace. Ah, what honest rage the old dogs must feel nt such capricious taste! Things were not like this in the good old days is what they mutter among themselves, and it Is not a very high opinnon they can have of us. Nature probably knew what she was about when she made us unable to comprehend their language. It occurs to one rather forcibly���������we cannot understand any of the animal tongues. Was this so that our self love might not bo hurt? Did nature think It unsafe to have beginners at the game too early discouraged? Perhaps; anyway we'd best not ask the creatures' opinion until wo have found a very good defense for ourselves. -���������a-B--a4ffi^^ ���������jj-agsga'-^^ j Lightening has no effect on them. They-aro absolutely fireproof. Eain and snow���������beat * and cold���������can't rust, crack or warp thorn. The perfect fitting side 'lock (exclusively, Eastlake) makes the roof absolutely leak-proof, and cost of putting- on much less.' ~ QUICKLY- MADE BAG. PUT ON; OUR FASWiOUS our guarantee: We guarantee Eastlake Metallic Shingles to be made of better material, more scientifically and accurately constructed, to be- more easiii/ applied, and mil last lougir than any other Metal Shingle on the market. Our guarantee is absolute. Our Shingles have been made since 1885. Eastlake metallic Shingles aro made, either galvanized or painted.. They aro handsome in design, attractive on the house and last a lifetime. Our ��������� cheapest grade will last longer-and costs less, than the best wooden shingles. Our best Metallic Shingles make as superior .'aquaprobo' a roofing to'wooden shingles, tin, slate, etc., as these w.ero * paper to sod roofs. Let us send you the proof. Write us. Complete information free. CHAPTER XII. Nearly a week had elapsed since 1 had made my confession to Agnes at the Falls, and in three days it was Mr. Maybourne's intention to set put on his return journey to the South. During the whole of that period no! one word had been said by Miss Maybourne regarding my story. But if she did not refer to it in speech It was easy to see that ihe subject was never absent from her mind. On two occasions I heard her father question her as to the reason of her quietness, and I saw that each time she found it a more difficult.task to Invent a satisfactory reply. What this meant to nie you will readily undersiand. 1 could not sleep at night for thinking of It, and not once but a thousand times I bitterly regretted having burdened hor mind with my unhappy secret. Two afternoons prior to our guests' departure t was sitting In my verandah reading tho letters which had been broiigho to the mine by the mailman at midday. Mr. Maybourno was sitting near me, also deep In his correspondence, while his daughter had gone to her own room for the same purpose. When I camo to tho end of my last epistle I sat with it in my hand, looking out across the veldt, and thinking of all that had happened stneo I had said good*byo to old England. From ono thing my thoughts turned to another; I thought of my wandering life In Australia, of poor old Ben Carman, of Markapurlle, and last of all of Bartrand. The r ;mory of my hatred for him brought me homo again to London, and I saw myself meeting Nikola Jn the Strand, and then accompanying him home to his extraordinary abode. As I pictured him seated In his armchair In that oddly-furnished room, all my old horror of him flashed back upon mo. I Beemod to fool tho fascination of his eyes just as I bad dono that night when wo visited that murdcrou0 caj&.io. thj) rooirn. bpla-f. maae my way in here as hard as a man could come, riding for his life. That should he proof enough; but if It isn't, Mr. Mackinnon here will speak for me, I'm sure." "That I will," said Mackinnon. "I've known you long enough, and always found you a straightforward man." I stood for a few moments deep in thought. "How far do you think they are away from us at the present moment?" "Not more than twenty miles at most, sir. 1 left my camp on the river about mid-day, and I've been here about a quarter of an hour. I came in as hard as I could ride-, say five hours riding at twelve miles an hour, making a big detour of about twenty miles, to avoid them.. That should make between iiftcen and twenty miles away now if they did live miles an hour straight across country." "And you're sure they mean war?" "There's not a doubt of it, sir. I know the vermin too well by this time not to be certain of that." "Then I must tell Mr. Maybourne at once. Come with me Mackinnon, and you too, Andrews, if you can manage It. We must hold a council of war and see what's best to be done." . I led them across the small paddock to my oflice, and then wont on to the house in search of my employer. T found his pacing up and down the verandah, looking rather disturbed. "Wrexford, my dear fellow," he began, on seeing mo, "I have been looking for you. I want a few moments' earnest conversation with you." "And I with you, sir," I answered. Ho led me beyond the verandah be- loro ho suoke airain (To. Jm Continued.) A Simple Prize For. Impromptu Card Party. Often . the hostess who is about to give an Impromptu card party of one or two tables is at a loss for a simple prize. Perhaps it Is too late to get to the store or she may not wish to go to the expense of buying anything. Most women, however, have odd strips of fancy ribbon in tho house from which they can quickly and easily turn out a dainty and novel little work bag. Take two pieces of six or eight Inch ribbon twenty inches long and place them back to back. Directly iu the center put some layers of wool or a narrow muslin case filled with bran to make a pincushion two inches wide and as long as the width of the ribbon. Put this cushion between the two pieces of ribbon and-stitch it iu .place oritheiuachiuc" with.a row of stitching on each side. This will leave two strips on each end which are overcasted on both edges into two pockets. " ' Turn in the ohdsof each pocket Into a narrow casing, run baby ribbon through it, and you have a unique and useful hag that can easily be slipped into n bag if running over .to a neighbor's for a chat and a bit of sewing. On the underside of the pincushion It might be well to add a needle book of flannel and a stiffened sheath oi 6ilk covered' pasteboard, into which the scissors can be slipped. The scissors should be fastened to tlie bag by a long narrow ribbon so thay do not get lost. HOUSEHOLD TIME SAVER. A SMART ENGLISHMAN. The Story He Told "of His Experience In -'the States." A. tall, practical Iilngllsliman went over to "the States" the other day from London. He took lodgings at an Inn In a small vllloge, which shall be nameless. He had dinner, and among those who sat at the table with him was the waiting maid, whom he designated as "sen-ant." but ho received an indignant correction from the landlord. "We call our servants, sir, 'helps.' They are not oppressed; they are not Russian serfs." '.-���������,. "All right," said the Britisher; "I shall remember." And he did, for In the morning ho awoke the whole house by calling out nt the top of his voice, which was like the tearing of a strong rag: "Help, hcln! Water; water!" In un Instant every person equal to the task rushed Into his room with a pall of water. "I am much obliged to you, I am sure," he said, "but I don't want so much water, you know. J only want enough to shave with." "Shave with!" snld the landlord. "What did you menu by calling: -Help! Wntcr'i" Wo though! the house wna afire." "You told ine lo call the servant 'help,' and I did. Did yrm think I would cry -Water'' when I meant llreV" Tho explanation. It would scoiii, was satisfactory, nnd'ho,mi* call the hoi-v- nnta "servants" as much ns lie III'ph nt that nlaco now.���������r.nndnn do<"wu**������������ If the meat chopper Is used for making pickles and all .the Ingredients run through it a saving of time and labor results. Having a few hocks hy the stove on which to bang pot lids, a pan lifter and one or two long handled .spoons will save the cooks many steps. Plainly printed labels on covered boxes In the kitchen or pantry will pie- vent tlie lifting of many lids by a forgetful woman; also will prevent serious mistakes iu seasoning if one does not believe in tasting. If the soap for wash day Is melted tn a jelly in a stewpan it will save much time. The usual plan Is to cut up the soap Into the boiler with the clothes In It. Cut the soup into small pieces, cover with water and boil. When thoroughly dissolved put the soup into the boiler with cold water and put in your pieces of clothes as. fast as they are rubbed. By the time the, boiler is full of clothes the water will be boillDjj- without your having to wait for It Two Highland farmers met on their way to church. "Man," said Donald, "I was wondering what you "will be askin' for yon bit sheep over at you steadin.?" "Man," replied .Dongal, "I was thinkin' I wad be wantin' 50 shillin's for that sheep." "I will talc' it at that," said Donald; "but, oeli,'nmn, Dougal, I am awful surprised at you doin' business on tho Sawbalh." '-Business !"��������� exclaimed -Dougal. "Man, scllin' a sheep like that for 50 shillin's isn't business at all; it's just charity." Rub it in for Lame Back.���������A brisk rubbing with Dr. Thomas' Eclcctric Oil will cure lame back. Thc skin will immediately absorb the oil and it will penetrate the tissues and bring speedy, relief. Try it and be convinced. As the liniment sinks in thc pain comes out and there are ample grounds for saying tliat its touch is magical, as it is. A first impression is too often a depression. - ��������� ��������� ��������� Ask for Minard's and take no other; .WHEN- NELLIE OVERSLEEPS When Nellie "oversleeps you'll find That I'm unshaved. I've dressed lr ��������� haste. ��������� You'll also see If you're not,blind That 1 have had no time-to waste. I w/ll not even slay to cat Nor wait the while the coITce steeps I'm even' drossinK on tho street The morning Nellie oversleeps. I never fix the furnacefiro- Nor shine my shoes as 1 should do. I simply jump'In my attire And never'slay to bid adieu, ��������� But from the house 1 make a run, And down the stops 1 50 by leaps. I tell you what, there Is no fun The morning Nellie oversleeps. I should rise by seven a. m. At night 1 always swear I "will. Such lazy habits I condemn, But in the morning I lie still, J>nd somehow 1 can ne'er awake ��������� While wifie locked in slumber keeps 'Tis most annoying, no mistake. The way that Nellie oversleeps. ���������Detroit Free Press. re- Some Good Anagrams. The following is a list of very markable anagrams: Astronomers, no more stars; catalogues, got as a clew; elegant, neat leg; Impatieut, Tim is a- pet; matrimony, into my arm; melodrama, made "moral; midshipman, mind his map; old England, golden land; parishioners, 1- hire parsons; parliament, partial men: penitentiary, nay. I repent it; Presbyterian, best in prayer; revolution, to love ruin; sweetheart, there we sat; telegraphs, great helps. Ora-go Anti-fat. Oranges are the latest cure advanced for obesity. The diet Is: ' ' On waking the juice of one fruit Is drunk, aud this should be cold. A second meal' taken about an hour * later than the first ."should be composed of the juice of two oranges and 'must'be sipped slowly. If one Is ravenously hungry there Is no objection to taking nt the sniue time one piece of very thin and crusty toast. No butter Is permitted. At Intervals of two hours throughout tho day juice may be sipped. One orange at a time Is usually enough, for it Is not to be expected that quarts of the fruit would allay real pangs of hunger. '-Another-bit of toast Is permissible during the afternoon, but If flesh reductkm k* the object of the cure the (oast inimt he crusty and dry. At dinner one J*-, supposed' to cat a hearty meal. No sweets or greasy ���������"���������"���������is should be Indulged in, A Neat Selection. "Thnt's a nice umbrella you have there." "Ain't It? . Reflects credit on my taste, doesn't it?" "It certainly does. Where did you fjet'U?" . ;..".; \ "Picked it out of n bunch of seven that were standing in the boarding house hall this.morning." NDIGiTiS EVENTED 'Way Back Irt '51 people first began to use Eddy's Matches,���������and the "Sulphur" was the brand then mada \t half a century and'se*vren year3 later, people still are using Eddy's, and more ���������ftian ever. ,are the surest and most .speedy Sulphur Matches rhanufao-' turned. They are now put up in neat and attractive, slide boxes,' holding about 500 matches. Three Boxes to a Package. Always, Everywhere in Canada, Ask For Eddy's Matches i������j*i������*aj^*u������j*������iMj*������i.iu*^^ em.'. >-\IAI JB.UBI1IU are thc best remedy for a deranged stomach. They arc a safe "and gentle laxative*"?ia'reliable' cure;for obstinate Constipation, Bilious Attacks, Sick Headache and all disorders arising from, a' weak Digestion, sluggish Liver or clogged Bowels. Beecham's Pills and are a world-famous medicine for the cure of these prevalent complaints. Their cost is a trifle; their use���������a duty. For your health's sake, insist on Beecham's Pills. They do more for your body than any other remedy. Known and used by hundreds of thousands sill over the globe. PrepartU onlyjiy Thomas Beechnm, St. Helens, Lancashire, England. Sold by nU-.Drugglsts In Canciia and U. S. America. In boxes 25 cents. zesnas ESBD ���������azssaKssB a Seasosaab!������ Diet and Givo Your System a Oharcce. Shredded Wheat with strawberries will bo "found whole** somo, appetizing, and much more nutritious than meat; also with raspberries, peaches and other fresh fruits. It Will Tone Up Your Liver and Stomach. Sold by all grocers. VALE, OYSTER! Tempt mo no more! now. Although from you I hardly can refrain. Relentless fashion says I must abstain, And so to her decree J humbly rnur. Tempt me no morol In Seven Out of Ten Cases by Avoid- ing Constipation With an Occasional Doso of Dr. Chase.'* Kld- nay-Llver Pills. <������������������''. Tho Siinplon Paos. Tho ..road cotiHlnirted by Napoleon over tliP'SImplon puss has *2I>4 bridges and rises to 11 height of O.fii'O feet. Tho Kingbird, The kingbird owe;- liln iiiiirio to the fuel that he Is rhc one small bird who ventures lo nttui'l, tlio niiiniudliig crow und (hut he always coiiies off victorious, Rising above his foe, lie drops upon his back, attacking I1I111 with bonk nnd claws until tho .'unlucky Intruder makes off In ludicrous counter* nation. Appendicitis is the direct result ol constipiitioii, or a cold settling in the abdomen, starling infliirnmnlion. of the appendix. Of those .75 per cent, are the result of constipation. Besides abdominal soreness, and the colicky pains which finally ���������'.centralize in a persistent localized pain in tlio ry'lit abdomen, the patient may bo subject to vomiting, the stomach -'upset, .and occasionally chilly sensation.' Operations are dangerous and expensive, so, naturally, it is important to avoid theso symptoms. Banish constipation rnd you arc safe. There is no preparation that holds the confidence of the people for a constipation cure as does'Dr. Chase's Kidney- Liyor:-Pills. - ���������' Besides loosening the bowels they put the liver, and .kidneys in'a healthy ��������� condition. It is the combined action' of this medicine on liver and kidneys that makes these filterb.g organs effective in eliminating poisons from the system, Ask your neighbor about them. One pill a dose, 25 cents 11 box, nt nil dealers, or.'Kdiniuisori,. JJiitcs tc Co., Toronto, Out. Writo for Dr. Chase's 1908 Calendar Almanac, Mother���������Georgie, I told you to say "No" if they offered you cake a thhd [time. I must not eat you ) Georgie-So I did, mamma. Only thoy offered it lo mc the fourth time, and you didn't sny. anything about the fourth time.���������Saturday -Evening Herald. Tempt me no more! Or scalloped, fried or roast, ." . . With peppor, salt, cloves, cinnamon, allspice, I'm quite aware you are extremely nice I hardly know which way 1 like you moat. Tempt -ine no moro! Tempt me no moro! Disconsolate I sit, Thinking I dare not, touch your luscious fare. Oh, hang It all! For mode 1 do not care. .'������������������', Tb.ve's no one looking���������Just a Jast 'Kbit! 7-unut. iu'i no puira' his W. N. U. No. 602. Contradictory. ���������'.-"Is ��������� your husband voracious In appetite, mad-ini''" "1 cnirt say us he's, doctor. He'll ont nnythlnk und everytlilnk as Ions 113 there's nnythlnk to eat." No one need endure tho agony of corns with Hollow.iy's Corn Curo at hand to remove them. Joiiklcv���������Now, he's got what I really cull "horse" sense. Coal-ley���������How, for instance? Jonkloy���������lie never bets on one.��������� Philadelphia Press. Minard's Linimont, used by Physicians. Usually the Way. "A man likes to hour hlssc'f talk so well." said Uncle Eben. "tint mos* con- verf-atlon looks Jes' like two people Im- p.-itlehtly woHI-j' delr,turns to aay sum- Din." '��������� A Glittering Bargain, "Tea," said the prospective Investor to the I'lllvlllo real estate man, "your terms 111 $2 an acre are very reasonable. Is there any gold Iu the land?" Tho agent looked around ns If to assure himself that no one. was listening; then ho leaned over and whispered; "It's mostly gold!" "Rut remember, my dear, that you and I arc one." She looked at him -scornfully. "One!" she echoed. "Nonsense. We aro 10. I'm the one and you are the cipher."���������Cleveland Plain Dealer. Tf -: ->;,S f-i Ktyfi-$>>���������*&pit, %;&$7 u THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA. COULD NOT ATT ������-. A Broken Constitution Rebuilt, After ��������� N������rv���������������r *rFa'Jed' by Dr- Chase's Nerve Pood. ' "Hundreds of women feel the same as* Mrs." George Cook,- of. Welland, Ont., felt frvo years ago. All "run down, with nervousness, troubled with headaches, and complaining of that tired feeling, explains their condition.' Mrs.-Cook tells her story*in the following'woids: ��������� Mrs. George Cook, Welland, Ont.', states:��������� It gives me much p* to p'ensure recommend Dr., Chase's NcTve Food. For five years I'was troubled ,, with nervousness, tired feeling, headaches, ,and a tenible weakness. 7 was so miserable -that I could not attend to my household duties. During this time I was. a great sufferer, and became much emaciated. ' ' "} was; Seated .by a good'doctor, with no change for the bettor,' and a ' friend advised me* to try Dr. Chase's Nerve-Food, which*" I did, and in a short time was much improved in health. After using six boxes.of 'this precious medicine I .was sound and well. I shall *nlwnvs recommend ,Dr. ���������Chase's Nerve Food, for I believe.it saved me from'years of. misery. I am now feeling better than I have for ten years." 'Dr; Chase's Nerve' Food, the great blond-builder and restorative, 50 cents a box,'6 boxes for $2.60, at all dealers or JEchnanson, Bates & Co , Toronto. Write for Dr. Chase's 1908 Calendar Almanac* HER' DARLING BOY, His Mother Thought She Was Doing ' the Right Thing. ^ The small boy's mother-was the only me who snt unmoved while the small boy himself, most.unwelcome addition* to the Informal n'fternoon tea gleefully galloped around- the circular table daintily spread with silver and china and towered over by a cut glass lamp ^ "I's n"s(jiiirnis pony!" shrilled the Infant joyously ns' he 'tossed Ills flaxen "locks and twinkled his besocked legs with ever Increasing speed. "Mercy! , Ile'lfhave the* lamp over!" sljhered a, nervous young woman as the human gyroscope stumbled over the edge of a rug, cluwetl.nt the'table for support, then triumphantly continued, circling. Conversation 'trove on pallid lips as Ihey sat awaiting the inevitable'crash. Only;the voice of the small boy's another rippled along serenely. , ' I V The nervous young woman could stand It no longer In'sheer despair she 'ventured. --"Mrs. Archibald-er- pardou me-your dear little boy"- The lady .addressed "stared blankly then grasped the* situation. "Mai" col ml" she said sweetly "Malcolm dear, run around in the opposite 'direction, darling' aiiss' Vinton's afraid 'you'll-make yourself gkldy."-Success Magazine. ;e- I ' Just send us your name and address ou a. post-card and we'll mail you !, a Painting. Book for the little, folks and a quarter-pound package of Celluloid Starch, That means fmi for'the children and ' satisfactory starching for yen. i\'/' Celluloid Starch requires no boiling, gives a perfect finish to . the clothes and never makes the -. ./irons stick. ��������� l( Write to-day for this free -'���������book and sample. , - - Another Modern Miracle Paralysis Permanently Cured. The Sufferer Paralysed From Waist to Feet-Encased in Plaster of ��������� Paris for Nine Months-Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Cure After Four Doctors Had Failed-The Cure Vouched for by a Well Known Clergyman. ��������� . , , - ''I: A FRANK ADMISSION.. It Wasn't. ; The customs of militaiy service require offieeis .to" visit tho kitchens during cooking houis to-see that tho - soldiers' food is properly prepared. One old.colonel, who let it be^pretty ��������� generally known that his orders must ..be obeyed without question or ex- . planation, once stopped two soldiers who were carrying a soup kettle out of a kitchen. - .- "Here, you," ho growled,/'give me a taste of that." One of the soldiers ran and fetched a ladle and gave the* colonel tho ��������� desiicd taste. The colonel spat and spluttered. . "Good heavens, man! You don't call that stuff soup, do you?" ��������� \ "No, sir," replied the soldier meck- .-ly. "It's dish water we was empty- in', sir." * ���������, ���������. Hard to Place Him. & "Is he an netorV" * "Well, 1 wouldn't want to call him that:" "Hut-he snld he was connected with the professionV" "Yes; I know.'" ','ls he, connected .with It In some menial form?" "Oh. no! You see>it's difficult to tell Just what to call him. Ele is" tbe man that recites tlie plays into the funnel for the new theutorlum Cleveland l'laln Dealer. machine."��������� A Pill that'Prove its Value.���������Those of weak stomach will find strength in Pai melee's Vegetable Pills, because thoy serve to maintain the healthful action of the-stomach and liver, iiiegulniitics in which are mo&t distressing. Dyspeptics aie well acquainted with them and value them at their, proper worth. They have affoidcd relief .when other preparations failed, nn'd have effected cures in ailments of long standing where othci medicines wore found unavailing. '- Plenty of (Material. "And you refuse me, fair Beatrice?" cried Unspard gloomily. "Yes," retorted the haughty heroine "I refuse yon." "Merciful turtles! You are' the tenth girl that bus handed.me the marble heart" "And what will you do now, poor man?"* ' y "I think J shall open up a marble yard."-Chlcago News. ' ' ' I think," said tho merchant, "I'll have to fire your friend Polk. I never saw anyone quite so lazy." "Slow in everything, 'is ho."-" "No, not everything. He gets tiled quick enough."���������Philadelphia Press. $100 REWARD, $100. . Thc readers'of this paper will.be pleased to learn-that there is at least ono dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, nnd that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the. only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hill's Cnlanli Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon tho blood nnd mucous surfaces of the svstem, thcicbv destioying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strencrth-by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. Thc proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for nnv case that it fails to cure. Send for list oc testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold bv dn-pcist**. 75c. Take Hall's, Family Pills for con stipation. ��������� . ". All Bad Turns. Hi Tragerdy - Your experience in vaudeville, then, was not very nlens- nnt? \ -_ - Lowe 'Comerdy-No; at VooIyviUe they threw rocks .,t P1,rh one of us ag wp came on for our acts. Hi Tingerdy-Pretty emphatic eh? Lowe Comerdy- Yes In their efforts to impress ns with their utter disgust Ihey left no turn unstoned.-Phlladel phia Press. Liars All. . Tho BMntford Starch Works, Limited' BranHord, Ontario ���������. THE STRAWBERRY CROP. Dealers Predict a Bountiful Supply at a-Price Within the Reach of all.���������How to Eat Strawberries and Enjoy Them. A glut in the strawberry .market is the prediction of fmit dealers in nearly all sections of the country. Keports from the giowers of beuies indicate that the coming crop will bo better than for many seasons, and show that a"larger acreage has been devoted to the fruit. It is predicted that lovers of this succulent fruit in many northern cities will be able to eat all the good berries they want at moderate prices. It is a fact that many persons cannot eat strawberries without discom- foi t. The full enjoyment of this -delicious berry is denied to thousands whose stomachs do not take kindly to the peculiar acid and the numberless little seeds which it contains. For these person-; the soggy white flour dough of "s'mit-eake" makes a bad matter even woisc. Almost any person whose stomnch has not gone out -of br ��������� *���������es.���������, 'entirely can eat st.rnwberrie, * *i Shredded Wheat Biscuit with pei "cot safety, and fullest enjoyment. The best way to prepare I them is to heat the Biscuit in an oven until the shreds nro crisp, then eiush a cavity in the top oc the Biscuit and fill this with the berries In their own juices; then pour milk or cicam-over it and sweeten to su*t the taste. The combination makes a most wholesome and delicious dish��������� inoie easily digested and much moie [nutritious than the ordinary shortcake. You can make, the same appetizing combination with raspbeiries or'any kind of fresh fmit. A dish that is a great favoute with noon-day lunehors is made by pai tly filling a small bowl with red raspberries, then coveiin**- with a layer of Shredded Wheat Crumbs (made by mushing two crisp Biscuits in the hand), then adding'a little cream and sugar. Such a lunch is wholesome nnd easily digested. The Shredded Wheat itself contains more real nutiiment than meat or eggs, and costs much less���������while tlie fruit adds to*, its henlthfulness and palatability. A more ideal summer diet could not be imagined. ( Paralysis, no matter how slight is a tenible affliction, but to b������ paralyzed* fiom waist to the feel, to bo a helpless cripple, totally dependent upon; what others 'do for you, is a condition as wretched as man'could possibly bear. Such was the state of Mr .Allan J. McDonald, of Rico Point, P.E.I. 'For over 'a ^year h0 was a helpless invalid. He was paialy/ed from his waist (0 his feet and' for nine months,'lay in bed encased in n plaster of Paris, enst. Four of the best doctors in - Prince Edward lb- land were unable to help him and he seemed doomed to a life of misery and despair. But hope came to him when he read of what Dr. Williams' Pink Pills had done foi other sufferers fiom paralvsis. He procured a supply of the Pills nnd began taking them.' Gradually they broke the chains of disease that bound him, "nd filled his whole body witli new blood, life and vigor. Mr. McDonald says:���������"I am a fanner and in consequence .have a great deal of hard work to do. One day while about inv work I injured my back, but at the time I paid little attention to the injury and continued myi work. As time went on, though, the pain became more severe, and I soon found myself unable to lift anything, no matter how light. It was not long before I had to stop work altogethei and consult a doctor. He treated me but his treatment did not help me and I rapidly grew worse. I had to take to my bed, and in the hope that my spine might receive strength, I markable change in mo. , I was able to get out of bed and crawl along the floor on my hands and knees. Gradually my,limbs became stronger. Soon I could walk with the aid of a cane and inside of nine 'months after I had begun the use of the Pills I was totally cured, and once more "able lo do light work.. Now I am as strong as ever I was and can do my work about the faim without the least trouble. I think Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are without equal, for, besides my own case, I know of two other, cases of paialysis cured by them. Two young girls who had been cripples and whom I advised'to try the Pills." In conoboration of what Mr. 'McDonald says, thc Rev. D. MacLean of Chnrlottetown, P. E. I. writes:���������"I vi&iled Mr. McDonald many times dm ing his illness. He was attended by three or more doctors and put in plaster paris, and everything imaginable which might be of benefit was done for him without success. He had. lost all power of his body from his waist down and I think he was neaily a year under treatment before he began to use Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I was with him tho day he first moved his big toe and from that time on he gradually improved and for the last few yeais he has been perfectly well. I can vouch for the cure Dr. Williams' Pink Pills effected in his case." ��������� If you are sick and the treatment you are now taking does not help you, give Dr. Williams' Pink Pills a was encased in a plaster of paris cast.) fair-trial. They have cured-thousands This did not help rhe and I could after doctois and other medical tieat- feel the paralysis slowly creeping' ment had hopelessly failed. .These over me till-1 was totally paralyzed I from my. waist to my feet. I lost all control over my bowels and bladder and my legs had no more feeling than if they wero made of wood. Three other doctors sirived to cure me, but their treatment also was a fnilure, and for over eleven months I lay in bed nimble to move. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills wero then advised and I was shown testimonials of otheis who had been cured of painlysis through them. I bought a supply and in less than three months they made a re- Pills actually make new, lich, red blood, feed the starved nerves and bung health and strength to every pait of the body. This is why Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure such apparently hopeless cases as Mr. McDonald's, and it is why they have cured thousands and thousands of sick, discouiaged people in every pait of the world. Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 50 cents a box or six, boxes for $2 50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Vy course I Is sorry for troubles uv od- ders, '' ���������' I hates to see any one down on deir luek. I knows dat do' men uv de woild are ma brudderg, An' I helps 'em, if possible, out uv do , _ muck. But'w'en it comes down to a'question av cases ' I lays all my sympathies up on de shelf. For uv all de"fall guys wot's in trouble's embraces ' 1 , De guy dat I'm sorriest fer Is meielf. I kin feel fer de' troubles uv friends, an' relations, But not half so, bad as J docs ,fer,me , own. 1 hates to see odder mugs short' on der rations, But to' famish ��������� .' meself Is wot loins me to groan. A. guy wot's ��������� In love an' don't seem to bo wlnnin', I'm sorry 'fer . him, but >me sorrer is tame To de way dat I feel w'en I'm havln- an In- nin' An' losln' me'self at de same kind uv game. Wen some odder gloser makes barrels uv money, I'm glad fer his sake as a feller kin be; But, say, it don't mako me ono quarter as sunny As it wud If de same fin*f had happened to me I I'm proud uv de t'Ings dat me frien'ts do, but prouder, A hull bloomln" lot, of de t'Ings dat I do. I laughs at folks' Jokes, but I laughs a lot louder At do Jokes wot I makes all.meself, an' dat's true! Wit's moro, I kin say dat I likes meself better Dan any one else I has met wid so far. I knows meself down to de last little letter, An" I finks I'm as good as de best uy dem are. ; I woiks fer meself, an' I gives meselt credit Fer bein' de best uv me friends, old er new.** I'm strong fer meself, an" now dat I've said it. Say, cul, on do dead, ain't it dat way wid you? ���������Berton Braley in Puck. Mr. C. V. Muturt ia a^Customs BrolTer and Insuranc Agent at St. Catharines, Ont. He writes the Zatrj-Buk Co. 11s follows : " I have been a nifferer for years with itching piles. I have spent many, dollars on advertised remedies for Piles but got no relief. A friend of mine advised me to try Zam-Buk. I had but little faith in any remedy to cure me, but tried one box and I got relief at once,, I have used four boxes and am completely cured.** I cannot thank you enough for such a . wonderful curative salve. I have recommended Zam- Buk to my friends and ihey too were cured." Sold "jy all drag. Kisu aud stores, (oc or th* Zam- BuV Co.,Toronto A good many of the Sac and Fox Indians do not talk much, and when they are in a store and see something they want they pick it up and pay for it. When Tom Hall was keeping a drug store, an Indian woman en-' tercd it and picked up a'can of Jap- a-lac nnd paid for it. A few weeks later the snme woman wns in again and Tom asked her if she wanted another can. Sho said no, they couldn't eat thc can she had.���������Stroud (Okla.l Messenger. I never heard Brown enthuse a- bout his summer cottage before. Now he's praising it all the time." 'Yes, you know he's trying to rent the place this summer."���������Detroit Free Press. The late Julia Magrnder, accoiding to The Ciicle, used to tell a s'ory about a 'little gnl whom she once took out to lunch: "At the luncheon's end Miss Magrnder handed her waiter a ���������*>20 bill, and the man biought back on a plate a great mound of silver and greenbacks. "The little girl looked at the huge mound of change longingly. "'If you please, Miss'Magrudcr,' sho snid, 'I'll have a plate of that, too.' " As a veimifuge thero is nothing so potent as Mother Graves' Woim Exterminator, and it can be given to tho most delicate child without fear of injury to thc constitution. Mistress���������Now remember, Biid<*et the Joneses are coming for dinner! ' Cook���������Leave it to me, mum. I'll do me worst! They'll never trouble yez n&nin.���������Illustrated Bits w<mt fishing with Jones yes SOUND HFAI TH What did yon catch?" . JV/UI1U nCflLin FOR ALL CHILDREN "You terday. *, "Ask Jones; 1 forget the number we agreed on." He Didn't i_iks Pledges. Judge Mnrtiu Grover of Troy, N. Y. . was at one time approached by*a young citizen who wished to be nominated to tho state assembly. The shrewd old judge had certain doubts about him Which he expressed s'omewhat freely' and yet he wns willing to afford him a trial. Ete therefore addressed* the as-' pirant in this way: "Young man, if you will give ma your word that you won't steal when you get to Albany I'll see what kin ba done about seudln' you there." "Judge Crover," replied the young man, drawing himself up with greal dignity, "I go to Albauy unpledged or I dou't go ut all." Small Tacks. How Is this for a stunt? The center of the tack Industry used to be Broms- grove, n town in Worcestershire, England, where ull work wns done by h.ind. Il was a common font for experts to forge 1.000 to 1.200 tacks so small ns to Oil the barrel of-nn ordinary goose quill, their weight belug only about twenty grains. The Garden Feud. "Don't forget that 'chickens always come home to roost.' " snapped the nn gry suburbanite ns lie shook his lingei over the garden fence. "Not always," chuckled his neighbor ns he cleaned the gore from his nx. "Your flock that came over here to feast on my seeds won't come home to roost"-St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Just as He Said. Investor (angrily)-See here! You told me I'd surely clear between five nnd six hundred dollars on that deal. Broker-Well? Investor-Well, I cleared just $8.75 on ft. Broker-Then you've got no kick. That's between .?.-> and ?G00, Isn't It7- St. Paul Pioneer Press. . Count the cups and count the cost. Much is saved by using "Salada" Tea. Sold only in sealed lend packets, never by peddlers or in bulk. 31 A number of representatives were facetiously discussing the resources of the State of Missouri one afternoon, when McCall Massachusetts ob served to Mr. Lloyd "of the fiist named State :��������� "Lloyd, I ftm told that Missouri stands at the head in laising mules." "It seems to me," letoitcd Lloyd, "that is the only safe place to stand in the circumstances."���������Lippincott's. Keep Minard's Liniment in the house. SENATE OF LILLIPUT. "What is it you are wiiting in such a huny, Will?" asked Mis.Borus. "I saw you discharge the cook a few minutes ago," answered E. WilJ Boms, the smuggling author, without looking up fiom his work. "What of that?" "It *,\ as intensely dramatic." "Giacious! You are not trying to diamatue if" "Not at all, my dear. You can't get quick enough action in a drama. I'm novelizing it."���������Chicago Tribune. When going away from home, or at any change of habitat, he is a wise man who numbers aiiiong*his~belong- ings a bottle of Dr. 'J. D. Kellogg's Dysenleiy Cordial. Change of food and water in some strange place where there are no doctors may biing on an attack of dysentery. He then has a standaid remedy at hand with which to cope with the disorder, and forearmed he can successfully fight the ailment and subdue it. Ready to Open an Account. "Please write your name on that line," said the bank teller, pushing a book and a pen toward tbe old woman. "Do yez want me to sign me first name?" she asked as she took the pen. "Yes, your full name and middle initial, if you have any." "Do yez want me husband's name?" "Yes, his last name, but your own first name." ' "Oh, me name before I was married?" "No, your given name���������Ellen or Bridget." "Sure, but me name Is naythur waa 0' thiin!" "Well, what is It then?" "Sure, it's Mary." "Very well. There are others waiting in the line, so please hurry and write your name." "Wan minute. Do yez want the 'Mrs.?'" ��������� -"No, - never mind that Now, go ahead." "Sure, I'd do that, honest, I-would; but, you seo, sor, I can't write!"���������Success Magazine. A Curo for Rheumatism.���������A-painful and -peisistent foim of rheumatism is caused by impuiities in thc blood, the result of defective action- of the liver and kidneys. Thc blood becomes tainted by the introduction of uiic acid which causes much pain in the tissues and in the joints. Par- melee's Vegetable Pills are known to have effected many remarkable cures and their use is stiongly recommended. A tiial of .them will anyone of their value. convince to on the his His View of It. A little boy bad been sent dairy to get some eggs, and way back he dropped the basket con raining them. "Oow many did you break?" asked his mother. "Oh, I didn't break any," he replied, "but the shells came off some of them." The Lion's Face, "No one can look into thc face of tbo king of beasts," says an animal trainer, "without receiving a more or loss con- scions uplift Ills face is the absolute embodiment of strength, determination, power aud fearlessness. De is the only king on earth that looks the part There nro lines of majesty nnd of pow- or in repose in his countenance not found elsewhere except in tho sphinx and in the somewhat idealized portraits of Washington." The Jungle Quick Lunch. Stclla-r-Did -she fish for mciits5 ��������� Bella���������Yes; but the big away.���������Haiper's Weekly. compl: ones got Disease attacks the little ones through the digestive oigans. Babv's Own Tablets are the best thing in the tioublcs of children. They act quickly and are absolutely safe. If necessary the Tablets can be crushed to a powder or dissolved in water. Mrs. Win. V. Gay, St. Elennois, P.E.I., says:��������� I know of nothing '0 equal Baby s Own Tablets for the cure of stomach and bowel troubles. I cannot speak too highly of this medicine and do not feel safe without a box of lablets in the house." Sold by medicine denlers or by -mail at 25 cents a box fiom The Dr. Williams' Medicine 0., Brockville, Ont. Wore using. When Tommy Bathes. "You must keep your mouth shut when you're In the water." said the nurse ns she g,ne little Tom in v n bnth. "If you don't you'll swallow some of "Well, what of It?" demanded Tom my. "There's plenty more iu the pipes, nln't t!ien*?"-Li|*|(incott's Magazine. "Who got up those hanging guldens of Babvlon? ' "Some King." "For what purpose?" "I judge he wanted to outwit tlie neighbors chickens."��������� Kansas Citv Journal. Minard's Friend. Liniment, Lumberman's ���������IfTER USING! Why He Liked It. .Mrs. Crlnisonheiik-We want a now enrpet Mr. Crlmroiibenk-Woll. I saw one down town today I'd like to have. ��������� "What wns the imttern?" "I don't retm-inher. but It lind aslgn on It saying.' Tills rnrpet Cnu't Be Hon ten.'"-Yon kers .Statesman. Mr. Arthur Tenn'ion, 88 London Strait, Toronto, shy-i 1 " For ilx or ������evcn yenri I .wai /Iroiiblitl with in<li*r<-sl'o''ni)il rly������pepnla. Two much nclrllty of the stomach, thi doctor! ���������aid, or'jrlnitiil th������ trouhUiu I tried ������cor������i j! of remedies without avail, Eventually I u������cd ,,r#J *p>ycil"*������.*.nd till* .hrought fmmt-cllata relief '���������>��������� ��������� ���������"���������detlre.- All drng(tlii������ or stores j,>c, I>ro. pared only by Pr. T. A. Slocum, Ltd. Toronto, ,'. i-noUNouNOED SI-KEEN Heard In the Museum. "I proposed to (lit* armless woman this uioniliigmill \viurncepptod,";eald the ossified tunn , "Hut wh.it good Is n wife without nrmuV" tiiierled the hiiuinn pincushion. "She'll never ho able to get tne under lier thumb," replied the O. M.-Pittsburg I'OSt. -I'.' ���������'; A LOVER'S PLAINT. My lady has two soft blue cyca That look in mine with lovo. And when thoy shyly tell their tale I feel in bliss above��������� Of would���������save that eyes red as Or* Glare at mo from her side And seem to say, "If you come near. Then woe to you betide!" My lady has a lovely mouth. Pull of sweet, childlike wllos, That's only mado for laughter light. For Iclsses and for smllca But near It" Is another mouth Pull furnished with fangs white. And so I dare not kiss my love. For fear I'll yet a bito. It is tho rival whom I hate, Her bluo blood brlndle bull, And vainly do I" plend and storm To break-that beastly pull. She looks afrgrievod or laughs and snya" "Must I your,memory Jog? Remember, sir, It Is'.he test��������� 'Love mo, love my dog!" " ;���������Baltimore AmnrlftAiv Chicano to Hongkong. From Chicago the distance to Hongkong Is, via New York nnd Suez. 12,522 miles; vln Snn Francisco. 8.305 miles- vin New Orleans nnd ���������Panutna. 11,742 miles, nnd via Tehunutepec, 10.220 mllna Love's Lesson. JJald the pretty toaehor to the scholar grown, "I would make flfruros to you known, So learn to clphor true," The pupil said, with bronzod cheek , flushed, ������������������'������������������ Th������ whllo the pretty toaehor Mushed, "I do-l sigh for you!" ���������DaltLmoro Amorlcan. Pile Way Dr. Johnson Outwitted th������ House of Commons. Parliamentary bodies were long a great stronghold of resistance to the press. Reporters were strictly barred from them, and reports of their proceedings were sternly punished. It was among the triumphs for the right and for common sense which Franklin achieved that he caused the chamber of the provincial assembly of Pennsylvania to be thrown open to publicity. Nevertheless no reports were allowed of either the Continental congress or the constitutional convention. Dr. Johnson's violation o{ the cherished privacy of the British house of commons is a classic story. He reported its debates without entering its sa- crc-d precincts, and in order to escape tho severe penalties of the law be reported them without mentioning tho body or any of its members by name. Setting "up an Imaginary "senate-of Lilliput" and glviu0 fictitious names to thc leading members of parliament, he edliied for years the readers of tho Journal which theu boasted thc "largest circulation" In England Receiving a few scanty notes of what was going oo at V, estminster, he elaborated them Into a brilliant spread. He was, indeed, the illustrious founder of tho Immortal craft of rowriters. Ills discerning readers came to know not only that the senate of Lilliput was tho house of commons, but that "I'lefscu" stooil for Franco nnd "Mlldendo" for London: that "sprugs" mount pounds, that "Nartlae" wns the Duke or Newcastle, anil so on. What his notes lacked Ills Imagination readily supplied. Never was the eloquence of parliament more brilliant than In Johnson's reports of the debates. In which, he ad-, mlttcd, he took care that the Whig dogs got the worst of It,' although i'ltt himself must hive felt molllfled when lie rend the wonderful outburst attributed to him by Johnson on "the ntro- cloiis crime of being nyoung man." It Is the best remembered of all Pitt's speeches, nnd It was written by Johnson "Iu a garret In Exeter street" Minard's Liniment Co., Limited. Gents,���������I have used your MINARD'S LINIMENT in my family and also in my stables for years and consider it the best medicine obtainable. Yours truly, ALFRED ROCHAV, Propiietor Roxton Pond Hotel and Livery Stables. An Oily Nose. A red, oily nose should be "bathed with born.**: water and afterward anointed with cninr-hnr water. Don't Risk Ruining Your Butter by using the cheap imported salt that is being sold throughout the West. ao penerrating i<s water at high pres sure that only special qualities of cast iron will withstand IL Anaesthetics. Anaesthetics were known in the days of Homer, nnd (he Chinese 2,000 years ngo ha'd n prepatution of hemp known n-3 "una yo" to deaden pain, something similar to our modern cocaine. The Waiter���������One peanut on the half shell and a ton of hay. No. 31 Babbit���������And think of me about to order one grain of rice! ��������� Harper's Weekly. Stopped a Runaway. Patience���������She stopped a runaway once. Patrice���������She must be brave. "Brave? Why?" "To stop a runaway." "Oh, I 'mean a fellow wanted her to elope, and she wouldn't do itl"���������Yon- kers Statesman. Freckles. Freckles may bo hereditary. Cases of freckles all over the body are mentioned. Food Is not supposed'to cause them. Sun and wind make some faces freckle. The Low Right Shoulder. According to authorities, from 8J) to 95 per cent of the men in civilized lands aro right handed and have developed the low right shoulder. This, however, is no uew phenomenon, for even tho ancient Greek sculptors had noticed it aud posed their subjects sn ns to make them appear more syra metrical. Neighborhood Talk. "Your'husbnnd says be works like a dog," said one woman. "Yes, it's very similar," answered the other. "He.comes in with muddy feet makes himself comfortable by the fire and waits to bo fed."-Washlngton Star. Retort Courteous. His Wife (during tho spat)���������I suppose you consider yourself even wiser than Solomon? Her Husband-Not at all, my dear. I haven't a lot of wives to advise me.��������� Boston Herald, COSTS NO MORE THAN these impure salts. Windsor Salt has been the standby for years among Canadian prize butter miners. It (is absolutely pure salt���������and all salt. No other salt goes so far. Insist on having Windsor Salt ^^grfrfffr.......*, f������i '."Mi.-T^ f$ ilttiuersity oilegc KINGSTON. ONTARIO Iron and Oxygon. Pure Iron In the presence of pure oxygen does not rust. Densely Populated. . The population of the world could he contained In Delnwnro If It was ns congested ns the people In eleven New Vork clfy blocks,- nt the rate of 1,200 per acre. Austria's Iron Mountain. The Er/.berg, Austrln's Iron mountain, will furnish ore for 1,000 more yi-ni-a. ressmu If you wish.;a-high-class-hair dressing, we are sure-Aycr'si Hair Vigor, new improved formula, will greatly please you. It keeps the hair soft and smooth, makes it look rich and luxuriant, prevents splitting at the ends. And it keeps the scalp free from dandruff. Doa not change ihe color of thc hntr. The Way of It. Knicker���������Do you think dogs should be muzzled? Bocker���������If yon proposed to muzzle mosquitoes there would bo sentimentalists to oppose It-New York Sun. ARTS EDUCATION THEOLOGY MEDICINE SCIENCE (Including Engineering) The Arts Course may be taken without attendance. For Calendars, write the Registrar, GEO. Y. CHOWN, B.A., 1 Kingston, Ontario." Tho Molderlng Sculptor. Prospective Tenant*-1 should want the studio for sculpture. Caretaker-Yes, sir; some of these Is let for that There's n sculptor molder* ing next door, slr.-London Tatler. I formula with tub boltl* I ��������� Show It to jraur "��������������� / tS ���������4,k ���������������i'**"iiUout it, I ���������*- ������ ������������������������*'��������� then do u h������ n;i At the same time the new Ayer's Hair Vigor is a strong hair tonic, promoting the growth of thc hair, keeping all the tissues of the hair and scalp In a healthy condition. Thc hair stops falling, dan- druff disappears. A splendid dressing. ��������� If������ dab j U>t) J. O. J0*VQo~LcmXL.VMts^, Took'Em All. ������������������������������������ "Did your vacclnntlon tnke?" "You bet It did." replied the man opposed to the operation. "It took two policemen and a mighty busky doctor.' ���������Phllndejphln Ledger. Banana Skin Soap. Bnnnnn skins are utilized In sonp* 'making on the west coast of Africa. The sklus are rich In nlknll, so thoy ' nro burned to nn nsh, nnd this raised with water and ptilin oil goes to make n clcnnser which Is in demand nmong tho whiles ns.well as the natives. Cures Strained Vnttr Ankle*. Swollliic*, "C-rtmoner--* and A.'J-V8 / *���������������'"������ Qulclcly without lSllHterlnt*-, removliifr tho balr, or laymi? tho homo m*. l'lcasant to lino. SJ.OO per bottlo, delivered with full dlrectiouj. Hook 5-0, Ireo. ABSOKBINE, Jit., for man. kind, gl.00 Tlottlo. Cures Stralm Gout, Varicose Veins. Varlencclo. Hydrocele Prostatitis. Jcllls pain. ff. F. YOUKO, P.0 F, 137 Moral!- St., Sprtn{*fl(i!tT, Hiss; ' IYMAN SONS ������ CO��������� Montreal, Canadian Anenfs. i <"���������<��������� >������i'lW 6������ Martin Belt A Wynn. Co, Winnipeg, | The National Drug A Cnemloal Co, Winnipeg and Calgari, ; ok" HtndtKcn Bna. Co. Ltd.. Vanoouuar. ������j5'J* "ll'ally du������ranti*e'*I JM'.'l-'?,'1' '"CBoil t.) com- ply with OnimiUnii )n*r������. SWNpARD500li.pt,l,������l,50ll,,. MJN,*-A5S0-,.p���������l,,|������50||),.. MArffl.ACt'uli.p,, fc..!**. 501b..., [���������"ler*; neeopi**'*nW otm bnfiT TWINE, "Triib on | Vree on'' board curs bnnrdeora _JJnli:nry^ Winnipeg ^ $4.75 $4.30 6.25 4.8e 5*75 B.3B COOPER CORDAGE CO, Miniirspolii. Minn. The Mirror and Death, Covering the mirror when there Is, clenth In the family originated In the superstition that, goblins, sprite-*, elves or other uncanny cronbres would l crowd to the glnsn to look on. 'WANTED lo lirnr from otrnor hnrlnt, GOOD FA:R iJiL"-'0', Not pnrUptilnt- nlmnt loi-iit'nn. ������<i unit, nin dml w.th mtnon mil*. I* Dnrhyshlro,'l)ox WI, "5BI "lo<-hf>*i������*r, N. Y. \'J ���������-Ml 692. wmmmmmBmmmiH%!um3mi������iwuu THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA. m I u MATES GIVEN. 1 Dealer in. all kinds of Rough ������ I and Dressed Lumber, Win- I g (lows, Doors, Shingles. Brick, j I Cement, etc. ��������� j 1 Shop Phone, G5. = I Lumber Yard Phone, 20 I %IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIH# loneep HAEDY & CO. General Merchants, Midway, B. 0. Hay and Grain always on hand. Sleighs and Wagons and Implements of all kinds carried in stock. The very best at right .prices. goods STARKEY & CO. NELSON, .13. C. ' wholesale dealers in Produce - and Provisions J. E,. Cameron. Hotel fi. c. nnd still Rooms Gfeenuiood, Tbe oldest hotel in tho city, under tlio same mannsome.nt comfortable, meals equal to any in the city, .-mil tho bar sppplieH only tlie best Corner of Greenwood und Government streets. J. W. JNlelson Leading Tailor of the Kootenays. Kaslo, B. G. NELSON, B. C: Now Under Old aud Original Management. E. E. PHAItt - - MANAGER Tlie Hotel Slocan Three Forks, B. C, is the leading hotel o/ tbe city. Mountain trout and - game dinners a specialty. Rooms reserved by telegraph. Hugh Niyen, Prop The Kootenay Saloon Sandon, B. C., has a line oi nerve bracers unsurpassed iu any mouo- taiu town ot the Great West, A glass of aqua pura'given free with spirits menti. f-leuumaFketHotel Is the home for al! tourists and millionaires visiting New Denver. British [ Columbia. HEHRY STEGE. PROPH. THE LEDGE Is published every Thursday at Greenwood, B. C , aud the price is $i a year; postage free to all parts of Canada, and Great Britain. Tothe United States and other countries it is sent postpaid for $2.50 a year. Address all letters to The Ledge, Greenwood, li. C. R. T. LOWERY, PUBLISHER. GREENWOOD B. C, JULY 23, 1908 <um OHfft^LA5cL> A blue mark here indicates that your Subscription has become deceased, and that the editor would once more like to commune with your collateral. Xgagged PRESS. The Gfeenuuood Bfaneh Nelson Iron Works Is notv prepared to make all kinds ot Iron, Brass or .Copper Castings. First- class work guaranteed. Geo. XVI. Holt, manage?. LESLIE CRAUFURD, Lessee. Summer Excursion Rates EAST From Cl reenwood to Winnipofr Duhitli, Fort "Willinm, St. Paul Cliicnirn.- J 72 25 New York 108.50 ���������Montreal 105 00 St. John, X. B 120 00 St. Louis 67 50 Toronto 91-40 Ottawa 105 00 Halifax 131 20 Sydney, C. B...' lHfi 90 Tickets on sale May <l and 18, June 5. fi, 19 and 20, July (J, 7, 22 ;md 23, August 0, 7, 21 and 22, 1908. First class, round trip, 90* Day Limit. Routes���������These tickets are g-or-d via any recognized routes in one or both directions. To destinations east of Chicago are good via the Great Lakes. For particulars call on local agents or address ���������>. *uoi*'. n. p. a., NoIhoii. <*. II. MorilKKSON, (i. T. A., a *WIiii*.i*,ii*f*:, Man. R.A.BROW1S FERRY, WASH. General Merchant Dry Goods, Groceries,' Boots and Shoes, .......Stationery, Hardware, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc Fresh Eggs a Specialty I-IINKKAF, ACT Certificate of Improvements _; NOTICE " O K. and Ivanhoe MInured Claims, slliiale in the Greenwood Minim; Division of Vnic District. Whom located: On Hie North Fork of Ciii'von creek. Slnillkitmcon Division of Yiilo District. TAKK XOTIfJE that Samuel T.lLsrscn, Free MIiht'h Oiitltlcntu No. It 03111,and Harry H. Thiiiin. l-'ruu JIIikm-'m Certificate No. B (ai.-i.in- ti'inl. sixty days from (Into hereof, to atiply to tho Mlitlnir'(ccorrlGr forii Cortlllcato of Improve inont.8, for tho puruofc of obtaining a Crown Clniiit. of thbttljovc eliiiin. And further, take notice that action, under si-dun :i7. must ho commenced before tue is������ii!ince of such Certllicale of Itiil)rovcment*i uati'd IIiIh nth day of January, A. I), lwis, TO I>J-',INO.l*KNT CO-OWNKKN To J.'I', Myers Gray (and to tlio Kslato of the Into JiidM.* Loamy; or'to whomsoever thoy may have transferred their Interest* In the ���������Ifiiiny Fraction Mineral Claim, situated in Deadwood camp, Greenwood Mining Di vision of Yale District. B. C, Vou me hereby notilled that I have expended Miki upon Ihe iihovo mineral claim, mxl that If, within !Ki ilityn from the dato of this notice, you r.-ill cr refuse tn contribute your proportion of tbe above! mentioned oiim, Itojrclher with the costs of udvurlUIiiK your interests In the paid claim will become the property of thu tmder- "'" ' "'"'" "'"" 1 of the Minoral Act Philistine Wisdom. Expectancy is an existing interval between rounds. The greatest joy in life is the joy of being next. Humility is pride getting really for a pounce. The cheerful loser is a winner. A steeple is not necessarily any more pious than a smokestack. Man does not think well of this life until he loses faith in another. The man who marries a manicurist fstill gets his.nails pared down town. The optimist is like a bear that hibernates���������it dines off its adipose. The Kootenay Belle reigns supreme in many a camp. It is a cigar that brings delight and appreciation wherever smoked. Complete Ignorance. A certain Sunday school class in Philadelphia consists for the most part of youngsters who live in the poorer districts of the city. One Sunday the teacher told the class about Cain and Abel, and the following week she turned to Jimtnie, a diminutive*lad *,vho, however, had not been present the previous session. "Jimmie," she said, "I want you to tell me who killed Abel." "Ain't no use askiu' me. teacher. I didn't even know he was dead," replied Jimmie. At the Turkish Bath house in Nelson, you can get Turkish, Russian, salt water, medicated, and tub bathB. The Turkish bath is one of the greatest health-.pro- ducers in the world. Since Laurier took the reins at Ottawa a portion of the press has been gagged by the administration, so that the grafters could loot the country in comparative peace and quietness. One "Western journal that ran the rapier through all grafting schemes was shut out of the mails in the most tyrannical manner. The government has a regular system of gagging the press and the Mail-Empire has the following to say about the matter: "Under that system money has been given to journals in every constituency. If the journals were active on the side of grafters the payments continued to be made. If they objected to any deal the money was cut off. The St. John Telegraph received a regular sum from 1897 to 19(M, when it objected to the terms of the Grand Trunk Pacific. Thereupon the subsidy was withdrawn, and the Sun, which had declared the railway proposition to be most sagacious, was placed upon the pay list. La Patrie, Mr. Tarte's paper, was remembered in the distribution of patranage until the day when Mr. Tarte broke with the government. On that occasion the allowance was transferred to another organ, the Canada, which was under bond*-1 to be faitbftl. There is no secret about the meaning of the distribution. The money is paid to buy support, and if the support is not given the cash is withdrawn. Under the Laurier system of 'well poisoning' something like $800,000 is paid out annually,_ and"there' has ~pit������BcQ from the treasury to subsidized papers during the term of this administration about ������5,000-000. The larger sums that have been given from 1S97 to 1907, or iu ten years, have been the following : Montreal Herald $217,480 St. John Telegraph 97.773 "Monctou Transcript 88,831 Halifax Chronicle 79,13*3 Quebec Soleil 49>4i������ Toronto Globe 49,31������ Quebec Telegraph 40>958 ���������' Some of the money is paid under the head of advertising, and other sums are given as printing. With reference to the printing, the testimony at Ottawa is that in somo cases it is merely a blind. The work is not done by the paper and what the thing really means is that the paper has a rake-off of 25 per cent. : ���������. ������������������ ��������� -:'- ��������� ��������� MATERIAL PARSONS. hog and he will desert it for a pai of swill. We can only help ourselves by helping others. N_nviq behind a pair of deuces will often win the game. Tms month we have heard complaints about cold feet. no ��������� Under Socialism would there be any delinquent subscribers? Admiration alone will "not keep a newspaper, tt requires somo cash. In Canada it is a small pot that you can keep boiling by writing poetry. ! In the Okanagan the squash as a shade tree has proved a dismal failure. The more government we have in the country the worse it is for the people. Taft and Bryan will soon have the names of all their relatives in tho papers. When people lose interest in their town or country death has already set in. Out Wkst when tho people speak of the Garden of Eden they think of Now Denver. Tins world would be much better if every man had tho power to choose his own parents. No woman, however beautiful, can hold the affections of a man if she does not obey him. Too much capitalism will disrupt an pmpire, and too much socialism will dotthe same thing. That which is not opposed will die in a short time. Even the fighting of sin keeps it alive. Once more we remark that being a coal town it seems quite natural to find the Black Hand in Fernie. toon rise above the gutter through which so much literary slop and slush runs into the press of the United States. The News is a good Conservative journal but it should not inflict upon its readers caricatural nightmares with a view or obtaining more fameand money. It is good enough now without being trimmed with red' fire and second-hand murdered art. Wanted���������Blacksmith's shop outfit, steel, etc., for mine purposes. Apply at once. R. E, Raven, Imperial hotel, Greenwood. Wanted���������By a respectable person, a position as working housekeeper. ' Good plain cook. Best references. Apply immediately to Mrs. K, Midway, B. C. Properly baited, the fishing tackle sold by J. L. Coles will catch almost any fish in the mountains. * The man who rides home iu a crowded slreet car does all the standing up for his country he cares for. Varnished Tile Wall Paper- especially suitable for bath'room and kitchen, at McRae Bros. Tlie man who talks big in a paloon is generally the one who sings small when ho goes home to his wife. Lines, leaders, hooks, rods, reels and other fishing taekle can be bought from J. L. Coles. Some men are so conscientious that they never put off anything till tomorrow but the bill collector. |Kings Liquer Scotch Whiskey 12 Years Old J. W., Burmester s White' Po'rt. , : "' Jas. I-Jennessy &* Co's 3-Star Brandy.' ;" GREENWOOD LIQUOR CO. I IMPORTERS, GREENWOOD, B.C. ������ %wm89������������&999m������99memw@^m<m������m909Q������9ee������9mm9&m IN THE WINDSOR HOTEL. * 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 goodB. 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 the inner man to our gastronomical delicacies. Reward Ittoore, Proprietor. ^ ������'���������V*'*M"t������/*-j*><''*'^^'*'V-''^ <*V,*V*-V'9 *4 r&Wm9������m9Q99999������9Q9������99������ema9������QQ&S9QQ990������9&Q������&9QQC> BM&999Q9&QQQ9Q9Qem&Mmm99S99G99999&9������m998W ������ Mgneil under Section Airiciiilincnt Act, WOO, .1 lino ii.1, 1Ii<iH. JOHN LUCY. LAN I) ACT-i-OKM OI" NOTICK. OioyiiOH Lhm(I I'jMlrioU-IJIsti-lct of Viilo. TAKK NOT'CK;fclmt we, A..I, 1'likIioh nml Mmiii M1.Or11.ontl, of Eliolt, U, O.i ounuimtloiiit, nir|M'iit<;r ittul storekeeper, Intend to rtj'ply for iifriMk-u-ti to plirclmsu tlio following dcacrtlieil 1111111.*���������; ('urnimuioliij,' nt a porit pluiited about 1(0 fw-t "ititli of llm 0 I'. II. pofit on wagon roiul, iniirl.ril ii. -.'700 VV, t'loni-o went80 cIihIiih, tlionoo Hiiiiili.lOrclinliiH, iliuntiu cant 80 oliniti-i, tlioncu nuilli Id clialnD lo place of t-ommciicomcnt, nml roiiiiiliili-ir U;*"' iu'i-ok, moro or leso- Dututl ,/tinu i-'lrtl, ll������i������. A. .T. IIUOUIW, MAAI AICOUAlOND Getting Ready. Dolly was sitting on the front stairs looking anxiously at the young man who was waiting iu tin- parlor for the appearance of Dolly's aunt, hifj sweetheart. "Auntie will be down pitty thoon," Dolly called sympathetically. "Sheith ust paiutin' her face." The Kootenay Cigar Co. of Nelson have in the Eoyal Seal a cigar that is known and smoked between the wheat country and the blue Pacific. No matter how cruel fate may be the washerwoman always manages to hang out. Largest stock of jewelry in the Boundary to select from. E. A. Black, Phoenix. A man's clothes are less apt to mako him than his wife's dreH8- maker bills aro to break him. Tho Cranbrook Herald is threatened by a parson with a libel suit. This would be wrong upon the part of the parson, as Christ did not teach any of His followers to sue newspapers. But the church being largely commercial these days, it is not surprising to see a pulpit-pounder forget his prayers, buckle on his tomahawk and go after the scalp of some poor human individual who has chanced to slight his dignity or egotism. Ministers are much like other men. A few good, and the majority from worse to middling. Some sky- piiots are noble souls, while others are mere theological parrots, chattering a lot of boiler-plate matter about a dead past and a'misty future, merely for the bread and butter, coupled with the social standing that goes with a clerical suit of clothes and a white necktie. The majority of parsons do not believe what they preach. If they do, they become insane and annoy the public with their irrational views upon the way we should live. We admire a preacher who does not get drunk upon theological dope until ho becomes a nuisance in the cemmunity, but who in a manly way stands up and fights the enemy without becoming a bore, a gossip or a knocker. All evil is but undeveloped good, but it requires an expert to make the transformation, and wo regret to say that few men in the clerical profession have as yet discovered the combination. They live in mud, preach mud, and will return to mud without being able to get telephone connection with the divine ether that floats high above the puddles ilpd, muddles of this fear-crazed and dollar-chasing universe. Verily, brethren, nine- tenths of.the so-called ministers of the gospel will have to bo born again several times before they will discover the spiritual serum that kills all sin and fills the human race with a bliss tliat never pinches out. Eating apples will cure the desire for strong drink, especially if the patient does not smoke a great deal. . In the matrimonial industry the woman who cannot show a union card is treated severely by her sisters. There are seven millions of people in Canada, most of whom do not know that Greenwood has a smelter. Tn reply to a correspondent in tho oent belt we will say that Latin roots are not raised much in the Boundary. Vancouver may want free port but up here in the mountains most of the towns would be satisfied with free whiskey. < Out on the prairie the crops are still looking well, and the harvest will be a great one if Providence does not send an unexpected visitation of some kind. Wedding rings made. Diamonds mounted. Work that will stand comparison. E. A. Black, Phoenix. ' After kissing a pretty girl for the first time a young man always regrets the opportunities he has wasted. When you want a monument or headstone, write to the Kootenay Marble Works, Nelson, B. C. * Corn-fed steers at present prices are certain to associate with millionaires later on as porterhouse steaks. The Columbia cigar is a large and free-smoking cigar. It is sold in all mountain towns and made in Nelson. Luckily for the proprietors of the swell cafes the article on the table purporting to be butter cannot speak up aud tell the patrons the tale of its life. - If youwisbTto catch big fish and plenty oi them, get your tackle at McKae Bros. There's no rest for the man who does everything his wife tells him to do. Wlddow'son, Assayer, Nelson, B. C. Job Printing at The Ledge. Tnitow n diamond iu front of o Advertisixo agencies arc a bore to the newspaper profession, and the editor is none too wise who keeps them alive by accepting business from these parasites" on journalism. Opium fiends in B.C. have just three months in which to taper off. Unless the wily Chinese can smuggle the drug into the country, the day of poppy dreams is about over in this province. The Kaslo paper says that its town is too cheap. This is nothing unusual, as all towns that do not progress rapidly are liable to be peopled by a class of citizens whose vision is too myopic to see anything bigger than a thin dime. In reply to a correspondent we will say that wc think General Charles Warren of Butte must be dead. We have written him several letters without receiving a reply, and we feel certain that the general must have cashed in or he would surely have answered our letters. ______ There is not a single case upon record anywhere in the world showing that vaccination has prevented anyone from contracting smallpox, or lessened its severity when contracted. It is one of the biggest fakes in the long list of medical superstitions and to force it upon,innocent children is nothing short of legalized crime. TnE Boundary is one of the finest sections in Canada. The bars never close and the boys play baseball on Sundays. Socialists lecture on the street without creating'a [riot, < and preachers of any creed can talk without receiving gifts of rottan eggs. Fewer places are more free from crime in America, and, in spite of the fact that booze is so easy to get, some of the unfortunate hotel men aro almost too poor to buy water. A iJAsit of yellow has appoared iu the Nelson News. This great interior daily now prints a comic section upon Sundays for the purpose of pleasing the very young. The cuts are done in colors and look like the dream of a comedian who had gone to bed Hoaked to the palate with beer, bologna and lobsters, This new innovation of tho News will please thoso who laugh at the man who fulls off a band wagon, but it shookH with its blare and colored inks those whoso ideals of wit, humor, buries _uo and car- ASSAYING. Gold, Silver and Copper -fr.oo G* G* WEST 1'liOVINCIAL ASSAYFR. 530 Richard Street, Vancouver, B. C. P. BURNS & GO.] Dealers in Ffesh and Salt JWeats.-pish and Poaltpy Shops in nearly all the towns of Boundary and I S the Kootenay. 1 Q9a9999QQ������90QQQ9Q99������mQeQQ������90������9Q������9mQ9m9&eQ6Gm W9Q&9M9&99m&Q9Qe������&M������999������0&<W������B9&9&QQ99tt9Q991)9Q9 am9Q������������9Q99������Qe������9������9������9099Q������������9999������999id(*Q9&9099������&9Q99Q������9 ��������� ���������$<*> Serves meals at all hours. The lover of good things- always comes here when he wants his chops, steaks, fish or fowl, or any of the tasty dishes that we make a specialty of cooking, to please the fastidious." ���������We Make a Specialty of Home-Made Bread. Rondeau ^'Pupontv, \999999^9Q9*&������&G99mrQ9999Q99999������999������Q99������G������m999999\ I 9 (��������� (i 11 (i n < i < i < i (i 11 .(������ it 11 <t i 11 I I: m ,������*, GREENWOOD Dealer in MERCHANT TAILOR Men's clothes cleaned, pressed and Repaired. Fine Work A Specialty nelson, D. 0. OKO. 1\ WK1XS, 15. TOMKINS.I l'l-tiju-Ietor. Muiiogor. First-class in everything. Steam heat, electric light, private baths. Telephone in every room. Finest lava- lories in B. C. First-class, bar and barber shop. 'Bus meets all trains. Contractor for Ties, Poles and Fence Posts. Heavy Teaming and Dray ing Phone 85. " Unequalled for Domestic" Use." 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. McCIung & Goodeve, Propr's. I I- 999 Mountaineer and Kootenay* Standard Cigars. Made by 3.:(K. CMiM #o., nelson C. J. CAMPBELL NEW DENVER Provincial Assayer and Analytical Chemist. Correspondence solicited from any part of the country. ��������� Commercial Hotel Greenwood Rooms 25 und CO cents a night. MRS. M. GILLIS. Cbe Pacific fioteL. Is under the management of Greig & Morrison. Tlie.Rooms aro Comfortably furnished, and tho bar contains the best .'..brands ot winos, liquors and cigars. Cbe Pacific gafe... Ts the beat-appointed Restaurant in . the. interior of British Columbia. The best cooks and most attentive waiters only em'ployed. Open all the time. TtJHH[P|4t HOUSE '_' Nelson. B. C, Is run on the the American and European ��������� plan. Nothing yellow about the house except the gold in t**e safe. Malorjc & TrregillUs Tobaccos, Pipes, and alf6ther*2 Smokers' supplies, to Pacific hotel. Next doon J.P.FL00K 3 KASLO HOTEL KASLO B. O, Is a comfortable homo for all who travel to that city. COCKLE & PAP WORTH. Hotel Alexanderi PHOENIX, B. C. i la a comfortable home for ! the miner and traveler. '*, Good meals and pleasant rooms. Pure liquors and / fragrant cigars in the bar. ��������� McGillis & McLaughlin PKOPItlETOKS. ' \.! Frank Fletcher PnoviNoiAi* Land Suuvkvok, 'Nelson, B. 0, 7-v-t r> ..v|
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. Frequency: Weekly
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