@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "ba9cab97-7906-4404-af38-c3a7dcb32c94"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2011-10-04"@en, "1908-09-10"@en ; dcterms:description "The oldest mining camp newspaper in British Columbia. ; The Ledge was published in Greenwood, in the Kootenay Boundary region of southern British Columbia. The Ledge was published by James W. Grier until 1907, and was subsequently published by R. T. Lowery (1907-1920) and G. W. A. Smith (1920-1929). The paper's longest-serving editor was R. T. Lowery (1906-1926), a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. The Ledge absorbed the Boundary Creek Times in April 1911, and was published under a variant title, the Greenwood Ledge, from August 1926 to May 1929."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xledgreen/items/1.0181656/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note " J. an Stetson Hats; These Lines Speak for Themselves Russell-Law-Caulflcld Co., Ltd. Hardware, Groceries\",' Clothing and Gents' Furnishings. Jas. G. and Mis. McMynn 0f| <'li������ iustallinenfc plau, .There is t a combination of GREENWOOD' Dealer Contractor for Ties, Poles and Fence Posts; ������������������ ��������� Heavy Teaming and Braying <������\"-'��������� Phone 85.. Quality, Style and* Finish AIKIUT I Campbell's Clothing1 which nmkes it the most .satisfactory clothing you can buy. Our standard is honest value in workmanship nnd materials and the best that brains can produce nf fit, cut and style. We make and guarantee the statement-that there is no better Clothing made than , Campbell's Clothing. HuiiteMCendrlck Co.! E-. \" Unequalled for Domestic Use.\" W. WIDDOWSON . ASS1YI-JR ,\\N;r> OIIK.tSlST. CUAHGES:, GoKl. Silver, Copper or Lead, oncli \"l no Gold-Silver or SIlvGT-ijoinI : j so Gold-Silver, with Cojipiii- or Lead .-> no Careful sampling ; accurate assaying; prompt returns. 317 Baker street, Nelson, B. C. Myncaster were visitors'in the citv Labor Day. ��������� Miss Margery 'MoArthur left Tuesday for ��������� Victoria ' to attend school. -* K. T. Lowery has returned to the city and will take, hold of the editorial rapier next week. - ��������� Phoenix defeated Greenwood in a veiy good game of baseball Labor day by a score of IS to S. Fj. II. Mortimer, manager of the Bealey Investment company, is on a business trip to tho coast. The license commissioners for the city of Gree.nwood metyesfer- day and'renewed all licenses! . Next Tuesday evening thero will be a (lance at the Mother Lode mine in aid of an injured miuer. Duncan Mcintosh returned last week from a trip to Ashcroft and other points on the main line of theC. P.-K. . Frank Sherwood, U. S. deputy collector of customs at 'P*erry7 Wash., was a visitor iu the city Labor Day. / * ���������> Jack'Munroe came 'over from the Golden Eagle miiie on the North Fork Sunday morning and At a sitting of the county court held by Judge Brown Tuesday, the only eve tried was Warren vs. Houston, an appeal from a decision of Police Magistrate HalleM. Emma Houston had chargedW. E. [ Winrnn with shooting her'dog. The magistrate imposed a fim- with costs. An appeal was tak'tn \"iid appeal allowed by his honor with costs against \"respondent, 'here was 'no direct evidence against Warren, and* when lhe man who shot the dog gave evidence to that cifect there was nothing to tho case. Mr. Warren was fortunate in being able to carry the case to nr higher court, otherwise a very great injustice would have been done him. J.' p. mc Lend appeared for appellant, W. A. Maedonald. K. C, foi spun dent. (1 videndsiM.d cJaak^gaa^^HJ-a^ffly ahead and it is ejected ilP!T 0t gid isalways *M|������������.t unscreened coal wi^b^sh p rce o me?/ cutrnn r*��������� Htf ^ ^] ^^.m week ?Z - pnceoi inelal cuts no figure in a today. The new serpeninr, nlnnf. gold mine investment. Orient is a | will le installed'asWaS rfossi- Several new men have been taken ou at the mines during the past ,ton days and when ,the new tipple is finished there will be an opening for between 40 and 50 competent minors and inside loaders. There are now' 05 men at the boarding house, and iu all about 150 on the company's payroll.-Nicola .Tier- aid, and ' re- returned the same evening. NELSON, B. C. . .J. 'T. Beattio, manager of the Bank of Commerce, is spending his holidays in Kamlqops. ���������-He is'being relieved by F. W. D.e Mille, of Vancouver. The Grand Forks cricket eleven will again play the local cloven here Sunday next. Qn this account the. baseball match, Married vs. Single, has been postponed. Now E, Under Old and Original Management. , E/PHAIE - - MANAGER Nelson, B. C. 4 = BAYS = 4 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, September 23) . 24, 25, 2G, 1908: Larger and better than ever. Free Entertainments Daily. Three Horseraces daily. Four Days Relay. Horse Race. Eagles' Day, Thursday, Sept. 21 tb. Children's Day, Friday, Sept. Choice Fruit LANDS For Sale at $10, $12 and $15 Per Acre. R. J. STEEL NELSON. B. O Regular monthly meetings of Greenwood lodge No. 28, A. F. & A. M., are held on the first Thursday in eaen month in Fraternity hall, Wood block, Government street,-Greenwood. Visiting brethren are cordially invited to attend. JAS, S. ������������������\"KNIJ-. Seurotury, lj *25th. Reduced rates on all Transportation Lines. For further formation or Prize List, write D. C. MgMokkis, Box 95, Nelson, B. m- -C. ^���������������aamMRiaMa������ai>^^ 'COMMENCING Saturday, September 5th. We are giving exceptional bargains in many lines of Dry Goods, Women's aud Children's Footwear. See hand bill for particulars. Dry Goods. RENDELL & CO. -Boots and Shoes W. F. M. Greenwood Miners' Union, No. 22, W. F. M., meets evcrv baturday evening in Union Hall, Copper street, Greenwood, nt 7:30. Also in hall at Mother Lodo mine Thursday evenings at 7:30. It. A. MATHEISON, Secretary. -. S. BAKER Provincial Assayer and Ore Shippers' Agent. Correspondence solicited. Samples rccefvo prompt attention. O. UOX t23, GKEENWOOD, U.'C Egaa&aa^ PHOENIX, B. (J. Is opposite the Great Northern depot and is a delightful - haven for tho weary traveler. Great veins of hot water .. run through the entire house, and bathrooms arc al- ;, ways at the service of those in search of material cleanliness. The dining room is an enemy to dyspepsia, while the artistic appointment of the liquid.refreshment 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 The Grand Forks cricketers defeated the local hero on Labor Day. The. game was not very good cricket; from a batter's standpoint, which mean?}'that thu'bowling was effective. Chas. Buxton was operated on at the hospital yesterday morning for appendicitis. Dr. .McLean of Phoenix .finini* rfmvn to-vassist DlS J. E. and * W. E. Spankie. The I patient is doing well. Geo. Heatherton, secretary of the Greenwood Miners' union, was called to Ottawa yesterday by a telegram stating that his father was dangerously ill. B. de Wiele is acting as secretary during his absence. Eeevie J. Frank and Violo Provo, both of Molson, Wash., were married Tuesday last by the Rev. M. D. McKee. [ Chris Kruger and Mrs. McKee assisted the young couple during the ceremony. The last shipment of 21 tons of ore from the Sally mine near Beaverdell netted the company, after paying freight and treatment. So, 175.00. The freight alone from the mine to Midway amounts to SS0 a ton. . A varied program will be given and a social evening passed at the Presbyterian church ou Monday evening, September 14. The purpose of the entertainment, to aid \"the Fernie Presbyterian church, is a commendable one and should be supported. A good time is promised and refreshments will be served free. Admission 23 cents. At the semi-annual election of officer's of Phoenix Miners' union, the following were elected: President, Hi chard Silverthorn; vice- president, John K. Campbell- sec- Fell Thirty Feet. Paiil McMaster met with what might have, proven a very serious accident while working on the new No.'l tipple at Middlesboro coller- ies ou Saturday.' While engaged on the framework McMaster walked out on a bent which had not been securely nailed and gave way under his weight. He fell to the'ground below, a distance of nearly 30 feet, breaking one finger and a couple of small bones in his wrist. Luckily for the victim, he struck against none of the timbers in the descent and his arms received the force of the fall on striking terra firma.��������� Nicola Herald. gold camp-Mid is destined to be the greatest'gold mining district in the world.���������Kol (,]e River Journal. Stand and Deliver.\" \" A masked highwayman relieved RvaBni'dottof 85. in cash and a diamond ring on Sunday evening i.at il'HO o'clock. At the time mentioned Miss Burdett, who is a resident of the restricted district, was journeying between Rossland and Trail on horseback. She had arrived in front of the Catholic graveyard and was filled with the shivery thoughts, that passing such a place always inspire of ghosts and shades'of the other world, when, to her horror, she saw something approaching her from the \"city of 1 the dead. It was a man wearing a handkerchief over his face, but he moved with a celerity and quick- uess that soon dissipated the ghost theory. With a firm grasp he caught the bridle rein and brought the horse so a standstill. A large serviceable looking revolver was shoved into the frightened and shrinking woman's face and she was hoarsely ordered to give up what-valuables she had with her. Quickly complying with the demand, ������5, all the money iu hei possession, was passed over to the Racing at the Fair. i- j 1 i .i A long line of Racers, including horses of national reputation, will be on hand at the sounding of the gong for the fifteenth annual race meet of the hpok'anc Interstate Fair association. Manager Robert II. Cosgrove of the Spokane Fair, has completed arrangements for a special train '' for horsemen to leave Helena about 10 o'clock Saturday night. October 8, to reach Spokane about G o'clock October 4. There will be 25 cars, and Manager Cosgrove has the assurance that upwards of 250 horses will come from Helena.' These are - horses going around' the Montana circuit from Butte, and will contain a superior lot af animals to. anything that has ever before raced in Spokane. With fair prospects of a good lot ��������� hold-up man. Asking her if that from North Yakima,'where a large Machinists' Strike. A crisis is appro-idling is the mechanics' strike on the Canadian Pacific railway. The committee now in session in MonJreal, representing all the orders and unions to which employees baloug, it is understood, have given (Lo company ���������this week to decide wlrlher they wiil meet this committeoin conference, with the object of settling the strike, or have the entire system tied up.' The committee in Monti wit it;--icount ���������ju'-xmiy t\\iu machinists, boilermakers and carmen on strike, but also the engineers, firemen, conductors and trainmen. ' It seems to be a fight between the uuious and the Canadian Pacific railway, the company having made up its mind to test their strength. was all thVmoney she had, and re ceiving a trembling affirmative answer, the robber's eyes, in the uncertain light, caught sight of the glitter of a diamond ring, which the woman -wore on her finger, and the ungallant fellow insisted on the ring being given to him. The woman has only an indistinct idea of the appearance of the highwayman, but says she thinks he wits either a colored man or had his face and hands blackened in order I to create the impression that he | was a son of Ham.-^Rossland Miner. Fertile Peace River. nelson, B. g. lVI*l,r,S, IS. TOMKINS.I rro-irletor. Mium-j.-'r. First-class in everything. ,Steam heat, electric light, private baths. Telephone in every room. Finest lavatories in B. O. First-class bar and barber shop. 'Bus meets all trains. li���������gBg|BgBm^^ It no more but tastes like more m ThePride'of Western Canada, | fliaiimBUMiiii-iii-wmtt^^^ MERCHANT TAILOR .Men's clothes cleaned, pressed and Itcpaired. Fine Work A Specialty PHOENIX'- BEER *������!* ?������?, Phpne 138, G reenwood Three Forks, H. C, Ih the lending hotel of the city. Moiiiitriin trout nnd game dinners n specialty. Rooms reserved by telegraph. Hugh Niven, Prop retary, W. A. Pickanl; treasurer, Francis Knott; conductor, Hector McNeiven; warden, W. Nogie; trustees, F. Knott, .1. R. Campbell, I). W. MeKenzie, C. Elmer, J. D. McLean. At the sini-annual election of held last week the following officers were elected by tho members of Greenwood Miners' union: Ohas. Bireo, president; Chas. Gus Johnson, vice-president; J. Fraser, 2ml vice-president; George lleathei'ton, financial secretary; John Finlay, Sr., treasurer; George McLaren.' recording secretary; Chas. Hewar, conductor; Geo. Inglis, warden. Tho union is in a better position than it has been, both in numbers and financially. The Board- of Trade met last night with Mayor Bunting in the chair. There was barely a quorum present. It was decided to use all efforts possible to have an all-night toleph'one sorvico in the district, and it was again decided, to write the Railway Commissioners about tlie Boundary Falls wagon road. In conjunction with the B. C. Copper Co. and the city council the Hoard of Trade will entertain the mining engineers' next Thursday at a smoker.\". A largo crowd gathered in Phoenix Monday for tho Labor Day celebration. The sporting events were well contested. There wan a largo labor parado in the morning, anda splendid address by Editor O'Neill of tho Miners' Magazine. Mining. . The rich strike of free gold in the Beecher mine last week has been the talk of the camp. Nothing approaching this phenomenal find has ever occurred in this district. In fact, mining engineers and experts pronounce it the richest aud most psrmaneut looking strike they ever- have seen anywhere. Rich, free gold bearing quartz with widening veins in everv drift, and free, gold-bearing porphyry at the bottom of tho shaft. The management is elated over the success and have increased the working force at the mine and are hoisting aud sorting gold ore for shipment. All other prospects and mines in the camp are infused with the spirit of success and aro redoubling their efforts to push their propertias to producers as soon as possible. The prospects of having another shipper in our midst aud that shipper a \" free gold \" proposition, seems to encourage mining men, and all eyes are on the Beecher mine. Oar store are busy outfitting and furnishing supplies for the different camps, and numerous new outfits are leaving for the mountains. Orient has a hustling appearance and begins to show the car marks of a veteran milling camp. This is as it should be, and the splendid mining prospects ahead of us warrant- in tho near futiirej not one of the best camps, but the best camp in tho northwest. To use the phrase, \" we have the goods,\" aud all we have to do is te go after them. Of course, this takes money, but not half the amount that is required in other niiuing districts to develop mines. Here is where' we appeal to capitalists to make us a visit and we can soon convince you beyond a doubt that this is the best spot for mine investments. We know and feel how little our camp is known, hence we aro' trying in our feeble way to let the truth bo known and in backing up our assertions will say \"we are willing to bo tried.\" It has been said that Orient produces more gold than the rest of the 'state of Washington. This is true and can be proven by goviirnment Writing to the Toronto Globe with regard to the' Peace River country, \" S. R. T.\" says: ..This - park country is fully as beautiful as the cleau prairie of the south, and of much greater economic value ~\" windbreaks for buildings and crops and shelter for cattle, and at the same time helping to conserve the moisture. Orass flourishes here as nowhere else on the plains, and wild fruits of many kinds. The fertility of the soil and the extreme length of the days in the growing seasons are the reasons assigned for this. The extraordiuy growth of grasses, combined with the very moderate winters,-make the country ideal for tho raising of stock. Its agricultural possibilities have not been extensively exploited. Wherever farming is carried on the crops are usually profitable. This year crops were everywhere a success, including wheat,- oats and potatoes. Vegetables of nearly every kind are grown at many points, while iu the valley of tho Peace, settlers can even raisu such difli cult garden produce as corn, tomatoes and cucumbers. Those who raise crops of almost any kind are sure of a good market and top prices. Wheat is bought by the Hudson's Bay company at S1.25 a bushel, while oats are in great demand for winter freighting at -SI.o0 tg 82 a bushel. The ' high prices are due to the fact that only within the last few years has grain been raised, and even today there are very few engaged in growing crops contingent of Seattle horsemen, now racing their speed marvels at Seattle, will make thoir way after the Meadows meeting, it is certain that all former records for number and quality of running race horses-, will this fall be surpassed. With the certainty of the greatest harness meeting ever held, the prospect for lovers of horse racing are \"** bright. Manager Cosgrove is arranging \\ | with prominent race officials of'' Seattle and Denver for experts to act as officials for the fall program. Every effort is being made to make the librae show which will be given at the Spokane Fair under ��������� the auspices of the Spokane Riding and Driving club, one of the < social events of the Northwest. An attractive lis.t of prizes and tropt*103\"tre lutercabing -the hoi't-o- -- uei- euu- w,omen an(i horsemen of Seattle, The trees will afford Tacoma and Portland, and as many 1 out-of-town horses are expected as ��������������������������� will be entered from\" Spokane aud vicinity. Among the Spokane horses to be entered is \"Searchlight\" and \"Flashlight,\" owned by Andrew Laidlaw. \"Seach- light,\" a favorite of last year's show, was purchased about six months ago from J. E. Mason, and Mr. Laidlaw last week added \"Colonial Bell\" and \"Allen Bell,\" a fancy driving team, to his stable. All of these horses will be entered. A large number of sterliug silver trophy cups, handsomely engraved, has been pub up as premiums. The following cups have been offered to date: Ladies' saddle class���������Victoria Hotel trophy. Gentlemen's live-gait saddle class���������Grei-nough trophy. _ Pair of roadsters���������Eifer trophy. \" Single roadst-*r���������Handbome set of harness from-Shaw-Wells Co. Tandem class���������Sherman, Clay & Co. trophy. \"Westward Hoi statistics. We can further truly say that we. have one of the best gold initios iu the world and prospects now look bright for sovoral more of the best kind. This ih a. gold district, and gold is what the people are looking for at tho present time. The price of inetakin copper and other mines have sorely disappointed investor.-\" within the last year. It has cut oil Mr. Brick, M. P. P., is about the only one on the Upper Peace who grows grain in any quantity. The missions.raise a little, and a few of the half-breeds, but Mr. Brick told us that there was room for twenty more grain fanners at Peace River Crossing. What are the country's drawbacks? Tho mosquitoes! the lack of good water ami at present the country's isolation. Tlu-se can only bo duly appreciated, by those who have been there. Tho mos- qvitocs are a torment' to man and beast in summer. The last is at once the most serious drawback, and tho ono most sure to be overcome. Backward as the great Peace country is, thero is no doubt we shall see a development never surpassed in the West. A 17-per ceut investment���������If you think this is good enough, buy my G-rooined cottage and 2 lots at price offered, and, after paying taxes, and insurance, you will get this for your money. F. M. Elkins. The September n umber of \"West-, ward I lo! \" is not only up to tlm expectations which the sanguine publishers have created, but tar exceeds them. Its short, crisp and pointed romances are all that could be desired. iioLonc of them bur, gives us a new insight into human life and conduct. \"The Kcmit- ��������� Activity at Mines. An average of aver 100 tons of coal a day have been shipped from the Middles-thorn collcrics for some time past, ami very shortly this will come r.p to 200 or more tons per iky. it is understood that tho coinpi'.ny have leceivcd contracts thai will ili'inund at Juwt this output. Woi'l* on tho now tipple is going tance Man.\" a tale of Medicine Hat; ���������' The Mission of Roses \".and '���������An Old Fashioned Colonel,\" are. with .several others, fasciuati*:g. and best of all, elevating and calculated to di aw out and inspire all that is best in the reader. This h the kind of fiction needed in the homo. - The September articles uie inch! and concern present problems, industrial developments and tlie fu- ture potentialities of Western Canada, to which the 'publishers seem intensely devoted. Those on \"Prince Rupert in the Making \" ; \"The West as a Field of ���������Immigration \"; \"An Appreciation of Sir Thomas Shaugnessy,\" and many others, are all most interesting and instructive, while art i.s gracoftilly touched by John Kyle iu \"Sketching from Nature,\" the rotniuitie-historicat in \"Ruined Cities of Ceylon,\" and the domestic in \"Country and Suburban Homes.\" Mushrooms are plentiful in tho meadows around Grc'envvood. ,- John Webster, the .proprietor of the Winnipeg hotel in Grand Forks, . lias returned to that city from a visit to Rwginit. While on tlm prairie ho shot 10 ducks iu one day, ������ It has been noticed that the average man would dispose of a lot of experience for thirty cents on tho dollar. BBJMMHUIMIiamiUMIlUl THE LEDGE, GREENWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA. ^���������V\"VVVVW^^*VVV*,'V*A'*^VIvU^*^V(^WVVtV^ ' The Ownership of Ptolemy Caesar. By LEONARD FRANK ADAMS. Copyrighted, 190S, by Jessie Morgan. Itavcnor stood in the library in all the luxury of early morning negligee. A gorgeous bathrobe swathed his big t'nuno from his chin to his heels. Ills feet were thrust Into a pair of comfortable looking Turkish slippers. Between his lips was n cigarette, deep drafts of which ho inhaled thonght- , fully as ho eyed tlie iniui lu tho chair by tlie window. The hitter was responsible for Itavonor's appenranco downstairs at this unseemly hour. Havcnor's early caller was not prepossessing. Indeed, he was distinctly otherwise. His eyes were small, watery blue and shifty.- His uiulerjaw was weak, and his seedy clothes and frayed linen were none too clean. Beside him, its own suinrt appearance iu striking contrast to (lie mini's general nut at tlie elbows ale, crouched a Boston terrier. \"Want to sell me tho pup, I suppose,\" r.aveiior said pleasantly. \"That's why you're here, Isn't ItV That's why you got mo out of bod nt this uii-Christliin hour?\" Tho man nodded hopefully. \"Sure,'' ho admitted. \"I thought you'd like a chance at 'im so long's I got to raise tho dough.\" \"Whero'd you get him?\" Ravcuor asked sharply. \"Raised 'im from a pup, s'olp rac,\" tho man responded glibly. \"An1 1 ���������wouldn't bo scllin' Mm If I didn't need the coin the worst way. I 'card as 'ow you was open for a good trade in 'is line, so I brought 'im round. 'E's all right, now, ain't 'c? Stand up, Ptolemy, an' give the gout a good look at you.\" Tho dog obediently stood up, and Itavenor's eyes lighted with interest. There could bo no denying that Ptolemy was a fine specimen of his breed. His clean cut head, his well shaped shoulders, even his crooked little tall, all bespoke that. \"I got 'is pedigree 'ere on this paper,\" the man observed, drawing a dirty envelope from his pocket. \"Oh, never mind that,\" Ravenor replied, with a meaning grin. \"What do you want for him?\" \"I'd oughtcr get fifty, an' 'e's dirt ' cheap at that.\" \"Tell you what I'll do���������I'll give you thirty.\" ' The man shrugged his shoulders. \"I can't be too fussy, boss,\" lie said. \"I need the ruouey, an' I need it bad. So long as I know 'e's goin' into good 'ands I guess there aiu't nothiu' for me to do but to take you up- though It's most like glvln' Mm to you at that price.\" Ravenor counted out the bills and handed them to the man, -who ran them over with grimy fingers and departed, with a sigh and a sorrowful glance In the dog's direction, both of which were ratner overdone.\" Once the front door had closed behind him, Ravenor tossed his cigarette Into the fireplace and pressed the button on the wall. \"Annie,\" he said to the second girl, who answered bis summons, \"I've just bought this pup. lie answers to the name of rtolemy. Take him downstairs nnd give him a feed; then let him out in the back yark. I'm going upstairs. You may call me at 10.\" Ravenor went upstairs to resume his interrupted slumbers, and rtolemy, having fared sumptuously at the hands of tho cook, was turned loose in the back yard, where he galloped about gleefully, enjoying a rare half hour's sport with a bit of trailing clothesline and making desperate endeavors to catch the sparrows which now and again fluttered into the yard. ' It was perhaps three-quarters'of an hour after the sale that a cautious whistle sounded from the alley side of the high fence which inclosed the back yard. Ptolemy, with a yelp of joy, answered it. The back gate swung noiselessly open, just far enough for the dog to squeeze through. Ho was gathered up by the seedy man'who had inter-' j viewed Ravenor in the library, thrust uiicermoiiioiisly beneath his coat ������nd boriie down the alley at a shuffling run. Therefore when Ravenor made his appearance at 11 o'clock no Ptolemy answered his repeated whistlings. Annie and the cook protested weeplngly their complete mystification In the dog's disappearance. Sure, they had thought him right in the yard all the time, they declared. He'd been chasing the sparrows and yelping there not ten minutes since. Ravenor searched the backyard thoroughly, the tool house, the little shed that held the ash barrels, even itho coll of hose that lay In one corner, but no trace of his recent purchase could he find. ; After lunch he went downtown to put an advertisement of his loss In the paper. Tho afternoon being particularly fine, he decided to w������lk homo. ��������� He had reached the little square where !Norwood street crosses tlie avenue and was striding briskly past the statue In tho center of the diminutive park when ;n dog In full cry after a flock of eluslva sparrows dashed past him. There could be no mistaking that fIiead, those clean cut shoulders, the distinctive markings of the neck and flank. Rnvcnor started In pursuit of ;the dog. ��������� \"Here, you, Ptolemy, rtolemy 1 Come here! Come here, I say!\" he cried. The dog stopped, seemed to debate for a moment, then came toward Ravenor, wriggling his twisted stump of a jtail in ridiculous apology. \"Nlco way you deserted me this .morning, wasn't it?\" said Ravenor so- 'verely. \"Come on with me now. N'o more back yard orgies for you unlesa some one has nn eye on you.\" He started homeward, the dog following meekly at his heels, but before ho reached tho other, side of the park ho caught the quick tread of light footfalls. An agitated voice close*behind him was saying, \"Oh, I beg your pardon.\" ' IIo swung about to find himself faco to face with Katliorlno Gray, Ravenor 'unconsciously stiffened. It was a trlllo disconcerting to come thus abruptly upon n girl with whom lie had quarreled but a short week before���������a girl who before that atiarrel hniL-becn Mm suujcci; or ins everyday dream. The girl was equally surprised and embarrassed. She caught her breath In a little gasp, and the quick color mounted her checks. Almost instantly, however, she had recovered her poise. \"I'm sorry to trouble you,\" she said coldly. \"1 merely-came for my dog. I saw ho was following you.\" \"Your dog!\" said Ravenor. \"My dog,\" she repeated. Ravcuor looked uncomfortable, but he faced her resolutely. \"There must bo a mistake about this,\" said ho. \"I'm very sure he's mine.\" \"Yours?\" \"Let mo prove It to you. Ho knows his name. Here, Ptolemy.\" Tho dog. camo obediently to Ravenous side. lie sat down and looked up expectantly. Tho girl gasped. \"I don't understand it,\" she said. \"Now let me try the same proof, nere, Caesar.\" Tho dog trotted over to her and repeated his maneuvers. \"Good heavens!\" said Ravenor, utterly bewildered for the moment . Then suddenly he had an inspiration. \"Did you buy him recently?\" he asked. \"This afternoon,\" she confessed. \"Of a seedy, shifty eyed man7\" She nodded. Ravenor drew a long breath; then he laughed. \"That explains it,\" be declared. \"I bought him of the same man at 7 tills morning.\" \"Oh!\" said the girl; then she, too, fell to laughing. \"Come,\" said Ravenor at length, \"let me walk homo with you, and there we'll decide who has the better claim to Caesar or Ptolemy, or whatever bis name is.\" It was a long talk they had before a roaring fire in the cozy hall. It settled many points besides tho ownership of the dog. When it was finished It was twilight, andtwo very contented young people were enjoying their rightful heritage of happiness again. \"And about the.dog?\" Ravenor suggested when ho finally arose to leave. \"You take him,\" she said. \"lie's really yours by right of priority. You bought him first.\" \"I'll tell you,\" Ravenor said, with conviction. \"Let's call him Ptolemy Caesar and own him jointly, and���������and ���������lot's���������or���������well, fix it so we can have hi in with us both, you know. Will you, Katherhio?\" Tho girl fell to laughing until the tears rolled down her cheeks. \"Oh, what a way .of putting it!\" sbo cried, but there was a light in her eyes that brought Ravenor to her side. And tho newly christened Ptolemy Caesar leaped about them with yelps of joy. Canning's Wedding. I was to bo best man, and Pitt, Canning and Mr. Leigh, who was to read the service, dined with me before the marriage, which was to take place in Brook street. Wo had a coach to drive there, aud as wo weut through that narrow part, near what was then Swallow street, a fellow drew up against tlie wall to avoid being run over and, neering into the coach, recounized Pitt and saw Mr. Leigh, who was in full canonicals, sitting opposite him. The fellow exclaimed, \"What, Billy Pitt, and with a parson too?\" I said, \"ne thinks you are going to Tyburn to be hanged privately,\" which was rather impudent of me, but Pitt was too much absorbed, I believe, in thinking of the marriage to be angry. After the ceremony he was so nervous that he could not sign as witness, and Canning whispered to me to sign without waiting for him. no regarded tho marriage as tho one thing needed to give Canning the position necessary to lead a party, and this was the cause of his anxiety about it. which I would not have believed had I not wit- tie.oed it, though I knew how warm was the regard he had for Canning. Had Canning been Pitt's own son I do not think he could have been more interested in all that related to his marriage.���������\"Letters of John Hookham Frere.\" . I TILE OFPORTO10 Curious Story of. the Haunted Sentry Box. LIGHT ON THE OLD LEGEND. Killing a King. In all monarchies the killing of the king or emperor, the Law Journal of London points out, \"Is perhaps the gravest form of high treason.\" The Journal adds: \"In one country, Italy, sentence of death cannot be imposed, and In Portugal we believe that capital punishment is not used, if not abolished. Under the law of treason of the United Kingdom, which has been applied to most of the king's dominions abroad, with or without statutory modifications, the killing of the king Is a capital offence by the statute of treasons. It Is thero described as 'compassing or imagining the death of our lord the king.' By later legislation (of 1S00) the elaborate provisions special to trials for treason do not apply to assassination of'tho sovereign or a direct attempt on his life, and such offenses are tried in the same manner as willful murder. The result is that in sub stance, though not in form, the killing of tho sovereign is triable and punishable in the same manner as tho willful .murder of a subject, but the ������>rt,vn may direct the execution \"U, do by do \"uplt.'itlon Ii\"������t<>aJ x hanging.\" The Love of the Dog. Ouida, the novelist, wrote: \"The sympathy of your dog is unfailing, unobtrusive. Tf you are sad, so is lie. nnd if your are merry, none is t-o willing to leap and laugh with you ns ho. For your dog you aro never poor. The ottachment of the dog to man outweighs and almost obliterates attachment in him to his own race. Thero is something shocking to our high opinion of him in tho callousness with which he will sniff nt the stiff body of a brother dog. Tie will follow his master to the gravo and sometimes die on it.\" An Exception. \"I think,\" said the merchant, \"I'll have to fire your friend Polk. I never saw any ono quite so lazy.\" \"Slow In everything, is he?*- \"No, not evcrj'thing. He gets tired quick enough.\"���������Exchange. Easy Enough, \"T cannot live but a week longer wlzout you I\" \"Ronlly, duke! Now, how can you fix os: * flpecillc length of time?\" '���������'Ac Inndlonl fix on It, miss, not I.\"��������� Louisville Coui'lor-JournaL, One of the Many Mysterious Disappearances From Fort San Cristobal Accounted For by the Revelation of tho Lost One Himself. Writing in the Journal of the Military Service Institution, Captain Arthur P. S. Hyde of the coast artillery tells this curious story of \"tlie haunted sentry box\" of Fort San Cristobal, the ancient Spanish built fortress which guards the entrance to San Juau, Porto Rico: \"A number of picturesque sentry boxes built of masonry and appearing like minarets are placed at points of vantage in and around the fort. Onej of those on the son front, and reached only through a long and dark tunnel from the interior of the fort, Is popularly known as La Carita del Diablo, or tho devil's sentry box, usually, although incorrectly, translated the haunted sentry box. This name was given to it by the Spanish soldiers for tho reason that a number of sentries stationed there disappeared' in a most mysterious manner and were never again heard from. \"An American officer was once on duly that took him into the remote interior of tho island, and while spending one night In a small settlement ho engaged in conversation with a number of the inhabitants of the place. One old man, on learning that the officer was stationed at Fort San Cristobal, became especially interested and in tho course of the conversation told the following story: \" 'I used to bo a soldier in the Spanish army and was stationed at Fort Sau Cristobal. A number of soldiers while on scnlry duty had mysteriously disappeared from the sentry box down by the sea, and we had all become convinced that it was haunted by the devil, who, we thought, used to come and steal tho soldiers away. \" 'One stormy night it fell to ^ray lot to go on duty in the devil's sentry box. as we called it, at midnight, and II was with some doubts and misgivings that I went with the corporal of the guard and relieved the former sen- tty. When they left me I listened to tie sound of thoir footfalls reverberating from the walls and ceiling of the dark and narrow passage, ever growing fainter and fainter as they receded, until finally the noise of the storm and the sea completely drowned it. and I was left alone with tho mad elements. \" 'It was a mad night and one well calculated to add to the feeling of awe that the devil's sentry box always instilled into the man on duty there at night. \" 'Presently my attention /was at- tract'*'\"! bj come lights in .a small .tavern on the shore below the fort, where many of us were wont to go when off duty for a glass of rum. MMien I began to think that I might be able to climb down over the rocks to the shore, get a glass of rum at the tavern and return to my post. \" 'The more I thought or it the more determined I was to go, so finally, leaving my rifio and belt in tlie sentry box, I climbed over the wall and down on to the rocks and so made my way with great labor and didicully and nn little danger to tho little house, where the occupants were making meiry with dancing and drinking. I soon fell to and enjoyed myself with them. \" 'When one is dancing with a fuii sonorita he sometimes forgets the pas sage of time, as I did on that fatal night, and not until loug after 1 o'clock did I begin to think of ..rt-turhing to my post. Then, realizing that the cor poral had made his inspection and had found me gone rrom my post and with my ride and belt left behind. 1 saw only a court martial and the gar rote staring me in the face, for in those days for a sentinel in the Spanish army to quit his post meant sure death, even in peace. ���������'���������To go back was out of the ques tion. There was only one thing lefl for mi* to do. and that was'to desert My heart sank within me. If 1 shoulii be captured, the same fate would be meted out to nil': but. I reasoned, if I were to go back the fate would be a certainty, whereas if I deserted a! least I had a chance of keeping on! of sight of the authorities. I deserted nnd 'before morning was out of the city and on the way to the moun tains. \"'I have lived in this-little hamlet for years and have never been back to tho capital since that day. nor have I ever told my story To a single soul until tonight, but now that the Spaniards are gone I no longer fear for.my. life.' \"Thus we have the story of the devil's sentry box from one of the very men who so mysteriously disappeared from It, mid it would seem to be prob able that the other disappearances could be accounted for in n similar manner were the truth known. Quieii salic?\" Captain Hyde mentions an Interesting fact that, although for centuries Porto Rico was considered the legitimate prey of freebooters and was attacked at various times by regularly organized expeditions of the English' nnd the Dutch during times of war. with more or less success. Fort El Mori'o has never been captured by an enemy, and its only surrender was to the Americans, together with the surrender of tlie whole Island. '' The Last Straw. There was once a playwright who sat in front at the first night of a new piece of his own. This piece failed���������it failed dreadfully. As the playwright sat, pale and sad, amid the hisses, a woman behind him leaned forward and said: \"Kxcuse me, sir, but, knowing you to be tho author of this play,- 1 took the liberty at the beginning of the per'ormance o������ nipping oft' a lock of your hair. Allow nic now to return it to you.\"���������Stray Stories. An Oil Without Alcohol���������Some oils and many medicine'- have alcohol as a prominent ingredient. A judicious mingling of-six essential oils compose the, famous Dr. Thomas' Eclec- tric Oil, and there is no alcohol in it, si that its effects aro lasting. There is no medicinal oil compounded that can equal this oil in its preventive and healing power. THEY FELL TWO MILES. \"I don't -believe in that doctor.\" \"Why?\"*- \"He didn't tell mo everything I wanted lo cat was bad for me.\"��������� London Opinion. Somehow a compliment is pleasing to a woman even when she knows it isn't sincere. Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, etc. \"Gumbolt and [ have made a hot and agreed to leave it you. IIo says a drowning man gels his lungs full of water, nnd [ say he doesn't. Which of us is right?\" \"What are the terms of the wager?\" \"Tho loser is to pay for a dinner for the three of us.\" \"I-I'm���������I never know Gumbolt lo pay a bet. You lose.\"���������Chicago Tribune. KEEP CrilLDREN WELL DURING HOT WEATHER Thrilling Adventure of Two Lady Balloonists. The terrible fall of two women parachutists from a height of more than two miles wus recently described by ono of them, The women���������Miws Daisy Shepard and Hiss Louie May���������who made an ascent from Longton (Staffordshire), came down at Field Farm, four miles from Uttoxeter, and Miss 8hopard was seriously injured. Miss May escaped practically unhurt, and was able to go home at once. Miss Shepard is confined to bed at Field Farm suffering from an injury to her spine, but she is in high spirits and confident of a speedy recovery. \"I love ballooning,\" she said, \"and I am as much at home in the air as I am anywhere. You see I was all right. It was my companion, Miss May, who was in trouble. \"iter parachute refused to ��������� work, and wo were not able to descend when wc intended to at a height of a few hundred feet. Wo went up and up until wo had reached a height of 11,-. 000 feet. Wo passed through two clouds, and that made matters worse, as tho'clouds made tho material of tho parachute wet. \"I hardly know what happened. I remember Miss May jumping on' my knees. She must have leaped five feet through the air. It was a very risky thing-to do,\" but she did it splendidly, and then wo becan to descend. \"My parachute was built to carry only one passenger, and tho extra weight made il descend with terrible rapidity. Miss May was on my knees all the way, and she was not injured much. \"Wo wore using a new apparatus for freeing tho parachute, .which worked all right in the tests, but failed I in actual practice.\" i Tho injury to Miss Shepard's spine is said to be serious, but not incurable. MEN'S COSTUMES. Every mother knows how fatal the summer months aro to small children. Cholera infantum, diarrhoea, dysentery and stomach troubles are alaimingly frequent at this time and too often a precious little life is lost after a few hours' illness. The mother who keeps Baby's Own Tablets in the house feels, sate. The occasional use of Baby's Own Tablets prevent j stomach'and bowel troubles, or if the trouble comes suddenly���������as. it RED-HAIRED CALEDONIANS. Scientist Has Been Studying Pigmentation In Scotland. Red hair is found in distinct excess north of the Grampians, and especially in the northeast of Scotland. Mr. Tocher, Peterhead, who has made tho question of pigmentation a special _ _...i/ ._��������� .., study, and has just\" been helped to scneralTy~does���������the Tablet's\" wm\" bring j conclude a color survey of the school tho little one through safely. Mrs. | children���������over 500,000���������of Scotland, George Howell, Sandy Roach, Que., says:���������\"My baby was suffering with colic, vomiting and diarrhoea, but after giving him Ruby's Own .Tablets the trouble\" disappeared. I would advise all mothers tn keep a box of Tablets always at hand.\" Sold by medicine dealers or ��������� y mail at 25c a box from Tho Dr Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. PASTIMES OF MADMEN. Cunning and Ingenuity Displayed by the Insane. Some of the inventions of the insane are of scientific value. A patient at Villejuif invented a \"panification machine\" by combining a bottle, a plank and small metallic tubes, to which he had fitted faucets. Having set up his machine, he produced loaves of bread the .*ize of. a mini's heml... The bread was good���������so good that it -was decided to make the machine known. One day whan it was in action the doctor sug gested taking a photograph of it. Tho \"inventor watched him as if petrified for a moment; then ho fell upon the .nachino, wrenched it apart and trampled it underfoot. The invention, an exceedingly useful one, was lost, because no ouo had seen him make It, aud no one dares speak of it to him. To allude to it is to bring on a furious attack. Most lunatics, no matter how contcnt- ���������Jil they may be, generally cherish a furtive longing lo escape. They collect wax from the polished floors, take the impressions of locks and mako keys from empty sardine boxes, spoon handles or anything to be found. Dr. Marie's museum includes a collection of knives of strange and unheard of shapes. Some of them have blades made from pieces of glass or slate and set in handles of corset steels. Objects harmless in themselves become dangerous weapons through the ingenuity of madmen. ��������� Insane sculptors are as common as insane painters. The insane sculptor hews put coarse statuettes, fantastic animals, ferocious little horned and grimacing devils. An ex-mechanic carves all his soup bones. That his old trade is still in his memory is shown by the little screws that ho makes out of tho smaller pieces of bone. He works all day at his senseless and ridiculous task. Another lunatic, who believes ho is tho incarnation of_ the soul of Beelzebub, passes his time carving toy men\" out of wood. Each pair of his creations are joined together, now at the necks, now at the shoulders.���������Helen B. Meyer In Harper's Weekly. announced this as one of his results in a lecture to the Educational Institute at Dumfries. In most European countries, he said, there is a distinct predominance of one typo over the others. In North Germany and Sweden, il is the blonde type; in Italy the brunette. No such predominance is found in Scotland. Dark hair and fair are present in equal proportions. The dominant color among Scottish children is brown, and it has to be shown how far brown i.s really a blend of fair and dark. If it is so there is evidence of the formation of a new type hi Scotland. Tho proportion of red hair throughout tho country is a little over 5 per. cent.���������high compared with the continent. One cannot overlook the reference of Tacitus to tho red-haired Caledonians. Some curious facts brought to light suggest that rod hair is not entirely or strictly a' racial _'r*a H Tl... mnjr _V,a\\,tt_Gnmo.-pooiilla.r physiological if not pathological connection. Mr. Tocher has found a distinct difference between tho color distribution of children in densely populated, parts and in rural and less populated districts. Emigration has also produced an apparent tendency to excess in certain forms of mental and physical defects. In tho main the difference between the distribution of color in Glasgow and the general population is due to children of both Irish and foreign nationality. The Change That Camo When Powder and Snuff Went Out. The French revolution had its .effect upon the fashions of 1800 as well as upoL matters of more weighty import, the tendency being greatly to simplify costumes. Young men in England adopted the short coat, light waistcoat and pantaloons inaugurated in Paris by a certain set who affected to despise the old court fashion. . Tho use of powder, made more expensive by taxation, quite died out, and short hair became universal. Trousers and Wellington boots, at first worn only by the military, were -adopted by civilians about 1S14, and the dandy of tho early Victorian era wore his tightly strapped,down. Ho also prided himself on his starched collar, which had gone out of favor under George IV., who preferred a black silk kerchief or stock. ' The snuffbox vanished, and tho characteristic ornament of tho age was tho hunch of seals hanging from tho watch chain. Various .modifications took place from time to time during Queen Victoria's long reign, but'lhe form of men's dress practically remained unaltered. . Tho knickerbockers and tweed suit of the country gentleman are of comparatively modern date, as well as tho wide awake, tho soft felt hat.���������English Illustrated Magazine. \"Pa, why do you speak of a woman as a man's bettor half?\" \"I don't know, unless it's because she carries the .pocketbook.\"���������Detroit. Free Press. Wise mothers who know the virtues of Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator always have it at hand, because it proves its value. Hard Lines For Bachelors, \"Korea's the wrong place for bachelors,\" said a traveler. \"Bachelors in Korea are considered as children nnd have only children's privileges. You, a Korean bachelor, got thirsty. You enter a rest house and call for palm wine. Tho pretty little amber colored waitress says: \"'Married?' \"'No,' says you. \" 'ileraus then.' says she, and out you go, unslaked. - ��������� \"You .want to vote, biit they won't, let you if you aro not married. \"You apply for. a' job somewhere. 'How many children have you?' is the first question you're asked. And as soon ns you say you're unmarried they laugh in your face to think that you should presume to apply for work anywhere.\" the Food ' Bile in the intestines is as important- to disgestioh'as arc the gastric juices in the stomach and bile is only supplied when the liver is in active condition. The serious and chronic forms of indigestion are cured by Dr. A. W. Chase's Kidney, and Liver Pills because of their influence, on the liver, causing a good flow of bile tq aid digestion and keep the bowels regular, thereby preventing fermentation of the food, the'-formation of gas and all the disLsrecable-symptoms of indigestion. Long standing'cases of chronic indigestion yield to Dr. A.W. Chase's Kidney and Liver Pills after all else has failed. * Here's the proof.- \"I was for many years troubled with indigestion and headache, aud derived no, benefit from i..- many ��������� remedies I used. A friend advised the use of Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills and after taking four boxes the result is that I am once more in the full enjoyment of the blessings of good health.'\"���������Mr. Duncan McPher-, son, Content, Alta. . One pill a dose, 25 cents a box. At all dealers or Edmanson, Bates & Co., Toronto.' 'S ICidneiy and , Presence of- Mind. Owner of the Coop���������Who's in there? Quick-witted' Hastus (softly)���������'Taint nobody in lienh 'ceppin' us chickens. ���������Lifer \"What is your Idea oran laeai wire'/\" \"Ono who will cook the meals, do the washing, look after the furnace, make her own clothes and���������and\"��������� \"And what?\" \"Keep herself looking as young and as beautiful ns an actress who pulls down $-100 a week in vaudeville.\" The Japanese Smile. Lafcadio Hcarn says a people who smile naturally cannot iv/ear the expression of tho Japanese. A Japanese can srnilo whenever ho wants, even in the jaws oi death. It is a law of etiquette elaborated and cultivated for many centuries until it has bo- como a silent language. They smile in the faco of sorrow and suffering, paradoxical as this seems. This smile says: \"I do not wish you to suffer with mo. I bear my sorrow, suffering and trials alone.\" A Panther, \"Now, Elsie.\" said the schoolteacher, \"can you tell me what a panther is?\" \"Yeth, ma'nm,\" lisped tho little miss. \"IIo Uh a man that aiakths panths.\" Consumption Is Common. A skilled surgeon and physician who executes the post-mortems at a well- known infirmary in the north of England says that recoveries from tuberculosis consumption are far more common than most persons believe. He writes: \"From post-mortems upon cases dying in the hospital from a variety of conditions, and which have shown during life no evidence of tubercular infection, I would compute the number of cases of cured tubercle at 60 per cent, of the total post-mortems. In forming this computation I altogether disregard cicatrices found in lungs and include only gaseous calcareous nodules which are evidently of considerable ago. This, together with the chemical fact that the patients have during life shown no sign of phythisis and have died from some entirely independent disease, loads one to assume, and I think justly, that these are cases of cured tubercle, and, further, that tuberculin infection in a human subject is far more common than has been previously estimated.\" The Ita Palm. In the moonlit garden overlooking the sea no sound was to be heard save the petulant plaint of tho mosquitoes, angry at being disturbed at their food. \"Come,\" said the host, \"let us go and sit under the ita palm. They won't bother us there.\" In comfort under the ita, he went on: \"This tree is from the Oriuoca delta, me home of tho Warau tribe. 'The Orinoca delta is infcsted_ with mosqui- tocs\"~to\" an \"incredible' degree. -The Waraus,-lo escape them, live in a-palm whoso odor the mosquito can't put up with. ��������� \"This Is tho palm���������the ita���������which makes the naked Warau's mosquito proof bed. A handy thing it is among those salt marshes to have in a garden too.\" Simplicity forms a main ingredient In a noble nature.���������Thucydldea. A Composition. A poot could not sleep one night, His PegttHiifl demanded flight. As ho composed he found _ho might ' Compose IrimaoU to sleep. .,lllMliil ���������Owl '���������> 1 fre*!*** >���������;&$& V>f4 W. N. U. No. 699. Showing a Bad Example. A grocer who was noted for his carefulness had an advertisement inserted in a local newspaper for a message boy, and\" a young follow who understood tho kind of a gentleman who was advertising camo to apply for ihe situation, and while tho grocer was telling him how careful he must be a fiy settled on a bag of sugar and the grocer caught it and throw it away. The boy then said: \"If you want mo to bo careful you are showing me a bad example.\" \"Why?\" replied tho former. \"Because,\" said tho boy, \"you have thrown that fly away without brushing tho susar off its feet.\"���������Tit-Bits. Lions Fight. Excited by a thunderstorm, two massive African male lions���������Noro nnd Brutus���������at Earl's Court, London, gwt into the cage of a young lioness. ���������A terrific fight onsucd between the U.-r, lions, and it was only after groat exertions on the part of the staff that the beasts were eventually separated, after having badly mauled each, oth- ed. It is feared that Noro will lone tho sight of his right eye. Both the animals show signs of their struggle Marriages In Siam. Marriages nro sometimes made in heaven, but in Siam they aro often mado elsewhere. In that enlightened country girls who reach a certain age without marrying are placed in a privileged class under the special caro of tho King, who binds himself to find a husband for them all. His mothod is simplicity itself. A prisoner in any ono of tho Siamese jails may gain his pardon and release by marrying ono of the ineligible clans. Whether ho is already married or not is of no groat consequence, for in Siam a man is not restricted to ono wife. But still many Drisonora prefer jail., , Basely Deceived. The Husband���������You want to . know where I was so lalo last night? I was at tho office balancing my books. Tho Wife���������It seems to me that you balance your books very often. That excuse is about threadbare. The II.���������n'm! If you don't believe me, why don't you consult a fortune teller? The W.���������Not much. I consulted one once, and she told mo a pack of lies. The H.���������Indeed! What did she tell you? Tho W.���������She told me I would get a rich, handsome, kind, attentive and truthful husband. When Holloway's Corn Cure is applied to a corn or wart it kills tlie roots' and the callosity comes' out without any injury to the flesh. ��������� The doctor of an asylum was showing an interested visitor round tho place. In the first cell was a young man gazing blankly about him. \"This man was in lovo with a woman who married \"another 'man,\" said the doctor, \"and she drove- him to this.\"' The next cell was padded and in it sat a man stark, staring mad and padlocked down, ''who is this poor fellow?\"'inquired'the visitor. \"This,\" said the doctor,' \"is the other man.\" A glass of icod \"Salada\"- Tea' will- bo found most refreshing', this warm weather. As cooling as a summer breeze. _ 5t> -, \"Father seems impressed with */piu* talk about coupons,\" said the maiden. \"Have you really any?\" \"Sure,\" answered me guileful youth \"got 000 saved up toward a piano for our little flat.\"���������Louisville Courier- Journal. . > Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria. THE HYPNOTIC EYE. i Costly Eyeteeth. \"I guess paw must have passed a lot of time at the dentist's when he was tn New York,\" said Johnny Green. \"Why do you think so?\" queried his ma. \"'Cause I heard him tell a man to- flay that it cost him nearly $300 to get his eyeteeth cut,\" replied Johnny.. Inconsistent, \"Dear me,\" said tho poetess, \"I don't ���������see why those horrid editors insist on having manuscripts written on only one Bide of the sheet when they go and print their paper on both sides.\"���������Pathfinder. And the Man Who Likes to Test It on , the Circus Animals. The man who wauts lo test the power of the human eye on savage beasts- is legion, and ho affords rio cud of amusement for the attendants at tho circus, who are always on the lookout for him. .Often ho may be detected standing before the cage of a Hon, gazing Intently straight into the cye3 of the dignified old beast, who gaze3 back with indifference and finally shifts his ftyes, not because he feels any mystic influence, but because something else has attracted his attention. A story is told of a man who tried the hypnotic trick on an ostrich. At first the bird crouched down and fluttered his wings nervously, but mado no other manifestitation for some time. A few hours later tho body of the5 man was found, with the huge bird alternately stamping and sitting on it Another Is told of a man who tried to outgaze a leopard, with tho result that the animal mado a fierce .chargo against the bars of his cage and at the man, and the two created' a disturbance that brought the attendants bur\" rying to Investigate the trouble'.���������Harriet Quimby in Leslie's \"Weekly.\" , Stones iinj vJMbs nouses. ��������� The origin of the saying, \"Those who live in glass houses' should not throw stones,\" is as follows: At the time o' the union of England and Scotland London was inundated with Scotchmen, nnd tho London roughs used to go about at night breaking their win-, dows. Buckingham being considered the chief Instigator of the mischief, a party of Scotchmen smashed tho windows of the duke's mansion, known as the Glass IIoiisc. The \"court favorite appealed to the king, who replied, \"Steenlc, Steeule, those who live In glass houses should be careful how they fling stones!\" Now for Strawberries and Shredded Wheat. Nature's purest and best food, insuring a clear head and healthy body. ���������\">'���������.. ' - ��������� Is Invigorating Without Btlng Heating. Try it. Sold by all grocora. 051 i M U ���������i'l i, u.. u AN HONEST DOCTOR ADVISED PE-RU-NA. |\"R. SYLVESTER Er SMITH, Room , 218, Granite BlockJ'Sfc. Louis, Mo., : writes: \"Peruna Jfl the best friend a 6ick man can haye. * \"A few months ago I 'came here in' a Wretched condition. Exposure and ��������� dampness had ruined my onco robust health. I had catarrhal affections of the bronchial tubes, and for a time there was adoubt as to my rocovery. . \"My good honest old doctor advised mo to take Peruna, which I did and in a short time my health began to improve very rapidly, tho bronchial trouble gradually disappeared, and in threo months my health was fully restored.' \"Accept a grateful man's thanks for his restoration to pcrfoct health.\" Pe-ru-ria for His Patients. A'. W. Perrin, M. D. S., 930 Halsoy ������������������ St., Brooklyn, N.Y., says: \"I am using your Poruna myself, and am recommending it to my patients, in all-cases of catarrh, and And it to bo more than yon represent. Peruna can ' be had now of all druggists in this section. 7At the time I'began using it, It ���������was unknown,\". Manufactured by The i Peruna Drug Manufacturing Compan\", Columbu3, Ohio, U. S. A. \"Don't marry the first girl you fall in love' with; wail till you have seen the others,\" advises Tlie Montgomery Advertiser. This recalls tho story of tho maid who went through tho thicket in search of a perfect stick, .leaving many good ones behind, in tlie hope of finding something better, until near the end of her journey alio had to take a crooked one *nt last. The trouble with some old maids and old bachelors is that they are too particular.���������San Antonio Express. The transition from winter's cold to summer's heat frequently puts a strain upon the system that produces internal complications, always painful and o\"tcn seiious. A common form - of disorder .is dysentery, to which many are prone in the spring and summer. The very best medicine to use in subduing this painful ailment is Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Dysentery Cordial. It is a standard remedy, sold everywhere. A 'dragon hunt. it Took Place In Turkey -ind Was a Great -Success. \"Yes, I wunst hunted dragons, and the hunt was successful, too,\" said,a sailor. \"It was in Byoub, the native quarter of old- Constantinople. I lived there with t my wife,__a Circassian gal, Fat- mah by name, aud, comin' homo from the .calf one night\"��������� \"Calf?\" \"Sure! Calf. Don't you know what a calf is? Kind of restaurant where you eat and drink and smoke. But where was I?\" ��������� ' \"You were coming home.\" v\"v \"Well, as we come home from the calf Fatmah grabbed my arm, pointed to the moon and give a loud yell.\" The full moon behind the domes and minarets was goln' into an eclipse.< I laughed, but Fatmah says: J \" 'A dragon, O my beloved,' she says, 'Is > try In\", -to devour' the, moon!' she says. 'If the faithful slay' it uot, there will be no more moonlight,' says she��������� 'never!' . ��������� , i \"Then, by tar, begun the biggest racket I ever hear. All Eyoub was on a dragon hunt. From every housetop the faithful fired blunderbusses nt the moon in the hope of klllln' the dragon. \"When we got home I, tried to explain to Fatmah what nn eclipse was, but she thought I, was langhln' at her. So I gave up my explanations, and, wllh a pistol, each or us Joined In tlie hunt, bimgln' away nt the dragon from the winder turn* and turn about. \"By crlmis, wc got'him! The hunt was a success! The dead dragon dropped off the moon, and she floated, round and silvery. wunst more, above the palms and minarets standlu' black agin the pale sky. x \"Fatmah, claimed it was her shot what landed him, but I was always convinced it was my own.\" ��������� FREAKS OF DREAMS. THE TREATY TREE. Alderman Tracy of Chicago, has n son -who was one clay boasting of his father's official position. \"My father,\" he said to a companion, \"is an Alderman.\" \"\"'Huh!\" snorted tho other boy, \"that's nothing. My father blows the whistle at the mill.!\" . _ That settled .it.���������Home Herald. State of \"Ohio, City of-Toledo, > Lucas County, \" / JS3' Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City\" of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the' sum of.,ONE HUNDEED DOLLARS for each and every'case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY.\" Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this 6th day of December, A.D. 188G. A. W. GLEASON. (Seal.) Notary Public' Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,-and acts directly on the^blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.,. Toledo, 0. Sold by nil \"druggists, 75c. - Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The great ocean liner rolled and pitched. \"Henry,\" faltered the young bride, \"do you still love me?\" ��������� \"More than ever, darling,\" was Henry's **ervcnt answer. Then there was an eloquent silence. \"Henry,\" she gasped, turning her pale, ghastly faco away, \"I thought that would make mo feel better, but it doesn't!\"���������Detroit News Tribune. Minard's in Cows. Liniment Cures Garget Where Penn and the Delaware Chiefs Exchanged Tokens. The \"treaty tree,\" the original Amerl- cau Hague, whero our first peace congress was held, with William Penn.on the one side aud the'Delaware chiefs on the other, was a mighty elm that stood at Shackamaxon, on the banks of the Delaware river. Kensington, one of the' suburbs of Philadelphia, now surrounds the spot. As was customary on such occasions, the parties to the treaty exchanged belts of wampum, and the belt said to to have been given Penn on this occasion is now in tho collection of .the Pennsylvania Historical society. It consists of eighteen' strings of black and white beads, and in the center are two figures, representing a European and an Indian, with hands\" joined In friendship. In exchanging tokens with the chiefs Penn said: \"Tho friendship between you and me I will not compare to a chain, for that might rust, or the falling tree might break. We are the same as if one man's body were to be divided into two-parts. We are all one. Qcsh and blood.\" When the Indians, handed Penn the wampum belt of - pcace-.they said: \"We will live In-love and peace with William Penn ns long as tho sun and the moon shall endure.\" \"*\" The treaty tree was blown down-In a windstorm March 10, 1810.. Its age, estimated by rings, is 2S3 years. The William Peun society erected a marble column upon the site as a permanent monument Melancholy People, Often Have Very Happy Nights. Dr. T. S. Clpuston, superintendent physician to the Royal Asylum, Edinburgh, Scotland, and a well-known authority on mental diseases, has giv- e.i some inteiesting news on the subject of dreams. \"The modern opinion aboiit dreaming,\" said Dr. Clouston, '/is that a long series of events do not take place instantaneously, as used to be thought. Dreams may go on all night. It may bo assumed that dream sleep is not a sound sleep. \"A very curious thino- is that many melancholy people, whose whole conscious life is ono of misery, dream beautiful and happy dreams. They will tell you in the morning that that was their only ploasant'time of the 24 hours, and they wi.sh thev could sleep always, for then they would be happy. ., i The doctors now, ns a rule, think lt is a good si������rn when melancholy people have cheerful dreams. The physiological view of dreaming now may be said to be the opening out of a partial consciousness of the things that have been heard and thought about, and seen Ly tho brain previously. No new thoindit was ever created in a droam, and it is very doubtful whether tho solution'of any now problem was ever effected in a droam.\" Tt is well known the dream events . can occur with startling rapidity. The difficulty is to fix tho duration of time. Lord Holland is stated lo have fallen asleep while listening to the reading of a book, and to have had a long dream between tho beginning unrl end of \"n sentence. ���������In Mr. Bnrimr-Gnuld's \"Curious Myths of the Middle Ages,\" reference is made to a dream in which, during the striking of the hour on a clock, the dreamer saw the whole of the fi'and army pa������s in review before Na- roleon. Horse, foot and artillery passed slowly, in an apparently interminable line, each unit' saluting as it passed. Yet all passed in a'moment of time. Tho' rapidity of dream , action has suggested to some psychologists the theory that-dreams are always experienced during the moment of passing from sleep to wakefulness. THE CURATE'S AID By MARY B. EAKET. Jeannie! Jeannie! Come and see I .am sure he is com- TARYING GENTLEWOMEN. It was beginning to rain, and the man who was on the point of starting for church discovered that there was not an umbrella in tho house fit for use.\" \"You can borrow one from the T s next door,\" suggested the' better half, \"they never go to church.\" \"No, Laura,\" he answered with firmness: \"it is wrong to borrow umbrellas on Sunday. I shall punish myself for my carelessness by not going to church this morning.\" Wire Wounds. My mare, a very valuable one, was badly bruised and cut by being caught in a wire fence. Some of the wounds - would not heal, although I tried many different medicines. Dr. Bell advised me .to use MINARD'S LINIMENT, diluted at first, then stronger as the sores began to look better, until after three weeks, tho sores have healed and best of all the hair is growing well, and is NOT WHITE as is most always the caso in horse wounds. ��������� F. M. DOUCET. *- Weymouth. The Overtired Conductor. ��������� When the horse cars were In existence there was a. greenhorn known as John who conducted on the Thirteenth and Fifteenth street lines. He boarded with his two aunts, who lived on Catharine street, between Thirteenth and Broad. One day his aunts thought they .would take a ride with John and see how he was getting along, so they waited for his car. Soon the car began to get crowded and passengers got off and on at every square. John began to get angry. At last he berime so exasperated at having to stop so often that when an old lady asked him to stop at Chestnut he bawled out: \"I'm darned sick and. tired pulling the bell. It's nothing but stop \"here and stop there, stop here and stop there.,A way with youse all down to Catharine street with me aunts, and you get out in a bunch.\" Here is an extract from;the prospectus of a hotel in Switzerland. \"Wcissbacli is the favorite place cf resort for those who are fond of solitude. Persons in. search of solitude are, in fact, constantly flocking here from the four quarters of the globe.\" ���������Home Herald. Two of a Kind. \"Come, come,\" cried the brusque and hustling real estate man, \"why do you pay rent when you might own a, home?\" \"I���������I don't pay rent,\" replied the startled strauger. \"Then you own a home?\" \"N-uo.\" \"That's strange. May I ask your business?\" \"I'm a real estate dealer.\" A Sure Corrective of Flatulency.��������� When the undigested food lies in.the stomach it throws off gases causing pains and oppression in the stomnchic region. The belching or eructation cf those gases is offensive and the only way to prevent thorn is to restore the stomach to proper action. Parmelee's Vegetable Pills will do this. Simple directions go with each packet and a course of them taken systematically is certain to effect a curo. Two of a Kind. \"Oh, George.\" sighed the lovesick maiden, \"I'm sure I'm not worthy to bo your wife.\" \"Well,\" replied Georgo wearily, \"I'm not worthy to bo your husband, so we're just about evculy matched.\" Daughter of Baronet Who Sold Shoestrings on London Streets. Extraordinary cases of starving gentlewomen have 'come to light, such as superannuated governesses, widows ,of improvident husbands, and those who, in lhe days of their youth were able to make quite a comfortable income as clerks or otherwise. By gradual stages representatives of all these typos have sunk lower and lower,' and sometimes, having sought Eorgetfulness in drink, have come to the lowest grade before drifting into the shelter of the institute. ���������. Here was, for instance,' a wretched looking creature, but with ..unmistakable ^signs of having once been \"a lady,\" whose only source of income lay in her handful of bootlaces which she sold to mechanics in their midday rest. She proved to be the daughter of a baronet, whose marriage had dis-. pleased her family. Estranged from her relatives by th\" quarrel of early life, she had too much pride to reveal to them the poverty by .which she had of late been over- I taken; but, absolutely miserable, she crept about the mean streets of the vast-city of\" London as successfully hidden as if living in another hemisphere, far from the gorgeous mansion, the carriages and the servants which once were hers by right of birth. Lived to Be More Than 100. For the deaths of three British centenarians to bo chronicled on the same day must surely be an almost unique occurrence. The names and ages oi those veterans are: Mrs. Margaret Pagan, 104; Samuel Goldstein, 106, and Mrs. Honor Coleman, who died from the effects of a fall at the reputed ago of 107 years, thus recalling the similar fate of the famous' Catherine, Countess of Desmond, whose life of 140 years was brought to a tragic close by a fall from a cherry tree. There are some who look with more than suspicion on any age which claims to exceed a century, and probably the titles of many reputed centenarians, especially in the humbler walks of life, would not bear close examination. But tho records prove conclusively that Sir Moses Montefioro and Admiral Provo Walli** lived into their second century; that M. Conerbe, a French farmer, survived his 112th birthday; that M. Soulc, another Frenchman, died at 115; that a Roumanian, ono Pascal Viciim, lived 120 years, and that an Armenian nun entered a convent at Jerusalem at 17, and never passed its threshold to the day of her death, ninety-eight years later.���������Westminster Gazette. A certain John Simmons had been a twoiity-thrco years total abstainer, but fell from graco nnd worshipped , the vinous god with all 'ho fervor of a porvert. Feeling the need ' of recuperation, ho sent his boy to nn adjacent hostelry for a bottlo of whiskey. \"But,\" cried tho hotel proprietor, \"who's it for?\" \".For my father,\" said tho ,boy. \"Nonsonac. Your father is a total abstainer, and has boon, to my knowledge, for longdr yoara than' you've .lived.\" 1 \"Well, at all ovonts, ho sont me for it.\" \"What does ho want it for?\" \"To let you Into a secret,\" tho hoy said, nshamod to toll tho truth, \"ho'fl going fishing, and \"ho wants tho cork to uso for n float,\"���������Philadelphia In-f qulror. To the.Strict Letter. .���������' \"Mnry,\" said the lady of the house, \"you didn't put any salt In this bread.\" \"But,\" replied the new girl, \"didn't the master say yesterday lie wouldn't have nothing but fresh bread on his table, mum?\" Not Curious. A certain employer of labor had received many complaints from his foreman as to one of the hands, who. though an excellent workman and one whom it wore undesirable to dismiss altogether, could never be induced to arrive at the proper time in the morning. .. So the employer, determining to expostulate with the offender personally, arrived early one morning and laid in wait for him. - In due time the dilatory one\" strolled in and was ai'cnsted wrathfully: \"Do you know what time wo begin work hero in.'tho morning?\" \"No, sir,\" was the calm reply. \"I know they're always at it when I get hero.\"���������London Telegraph. The colors^ on tlie nrttst's palette make no show, but .when. they are Bpread on the .attivn-- we , see their beauty.���������Uelkle, ������ Prudence. The multimillionaire was being interviewed. 7 \"Which paper do you like best to have your family read?\" hopefully asked the young reporter. \"The one that ndvertises tho fewest bargains,\" suid Old Moneybags stingily- Hall the battle is won if you start the day with a laugh. Ancient Posters. -,*' It Is probably the general linpresslo-- thnt posters and handbill.'\" nre modern Inventions, but It has been 'discovered that the nncleiit UomniiH practiced this method of advertising. Iu digging nt Hcrculaneum there was brought to light n pillar covered with bills, one on top of another. \"The paste used to stick them was made of gum arable. The bills, when separated nnd examined, woro found to bo programmes and an iiouncemeuts of public meetings and uvon election proclamations. The Changed View. Every man takes care that his neighbor does not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat hhi neighbor. Then all goes well. Ho has changed his market cart iuto a chariot of the sun.���������Emcr- boii. ; the new* curate ing in here.\" Jean McLeod, a tall, fair girl of twenty-two summers, hastened to her mother's side., They lived on the outskirts of tho lonely village of Bothmore, and any stranger who entered the village streets was sure to receive marked attention from all. Health had failed tho old clergyman who had for tho last eighteen years been in charge of the one little wooden church and as his doctors had insisted upon ,a change of air it was rumored that a young and handsome Oxford man was to fill the vacant place. No wonder then that Joan came quickly nt her mother's call. How glad she was to fool that here was one- who would appreciate\"her talents and understand her moods. Jean McLeod, an only daughter and her father's pot had indeed boon spoilt in childhood and as she grew older had boon sent to a. city collogo that she might have every advantage and accomplishment wnich tend to make the so-callod finished lady. Thus she had gradually grown into the fixed idea, that the ignorant youth of Bothmore were just a little below her level and .that, well, thoy were not learned enough lo be able to understand and appreciate or sympathize with her talents, her advantages and her ideas. \"Why, yos, mother; he has turned into the lane already and you have your old apron on. Why don't you go and take it off and make yourself look a bit tidy; remember he will not be like Mr. Den���������he has been reared in the city e.id from Oxford too! What a bore he will find the peopls here. We must make it as pleasant for him as we can.\" \"Well I always made old Mr. Dean at home whether I had a clean apron or not. But I suppose you know best. It seems to me if wo folk have to\" go and dress every time we see the clergyman coming, whether we be a cooking or a washing or a.churning, that it is the curate himself who will soon be a bore.\", So saying Mrs. McLeod went slowly up the stairs to give the required touches to her dress. Meanwhile tho curate had reached the door, which in answer to his light rap, was opened by Jean. \"Pardon me, madam, but is Mrs. McLeod at home?\" This was hardly the greeting Jean expected, but she liked, the voice, and- she would make him her friend at all costs. So smiling sweetly she said. \"Yes, sir; my mother, Mrs. McLeod, is at home and will be down in a \"minute. But will you please step into the parlor and wait; you are our new curate are you hot? Wo recognized you as you came up the lane,���������\" \"Yes, madam, I have that honor and am indeed pleased that my parishioners recognizo me so readily.\" \"When you have boon here as long as I have .you will bo glad to have an opportunity of recognizing some stranger from the outer- world. You will find it very dull here, and the people\" are such a bore vou cannot help but feel it.\" \"I hope not, madam. My duty here is not to recognize the * outer world, but the people of this dear little parish, and I shall do my utmost to fulfill that duty; as for my feeling the people a bore, I hope not, for to my mind ono has to bo a bore one's self before one can feel bored by others.\" -This was rather more than, Jean expected, and from a city-bred .gentleman too; really it was too terrible to be true. Why, he had as much as told her that she was a bore. She felt like leaving him alone and going to tell her mother how horrid he was; but no, she would stay but would not answer his rude remark. Although her silence was meant to bo stinging,- it seemed to her he thought it golden, for he did not attempt to continue the conversation, but sat looking out on the lawn as if solitude were indeed the sweetest thing in God's good earth. Mrs. McLeod was now coming down the stairs. She would bring him to his place before her mother entered. \"Pardon, sir; my mother\"���������the words were hard and cold, but the curate seemed not to even hear her as he rose quickly and crossed the room to the door just as her mother was about to. enter. \"Mrs. McLeod, I presume. I am Mr. Waltham, your new curate, and it is indeed a pleasure for me to make your acquaintance. I trust wc may become firm friends in the near future. I have made the acquaintance of your daughter, but I believe I have already bored her with my views.\" So saying, ho led Mrs. McLeod to a large easy chair, the very one Jean had chosen for him. \"Now, Mrs. McLeod. I want' your advice, counsel and help. I am a stranger here at present, and from you I want some advice as to the quickest way to win the hearts and minds of my people, and also to know who needs most-the- staff to guide them to the light. All cannot receive care at, one and the samo time, and, moreover, some do not need it; but I am so afraid lost through lack of knowledge I-may neglect thoso who are so much in need of help that they cannot walk to the light alone. You can always lead the bulk of your flock, but there are sonio who are trying so hard to follow, and yet-need help in places, or they will at once fall back and lose their way. It is for those my heart bleeds and for those I want your aid and sympathy.\" \"It is indeed very good of you to come to'me, Mr, Waltham, and I nm sure I will help you all I can. But why have you not sought this advico from Jeannie? She knows them one and all as well as I, and has boon counting on being an aid to you in A Littlo Ball. Cassldy���������Ah, well, no wnn kin pre- vlnt w'at's piist nn' gone. Casey���������Yo could If yo only acted quick enough. Cassidy-Go' 'long, man! How could yer? Casoy-Stop It before It liappens. your work. I assure you,-Mr. Waltham no one, has been more overjoyed at your coming,than slip. Her c'ollege days were spent abroad, and it is such a tie to her now to have to live in this dull place, as she calls it. For myself, I find it a very interesting little place indeed.\" \"I agree with you, Mrs. McLeod, and now I want you to help make it interesting for me, too. Jean may know all the people as well as you, but since she finds it so very dull I am sure she does not feel for them as you do. If it be her desire-to aid me in my work here, we will endeavor lo find a way for her to do so; but now it is your help I want;'* The very idea! A man she had only met ten minutes before, calling her Jean. And how rude he was to speak ol her in such tones. Why, he had not even told her his name, or that he was pleased to'meet her, or anything; and had refused her advico with regard to the people, oven before it was proffered. And this was the man she had planned and dreamt about���������the man whom she had looked to, to brighten life at. Bothmore. Truly ljie is false, indeed. She had been bitterly deceived. . Silting like one in a dream, she henrd all he said to her mother, and yet she did not, but when he rose to go she know she was not sorry. He was at least more courteous now than on his arrival. , Crossing the room, he held out his hand. \"Miss McLeod, your mother and T have become such staunch friends. Will you-not congratulate me? And, by tho way, I understand that you aro desirous of aiding me also. I shall count on you, and am sure will find plenty of little errands of mercy for willing hands lo do.\" \"Thank you, sir. I will try to be of service to you if vou so desire.\" \"Desire! Why, my dear Miss Mc- r.ood, 1 insist. You see, J have that right now. [ am not only your rector, but also your mother's friend. IBut now I must bid you farewell. Whore duty calls, one must always go.\" Joan watched him go quickly down tho lane; she was so angry with him and yet could not help admiring him as he. swung briskly along.' \"Well, mother, what do you think now of your city curate?\" * \"Think? Why, Jean, he is just the man for the place. So bravo and yet so kind and thoughtful. Why, I am sure he will aid my poor people even more than dear old Mr. Dean; and it will be so pleasant for you, too. He says he intends interesting you in some casc3 where he is sure you will be useful,\" and where you will soon lose your present opinion of your neighbors.\" \"Oh, indeed! He seems very confident of my services. 1 suppose just because he comes from Oxford, lie thinks we will all wait on our knees to do his bidding. - I never had to stoop to such deeds of humility when Mr. Dean was here, and I do not see why lie should need such a lot of aid. As for being kind and thoughtful, I failed to see it, if he was. Why, he was positively rude to me. But I do not intend to worry over it. I am f-oing out for a walk now, but will be back in time...to get tea, so you need not bother' about that.\" Mrs. McLeod sighed deeply as her daughter loft the room. She loved Jean very much, but she could see she was fast becoming so restless and discontented that the true sunny nature soldoni had a chance of showing itself. A-week later, as-Jean was gathering some beautiful lilacs for her Japanese tabic bowls, she was surprised to hear a voice close by: \"Good- morning, Miss McLeod, will you do me a favor? Miss Lenard, tho seam- .stress, is very ill, and I am sure would be very gratified for a glimpse of your lovely flowers. No, I will not stop to be thanked for the suggestion. I am sure she would have had them lone ago, had you known.\" -Without another word the curate moved quickly on, leaving Joan standing like ono struck dumb. \"Well, of all things! You would really think I was a child. Still T like his nerve, and I suppose I will go. I will lot him see that ho is not tho only one who can care for the sick.\" In little less than an -hour Jean had kept her word, and with a beautiful bouquet of flowers in one hand, and such a big basket of good things in the other, she went laughingly down the street: It seemed funny to her to \"be doing anything useful beyond the home garden wall. Nevertheless she enjoyed her errand, and as she returned home after reading most of the afternoon to the poor, sick girl, she felt very glad indeed that slie had not followed her first impulse and ignored the request. As the days and weeks wont quickly on, the curate seemed always to find fresh work for Jean, and \"each request came in that peculiar half pleading and half commanding tone. Each request was also always met, but in the same haughty, condescending manner, and, pleasing to say, always carried out in Jean's own sunny way. Thus the days and the summer sped quickly nway. It was tho last garden party of the year. Rich and poor from all over the village sccmod to enjoy the simple program provided for them by the curate who had ?o silently won his way into the hearts of all. Jean had been the busiest of all that day. She slipped in nnd out among young and old alike; a word of comfort here, n laugh and a smile there, or perhaps just a handshake: but always managing to avoid the curate. Silting down on a low garden bench she watched the tired but happy people as they scorned to linger around the glories of the day, dreading as it wore to bid farewell to the dear old garden with its sunny nooks. So intent was Joan upon the scono that she' did not notico tho approach of tho curate till he laid his hands upon her shoulder. Then sho started up, only to find herself gently, but firmly hold down. \"Jean, Avhy have you avoided me all day? I wanted you to aid me nnd instead you insist upon neglecting mo and aiding my people. Will you not redeem your pledge now ? I need you, Jenn. They nil love you, but I even more than thoy. Suroly you will not refuse mo now?\" As Jean lay down to rest that night she could not remember what hor answer had boon, but she know that sho was very, very happy, and that Mr. Waltham was tho best curato she had ever known or, for that matter, over wished to know. THE SUN A \"PUZZLE. We See ..Only the' Outer Shells of thi Great Blazing Orb. The great ball of fire which we call the sun is not really the sun. ' No ont has ever seen the sun. A series of concentric shells envelops a nucleus ol which We know absolutely nothing except that It must be almost hiflnitely hotter Uian the fiercest furnace arid that It must amount to more than nine- tenths of the solar mass.- That nucleus is the real sun, forever hidden from us. The outermost of the enveloping shells is'about 5,000 miles thick and Is called the chromosphere. It Is a gaseous fluid,' tinted with tho scarlet glare of hydrogen, and so furiously active that it spurts up great tongues of glowing gas (prominences) to the height of thousands of miles. Time was when this agitated sea of crimson Ore could be seen to advantage only during an eclipse. Now special instruments are used, which enable astronomers to study it in the full glare of the sun. Beyond tho chromosphere, far beyond tho prominences even, lies the nebulous pallid corona visible only during the vanishing moments of a total eclipse, aggregating not more than seven days in a century. No one has ever satisfactorily explained how the highly attenuated mailer composing both the prominences and the corona Is supported without falling back into tho sun under the pull of solar gravitation. No**i that Arrhenius has cosmically applied the effects of light pressure a solution is presented. Now difficult It is to account foi such delicate streamers as tho prominences on tho sun is better comprehended when wo fully understand how relentlessly powerful Is the grip ol solar gravitation. If the sun were a habitable globe and you could transport yourself to its surface, you would find yourself pulled ,down so forcibly by gravitation thai you would weigh two tons, assuming that you are an ordinary human being Your clothing alone would weigh more than a hundred pounds. Baseball could be played in a solar drawing room, for .there would be some difficulty in throwing a ball more thaD I thirty feet | Tennis would be degraded to a form of outdoor pingpong. From these considerations it is plain that gravitation on tho sun would tend to prevent the formation of any lambent streamers and to pull down to Its surface masses of any size. ^.im['Ujii!ui-iwuui������.mi I ^^BaasseBszsxasanmm' ���������T-HE Celluloid Starch package is large, but the amount of work it_ will 'do makes it seem enormous. That's' one of' the advantages this starch has over all others, it requires a smallc/quantity to do , more and better work. Celluloid Starch gives a limber, lasting stiffness that will not crack. Ask your grocer for it���������if he hasn't got it he can get it. (/J \\ J3E, Hllg\" on request. '14 e Never Stick Requires ao Cooking Iho PrantforJ SUirch Works, JJmllc\", Brantror\", Canadx A minister of a church in Edinburgh, Scotland, recently surprised the congregation at a Sunday evening service by handing in his resignation. He was only GO years old and was in good health and vigor. The following Sunday a committee of the members waited upon him and expressed their regret at tho step he was about to - lake. They said to him, \"You have plenty of work in you yet. Why resign?\" \"Tos,\" he replied, \"1 know; but you had better accept my resignation non*. When I am 70 you will not be able lo got rid of me.\"���������New York Tribune. The Fob of Indigestion.��������� Indigestion is a common ailment and few aro free from it. It is a most distressing complaint and often the suffering attending it is most severe. Tho very best leinedy is Parmelee's Vegetable Pills taken according to directions. They rectify the irregular action of the stomach and restoro healthy action. For many years they have been a standard remedy for'dys- popsia and indigestion and are highly esteemed for their qualities. \"Now, Johnny,\" said the Sunday school teacher, \"can you tell me one of the most remarkable things Moses did?\" \"Yes, ma'am,\" responded the bright youth. \"He broke all the commandments at tlie same time.\"���������London Opinion. BARNUM'S OLD LION. Hi How the Great Showman Turned Death to Account. Among the features of the parades of the Barmim circus there was formerly one that never failed to attract attention. On tho top of ono of the wild beast cages lay an enormous Hon. no-was not confined in any way, and nervous people watching the parade would shudder at the sight and contemplate the terrible possibility of the lion springing into the midst of the crowd. But the venerable old king of beasts had reached the leonine dotage, and stiffened muscles and blunted claws rendered him harmless. Ho was as mild as a kitten and in the winter quarters, where he was allowed to roam at will, sometimes had to be protected from the onslaughts of Irreverent and mischievous puppies. One night he wandered fro\"m the quarters. In the course of his travels he chanced on a barn where a meek eyed cow was placidly chewing her cud. A faint nicker of the slumbering jungle spirit stirred his pulse, and. with a crashing blow of the huge fore paw, the cow was slain; then, lying down beside his victim, he went to sleep and dreamed of the time when he was a shaggy little whelp playing with his brothers under the bright sun of his faroff African home. In the morning tho owner of the cow, a stalwart female with the blood of Irish kings in her veins, entered the barn with milk pail in hand. She was filled with wrath at the sight that met her gaze. With a keen edged ax in her hand and grim determination in her eye she fearlessly approached the sleeping Hon. and when tho men sent out to search for him arrived lie lay cold in death. Barnum promptly paid for the dead cow aud engaged to appear on exhibition \"the woman who in mortal combat had slain a Hon.\" PROMINENT OAK LAKE FARMER. Oak Lake,\" Man.���������Mr. Jas. Milne, of Oak Luke, was in Winnipeg on Wednesday of last week and received successful surgical treatment from Dr. F. W. E. Burnham. for \"W'at's de matter, Chimmie? look sore.\" Chimmie���������Sure I'm sore. I got up early yisted'y mornin' an' anchored meself alongside o' dat big knothole in de fence at de baseball grounds; den w'en de game begins de overflow crowd lined up in front o' me knot hole.���������The Catholic Standard and Times. Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper. Bessie Bute brags so much about her conquests,\" began Goldie Hoam- ley. \"Of course, she's more attractive to the men than I, but���������\" \"Not at all,\" interrupted Vera Cutting. \"���������So sweet of you lo say that, but I know she is \" \"Nonsense! Why, she hasn't'nearly so much money as you have.\"���������Catholic Standard and Times. \"Poor man! Have you always been blind?\" \"No, mum,\" answered Tired Tiffins, unthinkingly. \"Last week I wuz lame, but dere wasn't enuff in it.\"���������Louisville Courier-Journal. \"I wish I were an ostrich,\" said Hicks, angrily, as he tried to eat one of his wi e's biscuits but couldn't. \"I wish you were,\" returned Mrs. Hicks. \"I'd get a few feathers for my .hat.\"���������Globe. | The bee can outfly the pigeon. ���������WtrMan'MErm^ The Oldest Treaty. -The oldest text of a real treaty now in existence is that of the convention between Itamoses II.. king of Egypt, and the Prince of Kheta. which 'embraces the articles of a permanent of fensive and defensive alliance, with clauses providing for the extradition of emigrants, deserters, criminals and skilled workmen. This treaty wu.-- drawu up In the fourteenth century B. C. and is the eariiest record that we have^ of any International transaction. SHOE POLISH \"I toll jov.Bo=s, people-are eoparticular about the Shoe Poli-h (Soy ubc that they axk me each night to bo euro and tue \"2 in. 1.\" Iff euiier for me, too, and you BhouM Bro the injU, i cet itt 'th, niornini*. Her Uncooked Gown. Miss Fhilligirl-Miss Xewthoughtha* gone the limit with her vegetarianism! Miss Furbolow���������Why, what is her latest? Miss Klufligirl-Sho actually refuses to wear anything but raw silk gowns now. nn������ cnh with orriornrq. O.D. Prompt ihlnninnt-.ml intli. f nntlnnjntai-xntfldd. | '^ll!!!ll!l!ill!!:li!!llh!lllilllllllllllllllll!lllllllillll!lllllllllilllll!Ullllllllll#' The Gfeenujood Branch Nelson Iron Works is now prepared to make all kinds of Iron. Brass or (.'upper Castings. T'irst- ���������.���������lass work jruurantuiid. Geo. |V1. Holt, manager*., LESLIE CRAUFURD, Lessee. HARDY & CO. General Merchants, Midway, B. C. Hay and Grain always on hand. Sleighs and Wagons and Implements ol' all kinds carried in stock. The very best goods at right prices. Golf 530 ASSAYING. I, Silver and Cupper S0.50 G* G- WEST PROVINCIAL ASSAY lilt. Richards Street, Vancouver, B. C. I.itptni- Licoimr AvA. NOTICK is lioruliy irivi-n Unit I. Knusl .1. Oiu-tier, iuteuil ii;i|il.viiif,' In Iho liii-cn'C Com- mldriioiiL'i-d for thu (\"ily oT Oreomvooil, uf. llio ('.\\[iiniliOii of iliirty tlnvi, froin'tlie ilulu hereof, for 11 Iriuisfui- fo MrUhniK ,*- Gooiluve of tho lli'i'iix- new I10I1I liy irio in fo.-ipcc-t of tho iii-oinl- sos known :ik rlio Windsor lloli'I. siliialo 1111 Loin 111 :iii(l .'I.', lilock 7, Siilnllvi.-ioii oftlic; l*iirk llorsu .Hiiiuriil ('liiim, Oo|i|icr ulrei-l., in tho City of (Jn't'iiwonil. H- 0. Dutu'l tin's Mil cluy of .Mnv. limS. J'RXlisT J. CMITIKH. Commercial Hotel 1���������/JL*: Is published every Thursday at Greenwood, H. C , and the price is $5 a year, postage free lo all parts ol\" Canada, and Great Britain, To the United States and other countries it is sent postpaid for $2.50 a year. Address all letter.-, to The Ledge, Greenwood, H. C. R..T. LOWERY, PUBLISHER. GREENWOOD B. C, SEPT. io, 1908 A blue murk here indicates that your Subscription has become deceased, -and that tho editor would once more like to commune with your collateral. Tin ll'lir. dogs benefitted Hotel i Gi*eenrjaood, B. C- The nlihist hotel in the city, and still under Clin Mime, uianii'-f.'ini.'iit. Rooms cr-iiifortaf-lc, inc'ile equal to any in the city, and rlie bur sppplics only the best, ���������\"urii\"/!- of (ri-(.'L'iiwood and Goveriuneiit .-tree i.-;. Greenwood Kooms 2/> and 50 cents a night. MRS. M. CULL Ifi. THE LEDGE j. eison 4 Cameron. Leading Tailor of the Xootenays. ��������������������������������� Mourn-linoer and Kootenay Standard Cigars. Made by . & tiKlin ������ Go.- Hclson TJie Kootenay Saloon ��������������� Sandon, 13. C., has a line 01 nerve bracers unsurpassed in any inoiio- tain town 01 the Great West. A glass or aqua pura'given free with spirits uienti. Prints all the ' News killed the right There are a hundred other Hi the city that would be a similar visitation. and Vints it Straight HHE LEDGE Does Job Printing* of Every, inscription Summer Excursion Rates EAST The Ledge hinks Out Load ?0n All Questions and Usually Thinks Riiyht v From Ureeiiwor.il to Winnipeg' $ nuiutli. Fort William. St. I'aul 0 C? (.'hicaao > 72 25 I Xcw York lOS 50 ^ .Montreal 105 00 1 St. Johu.N. B 120 00 \\ St. Louis 07 DO \\ Toronto 01 40 ������ Ottawa 105 00 ������ Halifax lid 20 r* Sydney, C. II l:JG 90 A < f ii-kcts 011 sile .Mnv -1 and 18, ������: Juno 5. (i, in and yii, .ItilvO, 7, ���������V :>���������>. and ���������_>:'., Aiiffiiht (i. 7, 21 and 2*2,

'clHlMI.. K <\". I). rUirl'HKKKON, (1. T. A., \\ AV'liuilix!!-, Ulan. R^ead It Subscribe .���������UINJCIIAI, A(JT. Certificate of Improvements. XOTIUK. CoIiiimIpI.i Minornl Cliiim, situate in O-.fonwooil MinliiK Division- of Yule Liisliifl. U'Iiiti: Ifiputofl: In Di'SKlwood Camp, ii'ljulnln^-tin; Kmcr.ilil .Mineral Cliitm. TAKK NOTICK tlmt 1. Sydney M. ./.ilms'in. urtlnif ns ������������������-���������������������������lit for KIiiion- Cullfnr, l-'rm? Miner's (Vrtlllr.'iti) No. It!���������::'������, iii|i>n(l..- Largest stock of jewelry in the Boundary to select from. E. A. Black, Phoenix. Every sin cate itself. would like to syhdi- Money can he lost in than won. more ways You never hear of a doctor telling a rich man that thero is no hope for him. IN THE WINDSOR-gflOTEL. \" - Everything i.s of the best at this cafe,' as we Lead while others Follow.- Jt makes no difference what you order���������steaks, chops, eggs, bacon', ham, cutlets, chicken, etc., we have the high grade % goods. No shut-down, and no kej to the door. Just the place 5, to eat at any hour of the day or night. Drop in and introduce ^ the inner man to our gastrononiical delicacies. j -fioward -ifloore, Proprietor, ��������� ^ ������'*&-''V*'V'''y'V^'&'^V& Widdowson, Assayer, Nelson, B. C. An ounce of confidence in yourself is better than a pound of confidence in others.. If you wish to catch big fish and plenty of them, get your tackle at McRae Bros. - . An egotist is a man who is unable, to disguise the fact that he is pleased with himself. Varnished Tile Wall Paper- especially suitable^ for bath room and kitchen, at McRae Bros. All women dressmakers. are fit subjects for For ihe Canadian National Exhibition, to bo held at Toronto August 'J9th to September \"Nth, the Canadian Pacific railway will have in effect special round trio rates. For full information as to rates, dates of sale, limits, etc., apply to the nearest ticket agent. Love is mostly romance, marriage is all matter of fact. but Wedding rings made. Diamonds mounted. Work that will stand comparison. E. A. Black, Phoenix. With umbrellas generally it is the poorest that get left. - The Kootenay Cigar Co. of Nelson have in the Royal Seal a cigar that is known and smoked between the wheat country and the \"blue Pacific. The hoy with an unloaded gun is just as detrimental to public safety as a mule with one leg in a sling. A surprise party seldom is an unexpected occurrence. b c*���������>#ffi������a-8ee������e������������������'3������'3!^sexVMi������^^ & . ' Dealers in ��������� -��������� \" piresh and.Salt jWeats, pish ,and Poalfciry Shops in nearly all the towns of Boundary and the Kootenay. .' -. ws Women seldom mean it \"when they kiss each other���������the average woman would rather bite a piece out of the other's complexion. Nobody has yet discovered a girl with a small waist who did not think she could have it still smaller without feeliug uncomfortable. , Recently a young man was seen with two heads on his shoulders, ���������but it wasn't much of a curiosity, as one belonged to his sweetheart. Delinquent subscribers will you liquidate? asked a Southern editor, and quite a number called and thanked him for his kindly feeling toward them and said they would nob mind taking a drop with him. At the Turkish Bath house in Nelson you can get Turkish, Russian, salt water, medicated, and tub baths. The Turkish bath is one of the greatest health-producers in the world. A man is said to have gone asleep in a dentist's chair while the dentist was at work on his teeth���������but, really, we don't expect you to bo- lieve it., Serves meals at all .hours. -The iover of good things always comes hp.ro when he wants his chops, steaks, fish or fowl, or any of the tasty dishes that we make a specialty of cooking, to please the fastidious. We Make a Specialty of Home-Made Bread. ) ������ ���������tf I iij \"'.SI When some women clean house they sweep the dust from- the carpet onto the furniture and then brush it from the furniture onto, the carpet again. TO m'MNf'tH'NT CIWHI'Milt;- 'I'll.1.1' . .Mycn-Oniy Inii'l to llio p.'sliilf <.f :li(! i.tf.i- .Iinl-.,..- I.faiay, ,n- lo -vlioin.-iu'Vi-r lln>>' iti-'t.v liiivo irnii.ifi-rrwl llii'ir Intorii.Hf- In ihn ���������ii-miy '\"Hit'tliiii Mitiiii'itl Cliilni..Hilimti.-il In Pl-'lillVII'ld f!ill(l|l, (llVCIItt'llOll Mlllfll!* Ill vininiior V'tlo r.>'.'trli-t. II. C. Vr-n 111\"' lH!l'i:!'V iiiitilinl llint f llitvc i>x|ic>iii|i>:| .'In- iip.ii i!i'' iiIiuvk mlii'-riil cliiiin.iiml tlmt if, wlHiiii :������uluy.4 fruin l.li������ ilnti.1 nf tills niitliv, yim h.il i' I'-.'ine iu ci.ii'li-iliiife your 'importImi nf tiic i'.lnjvi' i-riitiiiiifil -liin.SliiKClliiir with thn '���������ip-ii.* m' nihortMin- your Intciro.-.lH In tliu mid i-liiliii will lii'i-\"ini' tliu prnporty (if tliu uiulul'- ���������mIi-i.i--I miilcr Sin-flon t of tlm Mlnnriil Ant Ami .iilini'iit Act, limn. .luin.-ar.. l!n'.������. JOHN MJOY. MINICKAI, ACT Certificate of Improvements >'OTIOI* lin-i-nnr'Ui-*, HiiIziki, Gliiipi-ri-nu, li-onocliisl mill Tuck Mhnnil Claims..-nlnnd; In tlm lin-i'ii- wooil .Miiiiiu\" Division of Vitln ['l.-tiiVf-,, Whore hjcatn'l: In Ilooinorani,' (Jump, West I'oi-l-of I'l'iMln I'ivijr. TAICK NO'I'ICIO Hint (���������i-'oo-n II. I nkfttcr,'Krcc Miner it CtiTtlliniil-! A'\", II Km:iil; Thuiiui.\" Ilcmi- li'ii, I'Yro .Mini'i-'.-t <.Vrtilli_-!ili' N'o. B lui'lK, mill lli'iiiy.l .ii.II/. Kivu Mlnnr'H (Vrtlllciiti-No. H (17.17, inti'ii'l, sixty ilit.vs from llic il.-ito hereof, to nniily to Hid MiiiIiis- I'c.norrtoi- fur it ('oi-tlllcntn of liiiirovmncnt.-, for thu fiuriiosc (if nutnliiiiit\" O'l'invn (jninU of thn ulifivn cliilnis. Anil further InUn notice tlmt nfll'in, iiiulni- Hcelloii 117, muni ho coiiiiiiniicnil hirforn thchwu- iiiii-o of .such '.'c.rtllicnli! of ImprovuiniMitri, Diilcil tllirt Mil iluy Of Murcli, A. U. 1008. I,ANI> ACT-1*(>KM OI* NOTICK. <>.-iiyi>o*4 f.rtiMl lllstrlct���������I'lsilrlnt of Viiln. 'I'A KM N'OTICK; ilmt \\v������, A. ,f, KiikIi-j.o and [������������������.in Mcf'rti'owl. of Kin-It, I!. C. oceiipntlotiH, 1 1,11 ,:iitci- iiml ntijri.'l-i:i;|ii!i', iiiti-ud to apply for 1 i.iii.|..,-i:iiii to pur'liii?e tlm fnll()Wliij.'(lcserlli(.!i| lninl.--: (.'itinmcni-Iii-i' ut 11 l������i������t liliiliteil iilioiit lin fc������i.������ mtli of ihcil I'. It. |ifi\"t on win-on road, 111 ir.';������������������' I������. \"i'n\" >������'. (In.'iicc HcdlWIcliiiliiM, lliniicn yintih In' ili.'ilns, ihi'imn ('list Wl ch.'lliiH, tlienci! in,tih I\"'-lulu:; t\" tiliiccef (.'uiiimciicdini.'iit. ami eoiiliilnliisr .'l-'oi'i'i-c.i, iiloli.' Inr less, ami alioul, .,10 i-hniii* /iiii-lli'l'i-oin (J. r,Ii.|)OHt marked ^701, \"'\"���������\"mu \"''''\"���������Jm A..f.nt;������..KM. S/Ul McOUMOND 3IINKKAI, ACT. Certificate of Improvements. NOTJCK. 'Coin Kriintlnn/irftlKl'Aili'lior'Mlrioriil Cliiiin*, Hltunli! In thu nrconvvnod Allnlim' OIvIhIoii of Vitle District, Where lociitud: In llorw.- ulioo MliiiiiffCnini) on Main Keltic river, TAK IC'XOTJCF, tlmt I, Ja inn* Kment HpniiMe, Kroo jWIikVm (.'ci'tlllcate N'o, II j.|li;17,' liiluml, nlxt,y diiv.H from tlm (lute Imrr-rif, to iiji|<1.v to the MilltriK l((-c.ordcr for Ccrtlllciiti.H of Imiirore- iiiontfl for tho puriinse of rihliilnlii*- (Jrmvii Oniiitsof llui ahovn claliu.i. Amliliirllirir taho notlcn that notion, under Socllon .17, must he commenced Im fore tliu In- nimiico of such Ccrtlllciilcinf Improveirionts.. Dated UiIh lst.duy of .lima, A. D. JII08. jaiM;!:h-j5..si'anjcik, The Ananias Story. Go to church and hear the pastor, in his pulpit largo and wide, tell about the dread disaster that o'crwhelined the man who lied. It was Colonel Ananias, who in days long dead and gone, shocked his neighbors (who were pious), when-lie put the truth in pawn; ah, he took the /truth and hauled it through tlie cinders and the slack, and he slugged it, and he mauled it, and he split it up the bad.*; so some bears came up ate him, at the'prophet's stern command; and the generations hate him as they march adown the land'. He was cast into a furnace that was full of coal and wood, and ne muttered \"This will learn uh,\" (for his grammar wasn't; good.) In the Med sea's depths ho wallowed, with lii.s chariots and men, till a whale came up and swallowed him and he felt seedy then. Let us, therefore, shun the fable, and the foolish, futile lie; do the best that we are able, camp in heaven by and by.���������Emporia Gazette. How It Got There. \"During the boom days in real estate in thethriving.city of Chattanooga, Teun., a Jew years ago, a very enterprising.firm of dealers in suburban property had in their employ a bright mulatto boy. Sam hud so often accompanied his employers when showing choico bargains that he t became quite pro- licient in describing the particular value of different locations. Upon one occasion, in tlm absence of the Too many parents think that to teach their boys to . be good they should be giv%i a dime to be put in the collection box ou Sunday in church, but. not allowed a cent to spend on themselves. At a church in Maine free bouquets of flowers are handed the congregation to increase the attendance. A freo lunch of pig's feet and beer would prove a drawing card in our neighborhood. When you want a monument or headstone, write to the Kootenay Marble Works, Nelson, B. C. * The judge may charge the jury but it is usually the defendant who i.s compelled to pay the freight. The Kootenay Belle' reigns supreme in many a camp. It is a cigar that brings delight and appreciation wherever moked. When a new wife was asked how her husband turned out, she replied that he turns out late in the morning and turns in late at night. If you give the ordinary man a chance he'll tell you more about himself in half an hour than you could find out in a mouth by questioning him. Is the best furnished hotel in the Uonndary district. It is heated with steam and lighted.by electricity. Excellent sample rooms. The bar is'ahvays abreast of the times, and meals are served in the Cafe at any hour, clay or night. McClung & Goodeve, Propr's. Job Printing at The Ledge. . IS THE GREATEST THEATRICAL * SHOW PAPER IN THE WORLD. $4.00 Per Year. Single Copy, 10 Cts. ISSUKI) WKEKI.Y. Sample Copy Free. FRANK.QUEEN PUB. CO.(Ltd), BOKIK, , I'lM.USIIKI'S, 47 ' V. 231-11 St., XKH- YOHK, ALM'KT .1. MiNAUmi TIk i Columbia cigar is a large an d fi e^-smoking cigar. It s sold in nil mountain towns and made in No. son. Maybe the one-armed man who swam the rapids of Niagara couldn't help i% after he got started. It lakes ii strong man with two good urins and a rope to reconsider after he has made that plunge. Lines, leaders, hooks, rods, reels and other fishing tackle can bo bought from J. L. Coles, All criticize the'man who spends his money freely, but everyone is willing to help him spend it. The Ledge, ������2 a year. MINMUAI, AOT Certificate of Improvements NO TICK 0 K nnd Ivmiliou Mlncriil Claims, Nllimtu hi tlm Oirunwooil Mining Dlvl.-lon of'Yulu Ui.-- trlot. Wlicru Incnti'il: On llio North Kork of Canyon creislc. Sliiillkiinivon Division of' Yiiln OlMlrfct. TAKf-: NOTICK tlmt Siimucl T.lLarson, Krim Miner's Oiitillciiti- No. II n.'IIII, and Ifnri'v U. Thoeii, Kruo Mlncr'H Ortlliciiri! No. II iHMli, In- to.iiil, sixty (lays from ilnti; liurcof, to uiiply to tlm Mlnlm-Wi'C'orilei' for'a Corllllcnto of Improvements, for llio iiiii'iionii of olitiil-ilnu' n Crown Grunt of tliealiovi! claim. And further lulu! notice Hint action, iinilw (���������colon .'17. must In; tomnmncuil heforii tliu iHHimnce of such Corllllcnto or Iiniirovi'incntH Bated thin Uth day of .limitary, A. I*. l!Kis. .A. FERRY, WASH. GeneralMerchant Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, t Stationery, Hardware, Tobacco, Cigars; Etc. Fresh Eggs u Specialty $euimartketf4otel Is the home for all tourists and millionaires visiting New Denver. .British | Columbia. HEHHY STEGE. PROPR. G. J. CAMPBELL NEW-DEWER Provincial Assayer and Analytical Chemist. Correspondence solicited from any part of the country. &C0. .OKANAGAN DISTRICT. . FKItllY, SimMKMiAND-EAS'r HUMJIKIII.ANIi OKANAOAN IjAKK, fN iiccoriliincn with Clmptur 78, II. H. II. O. 1 IB!!?,\" Kqrrlon Act,\" llm Government of Hilt- lish Coliimliliv Invltefl aplillciitloiiM fur a cliliiter tfora fen'y lo |ily lictivnnn Suiiiuioiliiinl inn! u point on tliiiopjioslto Hide Known ns liMts of OldinfiKiin I in! ii Siiinnieilanil.iulliitiuiouof nhoiit own ns liiiHt t'3 rnlli'H. A |ipllcatlonH will ho received tip to nnil In cliidlii/-8atm'ilii.y,tlia Sllth day ol Huiituinla-r, W)8 '1 lie charter will cover a imriod cxiifWni* on lie HOIh June, l&io. IH Pacific fioteL. Ih under 1 hi: nuiiiiiguiiient nf Cireig & Morrison. The Kooins are Comfortably fiiriiisliuil, and the bar contains tlie best brands of wines, lh'tiors anil cigars. Cbc Pacific -������afe... ��������� % Is the best-iippninteil Ihistiinriuit in tlm interior of* British Columbia. 'The best cooks anil inoHt attentive waiters only-oinployud. Open all the time. ��������� T^EJVfONT HOUSE Nelson. 15. C, is ruti on the the American and European plan. Nothing yellow about the house except the gold iu.; ' t^e safe, , Mevlo^e ik Tnegillas NBIiSON, I!. C. wholesale dealers in Produce and Provisions KASLO HOTEL KASLO si n B. C, comfortable, homo for all Is a ���������.���������.���������ho t-rnvel to that city. COCKLE & PArWOETH. Tobaccos, I'ipes, and all other Smokers' supplies. Next door to Pacilic hotel. J. P. FLOOD Hotel Alexander PHOENIX, B. O. , Ih a comfortable home for tho minor and traveler. Good meals and pleasant rooms. . Pure liquors and . fragrant cigars in the bar. McGillis & McLaughlin ��������� ' PKOPRIIflTOKS. v Frank Fletcher Pkovinoiaj. Land Sukvkyob, . Nelson, B. Of .4 .J"@en, "Published as The Ledge from 1906-05-10 to 1926-07-29; Published as The Greenwood Ledge from 1926-08-05 to 1929-05-23.

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