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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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VI u* ���������Ujr -y-CitiS j i^^i/AM^^ WcTORl^JS* e.������> / I 3'' - ' j < L'l - r'' ft .Vol; . XVI. GEEENWOOD, B. C.,'THURSDAY, JUNE, 16; 1910. No. 4.0 GREENWOOD, B. C. -> ' New Stock of Ladies' Shoes, Dry Goods, and, Fur.- - nishings complete* "\ ' - 20 per cent. Reduction, in price of Millinery, , ' until stock is closed out. ��������� STOCK NEW& CHOICE. ��������� . , '" 25 PER CENT OFF - 25 PERCENT . OFF ' Until July 1 we will allow 25 per cent off our'entire'stock of Negligee Shirts (with or without collar.) These'Shirts . are extra value. -_ Prices range irom $1.25 to $3 50." ." 1 EXJSSELMA.W-OAULFIELD Go. I * GREENWOOD. B. C. I WMm^w^Simm^^is^i^i^m^^^^^ms^^^^^^ms^^ss&M^. Just received a fine assorted line of Iron Beds, Springs and Mattresses ������&: Passing Throng i Yon will save monoy by seeing Lai I IT The Furniture & Stove Man. PHONE16. ' GREENWOOD, B. C. The Windsor Hotel is one of the best furnished hotels in the West. It is located in the heart of ((������ Greenwood and within easy reach of all the fiuan- Mi cial and commercial institutions of the Copper (((( , Metropolis. Heated' with steam and lit by elec- (III ��������� tricity. Commodious sample rooms. The bar is (!([ replete with all modern" be'veragesl and the "Cafe W, - J never closes." Eooms reserved by-telegraph." A''r " .-- t'������ ~ The Windsor Hotel Co. E. J. Cartier, Manager ������{{ ' PHOENIX, B. C. Is opposite the Great Northern depot and is a delightful haven for the weary traveler. Great veins of hot water run through the entire house, and bathrooms are always at tlio service "of thpf-e in searrh of material cleanliness. -The dining room is an enemy to dyspepsia, _ while the artistic appointment of the liquid refresh 111 ent * makes the drinks go down like eating fruit in a flower garden, The sample rooms are the largest in the mountains and a pleasure to drummers with big trunks. JAS. MARSHALL - - PROPRIETOR ������������o seee������e������30e8a������3������������������@@ee@s������&3$G������QS3<s������������&8Go e������<8fi������3s������<se*g TEMPERANCE ' I is nil rig'lit if shorn of humbuggery. Too much wat-r drinking is just as injurious ns too much liquor or anything else. / OUR PURE WINES - AND LIQUORS . arc medicinal if not abused. Every household .should have a moderate supply of pine wine's or liquors in the closet for emeigencv���������either unexpected visitors or sudden illness, when a drop of pine liquor in time limy foicstnll nil necessity for drugs. LGreenwood Eiquor gotnpany, Importers, greenwood, B. #. \ Honest George. George It. Naden, 'who" is well- known in Greenwoed, having lived here a few days during the time he represented this great copper riding iu the local legislature, met with defeat in Rupe while running on the Alfy Stork ticket for alder- manic honors. The Empire of that city extends to him the following sad but beautiful remarks: ��������� ''The defeat of Mr. Naden, by a few votes only, is to be veiy much icgrctted. Th?"'- ii no man iu Prince llupprt today who could have rendered hotter service than he. -Expeiienoed both in parliamentary and municipal government, and actuated by the highest ideals, his services will be a distinct loss to the city. Wo have not the least doubt, however, but that his influence will 3Tet remain. County Court. His Iloiior, Judge Brown held court on Tuesday. Ola Lofstad and Several others took out -their naturalization papers. The case of Di". Spankie vs. Robert Johnson was settled out of court, and several other cases were adjourned untilTiext court. W.F. Greenwood Miners' Union, No. 22, W. ��������� F M., incuts every Saturday evening in Uniun Hall, Copper street, Greenwood, nt 7:80. Also in hall at 'Mother Lode mincv Friday evenings at 7:30. . GEO. HEATHERTON, Secretary Ik Regular monthly meetings of ���������*/\p' Greenwood lodge. No. 28, A. F. /%/? & A.M.,aro held on the first Thursday in each month in Fraternity hall, Wood block, Government street, Groonwood. Visiting brethren are cordirUly fnyited to attend. -; JAS, S, IJIKNIK. Soorotiiry, ������OOBe������CGd������ ������0������������������0������ffl������������������������������ oqq C. CIGARS i Are mndc in New Westminster and sold all over the Province. WILBBRG, & WOLZ. Not an Interested Party. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catb..apropos'of woman r-vrflxngp, paid ::'. "Men of that sort���������men of thnt stupid sort ���������treat, us wonnui like little children or pet animals. They make no account of us whatever. Thoy are. like old ^Calhoun White, of Kipou, "Old Cal houn walked down the main street one morning in his best black broadcloth suit, with a white rose in his buttonhole and cotton gloves on his large hands. ���������. >" 'Why, 'Calhoun,' said the barber, 'are you taking a holiday ?' "'.Dish yerf,'said the old man in a statelg voice 'dish yer am rrmh golden weddin, sah. Ali'm sally bratin' hit.' "'Dub your wife,' said the barber, 'is working as usual. I sasv her at tbo tub as I camo by. Why isn't she celebrating, too'?' " 'Her?' said Oiilhoun, angrily. 'She hain't got niiHin' to do with it. She's inah fourth.' " School Roport. Following is the school report for IT ay: DIVISION1 I���������J f.. WATSON* Pupils actually iuteuilii)<>- 21 Average daily attendance 21 50 t'erciiiitriifc ot regularity..' 89.53 Pupils present every session:��������� George Craig. Maud Eales, Charlie McArthur, Gertrude. Mclutyre, Gordon Smith, Bertha Smith, Sutherland Smith, Iria Sutton, Lottie Sutton, Ward Storer. DIVISION' II���������J I. MACKENZIE Pupils actually attending 30 Average daily attendance 2(5.95 Percentage of regularity 89 Pupils present every session:��������� Leo Barnett, Beatrice Calhoun, Fred Craig, Anna MacKcnzie, Daniel McKee, Josephine McKee, Celia Mcintosh, James Olliver, Bert Olliver, Ted Proctor, Grace Kedpath, Vera Redpath, Robert Smith, Ruby Smith, Dick Taylor, Tom Taylor. DIVISION III���������1?. M. CUNNINGHAM. Pupils actually attending 8+ Averago daily attendance 30.5 Percentage of regularity 90 Pupils present every session: ��������� Dorothy Bunbury, Jean Coles, John Mac-Arthur, Muriel Redpath, Arthur ' Rccs, Catherine Rees, Eva Goldsmith, Edith Willcox. After a man goes on tho shady side of forty he loses all interest Joe's Reply. Although Joe Martin has probably drank many a shot of booze and played many a game of draw hi his' time, he is rather severe upon the man who sells the rum. A despatch from London says:��������� The general board representing the licensed, vituallers of Great Britain has received a striking reply from Joc'.'ph Martin, M. P., in reply to ���������its npppa! for. support in its protest against Chancellor. Lloyd George's alleged oppression of the liquor trade. Many noble lords and members of parliament have replied sympathetically. Mr. Martin wrote: "Yours to hand. I take, very little interest in, the wail of the publican. If I had my way the restrictions on liquor sellers would be much more severe than they are, and their licenses would erst much more." When read at a .'meeting of the board, the letter was received with laughter and cries of "shame." The chairman said the reply of the honorable gentleman would be born in mind by tho trade. There are still a few old-fashioned people who have never rode in an mitomobile, - . . Tlio average wifo ppends two- thirds of her timo worrying about ��������� Fred Knight is in the city from Grand Forks. <. J. B. Tierney is at Stewart upon mining business'. ��������� The government has laid new sidewalks in Eholt. J. R. Jackson, M.P.P. was in thc eity on Saturday. Geo. 'Wellwood intends to open his hurel near Westbridge. Charles Dempsey is doing work on his ranch near, Fish lake. ��������� Mrs. James H. Dimmick is in the Sacred Heart hospital in Spokane. _. ' At the Central hotel, in Phoenix, thero are plenty of the Big Andy cigars. EEany Johns has bought the Saylor ranch, near Napoleon, for $4,000. Miss Til lie Graham is home from Spokane to spend the holidays in this city. The arbitrators/for the Midway & Vernon grade arrived in Midway yesterday. v Harry Hook is looking up mining propositions in the north for Vancouver men. ' - it Dominion Day will be celebrated in Greenwood. , For particulars see large posters. '��������� Bert Bailey has a contract for putting in another track for the C.P.R: at Eholt. A business deal of iome importance will likely be consummated in Eholt this week. Lunch baskets for pic-nics, etc , ranging in price r'rcrii 50u to $2.50 each, at J. L. Coles'. W. B. Fleming has returned' from attending -the Oddfellow's convention in Kamloops. The Dominion government will make a geological survey of Dead- wood camp this summer. Indications are ! very favorable this week for striking a large body of ore in the Argo tunnel. Picon punches, gin rickeys' and mint juleps can'.be had at the Windsor hotel iu Greenwood. George Tierney was in town this week up'ou business connected with the building of the railway out of Midway. ~--~.>... . . _ Tbe Waterman Ideal Fountain Pen is a greit favourite with the public and can be bought from J. L. Coles. The Windsor hotel has just received a stock of limes and mint suitable for making the best summer drinks in tho market. Last week the government paid a large sum of money for wages to tbe men working on the wagon roads in and arouud Greenwood. After the loth of July Luigi Penna will move his family to riioenix. He will take a contract upon the railroad near Priuceton. Strawberries grown at Grand Forks by Mrs. Hall, were sampled by the prints of Greenwood, last Monday,and pronounced excellent. Duncan Ross went to Stewart last week. He has a contract on railway near Hazelton and is making good in th'ut line, of business. The value of the grade of the Midway & Vernon railway will be determined in a few days. It is thought that the value will be about $50,000. Bob Youill and son are doing assessment work upon tho claims upon Pass creek. Mr. Youill was the first man to take up a ranch upon the Kootenay lake 20 years ago. A pet bear in Phoenix nearly killed little Erne Larsen on Monday.' The child was feeding it and got too close to bruin. Arthur Webster rescued Effie and she is now out of danger. J. W. Nelson has an excellent hotel building at Ca'-mi, and it is his intention to occupy it this summer. Mr. Nelson is the pioneer hotel man of Greenwood, and has large mining interests up the West Fork. Jack and Charlie Galloway, former residents of this city, have passed tbe third year examination in applied science at McGill. The former did remarkably well, lead- ing his class in four subjects and obtaining first class standing in the rest. Joseph Wilmhurst was in the city last weed. He has been in the employment of the government f\)r some time and at present is looking for the best pass for building a wa;:ou road between Cascade and Ros.-bind. This b'nk will form part of the trunk road now being built through the province. When it is finished motor cars can be driven from the coast to Alberta. Western Float Hurrah for Scotty. R. K. Steven, formerly of the copper metropolis, is evidently doing well in Vancouver and reaching for high spots. His many friends will be pleased to read the note below which is taken from a recent coast paper: An important deal was closed today when the southwest double corner of- Granville "and Nelson streets, owned by Dr. Johnson Gibbons, was sold to Mr. F. T. Andrews of this city for approximately ������110,000. A lot in the block north of this property was also sold to a local capitalist for 638 000, Mr. Andrews in this instance being the vendor. Both deals were arranged by Messrs. Steven & McNicol and Mr. J. P. Nicolls, of Messrs. Macaulay & Nicolls. Stick to j'our tin whistle until you have the price of a horn. The less a woman has to say the longer it takes her to say it. THE VOLUNTEER.' Companion to "Casey at the Bat." The Bugville team was surely up against a rocky game: The chances were they'd meet defeat and not undying fame; Three men were hurt and two were benched, the score stood 6 to 4, They had to make three hard-earned runs in just two innings more. "It can't he done," the captain said, a pallor on his face; "I've got two pitchers in the field, a mutt on second base ! And shoulrianother man get ipiked or crippled in some way, The team would sure go down and out with eight men left to play. "We're up against it anyhow, as far as I can see; - My boys ain't hitting like t'ley should, and that's what worries me. The luck is with the other side, no pennant will we win; It's mighty tough, but we must take our medicine and grin !" The eighth round opened���������one, two, three the enemy went down. The Bugville boys went out the same���������the captain wore a frown. Thc first half of the ninth came round, two men had been put out, When Bugville's catcher broke a thumb and could not go thc route. A deadly silence settled o'er the crowd assembled there, Defeat would lie alloted them, they felt it in the air; With only eight men in the field 'twould be a gruesome fray, Small wonder that the captain cursed the day he learned to play. "Lend us a man to finish with," he begged the other team. "Lend you a man ?" the /oe replied, "my boy, you're in a dream ! We came to win the pennant, too, that's what we're doing here; There's only one thing yon can do: "Call for a volunteer." The captain stood and pondered in a listless sort of way, He never was a quitter, and he would not be today; ' "Is there not within the grandstand here," his voice rang loud and clear, ��������� "A man who has the sporting blood to be a volunteer?" And again that awful silence settled o'er the multitude; Was there a maiiiamong them with such recklessness imbued? The captain stood wiih cap in hand, while hopeless was his glance: ��������� And then a short and stocky man cried out, "I'll take a chance!." Into the field he bounded with a step both finn .ind light, "Give me the mask and mitt," he said; "let's finish up the fighi The game is now beyond recall, I'll last at least a round; Although I'm ancient, you will find me muscular and sound!" His hair was sprinkled here and there with little streaks of gray; ������ Around his eyes and on his brow a bunch of wrinkles lay, The captain smiled despairingly and slowly turned awav, When "He's all right!" one rooter yelled. Another,-''Let him play 1" "All right, go on !" the captain said. Thc stranger turned around, Took off his coat and collar, too, and threw them ou the ground, The humor of the situation seemed to hit them all, And as he donned the mask aud mitt the umpire yelled "Play ball." Three balls the pitcher at him heaved, three balls of lightning speed, The stranger caught them all with ease and did not seem to heed; Plaeh ball had been pronounced a strike, the side had been put out, And as he sauntered to the bench he heard the rooters shout. Que Bugville boy went ont on strikes and one was killed at first; The captain saw them fail to hit, and gnashed his teeth and cursed. The third man smashed a double aud the fourth man swatted clear, Then in a thunder of applause up came the volunteer. His feet were planted in the earth, he swung a warlike club; The captain saw his awkard pose and softly whispered "Dub I" The pitcher looked at him and grinned���������-then heaved a mighty ball��������� The echo of that fearful swat still lingers with.us all ! Highi fastaud far the spheroid fiew.it sailed and sailed away; It ne'er was found, so it's supposed, it still floats on today. .Three runs came in, the pennant would be Bugville's for a year; The fans and players gathered round to cheer the volunteer. "What is .your name?',', the-captain cried. "What is your name?" cried all. As down ���������his cheeks great tears of joy were seen to rtiii and fall.; For one brief moment lie wns still, then nmrmercil softjindjnwj: Orient will celebrate the 4th of July. A sugar refinery may be built at Rupe. Prize fighting is tabooed in Greenwood. ' Many settlers will come to the Boundary this year. ' . A fair will be held in Prince Rupert this summer. The C.P.R. is driving a railway tunnel at Fisherman.' The public library has been reopened in Vancouver, The Orangemen will celebrate in Kamloops on July 12th. Over sixty Greeks are working on the railway near Orient. There will be a celebration in Silverton on Dominion day. Water is being put on the old Myerhoff ranch, near Midway. The measles have attacked a few of the citizens in Fort George. There are forty-six children going to school in New Denver. Gold-bearing oil has been struck in one of the streetR of Spokane. Within a year the population of Coleman has increased over 700. Phoenix is passing a by-law to tax real estate agents ������100 a year. John McCauley was killed in Vancouver by touching a live wire. Sir E Shakleton, in future, will make his home in British Columbia. There are seven hotels in Phoenix and the license fee is $650 a year. A syndicate has been fcrinrd to mine for platinum, near Coleman, Alberta. Tom Kane, formerly of Phoenix, was drowned in Sturgeon lake, Ontario. J. E. Gilmore is building a niuety-two roomed hotel in Stewart. R. S. Bevan has refused 815,000 for twenty acres of his fruit ranch at Creston. Ed. Valentine died in Spokane from cancer.' He was an'old-timer in the Slocan. Tuck CoHins has moved from Phoenix to Princeton and started a barber shop. Prince Rupert has appointed four city policemen. One of them is an Irishman. In the Cariboo, on Antler creek, Jack Campbell has struck good bench diggings. For picking a pocket in Van- Considerable real estate has recently changed hands in Rossland.- Many of tbe lots have been bought' for gardening "purposes.- ' , //' Mr. and -Mrs. Hugh' Burr,' of New Westminster, have 'been married fifty years and lived "all that time in this province. , Jack Griffith, who was. recently shot in the Lead while hunting in the Boundary, is improving and. will soon leave for Wales. , The barbers at Prince Rupert want a by-law passed compelling them to close their shops at 0 p.m., except on Saturday nights. It is proposed to build a narrow, guage railway from the lawer Nicola to Ashcroft in order to bring out the ores of ihe Mammet lake district. The Nickle Plate mine, near Hedley, has declared another dividend of three per cent. This is the third dividend since last August. Fred C. Carty has been awarded $15,000 damages against the B. C. Electric Co., upon account of being injured in a streetcar accident last November. A bull and cow moose were seen swimming the river at Fort George the other day but they were not molested, not even by the real estate agents. The Jap who was sent to the penitentiary for stabbing Mrs. J. D. Sibbald, of Revelstoke, has been discovered to be insane, both before and after the offence. Harry Johns is superintendent of the Rawhide mine in Phoenix. This mine will soon be shipping a 1,000 tons of ore daily to the smelter at- Greenwood. West of Edmonton, ehe Grand Trunk Pacific is finished for IIS miles. The work is not going ahead very fast as labor is scarce. The wages are reported to be S35 a month, which probably includes board. After spending the summer surveying in the Curiboo, John and Frank Coryell will return to Grand Forks in October. John Coryell served through the Boer war and owns 121-square miles of oil lands " in South xifrica that are being* developed by the Standard Oil Co. Don't be a Knocker. :htl conver, George Ward was given five years in jail. Last week, there were 120 miner's licenses issued at the record office in New Denver. Per capita, British Columbia does the largest trade of any country in the world. Eight mica_claimsjrpthe.Colum- bla_riverTrom "Revelstoke will be worked this summer. There are 60 teams and 400 men working upon the irrigation project north of Bossburg. The beavers have caused much damage in the Boundary and Similkameen districts this year. A movement is on foot to form a publisher's association in the interior of British Columbia. P. Burns & Co.'s cold storage at KitseJas has been moved for the summer to New Kitsequekla. The Queen mine, on Sheep creek, recent.lv shipped a gold brick to Nel80n"that was worth $0,000. The C.P.R. will build steel snow- sheds in the Rocky mountains that will sustain thirty feet of snow. Large quantities of fresh eggs are being shipped, from Chesaw to mining camps in the Boundary. Phillip Reilly, of Cascade, has been declared insane and taken to the asylum at New Westminster. In.Phoenix, Harry Reed is president of the Miner's Union, and Anson White, financial secretary. W. W. Davis, of Berlin, Ont., has been appointed city engineer of Prince Rupert at a salary of 85,000 a year. ; In the North Star mine, near Orient, gold ore has been struck that assays $74 in gold and a face of silver. If your neighbour is prosperous, let him prosper. Do not growl op grumble. Say a good word for him and let it go at that. Do not be a knocker. If you see that the town is moving along nicely, feel good about it. Help things along. Shove a little. Push. Try and secure some of the benefit yourself. Do not stand aronnd like a cadaver. Do not waste time feeling sore because some fellow has a little more sand and sense than you have. Do a little hustling yourself. If you can say a good word, say it like n , prince. If you are full of bile and ~ disposed to say something mean, keep your mouth closed. Do not be a knocker. No man ever became rich and happy minding anybody's business save his own. No man ever helped himself up permanently, by knocking his neighbors down. Give a kind word. Give it liberall3r. It will not cost a cent, and you may want ono yourself someday. You cannot afford it. It will not pay. There is nothing in it. If 3rou want to throw something at somebody���������-throw cologne. Or roses. Do not throw brickbats. Or mud. If you must kick���������goto some secluded spot and kick yourself. For if you feel that way, you are the man that needs kicking. But whatever you do, do not be a knocker. Speak Kindly. of the Philis- Elbert Hubbard, tine, says:��������� Should Angel Gabriel come to me and in a confidential undertone declare that a certain man, or any man or any angle, was a villifier of the truth, a snare to the innocent, a pilferer, a sneak, a robber of graveyards.. I won id say: '''Gib- riel, you are troubled with incipient paranoia���������I do not believe a word of what you say. The .nan you mention may not be a saint, but he is probably just as good as you or I. In fact i think lie must be very much like you, for we are never interested in either a person or a thing that does not bear some direct relationship to ourselves. Then Gabriel, do you not remember the words of Bishop Begutn^ who said that no man applies au epithet to another that cannot with equal truth bo applied to himself. When we remember that hoarse, gutteral cry of "Away with him,��������� away with him!'' and when wc recall that some of tho best ami noblest men who, have ever lived havo,been reviled and traduced by so-called good men --certainly uieu. who were Binoere���������-how King George owns a minor's license for British Columbia. It is numbered B1J1440, and was issued at Revelstoke. Iu Winnipeg the other day, 300 people arrived in that city who are looking for homesteads, with 8300,- 000 in money. Careless stone throwing in Kelowna, caused $100 worth of plate glass to be broken in the Courier office of that city. " ;���������' In Rossland, recently, a hen belonging to H.L. Nicholson laid an who wero Blncere���������tiow can w* .-?; 1 >'% - .7 * 1 & ��������� 'V,' Mi ii >! ���������I '��������� * V* *��������� THE LEDGE. GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA. wm t \\ Hot Times In the Vicinity Keep the Editor Guessing. WHISKY, SHOTS AND A FIRE In Spite of a Threat Publisher Gets an Ad. From the Druggist���������Holy Terror of Terrorsville Who Comes to Shoot Up the Town Tamed. {Copyright, By 1910. M. QUAD. by Associated Literary Press.J ���������E had a pleasant call the other day from Mr. John Gordon of Chicago, whose son James was hanged uoar here last September for horse stealing. The father spoke In highest terms of the enterprise ol the west. Ono Jack Henderson, who announces himself as a "holy terror from Terrorsville," came riding Into ihe Gulch Sunday morning, with a whole arsenal .strupiicd around him. and announced his determination to shoot up the town and a few dozen people with it. As the city marshal was siels abed, we were notilied of Jack's arrival and LA GRIPPE Arrested, and Consumption Cured Mr. G. D.Colwell, of Walkervfle. Ont. Wasstrhken down with La Grippe in 1906 and it left him in very bad condition. He says: I was allrun clown and bordering on Consumption. I could notilerp atn'ghu, had awful sweats, and coughed nearly the whole time. This is how 1 wai when I began to take Psychine, in a low nervous state; but from the first b'ttle I began to improve. It did marvels for me and brought me back to health in no time, making a new man of me. It fortifies the body against the attacks of La Grippe and is a sure preventative. 1 always take Psychine if 1 feel a co'd coming on and it puts me right ia no time." NO HOME SHOULD BE WITHOUT PSYCHINE For Salt by all Drviiiti and Dealers, 50c. A $1 per bottle. Dr. T. A. SLOCUM LIMITED, TORONTO Thus far this winter we have only had ihroe blizzards, four men frozen to dentil, three feet ot snow and two mail carriers on ten b.v the wolves, It was predicted that wc were to have an open winter, and we guess we'll got It. We feel to plly the people of Florida who don't know rhe ex hi la ration ot using the snow shovel. THE HOLY TERllOR FROM TEKKOIlSVIIiLE. enterprising intentions. De was flourishing two guns when we bored in ou him. mid the wn.v he climbed down the tree was laughable to see. The man hadn't the sand of a coyote. When given half au hour to get out of town he didu't take but ten minutes. There was a day when the "terror" was a good man to let alone, but civilization has crept in, aud his occupation has i departed. The whisky of this section is losing its grip. Old Bill Williams froze to death lu his shack on Wolf creek the other uight, and he certainly had a full gallon of it under his hide. This deceiving a man to his death should be \ severely punished. That quantity of j red eye should hnve kept old Bill | sweating for three days and nights. Some one who deserves tbe stake has 6tolen the dictionary belonging to this ! oflice, and we are Having the hardest j kind of work with all words of three syllables. If the reader finds "a. score, of misspelled words he may know the reason for it. We are not even sure that we have the word "dictionary" right. It may be "dicktionery." Mr. John Lang of Pine Hill comes over to Giveadam Gulch the other day and flres sis bullets at Mr. Heury Zel- ler aud then goes home as proud as a. peacock. No one hurt, of course, ls it any use to talk to such men as that? Can anything be said to touch their pride?; We were notified last Sunday that our esteemed contemporary intended to shoot us on sight. Armed with a willow switch, we started out to be shot, but on encountering pur esteemed on Apaene avenue he Insisted on shaking bands witb us and talking about the weather. It beats all how many narrow escapes we do have. We have got over believing that we shall die With our boots on. Such heroic things are uot for us. At midnight last Saturday night the star spangled heavens looked down upon an awful scene in this town. Some one had carelessly thrown the lighted stub of a cigar Iuto a sawdust spittoon in the Red Dog saloon, and the place had been closed up without the smoke being noticed. At midnight the devouring flumes were discovered, and while men yelled. Women prayed and children wept and It seemed as If nothing could save the town from an awful calamity some one of sense kicked the door tn and used a gallon of beer to nip things In the bud. Mr. A. M. Shafler. tho popular druggist of Giveadam Gulch, sent us word the other dny that if we entered his store for the purpose of soliciting an advertisement he would blow the top of our head off. We at once set out and entered his store and began to talk advertising, and next week he takes a whole half page in the Kicker. It's all lu having a little way about you. A reader in Iowa returns us our printed statement made some six weeks ago to the effect that the Kicker has a.circulation of 3.000,000 copies weekly and adds that he believes we lied about It. Lied? Why. of courso we. did! We don't Intend to let the New York, -Boston and Chicago dailies mntro 11 <> look small before the dgodIo of the United States. Look out for more lying. It doesn't fool anybody, but It makes us feel good for the timo being. Yes. sir. 3.OUU0OO weekly and Increasing by leaps and bounds like a Jackass rabbit, Jumping over the sage- bushes. The Deep Valley Tribune seeks to puy us a pretty personal compliment by calling us the Horace Greeley of the wesL Thanks, Brother Scott, but you haven't struck It. if Uoruce Greeley were ullve today he couldn't earn $15 per week as a newspaper man. Wo liuve to smile when t we think of , Iif>ii running 'in AH?"tin weekly. ' In ono way and another, as editor, post master, mayor, ami so forth, wo have accuinulaied nbout 4O.000 acres of desert la mis in this territory. We have boon waiting for several years foi some congressman to offer to go in with us and soil I Ills land to ihe government for a riaiiorml park, but have waited in vain. We uow offer to lease it to individuals on very favorable terms for the growing of rattlesnakes and cactus. First come, rirst served. Our esteemed fellow citizen George Brady was called a liar over the telephone ihe other day by a Mr .laclisou of Lone Tree. Mr. Brady saddled- his horse and rode over ihere to demand explanations, but be had his trouble for his ride. Mr. Jackson had sloped. This going away from home to shoot somebody is all time lost. We never have found our iiiau yet. While we wore sound asleep in our room iu the postoflice Tuesday night some one heaved a ten pound rock through the window and missed out- head by a font. We got to the window in time to see a man running down the street and to tire a shot that made him jump, but we have been unable to secure a clew to his identity. These things are mere trifles, but tbey vex us sometimes. Those Pine Hill folks caught a horse thief the other day and started iu to hang him. but made such bungling work of it that the victim finally had to slip his head into the noose and jump off the barrel to make a decent job of it. When anything of the sort is afoot again they ought to send over here for a boy to boss the job. A lynching committee owes some little consideration to the chap who is iu it up to the neck. ; As proprietor of Hellso's Opera House we wish to. slate to theatrical managers in genera I that we have no control over audieucos. if au audience wants to slmot the lights out aud the heels off the actors, the thing is as good as done before it begins. We try to hunt up such actors as have taken to the woods, but there our duty ends. POPULAR ACTOR RECALLED. Famous Old Academy of Music In Montreal Opened by Macdowell. The final drop of the curtain in the Academy of Music, Montreal, on March 18, not only closes the history of one of the most famous of Canadian playhouses but recalls the memory of the player who first acted within its walls and who was long a favorite in Canada. The theatre, which ia to be turned into a haberdashery establishment, was erected in 1874 by a number of prominent citizens of Montreal and in 1875 was opened with a stock company managed and headed by Eugene A. Macdowell. The latter was as popular in Toronto as he was in Montreal and when he married tho leading lady of his company, Miss Fannie Reeves, a Canadian actress hailing, it is said, from Chatham, Out., the event created widespread interest. The Allans of "steamship fame were interested' in the playhouse and when the wedding took place in the church of St. James the Apostle in Montreal, the Allan fleet in Montreal harbor was decorated with streamers in honor of the occasion. Macdowell afterwards used to take his stock company into all tlie leading Canadian towns and also to the West. Indies. At Hamilton, Ont., he picked up a talented beginner with'a pathetic faco and large appealing eyes. In a season or two she was playing leading ingenue roles with the company and later she joined the stock company of, A. M. Palmer and became its leading lady. Her name was Julia Arthur, now Mrs. Benjamin Cheney of Boston. Another actor who was associated with Eugene Macdowell was her brother, Melbourne, wlio'was never in the same class with him as an actor, hut achieved wide fame by winning the heart and hand of Fannie Davenport in her day the most eminent of American actresses. Both Eugene and and his wife passed away in the early nineties and their names are quite unknown to the generation of playgoers which has since arisen. There was a day, however, when half the y.Dung men of Montreal and Toronto were in love with the gentle charms, of Fannie Reeves. It is worthy of note that the man who locked the doors of the Academy of Music on the night of Saturday, March 19, John Cohen by name, was the caretaker whom Macdowell engaged on' the opening of the theatre in" 1875. STOMACH MISERY BANISHED BT "FRUIT-A-TIVES" MR. ALCIDE HEBERT Stratford Centre, Wolfe Co., Que. "I have been completely cured of a frightful condition of my Stomach through the wonderful fruit medicine ! 'Fruit-a-tives'. I could not eat anything but what I suffered awful pain from Indigestion. My head ached incessantly. I was told to try 'Fruit-a-tives* and sent for six boxes. Now I am entirely well, can eat any ordinary food aud never have a Headache." ALCIDE HEBERT. 50c. a box, 6 for $2.50, or trial box, 25c. At all dealers or from Fruit-a- tives Limited, Ottawa. First Commercial Telegraph Sixty-five years ago thc first telegraph line, built for economical purposes, between Washington and Baltimore, was opened. After thn formal opening Prof. Morse and his associates offered to s-11 the invention to the United States gove-nmeut for .? 100,(100, but the piieu was considered too high. Assisting' Him Ardent Youth���������Miss Dora, if I could only find words to express my��������� Enthusiastic young woman impulsively handing him a small book) ���������O Mr. Grunewald, learn Esperanto. It's the simplest and most expressive language you ever heard of! Racial pride is a kind of patriotism that lasts as long as any sentiment. The story is told of a stranger in Milwaukee, who, seeing an Irishman at work in the street, asked him what wns the population of thc town. "Oh, about 40,000," was the reply. "Forty thousand! It must certainly have more than that," said the visitor. "Well." said-the Irishman, fit wud be about 275,000 if ye were to count the Dutch."���������Youth's Companion. "May 1 call you Mabel?" he asked at their second meeting, pretending to be badly smitten. ,,'If you wish to, but my name is Gertrude." Down and Out "Alas! My business went under in the fall of 1907." "What was your line?" "I was a deck hand on a submarine." A HINT TO YOUNG MOTHERS A dash of v.'nrgar is an essential touch to a sharp salad dressing. "Peifoctly t u-itworthy" is the character of Bickle's Anti-Consumptive Syrup. It can be used with thc utmost confidence thnt it will do what is claimed for it. It is sure in its effects, as the use of it will clearly demonstrate and can be relied upon to drive a cold out of thii system more ���������ffectively than any other medicine. Try it' and be convinced that it is what it is claimed to bo. Before and After Colonel Peterby met his colored gardner, Jim Webster, a short time, iigo. Jim had been recently married. "How do you like matrimony, u*.m?" asked Colonel Peterby. Jim shok his head dubiously. "What's the matter?" "Yer see, boss, before wo wore married when 1 knocked nt de dore she user tor say. 'Am dat you honeysuckle?" ��������� "Now when I come home sho bawls out: 'Clean off dem hots before you conies in dat (lore, yon black moke!" " ���������Baltimore News. Don't walk up and down the -floor with a cross, restless child. Nothing can be more, demoralizing to the little one and it is a serious tax upon the mother's strength and nerves. When a child is peevish and cross there is probably some little derangement of the stomach or bowels, and a dose of Baby's Own Tablets will remove , the cause of the trouble and enable the little one to sleep soundly. Mrs. W. Bouffard, Piopolis, Que., says: "I have found Baby's Own Tablets superior to all other remedies for curing constipation and making teething easy. They also promote healthful sleep, and I recommend them to other mothers." Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. To prevent, the alteration of checks or othor valuable papers an inventive genius has brought out an electric apparatus which burns tiny holes in the paper as the inscription is written.. Had Been Unwise There once appeared at the back door of a house in Altoona a tramp who, to the mistress of the place, related a pathetic story of his troubles. This talc, however, d d not greatly move the matter-of-fact woman, for she remarked dryly: "That's the same story I had from the last hobo that passed." "Indeed!" said the tramp. "Then, madam, I perceive that I have been unwise not to have had my history, copyrighted."' . President Taft didn't strike Giveadam Gulch on his western trip, but we are not blaming bim any. While we all love him, the boys were prepared to scare him out of a year's growth. The more we reverence a man the more we want to shoot all around his feet Slightly Sarcastic. "Well, doctor, boy or'girlV" "My dear sir, you are the father of triplets." "Sure you haven't missed any in your hurried countV"-Deuver Kepub- lletiD. . The Peekaboo Peril. A daring young lady named ftleeks Donned a shirt waist all fllled full of peeks. Tlie snow���������'tis no Jest��������� ! S 'ted In on her chest. And she uarks now whenever she apeak* ���������BpoKane Spokesman-Review. Mrs.. Robinson���������"And were you up the Rhine?" Mrs. De Jones (just returned from a continental trip)T-"I should think so; right to the very top. What a splendid view there is from the summit!" If a child's '.stomach is acid, lime water should be added to the milk. Wasting the Tea "Why don't you ask that young man up to tea some evening, dear?" "I don't believe it" would do any good, mother. He's a. confirmed bachelor." The Briti-h government lias organized a special dopai tinent in connection with its national physical laboratory for the investigation of problems of aerial construction and navigation. PRESERVE BABY'S SKIN A lifetime of disfigurement and suffering often results from the. neglect, '" inf������nov and childhood, of simple skin affections. In the prevention and treatment of minor eruptions and in tne. promotion of permanent skin and hair health, Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment are absolutely unrivalled. Itching, bu-ning eczemas,' rashes, irritations and dialings yield to Cuticura when all else fails. The Potter Drug & Chemical Corporation, Boston, U.S.A., sole proprietors of the Cuticura Remedies, will be glad to send you thr-ir free 31-page book on the care and treatment of the skin and scalp. When a girl gets old enough to have sense she quits wearing sensible shoos. ��������� ���������ttiokly stops congna, OM throat and lauiga. oolds, heals 28 etnta. Mistress���������Bridget, it always seems to me that the crankiest mistresses get the best cooks. Cook���������Ah! :Go on wid yer blarney! A Pleasant Purgative.���������Parmelee's ���������Vegetable Pills are so compounded "lis to operate on both the stomach anil the bowels, so that they act along the whole alimentary and excretory passage. Thoy are not drastic in their work, but "mildly purgative, and the pleasure of takieg them is only equalled by the gratifying, effect they produce. Compounded only of vegetable substances the curative qualities of which were fully tested, they afford relief without chance of injury. ' To whom it may concern: This ii to certify that I have used MTNARD S IJNIMKNT as well as prescribed it in my practice where a liniment was required and have never failed to get the desired effect. C. A. KING, M.D. Beautiful widow���������"Do. you I'm forty years old today?" Gallant Bachelor��������� "Madam, are just 20. I never believe than of what I hear;" know, you more Husband���������"Another * new dress! Where do you suppose I shall get the money to pay for it?" Wife���������"You must excuse me. I didn't marry you to give you financial advice." NURSING MOTHERS show thc beneficial effects of colt's Emulsion in a very short time. It not only builds her up, but enriches the mother's milk and properly nourishes the child. Nearly all mothers who nurse their children should take this splendid food- tonic, not only to keep up their own strength but to properly nourish their children. ton blux Br ill vnuaaimt The Retort Critical Professor Marry Thurston Peck, the brilliant critic, said at a dinner in New York: "The painter vows that none but the painter is competent to criticize his pictures; and a playwright said to mo the other day: ' " 'You never wrote a play. What right have, you, then, to pass judgment on the drama?' "'Well, my dear fellow,' said I. 'I never-laid an egg, either; but the minute I taste one I know whether it's good or bad.' " "Old Grabber ought to be satisfied with the money he has." "He is satisfied���������so much so that he wants a lot mo're of exactly the same kind." . Minard's Liniment Cures Burns, Etc. When young a girl wonders if she will ever meet a man she would marry; after she gets older, she wonders if she will ever meet one she wouldn't marry. Your Druggist Will Tell You Murine Eye Remedy. relieves Sore Eyes, Strengthens Weak Eyes, Doesn't Smart, Soothes 'Eye Pain, and sells for 50c. Try Murine in Your Eyes and in Baby's Eyes for Scaly Eyelids and Granulation. 1 Roots do not absorb free water of the soil���������that which will drain away if given a chance. It is the moistme held by soil particles which is used by plants. It h presumed that the editor of the Rushville News has been having a lively time of it since the publication of the following "Lost" item: "Lost���������A little dog about the size of Joe Hazel's feet, ears like Charles Atkinson's. Looks like Willie Gardner in the face, and hair like E. Morgan's. When last seen was headed toward Rushville; if found leave at Gardner's restaurant and receive reward."���������Atlanta Constitution. DR. MORSE'S INDIAN" ROOT PILLS exactly meet the need which so " often arises in every family for a medicine to open up and regulate the bowels. Not only are they ef- . fective in all cases of Constipation, but they help greatly in breaking up a Cold or La Grippe by cleaning out the system and purifying the blood. In the same way they relieve or cure Biliousness, Indigestion, Sick Headaches, Rheumatism and other common ailments. In the fullest sense of the words Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills are A HOUSEHOLD REMEDY "SALADA" Tea is weighed by electric weighing machines. The net weight is printed on every package; We absolutely guarantee it to contain full weight without the lead covering. Have your grocer empty a package and weigh it for you. 17 A >' Sealed " SALAD^A" -Packets guarantee full weight and tea unequalled for goodness, freshness and fine flavour. Black, Mixed and Natural Green, 40c, 50c, GOc and 70c per lb, ������������������ : 12 Tumors Removed Without An Operation Silver Lake, Ont.,' Sept. 20, 1909. Dear Mrs. Currah,���������I am enjoying better health than I Imve for eight years, r.tid I think I am entirely cured. I huvo none of the old symptoms. I am vory srnueful for my present health, and think Grunge Lily in the gi-ent<>st treatment ' the world knows. Its for women use In my case caused 12 tumors or growths of some sort to be expelled. Some were as tnrge as a hen's ess, and othors smaller, down to the size' of a walnut. You may use my case In your advertisement, -for It is the solid truth, and pen cannot describe all the good It has done for me. Mrs, Louise E. Bolte- rldBC. This letter gives an Indication -of the posltlvo benefits that always follow tho use of Oranpe Lily. It Is', an applied treatment and come.'. In direct contact with the suffering/ organs. , It produces results fror7 disorders, including painful periods, falling^ -.oV the start In all cases of women's womb, Irregularities, leucorrhoea, ��������� etc. 'Jri will send a sample box containing 10 days' treatment absolutely free to an* suffering woman who has not yet tried It If she will send me her address. Enclose 1 ��������� ���������tamps and address MRS. FRANCES E. CURRAH, Windsor, Ont. '- ��������� :��������� * A. pure Fruit Jelly Powder���������Just the flint pure Calvea Foot Jelly flavored only by the pure fruit. Pure Gold Jelly Powders' (Trade Mark Re|i*lered) Offer you "Better Quality" on the table���������leu work is the kitchen. Our Book of Hecljies Sent Free Let ui icuc you.our nimble little book "Tht Secret ol Dellcioni Driserti." 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LINDSAY, CANADA." ;an A<krrees:��������� CANADIAN SWENSONS LIMITED, TALES FROM THE WONDERFUL WEST SONG OF THE SUFFRAGETTE Husband���������Husband Cease Your Strife! Nor Longer Idly Rave, Sir! Though I May Be Your Wedded Wife, I Am Not Your Slave, Sir' Now You Just Mosey Off to Town: And Hurry Back, You Sinner, With a Nice Big Box of Royal Crown Or You Won't Get Any Dinner. 'Tis The Best Soap in The Land: AND THE PREMIUMS ARE FINE." (Design Protected by Copyright.) Tlio other day a certain village doctor was handed the rather startling note, "Dear Doctor, will you kindly ilive Robert enough chloroform to ki'l a dog,, and oblige his mother, Martha Jamison." Lady Gushington (to great tenor)��������� "You sang that song beautifully, I was in the supper-room, but I heard every word. You have improved; you have reallv." The Groat Tenor���������"But���������I have n t yet sung; I am next!" Minard's Liniment Cures Worn-out lace curtains squares make good dishcloths Dandruff, cut into Little Lilian's father was very homely, and one day she said, "Mamma, why did you marry papa?'1 "Because I loved him, dear," was the reply. "Mamma," continued Lilian, "love will make us women do anything, won't it?" English saientists were making substantial progress in the knowledge of the phenomena of electricity a century arid a half before Franklin flew his historic kite. A Thorough Pill.���������To clear thn stomach and bowels of impurities and irritants is necessary when their action is irregular. The pills that will do this work thoroughly are. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills, which are mild in action but mighty in results. They purge painlessly and effectively, and work a permanent cure. They can be used without fear by thc most delicately constituted, as there are no painful effects preceding their gentle operation. ���������Thc motormen and comluc- going to give an opera, I Biglcy- tors are bear. Littleton���������What one? Bigley���������"Carmen" of course. White of egg poured over a burn will give quick relief. Only a widow seems to appreciate that what a man eats is as important to him as what a woman wears is to her. A weak solution of sa't and writer will biighten mattings. Boni 10c, gam* ot paper and In la ad, for our txmutllul Surlnxt Batik nnd Child'* Hkutuh-Dook, Euk buuk eoutuina a (loud Luck Peony, SCOTT & BOWNE 126 Wellington Street. Wee* Toronto, Oat. W, N, U,, No, 791, In Porto Rico the government telegraph service extends to every town, either directly or by telephone, and in addition many of the large barrios rind important sugar mills arc connected with tho main line. The government receives messnges over the telephone and transmits them by telegraph at low rates. So profitable an investment has the whole system been from the start that recently Uncle Sam reduced the price of telegrams, lililiW THfitf Toilet and Medicinal Preparations Are Compounded by Expert Chemists Who Compounds Your Medicines? When your physician gives you a prescription you would scarcely risk having it compounded by a grocer or a baker, even, if you were sure they had the right drugs. You insist on your druggi3tfs skilful dispensing. If vou did not protect yourself in this way the laws of the country would protect you, for they demand that physicians' prescriptions be dispensed by physicians or qualified druggists only. Is it not equally important to know that the household remedies, such as laxatives, cough syrups arid tonics, and the toilet preparations such as tooth paste, which you use so frequently, are also compounded by expert chemists ? When you use NA-DRU-CO medicinal or toilet preparation* you have the positive guarantee of one of the largest wholesale drug firms in the world, the National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada,' Limited, that each one has been compounded by export chemiots only. This is just where NA-DRU-CO Caicara Laxative.. NA-DRU-CO Llquorico, Unseed, and Chlorodyne Cough Syrup, NA-DRU-CO Tasteless Cod Liver Oil Compound and everything else on the NA-DRU-CO list are pre-eminently better than mixtures at present flooding the market. They are compounded by men who know. Some NA-DRU-CO Camphor Ice Creoieleia Toilet Cream Talcum Powder Tooth Paate Tooth Powder Babr'a Tablet! 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If any NA-DRU'CO article you buy does not prove entirely satisfactory return it to your druggist. Ue has our authority to refund the full purchase price and charge it to us. You can get any NA-DRU-CO preparation anywhere in Canada, for if your druggist should not have it in stock he can get it within two days from our nearest wholesale branch, Preparations Dyapepnla Tablet* Hendacho Wafers Herb Tablets Nerrozone Pile Ointment Rheumatiim Cure Sugar of Milk Stainleii Iodine Ointment Toothacho Cum White Liniment National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada* 1 Jmited Halifax, St. John, Montreal, Winnipeg, Regina, Wholesale Branch** atl Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto, Calgary, Nelson, Vancouver, London, Hamilton, Victoria. TrwiLpwrysPBae era 1 ������ td il w 4 'l ! f n .a -4 w 1^3! ^^^^mMm^Mf^^^^^^^M^^^. $'������: the: ledger .V..,..,'''iUi-,v..'--,....;-.-.,:.^:.^:'j;"^ ;^���������;.-:'v.v";:.;:.':i..v'OUv^ STANLEY AS A FIGHTER. His Revenge on the Africans,For Attacking His Forces, . In tbe following language' Sir'Henry M.^Stanley describes an attack of oa- fives upon tiis party during one of bis African" expeditious: "The leviathan ' bears down on us with racing speed, Its consorts on either Bank spurting the water Into fori in and shooting up jets with their sharp prows. A thrilling chant from 2.U00 ' throats rises louder.and louder on 'our hearing. Freseiitly the poised spears are launched, and a second later my rifles respond with a ripping, crackling explosion, and the dark bodies of the canoes and priddlcrs rush past us. ������������������ /'For a short time the savages are ":rnlyzed, but they soon recover. They Vd there ls death in those flaming "pes iu the hands of the strangers, , ���������'id with possibly greater energy than .M/iey advanced-they retreat, the pursued becoming the pursuers In hot /chase. My blood is up. it is a riiur- ' derous world, and Iv have begun to hate the filthy, vulturous shoals who Inhabit it "1 pursue them upstream, up to their villages. I skirmish iu their streets, drive them pellinell into the woods beyond and level their Ivory temples. With frantic haste 1 tire their huts and end the scene by towing their canoes iuto midstream and setting them !,. adrift." Nothing In That Line Mrs. Budget bent her gaze on George. "Hnve you read Mr. Catchford's yellow book?" she asked him. "I have, dear���������it is ,very interesting."' , i , "Ah! Then you noticed that she said the nation is looking for some one tiling in particular?" Dover appears to" have a police- officer who is gifted with a sense of humor. A few days ago the King's yacht was lying in the bay, and, as the. King was going to sleep on board and cross .the channel on the following morning, nn old -lady went up to one of the constables and ask'd him if he coud tell her who was goirg to guard His Majesty all night. The bobby thereupon remarked that himself and seven more hnd the job, and .were going to take it in turns in swimming round thc boat all night, thus'keeping away any disturbers of the King's sleep. With this the ord lady seemed satisfied. .) RAVENOUS EATERS. 'Gluttony of Soliman and the Appetite \ ' of Louis XIV. / Touching the matter of eating, the >' stories told by the old chroniclers and historians of the abnormal appetites of certain Roman and oriental men of note fairly stagger belief. Gibbon tells of Soliman, a caliph In the eighth century, who died of acute indigestion iu his camp near Chalet's, in Syria, Just as he was about to lead an army of Arabs against Constantino pie. He had emptied two baskets ot eggs' and figs, which he swallowed alternately, and the repast was finished with marrow and sugar. In a pilgrimage to Mecca the'snme caliph had eaten with impunity at a single meal seventy pomegranates, a kid, six fowls and a huge quantity of the grapes of Tayef. ��������� Such n statement would defy belief wore not others of a similar character well avouched. Louis XIV. could hardly boast of. an appetite as ravenous as Soliman's, but he would eat at a sitting four plntefuls of different soups, a whole pheasant, a partridge, 4a plateful of salad, mutton hashed with garlic, two good sized slices of ham. a dish of pastry and finish this ample repast with fruit and sweetmeats.��������� London Saturday Review. "Dear, oh dear," sighed Mr. Snllow- dny," I wish I knew some good way to acquire an appetite." "Nonsense!" exclaimed his wife; "what do you want with an appetite? It would only give you more dyspepsia." Suspicion Aroused _ The Man���������"I -wish you would endeavor to show me a little more affection. You never even call me 'dear,' as other men's wives.do!" The Woman���������"Do other men's wives call you 'dear?' " An automatic time signal sent out from the Hamburg observatory by telephone to all instruments connected with the system of that city has been heard as far as Copenhagen and Paris. The English ra'lronls' wee at one time prohibited from carrying passengers who were going to\a prize fight. Internally and Externally It Is Good.���������The crowning property of Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil is that it can be used internally for many complaints as well as externally. For sore throat, croup, whooping cough, pains in the ch'est, colic and many kindred ailments it has curative qualities that are unsurpassed." A bottle of it costs little and there is no loss in always having it at hand. Her Ladyship���������"Have you given Fido his' soup?" Buttons���������"Yes, 'um." "And his cutlet?" "Yes, 'um." "And 'his jelly?" "Yes, 'um." Her. Ladyship���������"Then you may have some bread and cheese and go to bed." The House of Lords. - The house of lords originated in tho king's great.council, as It existed in the reigns immediately following the couonest. j Mrs. B. E. Bel well, of 337 Pro- 9 Tonchur Ave., St. liunifuue, Winnipeg, I says j���������"Sometime ago my chiltlron j tuok diphtheria, and while attending I thorn tlio poison entered usilmll scratch j on the ni-cond fingor of my loft hand. I Tins became vnrynoro nnd blood-poison- | ing soon s tin. Fur months afier th������ j children woro quite well I was iuffer- j ingfiom a shocii.ngly li.nl finger. The I scratch w.is witned originally by o*p!n, I and in itsulf, win not, ut all serious, I The consequences, hoivovcr, of negloct- ingthissci-iibi h,weto very serious to me. "Wlion Llio l)loo(i-i)oIbonlnKFoLinItrlod poulllcosA'ulnHiilvo I hud In tho hoiiBo. These, however, did not i<nvo tlio desired e.l'ect. Quito on tho o nitrnry tlio Anger bocauio moro nnd mora swollen and discolored. It thon begun to fostor, audi hart to call in a doctor, ilo lanced tho linger to lot out rhe pun. and yon can imagine hiw painful tho flngor was! Do*plto his c.-iro, liowov r, it apraln festered and tho olnlmontH, llulmenti, and other preparations which tho doctor gave mo scorned absolutely unable to bringahotitnny relief. "Tho doctor thoreupon advised mo to go Into tho St. iionffaco Hospital. I feared that If I went to tho Hospital tho flngor would bo nmnutatod. Wo wero told or a case similar to my own In which Zam-Buk: had ofToctod a cur* whon everything elso had fallod and tho dootor had said that only amputation could savo tho person's hand. "We, therefore, decided to give Zam- Bulc a, trial. A supply was procured, and wo oommonccd the Zam-Buk troatmont. I It only nooiled a fow days to shotr tho I wisdom ot thU slop. The blood-poisoning I and Inflammation wero reduced, the pain I became leu aouto, anil it waa evident i very shortly that the trouble was being I \ reducod to a less and still loos Bros. W������ t 1 persevered with the Zamliuk and In the I I tnd tho tailoring sore was thoroughly I I cleaned, thon benlod. In und or three I ] woelci from ilrsti commencing wlthZam- | I Bulc, tho flngor was entirely well) and I I had woapplled/am-Buklnthoflrstplace, j Instead) of trying ordinary preparations, n no doubt I should liaro saved mysolf I hours nnd hours nf aouto Agony.'' E All mothers should nots this cans. Zam-Buk E is a sura ours for blood-poisoning, festering, I outs, loratohei from barbod wire, bruises, ������ sossms, rallies, tatter, sale rhmra, laoa sons, I uloari, pllts, bid lag, vsrloois relni, and all I sklnlnjurlesanddlsasus, 80a a box, all drag, g gists and stores or pout frss from Zam-Buk Co., I Toronto, for pries. Send lo stamp for pottsg* I of tres trial box. Itofuj* all Imitation*. 0 E USING PURGATIVES INJURES HEALTH What You Need in Spring is a Blood Building Tonic A spring medicine is an actual necessity to most people. Nature demands it as an aid in carrying off the impurities that have accumulated in the blood during the indoor life of winter. But unfortunately thousands of people who do recognize the necessity of a spring medicine do not know what is best to take and dose | themselves with harsh, griping purgatives. This is a serious mistake. Ask any doctor and he will tell you that the use of purgative medicine weakens the system but does not cure disease. . In the spring the system needs building up���������purgatives cannot do this--they weaken you still more. The blood should be made rich, red and pure, and only a tonic medicine can do this. The best blood building, nerve restoring tonic medical science has yet discovered is Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Every close of this medicine actually-makes new, rich blood. This new blood strengthens every organ, everv nerve ana every part of the body. This is why Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure headaches and backaches, rheumatism and neuralgia, banish pimples and eruptions, and give a glow of health to the most sallow skin. Men, women and growing boys and g'rls who take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills eat well, sleep well, and feel bright, active and strong. If you need a medicine this spring���������and most likely you do���������try this great reviving tonic, nnd sec the new life, new health and new strength it will put into you. Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50, from Thc Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. LIVE BABY FOR BAIT. . Bakutus of the Congo Have Successfully Resisted^ White Man. JPo bait spring guns and man traps ��������� with live babies seems to be a regular device with the simple Congo forest tribes, who know that the white man cannot bear to hear an infant cry. This peculiarity was discussed recently before the .Royal Geographical So- eiety in London by Mr. E. Torday, who with Mr. Hilton Simpson and Mr. Norman Hardy, made an expedi- tion between October, 1907, and September, 1909, to investigate the native tribes in the Kasai Basin, in tho centre of the-Belgian Congo. The Bakutu, said he, were almost the only, tribe of this region who had been successful up to the present in resisting the advance of the white man. This was due to their skill in forest warfare. The way leading to their village was defended by poisoned spikes hidden 'by leaves. They used bows and arrows set like traps in the form of" primitive spring guns, and they ased the baby bait because they knew the European would be unable to resist the temptation to pick up an apparently abandoned child. The poison they used was absolutely deadly. When Mr." Torday, after the expedition had been saved from death by a toy elephant, tried an old-fashioned conjuring trick, and so got the tribe to volunteer to carry their loads to the next village -in safety, he threatened to set fire to the river, and, as a beginning, lit up a little spare whiskey. This convinced the natives that the white men were able to "destroy anything, and thoy wero naturally very keen to get rid of the magician. The clockwork elephant came into play through a difficulty in respect of currency. The territory of the Bakon- go had never before been crossed by white men. The coinage of the tribe takes the forin of bars of iron weigh-. ing two pounds, and valued in English money at exactly sevenpence. When the people heard that tha travelers' stock of iron was nearly finished, they began to, show hostility. Mr. Torday explained that j The chief brought about the climax by ostentatiously stealing our chickens, and this was, of course, a declar-, ation of war. We were not in an easy situation, for though we could have held our own-in the event of a breach of the peace, we should have had to J fight our way back to civilization. | At length a less important chief gave them the means of an escape from the difficulties. After the theft of the chickens, he came and explained that he had no bad intentions himself, but that the great chief had decided to kill them. Said the lecturer: "I replied that if he wanted war he could have it, and I would slay all his people with my elephant. Fortunately, among the many objects which we carried about with us was a clockwork elephant, which was capable of waving its trunk and humming and walking along." Relying on the imagination of the negro, I proposed to show him my elephant. Mr. Hilton Simpson according-' ly took him before my tent, which I entered. I wound up the elephant, and made it walk on some .boxes, and then the tent door was thrown open; our friend, seeing the uncanny beast, wanted to run away. Mr. Simpson insisted that he should have another look, but this was too much for the chief, for, shouting "I am going to fetch thoso chickens which I have been stolen," he ran* back into the village, and in a few minutes our property was restored to us. " . . Mr. Torday said that amongst the Basongo Meno tribes belief in transmigration was found. ��������� Thinks No One Could Have it Worse ���������Was Cured by DR. CHASE'S OINTMENT 1 There are plenty of more fatal diseases than' Eczema,- but not -many which cau.;e more downright suffjring. The tendency of eczema to spread over tlio body U annoying and discouraging, .and the itching���������the almost constant and persistent itching ���������nearly rtlrives a person crazy, You can scarcely wonder that people are enthusiastic over-Dr. Chase's Ointment, when it brings them prompt relief and actually cures itch- and tried everything for it, but got no relief until a friend advised her'to use Dr. Chase's Ointment, which she got.' "She found that Dr. Chase's Ointment gave her great relief, so she got some more and continued this treatment faithfully, until now she is entirely cured--of eczema. I don't think any one could have this disease worse than she did, and shall not attempt to describe her suffering. She recommends Dr. Chase's Ointment to any one suffering from eczema." It is such cures as this that has made Dr/ Chase's Ointment the "standard ointment" the world over A JOYC US CARTOONIST. K.w...j;v . V....V... VVA.V* UW������.������....j vyv.vv.vl .vw,.- . .JV.V..V.... V* IS...V...v..IV V..V. ,>v.ww V, . v.. . ing, tormenting eczema. And if you Do not be satisfied with the "just as could road a few hundreds of the letters we receive from time to time you would not be long in deciding what treatment to apply for eczema,- salt rheum and similar skin diseases. Mr. Fred W. Clark, Petworlh,. Ad- dington Co., Ont., writes: "My mother good" kind.. It will only disappoint. If you insi t on getting what you ask for you will he bctt-r pleased afterwards and your intelligence will not bo insulted next time.' Dr. Chase's Ointment, GO cents a box,' all dealers, or Edmnnson, Bates had eczema in both legs for about 20 j & Co., Toronto. Write for free copy years. She doctored for a long time ��������� of Dr. Chase's Recipes. <������S^n. B006T YOUR TO WW BY ORGANIZING A f? brass band ll&l Information on this subject with printed Instruottoris for ^rfjfflaRlllJfevj amateur bands and a printed form of-Constitution and By- ���������EsgggggjpP* Lawji for bands, together with our big catalogue, will b������ mailed FREE on request. Address De-pt: "D." 121 PRINCESS S T R E ������ T WINNIPEG ���������R WILLIAMS SaSS00-! RSg payiii Warren, Out. Feb. 11th. "I had a horae that a Spavin for a long; time and I had tried nearly every kind of medicine when a neighbor told me to use Kendall's SpaTin Cure, -which I did and It acted wonderfully." M. ROSENTHAL. Kendall's Spavin Cure ia no untried experiment, but ia the world'! atandard remedy for all Swellings, Soft Bunches and lameness ia horse and mau. Used '.he world over for 40 years. Every farmer, stockman, expressman, livery proprietor and horse owner generally should keep it always on hand. $1. a bottle���������6 for $5. Ask your dealer for free copy of our book "A Treatise Ou The Horse"���������or wiite us * DR. B. J. KENDALL CO. 56 Enosburg Falls, - Vermont.* No Slouch The men in the Pullman smoker were arguing as to who was the greatest inventor. One said Stephenson, who invented the locomotive and made fast travel po sible. Another declared it was the man who invent d the compass, which enublos men to navigate the seas. Another contend d for 'Edison. Still another for the Wrights. Finally one of them turned to a little man wha had remained silent. "Whom do you think?" "Veil," he said with a hopeful smile, "the man who invented interest was no slouch."��������� Lippincott's. FINDS HIS WORK PLEASURE NOW DODD'S KIDNEY PILLS CURED THE POSTMASTER'S KID- NEY DISEASE MADS IM CANADA An Ocean King. If any man has earned the coveted title of "Ocean King" it is Lord Pir- rie, who, it is announced, ��������� has purchased the numerous undertakings controlled by the late Sir Alfred Jones, with whom he was associated for many years. By this purchase Lord Pirrie becomes the greatest captain of the shipping industry. He is not only the premier builder of giant' ships, but he has shown that he has the genius to sell as well as build. At' present the great firm of Harland & Wolff, of which he is the head, is' building for the White Star Line the Olympic and Titanic, which will be the largest merchant steamers in the world. Lord Pirrie's interest in ocean' steamship companies is enormous, but when he takes control of the two un-1 dertakings: with which Sir Alfred Jones was chiefly connected, namely, the Elder-Dempster 'Shipping Co., Ltd., and Elders and Fyffes, he will acquire a great measure of control over a combined fleet of- 245 ocean steamships owned by companies possessing a total capital of about $150,- 000,000. Alberta man tells how his troubles vanished when he used the old reliable Kidney Remedy. Scona, Alta. (Special).���������"I can now do all my work without pain nnd with pleasure." Those are the words of Postmaster Andrew B. Nelson of this place. As all the postmaster's friends know, he has been troubled with Kidney Disease for several years past, and has been doing everything in his power to find a cure for it. He has found the cure. Jt is Dodd's Kidney Pills. Yes, I tried all kinds of medicines for my kidney trouble," thc postmaster joyfully states. "None of them seemed to do trie any good till f commenced to us.! Dodd's Kidney Pills. Two boxes of them cured me completely. I highly recommend them to all sufferers from Kidney Disease. I would not be without them." Dodd's Kidney Pills cure all diseases of the kidneys, from Backache to Bright's DiVas",. They also cure 111 fllfi Wflrlli ,l^ (^spascs caused by disordered kid ill lllw if villi novs failing to strain the impurities out of the blood Best Yeast Tom Browne, the Famous Artist, Dies In Prime of Life. M>.-Tom Browne, the well-known irtis't in- black and .white, died in London recently,, at the early age ol thirty-eight. - ' -. Mr. Browne will always be remembered as the 'creator of the two' tramps, Weary Willie and Tired Tirn, and as the originator of the boom in Dutch pictures. ��������� ' Ufa teacher taught Torn Browne how to draw ��������� The instinct was there, and he found his models in the men, and women of evervday life. He was .only eleven when lie started out to! work in Nottingham lace market, and it was about that time he sold his first picture. The drawing represented an old Nottingham public-house and its very stout.landlord, with a bibulous-looking policeman saying, "Time, gentlemen, please." The delighted proprie: tor gave the young artist Ave shillings" for it, and hung it in his tap-room. When he was seventeen' the young artist turned his footsteps towards London, where hard work soon took him into a foremost place; Joyousness was the keynote of all Mr. Browne's -work, and, indeed, of his whole life.' He had a fund of merry anecdotes, and whether tha points were against himself or anybody else, he loved to relate them. Mr. Browne once took a tour from Paris to Gibraltar on a bicycle. , He was accompanied by a friend, but as neither of them 'spoke Spanish the popular artist was obliged to make use of his pencil' on all occasions. Only once did he utterly fail. Want- ing to take some soup, he-drew" an- elaborate large sketch ot a soup tureen. The mistress of the hotel looked at it long and gravely, spread out her arms as .if to convey the idea of size, and hurried away, leaving the two Englishmen considerably puzzled. Presently she returned with beaming smiles, holding the sketch in one hand and the biggest pail in the village in the other. Once Mr. Browne was introduced to a city magnate, who said: "Glad'to make your acquaintance, Mr. Tom Browne. You are a public benefactor, sir. Many a merry Christmas my family have had with your crackers." Torn Browne regarded this as hrs best story. He never tired of tell- ing it. Mr. Browne once told an interviewer, "I remember in my early days an adventure we had with a negro as a model. I say 'we,' because there were several of us, and we had our studio in a. room over a stable. We could not afford a servant to attend to our wants, so we each took it in turns to play 'general.' "One day we met a negro, and almost fought with each other for the possession of the prize, for here was a model indeed. He earned his living as a public performer inside public- houses���������that is to say he was a glass- chewer. When we told him we wanted to paint him his face was a study. He was first amazed, then frightened. Again and again ive humored him bv telling him of our desire to paint him, till' eventually he surprised us by asking, 'Will it come off?' " - BACKACHE! Suffered Over Nine Months, - Nothing Relieved Me Until! Took PE-RU-NAl' Mrs, Joseph Lacello, 124 Bronson St., Ottawa, East, Ontario, Canada,--writes:, ."I suffered-with backache and head'x ache for over nine months and nothing relieved mo uutil I took Peruna. This modiclno is by far hotter than any other medleinc for these troubles,. A few bot-, ties relieved me of my miserable, half-", dead, half-alive condition." . , , '" Another Irish Story A story is told of an Irishman named Mike nunnery, who found;-a valuable package belonging to a 'certain capitalist.. He took it around to the capitalist's house and was awarded. As he left he met a friend.. , ."What's the matter, Mike?" asked' the friend. "Didn't he give you as much'as you expected?" "I thought he would give- me more than 1 expected," replied Flannery sourly. Minard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia Advice Doctor���������What you want is exercise/- . Patient���������Well, I've an auto.-.v -. . Doctor���������Get another. \ , A small lump of camphor dropped in t'.ie oil receptacle of a lamp will^ improve the light and make the flame clearer and brighter. A few drops of vinegar will have a similar effect. ��������� Rummy Robinson ��������� Yes,' mum;", once for a whole year I turned rrie back on likker. Kind Lady���������Ah, "my noble man,- whut were you doing at that time? Rummy Robinson���������Driving a brew ' er's dray, inum.���������Tit-Bits. Never wash woodwork with hot water and strong soap. A Lucky Poetess. As a girl Miss , Jane Barlow, the Irish poetess, began to send her poems to periodicals, under the name of "Owen Belair." Some were accepted and many returned, and often she thought it was of no use and then again she felt impelled to go on. Miss Barlow related an amusing storv of the beginning of her connection with The Cornhill. She submitted a short poem to Mr. Payne, the editor, and was mortified beyond measure when she receiver a postcard which she deciphered to mean, is the word to recaefiiW whea yew oeed a remedy forPnisPueal Sold and Used Everywhere F. W. Gillett Co., Ltd Toronto, Oat. cure Dropsy, Rheumatism, and Heart Disease. If you haven't tried them yourself ask your neighbors about them. I have no use for purities I silly verses." Her father, however, That's why they found the communication to be "I Widely Read "Are your poems widely read?" "Well, the last one 1 wrote was read bv over fifty editors."��������� - Yield of milk can be reduced by feeding at irregular hours and the u e of poor feeds, but breeding is the only means of increasing the amount of milk and percentage of butter fat it contains. CURED HIS BLADDER TROUBLE Mr. Herbert Bauer, of Danisville, says he owes Gin Pills a debt of grut.- tude which he can never repay. He suffered for years from Bladder Trouble and could not puss urine except by much straining, which- caused great pnin. Mr. Bauer sent for a fiee sample of Gin Pills. The first dose did him so, much good that he ordered six boxes j and began to take them regularly. A month's treatment completely cured him. You can try Gin Pills before you buy them. Write National Drug & Chemical Co. (Dept. N. U.), Toronto, Cor free sample. At all dealers, 60 cents a box, 6 boxes for $2,60. "Mining the soil" is an expression applied to present-day farming. It means taking out and returning nothing. The more modern, practice of crop production is a manufacturing proposition. Prince of Cartoonists. Sir John Tenniel, the famous Punch cartoonist, reached his ninetieth birthday just recently, when he received many congratulatory visits and mes- sages at his pleasant home in West Kensington, London, where he lives- with his sister, Miss Tenniel. The great artist enjoys good health. He- hardly ever misses smoking his two or three cigars a day with those of his'intimate associates who are permitted to sec him. He has one greati sorrow���������he is blind. It was in July, 1857, that thero ap-i pcared in the pages of Punch the striking pictures, the 'British Lion's Vengeance on tho Bengal Tiger," which some people regard as the finest of all his cartoons, not even second to "Dropping the Pilot," the cartoon which appeared when Bismarck retired to private life. Sir John's first cartoon was drawn in 1851. In his fifty years' connection with Punch Sir, John has turned out 2,500 cartoons. ' Warts are unsightly blemishes, nrd corns are painful growtns. Hol- lowny's Corn Cure will remove them. Before the Gauls were conquered by the Romans, thoy had boots or shoes with soles in which were silver-head, ed nails. Some of these have been discovered in lute years. Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator will drive worms from the system without injury to the child, because its action, while fully effective, mild. The referee held up his hand. "Th^iii last two rounds don't count," lie hoaisely announced. "Th' fight will have to start all over again." A low growl ran through the vast audience. "What's the trouble. Redely?" shrieked a fiery-faced man in the tenth row. The- refeicc-pquaivd���������his_ja.w "Th' trouble is," he explainecC "that" the inovin' picture man has struck a bad spot in his film an' th' picture is no good. Are you ready up there, professor? All right. Shake hands, boys." And the battle made a fresh start. ���������Cleveland Plain Dealer. hope to use your pretty verses," much to the relief of the young author. For ten years Miss Barlow contributed poems and sketches to The Cornhill and other periodicals'before she ventured upon her first book "Bogland Stories," which, by her father's advice, she signed by her own name. Next came the "Irish Idylls," which established Jane Barlow's" position as a delineator of Irish life. VETERAN SCRIP LOANS t We will accept a first mortgage on improved farm land and sell you Veteran Scrip in this way at regular cash price. Write to-day for loan application YOUR OPPORTUNITY IS NOW Canada Loan & Realty Co., Ltd. Winnipeg. ��������� ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������>������������������������������6������������������������������������ Catarrh Cannot Be Cured She���������"I expect you often take your wife out in your car?" He���������"Never! It's more than T can do to properly manage either of them alone." With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, aa Uwjr cannot reao������ the seat ot the disease. Catarrh Is a blood or constitutional dteL-ase, and In order to cure It you must takf Internal remedies. Hall'a Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, and acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure la not a quack mcdl- IS ' cine. It was prescribed by one ol the beat physicians In this country tor years and Is a regular prescription. It la composed or the best tonics known, combined with tbe best blood purifiers, actlnt; directly on tht mucous surfaces. Tlie perfect combination ot tha (wo Ingredients H what produces such wonderlul results In curlnt: catarrh. Send ior testimonials, rret. F. J. CHENEV A CO., Props., T"!*do. <X Sold by Druggists, price 73a. Take Hall's Family Pills tor constipation. Whistling Arrows A curious weapon has arrived at the offices of the Festival of Empire to be' held in the summer in London The' weapon, which was sent as a sample by tho pageant's armorer, is an arrow- of Henry VIII.'s Lime, to which cunningly fixed is a small whistle which1 sounds shrill and clear if the arrow; is orrly just thrown across the room. I It is on record that the archers who! formed King Henry's bodyguard tip-f ped their arrows with such whistles no! that they "sang through the air." A discovery results in an art; an art produces it comfort; a comfort made cheaply accessible adds family on family to the population; and a finni v is a new creation of thinking, ������,.,,,.. . . , . nasohing. inventing, and discovDrirg | M,napd 8 L'"'m������"lt *or "le everywhere A Ion 7.0 Stevens, of Georgetown, Me., has an iron slug or shot which lodg-d in ii tree in that town when the Boxer nnd the Enterprise fought off the shore. A Duke's Millions. His Grace the Duke of Bedford, who recently completed his 52nd -ye������r,���������ia-the-eleventh-of" the" exalted line, and is reputed to own ten millions of money, as well as some of the most valuable ground rents in London. He has tbe blue eyes, square face, and high forehead of"his race, with the cleverness and some of the eccentricity for which tlie Russell family is famous. The Bedford tradition seems against school, and the present duke was educated at home, and afterwards joined the Grenadier Guards. He is a simple man, with domestic tastes, and his chief interests in life are zoology and natural history. He owns two nicknames. When in India, as Lord Herbrand Russell, the natives converted his front name into "Hatband"; and his own family���������for reasons unknown- have always called him "Rousseau.' beings. Thus, instead of arriving at the end. we are nt the beginning of the series, and ready to start with r-- cruiled numbers on the great nnd beneficent career of us-.fill knowledge.���������Edward 'Everett. Fifteen million gallons of wnter n dny are pumped from the Illinois of Lendville, Col , and it is estimated that 28 G tons of wr.tcr are raised for every ton of ore mined. During the last ten yer-rs $7.00,00(1 worth of property hns been east | ashore on tlio const of Iceland, in- j eluding twenty-six steam vessels. Miss Charmynge���������"Don't you think 1 was made for a business woman?" Jack Hustler���������"No, 1 don't. I thirk you were meant for a business man." A Sea-Going Rabbit A live rabbit in a wooden box was picked up in the Gulf of Mexico, -100 miles from land. Shipping marks on the box showed it to have been shipped in October from some point in Pennsylvania for Liverpool, It is thought the rabbit travelled in the sen about 2,000 miles. George, Jr. (deep in his geography) ���������Pa, wlint arc the greut divides of this country? George, Sr.���������Don't bother mo. I am tired of continually hearing of this graft, graft I 'Even the children nre talking it I Saving One Storm.- When a certain Atchison man visits another town his wife complains, and so does his mother. Therefore, in order to avoid it, he says he is going out to get shaved and doesn't return until his visit is over. When he returns there is a storm, but under the jU\ plan there were two storms, ono before he went and another after his return. Just Think of it! With the SAME Dm you can color ANY kind of cloth P������rfMtty~N������ chance of mistakes. All colors 10 cents frost your Druggist or Dealer. Sample Cacd and Booklet Free. Tha Johnson-Richardson Co., Limited, Dept. P., Montreal, Qua. Hits Both Ways. Hank Stubbs���������Ambition ain't hardly wuth while. Big Miller���������Why not? Hank Stubbs���������Waal, ef you are behind the procession you haf ter kep bumpin' into somebody, an' ef you git ahead you're liable ter git teller- scoped. ^ ill reduce Inflamed. atralneiS. swollen Tendons, .Ligamenta! Musclos or Vruliei, Curo Ui* l.jiineiiesa and Stop pain from a bj)lint,!-lde Jlone or Hone Spavin. Xo bllstf r. no lialr eonn. Hon* can b������ used. Horse Book 2 D free. ������iw a botttn at <lnAinr< ordotrerad. AIlSOKBIXE.JK.,fortn������n������lnd,tl. Ko.iucoi Stialned Torn Llganianta.l.n. urcedrlanils.Tflns or mnaclet���������ha������|������ olren--atlava pnln. Ilonlc Kr<-e. VV. F. r0U.1C. P.D.F., 137 Msureautii 81.. SsriasfitM. Mtst. 1.T31A.1, 80.1H a, I'll., Hxnlr-.l, C.i,������dl������������ ifaala. tltt ffniM.d b, Mart!. ���������������/������ .f l*V������������ Co, Wlnnh^ Th. H.tlanil Drug * Ch.ml.al Ca, (f/nalpag tjtd Ca/fa/fe turf Hvidv::. Un* On. {M.. fo. - ;i Gold Leaf. While a leaf of gold is so thin that it is impossible to measure its thickness, scales have been made which weigh it accurately. One leaf weighs one- fifth of a grain. It is so light that a breath will blow it away. Held to the light, it is translucent and greenish "Hard-workin Bill." "Yes, I wish I'd a couple more like her. "���������Exchange. JVJi/t. SOLID GOLD WATCH PUZZLE QHEAT OFFER BY A PESPOHBIBLE FISH. IT COiTU YOU flOTHING 10 1RT. To in, parson who can supply tlta comet niinm ot theso two wall known Canadian 1 owns, and lulflls eun- dltions bo'ow, wa olTer our U-Dollar LadT'i SOLID OOXD WATCH, fully lowallaj lEnjIlih OoTenunant Stamped) w a FItHB OIK:. iBIIvar Watohaa an prstantad to Gents.) Sand your attempt on a aheat or pip.ar.lo- (ether with atampad nddraaaad envalora for reply, to FELLOWS A Co., Wholesale Watch Merehanta, Birmingham. England. Ihe ���������Tinner la required to purohaaa a Chain fiom oa to wear with watoh. The nam*. ��������� f this paper muat be mentioned. 1 rlza-winner* nf lost eompatltion ura, a, Mix* E. Carter. Dtinnrn F.O.. Mnnlt"ha, Canada! Ilr. O. Crozler. Oibow. Sank. Canada. Brass Band This is th. Time to Organize Instruments, Drums, Band Music, Etc. EVERY TOWN CAN HAVE A BAND Lowest prices over quoted. Fino catalogue, over 500 illustration', mailed frco. Writoua (or anything in Musvc or Musical Instruments. wife you've gbt IWHALEY, ROYCE ������S CO., Limited Toronto, Ont,, and Winnipeg, Alan. Dusty Rhodes���������"I wouldn't hnve lo nsk for help, but I've n lot of real estate on me hands that I can't get rid of." Mrs. Rurral���������"Try soft soap nnd boiling water." Because of the high prices charged in tho regular drug stores of that city, tlie authorities of St .Petersburg have established a municipal pharmacy. SPECIAL NOTICE TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS AND AGENTS Agents Wanted by B. SHRAQGE, 396 Princess St., Winnipeg, to purchase for him scrap copper and brass, cast and wrought iron, old rubber boots and shoes and crown lager quart, pint and whiskey bottles ���������"���������"-' ' ��������� ��������� "i VA N. U��������� No. 791. '������������������fj 'A 4 M 'i "J 3 <��������� l 'IHE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA. The Union ote Eholt, B. C. A COM HOSTELRY John R. IWerfosteF Proprietor. J. R. Cameron. Leading Tailor of the Kootenays. Mountaineer and Kootenay Standard Cigars. Made by 3. fr Cftelin ������ ���������o.. nelson PUBLIC NOTICE. ilelson, R (5. GEO. P. WKM.S, I'roprlotor. First-class in everything. Steam heat, electric - light, private baths. Telephone in every room. First-class bar and barber shop. 'Bus meets all trains. GREENWOOD CITY WATERWORKS CO. $t^m^������&m������tf<&$??{ C������> PHOENIX $ The nearest hotel to the ������������ Granby mines. One of the w largest dining rooms in the yjl' city. The bar is replete CM with nerve bracers of all ^< kinds, and tho most fra- ^3 I "grant cigars. Drop up and ������~ see me. T2\ A. 0. JOHNSON S PBOPKIETOIl. r\3 kftt Pioneer j4otel... Gpeencqood, S. C. The oldest hotel in the city, and still Under the same management. Rooms comfortable, meals equal to any in the city, and the bar sppplies only the best. Corner of Greenwood and Government streets.. J. W. Melson KNOB HILL HOTEL, PHOENIX. Provides pleasant rooms and substantial meals for the public. The bar is replete with beverages that please and satisfy any kind of thirst. CHARLES HAG AN. WESTERN - - HOTELS. THIi KOOTENAY SALOON Sandon, B. C., has a line of nerve bracers unsurpassed in any mountain town oi the Great West. A glass of aqua pura given free with spirits inenti. TRKJIOST HOUSE Nelson, B C, is run on the American and European plan. There is nothing yellow about the house except the gold in the safe. Mulono & Troffillus. SBWMAltKET IIOTISL- Is the home for all tourists and millionaires visiting- New Denver, British Columbia. Henry Sregc. Propr. THE Arlington Hotel . GREENWOOD Is the place for Peep-o'-Day Cocktails and Evening Night-Caps. Buttermilk a specialty during the warm season. Dempsey, & Rippeto. THE PKOVINCI5 HOTEL Grand Forks, is a large three- story brick hotel that provides the "public with good meals and pleasant rooms. A new building but the same old rates. Kinil I.iirsc", Pi-oprlutor, With a view to the better preservation of the Public Highways the attention of the public is herewith directed to the provisions of THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT AMENDMENT ACT which enacts as follows:- "I shall be' unlawful for any person to cause to be drawn or driven on any of the public high- woys of that portion of tlie Province of British Columbia situate east of the Cascade range of Mountains, any wagon or other vehicle carrying a load in excess of that mentioned in Schedule ' A ' hereunto annexed SCHEDULE A Wagons and ���������! wheeled vehicles shall not carry a load iu excess of the following:- Ou tires under (5 inches...2000 lbs. On-tires 3 inches in width and under four inches 3000 lbs. On tires 4 inches in width' and nnder live inches 6000 lbs. On tires 5 inches in width and over 0000 lbs. and over. AND NOTICE is hereby given that the Act in every respect must be strictly complied with. Any person guilty of an offence against this Act shall upon summary conviction thereof before a Justice of the Peace be liable to a penalty not exceeding Fifty Dollars. Do not draw logs or timber over highway. Vehicles meeting ought to turn to the left. A vehicle overtaken ought to turn to the left. A vehicle overtaking another ought to turn to the right. W. G. McMyn-n, Government Agent. Greenwood, May 19, 1910. Float is not a periodical. It is a book containing 8G illustrations all told, aud is filled with sketches and stories of western life. It tells how a gambler cashed in after the flush days of Sandon ; how it rained in New Denver long after Noah was dead ; how a parson took a drink at Bear Lake in early clays ;, how justice was dealt in Kaslo in '93 ; how the saloon man outprayed the womou in Kalamazoo, and graphically depicts tho roamings of a western editor among the tender- feet in the cent belt. It contains tho early history of Nelson and a romance of the Silver King mine. In it aro printed three' western poems, and dozens of articles too numerous to mention. Send for -one beforo it is too late. The price is 25 cents, postpaid to any part of the world. Address all letters to #. T. Lowery GREENWOOD, B. C. itiisuKr-.ij.ixicu.is. Mint juleps and drinks at Windsor. other summer Two heads aro better than one��������� in a druiii or a barrel. ��������� The K and H cigar has jumped into prominence through tlie excellent .flavor of the tobacco out of which it is made. than V STAEKEY & CO. nelson, b. c. wholesale dealers in Produce and Provisions LAKKVIKW HOTEL in Kelson, B. C, employs all white help and is a home for the world at jl.00 a day. B. L, GrillUh, Proprietor. TIIK KASLO HOTEL Kaslo, B home for city. C��������� is a comfortable ali who travel to that Cockle & Piipwortii. RHEKUKOOKB HOUSK Nelson; B. C One minute's walk from C. P. R station. Cui3ine unexcelled; Well heated and ventilated. Boyor Bros., Proprietor Frank Fletcher Provincial Land Suhveyor, Nelson, B. C. Is published every Thursday at Greenwood, B C , and the price is f s a year, postage free to all parts of Canada, and Great Britain. To the United States and other countries it is sent postpaid for $?.50 a year. Address all letters to Thc Ledge, Greenwood, B. C. R. T. LOWERY, PUBLISHER. GREENWOOD B. C , JUNE 1(5, 1910. Better a paying young man a promising one. Smokers in Ii. C. aro acquainted with the Royal Seal .cigar. Ls is made in Nelson and smoked in all the mountain towns. After burying the hatchet some people borrow an axe. In Phoenix N. J. Carson & Co. carry a "largo stock of gent' furnishings, clothing, hats, boots and shoes. Drop in-and have a rubber. The woman who says she doesn't care how sho looks is either a genius or a liar, Amateur photographers should have their work finished by John H. James, and gain the advantage of his experience. Cameras examined free of charge. Nabob Tea,' per Nabob Coffee lb: ,45c 45c Nabob Desert Jellies -McCorinick Soda Bis. ���������3 for 25o; , box 35b. Look out for the-Display.of Useful Crockery, Gents' Furnishings, Boots and Shoes. ���������'-". .-'.--. " Unequalled for Domestic Use. STRAYED. in my pasture, One branded, on right same by Johnson, OLUH HOTKTj, nelson, ij. o. His Schooner Hcnr or Half and Hull. 10c. The 15c.->t dollar a day house in tho city. Travellers will find thin ft pleasant Iidipo. The rooms are clotm and comfortable and the meals tasty aii-1 substantial. JACK GICANT, Proprietor. LOWERY'S CLAIM During the 37 months that Loivery'e Claim was on earth it 'did business all over the world. It wns tlie most unique, independent oik! fearless journal ever produced in Canada. Political and theological enemies pursued it with the venom of a rattlesnake until the grovci-nment shut it out of the mails, and its editor ceasad to publish it, paitly on account of a'lazy liver and partly because it takes a pile of money to run a paper that is outlawed. 'Ihere are still 25 different editions of this condemned journal in print. Send 10 cents and get oue or $2 50 and {ret the bunch It. T LOWERY, Greenwood, B. C. A blue mark here indicates that your Subscription has become deceased, and that the editor would once more like to commune with your collateral. A SENSATION. Strayed Strawberry Roan Pony, inverted V within circle, hip. Owner can have paying costs. Joseph Bridesville, B. O. There are no blanks in a box of K and H cigars. They all draw and omit an aroma that perfumes the ozone when- set on fire. It is ever a pleasure to follow a man who is smoking a K and H . In Phoenix, D. J. Matheson has the agency for twelve of the best board fire insurances in the world. The rates are moderate and the indemnity certain in case of loss. It is a wise man who provides against loss by fire. Drop a line to D. J. Malhefcorj if you feel an interest in fire insurance. Dealers in Fresh and Salt Meats, Fish, and Poultry. Shops in nearly all the towns of Boundary and Kootenay. m ������^'%>^S%/%^^',&S������/?^'Q>y^9<&^^/?&/Q^^ various explosives is also published in-order to lessen the number of accidents due to ignorance. The great industrial development which Canada is experiencing has greatly increased the use of explosives and the number of deaths from the careless use and storage of them has correspondingly increased. Other countries have inve-tigated the subject at considerable expense. The results of their investigations are available lo Canada and it is incumbent upon us to make use of them if we are.to show proper regard for the conservation of human life. Tlie establishment of a plant for testing explosives and the more rigid en- ���������fcrccmcnfe-of~lii\v���������ivgts.rdi.ig. -their storage are two things which are most urgeutly necessary. QUEENS HOTEL, PHOENIX, B. C. Tho Newest and Largest Hotel in the City. Everything neat, clean and comfortable. Steam heat and electric light. Meals and drinks at all hours. K. V. CHISHOLM, Propriotor. DANNY.DEANE, Manager.' KltljUKSA'ITjr.li 1IOTKT.. llriilesvilli!. B. C. Provides excellent !������������������������ ommodntion. for tmiri������-s and travellers. Fiwli Kiwis i'"l Hntrer. Special Irish Whiskey always on band. THOMAS WjVIjSU, Proprietor. MINKKATj ACT Certificate of Improvements NOTICE Silver Cloud frautional Mineral Claim, situate in thoClreeiitvood Mlniu? Division of Yale District. Where located : Tn Skylark Camp. TAKE NOTICE that I, John William Si Wm. Free Miner's Certiiieate No. 1! liii-ifi-', intend, sixty rinj.������ from rliu (Into hereof, to apply to the MIiiiiiK Record"!- for a Certificate oTImiirovu. incuts, for tho purpose of obtaining a Crown Grunt, to tbe above claim. And further take notice that, action, under section 37. must he comtnencnil before tae irwiianre of such Certiliciiteof Improvement:) Dated Mils 2.'lr .1 dav of April. A. D.1H111. JOHN WILLIAM NELSON. THE HOTEL. GRANBY Is pleasantly situated in the heart of Grand Forks, and is convenient to nil the leading financial and commercial institutinns of the city. Travelers will find it a comfortable place to eojouru when in the city. FRED RUSSELL GREENWOOD MINKICAL jVCT Certificate of Improvements NOTICE Gold Drop, HomeHtiike. ami Gold Drop No. 2, Fractional Mineral Claim.-', situate in the Greenwood Mitiinn Division of' Vulo District. Whore located : On Dry Creek. TAKK NOTICE that I, Isaac II. Hallett, as ascnt for K. O li. Frith, Free Miner's Cortill- cato No. II2(!ii.1.'i; I). A. Mitcdoiiald, Froo Miner's Certificate No. l^'itVi:!; O. II. Fair, Free Minor's OcnilicatoNn. Ul'llMP; II V. Stow, Free Miner's Certificate No.-Biiiif.n; II. S- Simmons Froo M incr's Ci rtiticati: NVi. B2K5StI; and J. L. While, Froo Miner's Certilieale M>. Il.iWtH intend, slxtv flays from the date hereof to apply to 'tho Mining Recorder for Certificates of Iini.rovomont*, for tho purpose of obtaining Crown 0 rants of thu above claims. And further tuke notice that action, under section ,i7, must bo commenced beforo tins issuance ot such Ceitliicau-s of Improvements. Dated this Kith day of May. A. D. 1910. I. II. HALLETT. F. JAYNES Canadian Wheat Flakes 5 pound Package for 45c, Pastry Baked Daily and Always Fresh. Take your Repairs to AD. MORRISON Grand Forks, the Leading of the Boundary District Two weeks ago the Penticton Press published an editorial that- caused several men to call'at that office and introduce the editor to a pond of water. Seven of these men were fined $10 and costs for thus expressing their indignation. Since then the attorney-general has asked the editor to resign his position as justice of the peace. The editor said in part the following in the editorial tnat caused thc sensation : "This parasite class, tho satelites of the throne, at once give voice to great grief at the death of the monarch. All the servants of the nobility, the game keepers, the hostlers, the gardners, the tenants, the clergy and all the officials, who hold their positions from the hands of the nobles, mournfully utter, ���������The world is sorry.' Tho merchants, who sell to tho aristocracy and royalty the wares which ' are consumed in extravagance or vice, repeat the cry, 'The world is sorry.' The colonics take up tlie refrain; the government at Ottawa squanders thirty-live thousand dollars in draping the government buildings in black. 'What nonsense for a free people." Where Every Drop Counts. valley, Wash- big apples are Iu the Yakima ingtou, where the then during the growing light rain will fall for CITY Leaves Greenwood for Spokane (it 7 a. m., and for Oroville at 2:30 p. in. J. McDonkIjIj. BARRED ROCK CHICKENS FOR SALE EGGS FOR SETTING, $1 for 13. R. J. CHAMBERS, Anaconda,B.O. Baggage transferred to any part of the City. Furniture moved to any part of the District. '.'General'praying of all kinds. . SIDNEY OLIVER. as S. W. WTDDOWSON, ASSAYER AND CHEMIST-Chnri.es: Gold, nil- T. THOMAS, TAILOR, Clothes Clenried, Pressed rinrl Repaired. each: SI. 50 j , $2.50; fold- fiold- ZlllC, ver, copper or lead, SI Hilver, jl.fiO; silver lend, .silver, with eoppor or lead, fl\ silver-lead-zlnc, #3 I'rieen (for other riH'tnl'! mi applicn'iinri. LorijrdlH- turico 'phone 67. P. 0. Box, B llo8,1 Nelson. B, C, ' Get your Raze rs Honed \ and your Baths at Fraw ley's Barber . . Shop, Greenwood, Destruction of Life by Explosives. In three Canadian provinces within the past month, magazines containing explosives have accidentally blown up, killing almost a score of people and injuring many others. Hardly a day. passes but what the press contains reports of the deaths of workmen engaged in mining or in railway-construction from the careless or ignorant use of explosives. These scattered cases, however, attract but little attention; it is only when a catastrophe occurs in which many lives are lost that the public is aroused to the need of adopting more effective measures for protection of human life from this danger. It is interesting to note what other countries have done in dealing with the problem. In all European coal-mining countries regulations havo been made against the use in coal mines of such explosives as are known to be dangerous. Tlie United States havo an Explosives Testing Plant under the direction of tho Geological Survey, where explosives are tested as to their fitness for particular uses. The names of all explosives that have successfnlly stood these tests are published in a Rormissablo Explosives List which is available to tho public. An explosives primer outlining the apfiop and uses of,tho grown, and bearing orchards sell at one thousand dollars an acre, rain is scarce. Irrigation is practised everywhere. But now and season a a few minutes. These rains are highly prized, for irrigating water is measured closely, and served to each user in proportion to his acreage. Last summer a fruit grower who owns forty acres of orchard was rejoicing in one ot these precipitations of moisture when one of his hired men entered the house. "Why don't j'oii stay in out of the rain?" inquired the fruic grower. "Oh, that's all right," replied the man. "A little dew like that doesu'c bother me a bit; I can work right along just the same." "That isn't the point!" exclaimed the rancher. "Next time it rains, you come into the house. I want that water on the land !" . GREENWOOD - Is situated in the heart .of the cit}' and within ��������� stepping distance of all the banks, restaurants,, express, stage, telegraph offices, etc. The building is heated with hot''water, and has a radiator in every room. The bar contaius a large variety " ' of brewed, vinted and distilled beverages suitable to the tastes of a cosmopolitan population. Come in and have something. J. H. GOODEVE - - - PROPRIETOR e 9 a amJ ���������'���������fl Greenwood, is the home for workingrnen. of all nations. It is convenient to the smelter ou the hill. The diniug room is sup- g plied with tasty and substantial food, while the bar contains the ��������� best wet goods in the market. Electric lights all oyer the g premises. Hot and cold baths. g | Ola Lofstad,. -. Proprietor Rub the Other Eye. Nino persons out of every ten, with a cinder or any other foreign substance in the eye, will instantly begin to rub it with one hand-while hunting for a 'handkerchief with the other. This is all wrong. The right way is not to rub the eyo with the cinder in it, but to rub thc other as vigorously as you like. A few months ago I was riding on the engine of a fast express. The engineer throw open the fi-ont window of the cab, aud I caught a cinder in niy eye which gave me intense pain, I began to rub the eyo desperately, when the engineer called to me: "Let that eyo alone, and rub the other one." s Thinking he was chaffing me, I only rubbed the harder. "I know tho doctors think they know it all; b;.t they don't, and if you will let that eye alone and work oil the other one you will soon have tho cinder out," shouted thc engineer. I did as he directed, and soon felt tho cinder down near the inner canthus, and made ready to take it out. "Let it alone and keep at tho well eye," again shouted the engineer. 1 did so for a minute longer, and then, looking into a small glass tho engineer handed me, I saw the offender on my cheek. I have tried it many times since, always with success. T^ The Ordinary General Shareholders of tlie Meeting Argo Mining Company, Limited, Greenwood, J3. C, of the and Tunnel (non personal liability) of will be held at the Company's oflice, in Greenwood, on the 25th day of June, J 910, at 8 o'clock, p. m. Dated this 23rd day of May, 1910. OLA LOFSTAD, President. A. S. BLACK, Secretary. Celebrate at Greenwood on Dominion Day. For particulars see posters.
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